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2、。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1The athletes, especially the winners, should remain modest _ rapid progress they have made.AwhateverBhoweverChow muchDno matter2The company and the effect brought about did great good to our business in the market.AitBwhichCthatDwhat3There has been positive reaction to th
3、e proposal to help the disabled, the impact will be lasting especially for younger ones.Aon whichBon whomCof whichDof whom4The educational reform is now under way throughout the country, _ the students more opportunities to develop to their greatest potential.Ato grant Bhaving grantedCgranting Dgran
4、ted5Newly-built wooden cottages line the street，_ the old town into a dreamland.AturnedBturningCto turnDhaving turned6I ve heard that preparations_for the coming festival. Lets give them a hand.Aare being madeBhave been madeCare makingDhave made7- Why didnt you help the little boy?- Oh, he had strug
5、gled to his feet _ I could run over and offered any help.AbeforeBafterCwhenDsince8At that time, my mind was a complete _ ; I couldnt think of a single answer.AblankBbonusCblowDbottom9No driving after drinking is a rule that every driver _ obey in our country.AwillBshallCmayDcan10John, _ money was no
6、w no problem, started a new company with his friends.Afor whoseBof whoseCof whomDfor whom11I had hoped to take a holiday this year but I wasnt able to _.Aget awayBdrop inCcheck outDhold on12People from all walks of life are eager for success, _ lack of confidence, however, is a great barrier.AwhereB
7、whichCto whichDbeyond which13Taught in a more professional way, you _ the swimming skill much better.Amight masterBwould have masteredCcan have masteredDcould master14There is no reason to be disappointed. _, this could be rather amusing.AAbove allBAs a resultCApart from thatDAs a matter of fact15Ch
8、ildren under fifteen are not permitted to see such kind of film _ is bad fortheir mental development.AasBwhatCwhichDthat16We have only twenty minutes left，so please get to the point and dont say anything that isnt _ to our problem.Arelevant BsensitiveCfamiliar Dsimilar17Lifting off at sunrise, the h
9、ot air balloon goes wherever the wind blow.AmayBmustCneedDshould18To be an expert, a beginner needs to go through a series of _ stages.Aintermediate BliberalCoverall Ddemanding19 Who recommended Nancy for the post? It was James _ admiration for her was obvious.AwhoBthatCwhoseDwhom20_ in my life impr
10、essed me so deeply as my first visit to the Palace Museum.AAnythingBNothingCEverythingDSomething第二部分 阅读理解（满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。21（6分）Soaping up your hands may do more than just get rid of germs. It may wash away the inner confusion you feel right after being forced to make a choice
11、 between two appealing choices, according to a new study. The study builds on past research into a phenomenon known as “the Macbeth effect”.It turns out that Shakespeare was really onto something when he imagined lady Macbeth trying to clean her conscience（良心）by rubbing invisible bloodstains from he
12、r hands. A few years ago, scientists asked people to describe a past wrong act. If people were then given a chance to clean their hands, they later expressed less guilt than people who hadnt cleaned.This finding fascinated W. S. Lee, a researcher. “Anything from the past, any kind of negative emotio
13、nal experiences, might be washed away,” says Lee.He decided to test hand washings effect on one kind of bad feeling: the tension we feel after being forced to choose between two attractive choices, because picking one choice makes us feel that weve lose the other. People usually try to calm this inn
14、er conflict by later exaggerating（夸大）the positive aspects of their choice.He had students rank 10 different music CDs. Then he offered students one CD as a gift. Some students then use liquid soap. Others only looked at the soap or sniffed（嗅）it. “Actually, you do not need water and soap,” says Lee.L
15、ater, the students again had to rank all the music. People who didnt wash their hands had the normal response they scored their take-home CD higher, suggesting that they now saw it as even more attractive than before. But this wasnt true for the hand washers. They ranked the music about the same. “t
16、hey feel no need at all to justify the choice,” say Lee.But the implications of it just arent clear. Schwarz says its too soon to know whether people should head for a sink after making a tough choice. He says washing may help decision-makers by cleaning away mental disorder, but perhaps if they don
17、t go through the usual post-decision process of justifying their choice, they might feel more sorrow in the long run.1、The Macbeth effect refers to the fact that _.AShakespeare did scientific research before writing MacbethBsoaping up ones hand may help wash away the inner confusion and make a decis
18、ionCpeople feel less guilty by getting rid of invisible germs from their handsDpeople feel less ashamed after washing their hands2、According to Lee, after people make the choice _.Athey will overstate the goodness of their chosen choiceBthey will feel regretful for not choosing anotherCthey will fee
19、l free due to the feeling of losing the other choiceDthey will think nothing of their chosen choice any more to calm their inner conflict3、According to Lee, the hand washers consider the judgment of choice _.Amore scientific BunnecessaryCa little convincing Dabsolutely useless4、What does Schwarz nee
20、d to research more?AWhether people need to justify their choice.BWhether people feel more sorrow after washing hands.CWhether washing hands help over a long period of time.DWhether washing hands is helpful to make a choice.5、What might be the most suitable title for the passage?AIs Washing Hands Nec
21、essary to Defeat Tension?BWashing Hands, Washes Our MindCWashing Hands, Helps Make a Better ChoiceDWashing Hands, Reduces the Stress of Decision22（8分） The Great Wall, ChinaStretching over 21,000 kilometers, the Great Wall was built to prevent invasions and has a history of more than 2,000 years. UNE
22、SCO in February 2019 calls it an absolute masterpiece, not only because of the ambitious character of the undertaking but also the perfection of its construction.”But perfection isnt protection. 51.2 percent of the Great Wall had either already disappeared or is at a significant risk of disappearing
23、. Besides for wind and rain erosion, the main reasons for the destruction of the Great Wall are human factors such as tourism, construction, human contact and so on.Pamukkale，TurkeyPamukkale, which means “cotton castle” in Turkish, is famous for its shining white calcite terraces (方解石阶地)with warm an
24、d mineral-rich waters overrun.Before being listed as a World Heritage Site in 1988, Pamukkale had been severely damaged by human activities. People used hot spring water to fill swimming pools, some visitors stood on the rocks and some even bathed in the hot springs with soap and shampoo. To protect
25、 the terraces, the Turkish government has decided to pull down the hotels and require all tourists to visit this site barefoot.Great Barrier Reef, AustraliaHome to 400 types of coral and 1,500 species of fish, the Great Barrier Reef draws visitors to Australia from all over the world.However, the Gr
26、eat Barrier Reef is expected to suffer from increasingly frequent bleaching events, cases in which corals turn white and may die, according to a UNESCO report. The heat waves caused by global warming have killed half of the coral here in the two years, according to a CNN report. Pollution from indus
27、try developments and harmful fishing practices are also big concerns.The Dead Sea, JordanAt 423 meters below sea level, the Dead Sea is 10 times saltier than the ocean, meaning that the water is so dense, even tourists who can9t swim will be able to float.But the seaside resorts built in the 1980s n
28、ow sit kilometers away from the waters edge, which has lost half of its surface area in the past 40 years. The damage is irreversible due to the nature of the mineral industry and the type of agricultural use that has drained the water.1、Which are you required to visit without shoes?AThe Great Wall,
29、 China.BPamukkale, Turkey.CGreat Barrier Reef, Australia.DThe Dead Sea, Jordan.2、Which of the following statements is true?AMain reasons for the destruction of the Great Wall come from wind and rain erosion.BPamukkale was damaged by human activities after 1988.CPollution and the heat waves caused by
30、 global warming kill much coral in the Great Barrier Reef.DHalf of the Dead Sea surface area has disappeared in the past two decades.3、What do the above spots have in common?AThey are all famous endangered natural spots.BTheyre damaged only from human activities.CThey all draw the attention of the g
31、overnments.DTheyre all seriously damaged.23（8分） The world is too big to take in all at once. To make sense and beauty of it, you have to look at a small part at a time.In using a camera, you choose a small part through he view finder. You move the camera, “framing” pictures until you see one that pl
32、eases you. Then-click! If you make a good choice, your picture will please others, as well as yourself.“Wherever you are,” says photographer Ernst Haas, “you are surrounded by pictures. The trick is to recognize them.” His photograph of a twist of barbed wire shows what he means.Mr. Haas tells us of
33、 ways to practice seeing. Make a simple frame of black cardboard. Take it out of the doors and look through it at everyday things, large or small, far away or near.At first you may see nothing to interest you. But soon pictures seem to leap (跳) at you through the frame. Oil floating on water makes a
34、 picture in rainbow colors. Three people on the steps of an old house form a picture that seems to tells a story.Did you notice such things before you used the frame? Perhaps not. But, with practice, you soon do not need its help. You see things as artists do. Everywhere, shapes and colors catch you
35、r eye. Your mind takes “snapshots (快照)” of their patterns. Then, if you wish, you can share what you see by taking a photograph or by making a drawing or a painting.Sometimes its fun to “see small”. Did you ever notice the design of the seeds in sliced bananas? Have you looked deep inside a lily? Or
36、 seen the starburst in the center of a wet ice cube?Do you see colors as they really are? When you paint tree trunks, you would make them brown or black. But tree trunks are really gray, purple, yellow-greenalmost any color except brown or black!Do you notice detail? Doing so can be in many ways. Re
37、membering what you see is often useful, too. Practice can help you.A trick for helping you to remember detail is the double take. Lookdont lookthen look again.1、What does the underlined word “trick” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?AjokeBmagicChabitDskill2、What does the author want to tell us?AThe bette
38、r you learn to see, the more alive you are.BWalking in the country, you should look closely at the trunks.CA branch with a few leaves fills the frame with a beautiful design.DClose your eyes and try to remember how it looks.3、Which of the fallowing is true according to the text?AWhen you paint trees
39、, you would make them gray.BGlance at a bill and you remember how it looked.CSeeing is one way of living.DGive a second look and you remember all the detail.4、What is the main idea of the text?AThe world is too big to travel around.BLook aroundand see!CWherever you are, a camera is important.DA good
40、 way to see is to carry a camera24（8分）Traditional Chinese medicine （TCM） is gaining global popularity According to a government white paper， TCM has been introduced in 183 countries and regions around the worldWesterners understanding of TCM， however， may be limited to acupuncture， cupping and massa
41、ge（针灸，拔罐和按摩） For instance， the purple， injurylike marks left on U S swimmer Michael Phelps，back from cupping for the purpose of relaxing his muscles and reducing pain became the center of attention during the Rio Olympics in 2016As a matter of fact， Chinese herbs play a more important role in gettin
42、g rid of diseases and keeping the body in good condition in the TCM treatment system than physical treatment It is therefore disheartening to know that while 103 World Health Organization member countries have given approval to the practice of acupuncture， not many recognize Chinese herbal medicine
43、TCM falls far behind Western medicine owing partly to the slow development of Chinese herbsHerbs are made into pills， powder and soup， and the kind of herbs used， their quality and quantity， and the processing of the ingredients （原材料） jointly determine the effectiveness of the prescription Compared
44、with Western medicine， which has standardized drug production processes and treatment methods， TCM lacks standardization， with the chemical composition and functions of its medicines being unclear and their effects being unstable Fortunately， standardization has improved in recent decades， with an i
45、ncreasing number of factories producing patented TCM drugsAnother factor that has prevented the development of TCM prescription drugs is the lack of creativity While Western medicinemaking companies come up with new products every year， TCM drug producers tend to make medicines according to prescrip
46、tions handed down from the past Chinese chemist Tu Youyous winning the 2015Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her research into malaria （疟疾） treatment may drive creativity to some extent in Chinas TCM industry However， the current state of affairs cannot be changed within a short time1、Why do
47、es the author mention the example of Michael Phelps？ABecause he was injured in his swimmingBBecause cupping is a kind of important TCM treatmentCBecause westerners know a little about TCMDBecause westerners attach great importance to TCM2、Why dont some member countries of WHO recognize Chinese herbal medicine？ABecause Chinese herbs can get rid of diseasesBBecause they only approve the practice of acupunct
