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1、The palace caught fire three times in the last century, and little of the original building ________ now.
A．is remained
B．is remaining
C．remains
D．has been remained
2、I suggest you apply for membership. Members can get a 15% ____________.
A.discount B.dictation C.favor
3、The problem ____________yesterday at the meeting was about pollution.
A.to discuss B.to be discussed C.discussed D.being discussed
4、From his _______ accounts of his traveling experiences abroad, we felt as if we had been there, too.
A. vivid B. qualified C. available D. curious
5、Off without so much as a goodbye．
A. did Jenny go B. went Jenny
C. Does Jenny go D. goes Jenny
6、Ultimately, Italy enjoyed its profound benefits from the pioneering role in Renaissance(文艺复兴).
A．Eventually
B．Suspiciously
C．Ridiculously
D．Miraculously
7、The poet________ described the peaceful Rocky Mountain in his poetry.
A．mostly
B．vividly
C．entirely
D．passively
8、With more forests being destroyed, huge quantities of good earth ________ each year.
A．is washing away
B．is being washed away
C．are washing away
D．are being washed away
9、—These little kids have learned perfect table manners, haven’t they?
—Yes. They are accustomed _________ at meals.
A.not to talk B.to not talk C.not to talking D.to not talking
10、If she ________ generous as she makes out, she would have donated more money in the catastrophe.
A. had been B. were
C. would be D. was
11、I ______ James some advice, but I didn’t think he would accept it under those conditions.
A．could have given
B．mustn’t give
C．couldn’t give
D．must have given
12、The doctor recommended that Peter ______ less to lose weight.
A．ate
B．eats
C．eat
D．has eaten
13、_______, Sharon couldn’t find her lost wallet.
A. As she might try
B. Might she as try
C. She might as try
D. Try as she might
14、It just doesn’t ______—why would she do a thing like that?
A．take shape
B．come along
C．give up
D．make sense
15、The final score of the basketball match was 93:94. We were only __________ beaten.
A. nearly B. slightly C. narrowlyD. lightly
16、Visitors have no access ______ the remains of the building that _______ being studied by the archaeologists.
A.to; was B.of; was C.of; were D.to; were
17、Today the students in the countryside should have easy_____ computers to keep up with the modern times.
A．way of
B．way to
C．access of
D．access to
18、Time should be made good use of ______ our lessons well.
A．learning
B．learned
C．to learn
D．having learned
19、It’s very_____of you to look after my old grandmother when I was out on business．
A．rare
B．careful
C．difficult
D．considerate
20、I don’t think it’s ________ to copy so many questions before the exam.
A．necessarily
B．unnecessarily
C．necessary
D．necessity
21、Incredible Women You Didn't Learn About in History Class
Here are the stories of women you may not know about, but definitely should
◆Maria Sibylla Merian
Born in Germany in 1647, Merian was fascinated by insects, and she began collecting, studying, and drawing them when she was as young as 13. She was one of the few naturalists of her time to actually study live insects. It was through her study of caterpillars(毛毛虫) that she discovered the truth about their life cycles. Her work provided major contributions to the field of entomology（昆虫学）。
◆ Murasaki Shikibu
Murasaki Shikibu, a Japanese woman, was widely considered to be the world’s first novelist. She was a noble woman living in Japan around the year 1000 AD. She wrote a two-part novel called The Tale of Genji, which tells a riches-to-rags story about the son of a Japanese emperor forced to live as a common man. The Tale of Genji is widely considered to be a masterpiece of Japanese literature.
◆ Ada Lovelace
Ada was working to design early computing machines that she hoped would be able to quickly solve math problems. In addition to designing this early computer program, she also was first to suggest that these computers might be able to do more than, well, calculate. She imagined them doing everything, from producing images to composing music.
◆ Lucy Stone
Born in 1818, Stone married a fellow activist and changed her name, but decided to change it back a year later. She held the belief that "a wife should no more take her husband's name than hers." She became the first American married woman to keep her maiden name for her entire life. Stone was also one of the founding members of the American Equal Rights Association and fought for the ending of slavery.
【1】What can readers learn about from The Tale of Genji?
A．Ancient Japanese culture.
B．Development of computer.
C．Research on living things.
D．Modern life of Japanese women.
【2】What do Maria Sibylla Merian and Ada Lovelace have in common?
A．They were pioneers in computer.
B．They devoted themselves to science.
C．They created masterpieces of literature.
D．They made progress in studying Insects
【3】Which of the following women fought for human rights?
A．Lucy Stone
B．Ada Lovelace
C．Murasaki Shikibu
D．Maria Sibylla Merlan
22、At any given time, hundreds of postcards are in transit (运输中) across the world as strangers communicate through a movement called Post-crossing.
Emma Delaney says it’s a sad day when there isn’t a postcard in her mailbox. She doesn’t have a bunch of friends travelling overseas at the moment —— she’s just really active in the underground hobby of Postcrossing.
“I’ve sent over 3,000 postcards, but I’ve been doing it for close to seven years,” she says. “My husband, generally appreciative of my hobby, is sometimes frustrated by the amount of cardboard hanging around the house or in my car.”
Postcrossing is a hobby where strangers send each other postcards across the world. You register on the website, list your interests and preferences for postcards, then receive an address of a stranger on the other side of the world to send a postcard to.
“I tend to send a lot of postcards of the local area because people are interested in where you’re from and what you do,” Emma says.
From Uzbekistan to Belarus and Kazakhstan to Moldova, Emma has a growing collection of photos from around the world. The postcards have helped shape her international travelling too. “I didn’t travel overseas until I was 32 and a lot of the locations we chose for our honeymoon were selected because of the postcards I’d received.”
“Some people see sending mail as being a bit boring and unfashionable, but Postcrossing is popular and lots of people are fascinated that I do it.,”
The Postcrossing project has just celebrated its eighth birthday and has over 400,000 active members in 215 countries. The group says they’ve delivered over 18 million postcards.
And while postal workers aren’t supposed to read people’s postcards, Emma says she’s happy for them to do so at her post office in Shellharbour. She even encourages her correspondents to say hello to the Australia Post staff.
“It’s a hobby that I continue to do because I find it enjoyable and relaxing.”
【1】Emma Delaney’s friends .
A．do a lot of travelling.
B．send her lots of postcards.
C．share the same hobby as her.
D．aren’t active in travelling abroad.
【2】What’s Emma’s husband’s attitude towards her hobby ?
A．Somewhat annoyed.
B．Totally unconcerned.
C．Deeply disapproving.
D．Strongly supportive.
【3】What’s the benefit of being involved in Postcrossing according to Emma Delaney ?
A．Broadening the mind.
B．Deepening the mind.
C．Giving others a helping hand.
D．Bringing her family more happiness.
【4】The Postcrossing project .
A．delivers both postcards official letters.
B．was set up a couple of years ago in Australia.
C．has granted membership in 215 countries all over the world.
D．receives more public approval compared with sending mail.
23、It is a general belief among academics that the humanities are in crisis. According to Harvard historian James Hankins, part of the problem is the dominance of “critical” reading over “primary” reading. Primary reading takes a text at face value and simply tries to understand what the author intended to say. Critical reading assumes an author’s statements can never be taken at face value. Instead, they must be “seen through” to expose the text’s real meaning, which is determined in accord with this or that fashionable theory.
Mr. Hankins says primary reading “must be recovered” for higher education in the humanities to be effective. I would go further. Primary reading isn’t important only for the humanities, or even for education more generally. The restoration of primary reading could be a crucial weapon in fighting the “idle talk” that troubles American society.
Idle talk was philosopher Martin Heidegger’s term for inauthentic discourse(不可信的言辞). It involves adopting and circulating others’ opinions about something without ever personally engaging that thing for yourself. People engaged in idle talk speak in accord with expectations for their particular identity or role. They hold and express the opinions a person in their role is expected to hold.
Idle talk can be harmless. Each year my mother forms strong opinions about which films should win Academy Awards without seeing any of them, after reading articles by critics she favors. But idle talk can also be dangerous. Consider journalism. The norm nowadays is for one reporter to break a story, followed by dozens or hundreds of journalists recycling that content. They may add a little spin of their own but rarely look into the issue for themselves—even when this would require but a few clicks and a couple of minutes to read a legislative(法律的) text. Some journalists even just search social media for the story of the day and rewrite it in their own words.
The Covid pandemic highlighted the problem, from exclusion of those daring to discuss the tradeoffs of lockdowns to the promotion of masks as a political identity marker completely disconnected from medical or scientific justification. Not to mention the misleading statement that arose over “the science” and the social trend to “follow” it.
Social media has contributed to the spread of idle talk. Authentic discourse requires time, effort and good-faith engagement, but social media tends to encourage the opposite. As journalists comment on every topic, however small or traditionally unnewsworthy, the all-knowing chorus of global gossip becomes a roaring crowd. Social media raises this voice, pushing it into user feeds 24/7. We hear about everything, and we can’t hear about anything without also being told what opinion we should have about it. Opinions before facts; know what to think about something before actually looking into it for yourself. And really, why even bother with that?
Primary reading isn’t only something the humanities need. Our entire culture needs its value to be recognized and restored.
【1】What do we know from the first two paragraphs?
A．Primary reading focuses on the deep meaning.
B．Critical reading leads to the crisis in humanities.
C．Critical reading is generally preferred nowadays.
D．Primary reading once dominated higher education.
【2】What does the underlined word “spin” in paragraph 4 probably mean?
A．Practice.
B．Priority.
C．Investigation.
D．Interpretation.
【3】What does the author think of idle talk?
A．It broadens people’s understanding.
B．It affects independent thinking ability.
C．It shakes people’s trust in news report.
D．It promotes the advance of social media.
【4】What message does the author convey?
A．Readers should stay away from idle talk.
B．Readers should read original texts carefully.
C．Readers should limit the impact of social media.
D．Readers should take a balanced view on reading.
24、 Russell Jones was left unable to walk without limping(瘸着走) after breaking his ankle in an accident last year. One day, while out on a walk with his dog Billy, Russell noticed that the animal was limping as well. On another occasion, as he was limping around the house, his wife Michelle noticed that Billy was sort of copying him, so they called a vet to have the dog checked out.
“Because of social distancing, he walked in to the vets normally. I paid around £300 for X-rays and checkups there. But when he came out they said they couldn’t find anything wrong with him. Then again he started limping, so Michelle filmed it,” Jones told ITV’s This Morning.
The London-based couple became even more suspicious after seeing the eight-year-old Billy running very fast around the garden when Russell wasn’t around. A video of Russell and Billy both limping during a walk has spread quickly on social media, with many viewers expressing their amazement at the dog’s acting skills.
“He’s copying you. That’s brilliant! He is only limping out of sympathy for him,” one person commented. “He’s come out in sympathy with you! Quick recovery to both of you,” someone else wrote.
Some have expressed doubt that Billy was just imitating(模仿) his human master, and claimed that there might have been something wrong with his foot that the X-ray didn’t catch. Most followers, however, posted the ideas close to the above two, viewing it as a way a dog expresses affection. A 2011 study found evidence of “automatic imitation” in dogs. Scientists found that dogs will imitate their owners even when it is not in their best interest to do so.
【1】Why did the couple take their dog to the vet?
A．It was sick.
B．It was unable to walk.
C．It had its ankle broken.
D．It was limping occasionally.
【2】What was the dog like when Russell was not in sight?
A．Back to normal.
B．Still and calm.
C．Excited and upset.
D．Full of energy.
【3】What’s the opinion of most people online about the dog’s action?
A．There is automatic imitation in the dog.
B．The dog was showing sympathy.
C．There is something wrong with the dog’s leg.
D．The dog tends to do things in its best interest.
【4】In which tone does the author write the story?
A．Favorable.
B．Doubtful.
C．Critical.
D．Fun.
25、 Life is like a box of chocolates, and you never know what you’re going to get. Twelve-year-old John Wilson had no way of knowing that his life was about to change completely when he walked into his chemistry class on a rainy day in late October 1931. The class ____ that day was to show how ____ a container of water would bring oxygen bubbles (气泡) to the surface. The container John was about to heat, ____, was not like the containers students everywhere had used. Someone had been ____ and put the wrong label (标签) on the bottle. And ____ John heated it with a Bunsen burner, the container ____, sending the liquid flying in all directions. John Wilson came away from it, completely ____.
Wilson spent the next two months in hospital. After he returned home, his parents ____a hard time to find a way to deal with the ____ that had happened to their lives. But Wilson did not ____ the accident as a disaster. He knew he had the rest of his life to live. He learned Braille (盲文) quickly and continued his ____ at the esteemed Worcester College for the disabled. There, he not only ____ as a student but also became an accomplished rower, swimmer, actor, musician, and orator.
Many people, faced with the ____ John Wilson met with, would have ____ of their experience. Perhaps they would have considered themselves to be ____ by ill fortune and discouraged in their ____ to do anything significant with their lives. Wilson, however, lost his sight but found a ____. Through his practical action and life attitude, he proved to us ____ that it’s not what happens to us that ____ our lives — it’s what we make ____what happens.
【1】A.experiment B.discussion C.analysis D.management
【2】A.bringing out B.turning over C.heating up D.picking on
【3】A.therefore B.instead C.besides D.however
【4】A.light-hearted B.absent-minded C.cold-blooded D.bad-tempered
【5】A.as B.if C.once D.though
【6】A.leaked B.exploded C.collapsed D.melted
【7】A.dumb B.lame C.deaf D.blind
【8】A.called for B.drove off C.went through D.depended on
【9】A.disaster B.coincidence C.trouble D.drawback
【10】A.elect B.appoint C.regard D.recommend
【11】A.education B.occupation C.contribution D.recovery
【12】A.survived B.shone C.competed D.registered
【13】A.discrimination B.resistance C.circumstances D.uncertainties
【14】A.dreamed B.thought C.approved D.complained
【15】A.criticized B.motivated C.surrounded D.interrupted
【16】A.preferences B.requirements C.imagination D.attempts
【17】A.bridge B.vision C.reward D.cure
【18】A.dramatically B.occasionally C.abruptly D.roughly
【19】A.limits B.predicts C.determines D.replaces
【20】A.of B.from C.for D.up
26、假设你是红星中学高三一班的学生李华。校学生会将于本月底举办高中英语戏剧比赛，请根据以下信息，给你班的美国交换生Peter写封邮件，告知这件事。邮件的内容包括：
1. 比赛的具体时间和地点；
2. 比赛的目的；
3. 恳请Peter参加。
注意：1. 词数不少于50；
2. 邮件的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
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