1、There is a new problem involved in the popularity of private cars________road conditions need________.
A.that；to be improved B.which；to be improved
C.where；improving D.when；improving
2、—Would you mind moving over a little? I have to pass here.
—________ I’d like to help.
A．Not in the slightest.
B．Don’t mention it.
C．Never mind.
D．At your service.
3、What time are you planning to ______ for work tomorrow?
A．turn off
B．cut off
C．let off
D．set off
4、A number of books in the library _______been stolen so the number of them_______ smaller than before.
A. have, is B. has , is
C. has , are D. have, are
5、A lot of meetings were ________ because of the dangerous disease.
A.turned off B.set off C.put off D.taken off
6、When Alice woke up, she didn’t know how long she ______ there.
A.was lying B.lay C.has been lying D.had been lying
7、To my father, there’s no greater happiness than_________ of succeeding in his career.
A．that
B．one
C．it
D．other
8、The pianist ______ a love for music when he was a little boy.
A. develops B. has developed
C. developed D. had developed
9、It is confirmed that a person can not be actually pleased if ___ he appreciates doing is ignored by the company as of no value.
A. when B. that C. what D. where
10、---Do you have enough to ________ all your daily expense?
---Oh, yes, enough and to spare.
A．cover
B．spend
C．fill
D．offer
11、The discovery of diamond in Australia led thousands to believe that a fortune ________.
A．is made
B．would make
C．was to be made
D．had made
12、He _____himself_____ this cause for many years,and achieved what he had expected .
A. cured ... of B. devoted... to .
C. equipped ... with D. entitled ...to
13、 of our classmates are good at basketball.
A．Three quarters B．Three fourth
C．Third four D．Three four
14、It is necessary to ask your parents or teachers for some advice ________ you make the final decision.
A．because
B．unless
C．before
D．after
15、Many people rushed over to help the lady, car got stuck in the mud.
A．who
B．whose
C．which
D．that
16、I've been away for only three years, ________ I can hardly recognize my hometown.
A．so
B．or
C．for
D．yet
17、If the tickets to the match are not available, please give me a call _______.
A. in general B. in brief
C. in advance D. in particular
18、The doctor is skilled at treating heart trouble and never accepts any gift from his patients, so he has a very good ______.
A. expectation B. reputation
C. contribution D. civilization
19、22. While building a tunnel through the mountain, _______.
A.an underground lake was discovered B.there was an underground lake discovered
C.a lake was discovered underground D.the workers discovered an underground lake
20、He always ________ other’s help________. His colleagues don’t want to work with him.
A．considers; seriously
B．respects; thankfully
C．takes; for granted
D．needs; well
21、 Embassy Suites by Hilton Santa Ana Orange County Airport
Neighborhood: John Wayne Airport (SNA), Orange County
1325 East Dyer Road, Santa Ana, CA
OVERALL GUEST SCORE
Very Good
Based on 163 Guest Ratings
Hotel Description
Being close to airport and freeway access makes the Embassy Suites a top choice for our guests in the area. The 300-room Embassy Suites offers homey comforts for those on business and vacation alike—suites with separate living and sleeping areas, refrigerators, microwaves, coffeemakers, Wi-Fi access and two TVs. Wake up to a free cooked-to-order breakfast and enjoy the indoor pool and fitness center. A two-hour evening reception offers drinks and appetizers and the on-site restaurant serves American favorites. The property also has a business center with copy and fax services. Parking is available for an additional fee. Less than two miles from I-405, the Embassy Suites is within a half-mile of various restaurants and just three miles from John Wayne Airport. Our guests say the Embassy Suites’ location, “brilliant” breakfast and “friendly” staff make it one of their favorite Santa Ana properties.
Guest Ratings |
Good Feb 8, 2017 By: Harold Pros: Loved the breakfast and the friendly, helpful staff. Spacious accommodations made this a very good value. |
Cons: Didn’t love the heating/AC system; room was too cold for comfort. Also was not aware of the parking fee until we checked in. The parking fee was $17 a night. |
Good Jan 24, 2017 By: Micaela Pros: Breakfast was amazing with a variety of choices and the staff were helpful. Cons: The room had a very strange old smell when we first got there. I had to open the door to air it out. |
Very Good Jan 5, 2017 By: Bruce Pros: The location was very good for us and the included breakfast was a plus. Cons: The room was not cleaned properly when we got there. The heating system was not working for the hotel as well |
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【1】________ makes the Embassy Suites a top choice for its guests in the area.
A.The business center B.The friendly staff
C.The convenient location D.Wi-Fi access
【2】This advertisement is made more believable by ________.
A.providing the exact address B.using guests’ comments
C.analyzing its pros and cons D.interviewing the guests
22、For many years people in Estonia have been leaving their rubbish in the forests. Rainer Nolvak, a businessman and his friends wanted to clean up all the rubbish in Estonia. The rubbish was not just an environmental problem. It was a problem of people’s attitudes. Rainer Nolvak got together with a team of 20 friends and they began to make a plan about how to clean up the rubbish. Soon, over 600 people joined in the group.
They named the project Let’s Do It! Estonia. The Ministry of the environment gave them some support. Many other companies joined in the group. Famous actors and singers also took part. Even the President of Estonia joined in. They sent information about Let’s Do It! Estonia throughout the country.
Technology experts developed a special computer program. Team members went into the forests to find where the rubbish was. They used their mobile phones to mark every place where they found rubbish and send the information to the computer program. Then, the marked rubbish places appeared on the map. Anyone could go on the Internet and see the map.
The team found a surprising result. There were over 10,000 tons of waste in the forests of Estonia. When people saw how much waste was around their own homes, they were shocked. Thousands of people began to help. The team chose May 3, 2008 as the day to clean up the rubbish. On May 3, more than 50,000 people helped to get rid of the rubbish.They moved over 10,000 tons of rubbish in only one day!
This was amazing for the environment in Estonia. But it was also an important step for Estonian society. Rainer Nolvak gave a speech at a conference in the Balkans. He said, “The most important thing we did was to build a team. It changed every one of us. We had to connect to people. We had to see that the rubbish was our problem. At times we are afraid of sharing. When we are together and there are many of us, we are not afraid.”
【1】The Project Let’s Do It! Estonia（爱沙尼亚） is to ________.
A．prevent people leaving their rubbish anywhere
B．make Estonia a clean place
C．change people’ s attitudes towards the environment
D．make plans for businessmen
【2】Paragraph 3 mainly talks about ________.
A．the special computer program
B．how the team found the rubbish
C．phones’ important part in marking
D．how the rubbish was shown on the Internet
【3】The underlined part “get rid of” in Paragraph 4 probably means “________”.
A．find out
B．make use of
C．clean up
D．throw away
【4】What do we know about the project Let’s Do It! Estonia?
A．It was less successful than expected.
B．It got great support from all over the country.
C．It got money from famous actors and singers.
D．It was set up by the Ministry of the Environment.
【5】Rainer Nolvak’s words in the last paragraph suggest that ________.
A．all difficulties are paper tigers
B．people should help each other
C．there is strength in numbers
D．well begun is half done
23、George Gershwin was born in New York City in 1898. His parents were Russian Jews who had immigrated to the United States. George and his two brothers and sister had a close, happy family life. George liked playing games on the streets of New York. He liked exploring the city. He did not like school or studying.
While exploring the city, George heard jazz and blues music in and out of public drinking places. However, he did not become seriously interested in music until he heard another boy playing the violin in a concert at his school. George began to take piano lessons. His teacher was a fine classical musician. He immediately recognized George's unusual ability. The teacher wrote about him to a friend: "I have a student who will make his mark in music, if anybody will. The boy is a genius, without doubt. "
George studied classical piano. But his strongest interest continued to be jazz and popular music. At the age of fifteen, he left school and went to work in the music business. At that time, the New York City street where most music publishers had their offices was called "Tin Pan Alley." The piano players played the songs all day long to interested singers and other performers. George Gershwin was one of the youngest piano players in Tin Pan Alley. Soon, he was considered one of the finest there. He was already writing his own songs. He succeeded in getting one published when he was only eighteen years old.
George Gershwin was now a real composer. The rest of his life was an unbroken record of success. He wrote song after song. His ideas were so endless that he was not even troubled when he once lost some music he had been writing. "There is plenty more where that came from," he said.
George Gershwin had his first big hit in 1919, when he was twenty-one years old. It was a song called "Swanee." A popular entertainer, Al Jolson, sang the song. "Swanee" was made into one of the first musical recordings. George Gershwin was suddenly famous.
【1】When did George Gershwin take music as an interest?
A. When he was exploring the city.
B. When he played games on the streets.
C. When he heard a boy playing piano.
D. When he heard the violin at a school concert.
【2】We know from the passage that______.
A. George Gershwin was born in Russia.
B. George Gershwin’s parents had 5 children.
C. His teacher believed in his musical gift.
D. Classical piano was his favorite music.
【3】What made George Gershwin become famous in his twenties?
A. He played the piano in Tin Pan Alley
B. He wrote a song named "Swanee."
C. He sang the song "Swanee."with Al Jolson
D. He lost some music he was writing.
【4】What was George Gershwin’s reaction when some music he was writing got lost?
A. He became rather angry.
B. He went to his teacher for help.
C. He stopped composing music.
D. He remained calm and confident.
24、 Remote work, especially in a world affected by COVID-19, naturally leads to "flex time". Employees with small children might be getting the majority of their work done at night after the kids are in bed. Working early, you quit early. Starting late, work late.
With your teammates working during different hours, you may be getting messages at all hours of the day, night, or weekend, making you always available. That might be necessary in some industries during these challenging times, but certainly not in every industry and not for everyone in any industry. Once this takes root in your company culture, it becomes difficult to "reset" later. Besides, “always-on” isn't sustainable (可持续的), which increases pressure and quickly turns your company into an unpleasant place to work.
If your company adapts "flex time", how can you accommodate your employees’ needs while still protecting your culture and your team's work-life balance? The key is to encourage flex time while also setting clear "communication hours" (for example, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.）. Outside of those hours, employees should be encouraged to change their settings to "Do Not Disturb" and to use the “schedule send” feature of their email client so that messages only get delivered during communication hours.
If messages must happen outside of the set communication hours, such as for urgent or time-sensitive issues, make employees phone or text only. This way people can comfortably close down all other communication channels like email, WeChat, WeCom, etc. The act of having to call or text someone is usually enough to give the sender a pause to think, "Do I really need this person now, or can the communication wait?" This allows everyone on your team to work whenever is appropriate for them, but not feel like they have to work all the time to accommodate everyone else's schedule. A word of “Thanks for being so responsive” to someone answering an email outside of the defined communication hours definitely brings empathy (同理心) which smooths the urgency while also cultivating the trust and culture.
【1】What may result in the phenomenon of "always-on"?
A．COVID-19.
B．Some industries.
C．Increasing pressure.
D．Flexible working time.
【2】What is the main idea of Paragraph 2?
A．The phenomenon of "flex time".
B．The disadvantages of “flex time”.
C．The necessity of “flex time”.
D．The company culture of “flex time”,
【3】What can we know about 'communication hours"?
A．It helps to make up for the shortcomings of “flex time".
B．It should be set from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
C．Employees mustn't be disturbed within the hours.
D．Employees are still responsive outside of the hours.
【4】What is the author's attitude to the combination of "flex time” and “communication hours”？
A．Neutral.
B．Supportive.
C．Opposed.
D．Indifferent.
25、 When I was a boy growing up I cannot once ever remember either my mom or my grandmother wasting food. Anything we didn't eat at one meal was _________, stored, and served as leftovers later on. I can _________ my grandmother making a huge pot of brown beans with a large cake of cornbread. We would all eat until we were _________ but there was always about half of the beans _________. A few days later Grandmother would take those _________ out of the refrigerator, boil pasta, add parsley and _________ them all together into her delicious Pasta Fasule (意大利面食). And I also remember when I _________ my mom fry bacon for us in the mornings she would always take the butter and _________ pour it into a container. Then she later would _________ it to flavor up (调味) so many other dishes.
I learned their __________ well and after I grew up I tried to never __________ food myself. I always __________ the week's meals ahead of time and only bought what was on my shopping __________ so nothing went to waste. Every __________ went into our stomachs and any leftovers were later eaten by either myself, my boys, or my dogs. To me throwing food in the trash was just __________. All the work it took to grow it, harvest it, and prepare it needed to be __________ and not wasted.
I __________ something else over the years, however: When it comes to __________ there are no leftovers. Each moment that you don't live is __________ forever. Life cannot be saved. Life cannot be __________. Life has to be lived, TODAY!
A．thrown
B．abandoned
C．saved
D．poured
A．remember
B．witness
C．imagine
D．assist
A．uncomfortable
B．full
C．unbearable
D．content
A．picked out
B．left over
C．made use of
D．fed up with
A．cakes
B．pots
C．dishes
D．beans
A．roll
B．dip
C．mix
D．fry
A．watched
B．felt
C．heard
D．helped
A．frequently
B．carefully
C．curiously
D．abruptly
A．swallow
B．remove
C．digest
D．use
A．recipes
B．experiments
C．lessons
D．procedures
A．make
B．purchase
C．reserve
D．waste
A．planned
B．cooked
C．distributed
D．collected
A．bill
B．list
C．bag
D．spot
A．vegetable
B．soup
C．material
D．meal
A．wrong
B．common
C．awesome
D．endless
A．confirmed
B．ignored
C．recycled
D．honored
A．regretted
B．admitted
C．learned
D．expected
A．living
B．thinking
C．shopping
D．ending
A．broken
B．lost
C．hidden
D．occupied
A．replaced
B．transformed
C．stored
D．defeated
26、假设你是约翰，你的朋友玛丽因为缺乏运动而生病。请给她写一封建议信，劝说她康复以后多参加体育活动，每天锻炼一个小时，以增强身体素质。
注意： 1. 词数100左右；
2. 开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数。
Dear Mary,
I am sorry to hear that you have been ill for days and hope you have got better now.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sincerely yours,
John