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1、---Hi, there. Can I help you with anything today?
---Oh, yes.________, I’d like to buy a present for my niece’s birthday.
A．Exactly
B．Somehow
C．Actually
D．Definitely
2、—I hope to take the computer course.
—Good idea. __________ more about it, visit this website.
A. To find out B. Finding out
C. To be finding out D. Having found out
3、Go for a walk in the countryside, you can enjoy the beautiful views and a peaceful atmosphere.
A．when
B．which
C．where
D．what
4、Due to the reform and openingup, our living conditions, undoubtedly, have improved ________ over the past decades.
A．considerately
B．approximately
C．appropriately
D．considerably
5、Publishers don't see e-books as a threat to written books. ______________, they see them as an opportunity to draw in a new generation of readers.
A.Therefore. B.Anyway
C.Instead D.Besides
6、— The room looks bigger!
— We ______ the furniture.
A. have changed B. had changed
C. changed D. are changing
7、In the Chinese market, many foreign brands, ________ their reputations over decades, are facing new challenges due to COVID-19.
A．being developed
B．developing
C．having developed
D．developed
8、---- I was reading A Dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin yesterday, but I couldn’t understand it.
---- ______. It is classical literature, so take your time to enjoy it.
A. Don’t fly off the handle
B. You got me there
C. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart
D. More haste, less speed
9、Your donation greatly appreciated and the money will be used to help the students from poor families.
A. has been B. is
C. was D. had been
10、--- _____you interrupt now? Can't you see I'm on the phone?
--- Sorry Sir, but it's urgent.
A. Must B. Should
C. Can D. Would
11、Despite Johnson’s being green at his job, the work he did was ________ and thus won the manager’s approval.
A.familiar B.demanding C.adequate D.primitive
12、________our hobbies, the Internet can connect us with others who enjoy the same hobbies, even if they live on the other side of the world.
A．However
B．Whatever
C．Wherever
D．Whichever
13、______ we’ll do is to leave a note for Mum to tell her we won’t be back till late.
A．That
B．Which
C．What
D．How
14、His work has received only a tiny mention in the newspaper; actually he__________more attention.
A.reserves B.deserves C.observes D.preserves
15、Our school often organizes various after-school activities, _____our stress to some degree.
A.to relieve B.relieved C.having relieved D.relieving
16、A broad smile spread_____ Jack’s face when he eventually gained a scholarship.
A. across B. through C. at D. in
17、The entire country was _______ with grief for the eighteen firefighters and one guide who were killed in Liangshan mountain fire.
A.accumulated B.distributed C.spoiled D.overcome
18、—Have you ever been to Mount Wuyi? —Yes. It is one of the most famous ________in Fujian.
A．attractions
B．expressions
C．instructions
D．attentions
19、The government is__________efforts so as to strengthen skills training for rural migrant workers.
A.picking up B.stepping up C.holding up D.breaking up
20、In the face of unfair phenomenon, we should not________ from defending social justice.
A．swallow
B．swell
C．shrink
D．stroke
21、 Even though it is just a few years old, the comic strip, Cul de Sac, has already won many fans through its characters. So when cartoonist, Richard Thompson, announced that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, his fans sat up and took notice.
One of the fans was Chris Sparks, a designer and web developer in North Carolina. Sparks was building a website for Thompson when the cartoonist announced his disease. He started reading more about Parkinson's disease through books and websites. There he found that people could form public fund-raising teams to raise money for Parkinson's research. He quickly decided to form his own team: Team Cul de Sac.
However, Sparks decided to take a different path. He has contacted dozens of cartoonists around the world, who will contribute artworks inspired by the Cul de Sac strip. Thompson's publisher, Andrews Mcmeel, has agreed to release them in a book next year. Some of the profits from the book will go to the research. And after the book is released, the artworks will be auctioned off. All profits will go to the research team. The aim is to raise $450,000 for the foundation. “We've already had around 80 people who say they are interested in contributing”, says Sparks.
Although many people with Parkinson's disease are private about their condition, Thompson is not one of them. He's happy to put his support behind the project. “I think we can make a difference,” says Sparks, who points out that his love of comics inspired him. “I've been reading comics since I was 5 years old, and most of the cartoonists I've met have been wonderful human beings,” he says. “They've made a difference in my life, and I hope to make a difference as well.”
【1】What is the passage mainly about?
A．The influence of cartoonist Richard Thompson.
B．Great achievements made in the comic strip field.
C．Progress made in the study of Parkinson's disease.
D．Chris Sparks' contributions to Parkinson's research.
【2】Chris Sparks took a different path to raise found by ________.
A．building a website for Thompson
B．releasing a new book by Thompson
C．forming a research team for Parkinson's disease
D．auctioning off artworks inspired by Thompson's strip
【3】What can be learned from the passage?
A．Thompson kept his disease private to his fans.
B．Sparks became Thompson's fan when he was 5.
C．Sparks' love of comics contributed to his action.
D．Cartoonists raised $450,000 for Team Cul de Sac.
22、Booklist is a book-review magazine that has been published by the American Library Association for more than 100 years and is widely viewed as offering the most reliable reviews to help libraries decide what to buy and to help library patrons and students decide what to read, view, or listen to.
All the Lonely People. By Mike Gayle. 2021. Grand Central.
Eighty-two-year-old Hubert Bird is a Jamaican immigrant who has called Great Britain home for almost 60 years. To save his daughter from worry, he has created a fictional social life, but when she schedules a visit, he must rustle up some actual friends in this heartwarming story.
Last Chance Texaco. By Rickie Lee Jones. 2021. Grove.
Grammy-winning Rickie Lee Jones explains that her life has not been as polished as her music as she describes her rootless childhood as the granddaughter of vaudeville performers, struggles as a teenage runaway, battles with drugs, and devotion to creativity.
One Italian Summer. By Rebecca Serle. Read by Laurer Graham. 2022. 6.5 hr. Simon & Schuster Audio.
Graham’s pleasant voice immediately draws listeners into this time-travel novel in which a sorrowful daughter meet her recently late mother, in Italy, as she was many years ago.
A Retrospective. By Charles White. Ed. by Sarah Kelly Oehler and Esther Adler. 2018. Yale.
Charles White (1918-79), was fascinated by the illustrated books he read as a child at the Chicago Public Library and quickly demonstrated his own phenomenal artistic talent, ultimately creating unique and arresting portraits, monumental and masterful drawings that profoundly engage with Black history and the realities of African American life.
【1】Who has got an award?
A．Mike Gayle.
B．Rickie Lee Jones.
C．Rebecca Serle.
D．Charles White.
【2】What is a special feature of One Italian Summer?
A．A travel guide.
B．A war story.
C．An audio book.
D．An immigrant story.
【3】Which can inspire artistic energy probably?
A．All the Lonely People.
B．Last Chance Texaco.
C．One Italian Summer.
D．A Retrospective.
23、 There are certain areas on Mars where we don’t dare tread. NASA forbids spacecraft from visiting spots that possibly host liquid water, and so where life might be able to thrive, for fear of contaminating (感染) Mars with Earth microbes. But an analysis of the salty liquids on Mars suggests we needn’t worry, because life as we know it should be unable to exist anywhere on the planet’s surface.
Edgard Rivera-Valentin at the Lunar and Planetary Institutein Texas and his colleagues used readings of the temperature and relative humidity across Mars to map the presence of salty water. Any water on the surface is likely to be salty, simply because the surface is. This boosts the chances of water being liquid because salt lowers its freezing point.
It is like when you throw salt on an icy sidewalk, says Danielle Nuding at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. “It’s the same chemistry happening.”
Unfortunately, the saltier the water, the less likely anything can survive in it. The team found that even though there could be briny (盐分多的) water on the surface of Mars up to 18 per cent of the year, depending on the season, no microbe we have ever seen on Earth would be able to reproduce there.
Life as we know it is not going to find these brines and survive because it’s either going to be way too cold or way too salty,” says Rivera-Valentin, who presented the results at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Texas.
That doesn’t mean we can’t contaminate Mars: brines with different types of salts mixed together might be friendlier to life and temperatures just below the surface are much less extreme. Nevertheless, as long as we don’t dig down, it might be highly unlikely or even impossible for rovers (飞行器) such as Curiosity to contaminate Mars.
“The level of sterilization (杀菌) that we’ve done with Curiosity should be good enough to ignore the ban on visiting what we’ve been calling special regions until now, says Jennifer Hanley at Lowell Observatory in Arizona. I think that we’re OK to go. Visiting these regions would be particularly helpful because, while they are in theory the most vulnerable areas on Mars, they are also the most interesting.
For example, arguments have been raging for over a decade about whether dark streaks on Martian slopes called recurring slope lineae are flowing water or just dust. A quick visit by Curiosity, which is near an area where the flows often form, could solve it once and for all.
Even if areas with water are inhospitable to Earth life, they could still be home to native Martian life forms.
“If you had life that originated on Mars when it was more habitable, it could be that as Mars changed, life could have gradually adapted to the new, more extreme conditions,” says Rivera-Valentin.
【1】NASA forbids spacecraft from visiting the special regions on Mars because .
A.life is unable to thrive there, thus there’s no point of visiting them
B.Martian life probably exists there and might threaten human beings
C.they worry Earth microbes might survive there, thus contaminating Mars
D.human beings know nothing about these areas and they are dangerous to us
【2】Which of the following statements is true?
A.Mars surface being salty provides evidence that Mars hosts liquid water.
B.Earth life is unlikely to contaminate Mars because the surface of the planet is either too cold or too salty.
C.The fear of contaminating Mars is unnecessary because human beings won’t contaminate Mars under any circumstances.
D.Jennifer Hanley thinks human beings should explore the special regions on Mars in order to confirm the existence of Martian life.
【3】What is the point of visiting the special regions on Mars?
A.Martian life might be found.
B.Liquid water might be found.
C.Many puzzles about Mars could soon be solved.
D.No humans have ever visited those regions before.
【4】In the passage, you can find the answers to all the questions except .
A.whether the surface of Mars is salty or not
B.whether any native Martian life forms exist
C.whether Earth life is able to survive on Mars or not
D.whether the rover Curiosity will contaminate Mars
24、 When I was about 12 years old, my older brother, James, smuggled a BB gun into the house. Our parents had told us many times that we were not allowed to bring home guns or knives, even if they were just toys. Having any form of weaponry in our home was strictly forbidden.
James brought me to his room. He opened his closet door and took out a shoebox that was buried beneath a heap of clothes. The BB gun was inside. I was immediately enamored by the shiny barrel.
"Can I shoot it, Jamesie?" I asked, hopefully.
"No way," James said, taking it from me and putting it back.
One day, when no one was home, I went into James' closet and took it out. For some inexplicable reason - I have no idea what I was thinking - I went to the front window of the second floor in our row house. I cracked the window open. I pointed the gun outside and shot. I quickly shut the window and peeked outside.
In a matter of seconds, old Mr. Schlosberg came out of his grocery store. He looked back at his store window. He looked up the street. He looked down the street. Then he looked straight across to our house.
Thankfully, Jamesie made it home before Mother or Father.
As he stepped through the door, I could hear old Mr. Schlosberg call his name. "James, James," he called. "Come here, son."
After several minutes, James ran back across the street and into the living room. I had retreated into the kitchen. "Alma!" he screamed. "Get out here! You cracked Mr. Schlosberg's window with my BB gun!"
"Oh, please, Jamesie," I begged. "Don't let him tell Mother. She will whip my bottom real good!" Jamesie sighed. He wiped my tears and went back across the street to Mr. Schlosberg’s. I don't know what James said to that man, but there was never a mention of the incident again.
Years later, I found out Jamesie had used the money he got from his newspaper route to pay for Mr. Schlosberg's cracked window. He only got one cent for every paper he delivered. He managed to pay back the debt just before he went off to fight in World WarII.
Since that day, I have never touched a gun: a BB gun, a water gun, a real gun, or any other type.
【1】Why was the gun hidden in the closet?
A.The gun was too expensive.
B.The family had only one gun.
C.The law didn’t allow anyone to have a gun
D.The parents didn’t allow a gun to appear at home.
【2】What did Alma expect from James after he shot Mr. Schlosberg’s window?
A.To deal with the problem. B.To talk with his parents.
C.To throw away the gun. D.To tell the truth.
【3】Which of the following best describes James as a brother?
A.Responsible and strict. B.Brave and determined.
C.Responsible and caring. D.Naughty and determined.
【4】The best title of the passage is _________.
A.a warmhearted brother B.a BB gun
C.a cracked window D.an incident
25、Beep! Beep! Beep! I rolled over and turned off my alarm clock. It was still dark outside so I felt my way to the wall switch and ________ the light. I got up quickly because I knew my dog would be ________ to get outside for the morning walk. I reached over to grab a ________ and stopped. It was ________ still autumn but the ________ here in the Appalachian mountains of my home didn’t follow the calendar. It had been ________ and snowy two days ago but warm and rainy yesterday. I had forgotten to check the weather report for today, however, so I wasn’t sure if I ________ my light jacket or my heavy coat.
I ________ my light jacket, pulled it on and leashed up my dog. I opened the door and stepped outside. Just for a moment I realized I had made the ________ choice. Each breath I exhaled was a frozen mist. The wind chill was bitter cold. The grass was covered in ________ and I tried to keep my ________ while my dog dragged me along behind him.
I shivered (打寒颤) and complained a bit but finally turned my ________ up to the heavens. I looked up at the pre-dawn ________ and saw it was full of twinkling stars. It was so beautiful and so peaceful. ________, I felt a warmth inside of me and ________ shivering. While my dog sniffed the ground, I opened my heart to the ________ of nature’s creation. In all of its different seasons it had never ________ to touch my soul. It had heated my heart on the coldest days and ________ my spirit on the darkest nights.
Our lives here are full of various ________ as well. From the innocence and youth of Spring to the wisdom and wrinkles of Winter, we are all called to live, to give, to grow and to love. ________ all your seasons. Make each day a creation of your love.
【1】
A．opened up
B．switched off
C．turned on
D．came to
【2】
A．curious
B．afraid
C．able
D．eager
【3】
A．dog
B．coat
C．rope
D．flashlight
【4】
A．nearly
B．technically
C．usually
D．probably
【5】
A．weather
B．condition
C．environment
D．atmosphere
【6】
A．windy
B．mild
C．cold
D．cool
【7】
A．removed
B．packed
C．washed
D．needed
【8】
A．tried on
B．decided on
C．insisted on
D．focused on
【9】
A．difficult
B．complex
C．confusing
D．unwise
【10】
A．frost
B．mud
C．dust
D．water
【11】
A．patience
B．distance
C．balance
D．strength
【12】
A．hand
B．head
C．soul
D．heart
【13】
A．sky
B．mountain
C．moon
D．cloud
【14】
A．Actually
B．Generally
C．Suddenly
D．Effortlessly
【15】
A．avoided
B．regretted
C．appreciated
D．stopped
【16】
A．challenge
B．signal
C．reality
D．wonder
【17】
A．failed
B．refused
C．intended
D．offered
【18】
A．freed
B．lighted
C．renewed
D．spotted
【19】
A．seasons
B．memories
C．discoveries
D．dreams
【20】
A．Admit
B．Accept
C．Enjoy
D．Remember
26、假设你是九江一中的学生会主席李华，一批来自美国的高中生与你校学生开展了一次为期两周的交流活动。现在他们即将回国，你将在欢送会上致辞。请根据一下提示写一篇发言稿。
(1)回顾双方的交流活动（比如学习、生活、体育、文艺方面）；
(2)谈谈收获与感想；
(3)表达祝愿和愿望。
注意：1.词数不少于100，可适当加入细节，使内容充实，行文连贯。
2.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear friends,
How time flies!
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