1、The stormy and treacherous weather difficulty and uncertainty in the search for the missing passengers.
A.added to B.added up to C.added up D.added
2、I prefer ______ at home all night to make up the lost time rather than ______ TV programs.
A.stay; to watch B.staying; watching C.to stay; watch D.staying; watch
3、If there is a lot of work _________.I’m happy to just keep on until it is finished.
A.to do
B.to be doing
C.done
D.doing
4、Getting rid of a bad habit is ________ forming a good one.
A.an effort much as B.much an effort as
C.as an effort much as D.as much an effort as
5、My family used to live in _____ city of Shanghai but now have moved to _____ countryside.
A.a; a B.the; the C.a; the D.the; 不填
6、A large number of volunteers ________in the battle against the novel coronavirus since the end of last year.
A.was involved
B.had been involved
C.is involved
D.have been involved
7、Last month,an earthquake _______ six on Richter scale happened in the northern part of Indonesia.
A.measured
B.to measure
C.to be measured
D.measuring
8、Being able to _____ on a stage will for sure serve as a great inspiration for their future careers if they hold on.
A.shine B.pour C.benefit D.select
9、The woman burst into tears ________she was announced the winner.
A. that B. instantly
C. unless D. in case
10、Intelligence does not ________ mean success. You need diligence as well.
A. honestly B. formally C. simply D. necessarily
11、Lily is so shy that whenever she is introduced to strangers, she always at them quickly and then looks down at the ground.
A. stares B. glances
C. laughs D. points
12、The speed of cars and trucks is _______ to 30 kilometers per hour in large cities in China.
A.limited B.limiting C.limit D.to limit
13、In the last few months, China ________ great achievements in containing the spread of the coronavirus.
A.has made B.had made C.was making D.is making
14、______ to sunlight for too much time will do harm to one’s skin.
A.Exposed
B.Having exposed
C.Being exposed
D.After being exposed
15、―What’s the noise outside?
―It comes from the construction site.A library______.
A.is built B.is building C.will be built D.is being built
16、-- You seem to be in a really good mood.
-- I finished my last test today. ______! Now I'm free.
A.What a pity
B.What a relief
C.I've got it
D.You can't be serious.
17、There is a common belief among the students in our school _____ they should make great efforts to learn and reach the peak of their academic performances.
A.which B.that C.whether D.if
18、Eating too much fat can ________ heart disease and cause high blood pressure.
A.result from B.attend to C.contribute to D.lead in
19、— David has made great progress recently.
— _________, and _________.
A.So he has ... so you have B.So he has ... so have you
C.So has he ... so do you D.So has he ... so you have
20、— I’m delighted that we have accomplished this tough task successfully.
—_____. There is still a lot of work to be done here.
A.You can say that again B.It’s hard to say C.I’d rather you didn’t D.Far from it
21、This painting is splendid, but ______ we actually need it is a different matter.
A. that B. what
C. whether D. how
22、Maria has written two novels, both of ________ have been made into television series.
A. them B. that
C. which D. what
23、Time passed quickly and three years went by ______ we knew it. How I regret the time I wasted!
A. after B. till C. before D. when
24、Plants need water to grow; ____________friendship needs our heart and passion to develop.
A. similarly B. generally C. naturally D. fortunately
25、Today we are going to talk about the effects of smog ______ the environment.
A.to B.towards C.on D.in
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This course teaches you the basics that you need to know and gives you the skill you need to start creating your written works of art. You'll learn about writing novels, poems and even plays. It doesn't matter if you're already writing or if you want to learn more about it so you can start.
Course Number: 9770561
Course Type: Basic
Instructor: Dana Kristian
This course provides you with the tools and information you need to improve not only the speed when you read, but your understanding and focus as well. Speed reading will also provide you with useful tools that you can use when you have trouble in reading.
Course Number: 7550418
Course Type: Middle-level
Instructor: Stephanie Val
This course is about both vocabulary and language. Over 900 frequently used English vocabulary words are taught and each lesson is broken down to include basic English language ideas to improve proper sentence development. All is supported by several examples and exercises.
Course Number: 8900182
Course Type: Basic
Instructor: Carol Smith
This course will provide you with a review of the grammar and writing skills necessary when you take any high school or college test, or with your everyday writing and communication in your work.
Course Number: 7550403
Course Type: Public Education
Instructor: Henry Brown
【1】How long does the middle-level course last?
A.7 hours. B.10 hours.
C.14 hours. D.15 hours.
【2】Who can help you improve your spoken English?
A.Dana Kristian. B.Stephanie Val.
C.Carol Smith. D.Henry Brown.
【3】Which course is for the students taking a college exam?
A.Creative Writing for Beginners. B.Speed Reading 101.
C.Basic English Speaking Skills. D.ABCs of English Grammar.
27、 The negative health effects of being economical on sleep during the week can't be reversed by marathon weekend sleep sessions, according to a new study.
Researchers have long known that routine sleep deprivation can cause weight gain and increase other heath risks, including diabetes. But for those who force themselves out of bed bleary-eye each weekday after too few hours of shut-eye, hope springs eternal that shutting off the alarm on Saturday and Sunday will repay the weekly sleep debt and reverse any ill effects.
The research, published in Current Biology, crushes those hopes. Despite complete freedom to sleep in and nap during a weekend recovery period, participants in a sleep laboratory who were limited to five hours of sleep on weekdays gained nearly three pounds over two weeks and experienced metabolic disruption that would increase their risk for diabetes over the long term. While weekend recovery sleep had some benefits after a single week of insufficient sleep, those gains were wiped out when people plunged back into their same sleep-deprived schedule the next Monday.
“If there are benefits of catch-up sleep, they' re gone when you go back to your routine. It's very short-lived,” said Kenneth Wright, director of the sleep and chronobiology laboratory at the University of Colorado at Boulder, who oversaw the work. "These health effects are long-term. It's kind of like smoking once was-people would smoke and wouldn't see an immediate effect on their health, but people will say now that smoking is not a healthy lifestyle choice. I think sleep is in the early phase of where smoking used to be. "
Michael Grandner, director of the sleep and health research program at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, said the study reinforces the concept that people need to stop thinking of sleep as a balance sheet. Imagine a person who ate nothing but cheeseburgers and frenchfries Monday through Friday, but dined only on celery and kale on the weekend and tried to call that a healthy diet, he said.
Drastically cutting calories all week and then bingeing on a giant pizza on Saturday wouldn't restore balance either. That, he argued, is essentially what people are doing when they skip sleep on weekdays with the idea they can make up for it on the weekend.
Wright said that the study suggests people should prioritize sleep-cutting out the optional "sleep stealers" such as watching television shows or spending time on electronic devices. Even when people don't have a choice about losing sleep because of child-care responsibilities or job schedules, they should think about prioritizing sleep in the same way they would a healthy diet or exercise.
【1】Smoking is mentioned in Paragraph 4. _______.
A. as an example of short-term negative health effects
B. to show how short-lived catch-up sleep benefits are
C. to illustrate the effects of insufficient sleep on people's health
D. as a lifestyle choice causing immediate effects on people's health
【2】Those skipping sleep on weekdays and catching up sleep on weekends have the same mindset as those who believe that_____________.
A. cheeseburgers and frenchfries are healthy diets
B. Saturday pizzas contain a huge amount of calories
C. celery and kale are healthy if eaten on the weekend
D. junk food can be balanced by occasional healthy diets
【3】What can be inferred from the passage?
A. Weekend recovery sleep absolutely brings benefits to people's health.
B. To some degree, routine sleep deprivation can cause long-term health risks.
C. Valuing sleep, healthy diets and exercise help people keep fit.
D. Sleep will soon be like smoking as an unhealthy lifestyle choice.
【4】The passage is intended to___________
A. call on people to improve their sleep schedules
B. deny the health benefits of weekend recovery sleep
C. reinforce the negative effects of routine sleep deprivation
D. introduce a new study of the correlation between sleep and health
28、Many teenagers may have a very confusing time filled with anxiety in high school. Here are some powerful tips which can help you succeed in the years.
【1】You may be faced with too many choices in your life and it's unwise to try everything. Just focus on your favorite. Consider all the benefits that it brings into your life and then see how you can develop your passion into a possible career option.
Get away from the friends that offer poisonous advice and negativity. There is no place for that kind of behavior at any stage of your life. And you should value yourself highly enough to ret rid of these people. 【2】
Read as much as you can. Pick up a book on anything that expands your knowledge base Stop spending hours in watching your favorite TV shows.【3】 You’ll notice in a few days how you begin to see things in a different light.
Limit the time spent on social media. I am 19 years old, so I understand just how much time can be wasted on technology, especially the Internet and cellphones.【4】Instead once you spend that time enriching yourself, your life begins to shape and turn into exactly what you want It to be.
Make mistakes. Look at a mistake you’ve made from every possible angle and take the lessons from it.【5】You can’t achieve this by trying to be perfect all the time. It’s okay to make mistakes.
A.Get ready to try different things.
B.Know yourself and pick a direction.
C.Instead use that time to invest in yourself by reading.
D.Spend less time doing things that add no value to your life.
E.This does wonders for self-confidence and overall positivity.
F.Your teenage years are meant to be spent getting to know yourself.
G.It’s important for you to work hard to improve your scores in your study.
29、 Leap days(闰日)play an important role in keeping our calendars on track. It's all thanks to Julius Caesar.
Most years, the calendar is made up of 365 days. However, the Earth's turning around the sun is actually a little longer than that. It's about 365 1/4 days. This makes the calendar year a bit shorter than a solar year. If you're trying to set up an exact system for measuring the passing of time and changing seasons, this throws small trouble in the work. That was back in 46 B. C. when Julius Caesar was developing what came to be known as the Julian Calendar. He decided that every four years an extra day would be added to the calendar on the advice of an astronomer, Sosigenes.
At first, Caesar's way seems simple and direct. You “bank” those extra quarter days for a few years, and then spend them on a leap day. But as the centuries went on, people began to notice something was wrong—it was speeding ahead of the solar year. By the end of the 16th century, the calendar year had been as much as 10 days ahead. The solar year is actually a little shorter than Caesar and Sosigenes thought. “It's not exactly a quarter of an extra day. It's a little less,” says physicist Judah Levine. “So adding one day every four years was too much.”
Astronomers now know that a solar year is actually 365. 24219 days long. This may not seem like much under the Julian Calendar, but that little mistake led to about 11 minutes off a year. So in 1582, Pope Gregory decided to reset the calendar. He came up with something called “the century rule”. If the number of years is a multiple(倍数)of 100 and is divisible(可整除的)by 400, and if the number of years is not a multiple of 100 and is divisible by 4, an extra day is added. Pope Gregory was also responsible for setting leap day as February 29.
The calendar won't skip(跳跃)another leap year until 2100. That little setup has kept our calendars fairly accurate(精确的)for over 400 years.
【1】Who first came up with the idea of leap days?
A.Sosigenes.
B.Julius Caesar.
C.Pope Gregory.
D.Judah Levine.
【2】What is the purpose of setting up leap days?
A.To add one extra day to every year.
B.To make the Julian Calendar unique.
C.To teach people a method of saving time.
D.To make the calendar year equal to the solar year.
【3】What's wrong with the Julian Calendar?
A.It couldn't direct people in actual life.
B.It didn't completely agree with the solar year.
C.The calendar year was late more than 10 days.
D.It's not enough to add a leap day every 4 years.
【4】What year is a leap year?
A.1900.
B.1986.
C.2024.
D.2038.
30、One day I visited an art museum while waiting for my husband to finish a business meeting . I was expecting a quiet____of the splendid artwork.
A young____viewing the paintings ahead of me____nonstop between themselves. I watched them a moment and decided the lady was doing all the talking. I admired the man’s____for putting up with her____stream of words____by their noise, I moved on.
I met them several times as I moved____the various rooms of art, Each time I heard her continuous flow of words, I moved away____.
I was standing at the counter of the museum gift shop making a____when the couple approached the____. Before they left, the man____into his pocket and pulled out a white object. He____it into a long sick and then____his way into the coatroom to get his wife’s jacket.
“He′s a____man.” The clerk at the counter said. “Most of us would give up if we were blinded at such a young age, During his recovery, he made a promise his life wouldn’t change. So, as before, he and his wife come in____there is a new art show.”
“But what does he get out of the art?”I asked .“He can’t see.”
“Can’t see? You’re____. He sees a lot, More than you and I do,” the clerk said, “His wife____each painting so he can see it in his head.”
I learned something about patience,____and love that day. I saw the patience of a young wife describing paintings to a person without____and the courage of a husband who would not____blindness to change his life. And I saw the love shared by two people as I watched this couple walk away, their arms intertwined.
【1】A.view B.touch C.wander D.scenery
【2】A.lady B.man C.couple D.clerk
【3】A.yelled B.argued C.screamed D.chatted
【4】A.attempt B.patience C.wisdom D.independence
【5】A.vivid B.constant C.casual D.exciting
【6】A.Adopted B.Adapted C.Conducted D.Disturbed
【7】A.towards B.to C.through D.from
【8】A.anxiously B.slowly C.quickly D.sensibly
【9】A.comment B.decision C.purchase D.profit
【10】A.entrance B.queue C.front D.exit
【11】A.plugged B.reached C.held D.bent
【12】A.lengthened B.made C.brought D.broadened
【13】A.led B.found C.forced D.tapped
【14】A.brave B.rough C.smart D.generous
【15】A.wherever B.whatever C.whenever D.whichever
【16】A.wrong B.silly C.equal D.unique
【17】A.describes B.draws C.shows D.decorates
【18】A.kindness B.courage C.enthusiasm D.pride
【19】A.support B.expectation C.sight D.confidence
【20】A.allow B.hope C.get D.Cause
31、阅读下面课文原文,在空白处填入课文原文内容。
Festivals and celebrations of all kinds have been held everywhere since 【1】 times. Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of cold weather, planting in spring and 【2】in autumn. Sometimes celebrations would be held after hunters had caught animals. At that time people would 【3】 if food was difficult to find, especially during the cold winter months. Today’s festivals have many 【4】, some religious, some seasonal, and some for special people or events.
The most 【5】 and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring. 【6】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 【7】celebrate the Lunar New Year together. Some Western countries have very exciting carnivals, 【8】take place forty days before Easter, usually in February. These carnivals might 【9】 parades, dancing in the streets day and night, loud music and colorful clothing of all kinds. Easter is an important 【10】 and social festival for Christians around the world.
32、假定你是李华,新冠疫情爆发(COVID-19 outbreak)以来,你很关心你班外国交换生Tom的 近况。请给他写封邮件,内容包括:
1.询问近况;
2.提出防护建议;
3.表达祝愿。
注意:1.词数100左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
Dear Tom,
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Yours,
Li Hua