1、There are 12 fantastic lamps hanging ______ the ceiling in the restaurant.
A. on B. around C. in D. from
2、The argument has gained currency throughout the world ________ listening to classical music regularly improves the brain dramatically.
A.whether B.that C.what D.where
3、
It’s a pity you were late，otherwise you______the film star Rain from Korea．
A． would have seen B． must have seen
C． may have seen D． can have seen
4、【I felt I would never____the shock of his being worked to death.
A. get off B. get through C. get by D. get over
5、The two girls kept talking in the room ________ their mothers said goodbye to each other.
A．when
B．unless
C．while
D．until
6、—It’s really great to have a computer to store my photos.
—Don’t count on it too much. It ________ break down and you’d better make a copy of them.
A. must B. can
C. should D. will
7、By serving others, a person focuses on someone other than himself or herself, ________ can be very eye-opening and rewarding.
A. which B. that
C. who D. what
8、______ to the sunlight for too much time will do harm to one’s skin.
A. Exposed B. Having exposed
C. Being exposed D. After being exposed
9、She came in for _______ coffee and told me _______ firecrackers kept her awake last night.
A. a, the B. a, 不填
C. the, the D. the, 不填
10、________ the short delay gave him to gather his thoughts before going to the meeting.
A．Frankly
B．Sadly
C．Fortunately
D．Immediately
11、________ hard all day, I went to bed at 8 o’clock.
A. Having worked B. Working
C. To work D. To have worked
12、In Chinese, the same pronunciation with different tones has different meanings. The same is _______ music.
A.true of B.similar to C.true to D.similar with
13、When the admission letter from Harvard University arrived, Ben's parents were and threw a big party.
A. in the red B. tickled pink
C. as white as a sheet D. in a blue mood
14、Nothing is more ____________ to me than my good health.
A.precise B.previous C.precious D.powerful
15、It may not be a great suggestion. But before ______ is put forward, we’ll make do with it.
A. a good one B. a better one
C. the best one D. a best one
16、Only when _______ be possible to sign the papers.
A.does the lawyer come with it B.the lawyer comes will it
C.has the lawyer come it will D.the lawyer comes it will
17、His study was a mess with lots of books and magazines __________up everywhere.
A. to pile B. having piled
C. piled D. to be piled
18、She didn't understand why I paid a repair man when my brother would do it for _.
A．nothing
B．anything
C．everything
D．something
19、English is a language shared by several diverse cultures, ________ uses it differently.
A. all of which B. each of them
C. all of them D. each of which
20、Mom told him he was forbidden to watch TV for a month. _______, he stormed out of the room.
A. In response B. In turn
C. In return D. In advance
21、The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Minor Snow (小雪) refers to the time when it starts to snow, mostly in China's northern areas, and the temperature continues to drop.
Here are four things you should know about Minor Snow.
Wearing hats and scarves
In China, starting in Minor Snow, the wind blows from the northeast a lot. Because it's still not bitterly cold, many people do not wear hats or scarves yet. In fact, according to an old Chinese saying, "The head is the place where all passages of the body gather". It's sensible to keep one's head warm.
Drinking soup
During Minor Snow, indoor heating begins to work, which means the air indoors is dry and most people might find their nose and mouth feels a bit dry. According to practices in traditional Chinese medicine, this accumulation of "inner heat" in one's body can cause problems, including oral ulcers and breakouts (口腔溃疡和破损). The solution is to drink more hot soup, such as cabbage and bean curd soup, spinach and bean curd soup, and mutton and radish soup.
Making preserved pork
After Minor Snow, the temperature declines sharply and the air becomes dry. It is the best time to start making preserved pork, which by the Chinese Spring Festival would be ready to enjoy. In the past, when storage conditions were poor, people developed many ways to store food and preserved pork is one such example. So even in the bitter winter, the whole family could enjoy meat. Some even say preserved pork tastes more delicious than fresh meat.
Avoiding spicy food
On cold days, people may crave some hot and spicy food to keep warm. Experts say it's wise not to eat overly spicy food, since that will increase your inner heat.
【1】Which of the following can best describe Minor Snow?
A．Snowy and cold.
B．Warm and cozy.
C．Golden and windy.
D．Comfortable and cool.
【2】Why do people drink soup during Minor Snow?
A．To save food.
B．To keep warm.
C．To solve problems caused by "inner heat".
D．To chase after fashion and follow the tradition.
【3】How to keep warm during Minor Snow?
A．Eat overly spicy food.
B．Do not go outside and stay in bed.
C．Make preserved pork with your family.
D．Wear hats and scarves and eat proper hot and spicy food.
22、With more than 46,000 of them in the UK, convenience stores used to be a feature on almost every residential corner—but the number of corner shop is in decline. The growth of the corner shop was prevented by the cruel march of the Big Four supermarkets’ formats when Tesco bought the T&S group of convenience stores. Even more significantly, corner shops are starting to change hands as their original owners retire- So can the tradition be saved?
Sure, there’s always a way out. Far from a struggling corner shop, Wigston Fields News & Deli is becoming a lighthouse for food lovers across the region. Pratik was named Local Food Hero by the regional Great Taste Club in their annual awards in 2019 and his customers value what News & Deli offers.
“I feel proud to continue my parents’ legacy, ” says Pratik. “I barely set foot in the shop until my mother passed away in 2012, but then it became important for me to continue the work she loved. I am proud to take the flag from her and continue to serve my community. ”
At present, he is well on his way to achieving a commercial as well as community success. On the shop’s popular Facebook page customers share orders for special menus of locally produced food and enjoy the wonder about Pratik’s samosa (萨莫萨三角饺) consumption. These samosas are held to be the best in the city, so the tiny shop sells nearly 900 samosas a week, up from just 50 a week 3 years ago.
“I hope our success will inspire others and show that shop-keeping is a rewarding choice, not a dead-end job, ” Pratik says. “We work hard, and our customers have become like family to us, so I can’t imagine enjoying any other job quite as much. ”
This is one of independent corner shops whose fortunes are on the rise. Surely, we’ll see more in the future.
【1】What does Paragraph 1 mainly tell us about corner shops?
A．Their major formats.
B．Challenges they face.
C．Their complex features.
D．Competitors they meet.
【2】What made Pratik begin to follow in his mother’s footsteps?
A．His mother’s death.
B．His parents’ retirement.
C．His desire to serve the community.
D．His intention to continue family legacy.
【3】Why was Pratik’s samosa consumption mentioned in Paragraph 4?
A．To show the consumers’ support.
B．To prove Pratik’s commercial success.
C．To promote Pratik’s successful pattern.
D．To introduce special dishes in the shop.
【4】What is the author’s attitude towards the corner shops?
A．Skeptical.
B．Concerned.
C．Conservative.
D．Optimistic.
23、Women who own cats are more likely to have mental health problems and kill themselves because they can be infected by a common parasite(寄生虫) that can be caught from cat litter(猫砂), a study has found.
Researchers found women infected with the Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) parasite(刚地弓形虫), which is spread through contact with cat waste or eating undercooked meat or unwashed vegetables, are at increased risk of attempting suicide.
The study involved more than 45,000 women in Denmark. About a third of the world's population is infected with the parasite, which hides in cells in the brain and muscles, often without producing symptoms.
The infection, which is called toxoplasmosis(弓形虫病), has been linked to mental illness, such as schizophrenia(精神分裂症), and changes in behavior.
The study's senior author Doctor Teodor Postolache, an associate professor of psychiatry(精神病学) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in the United States, said, "We can't say with certainty that T. gondii caused the women to try to kill themselves, but we did find a predictive association between the infection and suicide attempts later in life that deserves additional studies."
Doctor Albert Reece, vice president of medical affairs at the University of Maryland, said, "T. gondii infection is a major public health problem around the world, and many people don't realize they're infected. "
Dr Postolache is a leading expert on suicide neuroimmunology(神经免疫学). Suicide is a critically important mental health issue. About one million people commit suicide and another 10 million attempt suicide worldwide each year. We hope that this type of research will one day help us find ways to save many lives that now end too early in suicide."
Dr. Postolache's research team at the University of Maryland was the first to report a connection between T. gondii and suicidal behavior in 2009. He is cooperating with researchers in Denmark, Germany and Sweden to confirm and investigate the way leading to this association.
The T. gondii parasite thrives in the intestines(肠) of cats, and it is spread through their waste. All warm-blooded animals can become infected through contact with it. Humans can become infected by changing their infected cats' litter boxes, eating unwashed vegetables, drinking water from a polluted source, or by eating undercooked or raw meat.
Not washing kitchen knives after preparing raw meat before handling another food item also can lead to infection. Pregnant women can pass the parasite directly to their unborn babies and are advised not to change cat litter boxes to avoid possible infection.
Babies don't produce antibodies to T. gondii for three months after they are born, so the antibodies present in their blood represented infection in the mothers. The scientists studied Danish health patients to determine if any of these women later attempted suicide, including cases of violent suicide attempts which may have involved guns, sharp instruments and jumping from high places.
The study found that women infected with T. gondii were one and a half times more likely to attempt suicide compared to those who were not infected, and the risk seemed to rise with increasing levels of the T. gondii antibodies.
Dr Postolache noted limitations to the study, such as the inability to determine the cause of the suicidal behavior.
The findings were published online in the Archives of General Psychiatry.
【1】The common way which is less likely to be infected with the disease is ________.
A. to eat unwashed meat or undercooked vegetables
B. to clean a place where a cat once lived for a time
C. to pass the infection to her unborn baby during a woman's pregnancy
D. to reuse kitchen tools which have been used to cut raw meat
【2】What is the consequence if a woman is infected with the parasite in the passage?
A. Having a high fever.
B. Doing deliberate self-harm.
C. Keeping a depressed mood.
D. Becoming bad tempered.
【3】What can be inferred from the passage?
A. Women have a higher risk to be infected by the parasite than men.
B. The result of the research may help the scientists to find ways to stop suicide in advance.
C. The scientists will continue their research into the possible connection.
D. The risk of being infected seems to rise with the decreasing levels of the antibodies.
【4】Which of the following statements would probably be the best title of the passage?
A. Why are women more likely to commit suicide?
B. Women should keep away from cats
C. Ways found to deal with women's mental problems
D. Are women who own cats at a suicide risk?
24、British children’s writer Roald Dahl ate chocolates and sweets “pretty much every mealtime”, remembers daughter Ophelia Dahl.
After dinner, whether dining alone or entertaining guests, Dahl would pass around a little red plastic box full of Mars Bars, Milky Ways, Maltesers, Kit Kats and much more.
He knew the history of all the sweets and could tell you exactly when they were invented. 1937 was a big year when Kit Kats (his favorite), Rolos and Smarties (his dog, chopper’s favorite) were invented. He wrote a history of chocolate, lecturing schoolchildren to commit such dates to memory（熟记）, such as 1928 when “Cadbury’s Fruit and Nut Bar popped up on the scene”, saying. “Don’t bother with the Kings and Queens of England. All of you should learn these dates instead. Perhaps the Headmistress（女校长）will see from now on that it becomes part of the major teaching in this school.”
According to Dahl, the Golden Years of Chocolate were 1930-1937. In 1930, Roald Dahl was 14 years old. He was a student at Repton, a famous boys’ boarding school in England. It was a tough environment: those in authority were more interested in controlling than educating the students.
Ironically（讽刺地）, it was at this difficult period that chocolate became Dahl’s passion. Near Repton was a Cadbury chocolate factory. Every so often, Cadbury would send each schoolboy a sampler（样品）box of new chocolates to taste and grade. They were using the students---“the greatest chocolate bar experts in the world to test out their new inventions.
This was when Dahl’s imagination took flight. He pictured factories with inventing rooms with pots of chocolate and fudge（软糖）and “all sorts of other delicious fillings bubbling away on the stoves”.
“It was lovely dreaming those dreams…when I was looking for a plot for my second book for children. I remembered those little cardboard boxes（纸盒）and the newly invented chocolates inside them, and I began to write a book called Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.”
For the record, Roald Dahl did not like chocolate cake or chocolate ice cream. He said, “I prefer my chocolate straight.”
【1】What’s the purpose of the first paragraph?
A．To introduce the main topic---Roald Dahl.
B．To introduce Dahl’s love for chocolate.
C．To introduce main character’s daily life.
D．To introduce some important characters.
【2】What can we infer from the passage about Roald Dahl?
A．He treated himself with various chocolate after dinner secretly.
B．He has a good knowledge of chocolate, especially its history.
C．He used to lecture schoolchildren of a boys’ boarding school.
D．He only wrote some books related to the history of chocolate.
【3】What happened during the Golden Years of Chocolate?
A．It was a great time for children to get educated.
B．Those years stopped Dahl’s interest in chocolate.
C．Students could become chocolate experts then.
D．Roald Dahl’s passion for chocolate was lit up then.
【4】________ gave Roald Dahl inspiration to write Charlie and Chocolate Factory.
A．the dream about chocolates.
B．Factories with chocolate and fudge.
C．Those boxes with chocolate.
D．Chocolate cakes and ice cream
25、My husband and I only have one car． So after work I always walk to his office and wait for him to drive mc home．
One day, while I was waiting for him, a beautiful Cadillac near me．Honestly, the driver was probably the prettiest woman I had ever seen outside of a movie screen． Her eyes were as blue as the sea, and she had like an even row of pearls． Minutes later, a man came out of the building and walked over to her． They kissed and drove off．
Sitting there, dressed in jeans and a T-shirt, I wanted to cry． It is so that some people have it all．
The next week I saw her again, and after that it became almost to see her． I would wonder if she and her husband ate out a lot and where they went． I wanted her to the car so I could see her in full length． Did she wear classy, high-heeled shoes?
A few weeks, I was waiting in my usual spot and the lady's husband came over to their car．He opened the door． Slowly the pretty woman walked around to the passenger side— on a walking cane． She one leg with her hands and then the other one; she had a prosthetic（假肢） on her left leg and a brace （文架） on her right one．
When my husband arrived I told him about what had happened． He said he knew her husband and that, when the lady was 12 years old, she had been in a car that got stuck on the railroad tracks． Both her parents were killed．The rail company made a large with her because the crossing had no ; that is why she owned such a nice car．
For weeks I had this woman and her way of life． Now I realize how lucky I am．When you meet a person who seems to be much better off than you don't be appearances．
【1】A． rang up B． sped up C． went up D． pulled up
【2】A． cars B． hairs C. teeth D． fingers
【3】A． unfair B． lonely C． surprising D． touching
【4】A． strange B． boring C． stressful D． routine
【5】A． stay away from B． get out of C． look out of D． pick up
【6】A． putting B． turning C． leaning D． carrying
【7】A． skipped B． patted C． pressed D． lifted
【8】A． limited B． left C． knocked D． trapped
【9】A． arrangement B． fortune C． settlement D． contract
【10】A． signals B． stations C． pedestrians D． announcement
【11】A． ignored B． envied C． respected D． understood
【12】A． prevented B． limited C． blocked D． fooled
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Yuan Longping, 90, known as the “father of hybrid rice”，plays a crucial role in helping China achieve food security. Every morning what he does first is go to the field and works as a “farmer”. When asked how much his shirt was, he told the reporter that it was 35 yuan.
Deng Jiaxian, the Founding Father of China’s A-Bomb and H-Bomb, was the founder and promoter of China’s nuclear weapon cause. However, it was not until he died that his parents and many of his friends realized that he had produced such extraordinary achievements.
Li Junxian, without whom it would have been impossible for us to send the rocket into space, is one of the academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. In 2018, this 90-year-old party member, donated 3 million yuan to set up the Doctor Innovation Fund and the Hardship Assistance Fund.
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