In many countries in the world, breakfast is a snack _____ a meal, but the traditional English breakfast is a full meal.

A.less than B.better than C.other than D.rather than

― Only those who have a lot in common can get along well.

—_____. Opposites sometimes do attract.

A.I hope not B.I think so

C.I couldn’t agree more D.I beg to differ

A Chinese proverb has it that a tower is built when soil on earth ____, and a river is formed when streams come together.

A.accumulates B.accelerates C.accommodates D.associates

－What about inviting Tracy to host the party?

－Good idea! She is very quick in mind. Oh, _______, here she comes.

A. don’t pull my leg B. a little bird told me

C. speak of the devil D. it’s a piece of cake

The foreigners here are greatly impressed by the fact that _______ people from all walks of life are working hard for ________ new Tianjin.

A./; a B./; the

C.a; a D.the; the

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    Chronic disorganization (慢性失序症) occurs when one is habitually disorganized over a long period, which means the person is constantly unsystematic in how he conducts life and business. One suffering from this problem may find relief in the fact that it isn’t actually a disease or even an “official” disorder. It’s the continued lack of organization in one’s life.

Someone may become addicted to collecting a certain thing yet never organize the collection as it grows out of control. This can especially be a problem for those with a lot of time and money at hand. Yet the problem can be serious for any type of person in a wide variety of situations.

One’s personal attitude can often be a key factor explaining why the chronic disorganization exists. Once the attitude of acceptance about being a “slob” is in someone’s head, it’s hard to remove. If someone tells himself that he is a slob, he will likely live up to that self-image created by him or by those around him.

More often than not, a person is conscious of the disorder of chronic disorganization only when it starts to negatively affect relationships with his friends and family members. Everybody may become affected by this situation, especially those sharing living places together.

The National Study Group for Chronic Disorganization (HSGCD) recommends that one get help through a professional organization. The study found that all of the subjects in the study had problems with making decisions. There were various reasons given for this problem of decision-making. Among them were fears and prioritizing issues. Research is ongoing for the link between problems in decision-making and chronic disorganization.

Chronic disorganization often begins with situational disorganization, something most people experience at some point. A person who has lost someone significant to him such as a spouse may start to be troubled by disorganization. Someone who has experienced changes in life and in his career tends to let things like organization and order fall by the wayside. However, one doesn’t instantly have chronic disorganization.

“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” That’s an old saying that’s true about one’s struggles with chronic disorganization. Every person has the power to change within himself. It’s a matter of staying organized, one day at a time. Those who have left chronic disorganization in the past have often done so by promising to stay organized simply for that single day.

    If spending is a measure of what matters, then the people of the developing world place a high value on brains. While private spending on education has not changed much in the rich world in the past ten years, in China and India it has more than doubled. Since brainpower is the primary generator of progress, this burst of enthusiasm for investing in private education is excellent news for the world. But not everybody is delighted. Because private education increases inequality, some governments are trying to stop its advance. That’s wrong: they should welcome it, and spread its benefits more widely.

① Education used to be provided by religious institutions or entrepreneurs. But when governments, starting in Prussia in the 18th century, got into the business of nation-building, they realized they could use education to shape young minds. As state systems grew, private schooling was left to the elite and the pious(虔诚的). Now it is enjoying popularity again, for several reasons. Incomes are rising, especially among the better off, at the same time as birth rates are falling. In China the former one-child policy means that six people---two parents and four grandparents---can pour money into educating a single child.

② All over the developing world, people want more or better education than governments provide. Where cities are growing at unmanageable speed, the private education is taking up the slack. In India the private education now educates nearly half of all children, in Pakistan more than a third, and in both countries the state education is shrinking. Even where the state does pretty well, as in East Asia, richer people still want better schooling for their children than the masses get. Thus, Vietnam, which has an outstanding state-school system for a poor country, measured by its performance in the OECD’s PISA test, also has the fastest-growing private education.

③ In most ways, this is an excellent thing, because the world is getting more and better schooling.

In rich countries, once the background and ability of the children who attend private schools are taken into account, their exams results are about the same as those in the state education. But in developing countries private schools are better---and much more efficient. A study of eight Indian states found that, in terms of learning outcomes per rupee, private schools were between 1.5 times and 29 times more cost-effective than state schools.

④ They tend to sort children by income, herding richer ones towards better schools that will enhance their already superior life chances. That is one reason why many governments are troubled by their rise.

Governments are right to worry about private education’s contribution to inequality, but they are wrong to discourage its growth. Governments should instead focus on improving the public education by mimicking(模仿) the private education’s virtues. Freedom from independent management is at the root of its superior performance and greater efficiency. Governments should therefore do their best to give school principals more freedom to innovate and to fire underperforming teachers.

To spread the benefit of private schools more widely, governments should work with them, paying for education through vouchers(代金券) which children can spend in private schools. And vouchers should be limited to students in non-selective schools that do not charge top-up fees; otherwise governments will find themselves helping the better off and increasing inequality.

The world faces plenty of problems. Governments should stop behaving as though private education were one of them. It will, rather, increase the chances of finding solutions.

1.What do we know about private education?

A. More developed countries enjoy it.

B. It attracts more and more investment.

C. Public education will replace it in the future.

D. It has helped governments to remove inequality

2.What does the underlined phrase“taking up the slack” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A. Filling the gap. B. Setting the place.

C. Breaking the balance. D. Avoiding the risk.

3.Why has private education been developing rapidly in Vietnam?

A. The population in Vietnam is shrinking dramatically.

B. Its state education is worse than other developing countries.

C. Some people want better education for their children than others.

D. The government intends private education to shape young minds.

4.The sentence “But private schools also increase inequality.” can be put in   .

A. ① B. ② C. ③ D. ④

5.What does the author advise governments to do?

A. Train school principals. B. Sell vouchers to children.

C. learn from private education. D. Fire underperforming teachers.

6.What’s the author’s opinion about private education?

A. Private education should be based on state education.

B. Private education should be targeted at well-off families.

C. Governments should prevent the spread of private education.

D. Governments should celebrate the popularity of private education.

    While fossil fuels — coal, oil, gas — still produce roughly 85 percent of the world’s energy supply, it’s clearer than ever that the future belongs to renewable sources such as wind and solar. The move to renewables is picking up the development around the world: They now account for more than half of new power sources going in operation.

Some growth stems from a commitment by governments and farsighted businesses to fund cleaner energy sources. But increasingly the story is about the falling prices of renewables, especially wind and solar. The cost of solar panels has dropped by 80 percent and the cost of wind turbines（涡轮机）by close to one-third in the past eight years.

In many parts of the world renewable energy is already an important energy source. In Scotland, for example, wind turbines provide enough electricity to power 95 percent of homes. While the rest of the world takes the lead, especially China and Europe, the United States is also seeing an amazing shift. In March, for the first time, wind and solar power accounted for more than 10 percent of the power generated in the US, reported the US Energy Information Administration.

President Trump has underlined fossil fuels — especially coal — as the path to economic growth. In a recent speech in Iowa, he dismissed wind power as an unreliable energy source. But that message did not play well with many in Iowa, where wind turbines dot the fields and provide 36 percent of the state’s electricity generation — and where tech enterprise like Microsoft are being attracted by the availability of clean energy to power their data centers.

The question “what happens when the wind doesn’t blow or the sun doesn’t shine?” has provided a quick remark for skeptics. But an increase in the storage capacity of batteries is making their ability to keep power flowing around the clock more likely.

The advance is driven in part by vehicle manufacturers, who are placing big bets on battery-powered electric vehicles. Although electric cars are still uncommon on roads now, this massive investment could change the picture rapidly in coming years.

While there’s a long way to go, the trend lines for renewables are zooming. The pace of change in energy sources appears to be speeding up — perhaps just in time to have a meaningful effect in slowing climate change. What Washington does — or doesn’t do — to promote alternative energy may mean less and less at a time of a global shift in thought.

1.According to Paragraph 3, the use of renewable energy in America ______.

A.has proved to be impractical B.is as common as in Europe

C.faces many challenges D.is progressing greatly

2.It can be learned that in Iowa ______.

A.wind is a widely used energy source

B.wind energy has replaced fossil fuels

C.there is a shortage of clean energy supply

D.tech enterprises are investing in clean energy

3.Which of the following is true about clean energy according to Paragraphs 5&6?

A.Its application has increased battery storage.

B.Its continuous supply is becoming a reality.

C.It is commonly used in car manufacturing.

D.Its sustainable exploitation will remain difficult.

4.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that renewable energy ______.

A.will bring the US closer to other countries

B.will accelerate global environmental change

C.is not really encouraged by the US government

D.is not competitive enough with regard to its cost

    A tiny clue found in ancient deposits has unlocked big secrets about Greenland’s past and future climate. Just beyond the northwest edge of the vast Greenland Ice Sheet, researchers have discovered lake mud that have survived the last ice age. The mud, and remains of common flies in it, record two interglacial periods（间冰期）in northwest Greenland.

Although researchers have long known these two periods—the early Holocene and Last Interglacial—experienced warming in the Arctic, the mix of fly species shows that Greenland was even warmer than previously thought. “As far as we know, it has never been found in Greenland. We think this is  the first time anyone has reported it in ancient deposits or modern lakes there,” Axford said. “We were really surprised to see how far north it migrated (迁徙).”

This new information could help researchers better measure Greenland’s sensitivity to warming, by  testing and improving models of climate and ice sheet behaviour. Those models could then improve  predictions of how Greenland’s ice sheet might respond to man-made global warming. After all, Greenland covers 80 per cent of the Arctic country and holds enough ice to equal 20 feet of global sea level. “Northwest Greenland might feel really remote, but what happens to that ice sheet is going to matter to everyone in every coastal city around the world,” said Yarrow Axford, an associate professor in the team. “One of the big uncertainties in climate science is how fast the Earth changes when it gets warmer. Geology gives us an opportunity to see what happened when the Earth was warmer than today,” said Axford.

People might be surprised to see how today’s Greenland looked during the last two interglacial periods. During the Last Interglacial, global sea levels increased by 15 to 30 feet, largely due to thinning of Greenland and Antarctica’s ice sheets. However, now researchers believe northern Greenland’s ice sheet experienced stronger warming than previously thought, which could mean that Greenland is more responsible for that sea-level rise.

Finding lake deposits older than about 10,000 years, however, has been historically very difficult in Greenland. To measure these ancient temperatures, researchers look to ice cores ( 冰 核 ) and lake deposits. Since ice and lake deposits form by a gradual buildup on annual layers of snow or mud, these cores contain history of the past. By looking through the layers, researchers can obtain climate clues from centuries ago.

1.Why are the remains of flies mentioned in the first two paragraphs?

A.They serve as evidence that there is still life in the Northwest Greenland.

B.They were one of the many ancient lives that were left in the Greenland mud.

C.They are indicators that Greenland was much warmer than previously thought.

D.They help the researchers realize that there was once a warm period in the Arctic.

2.Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

A.It is easier for today’s scientists to find ancient lake deposits.

B.People are surprised at the landscape feature of Greenland today.

C.Researchers measure the changing temperatures by directly examining mud.

D.Greenland holds enough ice that might one day threaten life in coastal cities.

3.Which do you think is the best title of the passage?

A.Greenland Used to Be Much Greener

B.Earth Once Experienced Warm Periods

C.Coastal Cities Warned of Coming Disasters

D.Northwest Greenland, A Perfect Destination

About the Scottish Portrait Gallery

The Scottish National Portrait Gallery is one of Edinburgh’s most extraordinary buildings—a great red sandstone neo-gothic palace which sits proudly on the city’s skyline. Following a dramatic three-year redecoration, completed in December 2011, the Gallery now offers 17 new displays. Each of these explores different aspects of the story of Scotland and her people.

The Building

The Scottish National Portrait Gallery was designed by Sir Robert Rowand Anderson as a holy palace for Scotland’s heroes and heroines. A detailed Arts and Crafts decorative scheme, both inside and outside, with its glittering friezes, evocative murals and extensive sculptural embellishment, makes it a very special visitor experience.

The Collection

The Portrait Gallery’s collection is an exceptional national resource of over 30,000 fascinating images containing a rich variety of media and including many internationally outstanding works of art. The portraits depict(刻画) the men and women whose lives and achievements helped shape Scotland and the wider world. The Gallery is also home to the NGS’s outstanding collection of photographs which includes around 6,000 works by the early Scottish pioneers of the medium, Robert Adamson and David Octavius Hill as well as new works by leading-edge contemporary photographers.

Visitor Facilities

The new Portrait Gallery cafe serves a delicious menu of fresh dishes and classic recipes, using the very best local ingredients and seasonal produce. Our new shop offers a fresh twist on design-led gifts and souvenirs. The gallery now has all the facilities which today’s visitors expect, including a fantastic new lift, an Education suite and disabled access throughout the building.

1.What do we learn about the Scottish National Portrait Gallery?

A.It is well-known for its building. B.Every display reflects Scotland.

C.There are about 6,000 works in it D.It has a comparatively short history.

2.Its visitor facilities can be described a ______.

A.rare and user-friendly B.modern and all-round

C.characteristic and attractive D.beneficial and conventional

    When I was just out of college, I managed to get my dream job as a trader in New York City on the floor of the American Stock (股票) Exchange. Though it was a proud ________ , the job was simply too physically ________ . I must stand in a crowd every day, which often ________ me in a mindset (心态) that held me back.

Manhattan is a walking town and it’s difficult to ________ when you have a disability. Taxis are expensive and riding the subway ________ dozens of steep steps to get below ________ . This left me only one ________ — the bus.

One night, after the ________ for my job, I was aching with my self-pity ________ it started to rain on my walk to the bus stop. I became more and more ________ without an umbrella, thinking I’d never ________ it in this city and telling myself, “this city is just too hard” and “maybe it is just not possible for a guy like me”.

And then, I ________ the most beautiful, short moment. A couple came rolling by on roller skates, hand ________ hand as they skated what seemed like the tango (探戈). They were all wet but they saw the ________ as an opportunity and romance.

I suddenly became ________ for waiting in the rain because I would have missed this beauty ________ if I had been in a taxi or on the subway. This, although ________ , was an important moment on my journey to discovering the ________ of achieving health and happiness. When I change my mindset, ________ for a moment, to what is possible and work to get rid of the self-limiting beliefs that ________ my daily actions, I will be on the road to a healthier, happier life.

1.A.adjustment B.achievement C.agreement D.treatment

2.A.tiring B.disappointing C.relaxing D.boring

3.A.reminded B.expected C.took D.left

4.A.go up B.get around C.set off D.show up

5.A.acquires B.supports C.requires D.surrounds

6.A.ground B.street C.town D.city

7.A.change B.chance C.idea D.choice

8.A.struggle B.work C.experience D.influence

9.A.before B.while C.when D.after

10.A.nervous B.curious C.scared D.upset

11.A.get B.make C.put D.watch

12.A.recalled B.intended C.witnessed D.realized

13.A.on B.by C.to D.in

14.A.rain B.tree C.wind D.cloud

15.A.astonished B.grateful C.anxious D.relaxed

16.A.exactly B.instantly C.entirely D.suddenly

17.A.strange B.small C.normal D.different

18.A.humor B.honesty C.power D.process

19.A.still B.yet C.also D.even

20.A.affect B.follow C.forbid D.harm

—What's wrong? It seems that you are losing control of the situation.

—_____ Don't stick your nose into my business.

A.Let me alone! B.I have no idea.

C.Are you kidding? D.Take your time!

A man ought to follow his heart when reading, or _____ he reads as a task will do him little good.

A.that B.how C.why D.what

______ for the efforts of medical staff, the spread of the novel coronavirus would not be controlled, which astonishes the whole world.

A.Were not it B.Were it not C.Had not it been D.If it were

We haven’t found any evidence of his ______ attempt to ruin our reputation, but we still suspect he did it intentionally.

A.systematic B.subjective C.sufficient D.significant

______ they can’t wipe away the strain of the past, they can certainly move forward.

A.After B.If C.Unless D.While

—Hello, I have heard you are on holiday.

—That’s not the case. Actually I ______ from my holiday in Athens, where I ______ for a fortnight.

A. returned; stayed    B. have returned; stayed

C. will return; stay    D. am to return; stay

______ on mobile phones for storing information that people are unable to remember basic things.

A.Such is the dependence B.Such dependence does

C.So they are dependent D.So do they depend

Almost  unbelievably, that  dream  has  now become a reality ______ America’s first African-American leader and its first black first family.

A.in the eyes of B.in the event of C.in the shape of D.in the wake of

The educational leaders gathered to ______ a comprehensive reform of education in urban schools.

A.cater for B.send for C.push for D.allow for

In my younger years, my father gave me some advice that I _____  in my mind ever since.

A. turned over B. was turning over

C. had turned over D. have been turning over

Titled Pain, the book contains 51 poems, ________ written in the past three years, Zhao told China Daily in Beijing.

A.most of which B.most of them C.most of what D.most of it

Strong marketing success in 2008 sets the stage for achieving records for 2022, _____ the long-term financial viability and reputation, of the Olympic Games.

A.to be protected B.to protect

C.protecting D.having been protected

What made them miss the deadline was not their lack of funding, but_________ their lack of planning.

A.even B.still C.rather D.ever

If it’s possible to be famous and yet not really well known, ______ describes the father who raised me.

A.what B.which C.that D.where

Actors should be good observers, watching people’s body language and speaking style, and ________ this into their own abilities to progress in acting.

A.transferring B.transforming

C.transporting D.transmitting

阅读下面的短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

Practice after practice, he eagerly gave everything he had to football. But being half the size of the other boys, he got absolutely nowhere. At all the games, this hopeful athlete sat on the bench and hardly ever played.

This teenager lived alone with his father and the two of them had a very special relationship. Even though the son was always on the bench, his father was always in the stands cheering. He never missed a game. This young man was still the smallest of the class when he entered high school. But his father continued to encourage him but also made it very clear that he did not have to play football if he didn't want to.

But the young man loved football and decided to continue. He was determined to try his best at every practice, and perhaps he'd get to play when he became a senior. All through high school he never missed a practice nor a game but remained a bench-warmer all four years. His faithful father was always in the stands, always with words of encouragement for him. When the young man went to college, he decided to try out for the football team as a “walk-on”(跑龙套).Everyone was sure he could never make the cut(比赛资格), but he did.

The news that he had survived the cut made him so excited that he rushed to the nearest phone and called his father. His father shared his excitement and was sent season tickets for all the college games. This persistent young athlete never missed practice during his four years at college, but he never got to play in a game.

It was the end of his senior football season, and as he ran onto the practice field shortly before the final game, the coach met him with a telegram. The young man read the telegram and he became deathly silent. Swallowing hard, he mumbled to the coach, “My father died this morning. Is it all right if I miss practice today?”The coach put his arm gently around his shoulder and said, “Take the rest of the week off, son, and don't even plan to come back to the game on Saturday.”

注意：

1．所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2．应使用5个以上短文文中标有下划线的关键词语；

3．续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；

4．续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

Paragraph1：

Saturday arrived, and the game was not going well.

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Paragraph2:

Finally, after the team left, the coach noticed the young man sitting quietly in the corner alone. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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1、 时间：周日下午6点

2、 地点：学校餐厅

3、 活动安排：享用晚餐、观看演出、玩游戏等。

注意：1、词数80左右；

2、可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式 。

According to Maoyan, the 1.(big) movie ticketing app in China, “My people ,My country ”came out on top ,with 278 million yuan .The movie is made up of seven separate 2.(story). Each of the leading actors is caught up in 3.key moment of China’s history ,such as the nation’s founding 4.Oct. 1,1949, the handover of Hong Kong on July 1,1997 5. the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The movie highlighted(突出) both its patriotic content(爱国情怀) and its star power, 6.(include) the famous director Chen Kaige and the well-known star Huang Bo . “I 7.(go)to see the movie yesterday. Tears welled in my eyes ,and I felt 8.(touch) and proud at the same time ,” one Weibo user wrote .The movie was made by seven directors, most of 9.lived through these important moments. The movie’s theme song “Me and My Mother Country”10.(record)by Hong Kong’s singer Faye Wang has been heard in shops, restaurants and workplaces all across the mainland .