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1、______ in the early 20th century, the school keeps on inspiring children’s love of art.
A.Found B.Having founded
C.Founded D.Founding
2、She is one of the girls in our class who ______ for the coming sports meeting now.
A．is being trained
B．are trained
C．is training
D．are being trained
3、Perseverance is a kind of quality, and that is ______ it takes to do everything well.
A. why B. that C. what D. which
4、Tens of thousands of people marched to the Martin Luther King Jr．Memorial, celebrating the 50th anniversary of King's famous speech, through which we know _____ he said meant to the black．
A． that what B． what that
C． what what D． that which
5、Time magazine has chosen “The Guardians”，a group of journalists who____ for their work, as Person of the Year, for taking great risks in pursuit of greater truths.
A. will target B. have targeted
C. will be targeted D. have been targeted
6、Needles apparently stuck into the body of an 11-month-old baby by her abusive aunt were surgically(手术地) ______on Tuesday.
A. moved B. placed
C. replaced D. removed
7、There were no signs that the fire had been set deliberately. It ________ by a cigarette end, I guess.
A．would have been caused
B．should have been caused
C．might have been caused
D．must have been caused
8、Foreign ministers of the two countries hold regular meetings, ______ they can exchange views on international issues of both concern.
A. what B. where C. which D. why
9、The young man, ________ in heavy traffic on the way, got home an hour later than usual.
A．being caught
B．having caught
C．to be caught
D．caught
10、It is clearly stated that these regulations ___ everyone in the community, without exception.
A. appeal to B. adapt to
C. apply to D. attach to
11、—Guess what? One bullet struck my car, ________ missing me yesterday!.
—Lucky you! Come back to our motherland as soon as possible!
A．narrowly
B．nearly
C．lightly
D．slightly
12、The conflict had developed into a stage ____ the two countries were gathering big troops on the border.
A. where B. which C. that D. As
13、 Due to the ______ of this medical technology, some diseases can be treated at an early stage.
A. approach B. appreciation
C. application D. appointment
14、She has received all offer from Berkeley，but I don’t know _____ she will accept it or not．
A． Where B． whether
C． what D． which
15、The number of children losing both parents to Aids ______ also expected to rise.
A. was B. is C. are D. were
16、Tom had to have his car repaired in a garage because it______seriously.
A. damaged B. was being damaged
C. had damaged D. had been damaged
17、Before we go any ______, it’s important to make sure you understand what an interview is and why it’s arranged.
A. far B. farther
C. further D. furthering
18、With your help, there is no doubt ________ our plan is meant for will work out successfully．
A. that what B. whether that
C. what that D. that whether
19、I hear they’ve promoted Tom, but he didn’t mention ________ when we talked on the phone.
A.to be promoted B.having promoted
C.promoting D.having been promoted
20、We should improve our ability to engage in international communication so as to tell China’s story well and make the voice of China ______.
A.hearing B.heard C.having heard D.to hear
21、 The outstanding biography — from the same author who brought us Steve Jobs and Einstein —portrays the life of the complicated Renaissance (文艺复兴时期的) artist with details. We come to see da Vinci as not only an inventor of musical instruments and early flying machines, but also a notebook keeper and vegetarian (素食者), who had trouble finishing many of the projects and paintings he started.
Yet what is most thrilling is getting to know da Vinci the scientist. Isaacson explains how loving science and applying the scientific method to observing the world was really what made da Vinci a great artist and, Isaacson argues, a genius.
Da Vinci was fascinated with observing and understanding phenomena in nature, from the proportions of the human body to how the muscles of the lips moved. He wanted to know about everything around him, in minute detail, Isaacson writes. He wondered about questions “most people over the age of ten no longer puzzle about”— for instance, how the tongue of a woodpecker works.
To learn about the world, da Vinci combined his own observations with experimentation. Never formally schooled, “he preferred to induce from experiments rather than deduce from theoretical principles,” Isaacson explains. He recorded his observations, looked for patterns among them, and then tested those patterns through additional observation and experimentation.
When he became fascinated with the idea that he could invent flying machines, three and a half centuries before the Wright brothers flew the first airplane, he observed various birds and filled notebooks with the function and speed at which their wings flapped. That’s why Isaacson calls da Vinci an exemplar of this scientific method.”He goes on:“Galileo, born 112 years after Leonardo, is usually credited with being the first to develop this kind of approach and is often regarded as the father of modern science,” the historian Fritjof Capra wrote. “There can be no doubt that this honor would have been bestowed (赐予) on Leonardo da Vinci had he published his scientific writings during his lifetime, or had his notebooks been widely studied soon after his death.”
Da Vinci’s emphasis on empirical observation also helped him improve his art. First, he was able to use what he learned from looking at nature to paint and draw. His studies of the body, animals, motion, shadow and light, perspective and proportion helped him better understand what he was seeing in front of him, and render it in art more accurately and finely than anyone else of his time. He also used his observations of nature to make connections among phenomena. A recorder (竖笛) was like a larynx (喉管) in the throat. Here’s Isaacson again: What Leonardo probably began as four distinct elements ended up woven together in a way that illustrates a fundamental theme in his art and science: the interconnectedness of nature, the unity of its patterns, and the similarity between the workings of the human body and those of the earth.
Most importantly, his curiosity-driven explorations, and ability to connect art and science, helped him innovate in his work. They helped him think differently, Isaacson argues. Da Vinci made surprisingly diverse series of discoveries, including conceptualizing the helicopter and solar power and advancing knowledge about everything from the reproductive organs to botany. This genius is also what drew Isaacson to Albert Einstein and Steve Jobs as subjects: They’re all innovators who were inspired by and drew connections between art and science.
“Leonardo da Vinci is the ultimate example of the main theme of my previous biographies: how the ability to make connections across disciplines — arts and sciences, humanities and technology — is a key to innovation, imagination, and genius,” Isaacson writes. And this wonderful book is a reminder, in a time of increasingly narrow specialization and focus, that the methods of Renaissance men like da Vinci are as relevant as ever.
【1】What is the highlight of da Vinci’s biography?
A.His unfinished paintings.
B.His preference for vegetables.
C.His spirit of exploring science.
D.His opposition to formal education.
【2】What made da Vinci’s thinking different from others?
A.He was used to skipping school.
B.He kept his childhood’s sense of curiosity.
C.He was filled with ambition to become an artist and inventor.
D.He developed a fascination with historical novels.
【3】Why does Isaacson mention Galileo in the book?
A.To introduce his important findings.
B.To memorize the father of modern science.
C.To show the prejudice faced by da Vinci during his lifetime.
D.To illustrate the significance of da Vinci’s research method.
【4】The underlined word “render” in Paragraph 6 can be replaced by“_____”.
A.express B.mix C.confirm D.associate
【5】What does Isaacson think of the methods of Renaissance men?
A.They are too complicated to understand.
B.They focus on the workings of the human body.
C.They are more accurate than modern methods.
D.They still apply to contemporary scientific research.
【6】What might be the best title for the passage?
A.How a Genius Changed the World
B.The Features of Renaissance Art
C.How Science Shaped His Art
D.The Comparison between Induction and Deduction
22、Richard Turere walks through his family's farm just outside Nairobi National Park in Kenya. Goats, cows, and sheep eat grass peacefully on the farm while in the park nearby, lions wander leisurely, living in peaceful coexistence with the livestock. An extraordinary picture! How do livestock manage to live safely near these huge lions? It's all due to this young man's brilliant invention, Lion Lights.
Livestock is his family's entire livelihood—which is why whenever lions attacked their goats, sheep, or cattle, it was disastrous. There seemed to be no good solution to the problem until Richard began working on it. After a lion killed his family's only bull, Richard started experimenting with ways to scare off the lions. His first two attempts—fire and then a scarecrow—were unsuccessful. But one night in 2011, when he was walking around with a flashlight, he noticed that lions stayed away. That's when he realized: these big cats were afraid of moving lights!
Then Richard—who'd taken apart and studied machines since he was very small—began experimenting. Despite his lack of any formal training in electrical engineering, he fitted a system of flashing LED lights on poles around the farm. The flashing lights, which he made from vehicle indicator flashers, car batteries, and a solar panel, tricked the lions into thinking the grounds were guarded, keeping the lions away.
The word got out about the brilliant "lion-lights boy". Soon Richard was fixing the Lion Lights system for neighbors. Later, his invention won him a scholarship to Kenya's well-known Brookhouse International School. And when Richard was 13, he was invited to California to speak about his invention at a TED conference. These days, Richard still lives on his family's farm, and fixes the Lion Lights system for people all over Kenya, which functions efficiently. He dreams of becoming an airplane engineer and pilot, but he also works to arouse people's awareness about the need to support young Kenyan inventors like himself.
【1】What does "an extraordinary picture" refer to?
A．Eye-catching scenery.
B．Well-protected ecosystem.
C．Lions losing their nature.
D．Animals existing in harmony.
【2】What used to be the problem with Richard's farm?
A．Lions attacked livestock.
B．The locals' lives were threatened.
C．Machines didn't function well.
D．Flashlights weren't in good condition.
【3】From the Lion Lights experiment we can know that_________.
A．Richard's idea came from his failure.
B．Flashing lights could scare lions away.
C．Richard's academic knowledge mattered.
D．Flashing lights were difficult to maintain.
【4】What is the last paragraph mainly about?
A．Richard's dream has come true.
B．Richard's invention makes a difference.
C．Richard's devotion to helping his neighbors.
D．Richard's awareness of bettering his community.
23、A frantic call came into Jimmy Gilleece's bar this past March.A newly married woman who had spent the afternoon at the dive beach bar couldn't find her wallet. She didn't care about her ID,credit cards,or $150 in cash---but her wedding ring was tucked inside.
Gilleece, 42, didn't like the idea that a theft could have occurred at his place, Jimmy's at Red Dogs.So he set out to find the wallet. He spent hours searching footage from 16 different surveillance cameras, watching the woman's every step in the bar until she went to sit on a bench outside and left when her ride arrived. Within minutes,a young man in a hoodie approached the bench, shoved(乱放) something in his pocket, and walked off, Gilleece posted a clip on the bar's Facebook page.
Within hours, Gilleece got a text from 17-year-old Rivers Prather. Prather admitted having taken the wallet and told Gilleece he'd done it because he hadn't eaten in two days. He said he saw the ring but thought it was fake, so he took the money and threw the wallet off the public docks into the ocean. Then he bought a sandwich. Gilleece, unsure whether he believed Prather, told the teen to meet him at the docks.There, they got to talking, and Prather revealed that he wasn't getting along with his family and had been living in the woods for a week. Gilleece took stock of Prather---his small stature,his ruddy cheeks---and saw him for what he was: more of a kid than a criminal. But the stakes were high.The police were already on the case,and because of the missing ring, Prather could be facing felony charges."I had to help him somehow, Gilleece says. Gilleece recruited two local divers to search the waters where Prather had thrown the wallet. A crowd gathered to watch the two divers search in the strong current. More than an hour passed,with no sign of the ring. Gilleece grew worried. Each passing minute increased the chances that the police would arrest the young man.
And then a diver popped up. In his hand was the wallet, and inside was the ring. Cheers erupted from the spectators.When Gilleece called the wallet's owner, she burst into tears.She promptly dropped the felony charges against Prather for stealing the ring.“Most people would have given the footage to police,and he chose to help me," Prather said. “I say thank you to him every day."
【1】How did the bar owner find the suspect?
A．He emailed the victim to find a clue.
B．A police officer texted him.
C．He watched the footage from surveillance cameras.
D．He canvased the beach for any suspicious guy.
【2】Which is the correct order of the following events?
a.Gilleece decided to help the suspect after talking with him.
b.Prather expressed his gratitude to the bar owner
c.The police dropped the case against Prather
d.Gilleece set out to find the clue after receiving a theft claim.
e.Gilleece hired divers to find the lost ring
A．e,d,c,a,b
B．a,d,e,c,b
C．d,e,a,b,c
D．d,a,e,c,b
【3】What does the underlined phrase 'take stock of'mean in the passage?
A．observe
B．perceive
C．encounter
D．exploit
【4】Which of the following serve as the title for the passage?
A．A Guilty Bar Owner
B．Mercy for a Thief
C．Candles In the Wind
D．the Divine Revelation
24、A 25-year-old American with a university degree can expect to live a decade longer than a peer who dropped out of high school. Although researchers have long known that the rich live longer than the poor, this education gap is less well documented. And although the average American’s expected span(预期寿命) has been smooth in recent year—and, shockingly, even fell between 2015 and 2017—that of the one-third with a bachelor’s degree has continued to lengthen.
This gap in life expectancy is growing, according to new research published in the report of the National Academy of Sciences. Anne Case and Angus Deation of Princeton University found that the lifespans of those with and without a bachelor’s degree started to become different in the 1990s and 2000s. This gap grew even wider in the 2010s.
What is the link between schooling and longevity(长寿)? Some argue that better-educated people develop healthier lifestyles: each additional year of study reduces the chances of being a smoker and of being overweight. The better-educated earn more, which in turn is associated with greater health.
Ms Case and Mr Deaton argue that changes in labor markets, including the rise of automation and increased demand for highly-educated workers, coupled with the rising costs of employer-provided health care, have decreased the supply of well-paid jobs for those without a degree. This may be contributing to higher rates of alcohol and drug use, suicide and other “deaths of despair”.
The authors argued that the educational gap in mortality(致死率) will widen in the wake of the covid-19 pandemic. For America’s overall life expectancy to start climbing again, improvements will be needed across all social groups, not just among the privileged few.
【1】When did the lifespans of people with and without a degree vary greatly?
A．In the 1990s.
B．In the 2020s
C．In the 2000s
D．In the 2010s
【2】According to the article, changes in labor markets reduce jobs for those without a degree. Which change is NOT included?
A．The rising spending of employer-provided health care.
B．The gap in life expectancy.
C．Raised request for better-educated workers.
D．The development of automation.
【3】What does the underlined phrase “in the wake of” probably mean ?
A．after
B．until
C．before
D．while
【4】What is the best title for the text?
A．Changes in labor market.
B．Quit bad habits by Further study
C．Educated Americans live longer.
D．Highly-educated people develop healthier lifestyles.
25、Gossip—all humans take part in some form of it. Whether its workplace chatter, the sharing of family news or group texts between friends, it's ________ that everyone who talks, well, talks about other people. ________ , a 1993 study found that male participants spent 55% and female participants spent 67% of their conversation time on "the discussion of socially relevant topics."
People tend to think of gossip ________ to ill-intended rumors, negative comments or the breathless spread of a tabloid scoop（小报独家新闻）. But researchers often define it more broadly—as "talking about people who aren't ________ ," says Megan Robbins, an assistant professor of psychology at The University of California, Riverside. "It`s something that comes very ________ to us"—it's an essential part of conversation, information sharing and even community building.
In a 2019 study published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science, Robbins and a colleague found that, of the 52 minutes a day, on average, that the 467 subjects spent gossiping, three-quarters of that gossip was actually ________ . One subject, for example, spoke about someone who was watching a lot of movies to keep up with the times.
Just a small portion of the conversations analyzed—around 15%—was considered to be negative gossip. So while it is true that people can spend a significant amount of time talking about their peers, oftentimes that chatter is quite ________ .
So, why do people gossip?
Some researchers argue that gossip helped our ________ to survive. Evolutionary psychologist Robin Dunbar first pioneered this idea, comparing gossip to the grooming（清洁皮毛）that monkeys and other primates ________ as a means of forming close relationships. ________ picking fleas and dirt off one another to bond（联系）, we now talk. This is "where gossip comes in, because chit-chat is mostly talking about other people and ________ social information." Says David Ludden, a professor of psychology at Georgia Gwinnet College.
Gossiping, Dunbar's work argues, gives humans the ability to spread ________ information to very large social networks. "We are much more social than our ancestors, so it can be very helpful to get information about people from others when this network is too ________ to observe by ourselves." he explained in a 2003 paper published in the Review of General Psychology.
Some scholars view gossip as evidence of cultural ________ , providing people with examples of what's socially acceptable—and what's not. For example, if there's someone who cheats a lot in a community or social circle and people start to talk about that person in a negative way, says Robbins, the collective criticism should warn others of the consequences of cheating. And as word will almost always travel back to the source of said gossip, it can "serve to keep people in check, ________ speaking," Robbins adds.
【1】
A．advisable
B．embarrassing
C．insignificant
D．unavoidable
【2】
A．By Chance
B．In comparison
C．In fact
D．For short
【3】
A．applicable
B．equivalent
C．familiar
D．resistant
【4】
A．approachable
B．friendly
C．present
D．reliable
【5】
A．importantly
B．naturally
C．rapidly
D．secretly
【6】
A．positive
B．independent
C．neutral
D．unusual
【7】
A．amusing
B．critical
C．harmless
D．pointless
【8】
A．ancestors
B．associations
C．customs
D．relatives
【9】
A．appeal to
B．call for
C．engage in
D．fight against
【10】
A．Excluding
B．Instead of
C．In spite of
D．In response to
【11】
A．assessing
B．conveying
C．requesting
D．translating
【12】
A．detailed
B．incredible
C．processed
D．valuable
【13】
A．delicate
B．extensive
C．strong
D．supportive
【14】
A．building
B．exchanging
C．learning
D．understanding
【15】
A．historically
B．legally
C．morally
D．strictly
26、假设你是育才中学的李明。下周你校将与英国友好校举办一场在线会议, 探讨如何利用网络学习英语, 请你根据以下提示撰写一篇发言稿：
（1）介绍你是如何利用网络学习英语的（至少写出两点）
（2）简单谈谈你对利用网络学习英语的看法
（3）请友好校的学生分享他们的经验。
注意：（1）词数100左右；
（2）可适当加入细节, 使内容充实、行文连贯；
（3）开头和结尾已给出, 不计入总词数。
Good morning, dear friends. My name is Liming. I'd like to take this opportunity to talk about how I learn English on the Internet.
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