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1、As is known, only hard leads to happiness.
A. work B. works
C. worked D. working
2、Their team is so powerful that we have very________chance to win, but we will try our best.
A．thin
B．light
C．rare
D．slim
3、—Alice has just lost her husband to heart failure.
—Her ______ smile can’t hide her sorrow.
A. arbitrary B. artificial
C. compulsory D. conventional
4、The popularity of government posts has dropped in recent years, though the civil service jobs are still favored by the Chinese as they offer a _______ stable career.
A. relatively B. regularly
C. roughly D. rigidly
5、It is said that the only survivor in the car crash was badly injured. However, somehow the doctors managed to help him ______.
A. pull through B. put through C. look through D. break through
6、Frank ______ firmly to the belief that human kindness would overcome evil.
A. submitted B. subscribed C. corresponded D. committed
7、The paper was due next month, and I am working seven days ______ week, often long into ______ night.
A.a, the B.the, / C.a, a D./, the
8、—It has been a while and I am still________about the fast pace back here in my school. I miss the life in England so much!
—I miss your________too. We had an amazing year!
A.compromising; help B.struggling; company
C.compromising; company D.struggling; help
9、Delete the short message at once! Many a man ______ by such tricks up to now.
A.are cheated B.is cheated
C.have been cheated D.has been cheated
10、Thanks to the “sugar tax”， food factories have reduced sugar in their products, ________ about 45 million kilograms of sugar.
A. to save B. saved
C. saving D. having saved
11、The Internet has made ______ easier than ever to start a business.
A. it B. that C. this D. One
12、Ten days are devoted to this training program and ________ it be unsuccessful, it could be repeated later.
A．should
B．could
C．might
D．would
13、The girl conquered her fear and ___ the enormous spider in sight of it last night.
A. took up B. picked up
C. put up D. set up
14、She’s added a few characters and changed some names but ________ this is a true story.
A. completely B. necessarily C. gradually D. essentially
15、I’m not sure a thank-you letter is really necessary. ________, I can’t be bothered to write one.
A．Anyway
B．However
C．Obviously
D．Besides
16、He amazed ________ all with his kindness and his beautiful, gentle, caring spirit.
A.our B.we C.us D.ours
17、Have self-awareness of how much work you can ________ at any time and manage expectations.
A.rely on B.pick on C.take on D.draw on
18、I think of my countless failures and how they’ve contributed________ to making me what I am nowadays.
A．regularly
B．considerably
C．equally
D．deliberately
19、Without your help, I _____such a breakthrough in this project.
A. hadn't made B. didn't make
C. won't have made D. wouldn't have made
20、Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent ______you respond to it.
A. that B. whether C. how D. what
21、The sparkling drink (气泡酒), Champagne, which we’ve all come to adore has an interesting backstory. Back in the 1690s, wine growers in France were trying their best to develop a new version of wine that would rival Burgundy wines, which are considered to be the best money can buy. The pioneer leading this project was Dom Pierre Pérignon, who was a French monk.
However, these efforts kept failing. It was all down to the fermentation (发酵) process being stopped because of cold winters in the region. But then something magical happened. When springtime rolled around, the yeast (酵母) became active again. The delayed fermentation process caused carbon dioxide to be released in the bottles that the wine had been stored in.
The result? You guessed right: champagne!
However, in recent years, some have argued that an Englishman was actually the first to invent sparkling wine, which, they claimed, happened around 30 years earlier. A scientist named Christopher Merrett was apparently experimenting with different ideas, one of which involved adding sugar to wine. The debate continues, although we recommend you avoid saying this to any French people, especially if you are a guest in their house!
Today, the Champagne regions in France consist of over 34,000 hectares given to vineyards (葡萄园). It produces 300 million bottles of sparkling wine every single year. Interestingly enough, many argue that three grape varieties are used in the Champagne region. However, the truth is that there are actually seven varieties that can be used. The area is home to over 250 Champagne houses directing the industry. The industry directly employs around 30,000 people and had an annual global market size of nearly $6 billion U.S. dollars in 2021.
【1】What does the underlined word “rival” in paragraph 1 mean?
A．Be as good as.
B．Be as interesting as.
C．Be an addiction to.
D．Be an attachment to.
【2】What can be inferred about the French version of the invention of Champagne?
A．It ended up as a failure.
B．It was a complete accident.
C．It was contributed to by the cold weather.
D．It caused conflict among the French people.
【3】What is a suggestion of the author?
A．Not giving up despite disappointing failures.
B．Not ignoring different ideas when doing experiments.
C．Not arguing with an Englishman about the origin of Champagne.
D．Not mentioning Merrett as the inventor of sparkling wine to a Frenchman.
【4】What’s the last paragraph mainly about?
A．The huge French Champagne industry.
B．A breakthrough of the Champagne houses.
C．An argument over the origin of Champagne.
D．The present condition of the Champagne region.
22、 Tiny microbes(微生物) are at the heart of a new agricultural technique to manage harmful greenhouse gas. Scientists have discovered how microbes can be used to turn carbon dioxide into soil-enriching limestone(石灰石), with the help of a type of tree that grows in tropical areas, such as West Africa.
Researchers have found that when the Iroko tree is grown in dry, acidic soil and treated with a combination of natural fungi(霉菌) and other bacteria, not only does the tree grow well, it also produces the mineral limestone in the soil around its root.
The Iroko tree makes a mineral by combining Ca from the earth with CO2 from the atmosphere. The bacteria then create the conditions under which this mineral turns into limestone. The discovery offers a new way to lock carbon into the soil, keeping it out of the atmosphere. In addition to storing carbon in the trees’ leaves and in the form of limestone, the mineral in the soil makes it more suitable for agriculture.
The discovery could lead to reforestation(重新造林) projects in tropical countries, and help reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in the developing world. It has already been used in West Africa and is being tested in Bolivia, Haiti and India.
The findings were made in a three-year project involving researchers from the Universities of Edinburgh, Granada, Lausanne and Delft University of Technology. The project examined several microbiological methods of locking CO2 as limestone, and the Iroko-bacteria way showed best results. Work was funded by the European Commission under the Future&Emerging Technologies(FET) scheme.
Dr Bryne Ngwenya of the University of Edinburgh’s School of GeoSciences, who led the research, said:“By taking advantage of this natural limestone-producing process, we have a low-tech, safe, readily employed and easily operating way to lock carbon out of the atmosphere, while improving farming conditions in tropical countries.”
【1】The passage is mainly introducing .
A. some useful natural fungi and bacteria
B. a new way to deal with greenhouse gas
C. a newly-found tree in West Africa
D. the soil-enriching limestone created by scientists
【2】Which of the following is True about tiny microbes?
A. Most tiny microbes like living in dry, acidic soil.
B. CO2 can be broken down by natural fungi and bacteria.
C. The more greenhouse gas is, the more active tiny microbes become.
D. Tiny microbes get along well with the Iroko tree in special soil.
【3】What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 3 probably refer to?
A. Carbon dioxide.
B. Carbon.
C. Soil.
D. Limestone.
【4】According to the passage, what can we infer?
A. The action of the tiny microbes can increase the oxygen in the earth.
B. Researchers have done the experiment on trees in Africa for three years.
C. Researchers tend to use natural power to solve their problem.
D. West Africa is one of the most polluted areas all over the world.
【5】According to the passage, the Iroko-bacteria method .
A. can be used to improve the farming land
B. can save a lot of seriously destroyed woods
C. has been popularized in Bolivia, Haiti and India
D. should be spread all around the world in the future
23、Vaccines(疫苗) may soon make their first film appearance. Led by expert Maria A. Croyle, researchers have developed a thin sheet that preserves vaccines for long periods without refrigeration. This means the carefully cooled small bottles now used to ship vaccines could potentially be replaced by lightweight films that can be mailed in an envelope and stored on a shelf.
Croyle’s laboratory began developing the technology in 2007. Inspired by amber’s ability to preserve the DNA of insects, the researchers set out to create their own version of the substance by mixing “a lot of sugar and a little bit of salt, much like hard candy,” Croyle explains. The vaccine-containing film is administered by mouth—sweet news for many who dislike needles.
The film is tailored to suit each specific vaccine candidate and provide a protective coating. “We’ve learned over time that the key to really stabilizing whatever the film holds is to have it intermixed with all the components,” Croyle says, adding that the process is quick and uses affordable, standard equipment. “We really wanted to come up with something that would be transferable to developing countries.”
Immunization(免疫) programs depend heavily on keeping vaccines cold(2℃-8℃) as they are transported, sometimes over thousands of kilometers to far-away locations. Delivery can be difficult and costly, and transport disruptions can cause the vaccines to be ineffective.
But this new product can store live viruses, bacteria and antibodies for several months at 20℃. In a paper published in Science Advances, the scientists show that the live viruses in one vaccine were preserved in the film even after 36 months. They also find that a flu vaccine suspended in their film compares favourably with a traditional flu shot(流感预防针). “The study demonstrates early proof of concept for an exciting platform for vaccine product development,” says Lisa Rohan, a pharmacologist, who was not involved in the study. She also notes that each vaccine type would need a custom formulation(配方) for future stages of development.
Finding partners to mass-produce for clinical trials is the researchers’ most pressing problem, Croyle says. They are also exploring packaging methods to keep their films stable up to 40℃.
Size is a major advantage—a letter-sized sheet of the film can carry more than 500 doses(剂) of vaccine, about 1⁄900 the weight of the same amount of traditional doses. By making it easier and cheaper to ship and preserve vaccines efficiently, Croyle says, the technology could vastly improve immunization rates the world over, particularly in middle- to low- income countries.
【1】What can we learn about the film?
A．It contains animal’s DNA.
B．It will replace vaccines.
C．It comes in different flavours.
D．It can hold bio-products.
【2】According to Paragraph 3, we can learn about the film’s ________.
A．key component
B．development schedule
C．possible advantages
D．transportation requirements
【3】The author mentions Lisa Rohan’s words to ________.
A．advise personalizing vaccines
B．suggest the product is promising
C．prove the study is supported widely
D．stress the functions of a new platform
【4】What will be the next urgent task for Croyle’s team?
A．Advertising the film worldwide.
B．Improving the film’s capacity.
C．Reducing the shipping cost.
D．Seeking ideal manufacturers.
24、Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh
The Centre’s idea is summed up nicely by the old Scottish proverb, “The story is told eye to eye, mind to mind and heart to heart”. The main draw is its programme of spoken-word performances, most of which take place in its 100-seat basement theatre. The storytelling doesn’t just happen on stage, though. The ground floor has a large, airy room used for exhibitions, workshops as well as a monthly story session for tots (Tiny Tales for one- to three-year-olds).
Exit through the gift shop
No gift shop! Better than that, the centre has an independent bookshop, which specializes in fables, myths and folk stories. Many are classics passed down from generation to generation, although contemporary material also exists in abundance. Kids’ books are plentiful. Contemporary highlights include Lari Don’s Serpents and Werewolves and Janis Mackay’s The Selkie Girl. Also worth a look is Animals, Beasties and Monsters of Scotland by Lea Taylor, which forms part of The History Pres’s superb compilation (编纂) of regional Scottish folk stories. There are also Scots’ versions of Harry Potter, as well as Roald Dahl’s The Twits.
Getting there
The centre is in the middle of Edinburgh’s Old Town, at the eastern end of the Royal Mile. It’s a five-minute walk from Waverley railway station. Driving in the city centre is to be avoided; the nearest bus stops are on the High Street and North Bridge. For more information, visit Lothian Buses.
Value for money
Reasonable. Entry to the ground-floor space is free, although all the theatre performances are ticketed. Prices for shows vary, with the average around £8 for adults and £6 for children. Café Voices, the centre's monthly storytelling night, is £5.
Opening hours
10 a.m. -6 p.m. from Mondays to Saturdays; Sunday (July and August only). Last entry: 5:30 pm.
【1】What can visitors do in the shop at the exit?
A.Enjoy classics. B.Exchange folk stories.
C.Meet contemporary writers. D.Talk about Harry Potter in Scots.
【2】What can be learned about transportation to the centre?
A.Self-driving is encouraged in the city centre.
B.Public transportation is recommended.
C.Round-trip transportation is provided by the centre
D.The nearest bus stop is next to Waverley railway station.
【3】When can you visit the storytelling center?
A.From 12 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, July.
B.From 1 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Sunday, June.
C.From 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, August.
D.From 5:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, April.
25、I believe in miracles because I’ve seen so many of them. One day, a patient was referred to me who was one hundred and two years old. “There’s a _________ in my upper jaw, ” she said. “I told my own dentist it was nothing, but he _________ I come to see you. ”
Her eighty-year-old son accompanied her. He would _________ to add something, but she stopped him. She wanted to tell everything herself. I found a large cancer that spread over much of the _________ of her mouth. A careful examination later _________ that it was a particularly bad sort of cancer.
During her next appointment, I explained to her the _________ of the problem. She clasped my hand in hers and said, “I know you’re worried about me, but I’m just _________. ”
I thought otherwise. After considerable _________ on my part, and kindness on her part because she wanted to please me, she agreed to have me refer her to a cancer surgeon. She saw him, but as I expected, _________ treatment.
About six months later she returned to my office, still energetic and __________.
“How are you?” I asked.
“I’m just fine, honey, ”she responded in high spirits. “When can I get started on fixing my dentures (假牙)?”
Surprised to see her at all, I answered __________, “Let me take a look in your mouth and we’ll see about it. ”
I couldn’t believe my eyes. The cancer that had covered nearly the entire roof of her mouth was gone—only one small area of redness __________.
I had read of such things happening, but had __________ seen them with my own eyes. That was my first miracle. Since then I’ve seen many others, because they keep getting easier to see. In fact, miracles are daily events for me now. And people are a miracle, for through them we have a chance to know ourselves and to __________ the miracles of one another.
Since my first miracle, I’ve come to understand that the time and place for a miracle is__________ we choose to find it.
【1】
A．pain
B．wound
C．cut
D．cancer
【2】
A．declared
B．promised
C．insisted
D．suspected
【3】
A．manage
B．continue
C．keep
D．attempt
【4】
A．corner
B．roof
C．bottom
D．surface
【5】
A．considered
B．convinced
C．confirmed
D．concluded
【6】
A．possibility
B．seriousness
C．importance
D．resolution
【7】
A．old
B．sick
C．glad
D．fine
【8】
A．permission
B．effort
C．approval
D．support
【9】
A．received
B．provided
C．required
D．declined
【10】
A．healthy
B．elegant
C．optimistic
D．humorous
【11】
A．worriedly
B．patiently
C．confusedly
D．confidently
【12】
A．left
B．faded
C．expanded
D．remained
【13】
A．ever
B．also
C．never
D．already
【14】
A．read
B．keep
C．make
D．see
【15】
A．whatever
B．wherever
C．whoever
D．whichever
26、假定你是学生会主席李华，你校的交换生Peter已学习中国象棋长达一年，特发邮件向你询问将由学生会举办的中国象棋大赛的情况。请你回复邮件，内容包括：
1.举办比赛的目的；
2.比赛的时间和地点；
3.建议他报名参加并说明理由。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头和结尾已为你写好。
参考词汇：中国象棋大赛Chinese Chess Contest
Dear Peter,
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Yours,
Li Hua
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