第二篇：
For generations, snow days meant sleeping in, loafing in front of the TV with hot cocoa, and hours of sleddingand snowball fights. Now, they are __36__ to mean logging into a laptop for a Zoom lesson. As the weather coolsand winter gets near, many school leaders in snow-prone states are __37__ teachers, parents and students to saygoodbye to snow days. This month, New York City, the nation’s largest school system, canceled them for the year,saying the pandemic has forced districts everywhere to look for ways to__ 38__ lost days. New York’s decisionfollowed moves that other administrators have been __39__ since March 2020, when schools were forced totransition to online learning and officials realized they could do the __40__ during severe weather.
【題組】36.
(A) constant
(B) likely
(C) quickly
(D) lucky