1、Fitness is important in sport, but skills are of ______ importance.
A.fair B.reasonable C.equal D.proper
2、Her pale face suggested that she _________ ill, and her parents suggested that she ________ to hospital.
A.be, should be sent B.was, be sent C.should be, was sent D.was, was sent
3、He still remembers_____ to Shanghai when he was very young.
A.taking B.being taken C.taken D.having taken
4、 —How about Amanda’s fresh year in college?
—Very great!You know,she is___________and she got high grades in every subject.
A.a black sheep B.an early bird C.a wet blanket D.a green hand
5、He managed to_______ a place in the final exam by working hard constantly.
A. explore B. reserve C. award D. secure
6、When Justin came to himself he found himself ________ out to the UFO by a group of aliens.
A. to carry. B. carry C. being carried D. carrying
7、The price has been _________ from $10 to $8.
A.increased B.increasing C.reduced D.reducing
8、Mr Mike, to________ laboratory we paid a visit last week, will give us a report on how to choose career this evening.
A．who
B．which
C．whose
D．whom
9、—Why don’t you join us in the game?
—Because my homework _____ yet.
A.didn’t finish B.hasn’t finished C.wasn’t finished D.hasn’t been finished
10、The top leaders of the two countries are holding talks in a friendly_____.
A. atmosphere B. state
C. situation D. phenomenon
11、If a book is ， it will surely readers.
A.interested；interest B.interesting；be interested
C.interested；be interesting D.interesting；interest
12、—Mary，you didn’t answer me when I called you just now.
—Sorry，I ________ to my teacher on the phone.
A. was talking B. talked C. would talk D. had talked
13、The reason ______he didn't come was ______he was ill.
A. why; that B. that; why
C. for that; that D. for which; what
14、________ new cases have been rising since last week, the proportion of intensive care beds ________ by COVID-19 patients has dropped from two weeks ago.
A．While; occupied
B．Whether; to occupy
C．Although; occupying
D．When; occupied
15、To those of you who received honors, awards, and ____, I say, well done. And to the average students, I say, you, too, can be President of the United States.
A.distinctions B.contributions C.solutions D.attractions
16、Which of the following sentences is WRONG?
A. There is no point in arguing with him further.
B. There is no need to worry about your son – he’s fine.
C. There is no doubt that we will finish all the work in two days.
D. There is a wonder that he remained alive after dropping form the tall building.
17、She tried to be brave, but her courage ________ her.
A. conquered B. urged C. failed D. encouraged
18、To everyone’s surprise, the dreamy house designed by Kevin’s dead father has been under _______.
A.construct B.constructive
C.construction D.constructing
19、He explained ______ for his father's birthday party.
A.why was he late B.why is he late
C.why he is late D.why he was late
20、________ in the conservation of ocean life, Hannah learnt much knowledge about environmental problems.
A．Involves
B．Involved
C．Involving
D．Having involved
21、The man opened his eyes, only ________ himself left alone in the room.
A. finding B. found C. to find D. having found
22、We don't have the same interest. That's ________the problem lies.
A.where B.what C.how D.which
23、—I’m afraid that I will be fired for the mistake I made in my work.
—______! It can’t be as bad as all that.
A．Good luck
B．No wonder
C．Cheer up
D．No comment
24、Never in my country _________such a thing.
A．I have heard of or seen
B．I had heard of or seen
C．have I heard of or seen
D．did I hear of or see
25、You can’t lose your keys. ______ all your pockets again.
A.Go up B.Go across C.Go through D.Go down
26、Scientists at the University of Oxford have developed new artificial intelligence (AI) software to recognize and follow up the faces of individual chimpanzees (黑猩猩) in the wild. The new software will allow researcher and wildlife conservationists to greatly cut back on time spent analyzing videos, according to the new paper published today in Science Advances.
“For species like chimpanzees, which have complex social lives and live for many years, getting photos of their behavior from short-term field research can only tell us so much.” says Dan Sehofield, researcher and DPhil student at Oxford University’s Primate Models Lab, School of Anthropology. “By taking advantage of the power of machine learning to unlock large video files, it makes it possible to measure behavior over the long term.”
The computers model was trained using over 10 million images (影像) from Kyoto University’s Primate Research Institute (PRI) video files of wild chimpanzees in Guinea, West Africa. The new software is the first to continuously track and recognize individuals in a wide range of posed, performing with high accuracy in difficult conditions such as low lighting and poor image quality.
“Access to this large video file has allowed us to use the newest deep neural networks to train models at a scale that was previously not possible,” says Arsha Nagrani, co-author of the study and DPhil student at the Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford. “Additionally, our new software differs from previous primate face recognition software in that it can be applied to raw videos with limited manual intervention (人工干预) or pre-processing, saving hours of time.”
The technology has potential for many uses, such as monitoring species for conservation. Although the present application focused on chimpanzees, the software provided could be applied to other species, and help drive the adoption of AI systems to solve a range of problems in the wildlife sciences.
【1】What’s the purpose of developing the new software?
A．To save wildlife researchers’ time spent in the wild.
B．To keep track of wildlife conservationists’ behavior.
C．To protect chimpanzees and help them to live longer.
D．To recognize and track the faces of wild chimpanzees.
【2】What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 2 refer to?
A．Getting photos.
B．Analyzing videos.
C．The new AI software.
D．A powerful machine.
【3】What does paragraph 4 mainly talk about?
A．The unique advantages of the new software.
B．Some limitations of using the new software.
C．The working principles of the new software.
D．Controversial attitudes to the new software.
【4】What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A．The new software has a quite bright future.
B．The application of the technology can be tough.
C．Technology is the final goal of scientific research.
D．AI systems are widely used in the wildlife sciences.
27、Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were two young men from Germany who loved a good story. As university students, they became interested in folktales—traditional stories that people memorized and told again and again. They began to collect traditional folktales from storytellers all over Germany. Many were similar to stories told in France, Italy, Japan, and other countries. Between 1812 and 1814, the brothers published two books in German.These included stories like "Hansel and Gretel" and "Little Red Riding Hood."
Despite the fact that Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm are often associated with Snow White and Rapunzel, the brothers didn’t actually write any of those stories. In fact, the stories existed long before the two men were born in Germany in the mid 1780s. The fairy tales, in fact, were part of a rich oral tradition—passed down from generation to generation, often by women seeking to pass the time during household chores. In 1812, Jacob and Wilhelm published the stories as part of a collection titled Nursery and Household Tales, or what is now known as Grimm’s Fairy Tales.
The Grimm brothers’ tales were about traditional life and beliefs. For example, forests are common in Germany, and this image often appears in the Grimms’ stories. In the past, many people believed forests were dangerous places. In the Grimms’ stories, a forest is the home of evil witches, talking animals, and other magical beings.
Although most people today think of these stories as fairy tales for children, the brothers first wrote them for adults. Many of their early tales were dark and a little scary. Later, the brothers changed the text of some of the original stories. They "softened" many of the tales and added drawings. This made them more appropriate(合适的) for children. Like the early tales, though, each story still has a moral: work hard, be good, and listen to your parents.
Actually, university-trained philologists (语言学者) and librarians, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published more than fairy tales. They wrote books about mythology, and published scholarly works on linguistics and medieval studies.
【1】What is the main purpose of the reading?
A．To compare the Grimms’ stories to modern children's stores.
B．To explain why storytelling is important in Germany.
C．To examine two of the Grimms' fairy tales.
D．To give information about the Grimm brothers and their stories.
【2】Which of these statements is true about the Grimm brothers?
A．They invented the fairy tales in their books.
B．They wrote their books in different languages.
C．They became interested in folktales as students.
D．They traveled to many countries to collect stories.
【3】Which of the following best explains “moral” underlined in Paragraph 4 ?
A．interest
B．text
C．story
D．message
【4】What do we know about the Grimms' stories?
A．The later stories had morals, like the early ones.
B．The early stories were written for children.
C．The early stories had a lot of drawings.
D．The later stories reflected German life, but the early ones didn't.
28、Flying to another country can sometimes take several days. But the designer of a futuristic jet (喷气式飞机) says his plane could take you around the world in your lunch break.
According to an article in The Sun, the plane, called the Antipode, could carry 10 people and use rocket boosters to go 12 km high. 【1】 Or it could fly from New York to Shanghai in 24 minutes.
An ordinary Boeing 747 has a top speed of 917 km/h. The fastest plane in the world right now is Air Force One. It carries the president of the United States and can reach 1,092 km/h. 【2】
Canadian designer Charles Bombardier says his plane could be 10 times faster than the Concorde, which could fly at 2,180 km/h. The Concorde was the world’s fastest passenger plane between 1976 and 2003. But the Concorde was very noisy and its nose got dangerously hot when it flew. A Concorde crashed in 2000, killing 114 people. 【3】
【4】 It stops the plane from overheating and having the same problems that the Concorde did. New technology, recently tested by NASA, makes the Antipode the perfect shape and weight to fly fast and safely.
“It’s always something that people would like a transportation system that could take you from one place on the planet to the other side,” Mr. Bombardier told the BBC.
【5】 The design is just a concept and will need more research before it becomes a reality.
A．No Concordes were flown again after 2003.
B．There are huge differences between high-speed planes.
C．But the Antipode would probably reach a crazy 25,750 km/h!
D．Don’t try to buy a ticket for the plane yet, though.
E．Then it could fly from London to New York in less than 20 minutes.
F．The superfast plane could only carry ten passengers.
G．The Antipode’s design includes a special nose.
29、I wandered into an exhibition about Janusz Korczak in Rome, and was overcome by the heroism of this ordinary man. I say ordinary—he was actually quite well-known as children’s author and an educator, but nothing can have prepared him for the decisions he had to take.
Trained as a medical doctor, Korczak became a children’s author and teacher. He ran two orphanages (孤儿院) in Warsaw—one for Jewish children, the other for Catholics. As a liberal and progressive thinker, he set up a children’s “republic” in the Jewish orphanage, with its own parliament, court and newspaper. He suffered deprivation (损失) and danger for the sake of the children in his care, and ultimately chose to die with them, despite being given the opportunity to save himself. After the Germans created the Warsaw Ghetto in 1940, Korczak’s Jewish orphanage was forced to move into it. He went with the children, though he’d been offered shelter elsewhere. He stayed with them until August 1942, when he was sent to Treblinka with some 200 children and staff. They were never heard of again; it’s assumed that they all died in the gas chambers (毒气室).
The moment he led the children to the train to Treblinka, described movingly by eyewitnesses, his face lit up. The composer Wladyslaw Szpilman recalled that Korczak told the orphans to be glad, because they were going to the countryside and would be free of the city where they had suffered a lot. He wanted to spare them the terror of death.
Korczak should be remembered alongside people such as Sir Nicholas Winton, Raoul Wallenberg and Oskar Schindler. They managed to save lives, but Korczak sacrificed his, refusing to abandon his children on their final journey. I could never imagine being put to the same test. But I love children, as he must have done.
【1】What did Korczak do for children?
A．Give lectures.
B．Write liberal articles.
C．Set up a “republic” for children.
D．Offer medical care.
【2】What can be inferred in Paragraph 2?
A．Korczak was once in heavy debt.
B．The Germans created shelters for children.
C．The Warsaw Ghetto was unknown until 1942.
D．Korczak adopted Jewish and Catholic children.
【3】How did Korczak spare the kids’ fright?
A．By accompanying them to Treblinka.
B．By freeing them from Germany.
C．By being honored as a hero.
D．By sacrificing his life.
【4】What kind of person is Korczak?
A．Wise and determined.
B．Devoted and selfless.
C．Caring and ambitious.
D．Productive and passionate.
30、 When 10 girls from Gardiner High School in Montana received a sum of money to develop an invention to solve a real-world problem, they decided to create a solar-powered shelter to help the homeless.
For over a year, the girls have been using all their free time to complete the ______.
“They have this amazing internal(内心的) ______ that I’ve never seen in any individual,” Violet Mardiro, a teacher at Gardiner High who is ______ with the team on the project, told The Huffington Post. “I thought ______ that maybe some of them would give up, say ‘I didn’t ______ this much work,’ but they haven’t. They’re just working hard and they’re not giving up and they’re super ______.”
Living in a low-income community, the girls have seen the ______ of homelessness first-hand. Many of them are from immigrant families and hoped the ______, which is powered by rechargeable solar panels(电子板), would help the ______.
Seventeen-year-old Maggie Mejia told the Huffington Post that ______ she had no previous ______ experience, the girls figured out as a team how to ______ the shelter using how-to videos and books that taught them how to code. But the most important ______ she’s learned during the project isn’t technical.
“I’ve learned a lot about ______ others, working for the community and being selfless and showing a better world to other people and ______ someone else’s life,” she said. The project was carried out with DIY Girls, a nonprofit that helps fund STEM – science, technology, engineering and math – projects for ______.
Mardirosian said all the participating students have ______ their interest in STEM through this project.
“Many of them didn’t think about engineering before. They thought maybe they’re not ______ out to be an engineer. But working together, now they ______ their skill – whether a writing skill or a drawing skill or a speaking skill, they’re all ______ in this field. Everyone has found their importance in this picture,” she said.
【1】A. course B. homework C. report D. project
【2】A. clock B. drive C. doubt D. pressure
【3】A. agreeing B. meeting C. working D. talking
【4】A. at the beginning B. all the time C. at the moment D. once again
【5】A. receive B. expect C. believe D. mind
【6】A. excited B. confused C. surprised D. worried
【7】A. problem B. adventure C. choice D. difference
【8】A. equipment B. community C. machine D. shelter
【9】A. families B. homeless C. team D. research
【10】A. when B. until C. while D. because
【11】A. engineering B. managing C. teaching D. planning
【12】A. renew B. create C. protect D. describe
【13】A. skill B. fact C. lesson D. subject
【14】A. questioning B. following C. pleasing D. helping
【15】A. running B. leading C. changing D. experiencing
【16】A. children B. adults C. teachers D. girls
【17】A. imagined B. remembered C. discovered D. ignored
【18】A. left B. put C. picked D. made
【19】A. accept B. realize C. wonder D. share
【20】A. needed B. learned C. found D. discussed
31、按照课文原文填空
Daisy smiled. "That's good news. It shows the 【1】of wildlife protection, but I'd like to help as the WWF suggested." The carpet 【2】 again and almost at once they were in a thick forest. A monkey watched them as it 【3】 itself. "What are you doing?" asked Daisy. "I’m 【4】 myself from mosquitoes," it replied. "When I find a millipede insect, I rub it over my body. It contains a 【5】 drug which 【6】 mosquitoes. You should pay more 【7】 to the rainforest 【8】 I live and 【9】how the animals live together. No rainforest, no animals, no drugs."
Daisy was amazed. "Flying carpet, please take me home so I can tell WWF and we can begin producing this new drug. Monkey, please come and help." The monkey【10】. The carpet flew home.
32、阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
I was standing in the checkout line behind a woman who looked to be in her 60s. When it was her turn to pay, the cashier greeted her by name and asked her how she was doing.
The woman looked down, shook her head and said, “Not so good. My husband just lost his job and my son is up to his old tricks again. The truth is, l don’t know how I’m going to get through the holidays.” Then she gave the cashier food stamps (食品券).
Neither did I know how I could get through the days a year ago during my fresh year in the company. I didn’t know the rules, I was not familiar with the work, and I couldn’t feel the value of myself. I was even wondering whether I could get along, as my father was gone, my mother had no work and my brother was only 7. That feeling was exactly what the woman had said. Fortunately, things had changed since I received my colleague’s card, from which I felt the encouragement, and sensed happiness falling upon me again.
So I really wanted to help but didn’t know how. Should I offer to pay for her groceries, or ask for her husband’s resume (简历)? As I walked into the parking lot, I spotted the woman returning her shopping cart. Suddenly I remembered something in my purse that I thought could help her. It wasn’t a handful of cash or an offer of a job for her husband, but maybe it would make her life better.
Then I approached the woman. My heart pounded as this was the first time that I had come with the idea to help a stranger.
“Excuse me,” I said, my voice trembling a bit. “I couldn’t help accidentally hearing what you said to the cashier. It sounds like you’re going through a really hard time right now. I’m so sorry. I’d like to give you something.”
I handed her the small card from my purse.
续写要求：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
When the woman read the card, she began to cry.
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After we embraced, I walked back to my car and the words on the card crowded into my mind again.
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