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1、We still have a long way to go _________ our project has been carried out smoothly so far.
A. now that B. so that
C. as though D. even though
2、_______ we all know, China is increasingly powerful.
A．Which
B．As
C．It
D．What
3、The policeman’s attention was suddenly caught by a small box which ________ placed under the Minister’s car.
A．has been
B．was being
C．had been
D．would be
4、—I feel excited to talk with our teacher about sports!
—So do I. Not only we students but also our teacher ________ fond of watching basketball matches.
A．is
B．had been
C．have been
D．were
5、I was deeply affected by their love in the film.
A．侵袭
B．假装
C．炫耀
D．打动
6、Everyone in this organization knows that I ______ it — I joined it last month.
A．refer to
B．lead to
C．agree to
D．belong to
7、The company has produced a new type of computer. You will probably see the product _______ wherever you go.
A. to advertise B. to be advertised
C. advertising D. advertised
8、Hurricanes, tornadoes, _____, lightning storms, nothing was a match for what was experienced almost every night in our house.’
A．avalanches
B．typhoons
C．sanitations
D．upwinds
9、It’s great responsibility but also great honor to be chosen.
A. a; a B. a; / C. /; / D. /; a
10、—Is it possible for him to finish the work on time?
—Don’t worry. I can promise he will what you have expected.
A．get across
B．live up to
C．put on
D．break down
11、—Don’t make a special journey to pick up the laundry for me.
—It’s OK. I ________ to the shop anyway.
A．was going
B．will have gone
C．have gone
D．will be going
12、I think modern education is _______ sitting at a desk and looking at the blackboard．
A．less than B．no more than
C．more than D．not less than
13、---I have looked for my keys everywhere, but I can’t find them.
---Sorry to hear that. You _____ them somewhere.
A．must lose
B．should lose
C．must have lost
D．should have lost
14、This house is so big and beautiful. I think the rent must be _________as the other one.
A. three times as more B. three times as much
C. as much three times D. as three times more
15、Celebrities and people in the news have ___________ been targets of privacy invasion, concerns about which, however, have redoubled in the Internet age.
A.recently B.soon C.previously D.long
16、I’m writing the letter to apply________ the position as a volunteer advertised in the newspaper.
A．to
B．for
C．of
D．about
17、________ is not easy for the students to remember the words in a short time.
A．That
B．This
C．It
D．What
18、These data have been collected from ________ countries, so we can use them safely. .
A．vary
B．variety
C．various
D．variation
19、A new trading agreement _______ between Holland and Denmark.
A. was drawn in B. was drawn up
C. has been made up D. had been drawn up
20、Thanks to the doctors’ careful treatment, she finally turned the corner and made a(n) ________ recovery.
A．miraculous
B．splendid
C．delicate
D．essential
21、Mrs. Green will not be able to come for dinner tonight because ______ then.
A. she had a lecture B. she will be having a lecture
C. she has a lecture D. she is having a lecture
22、We won’t give up ___________ we should fail ten times.
A.even if B.since
C.whether D.until
23、______ friendly _____ to everyone!
A．How, is she
B．What, is she
C．How, she is
D．What, she is
24、In some important way they are very different from one ______.
A. other B. another
C. others D. each other
25、Who do you think we should have ________ to Shanghai to attend the important meeting?
A．go
B．gone
C．going
D．to go
26、The feeling of waking up in the middle of the night with a pounding heart and sweaty palms is quite familiar to us. Relax, you say to yourself — it was just a bad dream. Well, it may be that you really should relax, because nightmares might actually be good for you.
Bad dreams can improve your mental health, according to New York magazine. A bad dream tends to be based on a real-life concern, for example, an approaching test or a fear of a person. To eliminate these worries, the brain turns the dream into a story in the form of a bad dream.
A bad dream enables you to distance yourself from your anxieties, and turn something you’re worried about now into a memory. The result is that when you wake up, you’re able to move forward and face the future.
A study, featured in The Atlantic magazine, showed something similar. In a survey of more than 700 French students taking a medical school entrance exam, over 60 percent had negative dreams about the test the night before. These included not finishing on time, leaving a question blank, or being late. Those who reported dreams about the exam, even bad ones, did better on it than those who didn’t, suggesting that nightmares do in fact prepare us for the future.
“We think nightmares are so common that they have some purpose to process stressors,” Anne Germain, director of the Sleep Center at the University of Pittsburgh, said.
So the next time you lie awake at night after a bad dream, remember that it may be the brain’s way of putting your fears behind you and readying you for the future. Although a nightmare may make you afraid in the short term, it might be helping you to move on from the bad stuff you might be facing in the real world. Perhaps we should try to accept our nightmares rather than allow them to keep us awake. After all, lack of sleep causes far more problems than dreams do.
【1】Which of the following best explains “eliminate” in Paragraph 2?
A．Reflect.
B．Remove.
C．Satisfy.
D．Strengthen.
【2】Why does the author mention the study in the fourth paragraph?
A．To show nightmares help students perform better in an exam.
B．To show medical school entrance exams will cause anxiety.
C．To show those who have nightmares will do worse in an exam.
D．To show most of the students will be stressed before an exam.
【3】According to the author, what should we do if we have a bad dream?
A．We should keep ourselves awake.
B．We should study bad dreams carefully.
C．We should relax and go on sleeping.
D．We should prevent it from happening.
【4】Where is this text most likely from?
A．A diary.
B．A guidebook.
C．A science magazine.
D．A fiction novel.
27、The Health Benefits of Gardening
Gardening is popular in many parts of the world. This outdoor activity gives us beautiful plants, pleasant smelling flowers and fresh fruits and vegetables. 【1】
Reduces loneliness
Gardening connects people. When you are gardening, you are outdoors. 【2】 Most people love to talk about their hobbies, and gardeners are no different. They usually enjoy showing people what they are growing. And most enjoy sharing advice and stories about their gardens.
【3】
Gardening is a great activity to do with children. Children can learn about nature and wildlife. Gardening can teach a child about where food comes from and healthy eating. It can also help them to understand the limits of natural resources and the importance of using them carefully.
Vitamin D
【4】 This means you are getting Vitamin D. Vitamin D helps our bodies use calcium. That is necessary to keep bones strong. Vitamin D also helps us fight diseases.
Exercise
When you garden you must move around. All the different movements needed for gardening — bending, twisting, stretching and lifting — work small muscles in the body. And you can easily get a good work out when you are digging holes or pulling weeds.
Brain health
Gardening may help your brain stay young. Activities such as gardening use many repeated actions, such as weeding or dead-heading (removing dying flowers from a plant). 【5】 The brain is still active but not in the same way that it is, say, when we use computers. In our technology-filled lives, gardening offers a chance to unplug. You cannot hold a phone or other electronic devices when your hands are filled with dirt.
A．Gardening can be a great teacher.
B．But it also gives us many health benefits.
C．Harvests from gardening are organic food.
D．These actions have a calming effect on the brain.
E．So it is a perfect time to socialize with your neighbors.
F．When you are in your garden, you might feel the sunshine on your skin.
G．Gardening can also give you the feeling that you have done something good.
28、Buildings, pollution, poor soil, insects, and even car crashes can add to tree loss. However, between 2016 and 2021, the city of Seattle in Washington state was reported to have lost about 255 hectares of tree covering, for which climate change was blamed. Then came the driest summer on Seattle’s record books in 2022. The drier conditions and hotter temperatures have left many trees with brown leaves, naked branches, and extreme seeding. These are all signs of tree stress.
According to Nicholas Johnson, a tree expert for Seattle City Parks, if this warming climate continues we are going to have a lot of trees die. Just like people, under the heat trees get weak.
Researchers from France and Australia studied the effect of hotter temperatures and less rain on more than 3,100 trees and plants in 164 cities across 78 countries. They found about half the trees in the cities were experiencing climate conditions beyond their limits. They also found that by 2050 nearly all trees planted in Australian cities will not survive.
It’s not the gradual change but these extreme swings of too much water, too little water, too much wind, and terrible storms that are going to cause these rapid changes. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina destroyed about 10 percent of the trees in New Orleans, Louisiana. And in 2021, Hurricane Ida uprooted many new tree plantings.
To settle the problem of tree loss, non-native trees, have been brought to cities for some time. In the city of Bellevue, Washington, experts are growing different kinds of trees specifically for climate change. On city grounds, they are planting baby giant sequoias, just a few centimeters tall. The giant sequoias are not native to the Pacific Northwest area. But the trees can deal with the lack of rain and insects. Once these trees are established, they grow incredibly fast. Having many different kinds and ages of trees is important to keeping urban forests alive.
“Life always finds a way,” said Nicholas Johnson. “And in Seattle, people are helping life find a way.”
【1】What is the first paragraph mainly about?
A．Natural reasons for tree loss.
B．The terrible climate in Seattle in recent years.
C．The bad condition of trees in Seattle.
D．The signs of tree stress.
【2】What is endangering the trees in Australia cities?
A．Buildings.
B．Pollution.
C．Car crashes.
D．Extreme climate.
【3】How do tree experts solve the problem of tree death?
A．By improving planting methods.
B．By changing the kinds of trees.
C．By treating trees as babies.
D．By improving the soil quality.
【4】Which is Nicholas Johnson’s attitude to the future of trees in cities?
A．Positive.
B．Negative.
C．Doubtful.
D．Uninterested.
29、The sun was rising when Daryl’s delivery (递送) truck with goods reached the highway. This was the best time of day to drive, when the roads were wide open and empty. He felt sure he was going to make it to Los Angeles before midnight.
Then he saw it, a large lump in the middle of the road. He stopped and found the lump was a girl. He tried shaking her awake but she wouldn’t move, so he carried her to the side of the road. At least she wouldn’t be run over (辗过) there. Now she was someone else’s problem because he didn’t have time to be a hero. He climbed back into his truck but as he looked in his mirror and saw the girl still lying by the side of the road, he knew he couldn’t leave her. Daryl put her into his truck and drove to the next town.
An hour later he arrived at the police station. After explaining what had happened, he prepared to leave, but the policeman said he needed to make a report. Daryl knew it was impossible for him to get to Los Angeles on time now.
Three hours later the report was done and the girl had recovered somewhat. She explained that she had fallen on the highway, weak from hunger. She also thanked Daryl for saving her life. Daryl told her that he had been happy to help, but as he left the police station he knew his boss wouldn’t be happy.
Just as he was about to start the car, his mother called. “Have you seen?” she said, “a bridge collapsed two hours ago, the one that you drive over on the way to Los Angeles.”
Daryl’s blood ran cold. If he had been on time, he would have been on that fallen bridge. Daryl realized how lucky he was.
【1】What did Daryl plan to do?
A．Go on holiday.
B．Deliver some goods.
C．Visit his mum.
D．Make a report.
【2】Why did Daryl first leave the girl by the side of the road?
A．He didn’t want to be late.
B．He thought the girl would wake soon.
C．He was sure that someone else would help.
D．He worried the police would blame him.
【3】How did Daryl feel as he left the police station?
A．Confident that he would be on time.
B．Angry that he had to make the report.
C．Proud that he had saved the girl’s life.
D．Worried that his boss would be angry.
【4】What does the underlined expression “Daryl’s blood ran cold” in the last paragraph suggest?
A．Daryl was now feeling more relaxed.
B．Daryl thought he would be in trouble.
C．Daryl was greatly shocked by the news.
D．Daryl felt the sudden change in temperature.
30、I have the bad habit of skipping to the last pages of a book to see how it ends while I’m still in the middle of it. This habit_______ people around me. Often my_______wouldn’t be confined(局限) just to the books I read but also to what others were reading as well. Finally, one day my daughter told me with a little anger. “Dad, please just read a book one page at a time like everyone else!”
At times I didn’t limit this bad habit to just reading books either. I also tried to skip ahead in my life and _______ what to do months and even years from now instead of_______each day as it is intended. I knew that the book of my life wasn’t done yet and that I had many _______ left to go._______ , that didn’t stop me from trying to write the _______half-way through. Time and again, I would_______ jump ahead and try to solve every potential problem before it happened so I could reach that storybook happily ever after ending. Life, however, doesn’t _______like that. It loves to surprise us, and you never know what new problem or opportunity each new day will bring.
Life has often had to ________me to slow down. Recently, when I found myself________to that bad habit of rushing ahead and living in the__________again, I felt a special voice gently telling me, “Live one day at a time.” Then I smiled, and turned the book of my life back to the________page. Each of us has to live the book of life one page and one day at a time. Each of us has to write it________and moment by moment. We have to trust that it will bring our________to its perfect end.
【1】
A．concerned
B．annoyed
C．frightened
D．embarrassed
【2】
A．impatience
B．difficulty
C．influence
D．effort
【3】
A．bring out
B．let out
C．try out
D．figure out
【4】
A．fearing
B．enjoying
C．doubting
D．imagining
【5】
A．pages
B．things
C．reports
D．novels
【6】
A．Indeed
B．Still
C．Surely
D．Finally
【7】
A．ending
B．plot
C．outline
D．passage
【8】
A．happily
B．carefully
C．unwillingly
D．foolishly
【9】
A．start
B．finish
C．work
D．change
【10】
A．allow
B．force
C．remind
D．encourage
【11】
A．admitting
B．returning
C．responding
D．referring
【12】
A．present
B．memory
C．dream
D．future
【13】
A．right
B．first
C．new
D．blank
【14】
A．more or less
B．line by line
C．one by one
D．now and then
【15】
A．story
B．job
C．plan
D．hope
31、课文填空
The United Kingdom, Great Britain, Britain, England — many people are confused by what these different names mean. So what is the difference between them, if any? 【1】 to know a little bit about British history will help you solve this puzzle.
In the 16th century, the 【2】 country of Wales was joined to the Kingdom of England. Later, in the 18th century, the country Scotland was joined to create the Kingdom of Great Britain. In the 19th century, the Kingdom of Ireland was added to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 【3】, in the 20th century, the southern part of Ireland broke away from the UK, which 【4】 in the full name we have today: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Most people just use the shortened name: “the United Kingdom” or “the UK”. People from the UK are called “British”, which means the UK is also often 【5】 to as Britain or Great Britain.
The four countries that 【6】 to the United Kingdom work together in some areas. They use the same flag, known as the Union Jack, as well as share the same currency and【7】 【8】. However, they also have some differences. For example, England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland all have different education systems and【9】 systems. They also have their own 【10】, like their own national days and national dishes. And they even have their own football teams for competitions like the World Cup!
32、阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
Since the rise in popularity of MP3 players, working out has been done together with your personal music library. Whether it be running on the street on the treadmill or lifting weights in the gym, it seems every person is wearing a set of headphones when getting up.
We all feel that certain songs help us push that little bit harder but is there any science behind that? And if so, is there a particular type of music that helps you go that extra mile? It turns out, yes. While tiredness is physical during workout, a large part is also about how the brain sees this physical tiredness.
Listening to music while training takes the brain’s concentration away from the tired body. In a sense, it fights for the attention on the fact that the body is “working out”. This leads exercise to be viewed as less tough and makes working out more enjoyable.
The kind of music you listen to can depend on the type of workout you are doing. When running on a treadmill, most people choose a faster pace of 160 beats per minute (bpm).
It also depends on the intensity of the workout and your heartbeat. For example when training starts to get to average intense levels the sweet spot is around the 120-145 bpm mark. For reference, an analysis showed that out of 74000 popular songs produced between the1960s-1990s,120 bpm was the most common. So most songs will do the trick.
What is also worth mentioning is the psychological benefits of music on the individual. You should choose songs that have particular meanings and emotional connections with individuals because they can create encouragement and get people mentally prepared for the challenges This is very important when doing strong workouts or going for personal bests on the big lifts.
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