1、They got lost in the forest and couldn’t find a place to ________ themselves from wind and rain.
A.shade
B.rescue
C.range
D.shelter
2、Motorists are being warned to take extra care on minor roads across the county as many remain as ___________as old.
A.obvious B.adventurous C.distracting D.treacherous
3、City planners should bear in mind that social development and balance of nature should go in ________.
A.combination
B.sympathy
C.harmony
D.association
4、We had no rain for four months and the harvest ________.
A.was ruined
B.is ruined
C.ruined
D.ruins
5、I showed an old friend of mine around the city, ________ surprise, the changes had been so great.
A.whose
B.which
C.to which
D.to whose
6、There is only one of the oldest customs that ________ in this district so far.
A. was kept B. were kept
C. has been kept D. have been kept
7、—I can't find David. Where is he?
—He ________ for tomorrow's competition at home.
A.prepares B.is preparing C.has prepare D.prepared
8、Ryan had raised the 2,000 dollars, ________ a well was built near a primary school in Uganda.
A.for which
B.about which
C.with which
D.from which
9、The dog, ________, will make a good watch dog.
A.to train properly
B.training properly
C.properly to train
D.trained properly
10、A sound governing system should guarantee people's ______ of civil rights.
A. action B. employment
C. act D. exercise
11、The foreign friends you referred to ________ looking forward to ________ around your university.
A.are, being shown
B.being, being shown
C.being, showing
D.are, be shown
12、In the detective TV series The Longest Day in Chang’an, the whole story during 24 hours of the Lantern Festival.
A.takes place B.takes off C.takes away
13、The climate here is quite different from ______ of Shenyang.
A. this B. it C. that D. one
14、Why is she so concerned ________ his attitude to her work?
A.to
B.with
C.at
D.about
15、The children here are different in age, ________ from 3 to 10.
A.ranging
B.ranged
C.in a range
D.having a range
16、All the staff in our company are considering to the city center for the fashion show.
A. going B. having gone
C. to have gone D. to go
17、---They haven’t been to Beijing, have they?
---_____. They have never been there.
A.Yes, they haven’t B.Yes, they have C.No, they have D.No, they haven’t
18、He remembered it _____ it were yesterday and knew it would haunt him until his last day.
A.as
B.even though
C.since
D.as though
19、Over thousands of years, they began to depend less on _________ could be hunted or gathered from the wild, and more on animals they had raised and crops they had sown.
A.whether
B.what
C.when
D.where
20、When you open a dictionary, you often _____ a lot of unfamiliar words.
A.hear from B.turn up C.wash away D.come across
21、There________ a teacher and some students playing badminton on the playground.
A.have
B.are
C.has
D.is
22、There’s no doubt ______ hard work is the key to _____ your result.
A. whether; improving B. that; improving
C. whether; improve D. that; improve
23、How can you expect to win confidence of the people _______ you come to them with clean hands?
A.or
B.if
C.unless
D.but
24、—What makes a good teacher?
—A good teacher should be enthusiastic ______ his job and patient _____ his student.
A.about; with B.in; of C.for; with D.about; for
25、— How is your son getting on with his studies in the UK?
— Everything goes well except that he can’t ______ to the pace of life there.
A. adapt B. appeal C. attach D. apply
26、 It is surprising that eating three meals a day—breakfast, lunch and dinner—has been a custom only since 1890. Before this time, English tradition only included two meals a day—breakfast and dinner.
In the 16th century, breakfast was a snack, with no fixed menu. Its only purpose was to break one’s fast from the night. But 200 years later it had become a large meal, not just for the family, but for guests as well. It was a social event. It began at 10 am and lasted until 1pm. Then breakfast began to be less popular. It became, instead, a lighter meal and was taken at a much earlier hour. By 1850 it had been pushed back to 8 am and became a family meal.
Dinner, however, became larger later. In the 16th century it was eaten at 11 am. Years later, it was moved to the early afternoon, then to 5 pm. By 1850 dinner time had reached 7 pm. Lunch is a recent idea. It first appeared as a snack to fill the gap between breakfast and dinner.
【1】How are details arranged in this text?
A.In order-of-importance.
B.In spatial (空间) order.
C.In contrast order.
D.In time order.
【2】What is the text mostly concerned with?
A.The history of breakfast and dinner.
B.The customs of certain feasts.
C.The definition of dinner.
D.The purpose of fasting.
【3】What does the text lead the reader to believe?
A.Our pattern of meals is based on English customs.
B.Before 1890 people couldn’t afford three meals a day.
C.People ate at different times to avoid boredom.
D.People can have two or three meals a day.
27、Shlagel Farms || Waldorf, MD
Less than 20 miles from DC, Shlagel Farms is one of the most popular pick-your-own (PYO) strawberry places in the area, their season beginning in early June. While there, you can also pick up something to cook for dinner — Shlagel also offers farm-raised beef, pork, and chicken! It’s open for PYO from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. seven days a week.
Wegmeyer Farms || Loudoun County, VA
With three locations in Northern Virginia, Wegmeyer offers varying strawberry picking experiences as the settings differ at each. The PYO season will begin at all three locations in May. Check the website for updates, hours, and directions. Picking reservations can be made through the website the night before.
Mackintosh Fruit Farm || Berryville, VA
The family-owned farm in the Shenandoah Valley will be open to the public in late May with access to their strawberry fields, then blueberries, peaches, and apples. Plan on lunch while you’re there — along with fruits and vegetables, the farm also offers a variety of menu items prepared fresh every day from their own produce. Hours are 8 a.m.-6 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday.
Larriland Farm || Woodbine, MD
About an hour’s drive from DC in Howard County, Larriland Farm always gets great reviews for both its produce and beauty. The PYO season is expected to start with strawberries in late May/early June this year followed by its full range of berries soon after, from June-October, too. Apple picking usually begins in late August. Summer hours are Tuesday 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Wednesday to Friday 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday & Sunday 9 a.m.-8 p.m.
【1】How does Shlagel Farms differ from Wegmeyer Farms?
A.It is open earlier in summer.
B.It provides a full range of fruits for pickers.
C.It requires reservations.
D.It has animal produce available for sale.
【2】Which place provides lunch?
A.Shlagel Farms.
B.Wegmeyer Farms.
C.Mackintosh Fruit Farm.
D.Larriland Farm.
【3】What time can you pick apples on Tuesday?
A.8 a.m.-6 p.m.
B.9 a.m.-5 p.m.
C.9 a.m.-6 p.m.
D.9 a.m.-8 p.m.
28、Contestants from around the world met in Pomona, California, this month to test their skills at things like driving a car, walking down stairs, and opening doors. Sounds easy, right? But the competitors weren’t people—they were robots!
The bots were participating in(参加) the final round of the US’s DARPA(Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Robotics Challenge. This event, which took place on June 5-6, tested robots on how well they could respond during a disaster and the winning team finally took home a $2 million grand prize.
The DARPA challenge was created after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan. An earthquake caused a tsunami, which damaged a nuclear power plant. Workers at the plant needed to shut off an important valve(阀门), but it was too dangerous for humans to reach it. The US scientists at DARPA wondered whether the disaster could have been avoided if a robot had been sent to do the job. So they set up the robotics competition.
Turning a valve was just one task a robot might have to perform when entering a disaster zone. In addition to doing this, robots participating in the challenge had to navigate a course containing several other tasks: driving and exiting a vehicle, opening a door, walking over or clearing objects, cutting a hole in a wall, plus climbing a flight of stairs.
Teams had to complete the challenge in one hour, and points were awarded based on how quickly the robots completed a task. They didn’t have to attempt all the tasks. To make things even more realistic, challenge organizers caused short computer-system blackouts(断电) that prevented robots and the human operators controlling them from communicating. That means teams had to program their robots to be partially autonomous(独立的). Robots also couldn’t be attached to anything that could keep them from falling down, which happened a lot.
【1】What do we know about this year’s DARPA challenge?
A. It lasted five days.
B. It was held in Japan.
C. Its winner got a cash prize.
D. Its winner will work in Fukushima.
【2】What does the underlined part “the job” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A. To open a door. B. To close a valve.
C. To predict a tsunami. D. To rebuild a nuclear power plant.
【3】The robots that participated in the US’s DARPA challenge were required to _____.
A. challenge all the tasks
B. have a good sense of smell
C. complete their tasks in an hour
D. act in the dark in the whole process
【4】What is the text mainly about?
A. A nuclear disaster. B. A research program.
C. A robotics competition. D. A scientific organization.
29、Helping voters out
The US 2020 presidential election has captured people’s hearts around the world. In order to allow voters to vote in person, poll (投票站) workers need to work at different vote centers. In past elections, most poll workers were elderly, but now that they are more at risk of severe symptoms from COVID-19, there was a growing need for young people to serve as poll workers.
I first became aware of the opportunity to become a poll worker from a story on my Instagram feed from an account called “Poll Hero”. It mentioned a large-scale recruitment (招聘) effort for young poll workers, and I immediately became interested in participating. I signed up to be a poll worker from the website, and a few days later, I registered through the High School Student Election Worker Program with the assistance of a Poll Hero volunteer.
After registering, there were two steps I had to take in order to become certified to serve in this election. The first was an online training course. The course takes around three hours but can be completed in multiple sittings. It covers the different roles workers have, different procedures workers must follow and provides information on how to use tools such as the electronic pollbook. The session is interactive, and I often engaged in simulated (模拟的) situations and knowledge checks to ensure that I understood each lesson. After taking the online course, I had to pass an exam with an 80 percent score or higher to complete that part of my certification. On my first attempt, I passed with a score of exactly 80 percent.
After passing the online course, I attended a two-hour in-person training session where I worked with a real electronic pollbook to practice what I would do on Election Day. The instructor took us through many different scenarios where we practiced assisting different types of voters. I was pleased to see many fellow young people attend the session!
In total, I spent 37 hours helping voters vote during this election. With my mask on the entire time, I checked in voters and helped them use the ballot (投票) marking devices where they could cast their vote. I also loved meeting fellow workers who are passionate about being engaged and helping our community. Taking part in this historic election is something I will never forget.
【1】Why did the author decide to serve as a poll worker?
A.He considered it his duty to help his community.
B.He was inspired by a Poll Hero volunteer.
C.Young poll workers were in huge demand.
D.It was one of his school’s volunteering programs.
【2】What do we know about the online training course?
A.This course must be completed all at once.
B.It uses a lecture-style teaching method.
C.Those who pass the exam get a service certification.
D.To pass the exam, one has to score at least 80 percent.
【3】What is paragraph 4 mainly about?
A.What difficulties the author ran into.
B.What the author learned from the in-person training session.
C.How the author cooperated with other young poll workers.
D.How the author assisted different types of voters on Election Day.
【4】How did the author feel as a poll worker?
A.Proud. B.Exhausted.
C.Bored. D.Nervous.
30、You've probably seen blind people walking with their gentle four-legged guides----or “seeing-eye” dogs. _________ what you probably didn't know is that about 80 years ago, a doctor and his patient discovered this entirely _________!
Many people were killed or injured during World War I. Near the end of that war, Dr. Gerhard Stalling and his _________ walked with a patient---a German soldier who had been _________ ----around hospital grounds in Germany.
While they were walking, the doctor was called away. The dog and the soldier stayed outside. A few moments later, when the doctor returned, the dog and the soldier were _________! Searching the paths worriedly, Dr. Stalling made an astonishing _________. His pet had led the soldier _________ around the hospital grounds. And together the two walked peacefully back toward the doctor.
_________ by what his dog could do, Dr. Stalling set up the first _________ in the world to train dogs as guides. Dorothy Eustis, an American woman __________ as a dog trainer for the International Red Cross in Switzerland, was __________ to study the way Stalling trained dogs and spent several months in his school. She came away so impressed that she wrote a(n) __________ about it for the Saturday Evening Post in America.
A blind American man, Morris Frank, __________ the article and he wrote to Dorothy and asked if she could train a dog for him. Dorothy took up the __________, and trained a dog, Buddy. She brought Frank over to Switzerland to join her in the training __________. Frank went back to the US with what many believe to be America's first guide dog in 1928.
【1】
A.So
B.But
C.And
D.Or
【2】
A.in time
B.by accident
C.by force
D.in turn
【3】
A.colleague
B.assistant
C.nurse
D.dog
【4】
A.abandoned
B.admired
C.blinded
D.protected
【5】
A.gone
B.losing
C.asleep
D.apart
【6】
A.fortune
B.mistake
C.discovery
D.decision
【7】
A.unwillingly
B.safely
C.immediately
D.gratefully
【8】
A.Inspired
B.Amused
C.Puzzled
D.Required
【9】
A.hospital
B.school
C.factory
D.hotel
【10】
A.working
B.growing
C.dressing.
D.coming
【11】
A.nervous
B.careful
C.tired
D.curious
【12】
A.letter
B.book
C.article
D.introduction
【13】
A.laughed at
B.learned from
C.paid for
D.heard about
【14】
A.advantage
B.support
C.challenge
D.difficulty
【15】
A.situation
B.process
C.competition
D.preparation
31、课文段落原文填空
The school adviser helped me choose the【1】 ones: maths, English, chemistry, world history, and Chinese. I know that Chinese is a very difficult language, but I hope to be fluent when I 【2】. My adviser 【3】 that I should sign up 【4】 advanced literature because I like English and I’ m good at it.
32、阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给的段落开头语续写一段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数60左右
All the housewives who went to the new supermarket had one great ambition: to be the lucky customer who did not have to pay for her shopping. For this was what the notice just inside the entrance promised. It said: “Remember, once a week, one of our customers gets free goods. This may be your lucky day.”
For several weeks Mrs. Emerson hoped, like many of her friends, to be the lucky customer. Unlike her friends, she never gave up hope. Her kitchen were full of things which she did not need. Her husband tried to dissuade(劝阻) her but failed. She dreamed of the day when the manager of the supermarket would approach her and say, “Madam, this is your lucky day. Everything in your basket is free.”
One morning, after she had finished her shopping and had taken it to her car she found that she forgot to buy any tea. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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