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1、As Queen Elizabeth in her New Year Speech of 2018 puts it, for many, the idea of “home” reaches _______ a physical building to a hometown, a city or a nation.
A. against B. with C. beyond D. through
2、________a small amount of money each month is widely recognized as a good habit for personal finance management.
A．Picking out
B．Putting aside
C．Giving away
D．Getting back
3、You can’t use the computer now, ________ the upgrade of the system is under way.
A. until B. unless
C. as D. after
4、My skating teacher was really great and ______ I knew it, I was able to skate!
A.before B.since
C.until D.after
5、—Jerry, where did you guys go for the summer vacation?
—We ___ busy with our work, or we would have gone to Brazil to watch the games.
A.were B.have been C.had been D.would be
6、I had been betrayed by those who I trusted several times, ______ in a suspicious attitude towards everything and everyone.
A. resulted B. having resulted C. resulting D. to result
7、New York is the fashion capital of the world, says a new study on Feb 4. 2014 by the Global Language Monitor (GLM), Pairs ____ second, with Shanghai ______10th while Hongkong 20th.
A. coming, ranks B. come, ranked C. comes, ranking D. coming, ranking
8、---The prices of vegetables are going up madly. It’s really too much for us.
---But for the situation where many vegetable producing areas _____ constant low temperature, things would not be like this.
A. meet with B. have met with
C. met with D. had met with
9、Everyone in my class spares no efforts on their study, ______ for the College Entrance Examination.
A.prepared B.having prepared
C.to prepared D.preparing
10、— Many drugs have been forbidden recently.
— Actually. But the scientists say that before a new drug ___ on humans, plenty of studies___.
A. can be tested; are needed
B. can test; are needed
C. can be tested; need
D. can test; need
11、People expect Shanghai Disneyland Park to offer better service than ________ of Tokyo’s.
A. this B. it C. one D. that
12、Nowadays, basic health care services are ________ to almost all the Chinese people. This accounts for the fact that the average life expectancy of all the Chinese has already risen to 75.
A．accessible
B．abundant
C．accurate
D．attractive
13、Our parents sat us down to read and paint________all we really wanted to do was to make a mess.
A.when B.as C.since D.until
14、_____in the queue for half an hour, the old man suddenly realized he had left the money in the car.
A. Waiting B. Having waited
C. To wait D. To have waited
15、How long do you think it is ______ the National Football Team of china can play in the World Cup Finals.
A.when B.before
C.since D.until
16、None of the underwater workers has been harmed by the great fish. ______, most fish were so friendly that they played with the instruments.
A. Instead B. Even though C. However D. Though
17、Sixty decades on, the presenter (Queen Elizabeth II) has evolved somewhat, as has the technology she described. Back then, who _____ that people would one day be watching this on laptops and mobile phones, as some of you are today?
A. must have imagined B. may have imagined
C. would have imagined D. should have imagined
18、As a(n) ________ and effective method, expressway noise barrier is a primary measure used to reduce traffic noise.
A. correctional B. flexible C. economical D. investigative
19、If you don 't have a guide,you________ lose your way.
A．must
B．dare
C．should
D．could
20、I was surprised by her words， which made me recognize___silly mistakes I had made.
A．what
B．that
C．how
D．which
21、Laws that would have ensured pupils from five to sixteen received a full financial education got lost in the “wash up". An application is calling on the next government to bring it back.
At school the children are taught to add up and subtract（减法） but, extraordinarily, are not routinely shown how to open a bank account-let alone how to manage their finances in an increasingly complex and demanding world.
Today the parenting website Mumsnet and the consumer campaigner Martin Lewis have joined forces to launch an online application to make financial education a compulsory element of the school curriculum in England. Children from five to sixteen should be taught about everything from pocket money to pensions, they say. And that was exactly the plan preserved in the children,schools and families bill that was shelved by the government in the so-called ¨wash-up" earlier this month-the rush to legislation before parliament was dismissed. Consumer and parent groups believe financial education has always been one of the most frustrating omissions of the curriculum.
As the Personal Finance Education Group (Pfeg) points out, the good habits of young children do not last long. Over 75% of seven to ll-year-olds are savers but by the time they get t0 17, over half of them are in debt to family and friends. By this age, 26% see a credit or overdraft（透支）as a way of extending their spending power. Pfeg predicts that these young people will “find it much harder to avoid the serious unexpected dangers that have been fallen many of their parents' generation unless they receive good quality financial education while at school".
The UK has been in the worst financial recession（衰退）for generations. It does seem odd that-unless parents step in-young people are left in the dark until they are cruelly introduced to the world of debt when they turn up at university. In a recent poll of over 8,000 people, 97% supported financial education in schools, while 3% said it was a job for parents.
【1】The passage is mainly about
A. how to manage school lessons
B. how to deal with the financial crisis
C. teaching young people about money
D. teaching students how to study effectively
【2】It can be inferred from the first two paragraphs that
A. the author complains about the school education
B. pupils should not be taught to add up and subtract
C. students have been taught to manage their finances
D. laws on financial education have been effectively carried out
【3】The website and the consumer campaigner joined to
A. instruct the pupils to donate their pocket money
B. promote the connection of schools and families
C. ask the government to dismiss the parliament
D. appeal for the curriculum of financial education
22、 Towner Art Gallery, the contemporary art museum, presents a unique programme of major exhibitions of contemporary and historic visual art. Towner's new home in the heart of the Cultural Quarter has repositioned its exhibitions and activities where they can be enjoyed by all. Wheelchairs can be provided for visitors with mobility difficulties. Assistance dogs are welcome.
Opening: From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Prices: One paying exhibition per year; all other exhibitions are free
Location: 10-minute walk from Eastbourne Railway Station
Here is something you're likely to enjoy at Towner Art Gallery.
Towner Tours
Enjoy a tour of the exhibitions with the help of your guide. You may also book a group tour for 10 or more people at a time convenient for you, for £2 per person.
Opening: Daily except weekends
Towner Cafe Bar
Urban Ground is the perfect spot to enjoy a delicious Direct Trade coffee made from Union Hand Roasted beans. Treat yourself to one of their freshly prepared light lunches.
Opening: Daily except Saturdays and Sundays
Coastal Culture Trail
The De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill, Jerwood Gallery, and Towner- -three of the most exciting visual art galleries in the UK- share a 20-mile stretch of East Sussex coastline, which- -less than 90 minutes from London- is the perfect destination for a weekend getaway. You can start from the Jerwood Gallery in Hastings and follow it to Towner Art Gallery or in reverse(相反).
Opening: Daily
Tiny Towner Drop-in
This is a welcoming space for under-5s and their parents and caregivers to play and explore together.
Opening: Every Tuesday
【1】Where is Towner Art Gallery?
A.In Bexhill. B.In Hastings.
C.In London. D.In Eastbourne.
【2】Which will be a wonderful choice for a weekend tour?
A.Towner Tours. B.Coastal Culture Trail.
C.Tiny Towner Drop-in. D.Towner Cafe Bar.
【3】What do we know about Towner Art Gallery?
A.Its exhibitions are all charged. B.It is open every day.
C.It favors the disabled. D.It offers free group service.
23、Picture this: you’re between video meetings, and skimming your social media. Headlines like “Death rate continues to rise”, and “COVID-19 may cause long-term health risks” flash across your screen. Your mood takes a dive, but you can’t stop.
If this rings true for you, you’re not alone. Research on the effects of bad news on mood suggests exposure to negative COVID news is likely to be harmful to our stable emotion. For instance, one study conducted in March 2020 involving more than 6,000 Americans found that the more time participants spent consuming COVID news in a day, the unhappier they felt.
To find out more, researchers conducted a study where they showed hundreds of people real-world content on either Twitter or YouTube for two to four minutes. The Twitter feeds and YouTube videos featured either general news about COVID, or news about kindness during COVID. Researchers then measured these participants’ moods using a questionnaire, and compared their moods with participants who did not engage with any content at all.
The result was shocking. People who were shown general COVID-related news experienced lower moods than people who were shown nothing at all. Meanwhile, people who were shown COVID news stories involving acts of kindness didn’t experience the same decline in mood, but also didn’t gain the boost in mood they’d predicted.
These findings suggest that spending as little as two to four minutes consuming negative news about COVID-19 can have a harmful impact on our mood. Although researchers didn’t see an improvement in mood among participants who were shown positive news stories involving acts of kindness, this may be because the stories were still related to COVID. In other researches, positive news stories have been associated with improvements in mood.
So what can we do to look after ourselves, and make our time on social media more pleasant? One option is to delete our social media accounts altogether. Figures show almost half of Facebook users in the UK and the US considered leaving the platform in 2020. Or it may be more realistic to seek out or spread content that makes you happy. This may be images of cute kittens, beautiful landscapes, delicious food videos or something else.
【1】What does paragraph 3 mainly tell us about the research?
A．The conclusion.
B．The reason.
C．The procedure.
D．The problem.
【2】What news on smart phones can better our mood according to the text?
A．A brave Chinese teacher saved a drowning boy.
B．Japanese volcanic eruption killed many people.
C．A big fire broke out in French St Paul’s Cathedral.
D．Beijing Olympic Committee held a press conference.
【3】What can we learn from the text?
A．People feel negative because of the news online.
B．Positive stories greatly improved participants’ mood.
C．Research shows COVID news may make people feel sad.
D．50% of the Facebook users have stopped using Facebook.
【4】Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A．COVID-19 and Health Risks
B．Proper Ways to Use Social Media
C．Social Media’s Effect on Our Mood
D．Virtual Social Media and Real World
24、 Are your kids interested in science and technology? Help them sign up for any of the following programs, and your kids will thank you more than enough.
Science is Beautiful Arts Contest
Location: Canada
Project Type: Arts
Grade Level: 11-12
The “Science is Beautiful” arts contest is open to Canadian students in grades 11-12. Both individual and group entries are accepted. But there is a limit of one submission per individual or group. There is no restriction on the type of submission — your artwork can consist of photographs, sculptures, poems, songs or any other medium that allows you to share the beauty of science!
Tomatosphere Action Project
Location: Across Canada
Project Type: Data Collection
Grade Level: 10-12
Tomatosphere is a program that uses the excitement of space exploration to teach the skills and processes of scientific experimentation and inquiry. Participating classrooms compare the germination rate (发芽率) of tomato seeds which have been exposed to a space-like environment with that of a control set of seeds.
DNA Barcoding (条形编码) at the Toronto Zoo
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Project Type: Student Science Club
Grade Level: 7-12
DNA technology is in use right now to preserve and catalogue life’s biodiversity through a Canadian invention: the DNA barcode of life. This colourful barcode is already being used to fight the greatest crime of our lifetime — the loss of biodiversity. By adding information to a few exhibits at the zoo, high school students can witness the power of biotechnology in solving global issues.
Dandelion (蒲公英) Project
Location: Ontario
Project Type: Data Collection
Grade Level: 11
This dynamic and hands-on program focuses on studying evolution of a species available all around us: the dandelion. Students will actively make observations, generate predictions, design experiments, collect and analyze the data and communicate their findings.
【1】The "Science is Beautiful" arts contest mainly sets a limit on _____.
A.the type of the artwork submitted
B.the number of the artwork submission
C.the ability to express the beauty of science
D.the number of the participating group members
【2】Which of the following programs may accept junior high students?
A.Science is Beautiful Arts Contest.
B.Tomatosphere Action Project.
C.DNA Barcoding at the Toronto Zoo.
D.Dandelion Project.
【3】How do students study evolution in the Dandelion Project?
A.By doing some practical activities in person.
B.By learning about the history of dandelions.
C.By asking experts about dandelions’ details.
D.By referring to previous studies on dandelions.
25、I was ready for bed. My eyes fell on the musical ________ on my bedside table. In it was a photo of Dad smiling, and once opened, it would play his ________ song recorded before his death. It was propped(支，撑)open just enough so the recording wouldn't play.
Dad was a ________ man. He was always singing me his little made-up songs to share joy although he was ________ off-key, not hitting every note.
Dad was a man with big heart. When my house burned down a few years ago, Dad ________ my family into his home. When we tried to offer some ________, he said with his characteristic voice, "Don't be ________!"
With happy ________, I fell asleep.
"Beautiful and marvelous-!"
Suddenly, was awoken hours later by the ________ song. The card! I snapped it shut(啪的一声合上).
How did that card just start playing? I checked the windows, all tightly shut. But why couldn't I ________ the feeling that something was wrong?
I decided to ________ downstairs. Opening the door to the laundry room, I was hit with a strong smell of ________. The heat lamp had fallen, and the carpet was burning.
The ________ wasn't too bad. I let out a shaky breath with ________. What could have happened? Perhaps another house fire... But we were safe. All thanks to Dad's one-of-a-kind ________.
【1】
A．card
B．record
C．box
D．clock
【2】
A．sad
B．particular
C．strange
D．religious
【3】
A．powerful
B．joyful
C．traditional
D．reliable
【4】
A．hardly
B．intentionally
C．typically
D．annoyingly
【5】
A．moved
B．frightened
C．dragged
D．tricked
【6】
A．tips
B．protection
C．rent
D．opportunities
【7】
A．careful
B．mean
C．sensible
D．ridiculous
【8】
A．endings
B．songs
C．wishes
D．memories
【9】
A．embarrassing
B．familiar
C．classic
D．beautiful
【10】
A．shake
B．believe
C．express
D．tolerate
【11】
A．observe
B．check
C．test
D．wander
【12】
A．cigarettes
B．chemicals
C．smoke
D．cooking
【13】
A．influence
B．reflection
C．damage
D．change
【14】
A．satisfaction
B．regret
C．excitement
D．relief
【15】
A．voice
B．kindness
C．generosity
D．heart
26、假如你是李华，全球中学生校园健美操大赛将于今年五月在英国伦敦举行。你想申请参加志愿服务活动。请你用英语给主办方负责人George先生写封信，内容包括:
1.申请目的；
2.自身优势；
3.请求批准。
注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答；
3.参考词汇：校园健美操大赛---campus aerobics competition。
Dear George,
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Yours,
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