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1、Though the twin brothers _______ each other in appearance, they are quite different in characters.
A.evaluate B.distinguish C.appreciate D.resemble
2、He wrote a letter ________ he explained what had happened in the accident.
A. that B. which
C. where D. what
3、He abandoned teaching_______ a career as a musician.
A.in favor of B.in terms of C.with regard to D. with reference to
4、Nowadays, the Internet is a popular ________ for the public to access information and voice their opinions.
A. track B. trend
C. channel D. lane
5、James was enjoying the art show, _________ his wife wanted to go home.
A.or B.for
C.so D.but
6、We’d better take umbrellas—I’m sure it ________ when we arrive in London; it’s always wet there at this time of year.
A．will rain
B．is raining
C．will be raining
D．would rain
7、It never occurred to me_____ she could complete the task in such a short time.
A. which B. that C. what D. if
8、The bridge, which ________ 1688, need repairing.
A. was dated from B. dated from
C. dating from D. dates from
9、—I dropped by at 6:00pm yesterday but failed to see you at your house.
—I ______ in a gym at that time.
A. was exercising B. am exercising C. have exercised D. had exercised
10、 ______ smiling and one day life will get tired of upsetting you.
A. To keep B. Keeping C. Keep D. Having kept
11、I would love _____ to the party last night but I had to work extra hours to finish a report.
A．to go
B．to have gone
C．going
D．having gone
12、—We didn’t find Ju Xiaopeng attending the English Class online.
—No one ________ him about ________ a lecture even on Saturday.
A.told; there to be B.had told; there to be
C.told; there was D.had told; there being
13、I was ill that day, otherwise I _______the sports meet.
A. took part in B. would have taken part in
C. had taken part in D. would take part in
14、 What _ day! My car broke down on the high way and I was late for_____ work.
A. a; the B. a; / C. the; / D. the; the
15、The fellow we spoke ________ no comment at first.
A．to make
B．to made
C．made
D．to making
16、On April 22 every year, people around the world mark Earth Day by _________ the environment.
A．adapting to
B．benefiting from
C．caring for
D．relying on
17、An ancient temple ________ back to the Northern Qi Dynasty was destroyed in flames, ________ concerns about the effective protection of cultural remains.
A.dating; causing B.dating; caused C.dates; causing D.dates; caused
18、The only problem was ______ we kept getting lost! But people in Tianjin are very friendly and helpful.
A. why B. whether
C. that D. how
19、Hot the night air was,we slept deeply because we were so tired after the long journey.
A. although B. while C. as D. however
20、________ in a tiny cabinet were four Mother’s Day poems I’d written for her in the 1960s.
A.Hidden B.Hiding C.Being hidden D.To be hidden
21、How to Make Plays More Approachable?
Plays on the page can often feel incomprehensible, academic or irrelevant to the young people studying them, but they shouldn’t be. 【1】
The best way to explore a play is to experience it — either through watching it or performing it yourself. The students can imagine a character or a scene, having them come off stage. 【2】
There are lots of recordings of theatre productions available to stream for free in your classroom covering many set texts and introducing new, bold and challenging plays. 【3】 It’s easy to jump to specific scenes or speeches, or even compare the interpretations and creative decisions of different productions.
If your classroom space allows, push back your tables and get everyone on their feet. When students find it too challenging to read the text of a scene and act it out without practicing, ask them to read it carefully first. 【4】 They can mine the original text for clues, making lists of facts and questions regarding particular characters and situations.
【5】 Think about the various ways in which stagecraft (编剧技术) can transform words on a page into a piece of theatre.
Ask students to explore a character through costume design, or consider how lighting can enhance mood and aid storytelling. Ask students “Why does it matter?” and “What’s the point?”— get them to think about how the play relates to them, and encourage them to express their opinions on it.
A．You might also like to ask them to write a missing scene.
B．In this way, they will remember much more about them.
C．This might help them to ignore the author’s background.
D．And then perform a version of the scene in their own words.
E．If getting on your feet isn’t an option, get creative on paper instead.
F．Time-poor teachers needn’t commit to watching an entire production.
G．Bringing them to life through performance can make them fun, accessible and relatable.
22、 Let’s catch a glimpse of the latest inventions this year.
Parallels lets you use desktop apps on your phone
You'd think most applications would have created a mobile app by now — but many companies still use desktop apps exclusively. Now Parallels Access lets you access them on your smartphone. All you need to do is download the app, then connect Parallels' Applification™ to your computer, so you can access important files and other apps with a single click. You can easily use your apps in full-screen mode, using intuitive(直观的) touch controls to work faster than before.
Usually,Parallels Access is $19.99, but you can get it now for $9.99.
Take your lighting to the next level with this smart switch
You probably don’t spend a lot of time thinking about your home’s lighting, but it’s important: the way that you control your lighting affects the environment (and your electric bill).
This WiFi wall switch is controlled via a companion app on your smartphone, so you can control connected lights or ceiling fans from anywhere.
Usually, the Meross WiFi Wall Light Switch costs $45.99, but right now it’s on sale for $39.99 .
Shoot beautifully clear videos with this smartphone gimbal
If you're interested in shooting professional-quality videos and photos, you don't have to spend a fortune to take a beautifully composed shot: just use this Rigiet Smartphone Gimbal instead.
A gimbal is a support for your camera (in this case, your smartphone) that allows it to pivot（移动）, and automatically detect and adjust to the position that you want to film in. Unlike any other camera hardware you might own, this one comes with its own accompanying app.
Usually, this Rigiet Smartphone Gimbal is $269, but you can get it now for $109.99.
【1】What do these products have in common?
A. They save us energy.
B. They make us work faster than before.
C. They make our life easier and more comfortable.
D. We have to download their apps before they are used.
【2】Which product gives you the best discount?
A. The Rigiet Smartphone Gimbal. B. The Meross WiFi Wall Light Switch.
C. .The Parallels Access. D. The Desktop Apps.
【3】In which section can we see the article in a newspaper?
A. Education. B. Science.
C. Society. D. Culture.
23、 School is still out for the summer, but at Eastern Senior High School in Washington, D.C., students are hard at work outdoors. In a garden filled with flowers and beds bursting with vegetables and herbs, nearly a dozen teenagers are harvesting vegetables for the weekend’s farmers market.
Roshawn Little is going into her junior year at Eastern, and has been working in this garden for three years now. During the summer, Little gets paid to work Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a. m. until 2 p.m. with City Blossoms, a nonprofit that brings community gardens to schools in urban areas. She believes that working in the garden has taught her to try all sorts of new things, like eating different kinds of vegetables more often. And she’s taken those healthy behaviors home with her and her eating habits have encouraged her family to buy more fruits and vegetables.
City Blossoms is one of many groups across the country teaming up with local communities to build school gardens, like the one at Eastern. It works with schools to create learning gardens and trains teachers on how to use them to get students engaged and boost academics. These gardens are really outdoor classrooms. For example, the gardens can be used for math lessons, like calculating the area of a plant bed or learning the science of how plants grow.
For the students, the experience can be a nutritional eye-opener, which has totally changed their perceptions of where food comes from, and what it takes to produce food. Partner schools have also seen a 12 to 15 percent increase in the number of students passing standardized tests and 94 percent of teachers reported seeing increased engagement from their students, according to an independent evaluation conducted by PEER Associates.
【1】What does Roshawn Little think of the summer outdoor activity?
A．It is a good way to earn pocket money.
B．It has improved her family relationship.
C．It contributes to her healthy eating habit.
D．It is helpful to her academic performance.
【2】What is the purpose of the school gardens?
A．To provide a creative way of learning.
B．To-promote teachers1 teaching skills.
C．To get students interested in science.
D．To invite students to care for plants.
【3】What does the last paragraph focus on about the project of City Blossoms?
A．Its strategies.
B．Its outcomes.
C．Its operations.
D．Its participants.
【4】What can be a suitable title for the text?
A．City Blossoms: Team up with Local Community Teachers
B．Happy Holiday, Sweet memory: How Kids Enjoy the Harvest
C．Outdoor Classrooms: Get out for the Weekend’s Farmers Market
D．Healthy Eaters, Strong Minds: What School Gardens Teach Kids
24、 Artificial flesh is growing ever closer to the real thing. Scientists in Australia have now created a new jelly-like material which they claim has the strength and lasting usage of actual skin, ligaments(韧带）,or even bone.
“With the special chemistry we’ve engineered in the hydrogel(水凝胶）,it can repair itself after it has been broken like human skin can,” explains chemist Luke Connal from the Australian National University. “Hydrogels are usually weak, but our material is so strong it could easily lift very heavy objects and can change its shape like human muscles do.”
Having a wet and soft material with such remarkable properties could be very important for the development of next-generation soft robotics and biomedical devices. Creating a shape-changing hydrogel that has multiple functions has proved an ongoing challenge for scientists, even with natural inspiration from sea creatures, such as jellyfish, sea cucumbers, and Venus fly traps.
While some hydrogels can withstand mechanical stress, others have self-healing properties, and a few more have the abilities to memorize shapes or change colours. As far as the ANU researchers know, no one else has been able to incorporate all these functions into one all-encompassing gel. At least, not at the speed and efficiency they’ve achieved.
Using this material, the researchers made extremely thin films of “flesh” without any breakage.
When these films were heated or cooled, they then changed into different shapes, bending one way or the other before returning back to their original state along with the temperature. If temperature is somehow used as a control, the authors think this gel could one day be moved like an artificial muscle. Researchers are trying to modify their temperature control technology accordingly and make a significant step towards turning this hydrogel into practical use.
【1】What do you know about the new material according to the text?
A.It looks like the jelly and functions like the robot.
B.It can be easily repaired by scientists after being broken.
C.It is likely to be the most multifunctional hydrogel at present.
D.It can hardly go back to its original shape after heated or cooled.
【2】What is the author’s attitude towards the future of the dynamic hydrogel?
A.Indifferent.
B.Neutral.
C.Negative.
D.Positive.
【3】What is the best title for the text?
A.Getting scientific inspiration from nature.
B.Lifting heavy objects by dynamic hydrogels.
C.Creating a new kind of flesh with chemistry.
D.Enabling artificial robots to heal themselves.
【4】What will the author most probably talk about in the following paragraph?
A.The characters of artificial flesh.
B.The creation of the dynamic hydrogel.
C.The shapes and colors of artificial flesh.
D.The application of the dynamic hydrogel.
25、It's the stuff of travel nightmares (噩梦).Taking something precious on your trip, keeping it close to hand so you don't risk______.it in checked baggage - and then realizing you don't have it when you get home.
For Rachel DeGolia, the nightmare of losing something on a______came true.In September, her______collection of family letters from the 1940s to 1970s was left on a plane as it pulled into Chicago Midway Airport.
It was, says DeGolia, “tragic (悲惨的)”But that tragedy turned to______- when, after a three-week search, one airline representative______ DeGolia with her letters.
DeGolia says, in summer 2021, she received a collection of family letters sent by her cousin.She decided to take them with her to her daughter's wedding party as she thought it would be the perfect occasion to share the letters with her brother.Her brother was very______and decided to take the precious cargo (货物) home, making
sure to keep it with him in the cabin - but then ______it in the cabin when he got off his flight home to Chicago.
After the passengers got off the plane, crew (乘务员)______the cargo during their post-flight checks, realized the letters were precious, and handed the cargo over to a gate agent.The letters______in Sarah Haffner's hands.Haffner, a Baggage Service Office supervisor (主管) for Southwest at Midway, checked the letters______and realized it was very precious item that needed to find its______.
Normally, the procedure for reuniting items with their owners is fairly_ ______.Agents like Haffner look for any identification on the item, and then ______ the name to a passenger booking.If the person has been on a connecting flight, that's not an issue, because they have a database of______ going back a couple of years.But the______ was that the only identifying name in the whole batch of letters was Rachel DeGolia - and she hadn't been on the fight.
Haffner and her colleagues tried their best.After three weeks of______, they finally found some______of a Rachel DeGolia from Ohio on the Internet, “I was like, what are the chances -it's got to be her,”Haffner says.Then she managed to track down a ______ number.
“At 9 p.m.one night I got this call,”says DeGolia.She was______ to tears, calling Haffner“A wonderful young woman for ______her family legacy (遗产).
【1】
A．finding
B．losing
C．solving
D．keeping
【2】
A．flight
B．bus
C．train
D．boat
【3】
A．unbelievable
B．impossible
C．unacceptable
D．irreplaceable
【4】
A．sorrow
B．anxiety
C．relief
D．effort
【5】
A．helped
B．reunited
C．favored
D．impressed
【6】
A．bored
B．excited
C．confused
D．disappointed
【7】
A．put
B．hid
C．left
D．threw
【8】
A．received
B．missed
C．delivered
D．found
【9】
A．ended up
B．came out
C．passed on
D．took over
【10】
A．secretly
B．carefully
C．carelessly
D．differently
【11】
A．way
B．value
C．owner
D．price
【12】
A．simple
B．useful
C．unusual
D．slow
【13】
A．add
B．apply
C．match
D．introduce
【14】
A．agents
B．crew
C．parcels
D．passengers
【15】
A．cause
B．excuse
C．process
D．problem
【16】
A．preparing
B．searching
C．waiting
D．thinking
【17】
A．rewards
B．meanings
C．clues
D．puzzles
【18】
A．cabin
B．baggage
C．phone
D．room
【19】
A．annoyed
B．worried
C．scared
D．moved
【20】
A．saving
B．creating
C．proving
D．sharing
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。续写的词数应为 150 左右。
I will never forget the day I passed my driving test and got my license. The instructor just informed me that I passed and was reviewing the driver restrictions with me as I was full of smiles. Meanwhile, I looked over at my dad and he was staring at his phone with a strange look. “Excuse me sir, but I must take this call…” my father rudely interrupted. “Hello?”, he answered the phone. The look on his face was unforgettable as he turned as white as a ghost. My first thought was that someone was in the hospital or had died. Although it turned out that everyone was safe, little did I know that phone call would change my attitude to life forever.
The call was from the North Middleton Fire Department and they informed my father that he needed to get to the house as soon as possible. My dad was about to shut his phone when suddenly I heard my sister on the phone. All I could hear was her crying hysterically and screaming “Fire”! I had one thought going through my head at that moment, and it was my niece, Myleeah. Did my sister get her out of the house in time? She was only six months old and I adored her more than anything in the entire world. We ran out of the office both in complete shock. Needless to say, my dad was driving like crazy.
At this point I didn’t even know how to prepare myself. The thought of my house burning to the ground didn’t seem to be real. The drive from the office to my house was only a fifteen-minute drive, but it felt like forever. Finally after running red lights and driving off the side of the road, we were half a mile away from the house. All we could see was black smoke and floating ashes filling the sky. This was when reality hit me and I thought not only might I lose my home, but also my baby niece. I began to break down in tears and pray that everyone was safe.
Paragraph 1:
We finally pulled into my neighborhood which was full of fire trucks, police cars, and black ash.
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Paragraph 2:
I finally found my sister sitting in our neighbor’s yard with black ash all over her.
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