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1、—Peter, you delivered a wonderful speech today.
—Thanks, but I think I ______ more attention to my stage manners during that time.
A. must pay B. should pay
C. must have paid D. should have paid
2、The book I’d like to recommend is Fu Lei’s Family Letters, ________ Fu Lei shared his views about art and life.
A．that
B．which
C．where
D．who
3、An unhappy childhood may have some negative effects on a person's character；however，they are not always _____.
A. available B. practical C. permanent D. beneficial
4、The characterization of this rule's impact is ，to say the least,the critical point for present purposes is put forward.
A.controversial B.consistent
C.contemporary D.conservative
5、It is reported the housing prices in some big cities fall in different degrees.
A. which B. what
C. that D. where
6、—John's gift? He ______a better one for me.
—He must be very happy to know it.
A．should have chosen
B．may have chosen
C．couldn't have chosen
D．needn't have chosen
7、Taking years________, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway is a record of all of our efforts to overcome the most difficult engineering challenges.
A．completing
B．having been completed
C．to complete
D．completed
8、The professor _____about how to protect the endangered animal in the conference at this time tomorrow.
A. talked B. talks C. has been talking D. will be talking
9、We should organize useful activities, which will ___________ the relationship of the students.
A. appoint B. employ
C. promote D. commit
10、Mark needs to learn Chinese ________ his company is opening a branch in Tianjin.
A．unless
B．although
C．until
D．since
11、Sixty decades on, the presenter (Queen Elizabeth II) has evolved somewhat, as has the technology she described. Back then, who _____ that people would one day be watching this on laptops and mobile phones, as some of you are today?
A. must have imagined B. may have imagined
C. would have imagined D. should have imagined
12、______ , I think, in another two weeks, and you will realize your dream.
A. If you doubt your efforts B. Making greater efforts
C. When you make greater efforts D. A bit more efforts
13、If you don 't have a guide,you________ lose your way.
A．must
B．dare
C．should
D．could
14、Using this data, third party companies could then paint an accurate picture of users’ habits and ________ in order to serve them more targeted advertisements.
A.presentation B.preservation C.preference D.persistence
15、The furniture they bought online is quite____________ with the modern style of their new house, which is beyond their expectations.
A．associated
B．consistent
C．familiar
D．permanent
16、We the last bus and didn’t have any money for taxi, so we had to walk home.
A.reached B.lost C.missed D.caught
17、This restaurant has an inviting, homelike atmosphere ______ many others are short of.
A. where B. when
C. that D. what
18、In the lecture, the professor told his students about how to write an _________ of a graduate paper, expressing the main argument.
A. account B. application C. address D. abstract
19、—Why are you all ________ me? I did not steal the computer!
—I’m sorry, but you were the only one who had access to it.
A.calling on B.taking on C.turning on D.putting on
20、Jackson turned out at the Grammy Awards,________music artists are given an award for their artistic or technical achievement.
A．when
B．where
C．which
D．whose
21、Are we in the middle of a workplace revolution?
Pool tables, nap-pods and free food. They sound like things at an all-inclusive hoilday resort(度假胜地) rather than in an office. However, digital tech companies have redesigned the office and provided unusual benefits to make the workplace a more pleasant and productive place to be. For these companies, the days of individual work area where people would work on their own for eight hours a day are no more.
This trend is now spreading outside Silicon Valley. Bob Randell, director of MiCareer, says, “Everyone’s realizing that tech companies don’t provide fancy benefits or games areas in order to seem cool and trendy. They want their staff to feel good about themselves and their jobs. Happy employees are less likely to leave to work for a competitor and, most importantly, they are more productive.”
This new kind of workplace also encourages people to cooperate and to be creative. Playing table tennis with league you rarely work with can lead to new ways of working and fresh thinking. Thinking over a problem while lying in a hammock(吊床) might be the best way to find its solution.
However, this doesn’t mean employers should immediately offer free ice cream, replace desks with sofas or let staff bring pets to work. “Firms have to make sure their benefits are of real interest to their employees, and that they can afford them for the long term.' If a company stops offering a benefit, staff happiness goes down and people are less satisfied,” says Anna Tang, head of HR at DigitalFore.
We advise our managers to monitor the effects of the benefits carefully. We now offer free breakfasts instead of free lunches. This persuades people to arrive early and to start work with good energy levels, which makes them more productive. Large free lunches just made them feel sleepy.
This revolution in the workplace is unlikely to slow down. As Randell says, “All businesses can improve by increasing creativity, cooperation and happiness at work. The most successful ones do exactly that, and which companies don't want to be successful?”
【1】What trend is spreading among tech companies?
A.Expanding businesses outside Silicon Valley. B.Improving managers' working conditions.
C.Bettering workplaces for employees. D.Reducing daily working hours.
【2】Which is the major advantage of the workplace revolution?
A.Stopping people leaving their jobs.
B.Increasing people' s productivity.
C.Attracting high quality people to the company.
D.Encouraging sharing ideas with different people.
【3】What should companies that intend to improve do?
A.Serve the staff once and for all. B.Keep offering short-term returns.
C.Control the costs of extra expenses. D.Provide benefits for employees really
【4】Which of the following might be the best subtitle?
A.Why office life is changing and how to manage it
B.Why workplace revolution is unlikely to take place
C.Why digital technology companies are so successful
D.Why modern offices and unusual benefits are bad for business
22、By now you’ve probably heard about the “you’re not special” speech, when English teacher David McCullough told graduating seniors at Wellesley High School: "Do not get the idea you're anything special, because you're not." Mothers and fathers present at the ceremony — and a whole lot of other parents across the internet — took issue with McCullough's ego-puncturing words. But lost in the anger and protest was something we really should be taking to heart: our young people actually have no idea whether they're particularly talented or accomplished or not. In our eagerness to elevate their self-esteem, we forgot to teach them how to realistically assess their own abilities, a crucial requirement for getting better at anything from math to music to sports. In fact, it's not just privileged high-school students: we all tend to view ourselves as above average.
Such inflated (膨胀的) self-judgments have been found in study after study, and it's often exactly when we're least competent at a given task that we rate our performance most generously. In a 2006 study published in the journal Medical Education, for example, medical students who scored the lowest on an essay test were the most charitable in their self-evaluations, while high-scoring students judged themselves much more strictly. Poor students, the authors note, "lack insight" into their own inadequacy. Why should this be? Another study, led by Cornell University psychologist David Dunning, offers an enlightening explanation. People who are incompetent, he writes with co-author Justin Kruger, suffer from a "dual burden": they're not good at what they do, and their wry ineptness (笨拙) prevents them from recognizing how bad they are.
In Dunning and Kruger's study, subjects scoring at the bottom of the heap on tests of logic, grammar and humor "extremely overestimated" their talents. Although their test scores put them in the 12th percentile, they guessed they were in the 62nd. What these individuals lacked (in addition to clear logic, proper grammar and a sense of humor) was "metacognitive skill" (元认知技巧): the capacity to monitor how well they're performing. In the absence of that capacity, the subjects arrived at an overly hopeful view of their own abilities. There's a paradox (悖论) here, the authors note: “The skills that develop competence in a particular domain are often the very same skills necessary to evaluate competence in that domain. "In other words, to get better at judging how well we’re doing at an activity, we have to get better at the activity itself.
There are a couple of ways out of this double bind (两难). First, we can learn to make honest comparisons with others. Train yourself to recognize excellence, even when you yourself don't possess it, and compare what you can do against what truly excellent individuals are able to accomplish. Second, seek out feedback that is frequent, accurate and specific. Find a critic who will tell you not only how poorly you're doing, but just what it is that you're doing wrong. As Dunning and Kruger note, success indicates to us that everything went right, but failure is more ambiguous: any number of things could have gone wrong. Use this external feedback to figure out exactly where and when you screwed up.
If we adopt these strategies — and most importantly, teach them to our children — they won't need parents, or a commencement(毕业典礼) speaker, to tell them that they're special. They'll already know that they are, or have a plan to get that way.
【1】The underlined phrase "took issue with" in paragraph 1 most probably means .
A．totally approved of
B．disagreed with
C．fully understood
D．held discussion about
【2】The author thinks the problem that shouldn't be overlooked is that .
A．we don’t know whether our young people are talented or not
B．young people can't reasonably define themselves
C．no requirement is set up for young people to get better
D．we always tend to consider ourselves to be privileged
【3】Which is NOT mentioned about poor students according to the passage?
A．They lack the capacity to monitor how well they are performing.
B．They usually give themselves high scores in self-evaluations.
C．They tend to be unable to know exactly how bad they are.
D．They are intelligently inadequate in tests and exams.
【4】We can infer from the passage that those high-scoring students .
A．are not confident about their logic and grammar
B．tend to be very competent in their high-scoring fields
C．don't know how well they perform due to their stringent self-judgment
D．is very careful about their self-evaluations because they have their own limits
【5】The strategies of becoming special suggest that .
A．the best way to recognize excellence is to study past success and failure
B．through comparison with others, one will know where and when he fails
C．we need internal honesty with ourselves and external honesty from others
D．neither parents nor a commencement speaker can tell whether one is special
【6】Which can be the best title of this passage?
A．Special or Not? Teach Kids To Figure It Out
B．Let's Admit That We Are Not That Special
C．Tips On Making Ourselves More Special
D．Tell The Truth: Kids Overestimate their Talents
23、The Book Hive
Norwich
As well as being a favourite of celebrities, this is a front-runner for the nation’s prettiest bookshop, with an expansive glass shopfront and colourful art decorating the walls. It’s home to thousands of hand-selected titles, with an especially impressive art-and-design collection. Owner Henry Layte says, “The Book Hive is like an old-fashioned bookshop, but it’s also contemporary, stylish and fun!”
Mr B’s Reading Emporium
Bath
A huge part of the charm (魅力) of this place is Mr B himself — a former bank trader who gave it all up in 2006 to share his passion for the written word. His enthusiasm must be infectious because his staff are similarly cheerful, handwriting personal notes to the overflowing shelves. “You can drop in anytime,” says one employee. “And we pride ourselves on championing lesser-known titles.”
Barter Books
Northumberland
Under the roof of the Victorian Station lie the free-standing bookshelves, homely carpets and open fires that make up Barter Books. In addition to the thousands of second-hand titles in this bookstore, there are more than 40 glass cases housing rare books. Visitors can also see the Writers Mural-life-size literary figures painted high up on the walls. See if you can spot Charlotte Bronte and Charles Dickens.
Much More Books
Shropshire
Situated in the market town Much Wen lock, Much More Books is the epitome (缩影) of an antiquarian shop. Most surprisingly, historic buildings, an inclusive and well-thumbed collection, and even a book-finder service combine to make you feel as if you’ve stepped back a few centuries. Every type is covered, with lots of local-interest titles thrown in. You can even add to your music collection with their selection of vinyls and CDs.
【1】What do The Book Hive and Barter Books have in common?
A．They provide second-hand books.
B．They are decorated like homes.
C．They have art works on their walls.
D．They are favored by big figures.
【2】What will impress you most when you enter Much More Books?
A．The music CD.
B．The ancient style.
C．The rare antique.
D．The dynamic staff.
【3】What is the text?
A．An advertisement for books.
B．A collection of book reviews.
C．An introduction to well-known writers.
D．A recommendation for famous bookshops.
24、 When Omar Yaghi was growing up in Jordan, his neighborhood received water for only about 5 hours once every 2 weeks. If Yaghi wasn’t up at dawn to turn on the taps to store water, his family, their cow, and their garden had to go without. At a meeting last week, Yaghi, now a chemist at the University of California, reported that he and his colleagues have created a solar-powered device that could provide water for millions in water-stressed regions. At its heart is a porous crystalline (多孔晶体) material, known as a metal-organic framework (MOF), which acts like a sponge: It sucks water vapor out of air, and then releases it as liquid water.
Yaghi and his colleagues first developed a zirconium( 锆 )-based MOF in 2014 that could harvest and release water. But at $160 per kilogram, zirconium is too expensive for massive use. So, last year, his team came up with an alternative called MOF-303, based on aluminum, which costs just $3 per kilogram, but the harvest was only about 0.2 liters per kilogram of MOF per day.
In July 2019, Yaghi reported that his team has designed a new and far more productive water harvester. Supported by a solar panel to power a fan and heater, which speed the cycles, the new device produces up to 1.3 liters of water per kilogram of MOF per day from desert air. Yaghi expects further improvements to increase that number to 8 to 10 liters per day. And his company plans to release a microwave-size device able to provide up to 8 liters per day this fall. The company promises an enlarged version next year that will produce 22,500 liters per day, enough to supply a small village.
However, it needs to be shown that Yaghi’s MOFs can be produced cheaply on a large scale. Each potential commercial MOF needs to prove itself in stability, efficiency, and life span. But if MOFs can pass those tests, they could offer a solution to some of the world’s most pressing problems.
【1】Why is Omar Yaghi’s childhood mentioned at the beginning?
A.To show how serious water problem is. B.To lead in the topic.
C.To introduce the chemist. D.To arouse reader’s interest.
【2】What is the problem of MOF-303?
A.It costs too much. B.It can’t last long.
C.It is hard to operate. D.It is low in efficiency.
【3】According to Yaghi, how much water will a large water harvester produce per day?
A.1.3 liters. B.10 liters.
C.22,500 liters. D.8 liters.
【4】What can be concluded from the last paragraph?
A.Yaghi’s MOFs are in great demand now.
B.Yaghi’s MOFs may help solve water shortage.
C.Yaghi’s MOFs have already entered the market.
D.Mass production of Yaghi’s MOFs is impossible.
25、Back in 1999, John Smyth, a high-school teacher, decided it was time to _________ and start a journey around Australia with his wife Helen. They _________ 33,000 km in six months. When they returned, Smyth found he missed the _________ , so he came out of retirement to spend another eight years doing casual teaching.
Today, the 75-year-old physics teacher work as a volunteer teacher to _________ students who live in isolated locations, under a ( n ) _________ known as Volunteers for Isolated Students’ Education ( VISE ). VISE _________ energetic people with children whose schooling is largely done _________ , because they live too far away from towns and cities to _________ regular school. With their classes conducted via Skype (即时通讯软件) or whatever other methods _________ , the children have virtual (虚拟的) contact with a paid teacher for several hours a day. VISE volunteers go and stay with these families for six weeks at a time to provide ____________ to the students.
John grew up in the country and was immediately attracted when he heard about VISE. Helen was just as ____________ . “ We love the bush, ” he says. While the teacher’s ____________ isn’t required to contribute, they often help around the home, or in the garden. Since volunteers ____________ stay for the full six weeks, it’s important for couples to agree on the locations they apply for.
After encountering some ____________ families and students, John is still keen to do more. “ Occasionally I have had to say, ‘ If you want my instruction, here I am. ____________ , I’ll go home - I’m too busy to be ____________ here if we’re not going to work. ’ But it’s always ____________ really well. ” He remains in ____________ with a number of his former students.
John says it was an absolutely fantastic ____________ , which just shows it is never too late to use ____________ life knowledge and continue giving back to society.
【1】
A．reflect
B．retire
C．interrupt
D．search
【2】
A．dragged
B．followed
C．ran
D．covered
【3】
A．laboratory
B．dormitory
C．classroom
D．colleague
【4】
A．discipline
B．school
C．walk
D．address
【5】
A．idea
B．section
C．scheme
D．article
【6】
A．pairs
B．cooperates
C．associates
D．mixes
【7】
A．naturally
B．remotely
C．timely
D．instantly
【8】
A．attend
B．miss
C．go
D．have
【9】
A．valuable
B．admirable
C．available
D．changeable
【10】
A．help
B．money
C．food
D．news
【11】
A．energetic
B．enthusiastic
C．alive
D．amused
【12】
A．member
B．guide
C．teammate
D．partner
【13】
A．typically
B．immediately
C．occasionally
D．hardly
【14】
A．moving
B．surprising
C．puzzling
D．challenging
【15】
A．Therefore
B．However
C．Otherwise
D．Still
【16】
A．sitting down
B．standing out
C．sitting around
D．standing up
【17】
A．turned up
B．turned over
C．turned on
D．turned out
【18】
A．contact
B．exchange
C．connection
D．agreement
【19】
A．lecture
B．experience
C．gesture
D．experiment
【20】
A．technical
B．common
C．original
D．previous
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。
Toby the cat was in a small cardboard box marked “free kittens” when Daisy met him and took him home. And from that moment on, he loved boxes.
He slept in hatboxes, gift boxes and takeout food boxes. He slept in Daisy’s sock drawer, if she left it open. When he was a kitten, the size of a small loaf of bread, he had slept in shoeboxes. But he grew and grew, and now he was a lot bigger than a loaf of bread. When he tried to sleep in a shoebox, his furry stomach hung over the sides.
Toby didn’t just sit in boxes, though. Sometimes he sat in flowerpots, or laundry baskets.
Daisy had a beautiful dollhouse for her birthday, a dark green three-story house with lots of furniture. Daisy loved it. So did Toby. He liked to push the furniture out of all the rooms and sit in the bedroom on the second floor.
One day Daisy came home from school, and she couldn’t find Toby. He wasn’t in the dollhouse, or her sock drawer, even though she’d forgotten to close it.
“Mom, Dad!” Daisy wailed. “Toby is gone!”
Daisy’s mom looked in the attic. There were boxes and dust bunnies, and even a mouse that had escaped Toby’s notice, but no Toby.
Daisy’s dad looked in the kitchen cabinets. There were pots and pans, and cans of soup, but no Toby.
Suddenly—“I found him!” Daisy cried.
The big cat was inside her mom’s new glass vase, and he didn’t look happy at all. Daisy tipped the vase over gently and tried to pull him out, but Toby just howled.
“We’ll have to break the vase to get him out!” Daisy cried.
Now her mom didn’t look happy. It was a beautiful vase.
“No,” said her dad. “If we break it, the glass pieces might hurt Toby. Maybe we can put butter on the inside of the vase and slide him out, like the time you got that ring stuck on your finger.”
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。
Paragraph 1:
Immediately, Daisy fetched some butter.
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Paragraph 2:
Soon they were at the vet's office.
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