1 . You can tell a lot about a man by how he treats his dogs.

For many years, I _______ living with my dogs, Tilly and Chance. Their companionship was nearly enough to keep my _________ at bay. Nearly, last year, I started _________, but with reservations. When I first dated Steve, I learned he had a dog, Molly, and a cat, Flora. While I was thrilled that he was an animal _________, I worried that three dogs were perhaps too many, and my dogs might attack Flora, the cat.

The next week we walked our dogs together. It was a hot day. When we _________ to catch our breath, Steve got down on one knee. Was he proposing (求婚)? I liked him too, but so soon? He poured water from a bottle into his hand and _________ it to my dogs. In that moment, I began to _________ him.

We continued to date, though neither of us brought up the future. And then in late November, Tilly had an _________ on her leg. I _________ the dogs out four times a day, and I worried that Tilly constantly __________ the stairs could reopen the wound. Then Steve suggested his house. All __________ fine. The three dogs __________ a pack that, with coaching, respected Flora’s space; Steve and I formed a good __________ caring for Tilly. We made good housemates.

A year later, much to my delight, this man __________ a little box with a ring and proposed to me. He did not kneel (跪) down, nor did I need him to. That’s only for giving water to the dogs that __________ us together.

1.

A．refused

B．enjoyed

C．hated

D．raised

2.

A．knowledge

B．power

C．loneliness

D．expectation

3.

A．dating

B．choosing

C．attempting

D．retiring

4.

A．gardener

B．owner

C．cleaner

D．lover

5.

A．paused

B．failed

C．pretended

D．proved

6.

A．offered

B．threw

C．repeated

D．reacted

7.

A．head for

B．leave for

C．fall for

D．take for

8.

A．management

B．operation

C．goodbye

D．movement

9.

A．reached

B．consulted

C．introduced

D．took

10.

A．climbing

B．changing

C．cleaning

D．opening

11.

A．pushed

B．finished

C．worked

D．started

12.

A．set

B．formed

C．replied

D．reported

13.

A．team

B．friend

C．couple

D．crowd

14.

A．risked

B．greeted

C．produced

D．built

15.

A．won

B．rewarded

C．educated

D．brought

5 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Seagrass meadows (海草床) are wonder plants growing beneath the sea. Thanks to the assistance of tiger sharks,     1     huge seagrass meadow in the Bahamas Banks was recently discovered, offering the world a tool     2     (fight) climate change.

In this study, tiger sharks were selected as research tools due to their     3     (high) consistent associations with seagrass ecosystems. They spend 70% of their time in seagrass meadows. The team equipped eight tiger sharks     4     satellite tags, and used a 360-degree camera on a shark for the first time ever.

So far, the world’s largest seagrass ecosystem, measuring at least 66,900 square kilometers,     5     (discover). This reflects a 41% increase from previous estimates of global seagrass. In terms of climate change, seagrass is 35 times     6     (fast) at removing carbon than tropical rainforests. Yet seagrass meadows are rapidly disappearing, with over 92% of meadows in the UK     7     (go). Scientists are collecting seeds and trying to grow new seagrass meadows through restoration     8     (project). This new discovery offers optimism and proves the importance of the ocean for healing.

The sharks led us to the seagrass ecosystem in the Bahamas,     9     is likely to be the most significant blue carbon sink on the planet. The discovery shows us that ocean exploration and research play an important role in solving     10     (globe) issues like climate change.

6 . 读后续写

In my community, there is a little boy who suffered from congenital muscle disease. He always considered himself the most unfortunate person in the world. Although he looked no different from ordinary people, it’s difficult for him to do some delicate movements. He often lost control of his hands and dropped things on the ground. Even after a short run, he would easily get out of breath. Depression and inferiority made him almost always alone. All of these make his mother very worried.

Then one spring, the boy’s mother bought some saplings (树苗) from a nearby market. She intended to plant them in the forecourt. She told her children to plant a sapling each person. The mother said to her three children, “Whose seedling grows best, I will buy him or her a favorite gift.” The boy also wanted to get his mother’s gift. But seeing his brothers and sisters carrying water to water the trees happily, anyhow, an idea hit him: he hoped the tree he planted would die soon. So watering it once or twice, he never attended to it.

Several days later, when the little boy went to see his tree again, he was surprised to find it grew some fresh leaves instead of withering (枯萎), and compared with the trees of his brother and sister, his appeared greener and more vital. He wondered what on earth had happened. As expected, his mother kept her promise, bought the little boy his favorite gift and said to him, “From the tree you plant, you will become an outstanding botanist (植物学家) when you grow up.”

Since then, the little boy slowly became optimistic. One day, the little boy lay on the bed but couldn’t sleep. Looking at the bright moonlight outside the window, he suddenly recalled what the bi ology teacher once said, plants generally grow at night.

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。

“Why not go to the forecourt and take a look at my tree?” he said to himself.

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From that night on, he understood what his mother meant and decided to change himself.

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8 . As far as we know batteries are playing an important role in our life. We couldn’t live without batteries. Why so? Batteries provide power for anything from small sensors to large systems. While scientists are finding ways to make them smaller but even more powerful, problems can arise when these batteries are much larger and heavier than the devices themselves. University of Missouri (MU) researchers are developing a nuclear energy source that is smaller, lighter and more efficient.

“To provide enough power, we need certain methods with high energy density (密度)”, said Jae Kwon, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at MU. “The radioisotope (放射性同位素) battery can provide power density that is much higher than chemical batteries.”

Kwon and his research team have been working on building a small nuclear battery, presently the size and thickness of a penny, intended to power various micro / nanoelectromechanreal systems (M/NEMS). Although nuclear batteries can cause concerns, Kwon said, they are safe.

“People bear the word ‘nuclear’ and think of something very dangerous,” he said, “However, nuclear power sources have already been safely powering a variety of devices, such as pace-makers, space satellites and underwater systems.”

His new idea is not only in the battery’s size, but also in its semiconductor (半导体). Kwon’s battery uses a liquid semiconductor rather than a solid semiconductor.

“The key part of using a radioactive battery is that when you harvest the energy, part of the radiation energy can damage the lattice structure (晶体结构) of the solid semiconductor, Kwon said, “By using a liquid semiconductor, we believe we can minimize that problem.”

Together with J. David Robertson, chemistry professor and associate director of the MU Research Reactor, Kwon is working to build and test the battery. In the future, they hope to increase the battery’s power, shrink its size and try with various other materials. Kwon said that battery could be thinner than the thickness of human hair.

1. According to paragraph 1 and 2, we can learn that ________.

A．batteries can only power small sensors

B．the larger batteries are, the more power they can provide

C．Jae Kwon is working hard to improve chemical batteries

D．certain methods with high energy density can provide power abundantly

2. Jae Kwon gave examples in Paragraph 4 ________.

A．to introduce various energy sources

B．to describe a nuclear-powered system

C．to introduce nuclear batteries can be safely used

D．to show chemical batteries are widely applied

3. Liquid semiconductor is used to ________.

A．get rid of the radioactive waste	B．decline the damage to lattice structure
C．test the power of nuclear batteries	D．decrease the size of nuclear batteries

4. According to Jae Kwon, his nuclear battery ________.

A．could be extremely thin	B．will soon replace the present ones has
C．uses a solid semiconductor	D．passed the final test

9 . I thought I knew a lot about Hamlet. I had been always full of ________ about it before I saw The Revenge of Prince Zidan-the Peking Opera version of Hamlet. ________ an orchestra playing traditional Chinese instruments, the opera brought a ________ new sound to my Western ears. At first, I thought what I ________ was a violin, ________ later I learnt that it was an instrument with two strings called jinghu. Then, I was ________ when the main characters came on ________. The costumes and masks were amazing. Although the performers sang in Chinese, the music, exaggerated movements and mime helped get the ________ across to the audience. The voices sounded really ________. So ________ were some of the female voices that I was sure they could break glass! And the stage was really ________: a decorated whip represented a horse, and a screen with Chinese character, a study. Using such techniques, the opera had transformed a small stage into the whole universe. What I liked most was how the characters moved on stage. It was so dazzling and ________ that I wasn’t sure if the characters were performers or athletes! Everyone was ________. Feeling the strong emotions of love, anger, fear and grief in the ________, I could easily ________ the theme of Hamlet.

1.

A．complaint

B．hope

C．confidence

D．fear

2.

A．Dealing with

B．Agreeing with

C．Starting with

D．Ending with

3.

A．recently

B．completely

C．hardly

D．suddenly

4.

A．heard

B．saw

C．tasted

D．smelt

5.

A．but

B．and

C．therefore

D．besides

6.

A．moved

B．ashamed

C．tired

D．surprised

7.

A．mind

B．TV

C．stage

D．radio

8.

A．masks

B．costumes

C．colors

D．meanings

9.

A．terrible

B．sad

C．unique

D．common

10.

A．low

B．high

C．soft

D．sweet

11.

A．silent

B．noisy

C．simple

D．dark

12.

A．energetic

B．weak

C．slow

D．competitive

13.

A．fighting

B．leaving

C．waiting

D．clapping

14.

A．performance

B．book

C．film

D．lecture

15.

A．write

B．recognise

C．share

D．forget

10 . Tired of standing in line? Wait a bit longer, and you may never have to again.

Amazon has opened 24 of its Amazon Go stores, which use cameras and artificial intelligence (AI) to see what you’ve taken off shelves and charge you as you walk out. Some companies are closely copying Amazon’s approach to using Al-powered cameras fixed in ceilings. But others are trying an entirely different way to skip the checkout: smart shopping carts, companies have added cameras and sensors to the carts, and are using AI to tell what you’ve put in them. Customers pay by entering a credit card, or through an online payment system. When a customer exits the store, a green light on the shopping cart shows that their order is complete, and they’re charged.

The companies behind the smart carts, including Caper and Veeve, say it’s much easier to add technology to the shopping cart than to an entire store. Amazom’s Go stores rely on hundreds of cameras in the ceiling. The shelves also include sensors to tell when an item is removed. Ahmed Beshry, co-founder of Caper, believes the technology to run Go is too expensive to use in a large-format grocery store. Neither Caper nor Veeve have said how much their smart shopping carts will cost, making it difficult to compare the different formats. Shariq Siddiqui, CEO of Veeve, said, “We’re always happy when Amazon is doing something. They force retailers to get out of their old school thinking.”

Each time a business uses artificial intelligence and cameras, it raises questions about customers’ privacy and the effect on jobs. Beshry notes that the cameras in his shopping cart point down into the cart, so only a customer’s hand and part of their arm will be captured (拍摄) on camera.

1. What do we know about the smart shopping carts?

A．They are linked to the cameras fixed in the ceilings.

B．They are not able to recognize goods put in them.

C．They flash the green light when the order is finished.

D．They can tell customers where to find what they want.

2. What does Beshry think of the technology used in Amazon’s Go stores?

A．It may reduce the cost of running a store greatly.

B．It is likely to help retailers to think differently.

C．It has attracted many more retailers than before.

D．It costs much more than their shopping carts.

3. When it comes to AI and cameras, what makes the public worried most?

A．That goods in the stores may be more expensive.

B．That they can only buy goods online.

C．That somebody may know their privacy.

D．That they have to wait in a line for a longer time.

4. What is the main idea of the text?

A．The new technology improves retail sale.

B．Smart shopping carts will let you skip the line.

C．Al-powered cameras are used in retail stores.

D．Artificial intelligence affects the future of job market.