1、阅读下面短文,将划线部分译成英文或中文。
Recently, 1. a popular song called Good morning, Longhui(《早安隆回》)has drawn wide attention from the public online. Yuan Shuxiong, its songwriter from Longhui County(县), seems to have become famous overnight and reached the peak of his career at the age of 51 for this magic song.
His increasing popularity has brought him to the highlights of the stages of Hunan TV and CCTV and drawn much attention from the public. Subsequently(随后), 2. all kinds of discussions about him are going up continuously. Some think he has achieved his success all by luck. This encouraging song just matches perfectly with the short videos of Lionel Messi winning the Championship in Qatar World Cup, which makes the song as well as its writer widely known to netizens. Some believe he has copied others’ works like Singing and Smiling, while others think 3. 他的成功源于多年的努力和永不放弃的精神. As early as the year of 2007, Yuan Shuxiong had already created many wonderful songs of his own, such as Bitter Coffee, Baby in Love, Love You This Way. 4. But none of them could be as popular as this one.
As a matter of fact, this 51-year-old musician once went through many “ups and downs” before becoming famous. He drifted(漂泊)for many years in different cities and even his former wife left him when he was in his darkest days. 5. 幸运的是,他克服了所有困难并最终实现梦想。Just as the proverb goes, “Chances always favor(青睐)the prepared mind.” Let’s expect him to create more great works for his fans and hometown he loves deeply!
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【2】______________________________________________
【3】______________________________________________
【4】______________________________________________
【5】______________________________________________
2、—Where is Miss Gao?
—She isn’t here. She _______ to the bus station to meet Mr. Brown.
A. has gone B. goes
C. has been D. would go
3、 ______ Lily ______ Lucy likes listening to Beijing opera while their parents do.
A. Both, and B. Neither, nor
C. Either, or D. Not only, but also
4、Tu Youyou has won the Nobel Prize.We all take________in her.
A. proud B. pride
C. praise D. care
5、The book on history is interesting. I'd like_________.Where did you buy it. Simon?
A.it B.one C.this D.that
6、______ it was yesterday because of the storm!
A. What a bad weather
B. What bad weather
C. How a bad weather
7、In China I used to ________ bread with hands, but now in France I am used to ________ it on the table.
A.hold; put
B.holding; putting
C.hold; putting
8、Confucius is a great writer, and we still read________books.
A.his B.its C.their D.your
9、The trees must ________ three times a week.
A. water B. watering
C. be watered D. waters
10、—________ can I improve my spoken English?
— Well, you can do it _______ watching English movies.
A.How; with B.How; by C.What; by D.What; with
11、一Lucas, don't put your toys on the floor. Please put them ________ the box.
一OK, Mum. I'll do it right away.
A.of B.in C.at D.from
12、His aunt wants to get him _____the radio, but he has had it ______ already.
A.repair, repair
B.to repair, repair
C.repaired. to repair
D.to repair, repaired
13、If you don’t go to the party, I shall not go ________.
A.too B.also C.either
14、To my surprise, the person I spoke to at the gate ________ to be my new teacher.
A.came out
B.turned out
C.turned into
D.stayed out
15、 Every year _____visitors go to enjoy music and dance on Broadways.
A. two millions B. two millions of
C.million of D. millions of
16、Ellen, do you know _________ to do with the rubbish when you are on the way?
A.how B.when C.where D.what
17、Psychologists say that ________our emotions will make us feel better and there is nothing to be ashamed of.
A.relieving
B.relaxing
C.releasing
D.removing
18、What other ways can you think of ________ with these problems?
A.to deal
B.dealing
C.deals
D.deal
19、---Where is Jack?
----On the playground. He ________football with his classmates.
A .play B. played
C. is playing D. was playing
20、 — Have you found the poor cat yet?
— Yes. But it was when we found it. The bad weather killed it
A. dying B. died
C. dead D. die
21、—What’s that, Jim?
—Oh, it’s ______ant.
A. a B. an C. the D. /
22、根据对话内容,从方框内的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,其中有两个为多余选项。
Lucy: Where did you go on vacation?
Anna: I went to Berlin and Bavaria in Germany for sightseeing.
Lucy: Wow, great. 【1】 .
Anna: Well in Bavaria there is a small town called Dietfurt.
Lucy:【2】.
Anna: People there are all Europeans, but they see themselves as Chinese, and the town is known as Bavarian China.
Lucy: Sounds interesting. Why do they see themselves as Chinese?
Anna:【3】.
Lucy: Wow, unbelievable!
Anna:【4】
Lucy: A Chinese Carnival(狂欢节)?【5】 .
Anna: They dress up in traditional Chinese clothing and perform dragon dances on the street.
Lucy: What an unusual town! Perhaps I will go some day.
A.They even hold a Chinese Carnival every year.
B.What's the history of the town?
C.Because they love Chinese culture, they speak Chinese, use chopsticks and eat rice with their meals.
D.What impressed(使留下深刻印象) you most?
E.Anything special in the town?
F.People in the town are all from China.
G.What's it like?
23、A: Hello, Steven, what are you doing for your summer vacation?
B: I'll fly to Chengdu to visit my grandparents the day after tomorrow.
A: 【1】
B: Oh no, not at all.
A: Flying is quick, isn't it?
B: Yes. 【2】 What's more, it's often delayed (延误) and always crowded.
A: But it's convenient and comfortable.
B: I don't think so. While in the plane, you can't walk around or open the windows. By the way, the seats are uncomfortable. There is not much choice of food and there are not enough toilets.
A: 【3】
B: It's even worse. It takes hours to get out of the airports and into the city.
A: Then you prefer travelling by train, don't you?
B: Yeah. 【4】 They're cheaper, safer and more comfortable. If you miss a train, you can always catch another one later.
A: But trains are always much slower than planes.
B: 【5】 Besides, today’s highspeed rail is also fast and comfortable.
A: I agree with you. Have a good time!
B: Thank you very much.
A.How's the food there?
B.I don't think that speed is everything!
C.What's your plan?
D.Trains are much better than planes.
E.What happens when the plane lands?
F.Do you like travelling by plane?
G.But you have to wait for hours before the plane takes off.
24、An explosion( 爆炸) from a factory in Kunshan killed at least 69 people and more than 120 people got hurt. China had its worst accident in industry on a Saturday in 2014.
The accident happened in Kunshan city, Jiangsu Province in China. And the explosion was from Zhongrong Metal Products Company, who makes car wheels for the U.S. The Kunshan government told us 264 workers were there when the explosion happened and 44 died at once. “We heard a really loud explosion at about 7 a.m. this morning, so we rushed out of our rooms, ” said Zhou Xu, a 26-year-old worker at that company. Another worker said, “First the ambulance came and then many wives rushed to the factory to see if their husbands were okay.”
Now, Shanghai government is sending doctors to Kunshan to save the wounded. And the doctor said the number of the dead may increase.
Chinese government is looking into the cause of the disaster. And President Xi also paid special attention to it. He said, “ Those who are found responsible(有责任的) must be punished.”
【1】How many people died in the industrial accident?
A. 69. B. 120. C. More than 69. D. 189.
【2】Where did this accident happen?
A. Kunshan city in Jiangsu province.
B. Kunshan city in Hunan province.
C. Shanghai city in China.
D. Kunshan in Shanghai city.
【3】Who is Zhou Xu?
A. The leader in Zhongrong Metal Products Company.
B. A worker in Zhongrong Metal Products Company.
C. Someone works for Kungshang government.
D. The wife of one of the wounded .
【4】 What happened when the accident happen?
A. Workers rushed out of their rooms.
B. Ambulance came.
C. Wives rushed to the factory to make sure of the safety of their husband.
D. All of the above.
【5】We can know from the doctor that ____________________________.
A. there will be more deads
B. there will be less deads
C. many injured can be saved
D. doctors can’t do anything for the injured
25、It is reported that some developed counties have shipped broken parts of computes to China.Such a thing can be founded every day although it is against international laws. Last month Hong Kong officers found 131,000 kilograms of broken computers, TVs and phones send from Japan.
Things like these are called electronic waste, or e-waste. Dealing with is not an easy job because dangerous poison like mercury(汞)and lead (铅)can be found in them. Every time an old computer breaks down, it needs to be deal with safely. But at present, broken computer parts are usually_______. It may be hundreds of years before they are really goes in the earth.
Many places in China are polluted by e-waste. Guiyu in Guangdong province is one of them. This town is named as”the e-waste capital of the world”. It has to deal with 1.5mllion kilograms of e-waste each year, from which it makes 75 million years. But it comes at a cost. Many of the poison in e-waste find their way into the environment. Plastic is burned outdoors and chemical water is poured into rivers, Greenpeace, an environmental group, has found the air, the earth and the rivers in Guiyu badly polluted.
The Chinese government wants the country to develop, but in a way that doesn;t do harm to the environment and people’s life. This year,China presents a new protection law, the strictest one we have ever had. Computer complies like Lenovo and Dell will be asked to take back their old computers. This is because the complies that make computers know best to deal with them safely. Hopefully, the problem with e-waste will be solved in near future.
【1】The e-waste found in Hong Kong last month was from________.
A.France
B.Japan
C.Germany
D.Australia
【2】The underlined word buried probably means ______in the passage.
A.焚烧
B.障碍
C.回收
D.掩埋
【3】The town of Guiya in Guangdong Province_________.
A.is the e-capital of the world
B.has serious e-waste pollution
C.Deals with e-waste safely
D.speeds much money on e-waste
【4】This year,the Chinese government__________.
A.tried to change people’s life
B.closed some computer complies
C.make a new environment protection law
D.asked people to hand in their old computers
【5】The passage is mainly about________.
A.the way in deal with e-waste
B.the cost of burning e-waste
C.the e-waste problem in China
D.the need to pass a law against e-waste
26、 On December 10 each year the Alfred Nobel Foundation presents six prizes. These prizes are named after Alfred Nobel who invented dynamite (炸药) in the I9th century. During his life, Mr. Nobel made a lot of money from his invention. It was his idea to create the prizes. He put the money in a bank, and money made more money through interest from the bank.
Mr. Nobel wanted to use his money to help scientists, artists and people helping others around the world. The prizes include physics, medicine, chemistry, literature and peace.These five Nobel Prizes were first given out in 1901. Later, Nobel Prize in Economic (经济) Sciences was set up to celebrate the 300th year business of the Central Bank of Sweden (瑞典) in 1968.
Each winner is given a cash prize, a medal and a special paper which explains the prize the person won. The amount of money each person gets is calculated (计算) from the interest made from all of Mr. Nobel's money still in the bank. This interest is divided equally between the five prize winners in physics, medicine, chemistry, literature and peace. The Central Bank of Sweden then pays the same amount to the winner of the prize in economics.
Affected by the COVID-19, this year's Nobel Prize Award Ceremony (仪式) will be held online instead of the traditional one.
【1】The Nobel Prizes are presented ________.
A.every four years B.in December C.at different times D.at UN headquarters
【2】The word “interest” in the first paragraph means ________ in Chinese.
A.利息 B.兴趣 C.名胜 D.储蓄
【3】Which is TRUE according to the passage?
A.A silver medal, an invention and money are given to each Nobel Prize winner.
B.All the Nobel Prize winners are given money from the Central Bank of Sweden.
C.The Nobel Prize in Economics was not set up by Alfred Nobel.
D.The Central Bank of Sweden won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1968.
27、Like most teenagers in the world, Joso Montanaro a teen artist in Brazil, likes reading and drawing cartoons. But he is special—his drawings get published(出版).
Montanaro is now drawing cartoons for Folha. Folha is Brazil’s largest newspaper and is known for its cartoons. Montanaro has already been working at Folha for two years. Each week he draws two, there or four cartoons and sends them to the paper. From those editors choose one for the next day’s page.
Montanaro draws about the news of the day. Recently he worked on The Wave—a drawing of the tsunami(海啸) that hit Japan. Montanaro also likes to draw cartoons about the funny things that happen in Brazilian politics(政治).
“I like doing political drawings because you can joke about somebody bigger than you.” Montanaro says.
Folha’s art director ,Mario Kanno, says editors saw something new and different in Montanaro’s work.“We brought him in with this idea to show that, yes, young people also read newspapers and can show their ideas on politics,”Kanno says.
Montanaro’s love for cartoons began when be was only 7 or 8 year old. His dad bought him comics. Montanaro says these books gave him the ideas that got him drawing.“I think those great works have really helped me,”he says.“They remind me that I should draw something in my book every day.”
【1】What is Montanaro doing for Folha now?
A. He is publishing story books. B. He is drawing cartoons.
C. He is sending newspapers. D. He is writing articles.
【1】Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Folha is famous for its cartoons.
B. Folha is the largest newspaper in Brazil.
C. Montanaro draws one cartoon for Folha every week.
D. Montanaro began to work for Folha two years ago.
【1】Why does Montanaro like drawing political cartoons?
A. Because he can show his ideas on politics.
B. Because he is very interested in political jobs.
C. Because he thinks it’s easier to draw political cartoons.
D. Because he can make fun of some important people.
【1】What made Montanaro draw and helped him a lot in his drawings?
A. The comics his dad bought him. B. His interest in cartoon films.
C. The fun of drawing cartoons. D. His dad’s ideas about cartoons.
【1】What’s the best title for this passage?
A. Folha’s art director. B. Brazil’s largest newspaper.
C. Teen artist in Brazil. D. Montanaro’s great father.
28、阅读短文,在空白处填入一个适当的单词或用括号内所给词的正确形式填空,使短文通顺,连贯。
The voyages of Zheng He
Zheng He was 【1】 famous Chinese explorer. In 1405. he set off from China on the first of seven great voyages (航行). This was nearly a century 【2】 Christopher Columbus first set sail on his journey of discovery to America in 1492. His travels were so important that they are still studied today.
Zheng He was born in Yunnan in 1371. He rose to become a trusted official of the Yongle Emperor (永乐皇帝) of the Ming Dynasty (朝代). The emperor ordered Zheng He to visit and explore (探索) the lands 【3】 China. His task was to develop relations and set up trade routes (路线) with foreign countries. In a few years, he built a great fleet of ships, the 【4】 (big) in the world at that time. The ships were known as treasure ships. They were big enough to carry 25, 000 people as well as very large quantities of goods.
From 1405 to 1443, Zheng He went on seven 【5】 (trip) and visited South-East Asia, the Middle East and even the east coast of Africa. It seemed that nowhere was too far for him to visit. These voyages allowed China 【6】 (trade) valuable goods like gold, silver and silk. At the end of each voyage, Zheng He returned with many things that were seen in China for the 【7】 (one) time, such as a giraffe from Africa. Besides developing trade, the voyages also 【8】 (encourage) the exchange of cultures and technologies. They helped the 【9】 (develop) of those countries and regions.
Zheng He died in 1433 during his last voyage. However, his voyages were such a huge achievement that now he 【10】 (remember) as a pioneer in opening up cultural contacts between different peoples around the world.
29、An 18-year-old student decided to host a musical concert to raise money because he couldn’t afford his college fee. He reached out to the great pianist IgacyJ. Paderewski who asked for $2,000. A(n) _____was made and the boy began to prepare for the concert.
Unfortunately, he had not _____to sell enough tickets. With only $1,600, disappointed, he went to Paderewski and explained the situation. He gave Paderewski the $1,600 _____a cheque (支票) for the remaining $400 and promised to honour (兑现)the cheque soon.
“No,” said Paderewski. “This is not _____ .” He tore up (撕毁)the cheque, _____the $1,600 and told the boy. “Keep the money for your fee.”
The small acts of kindness clearly showed Paderewski as a _____ person. Later he became the Prime Minister of Poland. _____he was a great leader, Poland gas got in trouble when the World War began and over 1.5 million people were starving (饥饿).Feeling _____, he reached out to the US Food and Relief Administration for help. The head there was a man called Herbert Hoover. Hoover agreed to help and quickly shipped tons of _____to Poland.
Paderewski decided to meet Hoover and personally thank him. When they met, Hoover said,“Mr. Prime minister. You may not remember this. Several years ago. you helped a young _____go through college. I was him.”
The world is a wonderful place. What goes around comes around!
【1】
A.deal
B.rule
C.excuse
D.offer
【2】
A.challenged
B.managed
C.chosen
D.failed
【3】
A.instead of
B.according to
C.as well as
D.except for
【4】
A.believable
B.available
C.comfortable
D.acceptable
【5】
A.returned
B.passed
C.carried
D.hid
【6】
A.common
B.outgoing
C.great
D.selfish
【7】
A.Unless
B.Although
C.Because
D.If
【8】
A.frightened
B.peaceful
C.unexpected
D.helpess
【9】
A.food
B.water
C.meat
D.medicine
【10】
A.pianist
B.teacher
C.worker
D.student