1、We used to see each other _____, but haven’t heard from him since last year.
A.especially
B.regularly
C.particularly
D.approximately
2、---Isn’t she going on ______ diet?
---No. She still sticks to ______ rich and heavy one.
A. the; the B. a; a
C. the; a D. a; the
3、—More and more people come to visit Mount Huangshan.
—That’s true. It has become the ________ of Anhui.
A.pride B.effort C.praise D.courage
4、(题文)________ breaks the law should be punished
A. No matter who B. Whoever
C. Who D. All
5、By the time she ______in the gymnastics tournament at the New York Goodwill Games, she ______ a junior gymnast for eleven years.
A. competed; has been B. competes; has been
C. competed; had been D. will compete; will have been
6、Students ________ enjoy playing basketball can join the club.
A.whom
B.which
C.who
D.whose
7、--I'm sorry I made a mistake!
-- . . Nobody is perfect.
A. Take your time
B. You're right
C. Whatever you say
D. Take it easy
8、 —It’s no use having ideas only.
—Don’t worry. Peter can show you __________to turn an idea into an act.
A.how
B.who
C.what
D.where
9、Many of us would agree that improving the countryside through technology has great potentials ______ food development in China.
A. in terms of B. regardless of
C. in spite of D. on account of
10、It is unbelievable that Mr. Smith leads quite a simple life ______ his great wealth.
A.without
B.in
C.from
D.despite
11、Here is a serious problem and there ________ a still more difficult task for us.
A.remain
B.remained
C.will remain
D.remains
12、This is Professor Wang, in ________ class I learn a lot and gradually take to ________ English novels.
A.which; read
B.whose; reading
C.his; read
D.which; reading
13、 The joy of living comes from ______ we put into living.
A. what B. that C. where D. How
14、There is no doubt that Syrian people have the wisdom to find a development path ________ for their national conditions.
A. considerate B. disturbing
C. suitable D. fortunate
15、 The old town has narrow streets and small houses _______ are built close to each other.
A. that B. who C. where D. what
16、------Do you know anything about China’s space program?
------Yes, ________ I know, China will send woman astronauts into space in the near future.
A. As long as B. So far as
C. As much as D. As soon as
17、Ted came for the weekend wearing some shorts and a T-shirt, ______ is a stupid thing to do in such weather.
A.this
B.that
C.what
D.which
18、I will cancel the appointment with my dentist — something unexpected has ________.
A.grown up
B.added up
C.packed up
D.come up
19、Mobile phone is an effective _______ of communication.
A.meaning
B.means
C.mean
D.meant
20、He________ it all by himself for there was no one else in the house to turn to for help.
A.must be doing
B.should be doing
C.must have done
D.should have done
21、 Villavicencio, a shabby city of half a million people, considers itself the city of half a gateway to los llanos, Colombia’s eastern plains. Now and for the next few months few people will be passing through it. Mudslides (泥石流) since May have blocked the main highway, the Vaal Llano, which connects the city to Bogota, Colombia’s capital. More rocks and mud threaten workers trying to unblock the road, along which two-thirds of domestically produced goods are transported. Colombia’s government says this could take up to three months.
Residents of Villavicencio and the surrounding plains are beginning to feel the consequences. Potatoes, garlic and eggs have become scarce in grocery stores. Shoppers hunt through produce bins to find the few tomatoes and carrots that have not rotted. More than 90% of hotel reservations in the plain’s region have been cancelled.
Colombia is a road-builder’s nightmare. The Andes (安第斯山脉) separate into three ranges at the southern border. The mountains can climb to 4,000 metres from sea level in less than 100km. Colombia gets more rain than any other country in the world, which makes it harder to keep the road in good condition. Short of cash, the government has given private firms special rights to build roads. Vaal Llano, among the earliest projects built in this way, are likely to cause accidents.
To relieve los llanos’s isolation (隔离), Satena, a state-owned airline, and EasyFly have announced more flights between Bogota and Villavicencio. The government has currently stopped passenger fees on flights between the cities. Goods can get through on two smaller alternative roads and money paid to use the two roads will be halved. But what the plains need most is a road that can cope with Colombia’s dangerous, rain-soaked topography (地形). That goes for much of the rest of the country.
【1】We can learn from the text that the highway the Vaal Llano _______.
A.is considered half a gateway to los llanos
B.connects los llanos and Colombia’s capital
C.has been blocked by Mudslides since May
D.won’t be unblocked by workers until May
【2】What does the underlined word “scarce” probably mean?
A.Available. B.Inadequate. C.Organic. D.Affordable.
【3】Why is Colombia said to be a road-builder’s nightmare?
A.It’s surrounded by mountains of different height in the south.
B.The continuous rain makes the construction of roads difficult.
C.The government lacks money to build and repair roads.
D.Car accidents are more likely to take place in Colombia.
【4】According to the author, what’s the best solution to los llanos’s isolation?
A.Providing more flights between Bogotaand Villavicencio.
B.Cancelling passenger fees on flights between the cities.
C.Charging less money for using the two alternative roads.
D.Constructing a proper road that can survive the situation.
22、Last week, Chicago became the first city in the US to join the “Lights Out Plan”. People turned off the lights in the city’s tallest buildings, so that thousands of birds could get to their winter homes. Every year in autumn, some birds fly over Chicago on their way to the south, and come back the next spring.
Lights mean danger to birds. Birds find their way by looking at the stars in the sky. Lights in tall buildings are so bright that birds may mistake them as stars. This means they cannot find the right way to go home.
This month, about 300 types of birds are flying over Chicago to go back to the south to live through the cold winter. Birds fly to warmer places for a few reasons. Many birds cannot live in the cold, so they fly to warmer places. But there are other reasons, too. Birds need to look for food in the south. Another reason is that they want to have baby birds. Many birds like to have their baby birds in the same “house” they lived in last year, so they fly back there.
There are about 9,000 kinds of birds in the world, and about 600 kinds of birds migrate. Some birds can fly a very long way. Sometimes they fly to other countries. We have fewer birds today because there are fewer places for birds.
【1】Why did people in Chicago turn off their lights last week?
A.Because people wanted to save money.
B.Because people liked the dark night.
C.Because people were a afraid that birds would make much noise.
D.Because people were a afraid that birds would lose their way.
【2】What does the underlined word “migrate” mean in Chinese?
A.move to a new place
B.stay at the same place
C.sleep in winter
D.lay eggs
【3】Today we have fewer birds because ________.
A.lots of birds are often ill
B.people kill lots of birds
C.there are fewer places for birds
D.other animals eat them
【4】Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A.All birds fly to warmer places every year.
B.Some birds have to fly to warmer places in autumn.
C.Some birds can fly a long way to other countries.
D.About 600 kinds of birds migrate in the world.
23、Boy’s schools are the perfect place to teach young men to express their emotions and involve them in activities such as art dance and music. Far from the traditional image of a culture of aggressive masculinity(阳刚) , the absence of girls gives boys the chance to develop without pressure to agree with a stereotype, a US study says.
Boys at single-sex schools were said to be more likely to get involved in cultural and artistic activities that helped develop their emotional expressiveness, rather than feeling they had to agree with the “boy code”of hiding their emotions to be a “real man”.
The report, presented at a conference of the International Boys’Schools Coalition in London attended by the heads of private and state schools, goes against_______that boys do better when taught alongside girls. Tony little, headmaster of Eton, warned that boys were being failed by the British education system because it had become too focused on girls. He criticized teachers for failing to recognize that boys are actually more emotional than girls.
The research argued that boys often perform badly in mixed schools because they become discouraged when their females peers do better earlier in speaking and reading skills. But in single-sex schools teachers can tailor lessons to boy’s learning style, letting them move around the classroom and getting them to compete in teams to prevent boredom, wrote the study’s author, Abigail James, of the University of Virginia. Teachers could encourage boys to enjoy reading and writing with “boy-focused”approaches such as themes and characters that interest them. Because boys generally have more acute(sharp)vision, learn best through touch, and are physically more active, they need to be given “hands-on”lessons where they are allowed to walk around. “Boys in mixed schools view classical music as feminine(女性的)and prefer the modern type in which violence and sexism are major themes” James wrote.
Single-sex education also made it less likely that boys would feel they had to agree with a stereotype that men should be “masterful and in charge” in relationships, “In mixed schools boys feel forced to act like men before they understand themselves well enough to know what that means.” The study reported.
【1】In the eyes of the author, a single-sex school would__________.
A. force boys to hide their emotions to be “real man”
B. help to develop masculine aggressiveness in boys
C. encourage boys to express their emotions more freely
D. naturally stress in boys the traditional image of a man
【2】The phrase “received wisdom” (paragraph 3) is most likely to mean____________.
A. better education B. common belief
C. good behavior D. strong responsibility
【3】What does Tony Little think of the British education system?
A. It fails more boys than girls thoroughly
B. It makes boys more emotional than girls
C. It fails to give boys the attention they need
D. It focuses more on mixed school education
【4】Which is one of the advantages of single-sex schools according to Abigail James?
A. Teaching can be tailored to suit the characteristics of boys
B. Boys can focus on their lessons without being disturbed
C. Boys can choose to learn whatever they are interested in
D. Teaching can be designed to promote boy’s team spirit
【5】According to Abigail James’s report, which of the following is characteristic of boys?
A. They enjoy being in charge and master
B. They love to be greatly encouraged
C. They are violent and sexist
D. They have sharper vision
24、It’s hard to imagine a visual record of the 20th century without Picasso. The Spanish artist captured everything from the horrors of war to the boundless possibilities of the human form. Even those unfamiliar with the modern art history can likely identify a few of his best-known paintings,
The Old Guitarist
Completed: Late 1903 to early 1904
Where to see it: Art Institute of Chicago
The Old Guitarist has to be one of the most sorrowful paintings to ever capture the rt world’s imagination. The figure depicted (描绘) thin and cross-legged appears exhausted as he sits over his brown guitar.
Garcon a la Pipe
Completed: 1905
Where to see it: Private collection
With Garcon a la Pipe (Boy With a Pipe), we move from Picasso’s blue period to the more lively rose period. And while the figure in the oil-on-canvas portrait is clothed in blue, the background features happier shades of ochre and pink.
Girl Before a Mirror
Completed: 1932
Where to see it: Museum of Modern Art (New York)
If there’s a single painting that screams Picasso, this might be the one. Girl Before a Mirror is alive with color, pathos and charming shapes that take cubism to its extremes. Picasso said he preferred this painting to any of the others, according to MOMA’s founding director, Alfred H. Barr Jr.
Guernica
Completed: 1937
Where to see it: Museo Reina Sofia (Madrid)
Guernica is Picasso’s best-known work. Its depiction of an aerial bombing attack on the Basque town of Guemnica in April 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, was a visual prelude (序曲) to coming violent act of World War II. The muted tones of gray further emphasize the shapes of humans, their arms outstretched in extreme pain. Guernica has become one of the most recognizable anti-war paintings in history.
【1】Where can we see The Old Guitarist?
A.In Paris.
B.In Chicago.
C.In New York.
D.In Madrid.
【2】Which painting is Picasso’s favorite?
A.The Old Gullarist.
B.Garcon d la Pipe.
C.Girl Before a Mirror.
D.Guernica.
【3】What does Picasso describe in Guernica?
A.The greed of human.
B.The cruelty of the war.
C.The misfortune of women.
D.The suffering of the poor.
25、Chase Friedman awoke inside the hospital paralyzed from the neck down,________ whether he’d walk again, Friedman, 25,________ and fell on his friend’s bathroom floor, an accident that ________ injured his spine (脊柱) and left him unable to move his arms and legs. Doctors told him his ________ of walking again were “50-50”. The Los Angeles ________ thought “my life was over”. But on a Saturday less than three months later, Friedman climbed the Art Museum steps, bringing friends, family and strangers to ________. After he raised his ________ at the top of the steps, Friedman told the crowd that “anything is possible”. “I’m glad that people are ________ because it does prove that you can beat everything,” Friedman said.
His journey up the 72 steps started well before Saturday. After surgeons put pins (钢针) in his spine, he learned to walk again at Magee Hospital. He practiced on instruments and stairs, held up by a belt or his physical therapist, Erin Freimuth.________, his recovery attracted hundreds of thousands of people on TikTok, the social media platform where he would post videos of his ________. A video ________ Saturday’s journey up the Art Museum steps received 1.8 million ________.
Friedman arrived in a wheel-chair and ________ a walker as he approached the steps. The crowd of about a hundred people, who were dancing, exercising and ________ for photos beforehand, fell silent. With the ________ gone, Friedman took each step slowly. The crowd ________ when he reached each ________.
When his mother visited, the sight of her son unable to do anything was ________ . But seeing him ________ the Art Museum steps, she said. “This is definitely a time when everybody in the world needs ________.”
【1】
A.pitying
B.wondering
C.believing
D.telling
【2】
A.walked
B.leaped
C.slipped
D.struck
【3】
A.deadly
B.bitterly
C.urgently
D.severely
【4】
A.abilities
B.risk
C.competence
D.chances
【5】
A.resident
B.friend
C.doctor
D.student
【6】
A.laughter
B.sweat
C.tears
D.approval
【7】
A.fists
B.money
C.voice
D.nose
【8】
A.excited
B.inspired
C.delighted
D.thrilled
【9】
A.Instead
B.However
C.Meanwhile
D.Therefore
【10】
A.fitness
B.interest
C.life
D.progress
【11】
A.proving
B.witnessing
C.indicating
D.identifying
【12】
A.check
B.consultant
C.scanning
D.views
【13】
A.took
B.moved
C.became
D.exchanged
【14】
A.posing
B.standing
C.sitting
D.smiling
【15】
A.steps
B.wheelchair
C.crowd
D.stick
【16】
A.erupted
B.sighed
C.prayed
D.waited
【17】
A.roof
B.routine
C.landing
D.foot
【18】
A.unbearable
B.regretful
C.troublesome
D.imaginary
【19】
A.wandering on
B.jumping off
C.running through
D.marching up
【20】
A.help
B.hope
C.love
D.praise
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