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1、Tu Youyou was awarded the Nobel Prize, ________ is considered one of the highest international honours a person can receive.
A．that
B．what
C．which
D．where
2、Emotional conflict may shake the ______ of even the strongest relationship, e.g. between husband and wife, parents and children.
A. proportion B. foundation
C. innovation D. interaction
3、When faced with a big challenge ________ potential failure seems to hide at every corner, maybe you've heard this advice before: “Be more confident.”
A. where B. whose C. which D. of which
4、Nantong has become one of the most_____cities in the Yangtze River Delta through innovation.
A.dynamic B.conservative C.primitive D.ethnic
5、All his attention________ on what the teacher was saying, so he even didn't notice what was happening outside the classroom.
A．fixed
B．was fixed
C．was fixing
D．has been fixed
6、Your parents are always there by you, _____you need them.
A. whenever B. however C. whatever D. whoever
7、I ________ my cellphone last night. Now the battery is running out.
A. could have charged B. might charge
C. should have charged D. would charge
8、There are also people who object to fairy stories on the grounds ______ they are not objectively true, and that giants, witches, two-headed dragons etc do not exist.
A. that B. what C. which D. when
9、________our hobbies, the Internet can connect us with others who enjoy the same hobbies, even if they live on the other side of the world.
A．However
B．Whatever
C．Wherever
D．Whichever
10、When he saw the mists rising from the river and the soft clouds the mountain tops, he was reduced to tears.
A.being surrounded B.surrounded C.surrounding D.to surround
11、How about a trip to the beach？ I will ask Tom to go with us.
A.You have my word! B.Sorry，I'm occupied.
C.Rather! D.Are you kidding？
12、—What’s wrong with you?
—Oh, I am sick. I ________ so much ice cream just now.
A. shouldn’t eat B. mustn’t eat
C. couldn’t have eaten D. shouldn’t have eaten
13、—What did he say about being late for the meeting?
—He gave some excuse about missing the bus, but sounds a bit ______.
A. responsible B. impressive C. lame D. severe
14、—Were you hurt in the accident?
—I was shocked, but wasn’t hurt at all. My car was damaged, ______.
A.instead B.otherwise C.anyway D.though
15、The researchers who study jokes want to know ________ people from different nations and cultures find very funny.
A．why
B．that
C．what
D．whether
16、The pandemic has fundamentally altered consumer behavior and enterprise operations, ________ digital adoption and transformation a necessity.
A．to make
B．making
C．having made
D．made
17、Look! Here’ s a photo ______ in my classroom at primary school. Can you recognize me in it?
A. taken B. taking
C. to take D. being taken
18、—These apples look really tasty.
—They ______! See the price $5.99 a pound. Very expensive, aren't they!
A.should B.might C.could D.would
19、Nowadays the_________for travelling is shifted from shopping to food and scenery.
A．priority
B．potential
C．preference
D．prejudice
20、I have no formal clothes for the occasion. Perhaps I can ______ in a dark suit?
A.go by B.pass by C.drop by D.get by
21、Where do you keep ice? In die freezer, of course. That's what scientists might have thought when they were looking for a safe place to store ice from mountain glaciers from around the world. They’ve decided to store ice in Antarctica because global warming is causing some of the glaciers in places like the Alps to melt.
Jerome Chappellaz of the French National Centre for Scientific Research is involved in creating an ice vault (地下室）there. He says: “We are probably the only scientific community whose sample (样本) is in danger of disappearing from the face of the planet. If you work on rocks or on tree rings, the raw material is still here and will be for many centuries."
And why do scientists need to study ice from the Alps, for example? Ice formed on the top of a mountain is made of snow accumulated over thousands of years. Trapped air bubbles (气泡) contain samples of the atmosphere that existed when that ice was formed. Ice is a record of climate By examining ice. we know carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is higher now than in the last three million years. Researchers use this kind of data to build computer models and try to predict what might happen in the future.
The ice vault will be housed in a snow cave at the Concordia Research Station, which is operated by scientists from France and Italy. The ice samples will be sealed in bags and placed 10 meters below the surface. at a constant temperature of -50*C. This will put the scientists’ minds at rest. Losing the ice samples would be a disaster, and nobody wants to see a mine of scientific knowledge lost forever in a giant pool.
【1】What makes Antarctica a safe place to store ice?
A. Its large mountains.
B. Its function as a freezer.
C. The abundant ice samples there.
D. The absence of global warming.
【2】Jerome compares ice with rocks and tree rings to state that_ .
A. it's necessary to store ice
B. it’s more valuable to study ice
C. ice disappears very quickly
D. ice should be stored at home
【3】What is the researchers' purpose of studying ice?
A. To learn about climate.
B. To learn about the Alps.
C. To trap air bubbles.
D. To reduce carbon dioxide.
【4】What do scientists think of storing ice in Antarctica?
A. They consider it an easy job.
B. They’re not optimistic about it.
C. They think it will cause disasters.
D. They think it’s a reliable way.
22、 A new study published in the journal Educational Studies shows that the elementary school a child attends has almost no influence on their desire to progress to higher education.
The research was carried out by Josip Šabić and Boris Jokic at the Centre for Educational Research and Development of the Institute for Social Research in Zagreb, Croatia. The authors wanted to discover the main factors affecting pupils’ intention to continue to higher education as they reach the end of elementary school.
To find out children’s aims, they asked just over 1,000 pupils aged 14-15 at 23 elementary schools in Zagreb to complete three separate questionnaires during their last two years at elementary school. The researchers also obtained information on the pupils’ academic grades, as well as on the size of each school and its classes, the grade point average (GPA) for each school, and property prices in the area around each school as a measure of socioeconomic status.
The study revealed that none of the school-level factors, including school and class size, the GPA of the school and property prices, had any influence on the desire to continue to higher education. In contrast, several factors related to parents and home life, such as parental educational aspirations, maternal (母亲的) academic support and having a desk to work on, did have an influence. As did gender, with girls more likely than boys to want to continue to higher education. And while school-level factors didn’t have any influence, performance at school did: high academic grades were the single strongest predictor of a pupil’s desire to continue to higher education, while enjoying school was also an important factor.
“The major finding arising from the present study is that none of the school level variables used in our analysis contributes to the explanation of pupils’ aspirations (志向) for higher education,” said Josip Šabić. “Another important finding is that parents can influence their child’s aspirations by expressing their expectations regarding the child’s educational path and by providing the basic conditions for completing homework and learning.”
【1】What does the research focus on?
A．Where do pupils go for help in choosing college?
B．Who gives pupils more support to go to college?
C．What makes pupils choose to attend college?
D．Which do pupils like most in choosing further education?
【2】Which of the following do the researchers care least in designing the research?
A．Class sizes.
B．Family incomes.
C．Property prices.
D．Academic grades.
【3】What can we infer from paragraph 4?
A．The GPA of school blocks pupils from going to college.
B．Gender has little influence on choosing a college.
C．Decisions of parents make pupils choose what to do.
D．Pupils’ preference to their school is important.
【4】What does Josip Šabić stress in the last paragraph?
A．School level variables.
B．Financial support to pupils.
C．Parental academic supports.
D．Learning environments for pupils.
23、Jose Alberto Gutierrez’s life would never be the same again after finding a copy of Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy in the trash 20 years ago. It happened while he was driving his garbage truck through wealthier neighbourhoods at night and seeing books that were thrown away. It lit his desire to start rescuing books from the trash. He used to take home between 50 and 60 books every morning after his nine-hour shift that ran from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m.. Eventually, he turned his book collection into a community library for children from low income families.
Colombia’s capital city of Bogota has 13 million residents and 19 public libraries. However, these libraries tend to be far away from where rural and poorer communities live. The option of buying new books is non-existent for families struggling to make ends meet. Gutierrez’s library is true representation of how one man’s trash can be another’s treasure. Having access to a library of books and being taken away instantly to another world while absorbed in a book is a luxury for the kids. “I think we are simply a bridge between people who have books and those who don’t have anything,” he said humbly about his remarkable attempt.
Gutierrez grew up poor, and his family could not afford to educate him beyond primary school. Nevertheless, his mother was an eager reader and read stories to him every night. Her love for books left a deep impression on Gutierrez, who never let a lack of formal education stop him from reading classics. He once said, “There’s nothing more beautiful than having a book in your pocket, in your bag or inside your car.”
Today, his library, titled “The Strength of Words”, occupies most of his home, and is piled from floor to ceiling with fiction and non-fiction titles. He has also roped in his family to expand this mission. Mrs Gutierrez, for example, selects and repairs the books her husband finds.
As word began to spread about his amazing project, fifty-six-year-old Gutierrez earned himself the nickname “Lord of the Books”. In spite of all this, Gutierrez is not yet content to call it a day. He continues to search bins for reading material.
【1】What is Gutierrez by occupation?
A．A public librarian.
B．A professional driver.
C．A trash collector.
D．a shift worker in a plant.
【2】What is a luxury for the kids in Gutierrez’s community?
A．Enjoying pleasure from reading.
B．Having their own real library.
C．The distance from public libraries.
D．The choices of buying new books.
【3】What really motivated Gutierrez to start his library for underprivileged children?
A．An assignment to rescue rejected books.
B．A passion for reading since childhood.
C．A pity on the underprivileged.
D．A desire to make a difference.
【4】What is the best title of the passage?
A．Lord of the Books.
B．From Trash to Treasure.
C．The Strength of Words.
D．A Bridge between people.
24、Is the “Go to College” Message Overdone?
Even in a weak job market, the old college try isn’t the answer for everyone. A briefing paper from the Brookings Institution warns that “we may have overdone the message” on college, senior fellow Isabel Sawhill said.
“We’ve been telling students and their families for years that college is the only way to succeed in the economy and of course there’s a lot of truth to that,” Ms. Sawhill said. “On average it does pay off… But if you load up on a whole lot of student debt and then you don’t graduate, that is a very bad situation.”
One comment that people often repeat among the years of slow job growth has been the value of education for landing a job and advancing in a career. April’s national unemployment rate stood at 7.5%, according to the Labor Department. The unemployment rate for high-school graduates over 25 years old who hadn’t attended college was 7.4%, compared with 3.9% for those with a bachelor’s degree or more education. The difference is even bigger among those aged 16—24. The jobless rate for those with only a high school diploma in that age group is about 20%. At the same time, recent research by Canadian economists warns that a college degree is no guarantee of promising employment.
Ms. Sawhill pointed out that among the aspects that affect the value of a college education is the field of one’s major: Students in engineering or other sciences end up earning more than ones who major in the arts or education. The cost of tuition (学费) and the availability of financial aid are other considerations, with public institutions generally a better financial bargain than private ones.
She suggested two ways to improve the situation: increasing vocational (职业的)-technical training programs and taking a page from Europe’s focus on early education rather than post-secondary learning. “The European countries put a little more attention to getting people prepared in the primary grades,” she said. “Then they have a higher bar for whoever goes to college—but once you get into college, you’re more likely to be highly subsidized (资助).”
She also is a supporter of technical training—to teach students how to be plumbers, welders and computer programmers—because “employers are desperate” for workers with these skills.
【1】People usually think that .
A. the cost of technical schooling is a problem
B. technical skills are most important for finding a job
C. one will not succeed without a college degree
D. there is an increased competition in getting into a college
【2】What does the underlined part “taking a page from” (in Para.5) possibly mean?
A. Learning from. B. Changing from.
C. Differing from. D. Hearing from.
【3】What can we infer from the passage?
A. Public institutions charge more for education.
B. European universities are stricter with students.
C. Canadian students prefer to major in engineering.
D. Students with certain skills are in great demand.
【4】Ms. Sawhill may probably agree that .
A. technical training is more important than college education
B. too much stress has been put on the value of college degrees
C. a college degree will ensure promising employment
D. it’s easier for art students to find favorite jobs
25、 Ice and snow were beating the window and the wind almost swept everything away outside. I _________ how I would get home. The 12-mile route took me up and down steep hills and around _________ turns. I whispered a prayer for _________.
My old green Blazer SUV was doing wonderfully over the _________ roadway. _________ as I climbed one of the steepest and scariest hills, I noticed the tires were slipping, and I decided it was time to _________ to four-wheel drive. Slowly the tires _________ the road, and the top came _________ sight. Unfortunately, I had just made it when the _________ stopped. I pushed and pulled the lever (档杆)—nothing happened. I was ____________ with snow and ice balls around.
Even though I had met no one on this lonely road, I hoped someone might come to ____________. After a few minutes, I ____________ an old pickup truck. A smiling young man I’d never seen before rolled down his window, asking if I needed help. I ensured him I did. Then he showed me how to operate the four-wheel-drive shifting gear (齿轮), locking it into ____________.
____________, I got the Blazer starting. When I thanked the stranger and asked if he lived around the area, he just said, “Oh, over there.” Do I believe in angels? You ____________!
【1】A.wondered B.realized C.assumed D.stated
【2】A.smooth B.sharp C.simple D.slight
【3】A.liberty B.priority C.safety D.recovery
【4】A.ice-covered B.flood-ruined C.badly-built D.well-equipped
【5】A.But B.Or C.So D.And
【6】A.attend B.appeal C.switch D.lead
【7】A.lost control of B.took charge of C.got along with D.held on to
【8】A.into B.beyond C.over D.from
【9】A.wind B.snow C.vehicle D.driver
【10】A.hurt B.stuck C.engaged D.panicked
【11】A.life B.power C.help D.mind
【12】A.boarded B.missed C.called D.spied
【13】A.comfort B.scene C.action D.place
【14】A.By no means B.In no time C.In some way D.In the meanwhile
【15】A.fail B.approve C.count D.bet
26、假定你是李华，上周末你班组织去阳光敬老院(Sunshine Nursing Home)参加志愿服务活动。请你用英语写一篇日记，内容如下：
1. 活动时间；
2. 活动内容；
3. 你的感受。
注意：1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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