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1、Mother Teresa, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, was an influential person globally, ________ devoted to helping those suffering from poverty.
A.one B.one who C.that D.who
2、 This is the biggest lab__________we have ever built in our university.
A.which B.what C.that D.Where
3、Years of teaching experience as a volunteer has made him that for students’ development timely encouragement along with careful instructions .
A. convinced; count B. convincing; counts
C. convinced; counts D. convincing; count
4、I stood for a minute ________them and then went to greet them.
A．watches
B．am watching
C．watch
D．watching
5、—This week I got fired, hurt my leg, and had my wallet stolen.
—________.
A. Do as the Romans do B. Don’t cry for the moon
C. It’s a bed of roses D. It never rains but it pours
6、A yellow background will make the black characters ________.
A. stand up B. stand by C. stand for D. stand out
7、He began to run ______ restaurant after he was out of ______ work.
A.a; the B.a; / C./; / D.the; the
8、The shocking news made us realize ________ terrible problems we would face.
A．why
B．how
C．what
D．that
9、Since our twins began learning to walk, my wife and I _______ them that our sliding glass door is just a window.
A．have kept telling
B．kept to tell
C．had kept telling
D．have kept to tell
10、---Good morning. I’ve got an appointment with Miss Smith in the Personnel Department.
---Ah, good morning. You be Mrs. Peters.
A.might B.must C.would D.should
11、It’s the test system，________ the teachers，that is to blame for the heavy burden of middle school students.
A．other than B．or rather
C．rather than D．more than
12、Better _______ between teacher and students can promote the effectiveness of the class to an extent.
A．criticism
B．expectation
C．interaction
D．contribution
13、As you can see, the number of cars on our roads ________ rising these days.
A．was keeping B．keep C．keeps D．were keeping
14、There are plenty of jobs ______ in the western part of the country.
A.accessible B.available C.adaptable D.adoptable
15、The injured from the shock in the traffic accident are lying in the hospital at the moment．
A．suffering
B．suffered
C．suffer
D．to suffer
16、I have to say that I ________ football for 3 years when I was in junior high, though I am not any good now.
A．played
B．have played
C．had played
D．would have played
17、If penicillin available, many people from sickness or even small wounds in World WarⅡ.
A. was not; would die B. were not; would have died
C. had not been; would died D. had not been; would have died
18、 I didn't understand _______it meant to him until I was in his place.
A. what B. that
C. how D. which
19、Though awarded as National Teacher of the Year, she has a guilty ______ for spending so little time with her kids.
A.complaint B.conscience C.commitment D.compromise
20、Magic, in my view, should be _______ to things that are actually not so. Rabbits don’t really live in hats. It’s magic.
A.teased B.laden C.reminded D.restricted
21、Poetry Competition
Deadline
16th July，2020
Who may enter
The competition is open to anyone.
Description
The Ledbury Poetry Festival is the biggest poetry festival in the UK. It takes place over ten days each July. If you think you know what poetry is, come along and we'll surprise you. There are live readings, performances, music, exhibitions, films, family events and street events.
Each year we organize a famous competition for new poetry in partnership with Ty Newydd, the National Writers' Centre of Wales. It attracts entries from all over the globe. There are three groups: adults(18 + ) , young people(12-17) and children(under 12).
All poems must be the original works of the entrants and should not have been previously published, accepted for publication by magazines, or have entered in other competitions.
The length of each poem must be more than 40 lines.
The judge of the 2020 Ledbury Poetry Festival Poetry Competition is Liz Berry.
Entry fees
Adults: £5. 75 for the first poem, £3. 50 for each extra poem.
Children/Young People: The first poem free, £1. 75 for each extra poem.
Prizes
Adults' Prizes
• First Prize: £l,000 cash and a course at the National Writers' Centre of Wales
• Second Prize: £500 cash
• Third Prize: £250 cash
Young People's Prizes
• First Prize: £l00 cash
• Second Prize: £50 cash
• Third Prize: £25 cash
Children's Prizes
• First Prize: £25 book token(购书券)
• Second Prize: £15 book token
• Third Prize: £l0 book token
Website
Please visit https://www.poetry-festival, co. uk/ledbury-poetry-competition to learn more about the competition.
【1】What do we know about the poetry competition from the text?
A.It is held every two months. B.It awards all winners cash prizes.
C.It is open to worldwide competitors. D.It offers competitors lectures on poetry.
【2】Which requirement should each poem meet?
A.It should be written independently. B.It should contain at least 40 words.
C.It has won a prize in other competitions. D.It has been published by some magazines.
【3】What is the entry fee for a 15-year-old entrant if he is sending 3 poems?
A.£12.75. B.£9.25. C.£7. D.£3.5.
22、Are you so sure your mistakes are just mistakes? Or could they be building blocks to a success beyond any you imagined?
When my friend Dorothy goes home to visit her family each Thanksgiving, her mother serves the traditional “mistake salad”. The dish was born many years ago. Dorothy explains, when mother was using a cookbook to make a salad. In the process, mother accidentally included half the salad ingredients(原料)from a recipe(食谱)on the left side of the open cookbook, and half the ingredients from a different salad recipe on the opposite page. Everyone enjoyed the salad so much that she continue to serve it every year. So it was really not a mistake at all.
Then there was the fellow named Alfred, who invented dynamite(炸药). When Alfred’s brother died, the city newspaper confused the two and printed an abituary(讣告)saying that the dead’s most notable act was the creation of bombs. Surprised to consider that his name would forever be connected with destruction, Alfred sought to leave a more positive fame to humanity. So he set a prize for people who contributed to world peace. Now the Nobel Prize, established by Alfred Nobel, is the most respected award in the world.
Everything is part of something bigger, and mistakes are no exception. In his brilliant book Illusions, Richard Bach explains that every problem comes to you with a gift. If you focus only on what went wrong, you miss the gift. If you are willing to look deeper and ask for the bright, the problem will disappear. You are left only with the learning, and you go forward on your path.
【1】What does the underlined word “it” in the second paragraph refer to?
A. the cookbook
B. the “mistake salad”
C. the recipe
D. the ingredient
【2】Why did Alfred Nobel set an award for those who made great contributions to the world peace?
A. Because his brother was dead in an explosion
B. Because he wanted people to connect him with peace
C. Because he wanted to make the world a better place
D. Because he wanted to show off his fortune
【3】What should we do when we make a mistake according to the passage?
A. We should correct the mistake as soon as possible
B. We should find out what causes the mistake and fix it timely
C. We should look deeper and find something better from it
D. We should find the solutions from the book called Illusions
【4】Who will most probably like to read this passage?
A. A cook who is good at making salad
B. A person who wants to have a reputation
C. A student who is afraid of making mistakes
D. A writer who is a good friend of Richard Bach
23、Every year, billions of kilograms of fresh produce are wasted in the United States. The food ends up in landfills, producing harmful greenhouse gases. Meanwhile, millions of poor Americans go hungry, without access to healthy, affordable meals.
Evan Lutz is passionate about correcting that social injustice. And he combines that goal with a passion for business. “My entire life I’ve wanted to become a social entrepreneur, not just starting a business that made money but also starting one that gave back. I’m just an average guy with a passion towards making sure no food goes to waste and making sure no person’s ever hungry in America and I want to do that through business.
Lutz is CEO and founder of Hungry Harvest. Hungry Harvest is a business which collects and sells “ugly” produce. These are fruit and vegetables that most food companies would throw away. “If you go to a grocery store everything is growing the same exact way. Right. So all that stuff that doesn’t grow the same way gets wasted and gets thrown out. And we take all that stuff that normally gets thrown out because it’s too big or too small in odd size of shape, we box it up into a variety boxes and we deliver them to our customers once a week. We hire people that were living in homeless shelters. They were really looking to get a chance in life.”
In January 2016, Lutz appeared on the American business competition television show “Shark Tank”. It connects investors with entrepreneurs. Lutz sought a $50,000 investment in Hungry Harvest, in exchange for a five percent stake in his company. He got even more than he expected: $100,000 for 10 percent ownership.
【1】The purpose of writing the first paragraph is to ________.
A. tell us how serious the waste is
B. inform us many people have not enough to eat
C. remind us of the unfairness of the society
D. lead to the topic of the passage
【2】From the last paragraph, we can infer “Shark Tank” ________.
A. is a programme showing the story of investors
B. belongs to meetings of political parties
C. helps entrepreneurs get fund support
D. asks successful businessmen to show experience
【3】Which of the following words can be used to desribe Evan Lutz?
A. cold-hearted and smart B. kind-hearted and creative
C. warm-hearted and strict D. open-minded and humorous
【4】Who will not benefit from Evan Lutz’s business?
A. Hungry Harvest B. Hungry families
C. Fruit farmers D. Food companies
24、 The tall manchineel tree that is native to the Caribbean, Florida, South America, Central America and the Bahamas, looks particularly attractive. But you may be wise to notice the warning given that the tree holds the Guinness World Record for “the world’s most dangerous tree”.
The deadliness begins with the sweet-smelling fruit. As British radiologist Nicola Strickland and her friend discovered, even a single bite of the green apple-like produce can lead to hours of suffering. The scientist says within minutes of eating the fruit, she and her friend experienced “a strange peppery feeling” in their mouths. A few hours later, the two could barely swallow any solid food. Fortunately, the symptoms started to reduce after about eight hours and the fruit did not cause any long-term damage.
Many plants have poisonous bark and leaves to prevent grass-eating animals. However, the fruits are usually edible allowing animals to feed on them or carry seeds to help with reproduction. But since the manchineel fruits are largely transported by ocean tides, the tree does not need help to reproduce.
The tree’s thick and milky white sap (树液) is equally dangerous. Contact with the skin can lead to symptoms that range from headaches to respiratory(呼吸) problems. Exposure to the eye can even cause “temporary painful blindness”. Given that the sap’s most dangerous toxin is highly water soluble, experts advise not using the tree for shade during a rain shower, as raindrops carrying the sap could easily burn your skin.
The fear has resulted in almost destroying the tree in Florida where it is on the list of endangered species. While removing it altogether may seem like the logical solution, experts argue that the manchineel trees are important for local ecosystems. In addition to protecting against ocean winds, the dense manchineel trees also prevent ocean erosion in Central America. The tree’s wood is very popular with Caribbean carpenters who have learned to neutralize its poisonous sap by drying the bark in the sun. In Central and South America, the locals use the bark to treat body swelling caused by injury and infection.
【1】Which of the following best explains “edible” underlined in Paragraph 3?
A.Fit to eat. B.Easy to pick. C.Hard to find. D.Nice to look at.
【2】Which of the following about the manchineel tree is true?
A.Its fruits taste sweet.
B.It reproduces by ocean tides.
C.Your eyes may be blind at the sight of it.
D.You have difficulty breathing in its shade.
【3】What is mainly talked about in the last paragraph?
A.The medical use of the manchineel trees.
B.The important role of the manchineel trees.
C.The urgent need of protecting the manchineel trees.
D.The way of removing poisonous sap from the trees.
【4】Which of the following can best show the structure of the passage?
A.
B.
C.
D.
25、Going to the Olympics wasn’t happening smoothly as I’d expected. I went to Greece as an alternate, but it was a ________experience-watching my teammates ________ together and compete day after day. I was part of the team, yet it was clear that I wasn’t ________one of them. I never had a chance to compete. Still, I was proud of my identity. A reporter asked me how I felt about being________ as an alternate. I answered, “There is no event that can defeat my sense of inner ________.”
After I returned, I soon ________ myself. My coach even said it was as if I had ________ on; he could see the light ________in me. In the gym, working on my training plans, I ________to my dream of being an Olympian, and from then on, I spent 24 hours a day________to this goal.
I________it to the 2008 Olympic tryouts in Philly, and sailed right through them. When the decision day finally came when the president of USA Gymnastics________ team members competing for Beijing Olympics, I was very, very confident. The second my name was heard, with a ________, I fell to my knees. Then, smiling and crying at the same time, I ________ up and hugged my coach. I hugged everyone. I was ________ and inside I was grateful for the ________ and hardship I ever met with.
The greatest thing I got from those years is that once I find a(n)________, it’s a matter of grasping that dream with________ confidence and unwavering (坚定不移的) ________. And then let the dream ________me!
【1】
A．praiseworthy
B．painstaking
C．bittersweet
D．heartbreaking
【2】
A．work out
B．drop out
C．go out
D．check out
【3】
A．eventually
B．really
C．occasionally
D．properly
【4】
A．named
B．abandoned
C．considered
D．observed
【5】
A．peace
B．change
C．conflict
D．accomplishment
【6】
A．blamed
B．enjoyed
C．motivated
D．believed
【7】
A．stayed
B．switched
C．got
D．held
【8】
A．go on
B．go by
C．go ahead
D．go beyond
【9】
A．contributed
B．adjusted
C．stuck
D．belonged
【10】
A．reduced
B．addicted
C．opposed
D．devoted
【11】
A．put
B．made
C．caught
D．got
【12】
A．announced
B．instructed
C．interviewed
D．permitted
【13】
A．sigh
B．hesitation
C．curiosity
D．shout
【14】
A．woke
B．stood
C．turned
D．looked
【15】
A．attracted
B．astonished
C．overjoyed
D．moved
【16】
A．wonders
B．disappointment
C．introduction
D．difficulties
【17】
A．passion
B．solution
C．comparison
D．instruction
【18】
A．partial
B．artificial
C．absolute
D．insufficient
【19】
A．imagination
B．perseverance
C．intelligence
D．expectation
【20】
A．purchase
B．challenge
C．charge
D．chase
26、请阅读下面这则寓言，并按照要求用英语写一篇80词左右的review。
相关词汇：crow (乌鸦)
Why don’t you drink water as the book told us?
Crows Drink Water
There was only a little water in a bottle which had a long and narrow neck. A fat crow came to the bottle and drank the water by a straw. He was enjoying the water when another thirsty crow went by. Accustomed (习惯于) to the way of drinking water taught in books, the thirsty crow was very surprised. He asked the fat crow, “Why don’t you drink water as the book told us?” The fat crow replied,“Because this method can make me drink water faster.”
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