1、-Have you ever heard that Marion Jones, an American famous athlete, took banned drugs in the 2000 Olympics?
-Yeah, I ___________ about it in the newspaper.
A. had read B. read
C. would read D. was reading
2、Apples of this kind _____good.
A.taste
B.tastes
C.is tasted
D.are tasted
3、Mom promised to buy me a nice gift for my next birthday, ______ beyond my imagination.
A. which B. that C. something D. the one
4、_______, I had no difficulty in finding the famous actor’s house.
A. Directing by Jack B. I was directed by Jack
C. With Jack directing me D. Directing me
5、It was in Beijing _________ I saw the film in 2019.
A.when
B.which
C.where
D.that
6、-Must I turn off the gas after cooking?
- Of course. You can never be ______ careful with that.
A. enough B. too C. so D. very
7、The film, My people, My country, ______ director is Chen Kaige, led the Chinese mainland box office when it was on.
A.whose B.which C.that D.what
8、--- Mum, I didn’t gain a high mark in the first English test.
--- ________! Work harder and you’ll succeed.
A.Well done
B.My pleasure
C.Cheer up
D.No way
9、The man _____ this house belongs is a friend of Wang Lin’s.
A. whom B. for whom C. to whom D. with whom
10、--- It’s a good idea. But who’s going to ______the plan?
---I think Tom and Greg will.
A.set aside
B.carry out
C.take in
D.get through
11、The advisers helped you talked through your problems but they don’t offer you any direct ________.
A.evolution
B.solution
C.resolution
D.dissolution
12、____ around the library, the visitors were taken to the playground.
A.Having shown
B.Having been shown
C.Being shown
D.To be shown
13、With diligent work ______ her a high reputation across China, Yangqian’s influence has expanded beyond shooting.
A.to earn
B.has earned
C.earned
D.earning
14、Dad was afraid that such a small loaf of bread won't ________ among this large family.
A. go out B. go ahead
C. go far D. go off
15、Sometimes I feet hungry_______ meals, so I eat an apple or a pear.
A.between B.among C.at D.under
16、Father broke into a violent ____ at the sight of his son being beaten by a big man and charged straight at him.
A. passion B. inspiration
C. friction D. occasion
17、 their age, the photographs have a modern feel.
A.Besides
B.Speaking of
C.Despite
D.Thanks to
18、I don’t think ______ possible to master a foreign language without much memory work.
A.that
B.which
C.it
D.this
19、A good teacher must______ to his students the importance of a proper learning method.
A. get across B. get through C. get away D. get over
20、Mark hasn’t turned up yet. He is ________that he has forgotten this appointment.
A.possible
B.probable
C.likely
D.maybe
21、 Coronaviruses(冠状病毒) are a large group of viruses. In this text, we’ll take a quick look at what’s recently known about the virus.
Covid-2019
The 2019 Novel Coronavirus, first reported December in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province, has quickly spread across the country and around the world.
Intermediate hosts (中间宿主) : The Covid-2019 may originate (起源) in bats, a team led by Chinese virologist Shi Zhengli said earlier, but the intermediate host remains unknown.
Incubation period(潜伏期): usually 1-14 days.
Infection: Virus may spread before symptoms show.
SARS-CoV
The SARS coronavirus was first identified in China in 2003.
Intermediate hosts: Bats are the original host.
Incubation period: 2-7 days.
Infection: Virus spread after symptoms show.
MERS-CoV
The MERS(中东呼吸综合征) coronavirus was first identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012.
Intermediate hosts: MERS-CoV was travelled from camel to humans.
Incubation period: 2-14 days.
Infection: Virus may spread before symptoms show.
【1】What might be the intermediate hosts of the Covid-2019?
A.Bats.
B.Mosquitoes
C.Camel.
D.Unknown yet.
【2】Which kind of coronaviruses spreads after symptoms appear?
A.SARS-CoV.
B.MERS-CoV.
C.The Covid-2019.
D.All Coronaviruses.
【3】What can we learn about coronaviruses ?
A.Bats are to blame for the outbreak of all the three coronaviruses.
B.The Covid-2019, SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV are all listed as coronaviruses.
C.Mers-Cov were first identified in China.
D.SARS-Cov has a longer incubation period than Mers-cov.
22、Dengue is a very painful illness spread by mosquitoes. In severe cases, dengue can even be deadly. Dengue is a serious disease affecting people in around 120 countries. It can cause high fevers, headaches, and severe pain. It’s caused by a virus spread by bites from mosquitoes. Therefore, dengue is more common in warm areas. Every year, roughly 390 million people get dengue, and as many as 25,000 die from it.
Now scientists seem to have found a way to protect humans from dengue by first protecting mosquitoes. Dengue fever is caused by a virus. Though it may seem strange to think of it this way, the mosquitoes that spread the dengue virus are also infected with it. But the virus doesn’t seem to hurt the mosquitoes.
Wolbachia is a kind of bacteria commonly found in many insects. In some insects, Wolbachia can keep some viruses from duplicating themselves, which is how viruses grow inside a body. Wolbachia isn’t naturally found in mosquitoes. But by infecting these mosquitoes with Wolbachia, scientists can keep the mosquitoes from catching the dengue virus. Even better, the young mosquitoes coming from the eggs of the infected mosquitoes also carry Wolbachia.
Researchers working with the World Mosquito Program (WMP) ran a 27-month study in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. They split a 10-square-mile area up into 24 smaller areas. In half of the areas, the scientists did nothing. In the other half, they set out containers of eggs from mosquitoes that had Wolbachia. They did this every two weeks for just 4 to 6 months.
Ten months later, 80% of the mosquitoes in the treated areas carried Wolbachia. The researchers report the number of dengue cases in the treated areas was reduced by 77% and that the number of people needing hospital care for dengue dropped by 86%.
Because the results of the experiment were so good, the WHO has placed Wolbachia-infected mosquito eggs in all parts of Yogyakarta and surrounding areas. The WHO says that within a year, their efforts will protect 2.5 million people against dengue and that their efforts will be turned into a program that can be repeated worldwide.
【1】What kind of disease is dengue?
A.It is likely to cause death.
B.It causes no pain but fevers.
C.It happens less often in hot areas.
D.It hurts both people and mosquitoes.
【2】The underlined word “duplicating” in paragraph 3 most probably means “________”.
A.worsening the harm of
B.expanding the size of
C.increasing forces of
D.making copies of
【3】What can be inferred about the method from the figures listed in paragraph 5?
A.Its wide use.
B.Its effectiveness.
C.Its complexity.
D.Its easy operation.
【4】What’s the WHO’s attitude towards the method?
A.Ambiguous.
B.Positive.
C.Tolerant.
D.Skeptical.
23、After traveling more than seven months in space,Tianwen I is one step closer to Mars! Tianwen 1,China's first Mars probe, successfully entered Mars orbit in February, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA).【1】
A small step on the red planet will be a big step for human beings. Humans have launched 46 Mars exploration missions since October 1960, but only 19 of them have been successful.【2】 .Tianwen I aims to achieve “orbiting, landing, and roving"all in one jourmey, which will make the country the world's first to accomplish all three goals with one probe, mission scientists said.
Among the three tasks, touchdown on the red planet is the most difficult.The result mainly depends on the "breathtaking seven minutes, which will deploy multiple cutting-edge technologies and accurate timing of each action, including the burning of engines and opening of parachutes to ensure a safe landing. 【3】
February was Mars month. NASA's Perseverance Rover landed on Mars on Feb 19, and China's Tianwen I and United Arab Emirates'(UAE) Hope have arrived within orbit of the redplanet. 【4】 The Mars mission Hope Probe successfully entered the orbit of Mars on Feb 9, the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) announced. Perseverance landed in a deep crater near the planet's equator called Jezero and will collect samples of rock and soil for further research, according to the BBC. Tianwen I's ultimate goal is to land a rover on Mars in May or June,and it will conduct scientific investigations on Mars' soil, geological structure, environment, atmosphere and water.
A.Although they started their Mars journeys at almost the same time, their missions vary.
B.It's China's first spacecraft to Mars,and the missions are rather ambitious.
C.It will stay in orbit for about three months before landing on the red planet.
D.After the "Chang'e series" lunar exploration mission came another space exploration project.
E.CNSA is willing to work together with the international community to make new and greater contributions to exploring the mysteries of the universe.
F.The previous success of Chang'e 5 has accumulated experience in this regard, which boosts confidence.
24、According to related new research, tropical cyclones (热带气旋), from hurricanes to typhoons, are moving more slowly across the globe than they did decades ago, meaning that they get more destructive power and last longer.
It may seem like a good thing that cyclones pace at a slower speed, but in fact it’s not the case. Although the cyclones are moving slower across the ground, they still get high wind speeds inside, which makes hard rains stay longer over communities.
“Nothing good comes out of a slowing storm,” says James Kossin, a climate scientist, “It can increase the amount of time that buildings are suffering strong wind. And it increases rainfall.”
According to Kossin’s findings, changing storm patterns (模式) is causing greater destruction in another way. He noted that the speed of global tropical cyclones slowed by an average of 10 percent from 1949 to 2016. The pace of the storms slowed even more as they made landfall in some regions (地区). In the western North Pacific, it slowed down by nearly a third. That means there will be more time for a storm that may already contain large quantities of water to give off more of it in each place.
Basing his research on the details of nearly 70 years’ worth of storms, Kossin did not try to determine the cause of the slowdown. Even so, the change is the expected result of climate change, just as he and other cyclone experts said.
Kossin’s work was considered to be “important and new” and “pretty reasonable” by Christina Patricola, who has been studying this issue.
It is Kossin’s hope that a model (模型) showing which communities are likely to be at the highest danger could be developed by scientists. Given that in some areas, the storms are moving poleward (极地) and gaining in strength as well, places not normally passed by could be affected by unusually heavy rainfall as a result. “These are not good things to be put together,” he says.
【1】Why do cyclones pacing more slowly cause more destruction?
A.They get higher wind speeds outside.
B.They cause more serious climate change.
C.They move poleward in a faster speed.
D.They make rains stay longer in a place.
【2】What has Kossin found about the western North Pacific?
A.The speed of the storms there slows more.
B.It has much wetter air than other areas.
C.It has higher danger of being hit by storms.
D.The storms there cause greater damage.
【3】Why does the author quote Christina Patricola’s words?
A.To attract more attention to research on storms.
B.To stress the importance of studying storms.
C.To suggest she is a leading scientist in this field.
D.To show that Kossin’s work has been recognized.
【4】In which section of a newspaper may this text appear?
A.Agriculture.
B.Science.
C.Health.
D.Education.
25、I didn’t expect parenting a teenager to be this hard. Lately, my son and I disagree at every corner. About schoolwork. His attitude. Screen time. On and on. _________ I say is met with an eye roll. My fuse (导火线) is admittedly shorter than normal right now, due to some unrelated _________ and illness.
On a recent _________ home, after picking up. my teen from school, we made a quick detour (绕行) for a grocery _________. As soon as the food was _________, my child snatched from the trunk a box of individually wrapped and processed snack cakes I’d unwillingly allowed.
As he oohed and aahed through mouthfuls of yellow cake and frosted coating, I silently questioned my decision to _________ him to do so.
But before we’d even _________ the parking lot (停车场), he asked me to _________. I just wanted this errand (差事) to be done. But then my son _________ me: He asked if he could share a few of his treasured treats with a homeless man, who stood coatless outside the store.
Of course, I stopped the car.
Actually, I hadn’t even considered the homeless in my rush to get home, __________ my car was packed with food. Without hesitation, my teenage son __________ the stranger a few little cakes. The man __________ us, and we continued on our way. Actually, my kid seemed __________: “What if he doesn’t like them?” he said. And a few seconds later, my son __________, “Mom! He’s already eating one!”
Throughout our journey home, we frankly discussed how difficult it must be for people experiencing __________. It was a __________ conversation with no quarrel or negotiations. __________ a time to reflect and count how much we have to be thankful for.
When we eventually turned into our garage, that same teenager expressing __________ for my recent illness—announced “You’re not unloading any of these bags. I got this, Mom.”
Yes, parenting a teen is harder than I __________. But it’s also __________: And, in that moment, you realize you’ve actually raised a pretty awesome human being.
【1】
A.Something
B.Nothing
C.Everything
D.That
【2】
A.disability
B.worries
C.challenges
D.tricks
【3】
A.subway
B.bike
C.bus
D.drive
【4】
A.pickup
B.checkout
C.workout
D.overuse
【5】
A.packed
B.loaded
C.created
D.delivered
【6】
A.addict
B.accommodate
C.allow
D.survive
【7】
A.entered
B.escaped
C.explored
D.exited
【8】
A.pull over
B.breath in
C.try out
D.run out
【9】
A.frightened
B.disappointed
C.surprised
D.struck
【10】
A.as if
B.if only
C.even though
D.in case
【11】
A.threw
B.showed
C.applied
D.handed
【12】
A.refused
B.thanked
C.greeted
D.cheated
【13】
A.joyful
B.worried
C.amazed
D.eager
【14】
A.cheered
B.added
C.stressed
D.inspired
【15】
A.disease
B.homelessness
C.independence
D.crash
【16】
A.rare
B.beneficial
C.responsible
D.shallow
【17】
A.Immediately
B.Partly
C.Often
D.Simply
【18】
A.shock
B.desire
C.suffering
D.concern
【19】
A.attempted
B.expected
C.appeared
D.explored
【20】
A.tougher
B.sweeter
C.more curious
D.more admirable
26、书面表达
假如你是李华,你的美国朋友Mike给你来信告诉你他要和父母在春节期间到中国度假。想询问有关中国传统节日———春节的情况,请你给他写一封回信向他介绍这个节日和庆祝活动等。(第一句已经给出)
Dear Mike,
I’m glad to know that you are coming to China with your parents and spend Spring Festival here.
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Yours,
Li Hua