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1、 ______ strong and powerful China will certainly benefit ______ whole world.
A. A; a B. The; a
C. The; the D. A; the
2、He loved ______ that the product was out of stock.
A. when he was told B. it to be told
C. that he was told D. it when he was told
3、It was sad to me that they, so poor themselves, bring me food.
A. might B. would C. should D. could
4、Amy joined a painting group but didn’t seem to _______, so she left.
A. show off B. go up C. fit in D. come over
5、 Many young ladies in the street have __________ their summer dresses in late spring．
A. put out B. brought out C. stood out D. picked out
6、Unless otherwise ________ all the regulations apply to students in Senior Three.
A．to be stated
B．stated
C．stating
D．is stated
7、With many cities in China dreadfully blanketed by thick haze, the environmental problem is _____ Chinese people concern most nowadays.
A. what B. which C. where D. when
8、One main reason comes from the Chinese tradition _______ the mother of the young woman usually requires her future son-in-law to prepare a house for their marriage, which brings financial pressure to the young man and his family.
A. what B. that C. which D. When
9、He expressed his hope ___ he would visit China again the next year, and this was the very hope ___ he expressed as soon as he arrived in the country.
A. that; that B. which; which
C. that; which D. which; that
10、It is one thing to enjoy listening to good music, but it is ________ another to play it well yourself.
A. quite B. very C. rather D. much
11、 the right kind of training, these teenage soccer players may one day grow into international stars.
A. Having given B. Give C. Given D. To give
12、At present, we have come to sense that creativity is______ it takes to keep a nation highly competitive.
A. why B. what C. how D. That
13、I bought a series of Harry Potter recently, ________ was fairly reasonable.
A.of which the price B.which price
C.its price D.the price of whose
14、The result of the study indicated that it was the type of fat, ______ is often the case, ________ made the difference.
A． as; that B． which; what
C． that; who D． which; that
15、As there is less and less coal and oil, scientists are exploring new ways of making use of _____ energy, such as sunlight, wind and water for power and fuel.
A.primary B.instant C.unique D.alternative
16、Personally speaking, Chinese parents should encourage children more, getting their confidence to _____ .
A. pick up B. turn up C. build up D. take up
17、If you enjoy reading, then ____do that whenever you want.
A.by all means B.by no means C.anything but D.nothing but
18、 I don’t think he is the right person to do that job, _____?
A. isn’t he B. don’t I
C. do I D. is he
19、 After a pleasant summer vacation, the family came back from Beidaihe, _______.
A. freshly and energetically
B. being fresh and energetic
C. fresh and energetic
D. to be fresh and energetic
20、China needs to strike a balance between maintaining a(n) _______ fast and stable development and making economic structural adjustment.
A. relatively B. seemingly
C. approximately D. apparently
21、Scholars have found music and language seem closely linked But how? Some similarities are obvious. Both can express emotion. And both are highly social. AI a structural level the parallel are striking too. With a limited set of notes or words, and a limited set of rules, a limitless variety of novel melodies or sentences can be created Animal communication, by contrast, is only able to convey a limited number of thoughts.
Aniruddh Patel of Tufts University has argued that music and language, rather than being essentially the same, rely on the same bit of the brain. In an experiment he presented his subjects with a sentence that contained a grammatical trick ("The scientist confirmed the hypothesis was being studied in his lab"), revealing one word at a time. The subjects were to press a button for each word at their own pace. Many pushed at the unexpected “was. "The scientist confirmed the hypothesis" seemed a complete sentence.
They also heard music as they performed this exercise. Some were treated to a new chord (和弦) in a pleasing progression with every word that was revealed. Others herd an annoying chord at the moment they reached the trick word "was". Both groups slowed down but those given the discordant(不和谐的) notes did so much more.
Another striking contrast lies in the range of human talent for each ability. Nearly all children produce complex sentences by the age of three and become fluent speakers just a few years after that. By contrast, only a minority of adults are talented musicians; even fewer are skilled composers of new works.
Victor Wooten, a music teacher, points out, children learn to talk by being constantly surrounded by fluent older speakers who are practicing with them almost from birth. Their awkward efforts are encouraged. On the other. hand, students of music often keep company with other beginners, and are stopped when having a mistake.
It is not that simple, thinks Jay Keyser, a professor of linguistics. For him, music is not like spoken prose, which almost everyone can learn without any difficulties, but instead resembles a specific form of language: poetry, whose rhythm is hard to find.
【1】What is the similarity between music and language at the structural level?
A．Both have complicated structures.
B．Both have strict grammatical rules.
C．Both can form unlimited structures.
D．Both can express limited meanings.
【2】What can we learn about Aniruddh Patel's experiment?
A．Different music varies greatly in the impact on people's life.
B．Appreciation of music helped them understand the sentence.
C．Understanding of the structure was not affected by the music.
D．The discordant music made the sentence structure more difficult.
【3】What leads to the difference according to Victor Wooten?
A．The influence cast by those around them.
B．The age when they start to acquire the abilities.
C．The way their mistakes in learning are handled.
D．The expectations they get from those around them.
【4】What does Jay Keyser want to say in the last paragraph?
A．It is difficult to compose music.
B．Language can hardly make life fun.
C．Music is not as easy to learn.
D．Music comes from spoken prose.
22、I recently had the unique honor of returning to my university, as a guest lecturer, to talk about opinion and fact in news media and how to tell the two apart. During my class, I quizzed the students using 10 statements which they had to decide were either opinion or fact. Some students did a good job while others failed.
A Pew Research poll conducted among Americans in 2018 showed that only 26 percent of adults could identify the five factual statements, and only 35 percent could identify the five opinion statements.
This is possibly because, according to a recent report by the RAND Corporation — a non-profit, non-partisan think-tank based on Los Angeles — “US-based journalism has gradually shifted away from objective news and offers more opinion-based content that appeals to emotion and relies heavily on argumentation and advocacy.”
Their study looked at US news reporting over a 28-year period and found that “journalism in the US has become more subjective and consists less of the detailed event or context-based reporting that used to characterize news coverage,” according to Jennifer Kavanagh, a senior political scientist and lead author of the report.
This will probably come as a surprise to no one, or at least no one outside the United States where subjective and emotive reporting has clearly hampered the population’s ability to separate fact and opinion and deal with each with a healthy amount of skepticism.
So, what is opinion?
Opinion is someone’s subjective belief or view that cannot be proven as fact. Opinion will often feature adjectives like amazing, perfect, unbeatable, dreadful, grotesque, embarrassing.
As an opinion writer myself, you’ll often see those kinds of words here in my column, but since my weekly rants are clearly not news reports, you know to take whatever I say just as an opinion and form your own opinion if you so desire.
Here’s an example of an opinion-based statement: “Wes Anderson is an amazing filmmaker.” There’s no way of proving that statement as fact, because it’s subjective.
What is fact?
Fact is an objective statement or account of something real which can be proven. Factual accounts should not include adjectives like amazing, perfect, unbeatable, dreadful, grotesque or embarrassing. Here’s an example: “Wes Anderson won the Silver Bear for Best Director in 2018.”
Sound easy? Well, it really is, apart from the fact that news media in-the United States often purposefully or subconsciously mix opinion and fact, effectively blurring the line between the two so much that now many Americans can’t tell the difference.
Spotting deception
You can improve your news reading skills by keeping an eye out for the common markers of opinion in news reporting. The easiest is to look for adjectives, which are usually always markers of opinion and will sometimes be hidden inside news reporting to nefariously affect the reader’s understanding.
Here’s a quick example using a headline: “Impressive crowd of 10,000 turn out for march.” Can you see the adjective in that headline? The word “impressive” is the writer’s own opinion mixed in with a factual statement about the number of people who turned out for a march. By using that adjective, the writer is pushing you to see the march as a success and to feel that the cause behind the march has a lot of public support. That isn’t necessarily the case, and similarly a writer with another opinion could pen this headline: “Only 10,000 turn out for march.” See the difference?
Improve your news eye
I hope this short foray into a tiny aspect of news media has helped a little and that now you’re just a little bit more apt at separating fact from, well, fiction. In today’s world, that skill is more important than ever.
【1】Which of the following statements about US-based journalism is true?
A．It is characterized by the detailed event or context-based reporting.
B．It fails to appeal to people’s emotion when reporting news events.
C．It results in people’s inability to distinguish facts from opinions.
D．It helps to cultivate a healthy amount of skepticism in people.
【2】What is a good way to spot deception when one is trying to separate fact and opinion?
A．Turning to opinion writers for help.
B．Looking for specific adjectives.
C．Reading as much news as possible.
D．Figuring out the hidden meaning.
【3】Which of the following statements are facts?
①Increasing the federal minimum wage to US$15 an hour is essential for the health of the US economy.
②Health care costs per person in the US are the highest in the developed world.
③Immigrants who are in the US illegally have some rights under the Constitution.
④Democracy is the greatest form of government.
⑤Immigrants who are in the US illegally are a very big problem for the country today.
⑥President Barack Obama was born in the United States.
A．①②③
B．④⑤⑥
C．②③⑥
D．①⑤⑥
【4】What is the writer’s purpose in writing the passage?
A．To attract more readers for his column.
B．To call for joint efforts by news agencies to cooperate.
C．To warn the danger of lack of news reading skills.
D．To provide advice on how to distinguish facts from opinions.
23、 People may have some unclear memories of their childhood， but almost everyone will remember the beautiful princess and the cruel queen in "Snow White"， the innocent little girl and the greedy big gray wolf in "Little Red Riding Hood"．【1】 For example， "True love can overcome anything"， and "Even a frog can turn into a prince"． However， at a certain age， we start to learn new things about life， particularly that love doesn't always win， and that a frog is just a frog．
【2】 Just look at animated films like "The Lion King" and "Frozen"， which have millions of fans young and old． And this year's Lucerne Festival in Switzerland - a classical music festival - will also feature the themes of "Childhood" and "Fairy tales"．
"Fairy tales endure because they are the stories of our lives in their most stripped down form，" wrote US author Laura Packer． "They are stories of love and loss， desire and death， riches and ruin．" 【3】 But if children only see just one side of reality， adults usually see the other． For example， in the movie "Maleficent"， we′re told the tale of Sleeping Beauty from the perspective of the evil queen． 【4】 Instead， she suffers great losses growing up， leading to the creation of her "evil' side． And in US author James Finn Gamer's book "Politically Correct Bedtime Stories "，he tells the classic story of "Little Red Riding Hood"， but with a modem touch．
【5】 They may usually start with "Once upon a time but as we grow older， we learn that every story doesn't always need a "happily ever after" to be a good one．
A．Fairy tales are all about reality．
B．But somehow， our love for fairy tales never dies．
C．Most of us get our earliest life lessons from fairy tales．
D．The theme of fairy tales is to teach people courage and kindness．
E．Fairy tales have been adapted into versions suitable for children．
F．It looks like fairy tales aren't just stories our parents read us at bedtime．
G．Unlike the children's version of the story， we see that the queen wasn't born evil．
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【1】According to the rules, a TEDx event organizer is supposed to ________.
A. extend the event to one day
B. name the event after locations
C. focus on one TED topic
D. host the event in different cities
【2】Who is qualified to host a TEDx event for over 100 guests?
A. A person who has attended an official TED conference.
B. A woman who has attended numerous TEDx events.
C. An individual who has submitted his proposed ticket price.
D. An organization which intends to make some money for charities.
25、 “5 pm, ma’am.”“ What? My baby can no longer wait for that! Can you please ask the crew a favor to
make it ________?” My 3-month-old-baby was already very ________. His stomach became larger and larger in each hour that passed by.
Three days ago, we brought him to be ___________to the hospital where I worked due to several vomiting (呕吐). I knew the danger very well because there were already____________patients of this case that we had encountered. But it was not as simple as I ____________. It held a bigger unknown threat that needed a(an) ___________surgery. But before the doctor could figure out the best ___________, he ordered a CT Scan of the Whole Stomach. It was scheduled at the most famous hospital of the city____________our own hospital didn’t have it yet.
Everything about him suddenly became so ________. I knew that his chance of________became very thin. So I was afraid that he couldn’t wait for another few hours if no intervention would be given.
“Ma’am, we’re so blessed. His ________is moved to 3pm.”
I was ________but another much bigger problem __________, I did not have the money needed. I had to send messages with my ________to borrow money to the persons in my contact list. I only had few minutes left then. I asked for a vacant room and there I rolled down and cried while ________a miracle to provide me with ways right then. As soon as I got up from my ________, my cell phone suddenly rang ________.
“Ms.Lucero, please claim your money through...” And one after another, I ________different messages telling me to get the money they sent for my baby. I had the money then in less than an hour! Not only for the CT Scan but for our immediate needs during our whole hospital stay!
I was so awed (敬畏的) at how destiny (命运) ________all the incidents in our lives to come up for blessings that it has prepared ahead of us! But most of all for the first ________ that he has shown me, that my baby shall live!
【1】A.later B.longer C.earlier D.shorter
【2】A.weak B.thin C.upset D.conscious
【3】A.left B.admitted C.reserved D.accustomed
【4】A.selfless B.valueless C.homeless D.countless
【5】A.desired B.expected C.provided D.felt
【6】A.fast B.simple C.complete D.immediate
【7】A.approach B.thing C.tool D.hospital
【8】A.since B.though C.unless D.and
【9】A.changeable B.unstable C.predictable D.incredible
【10】A.return B.death C.survival D.danger
【11】A.departure B.result C.routine D.schedule
【12】A.nervous B.relieved C.anxious D.desperate
【13】A.rose B.raised C.arose D.aroused
【14】A.request B.command C.suggestion D.application
【15】A.meeting with B.looking for C.praying for D.finding out
【16】A.memory B.dilemma C.feet D.knees
【17】A.randomly B.surprisingly C.noisily D.continuously
【18】A.accepted B.received C.wrote D.sent
【19】A.found B.built C.arranged D.damaged
【20】A.sign B.belief C.word D.look
26、你的英国朋友Jim要参加外国人学唱中国歌曲比赛，有两首歌可以选择：“好一朵美丽的茉莉花”或者“明月几时有”。Jim来信希望你能给些建议。请你给他回信，内容包括：
1．你建议的歌曲；
2．你的理由；
3．你的祝愿。
注意：1. 词数不少于50；
2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入词数。
提示词：茉莉花：Jasmine Flower 明月几时有：The Mid-Autumn Tune
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Yours,
Li Hua
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