1、My cousin has been working hard for many years in that company and as a reward, he was __________ to district manager last week.
A. raised B. hired
C. moved D. promoted
2、________ on the blackboard ___________ the names of those who were late yesterday.
A. Written, were B. Written, there was
C. Writing, there was D. Writing, were
3、His strength had almost _____ when they found him in the desert.
A.given out
B.given in
C.given up
D.given off
4、With the development of society, our country is badly in ____ need of those with ___ better command of computer skills.
A. a; / B. /; a C. the; a D. /; the
5、—Hi, Tom. The new iPad6 only cost me 150 dollars.
—Really? It was a real ______.
A. change B. bargain
C. trade D. business
6、You can get to your destination earlier ________ you don’t mind taking the night train.
A.when B.if C.though D.until
7、You may ______ to believe that early to bed and early to rise ______ you healthy, wealthy and wise.
A.have been led, makes
B.had led; makes
C.be led; make
D.lead; make
8、The housing price keeps rising, ______ many people to give up the intention of buying houses in New York.
A.forcing
B.to force
C.forced
D.having forced
9、Before the operation, the doctor had to talk to the patient in order to remove her fear________ she might die during the operation.
A. when B. that C. which D. why
10、--Did you receive the letter the next day?
--No, somehow, it was three weeks ______ I received it.
A.since
B.when
C.that
D.before
11、After years of research, scientists have________ the virus that is responsible for the disease.
A.guaranteed
B.grasped
C.identified
D.healed
12、The little girl was determined to become a doctor and her persistence eventually .
A. paid back B. paid for
C. paid in D. paid off
13、She went to the bookstore and bought ________.
A. dozen books B. dozens books
C. dozen of books D. dozens of books
14、The students in our school are encouraged to involve themselves in group activities,whether in or after class,______ they can develop their team spirit.
A.when B.which C.that D.where
15、Jumping out of _______airplane at ten thousand feet is quite _______exciting experience.
A.the ,不填 B.不填,an
C.an, an D.the, the
16、Bruce ________ in the office every night over the last two weeks.
A.works
B.worked
C.has been working
D.had been working
17、.——May I look at the menu for a little while?
——Of course, ,sir.
A.don’t worry
B.it doesn’t matter
C.enjoy yourself
D.take your time
18、Laurence, you look so busy. Is there anything I can do to help you? ________ I do the washing-up?
A.Must
B.Shall
C.Would
D.Will
19、I have a very busy life with no time to sit around ______ sorry for myself.
A.feel B.feeling C.to feel D.felt
20、Will you please see ________ our luggage when I am away?
A.for
B.in
C.with
D.to
21、In a high-tech lab on John’s Hopkins University’s Homewood campus in Maryland, engineers have been building a robot that may be able to stitch (缝针) back together the broken tissues in your stomach and even your brain, no doctor needed.
The robot has a high-tech camera on one arm and a high-tech sewing machine on a second arm. The goal is to develop, in the next several years, a robot that makes the delicate work more consistent.
The robot, known as Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot, or STAR, which is run by a highly advanced computer program, will advance technology currently in wide use in operating rooms. The robot completes about a stitch a minute, slightly slower than a human surgeon. But the tests so far have shown more consistency than what the humans can achieve.
Long hours of traditional surgery can cause human hands to get tired and tremble, which may cause accidents during an operation. Robert Langer, an engineer, said the robotic arm could change the way surgeries are done. He has helped found dozens of biotech companies including Galen Robotics. The robotic arm being developed by Hopkins engineers is this company’s product.
Galen CEO Bruce Lichorowic compared the robotic arm to future for surgeons, saying it increases their stability, reduces tiredness and prevents cramps (抽搐) during long surgeries, all of which lead to safer surgeries.
Galen Robotics has its roots in research from Johns Hopkins University, but the company had been based in Silicon Valley until 2019. “The company currently employs about 40 people, about half of whom have advanced degrees from Johns Hopkins,” said Lichorowic, adding that the company plans to grow to 60 positions by the end of the year.
Galen’s robotic arm is not for sale yet, but Lichorowic said the company expects to submit an application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) later this year.
【1】What can STAR do?
A.Shorten operation time.
B.Replace human surgeons.
C.Make operations smooth.
D.Advance medical studies.
【2】What does Lichorowic think of STAR?
A.Flexible.
B.High-cost.
C.Promising.
D.Unpredictable.
【3】What can we know about Galen Robotics?
A.It is sponsored by John’s Hopkins University.
B.It still has its base in Silicon Valley now.
C.Its robot arm will be released later this year.
D.It is scheduled to expand within this year.
【4】In which column is this text most likely to appear?
A.Mind & Brain.
B.Health & Technology.
C.Business & Investment.
D.Physics & Medicine.
22、When most people think of drones (无人机), they think of technology and fun. Safe to say, few people would think about farming. However, a group of students from York College of Pennsylvania have been building a drone that will not only help local farmers but the environment, as well.
Samantha Gotwalt and Blayde Reich, two senior Mechanical Engineering majors at York College in the group, both found the work to be quite fascinating. According to Samantha, the idea came from a York College professor, who has worked with drones, and wanted to get students involved with a project beneficial to the community. “We really want to help farming and agriculture. It’s super-important to America and our economy,” Blayde says. “We want to help the smaller farmers, and one of the perks is not having to spend their money on fertilizer and pesticides (杀虫剂).”
The idea is to design and build a drone that will take video imagery of the fields to determine what is needed to produce the best crop, while saving money and sparing the environment by reducing pollutants in the water runoff. Ideally, that data gained will help the farmers better determine what chemicals they need - and what they don’t.
However, finding the right equipment for the project was a challenge, starting with what drone the team would design for this particular usage. Samantha says she researched durability and control of drones to help make the proper determination.
“We are flying over the field and we want to have enough efficiency and go relatively slow enough that our pictures turn out well - and fly low enough that it is not using up all of its power,” she says. “The fields are a couple hundred acres(英亩), so you need your drone to be able to fly the length of that field.”
Blayde says the team continues to learn a great deal of information that will help the farmers and the environment.
【1】What does the underlined word “perks” in paragraph 2 refer to?
A.Challenges.
B.Features.
C.Benefits.
D.Solutions.
【2】What particular usage is the drone designed for?
A.Spreading proper quantities of pesticides.
B.Helping to determine the chemicals needed.
C.Assisting to monitor the state of crops.
D.Measuring the areas of the fields.
【3】What technical issue of the drone shall be tackled?
A.Its camera capacity.
B.Its data collection ability.
C.Its durability and control.
D.Its material and efficiency.
【4】What can best describe the students?
A.Disciplined and realistic.
B.Experienced and reliable.
C.Humble and reserved.
D.Responsible and creative.
23、What is a “transplant?” In gardening, transplant is the process of planting seeds inside and then moving the new growth, or sprout, outside. Transplanting is easy and often costs less. You get to watch the new growth happen up close. 【1】 A garden expert and writer for the Associated Press, Lee Reich, can give you his advice.
To get started with transplants, you will need a container and soil. 【2】 Fill the containers with a special mix called potting soil and push it down — but not too much.
【3】 Do this by making a small hole into the mix and put in the seeds. Cover the seeds with the potting soil and press gently again. Place the containers in a pan, or any flat, open, and larger container that could hold some water. Put water into the pan until the water reaches halfway up the containers with the seeds. After a few hours, remove them from the water.
Seeds need warmth to germinate. 【4】 A good average temperature for just about all seeds is about 24℃.
Now for the exciting part — waiting to see little, green sprouts! Remove all but the strongest sprout from each container. 【5】 Your goal now is to grow strong transplants that can survive a move to the outside garden.
In four to six weeks, most transplants should be two to three times the height of their containers. They should be strong and ready to be transplanted outside — or almost ready. Now... they are ready to go into the garden!
A.If you are new to this type of gardening, do not worry.
B.You are also an experienced gardener.
C.Then plant seeds, three or four in each container.
D.They are used to their future environment with a week of being outside.
E.The amount of warmth needed is different from plant to plant.
F.The containers should be between 5 to 10 centimeters deep.
G.Just be careful not to hurt the roots of the sprout that remains.
24、 As the temperature rises, sweaty humans are making a response that is further worsening the problem of climate change. At present, the world just has 1.6 billion air conditioning units, but these units use a surprising total of ten percent of all global electricity supply. While less than a third of families globally are so equipped, the most AC-addicted countries are Japan (in 91 percent of families), the US (90 percent) and South Korea(86 percent).
New research by the International Energy Agency (IEA) guesses that the total number of AC units is likely to increase to over 5.6 billion by 2050-equal to ten new units being sold every second for more than 30 years-with sales driven particularly by India, China and Indonesia. This will make the use of air conditioning one of the world’s largest demands for energy.
“Growing electricity demand for air conditioning is one of the most critical blind spots in today’s energy debate,” argues Faith Birol, executive director of the IEA. “With rising incomes, air conditioner ownership will skyrocket, especially in the developing world. While this will improve daily lives, it is quite necessary that efficiency performance be prioritized.”
Birol and the IEA stress the need for new efficiency standards to ensure that consumers are at least buying units that require significantly less power to function, therefore decreasing the total energy demand. Variations on the traditional “vapor compression” technology, which has formed the basis for AC units for more than a century, may appear really important. A water-based system was recently developed by researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS), which uses 40 percent less electricity and produces only one by-product: drinkable water.
“Our cooling system can be tailored for all types of weather conditions, from wet climate in the tropics to dry climate in the deserts,” says associate professor Ernest Chua at NUS. “While it can be used for indoor living and commercial spaces, it can also be easily used to provide air conditioning for blocks of buildings in an energy-efficient manner.”
【1】The author mentions the number of air conditioning units mainly to show their ____________.
A.uneven distribution globally B.popularity among people
C.vital importance to humans D.high demand for electricity
【2】Which of the following statements may Faith Birol agree with?
A.Air conditioners should be more energy-efficient.
B.Air conditioners will be more and more expensive.
C.People’s daily lives should be improved in various ways.
D.People should use their air conditioners less.
【3】What do we know about the water-based system?
A.It has caused much debate about its effectiveness.
B.It’ll be a fundamental system for future air conditioners.
C.It seems to be environmentally friendly.
D.It appears different from the current technology.
【4】From what Ernest Chua says, we can infer that the new system ____________.
A.has different effects in different places
B.can be applied to nearly all situations
C.can greatly meet people’s cooling demand
D.will be brought into use in the near future
25、Seeing homeless animals always breaks my heart. So I want to _____ them all in. And actually I'm not _____. This kind woman could not help but have her heart ______ when she saw all of the __ homeless cats.
So she went out as often as she could to _______ the homeless cats food. But she noticed that one of the _______, Dong Suk, would only take food if it was left in a__________ . Try as she might, she could not get the cat to _______ food of any kind from a dish. So she made sure to take a special bag for Dong.
After such a long time of _______ Dong take the bag of food and run, she decided to ______ her. So one day she came after Dong. It was then that she ______ that Dong had a baby who she was bringing the food for.
Dong had ______ had five babies but this one was her ______ kid left. When this kind woman _______ the sacrifice (牺牲)this loving mother cat was making she knew she had to ________ .So she caught this momma and her baby and gave them a home with their very own cat house.
【1】
A.call
B.take
C.shut
D.put
【2】
A.alone
B.grateful
C.stubborn
D.upset
【3】
A.shocked
B.destroyed
C.broken
D.affected
【4】
A.attractive
B.familiar
C.fierce
D.hungry
【5】
A.hand
B.bring
C.show
D.award
【6】
A.cats
B.neighbors
C.dogs
D.friends
【7】
A.bowl
B.box
C.bag
D.dish
【8】
A.carry
B.eat
C.choose
D.waste
【9】
A.making
B.letting
C.hearing
D.watching
【10】
A.prevent
B.follow
C.change
D.trap
【11】
A.thought
B.reported
C.hoped
D.discovered
【12】
A.obviously
B.finally
C.actually
D.honestly
【13】
A.best
B.last
C.first
D.youngest
【14】
A.experienced
B.faced
C.realized
D.doubted
【15】
A.help
B.escape
C.suffer
D.ignore
26、假设你是苏华,上周创建了学校志愿者服务俱乐部,但成员不多。你决定写个email给外教,咨询如何进行一项系列广告活动来招募俱乐部成员。
注意:
1. 词数80左右;
2. 信中不要出现自己真实的姓名和学校名称;
3. 开头语和结束语已写好,不计入词数。
Dear sir,
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