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1、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
2、Although ______ motor car has been with us for almost a century, I have never been able to drive _______ American one.
A.the; an B.a; a C.a; the D.the; the
3、The police still haven’t found the lost child, but they’re doing all they .
A．can
B．may
C．must
D．should
4、The Internet has made ______ easier than ever to start a business.
A. it B. that C. this D. One
5、She ______ someone, so I nodded to her and went away.
A.phoned B.had phoned
C.was phoning D.has phoned
6、 at the back of the room was a shy girl with two big eyes.
A. Sat B. Sit
C. Seating D. Seated
7、- Jenny, could you repeat the answer to this difficult question?
-Sorry, Miss Zhang. I ________ something else then.
A．am thinking of
B．thought of
C．had thought
D．was thinking of
8、I ______ go to the supermarket to purchase daily necessities, for it is far away from my house.
A.eventually B.constantly C.occasionally D.frequently
9、Allen is good at seizing every opportunity ____ he thinks he can show his best self to others.
A．when
B．that
C．where
D．which
10、It is believed________ children should learn to be responsible from the very beginning.
A．why
B．that
C．how
D．when
11、The old couple, ________ country life, were unwilling to move to the city to live with his son.
A. accustomed to B. buried in
C. addicted to D. exposed to
12、Thanks to her determination and perseverance on the piano lesson, she has a ______ grasp of the subject.
A. comprehensive B. confidential
C. conservative D. compulsory
13、Before we come to a decision, we must make sure we have ______ all the relevant facts.
A.set foot on B.set fire to
C.made way for D.taken account of
14、－ Can I pay the bill by check?
－ Sorry, sir. But it is the rules of our hotel that payment _______ be made in cash.
A. can B. will
C. shall D. need
15、Dad and mom are busier than before; we're eating out more often than we _________.
A.use to B.used to C.were used to D.are used to
16、— 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
17、Interested in painting, he________ paint with pen and paper after work, gradually cultivating himself into a self-taught painter.
A.would B.must C.might D.should
18、From time to time, our biology teacher tells us the only way he thinks of __________ experiments well is to practice.
A.do B.to do C.doing D.did
19、You can get you want as a gift for your fantastic performance in the final examination for you and your friends.
A.whoever B.whichever C.however D.whatever
20、For all the failure of his business, he remains optimistic and ________ untroubled by his problems.
A. hopefully B. seemingly
C. rarely D. frequently
21、 Because the commercial internet has been developed with so little regard for privacy, tech companies have been able to turn personal data into considerable profits, raising billions of dollars off their ability to collect and sell information about anyone who has wandered within shouting distance of their software. This week, Google announced a step in the right direction-but not a huge step, nor one that will stop Google from continuing to collect immense amounts of personal data.
At issue is how online companies track internet users as they browse (浏览) from site to site online, typically through cookies (information that a website leaves in your computer so that the website will recognize you when you use it again). The most harmful version, “third-party” cookies, is the web alternative of a company posting security guards across the internet to monitor what you do, even when you’re on other companies’ sites.
Google declared in a blog post Wednesday that it would no longer use or support third-party cookies, nor would it create or use any other technology that tracks individual users across the web. Given that Google is a main supplier of online advertising technology, its change in approach will impact far and wide.
That’s welcome news, although with huge amounts of warning. As Lee Tien of the Electronic Frontier Foundation noted, third-party cookies were already on the retreat, with Apple and other makers of popular web browsers moving to block them. Meanwhile, Google, Facebook and other Big Tech companies continue to collect personal information in large quantities from people who use their sites and services through first-party cookies and similar techniques.
The concerns about personal data collection are the same whether it’s being collected through first-party or third-party techniques, said Michelle Richardson of the Center for Democracy and Technology. “Companies may use the information to discriminate among internet users, offering different goods, services and even prices to different users.”
Instead of helping advertisers track individuals, Google says, it is improving a technology that assigns users namelessly to large groups with common interests. That’s an improvement, even though it too may be at risk of abuse. But why do any form of tracking at all? Privacy advocates say pitches (兜售) can be targeted effectively by basing them on where the user is at the moment, not where he or she has browsed previously online.
Ultimately, lawmakers are going to have to lay down regulations giving people far more control over whether and how personal information is used online. Ideally the federal (联邦的) government will set a strong floor under online privacy protections, but until then it will be up to state lawmakers or voters to act, as this state has done with its groundbreaking online privacy laws. It’s good to see Google move the ball forward, but there’s much farther to go.
【1】What does the underlined phrase “on the retreat” in Para 4 most probably mean?
A．Exposed.
B．Removed.
C．Emerging.
D．Fading.
【2】It can be learned from the declaration that Google .
A．is developing new technologies to stop data collection
B．refuses to work with companies tracking privacy
C．intends to abandon its advertising technologies
D．resolves to stop the use of third-party cookies
【3】From the passage we can know that first-party cookies .
A．are still collecting personal information
B．are blocked by big companies like Apple
C．are mainly used by advertising companies
D．are less concerning than third-party cookies
【4】What is the writer’s attitude towards Google’s new move?
A．It is less satisfactory than expected.
B．It needs to be more forceful to be effective.
C．It will accelerate the disappearance of cookies.
D．It has driven lawmakers to make new regulations.
22、 China-born filmmaker Chloé Zhao made history at the Golden Globe Awards, becoming the first woman of Asian descent (血统) and second woman ever to win the best director award in the Golden Globes’ 78-year history.
Many, including actors and critics, congratulated the director on social media. “The film is patient, open and full of sympathy, motivated by a desire to wander and observe rather than to judge or explain,” Korean American actor Daniel Dae Kim wrote on Twitter. Barbra Streisand, the first woman who had won Golden Globe for best director in 1984, said “It’s about time! Congratulations Chloé! Well deserved!” in a Twitter post.
Nomadland was adapted from a 2017 non-fiction book, Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century. The film stars two-time Oscar winner Frances McDormand as an out-of-work woman who packs her van and sets off from her small town to travel around the vast landscape of the American West, exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad (游牧民).
Zhao’s first film—Songs My Brothers Taught Me—was shot when she was a student at New York University. In 2017, Zhao directed, wrote and produced her second film The Rider. In all her three films, non-actors were cast to play fictionalized versions of themselves. It a techniques he originally adopted out of economic necessity after film school but one she has used often for its realism.
Building on her success, she will develop an original futuristic sci-fi western inspired by Dracula for Universal Pictures. Her next project is the highly expected Marvel Cinematic Universe Installment The Eternals. For this film, Zhao is expected to draw inspiration from her Chinese background and childhood experience. “I have such deep, strong, manga (日本漫画) roots,” Zhao told Hollywood Reporter, “and I look forward to pushing more of that marriage of East and West.”
【1】Why are two famous people are mentioned in Paragraph 2?
A．To introduce different comments on the film.
B．To present people’s recognition for Chloé Zhao.
C．To describe the great effects of the social media.
D．To praise the influence of Nomadland on the world.
【2】What do we know about Nomadland?
A．It was adapted from a novel.
B．It starred a well-known actress.
C．It made Frances McDormand out of work.
D．It led to Frances McDormand’s being awarded an Oscar.
【3】Why does Chloé Zhao still use non-actors in her films nowadays?
A．To make her films more realistic.
B．To show her unusual talents.
C．To cut the cost of film production.
D．To discover more performers with potential.
【4】What can we infer from the words of Chloé Zhao?
A．She is confident of another success.
B．She will add western elements into her new film.
C．She advocates the marriage between two different nations.
D．She desires to promote the mixture of different cultures.
23、 Two years ago, aerospace manufacturer SpaceX shocked the world by landing its reusable booster (助推器) engine — the biggest and most costly part of the rocket used to power spacecraft into low orbit — on an autonomous drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Now, California-based startup Rocket Lab, has come up with an even more courageous idea: using parachutes and helicopters to capture the returning booster, or first stage as it is often called, in the air!
Rocket Lab’s decision to avoid the propulsive or vertical (垂直的) landing used by SpaceX comes from its business model to keep its Electron rockets small and cost-effective. Standing just 57 feet tall, they are designed to deliver smaller payloads (有效载重) of about 500 pounds for only $5 million a launch. In contrast, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket measuring 229 feet tall can lift up to 50,000 pounds, costs about $62 million a mission. “We’re not in the business of building medium-sized launch vehicles but small ones for customers to get on orbit frequently.” said Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck.
Similar to other rockets, the Electron divides into two once it reaches outer space. While the top part, carrying the load, continues on to its final destination, the booster engine falls back to Earth The company intends to fix a ballute — a parachute-like braking device — to quickly slow down the booster's supersonic speed (超声速) upon its return into the atmosphere. Once it slows down to a reasonable pace, a helicopter will grab the rocket from midair and put it onto an awaiting ship to transport to the company's headquarters. Beck said: “The grand goal here is that if we can capture the vehicle in wonderful condition, in theory, we should be able to put it back on the pad, charge the batteries up, and go again.”
The idea, still in the concept stage, will become one step closer to becoming a reality during Electron’s next launch, scheduled for sometime in 3 years, “Engineers will carefully monitor the first stage as it returns, testing its ability to guide its landing with the best way to slow down its speed,” said Beck.
【1】We can infer from the first two paragraphs that ___________.
A.with a height of 229 feet, the Space X Falcon 9 rocket can deliver a load of 50,000 tons
B.small launch vehicles are designed by Rocket Lab to make its boosters economical
C.Space X once successfully captured its rocket before it landed on a ship in the Atlantic Ocean
D.an autonomous drone ship is used by Rocket Lab to transport the first stage
【2】What distinguishes the Electron from other rockets?
A.It will be equipped with a ballute to reduce its landing speed.
B.Its booster engine falls back to the earth with the load.
C.It divides into two the instant it enters outer space.
D.It is loaded on a helicopter heading for the company’s headquarters.
【3】What will Rocket Lab’s following research focus on?
A.How to capture the booster engine without damaging its function.
B.When to slow down the first stage as it returns.
C.How to cut the cost of each launch mission by calculation.
D.How to make its rockets smaller and more reusable.
【4】In which column can you find this article in a piece of newspaper?
A.Books & Art. B.Business.
C.Science Fiction. D.Technology.
24、Most students seem to have considerable “test anxiety”. 【1】 If you do this, you will not be able to show what you are really able to accomplish. Here are some suggestions that you should consider.
【2】
Waiting until the night before a test to start studying is likely to spike your anxiety. Instead of waiting until the last minute, start studying as soon as a test is scheduled. With several days or even a week to prepare, you’ll feel more relaxed because you have plenty of time to learn the material.
Organize Your Materials
It’s important to gather all of your materials, including your books, notes, and other studying tools before the big exam. Keeping them all in order and handy is a great way to make sure that you can reference and cross-reference them. 【3】
Review your notes each night.
Reviewing your notes daily will help you to organize the material for yourself. Don’t expect that your understanding will come during the lecture. 【4】You need to spend time thinking about the course outside of class.
Get a good night’s sleep before the exam.
Staying up too late studying the night before an exam is a bad idea, in general. If you do just one thing, this is it: get enough sleep the night before your exam. Sleep, particularly deep sleep, is critical for memory formation. Make it a practice to get a good night’s rest after any intense day of learning and studying. 【5】
A．Draw up a schedule.
B．Learning simply doesn’t work that way.
C．Leave yourself plenty of time for studying.
D．Most students suffer mental illness when preparing for a test.
E．It will help your brain to retain as much information as possible.
F．Many talk themselves out of doing well before they even have the exam.
G．This will also make your life a lot easier when you get heavy into your studying.
25、This year, hundreds of people around the world are applying for a desired job to run Port Lockroy, the world’s most remote post office. The ________ is in Antarctica, and one of the key ________ is the ability to count penguins(企鹅).
Each year, the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust ________ four postmen to live on the island from November to March. Apart from being a nearly 80-year-old British-owned post office, it ________ as a museum. Although employees each have unique ________ , they are cooperatively responsible for preserving the ________ place and caring for the thousands of tourists. The staff is also ________ environmental data collection and wildlife monitoring.
Applicants are warned there’s not much time for relaxation and rest. Still, the job is highly ________. The UK Antarctic Heritage Trust gets hundreds of applications ________ for the position. They are mainly ________ to Port Lockroy, both for its history and its scientific significance. Lucy Dorman succeeded in applying for the 2019-2020 season. It was a real ________ for her. “Even though the job can be hard at times, there’s a real sense of community. You’ve got to ________ , because you can’t get away from each other very easily. I really love that sort of ________,” she said. “And what you can achieve here is ________. The total experience offers both a different ________ towards the world and a new viewpoint on your function on the planet. ”
【1】
A．centre
B．position
C．aim
D．unit
【2】
A．requirements
B．characteristics
C．virtues
D．activities
【3】
A．persuades
B．instructs
C．encourages
D．hires
【4】
A．exists
B．transforms
C．doubles
D．develops
【5】
A．tastes
B．talents
C．roles
D．backgrounds
【6】
A．temporary
B．historic
C．grand
D．magical
【7】
A．in favor of
B．in need of
C．in possession of
D．in charge of
【8】
A．paid
B．sought-after
C．hard-won
D．respectable
【9】
A．annually
B．weekly
C．monthly
D．daily
【10】
A．invited
B．devoted
C．related
D．drawn
【11】
A．joy
B．lesson
C．effort
D．shock
【12】
A．get along
B．show off
C．break through
D．give in
【13】
A．loneliness
B．eagerness
C．looseness
D．togetherness
【14】
A．consistent
B．rewarding
C．potential
D．pure
【15】
A．entrance
B．answer
C．attitude
D．introduction
26、假定你是高三学子李华。因新冠疫情，高考延迟了一个月。面对新形势，你对学习感到迷茫，所以写信给心理学家 Dr. Smith 询问缓解压力的方法。
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1. 写信目的；2. 咨询内容；3. 期待回复注意:
1. 词数 80 左右； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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