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1、—How about spending the evening watching TV with Dad?
— ，Mum.I’d like to get out with my friends.
A. Go ahead B. My pleasure
C. Cheer up D. Come on
2、—My phone was _______ and I didn’t realize it until this morning.
—No wonder I couldn’t get through last night.
A．out of date
B．out of place
C．out of order
D．out of reach
3、I prefer ______ at home all night to make up the lost time rather than ______ TV programs.
A.stay; to watch B.staying; watching C.to stay; watch D.staying; watch
4、— I’m sorry to have troubled you.
— _____.
A. Not to mention B. Don’t mention it
C. All right. D. With pleasure.
5、—How much do you know about smog?
—Well, the newspapers ______ it in the past few months.
A. report B. will report C. have been reporting D. reported
6、The Spring Festival is________ as a traditional holiday by the Chinese people.
A．achieved
B．observed
C．argued
D．updated
7、The largest collection ever found in England was one of about 200,000 silver pennies, and ______ were over 600 years old.
A. all of them B. all of which
C. all of whom D. they all
8、The police are offering a $ 60,000 _____ for information about the killer.
A.price B.prize C.award D.reward
9、_______ the best in a recent science competition, the three students were awarded scholarships ________21,000 dollars.
A. Judging; would total B. To be judged; totaled
C. Having judged; to total D. Judged; totaling
10、At the ceremony, the president delivered a thank-you speech ________ the company.
A．in favor of
B．in charge of
C．on behalf of
D．in terms of
11、You really shouldn’t have _____ to his comment on your work so violently. ______ he meant no harm to you.
A．reacted; After all
B．responded; At all
C．acted; After all
D．done; In all
12、It was a great chance we couldn't afford to miss it.
A. so, that B. such, that
C. so, as D. such, as
13、He told me he was ill and that he was going to town to the doctor.
A. see B. blame
C. remember D. help
14、With wonderful views of mountains and beaches,Lovers Point Park is________many people get married.
A.where B.what C.which D.how
15、Some students think that studying grammer is not helpful _______.
A．not at all
B．at all
C．all
D．very
16、I’ve made progress in English ____the teacher’s well-organized teaching and exact explanation.
A. because B. as
C. as a result of D. as a result
17、John fell ill because he was caught in the rain yesterday; it is _____ of him to forget to take an umbrella.
A.physical B.electrical C.typical D.practical
18、I was still living in London when the war _______, so I witnessed the cruelty of war.
A．broke out
B．put out
C．came out
D．got out
19、—You can't finish the book in less than an hour, I suppose?
—______. I won't break my promise, you know.
A.Yes, I'm sure I can B.No, but I can
C.Sorry. I make you disappointed D.However, I've tried my best
20、A recent study has found that the number of smokers ________ sharply over the past five years.
A．is increasing
B．are increasing
C．has been increasing
D．have been increasing
21、New Character from Sesame Street
As a means of offering comfort to kids from every walk of life, Sesame Street is introducing a new character who lives in a foster（寄养的）home.
Karli, the foster kid, and her "for — now" parents, Dalia and Clem, are all being shown in a series of Sesame Street videos, storybooks, and interactive activities to offer support to children, foster parents, and foster care providers.
Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind the show, says they are starting their movements as part of their Sesame Street in Community program. It provides free, easy-to-use resources for community providers and caregivers on a range of topics, including tough issues like family homelessness and traumatic experiences, to help them support children as they explore the world of foster care, and they provide simple, approachable tools to help children feel safer.
The number of children in foster care in the US has grown for five continuous years. In response to the growing need for resources to serve children in foster care, Sesame Workshop partnered with national experts on foster care. The resources include proven strategies to improve relationships between caring adults and children and reduce the effects of traumatic experiences.
" Fostering a child takes patience, adaptability, and sacrifice, and we know that caring adults hold the power to reduce the effects of traumatic experiences on young children," says Dr. Jeanette Betancourt, Senior Vice President of US Social Impact at Sesame Workshop. " We want foster parents and providers to hear that what they do is vital, as they have difficulty building and rebuilding family structures and children's sense of safety."
【1】How does Sesame Street differ with new roles added?
A.It extends the significance of care projects.
B.It promotes the entertainment of the program.
C.It arouses people's awareness of care for teens.
D.It arrests the public's attention to foster kids.
【2】What does the underlined word " traumatic" in paragraph 3 probably mean?
A.Carefree. B.Spiritless.
C.Miserable. D.Irregular.
【3】What is Sesame Workshop aimed to do?
A.Supply care providers with expertise to attend kids.
B.Offer free and accessible approaches to aid foster care.
C.Present parents easy and adaptable tools to keep safe.
D.Release appointed programs to attract audience.
【4】What can we infer from the text?
A.Foster parents and providers matter to foster kids.
B.Sesame Street operates well in foster centers.
C.Family structures make little sense to foster homes.
D.Foster children are challenged every day.
22、The influence of America is increasing in my country. Spanish people drink Coca Cola, wear blue jeans, watch Hollywood movies, listen to American music, and eat fast food, and they do these things every day.
I think that American movies are a good way to spread American culture because people are often influenced by what they see in the movies. Most of the programs and documentaries (纪录片) we watch on TV are from America, and most of the movies we go to see are made in Hollywood.
In the last few years, the government has tried to protect the Spanish movies. Now, in our cinemas, at least twenty percent of the movies which are shown must be from Spain or from other countries in Europe.
American culture is a part of Spanish life now. It’s certain that many things from America are as much a part of people’s lives as Spanish things. For example, Coca Cola is as familiar to everybody as any typical Spanish product. I’ve known about Coca Cola for my whole life.
However, it’s different with Western fast food. For example, I don’t think McDonald’s is as successful in Spain as it is in other countries. In my opinion, one of the reasons may be the lifestyle of the Spanish people. The Spanish people normally eat at home.
On the other hand, maybe McDonald’s hamburgers will eventually replace the famous Spanish tapas. It’s true that in every city in Spain you can find a McDonald’s, and it is more popular among the Spanish children than among the adults. In any case, it’s obvious that American culture is becoming more and more a part of our lives every day.
【1】From the first paragraph we can know that ____.
A. the influence of America on Spain can be found everywhere
B. most Spanish people don’t like to listen to their own music
C. fast food spreads from Spain to the United States
D. some Spanish actors go to America to improve their acting skills
【2】 What plays an important part in the spreading of American culture in Spain?
A. American novels. B. Hollywood movies.
C. McDonald’s. D. American music.
【3】 Why did the government set some rules for the films shown in Spain?
A. To protect foreign culture in Spain.
B. To earn more money from Spanish films.
C. To limit the number of foreign movies.
D. To unite the European Community.
【4】What do you think Spanish tapas (in the last paragraph)might be?
A. The name of a drink. B. The name of a restaurant.
C. A clothing brand. D. A certain kind of food.
23、Long before "digital" and "native" were words that could reasonably fit into the same sentence, kids had adventures in the great outdoors-the sort of nature-filled adventures filmmaker Paul Ward experienced as a child growing up on a farm.
"Unfortunately, children today don't have the same exposure to nature," says the father of Estella, nine, and Sylvie, seven. "Instead, these digital natives are often glued to their screens."
Wanting to reconnect this young generation with the outside world-via a medium that they're familiar with-Ward teamed up with film producer Vicky Pope to create Wild Eyes, a website that uses technology to help children to get in touch with nature.
Ward and Pope spent two years developing Wild Eyes, which requires users to complete interesting tasks in nature, such as setting up camp or finding a certain kind of bird. Once a challenge is complete, the player uploads a photo to the website to earn online encouragement and "likes" from other players.
"It's all about interacting with kids on their own terms," says Ward.
Ward, who spent almost two years working as a producer for the Discovery Channel in Los Angeles, says the response so far has been positive. "We've had more than 15, 000 site visitors to date, which is really encouraging."
Both Ward and Pope are working hard to ensure all the tasks are affordable and adaptable for both the home and classroom. They believe there's also a future benefit to turning square eyes into wild eyes.
"As David Attenborough says, people will only protect what they care about and they'll only care about what they've experienced," he says. "Given so much of our lives are lived online, if we care about looking after our natural world, it's important we provide attractive digital experiences that engage young kids with nature."
【1】How was Ward's childhood different from his children's?
A．He did a lot of outdoor activities.
B．His vocabulary was limited.
C．He seldom played in the wild.
D．He had no computer or TV set.
【2】What do children do on Wild Eyes?
A．Expand their knowledge about nature.
B．Complete their tasks given by the website.
C．Share their outdoor activities with others.
D．Participate in activities organized by the website.
【3】What do the underlined words "square eyes" in paragraph 7 refer to?
A．An activity that requires hard work.
B．An activity that is affordable and adaptable.
C．A person spending a lot of time in nature.
D．A person spending too much time on the screen.
【4】What is the best title for the text?
A．Experiencing the Great Outdoors
B．Keeping away from the Screen
C．Combining the Screen with Nature
D．Looking after the Natural World
24、 Robots have taken over many of America’s factories. But can they pick a strawberry? “It’s really hard for robots to match what humans can do,” says Bob Pizter, an expert on robots.
Any 4-year-old kid can pick a strawberry, but machines can’t seem to figure it out. Pizter says the hardest thing for them is finding the fruit. Pizter’s strawberry-picking robot is rolling into a strawberry field. This well-designed device drives itself. It’s as big as a bus, long enough to straddle ( 跨 越 ) a dozen rows of strawberries at once. Powerful computers are sitting on top.
Underneath, there are high-definition cameras to find the berries, and robotic claws ready to pick them.
“Nobody’s telling it what to do,” explains Paul Bissett, the chief operating officer of Harvest CROO Robotics. “It’s remembering its path down the row. It’s remembering where all these plants are.” It knows all this, thanks to the super-accurate GPS. Its computer brain contains a map showing the locations of every strawberry plant in the field. The action of machinery is truly impressive, but the baskets are still practically empty. Pitzer says the robots are able to find and pick more than 50 percent of ripe berries. That’s not yet up to human standards. A typical worker, he says, manages to pick anywhere from 60 to 90 percent of the berries. Also, he admits, the machine is slower than human hands. On the other hand, it has some advantages. It can work right through the night. Two years later, he says, this machine will be in the fields working for real. “There are weaknesses to work out, but it’s getting there. We’re close.” he says.
Strawberry companies are putting millions of dollars into this project. The reason, Gary Wishnatzki, the owner of Wish Farms says, is that it’s getting more and more difficult to find enough people to pick his berries. “The fact of the matter is, if we don’t solve the problem of this labor shortage with automation, the industry is facing a big challenge ahead. The price of fruit is going to be much higher,” Jose Santos, the leader of the farm, says.
Jose is pretty convinced, though, that picking strawberries will always require people. The machines will break down, he points out. In fact, he’s looking on the bright side. “You could afford to give people a day off if you have machines behind you,” he says.
【1】According to the passage, the strawberry-picking robot ______.
A.can work extra hours
B.relies on GPS only to find berries
C.runs on petrol just like a bus
D.picks both ripe and unripe berries
【2】What do people mentioned in the passage think of the strawberry-picking robot?
A.It will lead to the price of strawberries rising.
B.It keeps human workers working through night.
C.It is not very efficient at the moment but promising.
D.It will completely take the place of human workers.
【3】What does the passage mainly talk about?
A.The working principle of strawberry-picking robots.
B.Farmers’ expectations for strawberry-picking robots.
C.The present state of strawberry-picking robots.
D.The differences between humans and strawberry-picking robots.
25、 One of my earliest memories was watching my Mom talk on our old telephone. I was _______that she could talk to someone who wasn't actually in the_______with her. When she finally hung up and left the room, I slowly walked over to the phone and _______ at it for a while. I was wondering how she managed to talk with someone she couldn't _______.
That was a long time ago._______we had mobile phones that could be_______around the room. Then came computers and smart phones. These days I can send a(n)_______ half way around the world in a second. My daughter's smart phone has a hundred apps and a dozen social media accounts. She _______all of her information in a mysterious place _______ as “the cloud”. It seems that we are more ________ in this world than ever before.
________, what bothers me is that we ________ connect with each other nowadays. Few people write letters to each other these days. Few take the time to talk ________. Instead of talking on the phone, we text. Instead of looking into the eyes of our loved ones, we stare at our ________. It seems as if the most connected generations were also the ________.
Don't let technology take our time and ________ our life. Make the time to talk, to live, and to love. Make the time to meet? to pray? and to communicate with each other. Take a walk on the beach with a________. Sit on the porch and watch the sunset. Play a game with the people around you. Hold hands and say pray before a meal. Have a long conversation with the phones off and the ________ on. Connect offline as well as online.
Remember that God put us here to________ each other, help each other and make this world a ________ place. When your technology can help you to do these things then use it. But when it can’t turn it off.
【1】A.disappointed B.fascinated C.shocked D.annoyed
【2】A.office B.kitchen C.room D.yard
【3】A.knocked B.smiled C.pointed D.stared
【4】A.see B.hear C.know D.touch
【5】A.Yet B.Later C.Shortly D.Once
【6】A.borrowed B.repaired C.carried D.sold
【7】A.letter B.invitation C.telegraph D.e-mail
【8】A.stores B.shares C.downloads D.updates
【9】A.appointed B.known C.remembered D.considered
【10】A.convenient B.informed C.connected D.knowledgeable
【11】A.Meanwhile B.Moreover C.Therefore D.However
【12】A.rarely B.nearly C.usually D.never
【13】A.hand in hand B.face to face C.side by side D.back to back
【14】A.notebooks B.bulletin board C.smart phones D.blue sky
【15】A.healthiest B.wealthiest C.happiest D.loneliest
【16】A.ruin B.enrich C.improve D.change
【17】A.guide B.friend C.stranger D.tourist
【18】A.electricity B.music C.hearts D.lights
【19】A.beat B.impress C.influence D.love
【20】A.better B.cleaner C.newer D.quieter
26、假如你是李华，你的朋友Jim最近沉溺于玩电脑游戏，对学习没有兴趣。请你给Jim写一封信表示你的担心，并谈谈沉溺于电脑游戏的危害，以及你的看法和建议。
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