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1、We are all deeply moved by the teacher's____ to his students and work.A、consequence B、occupation C、devotion D、cooperation
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2、My grandfather still plays tennis now and then, ____he's in his nineties.A、as long as B、as if C、even though D、in case
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3、 ____ is even more important is ____ we should do more exercise, which can keep us energetic.A、What; that B、What; what C、That; what D、That; that
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4、Jack____in the lab when the power cut occurred.A、works B、has worked C、was working D、would work
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5、The two countries are going to meet to____ some barriers to trade between them.A、break down B、break through C、break out D、break into
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6、Several years ago, I had a manager who____changed his mind about what he wanted.A、strangely B、constantly C、actually D、eventually
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7、It is wise to take more money ____ emergency when you are away from home.A、in defense of B、by means of C、in case of D、for lack of
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8、Oil prices have risen by 32 percent since the start of the year, ____ a record US $57.65a barrel (桶) on April 4.A、have reached B、to reach C、reaching D、to be reaching
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9、When I went back to my hometown years later, I saw a beautiful park, ____had been a wasteland for many years.A、that B、who C、when D、which
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10、Since this school provides various optional courses, students will have a(n)____ choice according to their interest.A、reliable B、dependent C、available D、flexible
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11、More than one student as well as three teachers ____at the meeting yesterday.A、was awarded B、were awarded C、have been awarded D、has been awarded
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12、—I think Li Lin will win this competition.
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13、 为了写出有价值的影评,一个合格的影评人除了要对电影有不朽的热情外,还应该对表演有大致的了解。(knowledge)
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14、 直到大学毕业,找到第一份工作,我才发现自己对上海周一早高峰时段的高架路过敏。(Not until)
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15、 尽管成千上万双眼睛盯着她,她仍然不看笔记就发表了一篇关于保护濒危物种免遭灭绝的精彩演讲。(fix; refer)
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16、 在一个快乐往往与消费紧密结合的世界里,人们很难不对物件产生过度的依恋。(integrate; attachment)
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17、阅读还原
A. But to live a life with the fate of death haunting one's dreams makes a huge difference.
B. He is a creator with a mind that soars out the speculate about atoms and infinity.
C. Man's body was a curse of fate and culture was built upon repression not because he was a seeker of pleasure, but because he was primarily an avoider of death.
D. Yet at the same time, man is a worm and food for worms.
AB. Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
AC. It was something that had to go right to his core, something that made him suffer his peculiar fate, that made it impossible to escape.
Man's Existential Dilemma
We always knew that there was something peculiar about man, something deep down that characterized him and set him apart from the other animals. For ages, when philosophers talked about the the core of man they referred to it as his "essence," something fixed in his nature, deep down, some special quality or substance. But nothing like it was ever found and man's peculiarity still remained a dilemma. The reason it was never found, as Erich Fromm(艾瑞克·弗洛姆,精神分析心理学家和人本主义哲学家)put it in an excellent discussion, was that there was no essence, that the essence of man is really his paradoxical(悖论的)nature, the fact that he is half animal and half symbolic.
We might call this existential paradox the condition of individuality within finitude(有限性). Man has a symbolic identity that brings him sharply out of nature. He is a symbolic self, a creature with a name, a life history. He can place himself imaginatively at a point in space and contemplate bemusedly his own planet. This immerse expansion, this competence, this self-consciousness gives to man almost the status a small god in nature.
This is the paradox: he is out of nature and hopelessly in it: he is dual, up in the stars' and yet housed in a heart-pumping, breath-gasping body that once belonged to a fish and still carries the gill-marks to prove it. His body is a material fleshy casing that is alien to him in many ways -- the strangest and most unpleasant way being that is aches and bleeds and will decay and die. Man is literally split in two: he has an awareness of his own splendid uniqueness in that he sticks out of nature with a towering majesty, and yet he goes back into the ground a few feet in order blindly and dumbly to rot and disappear forever.
The lower animals are, of course, spared this painful contradiction, as they lack a symbolic identity and the self-consciousness that goes with it. They merely act and move reflexively as they are driven by their instincts. They live in a world without time, pulsating, as it were, in a state of dumb beings. This is what has made it so simple to shoot down whole herds of buffalo or elephants. The animals don't know that death is happening and continue gazing while others drop alongside them. The knowledge of death is reflective and conceptual, and animals are spared it. They live and they disappear with the same thoughtlessness: a few minutes of fear, a few seconds of anguish, and it is over.
Quoted from Ernest Becker's The Denial of Death
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18、阅读理解
We all know the importance of education. Everyone aspires to have a good one, but its quality and availability is not the same for all. This situation changes as social, economic and political conditions change and technological development provides new benefits and threats.
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which promotes policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world, has been looking at the future of global education. Its head of education, Andreas Schleicher, has been talking about some major international trends affecting education systems around the world.
One threat is the widening wealth gap, with more intense pockets of extreme privilege and deprivation. In OECD countries, the richest 10% have incomes 10 times greater than the poorest 10%. This inequality is a challenge for schools aimed to offer everyone equal access to education.
Another trend is the rising affluence in Asia. It's suggested that a large rise in the middle-classes in China and India will increase demand for university places. Andreas Schleicher asks the question "What values will these newly wealthy consumers want from their schools?"
Increasing migration will also have an impact on education systems. Mobility results in more culturally diverse students eager to learn and develop a good life for themselves. But that can be a challenge, too, as Andreas Schleicher asks: "How should schools support pupils arriving from around the world? Will schools have a bigger role in teaching about shared values?"
Funding pressure is another issue: as our demand and expectation for education rises and more people go to university, who's going to pay for it all? The rise in dependency on technology is another concern. What should students learn when many of their talents can be replicated by machines? And how reliant should we be on learning from the internet?
These are just some of the issues the OECD is highlighting. But they remain irrelevant for hundreds of millions of the world's poorest children who don't even have access to school places or receive such low-quality education that they leave without the most basic literacy or numeracy.
(1)、The OECD aims to ____.A、offer access to education for poor children in developing states B、strike the imbalance between education equality and economic development C、promote the economic and social welfare of people worldwide D、eliminate the threat of the widening gap between rich and poor(2)、Which statement is INCORRECT in accordance with the passage?A、The richest 10% earn much more than the poorest 10% B、The technological development contributes to the trends in education. C、There is growing demand for better education in China and India. D、With efforts of OECD, more benefits are given to the privileged.(3)、____ will increase the rise in culturally diverse students in a school classroom.A、Adequate funding B、Growing migration C、Social changes D、Political support(4)、The passage is entitled ____.A、OECD's Threats to Education Systems B、Challenges to Promote Global Education C、Megatrends in Global Education D、The Rising Demand for Elite Education -
19、阅读理解
Have you ever heard someone describe themselves an an INTJ or an ESTP and wondered what those cryptic-sounding letters could mean? What these people are referring to is their personality type based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI).
The Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator is a self-report inventory designed to identify a person's personality type, strengths, and preferences. The questionnaire was developed by Isabel Myers and her mother Katherine Briggs based on their work with Carl Jung's theory of personality types. Today, the MBTI inventory is one of the most widely used psychological instruments in the world.
Based on the answers to the questions, people are identified as having one of 16 personality types. No one personality type is "best" or "better" than another. It isn't a tool designed to look for dysfunction or abnormality. Instead, its goal is to allow people to further explore and understand their own personalities including their strengths, weaknesses, possible career preferences, and compatibility with other people. The questionnaire itself is made up of four different scales.
⒈Are you outwardly or inwardly focused? Extraversion / Introversion
Extroverts are energized by people, enjoy a variety of masks, a quick pace, and good at multitasking while introverts often like working alone or in small groups, prefer a more deliberate pace, and like to focus on one task at a time.
⒉ How do you prefer to take in information? Sensing / Intuition
Sensors are realistic people who like to focus on the facts and details, and apply common sense and past experience to figure out practical solutions to problems while intuitives prefer to focus on possibilities and the big picture, easily see patterns and dseek creative solutions to problem.
⒊How do you prefer to make decision? Thinking / Feeling
Thinkers tend to make decisions using logical analysis, objectively weigh pros and cons, and value honesty, consistency, and fairness while feelers tend to be sensitive and cooperative, and decide based on their own personal values and how others will be affected by their actions.
⒋How do you prefer to live your outer life? Judging / Perceiving
Judgers tend to be organized prepared, like to make and stick to plans, and are comfortable following most rules while perceivers prefer to keep their options open, like to be able to act spontaneously, and like to be flexible with making plans.
(1)、The purpose of MBTI is to help people ____ .A、better understand their unique features B、find a topic to socialize with others C、easily put themselves in a fixed category D、self-diagnose mental health issues(2)、According to the passage, we can infer that ____.A、Carl Jung is the co-founder of MBTI test B、MBTI can be used in career planning C、Some personality types are better than others D、introverts may feel boosted at a party(3)、Suppose Eric is an ISFP, his ideal occupation might be a(n) ____.A、entrepreneur B、accountant C、programmer D、writer(4)、This passage might be taken from a ____.A、psychology textbook B、popular magazine C、news release D、business report -
20、阅读理解
Harry woke at five o'clock the next morning and was too excited and nervous to go back to sleep. He got up and pulled on his jeans because he didn't want to walk into the station in his wizard's robes - he'd change on the train. He checked his Hogwarts list again to make sure he had everything he needed, saw that Hedwig was safely shut in her cage and paced the room, waiting for the Dursleys to get up. Two hours later, Harry's huge, heavy truck had been loaded into the Dursley's car, Aunt Petunia had talked Dudley into sitting next to Harry and they had set off.
They reached Kind's Cross at half past ten. Uncle Vernon dumped Harry's trunk on to a trolley and wheeling it into the station for him. Harry thought this was strangely kind until Uncle Vernon stopped dead, facing the platforms with a nasty grin on his face.
'Well, there you are, boy. Platform nine -- platform ten. Your platform should be somewhere in the middle, but they don't seem to have built it yet, do they?'
He was quite right, of course. There was a big plastic number nine over one platform and a big plastic number ten over the one next to it, and in the middle, nothing at all.
'Have a good term,' said Uncle Vernon with an even nastier smile. He left without another word. Harry turned and saw the Dursleys drive away. All three of them were laughing. Harry's mouth went rather dry. What on earth was he going to do? He was starting to attract a lot of funny looks, because of Hedwig. He'd have to ask someone.
He stopped a passing guard, but didn't dare mention platform nine and three-quarters. The guard had never heard of Hogwarts and when Harry couldn't even tell him what part of the country it was in, he started to get annoyed, as though Harry was being stupid on purpose. Getting desperate, Harry asked for the train that left at eleven o'clock, but the guard said there wasn't one. In the end the guard strode away, muttering about time-wasters. Harry was now trying hard not to panic. According to the large clock over the arrival boards, he had ten minutes left to get on the train to Hogwarts and he had no idea how to do it; he was stranded in the middle of a station with a trunk he could hardly lift, a pocket full of wizard money and a large owl.
Hagrid must have forgotten to tell him something you had to do, liking tapping the third brick on the left to get into Diagon Alley. He wondered if he should get out his wand and start tapping the ticket box between platforms nine and ten.
Quoted from JK. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
(1)、Harry woke up so early in the morning probably because he ____.A、wanted to try on his new jeans B、needed to put Hedwig back in her cage C、was asked to get prepared beforehand D、looked forward to his new life of Hogwarts(2)、The word "panic" in the last but one paragraph might mean "____".A、rage B、fear C、regret D、complain(3)、What can be inferred from the passage?A、Uncle Vernon had always treated Harry kindly and cared very much for him. B、Harry arrived at the train station an hour before the scheduled departure time. C、The Dursleys were happy to get rid of Harry and see him stuck in embarrassment. D、Harry completely forgot how to find the way to Platform nine and three-quarters.