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1、Rod loves ____________ clocks. However, he never manages to put them together again.
A.putting together B.setting aside C.taking apart D.tearing down
2、— I’m sorry．I ________ at you the other day．
— Forget it．I was a bit out of control myself．
A．shouldn’t shout
B．shouldn’t have shouted
C．mustn’t shout
D．mustn’t have shouted
3、We’ve always regarded Dr. Smith as a man of integrity and high professional ________.
A．interest
B．attitude
C．competence
D．reputation
4、Ryan is the kind of person who always makes plans in advance, while his wife is much more ______.
A.generous B.simultaneous C.spontaneous D.glamorous
5、We'll have a _________ holiday, what about going to Huang Shan ?
A.seven days B.seven day C.seven-day D.seven-days
6、I’m not making near as much money as I did when I was employed full time，but now we don’t need as much either.
A. anything B. everything
C. anywhere D. everywhere
7、It won’t be long ______ self-driving cars appear on the market.
A. until B. after
C. when D. before
8、The Chinese sports idol Li Na shocked fans by __________ her racket(球拍) due to serious
injuries in September, on the eve of a tournament in Wuhan, her home city.
A. hanging up B. putting up
C. breaking up D. holding up
9、______ is known to us all is that the old worker, ______ life was hard in the past, still works hard in his seventies.
A. As; whom B. What; whom
C. It; whose D. What; whose
10、I had ______ wanted to rush outside and leave all the frustrating things behind but something told me I had to stay and face the music.
A.gracefully B.reluctantly C.essentially D.desperately
11、—Why are you so busy these days?
— We_____trees. Why not join us？
A. have planted B. will plant
C. are planting D.planted
12、—Why are you so upset?
—There is always someone ________ my kindness.
A．takes advantage of
B．taking advantage of
C．to take the advantage of
D．took the advantage of
13、With regard to brilliant performances, annual sports meeting serves as a fabulous platform, ________ you are expected to cheer the athletes on by cheerleading.
A．不填
B．that
C．where
D．which
14、The Ministry of Public Security has recently started a nationwide ____speeding，overloading and running red lights.
A．celebration B．conference
C．campaign D．ceremony
15、There was a time ______ I thought my dad didn’t know a thing about being a good father.
A. when B. which C. that D. what
16、The program “Master’s Lectures” of CCTV is both interesting and instructive. No wonder it _______ a large audience.
A. adapts to B. appeals to
C. accounts for D. allows for
17、The doctor asked him___________ the amount of salt in his diet.
A. to reduce B. reduce C. reduced D. reducing
18、---________ I say something to you? You were really, really something back there. Incredible!
---Are you talking to ---me? Whoa!
A. Must B. Can C. Need D. Should
19、In front of the two trees which have been destroyed in the typhoon ___ a group of young kids.
A. sit. B. are sitting. C. sitting. D. sat.
20、No one I know any reliable way to prevent the crushing pain but some books say to try stretching exercising and warm baths.
A. looked back on B. came up with
C. stood up for D. split off from
21、In 2016, designer Liz Ciokajlo received a task from the Museum of Modern Art (Moma) in New York: revisit the Moon Boot, a fluffy-looking snowshoe inspired by the footwear used by the Apollo astronauts.
Launched in 1972 at the height of the lunar missions, the Moon Boot is an icon of the 20th Century’s “plastic age” and the museum administrators wanted a new take on it.
Ciokajlo set out to reimagine it. She knew only a biomaterial would work in a “post-plastic age”, but the designer also wanted a new destination to inspire it. Our generation’s space travel obsession is not the Moon, she thought, but the red planet Mars. And Mars allows you to really think outside of the box.
The task led her to an amazing biomaterial that had already attracted the attention of engineers innovating m building materials and of top space agencies like NASA and ESA. Her final design, a tall, female, rough-looking boot, can be made on board a spaceship with almost only human sweat and a few fungus spores (真菌孢子), ideal for a seven-month trip to Mars with limited check-in luggage.
This magic biomaterial is mycelium (菌丝体), the vegetative part of the fungus It looks like amass of white thread-like structures, each called hyphae. Collectively, these threads are called mycelium and are the largest part of the fungus.
Mycelium has amazing properties. It is a great recycler, as it feeds off a substrate to create more material, and has the potential of almost limitless growth in the right conditions. It can endure more pressure than conventional concrete without breaking. It is a known insulator and fire-retardant and could even provide radiation protection on space missions.
On Earth it’s currently used to create ceiling panels, leather, packaging materials and building materials, but in outer space it stands out for its architectural potential, says artist and engineer Maurizio Montalti, who has teamed up with Ciokajlo.
For her revisited boot, Ciokajlo wanted to use the human body as the source for some of the building materials and decided to employ sweat. Reusing sweat is not entirely new in space exploration but a novelty approach for footwear. She thinks it might make astronauts feel closer to home during the long journey to Mars.
The design is still hypothetical, because the real boot submitted for Moma and currently in display at the London Design Museum did use mycelium but not human sweat, as their deadline was too tight, but the science checks out.
【1】The sentences “‘Mars has always been a place where you can dream. It is a place where you can reimagine how to live on Earth.’ Ciokajlo says.” w should be put__________.
A. between Para. 1 and Para.2 B. between Para. 2 and Para.3
C. between Para.3 and Para.4 D. between Para. 4 and Para.5
【2】According to the passage, which of the following Doesn’t belong to the characteristics of mycelium?
A. It can be recyclable.
B. It can protect people from radiation.
C. It can grow without limit whatever the condition.
D. Compared with conventional concrete, it can endure more pressure.
【3】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The new design will be used for moon exploration.
B. It will be some time before the new design is put into actual use.
C. Mycelium has been currently widely used, especially in outer space.
D. Human sweat wasn’t used in the design because of some drawbacks.
【4】The author takes a(n) ___________attitude towards the new design.
A. optimistic B. indifferent C. objective D. doubtful
22、A
A group of 1309 passengers boarded the MS Balmoral on Sunday, in Southampton, England, on a voyage to retrace(重走) the path of the Titanic. The Titanic was the biggest ship in the world when it sailed on its ill-fated first voyage on April 10, 1912. Of the 2227 passengers and crew aboard, more than1500 died. The ship, which was headed for New York City, carried the rich and famous on its first voyage. It also carried immigrants who were seeking a better life in America.
Relatives of people who sailed on the Titanic, historians, authors and people fascinated by the story of the unsinkable ship were on the Balmoral. They wanted to remember the Titanic and those who died on her first and last voyage.
The Balmoral is following Titanic's original route from Southampton. First, the modern-day cruise liner docked（进港） in the port of Cherbourg, France, where the Titanic had picked up more passengers. On Monday afternoon, the Balmoral stops in Cobh, Ireland, the Titanic's last port of call before sailing to New York.
The Balmoral then sailed the North Atlantic Ocean to the location where Titanic hit an iceberg . On Sunday, April 15, at 2：20 a. m. --- the time the Titanic went down---passengers and crew held a memorial service. The next two days were spent in Halifax, Canada, where many victims of the sinking are buried. Then, the Balmoral will reach its final destination in New York City, where Titanic was supposed to dock—but never did.
So far, several teams of divers have explored the site. They have recovered some items such as dishes and silverware and put them on public display. And more trips are planned to the wreckage in the future. The Titanic and its passengers and crew have been remembered in books, movies and TV programs. But there's a much more important contribution that Titanic gave us. After she sank, lawmakers and shipbuilders made ships safer. It took a terrible tragedy to make ship travel safer for all.
【1】We learn from the first paragraph that .
A．about 700 passengers of the Titanic survived.
B．the Titanic sank on its second voyage.
C．less than 2000 passengers boarded the Titanic.
D．all the passengers’ hopes of the Titanic lay in America.
【2】Which of the following shows the correct route of the Balmoral?
a. Halifax b. New York City c. Cobh d. Southampton e. Cherbourg
A．e-d-a-b-c B．d-e-c-a-b
C．e-c-a-b-d D．d-c-e-a-b
【3】What might be the most important contribution of the Titanic?
A．Its site attracts more exploring teams.
B．It makes the later ships more secure.
C．Some of its items are on public display.
D．More trips are planned to its wreckage.
23、You are a member in a full-time school called “life”. Each day here you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. You may like the lessons or hate them, but you have designed them as part of your curriculum.
Why are you here? What is your purpose? Humans have sought to discover the meaning of life for a very long time. What we and our ancestors have to overlook is that there is no one answer. The meaning of life is different for every individual.
Each person has his own purpose and distinct path, unique and separate from anyone else’s. As you are traveling your life path, you will be presented with numerous lessons you will need to learn in order to achieve that purpose. The lessons you are presented with are specific to you; learning these lessons is the key to discovering and achieving the meaning of your own life.
As you are traveling through your lifetime, you may meet challenging lessons that others don’t have to face, while others spend years struggling with challenges that you don’t need to deal with. You may never know why you are blessed with a wonderful marriage, while your friends suffer painful divorces, just as you cannot be sure why you struggle financially while your peers enjoy abundance. The only thing you can count on is that you will be presented with all the lessons that you specifically need to learn.
The challenge, therefore, is to arrange yourself with your own unique path by learning individual lessons. This is one of the most difficult challenges you will face in your lifetime, as sometimes your path will be different from others. But don’t compare your path with that of people around you and focus on the differences between their lessons and yours. You need to remember that you will only face lessons that you can learn and are specific to your own growth.
Our sense of fairness is the expectation of equality. Life is not, in fact, fair, and you may indeed have a more difficult life path than others around you, deserved or not. Everyone’s circumstances are unique, and everyone needs to handle his or her own circumstances differently.
【1】According to the passage, how can the meaning of your life be realized?
A．Gathering different opinions from others
B．Taking the distinct path from others.
C．Learning the lessons presented to you.
D．Doing the different things from others.
【2】From the passage we can conclude .
A．everyone has his own track to follow
B．unexpected things usually happen to the peers
C．a painful divorce must lie in financial problems
D．a wealthy man must have a wonderful marriage
【3】In your lifetime, the lessons you are faced with .
A．are beyond your power
B．keep you from growth
C．limit your development
D．help you with your success
【4】Which of the following is TRUE?
A．All things should be equal and justice to everybody.
B．You should learn to deal with specific problems differently from others.
C．One has to fix his mind on unfairness of circumstances.
D．You can complain life is unfair whenever possible.
【5】Life is called a full–time school, because .
A．it is full of all lessons to learn
B．you have plenty of time to learn lessons
C．you meet with specific lessons every day
D．you can learn many things helpful to you
24、In one of the old buildings near our school，one could see an old man sitting by a large window on the first floor．His name was James．During the three years at schoo1, I had hardly ever found him missing from his usual position．
He was a high-ranking government official and lived happily with his wife．Once there was a bus accident，in which a number of passengers were seriously injured and were taken to the hospital for treatment．James was responsible for the rescue operation．It was a big hospital，but James was shocked to notice how ill-equipped it was．There were no enough life-saving drugs and life—supporting equipment． The injured and their companions had to struggle there．James attempted to help．However，though he emptied his pockets，many of them died that day．
That was a turning point in his life．He made a decision to devote his life to helping others， particularly the poor and needy patients and their companions．He began spending much of his income on these people．Since this required a lot of time and energy，he found it difficult to fulfill his official duties and therefore chose to retire，which，in turn，reduced his income considerably．
His wife was deeply worried. Most of the time，James was out and paid least attention to home affairs．Meanwhile，as he was spending a lot helping others，she had to struggle even to meet the household expenses．Though she was not opposed to his helping the poor，she urged him not to overlook his own life and home，but it had no effect on him．One day they had a heated argument and in the end she left him，never to return．Though he continued with his work，this was a great blow and did serious harm to his health and enthusiasm and was soon forced to stay indoors．That was when he took his position by the window，spending his time looking outside．
A few weeks after my graduation，I returned to school，only to find the buildings gone．I heard that they were torn down．All the people left except James．He refused to go and the next morning，he was found at his usual place by the window，dead．
【1】What changed James’ view towards life?
A．The difficulties in his career．
B．The deaths in the bus accident．
C．The bad conditions in the hospital．
D．The responsibilities in the operation．
【2】James chose to retire in order to____________________.
A．take care of the injured passengers
B．find a better job to increase his income
C．spare more time and energy to help others
D．stay away from the difficult official duties
【3】James’ wife left because_________________________．
A．she was strongly against his deeds
B．James paid too little attention to his work
C．her work to support their daily life was too tiring
D．James failed to keep a balance between charity and home
【4】The underlined word this in Paragraph 4 refers to ____________.
A. His decision to retire
B. The departure of his wife
C. The argument with his wife
D. His devotion to helping others
【5】What is possibly the reason why James sat by the window every day?
A. He expected his wife to return.
B. He looked forward to going out.
C. He desired to watch the students.
D. He attempted to know the outside life.
25、 A mother and a daughter living in my community are two of the most unfriendly people I have ever come across in my life. They are totally_______, mixing with nobody. As they drive past neighbors they keep their eyes looking away and make no sign of______. The only fame they have is making a nuisance of themselves to the local police station by______music played too loud, dogs barking more than once a day and any other petty little_____.
On moving into this neighborhood, I was ______ of these two but decided I would make up my own mind. This proved quite a _____to me as more than once either the mother or the daughter would knock on my door and blast me with some _____or other. I ______ answered politely and made sure I ______ as they went past my place and also made the effort now and then to make a kind _______ about their garden or pets.
Time passed and in October, as part of the Kindness Rock Give, Maureen and I decided to place a kindness rock in their garden. Their ______ remained unchanged, however, and I continued to be as friendly as possible. During the Easter Give, we decided once again to ______ these two unhappy ladies to our list and______ a packet of cookies on their gate. Imagine my ______when two days later they ______ at my gate and jokingly said they were ______ hanging their Christmas stocking on their gate, and they brought me a bunch of flowers!
So, my fellow gifters, do not _______ on your random gifts of kindness. You may never know just what this ________to others, nor how many broken or ________ hearted people you may just change________ a simple act of kindness.
【1】A.equipped B.separated C.depressed D.protected
【2】A.excitement B.intelligence C.acquaintance D.entertainment
【3】A.rejecting B.discussing C.requesting D.reporting
【4】A.affairs B.events C.accidents D.elements
【5】A.convinced B.required C.warned D.accused
【6】A.matter B.challenge C.project D.task
【7】A.complaints B.quarrels C.opinions D.explanations
【8】A.sometimes B.seldom C.never D.always
【9】A.cried B.waved C.stared D.noticed
【10】A.remark B.difference C.account D.gesture
【11】A.anger B.smile C.attitude D.decision
【12】A.drove B.add C.recommend D.reduce
【13】A.fixed B.threw C.took D.left
【14】A.doubt B.interest C.anxiety D.surprise
【15】A.wandered B.whispered C.stopped D.shouted
【16】A.approaching B.considering C.advising D.imagining
【17】A.give up B.take in C.take up D.give in
【18】A.contributes B.refers C.means D.relates
【19】A.warm B.kind C.light D.hard
【20】A.with B.on C.in D.over
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。
Tom was born and grew up in Milan. Until he was 13 years old, he never wanted to leave his hometown. But last year, Tom’s father’s investment went bad， wiping out the family and sending his parents to prison. As a teenager under 16 years old, Tom was forced to go to Newcastle in the northeast of England to stay with his uncle Lawrence.
Tom had a lot of difficulties in the new environment. He didn’t like the food in England. Nobody could forecast the weather in Newcastle. He had to start learning the second foreign language in his new school. Pocket money was not enough as usual. Almost every subject was a challenge for him. Most importantly, he had no friends. It seemed nobody knew him and he knew nobody in the school.
On an early summer evening, when Tom was going home alone from school as usual, a man called him from behind. Tom turned around and saw Andy, his PE teacher, standing in front of him.
“You know, the school will have a swimming competition next month. There will be all kinds of races. Will you participate?” Andy asked.
Tom took a look at Andy with doubt and answered, “You sure? Me? No, I won’t. I can swim, but I’m slower than a snail.”
Andy smiled and then said, “Yes. Indeed. You are, in breaststroke(蛙泳)，in backstroke, and in butterfly, but not in freestyle. So join the freestyle race! 200-meter freestyle is the game suitable for you.”
Tom was speechless at that moment. He had never known someone in the school was observing him and caring for him.
“I don’t think I can win anything.” Tom was still a little puzzled.
“But you may get more recognition and consequently you can make some friends. That is more important than prizes,” Andy responded immediately.
Having hesitated for a while, Tom agreed to have a try.
注意:
1.续写词数应为150左右;
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Every afternoon for the next month, Tom trained really hard.
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Tom dived into the pool confidently like other competitors.
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