1、Last month L.A.declared a________of emergency as protests over killing of Geroge Floyd a black man turned violent.
A.state B.condition C.situation D.circumstance
2、The teacher commanded that the exercises ________ in an hour.
A．was finished
B．should finish
C．were finished
D．be finished
3、In this country, children under 12 must be _____ by an adult in public libraries.
A.accompanied B.absorbed C.achieved D.accused
4、They asked me to ________ what he remembered then.
A.put out B.put on C.set out D.set down
5、Several days passed before they came up with a satisfactory solution to the ________ in a / an ________.
A.problems discussed … unexpected way
B.discussed problems … way unexpected
C.problems discussed … way unexpected
D.discussed problems … unexpected way
6、_____United States of America lies on the other side of______.
A．The, Pacific
B．/, Pacifie Ocean
C．The，the Pacific
D．/，the Ocean Pacific
7、Why do some rich people steal things ______ they could easily afford to buy them?
A.unless B.before C.if D.when
8、Tom was happy to get a chance to play _________football for the school team.
A．a
B．an
C．the
D．不填
9、She tries to ________ the latest fashions by going to lots of shows in Shanghai.
A．keep up with
B．keep in with
C．keep out of
D．keep away from
10、At the meeting place of the Yangtze River and the Jialing River _____, one of the ten largest cities in China.
A. Chongqing lies B. lies Chongqing
C. does lie Chongqing D. does Chongqing lie
11、Mr. Stanton became ________ of the ________ speech, so he began to read a novel.
A．tired, boring
B．tiring, bored
C．tired, bored
D．tiring, boring
12、My grandma, who is _______ to live a peaceful life in the country, refuses to move to the modern city.
A. depressed B. unwilling
C. content D. Bored
13、My experience tells me that it’s not _______ you are given but how you make use of it _______determines who you are.
A．which; what
B．what; that
C．that; which
D．what; which
14、Mary couldn’t________ the terrible working conditions in that factory and resigned last week．
A．catch up with B．keep up with
C．put up with D．come up with
15、She tried hard to keep calm in face of the students, but the sweat on her forehead ______her_______.
A. shut; off B. turned; down
C. showed; out D. gave; away
16、—Ouch! You hurt me.
—I'm sorry. But I ________ any harm. I ________ to drive a rat out.
A.don't mean; am trying
B.didn't mean; tried
C.haven't meant; tried
D.didn't mean; was trying
17、My life is a lot easier at high school because my students have accepted me.
A. faith B. fellow C. flesh D. flood
18、---I was scolded for my wrong judgment.
---If only you the issue more thought.
A.gave B.would give C.have given D.had given
19、Often the lives of writers______ the lives of characters they create, and Mark Twain is no exception.
A.solve B.resemble C.extend D.establish
20、He found a lot of ________ were ________.
A. passers-by；grown-ups B. passer-bys；growns-up
C. passer-bys；grown-ups D. passers-by；growns-up
21、The traditional holiday is the most important to Chinese both home and abroad.
United Kingdom
Celebrations for Spring Festival in the UK started in 1980, with the first evening party held in 2002. Every new year, people get together and have a lot of activities. They sing songs, dance to music, share photos with friends or enjoy films in a cinema.
United States
Spring Festival has become a key time for Chinese living or working in the US. They join in a large evening party to welcome the traditional new year. It is a good chance for people to build a circle of friends and feel that they are not alone because they share the same culture and values.
Australia
The Chinese new year will be welcomed with three weeks of celebrations across Australia. Many people come to Sydney's Chinatown or Little Bourke in Melbourne. They enjoy fireworks, lion dances, dragon boat races and many other traditional activities. The celebrations are also a bridge towards better understanding between Chinese and non-Chinese.
Singapore
The family dinner on new year's eve is an important tradition for Chinese whether they were born in Singapore or moved there from China. They place traditional food on a table as an act of remembering their past. Then the whole family enjoy their dinner together. They usually hold it at home because having it in a restaurant takes away the meaning of the tradition.
【1】Celebrations for Spring Festival in the UK started in .
A. 1890 B. 1980 C. 2000 D. 2002
【2】At Spring Festival, American Chinese join in a large evening party to.
A. say hello to the new year
B. refuse a good chance
C. tell others they are alone
D. share different cultures
【3】Chinese in Australia enjoy the following activities except .
A. fireworks B. lion dances
C. bridges D. dragon boat races
【4】In Singapore, Chinese families don't hold the new year dinner at a restaurant but at
home because .
A. they were born in Singapore
B. they moved there from other places
C. the restaurant is far away
D. they want to keep Chinese tradition
22、We have heard some interesting ways that 5G wireless technology might change our lives in the future.
5G, short for the 5th generation mobile communication technology, promises Internet speeds between 50 to 100 times faster than current 4G systems. While 5G is set to be used in some limited areas of America this year, much of the world is not expected to receive widely available service until 2023.
One project in Britain, however, is already testing this superfast technology on an unlikely group of Internet users — cows. The project was developed by American technology company Cisco Systems, Inc. It also receives money from the British government. Cisco says the program seeks to explore the future of 5G connectivity in rural areas around the world.
Testing areas were set up at farms in three rural areas of England. The cows are equipped with 5G-connected devices(装置) that link up to a robotic milking system, which uses sensors and machine learning to fully automate the process. System designers say technology takes over after a cow feels ready to be milked and walks toward an automatic gate. The device is designed to recognize each individual cow. It then positions equipment to the right body position for milking. During the process, machines release food for the cow as a reward.
Other 5G technology tools include automated brushes that turn on when the cow rubs (蹭) up against them. Sensors also control the amount of light to the cows’ living areas depending on the weather. And, an automatic feeding system makes sure the animals always get enough to eat.
Duncan Forbes, head of the project, told Reuters that the project shows the farm’s cow operations can be greatly improved with 5G technology and that the experiment provides strong evidence that 5G technology can be widely used in the future, not just on farms in Britain, but in rural communities across the world.
【1】What is the purpose of Cisco Systems, Inc.’s project?
A．To win financial support from British government.
B．To test the effects of 5G technology on animals.
C．To promote its technological development in Britain.
D．To expand the future use of 5G in rural communities.
【2】What does the underlined word “It” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A．The project.
B．The company.
C．The technology.
D．The group.
【3】What can we learn about 5G according to the text?
A．It is no worse than 4G in terms of speed.
B．It is already widely available in the world.
C．It has made improvement in operating the cows.
D．It is based on sensors and machine learning.
【4】In which section of a newspaper may this text appear?
A．Entertainment.
B．Lifestyle.
C．Education.
D．Technology.
23、The kids in this village wear dirty, ragged clothes. They sleep beside cows and sheep in huts(小屋）made of sticks and mud. They have no school. Yet they all can chant the English alphabet（字母表）, and some can make words.
The key to their success: 20 tablet computers(平板电脑) dropped off in their Ethiopian village in February by a U.S. group called One Laptop Per Child.
The goal is to find out whether kids using today’s new technology can teach themselves to read in places where no schools or teachers exist. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers analyzing the project data say they’re already amazed. “What I think has already happened is that the kids have already learned more than they would have in one year of kindergarten,” said Matt Keller, who runs the Ethiopia program.
The fastest learner—and the first to turn on one of the tablets—is 8-year-old Kelbesa Negusse. The device’s camera was disabled to save memory, yet within weeks Kelbesa had figured out its workings and made the camera work. He called himself a lion, a marker of accomplishment in Ethiopia.
With his tablet, Kelbasa rearranged the letters HSROE into one of the many English animal names he knows. Then he spelled words on his own. “Seven months ago he didn’t know any English. That’s unbelievable,” said Keller.
The project aims to get kids to a stage called “deep reading,” where they can read to learn. It won’t be in Amharic, Ethiopia’s first language, but in English, which is widely seen as the ticket to higher paying jobs.
【1】 What can we infer from Keller’s words in Paragraph 3?
A. They need more time to analyze data.
B. More children are needed for the research.
C. He is confident about the future of the project.
D. The research should be carried out in kindergartens.
【2】 How does the Ethiopia program benefit the kids in the village?
A. It trains teachers for them.
B. It contributes to their self-study.
C. It helps raise their living standards.
D. It provides funds for building schools.
【3】What is the aim of the project?
A. To offer Ethiopians higher paying jobs.
B. To make Amharic widely used in the world.
C. To help Ethiopian kids read to learn in English.
D. To assist Ethiopians in learning their first language.
【4】It amazed Keller that with the tablet Kelbesa could _______.
A. learn English words quickly.
B. draw pictures of animals.
C. write letters to researchers.
D. make phone calls to his friends.
24、 With all the wars, fighting and sadness in the world today, it's not only necessary, but also essential to have a good sense of humor just to help us get through each and every day of our lives. Putting a smile on someone's face when you know they are feeling down in the dump, makes me feel good and warms my heart.
How would you feel if you could not joke around with your wife, husband, child, co- workers, neighbors, close friends, or even just someone that you are standing in line with at your corner store? I am always saying things that make others smile or laugh, even if I don't know the person I'm joking around with. My Grandma always found humor in everything she did, even if it was the hardest job anyone could imagine. This not only relieves stress in any situation, but also is common courtesy(礼貌) to speak to others that are around you.
I know of a few people that don't have a funny bone in their bodies, as they say. Everyone around them could be rolling on the floor after hearing a great joke and they would sit there without the slightest smile on their face. They don't get the joke that makes others laugh. I am busting a gut while they just sit there, looking at me as if I were from outer space. How can people not get a really funny joke?
Laughing is essential to keep your stress levels under control. Without humor we would find ourselves with a lot of psychological problems, or on a lot of medications to keep us from going crazy. There is too much sadness in this present world. It drives people crazy. We all need to find a way to ignore the sadness and bring a little light into our lives. So，I believe our best medicine is to get together and tell some jokes and have some fun laughing together.
【1】From the second paragraph, we can know that ________.
A.the author used to be polite
B.the author's grandma is humorous
C.we should relieve stress in any situation
D.family members should play tricks on each other
【2】The underlined phrase 'busting a gut' in the Paragraph 3 can be replaced by '________'.
A.explaining carefully B.speaking loud
C.keeping silent D.laughing hard
【3】By writing the passage, the author mainly intends to ________.
A.talk about his own understanding of humor
B.encourage people to be humorous in daily life
C.introduce a practical way to get through daily life
D.convince people of the power of being optimistic about life
25、A Dog’s Day in Court
We used to live about a quarter mile from a train crossing. Our dog, Lenny, had a very annoying habit: he howled (嗥叫)whenever a train whistled for the crossing, due to his very ______ hearing. Outside or in the house, he howled and howled ______ the train went by. When the wind was ______, he would even howl for the crossings farther down the ______. We learned to ______ the noise, mainly because we loved our pet so much.
Early one morning while we were eating breakfast, we heard a long very high sound of a train’s ______ efforts followed by a terrible crash. We ______ out and discovered a twisted car jammed on the cowcatcher (排障器) of the massive locomotive (火车头). Unfortunately, the driver of the car had died ______.
Back in the house, we called the local rescue workers. But we all immediately said to each other, “Lenny didn’t howl. The whistle could not have blown!”
At the ______, my brother recognized what was left of the car ______ that of his friend’s father and knew the sad news would now have to be ______ to the family. When the rescue team arrived, my brother told them, “The engineer couldn’t have blown the ______ because our dog did not howl. And he always does!”
The story of Lenny’s howling ______ rapidly around our small town as everyone ______ in the sorrow of the wife and family. Left without the ______, the family of nine was in a difficult situation. One of the county’s best-known lawyers ______ to pursue a claim against the, by now, infamous Soo Line Cooperation for the sake of the widow and children. The lawyer hired an investigator and recording technician, who, for days, at all hours, visited our home listening for oncoming trains and ______ recording Lenny’s howl. Lenny never ______ to respond with his howl to the sharp sound of an approaching train.
The taped evidence,______ in court, along with the testimony (证词) of my family members, convinced the judge and jury. The settlement ______ to the family secured their home and future. County court records give evidence of the success of a “dog’s day in court!”
【1】A. sensitive B. public C. accurate D. adequate
【2】A. unless B. until C. before D. although
【3】A. bitter B. right C. small D. sharp
【4】A. car B. train C. house D. track
【5】A. keep up with B. give in to C. put up with D. live up to
【6】A. speeding B. approaching C. operating D. braking
【7】A. headed B. marched C. dashed D. started
【8】A. peacefully B. naturally C. eventually D. instantly
【9】A. agency B. corner C. scene D. entrance
【10】A. as B. for C. like D. by
【11】A. confirmed B. conveyed C. declared D. leaked
【12】A. sign B. whistle C. howl D. wind
【13】A. circulated B. disappeared C. flowed D. delivered
【14】A. suffered B. abandoned C. shared D. struggled
【15】A. assistant B. master C. breadwinner D. host
【16】A. happened B. decided C. refused D. demanded
【17】A. vividly B. occasionally C. secretly D. faithfully
【18】A. failed B. bothered C. rejected D. managed
【19】A. negotiated B. exposed C. accumulated D. presented
【20】A. donated B. awarded C. allocated D. distributed
26、阅读下面的材料，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。
One of the improv (即兴表演) classes I attended regularly was taught by Jim Cranna every Saturday afternoon. Sometimes, as many as twenty-five to sixty-plus folks showed up. Jim made sure to fit everyone in so they could improve their skills. The class lasted for three hours. The usual cast (演员阵容) of comic actors played improv comedy games. And we would go to the nearest mini market located in the building and get a snack or coffee during breaks.
One day, three of us were standing outside the building, when Robin Williams—an internationally famous actor and comic walked by, enjoying the fresh bay air. Completely frozen, my fellow comics couldn’t summon up the courage to just say “hi” to Robin, who was with a friend. I froze for a moment, but then I calmed myself down.
I told them, “Hey, if you guys can’t handle it, then I will ask him to come and join us for the second half of class.” I could hear them mumble under their breath, “Yeah, sure, right. You’re going to ask Robin Williams to come to our comedy class. Good luck with that one!”
So I went up to Robin and his friend and asked him to join us. “We’re having an improv comedy class. We’re on break now, but we would be most honored if you would join us for the second half of the class.” Robin looked directly in my eyes and said with little hesitation, “Okay.” It was like a grown-up child being asked to come and play. With that, he and his friend followed me up to the class.
When he saw Robin, Jim said, “Oh my goodness, see who Micheline is bringing to class.” Jim’s eyes were all in astonishment and delight. “Why, it’s Robin Williams!” Robin and his friend stayed the rest of the class and at the end of the class, Robin and Jim performed a skit (滑稽短剧). We actually watched him shape-shift as he prepared physically and mentally for his made-up character. He gave it his all. It was truly magical.
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
All the people who showed up in the class that Saturday afternoon were activated by the magical performance.
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What a delight for all of us that Saturday afternoon!
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