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In the closing ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, China put on1. eight-minute performance “See You in Beijing in 2022”, 2.(direct) by Zhang Yimou. The show centered on the talents of a team of 24 roller-skating 3.(perform) from Beijing Sport University. Two of 4.(they) dressed up as “Panda Captains” led the performance. It reviewed China’s ancient times, 5.(show) the country’s rich cultural heritage (遗产) and singing the present as well as the future. In addition to 6.(tradition) symbols including the Great Wall, the Chinese Dragon and the Chinese phoenix(凤凰）, the performance also showed the recent achievements in science and technology 7. China has made. Towards the end of the performance, the Olympic rings 8.(appear) on the stage, as well as images of a global village, children’s smiling faces, olive branches and plum blossoms(梅花), which represented China’s promise 9.(promote) global peace and build a better future for mankind. Finally, the skaters travelled a path to draw the “Winter Dream” sign of the Olympic Winter dreams Beijing 2022. The performance 10. (success) sent China’s goodwill and invitations to the world for Beijing 2022.
Sometimes people around you can change your values. My elder brother Steve, in the_______ of my father who died when I was six, gave me important lessons in _______ that helped me grow into an adult. Once when I returned _______from a baseball game, it was Steve _______ took the time to ask me what had happened. When I explained that my baseball had _______ through Mrs. Holt’s basement window, breaking the glass, Steve encouraged me to _______to her. After all, I should have played in the park and not in the path_______ buildings. Although my _______ trembled as I stood explaining, I offered to _______ the window if she would return my ball. I also learned that personal property is a ________ thing.
After I found a shiny silver pen in my fifth-grade classroom, I wanted to keep it, but Steve explained that it might be important to someone else ________ the fact that it had little value. He reminded me of how much I’d hate to lose to someone else the small dog my father ________ from a piece of cheap wood. I returned the pen to my teacher, and ________ remembered the smell of her perfume(香水) as she patted me on my shoulder. Yet of all the ________ Steve gave me, his respect for life is the most ________ in my mind.
At twelve I killed a sparrow with a gun. Excited with my ________, I screamed to Steve to take a look. I shall never forget the way he stood for a long moment and ________ the bird on the ground. Then in a dead, quiet voice, he asked, “Did it hurt you first, Mark?” I didn’t know what to answer. He continued with his eyes ________ “The only time you should even think of hurting a living thing is________ it hurts you first. And then you think a long, long time.” I really felt terrible then, but that moment ________ as the most important lesson my brother has taught me.
1.A. absence B. influence C. presence D. appearance
2.A. personalities B. beliefs C. impressions D. values
3.A. in surprise B. in tears C. at ease D. in vain
4.A. which B. what C. that D. whom
5.A. dashed B. rocketed C. swelled D. paced
6.A. addict B. subscribe C. admit D. appeal
7.A. beneath B. above C. in D. between
8.A. legs B. hands C. toes D. back
9.A. pay for B. break down C. account for D. pull through
10.A. authentic B. sacred C. magical D. specific
11.A. regardless of B. instead of C. on account of D. in spite of
12.A. produced B. shaped C. purchased D. carved
13.A. therefore B. even C. still D. yet
14.A. gifts B. lessons C. pens D. sparrows
15.A. vivid B. casual C. temporary D. accessible
16.A. prediction B. intelligence C. accuracy D. expectation
17.A. stared at B. picked up C. glared at D. caught sight of
18.A. blank B. shut C. firm D. wide
19.A. as B. for C. since D. whether
20.A. passes by B. stands out C. crowds of D. fades away
Spreading Smiles at Birchwood
When Ava McCarver was in kindergarten, her class visited a nursing home. Ava learned that many of the residents(住户) there received few visitors. 1. “I asked my mom if I could visit them,” she said. Soon, Ava and her mom become volunteers at Birchwood Health Care Center.
That was six years ago. 2. She enjoyed hanging out with Mary, Shirley and other residents during her twice-monthly visits. “ I paint their nails, and I talk to a lot of them,” she said. Sometimes she helped lead craft (手工艺) projects. Other times they played card games. “ It’s good for the residents to see little kids,” Ava said. “ That makes them really happy.”
3. She raised money for the nursing home by making refrigerator decorations and selling them at a craft fair. She also collected used puzzles from garage sales and donated them to Birchwood.
Ava wrote a book called The Squirrel Family. In the book, two squirrels raise a family and eventually move into a place called Birchwood where they live happily. 4.Ten stores in her city agreed to display the books , along with a can to collect money. Ava’s project raised about 750 dollars. Birchwood used that money to buy furniture for the residents.
Ava said she enjoyed the look of “pure joy” on a resident’s face after a hug from her. That’s why she started visiting Birchwood to bring happiness to others.5. “ It’s really fun,” she said. “ They have good stories, and I enjoy my time there.”
A.She decided to take action.
B.But she gained happiness for herself , too.
C.Since then , Ava has made many friends at Birchwood .
D.Ava used her book to raise money for the nursing home.
E.Birchwood needs more money to support their residents.
F.Ava found some creative ways to help her friends at Birchwood.
G.Ava’s book achieved a great success and earned a large amount of money for her.
Mass communication has been growing and affecting the way communities and people behave. At every stage of the development of communication, from the telegraph to the Internet, societies have had to adapt to its effects. But have the effects been more positive or negative?
The saying “Knowledge is power” has been an excellent motivator for people to improve their lives, but today the massive amount of information available through the Internet doesn’t always seem to to be helping people in the way we had hoped.Rather than improving people’s lives and bringing us closer together, the information age is making us more divided and irresponsible.
Nevertheless, many people find comfort in their virtual worlds and are happy to connect with real-life friends and online friends from the familiar surroundings of their living rooms.However,being able to reinvent themselves online and be whoever they want to be leads to the question of whether they are losing their identities by living in a virtual world. It’s not all bad news,however. Mass communication has helped change some attitudes for the better. Take our views on the environment for example. Internet campaigns by governments and other organizations have helped popularize the ideas of recycling, protecting wildlife and reducing pollution.
Modern electronic communication now influences every aspect of our lives-it is a powerful tool that has raised some concerns for society.However,it has also brought countless benefits to society. At the end of the day, it can be used both for good or evil, which largely relies on the morals and sense of responsibility of the individual or community involved. In short,it needs to be used with care.
1.According to the text, the information age today _______.
A. helps people improve their lives
B. fully shows “ knowledge is power”
C. makes people feel more connected to others
D. fails to achieve our expectations sometimes
2.What can we infer from Paragraph 3?
A. People only connect with online friends.
B. Online friends can be comforting for all people.
C. Virtual lives can make people clear of who they are.
D. The Internet helps to raise our environmental awareness.
3.What can be known about electronic communication in the last paragraph?
A. It should be used in a cautious way.
B. It does more harm than good to society.
C. Its side effects can’t be handled by individuals.
D. It should be strictly controlled by the government.
4.What does the text mainly talk about?
A. The comfort of the virtual worlds.
B. The effects of mass communication.
C. The development of mass communication.
D. The way to use modern mass communication.
In ancient Egypt, the pharaoh(法老) treated the message runner like a prince when he arrived at the palace, if he brought good news. However, if the exhausted runner had the misfortune to bring the pharaoh unhappy news, his head was cut off.
Shades of that spirit spread over today’s conversations. Once a friend and I packed up some peanut butter and sandwiches for an outing. As we walked light-heartedly out of the door, picnic basket in hand , a smiling neighbor looked up at the sky and said, “ Oh, boy, bad day for a picnic. The weatherman says it’s going to rain.” I wanted to strike him on the face with the peanut butter and sandwiches. Not for his stupid weather report, but for his smile.
Several months ago I was racing to catch a bus. As I breathlessly put my handful of cash across the Greyhound counter, the sales agent said with a broad smile. “ Oh, that bus left five minutes ago.” Dreams of head-cutting!
It’s not the news that makes someone angry. It’s the unsympathetic attitude with which it’s delivered. Everyone must give bad news from time to time, and winning professionals do it with the proper attitude. A doctor advising a patient that she needs an operation does it in a caring way. A boss informing an employee he didn’t get the job takes on a sympathetic tone. Big winners know, when delivering any bad news, they should care the feeling of the receiver.
Unfortunately, many people are not aware of this. When you are tired from a long flight, has a hotel clerk cheerfully said that your room isn’t ready yet? When you have your heart set on the toast beef, has your waiter merrily told you that he just served the last piece? It makes you as a traveler or diner want to land your fist right on their unsympathetic faces.
Had my neighbour told me of the upcoming rainstorm with sympathy, I would have appreciated his warning. Had the Greyhound salesclerk sympathetically informed me that my bus had already left, I probably would have said, “ Oh, that’s all right. I’ll catch the next one.” Big winners, when they hear bad news,deliver bombs with the emotion the bombarded(被轰炸的) person is sure to have.
1.In Paragraph 1, the writer tells the story of the pharaoh to _______.
A. make a comparison B. describe a scene
C. introduce a topic D. offer an argument
2.In the writer’s opinion, his neighbor was ______.
A. not helpful B. not considerate
C. friendly D. warm-hearted
3.From “ Dreams of head-cutting !”(Paragraph 3), we learn that the writer _______.
A. was reminded of the cruel pharaoh
B. was mad at the sales agent
C. wished that the sales agent would have had dreams
D. dreamed of cutting the sales agent’s head that night
4.What is the main idea of the text ?
A. Delivering bad news with sympathy is important in communication.
B. Helping others sincerely is the key to business success.
C. Receiving bad news requires great courage.
D. Learning ancient traditions can be useful.
There is an ancient Chinese story about a giant man named Kua Fu who chases the sun. He drains the Yellow and Wei rivers during his race and finally dies of delydration（脱水）. His failure has reminded people of the unstoppable power of the sun for centuries. And yet, scientists throughout history have tried to better understand the most important star in our sky. On Aug 12, NASA launched the Parker Solar Probe（探测器）, marking the start of its trip to the sun.
The probe itself is almost as big as a car and needed the help of a powerful rocket to escape Earth’s orbit, change direction and reach the sun. In order to reach the sun, the probe must complete seven flybys of Venus, using the power of the planet’s gravity to change its path, sending it toward the sun. But that’s not the only difficult part of the journey. As the probe approaches the sun’s corona（日冕）, it will have to bear temperatures reaching 1,400℃, as well as deal with serious radiation. So how will the probe survive?
According to NASA, a special shield has been used, which is a special 11.5 cm-thick carbon-composite shield that will be positioned between the probe and the sun’s corona. It’s advanced technology like this that will make the probe’s trip to the sun much smoother. If everything goes as planned the probe will reach a speed of 692,018 kilometers per hour as it moves around the sun, setting a new record for the fastest man-made object in history, NBC noted. It will fly close to the sun 24 times between 2018 and 2025. NBC added.
1.What is the aim of mentioning Kua Fu in the first paragraph?
A. To tell the origin of Parker Solar Probe.
B. To lead to the topic of researching the sun.
C. To show the achievement of ancient China.
D. To show the difficulties of studying the sun.
2.How many challenges will the probe meet to reach the sun?
A. One. B. Two.
C. Three. D. Four.
3.What is the main idea of the third paragraph?
A. The probe will reach the sun in 2025.
B. The probe has been protected very well.
C. The probe is the fastest man-made object.
D. The probe has been prepared well for its aim.
4.What may be the best title of the passage?
A. Taking a Closer Look at the Sun
B. Discovering the Unknown Puzzles
C. The Story of Kuafu Chasing the Sun
D. The Scientific Value of Searching the Sun
