1 . When I started the Fit Nation programme, I was a big guy. Seven months later, I'm still a big guy. I've run endless miles, biked endless hills and swum endless laps. Is there _______ of me? Yes. Am I fitter? Yes. Am I healthier? _______ . But am I finished? NO WAY！

There has been quite a debate ranging in recent years about _______ you can be "fat and fit” . There's no easy answer to that question. Perhaps the answer varies from person to person as our goals _______ .

Over the years, everyone in the Fit Nation family has achieved great success, but in many cases, the pounds don't always dramatically _______ . We've all gained strength and improved our cardiovascular(心血管的)health, but I never _______ this as a weight-loss programme. At least for me, the real changes have been in my body（more muscles and less fat）, my overall endurance and my mental _______ .

I've learned that being healthy is ultimately about being honest with myself. It's about being honest about what I can accomplish and what I can _______ to accomplish in the short term and in the long term. While I'm _______ now than I was at the beginning of the year, I still have improvements to make and fitness to ________ . I hope to continue making gains for the rest of my life.

Setting goals is really pretty simple when you think about it. A ________ is something for which you're willing to work. And you get what you want by planning and putting that plan into ________ . I have more goals to set and more success to ________ .

The only true measure of my accomplishment is how far I've come and how much farther I have to go. Most ________ , I've come to understand that fitness is a journey and not a ________ .

1.

A．more

B．less

C．bigger

D．worse

2.

A．Early

B．Naturally

C．Absolutely

D．Fortunately

3.

A．whose

B．whether

C．that

D．what

4.

A．change

B．score

C．achieve

D．set

5.

A．have

B．show

C．disappear

D．turn

6.

A．thought of

B．looked out

C．turned to

D．gave up

7.

A．sadness

B．happiness

C．toughness

D．kindness

8.

A．allow

B．consider

C．avoid

D．expect

9.

A．bigger

B．happier

C．fatter

D．healthier

10.

A．gain

B．know

C．take

D．give

11.

A．result

B．plan

C．reason

D．goal

12.

A．fiction

B．words

C．action

D．situation

13.

A．help

B．achieve

C．give

D．notice

14.

A．importantly

B．fortunately

C．likely

D．patiently

15.

A．decision

B．determination

C．description

D．destination

2 . Savanna Lorpu Karmue, 11, is a student, author, activist, and possibly one of our next great cardiologists (心脏病学家). Her inspiring story started with her favourite Sunday school teacher who was about to have a (n) _________ because of a serious heart attack. After she _________ the teacher in the hospital, Savanna’s curiosity led her towards a deep _________of the heart and its importance to the human body._________ by her supporting parents to research related matters of the heart, Savanna learned that one in three of teenagers were_________ from childhood obesity (肥胖), which can lead to heart disease.

She _________ making videos, named Happy Heart Advice, sharing with the world _________ to have a better health and create a healthy heart. Until 2016, Happy Heart Advice had provided over 300,000 children with _________ for healthy living. In June 2017, she was invited as a_________ at an international conference, where she shared __________ information on how to __________ healthy eating to everyday adolescent lifestyles. She was __________ by the American Heart Association for her __________ in the health community at such an early age. She’s currently__________ an app that will make it easier for moms and families to make conscious efforts to __________ “Happy Heart-approved food” instead of grabbing whatever catches their eye in a grocery store.

1.

A．training

B．appointment

C．lecture

D．operation

2.

A．persuaded

B．visited

C．consulted

D．cured

3.

A．explanation

B．appreciation

C．affection

D．expectation

4.

A．Moved

B．Forced

C．Begged

D．Encouraged

5.

A．dying

B．learning

C．suffering

D．benefiting

6.

A．began

B．avoided

C．admitted

D．denied

7.

A．ways

B．dreams

C．love

D．money

8.

A．food

B．reports

C．education

D．statistics

9.

A．speaker

B．doctor

C．performer

D．hostess

10.

A．abstract

B．extra

C．brief

D．practical

11.

A．limit

B．reduce

C．apply

D．compare

12.

A．impressed

B．confused

C．honored

D．protected

13.

A．influence

B．generosity

C．knowledge

D．power

14.

A．commenting on

B．working on

C．showing off

D．putting off

15.

A．preserve

B．process

C．deliver

D．purchase

3 . Tricky Pictures

With bold, swirling brushstrokes and vivid colors, Vincent van Gogh’s stirring Starry Night brings to life a unique sky. It’s one of the most famous paintings in the world. And ________ the scenic canvas(画布) can make museum visitors feel starstruck.

But seeing the masterpiece ________ on a gallery wall isn’t the only way that art fans can experience its emotional impact. In fact, some exhibits give people a chance to be ________ by van Gogh’s celebrated scene. They find themselves surrounded by colors that dance before their eyes and ripple at their feet. These exhibitions, in which moving images are ________ projected onto walls, columns, floors, and sometimes onto viewers themselves, are examples of immersive art.

Immersive art doesn’t rest on a pedestal(基座) or hang on a wall next to a plaque(匾) printed with facts. And don’t expect it to fit in a frame or ________ familiar expectations. While immersive art can be hard to characterize, it is generally a multisensory, ________ experience that engages viewers and makes them feel like part of the artwork. One thing is certain—immersive art is ________ popular, selling out tickets in cities around the world.

Van Gogh sold just one painting during his lifetime and only gained ________ after his death, but now he is immersive art’s biggest superstar. The 19th-century painter’s work has been ________ in a lot of exhibitions featuring immense images furnished with animation and accompanied by music, voices, and background sound.

Another interactive hot spot with a DIY vibe is The House of Eternal Return in Santa Fe,

New Mexico. The venue is ________ to over 70 rooms of surreal art. It’s run by the artistic cooperative Meow Wolf, which describes the project as a “multidimensional mystery house with secret passages and ________ to magical worlds.” ________, what looks like a perfectly normal refrigerator door is the gateway to a hidden tunnel…and an unusual artistic adventure.

The growing ________ of immersive art is partly powered by social media. As visitors post selfies filled with van Gogh’s intense palette or videos of friends stepping into a fantastical fridge, these experiences draw bigger and bigger crowds. Meanwhile, traditional museums are following the trend, ________ immersive techniques and technologies in their galleries. That’s because many curators and creators share a common goal—to help more people ________ art!

1.

A．listening to

B．gazing at

C．scanning through

D．hearing about

2.

A．projected

B．reflected

C．framed

D．rested

3.

A．enveloped

B．marveled

C．absorbed

D．pursued

4.

A．electrically

B．digitally

C．practically

D．completely

5.

A．stand out

B．figure out

C．stick to

D．distinguish with

6.

A．energetic

B．prosperous

C．harmonious

D．interactive

7.

A．unusually

B．suspiciously

C．partially

D．undoubtedly

8.

A．recognition

B．wonder

C．wealth

D．definition

9.

A．spread

B．displayed

C．bought

D．advocated

10.

A．home

B．branch

C．location

D．trend

11.

A．limits

B．solutions

C．links

D．talents

12.

A．In fact

B．Therefore

C．Furthermore

D．For instance

13.

A．awareness

B．popularity

C．prejudice

D．population

14.

A．employing

B．recognizing

C．occupying

D．contributing

15.

A．expert in

B．set aside

C．reflect on

D．get into

4 . When people talk about the future, we like to think that we will be able to drive out of our garages and take to the ________ in our own personal flying car. The advantages are obvious. Some people ________ this technology will allow complete three-dimensional freedom of movement. We could fly at 489 kilometres per hour, ________ traffic lights, busy roads and speeding tickets. However, some people point to the disadvantages of flying cars. They claim that there are certain to be problems with traffic ________. Another big problem is mechanical ________. What will happen if they break down? ________, if they become popular, there is likely to be another big problem: air traffic congestion. So it looks like flying cars face more than a few problems if they are to get off the ground!

Most of us have printed out an electronic document on paper, but think about the ________ of printing out a three-dimensional object in plastic. 3D printers build an object using layers line-by-line like a(n) ________ printer until the object is complete. Vehicle companies like BMW and Volkswagen already use 3D printers to make life-size models of car parts. At the moment the process is slow and quality is ________, but before long it might be possible to see a product on a website and then ________ it to your printer at home. In the future we could make our own furniture, jewellery, cups, plates, shoes and toys from designs on our computers, and reduce the amount of ________ we have to do.

Imagine having your own Ironman suit. There are several companies trying to build a practical robot ‘exoskeleton’. This is a suit of robot arms and legs which follows your ________. It will allow the wearer to lift heavy objects, walk long distances and even punch through walls! There are ________ military advantages for this technology and might help people to walk again after disease or injury. However, besides cost and battery life, another problem is that a badly ________ robot suit could injure the wearer because you wouldn’t want your robot leg or arm bending the ________ way.

1.

A．parking lot

B．valleys

C．skies

D．dimension

2.

A．confirm

B．predict

C．prove

D．approve

3.

A．neglecting

B．avoiding

C．changing

D．controlling

4.

A．flows

B．crashes

C．organization

D．control

5.

A．accidents

B．industry

C．failure

D．analysis

6.

A．Also

B．Hence

C．However

D．Therefore

7.

A．access

B．improvement

C．possibility

D．compliment

8.

A．normal

B．home-made

C．special

D．imported

9.

A．high

B．advanced

C．various

D．low

10.

A．click

B．check

C．remove

D．download

11.

A．shopping

B．bargaining

C．shipping

D．delivery

12.

A．intentions

B．movements

C．instructions

D．advice

13.

A．forceful

B．possible

C．obvious

D．doubtful

14.

A．criticized

B．programmed

C．developed

D．commented

15.

A．wavy

B．direct

C．wrong

D．straight

5 . Bringing Mosquitoes Under Control

Every year, hundreds of thousands of people die of mosquito-borne diseases like malaria and dengue fever. Drug treatments are ________, and, despite decades of effort, vaccines have, for many of these diseases, proven to be difficult to develop.

It is better, then, to stop these infections happening in the first place by ________ doing away with the mosquitoes that carry the diseases. CRISPR-Cas9, a new and powerful genetic-engineering process, could help to do just that.

Craig Montell, of the University of California, and his colleagues have used CRISPR to ________ an existing control method called the sterile insect technique (SIT), which involves releasing lots of sterilized (绝育的) males into the wild. Females that mate with these males produce no young. ________ releases can reduce populations dramatically. SIT has been used in North America to eliminate screwworm flies, an agricultural pest.

SIT has been tried on mosquitoes, too, but with less ________. One reason seems to be the side-effects of the procedure. To sterilize them, males are exposed to poisonous chemicals. This works, but it damages them in other ways, too. The result can be sickly individuals that ________ to compete in the mating game with wild mosquitoes.

Montell and his colleagues hoped that CRISPR might offer a(n) ________. Their first step was to look for genes which affect fertility (可繁殖性) in mosquitoes. They began their hunt in fruit flies and ended up focusing on a gene that, when ________, made male fruit flies sterile. The gene was present in a similar form in their target mosquito species, Aedes aegypti, which passes on, among other illnesses, yellow fever, dengue and the Zika virus. Disabling the ________ gene in male Aedes likewise left them infertile. ________, the genetic changes involved did not appear to affect the engineered mosquitoes in any other way. On every measure of ________, they performed as well as wild mosquitoes.

________ the details are not fully understood, once female mosquitoes have mated a few times, they become unwilling to do so again. Mating with an infertile male is, therefore, not only fruitless in itself, but should also leave a female less interested in ________ males.

There is more work to be done before field trials, but having established the ________, Montell is excited to see where the work might lead. That the engineered males leave no young means that there are fewer worries surrounding any ________ consequences which might arise from the release of millions of genetically edited creatures into the environment. And that the target gene is found in both fruit flies and Aedes suggests it is likely to exist in other disease-carrying mosquitoes, too.

1.

A．available

B．imperfect

C．necessary

D．painful

2.

A．completely

B．instantly

C．simply

D．suddenly

3.

A．enhance

B．establish

C．identify

D．test

4.

A．Delayed

B．Limited

C．Planned

D．Repeated

5.

A．complexity

B．frequency

C．risk

D．success

6.

A．choose

B．continue

C．learn

D．struggle

7.

A．alternative

B．combination

C．explanation

D．guarantee

8.

A．inserted

B．removed

C．signaled

D．updated

9.

A．abnormal

B．altered

C．equivalent

D．original

10.

A．Crucially

B．Evidently

C．Inevitably

D．Shockingly

11.

A．healthiness

B．matureness

C．productivity

D．safety

12.

A．Although

B．As if

C．Because

D．If only

13.

A．uncivilized

B．unengineered

C．unprepared

D．unrecovered

14.

A．environment

B．principle

C．rule

D．standard

15.

A．direct

B．lasting

C．social

D．unintended

6 . Branson was born in London in 1950. He dropped out of school at the age of 16 and started a magazine called Student, but the magazine never made money.

Then Branson began _________ his next idea: selling mail order albums at discounted price. It rapidly became a more _________ business than the magazine itself. Virgin was then _________. It was named “Virgin” because none of the _________ had been in business before.

In 1973, Mike Oldfield, the first Virgin artist _________ an album called Tubular Bells that became an international success. Since then, many household names, _________ Phil Collins and the Rolling Stones, have helped to make Virgin Music one of the top record companies in the world.

Over the next six years, Branson started over fifty different companies encompassing (涵括) everything from filmmaking to air conditioner cleaning. Though he was making a really huge fortune, Branson _________ that money is not the motivation behind his _________ in so many businesses. Rather, he enjoys _________ to do something more effectively than those who have tried before him.

In 1984, Branson started Virgin Atlantic Airlines. Branson __________ discouraging comments that told him he could never __________ with British Airways and carried on with his vision. Surprisingly, Virgin was immediately __________ for its service and luxury (奢华).

Branson has had the name of Virgin __________ to more than 200 different companies. He is known for unusual business practices (no central headquarters, no board meeting, and he can’t even __________ a computer), his showy publicity stunts (惊人的行为)   (like driving a tank into Times Square), and his adventurous exploits (he was the first person to cross the Atlantic in a hot air balloon).

Branson keeps __________ of the future. In discussing the prospect of starting a shuttle service into space, Branson has said, “Why not? It’s virgin territory. ”

1.

A．finishing

B．abandoning

C．discussing

D．marketing

2.

A．expensive

B．complicated

C．profitable

D．beneficial

3.

A．produced

B．built

C．founded

D．set out

4.

A．staff

B．employers

C．albums

D．workers

5.

A．managed

B．collected

C．released

D．freed

6.

A．with

B．including

C．specially

D．despite

7.

A．points

B．demands

C．warns

D．emphasizes

8.

A．involvement

B．expectation

C．investigation

D．absorption

9.

A．failing

B．intending

C．experimenting

D．attempting

10.

A．ignored

B．admitted

C．invited

D．criticized

11.

A．conquer

B．compete

C．win

D．defeat

12.

A．purchased

B．recognized

C．complimented

D．forgotten

13.

A．fixed

B．removed

C．accessed

D．painted

14.

A．understand

B．operate

C．assemble

D．cooperate

15.

A．dreaming

B．complaining

C．planning

D．boasting

8 . Email is one of the Internet’s oldest apps — from the days before we used the word “app” even — and despite its drawbacks, most of us still use it every day.

Typically, the apps we download in 2020 have been _________for mere days or months. We are used to the pang of regret when really useful software suddenly winks out of existence. How has email remained a(n) _________ for nearly years? Yes, it is helpful that email is based on a(n) _________ communications medium that stretches back to some of the first examples of written language. But that isn’t the full story.

First, email managed to survive massive upheavals in the way we use computers. In the early 1970s, when email was born, it was almost _________ a tool for researchers, university students and engineers. You would send, receive and store your email on a work computer. With the _________ of personal computers in the 1980s and 90s, email became something you kept on your own private machines or disks — almost like storing old letters in a shoebox. Now we have come full circle. Most of us store our personal mail in the cloud, which is _________ like storing it on somebody else’s work computer.

It is extremely rare to see apps make the leap from one platform to another like email did. They tend to _________ in the journey from web to mobile, or from one game system to another.

As well as _________ dramatic tech changes, email dealt with another major hurdles — spam (垃圾邮件). In the 1990s and early 2000s, people’s inboxes were _________ with so much junk that it was impossible to find the stuff you wanted. You had to install another program — a spam filter — just to use your email program. But in the age of cloud mail, anti-spam systems have become so good that it is __________ to see one of those quaint old subject lines touting (标榜) “VI@grs@!” or “pron” to get around word filters.

And yet, __________ its heroic triumph over tech obsolescence and spam, email isn’t exactly alluring (吸引人的). We use it mostly for official __________, automated reminders and shopping receipts, along with the occasional bit of personal news. Though email communication is practically instantaneous, it feels __________. Why email when you could text?

Perhaps that is the point. Email isn’t a brand-new way to __________ nor is it juiced up with memes and not takes. But we are still opening G-mail or Hot-mail every day because it works and everybody has it. Under the hood, email uses protocol (数据传递的协议) that keeps trying to send data, over and over, hoping that it can outlast network problems. It doesn’t give up. And somehow, by trying really earnestly, it has __________ the computers where it has born and the spammers who tried to defeat it.

1.

A．available

B．effective

C．free

D．reasonable

2.

A．servant

B．dominance

C．constant

D．function

3.

A．ancient

B．cheap

C．direct

D．simple

4.

A．exceptionally

B．exclusively

C．generally

D．inclusively

5.

A．addition

B．company

C．impact

D．rise

6.

A．essentially

B．literally

C．physically

D．potentially

7.

A．die

B．malfunction

C．upgrade

D．withdraw

8.

A．bringing about

B．conflicting with

C．struggling with

D．weathering

9.

A．buried

B．clogged

C．charged

D．featured

10.

A．excited

B．rare

C．relieved

D．unpleasant

11.

A．despite

B．instead of

C．regardless of

D．thanks to

12.

A．announcement

B．connection

C．correspondence

D．publication

13.

A．short

B．convenient

C．distant

D．slow

14.

A．contribute

B．cooperate

C．evolve

D．socialize

15.

A．abandoned

B．defeated

C．outlived

D．unified

10 . During COVID-19 Ed Attanasio from California got a call from a friend who___________him to draw for his dog. After drawing a picture of his dog, which became _______ on the Internet, Attanasio began receiving _______from people who wanted drawings of their pets.

“I said yes but I didn’t want to ask for _________I just draw to make people happy,” Attanasio said. That’s when he got the idea to _______ the art movement, Pandemic Pet Project.

People send photos of their pets to Attanasio through his web page. Then he _______ new artworks that are hand-drawn and mails them out once they’re_______. Although the artwork is_______, Attanasio asks people to give at least $50 to an animal organization. Since setting up Pandemic Pet Project, the artist has finished 1,600 drawings.

Sometimes Attanasio found it hard to_________the project.“Every time I decided that I would stop it, I would receive signs that told me not to”, he said. Attanasio learned some dogs at a(n) __________ centre in Kansas got adopted just after their pictures were __________ on the Internet. Not long after__________   to step aside from the movement, he received a(n)__________ phone call from a patient who told him his drawings brought her __________ every day.

“I will do this as long as people want me to,” Attanasio said.“I just want to make a __________”

1.

A．challenged

B．encouraged

C．asked

D．instructed

2.

A．useful

B．expensive

C．bright

D．popular

3.

A．requests

B．questions

C．offerings

D．tickets

4.

A．advice

B．quiet

C．leave

D．money

5.

A．join

B．start

C．support

D．direct

6.

A．values

B．buys

C．creates

D．sells

7.

A．needed

B．completed

C．discovered

D．copied

8.

A．free

B．beautiful

C．common

D．cheap

9.

A．explain

B．develop

C．plan

D．continue

10.

A．disease

B．plant

C．animal

D．photo

11.

A．painted

B．shown

C．done

D．taken

12.

A．determining

B．agreeing

C．promising

D．managing

13.

A．careful

B．warm

C．anxious

D．interesting

14.

A．surprise

B．honor

C．happiness

D．pride

15.

A．decision

B．living

C．deal

D．difference