1、This hotel is the highest building in the city, from _______ top you can enjoy a good view of our city.
A. which B. its
C. that D. whose
2、______ they have won the game made us excited.
A．/
B．That
C．What
D．Which
3、“Those responsible for the accident be punished while those contributing to solving the problems be rewarded.” promised the official then and there.
A．need
B．shall
C．must
D．should
4、—Sorry we’re late. We ________ the wrong turning.
—That’s all right. Come in, please.
A．take
B．has taken
C．took
D．had taken
5、After the terrible earthquake, the rescue teams from all over the country came to Ya’an right away, where they rescued the injured and put up for those who lost their homes.
A. identities B. shelters
C. blocks D. events
6、—Shall we go out for a walk?
—_____.
A.Good idea. B.Good luck. C.Have fun. D.Good bye.
7、Iron is more useful ______ any other metal.
A．as
B．than
C．then
D．so
8、It is great honor for a country to host the Olympic Games. A great celebration was held in honor of the event.
A. a; a B. a; /
C. /; / D. /; the
9、How can you expect to get ahead in your life _______you even live to yourself from time to time?
A．though B．until C．before D．when
10、What made them miss the deadline was not their lack of funding, but ______ their lack of planning.
A. even B. still
C. rather D. ever
11、For lack of money, the organizers are now trying to look for more people who can ________ the exhibition.
A．destroy
B．contribute
C．declare
D．sponsor
12、Students should involve themselves in community activities they can gain experience for growth.
A．who
B．when
C．which
D．where
13、Researches indicate that people who constantly work extra hours are more than three times as likely as those who work simply in the daytime _______ signs of depression.
A. shown B. showing C. show D. to show
14、________ more time, we could learn English well.
A．To give
B．Gave
C．Given
D．Giving
15、If George had followed his father’s advice，he ________ a lawyer now．
A．is B．would be
C．has been D．would have been
16、The ship ______ just ______ the ferry terminal when the fire was detected in the engine room and returned soon.
A.is;leaving B.has;left C.have;left D.had;left
17、Once you _____ drugs, it’s hard to manage to get rid of them.
A．get through
B．get off
C．get into
D．get down
18、News reports say peace talks between the two countries have __________ with no agreement reached.
A. broken down B. broken out
C. broken in D. broken up
19、A new stadium ______here. They plan to finish it next year.
A. will be built B. is built
C. has been built D. is being built
20、________ Chai Jing said in her video about the smog has caused public concern.
A．That B．Which C．How D．What
21、 When studying English, it’s best to focus on the big picture. Trying to improve your speaking? Aim for fluency and “standard” pronunciation. Want to get better at writing? Practice vocabulary and grammar.
But this way of learning, though necessary, misses one big thing: all the differences there are in how different people speak English. For example, people from the US and the UK speak very differently. If a British friend invited me to eat lunch at his apartment, he might say: “Come over to mine ‘round 12 pm’.”
But if I invited him over, I might say: “Be at my place a little after 12.” “My place” is more commonly used in the US; “mine” is more frequently used in the UK – both are informal ways of saying “my house” or “my apartment”.
Even people in different parts of the US speak very differently. For example, imagine that you are talking to a group of people and want to address them all at once. What pronoun do you use? “You”, you should reply — that’s the correct pronoun whether you’re addressingone person or a group.
But using “you” to address multiple people feels strange in conversation, so speakers find ways around it. The most common choice around the US is to say “you guys”. But working class natives of my hometown, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, say “yinz”: as in, “yinz wanna go to the bar later to watch the game?” In eastern Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey, some people say “youse”: as in, “youse are always hanging out in the street”. In the southern US, people say “y’all”: as in, “don’t forget about us, y’all!”
The point is, there’s a lot more to languages than what’s standard and proper. So take a tour around the US, y’all. Yinz will be glad that youse did it.
【1】Which aspect of language learning does the author specifically focus on in the article?
A．The reason why we need to practice standard pronunciation.
B．How to learn from native speakers.
C．How to see the big picture when speaking English.
D．The different ways native speakers use the language.
【2】The underlined word “addressing” in Paragraph 4 probably means ______.
A．turning to.
B．dealing with.
C．speaking to.
D．sending a letter to.
【3】If someone greets you and your family by saying “It’s good seein’ y’all!”, he is likely from ______.
A．the southern US.
B．Pennsylvania.
C．New York.
D．New Jersey.
22、As the year 2023 is the Year of the Rabbit in China, many brand have rolled out an array of rabbit-themed goods. Wang Chuchun, an 18-year-old freshman from Xiamen University in Fujian, bought a pair of shoes from the rabbit collection made by Holli, a domestic brand, during the Spring Festival holiday.
“I would like to see Chinese culture be more incorporated into consumer goods that carry a variety of beautiful connotations(内涵).” Wang told journalist.
Guochao, the combination of Chinese traditions with modern designs, has become a keyword for this year’s Spring Festival product consumption, according to statistics from Vipshop(also known as weipinhui in Chinese), an online retailer(零售商). The sales volume of 361 Degrees, a sports equipment company, saw a rise of 188 percent on a year-on-year basis during the Spring Festival with their rabbit collection.
Who is behind the surge of sales for guochao products? According to a report released by data service provider Aurora, the proportion of young people interested in the guochao products accounted for more than 70 percent of consumers.
Thus the target market of the guochao products is China’s 400 million-strong army of young consumers, Tom Harper, a lecturer in international relations at the University of East London, said to The Conversation.
Like their peers in Western countries, China’s Gen Z consumers are enthusiastic users of social media; but that is where the similarities end.
This generation has grown up during China’s rapid economic development in the 2000s and 2010s, which is a marked contrast to their peers in the West, who came of age, in the shadow of the2008 financial crisis. As a result, they have been characterized as being more confident and better educated than previous generations.
“Complex and profound social and cultural factor have contributed to the rise of guochao. But it all comes down to decades of stable development in China. As our country enters an era of prosperity(繁荣), our cultural confidence gets boosted as well,” said Wang.
【1】Why is Wang Chuchun’s experience mentioned at the beginning of the text?
A．To illustrate what young people like to buy.
B．To lead up to the topic of the guochao trend.
C．To show the popularity of rabbit-themed goods.
D．To stress the rising influence of domestic brands.
【2】What aspect of guochao products does paragraph 3 focus on?
A．Their targets.
B．Their features.
C．Their popularity.
D．Their market potential
【3】What can be inferred about China’s Gen Z consumers?
A．Their shopping habits are mainly driven by social media.
B．They have benefited from rapid growth in economy
C．They’re more confident than their Western peers.
D．They’ve been deeply affected by the financial crisis.
【4】What is the fundamental reason for the rise of guochao according to Wang?
A．China’s stable development.
B．China’s social and cultural factors.
C．The popularity of social media.
D．Young people’s rising cultural confidence.
23、Earthquakes cannot be forecast, but engineers can prepare for them. Seismic-isolation (地震隔离) systems built into the bases of certain buildings in high-risk areas, use complex structures of concrete, rubber and metal to reduce quake damage by absorbing the ground’s horizontal shaking.
But such adaptations are expensive. Engineer Jian Zhang of the University of California, says building seismic isolation-system can increase construction costs by up to 20 percent. Although these systems might save more than they cost over time, builders in some regions may not have the budget for them at present.
A new seismic-isolation method uses the physics of rolling to create a lower-cost alternative with readily available materials: recycled tennis balls. “Everyone plays tennis, and they don’t know what to do with the tennis balls after each game,” says ETH Zürich seismic engineer Michalis Vassiliou.
Vassiliou’s team based its method on an early form of seismic-isolation that rolls a shaking building to a stop the way a skater in a half-pipe eventually comes to rest. By separating a building from the ground with a layer of spheres (球体), rolling isolation changes unstable horizontal shaking into a gentle rocking motion. This method was used in 5,000-year-old Peruvian pyramids, but today builders favor expensive, standardized isolation systems.
For their modern take on rolling seismic-isolation, the researchers injected concrete-like mixes into hundreds of balls that had lost their bounce. They built an inexpensive model consisting of four filled tennis balls sandwiched between two concrete slabs (厚板), and they found that it withstood earthquake shaking while supporting eight kilo newtons of force per ball — about twice what isolation systems might experience under one-story houses.
Zhang says that the work is worthwhile and that such technology might serve an unmet need. But she notes that the results are primary. Vassiliou agrees; next steps will mean creating and testing a larger model with hundreds of tennis balls at a research center in earthquake-prone Cuba — an example of a place where such systems could make isolation practicable in ordinary construction.
【1】Why do the engineers adopt recycled tennis balls?
A．To improve the performance of tennis balls.
B．To help deal with the tennis balls after matches.
C．To simplify the complex structures of buildings.
D．To cut the expense of seismic-isolation building.
【2】What effect could the new method achieve?
A．Recycling useless tennis balls.
B．Transforming the shaking into a gentle one.
C．Withstanding earthquake shaking.
D．Enabling a house to support much more force.
【3】Which of the following best describes Zhang’s attitude towards the new technology?
A．Doubtful.
B．Unclear.
C．Objective.
D．Approving.
【4】What is the main idea of the text?
A．Researchers are creating and testing models in Cuba.
B．Engineers are exploring ways of earthquake forecasts.
C．A low-cost design helps shaking buildings roll to a stop.
D．Recycled tennis balls could protect buildings from disasters.
24、阅读理解。
What looks like an angry old man and lives at the bottom of the ocean? It’s the world’s ugliest animal---the blobfish(水滴鱼).
Its strange skin is shaped by its habitat. It lives 800 meters below the ocean’s surface, a depth where very few other creatures can survive.
Most fishes have a swim bladder(鱼鳔), which is filled with gas and helps them stay afloat. At the depth that the blobfish live, water pressure is 80 times higher than that at higher sea levels and any swim bladder wouldn’t be able to serve its purpose.
The blobfish don’t have a swim bladder because their skin works the same way. It helps them stay afloat without having to use any energy.
The blobfish have a pretty relaxed attitude towards eating. All they do is stay and wait for crabs or lobsters to come by.
Since the blobfish like to eat crabs and lobsters, they often get caught in nets that are used to catch lobsters or crabs and end up dying or being killed. They are not suitable for eating so they are useless for fishermen.
There’s a purpose behind the blobfish’s new title; it has become the new mascot for the Ugly Animal Preservation Society, an organization whose purpose is to preserve endangered ugly animals.
“We’ve needed an ugly face for endangered ugly animals for a long time and I’ve been amazed by the public reaction,” said the Society’s Simon Watt. “For too long cute animals have taken the limelight(风头) but now the blobfish will be a voice for those who always get forgotten.”They hope this new face will help the world know that we need to help preserve the populations of ugly animals too.
【1】The biggest difference between the blobfish and most other fishes is that the blobfish_____ .
A. cannot be eaten by people
B. don’t have a swim bladder
C. only live at high sea levels
D. aren’t active in catching food
【2】What makes the blobfish stay afloat?
A. Their skin. B. Their tail.
C. Their mouth. D. Their swim bladder.
【3】We can learn from what Simon Watt said that _____ .
A. most ugly animals are in danger
B. the population of the blobfish is increasing
C. the blobfish have attracted the public’s attention
D. people knew nothing about the blobfish in the past
25、 Tom was an aged carpenter(木匠) who was near his sixties and prepared to left work. He came to his boss with his _______ to drop out of the house building business and live a more _______ life with his wife enjoying _______ of his life. He would miss the happy time in the company, but he had to _______.
The boss was sorry to see his best worker go and asked _______ he could do him a favor to build just one more house. Tom agreed, _______, in time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He did the work _______ using poor materials.
_______ the carpenter finished his work and the boss came to _______ the house. To everyone’s ________, the boss handed the front-door key to Tom. “The house ________ you now,” he said, “my gift to you ________ your good work these years.”
What a ________! What a shame! ________ he had known he was building his own house, he would have done it all with ________! Now he had to live in the house he had built none too well.
So it is with us. Mostly we build our lives in a casual(随便的) way, complaining(抱怨) rather than acting, ________ to try our best. Then with a shock we find that we are now living in the house we have built. If we had realized, we would have done it ________.
Think of yourself as the ________. Each day you hammer a nail, place a board, or ________ a wall. Build wisely. It is the only life you will ever build. ________ the saying goes, “Life is a do-it-yourself project.”
Your life today is the result of your attitudes and choices in the past. Your life tomorrow will be the result of your attitudes and the choices you make today.
【1】A.guide B.decision C.forecast D.answer
【2】A.powerful B.useful C.doubtful D.peaceful
【3】A.the rest B.the part C.the half D.the most
【4】A.run B.leave C.escape D.stay
【5】A.that B.whether C.how D.why
【6】A.and B.or C.besides D.however
【7】A.calmly B.usually C.carelessly D.sincerely
【8】A.At last B.At first C.Above all D.In a way
【9】A.advise B.sell C.inspect D.show
【10】A.relief B.surprise C.disappointment D.horror
【11】A.belongs to B.is equal to C.is fond of D.depends on
【12】A.in search of B.in charge of C.in return for D.in time for
【13】A.joy B.success C.loss D.shock
【14】A.Unless B.Because C.Though D.If
【15】A.respect B.care C.hope D.pain
【16】A.unwilling B.certain C.honest D.proud
【17】A.wildly B.hardly C.differently D.selflessly
【18】A.boss B.carpenter C.student D.report
【19】A.come up B.pack up C.break up D.put up
【20】A.Which B.Where C.As D.When
26、作为一名毕业生，请以“Exploring My Future”为题写一篇短文，畅想一下未来的自己，内容如下：
1.将来自己的生活；
2.将来自己的事业；
3.要做的准备。
注意：1.词数100左右。
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。