1、Is there any possibility ________ scientists will find a planet like our earth in the near future?
A. that B. which C. what D. whether
2、_____ the honored national hero, we set up a primary school _____ after him.
A.In honor of; naming B.In face of; named
C.In place of; naming D.In memory of; named
3、“Boeing is in contact with the US National Transportation Safety Board, and our technical experts are prepared to assist with the investigation ________ by the Civil Aviation Administration of China,” Boeing China said in a statement on Tuesday.
A.led
B.lead
C.leading
D.is led
4、— You’ve taken the lead in the test again. Can you share your ______ for success with us?
— Remember, the early bird catches the worm.
A. bonus B. recipe
C. glory D. fancy
5、——How about eight o’clock meeting outside the cinema?
——That _____ me fine.
A.matches B.meets C.satisfies D.suits
6、Please bear in mind that nobody but doctors or nurses____ to enter the patient's room.
A.allow B.allows C.is allowed D.are allowed
7、— The water changes into thick ice covering rivers and lakes in winter in Harbin.
— _________ in Urumqi and children go skating on it then.
A.So is it B.So it does C.So it is D.So does it
8、Smoking is__________ in the building.
A.balanced B.based C.blamed D.banned
9、It is suggested that one should develop some hobbies, which may help ________ pressure and depression.
A.rid
B.lead to
C.keep free from
D.reduce
10、There are many dictionaries here, but which one ________you?
A.is belonging to
B.is belonged to
C.belongs to
D.belong to
11、Some great people said it was their primary school teachers and their lessons _______ they were fond of ________ influenced their whole lives.
A.which; that B.that; which
C.which; which D.that; that
12、Mother Teresa _______ great contribution to the world peace, _______ she was awarded the Nobel Price in 1979.
A.might have made, because B.must have made, for
C.could have make, since D.should have make, as
13、You probably have been in such a situation ________ you are asked to help a foreign friend.
A.which B.as C.where D.why
14、The function of an advertisement is that it can __________customers to buy the kinds of goods.
A. employ B. persuade C. prepare D. urge
15、There is a new problem involved in the popularity of private cars________road conditions need________.
A.that;to be improved B.which;to be improved
C.where;improving D.when;improving
16、Young readers often find the novels of Dickens than Thackeray's.
A.far more exciting B.even much exciting
C.so more exciting D.a lot much exciting
17、I was ________ asking him what that work might be, but something in his manner showed me that the question would be an unwelcome one.
A.at the edge of B.on the point of
C.in the case of D.at the mercy of
18、It won't be long _our summer vacation begins, but my vacation plans are still up in the air.
A.when B.until C.that D.before
19、I saw a man shouting at a driver ______ car was blocking the street.
A.that
B.which
C.whose
D.who
20、When I met him the other day,it was the first time we ______ each other since we graduated from school.
A. saw B. have seen
C. were seeing D. had seen
21、“I can work for the rest of today,” the boy answered. “I'll work all night, until dawn, and I'll clean every piece of crystal in your shop. ___________, I need money to get to Egypt tomorrow.”
A.In vain B.In advance
C.In return D.In accordance
22、The company ___ a rise in salary for ages, but nothing has happened yet.
A.has been promising
B.has promised
C.promised
D.promises
23、_______ matters most in learning languages is enough practice.
A.What B.Why C.As D.Which
24、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
25、His firm character accounted _______for his success.
A. in general B. in place C. in particular D. in part
26、 Speaking in an interview, Naveen Jain, founder of a space exploration company called Moon Express, said that he believes moon travel is just a decade away. And his company, which is the first private firm to get approval from the U.S. government to carry out the project of moon travel, wants to play a role in helping people get to the moon surface.
'I believe in the next ten years, there is going to be gentlemen on their knees asking their sweethearts, honey, will you go to the moon with me for honey moon?' Jain said in the interview.
Many people in the technology and scientific communities are crazy about space exploration. Space presents an unprecedented(史无前例的)number of chances for scientific and human advancement. Companies, big and small, are determining how they can create technologies that would allow people to explore space, the moon, and even Mars. Other companies are eyeing ways to play a role in space travel.
The key of that gold rush has been the declining cost of actually getting to space. Jain said that while it once cost billions of dollars to go to the moon, his company's unmanned space flight next year will cost just 7 million. As costs continue to decline(减少),he believes that within the next decade, getting to the moon will cost just $10,000.Better yet, it'll take just four hours to get there.
Still, Mars is the final prize. And even Jain, whose company will focus on moon travel, said that 'Mars is certainly the right place to be finally. ' When asked if he'd like to stage space fights to Mars, Jain said 'of course', adding that he believes Moon Express could partner with Elon Musk's SpaceX to make that happen.
'Elon will build the rocket and we do the travelers,' Jain said of a theoretical partnership. 'Generally, he lays the cables and we do the last mile.'
SpaceX and Musk have not said whether they would work alongside Jain and Moon Express. Either way, it looks like hopping from the moon to Mars (and back) might be just a part of our lives.
【1】We can learn about moon travel from the passage that
A.it will take less time and money
B.it is already available for all
C.few people are interested in it
D.its future is not bright at all
【2】What does the author mean by saying 'Mars is the final prize'?
A.Mars is the final destination difficult but valuable to reach.
B.Mars is the final destination expensive but easy to reach.
C.Mars is the first destination to choose for space travelers.
D.Mars is the last destination to choose for space travelers.
【3】What can we learn from the passage?
A.Moon Express is certainly an ideal partner for SpaceX.
B.SpaceX hasn't decided to cooperate with Moon Express.
C.Moon Express and SpaceX used to be close partners.
D.SpaceX has been successful in moon travel exploration.
【4】The passage above is most probably taken from the ______section of a newspaper.
A.entertainment B.education C.technology D.literature
27、In a landmark study, published in the journal Nature Communications, researchers placed the genetically modified (转基因的) mosquitoes in a special laboratory that has similar conditions to sub-Saharan Africa, where mosquitoes spread malaria, a deadly disease.
The male mosquitoes were engineered with a sequence of DNA known as a “gene drive” that can rapidly transmit a mutation (突变) that wipes out populations of the insects. The goal is to create a powerful new tool to fight malaria.
Years of additional research will be needed to prove the approach works and the mosquitoes would be safe to release into the wild. The project would also require approval and agreement by local residents in areas where those mosquitoes live, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa.
The modification consisted of a mutation in a gene known as “doublesex”, which female mosquitoes need for normal development. The mutation deforms the mouths of mosquitoes, making them unable to bite and spread the disease. It also deforms their reproductive organs, making them unable to lay eggs.
“The mutation is combined with a gene drive, a selfish type of genetic element that spreads itself in the mosquito population,” said Tony Nolan of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, who helped develop and test the mosquitoes.
Because of fears of disturbing the delicate balance of ecosystems, the researchers have taken extraordinary steps to prevent the insects from escaping. The scientists first tested the mosquitoes in a high-security basement lab in London, where the mosquitoes destroyed unmodified mosquitoes in small cages.
To try to test the mosquitoes safely under more natural conditions, the researchers built a special high-security lab in Italy, which has similar environment to the natural environment in sub-Saharan Africa. It is also designed to keep their gene-drive mosquitoes from escaping. For example, anyone entering the most secure part of the lab had to pass through a special room that would prevent any mosquitoes from exiting. The lab was purposefully located far from Africa in case, somehow, any mosquitoes managed to get out.
【1】What’s the purpose of the research?
A.Treat mosquito bites.
B.Fight a deadly disease.
C.Enlarge populations of insects.
D.Create a new sequence of DNA.
【2】What will happen to the genetically modified mosquitoes?
A.They will lay more eggs.
B.They will be unable to bite.
C.They will be made into medicine.
D.They will be killed after the research.
【3】What are the researchers concerned about?
A.Affecting the balance of the ecosystem.
B.The safety of the subject insects in the lab.
C.Lacking natural conditions to do experiments.
D.The spread of gene drive among mosquito populations.
【4】What can be inferred about the researchers’ experiment?
A.It has already achieved desired results.
B.Some mosquitoes escaped from the lab.
C.Research work had to be stopped due to safety concerns.
D.The mosquitoes failed to adapt to the conditions in the lab.
28、Youth is a stressful time from friends to school to families, and stressful situations become common. The body can respond (反应) with faster breathing, a fast beating heart, tense (绷紧的) muscles and drop of sweat. And teens who breathe polluted air appear to respond most strongly to stress, a new study shows.
Jonas Miller, a psychologist working at Stanford University ,studied whether or how air pollution might affect the body’s response to stress. Miller's team invited 144 teens to participate in a stressful test. Most of the kids lived in or near San Francisco,which has the worst air quality.
Before the test, the researchers used sensors(感测器) to record heart rates and sweat levels for five minutes as the kids rested. Then as the test began, a researcher read aloud the beginning of a story and the kids had five minutes to make up an exciting ending to the story. They would have to memorize their ending and present it aloud to a judge. After finishing this task, the kids were asked to do math problems, which obviously was a harder task. If he or she made a mistake, the judge let the student start over. The whole time, sensors recorded heart rates and sweat levels.
Miller found all the students had similar heart rates and sweat levels at rest. But as the test got difficult, differences began to appear. Kids from places with more air pollution responded more strongly to stress and their heartbeats became irregular. They sweated more than teens who lived in cleaner places.
"The teens' bodies were preparing to deal with possible challenges in the environment and such bodily responses to stress were linked to negative feelings", Miller concludes. Over time, he says, "these responses can contribute to both physical and mental health problems."
This study has proved the negative health effects of air pollution among teenagers. Therefore, teenagers should try to avoid their exposure (暴露) to air pollution They should consider limiting their time outside during rush hour, especially on days when air pollution is particularly strong.
【1】What happened to teens in stressful situations?
A.Their bodies react strongly.
B.Their muscles cause pain.
C.They become seriously sick.
D.They have trouble in breathing.
【2】What can we learn about the test?
A.The judge of the test was strict with the kids.
B.The kids enjoyed making up endings of stories.
C.Those breathing polluted air doesn't have more stress in life.
D.The kids gradually felt more stress in the process.
【3】From the study we can infer that tens should ____.
A.solve their mental health problems
B.spend less time outside in heavy traffic
C.learn to deal with stressful situations
D.enjoy more outside activities in good weather
【4】Where is the passage probably from?
A.A report on pollution.
B.A geography book.
C.A psychologist's diary.
D.A science magazine.
29、Hey,you—look up! Our iPhone addictions(瘾)are destroying public space and damaging the normal social communication. The host collects phones at the door of the dinner party. At a law firm,partners keep a“no-mobile phone”policy at meetings. Each day,a good number of people gather outside NewYork’s high schools, offering, for a small price, to store students’ mobile phones during the day. In public, it’s hard to think of a place beyond the darkness of the movie theater where phone use isn’t allowed. In truly public space-on sidewalks,in parks,on buses and on trains—we move with the face down, our phones shine like flashlights,
Consider the case of a recent murder on a San Francisco train. On Sept.23,in a crowded car, a man pulled a gun from his jacket. He raised the gun,pointing it across the aisle. He drew it out several more times, once using the hand holding the gun to wipe his nose. Dozens of passengers stood and sat just feet away—but none reacted. Their eyes,focused on smartphones, didn’t lift until the gunman fired a bulletin into the back of a San Francisco State student getting off the train.
There are thousands of similar stories that together sound the alarm for a new understanding of public space. In Japan,more than a dozen people fall off railway platforms while looking at their phones each year. Some experts there have called for bans on texting. Besides,many train station notices remind people to look where they are going,and even mobile phone companies have begun to educate users about the dangers of looking at a phone while walking.
The development of information technology is separating us from our surroundings. The urban theorist Malcolm McCullough writes“Closed in cars, often in headphones,seldom in places where they can communicate in person seldom choosing face-to-face meetings,moden citzens escaped from public life.
【1】The author wrote Paragraph2 to_______.
A.explain how the mobile phone destroyed public places
B.list the examples of using mobile phones
C.tell us to use mobile phones in public places
D.make us believe the great changes of using mobil ephones
【2】What can we conclude from the murder case on a SanFrancisco train?
A.The murder didn’t shoot the passengers on the train.
B.Many people were aware of the murderer before he shot.
C.It is no good ignoring other people around when taking trains.
D.Smartphone addictions have changed the normal social communication.
【3】How did the author develop the passage?
A.Giving examples.
B.Listing numbers.
C.Comparing facts.
D.Making conclusions.
【4】The author in the last paragraph suggested_______.
A.smartphones have taken little people’s attention
B.the development of information technology has a good effect on people
C.too much use of smartphones may do harm to people’s communication
D.smartphones may change modern people’s life completely
30、 Born in America, I spoke English, not Chinese, the language of my ancestors. When I was three, my parents flashed cards with Chinese ________ at my face, but I pushed them ________. My mom believed I would learn ________ I was ready. But the ________ never came.
On a Chinese New Year’s Eve, my uncle spoke to me in Chinese, but all I could do was ________ at him, confused, shaking my head. “Still can’t speak Chinese?” He ________ me, “You can’t even buy a fish in Chinatown.”
“Hey, this is America, not China. I’ll get some ________ with or without Chinese.” I replied and turned to my mom for ________.
“Remember to ask for fresh fish, Xin Xian Yu,” she said, handing over a $20 bill. I ________ the words, running downstairs into the streets of Chinatown.
I found the fish ________ surrounded in a sea of customers. “I’d like to buy some fresh fish,” I shouted to the fisherman. But he ________ my English words and turned to serve the next customer. The laugh of the people behind increased ________ their impatience. With every ________, the breath of the dragons on my back grew stronger—my blood boiling—________ me to cry out, “Xian Sheng Yu, please.” “Very Xian Sheng,” I repeated. The crowd burst into laughter. My face turned ________ and I ran back home ________, except for the $20 bill I held tightly in my hand.
Should I laugh or cry? They’re Chinese. I’m Chinese. I should feel right at ________. Instead, I was the joke, a disgrace (丢脸) to the language.
Sometimes, I laugh at my fish ________, but, in the end, the joke is on ________. Every laugh is a culture ________; every laugh is my heritage (传统) fading away.
【1】A.custom B.games C.characters D.language
【2】A.ahead B.around C.along D.aside
【3】A.when B.before C.unless D.until
【4】A.success B.study C.time D.attempt
【5】A.aim B.joke C.nod D.stare
【6】A.cared about B.laughed at C.argued with D.asked after
【7】A.right now B.from now C.at times D.in time
【8】A.decision B.permission C.information D.preparation
【9】A.repeated B.reviewed C.spelled D.kept
【10】A.farm B.stand C.pond D.market
【11】A.guessed B.forgot C.doubted D.ignored
【12】A.by B.near C.with D.from
【13】A.second B.effort C.desire D.movement
【14】A.forcing B.allowing C.finding D.leading
【15】A.bright B.blank C.pale D.red
【16】A.open-mouthed B.tongue-tied C.empty-handed D.broken-hearted
【17】A.service B.home C.risk D.root
【18】A.trade B.confidence C.challenge D.experience
【19】A.it B.us C.me D.them
【20】A.treasured B.lost C.valued D.reflected
31、新概念英语原文填空(答案可能是一词或多词)
An ancient bus stopped by a dry river bed and a party of famous actors and 【1】 got off. 【2】 in dark glasses and old clothes, they 【3】 special precautions so that no one should recognize them. But as they soon discovered, disguises can sometimes be too perfect. …‘It couldn’t be 【4】, Gloria,’ Brinksley Meers agreed.
Snow 【5】 thick on the ground. The woman knew that the 【6】 village was miles away. When it grew dark, she turned a suitcase 【7】 a bed and put the children inside it, 【8】 them with all the clothes she could find. During the night, it got 【9】 cold. The woman kept as near as she could to the children and even tried to get into the case 【10】, but it was too small.
32、假定你是中学生李华,你的外国朋友Harry写信向你了解新冠疫情对中国中学生学习的影响。请根据以下提示,给他写一封回信。
1. 基本情况:如延迟开学;网络授课;返校日期等候通知等;
2. 对网课的感受和认识:如网课与学校课堂的不同及利弊等;
3. 自己的想法或期盼等。
注意:1. 词数80左右;
2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
3. 开头结尾已为你写好。
4. 参考词汇:新冠疫情 the novel coronavirus epidemic
Dear Harry,
I’m glad to receive your letter. _______________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Thank you for your concern.
Yours,
Li Hua