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1、—It seems that people are becoming more and more selfish.
—How much happier life would be if we ________to the values of the past!
A. would return B. had returned
C. return D. were to return
2、The forest fire suddenly _______ during the night.
A．broke down
B．broke up
C．broke out
D．broke away
3、—I have no idea what made the students so excited and crazy.
—______ it have been their team’s victory in the finals?
A. Must B. Could
C. Would D. Should
4、All the people present at the meeting felt _______ at the ______ decision announced by the manager.
A. shocked; shocking B. shocking; shocked
C. shocking; shocking D. shocked; shocked
5、The day our classmates had been looking forward to _________ at last.
A.came B.come C.coming D.had come
6、With the changes in the world’s climate, dinosaurs died, but many smaller animals lived on. It was the ________ of the fittest.
A. distinction B. survival
C. existence D. appearance
7、Though he never disguised his leadership ambitions, he continued to deny that ________ to challenge the Prime Minister.
A.he had no intention B.he had every intention C.it was not his intention D.it was his intention
8、 It was to you and not to anyone else I lent the money.
A. whom B. why C. that D. whether
9、When I am travelling, I always take something in case I am hungry.
A．to eat
B．eaten
C．eating
D．eat
10、China Today attracts a worldwide readership, ________ shows that more and more people all over the world want to learn about China.
A.who B.whom
C.that D.which
11、Last week we visited the farm ______ fruit was popular all over the world.
A. that B. where
C. what D. whose
12、I have pleasure in introducing to you the man without generosity your club would cease to exist.
A.whose B.that C.which D.this
13、Air pollution has caused millions of deaths every year, ________ has become a great concern．
A．when
B．which
C．what
D．that
14、People who do not smoke have less ______of suffering from lung cancer than those who do so．
A．potential B．pattern
C．preference D．prejudice
15、Have you got a pen and a piece of paper? I’ll________ what you have told me.
A．make notes
B．take notes of
C．leave notes of
D．take a note
16、It was the typhoon________was called Yanhua________hit the coastal cities.
A．which;that
B．what;which
C．that;who
D．that;which
17、His father's advice helped him to decide which job to ________.
A．look up
B．break up
C．put up
D．take up
18、He still remembers_____ to Shanghai when he was very young.
A.taking B.being taken C.taken D.having taken
19、1'll go to the bookstore with you as soon as I finish what I _______.
A. have done B. would do
C. am doing D. was doing
20、-Have you seen Tom and Mary？
-I haven't seen _____of them.
A．neither
B．any
C．either
D．all
21、How to Make a Difference to the World
Many people believe that they don’t have what it takes to make a difference to the world.They believe only people like Mother Teresa, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein and Bill Gates are able to do so.【1】The following is a guide as to how small people like us can make a difference to the world.
It need not be an enormous task.
【2】 In this case, you already have what it takes to make the world a better place. Making a difference to the world may seem like an enormous task, but it is in fact the collective effort of everyone to make small contributions.The size of the contribution is not what matters most.The key here is to have the heart to do it.
Start now.
There is no one best time to start to make a difference to the world.You don’t need to wait till you have the time to share some love; you don’t have to wait till you earn more money to share a piece of bread. Little efforts count.【3】
【4】
As the saying goes, “Give a man a fish; you feed him for a day.Teach him how to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” The good that we seek to do will make more of a difference when there is a longlasting effect rather than a temporary effect.【5】 And when more people receive education, they will in turn provide more value to the world.
A．Seek to make a longlasting effect.
B．Stop complaining and do something.
C．You can start making small contributions today.
D．If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.
E．Nobody can do everything, but everyone can do something.
F．The truth is, every one of us can make it in our own unique way.
G．For example, building a school will benefit many people for years to come.
22、Books by Economist writers
More. By Philip Coggan. Hachette; 496 pages; $34. Profile Books; ￡25
A history of the global economy by our Bartleby Columnist. Covering the development of key sectors such as manufacturing and energy production, it shows how links between people and countries have allowed individuals to grow not just more prosperous, but taller and stronger, and to live longer and have more choice in how they run their lives. A “brilliant survey”, thought the Times; a “fantastic sweep”, reckoned the Financial Times.
Coveted. By Melanie Grant. Phaidon; 208 pages; $89.95 and ￡69.95
When, asks the picture and luxury editor of 1843, does jewelry make the leap from fashion accessory to art? Her richly illustrated profiles of leading designers range from Faberge’s and Cartier’s links to Art Nouveau and Art Deco, to the collaboration between Georg Jensen, a Scandinavian brand, with the architect Zaha Hadid. The New York Times said “the book showed the complexity, power and artistic impact of great design.”
Independence Square. By A. D. Miller. Pegasus Books; 228 pages; $25.95. Harvill Secker; ￡14.99
A nation’s future, and a man’s fate, hang in the balance in this novel of revolution and betrayal. Set between an icy unheaval in Kyiv and a London summer, it stars a sly oligarch, an idealistic young activist and a disgraced British diplomat. “Utterly gripping,” said the Observer, “a novel with its finger on the pulse of geopolitics that still manages to move deeply.” The Spectator called it “a searing indictment of our times”.
Unconventional Wisdom. Edited by Tom Stand-age. Economist Books; 272 pages; $11.99. Profile Books; ￡8.99
A compendium of our explainer articles and daily charts, which spell out how much a ghost reduces a house’s value, how pregnancy makes people more law-abiding and why friends prefer sloppily wrapped Christmas gifts. Compiled by one of our deputy editors.
The Best. By Tim Wig-more and Mark Williams. Moblus; 256 pages; $24.95. Nicholas Brealey; ￡20
A contributor on sport and his co-author cover topics such as why younger siblings have more chance of becoming elite sportsmen, why mid-sized towns produce the most champions and the science of performance. They draw on interviews with Marcus Rash-ford, Pete Sampras and Steph Curry, among others. “Excellent”, said the Australian.
The Classical School. By Callum Williams. Hachette; 288 pages; $16.99. Profile Books; ￡20
A high-speed history of Western economic thought, by our senior economics writer, told in the form of 20 biographies. Alongside household names such as Adam Smith and John Stuart Mill, there are chapters on lesser-known figures such as Harriet Martineau and Dadabhai Naoroji. The Times called it a “brisk, absorbing and entertaining history lesson” with “an engaging cast of characters” that “leaves you a lot wiser”.
The Wake-Up Call. By Adrian Woold-ridge and John Micklethwait. HarperVia; 176 pages; $18. Short Books; ￡9.99
The pandemic, say our political editor and Bloom-berg’s editor-in-chief, proves that government is not just a diversion for politicians but a matter of life and death. The poor performance of Western democracies, particularly America and Britain, shows how far they have fallen behind the Far East, notably China. “A shot in the arm,” said the Financial Times. “Full marks for sounding the alarm,” said the Times Literary Supplement.
【1】Which one of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A．More is a detailed survey of individual opinions about how global economy has developed through the links between people and countries so far.
B．All of the books are originally written by the writer(s) listed after the name of the book.
C．Independence Square is a novel, which describes historical issues in different cities such as Kyiv and London through the life of individuals.
D．According to The Wake-Up Call, the pandemic serves as an alarm for western democracies to reflect on the role of a government.
【2】If you are interested in reading stories of famous people and getting wisdom, the best choice for you is ________.
A．Coveted
B．Unconventional Wisdom
C．The Best
D．The Classical School
【3】Which one of the following topics is not included in these books?
A．economics
B．arts
C．sports
D．geography
23、Edmund Halley was an English scientist who lived over 200years ago. He studied the observations of comets which other scientists had made. The orbit of one particular comet was a very difficult mathematical problem. He could not figure it out. Neither could other scientists who dealt with such problems.
However, Halley had a friend named Isaac Newton. Who was a brilliant mathematician. Newton thought he had already which he had done it. He told Halley that the orbit of a comet had the shape of an ellipse.
Now Halley set to work. He figured out the orbits of some of the comets that had been observed by scientist. He made a surprising discovery. The comets that had appeared in the years 1531, 1607 and 1682 all had the same orbit. Yet their appearances had been 75 to 76 years apart.
This seemed very strange to Halley. Three different comets followed the same orbit. The more Halley thought about it, the more he thought that there had not been three different comets, as people thought. He decided that they had simply seen the same comet three times. The comet had gone away and had come back again.
It was an astonishing idea! Halley felt certain enough to make a prediction of what would happen in the future. He decided that this comet would appear in the year 1758. There were 53 years to go before Halley’s prediction could be tested.
In 1758 the comet appeared in the sky. Halley did not see it, for he had died some years before. Ever since then that comet been called Halley’s comet, in his honor.
【1】Halley made his discovery ______.
A．by doing experiments
B．by means of his own careful observation
C．by using the work of other scientists
D．by chance
【2】Halley made a surprising but correct prediction in the year ________.
A．1704
B．1705
C．1706
D．1707
【3】This text in general is about _______.
A．Halley and other scientists
B．the orbit of a comet
C．Newton and Halley
D．Halley and Halley
【4】Which of the following is TRUE?
A．Edmund Halley was an American scientist.
B．Halley made his discovery by doing experiments.
C．Isaac Newton was a famous mathematician.
D．The orbit of a comet had the shape of an around.
24、Hollywood is on the edge of a nervous breakdown. Worried about an industry wide writers’ strike, struck by a series of theater-chain bankruptcies(破产), burdened with unreasonable corporate profit, requirements and seemingly incapable of producing consistently creative movies, the American film industry is in a period of soul-searching. There’s little doubt it will survive this crisis. But most insiders agree there is disease at both ends of the business—where film are produced, and where they’re shown---that may take years to overcome.
While annual box-office income increases for nine straight years, largely due to increased ticket prices, the number of actual tickets sold declined for the second year in a row. The construction boom has added nearly 10,000 theaters(more than 200,000 more seats) in the last five years. But due to a static(静止的)audience base, eight major chains have gone into bankruptcy and several others are in terrible financial situations.
In fact, insiders say, Hollywood is now in a business it does not want to be in. “There’s a general problem in that the companies that have the most consistent output of material are least interested in what they’re making,” says former 20th Century Fox CEO, Bill. And, Bill adds, “We’re in a period where movies are getting bigger and more costly and less interesting and fulfilling to an audience.”
Today the studios are under the stress to increase profit margins(营业利润) for their corporate parents, and profit margins are hard to control in a business whose products are seen as impulse buys(即兴购买). Other business can increase profits by cutting costs—buying cheaper material, or making the candy bar smaller. Not Hollywood.
“What we’re cutting is risk,” says the head of one major studio, who asked not to be named, “And risk is what great film has always demanded.” While the studios are avoiding risky concepts, their competitors in the home entertainment business have been expanding the boundaries of the imagination. It was this pressure---in electronic games, the Internet, EVDs----that forced the movie theater chains into a self-destructive craze of expansion.
【1】Which of NOT the worry of the American film industry according to the passage?
A. Theater-chain bankruptcy
B. Lack of the advertisement funds
C. The stress to increase corporate profit
D. Being unable to produce creative movies
【2】What has directly caused major theater-chains in terrible financial situations?
A. Bigger movies
B. More costly movies
C. Increased ticket prices
D. More theaters but an unchangeable audience base
【3】What do we know about the profit of the film industry?
A. It’s not easy to control the profit
B. The studios can shorten the material
C. Cutting the cost can increase the profit
D. The studios can buy cheap material to increase profits
【4】What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. Hollywood will survive financial crisis
B. Hollywood is on the edge of destruction
C. It’s hard to increase the profits of the studios
D. The construction boom leads to theater-chain bankruptcies
25、 “Paul must have been trying to carry his waste paper to garbage can and dropped a few pieces. “I ________, picking them up. ________ later I found more pieces. No quiet sighing this time. I ________, “Who is throwing garbage?” No answer. Instead, I saw more bits of paper ________ floating down from upstairs. Looking up. I saw my seven-year-old son, Paul.
“Stop making a mess.” “It’s not a mess. They’re ________.” “Sorry, what did you say?” I hadn’t heard him clearly.
He didn’t answer me. Paul has autism (自闭症) and ________ answers a question, especially when he’s_ ________ attentively on something else. He ran down the stairs. “Where are my other butterflies he asked, ________ around. Every time Paul ________ five or more words together, my heart says a ________ of thanks. But lately he seems to ________ that the benefits of forming complete sentences when communicating are ________ of the effort.
Butterflies. Of course. I rushed to ________ them from the garbage, ________ them off and handed them to my young artist “Want to see them ________ again?” he asked with a shy smile. “Oh yes! They’re beautiful.” I whispered. He ran back upstairs to float his ________ down again. They really did look like beautiful butterflies.
That day Paul ________ me to look up at ________ instead of down at garbage. How many other masterpieces (杰作) do I miss because I’m too caught up in my ________ to take time to appreciate what’s right in front of me? Life is not what happens to us. It’s ________ we look at it Now, I look up.
【1】A.shouted B.amazed C.sighed D.laughed
【2】A.Weeks B.Moments C.Years D.Days
【3】A.added to B.turned up C.got in D.called out
【4】A.angrily B.loudly C.silently D.peacefully
【5】A.planes B.butterflies C.leaves D.papers
【6】A.frequently B.eagerly C.willingly D.rarely
【7】A.focused B.addicted C.devoted D.depended
【8】A.looking B.showing C.drawing D.playing
【9】A.spells B.pushes C.puts D.accumulates
【10】A.remark B.prayer C.report D.sound
【11】A.refuse B.realize C.mind D.hear
【12】A.fond B.aware C.worthy D.typical
【13】A.rescue B.hide C.destroy D.remove
【14】A.tore B.seized C.cut D.dusted
【15】A.land B.fly C.throw D.flow
【16】A.imagination B.schoolwork C.inventions D.masterpieces
【17】A.forced B.reminded C.intended D.permitted
【18】A.beauty B.weaknesses C.mistakes D.scenery
【19】A.housework B.amusement C.homework D.communication
【20】A.whether B.how C.when D.where
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。
The familiar smell of garlic and onion filled the air as I opened my lunch bag to see what my mom had packed for me. On any other occasion, I would have been delighted to eat my mom’s pan-fried tofu: a Chinese dish that I often ate for dinner. But not today，the day a nice girl had invited me, the new girl at school, to sit with her friends during lunch.
“Charis, over here！”My new friend was waving her arms, trying to get my attention.
As I prepared to walk over to the table, memories of elementary and middle school lunch times resurfaced. I remembered my embarrassment as my friends would hold their noses when I brought homemade Chinese food. I remembered how my embarrassment shifted to anger when I complained about the smell to my mom.
I had argued with my mom that I wanted “normal” food for lunch. I remembered the look on my mom’s face, a mix between disappointment and confusion. But I was determined and she gave in. So for the remainder of middle school, my mom packed odorless(没有气味), non-Chinese food like ham and cheese sandwiches. However, that day, she was in a rush and packed me leftovers from dinner.
As soon as I got to my new lunch table, I tried to hide my lunch bag down under my seat. I sat quietly, trying not to be noticed when Katrina, a new acquaintance, asked where my food was. “I’m not really hungry,” I replied in an insecure voice. But Katrina had already seen me carry my lunch so she spoke out, “Then, I’ll eat it！” The other girls laughed-apparently Katrina was known to be a big eater.
I didn’t want to be rude to a potentially new friend, so I reluctantly dragged out my lunch bag. The moment I lifted the cover of my lunch container, I could practically taste the garlic and onion.
The girls, piqued(激起好奇心)by the smell in the air, all curiously looked at the oval-shaped container. I expected an “Ew” or a“What is that？”
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I had expected them to turn away-and turn me away before Katrina grabbed a small piece of tofu and enjoyed it.
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When I arrived home, my mom asked how my day went.
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