1、Of these two basketball teams, the former comes from the US; the _______comes from England.
A．late
B．later
C．latter
D．lately
2、He couldn’t make his voice ______ above the noise of the traffic.
A．to hear
B．hearing
C．heard
D．hear
3、I walked all the way from home to the library, only____it closed.
A.find B.finding
C.found D.to find
4、Lily’s mobile phone was left in a taxi accidentally, never ______ again.
A. to find B. to be found
C. finding D. being found
5、Thanks to the new techniques, our production has increased ________.
A.absolutely B.profoundly C.permanently D.dramatically
6、Though Confucius has long gone, his powerful ideas undoubtedly ________ Chinese society and tradition.
A. formed B. shaped
C. laid D. made
7、— I’d better _____ now. The water is boiling in the kitchen. — Goodbye.
A.ring off B.ring up C.hold on D.ring back
8、The old man asked Lucy to move to another chair__________he wanted to sit next to his wife.
A.although B.unless C.because D.if
9、--Mark, I failed in the exam again, I’m so upset.
--Don’t worry, I think the first thing ______ is ______ your weak points.
A. to do, find out B. being done, to find out
C. to do, to hold out D. being done, hold out
10、—Gosh, I feel I have messed up my whole life.
—Cheer up. Things will _______.
A.break down B.work out C.put up D.show up
11、She showed the visitors around the park ________ had been built three years before.
A．who
B．whom
C．whose
D．which
12、When I was in kindergarten, I was often ______ by my teachers to be polite to the adults.
A．promised
B．reminded
C．allowed
D．hoped
13、Being ______ highly skilled reader is ______ key to becoming successful in the Information Age．
A． a; 不填 B． 不填; a
C． the; a D． a; the
14、—The zookeeper was really annoyed with me.
—How could he have been if you______stones at the animals?
A. didn’t throw B. don’t throw
C. hadn’t thrown D. haven’t thrown
15、It doesn't matter if she wants to come to your party,________?
A．does it
B．doesn't it
C．does she
D．doesn't she
16、The old woman has two sons, both of ______are drivers.
A．them
B．whose
C．who
D．whom
17、Dale took his mother’s advice, tried desperately and after several attempts ________ made it.
A．finally
B．hopefully
C．normally
D．reasonably
18、While it wasn’t the goal of the trip, I was rewarded with fresh insights, ones that to me during the regular course of business.
A.might never happen B.could never have happened
C.should not happen D.needn’t have happened
19、______ my father doesn’t say a lot in daily life， he gives me much love and affection．
A． Because B． When
C． Although D． If
20、—Won’t you go shopping with your mother?
—Unless she ____ to buy me a new sweater.
A.will promise B.promised C.promises D.is promising
21、Below are some classified ads from the Internet.
Health ＆ Beauty
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If you are a smoker who wants to quit soon, we will illustrate just some of the most important features and benefits of V2 e-cigarettes:
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Enjoy smoking without the unpleasant by-products of tobacco smoking: No ash, smoke or bad breath.
Why not have a try! http:// www.nationwidesmokes.com
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Our beauty salon has been offering professional beauty treatments since 1997. We provide beauty therapy and offer beauty treatments to both men and women at competitive prices.
Company staff discount available for up to 30%. Ring 860-868-0710 for an introductory letter.
We now offer a 10% discount for students and over 65’s.
Please visit our website http:// bodynaturalsalonandspa.com
Communities
City Market is committed to helping our communities grow and prosper. Each year, we assist hundreds of local nonprofit organizations, schools and churches working to make the communities we share better places to live and work. It’s easier than ever to request a donation for your nonprofit organization with our online form.
Go to our website at http:// www.communitygifts.com
More Volunteers Doing More Community Work
In over 200 countries, Lions are doing community volunteer work, helping, leading, planning and supporting.
We want everyone to see a better tomorrow. We believe everyone deserves a healthy life. From providing health programs that focus on hearing loss to supporting efforts to control and prevent diabetes(糖尿病), Lions volunteers are working to improve the health of children and adults around the world.
There are many ways to get involved: community projects, group volunteer opportunities, or global health programs.
Please call 630-571-5466
http:// www.lionsclub.org
Business opportunities
Liquor Store For Sale
Full equipment, located in Port Saint Lucie, Florida, U.S. Serious inquiries only. Call 302-393-3126
Café/Restaurant Business For Sale
Busy location. Unbelievable price, $30,000. Call 302-650-4724
【1】The underlined word “by-products” has the closest meaning to ________.
A. ingredients B. tastes
C. side effects D. public images
【2】Which website should you visit if you want to take on some voluntary work?
A.http:// www.lionsclub.org
B.http:// www.communitygifts.com
C.http:// www.nationwidesmokes.com
D.http:// bodynaturalsalonandspa.com
【3】Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A.V2 cigs can be classified as a kind of traditional cigarettes.
B. City Market has been devoted to helping nonprofit organizations overseas.
C. Day Spa ＆ Beauty Salon is intended to provide beauty service for females.
D. Of all the advertisements, three items try to be price competitive.
【4】What number can you call if you need some advice for skin care?
A. 302-650-4724 B. 860-868-0710
C. 630-571-5466 D. 302-393-3126
22、Do you have a story, a poem, a message that only you can share? Do you love to travel places by reading? You’re in the right place.
We’re a free library, open 24/7, here to support your reading and writing dreams. At Narrative you can find inspiring literature available for free every day. All you need is an internet connection. But we’re not just a library; we also offer tools and ideas to help deepen your reading and to improve your writing skills.
Be sure to check out all the great resources listed below!
NARRATIVE HIGH SCHOOL WRITING CONTEST
A writing contest open to high school students grades 9-12 in the US and abroad, varying genre from year to year. You have the chance to receive more than $1,000 in winning prizes, mentorship by esteemed Narrative editors and authors, and publication in Narrative, which reaches our global readership of 300,000. Stay tuned! The winners and finalists for our Eighth Annual High School Contest will be announced in mid-April 2023.
EXPLORE OUR LIBRARY BY THEME
Thematic tags, ranging from “Love” to “Justice & Equality” to “The Writing Life,” enable you to explore Our Library according to your interests, drawing connective threads among works deep in the archive.
WRITERS & MENTORS VIDEOS
From time to time, we all need a bit of inspiration to guide us through the writing process. Look no further. Here you’ll find videos featuring Jericho Brown, Javier Zamora, Carol Edgarian, and some of our High School Contest winners, as well as audio advice from Naomi Shihab Nye.
RECOMMENDED READING GUIDE
Curated reading lists of literature, writing advice, and other creative fodder from the Narrative Library, designed to provide you with a “best of” hits list across genre and form.
Happy reading, and happy writing! Remember that you can always contact us at schools@narrativemagazine.com with any questions, musings, and ideas.
【1】What does the writer intend to do by recommending the library?
A．To encourage people to travel while reading.
B．To persuade students to compete in a contest.
C．To introduce some famous writers to students.
D．To motivate students’ writing and reading.
【2】What does the library Narrative offer?
A．Literature.
B．Internet.
C．Experts.
D．Writing skills.
【3】Which resource can provide advice from contest winners?
A．NARRATIVE HIGH SCHOOL WRITING CONTEST
B．EXPLORE OUR LIBRARY BY THEME
C．WRITERS & MENTORS VIDEOS
D．RECOMMENDED READING GUIDE
23、Directions: Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.
Japan's population is shrinking as well as ageing. 【1】 In Tokyo it is below even the very how rates recorded in Italy and in Spain. What lessons are there for the rest of us when one of the most prosperous and peaceful societies in the world appears to give up on children?
The first thing is that globalization is not a simple homogenizing（使类同）process. 【2】 For example, China will certainly long be shaped in ways difficult to foresee by the one-child policy, even though it has now been axed. More generally, although it seems clear that in today's modern society women will often choose to have fewer children, the particular reasons vary between societies and so will the consequences. In Japan, a country with very little immigration and little appetite for more, the consequences of an ageing population will be rather different from those western countries where the population is held up by the immigration of young people and their families.
One thing that distinguishes Japan from the rest of the rich world is that Japanese women don't have babies outside marriage. Ninety-eight percent of babies are born to married parents, and even childcare outside extended family is frowned on. The fall in the birthrate almost exactly tracks the fall in the marriage rate since the 1970s. The decline of marriage is a mixture of economic insecurity and women's lack of emancipation: for many women in Japan they have to make a choice between motherhood and any other career. As more women benefit from higher education and so gain the prospect of more interesting paid work, they are less willing to give it up for family life, even in a working environment which is often still astonishingly unsupportive. 【3】 The old jobs-for-life system has been weakened since the last century and many young men are excluded from it altogether. The consequence is that both men and women are less willing to gamble on marriage.
All of these factors make Japan very different from western Europe, where as many as half of all births now take place outside marriage and professional childcare is almost universally regarded as desirable. 【4】 If the Japanese continue to be reluctant to have children, they may end up having to allow immigrants to look after their parents -- unless they want their care performed by robots.
A.Many societies are struggling with the consequences of a low birthrate and will struggle much more in the future.
B.In urban areas the birthrate has fallen far below replacement rate.
C.In the mean time, women are more and more able to provide for their families than men.
D.But with the ageing problem in Japanese society, old people will need care.
E.However, with increasing old people in Japan, some of them may have to take care of themselves in the future.
F.At the same time the social expectation that men will be able to provide for their families no longer matches the economic facts.
24、 By the early 1800s, the most important food in Ireland was the potato. Many Irish farmers held very small plots of land, and potatoes produced much more food per acre than any other crop. Potatoes were easy to grow in the cool climate, and they provided vital nutrition for those who had little access to other fresh food — which was roughly half of the Irish population.
It is not a good idea for such a large number of people to depend on one food source, and the Irish found out why in a painful, deadly way. In 1845, a fungus(真菌) from Mexico arrived in Ireland. Although its exact source remains unknown, it was probably carried in the holds of ships that traveled to Ireland carrying goods and people. The fungus attacked the potato crops, causing harvested potatoes to disintegrate(使解体) into black piles of rot, causing a famine(饥荒), or severe food shortage. Very quickly, a large section of the Irish population began to starve.
Farmers hoped that the 1846 harvest would be better, but it was worse. That winter, the weather was terrible and included severe snowstorms, high winds, and bitterly cold temperatures. By the next year's harvest, the potatoes had begun to recover. The Irish were hopeful that the Potato Famine had come to an end. However, the harvest was far too small to sustain the starving population.
Soup kitchens were eventually set up to feed the hungry, but they could not come close to meeting the demand for food. Diseases associated with famine, such as cholera (霍乱) , hit the weakened Irish. It is estimated that, by 1851, at least one million people died of disease or starvation, and another million had left Ireland for the United States, England, or Canada.
【1】Before 1845, the Irish people ________.
A．depended highly on potatoes for food
B．lived through a very difficult winter
C．suffered from cholera
D．owned much land
【2】What happened to Ireland in 1846?
A．Ships brought a fungus to Ireland.
B．Over one million people died of disease.
C．The harvested potatoes rotted.
D．The winter weather limited the potato crop.
【3】When had people left Ireland in significant numbers?
A．Right after the crops disintegrated.
B．By the time a million people had died.
C．During the bitter winter following the famine.
D．Shortly after the fungus arrived from Mexico.
【4】Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
A．Dying for Potatoes
B．The Fungus Infection
C．Dying of Disease
D．Cholera in Ireland
25、 Michael felt hot. Why was it so hard to breathe? They had rehearsed（预演） the play, and Michael knew his part. ______ he was still nervous. ______ filled his head. What if I say the wrong thing? What if I trip（绊倒） and fall?
Michael tried to think of______ things. Tomorrow he'd enjoy a delicious dinner with his family. But first he had to get through today, with a roomful of strangers _____ him. His family was in the audience （观众）. He tried to imagine that the family were all _____ around the dining room table right now. That always made him feel _____.
Michael _____ the play. It was the story of how the early Pilgrims had survived in the new land with the help of the people who lived there.
"Piece of cake," Jake had said. "Jake, you're ____" Michael thought. "Nothing to be _____ about".
"You have a（n） _____ role to play, "Mr. Murray, the play's director, had told him. Michael felt as if the whole _____ depended on him.
"Everyone in place”, said Mr. Murray.
Michael found that the theater was _____. He was very nervous.
Michael felt a hand on his shoulder and turned to see Serene giving him a（n） _____ smile. "You can do it", she said.
The play _____.
"This is not a plant I've ever seen before, said Jake.
It was Michael's turn to _____ something. But his mouth went dry. The audience was _____. But he was frozen in place. And then he heard Serene say, "How will we survive if we don't grow food?"Wait. That wasn't Serene's _____. She must have made that up to _____ him to remember what he was going to say.
"We must ask for help with the plants, "Michael said.
He took a deep _____, and started to focus. Serene and Jake wanted to help him. He wasn't in this before. But he survived the rest of the play. Michael felt _____ for his friends' help.
【1】A.So B.But C.And D.Or
【2】A.Worries B.Lies C.Difficulties D.Choices
【3】A.bad B.possible C.frightening D.pleasant
【4】A.searching for B.caring for C.looking at D.laughing at
【5】A.sitting B.standing C.exploring D.fixing
【6】A.strange B.surprised C.proud D.relaxed
【7】A.watched B.directed C.debated D.understood
【8】A.sorry B.right C.no D.perfect
【9】A.shy B.excited C.worried D.regretful
【10】A.important B.easy C.normal D.different
【11】A.program B.school C.play D.plan
【12】A.dirty B.full C.old D.small
【13】A.polite B.weak C.encouraging D.winning
【14】A.began B.changed C.finished D.continued
【15】A.show B.say C.buy D.explain
【16】A.waiting B.thinking C.asking D.working
【17】A.opinion B.voice C.duty D.line
【18】A.allow B.help C.stop D.invite
【19】A.breath B.sleep C.look D.interest
【20】A.peaceful B.angry C.disappointed D.thankful
26、假如你是李华，你的一位外国网友Peter给你发来e-mail说他在新华网上看到一则消息：在北京拥挤的地铁里，随处可见人们忙着用手机刷微博、看微信或玩游戏，读书的人却很少见。中国是文明古国，有着悠久的阅读传统，而现在很多中国人似乎正在失去读书的兴趣。请就这条消息谈谈你的看法并以电子邮件回复。
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1. 客观情况；
2. 个人看法。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头语已为你写好。
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