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1、While applying for a job, you should highlight the parts of your experience that are____ to the job.
A. specific B. superior C. remote D. convenient
2、----Shall we go and help them with their work?
----We’d better not. They said we’d just be ______ if we tried to help.
A. in a way B. by the way
C. on the way D. in the way
3、— I’m sure Andy will win the first prize in the coming English Speech Contest.
— There is no doubt about it. He ________ for it for months.
A. is preparing B. was preparing
C. has been preparing D. will prepare
4、We were excited when hearing that the holiday we had been looking forward to finally ________ .
A．coming
B．had come
C．will come
D．came
5、– Sorry, I’m late. I got ______ in traffic.
– It doesn’t matter. Come in, please.
A. sticking B. to stick
C. stuck D. having stuck
6、The number of people in the world ________ about 6 billion and large quantities of waste _______ each year.
A.total; has been produced B.totals; is produced
C.totals; are produced D.total; are being produced
7、It is not doing the things we like, but liking the things we have to do ______ makes life happy.
A. which B. that C. what D. who
8、He got himself into a difficult situation ________he must make a final decision all by himself.
A. which B. what C. when D. where
9、Not until _________________ the better qualities in ourselves ____________ expect to find them in others.
A. have we developed; can we
B. we have developed; that can we
C. we have developed; can we
D. can we develop; that we will
10、On the morning of October 12, 1492, Christopher Columbus and his crew came to the shores of the Caribbean islands, mistakenly believing they ________ in Southeast Asia.
A. arrived B. had arrived
C. has arrived D. would arrive
11、He asked me to give him a lift ________ I could make an explanation about the crowded space in my car．It was so hard to refuse him!
A. until B. while C. before D. when
12、All the money ________， the young man had no choice but to start hunting for a job.
A. has been spent B. had been spent
C. having spent D. having been spent
13、Having signed the agreement on the ceasefire, both sides have _____ it. In other words, neither of the two sides have broken the agreement so far.
A. ignored B. assessed
C. obtained D. observed
14、—Where did you have the discussion with Professor Snow?
—It was in the classroom we had a biology lesson yesterday.
A．which
B．when
C．that
D．where
15、—It is a mystery and a shock to all who knew him that he____ have taken his own life in this way.
—What a pity, indeed.
A. must B. may
C. can D. should
16、Studies show that people who have a glass of wine per day do better than _____ who don’t．
A．that B．the one
C．ones D．those
17、Taking a gap year is a good chance for students to learn skills and gain life experience, ______ them an edge in the job market.
A. given B. to give C. giving D. having given
18、During the nineteen years of his career, France Batiste has won the ________ of a wide audience outside Italy.
A. comprehension B. recognition
C. evaluation D. reputation
19、The historical play put on by my classmates left a deep impression on us．Every one of us thought their show was _________ a failure but a great success.
A. next to B. except for C. far from D. apart from
20、It was at midnight ________ we arrived at the airport, resulting from the heavy fog.
A. that B. before C. since D. now that
21、No party? No problem. These people found a way to celebrate their special day that was just as fun and even more meaningful than a traditional birthday party.
On the e-vite (电子邀请函) for Mikayla Gounard’s birthday party, she told her friends that she didn’t want presents. “I didn’t really need anything,” she said. “Everything they would have given me was plastic and stuff I really didn’t need.”
Instead, she asked for donations to help the homeless man, David Sean Currey, who found and returned Gounard’s grandmother’s lost wallet. She was super inspired by that story. She wanted to pay forward the kindness the stranger showed her grandmother.
On Dec. 22, her 12th birthday, Gounard raised $479. A GoFundMe raised an additional $55,000,which Gounard gave to David Sean Currey, along with a note saying, “In a dark tunnel, there is always light.” The homeless man started crying. He was able to check into a hotel, and open a bank account.
Across the country, kids and adults are having pay-it-forward parties, skipping traditional birthday celebrations, foregoing gifts, and choosing to spread kindness and help others.
After the devastating Texas snow and ice storm, Texas State Senator Dawn Buckingham spent her birthday on Feb. 2l in Harper. Texas handed out water and food and supplies to people who had no power for 10 days. Buckingham also invited strangers into her home to use her gas stove to cook meals. It was the end of hunting season — and she had a freezer full of venison she shared with strangers. “There’s nothing better than helping those who need help on your birthday,” Buckingham said on her birthday morning.
【1】What did Gounard receive on her birthday in the past?
A．Inspiring blessings.
B．Unnecessary presents.
C．Her desired presents.
D．Donations from friends.
【2】What motivated Gounard to hold the special birthday party?
A．Buckingham’s story.
B．Her friends’ requirement.
C．A homeless man’s honesty.
D．Her grandma’s influence.
【3】How did David feel when receiving the donation?
A．Moved.
B．Annoyed.
C．Anxious.
D．Frightened.
【4】What does Buckingham consider best about birthday?
A．Receiving endless wishes.
B．Inviting strangers to her home.
C．Holding an amazing party.
D．Giving hands to those in need.
22、Grandparents who help out occasionally with childcare or provide support for others in their community tend to live longer than seniors who do not care for other people, according to a study
from Berlin, Germany.‘Having no contact with grandchildren at all can negatively impact grandparents’ health. This link could be deeply rooted in our evolutionary past when help with childcare was important for the survival of the human species,” said Sonja Hilbrand, one of the researchers. However, having full-time custody of grandchildren may harm their health.
The findings are drawn from data on more than 500 people over age 70 in the Berlin aging Study. The participants completed interviews and medical tests every two years. Overall after considering grandparents age and general state of health, the risk of dying was one-third lower for grandparents who cared for their grandchildren, compared with grandparents who didn’t provide any childcare.
Half of the grandparents who cared for grandchildren were still alive ten years after the initial interview. The same was true for participants who did not have grandchildren but supported their adult children in some way, such as helping with housework. In contrast about half of the participants who did not help others died within five years after the start of the study.
“Caregiving may be thought also as an activity that keeps caregivers physically and mentally active, said Professor Arpino, adding that previous studies suggest that caregiving may improve cognitive functioning, mental and physical health.
Arpino noted, however, that caregiving is not the only activity that can improve health, and too many caring responsibilities can take away benefits from other activities like working, being in social clubs, or volunteering.
“Children should take into account their parents' needs, willingness, and desires and agree with them on the timing and amount of childcare," Arpino suggested.
【1】What is the caregiving study based on?
A．Data on elderly people.
B．Medical tests on children.
C．Human evolutionary history.
D．Interviews on local community.
【2】What does the underline word“ participants”in paragraph 2 probably mean?
A．Researchers
B．Attendants
C．Care-givers
D．Specialists
【3】Which statement about childcare may Arpino agree with?
A．Childcare is bound to be beneficial to grandparents.
B．Grandparenting is meant to become a growing trend.
C．Proper amounts of childcare make grandparents live longer.
D．More childcare can provide grandparents with more health.
23、Thermoelectric generators (热力发电机) turn waste heat into electricity without producing greenhouse gas emissions, like a free lunch. But the high cost of these devices has prevented their widespread use. Now, researchers have found a way to make cheap thermoelectrics that work just as well. The work could pave the way for greener car engines, and other energy-generating devices.
“This looks like a very smart way to realize high performance,” says Li-Dong Zhao, a materials scientist. He notes there are still a few more steps before these materials can become high-performing. However, he says, “This will be used in the not too far future.”
Thermoelectrics are semiconductor devices placed on a hot surface. That gives them a hot side and a cool side. If a device allows the hot side to warm up the cool side, the electricity stops flowing. A device’s success at preventing this, as well as its ability to conduct electrons, feeds into a score known as the figure of merit (优值系数), or ZT.
Researchers have produced thermoelectric materials with increasing ZTs. The record came in 2014 when Mercouri Kanatzidis came up with a tin selenide (硒化物) with a ZT of 3.1. Yet the material was too fragile to work with. “For practical applications, it’s a non-starter,” Kanatzidis says.
Getting through that door will still take some time. The tin selenide the team makes is mixed with Na, creating a “p-type” material that conducts positive charges. To make working devices, researchers also need an “n-type” version to conduct negative charges.
Zhao’s team is now working on making an n-type version. Once successful, researchers should have a clear path to making a new generation of super-efficient thermoelectric generators. Those could be installed everywhere from automobile exhaust pipes to water heaters and industrial smelters to scavenge some of the 65% of fossil fuel energy that winds up as waste heat.
【1】What is the first paragraph mainly about?
A．The wide use of thermoelectric generators.
B．The inventors of current thermoelectric generators.
C．The reason why researchers make cheap thermoelectrics.
D．The greener ear engines that contribute to environmental protection.
【2】How does Li-Dong Zhao feel about cheap thermoelectric generators?
A．Indifferent.
B．Worried.
C．Critical.
D．Positive.
【3】What do you know about the research in 2014 from paragraph 4 and 5?
A．It was far from a success for practical applications.
B．A tin selenide with a ZT of 3.1 can be easy to work with.
C．Researchers made an “n-type” version to make working devices.
D．A “p-type” material made from the tin selenide conducts negative charges.
【4】What does the underlined word “scavenge” in the last paragraph mean?
A．Produce.
B．Recycle.
C．Spot.
D．Increase.
24、My transportation was unexpectedly smooth and I arrived at the meeting half an hour earlier. I kept my eyes on the restaurant door. Several customers entered, but not my friend. At 6:00 pm, she sent me a text message: “Urgent work to finish. Will be 20 minutes late.”
I had left my book in the office, so I spent the time thinking of my experiences of being late in China. On my first visit in 1985, punctuality was deeply rooted in the Chinese hearts. There were no traffic jams then.
As a teacher in Canada, I always insisted on punctuality. I would open the classroom door to a late student for the first time and the second, but not the third. During the six years I worked for CCTV, I had a Chinese friend whom I often saw at lunch time, or after work. We used to meet at the subway station nearby. He was always late by 10-20 minutes. To my question, “You were busy?” he would surprisingly answer, “ No.” Once I asked him to check the clock in his office, he smiled.
In March 2015, I got permanent residence (居住权) in China. The ceremony was scheduled for 9:00 am at the Public Security Bureau on the Second Ring Road. I told my driver I had to get there by 8:40 am. “No problem,” he replied. But he thought he had time to drop someone off at the airport before picking me up. I desperately waited for him. Then, to rub salt into my wound, he had to stop at the exit of a gas station. Finally, I entered the room at 9:07 am ── the last guest to arrive!
【1】What can we learn from the passage?
A. The author is always late for work or any activities.
B. The author dislikes making friends with unpunctual persons.
C. The author hates being late from the bottom of heart.
D. The author can do something to deal with unpunctuality.
【2】If the author’s student comes late for the third time, _______.
A. he will let him/her remain outside
B. he will open the door for him/her again
C. he will shout at him/her loudly
D. he will tell him/her to take care next time
【3】How did the Chinese friend feel when the author asked him to check the clock?
A. Excited. B. Embarrassed.
C. Satisfied. D. Shocked.
【4】Why didn’t the author arrive at the ceremony on time?
A. Because the gas was running out.
B. Because his driver met a guest at the airport.
C. Because there was a big traffic jam on the road.
D. Because the driver estimated the time wrongly.
25、“Who can ever have imagined someone like me would make it this far?” asked Chad Wood last week during his high school graduation speech as the best student. Chad offered _______ to his fellow classmates to never give up — and the words _______much more to himself. That’s because Chad is deaf, and he told the story of the serious troubles he_______to graduate first in his class at Harrison High school in Kennesaw, Georgia.
Chad didn’t start to_______until he was 5, according to his mother, Pam Wood. Although her son was at a(an) _______, she was determined not to treat him _______. “I’ve expected him to do everything every other kid does, and I saw no _______ why he couldn’t,” she told ABC News. “And if he_______ the first time, we just tried again.”
Chad, 17, worked hard throughout school, _______ no special treatment but sitting at the front of the class and using a special audio system so he could hear the teacher. All his hard work ________. He received full school fare to Vanderbilt University. “Deafness had taught me a lesson to never ________,” he said in the speech. “Not when the experts tell you it cannot be done. Not when you have ________ so far behind that escaping seems the only way ________. Not when achieving your dreams seems an entire ________ .”
Chad spoke for about four minutes, after which he received a standing applause from the class and________ messages from family, friends and strangers. “They’ve been sending me messages on Facebook, email, they’ve been talking to me in person telling me how it had a ________on their lives and how they’re really ________ by it,” Chad told ABC News. “It feels ________. Seeing that my words ________have a power on someone and that they want to work harder because of my words makes me feel ________ .”
【1】
A．description
B．advice
C．warning
D．information
【2】
A．meant
B．recognized
C．analysed
D．described
【3】
A．needed
B．forecast
C．consisted
D．faced
【4】
A．cry
B．hear
C．smell
D．laugh
【5】
A．loss
B．advantage
C．disadvantage
D．distance
【6】
A．differently
B．cruelly
C．kindly
D．similarly
【7】
A．reason
B．trouble
C．harm
D．conclusion
【8】
A．succeeded
B．organized
C．failed
D．blamed
【9】
A．appealing
B．operating
C．possessing
D．receiving
【10】
A．set off
B．paid off
C．took off
D．dropped off
【11】
A．give in
B．give up
C．give out
D．give away
【12】
A．waited
B．walked
C．fallen
D．left
【13】
A．out
B．off
C．up
D．away
【14】
A．victory
B．failure
C．impossibility
D．chance
【15】
A．supportive
B．negative
C．doubtful
D．awkward
【16】
A．insight
B．detail
C．reward
D．power
【17】
A．depressed
B．inspired
C．exposed
D．puzzled
【18】
A．unwilling
B．shocking
C．amazing
D．embarrassing
【19】
A．merely
B．extremely
C．strangely
D．actually
【20】
A．astonished
B．wonderful
C．confused
D．cautious
26、美国某中学举办英语暑假训练营，开设以下课程:cooking,swimming,giving first aid， playing football/basketball。
假定你是李华，请你写封申请信，报名参加其中一门课程的学习。内容包括:
1.你感兴趣的一门课程；
2.为什么想学这门课程；
3.你期望从中学到什么。
注意: 1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Sir/Madam,
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