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1、You'd better check the train schedule______ .we have to take a train to Chengdu.
A. even if B. as if
C. incase D. as long as
2、— I am bored with running.
— Why not try trampoline, a new fitness craze that ______ the world by storm?
A.took B.is taking C.had taken D.will take
3、Not until the end of the performance ________ the chance to take photos with the respectable actor.
A. the audience got B. the audience had got
C. did the audience get D. had the audience got
4、The stronger the________ is, the more quickly a man will learn a new skill. In other words, it is up to whether he has an interest in it.
A．motivation
B．ambition
C．effect
D．imagination
5、You may feel it ________ that such a little girl can speak three foreign languages fluently in this small town.
A．surprising
B．surprised
C．to surprise
D．being surprised
6、All I can do is________ a tricycle and make money for the students.
A．ride.
B．to ride
C．riding
D．rode
7、 ______ from this point, the problem presents no easy solution.
A. See B. To see C. Seen D. Seeing
8、None of the underwater workers has been harmed by the great fish. ______, most fish were so friendly that they played with the instruments.
A. Instead B. Even though C. However D. Though
9、To ________ Darwin and his idea，National Museum of Natural History in Washington created a special exhibit, showing respect for the genius.
A.celebrate B.promote C.explore D.inspect
10、Consumers' support and encouragement is a _______ stream of motivation for self-improvement of the company.
A．casual
B．smooth
C．current
D．steady
11、--He didn’t feel a bit nervous when ________.
--No. He’d had a lot of time ________ for it after all.
A. interviewing; to prepare
B. interviewed; to prepare
C. interviewing; preparing
D. being interviewed; preparing
12、A cough is usually nothing to worry about unless it lasts for ten days ___.
A.or more B.instead C.at most D.only
13、China’s maternal and infant goods ecommerce platforms ________ heavily and speeding up their steps to expand offline channels.
A.invest B.are investing C.are invested D.have invested
14、Since people are fond of humor, it is as welcome in conversation as ________ else.
A. anything B. something
C. anywhere D. somewhere
15、The trade imbalance is likely to rise again in 2017._______ a new policy will be required soon.
A. Hence B. For
C. Though D. As
16、I am sorry that I can not meet you at the airport. I ________ Tianjin by the time you come back from abroad.
A．am leaving
B．will leave
C．will have left
D．have left
17、— Do you guess living in such a quiet countryside has advantages?
— ___.
A.Well, that depends B. Yes, it is
C. Yes, perfectly D. Nothing at all
18、Currently AI is used mostly in the tech industry, ________ it has created efficiencies and produced new products and services.
A.when B.about which C.where D.of which
19、 the great contributions he made to the film industry, the committee awarded Chaplin a special Oscar in 1972.
A．In view of
B．In place of
C．In favour of
D．In terms of
20、With several problems _____to be solved, we still need to hold another meeting as soon as possible.
A. remained B. remaining
C. remain D. having remained
21、A bright and impressive bus carrying fresh local produce appeared in a community of North Carolina in June 2022. It was the first pay-what-you-can Mobile Market. As the name implies, shoppers could pay any price out of their own will. Even the suggested price was about 25% less than that offered in grocery stores. This market gave shoppers a dignified way to provide food for their families regardless of their budget.
Seeing the joy in shoppers’ eyes, Will Komegay, the founder of this non-profit program—Mobile Market, felt a sense of accomplishment. He had once witnessed a wasteful and unfortunate reality. At that time, countless pounds of food had to be thrown away by farmers due to the interruption in the supply chain. Meanwhile, millions of people were struggling to afford enough food to feed their families. Kornegay didn’t want to stand by.
With much working experience in food industry and background about how food system was designed, Kornegay decided to use his company’s vast network of farmer and food industry relationships to address the issue. His team used buses to bridge the farmers, the food industries and communities that needed food most. Thousands of pounds of food that was sourced from local partners was placed into homes.
Kornegay still remembered how the first Mobile Market came into being. His team made a detailed plan and chose the colors and images they preferred. Then they purchased a “retired” school bus and renovated it, giving it a new different look and equipping it with refrigerators and freezers. Thus was born the first Mobile Market.
To date, the project has partnered with dozens of local farmers and food producers and has already served an estimated 10,000 families over 150,000 pounds of food. In 2023, the team hope to serve 80 sites across 20 counties in Eastern North Carolina. Their vision is to perfect the project where they live, and scale into every state nationwide.
【1】What is the purpose of the Mobile Market?
A．To boost the income of local residents.
B．To promote sales in local grocery stores.
C．To raise money for the family with a tight budget.
D．To enable people to buy food at an affordable price.
【2】How did Kornegay make the program work?
A．He ensured the food safety.
B．He improved the supply chain.
C．He increased the food production.
D．He built a network between communities.
【3】What does the underlined word “renovated” mean in paragraph 4?
A．Transformed.
B．Replaced.
C．Photographed.
D．Exchanged.
【4】What is the prospect of the Mobile Market according to the last paragraph?
A．It will be highly profitable.
B．It is expected to expand in scale.
C．It will become a new economic trend.
D．It is estimated to provide worldwide service.
22、Climate Science fiction (cli-fi) authors have been exploring the impact of weather-gone-wild for decades. Here are a few of them that still ring true today.
The Crystal World
J. G. Ballard is often considered the godfather of cli-fi. The famous British author’s novels of the 1960s, including The Burning World, The Drowned World and The Wind From Nowhere, imagine terrible climate-based disasters.
But they’re all too gentle in nature compared with his first truly mature work, The Crystal World. In a sense, The Crystal World is a horror novel-instead of the horror happening to a person, it’s happening to Earth.
Hothouse
Brian Aldiss’ Hothouse—a series of short stories published in 1962-remains one of the most extreme visions of climate change. In it, Earth of the furthest future has changed so completely that it’s nearly unrecognizable. Humans struggle to survive in this strange world of heat waves—which, admittedly, isn’t very scientifically possible but is all the more wonderful because of Aldiss’ unbound imagination.
The Ice Schooner
The climate change in Michael Moorcock’s 1969 novel The Ice Schooner is man-made in a different way: It’s caused by a long, extreme winter that settles around Earth following a nuclear war. The book presents a world where a new ice age has resulted in a frozen planet. There’s nothing scientific about Moorcock’s setting. But it does warn, in its own way, of the disastrous climate change that humanity can bring to the world.
Ice
Anna Kavan’s Ice, like Ballard’s The Crystal World, is filled with far more symbolism than the typical early cli-fi novel. In the freezing environment of Kavan’s 1967 book, a nuclear war has led to massive global climate change that has turned the world into another Siberia.
【1】Which book contains the most frightening scenes?
A．The Burning World.
B．The Drowned World.
C．The Crystal World.
D．The Wind From Nowhere.
【2】Who wrote Hothouse?
A．Anna Kavan.
B．Brian Aldiss.
C．J. G. Ballard.
D．Michael Moorcock.
【3】What do the last two novels have in common?
A．They are based on scientific evidence.
B．They were published in the same year.
C．They are about heat waves in the world.
D．They imagine the results of a nuclear war.
23、“Use up all leftovers.” “Buy second-hand things instead of new ones”. “Learn DIY to fix things yourself.” “Invite friends over instead of going out.” “Grow your own food.” “Save rainwater for your garden.” Nowadays, more and more people take action to save for life. Let’s see what there people do in saving and how they enjoy doing so.
“To save money in college, I decided to do the no new clothes challenge last year. This meant I didn’t buy new for an entire year. It was little embarrassing to the same clothes to different parties and events, but it was worth it. After all, I saved all the money!” —Eden from Mint Notion |
“I copied a whole textbook. I didn’t feel like buying a new one, so instead, I borrowed one from a classmate and copied the entire thing using the copy machine. It may or may have taken a few hours but I saved $20. And for a college student who was broke, that was a lot!” —Athena from Money Smart Latina |
“Cat liter(猫砂) is something that can set me back a couple hundred every day. However, by toilet-training my cat with a $20 toilet trainer, I’m able to save on the costs and avoid the trouble to change it. Plus it’s always funny to see the cat on the toilet.” —Dustyn from Dime Will Tell |
【1】Who gave up buying clothes to save money?
A．Athena.
B．Eden.
C．Dustyn.
D．Smart Latina.
【2】How does Dustyn save for life?
A．By walking his cat outside.
B．By switching to cheap cat litter.
C．By teaching his cat to use the toilet.
D．By reducing the amount of cat litter.
【3】What do the three people have in common?
A．They learn DIY to fix things.
B．They received higher education.
C．They’re not in financial difficulties.
D．They feel it worthwhile to save money.
24、Some of the best research on daily experience is rooted in rates of positive and negative interactions, which has proved that being blindly positive or negative can cause others to be frustrated or annoyed or to simply tune out.
Over the last two decades, scientists have made remarkable predictions simply by watching people interact with one another and then scoring the conversations based on the rate of positive and negative interactions. Researchers have used the findings to predict everything from the likelihood that a couple will divorce to the chances of a work team with high customer satisfaction and productivity levels.
More recent research helps explain why these brief exchanges matter so much. When you experience negative emotions as a result of criticism or rejection, for example, your body produces higher levels of the stress hormone, which shuts down much of your thinking and activates (激活) conflict and defense mechanisms (机制). You assume that situations are worse than they actually are.
When you experience a positive interaction, it activates a very different response. Positive exchanges increase your body’s production of oxytocin, a feel-good that increases your ability to communicate with, cooperate with and trust others. But the effects of a positive occurrence are less dramatic and lasting than they are for a negative one.
We need at least three to five positive interactions to outweigh every one negative exchange. Bad moments simply outweigh good ones. Whether you’re having a conversation, keep this simple short cut in mind: At least 80 percent of your conversations should be focused on what’s going right.
Workplaces, for example, often see this. During performance reviews, managers routinely spend 80 percent of their time on weaknesses and “areas for improvement”. They spend roughly 20 percent of the time on strengths and positive aspects. Any time you have discussions with a person or group, spend the vast majority of the time talking about what is working, and use the remaining time to address weaknesses.
【1】The underlined phrase “tune out” in Paragraph 1 probably means ________.
A. stop listening B. change one’s mind
C. sing aloud D. be crazy
【2】What will happen if you experience negative emotions?
A. The situations are sure to become worse.
B. Much of your thinking will be prevented.
C. You will feel an urge to improve and become better.
D. You’ll be motivated to resolve conflicts with people.
【3】From Paragraph 4, we can learn that ________.
A. we need a positive feeling to beat one negative feeling
B. positive interactions have greater effects than negative ones
C. our conversation should center on what needs improvement
D. the effect of negative feelings lasts longer than that of positive ones
【4】What is the best title for the passage?
A. Harmful Negatives
B. More Positive Interactions
C. How to Be a Productive Manager
D. Less Time on Strengths and Positive Aspects
25、Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
The question of whether our government should promote science and technology or the liberal arts in higher education isn’t an either/or proposition(命题), although the current emphasis on preparing young Americans for STEM related fields can make it seem that way.
The latest congressional(国会的) report acknowledges the critical _______ of technical training, but also _______ that the study of the humanities and social sciences must remain _______ components of America’s educational system at all levels. Both are critical to producing citizens who can participate _______ in our democratic society, become innovative leaders, and benefit from the _______ enrichment that the reflection on the great ideas of mankind over time provides.
Parents and students who have invested heavily in higher education _______ graduates’ job prospects as technological advances and changes in domestic and global markets transform professions in ways that reduce wages and cut jobs. Under these circumstances, it’s natural to look for what may appear to be the most “_______ ” way out of the problem. Major in a subject designed to get you a job seems the _______ answer to some, though this ignores the fact that many disciplines in the humanities characterized as “soft” often, in fact, lead to employment and success _______ Indeed, according to surveys, employers have expressed a ________ for students who have received a ________ education that has taught them to write well, think ________, research creatively, and communicate easily.
________, students should be prepared not just for their first job, but for their 4th and 5th jobs, as there’s little reason to doubt that people entering the workforce today will be called upon to play many different roles over the course of their careers. The ones who will do the best in this new environment will be those whose educations have prepared them to be ________ . The ability to draw upon every available tool and insight-________ from science, arts and technology-to solve the problems of the future, and take advantage of the opportunities that present themselves, will be helpful to them and United States.
【1】A.speed B.focus C.reform D.importance
【2】A.replies B.boasts C.maintains D.claims
【3】A.central B.global C.similar D.competitive
【4】A.directly B.effectively C.typically D.deliberately
【5】A.material B.personal C.cultural D.spiritual
【6】A.worry about B.inquire about C.talk about D.think about
【7】A.formal B.traditional C.affordable D.practical
【8】A.common B.obvious C.rare D.strange
【9】A.in the right position B.in the long run C.in great need D.in practical term
【10】A.responsibility B.hesitation C.consideration D.preference
【11】A.socially-based B.capability-based C.broadly-based D.mass-based
【12】A.consciously B.effectively C.properly D.critically
【13】A.However B.Moreover C.Therefore D.Instead
【14】A.responsible B.independent C.flexible D.aggressive
【15】A.pick up B.make up C.set up D.draw up
26、Directions: Write an English composition in 120—150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
假设你是明启中学的学生王磊，你校准备开设名为《劳动与生活》或《机器人编程》的选修课程，并在校园网征求学生意见，请写一封邮件给校方，内容必须包括：
1．你感兴趣的课程；
2．你期望在这门课程中学到什么；
3. 为什么想学这些内容。
邮箱： 