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1、________ the suggestions will help to achieve your goal of a job in the medical profession.
A. Followed B. To follow C. Following D. Being followed
2、The Chinese language differs from Western languages _________ it uses characters which stand for ideas, objects or deeds.
A. so that B. in that
C. in which D. for which
3、_____ never easy, innovation is absolutely possible with adequate training and continuous practice.
A．When
B．As
C．Since
D．While
4、All________ members voted________ the Most Influential Figures of 2020, an overwhelming 80% _________Zhong Nanshan.
A．voted; for; voting for
B．voting; for; voted for
C．voting; on; voting for
D．voted; on; voted for
5、It is typical of students to stay up ________ deep into the night for the final exam．
A．to read B．having read
C．to have read D．reading
6、When ________how a statue from distant Greece，in China，researchers explained that it was no doubta result of Alexander the Great’s influence．
A. they were asked；should appear；
B. being asked；can have appeared；
C. asked；must have appeared；
D. asked；could have appeared；
7、The prince lived in a large and beautiful ________.
A．hurricane
B．castle
C．petrol
D．calligraphy
8、Past winners of the Nobel Prize in physics, _____ has now been awarded 210 times, have been honored for their important discoveries.
A．who
B．what
C．that
D．which
9、We will be shown around the city: schools, museums and some other places, _____ other visitors seldom go.
A. what B. which C. where D. when
10、----Are there any English story books for us students in the library?
----There’re only a few, .
A. if some B. if any
C. if many D. if ever
11、Have you ever faced a case _____ someone charges you with what you haven’t done but you find it difficult _____ it?
A．where; to clarify
B．when; to classify
C．which; to identify
D．what; to simplify
12、 -----I’d like a wake-up call at 7:a.m.,please!
----- OK, _____.
A. help yourself
B. you’ll certainly make it
C. just do what you like
D. I’ll make sure you get one
13、He is busy writing the article all the morning, only ________ occasionally to have a cup of coffee.
A. breaking off B. breaking down
C. breaking through D. breaking up
14、There were many talented actors out there just waiting________.
A. to discover B. to be discovered C. discovered D. being diseovered
15、Sometimes, _______ we show our gratitude for a person is reflected in the kind of food we serve him or her.
A. when B. whether
C. why D. how
16、He owes his good health ________ plenty of exercise and a regular life.
A．for
B．at
C．to
D．in
17、Senior high school is________time of learning and discovery.
A．the
B．a
C．an
D．不填
18、Air, or________ is called the atmosphere, surrounds the whole world.
A．that
B．which
C．what
D．it
19、 ____ is known to all is ____ Diaoyu Island is part of China.
A. What; that. B. It; that. C. As; that. D. What; what.
20、It rained this morning, _____ actually didn’t bother me because I like walking in the rain.
A. what B. when
C. where D. which
21、It is estimated that more than half the world’s population is bilingual (双语的), and in an increasingly globalised world, there are obvious benefits of speaking more than one language. However, for many years, parents were advised not to teach their children to speak more than one language from birth. Learning two or more languages simultaneously (同时) was believed to cause confusion and slow down academic development. While it is certainly true that children who are learning to speak more than one language as their mother tongue will often mix the languages up or speak a little later, these are temporary problems, and there is no reason to avoid teaching a child more than one language.
In fact, there are plenty of reasons to encourage your child to become bilingual from birth. As well as the obvious benefits of being able to communicate with more people, and the possibility of earning more money, children who speak more than one language have been shown to score more highly in achievement tests at school. This is true for mathematics as well as tests of verbal (言语的) skills.
And in later life it has been found that bilinguals, on average, will tend to develop Alzheimer’s disease five years later than monolingual speakers. Speaking three or more languages offers even more protection. It seems that the increased number of connections within the brain allows bilinguals to cope better with brain damage.
But is it too late if you haven’t already learned a second language in childhood? It used to be thought that the adult brain was very fixed, but recent research has shown that we continue to develop new connections in the brain throughout our lives, meaning that it’s perfectly possible to learn another language to a high standard. Older learners are less likely to have native-like pronunciation, but they are better at learning vocabulary as they are able to use far more skills and strategies than children. And learning a language is like using a muscle – the more you use it, the stronger it gets, meaning that you will find your third language easier than your second, and so on.
【1】Why shouldn’t parents be discouraged from teaching their children to be a bilingual?
A. Children’s confusion over two languages will not last long.
B. Children will not mistake one language for the other.
C. Parents should begin to teach a second language early.
D. Parents’ guidance will help children tell two languages apart.
【2】Which of the following is NOT a possible benefit of being a bilingual?
A. A bilingual is less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease.
B. A bilingual child may do well in mathematics at school.
C. A bilingual will probably make more money.
D. A bilingual child owns relatively good language ability.
【3】Compared with children, adult language learners ___________.
A. are slower at learning a second language.
B. are more skilled at building vocabulary.
C. are more likely to acquire a native accent.
D. are slower at making logic connections.
【4】What can be learned from the passage?
A. A bilingual child will speak both the languages badly later in his life.
B. Learning a second language certainly contributes to your body fitness.
C. Connections within adults’ brain will permanently stop developing.
D. With each language learned, the learning process will become easier.
22、Do you often compare yourself to other people? Comparisons can help to make decisions and motivate you but they can also pull you into a comparison trap.
Whether it’s the number of goals you’ve scored at football or how many books you’ve read, it’s easy to compare yourself to someone else. Scientists say it’s a natural behaviour that helps humans learn from each other, live happily together and achieve more. Although comparing can be good for you, it’s not always helpful and you can find yourself stuck in a comparison trap. This is when you always measure yourself against others and base your feelings on how well they seem to be doing.
Becky Goddard-Hill is a child therapist (someone who helps children understand their feelings) and author of Create Your Own Confidence. She says that comparisons can make us feel good and bad about ourselves. “Comparing up” means seeing someone doing better than you and using that to inspire yourself to aim higher and try harder. However, Goddard-Hill says, “Sometimes it can make you feel rubbish about yourself and knock your confidence.” “Comparing down” is when you see someone who seems like they’re not doing as well as you. This might make you feel you’re doing well, says Goddard-Hill,but it can also stop you wanting to improve.
If your feelings depend on what other people are doing, “Surround yourself with cheerleaders,” suggests Goddard-Hill. Notice how people make you feel and spend time with friends who celebrate your strengths rather than compare themselves to you. If you follow social media accounts that make you feel you are failing in any way, unfollow them. “Find ones that make you laugh or show you lovely places instead,” she says. Finally, focus on your own achievements and how you can improve. “The best person you can compete with is yourself,” says Goddard-Hill.
【1】How does a comparison trap affect us?
A．It makes us focus on our own behaviour.
B．It stops us from learning from each other.
C．It prevents us from living happily together.
D．It bases our feelings on others’ achievements.
【2】What’s true about “Comparing up” and “Comparing down”?
A．Both of them usually enhance our confidence.
B．Both of them have advantages and disadvantages.
C．The former is positive while the latter is negative.
D．The former makes us feel good while the latter makes us feel bad.
【3】What does Goddard-Hill suggest?
A．Aiming to be our best.
B．Trying to be the best.
C．Trying to be a cheerleader.
D．Valuing someone else’s achievements.
【4】In which section of the magazine can you find the passage?
A．Achievement.
B．Entertainment.
C．Health.
D．Politics.
23、Fewer than 400 North Atlantic right whales remain in the wild, and not even 100 of them are breeding females. Their biggest survival threats are boat strikes and getting caught in fishing gear. Protecting these whales, such as by turning boats from dangerous encounters, requires positioning them more reliably -- and new technology, described in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, could help make that possible.
To listen for marine life, researchers often install underwater microphones called hydrophones on buoys (浮标) and robotic gliders (滑翔机). The recorded audio is changed into spectrograms -- visual representations of sound used to precisely recognize, for instance, specific whale species’ calls. But those distinctive sounds are often drowned out by other noise. In recent years researchers have used a machine-learning technique called deep learning to automate this analysis, but background sounds still block reliability.
Now researchers have trained two deep-learning models specifically to cut through the noise. They started by giving the models thousands of “clean” spectrograms with only North Atlantic right whale calls. Then they slowly added in thousands of spectrograms mixed with typical background sounds, such as tanker engines. The program can successfully turn noisy spectrograms into clean ones, reducing false alarms and helping spot whales before they reach dangerous areas, the scientists say.
Shyam Madhusudhana, a Cornell University data engineer, who was not involved in the study, says he would want to see if such models could be used to locate other marine mammals (哺乳动物), too. “Humpback whales and dolphins have much more complex speech pathways than the right whale,” he notes. And University of East Anglia machine-learning researcher Ben Milner, one of the study’s authors, wants to take this technology above water as well -- to Ukrainian forests, where he hopes to identify animals near the site of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
University of St. Andrews behavioral ecologist Peter Tyack, who was not involved in the study, says this new system should be used to figure out where whales are throughout the year, so that these areas can be protected. “In terms of estimating the density and the number of these whales in places where it’s hard to see them,” Peter says, “this technology could be fantastic.”
But he warns that it should not be the only approach to preventing ship strikes. In his work, Tyack has found that North Atlantic right whales can be silent for hours at a time -- so passive sound monitoring could easily miss one. And killing just a few, he adds, “could lead to extinction of the population.”
【1】What does the new technology do to help protect the North Atlantic right whales?
A．Locating the right whales precisely.
B．Turning boats to encounter the right whales.
C．Guiding the right whales away from fishing boats.
D．Positioning fishing boats reliably and thus deadly strikes.
【2】What is a major contribution of deep-learning models to reducing background noises?
A．They turn off the nearby alarms that may create background noises.
B．They can eliminate disturbances shown on a spectrogram sheet.
C．They add thousands of mixed sounds such as vehicle engines.
D．They can prevent whales from reaching dangerous areas.
【3】It can be learned from the passage that________.
A．Shyam and Ben are both scientists at different universities who know each other well
B．all of the three scientists consider the extended use of the technology could face challenges
C．Shyam and Ben both hope that the deep learning model can go beyond its current application
D．Peter thinks the technology should have been used to figure out where it’s hard to see the whales
【4】Which one of the following might be the best title of the passage?
A．Latest Techs on Marine Lifesaving
B．Save the Right Whale by Noise-cutting
C．See Whales’ Noise through Human’s Eyes
D．Non-professional Scientists’ Role in Saving Whales
24、“Don’t answer it,” I said to Sam. Our door in the inner city is constantly knocked on; our previous door in the suburbs rarely so. Sam has a full-time job and cannot spend his days answering requests to fix leaking baths or carry cash to the bank.
Sam opened the door and it was Mervin.
“There's a bird on the second floor,” he said. “It’s in trouble.”
Sam followed Mervin upstairs. Mervin pointed and tuned to let Sam look. It was a pigeon. The most common of all birds; the bird most likely to foul your newly washed car. And it wasn’t flying away. It was stamping in circles. As Sam went to look, Mervin coughed, “Number two.”
Sam asked him to repeat that. “Number two.” Mervin said. “The pigeon has been sitting in his own number two, and now it's stuck to his foot.”
It had rained for five days and the bird was young. It could have been sheltering in a wet nest of its own waste, which had then dried on its foot, preventing it from flying away. The pigeon moved in a few more circles. Sam bent to take another look. Mervin said. “All right, then.” and walked away.
“Why does everyone think you must solve the problems around here?” I said to Sam when he returned with his story. “It’s a bird. Just leave it on the stairs, and let nature take its course.” Sam didn’t agree. Then he went to the garage and emptied the cardboard box containing our imported camping mats. He returned with the gray pigeon in the box. He showed the bird to our children and they decided to keep it.
They put its foot in the warm water bath and got rid of its waste. Immediately the pigeon erupted in a bomb of feathers and began flying.
【1】How did the author feel about the knocks?
A．Surprised.
B．Frightened.
C．Excited.
D．Annoyed
【2】Why was the pigeon moving in circles?
A．It was learning to fly.
B．It was trapped by its waste.
C．It got caught in the rain.
D．It was badly injured.
【3】What did Sam use the cardboard box for?
A．To shelter the bird from the rain.
B．To lend it to Mervin.
C．To make a nest for the bird.
D．To collect our camping mats.
【4】We can learn from the text that Sam is ________.
A．warm-hearted
B．single-minded
C．self-conscious
D．hot-headed
25、When I was young at school, I loved to talk, a characteristic not always appreciated by Miss Jordan, my tenth-grade English teacher.
She was a teacher no one wanted because she was so ______. She stood about five-foot-five, was very thin and wore her hair pulled back in a way that gave her a horsy ______. She wore those half-circular reading glasses. Whenever she got upset, she would lower her head and look at you over the top of her glasses.
One day in her class I was busy talking. I didn’t ______ she had stopped teaching and was ______ straight at me. “Young lady, I would like to see you after school.”
Later Miss Jordan ______ in a low, but very firm voice that showed she expected me to listen when she was talking. For ______ she told me to write a thousand-word essay on education and its effect on the economy. She wanted it in by the following Wednesday.
Well, I met my deadline. I was ______. It was a good paper. And I expected a sign of ______ from her. The next day in class,______, she was looking at me over her glasses. She called me forward and ______ my paper. “Go back and rewrite,” she said. “Remember, each paragraph is supposed to begin with a topic sentence.” When she gave my paper back a second time, she ______ the grammar. The third time, the spelling. The fourth time, it was punctuation. The fifth, it wasn’t neat enough. I was ______!
The sixth time, I rewrote the whole paper ______, in ink, leaving generous space. When she saw it, she removed her glasses and smiled She finally ______ the paper. After that, I put the whole thing out of my ______.
Two or three months passed. One day Miss Jordan came into the class and said to us: Class, do you still ______ an essay contest held citywide? They’ve announced the ______. I am happy to inform you that Mary has won third prize in the essay contest ‘On the Impact of Education on the Economy’.”
I was amazed and ______. It was the first time I had ever won a prize. Years later, I told a reporter that story, and my comments — including my unfriendly ______ of Miss Jordan’s appearance. Miss Jordan wrote me, and said that her appearance wasn’t what was important. What was important was the ______ I had learnt. When I wrote and rewrote that paper for her, I began to learn how to discipline myself.
【1】A. open-minded B. strict C. careful D. cold-hearted
【2】A. look B. shape C. style D. character
【3】A. guess B. believe C. imagine D. realize
【4】A. waving B. laughing C. staring D. running
【5】A. complained B. whispered C. explained D. apologized
【6】A. objection B. motivation C. punishment D. encouragement
【7】A. confident B. concerned C. nervous D. helpful
【8】A. suggestion B. praise C. comment D. respect
【9】A. otherwise B. moreover C. however D. therefore
【10】A. changed B. tore C. opened D. returned
【11】A. mastered B. corrected C. taught D. identified
【12】A. relieved B. grateful C. relaxed D. sick
【13】A. carelessly B. eagerly C. quickly D. slowly
【14】A. published B. accepted C. finished D. studied
【15】A. mind B. list C. question D. sight
【16】A. remember B. enter C. expect D. organize
【17】A. plans B. winners C. participants D. names
【18】A. curious B. anxious C. thrilled D. enthusiastic
【19】A. conclusion B. reaction C. recommendation D. description
【20】A. lesson B. meaning C. skill D. result
26、你校英文报正在进行主题为“My Most Memorable Day”的英语征文活动。请你写一篇短文作为投稿，内容包括：
1.当天的经历；
2.对你的影响。
注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
My Most Memorable Day
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