1、______ on Sept. 30th, 2021, the film Changjinhu soon became a great hit.
A.Releasing
B.Released
C.Being released
D.To release
2、House prices vary from place to place and are usually high ______ there are famous schools.
A.where B.when C.which D.whether
3、It is the first time that the local education authority ________ such strict requirements on going-to-school time for primary and middle school students.
A. makes B. has made C. had made D. made
4、The lucky man had a narrow ________ in series of accidents the other day.
A.escape
B.claim
C.lack
D.limit
5、I found my wallet and mobile phone ________ (steal).
A.had stolen
B.had been stolen
C.stealing
D.stole
6、The film If you are the one which was ___by Feng Xiaogang is very noted.
A. directed B. indicated
C. impressed D. instructed
7、Taking_________ from the heat under some trees, we enjoyed our picnic lunch as well as the fantastic view below.
A.rescue B. advantage C. shelter D. reward
8、As we know, it will still be some years before all the metro lines in Suzhou _____ into operation.
A.will be put B.are put C.will have been put D.are being put
9、—Will you help me with this mathematical problem? ________.
—Sure. Let me see.
A.It’s your turn
B.Go on
C.I’m stuck
D.See what I mean?
10、As there is less and less coal and oil, scientists are exploring new ways of making use of ______ energy, such as sunlight, wind and water for power and fuel.
A.primary
B.alternative
C.instant
D.unique
11、The settlement is home to nearly l, 000 people, many of ________ left their village homes for a better life in the city.
A.whom B.which C.them D.those
12、I assisted him to check all the story books ____ to the Hongshan Primary School next week.
A.sent B.sending C.to be sent D.being sent
13、—When shall we start the reconstruction of the old buildings?
—Not until_ by the local government.
A.will our program be approved
B.our program will be approved
C.has our program been approved
D.' our program has been approved '
14、The poor studying conditions the students are looking forward to _____ have attracted the local government’s attention.
A.see improved B.seeing improved C.saw improving D.seeing
15、Suddenly the string broke, leaving the kite flying free. , higher and higher until it was out of sight.
A. Up did it fly B. Up flew it
C. Up it flew D. Up did fly it
16、The Sun rises from _____east and sets to ____west.
A.the,the
B.a,a
C.a,the
D.the,a
17、Jane had just finished her homework ________ her mom asked her to practice playing the violin yesterday.
A. when B. while
C. after D. before
18、The news that Helen won the first prize _________ her family and friends.
A. challenged B. supported
C. defeated D. delighted
19、--- What else do you want to know about the cell phone?
--- _______ it can be used as a digital camera. You know, I’m into photography.
A. Whether B. What C. That D. How
20、________ long the bridge is! Let me drive you over it.
A.What
B.What a
C.How
D.How a
21、 Harry Potter is one of the most famous characters in the world. He is the main character of a series of books that have become a worldwide success. He is an English boy who has magical powers and discovers them when he goes to a special school for wizards. There are seven novels in the series, and the seventh in J. K. Rowling’s Potter series was published on July 20th, 2007. Some 3,500 fans queued for half a mile outside Waterstone’s flagship branch in central London on the night of July 20th, with an expected waiting time of four hours.
Parents and teachers are very happy about the books because children are spending more time reading than playing video games or watching television. It is incredible to see children waiting outside bookstores at night with their parents to buy the books. Some of the books are heavy and thick, but children don’t seem to mind. They rush inside the store when it opens and grab one or more copies. The books are sold out immediately, and parents sometimes fight with each other to buy the last one.
This has never happened to a book before. In the past, we saw kids or their parents running into a store to grab the latest popular toy like Cabbage Patch Kids. Harry Potter books have outsold these dolls, and they have set a world record as the best and fastest selling books in history. Large parts of the books are about Harry trying to understand his new identity and making the choices that come along with it, Harry Potter’s choices and problems are common problems that all young people have as they grow up.
【1】According to paragraph 1, which of the following statements about the Harry Potter books is TRUE?
A.Harry is the most popular character in the world.
B.Children don't mind waiting hours to buy the Harry Potter books.
C.Harry is an American who has magical powers.
D.The seven books in J.K.
【2】According to paragraph 2, parents are happy about the Harry Potter books because________.
A.kids no longer watch television or play video games
B.kids wait outside bookstores at night to buy the books
C.kids are reading more these days
D.kids are becoming more imaginative
【3】Why does the author mention Cabbage Patch Kids in the passage?
A.To better explain the success of the Harry Potter books.
B.To inform readers of the importance of reading.
C.Because they are more popular than Harry Potter books.
D.Because they were the most popular toys.
【4】What is the best title for this passage?
A.Harry Growing Up B.Reading Age Coming
C.Mad About Harry Potter. D.Harry's Life
22、One day a mime(哑剧演员) is visiting the zoo and tries to earn some money as a street performer. As soon as he starts to draw a crowd, a zookeeper pulls him into his office. The zookeeper explains that the zoo’s most popular attraction, a gorilla(大猩猩), has died suddenly and the keeper fears that attendance(出席人数) at the zoo will fall off. He offers the mime a job to dress up as the gorilla. The mime accepts.
The next morning the mime puts on the gorilla suit and enters the cage before the crowd comes. He soon discovers he can sleep, play and make fun of people and he draws bigger crowds than he ever did as a mime — the job he likes but loses.
However, with days going by, he begins to notice that the people are paying more attention to the lion in the cage next to his. Not wanting to lose the attention of his audience, he climbs to the top of his cage, crawls across a partition(隔墙), and dangles(悬挂) from the top to the lion’s cage. The lion gets angry at this. The scene is a fuel to the crowd.
At the end of the day he is given a raise for being such a good attraction — well, this continues for some time. The crowds grow larger, and the mime’s pay keeps going up.
Then one day when he is dangling over the lion he slides and falls. The mime is terrified. He starts screaming “Help me!”, but the lion is quick. The mime soon finds himself flat on his back looking up at the angry lion and the lion says, “Shut up you fool! Do you want to get us both fired?”
【1】The mime accepts the zookeeper’s offer because __________.
A.he has been out of work
B.he doesn’t like being a mime
C.he likes performing at the zoo
D.he is offered a higher pay there
【2】How does the mime find the job dressing up as the gorilla?
A.Hard and tiring.
B.Dangerous but exciting.
C.Easy and funny.
D.Boring but well-paid.
【3】The mime’s first contact with the lion is to __________.
A.find pleasure for himself
B.get the lion’s attention
C.get his pay raised
D.win back his audience
【4】The underlined words “a fuel” in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by __________.
A.frightening
B.disappointing
C.exciting
D.Familiar
23、Panera Bread has announced that it will update its menus with a series of climate-friendly food designed by the World Resources Institute (WRI) that helps inform consumers about how their food choices affect global climate change.
The “Cool Food Meals” sticker (标签) will appear on Panera Bread’s menu to show that the carbon dioxide used to create the ingredients (成分) is low enough to agree with the research published by the WRI, which matches agriculture and food-related emissions (排放) with the reduction in CO2 emissions needed to meet the 2030 Paris Agreement on climate change.
People are becoming more aware of climate change and its effects, but many still don’t know what they can do about it. Cool Food Meals helps people understand that taking action is as simple as what we eat. A busy parent or a college student—almost anyone—can now go into Panera and by choosing a Cool Food Meal, they are part of a growing group of people who are building a climate-friendly lifestyle.
In some ways, more consumers are looking for more climate-friendly food according to a small survey of 1,000 Americans aged 18-80. 69% of those surveyed said it was important to them that their food should be produced in a sustainable manner. 68% of participants said they tried to stay away from carbohydrates (碳水化合物) and sugar.
Through WRI’s Cool Foods Initiative (倡议), Various cities and universities have signed on to the Cool Foods Pledge (宣言) to try and turn civil food service bodies into ones that reduce the amount of CO2 in the supply chain.
According to WRI, first data shows that Cool Food Pledge Members have already reduced their food-related emission by 3%, which is beyond the course to reach the reduction aims in line with the Pans Agreement.
【1】What’s the purpose of the first paragraph?
A.To introduce the World Resources Institute.
B.To advertise Panera Bread.
C.To encourage new ideas.
D.To raise the topic of the passage.
【2】What do we know about “Cool Food Meals”?
A.It helps people to build a climate-friendly lifestyle.
B.It helps people to lose weight.
C.It contains higher carbon dioxide.
D.It gives people a chance to taste various food.
【3】What is most people’s attitude to the climate-friendly food in the survey?
A.Supportive.
B.Negative.
C.Uncertain.
D.Doubtful.
【4】In which section of a newspaper may this text appear?
A.Health.
B.Education.
C.Science.
D.Environment.
24、Nelson Mandela is respected and admired across the world. And to South Africans he is a superstar. He is a hero who shocked the world by fighting for peace between races, despite the 27 years he spent in the prison of the South Africa’s white, racist regime (政权)
Mandela, who won the nation’s first all-race elections after the fall of apartheid (种族隔离) in 1944, retired in 1999. But he remains as popular as ever.
“He’s loved by all people, whether you’re white or black, whether you’re young or old,” said Ali Bacher, South Africa’s former cricket (板球) chief.
His popularity has inspired an entire national industry. His portrait has appeared at many places, including on some goods. His face has appeared on a South African coin, a metropolitan (大都会的) area was named in his honor and some business leaders hope to build a massive, rotating statue in his likeness---- the Statue of Freedom. It would stand taller than New York’s Statue of Liberty.
His popular appeal is similar to that of John F. Kennedy with US or Winston Churchill in Britain, but few politicians in his times have achieved his level of admiration, said Tom Lodge, head of the political science department of the University of the Witwatersrand.” Sometimes it isn’t completely appreciated what a skilled performer Mandela has been throughout his political career. He is a very, very clever man,” However, he is far from perfect.
Most articles for his birthday, which appeared in every major South African newspaper on the day, briefly mentioned that Mandela did have his shortcomings. Then they returned to their flowing praises. “Through the ages, the human race has had its icons (偶像)---- men and women who rose above ordinary people to inspire their generation,” The Mail and Guardian Weekly said. “In our generation, the gods presented us Nelson Mandela.”
【1】Nelson Mandela is loved by all the people of South Africa because_____________.
A .he’s as popular as Kennedy and Churchill
B .he spent 27 years in prison
C .he’s a great fighter against the racialism
D .he won the first all-race elections
【2】Which of the following statements about Mandela’s portrait is true ?
A .It helps develop business
B .It appears on the Statue of Freedom
C .It is used to raise money for the Statue of Freedom
D .It is similar to that of John F. Kennedy or Winston Churchill
【3】The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means “_____________”
A .Mandela is as great as a god
B .We are proud to live in Mandela’s time
C .Mandela lives together with us all
D .We are proud to know Mandela
【4】What can we infer from the text?
A .Mandela is a very skilled politician
B .Most articles specially stressed Mandela’s shortcomings.
C .The Statue of Freedom is a present for Mandela’s birthday.
D .The article may have appeared in a newspaper on Mandela’s birthday.
25、Lara Harrison has always had a complicated relationship with her father.
Several times, Harrison felt she'd reached her breaking point and ________ her dad for months.
Still, she couldn't ________ him. Small actions showed he cared ________ he remained difficult to get close to: he went out of his way to ________ with tasks such as repairing her office. Harrison wanted the relationship to improve.
As her father reached his 70s, she realized that if they were going to re-establish ________ , they could not waste time. She made a conscious decision to change her ________ to him. If he was being moody during their time together, she'd end their interaction by thanking him for the visit and giving him a hug -- something that wasn't typical for them. The small interventions(干预) ________ ; he became kinder each visit, and his moods became ________ . Eventually he began reaching out to her, texting to ask, “How are you?” or saying he was proud of her, something she'd always longed to hear.
Rebuilding trust with her father ultimately helped her to engage in ________ . She realized she could also be stubborn when she felt ________ , and that her negative connection to her father made her less trusting of other people in her life. “I never allowed myself to dive deeply into relationships.
At the first sight of a challenge, I would blame others, get angry or leave. The effort it takes to be constantly ________ is exhausting,” she says. “It ________ you of life's happy moments.” Today, she's thankful to be able to approach others more ________ and with an open heart.
Trust is one of the most important elements of a safe, fulfilling and well-functioning relationship. ________ , it often isn't until something hurtful happens -- a spouse cheats on you; a boss makes fun of you in front of colleagues -- ________ we think about trust; we don't notice it until it's broken.
【1】
A.offended
B.abused
C.avoided
D.approached
【2】
A.abandon
B.find
C.help
D.please
【3】
A.because
B.so
C.but
D.though
【4】
A.help out
B.set out
C.make out
D.work out
【5】
A.connection
B.trust
C.contact
D.love
【6】
A.responses
B.solutions
C.access
D.secrets
【7】
A.ran
B.worked
C.performed
D.operated
【8】
A.violent
B.calm
C.stable
D.rough
【9】
A.self-confidence
B.self-respect
C.self-reliance
D.self-reflection
【10】
A.threatened
B.praised
C.suspected
D.recognized
【11】
A.on duty
B.on business
C.on guard
D.on display
【12】
A.rids
B.robs
C.reminds
D.warns
【13】
A.determinedly
B.enthusiastically
C.lovingly
D.amusedly
【14】
A.Therefore
B.However
C.Furthermore
D.Thus
【15】
A.which
B.what
C.how
D.that
26、书面表达
1.Do you like music?
1.What kind of music do you like best? Why?
2.Is listening to music good for your study? Share your opinions.
请根据上面的问题提示,写一篇120个字左右的短文,阐述您对音乐的看法。题目自拟。