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1、Rod loves ____________ clocks. However, he never manages to put them together again.
A.putting together B.setting aside C.taking apart D.tearing down
2、______ it is the first choice of many young travelers, Europe is also seen as a wonderful tourist attraction by many old people.
A. While B. Unless C. Once D. Until
3、It is so good a habit to instruct children to lay things ________ they belong when they are young.
A．to which
B．to where
C．in which
D．where
4、The country has already sent up three unmanned spacecraft, the most recent ____ at the end of last March.
A．has been launched
B．having been launched
C．being launched
D．to be launched
5、He left a career in teaching to ________ a position with the Arts Council.
A．take off
B．take up
C．take down
D．take in
6、We are now living in a great time, ________ we are faced with numerous possibilities as well as challenges.
A. the one when B. the one which
C. one which D. one when
7、Daylight saving time begins at 2: 00 a. m. local time on the second Sunday in March, ________clocks spring forward an hour, typically ________observers to lose an hour of sleep.
A．which, caused
B．when, causing
C．which, causing
D．when, caused
8、A good salesman must be ________ if he wants to succeed.
A. aggressive B. awesome
C. appointed D. arbitrary
9、Mary ________ a camera from her friend, but she didn't ________ because it was too expensive.
A．received; accept
B．accepted; receive
C．accepted; accepted
D．received; receive
10、—Why not find a new job?
—Why should I? I _____ as much, but I like what I'm doing.
A. didn't earn B. don't earn
C. hadn't earned D. haven’t earned
11、The person, _____ to be the best composer, is considering ______ another new music.
A. considered; to create B. considering; creating
C. considering; to create D. considered; creating
12、－Don't forget to return the book in two weeks．
－______．Don't worry about it．
A. Yes，I will B. No，I won't
C. Sorry，I don’t D. I don't think so
13、As I grew older and became a mother, the library ____a new place and an added meaning in my life.
A.took on B.referred to C.brought up D.picked out
14、____ he had worked out the challenging math problem aroused our curiosity.
A．What
B．How
C．Which
D．Where
15、The stranger to walk into the building in the early morning was probably a salesman.
A. seen B. to see
C. to be seen D. seeing
16、The Nuclear Security Summit is an initiative of Mr. Obama, considers nuclear terrorism to be one of the greatest threats to international security．
A．which B．what C．who D．Whom
17、Ning Zetao easily proved himself to be a rising star with four gold medals during the 17th Asian Games, ______was held in Incheon, South Korea last year.
A. where B. who C. which D. that
18、It didn’t take a long time for the connection between the missing money and our partner’s new car ______.
A. to make B. to be made C. making D. being made
19、The company one keeps influences how successful they are, indicating one should have great ________ in the choice of friends.
A.separation B.discrimination C.occupation D.comprehension
20、Mother Teresa, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, was an influential person globally, ________ devoted to helping those suffering from poverty.
A.one B.one who C.that D.who
21、 At CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2020, one of the more well-represented gadget (小器具) categories was definitely consumer robots—but none was more adorable than a new robot pet from industrial robot startup Elephant Robotics.
This robot pet is a fully autonomous companion that can respond to touch and voice—and even play with toys, and it's hard not to love the thing after spending even just a brief amount of time with it. Marscat's pedigree (血统) is a bit unusual, since Elephant Robotics is focused on building what's known as “cobots”, or industrial robots that are designed to work alongside humans in settings like factories or assembly (装配) plants.
Elephant Robotics, which was founded in 2016, already produces three lines of these cooperative robots and has sold them to customer companies around the world, including in Korea, the U. S. , Germany and more.
This new product is designed for the home, however, not the factory or the lab. Marscat is the startup's first consumer product, but it obviously benefits immensely from the company's expertise and experience in their industrial robotics business. Marscat walks, runs, sleeps, sits. stretches, bites nails and even buries litter although she won't produce any waste. It may express different emotions by different meows (喵) or gestures. Marscat is unique from its eyes，body to personality. It has six characters which can be changed. She may be energetic or lazy，social or shy. Her personality develops through the way the users pet her.
While Marscat provides that kind of functionality out of the box, it's also customizable and programmable by the user. Inside, it's powered by a Raspberry Pi, and it ships with Marscat SDK, which is an open software development library that allows you to fully control and program all of the rohat's functions. This makes it an interesting gadget for STEM (Science, technology. engineering, math) education and research, too.
【1】How does Marscat differ from cobots?
A.Cobots is used more widely. B.Marscat is for family company.
C.Marscat is more difficult to operate. D.Cobots is a good housework helper.
【2】What can we infer about Marscat from Paragraph 4?
A.It is like a real cat. B.It has unchanged personality.
C.It can speak to its owner if necessary. D.Its litter box needs cleaning regularly.
【3】What does the underlined word “library” in the last paragreph refer to?
A.A bookstore. B.A control room.
C.Marscat SDK. D.A Raspberry Pi.
【4】What's the author's attitude to Marscat's future?
A.Questioning. B.Conservative.
C.Prejudiced. D.Confident.
22、On October 20th comes “Killers of the Flower Moon” from the director Martin Scorsese. At nearly three and a half hours, its length is nearly double that of the average film last year. Even movie fans struggle to concentrate for that long. During the premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May, some viewers dozed off. Afterwards there was a mad dash (and long queue) for the toilets. When did watching a film become such a labor?
Film-makers started producing long-lasting movies at a rapid pace in the early 1960s. Cinema was booming and filmmakers wanted to distinguish their art from television. Epics surpassing the three-and-a-half hour mark graced the silver screen. Back then, audiences enjoyed an interval while the projectionist prepared the reels for the next act. Runtimes of popular films experienced ups and downs over subsequent decades. But they have ballooned since 2018.
Movie series is one driver of this trend. Studios want to squeeze the most out of their costly intellectual property, but they are competing with streaming platforms for eyeballs. The hope is that a spectacular, drawn-out blockbuster (大片) will tempt audiences away from the small screen and into cinemas. This approach has often paid off: “Avengers: Endgame” (2019), which showcased Marvel superheroes remarkably with a runtime of three hours, achieved the highest box office revenue among all films in that year.
Anything that attracts people away from their sofas to see a film in theatres is good news for cinemas. But lengthy runtimes also pose a “fundamental problem”, complains Clare Binns of Picturehouse, a British cinema group and film distributor. Long movies can mean abandoning two showings per night, which hurts ticket sales and profits.
Another explanation for longer films has to do with directors’ growing influence. Who would dare tell the likes of Mr Nolan to shorten his masterpieces? Streamers, which do not have to worry as much about concision because viewers can pause whenever they like, may attract big names with deep pockets and promises of creative freedom. “Killers of the Flower Moon” will debut on AppleTV+ after its theatrical release.
【1】What can we learn from paragraph 1?
A．Movie fans tend to have a dislike for long movies.
B．Movie theaters should provide adequate restrooms.
C．The average movie fan cannot focus for over three hours.
D．Long movies affect audience engagement and physical comfort.
【2】What does the underlined word “ballooned” mean in paragraph 2?
A．Expanded with air.
B．Made great profits.
C．Enjoyed great popularity
D．Increased rapidly in length.
【3】Why does the author mention the movie “Avengers: Endgame”?
A．To demonstrate the trend of longer movies.
B．To highlight the success of Marvel series.
C．To illustrate the strong appeal of movie series.
D．To emphasize the studio-streaming platform contest.
【4】Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A．Movie Marathons: Past and Present
B．Long Movies: Impacts and Reasons
C．Filmmaking: Challenges and Rewards
D．Streaming Platforms: Promising and Profitable
23、Here are a few interesting facts about Teachers’ Day around the world.
China celebrates Teachers’ Day on September 10. The tradition began in the 1980s to improve teachers lives and status and encourage everyone to respect teachers.
In India, Teachers’ Day is celebrated on September 5, in honor of Dr. Radhakrishnan. He was India’s second president and a person who believed in good education. Traditionally on this day, the teaching is done by the senior students while the teachers get a much-deserved break from their work.
The United Nations (联合国) has made October 5 World Teachers’ Day. This special day was started to let the world see what teachers have done and listen to the teachers’ worries and the things they want to change.
In the United States, National Teachers’ Day is always on the Tuesday of the first week of May, so the actual date is different every year. The history of celebrating this day goes back to 1944.
In Germany, Teachers’ Day is celebrated on June 12 every year. People will express their respect to teachers with many activities. Teachers always receive prizes, presents, beautiful cards and other things.
Teachers’ Day is celebrated in Brunei (文莱) on September 23.
January 15 is Teachers’ Day in Venezuela (委内瑞拉).
North Korea celebrates Teachers Day on September 5.
【1】How many countries mentioned in the passage have their Teachers’ Day?
A．7.
B．8.
C．6.
D．9.
【2】What can we infer from Paragraph 3?
A．Radhakrishnan was the first president of India.
B．Radhakrishnan attached great importance to education.
C．On Teachers’ Day the teachers in India are still working hard.
D．Teachers’ Day is celebrated on December 5 in India.
【3】What purpose did the United Nations create World Teachers’ Day for?
A．To encourage everyone to respect and honor teachers.
B．To let the world realize teachers’ contributions and encourage people to care about and help teachers.
C．To see what teachers have done in the year.
D．To have a dialogue with teachers.
【4】In which country do teachers receive prizes and other things from the text?
A．India.
B．Germany.
C．Brunei.
D．Venezuela.
24、Getting stitched (缝合) up by Dr. Robot may one day be reality. Scientists have created a robotic system which did just that in living animals without a real doctor pulling the strings. Much like engineers are designing self-driving cars, the medical research is part of a move toward autonomous surgical robots, removing the surgeon’s hands from certain tasks that a machine might perform all by itself.
Doctors wouldn’t leave the bedside they’re supposed to watch. Plus they’d handle the rest of the surgery. In small tests using pigs, the robotic arm performed at least as well, and in some cases a bit better, as some competing surgeons in stitching together intestinal (肠的) tissue. “The purpose wasn’t to replace surgeons,” said Dr. Kim who led the project. “If you have all intelligent tool that works with a surgeon, can it improve the outcome? That’s what we have done.”
If you’ve heard about machines like the popular Da Vinci system, you might think robots already are operating. Not really. Today many hospitals offer robot-assisted surgery where surgeons use the machinery as tools that they control by hand to operate through tiny openings in the body. But robot-assisted surgery has been controversial, as some studies have shown it can bring higher costs without better outcomes.
Kim’s team at Children’s Sheikh Zayed Institute invented the new STAR system—it stands for Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot — works sort of like a programmable sewing machine. They added sensors to help guide each stitch and tell how tightly to pull. But the approach wasn’t perfect. In the living animals, the robot took much longer and made a few stitching mistakes while the surgeon sewing by hand made none. Kim said the robot can be sped up. He hopes to begin human studies in two or three years.
【1】What’s the best title for the text?
A．A New Robotic System
B．A New-style Way of Stitching
C．The Newly-designed Driverless Vehicles
D．Robot Surgeons One Step Closer to Reality
【2】What will surgeons do when Dr. Robot is used in surgery?
A．They can help pull the strings.
B．They rest at the bedside.
C．They join in when necessary.
D．They perform other surgery.
【3】Why are some people against using robots in surgery?
A．They can be out of control.
B．They take longer time.
C．They may be expensive to use.
D．They cause great pain.
【4】What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A．Robots will take the place of surgeons.
B．Robots will be improved by scientists.
C．Robots have performed surgery on humans.
D．Robots are doing as good a job as surgeons.
25、阅读短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出最佳选项。
One of my neighbors used to have a beautiful tree in her front yard. Her dad had planted it for her _______ it was nothing more than a little branch and several years later it started to ____ towards the sky at an amazing speed. Soon it blessed her with cooling ______ in the summer and glorious, golden leaves in the fall.
When the two-day snowstorm struck our town, heavy snow ______ the tree’s branches that were still full of leaves. The weight split that lovely tree down the ______ . It was so sad seeing half of it ______ on the ground after the storm. When I talked to my neighbor later, she said that the damage had been too much and that the ______ tree would have to be cut down.
____, she had saved a few seedlings from it that she hoped to _____ in the future.
Still, it was a shock to drive by her house the other day and see ______ but a stump (树 桩 ) in her front yard. I missed that tree. I missed its branches, its leaves _______ in the afternoon sun. I missed seeing its limbs reach towards the heavens. I thought that the stump would be a sad _____ of its loss for a long time to come.
My wonderful neighbor had another plan, ______. When I drove by her home today I saw a tiny bird feeder sitting on that stump and a colorful songbird having its ______ . It was such an affirmation (肯定) of life. It was such a joy to _____. I could feel my heart _____.
Life by its very nature is a ______ bag. It hands us both beauty and tragedy, love and loss, ____ and pain. What we do with it, however, is up to us. We can let it ______ us in two, or we can use even its hardest times to make our ______ stronger and our hearts more loving. We can spend it complaining or we can use it to help others.
【1】A.unless B.when C.until D.because
【2】A.circulate B.chase C.shoot D.stand
【3】A.wind B.shade C.quality D.system
【4】A.fell on B.took apart C.got through D.broke down
【5】A.top B.middle C.bottom D.root
【6】A.dancing B.spreading C.trembling D.lying
【7】A.abnormal B.bare C.hopeless D.entire
【8】A.Originally B.Doubtfully C.Thankfully D.Particularly
【9】A.replace B.renew C.replant D.remove
【10】A.everything B.something C.anything D.nothing
【11】A.falling B.shaking C.floating D.shining
【12】A.story B.expectation C.reminder D.view
【13】A.though B.therefore C.still D.otherwise
【14】A.rest B.baby C.date D.dinner
【15】A.see B.solve C.approach D.realize
【16】A.beat B.smile C.hurt D.sink
【17】A.mixed B.changeable C.separated D.stable
【18】A.sorrow B.wealth C.pleasure D.wonder
【19】A.spilt B.pull C.benefit D.attach
【20】A.connections B.families C.bodies D.souls
26、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。
Years ago, not long after graduating from school and starting my career in Denver, I set off on an exciting alone trip to reunite with an old friend. As I packed my car, little did I know that this adventure would uncover the remarkable bonds that can form between strangers, all driven by the simple exchange of “thank you.”
My journey began with an exciting flight to Albuquerque, a lively city in New Mexico. My ultimate destination was Oklahoma City, where I looked forward to visiting a dear friend. The trip was relatively smooth, treating me to beautiful sights along the way. While waiting in line to pay for gas, I struck up a friendly chat with an older couple who were also refueling their vehicle.
Continuing my journey with joy in my heart, dark smoke suddenly rising from my car’s back. Panic grasped me as I hurriedly pulled over to the side of the road, unsure of our next steps. In an incredible turning point of fate, the same friendly couple from the gas station pulled up behind my car. With warm smiles and open hearts, they generously offered to drive me to my friend’s place in Oklahoma City. During the ride, we engaged in lively conversations, sharing stories and laughter as the miles passed by. Upon reaching our destination, the husband even handed me his business card as a gesture of goodwill and kindness.
Appreciative of their help, I later expressed my gratitude through a heartfelt thank-you note. In response, they sent me a precious Christmas gift along with a touching note as well. As the years passed, life threw another similar story on my way. On a significant day, I drove to a nearby town for an important meeting.
Unfortunately, in my hurry, I accidentally left my car’s lights on all day long. As nightfall approached, I returned to my car, only to find that the battery had completely died. Thankfully, I noticed the Friendly Ford dealership conveniently located next door. Filled with hope, I entered the showroom, where I encountered two helpful salesmen.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150个左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
I jokingly inquired, “How friendly is Friendly Ford?”
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These events highlight the power of “Thank you.”
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