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1、The performance _____ nearly three hours, but few people left the theatre early.
A. covered B. reached C. played D. lasted
2、---Who are you waiting for?
--- ______ us a lecture in half an hour.
A. The professor wants to give B. The professor will give
C. The professor is about to give D. The professor to give
3、It is a pity to see the US engage in a war of words ________ jointly battle COVID-19 with China when the world is suffering.
A.or rather B.rather than C.other than D.more than
4、When fully to work, was often the case, he would forget about eating or sleeping.
A．devoted； that
B．devoting； which
C．devoting； that
D．devoted； as
5、As a new diplomat, he often thinks of ______he can react more appropriately in emergency situations.
A．what
B．how
C．that
D．which
6、 Premier Wen’s three-day visit to Japan, ______ as the “ice-melt” trip, has a positive effect on
Sino-Japanese relationship.
A. being intended B. intended
C. to intend D. having intended
7、If there were no cellphones, life ________ quite different because we depend too much on them.
A. will be B. would be C. is D. were
8、It is universally acknowledged that ____and ignorance are the enemies of progress.
A.poverty B.pattern C.patient D.property
9、Although she did not need to apologize, she did ______ some responsibility for their problems.
A．acknowledge
B．recall
C．clarify
D．guarantee
10、Unfortunately, fifteen-year-old Paige suffers from _______________ rare brain disease, which affects as few as 12 people in the world, and could kill her any day _______________ warning.
A. a; without B. the; without
C. a; with D. the; with
11、History enables pupils to learn about their culture, ________ helps them to understand the society they live in.
A. who B. which
C. where D. that
12、— Excuse me, where is George?
— George ________ too far. His coffee is still warm.
A．must have gone
B．might have gone
C．can’t have gone
D．needn’t have gone
13、The cost of living ________ by ten percent before the government took any action.
A.was going B.went up C.has gone up D.had gone up
14、 herself with routine office work, she had no time to attend to her children.
A. Occupying B. Occupied
C. Being occupied D. To be occupied
15、 _____________ parents say and do has a life-long effect on their children.
A. That B. Which C. What D. As
16、Even though he gives away a piece of his fortune each year, the stock of Berkshire Hathaway, the source of Warren Buffet’s wealth, ________ very rapidly.
A. has raised B. has been raising
C. has risen D. has been rising
17、The long lasting cold current has brought ________ winter in my memory to the east coast of the United States．
A. the longer B. the longest
C. a longer D. a long
18、 They reached the top of the mountain__________ they could see the highway wandering before them.
A. which B. why
C. whose D. where
19、One factor _______ my weight gain was my love for cooking, especially rich, high-fat desserts, which I enjoyed preparing and of course, eating.
A. turning out B. accounting for
C. resulting from D. putting on
20、Moving to Canada for higher education has been exciting. On the first day of term, there were crowds of people in the dormitory, all where they should go.
A. looked for B. looking for C. were looking for D. had been looking for
21、Still seeking a destination for your weekend break? There are some places which are probably a mere wall away from your college.
King’s Art Centre
A day at the Centre could mean a visit to an exhibition of the work of one of the most interesting contemporary artists on show anywhere. This weekend sees the opening of an exhibition of four local artists.
You could attend a class teaching you how to ‘learn from the masters’ or get more creative with paint – free of charge.
The Centre also runs two life drawing classes for which there is a small fee.
The Botanic Garden
The Garden has over 8,000 plant species; it holds the research and teaching collection of living plants for Cambridge University.
The multi-branched Torch Aloe here is impressive. The African plant produces red flowers above blue-green leaves, and is not one to miss.
Get to the display house to see Dionaea muscipula, a plant more commonly known as the Venus Flytrap that feeds on insects and other small animals.
The Garden is also a place for wildlife-enthusiasts. Look for grass snakes in the lake. A snake called ‘Hissing Sid’ is regularly seen lying in the heat of the warm sun.
Byron’s Pool
Many stories surround Lord Byron’s time as a student of Cambridge University. Arriving in 1805, he wrote a letter complaining that it was a place of “mess and drunkenness”. However, it seems as though Byron did manage to pass the time pleasantly enough. I’m not just talking about the pet bear he kept in his rooms. He spent a great deal of time walking in the village.
It is also said that on occasion Byron swam naked by moonlight in the lake, which is now known as Byron’s Pool. A couple of miles past Grant Chester in the south Cambridge shire countryside, the pool is surrounded by beautiful circular paths around the fields. The cries of invisible birds make the trip a lovely experience and on the way home you can drop into the village for afternoon tea. If you don’t trust me, then perhaps you’ll take it from Virginia Woolf – over a century after Byron, she reportedly took a trip to swim in the same pool.
【1】As mentioned in the passage, there is a small charge for ____.
A. attending the masters’ class
B. working with local artists
C. learning life drawing
D. seeing an exhibition
【2】“Torch Aloe” and “Venus Flytrap” are ____.
A. common insects
B. impressive plants
C. rarely-seen snakes
D. wildlife-enthusiasts
【3】We can infer from the passage that Byron seemed ____.
A. to fear pet bears
B. to like walking
C. to be a heavy drinker
D. to finish university in 1805
【4】 In the passage Byron’s Pool is described as a lake ____.
A. surrounded by fields
B. owned by Lord Byron
C. located in Grant Chester
D. discovered by Virginia Woolf
22、A report released this month found that grouping children by ability is on the rise again— teaching students in groups of similar ability has improved achievement for fast and slow learners alike—and who wouldn’t want bright kids to be able to move ahead, or strugglers to get the help they need?
But for most kids, labels (标签) applied early in life tend to stick, even if they are wrong.
Sorting school children by ability has long been controversial. In some countries, especially in Asia, school-wide tracking (分流) remains normal. Children are tested and placed in different schools that direct them toward professional or vocational careers. Movement between the tracks is rare.
School-wide tracking decreased in U.S. schools in the 1960s and ’70s. It never died out, though. Sorting students into separate tracks for math at about junior high school age continues to be common, and other forms of tracking persist as well.
Unlike tracking, which means sorting students into separate classrooms, ability grouping happens within classrooms. When done according to the latest research, it has proven to promote achievement.
Ability grouping is changeable and temporary. Within classrooms, students might be divided into different learning groups dealing with materials of different levels. Any students who master concepts can move upward between groups, and the student groups might look different from subject to subject and unit to unit. For instance, a student who stands out in language arts might be at an average or slower level in math. A student who flies through multiplication tables might need extra help with fractions. Students who lag in reading can be pulled out of the classroom in small groups for practice with a tutor until their reading improves.
Research shows ability grouping within classes has more positive benefits than tracking. However, that must be weighed against the challenges involved. In many regular classrooms, the differences between student ability levels are very big. That presents challenges for teachers and low-performing students to constantly compare themselves with students who seem to fly through school with ease.
The rigid ability groups and tracking of the past are still with us in many schools. Likely, labels are applied with more caution than in the bad old days when some teachers gave reading groups not-so-secret code names like “Bluebirds”, “Robins”, “Crows” and “Buzzards”. But kids still know.
【1】Why is grouping children by ability becoming popular again?
A. Because most teachers do not like slower learners.
B. Because grouping children should be done early in life.
C. Because it is academically beneficial to different learners.
D. Because fast learners can move ahead without teachers’ help.
【2】By saying “Movement between the tracks is rare.” (Para 3), the writer really means______.
A. tracking children is normal in Asia
B. school-wide tracking has decreased in US
C. professional and vocational careers are unrelated
D. sorted students can hardly change schools
【3】The examples in Paragraph 6 are used mainly to illustrate ______.
A. a good language learner promises to be good at maths
B. a student might join different groups for different courses
C. ability grouping benefits gifted students more than slow ones
D. ability grouping presents no challenge for those slow students
【4】What might be the challenge in regular classrooms for teachers?
A. Students’ different levels.
B. Students’ low performance.
C. Constant self-comparison.
D. Application of not-so-secret code.
23、 Artist Zsudayka Nzinga Terrell clearly remembers the day in high school when the teacher asked her to write about her family history. She saw that it was impossible to answer the questions “Who am I?” and “Where did I come from?”.
Nzinga Terrell told her memories. “The white kids were able to get up and talk about hundreds of years of their background. And there was me and one other black kid in the class who could go back to a plantation(种植园) in Virginia and that’s it.” She talked about her family history. “My people were brought here on the bottom of a ship. And they were sold and they were renamed.”
Today, she and her husband, artist James Terrell explore their family history in their work. Their new exhibit of paintings is called Born at the Bottom of the Ship. The show recently opened at the Center for the Arts in Manassas, Virginia.
Over the generations, Africans have become African Americans with a new culture, and Nzinga Terrell includes different parts of that story in her art. There are things that look like African cloth and design and things that make you think of American culture and clothing.
James Terrell’s style is more abstract. His painting Mami Wata shows a woman rising from the ocean. Terrell explains the painting, “ Mami Wata is a goddess of the sea. There’s no light going through; there’s not a lot of color being seen, as opposed to the other ones. So, it’s just showing the time of the slaves being brought to America. ”
But the artist says he also likes to play with color. Growing up, James Terrell attended a church with colored glass in many windows. Because of that experience, he learned how light goes through the windows. He makes lines in his painting that look like the lines between pieces of colored glass in the church windows.
Visitors seeing the Terrells’ works say they see themselves and their family members in the works.
【1】How did high school Nzinga Terrell find talking about her origin and identify?
A.Possible. B.Exciting.
C.Annoying. D.Difficult.
【2】What can we know about Nzinga Terrell’s people?
A.They had to use the same names forever.
B.They led a life with no freedom at all.
C.They took up their jobs mostly aboard.
D.They were eager to get rid of poverty.
【3】What’s the painting Mami Wata like?
A.It’s typical of native American style.
B.It’s abstract with rich and bright colors.
C.It reflects a dark time of the black slaves.
D.It describes a church James once attended.
【4】What is paragraph 6 mainly about?
A.The story about James Terrells unique painting style.
B.The way James Terrell makes use of different kinds of colors.
C.The reason why James Terrell prefers to go to church to paint.
D.The influence of James Terrell’s church experience on his painting.
24、 Ready to give up long showers, water parks, and unlimited water gushing out of your taps? A new study says more than three-hundred-thirty-five-million people are faced with water shortage now. The oceans are full, of course. But the liquid—fresh, clean water for drinking and watering crops is in short supply in many parts of the world. Rivers are running low, lakes are shrinking, streams have stopped flowing, and groundwater is being pumped dry. However, the demand for water keeps increasing. So there comes unavoidably the water crisis!
What is causing the crisis? Experts say it is a complex combination of climate change and rapid population growth. On the one hand, global climate change threatens to reduce water supplies due to decreased rainfall. On the other hand, population growth is driving explosive demand for water, prompting rivers in thirsty countries to be tapped for nearly every drop and driving governments to pump out so-called fossil water.
Lack of water may result in several problems. It may increase health problems. Lack of water often means drinking waters are not safe. Lack of water may also result in more international conflict. Countries may have to compete for water in the future. Some countries now get sixty percent of their fresh water from other countries. And lack of water would affect the ability of developing to improve their economies. This is because new industries often need a large amount of water when they are beginning.
One partial answer to the world water shortage, at least for countries near the sea, is to build more desalination plants that change seawater into fresh water. Another suggested solution is for water-rich countries, such as Canada, to sell water to countries which are poor in water.
【1】Why does the author say the water crisis is unavoidable?
A.Because the oceans are full B.Because the rivers are running low
C.Because demand for water keeps decreasing D.Because many countries are competing
【2】According to the text, __________ may cause the water crisis.
A.long showers and water parks B.climate change and population growth
C.health problems and international conflict D.economy development and population growth
【3】Water shortage may result in the following problems EXCEPT___________.
A.health problems B.international conflict
C.the inability to improve economies D.the illegal selling of water
【4】What is the author’s suggestion to solve the water shortage problem?
A.Change seawater into fresh water B.Buy water from rich countries
C.Develop new industries D.Plant more trees
25、It was summer and I had gotten one of the few jobs a 16—year—old can find— working at Burger King, a fast—food restaurant. It certainly wasn’t a good job, but it meant _________, which was something I needed badly to support my family.
One day, I was working behind the front counter, taking _________. The customers were coming and going, and the woman who _________ didn’t seem any different from most others.
She ordered her meal and I told her the total. As she searched _________ her purse to find some change, the woman soon _________ that she was about a dollar short. “I’m _________ to say this, but I guess I won’t be able to make my purchase _________,” she said sadly.
That’s when I had the idea of paying the difference for her. She _________ at first, but after I insisted, she agreed. She thanked me and moved to the end of the counter to _________ her order. I continued with my work and thought __________more of it.
About an hour later __________ had slowed down and I was waiting for my next customer. Then I glanced over towards the __________ and saw the same woman I’d helped with the money entering again. I __________ recognized her.
She walked straight up to me and said,“I want to thank you again for what you did. You see, I’m a diabetic (糖尿病患者), and __________ I need to eat something right away. That’s __________ I came in earlier. If you hadn’t helped me__________ you did, I might have been dizzy. Thank you.”
She handed me two dollars, twice __________ I’d given her.
__________the woman walk away, I realized that God had used me to help me.In the end, I was __________not only with money but also with the __________ of knowing that I’d helped someone out of a tight spot.
【1】
A．cuisine
B．money
C．resolution
D．integrity
【2】
A．menus
B．orders
C．service
D．food
【3】
A．resolved
B．prohibited
C．presented
D．approached
【4】
A．beyond
B．through
C．beneath
D．across
【5】
A．committed
B．compromised
C．emphasized
D．realized
【6】
A．embarrassed
B．disappointed
C．guilty
D．humble
【7】
A．above all
B．first of all
C．after all
D．at all
【8】
A．postponed
B．declined
C．restored
D．adjusted
【9】
A．get over
B．pick out
C．get along
D．pick up
【10】
A．everything
B．anything
C．nothing
D．something
【11】
A．customers
B．orders
C．pressure
D．business
【12】
A．counter
B．restaurant
C．entrance
D．grocery
【13】
A．instantly
B．apparently
C．definitely
D．constantly
【14】
A．at a time
B．at time
C．sometime
D．sometimes
【15】
A．when
B．where
C．why
D．how
【16】
A．since
B．as
C．until
D．once
【17】
A．that
B．which
C．what
D．whose
【18】
A．Watching
B．Witnessing
C．Observing
D．Noticing
【19】
A．awarded
B．honored
C．rewarded
D．assigned
【20】
A．alternative
B．satisfaction
C．qualification
D．motive
26、首届智博会于2018年8月23日至25日在重庆国际博览中心（Chongqing International Expo Center）举行，3天超过50万人参展体验，如人脸识别（face recognition）、自动驾驶（auto drive）等，兴致极高。假如你叫李华，是校报的一名英语小记者，请你为校报的英语专栏写一篇稿件，介绍你去参加重庆智博会（Smart China Expo）的情况。
1.报道重庆智博会的情况；
2.我的感想……
注意：词数100左右。
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