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1、As a new diplomat, he often thinks of ____ he can react more appropriately on such occasion.
A. what B. how
C. which D. when
2、She was scolded because it was the third time that she ______ late to work.
A. came B. had come
C. was coming D. has come
3、The doors of this palace are really ________, all made of good valuable wood.
A. everything B. something
C. anything D. nothing
4、Six months ago Xie Lie said goodbye to her friends and family in China and _______ a plane, but she was nervous as she didn’t know _______．
A．boarded; what to expect
B．abroad; what to expect
C．aboard; what to be expected
D．boarded; what to be expected
5、I lost the key to my dormitory. Could you ____ for the night?
A. put me up B. take me up
C. set me up D. bring me up
6、Sarah, hurry up. I'm afraid you can't have time to ________ before the party.
A．get changed
B．get change
C．get changing
D．get to change
7、一Did you enjoy the party?
一Yes.We_______well by our hosts.
A．had treated
B．were treated
C．have treated
D．would be treated
8、Adil is playing _______ football on the playground while Rana is playing _______ violin.
A．the;the
B．/;/
C．The;/
D．/;the
9、Due to widespread ______ of 5G technology, more remote surgical operations are likely to be carried out across long distances.
A．occupation
B．application
C．qualification
D．composition
10、Nothing is realized easily, and there is no such _______ as dreams.
A．thing
B．a thing
C．things
D．the thing
11、— I can’t understand why he _________ so angry. I meant no offence.
— It’s typical of him to be so sensitive.
A．must have been
B．should have been
C．might have been
D．can have been
12、The doctor advised her to eat more bean products ________ meat which might be harmful to her heart disease.
A. for lack of B. by means of
C. as a substitute for D. in favor of
13、If the teaching doesn’t ________ to your students, your students will gradually lose interest in it.
A．tend
B．get
C．appeal
D．attend
14、Interest is as vital to learning as the ability to understand, even ________ so．
A．more B．that C．much D．most
15、---Thanks for giving me a ride to school.
---_________.
A．You are welcome
B．That’s a good idea
C．Don’t worry
D．You are so nice
16、The doctor tried to laugh my brother _____ his fears about the coming operation.
A. from B. against C. off D. Into
17、—I’d like to have one more look round.By myself this time.
—Of course. .
A. Be my guest B. Drop me a line
C. Count me out D. Allow me
18、He turned from side to side, eyeing himself in the mirror with a serious, studied ______ that soon changed into a smile.
A. impression B. expression C. conclusion D. information
19、I can’t help but remember the precious child ______ smile has brought me countless hours of joy throughout the years.
A.whose B.who C.whom D.of which
20、You may search on the Internet for professors and their courses about the university ________ may interest you.
A．that
B．where
C．which
D．who
21、 Market traders and street vendors(小贩）are making a comeback across China,and this time they find themselves equipped with a new set of digital skills essential to directing the vast consumer market.To make mom-and-pop retail stands active,the country's leading e-commerce platforms are lending a helping hand,offering a series of services from inventory support to accessible financing backed by technologies to finally promote domestic(国内的）spending and employment.
Domestic wholesale site 1688.com is among the first group of tech players with such offerings. At the heart of the action plan is an effort to link street vendors directly with factories,effectively avoiding middlemen and saving time and costs."The large number of small-scale merchants on the site has managed to gain the upper hand in price negotiations,while manufacturers are more willing to mass-produce goods as the economy of scale serves to reduce costs,thus creating u win-win situation,"general manager Wang Hai said. On the financial front,1688's parent Alibaba Group is offering interest-free loans worth a total of 70 billion yuan ( $9.8 billion),with which qualified merchants can purchase goods in quantity.Risk assessment for each applicant is conducted by sister service Mybank.
Meanwhile,e-commerce giant JD.com has promised to secure quality goods worth more than 50 billion yuan and is offering each stall keeper up to 100,000 yuan worth of interest-free loans for the purpose of filling their inventory.To stabilize(稳定）employment,JD decided to add a number of job positions that either require flexible working hours,allow working from home or are designed to promote startup businesses. For posts related to logistics,delivery,warehouse management and packaging,people from poverty-stricken areas should be employed first.
＂The novel coronavirus outbreak will accelerate the digital transformation of the real economy, and individual traders and smaller stores are no exception,"said Xu Lei,CEO of JD' s retail unit.＂We have the ability and,more important,the responsibility to inject vitality(活力）into these entities,thus contributing to the economic rebound and stabilizing employment."
【1】How do e-commerce platforms help mom-and-pop retail stands?
A.By offering digital skills.
B.By providing commercial services.
C.By expanding the consumer market.
D.By increasing employment opportunities.
【2】According to Wang Hai,1688.com' s action plan may be an example of
A.barking up the wrong tree
B.putting the cart before the horse
C.robbing Peter to pay Paul
D.killing two birds with one stone
【3】What do we know about JD' s plan to create more posts?
A.It covers various job selections.
B.It aims at expanding their business.
C.Employees will have to work regularly.
D.Employees in poor areas will get funds.
【4】What is Xu Lei's attitude towards the development of economy?
A.Disappointed. B.Confident. C.Doubtful. D.Uncaring.
22、The reason is that college students today can’t do math, and one line of reasoning goes. Or they don’t know science. These are all good theories, but the problem with these young adults’ unemployment goes way beyond a lack of STEM (科学) skills.
A survey by the Workforce Solutions Group at St. Louis Community College finds that more than 60% of employers say applicants lack the ability to communicate and get along with others — a jump of about 10 percentage points in just two years. A large number of managers also say today’s applicants can’t think creatively, solve problems or write well. Jobs are going unfilled as a result, which hurts companies and employees. The annual global Talent Shortage Survey from Manpower Group finds that nearly 1 in 5 employers worldwide can’t fill positions because they can’t find people with soft skills.
One thing that does appear to make a difference is internships(实习). More than 80% of employers want new graduates they hire to have completed a formal internship, but only 8% of students say interning in a field related to their major is something they spend a lot of time doing. Instead, the top extracurricular(课外的)activities are hanging out with friends, working in an unrelated job and eating out.
And all internships are not created equal. Overall, only about half of college graduates say they’re prepared for the work — and the number of bosses who think they’re prepared is lower than 40%.
Among students who don’t intern, only 44% consider themselves ready for the job market. That improves for students with unpaid internships; 58% say they’re prepared for the workplace. But among students who complete paid internships, that number jumps to 70%. None of the students think they’re entirely prepared for the workforce, but they’re a lot more confident than the managers surveyed. Part of the problem is that you don’t know what you don’t know, as the saying goes.
Harris Interactive found a huge gap between students’ view of their abilities and managers’ view of those same skills such as financial skills. It’s just hard to teach these skills, experts say. “It is hard to correct a lifetime of bad habits in a short period of time,” Roderick Nunn, vice chancellor for economic development and workforce solutions at St. Louis Community College, tells St. Louis Beacon.
【1】What does the underlined phrase “soft skills” refer to?
A. Math and science skills.
B. Flexibility and interpersonal skills.
C. The skills of finding jobs.
D. Creativity and skills of communicating with employers.
【2】What do most new graduates think of their internships?
A. They should do as their employers expect.
B. They should have their free life out of the work time.
C. They shouldn’t spend too much time on the field related to their major.
D. They feel prepared for the jobs during internships.
【3】What does the saying “you don’t know what you don’t know” indicate?
A. Students with different internships judge their abilities differently.
B. Students learn much from internships and think more differently from before.
C. Students are unaware of what the employers think they are lacking.
D. Students don’t know much about the job they are working on.
【4】The passage mainly talks about .
A. different views about new graduates’ skills
B. new graduates’ performance in their internships
C. how new graduates can meet their employers’ needs
D. the real reason why new graduates are unemployed
【5】The purpose of the passage is .
A. to describe B. to explain C. to inform D. to argue
23、“It’s never too late to start something new”. Having had a long career in health care and academic achievement, Magi Sque found this advice totally inspiring as this is exactly what Magi Rose is all about!
When she was 17, Magi Sque—who then went by the name of Rosie—had the beginnings of a dream. On Saturdays she worked in the Calypso clothing factory in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, and after each shift she handed her £ 5 wage to her mother. She was saving for her passage to England, where she hoped to become a nurse.
After eight years, Sque moved to Canada with her young daughter. There Sque completed a degree in nursing at Surrey University. She earned the master’s certificate, too. At a talk on organ donation, she knew organ donors can save the lives of up to eight people. She became an expert, developing a theory of “dissonant loss”—the need for donor families to solve the imbalance between a loved one being clinically(临床上)brain dead and looking normal before they can agree to donation.
For five decades Sque practised, studied and taught nursing, eventually becoming a professor at Wolver-hampton University, all the while nudging her dreams of being a fashion designer further into the future.
As she came to her 70th birthday, she began to think: “Oh no, not another paper to read, not another article to correct.” And then she heard herself say: “It’s time to move on.”
She tried out for a weekend course for startups and, in 2019, days before she turned 72, Sque set up Magi Rose—“special, fun to wear, for downtime and holidays”.
【1】How did Magi Sque get the money to realize her dream?
A．Working part time on her own.
B．Being supported by her family.
C．Going to Toronto to earn money.
D．Working on organ donation.
【2】Which of the following can best describe Magi’s achievement in organ donation?
A．Ordinary.
B．Classical.
C．Striking.
D．Plain.
【3】What does the underlined word “nudging” mean in Paragraph 4?
A．Pushing.
B．Forcing.
C．Dividing.
D．Changing.
【4】What can we learn from Magi Sque’s story?
A．Love breaks down barriers.
B．Education is the key to success.
C．One should follow suit to succeed.
D．There’s no end to pursuing one’s dream.
24、Carlos Slim’s proposal that we work a three - day week sounds crazy. But many, in 1922, thought Henry Ford crazy when he announced that his staff would work a five - day week.
Our working week seems normal to us because it is what we all always do. He certainly could be for those he was most concerned about when he made his three - day - week statement at a business conference in Paraguay: the workers who are not ready to retire. As Mr. Slim said, it no longer makes sense for people to stop working in their fifties or sixties when they may still have up to a third of their lives ahead of them. “People are going to have to work for more years, until they are 70 or 75, and just work three days a week - perhaps 11 hours a day.” he said.
Keeping older employees at work makes sense for societies, especially those with a diminishing number of young people who are expected to support long - living retirees.
He appeared to be suggesting that these short - week workers earn the same as they did full - time. That is what happens at Telmex, his Mexican fixed - line phone company, where those qualified for retirement can choose to work four - day weeks on full pay.
Older workers elsewhere might prefer shorter weeks on reduced pay - and eight or nine - hour days rather than 11. Their companies might value keeping their experience while saving money on their salaries. What about everyone else? There are those who are unemployed, or in unstable jobs, who would be delighted to have three secure, well - paid days of work a week.
Shorter weeks don’t work in every job, but they work in more jobs than most tradition - bound managers think. Agreeing to them requires two shifts in management thinking. The first is the realization that much of the time spent in offices is wasted anyway. Second, senior executives need ro understand that the best way to measure people is by the work they produce - not by how much time they spend at their desks.
People living longer, in better health, are changing working life too. Mr. Slim’s idea is in tune with the times.
【1】According to paragraph 2 why did Mr. Slim think it unwise for people in their fifties or sixties to retire ?
A．Because they have longer life to live in their future.
B．Because they have children and old parents to support
C．Because they have much interest in their present work.
D．Because they have more experience than young workers.
【2】What can we infer from the passage ?
A．The decision of working five days a week by Ford was considered normal in the past.
B．Old people continuing working can reduce young people’s pressure to support their old parents
C．Some companies don’t want their old workers to go on working because they can save money.
D．Much time spent at work is wasted if managers don’t agree to reduce old employees’working time.
【3】What does the underlined phrase “in tune with” mean in the last paragraph ?
A．Different from.
B．Superior to.
C．Far from.
D．Consistent with.
【4】What is the best title for this passage ?
A．Retire Or Not, This Is A Question!
B．Shorter Weeks Is Welcome By All
C．Working Three Days A Week: A Great Idea
D．Carlos Slim - Crazy For More Resting Time
25、The Sweetest Thing
When I was ten, I was crazy about candy. Whenever in our small-town___________with my mom, I would run my fingers through my favorite candy on the shelf.
Once there, thinking about all things sweet I noticed a man a few feet away pushing buttons on the ATM machine. Dressed in a suit, he seemed to be late for something,___________waiting for his cash to appear. The machine made a noise, and he immediately___________a pile of bills and headed out. Curiously, I walked over to the ATM, where I started pressing the buttons as if knowing the___________.Then I looked into the bottom of the machine. There I saw it: a beautiful, crisp $ 20 bill!___________I wanted to believe my magic made the cash appear, I knew the man in the suit must have left it behind.
I held the money in my hand, staring at the number “20” and feeling_____________than I ever had. I thought about slipping the money into my pocket. No one would know, but it wasn’t___________.I knew it didn’t belong to me. I had to find its owner and give it back! So I told my mom what had happened. “We’ll look for him.” she said kindly. We rushed out and found him stepping into his car in the parking lot! We___________him and asked whether he had left money at the cash machine. “Let me___________,” he said, pulling out his wallet and bills. “Twenty, forty, eighty...Oh! You’re right,” he said with surprise, “I’m____________a $20 bill.”
“Here you go,” I said, smiling with pride, as if I was a(n)____________who had solved a mystery. “Thank you so much,” he said, bending down and shaking my hand. My heart____________with happiness. Before saying goodbye, he asked my mom for my name and____________. “I want to send your daughter a thank-you card,” he said.
On my way home, my____________was racing. Twenty dollars. What could I have done with it? I bet I could have bought a puppy or every single candy bar in town! But now____________of that would happen. Yet I knew I had done the right thing.
A few weeks later, I got a box with a note. I ripped it open to find packages of candy.
“Dear Felice, thank you very much for____________my $20. You are a great girl, and, appreciate your____________. I hope you enjoy this candy. Best Wishes, Tom.” Tom included his business card. It turned out he was vice-president for the candy company. The candy tasted sweet, each____________reminding me that what I had done mattered. Although my honesty wouldn’t always be____________with candy, it would make a difference to someone. And that was the____________part of all.
【1】
A．school
B．church
C．store
D．bank
【2】
A．angrily
B．excitedly
C．hopefully
D．anxiously
【3】
A．covered
B．seized
C．handed
D．posted
【4】
A．machine
B．assistant
C．man
D．password
【5】
A．Though
B．Since
C．Once
D．Until
【6】
A．smarter
B．stronger
C．prettier
D．richer
【7】
A．right
B．wrong
C．fair
D．easy
【8】
A．caught
B．approached
C．guided
D．searched
【9】
A．try
B．think
C．check
D．guess
【10】
A．sparing
B．seeking
C．missing
D．changing
【11】
A．engineer
B．detective
C．manager
D．designer
【12】
A．hurt
B．sank
C．swelled
D．jumped
【13】
A．address
B．age
C．habit
D．birthday
【14】
A．car
B．memory
C．time
D．mind
【15】
A．both
B．none
C．some
D．either
【16】
A．returning
B．remembering
C．keeping
D．lending
【17】
A．loyalty
B．devotion
C．honesty
D．bravery
【18】
A．dollar
B．bite
C．product
D．choice
【19】
A．marked
B．replaced
C．shared
D．rewarded
【20】
A．sweetest
B．hardest
C．freshest
D．heaviest
26、假定你是李华，你所生活的滨河社区将举行一场元宵节游园活动（Garden Activity）。请代表你的社区委员会给住在本社区的外教Mr. Smith夫妇发一封英文邀请函。主要内容包括：
1. 活动时间：农历1月15日晚6点至10点
2. 活动地点：滨河公园
3. 活动内容：观灯、猜灯谜、欣赏文艺表演等
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
参考词汇：元宵节 The Lantern Festival 猜灯谜guess lantern riddles
农历年 the lunar year
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