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1、– How are you getting on with your father, Lucy?
– Couldn’t be . However hard I try, he just isn’t satisfied.
A. better B. worse C. the best D. the worst
2、Most of the artists _____to the party were from South Africa.
A.being invited B.to invite C.invited D.had been invited
3、The government began to make regulations and controls in late November, which have pressed down some prices, ________ slight relief to consumers.
A．bringing
B．to bring
C．brought
D．to have brought
4、The Australian boy has a good ________of Chinese and can communicate with others freely.
A. request B. command
C. demand D. usage
5、—______ you picked up the pen yesterday?
—On the playground.
A．Where was it that
B．What was it that
C．How was it when
D．Where was it when
6、I have offered to paint the house in ______ for a week’s accommodation.
A．search
B．turn
C．preparation
D．exchange
7、If the economy is doing well, the prices of stocks will tend to rise in ______ is referred to as a “bull market”.
A.all B.that C.which D.what
8、She pretended ________ to the manager, but actually she was thinking about something else.
A.listening B.to have listened C.having listened D.to be listening
9、Things of _____kind come together; people of _____ kind fall into _____ same group.
A.the; the; the B.a; a; the C.the; the; a D.a; the; the
10、Jean likes to ______ her favorite pictures from the magazine.
A．cut down
B．cut off
C．cut in
D．cut out
11、This book is concerned ________ the development of China; while most readers are concerned more ________ the hero's fate.
A.with; about B.about; with C.for; about D.for; with
12、 Many young ladies in the street have __________ their summer dresses in late spring．
A． put out B． brought out
C． stood out D． picked out
13、People are recycling many things which they away in the past.
A. had thrown B. will be throwing
C. were throwing D. would have thrown
14、 more about the place where you live,and you will shoulder more responsibility to protect it
A. Learning B. To learn C. Learn D. Learned
15、In the new college entrance examination, if you want to get higher score in writing, you must first _____ your ideas very clearly.
A.organize B.schedule C.pack D.judge
16、______ I don't want to go, I just haven't got the time.
A. Because B. Now that
C. Not that D. Thanks to
17、(2013·甘肃部分示范学校调研考试)We often provide our children with toys, footballs or basketballs, ________ that all children like these things.
A．thinking
B．think
C．to think
D．thought
18、The Somali robbers’ frequent attacks on the sea urged the United Nations to ________ all nations to take immediate action.
A．fight for
B．apply for
C．call on
D．wait on
19、So absorbed in her yoga exercises that she took no notice of the heavy rain outside.
A. Mary was B. Mary has been
C. was Mary D. has Mary been
20、Today more and more people are joining the “Clean Your Plate” campaign in order to answer the of saving food.
A．call
B．tournament
C．tale
D．contrast
21、Tiny transmitters(发射机) fixed on the backs of the blue-green bees have allowed scientists to follow the insects as they fly for miles in search of rare flowers．
Working in Panama，scientists caught 17 bees of the common species and fixed a 300 milligram radio light onto the back of each．The signals they sent out were used to follow their movements in and around the forest where they lived．
Professor Martin，from Princeton University，US，and the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Germany，said，“By following the radio signals，we discovered that male bees spent most of their time in small centre areas，but could take off and visit areas farther away．One male even crossed over the shipping lanes in the Panama Canal，flying at least 5km，and returned a few days later．”
Researchers have struggled to follow the movements of bees before，following bees marked with paint or using radar which doesn’t work well in forests．
“Carrying the transmitter could reduce the distance that the bees travel，but even if the flight distances we record are the shortest distances that these bees can fly，they are impressive，long-distance movements，” said Dr．Roland Kays，from New York State Museum，a co-author of the research published today in the on-line journal．“This result helps to explain how these bees’ pollination(授粉) can be so rare．” Pollination by bees and other insects is the key to the diversity and continued growth of flowers and trees in some forests．
The new study is the first to use radio transmitters to follow bees in a forest．Similar research may now be carried in temperate forests，where bees also play a vital role．
【1】The main purpose of the passage is to___
A． call on people to protect the bees for the environment
B． explain why the bees fly far away in search of flowers
C． introduce a modern way to follow the bees to readers
D． encourage the public to support the scientists' research
【2】What was the problem when researchers tried to follow the bees in the past?
A． It was quite difficult to mark the bees
B． The radar itself didn't work very well
C． The bees weren't easy to be recognized
D． Environmental limits were hard to solve
【3】What Dr．Roland Kays said implied that____
A． he didn't expect bees could fly so long a distance
B． The transmitter didn't have any effects on bees at all
C． He wanted to know how far bees could travel badly
D． The record was in fact as exact as he had thought
【4】Researchers follow the movements of bees mainly to___
A． learn how far they can fly at most
B． discover how they affect the plants
C． correct some wrong ideas about bees
D． get to know where they enjoy living
22、 It was a beautiful Southern California morning. I walked through the parking lot of the shopping mall thinking of little else than my appointment with a pecan roll at the local bakery.
As I walked in front of the grocery store, I noticed a young woman with a sad look standing next to the store entrance with bags of groceries. As is my practice with strangers, I made eye contact with her and smiled. When I took a few steps past her, I heard her say, “Thank you for seeing me!”Her words brought me to a stop. Still smiling, I turned around and walked over to her, extending my hand. “My name’s Mark. What’s yours?”
For the next twenty minutes, I listened with attention to Dominique telling about her experiences. She had grown up in Louisiana where her mother and sisters still lived. Three weeks ago, a family tragedy made her make the move to California, where without contacts or the promise of employment, she had managed to create a life of purpose and fulfillment. After telling her story, she looked better and walked away.
With the pecan roll on my plate in the bakery, I looked at the people there. I nodded to the regulars sitting at their favorite tables, some reading the daily newspaper, and others on their laptops. I smiled while thinking about what I had just experienced with Dominique — a simple smile and a short time of listening brightened her.
Every person has a story to tell if we’re willing to take the time to listen. Greeting a stranger with a smile is a small thing to do and yet can have a great effect. I have found the benefit of doing these small things not only helps me keep a positive outlook on life, but also may even plant a few seeds of hope for someone else.
【1】What did the author do in front of the grocery store?
A.He carried things for a woman. B.He made friends with a stranger.
C.He greeted a stranger with a smile. D.He was stopped by a woman in trouble.
【2】After the author’s introduction, Dominique _____.
A.asked the author for help B.refused to talk to the author
C.listened to the author patiently D.shared her story with the author
【3】Which words can best describe the author?
A.Kind and helpful. B.Brave and patient.
C.Outgoing and creative. D.Considerate and hardworking.
【4】Which of the following can conclude the text?
A.No man is born wise or learned. B.A small act of kindness means a lot.
C.A candle lights others and consumes itself. D.Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.
23、
A team of students from Stanford University are making efforts to launch a satellite powered exclusively by water into orbit (轨道) around the Mars.
These creative students are now attending a competition called the Future Space Challenge, which is held annually by NASA, the American space agency to find more talents in space. The Stanford team names itself the SuperLunar Explorers.
The principle behind the competition is simple: to think, design, build and launch “qualified small satellites.” NASA officials required that the satellites must be able to perform “advanced operations near and beyond the moon.”
Twenty teams are competing for the championship. But the SuperLunar Explorer satellites are totally different. They use only water to power their spacecraft, which has never been done before.
Such a novel idea for a water-powered satellite came from Peckon Lewis, who works at Stanford University now, who once worked as NASA’s chief technologist. He has always been wondering whether something other than rockets can be used to push spacecraft beyond earth. “A lot of things we send into space these days is with the help of rockets -- the only way we get anything into space,” he said, in a Stanford press release. “But if we could try something that has been already there? If we could do that, if we could re-fuel spacecraft while they’re already in space...”
The spacecraft is designed with the shape of the English letter L. It is about 30 centimeters in length, and the two pieces are interconnected. The lower part of the satellite is designed to store water, which will be separated by solar panel into two elements: hydrogen and oxygen. When one combines hydrogen and oxygen with a spark (火花), an explosion was caused. This provides a forward movement, known as thrust.
The SuperLunar Explorer team has devised a special way to guide its spacecraft. The idea is to imitate how sailors in ancient times used the moon, sun and stars to fix their position on the oceans. The satellite is equipped with cameras in all directions. The cameras will shoot pictures of the sun, the earth and the moon and compare their positions and their sizes. Based on where the sun, moon and earth are at any given time, the SuperLunar Explorers will find their position in a mathematic way.
The Future Space Challenge is divided into four rounds. The Stanford team has been among the top four competitors during rounds one and two. The winners of the fourth round will be publicized in about a month. The final three winners will be announced in early 2023. They will get to ride on NASA’s space launch system in early 2024.
【1】The essential part of the competition “the Future Space Challenge” is ______.
A．to think, design, build and deliver a qualified-small satellite.
B．to launch a satellite to take a watery flight to the moon.
C．to launch a satellite powered only by water into an orbit around the moon.
D．to make the satellite perform advanced operations near and beyond the moon.
【2】What does Peckon Lewis want to do at Stanford University according to the passage?
A．To ban using rockets for the sake of safety.
B．To use something already in space as power.
C．To design a water-powered vehicle to push spacecraft.
D．To try using water in space to push spacecraft.
【3】It can be inferred from the passage that ______.
A．there is a lot of rubbish of rockets and satellites in the orbit these days.
B．the explosion of the combination of hydrogen and oxygen provides power.
C．a water-powered satellite will soon be sent into the orbit around the moon.
D．the team members of the SuperLunar Explorers are the students of Peckon Lewis.
【4】What would be the best title of the passage?
A．A Water-Powered Flight to the Moon.
B．A Competition for Water-Powered Satellite.
C．A Spacecraft Powered by Water.
D．A Design of Water-Powered Space Journey.
24、About l.5 billion people speak English around the world. But for more than l.1 billion of them, English is their second language-often with a noticeable accent.
“Someone's accent really reveals a lot about who they are and their identity. It will tell people what their native language is and probably where they come from,”says Marc Pell, a communications professor at McGill University in Montreal. And according to Pell, one reaction to it can be a bias(偏见) against that person.
Previous research that has been done elsewhere showed that people who have an accent tend to be trusted less, simply because they have an accent. But accents aren't the only thing we listen for when we have to decide if we trust another person. Tone of voice also plays a role. Pell and his team wanted to know if people would trust a confident tone, even if it came from someone with an accent.
The researchers had Canadian English speakers listen to different versions of people saying neutral(无明显特性的) statements like “she has access to the building” while they were getting a brain scan in an MRI(磁共振成像) machine. Subjects heard someone say it with a confident tone with a Canadian English accent, an Australian accent or a French accent. Participants also heard the sentence with the three accents spoken in a doubtful or neutral tone.
The MRI scans showed that the participants had to use more brain power to decide if they could trust the statements said with the non-native accents. When the study participants heard the Australian or French accents, blood flow increased to the part of the brain that we use to process sound. They seemed to have to analyze that perhaps more carefully, or for a longer period of time to make this decision about whether they truly believed the speaker, especially when the speaker sounded doubtful. When asked, the participants reported not trusting either Australian or French accents-except when the statements were said confidently. It seems that confidence speaks for itself.
【1】What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A．A person's accent.
B．A person's identity.
C．A person's hometown.
D．A person's native language.
【2】What did Pell's team want to know?
A．Why some people trust others less.
B．Which parts of the brain deal with sound.
C．What can cause a bias against non-natives.
D．Whether a non-native's confident tone can gain trust.
【3】For the study participants, which of the following might demand the most brain power?
A．A Canadian speaking English in a friendly way.
B．A French person speaking English neutrally.
C．An American speaking English confidently.
D．An Australian speaking English doubtfully.
【4】Where does this text most probably come from?
A．A research plan.
B．A health magazine.
C．An academic journal.
D．A language-learning guide.
25、 No matter how busy you are, you should spare time to express your love to your beloved. Even several _____ from you weigh much in his/ her heart. One of my best friends was ____ in a plane crash. Someone asked his wife the best ____ she has of their life together. She thought about ____ and told about their story.
They were in their late forties when he died, and she began talking about a time almost twenty years earlier. She had given up her job to get her master’s degree, and her husband _____hesitated to support her. He kept his own ____ and did the cooking, cleaning, and other housework while she studied for her degree.
One time they both stayed ____ all night. She was finishing her thesis (论文), and he was preparing for an important business meeting. That ____ , she walked out on the loft (楼阁), ____ him over the railing (栏杆), and just thought about how much she loved him. She knew how important this _____was to his career, and she was feeling ______ that she didn’t even have time to make his breakfast. She saw him hurry out with his bag. But about thirty seconds later he came back, which _______her. She watched her husband walk over to the coffee table and_______the words “I love you” on a piece of paper. Then he ran out to his car.
The woman then looked at her_______and said, “John and I has a________life together. We have been around the world several times and we’ve________everything that money can buy , _______________nothing comes close to that moment.”
Love makes our life more beautiful and worth living, ____ which life will lose its meaning. True love doesn’t necessarily(一定地)______ doing something great. Sometimes it is ____ things that matter.
【1】A.books B.hugs C.words D.smiles
【2】A.saved B.killed C.injured D.filmed
【3】A.friend B.place C.travel D.memory
【4】A.him B.it C.them D.herself
【5】A.ever B.usually C.never D.even
【6】A.hobby B.habit C.job D.idea
【7】A.up B.away C.over D.out
【8】A.noon B.afternoon C.morning D.night
【9】A.looked at B.called at C.waved to D.listened to
【10】A.report B.trade C.meeting D.experience
【11】A.guilty B.disappointed C.excited D.embarrassed
【12】A.satisfied B.bothered C.surprised D.moved
【13】A.say B.write C.find D.touch
【14】A.student B.husband C.listener D.leader
【15】A.difficult B.strange C.wonderful D.terrible
【16】A.had B.used C.lost D.missed
【17】A.though B.because C.if D.but
【18】A.from B.without C.with D.despite
【19】A.avoid B.admit C.mean D.appreciate
【20】A.little B.special C.amazing D.great
26、假定你是李华，你的美国笔友Tom所在的城市，目前疫情比较严重，请你给他写一封电子邮件，内容包括：
1. 表示问候；
2. 给出防护建议。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；开头结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使全文连贯。
参考词汇：流行病epidemic
Dear Tom,
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Yours,
Li Hua
邮箱： 