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1、--- Haven’t I told you that you should be home earlier?
--- Yes, but I ____ home earlier than I usually do.
A.was coming B.have come C.came D.had come
2、—Tommy is planning to buy a car.
— I know. By next month, he ____ enough for a used one.
A.saves B.saved C.will save D.will have saved
3、If you go to the wildlife park，you will find the places there more dangerous________ than commonly
A．supposing B．suppose
C．to suppose D．supposed
4、—Can you give me a ride?
—Sorry． There is no room in my car．
A． to leave B．leaving
C． left D． being left
5、A strange girl entered the room and told me a story of her own, _____ I suspected the truth．
A. that B. which C. of which D. at which
6、—John failed in the English test this time.
— He has been studying hard all the time.
A.Of course. B.Sure.
C.What a surprise! D.Is there something wrong?
7、________ with a long stick, I managed to defend myself against the big dog.
A．Armed
B．Arming
C．Arm
D．Arms
8、So heavy ______ that I felt great relief after taking it off．
A．is the load B．the load was
C．was the load D．the load is
9、For some reason, Maya civilization largely disappeared later, ________ us ________ our own past, present and future.
A．to leave; thinking about
B．leaving; thinking about
C．left; to think about
D．to leave; thought about
10、---I am going to travel to England. Would you consider telling me about your experiences there?
---__________.Let’s discuss it over drink.
A．That’s all right. B．By all means.
C．Go ahead. D．It just depends.
11、— Waiter, a glass of beer and a plate of salad.
— OK, I’ll serve you ________.
A．on time
B．all the time
C．at one time
D．in no time
12、In January, 2017, Trump was elected ______ president of the USA, ______ position he will hold for 4 years.
A. a; a B. /; a C. the; a D. the; the
13、______ my father doesn’t say a lot in daily life， he gives me much love and affection．
A． Because B． When
C． Although D． If
14、He says French people are _____ about the future of their country, so it’s not absurd to discuss how to deal with the subject.
A.anxious B.ashamed C.weak D.patient
15、I was lying in bed waiting for the alarm ________.
A．going off
B．going on
C．to go on
D．to go off
16、As a famous public figure, you have a duty to _______ yourself, especially in public places.
A. focus B. behave C. guide D. operate
17、________ it was marching along the streets, enjoying the festive atmosphere!
A．What great fun
B．How great fun
C．What a great fum
D．How a funny
18、Mother was worried because little Alice was ill, especially ________Father was away in France.
A．as
B．that
C．during
D．if
19、As we all know, , the pollution will get worse and worse.
A. not if carefully dealt with
B. until not carefully dealt with
C. if not carefully dealt with
D. when not carefully dealt with
20、Such behavior will _______ your reputation, so better think before you leap.
A. compromise. B. communicate. C. compensate. D. combine.
21、The passages below discuss the retirement age．
Passage 1：
In the United States，the financial crisis has left the country with 11 million fewer jobs than Americans need now．No matter how tough the policy ,we are not going to find 11 million new jobs soon．So common sense suggests we should make some decisions about who should come first：older people，who have already worked three or four decades at hard jobs? Or younger people，many just out of school，with fresh skills and ambitions?
The answer is obvious．Older people who would like to retire and would do so if they could afford it should get some help．The right step is to reduce，not increase，the retirement age．As a rough cut，why not make it a law to set a three—year window during which the age for receiving full Social Security benefits would drop to 62——providing a voluntary ,one—time，grab-it-now bonus for leaving work? Let them go home! With a secure pension(退休金)and medical care，they will be happier．Young people who need work will be happier．And there will also be more jobs．With pension security, older people will consume services until the end of their lives．They will become．each and every one，an employer．
Passage 2：
Too many people see longer working lives as a worry rather than an opportunity—and not just because they are going to be chained to their desks．Some worry that there will not be enough jobs to go around．This misunderstanding，known to economists as the“lump of labour fallacy(劳动总量固定的谬论)”，was once used to argue that women should stay at home and leave all the jobs for breadwinning males．Now lump-of-labourites say that keeping the old at work would deprive(剥夺)the young of employment．The idea that society can become
better-off by paying more of its citizens to be idle(无所事事的)is clearly ridiculous．On that reasoning，if the retirement age came down to 25 we would all be as rich as Bill Gates．
【1】In Passage 1，one reason for suggesting earlier retirement in the US is the_______
A．tough policy B．stable pension
C．high unemployment D．free medical care
【2】In Passage I，the writer suggests encouraging older people to retire earlier by____________.
A．cutting their pension if they remain at work
B．giving them an extra sum o f money on retiring
C．convincing them that young people need work
D．offering them a bonus each year for three years
【3】Lump-of-laborites believe that____________．
A．young citizens should be better paid
B．the old should leave jobs for the young
C．males should earn bread for the family
D．earlier retirement will lead to a poorer society
【4】What is the author’s attitude towards earlier retirement in Passage 2?
A．Negative． B．Positive．
C．Unconcerned． D．Tolerant．
22、 Imagine arriving at the airport…passing through security…finally boarding your flight and taking off…only to land a few hours later—right back where you started. No. Your plane didn't have a mechanical issue. You actually bought a plane ticket to nowhere. It's a new kind of air travel that's become popular during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A growing number of airlines-including Qantas in Australia and All Nippon Airways in Japan—offer flights that take off and touch down at the same airport-without landing anywhere in between. Recently, Qantas introduced its first seven-hour scenic flight scheduled for Oct. 10 that featured views of the Great Barrier Reef, Sydney Harbor and the Uluru monolith. Tickets—which cost between 560 dollars and just over 2,700 dollars—were sold out in 10 minutes, according to the airline. The airline industry—the travel industry overall—has just been damaged by the pandemic. The International Air Transport Association predicts the airline industry as a whole will lose 84 billion dollars this year and almost 16 billion dollars in 2021 because of the pandemic. So this new kind of air travel offers airlines an opportunity to make some money and also keep staff working.
However, environmental groups say these "flights to nowhere" should not be the answer for cash-short airlines. Mark Carter, spokesman for Flight Free Australia（an environment group）argues, "Too many of us are unaware of flying's contribution to the climate crisis. And the passengers on Qantas' ‘flights to nowhere’ will increase their annual carbon release as they fly over the Great Barrier Reef because warming is causing repeated mass bleaching（白化）events before the Reef has time to recover.”
【1】What's special about the new kind of air travel?
A.Booking a ticket in advance.
B.Boarding a plane in person.
C.Making a direct round trip.
D.Enjoying scenes in the sky.
【2】What do we know about Qantas' seven-hour scenic flight?
A.It serves local cuisine.
B.It enjoys great popularity.
C.Its tickets are unaffordable.
D.Its final destination is Sydney Harbor.
【3】What is Mark Carter's attitude to the new kind of air travel?
A.Critical. B.Objective. C.Appreciative. D.Indifferent.
【4】What can be the best title of the text?
A.The Ups and Downs of Airline Industry
B.Scenic “Flights To Nowhere" Taking Off
C.Concerns About the Great Barrier Reef
D.The COVID-19 Pandemic Breaking Out
23、 The new social robots, including Jibo, Cozmo, Kuri and Meccano M.A.X., bear some similarities to assistants like Apple’s Siri, but these robots come with something more. They are designed to win us over not with their smarts but with their personality. They are sold as companions that do more than talk to us. Time magazine cheered for the robots that “could fundamentally reshape how we interact with machines.” But is reshaping how we interact with machines a good thing, especially for children?
Some researchers in favor of the robots don’t see a problem with this. People have relationships with many kinds of things. Some say robots are just another thing with which we can have relationships. To support their argument, roboticists sometimes point to how children deal with toy dolls. Children animate (赋予…生命) dolls and turn them into imaginary friends. Jibo, in a sense, will be one more imaginary friend, and arguably a more intelligent and fun one.
Getting attached to dolls and sociable machines is different, though. Today’s robots tell children that they have emotions, friendships, even dreams to share. In reality, the whole goal of the robots is emotional trickery. For instance, Cozmo the robot needs to be fed, repaired and played with. Boris Sofman, the chief executive of Anki, the company behind Cozmo, says that the idea is to create “a deeper and deeper emotional connection ... And if you neglect him, you feel the pain of that.” What is the point of this, exactly? What does it mean to feel the pain of neglecting something that feels no pain at being neglected, or to feel anger at being neglected by something that doesn’t even know it is neglecting you?
This should not be our only concern. It is troubling that these robots try to understand how children feel. Robots, however, have no emotions to share, and they cannot put themselves in our place. No matter what robotic creatures “say”, they don’t understand our emotional lives. They present themselves as empathy machines, but they are missing the essential equipment. They have not been born, they don’t know pain, or death, or fear. Robot thinking may be thinking, but robot feeling is never feeling, and robot love is never love.
What is also troubling is that children take robots’ behavior to indicate feelings. When the robots interact with them, children take this as evidence that the robots like them, and when robots don’t work when needed, children also take it personally. Their relationships with the robots affect their self-esteem (自尊). In one study, an 8-year-old boy concluded that the robot stopped talking to him because the robot liked his brothers better.
For so long, we dreamed of artificial intelligence offering us not only simple help but conversation and care. Now that our dream is becoming real, it is time to deal with the emotional downside of living with robots that “feel”.
【1】How are the new social robots different from Siri?
A.They have a new way to communicate with human beings.
B.Their main function is to evaluate children’s personality.
C.They are designed to attract people with their smarts.
D.They are intended to teach children how to talk.
【2】In Paragraph 3 Cozmo is used as an example to show that the social robots ______.
A.are not good enough to carry out the instructions of children
B.are so advanced that they can feel the pain of human beings
C.are unable to build a real relationship with children
D.are deeply connected with human beings
【3】The underlined phrase “essential equipment” in Paragraph 4 refers to ______.
A.fear B.pain C.emotion D.thinking
【4】Which of the following shows the development of ideas in the passage?
I: Introduction P: Point S: Sub-point C: Conclusion
A.
B.
C.
D.
24、The term “Metaverse” is the latest buzzword (流行语) to capture the tech industry’s imagination — so much so that one of the best-known internet platforms is rebranding to signal is embrace of the futuristic idea.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement that he’s changing his company’s name to Meta Platforms Inc. might be the biggest thing to happen to the metaverse since science fiction writer Neal Stephenson coined the term for his 1992 novel “Snow Crash”. But Zuckerberg and his team are hardly the only tech visionaries with ideas on how the metaverse, which will employ a mix of virtual reality and other technologies, should take shape.
What is the metaverse? Zuckerberg has described it as a “virtual environment” you can go inside of — instead of just looking at on a screen. Essentially, it’s a world of endless, interconnected virtual communities where people can meet, work and play, using virtual reality headsets and glasses, smartphone or other devices. The metaverse also could be a game -changer for the work-from-home shift amid the coronavirus pandemic. Instead of seeing co-workers on a video call, employees could join them in a virtual office.
Zuckerberg’s embrace of the metaverse in some ways contradicts a central tenet (信条) of its biggest enthusiasts. They envision the metaverse as online culture’s liberation from tech platforms like Facebook that assumed ownership of people’s accounts, photos, posts and traded off what they collected from that data. “We want to be able to move around the internet with ease, but we also want to be able to move around the/Internet in a way we’re not tracked and monitored," said Steve Jang, who focuses on cryptocurrency (数字货币) technology. There is a growing concern about Facebook trying to lead the way into a virtual world that could require even more personal data and offer greater potential for abuse and misinformation when it hasn’t fixed those problems in its current platforms.
【1】Why is Zuckerberg changing the name of his company?
A．Because he plans to quit his present business.
B．Because he has founded the metaverse.
C．Because he will engage in the metaverse.
D．Because he wants to draw public attention.
【2】What can be inferred about the central belief of Metaverse fans?
A．Users should be responsible for their personal data.
B．Cryptocurrency technology should be monitored.
C．Tech platforms should possess users’ data.
D．The Metaverse should be tracked.
【3】What can people do in the Metaverse?
A．Do everything in the real world.
B．Have meetings in the virtual office.
C．Defeat the pandemic.
D．See co-workers on a video-call.
【4】What do some people think of Zuckerberg’ s decision?
A．Facebook will gain people’s trust.
B．Facebook will make the internet a better world.
C．Facebook may not abuse information.
D．Facebook may not play a good leading role.
25、Three applicants were interviewing for the job of human resource manager at a big company. Each one was ____ separately by a committee of three people. Each applicant ____ the questions and tried their best to ____ the interviewers.
However, one ____ proved to be set them apart, which was, “What is the ____ of being yourself?”
The first one said:“Be spontaneous (自发的) and don’t ____ as people expect you to.”The second one said:“Show your ____ to reflect your strong personality.”
The third person presented the following insight: “Be honest and don’t ____ in order to impress people.”
The committee wasn’t ____ with their answers and decided to invite five other ____ to interview for the job.
_____, the committee asked a simple question that ____ the candidates’ way of thinking. The phrase “be yourself” seems to carry a(n) ____ meaning, but how one ____ it can reveal a lot about him or her.
This expression encourages people to ignore outside influences and think ____. Only by doing so can we define our ambitions, address our weaknesses and achieve our goals in our own way.
【1】
A．recommended
B．interviewed
C．informed
D．received
【2】
A．answered
B．raised
C．chose
D．predicted
【3】
A．impress
B．greet
C．attract
D．please
【4】
A．incident
B．action
C．choice
D．question
【5】
A．benefit
B．purpose
C．meaning
D．result
【6】
A．work
B．complain
C．refuse
D．behave
【7】
A．kindness
B．confidence
C．responsibility
D．honesty
【8】
A．change
B．lie
C．praise
D．challenge
【9】
A．annoyed
B．delighted
C．relieved
D．content
【10】
A．interviewers
B．employees
C．applicants
D．officials
【11】
A．In turn
B．In return
C．In truth
D．In total
【12】
A．improves
B．reflects
C．determines
D．includes
【13】
A．important
B．familiar
C．shallow
D．different
【14】
A．believes
B．practices
C．accepts
D．explains
【15】
A．carefully
B．independently
C．positively
D．deeply
26、假定你是李华，你的英国朋友Henry来信询问你校即将举行的英语辩论赛情况。请给他回信，内容包括：
1．辩论赛时间、地点；
2．辩论赛主题：动物保护；
3．奖品设置。
注意：1．词数100左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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