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1、Olympic athletes bring joy to people across the world with their____________ to push the boundaries of human achievement.
A. intelligence B. influences C. impression D. attempts
2、Last week, only two people came to look at the house, _______ wanted to buy it.
A.neither of them B.both of them C.none of whom D.neither of whom
3、— The more you practice, the more ________ you become.
— Sure. This is true of every type of skill.
A.innocent B.confident C.ignorant D.constant
4、He was so surprised at the way_________ she spoke to him_______ he didn’t know what to say.
A.which; that B.what; that C.that; that D.that; which
5、According to some witnesses, the thief was observed ______ the bank when they were passing by.
A. enter B. to enter
C. entering D. to entering
6、The Kangaroos went home proud _______ they had done their best.
A.which B.that C.what D.whether
7、My brother is really ____. He often works in his office far into the night.
A．open-minded
B．hard-working
C．self-confident
D．warm-hearted
8、Knowledge and learning are important if we want to be successful, but they may also ________our thinking.
A．direct
B．limit
C．change
D．improve
9、Some models are all skins and bones. In my opinion, they are beautiful.
A. all but B. none but.
C. anything but D. nothing but
10、We are interested in the weather because it _____ us so directly --- what we wear, what we do, and even how we feel.
A.confuses B.guides C.affects D.effects
11、Lack of money _______ her not continuing her studies.
A.cares for B.explains to C.approves of D.accounts for
12、Eventually, the butterfly manages to reach the place____________ it will spend the winter.
A．which
B．when
C．that
D．where
13、The tiger, once a ____ animal to humans, is now ____of disappearing on the earth.
A.dangerous; danger B.in danger; in danger
C.dangerous; in danger D.danger; in danger
14、Whatever change is happening today is the result of great technological progress, _______ which will be like trying to turn the clock back.
A.going against B.going beyond
C.going off D.going through
15、He has a very tolerant________ towards other cultures.
A．attitude
B．award
C．behavior
D．extinction
16、_______ luggage has to be abandoned to save the people on the ship.
A.A good many B.A large number of
C.A great deal of D.A great many of
17、To those of you who received honors, awards, and ____, I say, well done. And to the average students, I say, you, too, can be President of the United States.
A.distinctions B.contributions C.solutions D.attractions
18、When Justin came to himself he found himself ________ out to the UFO by a group of aliens.
A. to carry. B. carry C. being carried D. carrying
19、—What did he say?
—He said _______.
A．he had visited Europe
B．when he visited Europe
C．how he visited Europe
D．whether he visited Europe
20、_______ the size of the whole earth, the biggest ocean does not seem big at all.
A．Comparing with
B．When compared with
C．To compare with
D．Being compared with
21、Can you lend me the book ________ you were reading this morning？
A. that B. what
C. whose D. who
22、_____, he has a lot of knowledge about computer.
A. A child as he is B. As he is a child
C. Child as he is D. Child as is he
23、I'm sure David will be able to find the library —— he has a pretty good ______ of direction.
A.idea B.feeling C.mind D.sense
24、—I had thought that your wife didn't understand you at that time.
—________， she had a good understanding of me.
A.On the contrary B.That is to say
C.On the other hand D.For another thing
25、With the help of other people, the people in the south of China _____________ the most difficult time in recent 50 years.
A.overcame B.saw C.found D.directed
26、 Over the last two decades (十年), the Earth has seen an increase in vegetation (植被) and China and India are leading the increase in greening on land. The result comes mostly from tree planting programs in China and intensive agriculture(集约农业) in both countries.
Researchers from Boston University found that global green area has increased by 5% since the early 2000s, an area equal to the size of Amazon rainforest. Among the increased area, China and India contribute to about 33%, especially China, with 25% itself. China’s great contribution came mostly from its programs to protect and expand forests, which is about 42%. These programs were developed in an effort to reduce the effect of desertification, air pollution and climate change.
Another 32% of the greening change in China, and 82% in India, resulted from intensive agriculture of food crops. The land area used to grow crops in China and India has not changed much since the early 2000s. Yet both countries have greatly increased the total green area and food production in order to feed large populations. The lead author Chi Chen of Boston University said,
“That is a surprising finding, since it is generally believed that land degradation(退化) in populous countries is usually more serious.”
Rama Nemani, a research scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center, saw a positive message in the new findings. “Once people realize there is a problem, they tend to fix it,” However, the researchers rang bells as well. They pointed out that the gain did not necessarily fill up the loss of natural vegetation in tropical regions like Brazil and Indonesia.
【1】What’s the first paragraph mainly about?
A.The earth is becoming a green land.
B.China and India are forest countries.
C.China and India matter in greening the Earth.
D.China and India develop intensive agriculture well.
【2】Why is Amazon rainforest mentioned in Paragraph 2?
A.To show its importance to the planet.
B.To call on people to protect rainforests.
C.To clearly show the increased green area.
D.To be evidence of the lost natural vegetation.
【3】What benefits can China’s tree planting programs bring?
① Reducing air pollution.
② Increasing rich land for crops.
③ Helping with climate control.
④ Controlling the desertification.
A.①②③ B.①③④
C.①②④ D.②③④
【4】What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A.Brazil and Indonesia do not protect their forests.
B.The findings discouraged belief of a green world.
C.Humans are creative enough to solve all problems.
D.More efforts are needed to protect natural vegetation.
【5】Where does the text probably come from?
A.A newspaper. B.A travel brochure.
C.An interview. D.A geography textbook.
27、 People from East Asia tend to have more difficulty than those from Europe in distinguishing facial expressions — and a new report published online in Current Biology explains why.
Rachael Jack, University of Glasgow researcher, said that rather than scanning evenly(均匀的) across a face as Westerners do, Easterners fix their attention on the eyes.
“We show that Easterners and Westerners look at different face features to read facial expressions,” Jack said. “Westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure, whereas Easterners favor the eyes and neglect (忽略) the mouth.”
According to Jack and her colleagues, the discovery shows that human communication of emotion is more complex than previously believed. As a result, facial expressions that had been considered universally recognizable cannot be used to reliably convey emotion in cross-cultural situations.
The researchers studied cultural differences in the recognition of facial expressions by recording the eye movements of 13 Western Caucasian and 13 East Asian people while they observed pictures of expressive faces and put them into categories: happy, sad, surprised, fearful, disgusted, angry, or neutral. They compared how accurately participants read those facial expressions using their particular eye movement strategies.
It turned out that Easterners focused much greater attention on the eyes and made significantly more errors than did Westerners. “The cultural difference in eye movements that they show is probably a reflection of cultural difference in facial expressions,” Jack said. “Our data suggest that whereas Westerners use the whole face to convey emotion, Easterners use the eyes more and mouth less.”
In short, the data show that facial expressions are not universal signals of human emotion. From here on, examining how cultural factors have diversified these basic social skills will help our understanding of human emotion. Otherwise, when it comes to communicating emotions across cultures, Easterners and Westerners will find themselves lost in translation.
【1】The discovery shows that Westerners _____________.
A.pay equal attention to the eyes and the mouth
B.consider facial expressions universally reliable
C.observe the eyes and the mouth in different ways
D.have more difficulty in recognizing facial expressions
【2】What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 6 refer to?
A.The participants in the study. B.The researchers of the study.
C.The errors made during the study. D.The data collected from the study.
【3】What can be the best title for the passage?
A.The Eye as the Window to the Soul
B.Cultural Differences in Reading Emotions
C.Effective Methods to Develop Social Skills
D.How to increase Cross-cultural Understanding
28、Recycling Electronic Waste
When Alex Lin was 11 years old, he read an alarming article in the newspaper which said that people were burying old computers in backyards, throwing TVs into streams, and dumping (丢弃) cell phones in the garbage. This was dangerous because e-waste contains harmful chemicals that can leak into the environment, getting into crops, animals, water supplies—and people.
Alex was really worried and decided to make it next project for WIN—the Westerly Innovations Network. Alex and six of his friends had formed this organization to help solve community problems two years before.
But what could they do about this project with e-waste? The team spent several weeks gathering information about the harmful chemicals in e-waste and their effects on humans. They learned how to dispose (处置) of e-waste properly and how it could be recycled. Then, they sent out a survey and found only one in eight knew what e-waste was, let alone how to properly dispose of it.
Alex and his friends went into action. They advertised in the local newspaper and distributed notices to students, asking residents to bring their unwanted electronics to the school parking lot. The drive lasted two days, and they collected over 9, 500 kilograms of e-waste.
The next step was to set up a long-term e-waste drop-off center for the town. After some research, they’d learned that reusing is the best way to deal with electronic devices and it is seven times more efficient than recycling. So, they began learning to refurbish (翻新) computers themselves and distributed them to students who didn’t have their own. In this way, they could help students in the area and protect the environment at the same time.
For a lasting solution to e-waste, the drop-off center wasn’t enough. Laws would have to be passed. In 2016, WIN helped push for an e-waste bill in their town, which required companies that manufactured or sold electronics to take back e-waste. The bill clearly forbids the dumping of e-waste.
Because of the work of WIN, more and more people, like Alex and his team, are getting the message about safe disposal of e-waste. As Alex says, “Today’s technology should not become tomorrow’s harmful garbage.”
【1】What was Alex’s worry after he read the article?
A．The littering of e-waste.
B．The recycling of plastic.
C．The change of environment.
D．The overuse of old computers.
【2】What did Alex do to start the project?
A．Set up WIN.
B．Collect information.
C．Ask friends for help.
D．Carry out a survey.
【3】Which can best describe the way Alex and his team did their work?
A．Traditional.
B．Competitive.
C．Scientific.
D．Convenient.
【4】What message does the story convey?
A．There is no end to perfection.
B．Success comes through failure.
C．Every positive attitude has a reward.
D．Young people can make a big difference.
29、Across the globe, we've developed a coffee addiction, and we've become addicted to single-use cups: 600 billion disposable cups are produced and sold annually. But there's a growing push to cut this down.
Here's the problem with disposable coffee cups: The thin, waxy, plastic coating inside makes it tricky to recycle or compost them. So, they most go into a landfill （垃圾填埋场）. More than that, it takes a lot of energy and resources to make them. Starbucks and McDonald's are trying to develop a disposable coffee cup that can be both recyclable and compostable. But that's easier said than done. The coffee giants have been dangling a million dollars to anybody who can crack the code.
The Rolling Stones are also thinking about the sustainable cups. If you see the Stones in concert this summer and go to get a drink, there may be no single-use plastic cup for you. The bands approached Michael Martin, who has produced a bunch of big Earth Day concerts, asking for help to eliminate plastic waste. He came up with a simple solution.
"When you come up to get your first beverage（饮料）, you put down a $3 deposit, you get a really high-quality Rolling Stones-branded cup," says Martin. "You use it throughout the night, and at the end of the event you can turn your cup in and get your $3 back or you can keep your cup." If you return the heavier plastic cup at the end of the show, it gets washed and used again. Or recycled.
But this idea — returning and reusing a cup — this is not that complicated. So why is this just being tried now? "That's a really good question," says Martin. "In America, we're a throwaway society, and so we're hoping we'll be able to wake people up and change things." He's starting with rock concerts because artists have a pretty powerful platform. I mean, if Mick Jagger tells his fans to stop abusing the planet, who's going to say no to that?
【1】Why is there a growing push to cut single-use cups down?
A．Because too many people are coffee addicts.
B．Because disposable cups are hard to recycle and compost.
C．Because it takes a lot of energy and resources to recycle them.
D．Because Starbucks and McDonald's are dangling a million dollars.
【2】What does the underlined phrase "crack the code" in Paragraph 2 mean?
A．develop a cup.
B．set up a recycling company.
C．find the password.
D．tackle the problem.
【3】What can we infer from Martin's solution?
A．People will wash the cups at the end of the show.
B．People hand in the cup and get 3-dollar reward.
C．People can own the cup by paying 3 dollars.
D．People must pay 3 dollars and return the cup.
【4】What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A．Artists have a great impact.
B．Martin is giving a rock concert.
C．Mick Jagger' fans are abusing the planet.
D．Mick Jagger' fans never disagree with him.
30、 I had stopped to get gas at a place where I almost never go.I had hesitated about cleaning my windshield(挡风玻璃）。But then when the gas __ was almost finished,I decided for some reason to __ and clean it.That's what I was doing when a woman asked for ___
There were two women in the old car,one middle aged,the other twenty-something. "Can you tell us how to get to Mopac,sir?""Sure.Where on Mopac are you __?"I asked.She unfolded a printout(打印件）and showed me the address.I knew it well,and started to get the __ that this moment was meant to happen."I know ___where that is."I told her."I used to have a(n)__ in that building to work in.”
I ___giving directions to the older lady,and then again to her __,who was the driver. It took a while,because I __ each instruction to make sure they understood.The whole___ helped me much more than it helped her.I had been having a very __ day.In fact,the only reason I had gone to that particular gas station was that I wanted to take a little drive and __ my head.
As I replaced the gas cap,having sent them on their way,I suddenly___ that I felt better. My head was clear.And I am __ for the real goodness it brought into my life.
【1】A.pressing B.packing C.pulling D.pumping
【2】A.go ahead B.give up C.pick up D.turn around
【3】A.gas B.money C.directions D.food
【4】A.dragging B.persuading C.consulting D.heading
【5】A.feeling B.concern C.power D.pleasure
【6】A.gradually B.exactly C.wholly D.personally
【7】A.destination B.court C.office D.apartment
【8】A.thought of B.put off C.turned to D.ended up
【9】A.companion B.master C.helper D.colleague
【10】A.urged B.repeated C.blamed D.recalled
【11】A.situation B.accident C.conversation D.incident
【12】A.extreme B.precious C.important D.difficult
【13】A.clear B.empty C.cover D.turn
【14】A.understood B.realized C.admitted D.assumed
【15】A.guilty B.confident C.aware D.grateful
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.
Hundreds of years ago, Charles Darwin predicted that facial expressions of emotion are 【1】. If you’ve ever seen an episode of the popular US TV drama Lie To Me, you will really understand facial expressions. The leading actor of the show, Dr. Cal Lightman has spent 20 years studying nonverbal communication and facial expressions, which allows him to point out other people’s studying nonverbal communication and facial expressions which allows him to point out other people’s 【2】 and on many occasions, to be skilled at tricking in order to get the truth.
Is there really much truth behind this science of 【3】 human emotions through expressions? Paul Ekman, a(n) 【4】 psychologist whose work focuses on mapping facial expressions, is Lie To Me’s scientific advisor and the following are some of his explanations.
Hand-to-face gesture indicates a lie.
Each micro-expression is unique to 【5】 specific emotions because the person is often unaware of doing it. But it doesn’t necessarily mean that they are lying when someone uses a hand to hide part of his face. The person could be holding back information but you may better consider looking at other more important clues rather than just the simple hand-to-face gesture.
A liar refuses eye contact.
People look away when they are thinking carefully and considering each word before it is spoken, not just when they are 【6】 an excuse. Oblique eyebrows are a very reliable 【7】of sadness and few people can make this 【8】 expression, so it is actually never faked.
Guilty knowledge technique is 【9】.
Lightman often uses the guilty knowledge technique, mentioning something that only the guilty person will know about and show a(n)【10】. This is often used in polygraph exams: “Was the person strangled, shot or stabbed to death?” Only the killer knows and is likely to respond physiologically when the actual weapon is mentioned.
32、假定你叫李华，你校将举办中国古代诗词大赛（Chinese Ancient Poetry Competition）。你想邀请一直对中国古代诗词非常感兴趣的外教Mr. White观看本次比赛。请给他写封邮件，内容包括：
1.比赛目的；
2.比赛时间、地点；
注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.可适当增加细节，使行文连贯；
3.开头与结尾已写好，不计入总词数。
Dear Mr. White,
How are you going?
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