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1、---What are you going to do with the flaw in the vase?
---I can either send a new one to you by express mail or _____ compensate you at a reasonable price.
A．artificially
B．accordingly
C．alternatively
D．consistently
2、Our new machines are much cheaper to run．
A．effective B．efficient
C．energetic D．Enthusiastic
3、He was sentenced to death ______ what he has stolen from the bank.
A．that
B．since
C．because
D．because of
4、Unjust ________ the punishment was, he accepted it without any complaint.
A. while
B. as
C. although
D. when
5、Health experts believe that even a little exercise is far better than _____at all．
A. none B. nothing
C. no one D. anything
6、Some college students are seen doing _____work they can find to support themselves．
A．that B．which
C．whatever D．no matter what
7、My office wasn't far from Chinatown, ________I found some very good Chinese restaurants．
A. which B. whose C. when D. where
8、Alice's mother has ________ views about the style of dressing, so she was unhappy when Alice wears a miniskirt.
A．blank
B．conventional
C．rational
D．subjective
9、When it comes to the speed of response, a small firm can ___________a big company.
A．outnumber
B．outgrow
C．outlive
D．outdo
10、— Did you remember to give Jack the book?
—Yes, I gave it to him ______ I saw him.
A. while B. immediately
C. once D. suddenly
11、She advised young people should be realistic and seek guidance from expert consultants before ______.
A．rushing into things
B．bursting out laughing
C．falling into ruins
D．striking a chord
12、The meaning of a new word may be ______ according to the given context.
A. ruled out B. put out
C. turned out D. brought out
13、She knew she was wrong, but she ________ tell him.
A. dare not to B. dare
C. dares not D. dared not
14、The country's bad security situation doesn't seem to be ______ tourists who still flood in.
A.putting away B.putting on C.putting down D.putting off
15、— How did you do in your essay?
— I got ______ okay grade, but Mr．Jones gave Sarah top marks．She’s ______ teacher’s pet, you know.
A． 不填; a B． an; 不填
C． 不填; the D． an; a
16、Many students think geography is_________ math.
A. as difficult a subject as
B. as a difficult subject as
C. the same difficult subject as
D. a subject the same difficult as
17、All flights ________ because of the snowstorm, we decided to take the train.
A．were canceled
B．had been canceled
C．having canceled
D．having been canceled
18、In the not-too-distant future, across the wasteland of ______, a lone warrior must fight to save the future of humanity.
A.what once was America B.which once was America
C.what America once was D.where once was America
19、Jonny found a job as a high school teacher and it ________ spending quite a lot of time with students.
A. enjoys B. involves
C. practices D. suggests
20、—How long do you think it will be _____ we totally control the pandemic?
—Hard to say, but COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech is reportedly more than 90 percent effective.
A.before B.when C.until D.since
21、Given the tradition of students bringing apples to their teachers, it somehow seems fitting that an old apple barn(谷仓)will find a new life as a one-room schoolhouse. And it is just as fitting that a retired schoolteacher will become the caretaker of that historic treasure.
My friend Velma, a teacher for more than 30 years, has been retired for some time now, but that doesn’t stop her giving history lessons at the old Englewood School, located on her family’s
California farm. The lovingly restored building was constructed around 1850 as a home for a woodsman and later was used as apple barn. Then, in 1870 it began a new life as a schoolhouse.
Originally located in the nearby Englewood meadow, it was now moved its current site in 1978 by Velma’s late husband and his brother, Robert and Richard, who thought it would help keep
Velma busy in retirement. No nails had been used in the original construction, so each piece of wood had to be carefully marked and the building was reassembled（重装）on its new site. The brothers worked with much care and hard work to ensure a perfect fit of mitered（斜接的）corners.
After the relocation, Velma and her family furnished the school with some of its original desks. They also added a collection of schoolbooks, the oldest dating back to 1845. Perhaps the school’s most cherished souvenir is the diploma of student Hettie Essig, who graduated on June 30, 1904. Hettie’s daughter, Flora, presented Velma with the precious keepsake.
Nowadays Velma gives tours to local schoolchildren and other groups, who learn what it was like to attend school back in the good old days. She has kids ring the school bell, recite the Pledge of Allegiance and sing “Good Morning to You” as they might have done in days gone by. Then, with twinkling eyes and much enthusiasm, she tells the history of the school, and gives a short sample lesson.
【1】The Englewood School was originally built as __________.
A. a man’ s house B. a schoolhouse
C. a restroom D. an apple barn
【2】Which word can best describe the school’s being relocated?
A. Inspiring B. Refreshing
C. fashionable D. Challenging
【3】What does the underlined part “the precious keepsake” in Para.4 mean?
A. The school’s original supplies
B. The collection of schoolbooks
C. The oldest schoolbook
D. The diploma of Hettie Essig.
【4】Which can serve as the best title of the passage?
A. The Good Old Days in the Schoolhouse
B. A Mysterious Building with a Long History
C. A Historic One-room Schoolhouse
D. A Teacher Devoted to Restoring Old Buildings
22、 Goldfish have pretty boring lives, so maybe it’s a good thing they can only concentrate for nine seconds! But according to a new research, humans are becoming like goldfish. Our attention span (时长) is getting shorter ...and it’s all because of technology.
“We move quickly from one site to another on the web,” said Doctor Ted Selker, a computer scientist from Massachusetts, “and we are losing the ability to concentrate.” With millions of websites to choose from, the attention span of the average internet user is just seconds. There are other digital distractions（分心）too: email, instant messaging and quickie movies on websites.
Some people are worried about the effect on young people. “You need time to understand and think about what you read,” said Julia Wood, from London. “Young people search the net all the time and their brains become full of useless information but there is no time to make sense of it. I am trying to persuade my pupils to read more books, so that they concentrate on one subject for longer.”
Other teachers are trying more unusual methods to improve students’ concentration. Anne Savan, from Wales, was so worried about her students that she started playing Mozart during her science lessons. She says that it had an amazing effect: “The music made them calmer, and their concentration was much better.”
But not everyone believes that there is a problem. Ray Cole, an educational psychologist says, “On the web, young people learn to make quick decisions about what is and isn’t worth reading. They might look at five unhelpful websites very quickly, before stopping and reading a sixth useful website more carefully. In a world with so much information available, this is an important skill.”
【1】Why does the writer mention “goldfish”?
A. To introduce background. B. To compare two species.
C. To introduce a topic. D. To suggest a way out.
【2】What may cause a shorter attention span according to Dr. Ted Selker?
A. Skipping around the internet. B. Time to digest information.
C. Traditional methods of reading. D. Making decisions.
【3】What will help students overcome a short attention span?
A. Composing music. B. Texting messages
C. Reading more books. D. Watching quickie movies.
【4】What is Ray Cole’s attitude towards looking through websites quickly?
A. Cautious. B. Unfavorable.
C. Skeptical. D. Supportive.
23、“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said each time I faced disappointment or even depression. “If you carry on, one day, something good will happen. And you’ll realize that it wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous disappointment.”
Mother was right, but I didn’t realize that until I graduated from college in 1932. I had decided to try for a job in radio and then work my way up to be a sports announcer. I hitchhiked (搭顺风车) to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station — and got turned down every time. In one studio, a kind lady told me that in most cases, big stations couldn’t risk hiring an inexperienced person. “Go out in the remote areas and find a small station that’ll give you a chance,” she said. I went back home to Dixon, Illinois.
While there were no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to manage its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I applied. The job sounded just right for me.
But I wasn’t hired. My disappointment must have shown. “Everything happens for the best.” Mom reminded me. Dad offered me the car to hunt for jobs. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.
As I left his office, my frustration boiled over. I asked aloud, “How can a fellow get to be a sports announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station?” I was waiting for the elevator when I heard MacArthur calling, “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he stood me before a microphone and asked me to broadcast an imaginary game. The preceding autumn, my team had won a game in the last 20 seconds with a 65-yard run. I did a 15-minute boost to that play, and Peter told me I would be broadcasting Saturday’s game!
On my way home, as I have had many times since, I thought of my mother’s words, “If you carry on, one day, something good will happen. It wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous disappointment.”
【1】Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. The author graduated from college in the 1930s.
B. The author’s dream job was a sports announcer.
C. The author was refused by every radio station across the country.
D. The author was considered unqualified because of his lack of experience.
【2】What does the underlined phrase “boil over” (in paragraph 5) most probably mean?
A. To pass on some evil emotions. B. To become overwhelming.
C. To be turned into calmness. D. To break down.
【3】What can be inferred from the passage?
A. The author was given a car by his father after he failed his first-ever job interview.
B. The author’s mom always advised him to learn from his failures.
C. Peter MacArthur, the program director of WOC Radio, turned down the author for his lack of flexibility.
D. Peter MacArthur was able to recognize the talent of the author as a sports announcer.
【4】What lesson can be drawn from the author’s experience in the passage?
A. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
B. Practice makes perfect.
C. No pain, no gain.
D. The early bird catches the worm.
24、Every year the European Commission awards the STARTS Prize to projects that combine artistic expression, technology and scientific research. This year’s shortlisted projects touched on topics ranging from simple technology to DNA data storage, but the final two Grand Prize winners both focused on environment and sustainability.
The Grand Prize in Innovative Collaboration went to “Remix El Barrio”, a cooperation between Anastasia Pistofidou, Marion Real, Fab Lab Barcelona and the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia.
The project identified food waste streams in the Barcelona neighbourhood of Poblenou and worked with local restaurants and Fab Lab Barcelona to turn this waste into different materials. In this circular economy project, waste becomes a resource again. Twelve designers used these materials to create a variety of products, such as a jacket made from a material sourced from orange peels, or soap made with used cooking oils.
The other winner was “Oceans in Transformation”, which was awarded the Grand Prize for Artistic Exploration. In this project, Territorial Agency’s John Palmesino and Ann-Sofi Rönnskog wanted to find a way to visualise the many different types of knowledge we have about the ocean.
Their work shows that scientific research is fragmented. Each research activity looks at one aspect of the ocean——sea level, for example, or biodiversity—and usually in just one location. That makes it difficult to get a broad overview of what exactly is happening with the oceans as a whole. To tackle this, “Oceans in Transformation” combined different research data to create a project that shows the wide variety of information that’s out there.
Both Grand Prize winners are reminders that issues related to environment and sustainability are often complex and affect many different communities. The solutions aren’t always just scientific. For example, scientists can find ways to turn food waste into new materials, but in practice restaurants and designers and consumers are all part of the solution as well. And while scientists are continuously collecting valuable data about the changing oceans, “Oceans in Transformation” showed that such data is meaningless unless people see it in context(背景).
【1】What can be inferred from paragraph 1?
A．The STARTS Prize is given to a specific field.
B．The STARTS Prize covers a very broad range.
C．The European Commission chooses one for the prize.
D．Only environment and sustainability are fit for the prize.
【2】Why does “Remix El Barrio” was awarded the prize?
A．It turns waste food into useful daily materials.
B．It collects data about the waste food in Poblenou.
C．It tells the importance of food to the Commission.
D．It invents a machine to collect waste food efficiently.
【3】What does the underlined word “fragmented” in paragraph 4 mean?
A．Wonderful.
B．Useless.
C．Broken.
D．Incorrect.
【4】What can we know from the last paragraph?
A．Data about oceans are useful to all people.
B．Problems related to environment are simple.
C．Solutions to environment need more than techs.
D．It’s no good to turn food waste into new materials.
25、 I would like to send a huge shout out Valerie,a manager at Home Depot.I together with my son-a boy with special needs,came in to _______up a refrigerator box that she _______for me. I was _______to use it to build a police car for Halloween around my son’s wheelchair.When I explained the _______to Valerie,she did not _______to offer help.After getting the box,Valerie started to _______down to cut the box for me. My son was happy to _______her and they got along well with each other in doing the work.
After we got the box loaded,Valerie helped us brainstorm and find the other _______ we would need.Then as we neared the checkout,she had the entire order _______. I tried to refuse but she just said that it would bless her ________.My disabled son may not have understood anything ________that Valerie was kind and patient with him,but I really appreciated this huge act of ________.The biggest blessing for me was the way she ________my son and the way he responded to her.
Thanks to Valerie,Home Depot was also ________their Saturday craft work-shops(手工艺作坊)into my son’s school.This way,our special kids could have ________ to a wonderful environment,where they could make their own crafts! Almost all kids in the class were ________ at the activities,which made them feel the value of themselves.It turned out to be ________with all of them at last.
I think one of the most ________things that special-needs parents need to understand is that it's OK to let other people in.Sometimes it's hard to accept others’________,but when you refuse it,you ________stand in the way of letting other people bless you and in turn that blesses them.
【1】A.build B.pick C.show D.cut
【2】A.kept B.bought C.made D.chose
【3】A.commanded B.planning C.studying D.instructed
【4】A.theory B.problems C.rules D.project
【5】A.hesitate B.pretend C.Agree D.Dare
【6】A.bend B.take C.turn D.put
【7】A.trust B.pity C.please D.Join
【8】A.material B.methods C.ideas D.assistance
【9】A.changed B.shared C.paid D.arranged
【10】A.quickly B.privately C.quietly D.greatly
【11】A.along with B.next to C.instead of D.other than
【12】A.understanding B.kindness C.harmony D.politeness
【13】A.considered B.treated C.taught D.charged
【14】A.transforming B.adapting C.bringing D.adding
【15】A.admission B.access C.attachment D.reaction
【16】A.embarrassed B.confused C.surprised D.excited
【17】A.demanding B.imaginary C.popular D.familiar
【18】A.difficult B.important C.pleasant D.meaningful
【19】A.respect B.guidance C.help D.invitation
【20】A.even B.clearly C.exactly D.actually
26、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
When the last customer left, it was already 10:30 pm. Eric, an 18-year-old college student in Atlanta, dragged himself home. In order to save money to buy himself the new mountain bike, he had been working at KFC for over a month that summer vacation. He already had 120 dollars. With one more week, he would have his dream bike.
Entering his room, Eric found his younger brother Bill sitting on the edge of his bed with an uneasy expression on his face.
“Sorry, Eric. I ... I did something wrong,” Bill sprang up and said nervously.
“What is it?”
“This afternoon I went to play football on the road outside our house and accidentally hit our neighbor Mr. White’s car. I was so scared and I ... I hurried home in panic without telling him.”
“Is the car seriously damaged?”
“The ball hit the front hard and the left headlight of it got broken.”
“It’s truly your fault. It’s really dangerous to play football on the road. What’s worse, you shouldn’t come back without telling Mr. Smith about it,” Eric raised his voice, obviously annoyed. Hearing this, Bill lowered his head and bit his lips hard.
“Anyway, it’s no use crying over spilt milk. And it is too late today. We have to deal with it tomorrow. Now you just go to bed.”
When Bill went bed, Eric couldn’t go to sleep himself. Father always told him to be honest, to be a man respected by people and to be an example of his brother. He was sorry for his brother’s behavior. He shouldn’t have run away after he did something wrong. But he could understand him. Anyway, he was only a boy of seven and what had happened really scared him. But as his elder brother, he should do something about it although this may delay his plan of having the mountain bike. “Nothing serious, just another week in KFC,” he said to himself.
注意：1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右;
2.至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语;
3.续写部分分为两段,每段的开头语已为你写好;
4.续写完成后,请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Eric got up early the next morning.
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Mr. Smith was a little surprised to see the brothers.
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