1、The new salesgirl is too shy to ________ the idea ________ to her customers.
A．date; back
B．burn; down
C．get; across
D．get; down
2、New research has found that animals have memories, too — , they might be much cleverer than we thought.
A. in other words B. above all
C. in many ways D. all in all
3、________ some water and you will feel better.
A．Drink
B．Drinking
C．To drink
D．If you drink
4、What the universe actually looks like is a question that ________the old scientist since he was a boy.
A．has fascinated
B．fascinated
C．had fascinated
D．fascinates
5、Is it he or you ________ in charge of the job and supposed to complete it punctually?
A．who is
B．that is
C．who are
D．whom are
6、I wondered if the man was our new headmaster but quickly______the thought， because he was too young．
A. discouraged B. dismissed
C. disturbed D. disliked
7、Always the _____ , Franklin believed the practice of moving the time could save on the use of candlelight, as candles were expensive at the time.
A.journalist B.physicist C.chemist D.economist
8、---Do you think Peter is a good partner?
--- Not really! There are some things that are not easy to ________ , and his laziness is one.
A. put aside B. put up with
C. think of D. get along with
9、Due to widespread ______ of 5G technology, more remote surgical operations are likely to be carried out across long distances.
A．occupation
B．application
C．qualification
D．composition
10、_______ to sunlight for too much time will do harm to your skin.
A. Exposed B. Having exposed
C. Being exposed D. After being exposed
11、When you want success as __________ as you want air, you will get it.
A.badly B.barely C.basically D.beautifully
12、—Zhen He was a Ming dynasty ______ that we Chinese people are proud of.
—I agree with you. He even succeeded ______ sailing to the east coast of Africa.
A．tourist; to
B．philosopher; in
C．inventor; to
D．explorer; in
13、____ number of books sold this month _____2000.
A. A; has reached B. The; has reached
C. A; have reached D. The; have reached
14、In 1998, when he was only 19, Bill ________ to 5 years in prison for his acts of violence.
A．sentenced
B．had sentenced
C．was sentenced
D．had been sentenced
15、I shall never forget the mountain village _______ I spent my summer holiday last year.
A．which
B．that
C．where
D．what
16、 _______ the new paints and the new technique, we would not be able to see the many great masterpieces for which this period is famous.
A. Were it not B. Had it not been for
C. Were there not for D. Were there not
17、If applicants do not meet these requirements they will not be ______ to graduate school, even if they had excellent undergraduate grades and an impressive resume.
A.permitted B.attracted C.suited D.admitted
18、How much time did you spend__________the text?
A．copying
B．to copy
C．in copy
D．on copying
19、---Dad, what is the loudspeaker saying?
---It is to the_____. The flight to Wuhan is boarding now.
A. customers B. passengers C. members D. Tourists
20、_____ no time will you be allowed in, unless your identity has been checked.
A.In B.On C.By D.At
21、Glovelies
Using a phone or palmtop computer with touch screens while wearing gloves has always been difficult. Well, with Glovelies, you no longer have to write text messages with frozen fingers. Glovelies are stylish gloves with special pads(垫块) in the fingertips to help you type or scroll(滚屏) without difficulty. They come in a range of sizes and colors. Price: £15.00
Mini Vax
It is a tiny cleaner that you plug into (插入) your computer's USB port. Although it’s small enough to fit into your pocket, the Mini Vax is very powerful and you'll be amazed at how much dust and dirt it manages to suck up (吸取) from your computer keyboard. Your Mini Vax comes with three attachments of different sizes to help you reach all those difficult places. Color: gray / black. Price: £8.00
Cheeky Clock
Cheeky Clock might look like a normal digital alarm clock, but the difference is that Cheeky Clock is a clock with wheels. When the alarm goes off in the morning, Cheeky Clock jumps down from your bedside table and starts running around the floor looking for a place to hide. The alarm won’t stop until you find your Cheeky Clock and switch it off. By this point, you’ll be wide awake. It needs three AAA batteries (not included). Price: £40.00
Piano Magic
Have you ever wanted to learn to play the piano but thought that pianos were too expensive and took up too much room? Then Piano Magic is for you. Piano Magic is a real four-octave (八度) (forty-nine-key) keyboard which runs from the USB port on your computer. It sounds as good as a real piano and yet fits into a small backpack. It comes with a free “Master The Piano” program which teaches you the piano as you play along. Price: £60.00
【1】How can you properly use Glovelies?
A．By wearing them.
B．By knocking on them slightly.
C．By typing text messages.
D．By connecting them with your computer.
【2】Which of the following can best describe Cheeky Clock?
A．Annoying but effective.
B．Fashionable but inaccurate.
C．Fast-moving and power-saving.
D．Clock-shaped and solar-powered.
【3】What's the characteristic of Piano Magic?
A．It runs on batteries.
B．It is convenient to carry.
C．It looks like a real piano.
D．It can be played without a keyboard.
22、As people in southern Florida prepared for Hurricane Irma, many included four-legged family members in their plans. Even with the best plans, though, pets can get lost in a natural disaster. Animal rescue organizations like ASPCA see an increase in lost animals after storms.
Some pets get frightened and run away. Others hide in places where their owners can’t find or reach them. Then, in the confusion of an evacuation, they get left behind. “We strongly suggest families should not evacuate without their pets. If it’s too dangerous for you, it’s too dangerous for your pet,” says Tim Rickey, vice president of Field Investigations and Response at the ASPCA.
An owner’s first and best defense against losing a pet is to have the animal microchipped (植入芯片) and registered. The cost of a microchip is around $50. Any vet (兽医)can put the microchip under the pet’s skin. Owners can then register the pet with the company that makes the microchip. There’s also a “universal” database (数据库)that will search all of the different chip companies. The human just has to provide contact information for the pet in the chip’s database, and then keep that information current. “All too often, people change phone numbers or they move, but they don’t remember to update their pet’s information,” Rickey says.
Other ways Rickey recommends depend on an owner’s knowledge of their pet. Does Fido or Fluffy tend to make a run for it when they get frightened? Then it might be time to buy an extra-strong leash and collar, and keep an extra-close watch. If your pet prefers hiding, create a safe shelter for them that is also easy to be found. That way, you’ll know where to look first in case everyone needs to make a quick getaway.
【1】What does the writer intend to tell us in paragraph 1?
A．Hurricane often hits southern Florida.
B．Pets are often left behind in natural disasters.
C．Pets are important members of many American families.
D．Rescue organizations are set up to help animals in danger.
【2】What is the best way to avoid losing a pet according to Rickey?
A．To create a secret hiding place for pets.
B．To have a good knowledge of natural disasters.
C．To keep the pet owner’s contact information unchanged.
D．To depend on the application of microchips and databases.
【3】Where is the text most probably from?
A．A magazine.
B．A brochure.
C．A biology book.
D．A scientific report.
23、When an ant dies, other ants take it out of the nest, often within an hour after its death. This behavior interests scientists and they wonder how ants know for sure—and so soon—that another ant is dead.
One scientist recently came up with a way to explain this ant behavior. Dong-Hwan Choe is a biologist, a scientist who studies animals and plants. He found that ants have a chemical on the outside of their bodies that signals to other ants, “I'm dead—take me away” when it is dead.
But there's a question to answer: As we know, if an ant is dead, it stops moving. But when an ant is sleeping or knocked unconscious, it is also not moving. However, other ants don't move the living ant out of the nest. How do they know this ant is not dead? Choe found that ants have another chemical on their bodies, which tells nearby ants something like, “Wait—I'm not dead yet” when it is not dead. Choe suspects that when an ant dies, the chemical that says, “Wait— I'm not dead yet” quickly goes away. When other ants detect the “dead” chemical without the “not dead yet” chemical, they move away the body.
To test his theory, Choe and his team put different chemicals on ants. When the scientists used the “I'm dead” chemical, other ants quickly moved the treated ant away. When the scientists used the “Wait—I'm not dead yet” chemical, other ants left the treated ant alone. Choe believes this behavior shows that the “not dead yet” chemical overrides the “dead” chemical when picked up by other ants. And that when an ant dies, the “not dead yet” chemical dies away. Other nearby ants then notice the remaining “dead” chemical and remove the body from the nest.
Understanding this behavior can help scientists figure out how to stop ants from invading new places and causing problems.
【1】What is the function of the first paragraph?
A. Leading the following paragraphs. B. Showing the main idea of the passage.
C. Introducing the background of the passage. D. Giving a summary of the passage.
【2】Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word “overrides” in the fourth paragraph?
A. is weaker than B. is stronger than
C. is better than D. is worse than
【3】What can we learn from the passage?
A. Living ants can also be taken away when they are not moving.
B. When an ant dies, it can tell others using a certain chemical.
C. A living ant can pretend to be dead using a special chemical.
D. Ants often use chemicals to communicate with each other.
24、Understanding The Metaverse
The metaverse is rapidly being described as the next frontier in the tech, business, and finance world. The idea gained popularity in July 2021, after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg renamed the company to Meta to reflect its growing focus on the metaverse. Today, everyone, from major corporations like Microsoft and Disney to creative startups, is struggling to enter the market that is predicted to reach over $780 billion by 2024. 【1】 How will it affect the way we live and work?
In simplest terms, the metaverse is a fully immersive (沉浸式) virtual world that is like our real life. 【2】 Instead, a functioning metaverse requires a combination of cutting-edge technologies like augmented reality (增强现实), virtual reality, 3D avatars, and artificial intelligence.
Zuckerberg may have drawn the world’s attention to the metaverse, but the idea of a virtual world is not new. 【3】 For instance, Fortnite: Battle Royal, where 100 players battle it out on a small island until only one survivor is left, is a typical example of a virtual universe.
【4】 They imagine using the virtual platform to attend meetings, conferences, concerts, and even tour the world with friends.
However, experts believe the technologies need to improve greatly before that happens. The still heavy virtual reality headsets often cause motion sickness and are not ready for long time use. The amount of computing power required to house billions of people worldwide in a virtual universe also presents an issue.
The various Metaverse companies will also have different virtual worlds. They will have to standardize the technology so users can move seamlessly (无缝) between them. 【5】
A．But what exactly is the metaverse?
B．The development of the metaverse still has a long way to go.
C．However, a metaverse is not a specific type of technology.
D．The metaverse industry will create jobs for hundreds and thousands of people.
E．Most importantly, the virtual experience has to be very attractive and affordable for consumers.
F．Fans believe that the metaverse will enable people to conduct their daily lives in an online world.
G．The gaming industry has been building the fundamental elements of the metaverse for many years.
25、 I was a zombie(行尸走肉), going to high school barely even awake. I played video games till midnight ______ every day. Luckily there came a new teacher who ______ me up.
On the first day of my senior year, I sat at my desk in a(n) ______ state. I yawned, not even ______ to cover my mouth. Ray Seabeck leapt to my desk and beat his hands on it.
"Do you like Shakespeare?” he screamed at me.
My ______ was/were stuck in mid-yawn, wide open. "Well, do you?” he ______.
"Yes!” I ______ Actually I had no idea what Shakespeare was. But I was going to find out. What’s more, this man tried to fan my ______ in literature.
We ______ Hamlet, and bit by bit I found that I couldn’t put it down. Why did Hamlet keep hesitating? Why? Suddenly I began ______ Shakespeare, and then Hemingway, and then Fitzgerald, Wordsworth and Blake. I ______ dreamed of becoming an English teacher like Mr. Seabeck! But could I make it to college with only several ______ left?
I stayed after school one day to consult Mr. Seabeck about my ______.
"You’re Hamlet!” he said. “Here are two ______ laid open for you—to be or not to be. To ______ your dream or to give up.”
I left ______ that day with college in my eyes and ears. Just thinking of that made me feel ______.
Mr. Seabeck was right. I ______ got accepted at Plymouth State University. Now as an English teacher, I can still ______ Mr. Seabeck screaming, “Do you like Shakespeare?” I might never have ______ that I, in fact, love Shakespeare but for the flame he lit in me.
【1】A.rarely B.nearly C.hardly D.simply
【2】A.woke B.called C.picked D.brought
【3】A.cozy B.optimistic C.sleepy D.awkward
【4】A.refusing B.begging C.affording D.bothering
【5】A.eyes B.ears C.mouth D.hand
【6】A.yelled B.sobbed C.warned D.whispered
【7】A.agreed B.admitted C.sighed D.lied
【8】A.shame B.interest C.anger D.doubt
【9】A.performed B.directed C.read D.watched
【10】A.liking B.quitting C.copying D.joining
【11】A.instead B.still C.yet D.even
【12】A.years B.months C.days D.minutes
【13】A.homework B.schedule C.future D.vacation
【14】A.paths B.results C.tricks D.opportunities
【15】A.awake from B.learn from C.vote for D.struggle for
【16】A.his home B.school C.office D.my house
【17】A.thrilled B.exhausted C.frightened D.astonished
【18】A.abruptly B.eventually C.randomly D.urgently
【19】A.find B.catch C.hear D.bear
【20】A.insisted B.wondered C.ignored D.known
26、假如你是李华，你的表弟李江写信告诉你, 进入高中后，他经常上网聊天、打游戏。请 你给他写封回信，内容包括以下几点：
1.不赞同他的做法；2.阐述网络的利弊（至少两点）；3.提出建议。
注意：1.词数80字左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使全文连贯。
Dear Li Jiang,
You mentioned in your letter that
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua