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1、It is reported that the trees down in the storm have been moved off the road.
A.blow B.blowing
C.to blow D.blown
2、If I had known you were coming, I ______a larger table.
A. would have reserved B. should have reserved
C. would reserve D .might reserve
3、In the 19th century the government _____ land to settlers willing to take care of it.
A. gave B. separated C. divided D. distributed
4、Smog has become ________ danger to our life, but we still feel we have ________ power to improve our environment.
A./; the B.a; a C.the; the D.a; the
5、However, at times this balance in nature is _________, resulting in a number of possible unforeseen effects.
A．troubled
B．disturbed
C．stricken
D．confused
6、The latest evidence confirmed ________ his conclusion was right.
A．when
B．what
C．that
D．which
7、 My parents offered me some money, ________, I couldn’t have bought that house.
A. otherwise B. so
C. but D. however
8、There is no doubt _______ he is right about it.
A．whether
B．if
C．that
D．what
9、If you want to ________ the narrow hutong of old Beijing, tricycles are worth ________.
A．explore; using
B．explode; using
C．exploit; to be used
D．expand; to be used
10、— Where on earth did you go last night?
— I ________ to the movies with my friends.
A．did went
B．did go
C．do go
D．do went
11、Sweet snacks can give us energy, they are not healthy.
A．and
B．or
C．but
D．then
12、Its snow-white houses ______ cosily in a sea of fresh green vegetation, and no village could look prettier or more attractive.
A．located
B．nestled
C．laid
D．surrounded
13、Bad performances in the exams are closely connected with a ____ of exercise.
A. preference B. lack C. need D. demand
14、The sofa will _________ as a bed for a night or two.
A.act B.serve C.regard D.work
15、After goats in particular had been brought to the island, the Pinta Island tortoise population _______. Eventually, only one remained.
A．declined
B．competed
C．introduced
D．indicated
16、There are various reasons young people like watching TV.
A.what B.why C.which D.where
17、I guarantee you __________ be rewarded for any useful clues to the missing document of the local Health Department.
A. shall B. may C. have to D. would
18、 I’m sorry，the sales manager is not______. He is on the telephone at the moment.
A．reasonable
B．suitable
C．valuable
D．available
19、He _____ my proposal, which means he didn’t agree with me.
A.rejected B.accepted C.disagree D.supported
20、_______ with her research, she couldn’t spare any time to go for a holiday.
A. Occupying B. Occupied
C. To occupy D. Occupy
21、The teacher didn’t feel like ________them on the spot.
A．correcting
B．correct
C．to correct
D．corrected
22、Due to frequent layoffs, there is anxiety among the employees ________ they may one day be out of work.
A. when B. how C. why D. that
23、In order to get his hands on the French Open title, ______he has never won, Djokovic has decided to work harder.
A. one B. the one
C. that D. it
24、Trucks _____ be parked here, or you will be fined.
A．needn’t
B．mustn’t
C．wouldn’t
D．daren’t
25、Though _______ time, he managed to finish the task on time.
A. lacked B. lack of C. lackingD. lacking for
26、As Americans slowly return to the office, they are rethinking their clothing choices at work. After two years of working from home in exercise clothes, many people now want to be comfortable while looking professional in the office. And companies are trying to keep up with the demand for "business comfort" clothing.
Kay Martin-Pence, who works for a drug company, used to wear structured business clothes, like dress pants and blazers（统一服装）, and high-heel shoes to work before the pandemic, but now wears comfortable clothes, including stylish jeans and flowing shirts, along with lower-heel shoes.
Adam Galinsky, a social psychologist at Columbia Business School, who studies the connection between what people wear and how they think, said that people will knowingly think about what they will wear to the office. They may compare themselves to others and think about the situation they are in.
Clothing companies also witnessed the changing demand. From January to March of 2022, money from sales of sports pants for office wears increased three times. There is a high demand for comfortable shirts and pull-on pants. The most common kind of shoe for the workplace is sneakers. And sales of dress shoes are 34 percent lower than in 2019.
As more workers want to feel comfortable in their work clothes, some are excited to trick themselves up again. One such worker is 42-year-old Emily Kirchner of Stevensville, Michigan. She said she is spending money on new clothes including blue jeans, shirts, and even blazers. As a mother of a young child, she wants to feel her best when she leaves the house. "It's kind of fun to trick up," Kirchner said. "It's kind of like that back-to-school feeling."
【1】What leads to the changes in clothing choice at work?
A．Demand of business.
B．Influence of pandemic.
C．Following the trend.
D．Dressing in comfort long.
【2】What does Galinsky mean when referring to office wear?
A．People judge by feelings.
B．People like to be unique.
C．People consult others in wear.
D．People care about their wear.
【3】What do we know about Emily Kirchner from the last paragraph?
A．She differs from others.
B．She prefers professional clothes.
C．She is fond of dressing up.
D．She overspends on new clothes.
【4】What is the suitable title for the text?
A．Comfortable Changes to Office Wear
B．Urgent Demand for Comfortable Clothing
C．Increased Sales in Sports Jeans Globally
D．Connection between Wear and Concept
27、 Telecommuters fall into two camps. Some sit on the sofa watching daytime soaps pausing occasionally to check their smart phones. Most, however, do real work, undistracted by meetings and talkative colleagues.
In the future more people will work from home. With office space in London and New York so costly, many firms save money by encouraging staff to work in their loose clothes.
Yet, in a research published in MIT Sloan Management Review, Daniel Cable of the London Business School shows that telecommuters are less likely to be promoted. In one experiment subjects were asked to judge scenarios in which the only difference was whether the employee was at his office desk or at home. Managers rated those at the office to be more dependable and industrious, regardless of the quality of their work.
Visibility creates the illusion of value. Being the last to leave the office impresses bosses, even if you are actually larking around (胡闹) on Facebook. Oddly, this holds true at firms that explicitly encourage staff to work from home. Many Californian tech firms asked employees not to come to the office too often; yet bosses unconsciously punished those who obeyed.
Remote workers understand this. Many frequently sent their bosses with progress reports to prove they are on the job. A fifth of the workers in the study admitted to leaving an e-mail or voice mail early or late in the day. Still, many are not as smart as they think. Some choose a Monday or Friday to work at home. That, says Mr. Cable，makes others think they are eager to extend the weekend.
A culture of presenteeism (全勤) hurts working mothers most. Many women (and some men) work from home to allow themselves the flexibility to pick up kids from school. That need not mean they produce less；only that they do it at a time and a place of their own choosing. Some firms, such as Best Buy, an electronics retailer, recognize this and try hard to evaluate staff entirely on performance. But this is not easy. Intangibles (无形的东西) such as team working skills matter, too. Mr. Cable thinks homeworking will lose its stigma (耻辱) only when most people do it. Or perhaps when the boss is telecommuting, too.
【1】What is most likely the main cause of the increasing number of telecommuters?
A.Increasing location rents. B.Annoying talkative colleagues.
C.High-tech mobile phones. D.Attractive daytime soaps.
【2】What does the example of many Californian tech firms prove?
A.Working at home is impractical in tech firm.
B.Employees’ presence at office raises their value.
C.Employees should judge when to obey.
D.Bosses often don’t keep their promises.
【3】What do wise telecommuters do to prove they are on the job?
A.They give timely accounts of their work progress to their bosses.
B.They check their e-mails and voice mails every day.
C.They discuss the work with their bosses.
D.They spend some time working on weekends.
【4】What is the biggest disadvantage of working at home according to the last paragraph?
A.The traditional working culture can be hurt.
B.Mothers’ work may be interrupted by their kids.
C.Retailers can’t get enough on-site employees.
D.Employees may lack chances to develop certain skills.
28、 I wanted to stop at a sporting goods store “Going Out of Business” sale we passed in the mall. “There’s nothing we need”, my husband’s usual ill-tempered male comment. “It’s all overpriced junk. If they had anything good, they wouldn’t be going out of business.”
“But, it’s sporting goods. Could be some good deals for the grandkids. And, you like boats and fishing stuff. I’ve put up with that photo of your ‘dream-canoe’ stuck on the bathroom mirror for years now. Maybe you’d enjoy just looking around?”
“Are you crazy?” His eyes got funny and he said something like. “This loser store wouldn’t carry something like that. And I’m sure not going near those sucker crowds.”
I squared my chin and marched into the crowded store. Aisles and aisles of sporting equipment, boy toys were strung with huge blaring signs. CLOSING OUT SALE─Up to 80% OFF. NO REFUNDS.
Up and down the aisles I walked and explored, humming to myself and enjoying the excitement of a sale. All of a sudden, there, at the back of the store, in gleaming silver, full of lifejackets, paddles and fishing stuff, sat the exact canoe of my husband’s picture. I gasped and blinked three times. Yup. It was still there. The Supremo Numero-Uno blah, blah. My heart beat wildly. I made my way through the crowds, scrambled over junk in the aisles and nearly fell into the canoe looking for the price tag. There it was a little tattered, with the manufacturer’s suggested retail price at $6,750 plus tax crossed out and a handwritten TO CLEAR $750 AS IS NO RETURNS. Must be a mistake. $6000 off? Salesman. I had to talk to a salesman. I spotted a young fellow with a “Hi. I’m Mathew” tag trying to hide out from bargain hunters. I grasped his sleeve.
“Mathew. Tell me about this EI Supremo canoe. What’s wrong with it? Why is it only $750?”
“Oh. There’s nothing wrong with it. It’s brand new. We’re closing the store. It’s on clearance like everything else. I think that includes lifejackets, paddles and a bunch of fishing gear, too. I’ll go check.”
A few minutes later he came back and said, “I’m sorry ma’am. Someone made a mistake on the sale tag. It’s supposed to be $4,750 for the whole package. I just talked to my Dad who is running the close-out. He said it was worth more than $8,000 regular price so it’s still a real good deal.”
I felt tears well up in my eyes. “Oh well,” I said sadly. “Of course, it was too good to be true. This is exactly like my husband’s dreamboat. I guess I started to dream myself when I saw that price tag. He’s going to be 62 years old Friday. Had to retire early for his health. It’s been hard on just the pension but the stubborn old fool has been saving $10 every week for years to buy one just like this. Just an old man’s silly dream, you know. Always said he wanted to spend his retirement out fishing in a canoe,” my voice reduced and I turned and walked away. I was already at the mall door when Mathew caught up with me. “Do you have $750 plus $25 for delivery and a bit more for tax, ma’am?” I gasped. “Yes.
Yes. That’s about all I have,” I said as I thought quickly about the eye surgery I was saving up for. “Well then, you just have your husband sitting on the front porch on Friday morning around 10 o’clock so he can be there when my Dad and I come to unload his new boat. We’ll even put a bow on it for his birthday.” I started to cry. My old hand shook and I had to squint as I wrote out my cheque. Mathew swallowed hard.
“Ma’am. There’s something you should know. This store was my Grandpa’s. He ran it for more than 30 years. He always promised to retire one day. Said he wanted to spend time relaxing and out fishing in a canoe. He ordered this one, custom, for himself last year but, well, just never took the time off to use it.” He swallowed even harder. “My Grandpa died, sudden-like, just last week. He was only 68 years old. I think he’d be mighty happy that your husband will get this here canoe. My Dad thinks so too. You just have to make sure he uses it a lot, okay? Promise?” I handed Mathew a Kleenex and we stood there together, quietly lost in our own thoughts for a moment, blowing our noses. “I promise,” I said as I dashed off to look for my dear sweet husband.
【1】The sporting goods store was going out of business because ________.
A．the owner of the store had just passed away
B．the store was not managed properly by Mathew
C．the goods there were often mistakenly priced
D．the store often sold goods of poor quality
【2】From the passage, we can find the writer’s husband ________.
A．had deep prejudice against businessmen
B．was an old man with wise comments
C．dreamt of possessing a fishing canoe
D．needed an operation on his eyes
【3】The underlined sentence “My heart beat wildly” shows that the writer was ________.
A．desperate
B．excited
C．curious
D．skeptical
【4】Mathew’s words in the last but one paragraph tell us that ________.
A．it’s better not to put off keeping the promise
B．it’s important to be a man of wisdom
C．helping others will double your happiness
D．the old should retire as early as possible
29、 There is a wonderful story about a young girl who had no family and no one to love her. One day, feeling very sad and lonely, she was walking through a grassland when she noticed a small butterfly caught in a thorn (荆棘) bush. The young girl carefully released the butterfly. Instead of flying away, the little butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy. The young girl rubbed her eyes in disbelief.
“For your wonderful kindness,” the good fairy said to the girl, “I will give you any wish you would like.” The little girl thought for a moment and then replied, “I want to be happy.”
The fairy leaned toward her and whispered in her ear. Then the fairy disappeared.
As the little girl grew up, there was no one in the land as happy as she. Everyone asked her secret of happiness. She would only smile and answer, “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a good fairy when I was a little girl.”
When she was very old and on her deathbed, the neighbors all gathered around her, afraid that her unbelievable secret of happiness would die with her. “Tell us, please,” they begged, “Tell us what the good fairy said.” The lovely old woman simply smiled and said, “She told me that everyone, no matter how secure they seemed, no matter how old or young, how rich or poor, had need of me.”
【1】_______the girl felt sad and lonely.
A.There were many friends but B.Seeing the butterfly was caught
C.There was nothing to do D.There was nobody to love her so
【2】The butterfly________ after it was saved by the little girl.
A.changed into a fairy B.still died
C.flew away D.was more beautiful than before
【3】The neighbors all gathered around the old happy woman when she was dying, because________ .
A.they loved this woman deeply and they didn’t want her to die
B.the woman had lots of money to be shared as soon as she died
C.they wanted to know the secret of her lifetime happiness
D.they wanted to pray for her after her death
30、A few years ago, I was diagnosed with anxiety and depression. I didn’t tell it to anybody. Like most people, I had the _________ that depression was a(n) _________ of weakness.
But I wasn’t weak. I’d _________ a Master’s degree in Media Studies and I’d even won two Emmy Awards for my hard work. Sure, I was totally _________. I lacked interest in things I used to enjoy. But depressed? No, not me.
It took weeks _________ I could admit it, but the doctor was right: I was depressed. Still, I didn’t tell anybody about my diagnosis. I was too _________. I had a loving family and a successful _________. When I thought about the unspeakable horrors that my ancestors had been through in this country, my shame grew even deeper.
On July 4, 2013, my world came _________. My 22-year-old nephew, Paul, had ended his life, after years of _________ with depression and anxiety. Words __________ me when I wanted to express my desperation. Paul and I were very close, but I had no idea he was in so much pain. Neither of us had ever talked to the other about our struggles. The shame kept us both __________.
I spent the next two years researching depression and anxiety, and what I found was __________. Depression is the leading cause of sickness and disability in the world. Research suggests that most mental disorders develop, at least __________, because of a chemical imbalance in the __________.
Black Americans had a 20 percent greater risk of developing a mental disorder, and 63 percent of black Americans __________ depression for a weakness.
Now, seventy percent of people struggling with depression will improve with therapy and medication (药物治疗). Armed with this information, I __________ not to be silent anymore. I would share our story in hopes of __________ a national conversation.
A friend, Kelly Pierre-Louis, said, “Pretending to be strong is __________ us.” Having feelings doesn’t __________ mean weakness.
Life is beautiful. Sometimes it’s messy. But it will all be OK. If your burden gets too heavy, stay __________, and you can ask for a hand.
【1】
A．tendency
B．misunderstanding
C．appreciation
D．expectation
【2】
A．signal
B．acceptance
C．expression
D．sign
【3】
A．earned
B．passed
C．made
D．devoted
【4】
A．put out
B．brought out
C．worn out
D．died out
【5】
A．after
B．since
C．until
D．before
【6】
A．ashamed
B．disciplined
C．frightened
D．addicted
【7】
A．dream
B．ambition
C．promotion
D．career
【8】
A．turning down
B．breaking down
C．putting down
D．knocking down
【9】
A．hunting
B．addressing
C．struggling
D．admitting
【10】
A．describing
B．failed
C．missed
D．lost
【11】
A．anxious
B．negative
C．quiet
D．silent
【12】
A．amazing
B．appealing
C．shocking
D．pleasing
【13】
A．in part
B．in summary
C．in brief
D．in particular
【14】
A．mind
B．heart
C．brain
D．thought
【15】
A．took
B．blamed
C．applied
D．exchanged
【16】
A．refused
B．happened
C．pretended
D．decided
【17】
A．quitting
B．starting
C．transforming
D．hosting
【18】
A．killing
B．teasing
C．pushing
D．favoring
【19】
A．likely
B．necessarily
C．incredibly
D．previously
【20】
A．appreciative
B．upset
C．positive
D．energetic
31、A few years ago, I was working in a small office. I noticed that even though the size of the organization was not huge, we often worked in our different teams.
One particular week, I decided I wanted to make people smile but I wanted to do it 【1】 (secret). So one evening I wrote up some quotes that had inspired me over the years. The next morning, I went to work early and 【2】 (张贴) them up by the sinks and mirrors in the office restrooms. Maybe someone else would enjoy the quotes 【3】 (如同我一样) I had. And perhaps it 【4】 (may) just freshen their day.
For the next few months, some of the quotes 【5】 (take) down. But I noticed that a couple remained. Eventually, I finished out my contact 【6】 that organization, but I’d still often get emails from my former boss and teammates.
A few months ago, I was invited to reunion with my 【7】 (同事) . 【8】 I no longer worked in this office, I had really enjoyed 【9】 (work) with my team and was happy to see them again. Towards the end of the event, I went to the bathroom and found a quote that I 【10】 (write) two and half years earlier was still up in the same spot by the mirror. It reads: “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands, but seeing with new eyes” ——Marcle Proust.
32、《Tens》报纸面向英语学习者征文，介绍英语学习经验。请任选两种或全选提示中的要点，用英语写一篇短文：
1. 每天练习听力的作用；
2. 阅读的必要性和方法；
3. 尽可能多写作的好处。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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