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四川省乐山市夹江县第二中学校2023-2024学年八年级下学期4月期中英语试题
Many people catch a cold in the springtime or fall. Although scientists can send a man to the moon, why can't they find a way to stop the common cold? The 1 is easy. There are actually hundreds of kinds of cold viruses（病毒）out there. You never know which one you will 2 , so there isn't a cure（治疗）for each one.
When a virus gets into your body, your body works hard to fight against it. When you have a cold, blood（血液）rushes to your nose and makes it stuffy（堵塞的）. You feel 3 because you can't breathe well, but your body is actually "eating" the virus. Your temperature rises and you get a fever, but the heat of your body is 4 the virus. You may feel uncomfortable, but actually your wonderful body is doing everything it can to kill the cold.
Different people do different things to deal with colds. In the United States and some other countries, for example, people might eat chicken soup to feel 5 . Some people take hot baths and drink warm drinks. Other people 6 medicine to stop the uncomfortable feelings of colds.
There is one interesting thing to note—some scientists say taking medicine when you have a cold is actually 7 for you. The virus stays in you longer because your body doesn't have a way to 8 it and kill it. Bodies can do an amazing job on their own.
What should mobile phone buttons(按键) look like? What are Shakespeare's artistic achievements? {#blank#}1{#/blank#}
As new technologies continue to develop, many students are choosing to study STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and math) so they can get good jobs later. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}They need ideas from artists, historians and sociologists(社会学家)— in other words, people who major in liberal arts(主修文科).
Learning how to program is not enough. The US writer Scott Hartley mentioned it in his book. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} He points out that soft skills, including communication, collaboration(合作) and understandings of social problems, are of equal importance.
One possible solution is to put liberal arts and STEM studies together. In fact, Lewis University in the US has started to offer a set of courses called " CS + X".{#blank#}4{#/blank#} At the University of Vermont, a program called Engineering Management connects engineering with business. Engineers need to understand markets while business people need to learn engineering.
{#blank#}5{#/blank#}Only when we know this, can we create the greatest technology with humanity.
A. Perhaps liberal arts and science should never be separated. B. Students had better study both STEM subjects and liberal arts majors. C. If a driverless car is forced to run into someone, should it have a choice? D. But questions like the ones above are hard for STEM students to answer. E. Some students prefer STEM subjects while others prefer liberal arts majors. F. He argues against the idea that liberal arts are no longer useful in today's world. G. These courses connect computer science with a liberal arts major. |
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