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1、Estella showed me the way with a candle. When she opened the side entrance, the_______ of the daylight quite confused me.
A. trend B. rush
C. crash D. increase
2、The smartphone _____ to be the best ever, users all over the world claim they love it.
A.is judged B.judged C.having judged D.to be judged
3、My 18th birthday is coming soon, and I’m greatly ________ it.
A．taking part in
B．taking away from
C．looking back from
D．looking forward to
4、Everything _________ smoothly, more jobs created for people allow them to be independent of others.
A. ran B. runs
C. running D. to run
5、---- Why is Tom in the teacher’s office?
---- He was said _________ with John when the class teacher entered the classroom.
A. fighting B. to fight C. to have been fighting D. to be fighting
6、—What do you think of her suggestion?
— ______ it would be much more sensible to talk about it later.
A.Usually B.Generally C.Actually D.Exactly
7、Dressing before going to work is a task which we do every day as a matter of .
A. drill B. action C. regulation D. routine
8、 --- Talking of travel, have you ever been to Chicago?
--- Yes. I _____ it twice while I was working in the US.
A. have visited B. visited
C. was visiting D. would visit
9、As a public _____, Yao Ming knows what to do in face of this kind of thing.
A．character
B．opinion
C．statue
D．figure
10、—Did you get to work on time?
—Sure. The city center wasn't as crowded this morning as it usually________.
A．is
B．was
C．has been
D．had been
11、Time can never ________ from people in London the sadness and heartache caused by those
recent terrorist attacks.
A. turn away B. give away C. wipe away D. put away
12、Almost every day we come across situations ____________ we have to make decisons one way or another.
A.that B.where C.what D.which
13、In times of trouble, _______ our spirits are low, telling our worries and fears to friends eases the stress.
A. when B. where C. which D. that
14、Digital teaching, as you know, since introduced, has ________ our way of learning, enabling us to focus more in class.
A. trade B. transformed
C. translated D. transported
15、Reducing the figure of fishing can safeguard the future sustainability of small-scale fisheries and the communities ______ livelihood is dependent on them.
A.where B.which C.whose D.who
16、Don’t respond to any e-mails _______ personal information, no matter how official they look.
A.indicating B.requesting C.committing D.representing
17、In the lecture, the professor told his students how to write an ______ of a graduate paper, expressing the main argument.
A. account B. abstract C. application D. address
18、______ he works is considered the financial center of the city.
A. What B. Why
C. Where D. How
19、It ______ everyone that the couple, who always appeared very happy together, announced they were getting a divorce.
A.entertained B.astonished C.frightened D.moved
20、The pupils in our school like reading after lunch, most of ________ seated on the grass unless it rains.
A. them B. whom C. that D. who
21、There's no better destination than London if you want to plug into the 1,000year history of British kings and queens. The UK's capital has a series of palaces, museums and galleries open to the public.
Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle is the world's largest and oldest continuously inhabited castle. It also happens to be one of the Queen's main residences—she spends most of her private weekends here.
Admission:Adults $27 (￡20.50). Under 17s $15.75 (￡12).
Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace, the official London residence of the Queen and Prince Philip, open to the public when the royals are on summer vacation. You won't be able to nose around the whole palace. But visitors can admire sumptuous Regency interiors and priceless art in the State Rooms.
A Royal Day Out ticket (adults about $52, under 17s $29) gives access to all three plus a stroll in the gardens. An audio guide is included in the price.
Westminster Abbey
Walk the same floor as Kate did on the day of her wedding to Prince William. Then clock the Abbey's royal heritage:16 more weddings, 17 tombs of Kings and Queens and the coronations(加冕礼) of almost every monarch for 1,000 years. You'd better download the nifty(俏皮的) audio tour narrated by actor Jeremy Irons onto your smart phone before you go. The Abbey is still a functioning place of worship, so don't forget to check visiting times.
Admission:Adults $28 (￡22). 16 and Under $11.50 (￡9). Tickets are cheaper online.
Kensington Palace
The White Garden at Kensington Palace, created in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales, is now the official London home of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridges. So it's kind of them to let visitors have a walk through the luxury of the King's State Apartments, the Queens' State Apartments and gardens.
Admission:Adults $20 (￡15.50). Under 16s Free. Tickets are cheaper online.
【1】What do the four attractions have in common？
A. Admissions are free for children. B. All of them have a link with the British royals.
C. Tickets are cheaper if booked online. D. They are open to the public all the time.
【2】How much should the Greens with their 15yearold son pay if they book tickets to Westminster Abbey online？
A. Less than ￡53 B. ￡53. C. ￡31. D. Less than ￡31.
22、Shortly after 6 am on Monday, buses carrying 200 immigrants rolled into Midtown Manhattan from Texas, Most of them, including young children, wore lightweight sweaters or blankets to keep out the cold. Mayor Eric Adams’ administration warned that 10 to 15 busloads of migrants were expected to arrive this week due to the lifting of Title 42, a Trump-era public health rule passed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday temporarily blocked the Biden administration from ending the pandemic-era Title 42 immigration policy, leaving in doubt whether officials will continue to drive off migrants over concerns about public health risks. Title 42 is set to expire (期满) on Wednesday.
“We have been told in no uncertain terms that, beginning today, we should expect an influx (流入) of buses coming from the border and that more than 1,000 additional asylum (政治避难) seekers will arrive in New York City every week,” Adams said in a statement released on Sunday. “We need help from Washington.”
Seeking to draw the Biden administration’s attention to the growing immigrant crisis, Republican governors of border states such as Texas and Arizona have been shipping migrants to Democratic-controlled cities such as New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, DC.
New York has received more than 31, 000 migrants and has opened 60 emergency shelters, mostly in hotels, as well as six other centers. New York City’s school chancellor (校监) said in October that the school system has enrolled more than 5, 500 new migrant students, most of whom came from Latin America.
Adams, who declared a state of emergency over the migrant influx in October, said in a statement on Sunday that if nothing changes and the policy expires, the cost of absorbing new migrants was unsustainable and could lead to cuts to existing city programs.
“Our shelter system is full, and we are nearly out of money, staff, and space. To be honest, if corrective measures are not taken soon, we may very well be forced to cut programs New Yorkers rely on,” he said. Adams accused the federal government of ignoring the city’s pleas for aid and accused Republicans and Democrats in Congress of failing to “raise their hand” to help.
【1】Why are so many migrants supposed to arrive in New York City?
A．New York City faces a major labor shortage.
B．The immigration policy is to be no longer valid.
C．Washington has announced a new immigration rule.
D．New York City provides them with better living conditions.
【2】Which might be a Republican-controlled place?
A．Washington, DC.
B．Philadelphia.
C．New York City.
D．Texas.
【3】What does the underlined phrase “pleas for” in the last paragraph mean?
A．Supplies of.
B．Benefits of.
C．Rewards for.
D．Demands for.
【4】What is the most suitable title for the news report?
A．New York opens 60 emergency shelters
B．New York City hit by new immigrant flow
C．New York City needs help from Washington
D．New York City’s school system enrolls many migrant students
23、Bad news sells.If it bleeds,it leads.No news is good news,and good news is no news.Those are "the classic rules for the evening broadcasts and the morning papers.But now that information is being spread amt monitored（监控）in different ways,researchers are discovering new rules.By tracking people's e-mails and online posts,scientists have found that good news can spread faster and farther than disasters and sob stories.
"The ‘if it bleeds ’rule works for mass media,"says Jonah Berger,a scholar at the University of Pennsylvania. "They want your eyeballs and don't care how you're feeling.But when you share a story with your friends,you care a lot more how they react.You don't want them to think of you as a Debbie Downer."
Researchers analyzing word-of-mouth communication—e-mails,Web posts and reviews,face-to-face conversations—found that it tended to be more positive than negative,but that didn't necessarily mean people preferred positive news.Was positive news shared more often simply because people experienced more good things than bad things?To test for that possibility,Dr.Berger looked at how people spread a particular set of news stories: thousands of articles on The New York Times' website.He and a Penn colleague analyzed the "most e-mailed" list for six months.One of his first findings was that articles in the science section were much more likely to make the list than non-science articles.He found that science amazed Times' readers and made them want to share this positive feeling with others.
Readers also tended to share articles that were exciting or funny,or that inspired negative feelings like anger or anxiety,but not articles that left them merely sad.They needed to be aroused（激发）one way or the other,and they preferred good news to bad.The more positive an article,the more likely it was to be shared as Dr.Berger explains in his new book,"Contagious: Why Things Catch On."
【1】What do the classic rules mentioned in the text apply to?
A. News reports. B. Research papers.
C. Private e-mails. D. Daily conversations.
【2】What can we infer about people like Debbie Downer?
A. They’re socially inactive. B. They’re good at telling stories.
C. They’re inconsiderate of others. D. They're careful with their words.
【3】Which tended to be the mast e-mailed according to Dr.Berger's research?
A. Sports news. B. Science articles.
C. Personal accounts. D. Financial reviews.
【4】What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. Sad Stories Travel Far and Wide
B. Online News Attracts More People
C. Reading Habits Change with the Times
D. Good News Beats Bad on Social Networks
24、Language learning apps are very popular now and offer opportunities to learn vocabulary and practice grammar. But there has been a discussion about just how effective such apps can be.
Among the most popular apps are Duolingo and Busuu. A former research found positive results on the use of them. But it mainly concentrated on studies with learners who had signed up for language courses and these apps worked as an after-class support, so the results were not always reliable. A recent study of 4,095 Busuu users has been carried out to find out if users can actually learn a language with an app.
Busuu provides learning materials for 12 different languages. It offers special models where some contents are ready for use for free while some contents are not. We find that its users are an even mix of men and women. More than half consider themselves to be at the beginner level because there is a reduction in users as their language levels go up. Most people use the app because of personal interest, or because they want to study or live abroad. Female users are likely to use it less often but for longer periods of time than male users.
Feedback in the app is highly thought of. More than 92% of the users say that the app has met their expectations and 86% consider the app as very good or good. In fact, more than 80% of the users surveyed strongly agree that using the app has helped them improve their knowledge of the language they are learning.
Besides, language learning apps also create an environment where mistakes are only known to the users, and this can address the performance nervousness that many learners suffer from when asked to speak a foreign language. So language teachers should encourage their students to use them to do the grammar work, leaving precious class time for more language communication.
【1】What's the reason why the results of the former research weren't always reliable?
A．It was only carried out before class.
B．It only considered users of a limited（有限的）kind.
C．It just focused on positive results.
D．It used out-of-date methods.
【2】What can we learn about the app Busuu from the text?
A．All the contents are free to use.
B．Most users consider it satisfying.
C．It's used by more advanced learners.
D．It's more popular with female learners.
【3】Which of the following can probably replace the underlined word “address”?
A．Deal with.
B．Write down.
C．Turn to.
D．Speak of.
【4】What is the main idea of the text?
A．Students won't suffer nervousness in learning languages by using Busuu.
B．Language learning apps are effective and satisfactory to language learners.
C．Language learning apps are very popular with most language teachers.
D．Students should be required to use apps for homework after class.
25、When I was an adolescent girl, my whole family-mother, father, brother and I lived in a(n) ________ two-bedroom rowhouse. My parents often worked ________ for our well-beings, particularly at night when my brother and I fell ________. I thought it was the same thing as everybody's parents did, I found it interesting the moment I first realized that other families lived ________.
Based on American ________, what we had at the time was small. However, that never ________ me, not then, and not now.
One of my most ________ memories happened at nighttime. We piled into the car to look at the lights in the neighbourhood and then came home. At the top of our steps, there was a little table. The table was in the ________ of a triangle, which had lights ________ the sides. At night I would go and sit before it. I would ________ it on and the one little light bulb ________ it up. It looked magnificent to me.
Somehow I could feel a kind of warmth there. I could feel what it was like to be doing the best you can with what you've got. I could feel the ________ of my parents trying to do the best they could for each other and for their little ones. I could feel how ________ what they shared was-no matter how small our ________ or lack of material things, none of that mattered. What mattered is that we were all there. That created a priceless contentment of which I think even the Angels would ________ .
【1】
A．dirty
B．dark
C．crowded
D．amazing
【2】
A．terribly
B．hard
C．rapidly
D．safely
【3】
A．awful
B．aware
C．awake
D．asleep
【4】
A．poorly
B．differently
C．familiarly
D．peacefully
【5】
A．standards
B．cultures
C．speeds
D．laws
【6】
A．bothered
B．assisted
C．blessed
D．shocked
【7】
A．practical
B．valuable
C．painful
D．unfortunate
【8】
A．surface
B．angle
C．thread
D．shape
【9】
A．got through
B．turned back
C．fixed on
D．sent up
【10】
A．give
B．take
C．get
D．power
【11】
A．went
B．broke
C．kept
D．lit
【12】
A．appearance
B．helplessness
C．determination
D．celebration
【13】
A．normal
B．special
C．endless
D．boring
【14】
A．findings
B．funds
C．situations
D．accommodations
【15】
A．think
B．know
C．approve
D．complain
26、目前，电子产品已经成为我们日常生活的一部分，已经导致学生的汉字书写能力降低。为了保护传统民族文化——汉字，校学生会提出倡议。请你根据以下内容提示，以学生会的名义为你校的同学们写一封英文倡议书。
内容要点：1. 多读书，勤记笔记；
2. 养成练书写和写日记的习惯；
3. 自拟一项其他方面的倡议内容。
注意：词数100左右。
参考词汇：汉字 Chinese character
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