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1、-It is said that J.K Rolling is coming to our school. Are you coming to her speech?
- ______. I can’t wait.
A.It’s a deal B.You bet C.It is up to you D.Of course not
2、When Kerry and Sam met again two years later, each was pleased to see ________.
A．the other B．others C．another D．other
3、I predict that this brand of clothes should _______ well.
A.be sold B.sell C.have sold D.have been sold
4、All the students got very excited at the news that the scientist, who was reported the Nobel Prize, was coming to their school.
A. winning B. having won C. to have won D. to win
5、 The Spring Festival didn’t turn out as exciting, ______was beyond our expectation.
A. as B. which C. what D. that
6、—Sorry we’re late. We ________ the wrong turning.
—That’s all right. Come in, please.
A．take
B．has taken
C．took
D．had taken
7、Of the two sisters, Betty is _____ one, and she is also the one who loves to be quiet.
A. a younger B. a youngest C. the younger D. the youngest
8、Writers often coupled narration with other techniques to develop ideas and support opinions that otherwise________ abstract, unclear, or unconvincing.
A．may remain
B．could remain
C．must have remained
D．might have remained
9、Lily felt down because her proposal was ______ by the manager with no good reason.
A. turned down B. set down
C. put down D. taken down
10、In order to keep fit, the old man makes it a rule _____ for a walk after supper every day．
A．going B．to go C．go D．gone
11、A woman with a bleeding hand hurried in and asked, “Is there a hospital around _____ I can get some medicine for my wounded hand?”
A．that B．which
C．where D．What
12、I’m going to spend the summer vacation in Shanghai, _______ lives my grandmother and some other close relatives.
A. which B. when C. that D. where
13、Sarah, hurry up. I’m afraid you won’t have time to ________ before the party.
A. get changed B. get change
C. get changing D. get to change
14、---Do you think we can get there on time?
--- Yes, ______ the car doesn’t break down.
A.even if B.in case C.so long as D.only if
15、A lack of __________ thinking among Chinese students is blamed for the poor performance in the US examination system, said some critics.
A.quick B.critical C.abstract D.economic
16、Some diseases ________ quickly from one person to another.
A.move B.catch C.spread D.expand
17、Public service ads, also PSAs, often _________ for free, _________ to educate people about health, safety or any other problem that affects public welfare.
A．run; meant B．are run; are meant
C．are run; mean D．run; are meant
18、______ in the street, a terrible car accident happened, resulting in three deaths.
A．While walking
B．Walk
C．Walking
D．When I was walking
19、— Look! How long _____ like this?
— Three weeks! It’s usual here that rain _____ without stopping these days of the year.
A.had it rained; pours
B.has it been raining; pours
C.is it rained; is pouring
D.does it rain; pours
20、I still remember my first teacher we haven’t seen each other for many years
A. for B. because C. since D. though
21、In the morning when we arrived on foot at Dunmont the d'Urville, the French scientific base on the Adelie coast of east Antarctica, we had to break up a thin layer of ice that had formed over the hole we had drilled the day before. The hole went right through the ten-foot-thick iceberg. It was just wide enough for a man and below it lay the sea. We had never tried to dive through such a small opening. I went first. Pushing and pulling with hands, knees, heels and tips on my swim fins, I moved through the hole.
The bottom surface of the sea ice is a thick mixture of floating ice blocks and my fall had set them in motion. They were meeting on the holes as if it had been an upside-down drain(排水管). By the time I pushed one arm into the icy blocks, it was three feet thick.Grabbing the safety rope, I was scared and pulled myself up inch by inch, but my shoulders got stuck. Suddenly I was astonished by a sharp blow on the head: Cedril Gentil, one of my dive companions was trying to dig me out and his spade had struck my skull(头盖骨). Finally, a hand grabbed mine and dragged me into the air. Today's dive was over—— but it was only one of 32.
I have come here with another photographer, Vincent Munier at the invitation of film maker Luc Jacquet, who's working on a sequel (续集) to his 2005 accomplishment,March of the Penguins. While Jacquet films emperor penguins and Munier photographs them, my team will document life under the sea ice.
I've worked for decades as the deep diving photographer at first in the Mediterranean Sea, where I learned to dive thirty years ago. Later, a passion for new mysteries took me elsewhere. I have dived to 400 feet of South Africa to photograph rare coelacanths（ a large fish） and for 24 straight hours off Fakarava, in French Polynesia, to witness the pairing of 17,000 groupers. But this exploration to Antarctica is unlike any other. Here we will be diving deeper than anyone has dived before under Antarctic ice —— and the conditions will be beyond harsh.
【1】Why was the layer of ice the author chose thin?
A．Because it was formed more recently.
B．Because it was near their research base.
C．Because the water there was shallower.
D．Because the temperature there was higher.
【2】What frightened the author when he wanted to return to the surface？
A．The safety rope was missing.
B．Floating ice blocks were about to fill the hole.
C．An unknown creature attacked him.
D．His workmate hit his head by tool to save him.
【3】Why did the author dive into the Antarctic?
A．To record his trouble in the sea.
B．To conduct a research under the sea.
C．To photograph the pairing of penguins.
D．To shoot the sea-born life for Jacquet.
【4】What does the author intend to do in the last paragraph?
A．Introduce his achievements.
B．Show his special interest in diving.
C．Stress that the exploration to Antarctica was unique.
D．Add some scientific background Information.
22、 When Tara Wood brought her daughter to a grocery store to buy the four-year-old some cupcakes, she had no idea that would be a life-changing experience.
As Tara pushed her daughter Norah around the store last month, she passed an old man who was by himself. The old man looked cold, until Norah shouted to him, “Hi! It’s my birthday today!” The man stopped and his demeanor changed from distant and serious to warm and friendly. “How old are you today?” the man asked. After some time talking together, Norah asked her mom to take a picture of her with her new friend “Mr Dan”, Dan Peterson, 82. They hugged and after ten minutes went their separate ways. That could have been the end of the story. But it is actually the beginning of a special relationship.
Tara posted the picture of her daughter and Mr. Dan on Facebook and someone who recognized him reached out to her with his contact information. It turned out that Mr. Dan’s wife died in March and he had been suffering from depression and anxiety ever since. The person on Facebook told Tara that it was the first time they had seen Mr. Dan smile since the death of his wife. Knowing that, Tara contacted Mr. Dan, and ever since Norah and the 82-year-old have developed a friendship unlike any other. “She has shown me a depth of love, a depth that I didn’t know existed,” Mr. Dan told the reporter.
Mr. Dan told Tara that before meeting Norah, he hadn’t had one night of uninterrupted sleep. Anxiety kept him up at all hours and made him restless. After meeting Norah, he said he now sleeps soundly. For Mr. Dan’s 82nd birthday on October 20, the mother and the daughter brought balloons and presents—and, of course, cupcakes. Mr. Dan will also spend a day around Thanksgiving with Norah and her family. “If you don’t take the time to notice people, you will never know how you can positively impact a life,” Tara Wood said.
【1】Why did Mr. Dan look cold?
A.He felt lonely. B.He disliked little kids.
C.He caught a cold. D.He knew little about Norah.
【2】What does the underlined word “demeanor” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?
A.Words. B.Body. C.Thoughts. D.Attitude.
【3】How did Tara know more about Mr. Dan?
A.From a news reporter. B.From a stranger.
C.From a shop assistant. D.From his neighbor.
【4】What can we learn from the story?
A.Giving makes a real difference. B.It is important to respect each other.
C.We should not judge a person at first sight. D.Good things will happen if one keeps trying.
23、Humans are emotional beings, showing feelings in our behavior and facial expressions. But whether these mean the same thing in different cultures has been hotly debated. Now a new study has found that in different social contexts, such as weddings, funerals and sports, people indeed show universal facial expressions.
For the new study, Alan Cowen’s team used a machine learning model, Deep Neural Network (DNN), to systematically analyze facial expressions in thousands of different contexts. These contexts come from more than six million videos uploaded to You Tube between July 2009 and May 2018 by people in 144 countries.
Facial expressions were rated by English speakers in India by selecting applicable emotions from a list of 31 labels, resulting in a total of 16 distinct facial expressions. Meanwhile, contexts were classified in a separate experiment. The results showed that people from different cultures share about 70% of the facial expressions used in response to different social and emotional situations.
“This supports Darwin’s theory that expressing emotions in our faces is universal among humans,” the study co-lead author Dacher Keltner said. “The physical display of our emotions may define who we are as a species, enhancing our communication and cooperation skills and ensuring our survival.”
However, Lisa Barrett, from the Northeastern University College of Science notes that the English speakers in India were given the emotional word ratings rather than labeling the expressions themselves. They used emotion labels such as “anger”, “fear” and “sadness” instead of descriptive terms, thereby inferring the emotions behind the expressions.
She further comments that the raters (评定者) saw the faces in contexts which can’t necessarily be separated from the emotions themselves, and that the key point is that the raters are from just one country. “The ultimate value of Cowen and his colleagues’ study might lie not in the answers it provides,” she concludes, “but in the opportunity for further discovery that it opens up.”
【1】What can we learn from the text?
A．The study is opposite to Darwin’s theory.
B．People in different cultures show similar facial expressions.
C．The team conducted the study by downloading facial expressions.
D．Facial expressions and contexts were classified in the same experiment.
【2】How did Alan Cowen’s team conduct the study?
A．By using a learning machine.
B．By uploading videos to YouTube.
C．By analyzing facial expressions.
D．By using emotion labels.
【3】What can we infer from Dacher Keltner’s words?
A．Social success is dependent on facial expressions.
B．Facial expressions have constantly changed over time.
C．Social skills reflect the ability of one’s expression management.
D．Facial expressions play a vital role in humans’ development.
【4】What is Lisa Barrett’s attitude towards the study?
A．Objective.
B．Ambiguous.
C．Critical.
D．Contradictory.
24、 Alibaba Group will extend its digital operating system to 1.5 million small neighborhood stores in China. Under the so-called Plan W, Alibaba is looking to develop a number of smaller shops with a daily revenue of over 10,000 yuan ($1,456) in lower-tier cities, townships and villages.
The latest move falls under Alibaba’s Ling Shou Tong (LST) business unit, which connects the millions of street stands in China and improves marketing, delivery, and inventory management abilities through digital means. The data-backed retail management system has been designed to digitize the business of millions of mom and pop stores and neighborhood convenience stores.
Alibaba will offer a smart point-of-sale system, some 10,000 new product offerings, and a variety of online touchpoints to help users access offline stores virtually. Alibaba intends to help these mom and pop stores double or even triple their revenue, and they can sell more efficiently, and get flexibility to refill stocks based on their changing needs.
Its POS machine performs every function throughout the retail process and provides real-time suggestions. For instance, it would send out alerts on potential stock shortage, and would recommend cost-effective purchase to enhance the store’s profitability. The machine also collects average selling price for a certain product in the nearby areas, thereby giving references to shop-owners to make informed pricing decisions.
Furthermore, an inventory monitoring system is in operation to give real-time advice on product display. This is coupled with a three-layer warehouse system covering 200 cities and townships to ensure the timely delivery of products, based on geographical shopping preferences that are present in Alibaba’s data book.
Despite slow consumption growth at home and abroad, one in every five small shops surveyed by LST reported they have witnessed positive revenue growth. Average daily revenue surpassed 7,000 yuan, compared with the 3,000 yuan to 5,000 yuan range for average offline stores.
【1】Why does Alibaba come up with Plan W?
A.To open 1.5 million small neighbourhood stores in China.
B.To improve supermarkets’ digital operating system in urban areas.
C.To increase revenue of smaller shops through digital means.
D.To move Ling Shou Tong business unit to under-developed areas.
【2】How can Alibaba’s POS machine make a difference?
A.By warning possible stock shortage.
B.By increasing profit at a higher price.
C.By comparing prices of a product in different cities.
D.By offering shop-owners advice on bargaining.
【3】Which of the following systems functions as a platform where products are distributed punctually?
A.The data-backed retail management system. B.The point-of-sale system.
C.The inventory monitoring system. D.The three-layer warehouse system.
【4】Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A.Application of Digital Means to Small Shops B.Real Secrets of Alibaba Group’s Success
C.Great Hope of Street Stands in China D.Possible Ways of Increasing Small Shops’ Profit
25、Email is one of the Internet’s oldest apps — from the days before we used the word “app” even — and despite its drawbacks, most of us still use it every day.
Typically, the apps we download in 2020 have been _________for mere days or months. We are used to the pang of regret when really useful software suddenly winks out of existence. How has email remained a(n) _________ for nearly years? Yes, it is helpful that email is based on a(n) _________ communications medium that stretches back to some of the first examples of written language. But that isn’t the full story.
First, email managed to survive massive upheavals in the way we use computers. In the early 1970s, when email was born, it was almost _________ a tool for researchers, university students and engineers. You would send, receive and store your email on a work computer. With the _________ of personal computers in the 1980s and 90s, email became something you kept on your own private machines or disks — almost like storing old letters in a shoebox. Now we have come full circle. Most of us store our personal mail in the cloud, which is _________ like storing it on somebody else’s work computer.
It is extremely rare to see apps make the leap from one platform to another like email did. They tend to _________ in the journey from web to mobile, or from one game system to another.
As well as _________ dramatic tech changes, email dealt with another major hurdles — spam (垃圾邮件). In the 1990s and early 2000s, people’s inboxes were _________ with so much junk that it was impossible to find the stuff you wanted. You had to install another program — a spam filter — just to use your email program. But in the age of cloud mail, anti-spam systems have become so good that it is __________ to see one of those quaint old subject lines touting (标榜) “VI@grs@!” or “pron” to get around word filters.
And yet, __________ its heroic triumph over tech obsolescence and spam, email isn’t exactly alluring (吸引人的). We use it mostly for official __________, automated reminders and shopping receipts, along with the occasional bit of personal news. Though email communication is practically instantaneous, it feels __________. Why email when you could text?
Perhaps that is the point. Email isn’t a brand-new way to __________ nor is it juiced up with memes and not takes. But we are still opening G-mail or Hot-mail every day because it works and everybody has it. Under the hood, email uses protocol (数据传递的协议) that keeps trying to send data, over and over, hoping that it can outlast network problems. It doesn’t give up. And somehow, by trying really earnestly, it has __________ the computers where it has born and the spammers who tried to defeat it.
【1】
A．available
B．effective
C．free
D．reasonable
【2】
A．servant
B．dominance
C．constant
D．function
【3】
A．ancient
B．cheap
C．direct
D．simple
【4】
A．exceptionally
B．exclusively
C．generally
D．inclusively
【5】
A．addition
B．company
C．impact
D．rise
【6】
A．essentially
B．literally
C．physically
D．potentially
【7】
A．die
B．malfunction
C．upgrade
D．withdraw
【8】
A．bringing about
B．conflicting with
C．struggling with
D．weathering
【9】
A．buried
B．clogged
C．charged
D．featured
【10】
A．excited
B．rare
C．relieved
D．unpleasant
【11】
A．despite
B．instead of
C．regardless of
D．thanks to
【12】
A．announcement
B．connection
C．correspondence
D．publication
【13】
A．short
B．convenient
C．distant
D．slow
【14】
A．contribute
B．cooperate
C．evolve
D．socialize
【15】
A．abandoned
B．defeated
C．outlived
D．unified
26、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
On a particularly tough day last December, Flores came up with the idea of having her twins send letters to Santa by balloon. She told them that Santa would grab the balloons while he flew through the air on his sled.
The twins were excited. Flores helped them compose their letters, writing down all the things they dreamed Santa might bring them, and then put the notes into festive red balloons.
On a chilly, windy morning, she dressed the girls in identical pink sweatshirts, put beautiful bows in their hair, and then took them outside to release their wishes to the universe.
Several days later, when Alvin Bamburg, 66, was deep in the woods in Grand Cane, Louisiana, something caught his eyes. Hanging in a fallen tree, it looked like litter. But Bamburg felt he must pick it up.
“God just told me,” he says.
As Bamburg approached, he saw that the object was a broken balloon. Attached was a piece of paper decorated with shiny star stickers. It was a child’s Christmas wish list.
“Dear Santa,” the handwritten note read. “ My name is Luna. I am four years old, and I live in Liberal, Kansas. This year I have been nice. I would like candy, Spider-Man ball, and Frozen doll. With love, Luna.”
Bamburg’s heart hammered in his chest. Ever since he was a child, he had dreamed of this. “Years ago,” he says, “classes at school released balloons with notes. I’ve always wanted to find one.”
He believed this was his childhood wish coming true. And he knew he was going to make Luna’s wish come true too.
He just wasn’t sure how.
It is over 650 miles from Grand Cane, Louisiana to Liberal Kansas. But Bamburg’s wife, Lee Ann Bamburg, was not frightened by the distance. An enthusiastic Facebook user, she had seen other people find all sorts of connections through the site and thought it might help her husband find Luna.
注意：
1．续写词数应为150左右；
2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1:
So Alvin posted a photo of the balloon and the Christmas list on his Facebook page.
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Paragraph 2:
Having received so much generosity, Flores and her girls were deeply moved.
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