1、A bomb ________ in the theater, causing hundreds of deaths.
A. goes off B. lifts off
C. went off D. lifted off
2、---The light in the office is still on.
---Oh I forgot________.
A．turning it off
B．turn it off
C．to turn off it
D．to turn it off
3、New ideas sometimes have to wait for years before ________.
A. being fully accepted B. fully accepting
C. having fully accepted D. fully accepted
4、— There will be no winner in the trade war between China and the US.
—I agree. If we can’t avoid it, the situation will get as time goes on.
A. bad B. badly
C. worse D. worst
5、---I’ve heard a lot about you. You got promoted, right? ______
--- Many thanks.
A. Good for you B. You asked for it
C. There you are D. You’ve gone too far
6、This kind of material can be used to plastics.
A. take place B. take up
C. take on D. take the place of
7、"Chinese dama",a group mainly _______ of married women between 40 and 60, _______ the attention of the public for the first time in 2013.
A. consisted; grabbing B. consisting; grabbing
C. consisting; grabbed D. consisted; grabbed
8、He struggled through a few games but a ________knee indicated his problems were not over.
A.swollen B.swell C.swear D.swearing
9、________ book of this writer is East and West.
A. Known to be the best B. Known as the best
C. As the best known D. It was the best known
10、It is no use ____ me not to worry.
A.you tell B.your telling C.to have told D.having told
11、Jane is my new pen pal. I often look forward to ___________ her.
A.hear from B.hears from C.hearing from D.heard from
12、The doctors succeeded in _______ the twins at the head.
A.isolating B.removing C.dividing D.separating
13、The fantastic shop signs on the windows are designed and painted by students from Class One.
A.being hung B.hanging C.hang D.are hung
14、The memory of the holiday spent in Europe with her husband will _____ all through her life.
A. stay B. live C. leave D. impress
15、—Have you found anything useful?
—None of the information ________ particularly useful to me.
A．is
B．are
C．have
D．has
16、The newly-opened company the local people with more chances to work.
A．gives
B．provides
C．offers
D．shows
17、The new plan________ three parts，each of which is very important.
A.composes of B.is composed of C.makes up D.makes up of
18、However, most of the fires this year are believed ________ by farmers, who use fire as a traditional way to clean land.
A.causing B.to be caused C.having caused D.to have caused
19、--Susan is so hard-working that she has won a third scholarship.
--Just as a proverb goes “____________.”
A. Make hay while the sun shines
B. No pain, no gain.
C. The early bird catches the worm.
D. Once bitten, twice shy.
20、The local clubs are making every ______ to interest more young people.
A.effect B.effort C.contribution D.exchange
21、Holidays are really important. Many of us will have childhood memories of summer holidays where we were taken away from home to experience new environments and learn in different ways.
But holidays are expensive and, for those on low wages or living on benefits，they are often unobtainable. Even the cheapest holidays require travel and other additional costs that are difficult for many families to meet.
For working parents，the long summer break can be a very difficult problem for childcare. When an annual leave allowance amounts to only five weeks，there is a need to spread this across the year. Couples can find themselves taking leave in turn in order to care for children who are on holiday. For some，this makes even an affordable family holiday difficult.
The schools that I visit in Nottingham are full of experienced staff committed to giving our children a caring and inspiring learning environment. The number of children receiving free school meals is quite large in Nottingham and many schools have breakfast clubs to make sure that children get a healthy start to the day. Most schools undertake programs of group or individual educational support. Schools also have an important role in safeguarding children’s welfare through the ongoing touch and support with their pupils. During the long summer holidays，much of this is missed.
While teachers are holidaying in the UK, many of their pupils spend the whole six weeks on the street where they live. The lack of free school meals for six weeks can result in pressure on a family budget and an inability to afford the inspiring experiences that help children to continue their learning.
In setting out its plans for a five-term year, Nottingham City Council (委员会）is seeking to reduce the summer holiday down to four and a half weeks, with a. more balanced five terms of roughly eight weeks, each followed by a two-week break. We believe this will give real “down time" for school staff and pupils alike but will be short enough not to cause a real break in learning.
We acknowledge that this change may be difficult for some school staff, particularly whose own children are educated in other authorities. However, this must be weighed against the benefits for city children for whom we all have the greatest duty of care.
【1】The passage is probably written by _____.
A. an experienced teacher B. a working parent
C. an inspired student D. a city council member
【2】The underlined word “they" in the second paragraph refers to “____”.
A. environments B. holidays C. wages D. benefits
【3】It is suggested in the passage that the summer break be reduced to _____.
A. 2 weeks B. 4.5 weeks C. 5 weeks D. 6 weeks
【4】The plans for a shorter summer holiday will help students _____.
A. obtain the cheapest holidays without additional costs
B. get a chance to spend, six weeks a term with teachers in school
C. benefit more from the caring and inspiring learning environment
D. have more school days to receive free school meals
【5】It can be inferred from the passage that _____.
A. working parents can enjoy a five-week break to care for their children
B. the suggested plans for a five-term school year can hardly be carried out
C. the long summer holiday gives teachers and students real “ down time"
D. some school staff will say “ No" to the plans for a shorter summer holiday
22、Here are several places which will surprise you.
Death Valley, California, USA
Very lively at night but completely dead during the day, this place is nothing but dry hot desert. It actually holds the record for the hottest air temperature. It has an average temperature of 46℃ but it has reached 56.7℃ in 1913 and is considered to be a current record. As the driest place in the USA, this place is actually inhabited even though less than a thousand people live there.
Kebili, Tunisia
Tunisia’s close location to the Mediterranean Sea suggests that it should be nice and cool but Kebili is a desert town which has the highest temperature recorded at 55℃. The people inhabiting the area have adjusted to tough conditions and learned to spend most of their time in the shade. Date palms are one of the key features of this place.
Wādī Halfā, Sudan
The city is located on the shores of Lake Nubia, and dust storms are a pretty common thing in the summer. With an average temperature of 41℃, it still managed to make it to 53℃ in 1967. You would think that it should be a little bit cooler for it is the most northern place in Sudan.
Dasht-e Lut Desert, Iran
It’s another uninhabited desert which is actually getting super hot. In the past 20 years, the temperatures of 70℃ have been recorded. The salt desert spreads over 200 miles and even wildlife is not that spread. The place is popular with tourists and naturalists who would like to experience extreme landscapes.
【1】What can we say about Death Valley?
A．There is little rainfall in it.
B．Over 1, 000 people live there.
C．There is nothing but dry hot sand in it.
D．Its average temperature is 56.7℃.
【2】Which place has the highest temperature ever recorded?
A．Death Valley.
B．Dasht-e Lut Desert.
C．Wādī Halfā.
D．Kebili.
【3】What do the four places have in common?
A．They are places suitable to settle in.
B．They are located close to deserts.
C．They are the hottest places on earth.
D．They are more popular with tourists than other places.
23、Astronomers have discovered the cause of the “Great Dimming（暗淡）of Betelgeuse” ： a cloud of dust partly hiding it from us.
As one of the largest stars that can be seen by the naked eye, the red supergiant star Betelgeuse is a familiar sight to professional and amateur astronomers alike. That’s perhaps why it was so surprising when the star’s brightness started to drop in October 2019.
This sudden drop caused a speculation that Betelgeuse was about to go supernova（超新星）—that is, reach the end of its life as a red supergiant, break away, and then bounce into a burning explosion so bright that we’d even be able to see it in the daytime. It wasn’t immediately clear to astronomers whether or not that was the case, since a supernova hasn’t been observed in our Galaxy since astronomer Johannes Kepler saw one in 1604.
But it never happened, and by April 2020, Betelgeuse was back to its normal brightness. Now, images of the star, taken with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope, along with data from the GRAVITY instrument, have shown what happened to it.
The surface of Betelgeuse is always changing. Giant bubbles（气泡）of gas grow, become smaller and move around within the star, and occasionally it lets one go. Before the Great Dimming began, Betelgeuse let one of these bubbles go. Then a part of the star’s surface cooled down, and this temperature drop allowed the gas to cool enough to turn into solid dust.
The cloud of dust partly hid Betelgeuse from the Earth, particularly in the southern part.
“The dust getting away from cool evolved stars, such as the eruption we’ve just witnessed, could go on to become the building blocks of terrestrial planets（类地行星）and life,” said Emily Cannon, a PhD student at KU Leuven. “Looking up at the stars at night, we’ll feel these tiny, shining dots of light seem permanent. The dimming of Betelgeuse breaks this idea.”
【1】Why do astronomers feel amazed at the “Great Dimming of Betelgeuse”?
A．Because Betelgeuse is familiar to them.
B．Because Betelgeuse was ready to welcome a great explosion.
C．Because Betelgeuse’s brightness started to drop in October 2019.
D．Because Betelgeuse was blocked from us by a cloud of dust partly.
【2】What does the underlined word “speculation” in paragraph 3 mean?
A．Admission.
B．Concept.
C．Principle.
D．Assumption.
【3】What contributes to the formation of terrestrial planets and life?
A．The dust from cool evolved stars.
B．The shining dots of light.
C．The changing appearance of a star.
D．The cooling down of a star.
【4】Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A．A supernova transformed from Betelgeuse.
B．Terrestrial planets and life found by scientists.
C．The idea proved wrong by the dimming of Betelgeuse.
D．The “Great Dimming of Betelgeuse” caused by a cloud of dust.
24、Wisconsin Historical Museum
30 N. Carroll Street on Madison’s Capitol Square
Discover Wisconsin’s history and culture on four floors of exhibits. Open for public program.
Admission is free.
Open Tuesday through Saturday, 9:00am -- 4:00 pm.
Swiss historical village
612 Seventh Ave., New Glarus
The Swiss Historical Village offers a delightful look at pioneer life in America’s heartland. 14 buildings in the village give a full picture of every day life in the nineteenth-century Midwest.
Tue.—Fri., May 1st –October 31st , 10:00 am—4:00 pm. Admission is $20.
Artisan Gallery & Creamery Café
6858 Paoli Rd., Paoli, WI
One of the largest collections of fine arts and crafts (手工艺品) in Wisconsin. Over 5000 sq. ft. of exhibition space in a historic creamery. While visiting enjoy a wonderfully prepared lunch at our café overlooking the Sugar River. Just minutes from Madison!
Gallery open Tue. –Sun., 10:00 am—5:00 pm. Café open Wed. –Sat., 11:00 am –3:00 pm. Sun. brunch with wine, 10:00—3:00 pm.
Christopher Columbus Museum
239 Whitney St., Columbus
World-class exhibit –2000 quality souvenirs (纪念品) marking Chicago’s 1893 World Columbian Exhibition. Tour buses are always welcome.
Open daily, 8:15 am – 4:00 pm.
【1】Which of the following is on Capitol Square?
A．Artisan Gallery & Creamery Café.
B．Swiss Historical Village.
C．Wisconsin Historical Museum.
D．Christopher Columbus Museum.
【2】Where can you go for a visit on Monday?
A．Christopher Columbus Museum.
B．Swiss Historical Village.
C．Artisan Gallery & Creamery café.
D．Wisconsin Historical Museum.
【3】We can learn from the text that________.
A．tickets are needed for Wisconsin Historical Museum
B．Christopher Columbus Museum overlooks a river
C．Swiss Historical Village is open for half a year
D．Artisan Gallery & Creamery Café are open daily for 4 hours
25、 When 19-year-old Chloe Mitchell's senior trip was canceled due to the pandemic, she knew she couldn't just lie around the house. Not only is she a passionate volleyball player with an active lifestyle, she's also a teenager. Being _________ in the house all day with your parents isn't ideal—no matter how much you love them.
“I was bored. I was really depressed because quarantine had taken away my senior year,” she explained. “I needed something to _________ worries in my mind. I needed _________ labor. I needed space from my family.”
As a self-described DIY obsessive, Mitchell saw the shabby shed in the yard, a relaxing space to call her own. Unfortunately, as she set about _________ the forgotten shed into a stylish vacation home—'She Shed', Mitchell was upset that social-distancing rules meant she couldn't invite her friends over. So she decided to share the _________ with her 34 followers on TikTok, _________ close friends, letting them know every step she did during the following days.
Over the next 10 days, Mitchell began to _________ the contents of her small shed used as a storage bam so that it could be cleaned easily. After that, she wiped down the original wooden beams before giving them a fresh layer of white _________ Once the paint had dried, she hung fairy lights, _________ the space with plants and added a television and refrigerator donated by neighbors. She even built herself a daybed and purchased a little bed for her dog, Lilly.
Happy to be out in the sun, putting her DIY skills to good __________ and sharing the experience with her friends, Mitchell could never have predicted what happened next. Known as “she shed girl”, Mitchell now has a(an) __________ 2.7 million followers on TikTok, where she shares DIY tips and snippets of her life as a freshman at Aquinas College in Michigan. __________ by the success of her first project, Mitchell turned her attention to the family's pool house, imagining it as a charming pub shed.
Commenting on Mitchell's __________ shed renovation, the experts at My Tool Shed DIY said, “Stress levels have __________ in the last year due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now more than ever people need time to do something they love. Having a __________ space like a 'she shed' can be perfect for this.”
A．locked
B．occupied
C．stuck
D．closed
A．give out
B．take off
C．pick up
D．settle down
A．mental
B．convenient
C．casual
D．physical
A．building
B．mending
C．transforming
D．exchanging
A．assignment
B．project
C．progress
D．shed
A．mostly
B．really
C．hardly
D．naturally
A．furnish
B．prepare
C．fix
D．empty
A．wood
B．paint
C．sheet
D．paper
A．filled
B．put
C．placed
D．offered
A．position
B．effect
C．use
D．practice
A．delighted
B．depressing
C．incredible
D．horrible
A．Encouraged
B．Frustrated
C．Exhausted
D．Satisfied
A．imperfect
B．impressive
C．important
D．impossible
A．decreased
B．declined
C．raised
D．skyrocketed
A．reflected
B．limited
C．relieved
D．dedicated
26、假如你是李华，你校英语角准备举办一次文化艺术节(the Festival of Arts and Culture), 主办人Robert针对本次艺术节向学生们征求意见。请你用英语给他写一封信, 谈谈对此次活动的看法及建议。
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