1、—How come Tom picked a quarrel with his wife?
—______? We also have the occasional argument.
A.What’s on
B.Guess what
C.For what
D.Who doesn’t
2、The manager _______ his workers how to improve the program since 9 am.
A. has told
B. is telling
C. has been telling
D. will have told
3、________difficult, deliveries of food, such as rice, vegetables and meat, must be guaranteed since “the lifeline cannot break.”
A.Whatever
B.Whether
C.As
D.However
4、Reduce it ______ half each month and before you know it, you will not be thinking of it anymore.
A. to B. by
C. in D. for
5、 The family were holidaying in the country _______ the rain poured down.
A. when B. as
C. while D. since
6、At this time next year, I hope, I ______ my bicycle on the way to Beijing with you!
A.will ride
B.have been riding
C.am riding
D.will be riding
7、We drove to the Fujun Mountain in Ji County on May Day, on the top of which ______.
A.does the Diamond Tower stand B.stands the Diamond Tower
C.is the Diamond Tower standing D.is the Diamond Tower stood
8、 Those who are not _______ with the progress they have made will work harder.
A. proud B. afraid C. popular D. content
9、The musician along with his band members ________ ten performances in the last three months.
A.gives
B.has given
C.have given
D.give
10、As we know ,moon cakes __________ a symbol of the Mid-Autumn festival, and they____ as gifts rather than a kind of food.
A. are becoming ... use B. have become ... are used
C. will become ... used to be D. became ... used as
11、The lawyer listened with full attention, ______ to miss any point.
A. not trying B. trying not
C. to try not D. not to try
12、She wants to ___ her job and go to study in Australia.
A. grow up B. give up C. pick up
13、I feel sure that ________ qualification, ability and experience, you are perfectly suited to the position we have in mind.
A.on account of
B.in spite of
C.in terms of
D.by means of
14、I’ve come from the government with a message ________ the meeting won’t be held tomorrow.
A.if B.that C.whether D.which
15、One finds it hard to fit in with a new culture _______ he has been accustomed to his own culture.
A.the moment
B.which
C.lest
D.as
16、Jenny her father about her failure in the exam.
A. dares not tell B. dare not to tell
C. dare telling D. dare not tell
17、His firm character accounted _______for his success.
A. in general B. in place C. in particular D. in part
18、To avoid _________, the team wore different-coloured uniforms.
A. confusing B. being confusing
C. confused D. being confused
19、---Why was it ______ you were so angry?
---Because we failed to take part in the basketball match.
A. which B. that C. how D. when
20、——Why are you so upset, Doctor White?
——The project didn’t as we had expected. It was such a waste of time!
A.settle down
B.work out
C.come about
D.turn up
21、 Mexico takes the third place in the most - attended carnival celebrations behind Rio de Janerio in Brazil and New Orleans in the US. While carnival is celebrated in Mexico in all major cities, the celebration in Mazatlan is the most expected.
Every year, over 300,000 people attend the carnival celebration in Mazatlan in Mexico. It is a popular destination for carnival festivities along with other Mexico's famous port cities like Veracurz, Ensenada, and La Paz. If you're planning to visit Mexico to observe this famous celebration, it is advisable to book months before the actual date as boarding and lodging(食宿费)rise sharply during the holidays.
People from all walks of life actually participate in this yearly festive celebration. It has become a part of people's way of life both for Catholics (天主教徒)or non- Catholics. People in the US celebrating this tradition and some parts of South America throw confetti eggs(五彩蛋)to one another as part of the tradition's practice. This is believed to bring good luck to the person who' s hit by it.
Besides the above activities, masquerade (化妆)balls and rides that charge entrance fees are available. In the evening, a grand firework display awaits audience and participants.
During the last day of the celebration, South American countries such as Mexico conduct cultural awards including poetry contest and so on. The Clemencia Isaura Poetry recognizes and awards the person with the best unpublished work in Mexico.
If you are a partygoer and looking for the best event to be at... then this is the best party celebration you should participate in. South American countries are the best place to be at for this type of celebration including New Orleans in the US.
【1】_______is the first place in the most - attended carnival celebrations.
A.Mexico. B.Rio de Janerio.
C.New Orleans. D.Sao Paulo.
【2】If you plan to see the carnival celebration in Mazatlan, you'd better _______ .
A.reach there by plane.
B.bring more money with yourself.
C.book accommodations in advance.
D.visit Mexico's famous port cities.
【3】In Paragraph 3, the underlined part " people from all walks of life" means people_______.
A.walking in different ways.
B.having different interests in life.
C.coming from different parts of the city.
D.working in different occupations.
【4】What happens last during the carnival celebrations?
A.Throwing confetti eggs. B.Poetry contests.
C.Masquerade balls. D.A grand firework display.
22、The challenge of storing energy year-round has been one of the biggest obstacles to the widespread adoption of green power. However, Polar Night Energy has developed the world’s first fully functional commercial sand battery, which could offer a low-cost, eco-friendly solution to the storage problem. It is the first commercial sand battery in the world, and it was built in Kankaanpaa, Finland in 2022.
Dr. Natalia Schiff, expert of Polar Night Energy, says that sand battery works by heating sand up to high temperatures (at around 500℃) using renewable energy, such as solar or wind power. The hot sand can then be stored for months or even years, and then discharged to provide heat or electricity when needed.
The Polar Night sand battery has a capacity of8 megawatt hours (MWh) of thermal (热量的) energy, and it can discharge about 200 kilowatts (kW)of power. This means that it can provide heat for about 4,000 homes for a day, or it can generate enough electricity to power about 100 homes for a day.
Sand battery is relatively inexpensive to build, and it is compatible (兼容的) with a wide range of renewable energy sources. It also can be built in larger sizes to store more energy, which is a promising new technology for storing renewable energy.
Sand batteries could be a valuable tool to combat climate change. They could help to make renewable energy more reliable and available, which would reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. They could also be used to provide heat in areas that are not connected to the electricity.
As the world transitions to a clean energy future, sand batteries could play an important role in helping to balance the energy and ensuring that we have a reliable source of energy when we need it.
【1】What is the characteristic of sand battery?
A.Costly and demanding.
B.Cheap and clean.
C.Costly and imaginary.
D.Cheap but polluting.
【2】What does Dr. Natalia Schiff tell us?
A.Working model of sand battery.
B.Statistical method of the research.
C.Theoretical basis of making batteries.
D.Historical analysis of renewable energy.
【3】What does the underlined word “combat” in paragraph 5 mean?
A.Comfort.
B.Commit.
C.Fight for.
D.Fight against.
【4】What is the author’s attitude toward sand battery?
A.Unclear.
B.Dismissive.
C.Doubtful.
D.Favorable.
23、Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.
Make traditional treasures come alive
The Palace Museum Director Shan Jixiang delivered a cultural heritage speech on Feb 27 in Beijing, which was co-organized by the Beijing Diplomatic Service Bureau and Beijing Housing Service Corporation for Diplomatic Missions. 【1】
On the theme The World of the Palace Museum and the Palace Museum of the World, the 64-year-old director shared his ideas about how to make traditional treasures come alive again. During the speech, which lasted two and a half hours, Shan touched on topics including upgrading museum infrastructure(基础设施), restoring cultural sites, digitalizing online museums, setting up restoration hospitals, providing better visitor experiences and promoting the Palace Museum’s cultural items.
“The abundant collection of cultural objects at the Palace Museum is the inspiration for the creative souvenirs and cultural items available,” Shan said. “【2】” Throughout 2017, the total sales of Palace Museum’s cultural items have been more than 1 billion yuan ($158million). Explaining the huge success of Palace Museum’s cultural souvenirs, Shan said: “The museum opened a shop on the e-commerce website Taobao in 2008, but sales remained neither high nor low for years, as more than 80 percent of the souvenirs sold in stores in the past were not related to our museum.” “Therefore, I wanted to change the situation. Now, souvenirs from the Palace Museum cover almost every aspect of life. After all, what matters to a museum is not how many visitors they have, but how close they are to people’s daily lives.”
【3】 Around 200 “doctors” are employed to analyze, examine, detect flaws or damage in ancient objects and restore them using more than 100 pieces of specialized equipment, including 3-D printers and scanners. The restoration hospital covers 13,000 square meters and boasts the nation’s most advanced restoration workshops.
John Aquilina, Malta’s ambassador to China said that Shan’s speech showed a totally different Palace Museum to foreign people. “China enjoys a long and profound culture and many of the national treasures have been preserved at the Palace Museum. It is no easy task to preserve them well. 【4】”
A. I truly express my respect for Shan and his team for their contributions.
B. With regard to cultural heritage restoration, Shan said the museum opened a restoration hospital at the end of 2016.
C. A total of 600 people from all walks of life, including over 100 foreign guests, participated in the activity.
D. I will learn more about Chinese culture from the magnificent ancient objects.
E. Our design teams often study consumer demands and create cultural items that are nice to look at and practical to use.
F. Traditional craftsmanship is combined with modern methods, and the lives of ancient cultural objects will be lengthened by the so-called doctors.
24、 A small robot may help children who are recovering from a long-term illness in the hospital or at home. These children may feel isolated(分离的) from their friends and classmates. However, there is a piece of good news for them. 【1】 —Through the robot, the children can hear their teachers and friends.
Anyone who has had a long-term illness knows that recovering at home can be lonely. This can be especially true of children. They may feel left out. 【2】 This isn't good for their recovery. They need friends. But their friends can't come to play with them because they have to attend school. Now the robot can be their friend. The robot is called AVl. AVl goes to school for a child who is unable to leave home while recovering from a long-term illness. 【3】 They carry the robot between classes and put the robot on the child' s desk.
【4】 The founders of No Isolation are Karen Dolva and Marius Aabel. Dolva explains how the robot AVl works. She says from home the child uses a phone to start the robot. Then they use the phone to control the robot' s movements. At school, the robot becomes the eyes, ears and voice of the child.
The best part is that students can take part in classroom activities from wherever they are recovering -- whether at home or on the hospital bed. The robot is equipped with speakers, microphones and cameras, which makes communicating easier. It means they can communicate with their teachers and classmates easily. 【5】
A.So they won't feel left out at all.
B.They just want to recover quickly.
C.As a result, they can get really sad.
D.The robot can take their place at school.
E.And the child's school friends must help.
F.So who invented the good "friend" for children?
G.A Norwegian company called No Isolation created the robot.
25、I’m standing in a class of wild 14-year-old girls as they throw paper and howl with laughter. They won’t listen to me. I never wanted to ________. I wanted to be a writer. But when I arrived in London, they were ________ of teachers.
My efforts at teaching were ________. When the bell finally rang, I ________ to the staff room, red with anger. The other teachers weren’t ________. “That’s 4B, the worst class in school.”
But I couldn’t give up. I ________ formal lessons. Instead, I brought topics for class discussion. One of the liveliest talks was about the arguments they had with their ________
They paid attention and were ________ to share about their family lives. Then I had them write about themselves. As time went on, their essays became a ________ between us. I ________their humor, toughness and eagerness, and I think they appreciated my interest in their lives.
The musical My Fair Lady was playing in the West End and I asked if they’d like to see the musical. They thought I was joking and did not take it ________ since no teacher had ever suggested taking them out. A few weeks later, 4B and I were ________ in theater. They loved the musical and the characters.
Near the end of the term, two most rebellious (叛逆的) girls with flowers were knocking on my door. I was ________ to know I had touched their hearts and made a difference to their lives, but they had also touched mine. I enjoyed teaching and getting along with ________
When I returned to Australia several years later, I still ________ to be a writer. Teaching wasn’t the end of my writing career; it was the beginning.
【1】
A.guide
B.perform
C.teach
D.explore
【2】
A.suitable
B.short
C.afraid
D.fond
【3】
A.special
B.successful
C.powerful
D.hopeless
【4】
A.rushed
B.wandered
C.slid
D.marched
【5】
A.impressed
B.surprised
C.annoyed
D.delighted
【6】
A.recommended
B.advanced
C.registered
D.quitted
【7】
A.classmates
B.parents
C.friends
D.teachers
【8】
A.worried
B.unwilling
C.fluent
D.eager
【9】
A.secret
B.challenge
C.bridge
D.adventure
【10】
A.pretended
B.admired
C.arranged
D.contacted
【11】
A.seriously
B.gracefully
C.extremely
D.obviously
【12】
A.working
B.playing
C.acting
D.sitting
【13】
A.anxious
B.curious
C.proud
D.confused
【14】
A.actors
B.teenagers
C.teachers
D.writer
【15】
A.stressed
B.intended
C.doubted
D.exchanged
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。
My knees started shaking, yet my body froze; it felt as though my soul departed (离开) my body and I had no control over it. Anxiously, I looked through the name list posted on the wall of the locker room; my heart was beating harder and harder as I slowly saw all my friends’ names on that list but could not find mine. John, Bryce, Ro, I thought, everybody is on here except me. At that moment, I froze; I just could not accept that all my friends were on the basketball team but I was not.
I was so convinced there was a mistake that I went and found the coach. “Hey coach, are you sure that the name list you posted is correct?” I asked anxiously.
“Yes. Sorry if you did not make it this year. There is always next year,” the coach replied without the slightest bit of regret.
I could feel the hot, bitter tears building in my eyes, and I ran out of the room as fast as I could. As soon as I walked out, I saw my friends crowding into the locker room to look at the team list. I heard them shouting and laughing as I slowly walked away, every one of them jumping around with excitement after seeing that they made the team.
I felt dead inside,like nothing mattered. I trudged (步履艰难) through the rest of school; walking was such a burden that it felt as if I had a 100-pound weight tied to my backpack. My mind was also blank for the rest of the school day; everything my teachers said went in one ear and out the other.
After school, as I walked to the parking lot to get picked up, I saw all my friends gathered near the back of the lot,celebrating and joking around. I detoured (绕道) around the side of the school to avoid them, trying not to think about being one of the only people in our friend group to not make the team.
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。
I saw my father’s red car pull up near the school lot.
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After almost a year of training, I tried out for my seventh-grade team.
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