1、People prefer to shop in supermarkets, where you have _____ goods to choose from.
A．a range of
B．a kind of
C．a variety of
D．a plenty of
2、In the Amazing Race, contestants even have to complete ________ tasks like drinking blood.
A．hilarious
B．fantastic
C．fascinating
D．disgusting
3、________ they need is a fast Internet connection ________ can be trusted.
A．What; that
B．All what; that
C．All that; what
D．That; what
4、Tony gave Claire a new and changed the makeup she wore.
A. housewife B. haircut C. handle D. helmet
5、He refused to acknowledge ________ in the match, but in vain.
A. to defeat B. to be defeated
C. defeating D. being defeated
6、Was it the boy's passion for playing the piano in his childhood ________ led him to be a music college student?
A．which
B．that
C．what
D．when
7、She wants to ________ her job and go to study in Australia.
A. grow up B. give up C. pick up
8、—Dr. Jackson is not in his office at the moment.
—All right. I___________ him later.
A．will call
B．have called
C．call
D．will be calling
9、Economists have long focused on the concept of education as an investment that, on average ______ well over the long term, for both individual students and society as a whole
A.gets around B.makes up C.holds on D.pays off
10、 Experiments _______ that children can be instructed in swimming at a very early age, as early as about two months.
A.are proving B.will be proved C.are proved D.have proved
11、I f you cheat in the exam, you will never______it.
A. get away from B. get the hang of
C.get away with D.get over
12、Years of teaching experience as a volunteer has made him that for students’ development timely encouragement along with careful instructions .
A. convinced; count B. convincing; counts
C. convinced; counts D. convincing; count
13、He's the best player in our school, so he is ________ to win the match.
A.possibly B.possible C.likely D.probably
14、—Our flight is boarding now. We’ll have to part.
—Don’t feel sad. ______.
A. All that glitters is not gold
B. All roads lead to Rome
C. All good things come to an end
D. A still tongue makes a wise head
15、A good many things in the world cannot be considered and valued _______money.
A. in terms of B. in short of
C. in charge of D. in case of
16、Rugosa rose, a source of perfume, is a species of roses ________ to eastern Asia.
A．close
B．ancestor
C．home
D．native
17、Is this the reason _______she explained in the report for her success in the job?
A. what B. that
C. how D. why
18、---Do you have enough to ________ all your daily expenses?
----Oh yes, enough and to spare.
A．cover
B．spend
C．cost
D．pay
19、The only approach ________ is not simply to seal the city.
A．to solve
B．of solving
C．to solving
D．for solving
20、We had a lot of fun ________ his sixteenth birthday at his home last Friday.
A．to celebrate
B．celebrating
C．celebrated
D．celebrate
21、 Picture this: You’re playing soccer with friends. As you kick the ball, you realize the bottom of your foot feels cold and wet. You turn your sneaker up to look at the sole (鞋底). A big crack(裂缝) is letting water from the ground in. When you get home, you throw your ruined sneakers away.
Now imagine another ending to the story. You don’t throw the sneakers away. Instead, you push the two sides of the cracked sole together so they’re touching. You leave the sneaker in a warm spot. A few hours later, the crack disappears.
Thanks to Qiming Wang, a professor at the University of Southern California, a self-healing (自我修复的) sneaker sole could soon become reality. Wang and his team have invented 3D printable rubber that could fix itself. When it’s exposed to heat, it causes a chemical reaction that bonds its atoms back together. The material could be used to3D print not only sneaker soles, but also toys, bike tires, even satellites.
To 3D print a self-healing object, the first step is to make a model of it on the computer. The model is “divided” into 100 smaller pictures. This first picture is projected onto a thin laver (层) of the rubber, which starts as a liquid. The rubber takes on the shape of the picture, and the light from the projection turns it from liquid to solid. The next picture is projected on another layer of liquid rubber on top of the first one. The final, complete shape is built up layer by layer like this.
Many footwear companies want to buy this technology. First, though, Wang and his team have to try to make the material in different levels of hardness. Wang thinks it will take two or three years for their material to show up in shoes we buy in stores.
One exciting thing about the special rubber is the amount of waste it can reduce, Plus, it can self-heal “more than 10 times”. When it can’t heal anymore, it can be recycled.
【1】How does the author introduce the topic?
A.By asking questions for readers to think about.
B.By presenting a possible situation in our life.
C.By telling an interesting story about himself.
D.By comparing different research findings.
【2】What is the key to the self-healing process?
A.Proper temperature.
B.Strong light.
C.Enough water.
D.Fresh air.
【3】What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?
A.The process of 3D printing a self-healing object.
B.The steps to make the self-healing rubber.
C.The material of self-healing objects.
D.The advantages of 3D printing.
【4】What do we know about the special rubber?
A.It has a high price.
B.It is environment-friendly.
C.It has a very short usage period.
D.It is being tried by footwear companies.
22、A music column by New Music Friday is from https: //www.npr.org, sharing the best albums released every Friday. Readers can enjoy and download the album’s title track online. The column is well enjoyed by the music explorers. Here are some recent hits.
The best releases out Sept. 30
By Stephen Thompson, Keanna Faircloth, Bob Boilen, Tarik Moody
It’s been five years since Björk last released an album, but now the Icelandic icon (偶像) is back with a deeply inventive set called Fossora. Every sound on the record feels as if it’s springing into the mix from a different direction, as her energetic voice shares space with everything from bass clarinets (低音单簧管) to the voices of Björk’s own creation. Fossora was inspired, at least in part, by the death of the singer’s mother, but joy also exists.
The best releases out Sept. 16
By Cyrena Touros, Christina Lee, Tarik Moody, Stephen Thompson
The superstar K-pop girl group BLACKPINK is one of the biggest pop juggernauts in the world, with billions of streams and massive world tours to its name. Born Pink, its second full-length album, promises to further promote BLACKPINK’s domination of the U.S. charts.
The best releases out Sept. 9
By Christina Lee, Ann Powers, Stephen Thompson, Cyrena Touros
Ari Lennox experienced a huge breakthrough with 2019’s much-loved Shea Butter Baby, but her new album age/sex/location promises to be even bigger. She’s been trying many her singles for many months now, and even dropped a five-song EP last Friday, but the album is finally here. It somehow sounds modern even if it recreates the most unforgettable R&B sounds of the’90s and early’00s.
【1】Why is Björk’s mother mentioned?
A．She gave Björk an energetic voice.
B．She helped Björk to record the new album.
C．Her death gave Björk some inventive ideas.
D．Her leaving delayed the release of Fossora.
【2】What do we know about Ari Lennox’s new album?
A．It is made up of five songs.
B．It is adapted from Shea Butter Baby.
C．It is intended for single music-lovers.
D．It is trying to make another breakthrough.
【3】Who has worked on all the three new albums?
A．Stephen Thompson.
B．Tarik Moody.
C．Christina Lee.
D．Ann Powers.
23、It has been almost six and a half years since the American music group Pearl Jam published its tenth album. That changed Friday when the band dropped its eleventh collection, Gigaton. Critics (批评家) have noted that this new album includes hard rock. Entertainments Weekly called the music “a gathering storm of guitars”. In other words, there is some loud and wild music on Gigaton. But most reviewers agree that Pearl Jam continues to experiment with less traditional rock and roll sound on the album.
But back to the name of the album — Gigaton can also mean the weight mass equal to 1 billion tons. The word is most often used these days in stories related to climate science and environmental damage. In fact, former U. S. President Obama famously defined the word during a speech about climate change in Alaska and the Arctic. When discussing the huge yearly loss of ice from Alaska’s glaciers, he compared the amount to the size of the national Mall in Washington, as if it were a solid (固体的) block that stood almost 700 meters tall.
And climate change issues are at the heart of Pearl Jam’s Gigaton. The album picture shows icefalls in Svalbard, Norway. Svalbard is one of the northernmost places where humans live in the world. Some climate scientists say it is warming faster than any other place. Pearl Jam has spent most of its 30-year existence on environmental causes. The band and its members have won honors for raising money, climate change educational efforts and more. They also put money into environmental health projects to reduce the group’s carbon footprint.
Pearl Jam was officially introduced into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017. The lead singer Vedder’s opening comments were about the environment. “So, climate change is real,” he said. “And we...cannot...cannot be the generation that history will look back upon and wonder why they didn’t do anything possible to solve the biggest danger in our time.”
【1】What can we know about the new album Gigaton?
A．It includes more loud music.
B．It receives fans’ high praise.
C．It is Pearl Jam’s tenth album.
D．It has new musical elements (要素).
【2】Why are Obama’s words mentioned?
A．To give a definition of Gigaton.
B．To call on people to focus on glaciers.
C．To show the influence of climate change.
D．To explain the character of Alaska’s glaciers.
【3】What do the members of Pearl Jam always try to do?
A．Fund healthcare projects.
B．Build houses in Svalbard.
C．Fight against climate change.
D．Team climate scientists up.
【4】What can be the best title of the text?
A．Pearl Jam’s New Album Makes a Hit
B．Gigaton: a Gathering Storm of Guitars
C．Pearl Jam: an Famous Band in the World
D．A New Album Rocks Hard on Climate Change
24、It is said that there’s no such things as a free lunch, but even if you manage to bag a bargain meal, it will not taste as good as a more expensive choice, according to scientists.
A new study has found that restaurant goers who pay more for the food is tastier than offered for a smaller price. The experts think that people tend to associate cost with quality and this changes their perception（感知）of how food tastes.
Scientists at Cornell University studied the eating habits of 139 people who enjoy an Italian buffet in a restaurant. The price of the food was set by the researchers at either $4 or $8 for the all–you–can–eat meal. Customers were asked to rate how good the food tasted, the quality of the restaurant and to leave their names.
The experiment showed that the people who paid $8 enjoyed their meal 11% more than those who ate the “cheaper” buffet. Interestingly those that paid for the $4 buffet said they felt guiltier about loading up their plates and felt that they overate. However, the scientists said that both groups ate around the same quantity of food in total.
Brian Wansink, a professor of consumer behavior at the university, said: “we were fascinated to find that pricing has little effect on how much one eats, but a huge effect on how you interpret the experience.” He thinks that people enjoyed their food more as they associated cost with quality and that small changes to a restaurant can change how tasty people find their meals.
In a previous study, researchers from the university showed that people who eat in bright lighting consume more than eat in less brightly lit areas.
【1】We can learn from the passage that _______ .
A. there were 139 subjects involved in the new study
B. a free lunch might be as delicious as you expected
C. the high pricing will change the exact taste of the food
D. in the experiment, the price of the food ranged from $4 to $10
【2】Which of the factors has an effect on the quantity of food a person consumes?
A. The taste of the food. B. The price of the food.
C. The number of companions. D. The lighting of the restaurant.
【3】Who will benefit from the new study?
A. The person who runs a restaurant. B. The person who often eats outside.
C. The person who works on decoration. D. The person who studies in university.
【4】The passage is tended to ______ .
A. promote marketing methods B. inform readers of a new study
C. teach consumers how to eat better D. find the association between cost and quality
25、 I was running a few affairs in my car the other day. After a heavy rain, the sun was _________, the radio was playing, and I was singing along. The song was a _________ one and even my weak voice sounded good singing it. Then it happened, _________. The sweet sound of the music _________ and was replaced with the terrible _________ break.
I drove on while the announcer _________ talking. Gas prices were going _________again because of the competitive speculation (投机买卖) on Wall Street. The _________ for the Presidency was getting more and more _________ . Violent events had broken out when fans of a sports team had gone wild, __________ their team's championship. Finally, I could take no more and __________ the radio. In such a world. __________ seemed preferable to listening to anything else about the crazy, competitive-society we live in.
I slowed down as I entered a local town and watched the people as I drove by. A tall strong man was helping an elderly __________ out of a car and helping her __________ her walker so she could go into a local store by herself. A smiling woman was throwing birdseed __________into her backyard .A young man was walking along, carrying his two years old daughter safely in his arms. They __________ talked and laughed. I __________ too as I looked at all of this kindness. It felt like a glimpse of Heaven. The radio may have been off in my car, but in my heart I was still __________ .
In truth, this world could use a little more __________ and a lot less competition. Kindness makes us all __________ in this life. Kindness reminds us that we are all God's Children. Kindness shows us that we don't have to beat others in this world.
A．in
B．on
C．out
D．off
A．sad
B．dull
C．voiceless
D．joyous
A．still
B．but
C．however
D．therefore
A．began
B．ended
C．lasted
D．disturbed
A．news
B．advertisement
C．show
D．announcement
A．forbade
B．stopped
C．began
D．kept
A．higher
B．lower
C．dearer
D．cheaper
A．contest
B．match
C．battle
D．race
A．thrilling
B．amusing
C．unpleasant
D．violent
A．celebrating
B．winning
C．desiring
D．seeking
A．put down
B．turned on
C．dealt with
D．switched off
A．music
B．silence
C．news
D．nature
A．patient
B．man
C．fan
D．lady
A．position
B．station
C．carry
D．walk
A．emergently
B．seriously
C．carelessly
D．heavily
A．all
B．both
C．each
D．either
A．talked
B．laughed
C．sang
D．thought
A．beating
B．laughing
C．singing
D．homing
A．kindness
B．honesty
C．truth
D．feelings
A．competitors
B．helpers
C．winners
D．losers
26、假设你是李华，得知为成功举办2020年北京世界体育大会，市政府决定招募学生志愿者若干名，负责接待来访的外国运动员。请给负责此事的Mr. Black写封信，申请做名志愿者， 内容包括：
1.写信目的；
2.自我简介；
3.你的优势。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头语和结尾语已为你写出。
参考词汇：世界体育大会Sport Accord
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