【題目】Which of the following is right?

A.He is used to live there.

B.My main job is spreading the message about protecting the environment.

C.I have borrowed the book from the library for two weeks.

D.Kids under 18 are not allowed to drive.

【題目】The government has done a lot to the homeless help.

A.offerB.provideC.supplyD.consider

【題目】—I went to visit your parents at 8: 00 p.m. yesterday, but nobody was in.

— Oh, of us were having dinner in a restaurant.

A.bothB.allC.noneD.neither

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根據(jù)材料內(nèi)容選擇最佳答案。

【1】How much do you have to pay for two tickets to On Broadway if you book in advance?

A.$20B.$25C.$40D.$50

【2】How does the summer camp help the children?

A.It helps build up their bodies.B.It makes them to learn from famous dancers.

C.They get useful camping skills.D.They learn how to get on with their parents.

【3】Those who are invited to attend the North Carolina Open will ________.

A.be able to compete as dancers.B.enjoy a free spa with friends.

C.learn some golf skills.D.have a dinner with professionals.

【4】Who will be awarded at the celebration party in Dance Center USA?

A.Outstanding professionals.B.Excellent students.

C.Welcomed visitors.D.Special performers

【5】Which event is available in April at a good price?

A.On Broadway.B.Summer Camp.

C.North Carolina Open.D.The Celebration Party.

【題目】 When we are children, the holidays seem to last forever. But later, we may find that the time just seems to fly by. Why does time seem to pass faster as we get older?

According to the Daily Mail, our brains degrade as we get older. That decreases the amount of information we can deal with in a single day. “The human mind senses time changing when the perceived (被感知的) images change,” Adrian Bejan from Duke University, US, told the Daily Mail. “The present is different from the past because the mental viewing has changed, not because somebody’s clock rings.”

Infants (幼兒), for example, move their eyes much more often than adults because they’re processing (處理) images at a faster rate. They deal with a large amount of information and do many things in a single day. This makes them feel like a single day lasts for a long time. However, as people get older, fewer images are processed in the same amount of time. Therefore, older people receive less information during a day than younger people. This causes things to seem as though they’re happening more quickly.

Apart from the degradation of our brains, some psychological reasons also make us experience time differently.

People may measure time by the number of memorable events that can be recalled (回憶) within a certain period. When we think about our youth, we may remember a life packed with first—time activities, for example, our first time traveling without our parents, or our first date. We experienced these events so vividly that time then seems to us to have passed very slowly. According to David Eagleman of the Baylor College of Medicine in the US, recalling these memories makes us feel like they took forever.

Many adults find life is routine and sometimes dull. For this reason, when they look back, they might feel like there are not many exciting things to remember. Therefore, time seems to be moving faster to them.

【1】What does the underlined word “degrade” mean?

A.become betterB.become worse

C.remain the sameD.become smaller

【2】How do people sense time changing according to Adrian Bejan?

A.It depends on how their clocks change.B.It depends on how the views around them change.

C.It depends on how often they move their eyes.D.It depends on how they process images.

【3】What is the purpose of the fifth paragraph?

A.To tell us that first—time activities are vivid and memorable.

B.To tell us that first—time events can make time pass slowly.

C.To tell us that psychological reasons make people sense time differently.

D.To tell us that people should measure time by the number of memorable events.

【4】Why does time seem to pass faster as we get older?

A.Because our life will become routine and dull when we grow older.

B.Because the degradation of our brains will make it slower to recall memories.

C.Because we’ll deal with less information in the same amount of time.

D.Because we won’t have first—time activities.

【5】In which part of the magazine can you probably read the text?

A.NewsB.SportsC.HealthD.Science

【題目】 A(n) ______ immigrant (移民) went to the United States. He decided to open a small shop. A friend advised him that in order to attract ______, he should place a catchy sign outside his store.

Taking his friend’s advice, the man ordered a large sign that read “Grand Opening (開業(yè)大吉).” He then placed it outside his store ______ all to see.

The next day, he saw a big crowd gathered around a nearby shop. He ______ what they were looking at. Taking a closer look, he noticed a brightly-colored sign on the store window.

______ he could not read English, he noticed that there were ______ words on the sign than on his.

“I should get a sign just like that one,” he ______ to himself. He wrote down the words on the sign, went home and ordered a ______ sign.

The next morning, the man took down his “Grand Opening” sign and ______ placed his new sign, which read, “Going Out of ______”.

【1】A.RussianB.BritishC.CanadianD.Australian

【2】A.peopleB.neighborsC.customersD.children

【3】A.inB.forC.atD.to

【4】A.askedB.lookedC.studiedD.wondered

【5】A.AlthoughB.BecauseC.SinceD.However

【6】A.moreB.manyC.fewerD.few

【7】A.spokeB.thoughtC.toldD.talked

【8】A.bigB.brightC.newD.colorful

【9】A.carefullyB.nervouslyC.silentlyD.proudly

【10】A.StyleB.BusinessC.AmericaD.Service

【題目】 Public Speaking and Critical thinking

What is critical thinking? To a certain degree, it’s a matter of logic (邏輯)— of being able to spot weakness in other people’s arguments and to avoid them in your own. 【1】

In the broad sense, critical thinking is focused, organized thinking——the ability to see clearly the relationships among ideas. 【2】 The greatest thinkers, scientists, and inventors have often taken information that was really available and put it together differently to produce new ideas. That, too, is critical thinking.

If you are wondering what this has to do with your public speaking class, the answer is quite a lot. As the class goes on, for example, you will probably spend a good deal of time organizing your speeches. 【3】 If the structure of your speech is loose (松散的) and confused, chances are that your thinking is also disordered and confused. If, on the other hand, the structure is clear, there is a good chance your thinking is too. Organizing a speech is not just a mater of arranging your ideas you already have. Rather, it is an important part of shaping the ideas themselves.

【4】 The skills you learn in your speech class can help you become a more effective thinker in a number of ways. As you work on expressing your ideas in clear accurate language, you will improve your ability to think clearly and accurately. As you study the role of evidence and reasoning in speechmaking, you will see how they can be used in other forms of communication as well. As you learn to listen critically to speeches in class, you will be better able to assess the ideas of speakers in a variety of situations.

【5】 This is one reason public speaking has been regarded as a vital part of education since the days of ancient Greece.

根據(jù)材料內(nèi)容，從下面五個選項中選出能填入文中空缺處的最佳選項，使短文意思通順，內(nèi)容完整。

A.While this may seem like a purely mechanical (機械的) exercise, it is closely connected with critical thinking.

B.If you take full advantage of your speech class, you will be able to develop your skills as a critical thinker in many situations.

C.What is true of organization is true of many aspects of public speaking.

D.It also includes related skills such as distinguishing (區(qū)分) fact from opinion and assessing (評估) the soundness of evidence (證據(jù)).

E.It has often been said that there are few new ideas in the world, only reorganized ideas.

【題目】根據(jù)下面的對話情景，在每個空白處填上一個適當(dāng)?shù)木渥�，使對話的意思連貫、完整。

A: Hi, David! I want to see the movie Avengers: Endgame this weekend. Would you like to go with me?

B: I’d love to. I heard it is wonderful.【1】 .

A: Study comes first. Perhaps I should also finish my homework first and then go to the cinema.

B:【2】?

A: Oh, they have gone to Beijing on business. I just stay with my grandparents at home.

B: No wonder you can decide what to do by yourself. How long will they stay in Beijing?

A: About a week.【3】.

B: Can you show me the postcards to me when they come back?

A: Sure. You can choose one as a bookmark. Have you finished the book report on the Old Man and the Sea?

B: Not yet.【4】?

A: I will finish it this evening.

B: Will you stay up late tonight?

A:【5】. Otherwise, I can’t finish it.

B: Don’t often do like this. It’s not good for your health.

A: Thank you!

【題目】閱讀短文，從方框中選擇適當(dāng)?shù)脑~并用其正確形式填空，使短文通順、意思完整。每空限填一詞，每詞限用一次。方框中有兩個詞是多余的。請將答案填寫在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上。

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It’s not often sunny in Paris, but people still love to walk along the banks of the Seine. They love the view of the 【1】 old buildings, especially Notre Dame Cathedral (巴黎圣母院), with its iconic spire (尖頂).

【2】, that view has been forever changed. On April 16, a fire destroyed the spire of the 850-year-old cathedral, and two 【3】 of the roof.

The fire shocked and saddened Parisians. People gathered 【4】 the giant church, singing hymns and praying (祈禱) for the hundreds of firefighters who 【5】 the fire.

It’s no wonder that people felt sad. The church 【6】, after all, is a historical and artistic treasure. Thank goodness, its world-famous glass rose windows continued to exist after the fire.

【7】 it has a long history and many treasures, the cathedral needed the help of a writer to become truly famous. Victor Hugo’s 1831 novel, The Hunchback (駝背的人) of Notre-Dame, presented the building to a wide audience of readers. The book’s ugly 【8】 character, Quasimodo, serves as a symbol for Paris’ forgotten Gothic architecture. Hugo wrote the book to remind people of it, with hope they would 【9】 to protect the beautiful old buildings of Paris.

French President Emmanuel Macron has 【10】 to rebuild the historic building. “Notre Dame is our history, it’s our literature, it’s our imagery,” he said in a public speech following the fire.

【題目】According to China’s national credit (信用) system, which will be fully carried out by the end of 2020, people who behave dishonestly ________.

A.will punishB.punish

C.are punishedD.will be punished