高三英语考前热身训练(4)
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Opening your acceptance email and finding out you’ll attend university in the America is one of the most exciting moments of your life. Immediately, you’ll have a long list of things you’ll want to do when you arrive in America. In all that excitement, take a moment to appreciate where you are and start setting yourself up for success in advance. 36
Be a Tourist in Your Hometown
Be sure to make the most out of the time in your home country before you leave. 37 Think about the things you enjoyed when you were younger and give them another try. These memories can help you get through the homesick moments of your first year and will remind you of all the wonderful things you get to come home to.
Spend Time with Family
38 They’ll miss you more than you know when you’re studying abroad. Of course, you’ll miss them more than you realize. Spending uninterrupted time with your parents, taking photos of your grandparents and relatives or learning how to cook your aunt’s favorite recipe are small moments that can mean a lot.
Set Goals for Your Upcoming Year
Decide what you want from your year before you get to campus. Setting goals can remind you what you want to accomplish during your time studying abroad. 39 While getting straight As is a great goal, you could also make a goal to get to know people from several different states or countries before the end of the first semester or join two clubs on campus. 40
Fill your mind with sweet memories and you’ll set yourself up for a successful transition to university life in America.
A. Think about how to adapt to a new environment.
B. Goals are crucial to your development at college.
C. Try to make them about more than just your studies.
D. Stay with every member of your family as long as possible.
E. Follow these tips to get the most out of the months before you leave home.
F. Eat at your favorite restaurants, or pay a visit to shops or markets that you love.
G. Balancing your schedule can help you get involved on campus and enjoy yourself.
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It started 30 years ago with a squirrel. A few months after I had 41 into a building in downtown Manhattan, my next-door neighbor, Nicole Figaro, knocked, asking for 42 with a squirrel that had gotten into her apartment.
I scared out the creature and made a new 43 . Soon Nicole was inviting me over for dinner or 44 home-made food at my door. When I went to my beach house, Nicole picked up my mail and 45 my plants, and when she traveled as a flight attendant, I did the same for her. She’d bring me 46 gifts from remote places, 47 her positivity has been the greatest gift of all.
In 1997, I took care of my partner during his 48 days, and it was Nicole who took care of me. Years later, I returned the 49 , helping out when her ex-husband, who was sick, came to 50 with her. More and more, we drew 51 from each other.
My father passed away last January. Nicole helped my family to prepare for the 52 . I couldn’t have gotten through that day without her. Then the pandemic hit. Nicole and I shopped for necessities and 53 what we had, knowing we could get through anything 54 . And we will. A wall might separate our apartments, but 55 separates our hearts.
41. A. run B. burst C. moved D. slipped
42. A. advice B. help C. attention D. shelter
43. A. start B. promise C. host D. friend
44. A. cooking B. leaving C. preparing D. keeping
45. A. watered B. protected C. observed D. removed
46. A. free B. strange C. wonderful D. expensive
47. A. but B. so C. though D. for
48. A. special B. glorious C. big D. final
49. A. favor B. comfort C. gift D. money
50. A. stay B. argue C. work D. talk
51. A. independence B. inspiration C. confidence D. attention
52. A. difficulty B. result C. service D. change
53. A. preserved B. appreciated C. stored D. shared
54. A. together B. instead C. indeed D. somehow
55. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything
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Some Chinese noblemen were using cosmetic (化妆品) face cream 2700 years ago. Archaeologists have found a superb bronze jar 56 (contain) the remains of a face cream, 57 was made from a mixture of animal fat and a rare substance called moon milk. The 58 (discover) is the earliest evidence of a Chinese man using cosmetics, although Chinese women did so 59 (early) than this.
Last year, researchers unearthed a site called Liujiawa in northern China. It 60 (date) from the Spring and Autumn period (771 to 476 BC) of Chinese history, centuries 61 the country was first united by the Qin dynasty. During this period, Liujiawa was the capital city of a state called Rui.
In the 2700-year-old tomb of a noble man, the researchers found a bronze jar. Inside were pieces of 62 soft, yellow-white material. They immediately suspected that this was cosmetic cream. Chemical 63 (analysis) later confirmed this and revealed two main ingredients: animal fat and a form of watery calcium carbonate called moon milk. It’s said that the cream would have made the man’s face white.
The face cream is the earliest example 64 (associate) with a Chinese man. However, evidence of Chinese women using cosmetics goes back further. In 2016, the team studied red cosmetic sticks from 1980 to 1450 BC, which were buried 65 women in China.
36. E 37. F 38. D 39. C 40. G
41. C 42. B 43. D 44. B 45. A 46. C 47. A 48. D 49. A 50. A
51. B 52. C 53. D 54. A 55. C
56. containing 57. which 58. discovery 59. earlier 60. dates
61. before 62. a 63. analyses 64. associated 65. with