1、Bach died in 1750, but it was not until the early 19th century __________ his musical gift was fully recognized.
A.when B.which C.that D.how
2、All children should get access to a high-quality education ________ their race, zip code or family income.
A. depending on B. regardless of
C. due to D. apart from
3、You are subject to punishment if you fail to ________ to the customs when carrying the prohibited articles listed above.
A. state B. declare
C. announce D. communicate
4、From the newspaper report, we learn about the stories of many who returned to Wuhan for Spring Festival in January and was ______ there due to the city lockdown.
A.caught up B.set up C.held up D.brought up
5、You feel lost, sick at heart before such unmasked hatred, ___________because it threatens you as because it shows human in such an inhuman light.
A.not so little B.no more C.not so much D.no less
6、Roger trained hard for the tournament for months, but unfortunately he had to _______ due to a knee injury.
A. pull out B. work out
C. try out D. give out
7、Susan has ________ more than 5,000 dollars in the last three months, with which she could buy new bicycles for those poor children.
A. accelerated B. accumulated
C. acknowledged D. accompanied
8、The public were expecting the _______ of further details about the accident until thorough investigation.
A.receipt B.release
C.request D.reference
9、I could speak their language and ________ with their problems because I had been there.
A.interfere B.interpret C.identify D.interact
10、 Temperatures________ quite dramatically at night in mountains, so put on some warm clothes before going out.
A. are dropped B. drop
C. are being dropped D. have dropped
11、______ you fully understand the instructions of the experiment, your life won’t be secured.
A. Unless B. If C. Once D. When
12、Please ________ your ashes before it fails on the carpet.
A. cut off B. knock off
C. get off D. drop off
13、—Mum, where`s my bag?
—How________ I know where you have left your bag?
A.need
B.would
C.should
D.might
14、______ is important in study is diligence rather than intelligence.
A. Which B. What
C. Who D. When
15、None of the underwater workers has been harmed by the great fish. ______, most fish were so friendly that they played with the instruments.
A. Instead B. Even though C. However D. Though
16、See things in a negative light and you will find faults everywhere and problems where there are really _______.
A.none B.no one C.something D.nothing
17、It is confirmed that a person can not be actually pleased if ___ he appreciates doing is ignored by the company as of no value.
A. when B. that C. what D. where
18、 Over 1.8 million of Hong Kong’s residents have sent out a clear message against the movement ______ they want an end to disorders and a return to normal life.
A. what B. that C. which D. where
19、________ Daisy worked hard for the whole term pleased her parents.
A.That
B.What
C.How
D.After
20、After winning China’s first ever Olympic gold medal in snowboarding, Su Yiming, encouraged other youngsters to ______ their goals.
A.apply
B.pursue
C.adapt
D.change
21、One of my first memories as a child in the 1950s was a discussion I had with my brother in our tiny bedroom in the family house in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
We had heard in school about a planet called Pluto. It was the farthest, coldest, and darkest thing a child could imagine. We guessed how long it would take to die if we stood on the surface of such a frozen place wearing only the clothes we had on. We tried to figure out how much colder Pluto was than Antarctica, or than the coldest day we had ever experienced in Pennsylvania.
Pluto, which famously was downgraded from a “major planet” to a “dwarf planet”(矮星) in 2006, captured our imagination because it was a mystery that could complete our picture of what it was like at the most remote corners of our solar system.
Pluto’s underdog discovery story is part of what makes it so attractive. Clyde Tombaugh was a Kansas farm boy who built telescopes out of spare auto parts, old farm equipment and self-ground lenses. As an assistant at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, Tombaugh's task was to search millions of stars for a moving point of light, a planet that the observatory’s founder thought existed beyond the orbit of Neptune. On February 18,1930,Tombaugh found it. Pluto was the first planet discovered by an American, and represented a moment of light in the midst of the Great Depression’s dark encroachment (入侵).
Pluto is much more than something that is not a planet. It’s a reminder that there are many worlds out there beyond our own and that the sky isn’t the limit at all. We don’t know what kinds of fantastic variations on a theme nature is capable of making until we get there to look.
【1】Why did Pluto become famous in 2006 according to the passage?
A. Because it lost its major planet status.
B. Because it disappeared in the sky.
C. Because it was discovered by an American.
D. Because it was proved to be the coldest planet in the universe.
【2】What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. An American Scientist: Clyde Tombaugh
B. Pluto was First Discovered by a Boy
C. Pluto’s Strange Romance
D. The Days I Spent with My Brother in Pennsylvania
【3】What can we learn from the fourth paragraph?
A. Clyde Tombaugh discovered the darkness in the Great Depression.
B. Pluto was the only planet that was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh.
C. Clyde Tombaugh’s job was to build telescopes for Lowell Observatory.
D. Clyde Tombaugh’s telescopes used for searching stars were very simple.
【4】What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph most probably mean?
A. Pluto is no less than a planet in the solar system.
B. Pluto is much more than a planet in the solar system.
C. Pluto is more important than any other planet in the sky.
D. Pluto is not a planet in the solar system, but it is more than a planet.
22、This was the first communication that had come from her aunt in Jessie’s lifetime.
“I think your aunt has forgiven me at last,” her father said as he passed the letter across the table.
Jessie looked first at the autograph(签名). It seemed strange to see her own name there. There was a likeness between her aunt’s autograph and her own, a hint of the same decisiveness and precision. If Jessie had been educated fifty years earlier, she might have written her name in just that manner.
“You’re very like her in some ways,” her father said, as she still stared at the autograph.
“I should think you must almost have forgotten what Aunt Jessie was like, dear,” she said. “How many years is it since you last saw her?”
“More than forty,” her father said. “We disagreed. We invariably disagreed. Jessie always prided herself on being so modern. She read Darwin and things like that. Altogether beyond me, I admit.”
“And so it seems that she wants to see me.” Jessie straightened her shoulders and lifted her head. She was excited at the thought of meeting this mythical aunt whom she had so often heard about. Sometimes she had wondered if the personality of this remarkable relative had not been a figment(虚构) of her father’s imagination.
But this letter of hers that now lay on the breakfast table was admirable in character. There was something of intolerance expressed in its tone. It was just like what her father had told her.
Mr. Deane came out of his past memories with a sigh.
“Yes, yes; she wants to see you, my dear,” he said. “I’ve heard she has set up a school and helped many youngsters. I think you had better accept this invitation to stay with her. If she took a fancy to you, you could get a better education…”
He sighed again, and Jessie knew that for the hundredth time he was regretting his own past weakness...
【1】How was the relationship between Jessie’s father and her aunt?
A.It remained very close over the years.
B.It was broken when they were young.
C.It got tenser due to a misunderstanding.
D.It was uneasy for their financial differences.
【2】From the passage, we know Jessie was .
A.eager to meet her aunt.
B.cautious about her aunt’s invitation
C.angry with her aunt for ignoring her family.
D.puzzled by her aunt’s sudden interest in her
【3】What can we learn from the passage?
A.Jessie’s aunt promised to offer her better education.
B.Jessie’s aunt’s personality seemed to change a lot.
C.Jessie and her aunt were different in personality.
D.Jessie’s father felt sorry for what he had done.
23、Highly-immersive (沉浸式的) tailored science tours in the UK
2-7 July 2023
Explore the science of London along the River Thames
Explore London’s notable sites of scientific interest and a few hidden attractions on an urban walking tour along the River Thames. Start at Kew Bridge and walk to the Thames Barrier during the day with exclusive talks in the evening from the New Scientist editors. You will never be far from the river as you experience a wide range of topics.
1-6 September 2023
The science history of Scotland: The enlightenment and beyond
Discover Edinburgh and Glasgow’s most famous scientific thinkers, and learn about their ideas. Enjoy expert talks and explore key sites from the Scottish Enlightenment, a period of incredible scientific and intellectual creativity in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Take part in walking seminars and enjoy several museum trips, as well as visits to two fantastic industrial sights, the Falkirk Wheel and the Whitelee Windlarm.
4-9 September 2023
Human origins:Pre-Historic Southwest England
Immerse yourself in the early human periods of the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages. Explore the prehistoric origins and evidence across Wiltshire and Dorset. Visit several National Trust, English Heritage and UNESCO listed sites including Stonehenge,Old Sarum, Avebury Circle and Maiden Castle and hear talks from the directors of the Wiltshire and Salisbury museums about their archaeology collections.
7-10 September 2023
The science of rewilding: Coombeshead, Devon, England
Rewilding is becoming a global phenomenon, and all about the native species that are being reintroduced to the British countryside.During this tour, there will be a small-group walking safari of the 400-acre rewilding site, a chance to see the animals in their breeding (繁殖) centre plus several opportunities to go beaver watching.
【1】What will you do along the River Thames?
A.Talk with scientists.
B.Learn prehistoric origins.
C.Visit scientific sites.
D.Explore the city on a bus ride.
【2】What is the right time for enjoying industrial wonders?
A.2-7 July.
B.1-6 September.
C.4-9 September.
D.7- 10 September.
【3】What is the feature of The science of rewilding?
A.It attracts global attention.
B.It introduces foreign species.
C.It enables visitors to get close to wildlife.
D.It offers a chance to watch beaver breeding.
24、 The new president of Harvard University is the son of an Eastern European refugee and Auschwitz (奥斯威辛) survivor — Lawrence S. Bacow. His father worked full time while attending a state college in Detroit at night to earn his degree.
Bacow, the former president of Tufts University, has taken over Harvard at a time when higher education is under attack for being financially out of reach to many Americans. But Bacow said his family’s journey had reflected the power of college education to transform generations and the opportunities that have historically been available in the United States.
“My parents came to this country with almost nothing,” Bacow said. “I wouldn’t be here if this country had not been open to people like my parents at that time. Nor would I if my father hadn’t had the opportunity to get the college education.”
Bacow grew up in Pontiac, Michigan. His father’s family fled anti-Jewish (反犹太的) violence in Minsk, then part of the Soviet Union, before the start of World War II and went to the United States. His mother arrived in Brooklyn at age 19, having survived Auschwitz concentration camp. She was the only Jew from her town to have survived the war. Yet Bacow, who is married with two sons, said that while growing up in Michigan, he had a happy childhood, entering science fairs as a child and building radios like his dad.
Bacow has spent most of his professional career at MIT, Harvard and Tufts. He was a professor of environmental studies at MIT, and later a principal at the university. He led Tufts from 2001 to 2011. At Tufts, Bacow earned a reputation for shaking up a sleepy university that was being overshadowed by its peers in Boston. He is also credited with leading it through both 9/11 and the 2008 financial crisis.
As the Tufts president, Bacow traveled around the country, reaching out to alumni (校友), and he urged his faculty and deans to do the same, in an effort to boost donations to finance Tufts’ academic ambitions. He raised more than $20 million for faculty recruitment, attracting up-and-coming professors by offering junior faculty perks (福利), such as long academic leaves that they couldn’t get elsewhere.
Under Bacow’s leadership, Tufts spent millions on labs and libraries. He also made addresses nationally about the need to make higher education more accessible and affordable to low-income students.
【1】The reason why Bacow appreciates college education is that .
A. college education is out of reach to many Americans
B. his family changed their fate due to college education
C. few opportunities were available when his father came into the country
D. a college degree helped his mother survive Auschwitz
【2】What can we infer from the passage?
A. The fellow townspeople of Bacow were all killed besides his mother.
B. Bacow’s mother stimulated his interest in science.
C. Bacow’s father was good at working with electronics.
D. Bacow’s father came to the U.S. after World War II broke out.
【3】The underlined word “shaking up” in paragraph 5 probably means .
A. reactivating B. causing C. damaging D. taking over
【4】What is this passage mainly about?
A. How to be admitted to Harvard University. B. The history of Bacow’s family.
C. The art of Bacow’s leadership in Tufts. D. Bacow’s way to individual success.
25、When you think of friends, you often think of those who accompany you for a long time. But there is another kind of _______ —one that does not unfold over a _______period of time but springs entirely from a particular_______.
In my eighth grade,there was Jenny. I _______to stay at her farmhouse with cats and dogs. Eighth grade was a terrible year. We both_______ it,but we didn't talk about it. On cold winter days,she _______ me how she lied on her pony Redwing's back. Then we would _______on long journey,riding and walking. She left in ninth grade and I _______her. We had gotten each other through a _______time.
Anyone with children knows the rapid friendships formed with parallel parents. To Julie, I will be forever __________. We met on a __________in New Jersey. Her twin boys were about the same __________as my daughter. She lived in the beach town. I lived alone with my __________ a block away. My husband had left for North Dakota, leaving me to __________out what to do next. Now, __________, there was someone I could talk to. For the next weeks,we met at the beach,and I would go __________with her so that the __________could go on playing. The normal state of her little home__________my broken heart.
Such friends as these often __________when your own life is off balance;they __________you till the world settles on its axis(轴) once again.
【1】
A.classmate
B.friendship
C.marriage
D.neighbour
【2】
A.brief
B.special
C.consistent
D.long
【3】
A.custom
B.festival
C.ceremony
D.moment
【4】
A.loved
B.tended
C.attempted
D.demanded
【5】
A.overlooked
B.knew
C.forgot
D.preserved
【6】
A.inspired
B.required
C.consulted
D.showed
【7】
A.go out
B.make up
C.slow down
D.fall behind
【8】
A.followed
B.admired
C.missed
D.forgave
【9】
A.cheerful
B.difficult
C.grand
D.decisive
【10】
A.reliable
B.merciful
C.generous
D.grateful
【11】
A.beach
B.farm
C.playground
D.square
【12】
A.size
B.intelligence
C.age
D.weight
【13】
A.daughter
B.husband
C.sister
D.parents
【14】
A.turn
B.puzzle
C.point
D.carry
【15】
A.punctually
B.ridiculously
C.suddenly
D.theoretically
【16】
A.home
B.downtown
C.shopping
D.swimming
【17】
A.adolescents
B.boys
C.children
D.girls
【18】
A.ached
B.hardened
C.comforted
D.bled
【19】
A.withdraw
B.arrive
C.disappear
D.gather
【20】
A.recommended
B.promoted
C.tolerated
D.supported
26、假定你是李华,你校交换生 David 有意加入学校阳光志愿者组织(Sunshine Club),向你咨询相关情况,请你给他写一封回信, 内容包括:
1. 表示支持;
2. 主要志愿活动;
3. 申请方式。
注意:1. 词数80左右;
2. 可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
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