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1、President Xi Jinping’s speech at the opening ceremony of the First China International Import Expo was ________ welcomed by participants at the event.
A.quietly B.frequently C.widely D.gradually
2、Young people should be inspired to think outside the box and innovate, breaking free from __________ methods.
A.contradictory B.dynamic C.conventional D.distinguished
3、Obviously, the ability to talk is ______ that marks humans off from animals.
A. something B. anything
C. nothing D. everything
4、--- ____ busy schoolwork, the children also have to take arts, music and sports classes in their free time.
--- I wonder what they will become.
A．Rather than
B．Owing to
C．Apart from
D．Expect for
5、 First-class players of football must have excellent ball control, but it is not just _____ they do with their feet _____ counts.
A. how; that B. that; what
C. what; that D. whether; what
6、The Yangtze River Delta regional development plan,____Nantong has long expected, is under way.
A.that B.where C.which D.when
7、—Why do you care about him so much?
—You _______ him when he first came out — it was so sad.
A.would have seen B.should have seen C.might have seen D.could have seen
8、Taking years________, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway is a record of all of our efforts to overcome the most difficult engineering challenges.
A．completing
B．having been completed
C．to complete
D．completed
9、______________ their final medical check, the astronauts boarded their spacecraft.
A．Received
B．Being received
C．To receive
D．Having received
10、The young man who was expected to his father’s company, made an unusual decision that he would start his own business.
A. hand over B. think over
C. go over D. take over
11、The prize winner described to the class _______ he had managed to achieve excellence in his studies.
A. if B. how
C. what D. that
12、After work I went to the box office to buy the tickets for Kungfu Panda 2, only to be told there was ______ left．
A.nothing B.none C.no one D.neither
13、The boy tried to stretch the shoes, but still his feet didn’t ___ them.
A. fit into B. go for
C. take on D. make from
14、We will hold a meeting to sum up our experience ____ we finish our task.
A. in case B. even though
C. despite D. immediately
15、--Has James finished his report on his Enquiry Learning yet?
--I’m not sure. She _________ on it last week.
A. was working B. has worked C. worked D. had worked
16、Using this data, third party companies could then paint an accurate picture of users’ habits and ________ in order to serve them more targeted advertisements.
A.presentation B.preservation C.preference D.persistence
17、I don’t believe what you said, but if you can prove it, you may be able to ________ me.
A．convince
B．confirm
C．guarantee
D．inform
18、I ________ my cellphone last night. Now the battery is running out.
A. could have charged B. might charge
C. should have charged D. would charge
19、It's an either-or situation-you can take on-line classes at home or have classes in the school, but you can't do_________.
A.others B.both C.another D.either
20、The artist ________the judge gave a prize is the teacher________ I have been taught for three years.
A．to whom; who
B．from who; who
C．to whom; by whom
D．from whom; by whom
21、Recently, I had lunch with a young Chinese student who studies at a college in New York. He is very bright and ambitious and I enjoyed our conversation. Still, I felt upset and useless afterwards because I was not able to provide him with any good news. Graduating at the end of this year, he asked me how he could find a job in this country and fulfill his career dreams.
In recent years, students who found a job here after graduation have had to go through a cruel lottery system to obtain their H-1B working visa. And the success rates have been declining year after year because of the ever growing number of applicants. Last year, there were 233,000 applicants and only 30 percent of them were lucky, about half of the rate in 2013.
And it can only become worse. US former President Donald Trump’s immigration policies in this country have been tightening up and this trend will continue for at least the next few years. In this case, foreign students studying social sciences, a field in which starting salaries are rarely above the required amount, can kiss their visa hopes goodbye.
Compared to the older generation of Chinese students, today’s young people no longer consider the US as the only option. Many start to think China offers better opportunities in the longer term.
This is not to say that Chinese students in the US are not interested in job opportunities here any more. A few years of work experience in the US can give them advantages when they finally land back in their home country. But if the job opportunities are largely reduced by the tightening of immigration policy, I expect there will be a decline. And if that happens, it is the American economy that will suffer from the loss of those educated, hard-working and talented immigrants.
【1】The author felt useless because ___.
A．he couldn’t find a job in the fierce job market.
B．he was less bright and ambitious than the Chinese young student.
C．he couldn’t win the cruel lottery.
D．he had to make the Chinese student realize it was difficult to find work there.
【2】Which is not the reason why foreign students have difficulty finding jobs in the US?
A．It is increasingly hard for them to get their H-1B working visa.
B．The number of applicants in the job market is ever growing.
C．Donald Trump’s immigration policies have been tightening up.
D．The starting salaries they require are higher than expected.
【3】Supposing there were 250, 000 applicants in 2013, how many of them got their H-1B working visa?
A．125, 000.
B．75, 000.
C．150. 000.
D．200, 000.
【4】What’s the writer’s attitude towards the tightening of immigration policy in the US?
A．Indifferent.
B．Concerned.
C．Favorable.
D．Objective.
22、It is not uncommon for people to say they have no sense of direction. The sense of direction represents the ability to find one’s way. In other words, it is about getting from point A to point B without a hitch. The journey begins with determining the initial position using landmarks in the environment. It’s really about choosing a route and following it. It is also a question of testing that this same route is the correct one, with the mental representation of space or the help of tools such as maps. Finally, the ability to identify the point of arrival is obviously very important.
In a study published in 2009, scientist Giuseppe Iaria, a scientist of the University of Calgary (Canada), who specializes cognitive neural (认知神经) networks indicated that people lacking a sense of direction have a special condition: Developmental Topographical Disorientation (DTD).
The sense of direction requires large neural networks for proper functioning, according to the expert. However, the fact is that a majority of people are unable to put a map in their head while on the move. In her book Mind in Motion (2019), Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Stanford University (USA) Barbara Tversky explains how most people do it.
She introduces a combination of methods. It’s a mix of turn-by-turn directions, bird’s-eye views and general information in the form of maps. However, it should be noted that most medium-complexity navigation (导航) directions depend in part on the ability of people to understand the perspective of a map. In other words, people without a sense of direction follow a route in pieces. Thus, they have no expanded understanding for space and navigate their environment without any mental map of their destinations.
However, there is a solution, namely to guide the person through a series of short routes.
【1】What does the underlined phrase “without a hitch” in paragraph 1 mean?
A．With ease.
B．By oneself.
C．In a short time.
D．Without hesitation.
【2】What is the cause of going short of a sense of direction?
A．Being unable to put a map at hand.
B．Expanded understanding for space.
C．Lack of guiding through short routes.
D．Neural networks’ improper functioning.
【3】What could be a challenge for someone without a sense of direction?
A．Reading a map.
B．Forming a map in mind.
C．Following a route in pieces.
D．Finishing a series of short routes.
【4】What can be inferred from the text?
A．Mental map contributes to the sense of direction.
B．Having no sense of direction is merely an excuse.
C．Most people have long routes in their mind.
D．People with a sense of direction don’t need a map.
23、 The genetics of human eye color is much more complex than previously thought. according to a new study published recently.
An international team of researchers led by King’s College London and Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam have identified 50 new genes for eye color in the largest genetic study of its kind to date. The study, published in Science Advances, involved the genetic analysis of almost 195,000 people across Europe and Asia.
These findings will help to improve the understanding of eye diseases such as pigmentary glaucoma and ocular albinism, where eye pigment (色素) levels play a role. In addition, the team found that eye color in Asians with different shades of brown is genetically similar to eye color in Europeans ranging from dark brown to light blue.
This study builds on previous research in which scientists had identified a dozen genes linked to eye color, believing there to be many more. Previously, scientists thought that variation in eye color was controlled by one or two genes only, with brown eyes dominant (显性的) over blue eyes.
Co-senior author Dr Pirro Hysi, King’s College London, said: “The findings are exciting because they bring us to a step closer to understanding the genes that cause one of the most striking features of the human faces, which has mystified (使困感) generations throughout our history. This will improve our understanding of many diseases that we know are associated with specific pigmentation levels.”
Co-senior author Dr Manfred Kayser, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, said: “This study delivers the genetic knowledge needed to improve eye colour prediction from DNA as already applied in anthropological (人类学的) and forensic (法医的) studies, but with limited accuracy for the non-brown and non-blue eye colours.”
【1】What does Paragraph 3 talk about?
A．The result and significance of the new study.
B．The key role eye pigment plays in eye discases.
C．The detailed progress of the newly-published study.
D．The difference in eye colors of Asians and Europeans.
【2】What’s Dr. Pirro Hysi’s attitude towards the new findings?
A．Critical.
B．Disappointed.
C．Skeptical.
D．Supportive.
【3】Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A．Scientists used to believe that eye color depended on a variety of genes.
B．Dr. Manfred Kayser identifies that the study can be applied to all eye colors.
C．Published in Science Advances, the study analyzed about 195,000 people globally.
D．The research which identified 50 new genes for eye color is the biggest of its kind so far.
【4】What’s the main idea of the passage?
A．Eye pigment levels are inked most eye diseases.
B．A new study found eye colors may be inked with many genes.
C．International scientists conduced a genetic analysis of eye colors and diseases.
D．Studies showed eye colors of Asians were different from those of Europeans.
24、“It’s really a breakthrough,” said British scientist Guillem about the discovery of a planet “more or less” like Earth that is orbiting Proxima Centauri, the star nearest to our solar system.
Proxima b, or “Earth II”as you could call it , is a lttle bigger than our Earth, and its years only take 11days. Also, since it is so much closer to its red dwarf (矮小的) star than we are to the sun, the sky on its world is orange without any blue at all, creating a forever sunset effect.
There are a lot of questions for life forms that could live on this new planet. As the Chicago Tribune wrote: “Do you have poetry? Superheroes? Television? Diets? Mean bosses? Do you have any interest in visiting other worlds? If so, put Earth on your Must See list. ”
The discovery of the planet made us wonder if anyone had seen or heard of the space postcards from Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11space probes (探测器), sent up into space in 1972 and the next year. Together with the probes were pictures of a man and a woman, along with diagrams of the solar system. Gold records were sent up into space on Voyager probes in 1977. If aliens (外星人) on Proxima b had played the record , they would have found human voices and pictures that showed the rich diversity of Earth.
It might not be time to plan a visit to Proxima b just yet—even if it has an atmosphere—as first , we would need to invent a way to get there in less than the 78,000 years it would take at 36,000 mph. “Proxima b looks to us like a promising Plan(et) B, just in case things go really south on this blue planet. ” the Chicago Tribune wrote.
【1】What do we know about Proxima b?
A. It has an orange sky.
B. It is closer to the sun.
C. It has no sunrise.
D. It is as large as Earth.
【2】What could be found on the gold records sent up by Voyager probes in 1977?
A. Pictures of a couple.
B. Maps of the solar system.
C. Recorded sounds.
D. Several postcards.
【3】What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph probably mean?
A. Earth moves to the south.
B. Proxima b gets closer to Earth.
C. Situation changes favorably.
D. Conditions on Earth get worse.
【4】What was the attitude of the Chicago Tribune towards the discovery of the planet?
A. Excited.
B. Worried.
C. Uninterested.
D. Proud.
25、I opened my car window and called out, “Ma’am! Ma’am!” The only lady in the parking lot ________ until she saw me. “How nice you look today!” I said.
Her face registered ________ for a second, and then she smiled. “Thank you!” she ________. I stared at her and felt her shoulder ________ a bit more and her final steps to her car seemed ________.
I have made it a ________ in recent years to compliment (赞扬) people, especially women and girls. Instead of just thinking ________ in my heart that someone did a great job, I say it out aloud. It’s like having a(n) ________ in my head. When I see someone who ________ a kind word, the cheerleader jumps up and down and throws her pompoms (绒球花) in the air.
As women, we have learned from our role models to be ________. Even when we do receive a rare compliment for what we’ve accomplished, we downplay our own ________, as the world expect us to show ________. Now, when I compliment a woman and she ________ the game of denial, I say to her, “Just say thank you.” Most of them are relieved they can ________ the compliment. It’s a good beginning to accept the praise without feeling ________, isn’t it?
【1】
A．set off
B．looked around
C．got away
D．turned down
【2】
A．surprise
B．approval
C．satisfaction
D．curiosity
【3】
A．stepped aside
B．held out
C．called back
D．turned up
【4】
A．straightened
B．shook
C．widened
D．moved
【5】
A．further
B．slower
C．higher
D．lighter
【6】
A．deal
B．choice
C．point
D．sense
【7】
A．silently
B．seriously
C．regularly
D．randomly
【8】
A．housewife
B．cheerleader
C．stranger
D．acquaintance
【9】
A．enjoys
B．acquires
C．deserves
D．saves
【10】
A．practical
B．generous
C．smart
D．quiet
【11】
A．responsibility
B．skills
C．competitiveness
D．achievements
【12】
A．determination
B．modesty
C．concern
D．optimism
【13】
A．misses
B．starts
C．continues
D．avoids
【14】
A．accept
B．change
C．doubt
D．notice
【15】
A．upset
B．innocent
C．guilty
D．empty
26、阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
Workaholics live for their work, often spending many extra hours at work, and often taking work home to complete. It’s fine to live in a work-hard culture, but when work becomes the only reason for a person’s existence above more important things (such as family and friends), the issue becomes critical. That’s the problem more and more Americans are faced with.
Americans are working more hours per week than in years past, and with many companies reducing employees, more and more workers are worried about their own jobs. Some studies show that as many as 40 percent of American workers don’t even bother to take vacations, partly because of fears they may not have a job to come back to if they do. Besides, it is obvious that part of the matter is financial. More and more people begin to define success in terms of financial measures. The higher one’s income is, the more respect one gets. Finally, people nowadays live and work in a connected environment -- e-mails, instant messaging, fax machines, and cell phones -- making it hard for them to truly get time away from their work, even when they are on holiday.
When work becomes the only reason for being -- when it becomes the only thing people think about, the only thing that truly makes people happy, many Americans find that they are no longer close to their kids. Divorce rate jumps and serious stress-related health problems come up. Undoubtedly, it is time to do something.
To reduce workaholism, you must stay away from work once in a while. There are many ways to do that: Spend time with family and friends; Call home often to stay connected; Learn to say no to new assignments; Consider exercises to get your body back to a healthy shape; Fight the urge that everything you do must be perfect. It will take some effort, but for yourself and those you love, you really should make the effort. Have a try and you won’t regret it.
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