Throughout the entire day, there’s not a minute when we’re not on _______ run.
A./ B.a C.the D.one
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He was a medical student before he turned _______ writer.
A.a B.the C./ D.one
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Yesterday, the storm delayed us. _______ the storm, we would have been here in time.
A.But for B.If it were not for C.But that D.Unless
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Luckily, he wasn’t driving fast at the time of accident; otherwise, I am sure, it _______ a more serious accident.
A.would be B.were C.would have been D.had been
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At the back of the book _______ of the works available for further research.
A.listed are the titles B.are listed the titles
C.are the titles listed D.the titles are listed
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I don’t deny that smoking can be harmful, but _______.
A.so lots of other habits can B.so can lots of other habits
C.other habits can neither D.neither can other habits
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_______ in order to sit for the college entrance exam?
A.What did she suggest he read B.What did she suggest he reads
C.Did she suggest for him to read D.Did she suggest what he read
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Which of the following sentences is RIGHT?
A.It was not until the captain told the crew to abandon the ship did everyone queue for the lifeboats.
B.Not until did the captain tell the crew to abandon the ship that everyone queued for the lifeboats.
C.No one queued to get on the lifeboats until the captain told the crew to abandon the ship.
D.Until the captain told the crew to abandon the ship did no one queued for the lifeboats.
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Scientists say it may be five or six years _______ it is possible to test this medicine on human patients.
A.before B.after C.when D.since
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A story goes _______ Elizabeth I of England liked nothing more than being surrounded by clever and qualified noblemen at court.
A.when B.where C.what D.that
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You _______ through that red light, for you _______ an accident.
A.must have driven; should have caused B.could have driven; might have caused
C.couldn’t have driven; should have caused D.shouldn’t have driven; could have caused
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After careful examination, the policeman declared the blow on the victim’s head _______ from behind.
A.should have been made B.must have been made
C.would have been made D.ought to have been made
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She doesn’t stick to her exercises and a balanced diet. If she _______, she would remain slim and healthy.
A.had done B.would do C.did D.should
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It was said _______ had contributed to the project would be promoted.
A.who B.that who C.whoever D.that whoever
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Which of the following sentences is WRONG?
A.It was I that was going to attend the meeting.
B.It is the third time that he has visited the palace.
C.It won’t be long when she graduates from the college.
D.It is 9 years since the couple went back to their hometown.
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How can a country where teachers devote all their class hours to training students to take exams _______ to compete in the technology race with other countries?
A.expect B.expecting C.be expected D.being expected
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Mr. White, who I _______ to the south of France, still lives in London.
A.think to have moved B.think had moved
C.thought has moved D.thought had moved
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Which of the following sentence is NOT RIGHT?
A.Much though he admired the author, he didn’t dare to see her in person.
B.Search as they would, they could find no one in the woods.
C.A single mother as she was, she cultivated her child well.
D.heavily as it was raining, he insisted on having a walk outside.
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_______ about wild plants that they decided to make a trip to Madagascar for further research.
A.How curious the couple were B.So curious the couple was
C.The couple was such curious D.So curious were the couple
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When the policeman pointed his pistol at the burglar, _______ from the tenth floor.
A.jumped down he B.down jumped he
C.down he jumped D.down did he jump
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The actor called last night, saying that he wouldn’t be _______ to do the show on the 20th.
A.acceptable B.available C.convenient D.possible
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Nobody but my father can _______ the handwriting on the yellow envelope which is kept in the safe.
A.figure out B.look out C.make out D.find out
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— Is this table free, waiter?
— I’m sorry, sir, these two tables have just been _______ by telephone, but that one over there is free.
A.reserved B.ordered C.appointed D.taken
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If we go on consuming energy so wastefully, _______ are our oil wells will be dried up before new energy resources can be found to replace oil.
A.chances B.opportunities C.questions D.problems
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Being a policeman _______ frequently fighting with criminals.
A.joins B.involves C.includes D.contains
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He is among those old people _______ who witnessed and experienced the war decades of years ago.
A.live B.lively C.alive D.living
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Please limit the dose of this medicine, or it will have a bad _______ on your health.
A.affect B.affection C.effect D.influence
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The _______ of cigarette has to be cut down, as it is considered harmful to people’s health.
A.production B.product C.producer D.producing
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Photography is also important in daily life as a _______ of communication.
A.ways B.method C.means D.manner
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It being raining so heavily, he is not _______ to come.
A.likely B.probable C.possible D.impossible
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Leslie Morissette’s son, Graham, was 6 years old when he was diagnosed with leukemia. Throughout Graham’s ______ in the hospital, Graham connected with everyone he met, from elderly patients to younger children. “He would lend other sick children his toys or act silly to make them laugh.” Morissette said. “Graham’s special spirit is what kept me going. He gave me the energy and the ______ to fight with him.” In 1997, when he was 8 years old, Graham passed away.
______ by how Graham lived his life caring about others, Morissette ______ the nonprofit Grahamtastic Connection in his honor. The organization provides free technology - including computers, iPads, and robots - to children ______ cancer and other serious illnesses.
One of the major goals of Morissette’s work is to ______ kids to their classrooms, which really helps them continue their education despite hospitalizations and days missed from school.
The robots “transport” children right into the classroom in real time. They can operate the robots right from their hospital bed or home. If a child is unable to attend school, they can ______ log on to their tablet or laptop and call in to the robot. They can walk up and down the school paths. They can go to lunch with their friends. The real magic happens between classes, when they’re walking down the hallway with their friends, by robots, ______ their weekend and their favorite foods and other things. It’s great technology that really gives children the feeling of control, when their world is maybe ______ control.
“Every time I can help a child in need, I feel ______ Graham is smiling down.” Morissette said, “I believe that Graham’s love lives on in the work that I do. And I’m proud and privileged to be able to do it in his honor.”
1.A.surgery B.treatment C.vacation D.rest
2.A.focus B.strength C.resource D.attention
3.A.Confused B.Depressed C.Inspired D.Worried
4.A.left B.visited C.benefited D.founded
5.A.causing B.curing C.battling D.preventing
6.A.connect B.force C.invite D.throw
7.A.hardly B.accidentally C.simply D.luckily
8.A.talking about B.putting off C.depending on D.thinking of
9.A.under B.within C.away from D.out of
10.A.even if B.as though C.in case D.so that
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The fridge is considered necessary. It has been so since the 1960s when packaged food list appeared with the label: “Store in the refrigerator.”
In my fridge-less fifties childhood, I was fed well and healthy. The milkman came every day, the grocer, the butcher, the baker, and the ice-cream man delivered two or three times each week. The Sunday meat would last until Wednesday and surplus（剩余的）bread and milk became all kinds of cakes. Nothing was wasted, and we were never troubled by rotten food. Thirty years on food deliveries have ceased, fresh vegetables are almost unobtainable in the country.
The invention of the fridge contributed comparatively little to the art of food preservation. Many well-tried techniques already existed -- natural cooling, drying, smoking,salting, sugaring, bottling ...
What refrigeration did promote was marketing -- marketing hardware and electricity, marketing soft drinks, marketing dead bodies of animals around the world in search of a good price.
Consequently, most of the world’s fridges are to be found, not in the tropics where they might prove useful, but in the rich countries with mild temperatures where they are climatically almost unnecessary. Every winter, millions of fridges hum away continuously, and at vast expense, busily maintaining an artificially-cooled space inside an artificially-heated house -- while outside, nature provides the desired temperature free of charge.
The fridges’ effect upon the environment has been evident, while its contribution to human happiness has been insignificant. If you don’t believe me, try it yourself, invest in a food cabinet and turn off your fridge next winter. You may not eat the hamburgers, but at least you’ll get rid of that terrible hum.
1.The statement “In my fridge-less fifties childhood, I was fed well and healthily.” suggests that ____.
A.the author was well-fed and healthy even without a fridge in his fifties
B.the author was not accustomed to fridges even in his fifties
C.there was no fridge in the author’s home in the 1950s
D.the fridge was in its early stage of development in the 1950s
2.Why does the author say that nothing was wasted before the invention of fridges?
A.Because people would not buy more food than was necessary.
B.Because food was delivered to people two or three times a week.
C.Because food was sold fresh and did not get rotten easily.
D.Because people had effective ways to preserve their food.
3.Who benefited the least from fridges according to the author?
A.Inventors. B.Consumers. C.Manufacturers. D.Travelling salesmen.
4.Which of the following phrases in the fifth paragraph indicates the fridge’s negative effect on the environment?
A.“Hum away continuously”. B.“Climatically almost unnecessary”.
C.“Artificially - cooled space.” D.“With mild temperatures.”
5.What is the author’s overall attitude toward fridges?
A.Neutral. B.Critical. C.Objective. D.Compromising.
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Good Morning Britain’s Susanna Reid is used to grilling guests on the sofa every morning, but she is cooking up a storm in her latest role -- showing families how to prepare delicious and nutritious meals on a tight budget.
In Save Money: Good Food, she visits a different home each week and with the help of chef Matt Tebbutt offers top tips on how to reduce food waste, while preparing recipes for under ￡5 per family a day. And the Good Morning Britain presenter says she’s been able to put a lot of what she’s learnt into practice in her own home, preparing meals for sons, Sam, 14, Finn, 13, and Jack, 11.
“We love Mexican churros, so I buy them on my phone from my local Mexican takeaway restaurant,” she explains. “I pay ￡5 for a portion, but Matt makes them for 26p a portion, because they are flour, water, sugar and oil. Everybody can buy takeaway food, but sometime we’re not aware how cheaply we can make this food ourselves.”
The eight-part series, Save Money: Good Food, follows in the footsteps of ITV’s Save Money: Good Health, which gave viewers advice on how to get value from the vast range of health products on the market.
With food our biggest weekly household expense, Susanna and Matt spend time with a different family each week. In tonight’s Easter special they come to the aid of a family in need of some delicious inspiration on a budget. The team transforms the family’s long weekend of celebration with less expensive but still tasty recipes.
1.What do we know about Susanna Reid?
A.She enjoys embarrassing her guests. B.She has started a new programme.
C.She dislikes working early in the morning. D.She has had a tight budget for her family.
2.How does Matt Tebbutt help Susanna?
A.He buys cooking materials for her. B.He prepares food for her kids.
C.He assists her in cooking matters. D.He invites guest families for her.
3.Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A.Susanna visits a different family every other week and aims to cook meals for her family under ￡10 a day.
B.Susanna’s family loves Mexican food and they often go to Mexican restaurants.
C.The program aims to teach viewers how to understand the value of health from various products on the market.
D.Susanna’s cooking and her family’s eating styles have been greatly changed with the help of the team.
4.What does the author intend to do in paragraph 4?
A.Summarize the previous paragraphs. B.Provide some advice for the readers.
C.Add some background information. D.Introduce a new topic for discussion.
5.What can be a suitable title for the text?
A.Keeping Fit by Eating Smart B.Balancing Our Daily Diet
C.Making Yourself a Perfect Chef D.Cooking Well for Less
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There’s a new frontier in 3D printing that’s beginning to come into focus: food. Recent development has made possible machines that print, cook, and serve foods on a mass scale. And the industry isn’t stopping there.
Food production
With a 3D printer, a cook can print complicated chocolate sculptures and beautiful pieces for decoration on a wedding cake. Not everybody can do that -- it takes years of experience, but a printer makes it easy. A restaurant in Spain uses a Foodini to “re-create forms and pieces” of food that are “exactly the same,”, freeing cooks to complete other tasks. In another restaurant, all of the dishes and desserts it serves are 3D-printed, rather than farm to table.
Sustainability（可持续性）
The global population is expected to grow to 9.6 billion by 2050, and some analysts estimate that food production will need to be raised by 50 percent to maintain current levels. Sustainability is becoming a necessity. 3D food printing could probably contribute to the solution. Some experts believe printers could use hydro-colloids（水解胶体）from plentiful renewable like algae（藻类）and grass to replace the familiar ingredients. 3D printing can reduce fuel use and emissions. Grocery stores of the future might stock “food” that lasts years on end, freeing up shelf space and reducing transportation and storage requirements.
Nutrition
Future 3D food printers could make processed food healthier. Hod Lipson, a professor at Columbia University, said, “Food printing could allow consumers to print food with customized nutritional content, like vitamins. So instead of eating a piece of yesterday’s bread from the supermarket, you’d eat something baked just for you on demand.”
Challenges
Despite recent advancements in 3D food printing, the industry has many challenges to overcome. Currently, most ingredients must be changed to a paste before a printer can use them, and the printing process is quite time-consuming, because ingredients interact with each other in very complex ways. On top of that, most of the 3D food printers now are restricted to dry ingredients, because meat and milk products may easily go bad. Some experts are skeptical about 3D food printers, believing they are better suited for fast food restaurants than homes and high-end restaurants.
1.What benefit does 3D printing bring to food production?
A.It helps cooks to create new dishes. B.It saves time and effort in cooking.
C.It improves the cooking conditions. D.It contributes to restaurant decorations.
2.What can we learn about 3D food printing from Paragraphs 3?
A.It solves food shortages easily. B.It quickens the transportation of food.
C.It needs no space for the storage of food. D.It uses renewable materials as sources of food.
3.According to Paragraph 4, 3D-printed food _______.
A.is more available to consumers B.can meet individual nutritional needs
C.is tastier than food in supermarkets D.can keep all the nutrition in raw materials
4.What is the main factor that prevents 3D food printing from spreading widely?
A.The printing process is complicated. B.3D food printers are too expensive.
C.Food materials have to be dry. D.Some experts doubt 3D food printing.
5.What could be that best title of the passage?
A.3D Food Printing: Delicious New Technology B.A New Way to Improve 3D Food Printing
C.The Challenges for 3D Food Production D.3D Food Printing: From Farm to Table
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Fill in the blanks with proper words. The first letter is given.
One Sunday, Nick went skiing at Sugar-loaf Mountain in Maine. In the early afternoon, when he was planning to go home, a fierce snowstorm swept into the area. Unable to see far, he a 1. turned off the path. Before he knew it, Nick was lost, all alone! He didn’t have food, water, a phone, or other supplies. He was getting colder by the minute.
Nick had no idea where he was. He thought about all the survival s2. he had watched on TV. It was time to put what he had learned to use. He decided to stop skiing. There was a better chance of someone finding him if he stayed put（留下原地）. The first thing he did was to find s3. from the freezing wind and snow. If he didn’t, his body temperature would get very low, w4. could quickly kill him.
Using his skis, Nick built a snow cave. He got in. Then he piled branches on top of himself to stay as warm as he c5.. By that evening, Nick was really hungry and he ate snow and drank water from a nearby stream so that his body wouldn’t l6. too much water.
The next day, Nick went out to look for help, but he couldn’t find a7. to give him a hand. He knew that if he went too far, he might not be able to find his way back to the cave. He followed his tracks and returned to the snow cave, because w8. shelter, he could die that night. On Tuesday, Nick went out to find help. He had walked for about a mile when a volunteer searcher found him. After two days of being lost in the snow, Nick was saved.
Nick might not have s9. this snowstorm had it not been for TV. He had often watched Bear Grylls’ survival show “Man vs. Wild”. That’s w10. he learned the tips that saved his life. In each episode of “Man vs. Wild”, Grylls is abandoned in a wild area and has to find his way out.
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Fill in the blanks with the proper form of each verb given.
Conner 1. (wait) for the doors to open at his school in Wichita, Kansas, on August 14, when he suddenly started to cry. His autism（自闭症）sometimes makes him uncontrollable in his emotions. He wished his personal aide Judy were there to help, then he 2. (not make) such a scene at the school gate, crying.
Children 3. (diagnose) with autism can look and act very differently. Some can talk, while others cannot. Many are uncomfortable with noise. Some have trouble 4.(look) at other people in the eye. Children with autism have different abilities, such as artistic abilities. Some children with autism as well as a talent for music even have the chance5. (invite) to play in a band.
While Conner was crying his classmate Christian happened to glance at him. Christian 6. (may overlook) him like most kids would have, but he didn’t. Instead, Christian just reached over and grabbed Conner by the hand, 7. (make) Conner’s day better. The boys 8. (be) in classes together before this year, but they didn’t know each other well. Now they are inseparable.
A mom happened to snap a photo of the spontaneous act of kindness, and then posted the photo online. The attention has gone viral in the social media and many people 9. (touch) by this act of kindness.
“You can choose to see someone who’s having a really bad day and say something horrible to them and make their day even worse,” said the mom who snapped the photo. “Or you can choose the opposite and say something nice, hand a tissue to someone who 10. (cry) and make his day better.”
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Sentence transformation
1.His doctor advised him to quit smoking immediately.（改为表语从句）
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2.Tom didn’t realize the importance of learning a second foreign language until he worked abroad.（改为强调句结构，强调时间状语）
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3.The news of our being invited to the conference is very encouraging.（改为同位语从句）
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4.He said, “We met in 2017. We have been married for two years.”（改为间接引语）
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5.The children ate all the biscuits this morning. That’s why I can’t offer you any now.（改为虚拟语气，且if条件句需倒装）
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Read the following passage and answer the questions.
In South Korea, smart-phone cases come with rings fixed firmly on the back to prevent clumsy owners from dropping them. This makes people look like they are literally married to their phones. In many of Seoul’s most Instagrammable（网红）coffee shops, couples on dates spend vastly more time looking at their screens than at each other. The outcomes go beyond the potentially serious consequences for romance.
Walk around the streets of Seoul or any other South Korean city, and there is a real risk of bumping into people whose eyes are glued to their smart-phone screens. Insurers estimate that around 370 traffic accidents annually are caused by pedestrians using smart-phones. That figure does not include those who bump into lamp posts and the like while perusing the latest cat videos.
The government initially tried to fight the “smornbie”(a combination of “smart-phone and “zombie”) epidemic by distributing hundreds of stickers around cities imploring people to “be safe” and look up. This seems to have had little effect even though, in Seoul at least, it recently replaced the stickers with sturdier plastic boards.
Instead of appealing to people’s good sense, the authorities have therefore resorted to trying to save them from being run over. Early last year, they began to trial floor-level traffic lights in smomibe hot-spots in central Seoul. Since then, the experiment has been extended around and beyond the capital. For the moment, the government is retaining old-fashioned eye-level pedestrian lights as well. But in future, the way to look at a South Korean crossroads may be down.
Answer the following questions in COMPLETE sentences:
1.According to the passage, why do people look like they are married to their phone in South Korea.?
2.How many accidents annually are caused by pedestrian using smart-phones?
3.In many coffee shops, what do couples on dates usually do?
4.Distributing hundreds of stickers around cities had little effect on “smombie” epidemic, did it?
5.What measures did the authorities take early last year?
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Translation
1.比起读科幻小说，约翰更喜欢看纪录片。(prefer)
2.那名学者直到做完实验才离开实验室，锁上了门。(Not until 放句首)
3.为了避免尴尬，姚明搭乘地铁时假装正在玩手机。这似乎也合理。（定语从句）
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