1、Without proper lessons, you could ___ a lot of bad habits when playing the piano.
A．keep up
B．pick up
C．draw up
D．catch up
2、Some of the members demanded to know why they had been kept ________ the true facts until they reached the present critical stage.
A. in ignorance of B. in the light of
C. in honor of D. in view of
3、The course normally attracts 20 students per year, ____up to half will be from overseas.
A.in which B. of whom
C. of which D.for whom
4、There must be _______ with the car, for it won’t start again!
A.something wrong serious B.something serious wrong
C.something seriously wrong D.something wrong seriously
5、What makes tomorrow’s successful citizens_________ the ability to cope with a changing world as well as the responsibility towards community.
A. is B. are C. has D. have
6、E-cigarette companies are ordered to close their stores and _____ ads online for the sake of young people.
A.bring about B.put up C.take down D.hold out
7、These traditional medicines had the____of either causing people to bleed or have a severe stomach upset.
A.trial B.professional C.survival D.potential
8、I_______it to my teacher to take a better-paid post if I can get one.
A. belong B. owe
C. donate D. apply
9、The key ________ the peace is regular and honest communication.
A．to keeping
B．to keep
C．to be keeping
D．to be kept
10、The government declared that they would not negotiate ________ terrorists.
A．with
B．about
C．to
D．for
11、Jim sold most of his things.He has hardly___left in the house.
A.anything B.everything
C.nothing D.something
12、I thought he was listening to my opinions, _____ in fact he was thinking about his own affairs.
A．when
B．while
C．so
D．however
13、Stephen Hawking has _____________ great success as a scientist·
A. allowed B. achieved C. practiced D. ·promised
14、There was an interesting experience ________ in 2017, which I still remember now.
A．happened
B．had happened
C．happening
D．to happen
15、In the end, we ________ our New Year’s party with a song and everyone was deeply moved.
A．completed
B．concluded
C．covered
D．compared
16、---Did you remember to take the key to Tom?
---Yes, I gave it to him ________ I saw him.
A. while B. once
C. suddenly D. the first time
17、Last Sunday he made a promise _______ he was free he would take me to Beijing for a visit.
A.if B.when C.that if D.whether
18、A lot of teachers were praised at the meeting yesterday, two of _________ are from our school.
A．who
B．which
C．them
D．whom
19、The newly-built subway is always crowded with passengers going home from market, most of them _____ heavy bags and baskets full of fruit and vegetables.
A. carried B. to be carried
C. to carry D. carrying
20、The award should be given to _______ makes great contributions to the film industry.
A. whomever B. whoever C. whichever D. whatever
21、Minimalism is characterized by extreme simplicity. The essence of it is learning to live with fewer material possessions while still being content land at peace with oneself. Its advantages have been recognized by a wide range of people.【1】Here are a few steps you may take to get going.
Set your minimalist goals.【2】What are your goals? What exactly are you seeking — a cleaner home, mental clarity, or something else? Writing down your ideas and emotions will help you come up with a set of motivations. Even better, make a vision board to describe the result you seek. If you get off track, they can help you get back on track.
【3】If is a crucial step to tidy up your area. Take away anything that is broken, useless, or no longer makes you happy. Get rid of the most obvious clutter. Next, make certain that everything you possess, has a home for. As a result, everything seems neater and you can further reduce your belongings.
Work, room by room. Breaking down the de-cluttering process into small steps is a smart idea.【4】This may be the messiest or the room you spend the most time in the house. Go through everything you have in this area slowly, which will serve as a source of inspiration for the rest of your home once you’ve finished the first room.
Final reflections. Keep in mind, simplicity requires patience and effort. Minimalism had to be born, not out of a short-lived idea or longing for a new lifestyle, but from a sincere desire and strong need to rethink our lives.【5】
A．Remove your belongings.
B．Clean up your own space.
C．Decide why you choose to go on minimalism.
D．Choose the space that gives you the greatest trouble.
E．However, it can be difficult to start living a simple life.
F．Anyway, we must develop our own brand of minimalism.
G．The basic goal is to live a life that is peaceful and stress free.
22、 Facial recognition technology was used to permit passengers to get on flights at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International airport last week，making it the first in the nation to use the system. The technology can be used by international passengers traveling through a special terminal，which is operated by Delta Airlines. Delta said it is the first fully biometric (生物特征识别) airport terminal to operate in the U.S.
The goal of the system is to simplify and speed up the process of presenting documents to get on a flight. Passengers can begin using the facial recognition system when they first arrive at the airport. After the first check-in，passengers can also use face recognition to pass through security and to get on the plane. The system prevents the need for travelers to present their passport up to four times during the usual check in process. Travelers look into a camera that scans their face. This image is then compared against a collection of pictures kept by the CBP (U. S. Customs and Border Protection). The agency collects face scans from passports and visas.
The system, however, has raised concerns about privacy. Jeramie Scott, a lawyer with the Electronic Privacy Information Center，has called the use of facial recognition at U.S. airports a “massive threat”. He said that the government has created “a digital ID of millions of Americans” through facial recognition，and the government’s facial recognition database of citizens could he used for other purposes without an individual's permission. “The government now has the power to identify you whenever it wants. And they did this without a public discussion or consent taking photos collected for one purpose and using it for another,” he said.
The CBP told CBS News that any U.S.citizen who has privacy concerns can choose not to take part in the facial recognition system. This would prevent the airline from collecting a face scan to compare with SBP records. Its policy is to remove photos of U.S. citizens from its system once their identifies have been confirmed.
Delta Gay about two percent of passengers using the Atlanta airport terminal have chosen not to use the facial recognition system. Next year, the airline plans to expand its biometric system for international travelers at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Michigan.
【1】Why is the facial recognition technology used in Atlanta International Airport?
A．To scan the travelers' faces.
B．To raise concerns about privacy.
C．To make more people board the planes.
D．To make the boarding more convenient.
【2】What's Jeramie Scott's attitude toward facial recognition technology?
A．Cautious.
B．Uncaring.
C．Doubtful.
D．Favorable.
【3】What can we learn about the facial recognition system?
A．The system may be promoted.
B．Passengers' photos will be stored.
C．Most passengers reject the system.
D．The system scans passports and visas.
【4】Where can you probably read the text?
A．In a news report.
B．In a travel handbook.
C．In a science book.
D．In an entertainment magazine.
23、Modern inventions have speeded up people’s loves amazingly. Motor-cars cover a hundred miles in little more than an hour, aircraft cross the world inside a day, while computers operate at lightning speed. Indeed, this love of speed seems never-ending. Every year motor-cars are produced which go even faster and each new computer boats (吹嘘) of saving precious seconds in handling tasks.
All this saves time, but at a price. When we lose or gain half a day in speeding across the world in an airplane, our bodies tell us so. We get the uncomfortable feeling known as jet-lag; our bodies feel that they have been left behind on another time zone. Again, spending too long at computers results in painful wrists and fingers. Mobile phones also have their dangers, according to some scientist; too much use may transmit harmful radiation into our brains, a consequence we do not like to think about.
However, what do we do with the time we have saved? Certainly not relax, or so it seems. We are so accustomed constant activity that we find it difficult to sit and do nothing or even just one thing at a time. Perhaps the days are long gone when we might listen quietly to a story on the radio, letting imagination take us into another world.
There was a time when some people’s lives were devoted simply to the cultivation of the land or the care of cattle. No multi-tasking there; their lives went on at a much gentler pace, and in a familiar pattern. There is much that we might envy about a way of life like this. Yet before we do so, we must think of the hard tasks our ancestor faced: they farmed with bare hands, often lived close to hunger, and had to fashion tools from wood and stone. Modern machinery has freed people from that primitive existence.
【1】The new products become more and more time-saving because .
A. our love of speed seems never-ending
B. time is limited.
C. the prices are increasingly high.
D. the manufactures boast a lot.
【2】What does “the days” in Paragraph 3 refer to ?
A. Imaginary life
B. Simple life in the past.
C. Times of inventions
D. Time for constant activity.
【3】What is the author’s attitude towards the modern technology?
A.Critical B.Objective.
C.Optimistic. D. Negative.
【4】What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The present and past times.
B. Machinery and human beings.
C. Imaginations and inventions.
D. Modern technology and its influence.
24、Artist Zsudayka Nzinga Terrell clearly remembers the day in high school when the teacher asked her to write about her family history. She saw that it was impossible to answer the questions “Who am I?” and “Where did I come from?”
Nzinga Terrell told VOA about her childhood memories.“So the white kids were able to get up and talk about hundreds of years of their background. And there was me and one other black kid in the class who could go back to a plantation in Virginia and that’s it.” She talked about her family’s history. “My people were brought here on the bottom of a ship. And they were sold and they were re-named.My dad’s side of the family took the last name of the job that they had,which is butlers. My mom’s side of the family took the last name of the plantation that owned them.”
Today,she and her husband, artist James Terrell, explore that identity in their work. Their new exhibit of paintings is called “Born at the Bottom of the Ship.” The show recently opened at the Center for the Arts in Manassas, Virginia.
Over the generations, Africans became African Americans with a new culture, and Nzinga Terrell includes different parts of that story in her art. There are things that look like African cloth and design and things that make you think of American culture and clothing.
James Terrell’s style is more abstract. “Mami Wata”, the first painting visitors see in the new exhibit, shows a woman rising from the ocean. Terrell explains the painting.“Mami Wata is a goddess of the sea...There’s no light going through;there’s not a lot of colour being seen, as opposed to the other ones. So, it’s just showing the time of the slaves being brought to America.”
But the artist says he also likes to play with colour.Growing up, Terrell attended a church with coloured glass in many windows. Because of that experience, he learned how light goes through the windows. He makes lines in his painting that look like the lines between pieces of coloured glass in the church windows.
Terrell’s works show how he sees himself as an African American. Visitors to the art exhibit say they see themselves and their family members in the works.
【1】When young,Nzinga Terrell’s memory of her family dates back to .
A．the time when the slaves were sold and re-named
B．the time when she was born at the bottom of a ship
C．the time when the black slaves were brought to America
D．the time when her family worked on a plantation in Virginia
【2】How did Nzinga Terrell’s father get his family name?
A．It was named after a plantation.
B．It was named after their owner’s name.
C．It was named after the job the family did.
D．It was named long ago after a place in Africa.
【3】What’s the painting “Mami Wata” like?
A．It’s typical of native American style.
B．It reflects a dark time of the black slaves.
C．It’s abstract with rich and bright colours.
D．It describes a church James once attended.
【4】How do the visitors probably feel seeing Terrell’s works?
A．Strange.
B．Curious.
C．Depressed.
D．Moved.
25、 A beloved janitor (管理员) received special surprise, when teachers and students made him “King for Day” at the retirement (退休) party.
John Lockett, also called Mr. John, cried tears of ________ when the gentle old man was greeted by 685 ________ at Sand Hill Elementary School in Carrollton, Georgia. “He was so surprised that he just ________ with the kids,” headmaster Carla Meigs told Good Morning American. Finally, she said, “The scene was so ________. He is very modest, hard-working, and devoted to his job, so everyone loves him.”
Mr. John officially was to retire on May 24, but the school threw him a retirement party one week ________. Mr. John’s wife, Annie Lockett, who was also a person of good quality, was also ________ at this event.
On that day, when Mr. John ________ for work as usual, he found the passage of the hall lined with students of that very school ________ there to wish him a very happy day! The children ________ him a crown and a cape and told him that it was “Mr. John Day”. Many kids were ________ banners (横幅) and shouting “Mr. John Day! Mr. John Day!”, while many others walked up to him to give him a hug! Mr. John was truly ________ by the surprise. “They are all like my children, I ________ the kids,” Mr. John told Good Morning American. “It was the perfect day to ________ my retirement and make it about me.” “The school ________ so much to me, really love my job; it is for students,” he wrote in an email. The 83-year-old man had been janitor for more than a decade ________ having a career in building.
【1】A.fear B.regret C.joy D.hope
【2】A.kids B.farmers C.teachers D.workers
【3】A.smiled B.chatted C.helped D.cried
【4】A.strange B.violent C.sweet D.puzzling
【5】A.later B.early C.ago D.off
【6】A.surprised B.terrified C.upset D.inspired
【7】A.dressed up B.made up C.showed up D.cheered up
【8】A.lying B.waiting C.wandering D.hiding
【9】A.threw B.sold C.lent D.gave
【10】A.placing B.holding C.seeking D.making
【11】A.convinced B.bothered C.touched D.tricked
【12】A.interest B.comfort C.disappoint D.love
【13】A.observe B.understand C.announce D.forget
【14】A.tells B.means C.leaves D.shows
【15】A.while B.after C.unless D.until
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。
Saved by the Belt
My family is one of the lucky ones. We still have what we consider most precious — each other. It is Kathy Hezlep, our superstar, that has saved our family. Sitting at the porch, I am transported to the accident ten years ago.
As a mother, I have been blessed. I have a nice, smart, good-looking son who has given me much pleasure over the years. In the months leading up to Alan’s 16th birthday, there was a lot of excitement about his upcoming rite (仪式)of passage — the driver’s license.
About a month before his birthday, there was an assembly about seat-belt safety presented at his high school. One of the presenters in this program, Kathy Hezlep, had lost her son in a horrible car crash the year before. When Kathy was first asked to speak at this assembly, she was reluctant. Her son’s death had been extremely hard on her. She often felt helpless and discouraged, and she wasn’t sure how she could make a difference by speaking with this group.
But the school had convinced her to talk to the students. Kathy spoke about how hard it had been since the loss of her son. There were days when it was an effort just to get out of bed. She spoke directly from her heart and my son took her words straight into his heart. I remember Alan coming home that day and the two of us talking about the crash. We thought it was interesting that she was a single mother(like me)and that her son, Ryan, was her only child(like Alan).
Well, the big day finally arrived. The state of Florida, in its infinite wisdom, granted my “ child ” a license to take a loaded weapon and drive it! At the time, I thought the worst feeling I could possibly experience was watching my only child drive off alone in my car. I was wrong.
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Alan had his license one week when the police called me that Alan had an accident with his friends.
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When I rushed to the hospital, I talked to Alan about the accident.
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