1、When caught _____ in the exam, he begged for the teacher’s pardon and tried ______ punishment.
A.cheating; escaping
B.to be cheating; to escape
C.cheating; to escape
D.to be cheating; escaping
2、You ______ worry too much about your daughter, for she is a very independent girl.
A.can’t
B.mustn’t
C.shan’t
D.needn’t
3、He hurried to the station only ________ the train had left.
A.to find
B.finding
C.found
D.have found
4、Silk ______ one of the primary goods traded along the Silk Road by about 100 BC.
A. had become B. reject
C. control D. abandon
5、I think your parents will be ________ excited to see you after many years’ study abroad.
A. only too B. rather too
C. very too D. too much
6、Little Johnny felt the bag, curious to know what it _______.
A. collected B. contained
C. loaded D. Saved
7、I thought he made this mistake ________ in his job because he wanted to make his manager angry.
A. on purpose B. for purpose
C. with purpose D. about purpose
8、My friend lives in Tianjin, ________ is about an hour’s ride from his office.
A. which B. that
C. where D. who
9、We can never forget the days ______ tens of thousands of medical staff from every province were pooled to help Hubei and the days ______ we, Chinese people, spent together supporting Wuhan.
A.when, which B.which, when C.what, that D.on which, when
10、Shaw is the only one of the employees here ______ want to accept my advice.
A.that don’t B.who don’t C.who doesn’t D.which does
11、If we work with a strong will, we can ____any difficulty, however great it is.
A.overtake B.overpass C.overlook D.overcome
12、____________ waste includes chemicals, plastic and oil.
A.Industrial B.Agricultural C.Rubbish
13、Mary ________ a lot of Japanese by communicating with the native people in Japan.
A.picked out B.picked up C.carried out D.made up
14、I ______the paper before my lawyer explained the details to me.
A. signed B. had signed
C. signs D. has signed
15、The thief was ________ that the police were watching him.
A.unaware
B.vivid
C.flexible
D.thrilling
16、We should not only know the theory but also how to ________ it to practice.
A.attend
B.apply
C.apologize
D.attempt
17、He asked ________ for the computer.
A. did I pay how much B. I paid how much
C. how much did I pay D. how much I paid
18、Dr.Smith,along with his wife and daughters,____visit the Metropolitan Museum in New York City this summer.
A.is going to B.are going to C.was going to D.were going to
19、________ Reid failed to score himself, he helped Jones to score two goals.
A.Although
B.When
C.If
D.Until
20、—Hi, Betty.Would you like to go to see a movie with me tonight?
—Sorry, Mary._________ tomorrow’s lessons, I have no time to go out with you.
A.Not preparing B.Not having prepared
C.Not to prepare D.Being not prepared
21、400 million tons of plastic are generated annually, most of which comes from single-use plastic. While countries are making progress in reducing this waste through paper bags and straws, there are still applications where the properties of plastic are necessary.
Transparent (透明的) wood is an alternative for such applications and is highly preferred since it prevents the harm of petroleum-derived (石油衍生的) plastic products. German scientist Siegfried Fink first created transparent wood in the year 1992, and over the past three decades it has been significantly improved by other researchers as well.
In its natural form, wood is not transparent. However, researchers have found that removing lignin, a naturally occurring biopolymer that provides structural support for the plant tissue, can make it transparent. To do so, the wood is soaked in a warm solution consisting of multiple chemicals, followed by boiling it in another solution. This removes the lignin completely and turns the wood white. However, the space that was occupied by lignin needs to be filled up to maintain structural integrity. This process is done by using a resin (树脂) at a temperature of 185 Fahrenheit (85℃).
The final product can have as much as 90 transparency, and it doesn’t break easily. More importantly, it is more biodegradable than glass or plastic.
While transparent wood isn’t commercial yet, it has been employed in a wide variety of applications ranging from construction to energy storage, making flexible electronics and packaging.
The researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) conducted a life-cycle analysis (LCA) of transparent wood to determine the environmental impact of its production and end-of-life (EOL) cycle. The study found that using hydrogen peroxide for delignification, followed by using epoxy for infiltration, was the most eco-friendly. When scaled up for industrial production, the former method would lower electricity consumption by as much as 98.8 percent.
EOL analysis showed that transparent wood had a reduced ecological impact compared to polyethylene (聚乙烯), paving the way for it to be commercially adapted to replace the petroleum-based material.
【1】Why is transparent wood preferred compared to plastic?
A.It is environmentally friendly.
B.It can be used repeatedly.
C.It can be used longer.
D.It is easier to make.
【2】What is paragraph 3 mainly about?
A.The natural form of wood.
B.The importance of chemicals
C.How lignin keeps wood strong.
D.How transparent wood is made.
【3】What did the researchers at IIT find about transparent wood?
A.Potential damage caused by it to the environment.
B.The most eco-friendly way to produce it.
C.It will replace plastic soon.
D.It can be recycled.
【4】What can be expected of transparent wood’s marketing?
A.Promising.
B.Difficult.
C.rewarding.
D.Uncertain.
22、By day, Robert Titterton is a lawyer. In his spare time, though, he goes on stage beside pianist Maria Raspopova—not as a musician but as her page turner. “I love music, but I’m not a trained musician. I’ve learnt to read music so I can help Maria in her performance.”
Mr. Titterton is chairman of the Omega Ensemble but has been the group’s official page turner for the past four years. His job is to sit beside the pianist and turn the pages of the score so the musician doesn’t have to break the flow of sound by doing it themselves. He said he became just as nervous as those playing instruments on stage.
“The job is a struggle for me because a lot of skills are needed for the job. You have to make sure you don’t turn two pages at once and make sure you find the repeats in the music when you have to go back to the right spot.” Mr. Titterton explained.
Being a page turner requires plenty of practice. Some pieces of music can go for 40 minutes and require up to50 page turns, including back turns for repeat passages. Silent onstage communication is important, and each pianist has their own style to indicate a page turn which they need to practise with their page turner.
But like all performances, there are moments when things go wrong. “I was turning the page to get ready for the next page, but the wind from the turn caused the spare pages to fall off the stand,” Mr. Titterton said, “Luckily I was able to catch them and put them back.”
Most page turners are piano students or up-and-coming concert pianists, although Ms. Raspopova has once asked her husband to help her out on stage.
“My husband is the worst page turner,” she laughed. “He’s interested in the music, feeling every note, and I have to say: ‘Turn, turn!’ Robert is the best page turner I’ve had in my entire life.”
【1】Why does Titterton find his part-time job hard?
A.He has to repair the piano.
B.He reads music slowly.
C.He has to learn many skills.
D.He is worried about performing.
【2】What does the underlined word “indicate” in paragraph 4 mean?
A.Stop.
B.Perform.
C.Teach.
D.Show.
【3】What do Titterton and Ms. Raspopova’s husband have in common?
A.They are interested in music.
B.They avoided an accident.
C.They remember to turn the page.
D.They must sing songs on the stage.
【4】Which section of a newspaper is this text most likely from?
A.Technology.
B.Education.
C.Music.
D.Sports.
23、Five eggs the size of Ping-Pong balls crack open as the tiny desert tortoises inside break through the shells. The two-inch-long babies immediately crawl off in search of flowers and grasses to eat. These animals may be newly hatched, but they already have survival skills that will allow them to thrive in their severe and hot habitats.
Desert tortoise live in the deserts of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. During the summer, ground temperatures in parts of their range can hit 140oF. To beat the heat, desert tortoises use their strong forearms and tough nails to dig underground holes where they can hide from the sun. some of these tortoise tunnels are up to 32 feet in length. And the holes can get pretty crowded. As many as 25 desert tortoises might stay together in one shelter.
The animals also dig grooves(沟)into the ground’s surface to catch rainwater. After a storm, they’ll return to these holes to drink the water that’s collected inside. Once it has had a good drink, a desert tortoise can go up to a year without requiring fresh water again. The tortoise stores the water it has consumed in its bladder and can later absorb the liquid when it needs to hydrate.
Despite sometimes hanging out in holes together, desert tortoises are pretty solitary. And sometimes when males come across each other, they’ll fight to establish governance. The fighting tortoises may use horns(角)on their chests to try and knock each other over. The contest ends when one animal turns over the other on its back. The losing tortoise can turn right side up by wiggling(摆动)its body back and forth until it flips(翻转)over. But after that, the tortoise knows who’s the boss.
【1】What do the desert tortoises’ babies mainly eat?
A. Insects
B. Small animals
C. Their mother’s milk
D. Flowers and grasses
【2】The underlined word “thrive” in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to “________”.
A. play B. fight
C. grow up D. hang out
【3】How do the desert tortoises fight the summer heat?
A. By drinking much water
B. By staying under the tree
C. By digging enough grooves
D. By living in the underground holes
【4】What do we know about the desert tortoises?
A. They use their holes to save water
B. They fight mainly for the opposite sex
C. They can survive without drinking water for a year
D. They usually live in the northwestern United States
24、 One day this January, my classroom was full of nervous atmosphere as 15 teenagers prepared to lock their smart-phones in a cabinet(柜子) and stop all Internet use for the next two weeks. The ceremony kicked off a class I taught called Logging Off. During the rest of the school year, I taught high school chemistry, but this mini-course gave my students and me an opportunity to examine the role of technology in our lives.
When the time came to power down, many students were eager to be free of their phones, while others held onto their phones like a favorite stuffed animal. Their emotions seemed to vary from worry(“How will I talk with my friends?”) to expectation (“I can t wait to read more books.”).
Over the next few days, the students identified a surprising source of anxiety. Without their phones, they weren’t sure what to do when there was nothing to do. That’s when it hit me: I long for the kind of time alone with my thoughts that my students feared. I use these moments to replay a difficult conversation until I know where it went wrong or imagine myself living abroad. I stare at a person sitting nearby and invent the story of her life.
As we closed in on the final days of the course, I noticed a change in the kids’ attitude. Their anxiety faded. They went for walks, composed music, and played board games with younger sisters and brothers. They experienced life in the moment.
On the last day, when I returned their phones, I thought the kids would power up immediately and go straight to social media. Instead, most of them left the classroom with screens still dark, saying they wanted to see how long they could wait.
I know the pull of the digital world is strong, but I’m hoping the brief break from continuous connectivity has shown my students that they have a choice in what to do in their downtime, while they’re waiting in line for coffee or walking home. I hope they catch the valuable chance to daydream.
【1】What did the author’s 15 students decide to do?
A.Work hard at chemistry.
B.Dis-connect themselves from each other.
C.Put the phones aside for 14 days.
D.Live without the Internet for a school year.
【2】What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?
A.Students’ thoughts about technology.
B.Students’ expectations of the mini-course.
C.Students’ emotions at the end of the mini-course.
D.Students’ different reactions at the beginning stage.
【3】What does the author like doing in her moments alone?
A.Imagining her future work. B.Making up stories.
C.Preparing for traveling abroad. D.Thinking of a funny conversation.
【4】What did most students do when they got their phones back?
A.They went straight back to social media.
B.They made changes to their phone screens.
C.They kept their phones turned off.
D.They had their phones re-charged immediately.
25、340-pound Andy Duran decided to return to his favorite high school hobby—skateboarding.
However, Duran’s _________ began before he even stepped on a skateboard. He couldn’t find any resources (资源) for _________ skateboarders—what types of skateboards to _________ and where to buy plus-size shirts.
What Duran did find instead was an unfounded _________. “People say that if you’re over 190 pounds you shouldn’t be on a skateboard,” he says.
Determined to do something to _________ the description of plus-size people in sports, Duran set up Chub Rollz—a skateboarding community for overweight skateboarders. To encourage plus-size people to _________ the fun sport, Duran created a list of recommended _________ for them. He also hosted skateboarding classes to teach beginners.
The comments on Chub Rollz have been _________. Following an article about his action on the Internet, Duran received a lot of messages from _________ showing thanks for giving them courage to stand on skateboards.
Duran believes a lot more needs to be done to __________ body image stereotypes (成见). “Maybe skateboard shops should create a __________ environment for us and all types of boards should be made—everyone is making lighter products, but sometimes we need other __________,” he explains. For those __________ about taking up their favorite sports due to their __________, Duran has this to say, “Be __________ to yourself, as you’re often your worst critic (批评家). That you don’t see it doesn’t mean you can’t do it.”
【1】
A.chances
B.protests
C.challenges
D.arrangements
【2】
A.new
B.fat
C.gifted
D.young
【3】
A.register
B.design
C.sell
D.try
【4】
A.proof
B.guideline
C.report
D.belief
【5】
A.check
B.change
C.stress
D.match
【6】
A.play
B.promote
C.like
D.rate
【7】
A.products
B.books
C.hobbies
D.sizes
【8】
A.unusual
B.positive
C.informal
D.immediate
【9】
A.volunteers
B.students
C.strangers
D.neighbors
【10】
A.understand
B.control
C.compare
D.remove
【11】
A.safe
B.competitive
C.welcoming
D.healthy
【12】
A.choices
B.plans
C.measures
D.experiences
【13】
A.careful
B.curious
C.certain
D.doubtful
【14】
A.skill
B.weight
C.popularity
D.age
【15】
A.useful
B.open
C.kind
D.faithful
26、阅读下面短文,根据所给情节进行续写,使之构成一个完整的故事。
When I was ten, I was suddenly faced with the suffering of moving from the only home I had ever known. My whole life, brief as it was, had been spent in that big old house, gracefully touched with the laughter and tears of four generations.
When the final day came, I ran to the small backyard and sat alone, with tears welling up from my heart.Suddenly I felt a hand rest on my shoulder.I looked up to see my grandfather. “It isn't easy, is it, Billy?” he said softly, sitting down on the steps beside me.
“Grandpa,” I replied through my tears, “how can I ever say goodbye to you and all my friends?”
For a moment he just stared off into the apple trees. “Goodbye is such a sad word,” he said.“It seems too final, too cold, for friends to use.We seem to have so many ways of saying goodbye and they all have one thing in common: sadness.When you and your friends must part, I want you to reach deep within you and bring back that first hello.Come with me, my friend,” he whispered.
We walked, hand in hand, to his favorite place in the front yard, where a huge red rosebush sat noticeably alone.Kneeling, he pulled me close.“It isn't just the roses that are beautiful, Billy. It's that special place in your heart that makes them so.”
His eyes met mine again.“Billy, I planted these roses a long time ago—before your mother came to the world. I put them into the soil the day my first son was born. It was my way of saying ‘thank you’ to God. That boy's name was Billy, just like yours.I used to watch him pick roses for his mother.” I saw my grandfather's tears.I had never seen him cry before.His voice became hoarse.
注意:
1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右;
2.至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语;
3.续写部分分为两段,每段的开头语已为你写好;
4.续写完成后,请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1:
One day a terrible war came, and my son, like so many sons, said goodbye to fight a great evil.
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Paragraph 2:
A year and a half later, my grandfather became seriously ill. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________