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1、Property crimes, such as motor vehicle theft, are the most common crimes _____ in the US.
A. committed B. committing
C. having committed D. to commit
2、The living room is clean and tidy, with a dining table already ________ for a meal to be cooked.
A.laid B.lain C.laying D.to lay
3、__________ you form a bad habit, it’s very difficult to get rid of it.
A.Once B.As C.While D.Where
4、A number of strawberries grown in this area________ well in the center cities.
A．are sold
B．sell
C．is sold
5、Tom passes the exam, ______ surprised us all.
A.who B.whom C.that D.which
6、He is always late for work, and yet nothing is ever said to him. I don't know how he___________ it.
A. cuts down B. gets away with
C. takes off D. turns up
7、________from a spaceship, the earth is a blue, green and white ball.
A．Seeing
B．Seen
C．To see
D．Saw
8、—The room is dirty.
—Sorry, It ______ for weeks and I will do it now.
A.hasn’t cleaned B.hasn’t been cleaned
C.wasn’t cleaned D.didn’t clean
9、—John is feeling extremely_______ after his friend’s wedding ceremony last night.
—Well, he must have drunk himself stupid during it and he should have a good rest.
A.fragile B.distant C.empty D.weird
10、__________his immediate help，I gave him some reward，but he refused.
A. In return for B. Because of
C. Thanks to D. In case of
11、 No doubt this project ______ the whole community.
A. balances B. drowns
C. benefits D. Gathers
12、Babara is easy to recognize as she’s the only one of women who ____evening dress.
A.wear B.wears C.has worn D.have worn
13、American women usually identify their best friend as someone ________ they can talk frequently.
A. who B. as
C. about which D. with whom
14、The advisers helped you talked through your problems but they don’t offer you any direct ________.
A．evolution
B．solution
C．resolution
D．dissolution
15、Nowadays, an increasing number of adolescents have been _______ to playing computer games .
A.addicted B.adopted C.adjusted D.allowed
16、His private actions are _______ to his publicly expressed opinions.
A．competent
B．contradictory
C．consistent
D．complex
17、Faust still has a vague ______ of Helen in his mind as he gazes about at the mountains where he finds himself.
A．image
B．play
C．shape
D．lie
18、I made ________ a rule to exercise every day.
A. it B. that
C. which D. what
19、_________ many years later _________ the police find the real murderer of that poor old lady.
A．It was...that
B．It is... since
C．Not unless... that
D．Not until...did
20、The government calls on us to avoid visiting crowded areas and medical institutions _______ it is necessary.
A.while B.because C.unless D.when
21、Want to add some hours to your day? Ok, you probably can't change the fabric of time. But a new study suggests that the way you feel about your goal can change your concept of time and that some simple strategies could make you feel less rushed.
In a series of experiments, Jordan Etkin, a professor of marketing at Duke, and her co-authors, Loannis Evangelidis and Jennifer Aaker, looked at what happens when people see their goals as conflicting with one another. In one, they asked some participants to list two of their goals that they felt were in conflict, and others simply to list two of their goals. Those who were forced to think about conflicting aims felt more time pressure than those who weren't. In another experiment, the researchers gave participants a similar prompt regarding goal conflict, but this time measured their anxiety levels as well as their attitudes toward time. They found that participants who thought about conflicting goals had more anxiety than those who didn't, and that this, in turn, led to feelings of being short on time.
"Stress and anxiety and time pressure are closely linked concepts," D. Etkin explained. "When we feel more stress and anxiety in relation to our personal goals, that manifests as a sense of having less time."
Technological advances that allow people to do lots of things at once may increase the fe'eling of goal conflict, she said."I think the easier it is for us to try to deal with a lot of these things at the same time," She said"the more opportunity there is for us to feel this conflict between our goals."She isn't the first to suggest that actual busyness isn't the only thing that can make us feel busy At the Atlantic, Derek Thompson wrote that "as a country, we're working less than we did in the 1960s and 1980s." He offered a number of possible reasons some Americans still feel so overworked, including "the fluidness ffl±) of work and leisure." As he put it:"The idea that work begins and ends at the office is wrong. On the one hand, flexibility is nice, On the other, mixing work and leisure together creates an always-on expectation that makes it hard for white-collar workers to escape the shadow of work responsibilities."
And Brigid Schulte writes in her 2014 book Overwhelmed: How to Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time that some researchers believe "time has no sharp edges. What often matters more than the activity we're doing at a moment in time, they have found, is how we feel about it.Our concept of time is indeed,our reality.”
Fortunately, Dr. Etkin and her team did find ways of making us feel better about time—or, at least, of reducing the negative influence of goal conflict. When participants performed a breathing exercise that reduced their anxiety, the impact of such conflict on their perception of time was less pronounced. Reframing anxiety as excitement (by reading the phrase "I am excited!" aloud several times) had a similar effect.
Breathing and reframing may not solve everyone's time problems—Ms. Schulte writes that some Americans are indeed working more than they used to. She cites the work of the sociologists Michael Hout and Caroline Hanley, who have "found that working parents combined put in 13 more hours a week on the job in 2000 than they did in 1970. That's 676 hours of additionally paid work a year for a family. And that's on top of all the unpaid hours spent caring for children and keeping the house together." Sometimes, we may feel short on time because we actually are. However, Dr. Etkin believes her findings suggest we may "have the ability to influence our experience of time more than we think we do."
"We're all going to have times in our lives when our goals seem to be in more conflict than others," she said. But with techniques like the ones her team tested, "we really can help ourselves feel like we have more time."
【1】What makes people feel rushed today?
A.Goal conflict. B. High pressure.
C.Too much expectation. D. Lack of exercise.
【2】Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Most people are having less work to do nowadays.
B. People under a lot of stress have a better sense of time.
C. Technological advances allow people to feel less stressed.
D. The flexibility of work increases white-collar workers' pressure.
【3】The underlined sentence "Our concept of time is, indeed, our reality." means_______
A.we should make full use of time
B.we value time more than the way we live
C.we can feel better about time if we want to
D.we don't have the time to enjoy life in reality
22、As she was waiting for her flight at a Chengdu airport, Cai Xiao noticed several tiny dead yellow birds lying on the ground outside an enormous window at the two-story terminal building. Deeply saddened by her discovery, Cai took photos of the dead animals and emailed them to a nationwide scientific survey of bird-window collisions（撞击）that aims to gather data to provide evidence of the existence of this issue in China.
Li Binbin, an assistant professor of Environmental Sciences at Duke Kunshan University in Jiangsu province, led the survey, working with several Chinese bird-watching societies starting from March this year. She said that, so far, they have found bird collisions recorded in most parts of the country, and of the 26 species involved, two-thirds were migratory birds（候鸟）.
In order to pursue the transparency（透明度）of space, mankind has put up countless glass buildings, creating a disaster for birds, which have trouble seeing glass. They see reflections in glass as open space and fly into it at full speed. Sometimes birds appear to recover from their injuries and fly away, but they may later suffer internal injuries that leads to death.
In the United States, up to 1 billion birds die each year from hitting windows. Although there is a lack of data, scientists estimate that the number is similar in China, given that the country's east coast is on a major migratory route for birds.
Li launched the survey after witnessing a dozen bird collisions on campus. In 2018, the scholar and her students delivered a report to the university, recommending that it replace windows where most of the collisions happened. The school authorities worried that such an effort would damage the aesthetics（美观）of the buildings. After several discussions, they finally decided to use stickers to decorate windows and reduce glass reflections, Li recalled. This simple effort resulted in collisions at the site being reduced to almost zero.
In the design plan for the future campus project, Li saw that several of her suggestions were adopted: lowering the use of large windows；adding window designs with strips or other patterns to reduce reflections.
For those concerned with the issue, the main question is how to raise awareness of the problem. Li said the first step should be to gather enough data. So far, more than 130 individuals and 33 birding societies have reported bird collisions to her survey.
【1】According to Para. 1, what happened at the airport?
A．Some yellow birds were lying on the ground.
B．Cai sent the dead birds to a nationwide scientific survey of bird-window collisions.
C．Cai found that some birds had been killed by window collisions.
D．Cai missed her flight because of the bird collisions.
【2】What can be concluded from Para. 3?
A．The purpose of putting up more glass buildings is to blind birds.
B．All the birds were killed instantly.
C．The birds would like to fly into glass to see their reflections.
D．Glass buildings could easily cause bird collisions.
【3】What can we learn from Para. 5?
A．Li and her students' report saved a lot of birds.
B．The school authorities refused to damage the aesthetics of the buildings.
C．Finally, Li and her students used stickers to decorate windows and reduce glass reflections.
D．The school authorities replaced windows where most of the collisions happened.
【4】What is the main problem in reducing bird collisions in China at present?
A．How to draw people's attention to this issue?
B．There are too many glass buildings.
C．How to reduce glass reflections?
D．How to reduce bird collisions without damaging the aesthetics of the buildings?
【5】What could be the best title for the passage?
A．The Trouble with Glass Buildings
B．Ways to Protect Birds
C．A Survey of Bird-window Collisions
D．Fly to the Reflection
23、Here’re some famous places of interest in Beijing for you to visit.
The Great Wall of China
It’s one of the greatest sights in the world — the longest wall in the world, an awe-inspiring feat of ancient defensive architecture. Its winding path over rugged country steep mountains takes in some great scenery. It shows us not only China’s culture of national pride, grand projects, and determined resistance, but also China’s extravagant architecture and creativity.
Open time:
Apr.1 - Oct.31(high season) 7:30-16:00 Ticket: 40 yuan for adult; half for student
Nov.1 - Mar.31(low season) 7:30-16:00 Ticket: 35 yuan for adult; half for student
Website: badaling.cn Tel: 86-10-69122222
The Summer Palace
It’s the largest and most complete imperial garden existing in China. It was first built in the 12th century as an imperial palace. Occupying an area of 304 hectares, the Summer Palace features hilly and water scenery. The Kunming Lake makes up four-fifths of this royal park. The Long Corridor running east-west along the lake as well as the Pavilion of the Fragrance of Buddha, the Sea of Wisdom, and the Hall of Dispelling the Clouds and Suzhou Street standing south to north on the Longevity Hill are the major scenic spots.
Open time:
Apr.1 - Oct.31 6:30-18:00 Ticket: 30 yuan for adult; Child under 6, for free Nov.1 - Mar.31 7:00-17:00 Ticket: 20 yuan for adult; child under 6, for free E-mail: webmaster@china.org.cn Tel: 86-10-68326688
The Forbidden City
It was the Chinese imperial palace during the mid-Ming and the Qing Dynasties. It’s listed by UNESCO as the largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world. Added to the World Heritage in 1987 as the “Imperial Palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties”, the Forbidden City is now officially called the Palace Museum.
Open time: 8:30-16:00; (Closed on Monday but open during national holidays)
Ticket: 60 yuan for adult; half for student; child less than 1.2m tall, for free Website: www.dpm.org.cn Tel: 86-10-85007938
【1】Fond of climbing and enjoying greatest hilly sights, Mike should best choose/ ________to visit.
A．the Long Corridor
B．the Forbidden City
C．the Great Wall of China
D．the Summer Palace
【2】If a couple with their daughter Anna aged 5, visits the Summer Palace on May Day, how much should they pay?
A．50 yuan.
B．40 yuan.
C．90 yuan.
D．60 yuan.
【3】An international collector wants to know more about the Palace Museum, he should connect________.
A．Website: www.dpm.org.cn
B．Tel: 86-10-68326688
C．Website: badaling.cn
D．Tel: 86-10-69122222
24、Why do we like somebody else? One factor(因素) may be intelligence. It could be assumed that people generally like other people better if they’re smarter, as they might be more interesting to talk to. 【1】 If someone is too smart, somebody with lower intelligence may not like them as they might feel that they look worse in comparison. In contrast, a really smart person might feel that somebody with lower intelligence is less likable.
【2】 In the study, researcher Maria Flakus and her team analyzed data gathered from Polish high school students. The results of the study indicated that being intelligent influenced both being liked and liking others. Interestingly, it did so in opposite ways. 【3】 However, they tended to like fewer people than less intelligent students. Specifically, smart students had a tendency to only like others that were as smart as themselves.
Importantly, the effect of liking others due to their intelligence was strongest during the first test and became weaker over time. Thus, over time, the importance of intelligence in building social relationships decreases. 【4】 The researchers suggest that over time, knowing about the shared interests of others may be a more important factor in liking than knowing they’re smart.
In contrast, the effect of smart students only liking others that were equally intelligent remained significant over the course of the year, although it became a bit weaker. The researchers warn that this may lead to intelligent students being seen as isolated(孤立的) by others. This may become problematic if the smart students are viewed as too proud. 【5】
A．Instead, other factors become more important.
B．Smart people in the study tended to like nobody.
C．Intelligent students were liked better by their classmates.
D．The relationship between intelligence and being liked is complex.
E．A recent study looked into the link between intelligence and being liked,
F．But this association may also be a function of the intelligence of both people.
G．Thus, smart people may wish to be careful to take care of their social relationships.
25、 “Folk on the subway don’t talk. They don’t want you interrupting their day.” I was given the _______ long ago.
One day, I climbed on a train and there was only one _______ seat. I scrunched into the space beside a woman and immediately she complained in a(n) _______ manner, “Oh yeah, she had to sit here. Make me all uncomfortable.”
“I’m sorry.” I told her. “Do you want me to _______?”
With a huge sigh, she _______ back, “I suppose you can stay.”
The words were okay but her _______ told me I was not welcome.
“I can move. Really, especially if it is _______ you,” I said _______.
Another _______, and she told me to stay.
Okay, ________ don’t want me to interrupt them on the subway. ________, I figured we could have a conversation. I asked her if she had ever been out to Alberta. She waited all of two seconds, then responded, “No, but we’ve been through on the way to Vancouver.”
“I love it there,” I told her and went on to ________ the great weather and friendly people. “Where are you from originally?” I asked.
Now here was a ________ she wanted to talk about and soon I ________ her life in the old country. She talked until it was time for her to get off. Then she ________ and warmly said good-bye.
Hey, this subway traveling is okay!
【1】A.decision B.option C.rule D.order
【2】A.occupied B.reserved C.comfortable D.empty
【3】A.unpleasant B.calm C.unusual D.casual
【4】A.switch B.move C.help D.wait
【5】A.whispered B.screamed C.argued D.fought
【6】A.appearance B.voice C.behavior D.figure
【7】A.inspiring B.surprising C.embarrassing D.bothering
【8】A.desperately B.sharply C.sincerely D.confidently
【9】A.attempt B.glance C.hesitation D.sigh
【10】A.strangers B.conductors C.tourists D.performers
【11】A.Apparently B.Therefore C.Eventually D.Still
【12】A.evaluate B.mention C.imagine D.debate
【13】A.topic B.conclusion C.plan D.career
【14】A.cared about B.longed for C.learned about D.thought of
【15】A.pushed B.smiled C.hesitated D.clapped
26、假定你是李华，你的英国朋友 Peter发来邮件，提到他们学校将开展与中国文化有关的兴趣活动，目前有中国国画和中华烹饪两门课程，但是他无法决定学习哪门课程，希望能听听你的建议。请你用英语给他回一封邮件，内容包括:
1.推荐一门课程
2.说明理由。
注意:1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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