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1、___the youth ___the rising sun at 8 or 9 o’clock a.m., Chairman Mao Zedong expressed his great hope for the young.
A.Comparing, with B.Compared, to
C.Compared, with D.Comparing, to
2、Parents should get _________ in their child’s education.
A．to involve
B．involving
C．involve
D．involved
3、To learn English well, you should put yourself in situations________ you’ll be forced to communicate in English.
A．when
B．how
C．where
D．that
4、Hawking owned a brilliant intellect with a deep ____ for humanity, which enabled him to overcome his terrible disease and become a famous scientist.
A.aid B.concern C.glory D.basis
5、Jenny has got________ it takes to be a good actress. In other words, she has the potential to become famous.
A.what B.when C.that D.how
6、---Did Professor Wang say anything that _____ you especially?
---It was really boring. Actually I slept through his speech.
A. appealed to B. attached to
C. referred to D. adapted to
7、This kind of ancient book requires a great deal of .
A. concentration B. attraction
C.appreciation D.notice
8、Once environment damage ________, it takes many years for the government to recover.
A.has done B.is to do C.does D.is done
9、We guarantee that all your personal information will be treated ________ and there should be no fear at all of identity theft.
A. initially B. independently
C. confidently D. Confidentially
10、The girl ______ long black hair is Lily. She is pretty.
A. with B. at
C. in D. on
11、Most air pollution is caused by the burning of ____ like coal, gas and oil.
A. fuels B. articles C. goods D. products
12、-It’s my treat today. Is there any particular meal you would like to have?
- ________ you choose is all right with me.
A. Whatever B. What
C. Anything what D. No matter what
13、—Have you watched the new movie Kung Fu Panda 3, Kelly?
—Not yet. I _______ it with my classmate tonight.
A.will watch B.was watching C.have watched
14、—I saw Lily in the teacher’s office just now.
—You _________ her, she has gone back home.
A．must not see
B．mustn’t have seen
C．can’t have seen
D．couldn’t see
15、Victor had almost every stamp from 1954 to 2014. He only needed one before his collects _______ .
A. would be completed B. was completed
C. was being completed D. has been completed
16、Some teachers recommended that more books to satisfy the students’ needs.
A.are purchased B.have been purchased
C.were purchased D.be purchased
17、According to the ministry, the emergence of these new professions _______ the rapid development of high-tech industries, which have opened up new job markets.
A. contribute to B. subscribe to
C. owe to D. refer to
18、 Nancy is _______ dancing, and she keeps dancing till midnight every day.
A. curious about B. crazy about
C. worried about D. concerned about
19、She was so angry and spoke so fast that none of us understood _______ she said meant.
A. that B. what
C. that that D. what what
20、When I woke up that night, I found myself ______ on the ground.
A．lie
B．be lying
C．was lying
D．lying
21、Many people wrongly think that cities don’t have farms and fruits and vegetables are only grown in the country. Believe it or not, there are more urban farms popping up in cities all over the world.
Alexandra Sullivan, a food systems researcher in New York, studies urban agriculture. Urban agriculture is another name for farming and gardening in a city environment. Ms. Sullivan studies everything from tiny gardens in empty lots between buildings to bigger fields that have been planted and grown. According to Ms. Sullivan, “Urban agriculture has existed since cities have, across the world.”
The number of humans living in urban areas, or cities, is increasing. The amount of people who wanted to garden in urban areas is also rising. Ms. Sullivan says, “In small gardens, on rooftops and indoors, city residents grow fruits, vegetables, grains, and herbs, and raise animals to produce milk, eggs, honey, and meat. City residents use these foods as supplements to food produced by rural agriculture.” Even though some people who live in urban areas grow crops, urban residents still need to rely on food grown in rural areas. This is because a city doesn’t have enough space to grow enough food for everyone living in it.
In New York City, urban farmers have come up with many different ways to grow their own produce, even though there isn’t a lot of room. For example, Brooklyn Grange is a farming operation that has two rooftop vegetable farms in New York City. All together, the farms are made up of 2.5 acres of rooftop space. This makes Brooklyn Grange one of the largest rooftop farming operations in the world.
Brooklyn Grange grows all kinds of things. The farming company sells its vegetables to local residents and restaurants. And because the farms are on rooftops, they are specially adapted to their urban location. They use available space that is not needed for anything else. As more urban farmers find ways to grow food in cities, urban residents will be better able to get fresher materials for their meals.
【1】Which of the following is Ms. Sullivan’s opinion about urban agriculture?
A. Urban agriculture has developed recently.
B. Urban agriculture takes too much city space.
C. Urban agriculture has a history as long as cities.
D. Urban agriculture can take the place of rural agriculture.
【2】For traditional agriculture, urban agriculture is a(n) ________.
A. model B. addition
C. competitor D. replacement
【3】What can we learn about Brooklyn Grange in New York City from the text?
A. It has large farming areas.
B. It can only grow single products.
C. It produces enough food for citizens.
D. It makes use of rooftop space to grow vegetables.
【4】What is the author’s opinion on the urban farms?
A. Critical. B. Positive.
C. Worried. D. Confused.
22、Witnessed by organizers, sports figures, performers and students, the flame for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games—housed in a red lantern—drew crowds of onlookers as it was escorted （护送）by volunteers into the ceremony held at Beijing's Olympic Tower. The flame arrived early on Wednesday, October 20 after being flown from Greece, the birthplace of the Olympics, where it was lit two days earlier.
The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will run from Feb. 4 to Feb. 20. Games events are scheduled in three zones—downtown Beijing, the capital’s northwest Yanqing district and co-host Zhangjiakou in Hebei province.
As an iconic cultural element of the Olympic Games, the torch relay plays a significant role in promoting the host's international image while spreading the message of peace, solidarity, friendship and health. Due to the pandemic, however, games organizers have cut back the traditional torch relay to a small-scale event. The relay will take place in three host areas and involve about 1,200 torchbearers. The shortened torch relay with reduced crowds will help ensure the health and safety of all participants as well as that of local communities.
The relay is scheduled for Feb. 2 to Feb. 4, with the route connecting landmarks, historical sites and major tourism attractions in Beijing and Zhangjiakou. The traditional offline event will make sure that people get to feel the warmth of the flame and get inspired by the Olympic spirit up close. An online version of the torch relay making use of virtual reality （VR）technologies is also planned for social media platforms. Although the length and duration of the torch relay has been reduced, this represents an innovative approach to maximize the benefits of the technology in connecting more people in an interactive way.
The designs of the torch, lantern and cauldron （主火炬）echo each other within a consistent concept that strikes a strong impression of dynamism and vitality. The lantern, which will be used for the flame exhibition tour, is based on the Changxin Palace Lamp, a bronze oil lamp from the Western Han Dynasty, while the cauldron features the same red and silver colors and cloud pattern as the torch. Drawing inspiration from the main cauldron for the 2008 Beijing Summer Games, the torch for the Beijing 2022 Games is called the uflying ribbon".
【1】How was the flame sent to the welcoming ceremony in Beijing?
A．On a tower.
B．In a red lantern.
C．By a sports figure.
D．Through VR technologies.
【2】What is the third paragraph mainly about?
A．The preparation work has been adapted to the pandemic situation.
B．The Olympic Games help promote the host's international image.
C．The torch relay is an iconic cultural element of the Olympic Games.
D．Games organizers must ensure the health and safety of all participants.
【3】Why are VR technologies used in the torch relay?
A．To welcome more athletes to the relay.
B．To attract people to the tourism attractions.
C．To connect more people in an interactive way.
D．To make people feel the warmth of the flame close.
【4】What do we know about the 2022 Winter Olympic Games?
A．It is scheduled from Feb. 2 to Feb. 4.
B．Zhangjiakou will co-host the games events.
C．The torch relay will avoid historical sites in Beijing.
D．The designers of the torch are inspired by flying ribbon.
23、SPECIAL EVENTS THIS WEEKEND
Captain Good Fellow
Do your children enjoy interesting stories, funny games, and exciting dances? Captain Good Fellow will be ready to teach all these things to children of all ages at the City Theatre on Saturday morning at 10:00, Free.
International Picnic
Are you tired of eating the same food every day? Come to Central Park on Saturday and enjoy food from all over the world. Delicious and not expensive. Noon to 5:00 pm.
Films at the Museum
Two European films will be shown on Saturday afternoon at the Museum Theatre. See Broken Window at 1:30. The workers will be at 3:45. For further information, call 4987898.
Walking Tour of the Town
Forget your worries on Saturday morning. Take a beautiful walk and learn about local history. Meet at the front entrance of City Hall at 9:30. Wear comfortable shoes!
Do You Want to Hear “The Zoo”
“The Zoo”, a popular rock group from Australia, will give their first US concert tomorrow night at 8:00 at Rose Hall, City College.
【1】You can probably eat Chinese, Italian, and Arab food________.
A．at the front entrance of City Hall
B．at the Ballgame
C．at 5:00 pm
D．at Central Park on Saturday
【2】You can see movies at ________.
A．the City College
B．the Museum Theatre
C．the City Theatre
D．the Central Park
【3】If you are going on the Walking Tour, don’t forget________.
A．your worries
B．your beautiful walk
C．your learning about local history
D．your comfortable shoes
【4】“The Zoo” is ________.
A．a park with lots of animals
B．US concert
C．a music group
D．going to give the concert at 8:00 am
24、You improve your robot’s software by improving its software. Agrim Gupta of Stanford University, however, begs to differ. He thinks you can also improve a robot’s software by improving its hardware. He and his colleagues have invented a way of testing this idea.
They brought to their robots, unimals, the principles of evolution (进化) by natural selection. Unimals, with globes for heads and sticks for arms and legs, are software beings interacting with a virtual environment. The environments where they wandered were in three varieties: flat grounds, grounds with hills and steps, and ones that had the complexities of the second sort, but with added objects.
To begin with, the unimals were randomly assigned various shapes, but with identical software— derl. Newly created unimals learned to face the challenges in a virtual bootcamp. They were then entered into tournaments in groups. Each group winner was awarded one mutation (变异) —one extra arm or leg, or one extra turning in a joint. The new replaced the oldest unimal and then was assigned to a new group, and the process repeated. About 4,000 varieties of them underwent training.
The team were surprised by the diversity of shapes that evolved. Crucially, though, the researchers found the most successful unimals learned tasks in half the time their oldest ancestors had taken, and that those evolving in the toughest grounds were the most successful.
In this evolution of unimals’ morphology (形态) to promote the ability to learn, Dr Gupta sees a version of something called the Baldwin effect. In 1896 James Baldwin, a psychologist, argued that minds evolve to make the best use of the morphologies of the bodies. What Dr Gupta has shown, though in software, is that the opposite can also be true — changes in body morphology can improve the way minds work. Even though he held the software constant, it became more efficient at learning as the unimals’ bodies evolved.
Whether that discovery can be turned to account in the way robots are developed remains to be seen. But the way of testing is certainly an out-of-the-box idea.
【1】How was the test conducted?
A．By promoting Unimals’ learning.
B．By adjusting the environments.
C．By proving the evolution theory.
D．By stimulating unimals’ mutation.
【2】What turned out to be surprising in the test?
A．The number of trained unimals.
B．The decline in time for learning tasks.
C．The variety of evolved shapes.
D．The replacement of old unimals.
【3】What can be concluded from the test?
A．Mind evolution affects body shaping.
B．Body changes better mind work.
C．Hardware changes do not impact software.
D．The discovery is useful in robot development.
【4】What’s the author’s attitude to the finding?
A．Negative.
B．Objective.
C．Indifferent.
D．Approving.
25、What a busy day! The three boys were fed, bathed and changed into their night-clothes. Mary had________them a story and finally they were asleep. "Babysitting the three boys aged eight, six and four is extremely________," she thought.
"Sleep," she considered, "if only I could!" But she had difficult homework to complete. Leaning back, she________her feet onto the sofa to get comfortable. Whoever said babysitting was a（n）________way to make money obviously hadn't met the three boys, she thought. The television was on, the room was warm, and the lights were dim. Mary's________felt heavier and heavier. I mustn't sleep, she thought—which was________what she did, of course.
Strangely enough, she soon________that she was a world—famous chef. She made a________and wore diamonds and designer clothes. Most days she relaxed by the pool meeting the rich and famous or________—her favorite hobby. She________took the leading role in her own TV show.
That is, until she became too________. "I am definitely the best in the world," she thought, as she prepared a tasty chicken dish. But________seemed to go right. She spilt the flour, she dropped an egg and she cut her finger. Despite all the troubles, she________to get the chicken into the stove. Soon, smoke blanketed the room. The children was on fire.________set in, but Mary could not run—she was________to the spot. She tried hard to move, but could not,________a sharp sound awoke her.
She got shocked and confused—________was pouring from the kitchen. Rushing to investigate, she was met by three________little faces and some very burnt bread. "Sorry, we were hungry and you were________, so we tried to make some bread." explained a boy. Relieved, Mary made them a snack and sent them back to bed. She________them never to fall asleep on the job again!
【1】
A．given
B．told
C．written
D．taught
【2】
A．successful
B．helpful
C．surprising
D．tiring
【3】
A．shook
B．bent
C．put
D．kept
【4】
A．easy
B．boring
C．important
D．difficult
【5】
A．legs
B．mind
C．heart
D．eyes
【6】
A．nicely
B．carelessly
C．curiously
D．exactly
【7】
A．realized
B．dreamt
C．learned
D．reminded
【8】
A．decision
B．business
C．fortune
D．plan
【9】
A．cooking
B．babysitting
C．running
D．reading
【10】
A．just
B．even
C．ever
D．only
【11】
A．proud
B．selfish
C．stubborn
D．sensitive
【12】
A．everything
B．something
C．anything
D．nothing
【13】
A．wanted
B．managed
C．arranged
D．prepared
【14】
A．Noise
B．Pain
C．Panic
D．Stress
【15】
A．dragged
B．frozen
C．pushed
D．brought
【16】
A．because
B．unless
C．as
D．until
【17】
A．fire
B．light
C．water
D．smoke
【18】
A．cheerful
B．guilty
C．strange
D．confident
【19】
A．busy
B．hungry
C．asleep
D．worried
【20】
A．persuaded
B．allowed
C．expected
D．promised
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