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1、—My sister is a typist at a foreign company.
—I know this sort of job ______skill and speed.
A．sets aside
B．calls for
C．pays off
D．shows up
2、--- I can’t carry the luggage．It’s so heavy.
--- Why not have someone strong enough_______ you a hand then?
A． give B． to give
C． giving D． to have given
3、The man who lost his way kept the fire ______ all the time, waiting to be rescued.
A．burnt
B．burning
C．to burn
D．being burnt
4、 —She’s really pretty, isn’t she? Her skin looks so baby smooth!
—Well, it’s just that she puts lots of make-up on her face.____
A. Sometimes I wish I could be as beautiful as her.
B. Actually, natural beauty comes from within.
C. I can’t believe she is still so pretty after giving birth to a baby!
D. Fortunately, she has a good income.
5、There is a common belief among them ________ rubbish can should be put to good use.
A． which B． what
C． whether D． that
6、______ worries me that my daughter plays with her cellphone for a long time every day.
A. It B. What C. This D. That
7、The National Aquatic Center, or “Water cube”, ________ 23-year-old American Michael Phelps build his swimming kingdom by winning eight gold medals and breaking seven records in single Games.
A. symbolized B. registered
C. polished D. saw
8、Body mass index, or BMI, is a measure of a person’s weight_________ height. A person with a BMI of twenty-five to twenty-nine is considered overweight.
A.in view of B.in relation to
C.in terms of D.in response to
9、—Mrs. Smith! Tom has broken the mirror!
—________ Such things happen．
A．How come? B．What a pity!
C．Doesn’t matter． D．What’s the matter?
10、His mind went so blank that little ______ down for the first ten minutes in the test.
A. he wrote B. he will write
C. did he write D. will he write
11、Take-off and landing procedures have been tightened after two jets ____ escaped disaster.
A.hopefully B.narrowly C.suddenly D.practically
12、The last time we saw Tom’s kid, he ________ 2000 English words.
A．learned
B．has learned
C．had learned
D．had been learning
13、We’ll have our sports meeting on the playground next week, but I have no idea ________.
A．when to have
B．how long it will last
C．what will the weather be like
D．where we shall have it
14、I hope to set up our company in will be a promising land, a place is full of opportunities.
A．where, where
B．where, that
C．what, where
D．what, that
15、----You don’t go to that supermarket quite often, do you?
----No，I only go there ________ because it’s too far away from my house.
A. occasionallyB. constantly
C. eventuallyD. frequently
16、 --- Could you bring me that novel you _________ me about when I dropped in on you?
--- Sorry, I can’t. I have given it to a friend.
A. told B. would tell
C. had told D. had been telling
17、We should place ________ emphasis on development and security, and develop nuclear energy on the base of security.
A. equal B. central C. superior D. maximum
18、No country in the world can ______ these problems alone, such as climate change, hunger and disease, etc. Therefore, all the countries should cooperate to get rid of them.
A．cope
B．address
C．replace
D．involve
19、The news came________the British Queen Mother celebrated her 101st birthday in good health,________isn't surprising, because she lives an easy life and gets the best medical care.
A．when; as
B．which; which
C．that; that
D．that; which
20、On the eve of Chinese Spring Festival, the number of electronic red envelopes given and received via WeChat ________1.01 bilon,200 times that of 2014.
A．adds to
B．submits to
C．subscribes to
D．amounts to
21、For centuries, apple growers in Japan’s Aomori Prefecture have been creating good-looking apples by using “Mojie Ringo”. The process is fairly simple. It basically shelters the apples from sunlight for a period of time and then applies stencils(蜡纸)to ensure that part of the apple skin remains discolored. More often than not, Mojie Ringo apples are decorated with messages and symbols of good fortune, and are offered as gifts.
Large apple varieties like Mutsu or Stark Jumbo are most suitable for Mojie Ringo, as they provide more surface area for complex design. Preparation begins in January, with a pruning(剪枝)operation, to ensure that remaining flowers receive plenty of sunlight. Then, growers hand-pollinate (人工授粉)each of the apple tree flowers, and then once fruits begin to form, they are covered with several layers of plastic bags to protect them from both pests and sunlight.
Keeping the apples “in the dark” for long periods of time increases their photosensitivity(光敏性), so when the plastic bags are finally removed, they begin to produce a component that turns the skin red. During the final stage of the Mojie Ringo process, stencils are applied on the surface of the apple to ensure that only the skin around the stencil turns red.
The stencils are removed during harvesting, to expose the almost white skin underneath. The stencils need to be flexible, because the fruits continue to grow, and otherwise the designs could be compromised.
According to Culture Trip, Mojie Ringo was perfected by farmer Hamo Iwasaki from Aomori Perfecture, whose son, Chisato Iwasaki, is widely regarded as one of the most talented apple artists today.
Although Mojie Ringo seems fairly simple, it requires a lot of work and patience over long periods of time, and for many growers the effort and attention just don’t pay off enough. That’s why the old tradition is slowly fading, with only a few Aomori fruit gardens producing the eye-catching fruits.
【1】Mojie Ringo is mainly used to improve the ________ of apples.
A．production
B．attraction
C．taste
D．shape
【2】What does the underlined word “they” in paragraph 3 refer to?
A．apples
B．stencils
C．plastic bags
D．apple growers
【3】Why do many fruit growers reject Mojie Ringo?
A．Because they aren’t familiar with it.
B．Because it is an out-of-date tradition.
C．Because it isn’t economically worthwhile.
D．Because fruits coming from it aren’t popular.
【4】What’s the text mainly intended to introduce?
A．A new apple variety.
B．A talented apple artist.
C．An apple planting center.
D．An apple fanning technique.
22、Detective Keeling took his client—a goodlooking lady into the back yard of the store together. The lady opened a door in the wall and they entered the small room behind the store. They crossed the room to a locked door.
Mr. Keeling took some special keys from his pocket. Moments later, one of the keys unlocked the door. The lady went into the store. She said she would hide under the table to keep watch on her husband. Mr. Keeling did not follow her.
The detective went quickly to the policeman’s house. Then the two men hurried to the jewellery store. They looked through the window. The policeman was surprised. He spoke to Mr. Keeling, “I don’t understand. You told me, ‘Robbins took a young woman to a restaurant.’ Where is she?”
“There she is!” said Mr. Keeling. He pointed through the window.
“Do you know the lady with Robbins?” asked the policeman.
“That’s his secret friend,” said Mr. Keeling.
“No! You’re wrong! That’s Robbins’ wife,” said the policeman. “I’ve known her for fifteen years.”
“What?” the detective shouted. His face became pale. “Who is under the table in the store?” He started to kick the door of the jewellery store. Mr. Robbins came to the door and opened it. The policeman and the detective ran into the store.
“Look under that table!” shouted the detective. “Be quick!”
The policeman lifted the cloth and put his arm under the table. He pulled out a black dress, a black veil and a woman’s wig(假发).
“Is this young lady your wife?” Mr. Keeling asked the jeweller. He pointed at the woman.
“Yes! She is my wife!” said Mr. Robbins angrily. “Why did you kick my door? Why are those clothes under my table?”
“Please check all the jewellery in your store, Mr. Robbins,” the policeman said. “Is anything missing?”
Some diamond rings and some expensive necklaces were missing. The missing jewellery was worth $800. Later that night, Mr. Keeling was sitting in his office. He was looking through a big book of photographs. They were photographs of criminals. The policeman had brought the book to the detective's office. Suddenly, Mr. Keeling stopped turning the pages. He looked at a picture of a handsome young man with a familiar face.
The next morning, Mr. Keeling paid the jeweller $800, then closed his office.
【1】At the beginning, the lady was able to go into the jewellery store because ______.
A. she went to the back yard and found the way
B. she was the owner of the store and had the key
C. two men helped her together to enter the store
D. Mr. Keeling unlocked the back door to the store
【2】The young lady who stayed with Mr. Robbins in the jewellery store was actually ______.
A. Mr. Robbins’ sister B. Mr. Robbins’ secret friend
C. Mr. Robbins’ wife D. a clever thief
【3】It can be inferred from the passage that Mr. Keeling cooperated with his client ______.
A. so that he could get some jewellery from the store
B. because he thought he was helping the lady
C. because he wanted to play a joke on Mr. Robbins
D. so that he could get a job as a policeman
【4】The missing jewellery worth$800 was in fact taken away by ______.
A. a young woman B. a young man
C. a detective D. a policeman
23、 It goes through the laundry with your clothes. It gets hidden in mattresses （床垫）and buried like pirates' gold. It is sometimes torn. burned and defaced. Yet it remains as valuable after all this damage.
It's money…US currency in the form of printed dollar bills. As you might expect, when millions of printed pieces of paper are distributed among millions of people, a lot of it gets damaged. Normal wear and tear claims most of it, but some bills really get damaged by chance.
The US Department of Treasury's Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D. C. replaces badly damaged currency as a public service. Around 30,000 customers submit an average of 530 million every year for replacement with fresh, new money. We're not only talking about bills that have been torn in half or defaced with mustaches added to the presidents' faces. We're talking about serious damage!
The bureau has dealt with the ashes of bundles of bills that were hidden in a mattress that caught fire when its owner tried smoking in bed. In another instance, a farmer sent in the stomach of a cow that had consumed hundreds of dollars in cash.
Money has been burned in a wood-burning stove. It has turned rotten while buried underground. It has been damaged by water, chemicals, and explosives. Currency has been damaged by insects. As long as examiners can piece together at least 51% of a bill, it can still be traded for its full face value in new cash.
“Even if it's just white ash, ” says Gracie Scruggs, a supervisor at the bureau, "you can still see the scrollwork （漩涡形装饰）on the paper. US currency is made out of paper that is never destroyed; I don't care what you do to it?'
In fact quite a lot of money is destroyed every day by the federal government, not only the badly damaged currency, but also the faded, dirty and torn dollar bills that are just too worn-out to remain in use. The 12 Federal Reserve Banks get rid of the old currency. Bills that are unacceptable due to printing errors are also destroyed. Just how much currency does the government destroy? A stack of one year's worth of destroyed one-dollar bills alone would be a pile 200 miles high!
【1】 is a way NOT listed in the passage to cause damage to bills.
A.Swallowing by a cow
B.Using by quite a lot of people
C.Burning in an wood-burning oven
D.Chewing by a dog
【2】The underlined phrase “piece together" in paragraph 5 means .
A.separate into smaller parts
B.fasten it to the bill
C.put several parts together
D.print the paper money
【3】How do the 12 Federal Reserve Banks to deal with the damaged bills?
A.It is not mentioned in the passage
B.By burying them underground
C.By burning them in a stove
D.By using them to make new bills.
【4】It is true that .
A.bills are made of something that cannot be destroyed.
B.damaged bills arc mostly produced by chance.
C.not many people deal with their damaged notes by replacing them,
D.bills destroyed one year would be a pile of 200 miles high.
24、California is speeding up the launch of its robotaxi. Cars without drivers are already becoming a common sight on San Francisco’s winding and foggy streets with a lot of hills. But they’ve been limited in their areas and time of operation, and in some cases have had human safety monitors on board. Last week, California officials voted to remove most restrictions for the two leading self-driving car companies, Waymo and Cruise, letting them charge for rides anywhere in the city 24/7. It’s a critical moment for the industry, which has grown to more than 40 companies reaching millions of miles on public roads every year.
If this is the future, it’s still a tough nut in progress. One San Francisco driverless vehicle rolled into an active fire scene and prevented firefighters from carrying out their work. Others have stopped dead in the middle of traffic. There were 93 reported traffic incidents involving robotaxis in March alone. California regulators shouldn’t be giving robotaxis a free pass. Driverless cars could make a difference to the city streets the way gas-powered automobiles did a century ago. The objection to driverless cars has been similar, too. In San Francisco, one activist group has begun coning self-driving taxis—placing a simple orange cone (圆锥体) on the metal cover of the engine, which seems to “paralyze” an autonomous vehicle.
“I wanted to love robotaxis,” said Elaine Moore in the Financial Times. “Eliminating human error would undoubtedly make roads safer. But then came the time I hailed a Cruise car. A few minutes into the journey, the car suddenly changed course, extending the estimated time to arrival for no reason. Then the car just stopped. We tried to exit but the doors remained locked. Although it was only for a few seconds, it still made me pause before I hopped in another robotaxi anytime soon.”
“These horror stories remain the exception,” said Benjamin Schneider in the MIT Technology Review. “Over the past few years, Cruise and Waymo have added up to over a million driverless miles without accidents in major American cities.” At certain times in San Francisco, he estimated that 1 in 10 cars on the road has no driver behind the wheel. He was amazed that so few people are aware of how quickly this industry is advancing, or have considered the near-term labor and transportation impacts. Like it or not, robotaxis are here.
【1】What does “this” refer to in the second paragraph?
A．Restrictions will be cancelled for the self-driving cars.
B．Francisco’ streets will be upgraded by California regulators.
C．Robotaxis will be in full wings in California around the clock.
D．Millions of miles on public roads will be monitored every year.
【2】Why has one activist group begun coning self-driving taxis?
A．To fight against the San Francisco government.
B．To make the robotaxis unable to function properly.
C．To push for technological progress in driverless cars.
D．To imitate what gas-powered automobiles did a century ago.
【3】What is Benjamin Schneider’s attitude towards robotaxis?
A．Favorable.
B．Unclear.
C．Skeptical.
D．Opposed.
【4】What’s the best title of the passage?
A．Robotaxis: a perfect replacement of gas cars
B．Robotaxis: an immediate launch of driverless cars
C．Robotaxis: an advanced technology around the world
D．Robotaxis: a tough issue of transportation in America
25、I shall never forget the day when the earthquake happened. It was about 5 in the afternoon and I was _________ along the road to my daughter’s school. Our plan was to go_________ together. I stopped at a_________ to get some fresh fruit. We liked to have some fruit to eat after our swim. I was driving along a high_________ on my way to the school. _________ my road was another road which was built like a_________. I was_________ so I put the bag of apples_________ me and started to eat one. Suddenly I saw the cars in front of me start to_________ from side to side. I slowed down. Then my car started to shake! I didn’t know what was happening. Perhaps something had__________ wrong with my car. I drove a little more slowly and then I__________ the car and at the same moment the road__________ onto the cars in front of me. I found myself in the__________. I couldn’t move. My legs and feet were hurt badly and I couldn’t move them. All around me was__________. But below me I could hear shouts and a lot of noises.
Then I realized what had happened. I had been__________ an earthquake. For about two hours nobody came. Luckily I could reach the bag of__________，so at least I had plenty to eat. Then I heard people__________ towards me. A team of people had come to__________ if anyone was under the__________ road. I called out, “I'm here！” I heard a shout. Soon a stranger climbed to my car. “How are you__________？” he asked. “Not too bad,” I said. They didn’t get me out until the next morning.
【1】
A．walking
B．leading
C．driving
D．running
【2】
A．shopping
B．dancing
C．sightseeing
D．swimming
【3】
A．shop
B．farm
C．park
D．school
【4】
A．bridge
B．road
C．school
D．side
【5】
A．Under
B．Over
C．Along
D．Beside
【6】
A．roof
B．bridge
C．cover
D．top
【7】
A．tired
B．thirsty
C．hungry
D．sleepy
【8】
A．over
B．beside
C．ahead of
D．under
【9】
A．move
B．roll
C．run
D．jump
【10】
A．been
B．broken
C．done
D．gone
【11】
A．stopped
B．started
C．moved
D．parked
【12】
A．put
B．fell
C．ran
D．jumped
【13】
A．afternoon
B．dark
C．evening
D．car
【14】
A．quiet
B．dusty
C．noisy
D．blood
【15】
A．on
B．at
C．in
D．by
【16】
A．food
B．apples
C．sandwiches
D．bread
【17】
A．climbing
B．shouting
C．moving
D．driving
【18】
A．know
B．tell
C．see
D．understand
【19】
A．falling
B．breaking
C．broken
D．dirty
【20】
A．sleeping
B．eating
C．feeling
D．going
26、美国某中学举办英语暑假训练营，开设以下课程:cooking,swimming,giving first aid， playing football/basketball。
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