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1、— Frank, you need to refresh yourself with a cup of coffee.
—Yeah, I went to bed very late last night, ________, early this morning.
A．rather than
B．what’s more
C．or rather
D．what’s worse
2、I can’t thank you ____ much for the kindness, because without your help I couldn’t have succeeded in the exam.
A.so B.too C.such D.that
3、If she ________ generous as she makes out, she would have donated more money in the catastrophe.
A. had been B. were
C. would be D. was
4、He wrote a letter ________ he explained what had happened in the accident.
A. that B. which
C. where D. what
5、What a relief! We would be still waiting anxiously in the classroom _______to bring an umbrella with you.
A.should you forget B.had you forgotten
C.you should forget D.you had forgotten
6、We want to rent a bus which can________40 people for our trip to Beijing.
A.load B.hold C.fill D.support
7、The CEO of the company is a position ____ many abilities are required to deal with all types of problems.
A. which B. that C. when D. where
8、_______ early warnings from forecasters, residents were able to prepare and no deaths or serious injuries were reported.
A. In spite of B. According to
C. Regardless of D. Thanks to
9、I was ill that day, otherwise I _______the sports meet.
A. took part in B. would have taken part in
C. had taken part in D. would take part in
10、Many writers are drawn to building a world, _____ readers are somewhat familiar with but also feel distant from our normal lives.
A．it
B．one
C．that
D．the one
11、You will never be successful _____ you are fully devoted to you work.
A. because B. unless C. if D. when
12、--Can I use the telephone on the table，sir？
--Under no circumstances _________ to use the telephone in the office for personal affairs．
A．anyone is allowed B．nobody is allowed
C．is anyone allowed D．is nobody allowed
13、You are supposed to leave your child ________ his homework alone.
A. do B. to do
C. being done D. done
14、It will be a great help if you go to the store and get what we need for dinner.________I'll set the table.
A．As a result
B．In the meanwhile
C．On the whole
D．As a matter of fact
15、Tom tried hard to ______ his book, but his thoughts kept flying back to the movie.
A．concentrate on
B．settle for
C．give up
D．take down
16、________ 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
17、_______the strong winds continue, part of the highway would still be temporarily closed.
A. Could B. Would C. Should D. Might
18、For all the failure of his business, he remains optimistic and ________ untroubled by his problems.
A. hopefully B. seemingly
C. rarely D. frequently
19、Nowadays the_________for travelling is shifted from shopping to food and scenery.
A．priority
B．potential
C．preference
D．prejudice
20、When everyone came into the house, he was found ________ on the floor.
A．lain
B．lying
C．being lain
D．lie
21、 【1】In ancient times, most festivals would celebrate the end of cold weather, planting in spring and harvesting in autumn. Today's festivals have many origins, some religious, some seasonal, and some for special people or events.
Some festivals are held to honor the dead or to satisfy the ancestors, who might return either to help or to do harm. For the Japanese festival Obon, for example, people should go to clean graves, light incense and lamps, and play music.【2】
【3】The Dragon Boat Festival in China honours the famous ancient poet, Qu Yuan while in the USA, Columbus Day is in memory of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World.
Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals can be very happy events. People are grateful because their food is gathered for the winter and the agricultural work is over.【4】
The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring. In China there are dragon dances and carnivals and families celebrate the Lunar New Year together. Some Western countries have very exciting carnivals such as Easter.【5】
People love to get together to eat, drink, and have fun with each other. Festivals let us enjoy life, be proud of our customs and forget our work for a little while.
A．Festivals can also be held to honor famous people
B．Because they think that this will lead the ancestors back to earth.
C．Because they think that their ancestors will enjoy clean atmosphere.
D．Different festivals throughout the world are celebrated in different ways.
E．Festivals and celebrations around the world are held for different reasons.
F．It celebrates the return of Jesus from the dead and the coming of spring and new life.
G．In Europe, people often decorate churches and town halls and get together to have meals.
22、 There is a very long list of rules for the New York City subway. Don’t put your feet on a seat, don’t carry open cups of coffee or soda, don’t take more than one seat... Those are just a few of the rules. There are hundreds more.
With so many rules, why is it still unpleasant to ride the subway?
Some people think that the problem is that no one enforces the rules. Other passengers sometimes try to enforce rules. But you can’t rely on them because New Yorkers have unwritten rules against talking to strangers and making eye contact with strangers. How can you tell someone to take her shopping bags off the seat and throw away her Coke without talking to her or looking at her? It is difficult.
There are other New Yorkers who think that the subway is unpleasant because there are not enough rules. One rider wrote a letter to The New York Times a couple of weeks ago suggesting a few more subway rules. Here are some of the rules that she would like to see:
-Don’t lean on the poles. You prevent other people from holding on. They can fall down.
-Talk quietly. The trains are already too noisy.
-Give your seat to elderly passengers or to parents with small children.
If those unwritten rules of etiquette are written down, will the rude people be more likely to follow them? It doesn’t make sense to make more rules that no one will enforce.
The real problem is that we are forgetting how to be nice to each other. It is embarrassing that we need a rule to tell us to give our seat to elderly passengers. Nobody should need to be reminded to do that.
I say we stop talking about the rules and try to remember our manners. Let’s be nice to each other not because a police officer might tell us to get off the train, but because it is the right thing to do. Then New York City would be more civilized -both above ground and below.
【1】Don’t make eye contact and don’t talk to strangers are examples of________.
A.New York subway rules B.personal preferences on the subway
C.behavioral habits in New York City D.unpleasant experiences on the subway
【2】In the writer’s opinion, what measures should be taken?
A.The authority should set stricter rules.
B.The government should employ more police.
C.The citizens should ride the subway less.
D.Everyone should take better care of their behavior.
【3】The underlined word “etiquette” is closest in meaning to____.
A.manners B.phenomena C.festivals D.moods
【4】The author wrote this article in order to____.
A.introduce an unwritten rule for New Yorkers
B.describe an unpleasant ride on the subway.
C.present a real problem of disorder in the New York City.
D.give a civilized suggestion on improving the riding environment.
23、Do you ever get the feeling that you’re being watched? Well, you might be right.
According to a study published in Nature on June 23, astronomers have found that 1, 715 stars have had a direct view of Earth since humans have been here.
The team looked at 331, 312 stars within 326 light-years of Earth, with each light-year equaling 9.4 trillion kilometers. Out of all those stars, only 1, 715 of them could see Earth within the last 5, 000 years, with an extra 319 stars that will be able to see us in the next 5, 000 years.
“When I look up at the sky, it looks a bit more amiable because it’s like, maybe somebody is waving,” said Lisa Kaltenegger, director of the Carl Sagan Institute at Cornell University, US, and the study’s lead writer.
If a planet circling around one of those 1, 715 stars is home to advanced life, they could easily see that there is life here because of the oxygen on Earth. If that didn’t give it away, then the radio waves we have sent out into space would also be an indicator. In fact, human-made radio waves have already traveled through 75 of the closest stars on Kaltenegger’s list.
Why haven’t we heard from anyone yet, then?
It takes a long time for messages to travel between star systems. By the time a message could be received, that advanced civilization would probably not exist anymore.
Alan Boss, a scientist at the Carnegie Institution for Science in the US who wasn’t part of the study, wrote in an email that this long time would limit the chances for different life to exchange “emails and TikTok videos”.
“So we should not expect aliens to show up anytime soon,” Boss said.
【1】What does the underlined word “that” refer to?
A．A planet circling around one of those 1,715 stars.
B．The oxygen on Earth.
C．Home to advanced life.
D．Human-made radio waves.
【2】What could prevent humans from exchanging messages with aliens according to Boss?
A．Human-made radio waves cannot travel far.
B．Aliens don’t exist.
C．They cannot understand each other.
D．It takes a long time for messages to travel.
【3】Which word can best describe Alan Boss’s attitude towards communicating with aliens?
A．Indifferent
B．Critical
C．Positive
D．Negative
【4】What is the purpose of the text?
A．To present new findings published in a study.
B．To discuss the advanced life on other stars.
C．To explain the feeling that you’re being watched.
D．To illustrate how messages travel between star systems.
24、 To learn to think is to learn to question. Those who don’t question never truly think for themselves. These are simple rules that have governed the advancement of science and human thought since the beginning of time. Advancements are made when thinkers question theories and introduce new ones. Unfortunately, it is often the great and respected thinkers who end up slowing the progress of human thought. Aristotle was a brilliant philosopher whose theories explained much of the natural world, often incorrectly. He was so esteemed by the scientific community that even 1,200 years after his death, scientists were still trying to build upon his mistakes rather than correct them!
Brilliant minds can intimidate up﹣and﹣coming thinkers who are not confident of their abilities. They often believe they are inferior to the minds of giants such as Aristotle, leading many to accept current paradigms instead of questioning them.
I, like many thinkers of the past, once believed in my mental inferiority. I was certain that my parents, my teachers﹣adults in general﹣were always right. They were like a textbook to me; I didn't question what was written on those pages. I respected them, and accepted whatever they told me. But that attitude soon changed. My mind’s independence was first stimulated in the classroom.
Astern,65﹣year﹣old elementary﹣school science teacher once told me that light is a type of wave. I confidently went through years of school believing that light is a wave. One day, however, I heard the German exchange student mention that light could be made up of particles. As the others laughed at his statement, I started to question my beliefs.
Maybe the teachers and textbooks hadn’t given me the whole story. I went to the library， did some research and learned of the light﹣as﹣a﹣wave versus light﹣as﹣a﹣particle debate. I read about Einstein’s discovery of the dual nature of light and learned the facts of a paradox （悖论） that puzzles the world's greatest thinkers to this day. Light behaves as both a particle and a wave, it is both at once. I realized I had gone through life accepting only half of the story as the whole truth.
Each new year brought more new facts, and I formulated even more questions. I found myself in the library after school, trying to find my own answers to gain a more complete understanding of what I thought I already knew. I discovered that my parents and teachers are incredible tools in my quest for knowledge, but they are never the final word. Even textbooks can be challenged. I learned to question my sources, I learned to be a thinker. I once believed that everything I learned at home and at school was certain, but I have now discovered to re﹣examine when necessary.
Questions are said to be the path to knowledge and truth, and I plan to continue questioning. How many things do we know for sure today that we will question in the future？ At this moment, I know that our sun will burn for another five billion years, and I know nothing can escape the gravity of a black hole. This knowledge, however, may change in the next 20 years﹣maybe even in the next two. The one thing we can control now is our openness to discovery. Questions are the tools of open minds, and open minds are the key to intellectual advancement.
【1】In the first paragraph, Aristotle is taken as an example to show that .
A.he is the greatest and respected philosopher of all time
B.huge influence of great thinkers may block human thought
C.advancements are made when thinkers question theories
D.great thinkers often make mistakes and then correct them
【2】What does the underlined word “intimidate” in Paragraph 2 mean？
A.Frighten.
B.Encourage.
C.Strength.
D.Persuade.
【3】We can conclude from the last paragraph that .
A.the author is not quite sure about his future
B.we human beings don’t dare to predict future
C.theory of black holes will change in two years
D.questioning is necessary to promote advancement
【4】What does the passage mainly talk about？
A.Following rules.
B.Challenging yourself.
C.Questioning giants.
D.Predicting future.
25、A relative invited me to come and live in his house. With complete _________ in his promises, I loaded all my worldly possessions onto a ship _________ India in November 2001. Everything had gone _________ in the run-up (准备阶段) to the trip. I was confident that this _________ was the next big step I had to take.
When I arrived, he said, “Things have _________. There is no place here for you.”
I was stunned. I was so _________ that I couldn’t speak. Like a frozen statue, I stood perched on the edge of the vast _________, not sure of what to do. The anger _________. I could not go back to England as all my worldly possessions were on their way to India.
In order to live, I submitted articles to magazines in India and, occasionally, they _________ me for them.
Those years of __________ left a permanent impression. I was searching for an appropriate place to __________, but only later did I realize that the movement itself was meant for my __________ development. If I had only stayed in his house, I would never have learned many valuable lessons. One such lesson was that through __________ and commitment to one’s ideals in life, any adverse situation can be __________. I am writing this story from my __________ in India.
【1】
A．agreement
B．interest
C．faith
D．curiosity
【2】
A．ready for
B．bound for
C．relevant to
D．accessible to
【3】
A．secretly
B．constantly
C．frequently
D．smoothly
【4】
A．adventure
B．advantage
C．choice
D．application
【5】
A．improved
B．failed
C．ended
D．changed
【6】
A．touched
B．frightened
C．excited
D．shocked
【7】
A．impossible
B．opposite
C．unknown
D．unlimited
【8】
A．surfaced
B．disappeared
C．passed
D．melted
【9】
A．blamed
B．charged
C．paid
D．thanked
【10】
A．exploring
B．wandering
C．frustration
D．contribution
【11】
A．settle
B．decorate
C．restore
D．visit
【12】
A．logical
B．physical
C．spiritual
D．material
【13】
A．expectation
B．perseverance
C．imagination
D．experience
【14】
A．saved
B．affected
C．hidden
D．overcome
【15】
A．office
B．hotel
C．home
D．company
26、Directions: Read the following three passages. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.
IKEA, known around the world as a supplier of furniture and other home goods, is taking steps to protect the environment. By 2030 IKEA plans to be a circular business, one whose products can all be reused or recycled rather than thrown away. To achieve this goal, the company is redesigning all of its products. How can it design products that will last longer and be easier to fix and that people can recycle when they are finished with them? By answering these questions, IKEA hopes to improve the sustainability of its business model.
IKEA wants people to be able to repair its products rather than throw them away when something goes wrong. To accomplish that goal, the company is standardizing the parts, materials and colors that it uses. This means that if a part needs to be replaced, it will be easy to find. In the past IKEA has only offered spare parts for some products; now it is greatly expanding the number of spare parts customers can purchase. This makes it feasible for customers to repair their own furniture. IKEA is also redesigning the parts of its products that are most likely to wear out quickly.
To extend the life of its products, IKEA is trying to make their maintenance easier. It is also making its products easier to take apart and transport, so the furniture is less likely to break when being moved or changing hands.
Sometimes people replace their furniture not because there is something wrong with it, but because their needs have changed. So IKEA is also trying to help people keep furniture for a longer time by making it easy to modify. Some pieces can be expanded or reduced in size as family members and guests come and go. Others have covers that can be exchanged for different look.
But even with all these efforts, it is likely that certain products will eventually no longer be usable. At that point they can be remanufactured — the pieces reassembled (重新组装) into something new-or recycled. And IKEA is designing products to make these processes easier. The company is also working to reduce waste in other areas, such as packaging and food waste from restaurants inside its stores.
These efforts to reduce the number of IKEA products that are abandoned and thrown in landfills will help create a more environmentally friendly economy.
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