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1、When he ______ the bill in the restaurant, he suddenly realized that he had left his wallet in the car.
A.paid B.would be paying
C.was to pay D.had paid
2、—Fiona never fails to grasp any chance of promotion.
—She’s a woman of ________.
A. ambition B. attention
C. expectation D. reputation
3、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
4、____ himself with routine office tasks, he had no time to accompany his children.
A. Occupied B. Occupyin
C. Being occupied D. To be occupied
5、A number of traditions ________ celebrated in China during the Spring Festival every year.
A.is B.was C.are D.were
6、She lived in two rooms over a teashop, ________ was convenient, since she could send for cakes if she had visitors.
A．where
B．in which
C．which
D．that
7、Top graduates from universities are ________ by major companies.
A. chased B. registered
C. offered D. compromised
8、We had the feeling, somehow, _____ the revolution was right around the corner.
A. which B. that C. what D. When
9、It is only when an NBA player has aged and been through many battles _____he learns an important lesson;
there is no "I" in "team".
A. after B. before C. that D. what
10、How come every kid today is meant to be a champion for something _____ we know every kid can’t be a star?
A. in case B. as if
C. when D. unless
11、None of the underwater workers has been harmed by the great fish．______，most fish were so friendly that they played with the instruments．
A．Instead B．Even though
C．However D．Though
12、The law of market shows _______ a product becomes rare to reach, its price will certainly rocket.
A.unless B.once C.though D.since
13、Mary was pleased to see that the seeds she ______ in the garden were growing.
A. was planting B. has planted C. would plant D. had planted
14、______ makes our school famous is ______ more than 90% of the students have been admitted to universities.
A．What; that
B．Which; because
C．That; what
D．What; because
15、After the actor was caught taking drugs, all the scenes in which he appeared in the film were___.
A.cut out B.cut down C.cut up D.cut off
16、—We are organizing a party this weekend, and I’d like you to come.
—________! I’m going to visit my grandparents. Thank you all the same.
A.Good luck B.Have fun C.Take it easy D.What a pity
17、-Sir, Kevin has promised to complete the project to be arranged.
-The question is, can he ______?
A.address B.subscribe C.deliver D.salute
18、—Julia said she sent you a birthday card yesterday. Have you got it?
—Oh, really! I haven’t ________ my mailbox yet.
A. examined B. reviewed.
C. tested D. checked
19、—Are your parents satisfied with your performance at home?
— ______ but not exactly. They want me to do more housework.
A.Kind of B.Just the opposite C.On average D.By all means
20、The energy program ______ at reducing our dependence on fossil fuels has made considerable breakthroughs in the past decades.
A.aim B.aimed C.being aiming D.to aim
21、Imagine sitting in your house, when suddenly you receive a phone call through your shirt. You answer the call and converse with the person on the other end. Sound crazy? This might soon be possible because of a new research from engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and their partners at Rhode Island School of Design.
These scientists have created a fabric that can hear sounds around you and inside your body. They published their research in the journal Nature. “Wearing such a shirt, you might talk through it to answer phone calls and communicate with others,” says lead author Wei Yan, a professor at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
To create the shirt, the team wove a flexible piezoelectric fiber (压电纤维) into fabric. Piezoelectric materials generate internal electrical charge from applied mechanical stress. When the fiber is exposed to sound waves, vibrations create electrical signals similar to how our ears work. The team wove the fibers in with a kind of traditional thread to create panels, which they then sewed into a shirt. They clapped at various angles away from the shirt, and found the fabric was able to detect the angle of the sound to within 1 degree at a distance of 3 meters away. They also tested whether clothes could act as a fabric stethoscope (听诊器) by sewing a single fiber into the inner part of a shirt, according to MIT. Yoel Fink, a co-author from MIT, says that this could be used in pregnant women’s clothes in the future.
The resulting fibers can pick up noises like human speech, birds singing, etc., and they can also make sounds louder, which could help those who are hard of hearing. This solution could also be used to help detect broken parts in buildings or be woven into a net to monitor fish, the researchers say.
According to Fink, their goal is to put other digital operations within fabric, including information storage and signal processing. “Computers are going to really become fabrics,” he says. “We’re getting very close.”
【1】What can be the function of the fabric from the text?
A．It can read your mind.
B．It can hear your heartbeat.
C．It can regulate your pulse.
D．It can sense your feelings.
【2】Why did the researchers clap at various angles away from the shirt?
A．To test how sensitive it is to surrounding sounds.
B．To figure out how effectively the panels function.
C．To make out if it is able to function as a stethoscope.
D．To test its ability to detect sound direction and distance.
【3】What aspect of the fabric does the text focus on?
A．Its physical materials.
B．Its possible applications.
C．Its potential problems.
D．Its positive health benefits.
【4】How do the researchers expect to deal with their fabric?
A．Make it available in the near future.
B．Use new-materials to make it durable.
C．Develop more digital operations within it.
D．Enable it to monitor users’ physical conditions.
22、Dreaming big doesn’t mean we suddenly want to be a millionaire or become famous. That’s because “bigger” is a relative term. If we currently have no dreams, dreaming bigger might just mean a small goal that we want to reach. But even that is not always easy. So how do you start dreaming bigger?
Cultivate Confidence. To achieve big things, you have to believe that you can. Therefore, the first thing we need to dream big is to get a confidence boost. Try to remember a time when you succeeded in doing something you set your mind to. 【1】
Face Fear of Failure. The fear of doing something big can be intense. What if we fail? What then? If this sounds like you, it may be helpful to develop the belief that growth and learning are more important than success or other people’s opinions. 【2】 That way we can better enjoy the pursuit, even if it ultimately does result in failure.
Face Fear of Success. Success can mean different things to different people. For example, success might mean feeling like the odd one out in your family or friend group. 【3】 Or, it could lead to jealousy from others. But taking a closer outlook at these fears and thinking about how you might deal with them can help you move through them.
Use Your Imagination. 【4】 Maybe you imagine yourself owning your own business, having a big family, or traveling all over the world. Then does living this life feel good or authentic? Use this exercise to better understand which big dreams are a good fit for you.
Enjoy the Process. Sometimes we end up spending so much time focusing on big dreams that we forget to enjoy the process. Indeed, big dreams can help us imagine a life or a future we’ve never known. 【5】 If we don’t enjoy the process, it’s going to be tough to get there.
A．But big dreams take time.
B．We are taking control of our lives.
C．Striving towards dreams can decrease well-being.
D．It might mean more responsibility than you really want.
E．Use your experiences as inspiration and self-motivation.
F．Start by visualizing a variety of different possible exciting outcomes.
G．It can help you shift your focus to the journey instead of the end goal
23、Wanna soften the blow of a hangover?
A hangover refers to the headache and sick feeling that you have the day after drinking too much alcohol. If you are looking for something to nurse your hangover, you will find the following right ideas.
1. ASIAN PEAR JUICE
Have some extra Asian pears at home? Run them through your juicer before your next night out. According to researchers at Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, just 7.4 ounces of Asian pear juice is enough to soften the blow of a hangover. The scientists say that the juice interacts with enzymes that break down alcohol, speeding up your metabolism and leaving less surplus alcohol for your body to absorb. There’s just one catch: The juice must be consumed before you drink anything else in order to be effective.
2. MUSIC
Anyone who’s ever suffered through a massive hangover knows that sound is the enemy. But while your roommate’s 9 a.m. tap dancing practice might exacerbate (加剧) your symptoms, music may have the opposite effect. Research has shown that listening to music can provide relief to migraines, which are similar to hangover headaches. As long as the music is pleasant and suits your taste, it should help to drown out the chorus of pain laying in your mind. Head sensitivity isn’t the only symptom music helps with. According to researchers at the University of Edinburgh, listening to your favorite music also eases pain.
3. EGGS
The best way to tackle a hangover with food is to eat while you drink. Chowing down after the damage has already been done may distract you from your turmoil for a short while, but it won’t soothe your physical symptoms. There are a few exceptions: Eggs, for example, have hangover-fighting potential thanks to a special ingredient. The food is packed with cysteine, an amino acid that breaks down the drinking byproduct acetaldehyde (乙醛). So whether you prefer to enjoy brunch out or at home, make sure your meal includes eggs in some form.
【1】According to the passage, the author may agree with the following EXCEPT______.
A.Asian pear juice can help soften the blow of a hangover if you drink it before anything else.
B.Your roommate can make you suffer less from a hangover by practising tap dancing at 9.
C.Eggs are said to contain a special ingredient that may soothe the symptoms of a hangover.
D.Enjoying your favorite piece of music is an efficient way to fight the pain of a hangover.
【2】The passage is most probably taken from ______.
A.a textbook B.a science fiction
C.a health magazine D.an advertisement
24、It’s late in the evening, time to close the book and turn off the computer. You’re done for the day. What you may not realize, however, is that the learning process actually continues in your dreams.
It might sound like science fiction, but researchers are increasingly focusing on the relationship between the knowledge and skills our brains absorb during the day and the often strange imaginings they generate at night. Scientists have found that dreaming about a task we’ve learned is associated with improved performance in that activity (suggesting that there’s some truth to the popular idea that we’re “getting” a foreign language once we begin dreaming in it). What’s more, dreaming may be an essential part of understanding, organizing and retaining what we learn. While we sleep, research indicates, the brain replays the patterns of activity it experienced during waking hours, allowing us to enter what one psychologist calls a neural virtual reality.
A vivid example of such replay can be seen in a video researchers made recently about sleep disorders. They taught a series of dance moves to patients suffering from sleepwalking and related conditions. They then videotaped the subjects as they slept. Lying in bed, eyes closed, one female patient on the tape performed the dance moves she learned earlier — “the first direct and unambiguous demonstration of behavioral replay of a recently learned skill during human sleep, ” writes lead author Delphine Oudiette.
Of course, most of us are not quite so energetic during sleep — but our brains are busy nonetheless. While our bodies are at rest, scientists theorize, our brains are extracting what’s important from the information and events we’ve recently encountered, then integrating that data into the vast store of what we already know—perhaps explaining why dreams are such an odd mixture of fresh experiences and old memories. A dream about something we’ve just learned seems to be a sign that the new knowledge has been processed effectively. In a 2010 study published in the journal Current Biology, researchers at Harvard Medical School reported that college students who dreamed about a computer maze task they had learned showed a 10-fold improvement in their ability to navigate the maze compared to participants who did not dream about the task.
Robert Stickgold, one of the Harvard researchers, suggests that studying right before bedtime or taking a nap following a study session in the afternoon might increase the odds of dreaming about the material. Think about that as your head hits the pillow tonight.
【1】What happens when one enters a dream state?
A．The body continues to act as if the sleeper were awake.
B．The neural activity of the brain will become more intense.
C．The brain once again experiences the learning activities of the day.
D．The brain behaves as if it were playing a virtual reality video game.
【2】What does the brain do while we are sleeping?
A．It replaces old information with new material.
B．It processes and absorbs newly acquired data.
C．It classifies information and places it in different files.
D．It systematizes all the information collected during the day.
【3】Which of the following can enhance learning according to Robert Stickgold?
A．Staying up late before finally going to bed.
B．Having a period of sleep right after studying.
C．Having a dream about anything you are interested in.
D．Thinking about the chances of dreaming about the material.
【4】What is the text mainly about?
A．How study affects people’s dreams.
B．Why people learn more after sleeping.
C．What time students should study and sleep.
D．How dreaming may lead to improved learning outcomes.
25、 Most of my friends like me and they say I’m trusting. Sure, I’m a “what you see is what you get” kind of person. So ______ I expect the same kind of ______ from others. But I am not easily cheated. And I never would have ______ there were aliens around, at least ______ I saw one with my very own eyes.
My friend Danny Stone and I were staying in his uncle’s cottage for the weekend. Danny kept telling me stories about aliens frequently visiting the district, even though I said I was ______ . At round 3 o’clock in the morning, I was suddenly woken up by a shocking sound. What I saw next almost made my heart ______ . Outside, sitting in the branches of a tree, was something that looked like an alien. Danny took a blanket and ______ to have a closer look. I ______ at a distance-not that I was afraid; I was smart, I’d watched enough TV to know that aliens couldn’t be trusted! When Danny was ______ enough, the alien seemed to ______ him, and they both fell to the ground. Danny ______ to throw the blanket on top of it. Sensing control over the situation, I ran into the cottage and cried, “Mr. Stone! We ______ an alien!”
Later. I would remember that ______ with extreme embarrassment. Danny was ______ like mad and threw the alien at me. Even though I could see now that alien was ______ packing foam, I couldn’t believe that I had been ______ easily in such a way. Actually, the alien that I saw had been ______ in the tree by Danny. He was a better ______ than I had ever thought he was. And my ______ was far more active than I had ever realized. It all added up to one thing: I was easy to ______ . Too trusting. Too believing.
A．luckily
B．probably
C．naturally
D．gradually
A．openness
B．honor
C．happiness
D．respect
A．proved
B．noticed
C．understood
D．believed
A．not until
B．after
C．when
D．before long
A．confident
B．independent
C．uninterested
D．enthusiastic
A．ache
B．explode
C．burn
D．beat
A．ran out
B．went in
C．happened
D．refused
A．sang
B．smiled
C．played
D．stood
A．old
B．close
C．brave
D．patient
A．turn on
B．turn off
C．turn to
D．turn in
A．failed
B．managed
C．planned
D．attacked
A．killed
B．caught
C．dug out
D．attached
A．accident
B．experiment
C．problems
D．moment
A．laughing
B．sleeping
C．swimming
D．working
A．used for
B．made of
C．tied with
D．supported by
A．tricked
B．beaten
C．shamed
D．frightened
A．hurt
B．found
C．placed
D．destroyed
A．fighter
B．worker
C．friend
D．actor
A．knowledge
B．imagination
C．experience
D．carefulness
A．please
B．forget
C．fool
D．forgive
26、Directions: Read the following three passages. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.
IKEA, known around the world as a supplier of furniture and other home goods, is taking steps to protect the environment. By 2030 IKEA plans to be a circular business, one whose products can all be reused or recycled rather than thrown away. To achieve this goal, the company is redesigning all of its products. How can it design products that will last longer and be easier to fix and that people can recycle when they are finished with them? By answering these questions, IKEA hopes to improve the sustainability of its business model.
IKEA wants people to be able to repair its products rather than throw them away when something goes wrong. To accomplish that goal, the company is standardizing the parts, materials and colors that it uses. This means that if a part needs to be replaced, it will be easy to find. In the past IKEA has only offered spare parts for some products; now it is greatly expanding the number of spare parts customers can purchase. This makes it feasible for customers to repair their own furniture. IKEA is also redesigning the parts of its products that are most likely to wear out quickly.
To extend the life of its products, IKEA is trying to make their maintenance easier. It is also making its products easier to take apart and transport, so the furniture is less likely to break when being moved or changing hands.
Sometimes people replace their furniture not because there is something wrong with it, but because their needs have changed. So IKEA is also trying to help people keep furniture for a longer time by making it easy to modify. Some pieces can be expanded or reduced in size as family members and guests come and go. Others have covers that can be exchanged for different look.
But even with all these efforts, it is likely that certain products will eventually no longer be usable. At that point they can be remanufactured — the pieces reassembled (重新组装) into something new-or recycled. And IKEA is designing products to make these processes easier. The company is also working to reduce waste in other areas, such as packaging and food waste from restaurants inside its stores.
These efforts to reduce the number of IKEA products that are abandoned and thrown in landfills will help create a more environmentally friendly economy.
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