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1、Although the police had searched everywhere, they couldn't find the two ________ boys.
A. missed B. missing
C. losing D. having missing
2、He learns ____ wealth does not buy happiness and _____ friends are more important than a fancy education.
A. that; / B. what; /
C. /; that D. /; what
3、If there is anything inconvenient me.
A. call B. to call
C. calling D. called
4、—What’s your dream?
—Well, my parents wouldn’t expect me to be a banker, but I still .
A. hope to B. hope so C. hope not D. hope for
5、—Hello! Can you go to the movies with me tonight?
—________. I have to look after my pet dog.
A．Why not.
B．Sorry, I can’t.
C．Yes, I’d love to.
D．I’ll go with you.
6、 The money my parents give me will be enough to ______ my living expenses while I can find a part-time job to save up for trips during holiday seasons.
A. support B. pay C. offer D. cover
7、Students are given a lot of exercises to do, ________ to improve their grades.
A．aimed
B．aiming
C．to be aimed
D．to aim
8、You should make it a rule to leave things in the places ________ you can find them again.
A．when
B．where
C．then
D．which
9、He asked us to watch carefully everything________he did in class.
A．whom
B．that
C．what
D．where
10、She was finally following her ________, writing what she needed to write and that made her the happiest of them all.
A.dimension B.association C.recreation D.passion
11、—Have you got any particular plans for the coming holiday?
—Yes.________I'm going to visit some homes for the old in the city.
A．If ever B．If busy
C．If anything D．If possible
12、Making money seems like a problem that’s very far away from us children, _____only the parents need to care about.
A. everything B. something C. anything D. Nothing
13、Our physical health is closely _____ to our mental health.
A. relate B. related
C. relating D. relates
14、We bought them at ten dollars by ________.
A.a kilogram B.the kilogram C.kilogram D.kilograms
15、I didn’t like the way ________ he spoke to me.
A．that
B．which
C．when
D．as
16、We still don't know the exact time for the first human being ________.
A.to have been cloned B.being cloned
C.having been cloned D.to be cloned
17、 I want to buy is a book.
A. How B. What C. That D. Who
18、“What?!” I felt nervous and I tried to turn on my brain but the engine just ______ start.
A.can’t B.didn’t C.wouldn’t D.doesn’t
19、Mr Wang teaches ______ English. We all like _______.
A.our; him B.us; him C.us; her D.our; her
20、The girl ______ on the ground _____ to me that had _____ the purse on the desk.
A. lying, lay, laid B. lying, lied, laid C. lie, lied, lay D. lay, lied, lain
21、 “Pepper, a ‘culturally competent robot,’ was tested on care home residents in Britain and Japan — those persons who used it for up to 18 hours over the course of two weeks saw an improvement in their mental (精神上的) health,” researchers found.
Pepper was part of a large global study known as CARESSES, which investigated the use of artificial intelligence (A) in caring for the elderly. The scientists behind the study also found that “after two weeks of using the system there was a small but positive effect on loneliness among users.”
Pepper is fully autonomous, meaning that it is not controlled by a person. Pepper, which can play music and entertainment, does not just ask and answer questions but can actually join in and continue conversation.
It has been designed to be “culturally competent,” meaning that it can respond to the culture-specific needs of older people.
Dr. Chris, principal lecturer in public health at the UK’s University of Bedfordshire, was the lead author of the three-year project. He described the study as “groundbreaking.” adding: “The results show that using the CARESSES artificial intelligence in robots such as Pepper has real potential (潜在的) benefit to a world where more people are living longer with fewer people to look after them.”
“The project has now shown that the system could and did improve mental health and reduce loneliness,” Dr. Chris said. “However, it is just at a prototype (最初形态) level and there are many technical limitations.”
He thought it would take a further two to three years of research, before robots such as Pepper could actually be introduced to care homes.
“We really believe that this isn’t about replacing care — a robot can’t do what a human can do. But they can be a useful helper for people’s mental health,” Dr. Chris said.
【1】According to Paragraph 1 and 2, what can Pepper do, especially for the elderly?
A.It can test them.
B.It can investigate them.
C.It can promote their mental health.
D.It can help them live much longer.
【2】What can we infer about Pepper according to the passage?
A.Pepper has been globally sold and used.
B.Pepper is of some help to the elderly.
C.Pepper has not any technical limitation.
D.Pepper can replace human to care for the elderly.
【3】What is Dr. Chris’ attitude to the future of the robots such as Pepper?
A.He worries about it. B.He is uncertain of it.
C.He pays no attention to it. D.He feels hopeful for it.
【4】Which section of a newspaper is the passage most probably taken from?
A.Science. B.Education. C.Travel. D.Sports.
22、 Preventing heart disease is a topic I think about all the time, given my family history of heart disease. So last summer, I travelled to Bolivia. The natives, called the Tsimane, were reported to have the healthiest hearts in the world. I wanted to learn what they could teach me about preventing heart disease.
Getting to the Tsimane wasn't easy. They lived in small family groups of about 60 people along river banks. We finally found one of the villages at sunset. That night, we set up our tents in the middle of the village. Thatched huts surrounded us, with no electricity or modem conveniences.
At first, I thought they mainly got their calorics from meat. However, I found food such as rice and com made up nearly 70% of their diet. The food was not processed, lacking added sugars or salts.
During my stay there, I went hunting and fishing with the men and played soccer with the kids. I found the Tsimane were standing or walking nearly all of their waking hours. Men spent lots of time tracking animals. Fanning and gathering, mostly done by children and women, were all-day affairs.
I also got a clear idea of how they rested. As soon as the sun went down, people returned to their huts and went to sleep. And with the call of the cock in the morning, another day began.
The lifespan of the Tsimane is actually much shorter than those living in the US. Various factors, like animal attacks and infections, bring down the lifespan. But up until the day they die, they are often very healthy. While heart disease kills thousands of Americans every year and costs nearly a billion dollars a day, the Tsimane remind us that wealth doesn't necessarily buy health.
【1】Why does the author pay so much attention to preventing heart disease?
A．He dreams of becoming a doctor.
B．He wants to teach others about the topic.
C．His family members encourage him to do so.
D．He was born with a high risk of heart disease.
【2】Which factors did the author mainly focus on in his research?
A．Housing, food and cooperation.
B．Diet, activity and rest.
C．Physical work, social life and lifespan.
D．Group size, family history and consumption
【3】What was the Tsimane 's sleep-wake cycle mainly based on?
A．Natural sound.
B．Routine activity.
C．Animal behaviour.
D．Natural light.
【4】What might the author advise us to do after his travels in Bolivia?
A．Take in less sugar and salt.
B．Stand less and walk more.
C．Eat white meat instead of red meat.
D．Live in the middle of the community.
23、About 5,000 children die each day due to preventable diseases such as cholera and dysentery (痢疾) , which spread when people use unclean water for drinking or cooking. A lack of water for personal health leads to the spread of totally preventable diseases like trachoma, which has blinded some six million people.
Water troubles also trap many low-income families in a cycle of poverty and poor education and the poorest suffer most from lack of access to water. People who spend much of their time on ill health, caring for sick children, or collecting water at distances averaging 3.75 miles a day don’t have educational and economic opportunities to better their lives.
Agriculture is called the lion's share of freshwater worldwide, using some 70 percent, and industrial uses consume another 22 percent. Water areas have no political borders and nations don't always work together to share common resources, so water can be a frequent source of international conflict as well.
Day-by-day demand keeps growing, further needing water sources, from great rivers to groundwater. “We’re going deeper into debt on our groundwater use,” Postel said, “and that has very significant impacts on global water security. The rate of groundwater consumption has doubled since 1960.”
Some of Earth's groundwater is fossil water created when Earth's climate was far different. Today such water is as limited as petrol. “But we're pumping much of them out faster than ever,” Postel explained. “Humanity's growing thirst also causes a major problem about water and our ecosystems. And that also creates a cost to us, to our sons and to our grandsons, not just to nature.”
【1】What does the author mainly discuss in the passage?
A. Water shortage has been a most serious challenge.
B. So many children die of polluted water every day.
C. Diseases should be properly controlled and treated.
D. Wasting water leads to the unrest of the world.
【2】Why is agriculture called the lion’s share of freshwater ?
A. Because agriculture is much stronger than industry.
B. Because more people live on the agricultural produce.
C. Because agriculture uses about two-thirds of freshwater.
D. Because nations don’t always work together to save water.
【3】According to what Postel said we can know ____________.
A. groundwater is rich for us to use
B. there is no need to dig deep for groundwater
C. we are consuming our next generations’ water
D. we should use river water instead of groundwater
【4】What can we infer form the passage?
A. We shouldn’t use water from rivers.
B. We should protect our ecosystems.
C. Water should be distributed equally.
D. Laws should be passed for groundwater.
24、This brief book is aimed at high school students, but speaks to anyone learning at any stage of life.
Its formal, serious style closely matches its content, a school-masterly book on schooling. The author, W. H. Armstrong, starts with the basics: reading and writing. In his opinion, reading doesn’t just mean recognizing each word on the page; it means taking in the information, digesting it and incorporating it into oneself just as one digests a sandwich and makes it a part of himself. The goal is to bring the information back to life, not just to treat it as dead facts on paper from dead trees. Reading and writing cannot be completely separated from each other; in fact, the aim of reading is to express the information you have got from the text. I’ve seen it again and again: some one who can’t express an idea after reading a text is just as ineffective as someone who hasn’t read it at all.
Only a third of the book remains after that discussion, which Armstrong devotes to specific tips for studying languages, math, science and history. He generally handles these topics thoroughly and equally, except for some weakness in the science and math sections and a bit too much passion (激情) regarding history to his students, that was a hundred times more than my history teachers ever got across. To my disappointment, in this part of the book he ignores the arts. As a matter of fact, they demand all the concentration and study that math and science do, though the study differs slightly in kind. Although it’s commonly believed that the arts can only be naturally acquired, actually, learning the arts is no more natural than learning French or mathematics.
My other comment is that the text aged. The first edition apparently dates to the 1960s—none of the references(参考文献) seem newer than the late 1950s. As a result, the discussion misses the entire computer age.
These are small points, though, and don’t affect the main discussion. I recommend it to any student and any teacher, including the self-taught student.
【1】According to Armstrong, the goal of reading is to ________.
A.gain knowledge and expand one’s view
B.understand the meaning between the lines
C.express ideas based on what one has read
D.get information and keep it alive in memory
【2】The author of the passage insists that learning the arts ________.
A.requires great efforts
B.demands real passion
C.is less natural than learning maths
D.is as natural as learning a language
【3】What is a shortcoming of Armstrong’s work according to the author?
A.Some ideas are slightly contradictory.
B.There is too much discussion on studying science.
C.The style is too serious.
D.It lacks new information.
【4】This passage can be classified as ________.
A.an advertisement B.a book review
C.a feature story D.A news report
25、 I live in a landscape surrounded by shopping malls. So it’s quite ______ to feel connected to the land. I wanted ______ for my children: soil, Mother Earth and ecology. I’m a classic suburban mom. But I grew up ______ summers at my grandparents’ farm. I used to pick wild blackberries, catch fishes, and run between the tows of tall corm plants. I knew what wild garlic looked like. I ______ picked flowers from the honeysuckle (金银花) and sucked the nectar (花蜜) out. I’ve ______ my kids to do the same. “It’s so sweet, Mom,” they told me.
____, instead of teaching my kids about the landscape, I decided to teach them a love of the land they live in. I was determined to ______ PBL-place-based learning. So we went to the ______ parking lot near the dead mall and ______ dandelion (蒲公英) greens, which make delicious spring salad. We dug with sticks in the wheel ruts (车辙印) along the road while going home. My ten-year old found a special rock which ______ him to start a rock collection. In the fall. I took my kids to stands of chestnut trees and ______ them how to get the eatable nuts from the branches. I had taught them some big ______ about the earth, the ______ of which they should have appreciation for.
It has been revolutionary to be outside. We have ______ simply walking, observing, feeling the dirt under our feet, and happily bringing home something we ______ with our own hands.
【1】A.challenging B.wonderful C.relaxing D.disappointing
【2】A.admiration B.gratitude C.connection D.amusement
【3】A.learning B.spending C.expecting D.witnessing
【4】A.voluntarily B.instantly C.delicately D.carelessly
【5】A.forbidden B.required C.ordered D.taught
【6】A.However B.In conclusion C.As a result D.Similarly
【7】A.investigate B.practice C.test D.discover
【8】A.abandoned B.scary C.new D.collapsed
【9】A.touched B.smelt C.viewed D.sought
【10】A.urged B.inspired C.forced D.needed
【11】A.informed B.watched C.asked D.showed
【12】A.classes B.courses C.lessons D.lectures
【13】A.scenery B.beauty C.future D.custom
【14】A.imagined B.considered C.enjoyed D.insisted
【15】A.harvested B.planted C.made D.shared
26、假如你叫李华．最近，你收到英国交换生Tom发来的电子邮件，询问中国的餐桌礼仪．请根据下面的写作提纲，给他回一封电子邮件．内容包括：
1．写信的目的；
2．介绍餐桌礼仪；
3．表示祝愿．
注意：1．词数100左右，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯．
参考词汇：餐桌礼仪 table manners
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Li Hua．
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