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1、It’s natural that a man can hardly a smile when he is informed of some good news.
A. hold up B. hold back
C. hold off D. hold on
2、Smoking too much may ______ lung cancer and cause other diseases.
A. devote to B. attend to
C. contribute to D. come to
3、I’ve been trying to phone Charles all evening, but there must be something wrong with the network; I can’t seem to_____.
A. get through B. get off
C. get in D. get along
4、Mary has her weakness, ___________ that doesn’t mean she is not qualified for her job.
A. and B. yet C. so D. or
5、There is a beautiful Chinese song called I Came Over the Ocean to See You. Why not do that in reality on this Valentine’s Day? Keep your plan a secret and ______suddenly.
A. show up B. cut in
C. show off D. cut down
6、Quality and customized smart appliances are _______ among urban households in China as cities are embracing the trend of an “intelligent home”.
A. catching up B. catching on C. catering to D. carrying through
7、The plan was that the two companies should first reach an agreement on the basic principle, the details
later.
A. to be discussed B. discussed
C. were discussed D. discussing
8、It is never easy for graduates to find their ideal jobs, where in addition to ________ necessary knowledge, they are required to have some related experience.
A. be equipped with B. being equipped with
C. equip with D. equipping with
9、 The proportion of elderly people increases in Britain and medical advances make it possible to keep alive patients who ________ previously.
A. would die B. had died
C. should have died D. would have died
10、Smiles around the world _____ be false, _______ other feelings like anger, fear or worry.
A．must; hide B．shall; hiding
C. may; hide D．can; hiding
11、--- My son seldom has breakfast.
--- It is unhealthy habit．You must ask him to change it.
A．/ ; an B．the; on C．/ ; a D．the; a
12、Watching violence on TV is one of the major causes of _________behavior and crime in society.
A.agent B.allergic C.aggressive D.annoyed
13、I think it is a good idea to ________ some of your money each week to make it last.
A. give away B. get away
C. put away D. take away
14、You can phone your friend at work _____ you don’t make a habit of it.
A.as if B.even though C.as long as D.in case
15、____ people from all walks of life are working hard to create ____new Hefei.
A. /; the B. The; the
C. /; a D. The; a
16、He told me about the news in a voice.
A．amazing; surprising
B．amazed; surprised
C．amazing; surprised
D．amazed; surprising
17、It is generally believed that communication skills are becoming ______ it takes to be a good doctor.
A. whether B. that C. how D. What
18、He made up his mind to devote all he could _____ his spoken English before going to college.
A. to be practicing B. practicing
C. practice D. to practicing
19、The program “Master’s Lectures” of CCTV is both interesting and instructive. No wonder it _______ a large audience.
A. adapts to B. appeals to
C. accounts for D. allows for
20、My washing machine ________ this week, so I have to wash my clothes by hand.
A．is repairing
B．has been repaired
C．is being repaired
D．repaired
21、What is volunteer travel?
Volunteer travel involves taking a trip where all or part of the purpose of the trip is to participate in an arranged service opportunity helping others. Typically, the volunteer activity takes place in a foreign country, but some opportunities can involve national or regional projects. 【1】
Charitable interests often go far beyond national boundaries. People in developed countries become interested in the struggles of people in less developed countries. 【2】 Volunteer travel is a way to combine a visit to a new location with meaningful work that has a direct impact on communities in other parts of the world.
【3】 Historically, church groups made up a large part of this market. Once a year a religious organization or church would organize a trip to another country. 【4】 For example, it would be to help build a school in an impoverished(贫困的)area, or dig wells so a village would have clean water, or engage in hundreds of other projects that would impact those less fortunate. As international travel became easier and the Internet made communication between countries much easier, the interest in volunteer travel increased.
【5】 Volunteering in other countries has become as accessible as browsing a website and signing up. Instead of traveling with a group that is organized at the volunteers home base, the volunteer may join a group that gathers at the worksite from all over the world. This sort of volunteer travel is sometimes referred to as voluntourism or vacanteerism.
A．The primary purpose of the trip was very specific.
B．This type of travel has been an option for many years.
C．Educational institutions also made volunteer travel an option.
D．Sometimes, donating money is not enough to satisfy the need to help.
E．The Internet has helped make community service in general more popular.
F．These trips are usually arranged by church organizations, human interest groups or non-profits.
G．A new trend is that for-profit tour operators arrange group travel around volunteer opportunities.
22、We tend to use more emotional language to enhance our powers of persuasion, according to research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. The research shows that people tend toward appeals that aren’t simply more positive or negative but are filled with emotionality, even when they’re trying to persuade an audience that may not be receptive to such language.
Understanding the components that make for a persuasive message is a critical focus of fields ranging from advertising to politics and even public health. The researchers wanted to look at the question from a different angle, exploring how we communicate with others when we are the ones trying to persuade.
In one online study, the researchers showed 1,285 participants a photo and some relevant details for a particular product available from Amazon.com. They asked some participants to write a five-star review that would persuade readers to purchase that product, while they asked others to write a five-star review that simply described the product’s positive features. The findings showed that although the reviews were equally positive in their language, the data showed that reviewers used more emotional language when they were trying to persuade readers to buy a product compared with when they were writing a five-star review without intending to persuade. Importantly, the shift toward more emotional language appeared to be automatic rather than deliberative.
The tendency to use more emotional language emerged even when participants were attempting to persuade a group of “rational” thinkers. “Past research indicates that emotional appeals can backfire when an audience prefers unemotional appeals,” the researchers say. “Our findings indicate that there is such a strong enough connection between persuasion and emotion in people’s minds that they continue to use emotion even in the face of an audience where that approach can have an unintended result.”
An interesting avenue for future research, the researchers say, is to investigate whether the association transfers across various contexts. “For instance, would people use less emotion if they were in a boardroom meeting or if they were writing a formal letter of recommendation?” the researchers wonder.
【1】What is the study mainly about?
A．The influence of positive words.
B．The connection between emotion and persuasion.
C．The significance of understanding persuasion.
D．The power of emotional language.
【2】What did the online study find in paragraph 3?
A．More positive language was used for persuasion.
B．Emotional language was naturally used to persuade readers.
C．Less emotional language was used to persuade readers.
D．Both of the reviews were objective in their language.
【3】What does the underlined word “backfire” mean in paragraph 4?
A．Damage the reputation.
B．Produce the desired result.
C．Attract more attention.
D．Have the opposite effect.
【4】What does the last paragraph indicate?
A．More research will be carried out in a boardroom meeting.
B．The researchers are not satisfied with the current avenue.
C．Future research will be done in various contexts.
D．A formal letter of recommendation should use less emotion.
23、 Record fires sweeping across the Amazon this month have been grabbing global headlines as scientists and environmental groups are worried that they will worsen climate change crisis and threaten biodiversity.
As the largest rainforest in the world, the Amazon is often called “the lungs of the world”. It is also home to about 3 million species of plants and animals, and 1 million native people. The vast areas of rainforest play an important role in the world’s ecosystem because they absorb heat instead of it being reflected back into the atmosphere. They also store carbon dioxide and produce oxygen, ensuring that less carbon is released, mitigating the effects of climate change.
“Any forest destroyed is a threat to biodiversity and the people who use that biodiversity,” Thomas Lovejoy, an ecologist at George Mason University told National Geographic. “The overwhelming threat is that a lot of carbon goes into the atmosphere,” he stressed. “In the midst of the global climate crisis, we cannot afford more damage to a major source of oxygen and biodiversity. The Amazon must be protected,” U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres said.
Data from the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) show that the number of forest fires in Brazil quickly increased by 82 percent from January to August this year from a year ago. A total of 71,497 forest fires were registered in the country in the first eight months of 2019, up from 39,194 in the same period in 2018, INPE said. “We estimate that the forest areas in the Brazilian Amazon have decreased something between 20 and 30 percent compared to the last 12 months,” Carlos Nobre, a researcher at the University of Sao Paulo, told German broadcaster Deutsche Welle.
Brazil owns about 60 percent of the Amazon rainforest, whose degradation could have severe consequences for global climate and rainfall. The extent of the area ruined by fires has yet to be determined, but the emergency has transcended (超出) Brazil’s borders, reaching Peruvian, Paraguayan and Bolivian regions.
【1】What is the second paragraph mainly talking about?
A.The effects of climate change. B.The role of the Amazon rainforest.
C.The results of the Amazon rainforest fires. D.The causes of the decreasing biodiversity.
【2】What can we learn from Thomas’s and Antonio’s words?
A.The biodiversity makes the rainforests unique.
B.The rainforest fires result in serious consequences.
C.The global climate crisis brings more rainforest fires.
D.The dry weather leads to the rainforest fires.
【3】Why does the author list the numbers in Paragraph 4?
A.To prove the importance of rainforest. B.To show the influence of forest fires.
C.To explain the process of the research. D.To present the reduction of rainforest areas.
【4】What is the best title of this passage?
A.The climate change crisis is worsening. B.The forest areas are on the decline.
C.“The lungs of the earth” is burning. D.The world’s ecosystem is under attack.
24、阅读下列短文，从每小题后所给的四个选项（A.B.C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并将答案填写在答卷上。
Many pets got separated from their families almost two years ago, when Superstorm Sandy hit the East Coast. A New Jersey family was one of them. They lost their dog. He got away from their backyard during the storm.
Chuck James said that his family searched for the brown-and-white dog named Reckless for months after the October 2012 storm. Reckless was a cute dog which brought much pleasure to the whole family, and the youngest daughter Tiffany loved him most. They played together, watched TV together, ate popcorn together and Reckless even saw Tiffany off when she headed for the kindergarten every morning. Chuck James kept searching for the lovely dog in every possible way, but no luck
"We reported him missing and called the shelters from time to time, just hoping they had him," James said. "We always kept our hopes up, but finally it was time to move on.”
James said the family had planned to get a new dog. The dog was to be a tenth birthday surprise for their eldest daughter, Ally. The family of five went to the Monmouth County SPCA( Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) to adopt a new animal. When James and his wife walked close to the first cage, they saw a familiar face inside.
“He was a little bigger than I remembered because they had fed him well," James joked. "But then he was lying on my wife's feet and I knew it was him. It was unbelievable. I know this dog is meant to be with our family.”
When SPCA officials asked if they could prove the animal was their dog, a friend sent a selfie showing the family, with their dog before Sandy hit the East Coast.
“We’re all so happy to have him back." James said. The family is living in hotel while their home is being repaired. This weekend, the James went on camping trip with Reckless to celebrate the dog’s return
【1】What happened to the James when Super Storm Sandy hit the East Coast?
A. Their house lay in ruins after the storm.
B. Their pet dog Reckless went missing.
C. Their pet dog Reckless was adopted by another family.
D. They found their pet dog Reckless badly injured.
【2】Having searched for Reckless for months , the James found him in ____.
A. an animal hospital B. one of their friends' houses
C. the Monmouth County SPCA D. the backyard which was under repair
【3】The meaning of the underlined word "selfie" is closest to "______ "
A. document B. credit card C. text message D. picture
【4】What is the text mainly about?
A. A dog got separated from his family in a storm.
B. A lost dog found his way home with difficulty.
C. A family looked for a new dog but found the old one instead.
D. Dogs are always devoted friends of human beings.
25、Morning tea is a family tradition. It is_________less than an art form, with the rubric(标准) laid down by my late grandmother. Her_________had been formed during her childhood years_________in the border state of Punjab, the land of five rivers, the bread basket of India. After her marriage, she eventually_________to Mumbai, located on the western coast of the country. She lived here for nearly 70 years, bringing with her the_________of home.
Each morning started with a cup of tea boiled in a kettle. Her favorite was a(n)_________of fine black Assam loose leaf tea, to which a small amount of CTC tea was_________for color and flavor. This mix would be_________without a little crushed cardamom(豆蔻粉).
Accompanying the tea was milk, heated to boil. Both were_________in stainless steel pots in quilted(加棉芯的) covers, keeping them__________. The final touch was her cup, prewashed in boiling water, so she could__________a steaming cup of tea.
Adding a spoonful of__________sugar and a spot of milk to the beverage, she would drink it with her biscuits. Occasionally it would be sweet grape biscuits dipped in the tea, but with age, she__________moved on to digestive biscuits packed with fiber. Depending on the__________, her tea would be__________. On hotter days, she would drink iced tea, and during cool windy days, she’d mix up the spices.
【1】
A．something
B．nothing
C．anything
D．everything
【2】
A．belief
B．impression
C．character
D．taste
【3】
A．growing up
B．wandering about
C．hanging out
D．getting along
【4】
A．traveled
B．wrote
C．moved
D．escaped
【5】
A．imaginations
B．memories
C．expectations
D．relatives
【6】
A．mix
B．experiment
C．show
D．sight
【7】
A．boiled
B．drunk
C．added
D．washed
【8】
A．incomplete
B．colorless
C．informal
D．endless
【9】
A．sold
B．weighed
C．tested
D．served
【10】
A．fresh
B．hot
C．wet
D．clean
【11】
A．make
B．preserve
C．buy
D．enjoy
【12】
A．regular
B．ordinary
C．expensive
D．rare
【13】
A．secretly
B．gradually
C．generally
D．possibly
【14】
A．biscuit
B．milk
C．container
D．weather
【15】
A．common
B．interesting
C．different
D．important
26、读后续写
The day of my big solo (独唱表演) had finally arrived. Everyone was there: my mom and dad and my little brother. It was a big event: the Spring Fling Choir Concert. My name was on the cover of the program. “Cindy Hamond … Soloist.” I couldn’t believe it. Not that it was my name, but that it wasn’t Renee Swanson’s.
Renee and I had been friends since kindergarten. She was always wherever I was and she was always ahead of me. Dance-class recital needs a big finish? Renee was picked. Softball? She played first base. And the school plays? Renee would have the leads. The only time I ever came in ahead of Renee was at roll call (点名). Hamond comes before Swanson. I count that as a victory.
The choir concert tryout was stressful for me. We waited while Ms. Jenkins called us one at a time into the choir room. When Ms. Jenkins got to the H’s, my heart sped up and my whole body was shaking. When I came back, Renee smiled at me. Ms. Jenkins called her name and Renee calmly followed her. She was still calm and smiling when her tryout was over.
When Ms. Jenkins announced who had made the special choir group, I wasn’t surprised when Renee’s name was on her list and mine wasn’t. “So,” I said under my breath, “what else is new?”
Sudden clapping came. Everyone was looking at me. I’ve missed something here, I thought. Ms. Jenkins looked at me, “Cindy, you will have to start practicing with me. The solos take extra preparation.” Solo? I got the solo? I could hardly believe my ears. I glanced over at Renee. She smiled and gave me the thumbs-up sign.
Now the day had come. we filed onto the stage and took our places. I was front and center. Ms. Jenkins raised her baton (指挥棒) and we began to sing. I could see my parents were smiling at me.
The spotlight circled me in its bright light. Ms. Jenkins nodded and pointed her baton at me, but I froze right there on the spot.
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:
I couldn’t breathe, neither could I think, and worse still, I couldn’t sing.
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Paragraph2:
The rest of the solo went well.
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