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1、The nation’s unemployment rate has been climbing ________ since the outbreak of COVID-19.
A．probably
B．literally
C．gently
D．steadily
2、If we’re lucky, AI might think we’re valuable enough to keep around. ________, it might wipe us all out.
A．If so
B．If not
C．If possible
D．If necessary
3、John has a unique way to ________his opinions by using as few words as possible.
A．get across
B．come across
C．combine with
D．pick up
4、He is always ready to help others, seldom, _____, refusing them when they turn to him.
A. if any B. if not C. if never D. if ever
5、The speech the minister made on TV________ the education reform made both teachers and students excited.
A．being concerned
B．to concern
C．concerned
D．concerning
6、This Monday morning I was informed I _____ as one of three exchange students from our school.
A. had been chosen B. was chosen
C. had been choosing D. was choosing
7、James was badly injured in the car accident---that’s he is absent today.
A.that B.what C.how D.why
8、He could see the tall chimneys of the factory ______.
A. from distance B. in distance
C. in the distance D. to a distance
9、Dressing before going to work is a task which we do every day as a matter of .
A. drill B. action C. regulation D. routine
10、The book _____ readers of all ages and establishes a literary bond between parents and children.
A.puts down B.appeals to C.comes across D.goes through
11、My brother and I like football. ________ play it together once a week.
A．I
B．They
C．We
D．You
12、_________is generally believed, it is human activities that have contributed to the global warming.
A. As B. That
C. What D. It
13、Working part-time as a student can help me learn to interact with people and_____working experience, which will be beneficial to my future career.
A．overcome
B．regulate
C．accelerate
D．accumulate
14、I hope you can _______a solution to question as soon as possible．
A．come up with B．catch up with
C．put up with D．end up with
15、The world is not always ______we wish it to be.
A．that
B．which
C．what
D．where
16、______ which country or culture you are in, it is important to be recognized and heard by others.
A．Thanks to
B．Instead of
C．In case of
D．Regardless of
17、We _________bother with details, for our teammates will do everything in their power to help us.
A．mustn’t
B．daren’t
C．needn’t
D．can’t
18、The newly discovered star was named _____ a Chinese astronomer ____ honor of his contributions to astronomy.
A．for; in
B．after; for
C．as; in
D．after; in
19、The plane_______before Mary set off to the airport.
A．took off
B．taking off
C．is taking off
D．had taken off
20、Animals are different from plants ________ they can move when they are attacked by others.
A. where B. in which
C. for which D. in that
21、George Gershwin, born in 1898, was one of America’s greatest composers. He published his first song when he was eighteen years old. During the next twenty years he wrote more than five hundred songs. Many of Gershwin’s songs were first written for musical plays performed in theatres in New York City. These plays were a popular form of entertainment in the 1920s and 1930s. Many of his songs have remained popular as ever. Over the years they have been sung and played in every possible way—from jazz to country.
In the 1920s there was a debate in the United States about jazz music. Could jazz, some people asked, be considered serious music? In 1924 jazz musician and orchestra leader Paul Whiteman decided to organize a special concert to show that jazz was serious music. Gershwin agreed to compose something for the concert before he realized he had just a few weeks to do it. And in that short time, he composed a piece for piano and orchestra which he called Rhapsody in Blue. Gershwin himself played the piano at the concert. The audience were thrilled when they heard his music. It made him world-famous and showed that jazz music could be both serious and popular.
In 1928, Gershwin went to Paris. He applied to study composition with the well-known musician Nadia Boulanger, but she rejected him. She was afraid that classical study would ruin his jazz-influenced style. While there, Gershwin wrote An American in Paris. When it was first performed, critics were divided over the music. Some called it happy and full of life, to others it was silly and boring. But it quickly became popular in Europe and the United States. It still remains one of his most famous works.
George Gershwin died in 1937, just days after doctors learned he had brain cancer. He was only thirty nine years old. Newspapers all over the world reported his death on their front pages. People mourned the loss of the man and all the music he might have still written.
【1】Many of Gershwin’s musical works were________.
A. written about New Yorkers
B. composed for Paul Whiteman
C. performed in various ways
D. played mainly in the countryside
【2】What do we know about the concert organized by Whiteman?
A. It proved jazz could be serious music.
B. It attracted more people to theatres.
C. It made Gershwin leader of the orchestra.
D. It caused a debate among jazz musicians.
【3】What do we learn from the last paragraph?
A. Many of Gershwin’s works were lost.
B. A concert was held in memory of Gershwin.
C. The death of Gershwin was widely reported.
D. Brain cancer research started after Gershwin’s death.
【4】Which of the following best describes Gershwin?
A. Serious and boring. B. Talented and productive.
C. Popular and unhappy. D. Friendly and honest.
22、Today’s museums include plenty of high culture, but you can still find shrines（圣地）to the extraordinary. Here’s a look at five curious museum stops across Canada.
Vancouver Police Museum
The setting, terrible enough, is the old Coroner’s（验尸官）Court and forensics lab, including the morgue(room where dead bodies are kept). Artifacts, from the 1870s on, include badges, uniforms, police equipment, items from criminals, and even preserved organs—all in all an arresting experience.
Vulcan Tourism & Trek Station
Designed to resemble a spacecraft, the Treck Station celebrates Vulcan’s coincidental relationship to Mr. Spock’s planet, Go to a building that features an 800-piece collection of Star Trek memorabilia — including Spock’s ears and floor-to-ceiling space paintings. If you want to know more about it, click here: http//www. Vulcantourism. com
Accordion（手风琴）Museum
Through instruments, photos and recordings, the museum traces the history of the accordion and its influence on Quebec culture. They’ve even acquired Asian instruments that show the use of the free reed— call them ancient ancestors of the accordion—that date back 4000 years.
Chocolate Museum
It’s chocoholic heaven — whole museum featuring displays on how chocolate is made, hands-on exhibits, collections of historic chocolate boxes, and antique candy- making equipment and, of course, lots of chocolate treats ,located in an old candy factory building. Click below to learn all about their hours and admission rates. http:// www. Chocolate museum .ca
Potato museum
A 14--foot high potato greets you at what’s billed as the world’s largest exhibit of potato artifacts. Explore the humble potato’s role in the economy, a collection of farm tools related to growing and harvesting potatoes, Hall of Fame.
【1】If you are very interested in thrilling movies, you will probably be attracted by .
A．potato Museum
B．Chocolate Museum
C．Vancouver Police Museum
D．Accordion Museum
【2】We can infer from the passage that the ancestors of accordion originated in .
A．Canada B．America
C．Africa D．Asia
【3】People having a sweet tooth may prefer visiting .
A．Accordion Museum
B．Potato Museum
C．Chocolate Museum
D．Vulcan Tourism & Trek Station
【4】The passage is most likely to be taken from .
A．a magazine B．a website
C．a newspaper D．a brochure
23、American poet Louise Gluck won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature
Louise Gluck was born in New York City on April 22, 1943, and grew up on Long Island, where she began to write poetry as a child. After she left high school, she took poetry workshops, first at Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York, and then at Columbia University. 【1】 . Currently, Gluck is a professor of English at Yale University.
Gluck is one of the few women honored with the literature prize. 【2】 . Only 16 women have won the Literature Prize since the Nobel awards began in 1901.
The work that first brought Gluck wide attention was a collection of poems called Firstborn. 【3】 . From then on, she soon became recognized as one of the most outstanding poets in American contemporary literature.
【4】 . Her poetry collections include Descending Figure, Ararat and The Triumph of Achilles, which was published in 1985 and won the National Book Critics Circle Award. Gluck was also awarded an American Pulitzer Prize for poetry and was named Poet Laureate(桂冠诗人) of the United States in 2003.
Gluck’s works are known for exploring personal loss and tragedy, especially in family life. 【5】 .
Gluck was elected Chancellor(院长) of the Academy of American Poets in 1999. In 2003, she was appointed as the Library of Congress’s twelfth Poet Laureate consultant in poetry. She served as a judge of the Yale Series of Younger Poets from 2003 to 2010.
A．She came from a teacher’s family.
B．Gluck published a collection of essays while teaching.
C．Gluck achieved great success in terms of poem creation.
D．She is the fourth woman to receive the award since 2010.
E．In 1971 she began to teach poetry at Goddard College in Vermont.
F．The collection of poems was published in 1968.
G．She also draws on her own experiences as well as subjects related to modern life and nature.
24、If you were a superhero, what would your superpower be? Would you want to fly or be invisible? Or, perhaps, you’d rather have the power to read minds? Wouldn’t that be cool?
Reading minds is not as far-fetched as you might think. In fact, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a wearable device that can actually express a person’s thoughts and allow them to talk to a computer-without anyone else hearing.
The device, called AlterEgo, allows a person to control a computer and ask it questions without ever saying one word. When the individual wearing the device thinks of a word or a phrase but does not speak it, AlterEgo picks up the neuromuscular (神经肌肉) signals in that person’s jaw and face. AlterEgo sends those signals to a computer, which is programmed to associate them with specific words.
The device is fairly accurate. Inal0-person trial, AlterEgo had a92percent transcription (转录) accuracy. Researchers say that number will increase over time. “Our idea was: Could we have a computing platform that’s more internal, that combines human and machine in some ways and that feels like an internal extension of our own thoughts?” Arnav Kapur, a graduate student at the MIT Media Lab said.
So what effect could this have on communication? AlterEgo can change the way humans interact with computers, allowing us to silently connect with AI assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa, Google’s Assistant or Apple’s Siri without anyone knowing. If a person is having a conversation and wants to look up a bit of information, they don’t have to take out their digital device; instead they can just think of the question. AlterEgo will answer without interrupting the conversation. The device can also help people communicate in noisy situations, such as on a factory floor in the airport.
【1】Why are the questions raised in paragraph 1?
A．To ask readers for their opinions.
B．To introduce the topic of the passage.
C．To inspire readers’ imagination.
D．To show the author’s curiosity.
【2】What does the underlined word “them” in paragraph 3 refer to?
A．The questions.
B．The computers.
C．The signals.
D．The words.
【3】What influence will AlterEgo have on people’s communication?
A．People can apply AI assistants skillfully.
B．People will make good mind-readers.
C．People no longer need mobile phones.
D．People can communicate more smoothly.
【4】Which of the following can be a suitable title for the text’?
A．AlterEgo Frees People of Thinking.
B．Wearable Device Controls Computer.
C．Silent Reader of Your Mind Comes True.
D．Communication Is Easy with AI Assistants.
25、 At just 18 years old, Canberra student Lochie Ferrier has already conducted research in a frontier field -aerospace(宇航工业) engineering. Aerospace engineering is the primary _________ of engineering concerned with the science and technology of aircraft and spacecraft.
In 2014, he was one of 80 high school students worldwide who _________ a six-week science and engineering program at MIT. During the program, he was _______ by the institute’s scientists, and developed a method to identify inactive satellites. This method, called OASIS, is designed _________ a way to help manage space debris (碎片), which _________ operating satellites. “One solution to this problem is a _________ robot that can gather pieces of space debris and store them in orbit,” he says. “These pieces could be _________ to new satellites later thus _________ the costs and launch weights of new satellites.” However, _________ satellite identification technology would be needed for this solution, and that’s what Lochie is working on. “I hope this method would be put into ____________in the near future, saying the next 10 years,” he says.
Lochie has made the ____________ of the Young Innovators category(类别) of the Australian Innovation(创新) Challenge Awards with his OASIS. This category is open to students aged 21 years or ____________ and carries a $ 5,000 prize. If he won, he would use the money to help fund ____________ research into OASIS. “My plan for using the money would be to try to use materials which could stand up to the ____________ environment of space,” he says.
He is also considering how to ____________the technology to organizations such as NASA and satellite manufacturers.
Lochie’s____________ in aerospace engineering was aroused by the big dish antenna(碟形天线) at NASA’s tracking station near Canberra, which he visited in his early teens. He said his software design and development teacher at Canberra Grammar School ____________ him, too. “He taught me valuable project management and skills which I applied to OASIS.”
Lochie has been ____________ Canberra Grammar School and will soon sit exams for admission to universities. He ____________ his time among schoolwork, his personal ____________ projects such as OASIS and the development of apps, rock climbing, and playing classical violin. The teenager is well on his way to realizing his sky-high ambition.
【1】A.education B.part C.branch D.standard
【2】A.brought in B.participated in C.set up D.backed up
【3】A.guided B.urged C.surprised D.tested
【4】A.in B.for C.with D.as
【5】A.follows B.threatens C.catches D.created
【6】A.recycling B.repairing C.producing D.launching
【7】A.switched B.transformed C.attached D.returned
【8】A.increasing B.reducing C.balancing D.covering
【9】A.optional B.temporary C.reliable D.theoretical
【10】A.effect B.practice C.production D.operation
【11】A.plans B.finals C.speeches D.goals
【12】A.under B.beyond C.more D.above
【13】A.basic B.further C.academic D.independent
【14】A.extreme B.pure C.warm D.friendly
【15】A.adapt B.forward C.market D.apply
【16】A.pride B.confidence C.trust D.interest
【17】A.inspired B.served C.impressed D.promised
【18】A.praising B.attending C.blaming D.affecting
【19】A.devotes B.spends C.saves D.divides
【20】A.instructive B.competitive C.technical D.typical
26、Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.
Storytelling
The art of storytelling is a respected skill. Over the course of history, community elders and their stories have been regarded as treasures of society’s knowledge, history, and wisdom. Today, medical and social science researchers are interested in more than just the importance of storytelling as a means of teaching, but also overall health.
There have been lots of studies that have looked at the psychological and therapeutic effects of storytelling. Perhaps one of the most interesting things in the world of the research of long life, however, is the growing number of people with dementia who are benefiting from participating in group-based community storytelling. Studies of the use of reminiscence therapy with people suffering from dementia have looked at the impact the therapy has on both mental function and quality of life, which are positively influenced by the use of storytelling.
Experts say that storytelling also effectively fights against the initial denial that can arise when a patient learns of a new diagnosis, or is asked to change deeply fixed behaviors which are definitely influencing health in the long run. Patients may react to this news by thinking, “This is not directly related to me,” or “My experience is somewhat different.” Stories help break down that denial by engaging the listener, often through some degree of identification with the storyteller or one of the characters. The magic of stories lies in the relatedness they promote. This is why many stories in advertisements are being made full use of to reach the target customers.
Patients and doctors have understood the power of storytelling. Whether among patients in peer support groups or between doctors and patients in the exam rooms or even between doctors during consultations, storytelling is always playing the essential part.
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