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1、It is no use __________ with Bill because he will never change his mind.
A.arguing B.to argue C.argue D.argued
2、It was a long time before the cut on my hand______ completely.
A.healed B.cured C.improved D.recovered
3、The government is__________efforts so as to strengthen skills training for rural migrant workers.
A.picking up B.stepping up C.holding up D.breaking up
4、He_________himself advanced English all by himself by the time he turned 18.
A.taught B.had taught C.has taught D.would teach
5、The bottle is quite difficult to open; the _________ is to pour hot water on it first.
A．focus
B．target
C．function
D．trick
6、Once he makes up his mind to do something, seldom ______ give it up.
A. he will B. does he
C. would he D. will he
7、—There is good news for you. You’ve been admitted to the Tianjin University.
— ______ That’s great!
A．Have I?
B．Pardon?
C．Congratulations!
D．Good idea!
8、________ some teenagers don’t realize is ________ difficult life can be after they get addicted to drugs.
A．That; how
B．Which; what a
C．What; what
D．What; how
9、The Internet has made ______ easier than ever to start a business.
A. it B. that C. this D. One
10、Various student clubs are set up in many senior high schools to urge students to ________ the opportunities to cultivate their good virtues and qualities.
A. gain admission to B. make light of
C. keep faith with D. take advantage of
11、 Good news never goes beyond the gate, ______ bad news spreads far and wide.
A. when B. as C. while D. before
12、After three months of hard work, I'd like to go to a nice small town for my holiday, especially ________with a sea view.
A.it B.one C.the one D.that
13、What a pity! A few minutes earlier, the students ___ the first bus.
A. had caught B. were to caught
C. have caught D. could have caught
14、––Are the repairs finished yet?
––Yes, they ______ when I came back home.
A. would be completed B. would complete
C. had completed D. had been completed
15、—Come on，Kitty.
—Oh, good heavens! Both my legs are nearly to give out. I_______ for hours like a dog.
A.have been walking B.had walked C.was walking D.walked
16、One Belt and One Road refers to two trade promotion and infrastructure (基础设施) development projects which _______ inspiration from the historic Silk Road.
A.draw B.drag C.hold D.pick
17、--- Well, I can’t get over how different the weather is here.
---- ________ . It always takes time to get used to a new place,
A. Don’t worry B. No problem C. Never mind D. Come on
18、The young man who was expected to his father’s company, made an unusual decision that he would start his own business.
A. hand over B. think over
C. go over D. take over
19、Chinese telecoms giant Huawei will build a 200-million-euro factory in France________potential challenges and obstacles.
A.owing to B.regardless of C.apart from D.instead of
20、Roger ____ painting for a while, but soon lost interest.
A.took on B.took in C.took up D.took over
21、Exams can be very stressful and it’s not surprising that people who feel anxious about them tend to perform worse compared to those who don’t experience such anxiety. What is surprising, according to the research published in Psychological Science by Maria Theobald at the Leibniz Institute and her colleagues, is that it is not the pressure of the exam hall that leads to the problem; it is the pressure of revision.
Dr. Theobald launched a study which involved 309 German medical students who used a digital-learning platform to prepare for their final state exam. To assess their levels of anxiety, the students were asked to rate them on a five-point scale for 40 days leading up to the exam, as well as on the day of the exam and the mock exam (模拟考) taken 40 days prior.
What Dr. Theobald found was not what she expected. Anxiety on the day of the test did not predict exam performance at all. What did predict it was the level of knowledge a student displayed in the mock exam and the earlier digital-learning activities. High levels of anxiety during the weeks before the exam took place actually hampered students, leaving them with less material to recall during the exam itself.
And this is a positive discovery, for it suggests a change of approach to revision by the anxious might help improve their results. Dr. Theobald notes that test-anxiety is at its worst when students have low expectations of success and meanwhile know that passing the exam is extremely important. To reduce this anxiety, she proposes a two-fold strategy for students to consider as they revise. First, they can raise their belief in their own abilities by reminding themselves of just how much they know. Second, they can attach less importance to the test by reminding themselves that, while it is important, it is not a life-or-death situation. It really isn’t. Really…
【1】What is a cause of poor exam performance according to the research?
A．Pressure from peers.
B．Inexperience in tests.
C．Atmosphere in exam halls.
D．Tension during revision.
【2】How did Dr. Theobald conduct the research?
A．By grading participants’ levels of knowledge.
B．By comparing participants’ approaches to revision.
C．By analyzing participants’ anxiety levels and exam performance.
D．By collecting participants’ previous data from a learning platform.
【3】What does the underlined word “hampered” in paragraph 3 mean?
A．Restricted.
B．Assisted.
C．Misled.
D．Motivated.
【4】What strategy does Dr. Theobald recommend to reduce test anxiety?
A．Setting ambitious goals.
B．Boosting self-confidence.
C．Ignoring the significance of a test.
D．Lowering the expectations of success.
22、The Bristol International Balloon Festival is a world-class hot air ballooning festival and is recognized as one of the UK’s top five outdoor events. Founded in 1978, the Festival has become a symbol for Bristol, the same as Brunel’s famous Suspension Bridge.
Held in the rolling hills of Ashton Court on the edge of Bristol, the Festival is hugely popular and completely free, attracting around half a million people from across the country and beyond. This year, for the first time, visitors will get to see how a hot air balloon is made. To celebrate its 40th anniversary, the world’s largest hot air balloon producer, Cameron Balloons, will take on the challenge of constructing a passenger-carrying balloon, on site, in about four days.
Other events to look forward to at the Bristol International Balloon Festival include daredevil stunts(冒险特技表演) from the Red Arrows, over 250 trade stalls, local and international food stalls, and a funfair(露天游艺集市). Here’s what’s on in detail:
Thursday 11th August:
12 pm Gates Open and Trade Village open
6 pm Special Shapes Ascent — a number of hot air balloons will take to the sky
9:30 pm Nightglow and Firework Finale — 30 or more balloons will glow in time to music
10:30 pm Gates Close
Friday 12th August:
6 am Hot Air Balloon Mass Ascent
9 am Trade and Entertainment Village open
12 pm Arena(竞技) Entertainment and Tethered Balloons
6 pm Hot Air Balloon Mass Ascent
8:30 pm Gates Close
Saturday 13th August:
6 am Hot Air Balloon Mass Ascent
9 am Trade and Entertainment Village open
12 pm Arena Entertainment and Tethered Balloons
6 pm Hot Air Balloon Mass Ascent
9:30 pm Nightglow and Firework Finale
10:30 pm Gates Close
Sunday 14th August:
6 am Hot Air Balloon Mass Ascent
9 am Trade and Entertainment Village open
12 pm Arena Entertainment and Tethered Balloons
6 pm Hot Air Balloon Mass Ascent
【1】On which day can’t you see the Hot Air Balloon Mass Ascents twice?
A. 12th August B. 11th August C. 13th August D. 14th August
【2】What can we learn from the passage?
A. Visitors can see how a hot air balloon is made every year.
B. The festival was founded in the rolling hills of Ashton Court.
C. Cameron Balloons is the world’s largest hot air balloon producer.
D. The festival is hugely popular only because it is completely free.
【3】The passage mainly talks about the Festival’s .
A. origin and history B. new challenges
C. time and place D. main activities
23、In 1665, Johannes Vermeer, one of the greatest painters in Netherlands, put the last drop of paint onto a canvas and completed his masterpiece “Girl With a Pearl Earring.” On an April day 357 years later, Janine Strong slowed her bike to stop, paused her fitness app, and watched unexpectedly as the snaking line of her cycling route drew the shape of Vermeer’s masterpiece over the streets of Brooklyn.
Ms. Strong creates what has come to be known as “GPS art” — a practice that uses the Global Positioning System mapping capabilities of modern phone apps to create digital drawings with an athlete’s route. It has grown with the widespread availability of satellite tracking for use by ordinary people. In fact, the idea ham been around stance before the popularity of smartphones for fitness like Strava released in 2009.
In 2003, The New York Times Margarine told of how Jeremy Wood ant the idea for GPS art. Mr. Wood said while he was using a GPS tracker on a flight and the plane flew in a holding pattern above Heath-row Airport, he was attracted by the pattern appearing on his Garmin GPS device. In recent years, technology has advanced enough to create visual maps in real time using a phone or smart watch.
“I get bored cycling on the same path in the same streets,” Ms Strong said. “Creating GPS art gives me more reasons to hit the pavement, which makes cycling a lot easier. I always have a big smile on my face when it works out and I upload it and it’s done,” she added. “It’s a very satisfying feeling.”
To complete her digital vision of “Girl With a Pearl Earring.” she biked almost 50 miles around southern Brooklyn, carefully checking Strava to make sure each turn, circle, and straight line was achieving the shape of carrying and head covering of Vermeer’s original.
【1】What information can we get about GPS art?
A．It is rarely used by common people.
B．It arose after the popularity of mobile phones
C．It is based on apps’ GPS mapping functions.
D．It is a practice of creating realistic drawings.
【2】Which word can best describe Janine Strong?
A．Diligent.
B．Innovative.
C．Generous.
D．Considerate.
【3】What does paragraph 3 mainly talk about?
A．The origin of GPS art.
B．The prospect of GPS art.
C．The function of a GPS tracker.
D．The advancement of a GPS device.
【4】Who will be most likely to create GPS art?
A．Painting lovers.
B．Game players.
C．Software developers.
D．Keen runners.
24、 For more than 2,000 years the Chinese people have been guided by the ideals of Confucianism. Its founder and greatest teacher was Confucius, whose humane philosophy also influenced the civilization of all of eastern Asia. Many legends were spread to illustrate Confucius’ beliefs. According to one story, he and his followers passed a cemetery where a woman was weeping at a graveside. She told them she was crying because “my husband’s father was killed here by a tiger, and my husband also, and now my son has met the same fate”. When they asked her why she did not leave such a fatal spot, she answered that in this place there was no oppressive government. “Remember this, my children,” said Confucius, “oppressive government is fiercer and more feared than a tiger”.
In such teaching and with such wise sayings, Confucius tried to bring people a respect for the teachings of the wise men of older generations. He always said of himself that he was a “transmitter, not a maker”. He collected and edited the poetry, the music, and the historical writings of what he considered the golden age.
Confucius laid no claim to being more than a man. Yet when he died he was admired almost as god. Temples were constructed in his honor in every city of China. His grave at Kufow, in what is now Shandong Province, became a place of pilgrimage.
Though Confucianism is commonly called a religion, it is rather a system of moral conduct. Confucius did not talk of God but of goodness. He did not teach about any god, simply saying, “Respect the gods, but have as little to do with them as possible.” His attention was centered on making people better in their lifetime, and his Analects are wise sayings similar to the Proverbs in the Bible.
Confucius is the Latinized form of the philosopher’s Chinese name, which was K’ung-fu-tzu, meaning Master K’ung. He was born in a poor but noble family. His father died when the boy was 3 years old. When he was only 6, people noted his fondness for setting out sacrifices and for ceremony. After his marriage at age 19, he worked for the governor of his district, first a keeper of stores and then as an overseer of parks and livestock. At the age of 22 he began his life as a teacher by establishing a school. He accepted valuable aid from some of his students, but he also welcomed students who could afford to pay only a small fee.
After some years of teaching and travel, he settled in Shandong for 15 years. When he was 52 years old, he was rewarded with an appointment as governor of a province and never failed to win the credit he deserved. He performed his task so well that a neighboring governor became jealous. Later, Confucius traveled around other kingdoms and wandered about for 13 years. Eventually, he returned to his native state of Lu in his 69th year and died three years later.
【1】The story of the woman in Para.1 is mentioned to show____.
A.Confucius was creative and sympathetic
B.the government then was fiercer than a tiger
C.Confucius’ beliefs are very popular
D.Confucius often wanted to influence people
【2】According to the author, Confucius himself____.
A.was tired of spreading his teachings in his late year.
B.was not interested in reforming the society
C.did not want people to worship him as god
D.showed great disrespect for the noble families
【3】What does the underlined sentence in Para.4 mean?
A.Confucianism is different from common religion.
B.God blesses those who show respect and goodness.
C.People are advised to keep a distance from gods.
D.Confucius highlights the importance of virtue.
【4】In the eyes of the author, Confucius’ political life____.
A.was highly successful
B.turned out to be a surprise
C.was bound to fail because of his belief
D.was not so important as his teaching life
【5】As regards Confucius and his teachings, the tone of the passage is marked with____.
A.objective spirit B.deep admiration
C.great openness D.obvious surprise
25、I ran into a friend a few days ago and greeted him in the familiar way. He gave the usual _____________ --“I’m doing fine”, but he _____________ two words “I guess” to the beginning of his greeting. That totally changed the meaning. His _____________ expression matched the two added words._____________, he wasn’t doing well. So I dug a little deeper and found he really was _____________ with some big issues.
In today’s world of fast and quickly _____________ social media, we are given the _____________ that the people there have near perfect lives. Look at anyone’s personal blog and you’ll see all these fun pictures and comments. Much of what we see is the good _____________. Of course there is really nothing wrong with that, but it can make a lot of people feel or _____________ that their own lives are full of challenges and various problems, ______________ self-pity and depression.
The ______________ is that nobody’s life is perfect. Just looking from the outside, you might be ______________ thinking that other people are doing much better than you. If you look on a deeper __________, you will see that the surface view can be very ____________ . That is because most of us don’t show our problems but prefer to show our ____________.
So, don’t admire other people’s near perfect sides any more. No matter how ______________ their lives look from the outside, they have their problems and ______________ too. Try to understand yourself better and ______________ the self-pity or feelings of “not as good as other people”. It can make your depression ____________ . Even better, you can see yourself in a(n) ____________ angle and have higher self-esteem(自尊).
【1】
A．point
B．description
C．response
D．goal
【2】
A．added
B．created
C．wrote
D．spelt
【3】
A．ridiculous
B．facial
C．lovely
D．grateful
【4】
A．Obviously
B．Eventually
C．Gradually
D．Excitedly
【5】
A．slipping
B．infecting
C．competing
D．struggling
【6】
A．emerging
B．expanding
C．dismissing
D．disappearing
【7】
A．impression
B．permission
C．pressure
D．affection
【8】
A．staff
B．dialect
C．catalogue
D．stuff
【9】
A．express
B．decide
C．believe
D．report
【10】
A．asking
B．causing
C．damaging
D．losing
【11】
A．idea
B．fact
C．hope
D．opinion
【12】
A．panicked into
B．given up
C．tricked into
D．cleared up
【13】
A．scale
B．occasion
C．level
D．course
【14】
A．interesting
B．disappointing
C．developing
D．misleading
【15】
A．successes
B．frustrations
C．setbacks
D．downsides
【16】
A．perfect
B．poor
C．low
D．cold
【17】
A．strengths
B．challenges
C．desires
D．influences
【18】
A．obtain
B．possess
C．remove
D．sense
【19】
A．react
B．exist
C．float
D．lift
【20】
A．frequent
B．soft
C．evident
D．different
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