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1、He left a career in teaching to ________ a position with the Arts Council.
A．take off
B．take on
C．take down
D．take up
2、There are hundreds of scenes in English novels________ characters walk through a landscape of fallen leaves, _________ reflect the feelings of the characters.
A．where; that
B．that; when
C．which; where
D．where; which
3、Personally, I consider the CEO a(n)______ leader, as he can always make the wise choice .
A.qualified B.interested C.surprised D.excited
4、_____there was no conclusive evidence, most people thought he was guilty．
A．Since
B．While
C．When
D．However
5、The thieves ______ the bank and stole lots of money.
A. broke in B. broke down
C. broke through D. broke into
6、--I’m exhausted. I ______ on a design day and night.
--You’d better have several days off after finishing it. Otherwise you might break down.
A. work B. worked
C. had worked D. have been working
7、Evidence has been found through years of study________children’s early sleeping problems are likely to continue when they grow up.
A．when
B．how
C．whether
D．that
8、Speaking in an inspection in Yunnan Province, Xi Jinping said authorities must ______ poverty removal efforts to support the building of a rich and successful country.
A. participate B. allocate
C. appreciate D. accelerate
9、As is reported in the newspaper, the number of people who ______ hungry ______ greatly reduced .
A. goes , has been B. go , has been
C. goes , were D. go , have been
10、My home is very _________from the hospital.
A．long
B．far
C．tall
D．small
11、—European scientists announced that the speed of light isn’t the speed limit.
—Perhaps it is the biggest challenge to Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. No one ________ any crack in his theory for more than a century.
A．has found
B．found
C．had found
D．would find
12、____ I saw him, I knew he was the man the police were looking for.
A. Previously B. Instantly
C. Accurately D. Especially
13、It was ________ impossible to think that we could finish the job in two months.
A．immediately
B．accurately
C．vividly
D．totally
14、Tom was happy to get a chance to play _________football for the school team.
A．a
B．an
C．the
D．不填
15、As these beautiful places attract lost of tourists, their protection comes under ________.
A. threat B. control
C. repair D. construction
16、The young couple, who returned my lost wallet, left___________I could ask for their manes.
A. before B. while
C. after D. since
17、What the media should not do is to ________ people’s natural fears to create panic.
A. exploit B. explore
C. extend D. express
18、Frightened by the bullets ________, the fellow hid his head in the bushes, ________.
A．whistled in; leaving his body exposed
B．was whistled by; and left his body being exposed
C．whistling by; leaving his body exposed
D．whistled into; left his body being exposed
19、Apart from the urgent problems caused by wars and conflicts， the UN helps countries with other problems such as education， starvation， disasters， AIDs and other diseases.
A. lack for B. lack in
C. lack D. lack of
20、After a long journey, we came to a village______ was surrounded by water.
A. that B. where C. in which D. 不填
21、We should equip our child ____ a good education.
A. to B. in
C. with D. for
22、George is going to talk about the geography of his country, but I'd rather he ________ more on its culture.
A. focus B. focused
C. would focus D. had focused
23、What really worries us is __________the explorers can accurately locate themselves with the old device in case of bad weather.
A.that B.where C.what D.whether
24、The little boy was watching a late night film at home ________, right in the middle of a thrilling scene, the television went blank.
A. which B. when C. where D. that
25、Titled Pain, the book contains 51 poems, ________ written in the past three years, Zhao told China Daily in Beijing.
A. most of which B. most of them C. most of what D. most of it
26、Business etiquette in Singapore
Be polite, professional and patient at all times. This lead to good relationships which you will need in order to do business in Singapore.
【1】 And there are rules of etiquette（礼节）that you must follow. Status vey important, and the eldest person in the group is always respected.
You will need to plan ahead. 【2】 Nowadays appointments can be made by phone or email, although writing to the person concerned is the most formal way to organize a meeting. Many businesses close during Chinese New Year. 【3】.
Make sure you arrive on time for business meetings. This is a matter of respect. If you are going as a group, make sure you are lied up cording to your status. Likewise, wait to be seated.
【4】 Only use personal names or nicknames（昵称）when you are invited to do so, or when you have known someone for along time.
Business cards are exchanged the beginning of meetings and are always handed out so that the writing faces the receiver. Etiquette demands that you hold the card with both hands and examine it carefully; before putting the card into our card case, smile in order to show that you have noted who the other person is. 【5】 Make sure your own business cards are in perfect condition before you hand them out.
A．This is a form of respect to that person.
B．Bear in mind that business is done very formally in Singapore.
C．Therefore, there is no point in even trying to fix a meeting at this time.
D．Before business discussions begin, there is often a period of small talk.
E．As a sign of respect, Singaporeans don't always look people in the eye.
F．Whenever possible, appointments should be made at least two weeks in advance.
G．When meeting someone in formal meetings, always use the person's title and family name.
27、I tried not to be biased, but I had my doubts about hiring Stevie. His social worker assured me that he would be a good, reliable busboy. But I had never had a mentally handicapped employee. He was short, a little fat, with the smooth facial features and thick-togued speech of Down’s Syndrome（唐氏综合症）. I thought most of my customers would be uncomfortable around Stevie, so I closely watched him for the first few weeks.
I shouldn’t have worried. After the first week, Stevie had my staff wrapped around his stubby little finger, and within a month my regular trucker customers had adopted him as their official truck stop mascot. After that, I really didn"t care what the rest of the customers thought of him. He was like a 21-year-old in blue jeans and Nikes, eager to laugh and eager to please, but fierce in his attention to his duties. Every salt and pepper shaker was exactly in its place, not a bread crumb or coffee spill was visible when Stevie got done with the table. Our only problem was persuading him to wait to clean a table until after the customers were finished.
Over time, we learned that he lived with his mother, a widow who was disabled. Money was tight, and what I paid him was probably the difference between them being able to live together and Stevie being sent to a group home.
That’s why the restaurant was a gloomy place that morning last August, the first morning in three years that Stevie missed work. He was at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester getting a heart surgery. His social worker said that people with Downs Syndrome often had heart problems at an early age and there was a good chance he would come through the surgery in good shape and be back at work in a few months.
A ripple of excitement ran through the staff later that morning when word came that he was out of surgery, in recovery, and doing fine. Frannie, my head waitress, did a little dance when she heard the good news. Belle Ringer, one of our regular trucker customers, stared at her and asked, “Okay, Frannie, what was that all about?”
"We just got word that Stevie is out of surgery and going to be okay."
"I was wondering where he was. I had a new joke to tell him. What was the surgery about?"
Frannie quickly told Belle Ringer and the other two drivers sitting at his booth about Stevie"s surgery, then sighed: "Yeah, I"m glad he is going to be OK," she said. "But I don"t know how he and his Mom are going to handle all the bills. From what I hear, they"re barely getting by as it is."
Belle Ringer nodded thoughtfully, and Frannie hurried off to wait on the rest of her tables.
After the morning rush, Frannie walked into my office. She had a couple of paper napkins in her hand.
"What"s up?" I asked.
“I cleared off that table where Belle Ringer and his friends were sitting after they left, and I found this. This was folded and tucked under a coffee cup."
She handed the napkin to me, and three $20 bills fell onto my desk when I opened it. On the outside, in big, bold letters, was printed "Something For Stevie".
That was three months ago. Today is New Year’s day , the first day Stevie is supposed to be back to work. His placement worker said he had been counting the days until the doctor said he could work, I arranged to have his mother bring him to work, met them in the parking lot and invited them both to celebrate his day back. I took him and his mother by their arms. “To celebrate you coming back, breakfast for you and your mother is on me.”
I led them toward a large corner booth. I could feel and hear truck customers and the rest of the staff following behind as we marched through the dining room. We stopped in front of the big table. Its surface was covered with coffee cups and dinner plates, all sitting slightly on dozens of folded paper napkins.
"First thing you have to do, Stevie, is clean up this mess," I said.
Stevie looked at me, and then pulled out one of the napkins. It had "Something for Stevie" printed on the outside. As he picked it up, two $10 bills fell onto the table. Stevie stared at the money, then at all the napkins peeking from beneath the tableware, each with his name printed on it.
I turned to his mother. “There"s more than $10,000 in cash and checks on that table, all from truckers and trucking companies that heard about your problems. Happy Thanksgiving!”
While everybody else was busy shaking hands and hugging each other, Stevie, with a big, big smile on his face, was busy clearing all the cups and dishes from the table.
【1】Why did the author have doubts about hiring Stevie?
A. Because Stevie was not that reliable.
B. Because Stevie was mentally disabled
C. Because Stevie was too short and fat.
D. Because Stevie was bad-tempered
【2】By saying the underlined sentence in Para 3, the author meant that the money she paid Stevie____
A. could help Stevie out of the trouble
B. couldn’t thoroughly solve Stevie’s problem
C. could make a great difference to Stevie’s life
D. could send Stevie to a group home
【3】Why did Frannie sigh after she got word that Stevie would be OK?
A. She was worried that the owner would fire Stevie.
B. She was worried about Stevie’s health.
C. She was worried abourt Stevie’s finance problem.
D. She was worried that no one would help Stevie.
【4】Stevie was popular among the staff and customers in the restaurant because of____.
A. his special appearance.
B. his hard work and optimism.
C. his funny speeches and actions.
D. his kind-hearted behaviour.
28、“Privacy”is translated as“yin si”in Chinese.Traditionally，in the Chinese mind，“yin si”is associated with that which is closed or unfair.If someone is said to have“yin si”，meddlers(好事者)will be attracted to pry(打探)into his or her affairs.So people always state that they don't have“yin si”．
On the contrary，Americans often declare intention to protect their privacy.Their understanding of privacy is that others have no right to pry into things which belong to themselves alone and have nothing to do with others.One who is too curious and who spreads rumors is said to violate the right to privacy.
In the evening，Sonia and I went to a bar for dinner.In China，when people mention bars，something bad usually comes to mind.But here，the bar was a quiet and tastefully laidout place.People spoke quite softly，afraid of interrupting their neighbors，and sat face to face as they drank，sometimes three or five persons sitting together.
This sort of atmosphere was totally different from my preconception(传统观念)，so I wanted to take a picture.Sonia stopped me，“Don't you see these people are pouring out their hearts？Maybe they are colleagues，friends，secret lovers.They came here looking for a peaceful place free from interruption by others.They wouldn't want to leave any trace of their having come here.So taking their pictures would be a serious violation of their right to privacy.”
Is there privacy between husband and wife？One of Sonia's friends married a talented Chinese man，but recently she became so angry that she wanted a divorce(离婚)．The reason was that her husband had opened one of her letters and looked through her purse.The husband didn't realize that this is not tolerated in the U．S.. He thought that being a couple was like being one person；why couldn't he see the letter or the contents of the purse？Truly，everyone，even those living as a couple，needs room—not only in threedimensional(三维)space，but in the heart.
【1】What is the main idea of the text?
A. The understanding of“privacy”is different in China and America.
B. There is privacy between husband and wife in America.
C. Everyone has the right to privacy.
D. Everyone in every country needs room for himself.
【2】One of Sonia's friends wanted a divorce because____.
A. she thought her husband was not clever enough
B. her husband didn't respect her right to privacy
C. her husband always looked through her purse
D. her husband always opened her letters
【3】Which of the following statements is NOT the American's understanding of privacy?
A. Privacy is connected with something that is unfair and bad.
B. Other people have no right to pry into his or her affairs.
C. There is privacy even between couples.
D. The right to privacy shouldn't be violated by others.
29、Craig Blackburn, a father and car fan, built a Batmobile for his son’s hope for using the vehicle to brighten the lives of sick children. And now he hopes to use it for more than just his son’s hope after seeing the children’s reaction to the Batmobile.
Based on the number of failures he had seen in car groups, he estimated that only about one in 50 attempted constructions was actually finished and he realized what an incredible opportunity he had.
Mr. Blackburn started the project at the beginning of 2018 after hearing a friend in the US was doing the same thing. It started with importing an outer shell overseas, before picking brains of a friend who had a background as a worker in a car factory to gain knowledge of how to build the car. With the help of his friend, Mr. Blackburn built the Batmobile in 18 months with the cost reaching six figures.
Mr. Blackburn hoped to add a flamethrower onto the back of the vehicle and said he had thought about building the more recent Batman Tumbler from the series film Dark Knight. Though Mr. Blackburn encountered plenty of difficulties to get over during the construction, in September 2019, the car made its first show at the Carnival of Flowers in Toowoomba, before being used by Blackburn’s son for his hope.
“It was great. It was so good to see the kids’ and adults’ excitement at seeing the Batmobile.” Mr. Blackburn said. As a result, the car lovers hope to make the car work on the roads as soon as possible, so he can visit sick children and take them out with his son.
【1】What is Craig Blackburn’s initial purpose of constructing the Batmobile?
A．To realise his son’s dream.
B．To donate it to sick children.
C．To pay his respects to the film Dark Knight.
D．To show off at the Carnival of Flowers in Toowoomba.
【2】How did Blackburn’s friend help him?
A．By making an outer shell for him.
B．By offering him financial support.
C．By sharing the knowledge of building cars.
D．By telling him the background of the car factory.
【3】What is the car lovers’ expectation of the Batmobile?
A．It will be put to practical use soon.
B．It can be displayed around the world.
C．It can change the lives of sick children.
D．It will appear in the next film about Batman.
30、The modern Olympic Games, founded in 1896, began as contests between individuals, rather than among nations, with the hope of promoting world peace through sportsmanship. In the beginning, the games were open only to _______. An amateur is a person whose involvement in an activity - from sports to science or the arts - is purely for ________. Amateurs, whatever their contributions to a field, expect to receive no form of compensation; professionals, ________, perform their work in order to earn a living.
From the perspective of many athletes, ________, the Olympic playing field has been far from fair. Restricting the Olympics to amateurs has excluded the participation of many who could not afford to be _______. Countries have always desired to send their best athletes, not their ________ ones, to the Olympic Games.
A slender and imprecise line separates what we call “financial support” from “earning money.” Do athletes “earn money” if they are reimbursed for travel expenses? What if they are paid for time lost at work or if they accept free clothing from a manufacturer or if they teach sports for a living? The runner Eric Liddell was the son of poor missionaries; in 1924 the British Olympic Committee ________ his trip to the Olympics, where he won a gold and a bronze medal. College scholarships and support from the United States Olympic Committee made it possible for American track stars Jesse Owens and Wilma Rudolph and speed skater Dan Jansen to train and compete. When the Soviet Union and its allies joined the games in 1952, the ________ of amateur became still less clear. Their athletes did not have to ________ work and training because as citizens in communist regimes, their government financial support was not considered payment for jobs.
In 1971 the International Olympic Committee (IOC) ________ the word amateur from the rules, making it easier for athletes to find the ________ necessary to train and compete. In 1986, the IOC allowed professional athletes into the games.
There are those who ________ the disappearance of amateurism from the Olympic Games. For them the games ________ something special when they became just another way for athletes to earn money. Others say that the designation(命名) of amateurism was always ________; they argue that all competitors receive so much financial support as to make them paid professionals. Most agree, however, that the ________ over what constitutes(组成) an amateur will continue for a long time.
【1】
A．amateurs
B．professionals
C．men
D．women
【2】
A．survival
B．fame
C．profit
D．pleasure
【3】
A．at all costs
B．by contrast
C．as a result
D．at first
【4】
A．however
B．therefore
C．furthermore
D．instead
【5】
A．punished
B．trained
C．unpaid
D．educated
【6】
A．youngest
B．smartest
C．strongest
D．wealthiest
【7】
A．booked
B．extended
C．financed
D．cancelled
【8】
A．value
B．definition
C．origin
D．use
【9】
A．balance
B．begin
C．change
D．restrict
【10】
A．restored
B．created
C．removed
D．studied
【11】
A．field
B．support
C．organization
D．team
【12】
A．regret
B．investigate
C．explain
D．welcome
【13】
A．displayed
B．carried
C．retain
D．lost
【14】
A．reasonable
B．questionable
C．unbelievable
D．valuable
【15】
A．debate
B．complaint
C．concern
D．inquiry
31、Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
Today, the events 【1】 in realistic-looking or-sounding video and audio recordings need never have happened. They can instead be 【2】 automatically, by powerful computers and machine-learning software. The catch-all term for these computational productions is “deepfakes”.
The term first appeared on Reddit, a messaging board, as the username for an account which was producing 【3】 videos. An entire community 【4】 up around the creation of these videos, writing software tools that let anyone automatically 【5】 one person’s face onto the body of another. Reddit shut the community down, but the technology was out there. Soon it was being applied to political 【6】 and actors.
Tools for editing media 【7】 have existed for decades—think Photoshop. The power and peril of deepfakes is that they make fakery cheaper than ever before. Before deepfakes, a powerful computer and a good chunk of a university degree were needed to produce a realistic fake video of someone. Now some photos and an Internet connection are all that is required.
The consequences of cheap, widespread fakery are likely to be 【8】, albeit slow to unfold. Plenty worry about the possible impact that believable, fake footage of politicians might have on civil society—from a further loss of trust in media to the 【9】 for electoral distortions. These technologies could also be deployed against softer targets: it might be used, for instance, to bully classmates by creating imagery of them in embarrassing situations. In a world that was already saturated with 【10】 imagery, deepfakes make it plausible to push that even further.
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。
After knowing that she couldn’t bear a child, Helen was devastated. One day while she was driving home from the café, a dirty puppy in the road caught Helen’s attention. After consideration, Helen and her husband eventually decided to take him home. And they later named him Ollie.
Two years later, Ollie had grown into a large ball of fur. Ollie was Helen’s world, and she hated it whenever someone addressed him as her rescue dog. Helen never went out without Ollie. One day, they were hanging out together outside a supermarket, unprepared for what was coming their way.
“Hey boy, wait in the car. I’ll be back, alright?” Helen said as she patted Ollie on his head. She locked him in the car and headed to the supermarket because Ollie hated crowded places and never accompanied Helen to the stores.
Moments later, there was a sudden outburst of chaos. Helen was busy shopping and had no idea it was raining heavily outside. The whole area began to flood unexpectedly. People rushed to every open store they could find for shelter.
12-year-old boy Matt was looking for a place to run to safety when he spotted people running to the supermarket nearby. He had no time to think and ran after them.
Matt hurried upstairs with the rest. Suddenly, Helen noticed the situation and was alarmed. “What happened?” she asked a man and screamed at the top of her lungs when she learned of the flood. All she could think of was Ollie trapped in the car.
“OLLIE..., I left my dog in the car,” she cried, running toward the window. “My dog is trapped in the car. Somebody, please...”
Matt looked outside and saw the car Helen pointed to was in the flash flood. Helen was frightened to go out because she didn’t know how to swim. Matt understood Helen’s anxiety and ran to her pet’s rescue.
He grabbed an iron rod from the corner and raced downstairs. “Hey kid, where are you going? You will drown,” someone shouted. But Matt turned a deaf ear to him because he was determined to save Ollie. In the meanwhile, some people placed a call to the rescue center.
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He braved the currents and swam to the car.
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Minutes later, a rescue team arrived.
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