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1、—I can’t think why he ______ so angry. I meant no offence.
—It’s typical of him to be sensitive.
A.must have been B.should have been
C.might have been D.can have been
2、To ______ the turkey, people often prepare other things, such as cornbread, mashed potatoes (土豆泥), and pumpkin or apple pie.
A.come across B.go with C.search for D.figure out
3、O. Henry, _____short story the Gift of the Magi is a good example of true love, is a pen name.
A. what B. whose C. who D. which
4、_______for the wrong turning on the highway, I would be having dinner with my friends now.
A.Had it not been B.Were it not C.It had not been D.It were not
5、—Tu Youyou proves with hardships _______ great honor.
—Sure. Opportunities favour the prepared mind.
A. comes B. will come C. is coming D. are coming
6、— What’s wrong? You look really stressed out.
—I ________ the whole week preparing for my graduation paper.
A.work B.have worked
C.have been working D.worked
7、It’s widely acknowledged that reading printed texts is no _______ for personal discussion with a great thinker.
A.substitute B.subject C.submission D.substance
8、No matter how________, it is not necessarily lifeless.
A.dry may a desert be B.a desert may be dry
C.may a desert be dry D.dry a desert may be
9、We won’t forget the heroes ________ lost their lives while fighting against a forest fire.
A.who B.whose C.when D.why
10、The limited supply of water has been put into practice, so take care to turn off the running _______ before you leave.
A.system B.switch C.tap D.tank
11、Do you remember a certain occasion ________ you were in trouble and at that moment I gave you a hand?
A．which
B．that
C．when
D．where
12、 The joy of living comes from ______ we put into living.
A. what B. that C. where D. How
13、Experts advised that parents ______ children from doing homework by using electronic equipment too much.
A. discouraged B. discourage
C. would discourage D. have discouraged
14、 if I had arrived yesterday without letting you know beforehand?
A. Would you be surprised B. Were you surprised
C. Had you been surprised D. Would you have been surprised
15、We’d better go now, ______ we’ll miss the train.
A. but B. so C. otherwise D. therefore
16、You must notice_________ the emergency exit is when entering the building.
A. where B. what C. which D. in which
17、Every year, __________ makes the most beautiful kite will win a prize in the Kite Festival.
A.whoever B.whomever C.no matter who D.no matter whom
18、Social and cultural activities for senior citizens ______ over the past several years.
A. conducted B. were conducted
C. have conducted D. have been conducted
19、Protesters calling for a higher minimum wage gather on Tuesday in Miami, Florida, as part of ________ organizers called a “day of action” nationwide to improve the salaries of fast food workers in the United states ________ are badly paid.
A. which; who B. what; that C. what; how D. how; which
20、Nantong has become one of the most_____cities in the Yangtze River Delta through innovation.
A.dynamic B.conservative C.primitive D.ethnic
21、Drug Allergy
INSTRUCTIONS:
Medicines:
●Keep a written list of what medicines you take and when and why you take them. Bring the list of your medicines or the pill bottles when you see your caregiver. Learn why you take each medicine. Ask your caregiver for information about your medicines. Do not take any medicines without first talking to caregivers.
●Always take your medicine as directed by caregivers. Call your caregiver if you think your medicine is not helping or if you feel you are having side effects. Do not quit taking it until you discuss it with you caregiver.
Allergies:
●Talk with your caregiver before taking any drugs, including over-the-counter drugs, vitamins, and herbs.
●After taking a new drug in your caregiver’s office, always stay there for at least 15 minutes.
If you get hives (荨麻疹) or rash (皮疹):
●Talk with your caregiver about taking an antihistamine(a drug used to treat allergies)that you can buy over the counter.
●Take the antihistamine until the hives are gone for 24 hours.
The following are ways to lessen itching (痒):
●Put cold compresses (敷布) on the skin, or take cool baths.
●Wear loose-fitting clothes and avoid tight underwear.
CONTACT A CAREGIVER IF:
●You think you are having a reaction to a drug. Symptoms may appear as soon as 15 minutes after taking a medication.
●Your rash, hives, or itching have not gone away.
SEEK CARE IMMEDIATELY IF:
●You have trouble breathing, tight feeling in your chest or throat, or a swelling in your mouth. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY. Dial 120 for help.
●You have hives, swelling, or itching ALL OVER your body.
【1】What should you do to relieve itching?
A．Take hot baths.
B．Wear loose underwear.
C．Take some vitamins.
D．Stay in caregiver’s office for a while.
【2】In what situation will you ask for care at once?
A．You feel sleepy and tired.
B．Your rash has not faded away.
C．You are having a reaction to a drug.
D．You have itching all over the body.
【3】What is the author’s purpose of writing the passage?
A．To introduce some drug allergies.
B．To comment on the drug allergies.
C．To advertise a kind of medicine.
D．To advise people to learn more about medicines.
22、 It’s common knowledge that the woman in Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous painting seems to look back at observers, following them with her eyes no matter where they stand in the room. But this common knowledge turns out wrong.
A new studying that the woman in the painting is actually looking out at an angle that’s 15.4 degrees off to the observer’s right-well outside of the range that people normally believe when they think someone is looking right at them. It other words, said the study author, Horstmann, “She’s not looking at you.” This is somewhat ironic, because the entire phenomenon of a person’s gaze (凝视) in a photograph or painting seeming to follow the viewer is called the “Mona Lisa effect”. That effect is absolutely real. Horstmann said. If a person is illustrated or photographed looking straight ahead, even people viewing the portrait from an angle will feel they are being looked at. As long as the angle of the person’s gaze is no more than about 5 degrees off to either side, the Mona Lisa effect occurs.
Horstmann and his co-author were studying this effect for its application in the creation of artificial-intelligence avatars (虚拟头像) when Horstmann took a long at the “Mona Lisa” and realized she wasn’t looking at him. To make sure it wasn’t just him, the researchers asked 24 people to view images of the “Mona Lisa” on a computer screen.
So why do people repeat the belief that her eyes seem to follow the viewer? Horstmann isn’t sure. It’s possible, he said, that people have the desire to be looked at, so they think the woman is looking straight at them. Or maybe the people who first coined the term “Mona Lisa effect” just though it was a cool name.
【1】What is generally believed about the woman in the painting “Mona Lisa”?
A．She attracts the viewers to look back.
B．She seems mysterious because of her eyes.
C．She fixes her eyes on the back of the viewers.
D．She looks at the viewers wherever they stand.
【2】What gaze range in a painting will cause the Mona Lisa effect?
A．
B．
C．
D．
【3】Why was the experiment involving 24 people conducted?
A．To confirm Horstmann’s belief.
B．To create artificial-intelligence avatars.
C．To calculate the angle of Mona Lisa’s gaze.
D．To explain how the Mona Lisa effect can be applied.
【4】What can we learn from the text?
A．Horstmann thinks it’s cool to coin the term “Mona Lisa effect”.
B．The Mona Lisa effect contributes to the creation of artificial intelligence.
C．Feeling being gazed at by Mona Lisa may be caused by the desire for attention.
D．The position of the viewer in the experiment will influence the viewers’ judgement.
23、My mother never talked about her Chinese childhood when my siblings and I were growing up, and we never asked. From her we learned that family history was not of interest, and in our ignorance we turned our backs on what had gone before. We lived on a plateau in a land of canyons, separated from our past by chasms(断裂) of time, language, and culture. My mother was a native guide who could have led us along the sheer cliff walls and dangerous riverbeds of the old days, but she never did.
For her, the past was divided into parts, each occupying a separate memory bank, some of which she tried never to visit. For me, her past was just a hopeless jumble(混乱), like a creaky, junk-ridden attic to which I was not allowed entry. China, America, and somewhere, vaguely, in between, Taiwan: I could not comprehend how the three came together to form the person who had formed me.
My mother never told stories; she only mentioned facts and casual references to her past. She described the most thrilling events as casually as she would trip to a local supermarket. “When we left China, I had to wear gold bars sewn into my belt. They were so heavy.” She might as well have been talking about a bag of groceries for all the emotions she displayed. When she happened to mention the fact that her grandmother had bound feet, I accepted the news with equal equanimity(泰然). Her delivery was so matter-of-fact I assumed everyone’s grandmother wore shoes that measured a mere three-and-a-half inches.
Now I begin to understand. To reflect on the past means to reexperience it. A onetime high-school quarterback remembers the touchdown that won the state finals in vivid detail. Doting(溺爱的) parents tirelessly and tiresomely recount the same dull anecdotes from their children’s lives. But the process works in the negative as well, and the terror that wakes my mother up at night gasping and pressing hand to heart, is very real. She did not want to share it with me. Perhaps she wished to protect me. Her secrecy was a gift, I in turn, did not want to receive.
My physical features marked me as a stranger in my own country, but I knew nothing of the land of my ancestors. I could not even converse(交谈) with the various relatives and old family friends who crowded around the dinner table at holiday times. Their jokes and discussions swirled meaninglessly about my head. Among aliens, I myself was an alien. I grew up, self-contained, and removed from the world around me, unable to explain anything to anyone because nothing had ever been explained to me. At the same time I longed to—a bird beating its head against glass, wanting to be let inside. If I could somehow capture my mother’s essence(实质), the glass would disappear. The path forward would be clear.
I was an adult and a writer in search of a subject when I finally asked my mother to talk about her life. That first conversation, she spoke practically in monosyllables(单调). “Yes” and “No” were the only response I could induce out of her. If a question demanded a more detailed answer, she responded by saying, “I don’t know.” I was the customer at an information store; she was its surly clerk. Eventually I ended up inventing my own time frame for the worthless trickle of memories she reluctantly let drip forth. She did not care if the dates were accurate or not. The conversation took on a surrealistic tinge(色彩). She would mention that she had moved to a certain city in 1943. “Oh, no.” I would respond. “It had to be 1945.” She would shrug. Together, we were reinventing her past, not exploring as I had wished. The process left me so frustrated that when she got up to go to sleep, I badgered(缠着) her all the way to her bedroom. She lay on one side while I hovered(蜷缩) in a chair over her.
“Tell me more.” I begged. “What do you remember?”
“Ai-you” she was finally annoyed, her eyes blinking open. “I just don’t want to remember.”
I think my mother was sorry she could not help me more. She gave me something before I left. At the time I doubted that it would do me any good. It was a list of names of some of the eager voices who used to call asking for her in Chinese when I was a young girl. Much later, I would realize it was a map to my mother’s heart. At the time, I simply had no other direction to follow. I began returning the phone calls from my mother’s past.
【1】The primary purpose of the passage is to _______.
A. celebrate a discovery B. explain a difficult undertaking
C. criticize an attitude D. imagine a person’s history
【2】The mother gave the impression that “family history was not of interest” probably because _______
A. she thought that history entirely commonplace
B. she had been too young to understand political events
C. she had lost touch with anyone who shared that history
D. much of it was painful for her to recollect.
【3】The author’s “equanimity” arose from the _______.
A. mother’s manner of speaking
B. mother’s ambiguous language
C. author’s assumptions about earlier generation
D. author’s knowledge of long-gone era
【4】“Now I begin to understand.” conveys the author’s new appreciation of _______.
A. how ambitious her mother’s expectations were for her children
B. how the mother could be genuinely indifferent to the past
C. the mother’s motivation for being reluctant to respond
D. the family’s reason for leaving China
【5】About which of the following does the reference to “map” help make “the list of names”?
A. It included people the mother had cared most about when she was growing up.
B. It was the guide that would allow the author to come to some understanding of her mother’s essence.
C. It included information that her mother had not previously revealed to anyone.
D. It contained the information that the author had sought but that her mother did not know.
【6】From the end of the passage, the author is returning the phone calls by _______.
A. answering questions put by her mother’s friends
B. contacting people her mother knew in the past
C. greeting strangers as warmly as family members
D. contacting relatives involved in similar research
24、Three Modern Services
When you're working a full-time job, studying or on the hunt for work, life can feel exhausting. The good news is that modern technology has made life easier in many ways, and with the following services, you'll find you have more time and energy for the things that matter.
Meal kit delivery services
Meal kit delivery services are one of the most underestimated innovations of the 21st century. How they work is simple. At the beginning you choose how many people need to eat in your household. Then, what your dietary requirements are, and any other preferences. Finally, you get to choose which meal kits will be delivered to your door.
No matter your diet, you can have an appropriate meal kit delivered. For example, check out these low carb meal delivery options. The kit comes complete with all the ingredients you need, already prepared. All you have to do is to follow the simple recipe to put them together and pop your meal in the oven.
With meal kit delivery, you don’t have to worry about cooking or spending money on takeout. Your trips to the grocery store will become easier and you'll waste less money and food.
Taskrabbit
One of the most frustrating aspects of having a place you call your own is that you have to take care of the maintenance(维修). Even if you are renting, there are certain tasks that your landlord will expect you to see to, whether a leaky tap or a problematic electrical appliance.
For this, Taskrabbit connects you with freelancers who are willing to take on just about any task for you. You can hire someone to take care of your leaky tap rather than spending your own time and energy doing it. You're giving someone work while enjoying your time off.
Postmates
Finally, one of the most convenient and useful services is, of course, Postmates. With Postmates, you can get just about anything delivered or deliver something yourself. You can get someone to do your groceries for you – simply make a list of what you need and choose whether the shopper should call you if something is out or if they can decide on replacements themselves.
You can also use it for takeout, to send or receive documents, and any other delivery needs you have.
We live in an age of convenience, and we should take advantage of it. Start using the above services and you'll see your stress levels drop.
【1】What will people first do to enjoy Meal kit delivery services?
A.To check out some options.
B.To pop your meal in the oven.
C.To confirm the exact number of people.
D.To follow the simple recipe to put them together.
【2】What do the three Modern Services have in common?
A.They can help people save money.
B.All the Modern Services are top-level.
C.They can make people easily enjoy their lives.
D.Young people show their preference for the three Modern Services.
【3】Where is the passage most likely to be taken from?
A.A magazine. B.A book review.
C.A novel. D.A guidebook.
25、 My community and state are still recovering from the catastrophe that hit recently. A wall of storms with hurricane force winds_______late on a Friday evening, knocking down trees,_______roads, damaging homes, and destroying power lines.
Hundreds of thousands of people_______found themselves in the_______without water, electricity, air conditioning, telephones, Internet, and television. They found themselves cut_______from the modern world bearing 37℃plus heat with no help and no idea_______it would be over.
The most amazing thing happened,_________,as the reality of the crisis sank in：it brought out the best in us. While there were a few_________acts, they were overwhelmed(淹没) by the wave of_______and sympathy that came from the hearts of so many.
People shared their food, ice, and gasoline. People who still had power opened their homes to those who had________.People________to clear roads and homes of________trees. Selfless power crews worked around the clock to repair the damage and restore electricity.
People________on front porches(门廊) to talk. Strangers came together as one family to help one another in this time of great need. It was such a(an) ________seeing all these people acting like this under such tough circumstances.
Life's________strike all of us from time to time. No one is________We all get hurt. We all get challenged. We all get squeezed by________during our days here. How we respond to them, though, is________us. We can let them bring out the ________in us or we can let them bring out the best in us. We can react to them like demons of selfishness or like angels of love.
May you always bring the best from your heart and soul to whatever life may________at you then.
【1】A.twisted B.shook C.struck D.dropped
【2】A.blocking B.ending C.locking D.building
【3】A.accidentally B.naturally C.gradually D.suddenly
【4】A.distance B.coldness C.dark D.street
【5】A.down B.off C.in D.away
【6】A.when B.where C.why D.how
【7】A.therefore B.thus C.besides D.however
【8】A.lovely B.selfish C.foolish D.kind
【9】A.sadness B.loneliness C.love D.luck
【10】A.one B.none C.them D.it
【11】A.worked out B.turned out C.rushed out D.watched out
【12】A.fallen B.planted C.missed D.protected
【13】A.approached B.continued C.left D.gathered
【14】A.joy B.hurt C.pity D.affection
【15】A.doubts B.disasters C.fears D.questions
【16】A.disturbed B.spared C.included D.involved
【17】A.confidence B.condition C.experiences D.difficulties
【18】A.due to B.back to C.up to D.according to
【19】A.worst B.highest C.most D.largest
【20】A.laugh B.glance C.point D.throw
26、Directions: Write an English composition in 120—150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
假设你是明启中学的学生王磊，你校准备开设名为《劳动与生活》或《机器人编程》的选修课程，并在校园网征求学生意见，请写一封邮件给校方，内容必须包括：
1．你感兴趣的课程；
2．你期望在这门课程中学到什么；
3. 为什么想学这些内容。
邮箱： 