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1、The government is now trying to ________ the number of people killed in the earthquake.
A．consume
B．confirm
C．conduct
D．contact
2、Positive thinking puts power in our mind to act instead of staying stuck considering the circumstance or the mistake ______.
A. made B. to be made
C. having been made D. had made
3、The living room is clean and tidy, with a dining table already ________ for a meal to be cooked.
A.laid B.lain C.laying D.to lay
4、- Happy birthday!
- ________.
A．Thank you.
B．The same to you.
C．Yes, please.
D．That’s all right.
5、The thought _____ I might lose my way made me feel _____.
A.what;worrying B.that; worrying
C.what; worried D.that; worried
6、Many findings, ________ hundreds of years, turned out to be wrong nowadays.
A．dated back
B．dating back
C．to date back
D．dates back
7、 Mr. Johnson was so much afraid of losing his job that he had to _______ his pride when the boss called him names in public.
A. abuse B. clarify
C. decline D. swallow
8、The truth________the factory would break down made all the workers shocked
A.of which B.that C.about that D.what
9、The old man stood there, __________by his five sons and daughters, __________ very happy.
A.surrounding; looked B.surrounded; looking
C.surrounded; looked D.were surrounded; looking
10、He felt confident that he had passed the test, only _______ that he failed it.
A．telling
B．told
C．to be told
D．to tell
11、They’re putting up new hotels in order to tourism in these areas.
A．explode
B．boost
C．restrict
D．polish
12、The life of the animals in the zoo is different from ___________ in the wildlife park.
A．which
B．that
C．those
D．one
13、With the population ________ at an alarming rate, experts are amazed that there are so many people on the planet, and ________ that there will be ten billion of us before the end of this century.
A．is increasing, predict
B．increasing, predicting
C．increasing, predict
D．to be increasing, predicted
14、I find ________ necessary to do everything we can ________ protect the environment.
A．it; do
B．this is; do to
C．it; to
D．it; in order that
15、My brother is those big businesses will chase after as he is both creative and diligent.
A. where B. which
C. whom D. what
16、—Did you enjoy yourself last night?
—Yes, it's very nice of you. I appreciate ________ to the party.
A．to be invited
B．to have invited
C．being invited
D．having invited
17、It _____ a Saturday afternoon in May ____ Margaret could arrange for me to meet her elder ,sister.
A. was until; when B. was until;that
C. was not until; when D. was not until; that
18、With the popularity of smart phones, people gradually lose the ________ for watching television, which makes TV a decoration of the house.
A.access B.appetite C.exposure D.appreciation
19、The Browns _______ the trains; if not, they would have been at the get-together as scheduled.
A. must miss B. must have missed
C. should miss D. should have missed
20、You can ______ the equipment from the local supplier.
A.criticise B.purchase C.offer D.shelter
21、Toward the end of class, the teacher dealt in detail with the question _______ on at the beginning.
A. discussed B. touched
C. referred D. Cast
22、Little Tom pretended ________ hard the moment the headteacher came in.
A．to be studying
B．to study
C．to have studied
D．having studied
23、— Will you please repeat your idea?
— Of course. But I think it is certain that you _______ your attention.
A. weren’t paying B. hadn’t paid
C. aren’t paying D. don’t pay
24、 There was plenty of time. We _____.
A. mustn’t have hurried B. couldn’t have hurried
C. mustn’t hurry D. needn’t have hurried
25、Two explosions hit Zaventem airport at about 07:00 GMT, Mar 22nd, with 11 people _______killed.
A. reporting B. to report C. reported D. having reported
26、 It is difficult for doctors to help a person with a damaged brain. Without enough blood, the brain lives for only three to five minutes. More often the doctors can' t fix the damage. Sometimes they are afraid to try something to help because it is dangerous to work on the brain. The doctors might make the person worse if he operates on the brain.
Dr. Robert White, a famous professor and doctor, thinks he knows a way to help. He thinks doctors should make the brain very cold. If it is very cold, the brain can live without blood for 30 minutes. This gives the doctor a longer time to do something for the brain.
Dr. White tried his idea on 13 monkeys. First he taught them to do different jobs, then he operated on them. He made the monkeys' blood go through a machine. The machine cooled the blood. Then the machine sent the blood back to the monkeys' brains. When the brain' s temperature was 10°C, Dr. White stopped the blood to the brain. After 30 minutes he turned the blood back on. He warmed the blood again. After their operations the monkeys were like they had been before. They were healthy and busy. Each one could still do the jobs the doctor had taught them.
【1】The biggest difficulty in operating on the damaged brain is that _______.
A. the time is too short for doctors
B. the patients are often too nervous
C. the damage is extremely hard to fix
D. the blood-cooling machine might break down
【2】The brain operation was made possible mainly by _______.
A. taking the blood out of the brain
B. trying the operation on monkeys first
C. having the blood go through a machine
D. lowering the brain' s temperature
【3】With Dr. White' s new idea, the operation on the damaged brain _______.
A. can last as long as 30 minutes
B. can keep the brain' s blood warm
C. can keep the patient' s brain healthy
D. can help monkeys do different jobs
【4】What is the right order of the steps in the operation?
a. send the cooled blood back to the brain
b. stop the blood to the brain
c. have the blood cooled down
d. operate on the brain
A. a,b,c,d B. c,a,b,d
C. c, b, d, a D. b, c, d, a
27、Imagine a set of people having a heated discussion in a room. The conversation can turn into a complete mess if there is no coordinator(协调员)to guide the chatter. Now, imagine the same situation taking place on roads. If people were to drive their cars randomly without caring about other vehicles, it could lead to chaos and result in accidents.
Although the purpose of a traffic signal is to regulate the flow of automobiles, traffic signals came into existence long before automobiles were invented. The idea for developing traffic signals began in the 1800s. It was in the year 1912 that the idea of having an electric traffic light popped into the head of an American police officer named Lester Wire. Two years later the first electric traffic light had become a reality and was fitted in the city of Cleveland Ohio. The first electric traffic light had only red and green lights.
By the year 1920, automatic traffic lights had become a huge success. They operated by changing their lights at fixed intervals of time. This sometimes caused unnecessary waiting for vehicles as the light would be red even when there were no vehicles passing from the opposite side. To remedy this, a microphone was fixed on the pole of the signal. And once the vehicle reached the signal all it needed to do was honk(鸣笛) and the light would change.
In the 1960s, with the invention of computers, traffic lights started to become computerized. At present, traffic all over the world can be monitored» so the lights can be controlled accordingly.
In the future, we will have connected vehicles that will be able to communicate with traffic signals and other vehicles. However, it will still all be a waste if we don't follow traffic rules. So, let's make a promise to follow traffic rules to ensure a smooth and safe drive for everyone on the road!
【1】What's the purpose of the first example in the first paragraph?
A．To attract readers to the topic.
B．To stress the effect of traffic lights.
C．To introduce the importance of order.
D．To show enthusiasm for the discussion.
【2】When was the first electric traffic light put into use?
A．In 1912.
B．In 1920.
C．In 1914.
D．In 1960.
【3】What does the underlined word “remedy” in paragraph 3 mean?
A．Bring up.
B．Deal with.
C．Put up.
D．Mix with.
【4】Which statement will the author probably agree with?
A．Traffic lights started to be controlled by computers in 1960.
B．Traffic lights can be changed casually to regulate vehicles travelling.
C．Traffic signals will continue to provide safer and faster travel for vehicles.
D．Traffic signals will be a waste without vehicles passing from the opposite.
28、According to a new US study, couples who expect their children to help care for them in old age should hope they have daughters because they are likely to be twice as attentive overall.
The research by Angelina Grigoryeva, a sociologist at Princeton University, found that, while women provide as much care for their elderly parents as they can manage, men do as little as they can get away with and often leave it to female family members.
Her analysis of the family networks of 26,000 older Americans concluded that gender(性别) is the most important predictor(预示物) of whether or not people will actively care for elderly parents.
In a paper being presented at the annual conference of the American Sociological Association in San Francisco, she concludes that simply having a sister makes men statistically likely provide less care.
Using data from the University of Michigan Health and Retirement Study, a study which has been tracking a cross-section of over-50s for the last decade, she calculated that women provide an average of 12.3 hours a month of care for elderly parents while men offer only 5.6 hours.
“Sons reduce their relative care-giving efforts when they have a sister, while daughters increase theirs when they have a brother.”
“This suggests that sons pass on parent care-giving responsibilities to their sisters.”
In the UK, the 2011 census(人口普查) showed that there are now around 6.5 million people with caring responsibilities, a figure which has risen by a tenth in a decade.
But many are doing so at the risk of their own health. The census showed that those who provide 50 hours or more of care a week while trying to hold down a full-time job are three times more likely to be struggling with ill health than their working counterparts(相对应的人) who are not carers.
【1】In the text, what’s the most important factor to predict if people will actively care for the elderly?
A. Career. B. Education.
C. Gender. D. Family networks.
【2】The US study finds that _______.
A. sons are twice likely as daughters to care for parents in old age
B. having a sister makes men less likely to do their fair share
C. sons and daughters seem to give equal care to their parents
D. sons are unwilling to leave care-giving responsibilities to female family members
【3】What does the author stress in the last paragraph?
A. People should give up their jobs to care for the elderly.
B. Many care providers work longer hours than others.
C. People shouldn’t pass on caring responsibilities to others.
D. Many care providers have potential health problems.
【4】The author develops the text by _______.
A. analyzing various research and data
B. describing people’s experiences
C. explaining social networks of careers
D. comparing different gender behavior
29、Joseph Frederick Engelberger, the father of robotics, was born on July 26, 1925, in Brooklyn. He received his B. S. in physics in 1946, and M. S. in Electric Engineering in 1949 from Columbia University. He worked as an engineer with Manning, Maxwell and Moore, and then he met George Devol at a party in 1956, two years after Devol had designed and patented an industrial robotic arm. However, Manning, Maxwell and Moore was sold and Engelberger’s division was closed that year.
Finding himself jobless but with a business partner and an idea, Engelberger co-founded Unimation with Devol, creating the world’s first robotics company. And the introduction of robotics to the manufacturing process effectively transformed the automotive industry. Over the next two decades, the Japanese took the lead by investing heavily in robots to replace people performing certain tasks. In Japan, Engelberger was widely described as a key player in the post-war ascendancy (支配地位，优势) of Japanese manufacturing quality and efficiency.
After observing the help his aging parents needed, Engelberger saw the robotics automation could be used in the medical field. In 1984, Engelberger founded Transitions Research Corporation (TRC). He introduced the HelpMate and hoped to kick-start a new industry for in-home robots, but he started in 1988 by selling his first HelpMate to Danbury Hospital. The medical robot was successful enough that the hospital ended up purchasing another, and within a decade, well over 100 hospitals worldwide operated HelpMates.
After Engelberger was awarded the Japan Prize in 1997, Senator Joseph Lieberman delivered a speech in the U. S. Senate in praise and recognition of the inventor, calling the HelpMate an example that shows the federal investment in science and technology for patients can lead to new products that employ Americans and make for a better quality of life.
Engelberger liked working. So even after he got into his 80s, he remained active in the promotion and development of robots for use in elder care. He died on December 1, 2015, in Newtown, a little more than four months after celebrating his 90th birthday.
【1】Which statement about Engelberger may the author agree with?
A．He was most popular among the Japanese.
B．He finished his higher education in his twenties.
C．He had great admiration for Devol as an inventor.
D．He and Devol invented the first robotic arm together.
【2】What motivated Engelberger to set up TRC?
A．His desire to gain wide acceptance.
B．The success of founding Unimation.
C．The challenge from other companies.
D．His parents’ demanding aid from others.
【3】What’s Lieberman’s attitude toward HelpMate?
A．Concerned.
B．Doubtful.
C．Positive.
D．Opposed.
【4】Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A．The home of robots — Unimation
B．The father of robotics — Engelberger
C．The strong personality Engelberger had
D．The great contribution Engelberger made to medicine
30、My dad gave my mother a coral rose necklace on their wedding anniversary(周年纪念日). ________ it was a card saying, “Even thorns (荆棘) have roses, too. Love, E.” After my father died, my mother ________ to wear the necklace.
In her ninety-first year, suffering from dementia(阿尔兹海默症), she moved to a nursing home near me in Connecticut. I made her new ________ as familiar as possible, ________ her walls with family photos. Before I left, she lifted the rose necklace off and handed it to me. Though Mom’s dementia has left her ________ memories, she remembers the ________ and the feelings that accompanied it, and ________ the words with me with a smile and a knowing nod.
Then the lockdown order came. I was terrified the isolation(隔离) would send her deeper into dementia and ________. It didn’t. Throughout, my mother’s attitude was ________. During the lockdown I ________ with her via Skype every day. From time to time, she would smile and ________ me, “You know, even thorns have roses, too.” Soon, these “on-the-screen visits”, became almost as ________ as seeing each other in person. With most of my usual activities stopped by the pandemic, I had enough time to spend some unrushed, ________ screen time with her.
Those ________ visits brought us closer and showed me that dementia had not taken her away. It only wore down the thorns and made ________ for a pretty, late-blooming rose.
【1】
A．Carrying
B．Following
C．Accompanying
D．Opening
【2】
A．continued
B．decided
C．refused
D．forgot
【3】
A．belongings
B．surroundings
C．activities
D．habits
【4】
A．connecting
B．mixing
C．covering
D．building
【5】
A．excited
B．fresh
C．distinct
D．broken
【6】
A．picture
B．smile
C．rose
D．promise
【7】
A．leaves
B．share
C．debates
D．confirms
【8】
A．curiosity
B．threat
C．contentment
D．negativity
【9】
A．serious
B．optimistic
C．critical
D．firm
【10】
A．played
B．compared
C．agreed
D．chatted
【11】
A．remind
B．request
C．warn
D．forgive
【12】
A．upsetting
B．challenging
C．satisfying
D．surprising
【13】
A．unsolved
B．unfinished
C．uninterrupted
D．undeclared
【14】
A．natural
B．virtual
C．formal
D．ordinary
【15】
A．room
B．excuses
C．money
D．plans
31、Directions: Complete the article with the words or phrases in the box. Each word or phrase can only be used once. There is one extra that you do not need.
There was a time when British Olympic medal winners became household names because there were so few of them. But the 67 medals at this year's Games in Rio and 147 at the Paralympics meant that the GB medalists’ reception at Buckingham Palace was a crowded and happy event.
Many of this year's winners spoke of being inspired by athletes of previous generations. Inspiration fed their aspiration; and having discovered abilities they scarcely knew they had, these athletes are now inspiring others.
A few months ago, I saw inspiration of a different kind when I opened the new Cambridge base of the East Anglian Air Ambulance, where Prince William works as a helicopter pilot. It was not hard to be moved by the 【1】 of the highly skilled doctors, paramedics and crew, who are called out on average five times a day.
But to be inspirational you don't have to save lives or win medals. I often draw strength from meeting ordinary people doing extraordinary things: volunteers, careers, community organizers and good neighbors; unsung heroes whose quiet dedication makes them special.
They are an inspiration to those who know them, and their lives frequently embody a truth expressed by Mother Teresa, from this year Saint Teresa of Calcutta. She once said: 'Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love'.
This has been the experience of two 【2】 organizations, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award and The Prince's Trust, which are 60 and 40 years old this year. These started as small 【3】, but have grown beyond any expectations, and continue to transform young people's lives.
To mark my 90th birthday, volunteers and supporters of the six hundred charities of which I have been patron came to a lunch in The Mall. Many of these organizations are 【4】 in size but inspire me with the work they do. From giving friendship and support to our veterans, the elderly or the bereaved; to championing music and dance; providing animal welfare; or protecting our fields and forests, their selfless devotion and generosity of spirit is an example to us all.
When people face a challenge they sometimes talk about taking a deep breath to find courage or strength. In fact, the word 'inspire' literally means 'to breathe in'. But even with the inspiration of others, it's 【5】 that we sometimes think the world's problems are so big that we can do little to help. On our own, we cannot end wars or wipe out【6】 , but the cumulative impact of thousands of small acts of goodness can be bigger than we imagine.
At Christmas, our attention is drawn to the birth of a baby some two thousand years ago. It was the humblest of beginnings, and his parents, Joseph and Mary, did not think they were important.
Jesus Christ lived obscurely for most of his life, and never travelled far. He was maligned and 【7】 by many, though he had done no wrong. And yet, billions of people now follow his teaching and find in him the guiding light for their lives. I am one of them because Christ's example helps me see the value of doing small things with great love, whoever does them and whatever they themselves believe.
The message of Christmas reminds us that inspiration is a gift to be given as well as received, and that love begins small but always grows.
I wish you all a very happy Christmas.
32、请在分享会上给同学们介绍一个你认为给你印象非常深刻、很有吸引力的地方。（如：公园、名胜、景点、城市……等）（80词左右）
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