第二节 (2024·南京改编)请认真阅读下面短文，从方框中选择适当的单词或短语，填入其正确形式。每个单词或短语仅用一次。
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Dave: Who do you admire, Rose?
Rose: Hmm, one person I really admire is Cai Yuanpei.
Dave: Why do you admire 39. ?
Rose: Because he was a great educator and he 40. to China's modern education system. Some of his educational ideas are 41. influential(有影响力的) today. What about you?
Dave: I admire Rachel Carson. She was a biologist. Have you heard of her?
Rose: No. What did she do?
Dave: She was most famous for her books about environmental protection. She 42. a book called Silent Spring. The book raised worldwide awareness of the danger of 43. .
Rose: It sounds like she was ahead of her time.
Dave: Yes. Her writing is still very important.

39. him
40. made a contribution
41. still
42. wrote
43. pollution

五、短文填空。(共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分)
请认真阅读下面短文，填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Cars powered by gasoline were 44. (sell) for many years before hybrid vehicles that use gasoline, electricity, and solar energy. Car companies are now making cars that are 45. (full) powered by electricity only. 46. do these electric cars measure up?
Electric and gas vehicles look similar 47. the outside. They have very different parts under their hoods, 48. . Electric cars have one main moving part: the motor. But gas cars literally have 49. (hundred) of parts, often requiring frequent maintenance(保养). Having 50. (few) parts makes the electric car cheaper to maintain and less likely to have mechanical problems.
Electric vehicles are energy efficient, also making them cheaper to operate. It 51. (cost) about $1.00 to travel 43 miles in an electric car, which is a clear contrast to a gas car, which costs about $1.25 to go 18 miles. Basically, an electric car can go 52. (two) as far as a gas car for the same price.
Electric vehicles do not have tailpipe emissions, 53. (make) them more friendly to the environment too.

44.sold 45.fully 46.How 47.on 48.though 49.hundreds 50.fewer 51.costs 52.twice 53.making

44. 由“were”可知此处为被动语态，需用sell的过去分词sold。
45. 修饰动词powered需用full的副词形式fully。
46. 句意为“这些电动汽车怎么样？”，用疑问词How。
47. “在外观上”用固定搭配on the outside，填on。
48. 前后句为转折关系，且逗号隔开，用though表“然而”。
49. “成百上千”用固定搭配hundreds of，填hundreds。
50. 与汽油车对比，电动车部件更少，用few的比较级fewer。
51. 主语it为第三人称单数，一般现在时，cost用三单形式costs。
52. “两倍远”用twice as far as，填twice。
53. 现在分词making作结果状语，表主动关系。

六、阅读表达。(共 3 小题；54 题 2 分，55 题 2 分，56 题 3 分，满分 7 分)
请认真阅读下面短文，用英语回答短文后的问题。
We parents like to make sure that our children are eating well and getting all the nutrients they need. Children need two or three kinds of vegetables every day.
A simple way to get children to eat vegetables is eating them ourselves. Following our habit, they may start eating vegetables. Don't say things like, "If you eat vegetables, you can have desserts." These methods work for a while but can possibly lead them to dislike vegetables more. Giving our children new kinds of food will help them develop a taste for trying new things.
Sometimes the simple things just don't work. We have to start becoming a little creative when it comes to making our children eat these vegetables. By doing this in the beginning when they are young, it will hopefully help them learn to love vegetables.
Think of creative ways to make children eat vegetables. For example, cut up vegetables like carrots and tomatoes. Then place them in a creative way on a plate for an afternoon snack. Or try using cheese sauce either by dipping(浸) vegetables or by putting the cheese right on top of the uncooked vegetables.
If we prefer, we can also add a teaspoon of sugar on top of cooked green beans and peas to give them a little sweeter taste. Doing this shouldn't lead to a sweet tooth as long as we only give them a small amount.
If we have a child that refuses to eat vegetables, some of these suggestions I've listed will help turn that around. In the end, we're not only getting them to eat vegetables, but also helping them live a healthier lifestyle.
54. How many kinds of vegetables does a child need every day?

55. What's the advantage of thinking of creative ways when it comes to making children eat vegetables?

56. What vegetables do you like eating? Why?

54. Two or three kinds.
55. It will hopefully help them learn to love vegetables.
56. I like eating carrots. Because they are good for my eyes. (答案不唯一，合理即可)