微信扫一扫
随时随地学习
随时随地学习
1、India’s space agency _______ its first pictures of Mars as its satellite begins work a day after entering orbit around the Red Planet.
A. releases B. replaces
C. relieves D. Recognizes
2、I didn’t mean to hurt you. What I meant was that you ________ have spoken to him like that.
A．shouldn’t
B．mustn’t
C．wouldn’t
D．couldn’t
3、To perform well at the art festival, students in my class ________ the dance every day over the past three weeks.
A.were practising B.would practise C.have been practising D.had practised
4、 I’m terribly sorry to have caused you pain. But it was ______ done. Will you be so generous as to forgive me?
A. unconsciously B. unwillingly
C. sincerely D. normally
5、Mum always worked out the household budget according to ________ we could afford.
A．what
B．how
C．why
D．whether
6、That’s the way I look at most of _______________ has happened to me.
A. that B. which
C. what D. all
7、Weather ______, we’ll go out in the New Year’s holidays.
A. permitted B. permitting
C. being permitted D. permits
8、Tony kept silent at the beginning of the discussion, but finally he ________ his opinion on the subject.
A．gave voice to
B．kept an eye on
C．turned a deaf ear to
D．set foot on
9、She has already tried her best. Please don’t be too _______ about her job.
A．confused
B．negative
C．challenged
D．particular
10、Mary clapped her hand over her mouth _____ she realized her words hurt little Tom.
A. ever since B. as if
C. so that D. as soon as
11、Isn't it time you got down to the papers?
A.grade B.be graded C.being graded D.grading
12、When the young man was shown the evidence, he ______ and told everything he had done to the police.
A. broke up B. broke away
C. broke off D. broke down
13、The problem of the widening gap between the rich and the poor, if not properly ___________, can result in many serious problems.
A. being handled B. to handle
C. handled D. handling
14、--- Why was Professor Zhang unhappy recently?
--- Because the theory he insisted on _____ wrong.
A. proved B. proving
C. being proved D. was proved
15、His eyes ________ on the PPT, Lee listened to the teacher ________.
A. fixed; attentively
B. have been fixed; carefully
C. fixing; interestingly
D. fixed; purposefully
16、A trip to the forest park is a wonderful ______of my happy childhood, when I had no end of fun with my playmates.
A. adventure B. celebration
C. reminder D.attraction
17、 ASEAN (东盟) foreign ministers are better engagement with the Chinese government when it comes to the various conflicts in the South Chinese Sea.
A. doing without B. calling off
C. putting forward D. calling for
18、How can we bridge the ever-widening gap that separates us from other animals?
A．build
B．narrow
C．balance
D．prevent
19、If you can’t trust your friend to have a relationship with another person you consider a friend, it’s a clear ______ of a problem in your friendships.”
A. disappearance B. symbol
C. symptom D. settlement
20、 Don’t refer to the dictionary every time you come across a new word as sometimes its meaning may be _______ clearly in a given context.
A. picked out B. ruled out C. brought out D. taken out
21、Amaranth(苋菜), an ancient plant, is drawing attention throughout the world and connecting indigenous people(土著人)to their history. Since the 1970s, Amaranth has become a billion-dollar food and makeup product. Health-conscious shoppers will find it in rising numbers of grocery stores in the US and Mexico, and, increasingly, in Europe and the Asia Pacific.
“This is a plant that could feed the world,” said Beata from a nonprofit organization. Amaranth is actually a grain, like buckwheat(荞麦). Its seed is a highly nutritious source of protein, vitamins and minerals. A single amaranth plant produces hundreds of seeds, and a small handful of seeds will turn into hundred-pound bags of harvest the next season. Growing amaranth has provided a degree of economic independence for indigenous farmers in Guatemala and the US. The 8000-year-old plant tolerates a wide variety of climate conditions. Native to Mesoamerica, it is also grown in China, India, south-east Asia, west Africa and the Caribbean.
It’s this toughness that allowed the plant to survive over the centuries, even when the Spanish arrived in the Americas in the 16th century and banned amaranth. Amaranth faced another near-extinction when state forces began targeting the Maya people, and burning their fields, during the civil war. To preserve their traditional foods, Mayan farmers poured seeds into glass jars to bury in their fields or hide under floorboards.
“What we want is for the whole world to produce their own food,” said Maria, a member of agricultural community Qachuu Aloom. “For the seeds, distance doesn’t exist. Borders don’t exist.” Most recently, Maria said that during the pandemic, people with their own gardens, especially in locked down communities, felt secure knowing they had control over their food supply, thanks to amaranth. Amaranth has completely changed the lives of families in our communities, not only economically, but spiritually, added Maria.
【1】What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?
A．Amaranth is gaining growing popularity.
B．Amaranth offers many health benefits.
C．Amaranth is an ancient but expensive plant.
D．Amaranth connects people to their history.
【2】What has made Amaranth an 8000-year-old plant?
A．Its tough root.
B．Its unforgettable flavor.
C．Its balanced nutrition.
D．Its amazing adaptability.
【3】According to Maria, what can Amaranth bring people?
A．Bodily health.
B．Greater wealth.
C．Spiritual security.
D．Closer relationship.
【4】Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?
A．How to Fight Food Shortage
B．Ancient Plant’s Amazing History
C．How A Plant Promotes A Healthy Life
D．A Plant That Could Feed The World
22、 There is nothing like travel when it comes to gaining perspectives and exposing yourself to other cultures. Here is a list of books that transport readers to another time and place.
ITALY: Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
This book is written by the popular author Jess Walter. It is a love story that begins on the Italian Coast in the early 60s and eventually appears on the screen in Hollywood. As the settings shift from Italy to Edinburgh to Los Angeles, you will find yourself longing to go as well.
SEATTLE: Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
Maria Semple’s first novel is not exactly a love story to Seattle, but if you read it, you just might want to come here to see if people are really as self-involved as the characters in her book. What really shines through is the strange storytelling and the laugh.
ENGLAND: Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
You can’t travel to Thomas Cromwell’s England without a time machine, but reading Mantel’s prize-winning novel is the next best thing. It will make you long to see the ancient buildings and green grass of the English countryside, much of which is still there.
NANTUCKER: Here’s to Us Elin Hildebrand
Elin Hilderbrand has built a writing career about her hometown island of Nantucker. Her latest is Here’s to Us, which, perhaps not surprisingly, is a great beach read that will spice up your vacation. You won’t be able to put the page down and desire to get there.
【1】Which book has been adapted for a film？
A.Here’s to Us.
B.Wolf Hall.
C.Beautiful Ruins.
D.Where’d You Go, Bernadette.
【2】What is the special feature of the Where’d You Go, Bernadette?
A.Its low price.
B.Its interesting characters.
C.Its content about love.
D.Its way of telling stories.
【3】What can we infer about the books mentioned in the text?
A.They inspire you to travel.
B.They are all about love stories.
C.They show the joy and sadness
D.They help you to be self-involved.
23、“Don’t tell anyone”. We hear these words when someone tells a secret to us. But it can be hard to keep a secret. We’re often tempted to “spill the beans”, even if we regret it later.
According to Asim Shah, professor in the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Bchavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine, US, keeping a secret may well “become a burden”. This is because people often have an “obsessive (无法摆脱的) and anxious urge to share it with someone”.
An earlier study, led by Anita E. Kelly, a scientist at the University of Notre Dame, US, suggested that keeping a secret could cause stress. People entrusted with secrets can suffer from depression, anxiety, and body aches, reported the Daily Mail.
But with secrets so often getting out, why do people share them at all? Shah explained that people often feel that it will help them keep a person as a friend. Another reason people share secrets is guilt over keeping it from someone close to them. A sense of distrust can develop when people who are close do not share it with each other. “Keeping or sharing secrets often puts people in a position of either gaining or losing the trust of someone.” according to Shah.
He added that talkative people could let secrets slip out. But this doesn’t mean that it is a good idea only to share secrets with quiet people. A quiet person may be someone who keeps everything inside. To tell such a person a secret may cause them stress, and make them talk about the secret.
Shah said that to judge whether to tell someone a secret, you’d better put yourself in their position. Think about how you would feel to be told that you mustn’t give the information away. Shah also recommended that if you accidentally give up someone’s secret you should come clean about it. Let the person know that their secret isn’t so secret anymore.
【1】The underlined phrase “spill the bean” is closest in meaning to ________.
A．let out a secret
B．tell the truth
C．eat our words
D．take gossip
【2】A person who is entrusted with a secret ________.
A．is oft often obsessed with a certain threat
B．often would rather not have been told about it
C．usually has a strong desire to keep it until death
D．may suffer from physical or psychological problems
【3】What can we learn from the passage?
A．Quiet people are more likely to keep the secrets to themselves.
B．Sharing secrets helps establish friendship or get over the sense of guilt.
C．It’s better to inform others of the chances of your leaking secrets beforehand.
D．Putting yourself in others’ shoes helps realize the difficulty of keeping secrets.
【4】What’s the best title for the passage?
A．Walls have ears.
B．Still tongues make wise heads.
C．A word spoken is past recalling.
D．Every wall has a crack.
24、“A unique story of connection” is how South African filmmaker and naturalist Craig Foster refers to his underwater adventures with a wild common octopus documented in the film My Octopus Teacher.
The Netflix film shows the bond that develops between Foster and the eight-legged creature during a year of diving in a kelp forest in the Atlantic Ocean. It won this year’s Academy Award and British Academy Film and Television Arts Award for best documentary.
My Octopus Teacher has captured hearts worldwide because few of the many wonderful natural-history films are about a human’s relationship with the wild. “I think people around the world are longing to have some kind of real connection with the natural world, and this film speaks to that need,” Foster said.
He said he had many such experiences with nature, like having a fish swim into his hand or an otter swim with him and reach out and touch him. Still, he said, these strong bonds weren’t easily created often requiring years of tireless efforts. And he said he learned many lessons from the San masters, native people of South Africa’s Kalahari region. “They taught me to track on land and to look for signs. I applied those same lessons to looking in the water,” he said, “Tracking involves knowing the animals well and recognizing their behavior and movements.”
Observing his special octopus, part of a species known for its intelligence, has been a life-changing experience for Foster. One of the most remarkable moments was when the creature that initially hid in cracks allowed him to join her on a hunting expedition. How does Foster account for this? “When the same animal interacts with you every day over a long period of time, you can assume that there is trust involved.”
Foster said he learned that you can’t force this trust. “Everything must happen at the animal’s pace, comfort and convenience. In their eyes, we are big and aggressive, posing a threat to them. They make themselves vulnerable in allowing us into their space because trusting the wrong human could mean death. So it’s an immense privilege when they show trust.”
【1】Why is My Octopus Teacher well-received?
A．It shows adventures with a wild octopus.
B．It meets the need of natural-history films.
C．It has won many awards for best documentary.
D．It features a bond between man and nature.
【2】Which words can best describe Foster from his experiences?
A．Talented and ambitious.
B．Patient and persevering.
C．Adventurous and stubborn.
D．Professional and trustworthy.
【3】What can we learn from paragraph 5?
A．The octopus took Foster as a friend.
B．The octopus was curious about Foster.
C．The octopus had human-like intelligence.
D．The octopus enjoyed inviting Foster to hunt.
【4】Which can best replace the underlined word “vulnerable” in paragraph 6?
A．Easily hurt.
B．Well protected.
C．Very accessible.
D．Extremely aggressive.
25、 My family was very concerned for my sister and understandably so. Helen was on a flight from Los Angeles to Phoenix. Although the flight was short, it provided __________ time for her to get to know the Morrisons, an Arizona couple seated in her row. The plane was only in the air for a couple of minutes __________ the wife, Marcie, fell asleep, leaving her husband Daniel and my sister sitting next to each other in silence. Maybe it was a feeling of __________ that sparked（引发，触发）it, or maybe it was the need to __________. Whatever the case, within minutes Daniel began to tell their own story.
He told my sister how he and Marcie had __________ to Los Angeles that morning to meet with a doctor of __________ medicine about treating Marcie, only 35, for her stage 4 breast cancer. __________ the diagnosis of the doctors in Phoenix had given Marcie only a few months to live, the couple had decided to __________ other forms of treatment. Although they both felt __________ about what had been described to them that day, they were upset to learn that the alternative treatment __________ a $34,000 price tag and would not be covered by medical __________. Additionally, they’d have to pay for a place to __________ while Marcie underwent treatment.
When it came to deplane（下飞机）, Daniel __________ Marcie. Since she was unable to walk, he requested a wheelchair. It was while my sister was waiting with them for the chair that she made the __________ that they could stay with her during their trips to Los Angeles.
Helen received a call from Daniel the following week saying that he and Marcie had __________ it over and they would like to take her __________ offer. They arrived the following Wednesday and left on Sunday. And this __________ continued for several months. What __________ had brought the three of them together and then made her invite them into her home? Whatever the case, she knew that she had done exactly as she was supposed to.
I guess it would be an understatement (轻描淡写) to say that my family’s feelings of _____ changed to feelings of admiration ! We are all so _________ of our Helen!
【1】A.regular B.spare C.adequate D.available
【2】A.when B.after C.once D.until
【3】A.boredom B.freedom C.awkwardness D.tiredness
【4】A.unpack B.unload C.survive D.cooperate
【5】A.moved B.removed C.driven D.flown
【6】A.herbal B.internal C.preventive D.alternative
【7】A.Since B.Unless C.Before D.Provided
【8】A.combine B.compare C.pursue D.tolerate
【9】A.sure B.good C.empty D.sorry
【10】A.published B.lost C.released D.carried
【11】A.insurance B.allowance C.donation D.pension
【12】A.visit B.go C.stay D.enjoy
【13】A.hugged B.woke C.kissed D.followed
【14】A.decision B.prediction C.excuse D.compromise
【15】A.passed B.got C.took D.talked
【16】A.final B.acceptable C.generous D.conditional
【17】A.arrangement B.belief C.bargain D.deal
【18】A.relationship B.force C.cost D.subject
【19】A.shame B.disappointment C.embarrassment D.concern
【20】A.ashamed B.fond C.proud D.confident
26、书面表达
假如你是李华， 上周在英国参加了你校组织的“中国学生文化交流周”活动，并住在Kelly家里。请你给在英国期间认识的新朋友Kelly写封感谢信，内容包括：
1.交流活动中的收获；
2.难忘在Kelly家的美好日子；
3.感谢她送你的英文词典。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头语和结束语已为你写好（不计入总词数）。
提示词汇：文化交流周：Cultural Exchange Week
Dear Kelly,
I’ve been back home safely from England. ___________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
Welcome to China when it’s convenient for you!
Yours,
Li Hua
邮箱： 