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1、The books sold ________millions in one day, and the publisher had to print another ten thousand copies.
A. with B. in C. for D. at
2、The weather report says that it when we arrive in London.
A. rains B. will be raining C. is raining D. is about to rain
3、— A sports meeting is going to ______ next month.
— Oh, that’s wonderful.
A.organize B.be organized
C.be organizing D.have been organized
4、I was doing my homework when suddenly the power ___________ in my neighbourhood.
A. went out B. worked out C. turned out D. figured out
5、Your_____ as a student will be excellent if you develop a habit of reflecting on how you learn.
A．operation
B．growth
C．performance
D．character
6、The students who always___________to school aren't walking to school today.
A.walks B.walked C.walk D.walking
7、—I hear that you will be on travel again.
—Yeah.My boss______for me to discuss details with someone from another company.
A. asked B. arranged
C. sent D. called
8、—What's your first impression _______ our English teacher？
—She's patient but strict _______ us.
A. for；in B. for；with
C. of；with D. of；in
9、At the age of 29, Dave was a worker, ________ in a small apartment near Boston and __________what to do about his future.
A. living; wondering B. lived; wondering
C. lived; wondered D. living; wondered
10、The first China International Cloud Computing Expo will focus on the development of the cloud computing industry, especially its _______ in the post-disaster reconstruction and protecting data.
A．application B．character
C．appearance D．Struggle
11、 ________ has helped to protect the environment is worth praising.
A. Who B. The one
C. Whoever D. Anyone
12、On my way home in the street I saw a lady ________ I thought was your aunt.
A. who B. whom C. which D. whose
13、—Do you have Lucy’s phone number?
—Sorry, ____.
A. I don’t know
B. forget it
C. I can’t remember it
D. here you are
14、What we need ________ good textbooks.
A．is
B．are
C．have
D．has
15、Their sense of humour and ability to get along with people are two characteristics that ______ for their lack of experience.
A．allow
B．cater
C．account
D．compensate
16、—Excuse me，would you mind answering a few questions?
—Well，I don’t know. I’m in rather a hurry__________.
A. seriously B. actually
C. immediately D. quickly
17、Green hand as he is, his lack of experience is ________by a willingness to learn.
A.bewildered B.balanced
C.delighted D.presented
18、______ hard outside school is necessary and important in learning English.
A．Work
B．To work
C．Walking
D．Walked
19、 ______in painting, John didn’t notice evening approaching.
A．To absorb
B．To be absorbed
C．Absorbed
D．Absorbing
20、Lin Qiaozhi immediately became the first woman ever________as a resident physician in the OB﹣GYN department of the PUMC hospital.
A．to hire
B．to be hired
C．hired
D．hiring
21、Can you be too beautiful? It is hardly a problem that most of us have to bother — as much as we might like to dream that it were the case.
Yet the blessings and curses of beauty have been a long-standing interest in psychology. Do those blessed with shiny faces and an attractive body live in a cloud of appreciation — or does it sometimes pay to be ordinary?
Combing through decades of findings, social psychologists Lisa Slattery Walker and Tonya Frevert at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte have reviewed all the evidence to date and their conclusions are not what you might expect.
At the most basic level, beauty might be thought to carry a kind of halo(光环) around it; we see that someone has one good quality, and by association, our deep mind may assume that they have other good ones too.
Even in the courts, a pleasing appearance can work its magic. Attractive criminals are likely to get less strict sentences, or to escape punishment entirely; attractive plaintiffs(原告), meanwhile, are more likely to win their case and get bigger financial settlements. “It’s an effect seen everywhere,” says Walker.
But if beauty pays in most circumstances, there are still situations where it can have opposite results. While attractive men may be considered better leaders, for instance, hidden sexist prejudices(偏见) can work against attractive women, making them less likely to be hired for high-level jobs that require power. And as you might expect, good-looking people of both sexes run into envy — one study found that if you are interviewed by someone of the same sex, they may be less likely to employ you if they judge that you are more attractive than they are.
More worryingly, being beautiful or handsome could harm your medical care. We tend to link good looks to health, meaning that illnesses are often taken less seriously when they affect the good-looking. When treating people for pain, for instance, doctors tend to take less care over the more attractive people.
And the bubble of beauty can be a somewhat lonely place. One study in 1975, for instance, found that people tend to move further away from a beautiful woman on the pathway — perhaps as a mark of respect, but still making interaction more distant. “Attractiveness can convey more power over visible space — but that in turn can make others feel they can’t approach that person,” says Frevert. Interestingly, the online dating website OKCupid recently reported that people with the most beautiful pictures are less likely to find dates than those with less perfect pictures.
Ultimately, Frevert points out that focusing too much on your appearance can itself be harmful if it creates stress and anxiety — even for those already blessed with good looks. “If you are crazy about attractiveness, it may affect your experience and interactions,” she says. It’s an outdated saying, but no amount of beauty can make up for a bad personality. As the writer Dorothy Parker put it so elegantly: “Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.”
【1】 From paragraph 1, we can learn that _______.
A. some may be bothered by their unattractive appearance
B. most people are not afraid of being too beautiful
C. we might always dream about being bothered by others
D. being too beautiful can be a problem bothering everyone
【2】Which is the benefit for beautiful people?
A. An attractive plaintiff has more chances to get away with punishment.
B. Women with pleasing appearance will always be considered as better leaders.
C. Good-looking people are often regarded as having many good qualities.
D. Beautiful criminals are more likely to persuade the judge and win the case.
【3】What can be inferred from OKCupid’s finding?
A. People with perfect pictures will find dates sooner or later.
B. Less attractive women are lonely because of their appearances.
C. We may feel more excited to approach those with attractive appearances.
D. Don’t use perfect pictures when trying to find dates online.
【4】The writer mentioned the underlined sentence in the last paragraph to _______.
A. persuade us to pay more attention to our looks from now on
B. suggest that beauty can help make a better personality
C. encourage us to focus more on improving our personality
D. ask ugly people to have more confidence in their personality
【5】What might be the best title for the passage?
A. Negative Sides of Beauty B. Sexist Prejudice
C. Blessed with Beauty D. Beauty vs Ugliness
22、With an eye on urbanization, population growth and efficiency, tiny spaces were a big theme at this summer’s Dwell on Design conference in Los Angeles. Designers from around the world proudly presented housing and products for living small – from transformable furniture to 3D printed interior objects. 【1】Urban housing supplies are already straining (紧张) worldwide with 54% of the global population of 7.2 billion living in cities, according to the United Nation’s World Urbanization Prospects 2014 report. By 2050, that number is expected to rise to 6.33 billion, or 66% of a forecasted world population of 9.6 billion.
In North America, about 82% of the total population – roughly 473.8 million people – lives in urban areas.【2】Many of the new units being built are getting smaller and smaller, challenging municipal(市政的) housing codes and zoning regulations.
Micro-apartments tricked out with scaled-down, adaptable furniture and decor could make urban living more compatible (兼容的) with the way people increasingly live now – and help cities as they attempt to absorb more people in the future. The challenges include how to do so affordably, comfortably and with enough privacy to make these spaces homes as well as housing.
Re-thinking the toilet
The greater Tokyo area is the world’s most densely populated metropolitan region with some 38 million residents packed into about 5,200 sq miles.【3】TOTO, the Japanese bathroom fixtures and plumbing company, showcased micro-toilet design for bathrooms as small as 9 sq feet (0.84 meters) at the Dwell on Design conference.
The design also carries the EPA WaterSense label, averaging a lean 1 gallon per flush. This “saves a family of four more than $90 annually on their water bill, and $2,000 over the lifetime of the toilet”, said TOTO USA’s Lenora Campos.
Convertible furniture re-imagined
To furnish a micro-apartment comfortably, Resource Furniture has re-imagined the old Murphy beds and folding tables with sophisticated book shelves, desks and sofas that can convert into beds. Drawers pull out from under stairs.【4】
A．A sleeping layer might include a platform bed with a desk or closet space underneath, for example.
B．There’s a very fixed idea of what an apartment needs to be and who you expect to live in the unit will affect the design.
C．Often their strategies sought to reduce the human footprint on the environment and save energy.
D．So small sinks and showers are nothing new in compact Japanese bathrooms.
E．Storage space is cleverly hidden within walls and pushed up to ceilings.
F．The number of single-person households is rising, although housing has not kept pace with demographic change.
23、A Poem Contest
Public Poetry is making this contest FREE. All our activities are focused on creating new opportunities for poets and poetry. While we withdraw from social life in the face of the pandemic（全球流行病），we can also be productive, allowing ourselves to reflect and start things in a fresh state of mind—all good stuff for writing poetry inspired by these times we're in now. Normally, our contests come with cash awards,a print anthology（诗选）and book launch. This time, we need your help to accomplish this. What you give is what we'll give. 100% of the donations will go towards prizes, readers' and judges' fees, and anthology publication costs.
GUIDELINES
·Anyone can submit, including outside the USA.
·Only new, original poems accepted.
·ONE entry per person non-members; up to TWO entries for all Public Poetry Members.
·40 lines maximum per poem (The title and blank lines do not count).
·Your name and other identifying information CAN NOT appear anywhere in the submission itself.
·YOUTH poems will be judged in 3 categories:7 and under; 8-12 years old; 13-18 years old.
·All submissions should include the date you wrote the poem at the top right corner above the title.
·Submissions may not be modified（修稿）in any way after entry.
·Failure to follow any contest guidelines may result in your submission disqualification（取消资格）．
Winners will be informed on our website and from a link in our free e-newsletter. We're aiming to notify you in October.
【1】What do we know about Public Poetry?
A.It holds poetry competition. B.It charges applicants for entry.
C.It provides a free trip to USA. D.It enables competitors to be creative.
【2】What's the purpose of the second paragraph?
A.To make a comparison. B.To tell about Public Poetry's history.
C.To encourage donations. D.To show special features.
【3】Which of the following will result in disqualification?
A.A Chinese submitting an entry.
B.The writer's name on the submission itself.
C.A submission covering 30 lines.
D.The date of poem written at the top right corner.
24、 Today’s post is about signs in English. You will see signs on the road while driving or when walking down a street. Now let’s take a closer look at the signs in the picture below, so you can fully understand what they mean in case you come across one of them.
Starting with the top row, we have:
Yield sign- This sign indicates(标示) that you need to slow down, but you may not have to come to a full stop.
Crosswalk- This is a sign which indicates that people have the right to cross the street, so cars have to stop when they see a person waiting next to the sign.
Second row:
Do not enter- This sign indicates you are not allowed to enter a road at that point.
Buckle up! -There are often signs on roads in the United States reminding people that wearing seat belts is mandatory(强制的) (seat belt laws differ depending on what state you are in, but all US states have seat belt laws)
Third row:
Be alert(警惕) for bears- This is another sign that is sued to indicate that you should be alert for wildlife in the area.
Playground - This is the sign use to alert drivers that there is a playground nearby, so it is a good idea to slow down and watch for children.
【1】Where can you often see the signs?
A.In a factory B.On a farm C.On the road D.In the class
【2】What would you do when you see a “yield sign”?
A.Slow down B.Enter a road at that point
C.Come to a full stop D.Be alert for wildlife in the area
【3】What can be learned from the passage?
A.All US states have the same law about seat belts
B.All the people in a car should buckle up in the US
C.Pedestrians (行人) should walk slowly at a crosswalk
D.Drivers should stop the car at the sign of playground.
25、With his love for video games and petty arguments with his older sister, Jack Rico might seem like any other l3-year-old. But Rico is_________ but average: the teenager just graduated with four degrees and he did it in just two years.
Rico_________ from Fullerton College in California last weekend, making him the _________ student to achieve that feat (壮举) in the school’s 107-year-old history.
Majoring in one study is_______ enough, but the baby facing teen earned degrees in_________,human expression, social behavior and social science .
“I just love learning new things,” Rico said. “I_________ knowing more about the world and all the different things we could study.”
The community college has about 21,000_________students from various backgrounds and walks of life. But Fullerton College President Greg Schulz said Rico surely_________ from the crowd.
“It is not typical to have such a young student take classes, so Jack is pretty well_________on the Fullerton College campus,” Schulz told CNN. “Jack is wise beyond his years, and I’m so__________ that he found a home and place to be outstanding at Fullerton College.”
If you’re eager to know the secret__________ to his great achievements, Rico said there isn’t one. Just good old time management and listening to your__________, he said.
Rico’s mother said she knew her son was__________ ever since he was a young boy. Having been home schooled before attending Fullerton, Rico’s__________ official graduation was his college one.
But as a result of the coronavirus pandemic (新冠疫情) , his in-person graduation ceremony was__________.
He was a little sad and disappointed because he never had a graduation. So __________, his family and friends will help him__________ by holding a drive-by graduation parade (游行) on Wednesday.
The next step for Rico is to continue studying history at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he received a full ride.
While he may be several steps ahead of his age group, he said he’s still just __________.
“I’m 13 right now so I don’t really have the whole life thing __________ ,” Rico said, when asked what he wants to be when he grows up. “I’m still trying to__________ my interests and learn what I want to do in life.”
【1】
A．something
B．anything
C．nothing
D．everything
【2】
A．suffered
B．survived
C．graduated
D．arose
【3】
A．youngest
B．most determined
C．tastiest
D．most delighted
【4】
A．vast
B．cautious
C．difficult
D．brief
【5】
A．history
B．politics
C．physics
D．business
【6】
A．concern
B．dislike
C．demand
D．love
【7】
A．many
B．other
C．another
D．all
【8】
A．dropped out
B．stood out
C．put out
D．gave out
【9】
A．motivated
B．spoken
C．harmed
D．known
【10】
A．puzzled
B．ashamed
C．pleased
D．annoyed
【11】
A．method
B．manners
C．behavior
D．education
【12】
A．schoolmates
B．citizens
C．instructors
D．hosts
【13】
A．special
B．painful
C．willing
D．innocent
【14】
A．legally
B．last
C．curiously
D．first
【15】
A．commented
B．conducted
C．canceled
D．replaced
【16】
A．anyhow
B．somehow
C．moreover
D．instead
【17】
A．celebrate
B．absorb
C．owe
D．blame
【18】
A．a twin
B．a kid
C．a graduate
D．a student
【19】
A．given away
B．taken out
C．put off
D．figured out
【20】
A．earn
B．explore
C．exchange
D．explode
26、假如你是李华，前天你收到英国笔友Kathy发来的电子邮件，说她很想报名参加即将在当地举办的“汉语民歌演唱比赛（Singing Chinese Folk Songs Contest)”活动，但信心不足。请你给她回复一封邮件，内容包括：
1．鼓励她积极报名参加； 2.帮助分析参加的意义； 3．给她提几点建议。
注意：1．词数100左右；
2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
3．开头和结尾已经给出，不计人总词数。
Dear Kathy, I am glad to know that ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
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