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1、 It has been announced that the award will be given to ______ has made the largest donation to charity this year.
A. anyone B. the one
C. whomever D. whoever
2、There is no quick fix for the climate crisis we're facing right now. To talk about alternative energy is merely to _____ of something much deeper.
A.push the limits B.give it the edge C.scratch the surface D.land on the feet
3、 What about todays temperature?
-- Its the same as, if the weather report is exact as usual, ___ of yesterday.
A. one B. it C. that D. what
4、—May I take this seat?
—________ .
A．I don't mind
B．Go ahead
C．It doesn't matter
D．Do it please
5、The theory he sticks to _______ to be of no use in his new work ______ he finds it hard to fit in.
A．is proved; where
B．proves; with which
C．proving; to which
D．prove; how
6、—It’s great that some fast food restaurants plan to use drinking straws made of paper.
— . It will help protect the environment.
A．You got it
B．You name it
C．You can’t be serious
D．You can never tell it
7、Not only _______ about the food, he also refused to pay for it.
A.were the customer complained B.when the customer complained
C.did the customer complain D.the customer did complain
8、In order not to be disturbed, I spent three days ________ in my study.
A．locking
B．locked
C．to lock
D．lock
9、In a good marriage, both husband and wife work hard to solve any problems that____________.
A. arise B. rise
C. arouse D. raise
10、He is looking forward to______ his holiday in Britain.
A．spend
B．have spent
C．spending
D．been spending
11、The fact that so many people still smoke in public places________ that we may need a nationwide campaign ________ awareness of the risks of smoking.
A. suggest; raise B. suggests: raising
C. suggest; raised D. suggests; to raise
12、— I regret ________ you that you failed the exam.
— I deserve it. How I regret _________ my teacher’s advice!
A．telling; not following
B．to tell; not following
C．to tell; not to follow
D．telling; not to follow
13、It is of great importance _______ parents say and do in family life, which may have a life-long effect on their children.
A. what B. that
C. how D. why
14、
The last story our teacher told us yesterday was the Italian explorer discovered an Egyptian pyramid.
A. that; that
B. that;/
C. which;/
D. Which; that
15、The writer has won the hearts of millions of children with the rich stories _______ from her childhood memories.
A. drawing B. to draw
C. draw D. drawn
16、There was an explosion in London but up to now nobody has responsibility for it.
A.declared B.announced C.claimed D.required
17、We should take the problem ________.
A.seriously B.impatiently C.immediately D.completely
18、An actor announced on line that his marriage broke down because his wife was found ______ him.
A.to betray B.to have betrayed C.being betrayed D.having betrayed
19、Hawking’s research, if it is proved by further experiments, could ________ some of the biggest mysteries in the universe.
A．find fault with
B．set foot on
C．make room for
D．cast light on
20、选出与划线词汇意思相近的词。
Acknowledging that he stole the car, he was arrested by the police.
A.Knowing B.Realizing C.Recognizing D.Admitting
21、More than great drinks, great rewards
Enjoy all the benefits and more with your membership to our Loyalty Program!
Whenever you pay with your membership account, you’ll earn a Star.
Collect more Stars, earn more rewards.
Three ways to join us
Buy a Starbucks Card handy to create an account.
Track your Stars online or through the mobile app, and we’ll send an email when you’ve earned a reward.
You can also join from your phone.
Download the Starbucks? App.
One of the most exciting benefits of being a member is using our mobile app to: pay for purchases; view your Stars and rewards; access iTunes? Pick of the Week; see current offers.
Or you can join with specially marked coffee purchased at the grocery store.
Enter your Starcode (limit 2 per day).
Look for the Starcode symbol on specially marked Starbucks products where you buy groceries.
Three levels with increasingly greater rewards
To reach each level in our Loyalty Program, you need to collect more Stars. ( Remember, to earn a Star you must pay with a registered Starbucks Card. )
Welcome level
To earn your first rewards, just register a Starbucks Card.
Birthday drink or treat on us; birthday coupon (优惠券) for 15% off a purchase at StarbucksStore.com.
Green level
Collect 5 Stars within 12 months and you’ll be in the Green level.
What is included in the Welcome level plus
★Free in-store refills (续杯) on hot or iced brewed coffee or tea
Gold level
Collect 30 Stars within 12 months and you’re at the Gold level.
What is included in the Green, level plus
★A free food or drink item after another 12 Stars earned
★Personalized Gold Card
【1】Which of the following is a way you can apply for membership?
A.To buy a Starbucks Card over the phone.
B.To update the Starbucks? App from the official website.
C.To buy a drink at a Starbucks on weekends.
D.To enter a Starcode from specially marked Starbucks products.
【2】With a Starbucks Card of Green level, you will get ________.
A.a free cake B.personalized Green Card
C.free in-store refills D.all purchases 15% off
【3】Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A.For Welcome leverl , you can buy Starbucks products at a discount of 15% at the grocery store.
B.With the Starbucks@App, you can view current offers.
C.You can enter your Starcode three times a day.
D.To earn a Star, you must pay by credit card.
22、When you were a kid, did you ever dream about getting locked somewhere overnight? Maybe it was a store dressing room, a train station, or a corner of a museum. When you’re young, there’s something romantic about being alone and awake as the rest of the world sleeps. 【1】. I got to spend an entire night by myself at O’Hare International Airport.
On the night of December 4, I missed my 7 pm flight from Chicago to my home in Baltimore. 【2】. So I decided to draw on my “extra vacation time” and make my own adventure. I passed through the Rotunda Building, which I had rushed through many times. This time, however, I found myself attracted by the beauty of is lights and ceiling .Carrying on my trip, I was greeted with a full size copy of a dinosaur skeleton housed at Chicago’s Field Museum 【3】. But with airport-quality bones, you can get up close and personal.
【4】. I thought little of them when my fight took off at 7 a.m. By the time my plane touched down in Baltimore, they were going viral. When I realized my experience was resonating (产生共鸣) with thousands of people, I actually felt sad. Was it really that unusual for someone to walk around an airport to see the sights? 【5】.
There is always magic to be found in the wake of missed flights. The night is still, the crowds are gone and the world belongs to you.
A．At age 41, I finally got to live my childhood dream
B．I waved to security cameras, hoping someone was watching
C．My journey began as the final arrivals of the day touched down
D．The next plane wouldn’t be arriving until early the next morning
E．It seems that everyone has grown blind to the beauty all around us
F．Arriving at my gate, I posted some of my airport adventures online
G．At museums, you are forced to keep your distance from dinosaur bones
23、Storytelling Techniques for Conveying a Message
At the heart of everything is storytelling. That's the belief held by Gabriel, a professional storyteller.
About Gabriel
Gabriel is crazy about storytelling and does it professionally. First, he worked as the creative director at Ogilvy Barcelona; then he chose to work as an author of children's, young adult, and non-fiction literature（with more than 40 published books）; and for the moment, as a columnist（专栏作家）for publications.
Join Gabriel and discover how good storytelling is the most powerful tool to convey a message.
About this course
Unit 1 Introduction
Begin the course by meeting Gabriel who tells you about his life experiences and his professional journey through the world of storytelling.
Unit 2 Storytelling: Stories That Tell
Jump into the theory by broadening your understanding of stories and their power to inspire people. Gabriel gives you several examples to show how the structure of interesting stories has remained the same for thousands of years.
Unit 3 Designing an Interesting Story
In this unit, learn more about the basic pieces of an interesting story, including emotion, purpose, and tips on how to attract interest and create an ending.
Unit 4 Telling an Interesting Story
To finish, focus on the external aspects of storytelling. First, determine who your audience are so you know how to persuade them. Then, choose the right words. Finally, create your story in different formats.
Who is it for?
Anyone interested in using the power of storytelling.
What you need
You don't need any previous knowledge to take this course, just the desire to tell a story.
【1】What does Gabriel do at present?
A．He tells stories to children online.
B．He writes novels for young people.
C．He works as a creative director.
D．He writes essays for newspapers and magazines.
【2】Which unit focuses on the structure of interesting stories?
A．Unit 1.
B．Unit 2.
C．Unit 3.
D．Unit 4.
【3】What's the purpose of the text?
A．To advertise a course.
B．To introduce a storyteller.
C．To announce a coming event.
D．To share some storytelling tips.
24、Discover Britain through literature
I would like to take you on a journey through Great Britain. You can stay exactly where you are： no passport needed, no flight necessary, just great eagerness to explore. Through these novels you will be able to transport yourself and discover the beauty and the culture of Great Britain.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Jane Austen's romantic novel centers around the Bennet family during the 19th century and
the importance of marriage and social expectations. The style of the novel is mocking（嘲讽） and the author uses exaggerated（夸张的）characters to make fun of the society.
Setting: Longbourn （ a fictional town ） in Hertfordshire.
Author: English.
Compare your imagination with the real thing and visit Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. The Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
Witches, wizards and wands. It's highly unlikely that you've managed to avoid hearing of Harry Potter. It is a fantastic series of novels which can make you believe in magic and believe that anything is possible.
Setting: Hogwarts （ fictional, or is it?!）
Author: Scottish
Make the magic come alive and visit: Alnwick Castle in Northumberland, Warner Bros Studios in Watford and Glenfinnan Viaduct.
Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
One of the most famous detectives of all time, Sherlock Holmes, uses his high intelligence and observation skills to solve mysteries.
Setting: London
Author: Scottish
Are you a good enough detective to understand who Sherlock Holmes is? If not, visit “The Real Sherlock Holmes Walking Tour" in Edinburgh.
Oliver Twist （雾都孤儿）by Charles Dickens
"Please, Sir, I want some more. ” The novel follows Oliver's life as an orphan in London and the characters he met while living on the streets.
Setting: London
Author: English
Ulysses by James Joyce
The story follows Leopold Storm and what happened on 16 June 1904. This is a tricky read but it is often thought of as one of the best novels in British literature.
Setting: Dublin
Author: Irish
【1】Where was the writer of the novel Pride and Prejudice born?
A.England. B.Scotland.
C.Wales. D.Ireland.
【2】Who mainly wrote novels about magic?
A.Jane Austen. B.Charles Dickens.
C.Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. D.JK Rowling.
【3】What can we learn about James Joyce?
A.He was a famous detective. B.He was well-known in Britain.
C.He was born in Dublin. D.He was an orphan（孤儿）in London.
【4】What is the writer's purpose of writing the passage?
A.To introduce British beauty.
B.To encourage readers to read more.
C.To let readers know about Britain through novels.
D.To tell readers about Great Britain.
25、The Long Goodbye to Saturn’s Rings
Of all the planets in our solar system, Saturn might be the prettiest. Those rings gleam in soft pinks, grays, and browns, shimmering in the darkness. But Saturn’s rings aren’t a permanent feature. In fact, they’re ________.
The rings are losing material every year. Incoming micrometeorites (微陨石) and the sun’s radiation disturb the small, dusty pieces of ring matter. The particles(微粒), suddenly transformed, start moving along those invisible paths. When the particles get too ________ to the top of Saturn’s atmosphere, gravity pulls them in, and they vaporize in the planet’s clouds.
Astronomers call this “ring rain,” and over time this and other phenomena will destroy the ________ element that, to us, makes Saturn, until nothing is left. Right now? “This is us looking at Saturn’s rings in their heyday (鼎盛时期),” James O’Donoghue, a planetary scientist at JAXA, Japan’s space agency, told me. A magnificent sight that, from our perspective, seems ________, but, on the grand scale of things, is momentary.
Saturn’s rings have impressed observers for centuries, ________ we got truly close to them for the first time in the early 1980s, when NASA’s Voyager spacecraft sped past during a grand tour of the outer planets. At the time, scientists ________ that the rings probably formed alongside Saturn about 4.6 billion years ago, when the solar system was young, noisy and full of life. Back then, with rocky objects flying around everywhere, a new planet could easily have ________ some, hung them around its middle, and let gravity flatten them.
But Voyager’s flyby suggested a ________ story. The observations captured the rings in greater detail than ever before, revealing that the system didn’t have as much ________ as researchers had predicted, which meant that they couldn’t be billions of years old.
Saturn’s ring system had seemed as ________ as the solar system itself; now it seemed that the rings didn’t exist along with dinosaurs. The solar system had ________ by then, so where would Saturn have gotten the raw material? Then in 2017, a NASA spacecraft called Cassini skimmed past Saturn’s rings, sending home as much information as possible, which ________ what the Voyager missions had observed, that the rings weren’t massive enough to be ancient.
The science community hasn’t come to a(n) ________ about the origin story of Saturn’s rings. But, if the rings are indeed cosmically young, scientists say that they probably formed when one of Saturn’s moons, itself quite old, drew too close and was smashed to bits. The moon was likely a small one; our own moon, O’Donoghue said, could be used to ________ thousands of ring systems like Saturn’s.
The story of Saturn’s rings is a reminder that the worlds of our solar system, however still and ________ they might look from here, are dynamic places, with dramatic histories of their own.
【1】
A．shining
B．disappearing
C．expanding
D．moving
【2】
A．close
B．hot
C．massive
D．fast
【3】
A．extinct
B．abstract
C．distinctive
D．basic
【4】
A．unchangeable
B．unbelievable
C．unbearable
D．unexpected
【5】
A．but
B．as
C．unless
D．once
【6】
A．proved
B．suspected
C．questioned
D．claimed
【7】
A．lost
B．destroyed
C．captured
D．created
【8】
A．familiar
B．different
C．convincing
D．horrifying
【9】
A．mass
B．variety
C．energy
D．gravity
【10】
A．huge
B．complex
C．diversified
D．ancient
【11】
A．quieted down
B．came into being
C．broken down
D．been done away with
【12】
A．contributed to
B．backed up
C．resulted from
D．disapproved of
【13】
A．decision
B．agreement
C．end
D．solution
【14】
A．construct
B．stabilize
C．modify
D．simplify
【15】
A．grand
B．faraway
C．motionless
D．resting
26、阅读下面材料, 根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写词数应为150左右。
A tradesman was leading a caravan (商队) to another country to sell his goods. Along the way they came to the edge of a hot-sand desert. They learnt that during the daytime the sun heated up the fine sand until it was as hot as charcoal (木炭), so no one could walk on it — not even camels! Then the caravan leader hired a desert guide, one who could follow the stars, so they could travel only at night when the sand cooled down. The guide sat on the first cart. And they began the dangerous night-time journey across the desert. A couple of nights later, after eating their evening meal and waiting for the sand to cool, they started out again.
Later that night, the desert guide, who was driving the first cart, saw from the stars that they were getting close to the other side of the desert. He had been very tired, so when he relaxed, he fell asleep. Then the camels who, of course, couldn’t tell directions by reading the stars, gradually turned to the side and went in a big wide circle until they ended up at the same place that they started from! By then it was morning, and the people woke up and realized they were back at the same spot where they started. They lost heart and began to cry about their condition. Since the desert crossing was supposed to be over by now, they had no more water, and they were worried about there was nothing to drink, and were extremely afraid they would die of thirst. They even began to blame the caravan leader and the desert guide. However, the leader himself didn’t lose courage. He talked with the desert guide and then they began wandering, trying to work out a plan.
Paragraph 1
Suddenly, the leader noticed a small clump (团) of grass.
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Paragraph 2
A spring (泉源) was found at last.
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