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1、—Alice has just lost her husband to heart failure.
—Her ______ smile can’t hide her sorrow.
A. arbitrary B. artificial
C. compulsory D. conventional
2、The Spring Festival is the time of year that _____ the largest annual mass migration on the planet when one sixth of the world’s population _____ home.
A. will see; travels B. saw; was travelling
C. will be seeing; will be travelling D. sees; travel
3、The fireman told us the troubles they had ________the fire________ .
A．getting; controlled
B．got; controlled
C．got; to control
D．getting; to control
4、Fundamental _______ computers are to ______ more industrial structure, heavy reliance on them may separate people in daily life and affect their interpersonal relationships.
A. as; develop B. though; developing
C. although; developed D. because; develop
5、________ the opportunity to speak at the graduation ceremony made me overjoyed.
A. Offering B. Offered
C. To offer D. Being offered
6、Is it he or you ________ in charge of the job and supposed to complete it punctually?
A．who is
B．that is
C．who are
D．whom are
7、________ the mistake in the beginning, the problem could have been prevented at its source.
A.Had not the company ignored B.If the companydidn't ignore
C.Had the company not ignored D.Would the companynot ignore
8、______ from a real event, the Climbers tells the story of the first Chinese team to conquer Mount Everest in 1960.
A.Adapting B.To adapt C.Having adapted D.Adapted
9、The weather is fine. I’m sure ________ we can go camping this afternoon.
A.why B.what C.that D.if
10、You are being such a busybody. How I choose to conduct my private life is my own _______!
A.experience B.agenda C.business D.problem
11、Since people are fond of humor, it is as welcome in conversation as ________ else.
A. anything B. something
C. anywhere D. somewhere
12、The water _____ cool when I jumped into the pool for morning exercise.
A.was felt B.is felt C.felt D.feels
13、－ Can I pay the bill by check?
－ Sorry, sir. But it is the rules of our hotel that payment _______ be made in cash.
A. can B. will
C. shall D. need
14、Delete the short message at once! Many a man ______ by such tricks up to now.
A.are cheated B.is cheated
C.have been cheated D.has been cheated
15、--- Don’t forget to have this machine fixed this afternoon., Darling.
--- Oh, you reminded me of what I otherwise .
A. may have forgotten B. must have forgotten C. had forgotten D. would have forgotten
16、--He didn’t feel a bit nervous when ________．
--No．He’d had a lot of time ________ for it after all．
A．interviewing; to prepare
B．interviewed; to prepare
C．interviewing; preparing
D．being interviewed; preparing
17、In my opinion, his perseverance may ______his great achievement in his research work
A．make up for
B．account for
C．stand for
D．call for
18、You’ll find this map of great ________ in helping you to get around in London.
A.value B.effect C.concern D.vision
19、(2013·天津，9)No one________ be more generous；he has a heart of gold.
A．could
B．must
C．dare
D．need
20、We ______ him that he ought to make the bar more attractive with various methods. He finally sees the light.
A.told B.would tell C.have been telling D.had told
21、 It’s never easy to admit the mistakes you make, but doing so is an important step toward moving forward.
National Geographic magazine recently published an article with the title “For decades, our coverage was racist. To rise above our past, we must acknowledge it.” It was written by the magazine’s editor-in-chief Susan Goldberg, the first woman and first Jewish person to hold the position. National Geographic has acknowledged that its coverage of the black and racial minorities in America and the wider world has been historically racist, frequently promoting caricatures of the “noble savage” and barely featuring the US’s minority population.
According to Goldberg, the 130-year-old publication’s April issue “explores how race defines, separates, and unites us”. In honor of 50 years since the killing of Martin Luther King, who is known for fighting racial inequality in the US, the issue is devoted to race.
The publication republished a number of examples of historical racism in its coverage. One 1916 article about Australia included a photo of two Indigenous Australians with the wording: “South Australian Blackfellows: These savages rank lowest in intelligence of all human beings.”
To review its previous coverage of race, Goldberg asked University of Virginia historian John Edwin Mason to look back at the magazine’s text, choice of subjects, and photography of people of color from the US and abroad. “Until the 1970s, National Geographic all but ignored people of color who lived in the United States, rarely acknowledging them beyond laborer or domestic workers,” Goldberg wrote about Mason’s findings. “Meanwhile, it pictured ‘natives’ elsewhere as exotics, famously and frequently unclothed happy hunters, noble savages.”
Mason also found that the magazine often ran photos of “uncivilized” natives amazed by “civilized” Western technology.
In recent years, however, the magazine has improved. For example, in a 2015 project, National Geographic gave cameras to young people in the Caribbean country of Haiti and asked them to shoot pictures of their everyday lives.
“The coverage wasn’t right before, because it was told from a white American point of view, and I think it speaks to exactly why we needed a variety of storytellers,” Goldberg told the Associated Press.
National Geographic’s look at its past also inspired other media organizations to revisit their own historical coverage of race. The New York Times admitted that most of its obituaries(讣告) were about the lives of white men, and has started publishing obituaries of famous women in a special section titled “Overlooked”. After all, recognizing overlooked mistakes is what makes us grow.
【1】The April issue of National Geographic magazine is special because ______.
A.readers can see Mason’s investigation report in this issue
B.it is released to mark National Geographic’s 130th anniversary
C.it focuses on the issue of race in memory of Martin Luther King
D.it is the first issue since Susan Goldberg became the editor-in-chief
【2】Which of the following may prove National Geographic’s coverage was racist?
A.It often pictured coloured people with decent jobs.
B.Natives were often presented as undressed happy hunters.
C.It asked ordinary people to shoot pictures of their daily lives.
D.It only featured minority groups in America but overlooked others.
【3】What can we learn about the National Geographic?
A.It used to tell stories from the perspective of a white Jewish woman.
B.The overall image of natives in it was brave, intelligent but uncivilized.
C.Its texts and choice of subjects were diverse and had no racial prejudice.
D.It inspired other media organizations to reflect on their coverage of race.
【4】According to the writer, acknowledging the mistakes may .
A.spoil the image of the world famous magazine
B.remove racial discrimination around the world
C.help the magazine to move forward and grow better
D.discourage the editors from reporting bravely and honestly
22、 Most children look forward to learning to read, a process whereby they learn to transform what are essentially abstract handwriting on a page into meaningful letters, then sounds, then words, and then entire sentences and paragraphs. Reading represents a code (密码): specifically, an alphabetic code. A great number of children are able to break the code after a year of instruction. For at least one in five children, however, the experience is very different.
For them, reading, which seems to come effortlessly for others, appears to be beyond their grasp. These children, who understand the spoken word and love to listen to stories, struggle to understand the same words when they are written on a page. They read slowly and uncertainly, and words that they read correctly in one sentence may be misread in a following sentence. Reading aloud may be particularly painful. Eventually they grow frustrated and disappointed.
In the classroom, reading is king; it is essential for academic success. Teachers, witnessing the gap between good and poor readers widening, may wonder what they or these children might be doing wrong. Parents, knowing that reading problems have consequences all across development including into adult life, question themselves, feeling alternately guilty and angry.
The worst thing parents can do if they suspect that their child has a reading problem is to do nothing, says neuroscientist (神经科学家) Dr. Sally Shaywitz. Thus, if you observe the signs, start by speaking to your child’s teacher. Shaywitz offers some tips that will help parents make the most of their meeting with the teacher:
▶ Before setting up a meeting, it often helps to list your observations and your concerns. Parents are often so nervous when speaking to their child’s teacher that they forget why they were worried. The teacher will appreciate having such a list as well.
▶ Set up a specific time to speak to your child’s teacher; don’t catch her on the run.
▶ Find out how your child is progressing in reading, ask for specifics. Confirm exactly how their reading progress is being measured.
▶ Ask what reading group your child is in and what level that reader group represents, and how they compare to others in their class and in their grade.
▶ Ask what the teacher predicts for your child’s progress by the end of the school year.
【1】What can we learn from Paragraph 1?
A．Reading an alphabetic code is hard.
B．Most children like to read abstract letters.
C．Some children have difficulties in reading.
D．Few children can understand the code after a year of instruction.
【2】According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A．Reading is not as easy for some children as it is for others.
B．All the children can understand spoken and written language.
C．Although children with reading difficulty read slowly, they read correctly.
D．The children become frustrated and unhappy because they will have to read aloud.
【3】What does Paragraph 4 focus on?
A．The correct way to deal with children’s reading difficulties.
B．The importance of observing child’s behavior.
C．Dr. Sally Shaywitz — a famous neuroscientist.
D．The worst thing parents can do when it comes to their child’s reading problems.
【4】The underlined part “don’t catch her on the run” probably means “________”.
A．don’t run after her
B．don’t talk to her while running
C．don’t speak to her while she is busy
D．don’t catch her as she runs away
【5】If parents want to meet with their child’s teacher, they should ________.
A．arrange the meeting at the end of the school year
B．ask about their child’s reading status at school
C．ask the teacher to take measures to improve their child’s reading ability
D．make a list of questions after the meeting
23、 What are the things that scare you: snakes, spiders or fierce tigers? Or maybe you have a fear of heights or visiting the dentist. Although some of us just get scared or a bit nervous about these things, for others it can cause an unreasonable reaction that can’t be controlled-something we call a phobia (恐惧症). 【1】
Sometimes it’s good to be aware of the possible dangers from things. Our brain warns us of the risks that might lie ahead, but then we often get prepared and overcome them. Clinical psychologist Warren Mansell told the BBC, “Our fears are rooted in our brains-we don’t need to learn to be afraid of animals like snakes or spiders.”【2】With a phobia, your breathing gets quicker, your pulse speeds up, you sweat and your brain is unable to control these reactions.
【3】 Speaking to the BBC, Lauren Rosenberg, a fear and phobia expert, says, “Phobias usually are a copy behaviour from a higher authority, like a parent or teacher, or a kind of mental suffering from a past event that comes back to trouble you continuously.”
There are many different complex phobias some people suffer from, such as agoraphobia－caused by being away from home, and iatrophobia-fear of doctors.【4】Therapy (心理治疗) is one choice, where you gradually get used to whatever it is you fear. Lauren Rosenburg says she likes to work with people to clear their bad memory and help them breathe. But if you do have a phobia, continually trying to avoid what you’re afraid of by yourself is likely to make the situation worse.【5】
A．Then how can they be overcome?
B．But where does a phobia come from?
C．But phobias are stronger than just fears.
D．The right thing to do is to find help to overcome it.
E．Overcoming a phobia can take patience, devotion and courage.
F．Are there any phobias that tend to be more common than others?
G．It occurs when someone develops an unrealistic sense of danger about a situation or object.
24、 Integrity is the quality of being honest and strong about what you believe to be right. The concept of integrity has played a key role in moral philosophy throughout history and is promoted in all societies because of its importance to social relations. Individual integrity is vital to society, one that enables people to make use of their capacity for critical reflection, does not force people to take up particular roles and does not encourage individuals to betray each other. Besides, societies can be favorable to the development of individual integrity.
Individual integrity can lift up the spirits of the entire society. It can shape the lives of people living in a particular society, the lives of all fellow people and, in its broadest sense, even the destiny of a nation. By contrast, if those living in the society are dishonest, it could have bad effects, jeopardizing the healthy morality of the society.
Additionally, a society can be favorable to the development of individual integrity. Society expects and requires integrity. A society consisting of people of integrity, and people who never compromise on their principles, could have a positive mark on the personal development of its members. Being a part of such a morally lively community could serve as a basis for absorbing traits of good character. This could be of a distinct advantage to any individuals in the society.
However, some social structures are of the wrong sort for some individuals to pursue integrity. If that is the case, we have to ask questions about the moral nature of society first before raising questions about individual integrity. Questions about integrity may turn out to be about what kind of society it is, rather than about the relationship between individual interests and characteristics of a society. The pursuit of adequate individual integrity often depends, not so much on understanding who one is and what one believes and is committed to, but rather understanding what one’s society is and imagining what it could be.
Under no circumstances can we underestimate the importance of human integrity in a society. People, who are honest, trustworthy, compassionate and caring, are the factors decisive in the growth of individuals as well as the development of a society.
【1】Individual integrity has been valued in society because ________.
A．it helps develop philosophy
B．it is important to social relations
C．it is the basis of critical thinking
D．it ensures people’s particular roles
【2】The underlined word “jeopardizing” in Paragraph 2 probably means ________.
A．assessing
B．strengthening
C．destroying
D．influencing
【3】The writer believes that ________.
A．individual integrity depends on what one believes
B．the nature of society is decided by economic development
C．the pursuit of individual integrity changes with time
D．social structures guide the formation of individual integrity
【4】Which of the following shows the development of ideas in this passage?
CP: Central point P: Point Sp: Sub-point C: Conclusion
A．
B．
C．
D．
25、 An entire American town gathered together to buy a new car for Peters, a pizza deliveryman for 31 years. They wanted to give him an incredible_________
Though it may be not a_________career, Peters knows he’s_________his suited position. “There were people in my family that were like, maybe you should consider your_________stability a little more,” he said. “But it’s my purpose in life-trying to make people_________. You know, when you’re delivering to somebody, you may be the only face they_________all day. ”
Whenever folks saw Peters and his 28 -year -old Oldsmobile_________their way, they knew they would be served with a_________. Langley, one of Peters’ longtime_________customers said, “He’s a very__________individual. We call him ‘Mr. Smiley. ’ Learning that, he turned to the community to__________Peters. It would guarantee he __________ his appointed routine.
Within three days they__________$19,000，enough to buy Peters a new car to see him through a lot more
__________. It felt almost like a__________when he first learned his loyal customers were__________a car to him. He’ll remember the awesome experience for the rest of his life. He’s simply__________. He just hopes that all those who made this happen will be__________.
Every time the guy__________his loyal customers with a smile，so the community’s generous show of gratitude came as no surprise. “That’s the type of__________he has on people,” Langley, who’s been having pizzas delivered by Peters for 20 years，said.
A．order
B．award
C．service
D．position
A．secure
B．tough
C．brief
D．proper
A．defended
B．strengthened
C．found
D．kept
A．mental
B．social
C．physical
D．financial
A．happy
B．strong
C．familiar
D．energetic
A．know
B．see
C．remember
D．need
A．nodding
B．clearing
C．heading
D．choosing
A．smile
B．prize
C．surprise
D．discount
A．big
B．new
C．potential
D．regular
A．talented
B．kindhearted
C．sensitive
D．innocent
A．comfort
B．employ
C．help
D．invite
A．keep up
B．break down
C．put off
D．work out
A．earned
B．paid
C．borrowed
D．raised
A．performances
B．deliveries
C．projects
D．challenges
A．story
B．coincidence
C．dream
D．joke
A．lending
B．renting
C．supplying
D．gifting
A．grateful
B．hopeful
C．inspired
D．satisfied
A．relaxed
B．blessed
C．excited
D．trusted
A．persuades
B．rewards
C．serves
D．amuses
A．expectation
B．dependence
C．mercy
D．influence
26、假如你是李华，听闻你的笔友Tom所在城市伦敦开展Books on the underground（丢书大作战）的读书活动，你很感兴趣，请你给他写一封信，内容包括：
1. 谈谈你对阅读的看法；
2. 分享一本对你影响最大的书.
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
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