1、My cousin came to see me from the country,___ me a full basket of fresh fruits.
A.brought
B.bringing
C.to bring
D.had brought
2、Linda wants to go abroad for further study after graduating from high school, bus she needs to ask for her parents’ ________ first.
A.movement
B.profession
C.destination
D.permission
3、Peter’ shirt looked just the same as Tom’s,but it cost ______ his.
A.as much twice as
B.twice as much as
C.much as twice as
D.as twice much as
4、Students expect ______ more leisure time during their school hours.
A. there being B. there to be
C. being D. to be
5、Surprisingly, Susan’s beautiful hair reached below her knees and made________almost an overcoat for her.
A.them
B.her
C.itself
D.herself
6、Mary had a great talent for writing. By the time she was 16, she ________ three books about teenagers.
A.wrote
B.would write
C.had written
D.has written
7、Childhood memories came back to me so clearly, ________ the event had happened only yesterday.
A.even if
B.only if
C.now that
D.as if
8、The great writer ________ all her books to the school library yesterday.
A.gave away B.gave up C.gave out D.gave back
9、That Sunday, we were packing to leave for a week away _____ my son heard cries for help.
A. when B. while
C. as D. because
10、Thompson has two plans, neither of ________ to be practical.
A.them seem
B.which seems
C.which seeming
D.that seem
11、If I ________ to study, I couldn’t have passed the exam.
A.hadn’t stayed up
B.didn’t stay up
C.haven’t stayed up
D.shouldn’t stay up
12、The discovery of new evidence led to _________.
A. the thief having caught B. catch the thief
C. the thief to be caught D. the thief being caught
13、It seems that he has no pen ________.
A.to write B.to write with C.writing D.writing with
14、To be frank, little do I know whether the project is practical ________. But if you don’t object to it, ________.
A. to be carried out; so do I B. carrying out; nor do I
C. to carry out; neither will I D. carried out; so it is with me
15、The other day a young actor died suddenly when performing in a TV show, which ______everyone.
A.frightened B.shocked C.determined D.excited
16、All my family are looking forward _________you. You must come over and have dinner with us this weekend.
A.meeting
B.to meeting
C.to met
D.meet
17、The shooting centre is about 50 kilometers ______Beijing.
A. south of B. in south of
C. the south of D. southern of
18、The video, Under the Dome, has rapidly pushed the public______ about air pollution and encouraged people to join in efforts to make a difference.
A. analysis B. imagination
C. awareness D. argument
19、My friend was very unhappy for ________to the concert.
A.not having been invited
B.having not been invited
C.not to be invited
D.not having invited
20、It was with great courage_______ the boy told the truth________ he had stolen the money.
A.which; that
B.when; what
C.as; that
D.that; that
21、If you have ever lost touch with old school friends, you may find yourself wanting to make contact again. Some teens find that certain school friends are worth keeping contact with and want to keep the friendship going strong.
Hang out at the same places
One way you can get together with old friends from your school is to go to the same places that they go to. If you still go to school together, you probably know where everyone goes on the weekends. If you are able to go there too, you may find that your relationships with your old school friends start up again.
Sports teams
If you are athletic and your former friends are too, joining school sports teams is a great way to catch up with old friends. This doesn’t mean that you should join a sport which you do not like just so you can see your old friends. However, if you like sports, wish to join a team and your former friends are on that team, and then playing the team sports is a great way to get to know them again.
Take part in school clubs
There are often a lot of school clubs in which teens participate. Depending on your interests and your former friends’ interests, you may just find a club at school. Sharing a common interest such as a club activity will help you to have something in common and something to talk about.
【1】You can get together with old friends by .
A.joining the dance clubs
B.having dinner with them
C.going to the places where they go
D.going shopping with them every day
【2】From the third paragraph we can learn that .
A.playing sports helps you get your old friends again
B.you have to play a sport to make more friends
C.team sports are interesting activities at school
D.you have to play the sport your friends like
【3】Why did the writer write this text?
A.To tell a hobby.
B.To share same interests.
C.To join clubs.
D.To contact old friends.
22、The word “robot” was coined in 1920 by the Czech playwright Karel Capek meaning fully functional servants. For most of their history, robots have been inelegant mechanical devices sitting out of sight in factories. Things are starting to change, however. Robots are leaving carefully managed industrial settings for everyday life and, in the coming years, will increasingly work in supermarkets, clinics, social care and much more.
They could not be coming at a better time. Many industries are facing a shortage of labor—the demand for workers has recovered much faster than expected and some people have left the workforce, particularly in America. Warehousing(仓库)has grown rapidly thanks to the e-commerce boom. Robots are picking items off shelves and helping people pack a rising numbers of boxes. They are even beginning to move slowly along some pavements, delivering goods or food right to people’s doors. Nowadays, short of workers but with lots of elderly folk to look after, having more robots to boost productivity would be a good thing.
And yet many people fear that robots will destroy jobs. A paper in 2013 by economists at Oxford University was widely misinterpreted as meaning that 47% of American jobs were at risk of being automated.
In fact, concerns about mass unemployment are overblown. The evidence suggests robots will be ultimately beneficial for labor markets. Japan and South Korea have the highest robot usage rate but very strong workforces. A Yale University study that looked at Japanese manufacturing between 1978 and 2017 found that an increase of one robot unit per 1,000 workers boosted a company’s employment by 2.2%. Research from the Bank of Korea found that robotization moved jobs away from manufacturing into other sectors, but that there was no decrease in overall vacancies.
For all that, the march of the robots will bring big changes to workplaces, too. One supposed example of “bad automation” is self-service checkouts in supermarkets, because they displace human workers. But robots could perform unpleasant work. Checkout staff who retrain to help customers pick items from aisles(传送带)may find that dealing with people in need is more rewarding than spending all day swiping barcodes in front of lasers. In addition, as jobs change, workers should be helped to acquire new skills, including how to work with and manage the robots that will increasingly be their colleagues.
The potential gains from the robot revolution are huge. In Capek’s play, the robots revolt(反抗)against their human masters and cause mass unemployment and worse. However, the beginnings of the world’s real robots have not matched Capek’s assumption. So there is no need to concern about their future.
【1】The author mentions the two researches in paragraph 4 to____________.
A.prove an argument
B.introduce an approach
C.present an assumption
D.highlight an experiment
【2】What can we infer from the passage?
A.New skills will be acquired by workers with the help of robots.
B.The more robots are used, the greater employment it can bring.
C.Robots will betray their human masters and cause worse problems.
D.Checkout staff in supermarkets may be happier to do with people in need.
【3】Towards wide spread of robots, the author is____________
A.approved
B.neutral
C.opposed
D.doubtful
【4】What’s the best title of the passage?
A.Future Risk: Jobs Being Automated
B.Robot Revolution: Causes of Changes
C.Workplace Automation: Rise of Robots
D.Robotization: Solution to Unemployment
23、What good language learners do
There’s no such thing as being born “good at languages.” However, there are people who learn languages well, but that has nothing to do with them being naturally good at it. 【1】
Good Language Learners Aren’t Afraid to Take risks
A Dutch friend of mine speaks English, Spanish, German, French, and, of course, Dutch. I asked her what she thought was most important in learning a language. She answered immediately: “Courage.”
Good language learners face the fear of making mistakes. 【2】 For example, trying out different ways of learning vocabulary until finding a way that suits them best. They are not afraid of making mistakes because they know that with every mistake, they gain a small victory toward improving their language.
【3】
You may already have heard or read about learning styles. The idea is that everyone has a style of learning that suits them best. You want to figure out how you learn most easily and apply your preferred learning styles to your language learning.
When you learn something new, do you like to talk about it or think about it? Or do you get new information in pictures or words? Do you find it easier to learn facts or concepts? These are just a few of the questions that help you discover how you best learn.
Good Language Learners Are Actively Involved in Their Learning Process.
Good language learners take responsibility for their own learning. Besides regular language classes, they create opportunities to use the language. 【4】
Good language learners are independent. They do not expect to learn English only by sitting in the classroom, and they do not rely on the teacher for all of the learning. They are organized and active. They look for creative ways both inside and outside the classroom to try out what they have learned.
Good Language Learners Try to Think in the Language.
It may not be easy at first, but thinking in English is worth cultivating as a vital skill that will improve all areas of your language learning. To help you think in English, carry on a dialogue with yourself in English when walking along, sitting on a bus, or taking a break from other studies. 【5】
A.They experiment and take risks.
B.Use English whenever and wherever you can.
C.They push themselves to speak and try to become fluent.
D.Good language learners find a style of learning that suits them.
E.Good language learners try to figure out how the language works.
F.It has to do with their attitude and the way they approach learning.
G.They know practice is very important and are willing to devote their time to it.
24、It was late, about 10:15 p.m. Janice Esposito got off the train at Bellport, New York, went to her car and started driving home. She was so familiar with the route that she almost drove automatically: turned left to the Station Road, then another left onto Montauk Highway, and then—bam! When Esposito’s car had just crossed the railroad tracks, it hit another vehicle and was pushed back onto the tracks. Injured but mostly shocked by the crash and by the airbags that popped up, she was stuck in the vehicle.
As it happened, Pete DiPinto was just about to go to sleep when he heard a sharp noise and saw the accident not far outside his bedroom window. As a volunteer firefighter and retired teacher, DiPinto, who was 65,fetched a flashlight and rushed out without hesitation. “Any firefighter would have done what I did,” he said. “We’re always on duty.”
At first, he spotted the other car in the accident. After making sure that the driver was all right, DiPinto looked around and discovered Esposito’s car straddling the railway tracks. And then he heard the bell ring, which signaled a train’s arrival.
DiPinto rushed to Esposito’s car and broke the window on the driver’s side. Esposito looked up at him, with her eyes glazing over. “I don’t know where I am,” she said.
“You’re on the railroad tracks,”DiPinto yelled. “I have to get you off right now! The train was running toward them at a speed of some 105 kilometers per hour. The driver’s door fail to be opened due to the collision(碰撞), so DiPinto quickly run to the other side and was able to open the door. He put the airbags aside, seized her arms, pulled her toward him across the passenger seat until finally got her out and walked her to safety as swiftly as possible. Several seconds later, the train crashed into the vehicle. “It was like a Hollywood movie,” DiPinto told reporters the next day.
“Last night,” said Gregory Miglino Jr., Chief of the Department in South Country Ambulance, “the hero arrived in pajamas(睡衣裤), not in a fire truck.”
【1】What can we know about the accident from Paragraph 1?
A.Esposito’s car hit another vehicle.
B.Esposito drove too fast.
C.Esposito didn’t know the route well.
D.A running train crashed into Esposito’s car.
【2】How was Janice Esposito right after the accident?
A.She felt all right.
B.She was badly hurt.
C.She got stuck in the car.
D.She completely lost her consciousness.
【3】How was Janice Esposito rescued from her car?
A.Through the window on the driver’s side.
B.Through the door on the driver’s side.
C.Through the window on the passenger’s side.
D.Through the door on the passenger’s side.
【4】What did Gregory Miglino Jr. mean by “the hero arrived in pajamas, not in a fire truck”?
A.DiPinto was not a professional firefighter.
B.DiPinto rushed to save life without thinking about himself.
C.DiPinto was a special firefighter who preferred wearing pajamas.
D.DiPinto was unable to find a fire truck when the accident happened.
25、A Wonderful Christmas Gift
Ann and her mother had lived in a small cottage. Christmas was so close,and so was her birthday.
Ann wished she could get a new_______with lace as a wonderful Christmas gift. All her friends would be getting new dresses._________Ann did not want to ask her Mom for that. She knew how hard her mom worked to make both ends meet. Maybe she could make a________maybe Santa Claus would come,even though she knew that Santa Claus is just an imaginary character.
It was not just gift that_________Ann. It was her mother. Nowadays she was working overtime and looked pale and worn out.
The days passed and soon it was Christmas Eve.In everyone's house,except Ann's ,a Christmas tree adorned(装饰)the living room. In the_________there hung the baked cakes and turkey. But_________lovely was being cooked in Ann's house. Every child went to bed eagerly waiting for the lovely gifts that he or she would _______the next day. Ann went to bed with a_______heart.She knew that there would be no gifts for her.
Ann wished with her whole heart that at least this time she would get a gift from Santa Claus. Ann slowly drifted off to sleep. She dreamt of Santa riding in the snow on his reindeers.
Ring.…Ring.…Ann jumped,hearing alarm.
She suddenly remembered that it was Christmas morning. Without much hope she looked _________there were any gifts for her.Wonder of wonders!There lay a beautiful packet tied with a red ribbon.
Ann excitedly opened the package. It was a pretty white dress with attractive lace. She ________the gift carefully to find out who gave it to her. Suddenly a small piece of paper fell out from it.Ann__________started to read the note.
“Dear Ann,
This dress is given to you as a________ for being a good girl. Hope you continue to do good things and help your mother.
Your Loving friend,
Santa Claus"
Ann felt that there was something familiar about this note. She looked into the note carefully. Then it________ her. It was her mother who had worked overtime to save money to buy this expensive gift. Ann was happy ________words. She knew that she was the________girl to have such a wonderful mother as a wonderful Christmas gift.
【1】A. dress B. book C. bike D. watch
【2】A. So B. But C. And D. Or
【3】A. change B. plan C. mistake D. wish
【4】A. surprised B. worried C. pleased D. disappointed
【5】A. bedrooms B. restrooms C. kitchens D. bathrooms
【6】A. nothing B. something C. anything D. everything
【7】A. make B. send C. receive D. buy
【8】A. hard B. big C. warm D. heavy
【9】A. if B. how C. why D. when
【10】A. refused B. checked C. passed D. painted
【11】A. finally B. carefully C. gradually D. eagerly
【12】A. test B. lesson C. game D. prize
【13】A. struck B. hurt C. satisfied D. encouraged
【14】A. in B. without C. over D. beyond
【15】A. stubborn B. hard-working C. fortunate D. crazy.
26、阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。
“It’s been potatoes all week, mom! Can’t we go to the diner for a burger and an ice cream? That’s all I want for my birthday!” Eve’s 8-year-old son Dylan threw his arms around her shoulders, looking at her hopefully. In her hear, she wanted to throw Dylan the biggest birthday party ever, with balloons and a delicious cake with 8 beautiful candles on it. But in reality, Eve could afford none of that. After being let go from the third temporary job and paying the overdue bills, she didn’t have enough money left.
“Sorry, baby. I can’t afford meals...” Eve said sadly. Seeing tears in his mother’s eyes, Dylan quickly changed his tone (语气). He’d seen her struggling to make ends meet and couldn’t stand hurting her. “Actually, mom, that potato salad looks delicious! Can I have some more?” He asked her cheerfully.
After the humble meal, Eve did housework. Dylan took out an envelope hidden on his bookshelf. He’d secretly saved a few dollars from the lunch money his mom had given him over the past few years. He counted the money. “$28!” His eyes lit up. “I can get a good meal for c mom!”
Dylan slid out with the envelope and walked to the next block, where he saw exactly what he’d expected—the mobile food truck! He’d seen it a few times and wondered why the place was always crowded. He waited until the crowd waiting to buy food at the counter cleared away
“Sir! Please give me everything I can get for $28!” Dylan requested eagerly. But Martin, the owner of the food truck, replied, “Sorry, kid. We’re out of everything today!”
Disappointed, Dylan was seated on the sidewalk, mumbling(咕哝): “It’s my birthday, but I can’t even treat her to a nice meal. She does so much for me. I thought, for once, I would do something nice for her.” He kept talking out loud to himself, giving into his urge to cry.
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“Woah, happy birthday, boy!” Martin said, sitting down next to Dylan.
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The next morning, Eve woke up to a food truck outside her house.
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