1、The inventor is satisfied to see a number of new products _____ after countless efforts.
A.develop B.developed C.developing D.to develop
2、He said he did everything ________ he could to help the people there.
A.which B.whose
C.what D.that
3、—Will you please sing for the sick at the city hospital to cheer them up?
—_____.
A.What about you?
B.It's very kind of you.
C.Certainly. I'll be glad to.
D.I'm sorry to hear that.
4、John ________ before he got word that the college he chose had accepted him.
A. held his breath B. drew a breath
C. took a breath D. got his breath
5、They are living with their parents for the moment because their own house ____.
A.is being rebuilt
B.has been rebuilt
C.is rebuilt
D.has rebuilt
6、As we know, a red jacket doesn’t ______ green trousers. But when a little girl wears them, they ______ her very well.
A. fit; suit B. suit; fit C. fit; match D. match; suit
7、Tom will go to Shanghai, ________ he plans to stay for one week.
A.when
B.that
C.which
D.where
8、One way to stay away from the strong sunlight is to ________ some sun-cream to your body before you have to be exposed to the sun.
A.reply B.comply
C.apply D.supply
9、I saw a familiar face in the crowd, but the name ______ me for the moment.
A.supported B.limited C.escaped D.adapted
10、So fast ______ that it is difficult for us to imagine its speed.
A.light travels B.travels light C.does light travel D.has light travelled
11、This major road is ______ construction. We’d better take an alternative way.
A. in B. on C. under D. with
12、—I’m afraid that I will be fired for the mistake I made in my work.
—______! It can’t be as bad as all that.
A.Good luck
B.No wonder
C.Cheer up
D.No comment
13、It was in the forest _____ they found the lost cow.
A.where B.that C.when D.as
14、Jim will go on a trip to Sichuan, ________ his parents used to live.
A. where B. which
C. when D. that
15、There is not much ________in complaining to the canteen manager; he never takes any notice.
A. chance B. good C. point D. value
16、The manager made it a rule that nobody ______ use the telephone of the company to deal with personal affairs.
A. might B. would
C. must D. shall
17、You may rely on __________ that Jennifer will come and help us if we are in trouble.
A.it B.that C.which D.this
18、The moving scene remind me _____my childhood when we set _____the fireworks on the spring festival.
A. to, off B. of, on
C. of,off D. to,down
19、In my opinion,what he told us just now about the affair simply doesn't make any ________.
A.idea B.meaning C.sense D.point
20、Food production is important, but of ________ importance is taking care of the environment.
A. fair B. reasonable
C. equal D. proper
21、The devoted and determined single mother brought up her five children single-handed. Which of the following is Wrong?
A.without others’ assistance B.independent of other’s help
C.completely of her own D.all by herself
22、The US is China's biggest export market, ________ more than 70 percent of China's exports.
A.looking for B.searching for
C.longing for D.accounting for
23、―Do you know______in China?
―About last December.
A.when Covid-19 broke out B.when did Covid-19 break out
C.where Covid-19 broke out D.where did Covid-19 break out
24、_______ from the HR department, old Ben makes an attempt to work as an trainee in a fashion shopping website.
A.Retired B.Retiring C.Having retired D.To retire
25、—Good morning. May I help you?
—No, thank you. I’m just looking around.
—________
A.It’s up to you.
B.How are you feeling today?
C.Thanks for coming to see me.
D.Take your time then.
26、 Italian Language Immersion Class in Chicago, Illinois
Language stars:
FunImmersion Italian class at Language Stars in Illinois provides fun, full language immersion programs (全语言沉浸式教学) for children aged (1-10). Also: Spanish, French, German and Mandarin Chinese. Throughout their 3-hour class every day, the children take part in full-immersion activities, create art projects, sing and enjoy themselves all in Italian!
Quality teachers:
Teachers are the single greatest driver of the quality of our programs! Language Stars carefully selects our native-speaking Italian teachers, who have received extensive (广泛的) training before starting their teaching careers.
Teaching Style:
Language Stars makes learning a language fun, through a mix of games, songs, puppet shows, arts & crafts, cooking projects, treasure hunts, movement and drama, all in the foreign language. Our unique FunImmersion method is the best way for children to enjoy learning a foreign language.
The Benefits of Learning a Language at a Young Age:
It is uniquely suitable for young children to learn a second language. Exposing your child to a second language allows a child to optimize (使最优化) his or her learning potential, helping to shape the brain at its most flexible stage. Learning a second language at a young age is as easy as learning a first language.
Language Immersion Programs for Kids (Aged 1-10):
Language Stars offers play-based, full immersion programs in small groups of 4-8 children in Italian, Spanish, French, German and Mandarin Chinese in three exciting formats:
- Parents & kids (Aged 1-3)
- Kids Only Classes (Aged 3-5, 5-8, 8-10)
- Summer Immersion Camp
Free Trial Class:
During a free class we encourage your child to participate as if he / she is enrolled.
Tuition Fee:
$ 600
Address:
2105 N. Southport, Chicago, Illinois, USA
【1】What do you know about the Language Stars?
A. Its teachers come from different countries throughout the world.
B. Children can spend 3 hours every week learning Italian.
C. It aims to teach children English through playing.
D. It provides language immersion programs for children.
【2】It can be learned from the passage that ________.
A. learning a second language at a young age helps a kid to increase his or her learning ability
B. parents can attend all the classes together with their children
C. Language Immersion Programs are intended for children over 10
D. children can speak their native language when they are doing their activities
【3】Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Contact information. B. Accommodation.
C. Tuition. D. Courses and activities.
27、 Children love to have pets, and having these furry animals in your family does good to children. Many studies have shown that kids who have pets do better at school because they have higher scores of emotional intelligence(EI)(情商). Here are some of the ways pets can help children develop their EI.
Grow empathy(同情)
Children are naturally empathetic and having pets can develop this. Researchers Nienke Endenburg and Ben Baard wrote a book The Waltham Book of Human-Animal Interaction, which is an overview of scientific studies about raising pets. 【1】. It also shows that even young children who have pets show more empathy towards other animals and people.
Reduce stress
Today, some doctors are writing social prescriptions(处方) to get a pet. Even just petting a dog has been shown to reduce stress in children. 【2】, because they are great listeners.
Raise self-esteem(自尊)
【3】 In fact, the authors said that research “found that children’s self-esteem scores increased greatly over a nine-month period of keeping pets in their school classroom. Besides, it was children with originally low self-esteem scores who showed the greatest improvements.”
【4】
Many parents find it difficult to talk to their kids about sensitive topics like birth, illness, and death. Learning about these through the lives of their furry family members helps make it easier to understand the cycles of life. 【5】, but the authors say it can also be a very valuable learning experience. Children will learn how to deal with feelings of sadness and anger.
A.Help prevent loneliness
B.Teach about life cycle events
C.Animals can provide emotional support for kids
D.Of course, experiencing the death of a beloved pet is difficult for kids
E.Kids who take care of pets feel proud and have a sense of achievement
F.The book shows kids who take care of their pets are more caring than those who don’t
G.Having a pet around also helps children better socialize with other kids of the same age
28、Training the Brain
People who can accomplish unbelievable tasks, such as memorizing thousands of random numbers in under an hour, state that they just have normal brains. Some memory superstars compete in Olympic-like World Memory Championships. These mental athletes, or MAs for short, can memorize names of dozens of strangers in a few minutes or any poem handed them. Ed Cooke, a 24-year-old MA, explains they see themselves as participants rescuing the long-lost art of memory training. These techniques existed not to recall useless information, but to cut into the brain basic text and ideas.
A study in the journal Nature examined eight people who finished near the top of the World Memory Championships. The scientists examined whether their brains were fundamentally different from everyone else’s or whether they were simply making better use of memorizing abilities we all possess. They put the MAs and control subjects into brain scanners and had them memorize numbers and photographs. The result surprised everyone. The brains of the MAs and those of the control subjects were indistinguishable. On every test, the MAs scored in the normal range. However, when the scientists examined what part of the brain was used during a memory activity, they found the MAs relied more heavily on areas in the brain involved in spatial memory.
MAs offer an explanation: anything can be fixed upon our memories and kept in order by constructing a building in the imagination and filling it with pictures of what needs to be recalled. Dating back to the fifth century, the building is called a memory palace. Even as late as the fourteenth century, when there were copies of any text, scholars needed to remember what was read to them. Reading to remember requires a different technique than speed reading. If something is made memorable, it has to be repeated. Until relatively recently, people read only a few books intensively (细致地) again and again, usually aloud. Today we read extensively, usually only once and without continuous focus.
So the great difference is the ability to create impressive pictures in mind and to do it quickly. Using memory palaces, MAs create memorized pictures. For example, recombine the pictures to form unforgettable scenes such as the ways through a town. One competitor used his own body parts to help him memorize a 57,000-word dictionary.
Anyone who wishes to train the mind needs first to create fantastical palaces in the imagination. Then they should cut each building into cubbyholes for memories. In a short amount of time, they will notice improvement with remembering things. To keep the skill sharp, MAs deliberately empty their palaces after competitions, so they can reuse them and they recommend that beginners do the same.
【1】We can learn from Paragraph 2 that a mental athlete ________.
A.owns a brain that is larger in size
B.shows a gift in mental ability tests
C.uses the memorizing technique better
D.depends less on the areas that control spatial memory
【2】Why does the author mention “speed reading” in Paragraph 3?
A.To discuss the memorizing technique in the fifth century.
B.To give the reason why people read only a few books carefully.
C.To explain the text fourteenth century scholars had to remember.
D.To compare the type of reading nowadays with that of earlier times.
【3】What can be inferred from Paragraph 4?
A.There is a variety of unforgettable scenes.
B.Memory palaces can be quickly forgotten.
C.Impressive pictures are in actual buildings.
D.One person probably has 57,000 body parts.
【4】What does the underlined word “cubbyholes” in the last paragraph probably mean?
A.Small spaces.
B.Blacks holes.
C.Technical skills.
D.Different numbers.
29、It is said that in the United States much has been told about that anyone can become rich and successful if he works hard and has some good luck.
Yes, when one becomes rich he wants people to know it. And even though he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That’s what “Keeping up with the Joneses” is about. The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. Momand looked around him and noticed that many people did things to keep up with their neighbours: they tried to look as rich and successful as their neighbours. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a number of short stories. He called it “Keeping up with the Joneses”, because Jones is a very common name in the United States. “Keeping up with the Joneses” came to mean keeping up with the people around you. Momand’s series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.
People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. That is one reason why they read “right” books, go to “right” universities and eat in “right” restaurants.
Every city has an area where people want to live because others will think better of them if they do. And there are Joneses in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses, because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.
【1】Why, according to the passage, do many people try to keep up with the Joneses?
A.Because they feel proud to be taken for the Joneses.
B.Because they want others to know or think they are rich.
C.Because they are afraid that others will know they are rich.
D.Because they want to be as rich as their neighbours.
【2】On the whole, the passage is about ________.
A.Americans’ thought of being well-known for richness
B.the relationship among American people
C.Americans competing with each other
D.more chances of becoming rich in the US
【3】What does the author mean when he says “right” books?
A.Books that teach people how to get rich and successful.
B.Books by famous and successful writers.
C.Very expensive books.
D.Books that other people around are reading.
【4】What does the author mean by “Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead”?
A.It seems that one can never keep up with all people around.
B.It seems that Mr. Jones is a very rich man.
C.It seems that one has to work hard to get rich.
D.It seems that Mr. Jones is always walking ahead of others.
【5】What is the author’s opinion?
A.It is necessary to keep up with the Joneses.
B.It is hard to keep up with the people around you.
C.It is meaningless to try to keep up with the people around you.
D.It is funny to try to keep up with the Joneses.
30、 When I was little, I loved Irish dancing but I didn’t have the chance to continue. So when Aofie-Mai was seven. I started sending her to ________ classes. I want to ________ her every possible chance. I suppose I’m living my dream ________ her.
At first, it was just for fun, but she is naturally ________ and has won prizes and medals. She dances four times a week and has between 15 and 20 competitions a year. She even won a world medal in a team dance ________ she was nine, which is a great ________. It’s a very expensive hobby. We can’t ________ family holidays any more, so whenever we’re traveling around the UK or Ireland for ________, we treat it as a break. My husband comes too, ________, but because he’s self-employed, he doesn’t ________ for days off. Additionally, each trip costs around £1,200.
It’s a crazy world of false eyelashes (睫毛) and so much make-up---but the girls ________ it. I found the heavy make-up a bit ________ at first, and still think there’s no ________. The dresses are beautifully made and cost around £2, 000 each. We go to a designer called Eire Designs by Gavin Doherty ________ they’re top quality. To have a Gavin ________ is amazing.
We do make too many contributions. I no longer have a social life and I ________ have any time for myself. My husband and I hope she ________ it, though, because it teaches discipline, hard work, helps her fitness and builds ________ with her teammates. I do fear ________ the cost. I often think about what I could do with that ________, but I love seeing her on the stage.
【1】A.singing B.driving C.dancing D.swimming
【2】A.offer B.buy C.lend D.award
【3】A.for B.through C.about D.under
【4】A.prepared B.tired C.worried D.gifted
【5】A.whether B.where C.when D.if
【6】A.surprise B.shock C.achievement D.agreement
【7】A.approach B.appear C.answer D.afford
【8】A.competitions B.meetings C.greetings D.journeys
【9】A.usually B.sometimes C.often D.always
【10】A.get hurt B.get paid C.get changed D.get lost
【11】A.hate B.love C.hear D.see
【12】A.strange B.beautiful C.white D.comfortable
【13】A.hope B.road C.need D.plan
【14】A.because B.although C.while D.before
【15】A.necklace B.hat C.shirt D.dress
【16】A.hardly B.quickly C.clearly D.kindly
【17】A.depends on B.sticks to C.pays attention to D.cares about
【18】A.weaknesses B.difficulties C.friendships D.opinions
【19】A.turning up B.bringing up C.setting up D.adding up
【20】A.space B.energy C.time D.money
31、课文填空
Old French made other【1】to Middle English as well. In old English Germanic way of making words plural was used. For example, they said housen instead of houses, and shoen instead of shoes. After the Normans took【2】they began using the French way of making plurals, adding an-s to house and shoe. Only a few words 【3】 their Germanic plural forms, such as man/men and child/children.
After the Norman Conquest, high-class people spoke French while common people spoke English. However, by the latter half of the 14th century, English had come into【4】use among all classes in England. In 1399, Henry IV became King of England. His mother 【5】 was English, and he used English for all official events.
32、最近,受新冠肺炎疫情影响,李华的美国朋友David要在家里上网课。David得知李华上过网课且成绩优秀,于是写邮件祝贺并求助。假定你是李华,请就David的邮件作回复。
Data:28 March From: David To: LiHua Subject: Asking for advice
Dear Li Hua
Congratulations on your excellent academic performance in your exams of online courses!Paced with the COVD-19 pandemic,we now have to take online classes just as you did not long ago.So I am writing to ask you for the recipe for effective independent learning as well as the approach to avoiding a lonely life at home.
I’d like to know how you are able to ensure full-concentration while having online classes.Besides,owing to the terrible virus getting-togethers have already been called off.There is no exception to our weekly Chinese cultural activities.You are welcome to recommend some activities for me to take up alone.
I am looking forward to receiving your reply.
Love
David
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1.表达对收到David 来信的喜悦心情;
2.针对 David的请求,给出合理的建议。
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1.词数为120个左右;
2.写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句;
3.作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
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