1、In my opinion, there’s no greater happiness than of succeeding in one’s career.
A. one B. it
C. that D. those
2、To our great surprise, Bill is no longer the naughty boy _________.
A. what he used to be B. that he used to be
C. what he was used to D. who he was used to
3、His walking stick, ________ he can’t walk, was lost yesterday.
A.that
B.with which
C.which
D.without which
4、We were all surprised when he made it clear that he ____ office soon.
A. leaves B. would leave C. left D. had left
5、The man fell to the ground, his left foot_____ and blood ____ down from his mouth.
A. breaking;running B. broken;running
C. breaking ; run D. broken; run
6、Cleaning women in big cities usually get by the hour.
A.pay
B.paying
C.paid
D.to pay
7、It is believed that if a book is ______, it will surely ______ the reader.
A.interesting; interest
B.interested; interesting
C.interested; interests
D.interest; interesting
8、Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), its headquarter______ in Beijing, is an inter-governmental agency which is intended for multi-development of Infrastructure in Asia.
A. located B. locating
C. locates D. to locate
9、No man understands a deep book ______ he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.
A.until B.if C.though D.once
10、After her time in hospital, Jenny’s parents are afraid that she has fallen__________ other classmates in school work.
A.below B.beneath C.beyond D.behind
11、Have you ever heard of the trees that are homes animals both on land and sea?
A. about B. to
C. with D. over
12、The library _______at present will be put into use next month.
A. building B. being built
C. built D. to build
13、She brought with her three friends, none of ________ I had ever met before.
A. them B. who C. whom D. these
14、The collection, sorting and of historical materials and cultural relics of the May Fourth Movement should be strengthened, President Xi said.
A. consideration B. conservation
C. constitution D. construction
15、I feel like going to the cinema tonight,________?
A. don’t I B. don’t you C. do I D. do you
16、The book has been translated into thirty languages since it_________ on the market in 1973.
A. had come B. has come C. came D. comes
17、You have to be a fairly good speaker to ______listeners’ interest for over an hour.
A. hold B. make C. improve D. receive
18、________ breaks the law should be punished.
A.Who
B.Those
C.Anyone
D.Whoever
19、You should spend some time ________ your thoughts before you start writing.
A. putting out B. sending out
C. handing out D. sorting out
20、Only when we realize the importance of helping each other can we be ______ to building a harmonious(和谐的) society.
A.devoted
B.rewarded
C.attacked
D.voted
21、 Is that person really glad to see me? Or is he just being polite? Some people struggle to tell an artificial smile from a truly happy-one. And computers have found this task even more difficult. Recently, researchers have trained a program to detect when a smile is genuine(真诚的).
Visual computing researchers at the University of Bradford in the U. K. started with a software for analyzing a changing facial expression. This program can examine a video clip of a human head and identify(确认) specific details around the eyes, cheeks and mouth. Then the program tracks the details relative to each other as the face smiles.
Next,the scientists had their program evaluate(评估)two sets of video clips. In one subjects performed posed smiles. In the other, they watched a film that inspired genuine displays of emotion. The program calculated the differences among the subjects’ faces during the two clips. And it turns out that one's mouth, cheeks and eyes move differently when pretending to smile.
In particular, the muscles around the eyes shift 10 percent more for a real smile than they do for a fake one. These results are in the journal Advanced Engineering Informatics. "A genuine smile is indeed in the eyes. The computer aids analysis of the exact weight distribution of human smiles across the face.” Hassan Ugail and Ahmad Al-dahoud say.
The researchers suggest their work could improve a computer's ability to analyze facial expressions and thus to interact more smoothly with humans. But their real accomplishment is in proving Tyra Banks right: "You have to smile with your eyes."
【1】What's the purpose of the program?
A.To tell different smiles. B.To detect human heads.
C.To examine human faces. D.To record facial expressions.
【2】What did the researchers do in the program?
A.They performed posed smiles. B.They analyzed different video clips.
C.They improved a computer's ability. D.They evaluated a very special software.
【3】What result have the researchers found from the program?
A.Smiling with eyes is the most important.
B.Eyes reflect whether a smile is real or not.
C.Mouth,cheeks and eyes always move the same.
D.Muscles move more frequently when people do a faking smile,
【4】In which section of a newspaper may this text appear?
A.Entertainment. B.Health.
C.Inventions. D.Science.
22、Common Mistakes New Runners Make
Running is a great way to get in shape and just about everyone can do it. However, many make a number of common mistakes, which can interfere (妨碍) with training or lead to injury. 【1】 , keep these things in mind to help you increase your chances of running success.
·Doing too much too soon
One of the biggest mistakes new runners make is doing too much too soon. Slowly easing into a training program will help reduce the risk of injury, so you can continue on with your new running routine 【2】 .
· 【3】
Beginners might think they need to run every day (or nearly every day) to meet their fitness or weight-loss goals, but this couldn’t be further from the truth. Running is a high-impact activity which can be really hard on your body. So it’s important to give your body a rest between workouts.
·Not wearing the right equipment
【4】, it’s important that you wear properly for your workouts. The most important piece of equipment for running is a good pair of running shoes, so be sure to do some research before you purchase a pair. Visit a running specialty store and ask an employee to fit you for a shoe.
•Running through pain
【5】 If something hurts when you run, you need to stop and treat the pain. Remember: It doesn’t make you less of a runner if you listen to your body to keep it healthy.
A.Not taking rest days
B.If you’re just starting out
C.Comparing yourself to others
D.Running can be uncomfortable at times
E.It’s important not to use the same muscles
F.While it may be true that you don’t need expensive equipment to take up running
G.Experts suggest increasing your running distance by no more than 10% each week
23、 If dropping two studio albums within five months in 2020 wasn't enough of a surprise, American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is now serving her fans a third one. Fearless (Taylor's Version), released on April 9th, is a remake of her 2008 country album Fearless, which follows in the wake of the singer's contract battle with her former label Big Machines back in 2019. Upon its release, the album sold 205,000 digital copies in China in less than five minutes and instantly topped the charts on Chinese song streaming platforms, including QQ Music and NetEase Music.
The re-recorded Fearless, a composition of 19 tracks from the songwriter's original album and 6 additional “From the Vault" songs, represents a retrieval of her past memories and love stories. The same brisk (轻快的)and bright lyrics and melodies are presented in a mellower (醇美的)and warmer voice and have received tons of praise and celebration among Chinese Swifties-the nickname for Taylor's fans in the country.
“A break with the past to start all over again-that needs good faith and a strong heart,” read one comment on Tencent's QQ Music. “So dulcet and ear-catching. If you missed the 19-year-old Taylor, the 31-year-old Taylor will guide you to begin again,” a fan declared boisterously in NetEase Music's comments section.
Taylor Swift has now taken the crown as the best-selling artist of all time on major Chinese music streaming platforms, with her studio recordings earning more than a combined 159 million RMB ($24.3 million) as of April 14, outselling many famous Chinese singers including Jay Chou, Lay Zhang, and Li Yuchun.
The American singer's huge success in China is derived from her never — go — out — of — style artistry and inexhaustible creativity, while also being a product of her enormous fan base, which has succeeded with China's booming music industry. Taylor boasts about 10 million followers on China's Weibo, a microblogging platform, and has more than 9.3 million and 4.9 million followers on QQ Music and NetEase Music, respectively. Apart from their frequent trending on social media platforms, her songs have also repeatedly appeared in music competition shows and in the promos (预告片)for popular films, such as Detective Chinatown, a Chinese comedy-mystery series.
【1】What can we learn about Fearless released on April 9th?
A.It's a 2008 country album.
B.It's labelled Big Machines.
C.It's a composition of 19 songs.
D.It's an album of 25 songs.
【2】What does the fan in Tencent's QQ Music think of Taylor Swift?
A.Fashionable.
B.Productive.
C.Creative.
D.Determined.
【3】What does the fan in NetEase Music think of Taylor Swift's songs?
A.They are full of artistry and creativity.
B.They are dulcet and ear-catching.
C.They have brisk and bright melodies.
D.They are popular in Weibo platform.
【4】What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A.Taylor took part in the music competition in China.
B.Taylor's fans made China's boom music industry.
C.Taylor benefits from China's music industry.
D.Taylor starred in Detective Chinatown,
24、Who has no regrets about things done in the past? Wouldn’t it be nice if, somehow, we could go back to change a couple of bad decisions? This sounds like science fiction.
The laws of physics prohibit traveling back in time for many reasons. If we did travel back in time and changed the course of events, we would be altering the course of history. An example often cited is the grandfather’s paradox (悖论): If your grandfather died when he was still a high school student, he wouldn’t have met your grandmother and your father and you wouldn’t exist.
Putting humans or consciousness traveling back in time aside for the moment, is there anything in science even similar? Surprisingly, yes. At the level of quantum particles (量子粒子), there is something called Wheeler’s delayed-choice experiments that show that actions in the present can influence the past. The experiments use something called the wave-particle duality (波粒二象性) of light and of matter. The fact that the physical nature of quantum objects is undetermined until it is measured. In other words, this means that a particle of light or of matter can behave either as a wave (spreading out in space) or as a particle (staying together) depending on the measuring devices. Long and ongoing discussions about the nature of quantum physics are still trying to work out what this actually means. Do our minds determine the nature of physical reality?
Should we offer food for thought for the future or the past? Unfortunately, these experiments say very little about how we could interfere with the past in events relevant to the human scale. Better to think carefully about decisions than to try to fix them backwards.
【1】What’s the purpose of mentioning the paradox?
A.To show it is interesting.
B.To explain Wheeler’s tests.
C.To demonstrate time is different from what we have known.
D.To show it’s impossible to travel back in time.
【2】What can we infer from paragraph 3?
A.Consciousness traveling back in time was tried in the experiments.
B.Different measuring devices have the same result.
C.More research is needed in the future.
D.These experiments can determine the nature of matter.
【3】Which can best summarize the last paragraph?
A.We should focus on the present.
B.The future food is more nutritious.
C.We can change the past from the experiments.
D.It is never too late to make up for mistakes.
【4】Which can be a suitable title for the text?
A.Is changing the past wise?
B.Can we change the past?
C.Do our minds determine the future?
D.Do the laws of physics ban traveling back?
25、 I went to India for a 2-week vacation to visit my relatives. We stopped on a red light, and as always, there were a lot of activities outside the cars near the _______ . People walked in between the cars_________ newspaper, water and a number of kids looked for a bit of charity from the car owners. It' s a familiar ___________in most poor developing countries.
While we were_______for the red light to turn green, I noticed a man outside a couple of ___________ in front of ours trying to sell bottles of water. It's _________ unusual at first. He was a man in his 40s with relatively ___________clothes. But he walked around in a strange way. He kind of _________ his way around the spaces. He was blind.
Carrying a couple of water bottles on one hand, he _________ got to the outside of our car. Out of____________, my mum decided to buy one water bottle. As she gave the man the money, the light turned green. The cars behind sounded loudly and ____________ , trying to get ahead of traffic. Seeing this, my mum kindly told the man to ____________the change. However, with his superior sense of touch, he quickly ______________ his shirt pocket and threw the money at my mum's__________________ . It was the exact change. The cars behind us were really getting out of control ____________we decided to go on our way.
I____________and even cried when I got home. Here's a blind man, born in____________trying to sell water bottles on the streets to make ends meet. He ____________ our sympathy. Life hasn't been ______________ to him, yet he's giving it his best shot. I think that is what ______________ is all about, facing life bravely.
【1】A.signs B.crossroads C.stations D.theatrer
【2】A.giving B.buying C.selling D.throwing
【3】A.scene B.play C.position D.street
【4】A.watching B.asking C.waiting D.changing
【5】A.blocks B.crossings C.turns D.cars
【6】A.everything B.something C.anything D.nothing
【7】A.expensive B.fashionable C.ragged D.splendid
【8】A.pushed B.drove C.cleared D.felt
【9】A.eventually B.quickly C.frequently D.happily
【10】A.curiosity B.sympathy C.thirst D.politeness
【11】A.impatiently B.casually C.naturally D.carefully
【12】A.keep B.return C.borrow D.count
【13】A.searched for B.went through C.turned over D.looked for
【14】A.hand B.arm C.face D.lap
【15】A.still B.yet C.so D.but
【16】A.gave up B.set off C.held on D.broke down
【17】A.pain B.poverty C.sadness D.loneliness
【18】A.refused B.enjoyed C.doubted D.cheated
【19】A.rich B.unfair C.kind D.bad
【20】A.kindness B.courage C.experience D.challenge
26、假如你是学生会主席李华,你校将于12月25日接待美国友谊校来访师生,请根据以下提示写一份书面通知。
活动安排:1. 9:00在校操场举行欢迎仪式;
2. 12:00-13:00 在校体育馆进行中美学生篮球赛;
3. 18:00 在校礼堂举办中美学生文艺晚会。
活动要求: 全体穿着校服,举止得体。
注意:1. 100词左右;2. 可以适当增加细节使行文连贯。
参考词汇:友谊校 sister school;校礼堂 the school auditorium
NOTICE
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December 19, 2015 The Students’ Union