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1、— Where is Ethan? I can’t find him anywhere.
— He went to the library after lunch and ________ his essay there ever since.
A．had written
B．is writing
C．has been writing
D．wrote
2、—Sorry, I have to________ now. It 's time for class.
—OK. it'll call back later.
A．give up
B．hang up
C．hold up
D．break up
3、If you don’t know the meaning of the word, you can ________ the right-hand column of page 200 of this dictionary .
A.lead to B.refer to C.date back to D.get down to
4、Teenagers have to be 18 years old before they __________to drive a car.
A．are allowed
B．allowed
C．will be allowed
D．allow
5、My parents thought it was _________for a boy to be interested in ballet.
A.accessible B.abnormal C.impolite D.acute
6、David has done good deeds all his life， him a lot of popularity.
A. earned B. earning
C. to earn D. having earned
7、 important it is for teenagers to be creative!
A．How
B．What
C．What a
D．How a
8、—Why don't we hold a party to celebrate the achievements gained by our Olympic players?
—______
A．Because we haven't got enough preparations.
B．Good idea!
C．It's all because of the terrible weather.
D．Not all would like to attend it.
9、He missed ______ gold in the high jump, but will get ______ second chance in the long jump.
A．/; the
B．/; a
C．the;a
D．a;/
10、Large quantities of oil _____to Japan since one year ago.
A.was shipped B.has been shipped C.were shipped D.have been shipped
11、If Penicillin had not been available, many people _______ from sickness or even small wounds.
A. had died B. have died
C. would have died D. should have died
12、Beijing has abandoned setting a specific GDP target for this year and shifted its policy priority to ensuring employment, people’s livelihoods and the ________ of businesses.
A.survival B.proposal C.approval D.arrival
13、Rather than ________ there doing nothing, he prefers to help his colleagues with the preparation of the meeting.
A.seat B.sit C.seating D.sitting
14、As most of their houses were badly damaged after the earthquake, many people had to be________in a stadium.
A．put away
B．put up
C．put out
D．put off
15、Mr Smith’s doctor suggested that he ______ and exercise regularly.
A.should eat B.will eat C.can eat D.would eat
16、If people don’t learn from this, his suffering and death were________.
A.in comfort B.in vain C.in despair D.in hope
17、Now he has ________ money, and can do anything he wants to do.
A．a great number of
B．a great many of
C．a plenty of
D．a large amount of
18、-Can I pay a visit to you this Friday afternoon manager？
-Sorry, I some American business partners the whole afternoon.
A. have met B. have been meeting C. will be meeting D. will have met
19、As the plane was ready to , all the passengers fastened their seat belts.
A.take on B.take down C.take in D.take off
20、Jack ________ in the lab when the power cut occurred.
A．worked
B．had worked
C．would work
D．was working
21、 Mathew White, an environmental psychologist, is on a mission to give Mother Nature the respect he thinks she deserves when it comes to human health. For decades, scientists and health-care professionals have recognized that exposure to green spaces, such as public parks or forests, is linked with lower risks of all sorts of illnesses common in the world. Experimental work has demonstrated various physiological responses that occur when people spend time in natural environments: blood pressure drops, heart rate decreases, immune function improves, and the nervous system directs the body to rest and digest.
As humans increasingly populate urbanized areas, they are spending less and less time in natural environments. But before doctors can start advising their patients to head to the nearest park, there is an important outstanding question, says White: How much time in nature do you need to generate these apparent benefits? Most of the research that has linked health outcomes with exposure to the natural world didn’t use frequency or duration of park visits, but rather the amount of green space within a certain distance of a person’s home, White says. But “it’s not so much where you live; it’s whether you use it or not.”
So he collected data to estimate what dose（剂量） of nature was needed to show benefits to a person’s health. White’s group found the answer he was after: Spending at least two hours in nature per week was strongly correlated with self-reports of being in good health or having high wellbeing. “I was very surprised, to be honest,” says White, who had been expecting a much longer time. “We had no idea that such a clear threshold of time per week would emerge from the data.”
He was further surprised to learn that it didn’t seem to matter how many trips to a park people took, so long as they got in their two hours per week. It could be a long visit one day, a couple of hour-long trips, three visits of 40 minutes, or four half-hour excursions. He and his colleagues speculate that, if nature’s apparent health benefits are a result of being able to de-stress, then whatever pattern of green space exposure fits one’s schedule is probably the best way to achieve that goal.
Health-care recommendations for people to spend time in nature are probably years away, but the movement has begun. Several organizations around the world are working to promote awareness of nature’s contribution to health. Some researchers have used the term “a dose of nature” to evaluate the amount of exposure needed to gain benefits. “That was kind of the deliberate medicalization of the language around nature and health,” says White.
【1】White’s research focused on_______.
A.required amount of green space
B.benefits from the exposure to nature
C.necessary time length of nature visits
D.physical responses to outdoor activities
【2】What does the underlined phrase “threshold of time” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
A.Maximum time. B.Minimum time.
C.Adequate time. D.Average time.
【3】From the last paragraph, we can infer that White______.
A.is confident about his mission
B.is willing to cooperate with others
C.has persuaded others to accept his idea
D.has adopted the term for his research result
【4】What’s the best title for the passage?
A.Respect for Nature B.Nature as Medicine
C.Present from Nature D.Mission in Nature
22、When my friend Lesa was diagnosed(诊断) with cancer, another friend and I went to the hospital to spend some time with her. We bought her a small toy and named him Lemon－Aide. We gave Lemon－Aide to Lesa and told her he was to go with her to all of her treatments to remind her that we were thinking of her and caring about her even though we could not always be with her. When the treatments were completed, she said when someone else needed him she would pass him along.
A few months later，much to my surprise, it was me that she passed him to. Lemon－Aide went with me to all of my treatments.
One day while waiting for my doctor I decided we could market the idea to fight cancer. Lesa thought it was a great idea so we founded the organization that came to be known as Lemon－Aide' s Friends, Inc. We designed our organization to remind people fighting cancer that there are people who love and care about them all the time. Today we have totally 5013 volunteers. The money raised is donated to cancer patients who do not have insurance. The physicians on our Board of Advisors determine how and where our money is donated.
Lemon－Aide is for men, women, and children of all ages and to date has been sent to 34 states and 33 countries to provide smiling support for people fighting cancer. When life gave us lemons we made Lemon－Aide, a soft smiling toy that represents love, support, and encouragement.
【1】The author went to the hospital with her friend ________．
A．to operate on Lesa
B．to treat her disease
C．to accompany Lesa
D．to look after Lemon－Aide
【2】Lesa was given a small toy because ________．
A．he represented her organization
B．he could help weaken her pain
C．she would think of her friends
D．her friends tried to comfort her
【3】It can be inferred that ________．
A．the author had suffered from cancer
B．Lemon－Aide had suffered from cancer
C．Lesa had recovered from cancer
D．Lemon－Aide learned to look after the author
【4】Lesa and the author formed an organization to ________．
A．cure cancer
B．raise money
C．help cancer patients
D．help their friend
23、After midnight, when the crowds of revellers (饮酒狂欢者) have gone, Choi Young-soo crouches (蹲) in a shabby alley in Seoul’s wealthy Gangnam district. This is the only time that the 35-year-old, a part-time food delivery rider, dare leave his tiny room at a cheap hotel he shares with about 30 other people. The rooms, he says, are “only slightly bigger than coffins(棺材)”.
Choi’s desperate situation is real. He is one of a large and growing number of ordinary South Koreans who find themselves choked by debt. “I feel like other people sense that I’m a failure, so I only come out at night to smoke and watch the lost cats,” says Choi.
Choi’s serious debt came with alarming speed. Just two years ago, he was working as an IT engineer for a firm. Years of punishing overtime and late nights seriously damaged his health. After lengthy discussions and a year spent planning and saving, he and his wife decided to open a pub in Incheon.
After an encouraging start, their business fell victim to the COVID-19 pandemic. After bars and restaurants were ordered to close as early as 9 pm to prevent the virus from spreading, the number of customers reduced to a trickle (细流), and then dried up altogether. After failing to pay their rent for four months, the couple sought help.
Securing a bank loan was surprisingly easy, but the interest rate was a steep 4%. Within months they had taken out loans from all five of South Korea’s high-street banks. Unavoidably, they had to borrow more to pay off existing loans, joining long queues of troubled business owners eager to secure cash from commercial lenders with interest at more than 17%.
Household debt in South Korea has risen in recent years and is now equal to more than 100% of GDP, a level not seen elsewhere in Asia. The rising household debt has gone hand in hand with a dramatically widening income gap worsened by rising youth unemployment and property prices in big cities beyond the means of most ordinary workers.
According to Lee In-cheol, the chief executive of the think tank Real Good Economic Research Institute, the total amount of debt run up by ordinary South Koreans exceeds GDP by 5%. In individual terms, it means that even if you saved every single penny you earned for an entire year, you would still be unable to repay your debt. In response, the country’s financial services commission and financial supervisory service recently decided to prevent more South Koreans from falling into debt. “That is why major banks have acted to limit borrowing,” says Lee.
【1】Why does Choi Young-soo come out only at night?
A．He opens his pub at night.
B．He has to look after his children.
C．He is unwilling to be laughed at.
D．He is afraid of being spotted by the banks.
【2】What caused Choi Young-soo to start applying for bank loans?
A．His poor health.
B．The failure of his business.
C．The desire to start his own business.
D．His being laid off by his former employer.
【3】What is paragraph 6(underlined) mainly about?
A．The types of household debt.
B．The influence of South Korea in Asia.
C．The sources of South Korea’s economic growth
D．Two major problems faced by South Korea’s families
【4】What might explain South Korea’s household debt crisis?
A．The widening income gap.
B．The easiness of taking out a loan.
C．The over-rapid growth of the economy.
D．The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
24、Do you find yourself taking a nap (打盹) at your desk, even after what you thought was a good night’s rest? Then you probably have the same question as so many others: How much do I need to sleep? 【1】. This is put forward by Dr. Raj Dasgupta, an assistant professor at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. However, here are a few ways to improve your sleep.
Stick to a bedtime routine. 【2】. You can even keep a journal to note down these sleep times and how often you wake up at night, said Dasgupta. By doing this you can have an idea of what works for you. Besides, you should also make sure your room is dark, cool and comfortable when you go to sleep.
Turn off the electronic devices. Do this as early as possible before bed. 【3】. “Particularly if you are aiming to fall asleep earlier, it’s important to expose yourself to bright natural light as early as possible in the day, and to limit exposure to light in the hours before bedtime,” she said. “Electronic devices mimic (模仿) many of the wavelengths in sunlight that cue your body to stay awake.”
【4】. Dasgupta’s recent study showed that focusing attention training could also help children sleep over an hour more per night. They can take breathing exercises and yoga, for example.
Set good food and exercise habits. Finally, eating healthily and keeping a daily fitness routine can support better sleep at night. “【5】,” he said. “Exercise relieves stress. It also helps build up your drive to sleep at night.”
A．Try focusing attention techniques
B．The answer is not so straightforward
C．Seek to get training of some relaxing exercises
D．You should be consistent with exercise during the day
E．Light exposure can affect your body’s sleep-wake cycle
F．There will be a new electronic device on the market soon
G．It is great to go to bed and wake up at the same time every day
25、My father had been a corporate sales trainer who taught presentation skills. He traveled across the world for_____and competed in tennis tournaments on the weekends. “Life is good,” he would say, with a twinkle in his eye.
However, everything ______during my sophomore year of high school. A sudden stroke left him with a severe physical disability and loss of _______.
One afternoon, I came home to find my dad watching a(n) _____video of us playing tennis. What used to be such a _________pleasure was now impossible. I ____us on the screen, fascinated by that _________memory.
We watched in silence until I couldn’t hold in my _____any longer. I found myself shaking and ________while the video played in the background. My heart broke for us both and __________for what we could no longer do together.
Moving his lips, my dad___wanted to say something, but he was powerless. Although his movement was limited, he closed the gap between us and gave my hand a ___squeeze.
Later, on a family trip to Tahoe, my dad saw a group of people parasailing on the lake.
He and I had gone a few times_____his stroke, but years had passed since then. “You and me!” he managed to_____.
We floated high above the water, eyes fixed on the setting sun. Then, my dad looked at me with a familiar expression. “Life… good.”
After coming back home, my father worked ____to recover what he lost and regained a fair amount of his speech.
“Life is good.” Three simple words. But my dad injected true meaning into the phrase by refusing to let his sickness overshadow the days he had left.
【1】
A．adventure
B．work
C．competition
D．pleasure
【2】
A．happened
B．arrived
C．changed
D．started
【3】
A．speech
B．confidence
C．sight
D．energy
【4】
A．old
B．short
C．live
D．online
【5】
A．great
B．rare
C．personal
D．simple
【6】
A．glanced over
B．stared at
C．looked into
D．smiled to
【7】
A．shared
B．bittersweet
C．distant
D．virtual
【8】
A．grief
B．memory
C．anger
D．excitement
【9】
A．moving
B．rocking
C．dancing
D．crying
【10】
A．sank
B．melted
C．ached
D．skipped
【11】
A．eventually
B．especially
C．clearly
D．merely
【12】
A．comforting
B．strong
C．quick
D．friendly
【13】
A．after
B．despite
C．through
D．before
【14】
A．squeeze
B．create
C．say
D．achieve
【15】
A．independently
B．tirelessly
C．closely
D．properly
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。
It was a Saturday in June, 1988. Out of a 16-year-old’s early tiring summer, I had set up a tent (帐篷) in our rural yard and intended to sleep in it, but I stayed in the house to finish watching the Lakers’ play-off game. It was almost midnight and Dad had been asleep upstairs for hours when someone knocked at the front door. It never happened to me not to answer it.
To my surprise, it was a girl about my age with a bloody cut on her head. “Hi. I’m Maria. What’s wrong with you?” I asked her with concern. Awkward and embarrassed, she replied: “I’m Jane. I…” she hesitated and then asked me carefully, “May I stay here for the night? I’ll be off tomorrow morning” Seeing her uneasiness, I comforted her, “Take it easy, Jane. Stay with me tonight.” I invited her into the house. Looking around, Jane appeared to have calmed down. “Let me treat your injury first,” I said and she agreed.
I cleaned and bandaged (包扎) her injured head and then gave her some bread and meat to eat. “Want to sleep in my tent?" I asked her and she nodded. Having left her in the bathroom, I went to look for another sleeping bag When I returned, Jane was seated on the sofa, her face clouded by sadness. Walking across the dark yard, I went into tent with Jane. We lay down side by side. Caught by curiosity and concern, I turned over again again, wondering what had happen to her and how she came here. Jane seemed to have sensed that and started to speak. Jane’s father died of cancer years before. Her mother did some cleaning jobs to raise her. Money was tight but her mother tried to do what she could to satisfy Jane. Several weeks before, Jane accidentally saw a fine white dress in the store window, which she fell in love with at first sight. She excitedly told her mother about that, who promised to buy it as her birthday gift. From then on, Jane was looking forward to it.
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Jane’s 16th birthday came but her mother didn’t get home until the evening.
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Having told her story, Jane began to feel a bit calm.
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