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1、When he ______ the bill in the restaurant, he suddenly realized that he had left his wallet in the car.
A.paid B.would be paying
C.was to pay D.had paid
2、There is no doubt that climate all over the world ______ greatly in recent years.
A. had changed B. is changing
C. changed D. has been changing
3、---What kind of apartment do you need?
--- ________ with two bedrooms, one bathroom and one kitchen.
A．The one
B．That
C．One
D．It
4、Giving up my job to go back to full-time education was a big __________, but now I know it was the best decision I ever made.
A.project B.commitment C.competition D.ambition
5、The ancient historic site is extremely expensive to________, but the local government spends some money repairing it every three years.
A．preserve
B．deserve
C．appreciate
D．celebrate
6、If we had phoned the rescue service in time, we ________ on the motorway right now.
A. weren’t trapped
B. wouldn’t be trapped
C. hadn’t been trapped
D. wouldn’t have been trapped
7、They _______ the business deal in less than an hour, after which they had a golf game.
A. wrapped up B. picked up
C. called up D. took up
8、You can ask anyone for help. ________ here is willing to lend you a hand.
A. Everyone B. No one
C. One D. Someone
9、This flu season in the U．S. began earlier than usual and started ________ in midNovember with an increase of influenza B.
A.building up B.piling up C.rising up D.picking up
10、We know you care about your home and family. ________ you wouldn't be reading Ideal Home.
A．Therefore
B．Otherwise
C．Instead
D．Meanwhile
11、The use of computers has made ______ possible for more people to work at home.
A. it B. that C. which D. what
12、—Fiona never fails to grasp any chance of promotion.
—She’s a woman of ________.
A. ambition B. attention
C. expectation D. reputation
13、The Chinese government has begun a campaign to_____________ the crazy housing market.
A.calm B.destroy
C.occupy D.reflect
14、______ unemployment and crime are high, it can be assumed that the latter is due to the former.
A. Where B. Before C. Until D. Unless
15、Can it be ______ in a fast-changing world we don’t know what to teach our children today?
A.which B.that C.why D.since
16、BYD Motor is designing more new models, ______ a 20 percent growth in sales this year.
A．eyeing
B．eyes
C．eyed
D．having eyed
17、The young lady, ________ several attempts to fix her cell phone, decided to have another try.
A. making B. to have made
C. having made D. made
18、I can’t thank you ____ much for the kindness, because without your help I couldn’t have succeeded in the exam.
A.so B.too C.such D.that
19、A recent study, while showing a generally positive attitude toward the new industry, also suggests a widespread concern _________ it may be “running out of control”.
A.that B.when C.while D.if
20、People around us ______ affect our thoughts and behaviors.
A. must B. can
C. should D. would
21、A recent story in the Wall Street Journal newspaper looked at students who went to celebrated universities such as Columbia and New York University, for advanced degrees in subjects like art, film and even social work. Many of the students said they learned a lot. However, when they graduated, they were deep in debt and did not think they would find work that would let them pay back their loans.
Students said they spoke with Columbia about the high cost of advanced arts degrees but never received a reasonable answer. Education experts say the school is very wealthy, with large funds. The University, however, prefers to ask the students to pay the full cost.
Kevin Carey is a higher education expert for New America, a public policy research center. He called master’s degrees “a scam” in a conversation. “Charging people a ton of money to go into any artistic career is often super problematic,” he said.
Castillo is an actor in New York City. He earned an MFA from The Actors Studio in New York City. Was his MFA worth the cost? “I do think it was worth it. I don’t put a price tag on my education or my experience. I think it’s sort of unfortunate that so many people take education for granted.” Castillo said students who are thinking about an advanced degree in art should be sure they are doing it because they value the education, not because they want money or to be famous.
Plazinska is a filmmaker in New York City. She attended graduate school both at Baylor University in Texas and at the University of Lowa. Arts graduate programs can help students meet and make friends with fellow artists with whom they can work throughout their careers. For school to be of value, students need to remember why they started making art in the beginning. “It’s just for the pure pleasure of creating and fulfilling myself this way.”
【1】What’s the problem for students in famous universities for art advanced degrees?
A．They can’t take loans.
B．They can’t find any work.
C．They may be heavily in debt.
D．They may drop out of university.
【2】What does the underlined word “scam” in paragraph 3 mean?
A．Way.
B．Trick.
C．Skill.
D．Game.
【3】What does Castillo think of his MFA?
A．He thinks highly of it.
B．It’s a waste of money.
C．He takes it for granted.
D．It brings him fame and money.
【4】What can we infer from the last two paragraphs?
A．Arts graduate programs ensure a promising future.
B．Students had better consider whether they can afford the fee.
C．Arts graduate programs introduce celebrity artists to their students.
D．Students should stick to their original purposes while learning.
22、 These animal dads have some seriously strange ideas about fatherhood.
Barbary macaque
Unlike human dads boasting of their kids' winning contests or college acceptances, barbary macaques, monkeys that are native to North Africa, show off babies as a way to impress each other and build social networks. These monkeys live in troops of about 30 members, and life centers around the babies born each spring.
During baby season, males carry the infants, even picking up little ones that aren’t their own offspring (后代). However, there are status symbols, used to build male social networks and connections within the group. The infants can serve as a social passport, to approach other males and hang out with them. After all, it’s much simpler to break the ice if you have a cute baby in hand.
Sand grouse
Lots of dads bring home the bacon. But for young sand grouses living in Namibia’s dry deserts, water is the essential resource. Sand grouse fathers are the frequent flyers that travel almost 125 miles each day to fill up for the family at a watering hole.
With no other way to transport water, male sand grouses settle in the pool, rocking back and forth to bathe their belly feathers. Filling up can take 15 minutes, leaving them exposed to killers like falcons (猎鹰). But it all pays off. The dads return home after a long day and are able to provide their babies with few precious tablespoons of liquid.
Pipefish
Pregnant pipefish males-yes, males-give birth to live young from eggs that females deposit in their brood pouches (育儿袋). This mothering act has earned them praise as devoted animal dads.
But it turns out that the pregnant pipefish also has a wandering eye. If he sees a bigger female he often aborts (流产) existing eggs. If he stops exporting nutrients to the developing embryos (胚胎) while reabsorbing nutrients from abortions, he assures enough resources to invest in the more rewarding offspring.
Blue poison dart frog
Females of this species lay only about half a dozen precious eggs. That is maybe why dads are so devoted to them. Frog eggs must stay watery or moist, and these devoted dads accomplish that by regularly urinating on them over the course of 10 days, until they hatch (孵化) as tadpoles.
【1】Barbary macaques carry their kids around in order to _____.
A．show how proud they are about being a father.
B．show their family strength within monkey groups.
C．center around their kids as a tradition.
D．build up better relations with other monkeys.
【2】The resource of water or liquid is precious to _____.
A．barbary macaque and sand grouse.
B．sand grouse and pipefish.
C．pipefish and blue poison dart frog.
D．sand grouse and blue poison dart frog.
【3】Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A．Sand grouse carries the water by drinking it first and then spitting it out.
B．Pipefish gives up some eggs in order to make himself stronger.
C．Male blue poison dart frog protects the eggs by keeping them wet.
D．Sand grouse has to compete for water with the falcon.
23、D Throughout the history of the arts, the nature of creativity has remained constant to artists．No matter what objects they select, artists are to bring forth new forces and forms that cause change---to find poetry where no one has ever seen or experienced it before．
Landscape (风景) is another unchanging element of art．It can be found from ancient times through the17th-century Dutch painters to the 19th-century romanticists and impressionists．In the 1970s Alfred Leslie, one of the new American realists, continued this practice．Leslie sought out the same place where ThomasCole, a romanticist, had produced paintings of the same scene a century and a half before．Unlike Cole who insists on a feeling of loneliness and the idea of finding peace in nature, Leslie paints what he actually sees．In his paintings, there is no particular change in emotion, and he includes ordinary things like the highway in the background．He also takes advantage of the latest developments of color photography to help both the eye and the memory when he improves his painting back in his workroom．
Besides, all art begs the age-old question: What is real? Each generation of artists has shown their understanding of reality in one form or another．The impressionists saw reality in brief emotional effects, the realists in everyday subjects and in forest scenes, and the Cro-Magnon cave people in their naturalistic drawings of the animals in the ancient forests．To sum up, understanding reality is a necessary struggle for artists of all periods．
Over thousands of years the function of the arts has remained relatively constant．Past or present, Eastern or Western, the arts are a basic part of our immediate experience．Many and different are the faces ofart, and together they express the basic need and hope of human beings．
【1】The underlined word “poetry” most probably means ________ ．
A．an object for artistic creation
B．an unusual quality
C．a collection of poems
D．a natural scene
【2】Leslie’s paintings are extraordinary because ___________．
A．they draw attention to common things in life
B．they look like works by 19th-century painters
C．they are close in style to works in ancient times
D．they depend heavily on color photography
【3】What is the author’s opinion of artistic reality?
A．It does not have a long-lasting standard
B．It will not be found in future works of art．
C．It is expressed in a fixed artistic form．
D．It is lacking in modern works of art．
【4】Which of the following is the main topic of the passage?
A．History of the arts．
B．Use of modern technology in the arts．
C．Basic questions of the arts．
D．New developments in the arts．
24、Before COVID-19, there was widespread movement (运动)in the U. S. -shoppers in many American states were required to bring reusable bags to food stores or pay money to receive a bag; restaurants in some areas were told not to use plastic takeout boxes. But COVID-19 has changed everything.
In just a few days, governors in Massachusetts and Illinois became strongly against the use of reusable cloth bags that were often brought to food stores; Oregon put off its new ban on plastic bags; and cities from Bellingham, Washington, to Albuquerque, New Mexico have stopped plastic bag bans for the time being. "Those who use reusable bags do not often wash them. People are frightened as COVID-19 continue, so the environment is taking a back seat," said Glen Quadros, owner of the Great American Diner & Bar in Seattle, Washington.
There is an increase in takeout food and a ban on reusable cups and straws (吸管) at the few coffee stores that remain open. Many environmentalists worry that COVID-19 would impede their efforts to reduce plastic products.
According to a study by the U. S. National Institutes of Health, the virus can stay on plastics for up to three days. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it appears possible for a person to get COVID-19 by touching something that has the virus on it and then touching their face. As a result, the Plastics Industry Association says that one-use plastic bags are safer now.
California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, New York, Oregon and Vermont have all banned plastic bags statewide. The Plastics Industry Association recently sent a letter to Alex Azar, who is head of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Association asked him to do something about the plastic bag bans, saying that the rules are putting people at risk.
【1】What is the movement about in the U. S. mentioned in the text?
A．Saving food and decreasing waste.
B．Making full use of plastic products.
C．Removing one-use plastic products.
D．Encouraging cooking at home.
【2】What happened after COVID-19?
A．Plastic bans received support from more states.
B．Plastic bans prevented people ordering takeout food.
C．Plastic bans were overlooked by the public.
D．Plastic bans sped up the spread of viruses.
【3】Which of the following can replace the underlined word "impede" in Paragraph 3?
A．reward
B．require
C．increase
D．stop
【4】What does the Plastics Industry Association want to do?
A．To improve the quality of one-use plastic bags.
B．To teach people the right way to use plastic bags.
C．To ask Alex Azar to remove the plastic bag bans.
D．To support Alex Azar in fighting against COVID-19.
25、 When 10-year-old Romeo Cox realized what he wanted more than anything else was a hug from his 77-year-old grandmother, he decided to make the journey. He did not let the 1,7000-mile distance and the fact that there were no flights _______ him.
“I hadn’t _______ her for a year and a half owing to the pandemic (流行病), so I _______ to go and see her in secret,” he said. “I meant it to be a(an) _______ .”
“I asked my _______ and they said no more than 50 times, but I _______ talked them into letting me do it,” he told The Daily Mail.
Romeo turned his plan into _______ .“I drew a map. I’d walk and take boats and do it naturally to _______ the planet,” he told The Times. “And I’d take Dad. It would be _______ to have an adult.”
Romeo and Phil __________ from Sicily, Italy on June 20. They trekked (跋涉) across Italy, Switzerland and France. They spent many nights beneath the stars. They were also __________ to fight off wild dogs, got lost a time or two, __________ sore feet and so on. But no matter how __________ the conditions were, they just kept going.
On September 21, they __________ London’s Trafalgar Square, where they spent a two-week mandatory isolation (强制隔离) before being __________ to make the final leg of journey to Grandma Rosemary’s __________ .
With his grandmother’s house eventually in sight, Romeo __________ a joyful run. And he ended up in the __________ he had been longing for.
“I can hardly imagine my grandson’s __________ trip yet,” she admitted frankly. But more than anything else, love and gratitude __________ her heart.
A．stop
B．destroy
C．trick
D．challenge
A．written
B．called
C．missed
D．seen
A．promised
B．agreed
C．planned
D．offered
A．surprise
B．present
C．chance
D．option
A．friends
B．parents
C．grandparents
D．cousins
A．instantly
B．shortly
C．initially
D．finally
A．wait
B．action
C．imagination
D．fantasy
A．save
B．monitor
C．help
D．explore
A．handy
B．impressive
C．stressful
D．troublesome
A．walked away
B．drove on
C．moved out
D．set off
A．urged
B．expected
C．forced
D．ordered
A．sacrificed
B．suffered
C．enjoyed
D．harvested
A．punishing
B．boring
C．favorable
D．pleasant
A．visited
B．passed
C．located
D．reached
A．required
B．persuaded
C．allowed
D．forbidden
A．home
B．block
C．downtown
D．district
A．thought of
B．broke into
C．took on
D．tried out
A．sofa
B．house
C．welcome
D．hug
A．arbitrary
B．unbelievable
C．ridiculous
D．tentative
A．stole
B．broke
C．filled
D．softened
26、假定你是李华，从互联网上得知Banks夫妇的西餐馆在登广告招聘兼职服务员。请写一封电子邮件应聘。
内容包括:
1.发邮件的目的。
2.自我介绍。
3.应聘理由(可开阔视野、交到新朋友等)。
4.表达自己的希望。
注意:1.词数100左右。
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Mr. & Mrs. Banks,
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Regards
Li Hua
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