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1、______ his love, Chris sent his mom a thank-you note on Mother’s Day.
A. Expressing B. Expressed C. To express D. Having expressed
2、The first part of his speech caught my attention, but the rest ________ rather dull.
A．was
B．are
C．is
D．were
3、--- You didn't sleep well yesterday?
--- No, it was so cold. The fire in the fireplace________.
A．burnt out
B．put out
C．died out
D．went out
4、Only when a person has his interests and the work combined ______ the pleasure from it.
A. can he enjoy B. he can enjoy C. did he enjoy D. he enjoyed
5、— I usually go to Beijing by train.
— Why not try __________ there by plane for a change?
A.goes B.went C.going D.to go
6、One of the biggest culture differences I noticed in London was ______ the people of London conducted themselves..
A．that
B．how
C．what
D．why
7、Katherine is not ________ in the way to treat her children. Sometimes she is too hard on them and sometimes she just ignores what they do.
A.conventional B.consistent C.considerate D.controversial
8、Jane wishes that she ______ foreign trade instead of literature when she was in college.
A.studied B.had studied
C.would study D.might have studied
9、Competed in 1891, in ________ was known as The Gilded Age, the fivestory mansion is now owned by a famous actor who decides to stage a special production of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
A. that B. what C. which D. it
10、The famous book Frankenstein, ________ by British novelist Mary Shelley, is the first work of science fiction.
A. writing B. having written
C. written D. was written
11、He studied hard and later became a well-known writer, which was ______ his father had expected.
A.why B.how C.that D.what
12、People around us ______ affect our thoughts and behaviors.
A. must B. can
C. should D. would
13、When I was talking, Mrs. Southern listened keenly, ______ breaking in with relevant questions.
A．eventually
B．repeatedly
C．occasionally
D．immediately
14、We packed all the books in the wooden boxes_______ they wouldn’t get damaged.
A. as long as B. as if
C. in case D. so that
15、As a teacher, you have to _____ your method to suit the needs of slower children.
A．display
B．test
C．adjust
D．transfer
16、－You know, people have different opinions about the construction of the project.
－We welcome any comments from them, favorable or _______.
A. so B. otherwise
C. else D. rather
17、________ parents say and do has a life-long effect on their children.
A That B Which C What D As
18、It was playing video games that took the boy too much time that
he have spent learning．
A. could B. must
C. might D. ought to
19、A Chinese proverb has it that a tower is built when soil on earth ____, and a river is formed when streams come together.
A.accumulates B.accelerates C.accommodates D.associates
20、Consumers' support and encouragement is a _______ stream of motivation for self-improvement of the company.
A．casual
B．smooth
C．current
D．steady
21、 Australian consumers in Adelaide are taking part in a study to help realize the potential for edible（可食用的）insects as a food industry. Consumers' attitudes are being put to the test at Adelaide Central Market with an offering of roasted crickets and ants, mealworm cookies and cricket energy bars.
Researchers want to further probe consumers' attitudes towards edible insects, and evaluate taste preferences and consumers5 willingness to buy such products. In an earlier online survey of 820 Australian consumers, the researchers found that 20% had tried edible insects. Of those surveyed, 46% said they'd be willing to try a cookie made from insect flour.
" In the earlier survey, consumers said they were most likely to try flavored or roasted insects and least likely to want to try cockroaches or spiders," Dr Crump says. "In this taste test, we've chosen products that consumers are most likely to react positively towards―apologies to anyone keen to try a cockroach or spider. The samples we'll be offering consumers provide a good spread of the available insect products in Australia' s marketplaces, some of which may be more acceptable than others."
Dr Crump says the research will help guide the development of an edible insect industry. In Australia, edible insects remain a new agricultural industry. Consumer research is needed to improve consumer acceptance of edible insects, so as to realize their potential as an alternative protein（蛋白质）source.
Professor Kerry Wilkinson says edible insects could play a role in global food security. "Problems such as climate change, increasing global population, shortage of agricultural land and rapidly changing consumer preferences are common, particularly in developing countries where there is an increasing demand for high quality animal protein," he says. "These food security problems will only be overcome by a change in food consumption habits. Edible insects could provide one solution. We want to look at ways of overcoming barriers to insect consumption in Australia.
【1】What does the underlined word "probe" in paragraph 2 most probably mean?
A.Explore. B.Influence. C.Describe. D.Compare.
【2】Why have the researchers chosen certain insect products for the taste test?
A.Because they are richer in protein than other insects.
B.Because it is not difficult to flavor or roast them.
C.Because they are widely acceptable in Australia.
D.Because they are probably to consumers' taste.
【3】In Kerry Wilkinson's opinion, how can consumers help remove food security problems?
A.By taking in less animal protein.
B.By changing their eating habits.
C.By expanding agricultural land.
D.By controlling their appetite.
【4】What can be the best title for the text?
A.Insects Make Food Security No Longer a Problem
B.Could Edible Insects Help Global Food Security?
C.Edible Insects Prove an Alternative Protein Source
D.What Counts Most When It Gomes to Edible Insects?
22、 New York City has a housing problem. Currently, it has 1.8 million one-and two-person households, and only one million studios and one-bedroom apartments. 【1】
In January, Bloomberg’s office announced the winner of its 2012 competition to design and build a residential tower of micro-units apartments between 250 and 370 square feet-on a city-owned site at East 27 street in Manhattan. According to the Mayor’s press release, the winning proposal, by the Brooklyn-based firm NARCHITECTS, was chosen for its innovative layout and building design, with nearly 10-foot ceilings and Juliet balconies that give residents “substantial light and air.”
【2】 For some residents, the potential health risks and crowding challenges might outweigh the benefits of affordable housing. And while the Bloom-berg administration hails the tiny spaces as a “milestone for new housing models,” critics question whether relaxing zoning rules and experimenting with micro-design on public land will effectively address New York’s apartment supply problem in the long run.
“Sure, these micro-apartments maybe fantastic for young professionals in their 20’s,” says Dak Kopec, director of design for human health at Boston Architectural College and author of Environmental Psychology for Design. “【3】”
Home is supposed to be a safe haven, and a resident with a demanding job may feel trapped in a claustrophobic (导致闭恐惧症的) apartment at night forced to choose between the physical crowding of furniture and belongings in his unit, and social crowding, caused by other resident, in the buildings common spaces. Research. Kopec says, has shown that crowding-related stress can increase rates of domestic violence and substance abuse.
For all of us, daily life is a sequence of events, he explains. But most people don’t like adding extra steps to everyday tasks. Because micro-apartments are too small to hold basic furniture like a bed, a table and a couch at the same time, residents must resent their quarters throughout the day: folding down a Murphy bed (墨菲隐蔽床), or hanging up a dining table on the wall. 【4】 In this case, residents might eventually stop folding up their furniture every day and the space will start feeling even more constrained.
A．But they definitely can be unhealthy for older people, say, those in their thirties or forties, who face different stress factors that can make tight living conditions a problem.
B．The obvious solution seems to be to develop more small residential units.
C．New Yorkers may actually face more expensive housing, paying the same amount to rent a studio in the neighborhood where they used to be able to afford a one-bedroom.
D．Nobody is claiming that micro-apartments will be a silver bullet.
E．What might seem novel at the beginning ends up including a lot of little inconveniences, just to go to sleep or make breakfast before work.
F．But as New York City “Micro-apartment” project inches closer to reality, experts warn that Micro-living may not be the urban panacea (灵丹妙药) we’ve been waiting for.
23、Workers are quitting their jobs.【1】So many, in fact. We’re still exactly in the middle of the so-called Great Resignation globally. In the US, the Labor Department revealed that 4.3 million Americans left their jobs in August 2021—the highest number on record.【2】In fact, there are several reasons why workers are walking away. Some quit their jobs owing to poor working conditions or fears of contracting COVID-19; others maybe resign from their offices on account of existential anxieties among them.
Have you heard the story like that? In the golden age of American labor, 20th-century workers stayed in one job for 40 years and retired with a gold watch. But that’s a fairy tale.【3】Actually, the economy was better off for it. Since the 1980s Americans have quit less, and many have stayed in their jobs for fear that the safety net wouldn’t support them while they look for a new one.【4】 And they’re being rewarded for their lack of patience: Wages for low-income workers are rising at their fastest rate since the Great Depression. So to some extent, the Great Resignation is, literally, great.
【5】That means 1 in 14 hotel clerks, restaurant servers, and bar tenders said goodbye in a single month. Thanks to several COVID-19 relief checks, a delayed rent payment and student-loan forgiveness, almost everybody has more freedom to quit jobs they hate and switch to something else. Particularly those who are young and have a low income benefit a lot from it.
A．A lot of them are doing that.
B．It seems like a tendency to resign.
C．Almost every industry faces the resignation crisis.
D．But Americans seem to be done with sticking it out.
E．In the UK, the number of open jobs was over 1 million.
F．Nearly 7% of employees in the service industry left their jobs.
G．The truth is people in the 1960s and ’70s quit their jobs more often.
24、 Many people will be familiar with automated writing through Gmail. Smart Reply provides brief answers to routine emails. If someone asks “Do you want to meet at 3 pm?”, Gmail offers one-click responses such as “Sure!”
The New Yorker’s John Seabrook recently described a more powerful version of this technology, called GPT-2, which can ably mimic (模拟) his magazine’s style. Such systems use a digital network of billions of artificial “neurons” (神经元) with virtual “synapses” — the connections between neurons — that strengthen as the network “learns”, in this case from 40 gigabytes（千兆字节）— worth of online writing. The version Mr. Seabrook tested was polished with back-issues of the New Yorker.
The metaphor of the brain is attractive, but “neurons” and “synapses” deserve those scare-quotes ( 双引号). The system is merely making some—admittedly very complex—statistical guesses about which words follow which in a New Yorker-style sentence.
What escapes computers is creativity. They cannot create a topic or goal on their own, much less plan how to get there with logic and style. At various points in the online version of his article, readers can see how GPT-2 would have carried on writing Mr. Seabrook’s piece for him. The writing gives the impression of being human. But on closer inspection it is empty, even incoherent.
Meaningless writing is the preserve of artificial intelligence. But to truly write, you must first have something to say. Computers do not. They await instructions. To compose meaningful essays, the likes of GPT-2 will first have to be integrated with databases of real-world knowledge.
【1】Why does the author mention Gmail in the first paragraph?
A.To prepare for the introduction of the topic. B.To advertise the powerful Gmail.
C.To describe the feature of Gmail. D.To prove the strength of the Gmail.
【2】In what way is GPT-2 more powerful than Gmail?
A.It is creative. B.It has neurons with synapses.
C.It can offer quick answers. D.It can follow a certain writing style.
【3】What can we learn from the last two paragraphs?
A.GPT-2 is powerful because it is integrated to real-world knowledge.
B.GPT-2 has already been able to write meaningful essays.
C.GPT-2 still has a long way to write like humans.
D.GPT-2 can help Mr. Seabrook with writing very well.
【4】Where is the passage taken from?
A.A brochure. B.An advertisement.
C.A magazine. D.An essay.
25、The fall leaves are really starting to change now. It looks like the trees and mountains have become a canvas _________ by a loving artist. The bright beautiful reds are shining in the sunlight and the yellows are glittering like gold. Some trees have only a few leaves changed, some are half-way and others have already completely _________. Some of the leaves are falling to the ground too turning it into a colorful _________. I am enjoying this so much because I am completely aware when winter arrives all of the trees will be _________ with the leaves down. It is always a little _________ to see but I know it is the circle of life. Those dead leaves will become the soil that nourishes the trees and _________ new life next spring.
Today I noticed a lovely little girl from our _________ picking up the fallen leaves from the ground. The prettiest reds, yellows, and oranges were picked up and _________ in her arms. Soon she had quite a pile and carefully carried them over to her mom and then with a smile gave them to her as if they were delicate flowers. Her mom accepted them with a smile and together they _________ them out on their porch and stared at them like the priceless __________.
I watched this __________ from my living room window with a smile on my face as well. The world creates a circle of love as well as a circle of life. And I am __________ that the former like the latter will never end. It will __________ all through this life and into the next. Take your place in the circle. Give love. Receive love. Live every day of your life to the __________ with love. And your __________ will shine bright like the most beautiful tree in Autumn.
【1】
A．sought
B．painted
C．discovered
D．praised
【2】
A．gone
B．reserved
C．allocated
D．transformed
【3】
A．pad
B．bed
C．curtain
D．carpet
【4】
A．fruitful
B．bare
C．safe
D．natural
【5】
A．relaxing
B．strange
C．sad
D．boring
【6】
A．brings up
B．brings about
C．brings forward
D．brings in
【7】
A．class
B．club
C．group
D．community
【8】
A．held
B．received
C．admired
D．searched
【9】
A．threw
B．sent
C．figured
D．spread
【10】
A．potentials
B．chances
C．treasures
D．exchanges
【11】
A．scene
B．view
C．story
D．notice
【12】
A．positive
B．frustrated
C．content
D．doubtful
【13】
A．return
B．break
C．continue
D．remain
【14】
A．fastest
B．easiest
C．coolest
D．fullest
【15】
A．face
B．soul
C．appearance
D．state
26、阅读下面短文, 根据所给情节进行续写, 使之构成一个完整的故事。
Sedona hiking trails can be fun and relaxing, but sometimes can also be challenging and dangerous.
Rogers, 33, an on-duty airman, was in town from Colorado Springs for adventures on Sedona trails. Even he had just taken a sharp turn on his mountain bike in April 2020 when he was stopped short by the sight of a woman sitting on the side of the trail. She was cute and had long blond hair and big expressive eyes. What he didn’t know then was that she was also in extreme pain.
Sydney Linden, 28, had been jogging down Adobe Jack Trail in Sedona, Arizona, for a picturesque sunset view of the Red Rocks when she hopped over a rock and her leg over extended on the landing. The pain was instant.
Her right leg collapsed and she hit the dirt hard. Linden tried to stand but collapsed. She wasn’t sure if she had torn her ACL (十字韧带), broken her leg, or something else. All she knew was that the pain was a 15 out of 10.
Although it was spring, the Arizona sun beat down relentlessly (无情地). Linden dragged herself to the shade, as if an animal preparing to die. She’d called a friend, but after 30 minutes, her friend was lost. That’s when she saw the mountain biker.
Rogers was trying to play it cool. He casually rode by at a slower speed, stealing a glance at the woman. Sensing her suffering, Rogers stopped and asked if he could help. Linden explained her situation and that’s when he noticed the swelling under her leggings. She needed a hospital-now.
Rogers helped Linden to her feet and they began the steep (陡坡) over the rocky region and desert bushes. It was a long way to go. Leaning on Rogers, Linden tried to hop along, but the pain was severe. She would never make it to the trailhead (登山口) this way.
注意:
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右;
2. 至少使用5个短文中有下划线的关键词语;
3. 续写部分分为两段, 每段的开头语已为你写好;
4. 续写完成后, 请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1:
Then Rogers had another idea.
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Paragraph 2:
It was after the operation that Linden found Rogers gone.
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