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1、_____ with an orchestra playing traditional Chinese instruments, the opera brought a completely new sound to westerners.
A．Started
B．Starting
C．To start
D．Having been started
2、One can always manage to do more things, no matter______ full one’s schedule is in life．
A．how B．what C．when D．where
3、It is reported that _____ 3 percent _____ was the government’s aim.
A. 不填; economic growth B. a; economy growth
C. the; economical growth D. a; economic growth
4、She decided to her entire career to helping underprivileged children access quality education.
A．attach
B．compare
C．owe
D．devote
5、Support groups providing _____for people to resist the cravings are available in Darwin and Arlington, with a new group expected to start in Slithered next month.
A．pond
B．backup
C．basement
D．furniture
6、The old man turned his business over to his younger son, ________made his elder son discouraged.
A. who B. what
C. that D. which
7、The first thing the soldier wanted to do after the war was _________ back to his family.
A．going
B．to go
C．went
D．he went
8、J.K.Rowling was excluded from the list of the world’s billionaires for ________ a huge part of her fortune ________.
A.setting ... back B.setting ... aside C.giving ... off D.giving ... away
9、He sent a message saying he was ill yesterday. But in fact, his excuse wasn't____ the truth,
A.consistent with B.confusing with C.content with D.careful with
10、This is the first time that I’ve come to London, so I would like to try something ________British.
A.normally B.clearly C.generally D.typically
11、He recommended that in order for things ________, we ________ quickly.
A. being done, should act B. to be done, act
C. to be done, acted D. being done, would act
12、________ it clear to us that he didn’t agree with us, the manager left the meeting room.
A.To make B.Making C.Made D.Having made
13、Attending family gatherings gives us an opportunity to ________ on each other’s lives and share our experiences.
A．give up
B．take up
C．pick up
D．catch up
14、Michelle, a Kenyan student majoring in Chinese herbs, found it ________ understood.
A．easy
B．easily
C．to be easy
D．being easy
15、I’m embarrassed at my ________ of what they are talking about—celebrities and fashion, only silly nodding frequently.
A．approval
B．disposal
C．comprehension
D．ignorance
16、Most students don’t like Tom，because he ______ always ________.
A．is；lying
B．do；lie
C．is；lie
D．does；lying
17、After years of hard work, he ________ a better position in the company.
A．attained
B．possessed
C．acknowledged
D．admitted
18、-Time flew before we knew it! It is already 12 o'clock.
－Oh, really? I _______it at all.
A.haven't realized B.didn't realize
C.hadn't realized D.don't realize
19、I would love _____ to the party last night but I had to work extra hours to finish a report.
A．to go
B．to have gone
C．going
D．having gone
20、— The film is really touching, isn’t it?
— I saw most of the audience crying at the end.
A. It can’t be worse. B. Absolutely right.
C. Forget it. D. I couldn’t understand.
21、Mankind’s attempts at achieving physical beauty is nothing new (the use of beauty products dates back to ancient Egypt and Rome) but the methods we use to achieve that “perfect look” have certainly evolved. Americans spend billions of dollars each year on a variety of beauty products. Some people will stop at nothing to maintain a youthful appearance. Just how far would you go to achieve that youthful glow?
For brave individuals with common aches and muscle pains, Ada Barak’s northern Israel spa (休闲健身中心) offers a slippery solution. In this $70 procedure, dozens of non-poisonous snakes are laid over the body, causing a variety of sensations. Small snakes, such as the milk snake, brush lightly over the skin; larger ones, such as corn and king snakes, provide deeper pressure to alleviate painful muscles.
Temperature treatment method dates back hundreds of years，and Europeans have long applied the use of “cold saunas” to restore the body and reduce chronic pain. The first spa in North America to offer “cryotherapy” was opened in 2010 by Sparkling Hill Resort in British Colombia, Canada. For $45, clients can participate in an icy 3-minute introductory session in which they expose themselves (under close supervision (监管)) to a-110℃ (-166°F) temperature room. Frozen stiff or re-energized? You’ll have to see for yourself.
When a pumice stone (浮石) isn’t enough, some people turn to fish to soften their heels. “Fish pedicures” are popular in Europe and Asia, and run between $40 and $100. The practice is slowly popping up in American salons—though some states have cited hygienic (清洁) issues and banned the treatment. Prior to a traditional pedicure, clients soak their feet in a pool with over 100 garra rufa fish (from the family Cypriniformes), which eat away dead skin to leave feet soft and refreshed.
【1】What does the underlined word “alleviate” in para. 2 mean?
A．Assist.
B．Relieve.
C．Refresh.
D．Advance.
【2】What can we learn about the temperature treatment?
A．It lasts no more than 3 minutes.
B．It watches over clients’ safety.
C．It happens in a very warm room.
D．It aims to deal with chronic pain.
【3】What can be inferred about a pumice stone?
A．It costs between $40 and $100.
B．It is popular in Europe and Asia.
C．People can use it to clear themselves of dirt.
D．People have begun to complain about its issues.
【4】What is the text mainly about?
A．The history of beauty products.
B．The potential of beauty industry.
C．Some funny ways of beauty treatment.
D．Some reasons to achieve “perfect look”.
22、 When Lily Born was just 7, she noticed her grandfather, who has Parkinson’s disease, was knocking over his cup a lot. Lily felt bad her grandmother had to clean up spills(洒出物) so often.
Lily thought his cup would be less prone to spill if it had “legs”, so she drew a picture of such a cup for her dad, Joe Born. “He took it seriously and told me, ‘That’s your invention. Sign and date it’, which I did,” she said. “We went to Grandma and Grandpa’s house and made a prototype. This was just a plastic one, but it worked!” Later, Lily noticed her dad was always spilling coffee on his computer’s keyboard, so she made him a ceramic cup with legs. He loved it, too.
Though her family enjoyed using the cups, Lily didn’t see them as more than gifts and didn’t place much value on them. She was also struggling in school. “I was afraid of failing fourth grade. It had kind of destroyed my confidence, to be honest,” Lily said. “One day I asked my dad, ‘What am I good at?’ He asked me if I wanted to put the cups into production. It would make me see being an inventor was a real thing and something to be proud of.”
The Borns flew to Jingdezhen, China to find a factory that would produce the cups and make more prototypes. “We’ve sold something like 1,000 cups,” Lily said. “People are buying them for elderly relatives and people with mobility issues.”
As for Lily, doing business at such a young age helped her overcome her shyness. “Watching Lily blossom over this whole adventure has been an excitement for me as a dad,” Joe said. “I just can’t put into words how good it feels to see her have confidence.”
【1】What does the underlined word “prone” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A.unlike. B.eager. C.difficult. D.likely.
【2】Why did Lily ask her dad the question in Paragraph 3?
A.She wasn’t sure about her future career.
B.She was having trouble with her schoolwork.
C.She wasn’t confident about her cup business.
D.She was struggling to balance her life and hobbies.
【3】Which of the following words can best describe Joe?
A.Supportive and considerate. B.Traditional and scholarly.
C.Strict and single-minded. D.Generous and kind-hearted.
【4】What can we learn from Lily’s story?
A.Success is easily achieved through teamwork. B.It’s better to take action before it’s too late.
C.A good idea and action result in success. D.A youth is to be regarded with respect.
23、A group of wild elephants have become an overnight Internet focus in China and global. The group first caught the attention of the locals in March 2020, after they suddenly left their home in the Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve.
While the original group was made of 16, two of which decided to return home after a week. The rest have continued their journey northward, stopping only for a short break in November 2020 to allow a newly born baby elephant and its mother to rest.
Since leaving the reserve, the elephants have walked over 310 miles. Along the way, they have got into farms for food and water, walked through urban streets, and even paid a visit to a car shop and a retirement home. Thanks to the alarming eye of the government officials no animals or people have been hurt. However, they have destroyed more than $1 million worth.
Researchers are not sure why the elephants decided to leave or where they are headed. While elephants are known to leave their habitats (栖息地) in search of food, this is the longest moving of wild elephants recorded in China. Because of the extreme distance traveled, some doubt that the elephants may be lost. However, other scientists think the elephants were forced to move due to deforestation. Successful protection efforts have almost doubled the elephant population in the Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve and the surrounding regions. However, their natural habitat has been continuously reduced to make room for agricultural development.
We’ve seen elephants expanding their range for decades now, as their populations increase, and they search for more food for the growing group, Becky Shu Chen, a scientist at the Zoological Society of London, told The Washington Post.
The wandering elephants, search for a suitable home has not gone unnoticed by the millions of locals that eagerly follow their daily movements on social media Adam Chang, assigned to deliver food to the elephants, says, “Before this meeting, I just felt curious about animals. Now, I think I would volunteer in animal rights groups to preserve those giant creatures.”
【1】Where is wild elephants’ home according to the text?
A．Yunnan Wild Animal Park.
B．Zoological Society of London.
C．Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve.
D．Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden
【2】What does the underlined word “headed” probably mean in the fourth paragraph?
A．Went forward.
B．Settled down.
C．A body part.
D．Look around.
【3】What might have caused the elephants wandering out of their habitats?
A．They didn’t have enough food
B．They had no sense of direction.
C．The leader of the group led the wrong way.
D．People grew crops to attract the elephants.
【4】What is the main idea of the text?
A．Some wild elephants went northward.
B．China made great progress in protecting wildlife.
C．It’s difficult to keep balance between animal protection and agricultural development.
D．China’s wandering wild elephant group attracts the world’s attention.
24、Readers’ Good Choice of March,2023
Bang Bang Crash
By Nic Brown
Brown tried to live out his childhood dream of being a full-time musician but then realized a love of writing. When pursuing an MFA in low, Brown wondered if he’d given up drumming. This memoir, crafted in beautiful, vivid prose, explores a life devoted to music. Music fans and anyone who has sharply changed course will find connection in Brown’s words.
Our Brave Foremothers
By Rozella Kennedy
Kennedy compiles short biographies of one hundred Black and Asian women in this interactive book. Each entry contains a brief, lively biography accompanied by aquote from the subject and an illustration by Joelle Avelino. Activists, artists, athletes, and scientists all reeive long recognition in this attractive volume.
The Watchmaker’s Daughter
By Larry Loftis
Corrie was the daughter of a Dutch watchmaker. When WWII dawned, she transformed her home into a shelter for Jews, who were never discovered, even when Corrie and her family were taken to prison. Family photos and letters paint a detailed portrait of life in a Nazi-occupied Dutch city. The extraordinary bravery of Corrie is paired with her ability to find faith and hope in darkness.
The Quarantine Princess Diaries
By Meg Cabot
Mia Renaldi is living a sweet princess life. Her country Genovia enjoys its tourism industry. But all that stops when COVID-19 hits. Now Mia must keep her country safe and healthy while dealing with her extended family. How can Mia manage all this? This latest publication in Cabot’s Princess Diaries series tackles the pandemic and imagines how Mia would handle the crisis.
【1】What does Nic Brown’s book center on?
A．Biographies of famous women.
B．People’s brave fight against Nazi.
C．A young man’s pursuit of music.
D．Life in a pandemic-struck city.
【2】Whose book can you refer to for some knowledge about World War Ⅱ?
A．Larry Loftis.
B．Nic Brown.
C．Meg Cabot.
D．Rozella Kennedy.
【3】Which book relates to situations in the COVID-19 pandemic?
A．Bang Bang Crash.
B．Our Brave Fore mothers.
C．The Watchmaker’s Daughter.
D．The Quarantine Princess Diaries.
25、This is a story of a penguin（企鹅）that swims 5, 000 miles to a ________ in Brazil every year in order to visit the man who saved his life. It sounds like something out of a fairy tale, but it’s true！
Joao Pereira de Souza is a 71-year-old retired worker and part-time ________. He lives in an island village just outside Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He found the small penguin ________ on rocks at his local beach in 2015.
The penguin was starving and covered in oil. Joao ________ the penguin, naming him Din Din,________ the oil off his feathers（羽毛）and fed him a daily diet of fish to rebuild his________.
When Din Din________, Mr. de Souza set him free into the sea,________ expecting to see his new friend again.
The little guy wasn’t gone long, though, and just a few months later, he was back at the same beach. He ________Joao fishing and followed him home, staying with him for the rest of the year.
________, this cycle has ________over the past five years. Each year Din Din stays with Joao for about eight months and is believed to ________ the rest of the time breeding（繁殖）on the Patagonia coasts of Argentina and Chile.
“I love the penguin like he’s my own child and I believe the penguin loves me,” Joao told Globo TV. “No one else is allowed to touch him. He ________ them if they do. But he lies on my lap, lets me give him showers and allows me to feed him ________.”
Professor Krajewski, a biologist who interviewed the fisherman for Globo TV, said: “I have never seen anything like this before. I think the penguin believes Joao is part of his ________ and probably a penguin as well.”
【1】
A．stream
B．dam
C．beach
D．rock
【2】
A．guide
B．author
C．teacher
D．fisherman
【3】
A．sleeping
B．lying
C．playing
D．climbing
【4】
A．kicked
B．comforted
C．recognized
D．rescued
【5】
A．cleaned
B．collected
C．applied
D．painted
【6】
A．function
B．strength
C．attention
D．emotion
【7】
A．suffered
B．recovered
C．protested
D．returned
【8】
A．only
B．just
C．ever
D．never
【9】
A．inspired
B．noticed
C．attracted
D．imagined
【10】
A．Amazingly
B．Anxiously
C．Frighteningly
D．Embarrassingly
【11】
A．stopped
B．disappeared
C．improved
D．continued
【12】
A．waste
B．devote
C．balance
D．spend
【13】
A．attacks
B．forgives
C．appreciates
D．traps
【14】
A．coffee
B．grass
C．fish
D．shells
【15】
A．habitat
B．family
C．life
D．body
26、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
On a Sunday morning，Tony woke up to a quiet house. Usually Mom was awake making breakfast and cleaning the kitchen，but not today. At the sound of his mom coughing，Tony knocked on her bedroom door and asked with great concern，“Mom，are you OK？” “Honey，” Mom said weakly. “I have a terrible cold. You can have cereal（燕麦）for breakfast and watch cartoons. I'm going to stay in bed. ”
Tony poured some cereal into a bowl and ate the pieces dry. Mom must feel very bad if she was staying in bed all day. How could Tony help？First，he wiped up the crumbs of cereal he left on the kitchen counter. He also put away the cereal box neatly，so the kitchen looked just as it did when he woke up. But what else could he do？Tony thought. Sunday was the day when mom did laundry. Tony loved to watch the clothes spinning in the machine. That should be fun! He ran to his room to get the laundry basket，inside which there was his mother's favorite white dress，among other clothes and a pair of red socks.
Tony opened the door to the washer and put the clothes inside. He had watched Mom do laundry lots of times，so he knew where to find the washing powder and how to pour it into the machine. Finally，he closed the door and pressed the big button that said “START". Tony looked through the round glass window. Water was pouring in，and the machine was starting to spin，making his clothing tumble around. That was easy!.
Tony watched cartoons until he heard the washing machine beep. That meant the washing was done. Tony opened the door to take out the damp clothes. He took out a few at a time and moved them into the dryer. Everything seemed clean，and Tony felt proud. Then he pulled out a pink dress.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右：
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
But as far as he could remember，there was no pink dress in the laundry basket.
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Tony nervously knocked at his mom's bedroom door again，with the pink dress in her arms.
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