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1、Lucy cut down her daily spending in order to the financial storm．
A. prevent B. survive
C. keep D. stop
2、During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly vowed to tear up the agreement of “The Paris Climate Accord”, he said was hurting American workers.
A. which B. what
C. where D. when
3、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
4、Sometimes the message you intend to convey through words may be the exact opposite of others ________actually understand.
A. what B. why
C. how D. which
5、I think the boss, rather than the workers, ______ to blame for the fire that caused so many deaths last week.
A. are B. was C. were D. to be
6、This company can ______ a lot money for the country in a year.
A．bring up
B．bring in
C．bring down
D．bring out
7、Sometimes I feet hungry_______ meals, so I eat an apple or a pear.
A.between B.among C.at D.under
8、The Ministry of Public Security has recently started a nationwide ____speeding，overloading and running red lights.
A．celebration B．conference
C．campaign D．ceremony
9、His father’s trust removed his fear of failing his parents.
A．disappointing
B．weakening
C．disabling
D．losing
10、Now the question that you must carefully consider is ____ can be put into practice.
A. how you have learned
B. how what you have learned
C. that why you have learned
D. how that you have learned
11、Last week he was caught stealing things. ________ his youth, the boss has decided not to charge him.
A．In spite of
B．In view of
C．In charge of
D．In case of
12、— I can’t bear the air pollution in this city anymore．It is getting worse and worse．
— ________！We’ve never had so many chemical factories before．
A． I wouldn’t bet on it B． You said it
C． Keep it up D． Come off it
13、When I went into the room，I found _____ in bed．
A．him lying B．he lying C．him was lying
14、It was _____ impossible for anyone to get admitted without the password.
A. quite B. pretty
C. rather D. fairly
15、The doctor tried to laugh my brother ____ his fears about the coming operation.
A. from B. against C. off D. into
16、 —The new house looks very beautiful now. I'm glad we have changed the decoration plan.
—Yeah. We would have made the house ugly if we______.
A. don't B. haven't
C. didn't D. hadn't
17、 ______ 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
18、______ opinions on the schedule, we finally reached on agreement.
A．Having exchanged B．Exchanging
C．Exchanged D．To exchange
19、—________ has brought about the improvement of Chinese farmers’ living standards?
—The Party’s social benefiting policies, of course.
A． What is it that B． What it is that
C． What is that D． What is it
20、They eat only plant foods, and take care to ________ animal products from other areas of their lives.
A. contain B. maintain C. exclude D. Include
21、When the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), the world’s governing body for soccer, claimed that the 2022 World Cup in Qatar would be “a fully carbon-neutral (碳中和) event”, it attracted worldwide laughter from the environmentalists.
World Cup hosts often maintain that stadiums built for the event will remain in constant use after its conclusion—a claim that allows them to spread their carbon footprint over many years. But it’s hard to believe the claim. After all, Qatari soccer culture is still undeveloped. Even soccer- mad countries such as Russia, Brazil and South Africa-hosts of the previous three men’s World Cups-have been left with a group of relatively useless stadiums.
In addition to the carbon cost of the stadiums, Qatar expects to see 1, 300 daily flights to and from the country during the World Cup. But that’s not the only source of airplane emissions. The grass seeds to give rise to the tournament’s green pitches (球场) have been flown in from North America on climate-controlled planes. And these fields won’t water themselves. The groundskeepers who maintain the eight stadium pitches, as well as the 136 practice fields, douse each field with 10, 000 liters of water every day in the winter. In the summer the pitches require a surprising amount of 50, 000 liters each.
Soccer isn’t alone in this. Three recent Olympics-Tokyo 2020, Rio de Janeiro 2016 and Sochi 2014-earned some of the worst environmental sustainability scores. All this raises an important question: Is it even possible to stage a carbon-neutral sports mega event? The ever- expanding size of these events likely puts net-zero emissions out of reach. One recent study found that between 1964 and 2018, the soccer World Cup and the Olympics were about 60 times as large in terms of the number of sports, athletes, journalists, spectators, marketing and costs involved.
The large sports events, as they are currently organized, are unsustainable. Since FIFA and the International Olympic Committee made more environmental claims back in the 1990s, their events have only become bigger, and their effects have only become more severe.
【1】What did environmentalists think of FIFA’s claim about the 2022 World Cup?
A．It made no sense.
B．It was worth promoting.
C．It attracted no attention.
D．It lived up to their expectations.
【2】What do we know about the stadiums for the previous three men’s World Cups?
A．They are of great cultural value.
B．They are of not much use.
C．They have been completely transformed.
D．They have produced long-term benefits.
【3】What’s the third paragraph mainly about?
A．The great scale of the 2022 World Cup.
B．The difficulty in hosting the 2022 World Cup.
C．The high carbon cost of the 2022 World Cup.
D．The huge economic input of the 2022 World Cup.
【4】What’s the author’s attitude to the large sports events?
A．Critical.
B．Mixed.
C．Favorable.
D．Unclear.
22、An early morning winter storm had brought several inches of snow on my small town in the mountains. Schools were canceled, roads were dangerous and all I wanted to do was to stay in bed. Still, I knew I had to get the day started so I put on warm clothes and walked outside. The snow got all over my shoes. The cold wind dried my lips and my eyes. My 47 year-old back ached in anticipation（预想）of the shoveling（铲雪）I would have to do if the snow didn't stop soon.
Yet, when I looked out on the white blanket that covered the ground, I couldn't help but smile a bit. It was so beautiful. It softened the bare trees and hid the dead grass. In the distance I could hear the sound of the snowplow(雪犁) on the road, the barking of a happy dog and the laughter of children playing outside, enjoying their way off from school.
The sweet music of that laughter brought back a hundred memories of winters past. I remembered catching snowflakes (雪花) on my tongue, building snowmen, making snow angles, running down hills and always losing snowball fights with first my brothers and then my own children. Standing there in that warm coat of memories made the wind a little less cold and my back a little less sore(疼痛的). I turned up my head, stuck out my tongue and for the first time in years caught a snowflake on it. It tasted so fresh and clean. It tasted like youth, like joy and like love.
May you always feel young in spirit, no matter how old or achy your body may be. May you always delight in the simple joys of life. May you always share your happiness with the hearts of children. And may you always give your love, your light, your laughter and your warmth to others even on the coldest days.
【1】What was the author's first reaction when he knew it snowed heavily?
A. He was upset. B. He was happy.
C. He was thankful. D. He was moved.
【2】From which senses did the author describe the joy of having snow?
A. Taste and smell.
B. Sight and smell.
C. Smell, hearing and taste.
D. Sight, hearing and taste.
【3】What does the author mainly want to tell us with this article?
A. Appreciate every snowstorm you spend with your family.
B. Snow brings both fun and trouble.
C. Memories can change our opinion.
D. We should stay young at heart.
【4】From the underlined sentence in Paragraph l, we can know that “________".
A. my back ached because of the cold weather
B. I didn't want to start my day on such a snowy day
C. my back would ache upon thinking of cleaning up the snow
D. the snow didn't stop and I felt too cold
23、Some idiomatic phrases in English, often used in both spoken and written language, are very confusing! They don’t even make sense when you first see them. However, using one of these phrases correctly when speaking or writing to an English speaker is very impressive and shows that you are comfortable with the language. Here are some wonderful and interesting British idioms. Use them wisely.
When pigs fly!
This expression is one of my favorites and I use it all the time. It is used primarily when speaking, meaning that something is extremely unlikely or impossible. For example, “I will forgive him when pigs fly!” “When do you think you will get a gym membership, Lucy?” “When pigs fly!”
A penny for your thoughts?
This question is used in a situation where someone appears thoughtful or is very quiet seeming lost in thought. But remember that you don’t actually have to pay them a penny if they do tell you what is going on! For example, “You’ve been a bit quiet this evening, Pete. A penny for your thoughts?”
It’s the bee’s knees
The phrase dates back to the 1920s, and refers to an extraordinary person, thing, idea, and so on. For example, “Try this chocolate. It’s the bee’s knees.”
To feel a bit under the weather
I use this expression in many different situations but most use it to refer to feeling ill, or unwell. You would not use this phrase if you were feeling extremely unwell. It is only for those times when you are feeling a little ill or suffering from something slightly like a cold or a cough. However, this can also be used to refer to feeling emotionally low.
【1】What will you say if you think something is special?
A. When pigs fly! B. A penny for your thoughts?
C. It’s the bee’s knees D. To feel a bit under the weather.
【2】Which of the following sentence can replace “A penny for your thoughts?”
A. What can I do for you? B. What are you thinking about?
C. How are you feeling? D. How do you like it?
【3】Why does the author write the passage?
A. To introduce some useful idioms. B. To show how to remember idioms.
C. To tell people the importance of idioms. D. To arouse the interest in idioms.
24、阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
"Have you ever been out on a boat and felt it lifted up by a wave? Or have you jumped in the water and felt the rush of energy as waves came over you.?" asked Jamie Taylor of the Wave Energy Group at the University of Edinburgh. "There is certainly a lot of energy in waves," he said. Scientists are working to use that energy to make electricity. Most waves are created when winds blow across the ocean. "The wind starts out by making little ripples (涟漪), but if they keep on blowing, those ripples get bigger and bigger and turn into waves," Taylor said. "Waves are one of nature's ways of picking up energy and then sending it off on a journey." When waves come toward the shore, people can set up dams to block the water and send it through a large wheel called a turbine (涡轮机). The turbine can then power an electrical generator to produce electricity.
"The resource is huge," said Janet Swain of the World Watch Institute. "We will never run out of wave power." Besides, wave energy does not create the same pollution as other energy sources, such as oil or coal. Oceans cover three-quarters of the Earth's surface---that would make wave power seem ideal for creating energy throughout the world, though there are some weak points yet to overcome.
Swain said that wave power still costs too much money. She also said that its effects on sea animals are still unknown. What is more, wave power could affect fishing and boat traffic. Traditional sources of energy like oil and gas may someday run out. "Demand for energy to power our TVs and computers, drive our cars, and heat and cool our homes is rising rapidly throughout the world," Swain said. In the future when you turn on a light, an ocean wave could be providing the electricity!
【1】The underlined phrase "picking up" is closest in meaning to ______.
A. starting again B. speeding up
C. improving D. gathering
【2】We can make better use of wave energy if we ______.
A. shorten its journey to thousands of homes
B. build more small power stations on the oceans
C. reduce the cost of turning it into electric power
D. quicken the steps of producing electricity
【3】It can be inferred that some day we might not worry about ______.
A. our power supply B. our boat traffic
C. air pollution D. our supply of sea fish
25、During the last few years of his life my Dad lived just up the road from me in a tiny home that used to _______ my Nana. He had been a widower for over 20 years by then, _______ my Mom when she was only 55 years old. Recently his Mom, my Nana had _______ too. He just lived with himself and spent a lot of time _______.
Several times a week, though, I would take a walk up to his _______. We would sit in the living room or on the front porch, sip tea and talk. It wasn’t anything _______. We just talked sports, gardening, weather and occasionally _______ a laugh over old memories. It was a simple sharing a real _______ between a father and a son, an hour spent just enjoying each other’s _______. Those afternoons ________ some of my happiest times ________ with my Dad. It allowed us to gently ________ any old wounds we had given each other when I was ________. It allowed us to ________ give each other the time and love we hadn’t before. It ________ us with sweet chances to grow closer together ________ he left this world. And I thank God for that time.
I know too that when my own time in this world is done, when my own ________ on Earth is finished I will get to spend another afternoon with Dad. And we will make that afternoon last an eternity.
If there is one thing that I ________ from those afternoons I spent with my Dad during the last years of his life, it is this: It is ________ too late to spent time with those you love and tell them that you love them. Because love ________ anything, even death. Begin today then! Spend an afternoon with those you love and those afternoons will become a lifetime.
【1】
A．sell to
B．belong to
C．rent to
D．buy from
【2】
A．losing
B．loving
C．accompanying
D．marrying
【3】
A．come over
B．taken care
C．passed by
D．passed away
【4】
A．disappointed
B．free
C．alone
D．relaxed
【5】
A．house
B．search
C．garden
D．surprise
【6】
A．useful
B．interesting
C．available
D．major
【7】
A．found
B．remembered
C．enjoyed
D．admired
【8】
A．reunion
B．connection
C．apology
D．memory
【9】
A．company
B．achievement
C．appreciation
D．help
【10】
A．leave
B．show
C．keep
D．remain
【11】
A．talked
B．liked
C．spent
D．agreed
【12】
A．realize
B．heal
C．stop
D．regret
【13】
A．happy
B．tired
C．wrong
D．young
【14】
A．silently
B．quickly
C．probably
D．reluctantly
【15】
A．prevented
B．kept
C．provided
D．instructed
【16】
A．after
B．since
C．before
D．when
【17】
A．family
B．mission
C．sufferings
D．problem
【18】
A．forgot
B．learned
C．missed
D．taste
【19】
A．always
B．probably
C．usually
D．never
【20】
A．conquers
B．equal
C．decides
D．highlights
26、目前，中学生的身心健康是社会关注的重要话题，压力和焦虑在中学生中很普遍，你校英文报就“中学生如何保持身心健康”这一话题征集投稿。请你投稿，内容包括：
1. 保持身心健康的重要性；
2. 介绍自己的做法（身体方面：如积极锻炼，合理作息等；精神方面：保持良好的人际关系，亲近自然，多读书等）。
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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