1、There are_________days in two weeks.
A．seven
B．fourteen
C．ten
D．night
2、 What about todays temperature?
-- Its the same as, if the weather report is exact as usual, ___ of yesterday.
A. one B. it C. that D. what
3、He showed great interest in the game the young men competed last night.
A. in which B. on which
C. for which D. with which
4、---Please ______ us in the discussion.
---I’d like to, but I have a meeting to ______.
A. join; attend B. attend; join
C. attend; take part in D. take part in; attend
5、We waited for them to give us the ________ to move.
A．symbol
B．signal
C．sign
D．mark
6、For the most of the ________ history, China had the world most ________civilization.
A．recorded…advancing
B．recording…advancing
C．recording…advanced
D．recorded…advanced
7、Now she is a model and performance artist ________ to ocean conservation.
A．devoted
B．devoting
C．to devote
D．devote
8、________ he passed away in 1961, Mei Lanfang had been performing and encouraging the spread of Peking Opera for almost 60 years.
A．Once
B．As
C．Until
D．Since
9、 Choosing the right dictionary depends on ______ you want to use it for.
A. what B. why C. how D. Whether
10、It is dishonest of you to _____ the truth from your parents.
A.prevent B.hide C.defend D.protect
11、To ________ Darwin and his idea，National Museum of Natural History in Washington created a special exhibit, showing respect for the genius.
A.celebrate B.promote C.explore D.inspect
12、It was in 1999________emojis were first introduced in Japan,________helps people express their feelings.
A．which; that
B．when;who
C．that; which
D．what; where
13、Don’t call me up at this time tomorrow, for I _______ an important test.
A. will take B. am taking
C. have been taking D. will be taking
14、The law first__________ in 1912, and it still takes effect(生效) today.
A.began with B.came into being C.went blind D.bid for
15、It is the third time that he _________ late for school.
A. was B. is C. had been D. has been
16、Have you ever dreamed of ________ such a good chance for further education abroad?
A．there is
B．there to be
C．there will be
D．there being
17、—How should I deal with new words in reading?
—Well，you’d better not stop ________ you come to a word or phrase you don’t know.
A．every time B．the time
C．a time D．one time
18、The well of the village extended hundreds of feet in _______ .
A．deep
B．deeply
C．deepen
D．depth
19、Many teachers like surfing the internet , _______ they may find a lot of fantastic pictures and useful videos about teaching .
A.which B.where C.when D.that
20、________ be sent to work there?
A. Who do you suggest B. Who do you suggest that should
C. Do you suggest who should D. Do you suggest whom should
21、 We'd all like to believe that career success is strictly a result of talent, drive, and skill set. But have you ever wondered whether factors unrelated to your work performance, such as personal appearance, influence your chances for advancement?
We have — and to find answers to this question, career-intelligence.com sought the opinions and advice of a number of workplace experts, as well as women themselves in various industries. Do looks affect getting hired, getting promoted, and making more money? And if so, what can you do about it?
Now let's see what's behind the Scenes.
Research gives us a few clues into how a woman's appearance may influence her advancement ability. A study conducted by NYU sociologist Dalton Conley and NYU graduate student Rebecca Glauber found that women's weight gain results in a decrease in both their income level and job prestige. By contrast, men experience no such negative effects.
A more recent study designed and executed by researchers at Harvard University, Boston University, and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute found that women wearing more makeup were judged to be more competent than those wearing less makeup or no makeup. Makeup was found to increase people's perceptions of a woman's likability and trustworthiness as well.
Despite these research implications, many are reluctant to admit that a woman's personal appearance influences decisions around hiring and promotion, according to Steve Stroum, president of Venmark International. Stroum explains a key reason for this is that personal appearance falls into the subliminal（下意识的）judgment part of the brain. He compares the situation to the automotive industry placing bright red convertibles（敞篷车）in their showrooms, only to sell white cars. "In the same sense, a woman's personal appearance is a hidden persuader, says Stroum. "Nobody will admit that something as trivial will impact their decision-making process... but it does.”
Marc L. Resnick, Ph.D., professor of human factors at Bentley University College of Business, reinforces this position. "My research finds that when making decisions, people are influenced by a variety of factors that are explicitly conscious and unconscious," says Resnick. "So even for a hiring manager that knows of this tendency and forces him/herself to suppress it, it is still an influence."
【1】According to the studies, what kind of women could get more advancement?
A．Women with more weight.
B．Women wearing makeup.
C．Women having convertibles.
D．Women with talents.
【2】Why do many people deny that a woman's personal appearance influences her career?
A．Because it is irrelevant to her career.
B．Because it is too superficial.
C．Because it is the subconscious part in the brain.
D．Because it can arouse women's jealous emotion.
【3】What does explicitly in the passage mean?
A．clearly
B．indirectly
C．extensively
D．ambiguously
【4】What is the main topic of the passage?
A．Whether people's personal appearance influences their job career.
B．Whether people's consciousness influences making a decision.
C．Whether colors influences automotive industry.
D．Whether people's talent influence their promotion.
22、A nurse has fulfilled (实现) a promise she made to her patient four years ago to one day attend her daughter's graduation from nursing school.
Edina Habibovic, 22, graduated from Chamberlain University's College of Nursing in 2020. Her mother, Sevala Habibovic, 46, died in 2017 after a two year fight with breast cancer.
“I thought the medical field wasn't for me. Then, my mom got sick and I had all the experience going in and out of the hospital, ” Edina told Good Morning America. “When my mom passed away, I thought, ‘I want to do this.’”she said.
Sanja Josipovic, who at the time worked as a home health nurse with Northwestern Medicine in Winfield, Illinois, cared for Sevala inside her home. They often chatted and shared the latest news with each other over six months of care.
“She was most worried about Edina because she was young and hadn't finished school yet, ” Sanja said. “We are like sisters; we care about and trust each other. She was a powerful and strong minded woman. She wasn't scared to die; she was just worried about her kids and husband.”
Edina said her mother lived for being with her family and taking care of people. “When Sanja was working, my mom would still try to make her something to eat, no matter how sick she was, ” Edina added. When Sevala's life was coming to an end, she asked Sanja to take her place at her youngest daughter's nursing school graduation. “That was the only thing she was going to miss. Edina's graduation, ” said Sanja, who is a mother of three herself. She agreed.
Due to COVID - 19, there was no graduation or pinning ceremony. Edina's manager at Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital decided to host a pinning ceremony for her and have Sanja present the pin. “Sanja has fulfilled her promise, ” Edina said.
Edina and Sanja are now caring for patients alongside one another as colleagues at Marianjoy.
【1】What does the underlined word “this” in paragraph 3 refer to?
A．Leaving the hospital
B．Working as a nurse
C．Facing death positively
D．Caring for Edina's mother
【2】What can be learned about Sanja and Sevala?
A．They enjoyed volunteering
B．They were cancer survivors
C．They had unhappy marriages
D．They developed a close bond
【3】What would be Sevala's regret?
A．The loss of the chance to study medicine
B．Her absence from Edina's school graduation
C．Failing to keep the promise made to Sanja
D．Never cooking a good meal for her husband
【4】How did Sanja fulfill her promise?
A．By taking care of Edina and her family
B．By helping Edina enter her dream hospital
C．By attending a special ceremony for Edina
D．By managing to become Edina's colleague
23、In most Hollywood movies, the Native American Navajos still fight on horses in the American Southwest. But during World War II, a group of Navajos made their language into weapon to protect the United States. They were the Navajo Code Talkers, and theirs is one of the few unbroken codes (电码）in military history.
Navajo was the perfect choice for a secret language. It is very complex. One vowel (元音）can have up to ten different pronunciations, changing the meaning of any word. In the 1940s, Navajo was unwritten language. No one outside of the reservation could speak it or understand it.
The Navajo Code team had to invent new words to describe military equipment. For example, they named ships after fish: lotso-whale (battleship), calo-shark (destroyer), beshloiron-fish (submarine). When a Code Talker received a message via radio, he heard a series of unrelated Navajo words. He would then translate the words into English and use the first letter of each English word to spell the message. The Navajo words tsah (needle), wol-la-chee (ant), ah-kh-di-glini (victor), and tsah-ah-dzoh (yucca) spelled NAVY.
The Code Talker kept the code a secret. They memorized everything. There were no code books. As a result, no ordinary Navajo soldiers, if captured by the enemy, could understand the code. More than 3,600 Navajos served in World War II, but only 420 were Code Talkers with the US Marines. They coded and decoded battlefield messages better and faster than any machine. They could encode, transmit, and decode a three-line English message in 20 seconds. Machines of the time required 30 minutes to perform the same job.
Even after the war the code remained top secret. When they were asked about their role, Code Talkers just said: “I was a radioman.” War movies and histories came out without mentioning them. The code was never used again and was finally declassified in 1968. Only then did the secret came out.
【1】What do we know about the Navajo language?
A. It had complex spoken and written forms.
B. It was created during the Second World War.
C. It was understood only by the Navajos.
D. It consisted of ten vowel letters in total.
【2】What did the Navajo Code team do after receiving a message?
A. They put the unrelated Navajo words in order.
B. They recorded the message in Navajo letters.
C. They submitted it to the officer immediately.
D. They turned It into English in a secret way.
【3】What does the underlined word “declassified” most probably mean?
A. Replaced. B. Approved.
C. Made known. D. Forbidden.
【4】What can be inferred from the passage?
A. The Navajo Code Talkers can be found to fight on horses in US movies.
B. The Navajo language contributed a lot to the US army in World War II.
C. War messages were translated into English through Navajo code books.
D. Around 12% Navajo soldiers were taken prisoner during World War II.
24、I remember driving to Palm Springs from San Diego two Thanksgivings ago. None of us pictured an icy blizzard (暴风雪)on our California vacation, but one hour into the drive, the first snowflake fell. My eyes lit up. I’d missed snow. Seeing it land on a prickly cactus made my tears well up. How I longed for cold Minnesota, my hometown.
As the altitude rose, the storm got fierce. It wasn’t long before we had no choice but to pull over. As our car slid to a stop, I looked into the distance. A line of cars as long as the Mississippi River were lined up.
Just then, a car came from behind, suddenly changing the direction to avoid hitting our car. The driver, an old man, slammed on the brakes and his car drifted across the path. It didn’t take us too long to realize his car was awfully near the edge of the mountain and slowly creeping more and more towards the side of the cliff.
Suddenly, 10 people who were sitting in their cars leapt out. From the car window, I watched an inspiring scene. Four people took the chains that protected their tires off their cars and put them on the old man’s tires. One person shoveled the snow out from his tires and tried to break the ice with his boot. Just as the old man’s car and all his belongings were about to be lost off the edge of the cliff, people stepped up and let their kind hearts override the snowstorm.
Though it was minus 30 degrees centigrade, my heart was as warm as ever. This act of kindness just reminded me how thankful I am for people and moments like these.
【1】Why did the author cry when he saw the snow?
A．He felt a little homesick.
B．He disliked the bad weather.
C．He was surprised to see the snow.
D．He was anxious about the traffic delay.
【2】What happened to the old man's car?
A．Its braking system failed.
B．It was about to drop from the cliff.
C．It ran into the author’s car.
D．It lost control due to the sudden speeding.
【3】Which of the following can best describe the people involved?
A．Reliable and modest.
B．Kind and easy-going.
C．Brave and cooperative.
D．Enthusiastic and ambitious.
25、 It was two days before we had to leave our large house. I loved this house and all the________we had in it. I thought back to________our children there. This was where they learned to walk and talk. Now we were saying________!
My husband________that some things like the rocking chairs, the kitchen table, etc. wouldn't all fit in our truck. I didn't________of his words, saying, "But we have to take the rocking chairs! I nursed our babies in those!” “Honey, come on, listen to me,” my husband continued________, “they're not going to fit.”
We lived east of the Mississippi and all our family was out West, so we were________out there to be with the people we________. When a chance came for my husband to go West, we knew it was________.
“Could we get a bigger truck?" I asked, still trying to bring________along with us.
“Honey, it's already so big! Anyway, we can't take all!" My husband refused my________and went back into the house. I stood in the garage. Thinking we had to________some furniture I loved, I felt________. So I called my mom, “Hi, Mom. It's Amy.”
“Hi, honey. What's new? How's the________going?”
“It's not all going to fit," I said, trying to keep my________steady（平稳的）. “I know it's just stuff（东西）, but it's________to let them go! I sat in that rocking chair and read stories to Azure. I've sat at that kitchen table every night with my________since we moved into this house…”
"Honey, the stuff isn't the memories. You don't need the rocking chairs to________reading books to Azure. You don't need your kitchen table to remember family dinners. You'll always________those memories. And you're going to be just fine."
My mom was________. We've been very happy in our new home, and meanwhile we haven't lost the happy memories of our old home!
【1】A.differences B.steps C.memories D.achievements
【2】A.educating B.raising C.attending D.observing
【3】A.hello B.yes C.no D.goodbye
【4】A.announced B.dreamed C.regretted D.thought
【5】A.know B.complain C.approve D.hear
【6】A.coldly B.patiently C.nervously D.gratefully
【7】A.working B.traveling C.carrying D.moving
【8】A.missed B.respected C.accused D.thanked
【9】A.order B.turn C.time D.failure
【10】A.something B.everything C.nothing D.anything
【11】A.promise B.weakness C.gift D.requirement
【12】A.leave behind B.pick up C.make up D.take charge of
【13】A.selfish B.safe C.sad D.excited
【14】A.cleaning B.packing C.designing D.shopping
【15】A.pace B.cheek C.position D.voice
【16】A.casual B.hard C.sudden D.urgent
【17】A.family B.friends C.neighbors D.colleagues
【18】A.continue B.imagine C.remember D.try
【19】A.keep B.gain C.create D.appreciate
【20】A.great B.beautiful C.strong D.right
26、阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
Stuffy Pete sat down on a seat in a New York City park. Every Thanksgiving for nine years he had sat down there in the afternoon. He went there to wait for the Old Gentleman, who would lead Stuffy to a restaurant and treat him to a big dinner. That was a thing that the Old Gentleman was trying to make into a tradition, for it was a chance to ease the poor man’s suffering from starvation.
On those other Thanksgiving Days he had been hungry. But today Stuffy was not hungry. He had come from a dinner so big that he had almost no strength to move. He was short of breath . His body had suddenly become too big for his clothes.
The dinner had not been expected. On his way he passed a large house, whose owners also had a tradition. They invited the first hungry person who walked by into their home and offered him a very big dinner. Stuffy happened to be that person. It’s hard to turn down such great hospitality.
Finally, the Old Gentleman was coming across Fourth Avenue toward Stuffy’s seat, looking good enough as always. Always before, this had been a sweet moment. But now he looked up at the Old Gentleman’s face with tears of suffering in his eyes. But the Old Gentleman was shaking with the cold. He turned away, with his back to the wind.
Stuffy was very full, but he understood that he was part of a tradition. His desire for food on Thanksgiving Day was not his own. It belonged to this kind Old Gentleman. The Old Gentleman led Stuffy to the restaurant and to the same table where they had always eaten at. The waiters brought food, and more food. Stuffy began to eat.
In an hour the battle was finished. The Old Gentleman carefully counted out $1.30, and left fifteen cents more for the waiter. Then they said goodbye, as they did each year, at the door. The Old Gentleman went south, and Stuffy went north.
注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为l50左右；
2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
Paragraph 1:
Stuffy went around the first corner, and stood for one minute.
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Paragraph 2:
An hour later the Old Gentleman was brought to the same hospital.
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