1、It could be ________ for Jackson who seldom puts his hearts into his studies to be admitted into a key university.
A. a good Samaritan B. a Herculean task
C. a dark horse D. a bit of Scrooge
2、What a terrible experience! _______, you’re safe now---that’s the main thing.
A．Anyway
B．Besides
C．Otherwise
D．Therefore
3、Besides which major or which university to choose, students and parents face another ______
— the location of the university.
A. dilemma B. edition C. liberty D. mystery
4、Though the program was well-designed, cooperation between the two companies eventually_______ because neither of them was willing to make a compromise.
A.took down B.broke down C.put down D.settled down
5、After class, the teacher couldn’t leave, by the students.
A. surrounded B. to surround
C. was surrounded D. surrounding
6、I still have a few sweet memories of my childhood; ________, I remember times when I explored caves in the mountains with my friends.
A．in turn
B．by chance
C．in particular
D．by contrast
7、Readers are required to _________ the rules of the library and mind their manners.
A. observe B. confirm
C. review D. appreciate
8、Before we come to a decision, we must make sure we have ______ all the relevant facts.
A.set foot on B.set fire to
C.made way for D.taken account of
9、It was the first time in six attempts that Peters ______the world champion.
A．has beaten
B．was beaten
C．beat
D．had beaten
10、—Hello. I’d like to have a talk with Mr. Smith staying in your hotel.
—I’m sorry, he isn’t here. He ________ this morning.
A.checked in B.dropped in
C.checked out D.dropped out
11、The new technology, if _________ to rice growing, will help increase the grain output．
A. applied B. applying
C. to apply D. having applied
12、With the fight against piracy ________, more and more people find that authentic CDs and DVDs deserve ________.
A.furthered; buying B.furthered; to buy
C.furthering; to be bought D.furthering; buying
13、Alan is a careful driver, but he drives ______ of my friends.
A.more carefully B.the most carefully C.less carefully D.the least carefully
14、Diligence and self-discipline are ________ need to make it to our ideal university in the near future, especially at this particular moment.
A.all that B.all what C.that all D.what all
15、Some restaurants are happy to provide a free cake if you let them know in advance that you ________a group for a birthday party.
A．will be bringing
B．have brought
C．have been bringing
D．were bringing
16、Have self-awareness of how much work you can ________ at any time and manage expectations.
A.rely on B.pick on C.take on D.draw on
17、The students have decided on a final date by which everyone reading the books assigned by their professor.
A. finishes B. finished
C. have finished D. will have finished
18、The house still needed a lot of work, but ___ the kitchen was finished.
A.instead B.altogether C.at once D.at least
19、—That important document is nowhere to be seen.
—Don't worry! You ___________ it somewhere. Calm down and think it over.
A．might leave
B．might have left
C．should leave
D．should have left
20、None of the underwater workers has been harmed by the great fish．______，most fish were so friendly that they played with the instruments．
A．Instead B．Even though
C．However D．Though
21、 A team of well-known developers have built a security tool, Scanguard™, which they believe will be the last piece of software consumers will ever need.
Product Manager, David, from ScanGuard, explains, "The software can increase the security immediately by distinguishing any hidden dangers or online tracking cookies. Also, it discovers and removes unnecessary files and cached memory—the files that can make your PC run slow. To have perfect performance and keep your computer secure, schedule the scan to run every 7 days. It roughly takes 10 minutes to fully analyze your system."
"People already love the system. Our plan is to give as many free scan licenses away so that it gains widespread use until we think that's enough for us to start charging. If you own a Windows Computer then you are allowed to have a free security scan. We advise users not to hesitate and try it cautiously and bravely before it's too late. We feel good knowing that we're helping make things faster and more secure for our customers,' he continues.
The Scanguard™ free plan will, offer you a version of the software which will monitor your PC in full for threats (威胁)，unwanted software or potentially dangerous tracking cookies. If the software finds out threats you can remove them from your system by hand now or pay for it to have the software do the automatic job about them.
Once you have downloaded the software you can also have free licenses for all of your devices, including your,Office & Home PC, Smartphone & even Tablet. It's so convenient! It’s no surprise that thousands of computer owners are taking advantage of this approved security system to keep themselves and their devices safe.
【1】Which of the following is one of the advantages of the application?
A.Making the computer work faster.
B.Recognizing the files more quickly.
C.Helping turn on the computer faster.
D.Finding lost files more quickly.
【2】What does David want to express in paragraph 3?
A.They'll reduce the price of the software.
B.They need to improve the Scanguard™.
C.They will charge users fees sometime.
D.They'll end the software-making plan.
【3】What can we know about the Scanguard™?
A.It is the team's last piece of software.
B.It can remove dangers automatically.
C.It needs updating every seven days.
D.It can recycle unwanted software.
【4】What is the author's attitude towards the application?
A.Doubtful. B.Ambiguous.
C.Cautious. D.Favorable.
22、 Oindrila Basu from India, 25, is a key member of a global forestry organization. Back in her youth, she had to be taught the importance of nature. She used to destroy nests of the bulbul bird just for fun. Once, her mother caught her and forced her to find the eggs and replace the nest. With a heavy heart, the girl realized she had done something terrible.
This is just one way that Basu’s parents shaped her understanding and appreciation of nature. Living in the countryside, she spent her youth studying ants before a rain, watching sunbirds drink bottlebrush nectar, counting fireflies and watching seedlings grow. Then her parents decided to move to a nearby city with better educational opportunities and she stopped having firsthand experiences with nature.
As she struggled to choose a college major, her mother suggested a career in forestry. That’s when her journey began and she fell in love with forestry. Away from the crowded concrete cities, in the lap of the Himalayas, she got her bachelor’s degree in forestry from Kumaun University, India. When she went on to study for a master’s in forestry from the Forest Research Institute, India, she finally got introduced to a like-minded group of people, devoted to the same cause-the International Forestry Students’ Association（IFSA）.
IFSA is a global organization connecting students to exchange knowledge and participate in forestry activities. The youth joining IFSA are encouraged to undertake its mission-to enrich forest education and spread a love of nature through events and intercultural exchanges.
After six months of exciting international conferences and workshops, Basu, found her home-a family that loved forests as much as she did. She felt rejuvenated（重生的）; her passion had a direction. Now she wanted to do more.
Now with the IFSA, Basu recalled her experience of joining, “On purpose or by chance we chose forestry, or rather, forestry chose us”.
【1】What can we learn from the first two paragraphs?
A.Basu fell in love with nature when she first saw bird nests.
B.Basu didn’t go to school when she lived in the countryside.
C.Basu’s parents didn’t like her to spend much time in nature.
D.Basu’s love for nature grew as she learned more about it.
【2】What is the text mainly about?
A.The development of an Indian family. B.The road to forestry of an Indian girl.
C.The importance of protecting forest. D.The influence of IFSA on everyone.
【3】In IFSA the youth can_____.
A.communicate with nature lovers B.escape city life
C.take a master’s degree course D.organize forestry activities
【4】Which word can best describe the work of IFSA?
A.Challenging. B.Moving.
C.Inspiring. D.Promising.
23、
CHICAGO, Illinois -- Students shouted, hugged and cried tears of joy recently as they played with certified therapy dogs (获得认证的治疗犬) at Lane Tech College Prep, an activity designed as a break from the demands of preparing for final exams.
This is the second year the dogs and volunteers have been brought into the school from Chicago-based Canine Therapy Corps to provide much-needed relief for stressed or anxious kids.
“It's stressful around finals time,” Assistant Principal Sarah Hanly said, adding that this week students are turning in final projects, reviewing and studying for next week's exams.
It seemed to do the trick. Shouts and cheers went up from a group of students as they met Waffles, an 85-pound dog, and rushed to put their hands on his fur.
Junior Sophie Cohen sat next to Waffles, petting him and chatting with her friends and Waffles' owner. She said she had just been talking to her friend about how stressed out she was over finals. “Just the idea of having a dog in school is good because the school environment is just about stress,” she said. “And then here is this dog. You get a break.”
Monica Synecky, Waffles' owner and a volunteer with Canine Therapy Corps, said she often takes her dog to visit high school students around finals time. “This age group benefits really well from just the presence of Waffles or other certified therapy dogs,” she said.
Therapy dogs must be properly trained and pass a test before they become certified, said Ann Davidson, operations manager at Canine Therapy Corps.
“Taking breaks is one of several tools students can use to manage stress or anxiety,” said Jacqueline Rhew, a registered clinical professional consultant. Rhew also said, “Trained dogs help students put academic stress into perspective.” When students don't properly manage stress, it can turn into troubling anxiety.
Juniors Jennifer Giraldo and Anastasia Ramirez hugged and laughed as they took turns with their classmates, giving Luna, a Portuguese water dog, commands to sit, lie down and roll over. “I was stressing all third and fourth periods, and then people were talking about the dogs,” said Ramirez, who decided to wait in line with Giraldo to see the dogs herself. “Now I feel better.”
【1】How did the students feel when they met the dogs?
A．Calm.
B．Sad.
C．Excited
D．Tired
【2】What do we know about Monica Synecky?
A．She suffered great pressure in school.
B．She was glad that Waffles could help.
C．She was a registered clinical consultant.
D．She founded Canine Therapy Corps.
【3】What might Rhew agree on?
A．Indoor cats can greatly reduce students' stress.
B．Students' stress is gradually disappearing.
C．Students can handle stress with different tools.
D．Dogs help students shoulder responsibility.
【4】What's the main idea of the passage?
A．Therapy dogs ease students' stress before exams.
B．Therapy dogs improve students' mental health.
C．Therapy dogs prepare students for challenges.
D．Therapy dogs work as volunteers in school.
24、 A simple, yet powerful UK program has been fighting elderly loneliness by recruiting young adults as volunteers to read to seniors with vision problems and mental diseases.
Lily has benefited from the program having her vision “restored” by 15-year-old Amy, a school girl who was paired with Lily through the Reading Friends project. Lily was a librarian and enthusiastic reader who would read “two to three books every week”. After developing a terrible disease, however, Lily found herself unable to read or watch television for any length of time without her eyes hurting.
Not only have Lily’s regular reading sessions with Amy helped to reconnect her with her passion for literature, they have also built a strong intergenerational friendship between the two ladies. “I chose a book and she would come along and read it to me,” Lily said. “But we have only got through two books so far because we end up chatting too much. We have read two historical novels and get on very well.”
Research shows that reading together can help older people to build social networks and connect with others. Evidence also shows that reading has a positive impact on the elderly’s wellbeing and can reduce the risk of developing mental diseases.
Rose, a teacher, is responsible for connecting schoolchildren like Amy with the program and she says that it has had an amazing impact on the youngsters. “We have wonderful young people at our school and we wanted to get them into the community,” Rose said. “It has been fantastic to see them blossom as well as improving their literacy and social skills. They are meeting community members like Lily that they are making friendships with, and library staff can help them, not only with education but outside as well.”
【1】What is the main responsibility of volunteers according to the passage?
A.Read books to seniors. B.Have a chat with seniors.
C.Fight diseases for seniors. D.Make friends with seniors.
【2】What can we learn from Lily’s reading sessions with Amy?
A.They benefit Lily a lot by restoring her vision.
B.They help Amy pick up her love for literature.
C.They help Lily volunteer in the reading project.
D.They build up the friendship between two ladies.
【3】How does the program mostly benefit the elders?
A.By reducing elderly loneliness.
B.By curing the elders of vision problems.
C.By improving their literacy and social skills.
D.By enabling them to read books for a long time.
【4】Where is this text most likely from?
A.A diary. B.A guidebook.
C.A magazine. D.A novel.
25、 Joe Eitl, 37, was horn with cardiac defects(心脏缺陷). When he was a kid, he experienced the first of many operations to improve his________. Since then, he has experienced other________and has been treated with medicines.
However, he's created a________life in the process. In fact, he's been a bit________in his community. Joe has always had lots of friends, is a Special Olympics multisport athlete and has________a local rock band. And a local bakery even________a sandwich in his honor: The Joey.
But a year ago, Joe went into heart failure. He was________and his heart problem also caused stress to his organs. His parents started the________, complex process of having him________for a possible heart transplant(移植). Even the ever-lively Joe some days found it hard to gather any energy.
So his mother, Peg Eitl started________on Facebook about his long medical journey. Friends and family members posted Facebook________for people to send Joe cards and notes of________because he loves receiving________mail. Others then shared the post, which________even more shares.
And the mail started coming. One card came with a hand-drawn picture from a little girl and a note that________, "You don't know us, but we wanted you to know our family are________for you."
The Eitls couldn't________all the mail Joe has received, even if they tried. "We have thousands of cards," said Peg________. "Whether he gets a transplant or not, we don't know, but the cards, the letters and the gifts from strangers have literally made a________between a day he didn't want to get out of bed and a day he bounced out of bed. It's been________!”
A．status
B．condition
C．feeling
D．confidence
A．holidays
B．failures
C．procedures
D．services
A．perfect
B．joyful
C．lonely
D．simple
A．sensitive
B．silent
C．smart
D．famous
A．dismissed
B．invited
C．fronted
D．employed
A．ordered
B．sold
C．advertised
D．named
A．weak
B．tough
C．optimistic
D．lost.
A．long
B．meaningful
C．repeated
D．hopeless
A．persuaded
B．informed
C．cared
D．evaluated
A．reviewing
B．learning
C．posting
D．searching
A．posters
B．requests
C．stories
D．findings
A．praise
B．mercy
C．support
D．regret
A．digital
B．traditional
C．appealing
D．interesting
A．led to
B．called for
C．depended on
D．held back
A．printed
B．carried
C．wrote
D．read
A．praying
B．singing
C．crying
D．worrying
A．open
B．count
C．send
D．list
A．sadly
B．anxiously
C．excitedly
D．proudly
A．decision
B．choice
C．mistake
D．difference
A．awesome
B．curious
C．awkward
D．puzzling
26、阅读下面材料, 根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段, 使之构成一篇完整的短文。
It was August. We were on vacation, just my six-year-old son Kevin and I, for my husband was always busy. Having driven from our home in the city to a remote and peaceful place, we wouldn’t see friends or family—it would be a nice, safe, socially distanced week away. We had hiked about half mile to an attractive spot called Diana’s Baths, which afforded visitors an expanse of transparent water. The water flows and then falls off a series of big flat stones, making itself a small waterfall, about 7 inches high.
Several couples and their kids in swimsuits were playing to their heart’s content in the water. We joined them. I watched as some younger parents nervously drove their babies away from the stones edges. Fast-moving water made standing there quite dangerous, for I saw a certain kid with curly hair missed a step and almost fell down. The air was full of shouts and laughter. I felt so lucky that I didn’t always need to fix my eyes on my son. Kevin could navigate his physical space with more confidence and care. But I was still terrified when I saw Kevin jump between the slippery rocks.
But with the passing of time, I soon relaxed, and we were both having fun, my kid splashing and kicking in the cool water, laughing heartily as I put my head under the cold running water.
Then seconds later, every fear I’d ever had rose to the surface. I lifted my head, turned and saw Kevin sitting between two stones, with the rushing water flowing around him. I could see he was shaking sometimes because of the water rapids. I yelled at him to get out. He yelled back something that I couldn’t hear.
注意:
1. 续写词数应为150左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Suddenly he disappeared in front of my eyes.
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When Kevin returned to normal. I learned the woman was a nurse.
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