1、I am feeling so hungry because I ________ lunch at noon.
A．don’t have
B．didn’t have
C．am not having
D．won’t have
2、We should carry on with the belief that our efforts will ______ in time.
A．pay off
B．take off
C．tell off
D．get off
3、In spring, the scene on the top of the hill is so appealing that it is ________ my words.
A. above B. over
C. beyond D. off
4、I have read the letter twice, but I can’t make _____ of it.
A.sure B.sense C.notice D.use
5、. He dressed himself quickly and ___________ his schoolbag, went to school.
A.carried B.to carry C.carrying D.Carries
6、We are interested in the weather because it _____ us so directly --- what we wear, what we do, and even how we feel.
A.confuses B.guides C.affects D.effects
7、Some experts think, ________ genes, intelligence also depends on an adequate diet, a good education and a nice home environment.
A．instead of
B．except for
C．apart from
D．far from
8、The British teachers didn't know what Thanksgiving Day was held ________.
A. in honour of B. in favour of
C. in place of D. in celebration of
9、It was within the reality of ordinary things ______ he saw beauty and potential.
A．what
B．why
C．that
D．where
10、This company sells cars in different price_____.
A. limits B. ranges C. forms D. varieties
11、When I came back to my village I found that everything _________ a new look.
A.account for B.took on
C.make up D.turn out
12、Bob has been working hard in an attempt to have his pay ______ as soon as possible.
A. arisen B. raised C. risen D. lifted
13、________, I believe, and you can see he wasn’t lying.
A.Casting a glance at the boy B.One glance at the boy
C.Glance cast at the boy D.If you cast a glance at the boy
14、To be honest, this book is worthy of ________.
A．being read
B．be read
C．reading
D．be reading
15、Steve lives in______European country, and he teaches in_______ university there.
A.an; a B.an; the C.a; a D.a; an
16、——The weather is too cold ____ March this year.
——It was still ____ when I came here years ago.
A.for; colder B.in; cold C.in; hot D.for; hotter
17、________ is not easy for the students to remember the words in a short time.
A．That
B．This
C．It
D．What
18、Your senses become alert and you suddenly find the answer to a problem ________ solution has long escaped you as a brilliant thought crosses your mind.
A. which B. that C. whose D. when
19、—How do you find the health club?
—I ________ it. Everyone is saying its management is going from bad to worse.
A. ought to join B. should have joined
C. would like to have joined D. would rather not have joined
20、Wth the population of those ever 60 ________ to double to one-third by 2050, the strategy of some Internet company for attracting the elderly is wise.
A.expect B.expected C.expecting D.being expected
21、 Open data-sharers are still in the minority in many fields. Although many researchers broadly agree that public access to raw data would accelerate science, because other scientists might be able to make advances not foreseen by the data's producers, most are reluctant to post the results of their own labours online (see Nature 461, 160-163; 2009). When Wolkovich, for instance, went hunting for the data from the 50 studies in her meta-analysis, only 8 data sets were available online, and many of the researchers whom she e-mailed refused to share their work. Forced to extract data from tables or figures in publications, Wolkovich's team could conduct only limited analyses
Some communities have agreed to share online - geneticists, for example, post DNA sequences at the GenBank repository, and astronomers are accustomed to accessing images of galaxies and stars from, say, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, a telescope that has observed some 500 million objects - but these remain the exception, not the rule. Historically, scientists have objected to sharing for many reasons: it is a lot of work; until recently, good databases did not exist; grant funders were not pushing for sharing; it has been difficult to agree on standards for formatting data and the contextual information called metadata; and there is no agreed way to assign credit for data.
But the barriers are disappearing in part because journals and funding agencies worldwide are encouraging scientists to make their data public. Last year, the Royal Society in London said in its report Science as an Open Enterprise that scientists need to shift away from a research culture where data is viewed as private preserve. Funding agencies note that data paid for with public money should be public information, and the scientific community is recognizing that data can now be shared digitally in ways that were not possible before. To match the growing demand, services are springing up to make it easier to publish research products online and enable other researchers to discover and cite them.
Although exhortations to share data often concentrate on the moral advantages of sharing, the practice is not purely altruistic. Researchers who share get plenty of personal benefits, including more connections with colleagues, improved visibility and increased citations. The most successful sharers - those whose data are downloaded and cited the most often - get noticed, and their work gets used. For example, one of the most popular data sets on multidisciplinary repository Dryad is about wood density around the world; it has been downloaded 5,700 times. Co-author Amy Zanne, a biologist at George Washington University in Washington DC, thinks that users probably range from climate-change researchers wanting to estimate how much carbon is stored in biomass, to foresters looking for information on different grades of' timber. "I would much prefer to have my data used by the maximum number of people to ask their own questions," she says "It's important to allow readers and reviewers to see exactly how you arrive at your results. Publishing data and code allows your science to be reproducible ".
【1】What do many researchers generally accept?
A.It is imperative to protest scientist' patents
B.Repositories are essential to scientific research
C.Open data sharing is most important to medical science
D.Open data sharing is conducive to scientific advancement
【2】What is the attitude of most researchers towards making their own data public?
A.Opposed
B.Ambiguous
C.Liberal
D.Neutral
【3】According to the passage, what might hinder open data sharing？
A.The fear of massive copying
B.The lack of a research culture
C.The belief that research is private intellectual property
D.The concern that certain agencies may make a profit out of it
【4】Dryad serves as an example to show how open data sharing ___
A.is becoming increasingly popular
B.benefits sharers and users alike
C.makes researchers successful
D.saves both money and labor
22、 The shadow play is a typical traditional entertainment that has survived and thrived over the centuries. It is taken as an earliest ancestor of modern cinema.
Legend has it that more than 2,000 years ago, Emperor Wu of Han was very depressed about the death of his favorite concubine (妃子). To help him get over his sadness, a minister made a puppet out of cotton and silk in the likeness of the concubine and projected its shadow on a curtain for the emperor to see. The show brought the emperor some comfort. He somehow believed the shadow was his lover's spirit. This is thought to be the beginning of the shadow play.
One mouth tells stories of thousands of years; a pair of hands operate millions of soldiers. This is how the shadow puppeteer works. Nicknamed “the business of the five”， a shadow play group is made up of five people. One operates the puppets, one plays a suona and a yueqin, one plays the banhu, one is in charge of percussion (打击乐器) instruments, and one sings.
During performances, “actors” are held close to a white curtain with their colored shadows cast on it by a strong light from behind. The operator plays five puppets at the same time, each of which has three threads. Ten fingers handle fifteen threads. Moved by guiding sticks, the puppets play roles with musical accompaniment. The popularity of the shadow play in some way lies in the equipment being light and easy to carry, the small number of people needed for a performance, and the flexible requirements for performance places. The plays can be quite dramatic and, when it comes to myths or kung fu stories, the “actors” may be made to ride on clouds or perform unusual feats, to the great enjoyment of the audience, especially children.
The design of the figures follows traditional moral evaluation. The audience can tell a figure's character by seeing his mask. Like the masks in Beijing opera, a red mask represents loyalty and bravery, a black mask, integrity (正直) and selflessness, and a white one, wickedness and betrayal.
Nowadays, the shadow play has been industrialized and developed a series of tourist products for the promotion of Chinese culture and tourism.
【1】What is the second paragraph mainly about?
A.A love story of Emperor Wu of Han.
B.How to please an emperor.
C.The origin of the shadow play.
D.How to make a cotton puppet.
【2】According to the author, the audience may take great pleasure ________.
A.when roles are played without music
B.because the equipment is light to carry
C.when the puppets give lively performances
D.because the number of the operators is small
【3】What is the best title for the text?
A.The Rapid Development of Beijing Opera
B.Shadow Puppetry: A Traditional Art
C.The Business of the Five: A Shadow Play Group
D.Traditional Characters and Masks in Beijing Opera
【4】What is the author's attitude towards the future of the shadow play?
A.Negative. B.Doubtful.
C.Positive. D.Unconcerned.
23、Hristo Hristov has been working with wildlife in Bulgaria’s remote Rhodope Mountains for over 30 years. He first came here as a bright-eyed student in the early 1990s, eager to increase the number of griffon vulture (欧亚尤雪). At the time, there were fewer than 20 birds left. Fast forward to November 2020, there were more griffon vultures. At the last count, a record 245 now live in the Rhodope Mountains.
As a rewilding officer, Hristo is responsible for the welfare of the animals in his area, which means constant observation, and lengthy periods out in the wild conducting research. “This process is sometimes long — you have to live together with the animals,” he explains. “Forget everything; you live in nature. It doesn’t matter if they’re horses, wild cattle or European bison (野牛).”
This small corner of south-eastern Europe is one of the continent’s most ecologically diverse areas. Large animals, such as wolves, brown bears, deer, and wild horses, coexist here. It’s also a peaceful place for birdlife, with 300 species recorded. The ultimate goal is to create a habitat where multiple different species depend on one another.
Hristo’s current challenge is to continue the reintroduction of European bison to the wild. Since 2013, Hristo has worked with Rewilding Europe, a not-for-profit organisation which operates across Europe, to bring bison back to the Rhodope Mountains. In 2019, several bison were released into the wild, and three baby bison have already been born, two of those coming in 2020. At the end of last year, another two females were donated to the project from zoos in Hungary and Slovakia. When the new animals are eventually released into the wild, they will number 13.
【1】What can be learned about griffon vultures?
A．They are now in danger of dying out.
B．They may live as long as over 30 years.
C．They can be seen in the Rhodope Mountains.
D．They were first discovered in the early 1990s.
【2】Which of the following can best describe Hristo?
A．Proud but caring.
B．Silent but generous.
C．Honest and creative.
D．Devoted and patient.
【3】What does the author intend to do in paragraph 3?
A．Develop the theme with examples.
B．Add some background information.
C．Summarize the previous paragraphs.
D．Introduce a new topic for discussion.
【4】What can we expect of European bison’s population in the future?
A．It will be hard to assess.
B．It will start to explode.
C．It will show promise.
D．It will be something to worry about.
24、Dancer Martha Graham trained her body to move in different ways and in different contexts. “Life today is nervous, sharp, and zigzag,” she said. “It often stops in midair. That is what I aim for in my dances.” She insists she never started out to be a rebel. It was only that the emotions she had to express could not be projected through any of the traditional forms.
This was in 1925. All forms of art were undergoing a revolution. The theories of psychology were being used to extend the boundaries of poetry, music, and painting.
Martha Graham’s first dance concert occurred on April 18, 1926. Experts of dance gathered at the Forty-eighth Street Theater in New York and witnessed Martha Graham’s first attempt of this new direction of dance. They saw through such dances as “Three Gobi Maidens” and “A Study in Lacquer” desires and conflicts expressed through bodily movements. These critics agreed that something entirely new, a departure from all previous forms, had been witnessed.
In the early thirties, she founded the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance. Her classes were used as a laboratory for her stage works, and her stage works in turn were a means for attaching new pupils to her school - a sort of self-winding process, with herself as the key to the development.
Martha Graham and the school she has founded represent the modern dance. She had not only produced a technique of the dance and taught it, but her students have gone out to fill the modern dance world.
【1】What is the passage mainly about?
A．A dancer’s view of life.
B．The revolution of art forms in the 1920's.
C．Martha Graham’s development of modern dance.
D．The Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance.
【2】It can be inferred from the passage that Graham’s style of dance differed from traditional dance in the ________.
A．type of movements
B．speed of the performance
C．variety of themes
D．age of the performance
【3】The author uses the phrase “a sort of self-winding process” (in paragraph 4) to illustrate ________.
A．the new steps Graham developed for dance
B．the physical endurance of Graham’s dancers
C．the discipline demanded of the students in Graham’s school
D．the relationship between Graham’s performances and her school
25、When Charles Barkley’s mother passed away, Barkley’s hometown came to the funeral. But a(n) ______ guest also came. He wasn’t a basketball player or from Barkley’s hometown. More ______, he was my dad—a scientist.
My dad said he ______ about Barkley long before he met him. Whenever we held dinner parties, he would talk about Barkley. Basketball has never been my thing. I ______ some key words into a search engine to ______ something about Barkley. He seemed pretty famous and ______ not like anyone who would be friends with my dad.
But the friendship was real.
My dad ______ made a slide of photos of him and Barkley together for our community’s Chinese New Year party. These photos were totally irrelevant to the ______. I asked him what made them become friends.
“As an Asian in the U.S., we had a good ______,” he said. “We agree on many views.” They believed the color of their skin didn’t ______.
Then on a Sunday afternoon my dad passed away. Everyone was astonished as Barkley attended the funeral. “It gives me great memories and ______ to know I was a friend of his,” Barkley said. “Just hearing about him at the ______ — what he accomplished and what he was trying to help others ______, touches me. I wish he would be known to many people.”
At the funeral, people ______ memories of my dad. I realized that even after he passed away, I would continue to ______ things about him.
The story of his friendship with Barkley was not just a relationship with a famous person—it threw light on the possibilities of this world.
【1】
A．frequent
B．unexpected
C．average
D．unwelcome
【2】
A．specifically
B．importantly
C．carefully
D．strictly
【3】
A．cared
B．worried
C．thought
D．knew
【4】
A．read
B．forgot
C．sent
D．typed
【5】
A．find out
B．apply for
C．talk about
D．pick up
【6】
A．potentially
B．accidentally
C．deliberately
D．certainly
【7】
A．still
B．also
C．even
D．already
【8】
A．experience
B．holiday
C．player
D．friendship
【9】
A．chance
B．conversation
C．argument
D．choice
【10】
A．matter
B．divide
C．change
D．differ
【11】
A．surprise
B．sorrow
C．joy
D．relief
【12】
A．meeting
B．hometown
C．party
D．funeral
【13】
A．achieve
B．contribute
C．develop
D．gain
【14】
A．improved
B．refreshed
C．shared
D．lost
【15】
A．spread
B．learn
C．obtain
D．mourn
26、假如你是李华，你的笔友Tom发来电子邮件询问你的音乐喜好和你在新年晚会上的表现。请你给他写封电子邮件，回答他的所有问题。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.信的抬头与结尾已为你写好，但不计入总词数。
Hi, Tom，
As you know, I’m music mad.
By the way, do you love music as well?