1、With the final exams coming, Mark, the top student in our class, is not worried about Chinese, and _________ English．
A. still more B. at least
C. least of all D. better than
2、At this time tomorrow over the Atlantic．
A．we’re going to fly
B．we’ll be flying．
C．we’ll fly
D．we’re to fly
3、It is estimated that 5G devices will be for commercial applications in China in 2020 with the issue of 5G licenses.
A.unique B.flexible C.mature D.delicate
4、To strengthen Japan's diplomatic influence and increase military presence across the world, Abe (安倍) ________ a greater role for his country in international affairs since he took office.
A. sought B. had sought C. is seeking D. has been seeking
5、Jack is a man of his words. He always ________ what he says
A. puts B. makes C. means D. gets
6、 says that school years are the best time of one’s life is probably an adult - one who’s forgotten the hard work of being at school.
A. Whatever B. Whichever
C. Whomever D. Whoever
7、Jim is good ________ soccer, and he thinks it’s good ________ health.
A．at; to
B．for; at
C．at; for
D．to; at
8、Learning another language is like stepping out of a door, through which I can ________ and see more clearly my own language.
A. take back B. look back C. turn back D. get back
9、 _____ computer games, his parents were very worried about his future.
A. Addicted to B. Addicting to
C. He addicted to D. His addicting to
10、— So, shall we sign the contract now?
—________. I haven’t agreed to that yet.
A．You bet
B．By all means
C．Go ahead
D．Hold your horse
11、My father’s newly- written novel ______ into three foreign languages by the end of last month.
A．has translated
B．had translated
C．has been translated
D．had been translated
12、——I’m surprised to hear that Sue and Paul have ______.
——So am I. They seemed very happy together when I last saw them.
A. broken up
B. finished up
C. divided up
D. closed up
13、I’m going to spend the summer vacation in Shanghai, _______ lives my grandmother and some other close relatives.
A. which B. when C. that D. where
14、Happiness will be within our reach if positive thinking ________ into daily routine and becomes an important part of our world.
A. adopts B. is adopted
C. will adopt D.will be adopted
15、 The variety of food at the restaurant is limited, but every meal can serve at least two people and is under ¥10, so not only is it __________ but practical as well.
A. adaptable B. affordable
C. changeable D. adjustable
16、 herself with routine office work, she had no time to attend to her children.
A. Occupying B. Occupied
C. Being occupied D. To be occupied
17、The science competition is a good opportunity to show students _____ creativity can add new value to their school life.
A．where
B．whether
C．how
D．when
18、It seemed as if everything was ______. The big wave blocked their way and Captain Black ordered the sailors to speed up to escape.
A．in an end
B．to an end
C．at an end
D．for an end
19、He was unhappy when he sold his violin．After all，he________it for a very long time．
A． has had B． had had
C． has D． had
20、 ---I suppose it takes quite a lot of patience and confidence to make a good teacher.
---______. It’s far more than that．
A. I can’t agree more B. Absolutely
C. Not exactly D. For certain
21、A symbol of a booming children’s book market is a self-styled “kaleidoscope (万花筒) of creative genius for kids”, the magazine Scoop, a startup based in Dalston, east London, which the author Neil Gaiman has described as “the kind of magazine I wish we’d had when I was eight.”
Scoop is the idea of the publisher Clementine Macmillan-Scott. A year ago, hers looked like an impossible venture. But against the odds for little magazines, Scoop has survived. Macmillan-Scott said, “I really wasn’t certain we would get to this point, but we are now approaching our first birthday.” She links the magazine’s fortunes to a prosperous market and reports that “through the hundreds of children, parents and teachers we speak to at our workshops, we know that children are greedy for storytelling.”
Inspired by an Edwardian model, Arthur Mee’s Children’s Newspaperr, Scoop is a mix of innovation and creativity. Establishment heavyweights such as the playwright Tom Stoppard, plus children’s writers such as Raymond Briggs, author of Fungus the Bogeyman, have adopted its cause. The magazine has also given space to 10-year-old writers and pays all contributors, high and low, the same rate — 10p a word.
It’s a winning formula. Macmillan-Scott reports “a quarterly sales increase of roughly 150% every issue”, but is cautious about her good fortune. “It’s all too clear to us that these children are hungry for print.”
Scoop focuses on the most profitable part of the children’s market, Britain’s eight to 12-year-old readers. In literary culture, this is the crucial bridge between toddlers (儿童) and adolescents and its publisher knows it. Macmillan-Scott is committed to listening to readers aged eight to 12, who have an editorial board where they can express their ideas about the magazine. “If we don’t get these children reading,” she says, “we will lose out on adult readers. To be fully literate, you have to start as a child.”
Macmillan-Scott argues against the suggestion that reading is in decline. “If you look at our figures,” she objects, “you’ll find that children do read and that Scoop is part of a craze for reading hardback books. Kids love paper and print. They might play games on a digital device, but they prefer not to read on a Kindle. The real market for e-books is among young adult readers.” Some of her evidence is anecdotal, but her sales figures and readership surveys support a picture of eight to 12-year-olds absorbed in books.
“What our research shows beyond question,” she says, “is that children have a love for reading that’s not seriously threatened by other kinds of entertainment. Reading for pleasure is a very real thing at this age, and the worries that some adults have about children losing interest in reading are simply not grounded in reality.”
【1】It can be learned from the passage that Scoop ________.
A．is aimed at teenagers in Britain
B．has taken a year to publish its first issue
C．has got its name from Arthur Mee’s newspaper
D．pays as much to young writers as to famous ones
【2】The word “anecdotal” (in Para 6) is closet in meaning to ________.
A．conclusive
B．undeniable
C．defensive
D．unconvincing
【3】What can be inferred from the passage?
A．Children would rather listen to stories than tell stories by themselves.
B．Magazines for children aged under 8 are not very common in Britain.
C．Scoop illustrates the power of printed books in the face of digital revolution.
D．Research carried out by Scoop has been questioned by those writing for children.
【4】Macmillan-Scott is most likely to agree that _______.
A．the market for children’s e-books remains to be explored
B．a child who dislikes reading won’t love reading when grown up
C．other kinds of entertainment have influenced children’s reading habits
D．it is necessary for adults to worry about children’s lack of interest in reading
22、A new UBC Okanagan study finds children not only gain the benefits of working with therapy (治疗) dogs – they enjoy it too.
“While we do frequently see children improve in therapy dog programs, we didn’t have data to support that they enjoyed the time as well,” says Nicole Harris, who conducted this research while a master’s student in the School of Education.
The research saw 22 children from the Okanagan Boys and Girls Club take part in a series of sessions to help them build their social skills. Over six weeks, the children were accompanied by therapy dogs as they completed lessons. Each week the children were taught a new skill, such as introducing themselves or giving directions to others. The children would first practice with their assigned therapy dog before running through the exercise with the rest of the group. In the final phase, the children, accompanied by their new furry friend, would practice their new skills with university students located in the building.
“Therapy dogs are often able to reach children and facilitate their growth in surprising ways. We saw evidence of this in the social skills of children when they were paired with a therapy dog,” says Dr. John-Tyler Binfet, associate professor in the School of Education and director of BARK. “The dogs helped create a non-threatening climate while the children were learning these new skills. By interacting with them, the children’s moods improved and their engagement in their lessons increased.” While the children were learning and practising their new skills, the research team collected data.
At the end of the six weeks, Harris interviewed eight children, aged 5 to 11 years old, who regularly attended the sessions. Each child indicated the social skill-training program with therapy dogs was an enjoyable and positive experience and the dogs were a meaningful and essential part of the program.
As a full-time elementary school teacher, Harris notes that schools have become increasingly important in helping students develop social and emotional skills, and this research could contribute to the development of future school-based or after-school programs.
【1】What was Harris’s research meant to explore?
A．When and how children could learn new social skills well.
B．Whether working with therapy dogs was pleasant to kids.
C．Why therapy dogs benefited kids’ learning of social skills.
D．What helped children learn and practice new social skills.
【2】What does the underlined word “facilitate” in paragraph 4 mean?
A．Promote.
B．Maintain.
C．Influence.
D．Determine.
【3】What do we know about the process of the research?
A．The behavior of 22 children aged 5 to 11 was recorded.
B．The participants were taught a skill and tested 6 weeks later.
C．University students were also involved to help with the study.
D．Most participants were interviewed at the end of the research.
【4】What does Harris think of the research?
A．It’s an important part of elementary school education.
B．It should be carried out in elementary school separately.
C．It can help develop students’ social and emotional skills.
D．It serves as reference for developing school programs.
23、 When my sister Martie told me she had put out tomato plants last summer, I was quite impressed.
She was a garden-beginner. Once they were planted, she tended to water them daily, anxiously awaiting the juicy tomatoes to appear. But, day after day, her plants were tomato-less while all of her neighbors who had also put out tomato plants were already enjoying the fruit of their labor.
Frustrated, Martie gave in and went to the market to search fresh tomatoes. While paying, Martie told the farmer her troubles. The farmer paused to think for a moment and then asked, "Well, what kind of tomatoes did you plant?"
"I think they were called Big Boy," Martie remembered.
"Well there's your problem," the farmer explained. "Big Boy and Better Boy tomatoes have a 95-day gestation (孕育) period whereas regular tomato plants produce fruit in as little as 70 days...you just have to wait a little longer for the Big Boys."
With that new knowledge, Martie went home with excitement, knowing they would be worth the wait.
Thinking about my sister's gardening experience, I had to smile. She just didn't know that Big Boy tomatoes took longer-neither did I-but once she discovered that information, she was no longer discouraged and upset about the lack of tomatoes on her plants. Instead, she was encouraged and excited to see them a few weeks later.
It makes me wonder how many of us have "Big Boy' dreams in our hearts, yet we just don't realize that they are of the "Big Boy" variety so we are discouraged and worn out with the waiting process. Instead of waiting with excitement, we give up on our dreams and figure we must have done something wrong to stop them from coming to pass. Frustrated, we see other people's dreams coming true, and we wonder why ours haven't yet been achieved.
【1】Martie felt upset _______.
A.after hearing what the farmer said B.after witnessing her plants tomato-less
C.at waiting for her tomato plants to produce D.at telling the author her gardening experience
【2】Why did Martie's tomato plants fail to produce at the expected time?
A.Because they were destroyed by her neighbors.
B.Because she grew the fake kind of tomatoes
C.Because she didn't manage the garden well.
D.Because they required more time to produce.
【3】What does the author compare tomatoes to in the text?
A.Goals. B.Experiences. C.Time. D.Imagination.
【4】What does the text intend to show us?
A.It's better late than never. B.Where there's a will, there is a way.
C.Nothing is impossible for a willing heart. D.A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
24、“At least you’ll be close to home!”That phrase dominated the weeks before my move to my college．I took comfort in knowing that home was close by if I needed it
The night before the move，I spoke with a sophomore(大学二年级)friend of mine who was moving back the next morning．I asked if he was sad to be leaving home and his response sparked in me an internal debate．“It was nice to be back but honestly。I’ve come to think of the college as my home．”Up until that moment，the move to college seemed like an extended version of summer camp．School wasn’t a home；it was a place for me to explore when I was away from home right?
As I packed my things，I really started thinking about the concept of home，and I couldn’t help but wonder would I ever consider college my own home? The next day，once my bags were unpacked and my parents were gone，I took a moment to look around my dorm．It was absolutely nothing like my room…no bunnies，no blue curtains and no queen—sized bed．Despite the fun I was having and things I was learning in the following Welcome Week，I couldn’t bring myself to call it home．I longed for my bunnies．I even wanted my mom’s calls．“There’s no place like home．”I murmured．
Last night，I went to visit my friends and we spent the next hour talking about that missing feeling we all shared-our families，our friends，our old lives—and soon the sadness turned to fondness．One by one our friends came in to say goodnight and the room was filled with girls，all laughing and sharing our high school experiences．It wasn’t until about l：00 a．m．that I turned to my roommate，unconsciously saying，“It’s getting late…we should probably go home soon．”I was taken aback by my own words．Somehow in the few hours，my dorm room had turned into a home．
【1】How did the author react to her sophomore friend’s response at first?
A．She quite agreed with her friend．
B．She was completely certain about it．
C．She thought he was telling a lie．
D．She was surprised by his response。
【2】The author mentioned the bunnies twice in the passage to suggest that .
A．college lacked a friendly atmosphere
B．she didn’t get used to her college life then
C．pet-keeping was not allowed in college dorm
D．college should prepare bunnies for new students
【3】Whv was the author taken aback by her own words at the end of the passage?
A．Because she began to call her college a home．
B．Because there were so many girls gathering in the dorm．
C．Because she lost a good chance to forget homesickness．
D．Because it was rude to say that when everyone was happy．
【4】What made the author begin to take college as a home?
A．Decorating her dorm like a home．
B．Her previous family lives.
C．Friends’ shared feelings．
D．Comforts from other girls.
25、On Dec.17, 2019, Andrew noticed a balloon’s string was______to a piece of paper. “Dayami,” it read on one side, in a child’s______. Andrew turned the paper over. It was a Christmas______. He wondered whether he could find the girl who had sent this one.
It would be difficult, ______Andrew had a few clues. About 20 miles to the southwest, just across the______, was the city of Nogales, Mexico.
“Based on the prevailing wind, I was pretty sure that’s______it came from,” he said.
On December 22, 2019, he decided to send a private Facebook______to a radio station in Nogales.
To his______, the next morning, Andrew______to one message from the radio station: They had______Dayami, an eight-year-old girl, and her family, who indeed lived in Nogales. Would they be______to arrange a get-together at the radio station?
Andrew went with his wife to Walmat. They bought just about everything on Dayami’s list______the dollhouse (it was sold out). They also bought a few other toys, as they had learned that Dayami had a younger______, four-year-old Ximena.
Then the Andrew drove for 45 minutes, crossing the border into Nogales, and finally met two very______little girls.
Their parents______to the Andrew that Dayami had been writing a letter a Santa and sending it by______for years, but this was the first time anyone had found the note.
“Their eyes were______open with wonder,” Andrew said of the two sisters’ reaction. “Like, ‘Oh, my gosh, this really did work!’”
“It was a beautiful, beautiful experience,” Andrew said. He paused “Quite______for us,” he added.
Andrew, 61, has lived in southeastern Bisbee for more than three decades. Ten years ago, he and his wife______their only child, a son. They have no grandchildren.
“We are now have friends for life,” Andrew said. “And, for a day, that border fence with its concertina wire______away.”
【1】
A．addicted
B．attached
C．accustomed
D．attracted
【2】
A．writing
B．act
C．voice
D．shape
【3】
A．card
B．call
C．letter
D．list
【4】
A．and
B．so
C．but
D．because
【5】
A．street
B．border
C．river
D．city
【6】
A．where
B．how
C．why
D．when
【7】
A．notice
B．message
C．advertisement
D．announcement
【8】
A．sadness
B．shock
C．surprise
D．puzzle
【9】
A．arose
B．danced
C．walked
D．awoke
【10】
A．noticed
B．forgotten
C．located
D．ignored
【11】
A．willing
B．grateful
C．nervous
D．frightened
【12】
A．different from
B．rather than
C．other than
D．free from
【13】
A．brother
B．friend
C．relative
D．sister
【14】
A．shy
B．excited
C．embarrassed
D．depressed
【15】
A．complained
B．explained
C．congratulated
D．prayed
【16】
A．string
B．wind
C．words
D．balloon
【17】
A．horribly
B．wide
C．pretty
D．hardly
【18】
A．moving
B．interesting
C．healing
D．amusing
【19】
A．lost
B．scolded
C．missed
D．delivered
【20】
A．ran
B．melted
C．swept
D．washed
26、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。
She was dancing. My crippled(跛脚的) grandmother was dancing. I stood in the living room doorway absolutely shocked.
I heard her sing when I opened the door but did not want to interrupt the beautiful song, so I just tiptoed (用脚尖走）to the living room. I looked at how her body bent beautifully, her arms greeting the sunlight that was pouring through the window. And her legs.... Those legs that had stiffly (僵硬地) walked with a cane (拐杖）now obeyed her perfectly with beautiful dancing shoes! No limping! No stiffness! Just beautiful, fluid motion! She used to be the pet of the dancing world but later she’d had her accident and it was all over. I had read that in an old newspaper.
She turned around in a slow circle and saw me standing in the doorway. Her song and beautiful movements ended. The sudden silence rang in my ears. Grandma looked so much like a kid caught with her hand in a cookie jar that I couldn’t help myself, and a slightly nervous laughter escaped. Grandma sighed and turned toward the kitchen. I followed her, not believing my eyes. She was walking with no difficulties in her beautiful shoes. We sat down by the table and cut ourselves big pieces of her delicious peach pie.
“So ....” I asked “ how did your leg heal (治愈) ?”
“To tell you the truth --my legs have been well all my life ,” she said.
“But I don’t understand!” I said. “Your dancing career..... I mean.... You pretended all these years?”
“Very much so,” Grandmother closed her eyes and tasted the peach pie, “and for a very good reason.”
“What reason ?”
“ Your grandfather .”
“You mean he told you not to dance ?”
“No, this was my choice. I am sure I would have lost him if I had continued dancing. I weighed fame and love against each other and love won.”
注意: 1. 所续写短文的词数应为150 左右；
2. 应使用5 个以上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。
Paragraph 1:
She thought for a while and then continued.
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By now I had forgotten about the pie and listened to grandma , fascinated.
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