1、I know the boy, _____father is an engineer.
A. whose B. his
C. whom D. who
2、 ________ is known to citizens in Changchun, the news ________ the students from Jilin Provincial Experimental School did a fantastic job in the 2014 College Entrance Examination spread in the whole city.
A. Which; what
B. As; that
C. As; what
D. It; that
3、The police are trying to find out how many people the train have died.
A. broad B. aboard
C. abroad D. board
4、David apologized for ________ to inform me of the change in the plan.
A.his being not able
B.him not to be able
C.his not being able
D.him to he not able
5、—Hello! Can you go to the movies with me tonight?
—________. I have to look after my pet dog.
A.Why not.
B.Sorry, I can’t.
C.Yes, I’d love to.
D.I’ll go with you.
6、Jane has been so ________ in getting used to everything that she hasn’t had time for social activities.
A. confused B. worried C. devoted D. occupied
7、But for your instruction, I ______ such great progress in so short a time. Thanks a lot.
A. wouldn’t make B. hadn’t made
C. won’t make D. wouldn’t have made
8、It’s generally believed that the popular South Korean drama Man From the Stars is ________ in creative storylines as in pretty faces and fashion.
A. such a successful example
B. so successful an example
C. as a successful example
D. as successful an example
9、________ their English, some teams are determined to use English as their working language.
A.Improving
B.Improved
C.Having improved
D.To improve
10、Independent study is not intended as a(n) ________ for reducing course-scheduling difficulties but as a means for exploring in greater depth academic subject matter.
A. exchange B. device
C. suggestion D. reason
11、The boss ________ company Mr. King worked heard about the accident.
A.whose
B.in whose
C.of whose
D.in which
12、Health experts believe that even a little exercise is far better than _____at all.
A. none B. nothing
C. no one D. anything
13、Determining where we are in relation to our surroundings remains an essential skill for our ________.
A.survive
B.survival
C.survivor
D.survived
14、The program provides ______ support to people who lost their jobs in the pandemic.
A.energetic
B.desperate
C.intelligent
D.financial
15、I won’t tell the student the answer to the math problem until he______ on it for more than an hour.
A. has been working B. will have worked
C. will have been working D. had worked
16、The harder you , the better progress you .
A.will work B.work; have made
C.work; will make D.will work; make
17、 Meeting my uncle after all these years was an unforgettable moment, ________I will always treasure.
A. that B. one
C. it D. what
18、---Shall we go fishing on Saturday or Sunday?
--- Up to you. _______.
A. That’s all right. B. Never mind
C. That’s not the point. D. It makes no difference to me.
19、________ more about what is included in the activities, please visit www. playforfun. com.
A. Know B. Knowing
C. Having known D. To know
20、________upon his years of experience in the business, ZhangYong, Alibaba’s newly appointed CEO, came up with a novel idea for increasing sales.
A.To draw B.Being drawn C.Drawing D.Drawn
21、 In a year when time barely has any meaning, it should come as no surprise that the holidays are right around the corner. That happens fast! Anyway, it’s never too early to shop for presents, whether they’re for your parents, friends, significant other or even yourself.
Everyone deserves a little something for making it through 2020, so we’ve put together this list of presents to put a smile on anyone’s face. We combed the Internet and went into our testing archives to find the best gifts for him and gifts for her. For more ideas, check out our roundups(综述) of 5-star Amazon gifts and top-rated Nordstrom gifts.
Best gifts for him
Apple Watch Series 6 (starting at $479; amazon.com)
Apple’s new smartwatch made a splash in September, when new colors, loops and blood oxygen monitoring capabilities were unveiled(发布). We tested it out and are happy to report it’s our pick for the best smartwatch of 2020. We’re sure it’s going to be a hot gift this year, so get yours early.
Baboon Go-Bag Small ($111.75, originally $149; baboontothemoon.com)
If the guy in your life has been locked up inside the house, it might be time for a weekend getaway (while being safe and socially distant, of course). If that’s the case, he’ll love this small duffel bag from Baboon to the Moon, which is waterproof and made with super-durable OM Stardust Ballistic shell material. Need more than a weekend? It also comes in a larger size for a more extended escape.
Best gifts for her
CRZ Yoga(瑜伽) Women’s High-Waist Yoga Pants(裤子) (starting at $24; amazon.com)
If she needs a refresh to her work-from-home outfit, or just a pair of comfortable leggings to lounge around in, this pair from CRZ Yoga is the gift for her. They’re similar to Lululemon’s cult-favorite Align leggings, but for just $24 you can give her the buttery soft feel without draining your wallet.
Apple iPad 8th Generation (starting at $299, originally $329; amazon.com)
Apple also released its newest iteration of the always-great iPad, bringing faster processing times and a good user interface with iPadOS. We tested it and thought the balance of price and performance was so excellent that we named it the best tablet(平板电脑) of 2020.
【1】What might be a better alternative if you want to bring smooth feelings to your wife without spending too much money?
A.Apple Watch Series 6. B.Baboon Go-Bag Small.
C.CRZ Yoga pants. D.Apple iPad 8th Generation.
【2】Where would you most probably see this article?
A.On an advertisement website. B.In a brochure for Apple products.
C.In a financial magazine. D.In a quality report.
22、 With its subtle(微妙的)rules on tipping and not-so-subtle rules about carrying ID,Las Vegas is better enjoyed after a little research.This smart booklet will save you the bother.
Tipping Las Vegas runs on tips.You should hand a dollar bill to the waiting staff who get you a drink,and the doorman who whistles you up a taxi.Taxi drivers and restaurant waiting staff should get 15%-20%(most bills do not include service charge);tour guides $5-$10;and you're oven expected to leave S2-S5 a day at the end of your hotel stay for the housekeeping staff you may never actually meet. On the plus side, the customer service in Las Vegas is second to none:if you tip well for a round of drinks in a club,for instance, a good waiter will later pick you out of the crowd and pour your drinks while you're still sitting in the fourth row. | Getting around The airport is close to the centre.You can catch a shuttle to the major hotels for$11-$15,or get a quicker taxi for about $25.(Walking on the Strip is fun for people-watching, with elevated pedestrian walkways.A monorail runs from the MGM Grand to SLS with stops at: Bally's and Paris;the Flamingo; Harrah's and The LINQ;Las Vegas Convention Center and Westgate Vegas. A double-decker bus called the Deuce also runs all the way up the Strip to Fremont Street in the Downtown area. |
Areas When you think of Las Vegas,you're thinking of the Strip:a stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard,about four miles long,packed with hotels and casinos(娱乐场所)that extends from the Mandalay Bay hotel in the south to the SLS hotel in the north.There are two skyscraper hotels a little to the east,Palms and the Rio,and some smaller.cheaper ones to the west.The other great area for the visitor is Downtown.four miles north of the central Strip.Don't think you've seen Las Vegas without visiting it. | Health Especially in summer,make sure you stay well hydrated(含水的).All casinos and hotels are air-conditioned,sometimes heavily:consider carrying a jumper or jacket even during the summer.In the case of a medical emergency,call 911 or ask your hotel doorman for assistance. |
Other essentials Carry ID with proof of age (passport or driving licence) if you are going to a club;it will be checked no matter how old you! appear. |
To find out more about holidays in Las Vegas, check out visitinglasvegas.com
【1】Which of the following is true of Las Vegas?
A.The Strip is one of its cultural symbols.
B.The age of club-goers is not necessarily to be checked
C.Visitors had better carry jumpers due to the rainy summer
D.Visitors can get an excellent customer service if they tip well.
【2】There are means of transport for visitors to choose from if they want to get around .
A.3 B.4
C.5 D.6
【3】This smart booklet is meant to .
A.tell visitors what they must know about the destination
B.help visitors learn about local customs and lifestyle
C.impress visitors with a cost-saving too
D.inspire more visitors to tour the city
23、 A team of engineers at Harvard University in trying to create the first robotic fly. Designed to do what a fly does naturally, the tiny is the size of a fat housefly. Its mini wings allow it to stay in the air and perform controlled flight tasks.
"The added difficulty with a project like this is that actually none of its components is off the shelf and so we have to develop them all on our own’ said Robert Wood, a Harvard engineering professor.
They engineered a series of systems to start and drive the robotic fly. “The seemingly simple system which just moves the wings has a number of interdependencies (相互依赖)on the individual components, each of which individually has to perform well, but then has to be matched well to everything it d connected to,” said Wood.
While this first robotic flyer is linked to a small, off-board power source, the goal is eventually to equip it with a built-in power source, so that it might someday perform data-gathering work at rescue sites,in farmers’ fields or on the battlefield. "Basically it should be able to take off, land and fly around,” he said.
Wood says the design offers a new way to study flight mechanics and control at insect-scale. Yet, the power, sensing and computation technologies on board could have much broader applications.“You can start thinking about using them to answer open scientific questions, you know, to study biology in ways that would be difficult with the animal,but using these robots instead” he said. "So there are a lot of technologies and open interesting scientific questions that are really what drives us on a day-to-day basis.”
【1】What is the typical characteristic of the robotic fly?
A.It's automatic.
B.It's very small.
C.It's controllable.
D.It's quite powerful.
【2】We can infer from the passage that the robotic flyer can____ .
A.act as a spy plane
B.help do farm work
C.fly at a very high speed
D.answer many scientific questions
【3】What is Wood's idea about the robotic fly according to the last paragraph?
A.It is highly questionable.
B.It has wide practical applications.
C.It gives scientists interest in flying machines.
D.It points to a new direction in studying biology.
【4】What can be the best title for the passage?
A.Harvand's Study in the Field of Insects.
B.A Breakthrough in Engineering Science
C.An Interesting Invention 一 Robotic Fly
D.Robotic Fly 一 a Copy of Real Life Insect
24、Picture a typical MBA lecture theatre twenty years ago. In it the majority of students will have conformed to (符合)the standard model of the time: male, middle class and Western. Walk into a class today, however, and you'll get a completely different impression. For a start, you will now see plenty more women-the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, for example, boasts that 40% of its new enrolment is female, you will also see a wide range of ethnic groups and nationals of practically every country.
It might be tempting, therefore, to think that the old barriers have been broken down and equal opportunity achieved. But, increasingly, this apparent diversity(多样化) is becoming a mask for a new type of conformity. Behind the differences in sex, skin tones and mother tongues, there are common attitudes, expectations and ambitions which risk creating a set clones among the business leaders of the future.
Diversity, it seems, has not helped to deal with basic weaknesses in business leadership. So, what can be done to create more effective managers of the commercial world? According to Valerie Gauthier, associate dean at HEC Paris, the key lies in the process by which MBA programs recruit(招募) their students. At the moment candidates are selected on a fairly narrow set of standards such as previous academic and career performance, and analytical and problem solving abilities. This is then coupled to a school's mixture of what a diverse class should look like, with the result that passport, ethnic origin and sex can all become influencing factors. But schools rarely dig down to find out what really makes an applicant succeed, to create a class which also contains diversity of attitude and approach-arguably the only diversity that, in a business context, really matters.
Professor Gauthier believes schools should not just be selecting candidates from traditional sectors such as banking, consultancy and industry. They should also be seeking individuals who have backgrounds in areas such as political science, the creative arts, history or philosophy, which will allow them to put business decisions into a wider context.
Indeed, there does seem to be a demand for the more rounded leaders such diversity might create. A study by Mannaz, a leadership development company, suggests that, while the bully-boy chief executive of old may not have been removed completely, there is a definite shift in emphasis towards less tough styles of management-at least in America and Europe. Perhaps most significant, according to Mannaz, is the increasing interest large companies have in more collaborative management models, such as those popular in Scandinavia, which seek to combine the hard and soft aspects of leadership and encourage delegated responsibility.
【1】What characterizes the business school student population of today?
A.Greater diversity
B.Intellectual maturity.
C.Exceptional diligence.
D.Higher ambition.
【2】What is the author's concern about current business school education?
A.It will arouse students' unrealistic expectation.
B.It will produce business leaders of a uniform style.
C.It focuses on theory rather than on practical skills.
D.It stresses competition rather than cooperation.
【3】What aspect of diversity does Valerie Gauthier think is most important?
A.Age and educational background.
B.Social and professional experience.
C.Attitude and approach to business.
D.Ethnic origin and gender.
【4】What applicants does the author think MBA programs should consider recruiting?
A.Applicants with prior experience in business companies.
B.Applicants with sound knowledge in math and statistics.
C.Applicants from outside the traditional sectors.
D.Applicants from less developed regions and areas.
【5】The underlined word in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to________
A.effective
B.traditional
C.decisive
D.joint
25、Recently we took a trip to the South of France. As my parents are both ________, they decided to take me along on their artist residency program, ________ in the charming city of Arles in the Provence region, which is famous as the town where Vincent van Gogh ________ some of his most famous works.
We ________ from Switzerland on a French train. It ran well and was ________, and we easily found taxis ________ outside the Arles train station. Our apartment was located on Rue de la Calade, a ________ street in the center of the city. It was ________—with stone floors, well-kept rooms, and friendly neighbors. Our first day in Arles was ________ walking around and just getting a feel of the area. We had ________ our apartment for three weeks!
The first day’s ________ we took outside of Arles was to St. Rémy, where van Gogh once ________ in a mental hospital while still painting some of his most beloved ________. Today you can visit all the places that he painted at although they aren’t as completely ________ as they used to be. St. Rémy is a beautiful little town, though—lots of places to ________.
My family and I took a day tour to the Camargue, a nearby nature ________, which is France’s wild west, our last week in Arles. We got the ________ we had booked through the Arles tourist office, which can sometimes be ________. The tour was, although a little long, beautiful in every way. If in the South of France, I ________ recommend visiting the Camargue.
So overall, Arles and the South of France is excellent. ________ stopping for some days!
【1】
A.teachers
B.artists
C.officers
D.doctors
【2】
A.stayed
B.stood
C.located
D.collapsed
【3】
A.invented
B.cited
C.discovered
D.painted
【4】
A.arrived
B.emerged
C.parted
D.escaped
【5】
A.in turn
B.in vain
C.on schedule
D.on business
【6】
A.striking
B.running
C.passing
D.waiting
【7】
A.busy
B.corporate
C.modern
D.remote
【8】
A.awesome
B.delightful
C.peaceful
D.ordinary
【9】
A.spent
B.wasted
C.comfortable
D.worth
【10】
A.bought
B.cleaned
C.built
D.booked
【11】
A.bonus
B.plan
C.trip
D.distance
【12】
A.volunteered
B.lived
C.served
D.died
【13】
A.domains
B.jewels
C.treasures
D.works
【14】
A.unattractive
B.unchanged
C.unsure
D.unpopular
【15】
A.decorate
B.dominate
C.visit
D.avoid
【16】
A.preserve
B.habitat
C.base
D.farmland
【17】
A.awards
B.tickets
C.contracts
D.envelopes
【18】
A.helpful
B.humble
C.beneficial
D.domestic
【19】
A.quickly
B.simply
C.nervously
D.highly
【20】
A.Mean
B.Like
C.Try
D.Hate
26、书面表达
假如你是小华, Heby是美国人。她在寒假游玩中国时,你们相识并成为好朋友。Heby回国后,你很想念她,于是给她写了一封信,并且和她谈了你对高一新生活的感受,信头信尾均已给出。
内容包括:1.很高兴与她成为朋友,离开后很想念她。2.新学校的生活、学习情况与感受。
3. 表达对她父母的问候,并邀请她明年来你校参观。
要求:词数:100词左右;
Dear Heby,
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Yours,
Xiao Hua