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1、I wanted some more coffee but there was left.
A. none B. no one C. nothing D. Anything
2、Don't be afraid of difficulties. They can help you ________ experience, and experience can, in turn, broaden your horizons.
A．strengthen
B．intrigue
C．accumulate
D．expand
3、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
4、An increasing number of people are moving to cities ________ having a better life, for the cities promise steady work and higher salaries.
A．with the help of
B．in consequence of
C．by means of
D．in the hope of
5、It’s bad for your eyes if you keep them ______ on the screen for a long time．
A． fixed B． fix
C． fixing D． having fixed
6、People today watch TV more than they buy books, ______ is why they understand visual information far better than written information.
A．that
B．which
C．what
D．as
7、You _____ something great, otherwise you wouldn't have got the promotion.
A. should do B. must do
C. should have done D. must have done
8、 Can you write about a challenging situation ______ you once faced in your life and how you dealt with it?
A．where B．when C．which D．there
9、Actually，it’s not the years in your life_______count，but the life in your years．
A． what B． which
C． that D． when
10、Many parents in China always _______ too much importance to words, ordering their children to do this or that.
A. attach B. add C. link D. apply
11、I’ve been trying to phone Charles all evening, but there must be something wrong with the network; I can’t seem to_____.
A. get through B. get off
C. get in D. get along
12、How did it come about ________ a quiet person should appear so wild today?
A. whether B. that C. if D. what
13、Volunteering gives you a chance _______ lives，including your own．
A．change B．changing
C．changed D．to change
14、The result of the study indicated that it was the type of fat, ______ is often the case, ________ made the difference.
A． as; that B． which; what
C． that; who D． which; that
15、 ______ strong and powerful China will certainly benefit ______ whole world.
A. A; a B. The; a
C. The; the D. A; the
16、_____to college changed him a lot． It made him much mature.
A． Go B． Going
C． Gone D． To be going
17、--- I heard that our project will be put off.
--- Really? I suppose it is such bad news most of us will feel upset about.
A.that B.which C.as D.what
18、The ________ was done early in the morning without a ceremony.
A. bury B. burying
C. buried D. burial
19、The details of costs and prices are ______, as no one knows exactly what is included and what is not.
A.arbitrary B.authentic C.ambiguous D.artificial
20、—Are you finishing your task?
— ________ . We still need at least two days.
A．Exactly
B．Not a little
C．No wonder
D．Far from it
21、When I first began running in high school on the track team, it made sense to carefully clock every mile and push myself to race for personal bests. But as I transitioned from running for sport to running for amusement as an adult, I found that tracking my workouts often just ended with frustration. And it wasn’t until my watch battery died several years ago that I first experienced the sense of calm that comes with running for the pure joy of it. I never replaced the watch battery, and experts say that might not be a bad thing for my fitness goals.
This is the idea of unplugged(不插电的) running, which is gaining steam in the fitness community. And recent research has shown that getting rid of your running watch, especially if it’s a smartwatch or fitness tracker, could actually improve your workout.
“People used to have an interest in their sport and got enjoyment out of the sport, but now that’s switching to the data,” said Eoin Whelan, a senior lecturer at the National University of Ireland Galway. “They will compare themselves to people who are better than them, who are running faster or running longer. And ultimately we know that makes them feel bad.”
Whelan also noted that people who are very dependent on smart watches or fitness trackers are more likely to skip their workout if the batteries on their tracking device are dead.
In addition, there is evidence that running watch-free is beneficial for more than just the casual jogger. Olympic marathoner Trevor Hofbauer made headlines for winning the 2019 Canadian Marathon Championships without a watch. He stopped tracking his pace years ago and only trains based on his effort and his overall running time: Getting rid of the pace tracking on his watch, as well as switching off other technology while he runs, has helped him get more “in tune” with his body.
“If you have too much information being fed to you in real time, it can kind of get in your head,” Hofbauer said. “For me, the simpler, the better.”
【1】What happened to the author when his running watch didn’t work?
A．He lost the desire to keep running every day.
B．He experienced running as a really fun activity.
C．He was at a loss how to replace the watch battery.
D．He had great difficulty achieving his fitness goals.
【2】What does Eoin Whelan think of running watches?
A．They can lead to hurtful comparisons.
B．The way people use them is different.
C．The data provided by them is not correct.
D．They can help enrich the wearers’ social life.
【3】Why does the author mention Trevor Hofbauer in paragraph 5?
A．To show the popularity of running watch-free.
B．To encourage people to become professional runners.
C．To prove the positive effects of running watch-free.
D．To present professionals’ views on running watch-free.
【4】Which can be a suitable title for the text?
A．It is time to take off your running watch
B．The running watch is gaining more popularity
C．We should enjoy a break without a running watch
D．A running watch can slow down your running speed
22、I love books that are great to read aloud, side-splittingly funny, hair-raisingly exciting and make me cry. Here are my top four children's books.
A book that made me cry: The Lorax by Dr. Seus
The Lorax's doomed fight to save his beloved Truffula trees from extinction at the hands of the blue-armed capitalist called the Onceler, has that lovely mixture of humour, truth and pathos. "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better, it's not," says the Onceler, throwing the Very Truffula Seed of Them All down to the child who is being told the story.
At this point, if you are not in tears, you have a heart of stone.
A book that made me want to be the heroine: Pippi Long-stocking by Astride Lindgren
Pippi Lon-stocking was so strong that she could lift a horse above her head. She had independent means, no visible parents, the cheek of several Peter Pans and her very own monkey. I longed to be her.
A book with a fantasy world I am tempted to believe is true:
The Sword in the Stone by T.H. White
"The best thing for being sad, is to learn something," says Merlin, the magician who lives life backwards. This is a book about learning to be a hero, and it is funny and wise. The fight between the two knights with armour（盔甲）so heavy that they can barely move still makes me laugh out loud.
A book for your inner and your actual teenager: Holes by Louis Sachar
Stanley Yelnats is a young delinquent who is pointlessly digging holes at Camp Green Lake as punishment for a crime he did not commit. A thrilling story of crime, redemption（救赎）and how the past haunts the present.
【1】Which book is hair-raisingly exciting?
A．The Lorax
B．Pippi Long-stocking
C．The Sword in the Stone
D．Holes
【2】Which of the following is true according to the article?
A．The Lorax tells a thrilling story that may scare many children.
B．Pippi Long-stocking is a hero with special personality traits.
C．The Sword in the Stone tells a story about a magician looking for as sword all his life.
D．In Holes, Stanley Yelnats is wronged and punished.
【3】The following adjectives can be used to describe the features of the above four books except ________.
A．imaginative
B．exclusive
C．thrilling
D．humorous
23、 Ever walked to the shops only to find, once there, you’ve completely forgotten what you went for? Or struggled to remember the name of an old friend? For years we’ve accepted that a forgetful brain is as much a part of ageing as wrinkles and grey hair．But now a new book suggests that we’ve got it all wrong.
According to The Secret Life of the Grown-up Brain, by science writer Barbara Strauch, when it comes to the important things, our brains actually get better with age．In fact, she argues that some studies have found that our brain hits its peak between our 40s and 60s—much later than previously thought.
Furthermore, rather than losing many brain cells as we age, we retain them, and even produce new ones well into middle age．For years it’s been assumed that brain, much like the body, declines with age．But the longest, largest study into what happens to people as they age suggests otherwise.
This continuing research has followed 6,000 people since 1956, testing them every seven years．It has found that on average, participants performed better on cognitive(认知的) tests in their 40s and 50s than they had done in their 20s．Specifically, older people did better on tests of vocabulary, verbal memory (how many words you can remember) and problem solving.
Where they performed less well was number ability and perceptual speed—how fast you can push a button when ordered．However, with more complex tasks such as problem-solving and language, we are at our best at middle age and beyond．In short, researchers are now coming up with scientific proof that we do get wiser with age.
Neuroscientists are also finding that we are happier with ageing．A recent US study found older people were much better at controlling and balancing their emotions．It is thought that when we’re younger we need to focus more on the negative aspects of life in order to learn about the possible dangers in the world, but as we get older we’ve learned our lessons and are sub-consciously aware that we have less time left in life: therefore, it becomes more important for us to be happy．
【1】Barbara Strauch probably agrees that ______．
A．the young are better at handling important things
B．people’s brains work best between their 40s and 60s
C．ageing leads to the decline of the function of the brain
D．wrinkles and grey hair are the only symbols of ageing
【2】The continuing research has found older people perform better on _____ .
A．vocabulary tests
B．number ability
C．perceptual speed
D．body balance
【3】People are happier with age because ______.
A．they learn to value the time left
B．they know how to share feelings
C．they cannot focus on negative aspects
D．they do not realize the possible dangers
【4】What is the main idea of the passage?
A．People get wiser with age．
B．People get more forgetful with age．
C．People get happier with age．
D．People get more self-aware with age．
24、 FaceApp has taken the world by storm, giving users the chance to see themselves age through its algorithm. 12.7 million people---some three million more than the population of New York City—reportedly downloaded it in one seven-day period last month.
Although the Russian app has become known for its privacy issues, the more interesting lesson of our FaceApp fling (尽情玩乐）is what it tells us about our society—and our future lives. It turns out we are more interested in aging than we realized. I’m surprised by this. Most younger people are in denial (否认）about old age, doing almost nothing to prepare for it. We rarely have a chance to plan for the future, with increasing time and financial pressures. Those pressures bring sacrifices that we may not always want to make: we can no longer afford to spend the time or the money needed to look after our elderly parents.
As a family doctor, I can see the loneliness epidemic developing. Elderly patients come to see me with no particular illness, no clear medical issue. After a few minutes of the consultation, I understand why: they're not sick, and often they don’t feel sick. They just need someone—anyone-to talk to.
Although loneliness has no medical classification, the health effects are real: the result of loneliness and isolation can be as harmful to our health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, and is more damaging than obesity. But loneliness does not come with nearly enough health warnings.
So what next? Since 1980, we are living on average 10 years longer. At the same time, people are having fewer and fewer children, and they are having them much later in life. The snake of a world class health service is eating its own tail; its care is prolonging (延长) people's lives, but as the ratio of pensioners（退休人员）to working -age people increases, there are fewer taxpayers to fund that very health service.
Into this void have stepped NGOs, charities and volunteers. But in the long term, the only way to truly help the oldest meters of our society is to go back to the traditional values of intergenerational（两代间的） cooperation—often under same roof. Ultimately, we will need to evolve towards a culture where elderly care is treated the same as childcare, where employers recognize the duty of someone with an elderly parent the same way they recognize those of someone with a newborn child.
【1】The example of FaceApp is used to _____.
A.prove the popularity of it B.explain the function of it
C.show the progress of technology D.introduce the topic of aging and loneliness
【2】What makes elderly people without illness go to see their family doctors?
A.Desire to have the consultation. B.Strong feeling of loneliness.
C.Unclear medical issues. D.Questions to ask doctors.
【3】How can the oldest members be truly helped?
A.By being treated as children.
B.By going back to the traditional society.
C.By providing family care.
D.By living with other elderly people under the same roof.
【4】What can we learn from the passage?
A.The loneliness of elderly people needs more attention.
B.FaceApp’s popularity proves it has no security problems.
C.Health service lacks fund because of prolonged peopled lives.
D.FaceApp is helpful in dealing with elderly peopled loneliness.
25、 Wang Dewen, known as “Grandpa Amu” online, is a 63-year-old man. He has skills beyond the _______ of ordinary people and creates woodwork with nothing _______ a single piece of wood. He has brilliant traditional carpentry (木工) skills, _______ first-time viewers online with his woodwork.
The Chinese carpenter has been _______ Lu Ban in modem times. His most _______ video — making a wooden arch bridge, has spread quickly on overseas social platforms, _______ more than 42 million views! Grandpa Amu _______ ancient Chinese mortise and tenon (榫卯) structures in his work, a technique _______ used in traditional Chinese architecture and furniture. The entire _______ of building the arch bridge involves no nails or glue. A man ________ under the video, “A block of wood is ________ into a great work of art. You’re not a carpenter; you’re an ________.”
He has become a real ________ on overseas social platforms — so far attracting millions of fans overseas.____________, Grandpa Amu insists that he is not an Internet celebrity but just an ________ farmer. He has used his extraordinary skills mostly to ________ his young grandson, making all kinds of toys. He is also trying to________ unique Chinese techniques to the world. “We ________ the idea of making the videos because we are ________ to bring our priceless culture to others and make these ancient Chinese technique come to people’s ________,” said Grandpa Amu’s daughter-in-law.
【1】A.memory B.boundary C.reach D.acknowledgement
【2】A.rather than B.better than C.less than D.other than
【3】A.moving B.astonishing C.satisfying D.inspiring
【4】A.compared to B.influenced by C.taken for D.identified as
【5】A.precious B.complex C.special D.popular
【6】A.accepting B.gaining C.providing D.witnessing
【7】A.develops B.spreads C.employs D.improves
【8】A.hardly B.typically C.really D.recently
【9】A.process B.progress C.project D.pace
【10】A.reflected B.commented C.explained D.recommended
【11】A.broken B.piled C.transformed D.mixed
【12】A.artist B.inventor C.expert D.engineer
【13】A.winner B.hero C.hit D.pioneer
【14】A.Therefore B.Besides C.Instead D.However
【15】A.outstanding B.ordinary C.ambitious D.actual
【16】A.entertain B.educate C.impress D.encourage
【17】A.apply B.deliver C.adjust D.introduce
【18】A.lived up to B.looked forward to C.came up with D.made up for
【19】A.anxious B.bound C.confident D.curious
【20】A.vision B.mind C.conception D.knowledge
26、读后续写
The day of my big solo (独唱表演) had finally arrived. Everyone was there: my mom and dad and my little brother. It was a big event: the Spring Fling Choir Concert. My name was on the cover of the program. “Cindy Hamond … Soloist.” I couldn’t believe it. Not that it was my name, but that it wasn’t Renee Swanson’s.
Renee and I had been friends since kindergarten. She was always wherever I was and she was always ahead of me. Dance-class recital needs a big finish? Renee was picked. Softball? She played first base. And the school plays? Renee would have the leads. The only time I ever came in ahead of Renee was at roll call (点名). Hamond comes before Swanson. I count that as a victory.
The choir concert tryout was stressful for me. We waited while Ms. Jenkins called us one at a time into the choir room. When Ms. Jenkins got to the H’s, my heart sped up and my whole body was shaking. When I came back, Renee smiled at me. Ms. Jenkins called her name and Renee calmly followed her. She was still calm and smiling when her tryout was over.
When Ms. Jenkins announced who had made the special choir group, I wasn’t surprised when Renee’s name was on her list and mine wasn’t. “So,” I said under my breath, “what else is new?”
Sudden clapping came. Everyone was looking at me. I’ve missed something here, I thought. Ms. Jenkins looked at me, “Cindy, you will have to start practicing with me. The solos take extra preparation.” Solo? I got the solo? I could hardly believe my ears. I glanced over at Renee. She smiled and gave me the thumbs-up sign.
Now the day had come. we filed onto the stage and took our places. I was front and center. Ms. Jenkins raised her baton (指挥棒) and we began to sing. I could see my parents were smiling at me.
The spotlight circled me in its bright light. Ms. Jenkins nodded and pointed her baton at me, but I froze right there on the spot.
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I couldn’t breathe, neither could I think, and worse still, I couldn’t sing.
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The rest of the solo went well.
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