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1、I have such a bad cold that I have lost all __________ of smell.
A.scene B.sense C.strength D.scent
2、Our village is making efforts to _________its development pattern to promote green growth.
A.squeeze B.compromise C.transform D.differentiate
3、－What if the rainstorm continues?
－Come on guys! We have to meet the _______ whatever the weather.
A. standard B. demand
C. deadline D. satisfaction
4、David is so excited because it is the first time that he ________ the Great Wall.
A.visited B.had visited C.has visited D.visits
5、I am sorry that I can not meet you at the airport. I ________ Tianjin by the time you come back from abroad.
A．am leaving
B．will leave
C．will have left
D．have left
6、 In my view, London's not as expensive in price as Tokyo but Tokyo is ______in traffic.
A.the most organized B.more organized
C.so organized as D.as organized as
7、__________of the land in that district __________ covered with trees and grass．
A．Two fifth; is
B．Two fifths; is
C．Two fifth; are
D．Two fifths; are
8、We ______ him that he ought to make the bar more attractive with various methods. He finally sees the light.
A.told B.would tell C.have been telling D.had told
9、---I will leave you two alone. I am sure you two must have a lot to________.
---Yes. It is two years since we last got together.
A．catch up
B．take in
C．bring out
D．give away
10、--- Sunny day today, isn’t it?
--- Yeah! It’s not like what the radio ________ at all.
A. says B. will say C. had said D. said
11、I think John will make a good monitor, ________ I'd like to vote for him.
A. but B. so
C. or D. for
12、When you walk into any department store in Wuxi, chances are that you will see signs with a single digit number and the Chinese character zhe prominently displayed next to products that are on _____.
A. discount B. bargain C. sale D. reduction
13、---We’d better leave now.
---No hurry. The train ______ at 10 o’clock.
A. has left B. left
C. leaves D. would leave
14、Watch out for injuries while exercising. Always stop you begin to feel any pain.
A. in order that B. even if
C. ever since D. as soon as
15、---I was wondering whether perhaps you could remember the name of the place.
---I’m afraid that________ me for the moment.
A．reminds
B．puzzles
C．disturbs
D．escapes
16、This flu season in the U．S. began earlier than usual and started ________ in midNovember with an increase of influenza B.
A.building up B.piling up C.rising up D.picking up
17、As a(n) ________ and effective method, expressway noise barrier is a primary measure used to reduce traffic noise.
A. correctional B. flexible C. economical D. investigative
18、A proposal has been put forward at a recent video conference _____ measures be taken to raise the citizens’ awareness of traffic safety.
A. that B. as C. when D. which
19、Everyone in my class spares no efforts on their study, ______ for the College Entrance Examination.
A.prepared B.having prepared
C.to prepared D.preparing
20、Word came __________ Napoleon would come to inspect them.
A.when B.why C.how D.that
21、Although it is a business not many are aware of, sidewalk robots are set to become an industry with annual sales of $1 billion within a decade. These four-or six-wheeled autonomous machines, usually the size of a suitcase, are already delivering groceries in America, China and Europe, which puts them ahead of many driverless cars and lorries being developed.
Those bigger vehicles are held back not by technology but regulation. This means having a “safety driver” on board ready to take over if there is a problem, which is hardly labour-saving. For these larger vehicles, regulators want to see safety systems thoroughly proved. In January 2022, Britain’s Law Commission, which reviews lawmaking, recommended that it should not be the person in the driver’s seat who faces prosecution if a vehicle in autonomous mode crashes, but the manufacturer or the body that sought approval for its use.
However, sidewalk robots are getting on with the job. For example, Starship Technologies, based in San Francisco, estimates it has already clocked up more than 2.5 million deliveries with robots in a number of cities, universities and business parks in Europe and America. Amazon is carrying out trials with a similar sort of machine. Kiwibot, a Colombian startup, is making sidewalk deliveries in California. Udelv, a Californian firm, is developing a larger type called Transporter to operate at highway speeds.
Sidewalk robots carry a few bags of groceries using a variety of sensors, including cameras, radar and GPS to navigate and avoid obstacles and people. Their progress can be monitored on a phone app, which also unlocks them for goods to be removed. As they are small, move slowly and are “telemonitored” by people in a control room who can take over, authorities seem more willing to give them a green light.
Such robots are becoming more autonomous. Being much further along the road in earning their keep, these delivery robots are helping to pave the way for the time when bigger autonomous vehicles can join them.
【1】What is paragraph 2 mainly about?
A．Problems caused by autonomous cars.
B．Suggestions for producing intelligent robots.
C．Challenges faced by large driverless vehicles.
D．The innovative technology of delivery vehicles.
【2】Why does the author give some examples in paragraph 3?
A．To prove the safety of autonomous machines.
B．To present the development of sidewalk robots.
C．To encourage the public to create more robots.
D．To show the advantages of self-driving technology.
【3】What can we know about sidewalk robots?
A．They are environmentally friendly.
B．They can distinguish traffic lights on the road.
C．They make deliveries faster than ordinary trucks.
D．They make it easy for people to track the delivery process.
【4】Which section of a magazine is this text probably taken from?
A．Sports and music.
B．Business and culture.
C．Science and technology.
D．Nature and geography.
22、The world has a fast growing population and people need more land for houses, factories, highways, and so on. The farmland is decreasing with each passing day. How to meet the need of feeding the growing population? One way is to introduce some high-output gene into a crop to enable it to produce more. Biologists over the years have discovered genes which can raise output of the crops, resist pests, improve taste, etc.
However, in many western countries there is widespread concern over the safety of“Genetically Modified”(GM) (转基因) foods, because they think there may be serious problems of environment, health, safety, morality and so on.
As a scientist I must admit GM foods involve great risks to humans. In fact in Europe they’re called “Frankenstein foods” by many. Frankenstein is a character in a novel. He was a very clever scientist. He created a monster（怪物）, which eventually killed him.
Soybeans can be made into many foods. However, it’s hard to trace them. Therefore, it’s very important we have to make sure the soybean, if genetically modified, is free from any poisonous matter harmful to human beings. For this we need very good testing. We do have some testing on some animals, but no completely satisfactory testing has ever been made so far. They’re entirely new, and their problems are entirely unknown. It takes time to develop persuasive tests to know whether they’re harmful to us or not.
We may not be able to tell what may happen if we take GM foods. Some of them may be resistant to antibiotics (抗生素). Then many of the medicines we have today will have no effect on people eating GM foods.
A more likely case is the GM foods may contain genes some people are allergic to.
GM products have already come into our lives but most people even know nothing about it.
At least we have to be clear about what we are eating. The China Consumers Association is calling for labeling (标注) on GM foods so that consumers will know before they buy them.
【1】The chief purpose of developing GM foods is to_______.
A. feed the fast growing population
B. make the foods much cheaper
C. make the foods much tastier
D. kill pests on the crops
【2】From the passage we can infer that _____.
A. many Europeans reject GM foods
B. GM foods are very popular in Europe
C. Frankenstein foods can make people clever
D. Frankenstein was a scientist creating GM foods
【3】The underlined phrase “trace them” in Paragraph 4 probably means“ ”.
A. find their market B. raise their quality
C. find their origins D. enjoy their taste
【4】Which of the following is TRUE about GM foods?
A. The testing shows GM soybean foods are free from poisonous matter.
B. Sometimes consumers can hardly tell GM soybeans from natural ones.
C. GM foods prove to be safe to humans after some testing on animals.
D. GM foods problems have been known after testing on animals.
【5】What can we learn from the passage?
A. GM foods make antibiotics fail to function properly.
B. People eating GM foods will suffer from food allergies.
C. As GM foods are safe at present, they’re certainly safe later on.
D. People should be informed of which foods are GM foods.
23、2020 Journalism Workshop
Learn print,radio,television,digital
Washington,DC area high school students are invited to apply to the Washington Association of Black Journalists' annual Urban Journalism Workshop. WABJ has been guiding the next generation of journalists since 1986 through this program. UJW was started by longtime Chicago Tribune and St. Louis Times Dispatch reporter George Curry and former Washington Post reporter Athelia Knight. During the workshop, students learn the fundamentals of print, radio, TV and digital journalism. Current and former professional journalists with The Washington Post，NPR and other media companies volunteer to teach participants. A scholarship is offered for qualifying seniors.
● Sessions are held for eight continuous Saturdays from 29 February—18 April；9 am—4 pm.
● Scholarship criteria includes an essay, stories produced in the workshop, class attendance and participation in all eight sessions.
● High school students, all classifications, in the greater DC area are encouraged to apply.
Students should contact UJW Coordinator Trina Williams at ujwdc @ aol. com for details or check with their high school advisers.
To download an application, read more about available scholarships or learn about the Urban Journalism Workshop, visit www. ujwonline. org, or contact: UJW Coordinator Trina Williams at ujwdc @ aol. com.
Applications and required materials must be received by Friday, 31 January 2020.
【1】What can be learned if the students join the workshop?
A.The management of the UJW.
B.The basic skills of digital journalism.
C.The classification of electronic devices.
D.The qualities of environmental journalists
【2】Which date is suitable for participants to attend the workshop?
A.Saturday, 11 April. B.Wednesday, 18 March .
C.Wednesday,29 January. D.Saturday,22 February.
【3】In which section of a newspaper may this text appear?
A.Sports. B.Education.
C.Science. D.Entertainment.
24、Here are the newly published books. Have a look and meet your new love.
The Legend of the Crimson Criket, the Golden Scorpion,and the Emerald Beetle
Mary Montalvo
www. xlibris. com
Hardback | Paperback | E - book
$28.99 | $16.99 | $3.99
Three remarkable brothers born with me unique abilities save village by fighting a terrible and powerful warlord and his mad son.
Miguel Jesus Corte
Geald Skow
www. authorhouse. com
Hardback | Paperback | E-book
$ 23.99 | $13.99 | $3.99
This is the self-telling story of the author, a poor Ecuadorian who moves from Gualaceo to the Orient as well as his dreams and struggles to make his life a little better.
Remembering a Great American Hero Marian Anderson “The Lady from Philadelphia”
Emile Henwood
www.xlibris.com
Hardback | Paperback | E-book
$28.99 | $16.99 | $3.99
It is a collection of shortened life stories in time order, fully illustrated by engaging photos,which shares the teachable lessons of Anderson’s well-lived long life — especially important today.
Connie Gets More Than Her Backyard
Patti Whitehead-Gill
www. xlibris. com
Hardback | Paperback | E-book
$34.99 | $ 26.99 | $3.99
This tale centers on six-year-old Connie who has recently moved to a town from the city. She learns she’s adopted，meets her best friend and falls in love with an orphan(孤儿) dog.
【1】Which book can help you know about its writer?
A．The Legend of the Crimson Cricket,the Golden Scorpion, and the Emerald Beetle
B．Miguel Jesus Corte
C．Remembering a Great American Hero Marian Anderson “The Lady from Philadelpia”
D．Connie Gets More Than Her Backyard
【2】How much should you pay buying a hardback book about a hero?
A．$28.99.
B．$26.99.
C．$16.99.
D．$13.99.
【3】Which section of the newspaper does the text belong to?
A．Advertisement.
B．Reader & Editor.
C．Entertainment.
D．Book Review.
25、 President Obama’s second Inaugural Address used soaring language to stress America’s commitment to the dream of equality of opportunity: ‘We are true to our belief that a little girl born into _______ knows that she has the same chance to succeed as anybody else, because she is an American’.
The gap between ideal and reality could hardly be _______ . Today, the United States has less equality of opportunity than almost any other advanced industrial country. Study after study has _______ the myth that America is a land of opportunity. A way of looking at equality of opportunity is to as to what extent the life chances of a child are _______ the education and income of his parents. Is it just as likely that a child of poor or poorly educated parents gets a good education and rises to the middle class as someone born to middle-class parents with college degrees? Even in a more democratic society. the answer would be no.
How do we explain this? Some of it has to do with discrimination （歧视）. Latinos and African-Americans still get paid less than whites, and women still get paid less than men, _______ they recently surpassed （超越）men in the number of advanced degrees they obtain. Discrimination, however, is only a small part of the _______. Probably the most important reason for _______ of equality of opportunity is education. After World WarⅡ, we made a major effort to _______ higher education to Americans across the country. But then we changed, in several ways. While racial segregation（种族隔离）decreased, economic segregation increased. After 1980, the poor grew poorer, the middle stagnated（停滞不前）, and the top did better and better. A result was a widening gap in educational performance – the _______ gap between rich and poor kids born in 2001 was 30 to 40 percent larger than it was for those born 25 years earlier, a Stanford sociologist found. Of course, there are other forces ______ . Children in rich families get more exposure to reading. Their families can afford enriching experiences like music lessons and summer camp. They get better nutrition and health care, which enhance their learning, directly and indirectly.
Now Americans are coming to realize that without extensive policy changes, their long cherished belief is only a myth. It is unreasonable that a rich country like the United States has made _______ to higher education so difficult for those at the bottom and middle. There are many _______ ways of providing chances for more to receive higher education, from Australia’s income-contingent loan program to the near-free system of universities in Europe. A more educated population produces greater innovation, and a booming economy. Those benefits are why we’ve long been ______ to free public education through 12th grade. But while a 12th-grade education might have been enough a century ago, it isn’t today. Yet we haven’t _______ our system to contemporary realities.
The steps I’ve outlined are not just affordable but necessary. Even more important, though, is that we cannot afford to let our country drift farther from _______ that the vast majority of Americans share. We will never fully succeed in achieving Mr. Obama’s vision of a poor girl’s having exactly the same opportunities as a wealthy girl. But we could do much, much better, and must not rest until we do.
A．prejudice
B．inferior
C．poverty
D．minority
A．narrower
B．wider
C．severer
D．closer
A．conducted
B．concluded
C．excluded
D．exposed
A．distinct from
B．feasible by
C．superior to
D．dependent on
A．even though
B．as though
C．only if
D．as if
A．photograph
B．picture
C．atmosphere
D．condition
A．lack
B．leak
C．explosion
D．extinction
A．exhibit
B．explore
C．extend
D．exploit
A．contribution
B．satisfaction
C．achievement
D．ambition
A．at play
B．under control
C．in use
D．on show
A．devotion
B．familiarity
C．application
D．access
A．imaginative
B．alternative
C．sensitive
D．productive
A．admitted
B．permitted
C．devoted
D．limited
A．abandoned
B．adjusted
C．altered
D．applied
A．memories
B．glory
C．reality
D．ideals
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。
In late December, the cow path near our house in Tennessee was still covered with leaves, but I knew snow would be falling soon enough. My younger brother, Buddy Earl, and I were on an important mission: Go to Uncle Tommie’s place and get a goose(鹅). The hiking over Little Mountain and getting there would be worth it. Uncle Tommie raised the best geese around, and he’d offered to give us one for Christmas dinner.
Uncle Tommie met us at the door. “I’m not rushing you boys,” he said, “but as light snow started, you’d better get the goose and head home.” It didn’t take me long to pick up a goose from his yard. Buddy and I said a quick thank you and goodbye. The snow came down harder, wind blowing every way.
“I’m as cold as ice. How about you?” asked Buddy.
I tapped the goose’s head. “I wish we had feathers to keep us warm like you,” I said. “Or heavier coats.”
“Doug, I’m freezing,” Buddy said. I could hardly hear him over the wind and my own chattering teeth. “I think we should go back.” The idea was attractive, but we were closer to home than to Uncle Tommie’s house. We had to push on.
I held the goose closer to my chest. The bird was the only warm thing about me. I stepped in front of my brother. “Buddy, open your coat!” “Are you crazy?” He asked. “I’ll lose the little warmth I have.” When he saw I was serious, he slowly unzipped (拉开……的拉链) his coat and opened it. I placed the warm goose inside his coat and zipped it back up. “Make sure you keep the goose’s head out so it can breathe.” Buddy sighed happily. My plan was working.
注意：1. 续写词数应为 150 左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
“Doug, it is time for you to open your coat. ”
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Hearing our surviving experience, my parents hesitated about what to do with the goose.
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