45. A. confident 46. A. inform 48. A. sadly 49. A. door 50. A. but 51. A. happy 52. A. admire 53. A. devoting 54. A. excited
B. optimistic B. warn B. quickly B. key B. and B. long B. miss B. limiting B. satisfied
C. successful D. ambitious C. accuse C. angrily C. address C. until C. sad C. hate C. submitting C. strict C. thought to
D. remind D. quietly D. room D. unless D. short D. thank D. allowing D. upset D. compromised to
47. A. falling apart B. breaking off C. turning over D. taking down
55. A. associated with B. debated with
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Prospect Park Soiree
DESCRIPTION
Attend the most celebrated party of the year! We provide the entertainment and breathtaking setting, while you gather with thousands of friends — new and old — to enjoy an evening under the stars in Prospect Park.
Wear your most festive clothes, prepare a delicious feast, and dine and dance under the stars in one of Prospect Park’s most secluded (僻静的) locations. Show off your creativity with a show-stopping topper — a fabulous hat — as well as table decor that celebrates the beautiful surroundings.
We are excited to introduce this year’s entertainment! Inspired by the Big Band Era of Jazz, Dandy Wellington and his Band have taken the sounds of the 1930’s and 40’s and created a world of well-dressed music. Post-dinner, enjoy a DJ dance party with DJ Cosmo Baker, who has played alongside artists as diverse as Drake, Jay-Z, Frank Ocean, The Roots, Erykah Badu, Pitbull, Trey Songz and Moby.
Proceeds benefit Prospect Park Alliance, the non-profit organization that sustains, restores and advances Prospect Park for the benefit of the diverse communities that call Brooklyn home. EVENT DETAILS: 5 pm: Gates open
6 pm: Dinner begins with live jazz of Dandy Wellington and his Band 8 pm: Dance party begins with a live set by DJ Cosmo Baker 10 pm: Soiree (晚会) concludes
Learn more and view our event galleries! Please note:
·Guests bring their own food and table decor. Tables and chairs are provided. ·Tables each accommodate up to 10 guests.
·Groups of 20+ can contact us at soiree@prospectpark.org for assistance. · Groups smaller than 10 people are encouraged to share tables. ·Prospect Park Soiree will take place, rain or shine. ·Help us keep the Park green: trash bags will be provided. ·Barbecues and other open flames are not allowed in Prospect Park. ·Tents and other structures are not permitted. ·Tickets are non-refundable, but are transferable. 56. What can we learn about Prospect Park Soiree? A. People can attend it for free.
B. People can camp in Prospect Park under the stars. C. Prospect Park Alliance provides financial support for it.
D. The entertainment there will include a live jazz band and a DJ dance party. 57. If you bring one friend to Prospect Park Soiree, ________. A. you will be advised to share a table with other people B. you’d better introduce him / her to other participants C. you should contact the staff there in advance D. you’d better leave there before midnight
B
The number of Americans struck with mysterious, vaping-related lung illnesses is rising. Indiana health officials confirmed the state’s first death from a vaping-related lung illness, bringing the national toll to three, after two such deaths in Illinois and in Oregon. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that the number of people in the US sickened with a severe lung illness linked to vaping(电子水烟) has more than doubled to 450 possible cases in 33 states, including three deaths confirmed in connection with these illnesses and a possible fourth. Many of the patients are teens or young adults. All patients reported using e-cigarettes and many used the devices to vape marijuana.
So far, the cause of the illnesses is unknown: no single vaping device, product or substance has been tied to all of the cases, said Dr. Dana Meaney-Delman, the manager of the CDC’s investigation. Officials believe “chemical exposure” is likely to be behind these illnesses, but much more information is needed.
The CDC announcement coincided with the release of several new reports on vaping-related illnesses. One, published in The New England Journal Of Medicine, describes 53 patients from Wisconsin and Illinois who developed respiratory(呼吸道的) symptoms after vaping. Most of these patients were young, male and healthy prior to their illness. Patients had symptoms such as shortness of breath, coughing and chest pain, vomiting, fever and weight loss. All of the patients had vaped within the previous three months, and 84 per cent reported vaping marijuana products.
The report seems to suggest that vaping-related lung illnesses are a new phenomenon, and not something that simply went undetected in the past. The rate of monthly emergency room visits for severe lung illness in young adults was twice as high in June to August 2019 as the same months in 2018, the study found.
The CDC recommends that people consider not using e-cigarettes while the investigation is ongoing, and e-cigarettes should not be used by children or
adolescents, young adults, pregnant women or adults who currently don’t use tobacco products.
58. Why does the author consider the vaping-related lung illnesses mysterious? A. Many suspected cases and deaths have arisen all of a sudden. B. No specific device or chemical has been confirmed in connection.
C. There is no cure for the disease and the victims may well bitterly die. D. Such cases and deaths are distributed in states distant from each other. 59. What can we infer from the coincidence between CDC announcement and several new reports?
A. Illinois is the state that has the largest number of victims in the US. B. The vaping-related lung disease is totally arbitrary and out of control. C. There may exist a close bond between the illness and vaping experience. D. Officials from CDC and authors of the reports have figured out the causes. 60. What is the best title for this passage?
A. Alarm at Vaping Devices B. Dangers of Lung Diseases C. Shock of Mysterious Deaths D. Young Adults Under Threat
C
Looking back, if I could tell my younger self one thing, it would be to appreciate the summer holidays more. It doesn’t matter how beautiful the weather is if the only time you get to experience it is on a 15-minute lunch break. When I worked full-time in an office, I would feel the pain of this as colleagues with kids jetted off for a summer break and I was left to work. I felt as though my life came second to theirs, but I’ve come to realize this time was actually a gift.
① Let me explain. So much of our working week finds us rushing to meet deadlines and please bosses. We have a long list of things that have to be achieved and we can get so lost in all of these that we forget to do the other things that can boost both our careers and productivity. The summertime, however, sees managers on holiday and an attitude of “nothing will get decided on until September”, which means this is the perfect time to focus on you.
② The main thing I’ve learned over my years of working is to use this period to recharge, even if you’re not actually on holiday. I vividly remember complaining to a friend once of being bored during August. After she’d rolled her eyes at this non-problem, she suggested that perhaps this time was slow because I was supposed to be focusing on something other than work. I could leave on time and have life outside of the office. Making time to see my friends or finally seeing the exhibitions I’d been putting off for months recharged me, and when the break ended, I was ready for it.
③ So much of our working life is about relationships, yet we sacrifice these to raise productivity. It may be more beneficial to a work relationship to take a colleague for a coffee, but it’s quicker to fire off an email, so we do that. In the summer, suggesting a walk in the sunshine, while you talk about how to deal with that tricky client, suddenly seems like the best way to work. The-hopefully-warm weather makes all of us unreserved, so use this to your advantage. Are there people you’ve really wanted to meet but they’ve always been too busy?
④ And finally, if you already know that, come September, you’re going
to start pushing for that pay rise or new job you promised yourself, then now is the time to ensure that you’ve got all the evidence to make your case. Offering to be the point of contact for projects when your boss is away can give you the experience you need to take the next step. Use the summer wisely and, by the end of it, you’ll be the employee with a new plan of action and a contacts book filled with new best friends.
61. The reason why the author counts as summer break as a gift is that ______. A. it provides a chance to escape from loads of heavy work B. much attention can be paid to oneself and self-refreshment C. it is a perfect time to jet off and spend holidays with kids D. work can be postponed to September for absence of managers 62. What does the underlined sword “it” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A. The exhibition. B. The experience. C. The break. D. The work.
63. Where would the sentence “Summer brings out everyone’s social side.” best fit?
A. ① B. ② C. ③ D. ④
64. According to the author, what is the benefit of being “the point of contact for projects”?
A. Filling in the gap colleagues have left. B. Catching up on pleasures you have missed. C. Recharging yourself with much energy.
D. Developing new friendships and action plans.
D Detective fiction is something that gained popularity comparatively later than all other genres in literature. There might be some works that existed in historic time that could now be identified as detective fiction, but the works that were introduced solely as this genre began with the writings of Edgar Allan Poe and Wilkie Collins. Of course, today when we talk about detective fictions, the works of Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie come foremost. Their stories are those that have given an edge to this genre due to its popularity.
Being a passionate reader of Doyle and Christie, I would like to draw a comparison between the styles used by Doyle in Sherlock series and Christie in her mystery thrillers. Both of them use a specific pattern for their detective stories. Doyle mostly develops the story from a helpless client’s visit to 221B Baker Street. All the accounts of the cases are narrated by Watson except two pieces. Christie’s works in a way look completely different as the stories and settings are varied and quite unique. But we can always see that there is a basic formula in her works. A murder happens and all the characters in the plot, mostly people around the victim, have something to be suspected of, some secrets that they hold back, all of which are set up to totally confuse the reader.
Christie’s novels are all about “who is the murderer”, but while reading Sherlock a reader is more interested in knowing how Sherlock finds the criminal. It is the method Sherlock employs to deduce the facts and to connect the dots that readers await to know. This can be understood just by thinking how every Sherlock reader waits for that part where Sherlock explains the facts to Watson who shares the reader’s ignorance. When we reach the same crucial point in Christie’s works, what our eyes