1、 After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.Who is responsible for childhood obes
2、ity(肥胖)?Its lunchtime and sixth-grader Oscar Villanova visits the vending ( 售 卖 ) machine. He pays for an orange juice and some cheese sticks, (21) he really wanted soda and chips. His school, Mildred Avenue, only sells school lunch and healthy snacks.Seventh-grader Leticia Brown (22) (tell) by her
3、doctor that she needs to lose weight. Her doctor says exercise will help her control her weight but at school she only gets physical education once a week.Many children suffer from health conditions (23) are caused or made worse by their lifestyles. Childhood obesity has more than doubled in childre
4、n and four times in adolescents in the past 30 years. Moreover, rates of childhood diabetes(糖尿病) (24) (rise). These conditions can put children (25) risk for heart disease and other major killers later in life.These health issues are complex problems with many different causes. Eating meals out, wat
5、ching lots of TV, and not being active after school can cause too much weight gain. But there are many things children can do (26) (improve) their health. Doctors say the primary focus for children (27) be eating healthy food and getting exercise every day.Schools are getting (28) (involve) in solvi
6、ng the problem. Some, like Mildred Avenue, restrict the snacks students can buy. (29) are offering more gym classes to emphasize the importance of exercise. Some schools even send home health notices warning parents that their child may be overweight. These schools believe parents should be acting m
7、ore responsibly by restricting childrens diets. Many parents get angry, (30) (argue) that schools should limit their focus to teaching. They believe that they have primary responsibility for their childrens health.2.崇明区II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section APhotographers Turn Their Cameras on PetsIn 20
8、19 photographers Kendrick Brinson and David Walter Banks visited 14 countries on assignment. When the couple described the adventures (21) they had experienced when photographing, people invariably asked, “But who takes care of your four cats and dogs?” They joked that the pet sitter (临时看护宠物的人) made
9、 a lot of money.But 2020 couldnt have been (22) (different). Due to COVID-19, Brinson and Banks never left the UnitedStates. Often, they didnt even leave their Los Angeles neighborhood. (23) spending long hours in airport security lines and waiting for the perfect lighting, the pair stayed along wit
10、h dogs Tux and Tia and cats Rex and Kudzu. “Our pets became emotional therapy animals, and our only friends we could safely hug in a world (24) (strike) by a deadly pandemic (大流行病),” Banks said.As COVID-19 lockdowns swept across the world in March of 2020, the change made an especially great impact
11、onphotographers, who are accustomed to (25) (spend) long periods abroad. And so many cameras (26) (turn) on a domestic subject: the pet.Research suggests that pets have offered emotional support during the pandemic, helping (27) (make) the long days of isolation more bearable, says Emily McCobb, a c
12、linical associate professor at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University. In fact, the pandemic has sped up a trend, according to McCobbs and other scientists observation, (28) the pet is becoming a member of the family. “In the past 20 to 30 years, the role of the pet in the family
13、 (29) (take) on a whole new role,” says McCobb. “It really hasnt been that long (30) these furry child substitutes gained this kind of importance in American society.”3.奉贤区Landslide Injures at least 10 in Norwegian Town of AskA landslide ( 山体滑坡) has smashed into a residential area near the Norwegian
14、 capital at midnight on Dec. 30, injuring at least 10 people, leaving 21 unaccounted for and (21) (destroy) several homes, authorities said. About 700 people have been brought to safety for fear of further landslides.The landslide cut across a road, leaving a deep gap that cars (22) not pass. Video
15、footage showed dramatic scenes including one house falling into the gap. Photographs showed at least eight destroyed homes.Rescue workers continued to search the area for children and adults (23) (believe) to have been caught in mud and debris (废墟), police said. “Were still looking for survivors,” p
16、olice spokesman Roger Pettersen told a news conference.Pettersen said there were no reports of missing people, but officials could not rule out the possibility (24) there might be survivors in collapsed buildings. He said 21 people registered as living in the area are unaccounted for.One of the inju
17、red was seriously hurt, while nine had (25) (light) injuries. Weather at the time was reported to be challenging, with snowstorm sweeping the village of Ask, (26) about 5,000 people inhabited.Norways King Harald said the landslide had made a deep impression on him. “My thoughts are with all those wh
18、o are affected, injured or have lost their homes and those who now live in fear and uncertainty of (27) damage the disaster has caused,” he said in a statement released by the royal palace.The area in which Ask (28) (locate) is known to have a lot of quick clay, which can change from solid to liquid
19、 form. Previous landslides have been reported in the region.Helicopters continued to circle over the area as night fell, (29) (lower) rescuers towards the debris of collapsed houses.“There could be people trapped but at the same time we cant be sure (30) it is the new years holiday, which means peop
20、le could be elsewhere,” Erna Solberg, the Norwegian Prime Minister, told reporters after visiting the site.4.虹口区The Year in a Word or TwoCan anybody describe a year with only one word?Each December, the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) nominates (提名) a word to describe the very year (21) has just pas
21、sed.2020 was a very unusual year that was really worthy (22) (describe) with two words. Two of the obvious words the OED suggested were “pandemic ( 疫 情 )” and “lockdown,” due to most of human activities across the globe(23) (bring) to a stop by the life-threatening disease. Businesses have been clos
22、ed and people have had to stay intheir homes for weeks or even months on end.(24) I would like to nominate “cooperation” and “hope” as my words of the year because it is supposed to be described in a more positive and (25) (helpless) way, because there was a great deal of cooperation between countri
23、es and international health organizations. China took a leading role in this effort by sending masks and protective clothing to Canada, the United States and Europe, (26) to countries in the Middle East and Africa. Without this cooperation, the pandemic, bad (27) it has been, could have been much wo
24、rse.And that brings me to my second word: hope. We are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel, and, with a little “hope,” we will get to see the world begin to return to normal.For young people, it was the first time that they (28) (experience) something big, a worry that they shared wi
25、th their families, friends and neighbors, and a suffering (29) (endure) at this moment and to be endured next few weeks. And they also learned that “hope” the belief that (30) you will see tomorrow will be better than today is at the heart of every human being.With “cooperation” and “hope,” 2021 sho
26、uld make for a wonderful year.5.黄浦区Ocean exploration changed human historyOne of humanitys greatest achievements has been mastering routes across the worlds oceans. Communities separated by thousands of miles (21) (bring) into contact and religious ideas have spread across the waters, while artistic
27、 creativity has been motivated by the experience of seeing the products of different civilizations. Customs have been decisively altered by the movement of ships across the oceans. No one drank tea in medieval Europe, but (22) contact had been made with the tea-drinking Chinese, tea became popular w
28、ith millions of people from Sweden to the United States.We tend to hold the view (23) the opening of the oceans was the work of the great explorers, especially the 15th century pioneers who edged their way through uncharted waters to southern Africa, the Indian Ocean and the lands of the Indies. These were sailors (24) Christopher Columbus, who chanced upon unsuspected lands that blocked the expected sea route from Europe to China and Japan
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