1、The world is more forgiving than commonly ______, so we should be optimistic about life.
A. declared B. promoted
C. supposed D. required
2、Anyone______be in a rough life time，whether he is “Bai Fumei”or“Gao Fushuai．”
A． must B． will
C． can D． should
3、 ---Haven’t you finished your application form online?
---Yes. My classmates and I _____ on it for the whole afternoon.
A. have worked B. are working
C. have been working D. worked
4、Letting virtual assistants, such as Amazon's Alexa, take care of your home is a(n) _________ for disaster to some, because AI-infused systems may demonstrate unpredictable behaviors that can be disruptive, confusing, offensive, and even dangerous.
A.topic B.shortcut C.cure D.recipe
5、Opportunities favor the prepared mind: for a dream ________, one has to make preparations every single day rather than fancy in vain.
A. to realize B. being realized
C. to be realized D. realizing
6、Fitness is important in sport, but of at least ______ importance are skills.
A. fair B. equal
C. reasonable D. proper
7、— I didn’t have time to read the book, so I just read a summary on the Internet.
— Be careful. If you _________ now, you’ll regret it later.
A. cut corners B. fly off the handle
C. laugh your head off D. sleep like a log
8、______ Long had been riding horses for many years, the hardship and uncertainty of the task pushed him to his limit.
A．Although
B．Unless
C．Once
D．If
9、Three days later the group reached a beautiful island ________ was completely cut off from the outside world.
A．which
B．when
C．where
D．as
10、_____at the back of the temple is the Tianning Tower, which _______154 metres into the sky, is the tallest tower of the kind in China.
A. Located; rises B. Located; rising
C. Locating; rising D. Locating; rises
11、When the manager ______ her, the girl didn’t even look up.
A. went through B. passed by C. put down D. took out
12、________ and out of breath, we reached the top of the mountains and stopped ________ the beautiful scenery.
A．Tiring; to admire
B．Tiring; admiring
C．Tired; admiring
D．Tired;to admire
13、It’s supposed to be the end of the paperback and the ________ of digital media, but some bookstores are surviving the Internet age with surprising success.
A. deadline B. dawn
C. dusk D. departure
14、If you frequently headaches, your children may also have the same problem.
A. suffer B. suffer for
C. suffer through D. suffer from
15、 Our bodies are strengthened by taking exercise. ________，our minds are developed by learning.
A.Probably B.Likely C.Similarly D.Generally
16、________John will win the competition remains a secret till next month．
A.When B.That C.Whether D.What
17、John had to ______ out of middle school at the age of 14 due to lack of money.
A. leave B. drop
C. fall D. go
18、Try to be cheerful and joyful in life, but when you ________ your work, try to be as serious as you can.
A．settle down for
B．settle down to
C．settle in
D．settle for
19、Terry made up his mind that he ________a new house once his son got a job in Beijing.
A．bought
B．would buy
C．have bought
D．had bought
20、Some students, hoping to get a high score, are _______ about the results of coming exam.
A. absurd B. guilty C. anxious D. puzzling
21、Climate change is threatening our future as more and more greenhouse gases like CO2 are gathering in the atmosphere and heating up the planet. To fight the problem, both scientists and economists have suggested some good solutions. It turns out that whales, animals we’ve hunted to near extinction, are excellent at taking away CO2.
Whales remove CO2 from the air in two ways. First, they move nutrients(营养物) from their feeding areas deep in the ocean back to the surface, where they release them in their waste. Those nutrients aid the growth of phytoplankton(浮游植物), which, like other plants, takes away CO2 from the air. Second, whales themselves collect CO2 in their bodies when they eat other animals. The total amount of the gas adds up to about 33 tons over a whale’s lifetime. When whales die, they take away all that CO2 with them down to the ocean floor.
Saving the whales could also be more cost effective than planting trees. Financial experts say that one whale, taking away CO2 and tour value, would be worth about US$2 million over its lifetime. Compare this to the high costs needed to plant and keep forests for removing CO2, and you’ll see why whales might be an effective solution.
At one time, millions of whales swam the world’s oceans. Unluckily, commercial whaling between the 1600s and the mid-1900s brought many whale species close to extinction.
Starting in the 1970s, careful management of whaling began. Many species are recovering, but the giant animals still face major threats. One threat is continued hunting despite international regulation. For example, in Japan, “scientific” kills are carried out—often an excuse to get whale meat, which is considered delicious food. Public outcry has pressured many countries to limit or end whaling, and experts believe a new way to make money from whales—whale watching—will also be effective. However, another is more difficult to solve—pollution. Whales are affected by pollution from chemicals, noise, and the huge amounts of plastic and garbage that end up in the oceans.
These giants of the sea are important to the future health of our planet. If whale populations increased to where they were before commercial whaling, whales could remove an estimated 1.7 billion tons of CO2 per year. It might be an impossible dream, but it’s one definitely worth fighting for.
【1】Which of the following is NOT true about how whales remove carbon from the air?
A．They move nutrients from deep in the ocean to the surface.
B．Many species of whales don’t release CO2.
C．Whales collect CO2 in their bodies through the food they eat.
D．When whales die, the collected CO2 remains in their bodies.
【2】What is the financial value of a whale compared to?
A．The commercial hunting of ocean animals.
B．The financial value of ocean tourism.
C．The high costs of tree planting and forest protecting.
D．The ability of phytoplankton to remove CO2 from the air.
【3】According to the passage, what threat is the harder to solve now?
A．Pollution.
B．Scientific kills.
C．Whale watching.
D．Continued hutting.
【4】What is the main purpose of the passage?
A．To analyse the benefits whales bring.
B．To explain why whales are endangered.
C．To evaluate the effect of commercial whaling.
D．To call on people to save whales so as to protect the world.
22、Languages have been coming and going for thousands of years, but in recent times there has been less coming and a lot more going. When the world was still populated by hunter-gatherers, small, tightly knit(联系) groups developed their own patterns of speech independent of each other. Some language experts believe that 10,000 years ago, when the world had just five to ten million people, they spoke perhaps 12,000 languages between them.
Soon afterwards, many of those people started settling down to become farmers, and their languages too became more settled and fewer in number. In recent centuries, trade, industrialization, the development of the nation-state and the spread of universal compulsory education, especially globalisation and better communications in the past few decades, all have caused many languages to disappear, and dominant languages such as English, Spanish and Chinese are increasingly taking over.
At present, the world has about 6,800 languages. The distribution of these languages is hugely uneven. The general rule is that mild zones have relatively few languages. Often spoken by many people while hot, wet zones have lots, often spoken by small numbers. Europe has only around 200 Languages: the Americas about 1,000, Africa 2,400; and Asia and the Pacific perhaps 3,200, of which Papua New Guinea alone accounts for well over 800. The median number(中位数) of speakers is a mere 6，000, which means that half the worlds languages are spoken by fewer people than that.
Already well over 400 of the total of 6,800 languages are close to extinction(消亡), with only a few elderly speakers left. Pick, at random, Busuu in Cameroon (eight remaining speakers), Chiapaneco in Mexico(150). Lipan Apache in the United States(two or three) or Wadjigu in Australia (one, with a question-mark): none of these seems to have much chance of survival.
【1】What can we infer about languages in hunter-gatherer times?
A．They developed very fast.
B．They were large in number.
C．They had similar patters.
D．They were closely connected
【2】Which of the following best explains "dominant" underlined in paragraph 2？
A．Complex.
B．Advanced.
C．Powerful.
D．Modern.
【3】How many languages are spoken by less than 6, 000 people at present?
A．About 6,800 .
B．About 3,400
C．About 2,400
D．About 1,200.
【4】What is the main idea of the text?
A．New languages will be created.
B．Peoples lifestyles are reflected in languages.
C．Human development results in fewer languages.
D．Geography determines language evolution.
23、Each May since 1956 people from across Europe and around the world have gathered around their televisions with friends and family for an evening of international entertainment(娱乐)：The Eurovision Song Contest. It may well be a fun event but perhaps it’s not the shared celebration of European language that it could be. In the first ten years of Eurovision, the UK and Ireland were the only two countries to sing in English. Now English is what we expect. Is it that English is becoming, or has become the official language of music?
From high streets in Hungary to supermarkets in Sweden, from bus stops in Bulgaria to parks in Poland, people listen to English-language music everywhere. And people don't just listen, they sing it too! From sporting events in Spain to nightclubs in Norway, from concerts in Croatia to fitness classes in France, people sing along to popular songs in their everyday lives, in English. But why?
For one evening each year Eurovision is the dinner party of Europe. A dinner party to which each guest brings something special. Their clothing, tradition and food show their culture and their language shows the character of a nation. Although there are 50 nations with 83 languages, for Eurovision, English is the only language. Does Eurovision really represent Europe?
English is an international language spoken by over 1 billion people worldwide. It is no surprise that so many musicians make music in English. Of course, music makes money and more listeners make more money. According to Ragnar Thorhallsson, singer and guitarist with the Icelandic indie band (乐队)“Of Monsters and Men”, English is simpler and is easier to make rhythms(节奏). Could this be true?
Let’s remember that although English-language music is everywhere, music is not everything. As long as we continue to learn, to speak，to love, diversity(多样性)shall be valued. After all, what fun is a dinner party if the guests can’t communicate(交流) or express themselves in the way they choose?
【1】What do we know about Eurovision?
A．Singers sing English songs.
B．It helps protect European cultures.
C．It is the most popular contest in the world.
D．Singers mainly come from the UK and Ireland.
【2】How does the writer show the popularity(广泛性) of English music in Paragraph 2?
A．By asking questions.
B．By giving examples.
C．By making comparisons.
D．By following the order of space.
【3】What's Ragnar ThorhaIlsson’s opinion of English?
A．It is easy and beautiful.
B．It should be used in all music.
C．It is the best language in the world.
D．It helps musicians make money easily.
【4】What is mainly discussed in the text?
A．Why we should protect language diversity.
B．How language and music affect each other.
C．Whether English is the official language of music.
D．Why Eurovision is becoming more and more popular.
24、We have an amazing 99 friends at the age of 21--more than at any other time in our life, according to a new study. The typical 21-year-old’s social circle nearly hits 100, with 13 “best” friends, 17 “close” friends and 70 acquaintances.
The research undertaken by skin care brand Nivea found our social circle peaks at 21 as we meet people at work while keeping in touch with friends from school and university. But as our working lives take over，we lose contact with some old friends causing the number to drop to around 68 by the time we are 29 years old. Although this decline continues into old age，it slows down slightly for people in their 30s when many of them become first-time parents. It is believed that this is because people form new friendships while on the maternity ward(产科病房)，at post-natal(产后) groups and when taking their toddlers(学步时期的小孩) to nursery.
The Nivea Closeness Report found the balance between our numbers of “best friends”，“close friends” and “acquaintances”，remains fairly constant throughout our lifetime. The average Briton has 18 close friends and a friendship circle，when all Facebook and other social networking “friends” are included，of 208 people. The report found that men have more than twice the number of close friends，with around 27 compared to women who have just 12. Londoners are also the most sociable，with 39 “close friends”，while the Welsh have just 11.
The age of 21 is such a critical junction in life and that’s why we have so many friends then. As we get older we become more selective and have fewer close friends with whom we talk about the things that are really important to us. Perhaps when we are younger，instead of having one trusted confidante(知己) we share different things with a variety of different people.
【1】According to the Nivea Closeness Report，who have the largest number of close friends?
A．Canadians. B．The Welsh.
C． Londoners. D．Americans.
【2】Older people have fewer friends than the 21-year-olds because .
A．they think friends are no longer important
B．they are more selective and cautious
C．they are less interested in making friends
D．they have little time to make friends
【3】The research suggests that the number of friends in one’s late twenties reduces by or so, compared to that in one’s early twenties.
A．70 B．20 C．30 D．200
【4】Why does the number of one’s friends decrease slowly when he is about 30 years old?
A．Because they achieve success in business and get acquainted with more colleagues.
B．Because many parents make friends with people who have similar experiences in bringing up children .
C．Because they make more friends through Facebook or the Internet.
D．Because as they grow older, they have more confidantes instead of acquaintances.
25、HEROES WHO HEAL
Doctors Without Borders (无国界医生) is an organization that delivers emergency medical support to people who need it most. They help those affected by wars, famine (饥荒), and epidemics (流行病). They work in areas where no health care is _______. At the very heart of the organization is the ______ that all people have the right to medical care regardless of their race, gender, or religion.
Doctors Without Borders was created in 1971 by a small group of doctors and ______ in France. They wanted to help people _______ major disasters. They considered people’s needs to be more important than national borders. “It’s simple really: go where the ______ are. It seems obvious but at the time it was a revolutionary (革命性的) concept because borders got in the way,” said founding member Dr. Bernard Kouchner.
The organization has offices in 21 countries, with its ______ in Geneva, Switzerland. They send out thousands of workers to more than 70 countries every year. Doctors Without Borders has conducted major relief efforts (救灾工作) all over the world. In 1999, they won the Nobel Peace Prize for their pioneering work. They received ______ for being fearless and self-sacrificing, and they showed “each victim had a human face,” said Nobel Committee Chairman Francis Sejersted.
The 2014 West Africa Ebola epidemic (埃博拉流行病) _____ Doctors Without Borders launch its largest emergency operation to help those ______ by the worst Ebola outbreak in history. Four thousand staff were organized to provide medical ______ in the three most affected countries Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. Seeking to prevent further outbreaks, they immediately set up treatment centers to provide isolation and care. Within the first five months of the epidemic, Doctors Without Borders ______ more than 85% of Ebola cases. They continue to support these countries by running ______ clinics. These clinics help bring people back into society after being affected by the disease.
______ coronavirus pandemic (冠状病毒流行病), Doctors Without Borders has launched a series of worldwide projects. The organization helps support and ______ health-care workers and has distributed (分发) more than two million protective equipment, masks, and hygiene kits (卫生设备). With more than 4 million lives already lost worldwide, Doctors Without Borders is working to ______ that the COVID-19 vaccine is available for those who need it at an affordable cost.
【1】
A．alarming
B．average
C．annual
D．available
【2】
A．clue
B．belief
C．custom
D．request
【3】
A．journals
B．astronauts
C．journalists
D．graduates
【4】
A．suffering from
B．coming across
C．benefiting from
D．judging from
【5】
A．customers
B．photographers
C．patients
D．consumers
【6】
A．headquarters
B．branches
C．companies
D．institutes
【7】
A．praise
B．gain
C．fund
D．recognition
【8】
A．spotted
B．witnessed
C．proved
D．strengthened
【9】
A．defeated
B．attacked
C．wrapped
D．affected
【10】
A．base
B．attempt
C．aid
D．authority
【11】
A．cooperated with
B．dealt with
C．focused on
D．fought for
【12】
A．survivors
B．victims
C．donors
D．authors
【13】
A．In addition to
B．In charge of
C．In favor of
D．In response to
【14】
A．exchange
B．contact
C．train
D．attract
【15】
A．ensure
B．assure
C．permit
D．predict
26、假设你是李华，你作为交换生正在英国学习，你所在城市博物馆正在展出来自中国的文物(relics)因而需要招聘懂一定中国文化的自愿者作为讲解员，需要写一封信给博物馆申请做一名讲解员。
要点如下:1.写信目的。2.个人能力优势。3.能做的事情。
注意:1.词数100左右
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
3.开头结尾已为你写好，不计入词数。
Dear Sir or Medam,
My name is Li Hua.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua