1、While the hostess was getting me ________ into a tiny but clean room, the head of the village was tying up his horse to my car to pull it to a garage.
A.settle B.settling C.settled D.be settled
2、----Would you mind answering some questions on keeping healthy?
---- ________
A.Yes, with great pleasure
B.No, I am afraid I can’t make it.
C.Yes, it is worth the time.
D.No, as long as it doesn’t take long.
3、You may have noticed how busy tree squirrels are in fall, ________ for every last seed and nut that can be found and stocking their tree homes with enough food ________ them through winter.
A.to search; to be gotten
B.searching; to get
C.having searched; gotten
D.search; getting
4、The earthquake _____ the tsunami (海啸) happened deep under the sea, _____ more than 200,000 people.
A.causing; killing B.caused; killing C.causing; killed D.caused; killed
5、We will never forget the days ________ I was taken good care of in that village.
A.that
B.which
C.when
D.where
6、On May 5, 2018, various memorial events were held nationwide ________ the 200th Anniversary of Karl Marx’s birth.
A. in charge of B. in place of
C. in honor of D. in explanation of
7、________ implementing these new measures is not easy, one positive sign is that residents started actively negotiating with those tasked with their implementation.
A.While
B.Once
C.Because
D.Whether
8、Your learning ________ needs to be adjusted a little so that you will have some time for your own hobbies.
A.embarrassment
B.complexity
C.concern
D.strategy
9、____ the plan means that we must start from the very beginning.
A. Covering B. Avoiding
C. Designing D. Abandoning
10、His sister asked him _______ the TV but she _______.
A. turn up; turned down B. turn down; was turned down
C. to turn up; turned down D. to turn down; was turned down
11、Police used tear gas to ________ a demonstration.
A.break up
B.break down
C.break out
D.break in
12、Only when the meeting was over ______ go back to meet his friend.
A. he could B. he was able to
C. was he able to D. was able to he
13、I’m _________that many readers are impressed with your writings because they are wonderful.
A.confident
B.confused
C.terrified
D.eager
14、Just as Professor Scotti often _____ it, success is ninety-nine percent mental attitude.
A.gets
B.makes
C.puts
D.means
15、The committee _________ fifteen members.
A. consist of B. makes up of
C. compose of D. is composed of
16、The French government backs the change, ________it says would help to attract foreign students and help French graduates compete in a global economy as the country struggles to regain competitiveness.
A.which
B.who
C.what
D.whom
17、You had better take down all the key points____________ they are still fresh in your memory.
A.unless
B.before
C.until
D.while
18、I have told you the truth. I keep repeating it?
A. Can B. Must C. May D. Will
19、As natural resources become rare, choices have to be made and priorities to be set.
A.originally
B.directly
C.increasingly
D.physically
20、—The teacher didn’t realize your mistake.
—Well, ________!
A.what a relief
B.with great pleasure
C.no chance
D.that’s fine with me
21、Standing on the top of the hill, I would not do anything but ______ the flowing of the clouds around me.
A.to enjoy
B.enjoying
C.enjoyed
D.enjoy
22、—Tom looks discouraged.____?
—It’s hard to tell what has happened.
A. Do you think what is the matter with him B. What do you think the matter is with him
C. What do you think is the matter with him D. What do you think he is with the matter
23、_________both adults and children, the book An Apple Pie features the dancers bending their bodies in different ways to create each of the 26, letters.
A.Appealing to
B.Appealed to
C.Being appealed to
D.To appeal to
24、It is because of you______I was blamed by my teacher.
A.because B.since C.which D.that
25、The country is famous ________ its birds.
A.as
B.to
C.for
D.in
26、Best Movies of 2021
Summer of Soul
Ahmir Thompson’s documentary (纪录片) records a free concert series that took place in a Harlem park during the summer of Woodstock but received far less attention. The Harlem Cultural Festival drew huge crowds, but in the years since, this celebration of music has been ignored. Like jewels hidden in plain sight, the film shows excellent performances from Mahalia Jackson and Nina Simone. At last, the world is ready to take notice.
Parallel Mothers
Penelope Cruz gives a great performance as a mother in middle age—even as she’s trying to win justice for her great-grandfather, murdered during the Spanish Civil War. Director Pedro Almodóvar uses this movie to deal with the painful history of his country, but also to highlight an important truth: history is the work of mothers—civilization (文明) can’t move on without them.
Drive My Car
In Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s excellent three-hour drama - adapted from a Haruki Murakami short story—an actor and theater director from Tokyo accepts a new job. A young woman has been hired to drive him. Hamaguchi makes up a story of loss and forgiveness—to encourage people to move on in hard times.
C’mon C’mon
Joaquin Phoenix gives a funny performance as a childless New York City radio journalist who takes charge of his 9-year-old Los Angeles nephew for a few weeks. How does that even sound like a whole movie? But in the hands of writer-director Mike Mills, it’s everything. No one is better at recording late 20th and early 21st century family love, in all its tough, shining beauty.
【1】Who would probably choose to see the movie Summer of Soul?
A.Radio journalists.
B.Foreign tourists.
C.Theater directors.
D.Music lovers.
【2】Which film is related to the history of Spain?
A.Summer of Soul.
B.Parallel Mothers.
C.Drive My Car.
D.C’mon C’mon.
【3】Whose movie keeps a good account of family love?
A.Mike Mills.
B.Ahmir Thompson.
C.Pedro Almodóvar.
D.Ryusuke Hamaguchi.
27、 Lack of balance is common with elderly people, but it can start in your 20s.【1】There are some ways that can help.
1.【2】
Balance can go bad when you are young. Strength training can help, whatever your age.A 2013study that examined the effects of strengthening exercises on balance showed: "Strength Improvement in lower parts of legs and arms may lead to balance improvement even in some older people."
2.Step-ups
Using a single step or stair, step up with your right leg in a slow and controlled manner, then bring your left leg up to join it.【3】To make it more difficult, find a higher step or use a box in the gym. This simple exercise helps to build hip (臀部) stability, as well as strengthening knees.
3.Sitting down
【4】Start with your arms by your sides and your feet on the floor. Then lift and reach out your right leg while raising your left arm to shoulder height. Return to a sitting position, and do the same on the other side. Repeat both for 10 times. Note, though, that a study at the University of Waterloo in Canada found there is no benefit to sitting on a ball all day instead of an office chair.
4.Bodyweight exercises
Exercises such as lunges and squats (弓步蹲) will help to make you stronger, and challenge your balance. Good form is important to make full use of the benefits. Stand with feet facing forward, hip distance apart. Make sure not to bend your back, and try to push your hips back - imagine there is a chair behind you that you are about to sit on. Don't go too low if it causes your back to bend.【5】Then drive up through your feet, back to standing.
A.Strength training
B.Balance improving
C.Hold for a couple of seconds.
D.So how can we avoid losing control of it?
E.Sitting on a stability ball challenges your balance.
F.Step down and repeat, keeping changing leading legs.
G.Ageing often leads to a loss of strength and balance, leading to falls.
28、A black hole is created when a large star burns out. Like our sun, stars are unbelievably hot furnaces(熔炉) that burn their own matter as fuel. When most of the fuel is used up, the star begins to die.
The death of a star is not a quiet event. First there is a huge explosion. As its outer layer is blasted off into space, the dying star shines as brightly as a billion suns.
After the explosion, gravity pulls in what's left of the star. As the outside of the star sinks toward the center, the star gets smaller and smaller. The material the star is made of becomes tightly packed together. A star is so solid that a teaspoon of matter from it weighs billions of pounds.
The more the star shrinks(收缩), the stronger the gravity inside it becomes. Soon the star is very tiny, and the gravity pulling it in is unbelievably strong. In fact, the gravity is so strong that it even pulls light into the star! Since all the light is pulled in, none can go out. The star becomes black when there is no light. Then a black hole is born!
That's what we know about black holes. What we don't know is this: What happens inside a black hole after the star has been squeezed into a tiny ball? Does it keep getting smaller and smaller forever? Such a possibility is hard to imagine.
But if the black hole doesn't keep shrinking, what happens to it? Some scientists think black holes are like doorways to another world. They say that as the star disappears from our universe, it goes into another universe. In other words a black hole in our universe could turn into a "white hole" in a different universe. As the black hole swallows(吞噬) light, the white hole shines brightly--somewhere else. But where? A different place, perhaps, or a different time--many years in the past or future.
Could you travel through a black hole? Right now, no. Nothing we know of could go into a black hole without being crushed(挤压). So far the time being, black hole must remain a mystery.
Black holes are a mystery--but that hasn't stopped scientists from dreaming about them. One scientist suggested that in the future we might make use of the power of black holes. They would supply all of Earth's energy needs, with plenty to spare. Another scientist wondered if a black hole could some day be used to swallow earthly waste--a sort of huge waste disposal(处理) in the sky!
【1】When the star begins to die ______.
A. there is no fuel left in it B. a huge explosion will happen
C. its outer layer goes into space first D. it doesn't give off light any longer
【2】Which of the following doesn't help produce a black hole?
A. The dying star shines less brightly.
B. The light can't go out of the star.
C. The star becomes smaller and smaller
D. The gravity inside the star is very strong.
【3】The black hole ______.
A. continues becoming smaller and smaller all the time
B. goes into another universe and becomes a white hole
C. will appear at another place at a different time
D. can pull in everything we know of in the world
【4】What's the best title for this passage?
A. A New Scientific Discovery: Black Holes
B. What Are Black Holes?
C. How Do Black Holes Swallow Light?
D. Travel Through A Black Hole
29、 Bats are mammals which give birth to live young and produce milk to feed them. Over sixty different kinds occur in Australia. Most eat insects, but eight feed only on flowers and fruit, and are known as fruit-bats or flying-foxes. Four of these are among the world's largest bats. They may weigh up to one kilogram and their wings may span(跨越)more than a meter.
The favorite food of flying-foxes is the blossom of eucalypts(桉树)and some other native trees, and various bush fruits. The bats are beneficial to the trees because they act as pollinators(传粉者)and dispersers(扩散器)of their seeds. The great distances they can fly means they carry pollen and seeds far from the parent tree.
Camps are places where the large flying-foxes gather during the day, sometimes in many thousands. Along the coast they may be in mangroves(红树林),further inland they are often in deep rainforests, and west of the Dividing Range they are usually along water-courses. Their location may be known only to a few local people. The same campsites tend to be used year after year, although not necessarily every year, or all year round.
Damage to cultivated fruit varies greatly from one year to the next and between different areas. The factors controlling it are not well understood. Some areas rarely experience attacks, others do so most years, Widespread shortages of natural food, such as those occur during droughts, may cause large numbers of animals to move well beyond their usual range in search of food. This applies particularly to Little Red Flying-foxes, which occur further inland than the other species.
【1】What is the first paragraph mainly about?
A.The weight of bats.
B.The usual size of bats.
C.The main food of bats.
D.The species of bats.
【2】What do we know about flying-foxes?
A.They eat nothing but fruits.
B.They prefer fruit to flowers.
C.They are also known as fruit-bats.
D.They are known as the largest bats.
【3】The bats are environmentally friendly because________.
A.they eat harmful insects
B.they help trees to grow abundantly
C.they keep many native trees free of disease
D.they act as cleaners for trees and flowers
【4】We can learn from Paragraph 3 that flying-foxes________.
A.live in groups in the daytime
B.camp in places where there are no water
C.prefer mangroves to rainforests
D.camp in different places year after year
30、 An artist who had painted many pictures of great beauty found that he hadn’t yet painted the one “_______” picture.
In his search along a dusty road, he met a (an) _______ priest who asked him where he was going.
“I do not know,” said the artist, “I want to paint the most beautiful thing in the world. Perhaps you can _______ me to it. ”
“How _______,” replied the priest, “in any church or creed, you will find it —‘faith’ is the most beautiful thing in the world.”
The artist traveled on. Later, he met a young bride who told him that the most beautiful thing in the world is: “love”. “love”_______ the world go round. It_______ poverty into riches, sweetens tears and makes much of little. _______ love there is no beauty.
Still the artist continued his _______ and met a weary soldier.
The artist asked him the _______ question and the soldier answered, “Peace” is the most beautiful thing in the world.
War is ugly and ________ you find peace you’ll find beauty, faith and love.
“How can I paint them -- Faith, Love and Peace?” ________ the artist.
As he continued his walk, his mind ________ on the “real” picture he hoped to paint. He was________ that without thinking where he was going, he had reached his ________ surrounding.
As he entered the doorway, light glistened (闪光) in his eyes and he realized that his search was ________ .
In the ________ of his wife and children, he saw love and faith. “Not a minute passed by that our children and I had not ________ you. We prayed that you would return to us ________,” his wife said as they embraced him. He sat on his________old chair and his heart was at peace.
The artist painted the most beautiful thing in the world and called it “________”.
【1】A.good B.real C.true D.genuine
【2】A.grateful B.stubborn C.aged D.determined
【3】A.direct B.force C.drive D.pray
【4】A.devoted B.stupid C.simple D.crazy
【5】A.performs B.makes C.determines D.requests
【6】A.equips B.affects C.forms D.builds
【7】A.Besides B.Regarding C.Considering D.Without
【8】A.journey B.exploration C.search D.invention
【9】A.same B.difficult C.opposite D.interesting
【10】A.however B.wherever C.whenever D.whatever
【11】A.asked B.thought C.replied D.answered
【12】A.wondered B.doubted C.calculated D.remembered
【13】A.sure B.excited C.tired D.surprised
【14】A.dreaming B.beautiful C.familiar D.uneasy
【15】A.over B.meaningless C.necessary D.ever-lasting
【16】A.dreams B.faces C.memories D.days
【17】A.looked for B.paid attention to C.thought of D.looked forward to
【18】A.safely B.patiently C.immediately D.hopefully
【19】A.rare B.fancy C.former D.favorite
【20】A.Peace B.Faith C.Love D.Home
31、课本原文填空。
Today was my first day back in san Francisco after 【1】in the Redwood Forest and visiting the wine country of Napa Valley. I have to admit that it 【2】feels good to be back in the city again.
32、假设你是李华,你的朋友林涛面对全新的高中学习感到有些迷茫和无所适从,希望你给他一些学习方法方面的指导和建议。请结合以下要点,给他写一封电子邮件:
1.制定生活学习计划,合理安排时间;
2.课前预习,课上认真听讲、做笔记,课后复习;
3.劳逸结合。
注意:1、词数100字左右(开头己给出,但不计入总词数);
2、可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
参考词汇:preview预习
Dear Lin Tao,
I’m sorry to hear that you’re having trouble with your schoolwork. _______
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Yours,
Li Hua