1 . Three years ago, Liu Mama was an unknown middle-aged farmer from the Dongbei region, in northeastern China. Then she started _______ her life on the social-media platform Kuaishou. Liu Mama’s son-in-law _______ the live stream(视频直播) to her, and worked as the_______ of her trusty cameraman. They _______ to try it out for laughs. The first videos, each less than a minute _______, showed Liu, short and fat, dressed in a red cotton jacket — _______ on the kitchen chair. She was eating pork bones and fish heads while creating _______ rhymes(押韵诗歌) about the happiness of countryside life. Liu Mama’s funny live streams showed quite a _______ from other popular Chinese video-sharing platforms where the videos _______ famous people, fashion and urban life.

People were __________ attracted by the loud-mouthed and red-cheeked farmer. Within months, the number of __________ to Liu Mama’s channel(频道), “Liu Mama’s Everyday Life,” __________ from dozens to several thousand. Liu Mama began showing herself __________ corn, skinning potatoes, and driving a tractor(拖拉机) around __________. A few years later, Liu Mama __________ fourteen million followers on the Kuaishou platform.

Liu Mama’s __________ is one of many stories of live streamers in China. In the past five years, live stream in China has developed into a main __________ activity — more than half of the nation’s Internet users have given it a __________. While live stream is still __________ as an unimportant culture in other parts of the world, Chinese industries __________ from education to news to daily shopping have hugged it as a business tool.

1.

A．ignoring

B．celebrating

C．showing

D．suffering

2.

A．introduced

B．contained

C．disagreed

D．disliked

3.

A．base

B．role

C．request

D．voyage

4.

A．recognized

B．persuaded

C．refused

D．decided

5.

A．short

B．long

C．clear

D．fond

6.

A．organizing

B．determining

C．viewing

D．sitting

7.

A．frightening

B．terrible

C．interesting

D．silent

8.

A．difference

B．tip

C．recognition

D．advantage

9.

A．set up

B．focus on

C．calm down

D．work out

10.

A．hardly

B．nearly

C．quickly

D．only

11.

A．farmers

B．survivors

C．beggars

D．followers

12.

A．grew

B．removed

C．sank

D．debated

13.

A．replacing

B．harvesting

C．competing

D．deserving

14.

A．schools

B．homeland

C．fields

D．stadiums

15.

A．arises

B．solves

C．bursts

D．owns

16.

A．rise

B．protection

C．appreciation

D．attention

17.

A．successful

B．online

C．secure

D．personal

18.

A．appearance

B．loss

C．try

D．test

19.

A．considered

B．attached

C．succeeded

D．formed

20.

A．coming

B．learning

C．recovering

D．ranging

2 . It was raining heavily. I was driving to go to the fitness centre and I was ______ at Fort Campbell, where traffic was moving slowly. I was probably going to be late and growing more and more ______.

The pace slowed almost to a standstill as I ______ Memorial Grove, the site built to honor the soldiers who ______ in the Gander airplane crash. A small American flag had been ______ in the ground next to each soldier’s memorial plaque (纪念牌匾), because it was close to Memorial Day.

My ______ at that time was getting past the traffic jam, getting out of the rain and getting to the fitness centre on time. ______, just as the traffic was getting started again, the car in front of me stopped. A soldier ______ in the pouring rain and ran over toward the Memorial Grove.

I couldn’t ______ it! This stupid man was ______ everyone. I ______ sounding the horn (喇叭), with the purpose of ______ the same worry and anger for him.

He was getting totally ______. He ran up to one of the memorial plaques, ______ the small American flag that had fallen to the ground and set it straight again. After that, he came to attention, took a(n) ______ salute (敬礼), ran back to his car and drove off.

I’ll never forget that incident. That soldier ______ me more about duty, honor, and respect. That simple salute—the act of ______ his fallen brother moved me. All the army values were in one ______.

I thank heavens for ______ like that. I will remember all those who gave up their ______ for our freedom as well as the soldier who honored them in the heavy rain.

1.

A．knocked

B．lost

C．gathered

D．trapped

2.

A．curious

B．honored

C．impatient

D．impressed

3.

A．passed

B．remembered

C．found

D．admired

4.

A．lived

B．died

C．worked

D．stayed

5.

A．grown

B．placed

C．buried

D．thrown

6.

A．embarrassment

B．disappointment

C．concern

D．shock

7.

A．Angrily

B．Rudely

C．Calmly

D．Gently

8.

A．fell down

B．watched out

C．cheered up

D．jumped out

9.

A．admit

B．believe

C．explain

D．trust

10.

A．cheating

B．fooling

C．preventing

D．controlling

11.

A．considered

B．managed

C．practised

D．kept

12.

A．causing

B．reducing

C．proving

D．avoiding

13.

A．frightened

B．wet

C．annoyed

D．confused

14.

A．swept away

B．held up

C．put away

D．picked up

15.

A．interesting

B．pleasant

C．standard

D．unusual

16.

A．taught

B．promised

C．suffered

D．served

17.

A．visiting

B．honoring

C．helping

D．touching

18.

A．gesture

B．chance

C．tradition

D．custom

19.

A．challenges

B．rules

C．examples

D．encouragement

20.

A．rights

B．duties

C．dreams

D．lives

3 . 阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Have you seen people who take pictures of food for more than 10 minutes before eating? How about those who beautify their selfie (自拍) so much that they can’t be____? There must be one or more who ____ in your social media. No matter _____they choose to share, they share the best but the most unreal.

Take my friend Chen for example. Every time we went to a restaurant, she would not take a _____ until all the dishes we ____were on the table. Then, she would spend five minutes on______the dishes in a seemingly random but in fact ____ order. Then the most important part: taking pictures. After that, she would choose one of the ____ and click in the filter(滤镜) app. The food eventually looked 10 times more delicious than it really was, but we had no ____ to really enjoy it — it all went cold. Actually Chen's real life is much less elegant. For example, she hates to wash the dishes, so she leaves them in the sink for____.

Many people care too much about others’ opinions and try too hard to ___ others. They find it hard to be ____ and to accept themselves, and thus they are afraid to show their ____ life on social media. What they are trying to prove is____what they lack in reality. But this will not bring any_____ to reality, as they still____ the same old pattern of life.

If they really want an elegant life, they should put more____ into achieving it_____fabricating(伪造) it. Being more confident, _____themselves and trying their best to be better is much more meaningful than_____ their life on social media.

1.

A．envied

B．admired

C．defeated

D．recognized

2.

A．survive

B．exist

C．flood

D．spot

3.

A．how

B．what

C．where

D．whom

4.

A．bow

B．bite

C．breath

D．break

5.

A．offered

B．served

C．ordered

D．prepared

6.

A．cooking

B．washing

C．setting

D．collecting

7.

A．arranged

B．messy

C．casual

D．correct

8.

A．dishes

B．restaurants

C．pictures

D．tables

9.

A．choice

B．chance

C．excuse

D．reason

10.

A．months

B．years

C．weeks

D．days

11.

A．comfort

B．inspire

C．please

D．discourage

12.

A．independent

B．generous

C．responsible

D．confident

13.

A．secret

B．healthy

C．peaceful

D．real

14.

A．rarely

B．hardly

C．exactly

D．nearly

15.

A．change

B．difficulty

C．guidance

D．harm

16.

A．question

B．dislike

C．follow

D．doubt

17.

A．effort

B．ambitions

C．feelings

D．money

18.

A．other than

B．more than

C．rather than

D．less than

19.

A．identifying

B．amusing

C．persuading

D．accepting

20.

A．simplifying

B．ruining

C．beautifying

D．worsening

4 . Society has the responsibility of improving the quality of life of disabled people. You can judge a society by the way it _______and cares for its disabled population. Disabled people are not. _______of their families nor of the society they belong to. In fact many of them are able to _______their own careers and do very well in their own fields. How many great men of all ages who _______some forms of disability but reached the top of their _______and helped shape the lives of governments and peoples!

_______we have reached a certain standard of existence, it is the moral responsibility of society to meet the special needs of these people. All of us will _______this stage in our human existence- that is, being a disabled. If now you are physically _______, with no physical impairment, time will come when you will grow old, and you’ll need that special attention. _______discoveries of new medicines and better methods of health care, a great part of the population of the world can. _______longer. You may be a part of it in the near future. So a great many will _______difficulties if alleys and passages, buildings and structures and means of transportation are ‘not’ suited to a disabled-friendly environment.

Society’s government must be able to. _______ramps (人造斜坡) in buildings or structures, or a barrier-free environment. The blind or the visually-impaired must also have_______ ‘to computers with Braille (盲文) system. The deaf-mute need _______，or if not, their co-employees must be able to do _______ language and special children must be given   _______ care and education.

_______, only those advanced countries can provide these. _______, and those disabled who are living in. _______countries have to stay at home, and have to bear with many barriers, living in a( n) _______environment.

1.

A．handles

B．claims

C．charges

D．cures

2.

A．members

B．pride

C．burdens

D．fortune

3.

A．demand

B．receive

C．dream of

D．seek after

4.

A．benefited

B．suffered

C．survived

D．defeated

5.

A．kindness

B．happiness

C．greatness

D．cleverness

6.

A．Though

B．Since

C．As if

D．Even if

7.

A．go through

B．look through

C．get through

D．break through

8.

A．flexible

B．lucky

C．fit

D．weak

9.

A．In spite of

B．Regardless of

C．In case of

D．Because of

10.

A．last

B．live

C．grow

D．remain

11.

A．come about

B．come over

C．come up

D．come across

12.

A．contribute

B．provide

C．support

D．decorate

13.

A．approach

B．application

C．access

D．reference

14.

A．assistants

B．advisors

C．judges

D．coaches

15.

A．native

B．spoken

C．foreign

D．sign

16.

A．adequate

B．temporary

C．mental

D．physical

17.

A．Besides

B．However

C．Therefore

D．Otherwise

18.

A．necessities

B．responsibilities

C．satisfaction

D．expectation

19.

A．rich

B．remote

C．poor

D．steady

20.

A．harmonious

B．harmful

C．clean

D．unfriendly

5 . In 2000 a report was published about what the earth might be like 20 years from then on. The report was a result of a three-year _______
According to the report, the picture of the earth in the year 2020 is not a _______one. The world will be more_______ because the population will continue to grow. The population could be_______ 6, 900 million, almost 2, 450 million more than in 1995. More people would move into cities, especially cities in _______ countries. Cities like Cairo and Jakarta probably would_______ have 15 million by then.
Food production will _______, but not enough to feed all the people. Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 1995,_______ most of the increase would be in countries that _______ produce enough food for their people. Little increase is ________ in South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Poor farming ways are ________ large areas of crop land, changing farms into deserts. More farmland is________as cities become larger and more houses are built. ________ will get worse as industrial countries burn more coal and oil. Many of the world’s ________ could disappear as more and more trees are cut down. Energy will continue to be a serious problem. The experts say their picture of the earth for the year 2020 ________ They only carried out the situation that________ today. By changing the situation, by________the problems, the picture can be changed. There is ________time for the nations of the world to work ________ a plan of action. But they warned that________too long to make decisions would greatly reduce the chances of success.1.

A．learning

B．project

C．notice

D．study

2.

A．pleased

B．pleasant

C．safe

D．blue

3.

A．dangerous

B．beautiful

C．crowded

D．terrible

4.

A．no more than

B．as many as

C．as much as

D．as large as

5.

A．developing

B．developed

C．big

D．mountainous

6.

A．none

B．each

C．all

D．neither

7.

A．insist

B．reduce

C．increase

D．continue

8.

A．so

B．but

C．or

D．however

9.

A．already

B．hardly

C．partly

D．never

10.

A．wanted

B．lacked

C．found

D．expected

11.

A．destroying

B．protecting

C．disturbing

D．interrupting

12.

A．saved

B．lost

C．discovered

D．found

13.

A．Air pollution

B．Water pollution

C．Some diseases

D．All farmland

14.

A．animals

B．plants

C．forests

D．people

15.

A．must be true

B．will come true

C．can't be true

D．may be wrong

16.

A．happens

B．develops

C．exists

D．appears

17.

A．settling

B．working out

C．answering

D．dealing

18.

A．no

B．still

C．less

D．plenty of

19.

A．about

B．in

C．out

D．for

20.

A．working

B．suggesting

C．spending

D．waiting