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1、My parents aren’t _______ me going abroad for education, fearing that I'm too young to take care of myself.
A．in charge of
B．in favor of
C．in need of
D．in praise of
2、People all think it strange that the boy should tell what’s written on the paper in another room without looking at it. It really ________ explanation.
A. prevents B. challenges C. interrupts D. confuses
3、We will hold a meeting to sum up our experience ____ we finish our task.
A. in case B. even though
C. despite D. immediately
4、People have difficulty accepting that their pictures were webcast live to millions of viewers, ______ the fact that some of them were not so graceful.
A．no doubt
B．no denying
C．nothing like
D．not to mention
5、The witness told the police everything she had seen, being careful not to ______ any details.
A.put out B.give out C.leave out D.look out
6、________ back in his chair, the man began to tell us his adventures in the forests.
A. Sit B. Sitting C. To sit D. Sat
7、Enthusiastic fans would rather they________ the super star at the airport tomorrow morning.
A. should meet B. would meet
C. met D. were to meet
8、Chance favors only the prepared mind.That is telling us to be prepared until the opportunity presents ______ .
A. one B. itself
C. you D. this
9、---Shall we go and see the museum?
---No, ________.
A．don’t mention it
B．not at all
C．never mind
D．it’s not worth it
10、—Could you please show me which boy in the photo is Patrick?
—The one_____red hair.
A．in
B．over
C．of
D．with
11、Resources and investment are heavily concentrated in big cities, contributing to the population __________ and the dilemma of young people.
A. exposure B. exploration C. expectation D. explosion
12、China is a shining example for the global community to follow _________developing green industry to fight climate change.
A．in addition to
B．in return for
C．in terms of
D．in agreement with
13、Our head teacher decides to put ________ he thinks is fat and strong in the front of the queue in tug—of—war(拔河).
A.whoever B.anyone C.whomever D.those
14、I think John will make a good monitor, ________ I'd like to vote for him.
A. but B. so
C. or D. for
15、Still, poverty ________ people in Africa. However, there are small victories indicating a good start towards a better future because they are taught how to fish.
A. kills B. is killing
C. has killed D. killed
16、People are ________ the use of alternative energy sources because the rate ________ we are now assuming fuels like gas and oil is shocking and they may run out one day.
A. wrestling with; by which
B. pushing for; at which
C. catching up on; at which
D. accounting for; on which
17、The students have decided on a final date by which everyone reading the books assigned by their professor.
A. finishes B. finished
C. have finished D. will have finished
18、— I hear that Jason is planning to buy a new car.
—I know. By next month, he ________ enough for a used one.
A. has saved B. saves
C. will be saving D. will have saved
19、She accused the press photographers of ________ her privacy.
A.challenging B.violating C.abusing D.confirming
20、Excuse me, Madam. Ellen, a journalist from the Daily Mail all day. Could you speak to him now?
A．was phoned
B．has been phoned
C．is phoning
D．has been phoning
21、 In the past few decades, the way we shop has changed dramatically. We used to buy our goods in traditional shops. Now, customers are increasingly buying online, where they can order whatever they want directly to their door with the click of a mouse. As companies race to improve their Internet shopping experience, the trend towards shopping online is predicted to continue.
Most people commonly think that online shopping is better than in-store shopping. After all, an online store does not use the electricity that a traditional store might use and it doesn't require the customer to drive anywhere. So you would think the carbon savings must be significant.
Take the typical home delivery round in the UK, for example. Supermarket drivers often do 120 deliveries on an 80-kilometre round, producing 20 kilograms of CO2 in total. In contrast, a 21-kilometre drive to the store and back for one household would generate 24 times more CO2! However, the reality is slightly more complex than that. Many home deliveries fail the first time and the driver has to make a second or third attempt to deliver the purchase.
The carbon footprint also goes up if the customer chooses to return the item. A study in Germany shows that as many as one in three online purchases are returned. According to another study, merchandise worth nearly $ 326 million is returned each year in the USA. Two billion kilograms of this ends up in landfill, leading to 13 tons of CO2 being released.
When we take all these factors into consideration, we realize that online shopping isn't necessarily as green as people might think. There is some positive news, as various online retailers are starting to lower their carbon footprint by turning to electric delivery vehicles. However, the question of how to deal with returns efficiently and without waste is a challenge that many companies have not wanted to face, but they have to shoulder responsibilities.
【1】What is a common belief about online shopping according to the text?
A．It brings unpleasant changes.
B．It increases companies' pressure.
C．It is more environment-friendly.
D．It costs less than in-store shopping.
【2】The data in Paragraph 3 and Paragraph 4 mainly shows that________.
A．waste from online shopping should be recycled
B．customers should think twice before shopping
C．some online items are actually of poor quality
D．online shopping may cause much carbon footprint
【3】How do online retailers try to reduce carbon footprint?
A．By cutting the distance of delivery.
B．By using a greener way of delivery.
C．By choosing to sell electric vehicles.
D．By recycling their customers' returns.
【4】What is the best title for the text?
A．Bad Environmental Impact of Online Shopping
B．Shopping Delivery Is Harming the Environment
C．The Advantages and Disadvantages of Shopping
D．Online Companies Cause Much Carbon Footprint
22、 Today different online exercise programs are challenging the concept of traditional fitness models. Gyms and health clubs are no longer limited to “the four walls”. Digital extensions of traditional fitness are appearing, and to reach as many people as possible, the fitness industry is expanding its boundaries through virtual (虚拟的) fitness and accepting the latest scientific findings and technological advancements in health, technology.
Exergames (运动游戏) are a combination of physical exercise and digital games. Now fun and fitness are combined in various digital gaming products, products like Wii Fit Plus, Fitness Evolved, and Kinect Sports. What’s more, health technology is often built using principles of neuroscience, a science focused on studying the brain, Fitness Evolved, for example, focuses on stress and how you react to different stressors. This program helps you feel less threatened (受到威胁的) by targeting your specific stressors and then adjusts based on your interaction with the app.
Now there are a lot of smart exergames, one of which is BurnAlong. This online video platform combines the advantages of having a human instructor with the perks of practicing in the comfort of your own homer The platform lets users connect with whoever makes them feel most motivated—be it their favorite gym instructors, or friends who might he living on the opposite side of the country, A wide variety of programs are offered through the platform, as well as different effort levels, so everyone can find something that suits their level of fitness.
Another example is Zwift, an online multiplayer video game besed on indoor cycling. It allows you to join an online cycling group that includes members from over 150 countries. BitGym is also a smart virtual fitness app. As you train, you’re given beautiful virtual scenery to look at, complete with natural sounds and location-specific facts.. For this app, all you need to do is place your smartphone or tablet no your sports machine.
【1】What is the purpose of mentioning Fitness Evolved m Paragraph 2?
A.To show how health technology is built.
B.To explain what exergames actually are.
C.To prove the popularity of digital products.
D.To give a skill of managing stress in sporty.
【2】What does the underlined word “perks” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
A.Ways. B.Benefits.
C.Chances. D.Problems.
【3】In which exergame you are exposed to virtual natural beauty?
A.Kinect Sports. B.BurnAloog.
C.Zwift. D.BitGym.
【4】What does the author think of digital gaming products?
A.They are the best in improving health.
B.They cast users a great deal of money.
C.They bring certain convenience to users.
D.They suit people of various age groups.
23、To help astronauts of the future survive the mental challenges that come with living in space for extended periods of time, space travelers’ missions could soon be accompanied by AI-powered, empathetic (同理心的) robotic assistants.
Not only does space travel present astronauts with a lot of physical stresses, spending months or years in such a physically demanding place with limited space and the same people can also raise lots of mental tests as well. According to MIT Technology Review, scientists are wording to ease some of the mental challenges facing astronauts by creating “an AI assistant that’s able to feel human emotion and respond with empathy.”
While such a technology would prove itself useful by being able to predict the needs of crew members and “intervene (介入) if their mental health is in need of help, ”it has the potential to he life saving when humans choose to explore beyond the earth’s gravitational field and towards deep space.
Though astronauts currently on the International Space Station have an intelligent robot to interact with, it lacks proper emotional intelligence. As a result, a team at the organization’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is working on a more advanced and complicated emotional support companion that can control a spacecraft’s functioning in addition to tracking crew member’s behaviors.
Right now in the lab, an AI-equipped robot called Henry the Helper can be found wandering around the grounds helping visitors who appear confused or lost based on their facial expressions. Two more emotionally intelligent robots are expected to be introduced later this year, one of which is said to be able to participate in conversations more complex than giving navigation(导航) assistance.
The team’s final goal is to make a companion named Fiona the Future a reality, an emotionally intelligent cross-platform system. Rather than being limited to a physical robotic device, it could be digitally integrated into space stations and habitats on Mars and beyond. Fiona, if all goes according to the JPL’s plans, will help keep astronauts of the future mentally fit as they start their journeys to deep space.
【1】Why are the emotional support robots needed?
A．To help astronauts get rid of physical stresses.
B．To protect astronauts from emotional suffering.
C．To achieve the mission of exploring deep space.
D．To test the robots’ ability to feel human emotions.
【2】What is true about the current intelligent robot on the International Space Station?
A．It can save astronauts’ lives.
B．It can interact with astronauts.
C．It has emotional intelligence.
D．It can predict astronauts’ needs.
【3】What do we know about Fiona the Future?
A．It is due to be introduced this year.
B．It is available in the space stations.
C．It is just a physical robotic device.
D．It is more of an intelligent system.
【4】Where does this passage probably come from?
A．A medicine magazine.
B．A business magazine.
C．A science magazine.
D．A travel magazine.
24、Plants take carbon dioxide(CO2)out of the atmosphere to do photosynthesis(光合作用), and thus help reduce the greenhouse gases warming the planet. At least, that’s how the story went before researchers from the Carnegie Institution for Scienee(CIS)realized that today’s carbon dioxide levels cause the plants to behave in a way that actually contributes to global warming.
The CIS scientists unveiled new research that shows increased carbon dioxide levels cause plants to keep water that otherwise would have evaporated (蒸发)from their leaves, entered the atmosphere and helped cool the planet. At local levels, this effect can increase the temperature so that it is 25 percent higher than what the greenhouse effect would have done on its own. This increased warming results from plant leaves’ natural reaction to high CO2 environments. Plant leaves have tiny vents that open or close to let the plant breathe. In the presence of a high carbon dioxide concentration, these vents don’t need to open as wide to breathe in the same amount of CO2, and so they close up to prevent additional water from escaping.
Most climate models don’t take into account the cooling effect of this water, so the CIS researchers generated new climate models based on their understanding of this phenomenon. The new model showed that, averaged over the entire globe, the decreased water loss from plants accounts for 16 percent of warming of the land surface, with greenhouse effects accounting for the rest. But in some regions, such as parts of North America and eastern Asia, the effect can account for more than 25 percent of the total warming.
Unfortunately, these results don’t just confirm that the contribution of CO2 to global warming is worse than scientists previously thought, but also greatly add complexity to any attempts to reverse (反转)the warming process.
【1】What will happen in high CO2 environments?
A．Plants close up their vents.
B．Plants stop breathing in CO2.
C．Plants are not likely to react.
D．Plants suffer much water loss.
【2】What is known about the research?
A．It was carried out in certain regions.
B．It took many climate models into consideration.
C．It confirms CO2 doesn’t contribute to global warming.
D．It shows global warming is more complex than expected.
【3】Which of the following is the best title for the text?
A．Plants Can Warm the Planet
B．Plants Are Greener on the Earth
C．Global Warming Becomes Complex
D．New Climate Models Are on the Way
25、 I was a boy of nine in 1960. I used to mow the lawn for Mrs. Long. She paid me little for the job, but _________ to give me a Christmas present.
I spent much time _________ what it would be. Many boys had baseball gloves or ice skates and I was _________ to have any of these. “It would _________ be a baseball glove,” I _________ with myself. She wouldn’t know much about baseball. So I was _________ that she would give me ice skates. I even _________ myself upon the skates.
As Christmas approached, it was with _________ that I stopped myself from reporting to Mrs. Long and demanding my present. On December 22, I _________ myself at the door of the house. Mrs. Long sat me in a chair and handed me a small box which under no circumstances could __________ a pair of skates. I was __________. When lifting it from her, I was curious about the __________ of the present. It weighed almost nothing.
“What is it?” I asked.
“A kind of magic,” she said. Her words were enough to set my mind dancing with new __________ . There were other presents of normal dimension and weight. But Mrs. Long’s box dominated all, for it had to do with __________ .
On Christinas morning, before the sun was up, I had this box on my knees. With great __________ I opened the box to find inside ten sheets of black paper, each labeled in colorful letters, Carbon Paper Regal Premium. “What is it?” I asked. Mum took two pieces of white paper, placed between them one of the black paper, and wrote my name on the upper sheet. Then she handed me the second sheet, which her pencil had in no way touched. There was my name!
It was a miracle to my __________ mind. In that one moment, I __________ the ideas about the duplication (复制) of words and the printing and the mystery of spreading ideas. Thank Mrs. Long for her __________ to guess that a boy might profit from a present totally outside the realm (领域) of his __________ experience.
The average present __________ satisfies a temporary desire; the great one lights up all the years of life that remain.
【1】A.allowed B.promised C.attempted D.reminded
【2】A.asking B.recalling C.proving D.wondering
【3】A.eager B.generous C.amused D.determined
【4】A.possibly B.usually C.hardly D.definitely
【5】A.reasoned B.inquired C.checked D.complained
【6】A.shocked B.convinced C.delighted D.satisfied
【7】A.prepared B.expected C.taught D.imagined
【8】A.anxiety B.patience C.difficulty D.confirmation
【9】A.presented B.forced C.urged D.employed
【10】A.cover B.hold C.include D.involve
【11】A.angry B.regretful C.awkward D.disappointed
【12】A.value B.shape C.lightness D.meaning
【13】A.features B.proposals C.experiences D.possibilities
【14】A.magic B.interest C.love D.belief
【15】A.surprise B.energy C.excitement D.confidence
【16】A.sharp B.childish. C.brilliant D.creative
【17】A.spread B.understood C.remembered D.practiced
【18】A.wisdom B.kindness C.privilege D.encouragement
【19】A.rich B.precious C.ordinary D.unforgettable
【20】A.even B.still C.once D.merely
26、你校英文报开设了“经典阅读”专栏，将举办主题为“Reading Classics Will Never Be Outdated”的征文活动。请根据以下要点写一篇短文投稿，内容包括：
(1)阅读经典的人越来越少的原因；
(2)阅读经典的好处；
(3)你的建议。
注意：(1)词数100左右；
(2)可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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