1、Now that you have done so much work, you’re _______ to win the speech contest.
A.keen B.bound C.content D.due
2、What _____ pity that you couldn’t be there to receive ________ prize!
A. a; a B. the; a C. a; the D. a; a
3、We’ve always regarded Dr. Smith as a man of integrity and high professional ________.
A．interest
B．attitude
C．competence
D．reputation
4、—Philip! Hurry up!
—________. We still have half an hour before the movie begins.
A. It doesn’t matter B. Take your time
C. It’s up to you D. It’s a deal
5、Chatting online can be _____fun, but kids must be sure they stay safe on _____web.
A. 不填; the B. a; the
C. 不填; a D. a; a
6、As part of the zero-Covid strategy, China publishes details of________ coronavirus carriers have been, in a bid to help with contact tracking.
A．how
B．what
C．where
D．who
7、He felt his way to the cave with a ______candle and he put away the ______ candle in his bag.
A.lighted; burnt B.lighted; burning C.lighting; burnt D.lighting; burning
8、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
9、“How could you treat me like that?” John asked his wife, eyeing her angrily from _______ the kitchen table.
A. at B. across C. through D. on
10、One outstanding feature of DF-41 missile is its ability to locate the __________ position of the target it wants.
A.accurate B.awkward C.absurd D.academic
11、This book _______the facts of global climate change.
A.throws light on B.comes to light C.leaves its mark on D.compares notes with
12、When people talk about the cities of the UK, the first ________ comes into mind is London.
A．which
B．what
C．that
D．when
13、——I’m surprised to hear that Sue and Paul have ______.
——So am I. They seemed very happy together when I last saw them.
A. broken up
B. finished up
C. divided up
D. closed up
14、Whenever we had troubles, the teacher ________ to help us without hesitation.
A．comes
B．would come
C．had come
D．is coming
15、-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
16、—Is it true that Aaron refused an offer from Cambridge University yesterday?
—Yeah, but I have no idea _________ he did it; that’s one of his favourite universities.
A. when B. why
C. that D. how
17、 The news spread quickly all over the world ________ Michael Schumacher came to life after his being seriously injured 5 years ago.
Fantastic!
A．that
B．what
C．which
D．when
18、Tony always works out development schemes faster than others. Is it ________ he graduated from a top university ________ counts?
A. because, that B. that, which
C. that; that D. why, what
19、— Shall we go to the seven o’clock performance or the eight?
— _____suits you fine.
A. Whatever B. Whichever C. Whenever D. Wherever
20、These products received good customer response, ______ in 4% comparable store sales growth in November.
A．resulted
B．to result
C．resulting
D．having resulted
21、You have probably heard of the Mozart effect. It's the idea that if children or even babies listen to music composed by Mozart, they will become more intelligent. A quick Internet search reveals plenty of products to assist you in the task. Whatever your age is, there are CDs and books to help you taste the power of Mozart's music, but when it comes to scientific evidence that it can make you more clever, the picture is more mixed.
The phrase "the Mozart effect" was made up in 1991, but it was a study described two years later in the journal Nature that sparked real media and public interest about the idea that listening to classical music somehow improves the brain. It is one of those ideas that sound reasonable. Mozart was undoubtedly a genius himself; his music is complex and there is a hope that if we listen to enough of it, we'll become more intelligent.
The idea took off, with thousands of parents playing Mozart to their children, and in 1998 Zell Miller, the Governor of the state of Georgia in the US, even asked for money to be set aside in the state budget so that every newborn baby could be sent a CD of classical music. It was not just babies and children who were exposed to Mozart's music on purpose, even an Italian farmer proudly explained that the cows were played Mozart three times a day to help them produce better milk.
I'll leave the debate on the impact on milk yield (产量) to farmers, but what about the evidence that listening to Mozart makes people more intelligent? More research was carried out but an analysis of sixteen different studies confirmed that listening to music does lead to a temporary improvement in the ability to handle shapes mentally, but the benefits are short-lived and it doesn't make us more intelligent.
【1】What can we learn from Paragraph 1?
A．Mozart composed many musical pieces for children.
B．There is little scientific evidence to support the Mozart effect.
C．There are few products on the Internet about Mozart's music.
D．Children listening to Mozart will be more intelligent.
【2】The underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 suggests that ________.
A．people were strongly against the idea
B．Mozart played an important part in people's life
C．the idea was accepted by many people
D．the US government helped promote the idea
【3】What is the author's attitude towards the Mozart effect?
A．Favorable.
B．Objective.
C．Doubtful.
D．Positive.
【4】What would be the best title for the passage?
A．What Music Is Beneficial?
B．Listening to Mozart, Necessary?
C．What Is the Mozart Effect?
D．To Be or Not to Be？
22、Reading skills are very important to understand the text more quickly and better. 【1】 The following are several simple ways you can use to improve them. Like other skills, the more you practise, the better you will become at understanding what you are reading.
【2】 It can make your better understand what you are reading by enabling you to explore themes and other parts of the text. The more specific your questions are, the more likely you will gain further insight into the text.
Using context is a great way to understand what you are reading even if you don’t know all the vocabulary. 【3】 You can look for nearby words that have similar or opposite meanings of the words you don’t know.
Identifying the main idea of a paragraph or an article can help you determine the importance of the article. Knowing why what you’re reading is important can help you better understand what the author is trying to say. 【4】 Then try to put the main idea in your own words for further understanding.
If you are reading a longer or more challenging text, consider breaking it up into smaller sections. For example, you could read two paragraphs at a time and then stop to quickly summarize what you just read in your mind. Breaking up what you are reading can help you feel less stressful. 【5】
A．As the saying goes, “ Practice makes perfect. ”
B．It is naturally your concern to improve reading skills.
C．Asking questions about what you are reading can help.
D．This is especially true for books that you find challenging.
E．And it gives you a chance of understanding the information in the text.
F．Context can be found in sentences surrounding the word you aren’t familiar with.
G．While reading, pause every few paragraphs and see if you master what the main idea is.
23、Several Eye-Opening Facts about Tears
Humans make three different versions of tears.Basal tears help our eyes move smoothly,reflex tears form in response to irritants(刺激物）such as smoke and dirt,and emotional tears flow when we're sad or over-joyed.Onion tears are obviously of the reflex variety-but what's the irritant?It turns out onions produce a chemical to defend themselves.To cut down on its release,freeze the onion before slicing,then use a sharp knife to reduce the damage to the onion and the release of the chemical.
Crying can be good for you.Some studies have shown a good cry can cause the release of certain chemicals that make us feel better.Crying can also improve people's sense of well being by bringing about social support.On the other hand,crying can sometimes make you feel worse than if you haven't cried at all.One study found that people who tend to cry in general more often feel worse after crying during a movie than people who seldom cry.
According to Entertainment Weekly,the biggest Hollywood tearjerker of all time is Terms of Endearment,about how a family deals with a cancer diagnosis.Number 2:Bambi.According to Merriam-Webster,the term tearjerker first appeared in 1912,which happens to be the same year the Titanic sank.(The movie Titanic is 16th on EW' s tearjerker list.)
In medieval(中世纪）times,crying was perfectly acceptable,even manly.In the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf,when Beowulf was killed by a dragon,his soldiers were extremely sad and cried aloud for his death.King Arthur was also known to turn on the waterworks.
Speaking of war,tear gas was banned on the battlefield via the Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993,which was made to happen by Iraq's use of chemical weapons in Iran in the 1980s.That said,American police can still legally use tear gas for crowd control.
【1】Why do people have tears while cutting onions?
A．Because they are sad.
B．Because their eyes are affected by a chemical.
C．Because they are over-joyed.
D．Because their eyes can't move smoothly.
【2】The underlined word"tearjerker"in Paragraph 3 probably refers to
A．a popular newspaper
B．a touching movie
C．a deadly disease
D．an interesting book
【3】What can we learn from the passage?
A．Crying is always beneficial to people.
B．Tear gas is strictly forbidden in any case after 1993.
C．Emotional tears only form in response to negative feelings.
D．It is socially acceptable for men to cry in medieval times.
【4】Where does the text probably come from?
A．A guidebook.
B．A chemistry paper.
C．A medical report.
D．A popular science magazine.
24、Next time you go shopping, keep in mind that there may be hidden cameras analyzing your habits. According to a 2015 survey of 150 managers from Computer Services Corporation, a quarter of British shops use facial recognition software to collect data on shopper behavior.
With concerns that face-recognition cameras“ are kind of invasive(冒犯的)”, British analysis firm Hoxton Analytics has come up with a new way of measuring footfall (客流)—by filming people's shoes. The technology can collect a large amount of personal information. "We have cameras at 50 cm off the ground and they point down so they are less invasive than facial recognition," Duncan Mann, Hoxton's officer said.
As modern cities get fuller—70 percent of the population will live in urban areas by 2050—cameras and other technologies are taking over public spaces and collecting our data. Their purpose is to keep people safe, provide efficient services and prevent disasters and crimes.
But some are not happy with the cameras as far as their privacy(隐私) is concerned. "Very few of us have any real concept of what data smart cities are gathering," said Renate
Samson.
We begin giving away data as soon as we wake up. When we enter the transport system, we are giving away even more details about ourselves through smart cards, mobile phones or credit cards.
Nick Millman, director at a consulting firm thinks statistics are the key to the privacy concern. He used the example of Google Maps, which is to monitor the flow of traffic in Stockholm. He explained, "It is basically adding privacy controls to statistics so that you only see the data you need to know about". In this case, Google gets enough data to improve traffic but not so much that it shows individual journey patterns.
【1】What is the article mainly about?
A. An introduction to collecting shoppers' data.
B. The concerns about giving away personal data.
C. The problems caused by imbalanced distribution of population.
D. An invention recording and collecting customers' information.
【2】The new technology invented by Hoxton Analytics_______.
A. can gather a lot of people's personal data from their shoes
B. uses cameras fitted on the ground to collect customers' data
C. has improved the accuracy of facial recognition software
D. offers a perfect solution to customers' privacy concerns
【3】According to the author, cameras in modern cities_______.
A. cause a huge waste of public space
B. help reduce the size of population in urban areas
C. are likely to help improve traffic conditions
D. are to avoid crimes and disasters and provide efficient services
【4】What is Renate Samson's attitude toward the rise of smart cities?
A. Worried.
B. Optimistic.
C. Confused.
D. Uninterested.
25、Let’s say your company has been making athletic shoes for 50 or 60 years. They are good shoes. _________ , other companies have sped past you in the race for fame and the profit that goes with it. Products with the logos of the other companies are status symbols. Products with your logo make people think of basketball stars from the 1970s. To turn things around you, you have to change your product’s _________ image into something new, and make sure consumers get the message. They must match your product with some larger idea that has nothing to do with shoes—beauty, prosperity, or even world peace. _________, you have to build a brand.
The term brand(烙记)comes from the practice of using a hot iron to burn a mark into the skin of a cow or a horse. This brand helps the owner _________ his or her animals from others. The brand is a kind of label, a device for creating recognition. Branding on products is also all about recognition.
People equate the name Rolls Royce, _________, with classic luxury. The recognition value of this brand is _________. It even registers with people who have never seen one of the company’s cars. When the German company BMW bought the Rolls company in 1998, they were careful to change _________. They even continued to build cars in Greenwood, England, because Rolls Royce is thought of as _________.
Among some strong brands, the line between promotional and personal image is _________. Some customers may adopt a brand’s image as their own images. The ads for Nike shoes show no-nonsense athletes. A customer might __________ Nike shoes because she considers herself a no-nonsense athlete—and she wants others to think so, too.
Biker subculture in the United States owes a great deal to the branding __________ of the Harley-Davidson motorcycle company(哈雷摩托车公司品牌成功). Harley has managed to turn its motorcycles into symbols of opposition to mainstream cultural values. In a radio interview, Harley-Davidson’s CEO, Jim Ziemer, points out one way his brand—and its black-and-orange logo—has become very __________. (个性化)
Interviewer: When business school students study __________, one of the names that’s always at the top of that list is Harley Davidson. In your mind, what is it that makes a brand?
Ziemer: A brand is made when a person really feels a __________ with that brand. I mean, we’ve taken it to the ultimate(我们已经做到了极致), where a lot of our customers have a Harley-Davidson tattoo (纹身) on their body so they really feel very special and linked with the brand.
The __________ of branding, the hot irons, seems not so far away. (烙记/印的起源，也就是烙铁，似乎并不遥远)
【1】
A．Additionally
B．Nevertheless
C．Consequently
D．Meanwhile
【2】
A．well-received
B．old-fashioned
C．moderate
D．revolutionary
【3】
A．In other words
B．On the contrary
C．By comparison
D．As usual
【4】
A．distinguish
B．protect
C．acquire
D．release
【5】
A．in response
B．as usual
C．on average
D．for example
【6】
A．abstract
B．restricted
C．mysterious
D．enormous
【7】
A．everything
B．something
C．nothing
D．anything
【8】
A．recognizable
B．luxurious
C．British
D．valuable
【9】
A．unclear
B．visible
C．unusual
D．deep
【10】
A．dislike
B．buy
C．produce
D．ignore
【11】
A．industry
B．knowledge
C．success
D．agent
【12】
A．standard
B．official
C．misleading
D．personal
【13】
A．management
B．branding
C．uniqueness
D．interaction
【14】
A．conflict
B．combination
C．comparison
D．connection
【15】
A．origin
B．significance
C．development
D．example
26、网络上曾疯传这么一幅图“友谊的小船说翻就翻”。从网络上的各种配图来看，导致友谊翻船的原因林林总总。
请以维护友谊为主题，写一篇150字左右的作文。
要求：1)描述上图并解释图片所传达的意思；2)列举两到三个导致友谊翻船的原因；3) 就如何维护友谊给出你的建议。
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