1、__________as the “Father of Hybrid Rice", Yuan Longping is recognized as one of the world's leading experts in agriculture.
A.Knowing B.Know C.Known D.To know
2、Mr. Brown is a good coach because he can ________ the plays.
A.get about
B.get above
C.get across
D.get along
3、Tom looks tired because he ________ the house since 9 am.
A.has been cleaning
B.cleaned
C.has been cleaned
D.cleans
4、—I missed the first part of the film. It was really a pity.
—You __________ home half an hour earlier.
A.should go
B.must have gone
C.should leave
D.should have left
5、A skilled workforce is essential, ________ is why our training program is so important.
A.that B.which C.such D.what
6、The Olympic Games, the world’s greatest sporting event, advocate the principle ________ matters is not winning but participating.
A. that what B. which
C. what D. how
7、We should also attach importance ________ pre-school education and care about special education.
A.on
B.in
C.to
D.over
8、Our teacher is ill, and we are all ______ her health.
A.concerned about B.careful of C.interested in D.aware of
9、___________their quick thinking during a big fire in a building, a group of young men in Dallas helped save many people's lives.
A.In spite of B.In terms of C.Expect for D.Thanks to
10、Public transport provides a cheap way to _____________ in Beijing.
A.get around B.get on C.get off D.get over
11、Not until he retired from teaching three years ago ________ having a holiday abroad.
A. he had considered B. had he considered
C. he considered D. did he consider
12、Friendship means understanding, not agreement. It means forgiveness, not forgetting. It means the memories last, ________ contact is lost.
A.even so B.even though C.in case D.as though
13、 Due to the ______ of this medical technology, some diseases can be treated at an early stage.
A. approach B. appreciation
C. application D. appointment
14、The program “Master’s Lectures” of CCTV is both interesting and instructive. No wonder it_______ a large audience.
A. accounts for B. allows for
C. adapts to D. appeals to
15、I sent you 100 dollars today, the rest ____ in a year, because I’m also in debt.
A. follows B. ones C. those D. one
16、Restaurants in every corner of Mianyang not only provide job opportunities but ____lots of taxes as well.
A. bring in B. bring about
C. result in D. result from
17、He pointed out such a crucial detail about the experiment ______ we could never neglect.
A.as B.that C.where D.when
18、Those who are not ______ with the progress they have made will have greater success.
A. proud B. willing C. popular D. content
19、Is this restaurant ___ he complained about?
A. the one B. where
C. that D. which
20、After many ups and downs, the overseas students finally came back to the motherland, ________, which made their parents happy.
A.black and white
B.black and blue
C.safe and sound
D.high and low
21、Besides entertainment and beautiful lanterns, another important part of the Lantern Festival, or Yuanxiao Festival is eating small dumpling balls made of glutinous (粘性的) rice flour (粉状物). We call these balls Yuanxiao or Tangyuan. Obviously, they get the name from the festival itself. It is said that the custom of eating Yuanxiao originated during the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the fourth century, then became popular during the Tang and Song periods.
The fillings (馅料) inside the dumplings or Yuanxiao are either sweet or salty. Sweet fillings are made of sugar, walnuts (核桃), sesame(芝麻), osmanthus flowers (桂花), rose petals(花瓣). A single ingredient (原料) or any combination can be used as the filling. The salty variety is filled with minced meat (肉末儿), vegetables or a mixture.
The way to make Yuanxiao also varies between northern and southern China. The usual method followed in southern provinces is to shape the dough (生面团) of rice flour into balls, make a hole, insert the filling, then close the hole and smooth out the dumpling by rolling it between your hands. In North China, sweet or nutmeat stuffing is the usual ingredient. The fillings are pressed into hardened cores, dipped lightly in water and rolled in a flat basket containing dry glutinous rice flour. A layer of the flour sticks to the filling, which is then again dipped in water and rolled a second time in the rice flour. And so it goes, like rolling a snowball, until the dumpling is the desired size.
The custom of eating Yuanxiao dumplings remains. This tradition encourages both old and new stores to promote their Yuanxiao products. They all try their best to improve the taste and quality of the dumplings to attract more customers.
【1】Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Sweet Yuanxiao are usually made in southern China.
B. Sugar, rose petals and minced meat are all fillings of Yuanxiao.
C. The custom of eating Yuanxiao dates back to the fourth century.
D. People in northern China usually make Yuanxiao by rolling like a snowball.
【2】The way of making Yuanxiao varies between _________ China.
A. southwestern and northwestern
B. eastern and western
C. southeastern and northeastern
D. northern and southern
【3】Choose the right order of making Tangyuan in southern provinces.
① make a hole and insert the filling
② roll the dough between your hands
③ shape the dough of rice flour into balls
④ close the hole
⑤ prepare some rice flour
A. ⑤③②①④ B. ⑤③①④②
C. ③①④②⑤ D.③⑤①②④
【4】What is the best title of this passage?
A. The Lantern Festival
B. The ingredients of Yuanxiao
C. China’s traditional food—Yuanxiao.
D. The difference between Yuanxiao and Tangyuan.
【5】Why do we eat Yuanxiao today?
A. Because it’s a tasty food.
B. Because it’s a tradition.
C. Because we love our country.
D. Because it’s promoted by both old and new stores.
22、A jobless man wanted very much to have the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test. “You have passed the test,” he said. “Give me your e-mail address and I’ll send you the form to fill in and the date when you may start.” The man replied, “But I don’t have a computer, neither an e-mail.” “I’m sorry,” said the HR manager. “If you don’t have an e-mail, that means you are not living. And anyone who isn’t living cannot have the job.”
The man left with no hope at all. He didn’t know what to do with only $10 in his pocket. He thought and thought. Then he went to the supermarket and bought 10 kilos of tomatoes. He sold the tomatoes from door to door. In less than two hours, he had 20 dollars. He repeated the operation three times, and started to go early every day, and returned home late. Shortly, he bought a cart , then a truck, then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles(运货车队). Five years later, the man was one of the biggest food retailers (零售商) in the US.
One day, one of his friends asked him for his e-mail. He said, “I haven’t got one.” His friend couldn’t believe his ears. “Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e-mail?” The man thought for a while and replied, “Yes, I’d be an office boy at Microsoft!”
【1】What did the man do for the test?
A.He sent e-mails.
B.He did the cleaning
C.He sold computers.
D.He filled in forms.
【2】The man didn’t get the job because he ________.
A.disliked such a job
B.didn’t pass the test
C.didn’t have an e-mail
D.knew nothing about computers
【3】Why could the man become one of the biggest food retailers in the US?
A.Because he had many friends to help him.
B.Because he was smart and worked very hard.
C.Because he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles.
D.Because he wanted to show Microsoft he was living.
【4】What does the story want to tell us?
A.Computers are very important in our daily life.
B.Everyone can make a lot of money with only$10.
C.The HR manager didn’t find the ability of the man.
D.Nothing in the world is impossible if we work hard.
23、 When the weather gets cold, we can put on more clothes, stay next to a fireplace, turn on the air conditioner or simply travel to a warmer city to spend the winter – people have many different ways of coping with the cold.
But things are not as easy for plants. Unlike humans, plants can’t move to escape the cold or generate heat to keep themselves warm. So how do they manage to survive the freezing winter?
It turns out that plants have their own strategies too, said a study published on Dec 22 in the journal Nature.
According to researcher Amy Zanne of George Washington University, US, the cold is a big challenge for plants. Their living tissues can be damaged when they freeze. “It’s like a plant’s equivalent to frostbite (冻疮),” Zanne told Science Daily. Also, the process of freezing and thawing (解冻) can cause air bubbles to form in the plant’s water transport system. “If enough of these air bubbles come together as water thaws they can block the flow of water from the roots to the leaves and kill the plant,” she explained.
To live through cold weather, plants have developed three traits, according to the study. Some plants, such as oak trees, avoid freezing damage by dropping their leaves before the winter chill sets in – effectively shutting off the flow of water between roots and leaves – and growing new leaves and water transport cells when the warm spring returns.
Other plants, pine trees for example, protect themselves by narrowing their water transport cells, which makes it easier for cells to travel among air bubbles.
The third strategy is also the most extreme – some plants die on the ground in winter and start growing as new plants from seeds when conditions get warmer.
However, the study also found that these smart strategies were developed very slowly – over millions of years of evolution. This leads scientists to worry that plants may not be able to deal with human-caused climate change, which has only started occurring over the past few decades.
Scientists are hoping that this study can help people find possible ways to save plants from the threat of climate change.
【1】What is the article mainly about?
A.Why plants are not afraid of the winter chill.
B.The ways that plants survive cold weather.
C.Changes in plants’ water transport system in winter.
D.How plants evolve to keep up with climate change.
【2】According to the article, if a plant freezes in the winter, ______.
A.it produces more living tissues to stay alive
B.its leaves quickly fall out and its roots begin to die
C.its water transport cells are narrowed
D.its water transport system could be blocked
【3】How do oak trees usually survive the cold winters?
A.By dropping their leaves before winter.
B.By narrowing their water transport cells.
C.By widening their water transport cells.
D.By dropping seeds on the ground so that the new trees can grow in the spring.
【4】What are scientists worried about when it comes to plants according to the article?
A.Plants may not be able to adapt to the increasingly cold climate.
B.Human activities might have a great impact on the pace of plants’ evolution.
C.Plants may not be able to evolve fast enough to adapt to human-caused climate change.
D.The strategies plants develop are not good enough to protect them against cold.
24、 Jean was a single mother with a young son. She taught the first grade and worked very hard. She drove a small old car. One August, the teachers returned from a summer break to see Jean drive up to school with three children. The two girls were Jean’s former students who had lost their parents. They did not want to enter a foster care center. They turned to Jean-their first grade teacher-for help. Though she and her son lived in a small house, Jean took the girls in.
During lunch, while other teachers shared life stories, Jean never complained about her new responsibilities. She did, however, speak about her car. With three children to transport, the car was too small and slow. It even burned engine oil. Jean needed something new. However, she couldn’t buy one with three children in her home.
As a good friend, I listened to her concerns. At that time, I did not have much money. But I wanted to help Jean buy a car. An idea hit me when I watched a TV show.
One day, Jean received an invitation to a TV show. She was surprised but decided to attend it. Midway through the show the host called Jean to the stage. He explained he had received a letter, knowing her need for a new car. The audience listened to the details of Jean’s story and were all moved. Then the host said that Jean would receive a new car for her family. Cheers filled the studio and Jean shook with disbelief.
Six hundred miles away, I watched the joy of it all from the television in my living room. Jean’s big heart taught me many lessons that year. I did nothing but share her story.
【1】What can we infer about Jean according to the first paragraph?
A.She was a driver.
B.She was very kind-hearted.
C.She knew the girls’ parents.
D.She wanted to sell her small car.
【2】What troubled Jean?
A.She found it hard to raise kids alone.
B.She couldn’t afford to buy a new car.
C.She couldn’t spare more time for her students.
D.She had no time to transport her kids to school.
【3】Why did Jean receive an invitation to the show?
A.The author turned to the show for help.
B.The school rewarded her for her hard work.
C.The school wanted to make her story known.
D.The show picked some single mothers to report randomly.
【4】What can be the best title for the text?
A.A Letter from My Friend
B.Helping My Friend Get a Car
C.Inviting My Friend to a Show
D.A Single Mother with Three Kids
25、 I used to be the shyest person in the world. I ___behind my older sister, whenever I had to speak to a (n) ___person-including the McDonald’s cashier, or even a distant relative.
___asked to speak in class, I could hardly ___, much less speak. Even among the few friends I had, my high, timid (羞怯的) ___earned me jokes-about being a girl.
Then in the seventh grade, my sister suggested I ___voice lessons. After a little bit of ____, I did-as long as it stayed a secret. I began a series of vocal (发声的) ___. After exercising a lot, I finally gained ___in my voice.
A few months later, I was asked to sing for some retired people. I thought I would do better than before ___the voice lessons. I opened my mouth and -nothing. I couldn’t remember the ___of the song ! My face turned hot. The ___pianist whispered a prompt (提示), and I remembered just enough to keep singing.
Then the thought ___me: I’ve embarrassed (尴尬)myself enough in front of this____. There’s really nothing else to____. So in my second song, I just____and felt the energy of the song lift me. And I did much better.
After that, I started singing to myself as ___as I could in my own room. That’s something I would never have done before.
On a recent school trip, I was asked to sing again. It was ___how much people liked my singing. One classmate ___said that I should be in the school’s talent show.
I am not a shy person any more. ___has made me more outgoing. Today, I’m almost a loudmouth. I can meet people without being afraid. I can also stand in front of the whole class and give a big speech. I am proud of myself.
【1】A.hid B.settled C.remained D.stayed
【2】A.common B.strict C.unfamiliar D.unusual
【3】A.Unless B.Though C.As D.When
【4】A.sit B.breathe C.smile D.express
【5】A.gesture B.expression C.behavior D.voice
【6】A.pick B.accept C.take D.receive
【7】A.decision B.consideration C.opportunity D.guidance
【8】A.recover B.thought C.experience D.exercises
【9】A.confidence B.freedom C.determination D.imagination
【10】A.in favor of B.because of C.instead of D.in place of
【11】A.music B.title C.words D.lines
【12】A.upset B.kind C.calm D.straight
【13】A.struck B.recognized C.persuaded D.ruined
【14】A.crowd B.class C.family D.team
【15】A.get B.try C.give D.lose
【16】A.changed B.worried C.relaxed D.escaped
【17】A.clearly B.loudly C.fluently D.frequently
【18】A.amazing B.frightening C.shocking D.astonishing
【19】A.ever B.even C.still D.just
【20】A.Communicating B.Exercising C.Performing D.Singing
26、Directions: Write an English composition in 120 -150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
最近新冠病毒肆虐的特殊时期,全国各地大中小学都在组织学生在家上网课,学生利用电脑、手机以及各种 App 学习。 经历了两个多月的网上学习体验,请把居家上网课和在学 校课堂学习做一个比较,并说明你更喜欢哪一种方式及理由。
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