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1、These motorized bikes are highly effective for city traffic as you will never run out of ______ to park.
A.options B.patience C.resources D.universe
2、It’s _______ for people to blame traffic jams, the cost of gas and the great speed of modern life.
A. reasonable B. available
C. accurate D. cautious
3、It was a long time before the cut on my hand______ completely.
A.healed B.cured C.improved D.recovered
4、_______ me when you get it through and I’ll pick you up at your work place．
A．Calling B．Call
C．Called D．To call
5、Whatever_______happen,we are not going to give up our determined plan.
A.may B.must C.can D.should
6、When he saw the mists rising from the river and the soft clouds the mountain tops, he was reduced to tears.
A.being surrounded B.surrounded C.surrounding D.to surround
7、There are lots of examples of English idioms ________ animals are used.
A. which B. when
C. whose D. where
8、I have such a bad cold that I have lost all __________ of smell.
A.scene B.sense C.strength D.scent
9、You will never be successful _____ you are fully devoted to you work.
A. because B. unless C. if D. when
10、— We would appreciate it if you could stay for lunch.
— Sorry, I . I have another appointment.
A．won’t
B．shan’t
C．can’t
D．mustn’t
11、No country in the world can ______ these problems alone, such as climate change, hunger and disease, etc. Therefore, all the countries should cooperate to get rid of them.
A.address B.cancel C.replace D.involve
12、We lost our way in that small village,otherwise we more places of interest yesterday.
A. visited B. had visited C. would visit D. would have visited
13、What a terrible experience! _______, you’re safe now---that’s the main thing.
A．Anyway
B．Besides
C．Otherwise
D．Therefore
14、I'm very grateful to my high school teachers，without _____________help I wouldn't be so excellent.
A.their B.whom
C.whose D.which
15、—What did he say about being late for the meeting?
—He gave some excuse about missing the bus, but sounds a bit ______.
A. responsible B. impressive C. lame D. severe
16、When I was twenty, I had to________ before graduation and work in a clothes shop to help support my family.
A. come out B. stay out
C. leave out D. drop out
17、Bob was trying to ________ that he knew the famous singer who would perform in our city.
A. let out B. lay out
C. figure out D. make out
18、You are subject to punishment if you fail to ________ to the customs when carrying the prohibited articles listed above.
A. state B. declare
C. announce D. communicate
19、When you make a decision to buy something, you must remember that a good name of product doesn’t __________ mean good quality of it.
A.essentially B.necessarily C.simply D.purposefully
20、You are being such a busybody. How I choose to conduct my private life is my own _______!
A.experience B.agenda C.business D.problem
21、 At 88, I remain a competitive runner. The finish line of my life is drawing close, and I hope to reach it having given the best of myself along the way. I’ve been training my body to meet the demands of this final stretch. But, I wonder, should I have asked more of my mind?
If I didn’t exercise, I would release the hungry beasts that seek their elderly prey on couches, but not in the gym. The more I sweated, the more likely it was my doctor would continue to say, “Keep doing what you’re doing, and I’ll see you next year.” My mind, on the other hand, seems less willing to give in to discipline. I have tried internet “brain games”, solving algebraic problems flashing past and changing the route of virtual trains to avoid crashes. But these never approach my determination to remain physically fit as I move deeper into old age.
Despite having many friends in their 70s, 80s and 90s, I’ve been far too slow to realize that how we respond to aging is a choice made in the mind, not in the gym. Some of my healthiest friends carry themselves as victims abused by time. Other friends, many whose aching knees and hips are the least of their physical problems, find comfort in their ability to accept old age as just another stage of life to deal with. I would use the word “heroic” to describe the way they cope with aging.
One such friend recently called from a hospital to tell me a sudden brain disease had made him legally blind. He interrupted me as I began telling him how terribly sorry I was, “Bob, it could have been worse. I could have become deaf instead of blind.”
Despite all the time I spend lifting weights and exercising, I realized I lack the strength to have said those words. It suddenly struck me I’ve paid a price for being a “gym rat.” If there is one characteristic common to friends who are aging with a graceful acceptance of life’s attacks, it is contentment. Aging had to be more than what I saw in a mirror.
But rather than undertaking a fundamental change in the way I face aging, I felt the place to begin would be to start small. A recent lunch provided a perfect example.
I’ve always found it extremely difficult to concentrate when I’m in a noisy setting. At this lunch with a friend in an outdoor restaurant, a landscaper began blowing leaves from underneath the bushes surrounding our table. Typically, after such a noisy interruption, I would have snapped, “Let’s wait until he’s finished!” then fallen silent. When the roar eventually faded, my roar would have drained (消耗) the conversation of any warmth. It troubled me that even a passing distraction could so easily take me from enjoying lunch with a good friend to a place that gave me no pleasure at all. I wanted this meal to be different.
My years in gyms had taught me to shake off pains and other distractions, never permitting them to stop my workout or run. I decided to treat the noise this way. I continued talking with my friend, challenging myself to hear the noise, but to hold it at a distance. The discipline so familiar to me in the gym - this time applied to my mind - proved equally effective in the restaurant. It was as though I had taken my brain to a mental fitness center.
Learning to ignore a leaf blower’s roar hardly equips me to find contentment during my passage into ever-deeper old age. But I left the lunch feeling I had at least taken a small first step in changing behavior that stood in the way of that contentment.
Could I employ that same discipline to accept with dignity the inevitable decline awaiting me like the finish line? Hoping that contentment will guide me as I make my way along the path yet to be traveled.
【1】The author’s question in Paragraph 1 implies that ________.
A.he has never believed the necessity of mind training
B.he has realized he should mentally prepare for aging
C.he feels regret for not sharpening his thinking skills
D.he feels unsatisfied with the result of the brain games
【2】The author uses his friends as examples to ________.
A.stress aging is an unavoidable stage of life to face
B.indicate that people see life from many different angles
C.prove it’s significant to be surrounded with positive friends
D.show it’s important to take health seriously in a sensible way
【3】What can we learn from the author’s friend mentioned in Paragraph 4?
A.He fears that his illness will become worse.
B.He takes physical illnesses as they come.
C.He needs to find a way through those hardships.
D.He sees life as a series of disappointments.
【4】After that recent lunch, the author realized that ________.
A.distractions were not uncommon in everyday life
B.the restaurant was not an ideal place for eating
C.his roar had spoiled the friendly conversation
D.he had made small changes to adapt to aging
【5】What’s the author’s attitude towards exercising in the end?
A.Doubtful. B.Indifferent. C.Positive. D.Ambiguous.
【6】Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?
A.Old age curse and blessing B.The secret to aging well
C.Benefits of regular exercise D.Never too old to learn
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23、Over the next few years, we can expect logins to get much less annoying, as all of the major tech players are now on board with a new technology designed to eventually replace the humble password called the “passkey”.
And that could mean that we do away with passwords altogether. The way passkeys work is by turning your phone into something a bit like a wallet, which you can use to store membership cards to all of your apps and services. When you need to log in to a website, you’ll just have to tap a button on your phone and your passkey wallet will flash the right credentials (证件), letting you in without any trouble. And even if you’re logging in to a device that doesn’t have access to your wallet, when you type in your email address, the website will send a message to your phone to check your credentials.
Once passkeys are commonly accepted and widely used, they won’t just save us from having to remember passwords but, perhaps counterintuitively, logging in with a passkey will actually be significantly more secure than typing a password.
This is because it takes advantage of a technology called “public key” cryptography (密码术), which is one of the building blocks of the internet and is how computers have securely communicated with other computers for decades.
With a password, the website has to ultimately contain a database of everyone’s passwords to check against when you login. But with a passkey, when you create your account on a website, it will effectively create a brand new padlock and key. The website will keep the padlock — and only your phone will have the key.
Passkeys are going to make our digital lives even more secure, because they help guard against two common forms of digital attack.
First, it guards against data leak or leakages — situations where hackers or people who try to break into computer systems gain access to a database of passwords.
This is because, unlike most people who repeat their passwords, each passkey is unique. This means that even if the pizza delivery place is hacked, it won’t give away the same password that you use for your emails.
And secondly, passkeys make things much harder for “phishing” scams — when a website tries to trick you into thinking that it is really your bank’s website or similar, it can steal your login details.
These scams will no longer work as well, because passkeys have another mathematical trick up their sleeve: they’re always changing.
When you log in and your digital wallet has to send over an unlock code, the code it sends will only be valid or useful for a few seconds at a time — so even if a hacker does get hold of your key very briefly, 30 seconds later it will turn useless anyway.
So, next time you feel frustrated that you can’t remember your password, don’t worry too much. It won’t always be like this!
【1】What can you do to log in to a device that is inaccessible to your passkey wallet?
A．Tapping a button on your phone.
B．Using a face scan to unlock your passkey wallet.
C．Searching a database of passwords to find the passkey.
D．Checking message concerning the credentials in the email.
【2】The underlined word “counterintuitively” in the third paragraph means ______.
A．in line with what the institution has taught
B．contrary to what common sense would suggest
C．in accordance to what the instinct tells people
D．opposite to what is considered normal behavior
【3】According to the article, why are passkeys safer?
A．Because each passkey is the only one of its kind that guards against data leakages.
B．Because passkey wallet will flash the right credentials without bothering to check memberships cards.
C．Because passkeys can completely get rid of the possibility of login details’ being stolen by hackers.
D．Because “public key” cryptography contains an enormous database of passwords of every website user.
【4】The article is mainly about ______.
A．the inadaptability of passwords nowadays
B．the distinct features of passkeys nowadays
C．the difference between passkeys and passwords
D．the passkeys’ potential to replace passwords in the future
24、Fou Ts'ong, a Chinese-born pianist known for his sensitive interpretations of Chopin, Debussy and Mozart.died on Monday at a hospital in London, where he had lived for many years. He was 86.
A lover of classical music from a young age, Mr. Fou began taking piano lessons when he was 7. Mr. Fou made his first stage appearance in 1952. The concert caught the attention of officials in Beijing, who selected him to compete and tour in Eastern Europe. Mr. Fou soon moved to Poland, where he studied at the Warsaw Conservatory(音乐学校)on a scholarship. To prepare for the fifth Chopin Competition in Warsaw in 1955.he practiced so diligently that he hurt his fingers and was nearly cut from the first round of the competition.
Mr. Fou was one of the first Chinese pianists to achieve global prominence when he took the third place in the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 1955. He also won a special prize for his performance of Chopin's mazurkas(马祖卜舞曲). Almost overnight, he became a national hero. To China, Mr. Fou's recognition in a well-known international competition was proof that the country could stand on its own artistically in the West. Chinese reporters flocked to interview Mr. Fou, while many others sought out his father, Fu Lei, for advice on child-rearing.
In 1981, a volume of letters written by his father, primarily to Mr. Fou, was published in China. Full of advice, encouragement, life teachings and strict paternal love, the book Fu Lei's Family, Letters became a best-seller in China. Besides influencing a generation of Chinese, Mr. Fu's words resonated(共鸣)long after his death with the person for whom they were intended.
"My father had a saying that 'First you must be a person, then an artist, and then a musician, and only then can you be a pianist.'" Mr. Fou once recalled in an interview. "Even now, I believe in this order-that it should be this way and that I am this way."
【1】What can be learned from Paragraph 2?
A．Fou Ts'ong competed and toured in Beijing.
B．Fou Ts'ong first performed on the stage at 7.
C．Fou Ts'ong made great efforts for competitions.
D．Fou Ts'ong started learning music in Eastern Europe.
【2】Why does Fou Ts'ong's global recognition mean a lot to China?
A．It earns Chinese art a place in the West.
B．It promotes the spread of Chinese culture.
C．It proves Chinese people's talent for music.
D．It enables Chinese art education to be recognized.
【3】What does the underlined word "they" in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A．Mr. Fu's words.
B．Young Chinese.
C．Fou Ts'ong and his family.
D．Readers of Fu Lei's Family Letters.
【4】Which of the following agrees with Fu Lei's ideas in the last paragraph?
A．Pursuing art is a long and painful process.
B．It requires various qualities to be a pianist.
C．Everyone should develop an interest in art.
D．Talent is of the greatest importance for a pianist.
25、Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. In an interview, she recalled how she became a percussion soloist(打击乐器独奏演员) in spite of her disability.
“Early on I decided not to allow the________ of other to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began________ piano lessons when I was eight. The older I got, the more my passion for music grew. But I also began to gradually lose my________ . Doctors concluded that the nerve damage was the ________ and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never________ me.”
“My________ was to become a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I ________ to ‘hear’ music differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and can ________ the pitch of a note by the vibrations(振动) I feel through my body and through my________ . My entire sound world exists by making use of almost every________ that I have.”
“I was________ to be assessed as a musician, not as a deaf musician, and I applied to the famous Royal Academy of Music in London. No other deaf student had________ this before and some teachers ________ my admission. Based on my performance, I was ________ admitted and went on to________ with the academy’s highest honours.”
“After that, I established myself as the first full-time solo percussionist. I________ and arranged a lot of musical compositions since________ had been written specially for solo percussionists.”
“I have been a soloist for over ten years.________ the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didn’t________ that my passion couldn’t be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be________ by others. Follow your passion; follow your heart. They will lead you to the place you want to go.”
【1】
A．conditions
B．opinions
C．actions
D．recommendations
【2】
A．enjoying
B．choosing
C．taking
D．giving
【3】
A．sight
B．hearing
C．touch
D．taste
【4】
A．evidence
B．result
C．excuse
D．cause
【5】
A．left
B．amused
C．accompanied
D．disappointed
【6】
A．role
B．decision
C．promise
D．goal
【7】
A．turned
B．learned
C．used
D．ought
【8】
A．tell
B．see
C．hear
D．smell
【9】
A．impression
B．movement
C．imagination
D．experience
【10】
A．sense
B．effort
C．feeling
D．idea
【11】
A．dissatisfied
B．astonished
C．determined
D．discouraged
【12】
A．done
B．accepted
C．advised
D．admitted
【13】
A．supported
B．followed
C．required
D．opposed
【14】
A．usually
B．finally
C．possibly
D．hopefully
【15】
A．study
B．research
C．graduate
D．progress
【16】
A．wrote
B．translated
C．copied
D．read
【17】
A．enough
B．some
C．many
D．few
【18】
A．However
B．Although
C．When
D．Since
【19】
A．mean
B．seem
C．conclude
D．say
【20】
A．directed
B．guided
C．taught
D．limited
26、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一个完整的短文。
Almost all the possessions had been sold to buy food and clothing for the family. At last, nothing was left but the pet lamb, Daisy. At the thought of parting with the little creature, Mrs. Grant’s felt sad because the children loved it very much. Having struggled hard, she had to make up her mind to sell the lamb. But she could not ask any child to go for the butcher. Finally, she went herself with a heavy heart, dragging her leaden feet, and bargained with the butcher for the sale of Daisy.
While the children were all playing with the lamb, the butcher and his boy came to the door. “ You see I am here for the lamb, ” said the butcher in a loud voice. Hearing this, one child ran to her mother’s side, and asked what was happening in alarm. Mrs. Grant gently pushed the child aside, bent down and was about to tell the truth.
“That’s my lamb now, Charlie! ” said the butcher’s boy in a playful tone, going up to Daisy with a rope in his hand.
“No, it is not your lamb. It is ours! ” said Charlie, placing himself in front of it.
But the boy, pushing him aside, threw a rope round Daisy’s neck, and began to drag the little creature away. The poor lamb bleated (咩咩叫) very sadly. The cry of grief which fell upon the mother’s ears was too much for her, and her heart sank within her. In a moment, begging with tearful eyes, the children were all around their mother with voices choking with sobs for their little pet.
“Please tell your boy to stop a moment, ” she said in husky tones to the butcher. The boy, at a word from the butcher, stopped dragging the lamb, and the little creature stopped its bleating.
In a trembling voice, Mrs. Grant explained to them how badly off they were after their father died. She also added that the kind butcher had given the money for Daisy. With this money, she could buy her children bread to eat.
注意：1.续写词数应为150词左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Para1:
But the more she explained, the stronger her children begged for Daisy.
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Para2:
The butcher, who had been watching all, was touched in his heart.
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