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1、Their modern style home seems oddly___________among the town's old farmhouses.
A.out of balance B.out of control C.out of style D.out of place
2、Someone called me up at midnight, but he had hung up I could answer the phone.
A. as B. since
C. until D. before
3、Competition for entry to these programs is keen, and applicants need above-average grades to gain___________.
A.ambition B.preference C.admission D.competence
4、— What’s the _________ weight of luggage that I can take aboard the plane, Sir?
— Thirty kilograms.
A．accurate
B．average
C．maximum
D．unique
5、-What did he do in return for free ________ and food offered by the kind couple?
-He helped their son with his lessons.
A.conservation B.occupation C.accommodation D.immigration
6、The prize winner described to the class _______ he had managed to achieve excellence in his studies.
A. if B. how
C. what D. that
7、--I hear that there was a terrible crash in the subway in Shanghai the other day．
--Yes，_____ news came as _____ shock to all of us．
A．the; the B．a; /
C．the; a D．/; a
8、We are hoping for support from Mr. Webster, without _____ support we can’t make it.
A. which B. whose C. what D. that
9、If the students' interest in the subject is motivated, they will ______ the challenge and commit more time and energy to their studies.
A．face up to
B．keep pace with
C．put up with
D．live up to
10、This restaurant has an inviting, homelike atmosphere ______ many others are short of.
A. where B. when
C. that D. what
11、---Hi, there. Can I help you with anything today?
---Oh, yes.________, I’d like to buy a present for my niece’s birthday.
A．Exactly
B．Somehow
C．Actually
D．Definitely
12、Not knowing what to do, the old lady rang up her son and asked for his help with she described as a bit of bother.
A.which B.what C.when D.where
13、The questionnaire takes ______ ten to fifteen minutes to complete and can be used along with the assessment interview.
A.mainly B.punctually C.approximately D.precisely
14、How long do you think it is ______ the National Football Team of china can play in the World Cup Finals.
A.when B.before
C.since D.until
15、In some western countries， demand for graduates from MBA courses has______.
A.turned down B.turned over C.fallen down D.fallen over
16、--- I wonder ________ Mary has changed so much.
--- She has been suffering a serious disease.
A. why B. what C. when D. where
17、—I think Tom is no longer a child and _______ enough.
—Yes, it’s time he made his own decisions.
A. mature B. stubborn
C. ridiculous D. sensitive
18、________ that the govemment can lead them out of the financial crisis, people are optimistic about the future of the country.
A. Convincing B. Convinced
C. To convince D. Having convinced
19、No country in the world can ______ these problems alone, such as climate change, hunger and disease, etc. Therefore, all the countries should cooperate to get rid of them.
A.address B.cancel C.replace D.involve
20、I insisted______ to see a doctor，but he insisted nothing _____wrong with him
A．on him to go；should be
B．he went；be
C．he go；was
D．he should to；is
21、What will higher education look like in 2050? That was the question addressed Tuesday night by Michael Crow, president of Arizona State University.
“We’re at the end of the fourth wave of change in higher education,” Crow began, arguing that research universities followed the initial establishment of higher education, public colleges, and land-grant schools in the timeline of America.
In less than a half-century, he said, global market competition will be at its fastest rates of change ever, with several multitrillion-dollar economies worldwide. According to a recent projection, the nation’s population could reach 435 million, with a large percentage of those residents economically disadvantaged. In addition, climate change will be “meaningfully uncontrollable” in many parts of the world.
The everyday trends seen today, such as declining performance of students at all levels, particularly in math and science, and declining wages and employment among the less educated, will only continue, Crow maintained, and are, to say the least, not contributing to fulfilling the dream of climbing the social ladder mobility, quality of life, sustainable environment, and longer life spans that most Americans share.
“How is it that we can have these great research universities and have negative-trending outcomes?” Crow said in a talk “I hold the universities accountable. … We are part of the problem.”
Among the “things that we do that make the things that we teach less learnable,” Crow said, are the strict separation of disciplines, academic rigidity, and conservatism, the desire of universities to imitate schools at the top of the social ranks, and the lack of the computer system ability that would allow a large number of students to be educated for a small amount of money.
Since 2002, when Crow started being in charge at Arizona State — which he calls the “new American university” — he has led more than three dozen initiatives that aim to make the school “inclusive, scalable, fast, adaptive, challenge-focused, and willing to take risks.”
Among those initiatives were a restructuring of the engineering and life sciences schools to create more linkages between disciplines; the launch of the School of Earth and Space Exploration and the School of Sustainability; the start of a Teachers College to address K-12 performance and increase the status of the Education Department at the university; and broadened access, increasing the freshman class size by 42 percent and the enrollment of students living below the poverty line by 500 percent.
Universities must start, Crow noted, “by becoming self-reflective architects, figuring out what we have and what we actually need instead of what legend tells us we have to be.” Research universities today have “run their course,” he added. “Now is the time for variety.”
During a discussion afterward, Crow clarified and expanded on some of his points. He discussed, for example, the school’s distance-learning program. “Nearly 40 percent of undergraduates are taking at least one course online,” he said, which helps the school to keep costs down while advancing interactive learning technologies.
He said that Arizona State is working to increase the transfer and completion rates of community-college students, of whom only about 15 percent, historically, complete their later degrees. “We’ve built a system that will allow them to track into universities,” particularly where “culturally complex barriers” beyond finances limit even the most gifted students.
【1】The fourth wave of change in America’s higher education refers to _______.
A. public colleges
B. land-grant schools
C. research universities
D. initial higher education
【2】Which is NOT part of the American dream most people share?
A. People enjoy a quality life.
B. People live longer and longer.
C. The freedom to move around.
D. An environment that is sustainable.
【3】Which is an initiative adopted by Crow at Arizona State University?
A. Restructuring the teachers College.
B. Launching the School of Life Sciences.
C. Ignoring the linkages between disciplines.
D. Enrolling more students from poor families.
【4】Which one is similar to the underlined word “architect” in meaning?
A. The author of the guidebook is an architect by profession.
B. If you want to refurnish the house, consult the architect.
C. Deng Xiaoping is one of the architects of the PRC.
D. Tom is considered one of the best landscape architect here.
【5】With the distance-learning program, Arizona State University is able to ______.
A. enroll 40% of its students online
B. keep costs down without a loss of quality
C. provide an even greater number of courses
D. attract the most gifted students all over the world
22、 Do you continue to be healthy in social isolation (隔离)? NASA is looking for people to spend 8 months locked in a Russian lab for a new experiment.
When humans go to the moon and travel to Mars, they will need to be prepared for long-term space travel and even longer stays on these far-off destinations. Currently, NASA’s Artemis program aims to land humans on the moon for the first time since NASA's Apollo 17 mission landed in 1972.
While the moon is the main goal of NASA’s Artemis program, the agency’s larger goal is to send people to Mars. But long term space travel and habitation (居住) won’t be easy. Such missions will present both physical and mental challenges as astronauts work to not only survive, but perform important scientific research in uniquely difficult environments.
In the upcoming NASA-Russia experiment, a group of people will live in a closed facility at Russia’s Institute for Biomedical Problems, which is in Moscow. This habitat facility was used in 2011 for a notable series of Russian mock (模拟的) Mars missions known as Mars500. During these missions, groups of people spent 520 and 105 days on two separate missions in the facility.
The facility, according to the statement, will have “environmental factors similar to those astronauts are expected to experience on future missions to Mars”. The group of people will spend 8 months living together in isolation and working on scientific research.
By living and working in this Mars-like environment, participants in this study will help NASA researchers understand the psychological and physiological (生理的) effects of isolation. These missions help researchers not only perform relevant science experiments but also see how people might get on under strange conditions for long periods of time.
So, if you’re finding that living in social isolation works for you, you might be particularly well-suited for living in a Mars-like environment and this could be for you. But first, you have to qualify. NASA is looking for “highly motivated” Americans between the age of 30-55, who must speak both Russian and English fluently and have a Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor o[ Medicine, or military officer training. Applicants with other related experience may also be considered. Those who are chosen to be a part of this group will be paid for their work.
【1】Which of the following succeeded in landing humans on the moon?
A．Apollo 17 mission.
B．Artemis program.
C．Mars500.
D．Institute for Biomedical Problems.
【2】What do we know about the new NASA Russia experiment?
A．It will send people to live on Mars for 8 months.
B．It needs experienced Americans without an age limit.
C．It will be carried out in a Mars-like environment in NASA.
D．It makes preparations for NASA’S human spaceflight program.
【3】Why does the author mention “Mars500” in the text?
A．To show the progress in space technology.
B．To explain why the facility has been chosen.
C．To indicate the new experiment will be successful.
D．To describe the life of astronauts in the mock Mars missions.
【4】Which can be a suitable title for the text?
A．Want to Have A Trip to Mars? Come!
B．Aretmis -- NASA’S Latest Program
C．Competent in Isolation? NASA Wants You!
D．NASA’s Human Space Travel Program
23、A Taste of Chinese Tea Culture
China’s traditional tea-making practices have been added to UNESCO’s list of intangible cultural heritage items.【1】
The origins of tea
Tea is believed to have originated in China. Ancient Chinese people first chewed on raw tea leaves for medicinal purposes, then added them to soups or greens, and brewed tea to drink.
The functions of tea
Ancient books recorded tea’s positive health effects, such as curing indigestion and improving brain function. 【2】 . For example, Myoan Eisai, a Japanese Buddhist priest, praised the value of tea as a medicine in his book.
【3】
Tea has gained widespread popularity since the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty. especially in literary circles, including with the famous Chinese poets Bai Juyi, Su Shi, and Lu You, who all wrote poems about tea.
Tea making crafts
Since ancient times, Chinese people have been planting, picking, making and drinking tea. Traditional tea processing techniques are mainly found in four major regions for tea production in China. Associated social practices, however, are spread throughout the country and shared by multiple ethnic groups.【4】
Tea’s role in building cultural bridges
【5】. going back to when it was important produce on the ancient Silk Road and the ancient Tea Horse Road.
A．Cultural value of tea
B．Famous tea lovers in history
C．Let’s have a taste of Chinese tea culture
D．In 2020 China ranked first in the world for tea leaves production
E．Together with reprocessed teas, there are over 2. 000 tea varieties in China
F．Chinese tea’s medical purposes are also recognized in other parts of the world
G．Tea has long been a means of building peace and friendship between China and the world
24、Researchers have developed a new method for training people to be creative, one that shows promise of succeeding far better than current ways. This new method, based on narrative (叙事的) theory, helps people be creative in the way children and artists are; by making up stories they imagine alternative worlds, shift perspectives (角度) and generate unexpected actions.
The current foundation of creativity training is the technique known as divergent thinking (发散思维), which doesn’t deliver the results that many hope for. A major issue is that this approach relies on data and information about the problems and successes of the past. It can’t come up with truly original actions. That’s where narrative method comes in, and both techniques could be used together.
The narrative method works by recognizing that we’re all creative. “We undervalue the creativity of kids and many others because we tend to think that some people are more creative than others, but the reality is that we’re just not training creativity in the right way,” said Angus Fletcher from the Ohio State University. Fletcher and his colleagues successfully used the narrative approach to train members from the US Army, the University of Chicago, and several Fortune 50 companies.
The narrative method asks participants to generate stories based on assumptive situations or think from someone else’s perspective. Their suggestions are then assessed by experts according to how certain they are that an action will work. For example, marketers might be asked to imagine a world where their competitor’s product was free and how they would respond to that, or to learn a little about how a co-worker thinks and then imagine how they would solve a specific problem.
The narrative method generates actual solutions without pressuring participants to come up with ideas that match an “appropriateness” criterion. What’s more, the narrative method doesn’t depend on data to fuel outputs, so it’s useful even in never seen-before situations.
【1】What does the author say about divergent thinking?
A．It is perfect for multiple tasks.
B．It is suitable for creative actions.
C．It is unfit for complex problems.
D．It is inadequate for desired results.
【2】What is Paragraph 4 intended to tell us about the narrative method?
A．Its effect on business climate.
B．Its application in creativity training.
C．Its role in improving product quality.
D．Its value in assessing workers’ ability.
【3】Which is one advantage of the narrative method?
A．It relies on data and past performance.
B．It prepares people for standard answers.
C．It trains people to find practical solutions.
D．It focuses on guessing the future correctly.
【4】What’s the best title for the text?
A．Creative Ideas and Creative Actions
B．Narrative Approach and Divergent Thinking
C．Narrative Method Can Make Anyone Creative
D．There Should Be No Prejudice Against Creativity
25、 Thirteen years ago, we pulled into the driveway, excited and proud, and ______ up our kids for photos. It was a big day, but we had no idea how it would______our lives. We knew it______us as uncool. But we had become minivan（小型货车）people.
That van is linked to so many great_______——camping trips, a gang of 10-year-old boys ______in for a big day at Canada's Wonderland theme park and one three-week holiday to the east coast, full of long ______ and classic rock______on cassette tapes.
I laughed my head______while going out with friends, and cried my eyes out at the______of a loved one while traveling on those four trusty wheels.
I know it's just a ______. The first time, ______ , I watched my teenagers drive off in it alone, I realized they were growing up together.
There were days when it drove me ______ , too. On cold winter mornings, the sliding doors would _______shut. Anyone who wanted to sit in the back seats had to climb in ______the front. Still, we've ______ our van for as long as possible. It never ever let us clown, even as the ______ bills got a little bigger each year and we faithfully ______ whatever was needed to keep it on the road safely.
Yesterday we finally made the decision. It was time to find a newer, smaller, more ______ replacement.
Saying ______ is never easy. As we close the minivan chapter of our lives, my heart is a little ______ -not just for the much-loved metal box on wheels that we've driven for more than a decade, but for the days, months and years that passed by so quickly.
The story of our minivan is the story of our family.
【1】A.lined B.stood C.put D.sat
【2】A.race B.shape C.overcome D.control
【3】A.remarked B.witnessed C.marked D.delivered
【4】A.events B.celebrations C.acquaintances D.memories
【5】A.piled B.topped C.stamped D.stuck
【6】A.presentation B.conversation C.survival D.flight
【7】A.played B.sang C.listened D.made
【8】A.down B.in C.out D.off
【9】A.birth B.death C.appearance D.absence
【10】A.phenomenon B.reminder C.friend D.vehicle
【11】A.besides B.therefore C.however D.otherwise
【12】A.anxious B.crazy C.courageous D.energetic
【13】A.close B.knock C.freeze D.keep
【14】A.through B.across C.beyond D.to
【15】A.got ahead of B.caught hold of C.kept up with D.held on to
【16】A.rent B.tax C.gas D.repair
【17】A.cleaned B.found C.fixed D.turned
【18】A.economical B.energetic C.effective D.electrical
【19】A.no. B.goodbye C.so D.nothing
【20】A.passionate B.sympathetic C.sad D.messy
26、阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
The watch was my grandfather's. He hung it by his bed. The face was marked with elegant Roman numbers and the case was gold. My grandfather got it after his fifty years of faithful service with his firm. I often gazed at it longingly as I sat with my grandfather after school.
The day I told him of my success in the examinations, he was pleased, "You'll be going to the new school next, Will. Remember you'll need plenty of patience. That's the right way. " I nodded when handing him the watch. He gazed at it for some moments, and wound it.
The next morning my mother told me he had died in his sleep and left me his watch. For safety, my mother was to put it away in trust until she considered me old enough to look after it. I protested（抗议）so strongly that she finally agreed to hang it in the kitchen where I could always see it.
The summer soon ended and it was time for me to enter the new school. I never made friends easily, and for a time I did little more than get on speaking terms with some boys. One of them was a rich fellow whose way of impressing us was to parade his possessions before us. Everything Crawley had was better than ours—until he brought the watch.
"I have a better watch than that," I announced, attempting to impress them. "Well, show it to us," Crawley sneered（冷笑）in disbelief. Embarrassed, I promised to bring it to them that afternoon.
Considering there was no way to persuade my mother to let me take the watch, I decided to wait for her to step outside and slip the watch into my pocket. So I did. After lunch, as I was too excited to wait for the return bus, I got my bike out of the shed
I rode fast, excitement coursing through me. Then suddenly a puppy ran out into my path. I pulled at my brakes so hard that the bike stopped to a sharp standstill（急停）and I fell over.
注意：
1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2.至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
4.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1
I picked myself' up and put a trembling hand into my pocket.
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Paragraph 2
"That's not the right way. Patience, Will. Patience, " a voice echoed in my ears after the boys left.
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