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Ⅰ.单词拼写
1.I am leaving to concentrate on writing fictions (小说).
2.The workers expected to share out a yearend bonus (红利).
3.It is an absurd (荒谬的) theory and no one will believe it.
4.He was praised for his fairness and high integrity (诚实正直) .
5.On the ceremony he showed neither decency (体面) nor dignity (庄重).
6.They decided to suspend (暂停) trade with that country.
7.The Committee has decided to dismiss (解雇) him.
8.Germany declared (宣布) war on France in 1914.
9.I presumed (假定) him to be the president of the Student Union.
10.He earns an annual salary (薪金) of $40,000.
Ⅱ.完成句子
1.The hotel is not cheap, or_rather (更确切地说) , expensive.
2.You remind_me_of (提醒我想起) your father when you say that.
3.The house decorated well is more_like (更像) an apartment.
4.Don't blame him. After_all_ (毕竟), he's only a child.
5.The accident is_similar_to_ (与……相似) the one that happened 10 years ago.
6.Several of the members have come_up_with (提出) suggestions of their own.
7.You must get there in_time (及时) even if the weather should change.
8.On the one hand I admire his gifts, but on_the_other_hand (另一方面) I distrust his judgement.
9.When we got to the border, the guards made us turn_around (转身) and go back.
10.His work is to test_out (检测) new designs of cars before they are put on the market.
Ⅲ.语法填空
1.Please call me to set up an appointment (appoint) at your convenience.
2.The government made a declaration (declare) that they would perform a thorough reform.
3.It had a small brain, apparently walked upright, and had teeth more like those of a human than an ape.
4.We are not ready to go into production yet, for the new switch mechanism isn't fully tested out .
5.Doctors and nurses are to be instructed to treat patients with dignity, kindness and compassion.
6.His being dismissed from the factory forced him to leave his hometown and seek jobs in other cities.
7.Everything is great and being able to walk to work is an added bonus for me.
8.Professional soccer events have been suspended (suspend) since midMarch due to the COVID19, which had killed more than 28,000 people by the time this article was published.
9.The lawyer suggested the person referred to be_put (put) in prison.
10.A ship was passing by a deserted island, where stood a man who was shouting and waving wildly.
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Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
Time Travel
If you could travel in time, where would you go? Perhaps you would watch an original performance of a Shakespeare's play in Elizabethan England. What about hanging out with Laozi in the Spring and Autumn Period? Or maybe you'd voyage far ahead of the present day to see what the future holds.
The possibility of time travel is indeed appealing. Stories exploring the subject have been around for hundreds of years. Perhaps the best known example is science fiction The Time Machine, which was written by H. G. Wells and published in 1895 for the first time. It was adapted for at least two feature films of the same name, as well as two television versions, and a large number of comic book adaptations. The term “time machine”, invented by Wells, is now universally used to refer to a vehicle transporting people into the far future.
But could time travel actually be possible? Some scientists say yes, in theory. They propose using cracks in time and space called “wormholes”, which could be used as shortcuts to other periods. Einstein's theory of relativity allows time travel in extreme circumstances. And British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking says you could travel into the future with a really fast spaceship going at nearly the speed of light.
Even if you could travel into the past, there is something called the “grandfather paradox”. It asks what would happen if a time traveler were to go back in time and have his own grandfather killed for some reason, and therefore prevent himself from being born. If the time traveler wasn't born, how would he travel back in time?
And would you really like to visit the future? In H.G. Wells' book, the main character travels into distant time. He arrives at a beach where he is attacked by giant crabs. He then voyages 30 million years into the future where the only living thing is a black object with tentacles (触角). If that's what's in store, maybe we are better just living in the present day after all.
[语篇解读] 这是一篇说明文。人类一直对时间旅行很感兴趣,从理论上来说时间旅行是可以的,但是时间旅行未必是好事。
1.Why is the novel The Time Machine mentioned in Paragraph 2?
A.To praise the contribution of H.G. Wells.
B.To state the story's different features.
C.To prove the long history of time travel.
D.To show people's interest in time travel.
解析:D [考查细节理解。根据第二段中的“The possibility of time travel is indeed appealing. Stories exploring the subject have been around for hundreds of years...published in 1895 for the first time”可知,时间旅行的可能性确实很吸引人,探索这个主题的故事已经出现几百年了。小说The Time Machine 就是一个例子。由此可知,在第二段中提到这部小说就是想表明人们对时间旅行的兴趣。故D选项正确。]
2.What can we know about Einstein's and Hawking's theories?
A.There is the possibility to invent the time machine.
B.They push the invention of the first spaceship.
C.They have been proved wrong by some time travelers.
D.There are differences in many ways between them.
解析:A [考查细节理解。根据第三段中的“Einstein's theory of relativity allows time travel in extreme circumstances...with a really fast spaceship going at nearly the speed of light”可知,爱因斯坦的相对论使得在极端情况下可以进行时间旅行,霍金说你可以用一艘非常快的宇宙飞船以接近光速的速度到未来旅行。由此可知,爱因斯坦和霍金的理论证明了时间旅行的可能性。故A选项正确。]
3.What does the “grandfather paradox” in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A.The traveler is prevented from meeting his grandfather.
B.The grandfather's death makes the traveler's birth impossible.
C.The traveler goes back in time to seek for his grandfather.
D.The reunion of the traveler and his grandfather brings happiness.
解析:B [考查细节理解。根据倒数第二段内容可知,“grandfather paradox” 指的是如果一个时间旅行者回到过去,由于某种原因杀死了他的祖父,那么时间旅行者就无法出生。故B选项正确。]
4.According to the passage, what is probably the author's attitude towards time travel?
A.Skeptical. B.Unclear.
C.Supportive. D.Unconcerned.
解析:A [考查观点态度。根据最后一段中的“If that's what's in store...day after all”可知,作者认为也许我们还是活在当下更好。由此可知,作者对时间旅行存在怀疑。故A选项正确。]
B
You have probably read about robots replacing human labour as a new era of automation takes root in one industry after another. However, a new report suggests humans are not the only ones who might lose their jobs.
In New Zealand, farmers are using drones (无人机) to herd and monitor cows and sheep, taking up the position that highly intelligent dogs have held for more than a century. The robots have not replaced the dogs entirely, Radio New Zealand reports, but they have appropriated (盗用) one of the animal's most powerful tools: barking. The DJI Mavic Enterprise, a $ 3,500 drone favored by farmers, has a feature that lets the machine record sounds and play them over a loudspeaker, giving the machine the ability to imitate its_canine_
counterparts .
Corey Lambeth, a shepherd on a farm, told RNZ the machines are surprisingly effective. “That's the one thing I've noticed that when you're moving cows the old cows stand up to the dogs, but with the drones, they've never done that,” he said, noting the drones move cows faster, with less stress, than the dogs do.
The drones come in handy for more than just herding cows and sheep. The robots allow farmers to monitor their land from afar, monitoring water and feed levels and checking on the animals' health without disturbing them. Jason Rentoul told RNZ that a twohour herding job that used to require two people and two teams of dogs could be accomplished in 45 minutes using a single drone. “On a hilly farm where a lot of stuff is done by farmers on foot, the drones really save a lot of man hours,” he said.
For now, farmers say, there is still a need for herding dogs, primarily because they have a longer lifespan than drones, can work in bad weather and do not require an electrical socket every few hours to recharge.
[语篇解读] 这是一篇说明文。随着科学技术的不断发展,机器能做的事情越来越多。它们不仅能帮人类干活,甚至在某种程度上还能代替牧羊犬放牧。
5.What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A.Farmers. B.Dogs.
C.Sheep. D.Loudspeakers.
解析:B [考查词义猜测。由画线部分所在句可知,DJI Mavic Enterprise无人机有一个功能,它可以让机器录下声音,并通过扩音器播放。由上文中的“The robots have not replaced the dogs entirely, Radio New Zealand reports,but they have appropriated(盗用)one of the animal's most powerful tools:barking”可知,这种机器人已经盗用了狗的最有效的工具之一:犬吠。由此可推知,此处表示这种机器人可以模仿狗。故选B。]
6. Which of the following statements is supported by the passage?
A.Herding dogs will gradually lose their position on the farmland.
B.The drones can help monitor weather conditions with the current technology.
C.The drones are multifunctional and leave the animals undisturbed.
D.The market for the DJI Mavic Enterprise is pretty small because of its high price.
解析:C [考查细节理解。根据第四段的第二句可知,这些机器人可以让农民从远处监测土地、水和投饲量,并在不打扰动物的情况下检查它们的健康状况,由此可知,无人机是多功能的且不会打扰到动物,故选C。]
7. Why can't the drones replace the dogs entirely?
A.The drones can't bark as loudly as the dogs do.
B.Cows are not used to seeing the drones.
C.The drones are much more expensive.
D.The drones' power is limited and they need charging.
解析:D [考查细节理解。根据最后一段可知,目前仍然需要牧羊犬,主要是因为它们的寿命比无人机长,可以在恶劣天气下工作,不需要每隔几个小时充一次电,故D项符合题意。]
8.What is the author's attitude towards the drones in the passage?
A.Supportive. B.Objective.
C.Critical. D.Doubtful.
解析:B [考查观点态度。本文介绍了在新西兰,农民使用无人机放牧和监测牛羊的事实,并没有夹杂作者个人的观点,客观地表达了无人机的优缺点,故选B。]
Ⅱ.阅读填句
Fancy a holiday to the moon? Sounds crazy? Not really. A Japanese company has been working on how to organize holidays to the moon for several years now. __1__
Trying to make the holiday possible will not be an easy task, and the Japanese company plans to make it in stages. __2__ A transport system, like the space shuttle (航天飞机) used by NASA, at the moment is likely to be developed for this purpose.
The next stage is to build a big hotel orbiting 500 km above the earth. The hotel will orbit the earth once every four or five hours, which will offer visitors some fascinating views of the earth. __3__ While this may not seem very exciting at first, think about new sports that can be designed for people to play in zero gravity.
The final stage in the plan is the construction of a hotel on the surface of the moon itself. As solar energy would be used to provide power, it would be important to build the hotel near one of the poles of the moon in order to gather as much solar energy as possible. __4__ It is also important to find a part of the moon which is flat, as a long runway will need to be built for the space shuttle to land on. Meanwhile, the company has already developed ways to make cement (水泥) on the moon. __5__ The company plans to produce water from oxygen elements, which can be found in moon rocks, and hydrogen (氢), which will have to be imported from earth.
So perhaps in a few years you might be enjoying yourselves on the moon.
A.Next, the hotel will have a wide range of sporting activities.
B.Tourists who want to travel into space can stay at a big hotel.
C.The first thing to do is to organize trips around the earth for a few hours.
D.There would probably be holidays to a moon hotel within the next ten years.
E.There is plenty of sand, but the big problem will come with producing water.
F.This part of the development plan does not seem to be too difficult to carry out.
G.This is because a lunar day, which is 14 earth days long, is followed by 14 days of darkness.
[语篇解读] 本文讲述未来人们到月球旅行的可能性,以及所需要的各种设施。
1.D [上文介绍了一家日本公司就组织月球旅行进行了数年的研究,因而承接下文的是D项。实现这一愿望有可能就在随后的十年里。]
2.C [文章2、3、4段分别介绍了实现月球旅行的三个步骤(stage) 3、4段分别为next stage 和final stage。因此第二段的此空应为C,讲述的第一个步骤(first stage)。]
3.A [本段讲述的是实现月球旅行的第二步:建设太空宾馆(hotel)。A项:宾馆里有各种各样的体育活动,符合本段主题。]
4.G [本段讲述宾馆的建造要考虑到的几个因素:①energy ②runway ③cement 该空后介绍的是另一因素,该空的与前文相关,G项是建造宾馆于月极的原因。]
5.E [该空位于研发水泥引做的段落并提出挑战,接下文生产水的计划,可知填E项符合语境。]
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