1、The message has been clearly conveyed in Xi Jinping’s speech ________ the modernization of Chinese navy is to be sped up.
A. whether B. that C. why D. which
2、________ is known to the world, Liu Xiang became the first Asian in history to win the men’s 110 m hurdles at the Olympic Games.
A．That
B．Which
C．As
D．It
3、________Wuhu with Shanghai, to be frank, and you'll find it's more convenient to live in the former.
A. To compare B. Comparing
C. Compare D. Compared
4、It is ______for him to get to school on time, because it is raining ______.
A. hard; hardly B. hardly; hard C. hard; hard
5、– You’re wearing a tie! -- _________ for observation.
A. Pass marks B. Full marks
C. A mark D. Great mark
6、The explorer got a disease in blood for the ____ of fresh vegetables and fruit.
A. sake B. lack
C. ignorance D. benefit
7、Since last month, George, along with some of his former classmates, _______ to have a 20-year gathering during this summer holiday.
A．have desired
B．desired
C．have been desiring
D．has been desiring
8、Recently I can’t focus on my lessons. Maybe I need to see a doctor.
A. somewhat B. somehow
C. anyway D. otherwise
9、---Mum, I have cleaned my room.
--- ________.
A. Wonders will never cease. B. I believe not.
C. Go ahead. D. Thanks a lot.
10、The pictures on the wall ______ us of the happy junior school days
A．remind
B．memorize
C．organize
D．explore
11、—Will you have a second child?
— Haven’t decided yet. We ______ about it the whole year.
A. have thought B. had thought
C. thought D. have been thinking
12、Electric bike riders in Shanghai will have to obtain a license and will be fined up to RMB 200，according to a newlyadopted policy.
A. violators B. criminals
C. pedestrians D. candidates
13、----I think a good teacher should ________ to his students the importance of a proper learning method.
----I couldn’t agree more.
A. get across B. get over C. get through D. get down
14、Having manners shows good character, consideration and respect for others, taking you where degrees and money cannot and ______ a better world.
A. taking over B. adapting to
C. making for D. fitting into
15、—The window is dirty.
—I know. It ___ for weeks.
A.hasn’t cleaned B.didn’t clean C.wasn’t clean D.hasn’t been cleaned
16、The frequency of airline crashes is basically ______, but they do sometimes come in bunches.
A. random B. alarming C. countless D. steady
17、--- Robert is indeed a wise man.
--- Oh, yes. How often I have ______ not taking his advice!
A.defended B.tolerated C.missed D.regretted
18、--- Mike went to the hospital alone.
---If he ________me about it, I would have gone with him
A. should tell B. told
C. had told D. tells
19、It’s only right that human beings should learn to live_______nature because they coexist with each other.
A．in honour of
B．in harmony with
C．in return for
D．in control of
20、The Chinese men's relay team worked miracle in Bird's Nest Stadium when they ___________ a historic 4x100m relay silver medal.
A.struggled B.advanced C.defended D.captured
21、I love the experience of the real world disappearing as I lose myself in a story, and I also want my kids to know how amazing that feeling will be.
I had read to my son Lucas since his birth. But when he reached the age of 8, he didn’t show much interest. And though he enjoyed some picture books and non-fiction (纪实文学), I couldn’t get him into a real chapter book no matter how much I promised him he would love it. I didn’t want to keep pushing him about it because that would only make him more determined to choose what he liked. I needed to get creative.
I came up with a plan. I had a strong feeling that my son would love Harry Potter, so one night, I stayed with him to read as I would any other night — with J.K. Rowling’s book in hand. I read the first few chapters, and in the middle of Chapter 4, right after that “Hagrid drops the bomb on Harry...”, I stopped.
“My throat is hurting. I can’t go any further.” “Mom, just a little more?” “I’m sorry, honey. My voice just can’t take anymore tonight.” “Please?”
Ha! My plan was working. I asked him whether he wanted to read a little bit by himself and I would allow him to stay up a little past his bedtime.
He agreed. That was the night my son became interested in Harry Potter and fiction in general. I would never forget how. Several months later, he came running into my room long after he should have been asleep and threw himself in my arms crying because of that special character who died.
Today, at 13, Lucas is hardly without something to read within arm’s reach, and I owe it all to that first night when I tricked him into falling in love with J.K. Rowling.
【1】What does the author mean in the first two paragraphs?
A．She wanted her son to be creative.
B．Her son didn’t listen to her words.
C．Her son didn’t enjoy reading long stories.
D．She supported her son’s choice of reading.
【2】Why did the author stop at Chapter 4 when reading to her son?
A．She felt uncomfortable after long reading.
B．She thought it was time for her son to go to bed.
C．She found her son had lost patience with the story.
D．She tried to trick her son into reading the story on his own.
【3】What’s the author’s purpose in describing her son’s crying while reading?
A．To show her son becomes interested in reading stories.
B．To suggest how successful J.K. Rowling’s works are.
C．To tell she has earned her son’s love and trust.
D．To prove moving stories often attract kids.
【4】What does the underlined part in the last paragraph mean?
A．Lucas forms a habit of reading.
B．Lucas develops different hobbies.
C．Lucas likes keeping books carefully.
D．Lucas finishes reading books quickly
【5】What’s the text mainly about?
A．Why family education is necessary for kids.
B．How stories in Harry Potter became popular.
C．Why reading is so important for a young boy’s growth.
D．How a mother smartly turned her son into a story lover.
22、In 1947 a group of famous people from the art world headed by an Austrian conductor decided to hold an international festival of music, dance and theatre in Edinburgh. The idea was to reunite Europe after the Second World War.
It quickly attracted famous names such as Alec Guinness, Richard Burton, Dame Margot Fonteyn and Marlene Dietrich as well as the big symphony orchestras(交响乐团). It became a fixed event every August and now attracts 400,000 people yearly.
At the same time, the “Fringe” appeared as a challenge to the official festival. Eight uninvited theatre groups turned up in 1947, in the belief that everyone should have the right to perform, and they did so in a public house no longer used for years.
Soon, groups of students firstly from Edinburgh University, and later from the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Durham and Birmingham were making the journey to the Scottish capital each summer to perform theatre by little-known playwrights(剧作家) in small church halls to the people of Edinburgh.
Today the “Fringe”, once less recognized, has far outgrown the festival with around 1,500 performances of theatre, music and dance on every one of the 21 days it lasts. And yet as early as 1959, with only 19 theatre groups performing, some said it was getting too big.
A paid administrator was first employed only in 1971, and today there are eight administrators working all year round and the number rises to 150 during August itself. In 2004 there were 200 places housing(给……提供场地) 1,695 shows by over 600 different groups from 50 different countries. More than 1.25 million tickets were sold.
【1】What was the purpose of Edinburgh Festival in the beginning?
A．To bring Europe together again.
B．To honor heroes of World WarⅡ.
C．To introduce young theatre groups.
D．To attract great artists from Europe.
【2】Why did some uninvited theatre groups come to Edinburgh in 1947?
A．They owned a public house there.
B．They came to take up a challenge.
C．They thought they were also famous.
D．They wanted to take part in the festival.
【3】Who joined the “Fringe” after it appeared?
A．Popular writers.
B．University students.
C．Artists from around the world.
D．Performers of music and dance.
【4】We may learn from the text that Edinburgh Festival .
A．has become a non-official event
B．has gone beyond an art festival
C．gives shows all year round
D．keeps growing rapidly
23、Researchers at the University of Washington created a new web app, Self-Talk with Superhero Zip, aimed to help children develop skills like self-awareness and emotional management.
At first, some parents were wary: In a world of Siri and Alexa, they are skeptical that the makers of such technologies are putting children’s welfare first.
In Self-Talk with Superhero Zip, a chatbot guided pairs of siblings through lessons. The UW team found that, after speaking with the app for a week, most children could explain the concept of supportive self-talk and apply it in their daily lives. And kids who’d engaged in negative self-talk before the study were able to turn that habit positive.
The UW team published its findings in June at the 2023 Interaction Design and Children conference. The app is still a prototype (雏形) and is not yet publicly available. Previous studies have shown children can learn various tasks and abilities from chatbots. Yet little research explores how chatbots can help kids effectively acquire socioemotional skills.
“There is room to design child-centric experiences with a chatbot that provide fun and educational practice opportunities,” said senior author Alexis Hiniker, an associate professor in the UW Information School. “Over the last few decades, television programs like ‘Sesame Street,’ ‘Mister Rogers,’ and ‘Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood’ have shown that it is possible for TV to help kids cultivate socioemotional skills. We asked: Can we make a space where kids can practice these skills in an interactive app? We wanted to create something useful and fun— a ‘Sesame Street’ experience for a smart speaker.”
The length of these effects isn’t clear, researchers note. The study spanned just one week and the tendency for survey participants to respond in ways that make them look good could lead kids to speak positively about the app’s effects.
“Our goal is to make the app accessible to a wider audience in the future,” said lead author Chris (Yue) Fu, a UW doctoral student in the iSchool. “We’re exploring the integration of large language models — the systems that power tech like ChatGPT — into our prototype and we plan to work with content creators to adapt existing socioemotional learning materials into our system. The hope is that these will facilitate more prolonged and effective interventions.”
【1】What can we learn about Self-Talk?
A．It encouraged kids to engage in positive talking.
B．It could help kids explain complicated concepts.
C．It could be already downloaded from UW’s website.
D．It was welcomed by parents like Siri and Alexa.
【2】“Sesame Street” is mentioned in this passage to show _________ of Self-Talk.
A．The primary function.
B．The promising prospect.
C．The new-found popularity.
D．The historical background.
【3】Which may the follow-up research include?
A．Larger amounts of kinds of languages.
B．More characters with different background.
C．New technology adopted like ChatGPT.
D．Longer studies in more natural settings.
【4】It can be inferred from the last paragraph that the Self-Talk will _________.
A．Adapt socioemotional material and reform the education system.
B．Explore powerful technology and improve its effectiveness.
C．Promote socioemotional learning and provide ongoing support.
D．Combine large language models and lengthen its service time.
24、At a time like the pandemic, not only do we miss hugs, but we need them. Touching someone reduces our own stress. 【1】 . An expert said, “A warm touch is how our systems reach one another. It says we are safe, we are loved, and we are not alone.”
【2】 . If you need a hug, take precautions. Wear a mask. Give and take your hugs outdoors. Try to avoid touching the other person’s body or clothes with your face or your mask during a hug.
During a hug, the position of the faces matters most. The two of you should point your faces in opposite directions. Quickly approach each other and briefly embrace. 【3】 . And do the hug quickly. When you have finished hugging, back away quickly so you do not breathe onto each other’s faces. Wash your hands afterward.
Don’t hug face to face. This position is a higher risk because the faces are so close. When the shorter person looks up, their breath travels up into the taller person’s breathing zone. 【4】 if the taller person is looking down.
Do let your child hug you around the waist or knees. Hugging at the knee or waist level lowers risk for direct exposure because faces are far apart. However, there is potential for the child’s face to pollute the adult’s clothing. You might change clothes and should wash your hands after a visit that includes hugs with a child. 【5】 .
“Most hugs last less than 10 seconds. Back away at least six feet before talking again. Holding your breath stops you from exhaling any virus into their breathing zone,” an expert said.
A．It calms our nervous system
B．The huggers’ breaths can be mixed
C．The shorter person will feel pressed
D．Children are those who need hugs most
E．Do not talk or cough while you are hugging
F．However，some hugs are riskier than others
G．The adult also should not breathe down on the child
25、 A 25-year-old architectural designer spends at least five hours a day _______ on the Internet, but not just for work _______ sending e-mails to friends. To him, the most important thing is _______ he can have on-line talks with his girlfriends, a primary school teacher in south China.
A shy young man is active in the virtual world. _______ his girlfriend, he has many on- line good friends .“It’s not a _______ thing for net chatters to have on-line friends of the opposite sex or even _______ a girlfriend or a boyfriend, ”said a graduate student of Beijing university. “Many of _______ classmates and friends have had such an experience.”
He and his girlfriend surnamed Wang first met on the Internet, and on-line discussions became the starting _______ of their love story. Nowadays “Net-love” is no longer a strange _______ to many young Chinese, and on-line recreational activities have sprung up.
Evidences show that the number of net chatter in China __________ 79.5 million by the end of last year.and 32.2 percent of the them said that the purpose of surfing on the Internet was to have fun and make friends.
【1】A.to surf B.having surfed C.surf D.surfing
【2】A.or B.and C.either D.neither
【3】A.which B.what C.that D.whom
【4】A.Except that B.except C.In addition D.Besides
【5】A.fair B.bare C.usual D.rare
【6】A.to chat B.to search C.to hunt D.to locate
【7】A.his B.her C.my D.their
【8】A.top B.point C.tip D.spot
【9】A.word B.vocabulary C.phrase D.letter
【10】A.had reached B.had arrived C.would rise D.would raise
26、阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Robby was 11 years old when his mother, a single mom, dropped him off for his first piano lesson. “I prefer such students, especially boys, beginning at an earlier age,” I explained to Robby. But he said that it had always been his mother’s dream to hear him play the piano. His mother was sick, and he didn’t want to disappoint her. So I took the boy as a student.
Well, Robby began his piano lessons and from the beginning I didn’t think it was a wise attempt.As much as Robby tried,he lacked the basic rhythm(韵律).But he practiced continuously. At the end of each weekly lesson he’d always say, “My mom’s going to hear me play someday.” But it seemed hopeless. He made little progress, I only knew his mother from a distance as she dropped Robby off or waited in her aged car to pick him up. She always waved and smiled but never stopped by.
Then one day, Robby stopped coming to our lesson. I called him several times, no one answering the phone, which made me surprised and a bit worried. On my day off, I decided to pay them a visit, however, there’s also nobody home. One neighbor next door told me they had gone to the hospital. Then I learnt Robby’s mother is deaf! Shocked and confused, I left.
Several weeks later, our school mailed to the student’s home a notice on the upcoming recital (演奏会). To my surprise, Robby, who received the notice, asked me if he could be in it. I told him that the recital was for current pupils and because he had dropped out, he really didn’t qualify .He said that his mom was unable to take him to piano lessons due to some reasons, but he was still practicing. “Miss Hondorf...I’ve just got to play!” he insisted. I don’t know what led me to allow him to play in the recital.Maybe it was his persistence or maybe it was something inside of me saying that it would be alright.
注意:续写词数应为150左右。
The night for the recital came.
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As soon as he ended,everyone was on their feet in wild applause.
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