1、To fit into the new surroundings, he struggled to ___________ his shyness.
A.combine B.overcome C.applaud D.decorate
2、It is reported that more than half of ________ surveyed on the website say they are content with their current life.
A. whom B. them C. ones D. those
3、—Are you finishing your task?
— ________ . We still need at least two days.
A.Exactly
B.Not a little
C.No wonder
D.Far from it
4、 —What do you want to do next?We have half an hour until the basketball game。
— __________.Whatever you want to do is fine with me.
A. All right. B. It just depends.
C. It’s up to you D. Glad to hear that
5、He smiled politely ________ Lucy apologized for her drunken friends.
A.though B.as C.unless D.how
6、________ he works, ________ progress he’ll make in the future.
A.The more careful,the more
B.The more carefully, the more
C.The more carefully, the most
D.The most careful, the most
7、The educational leaders of Jiangsu province gathered to ______ a comprehensive reform of education.
A.cater for B.send for C.push for D.allow for
8、There are some health problems that, if _______ in time, can become bigger ones later on.
A.not treated B.not being treated
C.not to be treated D.not having been treated
9、In Korea, the third Monday of May is the day to celebrate ________ turn 19 years old, known as ‘Coming-of-Age’ day.
A.he who
B.whoever
C.those who
D.who
10、The wounded ____ as well stay at home on such a terrible day.
A. can B. must C. may D. should
11、These mistakes are very ______ among students, so we’re not surprised if you do wrong.
A.ordinary B.common C.usual D.normal
12、—You know, a new park ________ near the river now.
—Wow, we’ll have a good place to relax in the future.
A.building
B.will build
C.to be built
D.is being built
13、I tried phoning her office, but I couldn’t__________.
A.get along
B.get on
C.get to
D.get through
14、The _____ of the Itaipu Dam took 30,000 people seven years.
A.construction B.production C.destruction D.instruction
15、Doumen is so ________ that it ________ to tourists from all over the province.
A. appealing, appeals B. appealed, appeals
C. appealed, appealed D. appealing, appealed
16、The old people in the village still_______ the local traditions.
A. obey B. order
C. offer D. observe
17、When faced with danger, don’t panic, ______ you will find a solution.
A. or B. but C. so D. and
18、______ opinions on the schedule, we finally reached on agreement.
A. Having exchanged B. Exchanging
C. Exchanged D. To exchange
19、 No one is beyond the law, so it is _______ that the young talented university student was sentenced to death for murdering his roommate with poison.
A. avoidable B. surprising
C. reasonable D. astonishing
20、I’m looking for a house which is big enough ________ all the children.
A.to hold B.to have held
C.to be held D.to holding
21、A man in Indonesia is walking backwards for 435 miles (700 kilometers). He’s making the trip to encourage the government and others to protect and rebuild Indonesia’s rainforests.
Medi Bastoni is 43 years old. He is the father of four children and lives in Dono, Indonesia, That’s about 12.5 miles (20 kilometers) from Mount Wilis, a beautiful mountain area that has had large areas of forests cut down in the past.
Indonesia is the largest country in the world formed by a group of islands. There are over 16, 000 islands in Indonesia, and most of them are covered with rainforests. Forests cover about 70% of the country. But on Java, where Mr Bastoni lives, there are more people, and far more forests have been cleared.
Some areas of Indonesia’s rainforests have been cut or burned. Mr Bastoni believes it’s important to protect- forests from being cut down and to restore them when they have been destroyed. Near his home, Mount Wilis is now being restored, but Mr Bastoni wants to make sure that this protection continues.
That’s why he came up with the idea of the 435-mile walk. He aims to walk from his home in Dono, across most of the island of Java to the country’s capital, Jakarta. There, he hopes to meet the country’s president, Joko Widodo.
Mr Bastoni hopes to arrive in Jakarta on August 17. It is the country’s independence day celebration. If he is able to meet Mr Widodo, he plans to ask him for the seed of a tree to plant at the bottom of Mount Wilis. The seed is meant as a symbol and a promise that the area will be protected.
And walking backwards is a symbol, too. Mr Bastoni wants Indonesians to look back at their past and think about how they got their independence.
But walking backwards is also a good way to get attention. Right now, Mr Bastoni’s backwards walk is pretty big news in Indonesia.
【1】What’s Medi Bastoni’s purpose of making the 435-mile trip?
A.To call on others to follow him.
B.To keep up the protection of forests.
C.To attract others’ attention and show himself.
D.To celebrate the country’s independence day.
【2】What do we know about Indonesia from the text?
A.Its capital lies on the island of Dono.
B.Most of its rainforests have been cut down.
C.It is a country with a high rate of forest coverage.
D.Its islands are larger than those of any other country.
【3】Why does Medi Bastoni hope to meet the president?
A.He is asked to plant a tree with the president.
B.He wants the president to keep his promise.
C.It will be independence day when he arrives.
D.He wants the president to help protect forests.
【4】Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?
A.A Long Journey on Foot in Indonesia
B.Make a Journey to Ask for Some Seeds
C.The Forests of Indonesia Are in Danger
D.Walking Backwards on a journey to Save Forests
22、Many regions in China have introduced COVID-19 vaccination (接种疫苗) among children aged 3 to 11. Kids are encouraged to take it and the project is progressing, which might be important to stopping the spread of the coronavirus. 【1】
Why do children get the same dosage (剂量) as adults?
When children get sick, they are generally given a reduced dosage. Many parents are worried that the same COVID-19 vaccine dosage will be a burden on the small body. So there is need for proper dose in children. 【2】. The process of vaccines taking effect has no relation with the weight and body surface area of the receiver. In fact, for the majority of vaccines, the recommended doses for both babies and adults are the same.
Can children have full immunity (免疫力) after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine?
Some parents doubt whether vaccinating children aged 3 to 11 can produce the due immune effect as their immune systems are still developing. Actually, vaccines can work exactly the same in both children and adults. The vaccine will produce a near 100 percent immune response in children.【3】 So the same vaccination strategy has been adopted for all age groups in China.
【4】
A vaccine has to go through a strict procedure before being widely used in a specific age group. Enough data need to be collected to get emergency use or come onto the market. So the medical experiments have to be considered in advance. China has carried out a series of such studies. Based on research resnlts, the risk of negative reactions in children is no higher than that of adults.
【5】. So far the most frequently reported three negative reactions are fever, pain and tiredness. At present, the government is planning to study children as young as 6 months old in the future.
A.Will the vaccine work on children forever?
B.Is the COVID-19 vaccine safe for children?
C.The virus was either carried by a person or with goods.
D.However, the way the vaccines work differs from that of other drugs.
E.Some parents find themselves having questions about the vaccination.
F.This has also been proved true in medical experiments on different age groups.
G.The COVID-19 vaccination for children aged 3 to 11 has been in progress for some time.
23、When almost everyone has a mobile phone, why are more than half of Australian homes still paying for a landline (座机)?
These days you’d be hard pressed to find anyone in Australia over the age of 15 who doesn’t own a mobile phone. In fact plenty of younger kids have one in their pocket. Practically everyone can make and receive calls anywhere, anytime.
Still, 55 percent of Australians have a landline phone at home and only just over a quarter (29%) rely only on their smartphones according to a survey (调查). Of those Australians who still have a landline, a third concede that it’s not really necessary and they’re keeping it as a security blanket — 19 percent say they never use it while a further 13 percent keep it in case of emergencies. I think my home falls into that category.
More than half of Australian homes are still choosing to stick with their home phone. Age is naturally a factor (因素)— only 58 percent of Generation Ys still use landlines now and then, compared to 84 percent of Baby Boomers who’ve perhaps had the same home number for 50 years. Age isn’t the only factor; I’d say it’s also to do with the makeup of your household.
Generation Xers with young families, like my wife and I, can still find it convenient to have a home phone rather than providing a mobile phone for every family member. That said, to be honest the only people who ever ring our home phone are our Baby Boomers parents, to the point where we play a game and guess who is calling before we pick up the phone (using Caller ID would take the fun out of it).
How attached are you to your landline? How long until they go the way of gas street lamps and morning milk deliveries?
【1】What does paragraph 2 mainly tell us about mobile phones?
A.Their target users.
B.Their wide popularity.
C.Their major functions.
D.Their complex design.
【2】What does the underlined word “concede” in paragraph 3 mean?
A.Admit.
B.Argue.
C.Remember.
D.Remark.
【3】What can we say about Baby Boomers?
A.They like smartphone games.
B.They enjoy guessing callers’ identity.
C.They keep using landline phones.
D.They are attached to their family.
【4】What can be inferred about the landline from the last paragraph?
A.It remains a family necessity.
B.It will fall out of use some day.
C.It may increase daily expenses.
D.It is as important as the gas light.
24、The fish eggs, all 200 of them, were settled and ready to go. The ground crew had counted the eggs carefully, and sealed them tightly within a plate filled precisely to the edge with seawater.
The countdown, and then—ignition (点火)! For two full minutes, the precious eggs suffered a violent shaking as the rocket’s engines exploded to life, and then rise to the heavens. These eggs were on their way to low Earth orbit. Next stop: the moon.
Well, they haven’t actually left yet. But after a recent simulation (模拟) designed to re-create the intense shaking of a typical takeoff, researchers in France found that the eggs survived. It’s a crucial discovery in the progress of the Lunar Hatch, a program that aims to determine whether astronauts could successfully raise fish on a future moon base.
Finally, Cyrille Przybyla, an aquaculture (水产养殖) researcher at the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea who led the research, dreams of designing a lunar fish farm that uses water already on the moon to help feed residents of the future Moon Village set to be established by the European Space Agency (ESA).
Przybyla’s hope is to offer lunar residents fresh, inviting, protein-rich fish—not just packets of freeze-dried food. “I proposed the idea to send eggs, not fish, because eggs are very strong,” he says.
Besides, Przybyla suggests there will be other benefits for astronauts who may one day find themselves raising animals in space. “From the psychological point of view, it’s better to have a reminder of Earth–you have a garden; you have a tank with fish,” he says.
Designing self-contained and self-supporting systems for food production beyond Earth will be crucial for future space exploration programs, says Luke Roberson, a researcher at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. And he says Przybyla’s study is “a great first step” toward showing that aquaculture is a practical part of that future.
【1】What is Paragraph 2 writing about?
A.An experience.
B.An experiment.
C.An imagination.
D.An adventure.
【2】Why do the researchers want to send the eggs to the moon?
A.To offer eggs to astronauts as food.
B.To test whether the eggs are strong.
C.To promote aquaculture on the moon.
D.To see the possibility of raising fish on the moon.
【3】What’s the psychological advantage of raising animals in space?
A.It can get rid of loneliness.
B.It diversifies the space food.
C.It gives astronauts something to do.
D.It helps astronauts remember the Earth.
【4】Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A.How to Send Eggs to The Moon
B.A Great First Step towards Future
C.The Plan to Raise Fish on The Moon
D.A Practical Approach to Aquaculture
25、 Mary, an 1l-year-old girl, became famous all over the world by accident. One day. Mary was showing her friend, Tom, how to use a camera. Then, Tom took a photo of Mary standing under an interesting____. Nothing happened until they got the photo developed. When they looked at the photo. they saw__________ hanging down from the tree. At first, they thought it was a snake. Then they_________ it was a leopard’s(猎豹)tail. Mary __________to go back to the tree to see if the leopard was __________ there. She wanted to get a nicer photo of her and the leopard. She and Tom went in the middle of the day, and found the leopard was still there_________. So they managed to get a good photo of Mary and the sleeping leopard together.
They showed the amazing picture to Mary's father, who owned the local newspaper. He put it in the Sunday paper. _________people saw the photo, they wrote letters to the_________ asking to see more, so Mary started to take more photos with many more wild animals. Soon a lot of magazines started to________ the photos from her. Mary and her________donated a lot of the money from their photos to a charity group called Save the Children.
【1】A.tree B.home C.picture D.bridge
【2】A.everything B.nothing C.any D.something
【3】A.argued B.realized C.remembered D.imagined
【4】A.refused B.hesitated C.decided D.agreed
【5】A.even B.once C.still D.almost
【6】A.alive B.asleep C.awake D.active
【7】A.When B.Though C.unless D.Before
【8】A.zoo B.park C.magazine D.newspaper
【9】A.buy B.save C.keep D.borrow
【10】A.teacher B.father C.brother D.neighbor
26、阅读下面短文,根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
In 1971, China’s first subway line in Beijing was formally put into operation. By December 2017, there were 171 subway lines stretching over 5,083 km in 35 cities on the Chinese mainland. Currently, China has the longest urban railway network in the world, which is predicted to surpass 6000 km by 2020.
The rapid development of China’s urban railway system reflects the country’s growing economic strength. The system has experienced the fastest growth over the past 15 years due to the investment of wealth accumulated from the reform and opening up in urban infrastructure construction. An urban railway system is expensive to build, with one kilometer of subway costing approximately 700 million yuan ($110 million). A city without economic strength cannot develop such an expensive system.
The progress in urban railway construction technologies has also contributed to the fast expansion of the infrastructure. Subway construction involves building underground tunnels, laying rails, manufacturing trains and the operation and management of subways. It is a systematic project which not only covers traditional infrastructure building but also modem electronics and information technology. China s railway construction technologies are the best in the world, with Chinese subway trains now exported to developed countries including the United States.
The expansion of Chinese cities has made it necessary to develop urban railway systems. Since the start of the reform and opening up, a large number of people have migrated to cities and the number of private cars has increased dramatically, resulting in serious traffic congestion. Building subways has become an important way to solve this problem.
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the launch of China’s reform and opening up, and the rapid development of China’s urban railway system exemplifies the achievements made by the policy. As China furthers its opening up, it will continue to maintain steady and rapid economic growth and railway systems will be available in more and more cities.
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