1、Life is________in big cities. In order to escape pressure, some people pick up bad habits such as smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol.
A.tough
B.stressed
C.desperate
D.awkward
2、Traditionally, college students hold a graduation ceremony to encourage themselves before they ________ on their life journey.
A.give up B.settle down
C.get through D.set off
3、It doesn’t matter where the students associations get their money from ;what ____ is what they do with it .
A. Corners B. differs
C. directs D. counts
4、She rushed out of the house, ________ her baby in her arms, and drove directly to the nearest doctor’s office.
A. carried B. to carry
C. carrying D. having carried
5、_______ English curriculum encourages is that teachers should create a rich language environment in the classroom.
A. That
B. Which
C. What
D. When
6、It is imagination ______ makes the world colourful.
A.where
B.what
C.that
D.when
7、Your trousers_______ dirty, you must have_______washed.
A.is; it
B.are; it
C.are; them
D.is; them
8、Lessons can be learned to face the future, ________ history cannot be changed.
A.though
B.as
C.since
D.unless
9、—Why not go and have dinner in a restaurant?
—_________. It’s too expensive.
A.Why not
B.I agree
C.I’m afraid not
D.I’m sure
10、Fred entered without knocking and, very out of breath, sank _______ a chair.
A.on B.off C.into D.to
11、_____ he once felt like giving up, he now has the determination to push further and keep on going.
A. Where B. As
C. In case D. Now that
12、_____ by the latest electronic toys, the little boy stood in front of the windows, without moving.
A. To be arrested B. Arrested
C. Having arrested D. Arresting
13、The next train ________ is from Shenzhen to Guangzhou.
A.arrived
B.arriving
C.to arrive
D.arrives
14、There ______ be any difficulty about winning the speech contest now that you’re well prepared for it.
A. mustn’t B. shan’t
C. shouldn’t D. needn’t
15、_________the city lies the famous beautiful mountain.
A.40 miles southeast of B.To 40 miles southeast of
C.Southeast 40 miles to D.To southeast 40 miles of
16、They dug in their heels and would not lower the price.
A.故意拖延
B.深深爱着
C.拒不让步
D.突然转身
17、How elegant and attractive our teacher is today!
—Yes. The red dress ____ her hidden beauty.
A. brings out B. takes out
C. lets out D. gives out
18、The parents are _____ their son who has been away from home for days.
A.in search of
B.to search
C.searching
D.searched for
19、________a great applause by the audience is always a great encouragement to the speaker.
A.Given
B.To be given
C.Being given
D.Giving
20、According to scientists, our mental abilities begin to __________ from the age of 27 after reaching the highest level at 22.
A. differ B. shrink C. fail D. decline
21、Elena Yi dreamed of pursuing piano performance in college, never minding that her fingers could barely reach the length of an octave (八度音阶). Unable to fully play many works by Romantic-era composers including Beethoven and Brahms, she tried anyway— and in her determination to spend hours practicing a Chopin concerto, wound up injuring herself.
The efforts of Professor Carol Leone from the Southern Methodist University (SMU) are changing all that: twenty years ago, the school became the first major university in the U.S. to introduce smaller keyboards into its music program, leveling the playing field for Yi and other piano majors.
Yi, 21, tried one of the smaller keyboards, “I remember being really excited, because my hands could actually reach and play all the right notes,” she said.
For decades, few questioned the size of the traditional piano. For those with small hand spans (掌距), it’s difficult to properly play many works of Beethoven and Brahms. Those who attempt to play them either get used to skipping notes or risk injury with repeated play. Leone is familiar with such challenges. Born into a family of musicians, she favored classical music and pursued piano despite her small hand span, and earned a degree as a doctor in musical arts.
The idea of smaller keyboards first met resistance from some traditionalists. Leone also said that when she raised the issue with one Viennese professor, he told her there were already too many pianists anyway.
Though such resistance is fading, there are some very traditional people who think of piano as a competitive thing. Leone said, “This is art, not sport. It’s about making as much beautiful art as possible, and we should give everybody the opportunity to do that.”
【1】Why did Elena Yi find it hard to play a Chopin concerto so well?
A.Her fingers got injured.
B.It was time-consuming.
C.Her hand spans were small.
D.The traditional piano was out of tune.
【2】What is paragraph 4 intended to do?
A.Summarize the previous paragraphs.
B.Add some background information.
C.Introduce a new topic for discussion.
D.Provide some advice for pianists.
【3】What is the Viennese professor’s attitude towards smaller keyboards?
A.Disapproving.
B.Objective.
C.Unclear.
D.Positive.
22、 Imagine your clothing could release enough heat to keep you warm and cozy, allowing you to stay comfortable in a cooler room. Or, picture a car windshield that stores the sun's energy and then releases it as heat to make the ice on the windshield disappear.
According to a team of researchers at MIT, both cases may be possible before long, thanks to a new material that can store solar energy during the day and release it later as heat. This transparent polymer film could be applied to many different surfaces, such as window glass or clothing.
Solar energy is only available about half the time we need it — during daylight. For the sun to become a major power provider for human needs, there has to be an efficient way to save it up for use during nighttime and stormy days. Most such efforts have focused on storing and recovering solar energy in the form of electricity, but the new finding, by MlI professor Jeffrey Grossman, Postdoc David Zhitomirsky and graduate student Eugene Cho, could provide a highly efficient method for storing the sun's energy through a chemical reaction and releasing it later as heat.
The key to enabling long-term, stable storage of solar heat, the team said, is to store it in the form of a chemical change rather than storing the heat itself. But heat will disappear over time no matter how good the material around it is, so the team set up a chemical storage system that can keep the energy in a stable molecular configuration. When exposed to sunlight, the molecules can stay that way for long periods Then, when triggered (触发)by a very specific temperature or something else, the molecules return to their original shape , giving off heat in the process.
Such chemically-based storage materials, known as Solar Thermal Fuels(STF), have been developed before. But those earlier efforts were designed to be used in liquid solutions and not able to make durable (耐用的) solid-state films. The new approach is the first based on a solid-state material, in this case a polymer, and the first based on inexpensive materials and widespread production technology.
【1】What is the main purpose of Paragraph 1?
A.To show the main idea of the passage.
B.To practice readers' imagination.
C.To interest readers in the passage.
D.To introduce a new kind of material.
【2】According to the passage, what can the polymer film do?
A.It can be made into window glass.
B.It can make necessary electricity.
C.It can store energy and release sunshine.
D.It can absorb sunshine and give off heat.
【3】According to the passage, what is STF based on?
A.The chemical reaction.
B.The movement of heat.
C.The form of electricity.
D.The physical reaction.
【4】What is the advantage of the molecular configuration?
A.It is less expensive.
B.It is very powerful.
C.It is easily available.
D.It is less changeable.
23、 Once a blind man fell flat on his face, which was awful but finally harmless. His service dog, however, was trained lo tum to an adult if the owner had an epileptic seizure (癫瘤发作). While the dog did what it was taught, the first person it found was merely annoyed but not alarmed. Thankfully, the dog’s owner was not in the situation of medical emergency. But the experience inspired him to share this information on social media, “If a service dog without a person approaches you, it means the person is down and in need of help,” the owner explained. “Don’t get scared, don’t get annoyed, and follow the dog! If the first person doesn’t cooperate, it moves on.
Referring to the accident, a TV presenter asked a dog trainer, Olivia, some basic questions about service dogs, including how humans should react if an unaccompanied service dog approaches them.
“What they’re going to do is sniff and gently push your leg,” the trainer explained, specifically noting that service dogs are not usually trained to jump or bark. “If you see a dog in a vest without a person around it, follow it.” When asked if one should say something to indicate they’re prepared to follow the dog, Olivia said,” there’s no clear command. Just start walking wherever the dog leads.”
Olivia concluded the TV show by adding that those who rely on service dogs could train their companions to move along to someone else, if the first person the dog came upon reacted negatively to its request. Doing so could finally save the owner’s life.
【1】What does the underlined word “him” in Paragraph 1 refer to?
A.the TV presenter
B.the dog trainer
C.the blind man
D.the writer
【2】In the owner’s emergency, a service dog will generally ________.
A.run home for help of families immediately
B.jump or bark to draw people’s attention
C.find the nearby person and “ask” for help
D.stay beside the owner until the owner recovers
【3】How should people react to an unaccompanied service dog?
A.Follow it to anywhere it leads.
B.Communicate with it through commands.
C.Keep it home until finding its owner.
D.Take it to the nearest police station.
【4】What is the author’s purpose of sharing the story?
A.To encourage everyone to help disabled people.
B.To introduce a talk show about service dogs.
C.To teach how to train service dogs well.
D.To spread knowledge of dealing with service dogs.
24、We've seen a worldwide health crisis (危机) bring out the worst in some people, but fortunately, we've also been able to see it bring out the best in others.
A taxi driver in Spain has been providing COVID-19 (新冠肺炎) patients with free rides to and from the hospitals. Doctors and nurses wanted to surprise him with their thanks for helping out.
They tricked him down to the hospital under the pretense of needing to pick up a sick patient, but in reality, doctors and nurses lined the hall waiting to applaud (鼓掌) him.
“This is a surprise that has been given to a taxi driver who takes patients to the hospitals without charge,” wrote the taxi company that first shared the video.
The man seemed completely taken aback by the gesture, stopping in the middle of the doors as the whole room cheered for him.
He was also given an envelope full of money and the satisfying results of his own COVID-19 test.
The video has since been shared tens of thousands of times across the world, because kind gestures break the language barrier (障碍).
“When the crisis is finished, there will have been two types of people... the good and the bad,” one user wrote. “With workmates like him, I am proud to be a taxi driver, son of a taxi driver, and father of a taxi driver.”
With the word in hard times, just knowing good people are there doing good deeds is something we can all appreciate.
【1】We can learn from the story that____________.
A.the driver took doctors to and from the hospitals
B.the taxi company ticked the driver to pick up a patient
C.the patients lined the hall to thank the driver
D.the driver stayed safe from COVID-19
【2】What does the underlined phrase “taken aback" in Paragraph 5 mean?
A.Worried.
B.Amazed.
C.Frightened.
D.Excited.
【3】Why has the video been shared so many times across the world?
A.It moves people of different nations.
B.It encourages more people to be a taxi driver.
C.It shows there will have been two types of people.
D.It calls for doctors and nurses to fight COVID-19.
【4】What is the author intended to tell us?
A.There is always kindness around us.
B.We should be proud of our own jobs.
C.Helping others is the biggest happiness.
D.Taxi drivers play an important part in this crisis.
25、 A few weeks ago I was showing a lovely Indian family around the Academy’s Swamp exhibit in our museum. Their young son was_______by the albino alligator(白化短吻鳄)and asked many questions about it. As the family were leaving, I asked the boy_______he would like a sticker to put on his shirt.He_______chose an alligator sticker. However,the boy's younger sister spent time_______all the sticker choices before choosing a butterfly.While waiting,the boy then said softly to his father,"I didn't see the frog sticker.I_______the frog." His father immediately_______the boy to ask me for a second sticker.The boy said,“No,I'm happy with what I have.”
I was amazed!_______wisdom,grace and gratitude,all from an eight-year-old boy.Too_______,we forget to be happy with what we have.It's a(n)_______easily made and what's worse, we often spread it in our forgetfulness.
I recently purchased a(n)________. In discussions with the salesperson, he________said,"Well, within two years, you'll probably want a new one________."It put me into serious thinking.Why would I want a new one if my old one was working?Why wouldn't I be happy with what I have?Perhaps,"want" is the________word.I won't________need a new laptop in two years but I will probably want one.
All advertising is________on the assumption that we are not happy with what we have.I need to protect myself against this spirit sickness,a________of thankfulness.What I do desperately need is the peace of mind found in moments of________and gratitude.I need to________each of my blind urges to purchase or possess as either "want" or "need". My needs are basic, predictable and manageable. My wants are constantly changing ________any order. They are disturbers of the peace of mind that can________be satisfied.
【1】A.annoyed B.disturbed C.fascinated D.greeted
【2】A.if B.why C.when D.how
【3】A.unwillingly B.hopefully C.carefully D.quickly
【4】A.looking for B.going through C.making up D.running across
【5】A.would choose B.did choose C.would have chosen D.had chosen
【6】A.persuaded B.forbade C.begged D.urged
【7】A.Another B.Such C.Some D.Much
【8】A.often B.soon C.long D.far
【9】A.deal B.mistake C.attempt D.decision
【10】A.sticker B.camera C.laptop D.apartment
【11】A.casually B.seriously C.thoughtfully D.firmly
【12】A.anywhere B.anyway C.otherwise D.yet
【13】A.simple B.poor C.good D.key
【14】A.blindly B.particularly C.necessarily D.equally
【15】A.carried B.focused C.impressed D.based
【16】A.flow B.lack C.sign D.sense
【17】A.contentment B.hope C.victory D.forgiveness
【18】A.talk B.say C.identify D.speak
【19】A.after B.on C.for D.without
【20】A.never B.just C.even D.ever
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。
Matt is ten years old and always nervous about something. When the night sneaks up on him, he lies in bed with the blanket tightly up around his chin. The shadows on the edge of the ceiling make him slide deeper under the cover. And tonight is no exception. That’s why his mother left the light on in the hallway. To frighten away strange noises.
But that’s not all that’s wrong with Matt. He is also very unhappy. In the daytime he watches everyone pass by. He notices adults carry their briefcases on their way to work. He even worries about how hard they have to work. He sees ladies holding umbrellas in case the rain comes in the afternoon. He thinks a hurricane or a terrible rainstorm might come.
Matt always thinks the worst. He even lingers behind other children on their way to school. Some play friendly tricks on each other and tease and holler in loud voices. Not Matt. He has very few friends. In fact if he has to think very hard he can’t remember more than two. They live on the other side of Truro. So he’s pretty much alone.
That day was very special for Matt. He didn’t realize that his grandfather was watching him. He saw Matt go to school and waited for him to come out for lunch. He watched Matt eat by himself on one of the benches in the schoolyard.
It was right near one of Matt’s favorite squirrels. He watched as Matt motioned the squirrel to come across the yard to sit with him. A black blur raced toward him and then jumped up on the bench to take the peanut treat. Grandfather saw this and was glad.
Over the next few days, Grandfather was able to observe the kindness, which Matt had not only for animals but for people as well. When Sally fell off her bike and cut herself, Matt stayed with her until she was fixed up by her mother.
Most of the neighborhood children took part in a Saturday baseball game with their parents. Matt was watching a few children play ball at Victoria Park.
注意:1.续写词数应为150左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Matt never played because he thought he was not good enough.
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Grandfather knew this and wanted to help Matt.
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