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1、"It's in Egypt, near the Pyramids. "
The boy was startled. The old woman had said the same thing. But she hadn't__________ him anything.
A. charged B. urged
C. convinced D. nourished
2、He had unraveled the truths behind important questions, but his studies had taken him to a point beyond which he could not seem to go. He had tried__________ to establish a relationship with an alchemist. But the alchemists were strange people, who thought only about themselves,and almost always refused to help him.
A. in vain B. in a flash
C. in return D. in possession
3、His excuse for being late for school yesterday was__________. He is always telling lies.
A.beneficial B.bare C.unbelievable D.basic
4、Obviously, there was little probability _______ they would succeed, but they didn’t mind.
A.which B.that C.what D.how
5、—Is there any possibility ______ you could pick me up at the airport?
—No problem.
A．when
B．that
C．whether
D．what
6、By the time we _______, a waiter had come over to our table with a smile.
A.seated B.sitting
C.sat ourselves D.were seated
7、Our government’s plan to fight against air pollution will focus on _____ information and handling PM2.5.
A. expressing B. representing
C. gathering D. acknowledging
8、The storm lasted nearly a week, ______ in the garden.
A.left something eatable B.leaving nothing eatable
C.leaving eatable something D.left eatable nothing
9、We ____________ have proved great adventurers, but we have done the greatest march ever made in the past ten years.
A.needn’t B.may not
C.shouldn’t D.mustn’t
10、The little girl seldom, , turned to her parents for help.
A.if ever B.if any C.if possible D.if so
11、﹣﹣﹣What do you think of________ opening ceremony of the national games？
﹣﹣﹣It is simple but________ great success．
A.the；a B.an；a C.a；the D.the；the
12、In my opinion，what he told us just now about the affair simply doesn't make any ________.
A．idea B．meaning C．sense D．point
13、Only one of the students who ______ present _____ to speak at the meeting.
A.is, is B.are, are C.are, is D.is, are
14、When they went into the shop and asked to look at the engagement rings, the shop assistant brought out a cheap one, ________ she has arranged with James.
A．which was that
B．what was that
C．which was what
D．that was that
15、Although Mrs. Smith has spared a lot of time for exercising, her health ______ poor.
A. proves B. remains
C. values D. graduates
16、He admitted that ________ restriction measures had come too early. Austria lifted almost all restrictions relating to COVID-19 on March 5 and is now the first EU state ________ tougher restrictions during the current wave of infections.
A．easing; reintroducing
B．easing; reintroduced
C．being eased; to reintroduce
D．easing; to reintroduce
17、A recent research shows men wanting to catch the eyes of women should dress in red, which makes them more _______ to the opposite sex.
A. powerful B. constant C. confident D. appealing
18、In his own restaurant，he would immediately fire any employee who was ________ to a customer.
A. rude B. considerate
C. accessible D. selfish
19、I couldn’t understand _____ with me.
A. the matter was what B. what was the matter
C. what the matter was D. that was the matter
20、He promised that he would come, but he hasn’t yet.
A.turned up B.turned down C.turned out D.turned over
21、The moving scene remind me _____my childhood when we set _____the fireworks on the spring festival.
A. to, off B. of, on
C. of,off D. to,down
22、________ with her fluent English, the manger offered Julie a job interview.
A．To impress
B．Impressing
C．Impressed
D．Being impressing
23、Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, one of the great American novels, ________ first published in the United States in 1885.
A.was B.were C.has been D.had been
24、Each one of us should be environmentally friendly and ________ our rubbish.
A．conduct
B．consume
C．restore
D．recycle
25、Visitors are not permitted ________ anything without ________ .
A．touching; permit
B．to touch; permition
C．to touch; permission
D．touching; allowance
26、Instant Expert: Artificial Intelligence
Like it or not, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is starting to influence your life. Machines that have learned how to perform a task-or a huge range of tasks-better than humans are proving to be an invaluable resource. Join our speakers on a journey through the fascinating world of AI and give your own intelligence and instant upgrade.
Speakers:
Michael Veale, Lecturer in digital rights and regulation at University College London
Nello Cristianini, Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Bristol
Lydia Nicholls, Researcher and writer
Helmut Hauser, Senior Lecturer in Robotics at the University of Bristol
Aleksandra Berditchevskaia, Nesta Senior Researcher at the Center for Collective Intelligence
Benefits of attending:
Become an expert one day
Open your mind, be inspired
What's included in your ticket:
In depth talks from leading AI researchers
Ask-an-expert Question Time session
Sandwich lunch, plus morning and afternoon refreshments
Exclusive Instant Expert certificate
Exclusive New Scientist subscription deal
Book information:
The event will be held in the Knowledge Center Auditorium, the British Library
Doors will be open at 9:15 am, with talks starting at 10 am as sharp. The event will finish at 5pm.
The schedule/exact running order for the day will be confirmed closed to the event, and will
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Should you require details about disabled access, please contact us at: live@newscientist.com.
Tickets:
Early bird: Save ￡ 20
Standard ticket:￡ 149
Student ticket:￡ 99-Limited Availability
【1】The attraction of the event lies in the fact that it_
A．Provides three hot meals
B．gifts one copy of Lydia Nicholls' book
C．gives magazine subscribers free services
D．arranges particular interaction with experts
【2】How much should a farther pay if he buys tickets for himself and his 15-year-old daughter?
A．￡ 119
B．￡ 169
C．￡ 288
D．￡ 248
【3】The purpose of the passage is to
A．try to persuade us to enjoy AI
B．tell us about the influence of Al
C．attract us to join in an event of AI
D．inform us of the information about AI
27、 A Chinese saying goes:Women can hold up half of the sky. Similarly,a large number of women in Western European countries wish that they were born men.The number is said as high as 60% in Germany.
“Women often wish that they had the same chance as men have, and believe it is still men’s world,” said Dr James Holden, one of the scientists who did the study.
Anne Harper has a very good job for an international oil company.She also believes in “Women’s Liberation(解放)”.
“I don’t wish that I were a man,” she says.“And I don’t think many women do.But I do wish that people would stop looking down upon us women.At work, for example, we often do the work that men do but get paid less.There are still a lot of jobs that are usually the best ones and open only to men.If you’re a man, you have a much better chance of leading an exciting life.How many women pilots are there...or engineers or scientists?”
【1】A lot of women in ________ wish that they were born men.
A.European countries B.Asia C.USA D.West Europe
【2】“It is still men’s world.” means “________”.
A.There are more men than women in the world
B.Women have not been given the same chance as men
C.Women cannot live without men
D.There are more men scientists than women in the world
【3】Anne Harper considers that women should ________.
A.be really liberated B.live a better life
C.be well paid D.get better jobs than men
【4】Anne Harper doesn’t wish that she were a man because she ________.
A.has got a very good job B.believes in “Women Liberation”
C.does the work that a man can’t do D.isn’t looked down upon by anyone
28、 Liana nervously bit her nails while she waited for the exam to arrive. She looked around the room; hundreds of other law students sat in rows staring anxiously at the tables in front of them. Just as she began to take a deep breath to calm her anxiety, an exam booklet(册子) was placed in front of her. This was the moment she had been expecting ever since she began law school three years ago. She picked up her pencil, and opened to the first page of the bar exam, a test for all students wanting to become licensed lawyers.
Liana never thought she would want to become a lawyer. Her parents were both artists. Law was something she had not been exposed to as a child. But art made for a tumultuous career—both of her parents had struggled to find jobs and worked round the clock when they were young. Even though they finally seemed successful and happy, Liana wanted something different.
She was the anchor on her high school debate team, and consistently impressed her competitors with her analytical thinking. “Never argue with Ms. Lakes,” her teachers would say. So she chose to major in law. In her mind, she pictured herself in a New York City courtroom(法庭) dressed in an expensive suit, with papers in her hand, waving at the jury(陪审团) in a speech on human rights.
But now, with the bar exam sitting in front of her, she started to worry. “What if I don’t pass? Did I study enough?” Her thoughts raced through her mind. On the first page were seven paragraphs detailing a law situation followed by a series of questions. Liana read through the paragraphs, and quickly scribbled down an explanation of the first question before moving onto the next question. The next few hours went like this as the clock ticked closer and closer to the lunch hour.
At 12:00 p.m. sharp, a buzzer(蜂鸣器) sounded and everyone was told to put down their pencils and walked out for an hour-long lunch break. At lunch, Liana met her friend, Kevin.
“How did it go?” she asked. “To be honest, I’ve no idea. I just kept writing.” Kevin said. Liana laughed and said she felt the same way.
After lunch, the two exchanged words of encouragement. They strolled back into the exam center a bit more refreshed. Liana finished the second half of the exam that day with a better feeling than what she started with in the morning.
【1】What do we know about the bar exam Liana is taking?
A.It is for someone to be a qualified lawyer.
B.It has many law situations to describe.
C.It lasts for hours without stopping.
D.It takes place every three years.
【2】“A tumultuous career” in Paragraph 2 probably is a career that ________.
A.has lots of chances of success
B.needs to work in different cities
C.is full of competition and hard work
D.demands much professional knowledge
【3】Liana wanted to be a lawyer because ________.
A.she was good at arguing and debating
B.she wanted to follow her friend’s advice
C.she believed it would bring her a rich and happy life
D.she aimed to devote herself to protecting human rights
【4】At the end of the exam, Liana felt more ________.
A.nervous B.curious
C.energetic D.confident
【5】Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A.The Wild Dream B.A True Lawyer
C.The Big Test D.A Hard Choice
29、 Since September about 11m hectares of Australia have been in flames. This year’s fires are the worst on record, with at least 26 people dead, about half-billion animals burned alive, and over 2300 homes destroyed. Australians of all species are suffering the most. But the fires have serious consequences for the rest of the world, too.
New Zealand, one of Australia’s closest neighbors, is feeling the effects of the bushfires. The most important effect of the fires might be on the country’s glaciers, about which Helen Clark, New Zealand’s former prime minister, tweeted: “Australian bushfires have created haze in New Zealand with particular impact on the South Island yesterday and now spreading more widely. Impact of ash on glaciers is likely to speed melting.” Melting glaciers could open up a future none of us wants to suffer.
There’s no such thing as weather that happens in isolation. As a recent Forbes article reports, fires have the potential to not only block visibility for airplanes, grounding them, but to create pockets of hotter or colder air, or create situations where the weather is increasingly less stable — although no one is yet certain how far from the Australian continent those effects might wander, or how harmful they may prove to be.
In addition to coal, Australia also exports all kinds of agricultural products — like beef and wool—particularly to Asian countries including China and Japan. But what happens when the land it uses to grow all that food and fiber is destroyed by fire? Obviously, no more goods to export, which creates a huge problem in the international supply chain. Thanks to globalization, pretty much no country eats only the food it grows. What happens to the global food supply as agricultural land in Australia and other export nation’s burns to a crisp?
【1】What can we learn about the Australian bushfires?
A.They’ve left most of Australian land in flames.
B.They’ve speeded the melting of glaciers.
C.They will certainly create hotter air.
D.No one is certain how harmful their effects will be on climate.
【2】What’s the author’s attitude towards the future of the global food supply?
A.Doubtful. B.Objective.
C.Concerned. D.Indifferent.
【3】What is the best title for the text?
A.The Effects of the Australian Bushfires on Climate Change
B.Australian Bushfires: a Big Disaster to the Country
C.What the Australian Bushfires Mean for the Rest of the World?
D.Why the Australian Bushfires Affect the Rest of the World?
30、 Mary and her husband Jim had a dog named “Lucky”. Whenever friends visited Mary and Jim, they would _________ their friends not to leave their luggage open _________ Lucky would steal treasures and put them in his toy box in the _________.
It happened that Mary found out that she had a _________. The night before she was to go to the hospital, she thought, “If I die, Lucky will be abandoned (抛弃). Lucky won’t understand that I don’t want to _________ him.” The thought made her sadder than thinking of her own _________.
The operation was _________, but Mary had to stay in the hospital for three weeks. _________ the day came for Mary to leave the hospital. When she arrived home, Mary was so _________ that she couldn’t even make up to her bedroom. Jim made his wife comfortable on the __________ and left her to sleep.
Lucky stood watching Mary but he didn’t come to her when she __________. It made Mary sad. But __________ soon overcame her and she fell asleep. When Mary woke, she couldn’t understand what was wrong. She couldn’t __________ her head and her body on the couch, and she felt __________ and hot. But she laughed happily when she __________ the problem. She was covered with every __________ Lucky owned!
While she had slept, the sad dog had made trip after trip to the basement __________ his mistress (女主人) all his favorite things in life. He had covered her with his __________.
Mary forgot about dying. __________, she and Lucky began living again, walking further and further together every day. It’s been 12 years now and Mary is still cancer-free. Lucky? He still steals treasures, but Mary __________ his greatest treasure.
【1】A.advise B.persuade C.warn D.force
【2】A.after B.while C.when D.because
【3】A.basement B.bedroom C.kitchen D.yard
【4】A.cold B.cancer C.headache D.stomachache
【5】A.keep B.lose C.punish D.leave
【6】A.pain B.sadness C.business D.death
【7】A.successful B.expensive C.difficult D.painful
【8】A.Gradually B.Finally C.Unluckily D.Naturally
【9】A.frightened B.disappointed C.tired D.nervous
【10】A.floor B.chair C.bed D.couch
【11】A.greeted B.smiled C.called D.cried
【12】A.sleep B.excitement C.disappointment D.anger
【13】A.shake B.move C.raise D.control
【14】A.hard B.worried C.heavy D.nervous
【15】A.caused B.talked C.solved D.realized
【16】A.coin B.treasure C.toy D.thing
【17】A.showing B.returning C.visiting D.bringing
【18】A.care B.patience C.love D.strength
【19】A.Instead B.However C.Certainly D.Surely
【20】A.remains B.becomes C.turns D.seems
31、Directions: Complete the following passages by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
The elementary means of communicating with other people is conveying messages by voice. This fact is widely acknowledged and we recognize the voice as a(n) 【1】 characterizing the identity of a person. The array of voices is immeasurable as no two are exactly similar. They can be nasal, resonant or shrill produced in accordance with the individual physical【2】 of the throat.
One possible implementation of the 【3】 of voice recognition is voice profiling used by police analysts as a method of substantiating court evidence in trials. Every year, thousands of audiotapes with recorded interviews or 【4】 utterances are put to the purpose to help identify the probable 【5】. Specialists dealing with the voice investigation claim that people can give themselves away by their 【6】, inflections or other voice attributes like pitch, intensity and loudness. A recorded sample is usually 【7】 into electric impulses and later transformed into a pictorial recoding which is processed by a computer program. Very frequently voice analyst have a stake at deciphering the relevant information which may be 【8】 with background noise or other interfering sounds until they attain the 【9】 results.
Thankfully, these efforts help the police detect individuals who threaten their victims by phone or inform about bomb 【10】 or those who make offensive calls disturbing the peach of decent citizens.
32、假如你名叫李华，是一位高中学生。请你用英语给报社写一封信，反映你对健康食品的看法：
越来越多的学生喜欢吃西式快餐，结果摄入大量的糖和脂肪。
大家对中餐和西式快餐哪种更健康有不同看法。
你认为中餐和西式快餐哪种更健康，说出你的理由。
注意：信的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总数。 词数100左右。
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