1、Bob organized a charity concert money for the victims of hunger in Ethiopia.
A. to raise B. to be raised
C. raising D. being raised
2、Experts suggest that young parents ______ some time to communicate with their children instead of spending much time playing games on the phone.
A. set aside B. put away
C. make up D. account for
3、When you finish reading the novel, you will have better understanding of society.
A.a; the B.the; a C.不填; the D.a; 不填
4、On hearing of the news, she seemed upset but quickly ______ herself.
A.restored
B.remained
C.bent
D.recovered
5、The old town is so attractive, the character of which is well ________.
A.preserved
B.qualified
C.occupied
D.relieved
6、—Why not find a new job?
—Why should I? I _____ as much, but I like what I'm doing.
A. didn't earn B. don't earn
C. hadn't earned D. haven’t earned
7、I shall never forget those years ________ I lived in the country with the farmers, ________ has a great effect on my later life.
A.that; which B.when; which C.which; that D.where; that
8、Once a schedule is made, by strictly _______ it, you can avoid putting off till tomorrow what should be done.
A. arranging B. measuring
C. observing D. presenting
9、—The flowers ________ sweet in the garden attract a lot of visitors.We should shoulder our obligation to take good care of public treasure.
— Yes. Now I become a protector, although I ________up flowers for a few years.
A.smelt; have picked
B.smelling; have picked
C.smelt; picked
D.smelling; picked
10、Recycling is one way to protect the environment; reusing is ______.
A. another B. the other
C. one another D. one
11、--- Jack fell off the ladder yesterday, but he is all right now.
---What a lucky dog! He _______ himself badly.
A. could injure B. must have injured
C. should injure D. might have injured
12、What makes tomorrow’s successful citizens_________ the ability to cope with a changing world as well as the responsibility towards community.
A. is B. are C. has D. have
13、Zhong Nanshan, ________ you all know, is a well-known medical expert in China.
A.which B.who C.as D.because
14、As far as I know, education is about learning. The more you learn, _______.
A.the better for life are you prepared B.the better you are prepared for life
C.the better life are you prepared for D.you are prepared the better for life
15、-I stayed up late last night writing a report.
—______! You look so tired.
A.No wonder
B.Not likely
C.No way
D.Not yet
16、The hard part in our life is not making the decision but living with .
A. one B. that
C.the one D. it
17、—The dinner was very good. I am so full.
—That’s too bad. But some dessert ________.
A. has been ordered B. will be ordered
C. was going to order D. has ordered
18、Chinese arts have won the ______ of a lot of people outside China.
A.enjoyment B.appreciation C.entertainment D.application
19、The little girl, with tears ___ down her cheeks, stopped crying suddenly when given an apple.
A. having rolled B. to roll
C. rolled D. rolling
20、---I called your office at about ten this morning, but there was no reply.
---Oh, that was probably __________ I was paying a visit to a friend in hospital.
A.when B.why C.what D.that
21、Festival of Light, Longleat Safari Park, Wiltshire
Longleat is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Giant lanterns take the shape of some of the park’s animals, and there are also lots of characters in Beatrix Potter’s book, such as Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle Duck, Squirrel Nutkin, to mark the 150th anniversary of the author’s birth. There is also a 20-metre-high birthday cake.
• £ 27.85, adult/ £ 20.65, child/ under-threes, free.
• 15 Dec. to 2 Jan.
Festival of Light, Enchanted Park, Gateshead
Enchanted Park is an interactive walk through Saltwell Park, just south of the town centre, along a trail (小径) of light with performances and sculptures. The story being told is a Midwinter Night’s Tale, inspired by the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death. Visitors can join stories and songs with Santa, and attend decorating workshops.
• £ 8, adult/ £ 2, child/ under-fours, free.
• 11-27 Dec.
Christmas Glow, RHS Wisley, Surrey
The garden is glowing with giant lighted flowers. Some of the trees are brilliant, too. The glasshouse is decorated like a gingerbread house, and displays (陈列) seasonal plants. There are lanterns around the lake. The cafe serves hot chocolate and apple juice.
• £ 9.90, adult/ £ 3.60, child.
• 20 Dec. to 2 Jan.
Christinas at Kew Gardens, London
Kew is a special place to visit at any time of the day or year, but the festive light show gives it a magical twist, as the mile-long trail through the garden is decorated with 60,000 lights. Some of the garden’s oldest and tallest trees are also beautifully lit along the way.
• £ 16, adult/ £ 10, child/ £ 48, family/ under-fours free.
• 24 Dec. to 2 Jan.
【1】What can people do in Enchanted Park?
A.Visit Shakespeare’s house.
B.Listen to a wonderful tale.
C.Enjoy hot chocolate and apple juice.
D.Play the part of Santa.
【2】Which place will attract children fond of fictional animal characters?
A.Longleat Safari Park.
B.Enchanted Park.
C.RHS Wisley.
D.Kew Gardens.
【3】How much is the admission to Kew Gardens for Mr. Green and his 3-year-old kid?
A.£ 10.
B.£ 16.
C.£ 26.
D.£ 48.
22、A competition making up Versailles literature was launched on Sina Weibo recently. So what is Versailles literature?
Actually, the term has nothing to do with the French palace nor with literature. It came from The Rose of Versailles, a Japanese manga series about aristocratic life at the palace of Versailles in France in the late 18th century, and was coined by a Chinese influencer earlier this year. Known as humblebragging, it is a boast disguised as a complaint. “I have too many houses. How can I decide which one to decorate?” and “I thought I lost weight this morning. So disappointed when I realized it was because I took off the huge diamond ring my boyfriend gave me last night” are some examples of Versailles literature. The intention is to show off—usually things of materialistic values, yet one ought to pretend that’s not the point.
As the 19th century English author Jane Austen famously wrote, “Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility.” The psychology behind humblebragging is to be recognized for one’s successes and be liked by others at the same time, according to scholars. In her article titled Why do people hate humblebragging? published in Psychology Today, psychologist Dr. Susan Krauss Whitbourne at the University of Massachusetts Amherst noted that humblebragging is a “strategy in pursuit of respect” because it draws attention to one’s accomplishments in a circuitous way.
However, studies on social media users show that humblebragging as a self-promotion strategy does not work. In the essay Humblebragging: A distinct and ineffective self-presentation strategy, the University of North Carolina researcher Ovul Sezer and Harvard University scholars Francesca Gino and Michael Norton concluded from their research that humblebraggers are perceived more negatively than straight braggers due to the former’s insincerity. “The critical factor differentiating the two groups of people is sincerity. People don’t like braggers, but they at least see them as more sincere than humblebraggers,” said Francesca Gino.
So, how can we annoy humblebraggers back? “Just pretend you don’t get whatever it is they try to show off,” a netizen advised. “And respond with genuine sympathy for their complaints.”
【1】Which of the following statements is typical of “Versailles literature”?
A.You know who my father is? My father is the headmaster.
B.Got five offers to date. I’m at a loss which to choose.
C.It’s a headache how to make my son tidy up his room regularly.
D.I’m fed up with living in the countryside with no shopping malls around.
【2】What is the psychology behind humblebragging?
A.To earn others’ admiration.
B.To win others’ sympathy.
C.To show his/her sincerity.
D.To mask his/her complaint.
【3】What does the underlined world “circuitous” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
A.Ambiguous.
B.Straightforward.
C.Roundabout.
D.Double-edged.
【4】What can’t be inferred from the passage?
A.Braggers are relatively more sincere than humblebraggers.
B.Humblebragging is an artificial appearance of being humble.
C.To respond with real sympathy will discourage humblebraggers.
D.Avoid using Versailles literature and you’ll be perceived positively.
23、Max Mathews has been called the father of computer music.He created electronic tools so that people could use computers as musical instruments.He had a great influence on the development of electronic music and how it is written, recorded and played.
In 1957,Mathews wrote the first computer program that enabled a computer to create sound.At that time, he was working as an engineer at Bell Laboratories in New Jersey.His computer program enabled a large IBM computer to play a 17 seconds piece of music that he had written.The computer was so slow that it would have taken an hour to play the piece of music in 17 seconds.For that reason, Mathews moved the work to a tape player, which could be sped up to play the music at a normal speed.He later said that the sound quality of the musical notes was not great,but the technical importance of the music was huge.
Mathews continued creating other versions of the music program.He became interested in how computers could help musicians outside recording studios.The Groove program he developed was the first computer program made for live performances.
He also developed an electronic device he called the Radio Baton.The device looks like two drum sticks.It enables the user to control the speed and sound levels of orchestral music playing on a computer.The user does this by moving the two sticks on a special electronic surface.
Mathews believed modern musicians are not making full use of the power of computer music.He said a violin always sounds like a violin.But with a computer, the way a violin sounds is unlimited.He said he didn’t want computer sounds to replace live music.But he said he hoped laptop computers would one day be considered serious instruments.
【1】What do we know about Mathews’s first piece of computer music?
A.It took several minutes to play this music.
B.It was written in the middle of the 1950s.
C.It made the IBM computer work so slowly.
D.It had the same good quality as other music.
【2】Mathews made the Groove program in order to _________.
A.improve the sound quality of music
B.create a record for recording studios
C.improve the live performances
D.develop the computer music
【3】From the text we know that the Radio Baton is _________.
A.a computer program
B.a piece of computer music
C.an electronic device
D.a recording studio
【4】According to the text, Mathews hoped that _________.
A.computer sounds would take the place of live music
B.modern musicians would make good use of computer music
C.computers would change the musical instruments
D.computers would be considered serious instruments
24、I met the last speaker of Naati on an empty beach on Malekula, an island in Vanuatu. I told the man, Ariep, that I was in the country to study one of its native languages. When he learned I was a linguist(语言学家), he excitedly shared that he speaks Naati.
Ariep explained the relationship between Naati and the other languages of the area. With a mix of pride and sorrow, he revealed that he is the last fluent speaker of Naati. Although a few of his family members have some knowledge of the language and make an effort to use it together, he fears that with his death, Naati will soon disappear. Naati`s situation is not unique. Of the about 7000 languages spoken on the planet today, 50% to 90% are considered vulnerable(脆弱的)to extinction by the end of the century.
Languages are an invaluable source of culture. Understanding different languages is vital to understanding human cognition(认知). A world with diverse languages benefits us all. Each language is a piece of the puzzle that we need in order to determine how language works in the mind. With each missing piece, we are further from seeing the full picture.
There are enough commonalities among language systems. In terms of sentence structure, all languages use the three basic elements: subject, object, and verb. Although these can be ordered in different ways, about 80% of known languages put the subject first, while only about 1% put the object first. Analyzing these patterns has real impacts for our lives. The more we understand about how language functions, the better equipped we are to improve our therapies for communication disorders.
However, taking into account all languages is a huge challenge. Many languages are in danger of disappearing before they have been documented, taking with them irreplaceable information about human culture. For the sake of the speakers of endangered languages, for the sake of us all, we must preserve the world`s languages as we search for answers and work to ensure language diversity for generations to come.
【1】What do we know about Ariep?
A.He is desperate to leave Malekula.
B.He is good at speaking many foreign languages.
C.He is devoted to studying endangered languages.
D.He is concerned about the disappearance of Naati.
【2】What is paragraph 3 mainly about?
A.The influence of human cognition on languages.
B.Means to break down language barriers.
C.Reasons for the extinction of languages.
D.The significance of language diversity.
【3】Why does the author mention sentence structure in paragraph 4?
A.To prove the link among different languages.
B.To analyze the methods of language teaching.
C.To show the difficulty of learning grammar.
D.To present the functions of language systems.
【4】What is the best title of the text?
A.How Can We Protect Endangered Languages?
B.What Makes Naati Unique in Human Language?
C.Why Are Languages Worth Preserving?
D.How Do Native Languages Develop?
25、The most important day I remember in all my life is the one on which my teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, came to me. I am filled with wonder when I consider the immeasurable contrasts between the two lives which it connects. It was the third of March, 1887, three months before I was seven years old.
On the afternoon of that eventful day, I stood on the porch, dumb, ________. I guessed vaguely from my mother's signs and from the hurrying to and from in the house that something unusual was about to happen, so I went to the door and waited on the steps. The afternoon sun penetrated the mass of honeysuckle that covered the porch, and fell on my upturned face. My fingers lingered almost ________ on the familiar leaves and blossoms which had just ________ to greet the sweet southern spring. I did not know what the future held of ________ or surprise for me. Anger and bitterness had preyed upon me continually for weeks and a deep languor(倦怠)had ________ this passionate struggle.
Have you ever been at sea in a dense fog, when it seemed as if a tangible white darkness shut you in, and the great ship, tense and anxious, groped her way toward the shore with plummet(铅锤) and sounding—line(测深索), and you waited with beating heart for something to happen? I was like that ________ before my education began, only I was without ________ or sounding—line, and had no way of knowing how near the ________ was. "Light! Give me light!" was the wordless cry of my soul, and the light of love shone on me in that very hour.
I felt approaching footsteps. I stretched out my hand as I would to my mother. Someone ________ it, and I was caught up and held close in the arms of her who had come to ________ all things to me, and more than all things else, to love me.
The morning after my teacher came she led me into her room and gave me a doll. The little blind children at the Perkins Institution had sent it and Laura Bridgman had dressed it; but I did not know this until ________. When I had played with it a little while, Miss Sullivan slowly spelled into my hand the word "d—o—l—l." I was at once interested in this finger play and tried to ________ it. When I finally succeeded in making the letters correctly I ________ with childish pleasure and pride. Running downstairs to my mother I held up my hand and made the letters for doll. I did not know that I was spelling a word or even that words existed; I was simply making my fingers go in monkey—like imitation. In the days that followed I learned to spell in this ________ way a great many words, among them pin, hat, cup and a few verbs like sit, stand and walk. But my teacher had been with me several weeks before I understood that everything has a ________.
【1】
A.hesitant
B.reluctant
C.expectant
D.defendant
【2】
A.consequently
B.unconsciously
C.deliberately
D.simultaneously
【3】
A.come forth
B.brought about
C.left behind
D.hidden away
【4】
A.panic
B.result
C.position
D.marvel
【5】
A.succeeded
B.exposed
C.inherited
D.demonstrated
【6】
A.fog
B.ship
C.shore
D.plummet
【7】
A.compassion
B.compromise
C.compass
D.companion
【8】
A.paradise
B.habitat
C.residence
D.harbor
【9】
A.took
B.shook
C.clung
D.rescued
【10】
A.share
B.devote
C.reveal
D.celebrate
【11】
A.beforehand
B.backward
C.afterward
D.forward
【12】
A.illustrate
B.exhibit
C.guess
D.imitate
【13】
A.fluttered
B.flourished
C.flashed
D.flushed
【14】
A.unrealistic
B.uncomprehending
C.unsurmountable
D.unproductive
【15】
A.title
B.name
C.credit
D.role
26、假定你是李华,你的美国笔友Olivia 负责的创造性写作俱乐部进展良好,你也有意组建一个类似的俱乐部。请你给她写一封邮件寻求帮助,内容包括:
1. 写信目的;
2. 你的问题;
3. 表示感谢。
注意:1. 词数100左右
2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
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