1 . 根据上下文选择合适的词组,在空格处填入词组的正确形式,使文章信息完整,意思准确,有两个词组是多余选项。

be fond of        decide on        in response to        on behalf of        bring it back to life in particular       be worthy of        in urgent need of        give off        compare with be composed of        in decline

The recorder (竖笛) is an instrument of “incredible functions” for too many generations. But now, it faces extinction. Fewer and fewer people     1     it,with one of the UK’s top music schools reporting an 80% drop in the number of young people playing it in the last 10 years.

Tom Redmond, the principal of Chetham’s school of music in Manchester, said only three of its pupils practised the recorder,     2     15 a decade ago. “More pupils were playing the piano or other instruments,” said Redmond. “The ones which have really flourished are the ones spent more time alone playing. Whereas the instruments that are more socially or orchestral based, like the recorder     3     there has been a decline. Plus, pupils now have more alternatives when     4     a hobby.”

Redmond also said that this problem     5     great attention because it extended “beyond the recorder itself and was a reflection of the future of music. “Like removing any plant or animal from an ecosystem, removing the recorder has a huge ripple effect beyond just the instrument.” he said.

The instrument is     6     revival and its future is so threatened that the European Recorder Teachers Association is trying to     7     again so it does not go the way of the lute. Chris Orton, a recorder tutor and chair of the ERTA, is leading the fight against the instrument’s extinction. When receiving an interview     8     the association, he said, “The recorder is increasingly overlooked by students, and yet it has a rich history and incredible attractions. Bands like Led Zeppelin and the Beatles have used the recorder in their songs. As well as     9     beautiful sounds, it’s an accessible instrument in that it is low-cost compared to other woodwind instruments, and it’s light and easy to carry.” Chris Orton hopes more young students can take up the recorder.

    10     his call, Anna Williams, one of the three students practising the instrument at Chetham’s will be the first recorder soloist to perform with the Chetham’s Symphony Orchestra in the Bridgewater Hall in July, acting as a role model to show the value in the instrument.

2 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. adaptable B. capacity C. complicated D. decline E. demand F. evaluating G. highlighted H. impacts I. occurs J. pursuing K. survive

Economics survive by continually responding to the world around them. This means employing new technologies or exploiting new international markets when     1     growth. Today, these global shifts — dramatic shocks to economies — occur more frequently, are more     2     and, in knowledge-based economies are more dependent on talent than ever. In countries where a workforce lacks the skills that are suddenly in     3    , we see a skills gap emerge. This leads to higher unemployment rates while vacancies increase and productivity and growth decline.

So how can economies     4    ? By adapting. However, unlike the macro-strategies of the last century, people — not just policy — must drive today’s adaptability. Employers and policymakers have long     5     the importance of a flexible workforce, but until now it has been difficult to isolate the human element — the willingness and ability of employees to seek out and find opportunities across multiple employers, locations and industries. Our new ability to measure it and analyse talent adaptability — and to start to understand what drives it — are crucial steps forward.

The     6     of a market to match supply and demand efficiently depends on the ability and willingness of employers and employees to adapt to changing circumstances and align (使一致) skills with available opportunities. If this alignment is less than perfect, a mismatch     7     and optimum productivity can’t be reached.

Adapt to Survive for the first time brings together the two most comprehensive sources of talent data in the world: the real-time behaviours drawn from LinkedIn’s 277 million members and employer information from PwC’s Saratoga database of people and performance metrics (指标) which covers more than 2,600 employers across the globe. This report sets a new benchmark for     8     a country’s ability to match talent with opportunity and the movement of people between industries — the Talent Adaptability Score. This score is given to 11 countries. For each country, we evaluate how the Score     9     economic performance. Our recommendations are organised around four groups:

● Individuals — Prove your adaptability.

● Employers — Seek out, nurture and reward talents who can adapt.

● Educators — Offer courses and job training that produce     10     people.

● Governments — Create a climate of adaptability.

3 . 选词填空

bring... to life,   prior to,   expose... to...,   deny... to... speed up,   set…apart from,   consist of,   proceed to

1. With these sufficient data, we are now able ____________ the next stage of this complex investigation.
2. In order to support the fight against COVID-19 in Yichang, Hubei province, Fujian sent a medical team ____________ capable doctors and nurses.
3. The basketball star donated a big sum of money to build a school in his hometown with a belief that a good education shouldn’t ____________ anyone.
4. The bridge ____________ others by its arched design is a masterpiece of Chinese bridge construction.
5. The rapid development of science and technology ____________ the modernization of higher education since the reform and opening-up policy (改革开放) was introduced.
6. With ancient civilizations ____________ by many vivid pictures, that newly published book on history is well received by readers.
7. A wise mother never leaves her children ____________ the slightest possibility of danger.
8. Dunch refers to a meal enjoyed subsequent to lunch but ____________ dinner, just like “brunch”, which is typically the meal between breakfast and lunch.

4 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. techniques B. negative C. factual D. slip E. identify F. conscious G. stick H. distance I. analyzers J. approach K. deceptive

The Language of Lying

“Sorry, my phone died.” “It’s nothing. I’m fine.” “I love you.”

We hear anywhere from 10 to 200 lies a day, and we spent much of our history coming up with ways to detect them, from medieval torture devices to polygraphs, blood-pressure and breathing monitors, voice-stress     1     and eye trackers. But although such tools have worked under certain circumstances, most can be fooled with enough preparation, and none are considered reliable enough to even be admissible in court. But, what if the problem is not with the     2    , but the underlying assumption that lying brings about physiological changes? What if we took a more direct     3    , using communication science to analyze the lies themselves?

Psychologically speaking, we lie partly to paint a better picture of ourselves, connecting our fantasies to the person we wish we were rather than the person we are. But while our brain is busy dreaming, it’s letting plenty of signals     4     by. Our     5     mind only controls about 5% of our cognitive function, including communication while the other 95% occurs beyond our awareness. According to the literature on reality monitoring, stories based on imagined experiences are qualitatively different from those based on real experiences. This suggests that creating a false story about a personal topic takes work and results in a different pattern of language use.

A technology known as linguistic text analysis has helped to     6     three such common patterns in the subconscious language of deception.

First, liars mention themselves less when making     7     statements. They write or talk more about others, often using the third person to     8     themselves from their lie, which sounds more false: “Absolutely no party took place at this house,” or “Nobody hosted a party here.”

Second, liars tend to be more     9    , because on a subconscious level, they feel guilty about lying. For example, a liar might say something like, “Sorry, my stupid phone battery died. I hate that thing.”

Third, liars tend to use longer sentence structure, inserting irrelevant but     10     sounding details in order to pad the lie. A President confronted with a scandal claimed: “I can say, categorically, that this investigation indicates that no one on the White House staff, no one in this administration presently employed was involved in this very odd incident.”

6 . Directions: Complete the following passages by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Do note that there is one word more than you need in each passage.

A. functions       B. eventually       C. guess       D. defeated       E. matches       F. silently G. concerned       H. interaction       I. consult       J. suitable       K. feedback

Teaching and learning languages is a challenging endeavour at the best of times. It is easy for learners to feel     1    , thus keeping up learners’ motivation and confidence is one important role of language teachers. In the teaching and learning of writing this concern is even more important. Many teachers, researchers and learners agree that learning to write is the most difficult of all language skills. In addition to being difficult, writing lacks the     2     involved in speaking and listening. Therefore, many learners also find writing to be the least interesting skill. When we think of writing, we may imagine someone sitting alone at a desk     3     with their head down. Writing is seen as a solitary activity.

Language cannot be learnt without plenty of practice. According to Swain’s output hypothesis, when students produce language in speaking or writing they notice gaps in their current knowledge; for example, ideas or concepts for which they do not know the English vocabulary, and     4     which they are unable to perform because of gaps in their grammatical knowledge. After noticing such gaps, they find information about how to express such ideas in English. For example, they may search in their dictionary for appropriate words,     5     a grammar book, search online, or ask a question of a teacher. This contributes to breadth in learner’s knowledge of English.

Once they have found a(n)     6     word or grammatical form, they participate in hypothesis testing; they formulate language to communicate what they would like to communicate, making their best     7     at the appropriate form for the meaning they would like to convey. For example, they select the word in the dictionary that they believe     8     their intended meaning most closely, then they consider how the word is used within a sentence. They use this information to create language to express themselves. This contributes to a learner’s depth of knowledge.

Ideally, learners will receive     9     on the language they have produced. Whether or not they are successful in communicating their ideas at their first attempt, they may use the words or grammatical knowledge again in future language output. This continuing hypothesis testing about language leads the learner to     10     figuring out all aspects of the new language items, and those items are then added to the learner’s language repertoire.

Quoted from Rachael Ruegg’s Teaching and Learning Writing in ESL/EFL

7 . Directions: Complete the following passages by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Do note that there is one word more than you need in each passage.

What My Wife and I Talk about When We Talk about Love

A. company       B. weather       C. desirable       D. restore       E. readily       F. considering G. sharpen       H. hesitation       I. peacefully       J. access       K. inconvenience

My wife used to believe that romantic love is the most important and exciting thing in the entire world when she was a teenager. And the mark of true love is when two good-looking boys get in a physical fight over her. It’s even     1     that they both get injured but don’t end up going to hospital, not because she is worried about them but because it may cause her a lot of     2     and indirect responsibility. One day this will certainly happen to her, if she’s lucky. So you might understand her anger and frustration when I told her that if the other male competitor I have to “fight” with weighs more than 100 kilograms, I will simply hand her over to him without     3    , wish them a happy marriage and walk away with the feeling that tomorrow is another day.

Fortunately, we’ve both grown a lot older and grown out of expecting our life partner to “die” for us     4    . The older we get, the more honest, open and vulnerable we allow each other to be. One of the hardest things about getting older and being in love is knowing when something is just reality and when it’s too much hard work. Identifying what the calm, joyful but often challenging sensation of long-term love is and identifying what has just become totally intolerable is where we all have to really     5     our instincts.

Shared interests are one of the most overrated     6     factors when it comes to choosing a partner. Deciding that someone is a good person, or your soulmate, or made of exactly the same stuff as you just because you both love the music of Faye Wong is ridiculous. Having the same Agatha Christie collection or enjoying most of the movies directed by Richard Linklater will not help you     7     the various unexpected storms of life together.

A much more crucial factor in terms of finding a partner is how much you love their     8    . Since my son was born, I have experienced firsthand how overwhelming it is to be a working parent of a newborn. It has become even more apparent to me that the most important thing in a relationship is how well married couples work as a team. Couples need to be really, really good friends.

When you’re looking for love, and it seems like you might not ever find it, remember you probably have     9     to plenty of love already, just not the romantic kind. This kind of love might not kiss you in the rain or propose marriage. But it will listen to you, inspire and     10     you. It will hold you when you cry and celebrate when you smile. You can carry it with you and keep it as close to you as you can.

8 . 用方框内短语的适当形式填空。

judge from, turn out , be responsible for, remind… of …, make every effort to

1. The woman in the park ___________ to be a police officer in disguise.
2. ___________ the look on her face, she might have failed the exam.
3. It is reported that smoking ___________ about 90% deaths from lung cancer.
4. The government ___________ control the serious epidemic (流行病) situation now.
5. This photo ___________ me ___________ the details of the match.

9 . 选词填空

A. allow B. bothering C. gap D. inaccessible E. inefficient F. jumped G. personalized H. place I. purchase J. skipping K. strategies

Grocery shopping in person or online: Which is better?

Karen Spade knows how to collect coupons (优惠券) and price match. She runs her own savings website to teach others to shop and save as she does.

Yet when a nearby grocery store started offering online shopping about a month ago, Spade     1     at the chance to try it. She didn’t even care there was a delivery fee and the store did not     2     paper coupons or price matching for online orders. Why would a power shopper be willing to give up some of her favorite savings     3     to shop online?

“For shoppers     4     to collecting coupons and price match, shopping in-store will bring bigger savings,” Spade explained. “But many people are never going to do that and, for them online shopping is another way to save, because you can keep an eye on your running total as you shop to stick to your budget.”

So Spade took the plunge and managed to     5     her first order. “I went to the store afterwards to test out what the price     6     would have been”, she said, “and I found everything ordered was the same price at the store.”

So if this is the case, then it’s all about whether you can make back the delivery fee. Stores charge between $7.95 and $12.95 to deliver your groceries, depending on the size of your     7    .

You offset (抵消) little of that money right away because you do not have to pay for gas, but the biggest benefit is the time saved by     8     the trip. Shopping online saves time in another way. Even on your very first online shopping trip, if you enter your loyalty card number, all the products you’ve bought before at the store should pop up as a(n)     9     shopping list. Just click the ones you’d like to buy again and you’re done. No     10     wandering in the store.

10 . 选词填空

evaluate     possess       visible       predict       identify       deny       fundamental

1. There is no ________ that such ratings might bring convenience to consumers.
2. They are trying ________ what is wrong with the present system.
3. You cannot legally take ________ of the property until three weeks after the contract is signed.
4. ________, there are two different approaches to the problem.
5. You can see the stars on a clear night, but in the daytime they are ________.