1、With a lot of questions _________, the official is having a hard time.
A.answered B.to answer C.answering D.being answered
2、It was not until he came to my support________I freed myself from constant worries.
A.that B.when C.which D.so
3、Festivals ____ celebrate important time of year.
A.mean to B.are meant to C.are meaning to D.meant to
4、The heavy rain may ______ the landslide last night.
A.accounts for B.accounted for
C.have accounted for D.accounting for
5、The shabby house collapsed ________ the soldier could help the old woman out.
A.when
B.before
C.after
D.until
6、The injured from the shock in the traffic accident are lying in the hospital at the moment.
A.suffering
B.suffered
C.suffer
D.to suffer
7、—In spring, hens start laying eggs again, bringing a welcome source of protein.
—It is ____ that lots of cultures celebrate spring by honoring the egg!
A.no doubt B.no surprise
C.no way D.no need
8、I had no idea when World War Ⅱ________,so I turned to my teacher for help.
A.broke down B.broke in
C.broke out D.broke away
9、________ more information, you can log on to the website of our company or call 8858858.
A. To find out B. Finding out
C. Find out D. Having found out
10、Qingdao is an ______ city ______ the eastern coast of China.
A.attract; locating on B.attracting; lying in
C.attractive; located on D.attracted; lay in
11、You should put a small ______ of salt in a cake.
A. quality B. sum
C. amount D. number
12、Olympic athletes bring joy to people across the world with their____________ to push the boundaries of human achievement.
A. intelligence B. influences C. impression D. attempts
13、—_________ I don’t think I’ve got what you said.
—I was saying that I’d like there to be a wonderful party.
A.What? B.Repeat. C.Once again. D.Sorry?
14、On Sundays, many parents go to the boarding school _________ to see their children.
A.especially B.specially C.particularly D.in particular
15、You were very impolite to him, for _____ you should make an apology to him, I think.
A.this B.which C.what D.that
16、Forty days from now, the young athletes from all over China ____ part in the 2nd Youth Sports Meeting in our city.
A. will be taken B. would be taken
C. would be taking D. will be taking
17、The room___ 10 meters across is large enough for a single man to live in.
A. being measured B. to be measured
C. measures D. measuring
18、He spent quite some time trying to____what Kurt would be doing.
A.turn out B.reach out C.figure out D.look out
19、It is known to all that _______ you exercise regularly, you won’t keep good health.
A. unless B. whenever C. although D. if
20、We are very honored to invite the famous teacher and writer who ______ many books to give a speech to us.
A. have taken out B. have left out
C. has picked out D. has put out
21、He has a heart trouble and the doctor finds it difficult ______.
A. treating B. in treating C. to treat D. for treating
22、If people keep polluting the ocean, no creature there will survive ______.
A.at all cost
B.for a long while
C.in the long run
D.by no means
23、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
24、Unfortunately, when I arrived at the airport, Mr. Green ________. Therefore, we only had time for a few words.
A.has just left
B.was just leaving
C.had just left
D.just left
25、The small action of littering may______ disaster for small animals and their living environment.
A. lead to B. belong to C. refer to D. point to
26、 There are hundreds of types of birthday cake in the world. You are likely to enjoy one during at least one of your birthday parties. But have you ever stopped and wondered, “Why am I eating this? What makes this dessert fit to celebrate the day of my birth?”
It’s because you are as important and beloved as the gods.
The ancient Egyptians are thought to have “invented” the celebration of birthdays. They believed when pharaohs (法老) were crowned, they became gods, so their coronation (加冕) day was their “birth” as a god.
Ancient Greeks borrowed the tradition, but realized that a dessert would make the celebration more meaningful. So they baked moon-shaped cakes to offer up to the goddess of the moon. They decorated them with lighted candles to make the cakes shine like the moon. It is the reason why we light our birthday cakes on fire.
Modern birthday parties are said to get their roots from an 18th century German celebration. On the morning of a child’s birthday, he or she would receive a cake with lighted candles that added up to the kid’s age, plus one. This extra candle was called the “light of life,” representing the hope of another full year lived.
And then, torture — because no one could eat the cake until after dinner. The family replaced the candles as they burned out throughout the day. Finally, when the moment came, the birthday child would make a wish, try to blow out all the candles in one breath, and dig in.
Since the ingredients (原料) to make cakes were pretty expensive, this birthday custom didn’t become popular until the Industrial Revolution. More ingredients were available, which made them cheaper, and bakeries even started selling pre-baked cakes.
【1】What is the passage mainly about?
A.The origin of birthday cakes. B.The significance of birthday cakes.
C.The history of birthday parties. D.The introduction of cake production.
【2】Who established the tradition of celebrating birthdays with cakes according to the passage?
A.Germans. B.Pharaohs.
C.Ancient Greeks. D.Ancient Egyptians.
【3】The underlined word “torture” in Paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to ________.
A.pleasure B.replacement
C.sharing D.suffering
【4】Why was the birthday cake custom unpopular before the Industrial Revolution?
A.The transport was inconvenient.
B.The ingredients of cakes were expensive.
C.The cake could not be eaten before dinner.
D.The bakeries would not sell pre-baked cakes.
27、
Eating a big breakfast could help you burn double the amount of calories than if you eat a larger meal at dinner.
It could be the key to losing weight while also keeping blood sugar levels steady, researchers at Lübeck University in Germany said. Their study found filling up in the morning boosts a metabolism (新陈代谢) process known as diet-induced thermogenesis(DIT). DIT refers to the number of calories the body expends to heat the body and digest food. It was shown to be twice as high for those who ate more at breakfast than at dinner. On the other hand, a low-calorie breakfast increases appetite(食欲), especially for sweets, the researchers admitted.
The findings published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism were based on a laboratory experiment of 16 men. They consumed a low and high calorie breakfast and dinner one day—and then vice versa (反过来) on another. The study also showed increases in blood sugar and insulin concentrations, caused by eating a meal, was reduced after breakfast, but not so much after dinner. The results also showed eating a low-calorie breakfast caused sweet desires with a higher appetite. This suggests those saving all their calories for the end of the day may face consequences because they snack more.
The study adds to increasing evidence that the best way of losing weight is to eat your largest meal in the morning—and your smallest in the evening. Dr Richter, a neurobiologist at Lübeck University, said, “Eating more at breakfast instead of dinner could prevent obesity(肥胖) and high blood sugar.” Both obesity and high blood sugar can lead to many life-threatening illnesses including cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Previous research has shown DIT is lower in people with obesity. It’s seen as a measure of how well our metabolism is working.
DIT can differ depending on mealtime and is generally slower in the evening and at night due to our body clocks. Dr Richter said, “We recommend that patients with obesity as well as healthy people eat a large breakfast rather than a large dinner to reduce body weight and prevent metabolic diseases.”
Professor Daniela Jakubowicz, author of The Big Breakfast Diet, found that those who piled on the calories in the morning were more likely to feel satisfied, preventing snacking throughout the day. And another study by Professor Jakubowicz found that eating chocolate in the morning, when our metabolism is at its highest, prevented desires for sweet things later on.
【1】We can learn from the passage that DIT ________
A.is usually slower in the evening than during the daytime.
B.refers to the number of calories needed to heat the body.
C.has been found by the researchers in a Germany university .
D.may become twice lower when people eat a big breakfast.
【2】According to the study, eating a high-calorie breakfast can ______.
A.cause diabetes B.lead to obesity
C.keep appetite D.lower blood sugar
【3】What are the findings of the study conducted by the researchers at Lübeck University based on?
A.The observation of blood sugar changes.
B.Basic theories about diet-induced thermogenesis.
C.The data collected from a laboratory experiment.
D.Different experiments on people with different appetite.
【4】What’s the best title for the text?
A.DIT: lower in the morning or evening? B.A low or high calorie dinner
C.A big breakfast, or a large dinner? D.Less calories, better health
28、 It was dinner time for the Rangers, a group of mostly Indigenous (本地的) Australians who had spent a long day cleaning up the polluted beaches of the continent’s northern coast. Soon they would be eating freshly caught fish and seafood cooked under the stars on an open fire, as their ancestors did.
The Rangers are of more than 100 Indigenous groups spread across Australia who have taken on the job of protecting the land of their forefathers. In Arnhem Land, they are the protectors of 3,300 square miles of land and sea. They comb the beaches by hand, picking up as much rubbish as possible. The task is very difficult as each day it delivers waves of new rubbish.
For the Rangers, cleaning the beaches is more than a vacation. For a people whose culture is strongly tied to the land, protecting the environment is equal to preserving their history.
However, colonization forcefully broke their connection to the land generations ago. Indigenous people were displaced and their cultural practices outlawed. Tens of thousands of years of traditional land management ended, and as a result many parts of the country now face serious disasters from invasive plant and animal species, bush fires and land mismanagement.
In recent years, the government has restored more than 20 percent of Australia’s land to Indigenous owners. Since 2007,the Indigenous Rangers Organizations have been at work protecting this land.
Luck, one of the few non-Indigenous employees working with the Rangers, said the combination of old and new techniques and an appreciation for the culture of Indigenous workers has been critical to the program’s success.
“You are working with staff who see the world different to you, so there is a much higher focus on the cultural aspects of work and life,” he said.
“Being a ranger is a source of confidence. You feel strong,” said Terence, a senior ranger. “Here we still live on the land. The culture is still alive.”
【1】What did Indigenous Australians live on in the past?
A. Rubbish picked up by hand. B. Protecting the land.
C. Catching the fish and seafood. D. Invasive plants and animals.
【2】What do the Rangers think of cleaning the beaches?
A. It’s a job of their ancestors’. B. It’s just a vacation.
C. It’s a difficult task. D. It’s their culture.
【3】Why has the government restored the land to Indigenous owners?
A. The polluted land needs better management. B. Their cultural practices were outlawed.
C. The people were too strong. D. The land belongs to them.
【4】What can we learn from the last three paragraphs?
A. Not many employees are the Indigenous Australians.
B. Culture is important to the Indigenous Australians.
C. Their new techniques are successful.
D. Both Luck and Terence are rangers.
29、How to Make a Complaint in English
Most of us do not enjoy complaining. But sometimes we must do it to get a solution.【1】. An effective English complaint often has the following three steps.
Explain the problem
To do it effectively, you must use polite and respectful language.【2】.For example, if you are at a restaurant and the server forgets to bring your drink, saying “You didn’t bring my drink” may be too direct. It may sound critical and cause the server to become defensive. So you can use phrases to politely explain your problem.
State your feelings
This step is often not necessary.【3】. Some problems have easy and quick solutions. For example, politely telling people that they forgot something or overcharged you usually leads to a speedy solution. But imagine that you are receiving poor service.【4】. In these cases, you need to politely express how you feel.
【5】
The third step is to ask for action to be taken on the problem. This is an important step. Depending on who the listener is, you or they may need to ask someone else to take action.
A.Ask for action
B.Blame the problem on them
C.You should avoid complaining
D.It will depend on how bad the problem is
E.In English,polite language is usually indirect
F.Today,we will tell you how to make a complaint in English
G.Or,maybe there is a continuing problem in your apartment building
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
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Festivals and celebrations of all kinds have been held everywhere since ancient times. Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of cold weather, planting in spring and 【1】 in autumn. Sometimes celebrations would be held after 【2】 had caught animals. At that time people would 【3】 if food was difficult to find, 【4】 during the cold winter months. Today's festivals have many 【5】, some religious, some seasonal, and some for special people or events.
The most 【6】 and important festivals are the ones 【7】 look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring. 【8】 the Spring Festival in China, people eat dumplings, fish and meat and may give children lucky money in red paper. There are dragon dances and carnivals, and families celebrate the Lunar New Year together. Some Western countries have very exciting carnivals, 【9】 take place forty days before Easter, usually in February. These carnivals might include parades, dancing in the streets day and 【10】, loud music and colourful 【11】 of all kinds. Easter is an important religious and social festival for Christians around the world. It celebrates the 【12】 of Jesus from the dead and the coming of spring and new life. Japan’s Cherry Blossom Festival happens a little later. The country, covered with cherry tree flowers, looks 【13】 though it is covered with pink snow.
People love to get together to eat, drink and have fun 【14】 each other. Festivals let us enjoy life, be proud of our 【15】 and forget our work for a little while.
32、新冠病毒(the novel coronavirus)肆虐期间,学校停课,各类网课让学生停课不停学。你校英文报以Study Online为主题征文,请根据以下要点写稿参加:
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2.网络学习的利弊;
3.你的观点。
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