1、Students vary in the speed and manner in which they appreciate new ideas and ________ skills.
A.require
B.acquire
C.train
D.value
2、—Hey! Here is a message on my cell phone, telling me to send money to…
—Delete it. It is a trick. Many a person __________by such tricks so far.
A. has been taken in
B. have been cheated
C. were played a trick on
D. was taken advantaged of
3、—It is a long time I saw you last time.
—Yes. And it will be a long time we see each other again.
A. when; before B. after; when
C. since; before D. since; until
4、I can help you _________ I can.
A. even if B. as though
C. unless D. as far as
5、China may as well keep its growth above 7 percent. __________, the rate may be set between 6 to 7 percent, for the sake of a healthy environment.
A. Consequently B. Alternatively C. Accordingly D. Contrarily
6、It is important to make new laws and create international standards for these laws similar to _______ concerning international airspace.
A. what B. that C. those D. it
7、______ your own needs is as important as learning to express your emotions.
A. Understand B. Understanding
C. Understood D. Having understood
8、I don’t know when he ______ to work in that country, perhaps next week.
A.was tested B.will be tested C.has been tested D.tested
9、 By pretending to be ill, the candidate tried to run away from _______ issues, which always aroused too much debate.
A. confidential B. controversial
C. contemporary D. contradictory
10、But this is the first time that I ______ an application and the personal resume, so I don’t know ______ there is something to pay attention to.
A.had written; whether
B.wrote; what
C.have been written; why
D.have written; if
11、Maybe if I______science, and not literature then, I would be able to give you more help.
A. studied B. would study
C. had studied D. was studying
12、The paper was due next month, and I am working seven days ______ week, often long into ______ night.
A.a, the B.the, / C.a, a D./, the
13、---Sorry to_____________ you, but could I ask a quick question?
---No problem.
A.trouble B.prevent C.disappoint D.worry
14、 , the experiment will be successful.
A. If care fully doing B. If it was done carefully
C. If carefully done D. If doing carefully
15、The agent promised to keep the family members fully ______ of any developments.
A. inform B. Informing
C. informed D. being informed
16、Mark needs to learn Chinese ________his company is opening a branch in Beijing.
A. unless B. until
C.although D. since
17、 ________ the circumstances, it seemed better not to tell him about the accident.
A.Without
B.Under
C.Of
D.For
18、A week after his pet dog died,the old man completely and had to be sent into hospital.
A.broke out B.broke up C.broke down D.broke off
19、People have views on the policy published recently. Not everybody is in favor of it.
A. surprised B. excited C. frightened D. mixed
20、Try to be cheerful and funny in life, but when you ______ work, try to be as serious as you can.
A.make up for
B.get down to
C.come up with
D.break away from
21、Changing the definition of a library
Now that the Internet provides us with direct access to all kinds of information, some people say we don't need public libraries. 【1】
Finnish designers have used the new concept of a useful public space. 【2】The library opened its doors at the end of last year.
Antti Nousjoki, one of Oodi's architects, said the idea is to make the place “an indoor town square.” 【3】According to Tash Reith-Banks of the Guardian, this is quite different from the normal idea of libraries - “stale (陈腐的) and silent.”
Of course, Oodi still serves as a traditional library, with a catalogue of about 100,000 books. 【4】But considering the fact that Oodi has attracted almost a million viewers during the past four months, with around 7,500 daily visitors, it's providing more than just books.
While most libraries around the world offer Internet access and other services, Finnish libraries often differ themselves in services, including access to e-publications, power tools and even karaoke. 【5】Its multi-function rooms are designed to accommodate both noisy and quiet activities. It also offers devices like a 3D printer and recording studios.
“Oodi has been designed to give citizens and visitors a free space to actively do what they want to do —not just be a consumer," said Nousjoki.
A.Oodi goes even further.
B.It attracts many visitors with each new month.
C.Oodi has many advantages over traditional libraries.
D.Since opening, Oodi lends out 5,000 books each day.
E.Library Oodi pushes the boundaries (边界) of what a library can be.
F.This may be why some public libraries are finding new ways to serve the public.
G.The building was designed without inner support columns(柱子), so the inside is mostly a large open space.
22、A Japanese company has created a "smart“ mask (口 罩)that aims to improve communication for people wearing face coverings to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The use of face masks has become the new common practice in parts of the world still struggling to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. However, masks and other kinds of coverings can affect the quality of communication between wearers. The wearable electronic device (设备) called the "c — mask“ is meant to fit over other kinds of face masks commonly worn by the public. It's designed to better the exchange of conversation in such conditions.
The c — mask with a built-in microphone has holes in the front to let air in. When turned on, the mask uses Bluetooth technology to connect to a mobile device. An app then helps users do several actions, including turning speech into text, completing telephone calls and making the user's voice louder. The device can also translate a person's voice from Japanese into eight other languages.
Taisuke Ono, head of Donut Robotics, said the company was able to collect money to develop the smart mask through an activity on the Japanese crowdfunding (众筹)service Fundinno. He noted that the effort got $265,000 in just the first 37 minutes. It would usually take three or four months to collect that kind of money.
The company produced a working model of the mask within a month. Ono said the company plans to ship its first 5,000 c — masks to buyers in Japan. He is also looking to sell the devices in China, the United States and Europe and says he has received strong interest in the product.
【1】Why does the Japanese company develop the c — mask?
A.To increase their sales at home and abroad.
B.To help mask wearers communicate better.
C.To prevent the wide spread of the coronavirus.
D.To raise more money for the mask production.
【2】What can we learn about the c — mask according to the text?
A.It can deal with all the languages in the world.
B.It should be worn inside the common face mask.
C.It is connected to a mobile device through an app.
D.It has got great public support through Fundinno.
【3】What is Taisuke Ono's attitude towards the future of the c — mask?
A.Positive.
B.Doubtful.
C.Uninterested.
D.Worried.
【4】Where is this text most likely from?
A.A diary.
B.A brochure.
C.A magazine.
D.A novel.
23、For centuries, medical pioneers have refined a variety of methods and medicines to treat sickness, injury, and disability, enabling people to live longer and healthier lives.
“A salamander (a small lizard-like animal) can grow back its leg. Why can't a human do the same?” asked Peruvian-born surgeon Dr. Anthony Atala in a recent interview. The question, a reference to work aiming to grow new limbs for wounded soldiers, captures the inventive spirit of regenerative medicine. This innovative field seeks to provide patients with replacement body parts.
These parts are not made of steel; they are the real things --- living cells, tissue, and even organs.
Regenerative medicine is still mostly experimental, with clinical applications limited to procedures such as growing sheets of skin on burns and wounds. One of its most significant advances took place in 1999,when a research group at North Carolina’s Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine conducted a successful organ replacement with a laboratory-grown bladder. Since then, the team, led by Dr. Atala, has continued to generate a variety of other tissues and organs 一 from kidneys to ears.
The field of regenerative medicine builds on work conducted in the early twentieth century with the first successful transplants of donated human soft tissue and bone. However, donor organs are not always the best option. First of all, they are in short supply, and many people die while waiting for an available organ; in the United States alone, more than 100,000 people are waiting for organ transplants. Secondly, a patient’s body may ultimately reject the transplanted donor organ. An advantage of regenerative medicine is that the tissues are grown from a patient’s own cells and will not be rejected by the body’s immune system.
Today, several labs are working to create bioartificial body parts. Scientists at Columbia and Yale Universities have grown a jawbone and a lung. At the University of Minnesota, Doris Taylor has created a beating bioartificial rat heart. Dr. Atala’s medical team has reported long-term success with bioengineered bladders implanted into young patients with spina bifida (a birth defect that involves the incomplete development of the spinal cord). And at the University of Michigan, H. David Humes has created an artificial kidney.
So far, the kidney procedure has only been used successfully with sheep, but there is hope that one day similar kidney will be implantable in a human patient. The continuing research of scientists such as these may eventually make donor organs unnecessary and, as a result, significantly increase individuals’ chances of survival.
【1】 In the latest field of regenerative medicine, what are replacement parts made of?
A. Donated cells, tissues and organs.
B. Rejected cells, tissues and organs.
C. Cells, tissues and organs of one’s own.
D. Cells, tissues and organs made of steel.
【2】 What have scientists experimented successfully on for a bioartificial kidney?
A. Patients. B. Rats. C. Sheep. D. Soldiers.
【3】Why is generative medicine considered innovative?
A. It will provide patients with replacement soft tissues.
B. It will strengthen the human body’s immune system.
C. It will shorten the time patients waiting for a donated organ.
D. It will make patients live longer with bioartificial organs.
【4】 What is the writer’s attitude towards regenerative medicine?
A. Positive. B. Negative.
C. Doubtful. D. Reserved.
24、We need a varied diet, and one way to do this is by eating all the colors of the rainbow. The proof may be in the Mediterranean diet, which contains a lot of fruit, vegetables and healthy fats. “Eating a traditional Mediterranean diet means you consume different nutrients and phytonutrients,” says Francesco Sofi of the University of Florence. Phytonutrients are small chemical compounds produced by plants that help us digest larger nutrients.
Really, he adds, the colors of the Mediterranean diet are no different to other vegetable-based diets. There’re thus other reasons why it is among the healthiest. For example, Mediterranean populations traditionally boil, rather than fry, their vegetables, which preserves nutrients, Sofi says.
The health benefits of a diet rich in fruit and vegetables on our brain and heart are among the most consistent findings within nutrition science, says Deanna Minich of the University of Western States in Portland, Oregon. Plant foods contain thousands of phytonutrients.
According to Tian-shin Yeh of Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, eating a colorful diet can help people avoid possible side effects of eating too much of one food. “Research has found that orange juice can reduce the risk of cognitive decline, but too much intake is associated with type 2 diabetes,” she says.
Minich argues that the rainbow diet isn’t limited to fruit and vegetables, but includes other natural foods, such as herbs, spices, nuts, seeds, and even tea. She also considers white food as part of the rainbow diet, including tofu. Eating various colors could mean we eat more fruit and vegetables overall.
There’re other ways to get a range of nutrients and phytonutrients from your diet, researchers say. One study found that participants who ate bitter and strong tasting vegetables over 12 weeks had lower blood pressure and blood sugar. It’s also important to consider which parts of the plant you’re eating, says Yeh. “The nutritional values for cabbage and turnip aren’t that similar because one is the leaf and the other one is the root part of the plant,” she says.
【1】What else makes the Mediterranean diet healthy besides its rich content?
A.Its easy availability.
B.Its appealing colors.
C.Its ways of cooking.
D.Its easily being absorbed.
【2】What’s a good way to get nutrients and phytonutrients from a diet besides color?
A.Paying attention to taste.
B.Eating all parts of a plant.
C.Eating seasonally and locally.
D.Combining different diets every day.
【3】How does the author develop the text?
A.By listing health benefits of the rainbow diet.
B.By providing viewpoints of different experts.
C.By explaining the processes of related studies.
D.By introducing the popularity of the rainbow diet.
【4】What might be the best title for the text?
A.What colorful food is the healthiest?
B.How should we eat colorful food in life?
C.Where can we get healthy colorful food?
D.Why is eating colorful food good for you?
25、Twenty years ago, cable services (有线服务)were relatively expensive. When we requested our cable services be lowered to the basic package, we found the cable company had________ our service instead. After learning that we would have to pay for________, we decided to give it up altogether.
________they could no longer watch their favorite television shows, our daughter________into her bedroom, screaming about the injustice of it all. Our son looked upset while he________that the only shows he ever watched were cable-only stations.
I admit that the first week was the________. With so much time in hand, my children began________over little things. After a week of listening to my children constantly quarreling, I was almost________to re-order cable but gave up at the last minute. In the third week I was pleased to announce that no one had died of________. The children started enjoying more physical activities. We also organized________activities that requested the whole family's involvement. Besides, when I needed the children's help, I________heard, "Just a minute, Mom. I'll be there during the next________"
We found more time to talk with each other. We________the pleasure of reading, and board games had become a family affair. It truly was a________and a great way to reacquaint (重新熟悉) ourselves with one another. After all, shared activities and family affection________anything.
【1】
A.put off
B.cut off
C.turned down
D.taken down
【2】
A.reconnection
B.repair
C.improvement
D.change
【3】
A.Wondering
B.Remembering
C.Assuming
D.Realizing
【4】
A.slid
B.wandered
C.stormed
D.skipped
【5】
A.complained
B.explained
C.admitted
D.described
【6】
A.silliest
B.strangest
C.busiest
D.hardest
【7】
A.arguing
B.worrying
C.thinking
D.watching
【8】
A.able
B.ready
C.stressful
D.grateful
【9】
A.illness
B.sadness
C.anger
D.boredom
【10】
A.bonding
B.pleasant
C.complex
D.training
【11】
A.accidentally
B.usually
C.hardly
D.eventually
【12】
A.absence
B.commercial
C.activity
D.game
【13】
A.reevaluated
B.rediscovered
C.reconsidered
D.redefined
【14】
A.relief
B.reward
C.blessing
D.sacrifice
【15】
A.deserve
B.show
C.outweigh
D.influence
26、6月5日是世界环境保护日 ( World Environment Day )。作为中学生, 我们应该为环境保护贡献自己的一份力量,请以 “ How to Protect the environment” 为题写一篇英语短文,就目前环境存在的问题谈谈你的看法和建议。要点包括:
1)目前环境存在的问题;
2)作为中学生应该采取的措施(至少三条).
注意:1)词数80左右;
2 ) 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。