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1、---What are you reading, Dad?
--- I’m not really reading, just ______ the pages.
A. turning over B. turning around
C. turning on D. turning up
2、--QQ，as a means of communication，is quite popular among us and costs less than the traditional forms．
--______________．
A． So is WeChat B． So it is WeChat
C． So does WeChat D． So WeChat is
3、Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin to hold extensive talks on Sunday,and they will discuss coordination between the Belt and Road Initiative and Eurasian Economic Union.
A. are expected B. would expect
C. have expected D. will expect
4、The doctor claimed ________ a cure for the disease.
A．finding
B．to have found
C．having found
D．to find
5、Leonardo da Vince birds kept in cages in order to have the pleasure of setting them free.
A.is said to be buying
B.is said to have bought
C.had said to buy
D.who said to have bought
6、Passers-by rescued a motorcycle driver ______ under a burning car．
A． was trapped B． trapping
C． having trapped D． trapped
7、There are lots of examples of English idioms ________ animals are used.
A. which B. when
C. whose D. where
8、It was in his iron-fist way _____ corruption in the southern state _____ the 70-year-old man built a political name.
A.to fighting, where B.of fighting, that
C.of fighting, where D.to fighting, that
9、You should take control of your life _________ it is planning coursework or picking a major.
A.whenever B.whether C.whatever D.no matter
10、_________ we expected, he lost the game in the end.
A．When
B．That
C．While
D．As
11、As a player, Lang Ping brought honor and ________ to her country.
A.captain B.master C.glory D.error
12、—I don’t like the sleeping bag, Dad.
—What do you________, Bob? It’s a camp, not a hotel.
A．suggest
B．imagine
C．expect
D．wish
13、Lei Feng ________ for many years, but he still lives in the hearts of Chinese people.
A．died
B．was dying
C．has died
D．has been dead
14、________ with her fluent English, the manger offered Julie a job interview.
A．To impress
B．Impressing
C．Impressed
D．Being impressing
15、Sometimes people move their shoulders upwards away from their upper body and then let them fall, _____“I don't know".
A. to mean
B. meant
C. having meant
D. meaning
16、She will talk on the issues she cares passionately _________ education and nursery care.
A．to include
B．including
C．included
D．about including
17、He ________ his last chance of winning the election when he said the wrong thing on TV.
A．gave in
B．gave up
C．gave away
D．gave out
18、We can’t do it, please ask somebody________us.
A．help
B．helping
C．to help
D．helped
19、After school we went to the reading room to do some reading, only to be told that it ________.
A．was decorated
B．had decorated
C．had been decorated
D．was being decorated
20、___________ our manager suddenly fell at this key moment made all of us very worried if we could finish the task satisfactorily.
A．What
B．That
C．Why
D．Whether
21、At first glance, it looks like a small revolution is happening in retail (零售) in America. Nearly 650, 000 workers in the sector quit their jobs in April, the biggest number in over 20 years. Driven by a combination of low wages, COVID-19 risks, and harassment (烦扰) from customers, many are leaving their retail jobs behind in search of something different.
Even before the pandemic, a lot of retail jobs weren’t good jobs. In 2017, the typical pay for full-time workers in the sector was less than $33, 000 a year, not enough to live on in many places. And unpredictable schedules left many workers scrambling to arrange child care or transportation at a moment’s notice, never sure if they’d get enough hours each week to pay their bills. Jobs in the industry were largely considered temporary jobs with low status and low pay.
Then, when the pandemic hit, those jobs also became dangerous, as employees at grocery stores and big-box retailers like Target and Walmart had to work in person while others sheltered at home. At least 158 grocery store workers have died of COVID-19 and at least 35, 100 have been infected or exposed and numbers for the industry as a whole are likely much higher. Then there are the customers. Harassment and rudeness are a fact of life in many retail jobs, even under normal conditions. Customers would often yell at groomers over things like not being able to provide a certain cut or service for a dog.
Retail workers who have concerns about their current jobs may also have more choices than before. With the economy reopening and many businesses looking to hire, there’s a demand for labor across sectors. But that doesn’t necessarily mean they were moving on to better jobs — wages across industries haven’t meaningfully risen, meaning workers who quit aren’t, as a whole, making more money. The fact that workers may have more choices, for now, isn’t yet translating into better choices. Overall, it’s not clear that the large number of workers quitting really means they have more power in the economy-power to demand not just a new job but one with higher pay, better conditions, and fairer treatment from customers and managers alike.
【1】What can we learn from Paragraph 1?
A．A lot of retail workers resign their jobs.
B．The retail industry in America is promising.
C．Many workers quit just because of low pay.
D．The customers in America are really annoying.
【2】What mainly made the retail jobs more difficult during the pandemic?
A．Workers had fewer job opportunities.
B．Workers’ life safety was in danger.
C．Most of the retail jobs were temporary.
D．Workers received more harassment from customers.
【3】What is author’s opinion about the phenomenon in retail?
A．He thinks it requires public attention.
B．He argues it has improved.
C．He believes it a positive development.
D．He supposes it may not bring good results.
【4】Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A．Do you want to find a better job?
B．Does the pandemic hit the retail jobs?
C．Does a new job mean a better job?
D．Were the retail jobs good or not?
22、Christmas Activities for Adults
【1】. So what should we do when we have all the time for ourselves without having to worry about work? You have to have fun! For starters, here are some fun Christmas activities that you are absolutely going to love.
Organise a Charity Show
Christmas is about spreading joy and love, and it’s also about giving. We give our family presents on this day to show them happiness and love, don’t we? But have you ever wondered how the poor celebrate their Christmas? Does Santa leave gifts for them too? 【2】 Use all the activities to buy gifts and necessities for those less privileged (幸运的).
Visit Orphanages (孤儿院) and Old Age Homes
Christmas is an occasion for the entire family to come together and celebrate. More than celebration, we look forward to being near our close ones. 【3】 Form a group and spend an entire day with children or seniors at orphanages and old age homes. Play games, interact and give away goodies, especially to the children.
Start a Donation Drive
If you have the time, organize a donation drive in your locality. A lot of people will want to donate clothes, accessories (配饰) and other necessary items. 【4】 This festive season, promise to give someone a smile.
【5】 Plan these activities in time and have fun with your family and friends. Merry Christmas and may God bless you!
A．Shopping is an entirely different experience during Christmas.
B．With Christmas just around the corner, it is time for us to plan our holidays.
C．Now that you know these activities, you can select a few of them to keep yourself busy.
D．Along with gifts, if you donate these to people as well, it will really make a difference.
E．Gifting something to your family members, friends and colleagues is important during Christmas.
F．As for charity, you can arrange for a show in your circle of friends or in your neighborhood.
G．The same joy can be shared with people who don’t have the company of their family on this happy occasion.
23、When my family moved to America in 2010 from a small village in Guangdong, China, we brought not only our luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young people should always respect (尊敬) elders. Unluckily, this rule led to my very first embarrassment in the United States.
I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One time, when I was serving food to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly. I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly. As soon as I said that, her face showed great displeasure. My manager, who happened to hear what I said, took me aside and gave me a long lecture about how sensitive (敏感) Americans are and how they dislike the description “old”. I then walked back to the table and apologized to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry. In my village in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience.
However, in the United States, people think “growing old” is a problem since “old” shows that a person is going to retire or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep themselves away from growing old by doing exercises or jogging, and women put on makeup, hoping to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel they had failed to stay young. I had told them something they didn’t want to hear.
After that, I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not that I don’t respect them any more; I still respect them, but now I don’t show my feelings through words.
【1】Jack brought the couple their food very fast because ______.
A．the manager asked him to do so
B．he respected the elderly
C．the couple wanted him to do so
D．he wanted more pay
【2】When Jack called the couple “elderly”, they became ______.
A．Nervous
B．satisfied
C．unhappy
D．excited
【3】In Jack’s hometown, ______．
A．people dislike being called “old”
B．people are proud of being old
C．many people reach the age of seventy or eighty
D．the elderly are the first to get food in restaurants
【4】After this experience, Jack ______.
A．lost his job in the restaurant
B．made friends with the couple
C．no longer respected the elderly
D．changed his way with older people
24、 The word “soul” pops up everywhere. We may speak of a very polished performance, but without soul, or describe an athlete as the soul of his team. In each case, “soul” means deep feelings and core values. As neuroscientist Antonio Damasio wrote 20 years ago in his book Descartes’ Error. “Feelings form the basis for what humans have described for thousands of years as the soul or spirit.”
Today, studies increasingly show that many non-humans feel. Elephants appear to feel grief, while dolphins and whales express joy, or something much like it. Experiments have shown that rats become anxious when seeing surgery performed on other rats and that when presented with a trapped lab-mate and a piece of chocolate, they will free their trapped brother before eating.
None of the these will come as a surprise to pet owners or anyone who has observed virtually any kind of animal for any length of time. Science is rediscovering what Charles Darwin, in his book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872), concluded that the variations between humans and other species in their ability to feel and express their emotions are differences in degree rather than in kind.
It could even be argued that other creatures are more conscious of feelings than humans are, because they possess a primary form of consciousness: they are aware of themselves and their environment but are less burdened by complexities such as reflection and thoughts that typify (是……的典型) human consciousness. They live closer to the bone, so to speak. Jeffrey Masson, author of When Elephants Weep, has remarked that animals possess feelings of “undiluted (纯粹的) purity and clarity” compared to the “seeming opacity (费解) and inaccessibility of human feelings.” Furthermore, we should consider that humans may not experience the full range of feelings found in the animal kingdom. As Humane Society ethologist Jonathan Balcombe points out: “in light of their sometimes vastly different living circumstances and sensory abilities, other species may experience some emotional states that we do not.”
Sentience — the ability of an organism (有机体) to feel — is fundamental to being alive. What we feel deeply is what drives us, for good or ill. So if humans have souls, they must be more about sentience than consciousness. In his book Pleasure: A Creative Approach to Life, the late psychoanalyst Alexander Lowen reflected on these connections, proposing that “The soul of a man is in his body. Through his body a person is part of life and part of nature…If we are identified with our bodies, we have souls, for through our bodies we are identified with all creation.” As long as we are alive — and therefore feeling — we are connected to one another and to the natural world. We are, in a word, ensouled.
Thanks to the Internet, there’s a steady stream of examples of animals demonstrating sympathy, from an ape saving a bird to a gorilla protecting a three-year-old boy when he fell into her enclosure. A particularly striking case of animal gratitude occurred in 2005 off the California coast, where a female whale was found caught in nylon ropes used by fishermen. As narrated by Frans de Waal in The Age of Empathy: Nature’s Lessons for a Kinder Society, “The ropes were digging into the body. The only way to free the whale was to dive under the surface to cut away the ropes. The divers spent an hour on the task. The most remarkable part came when the whale realized it was free. Instead of leaving the scene, she hung around. The huge animal swam in a large circle, carefully approaching every diver separately. She nuzzled (用鼻子轻触) one, then moved on to the next, until she had touched them all.”
Soul may be a profound (深奥的) matter of fellow feeling. The stronger the capability of a given species for fellow feeling, the more that species can be said to exhibit soulfulness. To view things in this way offers an important step in humanity’s progression toward understanding its place in Creation — and toward appreciating the inheritance we hold in common with other sentient beings on this increasingly small and fragile planet.
【1】What can we infer from Charles Darwin’s conclusion in his book of 1872?
A.Humans and animals fall into different categories.
B.Animals can neither feel nor express their emotions.
C.Humans and animals express emotions at different levels.
D.Only some animals can express their emotions like humans.
【2】Why is there an argument that animals have higher ability to feel than humans?
A.Because animals concentrate more on themselves and their surroundings.
B.Because animals are more capable of to reflect and think in a complex way.
C.Because Darwin’s theory of natural selection has not confirmed it up to now.
D.Because Darwin’s theory of natural selection doesn’t mention the phenomenon.
【3】What can we learn from Jeffrey Masson and Jonathan Balcombe?
A.Animals’ living environment contributes to their sensory abilities.
B.The range of animals’ feelings may be larger than that of humans’.
C.Humans tend to unconsciously damage animals’ living environment
D.Animals in harmony with humans could express emotions more easily.
【4】The author gives the example of a whale expressing its gratitude to divers to_______.
A.teach humans to have a grateful heart
B.show that animals have certain feelings
C.explain humans live in harmony with animals
D.tell readers whales have special ways to say thanks
【5】What is the purpose of the last paragraph?
A.To give an explanation of the relationship between soul and fellow feeling,
B.To stress the importance of understanding animals’ feelings in human progress.
C.To remind humans of the meaning of appreciating nature.
D.To raise a new question about creatures and fragile planet.
【6】What would be the best title for the text?
A.Do animals really have souls? B.Are animals similar to humans?
C.Can humans communicate with animals? D.How do animals express their emotions?
25、My Mommy Is Broken!
Dear Customer Service,
I am writing to you seeking assistance with my Mommy. I received my Mommy in 2019 and was ______ pleased with the model. The first year, she ______ well. She was attentive. She ______ my needs and rarely caused me any grief. However, over the last year, I’ve noticed gradual changes in her ______.
For example, she used to jump to ______ me from my prison whenever I cried, and we’d retire to her room until morning. Now I receive a ______ yell “Go back to sleep!”
I’ve also noticed a (an) ______ delay in my Mommy’s responsiveness during daylight hours. Before I was about to cry, she used to have many possible ______, including snacks, cuddles, and various funny faces to make me ______. Now she only sighs and ______ her eyes when I throw myself on the floor.
Another cause for concern is my Mommy’s ______ feature, which I find is increasingly abnormal. She will ask me questions such as, “Are you ready to wash your hair?” and I’ll always say, “No,” and still, I ______ a face full of shampoo every time. It’s very frustrating. It seems to be more of a ______ with understanding my negative responses. I haven’t answered “Yes” about wanting to change a diaper (尿布) , ______ it continues to happen.
As such, I suggest that you take the time to expand your ______ and development to improve the Mommy. I anxiously await any information that might address these issues.
Sincerely,
Reese
【1】
A．equally
B．finally
C．hardly
D．immediately
【2】
A．remained
B．worked
C．managed
D．rose
【3】
A．satisfied
B．raised
C．decided
D．discovered
【4】
A．value
B．shape
C．quality
D．appearance
【5】
A．comfort
B．rescue
C．teach
D．educate
【6】
A．gentle
B．pleased
C．relieved
D．strict
【7】
A．natural
B．traditional
C．increasing
D．reducing
【8】
A．solutions
B．food
C．toys
D．corrections
【9】
A．annoy
B．laugh
C．weep
D．agree
【10】
A．distributes
B．puts
C．throws
D．rolls
【11】
A．machinery
B．movement
C．translation
D．face
【12】
A．end up with
B．take charge of
C．catch up with
D．come up with
【13】
A．chance
B．problem
C．mission
D．function
【14】
A．because
B．and
C．so
D．yet
【15】
A．intention
B．administration
C．research
D．production
26、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写一段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写词数应为80左右。
It was such a nice day and it’s Sunday. I left for the park with my skateboard. There were so many kids in the central square. The parents chatted merrily in small groups, occasionally taking a glance at their kids. I skated for about half an hour and took a break on the nearby bench. Early summer morning was always the best time, the bird chirping in the trees and cool winds blowing in my face. How could I miss it? Dad said he was going to mow the lawn in the yard on the weekend and asked whether I could help. I made an excuse and just ran away.
I took a look around the park before I stood up and spotted an old man on the far side of the park. He kept bending forward and threw something into a plastic bag with him I watched for a while and realized what he was doing. He was picking up the litter. At first, I thought he might be a cleaner working in the park but I had never seen him before. “Who is he? It’s Sunday and he is not here for fun?” I talked to myself. I went on skating and forgot about him.
Time went fast and the sun was already high up in the sky. It was getting hot and I was tired. I was ready to go when I saw the old man again. The park was hall empty. He was still there, collecting the rubbish left on the benches with much elfort. Time and time again, he stopped to straighten his body but he showed no sign of leaving soon. Clearly, it was hard work for people of his a age.
“Not to leave? What if he has no water left in such hot weather?” I wondered.
With some hesitation, I walked toward him.
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