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1、—There is good news for you. You’ve been admitted to the Tianjin University.
— ______ That’s great!
A．Have I?
B．Pardon?
C．Congratulations!
D．Good idea!
2、Asia’s recent rise has not been the result of innovation given its population scale.________, it has happened as part of a wave of globalization.
A.Nevertheless B.Additionally C.Rather D.Alternatively
3、 First-class players of football must have excellent ball control, but it is not just _____ they do with their feet _____ counts.
A. how; that B. that; what
C. what; that D. whether; what
4、Common sense tells that there is still power loss even when you leave the TV set________.
A．in its own right
B．on the edge of your seat
C．in the stand-by mode
D．around the corner
5、An interviewee should be good at grasping every opportunity _____he is supposed to show his best self to others.
A.when B.where C.that D.which
6、Look at this year's sales figures________ last year's；they're much better.
A．between
B．from
C．with
D．against
7、When people begin a new stage of life, they tend to wonder what life will have________ for them.
A．in need
B．in time
C．in preparation
D．in store
8、I had been betrayed by those who I trusted several times, ______ in a suspicious attitude towards everything and everyone.
A. resulted B. having resulted C. resulting D. to result
9、I still have a few sweet memories of my childhood; ________, I remember times when I explored caves in the mountains with my friends.
A．in turn
B．by chance
C．in particular
D．by contrast
10、This unjust ___________ of people on the basis of skin color was challenged.
A.summary B.structure C.separation D.submission
11、Michael R. Bloomberg’s exit and immediate move to back Mr. Biden had the _________ to anger supporters of Mr. Sanders and sparked outrage among progressives.
A.access B.potential C.advantage D.presentation
12、To produce the goods satisfying the environmental ______, the company has brought in advanced technology to remove the chemicals in the course of production.
A.burdens B.requirements C.pollution D.evolution
13、With the development of economy, our income has increased ______ 10% in less than a year.
A. for B. by C. on D. at
14、As is known to us all, ___ in a good atmosphere is what all parents wish for.
A. the children educated
B. the children are educated
C. the children’s being educated
D. the children to be educated
15、Panic ________,but Mary could not run----- she was frozen to the spot.
A.send in B.set up C.send up D.set in
16、______ into English, the sentence was found to have an entirely different word order.
A．Translating
B．Translated
C．To translate
D．Having translated
17、People who value their privacy are concerned about _________Google might do with the information it is gathering.
A．that
B．what
C．why
D．how
18、—It’s said that the film HI, MOM is well worth watching. Let’s go to see it this Sunday.
—________! I have to prepare for the coming competition.
A．It couldn’t be better
B．What a shame
C．Go for it
D．No way
19、Our school often organizes various after-school activities, _____our stress to some degree.
A.to relieve B.relieved C.having relieved D.relieving
20、She doesn’t speak our language, she seems to understand what we say.
A. yet B. and
C. or D. so
21、Baby Yoda Joins Oregon Firefighters in Battling Wildfires
“Because of all these photos, people are now seeing the human faces behind the wildfires," Tyler Eubanks excitedly told the Washington Post. "It is giving firefighters a huge confidence which is something that's really needed right now."
Sasha agrees, "It's a wonder how one small gesture can create a wave of kindness." She says Carver is excited that everyone likes Baby Yoda and happy that the first responders-many of whom have been unable to see their families for weeks-have a “little friend" to give them a comfort.
The toy, along with a note saying, "Thank you, firefighters. Here is a friend for you, in case you get lonely. Love, Carver," was handed to volunteers on September 12th, 2020. The thoughtful gift brought tears to their eyes. "The fires were close to us, and everyone was really high on emotion," says Tyler Eubanks. "We were all really touched that Carver wanted to give a companion to the people who were out there risking their lives to fight the wildfires.”
Eubanks delivered the toy to a group of firefighters working to contain a 25-acre flames in Colton, Oregon. She had originally intended to take a few pictures of the Baby Yoda in action for Carver, and then bring back the toy to the donation site. However, the firefighters decided to hold on to the doll and share it to lift the spirits of firefighters across the state.
"He's been a really big encouragement” said Jaebyn Drake, a firefighter with the Oregon Air National Guard. "A lot of the people on my crew, I showed them the note and everything, and they just loved it. A couple of people broke down in tears ... It just really meant a lot to us, and it was really emotional for a lot of people.”
【1】What is Baby Yoda?
A．A pet.
B．A doll.
C．A card.
D．A baby.
【2】How do the first responders feel?
A．Embarrassed.
B．Annoyed.
C．Surprised.
D．Moved.
【3】What happened to Baby Yoda in the end?
A．It was kept by the firefighters.
B．It was taken a few pictures.
C．It was delivered to Washington Post.
D．It was brought back to the donation site.
【4】What can we learn from Jaebyn Drake's words?
A．Baby Yoda was clever and popular.
B．Their work time was very long.
C．The firefighters were all homesick.
D．Baby Yoda meant a lot to them.
22、Since English biologist Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species in 1859, scientists have vastly improved their knowledge of natural history. However, a lot of information is still of the speculation, and scientists can still only make educated guesses at certain things.
One subject that they guess about is why some 400 million years ago, animals in the sea developed limbs (肢) that allowed them to move onto and live on land.
Recently, an idea that occurred to the US paleontologist (古生物学家) Alfred Romer a century ago became a hot topic once again.
Homer thought that tidal (潮汐的) pools might have led to fish gaining limbs. Sea animals would have been forced into these pools by strong tides. Then, they would have been made either to adapt to their new environment close to land or die. The fittest among them grew to accomplish the transition (过渡) from sea to land.
Romer called these earliest four-footed animals “tetrapods”. Science has always thought that this was a credible theory, but only recently has there been strong enough evidence to support it.
Hannah Byrne is an oceanographer (海洋学家) at Uppsala University in Sweden. She announced at the 2018 Ocean Sciences Meeting in Oregon, US, that by using computer software, her team had managed to link Homer’s theory to places where fossil deposits (沉积物) of the earliest tetrapods were found.
According to the magazine Science, in 2014, Steven Balbus, a scientist at the University of Oxford in the UK, calculated that 400 million years ago, when the move from land to sea was achieved, tides were stronger than they are today. This is because the planet was 10 percent closer to the moon than it is now.
The creatures stranded in the pools would have been under the pressure of “survival of the fittest”, explained Mattias Green, an ocean scientist at the UK’s University of Bangor. As he told Science, “After a few days in these pools, you become food or you run out of food... the fish that had large limbs had an advantage because they could flip (翻转) themselves back in the water.”
As is often the case, however, there are others who find the theory less convincing. Cambridge University’s paleontologist Jennifer Clark, speaking to Nature magazine, seemed unconvinced. “It’s only one of many ideas for the origin of land-based tetrapods, any or all of which may have been a part of the answer,” she said.
【1】Who first proposed the theory that fish might have gained limbs because of tidal pools?
A. Alfred Romer. B. Charles Darwin.
C. Hannah Byrne. D. Steven Balbus.
【2】Why were tides stronger 400 million years ago than they are today according to Steven Balbus?
A. There were larger oceans.
B. Earth was closer to the moon.
C. The moon gave off more energy.
D. Earth was under greater pressure.
【3】The underlined word “stranded” in Paragraph 8 probably means “________”.
A. found B. settled
C. abandoned D. trapped
【4】What is the focus of the article?
A. The arguments over a scientific theory.
B. The proposal of a new scientific theory.
C. Some new evidence to support a previous theory.
D. A new discovery that questions a previous theory.
23、
THE REMARKABLE ROCKS area must-see on Kangaroo Island
accessible by air and ferry from the Australian mainland
Hop on new Kangaroo Island trail
for five-day adventure
It sounds like an amusement park.Or a portion of a zoo reserved for marsupials(有袋动物). But Kangaroo Island(KI), 30 minutes by air from Adelaide in South Australia, is just the opposite. Much of the island remained inaccessible to visitors until this year.Opened to the public in May, the Kangaroo Island Wilderness Trail, a nearly 38-mile, fie-day hike, ushers adventurous trekkers on a botanically distinctive immersion into the islands' south-west side.
Footers can expect to walk roughly four to seven hours a day, passing colorful flower, splendid sugar gum tees and massive native plant life. In this timeless setting, they'll likely sport kangaroos, goanna lizards and spiny echidna. From cliff rims， they'll overlook the Southern Ocean， where sharks lurk and schools of salmon cluster in flower like, protective formations.
The trial includes 4 camping areas,each outfitted with 24 tent platforms :12 for self-guided walkers and 12 for tour operators,who also can arrange options off the trail.
Independent trekkers pay about$124to do the walk; the cost includes the parking at the Flinders Chase visitor center ,and a trail guide and map.
KI is accessible both by air and by ferry ;www.tourkangarooisland. com.au
--Chicago Tribune/TNS
【1】According to the passage, Kangaroo Island is special for .
A.camping sites B.kangaroos
C.an amusement park D.natural beauty
【2】On the island the visitors can .
A.feed wild animals
B.visit the Remarkable Rocks
C.choose from 12 tent platforms
D.take a boat on the Southern Ocean
24、 International demand for black rhinoceros horn has seen the animals killed relentlessly for decades in countries such as Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. In 1960 there were an estimated 100,000 left, and by 1995 fewer than 2,500 remained. Conservation efforts have brought the number up to around 5,600 today - but the species is still critically endangered, and poaching (偷猎)is among its biggest threats.
Scientists have worked to protect these rare creatures by tracking them with GPS devices strapped to their necks or ankles or implanted in their horns. The resulting data let researchers monitor the rhinos' numbers and when they enter poaching hotspots. But the devices can fail, and drugging the animals to attach them may cause harm.
A recent study describes a new tracking technology that uses smartphones to record rhino footprints. Called the footprint-identification technique (FIT), this system includes software that can analyze the animals’ movements from a distance to help keep them safe from poachers.
The idea came from working with local trackers in Zimbabwe. These footprint-reading experts can identify individual black rhinos from the shape of their feet and, when visible, the impressions left by cracks in the animals’ heel pads (爪垫), which are as distinctive as a human fingerprint. "We probably wouldn't even have looked at the footprints in the first place if we didn't have indigenous trackers," says Sky Alibhai, co-founder of conservation organization WildTrack.
To use the system, scientists gather rhino footprint images with a smartphone application and upload the pictures to a global database. FIT software analysis can then identify the individual animal and determine its age and sex with up to 99 percent accuracy. Researchers can also estimate the number of black rhinos in an area and watch their movements.
“I think this is great for monitoring animals and counting individuals,” says Ciska Scheijen, a conservation scientist. Scheijen wonders about FIT's performance during the rainy season, when footprints are often indistinct, and if it can track larger herds as opposed to the 35 odd individuals this study monitored.
【1】What does the underlined word "them" in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A．Homs.
B．Rhinos.
C．Devices.
D．Smartphones.
【2】What do we know about FIT?
A．It is a GPS device implanted in rhinos.
B．It has been widely applied in animal protection.
C．It can analyze footprints with a rather high accuracy.
D．It can identify the rhino footprints and human fingerprints.
【3】What is Ciska Scheijen's attitude towards FIT?
A．Positive.
B．Uncertain.
C．Disapproving.
D．Objective.
【4】What is the text mainly about?
A．Black rhinos are endangered due to poaching.
B．A new app tracks black rhinos through their footprints.
C．Scientists have invented a new tracking technology FIT.
D．Conservation organizations save endangered black rhinos.
25、 As the pace of life continues to increase, we are fast losing the art of relaxation.___ you are in the habit of rushing through life, being on the go from morning till night, it is hard to ______down and unwind(放松).But relaxation is____for a healthy mind and body.
Stress is a____part of everyday life. There is no way to ___it. In fact, it is not the “baddy” as it is often supposed to be. A___ amount of stress is important to provide motivation and give____to life. It is only when the stress gets out of control____it can lead to poor performance and____health.
The amount of stress a person can bear____very much on the individual. Some people are not afraid of stress, and such____are obviously chief material for managerial responsibilities. Others lose heart at first____of unusual difficulties. When exposed to stress, in____form, we react both chemically and physically. In fact, we make a choice between____and fight. And in more ancient days the choices made the____between life and death. The crises(危机)we meet today are____to be so extreme, but however little the stress, it involves the same response. It is when such a reaction ______long, through continued exposure to stress, that health becomes_______. Such serious conditions as high blood pressure, coronary heart disease all have____links with stress.___we cannot remove stress from our lives, we need to find ways to deal with it.
【1】A.When B.While C.Once D.As
【2】A.slow B.calm C.get D.turn
【3】A.unnecessary B.satisfied C.useful D.necessary
【4】A.physical B.natural C.hard D.terrible
【5】A.tolerate B.solve C.avoid D.accept
【6】A.sure B.certain C.large D.great
【7】A.purpose B.resource C.influence D.instruction
【8】A.when B.why C.that D.how
【9】A.ill B.good C.strong D.weak
【10】A.insists B.depends C.calls D.spends
【11】A.patterns B.personalities C.situations D.characters
【12】A.glance B.view C.sight D.impression
【13】A.whichever B.whatever C.however D.whenever
【14】A.peace B.fright C.pressure D.heaviness
【15】A.decision B.promise C.difference D.choice
【16】A.unlikely B.likely C.necessary D.probable
【17】A.continues B.lives C.stands D.lasts
【18】A.balanced B.injured C.endangered D.changeable
【19】A.established B.achieved C.found D.developed
【20】A.Unless B.Since C.Because D.As
26、阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之成为一个完整的故事。
“You should get a dog.” my therapist (治疗专家) said. A dog? I couldn’t even look after myself. I took a deep breath and carefully considered the idea of welcoming a canine (犬科的) friend into my life. This seemed like too easy a solution to the fact that I couldn't leave the house without bursting into tears.
Adopting an animal during the height of the pandemic was far from easy. When I found Simba, his adoption profile made him out as the perfect puppy. I filed out the paperwork and had a few weeks to prepare for his arrival.
When he came home, it became increasingly obvious that Simba didn’t understand “no”, “stop it’ or “don’t do that”. He was the worst-behaved dog I’d ever seen. I was beginning to doubt my therapist’s advice.
At home, I found him sitting on my bed comfortably. Jumping from the sofa to the tea table was his favorite game every day. He fought tooth and nail to get a bite of my meals and ate anything that fell on the floor. What was worse,dog waste and urine were seen everywhere, which annoyed me most. But his curiosity and vigor really impressed me. Training him to behave well kept me busier than I’d ever expected.
I decided to start taking him for walks. I could barely leave the house before, but my heart couldn’t say no to Simba. Simba showed me what bravery looked like. He didn’t stop to consider every possible outcome of a situation. He simply went for it. If there was a dog at a park,he would run toward it. He always leapt forward and explored the unknown by sniffing here and there unless I called him. He loved adventure. I found myself mirroring his behavior after a while,jumping out of bed without a second thought. I began to find the motivation to get out of bed in the morning.
注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1: Ten minutes later, Simba and I were walking in the nearby park.
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Paragraph 2: As time went by, I found myself totally changed.
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