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1、Contrary to my expectation, the teacher was by no means satisfied with my works, saying that the trees had been painted too________.
A. basically B. stiffly
C. definitely D. Originally
2、The singer’s music video nearly 9 million times since it was posted on the Internet four weeks ago.
A. viewed B. has viewed
C. was viewed D. has been viewed
3、With piles of work at hand, Jane doubts she can pass the coming driving test.
A. that B. whether C. where D. when
4、I didn’t go to Li Ming’s birthday party, because I________.
A．don’t invite
B．didn’t invite
C．am not invited
D．wasn’t invited
5、Unfortunately, Puccini died of a heart attack ______ he completed this final scene, and it had to be completed by one of his former students, Franco Alfano.
A.when B.before C.after D.since
6、 I know nothing about the young lady ________ she is from Beijing.
A. except that B. besides
C. except for D. except
7、Life affords no higher pleasure than that of overcoming difficulties, from one step of success to another.
A. to pass B. having passed
C. passed D. passing
8、Social and economic development has contributed to an increasing______ for future．
A．demand B．curiosity
C．anxiety D．Arrangement
9、Unable to take his mind off things, Jacob lay ______ half the night last night.
A.woken B.awaken C.awake D.awoke
10、After today’s heavy snow, many roads are still blocked.
A．阻塞；堵塞
B．街区；
C．木块；石块
D．大楼
11、—What’s up? What’s that terrible noise from our upstairs neighbor?
—The spoiled boy is yelling and screaming to ______, I guess.
A. mend his way B. stop his way
C. push his way D. get his way
12、The atomic weight of oxygen is_____than ______of the hydrogen.
A. 15 times heavier; that
B. 15 times heavier: those
C. 16 times as heavier; that
D. 16 times as heavy; those
13、— Oh, my God, I left my portable computer in the taxi!
— ________. Let’s call the taxi company first．
A.Pray for it B. Cheer up
C. Forget it D. Calm down
14、 Of the forces shaping higher education _______ is more sweeping than the movement across borders.
A. nothing B. none
C. either D. Anything
15、—How are you getting along with your German, Kate？
—Oh, Mr．Black, I’m so tired of it．Maybe I should drop out _____ it kills me．
A．when B．after C．while D．before
16、— How do you find your new classmate?
— Oh, she is really ________ of a musician, who can not only sing very beautifully, but also compose skillfully.
A. something B. somebody
C. everything D. everybody
17、Monsanto, a big company, denies the cancer of one of its customers was caused by its product and says it will _______.
A. appeal B. apologize
C. compensate D. compromise
18、Language belongs to each member of the society, to the cleaner ______ to the professor.
A．as far as
B．as many as
C．as much as
D．as long as
19、I made a special card for my father________ Father’s Day this year.
A．in
B．at
C．on
D．during
20、I still have a few sweet memories of my childhood; ________, I remember times when I explored caves in the mountains with my friends.
A．in advance
B．by chance
C．in particular
D．in addition
21、When Dawn Bonfield, the former chief executive of the Women's Engineering Society, ran a stand recently at a big military air show, she was in for a shock.
There were around 900 Brownies among the crowd and Ms Bonfield says, "I'm saying to all these girls, 'Do you know about engineering, would you like to be an engineer, have you thought about engineering?' And in the whole day... probably five or six of them said yes. Every other one said no, just straight out no."
What surprised her most, she says, is that it wasn't that these eight and nine-year-old girls didn't know what engineering was. Simply that they had already switched off. They had lost interest in engineering. "So how much work does it take to change that?" asks Ms Bonfield. "I mean it's huge."
There's no shortage of data to back up her estimation of the scale of work required. The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show that women make up around just 8% of engineers in the UK. And this is at a time when the UK needs to produce thousands more engineers, so much so that the inventor, Sir James Dyson, is planning to open his own instituteto address the skills shortage.
Not enough female role models is well documented as a reason why girls don’t choose engineering.
The attitude of parents was also an important factor in career choices. For girls, perhaps unsurprisingly, mothers were particularly influential.
"My mum was a bit iffy about it at first because she was more like, 'Girls should do this and that and the other,' more like 'keep your posture up and be ladylike'," says middle school student Hannah. "But my dad used to build a lot of stuff and he got me into that. So after my mum saw how me and my dad interacted she said, 'Yeah, go for it' and she's kind of the one who supported me with this."
【1】 What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?
A. To show the shortage of girls in engineering.
B. To introduce some famous girl engineers.
C. To promote the social status for engineers.
D. To give girls advice on how to select careers.
【2】What does the underlined word “Brownies” in the Paragraph 2 refer to?
A. Chocolate cakes. B. Young girls.
C. Girls with brown hair. D. Students in brown.
【3】What shocked Dawn Bonfield most?
A. There were so many girls at the show.
B. Many girls had run off before seeing her.
C. Girls didn’t know anything about engineering.
D. Girls paid no attention to engineering.
【4】 Why did Hannh finally choose engineering?
A. Because she found a woman role model.
B. Because her mother was sure of her future.
C. Because her father had influence on her.
D. Because she wanted to meet the demand of society.
22、American track and field athlete Jacqueline Joyner-Kersee once said, “Age is no barrier. It’s a limitation you put on your mind.” And 50-year-old Indian Lakyntiew Syiemlieh stands an evidence for this saying. She recently cleared her Class 12 board exams. Lakyntiew, who has four children and two grandchildren, decided to go after her higher secondary education over three decades after dropping out of school. Earlier this year, she was one of the 24,267 students who appeared for the state board’s Higher Secondary School Leaving Certificate (HSSLC) exam. Lakyntiew took part in the exams for the arts stream and had chosen subjects like Khasi, English, Political Science, Economics, and Education as her areas of specialization.
On July 13, 2020, when the results were announced, she was excited. “Though I only got the third division, my children were still so excited that they started shouting, hugging, and kissing me when the results were declared,” said Lakyntiew.
In fact, the grandmother of two has expressed her interest in pursuing higher studies in the field of local language. Lakyntiew took up a distance education course offered by a university in 2015. She stopped going to school because mathematics was too difficult for her to understand. She was offered a job to teach in a preschool in 2008, and that was the beginning of her love for re-learning.
Being the oldest student in the class, most of Lakyntiew’s classmates called her as “Mei”, which means “mother” in the local language. Besides concentrating on academics, she also participated in after-class activities like field trips, dance competitions, and singing challenges, among others.
Age is not a problem when one is in search of education. Lakyntiew Syiemlieh is an example for everybody, and especially for those who give up studies midway.
【1】When did Lakyntiew probably drop out of school?
A．In 1968.
B．In 1988.
C．In 2008.
D．In 1998.
【2】Which can best describe Lakyntiew’s performance at school?
A．Outstanding.
B．Reasonable.
C．Independent.
D．Active.
【3】Which of the following caused Lakyntiew to stop going to school?
A．She had too much difficulty in learning one subject.
B．Her family was too poor to afford her education.
C．She had many children to raise and had no time to study.
D．She was offered so good a job that she couldn’t refuse.
【4】What can we learn from Lakyntiew’s story?
A．Many hands make light work.
B．Education is the key to success.
C．Live and learn.
D．Hard work pays off.
23、 Janus, the Roman god, has two faces looking in opposite directions. So does artificial intelligence (AI). On one side are the positive changes, enabling people to achieve more, far more quickly, by using technology to improve their existing skills. Look the other way, though, and there are plenty of potential pitfalls.
Like Janus, technological change may also cause disruption(混乱), but AI is likely to have a bigger impact than anything since the appearance of computers, and its consequences could be far more disruptive.
In the years ahead, AI will raise three big questions for bosses and governments. One is the effect on jobs. Although CEOs publicly praise the broad benefits AI will bring, their main interest lies in cutting costs. One European bank asked Infosys to find a way of reducing the staff in its operations department from 50,000 to 500. The McKinsey Global Institute estimates that by 2030 up to 375m people, or 14% of the global workforce, could have their jobs replaced by AI.
A second important question is how to protect privacy as AI spreads. The internet has already made it possible to track people’s digital behavior in minute detail. AI will offer even better tools for businesses to monitor consumers and employees, both online and in the physical world. Consumers are sometimes happy to go along with this if it results in personalised service or promotions. But AI is bound to bring invasion of privacy that is seen as unacceptable. For example, law-enforcement officials around the world will use AI to spot criminals, but may also monitor ordinary citizens.
The third question is about the effect of AI on competition in business. A technology company that achieves a major breakthrough in artificial intelligence could race ahead of rivals, put others out of business and lessen competition. This is unlikely to happen in the near future, but if it did it would be of great concern.
It is too early to tell whether the positive changes brought by AI will outweigh the risk. But it will put an end to traditional ways of doing things and start a new era for business and for the world at large.
【1】Janus is mentioned to .
A.introduce the topic B.praise the Roman god
C.tell its difference D.support AI
【2】The underlined word “pitfalls” in paragraph 1 is probably means .
A.consequences B.risks C.effects D.benefits
【3】What’s the main idea of the passage?
A.AI is a double-edged sword.
B.People show great concern about AI.
C.privacy is threatened by AI.
D.AI will enjoy a bright future.
【4】What’s the author’s attitude towards AI?
A.Objective. B.Positive. C.Worried. D.Subjective.
24、Several weeks ago, I pulled an old road map out of the glove box and passed it to my children. They had never seen the province of Ontario laid out like that before. They stared at the map, asking about all the towns, parks, and other landmarks we’d visited, and I pointed them out on the map.
Digital maps and GPS are modern wonders that have gotten me out of many confusing places, but paper maps still have a role to play in our lives. Most of us adults learned to read them out of necessity, but it’s up to us to pass on that skill to children whose need may not be so obvious, but who still will benefit from it.
As Trevor Muir wrote in an article on this topic, “When kids learn how to create and use paper maps, they are doing more than just learning how to get around. They are actually developing a fundamental skill that they will use for the rest of their lives. Map skill still belong in today’s classroom.”
As a child, I had National Geographic Maps taped to my bedroom walls. This aroused my curiosity and imagination about those places and thus made me eager to remember my geography and history lessons because they were tied to places I’d “seen”. Even now as a mother of four, I’ve also spared time to travel to many of the countries whose maps I studied as a child.
Additionally, in this fast-changing world, unexpected events can rapidly influence one’s usual way of life. When GPS satellites or Internet connections are affected, this old-fashioned skill can get you out of a mess without requiring a smartphone. Last but not least, paper maps arouse big picture thinking, showing kids that there’s a much bigger world out there and helping to direct them within it.
So, now is a good time to pull out those dusty old maps and lay them on the kitchen table.
【1】How did the children react when they were given the paper map?
A．They showed great curiosity.
B．They seemed totally confused.
C．They found it less convenient than GPS.
D．They refused to read it without hesitation.
【2】What is Trevor Muir’s attitude towards teaching paper map skill for kids?
A．Neutral.
B．Negative.
C．Supportive.
D．Doubtful.
【3】Which of the following will the author agree with?
A．Paper maps are already out of date.
B．Internet connections are always reliable.
C．Paper maps provide kids with a grand vision.
D．GPS will sooner or later replace paper maps.
【4】Which would be the best title for the text?
A．Time to Encourage Kids to Explore a Real World
B．How to Teach Kids to Survive in the Wild
C．How to Teach Kids to Recognize Strange Places
D．Time to Teach Kids to Read Paper Maps
25、Every child has a hero in his heart, so do I. My hero is my dad, because he is brave, skilled, and respectful. I know many people say their dads are their heroes, but my dad ________ me about becoming a man, which is ________ important for a young boy.
Respect goes a long way with my dad, as does patience. As an electrician, my dad must ________ people every day, some of whom are nice and some are not. Either way, he ________ his well-mannered attitude.
Dad is not afraid of many things, or if he is, he doesn’t tell me ________ he wants to seem tough. He may not be a big guy but since he works with his hands all day, he is very strong. Dad works outdoors in all kinds of ________ but the worst thing he has to do is climb up and work in an attic in the middle of the summer. Trust me, this is the ________ place you will experience as an electrician and when you come back ________, what is in your lungs will make you ________ for hours.
My dad and I have a very good ________. We talk about almost everything. We go hunting, fishing, and everything a dad and son would do. My dad and I enjoy hiking most because it gives us time outdoors together and there is nothing like that. He has ________ and taught me everything I need to know about ________.
I am ________ to be the son of Leo C., and would not have it any other way. People come up to me all the time to tell me I have a good dad. It makes me feel ________ that a lot of people think so ________ of him. He is a good teacher of my life and would do anything for me. This is why my father is my hero.
【1】
A．arranges
B．teaches
C．worries
D．reminds
【2】
A．specially
B．extremely
C．nearly
D．hardly
【3】
A．look after
B．deal with
C．wait for
D．search for
【4】
A．offers
B．makes
C．hides
D．keeps
【5】
A．though
B．unless
C．until
D．because
【6】
A．positions
B．situations
C．conditions
D．destinations
【7】
A．coldest
B．highest
C．best
D．hottest
【8】
A．down
B．over
C．inside
D．up
【9】
A．rest
B．cough
C．ache
D．sleep
【10】
A．relationship
B．friendship
C．agreement
D．companion
【11】
A．learned
B．referred
C．shown
D．collected
【12】
A．animals
B．nature
C．study
D．skills
【13】
A．excited
B．eager
C．surprised
D．proud
【14】
A．well
B．good
C．nervous
D．nicely
【15】
A．easily
B．seriously
C．highly
D．lightly
26、假定你是李华，你校近期将组织开展一次垃圾分类志愿者活动，请给你的英国留学生朋友Max写一封邮件，邀请他参加．内容包括：
1．活动时间及地点；
2．活动内容及目的；
参考词汇：垃圾分类： garbage classification
注意：1．词数 100左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯．
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