1、____our arriving at the airport , we were given a warm welcome by the local people.
A. With B. Or
C. Upon D. Until
2、The biggest challenge at the initial phase was to persuade people to work for me, ________ was totally outside my experience.
A.what
B.that
C.which
D.who
3、______ that I was in trouble, Tom came to my aid without delay.
A. Learn B. Learning C. Learned D. To learn
4、Molly is an impressive photographer, _______ pictures have appeared in many magazines.
A. who B. which C. whose D. what
5、The children ran out _______ after they finished their homework.
A. of playing B. playing C. to play D. play
6、The villagers hope that the world knows more about their traditional art that _________ for hundreds of years through the TV program.
A.preserved
B.has been preserved
C.will be preserved
D.was preserved
7、—How lucky! The tourist stopped at the last moment..
—Indeed! One more step and he ________ off the cliff(悬崖)
A. would fall B. would have fallen
C. may have fallen D. had fallen
8、It's said that Xi Jinping, our ________ president, will visit our city next month.
A.67 years old B.67 years' old C.67-year-old D.67-years-old
9、People try to avoid public transportation delays by using their own cars, and _____ this creates further problems.
A.in turn B.in brief C.in return D.in all
10、An important negative effect of ______ is that it can hurt the person being talked about.
A.globe
B.grill
C.gossip
D.garage
11、---I heard Mr. Smith is the newly elected president of your university.
---Yes. But with a lot of difficult problems ________, he is having a hard time.
A.settled
B.settling
C.to settle
D.being settled
12、More and more people are signing up for Yoga classes nowadays,________advantage of the health and relaxation benefits.
A.taking
B.taken
C.having taken
D.having been taken
13、I have found no convincing as to the truth of the accident, so I have to reserve my judgment for the moment.
A. balance B. appearance
C. evidence D. intelligence
14、You should always try to achieve more, _________ well you have done before.
A.however
B.whatever
C.whenever
D.wherever
15、They were abroad during the months when we were carrying out the investigation, or they __________to our help.
A. would have come B. could come
C. have come D. had come
16、— It’s getting dark. I’m afraid I must be leaving.
— ______.
A.OK, let’s go
B.What a pity
C.See you later
D.You are nice
17、The doctor thought ___________would be good for you to have a good rest.
A. this
B. that
C. one
D. it
18、Our headmaster forbids ________ during stay in the school.
A.to smoke
B.smoke
C.smoking
D.to smoking
19、Many people in European countries ______ the advice that they should wear masks, which is a great threat(威胁).
A.tracked
B.imagined
C.observed
D.ignored
20、Built mainly on natural resources , the prosperity of the city was _______ and its economy almost collapsed when coal prices began to fall in 2012.
A. sensitive B. flexible C. fragile D. Subtle
21、An endangered black-footed ferret (雪貂), considered to be the rarest mammal in North America, made a “surprise appearance” in a Pueblo West homeowner’s garage on Monday, according to a Colorado Parks and Wildlife(CPW) news report.
The unnamed homeowner called CPW about the furry visitor, and while waiting for officers to arrive, he tricked the animal into a box. The home is located near the Walker Ranch, where CPW has been releasing black-footed ferrets on a prairie dog colony as part of a major conservation collaboration to restore their populations. Black-footed ferrets rely heavily on prairie dogs, which are often treated as pests by farmers, for food.
Since 2013, more than 120 black-footed ferrets have been released on the Walker Ranch by CPW biologists. By scanning the escaped ferret’s microchip, officers were able to determine it was one of nine black-footed ferrets recently released on the ranch.
With the blessing of the ranch owner, and after examining the animal and determining it was healthy, CPW officers took the box and hiked deep into the prairie colony in the dark, opened the box and watched the ferret hurry into a prairie dog hole.
“We don’t know exactly why this black-footed ferret left the colony,” said Ed Schmal, CPW conservation biologist. “We put them into prairie dog holes but they may not stay. Sometimes they move around the colony to find the right home. This one might have gotten pushed out by other ferrets and it went looking for a new home. We really don’t know.”
Schmal said CPW has only received one other report of a black-footed ferret leaving the ranch, and he had never heard of one entering a structure like a garage. “This is extremely rare,” he said. “Black-footed ferrets are active at night and extremely shy. For some reason, this one left the colony and was seeking shelter. We’re just glad it appeared healthy, not starving or sick, and we were able to capture it and return it to the colony.”
【1】Who found the black-footed ferret?
A.An unnamed homeowner.
B.A bus driver.
C.A wildlife reserve officer.
D.A furry visitor.
【2】What can we learn about ferrets from the second paragraph?
A.They like to go in groups.
B.They feed on prairie dogs.
C.They often surprise humans.
D.They hate the Walker Ranch.
【3】What did the CPW officers do before returning the ferret?
A.They trapped it in a large cage.
B.They placed a microchip on it.
C.They gave it a health check.
D.They paid the ranch owner.
【4】How did Schmal feel about the ferret entering a garage?
A.Satisfied.
B.Surprised.
C.Disappointed.
D.Frightened.
22、Fifteen years ago, I took a summer vacation in Lecce in southern Italy. After climbing up a hill for a panoramic view of the blue sea, white buildings and green olive trees, I paused to catch my breath and then positioned myself to take the best photo of this panorama.
Unfortunately, just as I took out my camera, a woman approached from behind, and planted herself right in front of my view. Like me, this woman was here to stop, sigh and appreciate the view.
Patient as I was, after about 15 minutes, my camera scanning the sun and reviewing the shot I would eventually take, I grew frustrated. Was it too much to ask her to move so I could take just one picture of the landscape? Sure, I could have asked her, but something prevented me from doing so. She seemed so content in her observation. I didn’t want to mess with that.
Another 15 minutes passed and I grew bored. The woman was still there. I decided to take the photo anyway. And now when I look at it, I think her presence in the photo is what makes the image interesting. The landscape, beautiful on its own, somehow comes to life and breathes because this woman is engaging with it.
This photo, with the unique beauty that unfolded before me and that woman who “ruined” it, now hangs on a wall in my bedroom. What would she think if she knew that her figure is captured and frozen on some stranger’s bedroom wall? A bedroom, after all, is a very private space, in which some woman I don’t even know has been immortalized. In some ways, she lives in my house.
Perhaps we all live in each other’s’ spaces. Perhaps this is what photos are for: to remind us that we all appreciate beauty, that we all share a common desire for pleasure, for connection, for something that is greater than us.
That photo is a reminder, a captured moment, an unspoken conversation between two women, separated only by a thin square of glass.
【1】Why did the writer and the woman both came here?
A.To have fun together.
B.To enjoy the beautiful scenery.
C.To take pictures of the landscape.
D.To do research on the environment.
【2】What made the writer feel annoyed?
A.The woman was too noisy.
B.Her camera stopped working.
C.She was forbidden to take photos there.
D.The woman blocked her view, but she could do nothing.
【3】What does the underlined word mean?
A.Filmed.
B.Caught.
C.Controlled.
D.Painted.
【4】What’s the passage mainly about?
A.A woman appreciating the view.
B.Friendship between two strangers.
C.The writer’s attitude to the landscape.
D.A particular life experience of the writer.
23、British programmer Joshua Browder is helping people save much money on legal fees with his latest project-the world’s first robot lawyer. The 19-year-old first started the project last summer as a free website to help people appeal unfair parking tickets. He came up with the idea after getting a series of tickets himself for unimportant reasons. Having wasted hours writing appeals to these tickets, he realized that many people have no time or legal knowledge to appeal So he decided to create a robot lawyer, which he named DoNotPay.
DoNotPay was a success, and the tech genius has gone a step further with the website. converting(转变)it into a robot lawyer equipped to help with various legal issues. “The robot can handle parking ticket appeals and delayed flights/ trains. It can also answer some general legal questions like ‘ I can’t afford my ticket. What do I do?’” said Browder.
To use the service, users need to go to the website DoNotPay.co.uk and sign up for free. Once signed in, the robot will ask the user questions about their situation. When it has collected enough information, and if the person has legal grounds for an appeal, the robot will create a letter for the person to use.
Browder said he received good advice from his professors at Stanford University. “Initially, I thought the best way to go about it was to create many individual rules for it to follow,” he explained. “However, I quickly failed with this approach because there are thousands of ways to say the same thing and it would be impossible to catch everyone. The breakthrough came when I learned how to create a way for the robot to learn and compare phrases itself, so that it doesn’t matter how the user phrases his or her requests.”
So he programmed the robot to use text comparison that includes keywords, word order and pronouns. And the more people use the robot,the better the algorithm(演算法)gets. But here’re situations where the robot can’t help.” If the robot can’t answer, it provides helpful massage offering the user some sample phrases or the choice of contacting me directly,”
Browder said. “On the backend, whenever the robot can’t answer, I get noticed and work as quickly as possible to add functions for any future requests of a similar nature.”
“I think it does a reasonable job of replacing parking lawyers,” Browder told Tech Insider. “I know there are thousands of programmers with more experience than me working on similar issues. If it is one day possible for any citizen to get the same standard of legal representation as a billionaire, how can that not be a good thing?”
【1】What made Joshua Browder decide to develop the robot lawyer?
A.His interest in law and robot.
B.Being often fined for serious reasons.
C.Realizing people’s need to write appeals.
D.A waste of much money in appealing.
【2】What can the robot lawyer do at present?
A.Deal with some common legal issues.
B.Create a computer program to serve its users.
C.Recommend some useful legal websites to users.
D.Teach the users to write a letter of appeal.
【3】What did Browder’s professors advise him to do about his robot?
A.Store enough legal knowledge in it.
B.Teach it to communicate with its users.
C.Create enough individual rules for it to follow.
D.Enable it to learn and compare phrases on its own.
【4】What is Browder’s attitude to the world’s first robot lawyer?
A.Unclear.
B.Cautious.
C.Proud.
D.Negative.
24、Salad seeds(生菜种子)that went on a round trip to outer space and back grew at a slightly slower rate than the ones on earth, scientists have found, thanks to thousands of young people who helped conduct an out-of-this-world experiment.
The project started in 2015, when British astronaut (宇航员)Tim Peake took a million rocket seeds with him on his journey to the International Space Station (ISS). The seeds spent six months there before they were sent back to Earth in 2016. In a message sent from the ISS, Peake said the science experiment was to find out if the conditions in space affected the seeds' ability to grow.
Around 600,000 pupils at 8,600 schools in the UK were then asked to grow the rocket seeds that had been to space, along with regular seeds that had never left the planet. Peake described the experiment as "one of the largest and most inspirational experiments of its kind".
The results of the study, which have just been published, found that the space seeds grew more slowly than the ones that had stayed on Earth. Researchers on the experiment said this was due to the stresses of space travel, such as the zero-gravity (零重力)atmosphere and high levels of cosmic rays(宇宙射线),which slowed the growth of the plants.
Now researchers are hopeful that if the seeds are properly protected, it might be possible to grow plants during future space tasks to other planets. Dr Jake Chandler, from University of London, who led the study, said,“ The possibility of eating home-grown salad on Mars may be one small step closer.
【1】Why did Tim Peake take seeds to ISS?
A.To explore the secret to gravity.
B.To have astronauts grow salad in ISS.
C.To promote young kids,interest in salad.
D.To test the space's influence on seeds growth.
【2】How did Tim Peake feel about the experiment?
A.Encouraged.
B.Disappointed.
C.Confused.
D.Concerned.
【3】From which part of a website is the text probably taken?
A.Health.
B.Science.
C.Educatn.
D.Business.
【4】What could be the best title of the text?
A.Space study, a hot topic
B.Salad growing, a hit among students
C.Your salad, grown on Mars, may soon be a reality
D.Man's exploration to Mars, a big step forward
25、When he was a child, Lou Zhonghua wanted to be a firefighter. “I always felt that driving a fire truck to put out a fire was amazingly a thing to be_________of,” said the 50-year-old from Yiwu, Zhejiang province.
When he was old enough, Lou_________to join the fire department, but his application was _________after he failed the physical examination. He went on to work as a driver for a transportation company, until 2003 when he was_________as a forest firefighter in his village.
Lou patrolled (巡逻) the woods,_________ anything that might cause a fire. His devotion and hard work led to him being appointed a leader of the forest firefighting team when it was established in 2005. He moved his family into the_________in order to patrol more effectively and built a farm with rooms which were used to_________fire equipment. He cleared roads through the forest to give better vehicular (车辆的)_________and even bought a fire truck with his own money.
His wife, Huang Wuzhen, learned how to fight fires as well and became the only_________forest firefighter in Yiwu.“It’s a(n)__________job, but I choose to fight fires with him rather than stay at home__________ ,” she said. Their 19-year-old son, Lou Jiajun, has also followed in his father’s footsteps and will become a professional firefighter after being accepted into the fire department earlier this year.
In Yiwu, wildfires are common,__________in winter when the weather is dry. Over the Spring Festival holiday of 2014,Lou and his family exhausted themselves putting out fires with a fire hose (水管) after traditional fire extinguishers (灭火器) had no effect at all. “It was very __________ for us to carry fire extinguishers up the mountains,” the father said.
This experience convinced Lou Zhonghua that he needed his own fire truck, so he used his own money to buy a 400,000 yuan fire truck. “As long as we can__________our beautiful home-land well, it’s worth the__________.” Lou said.
【1】
A.proud
B.ashamed
C.afraid
D.serious
【2】
A.continued
B.applied
C.failed
D.needed
【3】
A.adopted
B.appreciated
C.advocated
D.rejected
【4】
A.prohibited
B.prepared
C.employed
D.fired
【5】
A.contributing to
B.switching off
C.combining with
D.searching for
【6】
A.city
B.woods
C.department
D.village
【7】
A.produce
B.track
C.store
D.detect
【8】
A.access
B.innovation
C.repair
D.application
【9】
A.secure
B.remarkable
C.extraordinary
D.female
【10】
A.dangerous
B.efficient
C.pleasant
D.boring
【11】
A.warning
B.weeping
C.worrying
D.hesitating
【12】
A.especially
B.potentially
C.perhaps
D.apparently
【13】
A.available
B.impossible
C.automatic
D.inconvenient
【14】
A.choose
B.guard
C.affect
D.flee
【15】
A.consequence
B.acknowledgement
C.effort
D.memory
26、假定你是阳光国际学校的学生李华,你校将迎来20周年校庆。校史馆拟从本校学生中招募若干名英语解说员。请你根据要求用英语写一封信申请该职位,内容主要包括:
1. 写信目的;
2. 申请理由;
3. 期待回复。
注意:1. 词数100左右(开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数)。
2. 可适当增加细节以使行文连贯。
Dear Sir or Madam,
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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