1、His serious illness ________ his absence yesterday.
A．account for
B．stood for
C．watched out for
D．set off for
2、The two books are _______ same size, and similar _______ content.
A.of; in B.in the; to
C.of the; in D.in; of
3、When she woke up, she realized that the things she had dreamt about could not ______ have happened.
A．possibly
B．likely
C．hardly
D．usually
4、Just as Oprah Winfrey puts it,_____thankful for what you have and you’ll end up having more.
A. be
B. being
C. to be
D. having been
5、I still remember my first teacher we haven’t seen each other for many years
A. for B. because C. since D. though
6、The virus came without people’s being aware of it and it was _________ assumed to be a common one. But with more cases reported, it proved wrong.
A. accurately B. relatively C. purely D. initially
7、Most of us, if we know even a little about where our food comes from, understand that every bite put into our mouths was alive.
A. steadily B. instantly
C. formerly D. permanently
8、He fell from the bike and broke his leg. ________, he will have to be away from school. .
A．As a consequence
B．As a result
C．In consequence
D．A,B and C
9、Montreal is the second largest French-speaking city in the world, ________.
A．Paris is the largest
B．Paris being the largest
C．Paris to be the largest
D．Paris be the largest
10、— Jessie, it’s a pity you didn’t go shopping online on Nov.11th．It was really fantastic!
— Really? If I ________ so busy, I would have shopped for fun too.
A． shouldn’t be B． weren’t
C． hadn’t been D． wouldn’t be
11、It is ___________ to read again the novel that the professor ___________ in his lecture.
A.worth, referred to B.worthwhile, referred to
C.worthy, mention D.worth, mentioned to
12、Hotels fill up fast during the busy tourist season, __________it is necessary for tourists to make reservations in advance.
A. or B. so C. for D. but
13、The use of an alcohol breath test by the police greatly reduces the ____of drivers causing traffic accidents．
A．possibility B．pressure
C．preference D．Production
14、The country has sent up three manned spacecraft, the most recent ___ at the end of last March.
A.has been launched B.being launched C.having been launched D.to be launched
15、── Do you know our town?
── No, this is the first time I ________ here.
A. was B. have been
C. came D. am coming
16、The retirement of Brin and Page left Google ________ with the uncertainty of the strategy of its future development.
A．facing
B．faced
C．being faced
D．face
17、Lucy_ _writing her essay by 10:00 this morning. After that, she listened to music for a while.
A．will finish
B．finishes
C．has finished
D．had finished
18、________ seems to have been great difficulty in turning out excellent graduates.
A. That B. What C. It D. There
19、She is no longer ________ she used to be 20 years ago.
A．what
B．that
C．which
D．when
20、 --Jack fell off the ladder yesterday, but he is all right now.
--What a lucky dog! He ______ himself badly.
A. should injure B. could have injured
C. should have injured D. might injure
21、 My Favourite Books(原创)
Meg Wolitzer is an American novelist whose new book, The Female Persuasion, is out now, published by Riverhead Books.
Mrs. Bridge by Evan S.Connell
I can’t count how many copies of this book I have given to friends as gifts. I consider it a perfect novel, filled with wit and human tragedy in equal measure. The novel, published in 1959, takes place in the years leading up to the Second World War, and the title character is an upper-middle-class housewife living in Kansas City, Missouri. Connell’s brilliant and sad novel of a woman’s household life, social life, inner life, and continual need to rely on convention, is a pleasure to read.
The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers
The heroine of this beautiful novel from 1946, Frankie Addams, is only 12 years old, a tall girl whose brother is getting married. This is a classic coming of age story that doesn’t get talked about as often as it should. Upon re-reading it, I was reminded of how much it has to say about growing up and entering the world as an individual, but it also has powerful words in it about racism, spoken by the housekeeper, Berenice.
Charlotte’s Web by EB White
When I think of this marvellous book, I always remember that it was the first book I ever cried over. The fact that readers mourn the death of a spider is evidence of EB White’s ability to create characters so deeply that we feel for them as if we actually know them. Charlotte’s Web is all about empathy, as seen through the friendship between a spider and a pig.
【1】When was Mrs. Bridge published?
A.In 1959 B.In 1990 C.In 1946 D.In 1957
【2】Which book should have gained more attention according to Meg Wolitzer?
A.Mrs. Bridge B.Charlotte’s Web
C.The Female Persuasion D.The Member of the Wedding
【3】What kind of book is Charlotte’s Web?
A.an adventure story B.a fairy tale
C.a love story D.science fiction
22、In 1999, Google hired its 53rd employee called Charlie Ayers. This employee was unique. He didn’t develop software, nor did he have business knowledge. In fact, he just worked for a famous band. But Charlie won a cooking competition held by the company. Then, he became the company’s chef. He would help Google feed its employees. Since then, Google’s policy of free snacks has been copied.
This policy may make sense for some companies since employees don’t need to travel far to eat. The companies think it can also improve traffic during lunch hour. But firms’ free-snack policy has been attacked by politicians. They believe it extremely reduces the number of customers of local restaurants, which causes many of them to break down and eventually harms the relevant industry. So, officials are preventing Facebook opening a canteen at its new campus.
There have been many theories explaining what motivate firms to provide free snacks. Some argue it’s a firm’s dirty trick to keep workers working for longer hours. Others argue it’s about helping the firm attract talents. Still others say rich firms are just generous and that their generosity, in turn, makes their workers happier and more productive. All of these may contribute to the firms’ free snacks.
Google says its food system is about promoting teamwork and. creativity. The idea is that it provides chances to bond and exchange ideas when employees randomly meet and eat together. This, they believe, encourages creativity. While free snacks might increase the amount of time employees spend in the office, the theory that it increases creativity lacks evidence. Actually, evidence suggests unlimited candy and chips in the break room will affect people’s cognitive performance, which might eventually prevent workers from thinking intelligently. It’s no wonder that some. Google’s competitors rejected the food policy.
If companies want workers to exchange ideas, regular meals can make it. A better food system for companies is one where workers would be given a credit card for food purchases. Some colleges have a similar food system, which offers discount to fruits and vegetables and places an extra cost on junk food—junk food, after all could end up increasing the company’s health insurance bills.
There’s no such thing as a free lunch. The same is true for snacks.
【1】Why does the author mention Charlie Ayers in Paragraph 1?
A．To offer the background of the text.
B．To introduce the topic of the passage.
C．To expand understanding of the topic.
D．To show the structure of the passage.
【2】What do politicians think of firms’ free-snack policy?
A．It does increase the employees’ creativity.
B．It’s beneficial to local transportation.
C．It strengthens the unity of the firms’ employees.
D．It brings negative effect on local restaurants.
【3】What’s Paragraph 3 mainly about?
A．The possible causes of some firms’ free-snack policy.
B．The importance of the free snack policy.
C．The benefits of free-snack policy to workers.
D．The oppositions to the free snack policy.
【4】Why do some companies decline the free snack policy?
A．They are unaware of its positive influence.
B．They consider it a big financial burden.
C．They think it weakens employees’ creativity.
D．They find it unattractive to many employees.
【5】Which of the following will the author agree with?
A．Companies should increase their insurance bills on workers.
B．Colleges’ food systems tend to be superior to companies’.
C．A good food system can give discounts to any food.
D．Free snacks are unnecessary in the companies.
23、With the development of science and technology, new inventions, especially new electronic products, have made people’s lives easy and convenient. But as the saying puts: A coin has two sides.
One day, I was walking in the park with a friend and his cell phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There we were, walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and…I became invisible, absent from the conversation.
The telephone used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent. Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel? Every advance in communications technology is a tragedy to the closeness of human interaction. With email and instant messaging over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another. With voice mail, you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a question, I just leave the answer on her machine.
As almost every contact we can imagine between human beings gets automated, the alienation(疏远) index goes up. You can't even call a person to get the phone number of another person any more. Directory assistance is almost always fully automated.
Pumping petrol at the station? Why say good morning to the attendant when you can swipe(刷)your credit card at the pump and save yourself the bother of human contact?
Making a deposit at the bank? Why talk to a teller who might live in the neighborhood when you can just insert your card into ATM?
Pretty soon you won’t have the burden of making eye contact at the grocery shop. Some supermarket chains are using a self-scanner so you can check yourself out, avoiding those check-out people who look at you and ask how you are doing.
I am not against modern technology. I own a cell phone, an ATM card, a voice mail system, and an email account. Giving them up isn't wise…they're a great help to us. It's some of their possible consequences that make me feel uneasy.
More and more, I find myself hiding behind e-mail to do a job meant for conversation. Or being relieved that voice mail picked up a call because I didn't really have time to talk. The communications industry devoted to helping me keep in touch is making me lonelier.
So I've put myself on technology restriction: no instant messaging, with people who live near me，no cell phoning in the presence of friends, no letting the voice mail pick up when I'm at home.
【1】Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?
A. The Advance of Communications Technology
B. The Consequences of Modern Technology
C. The Process of Communications Revolution[
D. The Automation of Modern Communications
【2】Paragraphs 5 to 7 are listed as examples, which show that the use of modern communications is___________.
A. encouraging B. disappointing
C. satisfying D. embarrassing
【3】The passage implies that _______________.
A. modern technology is bridging the people
B. modern technology is separating the people
C. modern technology is developing too rapidly
D. modern technology is interrupting our lives
【4】What does the writer think to do with the modern technology?
A. We may use them no matter what others are doing.
B. We can throw them away and return to the ancient.
C. We can be far away from them forever.
D. We can use them less and communicate with the people around us.
24、 People are making more and more demands on the world’s natural resources. If babies born in 1991 live for eighty years, the human population of the world may be anything from twice to three times the present total by 2070. In other words, they will have to share what is left of the earth’s resources with 15 billion other people. But hopefully there will be a significant decrease in the growth of population. What if this does not happen? The answer is that by the time before the babies born in 1991 reach the age of 40 they could be sharing resources with as many as 10 billion other people.
Limiting the pollution of water and the atmosphere, controlling the output of the chemicals that may be causing the global warming and climate change, and eating less meat may go some way to help, but can anyone seriously imagine that these are going to solve the problems of the“baby class”of 1991?
There is no getting away from the fact that people are responsible for the present state of the world, and only people can solve the problems. The decisions have to be taken by people as members of national and local governments, as leaders and decision-makers in industry; as scientists and technologists; as professional engineers and designers; as religious leaders and individual citizens.
【1】Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
A.Making More Demands on the Natural Resources.
B.Limiting the Pollution of Air and Water
C.Reducing the World Population
D.Saving the Babies of 1991
【2】What is meant by“the problems of the ‘baby class’of 1991”?
A.A large number of babies will be born after 1991.
B.Babies born in 1991 won’t live a long life.
C.The children of 1991 are not given good education.
D.The problems caused by babies born in 1991.
【3】This short passage is probably taken from
A.a news report
B.a science fiction
C.an article by a medical worker
D.a government report
【4】Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the last paragraph as people responsible for the present state of the world?
A.Officials. B.Industrialists.
C.Businessmen. D.Scientists.
25、In the sport world, athletes usually compete to achieve a new personal best. For one Nebraska teen Brandon Schutt, his personal best turned out not to be about marking the fastest time but _______ the biggest heart.
Before the race, Schutt knew if his time was good enough, he had the _______ to be the winner. _______, a mile into the 3.1-mile race, Schutt realized he wasn't going to _______. Rather than risk injury, he _______ to a comfortable pace to simply enjoy the day.
Meanwhile,another runner, Blake Cerveny, aiming to _______ his own personal best record, was running a very different kind of race with all his _______. With less than 400 meters to go, Cerveny's legs _______ him.
His _______ did not. Determined to finish, Cerveny ________ from the ground and continued on, only to fall again after another 150 meters..and again, he got up. This time he'd run only 25 meters more before going down. Taking great ________, he pulled himself up and moved forward. However,about 100 meters from the finish line, he lay curled (蜷缩) on the ground. His legs had simply ________.
Before medical workers ________ him, Brandon Schutt was at his side to offer a helping hand. He failed to get Cerveny up at first,but like Cerveny, he too refused to ________. With a second ________, Cerveny was on his feet. With Cerveny holding Schutt for support and Schutt helping Cerveny keeping ________, the two completed the ________ 75 meters of the race.
In today's ________ world where the emphasis (重点) in athletics is so often put on breaking records, it was ________ to see that for an athlete like Brandon Schutt, the value of true ________ still shines.
【1】
A．exhibiting
B．opening
C．winning
D．breaking
【2】
A．target
B．strength
C．potential
D．future
【3】
A．Therefore
B．However
C．Consequently
D．Moreover
【4】
A．make it
B．drop in
C．give up
D．go on
【5】
A．applied
B．slowed
C．contributed
D．accustomed
【6】
A．keep
B．enjoy
C．break
D．get
【7】
A．energy
B．support
C．pain
D．expectation
【8】
A．kicked
B．failed
C．moved
D．shook
【9】
A．brain
B．memory
C．body
D．will
【10】
A．shot
B．dropped
C．jumped
D．rose
【11】
A．efforts
B．risks
C．steps
D．measures
【12】
A．held back
B．bent down
C．gave out
D．backed away
【13】
A．cured
B．remembered
C．recognized
D．reached
【14】
A．complain
B．quit
C．leave
D．run
【15】
A．chance
B．escape
C．attempt
D．rescue
【16】
A．silent
B．calm
C．still
D．balance
【17】
A．final
B．enough
C．light
D．easy
【18】
A．competitive
B．fantasy
C．physical
D．material
【19】
A．challenging
B．astonishing
C．inspiring
D．puzzling
【20】
A．friendship
B．sportsmanship
C．leadership
D．ownership
26、假定你是李华，在2020年端午节来临之际，你打算邀请学校外教Beck与你的家人一起共度这一传统佳节。请你写一封邮件告知他相关事宜。内容包括： 1.节日时间（6月25日,农历五月初五）； 2.端午节简介； 3.活动安排。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头语和结束语已给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：农历lunar calendar 粽子zongzi 爱国诗人patriotic poet
Dear Beck,
With the Dragon Boat Festival approaching, I am writing to invite you to my family get together on 25th June if you are available.
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Yours,
Li Hua