1、_______the thick clouds, you would find the kite in the sky easily.
A. Had it not been for
B. If it were not
C. If it had not been for
D. Were it not for
2、Harvard has the right to ________ offers of acceptance if an admitted student engages in behavior that brings into question his or her honesty, maturity or moral character.
A. take B. reject
C. withdraw D. split
3、If you don’t apply yourself to work, you will be __________ one day.
A.left over B.left for C.left behind D.left off
4、Rice doesn’t grow well ________ there is not enough water.
A.where B.in which C.on which D.so
5、She looked in the direction of the window, but there was nothing in front _______ the deep darkness.
A.other than B.rather than C.or rather D.or else
6、If William had listened to what his teacher said in class, he how to solve the problem now.
A.has known B.would know C.would have known D.knows
7、—— We shall take the condition _____you’ve attached to this project into careful consideration.
—— Thanks a lot.
A. where B. when C. which D. what
8、If parents don’t teach their child how to ________himself,he will do anything at will.
A.behave B.believe C.help D.enjoy
9、I am ________ the government as well as to the general public for just treatment ________ peasant-workers,who have made great contributions to the improvement of city life.
A.asking;on behalf of
B.applying;in the name of
C.demanding;in the name of
D.appealing to;on behalf of
10、Among the ashes were not the bones of a beast, but ________ of a bird.
A.ones B.that C.those D.what
11、Mother wanted to be a good provider, a role she ______ since her marriage to Father.
A.shoulders
B.shouldered
C.is shouldering
D.has been shouldering
12、The prize winner described to the class ________ he had managed to achieve excellence in his study.
A.what
B.how
C.which
D.whether
13、Ann suffered from depression and a number of other _______ problems.
A. emotional B. effective
C. earnest D. enjoyable
14、Only when he reached the tea-house ______it was the same place he’d been in last year.
A. he realized B. he did realize
C. realized he D. did he realize
15、He is a(n) ________ person and always ready to start a fight.
A.punctual B.religious C.aggressive D.elegant
16、Although there are many _____ programs on TV, I think people should not be spending so much of their time in front of their TV sets.
A. worthwhile B. interesting
C. good D. worth
17、Evidence obtained from observation and experiment is often used to ______ a scientific theory.
A.confirm B.conclude C.consult D.confuse
18、___ picks up the wallet and hands it in will be praised by the teacher .
A.Who B.Whoever C.That who D.Who that
19、In the process of getting rid of racial________,the USA is left far behind.
A.discrimination B.compromise C.substitute D.disadvantage
20、Scientists are hoping for a ____________ in the search for a cure for cancer.
A. reputation B. breakthrough
C. civilization D. sensation
21、—Mary is not equal to the job, and neither is Mike.
— I can’t agree more. You know, Mike is ______ competent than Mary.
A. not more B. no more
C. no less D. not less
22、With mountains of work to do, we should make a list first and ____________ the urgent ones.
A. burst B. urge
C. prioritize D. defend
23、________all the staff, I would like to wish you good grades in the end of the term.
A.In place of
B.On account of
C.On behalf of
D.In honour of
24、Seldom________ in summer, nor________ in winter in dry areas.
A.it rains;it often snows
B.does it rain;does it often snow
C.it rains;does it snow
D.does it rain;it often snows
25、When________ why he was sent there, he said he was sent there ________ for a space flight.
A.asking, being trained
B.asked, to be trained
C.to ask, trained
D.asked, training
26、Light weight and complicated tracking devices have made it possible to study the behavior of birds in all kinds of useful ways, for example, helping keep them safe from ships or monito-ring their changing migration patterns in a warming world. For a research team in Australia, however these efforts haven't quite gone to plan, with a group of tagged magpies (喜鹊) promptly removing each other’s tracking devices.
The research was led by animal ecologists from the University of the Sunshine Coast, who were looking to studying the movement and social dynamics of Australian magpies. To do so, the team actually designed a new type of tagging solution in which a belt was used to secure the tracking device to the bird, allowing them to use one with a large enough battery and storage capacity, despite the relatively small size of the animal.
The tracking devices weighed less than a gram (0.03 oz) and were successfully fitted to five magpies, with the scientists excited to learn the answers to questions such as how far the magpies were traveling, and what their movement patterns and schedules looked like. But before long, the plans of the researchers were thwarted.
Within 10 minutes of fitting the final tracker, the team watched on as an adult female used her bill to remove the belt from a younger bird in the group. A few hours on, most of the other trackers had been removed. By day three, they were all gone. It’s unclear whether one bird was helping out all the others, or if they shared the unfastening responsibilities between the group, but this is the first instance the scientists know of where birds have cooperated to remove tracking devices, and the first example of altruism (利他主义) in magpies. It appears that the magpies see the trackers as a form of parasite (寄生虫) that needs to be removed. This very rare behavior is known as “rescuing”, and the scientists say the only similar example they have found in literature is a group of birds-Seychelles warblers-freeing one another from a pile of sticky seeds.
【1】Why were tracking devices often used to help birds according to the text?
A.To search the ships for food.
B.To warn them of the warming world.
C.To help them avoid being injured by other animals.
D.To monitor their travelling according to the season.
【2】What does paragraph 2 mainly introduce?
A.The process of the experiment.
B.The background of the experiment.
C.The new objects of the experiment.
D.The special device of the experiment.
【3】Which can best replace the underlined word “thwarted” in paragraph 3?
A.followed
B.prevented
C.discovered
D.questioned
【4】What can we learn about the rescuing behaviour?
A.It’s rare for the birds.
B.It was first observed by researchers.
C.It disappointed the researchers very much.
D.It shows that the birds are behaving similarly.
27、
In the movie Jurassic World (2015), a theme park filled with dinosaurs, was brought back from extinction through cloning.
Although the film is of course fictional, the methods used in it to bring animals back from the dead may soon become reality.
Scientists from Harvard University in the US are currently working on resurrecting the woolly mammoth, a mammal that became extinct around 4,000 years ago.
However, it wouldn’t be an exact copy of the hairy beast. “Our aim is to produce a hybrid elephant-mammoth embryo,” Professor George Church, head of the team of scientists, told The Guardian.
“Actually, it would be more like an elephant with a number of mammoth traits. We’re not there yet, but it could happen in a couple of years.”
The team is hoping to make a “mammophant” — a mix between an elephant and a mammoth. It would be like a regular elephant but have features from the mammoth that would make it more adaptable to cold weather.
So why go through all the effort and expense to bring back an animal that died out thousands of years ago? The answer lies in climate change.
It’s hoped that the creatures will stop frost in the world’s tundra (冻土带) from melting and releasing huge amounts of harmful greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
“Mammoths used to keep the tundra from thawing (融化) by punching through snow and allowing cold air to come in,” said Church. “In the summer, they knocked down trees and helped the grass grow.” Church and his team are attempting to mix mammoth DNA, recovered from frozen samples of the animal found in Siberia, with that of the Asian elephant, which is its closest relative.
“So far, scientists have managed to incorporate traits of the mammoth into elephant DNA. In a few years, they hope to make an embryo, but that’s a long way from creating a viable embryo,” Popular Science magazine wrote.
Although we may not be seeing woolly mammoths at the zoo any time in the near future, it’s still exciting to know that there is still the possibility of a real Jurassic Park someday, however tiny that possibility may be.
【1】The underlined word “resurrecting” in Paragraph 3 probably means__________.
A.making something adaptable to current condition
B.studying a sample of something
C.bringing something back to life
D.producing a hybrid embryo of something
【2】What would a mammophant look like according to the text?
A.It would be a combination of elephant, mammoth and dinosaur.
B.It would be an exact copy of the woolly mammoth with long hair.
C.It would look like a normal elephant but also share some mammoth traits.
D.It would be like a bigger sized elephant with small ears and short hair.
【3】What is the main purpose of producing mammophants according to Church?
A.To improve biodiversity.
B.To help fight global warming.
C.To remove frost in the tundra.
D.To help grass grow in the tundra.
【4】What can be concluded from the text?
A.The media holds a cautious attitude toward the mammophant program.
B.A hybrid elephant-mammoth embryo is likely to be produced within two years
C.The method used to produce mammophants was borrowed from the movie Jurassic World
D.Scientists still have a long way to fulfill the goals of the mammophant program.
28、 Communicating effectively means more than knowing what to say and when to say it. Communication involves the subtle signals your body language sends to those who are watching. Here are some common body actions and the impressions they create:
● Fiddling (好动) — Playing with your watch or a pen looks like you’re bored or impatient.
● Clock watching — It looks like you’re to move on to something else.
● Tapping — Tapping your feet or fingers suggests you are impatient or nervous.
● Staring — An unblinking (不眨眼的) stare conveys threatening or violent behaviour.
● Legs crossed or body hunched (弓背,耸肩) — Closing up your body profile — becoming smaller — looks like you lack confidence.
● Arms crossed — If you keep your arms folded during communication, you appear to be defending yourself against the others.
● Touching your face — When you have your hand in front of your mouth, you appear very shy.
● Rubbing your nose, looking away — People who are lying often rub their nose or look away when speaking.
● No eye contact — If you won’t look the other speaker in the eye, you seem to have low interest or a lack of confidence. (Don’t forget staring above.)
How you communicate with your body language is just as important as what you say. Watch your body language and control the unconscious messages you might be sending.
【1】According to the passage, effective communication includes all of the following EXCEPT _____.
A.knowing what to say
B.sending unconscious messages to other people
C.saying the right thing at the right time
D.getting information from the other speaker’s body language
【2】Which of the following people looks shy according to the passage?
A. B.
C. D.
【3】If you want to show confidence when communicating, you should ______.
A.cross your legs or hunch your body
B.avoid direct eye contact
C.look the other speaker in the eye
D.keep touching your face
【4】Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?
A.How to make a good impression on others
B.Can you read body language?
C.Control your body language for effective communication
D.How to send effective information through body language
29、
The 22nd Winter Olympic Games Duration : February 7 to February 23, 2014. Host city: Sochi, Russia Number of athletes: over 3000 athletes from 88 countries Total number of events: 98 |
China football, September 15, 2013 Beijing Guo’an Team VS Shanghai Shenhua Team TIME: September 15(19:30) PLACE: Beijing Worker’s Stadium TICKET PRICE: ¥100 for an adult;half for students |
The Beijing-Guilin High Speed Railway Open time: December 28, 2013 Number of stations: 19 (including Beijing and Guilin) Departure time: 7:46 a.m. Arrival time: 6:18 p.m. |
【1】The 22nd Winter Olympic Games was held in _______.
A.Beijing B.Sochi C.Rome D.London
【2】If five students want to watch the football match, the tickets will cost______ yuan.
A.500 B.450 C.350 D.250
【3】It takes you about _________ hours to travel from Beijing to Guilin on the high speed train.
A.19 B.11 C.22 D.6
30、 The little boy with big brown eyes was waiting for us on the other side of the world. Ever since our adoption agency had _________ us, I’d been hurriedly _________ all the necessary paperwork. I made it a personal goal to never _________ the process. On one late afternoon in June. I rushed toward the closest FedEx office. I had some _________ to send overnight, and I wanted them to go out that day.
I thought I knew _________ the FedEx office was. I drove there as the minutes slipped away, only to find that the office was no longer _________ where I remembered it. Tears came to my eyes. This was _________ we all had a smartphone in our pockets. I had no way of _________ the correct location. _________ , I started driving toward home. I felt like a failure, as though I’d just __________ my new son to more days in an orphanage waiting for us.
Suddenly, I was __________ at a stoplight by an oversized box truck My anger turned to __________ when I saw the sign. It was a FedEx truck I __________ closely behind the truck. What were the __________ the truck would lead me straight to the FedEx office I was seeking?
It __________ the chances were good. Less than five minutes later, I saw a FedEx sign, and the truck made a turn into the parking lot. I had __________ in my eyes again.
Our documents went out that night. The truck driver __________ knew he was an angel for me that day. Three months later, we flew halfway around the world to __________ our son for the first time. We have been with him every day since.
Miracles are always around us __________ we are open to them. Sometimes, it’s a smile at the right time or a kind word. And every now and then, it’s even a big __________ that cuts us off in traffic.
【1】A.debated B.challenged C.matched D.scanned
【2】A.hiding B.completing C.evaluating D.underlining
【3】A.delay B.start C.repeat D.simplify
【4】A.gifts B.letters C.documents D.postcards
【5】A.how B.what C.which D.where
【6】A.locked B.located C.ranked D.repaired
【7】A.before B.after C.since D.when
【8】A.finding B.choosing C.describing D.showing
【9】A.Bored B.Delighted C.Disappointed D.Surprised
【10】A.compared B.sentenced C.appointed D.accompanied
【11】A.kept up B.put down C.taken in D.cut off
【12】A.guilt B.panic C.shock D.terror
【13】A.ran B.arose C.walked D.followed
【14】A.chances B.wonders C.doubts D.promises
【15】A.turned off B.turned out C.broke off D.broke out
【16】A.dust B.dirt C.tears D.sands
【17】A.just B.never C.exactly D.immediately
【18】A.free B.meet C.beat D.spoil
【19】A.if B.although C.unless D.until
【20】A.tree B.lie C.smile D.truck
31、 Realizing that our family cat, Misty, had disappeared was a______experience for me. We had recently moved into a home in a new suburb and on a far______road with cars coming and going. I had kept Misty locked up in the house for recommended two weeks.______, with everyone busy and excited for a new life, she disappeared not long after. We______for her everywhere. We tried our neighbor,______the railway track running along the back of our property and returned to our old house. We______looked for her whenever we went out, hoping to find a(n)______little cat hiding behind a tree or something.
It was several weeks______Misty turned up. She must have tried to find her way back to our_______home after all and then, when she didn’t find us, decided to return.______and untidy, she let us make a big fuss over her.______was slow but eventually she looked plump and healthy once more. Yet Misty still wasn’t content. A nervous cat______, she was as unsettled as she had been. But with so many other problems______on my shoulders at the time, I wasn’t sure what to do about it.
One morning we woke up to find that Misty was______again. After a quick search, my son found her body near our house, wrapped in an expensive sports jacket and left______on the side of the road. There was a______pinned to the jacket, expressing how very sorry the driver was that he didn’t see her, and how he didn’t have a chance to stop as she dashed out in front of him. I cried______because of the unknown driver’s kindness, and also because I felt that I had let Misty down.
We______Misty in our backyard. It helped me a lot to know that she had been______, when so many animals killed on the road aren’t. The consideration of the stranger who had______to stop, wrap her up in his own clothing and write that heartfelt note in the early hours of the morning will always be remembered.
【1】A.curious B.sad C.happy D.delightful
【2】A.busier B.emptier C.wider D.easier
【3】A.However B.Therefore C.Thus D.Since
【4】A.cared B.paid C.searched D.headed
【5】A.looked B.checked C.watched D.approached
【6】A.constantly B.occasionally C.hardly D.regularly
【7】A.bored B.charmed C.inspired D.scared
【8】A.after B.since C.before D.that
【9】A.latter B.former C.new D.present
【10】A.Thrilling B.Disturbing C.Starving D.Exciting
【11】A.Recovery B.Adjustment C.Treatment D.Discovery
【12】A.in defense B.on earth C.by nature D.at length
【13】A.pushing B.pressing C.focusing D.expanding
【14】A.leaving B.running C.missing D.hiding
【15】A.neatly B.roughly C.simply D.carelessly
【16】A.message B.letter C.word D.note
【17】A.partly B.only C.generally D.usually
【18】A.threw B.protected C.deserted D.buried
【19】A.looked after B.taken after C.named after D.modelled after
【20】A.minded B.bothered C.troubled D.concerned
32、 Callie heard a knock and pulled open the door. Her favorite neighbor, Mrs. Baker, stood there. “The city is letting us use the empty lot(空地) for a _________,” she explained. “We need help cleaning up our garden on Sunday.” “Sure!” Callie said cheerfully. “I will be there to help!”
The next morning when Callie _________ school, her friend Tamara was waiting for her, who had a _________ for Callie. “My mom bought tickets for us to go to Fun World this Sunday.” Tamara said. The girls had been waiting for months for the new amusement park to open.
Callie’s heart dropped. “But Mrs. Baker is _________ me to help,” she said. Tamara looked _________. “Can’t someone else do it? I want you to go to Fun World with me! ”
Callie worried about her _________ for the rest of the day. Her mother noticed her mood. “I know you want to go with Tamara and also help Mrs. Baker. Think carefully about your _________. You need to make your own decisions, but I know you will do _________ is the best.” Her mother said.
Callie spent the rest of the evening thinking about her decision.
The next day at school, Callie told Tamara that she was _________ to go to Fun World. Tamara tried to understand, but Callie could __________ Tamara was disappointed. The girls hardly spoke for the rest of the week.
On Sunday, Callie met Mrs. Baker at the garden. “Your mother said you made a(n) __________ choice. Thank you for giving a hand today.” Callie smiled as she cleaned with a large trash bag.
“Do you need any help?” a voice behind her asked. Callie __________, surprised to see Tamara. “I know you made a(n) __________ to clean up the garden, and I wanted to come help you. My mom said she could take us to Fun World next weekend.”
With joint efforts, they finished the cleaning __________. Both Callie and Tamara realized that once a promise is made, it needs to be __________.
【1】A.match B.garden C.class D.party
【2】A.looked for B.graduated from C.arrived at D.joined in
【3】A.surprise B.warning C.decision D.suggestion
【4】A.following B.expecting C.encouraging D.allowing
【5】A.annoyed B.scared C.excited D.disappointed
【6】A.problem B.explanation C.challenge D.dream
【7】A.chances B.relationships C.choices D.interest
【8】A.who B.where C.why D.what
【9】A.unsure B.unprepared C.unable D.unwilling
【10】A.test B.tell C.accept D.agree
【11】A.difficult B.clear C.different D.important
【12】A.answered B.turned C.refused D.greeted
【13】A.attempt B.change C.guess D.promise
【14】A.hurriedly B.slowly C.early D.quietly
【15】A.shared B.broken C.given D.kept
33、 One night after dinner my dad told my brother and me that we needed to have a family talk. As I sat on the foot of my parents’ bed watching my mom _______to tell us what was going on, I heard the two words that would change my whole_______:multiple sclerosis (MS) (多发性硬化). I was only 14 then. _______all I could do was burst into tears.
The house was a mix of_______and quietness in the weeks that followed. I had never felt so alone and helpless. I was sure if I hadn’t gotten _______I would have gone crazy. After a few months I went to my first MS support group. I was excited to_______these meetings and ask the doctors there all the questions that the articles hadn’t_______.When the speaker named Rita that night stood and introduced herself, I was_______to hear she was a nurse who is _______for multiple sclerosis. I had__________heard of a nurse having such a specific field.
As she __________, I discovered how much Rita understood about how this disease was__________ my family. Over time I __________Rita’s job really mattered. That’s when I discovered I__________to be a nurse. The work my mom’s doctors and nurses have done with her has vastly __________her life. They teach her to be__________and supply her with many types of __________.
I think the best people to help others get through __________are those who have gone through them firsthand and I feel that my__________will help me become an __________nurse who can help other families get through hardships of having a loved one with an illness.
【1】A.decide B.expect C.refuse D.struggle
【2】A.world B.career C.plan D.body
【3】A.Gradually B.Naturally C.Luckily D.Finally
【4】A.anger B.guilt C.sadness D.regret
【5】A.money B.help C.news D.time
【6】A.host B.attend C.prepare D.continue
【7】A.answered B.criticized C.ignored D.checked
【8】A.relaxed B.puzzled C.surprised D.frightened
【9】A.blamed B.trained C.cured D.arranged
【10】A.often B.seldom C.ever D.never
【11】A.spoke B.left C.watched D.taught
【12】A.leading B.following C.affecting D.punishing
【13】A.proved B.predicted C.wished D.realized
【14】A.wanted B.agreed C.happened D.chose
【15】A.shaped B.controlled C.improved D.created
【16】A.selfless B.active C.sensitive D.optimistic
【17】A.praise B.awards C.support D.donations
【18】A.difficulties B.worries C.doubts D.failures
【19】A.dream B.experience C.ambition D.effort
【20】A.exciting B.outgoing C.interesting D.amazing
34、Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
AI artwork sells for $432,500 — nearly 45 times its high【1】 — as Christie’s becomes the first auction house to offer a work of art created by an algorithm. This portrait, however, is not the product of a human mind. It was created by an【2】 intelligence, an algorithm defined by that algebraic formula with its many parentheses. And when it went under the【3】 in the Prints & Multiples sale at Christie’s on 23-25 October, Portrait of Edmond Belamy sold for an【4】 $432,500, signaling the arrival of AI art on the world auction stage.
From a distance, Portrait of Edmond de Belamy looks almost plausible. Up close, however, the paintwork becomes a grid of mechanical-looking dots, the man’s face a golden blur with black holes for eyes. Look into those eyes. They show no sign of feeling or life. Did a computer make this?
The answer is yes. The first artwork【5】 by AI to be sold at Christie’s, its【6】 price would seem to suggest that in future we will get computers to make art for us. Robot van Gogh will harmlessly cut its ear off and robot Picasso will be a genius.
Is this the future AI art visionaries such as the French collective Obvious, which programmed this “painter” by getting it to compare its own work with 15,000 pre-20th century portraits, have in mind? Or are they just, God forbid, making a fast buck from deceivable art collectors? Because believing the algorithm that knocked this up to be in any meaningful way an “artist” is like thinking your voice-interaction programme is out to get you. Dream on. Computers would need to replicate human consciousness before they could replicate the funny thing humans do called “art”.
Art is a way in which human 【7】 expresses itself, and is equally true of the earliest cave art, Rembrandt’s portraits and Duchamp’s urinal. And that is what is missing from Portrait of Edmond Bellamy. Art is a way humans communicate ideas, perceptions and feelings to each other. It has no 【8】 outside the human passion to communicate. So in what meaningful sense can an AI replica of certain【9】 traits of old master paintings be called art?
For a robot to really make art, it would need an autonomous mind that was emotional as well as【10】. No AI developer has yet claimed to be anywhere near achieving that and if they ever do, their creation will probably have better things to do than paint portraits — like destroy humanity.
Maybe afterwards robots will invent their own kind of art, but it won’t be some poor pastiche of human genius.
It will be beyond anything we organics could imagine.
35、Directions: Complete the following passages by using the words in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
Tablets are really useful devices, but their big screens always make them a burden to carry around without a bag. Wouldn’t it be great if there were a phone with the powers of a tablet that could be folded up and fit 【1】 into the hand?
Now something like a tablet-shaped but fold-able phone is about to become 【2】. In February, South Korean electronics company Samsung and China’s Huawei both unveiled fold-able phones Galaxy Fold and Huawei Mate X 【3】. Mobile phone use has entered the “fold-able future”, The Verge noted.
The technology could change our lives in significant ways. These devices, due to their 【4】 screens, give us the larger screens we want. Meanwhile, they still fit easily into the pocket. As USA Today noted, they’re “the 【5】 of a small tablets and smart-phone, all in a single device”.
The technology could 【6】 other devices too. For example, we could make TVs that stick to walls like posters, or fold up easily to hide away in drawers. In crowded modem cities, they will help us to 【7】 available space.
In a keynote address, Samsung’s senior vice president of mobile product marketing, Justin Denison, called the fold-able screen “the 【8】 for the smart-phone of tomorrow.” “It’s a balank canvas for us to do something beautiful together,” he said.
So is there nothing to stand in the way of the fold-able future?
According to tech news website Android authority, the necessary displays were difficult to produce. In 2012, nine out of every to OLED screens produced were 【9】. Today, that 10 percent rate has been improved to between 50 and 90 percent. However, at present these fold-able devices are expensive. For example, the price of Huawei Mate X is 17,500 RMB. That’s a price that may 【10】 the majority of people.
But if the fold-able device isn’t going to change the world overnight, there is no doubt that it is coming.
Patrick Moor-head, an industry analyst told The Verge, “Few are debating if fold-able or roll-able mobile displays are the future of smart-phones; the only question is when and by whom.”
36、Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
My daughter
(A story told by a father, a famous actor)
My wife and I only had the one child. We had Amy.
I see her as my best friend. I think she’d always come to me first if she had a problem. We have the same sense of humor, and share interests. 【1】 I don’t mind animals, she’s completely fascinated with them, and she has always had dogs, cats, horses, and goldfish in her life.
We were 【2】 (close) when she was about four, which I think is a lovely age for a child. They know the parents best, and don’t have outside contacts. She must have grown up suddenly when she went to school, because I remember her growing away from her family slightly. Any father who has a teenager daughter comes across an extraordinary collection of people, and there seemed to be an endless stream of strange young men 【3】 (come) through our house. By the time I learned their names they 【4】 (go) away and I had to start learning a new lot.
I wanted more than anything else for her to be happy in 【5】 she was doing, and I was prepared to pull strings to help her on her way. When she left a good school she decided she wanted to become an actress so I got her into drama school. It wasn’t to her liking so she joined a theatre group and began doing bits and pieces in films. She was doing well, but then gave it up. She probably found it boring. Then she took up social work, and finally went to work 【6】a designer and he became her husband. And that’s really the story of her life. She must be happy with him—they’re always together.
We have such similar tastes in books and music 【7】 I used to take her to see an opera, which is my big passion. However, I don’t think she likes it very much. She doesn’t come with me anymore.
I don’t think she’s a big television watcher. She knows when I’m on the television, and she 【8】 watch, but I don’t know. It’s not the kind of thing she tells me.
We’re very grateful for Amy. She’s a good daughter as daughters go. We’re looking forward to being grandparents.
37、阅读下列短文,根据短文内容填空,在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当单词,在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
A
I have the【1】(great)job in the world. I travel to unusual places and work alongside people from all over the world. Sometimes using【2】(science)equipment and sometimes meeting local people and tourists, I am never【3】(bore).Although my job is occasionally dangerous, I don’t mind because danger excites me and makes me feel alive. However, the most important thing about my job is that I help protect ordinary people【4】 one of the most powerful forces on earth—the volcano.
B
Water is a precious resource. Every person needs it【5】 (survive),and we use it for cooking, drinking, growing our food and washing. However,it is scarce(缺乏的).Just 1% of water on Earth can【6】 (use)by humans. What’s more,treating water to make it clean and safe and pumping it to our homes uses up lots of energy. So, what can you do to help save water? One easy way is by【7】(turn)off the tap when you brush your teeth.
C
Robbie Phillips has become the first British person to complete one of the toughest challenges in rock climbing. 【8】(know)as the Alpine Trilogy(阿尔卑斯三部曲),the challenge consists of three climbs on mountains in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, 【9】Phillips completed in four years. Until now, only four other people【10】(conquer)all three of the extremely difficult climbs.
38、假设你是李华,Harry是你的美国笔友。在来信中谈到他学校的图书馆。你常常去你校的图书馆。于是你回信向他介绍这个图书馆。内容包括:
1. 图书馆的建筑简介(如:面积、层高、位置等)
2. 藏书册数及图书种类。
3. 服务项目:图书的借阅;教师及学生阅览室。
注意:
1. 信的开头已为你写好;
2. 词数100左右。
3. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
Dear Harry,
How are things going with you? Talking about libraries, I would like to introduce to you about our school library. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Best wishes,
Yours,
Li Hua
39、假定你是李华,你的外国好友TOM来信告诉你打算近期来你的家乡庄浪游玩,询问你有关你家乡的游览景点,请你用英文写一封回信介绍你的家乡。
40、假定你是李华,你的英国笔友 David 给你发了一封邮件,倾诉他因疫情居家进行线上学习所遇到的烦恼,请你针对 David 的问题回复邮件。
Dear Li Hua,
I have some problems. Due to the COVID-19, all of us now have to keep social distance and take online courses at home. I find it hard to constantly focus on studying. I feel tired easily. Worse still, I have become so anxious and short-tempered. I do want to change the situation, but I don’t know how. What should I do?
Yours, David
注意:
1. 词数不低于100;
2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
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41、假定你是李华,最近你校将举办以“榜样的力量”为主题的英语演讲比赛。请根据提示写一篇演讲稿。内容包括:
1. 活动的目的;
2. 榜样的故事;
3. 个人看法。
注意:1. 词数80左右;
2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯:
3. 开头和结尾已给出,不计人总词数。
Good morning. everyone!
I'm Li Hua from Class 1,Senior 3. It's my great honor to stand here to deliver my speech today.
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That's all Thanks for your listening.
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