1、The problem is _________ we can find him.
A．what
B．that
C．how
D．why
2、—He is eager to try something he has never tried before.
—Oh, I see. That’s ______he’s different from others.
A.when B.what C.how D.where
3、Norris twice knocked down his ________ in the early rounds of the fight.
A．opponent
B．asteroid
C．nephew
D．triathlete
4、Not until ________________________ at the top of my voice __________________ his head.
A. did I shout…that he turned B. I shouted…did he turn
C. did I shouted…he did turn D. I was shouting…he had turned
5、Nowadays many new couples like to _____their wedding photos and hang them on the wall.
A. extend B. enlarge
C. spread D. stretch
6、__________ I like the color of that hat, I don’t like its shape.
A.That B.While C.As D.So
7、Among the various books concerning calligraphy, I like Introduction to Calligraphy_________, which is highly thought of by calligraphy fans.
A.in fact B.in contrast C.in particular D.in addition
8、There is no doubt ________ what he said at yesterday’s meeting was true.
A. what B. that
C. whether D. if
9、________ is reported in the newspaper, the frequent school bus accidents have caused the whole country's concern.
A．As
B．That
C．Which
D．It
10、Several species of giant tortoise _______ the Galapagos Islands.
A．are native to
B．are home to
C．date back to
D．compare with
11、The quality of the goods in this firm is _______ to the customers, as there has been no complaint since it was founded.
A. guaranteed B. pretended C. demanded D. extended
12、Victor Hugo once said, “Laughter is the sun ______ drives winter from the human face.”
A．that
B．who
C．不填
D．where
13、Those Chinese visitors were shown around the church yesterday, ______ roof was rebuilt
after the war.
A. when B. where C. whose D. which
14、People may have different opinions about Karen, but I admire her, _______, she is
a great musician.
A．after all
B．as a result
C．in other words
D．as usual
15、Of those who are married,in more than 80 percent of cases,the wives' education background is equal or higher than of their husbands.
A. it B. one C. that D. the one
16、Only when all of us join efforts to ________ pollution at all levels can we expect to have a better environment.
A．evaluate
B．eliminate
C．encounter
D．perpetuate
17、He looked into her eyes and his voice ________ a more serious tone.
A.took off B.took on C.took in D.took up
18、 ---I wonder how much you charge for your services.
---The first two are free _____ the third costs $ 30.
A. while B. wherever
C. whatever D. whoever
19、No sooner ________ enough money than he rushed to buy the children some gifts.
A．did he raise
B．he raised
C．had he raised
D．he had raised
20、______ remains doubtful ______ this is an important discovery.
A.That; whether B.That; that C.It; whether D.It; that
21、–Mum, hurry up! The film is beginning soon.
- Just . We have at least one hour to spare.
A. stay away B. take your time
C. don’t mention it D. forget it
22、Eating too much fat and sugar can heart disease and high blood pressure.
A. result from B. attend to
C. devote to D. contribute to
23、________ to a new culture can be difficult. However, you need to step out of your comfort zone.
A．Adapted
B．Adapting
C．Having adapting
D．Having adapted
24、Jenny nearly missed the flight ________ doing too much shopping.
A．because
B．as a result of
C．result from
D．result in
25、Japan's popular new prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi, now offers hope that Japan will _________ the reforms needed to boost long-term growth.
A. push ahead with B. cut back on
C. run out of D. put up with
26、As the population of the planet increases, so does the number of homes, businesses, parking lots, schools, airports and roadways. All these structures use electricity and need to be lighted. Humans demand these lights. They want their homes more comfortable and they want their streets safe. The problem is that researchers are finding that all the light is having a negative effect on humans and wildlife as well.
Less than 10 years ago I drove to a thinly populated section of my town, lay down in the middle of the road and watched an attractive meteor shower (流星雨). The area was short of homes, street lights and traffic. If I did that today, I wouldn't be able to see the meteor shower as well. Due to the increase in street lights, I would surely be run over by a car.
Nowadays scientists are finding light pollution can be almost as bad as carbon dioxide pollution. If you've ever taken a flight at night, the view is beautiful, but you must remember that all the light you see wastes electricity. The crew of the space shuttles see an even bigger picture of how extensive the wasted electricity is worldwide.
One of the saddest parts of light pollution is that most of it is unnecessary and most of the outdoor light that we use is wasted. One only needs to look at a row of street lights to see how much of the light shines upwards and lights the sky; a total waste of electricity.
Additionally, somewhere electricity needs to be produced, and the production of electricity creates pollution by releasing greenhouse gases. This affects the air we breathe and our quality of life.
Scientists are also studying the effects of light pollution on wildlife. Thousands of birds die each year when they crash into highly lighted buildings, as they become puzzled by the light. It has been long known that tiny baby sea turtles become lost and follow lights on the shore instead of heading towards the sea.
Fortunately, light pollution is one of the easiest sources of pollution that can be corrected without a negative effect. Following some guidelines and a little searching on Google can give you many ideas on how to reduce your contribution to light pollution.
【1】It is implied in Paragraph 3 that the best way to deal with light pollution is ________.
A．reducing the output of the lights
B．avoiding the use of unnecessary lighting
C．educating people about light pollution
D．inventing environmentally- friendly lights
【2】Which of the following is the effect of light pollution?
A．Many animals species have died out.
B．More traffic accidents happen every day.
C．The air we breathe may be polluted.
D．It is much easier for us to watch meteor showers.
【3】What can be inferred from the text?
A．We are almost at a loss how to deal with light pollution.
B．Global warming results in light pollution in some way.
C．Astronauts can’t see clearly in space nowadays.
D．Some animals use natural light to direct their movements.
【4】What will probably be provided following the last paragraph?
A．Helpful tips for surfing the Internet.
B．approaches to decreasing light pollution.
C．Benefits of searching on Google.
D．More bad effects of light pollution.
27、My wife and I have been to Monterey many times with our two kids, but we saw this costal city with a fresh viewpoint when we joined my parents on their first visit to California’s Central Coast.
The COST
Two nights at Monterey Tides cost $ 710; lunch and a couple of rounds of beers at Dust Bowl Brewing Co. were $ 90; and entry to 17-Mile Drive was $ 10.50 per vehicle.
THE BED
We have stayed at Monterey Tides several times. Its direct beach access to Monterey Bay has kept us coming back. We love falling asleep to the sound of waves cashing. My parents had a room with a king size bed, and my family’s room with two queen-size beds was right next door. The hotel offers facilities including beach-side yoga on Saturday mornings. We saw a group of people stretch into their poses as we chased our kids. Maybe next time.
THE MEAL
I’ve been a fan of Dust Bowl brewing Co. for years. The Turlock, California-based brewery (啤酒厂), opened its Monterey Tap Depot this year in a former train station near Fisherman’s Wharf (码头). Along with a bar inside, there’s an outdoor seating area. We ate a tasty lunch and I chose one of my favourite beers, Hops of Wrath, an Indian pale beer that reminds you of John Steinbeck’s classical novel The Grapes of Wrath.
THE FIND
Cannery Row, another Steinbeck’s novel, takes place in Monterey during the Great Depression. The current Cannery Row is lined with restaurants, hotels, shops and the world-famous Monterey Bay Aquarium. On our trip in early October, we bypassed (绕过) Cannery Row to explore the coast from Pacific Grove south to Asilomar State, which has easy access to tide pools.
THE LESSON LEARNED
When you’ve been somewhere countless times, you sometimes take it for granted, but when you go with someone who has never been there, you see it from a new point of view.
【1】What does the author like about Monterey Tides?
A．Sleeping in the queen-size bed there.
B．Doing yoga there alongside the beach.
C．Hearing the sound of the sea when he sleeps there.
D．Reading classical novels there while enjoying some beer.
【2】What can you do in Monterey Tap Depot?
A．Drink Hops of Wrath.
B．Take a train somewhere.
C．Talk with novelist John Steinbeck.
D．Go fishing near Fisherman’s Wharf.
【3】What can we learn from the text?
A．Cannery Row allows easy access to tide pools.
B．The author’s children slept on a king-size bed.
C．The author went to Monterey for the first time.
D．The Grapes of Wrath and Cannery Row were written by John Steinbeck.
28、VR is like something simply wear a headset and open your eyes in a completely different world, without having to leave the one you’re in. It’s great for gamers and fun for thrill-seekers, but honestly I think VR’s real potential lies in travel.
From holiday inspiration to making a booking, the future of travel ties firmly online. But I’ve spotted a trend: We don’t simply base our bookings on great deals any more. While at Expedia—an online traveling company, I’ve noticed that more and more holidaymakers want to guarantee they’ll be getting an authentic (真实的) experience: local produce, authentic dig sand adventures they’ll never forget.
Picture the scene: I can wear a headset and stand on top of Iceland’s Gulfoss waterfall, or, perhaps, Peru’s Machu Picchu. I could even find myself wandering the busy streets of an Asian city, where the tourist industry may or may not have taken away some of the local charm. VR has the potential to attract potential travelers with style and substance, offering true-to-life expectations and matching wearers to their ideal experience.
If you’ re sick of spending hours searching the Internet for your dream hotel, then don’t worry. Booking bot, an app, does all the hard work. I begin a message to Expedia with a friendly ”Hi“, input where I’d like to go, when and for how long, and in seconds, I’ll be shown the best deals. There’s little annoyance and I could be making a cup of tea in the time it takes to chat.
With the unavoidable airport check-in experience complicated, making it easy will be key in the future. Some experts are even going so far as to predict the fall of human interaction-front desk staff replaced by holograms (全息图), waiting staff exchanged for robots and smartphone apps.
I haven’t only seen VR making waves: AR is coming to the front as a holiday must-have, too. Travel is changing, and the future may not be as far away as we’d first thought.
【1】Who does the author think will enjoy the real potential of VR?
A．Travelers.
B．Moviegoers.
C．Game players.
D．Novel readers.
【2】What trend has the author found about holidaymakers?
A．They do a lot of Internet search.
B．They guarantee their traveling online.
C．They base their booking on great deals.
D．They use VR to get an authentic experience.
【3】What can we infer from the text?
A．Smartphone apps make humans interact effectively.
B．Robots are used for travelers to check in at the airport.
C．Travelers can use the Internet to get travel information.
D．Booking bot and other apps promise a new age of convenience.
【4】Where is the text most likely from?
A．A novel.
B．A guide book.
C．A science magazine.
D．A government report
29、With prices rocketing nationwide for heating oil, natural gas and other fuels, the U.S. government said on Wednesday it expects households(一家人;家庭) to see their heating bills jump as much as 54%.
Nearly half the homes in the U.S. use natural gas for heat, and they could pay an average $746 this winter, 30% more than 2020. The second-most used heating source for homes is electricity, making up 41% of the country, and those households could see a more modest 6% increase to $1,268. Homes using heating oil, which make up 4% of the country, could see a 43% increase to $1,734. The sharpest increases are likely for homes that use propane(丙烷), which account for 5% of U.S. households.
Inflation(通货膨胀)is now running high across the USA. Earlier Wednesday, the government released a report showing prices were 5.4% higher for U.S. consumers in October than a year ago. The higher prices hit everyone, with pay raises for most workers so far failing to keep up with inflation. They have to face more expensive housing, higher medical bills and sometimes reduced working hours. But they hurt low-income households in particular.
To make ends meet, families are cutting consumption deeply. Nearly 22% of Americans had to reduce or avoid expenses for basic necessities to pay an energy bill.
“This is going to create significant hardship for people in the bottom third of the country,” said Mark Wolfe, director of the National Energy Assistance Association. “You can tell them to cut back and try to turn down the heat at night, but many low-income families already do that.”
The biggest reason for this winter’s higher heating bills is the recent increase in prices for energy commodities(商品). Demand has simply grown faster than production as the economy is recovering.
【1】What does the underlined word “rocketing” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?
A．Reduced remarkably.
B．Increasing sharply.
C．Staying stable.
D．Fixed properly.
【2】What can we learn from Paragraph 2 about the figures?
A．Homes using propane for heat will suffer the least.
B．Homes using natural gas for heat will pay the most.
C．The steepest increase goes to families using heating oil.
D．Natural gas and electricity are the major heating sources.
【3】What is a direct result of the rising inflation in America?
A．The American government has taken firm measures.
B．The employers have agreed to increase the salaries.
C．The employees have been forced to work long hours.
D．The American families have learned to watch every penny.
【4】What is Mark Wolfe’s attitude towards the phenomenon(现象)?
A．Concerned.
B．Sorrowful.
C．Optimistic.
D．Carefree.
30、Economists have long tried to calculate the value of unpaid housework. In terms of inputs and outputs, the_______of a stay-at-home parent can easily be overlooked, hidden in the _______ of freshly ironed shirts and the contents of a full belly. The courts, too, have tried their hand at putting a price on housework.
Last month China was shocked when a court ordered a man to pay his wife $7,700 for housework during their live-year marriage. The wife, known as Ms Wang, told a judge in Beijing that she "looked after the child and managed the household _______ while her husband did not care about or participate in any other household affairs besides going to work". On average, Chinese women spend four hours a day on housework, compared with about an hour and a half for men.
The court ruling was widely _______. But on Weibo many users were disappointed with the amount _______ to Ms Wang. One user commented: "Women should never be stay-at-home wives. When you divorce, you are left with nothing whatsoever." The government has adopted policies aimed at advancing co-parenting and protecting women's rights. Most provinces, for example, have in recent years introduced _______ leave for new fathers. But many people argue that it is too short—an average of just two weeks—to _______ new mothers, who receive a minimum of 98 days, from child care.
In the West, where the starting principle is an equal split of the couple's assets on divorce, claims for extra compensation are _______ by the courts. Housework is seen as equivalent to financial contributions, so neither spouse _______ financially by doing more cooking and ironing than their partner.
In Britain, the concept of compensation fell out of use for over a decade before resurfacing in 2020, bringing the question of pay for housework into the ________. Last year a woman was compensated and received £400,000 ($520,000) for giving up her legal career to focus on the family. When her marriage broke down and the couple's assets were divided, she asked for an additional sum to ________ the sacrifice she had made by cutting her career short. The judges agreed, but only because she was already a high earner and could prove she had been on track to become one of her firm's leading money makers. She was compensated not for the housework, but her forgone legal career. So Ms Wang's claim for extra compensation would probably have failed anywhere in Europe. But she may never have felt the need to make it ________.
Many women have no option but to leave the workforce when they start a family—the cost of child care might ________ the benefits of a second salary, particularly if working hours and earnings are reduced to ________ family responsibilities. Legal and financial recognition of unpaid domestic work would change this calculation. But it would be simpler (and fairer) to share domestic burdens more evenly. More important than writing new rules about compensation for housework is strengthening existing ones that ________ shared parental leave. With both spouses more involved in parenting, family responsibilities can be shared. Why wait until the divorce to quibble over who did the housework?
【1】
A．accusations
B．ambitions
C．contributions
D．exclamations
【2】
A．fabrics
B．folds
C．packages
D．pockets
【3】
A．appliances
B．chores
C．conflicts
D．expenses
【4】
A．approved
B．celebrated
C．circulated
D．questioned
【5】
A．awarded
B．channeled
C．furnished
D．transferred
【6】
A．additional
B．compulsory
C．free
D．paid
【7】
A．free
B．help
C．relieve
D．suspend
【8】
A．considered
B．encouraged
C．favored
D．rejected
【9】
A．gives out
B．loses out
C．misses out
D．wears out
【10】
A．forum
B．horizon
C．lens
D．spotlight
【11】
A．admit
B．recall
C．reflect
D．signal
【12】
A．at first glance
B．for the first time
C．first of all
D．in the first place
【13】
A．counter
B．eliminate
C．outweigh
D．replace
【14】
A．accommodate
B．escape
C．fortify
D．shift
【15】
A．check
B．distinguish
C．promote
D．publicize
31、根据首字母提示或中文提示写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。注意：每个空格只写1个单词。
For a long time, our environment has been damaged because humans have been careless. Some people are concerned about increasing production p【1】 rather than protecting nature.
As a c【2】,they damage the Earth 【3】 (无意间)by building new channels in the sea and factories on the land, and by pouring chemical waste into rivers casually without p【4】
However, many people are p【5】 in nature conservation. They argue that such immoral behavior may cause a c【6】.To achieve sustainable development, they have g【7】 to stop overuse of natural resources. Besides, they have conducted various activities to s【8】 public awareness of environmental protection.
In a word, humans can only win by t【9】 the attitude towards nature. Only in this way can we realize our i【10】 dream that everyone can enjoy healthy and happy lives without the environment around them suffering.
32、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。
Christmas was approaching, and I had absollutely no idea what to get for my wife. As usual, I had left my holiday shopping until the last minute. I always had the feeling that the perfect gift would somehow appear at the right time, although this didn’t always happen. This year I didn’t have any good ideas.
We had just moved to Italy. Donna was away attending a conference, so I had the rest of the week to work on the house and figure out what to get her as a Christmas gift before she got back.
My house companion (伴侣) while Donna was away was her cat, Princess. I was keeping Princess indoors in our new home until she became familiar with the place and then planned to slowly introduce her to the great outdoors.
However, one day as I was bringing in some groceries, to my shock and horror I suddenly found she was gone. Donna would be back in a few days and it would ruin Christmas for both of us if Princess was not back by then, safe and sound. Donna had already excitedly told me over the phone that she had found several fun toys and delicious snacks for Princess as Christmas gifts. She couldn’t wait to get back and wrap them up.
I was in big trouble. I had to find Princeess—and fast. So, I made a poster with her description and a hurried sketch (素描) of the cat that I personally drew because I couldn’t find a photo of her anywhere. I was sure my wife had hundreds on her phone, but I didn’t dare ask her for one. I didn’t want her to know that her precious cat had escaped.
Donna’s happy daily calls continued, as did my daily searches for Princess. I still hadn’t mentioned anything about the disappearance to my wife. I just couldn’t bring myself to do it. It would destroy her.
Finally, the day came for my wife to return.
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。
I picked up Donna at the Venice airport but still didn’t have the courage to tell her what had happened.
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Just as I was about to break the bad newsabout Princess’s disappearing, guess who appeared walking up the driveway?
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