1 . A few years back, I planned to build a networked digital library where theses (论文) from African universities could be stored. I wanted to find a way to make these great _______ visible to the whole world. It took me months and even years to _______ build it to my taste. But finally, it went nowhere.

The other day, I was at a rest area. I observed that when one ant found food, others immediately _______ to help pull the food to their storage. I tried to _______ the pattern, which unfortunately resulted in _______ one. Quickly, they came together to rescue it. Then they reorganized and _______ in the line they had created. I saw no _______ of supervision (监督), yet they were moving pieces of food that were about 30 times their individual sizes, which is a _______ task.

As I watched them, the library plan _______ in my mind. Wouldn’t it be ________ to trust others to help you? Right there, I made the following ________. The ants cooperated with each other: I will form a(n)________, bringing professionals together. The ants trusted one another: I must ________ the notion (观念) that only by working alone can I ensure quality. The ants were ________: I will share my ideas with like-minded people.

It is about a month later now and the project is progressing well. It’s true that by ________ everyone in the organization and trusting people, we will achieve success.

1.

A．conditions

B．contributions

C．positions

D．instructions

2.

A．personally

B．similarly

C．peacefully

D．slightly

3.

A．survived

B．gathered

C．happened

D．hesitated

4.

A．memorize

B．share

C．disturb

D．match

5.

A．wounding

B．motivating

C．conducting

D．discovering

6.

A．waited

B．hid

C．continued

D．reflected

7.

A．favor

B．form

C．response

D．comparison

8.

A．regular

B．permanent

C．simple

D．massive

9.

A．weakened

B．varied

C．flashed

D．collapsed

10.

A．ridiculous

B．cruel

C．greedy

D．wonderful

11.

A．decisions

B．mistakes

C．assumptions

D．recommendations

12.

A．order

B．opinion

C．requirement

D．team

13.

A．get along with

B．keep pace with

C．get rid of

D．come up with

14.

A．efficient

B．open

C．honest

D．hard-working

15.

A．engaging

B．impressing

C．challenging

D．rewarding

2 . About five days ago, my back started tightening in the middle region. A couple of days ago, I was trapped in my bed, unable to move.     1     So here I was, determined to make an appointment at an Eastern medicine school for my first experience getting acupuncture.

It was a wonderful experience. The room looked no different from a Western medicine examination room.     2     However, it differed from Western medicine in the way they sought to treat me.

    3     I was asked about things in my entire life, from my sleep patterns to my physical processes, to current life stressors. Then the medical student discussed a plan with the doctor. They came back, asked me to lie on my stomach, and started placing the needles. The needles didn’t hurt. I could barely feel their presence.

After they placed the needles, the doctor asked me how I felt. I told her I couldn’t feel any pain.    4     So they left me in the room with a heat lamp for about twenty minutes. This “baking” time was amazing. It was subtle, but strong.     5     When the appointment was over, I felt super relaxed, almost drunk. I would highly recommend this treatment option for anybody who thinks they may benefit.

A．The mysterious ancient healing art of acupuncture was amazing.

B．Chinese medicine tend to regard the patient’s symptoms as a whole.

C．I hated the looks from my doctor for symptoms that Western technology can’t handle perfectly.

D．I felt like I was in an altered state of relaxation, a different dimension, even.

E．The doctor told me to be patient and wait for the needles to take effect.

F．I sat down and discussed my symptoms with the medical student.

G．This actually indicated that I was responding well to the treatment.

3 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个恰当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

For more than a thousand years, Cairo has been the capital city of Egypt. But that will be changed in the near future.

In December, the Egyptian     1    (administrate) in Cairo began to move its offices to the new capital as part of a six-month trial. Not     2    (official) named yet, the city     3    (know) as the New Administrative Capital.

Generally     4    (speak), the capital of a country serves as its political,     5    (economy) and cultural center. However, in Egypt’s case, overcrowding     6    (lead) its capital to become congested (拥堵的) and has worsened other problems such as air pollution.

Cairo,     7    (locate) at the top of the heavily populated Nile Delta, attracts people across the country. At present, the city has more than 20 million people. But its population will double     8     40 million by 2050.

The Egyptian government has great desires for the new capital,     9     size is much bigger. Beginning its construction in 2015, the new capital covers 714 square kilometers, nearly twice     10     size of Cairo.

4 . 阅读下面材料, 根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段, 使之构成一篇完整的短文。

It’s just a small, white envelope stuck among the branches of our Christmas tree. No name, no identification, just a short note inside which says what we have done to celebrate Christmas. It has stuck through the branches of our tree for the past 10 years or so.

It all began because my husband Mike hated Christmas—oh, not the true meaning of Christmas, but the commercial aspects of it—the overspending, the anxious running around at the last minute to get a tie for Uncle Harry and the dusting powder for Grandma—the gifts given in desperation because you couldn't think of anything else.

Knowing he felt this way, I decided one year to avoid the usual shirts, sweaters, ties, and so on. I reached for something special just for Mike. The idea came in an unusual way.

Our son Kevin, who was 12 that year, was wrestling (摔跤) at the junior level at the school he attended. Shortly before Christmas, there was a non-league match against a team supported by an inner-city church. These teenagers, dressed in sport shoes so ragged (破烂的) that shoestrings seemed to be the only thing holding them together, presented a sharp contrast (对比) to our boys in their stylish blue and gold uniforms and new wrestling shoes. As the match began, I was alarmed to see that the other team was wrestling without headgear, a kind of light helmet designed to protect a wrestler's ears. Obviously, the poor team could not afford.

Well, we ended up defeating them. We took every weight class. And as each of their boys got up from the mat, he walked around in his rags with a kind of steet pride that couldn’t acknowledge defeat.

Mike, seated beside me, shook his head sadly, ‘‘I wish just one of them could have won, "he said "They have a lot of potential, but losing like this could take the heart right out of them. ’’

注意∶
1. 续写词数应为150左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡相应位置作答,
Paragraph 1:

That’s when the idea for his present came.

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Paragraph 2:

For each Christmas, the envelope has become the tradition of our family.

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5 . Among one of the strange experiences of modern life is one that happens to me, though not just to me: I’ll meet a friend for a drink and he will ________some book or product he thinks I’ll like. Then within days—without searching for it online-I'll start seeing ________ web ads for it.

________ there's a rumor that Facebook uses the microphone in your phone to eavesdrop (窃听) on your conversations.

However, that's almost certainly ________. The truth is that apps and websites have already collected so much of your data that they have no ________ for eavesdropping.

But there's another reason Big Tech ________ us so much better than we think, which is that each of us is far more normal than we realize. Take myself as an example: both Facebook and my friend will make almost the same recommendation because my interests are far less special, and thus more ________than I'd like to believe.

"You're not so special" is a message sometimes delivered as an offence. It is at other times interpreted as tough ________, as in the speech by the American high-school teacher David McCullough. His aim was to urge students not to make themselves painful by struggling to prove they're the ________ of the universe.

Given almost any general definition of the term and all things being ________, it probably ________ your intelligence is normal. Without any value judgment, that's all the word "normal" and your taste in culture: chances are they're much less ________ or extreme than you think. Or to put it another way:________ you're special is just one more way in which you're normal, which explains why most people think they're above average at many things.

Don't feel ________ by the thought of being normal, though. "Never forget that every mind ________ by the most ordinary experience, "wrote French poet Paul Valery.

1.

A．purchase

B．recommend

C．mention

D．present

2.

A．targeted

B．irrelevant

C．classified

D．misleading

3.

A．No doubt

B．No problem

C．No use

D．No wonder

4.

A．alarming

B．false

C．obvious

D．typical

5.

A．sense

B．way

C．idea

D．need

6.

A．serves

B．knows

C．monitors

D．commands

7.

A．accessible

B．reasonable

C．acceptable

D．predictable

8.

A．love

B．push

C．warning

D．decision

9.

A．center

B．part

C．end

D．master

10.

A．effective

B．different

C．specific

D．equal

11.

A．means

B．appears

C．addresses

D．violates

12.

A．regular

B．unusual

C．precious

D．competitive

13.

A．knowing

B．displaying

C．wondering

D．thinking

14.

A．astonished

B．abandoned

C．discouraged

D．motivated

15.

A．shaped

B．occupied

C．reserved

D．limited

6 . Getting a Job in the Video Game Industry

When the video game industry started, the majority of the developers were programmers because they knew how to work in the language of the machines at the time.     1     Thus, game developers were no longer limited to excellent programmers.

You can start climbing the ladder as a tester.     2     For a while, this path worked for quite some time, although many quickly realized that it wasn’t the job they imagined it would be. It is almost impossible to progress from tech support into the development without higher level education and training in big development companies.

Getting a development position isn’t just a matter of having some programming or art classes on your resume(简历).     3    You may prepare yourselves for such questions as: What games are out there that you've made? Have you worked in a cooperative programming environment before? Do you know how to write clean, concise, documented code

In fact, programming interviews frequently involve having to stand up in front of your potential coworkers at a whiteboard and solve logic or programming efficiency problems. Level designers and artists may have to talk about their work on a video project or in the same sort of environment.     4     you’re not able to communicate with your potential colleagues, you may lose the chance at a job that you’d be perfect for.

The recent rise of independently developed and published games has opened a new path for those looking to get into the game industry.     5    It requires a significant investment of time, energy, resources, and a drive to face a very competitive market. And most importantly, it requires that you know how to fill, and despite this to get up and move on to the next project until you make it.

A．But this is not an easy route.

B．Testing games for money has been a dream job for countless teens.

C．Game development is not the thing you can just do in your bedroom.

D．Later on, other staff like artists became part of the development process

E．Many game companies now check for compatibility（相容性）with teammates.

F．So you can start by trying everything and then focus on what you enjoy most.

G．Long interview processes stand between gifted developers and their dreams of making gam

7 . When Paul Greenberg’s son turned 12, he was asking for a smartphone of his own. He challenged Greenberg’s reasons for why it wasn’t a good idea, pointing out his dad’s own addiction to his phone. That’s when Greenberg decided to replace his smartphone with an old-fashioned flip phone and focus on spending time with his son.

Greenberg ended up writing a delightful book about the transition, called “Goodbye Phone, Hello World: 60 Ways to Disconnect from Tech and Reconnect to Joy”—but it’s different from what you might expect. It’s not an essay on the evils(罪恶)of technology, but a brief, and practical guide on how to live without a smart phone.

The book is divided into chapters that explore the various aspects of your life that will improve when you reallocate your time, such as finding a sense of purpose, strengthening mind and body, building better relationships with friends, family, and lovers, and healing the environment. But first, it opens with a message that our screen addiction is not so much a result of weakness, but rather a carefully invented plan by many computer scientists far more knowledgeable than we are about our own brains and nature.

“I wanted to tell my son that people aren’t addicted to screens because they’re lazy, but instead because billions of dollars have been invested to make this outcome unavoidable. When you look into your phone, you think it’s just your two eyes looking at a screen. What’s really happening is that 10, 000 programmers’ eyes are looking back at you, following you, tailoring your environment so that you’ll keep looking.”

“However, you can quit, refuse to play the game; and when you do, doors of opportunity open all around.”

This book is a pleasure to read. Its briefness is purposely suited to people who have lost their attention span(持续时间), but wish to regain it. I know that when my kids get home from school later today, they won’t see me on my phone. I’ll leave it inside and take them out to play Frisbee.

1. What does the underlined word “transition” (in Paragraph 2) refer to?

A．Say yes to flip phone, Say no to Smartphone.

B．Stop phone addiction, Set an example to children.

C．“Goodbye Phone, Hello World”-a delightful book.

D．Less time with smartphone, More time with children.

2. Which of the following topics is not covered in the book?

A．interpersonal relationships	B．environmental protection
C．social evils of technology	D．physical and mental health

3. Which of the following statements about screen addiction might Greenberg agree with?

A．Screen addiction is the direct result of people’s weakness.

B．Screen addiction is a trick created by computer scientists.

C．Screen addiction is a sign of people’s physical laziness.

D．Screen addiction is unavoidable and a waste of money.

4. What’s the purpose of the passage?

A．To recommend a delightful book to readers.

B．To persuade people to put down smartphones.

C．To explore the reasons behind screen addiction.

D．To suggest ways to reconnected to a joyful life.

8 . During the COVID-19, some city buses and trains have run empty, while others have been crowded. In Los Angeles, ridership on the LA Metro has dropped from about 12 million to around 4000 a weekday. Meanwhile, various lines in New York City have run at a dangerous capacity (容量).

To address this and other problems during COVID-19, some cities are turning to programs called microtransit (微交通). They operate like Uber, but the technology companies create the digital routing and ride-hailing (叫车) platforms for transport agencies. According to Jerome Mavaud, lead data was scientist with microtransit company Spare Labs, cities can use the platforms with public transport to meet individual needs and to offer rides that can be more affordable than merely private operations. “Imagine Uber and a city bus had a baby,” Mayaud says.

Since the start of the COVID-19, cities have turned to microtransit to offer vital rides, like moving seniors or nurses to hospitals. Supporters of microtransit say the technology behind these apps could be used to combat COVID-19 in other ways. For instance, the apps could help track the spread of the disease and warm rider if they shared a ride with someone who later tested positive a tool called sold contact tracing (跟踪). Another tool to reduce the spread of the disease is developed within the platforms themselves. Cities can set a rider maximum per trip — informing drivers not to pick up any more than that set number — functionally enforcing social distance on the rides.

Experts are mixed on the proposals. Some say contact tracing disturbs privacy (隐私). Others say microtransit could play a useful role as city streets begin to return to normal. It could replace some fixed-route transport route in the future. Further, one of microtransit’s biggest strengths, normally, is getting people to and from bus and train stations, making it easier for people to use traditional public transport. It could also be used in rural areas with infrequent public transport service and large distances between stops.

1. Why is the programs of microtransit launched?

A．To improve traffic efficiency.	B．To remove COVID-19.
C．To reduce traffic jams.	D．To ensure road safety.

2. What’s feature of microtransit?

A．It is much cheaper than public transport.

B．It is mainly used to move people to hospitals.

C．It is a service under the authority of Uber.

D．It is public transport for private use.

3. What’s the main idea of Paragraph 3?

A．What technology is behind microtransit.

B．How microtransit could help fight COVID-19.

C．Contact tracing helps reduce the spread of COVID-19.

D．Microtransit has become the main means of transport.

4. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A．Microtransit has a promising future.

B．Microtransit will go out of use after COVID-19.

C．Microtransit will replace traditional public transport.

D．Microtransit has met with experts' general approval.

9 . Ottens was busy with a reel-to-reel tape recorder(盘式磁带录音机) one night in the early 1960s, trying to listen to a work of classical music. He still remembered the hours he eventually spent on the machine because the loose tape would endlessly unravel(散开) from its reel. At the time, Ottens was head of product development at Philips's electronics factory in Belgium. The next morning, he gathered his team and insisted that they create something foolproof: The tape had to be enclosed, and the player had to fit in his jacket pocket.

Trying to imagine something that did not yet exist, Ottens used a small wooden block as the target for what the future of tape recording and playback should be. The “compact cassette” was made public to the world in 1963, and he advocated for Philips to license(批准) this new design to other producers for free, paving the way for cassettes to become a worldwide standard. Billions of cassettes were sold before his team jointly introduced the compact disc (CD) with Sony in 1982.

Ottens was an extraordinary man. As a child, he managed to build a radio that enabled his family to tune in to a London broadcaster that delivered speeches from exiled(流亡的) political leaders during the German occupation of the Netherlands in the 1940s.

Despite the remaking of the music industry in the digital and streaming age, the public's interest in cassettes has quickly grown in recent years. The return and growth of its popularity is believed to be driven by a mix of nostalgia(怀旧) and an appreciation for tapes' unique status as a format, which is flexible yet is also easily seen and touched.

In the 2017 film Cassette: a Documentary Mixtape, Ottens still seems surprised by the impact of the little device. “We knew it would be a success,” he says, “but not a revolution.”

1. What does the word “foolproof” in paragraph l refer to?

A．User-friendly.

B．Foolish.

C．Typical.

D．All-round.

2. Why did Philips agree to license cassette to other producers for free?

A．They were warm-hearted to help others.

B．They could sell more cassettes worldwide.

C．They could get international help for CDs.

D．They would spare time for other advances.

3. What can we infer from the last 2 paragraphs?

A．The digital music players have completely taken the place of cassettes.

B．The invention of cassette once had great effects on the music industry.

C．People now enjoy mixing digital music with nostalgic music.

D．Ottens knew the 2017 film about cassette would be successful.

4. What can we know about Ottens from the text?

A．He is extraordinary and sceptical.

B．He is self-confident and withdrawn.

C．He is proud and has a strong hands-on ability.

D．He is creative and gifted for electronics.

10 .

Rediscover A Way Of Life That The Rest Of The World Has Left Behind

Here at Amish Acres, time itself has stopped aside to make room for a way of life that the rest of us have left behind. Escape to our peaceful world. Join us in a quiet celebration as we share the heritage of these interesting people with you.

Take a buggy ride down the lane. Spend an afternoon or two with us in the heart of Indiana Amish country and you can take a horse drawn buggy ride along rail fencerows into nearby woods of sycamores（无花果树）and maples. you’ll pass strong men and horses farming on the fields of corn and sorghum. The stress of today's world will disappear as the buggy's wheels turn gently down the lane.

See the neighbors on our Countryside Tour. Surrounding Amish Acres is some of the most productive and picturesque farmland in the Midwest. Our tour will take you on the back roads through this farmland, so that you can see he homes, farms, schools and churches of present-day Amish families and their neighbors.

Watch skilful hands do the work of the seasons. On the farm, crafts and chores still follow the flow of the seasons. Maple syrup, apple butter and dried foods are still produced here just as they were a hundred years ago. You’ll see handmade Amish quilts created before your eyes and watch demonstrations (演示) of other traditional crafts, like soap making, rug weaving, broom making and candle dipping.

Explore the tools and trappings of yesterday. You will learn how the simple, modest society has managed to live and thrive in the complicated world. You will walk the hardwood floorboards of a hundred-year-old Amish homestead. You’ll learn the whys and ways of the Amish as your guide winds you through the Amish Acres.

Your visit to Amish Acres is almost sure to inspire new respect for the hard work and simple lifestyle of today’s Amish families, as well as pioneer families of America’s past.

1. Who is the text intended for?

A．High-tech enthusiasts.	B．Party animals.
C．Internet addicts.	D．Nature lovers.

2. Which should you choose if you are interested in hand-made Amish quilts and blankets?

A．Take a buggy ride down the lane.

B．See the neighbors on our Countryside Tour.

C．Watch skillful hands do the work of the seasons.

D．Explore the tools and trappings of yesterday.

3. What is today’s Amish life like?

A．Advanced and quiet.	B．Outdated and peaceful.
C．Lazy and simple.	D．Rich and aggressive.