1、Passengers are ________ that no smoking is allowed on the train.
A.remained
B.reminded
C.remarked
D.requested
2、As a matter of fact, getting rid of a bad habit is ____________forming a good one.
A. an effort much as B. much an effort as
C. as an effort much as D. as much an effort as
3、The driver ________ on the phone when the car hit the tree.
A.talks
B.is talking
C.talked
D.was talking
4、He spoke ________ fast ________ I couldn’t take everything down.
A.so…that
B.such… that
C.in order… that
D.so…so
5、Scientists are well worth ________.
A.respecting
B.respected
C.to respect
D.to be respected
6、The poor _______ to live on their own labour at the very moment.
A.is helped
B.are helped
C.are being helped
D.is being helped
7、They decide to have another factory set up in this town.
A. paper-made B. making-paper
C. paper-making D. make-paper
8、 It is ______ of you to call on your aunt from time to time.
A. common B. convenient
C. considerate D. concerned
9、My father quit ___________ at last.
A.smoke B.smoked C.smoking D.smokes
10、It is the ______ in the countryside that farmers sow, ______, and harvest.
A.agriculture; compost B.involvement; labor
C.regulation; chop D.practice; irrigate
11、On Saturday afternoon, Mrs. Green went to the market, ________ some bananas and visited her cousin.
A.bought
B.buying
C.to buy
D.having bought
12、Every morning he gets up early and practises ________ and then ________ to school.
A.to read English; go
B.reading English; goes
C.reading English; going
D.of reading English; goes
13、This kind of glasses manufactured by experienced craftsmen ______ comfortably.
A.is worm B.wears C.wearing D.are worn
14、If the whether __________ fine, the opening of the play will __________ tomorrow night.
A. is; hold B. will be; be held C. is; take place D. is; be taken place
15、I don’t like the way ________ you talk to your mother.
A./
B.in that
C.which
D.of which
16、— How did the blind man go home yesterday?
— ______
A. I don’t want to. B. Can you do me a favor?
C. You’d better not. D. With the help of a dog.
17、We'll never forget the Zhong Nanshan has made to the fight against COVID-19.
A.progress B.donations C.contributions D.efforts
18、It was proposed that the house ________ as it had been when Lu Xun lived in it.
A.be preserved
B.be preseving
C.would be preserved
D.could preserve
19、__________role he will play in the film hasn’t been known.
A.Whichever
B.Whatever
C.Which
D.What
20、We talked about the things and persons_________we remembered in the school.
A.which
B.that
C.who
D.whom
21、It was not until 9 o’clock ______ I finally got on the bus.
A.when
B.that
C.did
D.do
22、With a large number of people _____________ camping, it has now become one of the most popular activities in the UK.
A. take part in B. took part in
C. taking part in D. to be taking part in
23、We waited and waited.________ we had been looking forward to.
A.Then came the moment B.Then did the moment come
C.Then the moment came D.The moment then came
24、Having finished her project, she was invited by the school to the new students.
A.speaking
B.having spoken
C.to speak
D.to have spoken
25、---Could I use your telephone?
--- Yes, of course you ________.
A. could B. will C. Might D. can
26、“Volunteering makes you look at the world differently. You see how little things can change a person’s life for the better, which makes everyone a better person.” Mason, a volunteer said.
National Volunteer Week started in 1974 and is held every April. It is a time to thank volunteers for their achievements. It is also a perfect opportunity (机会) to encourage others to take their first step toward becoming a volunteer. Making the decision to take the first step can be the biggest problem, because they often wonder if they will be able to meet the organization’s expectations (期望). Some people fear not knowing anyone else in the group. Not having enough time also prevents some from sharing their abilities.
The following tips can help if you have some of these worries.
★ Start out slowly, don’t add too much pressure. Even a few hours a month can make a big difference in someone’s life.
★ Choose an organization with the same interests and common values.
★ Take part in a training meeting for new volunteers, even if it is not asked.
★ Work with a veteran volunteer. He volunteered a lot, he can help you increase the confidence and completely understand the organization’s expectations.
★ Invite a friend or family member to serve. It is a good experience to volunteer with them.
★ Finally, is most important to enjoy the volunteer experience and to remember that not all volunteer experiences are perfect. If one experience doesn’t work, don’t give up and you’ll surely find the right opportunity.
Spend some time on volunteer work and you will see great changes in people’s lives. As Mason discovered during his volunteer experience, “… little things can change a person’s life.”
【1】Volunteering can help ________.
A.make a decision
B.see the world clearly
C.thank other people
D.make a person’s life better
【2】What could be the reason to stop people taking the first step?
A.They don’t have enough time.
B.They are prevented by their families.
C.They fear that their abilities are shared.
D.They don’t expect to become volunteers.
【3】The underlined word “veteran” in the passage means “________”.
A.polite
B.humorous
C.young
D.experienced
【4】What is the main idea of the passage?
A.To tell people to make changes in their lives.
B.To encourage people to start their volunteering.
C.How to make great achievements in volunteering.
D.How to keep on volunteering whatever happened.
27、Thousands of encouraging roadside signs have been planted around the world, and it’s all thanks to one woman who felt helpless in the face of mental illness.
Amy Wolff was first encouraged to start planting the encouraging signs after she had a heartbreaking discussion with a friend in May 2017. “We were hanging out with friends when one of them mentioned the growing number of people trying to kill themselves in our community,” says Wolff. “I wasn’t a doctor. I didn’t know of anyone suffering from thoughts of self-harm. What could I do?”
Then Wolff got the idea to start planting encouraging signs in people’s yards. For the following two weeks, she and her kids started knocking on people’s doors across their town of Newburg, Oregon and asking if they could put up signs with messages like “Don’t Give Up” and “Your Mistakes Don’t Define You”.
Wolff then started receiving messages from other people in the community wanting to buy the signs. Within a few days, Wolff had sold over 150 of the yard signs. That night, Wolff’s husband created a website to sell the signs.
“Within a year, we had news media in Dallas, Boston, Massachusetts, and Portland cover our movement,” she added. By the fall of 2018, Wolff set up the Don’t Give Up organization for her signs. Since she planted her first sign two years ago, she has shipped the organizations messages of encouragement to all 50 US states and 26 countries in 6 languages.
With May being Mental Health Awareness Month, the messages that Wolff has received from sign owners are meaningful. One message from Frank reads: “I just had a woman knock on my door. She began to cry and thank me for the signs in my yard. Her son had tried to kill himself and these signs were in the yard the day they came home from the hospital.”
【1】What led to Amy Wolff taking action to help people with mental illness?
A.Her friends suggestions.
B.The things done by “Don’t Give Up”.
C.Her own experience of fighting against mental illness.
D.The increasing self-killing events in her community.
【2】Why have thousands of encouraging roadside signs been planted across their town of Newburg,Oregon?
A.To sell the signs to other people in the community well.
B.To help the people trying to kill themselves in Wolff’s community.
C.To offer the helpless people with mental illness courage and confidence in life .
D.To make a website to sell the signs meaningful.
【3】Which of the following best describes Wolff?
A.Honest and hard-working.
B.Creative and warm-hearted.
C.Humorous and easy-going.
D.Cheerful and strong-minded.
【4】What can we learn from Wolff’s story?
A.To save oneself is to save others.
B.Many hands make light work.
C.Make selfless devotion and seek no rewards.
D.It pays to try new things.
28、For the first time in two years, our school held a Halloween homecoming dance. This year’s homecoming was around a recent soccer victory against the neighboring school. Everyone was in a particularly festive mood.
At the same time, for a safer gathering during the COVID-19, we were required to hold the dance outdoors if we wanted to go mask-free. This was unfortunate because temperatures in Boston were expected to be no higher than 10℃ that night. Later, I realized that the cold was the least of my worries.
We sent apology letters out to the neighbors surrounding the school and told them to expect loud music on Oct 29. Then on that Friday night, members of the Student Union gathered together to decorate the tent provided by the school as a protection from the cold.
After two hours of blowing balloons, putting fake spider webs on trees and setting up the food table, people started showing up in their costumes. I ran away to the bathroom to dress up. Having seen all the news about Asian hate in the US, I decided that it was important to present Asian spirit — thus I proudly dressed myself up in a traditional Chinese qipao.
When I got outside again, the dance was in full swing. There was a DJ spinning songs, and the lights were flashing away, though no one was on the dance floor yet. However, things took a sharp turn when a familiar song — Gangnam Style by South Korean singer Psy — came on, and the dance floor was never empty again until the end of the evening. With every beat drop, the crowd jumped crazily to the beat, and I followed along. My feet hurt so much at the end of the evening, but I’ll admit that it was worth all of the excitement I experienced.
【1】What can we learn about the homecoming dance?
A.It was our school’s first-ever homecoming.
B.It was celebrated after a sports victory.
C.It was held to fight against COVID-19.
D.It aimed to compete with another school.
【2】What was the challenge they had faced in preparation?
A.Requirements for mask wearing outdoors.
B.A lack of decorating materials.
C.Noise complaints from neighbors.
D.Low temperature at night.
【3】Why was the author dressed herself in qipao?
A.To stop Asian hate.
B.To promote Halloween spirit.
C.To show Asian culture.
D.To show her uniqueness.
【4】What docs the underlined phrase “in full swing” in paragraph 5 mean?
A.Going well and strong.
B.Getting well prepared.
C.Getting started officially.
D.Being in an awkward silence.
29、In various restaurants worldwide, there’s a new sight-child-sized robots. These robots can welcome guests, show them to their tables, deliver food and drinks, and even transport dirty dishes back to the kitchen. Some believe these robot waiters could be a solution to today’s worker shortages in the restaurant industry, with tens of thousands of them now in use.
But other people think that robots can’t replace human workers. Robot waiters can’t take orders, and they struggle with steps, limiting their abilities.
Despite these disadvantages, their use is growing. For example, in Madison Heights, Michigan, Li Zhai faced difficulty finding enough workers for his restaurant, Noodle Topia. To address this, he purchased robots from Pudu Robotics. These robots have been a success, with one leading diners to their seats, another delivering food, and a third transporting dirty dishes.
Zhai found that using these robots reduced his need for employees. Three robots now do the work of what used to require five or six people. In terms of cost, a robot costs around $15 000, while a human can cost $5,000 to $6,000 per month. These robots also have a surprising benefit-they free up human servers to spend more time with customers, resulting in increased tips, Additionally, diners often share videos of the robots on social media, attracting more visitors to the restaurant.
However, not all restaurants have had the same success. For instance, Chili’s (奇利斯餐厅)introduced robot servers in 2020, expanding the test to 61U.S. restaurants before suddenly stopping the program. The robots were criticized (批评) for their slow movement and getting in the way of human servers. A survey showed that 58% of guests believed the robots didn’t improve their overall dining experience.
【1】What is the purpose of the first paragraph?
A.To introduce a survey about robot waiters.
B.To show the success of robot waiters in restaurants.
C.To describe the appearance of child-sized robots in restaurants.
D.To discuss the challenges of hiring human workers in restaurants.
【2】What does the underlined word “address” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
A.Solve.
B.Narrow.
C.Ignore.
D.Control.
【3】What does Paragraph 4 mainly talk about?
A.The history of robot waiters in the U.S.
B.The challenges of introducing robot servers.
C.The effect of social media on the restaurant industry.
D.The advantages of using robots in the restaurant industry.
【4】What can be inferred from the passage?
A.All restaurants with robot servers are successful.
B.The use of robot waiters still has a long way to go.
C.Robot waiters are cheaper to employ than human workers.
D.The restaurant industry is not affected by worker shortages.
30、The situation of global pandemic (流行病) is still worrying. Malaysia will continue taking “Movement Control Order” measures to _________ the spread of the disease. Times like this are definitely challenging for frontline workers who have been working _________ to ensure the safety of the public since the outbreak.
Due to the present situation, many eateries (饮食店) are deeply _________. As only self-pickup and in-house deliveries are _________, online platforms to promote options have found favor with restaurant owners. However, Creampuffsado, a local bakery based in Alor Setar, Malaysia, has just made hundreds of frontliners’ _________. The bakery’s owner, Azrul Azali, _________ a mass of bread to the town’s frontliners. But what _________ was Azrul’s attempt in personally writing words of _________ on all the packaging! He also contributed some to other organizations. “People have been very _________ so far,” said a police officer. “We are feeling thankful for such a personal deed, __________ it is a small act.”
Prior to this, Azrul had posted on a social platform, collecting netizens’ __________ words to hearten the frontliners. He then proceeded to __________ them down one by one on the packaging. His __________ was to make sure that all Malaysians were able to appreciate the sacrifices the frontliners are making during this pandemic.
Every bit of kindness in tough times right now is much appreciated, whatever __________ it comes in. Either you’re contributing meals or simply putting your knowledge and skills forward. Because every little action __________ in helping anyone get through this period of time.
【1】
A.boost
B.contain
C.track
D.predict
【2】
A.tirelessly
B.fruitlessly
C.casually
D.aimlessly
【3】
A.moved
B.rooted
C.affected
D.impressed
【4】
A.available
B.genuine
C.flexible
D.crucial
【5】
A.living
B.fortune
C.day
D.decision
【6】
A.exposed
B.related
C.threw
D.donated
【7】
A.stood out
B.went wild
C.came true
D.got ahead
【8】
A.wisdom
B.encouragement
C.advice
D.praise
【9】
A.tolerant
B.intelligent
C.generous
D.wealthy
【10】
A.even though
B.as though
C.provided that
D.so that
【11】
A.clear
B.sincere
C.complex
D.cheap
【12】
A.break
B.settle
C.carry
D.write
【13】
A.preference
B.choice
C.intention
D.philosophy
【14】
A.place
B.order
C.direction
D.form
【15】
A.differs
B.pales
C.matters
D.arises
31、阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
There are many things happening in our family which worth recalling. W【1】 our six children were young, suppertime was always being interrupted by neighborhood children r【2】the bell. They wanted one child or another to come out and【3】(玩). Finally we had【4】good idea. We hung a sign on the front door that【5】(写着),“we're having dinner. Come back later.”That night, we sat down to what we【6】(认为)would be a pleasant, uninterrupted meal. 【7】as soon as we began dinner, the doorbell rang. At the front door【8】(站着) a five-year-old boy from across the street. He looked 【9】at us and said, "I just want to know w【10】the sign says."
32、假如你是李华,你的英国朋友Jack打算出国旅行,但是对于去哪个国家犹豫不决。你听说之后,决定给他写一封邮件,劝说他到中国来。要点如下:
1.写信理由; 2. 中国旅行的优势; 3. 表达希望。
注意:
1.词数100左右;
2.开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数;
3.可以根据内容要点适当发挥,以使行文连贯。
Dear Jack,
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours truly,
Li Hua