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1、Many scientists think that the continents ________always where they________ today.
A．aren’t; are
B．aren’t; were
C．weren’t; are
D．weren’t; were
2、Once, ______ to dinner at a university, he was put on the spot when the president suddenly asked him to give a speech.
A．being invited
B．to be invited
C．had been invited
D．having been invited
3、I was walking in the park ________ something unusual caught my attention.
A．that
B．which
C．where
D．when
4、It is illegal for a public official to ask people for gifts or money favors to them.
A．in preference to
B．in place of
C．in agreement with
D．in exchange for
5、—Mary's been offered a job in a university, but she doesn't want to take it.
— ________？It's a very good chance.
A. Guess what B. So what
C．Who cares D．But why
6、A study of travelers by the website Trip Advisor names Yangshuo as one of the top 10 destinations in the world.
A. conducted B. was conducted
C. to be conducted D. conducting
7、He hurried to the school, _________ no body there.
A．just to find
B．jut finding
C．only to find
D．only finding
8、Even the best writers sometimes find themselves________ for words.
A．losing
B．lost
C．loses
D．be lost
9、A strong-willed person will stand up ______ and will continue on his way until he succeeds.
A．in a larger sense
B．against all odds
C．on reflection
D．at a glance
10、______ , I think, in another two weeks, and you will realize your dream.
A. If you doubt your efforts B. Making greater efforts
C. When you make greater efforts D. A bit more efforts
11、I borrow the book Sherlock Holmes from the library last week, ________ my classmates recommended to me.
A.that B.when
C.which D.where
12、The plan benefits adult education, which helps to raise the development standard of the whole country.
A.in return B.in turn
C.in place D.in fact
13、The author, along with her writing group, ______a series of creative writing workshops in various local schools over the past two months.
A．has conducted
B．have conducted
C．had conducted
D．are conducting
14、We took a taxi to the airport.Otherwise we _______late
A．would be
B．were
C．will be
D．would have been
15、In China, a middle school’s success was _____ in terms of the number of students who got into university.
A. measured B. conquered
C. negotiated D. implied
16、 can be done been done.
A.All; have B.All that; have C.All; has D.All that; has
17、People try to avoid public transportation delays by using their own cars, and this creates further problems.
A. in short B. in case
C. in doubt D. in turn
18、It was not until the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression ended that ________ to his hometown.
A．did he return
B．didn’t he returned
C．he returned
D．he didn’t return
19、—I’m sorry I have no cash in hand.
— . I’ll pay for everything.
A.Take your time B.You’re right
C.Whatever you say D.Take it easy
20、It is a different world but one ______ offers huge challenges to ambitious young people interested in ______ our Universe works.
A. which; what B. which; why C. that; how D. that; that
21、How to make up riddles (谜语)
Riddles are fun to ask and solve. It is a pride to ask a riddle that no one has ever heard before. If you are looking to find such a riddle, it is better to create a riddle yourself. 【1】
Decide on your subject.
While sitting to write a riddle, you have to think of the subject first. 【2】 . It is just the concept where your answer lies. For example, if your answer is onion, your subject is an object or a vegetable.
【3】
You would have seen riddles of three to four words along with those that are long sentences. So, you have to decide the length of your riddle beforehand. Only after this, you can form a riddle that fits in your imagination. You can keep your riddles short or long. However, the listeners should be able to follow the context without any difficulties.
Start with the answer.
【4】 For example, let us consider that you are about to ask a riddle whose answer is an onion. Once you know this answer, you can think of the possible ways of forming a puzzle on your own.
Analyse your answer.
Once you have chosen your answer, you have to brainstorm the possible characteristics (特征) of it. 【5】 So you can collect the facts like the ability of ice to melt during heating and its freezing chillness. Once you know these facts about your answer, you can add them to your question of the riddle.
A．Read some existing riddles.
B．Find the length of your riddle.
C．The subject does not mean anything complicated (复杂的).
D．You can find these riddles online and through apps or movies.
E．For example, let us imagine that your answer for the riddle is ice.
F．In this article, let us discuss the process of creating one yourself in brief.
G．Knowing the answer before forming the question is important in riddle creation.
22、Technology usually distracts us from nature. But now technology is “offering us an opportunity to listen to nonhumans in powerful ways, reviving our connection to the natural world,” wrote professor Karen Bakker in her new book, The Sounds of Life: How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the Worlds of Animals and Plants.
All around the animal kingdom, there are sounds that we struggle to pick up and decipher. Elephants, for example, communicate with each other using infrasound, a sound frequency far below our human hearing range. Coral in the ocean also communicates with each other through sound waves, with one purpose being to attract baby coral to areas where it can successfully grow.
This is a shocking fact as coral doesn’t have any ears! Scientists have placed listening devices in these environments to pick up sounds humans are normally unable to detect.
After the sounds are recorded, AI is then able to determine their meaning, according to the news website Vox. There are now whole databases of whale songs and honeybee dances. Bakker wrote that one day this information could be turned into “a zoological version of Google Translate”.
One animal language Bakker wrote about is that of the elephant. She explained how elephants “have a different signal for honeybee, which is a threat, and a different signal for human,” in an interview with Vox. “Moreover, they distinguish between threatening humans and non-threatening humans,” she said.
This technology can not only understand the animals, but also communicate back to them. For example, bees use dances to communicate to their peers where to go in search of nectar. A research team in Germany, therefore, fed the bee language AI database system into a robot bee, allowing the robot to create a dance routine that can tell the bees which direction to move, Vox reported. Whereas in the past language creation had been limited to mainly apes, with there being many examples of chimpanzees (黑猩猩) having been taught sign language to communicate with humans, this new technology now allows humans to socialize with different animals throughout the animal kingdom.
【1】What does the underlined word “decipher” most probably mean in paragraph 2?
A．Understand.
B．Hear.
C．Produce.
D．Record.
【2】What helps baby coral choose their home?
A．Infrasound.
B．Sounds within human range of hearing.
C．Sounds through its ears.
D．Sound waves.
【3】What can we infer from the passage?
A．Bees used dances to warn their peers of danger.
B．Human fed listening devices into coral to detect it.
C．Elephants have different signals for different purposes.
D．Elephants can tell whether there are threatening animals around.
【4】Why did researchers create the robot bee?
A．To collect more bee dances.
B．To convey direction to bees.
C．To learn the language of bees.
D．To help bees search for their friends.
23、Diversity in the outdoors: Students Group
Thursday, October 8, 2021, 2 — 3:30 pm
ASI Peak Adventures is excited to host a discussion on diversity in outdoor activities. People from some cultural backgrounds are historically fewer in outdoor leisure, but the tide is changing. More and more people from all backgrounds are interacting with nature. In this group, students will discuss what the outdoors means to them and share adventure stories.
Location Virtual — ZOOM
No Man’s Land Film Festival
Friday, October 23, 2021, 6 — 11 pm
ASI Peak Adventures is excited to support and host a virtual showing of the No Man’s Land Film Festival. While we cannot all be together on campus just yet, we can all be together in community watching women fascinated in the outdoors. These films will inspire you to promote the women in your life and possibly your next big adventure! This event is free for students and there is a $10 suggested donation. Let No Man’s Land Film Festival kick off your weekend!
Location Virtual — ZOOM
Yellowstone
Thursday, December 3, 2021, 4 — 4:30 pm
Join us and explore Yellowstone National Park from the comfort of your own home. With our provided virtual tour, come and see some of the famous main attractions around the park. Throughout your adventure, you can learn about the history and nature that inhabit the park. Also included is some additional information about visiting Yellowstone in person. We hope to see you on our tour!
Location Virtual — ZOOM
【1】What will the students do in the group?
A．List some interesting outdoor activities.
B．Work out the meaning of changing tide.
C．Tell some adventure stories to each other.
D．Do some historical outdoor activities.
【2】What is special about No Man’s Land Film Festival?
A．it charges students $10 for donation.
B．it focuses on women’s love for the outdoors.
C．it will be held on campus at weekends.
D．it admits women’s adventurers for the festival.
【3】What do the three activities have in common?
A．They are all free for students.
B．They all last the same period.
C．They are all outdoor activities.
D．They are all online activities.
24、More and more people like bicycling and it is no surprise. It is fun, healthy and good for the environment. Maybe that's why there are 1.4 billion bicycles and only 400 million cars on roads worldwide today. Bikes can take you almost anywhere, and there is no oil cost!
Get on a bicycle and ride around your neighborhood. You may discover something new all around you. Stopping and getting off a bike is easier than stopping and getting out of your car. You can bike to work and benefit from the enjoyable exercise without polluting the environment. You don't even have to ride all the way.
Folding bikes work well for people who ride the train. Just fold the bike and take it with you. You can do the same on an airplane. A folding bike can be packed in a suitcase. You can also take a common bike with you when you fly. But be sure to look for information by getting on airline websites. Not all airlines are bicycle-friendly to travelers.
It helps to prevent heart diseases. Bicycling helps to control your weight. A 15-minute bike ride to and from work three times a week burns off five kilos of ft in a year. Bicycling can improve your mood.
Exercise like bicycling has been shown to make people feel better, more relaxed and self-confident. Bicycling is healthier than driving.
【1】When you are riding your bicycle around your neighborhood, you may________.
A．pollute the environment around
B．find something you didn't notice
C．go everywhere and use a little oil
D．get off your bike and begin to work
【2】If you travel with a folding bike, you can fold it and ________.
A．get out of the car
B．take it onto a train
C．put it in your purse
D．go on airline websites
【3】One of the benefits from bicycling is that ________.
A．you can fold the bicycle
B．you will e friendly to others
C．you will be more relaxed
D．you may get fatter and fatter
【4】Which is TRUE according to the passage?
A．Bicycling is enjoyable exercise for people.
B．Driving cars is healthier than riding bikes.
C．Riding a bike pollutes your neighborhood.
D．Common bikes are welcomed by all airlines.
25、A video of Tommy Carroll skating near his home has been viewed millions of times around the globe, gaining him fame as a skateboarder. He can’t see, but he can pull off some of the most incredible _______ on his skateboard without showing any _______. “I think everybody should know that everything happens for a reason and that there’s always a way to _______ an obstacle if you really want it enough”. Carroll said in the video.
Carroll, was born with the retinal (视网膜) cancer and lost his _______when he was two years old. He _______ to skateboard at the age of ten and has been on the board ever since. In the video, he explains how he uses sound to _______, listening for what’s around him and gaining a sense of his surroundings through his ears.
“I am always constantly using the sound of my wheels to _______ if there’s anything in my way and get my sense of _______ ,” he says. Carroll used to get lots’ of doubts from ‘his classmates about his _______for mastering’ the sports. “There were people who ________ me. ” Carroll smiled, adding, “They considered it no way, taking it for granted that people like me, can’t skateboard. But I just ________ them. ”
Though courageous, Carroll learns to be ________. When he skateboards in the new location, he gradually ________ himself with the surroundings. After a number of rides he then starts trying tricks. “Falling is as ________ as the sport itself. ” he said, “I have proved peers ________.”
【1】
A．images
B．tricks
C．rides
D．jumps
【2】
A．curiosity
B．complaint
C．fear
D．interest
【3】
A．weaken
B．spot
C．avoid
D．overcome
【4】
A．vision
B．patience
C．mind
D．touch
【5】
A．hoped
B．started
C．plotted
D．hesitated
【6】
A．navigate
B．transfer
C．balance
D．distinguish
【7】
A．prove
B．see
C．explore
D．check
【8】
A．achievement
B．security
C．direction
D．danger
【9】
A．affection
B．reason
C．talent
D．capacity
【10】
A．discouraged
B．misunderstood
C．motivated
D．abused
【11】
A．forgave
B．defeated
C．mouthed
D．ignored
【12】
A．modest
B．brave
C．safe
D．confident
【13】
A．helps
B．familiarizes
C．compares
D．connects
【14】
A．demanding
B．beneficial
C．complicated
D．thrilling
【15】
A．childish
B．wrong
C．impolite
D．incompetent
26、One morning in the autumn when I was nine, Mom asked me to do some yard work with her. She had grown some potatoes in our yard that spring. It was time to harvest (收获). She wanted me to help her dig the potatoes. “Do I have to?” I said unhappily.
“Yes, you do,” Mom gave an answer. Then she added, “Change your attitude and it’ll be easier.” “That’s what you think,” I thought to myself. I sat on the sofa watching TV. Soon Mom wouldn’t wait any longer and ordered me to follow her.
Worried that she’d be angry, I walked slowly out. I was unwillingly to move my feet—almost as though there were magnets (磁铁) fixed to them and the ground was metal. Or it felt like my socks were filled with wet sand. Or maybe my feet just stuck to the ground.
注意：1. 所续写的词数应为150左右;
2. 续写部分分为两段，两段开头语已为你写好;
Paragraph 1:
Following Mom’s instructions, I picked up a shovel (铲子) and started to work.
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Paragraph 2:
I was about to give up the work when Mom’s words came to my mind.
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