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1、It’s not what we do once in a while ______ shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.
A.which B.that C.how D.when
2、The head teacher demanded he ________ his homework carefully.
A．to do
B．did
C．does
D．do
3、Although in theory Biden has_____ Trump in the US presidential election, the annual drama has not yet come to an end.
A.borne B.beaten C.benefited D.broken
4、Schools are expected to students well and tell them what is right or wrong.
A. manage B. control
C. conduct D. drive
5、I am______ with the boy for being so stupid.
A.annoyed B.announced C.analyzed D.accessed
6、Don’t mention that she’s put on weight — she’s very _______ about it.
A. stubborn B. positive
C. sensitive D. Optimistic
7、A man is being questioned in relation to the ________ murder last night.
A. advised B. attended C. attempted D. admitted
8、Never in my wildest dreams ____ lead to a career of writing novels, which has allowed me to share my experience with people like me.
A．I thought the chance would
B．I thought would the chance
C．did I think the chance would
D．did I think would the chance
9、I invited Tom, Jack and Lucy to dinner, but ________ of them came.
A.none B.either C.neither D.both
10、—Isn’t it surprising that Mary ________ have married Bruce?
—Honestly, it is beyond my wildest imagination.
A．must
B．should
C．might
D．shall
11、At the bad news, she was so sad_______I had to stay here keeping her_______.
A.that; companion B.then; companies
C.that; company D.and; accompany
12、---Mr Frank Smith truly stands out as the best friend and teacher combination.
-- Absolutely! When I look back on what he did, I’m not sure whether I ______ the same in his position.
A.would do B.would have done C.must have done D.could do
13、What has Kate’s mother decide ________?
A．to be done
B．to do
C．doing
D．done
14、Food stupplies in the flood-stricken area______.We must act immediately before there’s left.
A.have run out B.are running out
C.have been run out D.are being run out
15、—Let’s go to see the film The Battle at Lake Changjin, shall we?
— ______ I hear it is inspiring.
A．Forget it!
B．No way!
C．Why not?
D．What for?
16、The students are ________ young people between the sixteen and twenty.
A. most B. much C. mostly D. at most
17、Voluntary teaching is a difficult and stressful job but one ____ you can really help children in rural areas.
A.that B.where
C.which D.who
18、---How’s your tour around the North Lake? Is it beautiful?
---It ________ be, but it is now heavily polluted.
A．will
B．would
C．should
D．must
19、Visitors took all the trouble with all well arranged by the travel agency.
A. for everything B. for something
C. for nothing D. for anything
20、I had just got up and was about to cook my breakfast______ the telephone rang loudly, but it hung up ______ I could answer it.
A. while; when B. when; as
C. as; after D. when; before
21、 Constantly regret spending too much time on your phone but just cannot stop? You are not alone. Here are five tips from Prof. Mark Griffiths， psychologist and behavioral addiction expert at Nottingham Trent University to help you live well with your phone.
Step it down gradually
The urge to check your phone can become reflexive and habitual. For some， going a few minutes without checking their phone is difficult. If this sounds like you， try to go 15 minutes without doing it. Once you realize this is possible， increase the length of time you avoid checking to 30 minutes， an hour， and then a few hours， or a day.
Monitor usage
Download an app that will tell you how much time you're spending online. This could make you aware of a problem—the first step to a solution.
Buy an alarm clock
Don’t use your phone as an alarm， or you might be tempted(诱惑) to check texts and emails last thing at night and as soon as you wake up. Instead， ban phones from the bedroom. Designate bedtimes and mealtimes as smartphone-free zones. Consider buying a clock， so you're no longer tempted by emails and texts when you check the time.
Spring clean your contacts
How many online friends do you actually speak to? Reduce alerts and distractions by removing contacts on social networking sites， deleting unused apps， and unsubscribing from groups that offer little benefit. Consider deleting any games that are taking up a lot of your time.
Learn to wait
Be mindful of the benefits of not regularly checking your phone. People who react to messages as they arrive tend to write longer responses than those who wait and deal with them all as a block. Waiting will gain you time to spend on other activities.
【1】According to the passage， which of the following can help ban phones from the bed ?
A.Monitoring usage. B.Using a clock.
C.Cleaning contacts. D.Learning to wait.
【2】It can be learnt from the passage that_________.
A.games take up more time than other apps
B.reacting to messages in time is important
C.people are often tempted to use cell phones
D.people shouldn’t check emails by cell phones
【3】The purpose of the article is to_________.
A.introduce ways to manage phone usages
B.emphasize the harm of using cellphones
C.persuade readers to get rid of cellphones
D.explain multiple functions of cellphones
22、Six-year-old Alice is building a magical kingdom brick by brick, imagining fairy-tale castles and fire-breathing dragons, bad witches and brave heroes. This fantasy is helping her take her first steps towards her capacity for creativity. Minutes later, Alice has abandoned the kingdom in favour of playing schools with her younger brother. When she bosses him around as his “teacher”, she’s practising how to regulate her emotions through pretense. Later on, when they tire of this and settle down with a board game, she’s learning about the need to follow rules and take turns with a partner. Although she isn’t aware of it, this will play an important role in her adult life.
“Play in all its rich variety is one of the highest achievements of the human species,” says Dr. David Whitebread from the University of Cambridge. It underpins how we develop as intellectual, problem-solving adults and is crucial to our success as a highly adaptable species. Recognising the importance of play is not new: over two millennia ago, the Greek philosopher Plato extolled its virtues as a means of developing skills for adult life, and ideas about play-based learning have been developing since the 19th century.
But we live in changing times, and Whitebread is mindful of a worldwide decline in play, pointing out that over half the people in the world now live in cities. Whitebread, Baker, Gibson and a team of researchers hope to provide evidence on the role played by play in how a child develops.
“A strong possibility is that play supports the early development of children’s self-control. This is our ability to develop awareness of our own thinking processes. It influences how effectively we go about undertaking challenging activities,” explains Baker. In a study carried out by Baker with toddlers and young preschoolers, she found that children with greater self-control solved problems more quickly when exploring an unfamiliar set-up requiring scientific reasoning.
Gibson said, “Playful behaviour is also an important indicator of healthy social and emotional development. In my previous research, I investigated how observing children at play can give us important clues about their well-being and can even be useful in the diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders like autism.”
Whitebread’s recent research has involved developing a play-based approach to supporting children’s writing. “Many primary school children find writing difficult, but we showed in a previous study that a playful stimulus was far more effective than an instructional one. Children wrote longer and better-structured stories when they first played with dolls representing characters in the story.
Somehow the importance of play has been lost in recent decades. It’s regarded as something trivial, or even as something negative that contrasts with “work”. Let’s not lose sight of its benefits, and the fundamental contributions it makes to human achievements in the arts, sciences and technology. Let’s make sure children have a rich diet of play experiences.
【1】What is the purpose of the first paragraph?
A．To illustrate the benefits of too much spare time.
B．To describe a kid’s peaceful and happy childhood.
C．To present the importance of a rich variety of play.
D．To introduce the distinctive functions of different toys.
【2】What does the underlined word “underpins” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?
A．Weakens.
B．Reinforces.
C．Investigates.
D．Influences.
【3】What has Whitebread’s recent research found out?
A．Children with greater self-control solve problems faster.
B．Children at play often show hints about their well-being.
C．Students write better when they integrate work with play.
D．Play promotes healthy social and emotional development.
【4】How does the author feel about current people’s awareness of play?
A．Curious.
B．Satisfied.
C．Cheerful.
D．Concerned.
23、Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre, a novel written by Charlotte Bronte, was published in 1847 in England. It is Charlotte Bronte’s most famous book. Jane Eyre is a love story. It tells about a young and independent woman called Jane Eyre, who is brave enough to pursue her own love.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle Tom’s Cabin is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, the novel “helped lay the base for the Civil War”, according to Will Kaufman. When Abraham Lincoln met Stowe at the start of the Civil War, Lincoln declared, “So it is the little lady who started this great war.” The character of Uncle Tom in the novel is a longsuffering black slave. The sad novel exposes the reality of slavery.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind is a novel by Margaret Mitchell in 1936. It tells the story of Scarlett O’Hara, and her adventures in the American South during the Civil War. She falls in love with Rhett Butler, a city gentleman. It is one of the most famous books of its time, and was made into a movie with the same name. The title took its name from the lines an Ernest Dowson poem: “I have forgotten much, Cynara! Gone with the wind.” (This line also appears in the book.) The book won the Pulitzer Prize on May 3,1937.
Rich Dad Poor Dad
Rich Dad Poor Dad is a book by Robert Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter. In the story, Robert’s own father was the superintendent (厅长) of education in Hawaii and end up dying penniless. His best friend’s father dropped out of school at age 13 and went on to become one of the wealthiest men in Hawaii. It advocates financial independence through investing, real estate (地产), owning businesses, and the use of finance protection tactics.
【1】Whose book had a great impact on the Civil War in the U.S.?
A. Charlotte Bronte’s.
B. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s.
C. Margaret Mitchell’s.
D. Robert Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter’s.
【2】Where was the name of the book Gone with the Wind taken from?
A. An adventurous story. B. The Civil War.
C. A poem. D. The Pulitzer Prize.
【3】Who will be interested in the book Rich Dad Poor Dad?
A. A woman who is eager for free love.
B. A historian who studies the history of the U.S.A.
C. A businessman who wants to be wealthy.
D. A politician who warns to enter politics.
24、People who have children experience greater happiness and feel they find more meaning in life than those without kids , according to psychologist from the university of California and university of British Columbia and Stanford university. They also said that in spite of all kinds of pressure linked to parenthood, parents feel happier during the day hours when they are taking care of their kids than during other daily tasks. The report included three different studies , one from each university, and appeared in the journal psychological science .
The research was carried out in three stages, and in each of the parts psychologists interviewed about 190 people and asked them to describe how they felt during their daily activities which included cooking, changing diapers（尿布）, doing the dishes, going to work and playing with the kids. The authors wanted to figure out whether people who had children felt happier and evaluated（评估）their lives more positively when compared to those without kids. They were also interested in whether parents experienced more positive feelings while taking care of their kids than when doing some other day -to -day activities .
According to Elizabeth Dunn, psychology professor at the University of British Columbia and a co-author of the study, the results were quite a surprise for the researchers. All the people who had children reported that caring for their young ones was more meaningful and made their lives much happier than any other activity did.
These findings challenge the common belief that children are linked to reduced well-being, researchers said. The impression many people have now from the mass media and academic research is that being a parent seems to be quite a negative experience. Many previous studies on this topic linked parenthood to unhappy marriages, lower life satisfaction and even depression, Elizabeth Dunn, who was expecting her first child, said. In Dunn's personal opinion, parenthood is related to, but may not cause, happiness.
The results showed that age and marital status（婚烟状况）also played a role in parental happiness. The study found that older and more mature married couples who have higher social status and do not have financial problems are more likely to be happier if they have kids when compared to childless couples. Even single parents said that all the stresses linked to parenthood did not completely wipe out the feelings of satisfaction caused by caring for kids. On the other hand, young parents who were under the age of 26 were found to be significantly unhappier than their peers who did not have children. Interestingly, fathers in the study were reported to be particularly satisfied and experience only positive feelings compared to men without kids.
Sonja Lyubomirsky, professor of psychology at UC Riverside and a leading scholar in positive psychology, said that their study does not necessarily mean that parenting makes people happy; however, there is a clear connection to be taken into consideration. And while more research is needed on the matter, the new findings suggest that the responsibilities and all the work that arrives with parenthood may be offset （抵消）by the pleasure of having children, and childcare may actually be linked to feelings of happiness and meaning in life.
【1】What does the passage mainly tell us?
A．What marriage and parenthood are.
B．How marriage is linked to parenthood.
C．Whether parenthood is beneficial.
D．Parenthood brings people more happiness .
【2】What can we know about the research from Paragraph 2?
1. The findings of the research
2. The number of people involved in the research
3. The researchers’ expectation
4. Where the research was carried out
A．1&3
B．2&3
C．2&4
D．1&4
【3】What's Elizabeth Dunn's attitude towards parental happiness?
A．Uninterested.
B．Curious.
C．Cautious.
D．Opposed.
【4】It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
A．the research about parental happiness wasn't totally convincing
B．marital status plays the most important role in parental happiness
C．fathers are more likely to feel happy about caring for a child than mothers
D．the younger parents have children, the happier they are
25、 While getting into Harvard Law School is not easy for anyone, Rehan, a sanitation worker (环卫工人) from Bowie, Maryland, worked hard to achieve it. And he doesn’t take all the _______ either — he gives most of it to the people around him.
When he was 8, his mother left the family and his father had to_______ to support it. Rehan’s grades dropped._______, his high school grades were so poor that he was_______ by many colleges. So he took a job at Bates Trucking and Trash (垃圾). For many people, getting the job would feel like a low point. _______, for Rehan, it was a really _______ time when his life began to turn around.
“It was the first time in my life that people who weren’t my father or my brother really just _______me to feel confident, told me I was_______.” His coworkers urged him to go back to school, and the company owner, Brent Bates, helped him get_______in Bowie State University. Rehan earned a 4.0-grade point__________and was able to go to the University of Maryland for further__________.
During his junior year at Maryland, his father was ill. To __________their family, Rehan had to return to work at Bates. __________dropping out of school, he woke each day at 4 a.m. to finish his __________before class. He scored very well in his LSAT test, and __________Harvard Law School. That school charges a high price. Luckily, the young man found another __________. Carmie McCook, a communications coach, started a GoFundMe page to help him with the __________. The goal was $75,000, but it rose to over $185,000 in __________, which helped make his dream __________. While most people heading to Harvard Law School have the grades and the financial support, Rehan just had his own __________story to stand on — the same story that makes him an inspiration.
【1】A.view B.credit C.emotion D.strategy
【2】A.struggle B.compete C.organize D.suffer
【3】A.Curiously B.Luckily C.Actually D.Obviously
【4】A.investigated B.refused C.attracted D.preferred
【5】A.Therefore B.Moreover C.However D.Anyway
【6】A.amazing B.confusing C.plain D.anxious
【7】A.recognized B.reminded C.forgave D.encouraged
【8】A.smart B.worthwhile C.responsible D.unusual
【9】A.admired B.registered C.promoted D.exchanged
【10】A.challenges B.comments C.honor D.average
【11】A.experiments B.contents C.studies D.arrangements
【12】A.observe B.affect C.improve D.save
【13】A.Because of B.Instead of C.Other than D.Rather than
【14】A.work B.issue C.lecture D.summary
【15】A.adapted to B.contributed to C.applied to D.referred to
【16】A.partner B.volunteer C.master D.supporter
【17】A.cost B.stress C.limit D.rent
【18】A.accommodations B.donations C.sources D.means
【19】A.work out B.fall apart C.come true D.give up
【20】A.awkward B.graceful C.suitable D.painful
26、假定你是李华，你校校报举办题为“Should Handwriting Be Taught in Schools?”的英语作文比赛。请写一篇短文参赛，内容包括：
1. 你的观点；
2. 你的理由。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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