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一、阅读理解
If you want to learn the culture of a city or a country, museums should definitely be added to your must-visit lists. We highlight some of the world’s most fascinating museums for you to explore to help you have a better understanding of native culture.
Design Museum Holon
Design Museum Holon is the first museum in Israel devoted to design. After being established, the museum opened on 3 March 2010, It is in the eastern part of the new culture area of Holon, The museum was noted by travel magazine Conde Nast Traveler as one of the new world wonders.
Bildmuseet
The museum was founded in 1981 by Umea University and it exhibits Swedish and international art, visual (视觉的) culture, design and architecture. In connection with the exhibitions program, it also arranges lectures, screenings, concerts, performances and workshops. In spring 2012, the museum moved into new places on the Umea Arts Campus.
Stedelijk Muscum Breda
Stedelijk Museum Breda is a historic museum in Breda, in the south of the Netherlands. It is housed in one of Breda’s oldest buildings. In its former life, it was a guesthouse for pilgrims (朝圣者) in 1246 as well as a hospital in the 16th century and an old men’s house in the 17th century.
The Palace Museum
The Palace Museum was built by the third Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Yong Le. The palace was built between 1406 and 1420, but was burnt down, rebuilt and renovated (翻新) countless times, so most of the architecture you can see today dates from the 1700’s and onward. It is now a major tourist attraction in China. 1.Which museum has the shortest history? A.Design Museum Holon. C.Stedelijk Museum Breda.
B.Bildmuseet. D.The Palace Museum.
2.What makes The Palace Museum different from the other three? A.It was repaired many times.
B.It is the oldest building in China.
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C.It arranges various activities. magazine.
D.It was highly praised by a travel
3.In which section of a website may the text appear? A.Lifestyle.
Pamela Malhotra has always attached great importance to education. However, life always seemed to “get in the way” every time she tried to finish her bachelor’s degree. The single mom was so devoted to working to support her two children that she repeatedly put her own education goals on hold, giving up her college program on two separate occasions over the years.
When he was just five years old, her son Bonifacio Malhotra noticed her struggling to get her degree, and he made a promise to help her. “I remember I just told my mom … one day, it’s gonna be you and me,” Bonifacio said. “We’re going to gain our degrees at the same time.” Those words proved to be prophetic for the mom-and-son duo, who currently walked across the stage at the university to collect their bachelor’s degrees together!
“That promise, he never allowed it to die,” said Pamela. “He continuously confirmed that we’re gonna do this.” Their path to graduation wasn’t easy, but Bonifacio stayed true to his promise and helped his mother along the way. The two hold two associate’s degrees each, so in the fall of 2021 they registered together in bachelor-level online courses. They both found the classes challenging, but Bonifacio stepped up as the cheerleader his mother needed. “Mom, you’ve got to keep it going. I know you want to stop. We must keep going,” Bonifacio recalled. “The main thing was just trying to get everything lined up and stay on top of all the work.”
It took the Malhotras two years to finish their bachelor’s degrees, hers in humanities and Bonifacio’s in public safety administration. Pamela plans to stay at her job as a coordinator, and Bonifacio has accepted a job at university to help other students succeed in college, too.
Pamela said she was incredibly proud of her son’s achievement, and she personally couldn’t have reached her lifelong goal without the support of her family, especially him. “Between my son and my daughter, they were my greatest supporter,” Pamela proudly said. 4.What does the underlined word “prophetic” in Paragraph 2 probably mean? A.Professional.
B.Particular.
C.Precious.
D.Predictable.
B.Business.
C.Education.
D.Culture.
5.What do we know about the Malhotras?
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A.They took online courses at the same time. B.Pamela thought the courses were more challenging. C.Bonifacio majored in humanities at university. D.Pamela now works as a university teacher.
6.Which of the following statement can best describe Bonifacio? A.He’s the good man of the house. C.He’s a man among men.
7.What can be the best title of the the passage? A.We Value the Time Being with Families B.Families Help Each Other C.The Home Is Our Heaven
D.Each Family Has Its Own Problems
He’s as big as a small golden dog and covered with scales (鳞片). He is the pangolin (穿山甲), an endangered animal.
According to the wildlife trade monitoring organization Traffic, about one million pangolins were killed from 2000 through 2013, mainly for their scales, which are used in medicine. Pangolins are sensitive creatures and picky eaters that only eat certain species of ants, a diet that’s very difficult to copy in the food chain.
“In the last decade, there’s been a huge growth trade in pangolins between continents, especially their scales,” says Dan Challender, chair of the pangolin specialist group. Previously, most pangolin killing happened within Asia, he says. This shift means that Asian pangolins are becoming difficult to find but that the value of the scales makes it worth the extra cost to take pangolins from Africa to Asia secretly.
All eight species of pangolins, four in Africa and four in Asia, are in danger of extinction due to the illegal trade. International trade in the four species of Asian pangolins has been banned since 2000. In the past few years, a ban on international commercial trade in all eight species has gone into effect. It was voted by 183 governments that are parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), which is in charge of cross-border trade in wild animals and their parts.
Pangolins are eaten as bushmeat in western and central Africa and by some local groups in South and Southeast Asia. Their parts also are used in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, and
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B.He’s a man of all work. D.He’s a man of his word.
elsewhere in sub-Saharan Africa as traditional medicine. Typically dried, ground into powder, and put into pills, pangolin scales are used in a range of traditional medicines to help mothers who have given birth to babies to recover. But they are now endangered. Perhaps no pangolins can be seen when our next generation grow up. 8.What do you know about pangolins from Paragraph 2? A.Their meat is very delicious. B.Their scales are of great value. C.They are smaller than young dogs. D.They are on the top of the food chain. 9.Why are pangolins brought from Africa to Asia? A.Pangolins are cheaper in Africa. B.No laws protect pangolins in Africa. C.People in Asia can really save pangolins.
D.Pangolins have sharply decreased in numbers in Asia. 10.What does the fourth paragraph mainly tell us?
A.Pangolins have many different species. B.The bans on pangolin trade are ineffective.
C.People used to take advantage of pangolins in different ways. D.Governments have tried to contribute to the protection of pangolins. 11.What’s the author’s attitude towards pangolins’ future?
A.Positive.
In the digital age, we are becoming accustomed to technological innovations, and the fact that they can have a deep impact on our lives.
The number of the smartphone adult users has reached 85 percent in the UK population. Meanwhile streaming and 5G tech are changing the way we watch movies, TV shows and sports events. But Artificial Intelligence(AI) is probably the biggest game-changer of them all. The biggest impacts have nothing to do with robots or even digital assistants like Google Home. Here are two real-world applications of AI that are already changing our world for the better
One is better medical diagnose. If you had some illness, would you want to be diagnosed by a doctor or a machine? You’d probably say the former, but in reality, the question is not
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B.Uncaring.
C.Concerned.
D.Confident.
that simple. Today, human expertise and AI work side by side to make faster, better diagnoses. Think of it this way—a doctor can spend an hour reading six or seven cases while AI can do six or seven thousand in seconds and then present the doctor with a range of possible medical conditions along with their related probabilities.
The other is reducing fraud( 欺 诈 ) . Fraud against big businesses seems nothing to do with us. In fact, it often ends up affecting us all, especially when insurance companies, for example, are forced to increase the premium( 保 费 ) to cover losses. AI is being used more and more in insurtech, both to speed up the claim( 索 赔 ) process and to mark possibly fraudulent claims more reliably. It does this by analysing big data trends. Faster processing and reduced fraud are good news for everyone, and that can save money for us. 12.What has affected the way of our lives most?
A.Reading books. C.Smart robots.
B.Digital assistants. D.Artificial Intelligence.
13.What does the underlined word “expertise” mean in paragraph 3? A.Professional knowledge C.Medical conditions
B.Interesting hobbies D.Scientific research
14.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A.AI can benefit us a lot. B.AI can help us earn money. C.AI makes the claim process slow. D.AI makes us increase the premium. 15.What is the best title for the text?
A.How AI Is Reducing Fraud in Our Live. B.How AI Is Touching All Our Lives for the Better. C.What Advantages AI Is Bringing to Medical Diagnose. D.In What Aspects AI Is Changing the Way of Entertainment.
Honesty has always been a traditional virtue in China. Despite the passage of time, honesty has been passed down as a mainstream value. 16 A famous Chinese idiom (成语), yinuo qianjin, tells such a story. In the early Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 24), a general named Ji Bu was known for being courageous and honest. Legend has it that whenever Ji made a promise, he would spare no effort to fulfill it.
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17 There was a saying widely spread: It is better to have a promise from Ji Bu than to get hundreds of ounces of gold.
18 During the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Li Daquan, a successful businessman in Shanxi province, was visited by a friend who came up with a new idea. In ancient China, carrying a large quantity of cash was not only a heavy burden but could also put the owner in danger. His friend proposed that a draft (汇票) be issued to replace the real cash. This draft was not only a promise to pay, but also a claim that an amount of coin equals to the specified amount and the draft could be cashed everywhere. Li readily agreed and kept his word. The story soon got around, and Li’s honesty brought him a flood of customers and a booming business. 19 It is called the predecessor (前身) of the Chinese banking industry. His banking business eventually expanded into 35 branches across the country. Rishengchang has been preserved and turned into a museum now.
In today’s China, the spirit of honesty is still well-respected. 20 Their stories are broadcast across the country to set good examples and promote the virtue of honesty.
A.China selects national role models every year. B.China is a country that values and rewards honesty. C.Everyone should follow suit and be an honest person. D.Honesty is priceless and honesty also brings creativity. E.Such a virtue of honesty earned him a good popularity. F.It is also shown in countless tales throughout China’s history. G.Li Daquan later set up China’s first draft bank, Rishengchang.
二、完形填空
I had a wonderful Easter (复活节) when I was four years old. On Easter morning, there was a 21 to find Easter eggs. “We will get an egg, right?” I asked my mom. “Yes, of course,” she replied, with a 22 smile. The staff member in charge of the hunt 23 that when she yelled “Go”, the hunt would begin. “Get ready!” the staff member yelled. “We are starting in 3…2…1…GO!” Kids rushed across the lawn (草坪), 24 from one tree to another searching for the plastic Easter eggs filled with candy. Ten minutes passed but I had nothing to 25 . 试卷第6页,共10页
I looked across the lawn and saw the other kids 26 holding up their plastic eggs and knew my chance of finding even one egg was getting 27 . Just then my mom pointed to a tree across the lawn. “Look! There’s one!”
A shiny blue plastic egg was resting on the ground 28 the base of the tree. I looked up at my mom in 29 . However, instead of smiling back at me, she was turning to the left, in the 30 of another mom. The two moms were alternating (交互的) between 31 at each other and at what appeared to be the last Easter egg.
I hadn’t seen my mom run before that day. She had been born with 32 knees and when she was in elementary school she had worn special shoes to 33 a foot problem.
The other mom also ran toward the shiny blue egg. In one last 34 of speed, my mother reached the tree, bent down and 35 the egg. “Yay! I got an egg!” I shouted in excitement. 21.A.competition 22.A.worrying 23.A.confirmed 24.A.climbing 25.A.change 26.A.patiently 27.A.greater 28.A.against 29.A.surprise 30.A.distance 31.A.looking 32.A.normal 33.A.cause 34.A.burst 35.A.sorted out
B.performance B.confident B.proved B.rolling B.gain B.intentionally B.worse B.behind B.excitement B.charge B.laughing B.hard B.correct B.move B.headed to
C.presentation C.forced C.claimed C.running C.lack C.cheerfully C.smarter C.above C.confusion C.direction C.throwing C.special C.answer C.sense C.picked up
D.discussion D.doubtful D.explained D.counting D.approach D.seriously D.slimmer D.across D.regret D.company D.whispering D.weak D.describe D.limit D.set aside
三、语法填空 语法填空
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A teenage girl named Jennifer Jones 36 (report) to have been rushed to hospital, for she felt unwell and fainted in her morning PE lesson yesterday. Fortunately, she is 37 a stable condition now and will make a full 38 (recover) in a day or two. Jennifer thought 39 (skip) meals would be a simple way to lose weight, but her friend Laura didn’t think so. Laura once warned her not 40 (miss) meals, but in vain. Jennifer’s case is 41 reminder of the dangers of 42 (healthy) weightloss habits that have become common among teenagers. In fact,some extreme “quickfix methods” have too many sideeffects, 43 do great harm to the teenagers’ health. What teenagers should do is to have a healthy 44 (balance) diet, keep regular hours and get plenty of exercise. Only in this way can teenagers get into shape safely and 45 (effective).
四、书信写作
46.假定你是李华,你校将要举办一场有关“Benefits of Running”的知识讲座。你打算邀请外教Cooper参加。请用英语给他写封电子邮件告知此事,要点如下: 1. 讲座的地点与时间; 2. 讲座的主题与内容;
3. 自我推荐做Cooper的翻译(translator),期待他的参加。 要求:字数100字左右。 Dear Cooper,
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Yours, Li Hua
五、书面表达
47.阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Our Garfield became a mostly indoor cat. He used to wander outside but we discovered
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he had a terrible sense of direction, so now he has to stay inside. He does not enjoy being on the inside looking out, but it’s safer for him so that’s how it has to be.
When Garfield isn’t sleeping, he’s either sitting on a windowsill (窗台) or sitting with his wet nose pressed against our glass door overlooking the deck (木质平台), like a prisoner behind bars. As he ages, he earns back his outside rights an hour per day because he shows us that he will stay close to the back deck.
When we let him out last week, a thunderstorm arose out of nowhere. By the time we heard the crack of lightning and remembered Garfield was outside, we opened the door to see nothing but strong wind and heavy rain. My daughter Janette put on her rubber boots and raincoat to check around the house, but Garfield was nowhere to be found. The thunderstorm obviously had scared him into a run in the wrong direction. Who knew where he would end up?
It took me forever to fall asleep that night. I prayed (祈祷) someone would protect him and help him find his way home. As I continued praying, I realized that in my daily prayers for my family, I rarely included Garfield. Now that he was gone, maybe forever, I realized what an important part of our family he was. I prayed for his safe return.
My husband Peter was the first one up at 6: 00 a. m. He checked the doorstep, but no Garfield was in sight. I saw my neighbor Heidi taking her dog out for a walk, and I asked her to please keep her eyes open for our cat. Janette and her three brothers all walked around the house that day looking like they had lost their best friend. Peter decided to look for Garfield around the neighborhood.
注意:1. 续写词数应为150左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Peter and I drove around to search the neighborhood.
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I was saying to myself “Never say never” when I heard something scratching the door at
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10: 00 p.m.
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