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1、—I’m not looking forward to this. It’s going to be a really hard exam.
—Oh,________I’m sure we’ll all get good marks.
A．I can’t agree more.
B．You’d better get started.
C．You must be kidding me.
D．I won’t worry about it too much.
2、(2013·天津，9)No one________ be more generous；he has a heart of gold.
A．could
B．must
C．dare
D．need
3、 Life is harder for Senior Three students throughout China．Hardly _____ endless exercises or tests．
A．does everyday go by with
B．any day goes by with
C．everyday goes by without
D．does any day go by without
4、Have self-awareness of how much work you can ________ at any time and manage expectations.
A.rely on B.pick on C.take on D.draw on
5、It’s difficult to ___ all tastes .One man’s meat is another man’s poison.
A.adapt to B.cater to C.appeal to D.adjust to
6、Eventually the two sides reached an agreement ___ could not be taken the place of.
A. whose the details B. the details of whose
C. whose details D. of which details
7、This is the only way that I can think of _______ the problem of water waste in urban areas.
A．settling
B．to settle
C．settle
D．settled
8、We will hold a meeting to sum up our experience ____ we finish our task.
A. in case B. even though
C. despite D. immediately
9、House prices are usually much higher ________ there are subway stations around.
A. where B. unless C. while D. though
10、_______ astonishes us is that AlphaGo defeated the human champion.
A. Which B. When
C. That D. What
11、—Alice has just lost her husband to heart failure.
—Her ______ smile can’t hide her sorrow.
A. arbitrary B. artificial
C. compulsory D. conventional
12、It’s nearly four years since I worked in that firm. I ________ a band with other fellows.
A. operated B. had been operating
C. was operating D. am operating
13、I _____ it as a basic principle of the company that suppliers of raw materials should be given a fair price for their products.
A.make B.look C.take D.think
14、For British people, somebody standing too close may make them focus less on what others are saying than on ______ close he or she is to them.
A.what B.where C.which D.how
15、It was ______ creative thinking that I took the course, not to get high marks in exams.
A．developing
B．to develop
C．developed
D．to have developed
16、________ by his teachers made him regain the confidence in himself.
A. Praised B. Being praised
C. Praising D. Having praised
17、She lived in two rooms over a teashop, ________ was convenient, since she could send for cakes if she had visitors.
A．where
B．in which
C．which
D．that
18、Some elderly people find it hard________ the things that happened while they were children.
A．remember
B．to remember
C．remembering
D．remembered
19、—Do you know when your mother ______ to pick you up?
—At 11:40am.
A. had come B. is coming C. has come D. would come
20、This restaurant has become popular for its wide ______ of foods that suit all tastes and pockets.
A.production B.offer
C.range D.division
21、 Many people spend more than four hours per day on WeChat, and it is redefining the word “friend.” Does friending someone on social media make him or her your friend in real life?
Robin Dunbar, a professor at Oxford University, found that only 15, of the 150 Facebook friends the average user has, could be counted as actual friends and only five as close friends. WeChat may show a similar pattern.
Those, with whom you attended a course together, applied for the same part-time job, went to a party and intended to cooperate but failed, take up most of your WeChat friends. In chat records, the only message may be a system notice, “You have accepted somebody’s friend request”. Sometimes when seeing some photos shared on “Moments”, you even need several minutes to think about when you became friends. Also, you may be disturbed by mass messages sent from your unfamiliar “friends”, including requests for voting for their children or friends, links from Pinduoduo.com (a Chinese e-commerce platform that allows users to buy items at lower prices if they purchase in groups) and cookie-cutter blessings in holidays.
You would have thought about deleting this type of “friends” and sort out your connections. But actually you did not do that as you were taught that social networking is valuable to one’s success. Besides, it would be really awkward if they found that you have unfriended them already. Then, you keep increasing your “friends” in social media and click “like” on some pictures that you are not really interested. But the fact is that deep emotional connections do not come with the increasing number of your friends in social media.
If the number of your friends reaches 150, maintaining these relationships can be tough to you, and sometimes even will make you anxious. According to Robin Dunbar, 150 is the limit of the number of people with whom one can maintain stable social relationships.
【1】What can we learn from Robin Dunbar’s finding in Paragraph 2?
A.A Facebook user has 250 friends on average.
B.Most of the social media friends can be actual friends.
C.Among our social media friends, only a few people matter.
D.Only 15 people of a person’s Facebook friends can be close friends.
【2】What does the third paragraph tell us about most of your WeChat friends?
A.You have deep communication with them.
B.You benefit a lot from their mass messages.
C.You just have a nodding acquaintance with them.
D.You become friends with them in important occasions.
【3】What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A.We will be anxious if we make friends online.
B.We should avoid making any friends in social media.
C.We should make as many friends as possible in social media.
D.We have difficulty managing relationships with over 150 people.
22、Adversity quotient (AQ逆商) is one’s ability to handle adversities well. It is known by other names such as resilience (适应力) and persistence. 【1】. A person with high AQ is tough and will not easily give up in the face of hardship, and often has the following qualities:
【2】
As we all know, change is the only constant in life. In the natural world, a creature that cannot adapt to changing circumstances eventually comes to an end. An employee who refuses to adapt to great changes such as heavier workloads will give up and leave. 【3】. The ups and downs of life will not crush them.
High emotional quotient (EQ)
【4】. Poor emotional control can make a situation worse than it already is. A person with a high EQ usually knows that the emotional impact of an adverse situation is only temporary. It is the classic “this too shall pass” mode of psychology.
A positive attitude toward life
A person with a high AQ has a positive outlook on life. They will see the half-full glass instead of the half-empty one. 【5】.
The concept of AQ is becoming increasingly relevant as the world goes through tough times. People with high AQs are an asset to any organization.
A．Sensitivity to changes
B．Adaptability to changes
C．However, a person with high AQ will stay no matter what
D．Without high AQ, anxiety and depression are usually not far behind
E．They will see even criticism in a positive and constructive spirit
F．AQ is the capacity to bounce back after you have been pushed down
G．The ability to regulate one’s emotions is important when faced with adversity
23、Imagine you bought a new shirt and did not intend to buy a new jacket,however,you suppose that the new shirt makes the old jacket look worn. You weaken and buy a new jacket, new trousers,even new shoes.Before you realize it,you have a whole new wardrobe.And maybe an empty bank account.
This is called the Diderot Effect. Denis Diderot,a well-known French philosopher,was the co-founder and writer of Encyclopedia. However，he was too badly off to afford a dowry(嫁妆)for his daughter. His only valuable possessions were books. Hearing of Diderot’s financial troubles,Catherine the Great,the Empress of Russia, offered to buy his library at a high price. Shortly after this lucky sale，Diderot acquired a new dressing gown(长袍)which had a huge effect on his life. As he wrote in the article in 1769, the new dressing gown made his other belongings seem old and unattractive. Thus, he began replacing them.
According to many social scientists,it resulted from a psychological need for our possessions to go together and to reflect our self-image. In 1988, anthropologist Grant McCracken coined the term “the Diderot Effect” to describe this need and its influence on consumerism.
Marketers utilize this need by displaying products in what McCracken calls Diderot Unities. An example is the Swedish furniture company IKEA, whose marketing uses two kinds of Diderot Unities in its shops, website and catalogue. One is dividing items like lamps and rugs into various furniture “families”. The other is displaying items in fully furnished rooms. Shops count on all of these to create the Diderot Effect, making the buyer want the entire package.
We may occasionally give in to the Diderot Effect,but knowing it exists can help us resist it so we don’t regret our purchases. Before buying something, ask yourself, is it necessary? Then, buy items that match what you already have. And remind yourself that a new chair won’t transform your bedroom into a showroom!
【1】What can we infer about Denis Diderot from paragraph 2?
A．His belongings were out of style.
B．He showed interest in nothing but books.
C．He kept on buying new items after the lucky sale.
D．His new dressing gown landed him in financial troubles.
【2】Why are people always buying things they don’t actually need?
A．To improve their social status.
B．To show off their beauty and elegance.
C．To make their belongings better matched.
D．To cater for the needs of family members.
【3】What does the underlined word “utilize” mean in paragraph 4?
A．Get rid of.
B．Ignore.
C．Affect.
D．Take advantage of.
【4】What can be a suitable title for the text?
A．Keep an eye on your bank account
B．Embrace Minimalism: less is more
C．The Diderot Effect: a two-edged sword
D．Have you ever given in to the Diderot Effect?
24、 Hot after “ smart email” comes “ digital wellness”, the umbrella term for trying to reduce our addiction to technology — and its grim effects on our health, productivity and politics— by means of that technology itself. One hugely popular app, Forest, displays a tree on your phone when you put it down, which then gradually begins to grow, and is only to die if you pick it back up. Using fire to fight fire in this fashion is an appealing thought. And given the endless data these firms collect about how we use their products, nobody could be better placed to help us use them more healthily.
And yet, increasingly, digital wellness triggers in me a response aware of those kinds of things I meet in bad American reality TV shows. In the shows, some teenagers are sent to the Colorado wilderness to learn self-discipline through self- love. If you hate how much you use your phone, just stop using your phone so much! Relying on Big Tech to help you do so is a problem, for one thing, because of the obvious conflict of interest. However concerned for your wellbeing they might seem, Apple and Google need you to use their products. But it ’ s also funny, as the author Cal Newport explained on his blog. “ I’ m a grown man,” he wrote. “If I’m checking my phone every five minutes or playing video games instead of paying attention to my kids, I don't need an existence of a dying tree to help me toward better habits. I actually need someone I respect to knock the stupid thing out of my hand and say, ‘Just stop using it!’”
To put it differently: digital wellness aims to reduce your dependency on your devices—but at the cost of increasing your dependency on the corporations behind those devices. It closes off the idea of a more basic rejection of using them, which may be the right answer for us. More generally, it seems likely to weaken your self-discipline muscle, by giving the job of managing your time and attention to a third party.
【1】What does the app seemingly want to do by displaying a tree?
A.To go after the design fashion of beauty.
B.To ask us to make full use of our phones.
C.To encourage us to protect the environment.
D.To remind us not to use digital devices too much.
【2】What do digital wellness and bad reality TV shows have in common?
A.They both reveal the dark sides of society.
B.They are both self-contradictory in nature.
C.They are both popular among young people.
D.They both encourage us to reduce phone use.
【3】What is Cal Newport’s attitude towards Forest?
A.Supportive. B.Negative.
C.Objective. D.Unclear.
【4】What is the author’s suggestion for us?
A.Have someone monitor us strictly.
B.Use technology to keep healthy.
C.Refuse electronics simply.
D.Manage our time properly.
【5】What does the author mainly talk about in the passage?
A.Effects of addiction to technology on people’s health.
B.The function of a popular app on our phones.
C.The real effectiveness of digital wellness.
D.Methods to ensure our digital wellness.
25、During the past few weekends, we held the first 24-Hour Play Festival on campus, the first event our society board has held.
The event started in the Playhouse Theatre at 8:00 pm on Friday with students who _________ to be either an actor, director, or playwright (编剧). Then the host _________ the theme of the event concerning the plays. Playwrights had 12 hours to write a 10-minute play based on the theme, which meant that they had to work all night because the scripts (剧本) were _________ at 8:00 am on Saturday. _________ received scripts and had 12 hours with actors to start their rehearsals (排练). Everyone would _________ at 8:00 pm on Saturday.
As a _________ manager, I had to make sure everything went well. It was really _________ because this was our first time. Students haven’t _________ since the start of the pandemic, so it was _________ to see actors perform in the same room as the audience.
The performers did a(n) __________ job. I was amazed at the playwrights’ beautiful scripts and the ideas they represented. Among those stories, there were many __________ including friendship, love and equality.
One of my favorite plays was about friendship. In the play, a girl and a boy haven’t seen each other for a long time. One day, they meet __________. At first, they are __________ because they do not know where to __________. It was so real that it reminded me of my friend and me. When they talked about good memories in the past and __________ for the future, I was moved. They moved like birds on the stage, and my heart __________.
The actors were amazing. They had to memorize all their __________ in 12 hours. Directors also __________ great ideas in such a short time. I was really excited to watch the performances and be one of the staff. It was not easy to start from zero, but __________ there is a beginning, a story always __________. I learned a lot from the event.
【1】
A．worked out
B．pulled through
C．signed up
D．watched out
【2】
A．acknowledged
B．announced
C．requested
D．realized
【3】
A．due
B．published
C．perfect
D．awarded
【4】
A．Authors
B．Artists
C．Producers
D．Directors
【5】
A．perform
B．sing
C．dance
D．communicate
【6】
A．research
B．stage
C．sales
D．finance
【7】
A．confusing
B．shocking
C．embarrassing
D．exciting
【8】
A．got together
B．set out
C．made way
D．cut in
【9】
A．harmonious
B．routine
C．refreshing
D．difficult
【10】
A．demanding
B．excellent
C．boring
D．easy
【11】
A．purposes
B．themes
C．titles
D．chapters
【12】
A．on purpose
B．in turn
C．at first
D．by accident
【13】
A．enthusiastic
B．free
C．nervous
D．familiar
【14】
A．start
B．travel
C．discuss
D．park
【15】
A．misunderstandings
B．requirements
C．guidelines
D．expectations
【16】
A．broke
B．hurt
C．followed
D．beat
【17】
A．notes
B．articles
C．promises
D．lines
【18】
A．favoured
B．contributed
C．sensed
D．assessed
【19】
A．as long as
B．even though
C．in case
D．in order that
【20】
A．ends
B．helps
C．forms
D．spreads
26、假设你是红星中学高三（1）班学生李欢， 请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，写一篇英文日记，记录你班同学上周六参观中国科学院的全过程。
注意：词数不少于60. 提示词：中国科学院 Chinese Academy of Sciences
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