1、In order to keep extra cash in your monthly budget, you may ________ 30% on your first home, instead of 40%.
A.put down B.bring down C.take down D.get down
2、—Hi, let’s go to see the new movie Red Notice.
—Sorry, I ______ in an application form for a volunteer job. How about tomorrow?
A.fill
B.have filled
C.am filling
D.will fill
3、September 30 is the day ________ which you must pay your bill.
A.by B.for C.with D.in
4、This program was set up with the ________ of providing help for homeless people.
A.intelligence B.intention C.insurance D.instrument
5、— Didn’t you talk any with Rice?
—No, the plane __________ off when I rushed to the airport to see her off.
A. was taking B. had taken
C. took D. has taken
6、He seemed ________the sad news as he looked really upset.
A.to know
B.to be knowing
C.to have known
D.to knew
7、How elegant and attractive our teacher is today!
—Yes. The red dress ____ her hidden beauty.
A. brings out B. takes out
C. lets out D. gives out
8、—Peter, this is Hanna, a famous model from Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. in New York.
—How do you do? I’m very delighted to make your _________.
A. identification B. acquaintance
C. familiarity D. identity
9、The real friend is the one who comes to the rescue ________ your hour of need.
A. to B. at C. for D. in
10、 The thief looked around every now and then _____ he knew he was being followed.
A. even if B. in case C. so that D. as if
11、The Changjiang River _______ flood large areas, but since the Three Gorges Dam was built, the water of it __________ produce electricity.
A.was used to; is used to B.used to; used to
C.used to; was used to D.was used to; used to
12、— I’d like to buy the new style of computer here, would you please tell me something more about your product?
---_______________.
A. Thank you B. At your service
C. You are welcome D. It’s a pleasure
13、________ the hospital, the region has a university, ________ was also built with government support.
A.In addition to; which
B.In harmony with; that
C.On the basis of; which
D.As well as; that
14、He tried to go away without being noticed by the teacher, but luck ________ him.
A. went with B. went against
C. went along D. went over
15、We guarantee that all your personal information will be treated ________ and there should be no fear at all of identity theft.
A.initially B.independently
C.confidently D.Confidentially
16、Each party _______ respect the articles of this contract, or a double-sized financial punishment is a must.
A. will B. could
C. shall D. should
17、Assuming an earthquake ______what will we do?
A.to happen
B.happens
C.happening
D.will happen
18、— How do you find the TV series Red Sorghum adapted from Mo Yan’s novel?
—________. I can’t think too highly of it.
A. It’s terrible B. It’s up to you
C. It makes no sense D. It’s really wonderful
19、The government has promised to ________ victims of the flood.
A.behave
B.benefit
C.conflict
D.compensate
20、The car's________ has improved a lot since a new engine has been applied to it.
A.character B.performance
C.appearance D.attraction
21、Healthy people exercise. Exercise makes people healthy. A new study shows that exercise helps people who get COVID-19. They seem to show fewer severe symptoms. They are less likely to need to go to the hospital. 【1】. People who exercise will be less ill if they become infected. Experts say the exercise may be a swim, a walk, a run or a bike ride.
Fit people are less likely to catch colds and other viral infections. They recover faster than people who are out of shape. 【2】. Physical fitness also can help antibodies (抗体) respond to vaccines (疫苗) against influenza and other illnesses.
【3】. Scientists did not know all about how exercise and fitness affect risks of infecting the new virus. The results from a few studies seem encouraging. In one study, people who could walk fast were less likely to develop severe COVID-19 than a slow walker. Another study showed greater grip strength sometimes signaled lowered risks for COVID-19 hospitalizations.
These studies did not compare different exercise routines with COVID-19 outcomes. 【4】. Researchers asked patients how many days each week they spend on exercise. For example, did they walk fast and how many minutes they walked each time? The least active group reported exercising for 10 minutes or less most weeks. 【5】.
An expert said, “Being sedentary is the greatest risk factor for severe illness. And while you cannot do anything about other risks, you can exercise.”
A.The current virus is new
B.Here is what the study shows
C.However, a new study does that
D.Exercise makes people wise and healthy
E.Exercise can help immune systems respond
F.They don’t like to exercise because it takes too much time
G.The most active group reported at least 150 minutes a week
22、People trained to detect lies often rely on multiple signs, such as eye contact, length of responses and the details in what people say, but studies have shown that assessing a wide range of behavioral information can make it harder to decide if someone is lying. Bruno Verschuere at the University of Amsterdam and his colleagues wondered whether solely focusing on the detail of statements could provide more consistent results.
To test this idea, researchers asked 44 students to go for a walk or steal from a mock (模仿的) crime. Students were instructed to lie if they committed the fake theft. Next, the researchers recruited 171 people to watch six truthful and six deceptive (欺骗的) interviews from these recordings, ranking interviewees’ eye contact and detail level.
The results revealed that both truth-tellers and liars averted (转移) their gaze a similar amount, but truthful statements were substantially more detailed than deceptive ones, suggesting the latter is a more useful way to tell that someone is lying.
The researchers then asked 405 people to judge the true nature of six truthful and six deceptive statements randomly chosen from the interviews. Around half of the participants used multiple cues to identify liars. The remaining participants solely ranked the level of detail in answers on a scale of 1 to 10, with 6 or above counting as truthful. Those using multiple cues distinguished lies from the truth 59% of the time, while those relying solely on detail achieved 66%.
“Our take is that using just one cue can provide a simpler way to judge lies from the truth,” says Verschuere. Nevertheless, in the real world, you would probably need to confirm the accuracy of statements through extra further investigations or follow-up questions, he says.
【1】Bruno Verschuere and his colleagues conducted the research to confirm that ___.
A.behavioral information played a vital role in finding out the truth.
B.people should be trained to detect lies by referring to multiple cues.
C.truth tellers and liars shared something in common when performing the task.
D.it’s relatively easier to identify liars by relying only on the detail of statements.
【2】What can we learn from paragraph 3 and 4?
A.Liars turned away their eyes more often than truth-tellers.
B.Truthful statements included considerably more details than deceptive ones.
C.It’s difficult for participants to detect liars by using multiple cues like eye contact.
D.Participants who relied on one cue can distinguish lies from the truth faultlessly.
【3】What did Verschuere think of the real-life application of his research?
A.It had some limitations.
B.It made no sense.
C.It could be perfectly applied.
D.It had no potential market.
【4】What’s the purpose of the passage?
A.To introduce readers to the classification of lies.
B.To encourage readers to apply the results in real life.
C.To warn readers of psychological harm of telling a lie.
D.To inform readers of scientific findings on detecting liars.
23、 For generations, students were taught to stretch before playing games. Then the practice fell out of favor. Studies seemed to show that such stretching temporarily reduces muscular power, weakens athletic performance and increases the risk of injury. So most fitness experts currently advise against stretches before exercise. But now a new research indicates that they might not be such a bad idea after all.
This month, the journal, Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism (APNM), published a study by four distinguished exercise scientists who analyzed more than 200 studies of how stretching affects the following exercise. In broad terms, they found that stretching can briefly prevent the ability to generate power. So if you reach for your toes and hold that position, tightening your hamstrings (腿筋), you might not then be able to leap as high or start a dash as forcefully as you don’t stretch.
Those undesirable effects were generally found, however, only if each stretch was held for more than 60 seconds and the subject then immediately became fully active, with no further warm-up. “Outside the lab, most people are unlikely to hold a warm-up stretch for longer than about 30 seconds.” Dr. McHugh, the co-author of the study says. The review found few lasting negative impacts from these short stretches, especially if the volunteers followed that stretching with several minutes of jogging or other basic warm-up movements. In fact, these short stretches turned out to have a positive effect.
Do these findings mean that all the athletes should stretch in advance before a match? “Not necessarily,” Dr. McHugh says, “Runners and cyclists don’t have much risk for acute muscle injuries.” Stretching before these activities is unlikely to protect against injury. Runners and cyclists can adequately warm up by jogging or pedaling lightly. But he suggests that people who play basketball and other ball sports should stretch in advance. Those who haven’t stretched since childhood gym class might want to consider consulting an athletic trainer about the best upper and lower body stretches, particularly for the shoulders and hamstrings.
【1】According to the new research, people may suffer negative impacts when _______.
A.they do stretches after attending a game
B.they reach for toes and hold that position
C.following a stretch with several minutes’ jogging
D.dashing immediately after one 60-second plus stretch
【2】We can learn from the passage that _______.
A.all athletes should not stretch in advance
B.the four scientists published the journal APNM
C.it’s unnecessary for a tennis player to do warm-up stretches
D.players ought to have done warm-up stretches since childhood
【3】What’s Dr. McHugh’s attitude toward stretches?
A.Concerned. B.Doubtful.
C.Disapproving. D.Objective.
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阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
When people think of Hollywood, they think of the city where dreams come true.This did not apply to F.Scott Fitzgerald, a screenwriter who had his share of ups and downs in this land.Fitzgerald was not a successful Hollywood writer because he was not good at the career path he chose.He was an amazing novelist, but his efforts of turning them into screenplays ended in disappointment and confusion.It was because of a lack of potential for screenwriting as well as his addiction and desire to be famous.
Growing up as a boy, Fitzgerald went to movies a lot.He wanted to write stories that would eventually turn into movies.The problem was: just because Fitzgerald wanted to do something didn’t necessarily mean that he was good at it.He made his attempts, but most of these efforts ended in disappointment because he thought about the change from script(剧本)to screen too much.His plot was too detailed and complicated; his tone was too serious or his dialogue too sentimental(感伤的).
Fitzgerald’s quick rise to fame also led to his fall.In life, things are not meant to happen all at once, all that the same time but it did for Fitzgerald.At his best time, three of his early stories were made into short films, including The Great Gatsby and Babylon Revisited.As the twenties approached, he was gradually forgotten by the reading public.He became drunk and constantly took pills both to sleep and wake up.His marriage was destroyed and his wife broke down mentally.He seemed unsure about his life.
Fitzgerald had another chance at success when many opportunities came his way, including revisions of Emlyn William’s play The Light of Heart and production of one of his own scripts, Cosmopolitan.However, these were all put aside and he was right back where he started, left behind and called a “ruined man”.Fitzgerald simply wanted too much in his life.He wanted “to be both a great novelist and a Hollywood success, to write songs like Cole Porter and poetry like John Keats”.His addiction to fame held him back and led to his failure as a Hollywood writer.
【1】Which is a reason that Fitzgerald failed in screenwriting?
A.He was not talented in screenwriting.
B.He had a miserable family life.
C.He spent too much time watching movies.
D.He was greedy for money in his life.
【2】Fitzgerald’s screenwriting was _____.
A.disappointing in ending
B.complex in plot
C.playful in tone
D.simple in dialogue
【3】Which of the following was NOT written by Fitzgerald?
A.The Great Gatsby
B.Babylon Revisited
C.The Light of Heart
D.Cosmopolitan
【4】When Fitzgerald had another chance at success, he ______.
A.took full advantage of it
B.went back home to start business
C.refused to make changes
D.started to write songs and poems
【5】What is the best title of the passage?
A.Fallen for Fame Addiction: F.Scott Fitzgerald
B.An Inch into Fame: F.Scott Fitzgerald
C.F.Scott Fitzgerald: A Great Novelist
D.F.Scott Fitzgerald: A Great Screenwriter
25、 Letting me move into my university dormitory wasn’t an easy decision for my parents. However, they knew if I wanted a good ___, I’d have to live away from home. I’d always __ living alone : the life of no rules and regulations and being independent. So I was __ about this new stage in my life.
___,during the first few months of living alone,I’d find myself crying every day. I’d call my mum every day. I __ to fly back home as soon as I got any time off. That was the only thing I was __ about. Coming from a big family, I was __ to noises surrounding me. Therefore, the scary __ at night was the worst. I couldn’t even ___without keeping the lights on.
As time went by, I started enjoying the___ that came with living alone. I could do things in my own time: eat whenever I want, wake up whenever I want. The space of loneliness was also then __ by friends who became like family, so I __ missing my family less.
When it was time to say goodbye and go back home after my __ I was bittersweet. I’d __ my time alone, learning things which wouldn’t have been __ if I had riever moved away from home. But I’d also missed my family too much.
I’d learned a lot from this __ . Living alone made me value ___time even more.I realized that every second with them __ though I might not get the freedom I had while living alone.
I guess it’s __ for everybody, but for me,there is no warmth in a house __ it’s filled with loving members and people you love.
【1】A.memory B.occupation C.opportunity D.education
【2】A.kept on B.dreamed of C.insisted on D.put off
【3】A.delighted B.worried C.serious D.cautious
【4】A.Undoubtedly B.Unwillingly C.Unconditionally D.Unexpectedly
【5】A.refused B.pretended C.Wanted D.failed
【6】A.concerned B.disappointed C.certain D.particular
【7】A.deaf B.cruel C.accustomed D.opposed
【8】A.boredom B.silence C.darkness D.suffering
【9】A.sleep B.talk C.move D.play
【10】A.confidence B.safety C.relief D.freedom
【11】A.set aside B.taken over C.filled up D.thrown away
【12】A.started B.practised C.resisted D.preferred
【13】A.recovery B.graduation C.resignation D.promotion
【14】A.hated B.desired C.regretted D.enjoyed
【15】A.useful B.possible C.reliable D.worthwhile
【16】A.adventure B.arrangement C.experience D.challenge
【17】A.family B.study C.work D.growth
【18】A.flew B.counted C.stayed D.repeated
【19】A.hard B.common C.meaningless D.different
【20】A.when B.ince C.unless D.though
26、请你根据以下提示,并结合事例,用英语写一篇短文。
Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass.It is about learning to dance in the rain.
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