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1、The witness told the police everything she had seen, being careful not to ______ any details.
A.put out B.give out C.leave out D.look out
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、—Mum, I am worrying about my pet dog while we are away.
—Boy, you ________. Our neighbor has offered to help us.
A. can’t B. wouldn’t C. needn’t D. mustn’t
4、House prices are usually much higher ________ there are subway stations around.
A. where B. unless C. while D. though
5、— Henry was forced to leave for the invalid visa.
— He__________the period of time
A.should have extended B.must have extended
C.may have extended D.would have extended
6、Whether something is alive or dead is a crucial ______ and it is one that children have no difficulty understanding by the age of five.
A. declaration B. distinction C. division D. distribution
7、—Do you think I should get a good guide book?
—Yes, of course. ______, you also need a good camera and comfortable shoes.
A.In other words B.What’s more C.As a result D.All in all
8、A broad smile spread_____ Jack’s face when he eventually gained a scholarship.
A. across B. through C. at D. in
9、--Would you like to enjoy the ballet performance at the Grand Theatre with us?
---Oh, sorry. I ____to see the film Interstellar by Christopher Nolan.
A. arranged B. had arranged
C. have arranged D. arrange
10、What is your main reason for choosing one restaurant another?
A. over B. of
C. from D. for
11、—Do you have ______ ready for the spring outing?
—No, I still have to buy some fruit.
A. everything B. anything C. something D. nothing
12、— I really never enjoyed myself so much at the concert yesterday.
— How I wish I _________ not always so busy and had been with you!
A.am B.would be C.were D.had been
13、—What will things be like in the year 2080?
—I don’t know, but it was the question________last Tuesday by Brian Solis, a noted futurist from Sweden.
A.acknowledged B.approved C.alarmed D.addressed
14、Word comes ________ free books will be given to anyone who comes first in this book fair.
A．which
B．that
C．what
D．where
15、The managers discussed the plan that they would like to see ________ the next year.
A.carried on B.carried out C.carried off D.carried over
16、If you have a job, ______ yourself to it and finally you’ll succeed.
A. do devote B. to devote
C. devoting D. devoted
17、Once you’ve ________ the items you ordered, put this record in your file.
A. checked in B. checked off
C. checked out D. checked with
18、A cough is usually nothing to worry about unless it lasts for ten days ___.
A.or more B.instead C.at most D.only
19、People began looking around to see ________ the noise was coming from.
A.how B.why C.whether D.where
20、Mark needs to learn Chinese ________ his company is opening a branch in Tianjin.
A．unless
B．although
C．until
D．since
21、Brown noise is one classification of noise “color”. Each color represents long-lasting patterns of noise frequencies that we can hear, ranging from 20 to 20,000 hertz.
“White noise has equal energy at all frequencies. To us, it sounds like radio static,” explains Anahita Mehta, a researcher who studies sound pitch at the Kresge Hearing Research Institute at the University of Michigan. “Pink noise has more energy in low frequency ranges compared to the high ranges. It sounds lower than white noise. Examples would be rainfall or traffic.”
Then, there’s brown noise. It’s technically classified as red noise, but the nickname comes from the way it’s produced: Its sound signals change randomly to produce the sound of static, imitating a type of unsteady movement pattern, called Brownian motion. “Brown noise has even fewer high frequencies than white or pink noise, and you’ll recognize it as a lower sound,” Mehta says. “Examples would be the deep roar of an ocean wave crashing or thunder rolling.”
Although brown noise is the latest trend to make its way onto social media, scientists can only speculate about its benefits. Very little evidence exists on the effect of brown noise, and the proof that is available has included only small groups of participants for short periods of time. But there’s a growing interest to see if brown noise might help health.
Researchers suspect that brown noise may help produce the relaxation response in some people.“Maybe you find it relaxing to hear the sounds of the sea, so if you listen to brown noise that sounds like waves crashing, and it helps you, that’s great – as long as you’re listening at a low volume,” Mehta says. “However, there’s no strong evidence that listening to brown noise reduces stress.”
Despite the suspected promise of brown noise, researchers are also concerned about its potential harms.
【1】What are examples of brown noise?
A．Rainfall and traffic.
B．Radio static and ocean waves.
C．Dogs barking and birds twittering.
D．Thunder rolling and waves crashing.
【2】What does the underlined word “speculate” mean in paragraph 4?
A．Identify.
B．Imagine.
C．Picture.
D．Guess.
【3】What can be discussed after the last paragraph?
A．The investigations on effects of brown noise.
B．The tips on producing the relaxation response.
C．The evidence on health benefits of brown noise.
D．The examples of damage caused by brown noise.
【4】What can be a suitable title for the passage?
A．What Is Brown Noise and What Are the Benefits?
B．The Scientific Theory Behind Brown Noise
C．How Brown Noise Affects Brain Health?
D．Different Noises, Different Colors
22、 It’s not easy feeling like you’re always under the spotlight being judged for each little mistake you make.Your mind is in an endless circle playing what you said and did over and over again.You wish you had a time capsule to go back and make things fight if you find mistakes.You fear what others will think about you and that they will reject and dislike you.You seek to be socially perfect.
Academically，you work long endless hours just to make those excellent marks.Although most would say“it's good to have high standards，”they have no idea about the internal hell you put yourself through to achieve perfection.If you come up less than your desired goal you feel as though you have failed，but you’re far from failing，you just don’t see it that way.So instead you are telling yourself that you’re stupid，and not smart.The pressure you place on yourself weighs you down and you wear the“not good enough”label each and every day.
You not only have high standards for yourself but you also have them for others.If people don’t perform up to your expectations，then you think them incompetent.This causes a lot of frustration because you can’t trust anyone to get things right.So instead of being a team player you fly solo(单飞)and try to do two or three jobs at once.Your unrealistic expectations cause you to criticize and judge others and that leads to problems in other areas of your life.
The attempt to be perfect is called perfectionism and it's the unachievable American dream that’s damaging our emotional and mental health.We strive for perfection with our body，in our performance，and in our relationships.In a society that overstates mistakes，is it any wonder that so many young people attempt the impossible task of being perfect?
We all have flaws，fears，and make mistakes，and that’s perfectly OK.It’s our imperfections that make life interesting and they help us grow into a stronger more adaptable person.We don’t have to strive to achieve the impossible.We are designed to be perfectly imperfect.
【1】What might be the most suitable title of the text?
A. Far from failing B. Perfectly Imperfect
C. Perfectionism Phenomenon D. Unachievable American Dream
【2】Which of the following is a perfectionist most likely to agree?
A. Nobody is perfect. B. Be generous with praise.
C. There is no best，only better. D. A contented mind is an everlasting feast.
【3】What can we infer from the underlined sentence in paragraph 4?
A. More and more people are tolerating mistakes.
B. The society is partly to blame for perfectionism.
C. Many young people find it impossible to be perfect.
D. It’s unusual for a society to seek perfectionism nowadays.
【4】What does the author think of imperfection?
A. It’s part of our life. B. It’s unbearable.
C. It deserves to be overcome. D. It does harm to our mental health.
23、 Curtis Whitson knew the water fall was coming. He'd rafted down the Arroyo Seco, a river in central California, before. He figured he would hop out of his raft into the shallow water, rappel (绕绳下降) down the rocks on either side of the falls, and continue on his way, as he had on a previous trip.
But this year was different. Heavy snow and spring rains had turned the usually manageable falls into something fierce. And this year, instead of his friends, Whitson’s companions were his wife, Krystal Ramirez, and his 13-year-old son, Hunter. As the three of them approached the falls late in the afternoon of the third day of their camping trip, Whitson could tell from the increasing roar of water in the narrow canyon (峡谷) that they were in serious trouble. There was no way they’d be able to rappel down the rocks as planned.
As he considered what to do, Whitson hit on a bit of luck — he heard voices coming from the other side of the falls. He yelled, but the sound of the rushing water drowned him out.
We have to get these people a message, Whitson thought.
He grabbed a stick and pulled out his pocketknife to carve “Help” in it. Then he tied a rope to it so the people would know it wasn’t just any stick. He tried throwing it over the falls, but it floated away in the wrong direction.
Then he spotted his green Nalgene water bottle. Whitson grabbed it and carved “Help!” on it. Ramirez also reminded him that he had a pen and paper, which she’d brought to play games with, in his backpack.
Whitson knew it was a long shot. But he scrawled (草草地写) “We are stuck here at the waterfall. Get help please!” and pushed the note into the bottle.
This time, his throw over the waterfall was perfect.
“All right, that’s all we can do,” Whitson told Hunter.
It took 30 minutes to navigate back upstream to the beach where they’d had lunch. They made a fire and laid out a tarp (油布). As the evening wore on, they placed a headlamp with a flashing light on a ledge (岩石突出部). By about 10:30 p.m.，they decided they probably weren’t going to get rescued that night, so they pulled out their sleeping bags. Before turning in， Ramirez added more wood to the fire to keep the mountain lions away.
Then, just after midnight, they heard a helicopter hovering above them. Whitson turned to his son and started shaking him.
“They’re here!” he said.
Whitson ran over to the headlamp and started flashing it at the helicopter. He, Ramirez, and Hunter were waving and hollering when they heard the magic words: “This is Search and Rescue. You have been found.”
The helicopter circled as the pilot looked for a good place to land. Finding none, the crew announced to the campers over the PA system that they would not be rescued until morning and told them to conserve their firewood.
The next morning, the helicopter returned and it was a moment of pure happiness as the three chatted with the officers who had rescued them. Together, they marveled (惊叹) at the unlikelihood of it all.
When the officers dropped them back at the Arroyo Seco Campground, the family learned more about the long shot events that had saved them: Two men had seen the water bottle in the water. When they picked it up, they noticed the writing on it — “Help!”. Then they realized there was a note inside. After they read it, they hightailed it to the campground, turned the bottle in, and took off without leaving their names.
A few days after news of the rescue broke, one of the hikers contacted Whitson. That’s when he learned the rest of the story. There were actually two little girls hiking with the men that day. It was the girls who first spotted the bottle and swam to get it. Whitson is planning on having a big barbecue to meet the hikers — and thank them.
“I imagine it’s going to be one of the greatest moments of my life.” he says.
【1】How was Whitson’s this-year trip different from his previous trip?
A.It involved more people.
B.It presented more threats.
C.It included more activities.
D.It progressed more steadily.
【2】Which of Whitson’s attempted approaches worked?
A.Throwing a stick tied with a rope.
B.Yelling to the people across the fall.
C.Using an SOS bottle to send messages.
D.Bringing a pen and paper to play games.
【3】What does the underlined part in Paragraph 7 mean?
A.It was a wild attempt.
B.It was a great danger.
C.It was a fantastic idea.
D.It was a real inspiration.
【4】Why did Whitson place a headlamp with a flashing light on a ledge?
A.To enable his family to fall fast asleep.
B.To frighten the mountain animals away.
C.To increase the chance of being rescued.
D.To keep warm at night in the deep mountain.
【5】Why did the crew delay rescuing till the next morning?
A.They were running out of oil.
B.They conserved little firewood.
C.They found no place to land safe.
D.They were caught in a snowstorm.
【6】Who picked up the bottle from the water?
A.Two little girls.
B.Two men hikers.
C.A helicopter pilot.
D.The officers on duty.
24、 On Wednesday afternoon, a handsome, wealthy attorney renowned for handling affluent clients came into the restaurant. At least that’s how Lawrence described himself to me in his intro. He was dressed in a sharp navy suit, white shirt and silk tie. He asked, “How long have you been waiting tables?”
Jokingly, I replied, “I’m new, so forgive me if your meal lands on your lap.”
He replied, quite sternly, “Don’t make excuses for your mistakes.” I thought he was joking, but his face lacked even the hint of a smile. In the same tone, he said, “Come to dinner with me Saturday night.”
I ignored his invitation, which seemed more like a demand, and asked, “How long have you been an attorney?”
“As long as I’ve wanted.”
Confused and curious, I prodded: “What kind of answer is that?”
“The only one you’re going to get.” Lawrence placed his order: filet mignon, green beans instead of broccoli. Staring at me straight-faced, he added, “I’ll have bottled water. Tap is for the waitstaff.”
As soon as I brought his food to the table, he took his fork and inspected the filet. “Saturday night I’ll take you to a restaurant that makes this one look like fast food.”
“I enjoy fast food; it’s unpretentious,” I responded. “Besides, I haven’t agreed to any date.”
After he asked for the bill, I carefully removed his glass, plate and utensils, trying not to drop anything on him or the floor. As I cleared the table, he asked, “So, are we on for this weekend?”
Something about him was intriguing. So as not to appear too eager, I replied with a tentative, “I guess so.”
Phone in hand, he asked, “What’s your name and number? I’ll call for your address.”
I took out my phone and said, “First, you tell me yours.”
He paid with cash, and instead of a tip, left a note stating he would make it up to me on Saturday night.
He waited until Saturday morning before calling to ask for my address. I told him to park in the upper tier of the parking garage next to my apartment building.
“Why can’t I just pick you up at your apartment?” he asked.
“I don’t know you well enough for that. Is that a problem?”
“No, but it’s weird.”
“Not to me.”
“OK, I’ll meet you there. Do you have any nice clothes to wear?”
“Lawrence, you better shape up before tonight, or this date isn’t going to take off. I look good in anything.”
“OK, OK, calm down.”
I arrived early, and the adrenaline was rushing through my veins as I waited for Lawrence in the parking garage. The minutes passed slowly until I heard the sound of a car engine approaching from below.
Lawrence had arrived in a black stretch limousine.
Waiting for Lawrence were three FBI agents-colleagues of mine-with cameras. Lawrence wasn’t an attorney; he was an unemployed jewelry store employee who stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in merchandise. His ex-fiancée went to the police after he broke off their engagement. But her story hadn’t been enough; we needed evidence.
I ran the prints from Lawrence’s glass and utensils- they matched perfectly with the ones found in the store’s safe. In the trunk of the limo, Lawrence had suitcases packed for a getaway. Hidden inside one was a small sack of jewels: rubies, diamonds, pearls, sapphires and emeralds.
As I walked towards the limo, I heard Lawrence pleading, “Please, I needed the money to pay bills!”
I yelled back, “Don’t make excuses for your mistakes!”
【1】What did the author think of Lawrence’s introduction?
A.Convincing. B.Unbelieving.
C.Ambiguous. D.Joking.
【2】What does the underlined word “sternly” in paragraph 3 probably mean?
A.Stubbornly. B.Seriously.
C.Friendly. D.Lively.
【3】The author ignored Lawrence’s invitation because _______?
A.she didn’t want to be connected with him.
B.she thought him to be distant.
C.he wasn’t the man she had affection for.
D.she wanted to trick him into giving himself away.
【4】Why did the author “carefully removed his glass, plate and utensils”?
A.To avoid embarrassment. B.Not to land anything on his lap.
C.To get the evidence for his crime. D.Not to break them.
【5】Which of the following words can be used to describe “I” in the passage?
A.Kind and friendly. B.Easygoing and clever.
C.Distant and cautious. D.Brave and wise.
【6】What is the best title for the passage?
A.Familiar words. B.A thief.
C.A mistake. D.A story of a famous attorney.
25、On Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, Bing Dwen Dwen, the panda—shaped mascot（吉祥物）has arguably captured the most hearts and public imagination.
The furzy（绒软的）face of the smiling panda is_________by a colorful halo, which represents the five colors of the Olympic rings. He is protected from the_________by a clear shell,_________by the protective helmet in winter sports. The heart—melting mascot now has a_________fan base.
Cao, the chief designer,_________that the mascot design project was completed by a talented team. The team traveled to Beijing more than 20 times and_________the design over 1,000 times. For this team, the_________of creating the mascot was more like an academic_________than a contribution to the country. He saw the popularity of the mascot as not a(n ) _________brainstorming, but theoretical and strategic thinking. "In fact, there are__________rules behind aesthetics, and one of them is 'contrast and unity'." Cao said.
Cao still__________that on the day when Bing Dwen Dwen was unveiled to the world, he couldn't help getting__________wordlessly with joy, when his__________appeared on the huge screen and the crowd stood up to applaud.
__________, starting at a high point may not be a good thing, as the applause could sometimes be the cause of "__________". "The road ahead is still very long, and we need to keep working hard and reinventing ourselves," said Cao.
【1】
A．carved
B．painted
C．decorated
D．surrounded
【2】
A．wind
B．cold
C．rain
D．heat
【3】
A．encouraged
B．challenged
C．inspired
D．motivated
【4】
A．massive
B．limited
C．royal
D．popular
【5】
A．guaranteed
B．believed
C．revealed
D．covered
【6】
A．rephrased
B．revised
C．reviewed
D．reprogrammed
【7】
A．process
B．preparation
C．progress
D．purpose
【8】
A．attachment
B．appointment
C．achievement
D．assignment
【9】
A．careless
B．meaningless
C．aimless
D．fruitless
【10】
A．ordinary
B．basic
C．special
D．rare
【11】
A．agrees
B．imagines
C．remembers
D．recalls
【12】
A．eased up
B．choked up
C．tensed up
D．fired up
【13】
A．creation
B．commitment
C．invention
D．promise
【14】
A．Otherwise
B．Instead
C．Therefore
D．However
【15】
A．deafness
B．blindness
C．dumbness
D．insensibility
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