1、He managed to reach the summit of his career, but it was at the ______ of his health.
A. consumption B. credit
C. exhaustion D. expense
2、A number of people________ their jobs and the number________ increasing.
A．is losing, is
B．are losing, is
C．is losing, are
D．are losing, are
3、I hurried to the meeting hall, only______ that the meeting had been put off.
A.to tell B.to be told C.telling D.told
4、The boy wanted to ride his bicycle in the street, but his mother told him _______.
A. not to B. not to do
C. not do it D. do not to
5、He revisited his home village last month, and everything there_______his sweet memory of his childhood.
A.brought about B.brought up C.brought back D.brought in
6、Compared with other areas, this prosperous city has a financial environment that is more_________to job creation.
A.optimistic B.available C.favorable D.similar
7、If they throw stones at you, don’t throw back. Use them to build your own foundation_________.
A. somehow B. anyway C. instead D. nevertheless
8、The old man looked up towards the moon and seemed, judging from his facial expression, ________ of his family.
A．to think
B．thinking
C．to have thought
D．to be thinking
9、The draft regulation on the online protection of minors, ________ for public opinions by the cyberspace authorities, has drawn wide public concern.
A. releasing B. having released
C. to release D. released
10、I used to drink a lot of coffee, but these days I _____ tea.
A．prefer B．am preferring
C．have preferred D．preferred
11、It was 80 years before Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic Zheng He had sailed to East Africa.
A.when B.that
C.after D.since
12、I don't think she is a reliable woman; I am ______ her empty talk.
A．tired of
B．concerned about
C．crazy about
D．grateful for
13、Wang Yuan, a member of TFBOYS, ________for his smoking illegally(违法的) in a Beijing restaurant and promised to behave well in the future.
A.apologized B.consulted C.paid D.cost
14、 －I got sick and tired of hotels and hotel food after the trip to Mexico.
－I can imagine. _________________.
A. Don’t meet trouble half-way
B. All’s well that ends well
C. Honesty is the best policy
D. East or west, home is the best
15、Most students find ________ hard ________ Japanese well.
A．it; to learn
B．it; learns
C．that; to learn
D．that; learns
16、To keep fit, you ______ take regular exercise instead of sitting around all the day.
A．should
B．could
C．may
D．will
17、 ---Have you got any job offers?
---No. I _____.
A. waited B. had been waiting
C. have waited D. am waiting
18、 It is reported that a space station ______ on the moon in years to come.
A. will be building B. will be built
C. has been building D. has been built
19、---Have you heard that Ben and Bill had a fight yesterday?
---Yes. Now they don’t say a single word to each other. It seems as if they ______ each other before.
A.didn’t know B.don’t know C.have never known D.had never known
20、—Irene, do you really want to go out?
—It may rain. ___________, I will go out; I don’t mind the rain.
A. Anyhow B. Otherwise
C. Somehow D. Therefore
21、A treasure trove hidden for centuries has been discovered in the underground vaults(墓穴)of a temple in southern India. The treasures include gold, diamonds and precious stones. The estimated value of the hoard is reportedly 22 billion US dollars.
Hundreds of armed police have been deployed around the temple. Meanwhile, a debate about how to use the money has also broken out across the country. After discovering the treasure trove in Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple in the southern Indian state of Kerala, the local government has assured security of the temple.
Elaborating on the security arrangements, Venugopalan Nair, Additional Director General of the Kerala Police, says the latest security devices are being used to guard the temple.
Venugopalan Nair, Additional Dir. Gen. of Kerala Police, said, "We are trying to bring in the latest technology with regards to surveillance(监视) cameras, with regards to, you know digitalizing the various things which are available inside. We are keeping a constant sort of surveillance for every movement, which happens in the whole area surrounding the temple."
According to temple authorities, the crowd at the temple has increased steeply after news of the discovery of the treasure trove. And the Administrative Officer of the Temple says the government has initiated appropriate steps to control the curious crowds visiting the temple.
G. Jayasekharan Nair, administrative officer, said, "To control the crowds the government itself is taking a lot of measures. They are trying to do whatever is possible from the premises of the temple. Apart from all that, the government has taken a favorable step and we are satisfied with them."
Over the last week, a seven-member team of investigators broke into five secret subterranean vaults, and discovered jewels that have been lying untouched for hundreds of years.
As estimates of the treasures' worth rise, a fierce debate is growing regarding what to do with the discovery. Kerala's top elected leader said the wealth would remain with the temple, while others say it should be used to pay for poverty alleviation(扶贫). However, the government is adhering to the Supreme Court's ruling on ownership of the treasure found in the temple.
【1】How will the government deal with the treasure mentioned in the passage?
A. It will be used to pay for poverty alleviation.
B. It will be returned to its owner.
C. It will be kept in the vaults.
D. It hasn’t been decided yet.
【2】Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A. The treasures include gold, diamonds and some old coins.
B. The treasure trove has been lying unknown for hundreds of years before it is discovered.
C. The local people are very curious about the treasure and the temple.
D. The whole area surrounding the temple is under close watch.
【3】What G.Jayasekharan Nair said means that .
A. what the government does means little
B. the crowd will make trouble without proper control
C. more effective measures should be taken
D. the temple is of great value
22、If you see a group of people bend their knees, hold their arms out, and swing their bodies around...don’t panic, just a few surfskaters.
A surfskate board, which originated in the United States, is a type of skateboard that uses a specially-designed front truck to give riders the feeling of surfing on land. As riders shift weight between the heelside and topside, the special front truck turns the board sharply and helps produce momentum(冲力), pushing riders forward and changing directions.
This summer, the sport has gained favor among Chinese consumers and is soaring in popularity among all ages, spurring(刺激) a billion-dollar market.
On lifestyle-sharing platform Xiaohongshu, searches related to surfskating rose 420 percent year-on-year in the first half. The sudden increase in searches started in February. As of August, surfskate-related posts surpassed 60,000. Trending topics include tutorials and board recommendations.
On the short-video platform Douyin, posts labeled “surfskate” had over 150 million views by August. A one-minute video post with top viewership had over 189,000 likes. The sport also became a trendy topic on Weibo and Kuaishou.
“You can see an increasing number of people practicing surfskating at almost all ages in a wide space inside the community I live in.” said Beijing resident Ma Yuan. “I knew about surfskating from social media and decided to give it a try. It was easier than I thought. In addition, surfskating requires a lot less equipment compared with many other sports. I can start skating at a random(任意的) place and all I need is a board. Above all, it helps me lose weight and reduce work and life pressure.”
【1】How do the surfskaters ride the surfskate board?
A．By using wind power.
B．By pushing riders forward by someone else.
C．By using a specially designed remote device to control it.
D．By changing weight between the heelside and topside and producing force.
【2】What do we know about surfskating?
A．Surfskating has its origin in the United Nations.
B．Surfskating has gained popularity just among the youth.
C．Surfskating has more viewers on ”xiaohongshu“ than other platforms.
D．Surfskating gives riders the feeling of surfing on land as well as other benefits.
【3】What’s Ma’s attitude towards surfskating?
A．Indifferent
B．Supportive
C．Objective
D．Negative
【4】Which of following would be the best title for the passage?
A．Surfing on land gains ground.
B．Surfskating originated in the USA.
C．How to operate a skateboard.
D．Surfskating for health.
23、In early August, Hilary Krieger, now 44, was sitting in her parents’ Boston home when her friend accidentally squirted (喷射) himself with an orange slice. She said, “Oh, the orange just orbisculated.” And he said, “It did what?” The two made a five-dollar bet, and Hilary gladly grabbed the family dictionary but found the word “orbisculate” was not in it! Hilary burst into her dad’s study and told him the shocking news. Looking awkward, her father admitted that he had made up the word “orbisculate” as the action that happens “when you dig your spoon into a grapefruit and it squirts juice directly into your eye”.
At first, Hilary was mad. But she quickly came to see her dad’s made-up word as a gift. It speaks to his creativity and the idea that, even when something is painful and annoying, like getting grapefruit juice in your eye, you can laugh and have fun with it.
Hilary’s father Neil Krieger died in April 2020, at age 78. Since the Kriegers couldn’t have a proper funeral, Hilary who now lives in New York, spent a lot of time on the phone talking with friends and family, and the “orbisculate” story kept coming up.
“I began to think ‘orbisculate’ is such a great word; it should be in the dictionary!” says Hilary. She called her younger brother Jonathan, who lives in Boston and runs an online company. Their goal is to put the word to use publicly enough that it has a chance of becoming acceptable. Encouraging people to use “orbisculate” in a wide variety of contexts will leave a compelling (令人信服的) trail of evidence for lexicographers (词典编纂者) to follow.
It has been more than two years since Neil’s death and his children are still struggling from the loss. But their campaign to get their father’s word into the dictionary has helped them win back a little of the joy that has been missing from their lives. “I could picture him being really excited,” Jonathan says. “And not until that day did I know my father had created many ‘words’ that we wouldn’t see in the dictionary.”
【1】What made Hilary find “orbisculate” doesn’t exist?
A．A piece of shocking news.
B．The latest dictionary.
C．Her father’s strange reaction.
D．An accident between her friend and her.
【2】Which of the following can best describe Hilary’s father?
A．Strict and stubborn.
B．Optimistic and creative.
C．Flexible and reliable.
D．Determined and hardworking.
【3】When did Hilary decide to get the word “orbisculate” into the dictionary?
A．After her father’s death.
B．When her father told her the truth.
C．After her brother’s request.
D．After she put the word to use publicly.
【4】What will probably be talked about in the following part?
A．Hilary encourages people to make up more new words.
B．The introduction to other words created by Hilary’s father.
C．The reply that the official gave Hilary and her brother.
D．Hilary and her brother will continue to fight for their demand.
24、 Scientists Diego Kersting and Cristina Linares have found that some coral species are able to recover from harmful warming events through a unique survival strategy (策略)—known as “rejuvenescence” (新生)—among corals in the Mediterranean Sea. The findings represent some rare good news for corals around the world, which are facing numerous severe threats—most notably, climate change.
“The main threats are climate change, overfishing, pollution and coastal urbanization,” Kersting said. “But currently, climate change is probably the one causing the most coral cover declines. Warming stresses corals up to a point that may cause death. Some corals bleach (白化) before dying. Other corals do not bleach but die directly.” He went on, “Our findings are significant because this survival strategy was only known from fossil corals that existed hundreds of millions of years ago. It is the first time that it has been found in a living coral. Thanks to our findings, we know now that some corals are able to recover, but unfortunately this is not enough in the current climate change context.”
For their research, Kersting and Linares monitored 243 colonies of the endangered reef-building coral Cladocoracaespitosa in Spain’s Columbretes Islands Marine Reserve over 16 years, starting in 2002. The monitoring revealed that Cladocoracaespitosa in the Mediterranean uses rejuvenescence to cope with warming events. This process involves the polyps — or the individual coral animals in a colony—shrinking inward and abandoning their skeletons (骨骼) during warm periods, before rejuvenating at a later point. “What happens is that some polyps in a coral colony—sometimes just one— reduces completely its dimensions and partially retreats from its skeleton,” Kersting said. “Once the stressful event is over, the shrunken or rejuvenated polyp recovers its size and builds up a new skeleton. Eventually, it begins to reproduce itself through budding and begins to cover the dead colony surfaces.”
He continued, “The results were very surprising because I started to observe colonies that were dead years ago, that were showing living parts many years after their death.”
【1】What is the greatest threat to corals now?
A.Overfishing. B.Light pollution.
C.City growth. D.Climate change.
【2】What can we learn about the survival strategy?
A.It is the cause of warming events.
B.It was found for the first time.
C.It will bring hope for the endangered corals.
D.It represents the evolution of the corals.
【3】What does paragraph3 mainly talk about?
A.How the extreme corals forms.
B.How the polyps survive their competitors.
C.How the research was conducted.
D.How the coral species manages to recover and regrow.
【4】What can best replace the underlined word “retreat” in paragraph3?
A.Withdraw. B.Unfold. C.Benefit. D.Steal.
25、 The lazy beach vacations and study-abroad years are gone because of the pandemic （流行病）. Many, who believe travel is in their genes, find it _________ to be kept in the same place for so long. My friend James is one of them and is growing bored and upset, _________ for the old travelling days. How to pull through the depressing situation? There are many ways to answer the question, but “ being _________ is not one of them.
People always have a strong _________ to be on the go. However, it shows our true ability when that demand can't be _________ instantly. Travel is a good way to meet new people and_________ new things, but we have _________ if we can't make it.
We can go off the _________ path and travel in the off-season. By connecting with communities and spending our money in ways that support _________, it will be a more meaningful way to __________ the differences that make the world colorful.
We can plan a trip instead while we can't __________ be there. “Expectations play a __________ role in our life. And our future — mindedness can be a source of __________ if we know good things are__________ In every way, travel is a great thing to __________, ” said Matthew Killingsworth, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania. So __________ a trip is nearly as enjoyable as actually taking one. Making plans is its own __________ It makes us remember there is a big, __________ world out there.
Many of us, me included, have taken what we have for granted. Tom Swick, a travel writer, tells me he__________ to view travel as a routine. "Now, I look forward to experiencing it as a__________, ” says he.
A．unbearable
B．unpredictable
C．unreliable
D．uncertain
A．heading
B．competing
C．switching
D．longing
A．optimistic
B．active
C．desperate
D．hesitant
A．pressure
B．sorrow
C．fancy
D．desire
A．reserved
B．satisfied
C．explained
D．ignored
A．experience
B．recover
C．risk
D．provide
A．curiosity
B．alternatives
C．advances
D．regret
A．hidden
B．broken
C．beaten
D．frozen
A．hobbies
B．shelters
C．fictions
D．locals
A．refuse
B．appreciate
C．decrease
D．avoid
A．mentally
B．rarely
C．physically
D．merely
A．negative
B．mild
C．valueless
D．significant
A．concern
B．chaos
C．independence
D．joy
A．off the track
B．in the way
C．around the comer
D．to the point
A．look forward to
B．look down on
C．look out for
D．look back at
A．canceling
B．plotting
C．adjusting
D．denying
A．reward
B．focus
C．price
D．form
A．frightening
B．rolling
C．appealing
D．resting
A．used
B．hoped
C．agreed
D．wanted
A．service
B．gift
C．trend
D．play
26、书面表达（共1小题）
假如你是李夏。你看到关国留学生Sharon 在网上发贴，.希望有人能帮助她提高普通话
(Mandarin）水平，她可以教英语作为回报。请银据以下提示用英语给她写一封电于哪件。
1．表达给她提供帮助的意愿；
2．说明你能胜任辅导的理由；
3．给出讲好普通话的两点建议；
4．提出你学习英语的具体需求。
注意：
1．词数120左右，开头语已为你写好；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3．文中不得透漏个人姓名和学校名称；
Hi Sharon,
This is Li Xia．I learned from your post that you want to improve your Mandarin
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