1、It is reported that more than half of ________ surveyed on the website say they are content with their current life.
A. whom B. them C. ones D. those
2、—I am sure Johnson will be admitted to a key university.
—I believe so. He _________ for the entrance examinations for years.
A.was struggling B.struggles C.had been struggling D.has been struggling
3、I often ________ the words I don’t know in the dictionary.
A．look up
B．look at
C．look for
D．look into
4、That is the day ________ I'll never forget.
A.which B.on which C.in which D.when
5、His doctor suggested that he a trip abroad.
A.will take B.would take C.take D.took
6、With new classes formed in the new term, some have to leave their original class. It is not the good-bye ________ hurts but the flashback that follows.
A．what
B．which
C．that
D．it
7、Professor Smith is very kind. You can turn to him for help as long as he is_________.
A.active B.confused C.available D.busy
8、Everyone on this planet is different, and that's______ makes it such a beautiful place.
A．When
B．how
C．what
D．why
9、All bad things must come to________end, ________ terrible an experience is.
A.the; whatever B.an; however C./; how D.a; what
10、Thinking that the students were having an evening class, the teacher left the classroom, _____.
A．slowly and gentle
B．slowly and gently
C．slow and gentle
D．slow and gently
11、She sat there still, her whole attention _______ on the lecturer.
A.fixed B.to fix C.fixing D.was fixing
12、After the clock _____ twelve, the students walked out of the lecture room.
A.beat B.hit C.struck D.rang
13、Don’t forget __________ the letter for me when you pass by the post office.
A.post B.to post C.posted D.posting
14、Jimmy ________ his arms and Robutt was in them in one bound.
A．held out
B．held on
C．held up
D．held back
15、— Some English idioms are difficult to understand.
— Exactly, ________ you know the meaning of each word.
A．if only
B．as though
C．even if
D．now that
16、There________ a teacher and some students playing badminton on the playground.
A．have
B．are
C．has
D．is
17、She is very strict not only all of us,but all her own work.
A. in;with B. with;with
C. with;in D. in;in
18、________our manager objects to Tom's joining the club，we shall accept him as a member.
A.Until B.Unless C.If D.After
19、Although he was poor, he was quite ________ to his needy friends.
A．typical
B．generous
C．adequate
D．identical
20、There won’t be any trouble, ________?
A．will there
B．will it
C．be there
21、Watching a young, 21-year-old Jordan Spieth win the US Masters today, I could not help but think of the great qualities he displayed to win the most famous golf event on the calendar against the greatest players in the world.
Jordan Spieth has learned to keep himself in check. There is a great proverb: “A fool shares all his or her feelings while a wise man keeps them in check.” As I watched Spieth playing, I noticed a constant calm around him. Whether he hit the shot he wanted or not, he was the same and kept his emotions steady (稳定的) and strong. He never blamed the crowd, clubs or wind.
He knows which club he is going to drive with on every hole; he knows which side of the fairway (高尔夫球道) to land and exactly where he wants to be standing on every green when he is putting; he has played it through his minds for months. He is the person who makes things happen by planning in advance. Winning is not a fluke (侥幸击中); it’s a by-product of months and years of planning. Nothing happens by chance.
If there is an event that every golfer dreams of winning, it’s the US Masters. So, how would Spieth have felt in 2014 getting so close to winning but coming second? As good as second was, he only wanted to be first. The difference between great shots and poor shots at the Masters is only inches. In that 2014 final round, Spieth was standing on the 8th hole with a 2-shot lead, but through a number of small misses he lost it and never recovered it. However, he never stops learning. As a great person once said, “While you’re green, you’re growing; when you’re brown, you’re dying.” He stays green. He is always reading, learning, and he understands that the greatest teacher of all is failure.
【1】Which description is suitable for Jordan Spieth?
A．He can control himself properly.
B．He likes to share his feelings.
C．He is a man of great knowledge.
D．He usually uses sayings when speaking.
【2】What does the third paragraph want to tell about Jordan Spieth?
A．He always has a game plan and sticks to it.
B．He never does anything until it really happens.
C．He usually decides on a club to join in advance.
D．He can’t bear losing the chance of winning a game.
【3】How did Jordan Spieth feel in the 2014 Masters?
A．Inspired.
B．Satisfied.
C．Doubtful.
D．Curious.
【4】What is the text mainly about?
A．Feelings of losing the US Masters.
B．Sports qualities of Jordan Spieth.
C．Basic skills of winning a golf game.
D．Golfers’ dreams of joining the Masters.
22、People have probably observed that their stress levels can rise due to a lack of typical psychological (精神的) breaks they get in workplaces. Walking to the tea room to make a cup of coffee, stopping for a chat with one of your colleagues or discussing your plan with your leaders will help you. All of those actions are actually giving our brains an opportunity to recharge.
The workplace banter (打趣) could be worn out when you’re employed from home. The psychological breaks, however, are vital to maintain your stress at the lowest level, so attempt to copy these mini-breaks at home. Besides, you need a proper schedule for yourself. Otherwise, things go against your wishes. For example, one of my friends devoted herself to her business, ignoring her family and her own health. Though she has achieved a lot in her business, now she is in poor health and has a broken home and good-for-nothing children.
One of the toughest issues about working from home is setting boundaries. People tend to overwork at home because they often confuse work and home life. You can reasonably end working at a fixed time and have time to get along with your family members. If you begin the day by bearing this in your thoughts, it’s completely possible for you to stick to it.
At home, you can do a spot of gardening or take a slow relaxing walk within your yard to help increase your memory and overcome depression. Even doing some arts and crafts, reading an ebook or baking a cake may also help. Anyway, you need to take yourself away from the computer screen for a superb couple of hours every day.
As the saying puts it, “Sharpening your knife won’t waste your time for cutting your firewood.” You have good psychological breaks while working from home. Your working efficiency will be improved. Besides, you’ll manage and lessen your stress and create a good family relationship.
【1】How can people reduce their stress levels in workplaces according to the author?
A．By having a relaxing talk with their workmates.
B．By sharing their suffering with their leaders.
C．By giving their current work to other workmates.
D．By going to a psychologist on a regular basis.
【2】Why do people tend to work overtime at home?
A．They like to show their devotion before the family.
B．There is no clear line between work and home life.
C．No one bothers them when working from home.
D．They are inefficient as a result of many distractions.
【3】What might be the author’s suggestion at the end of the text?
A．Enrich our life with a variety of activities.
B．Improve your efficiency to please your leader.
C．Take a rest from work to balance work and family.
D．Ask someone to help with your work when tired.
【4】What does the text mainly talk about?
A．Methods of living an active and meaningful life.
B．Approaches to lessening stress levels in workplaces.
C．Ways to manage stress when working from home.
D．The importance of making a good family relationship.
23、When I was a teenager, I wrote postcards to show my friends the new places I had explored every time my family took a vacation. I considered postcards as simply a way to share travels until I came across my grandmother’s postcard album.
It was a dark gray leather album, where most of the postcards had pictures that did not reflect a holiday or a travel destination. Instead, the notes were mostly invitations to a dinner party or, a walk the next day.
“Why do these postcards ask you to come to tea?” I asked my grandmother. “Because this is how we communicated before we had a telephone,” she said. “I would post a postcard in the morning mail, and a friend would receive it that afternoon. Then she would post a reply that arrived in my mail the next morning.”
I was surprised. Life without a phone sounded like something out of the world. Connecting by postcard seemed as unexpected as using a carrier pigeon (信鸽). I had forgotten about my grandmother’s postcards until lockdowns (封锁) restricted our trips to seeing our three granddaughters. Remembering my grandmother’s album, I bought several sets of cards and every few weeks, I’d write notes and mail them. The girls sometimes responded with brief thank-you texts.
Then one day I opened my mailbox and spotted three hand-addressed envelopes. They were from my granddaughters, each thanking me for the postcards. The notes captured their disappointment with the pandemic and described how my messages had comforted them.
I had been thinking how my grandmother had accepted the telephone as a new way to keep relationships. Like her, I accepted the girls’ preferred mode of communication and texted my thanks for their letters. However, even as the lockdowns end, I will continue to send them postcards because everyone enjoys receiving a real letter.
【1】Why did the author’s grandmother write postcards?
A．To share off her travel experiences.
B．To show love and care.
C．To kill the time.
D．To keep in touch with people.
【2】What did the author think of life without a phone?
A．It was unbelievable.
B．It was peaceful.
C．It was just as usual.
D．It was attractive.
【3】How did the author feel when receiving her granddaughters’ letters?
A．Disappointed.
B．Regretful.
C．Delighted.
D．Embarrassed.
【4】Which one should be the title for the text?
A．An Old Postcard Album
B．New Ways of Communication
C．Love during Lockdowns
D．Attraction of Postcards
24、Watching humorous videos at work isn't always a waste of time for employees. They may be using the most recent psychological research to put themselves in a pleasant mood（心情）so that they can think more creatively.
According to Ruby Nadler, a Ph. D. student at the University of Western Ontario, "Generally, a positive mood has been found to promote creative problem solving and flexible yet careful thinking." She and her colleagues Rahel Rabi and John Paul Minda focused their research on a specific type of learning that benefits from creative thinking.
Volunteers in the study were put into various moods before being given a category learning assignment to complete (they learned to classify sets of pictures with visually complex patterns). The researchers used video clips（片段）to change volunteers' moods; initially, they tested out a few to see which ones made individuals the happiest. The happiest video was the one where the newborn were laughing.
The researchers then used it in the experiment, along with a sad video, which was about a news report about an earthquake, and a video that had no effect on mood. Volunteers were required to learn to detect a pattern after seeing the video clips. Volunteers who were happy were better at learning a rule to categorize the patterns than those who were sad or indifferent.
“If you have a project where you want to think innovatively, or you have a problem to carefully consider, being in a positive mood can help you to do that," Nadler says. And a humorous video is a simple method to put yourself in a good mood. However, each of us responds to different types of humorous videos differently, so don't feel obligated to watch the video of the newborn babies' laughing, she adds.
This, according to Nadler, might be one of the reasons why individuals enjoy watching humorous videos at work. "I think people are unconsciously trying to put themselves in a positive mood, thus the seeming waste of time may actually be beneficial to employers," she says.
【1】Why were the volunteers exposed to video clips in the study?
A．To help them relax
B．To affect their feelings.
C．To measure their happiness levels.
D．To disturb their classification work.
【2】What is the finding of the study?
A．Watching humorous videos is actually a waste of time.
B．The volunteers responded to sad videos in the same way.
C．Being happy was difficult but beneficial to the volunteers.
D．Humorous videos help the volunteers better complete tasks.
【3】What does the underlined word "obligated" in paragraph 5 probably mean?
A．Forced.
B．Honored.
C．Annoyed.
D．Confused.
【4】What does the text mainly talk about?
A．The positive effect of a good mood.
B．A way to be humorous and optimistic.
C．The importance of watching videos.
D．A reason for wasting time at work.
25、There’re stories behind Olympic medalists. Among them, a very _________ one is that of former weightlifting champion Óscar Figueroa. He _________ in the Olympics four times, but with those events came plenty of _________ before he finally won his victory.
21-year-old Figueroa made his first _________ in the 2004 Olympic Games. Though ranked fifth—a good position, he was _________. He looked forward to the 2008 Beijing Games to prove himself. _______ , just two weeks before the event, his hand was injured, which _________ Figueroa in his weightlifting and cost him the competition. Figueroa had got _________ than ever by the 2012 London Games. So he took home the silver medal. Though he’d already _________ all, he still wanted more. In 2016, he headed to Rio to __________ for the top prize and he did. After his final lift, knowing just how __________ his performance had been, Figueroa fell to the ground in __________. Then he put his shoes on the stage, indicating he would __________ from the Olympics. That year, he became the first Colombian man to have ever taken home the __________ in his category.
“It’s many years since I started; now is the time to stop,” he said at the 2016 Olympics. “But I am full of emotion. It’s as though I was __________ for the whole country.”
【1】
A．pleasant
B．specific
C．touching
D．bitter
【2】
A．competed
B．won
C．lost
D．shone
【3】
A．blame
B．guilt
C．misunderstanding
D．disappointment
【4】
A．promise
B．appearance
C．record
D．victory
【5】
A．dissatisfied
B．excited
C．optimistic
D．worried
【6】
A．Unbelievably
B．Unusually
C．Unfortunately
D．Unbearably
【7】
A．pulled through
B．put off
C．drove away
D．set back
【8】
A．older
B．readier
C．tougher
D．calmer
【9】
A．experienced
B．suffered
C．prepared
D．passed
【10】
A．apply
B．enter
C．approach
D．fight
【11】
A．awkward
B．brilliant
C．typical
D．rare
【12】
A．sweat
B．shame
C．tears
D．shouts
【13】
A．retire
B．rise
C．resign
D．disappear
【14】
A．spirit
B．sport
C．silver
D．gold
【15】
A．training
B．lifting
C．living
D．exercising
26、假定你是李华，最近，你所在的高二年级开展了主题为“Chemical Farming or Organic Farming” 的征文活动。请根据以下内容用英语写一篇短文。
1. 你的观点；
2. 作出该选择的理由；
3. 理由共含三个要点，并适当添加支持要点的细节；
4. 结论。
注意: 1.词数100-120左右；2.部分开头语已给出，不计入总词数。
In my opinion, _______________ farming is preferable to _______________farming because ______________
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