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1、He left a career in teaching to ________ a position with the Arts Council.
A．take off
B．take up
C．take down
D．take in
2、 an important decision more on emotion than on reason, you will regret it sooner or later.
A. Based B. Basing C. Base D. To base
3、--- If you like, I can do some shopping for you.
---That’s a very kind ________.
A．service B．suggestion C．point D．Offer
4、The government began to make regulations and controls in late November, which have pressed down some prices, ________ slight relief to consumers.
A．bringing
B．to bring
C．brought
D．to have brought
5、Tian’an Men Square and ______ Great Wall are two of the places everyone should see in ______ People’s Republic of China.
A．the；the
B．/；/
C．the；/
D．/；the
6、Happiness will be within our reach if positive thinking ________ into daily routine and becomes an important part of our world.
A. adopts B. is adopted
C. will adopt D. will be adopted
7、Once a schedule is made, by strictly _______ it, you can avoid putting off till tomorrow what should be done.
A． arranging B． measuring
C． observing D． presenting
8、Meetings ________ in the company every two days and he is fed up with them.
A．hold
B．are held
C．are holding
D．were held
9、Although the current leadership has demonstrated their commitment, what is the possibility of corruption ________ from China in the near future?
A.to be removed B.removing C.removed D.being removed
10、Della had only one dollar and eighty-seven cents ________ Jim, her Husband, a Christmas present.
A．to buy
B．which to buy
C．for him to buy
D．with which to buy
11、The pollution is likely to reach its peak on Monday, and some parts ________ heavy air pollution, the environmental watchdog told the newspaper.
A. see B. will see C. would see D. saw
12、There has been positive reaction to the proposal to help the disabled, the impact will be lasting especially for younger ones.
A. on which B. on whom
C. of which D. of whom
13、All the scientific evidence ______ that increasing use of chemicals in farming______damaging our health．
A．show; are B．shows; are
C．show; is D．shows; is
14、After three hours’ drive , they arrived in ______ they thought was the place they had been looking forward to visiting．
A． which B． that C． where D． what
15、The disease is so terrible that it made Jack’s life difficult, one problem leading to .
A. the other B. others C. another D. the others
16、One of the best ways for people to keep fit is to______ healthy eating habits.
A. grow B. develop C. increase D. raise
17、How long will it take________ your father recovers from his illness?
A．since
B．after
C．before
D．when
18、—May I have the bill, please?
—Wait a minute please, sir. Well, that’s 100 yuan ________.
A．in addition
B．in total
C．in short
D．in turn
19、I'll be out for some time. ______ anything important happens, call me up immediately.
A. In case B. As if
C. Even though D. Now that
20、The happy ________ of children playing in the garden disappears, and it is quiet again.
A. spot B. view C. scenery D. scene
21、 The act of social distancing（社交距离）has become an effective protective measure against the novel coronavirus(冠状病毒) and a part of everyday life across the world. Many countries have launched different social distancing measures. Some are strict while others are creative. Let’s take a look at three special quarantine (隔离) measures around the world.
Panama
With more than 3,000 confirmed cases by April 12, the Central American country Panama has announced strict quarantine measures. One of them is to separate people by gender （性别） to go out.
Starting in April, males in the country are required to leave home on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday while females can go out on Monday, Wednesday and Friday every week. No one is allowed to go out on Sundays.
To further prevent the spread of COVID-19, citizens are able to leave their homes for only two hours at a time.
“This absolute quarantine is for nothing more than to save your life,” the country’s security minister Juan Pino said at a news conference.
But according to the Guardian, the quarantine measures do not apply to civil servants（公务员） or other essential staff(职工) who are battling against the novel coronavirus on the frontline.
Colombia
ID numbers are unique identification tools for individuals, but they may also be used to decide when people can go out in Colombia during the novel coronavirus pandemic. According to the BBC, people in some Colombian towns are allowed to be outside based on the last digit of their national ID number.
For example, in northwest-central Colombia, people with an ID number ending in zero, four or seven are allowed to leave the house on Monday, while those with an ID number ending in one, five or eight can go outside on Tuesday. Similar quarantine measures have been proposed in the nearby country of Bolivia.
France
Though outdoor exercise is a good way to keep healthy, it can sometimes cause too many people to gather in one place. In order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Paris has banned all outdoor exercise between 10 am and 7 pm.
Outside of this time span, people are allowed to exercise individually as long as it’s for less than an hour and within one kilometer of their home. If people break the rule, they will face fines of between €135 (about 1,040 yuan) and €375.
【1】What can we learn about Panama’s social distancing measures?
A.No one can go out for dinner, starting in April.
B.All citizens should follow the rules of going out by gender.
C.Ordinary citizens can stay outside for at most two hours at a time.
D.Civil servants are allowed to go out every day except on Sundays.
【2】Which group is allowed to go out on Mondays in northwest-central Colombia, during the novel coronavirus pandemic?
A.Females.
B.Males.
C.Those with an ID number ending in one, five or eight.
D.Those with an ID number ending in zero, four or seven.
【3】Which of the following follows the rules in France?
A.Cycling around one’s home at 5 pm.
B.Playing basketball with friends at 8 pm.
C.Playing badminton in front of one’s house at noon.
D.Jogging alone near one’s home from 8 am to 8:30 am.
22、 By now you've probably heard about the "you’re not special" speech, when English teacher David McCullough told graduating seniors at Wellesley High School: “Do not get the idea you're anything special, because you're not." Mothers and fathers present at the ceremony 一 and a whole lot of other parents across the Internet — took issue with McCullough's ego-puncturing （伤自尊的） words. But lost in the uproar （喧嚣）was something we really should be taking to heart: our young people actually have no idea whether they're particularly talented or accomplished or not. In our eagerness to elevate their self-esteem, we forgot to teach them how to realistically assess their own abilities, a crucial requirement for getting better at anything from math to music to sports. In fact, it's not just privileged high-school students: we all tend to view ourselves as above average.
Such inflated self-judgments have been found in study after study, and it's often exactly when we're least competent at a given task that we rate our performance most generously, in a 2006 study published in the journal Medical Education, for example, medical students who scored the lowest on an essay test were the most charitable in their self evaluations, while high-scoring students judged themselves much more strictly. Poor students, the authors note, "lack insight" into their own inadequacy. Why should this be? Another study, led by Cornell University psychologist David Dunning, offers an enlightening explanation. People who are incompetent, he writes with coauthor Justin Kruger, suffer from a “dual burden": they're not good at what they do, and their very clumsiness prevents them from recognizing how bad they are.
In Dunning and Kruger's study, subjects scoring at the bottom on tests of logic, grammar and humor -extremely overestimated' their talents. Although their test scores put them in the 12th percentile (百分位数).they guessed they were in the 62nd. What these individuals lacked (in addition 9 clear logic, proper grammar and a sense of humor) was “meta cognitive skill” :the capacity to monitor how well they're performing. In the absence of that capacity, the subjects arrived at an overly hopeful view of their own abilities. There's a paradox here, the authors note: The skills that lead to competence in a particular domain are often the very same skills necessary to evaluate competence in that field? In other words, to get better at judging how well we're doing at an activity, we have to get better at the activity itself
There are a couple of ways out of this double bind. First, we can learn to make honest comparisons with others. Train yourself to recognize excellence, even when you yourself don't possess it, and compare what you can do against what truly excellent individuals are able to accomplish. Second, seek out feedback that is frequent, accurate and specific. Find a critic who will tell you not only how poorly you're doing, but just what it is that you're doing wrong. As Dunning and Kruger note, success indicates to us that everything went right, but failure is more ambiguous: any number of things could have gone wrong. Use this external feedback to figure out exactly where and when you screwed up.
If we adopt these strategies — and most importantly, teach them to our children — they won't need parents, or a commencement (毕业典礼)speaker, to tell them that they're special. They’ll already know that they are, or have a plan to get that way.
【1】The author thinks the real problem is that .
A.no requirement is set up for young people to get better
B.we always tend to consider ourselves to be privileged
C.we don't know whether our young people are talented or not
D.young people don't know how to assess their abilities realistically
【2】We can infer from the passage that those high-scoring students
A.know how to cultivate clear logic and proper grammar
B.tend to be very competent in their high-scoring fields
C.don’t view themselves as competent because they know their limits
D.don't know how well they perform due to their strict self-judgement
【3】The strategies of becoming special suggest that .
A.we need internal honesty with ourselves and external honesty from others
B.the best way to get better is to carefully study past success and failure
C.through comparison with others, one will know where and when he fails
D.neither parents nor a commencement speaker can tell whether one is special
【4】Which can be the best title of this passage?
A.Tip On Making Ourselves More Special
B.Let’s Admit That We Are Not That Special
C.Special or Not? Teach Kids To Figure It Out
D.Tell The Truth: Kids Overestimate their Talents
23、 For generations, students were taught to stretch before playing games. Then the practice fell out of favor. Studies seemed to show that such stretching temporarily reduces muscular power, weakens athletic performance and increases the risk of injury. So most fitness experts currently advise against stretches before exercise. But now a new research indicates that they might not be such a bad idea after all.
This month, the journal, Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism (APNM), published a study by four distinguished exercise scientists who analyzed more than 200 studies of how stretching affects the following exercise. In broad terms, they found that stretching can briefly prevent the ability to generate power. So if you reach for your toes and hold that position, tightening your hamstrings (腿筋), you might not then be able to leap as high or start a dash as forcefully as you don’t stretch.
Those undesirable effects were generally found, however, only if each stretch was held for more than 60 seconds and the subject then immediately became fully active, with no further warm-up. “Outside the lab, most people are unlikely to hold a warm-up stretch for longer than about 30 seconds.” Dr. McHugh, the co-author of the study says. The review found few lasting negative impacts from these short stretches, especially if the volunteers followed that stretching with several minutes of jogging or other basic warm-up movements. In fact, these short stretches turned out to have a positive effect.
Do these findings mean that all the athletes should stretch in advance before a match? “Not necessarily,” Dr. McHugh says, “Runners and cyclists don’t have much risk for acute muscle injuries.” Stretching before these activities is unlikely to protect against injury. Runners and cyclists can adequately warm up by jogging or pedaling lightly. But he suggests that people who play basketball and other ball sports should stretch in advance. Those who haven’t stretched since childhood gym class might want to consider consulting an athletic trainer about the best upper and lower body stretches, particularly for the shoulders and hamstrings.
【1】According to the new research, people may suffer negative impacts when _______.
A.they do stretches after attending a game
B.they reach for toes and hold that position
C.following a stretch with several minutes’ jogging
D.dashing immediately after one 60-second plus stretch
【2】We can learn from the passage that _______.
A.all athletes should not stretch in advance
B.the four scientists published the journal APNM
C.it’s unnecessary for a tennis player to do warm-up stretches
D.players ought to have done warm-up stretches since childhood
【3】What’s Dr. McHugh’s attitude toward stretches?
A.Concerned. B.Doubtful.
C.Disapproving. D.Objective.
24、Have you ever had trouble choosing suitable books for your children? Here we introduce three books that will make your children look forward to bedtime.
Alone
One day, Maddie decides to stay at her grandparents’ empty apartment alone without telling her parents. However, an unexpected middle-of-the-night evacuation (撤离) leaves her completely alone in Colorado town, without power or any way to communicate with her loved ones. With only the neighbor’s dog by her side, Maddie spends the next three years fighting against bad weather, hunger, wild dogs and loneliness. (Ages 10-up)
Time for Kenny
It describes a day in a kid’s life. Painted in the artist’s characteristically loose, rounded line, brown-skinned Kenny is first seen playing thoughtfully with a large toy bus. “It’s time for Kenny to get dressed for the day,” the narrator announces. Can Kenny wear his father’s shirt or his mother’s shoes? No. His parents smile as he tries them on, and admire him once he’s properly dresses. Such a small, everyday event conveys that Kenny is an innocent child cherished by his family. (Ages 4-up)
The Animal Rescue Agency #1: Case File: Little Claws
In the story, Esquire, a fox, and Mr. Pepper, an elderly rooster, set out to save Little Claws，a young polar bear. Because a villainous (邪恶的) fur-wearing animal dealer planned to sell the baby bear to a Florida zoo. Living up to their motto — “To each animal, it has the right to live its natural life”, the team prevented the dealer’s plan and took the risk of setting all the Arctic animals in a house free. It provides a light-hearted read with environmental conservation at its core. (Ages 8-12)
【1】What has Maddie struggled with in the Colorado town for three years?
A．Caring for her dog.
B．Surviving on her own.
C．Hiding from her parents.
D．Rescuing people in need.
【2】What kind of kid is Kenny?
A．He is the apple of his family’s eye.
B．He is a child with many ideas.
C．He has a good sense of humor.
D．He often upsets his parents.
【3】Which of the following can best describe Esquire and Mr. Pepper?
A．Funny and clever.
B．Honest and sincere.
C．Kind and courageous.
D．Confident and cautious.
25、After ten years in the same company, I found my job was no longer fun. However, I didn’t have the confidence to apply for new jobs due to lack of experience. I felt ______.
A friend suggested another path- ______. I had toyed with the idea of studying for a master’s degree but ______ stood in my way. Yet I found a course at London College of Communication, ______ my job and enrolled (注册).
During the 18 months that followed, I began to flourish (茁壮成长). Not only had I found the courage to take my life forward in a new and ______ direction but the self-doubt that had followed me around like a shadow began to ______ gradually. My classmates and I treated each other as ______: Younger students ______ my experience and knowledge when it came to group work. I made new friends and joined committees.
I also decided to move out of home. Living in student halls was a(n) ______. The life in halls added to my sense of ______and confidence. I was ______ new things every day. Even making myself a meal or managing my small living space made me feel ______.
Soon after completing my master’s, I made my way back through the university gate-this time to ______. I am now a lecturer on the same course that I took. I ______ the person I was before and smile-she didn’t yet know her ______.
【1】
A．guilty
B．humble
C．ashamed
D．stuck
【2】
A．communication
B．education
C．management
D．training
【3】
A．competence
B．self-discipline
C．confidence
D．self-doubt
【4】
A．quit
B．completed
C．lost
D．switched
【5】
A．uncertain
B．permanent
C．exciting
D．opposite
【6】
A．occur
B．approach
C．disappear
D．gather
【7】
A．equals
B．opponents
C．strangers
D．elders
【8】
A．valued
B．questioned
C．ignored
D．strengthened
【9】
A．embarrassment
B．failure
C．challenge
D．experience
【10】
A．freedom
B．safety
C．independence
D．justice
【11】
A．copying
B．learning
C．missing
D．ordering
【12】
A．tough
B．rewarding
C．impossible
D．meaningless
【13】
A．visit
B．interview
C．lead
D．teach
【14】
A．look back on
B．keep away from
C．catch up with
D．hold on to
【15】
A．limit
B．duty
C．worth
D．career
26、阅读下面材料，然后按要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
Time to give thanks
When it comes to Thanksgiving, turkey may be the first thing that comes to mind. It’s the right picture, but it’s not complete.
Celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November every year, Thanksgiving Day is a time for thanksgiving and feasts. It’s about expressing your gratitude to the important people and all the good things in your life.
Americans celebrate Thanksgiving with much warmth and keep many traditional customs. Here we introduce two of the rules Americans typically follow on this day.
1. Time for prayers and paying back
Thanksgiving Day has been associated with prayers in church and in homes for centuries. Attending church prayer services in the morning is the first step of many celebrators on Thanksgiving Day. The churches provide worship (礼拜) services and organize special events for the occasion.
Before Thanksgiving meals, some families gather together and read prayers to thank God for his kindness and the gifts he has bestowed upon (给予) them in the form of friends and family.
Some people also do voluntary community work on this day, as a way of paying back.
2. Family reunions and showing gratitude
Like China’s Spring Festival, preparing a big meal and bringing the family together at home is a long-standing tradition of Thanksgiving. Distances don’t really matter as relatives return home to be with their family, no matter how far away.
【写作内容】
1. 以约30个词概括上文的主要内容。
2. 以约120个词谈谈你对是时候感恩了的想法，内容包括：
(1) 你认为我们中国人有没有必要过“感恩节”？为什么？
(2) 以你自己的经历或者身边的人为例，阐述重视感恩的必要性；
(3) 总结你的观点。
【写作要求】
1. 作文中可以使用实例来支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容论述，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；
2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
【评分标准】
概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。
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