1、It’s the present situation in poor areas that ____ much higher spending on education and training.
A. calls for B. answers for
C. provides for D. plans for
2、－Might I lend your bicycle to Zhou Lan, Jim?
－_______ Anyhow I need to stay at home, helping my sister with her maths.
A. Yes, you might. B. Forget it!
C. What for? D. By all means.
3、You may ____________ it that Jennifer will come and help us if we are in trouble.
A. base on B. rely on
C. carry on D. hold on
4、Telecom(电信)aims to ________ standard operating systems, databases and network products to its 100,000 computer users.
A.provide B.supply C.help D.make
5、My room is in a mess, but I ________ clean it before I go out tonight. I have determined to do a thorough cleaning tomorrow morning.
A．daren’t
B．shouldn’t
C．mustn’t
D．needn’t
6、Readers are required to observe the rules of the library and mind their manners.
A．观察
B．评论
C．庆祝
D．遵守
7、Although he was attracted by the girl in red, he tried to appear ________ as he asked her to dance.
A．casual
B．desperate
C．sceptical
D．typical
8、I cannot hear the professor clearly as there is too much noise ________ I am sitting.
A．before
B．until
C．unless
D．where
9、Nothing shall _______ me _________ from accomplishing my purpose.
A. hold , on B. hold , back C. hold , up D. hold , out
10、The little child stared at the ________ snake, letting out a ________ scream.
A.frightening; frightened B.frightened; frightening
C.frightened; frightened D.frightening; frightening
11、The number of foreign students attending Chinese universities ________ rising steadily since 2000.
A．is
B．are
C．have been
D．has been
12、Nowadays ______idea is always flashing across his mind that he should fix______time
for another trip with his family.
A. the；a B. an；/ C. /；a D. the；/
13、My bicycle ________ down just when I need it most.
A.always breaks B.always broke C.is always breaking D.has always broken
14、They’ve finally decided to put an end to the long and bitter ________ between them and make peace.
A. survey B. conflict C. concern D. request
15、Each student follows his or her own path, with ________ encouragement from his teachers and classmates.
A. individual B. individualist
C. individualize D. individualized
16、The murderer was brought in, with his hands ________ behind his back.
A．being tied
B．having tied
C．to be tied
D．tied
17、If I __________the chance, I ________ the journey. but I was busy at that time.
A. would have had , had enjoyed B. had had , would have enjoyed
C. had , enjoyed D. had, would have
18、—How did you keep in touch with the agent, Mary?
— I surfed the Internet and called ______ whose telephone number is provided.
A. one B. those
C. the one D. that
19、Left ____ in the reading room alone quite by accident, the boy felt nervous.
A. locking B. having locked
C. to lock D. locked
20、In order for a team or group to be successful everyone must work hard, and ________.
A．let off steam
B．rise to their feet
C．follow a route
D．pull their weight
21、As people travelling by air become increasingly aware of their carbon footprint, flying has become not only one of the most polluting industries, but also one with the most potential to turn things around.
After Solar Impulse 2 completed the world’s first flight by a solar-powered aircraft in 2016, airlines and aircraft producers looked to become the first to provide a commercial plane. Bertrand Piccard, one of the pilots responsible for Solar Impulse 2’s journey said, “Al1 the clean technologies we’ve already had can be used everywhere. We have to use them, not only for the environment, but also because they are profitable and able to create jobs.”
The following year saw many projects in the aviation (航空) field as the airline industry acknowledged the future of low- carbon transportation methods. In 2017, Zunum Aero, a small aviation company which focused on delivering a range of hybrid-electric (混合电动的) planes received financial aid from JetBlue and Boeing, whilst EasyJet teamed up with Wright Electric to develop battery-powered aircraft and NASA also announced its plans to develop its own electric aircraft.
Orkney Islands, lying about 20 miles north of the Scottish mainland, are rich in renewable resources, especially the wind energy. Loganair, a Scottish airline, is cooperating with aviation companies to make Orkney the world’s first fully electric airline routes. However, this is never easy. Due to the limited size and weight of a battery that an airplane can carry, airplane producers are faced with a bottleneck—the continued power supply for electric airplanes. They believe the abundant wind energy in Orkney could be the key to solving it.
The benefits of electric air travel transcend its low-carbon emissions. Aviation experts believe these aircraft’s power source will also mean they will be less noisy, smaller, require less maintenance costs, and need a shorter runway to take off and land—this could lead to more airports in small cities and more rural areas being connected to the world at large.
【1】What did Bertrand want to convey in his words?
A．The future of aircraft pilots.
B．The success of Solar Impulse 2.
C．The convenience of commercial planes.
D．The significance of using renewable energy.
【2】How did EasyJet carry out the low-carbon transportation methods?
A．By asking for financial support from banks.
B．By working together with another company.
C．By purchasing patents from other countries.
D．By improving the technology on its own.
【3】What will airplane producers probably do to make Orkney’s electric airline routes a reality?
A．Use natural resources to charge airplanes.
B．Build more coal-fired power stations.
C．Develop shorter airline routes.
D．Increase the size of battery.
【4】What does the underlined word “transcend” in Paragraph 5 probably mean?
A．Go beyond.
B．Rely on.
C．Differ from.
D．Refer to.
【5】What’s the benefit of electric planes besides its green footprint?
A．Making plane tickets cheaper.
B．Making the flying time shorter.
C．Making the world more connected.
D．Making the plane maintenance easier.
22、 When students and parents are asked to rate subjects according to their importance, the arts are unavoidably at the bottom of the list. Music is nice, people seem to say, but not important. Too often it is viewed as main entertainment, but certainly not an education priority (优先). This view is shortsighted. In fact, music education is beneficial and important for all students.
Music tells us who we are. Because music is an expression of the beings who create it, it reflects their thinking and values, as well as the social environment it came from. Rock music represents a lifestyle just as surely as a Schubert song. The jazz influence that George Gershwin and other musicians introduced into their music is obviously American because it came from American musical traditions. Music expresses our character and values. It gives us identity as a society.
Music provides a kind of perception (感知) that cannot be acquired any other way. Science can explain how the sun rises and sets. The arts explore the emotional meaning of the same phenomenon. We need every possible way to discover and respond to our world for one simple but powerful reason: No one way can get it all.
The arts are forms of thought as powerful in what they communicate as mathematical and scientific symbols. They are ways we human beings “talk” to each other. They are the language of civilization through which we express our fears, our curiosities, our hungers, our discoveries, and our hopes. The arts are ways we give form to our ideas and imagination so that they can be shared with others. When we do not give children access to an important way of expressing themselves such as music, we take away from them the meanings that music expresses.
Science and technology do not tell us what it means to be human. The arts do. Music is an important way we express human suffering, celebration, the meaning and value of peace and love. So music education is far more necessary than people seem to realize.
【1】According to Paragraph 1, students ______.
A.regard music as a way of entertainment
B.disagree with their parents on education
C.view music as an overlooked subject
D.prefer the arts to science
【2】In Paragraph 2, the author used jazz as an example to ______.
A.compare it with rock music
B.show music reflects a society
C.introduce American musical tradition
D.prove music influences people’s lifestyles
【3】According to the passage, the arts and science ______.
A.approach the world from different angles
B.explore different phenomena of the world
C.express people’s feeling in different ways
D.explain what it means to be human differently
【4】What is the main idea of the passage?
A.Music education is more necessary.
B.Music should be of top education priority.
C.Music is an effective communication tool.
D.Music education makes students more imaginative.
23、One size doesn’t fit all when choosing a school. But parents can be affected by league tables. There are some 2,500 independent schools in the UK and they vary wildly in fees, facilities, performances and purposes. So parents should park their enthusiasm for brand-name schools when fit is far more important.
“Too many parents are crazy about a school’s reputation and place in the league tables without bothering to see if it’s right for their child.” says Gavin Horgan, head of Millfield School in Somerset. “There are some brilliant schools which aren’t in the tables.” There’s a lot of nonsense spoken about rankings, agrees Jimmy Beale, a former head and founder of the consultancy The English Education. “Good schools perform brilliantly because they select brilliant pupils. Parents who go only on brand are doing their child harm.”
Whatever they say, it’s the academic success that parents invariably want. There’s nothing wrong with seeking out high achievers. But a sensitive mid-level student might feel a failure in a school with a strong emphasis on academic achievement. “Some children are inspired by a bright peer group,” says Horgan, “but others will feel anguished if they are bouncing around the bottom, especially if the bar is set high.”
So, what should parents look for? Look for the “value added”, says Beale—how schools raise the relative academic performance of pupils over the years. Shortlist half a dozen schools—visit at least four, he advises. Open days are useful, but you can also request an individual tour—seeing a school in its everyday mode is more revealing. And the best schools communicate well with parents. “There will be rocky moments, but if you get on with the staff, minor problems can be resolved,” says Beale. “If you don’t feel you could have a good relationship with the school, then walk away.” And then there’s the question of culture fit. “Speak to current students and ask, 'Do I want my son or daughter to be like these children?’” says Beale.
【1】What does the author stress about choosing a school in paragraph 1?
A．Reputation tells a lot
B．Think twice before you act.
C．Experience is the best teacher.
D．The right one is the best one.
【2】What is Beale’s attitude to picking schools based on league tables?
A．Uncertain.
B．Disapproving.
C．Objective.
D．Favorable
【3】What does the underlined word “anguished” in paragraph 3 mean?
A．Unfair.
B．Confused.
C．Painful.
D．Lonely.
【4】What does Beale suggest parents do while picking schools?
A．Look at a school’s daily routine.
B．Talk to current students’ parents.
C．Visit each school at least four times.
D．Consult the school staff on open days.
24、It took 100 years, but finally, scientists, from CalTech, MIT and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, proved Albert Einstein's theory that gravitational(引力的) waves exist. The waves were predicted as part of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity nearly 100 years ago. It was the theory of the physics behind the workings of our world and the universe. The idea was that the waves are like ripples in space, caused by some of the violent and energetic processes in the Universe. For example, two black holes crashing into each other.
What are these gravitational waves? Well, imagine throwing a rock into a pond. When the rock hits the flat surface of the water, it creates ripples or waves. Space time is like the surface of the water. So that means gravitational waves are like the ripples moving out from where the rock hits the water. It might be hard to understand, but those gravitational waves expand and contract space and time as they move through space. And when they get to the Earth, the waves pass through, and contract and expand the planet as the wave goes by.
It was Einstein who said these gravitational waves should be observable. But these are not huge waves. They are very, very small, which is why it took so long to find them. You cannot see them with your eyes. They are smaller than the size of an atom.
How did the scientists find them? For years, scientists have been watching two black holes in another galaxy faraway with the help of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. The two were spinning around each other, moving closer and closer together. When they finally crashed into each other, it was with such power and force, that gravitational waves rang throughout the universe, like a giant bell. Those waves, traveling at the speed of light, finally reached the Earth, some 1.3 billion years later. They are the same waves that the scientists announced this past week.
The National Science Foundation tweeted that each of the black holes was thought to be 29 to 36 times the mass of our sun. So, what does this discovery mean? Abhay Ashtekar, a Penn State physicist, who was not on the discovery team, said: "Our understanding of the heavens changed dramatically."
【1】According to the 1st paragraph, we can learn that_______.
A. gravitational waves were part of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity
B. scientists proved that gravitational waves existed 100 years ago
C. gravitational waves were the theory of the physics behind the universe
D. gravitational waves result from two black holes crashing into each other
【2】From the passage we can know that the gravitational waves______.
A. are not supposed to be observed.
B. are very huge.
C. are easy to be found.
D. can’t be seen with our eyes.
【3】Why did scientists spend years watching two black holes?
A. Because they wanted to see how the two black holes crashed into each other.
B. Because they wanted to find the gravitational waves.
C. Because they wanted to see the gravitational waves reach the Earth.
D. Because they wanted to know how black holes formed.
【4】What can we infer from the passage?
A. The discovery has no relation to Albert Einstein's theory
B. Throwing a rock into a pond can generate gravitational waves
C. The discovery will considerably affect people’s understanding of universe
D. gravitational waves can’t contract and expand the Earth
25、Losing an eye might be an unthinkable thing, especially for a young woman, but not for Xintong. She chose to become an ocularist (义眼师) who makes artificial eyes for herself and people in the same_______to help them get back their_______. Xintong is the name that she gave to herself — which she prefers people to call her_______her real name — because “xintong” in Chinese sounds like “new pupils”.
Nearly 10 years after _______her right eye in a car accident, 28-year-old Xintong from Beijing transformed the empty of her eye socket(眼眶)into a fashion statement. She_______ a short video online in which she wears a charming artificial eye. As she_______her hand, the artificial eye begins to_______with red light. With another wave, the light_______to green and then purple and white. The video soon went rapid on social media, with many_______praising her. But that wasn’t the case10 years ago. “The artificial eye I________at that time was suffering,” Xintong said. “It hurt and gave me a red eye socket. I was young and I wanted to look________ .”
She started researching artificial eyes. Beginning in 2019, she dedicated about two years to mastering the production techniques and skills under the________of an ocularist. This journey ________her own artificial eye studio, providing personalized services for those requiring them.
Now when Xintong hears her________say words such as “Finally, I can________ myself” or “Now I feel free to take photos” she feels deeply moved.
【1】
A．age
B．class
C．idea
D．situation
【2】
A．life
B．property
C．power
D．confidence
【3】
A．next to
B．instead of
C．apart from
D．ahead of
【4】
A．selling
B．lifting
C．losing
D．repairing
【5】
A．shared
B．downloaded
C．saved
D．watched
【6】
A．waved
B．washed
C．spread
D．touched
【7】
A．shine
B．alarm
C．close
D．test
【8】
A．points
B．controls
C．starts
D．changes
【9】
A．lessons
B．lectures
C．comments
D．dramas
【10】
A．valued
B．wore
C．decorated
D．sold
【11】
A．generous
B．attractive
C．kind
D．young
【12】
A．guarantee
B．guidance
C．arrangement
D．permission
【13】
A．applied to
B．aimed to
C．led to
D．tend to
【14】
A．staffs
B．relatives
C．friends
D．customers
【15】
A．accept
B．comfort
C．dress
D．understand
26、假定你是李华，你的美国笔友Tom写信告诉你由于他经常在手机上玩游戏，和父母发生了争吵，心里很烦恼。你回信劝说他正确解决这个问题。内容包括：
1.表示理解；
2.指出玩手机游戏的危害（至少两点）；
3.建议向父母道歉。
注意：1.词数100左右;
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Tom,
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Yours,
Li Hua