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1、Among those contributing a lot to the Hope Project ________ a famous star, who graduated from our school.
A. are B. have
C. is D. has
2、—I have just had my computer repaired.
—How much did they ________ you for that?
A．cost
B．charge
C．spend
D．pay
3、At the last moment, Tom decided to ________ a new character to make the story seem more likely.
A. put up B. put in
C. put on D. put off
4、I find most of my classmates ________.
A．lovely and confidently
B．kindly and friendly
C．kind and friendly
D．friendly and helpfully
5、 ，but he still could not understand it．
A．Tommy had been told many times
B．Having been told many times
C, Told many times
D．Although he had been told many times
6、When he got the news that his son was drowned, his heart was ________.
A．beaten
B．broken
C．sunk
D．lost
7、Last week a tennis ball hit me on the head, but I tried to _______ the pain, believing that it would go away sooner or later.
A. share B. realize
C. ignore D. cause
8、He likes helping others, _______ those who are in trouble.
A. in theory B. in favour
C. in particular D. in practice
9、 Can you tell me the way you think of________ the problem?
A．to work out B．working out
C. work out D．to work
10、The mission of the space programme named after the story of a beautiful girl ________ to the moon is to establish a lunar station.
A．flooding
B．floating
C．flowing
D．featuring
11、Cathy is taking notes of the grammatical rules in class at Sunshine School, where she __________ English for a year.
A．studies
B．had studied
C．is studying
D．has been studying
12、5G technology will ______ 15.2 trillion yuan _______ China’s digital industry between 2020 and 2025, Science and Technology Daily reported on August 28.
A.contribute, to B.adjust, to C.leave, behind D.balance, against
13、The children went home from the grammar school, their lessons______ for the day.
A．finishing
B．finished
C．had finished
D．were finished
14、---Would you like to have another cigarette?
--- No, thanks. I’m trying to _______.
A. cut off B. cut up C. cut into D. cut down
15、--Why do you think ________ the Eagles went home, angry and bitter?
--_________ they didn’t win the tournament and because what mattered to them was victory.
A. was it that; That B. that; For
C. it was that; Because D. that; Because
16、―Tom doesn't seem so enthusiastic as he was two years ago.
―Yes. He's really reached a point in his career _______ he has to decide what to do next.
A.that B.when C.where D.which
17、She lost heart since she failed in the exam. She felt_____about her future.
A.puzzle B.puzzling
C.puzzled D.puzzles
18、Much to their delight, their new project _____ at the conference, the excited scholars decided to have a barbecue in honour of the fantastic moment.
A. to approve B. being approved
C. having approved D. having been approved
19、Israel has not announced the extent ________it is willing to withdraw from the Golan Heights.
A．that
B．in which
C．where
D．to which
20、In our company, we are not allowed________ while we are working.
A．talking
B．talked
C．to talk
D．being talked
21、On average, Americans spend about 10 hours a day in front of a computer or other electronic devices and less than 30 minutes a day outdoors. That is a claim by David Strayer, a professor of psychology at the University of Utah. In his 2017 TED Talk, Strayer explained that all this time spent with technology is making our brains tired.
Using an electronic device to answer emails, listen to the news and browse the web puts a lot of pressure on the front of the brain, which, Strayer explains, is important for critical thinking, problem-solving and decision-making.
Therefore, it is important to give the brain a rest. And being in nature, Strayer claims, helps a tired brain away from too much technology. More than 15, 000 campers from around the world attended an international camping festival in September. That is when friends and family take time off and escape to nature for several days. They take walks, climb, explore, swim, sleep, eat and play. Camping may be just what a tired brain needs.
Take Carl for example. He lives in West Virginia and enjoys camping. He says that staying outdoors makes him feel at ease. It also prepares him for the work he must do. Kate Somers is another example who also lives in West Virginia. She says she enjoys camping with her husband and two children. She calls it a “regenerative” experience.
At the University of Utah, David Strayer has studied both short-term and long-term exposure to nature. He found that spending short amounts of time in nature without technology does calm the brain and helps it to remember better. However, he found, it is the long-term contact with nature that does the most good. He and his research team found that spending three days in nature without any technology is enough time for the brain to fully relax and reset itself.
【1】According to David Strayer, which of the following is true?
A．Americans dislike outdoor activities.
B．Electronic equipment should be quitted.
C．New technologies also have some downsides.
D．Electronic equipment brings great convenience.
【2】Why does Strayer insist we go outdoors?
A．To try another lifestyle.
B．To let our brain relax.
C．To make better decisions.
D．To play with our family and friends.
【3】What does the underlined word “regenerative” mean?
A．Refreshing
B．Memorable
C．Remarkable
D．Tiring
【4】Which is the proper title for the passage?
A．Electronic Equipment Harms the Brain
B．Good Rest Develops Good Memory
C．Tips on Using New Technologies
D．Being in Nature Is Good for the Brain
22、The Origins of Famous Brands
Our lives are full of brand names and trademarked products that we use every day. Although many brand names are simple acronyms (首字母缩略词) or versions of their founders’ names, some of the companies we trust every day actually have fascinating and surprising back stories.
Starbucks
It seems fitting that the most famous coffee brand in the world would take its name from one of the world’s greatest works of literature. The inspiration for the name of the coffeehouse came from Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. The founders’ original idea was to name the company after the Captain Ahab’s ship, but they eventually decided that Pequot wasn’t a great name for coffee, so they chose Ahab’s first mate, Starbucks, as the name instead.
Google was originally called Backrub, for it searched for links in every corner of the Web. In 1997, when the founders of the company were searching for a new name showing a huge amount of data for their rapidly improving search technology, a friend suggested the word “googol”. When a friend tried to register the new domain (域) name, he misspelled “googol” as “google”.
Nike
Originally founded as a distributor for Japanese running shoes, the company was originally named BRS, or Blue Ribbon Sports. In 1971, BRS introduced its own soccer shoe, a model called Nike, which is also the name for the Greek goddess of victory. In 1978, the company officially renamed itself as Nike, Inc.
The right name is very important to a company’s success, and a great origin story is just as important as a great product. An attractive origin story is one more thing that keeps customers guessing, wondering, and willing to pay for its products.
【1】What is the name of the Captain Ahab’s ship?
A．Moby Dick.
B．Pequot.
C．Starbucks.
D．Nike.
【2】Why did the founders of the Google want to change its name?
A．A large number of people mistook their name.
B．They wanted to get more new customers.
C．Their search technology was improving rapidly.
D．The company’s original name was too long.
【3】Why is the origin story of one company important?
A．It makes customers imagine and buy its goods.
B．It can make it harder to understand the company.
C．It helps explain the development of the company.
D．It can change the company’s image.
23、A good modern newspaper is an extraordinary piece of reading. It is remarkable first for what it contains: the range of news from local crime to international politics, from sport to business to fashion to science, and the range of comment and special features as well, from editorial page to feature articles and interviews to criticism of books, art, theatre and music.
A newspaper is even more remarkable for the way one reads it: never completely, never straight through, but always by jumping from here to there, in and out glancing at one piece, reading another article all the way through, reading just a few paragraghs of the next. A good modern newspaper offers a variety to attract many different readers, but far from one reader is interested in what brings this variety together in. One place is its topicality(时事性), its immediate relation to what is happening in your world and your locality now. But immediacy and the speed of production that goes with it mean also that much of what appears in a newspaper has no more than transient(短暂的) value. For all these reasons, no two people really read the same paper: what each person does is to put together out of the pages of that day’s paper, his own selection and sequence, his own newspaper. For all these reasons, reading newspapers efficiently, which means getting what you want from them without missing things you need but without wasting time, demands skill and self-awareness as you modify and apply the techniques of reading.
【1】A modern newspaper is remarkable for all the following EXCEPT its ______.
A. wide coverage B. uniform style
C. speed in reporting news D. popularity
【2】According to the passage, the reason why no two people really read the same newspaper is that ______.
A. people scan for the news they are interested in
B. different people prefer different newspapers
C. people are not interested in the same kind of news
D. people have different views about what a good newspaper is
【3】It can be concluded from the passage that newspaper readers ______.
A. apply reading techniques skillfully
B. jump from one newspaper to another
C. appreciate the variety of a newspaper
D. usually read a newspaper selectively
【4】A good newspaper offers “a variety” to readers because ______.
A. it tries to serve different readers
B. it has to cover things that happen in a certain locality
C. readers are difficult to please
D. readers like read different newspapers
24、Online classes began to be popularized just a few decades ago. They are advertised as a way for adults to finish their education and students to learn the material at their own pace—it is far more suitable for people with busy schedules.
But after being enrolled in an online course last fall semester, I came to realize online classes were merely a means to fulfil course requirements.
First of all, students lack the desire to learn, and they simply complete their assignments to receive credit for a passing grade rather than genuinely engage with the course material.
As online courses tend to have more than 100 students, most of the assignments are short and simple. They are not designed for students to interact with the material in depth but designed to be graded easily to accommodate such a large number of students.
Perhaps the biggest disadvantage of taking an online class is the absence of face-to-face interaction between the teacher and their students. Live sessions are infrequent and are often scheduled during the middle of the day when students have to attend other classes or work. The office hours of the professor may also be during inconvenient times for many students as well. Most interaction with the professor has to be through email which is often impersonal. It is nearly impossible for students to build a relationship with their professor.
There is also little interaction among students. It can be harder for students to create study groups and form relationships with their peers.
Online classes also require either a computer or laptop and a reliable Internet connection. Not all students have access to these types of resources, whether it is for financial or other reasons, and some students can be put at a disadvantage. Offering online classes certainly helps students who would otherwise not be able to attend classroom sessions. However, they fail to provide a true education with an emphasis on convenience rather than critical thinking. We need restructure online classes in which students can have a learning experience that will actually provide quality education.
【1】What can we infer about students enrolled in online classes?
A．They are unmotivated to learn,
B．They can access course materials easily.
C．They rarely fulfil the course requirements.
D．They can learn at their own pace.
【2】What is the author’s opinion about online course assignments? ‘
A．They are meant to facilitate interaction.
B．They are made convenient to mark.
C．They are given to accommodate students` needs.
D．They are based on easily accessible material.
【3】From the passage, which is one disadvantage of online classes?
A．They make professors’ offices much less accessible.
B．They are frequently scheduled at irregular times.
C．They provide little chance for students to build relationships with each other.
D．They tend to increase professors’ burden of replying students’ emails.
【4】What problem may arise if classes go online?
A．Teachers will worry about poor Internet connections.
B．Most students may get critical thinking skills from it.
C．Schools with limited resources will be at a disadvantage.
D．Some students may have difficulty attending them.
25、I’ve had some pretty serious issues with some people in my community recently.
As a result, I stepped away from them and did my best to _________ them. But the emotions that I felt from those events continued to _________ me and it began to destroy the relationships in other parts of my life. I ended up burning _________ with people I really cared about.
Yesterday, I was _________ to attend a conference of community because of a major work event. I was concerned about this event for days and it was pretty _________ when I first saw the people I _________ with at the conference.
Despite all of this, the strangest yet most _________ thing happened to me: there were no _________ between us and no one was holding anger against me. It was _________ that people have moved on from the events. There isn’t anything to ____________ anymore. I looked at them during the conference and ____________ in my head and forgave them. After doing this, I felt ____________ in myself.
Through my recent practice in compassion, I __________ more that when yon forgive others, you ____________ yourself as well. This important lesson on ____________ helps me to see things from a bigger view. I know people still cared about me during that time. I wish them the best life that they can have. And then, I move on.
【1】
A．understand
B．comfort
C．forget
D．entertain
【2】
A．disturb
B．frighten
C．inspire
D．relax
【3】
A．camps
B．bridges
C．shelters
D．faces
【4】
A．promised
B．allowed
C．persuaded
D．forced
【5】
A．exciting
B．depressing
C．confusing
D．embarrassing
【6】
A．quarreled
B．competed
C．chatted
D．combined
【7】
A．difficult
B．wonderful
C．important
D．popular
【8】
A．conversations
B．doubts
C．bargains
D．arguments
【9】
A．necessary
B．impossible
C．clear
D．strange
【10】
A．put off
B．turn down
C．worry about
D．think over
【11】
A．apologized
B．complained
C．recalled
D．imagined
【12】
A．pride
B．peace
C．gratitude
D．sympathy
【13】
A．recognize
B．suggest
C．insist
D．explain
【14】
A．risk
B．free
C．ignore
D．believe
【15】
A．generosity
B．patience
C．forgiveness
D．kindness
26、阅读下面文章，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一个完整短文，续写词数应为150左右。
Baskin was a 20-year-old sophomore at the University of South Carolina whose parents ran small restaurant. As he was the only college student in his family, his family tried their best to support him. Baskin always worked as a waiter in the restaurant to lighten his parents' burdens. He was so hardworking that many customers praised his hospitable service. His parents also appreciated and trusted him a lot.
It was a busy night at the restaurant. After a few guests walked in and sat down, they ordered a bottle of the Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse 2001-a valuable wine worth almost €6,000.
Having to serve another table, Baskin then asked a workmate to fetch the bottle. However, since the employee was new, she accidentally took the wrong bottle of wine. Instead of the wine that was ordered by the customers, she served the Chateau Pichon Longueville Pomerol 2001, which cost about €5,000. As the bottles and names were similar, no one noticed the mistake.
Baskin didn't realize the mistake until the customers wanted to order a second bottle after finishing the first one. He checked the order quickly and understood what was wrong. He cleverly suggested they order a different one, without letting them know what had happened, which could give him time to think about how to solve the problem.
Everything seemed normal, but Baskin was lost in thought. "What should I do to solve this problem?" he asked himself. If he didn't tell the customers the mistake, he could keep the extra €1000 secretly. As he was also the cashier of the restaurant, no one would know what happened. €1000 was the tuition fee for the whole school year and his parents needn't work hard to earn money for him. Or he could use the money to buy his favorite laptop which his parents couldn't afford. This extra money was really a huge temptation to him. But in this way, he would lose his honesty and dignity.
Paragraph 1:
While he was struggling with his options, his father came over.
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Paragraph 2:
When the customers came to pay the bill, with father 's advice in mind. Baskin decided to do the right thing.
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