1、Green hand as he is, his lack of experience is ________by a willingness to learn.
A.bewildered B.balanced
C.delighted D.presented
2、I often visit my English teacher, ________help is important to me.
A.whose
B.which
C.that
D.who
3、Justice Department investigators say they will be ________ a broader investigation into the practices of the
police department,
A. accustomed to B. taking up
C. committing to D. embarking on
4、He ________ briefly to his notebook to make sure that he didn’t miss any point.
A.referred
B.applied
C.related
D.connected
5、To everyone’s surprise, the fashionable young lady ____ to be a thief.
A. proved out B. made out
C. turned out D. found out
6、—What’s wrong with you?
—Oh, I am sick. I ________ so much ice cream just now.
A. shouldn’t eat B. mustn’t eat
C. couldn’t have eaten D. shouldn’t have eaten
7、Don’t call me unless there are some ______ matters.
A.lazy B.urgent
C.free D.relaxing
8、Three planes were standing on the runway, waiting to ________.
A.build up
B.take off
C.set up
D.give out
9、The German groups—Angles and Celtic—occupied Britain, so the old English __________ a mixture of their languages.
A. was consisted of B. consisted of
C. made up of D. made of
10、If it rains, the sports meet ______ the day after tomorrow will have to be put off.
A.to be held
B.to hold
C.holding
D.being held
11、New Zealand has a lot of unique native animals, ________ fish.
A.including
B.included
C.includs
D.to includ
12、The book discussed the extent ________ family life has changed over the past 50 years.
A.in which
B.at which
C.on which
D.to which
13、The problem ______ now is very important.
A. being discussed B. discussed
C. discussing D. to be discussed
14、When I entered,I found my father ________ on the sofa and ________ in a magazine.
A.sitting;absorbed B.sit;absorb
C.sitting;absorbing D.seating;absorbed
15、The new device allows family members or doctors to ________ monitor the patients.
A.increasingly
B.narrowly
C.similarly
D.remotely
16、—What does the notice over there read?
— “No media ______ cover the event without the permission of the organizing committee.”
A.will
B.may
C.shall
D.must
17、After hospitals buy expensive equipment, they must try to ________the money they had spent.
A.recover B.remind C.recognize D.reflect
18、Mike managed to convince his girl friend ________ on the trip with him.
A.going
B.to go
C.gone
D.went
19、—Look, he has such a ______.
—Maybe it was we who upset him.
A.straight face
B.long face
C.poker face
D.blank face
20、She _____ her husband after years of unhappiness and married again soon.
A. divorced B. divorced from
C. divorced with D. was divorced
21、Dear Agony Aunt,
Every day after school, I meet a group of friends at the local shops. They all smoke, but I don’t. They’ve started teasing me. I tried to smoke without inhaling, but I don’t really enjoy it. I’m finding it hard to say no. Even though I’m fifteen years old, I can’t take the teasing.
Yours hopefully,
Frustrated
Dear Agony Aunt,
A few months ago, a new neighbor moved into the flat next door to mine. He usually comes home about two o’clock in the morning. Then he will have a bath. The trouble is, as soon as he turns on the tapes, that the pipes start making a loud noise. This always wakes me up, and the noise goes on for hours. I haven’t slept well since he moved in. I’m exhausted! What do you think I should do?
Yours sincerely,
Miss P. Take
Dear Agony Aunt,
Several days ago, my parents had an awful argument, and they haven’t spoken to each other ever since. Instead, I have to give them messages all the time. For example, my mother says: “Tell your father supper’s ready”. Or my father says: “Tell your mother to pass me the salt.”
Yesterday I refused to do this. You’ll never believe what happened! My father said if I didn’t, he wouldn’t give me any pocket money! Do you think this is fair? What on earth shall I do?
Yours faithfully,
Susan Peach.
Dear Agony Aunt,
Last year my mum was diagnosed with cancer. Ever since then I have had to do most of the chores around the house, looking after my mum and my younger sister. My dad is often too busy working long shifts. I am starting to feel really angry with my dad for not doing anything. I know it’s not his fault, but I am completely fed up and have started getting into trouble at school because I keep getting into fights and being rude to teachers. How am I going to cope?
Yours Sincerely,
Charlotte Adams.
【1】Who is annoyed with his or her neighbor at the moment?
A.Frustrated.
B.Miss P. Take.
C.Susan Peach.
D.Charlotte Adamas.
【2】Whose school life has been deeply affected because of the agony?
A.Frustrated.
B.Miss P. Take.
C.Susan Peach.
D.Charlotte Adamas.
【3】Which suggestion will Susan find of great use?
A.Clear communication is the key to being a good neighbor.
B.Where there is a will, there is a way.
C.Everything is OK if the family is in harmony.
D.Follow your own path and let people talk.
22、It’s AOL Jobs Week. We’ll have many job listings, so settle in and get your resume ready. And be sure to check out the rest of our Jobs Week content: from resume writing and networking to day jobs and time management to getting a new restaurant off the ground. Lastly, don’t forget to enter our sweepstakes (抽奖) for a chance to win a personal session with one of our career experts!
Customer Service Workers
Median salary: US$31,547
Top cities for hiring: Houston, Texas; Chicago, Illinois; Atlanta, Georgia
We’ve all dealt with customer service representatives, those disembodied voices (不见其人的说话声) helping you over the phone with various company or purchase - related matters. Love them or hate them, the customer service field is currently blowing up in the United States - big time.
Warehouse Workers
Median salary: US$29,357
Top cities for hiring: Houston, Texas; Chicago, Illinois; Columbus, Ohio
Without warehouse workers, everything we’ve ever purchased would still be sitting in a building somewhere. The rise of online shopping sites like Amazon has made warehouses a hot spot for hiring.
Accountants
Median salary: US$63,550
Top cities for hiring: Chicago, Illinois; Houston, Texas; New York
Death and taxes may be two reasons for the popularity of accounting jobs, which are frequently in high demand. You’ll need to become a CPA (Certified Public Accountant 注册会计师) to get started. But while some jobs are at the mercy of the economy, the economy itself isn’t going away. Neither are accountants.
Human Resources Managers
Median salary: US$99,720
Top cities for hiring: Chicago, Illinois; Houston, Texas; New York
Speaking of job security, workers in company’s human resources department are always needed to find and assess new hires, along with countless other tasks essential to keeping a company well- peopled. CareeiCast named it one of the ten best jobs of 2016, because it has high income and low stress.
【1】If you are lucky you can have access to __________ through the Jobs Week sweepstakes.
A. a good job B. a career expert
C. a well-written resume D. some money
【2】If an employee wants to work in Columbus, he can choose to work as a(n) __________.
A. customer service porker B. warehouse worker
C. accountant D. human resources manager
【3】What is Ac best title for the passage?
A. Start a Good Career Path in Jobs Week B. Fashionable Jobs in the United States
C. Jobs Week: Find Your Job Here D. Introduction to Jobs Week
23、A study from 2010 said that raising prices by 1% without losing sales can increase profits by 8.7% on average. Getting the prices right can be difficult. Set them too high and you lose customers; set them too low and you leave money on the table.
To make more money, shopkeepers have been turning to price-optimization (优化) systems that predict how customers will respond to price changes. These systems are becoming cleverer thanks to advances in artificial intelligence (AI). While older systems used historical sales data to estimate (估计) price sensitivity for individual goods, the latest AI-powered systems can find relationships between multiple goods. These AI-powered systems use big data to estimate price sensitivity — how much demand increases as the price falls or how much demand decreases as the price goes up-for thousands of products. Price-sensitive (价格敏感的) goods can then be discounted and price-insensitive ones marked up.
All this makes pricing systems “much more three-dimensional”, observes Chad Yoes, the pricing official at Walmart, a supermarket. In February, Starbucks, a chain of coffee shops, expressed pride in its use of AI to price products “on an ongoing basis”. US Foods, a food company, says its pricing system can promote sales and profits.
Price-optimization may make prices change more. “Shopkeepers are pricing faster today than they ever have before,” says Matt Pavich of Revionics, a pricing-software firm. That is especially true in the fast-moving world of e-commerce. But even Walmart changes the prices of many items in its stores 2-4 times a year, says Mr Yoes. up from once or twice a few years ago.
Sysco, a food company, says the AI-powered system allows it to lower prices on “key value items” and raise prices on other products. It can thus increase profits by expanding sales while maintaining profits. That keeps investors content and shoppers sweet.
【1】What can be learned from the first paragraph?
A.It is sometimes difficult to set the right prices.
B.Getting the prices right can make you lose customers.
C.Raising prices by 1% always leads to an 8.7% increase in profits.
D.The study from 2010 suggests that you leave money on the table.
【2】What is the advantage of AI-powered pricing systems over older systems?
A.They are more price-sensitive.
B.They make prices change more.
C.They can predict price sensitivity for individual goods.
D.They are able to identify links between various products.
【3】According to the text, which of the following products will shopkeepers reduce the price of?
A.Starbucks coffee.
B.Price-insensitive goods.
C.Walmart’s online goods.
D.Sysco’s “key value items”.
【4】What is the best title for the text?
A.Apply AI to Set Prices
B.Raise Prices to Increase Profits
C.Reduce Prices to Promote Sales
D.Use AI to Predict Customer Response
24、"Why do we have to learn all this dumb stuff?"
Of all the complaints and questions I have heard from my students during my years in the classroom, this was the one most frequently asked. I would answer it by telling the following legend.
One night a group of nomads(游牧民) were preparing to retire for the evening when suddenly they were surrounded by a great light. They knew they were in the presence of a godly being. With great expectation, they awaited a heavenly message of great importance that they knew must be especially for them.
Finally, the voice spoke, "Gather as many pebbles (鹅卵石) as you can. Put them in your bags. Travel a day's journey and tomorrow night will find you glad and it will find you sad."
The nomads shared their disappointment and anger with each other. They had expected the
inspiration of a great universal truth that would enable them to create wealth, health and purpose for the world. But instead they were given a silly task that made no sense to them at all. However, the memory of the brilliance of their visitor caused each one to pick up a few pebbles and store them in their bags while voicing their displeasure.
They traveled a day's journey and that night while making camp, they reached into their bags and discovered every pebble they had gathered had become a diamond. They were glad they had diamonds. They were sad they had not gathered more pebbles.
It was an experience I had with a student, whom I shall call Alan, early in my teaching career that illustrated the truth of that legend to me.
When Alan was in the eighth grade, he majored in "trouble" with a minor in "suspensions (停学)". He had studied how to be a bully and was getting his master's degree in "thievery".
Every day I had my students memorize a quotation from a great thinker. As I called roll, I would begin a quotation. To be counted present, the student would be expected to finish the thought.
"Alice Adams--- 'There is no failure except..."'
"'In no longer trying.' I'm present, Mr. Schlatter."
So, by the end of the year, my young pupils would have memorized 150 great thoughts.
"People nowadays know the price of everything and the value of nothing."
"No pains, no gains."
"If you can conceive it, and believe it, you can achieve it."
No one complained about this daily routine other than Alan - right up to the day he was expelled(开除) and I lost touch with him for five years. Then one day, he called. He was in a special program at one of the neighboring colleges and had just finished parole(假释).
He told me that after being sent to juvenile hall (少管所) and finally being shipped off to the
California Youth Authority for his wrong doings, he had become so disgusted with himself that he had taken a razor blade and cut his wrists.
He said, "You know what, Mr. Schlatter, as I lay there with my life running out of my body, I
suddenly remembered that quote you made me write 20 times one day." There is no failure except in no longer trying." Then it suddenly made sense to me. As long as I was alive, I wasn't a failure, but if I allowed myself to die, I would most certainly die a failure. So with my remaining strength, I called for help and started a new life."
At the time he had heard the quotation, it was a pebble. When he needed guidance in a moment of crisis, it had become a diamond. And so it is to you I say, gather all the pebbles you can, and you can count on a future filled with diamonds.
【1】What does the underlined sentence "it will find you sad" mean?
A. The God told the nomads to gather pebbles that made no sense to them.
B. The pebbles won't enable the nomads to create fortune.
C. The God didn't give the nomads the message they expected.
D. The nomads regretted not having gathered as many pebbles as possible.
【2】Which of following sentences from the passage brings out the author's sense of humor?
A. They were given a silly task that made no sense to them at all. (Para. 5)
B. He majored in "trouble" with a minor in "suspensions. (Para. 8)
C. People nowadays know the price of everything and the value of nothing. (Para. 13)
D. You can count on a future filled with diamonds. (Para. 19)
【3】Which of the following is FALSE according to the passage?
A. Not all the nomads gathered and stored some pebbles in their bags.
B. Students who finished the half-sentence quotation were counted present.
C. All students don't like the daily routine of finishing the half-sentence quotation.
D. It was the strong faith of never dying a failure that saved Alan's life.
【4】Why did Alan commit suicide after being shipped off to the California Youth Authority?
A. He hated the hard life in the juvenile hall.
B. He was expelled by the school in the end.
C. He was badly treated at the California Youth Authority.
D. He felt so disappointed and hopeless about himself and his future.
【5】According to the passage, we can conclude that Mr. Schlatter is an educator of _____.
A. sympathy and kindness B. wisdom and patience
C. generosity and creativity D. faith and devotion
【6】Which of the following may probably be the best title?
A. A naughty trouble-marker. B. Pebbles and nomads.
C. The magic pebble. D. A quotation that saved life.
25、The first time I heard about several cases of the coronavirus was January, 2020. However, I did not ________ the outbreak to have such a sudden and powerful effect on the world. In March, it was ________ that we would take all the final exams online, which was unexpected, and all university teachers and students were ________.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, in our university the student-run free dental clinics are closed ________ and most research labs are only open for ________ number of students. Therefore, I have had a lot more spare time than before, since most of the events have been held online. To ________ time, I learned to follow ________ to make different dishes. The period of quarantine (隔离) has become a time when I can learn some new life ________.
Besides cooking, I have been ________ a new hobby — playing puzzles. At first, solving a puzzle was just a way for me to ________ patience. Then I realized that I learned much more than that. When I ________ 1, 000 pieces of a puzzle on the table, I ________ not buying a simpler one. I suddenly realized I was so impatient that I couldn’t even focus on such a simpler ________.
Electronic devices have been training me to constantly stare at a blinking (闪烁) screen and ________ what I should do. So I decided to solve a puzzle to stay away ________ devices for several hours, and enjoy one simple task like a little child.
When I started to look for different pieces to see if they could fit in a larger ________, I started to look for short cuts (捷径) by collecting puzzles with similar patterns or colors and ________ their edges.
During this time, I slowly forgot all the ________ of quarantine life. Every time I put one piece in the right place, I was ________ awarded by such a small success and encouraged to keep on trying. It was surprising and unexpected for me to receive so much ________ from focusing on solving puzzles.
【1】
A.think
B.encourage
C.remind
D.expect
【2】
A.announced
B.said
C.discovered
D.considered
【3】
A.unhappy
B.unfortunate
C.unprepared
D.uninterested
【4】
A.forever
B.formally
C.temporarily
D.permanently
【5】
A.countless
B.limited
C.large
D.fixed
【6】
A.waste
B.value
C.save
D.kill
【7】
A.recipes
B.routines
C.orders
D.schedules
【8】
A.lessons
B.rules
C.skills
D.philosophies
【9】
A.exploring
B.reviewing
C.testing
D.spreading
【10】
A.recommend
B.practise
C.support
D.enlarge
【11】
A.broke up
B.poured out
C.took on
D.put away
【12】
A.avoided
B.imagined
C.regretted
D.finished
【13】
A.task
B.incident
C.project
D.work
【14】
A.remember
B.like
C.enjoy
D.forget
【15】
A.out
B.from
C.in
D.with
【16】
A.container
B.net
C.board
D.picture
【17】
A.cutting
B.comparing
C.drawing
D.feeling
【18】
A.boredom
B.freedom
C.kingdom
D.wisdom
【19】
A.physically
B.strangely
C.mentally
D.passively
【20】
A.duty
B.trouble
C.problem
D.pleasure
26、假如你是晨光中学学生会主席李津,新年临近了,你校将举行一年一度的艺术节。请代表你们学校邀请外籍教师Mrs.Green 来参加活动,请根据以下提示给她写一封邀请信。内容如下:
1. 简要介绍艺术节的时间、地点、内容、目的;
2. 希望Mrs Green 可以表演节目;
3. 你的祝愿。
注意:1.词数:不少于100词;
2.可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
3.开头已给出,不计入总词数。
Dear Mrs. Green,
I’m Li Jin , Chairman of Student Union.________________________________________________________
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Yours sincerely,
Li Jin
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