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1、The number of the students in the competition _______written down already.
A.have been B.has been C.are D.is
2、__________ in thought while looking at the picture, she didn’t hear the knock at the door.
A．Losing
B．Lost
C．To lose
D．To be lost
3、—You are a great swimmer.
—Thanks. It’s because I ________ a lot these days.
A．have been practicing
B．was practicing
C．would practice
D．is practicing
4、For some students, professional training might be the way to go since well-developed
skills,________, can be the difference between having a job and not.
A. all other factors are equal
B. all other factors to be equal
C. all other factors being equal
D. if all other factors being equal
5、Mr Black announced ________ his friends his engagement ________ Miss White.
A./; to B.to; to C./; with D.to; with
6、The May Fourth Movement was launched in 1919 and its spirit ______ Chinese youth to make contributions to national rejuvenation ever since.
A. is motivating B. has been motivating
C. motivated D. was motivating
7、Mary kept her__________ to visit the lonely old man every week.
A.choice B.chance C.advice D.promise
8、 Children should be taught not to glance _____ the disabled people.
A.in B.at C.by D.on
9、It is lucky we booked a room, or we ______nowhere to stay now.
A. had B. had had
C. would have D. would havehad
10、My father doesn’t mean to sign any agreement without ________ his lawyer.
A．discussing
B．advising
C．deciding
D．consulting
11、Throughout my life I’ve had my brother trying to beat me everyhing, which has been an ______ positive force for me.
A.entire B.individually C.enormously D.odd
12、 The monument was built in honor of the explorer who was believed _____ the river.
A．to have discovered
B．to have been discovered
C．to discover
D．having been discovered
13、He tried to avoid _____ anything that would hurt her further.
A．say B．said C．saying D．to say
14、Little ______ about his own safety, though he was in great danger himself.
A. cared he B. he cared
C. did he care D. was he cared
15、This is a blue door but it was _______ painted green.
A.eventually B.firstly C.originally D.presently
16、 you have all finished reading the story, let’s hear your opinions on the main characters.
A. Since B. While C. For D. Unless
17、He made a great show of being ______ of her in front of other people, but he was only toying with her.
A. crazy B. fond C. addicted D. interested
18、.Selecting a mobile phone for personal use is no easy task because technology _______so rapidly.
A．will have changed
B．has changed
C．is changing
D．will change
19、Lucy is a smart girl, _____ ideas are always inspiring.
A.which B.what C.whose D.that
20、Aquaman, a film from an American book, is really a success, which __________ other American films.
A. goes over B. turns over C. towers over D. gets over
21、Washington is home to lots of trees—it is the Evergreen State, after all—and lots of fireplaces and wood-burning stoves too. But what if you lived there and couldn’t chop wood or couldn’t afford to pay someone to do it? Luckily, Shane McDaniel and his twin sons, Harrison and Henry McDaniel, 21, are happy to lend an ax. The three men chop truckloads of wood—then donate it to those in need. “I want people who are burning cardboard because they’ve got nothing,” shane explained to heraldnet.com. “Or because they’ve got nothing,” Shane explained to heraldnet.com. “Or someone with no money who has a broken shoulder and can’t cut wood.”
The idea started as a father-son bonding project he told msn.com. “I had to cut wood with my dad. He just loved doing it,” says Shane. He wanted to pass along that feeling, so he and the twins spent the summer of 2018 like a clan of Paul Bunyans. The result was a great wall of wood piled up around their house.
It was too much for the McDaniels to use themselves, and when the weather turned cold that November, Shane started thinking of others. He posted on Facebook: “IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF FIREWOOD AND CANNOT AFFORD IT, PLEASE PM [personal message] ME!... Please help me and my boys make sure NO ONE GOES COLD.”
Single mom Katelyn Ticer, 29, and her four-year-old daughter rely on wood-burning stove as their only source of heat, so it was a relief to receive a truckload of firewood from the McDaniels before the holidays. “To get that much wood brought me to tears,” told msn.com. “So much stress and anxiety is off my shoulders. I couldn’t be more thankful.”
Shane is OK with that. “Giving is the reward,” he says. “It has nothing to do with how well it’s received, it’s about how much it’s needed.”
【1】Why did Shane want to help others?
A．He was a rich man.
B．He liked chopping wood.
C．He didn’t need so much wood.
D．He was willing to carry out his family’s tradition.
【2】How did others know Shane’s help?
A．Via the Internet.
B．By telephoning Shane.
C．By advertising in the newspaper.
D．By sending the message to each other.
【3】What was Katelyn Ticer’s reaction to the McDaniels’ help?
A．Stressed
B．Satisfied
C．Grateful
D．Anxious
【4】What does the passage mainly tell us?
A．How to get wood for free?
B．What you did will be paid back.
C．People in Washington need wood greatly.
D．A family warmed others by chopping wood.
22、 ON a scale of one to ten, how would you rate your pain?
Baymax, the plus-sized white robot, asks the question each time he detects (探测到) his patient’s pain. Considering that he is hardly like a typical Marvel superhero, how could this robotic caregiver from Big Hero 6 have stolen viewers’ hearts and taken home this year’s best animation Oscar?
Set in fictional San Fransokyo, the film follows Hiro, a 14-year-old robotics genius (天才). After his brother dies, he goes on a journey to save his city from an evil masked man with his brother’s invention, Baymax.
Baymax was named “Disney’s most straightforwardly adorable (萌的) character” in years by The Telegraph. He has a pure white pear-shaped body and stumpy elephant legs. And his eyes –just two black dots with a line through them – can blink (眨眼) quickly or slowly. Baymax’s physical appearance “works with his personality because he’s purely good and naive (天真的),” co-director Don Hall told The Hollywood Reporter.
Sometimes Baymax is awkward. Moving in tight spaces gets challenging with his potbelly (大肚子). And when his batteries run low, he behaves like an amusing drunk. “This means that he is not at all intimidating (令人生畏的) and is easy to like,” commented The Straits Times in Singapore.
Baymax is a comforting friend, the kind that perhaps everyone needs.
After he diagnoses (诊断) Hiro with feeling sorrow, he says: “Physical comfort helps too,” and pulls Hiro into a hug. He pats his head, saying: “There, there.”
The team’s car crashes into the water at one point, and they have to walk shivering (颤抖) back home. Baymax notices that everyone’s body temperatures are low, so he turns on his internal heaters. Everyone cuddles (依偎) up with him. “This is like spooning (拥抱) with a warm marshmallow (棉花糖),” says Fred, one of the characters.
One minute, he is used as a bouncy castle (充气城堡), and the next he transforms into a superhero.
To fight against the villain, Hiro upgrades Baymax so that the robot can attack and fly. The robot has a hard time figuring out these new skills, but after he realizes that Hiro is happy with his improvement, he immediately becomes an expert. “The treatment is working,” he says.
Tencent Entertainment calls the amazing Baymax a “perfect companion”. “He is quiet, clumsy, and adorable. But at important times, he steps up and stops at nothing to protect his friends from harm, even if it means that he has to sacrifice his life. This is an idealized (理想化的) relationship in harsh reality,” the site commented.
【1】What does Baymax do when he discovers Hiro is sad?
A. He tries to amuse him by behaving awkwardly.
B. He leaves him alone.
C. He comforts him with a hug.
D. He advises him to go for a walk.
【2】Which of the following adjectives best describe Baymax?
A. Considerate and selfless. B. Adorable and humorous.
C. Clumsy and cautious. D. Brave and proud.
【3】What is the article mainly about?
A. The plot and background of the movie Big Hero 6.
B. The friendship between Hiro and Baymax in Big Hero 6.
C. The reasons for the popularity of Baymax from Big Hero 6.
D. What sets Big Hero 6 apart from other animation movies.
【4】Which of the following is TRUE about Baymax?
A. Baymaxs awkwardness actually makes him more adorable and popular.
B. Baymax was invented by Hiro, a robotics genius.
C. Baymaxs physical appearance doesnt quite match his personality.
D. Baymax looks like a typical Marvel superhero.
23、 Are you interested in some holiday information? Welcome to our Festival—Informing Program to get to know some winter festivals!
Diwali
Diwali is a five-day festival of lights celebrated by Indians worldwide in October or November. As part of the festivities, houses, stores and other public places are all decorated with diyas. People celebrate Diwali by cleaning their homes, then leaving the windows and doors of their houses open so that Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, can come in. They dress up in new clothes, exchange gifts, play card games and eat together.
Hanukkah
Hanukkah begins in November or December and lasts for eight days. This Jewish festival celebrates the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem in 165 BC. It's celebrated by lighting one candle each night on a special candleholder. Kids often play games during Hanukkah The most popular game includes a dreidel, a four—sided spinning top with Jewish letters on each side.
Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa is to celebrate African heritage and culture. It was created in 1966 by Dr Maulana Karenga, a professor of Africana Studies and California State University, Long Beach. The festival begins on Dec. 26 and ends on Jan. 1. On each of the nights, the family gathers and a child lights one of the candles on the Kinara (candleholder), and discusses one of the seven principles, which are ideals created by Karenga. People also celebrate Kwanzaa with meals, music, poetry and dancing.
Chinese New Year
The Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival, falls between mid-January and mid-to-late February and usually lasts for fifteen days. People celebrate by cleaning their homes, then decorating with red paper cutouts, lanterns, etc. Fireworks are set off and there are dragon and lion dances. Family members come together to celebrate. Children receive “luck” money, given in red envelopes.
【1】Why do people keep their doors and windows open on Diwali?
A．To let wealth in.
B．To exchange gifts.
C．To receive some letters.
D．To make their houses brighter.
【2】What do people probably do in celebration of the festival created by a professor?
A．Play a dreidel.
B．Read poems.
C．Attend lectures.
D．Set off fireworks.
【3】Which of the following festivals lasts the longest?
A．Diwali.
B．Hanukkah.
C．Kwanzaa.
D．Chinese New Year.
24、 From Mozart to Metallica, tons of people enjoy listening to various types of music while they paint, write, or draw. Many believe that music helps inspire creativity, but an international Study conducted by English and Swedish researchers is challenging that idea.
Psychologists from Lancaster University, The University of Gavle, and The University of Central Lancashire say that their findings indicate music actually prevents creativity.
To come to their conclusions, researchers had participants complete verbal insight(洞察) problems designed to inspire creativity while sitting in a quiet room, and then again while music played in the background. They found that background music "significantly impaired( 削弱)" the participants' ability to complete tasks associated with verbal creativity.
The research team also tested background noises such as those commonly heard in a library, but found that such noises had no impact on subjects' creativity.
The tasks were simple word games. For example, participants were given three words, such as dress, dial, and flower. Then, they were asked to find a single word associated with all three that could be combined to form a common phrase or word. The single word, in this case, would be "sun” (sundress, sunflower, etc.)
Participants completed the tasks in either a quiet room, or while exposed to three different types of music; music with unfamiliar lyrics, instrumental music, or music with familiar lyrics.
"We found strong evidence of impaired performance when playing background music in comparison to quiet background conditions," says co-author Dr. Neil McLatchie of Lancaster University.
Dr. McLatchie and his colleagues theorize that music interferes (干 扰) with the verbal working memory processes of the brain, preventing creativity. Also, as far as the library background noise having seemingly no effect, the study's authors believe that was the case because library noises create a "steady state" environment that doesn't prevent concentration.
It's worth mentioning that even familiar music with well known lyrics impaired participants creativity, regardless of whether or not it produced a positive reaction, or whether participants typically studied or created while listening to music.
"To conclude, the findings here challenge the popular view that music inspires creativity, and instead show that music, regardless of the presence of semantic(语义的) content (no lyrics, familiar lyrics or unfamiliar lyrics), always prevent creative performance in insight problem solving", the study reads.
【1】What conclusion can most probably be drawn from this passage?
A.Background music inspires creativity.
B.Background music impairs creativity.
C.Background noises have bad influence on creativity.
D.Different music has different effects on creativity.
【2】The participants were asked to______________.
A.do some reading in a library
B.design some verbal insight problems
C.do some word games
D.listen to some background music
【3】Why can't the participants perform well?
A.Because the music prevents concentration.
B.Because they aren't familiar with music.
C.Because the tasks are too challenging
D.Bee the background is not creative.
【4】Which of the connections about background music with their learning effects is true?
A.The music with a positive reaction has a positive effect.
B.The effects depend on the contents of music.
C.Quiet music does good to learning effects.
D.All background music is bad for learning effects.
25、 As a banker, Chip Paillex had never planted so much until he moved to rural Pittstown, New Jersey, seven years ago. ______by farms, he quickly became interested in growing and rented a 30-by-30-foot land. One weekend, he ______tomatoes, potatoes and eggplant—enough to feed his family for the summer.
He ended up with so much ______that he couldn’t give it away. Thus he founded a local food ______, and by the time he delivered his last______, he had ______120 pounds of fresh vegetables.
The following year, with a handful of ______from his church and a memorable name “America’s Grow-a-Row”, Paillex planted,______,and harvested 2,500 pounds of vegetables, all of which he donated to food banks. Later he had more volunteers, rented more land and donated more vegetables.
Paillex also ______ local school kids. On a ______Friday morning in May, 40 third and fifth graders trooped onto a freshly plowed field, each ______with a spade. Squatting or kneeling in teams of two , they loosened the dirt, then carefully______the plants .Several rows later, they eagerly lined up to seed corn under a hot mid-morning sun. Nobody ______.
“The ______makes kids know there are people ______, says Paillex, “and it plants the seed for giving back. When they become tomorrow’s ______, it will be much more possible for them to ______ their coworkers and employees to get ______ in something like this.
“Paillex makes people want to ______,” says Colleen Duerr, a mother of two who has signed on as an ______“Grow-a-Row” member. “And families love this. Pallex has given us a way to raise our kids with a giving heart.”
【1】A. Trapped B. Occupied C. Prevented D. Surrounded
【2】A. put aside B. planted out C. wrapped up D. got in
【3】A. advice B. produce C. cost D. equipment
【4】A. bank B. market C. shop D. room
【5】A. crop B. fruit C. harvest D. grain
【6】A. donated B. sold C. found D. stored
【7】A. neighbors B. employees C. volunteers D. tourists
【8】A. delivered B. stored C. bought D. tended
【9】A. refuses B. welcomes C. chooses D. pushes
【10】A. cloudless B. snowy C. foggy D. rainy
【11】A. compared B. combined C. filled D. armed
【12】A. cooked B. counted C. positioned D. pulled
【13】A. laughed B. complained C. worked D. competed
【14】A. programme B. example C. lesson D. thought
【15】A. at war B. in anger C. on business D. in need
【16】A. farmers B. workers C. leaders D. owners
【17】A. force B. encourage C. beg D. wait
【18】A. locked B. moved C. involved D. turned
【19】A. grow B. relax C. settle D. help
【20】A. unpaid B. unexpected C. unseen D. unknown
26、假设你是高三学生李华，毕业在即，请给你高二时的外教Eric写一封感谢信，内容要点如下：
1. 感谢他给你的帮助；
2. 分享你的职业规划。
注意：
1. 词数80左右
2. 可适当增加细节。
Dear Eric,
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
LiHua
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