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1、Their team is so powerful that we have very________chance to win, but we will try our best.
A．thin
B．light
C．rare
D．slim
2、-Is Mr.Smith in the office？
-Yes，______he is in charge of the office，he must be there.
A．since
B．however
C．whether
D．for
3、— What do you think of archaeology, Bob?
— I find it interesting and challenging. It is a subject ________ sometimes you may find yourself having conversations with your ancestors.
A．where
B．which
C．when
D．that
4、—Hey! I just heard that sports meeting would be called off due to the bad weather.
—Really? It doesn't look that bad to me.
—Nah! I was just ________.
A. pulling your leg B. all ears C. a wet blanket D. giving you the cold shoulder
5、Most people agree________matters is not one’s looks，but one’s inner thoughts．
A．that B．where C．what D．how
6、She will talk on the issues she cares passionately _________ education and nursery care.
A．to include
B．including
C．included
D．about including
7、You can’t imagine the suffering the explorers________ during their trip in the horrible desert without ample water and food.
A. stimulated B. ultimated
C. underwent D. reinforce
8、—Can you lend me the book Passing by Your World?
—Sorry. I returned it to the library just now. Maybe it is still ________.
A. available B. possible C. saleable
9、For those with family members far away, the personal computer and the phone are essential in staying________.
A．connecting
B．connected
C．being connected
D．to connect
10、I hope not to be called on in class to answer the question as I am not yet___________ prepared.
A. aggressively B. adequately
C. attentively D. actively
11、By the time Jane gets home, her aunt ________for London to attend a meeting.
A．will leave
B．leaves
C．will have left
D．leave
12、Jerry rushed home he heard the news, only that his houses had been burnt down and all the furniture burnt out.
A. as soon as; finding B. immediately; to find
C. the moment; find D. when; found
13、To _______the circumstances, Oliver runs away to London, where he _______under the control of a man called Fagin.
A. escape; goes B. flee; falls
C. avoid; drops D. prevent; turns
14、We all Chinese people are called on to learn from Lei Feng, __________ qualities are well worth learning.
A．which
B．as
C．who
D．whose
15、Since many former drug abusers have psychological problems, they often need support groups _________ they can talk about their struggles and find new ways to manage in the world.
A. which B. what
C. where D. when
16、_____the morning of November 20，1915，the workers came to Chicago to show their mourning _______Joe Hill.
A．On；to
B．In；of
C．On；for
D．At；for
17、His conflicted with that of the other witnesses and yet his story had, for me, the ring of truth.
A. expectation B. instruction
C. response D. account
18、If the country is fully employed, its boom industries cannot grow ______ other industries shrink.
A．if
B．unless
C．lest
D．for
19、You feel lost, sick at heart before such unmasked hatred, ___________because it threatens you as because it shows human in such an inhuman light.
A.not so little B.no more C.not so much D.no less
20、It takes three hours to get to the post office, route you make.
A. whichever B. any
C. however D. wherever
21、Large companies need a way to reach the savings of the public at large. The same problem, on a smaller scale, faces practically every company trying to develop new products and create new jobs. There can be little prospect of raising the sort of sum needed from friends and people we know, and while banks may agree to provide short-term finance, they are generally unwilling to provide money on a permanent basis for long- term projects. So companies turn to the public, inviting people to lend them money, or take a share in the business in exchange for a share in future profits. This they do by issuing stocks and shares in the business through the Stock Exchange. By doing so, they can put the savings of individuals both at home and overseas into circulation.
When the saver needs his money back, he does not have to go to the company with which he originally placed it. Instead, he sells his shares through a stockbroker to some other savers who are seeking to invest their money.
Many of the services needed both by industry and by each of us are provided by the government or by local authorities. Hospitals, roads, electricity, telephones, equipment and new development, if they are to serve us properly, require more money than it is raised through taxes alone. The government, local authorities, and nationalized industries therefore frequently need to borrow money to finance major capital spending, and then too, come to the Stock Exchange.
There is hardly a man or a woman in this country whose job or whose standard of living does not depend on the ability of his or her employers to raise money to finance new development. In one way or another, new money must come from the savings of the country. The Stock Exchange exists to provide a channel through which these savings can reach those who need finance.
【1】How does a company get the public to invest their savings for it according to the passage?
A. By paying them very high interests for borrowing their savings.
B. By providing a share to them in the future profits.
C. By offering favorable terms to attract them to buy its products.
D. By selling its stocks and shares to them through the Stock Exchange.
【2】According to the passage, many services wanting to serve people properly have to_______.
A. get as much finance as possible through taxes
B. get the support from the government or local authorities
C. be able to provide what people really need
D. get persistent financial support
【3】According to the passage, what factor has a great effect on the workers’ job and living standard?
A. Their employers’ policy for offering good welfare to them.
B. Their employers’ strategy for the company’s development.
C. Their employers’ capacity of raising money to finance new development.
D. Their employers’ ability to make the company obtain a great profit.
22、Don’t know where to enjoy yourself? You needn’t go anywhere, just read the text and here are some choices for you.
Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park
PopUp Picnics in the Park return for the fourth summer in a row, taking place on Thursdays. Take a break to enjoy tacos(墨西哥玉米薄饼). Prices change from $ 2 to $ 10. Cash only.
144 School Street
June 13 — August 15
Start at 11:30 am and end at 1:30 pm
The Crow’s Nest
Each summer on Thursday evenings the Crow’s Nest offers its Summer Beach Party series on the beach. The party starts at 5:30 pm each week and goes until sunset. Families are welcome and there is no entrance fee. After the sun sets, the fun begins with dancing to the best live music of local bands.
2218 East Cliff Drive
May 30 — August 29
Start at 5:30 pm and end at 8:30 pm
Bargetto Winery
Join us for a beautiful weekend of art and wine. Bargetto Winery will be hosting their yearly gathering of artists and foodies(美食家)at their amazing Soquel winery. No entrance fee. Wine tasting with purchase of $ 15 festival glass.
3535 North Main Street
July 20 — July 21
Start at 11:00 am and end at 5:00 pm
Chaminade Resort & Spa
Chef Page takes guests on a journey showing the area rich fruits, vegetables and meats. And dinner begins at 6:30 pm with a five-course menu and good wines. Seating booked is not a choice, as all guests are seated at large, connecting, beautifully set tables designed to invite open conversations among guests. Ticket price: $ 90 per person. Tickets can be gotten online.
1 Chaminade Lane
July 26
Start at 6:00 am and end at 9:00 pm
【1】 Where can you visit only in the evening?
A．Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park.
B．The Crow’s Nest
C．Bargetto Winery
D．Chaminade Resort & Spa
【2】 If you want to go to Chaminade Resort & Spa with a couple,how much should you pay in total(总共)?
A．＄180
B．＄270
C．＄360
D．＄450
【3】The text may come from a/an ________ .
A．advertisement
B．travel brochure
C．poster
D．notice
23、The world is a stage, and now men and women aren’t the only players. A Microsoft researcher’s analysis using artificial intelligence to break down Shakespeare is a great trick showing off some shiny software. But it’s also a reminder in an increasingly automated age of what exactly makes us human.
The Microsoft project uses natural language-processing techniques to map out emotions in William Shakespeare’s text. The test is designed to prompt people who already (at least sort of) understand Shakespeare to consider his works in new ways, and to help those who have trouble understanding his works, to become better in interpreting their complexity. Romeo, it reveals in colorful graphs, feels everything more keenly than his Capulet lover Juliet, despite prevailing stereotypes of stoic masculinity (斯多葛派的男子气概). King Lear tells a story of steady decline, whereas Coriolanus has highs and lows to signal its twisty narrative-driven ride.
As useful an educational tool as this system might be, the Bard’s greatest admirers may be unable to resist raising an eyebrow. Do readers really need an algorithm (算法) to tell them that Romeo is eye-rollingly mopey (无精打采) or that things go more or less right for Macbeth until they start going very wrong? Isn’t it part of the point of studying Shakespeare today that it’s overwhelming and foreign until, suddenly, it’s familiar? These objections might all be secondary to a more powerful fear: The thought that a computer can read Shakespeare just as well as we can seems to take the human out of the humanities.
Therefore, it is reassuring to learn that, advanced as machine-learning has become and as far- reaching as the implications of the technology may be, Microsoft’s tool thought that The Comedy of Errors was, well, a tragedy. That’s because the slapstick physicality in the play confused it. Algorithms have trouble distinguishing friendly teasing from cruel mockery (嘲弄), which would puzzle any computer that tried to make sense of Mercutio. Sarcasm is an ongoing computational dilemma. None of this should surprise anyone who follows social media sites losing battles against racist trolls, whose tendency to mask racism in irony makes their posts difficult to delete through the use of automated content moderation tools. In that context, algorithmic shortcomings are a burden.
Balancing the benefits more humanlike AI could bring with the risk for abuse is a tough task from a practical point of view. From a more human one, however, it can be hard not to hope the tide of technological change will roll in slowly. Those hidden meanings, mystifying relationships and even groan-worthy puns (双关) that beat machines are what make Shake-speare Shakespeare. They’re also what make us us.
【1】In paragraph 2, the writer mentions Romeo, Juliet, King Lear and Coriolanus in order to ________.
A．highlight Al’s different understanding of Shakespeare
B．prove that there are various ways to understand Shakespeare
C．illustrate the complexity in understanding Shakespeare
D．show how technology may help us better understand Shakespeare
【2】Why do many people object to the idea of AI reading Shakespeare?
A．Because AI can only read more familiar literary works.
B．Because reading Shakespeare is like a walk in the park.
C．Because human beings are a must in literature analysis.
D．Because computers often misinterpret how a character feels.
【3】What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs?
A．It is quite uncertain whether technological change will occur.
B．We should take Al’s advantages and disadvantages into account.
C．That the Al wrongly classified The Comedy of Errors is fearsome.
D．Algorithms often fail to identify the true intentions behind human language.
【4】Which of the following best serves as the title for the passage?
A．Interpretation of Shakespeare Suffers-Is There Any Fix?
B．Machines Can’t Quite Crack Shakespeare-That’ s a Relief!
C．Shakespeare No Longer Exists in Automation-Is That True?
D．AI Revitalizes Shakespeare—What an Amazing Breakthrough!
24、Do American children still learn handwriting in school? In the age of the keyboard, some people seem to think handwriting lessons are on the way out. Ninety percent of teachers say they are required to teach handwriting. But studies have yet to answer the question of how well they are teaching it. One study published this year found that about three out of every four teachers say they are not prepared to teach handwriting. Some teachers are teaching handwriting by providing instruction for 10 ~15 minutes a day, and then other teachers basically teach it for 60 ~ 70 minutes a day — which really is pretty much for handwriting.
Many adults remember learning that way — by copying letters over and over again. Today’s thinking is that short periods of practice are better. Many experts also think handwriting should not be taught by itself. Instead, they say it should be used as a way to get students to express ideas. After all, that is why we write.
Handwriting involves two skills. One is legibility, which means forming the letters so they can be read. The other is fluency — writing without having to think about it. Fluency continues to develop until high school. But not everyone masters these skills. Teachers commonly report that about one fourth of their kids have poor handwriting. Some people might think handwriting is not important any more because of computers and voice recognition programs.
But Steve Graham at Vanderbilt University says word processing is rarely done in elementary school, especially in the early years. American children traditionally first learn to print, and then to write in cursive, which connects the letters. But guess what we have learned? More than 75 per cent of students choose to print their essays on the test rather than write in cursive.
【1】What can we learn from Paragraph 1? ________.
A．Teaching handwriting is a basic requirement in the teaching job
B．Most teachers prefer to teach handwriting
C．Teachers spend little time in teaching handwriting
D．The keyboard has taken the place of the handwriting entirely
【2】Which of the following is WRONG for traditional handwriting in the USA?
A．The students are taught by practising for a long period.
B．The letters are repeated many times.
C．Handwriting includes two skills.
D．To write in cursive is taught first.
【3】The best title for the passage is ________.
A．How to improve handwriting in school
B．Right or wrong: the death of handwriting
C．Handwriting involves two skills
D．Handwriting lessons are on the way out
【4】The author’s attitude towards whether to still learn handwriting in school is________.
A．negative
B．objective
C．critical
D．unconcerned
25、A black cat was regarded as a hero recently. It helped rescuers find his 83-year-old owner who had ________ into a deep narrow valley.
Tamar Longmuir, 38, says she was informed of her ________ neighbor by the woman’s friend on Saturday afternoon and ________ started searching her farm in Bodmin, Cornwall. She was ________ by other members of her family who live and work on the farm. The searchers then ________ her cat, Piran, was sitting at the gate to one of the cornfields—meowing (喵喵叫) at them constantly.
“The cat is very ________ to her, and he was going backward and forward in front of the gateway and meowing, so I decided to go and ________ the cornfield,” Longmuir told Sky News. While searching she heard a weak ________ for help. According to the local police, the woman had fallen70 feet down an embankment (路堤), with incredibly ________ access and uneven land.
“She had gone through the barbed wire fence (倒刺铁丝围栏) and was ________ in the stream,” Longmuir said. She called local authorities for ________. “After about two hours she was carried up to ________ and into the air ambulance,” Longmuir said. “________ the cat waiting at the gate to that field, it could have been hours later that I or anyone else would have ________ there.”
“Piran the cat ________ the day!” the Bodmin Police wrote in a Facebook post.
【1】
A．hidden
B．stepped
C．jumped
D．fallen
【2】
A．missing
B．dead
C．grateful
D．sick
【3】
A．strangely
B．hopelessly
C．immediately
D．surprisingly
【4】
A．blamed
B．joined
C．connected
D．directed
【5】
A．mentioned
B．noticed
C．remembered
D．understood
【6】
A．familiar
B．kind
C．attached
D．special
【7】
A．search
B．water
C．clear
D．measure
【8】
A．laughter
B．breath
C．call
D．whisper
【9】
A．equal
B．difficult
C．ready
D．common
【10】
A．lying
B．reading
C．sleeping
D．playing
【11】
A．information
B．permission
C．money
D．help
【12】
A．shelter
B．hospital
C．safety
D．home
【13】
A．Through
B．Despite
C．For
D．Without
【14】
A．checked
B．left
C．recognized
D．settled
【15】
A．excited
B．saved
C．ruined
D．protected
26、假定你是某中学学生会主席李华，你校将举办校园戏剧节，请你给外教Charles发一封电子邮件，邀请他前来观看戏剧，体验中国文化。内容主要包括：
1.时间和地点；
2.剧目：《大闹天宫》《空城计》等8个剧目；
注意：1.词数100左右，开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：校园戏剧节Campus Drama Festival
《大闹天宫》Havoc in Heaven
《空城计》Empty City Strategy
Dear Charles,
I’m Li Hua, chairman of the Student Council of our school.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely.
Li Hua
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