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1、--So you gave Lucy your iPad?
--_______ I just lent it to her.
A. That's OK B. Not exactly
C. It doesn't matter D. No problem
2、Mary is said to be the first one ____ to her unit this morning.
A．to come
B．coming
C．come
D．came
3、It’s quite strange that the man sleeps with his mouth ____ and his eyes _____.
A.closing; open B.closed; opened
C.closing; opening D.closed; open
4、The French Revolution was successful in ________ society of inequality, which had a great effect on many other countries, particularly those in Europe.
A. informing B. reminding C. ridding D. robbing
5、 You are saying that everyone should be equal, and this is _______I disagree.
A. why B. where C. what D. how
6、Many people have applied for a job with our company, but we only have one or two ______ positions at the moment.
A. empty B. vacant C. permanent D. adequate
7、His opinions are so ridiculous and impractical that I don't see how any ________ person could agree with him.
A．considerate
B．sensible
C．genuine
D．sensitive
8、The Internet makes it easier to keep us ________ what is happening in the world.
A．being informed
B．be informed of
C．informing
D．informed of
9、She became ______to her husband , for he had a wise head.
A. attacked B. attached
C. adjusted D. adopted
10、I was sent to the village last month to see how the development plan ________ out in the past two years.
A．has carried
B．had carried
C．has been carried
D．had been carried
11、When asked about his childhood, the man was found . Obviously, it is a scar he doesn’t want to be touched.
A．choked up
B．sprung up
C．split up
D．broken up
12、He criticized the repressive methods ______ by the country’s government.
A．employed
B．engaged
C．existed
D．edited
13、With so much work _______to be done，the physician looked very worried.
A. having remained B. to remain
C. remaining D. remained
14、Offered the position of chairman. Smith , preferring to keep his current job.
A. withdrew B. calculated
C. declined D. applauded
15、 ________nothing to do with us.
A.What she did have B.What she did is
C.What did she do has D.What she has done has
16、Qianxuesen sought no fame and shunned the spotlight, returning to China with great ________.
A．integrity
B．assumption
C．innovation
D．resolution
17、They hand down the ______ from generation to generation to keep their way of life alive.
A．pension
B．custom
C．heritage
D．jewellery
18、The girl arranged to have piano lessons at the training center with her sister ________ she would stay for an hour.
A．where
B．who
C．which
D．what
19、Despite the previous rounds of talks, no agreement ________ so far by the two sides.
A.had reached B.has been reached
C.was reached D.has reached
20、Where did you find the professor who delivered the welcome speech yesterday?
-It was in the hall________ students often had a meeting.
A．where
B．which
C．that
D．when
21、One of my biggest dreams has always been ________ the painting Girl with a Pearl Earring.
A．seen
B．to see
C．seeing
D．to be seen
22、It took him about one week to ________ how to start the equipment.
A．figure out
B．leave out
C．stand for
D．turn round
23、What we human beings create may_______ does harm to ourselves.
A．successfully
B．naturally
C．immediately
D．potentially
24、Claire tried to help by working on a light suspended _________ the ceiling.
A．from
B．with
C．in
D．to
25、Ralph W. Emerson would always ______ new ideas that occurred to him.
A．set off
B．set about
C．set up
D．set down
26、Feel the Music
We've all heard of smart phones, but how about smart clothing? The CuteCircuit company has stepped up the technology beat and invented the SoundShirt, which was designed specifically for people who are deaf or hard of hearing.How does this incredible shirt work?
First, let's talk about a little science.People who have either all or some hearing loss don't actually listen to music the way that hearing people do, but they can feel it.Sound is made up of vibrations, called sound waves, which hearing people can hear through their ears with the help of the brain.What's really cool is that deaf people sense vibrations in the part of the brain that others use for hearing!
So how is this remarkable technology able to function? First, CuteCircuit had to figure out a way to send signals to the body, kind of like how you can feel when your phone vibrates in silentmode.Those connections the body can feel are called haptics, a use of technology that simulates the senses of touch and motion.The SoundShirt has tiny sensors woven into the shirt to pick up sound and transfer signals to the brain and body.
To test this music-to-shirt-to-wearer's brain connection, CuteCircuit set microphones around the stage of a symphony orchestra.The shirt's computer system digitally received the sounds coming from the instruments.Then the sensors, working like little motors, changed the signals into vibrations and the shirt wearer's brain did the rest.
The SoundShirt lets people who are deaf or hard of hearing enjoy music in a unique way.The very deep musical sound, or pitch, of instruments like drums and basses vibrates in the lower part of the shirt.Higher pitched sounds from instruments like the flute or violin vibrate higher, around the neck and arms.As the music plays, the sensations combine while the brain gets to work putting together all the different vibrations, allowing the wearer to “hear” the concert.
You might think this innovation(创新)would look like something out of a science fiction movie, but in fact, these shirts are wireless! And the decorative laser-lined design on the shirt looks like an image of sound waves.
Technology's purpose is to help people and make life better.Think of all the amazing things designers, engineers, and producers of wearable tech will be able to do for humankind.
【1】What can be inferred about the SoundShirt described in the passage?
A.The SoundShirt works when the wearer is listening to a symphony orchestra.
B.CuteCircuit is giving away its SoundShirts to those deaf or hard of hearing.
C.The SoundShirt doesn't work without the power of the human brain.
D.Before the SoundShirt, deaf people had no way of feeling sound.
【2】What's the passage mainly about?
A.Deep musical sounds from drums vibrate in the lower part of the SoundShirt.
B.The SoundShirt lets people who are deaf or hard of hearing enjoy music.
C.Wearable technology like the SoundShirt is the wave of the future.
D.CuteCircut tested the SoundShirt with a symphony orchestra.
【3】The author probably wrote this passage to_________.
A.advise that companies should focus on applying wearable technology
B.advocate that technology can be used to create products that help others
C.prove that the design of wearable technology is a rewarding industry in future
D.exemplify that musical instruments can be used to change technology for the better
27、Remember switching the radio channels, hoping a tune you liked would pop out? You never had to listen too long to know you’d landed on a hit. Maria Chait, an auditory cognitive neuroscientist （听觉认知神经学家）at London University, and her team recently studied how quick that reaction is. They started by asking 10 volunteers to name a feel-good, familiar song.
Then the researchers selected a second tune that sounded similar but was unfamiliar to the volunteers. They divided both songs into tiny bits — each less than a second long and then randomly inserted them into a six — and — a — half — minute — long track of song pieces. As the pieces played, the scientists measured the volunteers' brain activity and monitored changes in pupil, too — a sign of excitement. And the researchers found that the listeners‘ pupils widened more rapidly when they heard familiar versus （与......对比）unfamiliar tunes — within just a tenth to a third of a second! Familiar tunes also caused a two-step pattern of brain activity where the brain first recognizes something as familiar and then brings back more detailed information about it. That pattern was absent for unfamiliar songs.
The study does have limitations：it used a small number of songs; it was hard to mask the purpose of the study from the participants; and the control group ended up being primarily international students from Asia —since they had to be unfamiliar with every single song — so their native languages and music backgrounds differed from the experimental group from a European background.
Still, for doctors who want to use music as a helpful tool for patients with memory loss, for example, that might be useful in the situation, for participants are not required to indicate anything. They just listen passively. Doctors simply have to observe the neural（神经的） fingerprints of hearing that same old song.
【1】How did the researchers conduct the study?
A．They asked volunteers to sing along.
B．They separated songs for comparison.
C．They observed the listeners’ expressions.
D．They took two steps to draw the conclusion.
【2】What does the author think of the study?
A．It proves to be persuasive.
B．It is based on practical theory.
C．It needs further research.
D．It should use Asian language.
【3】What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A．The research is helpful in some medical way.
B．Doctors are delighted with the research result.
C．It's easy to cure patients with memory loss.
D．Patients need treating with music like songs.
【4】What is the best title for the passage?
A．How Gan We Use Familiar Songs
B．Music Is Good for Our Brains
C．Familiar Tunes Awake Brains Quickly
D．Doctors Practice Musical Treatment
28、A title in a newspaper shows that the children sit close together with little space between them. They study their notes, books and papers at desks where once there were passenger seats. A teacher has hung their work from the storage area above their heads: colorful alphabet letters, and paintings.
The bus is in Tijuana, Mexico, just a few kilometers from the border with the United States. The bus is next to a migrant shelter. It offers a chance for Central American and Mexican children to attend school.
Several dozen students have taken part in the program since it began in July. For most of them, education was a distant dream in the weeks or months since their parents decided to leave their homes and travel north to seek a better life.
Estefania Rebellon is director of the program called Yes We Can. She said it offers special education for children who may have low reading and writing abilities and struggle with social skills. The classes are bilingual, meaning they are taught both in Spanish and English.
Rebellon, who also works as an actress in Los Angeles, said she knows what it is like as a migrant child. When she was 10 years old, she moved to Miami, Florida, from Colombia with her parents, where they struggled to make a living.
Rebellon’s bus used to hold 55 people, but with the insides removed, it now seats 80 children. The bus has welcomed 37 students aged five to twelve since the program opened. It will take in another 20 children in the coming weeks.
With more money, Rebellon said she would like to expand it to other border cities with growing migrant populations. She said, “We can be in a bus, in a house, or in a boat. It’s more about what we teach the children.”
【1】What does the bus serve as?
A．A hospital.
B．A shelter.
C．A classroom.
D．A cinema.
【2】What’s the aim of the program Yes We Can?
A．To improve parents’ writing abilities.
B．To raise money for poor children.
C．To help parents seek better lives.
D．To help children receive education.
【3】Which word can best describe Rebellon?
A．Caring.
B．Careful.
C．Curious.
D．Confused.
【4】What may Rebellon intend to do?
A．Build more schools.
B．Expand the program.
C．Adopt more children.
D．Decorate the bus.
29、I was with a group of businessmen, and we were dealing with a question—What is a good person?
At a certain point during the discussion, one of the students—a young man of about 30—described an event that happened at Christmas. He and his five-year-old son were decorating the Christmas tree, and a little boy came to the front door begging. If you ever visit Mexico, you will see that the people there take begging as nothing to get upset about and nothing to get embarrassed by.
So, this little boy came to the door, a boy about the same age as my student’s son. The father and the son went to the front door, and the father went back with his five-year-old son and said to him, “Give him one of your toys.” At the words, the little boy quickly picked up one toy, and his father said to him, “No, no－give him your favorite toy.”
And the little boy, like a little tiger, said, “No way!” He cried; he refused. But the father, like a big tiger in a way, insisted gently, “No, you must give him one of your favorite toys.”
And finally the boy, with his head down, picked up a toy he had just gotten. The father waited in the living room, and the boy walked to the front door with the toy in his hand. The father waited and waited.
What do you think happened?
After a couple of minutes, his son came running back into the living room, his face lighted up. “Daddy,” he said, “can I do that again?”
I think I have got the answer to the question.
【1】From the passage, we can learn that in Mexico ________.
A. begging is looked down upon
B. begging is considered as a normal part of life
C. visitors all over the world treat beggars kindly
D. few people are living a poor life
【2】The sentence “Daddy, can I do that again?” showed that the boy ________.
A. got pleasure by helping the little beggar
B. wanted to please his father
C. began to like the little beggar
D. wanted to be the little beggar’s friend
【3】According to the writer, “being a good person” means ________.
A. having the courage to correct his/her mistakes
B. being friendly to beggars
C. being ready to give
D. being able to teach children to tell right from wrong
30、It was Jennifer Williams’s mother who got her fascinated by books. As a librarian, she ________ to her three children every day.
When Williams, now 54, became an elementary school teacher and tutor in Danville, Virginia, she wanted her students to ________ with reading just as she had. But early on, she realized that some kids had ________ access to books.
To Williams, the ________ was simple: Give kids books. In 2017, as part of a civic (市政) event called Engage Danville, she ________ 900 used children’s books over three days. She set a new ________ for herself: Give away one million books. It sounds like an ________ number, but as Williams ________ on Facebook: “Don’t complain in the bleachers if you aren’t willing to work hard out on the field.”
So she got to work, first by roping in friends to ________ books or money to buy books. Before long, as news of Williams’s project ________, friends started leaving bundles of books on her front porch (前门廊). As ________ as the books come in, Williams gives them to local schools-free of ________ —and also supplies books to little free libraries around the city of 41,000 just over the North Carolina border.
In the four years she’s been doing all this, the Book Lady, as Williams has come to be known, has given away more than 78,000 books—only 922,000 more to reach her goal! And she’s not ________. It’s too important for kids with few choices.
“Reading can take you anywhere,” she told CNN. “You can travel in ________ and space. If you can read, you can ________ almost anything.”
【1】
A．read
B．wrote
C．expressed
D．announced
【2】
A．keep up
B．fall in love
C．come up
D．get together
【3】
A．limited
B．ready
C．abundant
D．financial
【4】
A．goal
B．thought
C．solution
D．step
【5】
A．looked for
B．gave away
C．put back
D．threw away
【6】
A．school
B．goal
C．store
D．role
【7】
A．unbearable
B．uncontrolled
C．unreachable
D．unacceptable
【8】
A．posted
B．required
C．shared
D．showed
【9】
A．rent
B．donate
C．borrow
D．deliver
【10】
A．raised
B．spread
C．arrived
D．disappeared
【11】
A．quickly
B．slowly
C．indirectly
D．cautiously
【12】
A．use
B．care
C．charge
D．post
【13】
A．calming down
B．slowing down
C．giving up
D．moving on
【14】
A．city
B．world
C．knowledge
D．time
【15】
A．change
B．choose
C．learn
D．appreciate
31、Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
“Jawline,” Reviewed: A Chilling look at the making of a Teen Influencer
Liza Mandelup, the director of “Jawline” a new documentary about the teen- influencer, has said that she filmed for a year before she found her 【1】, Austyn Tester. He curls around his cats, who sometimes slink into the 【2】 as he broadcasts on YouNow, a platform for real-time, chat-based live streaming. “Broadcasting”is what YouNow calls it, and so does Austyn, his voice puffing up to meet the importance of the word--his vocation in life. He’s set up a rig in his small bedroom, where he records himself 【3】 to a small number of viewers, mostly teen-age girls he barely knows. On the Web site’s dash, we can see that he is 【4】 at No 28 under the hashtag guys. The conversations are plain, adorably ordinary. In an early scene in the film, he apologizes for a minor problem in his 【5】. “I know I need to get better Wi-Fi.”
Tester lives in Kingsport, Tennessee, with his mother and his brother. They don’t have money. Tester’s father is absent; when he was around, the family says, he was a(n) 【6】 and was physically abusive. Tester’s brother, Donovan, is 【7】 of his sibling’s dreams, which will make him known around the world. For what? For being famous. For being positive. Social-media 【8】 has been engineered such that the path to fame requires only the 【9】 of fame. “When you become famous, you have a lot of people who look up to you,” Tester says. On YouNow, he is a telegenic preacher, a philosopher of cliched words, delivering himself to his small flock of followers. Both parties are prey to a decentralized economy that has monetized teen-age anxiety, 【10】 and general fragility. In such a tempest, they are making each other feel seen. Remember: storms don’t last forever, Tester promises. “Whatever you’ re going through, it’s not going to last forever.”
32、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。
Long ago, in a remote village, there was a place known as the House of 1,000 Mirrors, which a great number of people visited every day. Nobody knew why the house had been built with so many mirrors.
A happy little dog heard of this place and decided to pay a visit himself. He ran all of his way with a happy heart. So long was the way that he spent many days on his way. When he arrived, although tired, he jumped happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house. There was a hole in the door. He looked through the hole with his ears lifting high and his tail shaking as fast as it could. To his great surprise, he found himself looking at 1, 000 other happy little dogs with their tails shaking just as fast as his. He laughed a lot, and was answered with 1, 000 great smiles just as warm and kind as his. As he left the house, he said to himself, “This is a wonderful place. I will come back and visit it often. And I will tell all my friends to come here to enjoy the wonderful sight.”
In this same village, another little dog, which was sad and blue all the day, also decided to visit the house. After running on the way for so long a time, he felt tired as well as depressed. He slowly climbed the stairs and hung his head as he looked into the hole in the door. To his great surprise, he saw the 1, 000 unfriendly dogs looking at him, so he barked at them right away.
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Then he was terrified to see 1, 000 little dogs barking back at him.
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Instead, the happy little dog came back together with lots of good friends.
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