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1、There are other languages that sound extremely different, ________ they’re conveying exactly the same meaning.
A.as though B.even though C.so that D.in that
2、It was this experience ________ made me realize how difficult it was for the disabled to live in this world.
A. that B. which
C. what D. who
3、The Zhuang is an ethnic group________ the population is the largest of all ethnic groups in China.
A．of whom
B．of which
C．of who
D．of that
4、-I had butterflies in my stomach before I gave that talk.
-I__________nervous too if I had been in you shoes.
A.was B.would be C.had been D.would have been
5、You are supposed to leave your child ________ his homework alone.
A. do B. to do
C. being done D. done
6、The employee might have been dismissed by the employer last month,______ ?
A. hasn't he B. didn't he C. wasn't he D. mightn't he
7、The 88th Academy Award Ceremony was held in Dolby Theatre, _______ seats an audience of approximately 3,400.
A. where B. whose C. which D. when
8、— We would appreciate it if you could stay for lunch.
— Sorry, I . I have another appointment.
A．won’t
B．shan’t
C．can’t
D．mustn’t
9、Hardly ______ when I regretted saying it.
A. had the word come out B. did the word come out
C. the word had come out D. the word came out
10、Probability is the mathematical study of the_____ of an event's occurrence.
A.desire B.likelihood C.result D.effect
11、________by the teacher to leave the classroom made him feel ashamed.
A．Asked
B．Being asked
C．Having asked
D．To have asked
12、We are determined that our raining should ______the current development in education.
A. keep pace with B. take possession of
C. make room for D. give birth to
13、It is known that water is not an endless resource, ________ can it be made once more, so we should save and protect it.
A．so
B．as
C．thus
D．nor
14、If he had been working hard, he ______ in the office now. However, he didn’t.
A. would be working B. were to be working C. was working D. should work
15、—It's a long journey. My car couldn't make it.
—You can drive my car. It's quite old, but it's still pretty________.
A.reliable B.convenient C.reasonable D.available
16、If you see things in a negative light, you will find faults everywhere and problems where there are really ________．
A. none B. some
C. many D. nothing
17、By the end of 2020, as is clearly stated, poverty relief work ________ across the country.
A.will have accomplished B.has been accomplished
C.has accomplished D.will have been accomplished
18、Languages across the world are becoming extinct______ endangered mammals and four times endangered birds.
A. at twice the rate of B. as twice fast as
C. twice faster as D. twice at the rate of
19、His eyes locked with mine，and I guessed he _____ the decision right then whether or not to simply tell me the truth.
A.made B.would make C.was making D.had made
20、 He had no sooner finished his speech________ the students started cheering.(2011·辽宁)
A. since B. as
C. when D. than
21、In some ways, learning to programme a computer is similar to learning a new language. It requires learning new symbols and terms, which must be organized correctly to instruct the computer what to do. The computer code must also be clear enough that other programmers can read and understand it.
In spite of those similarities, MIT neuroscientists (神经科学家) have found that reading computer code doesn’t activate the regions of the brain that are involved in language processing. Instead, it activates a distributed network called the multiple demand network, which is also related to complex tasks such as solving maths problems or crossword puzzles.
Although reading computer code activates the multiple demand network, it appears to rely more on different parts of the network than maths or logic problems do. “Understanding computer code seems to be its own thing. It isn’t the same as language, and it isn’t the same as maths and logic,” says Anna Ivanova, an MIT graduate student and the lead author of the study.
Evelina Fedorenko is the senior author of the paper, which appears today in eLife. A major focus of her research is the relationship between language and other cognitive (认知) functions. In particular，she has been studying the question of whether other functions rely on the brain’s language network, which includes Broca’s area and other regions in the left hemisphere (半球) of the brain. In previous work, her lab has shown that music and maths don’t appear to activate this language network.
There are two schools of thought regarding how the brain learns to code, she says. One holds that in order to be good at programming，you must be good at maths. The other suggests that because of the parallels between coding and language, language skills might be more relevant. To clarify this issue, the researchers set out to study whether brain activity patterns while reading computer code would overlap (重叠) with language-related brain activity.
【1】What’s paragraph 1 mainly about?
A．The computer must be instructed what to do.
B．Programming requires new symbols and terms.
C．The computer code must be clear and understandable.
D．There are similarities between programming and language learning.
【2】What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 3 mean?
A．Reading computer code is different from other cognitive tasks.
B．Learning languages is different from learning maths or logic.
C．Language, maths and logic are relatively easier to learn.
D．Reading computer code is more challenging.
【3】What might the researchers do next?
A．Set up two schools to study how the brain learns to code.
B．Research deeper into the parallels between coding and language.
C．Figure out the relationship between programming and learning maths.
D．Compare activity patterns of reading code with those of learning language.
【4】What field can the research findings be applied to?
A．Health.
B．Commerce.
C．Education.
D．Medicine
22、 When my son Connor started walking, we knew something was wrong. He was 17 months old, and he walked on his tiptoes. Soon Connor's muscles began to lose strength. At three he showed signs of upper-body weakness, by five he couldn't hold his head upright, and by the first grade, he would need a wheelchair. As the day passed, he tired and couldn't hold a pencil to write. Within two years, he would be too tired to feed himself dinner. Everyone was puzzled. Physically, his body was twisted, but he was mentally perfect. We ran tests after tests, but no definite answer.
Finally, in 2004, we consulted Dr. Shawn, a geneticist, who said that Connor's symptoms had signs of dystonia(肌张力障碍) —a very rare genetic disorder, and a possible cure was L-dopa. Though there was possible side effects of the treatment, when Connor’s condition worsened, I had little choice.
Dr. Jacobs, a neurologist(神经学家), gave Connor the first dose (一次剂量的药) on June 21, 2007, when he was nine years old. The next morning, when I went in to wake him up, I found him kneeling on his bed — he hadn't done that since he was learning to walk. He shouted, “Look at me, Mom!” Connor was excited.
Over the next few days, Connor kept getting stronger. He held his upper body much straighter after the first week. A few weeks later, he “furniture-walked,” supporting himself on chairs and couches. He later walked holding both of my hands, then just one hand. And on August 13, he walked across my mother’s living room by himself.
I could now believe the unbelievable: The medicine was working. The child who had been too weak to feed himself dinner was walking. Since then, every year on June 21, we celebrate Dopa Day with a cake and presents, for it’s Connor’s second “birthday,” and it marks the best day of my life.
【1】What’s wrong with Connor?
A.The doctor found he couldn’t walk.
B.Something was wrong when he was born.
C.Neither his mind nor his body was normal.
D.His mind was fine but his body was abnormal.
【2】Which of the following statements is true?
A.The L-dopa dose proved effective.
B.The L-dopa treatment was proved safe.
C.There were other cures for Connor's illness.
D.Nobody knew what kind of disease Connor had had.
【3】What’s special about the day of June 21?
A.It was Connor’s birthday.
B.It was the day when Connor started walking.
C.It was the day when Connor recovered completely.
D.It was the day when Connor got his first treatment of L-dopa.
23、A century ago, you needn’t travel far to find unique fruits or vegetables. Today, because of the widespread adoption of industrial farming practices, about 90 per cent of North America’s fruit and vegetable varieties have disappeared. With that goes resilience (适应力) against pests and future weather patterns, not to mention delicious flavors. But a group of Canadians have taken crop diversity into their own gardening gloves.
The rescue mission started in the early 1980s with about 100 backyard gardeners from B. C, Ontario and Quebec. To keep their favorite varieties spreading, the gardeners decided to save and share their own seeds. Soon 1, 000 of these growers were mailing seeds across the country.
In 1995, these gardeners formed Seeds of Diversity, a nonprofit focused on preserving Canada’s botanical (植物的) heritage. A little over a decade later, the group founded the Canadian Seed Library to house each crop variety. The Seed Library now stocks (贮存) more than 2, 900 seed varieties, stored in a closet at the nonprofit’s office in downtown Waterloo.
To keep the library well stocked, Seeds of Diversity operates an adopt-a-seed program; members pay between S50 and S250 - the cost of full sponsorship - to introduce a specifc variety into the seed library forever. Under the program, volunteers sign up for spring growing, and tiny envelopes are mailed to each taker; the rarest seeds are sent to the most experienced gardeners. At the end of the growing season, packages of fresh seeds are shipped back to Waterloo for drying, weighing and testing, before going into storage.
Bob Wildfong, the executive director of the organization, considers the purple striped pole bean, an old Mennonite variety from the Waterloo area, his current favorite seed. He says the humble bean signifies something he’s found most beautiful about seed saving: the links between people and families. “I’m growing this Mennonite bean, and it’s not from my family, ” Wildfong says. “But now it’s part of my life, and I would like someone else to adopt it so it becomes part of their life, too. ”
【1】What can we infer based on the first paragraph?
A．Fewer Canadians are doing gardening now.
B．Varied crops can better fight pests and bad weather.
C．Today’s fruits and vegetables are less healthy than before.
D．Industrial farming practices have increased crop diversity.
【2】What do we know about Seeds of Diversity and the Canadian Seed Library?
A．The Canadian Seed Library was established in 1995.
B．Seeds of Diversity has members at home and abroad.
C．Seeds of Diversity makes money by charging its members.
D．The Canadian Seed Library is based in downtown Waterloo.
【3】Which of the following statements is correct?
A．It costs the same to introduce different seeds into the library.
B．The volunteers of Seeds of Diversity can adopt any seed they want.
C．The growers dry, weigh and test the fresh seeds before storing them.
D．Seed sharing can strengthen personal connections between growers.
【4】Which is the best title for the passage?
A．Growing More Crops
B．The Art of Gardening
C．Saving the Seeds
D．The Beauty of Nature
24、 Spot lights are not just for rock concerts and Broadway shows. There are many ways to use them around your home's exterior as well. You can use them to add safety to a stairwell, prevent intruders from entering your home or show off your favorite rose hush 【1】 . Learning the advantages of this option will help you decide whether they are right for your home.
Solar spot lights are highly energy efficient. Since they are operated solely using power from the sun, they will save you money and help the environment over time. 【2】, so you do not need a large upfront investment prior to seeing savings once you are using them.
【3】. Since they do not require direct electricity, there is no wiring to worry about and typically, no special tools required. You can install them virtually anywhere, staking them into the ground, hanging them from the eaves of your home or even attaching them to siding, brick or trees in your yard.
Solar spot lights are very safe to use, as well. 【4】 when installing the lights. You can confidently place them near a swimming pool or other water source with no qualms, and you do not need to be concerned about wires being struck or cut when pets dig, children play or you spend time gardening in your yard.
【5】. You should wipe them regularly with a damp, soft cloth to remove dust and dirt that build up over time. They do require batteries, but they generally last a year or longer, and you can always buy a set of rechargeable batteries to make your lights even more frugal (节 约的) and environmentally friendly.
A.Finally, they are easy to maintain
B.They are extremely easy to install
C.Lastly, they do not require direct electricity
D.Solar energy is a free, inexhaustible resource
E.Again, they need no wiring, so there is no risk of electrical shock
F.In addition, they are not particularly expensive to purchase either
G.If you should decide to use them, consider installing solar spot lights
25、阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A，B，C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Shoes can tell you a lot about a person. Winsion ______ believed in this. He could fit people into different classes simply by the shoes on their feet.
One day, Winson was ______ on his regular bench at the train station, watching passers-by. Suddenly he ____ something different. Two bare feet walked past, making a (n) ______ sound on the floor. Their bareness made Winson feel ______ by surprise. He had seen many strange feet, but had never seen such feet without any cover. He ______ what kind of man could completely ______ the basic rules of society, sticking his bare feet out for all to see. "A ______ man who was crazy and bad-tempered perhaps."Winson thought.
Winson turned around on the bench and folded his arms tightly to ______ any possible touch. The man, however, took up the ______ made free by Winson's shrinking (退缩).
"It's a rough day, "the shoe-less man said, putting a plastic bag between them, "I had to ______ my shoes." He looked at his bare feet.
"It's my little girl's ______ ," he explained. "She's seven today. All she wanted was a cake, with her ______ on the top."
Out of curiosity. Winson ______ the bag to see the cake. It was a small white cake with the letters "A-m-e-l-i-a" on the top. "It's pretty, isn't it?" the man said, being aware of Winson's ______ . "I just got it for her at the cost of a pair of shoes, ______ you can see."
His ______ sounded like he was about to cry. Winson ______ his head and met the stranger's eyes. They were kind and beautiful eves, sharply contrasting with his bare and ______ feet.
The man was a great father. Winson was ______ of his bad judgement of the mar simply for his lack of shoes.
【1】A.never B.almost C.unwillingly D.firmly
【2】A.reading B.sleeping C.seated D.stuck
【3】A.expected B.spotted C.achieved D.attempted
【4】A.unclear B.unfamiliar C.noisy D.beautiful
【5】A.overcome B.covered C.influenced D.inspired
【6】A.asked B.knew C.wondered D.proved
【7】A.explain B.keep C.change D.ignore
【8】A.serious B.generous C.dangerous D.famous
【9】A.require B.prevent C.lose D.bear
【10】A.space B.time C.challenge D.suggestion
【11】A.sell B.repair C.throw out D.find out
【12】A.idea B.bag C.birthday D.toy
【13】A.age B.name C.motto D.photo
【14】A.pushed away B.took out C.looked through D.cleaned up
【15】A.sorrow B.interest C.embarrassment D.kindness
【16】A.so B.if C.but D.as
【17】A.song B.story C.lecture D.voice
【18】A.raised B.buried C.hit D.shook
【19】A.white B.lovely C.disabled D.dirty
【20】A.ashamed B.confident C.fond D.afraid
26、假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Peter对中国春联(Spring Festival couplets)产生了浓厚兴趣，来信向你了解中国的春联文化。请你用英语写一封回信，为他介绍春联的用途、内容和寓意等。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入支出数。
Dear Peter,
I’m glad to know you have a great interest in Spring Festival couplets.
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Yours,
Lihua
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