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1、In that society, you are given food if you obey orders, but when that system ________ people no longer take orders.
A．breaks down
B．breaks up
C．breaks out
D．breaks in
2、The strong wind keeps making the window close by itself. Why not use a rolled-up newspaper to it open?.
A. get B. turn
C. hold D. help
3、The parents are making changes to their previous education methods, of ______ negative effect they begin to be aware.
A. who B. whom C. whose D. which
4、________has a good knowledge of physics and history is qualified for the position.
A．No matter who
B．Whomever
C．Whoever
D．Those who
5、He _______ all his money _______ to charity after he died.
A. gave…up B. gave…away
C. gave…in D. gave…out
6、 —Why do you want to leave your hometown?
—I a job in the city.
A. have been offered B. offered
C. was offered D. had been offered
7、Keep away from such things will do you harm.
A.as B.that
C.to which D.which
8、Mr. Green ___ some ideas for cooking noodles during his six-month stay in China.
A.took up B.turned up C.picked up D.made up
9、The building has windows with a coating that ______ heat while letting in light.
A.blocks B.blinds C.brakes D.breaks
10、Looking you straight in the eye does not mean the person is telling the truth. Experienced liars often do this in a(n) ________ way，playing on people believing the myth.
A. automatic B. compulsory
C. sensitive D. deliberate
11、An increase in cars has resulted in the ______ of public transport.
A．boom
B．decline
C．deadline
D．absence
12、When_________comes to the topic of politics, a right attitude is very important.
A．who
B．that
C．something
D．it
13、_________ Qu Qiubai, we set up a primary school _________ after him.
A. In honor of; naming B. In face of; named
C. In place of; naming D. In memory of; named
14、If you want to try some new learning methods, you’d better select those that are ________ for yourself.
A. normal B. enjoyable C. proper D. available
15、It is lucky we booked a room，or we________nowhere to stay now.
A. had B. had had
C. would have D. would have had
16、Interest is a student’s friend while ________is his enemy.
A．reminder
B．hostility
C．boredom
D．culture
17、When I was in Egypt, I once met a kind-hearted couple who let me _____ with them and really helped me out.
A. to stay B. stays
C. stayed D. stay
18、 In many parts of China, people _______ the custom of "biting the spring" on the first day of Start of Spring, with spring pancakes and spring rolls eaten.
A. remember B. perform C. observe D. support
19、______ arriving at the airport, we were given a warm welcome by our friends.
A.With B.At C.Upon D.Until
20、People are banned from hunting animals, some of which can _____ the colour of their surroundings to protect themselves.
A．take in
B．take off
C．take on
D．take out
21、 The sky is dazzlingly blue, and the sun shines on the head of gargoyle( 滴水嘴怪兽) of the Ponte Neuve in Paris, near where Mr Jérôme Galais has been peddling(叫卖) dusty classic books to countless tourists for more than 30 years.
In normal times, Parisiens and tourists from around the world would be looking around Jérôme Callais’s goods casually, and 230 other open-air booksellers go along the left and right banks of the Seine for nearly four miles.
But as lockdown bans to control the COVID-19 pandemic keep visitors in trouble, the booksellers’ livelihood is rapidly being put in danger. Many are worrying it may be the final period for a centuries-old métier that is regarded as a landmark to Paris as the Louvre and Notre Dame.
Sales have decreased an average of 80 percent this year, Mr. Callais said, throwing many booksellers into dangerous straits. But some booksellers want to work. They are eager to keep a tradition that dates to the 16th century. Many of today’s booksellers are retired people living on pensions (养老金) who are collectors of literature and magazines.
A growing number of people in their 30s and 40s have joined their ranks, who are attracted by the freedom of working outside an office in rain or shine.
Even before the pandemic, the booksellers were fighting with the cultural changes like the fact that people don’t read physical books as much as they used to, if they do, often turn to Amazon to buy them.
【1】What mainly causes booksellers’ living difficulties?
A．The competition among booksellers.
B．The popularity of physical books.
C．The future of book business.
D．Lockdown bans.
【2】What does the underlined word “straits”mean in Paragraph 4?
A．Banks.
B．Situations.
C．Channels.
D．Traditions.
【3】From the passage, we can infer________.
A．Mr Galais has been only selling the classics
B．retired booksellers get used to gather literature
C．young people enjoy the working style of selling books
D．booksellers try to prevent the book industry from ending
【4】Where can the passage be found?
A．In a novel.
B．In a history book.
C．In a magazine.
D．In a textbook.
22、Tayka Hotel De Sal
Where: Tahua, Bolivia
How much: About $95 a night
Why it’s cool: You’ve stayed at hotels made of brick or wood, but salt? That’s something few can claim. Tayka Hotel de Sal is made totally of salt—including the beds (though you’ll sleep on regular mattresses (床垫) and blankets).The hotel sits on the Salar de Uyuni, a prehistoric dried-up lake that’s the world’s biggest salt flat. Builders use the salt from the 4,633-square-mile flat to make the bricks, and glue them together with a paste of wet salt that hardens when it dries. When rain starts to dissolve the hotel, the owners just mix up more salt paste to strengthen the bricks.
Green Magic Nature Resort
Where: Vythiri, India
How much: About $240 a night
Why it’s cool: Ridding a pulley(滑轮)-operated lift 86 feet to your treetop room is just the start of your adventure. As you look out of your open window—there is no glass!—you watch monkeys and birds in the rain forest canopy. Later you might test your fear of heights by crossing the handmade rope bridge to the main part of the hotel, or just sit on your bamboo bed and read. You don’t even have to come down for breakfast—the hotel will send it up on the pulley-drawn “elevator”.
Dog Bark Park Inn B&B
Where: Cottonwood, Idaho
How much: $92 a night
Why it’s cool: This doghouse isn’t just for the family pet. Sweet Willy is a 30-foot-tall dog with guest rooms in his belly. Climb the wooden stairs beside his hind leg to enter the door in his side. You can relax in the main bedroom, go up a few steps of the loft in Willy’s head, or hang out inside his nose. Although you have a full private bathroom in your quarters, there is also a toilet in the 12-foot-tall fire hydrant outside.
Gamirasu Cave Hotel
Where: Ayvali, Turkey
How much: Between $130 and $475 a night.
Why it’s cool: This is caveman cool! Experience what it was like 5,000 years ago, when people lived in these mountain caves formed by volcanic ash. But your stay will be much more modern. Bathrooms and electricity provide what you expect from a modern hotel, and the white volcanic ash, called tufa, keeps the rooms cool, about 65℉in summer.(Don’t worry—there is heat in winter.)
【1】What is the similarity of the four hotels?
A. Being expensive. B. Being beautiful.
C. Being natural. D. Being unique.
【2】What does the underlined part “Sweet Willy” refer to?
A. The building of Dog Bark Park Inn B&B.
B. The name of a pet dog of the hotel owner.
C. The name of the hotel.
D. The name of the hotel owner.
【3】Which of the hotel makes you have a feeling of living in the far past?
A. Tayka Hotel De Sal
B. Green Magic Nature Resort
C. Dog Bark Park Inn B&B
D. Gamirasu Cave Hotel
23、Are we getting more stupid? According to Gerald Crabtree, a scientist at Stanford University in the US, we are. You may not want to hear this, but Crabtree believes that human intelligence reached its peak more than 2,000 years ago and ever since then has been going downhill. “If an average Greek from 1,000 BC were transported to modern times, he or she would be one of the brightest among us,” Crabtree told The Guardian.
At the heart of Crabtree’s thinking is a simple idea. In the past, intelligence was critical for survival when our ancestors had to avoid dangerous animals and hunt for food. The difference of being smart or stupid is often life or death. However, after the spread of agriculture, when our ancestors began to live in dense farming communities, the need to keep their intelligence in peak condition gradually reduced.
This is not hard to understand. Most of the time, pressure is what keeps us going – you need the pressure from your teachers to finish your homework; the pressure of looking pretty prompts(促使) you to lose weight when summer comes. And the same is also true of our intelligence – if we think less, we become less smart.
These mutations(变异) are harmful to our intelligence and they were all developed in the past 3,000 years. The other evidence that Crabtree holds is in our genes. He found that among the 2,000 to 5,000 genes that we have that determine human intelligence , there are two or more mutations in each of us.
However, Crabtree’s theory has been criticized by some who say that early humans may have better hunting and surviving abilities, but people today have developed a more diverse intelligence. For example, spearing a tiger doesn’t necessarily require more brainpower than playing chess or writing a poem. Moreover, the power of modern education means a lot more people have the opportunity to learn nowadays.
“You wouldn’t get Stephen Hawking 2,000 years ago. He just wouldn’t exist,” Thomas Hills of the University of Warwick, UK, told Live Science. “But now we have people of his intellectual capacity doing things and making insights(洞察力) that we would never have achieved in our environment of evolutionary adaptation.”
【1】What is Crabtree’s recent finding according to the article?
A. The Greeks from 1,000 BC could have been the smartest in human history.
B. Our ancient ancestors had no better surviving abilities than we do nowadays.
C. Humans have been getting steadily more intelligent since the invention of farming.
D. Mutations in genes that decide human intelligence have affected the development of intelligence.
【2】According to Crabtree, ancient humans _______.
A. had much more genes that determine human intelligence
B. were forced to be smart due to natural selection pressures
C. relied more on group intelligence than individual intelligence
D. developed a diverse intelligence to adapt to the hard realities
【3】Some argue that Crabtree’s theory is false because they think _______.
A. people today are under much more pressure than early humans
B. it’s ridiculous to compare a hunter’s and a poet’s intelligence
C. modern education is far more advanced than ancient education
D. human intelligence nowadays is different from that of the distant past
【4】What is Thomas Hills’ attitude toward Crabtree’s theory?
A. Supportive B. Unfavorable
C. Worried D. Confused
24、Tea，the most typical English drink，became established in Britain because of the influence of a foreign princess，Catherine of Braganza，the queen of Charles II．As a lover of tea since her childhood in Portugal，she brought tea-drinking to the English royal court and set a trend for the beverage in the 17th century．The fashion soon spread beyond the circle of the nobility to the middle classes，and tea became a popular drink at the London coffee houses where people met to do business and discuss events of the day．Many employers served a cup of tea to their workers in the middle of the morning，thus inventing a lasting British institution，the“tea break”. However，drinking tea in social settings outside the workplace was beyond the means of the majority of British people．It came with a high price tag and tea was taxed as well．
Around 1 800，the seventh Duchess of Bedford，Anne Maria，began the popular practice of“afternoon tea，”a ceremony taking place at about four o’clock．Until then，people did not usually eat or drink anything between lunch and dinner．At approximately the same time，the Earl of Sandwich popularized a new way of eating bread—in thin slices，with something like jam or cucumbers between them．Before long，a small meal at the end of the afternoon，involving tea and sandwiches，had become part of the British way of life．
As tea became much cheaper during the 19th century，its popularity spread right through all corners of the British society．Thus，tea became Britain’s favorite drink．In working-class households，it was served with the main meal of the day，eaten when workers returned home after a day’s labor．This meal has become known as“high tea”．Today，tea can be drunk at any time of the day，and accounts for over two-fifths of all drinks consumed in Britain-with the exception of water．
【1】What is mainly discussed about tea in the text?
A. Its popularity in Europe．
B. Its development in Britain．
C. Its influence around the world．
D. Its traditional ways of drinking．
【2】Why was tea unable to be accepted as a common drink in Britain in the 17th century?
A. It was merely served in London．
B. It was taxed as an alcoholic drink．
C. It was too expensive for most people．
D. It was forbidden in business settings.
【3】How is the text organized?
A. In time order．
B. By comparison．
C. By cause and effect．
D. In frequency order．
25、 Do you remember the last time you expressed how much you love your mother? If so, when? We tend to have this habit of shying away from expressing how ______ our mother or our father is to us. I must _______ that I am not used to expressing how much I love my parents. Seldom did I say the most used three ______: I Love You.
But that ______ the moment I learned about my mother's diagnosis (诊断). When it was confirmed that my mother had stage 3 breast cancer, I knew that the ______ of beating this illness was 50/50.
However, we followed all her physician's ______. She went through the process of ______. Cancer isn't easy to ______. It took my mother two years to ______ against cancer. I also ____ how people were there to help her in any way they could— ______, morally, and even for her food. I couldn't be thankful for their ______.
Unfortunately, my mother ______ her battle. Her body had given up. It wasn't easy for me to ____. It wasn't easy not to ______ all the things she had done for me and my siblings. I regret I didn’t convey my love and my thanks to my mother who had devoted all her life to her ______.
I miss everything about my mother. And ______ I miss her more. We tend to ______ to show our gratitude to them. While your mothers are still ______, remember to appreciate their unconditional love for you. Let them ______ how much you love them. Please say I Love You to your mother today.
【1】A.permanent B.important C.cautious D.powerful
【2】A.conclude B.deny C.admit D.predict
【3】A.words B.sentences C.letters D.forms
【4】A.failed B.developed C.dismissed D.changed
【5】A.difference B.ability C.luck D.chance
【6】A.judge B.result C.advice D.habit
【7】A.solution B.treatment C.tradition D.symptom
【8】A.win B.operate C.limit D.beat
【9】A.protect B.defend C.fight D.compete
【10】A.agreed B.witnessed C.persuaded D.promised
【11】A.naturally B.accidentally C.financially D.smoothly
【12】A.generosity B.approval C.connection D.recognition
【13】A.shook B.survived C.lost D.avoided
【14】A.argue B.accept C.ignore D.refuse
【15】A.remember B.inform C.receive D.check
【16】A.friends B.relatives C.neighbors D.children
【17】A.also B.nowadays C.meanwhile D.always
【18】A.forget B.arrange C.choose D.pretend
【19】A.hopeful B.delighted C.normal D.alive
【20】A.know B.clarify C.consider D.assess
26、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
I received an urgent call from my aunt. “Turn on the TV. Granny’s on the Channel 10 news.” It turned out that Granny had made a sandwich run for her office and was stopped at a red light downtown. She had the window rolled down to enjoy the breeze when a man rushed up to the driver’s side window, intending to carjack (劫车) her.
Now, what the would-be carjacker couldn't have known was that this woman simply wasn’t “a granny”. This was Nancy Johnson — the same woman who owned and lived on a Texas cattle farm, drove her own tractors, and dug her own post holes to lay fence. The week before, she had shot a rattlesnake and chopped off its head with a shovel. She was the proud owner of the new minivan (小型货车) she was driving. In other words, she was not your normal kind of granny.
The carjacker leaned into the open window, one hand stuffed in his pocket, and said, “Get out of this car. I have a gun, and I will shoot you.” A statement like that would have terrified anyone else. Instead, Granny saw it as a challenge. “If you really had a gun in your pocket, you would've pulled it out and led with that first,” she shouted at him, apparently unworried.
She was right. The criminal didn't have a gun. He instead reached into the window, grabbed her, and tried to pull her out of the van. He pulled open the door, wildly catching Granny’s arms. Granny leaned her shoulder inside to press the horn (喇叭) and started yelling to make people around notice what was happening. With the door now open, she held tight the steering wheel with one arm and started kicking the man anywhere her foot could make contact. This tall woman had quite a reach.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph1:
After a well-placed kick, the man was done, and attempted to release her and run.
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Paragraph 2:
Later, we asked “Granny ,don’t you realize you could have got yourself killed?”
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