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1、I only take on work that excites me it means turning down lots of money.
A.as if B.in case C.now that D.even if
2、David didn’t attend his daughter’s graduation ceremony, but he does wish he there.
A. should be B. would be
C. had been D. were
3、We should learn to accept the good with gratitude to God.______，we should also learn to accept the bad without complaint.
A.Meanwhile B.However C.Therefore D.Moreover
4、The color of red, _____meaning is good luck and happiness, is important in Chinese culture.
A. why B. which C. where D. whose
5、Thanks to Chinese authorities’ effective measures, Covid-19 across China is under control for the time being; however, the impact of the lockdown on the Chinese economy was laid _______ in a new data.
A.bare B.invalid C.evident D.generous
6、---- I was reading A Dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin yesterday, but I couldn’t understand it.
---- ______. It is classical literature, so take your time to enjoy it.
A. Don’t fly off the handle
B. You got me there
C. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart
D. More haste, less speed
7、More checkpoints were set up in the country to ensure residents could be ________ for the virus.
A.cancelled B.contained C.strengthened D.screened
8、Why ______________ to go abroad to study, when there are so many good universities at home?
A. imagines B. bother
C. consider D. prevent
9、Some experts hold the view that fundamental construction is _____ the key to the little island development lies.
A. which B. what C. where D. why
10、Without your help, I _____such a breakthrough in this project.
A. hadn't made B. didn't make
C. won't have made D. wouldn't have made
11、My neighbour Sana is always sheltering her child too much, and that’s ____we differ.
A．when
B．what
C．how
D．where
12、Dragon Boat Festival is held ________ Qu Yuan, a well-known poet in ancient China.
A．in honor of
B．in search of
C．in the hope of
D．in the face of
13、Five workers ____ the mine disaster. After the injured ___ to the hospital, doctors and nurses immediately got down to saving their lives.
A.was survived; rushed
B.survived from; were rushed
C.survived; was rushed
D.survived; were rushed
14、—What’s wrong with the door?
—The key has got stuck in it and ______ come out.
A.shouldn’t B.mustn’t C.needn’t D.won’t
15、The 88th Academy Award Ceremony was held in Dolby Theatre ________ seats an audience of approximately 3,400.
A. where B. whose C. when D. which
16、We drove to the Fujun Mountain in Ji County on May Day, on the top of which ______.
A.does the Diamond Tower stand B.stands the Diamond Tower
C.is the Diamond Tower standing D.is the Diamond Tower stood
17、On April 22 every year, people around the world mark Earth Day by _________ the environment.
A．adapting to
B．benefiting from
C．caring for
D．relying on
18、It is considered that digital TV is________ to satellite TV because it allows the same service to be delivered with clearer pictures.
A．better
B．superior
C．senior
D．junior
19、China’s efforts to give timely treatment to those infected with the virus are being____by the rest of the world.
A.applauded B.clarified C.postponed D.transferred
20、We strongly advise you ______ eating your meal so late. It’s not healthy.
A. on B. against C. from D. over
21、A new study finds that experimenting with skipping one meal each day enables your cells to recharge and use all the available fuel, which ensures insulin (胰岛素) function remains at its peak the next morning.
The research found that body weight, measured by body mass index (BMI 体重指数), corresponds with when we eat and how often we eat. Specifically, people who eat larger breakfasts and adopt an 18-hour overnight fast (禁食), say from 1 pm to 7 am, have the lowest body weights. Those who ate more than three meals, or three meals plus snacks, had higher BMIs. Those who ate later in the day, after 6 pm, compared to those having the largest meal at breakfast or lunch, had higher body weights.
The Loma Linda University researchers assume that 18-hour overnight dietary fasts reboot our metabolisms to help our bodies burn calories efficiently. Lead author Dr Hana Kahleova, director of clinical research at the nonprofit Physicians Committee, says this process ensures that our energy intake is related to energy output, instead of energy reserves. Contrary to popular belief, these extended overnight fasts seem to help boost metabolic function. Kahleova also finds
meals consumed in the evening, compared to those eaten in the morning, result in raised blood sugar. Like a clog (障碍) in a machine, extra glucose (葡萄糖) slows our bodies’ metabolic process down.
What does this mean to you? Let’s say you consume 1,500 to 1,800 calories a day. Instead of splitting 500 to 600 calories evenly at each meal, you could experiment with eating 600 to 700 calories for breakfast, 600 to 700 calories for lunch and 300 to 400 calorie for a light dinner. A more moderate application of this research may be to have big brunches or breakfasts instead of holiday dinners and evening birthday parties to support long-term weight maintenance.
【1】What makes for the lowest BMIs according to the research?
A．Eating three meals evenly on a regular basis.
B．Having a larger portion of breakfast plus snacks.
C．Starting an 18-hour overnight fast after a big breakfast.
D．Skipping breakfast and eating more at lunch and dinner.
【2】What will Dr Hana Kahleova probably agree?
A．Overnight fasts boost metabolism to lose weight efficiently.
B．The finding of the study is consistent with the common belief.
C．The process breaks the balance of energy intake and energy output.
D．Breakfast is more likely to increase blood sugar compared to dinner.
【3】What can we learn from the research?
A．We should adopt the fasting approach to the maximum.
B．We can continue holiday dinners and evening birthday parties.
C．It’s worse to eat low-calorie meals and work out in the morning.
D．It’s better to rearrange meals and consume more calories in the morning.
【4】Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A．The Way Human Energy Systems Operate
B．Can Skipping Dinner Help You Lose Weight?
C．Can Fasts Slow Down Your Bodies’ Metabolic Process?
D．The importance Of Maintaining A Healthy Body Weight
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【1】What service can Parsley Box offer you?
A．To put your meals in the microwave.
B．To deliver meals direct to your door.
C．To cook meals for you in your kitchen.
D．To place the meals in your cupboard.
【2】Which one of the following is the reason for quality meals?
A．Carefully selected vegetable.
B．Use no sauces to cook the meat.
C．Cook the meats slowly with sauces.
D．Mix two portions of potato and wine.
【3】What is the purpose of the passage?
A．To teach people to cook delicious meals.
B．To encourage people to order meals.
C．To allow people to enjoy meals free of charge.
D．To inspire people to make an advertisement.
23、Students at an elementary school in California, with the help of their art teacher, created a telephone hotline that people can call to get cheerful advice from kids during difficult times. Shortly afterwards, the hotline began getting thousands of calls an hour.
The hotline is available in English and Spanish. It offers the happy voices of children of different ages sharing positive messages. For example, by pressing 1, you can hear a group of kindergartners saying together, “You can do it! Keep trying, and don’t give up!” Pressing 2 brings the sounds of children laughing-a sound certain to bring a smile to anyone’s face.
Jessica Martin, who teaches art at West Side School in Healdsburg, California, thought her students just might have the magic words needed to bring calm to people in difficult times. Ms. Martin worked with students at West Side on a project they called “PepToc”. Actually, they called it “Pep Talk” first. But when Ms. Martin’s 6-year-old son drew an ad for the hotline and spelled it “PepToc”, they decided they liked that even better.
Most of the project was completed in a day. Ms. Martin worked with students from kindergarten to the sixth grade. She had the same basic question for all the students-What could you say to help or encourage someone else? Students working on the hotline thought of what they would like to say. When they were ready, Ms. Martin recorded each one. Later, she sorted out the recordings into the different parts of the telephone hotline.
Ms. Martin thought the project would only attract interest from people near the school. But the hotline was soon getting hundreds of calls a day-and then, thousands of calls an hour. It’s become unbelievably popular with stressed adults, patients in hospitals, older people in homes, and others who just want to hear the happy voices of children.
【1】What does the text say about the hotline?
A．It is answered by teachers.
B．It has offered callers all kinds of help.
C．It’s mainly aimed at cheering kids stuck at home.
D．It enjoyed great popularity quickly.
【2】How did the project “PepToc” get its name?
A．Out of a mistake.
B．From a similar project.
C．On the recommendation of students.
D．At the request of Ms. Martin’s son.
【3】What does paragraph 4 mainly talk about?
A．Students’ interest in the hotline.
B．Primary purposes of the hotline.
C．What the hotline focuses on.
D．How the hotline was set up.
【4】What might Ms. Martin think of people’s response to the hotline?
A．Unacceptable.
B．Unreasonable.
C．Unexpected.
D．Unpleasant.
24、 If you frequently Google language-related questions, you've probably seen an advertisement for Grammarly, an automated grammar-checker. Grammarly advertises its ability not only to fix a variety of mistakes like spelling and grammar, but to replace the poor words and expressions with proper ones and improve styles too. Does it achieve what it advertises? Sometimes. But sometimes Grammarly doesn't do what it should.
Artificial-intelligence systems like Grammarly are trained with data. Developers also manually add certain rules to the patterns that Grammarly has taught itself. The software then looks at a user's article: if a string of words seems ungrammatical, it tries to spot how the mistake most closely resembles one from its training inputs.
All this shows how far artificial intelligence is from the human kind. Computers have advantages over humans at problems that can be solved with pure maths, such as chess. Advances in language technology have been impressive in fields, such as speech recognition. But grammar is the real magic of language. And machines are no match for humans. Computers can have a good command of labelling things like nouns and verb phrases. But they struggle with grammatical sentences that are difficult to analyse precisely.
To correct such articles requires knowing what the writer has intended. But computers don't work in meaning or intention; they work in formulae （公式）. Humans, by contrast, can understand even rather complex grammar, because of the ability to guess the contents of other minds. Grammar-checking computers illustrate not how bad humans are with language, but just how good.
【1】According to the advertisement, Grammarly can help users_________.
A．polish the compositions
B．collect materials of writing
C．translate the essay into what you need
D．master the rules of spelling and grammar
【2】In what way is artificial intelligence at a disadvantage?
A．Playing chess.
B．Speech recognition.
C．Labelling nouns and verb phrases.
D．Analysing grammatical sentences.
【3】What is the writer's attitude to grammar-checking computers?
A．Praiseful.
B．Unfavorable.
C．Ambiguous.
D．Uncaring.
【4】What's the main idea of the passage?
A．Humans have advantages over artificial intelligence.
B．A popular software to correct grammatical mistakes.
C．Artificial intelligence has some problems with grammar.
D．The advantages and disadvantages of artificial intelligence.
25、 When I re-entered the full-time workforce a few years ago after a decade of lonely self-employment, there was one thing I was looking forward to the most: the opportunity to have work friends once again. It wasn't until I entered the corporate world that I realized, for me at least, being friends with colleagues didn't emerge as a(n) _______ at all. This is surprising when you consider the prevailing emphasis by scholars and trainers and managers on the importance of cultivating close _______ relationships at work. So much research has explored the way in which collegial（同事的）ties can help overcome a range of workplace issues _______ productivity and the quality of work output such as team-based conflict, jealousy, undermining anger, and more.
Perhaps my expectations of lunches, water-cooler gossip and caring, deep-and-meaningful conversations were a _______ of the last time I was in that kind of office environment. Whereas now, as I near the end of my fourth decade, I realize work can be fully functional and entirely fulfilling without _______ to be best mates with the people sitting next to you.
In an academic analysis just published in the profoundly-respected Journal of Management, researchers have looked at the concept of "indifferent relationships", a simple term that summarizes the fact that relationships at work can _______ be non-interpersonal, inconsequential, unimportant and even, dare I say it, disposable or substitutable.
Indifferent relationships are neither positive nor negative. The limited research conducted thus far indicates they're especially _______ among those who value independence over cooperation, and harmony over confrontation. Indifference is also the _______ option among those who are socially lazy. Maintaining relationships over the long term takes effort, which, for some of us, is much too _______.
As noted above, indifferent relationships may not always be the most ________ approach in resolving some of the issues that pop up at work. But there are nevertheless several apparently proven benefits. One of those is ________. Less time chatting and socializing means more time working and churning(产出).
The other is ________. As human beings, we're programmed to compare ourselves to each other in what is an anxiety-causing phenomenon. Apparently, we look down on acquaintances(泛泛之交)more so than friends. Since the former is very common among those ________ to indifferent relationships, their predominance can promote individuals' sense of self-worth.
Ego aside, a third advantage is that the emotional ________ of indifferent relationships has been found to enhance critical evaluation, to strengthen one's focus on task resolution, and to gain greater access to valuable information. None of that might be as ________ as after-work socializing but, hey, I'll take it anyway.
A．burden
B．priority
C．obligation
D．coincidence
A．short-term
B．contractual
C．shallow
D．interpersonal
A．affecting
B．enhancing
C．measuring
D．restoring
A．cause
B．credit
C．consequence
D．realization
A．tending
B．needing
C．promising
D．hesitating
A．peculiarly
B．interestingly
C．reasonably
D．decisively
A．dominant
B．rare
C．constructive
D．intense
A．preferred
B．compulsory
C．available
D．likely
A．engaging
B．casual
C．demanding
D．effortless
A．traditional
B．cautious
C．flexible
D．helpful
A．image
B．efficiency
C．profit
D．expansion
A．self-respect
B．self-improvement
C．self-evaluation
D．self-control
A．resistant
B．unique
C．open
D．essential
A．feature
B．neutrality
C．reaction
D．conflict
A．exhausting
B．meaningful
C．fun
D．popular
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1. 活动时间和地点；
2. 活动内容及意义。
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2. 可以适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。
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