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1、Treat the flowers right and your garden will be the ______ of the neighborhood.
A. destination B. cause C. purpose D. Envy
2、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
3、Word comes ________ free books will be given to anyone who comes first in this book fair.
A．which
B．that
C．what
D．where
4、I'm trying to ______ an interest in classical music in my children, which I think is good for their future development.
A.foster B.clarify C.express D.discourage
5、This computer is different from the one I ______ in my last job.
A. use B. have used C. used D. had used
6、___ the machine’s enormous size, it runs smoothly and noiselessly.
A. For good B. For ever
C. For all D. For sure
7、These diagrams are especially helpful when we have a concrete problem ______ at hand.
A. be solved B. to solve C. solved D. being solved
8、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
9、－The online shopkeeper has made an apology for his rude behavior.
－OK. If you’re still not satisfied, you can _______ compensation.
A. claim B. afford
C. sacrifice D. dismiss
10、The law of market shows _______ a product becomes rare to reach, its price will certainly rocket.
A.unless B.once C.though D.since
11、In some western countries， demand for graduates from MBA courses has______.
A.turned down B.turned over C.fallen down D.fallen over
12、The school has a system of________ and punishments to encourage good behavior.
A．prices
B．funds
C．awards
D．rewards
13、Graduates are inspired to think outside the box and innovate，breaking free from _______ methods.
A.conventional B.confidential C.contradictory D.comprehensive
14、—Why do you look so upset?
—The electricity was cut off suddenly and my essay________unfinished since.
A.was left B.has left C.left D.has been left
15、--- What did she want to know, Tom?
--- She wondered ______ we could complete the experiment.
A. when was it B. it was when that
C. it was when D. when it was that
16、—Where was I?
—You ________ you didn’t like your job.
A. had said B. said
C. were saying D. has said
17、Never believe anything _____ any other person has believed it.
A. because B. unless
C. that D. once
18、The British romantic poet William Wordsworth grew up in the Lake District,which was a great ________ of inspiration for his poems.
A．discovery
B．form
C．source
D．symbol
19、As is known, only hard leads to happiness.
A. work B. works
C. worked D. working
20、 --- Mum, have you seen my mobile phone?
---______ you bought last week? I’m afraid I haven’t seen it.
A．That B．It
C．The one D．One
21、 At one time, about 300 native languages were spoken on the Australian continent. Only about 90 of them are still spoken today.
European settlers arrived in Australia in the late 1700s. Experts say that colonization had a harmful effect on native languages. Now, only about 60 of them are considered “alive” and in daily use. As older members of tribes die, other languages are likely to pass away.
In the central Australian desert, only 20 people are fluent in Pertame, a language native to the area. But now, children are being taught its ancient words in hope that it won't die out.
Bradshaw and Swan are among the native elders working to keep Pertame alive. Swan has published language books on Pertame. She is one of the last remaining fluent speakers of the language and founder of the Pertame School, opened two years ago.
Bradshaw is a teacher at the school. Children at the school not only learn the language, they also cook traditional food and learn history. “Our old people have all passed away. There are only a few of us left to teach our kids how our old people used to live. ” said Bradshaw.
According to community leaders, for many years, they were forbidden to speak their native language. Bradshaw recalls one of her experiences as a child, “The teacher walked past saying, ‘Don’t speak that language at school.’ We promised ourselves we would talk it in secret to keep it going. People don’t understand how important it is for Aboriginal (土著人的) people.”
In some schools in northern Australia, students learn in both English and an Aboriginal language. Many communities speak what is called “Aboriginal English”. It keeps some structures of Standard English and includes words from Aboriginal languages.
【1】How many native languages are used in Australia nowadays?
A.20. B.60.
C.90. D.300.
【2】What do we know about native languages in Australia?
A.They disappeared in 1700s.
B.They are being saved by elders.
C.They have bad effects on the young.
D.They are of little importance for the locals.
【3】Why Pertame School was founded?
A.To respect the old people.
B.To teach children to cook.
C.To keep the language Pertame alive.
D.To combine Standard English with Pertame.
【4】Which can best describe “Aboriginal English”?
A.It is becoming more and more popular.
B.It is being spread throughout Australia.
C.It has replaced English in northern Australia.
D.It includes some words of the native language.
22、 It has been a year since 1 first saw UBTech's Walker robot at CES 2019. I was blown away by its ability to perform many tasks.
A year later, it had come a long way, gaining much better motor skills and the ability to maintain balance. During a CES 2020 demo(演示), UBTech showed how far Walker had come.The robot walked over to a table, picked up a bottle opener and used it to remove the cap from a bottle of soda. It picked up the bottle and a glass and poured the liquid in, without spilling.During the demo, Walker also performed a number of serious Yoga( 瑜伽) poses, including standing on one foot and leaning back.
UBTech said that the ability to pour drinks required visual servo( 伺服系统) technology using its cameras to judge the position of objects. The same methods allowed Walker to uncap a marker and draw a picture of a flower on a piece of paper at another point in the demo.
All of the betterment was made via software as UBTech hasn't made any physical adjustments t0o the robot since we saw it last year. On the inside, the robot uses a combination of a few different operating systems on these internal PCs, including Ubuntu, ROS and Android. Its battery promises up to 2 hours battery life after a 2-hour charge time,
UBTech continues development on this pioneering robot, but doesn't have public launch date. The company is targeting Walker toward the home, with an emphasis on helping seniors or. just doing house cleaning. To make it stable enough to adapt to all these different conditions is a huge challenge. However, if development of Walker continues, this robot could eventually be a game-changer.
【1】How did the author feel when first seeing the robot?
A.Amazed. B.Proud.
C.Awkward. D.Disappointed.
【2】What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?
A.The demos of CES 2019. B.The improvements of the robot.
C.The robot's motor ability. D.The robot's ability to remain steady.
【3】What enables the robot to draw pictures?
A.The cap of the marker. B.The ability to pour drinks.
C.The using of more cameras. D.The system of position judging.
【4】What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A.The robot is stable enough to help the old.
B.The robot has been available to the public.
C.Our life could be greatly influenced by the robot.
D.The basic concept of robot making will be changed.
23、“Boreout (闷爆) is different from burnout (精疲力竭) in the sense that bored-out employees rarely break down with exhaustion. Bored-out people may be present physically but not in spirit, and people can keep doing this for a good while,” says Harju, who has studied boreout for years.
Workers who realize they’re experiencing boreout may also be unwilling to flag it up as an issue to line managers or human resources. “While the behaviors that feed into burnout — overwork, drive — are appreciated and rewarded by employers, boreout reflects a lack of interest, a lack of motivation,” says Harju. “These are things that are avoided in organizations.”
There are some quick fixes, like taking on work tasks that are more interesting to you. But a 2016 study Harju and her colleagues worked on showed that people who had boreout were less likely to engage in constructive activities like trying to find new, interesting challenges at work.
What happens more often, she says, is that people will just show up at their desks and spend time shopping online, chatting with colleagues or planning other activities. She says that these people aren’t lazy, but are using these behaviours as “coping mechanisms”.
Fahri Ozsungur, an associate professor of economics at Mersin University, Turkey, who was behind the 2021 study on the health effects of boreout, points out that combating the phenomenon isn’t just down to the individual. “Giving meaning to the job is not just up to the employees,” he says. “Instead, it’s up to management to create an office culture that makes people feel valuable.”
If you think boreout is seriously affecting your health either physically or mentally, it may be valuable to ask yourself how you might be able to reselect your career path toward something healthier for you. Seek the advice from advisers, career consultants, friends and family.
“If only people take its suggestion, boreout can make a change into something else: a different career entirely, or a different role in the organization,” Harju says.
【1】What is the purpose of the first paragraph?
A．To introduce the topic of the text.
B．To describe people with burnout.
C．To explain what burnout is.
D．To tell us who Harju is.
【2】Why do people prefer not to talk about their boreout?
A．They lack relevant knowledge.
B．They are warned not to talk about it.
C．They may not want it to be known to employers.
D．They fear to be laughed at by their colleagues.
【3】What does the underlined word “combating” in paragraph 5 mean?
A．Encouraging.
B．Blaming.
C．Trusting.
D．Fighting.
【4】Which of the following may Harju agree with?
A．Forcing employers to increase salaries.
B．Sticking to the job until you adapt to it.
C．Trying spending more time with your family.
D．Considering changing a new job interesting you.
24、Researchers at Brigham found about one in five teenagers now have some degree of hearing damage. The researchers did not say why hearing loss has risen, but other experts have strong suspicions. One likely culprit, they say, is MP3 players.
An MP3 player can be dangerous to hearing when its decibel level is turned up too high. High-decibel sounds can damage nerve endings, called hair cells. If a sound is loud enough, the damage can be permanent. A loud sound can shake the membrane (薄膜) on which the hair cells sit-“like an earthquake”. That shake can break or even uproot hair cells. When that happens, the hair cells are finished. Human ears cannot regrow hair cells. Therefore, when listening to an MP3 player, set a volume limit and avoid exposure to loud sounds.
On the other hand, the loudness of today’s music may not be totally under your control. Music companies have been purposely turning up the volume. It’s a trend called the fight for loudness.
Play a CD from the 1990s. Then play a newly released tune. Don’t touch the volume control. You’ll probably notice that the new CD sounds louder than the old one. Why? Sound engineers who create CDs are using dynamic range compression (压缩), a technology that makes the quiet parts of a song louder and the loud parts quieter. The overall effect of compression is a louder recording.
Many musicians and sound engineers aren’t pleased. They say that compression is driving down the quality of today’s music, making it sound flat and blaring. Gray Hobish, a sound engineer, explains that music should be a combination of loudness and softness. But music companies want to make music louder so it will stand out. That’s important in the competition among recording companies.
What about listeners? Many teenagers listen to music on the go in noisy places and through headphones, all of which reduce sound quality. So young listeners may not notice the poorer quality of modem recordings. “To their ears,” says Hobish, “the music sounds fine. And they are not aware of the hidden threat of the music they are enjoying.”
【1】The phrase “like an earthquake” in Para. 2 aims to explain ________.
A. that volume can strongly affect parts of the ear
B. how our body is unable to regrow hair cells
C. how much damage the ear can avoid
D. that hair cells are easily damaged
【2】What can we learn about today’s music business?
A. New technology improves the quality of music.
B. Young listeners today prefer louder sound.
C. Music companies sacrifice quality for loudness.
D. Sound engineers face tough competition.
【3】What is probably the best title for the passage?
A. The Loudness War
B. Your Hearing Is Going!
C. The Damaged Ears
D. Are You a Good Listener?
25、 Few know the financial barriers to obtaining degrees better than Calvin Tyler, who ________ his own college dreams six decades ago when education fee became too ________.
In 1961, Tyler registered as a student of business administration at a college. When his funds ________ in 1963, a year before graduation, he took a job as a driver. Tyler's lack of a college diploma might have been considered a setback by some, but it didn't ________ this driver with a true drive from steadily rising in the ranks. By the time he ________ in 1998, Tyler was Senior Vice President of his company.
Tyler's hard work and ________ paid off, but he knew that in the business world, his story was a (n) ________ rather than the rule. So, in 2002, he ________ the Calvin Tyler Scholarship Fund at the college he once attended.
By offering full scholarships to select students in need, he hoped to ________ them to a place where they'd be able to gain a first foothold on the business ladder. How far they ________ would be up to them.
In 2016, Tyler raised the bar, providing the fund with $5 million. Earlier this year, he ________ his own record, promising to donate $20 million to the scholarship. Tyler explained, “I want to have more scholarships offered to ________ people so that, unlike those who struggle to repay the loans, they can graduate from college and enter the next stage of their life ________.”
Calvin Tyler might not have a college diploma to ________ on his wall, but he's earned an advanced ________ in paying it forward many times over--and that's one course of study all of us can learn from.
A．assessed
B．achieved
C．abandoned
D．adjusted
A．strict
B．small
C．simple
D．steep
A．dried up
B．turned up
C．went up
D．gave up
A．provide
B．help
C．stop
D．ban
A．retired
B．died
C．aged
D．returned
A．intelligence
B．determination
C．kindness
D．honesty
A．example
B．truth
C．exception
D．end
A．expected
B．established
C．evaluated
D．entered
A．drag
B．urge
C．force
D．push
A．climbed
B．travelled
C．walked
D．marched
A．kept
B．broke
C．held
D．selected
A．young
B．independent
C．cautious
D．brave
A．care-free
B．pain-free
C．risk-free
D．debt-free
A．reflect
B．draw
C．project
D．hang
A．course
B．technology
C．degree
D．money
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