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1、The room we visited yesterday was bare ______ a few broken chairs.
A. as well as B. except for
C. except D. except that
2、We must _______ to the public the simple fact that the coronavirus is very dangerous.
A．get across
B．get away
C．get back
D．get behind
3、Each one of us are highly recommended to ________ oil and gas by taking advantage of the renewable energy sources.
A．dismiss
B．concentrate
C．possess
D．conserve
4、In recent centuries, trade, industrialization, the development of the nation-state and the spread of universal compulsory education, especially globalization and bettercommunications in the past few decades, all many languages to disappear, and dominant languages such as English, Spanish and Chinese are increasingly taking over.
A.cause B.caused C.have caused D.causing
5、The teacher devoted his life to his career, most of his students successful in study.
A．make
B．to make
C．making
D．made
6、______ you study harder, you’ll never pass the final exam.
A．If
B．Until
C．Unless
D．Except
7、When I went into the room, I saw my foreign teacher ____ some students with their oral English.
A.helping B.to help C.help D.having helped
8、—How about _____ Christmas evening party?
—I should say it was ______ success.
A．a;a
B．a;/
C．the;/
D．the;a
9、__________ is even more important is _________ the earth cooled down, water began to appear on its surface.
A. What; that as B. It; which
C. It; which as D. What; which
10、_______the changes we desire, we must be willing to behave in ways that promote them.
A.Create B.Creating C.Having created D.To create
11、Had the governments and scientists not worked together, AIDS-related deaths _________ since their highest in 2005.
A. had not fallen B. would not fall
C. did not fall D. would not have fallen
12、Chinese arts have won the ______ of a lot of people outside China.
A.enjoyment B.appreciation C.entertainment D.application
13、The dark colors of the furniture in dining room are __________ by the brightness of the walls.
A. balanced B. counted C. weighed D. applied
14、He now _____ an influential position in the government. He constantly _____ with various projects.
A.is occupied in; occupies B.occupies himself in; is occupied
C.occupies; occupies himself D.occupies in; occupies
15、The engine just won’t start. Something seems_______ wrong with it.
A. to go B. to have gone
C. going D. having gone
16、At the good news, she felt________.
A．relax
B．relaxing
C．relaxed
D．to relax
17、---------John went to the hospital alone.
---------If he_______ me about it, I would have gone with him.
A．should tell
B．tells
C．told
D．had told
18、With the popularity of smart phones, people gradually lose the ________ for watching television, which makes TV a decoration of the house.
A．potential
B．appetite
C．tolerance
D．intelligence
19、 I have to go to work by taxi because my car _____at the garage.
A．will be repaired
B．is repaired
C．is being repaired
D．has been repaired
20、__________ the generosity of the public, we have reached our goal of collecting 50,000 yuan for the sick boy.
A. In response to B. According to
C. In favor of D. Thanks to
21、History Fair Competition
Understanding history is vital to understanding ourselves as a people and as a nation. History is much more than the study of dusty old objects and events long past. It is an essential part of who we are today and who we will become. Thornton Middle School History Fair Competition makes understanding history exciting engaging, and fun!
This Year's Theme
All participants must address how communication or transportation technology has promoted the quality of life for Americans throughout history. To many people, technology means computers, hand-held devices, or vehicles that travel to distant planets. However, technology is also the application of scientific knowledge to solve a problem, touching lives in countless ways.
Individuals or groups may enter one of the following categories:
•Performance
•Documentary（纪实作品）
•Essay Writing
Category Requirements
Performance: A dramatic presentation of the topic no more than 10 minutes long. If special clothes are used, they should truly represent a given period.
Documentary: A visual presentation （such as a video, slide show, or computer project） no more than 10 minutes long. A desktop computer, screen, projector, and loudspeakers will be available. Students must provide their presentations on CDs before Friday, March 23.
Essay Writing: An academic paper of 2,000 to 2,500 words. No illustrations （图解）are allowed, please do not include covers. A list of references must be included.
Important Dates
January 5 Submit a topic proposal to your history teacher. The teacher may require a second proposal if the first is off-topic or unclear.
February 19 A committee of teachers will evaluate materials and give opinions. Students then have an opportunity to improve their products.
March 9 Submit a final draft of your essay.
March 15 Performance and documentary committee preview
【1】What’s the main purpose of understanding history?
A.To preserve national traditions・
B.To prepare for a history competition.
C.To better know the present and future.
D.To further explore historical mysteries.
【2】What is the theme of this year's competition?
A.Technology advances science.
B.Science interacts with technology.
C.Science has made the study of history easy.
D.Technology has improved the life of Americans.
【3】What will the committee of teachers do on February 19?
A.Make comments on the materials.
B.Improve the participant's second proposal.
C.Preview performances and documentaries.
D.Collect a second proposal from the participant.
22、Top reads to shine on your shelf
FACELESS
by Alyssa B. Sheinmel
This is an amazing book about a girl named Maisie, who gets in an accident, and ends up having a face transplant. Part of Maisie’s face got burnt off in a fire, so now she has her cheeks and nose replaced by a different girl’s cheeks and nose. However, if you think about it, the idea seems quite scary. All in all, I really enjoyed this book, and it had me hanging on its every word.
WE ARE ALL MADE OF MOLECULES
by Susin Nielsen
The story focuses on two main characters, Stewart and Ashley. Despite missing his mother, Stewart decides to make a new life with Ashley when he and his dad move into her house. Ashley doesn’t like Stewart for his personality, but things turn even more complicated when a schoolmate, Jared, enters their lives. I LOVE this book because it teaches us that if we all put aside all of our differences, we can work together to solve problems in the world, no matter how big or small the problem might be.
HOUSE OF WINDOWS
by Alexia Casale
This book is about a 15-year-old boy named Nick who is at Cambridge University. While there he faces many problems, he is not helped by the fact that his mum is dead and his dad cares more for his work than for him. Luckily, this book has a happy ending.
MIND YOUR HEAD
by Juno Dawson
This book is a great mix of humour and advice, differing from the more formal help books that you might read. It won’t necessarily defeat your problem, but it will hand you the sword and encourage you to do it yourself.
【1】Which word can best describe FACELESS？
A．Moving.
B．Inspirational.
C．Educational.
D．Appealing.
【2】What does WE ARE ALL MADE OF MOLECULES tell us？
A．Different people can also work together.
B．Friendship is based on shared interests.
C．A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
D．One false step will make a great difference.
【3】Which book will offer you fun and help you with your daily life？
A．FACELESS.
B．MIND YOUR HEAD.
C．HOUSE OF WINDOWS.
D．WE ARE ALL MADE OE MOLECULES.
23、 Those with closed minds refused to consider any contradictory facts, and they proceed with their planned course of action, full speed ahead, with their “minds made up” and tightly shut. As an illustration, consider the situation in 1986, prior to the space shuttle Challenger’s disatrous launch that killed all seven astronauts aboard, there was a heated telephone debate between two engineers from the company that produced the shuttle booster rockets and the top officials of NASA (the federal government’s space agency). The engineers insisted that the flight was too risky because of freezing temperature at the Florida launch site. They explained that some of the seals on the fuel tanks were not designed to withstand such low temperatures and might leak under pressure, thus endangering the craft and crew.
Despite the pleas to stop the flight, officials at NASA overruled the engineers, who were best qualified to make judgments about the complex technical problems of space flight. What caused the officials to ignore the engineers? Several flights had already been postponed, and it would not look good to postpone another. It would be bad public relations to disappoint the crowds of people and news reporters waiting for the launch. Top government officials were ready to appear on the national television and take the credit for another safe flight. As a result, with their minds absolutely closed to the facts presented by the engineers, NASA officials ordered the Challenger to take off. Seventy-three seconds later, the spacecraft was enveloped in flame.
Incredibly, seventeen years later, the lesson of the Challenger disaster was repeated. In 2003, the space shuttle Columbia broke apart while re-entering the earth’s atmosphere, killing another crew of seven. During the shuttle’s liftoff, a piece of foam insulation(泡沫隔热材料) had broken off, hitting the shuttle's wing at five hundred miles per hour. Lower-level engineers at NASA begged for photographs of the Columbia in orbit, which might have shown the extent of the damage, but their closed-minded superiors ignored their requests. It was the damage caused by the 1.7 pound chunk of insulation that doomed the Columbia.
There is no virtue in ignoring contradictory facts and “sticking to your guns” when the course taken shows all the signs of being the wrong one. Closed minds are especially noticeable in political campaigns and debates. Many people line up to support one candidate or another and won’t listen to any facts presented by the opposing candidate.
All those with an open mind say is this: “I don’t know everything, so I’d better keep my mind, eyes, and ears open to any new facts that may come along.” The world would be a much better and safer place if everyone had this attitude.
【1】Which of the following brought about the disastrous launch of the Challenger?
A.Its crew B.The engineers
C.The fuel tanks’ seals D.The size of its rocket
【2】When the engineers appealed to stop the launch of the Challenger, the government officials ___________.
A.postponed the flight at once.
B.made judgments about the complex technical problems.
C.announced the news on national television.
D.ordered to launch the Challenger as scheduled.
【3】What could be inferred from Paragraph 3?
A.The Columbia disaster was impossible to foresee.
B.Engineers were to blame for the Columbia’s explosion.
C.The Columbia disaster could have been avoided.
D.The Columbia was deliberately damaged.
【4】What does the underlined phrase “sticking to your guns” in Paragraph 4 mean?
A.Holding firm to your own opinion.
B.Remaining and firing your gun at enemies.
C.Strengthening your status.
D.Keeping an open mind.
【5】What is the main purpose of the passage?
A.To inform readers about what an open mind is.
B.To entertain readers with two stories of tragedies in space.
C.To persuade readers to keep an open mind.
D.To criticize what NASA officials had done in aerospace history.
【6】How does the author support the argument of the passage?
A.By stating arguments. B.By giving examples.
C.By explaining statistical data. D.By providing research result.
24、EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) —they arrived before polling stations even opened, dressed for the school day in striped ties and blazers, dress slacks and tartan skirts, book bags over their shoulders —and, for the first time in British history, ballot (选票) cards in hands on September 18.
Scotland’s experiment of allowing more than 109,000 Scottish teenagers aged 16 to 17 took part in the Scottish independence referendum (公民投票), in which Scotland finally decided not to become independent.
The age group only made up a small part of the 4.29 million total voters, but they have “demonstrated how the youngest voters can be some of the most enthusiastic in a mature democracy”, commented The Associated Press. Casting their ballots, they were “proud and passionate” to help their nation decide whether to break away from the UK after 307 years in union.
At age 16, Scottish residents are allowed to join the military, get married, and work. Eighteen is the legal drinking age, as well as the UK’s voting age. But in 2013, Scottish law was changed to allow 16- and 17-year-olds in Scotland to vote in the referendum. The government pushed for the change because “younger voters are more likely to vote with their hearts, not their heads—and embrace fundamental change by voting for the pro-independence Yes Scotland campaign”, NBC News said.
But when the decision was handed down, some worried that high school students might not be as informed as adult voters. However, many experts said that assumption was wrong.
Professor Jan Eichhorn of the University of Edinburgh insisted that Scottish teenagers were as likely to read newspaper articles and campaign materials as their parents. They would simply get these resources through social media.
“There’s no evidence to suggest that they’re less capable than adults of voting, from a research point of view,” Eichhorn told NPR.
Scotland’s move to let younger teenagers vote in the referendum has led to a discussion about whether the voting age ought to be lowered to 16, both in the UK and the US.
“By 16, most people have about as stable an ideology (思想意识) as they are going to get,” Professor Jason Brennan of Georgetown University wrote for CNN, arguing that the US should also think about allowing younger US citizens to vote.
【1】The Scottish independence referendum was held on Sept. 18 ______.
A. to encourage youngsters to be concerned with politics
B. to lower the minimum voting age to 16 for the referendum
C. to decide whether Scotland would become independent from the UK
D. to elect who would be the new leader of Scotland
【2】According to the passage, we can learn ______.
A. Scotland gained its independence from the UK eventually.
B. It is possible for the USA to lower the voting age to 16 in the future.
C. All the people in Scotland thought highly of the government’s decision to lower the voting age to 16.
D. Scottish teenagers aged 16 are allowed to join the military, get married, work and drink alcohol now.
【3】What does the underlined word “embrace” (in para.4) probably mean?
A. Admit to B. Object to
C. Know about D. Approve of
【4】What is Jan Eichhorn’s opinion of the Scottish teenagers aged 16 to 17?
A. They are as informed and capable as adults of voting.
B. They make no difference to the voting result.
C. They are too enthusiastic to make informed decisions.
D. They are unwilling to be involved in the decision of the country’s future.
25、 A few weeks ago I was showing a lovely Indian family around the Academy’s Swamp exhibit in our museum. Their young son was_______by the albino alligator（白化短吻鳄）and asked many questions about it. As the family were leaving, I asked the boy_______he would like a sticker to put on his shirt.He_______chose an alligator sticker. However,the boy's younger sister spent time_______all the sticker choices before choosing a butterfly.While waiting,the boy then said softly to his father,"I didn't see the frog sticker.I_______the frog." His father immediately_______the boy to ask me for a second sticker.The boy said,“No,I'm happy with what I have.”
I was amazed!_______wisdom,grace and gratitude,all from an eight-year-old boy.Too_______,we forget to be happy with what we have.It's a(n)_______easily made and what's worse, we often spread it in our forgetfulness.
I recently purchased a(n)________. In discussions with the salesperson, he________said,"Well, within two years, you'll probably want a new one________."It put me into serious thinking.Why would I want a new one if my old one was working?Why wouldn't I be happy with what I have?Perhaps,"want" is the________word.I won't________need a new laptop in two years but I will probably want one.
All advertising is________on the assumption that we are not happy with what we have.I need to protect myself against this spirit sickness,a________of thankfulness.What I do desperately need is the peace of mind found in moments of________and gratitude.I need to________each of my blind urges to purchase or possess as either "want" or "need". My needs are basic, predictable and manageable. My wants are constantly changing ________any order. They are disturbers of the peace of mind that can________be satisfied.
【1】A.annoyed B.disturbed C.fascinated D.greeted
【2】A.if B.why C.when D.how
【3】A.unwillingly B.hopefully C.carefully D.quickly
【4】A.looking for B.going through C.making up D.running across
【5】A.would choose B.did choose C.would have chosen D.had chosen
【6】A.persuaded B.forbade C.begged D.urged
【7】A.Another B.Such C.Some D.Much
【8】A.often B.soon C.long D.far
【9】A.deal B.mistake C.attempt D.decision
【10】A.sticker B.camera C.laptop D.apartment
【11】A.casually B.seriously C.thoughtfully D.firmly
【12】A.anywhere B.anyway C.otherwise D.yet
【13】A.simple B.poor C.good D.key
【14】A.blindly B.particularly C.necessarily D.equally
【15】A.carried B.focused C.impressed D.based
【16】A.flow B.lack C.sign D.sense
【17】A.contentment B.hope C.victory D.forgiveness
【18】A.talk B.say C.identify D.speak
【19】A.after B.on C.for D.without
【20】A.never B.just C.even D.ever
26、随着现代科技的发展，网络已经成为年轻人生活的一部分。简要描述图片所展现的现象，结合自己的实际生活谈谈你的看法。
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