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1、With the development of science and technology, robot cooks ______ in most families in the future.
A．appear
B．will appear
C．appeared
D．have appeared
2、—Do you still remember ______he was taken to the hospital?
—Yes, he was sent to the hospital in Mr Smith’s car.
A．how
B．why
C．when
D．what
3、I went to the classroom as usual. But there, next to my desk, ______ I had never seen before．
A. a girl did sit B. a girl sat
C. did a girl sit D. sat a girl
4、Prince Philip championed many causes and charities when alive, including setting up the hugely successful Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme ________at encouraging schoolchildren to take part in character-building activities.
A．aiming
B．being aimed
C．having aimed
D．aimed
5、What the old man said is really , but no one wants to show his fear.
A．frightening
B．frightened
C．frighten
D．fright
6、Before you quit your job, consider how your family would feel about your decision, _____?
A.do you B.don’t you C.will you D.would’t you
7、Some insects ______ the color of their surroundings to protect themselves.
A. take in B. take off C. take on D. take out
8、---I don’t know when _____ tomorrow.
---I will call you as soon as he_____.
A. will he come; arrives B. he will come; arrives
C. he will come; will arrive D. will he come; will come
9、 Her mother would not permit her back late.
A. to come B. come C. coming D. Came
10、While tidying the belongings of my grandpa in his house, I _______ the medals he won in the army.
A．went through B. turned to C. cared about D. dug out
11、With the land of the city becoming rare, more and more high-rise buildings are under construction around the Jingmen City ___________ space.
A. in search of B. on behalf of
C. for lack of D. in charge of
12、John was dismissed last week because of his________ attitude towards his job.
A．competitive
B．casual
C．classical
D．comprehensive
13、 We shouldn’t complain about being poor, because many families are much ______ after the big earthquake.
A. better off B. worse off
C. well off D. badly off
14、The accident has reached to the point ________ both their parents are to be called in.
A．for which
B．when
C．of which
D．where
15、—The manager has come back from his business trip. He is asking you for the report.
— Oh，my god ! I haven’t finished it yet. But he ________ back at the company tomorrow.
A. was expected B. will expect
C. expected D. will be expected
16、The fact troubles me much ________ I have been unable to pass the driving test up to now.
A．which
B．because
C．how
D．that
17、________ the audience’s great demand, the play will be put in the theatre twice a week.
A．In response to
B．With regard to
C．In contrast to
D．Compared to
18、A dolphin leapt out of the water, which made children excited.
A．n. 跳;跳跃
B．v. 猛冲;突然做某事
C．v. 骤增
D．v. 跳;跳跃
19、What a pity! You missed the sightseeing, or we ________ a good time together.
A．had
B．will have
C．would have had
D．had had
20、— The room looks bigger!
— We ______ the furniture.
A. have changed B. had changed
C. changed D. are changing
21、 BIG BROTHER is the most disgusting experience. the lowest point in TV history or a fascinating experiment in social behaviour, depending on your point of view. Whatever you think of it, millions of people in Britain are hooked. The lives of ten people are put under a microscope for the viewers’ delight --- they are filmed 7 days a week. 24 hours a day. The same idea has already been screened in Spain and, before that, in Holland and has proved popular in those countries.
There are a total of 26 cameras and 30 microphones around the house and garden. Each participant also has their own personal microphone which is switched on at all times. Even the bathroom has camera and microphone --- there is no refuge!
The ten participants, who met for the first time on the first day in the house, have to stay in the house for as long as possible up to a maximum of nine weeks. However, every Friday one person will be removed from the house after being nominated by their housemates and then by the British public. Those who wish to leave the house can do so at any time, but they would lose any chance of winning the £70,000 prize money.
The application process involved filling out a questionnaire followed by interviews, psychological testing and auditions. Of the 40,000 applicants, Big Brother selected the ten because they were 'an interesting mixture of people with varied personalities, ages and interests'.
While they are in the house, all contact with the outside world is forbidden. Newspapers, radios, televisions are all prohibited --- even watches and clocks! The participants were allowed to take one suitcase of clothes into the house and one small suitcase of personal belongings.
The cameras in the house are on for 24 hours a day and two of the participants were screened taking a shower together on the first night they were there! However, the makers of Big Brother say they reserve the right to show whatever they want to --- it is not something the viewers can choose.
【1】What can be learned from the first paragraph?
A.Views on BIG BROTHER vary from person to person.
B.The idea of BIG BROTHER was first adopted in Britain.
C.BIG BROTHER is more popular in Britain than in other countries.
D.BIG BROTHER was intended as an experiment before moving to the screen.
【2】By “there is no refuge” (in paragraph2), the author means that __________.
A.the participants find no one to turn to
B.the participants are sometimes in danger
C.the participants has no room of their own
D.the participants' lives are always recorded
【3】Which of the following is true about the ten participants?
A.They are not allowed to quit in the nine weeks.
B.They will each have a share of the prize money.
C.They do not know the exact time in the nine weeks.
D.They cannot take anything of their own with them.
【4】What is the passage mainly about?
A.A disgusting experience. B.A reality show.
C.TV viewers’ preference. D.Ten people’s lives.
22、Upcoming Events of New York Chinese Cultural Center
Ancient Chinese Arts Today: Fan Dance
Sunday, October17, 2:00pm—3:00 pm, $15 per child
New-York Historical Society Museum & Library
Learn Chinese fan dancing with an instructor from NYCCC! This program is a part of Chinese American: Exclusion/Inclusion, an exhibition which examines the history of trade and immigration between China and the United States.
Dragon Boat Festival
Monday, October 18, 2:00pm —2:30pm
Fresh Meadows Park
Come and celebrate with us in the thousand-year-old tradition of Dragon Boat racing! Be part of the audience and the excitement of this celebration. FREE ADMISSION! Click here for more information. Dragon Boat Festival will be held in Fresh Meadows Park.
Dance to China
Sunday, October 24, 2 pm
Spruce Street School Auditorium, 12 Spruce St, New York, NY 10038
Join us in celebrating 43 years of preserving and continuing Chinese traditional dance. Students from NYCCC School of the Arts will be performing traditional Chinese dance, martial arts, and Beijing opera acrobatics. Cost is $15 for adults, $12 for teenagers and senior citizens, $10 for children under 12.
NYCCC School of the Arts Open House
Saturday, October 30, from 1:00pm —3:00 pm, $12 per child
PS 124, Yung Wing School, 40 Division Street, New York, NY 10002
Join us and see Chinese dance, kung fu, and acrobatic performances performed by our current students. Come and see our students’ beautiful artwork on display and make some artwork yourselves during our hour of arts and crafts and face painting from 1-2 pm. The show will be from 2-3pm.
【1】Where can you learn about China-US trade and immigration history?
A. In Fresh Meadows Park.
B. In PS 124, Yung Wing School.
C. In Spruce Street School Auditorium.
D. In New-York Historical Society Museum & Library.
【2】How much should a family of 4 (aged 75, 38, 36, 5) pay to participate in Dance to China?
A. $48. B. $ 52.
C. $55 D. $ 57.
【3】What does NYCCC aim at?
A. Training dancing instructors.
B. Producing beautiful artwork.
C. Promoting Chinese folk arts.
D. Examining trade and immigration.
23、 In his 402nd anniversary year, Shakespeare is still rightly celebrated as a great language master and writer. But he was not the only great master of play writing to die in 1616, and he is certainly not the only writer to have left a lasting influence on theater.
While less known worldwide, Tang Xianzu is considered one of Chinas greatest playwrights and is highly spoken of in that country of ancient literary and dramatic traditions.
Tang was born in 1550 in Linchuan, Jiangxi province. Unlike Shakespeare's large body of plays, poems and sonnets (十四行诗), Tang wrote only four major plays: The Purple Hairpin, Peony Pavilion (《牡丹亭》), A Dream under the Southern bough, and Dream of Handan. The latter three were constructed around a dream narrative, a way through which Tang unlocked the emotional dimension of human desires and ambitions and explored human nature beyond the social and political limits of that time.
Similar to Shakespeare, Tang's success rode the wave of a renaissance (复兴) in theater as an artistic practice. As in Shakespeare's England, Tang's works became hugely popular in China too. During Tang's China, his plays were enjoyed performed, and changed. Kunqu Opera, a form of musical drama, spread from southern China to the whole nation and became a symbol of Chinese culture. Combining northern tune and southern music, kunqu Opera was known for its poetic language, music, dance movements and gestures. Tang's works benefited greatly from the popularity of kunqu Opera, and his plays are considered classics of kunqu Opera.
While Tang and Shakespeare lived in a world away from each other, there are many things they share in common, such e humanity of their drama, their heroic figures, their love for poetic language, a lasting popularity and the anniversary during which we still celebrate them.
【1】Why is Shakespeare mentioned in the first paragraph?
A．To describe Shakespeare's anniversary.
B．To introduce the existence of Tang Xianzu.
C．To explain the importance of Shakespeare.
D．To suggest the less popularity of Tang Xianzu.
【2】What's possibly one of the main theme of Tang's works?
A．Social reality.
B．Female dreams.
C．Human emotions.
D．Political environment.
【3】What does the author mainly tell us in Paragraph 4?
A．The influence of Kunqu Opera on Tang's works.
B．Tang's success in copying Shakespeare's styles.
C．The way Kunqu Opera became a symbol of Chinese culture.
D．Tang's popularity for his poetic language and music.
24、 Being seen in a fancy sports car or enjoying a beach holiday in a five-star hotel were once signs of having “made it”. But a new study suggested that having people think of you as constantly occupied and overworked is now a far better way to demonstrate social position.
According to Harvard University in the US, people are increasingly leaning toward the phenomenon of “humblebragging”. This is when people make a seemingly modest statement that actually draws attention to something they want to show off.
Phrases such as “I have no life” and “I desperately need a holiday” are now used to imply social standing, while ordering food and shopping online is the perfect way to prove to neighbors that you are simply too busy and important to go to the supermarket.
“Movies, magazines, and popular TV shows often highlight the abundance of money and leisure time among the wealthy,” said Neeru Paharia, an assistant professor at Harvard University. “In recent years, featuring wealthy people relaxing by the pool, playing tennis or skiing and hunting are being substituted with advertisements featuring busy individuals who work long hours and have very limited leisure time,” he said. “Displaying a lack of leisure time operates as a visible signal of status in the eyes of others.”
The researchers pointed out that the Wall Street Journal’s 2016 advertising campaign featured celebrities complaining about their busy lives, with the slogan (标语), “People who don’t have time, make time to read the Wall Street Journal.”
The report, which was published in the Journal of Consumer Research, also found that brands that marketed themselves as time saving were becoming increasingly high-status, because of their users.
According to the authors, this trend of humblebragging is due to people’s shift of focus – they now value “the preciousness and scarcity of individuals” more than “the preciousness and scarcity of goods”. “Busy individuals possess desirable characteristics, leading them to be viewed as in demand,” the authors concluded.
【1】Which of the following statements can count as “humblebragging”?
A.“Just ate 15 pieces of chocolate. Gotta control myself flying first class or they'll cancel my modeling contract!”
B.“Everybody check this baby out---we just bought a castle! I mean literally!”
C.“Guys, I'm screwed. I I've missed the final deadline for my essay again and my tutor is going to fail me !”
D.“Wow, I can't believe a rubbishy article like yours got published in a national newspaper!”
【2】To indicate their social position, people today prefer to ______.
A.share their passion for tennis or skiing
B.show how fast-paced their work life is
C.tell people about the wonderful holidays they take
D.show off their abundance of money and leisure time
【3】The Wall Street Journal’s 2016 adverting slogan is mentioned in para. 5 to prove ______.
A.showing a lack of time suggests high social status
B.the Wall Street Journal is worth people’s time
C.busy individuals need to better manage their time
D.people of high social position are lacking in time
【4】The underlined word in the last paragraph “scarcity” probably means_____
A.quantity B.identity
C.shortage D.qualification
25、 History books are filled with wealthy people who were practically poor compared to me.
I have storm windows, __Croesus, the last king of Lydia who was incredibly rich, did not. The entire population__ before Alexander the Great, but he couldn't buy unpacked cat food. William I, who conquered England some 930 years ago, __ a compound saw （复合锯）.
Given how much ___I am than so many famous __ people, you'd think
I'd be content. However, the__ is that, like most people, I compare my wealth with ___of living persons: neighbors, school classmates, TV personalities. The ___I feei toward my friend Howard's new kitchen is not __ by the fact that no French king __ had a refrigerator with glass doors. There is really no rising or falling ___of living. Over the centuries people simply find different things to __ about. You'd think that merely not having a disease would put us in a good __ , but no, we want a hot bathtub, too.
Of course, one way to achieve happiness would be to __ that even by contemporary standards the things I __ are pretty nice. My house is ___than the houses of many investment bankers, but even so it has a lot more rooms than my wife and I can keep __ .
__to people looking back at our era from a century or two in the future, those bankers* fancy counter tops and my own worn ones will seem __ shabby. I can't __ my neighbor right now. But just wait.
【1】A. as B. while C. when D. since
【2】A. jumped B. smiled C. laughed D. trembled
【3】A. lacked B. possessed C. abandoned D. lost
【4】A. well off B. better off C. worse off D. badly off
【5】A. living B. alive C. dead D. deadly
【6】A. problem B. danger C. pleasure D. question
【7】A. those B. this C. that D. one
【8】A. surprise B. envy C. anger D. puzzle
【9】A. increased B. relieved C. added D. refused
【10】A. ever B. never C. often D. sometimes
【11】A. condition B. level C. state D. standard
【12】A. talk B. care C. complain D. joke
【13】A. mood B. expression C. state D. status
【14】A. suggest B. realize C. suppose D. expect
【15】A. do B. like C. hate D. own
【16】A. larger B. prettier C. smaller D. uglier
【17】A. clean B. messy C. comfortable D. unpleasant
【18】A. However B. Besides C. Therefore D. Thus
【19】A. especially B. extraordinary C. equally D. extremely
【20】A. keep away from B. keep in with C. keep on at D. keep pace with
26、读后续写
One day when I was 12, my mother gave me an order: I was to walk to the public library, and borrow at least one book for the summer. This was one more way for her to solve my strange problem—inability (没能力)to read.
In the library, I found my way into the “Children’s Room”. I pulled a few books off the shelf and sat down on the floor. The cover of a book caught my eye. It presented a picture of dog. I had recently had a dog, the first and only animal companion I ever had as a child. He was the one I could share secrets with, but later he was given away to someone who had space and money to care for him. I never forgot my dog.
On the book’s cover, there was a dog which looked the same as mine. I figured the picture of the dog on the cover. My eyes ran across the little, Amos, the Dog with a Plan. Without opening the book, I borrowed it from the library for the summer.
Under the shade of a bush, I started to read about Amos. I read very, very slowly with difficulty and got the main ides of the story about a dog who, like mine, had been separated from his family and who finally found his way back home. At the end of the story, my mind continued the final scene of reunion. When I finished my reading, a stream of tears ran down my cheeks. It was until then that I realized I had begun to overcome my inability to read. Thus, this was the very first book for me which I had read through and deeply immersed myself in the real scene.
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My mother’s call brought me back to the real world and I suddenly realized something.
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Last year, my mother was so proud that her son was awarded a PhD in literature.
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