1、The customer and the seller argued for quite some time before they finally agreed the price．
A．on B．with
C．to D．at
2、Most of the doctors in this hospital were born , and they are now.
A.in the 1970; in their fifties B.in 1970s; in the fiftieth
C.in the 1970s; in fiftieth D.in the 1970s; in their fifties
3、The earth ______ around the sun.
A．moved
B．will move
C．moves
D．is moving
4、It seemed as if everything was ______. The big wave blocked their way and Captain Black ordered the sailors to speed up to escape.
A．in an end
B．to an end
C．at an end
D．for an end
5、It is ______ that all the celebrities in the entertainment circle pay their taxes to the government.
A.limited B.predicted C.indicated D.required
6、—Do you have Lucy’s phone number?
—Sorry, ____.
A. I don’t know
B. forget it
C. I can’t remember it
D. here you are
7、I asked the kids to go out to play, because I wasn’t accustomed to ______ when I was working.
A．interrupting
B．interrupt
C．interrupted
D．being interrupted
8、Take it easy. As your best friend, I will help you in my ________.
A. power B. force C. energy D. strength
9、In much of the animal world, night is the time for sleep-pure and simple, just like human world.
A．brought up
B．held out
C．set aside
D．laid off
10、At the meeting, all the people were deeply ________ with her wonderful report.
A．impressed
B．surprised
C．admired
D．existed
11、________ you gradually get better at your present job, you will find that it becomes easier than you imagined.
A．Unless
B．As
C．Though
D．Whether
12、When and where professor James will give us a lecture on the Western culture ________ yet.
A．hasn’t been decided
B．haven’t decided
C．isn’t being decided
D．aren’t decided
13、— Ken, look at this. It is the second time you ________ such a mistake.
— I’m very sorry, Miss. It ________ again.
A．have made; don’t happen
B．made; don’t happen
C．have made; won’t happen
D．made; won’t happen
14、This kind of seafood is likely to go bad _____ it is treated immediately after it is caught from the sea.
A. as B. unless
C. since D. when
15、We think that it’s love _______makes the world ________ it is today.
A. what; that B. that; what
C. which; what D. which; that
16、Why does she always drive to work ____ she could easily take the train?
A. unless B. until
C. before D. when
17、China National Women's Volleyball Team made great achievements, ______ them a symbol of the spirit of China.
A.to make B.having made C.made D.making
18、_____ caused the great damage remains unknown.
A. What B. That C. How D. Where
19、—_____________________unusual year 2020 is!
—Yeah! The pandemic (大疫情) is a challenge not only to China but also to the world.
A.What B.What an C.What a D.How
20、Michelle Obama told the audience not to “ let anyone ever tell you that this country isn’t great, that ____ we need to make it great again.”
A. somehow B. somewhat
C. somewhere D. otherwise
21、 Skeptics are strange a lot. Some of them refuse to admit the serious threat of the human activities to the environment and they are tired of people who disagree with them. Those people, say skeptics, spread nothing but bad news about the environment. The “eco-guilt” brought on by the discouraging news about our planet gives rise to the popularity of skeptics as people search for more comforting worldviews.
Perhaps that explains why a new book by Bjorn Lomborg received so much publicity. That book, The Skeptical Environmentalist, declares that it measures the “real state of the world” as fine. Of course, another explanation is the deep pockets of some big businesses with special interests. Indeed, Mr. Lomborg’s views are similar to those of some industry–funded organizations, which start huge activities through the media to confuse the public about issues like global warming.
So it was strange to see Mr. Lomborg’s book go largely unchallenged in the media though his beliefs were contrary to most scientific opinions. One national newspaper in Canada ran a number of articles and reviews full of words of praise, even with the conclusion that “After Lomborg, the environmental movement will begin to die down.”
Such one–sided views should have immediately been challenged. But only a different review appeared in Nature, a respected science magazine with specific readership. The review remarked that Mr. Lomborg’s “preference for unexamined materials is incredible”.
A critical eye is valuable, and the media should present information in such a way that could allow people to make informed decisions. Unfortunately, that is often inaccessible as blocked by the desire to be shocking or to defend some special interests. People might become half-blind before a world partially exhibited by the media. That’s a shame, because matters concerning the health of the planet are far too important to be treated lightly.
【1】Which of the following can be a reason for the popularity of Lomborg’s book?
A.The book challenges views about the fine state of the world.
B.The author convinces people to speak comforting worldviews.
C.Industry-funded media present confusing information.
D.Some big businesses intend to protect their own interests.
【2】The author mentioned the review in Nature in order to _____.
A.voice a different opinion
B.find fault with Lomborg’s book
C.point out the value of scientific views
D.challenge the authority of the media
【3】What does the underlined word “informed” in the last paragraph probably mean?
A.wrong B.reliable C.wise D.careless
【4】What is the author’s main purpose in writing the passage?
A.To warn the public of the danger of half-blindness with reviews.
B.To show the importance of presenting overall information by the media.
C.To blame the media’s lack of responsibility in information.
D.To encourage the skeptics to have a critical eye.
22、In my view, it is perfectly possible for many species of animals living in zoos or wildlife parks to have a quality of life as high as, or higher than in the wild. 【1】
Firstly, zoos contribute to protection. 【2】 . A species protected in the zoo can reproduce (繁殖) in case of disappearing in the wild. Without these efforts, there would be fewer species alive today. The very fact that endangered species have been saved or reintroduced as a result of living in zoos proves the value of zoos.
Zoos also provide education. While it is true that television programes are becoming more detailed and impressive, they are really nothing compared to a living creature in the flesh. 【3】 . Zoos will hopefully give people a greater appreciation of wildlife, conservation efforts and how they can contribute.
【4】 . If we are to save wild species, we need to know about how key species live, act and react. Being able to do research on animals in zoos where there is less risk can make a real difference to conservation efforts and can provide a knowledge base for helping with protecting wildlife.
In conclusion, zoos are vital not just in terms of protecting animals, 【5】 , as well as educating and informing the general population about these animals.
A．Zoos also offer a knowledge base
B．Zoos also play a key role in research
C．The following is several key purposes zoos serve
D．The number of species is decreasing across the world
E．but as a means of learning about them to aid those still in the wild
F．and working directly to educate conservation workers in other countries
G．However, many children and adults, especially those in cities, will never see a wild animal
23、It may surprise bookworms, but apparently masterpieces such as Jane Eyre are lacking in something — sound effects. An electronic-book firm is adding background noises and music to the works of Charlotte Bronte, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and William Shakespeare in the hope of attracting younger readers. In one example, a description of rain lashing against a window in a Sherlock Holmes story will be “enhanced” with matching noises.
The first multimedia e-books — with sounds to accompany novels — will be available this Friday in the UK. The Booktrack releases are available to iPad users, with other tablet computer versions to follow. The concept is already in use in the U.S., where the classics come with added sound effects. Readers for example can hear the china cups chinking in Mr. Darcy’s garden as they read Pride And Prejudice.
A story by Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie will be released later in the year with a specially crafted orchestral score. Rushdie’s story In The South will be released with a soundtrack provided by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
The Power Of Six by Pittacus Lore, a novel for young adults, is one of the first to be tested with a soundtrack which builds in suspense in keeping with the plot. It works by timing the speed of each reader and the software measures the “turning” of a page and moves the music or sounds along accordingly. It has been created by Booktrack which synchronizes (使同步) music to each novel. It is funded by Peter Thiel, a co-founder of PayPal.
Mr. Thiel said, “It’s always exciting to witness the creation of a new form of media. The technology promises to captivate readers in a different way.”
However, they have been greeted with horror by traditionalists, who say the technology takes away the pleasure of having one’s imagination stimulated by a story. They also raise the prospect (预期) of having to ask an overly eager reader to turn their book down. David Nicholls, whose bestseller One Day was recently turned into a film starring Anne Hathaway, said, “This sounds like the opposite of reading. It would be a distraction.”
【1】What’s the purpose of the electronic-book firm adding sound effects to masterpieces?
A. To add some creative factors to the e-books.
B. To arouse interest of the readers.
C. To satisfy the readers’ great need.
D. To promote the technology progress.
【2】Where was the idea that sounds are added to accompany novels first put forward?
A. Britain. B. Australia.
C. New Zealand. D. America.
【3】 The following should be done to make a soundtrack work, EXCEPT _________.
A. measuring how long each reader spends in reading
B. increasing the volume of the music or sounds
C. making out the reading speed
D. changing the music or sounds with pages turned
【4】 What’s Mr. Thiel’ attitude to the future of the new form of media?
A. Doubtful. B. Indifferent.
C. Hopeful. D. Pessimistic.
24、Starting this December, multiple popular Chinese apps and websites such as WeChat, Taobao and Douyin will be redesigned to make them more senior-friendly.
These redesigns are aimed at solving challenges faced by the elderly in using new smart phones. Specifically, the measures include: launching senior-friendly products with easy-to-use interfaces(界面); and improving the accuracy(精确度)of dialect-recognition systems to allow the elderly who can’t speak Mandarin(普通话) to use voice commands. Also, on apps set to “senior mode,” there will be no mobile advertisement, or any design that leads people to extra payments; and people over 65 will be able to reach a customer services assistant over the phone without the need to follow difficult voice instructions or type text through keypad(小键盘).
Nowadays, people in China use their cellphones for everything: Ordering taxis, making payments, booking train tickets and ordering take away. However, among the 274 million senior cellphone users in China, nearly 140 million don’t have internet access or never enjoyed the benefits of a smartphone.
As smart technology becomes increasingly widespread, the elderly can sometimes run into problems. For example, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a “health code” is required to enter public places in China. However, this has made it difficult for many senior citizens to get around if they don’t know how to use a smartphone or the “health code.” Therefore, recently, the call for solving the difficulties that the elderly face when using smart technology has become stronger in China.
Making websites and apps more senior-friendly is a new campaign started by the Chinese government to make the elderly’s life easier. According to reports, 115 websites and 43 apps are planning to rollout barrier-free designs for the elderly this year. Many have described these new changes as truly heartwarming.
【1】What’s the main idea of paragraph 2?
A．The benefits of smartphones.
B．The advanced technologies of mobile apps.
C．The problems facing the elderly when using smart phones.
D．The newly-designed functions of smartphones for the elderly.
【2】What can we infer from paragraph 3?
A．People cannot make payment without a cellphone.
B．There are still a lot of people who don’t own a cellphone.
C．A large number of old people haven’t benefited from smartphones.
D．Almost all the senior people are afraid of using smartphone technologies.
【3】What specific difficulty have the elderly faced in using smart technology, particularly during the COVID-19?
A．They don’t have a smartphone.
B．They can’t apply for a “health code”.
C．They are not familiar with smartphone use.
D．They are not allowed to enter public places.
【4】Which of the following could be the best title for this text?
A．Senior-Friendly Changes of Apps
B．What You Can’t Miss about New Apps
C．How the Elderly are Troubled by Technologies
D．The Appropriate Ways of Respecting the Elderly
25、How many people can speak English? Some experts estimate that 1.5 billion people—around one-quarter of the world’s population—can communicate reasonably well in English.
Never in recorded history has a language been as ____ spoken as English is today. The reason why millions are learning it is simple: it is the language of international business and ____, the key to prosperity. It is not just that multinational companies conduct their business in English; it is the language in which Germans speak to Indonesians.
David Graddol, the author of English Next, says it is tempting to view the story of English simply as a victory for is native speakers in North America, Britain and Ireland, and Australia—but that would be a ____ . Global English has entered a more complex stage, changing in ways that the English-speaking countries cannot control and might ____ .
An important question one might ask is: whose English will it be in the future? Non-native speakers now ____ native English speakers by three to one. The majority of ____ in English today take place between non-native speakers. According to David Graddol, many business meetings held in English appear to run more ____ when there are no native English speakers present. This is because native speakers are often ____ at ensuring that they are understood in international discussions. They tend to think they need to avoid longer Latin-based words, but in fact ____ problems are more often caused by their use of idioms, metaphors, and phrasal verbs. On one occasion, at an international student conference in Amsterdan, conducted in English, the only British representative was asked to be “less ____ ” so that the others could understand her.
Professor Barbara Seidlhofer, Professor of English at the University of Vienna, records spoken English ____ between speakers of the language around the world. She says her team has noticed that non-native speakers are ____ standard English grammar in several ways. Even the most experienced speakers sometimes omit the “s” in the third person singular. Many omit definite and indefinite articles where they are ____ in standard English, or put them in where standard English does not use them. Nouns that are not plural in native-speaker English are used as plurals by non-native speakers (e.g., “informations”, “knowledges”, “advices” ). Other variations include “make a discussion”, “discuss about something”, or “phone to somebody”.
Many native English speakers will insist that these are not variations, they are mistakes. “Knowledges” and “phone to somebody” are simply ____ . Many non-native speakers who teach English around the world would agree. But language changes, and so do ideas of grammatical ____.
【1】
A．well
B．widely
C．fully
D．regularly
【2】
A．besides
B．therefore
C．otherwise
D．however
【3】
A．mistake
B．success
C．challenge
D．competition
【4】
A．forget
B．undergo
C．justify
D．dislike
【5】
A．understand
B．envy
C．outnumber
D．overload
【6】
A．encounters
B．instructions
C．negotiation.
D．treatments
【7】
A．roughly
B．slowly
C．swiftly
D．smoothly
【8】
A．poor
B．angry
C．clever
D．skillful
【9】
A．equipment
B．economy
C．comprehension
D．culture
【10】
A．visible
B．considerate
C．English
D．foreign
【11】
A．grammar
B．interaction
C．courses
D．vocabulary
【12】
A．studying
B．explaining
C．checking
D．varying
【13】
A．required
B．deleted
C．judged
D．stressed
【14】
A．harmful
B．impolite
C．wrong
D．illogical
【15】
A．phenomenon
B．research
C．structure
D．correctness
26、据报道2016年全球地表水将面临枯竭的危险，中国同样也面临着水资源严重短缺的问题，请你代表学生会写一份倡议书，呼吁同学们节约用水，防止水污染。
内容包括：1.水的重要性；
2.浪费和污染现象；
3.发出倡议。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
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