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1、After the actor was caught taking drugs, all the scenes in which he appeared in the film were___.
A.cut out B.cut down C.cut up D.cut off
2、No country in the world can ______ these problems alone, such as climate change, hunger and disease, etc. Therefore, all the countries should cooperate to get rid of them.
A.address B.cancel C.replace D.involve
3、Since people are fond of humor, it is as welcome in conversation as ________ else.
A. anything B. something
C. anywhere D. somewhere
4、______ violin is his main focus, David is also excellent at guitar.
A.Since B.Once C.Unless D.While
5、The new supermarket has announced that the first to purchase goods on the opening day ________ get a big prize.
A.must B.could
C.would D.shall
6、All of a sudden, the thief walking behind a young and beautiful woman ________ her handbag, ________ into the crowd.
A．seizing；rushing
B．seizing；rushed
C．seized；rushing
D．seized；rushed
7、Treat the flowers right and your garden will be the ______ of the neighborhood.
A. destination B. cause C. purpose D. Envy
8、Peppa Pig, a Bristish cartoon character with a face ______ like a hair dryer, is placed on the cup ______ blue, green and celadon colors.
A.shaping; featuring B.shaped; featuring
C.shaping; featured D.shaped; featured
9、—Simon will listen to music every time he comes across a maths problem.
—You know, music is the source of ______ in life.
A. inspiration B. identification
C. reaction D. recreation
10、All his attention________ on what the teacher was saying, so he even didn't notice what was happening outside the classroom.
A．fixed
B．was fixed
C．was fixing
D．has been fixed
11、______my weak spots can make me become a better person.
A．Having been known
B．Knowing
C．Known
D．To be known
12、Why did she do a thing like that? It doesn't seem to __________.
A.set out B.sell out C.make sense D.settle down
13、All the photographs in this book, __________ stated otherwise, date from the 1950s.
A.if B.when C.which D.unless
14、From 1902 to 1904, Picasso painted a series of pictures________ the main color was blue.
A.which B.that C.where D.when
15、—It isn’t very nice if someone is yelling in public.
—________. It’s annoying.
A. Sorry, I’m not with you B. I couldn’t agree more
C. I’m afraid not D. I have no idea
16、Whether to favor urban development or the preservation of historical sites is especially controversial in China, where there exists rich history, diversified tradition and cultural ________.
A. surplus B. deposits C. accounts D. receipts
17、You are being such a busybody. How I choose to conduct my private life is my own _______!
A.experience B.agenda C.business D.problem
18、-I’m reading Cultural Perplexity in Agonized Travel by Yu Qiuyu these days.
-I like the book! It brings me to places I might not ________ have been either in thoughts or reality.
A.regardless B.otherwise C.therefore D.anyhow
19、I find it astonishing that he ____be so rude to us. I_____ make a complaint to his company.
A.could; must B.should; shall C.shall; should D.dare; have to
20、You may not have noticed that problem, but you could never withdraw it ______ regretful about your decision.
A.should you feel B.you should feel
C.had you left D.you had left
21、 Feb. 29, or Leap Day, arrives on your calendar once every four years—and 2020 is one of them. The reason there are 366 days every four years instead of the standard 365 is that the calendar doesn't precisely line up since the Earth orbits the sun in approximately 365 days and 6 hours. Hence, every 4 years a leap day, February 29th, has to be added to correct for the difference.
It's not a federally recognized holiday, but Leap Day is a special occasion, so retailers typically offer many sales, deals and discounts. From food to travel deals, here are 29 Leap Day 2020 discounts.
●Hard Rock Café: Customers with a Leap Day birthday receive a free entrée from the restaurant's Leaplings Eat Free menu with a valid photo ID.
●Dog Hans: Enjoy a free upgrade from a single to a double burger on Feb. 29, which will save you $2.49.
●Legal Sea Foods: Get two 1-pound lobsters and two sides at any of the East Coast eatery's 30 non-airport locations for $29(over a $50 value) on Feb. 29.
●Big Frog Custom T-Shirts ＆More: Get a free Leap Year 2020 T-shirt at any of the retailers participating locations on Feb. 29—no purchase required.
●Foot Locker: Save 15 percent on purchases of $70 or more through Feb. 29.
●Expedia: Save up to 29 percent off select hotels worldwide with reservations made on the Expedia mobile app on or before Feb. 29. Some restrictions apply.
●Avis: Take $25 off the cost of a weekly car rental with code MUWA169 through March 30.
●Marriott: Enjoy up to 20 percent in savings when you use code ADP to book a room in advance through March 19.
【1】Why is there an extra day in February 2020?
A.To remain in line with the true astronomical year.
B.To officially celebrate a special occasion.
C.To pass down a time-honored tradition.
D.To offer a business promotional opportunity.
【2】How much will you pay for a pair of shoes priced at $100 on Feb. 29?
A.$15. B.$85.
C.$75. D.$70.
【3】Which of the following offers discounts beyond Feb. 29?
A.Dog Hans. B.Legal Sea Foods.
C.Expedia. D.Marriott.
22、Japanese archaeologists (考古学家) have uncovered al 7.5-foot-long irons sword and a bronze mirror from an ancient tomb near the city of Nara. Researchers found both artifacts while unearthing a l,600-year-old site called Tomio Maruyama.
The weapon, known as a dako sword, is so large that it was likely never used for self-defense, serving instead as a means of protection against evil after death. Like other dako swords unearthed in the country, this one looks like a snake. Due to the artifact’s size, the researchers initially thought they had found multiple swords lined up next to each other.
Experts said the mirror, which is shaped like a shield (盾), was also likely used to shun evil spirits. It measures 25 inches by 12 inches and weighs more than 12 pounds, making it the largest of its kind discovered in Japan, too.
The finds offer new insights into the Kofun period, which lasted from around the year 250 AD to 538 AD and is named for the distinctive tomb mounds, constructed to bury members of the ruling class. Kosaku Okabayashi, the deputy director for Nara prefecture’s Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, said, “These discoveries indicate that the technology of the Kofun period is beyond what had been imagined, and they are masterpieces in metalwork from that period.”
Japan is home to an estimated 160,000 burial mounds from the Kofun period, though the Tomio Maruyama kofun is particularly large. Measuring 350 feet in diameter and up to 32 feet tall, it dates back to the late fourth century.
Archaeologists think it has some connection to an influential person who supported the rulers of the day, the imperial Yamato family. Based on the presence of the two artifacts, the dead person may have been involved in military and ritualistic matters. So far, the researchers have discovered a coffin but no human remains in the burial chamber.
【1】How did researchers find an irons sword and a bronze mirror?
A．By exploring an old tomb.
B．By asking experienced local villagers.
C．By searching for much information online.
D．By carefully studying historical materials.
【2】What do we know about the iron sword?
A．It is in a very small size.
B．It looks like a sharp shield.
C．It was mainly used for self-defense.
D．It might be used to drive the evil away.
【3】What does the underlined word “shun” in paragraph 3mean?
A．Schedule.
B．Design.
C．Avoid.
D．Express.
【4】What is Kosaku Okabayashi’s attitude towards the two discoveries in paragraph 4?
A．Negative.
B．Appreciative.
C．Unclear.
D．Indifferent.
23、Improvements to energy efficiency, such as LED lights, are seen by many authorities as a top priority for cutting carbon emissions. Yet a growing body of research suggests that a rebound effect could wipe out more than half of the savings from energy efficiency improvements, making the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change even harder to hit.
A team led by Paul Brockway at the University of Leeds, UK, looked at the existing 33 studies on the impact of the rebound effect. First comes the direct rebound: for instance,when someone buys a more efficient car, they may take advantage of that by driving it further. Then comes the indirect rebound: fuel savings leave the owner with more money to spend elsewhere in the economy, consuming energy.
Although the 33 studies used different methods to model the rebound effect, they produced very consistent estimates of its impact, leading the team to conclude that the effect wipes out, on average, 63 percent of the anticipated energy savings.
“We're not saying energy efficiency doesn't work. What we're saying is rebound needs to be taken more seriously,” says Brockway.
The idea that increased efficiency may not deliver the hopedfor savings dates back to the Jevons paradox(悖论), named after the economist William Stanley Jevons, who, in 1865,observed that more efficient coal use led to more demand for coal.
If the rebound effect does prove to be as big as suggested, it means future global energy demand will be higher than expected and the world will need far more wind and solar power and carboncapture technology than is currently being planned for.
But that doesn't mean nothing can be done to limit the rebound effect. One answer is to double down on energy efficiency and do twice as much to achieve the same effect.
【1】Which of the following is a rebound effect?
A．A man uses LED lights to cut carbon emissions.
B．A company uses coal more efficiently to reduce waste.
C．A family saves money by using energysaving devices.
D．A lady spends savings from her fuel efficient car on more clothes.
【2】How did Paul Brockway's team carry out their research?
A．By interviewing economists.
B．By analyzing former studies.
C．By modeling the rebound effect.
D．By debating about the Jevons paradox.
【3】What would Paul Brockway probably agree with?
A．Authorities should dismiss energy efficiency.
B．Worldwide efforts to preserve energy are in vain.
C．The rebound effect helps protect the environment.
D．More attention should be paid to the rebound effect.
【4】What's the author's attitude towards limiting the rebound effect?
A．Positive.
B．Pessimistic.
C．Doubtful.
D．Disapproving.
24、 Futurism is all around us, even if we usually don't notice it. When it comes to the weather, forecasting is normal. When it comes to cultural or social predictions, though, futurism can feel more fantastical. But over the last decades, such forecasts have gradually become serious business, shaping our expectations and the world.
A range of professions - from sociologists to economic forecasters-have long devoted time and energy to predicting where the world might go. By the middle of the 20th century, futurology, or the study of the future, became more systematic as social scientists developed futurological methods. At the RAND Corporation, during the 1960s, strategists such as Herman Kahn established long-range planning techniques. Companies also involved themselves in encouraging the new study's rise. In 1967, Royal Dutch Shell began to experiment with scenario (情境)planning or the technique of using storytelling to speculate (推测) about the future. Called the Year 2000 study, Shell's earliest scenarios suggested that the company needed to plan for discontinuity, helping it to better deal with political and social changes that might impact its bottom line.
Faith Popcorn, who runs the futurist consulting firm BrainReserve, did something revolutionary in the 1970s and 1980s; Rather than predict product prices or sports scores, Popcorn and other futurists studied consumer culture. They realized that rapid cultural change could shake up what products people wanted. They studied human behavior and tracked new cultural developments to help imagine and design goods and services that were on trend, and soon consumers would see new things being marketed and sold. When BrainReserve predicted that more people would be staying home, Domino's made moves to dominate pizza delivery to unsocial customers. In 1982, John Naisbitt's best-selling book “Megatrends” predicted the trend of humanizing. Companies then made office spaces more open, or offered ATMs that asked “How are you” as a bank teller might.
Futurists and trend forecasters found a broad audience in the US for their predictions in the 1970s, and still do to this day. If anything, fast-paced technological changes, and current social and political issues, have increased people's appetite for where the world might go. And even when they get it wrong, forecasters continue to capture attention and market share-anyone today seems to have a burning desire to glimpse what the future might hold.
【1】What role did the Year 2000 study play?
A．It caused Shell to make wrong decisions.
B．It promoted the development of futurology.
C．It provided data for the RAND Corporation.
D．It started a new method of studying the future.
【2】How did BrainReserve help businesses?
A．It helped create new products.
B．It helped predict product prices.
C．It helped humanize office spaces.
D．It helped deliver goods to consumers.
【3】What is today's Americans attitude to future predictions?
A．Favorable.
B．Cautious.
C．Indifferent.
D．Uncertain.
【4】What is the text mainly about?
A．Different futurological methods.
B．Forecasters influence on culture.
C．The history of predicting the future.
D．Important changes in consumer culture.
25、 When my husband died of cancer I became angry. And I felt a hard brick wall built around my angry heart.
One morning, driving down a busy road in my town, I____a carpenter was building a __around an old house I’d always admired. Each time I drove by, I ___the progress. I saw an aproned woman sweeping the yard, ___the flowers, cutting the grass, and even ___ the litter thrown from the cars passing by.
Eventually, one day, a ___fence stood there, ___greeting me! I ____the engine, waved the woman and said "I came to see your beautiful fence."She stopped her work and____her hands on her apron, smiling. Then the sun witnessed us drinking tea on the porch （门廊）with the white fence surrounding us.
The fence isn’t____ me. I live alone. But since so many people come by here, look at the fence and wave, I thought they’d ___seeing something pretty. A few, like you, even stop and sit here to talk. she ___
But if the road is widened there’ll be much __?
Change is part of life. When something bad happens, you have two __—to get bitter or better.
When I left, she __: ― Come back anytime. Leave the gate ____—It looks more friendly.
I carefully left the gate ajar(半开的) and ____, feeling something deep inside me. I could even picture the ___in my heart falling down, and being ____by this marvelous fence. I planned to ____my door open for whatever or whoever might come my way.
【1】A.cared B.noticed C.insisted D.suggested
【2】A.bridge B.town C.fence D.road
【3】A.watched B.made C.stopped D.analyzed
【4】A.picking B.planting C.pulling D.tending
【5】A.picking up B.throwing away C.kicking off D.bringing back
【6】A.blood-red B.pitch-dark C.sky-blue D.snow-white
【7】A.as if B.though C.if D.even though
【8】A.started B.turned off C.tore apart D.repaired
【9】A.raised B.wiped C.shook D.clenched
【10】A.on B.by C.for D.beside
【11】A.avoid B.advise C.enjoy D.permit
【12】A.argued B.refused C.repeated D.explained
【13】A.challenge B.change C.development D.progress
【14】A.choices B.aprons C.hearts D.hands
【15】A.called for B.called on C.called up D.called out
【16】A.closed B.special C.open D.clean
【17】A.drove off B.drove back C.drove by D.drove over
【18】A.flowers B.wall C.porch D.house
【19】A.taken B.built C.bought D.replaced
【20】A.destroy B.build C.leave D.burn
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。
When I adopted him, he had been rescued from death inside a tightly tied black trash bag abandoned right beside a garbage truck on the road. An alert garbage man noticed the bag moving and used a metal rake (耙子) to tear open the bag to look inside. There was my shaking puppy dog. The rake damaged the nerves in his back so he limped a little, but he could run as fast as lightning.
For my dog’s first birthday, I entered him in a fun run sponsored by our local Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA). I’m not much of a runner, but the run was only 3 kilometers, so I thought it would be fun for both of us.
We practiced for weeks. On our practice runs, he was always eager to go and usually dragged me along behind him. I worked on his leash (拴狗链) manners so that he wouldn’t trip me on the big day. I felt we were ready for anything.
The fun run was downtown among the big buildings, so the noise of barking dogs all around us rose to a deafening pitch at the start of the race. My dog was frightened when the starting tone went off. He had trouble running in the right direction with all the confusion around us. Soon the runners began to thin out, and my dog was running straight and fast. We were passing people and making great time. I was dreaming of a gold-medal finish.
However, when we were six blocks from the finish, my dog suddenly stopped and dropped to the ground like a sack of potatoes. I almost dislocated my shoulder from the sudden stop as I was pulled backward by the leash.
He was lying flat on his belly with his head down in the middle of the crossroads. At first I thought something bad had happened to him. He was shaking and sobbing. I did a quick check and couldn’t see anything wrong. I tried to get him up, but he refused. The police officer doing traffic control impatiently signed me to move away so he could release the cars.
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But I couldn’t get my seventy-five-pound dog to get up.
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Another half-block of carrying him brought the answer—a moving garbage truck.
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