一、单选题
1、He told me that he _______ here for ten minutes.
A、has come
B、had arrived
C、had been
D、came
2、In today’s class, he appeared to be _______ than he used to be.
A、very active
B、much active
C、more active
D、most active
3、_______ receiving the book, she went over the most interesting chapters first.
A、On
B、In
C、At
D、By
4、In the corner of the library, I found a book _______ cover was stained with ink.
A、who
B、whose
C、where
D、which
5、Judy hardly joins in any class activities, _______?
A、does she
B、doesn’t she
C、didn’t she
D、is she
6、I might fail, but I will keep doing it _______.
A、however
B、anyhow
C、whatever
D、yet
7、Every detail should be considered _______ that it won’t happen again.
A、to ensure
B、ensured
C、ensuring
D、ensures
8、With so many cars around here, we have no idea _______.
A、when to park
B、where to park
C、whenever to park
D、wherever to park
9、Doctors warned that the bad weather would _______ more cases of flu.
A、result from
B、bring in
C、result in
D、bring back
10、Online shopping, when properly _______, can save a lot of time, money and energy.
A、used
B、using
C、having used
D、is used
11、Illegal hunting and trading of wild animals will _______ severely in China.
A、punish
B、punishing
C、be punished
D、being punished
12、The country will double its _______ to reduce the economic losses caused by the earthquake.
A、affects
B、effects
C、affords
D、efforts
13、_______ high cost of living in big cities, many graduates choose to work in small cities.
A、Regardless of
B、Apart from
C、As for
D、Due to
14、Busy preparing a report, he couldn’t _______ the noise, and had to keep all the windows shut.
A、put up with
B、come up with
C、catch up with
D、keep up with
15、It is an online platform _______ people can buy and sell many kinds of things.
A、when
B、where
C、that
D、which
16、I like a house with a beautiful garden, but I don’t have enough money to buy _______.
A、one
B、it
C、this
D、that
17、He lifted the huge rock _______ drop it on his own feet.
A、so as to
B、but to
C、only to
D、in order to
18、It was on his 22nd birthday _______ the young man received his first job offer.
A、when
B、who
C、that
D、which
19、She visited several museums to _______ information for her research project.
A、receive
B、pick
C、acquire
D、gather
20、—Can I have a day off tomorrow, Mr. Smith?
— _______. I can’t manage it myself.
A、Of course
B、I’m afraid not
C、Don’t mention it
D、It depends
根据下面资料，回答21-30题
Many people may talk about the love of animals. Whether animals have emotions such as joy, love and heartbreak is still a 21 . It is generally thought that animals are just driven by their 22 . However, there is more than one example to suggest that they may display true love. A male goose Ado seemed to be in such a low 23 that he even did not have the desire to defend himself after the death of his mate. It was not until one year later that he 24 himself together and found another mate. A male parrot did not take a fine-feathered young female seriously; instead, he was 25 by an older female in extremely poor condition. 26 , the male gorilla Timmy rejected two female gorillas introduced to him and liked another gorilla Kate with an old age. Geese, swans, mandarin ducks, and coyotes are all symbols of marital faithfulness. Another example is that an otter Tibby was 27 by a man who got around with a walking stick and she showed great 28 for the man. 29 the death of her master, she made a habit of escaping and finding a man with a walking stick. Of course, there are different viewpoints about whether animals really experience emotions similar to human beings. It is still 30 and open to further research.
21、第（21）题选
A、mystery
B、problem
C、trouble
D、title
根据下面资料，回答31-35题
Each year, 1.3 million people worldwide die in car accidents. Ninety-four percent of those crashes are due to human en'or. This is a tragedy that self-driving vehicles can help prevent. That’s because computers can think better and react earlier than people.
As soon as we can show that a self-driving car can drive more safely than a human, we should expect to see many more such vehicles picking up passengers across the country--and eventually around the world. Self-driving cars will also help speed up the shift towards increased ride sharing and reduced car ownership. Many people already use ride-sharing services instead of owning their own cars. Self-driving vehicles are a great fit for ride sharing because machines have the potential to find the best routes for getting people to their destinations more safely and faster than human drivers.
A future in which more of us use ride sharing as our primary mode of transportation means we’ll need fewer cars overall, which comes with key benefits, including reduced road congestion and less time wasted in traffic. Fewer cars also means less pollution and fewer parking spaces. That would make room for more parks, bike lanes, and businesses.
Real-world testing is critical to getting this technology ready for nationwide use. That’s why some companies are testing self-driving cars in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Tempe, Arizona. Both cities have welcomed this technology with open arms.
A better future is within reach. We already have the technology. While it won’t happen overnight, self-driving cars will be an important part of the future of transportation.
22、According to the author, self-driving can reduce car crashes because self-driving cars ______.
A、can think
B、know directions
C、are controlled by computers
D、can avoid some human errors
根据下面资料，回答36-40题
It is hard to track the blue whale, the ocean’s largest creature, which has almost been killed off by commercial whaling and is now listed as an endangered species. Attaching radio devices to itis difficult, and visual sightings are too unreliable to give real insight into its behavior.
So biologists were delighted early this year when, with the help of the Navy, they were able to track a particular blue whale for 43 days, monitoring its sounds. This was possible because of the Navy’s formerly top secret system of underwater listening devices spanning the oceans.
Tracking whales is but one example of an exciting new world just opening to civilian scientists after the cold war as the Navy starts to share and partly uncover its global network of underwater listening system built Over the decades to track the ships of potential enemies.
Earth scientists announced at a news conference recently that they had used the system for closely monitoring a deep-sea volcanic eruption (爆发) for the first time and that they planned similar studies.
Other scientists have proposed to use the network for tracking ocean currents and measuring changes in ocean and global temperatures.
The speed of sound in water is roughly one mile a second—slower than through land but faster than through air. What is most important is that different layers of ocean water can act as channels for sounds, focusing them in the same way a stethoscope (听诊器) does when it carries faint noises from a patient’s chest to a doctor’s ear. This focusing is the main reason that even relatively weak sounds in the ocean, especially low-frequency ones, can often travel thousands of miles.
23、The passage is chiefly about ______.
A、an effort to protect an endangered marine species
B、the civilian use of a military detection system
C、the exposure of a U.S. Navy top secret weapon
D、a new way to look into the behavior of blue whales
根据下面资料，回答41-45题
A new study shows that plants are creating frequencies in response to their surroundings, or in other words, they are reacting. These “reactions” in plants, which we could see as analogical to human senses, are actually nothing new. We have learned over the past few years that plants are capable of seeing, hearing, and smelling.
And with this newest finding we are just one sense away from completing the five human senses in some plants. For the first time, plants have been recorded making airborne sounds when stressed, which researchers say could open up a new field of precision agriculture where farmers listen for water starved crops.
The researchers found that tomato and tobacco plants made sounds at frequencies humans cannot hear when facing situations such as lack of water or when being cut.
On average, drought-stressed tomato plants made 35 sounds per hour, while tobacco plants made 11 and unstressed plants produced fewer than one sound per hour.
The researchers trained a machine-learning model to tell difference between the plant’s sounds and the wind, rain, and other surrounding noises of the greenhouse, in order to correctly identify the source of stress. Results showed that drought-stressed plants make significantly more sounds than control plants.
Humans cannot hear the whole range of frequencies around us. If we could, we would likely become absent-minded and anxious by always hearing the frequencies around us including radio frequencies from cell towers near us or even cooking a frozen meal in the microwave. Thankfully, the range of human hearing is typically considered to be only 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz. That is why humans are not sensitive to the sounds that plants are making.
24、What is the newest finding about plants?
A、Plants can see.
B、Plants can hear.
C、Plants can smell.
D、Plants can speak.
根据下面资料，回答46-50题
New research is trying to find how we learn and make decisions exactly. To the brain, a new thought or idea is like a spider. If it works hard enough, a web of knowledge spins off frown it. Photos of the brain taken during learning actually show a kind of nerve cells firing, growing, and forming new connections. This is fascinating in itself, but what’s even more fascinating is that failure can cause this to happen.
That’s right; failure can enhance your brain.
Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck has compared the brain waves of people with growth and fixed mindsets. She finds that, when those with growth mindsets fail at a task, they would enter a more focused mental state. And as they try again and again, they improve. In effect, they’ve learned, and their brains have “grown”. Those with fixed mindsets, however, never enter this focused state of learning and show little advancement.
Antoine Beehara, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at the University of Southern California, has taken Dweck’s work a step further. He recently isolated two equally sized centers in the brain. These areas interact during the decision-making process. Although more research is needed, these centers may turn out to be the physical locations for Dweck’s twin mindsets.
“We always knew people could learn from their mistakes, but now we’re finding out exactly how and where this happens,” explains Beehara. “In a normally functioning brain, failure is taken as an opportunity for learning and strengthening the species.”
25、According to the passage, like a spider, a new thought or idea could ______.
A、come from hard work
B、enrich your brain
C、be very fascinating
D、form a knowledge web
二、简答题
26、We soon wearied of her complaint.
27、Taxi drivers usually remind passengers to take their belongings when they get off.
28、We currently wear masks in public to prevent COVID-19.
29、It was the stranger's support that enabled him to complete the university studies.
30、It is said that the gas price will go up this month, so we decide to take the subway to work.
31、我们现在住的房子离公司太远了。
32、接二连三的失败会让人对工作失去兴趣。
33、无论你说什么，我都不会放弃这个计划。
34、暑假期间，越来越多的学生选择兼职。
35、学生应该养成独立学习的习惯。
36、Directions: For this part, you are required to write a letter of complaint based on the outline given below. Please write it on the ANSWER SHEET.
假设你是李明，最近参加了某旅行社(travel agency)组织的一次旅行，但你对此次旅行很不满意。请你写一封投诉信，向客服(customer service)进行投诉，内容应包括：
1. 陈述投诉的原因(如酒店、饮食、交通及费用等)；
2. 提出你期待的解决办法。
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