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1、Letting virtual assistants, such as Amazon's Alexa, take care of your home is a(n) _________ for disaster to some, because AI-infused systems may demonstrate unpredictable behaviors that can be disruptive, confusing, offensive, and even dangerous.
A.topic B.shortcut C.cure D.recipe
2、The reason why I declined your invitation to the picnic was ______ a job interview that day.
A.because I had B.because of having C.due to D.that I had
3、What is your daughter doing now?
She is on the phone, ________with one of her schoolmates.
A. to chat B. chatting
C. chatted D. being chatted
4、Our school makes _______ a rule that students______ bring their mobile phones to campus.
A.it; needn’t B.it; mustn’t
C.that; mustn’t D.that; needn’t
5、He as well as his children ___ looking forward to the summer holiday but unluckily, his children rather than he ___ going to enjoy it as he will have to work anyway.
A. is, are B. are, are C. are, is D. is, is
6、He was about to leave ______ the telephone rang.
A.while B.as C.whether D.when
7、—How was your vacation in the small town?
—Pretty good. In the evenings we ________ beer with the locals in the open air.
A. have enjoyed B. enjoyed C. had enjoyed D. enjoy
8、The lady ________ have done something wrong, because she is looking guilty.
A.would B.should C.can D.must
9、He differed _________ other people __________ he always looked further ahead in his work.
A.from; in which B.from; in that C.with; in which D.with; in that
10、It often gets angry and will ________ anyone who goes close to it.
A.attract B.attach C.attack D.avoid
11、We are very honored to invite the famous teacher and writer who ______ many books to give a speech to us.
A. have taken out B. have left out
C. has picked out D. has put out
12、______ by the Youth League, she has made much progress this term.
A. To be educated B. Educating C. Being educated D. Educated
13、Although it seemed ridiculous to Bruno that school ________ take place when there were only two students to teach, both Mother and Father agreed that a tutor should come to the house every day.
A. could B. should C. must D. would
14、This statue was put up _________ Dr. Sun Yat-sen.
A.in the name of B.by the name of C.in place of D.in memory of
15、Boys, please don’t talk about such things _______ you don’t understand at all.
A.that B.as
C.which D.what
16、—It is said that Mr. White will have to stay in hospital for a good while.
—Don't worry. His son, Henry, will________ his duties.
A. take over B. take up C. take off D. take in
17、—Has Mary finished writing her article? — No, and it _____ before class was over.
A. should be finished B. should finish
C. should have finished D. ought to have been finished
18、—Did you have a good night’s sleep，sir?
—Oh，exactly.It was such a comfortable bed.I could never have________sleep.
A．a good B．the best
C．a better D．a best
19、—Would you mind moving your bike?
—________ I’ll do it right away.
A．Why not?
B．Never mind.
C．Of course.
D．Not in the least.
20、When _______ different cultures, we often pay attention only to the differences without noticing the many similarities.
A.comparing B.compare C.compared D.being compared
21、The competition attracted over 500 players ____________8 different countries.
A.to represent B.represented C.representing D.who represents
22、Somehow Pavel’s words made sense to Bruno and he resisted the ________ to say “Ow” any more, and when Pavel finished applying the green liquid he took a bandage from the first-aid box and taped it to the cut.
A. convenience B. trick C. impression D. urge
23、— The water changes into thick ice covering rivers and lakes in winter in Harbin.
— _________ in Urumqi and children go skating on it then.
A.So is it B.So it does C.So it is D.So does it
24、The aim was not to________ valuable time with the usual boring pictures．
A.take up B.make up C.pick up D.put up
25、I took notes during the meeting, but I a chance to write them into a report so far.
A．didn’t have
B．haven’t had
C．hadn’t had
D．won’t have
26、Traffic Management
Traffic lights are key tools for regulating traffic now.They are not, however, perfect.Drivers exchange the traffic jams that would happen at unmanaged crossings for a pattern of stop-go movement that can still be annoying, and which burns more fuel than a smooth passage would.
Creating such a smooth passage means adjusting a vehicle's speed so that it always arrives at the lights when they are green.That is theoretically possible, but practically hard.Roadside signs wired to traffic lights can help get the message across a couple hundred metres from a crossing, but such signs are expensive, and are not widespread.Margaret Martonosi and Emmanouil Koukoumidis at Princeton University, and Li-Shiuan Peh at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, however, have an idea that could make the process cheaper and more effective.Instead of a hardwired network of signs, they propose to use mobile-phone applications.The driver must load the team's software, named SignalGuru, into his phone and then put it on a special thing attached to the inside of his car's windscreen, with the camera lens （镜头） pointing forward.SignalGuru is designed to detect traffic lights and track their status as red, yellow or green.It broadcasts this information to other phones in the area that are fitted with the same software, and — if there are enough of them, the phones thus each know the status of most of the lights around town.Using this information, SignalGuru is able to calculate the traffic-light schedule for the area and suggest the speed at which a driver should travel in order to avoid red lights.
Tests in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where five drivers were asked to follow the same route for three hours, and in Singapore, where eight drivers were asked to follow one of two routes for 30 minutes, revealed that SignalGuru was capable of predicting traffic-light activity with an accuracy of 98.2% and 96.3% respectively, in the two cities.This was particularly impressive because in Cambridge the lights shifted, roughly half-way through the test, from their unbusy schedule to their afternoon-traffic schedule, while in Singapore lights are adaptive, using detectors fixed under the road to determine how much traffic is present and thus when a signal should change.In neither case was SignalGuru fooled.
Fuel consumption fell, too —by about 20%.SignalGuru thus reduces both annoyance and fuel use, and makes going back and forth to work a slightly less horrible experience.
【1】Roadside signs wired to traffic lights are not the best way to create a smooth passage because____________.
A．they are too costly and not widely used
B．they are expensive and easily break
C．they are complex and confusing to drivers
D．they are theoretically possible but practically useless
【2】SignalGuru is an application used on____________..
A．a camera
B．a computer
C．a mobile phone
D．a GPS system in one's car
【3】With the information it collects and processes, SignalGuru is able to____________..
A．help drivers avoid traffic accidents
B．allow drivers to adjust their speed
C．change the traffic lights in advance
D．send information to all cell phones
【4】The tests in Cambridge and Singapore were impressive because SignalGuru____________..
A．proved to be unreliable
B．operated at a high speed
C．understood drivers' schedules
D．functioned rather stably
27、Traffic Accidents and Road Safety
The number of road accidents and the deaths arising from those accidents has increased greatly over the past year. 【1】.
We must all be aware of the causes of traffic accidents and act to prevent them. This is true of everyone as accidents affect driven of vehicles as well as cyclists and pedestrians. We all have a responsibility to prevent accidents. Here are some of the major causes of road accidents.
●Driven not paying attention
This is the most common cause of accidents. 【2】 they are not prepared when another driver does something wrong, like changing paths without signalling or giving wrong signals.
●Drivers being impatient in a traffic jam
Many drivers are aggressive and push into other paths of traffic or overtake other cars. These are both very dangerous because they can easily lead to crashes.
●【3】
Recently the number of people fined for speaking on their mobile phoned while driving has increased by 30 percent. Speaking on the phone requires concentration and takes a driver's attention from the road.
●Drinking and driving
If you drive after you have had alcoholic drinks, you are breaking the law and risking your own life as well as the lives of others 【4】, even if they have had just couple of beers, do not allow them to drive.
●Drivers speeding
Speed kills This is a fact that is easily overlooked, but driving too fast through city streets is very irresponsible and dangerous. Our city streets are away busy with people, cars and bicycles. 【5】. They should be especially careful near schools, where there are likely to be many children.
A．Road safety for pedestrians
B．Divers speaking on mobile phones
C．Drivers must watch out for people crossing the road
D．Unless driver's drinking alcohol is absolutely banned
E．When drives do not pay attention to surrounding traffic
F．If you are with someone she who has been drinking alcohol
G．This notice is aimed at increasing people's awareness of the problem
28、In 1990, during a performance of my stage play, I became preoccupied with one particular member of the audience. While everybody else laughed, there she sat, staring at the floor, with her fingers in her ears. I’ll never forget her look of complete discomfort.
That woman was my mother. Despite the fact I’d established myself as a humorist, my mother never found me or my work particularly funny. She was my hardest critic. “Is Drew really that funny?” she’d ask family members.
To make matters worse, the feeling was mutual (相互的): though our social circle swore that she was humorous, I never saw it. My mother was supposedly very funny in her first language, Anishinaabemowin—an Indigenous (原住民的) language, but alas, I didn’t speak it. At family gatherings, when somebody would say something “funny” in Anishinaabemowin, she’d explain it to me. Sometimes the humour translated. Sometimes it didn’t.
For a while I was convinced I would never make her laugh. Then, in 2005, I succeeded. I had published a book called Me Funny. In it were dozens of essays deconstructing Indigenous humour, along with 50 so-called “Indian jokes” to break up the various chapters. (For instance, “Why do Native people hate snow? Because it’s white and all over our land.”) She laughed hard and declared, “Wow, that was funny!”
In 2009, my mother passed away at the age of 77. During the funeral, in the tears, family member after family member got up and recounted things she had done and said over the years. To my surprise, I found myself laughing. Suddenly I remembered a moment from the early ‘90s, when my mother asked me, completely serious, what “owie” meant in French. I struggled to come up with an answer until I spelled it out in my mind: oui (“yes” in English).
More and more stories about her surfaced. We laughed as we remembered her. I couldn’t see my mother’s forest for my own trees. I wish I could have shared those laughs with her while she was alive, but I’m glad I finally made the connection.
【1】What prevented the author and his mother from understanding each other’s humour?
A．Language barriers.
B．The author’s unique job.
C．Mom’s critical personality.
D．Views of Indigenous people.
【2】Why did the author laugh at mother’s funeral?
A．He tried to fit in his Indigenous family.
B．He recalled amusing moments about mom.
C．He wanted to hide his sadness over mother’s death.
D．He intended his laugh to make mother rest in peace.
【3】What does the underlined sentence mean?
A．The author learned from mother a very important life lesson.
B．The author failed to relate to his mother from her perspective.
C．The author finally understood mother’s sense of humour better.
D．The author didn’t write enough humorous books to make mother laugh.
【4】Which of the following is the best title for the text?
A．Am I funny?
B．Why isn’t Mom laughing?
C．What’s so funny?
D．Does laughter have an accent?
29、 Even if you wake up every day with a perfect smile on your face, it can easily be ruined by the difficult people you meet at your workplace. You can’t avoid them because they are already part of your daily life. They make your day stressful which gives you a terrible feeling to leave the work immediately. 【1】 I will share a few effective strategies which will help you to deal with these difficult people.
Don’t take it personally.
Difficult people see others’ opinion as conflicting (冲突) to their belief. Their behaviour is already a habit to them so if you take it personally, they may even plan to make your life more terrible. Remember the problem is not only with you.【2】
Listen to what they say.
Sometimes what difficult people want is someone’s attention and love. There are also difficult people who don’t even speak but will just throw you with sullen ( 愠怒的) looks to make you feel uneasy. 【3】 The thought of you standing there and waiting for a response will make them feel uncomfortable and they will just decide to speak up. If they do, listen carefully and analyze it.
Don’t get discouraged.
I have already told you that it would be really difficult for you to change their behaviour but never give up. It should be you affecting them and not them affecting you.【4】 They would not interfere (干扰) with you again. If they realize that, you can already enjoy your stay in the office or in the school.
【5】
Instead of dealing with their pessimistic attitude every day, try to look at what advantages these people have. That way, they will start to like and appreciate you. Also, they won’t give you cold stares any more.
A.See what’s good in these people.
B.Choose topics that you both like.
C.Difficult people are sometimes suffering from low self-esteem (自尊).
D.If this happens, ask them and wait for a minute until he or she speaks.
E.What’s worse is that they can even make your enjoyable day unhealthy.
F.There must be many people who feel annoyed with their unpleasant behaviour.
G.Once they feel that you are different and they can’t beat you, they’ll learn to become distant.
30、 I was driving my newly-acquired motorcycle across the vastness of North Dakota. Suddenly, it broke____on the highway. Later I found it was because something had got stuck into the front tyre.
Anyway, I sat on the __ of the highway for a long time. I tried keeping calm, but it didn’t ___. Finally, a young man____and offered me a ___. However, he already had two motorcycles in the black of his truck, he could____take me along.
He____me to the next town, where I asked to be dropped off, but he waited____while I asked around if anyone could help me to go and pick up my motorcycle. One elderly____was working and said that I could use his pickup！Could you____that? A stranger gave the key to his pickup.
It was quite an____, I must say. So, as I drove back 20 miles to get my____, the young man who first ___to help me followed me. We both put the bike in the back of the truck, and then I followed him another 50 miles or so and____we arrived at his place. We both____the bike there to repair. Then, he followed me back to the small____so I could return the man's truck. I wanted to give the man some cash for using his truck, but he ___.
Two strangers helped____me from spending the night on the side of the road. I don't recall their names, but I value this experience as if it were yesterday. I felt so____. Thank you, strangers. It's you that____my day.
【1】A.up B.in C.down D.out
【2】A.side B.end C.middle D.back
【3】A.matter B.help C.occur D.exist
【4】A.took on B.turned down C.pulled over D.cut in
【5】A.truck B.solution C.way D.ride
【6】A.only B.even C.still D.also
【7】A.guided B.drove C.led D.carried
【8】A.nervously B.eagerly C.anxiously D.patiently
【9】A.passer-by B.driver C.gentleman D.repairman
【10】A.imagine B.guarantee C.prove D.acknowledge
【11】A.expression B.impression C.adventure D.experience
【12】A.bag B.car C.bike D.key
【13】A.determined B.hesitated C.planned D.stopped
【14】A.naturally B.eventually C.directly D.normally
【15】A.unloaded B.fixed C.sold D.returned
【16】A.garage B.town C.village D.shop
【17】A.promised B.accepted C.declined D.confirmed
【18】A.prevent B.rescue C.protect D.block
【19】A.reliable B.considerate C.relieved D.grateful
【20】A.make B.forget C.break D.pass
31、Directions; Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
Frederick Douglass was an escaped slave in the movement that fought to end slavery in the United States. He became a【1】 voice in the year before the Civil War.
A few weeks ago, the National Park Service (NPS) 【2】Douglass’s birth and Black History Month with reopening of his home at Cedar Hill, a【3】 site in Washington. D.C. The two-story house, which contains many of Douglass’s personal possessions, had undergone a three-year 【4】. (Thanks to the NTS website, however, you don’t have to live in the nation’s capital to visit it. Take a tour online.)
He was born in Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey to a slave mother and a white father who never knew Douglass grew uo to become the first black 【5】 to hold a government office--- as US minister and consul general （总领事）to Haiti.
As a youth, he never went to school. Educating slaves was illegal in the South, so he 【6】 taught himself to read and write. At 21 years old, he escaped from his slave owner to Massachusetts and changed his last name to Douglass, to hide his identity.
In the 1850s, Douglass was involved with the Underground Railroad, the system 【7】 up by antislavery groups to bring runaway slaves to the North and Canada. His home in Rochester, N.Y. was near the Canadian border. It became an important station on the 【8】, housing as many as 11 runaway slaves at a time.
He died in 1895. In his lifetime, Douglass 【9】 the end of slavery in 1865 and the adoption of the 15th Amendment to the US Constitution （美国宪法修正案）, which 【10】 African-Americans the right to vote.
32、假定你是李华，来自美国的留学生Tom邀请你周末观看英语戏剧表演，但你要参加校学生会的志愿者活动，因此不能同行。请你给他写封信说明情况。
注意：1. 次数100左右
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Tom,
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Wish you all the best.
Yours truly,
Li Hua
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