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1、I have no doubt _______ he’ll come to our help if we call him.
A．whether
B．if
C．that
D．when
2、White represents purity in that culture , which is often _____ a bride carries or wears something white on her wedding day.
A. whether B. why C. that D. how
3、“When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream,” said the alchemist, _________ the words of the old king. The boy understood. Another person was there to help him toward his destiny.
A.signaling B.echoing
C.forecasting D.recalling
4、The State Sports General Administration is ______ charge of all sports matters.
A.on B.in C.at D.with
5、The building was named Ford Hall _______ a man named James Ford.
A.in need of B.in memory of C.in charge of D.in search of
6、This midterm examination paper __________ two parts was so hard that few students could pass it.
A. made out of B. made from
C. made up of D. made in
7、Is this the reason______ at the meeting for his carelessness in his work?
A. he explained B. how he explained C. what he explained D. why he explained
8、In his speech, the president dealt with latest scientific research _____ how to fight the Coronavirus-19.
A．concerning
B．concerned
C．to concern
D．to be concerned
9、—Would you mind moving your bike?
—________ I’ll do it right away.
A．Why not?
B．Never mind.
C．Of course.
D．Not in the least.
10、In the street, she found herself ________ at by a stranger, making her a little nervous.
A.staring B.stare C.stared D.to stare
11、I don’t know much about the new reform except _______ a sound social security net (社会安全网) should be built.
A.that B.whether C.what D.where
12、It is usually very hot here in Wuxi in June, but it _______ be cool sometimes.
A．can
B．must
C．should
D．would
13、Since the outbreak of the disease, 90 patients have been to have the illness and other suspected patients are still under examination.
A.confirmed B.convinced C.confused D.consulted
14、It is by no means clear the president can do to end the strike.
A.how B.which
C.that D.what
15、—Have you got any particular plans for the coming holiday?
—Yes. ______, I'm going to visit some homes for the old in the city.
A．If ever
B．If busy
C．If anything.
D．If possible
16、The subject ________ in conversation.
A．came up
B．came down
C．came out
D．came over
17、Although going to Wuhan meant________himself in danger, he said he had never regretted _________such a decision.
A.to put; to make B.putting; to make C.to put; making D.putting; making
18、I graduated from college twenty years ago and I ____________ as an English teacher in this middle school ever since.
A. worked B. have been working
C. had worked D. was working
19、It is none of your business ________ other people think about you.Believe
yourself.
A.how B.what
C.which D.when
20、She tried to hide her feelings in front of the children, but the tears in her eyes gave her ________.
A. out B. away
C. off D. up
21、If people keep polluting the ocean, no creature there will survive ______.
A．at all cost
B．for a long while
C．in the long run
D．by no means
22、What “wandering Earth” wants to ________ viewers is the faith in man’s strong will power to make the impossible possible.
A.communicate with B.consider about
C.share with D.interpret about
23、We worked as fast as we could________ the work in time.
A.finish B.finished C.finishing D.to finish
24、He was lying on the grass, his hands _____ under his head.
A. crossing B. crossed
C. to cross D. having crossed
25、—What does the sign over there read？
—“No person___smoke or carry a lighted cigarette,cigar or pipe in this area.”
A.will B.may
C.shall D.must
26、Press your fingers into the back of your head, just above your neck. If you feel a small bony bump (突起), you may find evidence of human evolution (进化): it could be your body responding to common smartphone use in the 21st century.
According to a recent study, published in Scientific Reports, more young people have bony bumps at the base of their skulls, right above the neck. Medical professionals call them enlarged external occipital protuberances (EEOPs, 枕外隆突).
Australian health scientist David Shahar, the author of the study, told the BBC that he’s seen more and more patients with EEOPs over the past ten years. Together with other researchers from the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia, they examined 1,200 skull x-rays from people aged 18–30. They also measured the bumps and noted each person’s posture. They found that one in four people had developed these growths. This led to their theory that smartphones are the cause.
According to their research, looking down at our phones adds stress onto the top of our spines (脊柱). To prevent damage to our spines, Shahar believes our bodies add fresh bony bump to help reduce the extra stress.
Most of the EEOPs measured just a few millimeters. However, several subjects were found with EEOPs as large as 30 mm.
In his report, Shahar said the results “highlighted the need” for prevention. In other words, we need to change our posture while using our phones.
Many people assume our bones are solid and unmoving once we reach adulthood. In reality, they are alive and covered with blood vessels(血管), which allows them to develop in unique ways for each person.
Aside from EEOPs, other noticeable recent changes in human bodies include shrinking jaws, narrower elbows and generally smaller skeletons. The human body is adapting to modern life, so who knows what people in the future might look like?
【1】What did the recent study find about EEOPs?
A．They grow on one’s neck.
B．They can lead to many health problems.
C．They may stop growing when you reach 30.
D．They occur among more and more young people.
【2】What is the main cause of EEOPs according to the researchers?
A．Extra stress.
B．Aging bones.
C．Smartphone use.
D．Gene problems.
【3】Which of the following would Shahar probably agree with?
A．EEOPs increase the stress on our spines.
B．EEOPs are actually beneficial to our spines.
C．Young people’s bones adapt in similar ways.
D．Young people should exercise to improve their posture.
【4】What’s the writing purpose of the text?
A．To persuade readers to protect their spines.
B．To explain why human bodies develop EEOPs.
C．To show some recent changes in human bodies.
D．To recommend some healthy habits of using phones.
27、Let’s Go and Fly a Kite
—at Piedmont Middle School’s celebration of kites!
Come and learn how to build all sorts of kites, from the simplest diamond-shaped kites to the most complex box kites. Stay as long as you like and build as many kites as you want. Once you have finished a kite, get advice on flying techniques from kite expert Lorena Hallsberg. The celebration will be at Piedmont Middle School,151 Piedmont School Drive.
The Piedmont Middle School Parent Teacher Organization (PTO)has organized a refreshment(茶点)tent. All profits will benefit future PTO activities. Take a break from kite flying and drink some lemonade! While you are doing so, why not join the PTO? Membership is free; you just donate your time. Show your support for Piedmont Middle School by joining the PTO this Saturday!
When: Saturday,April 11,from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Where: Piedmont Middle School
Why: For fun!
Cost: Free, thanks to a generous gift from Bizarco Kite Company!
Schedule
9:00 a.m.—Kite-building booths open. All materials are supplied for kites.
10:00 a.m.—Kite-building shows by Lorena Hallsberg in the courtyard. Come by and learn how to build box kites and kites that look and fly like butterflies.
11:00 a.m.—Kite-flying shows on the school track. Learn all the most important skills.
12:00 p.m.—Kite-flying competitions on the school track.
1:00 p.m.—Presentation by Dr.Brian Lehrman in the show tent:“The History of Kites”.
2:00 p.m.—Best Kite competitions and judging in the show tent. Come and see the most artistic kites and the most interesting theme kites.
3:00 p.m.—Presentation by Dr.Lehrman in the show tent:“Kites and Science”.
3:30 p.m.—Awards ceremony conducted by Headmaster Seward on the football field. The results of the day’s judging will be announced, with awards such as Best of Show, Most Artistic, Highest Flyer, and others. Winners will receive gifts from the Bizarco Kite Company!
4:00—5:00 p.m.—Let’s all go and fly a kite! Everyone flies kites at the same time, creating a wonderful sight for all to enjoy.
Come to the kite celebration. Enjoy yourself and learn more.
【1】Which times are most important for people who want to join in kite competitions?
A.10:00 am and 11:00 a.m.. B.12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m..
C.1:00 pm and 3:00 p.m.. D.2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m..
【2】From the passage, we know that the kite celebration .
A.is enjoyable and educational
B.is strict about the shapes of kites
C.gets money from PTO of Piedmont Middle School
D.gives people a chance to see kites from around the world
【3】The passage is intended for .
A.school staff B.kite experts
C.students and parents D.kite companies
28、 These days,American children usually can receive about$800 each year in tips,according to the American Institute of Public Accountants. Most of American parents tie the tips to the completion of certain daily work.
“Kids are tipped for two main purposes,”says Steven Mintz,a historian at the University of Texas at Austin.“First,to give them a sense of independence—to buy candies,cheap toys,and other inexpensive products for themselves—and second,to teach them the value of money.”
However,many experts expressed concern that tying payments too closely to daily work can send kids wrong messages about family and personal responsibility. Suniya Luthar,a psychologist at Arizona State University,is doubtful of the idea of paying kids on a per-work basis.“Should we pay a child when he picks up his clothes off the floor?”she asks.
Luthar is not opposed to(反对) giving tips, but she thinks it’s important to let children know that certain work has to be done not because it’ll lead to payment,but because it’s part of what you have to do for yourself or as a family member. “In a family, no one’s going to pay you to put your clothes away or tidy up the house,” Luthar says.
Other researchers disagree.Heather Beth Johnson,a sociologist at Lehigh University,says,“When we pay kids to do things that humans have always had to do,”she says,“it sends them a message that they have to work for returns.”
Johnson adds that upper-middle-class families are usually ready to pay children for things like doing well in school or taking care of the younger children.She says that this sort of tips can make kids happier to carry out more basic responsibilities.“This isn’t happening in poor families,”she adds.
【1】Suniya Luthar would probably agree to tip the children______.
A.when they pick up their clothes off the floor. B.every time they take care of their brothers
C.once they have made big progress in school. D.each time they help clean up the house
【2】What does Heather Beth Johnson mean?
A.Rich children will be more successful.
B.Rich parents are too generous with tips.
C.Poor parents should not be misled by rich parents.
D.Poor kids are less inspired to take on responsibilities.
【3】What is the text mainly about?
A.Ways to tip the children. B.Views on tipping children.
C.The main purposes of tips. D.The value of tipping.
【4】Where is this text most likely from?
A.An education report. B.A government guideline.
C.A history book. D.An official survey.
29、 Grab an ice cube from the freezer and place it on a table. Watch closely enough and you will see, well, not much at all. The ice cube is absorbing heat, but it is still an ice cube. Before it melts, it will draw heat from the environment to change from solid to liquid. Only then will it begin to slip and slide in a puddle(水坑) of its own making.
And so to A Word Without Ice by Henry Pollack, retired professor of geophysics at the University of Michigan and a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that shared the 2007 Nobel peace prize with Al Gore.
The book gets off to a slow start. You may have to work a little before being rewarded. But given time, Pollack's account warms up and really takes off. The story he has to tell is fascinating, frightening and important.
Despite the title, this is not a book about the world without ice. Much is given over to the impact of ice in Earth's long history, as an important force that shaped our planet's landscape, controlled migrations and influenced cultures. Pollack takes us through Antarctic and Arctic explorations, the natural cycles that bring us ice ages and milder periods without extremes of heat or cold, and the rise of climate science which, among other achievements, can recreate a history of the temperature on Earth from kilometers of ice core drilled from the polar caps.
Pollack’s intellectual power and clarity of phrase are invaluable in describing the scientific evidence for global warming, the ways in which it will affect the world, and the all-too-probable consequences. Pollack is not one to brush awkward issues under the carpet. There is serious discussion about uncertainties in climate science, and in particular, the computer models used to forecast future warming. For its forensic analysis (取证分析) and strong destruction of climate sceptic (怀疑论者) arguments alone, A World Without Ice is worth keeping on a nearby shelf.
Some readers may find Pollack's US-centric approach occasionally grating (刺耳的). He tells of intense irrigation in southwestern Kansas, IPCC reports as big as several New York City phone directories and school-day stories from Omaha. But this is forgivable. The US is uniquely placed to act on climate change but faces a significant barrier in the shape of the outdated, influential, oil-funded anti-climate change lobby (游说议员的团体).
Thoughtful throughout, Pollack occasionally delivers paragraphs that stay with you long after closing the book. On the subject of the book itself, he writes: "Nature's best thermometer (温度计), perhaps its most sensitive and unambiguous indicator of climate change, is ice. When ice gets sufficient warm, it melts. Ice asks no questions, presents no arguments, reads no newspapers, listens to no debates. It is not burdened by ideology and carries no political baggage as it crosses the threshold (门槛) from solid to liquid. It just melts."
A World Without Ice is a call to arms. Debates about which mitigation (减缓) strategies might give us the best chances of reducing our emissions miss the point, Pollack says. If we want to avoid the worst that climate change may bring, we need "every hose in the stable pulling together and as hard and as fast a possible".
Pollack's argument is attractive, persuasive and deeply upsetting, no matter the climate change tiredness that unavoidably sets in as a consequence of endless media coverage of global warming. The author's final warning comes from Lao Tzu, an ancient Chinese philosopher: “If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
Pollack leaves us in no doubt as to where that is.
【1】We can learn that A World Without Ice .
A.brings us to the core of the issue at the very beginning
B.convinces skeptics of the truth about climate change
C.gives an in- depth analysis of global warming
D.gets funded by anti -climate change lobby
【2】Why does Henry Pollack think ice is nature's best thermometer?
A.Ice is a reminder of peaceful co- existence.
B.Ice is a common topic of the media coverage.
C.Ice is a controversial issue in political debates.
D.Ice is a clear indicator sensitive to climate change.
【3】The underlined sentence in Paragraph 8 probably means the book .
A.urges us to make joint efforts to fight climate change
B.advocates addressing climate change by armed forces
C.recommends debating on strategies to reduce emission
D.calls for separate and tough actions in a timely manner
【4】What does the underlined word “that" in the last paragraph refer to?
A.Warning from Lao Tzu. B.Destination of a journey.
C.Effect of global warming. D.Argument on climate change.
【5】What's the author's attitude toward A World Without Ice?
A.Ambiguous. B.Positive. C.Cautious. D.Sceptical.
30、阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Willard Franklin came to my class half a year ago. But from his first day here, he shut himself in his own world and he never ________ to others. As his teacher, I tried to start a talk with him but ________. It seemed as if he just didn't want to break his _______ .
After the Thanksgiving holiday, we received the news of the ________ Christmas collection of money for the _______ in our school. "Christmas is a reason of ________," I told my student. "Some poor students in our school might not have a _______ holiday. By giving little money, you will help _______ some toys, food, and clothing for these needy students. We will ________the collection tomorrow."
The near morning, ________ , I found out that almost everyone had ________this matter except Willard Franklin. He came up to my desk with his head down. ________, he dropped two coins into the small box. "I don't need milk for lunch," he said in a ________ voice.
After school I couldn't help sharing what had ________ in the morning with our headmaster. "I may be wrong, but ________ Willard might be ready to become a part of our class." "I am ________ to hear that," he nodded（点头）. "And I just received a ________ of the poor families in our school who most need help. Here, take a look at it."
As I sat down to ________, I found Willard Franklin was at the top of the list. At that moment, I felt I really ________ Willard for the first time; a cold face with a warm heart. Frown this ________, I also learnt that whether rich or poor, every child has a kind heart.
【1】
A．turned
B．spoke
C．belonged
D．listened
【2】
A．failed
B．stopped
C．changed
D．stayed
【3】
A．promise
B．heart
C．sadness
D．silence
【4】
A．daily
B．weekly
C．monthly
D．yearly
【5】
A．young
B．sick
C．poor
D．strong
【6】
A．giving
B．enjoying
C．receiving
D．spending
【7】
A．Free
B．happy
C．popular
D．long
【8】
A．find
B．pack
C．buy
D．choose
【9】
A．share
B．show
C．start
D．continue
【10】
A．therefore
B．however
C．otherwise
D．besides
【11】
A．forgotten
B．discussed
C．learnt
D．realized
【12】
A．Personally
B．Gratefully
C．Certainly
D．Carefully
【13】
A．smooth
B．tired
C．low
D．deep
【14】
A．appeared
B．arrived
C．happened
D．remained
【15】
A．agree
B．fear
C．decide
D．believe
【16】
A．glad
B．sorry
C．surprised
D．lucky
【17】
A．message
B．report
C．research
D．list
【18】
A．rest
B．read
C．work
D．study
【19】
A．knew
B．ignored
C．supported
D．accepted
【20】
A．result
B．experience
C．survey
D．item
31、Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
The view that the spirit of adventure no longer has any scope for its enterprise seems, at first glance, depressingly true. The highest mountains have been scaled; the deepest seas plumbed. Maps today no longer contain huge blanks marked "Unknown Territory", nor do they make random guesses at the shapes of 【1】 land-masses. All major journeys of exploration to 【2】 the true shape and nature of the globe have been made in the past. It was left to us to fill in the details with 【3】 which once would have been considered impossible. The gaps have been 【4】. What next?
The obvious answer, of course, is that man is now looking upwards into space. Discoveries are being made at such a tremendous rate that even authors of science-fiction are finding it difficult to keep up with them and have to tax their imagination to invent bigger and better space-craft. Satellites sending signals as they swing round our globe have become 【5】.
Astronauts have successfully landed on the moon and its entire surface has been photographed. The information that satellites may provide fueling stations for manned rockets no longer strikes us as preposterous. If thirty years ago, a scientist has urged that we send messages into outer space in the hope of receiving an answer, he would have been regarded as either irresponsible or mad. Now, anything seems 【6】.
From dreams like these, we return to earth with a bump. Trips into space are all very well, but they are not for us; we must 【7】 ourselves with our own, much-traveled world. The earth itself is the training-ground for adventurous spirits, for "adventure" need not mean the seeking out of something new. A person can be called adventurous when he finds out something for himself, and it does not matter how many times the discovery has been made before. No one would say that men who set out now to cross the forbidding Antarctic are less enterprising than their predecessors who tried to do the same thing. The little boy who climbs the small hill that 【8】 his town, or even he who tries to climbs and fails, has precisely the same spirit that led Hillary to climb Everest. For the bold spirit and inquiring mind, there are inexhaustible possibilities. So long as there are people willing to 【9】 places that are well-known, there will be those who will, one day, set foot on remote and 【10】 shores.
32、阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
Love makes the world go around and a mother’s love never changes
After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and a movie. It’s hard to imagine that the other woman was my mother, who has been living alone for 19 years, but I am too busy to visit her often. That night I called to invite her to go out for dinner and a movie.
“What’s wrong? Are you well?” she asked. My mother always doubts that a late night call is a sign of bad news.
“It would be pleasant to spend some time with you,” I responded.
As I drove over to pick her up, I noticed that she seemed to be nervous about our date. But she smiled from a face that was as beautiful as an angel’s. “I told my friends that I was going to go out with my son, and they were impressed,” she said.
We went to a restaurant that was very nice and comfortable. My mother look my arm as if she were the First Lady. After we sat down, I had to read the menu. Her eyes could only read large print. I saw mom sitting there looking at me with a smile on her lips.
“I used to have to read the menu when you were small,” she said. “Then it’s time to let me return the favor,” I responded.
During the dinner, we had an agreeable conversation - nothing special but catching up on recent events. We talked so much that we missed the movie. As we arrived at her house later, she said, “I’ll go out with you again, but only if you let me invite you.” I agreed.
注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3. 续写部分分为两段每段的开头语已为你写好；
4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
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