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1、---Tell us, Mark, what is the cause of the American Civil War?
---Well, is it _______the black slaves wanted freedom?
A． how B． why
C． because D． when
2、The 70th anniversary military parade demonstrates the fact to the whole world _____ China has made great progress in the past few decades.
A.where B.which C.why D.that
3、Despite the fact that Lucy is a lovely girl, she _____ be extremely difficult to work with sometimes.
A. must B. should C. would D. can
4、The video, Under the Dome, has rapidly pushed the public______ about air pollution and encouraged people to join in efforts to make a difference.
A. analysis B. imagination
C. awareness D. argument
5、With her passionate singing, Zhang Bichen became the winner of the “Voice of China 2014” with more than 60 percent of audiences and judges voting in her ______.
A. charge B. favor C. need D. reward
6、Neil Armstrong was the first man____ on the moon in July 1969.
A. to land B. landing C. Landed D. lands
7、Reducing the figure of fishing can safeguard the future sustainability of small-scale fisheries and the communities ______ livelihood is dependent on them.
A.where B.which C.whose D.who
8、 ______ a little earlier, you could have got a copy of his latest book.
A. If you would arrive B. If you arrived
C. Should you arrive D. Had you arrived
9、Peter’ shirt looked just the same as Tom’s，but it cost ______ his．
A．as much twice as
B．twice as much as
C．much as twice as
D．as twice much as
10、In this book, the word is used in its original sense unless ________ stated.
A. otherwise B. thus C. therefore D. anyway
11、The teacher demand that the words she ________ put in use in one logical sentence.
A.referring to B.referred to be C.referred to D.referring to be
12、— Did you enjoy yourself at the party?
—______!I’ve never been to a more exciting one before.
A. You bet B. That’s right
C. No problem D. Don’t mention it
13、 From his expression, I don’t think he could have finished his homework last night, _______?
A. couldn’t he B. do I
C. did he D. hasn’t he
14、Our school appeals to the students to _________ at least an hour every day to take exercise in order to raise learning efficiency．
A．set aside B．pick out
C．take up D．keep back
15、— Oh, you sounded just like a native.
— ______. I still have trouble expressing myself.
A. Well, not quite
B. I don’t care
C. Yes, you’re right
D. I’m glad you like it
16、The 2020 China International Fair for Trade in services, ______ theme is “Global Services, Shared Prosperity”, attracted worldwide attention.
A.its B.whose C.which D.where
17、The news came as no surprise to me. I ______ for some time that the factory was going to shut down.
A. had known B. knew
C. have known D. know
18、Five firms ______ for the contract on the new buildings, the competition was fierce.
A. to be bid B. bid
C. bidding D. had bid
19、Appointed as ____chairman to China,Mr．Xi was determined to serve his country____ heart and soul．
A．an，the B．the；a
C．the；the D．/；/
20、It is important to make new laws and create international standards for these laws similar to _______ concerning international airspace.
A. what B. that C. those D. it
21、 From self-driving cars to carebots for elderly people, rapid advances in technology have long represented a potential treat to many jobs normally performed by people.
But experts now believe that almost 50 percent of occupations existing today will be completely unnecessary by 2025 as artificial intelligence continues to transform businesses. This could put some people’s livelihoods at risk.
“Experts predict that 50 percent of occupations today will no longer exist by 2025 as people will take up more creative professions,”said Martin Chen, Chief Operating Officer of Genesis.“This means that jobs will develop and so will real estate development.”
Workspaces with rows of desks will become completely extra, not because they are not fit for purpose, but simply because that purpose no longer exists, according to the report.“The next fifteen years will see a revolution in how we work, and a corresponding revolution will necessarily take place on how we plan and think about workplaces,”said Peter Andrew, Director of Workplace Strategy for GBRE Asia Pacific.
A growing proportion of jobs in the future will require creativity intelligence, social skills and the ability to apply artificial intelligence.“And for most people that will be a route to happiness and fulfillment,”the report states.
Data in the US suggests that technology already destroys more jobs than it creates, as GDP has been able grow faster than employment since 2000. A 2014 report by Pew Research found 52 percent of experts in artificial and robotics were optimistic about the future and believed there would still be enough jobs in the next few decades.
The optimists imagined “a future in which robots and digital agents do not replace more jobs than they create,”Microsoft’s Jonathan Grudin told researchers that: “Technology will continue to break up jobs, but more jobs seem likely to be created. Although there have always been unemployment people, when we reached a few billion people there were billions of jobs. There is no shortage of things that need to be done and that will not change.”
【1】What will put some people’s livelihood at risk in fifteen years of time?
A.Self-driving cars and carebots.
B.Artificial intelligence.
C.Business.
D.Real estate.
【2】Why will desks in offices be unnecessary by 2025?
A.The office revolution will make people rethink about their work.
B.The desks will no longer be fit for the purpose.
C.There will no purpose of using the desks.
D.The development of technology removes the need for desks.
【3】What can be implied in what Jonathan Grudin said in the last paragraph?
A.There will be billions of people in fifteen years of time.
B.Enough jobs will be created for everyone to choose from.
C.Robots and digital agents create more jobs than they destroy.
D.People needn’t worry about their jobs in the future.
【4】What can be the best title of the passage?
A.2025, A Jobless World.
B.2025, Robots Leave Humans Unemployed.
C.There Will Be No Desks in future.
D.Half of Our Jobs Will Be Unnecessary by 2025.
22、Ever feel like you’ve been hit on the head after a bad night’s sleep? According to scientists, the thought isn’t as unbelievable as it seems.
A study found going without sleep for just one night causes changes in the brain similar to those that occur after a blow to the head. The researchers said the healthy young men examined in the study showed a sudden increase in the same chemicals which indicate brain damage. Professor Christian Benedict, of Uppsala University, Sweden, explained that the chemicals NSE and S-100B are biomarkers for brain damage, such as concussion(脑震荡). He said, "What we found was their levels in the blood rose in the group that went without sleep for a night. This was not to the extent that would happen after a head injury, for instance, but it was still significant. During sleep, the brain cleans poisonous substances off itself."
Benedict also said previous studies which linked a lack of sleep with increased risk of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and multiple sclerosis could applaud his study. The rise of the chemicals in the blood after sleep loss may suggest not getting enough sleep contributes to a loss of brain tissue, he explained. Benedict, whose study is published in the journal Sleep, added, "In conclusion, the findings of our experiment indicate a good night’s sleep may be critical to maintaining brain health."
A third of the UK population suffer from sleep-related problems, while the average person now sleeps for only seven hours a night, compared with almost nine a few decades ago. Many scientists believe irregular sleeping patterns lead to illnesses ranging from aches and pains to heart disease, while less than eight hours’ sleep a night can lower the IQ the next day.
【1】If you don’t sleep for a night, what will happen?
A.NSE and S-100B will increase.
B.The brain damage will be likea head injury.
C.You will suffer from concussion.
D.The brain will get rid of poisonous substances.
【2】What do we know about previous studies?
A.They found reasons for brain disorders.
B.Their findings were published inSleep.
C.They were supported by Benedict’s study.
D.They focused on brain health.
【3】What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A.UK people have the worst sleep.
B.Man’s intelligence is affected by sleep in a way.
C.People were smarter in the past.
D.A lack of sleep causes all brain-related problems.
【4】What’s the main idea of the passage?
A.Eight hours’ sleep is important.
B.Regular sleeping patterns improve health.
C.Sleep loss is close to a blow to the head.
D.Human brains work during sleep.
23、Upcoming Events of New York Chinese Cultural Center
Ancient Chinese Arts Today: Fan Dance
Sunday, October17, 2:00pm—3:00 pm, $15 per child
New-York Historical Society Museum & Library
Learn Chinese fan dancing with an instructor from NYCCC! This program is a part of Chinese American: Exclusion/Inclusion, an exhibition which examines the history of trade and immigration between China and the United States.
Dragon Boat Festival
Monday, October 18, 2:00pm —2:30pm
Fresh Meadows Park
Come and celebrate with us in the thousand-year-old tradition of Dragon Boat racing! Be part of the audience and the excitement of this celebration. FREE ADMISSION! Click here for more information. Dragon Boat Festival will be held in Fresh Meadows Park.
Dance to China
Sunday, October 24, 2 pm
Spruce Street School Auditorium, 12 Spruce St, New York, NY 10038
Join us in celebrating 43 years of preserving and continuing Chinese traditional dance. Students from NYCCC School of the Arts will be performing traditional Chinese dance, martial arts, and Beijing opera acrobatics. Cost is $15 for adults, $12 for teenagers and senior citizens, $10 for children under 12.
NYCCC School of the Arts Open House
Saturday, October 30, from 1:00pm —3:00 pm, $12 per child
PS 124, Yung Wing School, 40 Division Street, New York, NY 10002
Join us and see Chinese dance, kung fu, and acrobatic performances performed by our current students. Come and see our students’ beautiful artwork on display and make some artwork yourselves during our hour of arts and crafts and face painting from 1-2 pm. The show will be from 2-3pm.
【1】Where can you learn about China-US trade and immigration history?
A. In Fresh Meadows Park.
B. In PS 124, Yung Wing School.
C. In Spruce Street School Auditorium.
D. In New-York Historical Society Museum & Library.
【2】How much should a family of 4 (aged 75, 38, 36, 5) pay to participate in Dance to China?
A. $48. B. $ 52.
C. $55 D. $ 57.
【3】What does NYCCC aim at?
A. Training dancing instructors.
B. Producing beautiful artwork.
C. Promoting Chinese folk arts.
D. Examining trade and immigration.
24、Consumers in the U.S. spend billions of dollars a year on gifts wrapping. Two colleagues and I wondered whether all that time and effort is actually worth it. So we conducted three experiments to explore the impact of gift wrapping.
In the first experiment, we involved 180 students, who were given a gift—a coffee cup with the logo of one of two NBA basketball teams, the local Miami Heat or rival (竞争对手) Orlando Magic. Every participant was a fan of the Heat and they obviously didn’t support the Magic. We gave half of the students a desirable gift, while the others received something they disliked. Finally, half of the gifts were wrapped neatly, while the rest looked sloppy (凌乱的).
We found that those who received a sloppily wrapped gift liked their present significantly more than those who received a neatly wrapped gift—regardless of which cup they got.
To understand why, we asked another set of students to report their expectations about either a neatly or sloppily wrapped gift. Results showed that expectations were significantly higher for the neatly wrapped gifts. However, receivers of the neatly wrapped gift reported that it failed to live up to their expectations, while those who got the sloppily wrapped gift said it surpassed (超过) their expectations.
In our final experiment, we surveyed 261 adults and asked them to imagine receiving either a neatly or sloppily wrapped gift. This time we instructed half of them to imagine the gift was from a close friend, while the other half believed it came from an acquaintance (熟人). Then we revealed the gift and asked them to rate it.
When it came from a close friend, receivers ended up liking the sloppily wrapped gift more. However, for the gift from an acquaintance, receivers preferred it when it was neatly wrapped. This occurs because these participants used the wrapping as a cue for how much the gift-giver values their relationship.
So if you’re stressed over gift wrapping this holiday season, consider saving yourself effort and money by wrapping your friends’ gifts haphazardly (随意地). But for someone you don’t know quite as well, it’s probably worth it to show that you put in some effort to make it look good with all of the beautiful bows.
【1】What did the researchers find in the first experiment?
A．A desirable gift is expected to be wrapped sloppily.
B．Participants were more interested in neatly wrapped gifts.
C．A sloppily wrapped gift can make the receiver much happier.
D．Participants responded the same to gifts with different wrappings.
【2】Why did the researchers carry out the second experiment?
A．To further explain the result of the first experiment.
B．To compare receivers’ expectations for the same gifts.
C．To know why receivers have different expectations for gifts.
D．To find out the impact of wrapping on receives’ expectations.
【3】What do neatly wrapped gifts show according to the third experiment?
A．The gift giver is very skilled at wrapping gifts,
B．The gift giver has a close relationship with the receiver.
C．The gift giver attaches great importance to the relationship.
D．The gift giver wants to become a close friend of the receiver.
【4】What does the author want to do in the last paragraph?
A．To give examples.
B．To make suggestions.
C．To make comparisons.
D．To present an argument.
25、I’ve always been fascinated by languages, but I’ve never been any good at learning them. I remember sitting in my French lessons, I never _________ what I was being taught. My teacher wasn’t _________.
But one of my A levels was English Language, and that was where my interest in _________ started. Over the last few years, I’ve started learning more languages than I can _________. They include Latin, Russian, Spanish, and probably several others. None of them stuck.
And then came lockdown. While I was _________ enough to still be able to work from home, on evenings and weekends, I found myself getting _________ and looking through video websites for something to watch. That’s how I _________ a Chinese fantasy drama filled with complex relationships.
But by the time I got about halfway through the show, I _________ that in some cases, the words being spoken in Chinese didn’t match the words being said in the English translations. _________, a character was being called shijie instead of by her name. I went online, did some __________ and met a difficulty.
Shijie, which I learned can be translated as “martial sister”, introduced me to the complexities of Chinese __________. So many different words for “aunt”, “uncle” and “grandfather”! Characters with more than one name!
I was __________ by the way the language is so connected with the culture, and how poetic and __________ it is. I wanted to be able to __________ the source material, even if it was going to take me a long while __________ I got to that point.
【1】
A．looked out for
B．got accustomed to
C．depended on
D．paid attention to
【2】
A．pleased
B．annoyed
C．frustrated
D．relaxed
【3】
A．culture
B．language
C．school
D．history
【4】
A．remember
B．obtain
C．suggest
D．choose
【5】
A．worried
B．available
C．lucky
D．exhausted
【6】
A．doubtful
B．upset
C．bored
D．anxious
【7】
A．enjoyed
B．found
C．created
D．directed
【8】
A．expected
B．decided
C．realized
D．admitted
【9】
A．At first
B．In addition
C．Above all
D．For example
【10】
A．research
B．business
C．interviews
D．tests
【11】
A．families
B．relationships
C．dramas
D．lifestyles
【12】
A．confused
B．saddened
C．encouraged
D．attracted
【13】
A．strange
B．difficult
C．beautiful
D．satisfied
【14】
A．believe
B．understand
C．accept
D．imagine
【15】
A．though
B．unless
C．once
D．before
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。
Emily finished playing the music, and then bowed to the animal toys on her bed. “There, three times in a row with no mistakes,” she said, “I just hope I can play it that well at the concert.” In just an hour she would be playing her first solo, and the thought was giving her butterflies.
“You’re lucky you don’t have to play by yourself in front of everybody,” she said, smoothing Lea the Tiger’s fur, and gazed down at the smiling face of Zoey the Zebra. Emily scolded, “You’re a big help. How can you be so happy at a time like this?”
She looked around the room at the bear, lion, monkey, and other animal toys that lined her bed and shelves. “I wish you could all come with me,” she sighed. She gave them one last glance and went to join her parents in the car.
“Do I have to play in the concert?” asked Emily as she climbed into the back seat. “Is my favorite first-grader getting nervous?” her dad asked, smiling. Emily didn’t answer. She was trying to picture what it would be like to play in front of all those people. “You’ll do fine, honey.” He added. “The first time is always the hardest.”
When they arrived at the concert hall, Emily handed her violin to her teacher, Mrs Allen, for tuning and tiptoed over to where the curtains parted. Looking out, she could see that all the seats were filled, with many more people standing in back.
Nervously she took her violin and sat with the other students onstage. She held her breath as the curtains started to open and Mrs Allen picked up the microphone to begin the program. One by one the students played their pieces. Finally, Emily heard her name announced. Her heart pounded as she walked toward the front of the stage.
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。
She put her violin under her chin, but she couldn’t remember even her first note.
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As she played, the “animals” audience seemed to be changing back into people.
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