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1、—My flight will land in Tianjin Binhai Airport at 6:00p.m. tomorrow. Could you pick me up?
—Sure. I shall________ be at the airport to meet you.
A．definitely
B．unlikely
C．closely
D．especially
2、--- Dad, have you seen my Christmas card?
--- ______ you painted last night? I’m afraid I haven’t seen ______.
A. One ; one B. The one ; it
C. One ; it D. The one ; that
3、—If we work on the project together, I do believe we should be able to complete it ahead of schedule.
— ______! Many hands make light work.
A．You bet
B．Have fun
C．Good job
D．Forget it
4、－ 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
5、Some insects_______ the colour of their surrounding to protect themselves.
A．taken in
B．take off
C．take on
D．take out
6、We are hoping for support from Mr. Webster, without _____ support we can’t make it.
A. which B. whose C. what D. that
7、The North and South Poles represents the final frontiers of exploration on Earth, and ________ they have become an strong attraction for both researchers and tourists.
A．in other words
B．as a consequence
C．by the way
D．on the contrary
8、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
9、---What kind of apartment do you need?
--- ________ with two bedrooms, one bathroom and one kitchen.
A．The one
B．That
C．One
D．It
10、-Do you still want to become a professional footballer?
-That ambition has never died. I'm still as__________ and determined to make it.
A.elegant B.embarrassed C.explicit D.enthusiastic
11、The official says that the next step is to negotiate the Asian Investment Bank’s articles of agreement, which is expected ________ by the end of 2021.
A.to have completed B.to be completed
C.having completed D.being completed
12、Having the courage to be disliked does not mean that you can use your weaknesses as an ________ for not improving yourself.
A．capacity
B．excuse
C．passion
D．demand
13、Mr.Green is always devoted to his work and has a sense of responsibility. That’s why he was asked to _______the company when manager’s health was declining.
A. take over B. hand over
C. turn over D. trip over
14、 ______ I failed in English a third time， I had no doubt about my gift for foreign languages.
A.Until B.When C.If D.Since
15、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
16、You can't wear this yellow jacket ______________ that shirt; it'll look terrible.
A.on B.above
C.up D.over
17、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
18、To ensure the safety of the passengers and improve the traffic conditions，a new law has ______ since April l.
A.come into effect B.put to use
C.bring to light D.come to power
19、—What happened to the young trees we planted last week?
—The trees ________ well, but I didn’t water them.
A. might grow B. needn’t have grown
C. would have grown D. would grow
20、In those days, our _________ concern was to provide people who were stopped by the snow storm with food and health care.
A.normal B.constant
C.permanent D.primary
21、 Tansel Ali used to curse his terrible memory. He struggled to remember phone numbers. But now he has won the Australian Memory Championships four times and has represented Australia at the World Memory Championships, where he was able to memorise 80 words in 15 minutes and 41 names and faces in five minutes.
So how did Tansel's memory improve so much? The key, he says, is in encoding information into an image. Tansel also creates images when remembering numbers. That involves a lot of "pre-work", he explains. “I've got images already pre-memorised from 0 to 99. So, for example, 17 is a dog and 71 is a cat, so if I get the number 1771, I'm going to picture a dog chasing a cat.” And it works.
“If you want to strengthen your own recall skills, Tansel suggests reading something incredibly dry and boring, such as a “terms and conditions” page. While doing so, create a story in your mind. If you can make a story out of what you're trying to remember, you car essentially memorise anything.”
Psychologist Sharon Draper says there are other ways to boost your memory, including doing brain challenges such as puzzles, crosswords and Sudoku at least once a day. "Being physically active, avoiding smoking, reducing alcohol intake and aiming for a solid night's sleep can also help protect your memory from going through the sieve", Draper adds. And dietitian Kathryn Hawkins notes that sticking to a well-balanced diet—with plenty of fresh fruit, vegetables and fish high in omega-3 fatty acids—will promote brain health and thus memory.
There's no denying that Tansel now has a great memory. But it's not the only thing to improve since he started training his brain: his confidence and self-esteem have skyrocketed, and his stress levels have fallen dramatically as a result. “The better you become at sharpening your memory”, Tansel has learnt, “the easier life becomes.”
【1】Which of the following was adopted by Tansel to improve his memory?
A．Eating a balanced diet.
B．Doing brain challenges.
C．Creating a story in his mind
D．Guaranteeing a good night's sleep.
【2】Why does the author mention Tansel's case in the last paragraph?
A．To share more techniques of living an easy life.
B．To introduce more benefits of training our brain.
C．To illustrate the importance of having a good memory.
D．To show the relationship between confidence and self-esteem.
【3】Which of the following might be the best title for the text?
A．The Legend of Tansel
B．The Secret of Tansel
C．The Power of Memory.
D．The Improvement of Memory
22、 Last summer, Katie Steller pulled off the freeway on her way to work in Minneapolis. She stopped at a traffic light, where a man was sitting with a sign asking for help. She rolled down her window.
“Hey!” she shouted. “I’m driving around giving free haircuts. If I go grab my chair, do you want one right now?”
The man looked to be in his 60s. He was balding, and missing a few teeth. As Steller liked to tell the story, he laughed, then paused. “Actually,” he said, “I have a funeral to go to this week. I was really hoping to get a haircut.”
Steller pulled out a red chair from her car and helped the man cut his hair immediately. After the work was finished, Edward looked in a mirror. “I look good!” he said.
Until last year, Steller had given such haircuts to people living on the margins(边缘) around the city. She was keenly aware of the power of her cleanup job.
“It’s more than a haircut,” she said. “I want it to be a gateway, to show value and respect, but also to get to know people. I want to build relationships.”
Steller knew that a haircut could change a life. One changed hers: As a teen, she suffered from a severe disease, her hair thinned drastically. Seeing this, her mother arranged for Steller’s first professional haircut.
“To sit down and have somebody look at me and talk to me like a person and not just an illness, it helped me feel cared about and less alone,” she said.
After that, Steller knew she wanted to have her own salon so she could help people feel the way she’d felt that day. Not long after finishing cosmetology school in 2009, she began what she now calls her Red Chair Project, reaching out to people on the streets. Her aim was that by doing some kind acts, others would be inspired to spread their own.
“Part of what broke my heart was just how lonely people looked,” she said. “I thought maybe I’d go around and ask if people want free haircuts. I can’t fix their problems, but maybe I can help them feel less alone for a moment.”
It all began with a belief in simple acts of kindness, such as a free haircut. “The way you show up in the world matters,” said Steller. “You have no idea what people are going to do with the kindness that you give them.”
【1】How did Steller react to the man’s asking for help?
A.She paid no attention.
B.She offered a free haircut to him.
C.She sent a red chair to him as a present.
D.She told an interesting story to make him happy.
【2】What did Steller mean by saying “It’s more than a haircut” in paragraph 6?
A.She thought it was a respectable job.
B.She had found more advantages for the job.
C.She considered haircut as a way to make friends.
D.She hoped her job could make a difference to others.
【3】What did Steller expect from Red Chair Project?
A.To earn a lot of money. B.To know more people.
C.To pass down the kindness. D.To make herself stand out.
【4】What would be the best title for the passage?
A.A Cut Above. B.A Beautiful Salon.
C.The Good Belief. D.The Miracle of Love.
23、I love making art and looking at artworks. I’ve found myself wondering how we gain pleasure from art. And now neuroaesthetics, a combination of neuroscience (神经科学) and aesthetics (美学), may provide an answer.
Neuroaesthetics is a relatively young field of research on what happens in the brain when we make aesthetic assessments. Researchers use brain imaging technique to see which brain areas light up when we view paintings that we consider beautiful. Similar research has been done to understand the “neuronal fireworks” that occur when we look at inspiring sculptures, attractive faces, impressive dance, etc.
But why do we find some art beautiful and other art ugly? According to research, it all comes down to the “aesthetic triad (三元组合)”.
The first part of the triad is sensory-motor. This involves perceiving things like colours, shapes and movements. Movement in art has an interesting role. If you see a painting of a movement, like of a man pulling his arm away after being bitten by a dog, you feel like going through a similar experience. The part of your brain that controls your own movements lights up in response.
Second is emotion-valuation. This is how a piece of art makes you feel, and whether or not you appreciate or enjoy that feeling. The part of the brain related to pleasure is activated in response to something we find beautiful. This system can be affected in fascinating ways, as found by research using transcranial magnetic stimulation(TMS) (经颅磁刺激). If TMS is applied to a specific part of your brain behind your forehead that is particularly important for decision-making, you suddenly like different kinds of art. Such stimulation produces significant changes in aesthetic appreciation of faces, bodies and artworks.
The third part is meaning-knowledge. This is to do with how we can connect with a piece of art and what meaning we can create in it. Art is deeply personal, because when two people see the same artwork, our perception can create vastly different experiences of meaning. If we find meaning, then we often find pleasure. We also get enjoyment from the knowledge of how something was made. For the images that an artist creates, viewers will probably get far more enjoyment once they know the process used to create them.
Informed by neuroaesthetics, the next time I create my art I will value the process even more, enjoying the activation of the aesthetic triad in my brain as I admire the vivid images that I have created.
【1】What does “neuronal fireworks” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A．A beautiful painting or sculpture.
B．The lighting-up of specific brain areas.
C．An advanced brain imaging technology.
D．The aesthetic assessment of modern art.
【2】What effect does movement in art produce on the viewers?
A．Certain part of their brain is activated.
B．Their experience of pain is reduced.
C．Their aesthetic sense is sharpened.
D．Their body reactions are delayed.
【3】The application of TMS to the brain described in Paragraph 5 leads to__________.
A．raised memory capacity
B．enhanced painting skills
C．changed artistic taste
D．improved decision-making ability
【4】According to the author, what increases our enjoyment of a piece of art?
A．Knowing how it is created.
B．Having a pleasant personality.
C．Learning how science develops.
D．Understanding the meaning of life.
【5】What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?
A．To propose an abstract theory of art making.
B．To reveal the beauty of science in an artistic way.
C．To share some personal understanding of artworks.
D．To introduce a new research field for art appreciation.
24、What inspires people to act selflessly, help others, and make personal sacrifices? Each quarter, this column features one piece of scholarly research that provides insight into what motivates people to engage in what psychologists call “pro-social behavior”.
This quarter we focus on how recognitions of “group membership” can influence whether others decide to help us in emergency situations. A 2005 British study reported in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin shows that bystanders are more likely to help strangers in distress when they recognize such strangers as belonging to a common group. However, what counts as group membership is not fixed. When people are encouraged to see greater commonalities with strangers, they will extend help to those whom they may have otherwise considered part of the “out group.”
Two studies conducted between fans of two English football teams, Manchester United and Liverpool. In the first study, Manchester United fans were required to fill out questionnaires about their interest in the team and the degree to which they identified as fans and then invited to walk across campus to see a video about football teams. Along the way, an accident was staged in which a runner slipped and fell, groaning in pain. Hidden observers watched the incident, and those taking part in the study were asked about it when they reached the projection room. Participants, all of whom had a strong identification as Manchester fans, were more likely to ask the runner if he needed help when he was wearing a Manchester United shirt than when he was wearing a Liverpool shirt or an ordinary unbranded shirt.
In the second study, Manchester United fans were again required, but when they arrived they were told that they were participating in a study about football fans in general (not Manchester United fans, specifically). They were also told that the study aimed to focus on the positive aspects of fan-hood as opposed to the negative incidents and stories that usually get attention. The study questionnaires asked them about their broader interest in the game and what they shared with other fans. They then were instructed to cross campus to head to the projection room, and along the way witnessed the same staged incident described in the first study. In this case, participants were as likely to help a victim in a Manchester United shirt as they were to help someone in a Liverpool shirt. And they were more likely to help those wearing team shirts than those who were not.
When people expand their notion of the “in-group” they are more likely to reach out to those in the “other camp.”
The results indicate that when people are encouraged to see social category boundaries at a more inclusive level—all football fans, versus fans of one team — they will extend help to more individuals. Even in a country in which bitter inter-group rivalry(对抗) exists between fans of one football team and another, when people expand their notion of the “in-group” they are more likely to reach out to those in the “other camp”.
One noteworthy strength of this research is that it offers an analysis of actual helping behavior rather than “beliefs about” or “intentions” to act. Evidence of dramatic shifts in such behavior across deeply entrenched antagonisms(根深蒂固的敌对情绪) in response to simple changes in levels of categorization is striking.
Indeed, the studies bring up questions regarding how we may insert more pro-social behavior not only in emergency situations, but in all circumstances. How may we promote a greater feeling of inclusiveness among members of society at wider levels such that boundaries become meaningless, and empathetic concern leads to more consistent positive action? Clearly this research offers inspiration for new approaches to camaraderie building across groups, communities, states, and even nations.
【1】The purpose of the passage is to ________.
A. reveal some psychological factors.
B. come up with some different ideas
C. present two scientific studies
D. promote positive energy
【2】In the third paragraph, the underlined word “staged” is closest to _______ in meaning.
A. removed B. photographed C. performed D. caused
【3】People tend to help strangers if _______.
A. they share something in common B. they are in distress
C. they get something in return D. they are of different groups
【4】What contributes to different results of the two studies?
A. Both of groups witness a different accident.
B. Both of groups aren’t football fans.
C. Both of groups are from different cities.
D. Both of groups haven’t known the purpose of their studies in advance.
25、 Some of us may have a teacher that impacts us forever. Those teachers________ us into studying harder and help us so much. Teachers, who we will always remember, deserve _____like"Educator of the Year". I believe Mrs. Sheehan from Odyssey Charter School should________that sort. She has taught me more than any other teacher, and she has ______ me so much.
Mrs. Sheehan was always________. She always got up early to do housework. If she wasn't on time, there was usually a funny story about her_________morning. She smiled________and had a fun style, which made us all laugh and enjoy school. Her ________became something that I and my classmates could_______her by.
Mrs. Sheehan would always cheer her students up with anything from our funny group _____to our weekly game of Sparkle. Her activities would be lively and exciting while teaching us excellent______skills. Those deep discussions helped us _____ as a family and helped me remember her as the most_______teacher I have ever had. She was our go-to teacher to talk to about our _______
______Mrs. Sheehan worked a lot with me. She would help me with my English skills, even when I was really far behind or just had a _____ paper. She also taught me that school didn't have to be______, but rather how we wanted it to be;it all ______on how we wanted to start the year and how we wanted to end it.
Surely, we may have an amazing teacher who_______us, but Mrs. Sheehan did so much more. She was a teacher that_______ others and positively impacted students' lives for the better and she was my nomination(提名)for"Educator of the Year".
【1】A.push B.break C.divide D.translate
【2】A.surroundings B.presence C.recognition D.wisdom
【3】A.belong to B.devote to C.refer to D.turn to
【4】A.witnessed B.discovered C.inspired D.traced
【5】A.calm B.curious C.careful D.cheerful
【6】A.leisure B.busy C.colorful D.peaceful
【7】A.strangely B.obviously C.constantly D.madly:
【8】A.smile B.ability C.spirit D.experience
【9】A.support B.protect C.appreciate D.identify
【10】A.adventures B.discussions C.arrangements D.commitments
【11】A.swimming B.writing C.running D.driving
【12】A.bond B.fight C.march D.resist
【13】A.energetic B.considerate C.beautiful D.excited
【14】A.parents B.relatives C.problems D.achievements
【15】A.Occasionally B.Suddenly C.Finally D.Specifically
【16】A.useless B.spare C.meaningful D.horrible
【17】A.knowledgeable B.boring C.distant D.attractive
【18】A.depended B.decided C.insisted D.experimented
【19】A.punished B.consulted C.remembered D.influenced
【20】A.visited B.accepted C.touched D.praised
26、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
I was born two months premature with underdeveloped lungs and a heart condition. The doctors told my mom that I wouldn’t livelong enough to make it out of the hospital. As the days went by, the doctors couldn’t believe I was still alive. They told my mom I was making a miracle. With each new day came new struggles and challenges, but also more hope. Everybody began to see that I was a fighter. After about a month, I exceeded their expectations and was released from the hospital two days later.
Then, one day I began crying uncontrollably and turned purple. My mom took me to the emergency room. There was a blockage in one of my heart valves (瓣膜) and I would need heart surgery immediately to release it. The surgery took four and a half hours, but the doctors were able to clear the valve completely. I was strong enough to go home after just two weeks. Everybody agreed that I was he exception to the rule.
Years went by and I was pretty much just like every other kid. I did still have to take medicine for ny heart every day and go to the doctor once a month for checkups. When I was in eighth grade, things started to go downhill. I had a constant pain in my chest. The doctors performed test after test trying to determine what was causing the pain. When I was just about to say “Enough”, they finally found the problem. It wasn’t good and I’d have to start a treatment program for it right away. That meant missing quite a few days of school though.
I was out of school for about a month when my teacher called and told my mom there was no way I’d be able to catch up on all the work in order to graduate with my class.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
I lost hope at the news and felt sorry for myself.
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From then on, I continued to accomplish what many thought was impossible.
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