1、Mila is really a big fan of the TV program The Big Band very much.
Really? I wonder .
A.what her favorite band is B.why does she like It C.whether Is It free to watch
2、Nearly every medical breakthrough in the last 100 years has ________ animal testing.
A．influenced
B．involved
C．extended
D．increased
3、 We must find out ____ Karl is coming, so we can book a room for him.
A. when B. how
C. where D. why
4、With more forests destroyed, huge quantities of good earth each year.
A. is washing away B. is being washed away
C. are washing away D. are being washed away
5、— I will have a math test tomorrow.
— ________
A. Good luck! B. Thank you!
C. Well done! D. The same to you!
6、With help from all parts of the country, the people in the flooded area managed to _______ that harsh winter.
A．get through B．look through
C．come up D．get out
7、He showed us how the power of ______ ideas can change the world and told us not to stopping dreaming.
A．typical
B．meaningful
C．creative
D．available
8、A sheep ________ on this kind of special grass usually grows faster than _____ on ordinary.
A. fed; that B. feeds; the one
C. feeding; one D. feeding; it
9、40 grams of meat per day is ______ people should consume in order to stay fit.
A. that B. why
C. how D. what
10、Don't worry! When you arrive at the airport at 5 a.m. tomorrow, I _______for you there.
A．am waiting
B．have been waiting
C．will have waited
D．will be waiting
11、We didn't know you were in trouble at that time, ________ we would have given you a hand.
A．therefore B．however
C．otherwise D．though
12、 Taobao is a popular online shopping website, ________ varieties of items at low prices.
A.provides B.providing C.having provided D.Provided
13、Giving is a universal opportunity _______ regardless of your age, profession, religion, and background, you have the capacity to create change.
A. when B. that C. where D. which
14、Reaching the top of ___ Mountain Tai was ___ unforgettable experience.
A. /; an B. the; an
C. /; / D. the; the
15、Some old people don’t like rock’n’roll because they can’t _______ so much noise.
A. overlook B. tolerate C. resist D. ignore
16、A concert will be held in our city _____ the great musician.
A. in search of B. in charge of
C. in memory of D. in favour of
17、In 1997, a London researcher ______ a surprising idea on how humans would live in the future.
A．got out of
B．took away from
C．came up with
D．looked up to
18、Mrs. Black found her husband ________ a tall building and ________ very worried.
A．entering; looked
B．enter; looked
C．entering; looking
D．enter; looking
19、The question is not ____.
A. worth to consider B. worth to be considered
C. worth considering D. worth being considered
20、The researchers were confident that their unusual technique could finally provide a （n）_________ to drugs in treating heart conditions.
A.alternative B.access C.witness D.application
21、In general, our society is becoming one of giant enterprises directed by a bureaucratic (官僚主义的) management in which man becomes a small, well-oiled cog in the machinery. The oiling is done with higher wages, well-equipped factories and piped music, and by psychologists and “human-relations” experts; yet all this oiling does not change the fact that man has become powerless, that he does not wholeheartedly participate in his work and he is bored with it. In fact, the blue-collar and the white-collar workers have become economic puppets who dance to the tune of automated machines and bureaucratic management.
The workers and employees are anxious, seemingly because they might find themselves out of a job or they would say that they are unable to acquire any real satisfaction or interest in life. In fact, they live and die without ever having confronted the fundamental realities of human existence as emotionally and intellectually independent and productive human beings.
Those higher up on the social ladder are no less anxious. Their lives are no less empty. They are even more insecure in some respects. They are in a highly competitive race. To be promoted or to fall behind is not a matter of salary but even more a matter of self-respect. When they apply for their first job, they are tested for intelligence as well as for the right mixture of submissiveness (顺从) and independence. From the moment on they are tested again and again by the psychologists, for whom testing is a big business, and by their superiors, who judge their behavior, sociability, capacity to get along, etc. This constant need to prove that one is as good as or better than one’s fellow-competitor creates constant anxiety and stress, the very causes of unhappiness and illness.
Am I suggesting that we should return to the pre-industrial mode of production or to nineteenth-century “free enterprise” capitalism? Certainly not. Problems are never solved by returning to a stage which one has already outgrown. I suggest transforming our social system from a bureaucratically managed industrialism in which maximal production and consumption are ends in themselves into a humanist industrialism in which man and full development of his potentialities are the aims of social arrangements. Production and consumption should serve as means to this end, and should be prevented from ruling man.
【1】By “a well-oiled cog in the machinery”, the author expresses the idea that man is ________.
A．expected to work in reasonable harmony with the rest of society
B．a replaceable component of society, though functioning smoothly
C．responsible for the smooth running of society and business operations
D．an essential part of society though individual’s function is insignificant
【2】The real cause of the anxiety of the workers and employees is that ________.
A．they are forced to give up their individuality and independence
B．they are filled with the well-founded fear of being unemployed
C．they don’t have any genuine satisfaction or interest in real life
D．they have to face the fundamental realities of human existence
【3】From the passage we can infer that real happiness of life belongs to those who _____.
A．hold well-paid and life-long jobs
B．enjoy high social status and reputation
C．outperform their fellow-competitors
D．stay away from over-competitiveness
【4】To solve the present social problems the author suggests the we should ________.
A．turn to the production mode of our ancestors
B．offer higher wages to workers and employees
C．enable man to fully develop his potentialities
D．take the fundamental realities for granted
22、It’s 2035. You have a job, a family and you’re about 40 years old! Welcome to your future life.
Getting ready for work, you pause in front of the mirror. “Turn red,” you say. Your shirt changes from sky blue to deep red.Tiny preprogrammed electronics (智能电子元件) are rearranged in your shirt to change its color. Looking into the mirror, you find it hard to believe you’re 40. You look much younger. With amazing advances in medicine, people in your generation may live to be 150 years old. You’re not even middleaged!
As you go into the kitchen and prepare to pour your breakfast cereal into a bowl, you hear, “To lose weight, you shouldn’t eat that!” from your shoes. They read the tiny electronic code(电子源码) on the cereal box to find out the nutrition details. You decide to listen to your shoes. “Kitchen, what can I have for breakfast?”A list of possible foods appears on the counter as the kitchen checks its food supplies.
“Ready for your trip to space?” you ask your son and daughter. In 2015 only specially trained astronauts went into space—and very few of them. Today anyone can go to space for day trips or longer vacations. Your best friend even works in space. Handing your children three strawberries each, you add, “The doctor says you need these for space travel.” Thanks to medical advances, vaccination shots (防疫针) are a thing of the past. Ordinary foods contain special vaccines. With the strawberries in their mouths, the kids head for the front door.
It’s time for you to go to work. Your car checks your fingerprints and unlocks the doors. “My office. Autopilot,”you command. Your car drives itself down the road and moves smoothly into traffic on the highway. You sit back and unroll your enewspaper. The latest news downloads and fills the viewer. Looking through the pages, you watch the news as video film rather than read it.
【1】What changes the color of your shirt?
A．The mirror.
B．The preprogrammed electronics.
C．The sunlight.
D．The medicine.
【2】How do the shoes know that you shouldn’t eat the breakfast cereal?
A．By pouring the breakfast into a bowl.
B．By getting the doctor’s advice.
C．By testing the food supplies in the kitchen.
D．By checking the nutrition details of the food.
【3】The strawberries the children eat serve as ________.
A．breakfast
B．lunch
C．vaccines
D．nutrition
【4】How is the text organized?
A．In order of time.
B．In order of space.
C．In order of preference.
D．In order of importance.
23、Libraries are romantic places. The romance is that of reading, and the wealth of human imagining and learning that is contained in them. Access to the knowledge and literary art poetry, fiction, drama)in a library is precious -and particularly valuable to young minds and people of any age with an interest in education.
It would be hard to find anyone who actively disapproves of libraries. But when it comes to reality, Britain’s libraries are on less solid ground. The number of books borrowed in the year ending in March.2021 was 72.9m,down 56%on the previous year. Physical visits also collapsed, from 214.6m to 59.7m.
Of course, this is the behaviour that one would expect during a pandemic. Many libraries were closed during this period, while people were discouraged from unnecessary mixing. Book sales climbed to their highest in a decade in 2021, which suggests that some former users of libraries may have bought books instead.
Private libraries at home, whether large collections or single bookshelves, appear to be developing well. But the hope must be that visits and loans at public libraries will soon return to their former level too. Like any other service, libraries need users. And while booksellers might in one sense be regarded as competitors, in fact the vast majority of those involved in the trade, from publishers to poets, are library lovers.
This has something to do with the romantic idea of the reader as explorer, with every book a door to a new store of feeling or understanding. But it also involves the recognition that if books are to form part of our life, there must be space in public for them. Books can be treasured possessions, but there is also something special about a copy that arrives in your hands having passed through those of others -and that will go on being passed between strangers who share your curiosity.
【1】What has happened to British libraries?
A．They have been in a bad state.
B．They have become romantic places.
C．They have got great appeal for artists.
D．They have suffered great loss of users.
【2】What has led to the home library boom in Britain?
A．People avoid close contact in public.
B．Many libraries have been pulled down.
C．People have access to affordable books.
D．More people disapprove of public libraries.
【3】What does the author try to convey in the last paragraph?
A．Books are personal belongings.
B．Libraries are a paradise for adventurers.
C．Books should be attached importance to.
D．Libraries contribute to human connection.
【4】What is the main idea of the text?
A．Libraries will fade out of stage.
B．Libraries will hold a promising future.
C．Booksellers benefit from libraries’ collapse.
D．The pandemic has boosted British book sales.
24、Overheating is a serious issue for birds flying long distances, and paler feathers that reflect more of the sun’s heat may be one of the ways they cope.
The latest study of nearly all of the 10000 or so bird species has found that the farther birds migrate (迁徙), the paler their feathers tend to be. This is probably because it helps birds flying in sunlight to keep cools, says Kaspar Delhey at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Seewiesen, Germany. “Feather colour is extremely diverse and many factors can drive the evolution of colours, of which migration is only one.”
Several recent studies suggest that overheating is more of a problem for birds flying long distances than previously thought. For instance, sensors have shown that the body heat of migrating eider ducks can rise so high that they have to stop flying.
Another study found that some migrating birds fly much higher during the day than they do at night, despite having to spend more energy staying high in thinner air. This suggests that the heat of the sun makes them much more likely to overheat, and made Delhey and his colleagues wonder whether migrating birds have lighter feathers to help them cope.
The researchers used photos from the Handbook of the Birds of the World to rate the lightness of birds’ feathers from 0 to 100, treating males and females as separate species because colour is so often different between the sexes. They found that short-distance migrants were significantly lighter than birds that didn’t migrate, and long-distance migrants were significantly lighter than short-distance migrants, even without taking into account factors such as body size or the environmental conditions where birds live.
One possible result of the phenomenon is that migrating birds are going to find it even harder to stay cool as the planet heats up. Rising temperatures may force darker species to fly only during the night while migrating, says Delhey, or to fly even higher during the day. These responses will probably involve costs, which may reduce individual survival, with potential negative consequences at the population level, he says.
【1】What has the latest study found?
A．Migrating birds usually fly at night to avoid strong sunlight.
B．Birds have to stop flying often when migrating to have a rest.
C．The longer distance the birds migrate, the lighter their feathers become.
D．The feather colour of birds is extremely diverse and many factors can drive it.
【2】Why do some birds fly higher during the day?
A．To save energy.
B．To cool themselves.
C．To breathe fresh air.
D．To escape from enemies.
【3】What is a potential cost that dark birds pay to fly higher or only at night?
A．They may decline in population.
B．They may have smaller bodies.
C．They may fail to migrate.
D．They may take longer to migrate.
【4】Where is the passage most likely to be taken from?
A．A physiology journal.
B．An animal book.
C．An environment magazine.
D．A science section in newspaper.
25、When it came time to vote for the speaker at graduation in the class meeting, Ms. Lenihan asked who would like to be our class speaker. Being a (an) ________ girl, I tried not to make eye contact. Seeing several classmates go up to the front to state why they should be the speakers, I felt a sense of ________. But at last Ms. Lenihan ________ in front of us and said, “We will have another meeting this week, and I expect to see more participation. I am ________ that some of you are just sitting there when you should be up here!” When she said those words, I looked up to see she was glaring right at me. I felt so nervous, but knowing she had so much ________ in me, I should not let her down.
After spending the whole week practicing a speech, I stood up in front of my classmates. There were eight to ten other participants, and I didn’t ________ much for myself. When the votes came in the next day, Ms. Lenihan announced that the class chose me! I would have to stand up in front of our entire school to make a speech. My ________ level went through the roof, but Ms. Lenihan told me she was glad that I had stepped up to the ________.
Over the next month I worked on my graduation speech. When I stood up in front of the whole school, I was still nervous, ________ when I looked at Ms. Lenihan, I remembered the whole reason I was up there was that she believed in me. I believe I ________ that day, and will always remember the encouragement that Ms. Lenihan gave me.
【1】
A．shy
B．honest
C．outgoing
D．lazy
【2】
A．duty
B．shame
C．loss
D．relief
【3】
A．stayed up
B．climbed up
C．marched up
D．pulled up
【4】
A．disappointed
B．depressed
C．embarrassed
D．frightened
【5】
A．faith
B．interest
C．pride
D．ambition
【6】
A．win
B．expect
C．prove
D．share
【7】
A．threat
B．anxiety
C．excitement
D．depression
【8】
A．achievement
B．destination
C．failure
D．challenge
【9】
A．till
B．then
C．but
D．so
【10】
A．proceeded
B．promised
C．encouraged
D．changed
26、假定你是李华，你所在的校乒乓球队正在招收新队员。请给你的留学生朋友Eric写封邮件邀请他加入，内容包括：
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3．报名时间：本周六下午；
4. 联系人：李华 13536789874。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Eric,
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Yours,
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