1、Before you hand in your final report, ________ there are no spelling mistakes.
A. make sure B. to make sure
C. made sure D. making sure
2、Nature’s repair process is slow and steady, with cells being ______ renewed.
A.strangely
B.constantly
C.casually
D.relatively
3、You’d better make the plants shorter, ______ they will interrupt the views from the house.
A. but B. and C. so D. or
4、All we have is 24 precious hours a day and therefore we shall waste ______
A. nothing
B. none
C. neither
D. no one
5、Word came __________ Napoleon would come to inspect them.
A.when B.why C.how D.that
6、From the newspaper report, we learn about the stories of many who returned to Wuhan for Spring Festival in January and was ______ there due to the city lockdown.
A.caught up B.set up C.held up D.brought up
7、The ______ difference between Sam and me was the fact that I took life seriously.
A.official B.potential C.essential D.confidential
8、Women are so accustomed to decades of ______ and to ______ histories of women whose contributions went unnoticed that they assume these conditions still exist today.
A. being ignored,be heard B. ignoring,be heard
C. ignored,hearing D. being ignored,hearing
9、You________so slowly. I just needed a few seconds to get used to your voice.
A.shouldn’t speak
B.couldn’t have spoken
C.don’t have to
D.needn’t have spoken
10、The bridge, which ________ 1688, need repairing.
A. was dated from B. dated from
C. dating from D. dates from
11、 Between the two generations, it is often not their age, _________their education
that causes misunderstanding.
A. like B. as C. or D. but
12、On Jan 1, 2018, China’s new regulation on solid waste imports officially came into effect. _____, divided into four categories.
A. Being prohibited from entering China are a total of 24 kinds of solid waste
B. Entering China are a total of 24 kinds of solid waste that are prohibited
C. Prohibited from entering China are a total of 24 kinds of solid waste
D. From entering China are a total of 24 kinds of solid waste prohibited
13、David is so excited because it is the first time that he ________ the Great Wall.
A.visited B.had visited C.has visited D.visits
14、--Has James finished his report on his Enquiry Learning yet?
--I’m not sure.She _________ on it last week.
A.was working B.has worked
C.worked D.had worked
15、The artist ________the judge gave a prize is the teacher________ I have been taught for three years.
A.to whom; who
B.from who; who
C.to whom; by whom
D.from whom; by whom
16、Nine in ten parents said there were significant differences in their approach to educating their children compared with ________ of their parents.
A. those B. one C. that D. it
17、When I returned to my high school in town, I found it ______ completely.
A.changed
B.to be changed
C.having changed
D.changing
18、I writing the paper as scheduled, but my mother’s illness interfered. I hope you will excuse me.
A. am to have finished B. was to have finished
C. was to finish D. ought to finish
19、Professor Johnson is such a _______ person that he always tries to finish the research, no matter how hard it is.
A.stubborn B.determined C.reliable D.remarkable
20、_______ 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
21、Any time of the day you can commit to exercising is a good time for getting active. However, the best time for exercise is different for each person.【1】
Determine when you have the most energy. Do you struggle to get out of the bed in the morning or do you wake up energized and ready to go? Are you a night owl and never get to bed before midnight? Once you establish what your sleep tendencies are, you will have a better idea of when your body is most ready to exercise. 【2】You are more likely to hit the snooze button instead of getting a workout in.
Consider your daily schedule. When are you the busiest?【3】Try to fit in exercise before or at least around these events. Some people would prefer to get it out of the way first thing, while others prefer to put it off until the end of the day when they are all caught up.
Determine your exercise goals. If you are trying to develop a routine, you may want to exercise in the morning. People who exercise in the morning are more consistent.【4】If you are trying to improve your performance, evening exercise may be best. You may experience less tiredness, quicker reaction times, and more strength and flexibility in the evening. If you are trying to lose weight, you may want to exercise in the morning before you have eaten when your body is more likely to use fat instead of carbohydrates for energy
【5】This way, you’ll see how you feel and find the time that works best with your schedule. Keep an exercise log to help you evaluate each time.
A.This will give your body time to relax.
B.Do you perform better in the morning or at night?
C.You may not feel like exercising after a long day of work.
D.When do you tend to schedule your most important tasks?
E.Consider your lifestyle and exercise goals to find the right time.
F.If you’re not a morning person, do not schedule an early morning workout.
G.Anyway, you’d better experiment with both morning and evening workouts.
22、August 1990,Boston
Dear Maya Shao-ming,
To me,June 6,1990 is a special day.My long-awaited dream came true the minute your father cried,“A girl!” You are more than just a second child,more than just a girl to match our boy.You,little daughter,are the link to our female line,the legacy of another woman’s pain and sacrifice 31 years ago.
Let me tell you about your Chinese grandmother.Somewhere in Hong Kong,in the late fifties,a young waitress found herself pregnant(怀孕)by a cook,probably a co-worker at her restaurant.She carried the baby to term,suffered to give it birth,and kept the little girl for the first three months of her life.I like to think that my mother—your grandmother—loved me and fought to raise me on her own,but that the daily struggle was too hard.Worn down by the demands of the new baby and perhaps the constant threat of starvation,she made the painful decision to give away her girl so that both of us might have a chance for a better life.
More likely,I was dropped at the orphanage(孤儿院)steps or somewhere else.I will probably never know the truth.Having a baby in her unmarried state would have brought shame on the family in China,so she probably kept my existence a secret.Once I was out of her life,it was as if I had never been born.And so you and your brother and I are the missing leaves on a family tree.
Do they ever wonder if we exist?
Before I was two,I was adopted by an Anglo couple.Fed three square meals a day,I grew like a wild weed and grasped all the opportunities they had to offer—books,music,education,church life and community activities.In a family of blue-eyed blonds,though,I stood out like a sore thumb.Whether from jealousy or fear of someone who looked so different,my older brothers sometimes teased me about my unpleasing skin,or made fun of my clumsy walk.Moody and impatient,burdened by fears that none of us realized resulted from my early years of need,I was not an easy child to love.My mother and I conflicted countless times over the years,but gradually came to see one another as real human beings with faults and talents,and as women of strength in our own right.Lacking a mirror image in the mother who raised me,I had to seek my identity as a woman on my own.The Asian American community has helped me regain my double identity.
But part of me will always be missing:my beginnings,my personal history,all the delicate details that give a person her origin.Nevertheless,someone gave me a lucky name“Siu Wai”.“Siu”means“little”,and“Wai”means“clever”.Therefore,my baby name was“Clever little one.”Who chose those words?Who cared enough to note my arrival in the world?
I lost my Chinese name for 18 years.It was Americanized for convenience to“Sue”.But like an ill-fitting coat,it made me uncomfortable.I hated the name.But even more,I hated being Chinese.It took many years to become proud of my Asian origin and work up the courage to take back my birth-name.That,plus a little knowledge of classroom Cantonese is all the Chinese culture I have to offer you.Not white,certainly,but not really Asian,I try to pave the way between the two worlds and bridge the gap for you.Your name,“Shao-ming”,is very much like mine—“Shao”means“little”.And“ming”is“bright”,as in a shining sun or moon.Whose lives will you brighten,little Maya?Your past is more complete than mine,and each day I cradle you in your babyhood,generously giving you the loving care I lacked for my first two years.When I pat you,I comfort the lost baby inside me who still cries for her mother.
Sweet Maya,it doesn’t matter what you“become”later on.You have already fulfilled my wildest dreams.
I love you.
Mammy
【1】Why is June 6,1990 a special day for Mommy?
A.Her dream of being a mother came true.
B.She found her origin from her Chinese mother.
C.She wrote the letter to her daughter.
D.Her female line was well linked.
【2】How does Mommy feel about her being given away?
A.It is bitter and disappointing.
B.It is painful but understandable.
C.She feels sorry but sympathetic.
D.She feels hurt and angry.
【3】What does“I stood out like a sore thumb”in Paragraph 5 mean?
A.I walked clumsily out of pains.
B.I was not easy to love due to jealousy.
C.I was impatient out of fear.
D.I looked different from others.
【4】What can be inferred from Mommy’s Anglo family life?
A.She used to experience an identity crisis.
B.She fought against her American identity.
C.She forgot the pains of her early years.
D.She kept her love for Asia from childhood.
23、 To many people, honey bees symbolize development, sustainability (可持续性) and environmentalism. But as a honey bee researcher, I have to tell you that only the first item on that list is reasonable. Although they are important for agriculture, honey bees also damage natural ecosystems by competing with native bees — some of which are species at risk.
The rise in honey beekeeping, now a popular activity for hundreds of thousands of Americans, followed strong awareness campaigns to “save the bees.” But as a species, honey bees are least in need of saving. Media attention unfairly covers them over native bees, and vague messaging has led many citizens — myself once included — to believe they are doing a good thing for the environment by putting on a beekeeper’s veil. Unfortunately, they are probably doing more harm than good.
“Beekeeping is for people; it’s not a conservation practice,” says Sheila Colla, an assistant professor and conservation biologist at Toronto’s York University, Canada. “People mistakenly think keeping honey bees, or helping honey bees, is somehow helping the native bees, which are at risk of extinction.” She is frustrated the ones in more neon on saving honey bees when, from a conservationist’s point of view, native bees are the ones in more need of support.
For some reason, maybe because they are small, honey bees are not generally viewed as the massively distributed livestock animal that they are. There are millions of honey bee colonies in North America, 2.8 million of which are in the U.S. Approximating around 30,000 bees per colony (the size of a pollination unit), that’s roughly a billion honey bees in Canada and the U.S. alone — almost triple the number of people. High densities of honey bee colonies increase competition between native bees, putting even more pressure on the wild species that are already in decline.
I used to believe that honey bees were a gateway species, and that concern over their health and development would spill over onto native bees, benefitting them, too. While this may have happened in some cases, evidence is increasing that misguided enthusiasm for honey bees has likely been to the native bees’ damage. Beekeeping doesn’t make me feel good, anymore. In fact, quite the opposite.
【1】What makes bee keeping gain great popularity among Americans?
A.Several campaigns have been launched to advocate bee saving.
B.Citizens believe native bees are no longer in need of protection.
C.Little importance are attached to protecting the environment.
D.Citizens hope to make a fortune from the bee keeping business.
【2】What is the Colla’s possible attitude towards the beekeeping?
A.Objective. B.Unfavorable. C.Supportive. D.Neutral.
【3】What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A.The author’s attitude towards the beekeeping has changed.
B.People’s enthusiasm for keeping honey bees is increasing.
C.In some cases evidence has proved honey bees are in danger.
D.Keeping native bees is of great benefit to people’s health.
24、 We work with Cambridge County Council's Participation Team to create opportunities for young people to visit the University and learn more about it. The following events are scheduled for the 2019/2020 academic year.
SuperStar workshops
12 engaging workshops are planned for young people aged 7 to 11. These half﹣day visits will be held throughout the year, at times when young people are not at school. If participants complete 8of the 12workshops, they will be awarded the nationally recognised SuperStar Crest Award.
Please note, workshops will only run if we have a sufficient number of attendees (usually around 3+ participants).
Explore University Days
Explore University Days are for young people aged 12﹣15. Participants visit the University for two days and engage with a range of university﹣related workshops, and other fun activities.
Previous participants have engaged with the following:
• Visited the Sports Centre
• Took part in a Neuroscience workshop
• Enjoyed a two﹣course meal at a University College
Dates will be confirmed in early December 2019, and a schedule for event will follow in the New Year.
Events for post﹣16 students
If you are studying for your post﹣16 qualifications and are considering applying for Cambridge or would like to find out more about a specific subject, the following events might be for you:
• University and College Open Days
• Subject Masterclasses
• Cambridge Science Festival
【1】What can the participants do in SuperStar workshops?
A. To stay only half a day.
B. To get a gift.
C. To enjoy a free meal.
D. To visit all the 12 workshops.
【2】Which event is specially for applicants of Cambridge?
A. SuperStar workshops.
B. The Neuroscience workshop.
C. Explore University Days.
D. Events for post﹣16 students.
【3】The events in the passage most probably aim to .
A. introduce some courses
B. advertise Cambridge University
C. enrich students' spare time life
D. promote children's interest in touring
25、 My mother always made sure that walnuts (胡桃), oranges and chocolate were in the Christmas stockings for the six of us. They were a ________ memory for me, so I continued the ________ when I grew up.
One year, I ________ that I had already put the chocolate in the stockings. On Christmas Eve, we were hosting our extended families’ annual Christmas party, ________ I decided to hang the stockings on the shelf above the ________ to make it look like a picture-perfect holiday. I had considerable praise for my decorating and the food I ________. We had a great family gathering with a beautiful lit fireplace.
Christmas morning, after the ________ of the night before, the children and I ________ to a quite relaxing morning of juice and hot rolls. We lit the tree and candles and put on soft Christmas music. My daughter was ________ to open her stocking and handed the other to her older brother. I was thinking what a picture-perfect ________ this was turning into when my son, lying on the couch with his hand deep into his stocking looking for a Christmas ________, said, “Yuck (可恶)!” He pulled out his hand ________. Instead of a fun treasure, he came up with a handful of chocolate goo (黏糊糊的东西). His sister followed suit. “Oh, yucky!” she said. “I have it, too!”
It appeared that all the chocolate had become ________ as the stockings were hung by the hot fire. Oranges, walnuts and small gifts were all nicely ________ in chocolate.
“Mom,” they said, ________ their eyes, “only you could do something like this.”
That taught me not to try so hard to make everything “perfect”.
A.vivid
B.distant
C.fond
D.fresh
A.tradition
B.conversation
C.discussion
D.negotiation
A.lied
B.forgot
C.knew
D.ensured
A.but
B.so
C.once
D.unless
A.bed
B.sink
C.doorbell
D.fireplace
A.served
B.consumed
C.tasted
D.stored
A.silence
B.absence
C.excitement
D.movement
A.fell back
B.turned back
C.broke down
D.settled down
A.sure
B.eager
C.determined
D.astonished
A.color
B.weather
C.holiday
D.neighborhood
A.card
B.cake
C.tree
D.treasure
A.quickly
B.constantly
C.patiently
D.cautiously
A.solid
B.liquid
C.salty
D.bitter
A.coated
B.cornered
C.stationed
D.pocketed
A.opening
B.covering
C.rolling
D.lowering
26、假设你是红星中学高三学生李平,你的英国笔友Chris即将高中毕业,他在邮件中和你探讨上大学的问题。请你给Chris回复邮件,告诉他你的想法,内容包括:
1. 上大学的重要性;
2. 选择大学考虑的因素。
注意:1. 词数不少于50;
2. 开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。
Dear Chris,
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Yours,
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