1、After teaching in Bejing for five years, he returned to the small town ________ he grew up as a child.
A. where B. when C. which D. that
2、We listened to the hero, who saved a boy from the fire, ________ his story in detail.
A.having told B.to tell C.tell D.told
3、________ 8.4 on the Richter scale, the earthquake ________ left thousands of people homeless.
A．Measured, happened
B．Measured, happening
C．Measuring, that happened
D．Measuring, to happen
4、Despite years of receiving ________ from publishers, he persevered in his attempt to establish himself as a writer.
A．preference
B．intention
C．arrangement
D．rejection
5、The rain came so suddenly that ________ I could find a ________ to hide, it had begun pouring．
A．after, reserve
B．before, reserve
C．after, shelter
D．before, shelter
6、He has two sons，____work as chemists.
A．two of whom
B．both of whom
C．both of which
D．all of whom
7、A decision was ________ that those who once ________ to the company in order to get the job would not be let ________.
A. made; lied; to stay B. given; lay; stay
C. done; lay; staying D .made; laid; stayed
8、My friend told me that many factories in his city to close down because of serious pollution.
A．have been forced
B．had been forced
C．have forced
D．had forced
9、________Internet helps friendships.
A．An
B．A
C．/
D．The
10、I feel it is your children who ______ for this accident.
A. is to blame B. is to be blamed
C. are to blame D. are to be blamed
11、----Just a moment. I haven’t finished packing my suitcase.
---- . It’s high time we left for the airport.
A．Go ahead
B．Take it easy
C．Hurry up
D．That’s fine
12、My father bought a new bike for me _________ color was pink.
A．who
B．whose
C．that
D．which
13、_______, the weather turned out to be very hot that day.
A. It was said in the newspaper
B. As was reported on the radio
C. Just like the weather report says
D. It so happened as you told me
14、 —Let's go Dutch for this supper, OK?
—No, __________this time, as a reward for all your help.
A. it's up to you B. it's my treat
C. let's talk about it D. it doesn't matter
15、Sam ______ advanced literature next term.
A．take
B．is taking
C．took
D．has taken
16、It’s difficult to clean the brown _______ on my shirt.
A.sign B.symbol C.spot D.signal
17、His words remind me _____ we did together.
A.that B.of that C.what D.of what
18、My cousin Jim from the US is coming to visit me. I’m thinking about ______________________.
A.what present did I give her B.how I will give her a surprise
C.where will we have a big meal D.whether I planned a trip for her
19、You are waiting at a wrong place. It is at the hotel ______ the coach picks up tourists.
A. where B. who
C. which D. that
20、Witnesses say ______ police opened fire after the bombing, causing some of the casualties.
A．prevented
B．comforted
C．signaled
D．panicked
21、Why do human beings still risk their lives under ground and doing one of the dirtiest and most dangerous jobs in the world? It is an increasingly urgent question, given the recent mining accidents in Sago, W. Va and Huntington, Utah. A small group of engineers and robotics experts look forward to a day in the not-too-distant future when robots and other technology do most of the dangerous mining work.
Robotic technology, in particular, holds much promise, McAteer says, especially when it comes to mapping mines and rescuing trapped miners—the special operations of the mining industry.
One of the first mining robots was developed five years ago at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute. It was called Groundhog. It used lasers to “see” in dark tunnels and map abandoned mines—some of the most dangerous work in the business.
The latest design is called Cave Crawler. It’s a bit smaller than Groundhog, and even more advanced. It can take photos and videos and has more sensors that can detect the presence of dangerous gases. Incredibly, the robot has a real sense of logic. If it comes across an obstacle it gets momentarily confused. It has to think about what to do and where to go next. Sometimes it throws a fit just like a real person.
The greatest problem, though, is cost. The money of the earliest research project was provided by the government, but that money had dried up, and it’s not clear where future money will come from. Partly for that reason, and partly because of advances in safety, mining is not nearly as dangerous as it was in the past. Since 1990, fatalities have declined by 67% and injuries by 51%, according to the National Mining Association.
Some experts predict that robots in mines will serve much of the same function that they do in the automotive industry. The robots do the most boring and dangerous jobs，but won’t get rid of the need for human workers.
【1】The latest robot is more advanced than Groundhog, mainly because _________.
A．it can map abandoned mines
B．it can see in the dark tunnels
C．it’s smaller than Groundhog
D．it has a real sense of logic
【2】We can infer from the last paragraph that _________.
A．robots in mines will serve much in the automotive industry
B．there will be no need for human workers in mines
C．the mine robots will have a very bright future
D．robots in mines only do some simple jobs now
【3】We can infer from the passage that _________.
A．the mining robots do most of the mining work at present
B．groundhog can discover the presence of dangerous gases
C．experts are trying to make robots help miners with dangerous work
D．robots cannot do dangerous work in dark areas
【4】What can be the best title for the passage?
A．Mining Accidents in America
B．Robots in Mines
C．Cave crawler, the Latest Robot
D．The Future of Robots
22、The passages below discuss the retirement age．
Passage 1：
In the United States，the financial crisis has left the country with 11 million fewer jobs than Americans need now．No matter how tough the policy ,we are not going to find 11 million new jobs soon．So common sense suggests we should make some decisions about who should come first：older people，who have already worked three or four decades at hard jobs? Or younger people，many just out of school，with fresh skills and ambitions?
The answer is obvious．Older people who would like to retire and would do so if they could afford it should get some help．The right step is to reduce，not increase，the retirement age．As a rough cut，why not make it a law to set a three—year window during which the age for receiving full Social Security benefits would drop to 62——providing a voluntary ,one—time，grab-it-now bonus for leaving work? Let them go home! With a secure pension(退休金)and medical care，they will be happier．Young people who need work will be happier．And there will also be more jobs．With pension security, older people will consume services until the end of their lives．They will become．each and every one，an employer．
Passage 2：
Too many people see longer working lives as a worry rather than an opportunity—and not just because they are going to be chained to their desks．Some worry that there will not be enough jobs to go around．This misunderstanding，known to economists as the“lump of labour fallacy(劳动总量固定的谬论)”，was once used to argue that women should stay at home and leave all the jobs for breadwinning males．Now lump-of-labourites say that keeping the old at work would deprive(剥夺)the young of employment．The idea that society can become
better-off by paying more of its citizens to be idle(无所事事的)is clearly ridiculous．On that reasoning，if the retirement age came down to 25 we would all be as rich as Bill Gates．
【1】In Passage 1，one reason for suggesting earlier retirement in the US is the_______
A．tough policy B．stable pension
C．high unemployment D．free medical care
【2】In Passage I，the writer suggests encouraging older people to retire earlier by____________.
A．cutting their pension if they remain at work
B．giving them an extra sum o f money on retiring
C．convincing them that young people need work
D．offering them a bonus each year for three years
【3】Lump-of-laborites believe that____________．
A．young citizens should be better paid
B．the old should leave jobs for the young
C．males should earn bread for the family
D．earlier retirement will lead to a poorer society
【4】What is the author’s attitude towards earlier retirement in Passage 2?
A．Negative． B．Positive．
C．Unconcerned． D．Tolerant．
23、 The idea that some kids pick up information better when it's presented visually, and others physically or by listening, is a myth(错误观念) that could rob children of opportunities to learn and a waste of parents' money, according to scientists.
Researchers at the University of Michigan looked at the pervasiveness of myths about so-called learning styles. They questioned what is known as psychological essentialism(本质主义): The idea that the category something fits into is determined by a biological "truth" with a genetic basis. For instance, girls liking pink, pit bulls being violent, or visual learners only remembering information when it is presented to them in a specific way.
They thought despite the theory existing for decades, there is no evidence to suggest tailoring a person's learning experience to their self-reported learning style helps them to remember information.
The researchers recruited a total of 668 U.S. adults for the study, asking them about their beliefs about learning styles. Respondents were asked to rate their agreement or disagreement with statements like "People are born with a tendency to have a certain learning style." In both surveys, over 90 percent of participants said they believed in learning styles. And around half of the people tested said they believed that we are born with learning styles; that they can easily be identified; inherited from our parents; and help to predict what a child will do in life.
Shaylene Nancekivell, a visiting scholar at the University of Michigan and study co-author, told Newsweek: "We should be using best practices in our classrooms and at home to teach our children. The popularity of the learning style myth and commercial products means that it is very easy to spend money and time on programs or strategies that may not be helping children learn. My biggest concern is that time is being spent teaching young children maladaptive strategies for learning. It is important that children from a very young age are taught with the best practices so they will succeed."
Asked how the study was limited, Nancekivell explained: "We need to reexamine and better understand our findings with educators. It will be important to dive deeper into educators' beliefs and reexamine our finding that educators who work with younger children are more likely to view learning styles in an essentialist light. We also need to better understand how the differing beliefs we have discovered translate into practice."
Dr. Paul A. Kirschner also commented: "The study identifies origins of the belief, and thus is possibly theoretically or philosophically significant, it stops there. The real problem is that THEY rob children of opportunities to learn by branding or classifying them as belonging to a specific group that cannot do certain things. It's also a good excuse for parents to blame teachers and schools for their children's poor study habits and for schools and teachers to blame makers of learning materials."
【1】What effects will learning style myth probably cause?
①Robbing children of learning opportunities.
②Wasting children’s time and money.
③Acquiring maladaptive learning strategies.
④Being taught with the best practices.
⑤Believing they are born with a certain learning style.
A.①②⑤ B.①③⑤ C.②③④ D.①④⑤
【2】What does the word “THEY” in last paragraph refer to?
A.Different beliefs. B.Both surveys.
C.Learning styles. D.Origins of the belief.
【3】What does the passage mainly talk about?
A.Children aren’t born with learning styles.
B.Self-reported learning style helps children succeed.
C.What is psychological essentialism and its effect?
D.Experts have different attitudes toward learning styles.
24、World Health Organization (WHO) chief scientist Soumya Swami Nathan said Monday that the aim of herd immunity (群体免疫) to COVID-19 would not be achieved in 2021, despite the growing production of vaccines (疫苗).
Factors that slow down the process of herd immunity include limited access to vaccines in developing countries, skepticism(质疑) over vaccination, and the possibility of virus mutations(突变), according to health experts.
A growing number of countries around the world, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Germany and other European Union countries, are in the first stages of mass-vaccination campaigns (战役).
Herd immunity occurs when enough people in a population have immunity to an infection(感染) so that it prevents the disease from spreading.
“We are not going to achieve any levels of population immunity or herd immunity in 2021,” Swami Nathan said, while emphasizing that measures like physical distancing, hand washing and mask wearing continue to be necessary in containing COVID-19ˈs spread for the rest of the year.
However, Swami Nathan praised the “remarkable progress” made by vaccine researchers to develop several safe and effective vaccines at fast speed. Countries are currently using vaccines developed by BioNTech-Pfizer, Oxford University/AstraZeneca and Moderna.
“The vaccines are going to come,” she said. “They are going to go to all countries ... but meanwhile we mustnˈt forget that there are measures that work,” she added, referring to hygiene(卫生) and social distancing.
“We wonˈt get back to normal quickly,” Dale Fisher, chairman of the WHOˈs Outbreak Alert and Response Network, told a conference hosted by Reuters news agency. “We know we need to get to herd immunity and we need that in a majority of countries, so we are not going to see that in 2021,” Fisher said. “There might be some countries that might achieve it but even then that will not create ‘normalˈ especially due to border controls,” he added.
【1】Which is NOT the factor that prevent herd immunity?
A．Doubt about vaccines.
B．The possible mutations of virus.
C．The growing availability of vaccines.
D．Way to vaccines in developing countries.
【2】As for the first stages of mass-vaccination campaigns, which country is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A．Vietnam
B．Germany
C．Singapore
D．France
【3】What is the attitude of Swami Nathan to the progress of vaccine?
A．Negative
B．Indifferent
C．Neutral
D．Positive
【4】What can we learn from what Fisher said?
A．Due to good border controls, we can achieve herd immunity.
B．There may be a long way to get to herd immunity all over the world.
C．If some countries might achieve herd immunity, people will live a ‘normalˈ life.
D．In many countries in 2021, people will live a ‘normalˈ life in terms of border controls.
25、 My son Daniel’ s passion (激情) for surfing ______ at the age of 13. Before and after school each day he went surfing with his ______. Daniel’ s love of the sport was ______ one afternoon.
The lifeguard ______ over the phone to my husband Mike that my son had been ______ by the point of the board. Mike ______ him to the emergency room and Daniel received 26 stitches from the corner of his eye to the bridge of his nose.
I was ______ home from a speaking engagement while Daniel’s eye was being stitched. Mike drove ______ to the airport after they left the doctor’ s office. He ______ me at the gate and told me Daniel was waiting in the car.
I ran to the car so ______ that the heel of my shoe broke off. I swung open the door, and Daniel was leaning forward with both arms ______ toward me crying, “Oh, Ma, I’ m so glad you’ re home.”
I sobbed in his arms telling him how ______ I felt about not being there when the lifeguard called.
“It’s okay, Mom,” he ______ me. “I’ ll be fine. The doctor says I can go back in the water in eight days.”
“What?” I asked.
I told him he wasn’ t ______ to go near water again until he was 35.
For the next seven days he kept ______ me to let him go back on the board. One day after I ____ “No” to him, he beat me at my own game.
“Mom, you ______ us never to give up what we love.”
I ______.
Back then Daniel was just a boy who was ______ about surfing. Now he’ s a man with responsibility. He has a(n)_______among the top 25 professional surfers in the world.
I was tested in my own backyard on an important principle that I taught audiences in distant cities: “Passionate people embrace(拥抱)what they love and never give up.”
【1】A. ended B. began C. paused D. decreased
【2】A. competitors B. colleagues C. parents D. companions
【3】A. researched B. improved C. tested D. managed
【4】A. reported B. demanded C. required D. conducted
【5】A. injured B. shot C. attacked D. occupied
【6】A. dragged B. walked C. rushed D. fetched
【7】A. leaving B. running C. wandering D. flying
【8】A. directly B. steadily C. cautiously D. secretly
【9】A. accepted B. greeted C. blamed D. dismissed
【10】A. naturally B. happily C. fast D. heavily
【11】A. settled down B. reached out C. fastened up D. sought out
【12】A. normal B. relaxed C. calm D. awful
【13】A. comforted B. discouraged C. hurt D. protected
【14】A. forced B. charged C. limited D. allowed
【15】A. scolding B. consulting C. pressing D. instructing
【16】A. agreed B. ignored C. repeated D. avoided
【17】A. taught B. warned C. reminded D. persuaded
【18】A. took up B. gave in C. came out D. insisted on
【19】A. doubtful B. worried C. nervous D. enthusiastic
【20】A. situation B. position C. impression D. presentation
26、假如你是李明,请给报社写一封关于拯救老虎的信,要点如下:
1. 老虎的现状(比如目前数量日趋减少等);
2. 问题出现的原因(比如人为、环境等因素);
3. 应采取的措施。
注意:1.书信必须包括所有要点，适度增添细节; 2.词数100个左右。
Dear editor，
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Yours,
Li Ming