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1、 How is the weather in the mountains?A、Rainy. B、Sunny. C、Snowy.
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2、读后续写,阅读下面材料,根据所给情节进行续写,使之构成一篇完整的故事。
As the golden sun was sailing higher and higher in the east, casting its warm glow over the town, Emily, a keen photographer, started a solo journey to the famed Old Pine Scenic Area, well known for its centuries-old pin e forests and winding paths. She anticipated a day filled with peaceful beauty and the opportunity to touch nature in its purest form.
Upon arrival, Emily was charmed by the quietness and splendidness of the overgrown pines that towered above, their branches whispering tales of old in the gentle morning breeze. With her camera in hand, she ventured deeper into the heart of the forest, each step further immersing her in the lively picture of greens and earthy browns.
The paths of Old Pine were many, weaving through the forest like threads of a vast, tangled (缠结的) web. Initially, Emily followed the marked trails, snapping photos of dew-kissed (带着露珠的) spider web s and squirrels dashing through the underbrush. However, as the morning turned into afternoon, she decided to stray from the beaten path to explore a more hidden area, rumored to house the eldest and most majestic pine in the reserve.
The deeper she wandered, the quieter the forest grew, except for the occasional rustle of leaves and distant birds. Focused intently on her photography, Emily scarcely noticed the shifting shadows and the subtle change in the forest. She then realized it was getting late but she had not yet found the eldest pine. And she had not only strayed off the path but was now thoroughly lost.
Panic fluttered in her chest. She attempted to backtrack, hoping to find familiar landmarks, but the forest seemed to have rearranged itself behind her. The trees stood pitiless, their trunks like silent guards that offered no guidance. With her phone's signal frustratingly absent in the thick forest, Emily felt a surge of helplessness.
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。
Emily remembered reading about the importance of staying calm when lost.
Nodding eagerly, Emily explained her situation to the local man.
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3、假定你是李华,最近你们到一个外国游客较多的旅游景点上了一堂口语实践课。请你用英文给澳大利亚朋友Luke写一封邮件分享这次经历,内容包括:1.上课的过程;2.你的感想。注意:1.写作词数应为80个左右:2.请按如下格式在答题纸的相应位置作答。
Dear Luke,
I'm writing to share with you a special spoken English class I had the other day.
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Yours,
Li Hua
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4、 阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(一个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Giant pandas Yun Chuan and Xin Bao set out on their journey to the United States on Wednesday evening, marking new round of China-US cooperation on the conservation of the protected species.
A vehicle (carry) the panda bears departed from the Ya'an Bifengxia Base of the China Conservation and Research Center Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport where they will board a chartered plane to San Diego in the US state of California.
The pandas are accompanied by five (experience) caretakers and veterinary experts from China and the US. To (sure) the health and safety of the animals during the long (fly), Chinese experts have arranged food, such as fresh bamboo, bamboo shoots, fruits, vegetables specially made bread, and drinking water.
After Yun Chuan and Xin Bao settle in at the San Diego Zoo, Chinese experts (stay) there for about three months to see them through the quarantine period, will help them to quickly adapt to their new living environment. Panda enthusiasts in both China and the US will have various means of learning about the (pair) daily lives and adjustment process, according to the National Forestry and Grassland Administration.
Since the 1990s, China has collaborated on giant panda protection with 26 institutions in 20 countries, including the US, Spain, Japan and France.
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5、 阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I moved to London instead of Wellington by accident, or rather, because of an accident.
One evening in 2008, a group of joyriders stole our van (面包车), named The Colombian, from a street outside Wellington, New Zealand. When my brother Ant 1 the van parked on the beach, he called the police, who then gave 2 as it drove off. After running a few red 3 , the joyriders lost 4 and smashed into a building, 5 the van.
One morning, after the accident, we woke to an email from Ant titled"RIP The Colombian", 6 what he'd been through the night before while my husband, Dave, andI slept7 in our flat in Bogotá, Colombia. The police caught the six joyriders."No 8 were hurt in the making of this drama" were, 9 , the last words of the email.
Two years earlier, Dave, 10 my boyfriend, had bought the van before I went to visit him in New Zealand and transformed the back into a mini 11 . We spent the summers of 2006 and 2007 on a road trip around the South and North islands.
The Colombian was at the 12 of everything. It had such significance to us that we decided to 13 it—after all, we would be back in New Zealand in a couple of years.
The theft of the van 14 changing the course of my life. It's hard to imagine what my life would have been like in New Zealand had the van not been 15 .
(1)A 、bought B 、spotted C 、broke D 、deserted(2)A 、chase B 、advice C 、punishment D 、information(3)A 、miles B 、crossroads C 、lights D 、signs(4)A 、interest B 、head C 、face D 、control(5)A 、missing B 、avoiding C 、destroying D 、striking(6)A 、detailing B 、registering C 、reading D 、posting(7)A 、hurriedly B 、worriedly C 、peacefully D 、hopefully(8)A 、customers B 、swimmers C 、criminals D 、professionals(9)A 、unfortunately B 、thankfully C 、amusingly D 、sadly(10)A 、when B 、then C 、where D 、here(11)A 、suitcase B 、gym C 、office D 、home(12)A 、center B 、cost C 、entrance D 、exit(13)A 、sell B 、keep C 、forget D 、switch(14)A 、turned down B 、put off C 、set about D 、ended up(15)A 、purchased B 、encountered C 、chosen D 、stolen -
6、 根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Studies have shown that physical activity can improve mental alertness and cognitive function. Your brain works better and you can think more clearly after exercising. If you are looking for a way to boost your studying, try incorporating daily exercise into your routine.
Try light exercise while you study.
A few studies have shown that performing light exercise while studying can help recall of information. These studies found that vigorous exercise while studying may hurt recall because your brain is focused on the workout instead of the information. You can use the stationary bike while you study for at least half an hour, making sure to keep the intensity light.
Exercise at your desk.
You can get your blood pumping at your desk while you study. If you don't want to leave everything and go for a quick 15-minute stroll, try getting some physical activity in where you are. Do some chair squats at your desk. Hover just above the chair for about 10 seconds. Repeat this 20 times.
Take a walk on breaks.
If you are studying in the library, break up your study sessions with physical activity. You can also do this if you are studying in your dorm or a coffee shop. Taking a break helps refresh yourself and gets blood flowing to the brain, which can help you think and remember better.
Consistent daily workouts, integrated with your study and class schedule, are more effective than cramming 150 minutes of physical activity into the weekend. Regular physical activity throughout the week enhances brain function when you need it most—during your study sessions—rather than isolating it to the weekend.
A.Focus on consistency.
B.Make the exercise an enjoyable experience.
C.Stand up from your chair, and then squat down without sitting down.
D.If you are going to exercise while studying, just make sure to keep it gentle.
E.Get up and take a fifteen-minute stroll around the building or around campus nearby.
F.Physical activity also helps boost memory and recall, which is important when studying.
G.Do low-impact gentle exercises, such as walking or swimming, at least 30 minutes a day.
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7、 阅读理解
Have you ever worried that you might smell bad? Well, you do have a smell, but not in the way you think. The human body releases hundreds of chemical compounds into the air every day, and these compounds reveal much more than just our health habits; they can also indicate our health situations.
In 1971, chemist Linus Pauling identified 250 different gaseous chemicals in our breath, known as VOCs. These VOCs originate from the body's metabolic (新陈代谢) processes and are excreted (排泄) through skin glands. While sweat contributes to these VOCs, it only accounts for a small portion of them.
VOCs can reveal a lot about our health. For example, a sweet-smelling breath could be a sign of diabetes. Besides breath, VOCs are also released from our skin, and feces (粪便). A notable case involved Joy Milne, who noticed a change in her husband's scent 12 years before he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Known as"the woman who can smell Parkinson's," Joy has been using her keen sense of smell to help scientists develop a simple swab test to diagnose the illnesses.
Animals with advanced sense of smell, like dogs, have demonstrated they can detect various types of cancer in humans. Although these scents are often undetectable to the human nose, they provide evidence that our bodies emit different scents when something is wrong.
The relationship between VOCs, and our health is still being studied. Studies have already shown that they can predict a person's age within a few years based on their skin VOC profile. In one interview, Professor Morin stated,"We are at a relatively early stage in this research area, but we have already distinguished males from females based on the acidity of skin VOCs. We believe skin VOCs can reveal aspects of who we are, such as nutrition, health and stress. These signatures likely contain markers that can be used to diagnose disease."
So, who knows—maybe one day we will be able to detect diseases simply by breathing into a device.
(1)、What do we learn about the VOCs according to the text?A、The VOCs are primarily composed of sweat. B、Skin VOCs reveal more about our health habits. C、Our body's metabolic processes are the source of VOCs. D、VOCs only released from our skin indicate health status.(2)、Why does the author mention animals in paragraph 4?A、To argue we should rely more on animals. B、To show the superior intelligence of animals. C、To highlight VOCs' potential as diagnostic markers. D、To illustrate VOCs have the capability to cure cancers.(3)、What future technology might arise from the understanding of VOCs?A、Devices that can breathe out disease-causing VOCs. B、Equipment that can analyze VOCs to diagnose diseases. C、Personalized perfumes that can mask disease-related VOCs. D、Advanced facilities that can use VOCs to cure diseases.(4)、Which can be a suitable title for the passage?A、The Role of Sweat in Human Health B、Linus Pauling's Contributions to VOCS C、Smell of Body Contributing to Diseases D、Detecting Diseases through Body Scents -
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The launch of a tool to record a vanishing Greek dialect drew attention back this week to one of the great extinctions of the modern world: nine languages are believed to be disappearing every year. Romeyka, which is spoken by an ageing population of a few thousand people in the mountain villages near Turkey's Black Sea coast, separated from modern Greek thousands of years ago. It has no written form. For linguists, it is a" living bridge" to the ancient Greek world, the loss of which would clearly be a blow.
But some languages are in even bigger trouble, with 350 that have fewer than 50 native speakers and 46 that have just one. A cooperation between Australian and British institutions paints the situation in distinct colours, with a language stripes chart, devised to illustrate the accelerating decline in each decade between 1700 and today. Its authors predict that between50% and 90% of the world's 7,000 languages will be extinct by 2150. Even now, half of the people on the planet speak just 24 of them.
The history of languages has always been linked to colonialism (殖民主义) and political persecution (迫害), which scatter populations as well as controlling them. The Endangered Languages Alliance (ELA) has tracked down and mapped hundreds of dying languages in New York, which is an unexpected discovery. These dialects are supposed to be found in remote rural areas. Among ELA's more shocking discoveries is that, of 700 surviving speakers of Seke, which originated in a cluster of mountain villages in Nepal, more than 150 can be traced to two apartment buildings in Brooklyn district of New York.
From Sami reindeer herders across the Arctic to Australia's Indigenous (土著的) peoples, the ways in which people express themselves hide secret messages about ancient ways of living in nature. Both a will and a way are needed if they are to survive. By simply honouring their existence, linguists play an important role. Ken Hale, an activist who is strongly for preserving endangered languages famously argued that losing any language was"like dropping a bomb on the Louvre".
(1)、What does "Romeyka" in Paragraph 1 refer to?A、An extinct ancient Greek language. B、A language with very few written words. C、A disappearing dialect related to ancient Greek. D、A popular dialect loved by the young generation.(2)、Why are the numbers used in Paragraph 2?A、To show the importance of the dialects. B、To conclude the diversity of the dialects. C、To explain different ways to protect dialects. D、To illustrate the tendency of fast dying dialects.(3)、What can we infer from Paragraph 3?A、Seke is a place in the mountains of Nepal. B、People assume fewer dialects exist in big cities. C、Nepal and New York were twin cities many years ago. D、ELA is not surprised to trace an original Nepal dialect to Brooklyn.(4)、What does Ken Hale's quote mean?A、The extinction of a dialect is a great loss. B、Bombing Louver is a disaster to any language. C、Ancient ways of living are kept secret in Louvre. D、Languages are to survive simply by honoring them. -
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For people who never complain about the cold, can take or leave showers and would get used to noises, ideal jobs have come up. A heritage charity is advertising vacancies at the bottom of the world. Based in Antarctica, successful applicants will have to adapt to near-constant daylight, subzero temperatures and no flushing toilet or running water. But what incredible upsides: penguins and breathtaking landscapes in the polar area.
The UK Antarctic heritage Trust said it was seeking" passionate adventurers ready to take on the challenge of a lifetime" in jobs that included managing a museum, post office and gift shop as well as conducting penguin counts. Those selected will live and work at Base A at Port Lockroy on Goudier Island.
Bridie Martin-West, a 33-year-old midwife, is the current base leader. She said."We get the wonder of seeing humpback and minke whales go past. On one side of the island we have the most majestic mountain range and on the other side we've got a glacier with icebergs. It is really raw nature and stunningly beautiful."
The team arrived on the island at the same time as gentoo penguins for their breeding season. The penguins are known for their loud, head-back trumpet call, but Martin-West said,"Having come from living in London it is still much quieter here…"
A typical evening might be watching films, playing board games or carrying on an Antarctic tradition of people giving presentations on subjects they know something about.
Applications were opened yesterday to UK residents, with training beginning in August. There will be interviews and selection events before then. Martin-West recalled being asked toput up tents blindfold while wearing oven gloves. She said,"The training was like a cross between boot camp and a reality TV show. It is very full on. It is a lot of work, some of which is quite physical."
(1)、What is the meaning of the underlined word "upsides"?A、Changes. B、Advantages. C、Opportunities. D、Challenges.(2)、What can you learn from Paragraph 4?A、Martin-West preferred to stay in London. B、London is a noisy place compared to the island. C、Martin-West struggled to get used to life at BaseA. D、The noise in Antarctica is unbearable for Martin-West.(3)、Which word best describes the job mentioned in the text?A、Respectable. B、Profitable. C、Effortless. D、Demanding.(4)、What does the text mainly tell us?A、Adventurers are called on to enjoy endless fun. B、Antarctic jobs concerning penguins are easy. C、Unique Antarctic Jobs with highlights are waiting for adventurers. D、The chance has come for people to explore the cold and wild world. -
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National Gallery of Art: What's On?
The Anxious Eye: German Expressionism and Its Legacy
NOW ON VIEW
February 11—May 27,2024 West Building, Ground Floor, West Outer Tier
The Anxious Eye: German Expressionism and Its Legacy presents insights into the work of these innovative, early 20th-century artists and their continuing impact a century later. The exhibition features recent acquisitions as well as works that have rarely, if ever, been on view, including gifts donated by celebrated Washington DC, collectors Jacob and Rut h Col e Kainen.
In the Library: Latin American Architecture in Circulation
NOW ON VIEW
January 8—April 26, 2024 East Building, Ground Level-Library Atrium
Nearly 40 prints, rare books, postcards, maps, and photographs exhibited here, from the National Gallery of Art Library, document the buildings that resulted from this exchange. These works point to the way that people used buildings to define Latin America as a cultural and political space in the centuries between European colonization and the independence movements of the 19th century.
Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction
NOW ON VIEW
March 17—July 28, 2024 East Building, Concourse Galleries
In the 20th century, textiles (纺织品) have often been considered less as applied art, women's work, or domestic craft. Woven Histories challenges the hierarchies (等级制度) that often separate textiles from fine arts. Putting into dialogue some 160 works by more than 50 creators from across generations and continents, the exhibition explores the contributions of weaving and related techniques to abstraction, modernism's outstanding art form.
Paris 1874: The Impressionist Moment
UPCOMING EXHIBITION
October 8,2024—January 19,2025 West Building, Main Floor
How did Impressionism begin? Discover the origins of the French art movement in a new look at the basic 1874 exhibition considered the birth of modern painting. Don't miss the unique chance to immerse yourself in the dynamic Parisian art scene.
(1)、What do we know about German Expressionism and Its Legacy?A、It is the cradle of modern painting. B、Political shifts inspired famous painters. C、Collections and works rarely on show are included. D、It features insights into the early 20th-century artists.(2)、If you're interested in the buildings concerning history, you will probably pay a visit to ____.A、German Expressionism and Its Legacy B、The Impressionist Moment C、Latin American Architecture in Circulation D、Textiles and Modern Abstraction(3)、In what way is the Impressionist Moment different from the other three?A、It is still not open to the public. B、It included gifts donated by Jacob. C、It has been considered less as applied art. D、It has a larger collection of paintings and arts. -
11、 听材料,回答问题。(1)、What does the speaker mainly talk about?A、A tradition. B、A performance. C、China town.(2)、Who will make speeches in the gathering?A、Railroad workers. B、Entertainers. C、Government officials.(3)、What will people do after the afternoon performance?A、Buy clothes. B、Have dinner. C、Visit the museum.
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12、 听材料,回答问题。(1)、What's the woman doing?A、Hosting a program. B、Organizing a meeting. C、Treating a guest.(2)、What makes the man's tea different?A、Being blended. B、Being pure. C、Being processed.(3)、Why does the company buy their tea directly from the growers?A、To reduce the price. B、To guide the growers. C、To track the growing process.(4)、What will the man talk about in the end?A、The source of their tea. B、The kinds of their tea. C、The characteristics of their tea.
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13、 听材料,回答问题。(1)、What's the relationship between the speakers?A、Classmates. B、Brother and sister. C、Teacher and student.(2)、How is the man's way of describing the math problem?A、Amusing. B、Simple. C、Complicated.(3)、What does Mr. Williams teach?A、Maths. B、History. C、English.
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14、 听材料,回答问题。(1)、Where does the conversation take place?A、In a restaurant. B、In a hotel. C、At home.(2)、What seems to be the problem for the woman?A、She was overcharged. B、She got the wrong food. C、She lost the bill.(3)、How is the man's service?A、Disappointing. B、Annoying. C、Satisfying.
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15、 听材料,回答问题。(1)、What does the woman dislike?A、Playing football. B、Watching football. C、Going skating.(2)、How often does the man skate?A、Never. B、Occasionally. C、Regularly.
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16、Which does the man prefer?A、Beef stew. B、Fried eggs. C、Fish soup.
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17、What makes Jim hurry?A、Attending a lecture. B、Doing business. C、Meeting assistants.
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18、How does Linda feel?A、Confused. B、Surprised. C、Shocked.
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19、Why does the woman make the call?A、To make an application. B、To give information. C、To answer a question.
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20、What's probably the woman's job?A、A hotel receptionist. B、A librarian. C、A customs officer.