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1、We’re glad to see that the villagers are increasingly ______of the importance of environmental protection.
A.sure B.concerned C.proud D.conscious
2、Only when I left my parents for Italy ______ how much I loved them.
A.did I realize B.I realized C.had I realized D.I had realized
3、People always _______education with exam success, which forces students to keep improving their academic abilities.
A.involve B.combine C.equate D.compare
4、—Did you see ________ man in ________ black pass by just now?
— No, sir. I was reading a newspaper.
A．the; the B．the; a C．a; the D．a; /
5、As a programmer, he always holds a strong desire for his video games to ________ to make himself gain a firm foothold in the big city.
A. turn up B. break out
C. catch on D. show off
6、—Henry told me that he _____ to return you the book the next day.
—Yes. He _____ it to me yesterday.
A. would have come; has returned
B. would have come; returned
C. would come; returned
D. would come; has returned
7、________ their hats into the air, the fans of the winning team let out loud shouts of victory.
A.To throw B.Thrown C.Being thrown D.Throwing
8、So, how do you like to do that? We could use a sponge, a towel or a mop? Which do you _______?
A.have B.clean C.prefer D.accept
9、Now that _________energy, such as sunlight, wind and water, is friendly to the environment, we should fully employ it.
A．effective
B．alternative
C．sensitive
D．creative
10、—Will you help me with this mathematical problem? ________.
—Sure. Let me see.
A．It’s your turn
B．Go on
C．I’m stuck
D．See what I mean?
11、Happiness often comes to those try to help others and do something worthwhile.
A whom B. who
C. what D. which
12、My skating teacher was really great and ______ I knew it, I was able to skate!
A.before B.since
C.until D.after
13、Tom had to have his car repaired in a garage because it ______seriously.
A. damaged B. was being damaged
C. had damaged D. had been damaged
14、____________to medicine, Zhong Nanshan is respected by all.
A.Be devoted B.To devote C.Devoting D.Devoted
15、The bodies were as those of two suspected drug dealers.
A．identified
B．contrasted
C．blessed
D．criticized
16、The teacher as well as a number of students ________ to attend the party yesterday.
A．were asked
B．was asked
C．were asking
D．was asking
17、It’s my desire that all the members of the family once a year.
A. should have gathered B. had gathered
C. gathered D. gather
18、The manager’s order was that the names______ to in his report _______ to Mr Brown immediately.
A.referred; be e-mailed B.referring; should be e-mailed
C.referred; were e-mailed D.was referred; must be e-mailed
19、Still, for the most part the awards don’t provoke many complaints. Alfred Nobel founded the prize to recognize those who have had “the greatest benefit on mankind”.
A. deal with B. worsen
C. deserve D. lead to
20、The video，Gangnam Style，is becoming the first video________ more than one billion views．
A．got B．getting C．to get D．gets
21、What were you doing before you started reading this? Were you fully focused on another article? Or eating breakfast? Organizing your day? Or were you staring out of the window, feeling restless and bored?
It is likely to have been the latter. Brief moments of boredom are universal, and are frequently what drives us to stop what we are doing and move to something that we hope will be more exciting.
But although boredom is common, it is neither unimportant nor favorable, according to Dr John Eastwood, a psychologist at York University, Toronto. Eastwood is the joint author of The Unengaged Mind, a major new paper on the theory of boredom.
Boredom, he points out in the paper, has been connected with overeating, depression, anxiety, and an increased risk of making mistakes. Mistakes at work might not be a matter of life and death for most of us, but if you are an air traffic controller, pilot or nuclear power plant operator, they most certainly can be.
Commercial polo Sami Franks confirms that boredom can make pilots lose attention. “When you fly a lengthy distance, there are two pilots, one of whom is monitoring all the screens while the other does the paperwork, talks to air traffic control and so on. You need to be alert(警觉的) for landing and takeoff, but once you’re 500 ft above the runway, the plane’s on autopilot(自动驾驶仪) and it can be very quiet and boring. In a study I saw of pilots who woke up after a short sleep. 30% of them reported seeing the other pilot asleep too,” said Franks.
However, Dr Esther Priyadharshini, a senior lecturer in education at the university of East Anglia, has studied boredom and says it can be seen in a positive light. “We can’t prevent boredom—it’s an unavoidable human emotion. We have to accept it and find ways to control it. We all need downtime. There’s no need to be fully busy with work at all times.” she says.
Children who complain that they have nothing to do on rainy holidays may try to find other things to focus on. The artist Grayson Perry has reportedly spoken of how long periods of boredom in childhood may have improved his creativity.
“We all need vacant time to mull(深思熟虑) things over,” says Priyadharshini.
【1】We can learn from Eastwood that _______.
A. boredom can be potentially (潜在地) dangerous
B. air traffic controllers usually feel bored
C. brief moments of boredom are not common
D. making mistakes is a major cause of boredom
【2】The study mentioned by Franks shows that ______.
A. pilots need to be alert for landing and takeoff
B. pilots must work well together when flying
C. boredom can make pilots lose attention
D. flying a plane is generally quite fun
【3】Which of the following might be Perry’s opinion on boredom?
A. It often leads to failure.
B. It has a beneficial effect.
C. It is more likely to happen to children.
D. It makes children lose interest in learning.
【4】What is the best title for the text?
A. Why am I so bored?
B. Is boredom bad for you?
C. Can I have your attention?
D. How can I get rid of boredom?
22、China is regarded as a miracle economy, and is well on its way to affecting the world in its way. Apart from the four ancient inventions and the four new technical inventions, which have been making people’s lives more and more convenient, the Belt and Road Initiative is changing the world. If we fail to swim with the tide (潮流) of history, we will be left behind. This is the central idea of the “Belt and Road” section in a Japan’s documentary China: the Great Dragon.
The documentary states its central idea by showing the vast farmlands of Kazakhstan, the classic small goods markets in Poland and an advanced robotics production center in Germany. They are now linked within a huge economic circle by "the B&R" Initiative. The cameras cap-red images of tall buildings and large skyscrapers in the Astana-the capital of Kazakhstan at were constructed with building materials produced in China-funded, brickyards. They also captured scenes of merchants from Eastern European countries who drove thousands of miles to buy goods at the China Mall in Warsaw, Poland. Annually, more than 1,000 trains from China arrive at Durisburg, Germany. In 2016, China became Germany’s biggest trade partner, and bilateral (双边的) economic and trade relations are only expected to grow from here.
The documentary featured the Eurasian continental railway, which relies on China's investment and operation. Shipping between China and European countries on the railway takes one-third the time of sea transportation, and goods can be delivered at only one-fifth the cost of air transportation.
It also shows many ordinary Chinese farmers cultivating farmland in Central Asia as well Chinese merchants involved in the Eastern European markets and those who find opportunities the mass ecommerce (电子商务) world. By getting involved in "B&. R" construction, hey enriched themselves and realized their dreams.
This Japanese documentary gives a vivid description that China’s steady advance and contribution to the development of the world has made it the second largest economy in the world.
【1】What did the “Belt and Road” section tell the audiences?
A．Most Chinese are changing the tide of history
B．The Belt and Road Initiative has changed the world.
C．Four new inventions are advancing the tide of history.
D．Following the tide of history, China is making progress.
【2】How did the documentary show its idea?
A．By showing the different data.
B．By recording some actual events.
C．By connecting with some relative things.
D．By comparing the lives in China and Germany.
【3】What can be inferred about the Eurasian continental railway?
A．It belongs to China only.
B．It offers better transportation.
C．It replaces the sea transportation.
D．It contributes much to the airline.
【4】What’s the main idea of the text?
A．Show the tide of Chinese history.
B．Describe the great development of modern China.
C．Compare the ancient and modern inventions in China.
D．Introduce the “Belt and Road” Initiative and its impacts.
23、Science experiments don’t always go as planned, but that doesn’t mean you can’t learn from them. Recently, Australian scientists learned something unexpected about magpies (喜鹊) when they tried to attach trackers to them to learn more about their habits.
The birds the scientists hoped to study were Australian magpies. They’re medium-sized black and white birds from the same bird “family” as crows and bluejays, live in groups of up to 12 birds and work together to defend the area they live in. The researchers were eager to try a new tracker on the magpies. They hoped to learn more about how far the birds flew and what they did during a normal day.
It’s hard to find trackers that work well with small and medium- sized birds. Either the trackers are too heavy, or don’t last long enough. The new trackers were light and could be recharged without wires while they were still on the birds.
The researchers placed trackers on five magpies. But just ten minutes after setting up the last magpie, they noticed something unusual. “ an adult female magpie was helping another magpie get free from its trackers. In a few hours, none of the birds had trackers anymore. The birds outsmarted us. ” said Dominique Potvin, one of the scientists.
The scientists were disappointed about the trackers, but they realized that the magpies had taught them something else: that magpies are able and willing to help each other out, even if the bird who is helping doesn’t get a reward. This is called “ rescue behavior ” , and this is the first time rescue behavior has been reported for Australian magpies.
The researchers are glad they’ve learned about the rescue behavior of magpies. But now they need to try again to figure out a good way to track these for Australian magpies.
【1】Why did the researchers try to put the new trackers on magpies?
A．To preserve magpies’ habitat.
B．To study magpies’ living habits.
C．To introduce the migration of magpies.
D．To prove magpies’ biological diversity.
【2】What is mainly talked about in paragraph 3?
A．The problems of the trackers.
B．The process of making trackers.
C．The technology of tracking birds.
D．The comparison of old and new trackers.
【3】What can we conclude from Dominique Potvin’s words?
A．Magpies solve problems quickly.
B．Magpies tend to help each other.
C．Magpies are smarter than humans.
D．Magpies are curious about trackers.
【4】What is scientists’ attitude towards the discovery of magpies’ rescue behavior?
A．Doubtful.
B．Tolerant.
C．Satisfied.
D．Disappointed.
24、Speaking in Clicks
Click sounds, such as those found in some languages in Africa, make perfectly good consonants. So why do they appear so rarely in most human speech? One culprit may be anatomy(骨骼).
Previous studies have suggested that in some speakers of click languages, the alveolar ridge(齿龈) the rounded bump between the upper teeth and the roof of the mouth-is small or even absent. In recent research, Scott Moisik of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and Dan Dediu of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, built biomechanical models that simulated clicks in vocal tracts(声道) with alveolar ridges of varying sizes. Their results, published in January in the Journal of Language Evolution, showed a clear disadvantage for tracts with large edges. These allowed less air to be trapped in the mouth, requiring more muscular force to produce a click.
The authors interpret this finding as support for an anatomical bias against clicks. They believe the bias is probably weak at the individual level; people with large alveolar ridges can still learn click consonants or that their pronunciations may be wrong. Amplified over generations, this bias might explain why such consonants are so rarely found in language worldwide.
These results are not the first to challenge the traditional premise among linguists that language evolution is largely immune to external factors. Several other researchers have recently argued that geographical context, environmental conditions and genetics could all play a role. But Moisik and Dediu’s work goes a step further by singling out a single feature of human anatomy and quantifying its contribution to a particular type of speech sound.
Susanne Fuchs, senior researcher at the Leibniz Center of General Linguistics in Berlin, who was not involved in the work, says the study’s conclusions are valid. But she cautions that they may present a chicken-and-egg problem: “The palate( 味蕾) shape of an individual matures from early childhood to puberty and , may be affected by frequent productions of clicks,” Fuchs says, “Therefore, over the course of history, it may well be that vocal tract properties and click productions developed in parallel.
【1】The underlined word “one culprit” in Paragraph 1 means _____.
A.something that must cause suffering
B.something that may be the cause
C.something that could be concluded
D.something that never happened before.
【2】According to the findings by Moisik and Dediu, who can make click sounds easily?
A.People with a small or absent alveolar ridge.
B.People with strong muscles inside the mouth
C.People with a normal alveolar rid.
D.People with a large alveolar ridge.
【3】Which of the following statements is true?
A.People with large alveolar ridges cannot learn click language.
B.Having less air trapped in the mouth makes it easier to produce a click.
C.Both Moisik and Dediu believe that language evolution is largely independent of external factors.
D.Language evolution may be subject to geographical context, environmental conditions and genetics.
【4】What is Susanne Fuchs most likely to agree with?
A.The conclusions of the study by Moisik and Dediu are unreliable.
B.Vocal tract properties and click productions might evolve at the same time.
C.Frequent productions of clicks decide the palate shape of an individual.
D.The palate shape of an individual decides whether one can produce click sounds.
25、I sat down at my desk and started writing a letter of thankfulness, but when it came to actually putting the letter into the mailbox. I__________.I couldn’t do it. I suddenly felt a sense of __________and insecurity(不安).
The letter was to an old teacher with whom I kept in__________ on Facebook. For months, I read about what she __________ on her Facebook page, which helped me to live my life differently. Her volunteer work wasn’t huge. __________, she was doing small, local good deeds. __________, she changed my views on the world and for some reason, I felt I should let her know how her example__________influenced me.
I could have easily sent her an email, but that seemed not enough for such an important thank-you. That’s why I ended up__________the letter. But now here I was, standing before the mailbox, unable to put the envelope inside. What was stopping me? It suddenly hit me that I was __________of being too nice. I guess I felt strange__________it wasn’t like she was my best friend or a relative. Maybe my__________was too heartfelt. Thinking this over, I put the envelope in the mailbox__________.
Weeks later I received a message from her. It turned out she was__________ a hard time and my note__________a lot to her. She said she had no idea she was playing such a big__________in others’ life.
Not only did this letter make her happier, but her response to it brightened my world and __________my joy as well. I was so__________that it had such a great influence on her that I decided to write a letter of __________ to someone each month. Now it’s easier for me to__________the goodness in others and be more__________for this beautiful life I’m living.
【1】A. stopped B. continued C. came D. moved
【2】A. disappointment B. concern C. responsibility D. power
【3】A. touch B. mind C. sight D. order
【4】A. gave up B. suffered from C. took in D. put down
【5】A. So B. However C. Instead D. Meanwhile
【6】A. Gradually B. Exactly C. Fluently D. Frequently
【7】A. widely B. rapidly C. loosely D. greatly
【8】A. checking B. receiving C. handwriting D. reading
【9】A. confident B. afraid C. fond D. sure
【10】A. because B. although C. while D. until
【11】A. explanation B. agreement C. present D. message
【12】A. sadly B. officially C. finally D. obviously
【13】A. going against B. giving out C. going through D. going over
【14】A. ignored B. meant C. offered D. recognized
【15】A. part B. decision C. choice D. world
【16】A. forecast B. increased C. expressed D. judged
【17】A. stubborn B. lonely C. upset D. excited
【18】A. congratulation B. thanks C. complaint D. advice
【19】A. hand out B. put out C. set out D. find out
【20】A. satisfied B. sorry C. grateful D. careful
26、假定你是李华，你了解到2020年北京冬奥运会正在全国招募志愿者，你想报名，请用英语写一封邮件申请参加，主要内容包括：
1.表达写信意图及应聘目的
2.自我介绍（能力、性格等）
3.表达期望
注意：
1、词数80左右
2、可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.不能使用真实姓名和学校名称。
Dear Sir / Madam,
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