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1、His failure in the mid-term exam came as no surprise ________ the fact that he had not got himself well-prepared for it.
A. but for B. in spite of C. as for D. due to
2、You've ______ a zero in this phone number, so you can't get through.
A. left out B. broken out
C. put out D. got out
3、________ the children with a game while I prepare for dinner.
A．Involve
B．Occupy
C．Assign
D．Charge
4、Since our school does not employ full-time librarians, the library ________ is usually run by volunteers with special responsibilities for library work.
A. principle B. collection C. application D. personnel
5、—How can you seize the thief?
—I will spend the evening ________ in your room.
A．locking
B．to lock
C．locked
D．being locked
6、According to scientists, our mental abilities begin to ________ from the age of 27 after reaching the highest level at 22.
A．differ
B．shrink
C．contract
D．decline
7、Nine in ten parents said there were significant differences in their approach to educating their children compared with ____________of their parents.
A．those
B．that
C．the ones
D．these
8、—Is the new job a real challenge for him?
—Well, ______ difficulties he meets, I believe he will never lose heart.
A．whenever
B．however
C．whichever
D．whatever
9、—How did you like Jay Chow’s performance last night?
—To be honest, his singing didn’t ______ to me much.
A. adapt B. apply
C. adjust D. appeal
10、–My uncle suggests I _______ abroad.
--I would rather you ________ at home.
A. go; stay B. went; stayed
C. went; stay D. go; stayed
11、The only way to live happily with others is to _______ their faults and admire their virtues.
A. overlook B. justify C. classify D. acknowledge
12、—Have you ________?
—No．I dialed the wrong number.
A．got in B．got away C．got off D．got through
13、This research has done much to ________ our understanding of language learning.
A．preserve
B．advance
C．prevent
D．defend
14、Even if he had heard it before, he couldn’t help ________ when someone told him the joke.
A．laughing
B．laugh
C．to laugh
D．laughed
15、Hot water is converted to electricity by a turbine. The underlined word can be replaced by ______.
A. conveyed B controlled. C. chosen D. changed
16、A man is being questioned in relation to the ________ murder last night.
A. advised B. attended C. attempted D. admitted
17、Only then _______________ that I had made a terrible mistake.
A. I realized B. did I realize
C. I had realized D. had I realized
18、It was the first time ________ she ________ the Great Wall.
A．when; has visited
B．when; had visited
C．that; had visited
D．that; visited
19、It was not until the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression ended that ________ to his hometown.
A．did he return
B．didn’t he returned
C．he returned
D．he didn’t return
20、Under no circumstances________ in such a meaningless discussion.
A．he participated
B．he did participate
C．did he participate
D．participated he
21、Only when ______ the painting ______ decide whether the painting is worth buying.
A.he sees; he can B.does he see; can he
C.he sees; can he D.see she; he can
22、Should a driverless car serve to avoid pedestrians if that means hitting other vehicles or ________its occupants?
A．spoiling
B．endangering
C．blanketing
D．seizing
23、The boys were about to go out to play football suddenly it began to rain.
A. when B. as C. while D. then
24、I paid $ 50 for the shoes but it turned out I got____. They only cost half of the money.
A.ripped off B.shown off C.cut off D.kicked off
25、______ the truth, he wouldn't have helped her at all.
A.Should Bob know B.Had Bob known
C.Were Bob to know D.Have Bob known
26、The Royal Botanic Gardens,Kew,usually known as Kew Gardens,in Richmond upon Thames is a major London tourist attraction and a UNESCO Word Heritage site.
Founded in 1759,Kew began as a royal garden attached to the Royal Kew Palace,home to George III and his many children. The Palace is now open to visitors,but probably the buildings most visitors come to see are the incredible glasshouses. The Palmhouse is one of the largest surviving Victorian glasshouses in the world,with over 16,000 panes of glass. The Waterlily House,which contains some of the world's largest and smallest waterlilies, is also not to be missed.
However, Kew is more than just a garden and green space in the heart of Britain’s capital city. It is also the world’s leading horticultural (园艺学的) center for botanical research and plant science. The Royal Botanic Gardens,Kew,covers approximately three hundred acres of land,and attracts around a million visitors every year.Its collections and laboratories illustrate the important part that plants play in our lives, and highlight the need to protect and conserve them for the benefit of generations to come.
Kew is a vital research and scientific base, with multiple research projects and partnerships stretching across the globe. As a world leader in plant science,Kew employs around seven hundred people, and is home to about nineteen thousand species of living plants. Its Millennium Seed Bank at Wakehurst Place holds seeds from around ten percent of the world's plant species for the benefit of humankind, exhibiting around two billion seeds from 28,000 species of plants sourced from approximately 130 countries.
Around eighty percent of our daily calorie intake comes from just twelve plant species.A project of Kew's Millennium Seed Bank recognizes the need for greater genetic diversity in our crops and seeks to preserve food security for future generations.The project collects seeds from the wild relatives of some of our most important food crop plants whose genetic make-up can be used to breed new and useful qualities back into modern agricultural crops so that they can better adapt to future climates and other threats, such as pests and diseases.
【1】What can we learn about the glasshouses from Paragraph 2?
A．Every tourist to Kew will come to see them.
B．The Palmhouse is the largest glasshouse in the world.
C．They are made of about 16,000 panes of glass.
D．The Waterlily House displays waterlilies of different sizes.
【2】What does the underlined “them” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A．Lives.
B．Plants.
C．Gardens.
D．Laboratories.
【3】Why does the project collect seeds from some wild plants?
A．To help modern crops become more adaptable.
B．To guarantee safe environment for future generations.
C．To completely change the genetic make-up of crops.
D．To find a way to kill pests and prevent other threats.
【4】What is the text mainly about?
A．The booming tourism of London.
B．The popularity of a royal garden.
C．Kew Gardens featuring science.
D．Genetic make-up boosting modern crops.
27、Zhang Yufu and some 100 other truck drivers in Yunnan province were given a special assignment on Aug 3, 2021, by the company — to follow a herd of 14 Asian elephants.
Experts said the team’s work marked a significant breakthrough in efforts to guide the animals back to their habitats. Crossing the river meant the herd was heading toward more suitable habitats, which would also help increase stability and security for the animals.
Since the 14 wild Asian elephants left their habitat in 2020 and kept wandering toward the north, they had drawn attention from across China and the world. Authorities in Yunnan had fed the elephants tons of food and used police cars, trucks, diggers and drones to guide the herd away from city areas, and eventually lead them back to their habitat safely.
The Asian elephant is listed as an “endangered” species and is under top-level protection in China. Yunnan is the only habitat for wild Asian elephants in China. By building 11 nature reserves, the population of the Asian elephant in China has risen from 170 in the 1970s to over 300 in 2021, according to the Yunnan provincial forestry and grassland department.
Although climate and a willingness among the elephants to move were key factors in the herd moving toward home, the efforts of scientists and workers also played a major role.
For example, the water flow per second rate of the Yuanjiang River rose greatly in August 2021, compared to May that same year when the herd first crossed it. To avoid danger, the Yuxi headquarters decided to guide the elephants across the Yuanjiang Bridge near National Highway 213. The local government also sent workers to promote safety in areas populated by 73,000 people.
“Although the herd broke away from the designed route a number of times, it finally crossed the bridge, with the safety of humans and the animals secured,” said Yang Yingyong, executive deputy commander of the headquarters.
【1】What was the mission of the team in protecting the 14 Asian elephants?
A．To study their social behavior.
B．To shoot a documentary about them.
C．To protect them from being hunted.
D．To direct them back to their home.
【2】What was the key moment for the team’s work?
A．When the herd crossed the Yuanjiang Bridge.
B．When the herd started to interact with the team.
C．When the number of Asian elephants reached 300.
D．When 11 nature reserves were built for Asian elephants.
【3】What is Yang Yingyong’s attitude to the result of the team’s work?
A．Confused.
B．Indifferent.
C．Relieved.
D．Concerned.
【4】What does this report mainly tell us?
A．All people in Yunnan help guide elephants to safety.
B．The local government takes measures to protect Asian elephants.
C．Elephants are about to end their journey south and head for home.
D．Dedicated teamwork pays off for helping elephants return south.
28、阅读理解。
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) was one of the most popular of modern artists. The Pompidou Centre in Paris is showing its respect and admiration for the artist and his powerful personality with an exhibition bringing together over 200 paintings, sculptures, drawings and more. Among the works and masterworks on exhibition the visitor will find the best pieces, most importantly The Persistence of Memory. There is also L’Enigme sans Fin from 1938, works on paper, objects, and projects for stage and screen and selected parts from television programmes reflecting the artist’s showman qualities.
The visitor will enter the World of Dali through an egg and is met with the beginning, the world of birth. The exhibition follows a path of time and subject with the visitor exiting through the brain.
The exhibition shows how Dali draws the viewer between two infinities (无限). “From the infinity small to the infinity large, contraction and expansion coming in and out of focus: amazing Flemish accuracy and the showy Baroque of old painting that he used in his museum-theatre in Figueras,” explains the Pompidou Centre.
The fine selection of the major works was done in close collaboration (合作)with the Museo Nacional Reina Sofia in Madrid, Spain, and with contributions from other institutions like the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg.
【1】Which of the following best describe Dali according to Paragraph 1?
A. Optimistic. B. Productive
C. Generous. D. Traditional.
【2】What is Dali’s The Persistence of Memory considered to be?
A. One of his masterworks.
B. A successful screen adaptation.
C. An artistic creation for the stage.
D. One of the beat TV programmes.
【3】 How are the exhibits arranged at the Wo rld of Dali?
A. By popularity. B. By importance.
C. By size and shape. D. By time and subject.
【4】What does the word “contributions” in the last paragraph refer to?
A. Artworks. B. Projects.
C. Donations. D. Documents.
29、There is a profound relationship between science fiction and science. It is often said that stories change the world, what is less often heard is that stories change science, and therefore the future.
The use of science fiction to explore our world is similar to plot planning in Futures Studies, which shapes our ideas about: the future, and goes beyond predicting artifacts that once seemed impossible to us like Verne’s submarine or the satellites of 2001 Space Odyssey.
In the words of Dutch researcher Sofia Kaloterakis, “Science fiction narratives structure our imaginative models about techno-scientific projects such as robotics or space exploration". Have you ever wondered how science fiction novels have impacted the idea we have about Artificial Intelligence or how Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson’s novel, has impacted what we now call the Metaverse (元宇宙)?
Science fiction helps us define possible futures. It provides us with an understanding of the rules underlying fictional worlds. It also allows us to put technological prototypes (原型) in the context of their use by humans. But most importantly, it determines the way we structure scientific thought and intervene (干预) in the future.
Alex McDowell, creator of the Minority Report, and Peter von Stackelberg explain what fictional narratives can bring to the table;
The richness of “storyworlds” — the “universes” within which stories take place — provides us with detailed rules of the context in which a larger reality unfolds that extends beyond a single story, and has the potential to provide us with deeper learning about the underlying systems that regulate those worlds.
Lastly, the relationship of future narratives to theories such as Social Constructivism has been highlighted by several scholars. A central idea of this sociological theory is that whenever we use words or other symbols to refer to objects in our world, we are constructing them. And, therefore, prediction is also a social construction. In narrating, we intervene in the world. In narrating the world, we construct it. In writing science fiction, we intervene in the science of the future.
【1】What is the text mainly about?
A．The storyworlds created by science fictions.
B．Artifacts and technologies in science fictions.
C．Science fiction narratives affecting future studies.
D．The relation between science and science fictions.
【2】What is the most important role of science fiction?
A．It provides us with technologies and tools.
B．It allows us to establish reasonable future.
C．It helps us learn the rules of fictional world.
D．It decides our thinking and affects the future.
【3】What do we know about “storyworlds”?
A．There are general rules for a single story.
B．They have a potential context within a story.
C．There are no regulations or guiding systems.
D．They are the “universes” where stories happen.
【4】What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A．Scholars care little about narratives about future.
B．Objects can’t be constructed by words or symbols.
C．The science of future intervenes in today’s science.
D．Science fiction narratives can construct future worlds.
30、I had a student today who got his finger stuck inside a test tube in science class. It was really quite stuck. This young man’s finger ________to get whiter and whiter right before my eyes.
Remaining________, I suggested he carefully rotate (转动) the tube. It wouldn’t move a bit. He ________ soap and cold water. Still stuck. Meanwhile ________ was breaking out in the class. Finally, I ________ the young man to our secretary who was a miracle worker raising three kids of her own. With her in charge, I was________ all would be OK.
To get the students back in order, I shared my own story of getting my knee stuck between the rails of a balcony. Same kind of curiosity, I remembered ________ then how far I could thrust ( 塞 ) my knee between the rails. Inch by inch, I kept pushing and________ I knew it, my knee was stuck and ________ before my eyes and in front of lots of ________ at a popular Las Vegas hotel!
Hearing my story, many students followed with their own stories of heads, arms, fingers stuck in places they shouldn’t________. A few minutes later, the young man came back, test tube unbroken and finger________ to a lovely shade of pink.
I just couldn’t get mad at this kid. He’s only twelve. I too got my knee unstuck, but not without great ________ . The excuse for me, however, was not ________ but plain stupidity. I was________ fifty years old when this happened.
【1】
A．used
B．appealed
C．happened
D．continued
【2】
A．calm
B．silent
C．quite
D．professional
【3】
A．chose
B．fetched
C．tried
D．applied
【4】
A．fire
B．chaos
C．violence
D．argument
【5】
A．described
B．carried
C．introduced
D．sent
【6】
A．informed
B．convinced
C．acknowledged
D．guaranteed
【7】
A．calculating
B．measuring
C．wondering
D．imagining
【8】
A．until
B．when
C．before
D．after
【9】
A．hanging
B．lifting
C．resting
D．swelling
【10】
A．waiters
B．strangers
C．visitors
D．firemen
【11】
A．be
B．exist
C．stay
D．stop
【12】
A．pointing
B．returning
C．belonging
D．growing
【13】
A．encouragement
B．disappointment
C．embarrassment
D．excitement
【14】
A．ambition
B．youth
C．bravery
D．experiment
【15】
A．somehow
B．in total
C．after all
D．at any rate
31、阅读短文，根据首字母或中文提示在空白处填入1个适当单词的正确形式。
Dyson has become a byword (代名词) for high-performing products, technology, design, and invention. James Dyson, the inventor and entrepreneur who made it all happen, tells his remarkable and inspirational story in Invention: A Life.
Over a four-year period, James Dyson made 5,127 prototypes of the dual cyclonic vacuum cleaner (双气旋真空吸尘器) that would transform the way houses are cleaned around the world. In d【1】 all his resources to developing the technology, he risked it all, but out of many failures and 【2】 (巨大的) efforts came success. His products — including vacuum cleaners, hairdryers and fans — are not only revolutionary technologies, but design classics.
This was an outcome of his time studying at the Royal College of Art in the 1960s, when he was inspired by some of the most famous and 【3】 (influence) artists, designers, and inventors of the era.
In Invention: A Life, Dyson reveals how he came to set up his own company and led it to become one of the most 【4】 (杰出的) technology companies in the world. Dyson has always looked to the future, even setting up his own university to help provide the next generation of engineers and designers, for, as he says, “Everything changes all the time, so experience is of little use.”
Whether you are someone who has an idea for a better product or a(n) 【5】(ambition) entrepreneur, whether you appreciate great design or just need a page-turning read, Invention: A Life offers you inspiration, hope, and much more.
32、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。
The routine practice in the school band came to an end. Mark and Steven smiled at each other, happily talking about the weekend arrangements. Steven was putting his saxophone (萨克斯) into the case when he tripped over a shelf. Unfortunately, it fell and hit his saxophone. Clang! “Oh no!” Steven yelled.
Mark quickly picked up the saxophone, checked it and then handed it to Steven, who stood still, at a loss. Mark helped Steven put away all the things and comforted him with the thought that it was not a new saxophone. Anyway, it already had a lot of dents (凹痕).
“I know. But it’s my grandpa’s. He is visiting us this Sunday.” Steven lowered his head, upset.
Steven’s grandpa used to be a great saxophonist in the national band. When Steven was even a baby, his grandpa always played some famous tunes like “Edelweiss,” “Rivers of Babylon,” “Forever in love” for him.
Staring at Steven in confusion, Mark asked what was wrong. Steven sighed deeply and then showed his concern that whenever his grandpa came, he would ask Steven to play with his beloved saxophone. “Maybe he won’t notice the new dent or maybe he won’t care,” Mark said with a shrug (耸肩). “But what if Grandpa notices the dent? How is he going to react? And how shall I tell him about it?” replied Steven.
On the bus home, Steven thought about all the possibilities. To avoid playing the saxophone, he could pretend that he had a fever. Oh no! He didn’t like lying. He could get his baby brother, Joseph, to take all of Grandpa’s attention. Or, he could turn to mum for help...
When Sunday finally arrived, Steven still had no idea what he was going to do.
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Steven would have been delighted to hear Grandpa’s praise, but actually he was not.
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