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1、Anyone who wants to can call any timepiece a clock, but technically speaking, only _________ ones ring out the time actually deserve the name.
A.whatever B.whenever C.whichever D.wherever
2、Ning Zetao easily proved himself to be a rising star with four gold medals during the 17th Asian Games, ______was held in Incheon, South Korea last year.
A. where B. who C. which D. that
3、I always believe that a good mother can _____ her children to do anything right.
A.trust B.believe C.trouble D.true
4、Ms Kitty was half an hour late for the lecture，just ________ heavy traffic．
A.instead of B.in case of C.in spite of D.because of
5、The case will go back to the judge if both sides refusing to give in can’t reach a（n) __________．
A．agreement B．promise C．balance D．Judgment
6、_______ the teachers who paid a visit to our school this year was smaller than that of last year.
A.The number of B.A number of C.A great deal of D.Plenty of
7、—Hi, Lily. Don’t forget to watch I’m a Singer at 20: 10 this Friday!
—What a pity! I_________ in a plane to Hainan for a meeting then.
A．will sit
B．will be sitting
C．am sitting
D．sit
8、At the railway station, the mother waved goodbye to her daughter until the train was
_______.
A. out of sight B. out of reach
C. out of order D. out of place
9、Try not to start every sentence with “the”. ______ the beginnings of your sentences.
A.Vary B.Decorate C.Form D.Describe
10、By the end of last week,600 people from 50 countries to attend the meeting，with nearly half coming from the United States，Germany and Britain.
A. had registered B. have registered
C. registered D. were registered
11、_____ seemed selfish of him not to share his dictionary with others. But you shouldn’t have blamed him for this because he needed his dictionary to finish his paper then.
A. That B. What
C. It D. As
12、It is not polite to make ______ those who ______ in trouble.
A. funs with, is B. funs of, are
C. fun of, are D. fun with, is
13、If in a scientific way, this kind of dog will be able to work as a guide for the blind.
A．training
B．having trained
C．trained
D．to train
14、I had just nodded off to sleep __________ I was woken up by an almighty crash from their house.
A．when
B．what
C．why
D．that
15、The doctor will have a monitor ________ to your stomach so that she can listen to the baby's heart.
A．attaching
B．being attached
C．attached
D．to be attached
16、Fred let ________ that he was prepared to leave company when the new manager took office.
A. secret B. slip
C. promise D. standard
17、True friendship is like sound health, the value of which is seldom known________ it is.
A．when
B．if
C．until
D．since
18、The girl ________ in bed ________ to us that she had ________ the book on the bookshelf.
A.lay; lied; lay B.lying; lay; laid
C.lying; lied; laid D.lied; lied; laid
19、Teenagers should be cautious about the content on social networking sites, for their tastes and preferences ________ by what they see in the media.
A. shape B. were shaped
C. are shaped D. have shaped
20、Her answer is not acceptable, and ______.
A.neither am I B.either is mine C.neither is mine D.so is mine
21、If you could be anybody in the world, who would it be? Your neighbour or a super star? A few people have experienced what it might be like to step into the skin of another person, thanks to an unusual virtual reality（虚拟现实）device. Rikke Wahl, an actress, model and artist, was one of the participants in a body swapping experiment at the Be Another lab, a project developed by a group of artists based in Barcelona. She swapped with her partner, an actor, using a machine called The Machine to Be Another and temporarily became a man. "As I looked down, I saw my whole body as a man, dressed in my partner's pants," she said. "That's the picture I remember best."
The set-up is relatively simple. Both users wear a virtual reality headset with a camera on the top. The video from each camera is sent to the other person, so what you see is the exact view of your partner. If she moves her arm, you see it. If you move your arm, she sees it.
To get used to seeing another person's body without actually having control of it, participants start by raising their arms and legs very slowly, so that the other can follow along. Eventually, this kind of slow synchronised（同步的）movement becomes comfortable, and participants really start to feel as though they are living in another person's body.
Using such technology promises to alter people's behaviour afterwards-potentially for the better. Studies have shown that virtual reality can be effective in fighting racism-the bias（偏见）that humans have against those who don't look or sound like them. Researchers at the University of Barcelona gave people a questionnaire called the Implicit Association Test, which measures the strength of people's associations between, for instance, black people and adjectives such as good, bad, athletic or awkward. Then they asked them to control the body of a dark skinned digital character using virtual reality glasses, before taking the test again. This time, the participants' bias scores were lower. The idea is that once you've "put yourself in another's shoes" you're less likely to think ill of them, because your brain has internalised the feeling of being that person.
The creators of The Machine to Be Another hope to achieve a similar result. "At the end of body swapping, people feel like holding each other in their arms," says Arthur Pointeau, a programmer with the project. "It's a really nice way to have this kind of experience. I would really, really recommend it to everyone."
【1】The word "swapping" (paragraph 1) is closest in meaning to______.
A.building B.exchanging C.controlling D.transplanting
【2】We can infer from the experiment at the Be Another lab that______.
A.our feelings are related to our bodily experience
B.we can learn to take control of other people's bodies
C.participants will live more passionately after the experiment
D.The Machine to Be Another can help people change their sexes
【3】In the Implicit Association Test, before the participants used virtual reality glasses to control a dark skinned digital character, ______.
A.they fought strongly against racism
B.they scored lower on the test for racism
C.they changed their behaviour dramatically
D.they were more biased against those unlike them
【4】It can be concluded from the passage that______.
A.technology helps people realize their dreams
B.our biases could be eliminated through experiments
C.virtual reality helps promote understanding among people
D.our points of view about others need changing constantly
22、An old man died and left his son a lot of money. But the son was a foolish young man, he quickly spent all the money, and soon he had nothing left. Of course when that happened, all his friends left him.
When he was quite poor and alone he went to see Nasreddin who was a kind clever old man and often helped people when they had troubles. “My money has finished and my friends have gone,” said the young man “What will happen to me now?” “Don't worry, young man.” answered Nasreddin “Everything will soon be all right again. Wait and you will soon feel much happier.”
The young man was very glad. “Am I going to get rich again then?” he asked Nasreddin. “No, I didn't mean that,” said the old man “I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and to having no friends.”
【1】When the son was ________he went to see Nasreddin.
A．short of money
B．quite poor and sick
C．in trouble
D．quite poor and alone
【2】The young man was very glad because Nasreddin said that ________.
A．he would become rich again
B．he would soon feel much happier
C．he would become clever
D．he would have more friends
【3】Nasressin meant the young man________.
A．would get used to having nothing
B．would get rich again
C．would get used to being happy
D．would get out of poorness
23、Boys’schools are the perfect place to teach young men to express their emotions and involve them in activities such as art, dance and music．
Far from the traditional image of a culture of aggressive masculinity(男子气概)，the absence of girls gives boys the chance to develop without pressure to be consistent to a stereotype(传统观念),a US study says．
Boys at single-sex schools were said to be more likely to get involved in cultural and artistic activities that helped develop their abilities to express their emotions,rather than feeling they had to obey the “boy code” of hiding their emotions to be a “real man”.
The findings of the study are against the received wisdom that boys do better when taught alongside girls．
Tony Little，headmaster of Eton，warned that boys were being ignored by the British education system because it had become too focused on girls．He criticized teachers for failing to recognize that boys are actually more emotional than girls．
The research argued that boys often perform badly in mixed schools because they become discouraged when their female peers do better earlier in speaking and reading skills．
But in single-sex schools teachers can adjust lessons to boys’ learning style，letting them move around the classroom and getting them to compete in teams to prevent boredom, wrote the study’s author, Abigail James of the University of Virginia．
Teachers could encourage boys to enjoy reading and writing with “boy-focused” approaches such as themes and characters that appeal to them．Because boys generally have sharper vision，learn best through touch, and are physically more active, they need to be given “hands-on” lessons where they are allowed to walk around.” Boys in mixed schools view classical music as feminine(女性的)and prefer the modern type in which violence and sexism are major themes.” James wrote.
Single-sex education also made it less likely that boys would feel they had to give in to a stereotype that men should be “masterful and in charge” in relationships.“In mixed schools boys feel pressed to act like men before they understand themselves well enough to know what that means.” the study reported.
【1】The author believes that a single-sex school would ．
A. force boys to hide their emotions to be “real men”
B. help to form masculine aggressiveness in boys
C. encourage boys to express their emotions more freely
D. naturally place emphasis on the traditional image of a man to boys
【2】It is commonly believed that in a mixed school boys ．
A. perform relatively better
B. grow up more healthily
C. behave more responsibly
D. receive a better education
【3】What does Tony Little say about the British education system?
A. It fails more boys than girls academically．
B. It focuses more on mixed school education．
C. It fails to give boys the attention they need．
D. It places more pressure on boys than on girls．
【4】According to Abigail James，one of the advantages of single-sex schools is ．
A. teaching can be designed to promote boys’ team spirit
B. boys can focus on their lessons without being absent-minded
C. boys can choose to learn whatever they are interested in
D. teaching can be adapted to suit the characteristics of boys
24、Humans are emotional beings, showing feelings in our behavior and facial expressions. But whether these mean the same thing in different cultures has been hotly debated. Now a new study has found that in different social contexts, such as weddings, funerals and sports, people indeed show universal facial expressions.
For the new study, Alan Cowen’s team used a machine learning model, Deep Neural Network (DNN), to systematically analyze facial expressions in thousands of different contexts. These contexts come from more than six million videos uploaded to You Tube between July 2009 and May 2018 by people in 144 countries.
Facial expressions were rated by English speakers in India by selecting applicable emotions from a list of 31 labels, resulting in a total of 16 distinct facial expressions. Meanwhile, contexts were classified in a separate experiment. The results showed that people from different cultures share about 70% of the facial expressions used in response to different social and emotional situations.
“This supports Darwin’s theory that expressing emotions in our faces is universal among humans,” the study co-lead author Dacher Keltner said. “The physical display of our emotions may define who we are as a species, enhancing our communication and cooperation skills and ensuring our survival.”
However, Lisa Barrett, from the Northeastern University College of Science notes that the English speakers in India were given the emotional word ratings rather than labeling the expressions themselves. They used emotion labels such as “anger”, “fear” and “sadness” instead of descriptive terms, thereby inferring the emotions behind the expressions.
She further comments that the raters (评定者) saw the faces in contexts which can’t necessarily be separated from the emotions themselves, and that the key point is that the raters are from just one country. “The ultimate value of Cowen and his colleagues’ study might lie not in the answers it provides,” she concludes, “but in the opportunity for further discovery that it opens up.”
【1】What can we learn from the text?
A．The study is opposite to Darwin’s theory.
B．People in different cultures show similar facial expressions.
C．The team conducted the study by downloading facial expressions.
D．Facial expressions and contexts were classified in the same experiment.
【2】How did Alan Cowen’s team conduct the study?
A．By using a learning machine.
B．By uploading videos to YouTube.
C．By analyzing facial expressions.
D．By using emotion labels.
【3】What can we infer from Dacher Keltner’s words?
A．Social success is dependent on facial expressions.
B．Facial expressions have constantly changed over time.
C．Social skills reflect the ability of one’s expression management.
D．Facial expressions play a vital role in humans’ development.
【4】What is Lisa Barrett’s attitude towards the study?
A．Objective.
B．Ambiguous.
C．Critical.
D．Contradictory.
25、As a motivational speaker, Robert Kiyosaki has achieved a lot. His reputation is mainly ______ his success as founder of the Rich Dad Company. However, he also has ______ himself as one of the most influential motivators of our time.
Robert Kiyosaki ______ believes in the power of knowledge. While accepting that formal education is ______ , he is convinced that the process of ______ lasts throughout one’s life. For Kiyosaki, the most successful people are those who are ______ , who question everything, and who ______ every chance to learn.
Kiyosaki is a great believer in action. He ______ those who seek success to take action now. Success comes to those who act, and don’t ______ their ambition. Action creates the energy that drives you on to further action.
Kiyosaki has little time for ______ . Don’t, he says, blame others for your ______ of aim or inability to act. ______ , concentrate on what you want. Do not be a slave to the word “can’t.”
Part of Kiyosaki’s financial ______ is that everyone should learn about finance so that they can act from a position of knowledge. Do not accept ______ what others advise. Gain understanding, and then you have the ______ to make decisions yourself.
【1】
A．based on
B．focused on
C．taken in
D．engaged in
【2】
A．recommended
B．established
C．served
D．claimed
【3】
A．firmly
B．suddenly
C．loosely
D．frequently
【4】
A．fair
B．reasonable
C．important
D．typical
【5】
A．suffering
B．living
C．learning
D．changing
【6】
A．optimistic
B．anxious
C．energetic
D．curious
【7】
A．miss
B．grab
C．ignore
D．offer
【8】
A．urges
B．commands
C．promises
D．permits
【9】
A．look down upon
B．give in to
C．lose sight of
D．make fun of
【10】
A．reasons
B．excuses
C．results
D．doubts
【11】
A．sake
B．lack
C．favour
D．gain
【12】
A．Instead
B．However
C．Moreover
D．Thus
【13】
A．demand
B．plan
C．advice
D．decision
【14】
A．frankly
B．widely
C．briefly
D．blindly
【15】
A．patience
B．attempt
C．resource
D．power
26、假如你是李华，你的英国笔友Bill 来信询问你家乡是否有雾霾（smog）、情况如何。请按下面提示写一封电子邮件:
1. 感谢他的关心；
2. 简要介绍本地雾霾情况及给人们生活带来的危害；
3. 人们已经认识到雾霾天气的危害，正采取各种措施减少其发生。
注意：1.字数100左右；
2.不要逐字翻译，可适当增加细节以使行文连贯；
3.开头结尾已经给出，不计入总数。
Dear Bill:
I’m glad to receive your letter. Thank you for your caring for the weather and my health.
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Yours Sincerely,
Li Hua
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