1、 __________ on Wechat is a common phenomenon, and more people hardly write letters.
A. Communicate B. Communicated
C. To communicate D. Communicating
2、To their disappointment, the couple ________ the house but couldn’t find the missing ring, which was to bring them into great trouble.
A.got through
B.went through
C.lived through
D.read through
3、Three young men have been arrested because they were caught ___ an old lady last night.
A. robbed B. to rob C.rob D. robbing
4、 He must have sensed that I ________ him. He suddenly glanced at me and said quietly, "Why are you staring at me like that?"
A. would look at B. looked at
C. was looking at D. am looking at
5、The children's excitement as Christmas drew near.
A. grows B.tried C.trying D. had grown
6、I _______ travel by train, but now by car.
A.used to
B.got used to
C.was used to
D.am used to
7、Winter swimming should be encouraged because it is ____ for building one’s character.
A. qualified B. essential
C. beneficial D. specific
8、Jane can’t attend the meeting at 3 o’clock this afternoon because she _________ a class at that time.
A.have taught
B.will teach
C.will be teaching
D.is teaching
9、_______ the morning train, he would not have been late for the meeting.
A. Did the catch B. Should he catch
C. Has the caught D. Had he caught
10、The fashion designer _________her achievements to the goal she set, the education she received from the college , and al the efforts she made.
A.attaches
B.compares
C.devotes
D.owes
11、----You should have told her about the meaning of the gesture.
----I meant ______, but I had some unexpected guests.
A. to B. to have C. to do so D. doing so
12、—It’ll take me about two hours to do the work!
—Oh, ! I could do it in half an hour.
A.come on B.no way
C.no problem D.don’t mention it
13、The train ________ at the present speed until it reaches the foot of the mountain at about nine o’clock tonight.
A.will be going
B.has been going
C.goes
D.went
14、---Mr. Jones isn’t at his desk. Where is he?
---_______. I have no idea.
A. You are welcome B. Tell me about it
C. Let’s call it a day D. You’ve got me there
15、________ affected by the law.
A.Not only are men but also women and children
B.Not only men but also are women and children
C.Not only can men but also women and children be
D.Not only men but also women and children are
16、---________ I say something to you? You were really, really something back there. Incredible!
---Are you talking to ---me? Whoa!
A. Must B. Can C. Need D. Should
17、 It was so dark in the cinema that I could hardly ______ my friend.
A. turn out B. bring out
C. call out D. pick out
18、______ the Nobel Prize in 2015 makes Tu Youyou, a hard-working and modest Chinese scientist, known to the world..
A.Given B.Being given C.Giving D.Having given
19、Don't rush into anything without careful planning. Just_______ before you take measures.
A.hold your horses B.rain cats and dogs
C.follow the path D.hold your breath
20、Researchers have invented _________ ears that look and act like the real ears, giving hope to patients missing all or part of their ears.
A. technological B. artificial
C. false D. magical
21、Jayson McCarthy, 12, was born without fingers on his left hand. That didn't stop him from being able to do many tasks. But Jayson could not grasp more than one object at a time. So Jayson 's father, Paul, created a Prosthesis(假肢), using a 3D printer. Now Jayson has fingers that open and close. “It was a do-it-yourself, father-and-son adventure,” says Paul.
When Jayson was a baby, his doctor advised his parents not to give him a prosthetic hand until he was in his early teens. “The doctor said Jayson should first learn to get full use out of the hand he was born with,” says Paul. As Jayson got older, his father looked into purchasing a prosthetic hand, which can cost as much as $30,000. Paul found a more affordable solution.
One day, Paul discovered a video on the Internet about Robohand, a prosthesis created with a 3D printer. He downloaded the free instructions and called Robohand's creators for advice. They told him all he needed was a 3D printer—which costs around $2,000—and some materials.
Luckily, Jayson 's school had recently purchased a 3D printer and it offered to help Paul build the hand for Jayson n. “We used a soccer shinguard(护胫), cardboard(硬纸板), and tape. They cost about $10,” says paul.
With his new hand, Jayson can do things better. “I can help my mom more, because now I can carry two grocery bags,” he says.
Jayson 's father has already built several hands for Jayson. Jayson helps design each one. He says there's one thing in particular that he wants to do with a future prosthesis. “The goal,” he says, “is to be able to tie my shoelaces(鞋带).”
【1】Why did Jayson 's doctor disapprove of(不赞成) his using a prosthesis in his childhood?
A.The prosthetic technology was underdeveloped then.
B.A prosthesis was very expensive at that time.
C.To use the disabled hand was important.
D.The original hand could do many tasks.
【2】Jayson 's father managed to get Jayson a new hand by ________.
A.collecting money on the Internet
B.buying a prosthetic hand
C.buying a 3D printer
D.printing a hand
【3】The underlined word in paragraph 2 can be replaced by ________.
A.buying B.borrowing
C.renting D.making
【4】What's the best title for the text?
A.A DIY Enthusiast B.A Helping Hand
C.A Great Adventure D.A Lucky Escape
22、The Nobel Prize for literature is given to the person who shall have produced the most outstanding work in the field of literature. Here are four winners, along with the reasons.
Peter Handke
He is an Austrian novelist, playwright, translator, poet, film director and screenwriter. He is most famous for his novel about his mother’s act of killing herself deliberately, A Sorrow Beyond Dreams. He was awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize for literature.
Kazuo Ishiguro
He is a British novelist, screenwriter and short-story writer. He was born in Japan, but his family moved to the UK in 1960 when he was five. He is known for The Remains of the Day, Never Let Me Go and The Saddest Music in the World. He was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize for literature.
Bob Dylan
He is one of the most influential singer-songwriters of the 20th century. In 2016, he was named the winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize for literature and it was the first time that the honor had been given to a musician. He was praised for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.
Svetlana Alexievich
She was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize for literature. Her works reflected the suffering and courage in her time. She is known for her works about the women involved in World War II and the description of the Soviet Union’s war in Afghanistan.
【1】Which of the following is Peter Handke’s famous book?
A.Never Let Me Go.
B.The Remains of the Day.
C.A Sorrow Beyond Dreams.
D.The Saddest Music in the World.
【2】What is special about Bob Dylan?
A.He was the first musician to receive the Nobel Prize.
B.He tried to explore the human nature.
C.He wrote a lot of Japanese songs.
D.He helped the women in need.
【3】Whose book will you choose if you want to read something with a war background?
A.Peter Handke’s.
B.Kazuo Ishiguro’s.
C.Bob Dylan’s.
D.Svetlana Alexievich’s.
23、 On your journey, there are some healthy active transport options, for example cycling.
Active transport benefits
* It’s a convenient and practical way to incorporate (并入) regular exercise into your day.
* Cycling to your stop or station helps to reduce your carbon footprint.
* The cost of buying and maintaining a bicycle is around 1% of the cost of buying and maintaining a car.
* It provides an opportunity to socialize with people in your local community.
* Cycling provides commuters (通勤者) with economical and efficient access to public transport services. On average, 10 times more households are within cycling distance of public transport than they are within walking distance.
Taking your bike on the train
You can take your bike on the train on weekdays, except during the following peak times:
* 7 a.m.-9:30 a.m. towards the CBD (Central Business District);
* 3 p.m.-6:30 p. m. outwards from the CBD;
* at any time during weekends and public holidays.
Note: You can travel in the opposite direction during the specified peak times above.
To avoid travelling during peak times, you must complete your morning journey by 7 a.m. towards the CBD and afternoon journey by 3 p.m. outwards from the CBD.
During peak hours, bikes cannot be brought through Fortitude Valley, Central or Roma Street stations. If you travel with a bike during peak times, you may be asked to leave the train until peak time ends.
Bike storage facilities
Bike facilities offer greater flexibility as you can cycle to a station and securely park your bike before continuing your journey on public transport. Queensland Rail and the City of Gold Coast also offer a number of bicycle storage facilities across our network. You can book a bike locker by emailing us at bikelockerqueries@ translink. com. au.
【1】What is mentioned about cycling in the text?
A.It is environmentally-friendly. B.It is convenient to get around.
C.It is helpful to reduce your weight. D.It is much faster than walking.
【2】When can you take your bike on the train through Roma Street station?
A.7 a.m. on Christmas. B.3 p.m. towards CBD.
C.6 p.m. during weekends. D.4 p.m. outwards from CBD.
【3】Where can we probably find the text?
A.A guide book. B.A health journal.
C.A sports magazine. D.A Travel website.
24、The Hunan Satellite TV (HNTV) show “Where are we going, Dad?” is a big hit. Many famous stars brought their children to a strange village alone, and they had to spend 72 hours with their children there. The program fully showed us a modern version of the “how to be a good father”. As the young parents today are too busy to take care of their children, this new form of“Lost on the way”played by nanny (保姆式的) daddy and cute kids triggered(触发)a lot of people’s emotional resonance(共鸣). Both the kids and their parents will find that their hearts are being drawn closer. But this kind of feeling has just proved that there is a big spiritual barrier between the modern parents and children.
The TV shows like “Children are hard to support!”, “Where are we going, Dad?”, “hot mom” and “cute kids” are becoming more and more popular. All of these show the new parents’ confusion in children’s education and the appeal for the balance between career and family.
In real life, on the one hand, the young parents feel helpless because they are too busy to accompany their children under the pressures of work and life; on the other hand, they continue to do so. The data collected by HNTV show that nearly two-thirds of their audience are female, among whom 36% are aged from 25 to 34. We can imagine such a scene that one evening a young mother is watching the show with her young children, while her husband is still at work or trapped in socializing, or maybe is just playing computer games in the bedroom. The story of a child without the company of father is still going on. In fact, it is sometimes the same to mothers. In a modern family, it is often the old who take the responsibility for raising a child. The participation of mother in the children’s education is also very low.
It is just this kind of confusion where the parents have gone in the modern family education, and where the parents will guide their children to go that “Where are we going, Dad?” shows us. If a child wants to grow up healthily and safely into a modern citizen with independent personality and free spirit, it is very important for him or her to follow the parents who serve as their first teacher. Maybe this is the real reason why such kind of TV programs could get hot. The truth is that children will go where their parents go, and society will go where the children go.
【1】Which of the following can be inferred in the passage?
A. Parents shouldn’t entirely leave the education of children to the old.
B. 36% of the audience of the program are female aged from 25-34.
C. The program shows us the confusion where the parents and children will go to play.
D. In a modern family it is often mothers who are responsible for raising a child.
【2】 In raising a child in modern society, parents should ________.
A. play computer games with their children
B. break down the barrier between children and teachers
C. balance well between family and career
D. keep their children at home to avoid socializing
【3】What attitude towards modern family education does the author express in the passage?
A. Optimistic. B. Proud.
C. Negative. D. Worried
【4】Which one is the best title of the passage?
A. Confusion behind “Where are we going, dad?”
B. Modern Education is Important
C. Nanny Daddy and Cute Kids
D. New Problems in Modern Children’s Education
25、We have, like in many more countries, refugees (难民) in our country. Through the years I have tried to _________ without pay by teaching women our country’s language as one of their _________. They have to learn the language, and also our culture, for example, what to say when they have to go to the doctor.
Only by learning the language will they be able to _________ our society. Once a year, just before Christmas break, all the women from different countries make delicious food which are _________ for us all together.
Problems with the kids _________ happen due to being in a _________ country with a different culture and another _________. The women often miss their homes very much and feel _________, because they have to get used to this life as _________ as possible. I have seen the __________ and pain in their eyes. It is so good to give some comfort (安慰) in one way or another, even just to be there for them. And it is really __________ when you make friends.
They and many more new people are trying to __________ up their new homes in this new country. Will we be able to get them out of __________, for every one? And nowadays, though at times their lives look almost broken, I __________ it won’t always. Because wherever we __________, we are together, as we are citizens of the world.
【1】
A.continue
B.escape
C.help
D.explain
【2】
A.jobs
B.tools
C.tests
D.signs
【3】
A.join in
B.dig out
C.depend on
D.go through
【4】
A.served
B.judged
C.organized
D.rewarded
【5】
A.peacefully
B.mostly
C.finally
D.personally
【6】
A.mean
B.cruel
C.rich
D.different
【7】
A.lifestyle
B.accent
C.attitude
D.disaster
【8】
A.moved
B.determined
C.worried
D.excited
【9】
A.carefully
B.quickly
C.hurriedly
D.smoothly
【10】
A.matter
B.happiness
C.support
D.fear
【11】
A.surprising
B.legal
C.great
D.generous
【12】
A.set
B.burn
C.give
D.make
【13】
A.order
B.trouble
C.luck
D.pleasure
【14】
A.prove
B.doubt
C.dream
D.believe
【15】
A.study
B.meet
C.go
D.travel
26、近年来,随着清明节(the Tomb-sweeping Festival)、端午节(the Dragon Boat Festival)、中秋节(Mid-Autumn Day)等传统节日成为法定假日越来越多的人选择“自驾游(self-driving travel)”作为假期出游的首选。
请你根据以下提示,以“My Views on Self-driving Travel”为题写一篇短文:
1.自驾游增加的原因(至少两条);
2.自驾游的优势及缺点;
3.自驾游的注意事项;
注意: 词数100--120;
可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。