1、The decision to inspect the middle school is _______ so that they can see the true situation of both teachers and students．
A. random B. serious C. mental D. normal
2、They are allowed ________ there to watch the game.
A. to sit B. sitting C. sat D. being sat
3、Floods in the upper reach of the River Nile ________the rich soil in this area.
A. brought up B. accounted for
C. consisted of D. set out
4、 We________ to make our environment more beautiful since the time humankind started gardening.
【选项A】try 【选项B】are trying 【选项C】have been trying 【选项D】will try
【1】
5、—The cars give off a great deal of waste gas in the streets.
—Yes. But I'm sure something will be done to air pollution.
A. reduce B. remove
C. collect D. warn
6、Was ________Bill, ________played basketball very well, ________helped the blind man across the street?
A．that; that; who
B．it; that; that
C．it; who; that
D．this; who; who
7、Educationists across China are experimenting and________ new assessing systems appropriate to assess(评价) students' performance in school.
A. coming out B. trying out
C. giving out D. making out
8、You did not perform as well as the other competitors--- ,you failed.
A. in the end B.after all
C. in other words D. at the same time
9、—They are quiet, aren’t they?
—Yes. They are accustomed at meals.
A. to talk B. to not talk
C. to talking D. to not talking
10、Let’s ________ the party with some loud music.
A．dust off
B．wrap up
C．stretch out
D．brighten up
11、His plans were too ________ to be put into operation.
A．ethnic
B．genuine
C．delicate
D．abstract
12、If he _____quietly as the doctor instructed, he wouldn’t suffer so much now.
A.lies B.lay C.had lain D.should lie
13、________ the interview, the manager went to his office, followed by the interviewer.
A．Having finished
B．Finished
C．Finishing
D．Being finished
14、Last night I saw Yang Weiwei lying in bed, _____in deep thought.
A.lost B.losing C.to lose D.being lost
15、You _______ set out now because the meeting won’t begin until three hours later.
A. mustn’t B. can’t C. needn’t D. shouldn’t
16、 —This is Steve speaking. Is that Mr. Smith?
—________， please. He is coming.
A．You're welcome B．Hold on
C．Never mind D．Come on
17、I don't know what to say, for it is the first time that I _________ with a girl.
A．went out
B．have gone out
C．goes out
D．had gone out
18、According to the medical research, ________ still some cancer causes undiscovered.
A．there seem to be
B．it seems to be
C．it seems that
D．here seem
19、The guest had their meal and left, with nothing ________ on the desk.
A．remains
B．remaining
C．to remain
D．remained
20、 --- What do you think of your winning the game?
--- On the one hand, I am proud of it; but on the other hand, I feel I it better.
A.could do B.would do C.could have done D.must have done
21、Lucy has_____all of the goals she set for herself in high school and is ready for new challenges at university.
A.acquired B.finished C.concluded D.achieved
22、______ many times, but he still didn’t know how to do it.
A. He had been told B. Having been told
C. Though he had been told D. Having told
23、On the stage a number of famous singers, songs welcomed by the majority of young people.
A. is; their B. are; whose C. is; whose D. are; their
24、You can’t rely on __________ the weather will be fine for anything you plan in England for the weather in the country seems to change daily if not hourly.
A. that B. it that
C. whether D. it whether
25、Studies carried out a decade ago showed 48% of the marriageable in Shanghai ______ in favor of staying single.
A．is
B．was
C．are
D．were
26、Olivia de Havilland, the honorable and strong-willed Oscar-winning actress and last surviving star of Gone with the Wind died in her sleep on Saturday, July 25, 2020. She was 104.
During a screen career that lasted for more than 50 years, de Havilland won two Best Actress Oscars, her first for 1947’s To Each His Own and then for 1950’s The Heiress.
De Havilland and Fontaine, a Best Actress winner for 1942’s Suspicion, claimed a statue in the lead-acting categories. De Havilland was nominated (提名) for a total of five Academy Awards. Other notable awards include The Adventures of Robin Hood and The Snake Pit.
Her most famous screen image was Melanie Wilkes in Gone with the Wind. Released in 1939 when de Havilland was just 23, the Civil War epic won eight Oscars and remained as the all-time box-office champ for more than 25 years. The movie remains Hollywood’s top money-maker, though this year it has been at the center of controversy regarding its description of slavery.
Born July 1, 1916, in Tokyo to British parents, de Havilland first made an impression as the girl to Errol Flynn’s arrogant boy in a series of films, starting with 1935’s Captain Blood, and including the early color entry 1938’s The Adventures of Robin Hood.
In 1944, a de Havilland complaint against Warner Bros resulted in a court ruling that said studios couldn’t unilaterally (单方面的) keep their stars under contract for longer than seven years. After challenging the situation then, de Havilland saw career grow to greater heights. Both of her Oscars and three of her nominations came in the wake of the court case.
In the 1950s, de Havilland moved to Paris for a marriage that didn’t last. And while she returned to Hollywood for work, she never returned to the industry town to live.
Like many actresses of her time, de Havilland turned to thrillers and horror in the 1960s. The 1970s saw turns in the all-star disaster movies Airport’77 and The Swarm. Audiences of 2017’s Feud saw de Havilland acted by Catherine Zeta-Jones.
【1】In which film did de Havilland win Best Actress Oscars first?
A．Gone with the Wind.
B．The Heiress.
C．The Adventures of Robin Hood.
D．To Each His Own.
【2】Why has Gone with the Wind become a center of controversy this year?
A．It reflects the life of slaves.
B．It describes the Civil War.
C．It remains box-office champ for 25 years.
D．It proves the cruelty of war.
【3】How did the court case affect de Havilland?
A．She was disappointed at her social status.
B．She made greater achievements in her career.
C．She lost interest in living in Hollywood.
D．She stopped contact with studios.
【4】What is the theme of the film The Swarm?
A．Love.
B．Horror.
C．Disaster.
D．War.
27、When asked why he or she wears clothes, some people will probably answer "to keep warm and to cover my body". These are the basic reasons why clothes are worn, but people also want to look attractive and appear successful to others.
If people only wore clothes for warmth and to cover their bodies, most clothes would be simple and cheap. In most Western countries, however, clothes are sometimes very expensive. The main reason for this is not the cost of the cloth or the cost of making the clothes. The clothes are expensive because of fashion(时尚).
Successful businessmen, for example, often wear very expensive suits, shirts and ties. Sometimes they pay thousands of dollars for a suit and hundreds of dollars for a tie. It’s just a suit and a tie but they pay these prices because of the famous name of the designer. A suit costing much less would be just as warm and would cover the wearer's body just as well.
Fashion is always changing, which means those who want to be fashionable have to buy new clothes every few months, even if last month's clothes have only been worn once or twice. Some people have wardrobes full of clothes that have hardly been worn but are no longer in fashion. Being fashionable, therefore, can be a very expensive pastime（消遣）!
【1】What do people basically wear clothes for?
A．Looking attractive to others.
B．Following the fashion.
C．Appearing successful to others.
D．Keeping warm and covering bodies.
【2】We can learn from the passage that _______.
A．fashion is an expensive pastime.
B．fashion is not always changing
C．expensive clothes are warmer
D．fashion designers like expensive clothes
【3】What does the underlined word “wardrobes” in Paragraph 4 mean?
A．Fashionable clothes shops.
B．The clothes that some people have.
C．Cupboards for storing clothes.
D．Shelves used for keeping books.
【4】What is the passage mainly about?
A．Suits and ties.
B．Clothes and fashion.
C．Beauty and success.
D．Cost and pastime.
28、Sculpted by wind and water over millions of years, the remote canyons(峡谷)and plateaus(高原)of southeastern Utah were among the last parts of the American West to be seen by travelers from the East. Today, that rocky landscape is home to some of the most popular national parks in the country.
You’ll need several days to take in all of the natural wonders, starting with the red rock landscape of deep opening gardens at Zion National Park.The views here may make you feel as if you’re flying, especially at Angels Landing,which stands 1,488 feet above the Virgin River. Heading 75 miles northwest along 89A to Bryce Canyon National Park, you’ll see the high-rising orange rock formations, called hoodoos, long before you arrive at the park gates.
Next up, the red sandstone of Capitol Reef National Park, 100 miles to the northeast, resembles the look of the Red Planet. Roll 130 miles north for another otherworldly sight: Arches National Park’s more than 2,000 dazzling(眼花缭乱的)stone arches, the largest collection of natural arches in the world.
Finally, drive on to the remote canyons carved by the Colorado and Green Rivers at neighboring Canyonlands National Park.The vast wilderness area offers crowd-free experiences in its remote reaches that will make you feel as if you’re all alone with these spellbinding(迷人的) landscapes.
【1】In which park can you see the hoodoos?
A．Zion National Park.
B．Bryce Canyon National Park.
C．Arches National Park.
D．Canyonlands National Park.
【2】Why does Capitol Reef National Park look like the Red Planet?
A．It gives tourists a feeling of flying.
B．It has opening gardens.
C．It has dazzling hoodoos.
D．It has red sandstone.
【3】What is implied in the last paragraph?
A．Wonderful scenery is always far from cities.
B．You will find almost no other travelers come here.
C．Canyonlands National Park is a very vast park.
D．You will discover the real landscapes when alone.
【4】What can be the purpose of the author in writing this passage?
A．To introduce the amazing landscapes to tourists.
B．To explain the geographic formation.
C．To tell his traveling experience in Utah.
D．To sing high praise of the natural beauty.
29、In English, a shadow can also be considered a weak form of ourselves. So, when someone is a weaker version of what they used to be, we can say they are a “shadow of their former self”.
On the other hand, a person who is “larger than life” casts a big shadow. In this case, the shadow is not from their actual bodies but from their personality and successes. To “cast” in this case means to send something out or forward. Children of successful people often have problems. They “live in the shadow” of their parents and can feel not successful by comparison. We could also say that the successes of the parents “cast a shadow” over the lives of the children.
Something else that can cast a shadow is our sins— actions considered to be bad. Here is another expression “old sins cast long shadows”.
Think about your shadow on a sunny day. The shadow you cast can be long and far-reaching. The same can be said for our past mistakes and sins. They can reach far into the future. They affect our present-day situation. So, the saving “old sins cast long shadows” means that the wrong things we do early in our lives can have long term effects.
And often, the sins of one person comes back to cause them great problems. In one mystery, a jewel thief double-crossed her partner. She kept the jewels they stole together for herself. She changed her name and moved to a quiet English village. She thought she had gotten away with it. But her partner in crime found her... and eventually so did the police.
In the end, they were both arrested. When the police came to take the jewel thief away, she said, “How did you find me? My crime was so long ago,” The detective answered, “Old sins cast long shadows.”
“Old sins cast long shadows” also can be used in another way. It can be used to talk about other people’s sins and how they affect us. It means that sometimes people suffer from the sins of others.
【1】What can we learn from paragraph 2?
A．Parents should be more demanding of their children
B．Parents should set a successful example for their children.
C．The success of children depends on the success of their parents.
D．Successful parents should pay attention to protecting their children’s self-confidence.
【2】What’s the main idea of paragraph 4?
A．Past mistakes influence the present and future.
B．Everyone has old sins and mistakes.
C．We must avoid making mistakes.
D．Other people’s sins may affect us.
【3】Which is close to the underlined word “double-crossed” in paragraph 5?
A．Committed.
B．Cheated.
C．Murdered.
D．Encouraged.
【4】What is the best title for the text?
A．The Life in the Shadow
B．The Sins Behind the Shadow
C．Explore the Formation of Shadow
D．Talking About Our Shadow
30、阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Have you seen people who take pictures of food for more than 10 minutes before eating? How about those who beautify their selfie (自拍) so much that they can’t be____? There must be one or more who ____ in your social media. No matter _____they choose to share, they share the best but the most unreal.
Take my friend Chen for example. Every time we went to a restaurant, she would not take a _____ until all the dishes we ____were on the table. Then, she would spend five minutes on______the dishes in a seemingly random but in fact ____ order. Then the most important part: taking pictures. After that, she would choose one of the ____ and click in the filter(滤镜) app. The food eventually looked 10 times more delicious than it really was, but we had no ____ to really enjoy it — it all went cold. Actually Chen's real life is much less elegant. For example, she hates to wash the dishes, so she leaves them in the sink for____.
Many people care too much about others’ opinions and try too hard to ___ others. They find it hard to be ____ and to accept themselves, and thus they are afraid to show their ____ life on social media. What they are trying to prove is____what they lack in reality. But this will not bring any_____ to reality, as they still____ the same old pattern of life.
If they really want an elegant life, they should put more____ into achieving it_____fabricating(伪造) it. Being more confident, _____themselves and trying their best to be better is much more meaningful than_____ their life on social media.
【1】
A．envied
B．admired
C．defeated
D．recognized
【2】
A．survive
B．exist
C．flood
D．spot
【3】
A．how
B．what
C．where
D．whom
【4】
A．bow
B．bite
C．breath
D．break
【5】
A．offered
B．served
C．ordered
D．prepared
【6】
A．cooking
B．washing
C．setting
D．collecting
【7】
A．arranged
B．messy
C．casual
D．correct
【8】
A．dishes
B．restaurants
C．pictures
D．tables
【9】
A．choice
B．chance
C．excuse
D．reason
【10】
A．months
B．years
C．weeks
D．days
【11】
A．comfort
B．inspire
C．please
D．discourage
【12】
A．independent
B．generous
C．responsible
D．confident
【13】
A．secret
B．healthy
C．peaceful
D．real
【14】
A．rarely
B．hardly
C．exactly
D．nearly
【15】
A．change
B．difficulty
C．guidance
D．harm
【16】
A．question
B．dislike
C．follow
D．doubt
【17】
A．effort
B．ambitions
C．feelings
D．money
【18】
A．other than
B．more than
C．rather than
D．less than
【19】
A．identifying
B．amusing
C．persuading
D．accepting
【20】
A．simplifying
B．ruining
C．beautifying
D．worsening
31、在空白处填入适当的单词或短语。
Today, many Chinese people are becoming more interested in reading poems, no matter in 【1】language they are written. Translations can be good, but being able to read in the original language is best. No matter how well a poem is translated, something of the spirit of the original work is 【2】. Besides, poems and literature can be bridges between East and West. They can help us to understand each other better, or as the poet Mu Dan 【3】 :
Quietly, we embrace
In a world lit up by words.
32、假定你是李华，你的英国笔友David来信，向你诉说体重问题带来的烦恼。请你给他写一封回信，提出自己的建议。要点如下：
1.注重身体锻炼；
2. 注意健康饮食；
3.保障心理健康。
注意：1.词数80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头语已为你写好。
Dear David,
I am sorry to hear that you are worried about your weight problem.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua