1、Research findings show we spend about two hours dreaming every night, no matter what we ____________ during the day.
A. may have done B. could do
C. must have done D. would do
2、He ordered that the house __________.
A.was sold B.is sold C.would be sold D.be sold
3、The clerk in the post office _______ the parcel and told the woman that it _______ 2 pounds.
A.weighed, was weighed B.was weighed, weight
C.weighed, weighed D.weight, weighed
4、The ______news made him feel _______.
A．upset; upset B．upsetting; upset
C．upset; upsetting D．upsetting; upsetting
5、Many people feel nervous ________ they attend a concert, so I recommend ________ the hall early to have enough time to make yourself comfortable.
A．at the first time; arriving
B．the first time; to arrive
C．for the first time; reaching
D．the first time; getting to
6、 The monument was built in honor of the explorer who was believed _____ the river.
A．to have discovered
B．to have been discovered
C．to discover
D．having been discovered
7、Students can ________ good teaching resources in big cities.
A．break away from
B．make contributions to
C．have access to
D．make a difference to
8、------What is the language ________ in Australia?
------Why! Everyone knows that Australia is ________country.
A.talked; an English-spoken B.speaking; a speaking-English
C.spoken; a speaking English D.spoken; an English-speaking
9、Being able to _____ on a stage will for sure serve as a great inspiration for their future careers if they hold on.
A.shine B.pour C.benefit D.select
10、Mandy ________ adoption since her son’s death, but her husband didn’t agree with her.
A．has considered
B．has been considering
C．is going to consider
D．had considered
11、In the past four decades China has_______improved the living standards of the ordinary people.
A．mutually
B．urgently
C．dramatically
D．objectively
12、_______ bothers me is that I can’t keep my mind on the task, but on personal gains or losses.
A.What B.It C.That D.One
13、Whoever has ________ sense knows that smoking is harmful to one's health.
A．usual
B．common
C．useful
D．general
14、I can’t_________ not seeing him again, for he is the most important person in my life.
A.bear B.beg C.ban D.bend
15、______ no attention to the difference between the two, I am sure, will be one of the worst mistakes you make.
A. Pay B. Paying C. Paid D. Having paid
16、When he came to himself, he found himself ________ (lock) in the room.
A．lock
B．locking
C．locked
D．to lock
17、The 80,000 objects collected by Sir Hans Sloane, for example, ________the core collection of the British Museum which opened in 1759.
A．formed
B．has formed
C．is forming
D．is formed
18、After-school activities take up a lot of time, so students have to learn to _________their busy schedules.
A.adopt B.organize C.highlight D.decline
19、As a native of Hangzhou, she considers her duty to display the best aspect of the city to the guest from all over the world.
A．it
B．one
C．that
D．other
20、---Would you like some chicken?
---Yes, please. It's my favourite. I think is more delicious than chicken.
A. anything B. something
C. nothing D. everything
21、 Nothing succeeds like success, as every parent of a straight-A student knows, but trying to strengthen academic excellence by telling your child, " You're so smart!" may be counterproductive.
According to the: findings of a 2017 study, children who think their intelligence is fixed are less likely to pay attention and return to normal from mistakes than children who think their intelligence can grow and change. Telling kids they're smart strengthens the idea that intelligence is a genetic gift rather than a skill that can be improved.
In the study published online, researchers at Michigan State University looked at 123 children who were about 7, as kids at this age face the challenge of going to school. The team assessed the children to determine whether they had a "growth mindset", who believe that they can work harder to get smarter, or a"fixed mindset", who believe that their intelligence is unable to change. They then asked the children to complete a fast-paced computer accuracy task while their brain activity was recorded. In the task, children played a game, helping a zookeeper catch escaped animals by pressing the space bar when an animal showed up on their screens.
Based on the data they collected, the researchers concluded that children with a "growth mindset" were much more likely to have a larger brain response after making a mistake, and in turn were more likely to improve their performance by paying closer attention to the task after making an error.
While previous research has shown that people with a "fixed mindset" don't want to admit they've made a mistake, this study found that children with a "fixed mindset" were able to "return to normal" after making an error, but only if they gave their full attention to the mistake and used it as an opportunity to learn.
For parents, the lessons are clear: For starters, don't pay compliments（赞美的话）that suggest intelligence is fixed. If a child hands you an A+test, don't say, " You're so smart!" Instead say," Wow, that studying really paid off!" or " You clearly mastered this material—way to go!". Note the effort, not the intelligence.
【1】Which of the following can be closest to the meaning of " counterproductive"?
A.Achieving the opposite result.
B.Going far away from the goal.
C.Showing off your intelligence.
D.Forming a good relationship.
【2】What was discovered in a 2017 study?
A.Children are easy to lose focus in class.
B.It takes time for children to regain confidence.
C.Skills are generally thought to be able to be improved.
D.Telling kids they're smart means emphasizing the born gift.
【3】What does the third paragraph mainly tell us?
A.The purpose and the process of the study.
B.The major breakthrough made in the study.
C.The participants and the place of the study.
D.The scientific methods used in the study.
【4】How is the text developed?
A.By listing statistics.
B.By comparison.
C.By showing examples.
D.By reasoning
22、Age has its privileges (特权) in America, and one of the most important of them is the senior citizen discount. Anyone who has reached a certain age — in some cases as low as 55 — is automatically entitled to a dazzling array of price reductions at nearly every level of commercial life. Eligibility (资格) is determined not by one’s need but by the date on one’s birth certificate. Practically unheard of a generation ago, the discounts have become a routine part of many businesses — as common as color televisions in motel rooms and free coffee on airliners.
People with gray hair often are given the discounts without even asking for them; yet, millions of Americans above age 60 are healthy and solvent (有支付能力的). Businesses that would never dare offer discounts to college students or anyone under 30 freely offer them to older Americans. The practice is acceptable because of the widespread belief that “elderly” and “needy” are synonymous. Perhaps that once was true, but today elderly Americans as a group have a lower poverty rate than the rest of the population. To be sure, there is economic diversity within the elderly, and many older Americans are poor. But most of them aren’t.
It is impossible to determine the impact of the discounts on individual companies. For many firms, they are a stimulus to revenue. But in other cases the discounts are given at the expense, directly or indirectly, of younger Americans. Moreover, they are a direct irritant (刺激物) in what some politicians and scholars see as a coming conflict between the generations.
Generational tensions are being fueled by continuing debate over Social Security benefits, which mostly involve a transfer of resources from the young to the old. Employment is another sore point. Supported by laws and court decisions, more and more older Americans are declining the retirement dinner in favor of staying on the job — thereby reducing employment and promotion opportunities for younger workers.
Far from a kind of charity they once were, senior citizen discounts have become an economic privilege to a group with millions of members who don’t need them. It no longer makes sense to treat the elderly as a single group whose economic needs deserve priority over those of others. Senior citizen discounts only enhance the myth that older people can’t take care of themselves and need special treatment; and they threaten the creation of a new myth, that the elderly are ungrateful and taking for themselves at the expense of children and other age groups. Senior citizen discounts are the essence of the very thing older Americans are fighting against — discrimination by age.
【1】We learn from the first paragraph that ______.
A．offering senior citizens discounts has become routine commercial practice
B．senior citizen discounts have enabled many old people to live a comfortable life
C．giving senior citizens discounts has boosted the market for the elderly
D．senior citizens have to show their birth certificates to get a discount
【2】The underlined word “revenue” in Paragraph 3 probably mean ______.
A．tax
B．expense
C．profits
D．expansion
【3】What assumption lies behind the practice of senior citizen discounts?
A．Businesses, having made a lot of profits, should do something for society in return.
B．Old people are entitled to special treatment for the contribution they made to society.
C．The elderly, being financially underprivileged, need humane help from society.
D．Senior citizen discounts can make up for the inadequacy of the Social Security system.
【4】Which of the following best summarizes the author’s main argument?
A．Senior citizens should fight hard against age discrimination.
B．The elderly are selfish and taking senior discounts for granted.
C．Priority should be given to the economic needs of senior citizens.
D．Senior citizen discounts may well be it type of age discrimination.
23、The COVID-19 pandemic has forced museums worldwide to close for some time, but Ke Tao, a 26-year-old working for an internet company in Shenzhen, visits a number of these institutions. “Their audience-friendly ebsites, a variety of exhibits and comprehensive explanations of artworks impressed me a lot thanks to the technology,” Ke said.
According to a report by the UNESCO, museums have been badly affected by the pandemic, with nearly 90 percent of them, more than 85,000 worldwide, having to close temporarily due to measures taken to fight with COVID-19. More than 10 percent of them may never reopen.
Museums were quick to react to the pandemic by developing their internet business to maintain links with the public under the help of the digitization and digital communication work they carried out on their collections before. This work includes online collections, 360-degree virtual tours, online publications and digital exhibitions. Many museums have seen a substantial rise in the number of visitors to their websites during lock downs, according to the report.
Sharon Ament, director of the Museum of London, said that in March last year the institution was forced to close with almost no notice. It immediately lost income from renting out the venue, corporate hospitality, retail outlets, ticket sales, and restaurant and cafe takings. So it turned to shows aimed at online audiences. It created a new digital strategy, Project Doors Stay Open, which brought the museum and its activities to life online, repackaged content, and created and pooled ideas. Digital museum has become a new development trend for most museums in the world, the report said.
【1】Why did most of the museums worldwide have to shut down temporarily?
A．They were forced to shut down by the media.
B．They couldn’t make profits any longer.
C．They observed the measures of fighting against the COVID-19.
D．They wanted to reform their way of development.
【2】How did those museums react to the effect of COVID-19?
A．They chose to close themselves forever.
B．They only carried out the digital communication work.
C．They contacted with the public in real life.
D．They chose to develop their internet business.
【3】How did the Museum of London make profits before?
A．They made money by hiring out the venue and selling tickets.
B．They made money from corporate hospitality and retail outlets.
C．They made profits from restaurants and cafe takings.
D．All answers above are correct.
【4】What is the best title for this passage?
A．Museums’ digital doors open wide.
B．The COVID-19 shuts down the museums.
C．Museums face new challenges.
D．The development of museums.
24、Last week, we talked about Massive Open Online Courses, also called MOOCs. Tens of thousands, or even more, people can take these classes all at once. You can be anywhere in the world to take a MOOC. All you need is a computer and a network connection.
MOOCs add to a tradition of what is known as distance learning. For years, many colleges have offered classes that are taught partly or mostly online. MOOCs are available in subjects like computer science, engineering or mechanics. Can MOOCs in subjects like arts or the humanities be as effective?
Scott Anderson teaches philosophy at the University of British Columbia in Canada. He sees both good and bad sides to MOOCs. “There are parts that will be fine, in so far as mostly when students listen to a lecture, there is no special reason why they need to be physically present to hear and get it. There is certainly no reason why they need to be physically present to get the readings and to think about these things.” Mr. Anderson says increased numbers of students in MOOCs can mean less communication between them and teachers. He says two ways to deal with this are by adding more teachers and setting up online discussion groups.
Lisa Jadwin teaches English and American literature and writing at St. John Fisher College in New York. She says online education has some weaknesses for her subjects. “What’s lost in online education is face-to-face interaction. And the teaching of literature is an interactive face-to-face discipline. And that old-fashioned approach is not going to be unseated very quickly by computer-aided instruction.” Professor Jadwin says some students could learn very well from talks and reading assignments, blogs and discussion groups. But she believes that hybrid courses work best. She describes hybrids as mixing face-to-face course elements with computer-aided teaching and writing projects.
【1】What is needed to take a MOOC?
A．Classmates
B．A computer
C．A classroom
D．Communication
【2】According to the passage, which statement is TRUE?
A．Scott Anderson says MOOC is better than old-fashioned approach.
B．Lisa agrees that online education has some weaknesses for all subjects.
C．Lisa thinks highly of hybrid courses.
D．Many colleges don’t offer classes that are taught partly or mostly online.
【3】Which is not Mr. Anderson’s suggestion to deal with the problem of less communication?
A．Setting up online discussion groups.
B．Adding more teachers.
C．Adopt face-to-face classroom methods
D．Both of A and B.
【4】What does the underlined word “ unseated” mean?
A．ordered
B．removed
C．adopted
D．suggested
25、Next week, strangers with a truck will ______ everything we own, except the clothes on our backs, the car we will drive, and as much stuff as we can pack into it.
It’s called ______ . Some people do it often. For others, like me, it's a rare experience. In all my adult years, I've moved only ___ .
My first husband and I moved into our first house with a bed, our clothes and a few gifts. That was ____ ago. Over the years, I filled that house with three children, a few dogs and enough stuff to reach the ceiling(天花板).
Then the kids grew up, I lost my ___ to cancer, and I began to learn about ___ .
First, I let go of the idea of being ______. Life isn’t about being in charge of what happens; it's about being in charge of what we do with it.
Next, I let go of _______ the things I care most about. I began to put important things first like keeping in touch with the people that mean the most to me.
I let go of the people whose lives are about anger or hatred( 憎恨), and tried instead to __________ myself with those who shine with ____ .
Finally, I let go of being ___ － I remarried.
I eventually moved to a new city with my new husband, and after that move, I promised I’d stop collecting meaningless things. But 12 years later, here I am, still learning about letting go. Yesterday while cleaning out a dresser, I found a box filled with old keepsakes(纪念品). Nothing in that box may mean much to anyone, except me. They are treasures for me which _______ me of the _______ they preserve. We finally decided to hold onto to them and never let them go.
We’ll all move someday from this world to the next, but we won’t need a truck to do it. We’ll take nothing with us and but ________ a memory of the life we lived, the mistakes we made, and all the love and kindness we tried to show That memory might not be a treasure, but ______ , someone will keep it and hold it close and never let it go.
【1】A. pick up B. take away C. drop off D. bring in
【2】A. travelling B. conveying C. loading D. moving
【3】A. once B. twice C. three times D. four times
【4】A. a lifetime B. a decade C. five years D. a century
【5】A. daughter B. son C. grandfather D. husband
【6】A. holding on B. letting go C. going ahead D. giving in
【7】A. in control B. in preparation C. in need D. in store
【8】A. putting off B. splitting up C. speeding up D. going after
【9】A. provide B. equip C. surround D. compare
【10】A. optimism B. ambition C. generosity D. kindness
【11】A. considerate B. independent C. alone D. narrow-minded
【12】A. inform B. remind C. occur to D. recall
【13】A. childhood B. sources C. details D. memories
【14】A. bring about B. leave behind C. get rid of D. put away
【15】A. hopefully B. eventually C. gradually D. unbelievably
26、假定你是李华,你在华工作的英国朋友Tom想深入学习中文。请你给他发邮件,告知每周有个“朗读者"(The Reader)活动,参与者须朗读自选中文经典并相互交流心得。 内容包括：
1.时间和地点；
2.活动内容；
3.准备朗读材料。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
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