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1、When you are faced with challenges, try not to let discouraging thoughts ______. Be confident and trust yourself, and you’ll make it.
A．take on
B．take up
C．take in
D．take over
2、James has just arrived, but I didn’t know he _______ until yesterday.
A.will come B.was coming C.had come D.came
3、— The trip to Yangzhou is impressive thanks to free access to tourist attractions, isn’t it?
— Well, free access is just an added _____ and the real attraction lies in its local-flavor food.
A.bonus B.charge C.reward D.prize
4、You really don’t know what we while having military training on the campus.
A. went through B. went over
C. went up D. went down
5、The shocking news made me realize ________ terrible problems we would face.
A．what
B．how
C．that
D．why
6、Mastering the art of presentation goes hand in hand with carefully packaging the content of what you want to ______.
A.polish up B.take in C.make out D.get across
7、All children should get access to a high-quality education ________ their race, zip code or family income.
A. depending on B. regardless of
C. due to D. apart from
8、Nearby, ______ Mrs. White, stretching out cautiously to collect her costly jewels.
A.standing on a wooden box was B.was standing on a wooden box
C.on a wooden box was standing D.was on a wooden box standing
9、At first the officer ______ to make a statement, but later she agreed.
A. reduced B. postponed
C. declined D. voted
10、—Jane, I rang you up last night but nobody answered.
—Oh, I, together with my parents, ________walks in the park then.
A．have taken
B．was taking
C．were taking
D．had taken
11、We vote______ model students at the end of every school year.
A.for B.on C.with D.to
12、The fact of the matter is that most people __________far more protein than they actually need.
A.employ B.overuse C.manage D.consume
13、Tom, our manager, ________ for American in two days and he has asked me to find out when the earliest plane ________ next Sunday.
A. is leaving; takes off
B. will leave; is taking off
C. is to leave; is going to take off
D. leaves; will take off
14、The five-year-old girl who sits in the front row, ready to learn _________meager scraps (微薄的碎片) of knowledge we can throw her way.
A．which
B．that
C．whatever
D．where
15、People have always been ________ about exactly how life on earth began.
A．curious
B．anxious
C．careful
D．cautious
16、To do a further research on the problem of water pollution, I’d like you to refer to a study _______ in Australia in 2022
A．conducting
B．conducted
C．to be conducted
D．having conducted
17、We were both travelling across Europe, and that’s ________ we first met.
A. which B. whether C. when D. whom
18、—You shouldn’t have talked back to our teacher like that. It was awfully impolite.
—You are right. I________ crazy at that moment.
A．must have been
B．might be
C．could have been
D．should have been
19、Yuan Longping’s rice has helped so many people in the world get rid of hunger, so he _____ to be given so many awards.
A.reserves B.devotes C.preserves D.deserves
20、Why don’t you bring ________ to his attention that you are too ill to work on?
A．that
B．it
C．his
D．him
21、Tea, the most typical of English drinks, is a relative latecomer to British shores. Although the custom of drinking tea dates back to the third millennium (一千年) BC in China, it was not until the mid-17th century that the drink first appeared in England. It was the Portuguese and Dutch traders who first imported tea to Europe, reaching the Continent by the way of Venice around 1560, with regular shipments by 1610.
Curiously, it was the London coffee houses that were responsible for introducing tea to England. One of the first coffee house merchants to offer tea was Thomas Garway. He sold both liquid and dry tea to the public as early as 1657. Three years later he issued a broadsheet advertising tea at £6 to £10 per pound, touting ( 兜 售 ) its virtues at “making the body active and lusty (健壮的)”, and “preserving perfect health until extreme old age”.
Tea gained popularity quickly in the coffee houses, and by 1700 over 500 coffee houses sold it. This distressed the pub owners, as tea cut their sales of beer, and it was bad news for the government, who depended upon a steady stream of revenue (税收) from taxes on liquor sales. By 1750 tea had become the favoured drink of Britain’s lower classes.
A 1676 act taxed tea and required coffee house operators to apply for a license. This was just the start of government attempts to control, or at least, to profit from the popularity of tea in Britain. By the mid-18th century the duty on tea had reached a ridiculous 119 percent. This heavy taxation had the effect of creating a whole new industry — tea smuggling ( 走 私 ). Ships from Holland and Scandinavia brought tea to the British coast, then stood offshore while smugglers met them and unloaded the precious cargo in small vessels. The smugglers, often local fishermen, secretly moved the tea inland through underground passages and hidden paths to special hiding places. One of the best hiding places was in the local church!
Even smuggled tea was expensive, however, and therefore extremely profitable, so many smugglers began to adulterate (掺假) the tea with other substances, such as willow and sloe leaves. Used tea leaves were also redried and added to fresh leaves.
Finally, in 1784 William Pitt the Younger introduced the Commutation Act, which dropped the tax on tea from 119% to 12.5%, effectively ending smuggling. Adulteration remained a problem, though, until the Food and Drug Act of 1875 brought in severe punishment for the practice.
【1】According to the passage, tea drinking _______.
A．is the favorite pastime of the Dutch
B．is an important British tradition
C．was well-received by the Portuguese centuries ago
D．could be found everywhere in the world in 1560
【2】Who might be annoyed by the popularity of the tea?
A．Coffee house owners.
B．Wine sellers.
C．Britain’s lower classes.
D．Smugglers.
【3】Which of the following statements about tea smuggling is TRUE?
A．Churches provided convenience for smuggling.
B．Fishermen and farmers contributed a lot to tea industry.
C．Underground passages and boats were ideal hiding places for tea.
D．The government encouraged tea smuggling for taxes on tea.
【4】How was the order of the tea market finally restored in Britain?
A．By passing an act related to a tax rise.
B．By imposing mild punishment.
C．By punishing those who sold fake tea.
D．By mixing redried used leaves with fresh tea leaves.
22、Better grades might be found on the playground. A new study of elementary-age children shows that those who were not part of an after-school exercise program tended to pack on a particular type of body fat that can have deleterious impacts on brain health and thinking. But prevention and treatment could be as simple as playing more games of tag (捉迷藏，捉人游戏).
Most children do not meet the federal health guidelines for exercise, which call for at least an hour of it a day for anyone under the age of 18. Physical inactivity can result in weight gain especially around the midsection-including visceral (内脏的) fat, a type of tissue deep inside the abdomen (腹部) that is known to increase inflammation(炎症)throughout the body. It is also linked to heightened risks for diabetes and cardiovascular complications (并发症) even in children, and may contribute to declining brain function. Obese adults often perform worse than people of normal weight on tests of thinking skills.
But little has been known about visceral fat and brain health in children. For a soon-to-be-published study, researchers from Northeastern University in Boston and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaion tracked hundreds of 8-to-10-year-old children in a nine-month after-school exercise program in Urbana. Every day, one group of children played tag and other active games for about 70 minutes. The subjects in a control group continued with their normal lives, with the promise that they could join the program the following year. All the children completed tests of fitness, body composition and cognitive skills at the start and end of the program. The researchers did not ask the children to change their diets.
After the trial the exercising children who were obese at the study’s onset had less visceral fat relative to their starting weight, even if they remained overweight. They also showed significant improvements in their scores on a computerized test that measures how well children pay attention, process information and avoid being impulsive. Notably a similar effect was observed in children whose weight was normal at the start. Across the board the more visceral fat a child shed during the nine months of play, the better he or she performed on the test.
The children in the control group, in contrast had generally added to their visceral fat; this was particularly true among those who were already obese. They gained on average, four times as much visceral fat as the normal-weight children in the control group, and also did not perform as well on the subsequent test. Lauren Raine, a postdoctoral researcher at Northeastern University who conducted the study with Charles Hillman and others, says that the trial was designed to study aerobic fitness and children’s ability to think not the relation of abdominal flab to inflammation. But a reduction in overall inflammation very likely plays a role because it is thought to be unhealthy for the brain. More broadly, Raine says the study suggests that getting children to run around won’t just enhance their bodies-it might also improve their report cards.
【1】What does the word “deleterious” in Paragraph One probably mean?
A．inevitable
B．vigilant
C．harmful
D．beneficial
【2】It can be inferred from the research conducted by researchers from Northeastern University in Boston and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign that________.
A．games may help reduce visceral fat in children and thus improve their brain power
B．obesity contributes to declining brain function in children
C．children have fewer weight-related health and medical problems than adults
D．obese children have trouble staying focused and paying attention
【3】According to Lauren Raine, the main focus of the study is ________.
A．to find the relationships between physical activity and health in children
B．to discover the relationships between obesity and health problems in children
C．to understand and assess the risks of obesity in young children in school
D．to understand how games affect children in terms of academic performances
【4】Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
A．Visceral Fat And Sugar-Heavy Diet Harms Your Brain
B．Losing Fat, Gaining Brain Power, on the Playground
C．This Is What Weight Loss Does To Your Brain
D．Why children Shouldn’t Sit Still Under the Age of Eighteen
23、Emojis (表情符号) are a new way of communication nowadays. There are more than 3,000 different emojis and most of us use them many times every day when we message a friend.
The first-ever emojis were designed in 1997. There were 90 emojis in this set, but they were only found on one type of expensive Japanese mobile phone that not many people used. The first set of widely-used emojis was created by Shigetaka Kurita in 1999. He made 180 emojis according to expressions he saw on people’s faces, Chinese characters, traffic signs, etc.
Are emojis a language? Probably not. An article in Deakin University’s online magazine This suggests emojis aren’t a language because we can’t “have fluent and complex conversations or express specific thoughts using emojis”.
But emojis are a useful communication tool, according to Deakin University’ s Dr. Adam Brown. He predicts in the This article that emojis are just the start of increasingly more complex communication in the future.
Although emojis aren’t themselves a language, the word “emoji” was recognized as part of the English language in 2013 when it was added to the Oxford English Dictionary.
New emojis are invented every year and added to emoji keyboards. Face with Tears of Joy was one of the most popular emojis in the past five years. In 2015, Oxford Dictionaries named it Word of the Year.
Emojipedia describes Face with Tears of Joy as a yellow face with a big smile, uplifted eyebrows, and smiling eyes, each crying a tear from laughing so hard. It is widely used to show something is funny or pleasing.
Other popular emojis are Loudly Crying Face, Smiling Face with Heart-Eyes, Red Heart, Purple Heart and Two Hearts.
【1】What do we know about the first set of emojis?
A．It was made public in 1999.
B．It included 3,000 different emojis.
C．It was designed by Shigetaka Kurita.
D．It could only be used on one type of mobile phone.
【2】What does Dr. Brown think of emojis?
A．They should be added to dictionaries.
B．They can be considered as a special language.
C．They suggest new directions in communication.
D．They are sometimes more useful than traditional words.
【3】Which of the following is correct?
A．The word “emoji” was recognized as part of the English language in 2015.
B．New emojis are invented every month.
C．In 2016, Oxford Dictionaries named Face with Tears of Joy Word of the Year.
D．Face with Tears of Joy is widely used to show something is funny.
【4】What is the best title for this text?
A．Emojis -- a new way of communication
B．How often do you use emojis?
C．Popular emoji list uncovered!
D．The story behind emojis
24、We don’t always eat just to satisfy physical hunger. 【1】 And when we do, we tend to reach for junk food, sweets, and other comforting but unhealthy foods. You might reach for a pot of ice cream or order a pizza if you’re bored or lonely.
Occasionally using food as a reward or to celebrate isn’t necessarily a bad thing. But when eating is your primary way of dealing with emotional problems, you can get stuck in an unhealthy emotional eating cycle.
Emotional eating is using food to make yourself feel better- to fill emotional needs, rather than your stomach. Actually, emotional eating doesn’t fix emotional problems. 【2】 Afterward, not only does the original emotional issue remain, but you also feel guilty for overeating.
【3】 Eating may feel good in the moment. The feelings that led to the eating are still there. And you often feel worse than before because of the unnecessary calories. No matter how powerless you feel over food, it is possible to make a positive change. You can learn healthier ways to deal with your emotions. 【4】
The first step is finding out what leads you to emotional eating. What situations, places, or feelings make you reach for the comfort of food? Most emotional eating is linked to unpleasant feelings, but it can also be caused by positive emotions, such as rewarding yourself for achieving a goal. Whatever the reason, you have to find other ways to fulfill yourself emotionally. 【5】 If you’re exhausted, treat yourself with a hot cup of tea, take a bath, or wrap yourself in a warm blanket. Things like these may help a lot.
A．Make time for relaxation.
B．It may even make you feel worse.
C．Many of us also turn to food for comfort.
D．Emotional hunger can’t be filled with food.
E．Finally, you can put a stop to emotional eating.
F．Emotional feelings are very important to a person.
G．If you’re anxious, expend your nervous energy by dancing to your favorite song.
25、 I was about to shave (剃须) this morning when I caught my reflection in the mirror. There was no doubt about it. My body was growing older. My formerly _______ hair which used to be brown with a touch of gray was now gray with a touch of brown. My forehead wrinkles (皱纹) had become _______, and when I smiled, a hundred more curled up (卷起) around my eyes and mouth. When I _______, I could see I had gotten fatter as well because while my metabolism (新陈代谢) had slowed, my _______ hadn’t. My muscles also _______be sorer (酸痛). _______, when I looked in the mirror again, I _______ a sparkle (火花) in my eyes. I smiled and felt a joy in my heart. I knew that no matter what my _______ looked like, my soul was forever young.
The truth is while I have been _______ growing older on the outside, I have for a while now been growing younger on the inside. I can remember how ________, stressed and worried I was in my 20s and 30s. Now at 53, my heart feels ________, and my days look brighter. I feel like a true “child” ________ to laugh, to sing, to dance, to love and to help others do the same. I worry less and smile more. I have a lot more faith and a lot less ________.
In the end, all of our bodies will ________ and die, but we won’t. Our young souls will go on forever. Spend your days growing younger then. Let the ________ within you live and love.
【1】A.rare B.flat C.shallow D.thick
【2】A.permanent B.potential C.regular D.occasional
【3】A.cleared up B.passed out C.stepped back D.calmed down
【4】A.style B.eating C.tradition D.routine
【5】A.appealed to B.tended to C.stuck to D.contributed to
【6】A.Therefore B.Rather C.However D.Instead
【7】A.observed B.tore C.earned D.recalled
【8】A.muscle B.hair C.reflection D.figure
【9】A.steadily B.frequently C.immediately D.individually
【10】A.creative B.sensitive C.particular D.serious
【11】A.tougher B.securer C.lighter D.briefer
【12】A.eager B.flexible C.anxious D.free
【13】A.fear B.horror C.fantasy D.confusion
【14】A.shoot up B.wear out C.hung over D.pass down
【15】A.angel B.child C.soul D.master
26、阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Michelle was eight years old when she heard Mom and Dad talking about her little brother,Jack,now only a baby. He was very sick and they were completely out of money. Only a very expensive operation could save Jack now but there was no one from whom they could borrow the money. She heard Dad say to her sad mom, “Only a miracle can save him now.”
Hearing the words, Michelle went to her bedroom and took out all the coins from her little money box. After counting the coins three times, she walked out of the back door secretly and made her way to the drugstore six blocks away.
She waited for a long time before the pharmacist(药剂师)turned around and asked her, “What do you want?”
“Well, it’s about my brother,” Michelle answered. “He’s really, really sick and I want to buy a miracle.”
“I beg your pardon?” said the pharmacist. “His name is Jack and he has something very bad growing inside his body and Daddy says only a miracle can save him now. So how much does a miracle cost?”
“We don’t sell miracles here, little girl. I’m sorry but I can’t help you,” the pharmacist said.“Listen, I have the money to pay for it.” And with these words, Michelle poured out all the coins from her pockets. At that time,a well-dressed man behind Michelle bent down and asked the little girl, “I’m selling the miracle you want. Tell me how much money you have.”
“One dollar and eleven cents,” Michelle answered in a low voice.“And it’s all the money I have, but I can get some more if necessary.”
“Well,” the man smiled, “a dollar and eleven cents is the exact price of a miracle for your little brother. Show me the place where your brother lives.”
注意:续写词数应为150左右。
Holding the man’s hand, Michelle took him home.
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“We can’t repay you for your help, but we believe that good things happen to good people,” said Michelle’s parents.
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