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1、There is little chance that we will succeed in changing the law. ________, it is vital that we strive for the equality.
A．Moreover
B．Nevertheless
C．Despite
D．Additionally
2、When Tom was in New York, he ________ the Museum Mile twice.
A．has visited
B．visited
C．had visited
D．would visit
3、—How much do you know about the Youth Olympic Games to be held inNanjing？
—Well，the media ________ it in a variety of forms.
A． cover B． will cover
C． have covered D． covered
4、Despite difficulties, we must bear in mind we set this goal, stick to it and move forward regardless.
A. that B. why
C. when D. where
5、Advanced as technology has become now, we still have no for the common cold.
A. alternative B. substitute C. solution D. cure
6、—Bob! How’s your project? I heard you started it last Friday，right?
—Oh！I ________for it．But I haven’t decided when to do it．
A．have prepared
B．had prepared
C．have been preparing
D．was preparing
7、One solution to this problem now is sustainable development.
A. discussed B. discussing
C. to be discussed D. being discussed
8、________ their hats into the air, the fans of the winning team let out loud shouts of victory.
A. To throw B. Thrown
C. Throwing D. Being thrown
9、—How do you find my purse?
—__________． victim
A． On the playground B． It‘s modern and nice
C． Sorry, I didn‘t． D． From the police
10、Liz has ________ her smoking to only three cigarettes a day, but her final goal is to quit smoking.
A. put down B. set down C. cut down D. turned down
11、There is no doubt that _________ a goal, one needs not only knowledge but also good personalities.
A. achieve B. achieving
C. to achieve D. achieved
12、— Are you cleaning my room, Serena?
— ______. I can’t bear seeing your room in a mess!
A. You are clever B. Not at all
C. I can’t help it D. No chance
13、These tall buildings ________ in our hometown last year.
A．built B．are built C．were built
14、________ I can’t help admiring her courage, I think it’s barely acceptable for an inexperienced driver to drive alone on the freeway.
A.Unless B.As C.Since D.While
15、The questionnaire takes ______ten to fifteen minutes to complete and can be used along with the assessment interview.
A．familiarly
B．critically
C．roughly
D．precisely
16、This summer holiday, many foreign students _______ to China for a holiday.
A. come B. have come
C. had come D. came
17、_____ no time will you be allowed in, unless your identity has been checked.
A.In B.On C.By D.At
18、— Do your two children live in Beijing with you?
— _______. One is in Shanghai, the other is in Tianjin.
A．Both B．All C．Neither
19、Not until they were introduced to each other ______ they had met at a dinner party.
A.they realized B.had they realized
C.they had realized D.did they realize
20、__________ something unexpected happens，I will meet you at the school gate tomorrow
morning.
A．When B．Unless C．Since D．If
21、Where do you find beauty? Fashion Magazines? Music Videos? One American photographer is finding beauty in unexpected places. And a new documentary about his work might help change the traditional standards of “who” is beautiful.
Rick Guidotti put aside his career as a fashion photographer to turn his lens to people living with genetic, physical and behavioral differences. He says what changed his perception of beauty was a chance encounter with an albino（白化病）girl.
“I was just tired of people telling me who was beautiful. Every season that face would change but I was always told who was beautiful. As an artist, I don't see beauty just on covers of magazines. I see it everywhere. So it was my initial intention that opened my eyes a little wider and wider.” Said Guidotti.
Guidotti has created Positive Exposure, a not-for-profit organization that uses photography and video to transform public views and promote a world where differences are celebrated. Guidotti and Positive Exposure are featured in a new documentary called On Beauty.
The cast and crew recently hosted a screening at Georgetown University in Washington. One of the women featured in the film is Jayne Waithera. “I never thought I was beautiful because nobody said that to me, but meeting him was my profound moment. I remember that particular day he took my picture and I felt so good like I felt there's somebody who, really loves me and sees me for who I am and who sees me more than my condition.” said Waithera.
The documentary is the idea of producer Joanna Rudnick. After seeing Guidotti's photos, she decided to tell his story. Joanna and Guidotti are traveling from city to city to promote On Beauty. “As I travel from community to community, I'm taking photographs and I'm encouraging individuals with a positive sense of who they are. They're seeing beauty in their reflection but I'm also encouraging their families and they in turn are encouraging their communities as well. All is based on the philosophy of change how you see,see how you change.”
【1】What made Rick change his understanding of beauty?
A．A girl diagnosed with albino.
B．His job as a fashion photographer.
C．The beauty on the covers of magazines.
D．Influence from the people working with him.
【2】What can we infer about Jayne Waithera?
A．She showed great interest in taking photos.
B．She used to be disappointed at her work and life.
C．She was greatly influenced by the experience with Rick.
D．She believed Rick was the best photographer in the world.
【3】Which of the following words can best describe On Beauty?
A．abstract and different
B．traditional and academic
C．tolerant and encouraging
D．creative and interesting
【4】What's the best title of the text?
A．True Beauty In The Eye Of A Photographer
B．Beautiful Or Not Beautiful,That's A Question
C．Be Who You Are Not Who You Want To Be
D．A Different photographer, A Different Magazine
22、“You can come in here at eight o’clock at night to pick up mail,says Trevor Braun, boasting about the post office inside Elmore Store in rural Vermont. A recent Monday saw a steady stream of locals pop in to pick up their post, send packages and buy groceries. The shop and its post office have been at the centre of the small community, since they opened in the early 1800s. But that may soon change.
After the shop’s longtime owner retired, the United States Postal Service(USPS) did not automatically renew the contract with the new owner. Although it does nearly everything a post office does? the USPS can shut it with little notice.
Without the post office? many of the 900 residents would be virtually cut off from the world. Much of the area has no mobile-phone coverage. The post office is where many get their news. Locals got the state’s officials to fight to keep their post office. Contract negotiations are now under way.
It is not just Elmore’s post office that is in jeopardy. The USPS has been in financial trouble for years. Shifts in the way people communicate and pay bills have meant fewer letters in the post. Banking is done electronically and people use social media to send cards, notes and photos. Newspapers increasingly arrive on mobile devices. True, package volume is up because of e-commerce. But the losses are on the opposite.
On February 8th the USPS announced a $ 1.3bn loss in its most recent quarterly results, compared with a $ 288m loss for the same period in 2021. And unlike other federal agencies? the USPS does not receive direct federal funding. It must rely on stamp sales and shipping income.
The USPS cannot afford to wait long for help. Nor can its customers, who include most small businesses and the Social Security Administration, which mails 350m notices a year. About 7m Medicare recipients get at least one medicine through the post. Over 43% of voters cast their votes by mail in 2021. Johnathan Hladik of the Centre for Rural Affairs puts it this way：“If you don’t have the basic equipment like the ability to get dependable mail, small towns like Elmore simply don’t stand a chance.”
【1】According to Paragraph 1, what do we know about the post office inside Elmore Store?
A．It allows people to get mail at all times of the day.
B．It wins the praise of Trevor Braun due to its services.
C．It is located at the middle of rural Vermont.
D．It will be changed greatly soon by renovation.
【2】What does the phrase “in jeopardy”(Line 1, Para. 4) probably mean?
A．In danger.
B．In order.
C．In place.
D．In vain.
【3】Why is the USPS different from other federal agencies ?
A．Because it has suffered the greatest loss in recent quarterly results.
B．Because its financial loss is in excess of $ 288m in 2022.
C．Because it does not have any access to federal funding.
D．Because it makes a profit in limited ways.
【4】Which of the following could be inferred from the last paragraph?
A．The USPS is relied heavily on by its customers.
B．Many Medicare recipients cannot get any medicines without USPS.
C．More than 43% of the population will vote by mail in 2022.
D．Elmore will keep the post office due to its basic facilities.
23、You’ll probably never go to Mars or sing on the stage with the Rolling Stones. But if virtual reality (VR) ever lives up to its promise, you might be able to do all these things — and many more — without even leaving your home. Unlike real reality, virtual reality means simulating (模仿) bits of our world. Apart from games and entertainment, it’s long been used for training airline pilots and surgeons and for helping scientists to figure out complex problems such as the structure of protein molecules (分子). Then how does it work?
Close your eyes and think of virtual reality and you probably picture something like this: a man wearing a wrap-around headset and data gloves wired into a powerful workstation or supercomputer. What distinguishes VR from an ordinary computer experience is the nature of the input and output. Where an ordinary computer uses things like a keyboard, mouse, or speech recognition for input, VR uses sensors that detect how your body is moving. And where a PC displays output on a screen, VR uses two screens (one for each eye), surround-sound speakers, and maybe some forms of touch and body feedback as well.
VR has been routinely used by scientists, doctors, dentists, engineers, architects, archaeologists, and the military for about the last 30 years. Difficult and dangerous jobs are hard to train for. How can you safely practice taking a trip to space, making a parachute jump, or carrying out brain surgery? All these things are obvious candidates for virtual reality applications.
Like any technology, virtual reality has both good and bad points. Critics always raise the risk that people may be addicted to alternative realities to the point of ignoring their real-world lives — but that criticism has been leveled at everything from radio and TV to computer games and the Internet. Like many technologies, VR takes little or nothing away from the real world: you don’t have to use it if you don’t want to.
【1】What equipment do we probably need for virtual reality?
A. A keyboard, a headset and a supercomputer.
B. A headset, data gloves and a speech recognition.
C. A headset, data gloves and a supercomputer.
D. A keyboard, a mouse and a speech recognition.
【2】Paragraph 3 is mainly about .
A. the principles of virtual reality
B. the applications of virtual reality
C. the history of virtual reality
D. the influences of virtual reality
【3】According to the passage, virtual reality means .
A. imagining beautiful things in our mind
B. creating something that doesn’t exist
C. experiencing things that don’t really exist
D. cloning something that has died out
【4】What is the writer’s attitude towards VR?
A. Appreciative. B. Cautious.
C. Skeptical. D. Indifferent.
24、A “talk show” is a show organized mainly around talk. Television talk shows have been around since the dawn of radio. Thus the start of talk shows’ golden age can be considered as 1948, even though television wasn’t common in American homes until the 1950s. From 1949 to 1973, nearly half of all daytime programming was talk.
Why are there so many talk shows? A talk show costs less than ＄100,000 per episode(一集) to produce whereas many of today’s TV series cost more than ＄1 million an episode. Thus , if successful, it can produce handsome profits . Still, it takes a lot of work . Since 1948, hundreds of talk shows have come and gone, with only a few having true staying power.
There are several types of talk shows , but while the styles might vary, the format(形式) is limited.
What we are most used to is the informal guest-host format, in which shows’hosts welcome famous people or other talk –worthy persons for an informal discussion.
The second most common format is the public issues show, in which hosts interview people in the news or experts in a given field. Shows that follow this format include both morning news programs and “issue” talk shows:
The Museum of Broadcast Communications’ Bernard M. Timberg notes two governing principles of all successful talk shows:
The host is everything :The host has a high degree of control over their show, from subject matter to comedic atmosphere . They are also the show’s brand and are responsible for it. The host can attract and refuse guests, organize their program and , in many cases, name a successor(继任者) when they retire.
Right here, right now: The second rule is that a talk show must be experienced in the present tense, whether it is broadcast live or taped in front of an audience earlier in the day. They should feel fresh, as if they are happening in the moment, even if the show is a 10-year –old rerun.
【1】What is paragraph 1 mainly about?
A. How talk shows appeared? B. Why talk shows appeared?
C. When talk shows appeared? D. Where talk shows appeared?
【2】What is an advantage of talk shows?
A. They are easy to make.
B. They are cheap to produce.
C. They come in varied formats.
D. They remain successful for a long time.
【3】The two formats of talk shows differ in_____________.
A. the atmosphere they create
B. the time they are broadcast
C. whether they are sent out live
D. whether they invite famous guests
【4】What is the key to talk shows’ success according to the second principle?
A. Dealing with the most popular issues.
B. Giving the audience an up-to-date feeling.
C. Inviting the audience to the place where the shows are made.
D. Running the shows several times to refresh the audience’s memory.
25、It’s easy to help some people, but what about those whose needs are not so obvious? This story was a ______ which has stayed with me and helped me a lot ever since.
It was Thanksgiving, and I was ______ with my parents at a shelter for the needy. We were standing behind the counter ______ hot food to whoever came in. Most of our diners looked like they had been having ______ times; their clothes were worn out and dirty. In short, they looked ______! Then, a man came in, who looked ______ but needy. He was well-dressed, in an expensive suit. I ______ what he was doing there, and my jaw dropped in ______ when he joined the line for ______. What was this man doing? The ______ he came to my service station, the more I murmured to myself. Surely he wasn’t going to ______ food meant for those who were ______ in need!
Then my mother ______ took me to one side. She said, “You have ______ that the needs of the people who come here must be purely ______: for food, shelter, clothing, etc. And this gentleman doesn’t seem to have any of those problems. ______ what if his needs are emotional? What if he needs ______ friends, or just to be among other human beings? Her words ______ me like a ton of bricks! I felt I should ______ to the man — but I didn’t.
About a week later the shelter received a large donation from an unknown source. I couldn’t help but wonder ______ it came from that man.
【1】A. success B. shade C. challenge D. lesson
【2】A. connecting B. volunteering C. resting D. staying
【3】A. advertising B. serving C. selling D. sending
【4】A. lonely B. boring C. hard D. busy
【5】A. needy B. strange C. weak D. anxious
【6】A. something B. nothing C. everything D. anything
【7】A. learned B. asked C. wondered D. disliked
【8】A. pain B. fear C. amazement D. trouble
【9】A. food B. fun C. room D. care
【10】A. closer B. sooner C. faster D. easier
【11】A. take B. cook C. taste D. check
【12】A. usually B. possibly C. really D. certainly
【13】A. forcefully B. carefully C. suddenly D. quietly
【14】A. proven B. assumed C. planned D. decided
【15】A. mental B. moral C. natural D. physical
【16】A. Therefore B. But C. And D. So
【17】A. health B. luck C. wealth D. comfort
【18】A. encouraged B. reminded C. hit D. attracted
【19】A. apologize B. reply C. complain D. explain
【20】A. why B. if C. how D. when
26、假定你是李华，你的美国笔友 Andy 即将到你所在的中学做一年交换生，想提前了解一些情况，故写信向你求助。请你给他写一封回信，提供有关天气、当地饮食习惯、学校生活等方面的信息。
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