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1、You’ve been working so hard for nearly a month. Relax yourself, or you ____ down sooner or later.
A.break B.are breaking C.have broken D.will break
2、_____ what many people thought, the graduate came here not to _______ fame or money but the true value of life.
A. On the contrary with; look for
B. To the contrary of; hunt for
C. Opposite to; search
D. Contrary to; seek
3、Having finished the work，__________．
A．it was almost six o’clock
B．supper was ready
C．a postman came and delivered some letters．
D．we had a rest and then had supper
4、________ makes mistakes must correct them.
A．What
B．That
C．Whoever
D．Whatever
5、---- Mary, I’m going to Paris for a couple of days?
---- _____. I wish I could get away for a while.
A. Forget it. B. I really envy you
C. Go ahead D. I can’t agree more
6、The government has taken measures to______the high prices of daily goods to keep the market stable．
A. put down B. tear down C. hand down D.bring down
7、The old rules have to be ________ because they only applied to the circumstances that existed when they were made twenty years ago.
A．promoted
B．established
C．revised
D．observed
8、—The governor made only a passing ________ to the problem of unemployment.
—Yes, he mentioned it quickly.
A.difference B.reference C.opposition D.adaptation
9、Due to some unfavorable circumstances, we just ________ in 2020 though we worked hard.
A．came to power
B．took the lead
C．made ends meet
D．came our way
10、Science and technology have ______ in important ways to the improvement of agricultural production.
A.attached B.assisted C.contributed D.committed
11、Not until they were introduced to each other ______ they had met at a dinner party.
A.they realized B.had they realized
C.they had realized D.did they realize
12、The successful candidate will be adaptable, take ownership of and develop in the role by taking initiative, being motivated and ________ high standards.
A. ensured B. to ensure
C. ensuring D. to be ensured
13、We came to the point at the last moment ______ the teacher had laid stress on.
A. that B. where C. when D. as
14、______ the situation is challenging, we remain hopeful that a resolution can be found.
A．While
B．Since
C．When
D．After
15、I headed for the barber’s ________ I was allowed to photograph the master at work.
A．when
B．where
C．who
D．which
16、Between the two halves of the football game is a 15-minute break, __________ the audience can have a rest．
A．when
B．where
C．which
D．that
17、Located in the center of Melbourne, Australia, are two tall towers designed by building architect Phil Rowe, both of shaped like massive tree houses rather than skyscrapers.
A. who B. whom C. which D. them
18、______ well prepared you are, you still need a lot of luck in mountain climbing.
A.However B.Whatever
C.No matter D.Although
19、The police have collected some information ______ the murder.
A. connected to B. connected with
C. connecting with D. was connected with
20、In many states of America, a neighbor may ______ you with playing your radio too loudly.
A．charge
B．blame
C．punish
D．scold
21、In the hit film The Bucket List, Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman meet in hospital in California after they have been diagnosed with cancer. Between them they cook up(虚构) a “bucket list” ------ a to-do list of all they want to do before they kick the bucket. The movie makes you wonder what would be on your bucket list. So let’s pack up some and see what it would cost to go out and have a little fun.
THE PYRAMIDS, GIZA, EGYPT
On to the pyramids, surely on anyone’s bucket list. Exotik Tours can take you there on a variety of trips, including their popular Egypt Express which includes three nights in Cairo and a three-night Nile Cruise (乘船游览). From$1,384, including four-and five-star accommodation, 12 meals and a ton of sightseeing.
www.exotiktours.com 416-646-3347
TAJ MAHAL, AGRA, INDIA
One of the world’s most fascinating images, India’s Taj Mahal makes even Nicholson and Freeman look calm. Toronto’s Goway Travel has many suggestions for India, including a three-day independent visit to Agra. Stay at the attractive Oberoi AmarVilas overlooking the Taj. Include two breakfasts,touring and airport transfer from $1,420.
www.gowaytravel.com 416-322-1034
THE GREAT WALL, CHINA
If the Great Wall of China is on your bucket list, check into Tour East Holiday’s four-day Amazing Beijing Tour for $580 per person, four-star
accommodation, sightseeing including the Forbidden City and the Great Wall,breakfasts and two lunches, transportation and guide.
www.toureastholidays.com 416-929-0888
THE HIMALAYAS, NEPAL
And on to the Himalayas. Talk about something truly majestic (壮丽的).See the top of the world on GAP Adventures’ Everest Adventure tour, a 15-dayexploration including Everest Base Camp, teahouse lodge stays, and walking through Sherpa villages. Incredibly affordable at just $665 plus local payment of $250. GAP Adventures warns that this is a physically demanding trip.
www.gapadventures.com 416-260-0999
【1】The underlined phrase “kick the bucket” in Paragraph 1 means ____.
A. play a game B. pass away
C. list interesting places D. come to life
【2】According to the passage, where can you enjoy a view of the whole Taj Mahal?
A. At Oberoi AmarVilas B. Near the Forbidden City
C. Through Egypt Express D. In Sherpa village.
【3】If you take on the Everest Adventure tour, you should be aware that _____.
A. the sights may not be so good.
B. you may not be used to the food there
C. it is a tiring trip.
D. it is an expensive trip
22、Another year, another Nobel snub for every screenwriter there is. The Nobel Prize began in 1901, and 120 years later, no writer whose primary work is for the screen has been awarded the top literary prize on earth.
In some ways, this makes sense. When the first Nobels were awarded, movies were still a new art form. Even now, film and screenwriting generally aren’t taken as seriously as their more honored literary cousins.
But in other regards, screenplays are among the most-consumed forms of literature in existence, and movies are increasingly considered an outstanding art form. Moreover, the Swedish Academy’s Nobel Prize Committee has signaled its interest in awarding nontraditional forms of literature.
Of course, many writers who’ve won Nobel Prizes also wrote screenplays, but none of those honorees worked first and foremost as screenwriters. William Faulkner, for example, wrote dozens of movies for Hollywood studios, but he was cited by the Swedes specifically for his “powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel”. Kazuo Ishiguro, likewise an occasional screenwriter, was singled out for his “novels of great emotional force”. Even Peter Handke, whose literature award is the closest the Swedish Academy uses to honor a screenwriter, was recognized as one of the greatest novelists of his generation.
Some have argued screenwriting is simply too cooperative an art form for the Nobels to honor a single “author” of a film, especially since dialogue can be improvised by the actors on set. But fiction can also be wildly cooperative. It seems strange for screenwriters alone to be dismissed completely on this ground.
Perhaps it still comes down to seriousness. The Nobel Prize in Literature has changed over the years. No longer can it award writers without fear of criticism — either for being too obscure, or too crowd-pleasing, or too controversial, or otherwise just plain disappointing. People would roll their eyes if a lowly screenwriter won the most renowned literary award in the world.
Even so, it seems silly to give that explanation in 2021, when you can discover some of the year’s best writing on your TV After all, as film director Alfred Hitchcock once said, “To make a good film, you need three things: the scrip, the scrip, and the script.” And certainly, there have been good—great—films in the past 12 decades. Nobel recognition of their writers is long overdue.
【1】What does the underlined word “this” in paragraph 2 refer to?
A．No screenwriter has been awarded the Nobel Prize.
B．Few literary prizes recognize the efforts of screenwriters.
C．Screenwriters have stayed as backstage heroes for a long time.
D．The Nobel Prize fails to consider screenplays as literary works.
【2】Why does the author mention the three writers in paragraph 4?
A．To awaken readers’ passion for literature.
B．To make a comparison among literary giants.
C．To show each writer’s contribution to literature.
D．To stress their role as screenwriters was overlooked.
【3】What reason for screenwriters’ being snubbed by the Nobel Prize does the author support?
A．A decline of excellent screenplays.
B．The late start of the movie industry.
C．A lack of seriousness in screenwriting.
D．The difficulty in identifying honorees.
【4】What do we know about screenwriting from the passage?
A．Screenwriting came into existence long before movie did.
B．People would feel it annoying to award Nobel Prize to screenwriting.
C．Screenwriting as well as fiction has long been rejected in Nobel Prize.
D．Screenwriting has been awarded Nobel Prize in Literature several times.
【5】What does the author intend to show in the last paragraph?
A．Screenplays have improved a lot over the years.
B．Good screenplays can still be found on television.
C．The script determines the stand or fall of a movie.
D．Good screenwriters should receive Nobel recognition.
23、Jude and Leo Hawes have come a long way since they entered the world, born at just 29weeks. Airlifted from their home in Launceston to hospital in Hobart, the twins, now happy and healthy two-year-olds, were delivered into the ICU to be cared for and monitored. A gift from the Tasmanian branch of Octopus for a Preemie (早产儿) for them was a light in the dark.
“These stories really do remind us why we all spend so much time and our own money making these octopuses (章鱼),” Bianca, the co-founder of the project, tells Woman’s Day. “It means the world to me that I can do something in whatever small way to make the journey for the babies and parents just that little bit easier. I believe if we can help others, no matter how small a way it is, then we should.”
The eight-legged creatures are specially created to calm and comfort early newborns.“In instances where the babies can’t be held for weeks, or even months, the familiarity of the parents’ scent (气味) on the octopuses can help with the bonding process because babies already know it as a safe scent when parents can finally hold them,”Bianca says.
The volunteer project began after a nurse reached out to Bianca to create a prototype of octopus she could take into hospital for a trial.
“It took me a good four to five months to teach myself how to write a pattern and get it approved,”explains Bianca, who creates the handmade helpful octopuses for no cost to families in need.
“I started making them as fast as I could, but I wasn’t able to make the amount they needed.” Soon Bianca met the group’s other co-founder Andrea Carey and the pair started creating the creatures in together in their spare time.
“I have always enjoyed being creative and my imagination runs wild with colour combinations,” says Bianca, her Facebook page Octopus for a Preemie Tasmania accumulating more than 2000 followers.“It makes my day!”
【1】What is the purpose of the project?
A．To promote octopuses to preemies.
B．To comfort the preemies’ parents.
C．To reach out to nurses for preemies.
D．To bring a sense of security for preemies.
【2】Which of the following can replace the underlined word “prototype” In paragraph 4?
A．Certificate.
B．Model.
C．Patent.
D．Trademark.
【3】What can we learn about the project from the last two paragraphs?
A．It is well received.
B．It is highly profitable.
C．It needs to be improved.
D．It takes ages to see the results.
【4】What does Bianca’s story imply?
A．Good is rewarded with good.
B．Two heads are better than one.
C．Small deeds make a difference.
D．Actions speak louder than words.
24、 I want to thank the Hollywood Foreign Press Association because we all know the press is under siege these days. We also know it’s the insatiable dedication to uncovering the absolute truth that keeps us from turning a blind eye to corruption and to injustice. To tyrants and victims, and secrets and lies. I want to say that I value the press more than ever before as we try to navigate these complicated times, which brings me to this: what I know for sure is that speaking your truth is the most powerful tool we all have. And I’m especially proud and inspired by all the women who have felt strong enough and empowered enough to speak up and share their personal stories. Each of us in this room are celebrated because of the stories that we tell, and this year we became the story.
But it’s not just a story affecting the entertainment industry. It’s one that transcends any culture, geography, race, religion, politics, or workplace. So I want tonight to express gratitude to all the women who have endured years of abuse and assault because they, like my mother, had children to feed and bills to pay and dreams to pursue.
They’re the women whose names we’ll never know. They are domestic workers and farm workers. They are working in factories and they work in restaurants and they’re in academia, engineering, medicine, and science. They’re part of the world of tech and politics and business.
They’re our athletes in the Olympics and they’re our soldiers in the military.
And there’s someone else. Recy Taylor, a name I know and I think you should know, too. In
1944. Recy Taylor was a young wife and mother walking home from a church service she’d attended in Abbeville, Alabama, when she was abducted by six armed white men, raped, and left blindfolded by the side of the road coming home from church.
They threatened to kill her if she ever told anyone, but her story was reported to the NAACP where a young worker by the name of Rosa Parks became the lead investigator on her case and together they sought justice. But justice wasn’t an option in the era of Jim Crow. The men who tried to destroy her were never persecuted.
Recy Taylor died ten days ago, just shy of her 98th birthday. She lived as we all have lived, too many years in a culture broken by brutally powerful men. For too long, women have not been heard or believed if they dare speak the truth to the power of those men. But their time is up. Their time is up.
And I just hope that Recy Taylor died knowing that her truth, like the truth of so many other women who were tormented in those years, and even now tormented, goes marching on. It was somewhere in Rosa Parks’ heart almost 11 years later, when she made the decision to stay seated on that bus in Montgomery, and it’s here with every woman who chooses to say, “Me too.” And every man who chooses to listen.
In my career, what I’ve always tried my best to do, whether on television or through film, is to say something about how men and women really behave. To say how we experience shame, how we love and how we rage, how we fail, how we retreat, persevere and how we overcome.
I’ve interviewed and portrayed people who’ve withstood some of the ugliest things life can throw at you, but the one quality all of them seem to share is an ability to maintain hope for a brighter morning, even during our darkest nights.
So I want all the girls watching here, now, to know that a new day is on the horizon! And when that new day finally dawns, it will be because of a lot of magnificent women, many of whom are right here in this room tonight, and some pretty phenomenal men, fighting hard to make sure that they become the leaders who take us to the time when nobody ever has to say “Me too” again.
【1】According to Paragraph 1, why is the press more important than ever before？
A.The press can help spread the news among the public.
B.the press is meant to educate people about important values.
C.The press allows people to share stories with each other.
D.The press can help uncover the truth in these tough times.
【2】What can be inferred about women from Paragraph 2 and 3？
A.They are part of the world of tech and politics and business.
B.Their contributions have long been recognized.
C.They have sacrificed a lot for their families and dreams.
D.they are always successful in their career.
【3】From the passage, we can safely conclude that Rosa Parks is a/an _________ lady.
A.trustworthy B.determined C.ambitious D.stubborn
【4】In the last paragraph, the speaker hopes for a new day when _________.
A.every man and woman can really enjoy equality.
B.girls will grow into magnificent women.
C.every body can speak up “Me too”.
D.every man can take the lead in fighting for equal rights.
25、Robby was 11 when he took his first piano lesson. I____students begin at an earlier age, ____I explained to Robby. Robby said it had always been his mother's dream to hear him play the piano. So I took him as a student.
Much____Robby tried, he____the sense of tone and basic rhythm. But be dutifully reviewed his lessons.
Over the months he tried and tried, and he'd always say, “My mom's going to hear me play someday. ”But it seemed____. He just did not have any inborn ability.
Then one day Robby stopped coming. I was glad, as he was a bad____for my teaching!I____he had decided to pursue something else.
Several weeks later, my students were to have a recital（演奏会）. To my surprise, Robby came, asking to play in the recital.
“It is for____pupils, but you dropped. ”
“My mom was sick. But I have been practicing. I've just got to play!” he insisted and I agreed.
The night for the recital came. I put Robby up last in the program____I was to come up and thank all the students and play a finishing piece. I thought I could save his poor performance through my "curtain closer".
The recital____well. Robby came up on stage. His clothes were wrinkled and his hair looked dirty. “How could his Mom. . . ?”I thought.
Robby began and it was Mozart's work. I was not prepared for what I heard next. His fingers even____on the keys. After six and a half minutes he ended and people were all on their feet in wild____.
____and in tears I ran up and put my arms around Robby in joy. "I've never heard you play like that, Robby! How did you do it?"
Through the microphone Robby explained :"Well , Miss Hondorf, remember I told you my mom was sick? Well. . ____she had cancer and____this morning. And well. . . She was born deaf, so tonight was the____time she ever heard me play. I wanted to make it____. "
There wasn't a____eye that evening. I thought to myself how much____my life had been for taking Robby as my pupil. However, he was the teacher, for it is he that showed me the meaning of____and love and believing in oneself.
【1】A. wish B. prefer C. command D. order
【2】A. how B. why C. what D. which
【3】A. while B. since C. because D. as
【4】A. lacked B. possessed C. improved D. lost
【5】A. trustless B. needless C. hopeless D. lifeless
【6】A. advertisement B. announcement C. broadcast D. information
【7】A. promised B. assumed C. admitted D. pretended
【8】A. bright B. clever C. current D. recent
【9】A. since B. after C. until D. before
【10】A. went down B. went up C. went off D. went over
【11】A. danced B. slipped C. moved D. flew
【12】A. criticism B. tears C. shouts D. applause
【13】A. Impressed B. Annoyed C. Overcome D. Defeated
【14】A. really B. actually C. obviously D. directly
【15】A. passed down B. passed away C. passed by D. passed over
【16】A. forever B. only C. first D. last
【17】A. unexpected B. different C. usual D. special
【18】A. dry B. wet C. sharp D. weak
【19】A. harder B. richer C. deeper D. easier
【20】A. perseverance B. stress C. difficulty D. happiness
26、目前，每个城市每天都产生大量垃圾，垃圾分类刻不容缓。请根据下列提示，写一篇英语短文。
1. 严峻形势：每天产生大量垃圾，已成为令每个城市头疼的问题
2. 垃圾分类的意义：减少垃圾量和垃圾对环境的污染；回收资源，有利于环境保护。
3. 呼吁：政府应采取有效措施，在公共场所放置不同垃圾箱供市民投放不同的垃圾。
注意：1. 词数：100左右；
2. 内容可适当发挥，注意行文连贯；
3. 参考词汇：垃圾分类 rubbish classification
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