DAY 29考前冲刺综合练（三）
一、单项选择
1．---How's the project going
--- ________. All we have to do is finish the last bit of work.
A．Easy come easy go B．Far from it
C．By all means D．So far so good
【答案】D
【详解】考查情景交际。句意：——这个项目进展的如何？——到目前为止，一直都还不错。我们要做的就是完成最后一项工作。A.Easy come easy go 来得容易去得也快；B.Far from it 远非如此；C.By all means 尽一切办法，务必；D.So far so good 到目前为止，一直都还不错。根据下半句可知，目前进展还不错。故选D。
2．Cars made in our country are much cheaper than ________ imported from foreign countries.
A．it B．one C．those D．that
【答案】C
【详解】考查代词。句意：我国制造的汽车比从国外进口的汽车便宜得多。分析句子结构可知，此处应为代词作宾语，it指导上文中的同一事物，one泛指可数名词单数，those特指可数名词复数，that指代的是不可数名词或特指可数名词单数，结合句意可知，此处指代的是名词复数cars，且为特指“从国外进口的汽车”，所以此处应使用代词those。故选C项。
3．In the process of getting rid of racial ________,the USA is left far behind.
A．discrimination B．compromise C．substitute D．disadvantage
【答案】A
【详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：在摆脱种族歧视的过程中，美国被远远抛在后面。A. discrimination歧视；B. compromise妥协；C. substitute代替；D. disadvantage缺点。根据空前的“racial”可知，此处指种族“歧视”，故选A项。
4．______ we’ll do is to leave a note for Mum to tell her we won’t be back till late.
A．That B．Which C．What D．How
【答案】C
【详解】考查主语从句。句意：我们要做的是给妈妈留张便条，告诉她我们要很晚才能回来。根据句型分析可知，此句考查主语从句，且从句中缺宾语，根据句意和选项可知，应用连接代词what。故选C项。
5．A very popular thing to do on Boxing Day is to go shopping and ________ the sales.
A．keep pace with B．take advantage of
C．look forward to D．throw a light on
【答案】B
【详解】考查短语辨析。句意：节礼日最流行的一件事就是去购物，好好利用这次促销活动。A. keep pace with跟上……的步子； B. take advantage of利用； C. look forward to期盼；盼望； D. throw a light on阐明。结合句中前后内容可知，这里指充分利用促销活动，选项B符合题意，故选B。
6．Shadow puppets ______ in China and ______ as far as Turkey and Greece today.
A．will originate; have been spreading B．originate; will be spreading
C．was originated; is spreading D．originated; have spread
【答案】D
【详解】考查时态和语态。句意：皮影戏起源于中国，现在已经传播到土耳其和希腊。第一空陈述过去事实，用一般过去时。originate“起源”，为不及物动词，没有被动语态；第二空根据时间状语“today”可知，用现在完成时态。故选D。
7．The government must be very ________ about setting policies and make no decision until they are quite sure it is the right one.
A．serious B．concerned
C．cautious D．nervous
【答案】C
【详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：政府必须谨慎制定政策，直到十分确定这是对的，才能作出决定。A. serious严肃的；B. concerned担心的；C. cautious谨慎的；D. nervous紧张的。根据句意可知，此处表示“谨慎”，应用固定短语be cautious about (对……谨慎)。故选C。
8．—Angela just doesn’t like me. She won’t even say hello.
—________. Actually, she’s very shy.
A．I have no idea B．Don’t jump to conclusions
C．Don’t mention it D．There is no doubt about it
【答案】B
【详解】考查情景交际。句意：—Angela不喜欢我罢了。她甚至不愿意跟我打招呼。——不要太早下结论。事实上，她只是害羞而已。A. I have no idea 我不知道；B. Don’t jump to conclusions不要太早下结论；C. Don’t mention it不用谢；D. There is no doubt about it这一点毫无疑问。根据下文“Actually, she’s very shy.”可推断，不要太早下结论说Angela不喜欢说话人，她实际上只是害羞。故选B。
9．—The woman biologist stayed in Africa studying wild animals for 13 years before she returned.
—Oh, dear! She ______ a lot of difficulties!
A．may go through B．might go through
C．need have gone through D．must have gone through
【答案】D
【详解】考查情态动词。句意：——这位女生物学家在非洲研究野生动物长达13年才回国。——哦，天啊！她一定经历了很多困难！go through (经历)，根据“The woman biologist stayed in Africa studying wild animals for 13 years”可知，此处表示对过去事实的肯定推测，需用must have done这种形式。故选D。
10．I’m far________ and I’ll never get this report done by Friday.
A．below surface B．beyond control
C．behind schedule D．above average
【答案】C
【详解】考查介词短语词义辨析。句意：我远远落后于预定计划，我将无法在星期五之前完成这份报告。A. below surface地表以下；B. beyond control无法控制；C. behind schedule落后于预定计划；D. above average高于平均水平。根据句中“I’ll never get this report done by Friday”可知，我无法在星期五之前完成这份报告，由此可知，我远远落后于预定计划，“behind schedule”意为“落后于预定计划”，符合语境。故选C项。
11．China's National Highway 318, ________ over 5,000 kilometers from Shanghai to Zhangmu, Tibet, is known as the "heavenly road“ for its amazing views.
A．to extend B．extended C．extending D．being extended
【答案】C
【详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：中国的国道318号，从上海到西藏樟木，延伸出5000多公里，因为它的令人赞叹的景观，被熟知为“天堂之路”。分析句子成分可知，is known as是整个句子的谓语动词，所以空格处应填非谓语动词，extend与主语China's National Highway 318之间的关系为主动，所以用extending。故选C。
12．I will keep drawing and see what happens. ________ I never become famous, this is what I love to do every hour of every day.
A．Even if B．Unless C．So long as D．Now that
【答案】A
【详解】考查连词。句意：我继续画，看看会发生什么。 即使我永远不会出名，这也是我每天每时每刻都喜欢做的事。A. even if即使；B. unless除非；C. so long as只要；D. now that既然。根据前后两句可知是让步关系，even if引导让步状语从句，“即使”符合句意，故选A项。
13．Up to now, more than one high-rise building ______ around our city, making it bigger.
A．have been built B．are being built C．has been built D．is being built
【答案】C
【详解】考查时态语态和主谓一致。句意：到目前为止，我们城市周围已经建造了不止一座高层建筑，使其变得更大。根据时间状语up to now可知，句子使用现在完成时，build与主语building 之间是被动关系，应用现在完成时的被动语态，且“more than one+单数可数名词”作主语时，谓语动词应用单数形式，即has been built。故选C项。
14．There’s little chance that we will be successful in trying to change the present situation. ________, it is important that
we try our best.
A．Meanwhile B．Otherwise
C．Therefore D．Nevertheless
【答案】D
【详解】考查副词词义辨析。句意：我们想要改变现状的可能性很小。尽管如此，重要的是我们要尽力。A. Meanwhile同时；B. Otherwise否则；C. Therefore因此；D. Nevertheless尽管如此。根据上文“There’s little chance that we will be successful in trying to change the present situation.”和下文“it is important that we try our best.”可知，两句间是转折关系。应该用Nevertheless。故选D项。
15．Because of COVD-19, days are gone ________ local 5-star hotels charged 5,000 yuan for one night.
A．if B．when C．which D．since
【答案】B
【详解】考查连词。句意：受新冠肺炎疫情影响，当地5星级酒店一晚5000元的日子已经一去不复返了。分析句子可知，此处引导分割式限制性定语从句，先行词为days，关系副词when引导从句，在从句中作时间状语，相当于during which，意为“在那时”。故选B项。
二、完形填空
My brother and I are exactly one year apart. We look like twins, but we are completely 16 . By the time we got to middle school it was clear that my older brother 17 meditation (冥想),while I was a born 18 who preferred the theatrical, even when off stage. I took his relative silence to be offensive. We simply didn't 19 .
I didn't 20 having a tense relationship with my brother because I was involved at school. 21 , I threw myself into the world of musicals. I practised singing in the bedroom every day to remain at my best and be 22 for roles; my brother would meditate on a window seat. He might feel high school was already hard enough 23 my noisy singing. So space to practise became a（n） 24 between us because we shared a room.
At the start of the semester, I practised “Circle of Life" for a musical. This was the first time I 25 to learn a song, because my voice cracked (破音)as I switched to a head voice. I was annoyed in that period and 26 practising, declaring I had reached the ceiling of my singing career. For the first time in years my brother 27 quiet when I got home.
After two days of this, my brother asked me to 28 him in meditation. Feeling my anger at my inability to manage this song 29 ,I accepted. My brother said, "When your mind floats away, you simply come back. Don't blame yourself" I got the message, and it soon became my new 30 . I kept trying at the song, no longer getting 31 at myself. And just in time for the trial performance, I was able to 32 power in my singing despite the switch to a head voice. It was important for me to learn that you don't have to always get everything 33 the first time and that good things come with continual 34 .I now understand why my brother favours the 35 .
16．A．mature B．different C．content D．normal
17．A．disliked B．preferred C．replaced D．abandoned
18．A．writer B．leader C．painter D．performer
19．A．get along B．drop by C．show off D．check in
20．A．try B．mind C．enjoy D．delay
21．A．In particular B．In vain C．In return D．In theory
22．A．humorous B．ordinary C．competitive D．grateful
23．A．above B．below C．near D．without
24．A．issue B．contrast C．agreement D．balance
25．A．struggled B．expected C．promised D．decided
26．A．began B．allowed C．stopped D．continued
27．A．hated B．experienced C．accepted D．wanted
28．A．help B．invite C．join D．admire
29．A．gracefully B．suddenly C．fiercely D．cautiously
30．A．limit B．sentence C．mistake D．philosophy
31．A．rude B．angry C．surprised D．excited
32．A．lose B．share C．reduce D．maintain
33．A．wrong B．right C．back D．down
34．A．luck B．absence C．effort D．fear
35．A．fight B．noise C．quiet D．safety
【答案】
16．B 17．B 18．D 19．A 20．B 21．A 22．C 23．D 24．A 25．A 26．C 27．B 28．C 29．A 30．D 31．B 32．D 33．B 34．C 35．C
【分析】本文是夹叙夹议文。作者喜欢表演，哥哥喜欢冥想，二者性格爱好完全不同，关系紧张。在作者遭遇失败时，哥哥教给他冥想，作者从中悟出了做事的哲理，取得了成功。
16．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我们看起来像双胞胎，但实际上我们是完全不同的。A. mature成熟的；B. different不同的；C. content满意的；D. normal正常的。根据下文“my older brother ____2____ meditation (冥想),while I was a born ____3____ who preferred the theatrical,”哥哥喜欢冥想而作者喜欢表演，前后对比可知二者性格不同。故选B。
17．考查动词词义辨析。句意：到我们上中学的时候，很明显，我哥哥更喜欢冥想，而我是一个天生的表演者，喜欢戏剧，即使是在舞台下。A. disliked不喜欢；B. preferred更喜欢；C. replaced取代；D. abandoned抛弃，放弃。根据句中对比的内容“while I was a born ____3____ who preferred the theatrical”和preferred呼应，可知哥哥更喜欢冥想。故选B。
18．考查名词词义辨析。句意：到我们上中学的时候，很明显，我哥哥更喜欢冥想，而我是一个天生的表演者，喜欢戏剧，即使是在舞台下。A. writer作家；B. leader领导者；C. painter画家；D. performer表演者。根据“the theatrical ,even when off stage.”和下文的“in time for the trial performance”可知作者喜欢表演。故选D。
19．考查动词短语辨析。句意：我们就是合不来。A. get along相处，进展；B. drop by顺便拜访；C. show off炫耀；D. check in登记，报到。根据上句“I took his relative silence to be offensive.”及下文“a tense relationship with my brother”作者和哥哥性格和爱好不同，作者甚至认为哥哥相对沉默是一种冒犯，可知两人相处地不好，关系紧张。故选A。
20．考查动词词义辨析。句意：我不介意和我哥哥关系紧张，因为我在学校很忙。A. try试图，努力；B. mind介意；C. enjoy欣赏，享受；D. delay推迟，延误。根据句中“because I was involved at school.”和下文“I practised singing in the bedroom every day”可知在学校很忙，在家依然我行我素，并不介意和哥哥的关系。故选B。
21．考查介词短语辨析。句意：特别是，我全身心地投入了音乐剧的世界。A. In particular尤其，特别；B. In vain徒劳；C. In return作为回报；D. In theory理论上。根据上文“preferred the theatrical”和下文“I practised singing in the bedroom every day”可知作者非常喜欢音乐。故选A。
22．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我每天在卧室里练习唱歌，以保持最佳状态，争取角色；我哥哥会坐在靠窗的座位上冥想。A. humorous幽默的；B. ordinary普通的，平常的；C. competitive竞争的；D. grateful感激的。根据“I practised singing in the bedroom every day” 作者每天练习，可知竞争很激烈。故选C。
23．考查介词词义辨析。句意：就算没有我吵闹的歌声，他也会觉得高中已经够难的了。A. above超过，在……之上；B. below在……下面；C. near在……附近；D. without没有。哥哥经常冥想，作者认为即使没有自己吵闹的歌声，哥哥也会觉得高中很难。故选D。
24．考查名词词义辨析。句意：所以练习的空间成了我们之间的问题，因为我们共用一个房间。A. issue问题，发行；B. contrast对比，差异；C. agreement同意，一致；D. balance平衡。根据上文“a tense relationship with my brother”和句中“we shared a room.”可知练习唱歌的空间是作者和哥哥之间的问题。故选A。
25．考查动词词义辨析。句意：这是我第一次费劲地学歌，因为当我切换到头音时，我的声音嘶哑了。A. struggled奋斗，努力；B. expected预期，盼望；C. promised允诺，许诺；D. decided决定。根据“my voice cracked (破音)as I switched to a head voice”可知作者学歌很费劲。故选A。
26．考查动词词义辨析。句意：在那段时间里，我很恼火，停止了练习，宣称自己已经达到了歌唱事业的顶峰。A. began开始；B. allowed允许，准许；C. stopped停止；D. continued继续。根据下文“my brother ____12____ quiet when I got home.”家里安静了，可知作者停止了练习唱歌。故选C。
27．考查动词词义辨析。句意：我回家时，哥哥多年来第一次感到安静。A. hated厌恶；B. experienced体验，经历；C. accepted接受；D. wanted想要。因为作者停止在家唱歌了，哥哥体验到了家里的安静。故选B。
28．考查动词词义辨析。句意：这样过了两天，我哥哥要我和他一起冥想。A. help帮助；B. invite邀请；C. join参加；D. admire钦佩。根据下文“I accepted”可知哥哥让作者和他一起冥想，作者同意了。故选C。
29．考查副词词义辨析。句意：我觉得自己无法优美地驾驭这首歌很生气，于是就接受了。A. gracefully优美地，优雅地；B. suddenly突然；C. fiercely猛烈地；D. cautiously谨慎地。根据下文“I was able to ____17____ power in my singing despite the switch to a head voice.”可知作者想优美地驾驭这首歌。故选A。
30．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我明白了这个意思，它很快就成为了我的新哲学。A. limit限度；B. sentence句子，判决；C. mistake错误；D. philosophy哲学。根据下文“It was important for me to learn that you don't have to always get everything ____18____ the first time and that good things come with continual ____19____.”可知作者把哥哥的话作为自己的哲学。故选D。
31．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：我一直试着唱这首歌，不再生自己的气了。A. rude粗鲁的；B. angry生气的；C. surprised吃惊的；D. excited兴奋的。与上文“I was annoyed in that period和my anger at my inability”呼应，可知作者开始因为自己唱不好生气，现在想明白了，不生气了。故选B。
32．考查动词词义辨析。句意：就在试演的时候，尽管换了头音，我还是能保持唱歌的能力。A. lose丢失；B. share分享；C. reduce减少；D. maintain保持。根据句中“was able to”和下文“good things come with”可知作者成功保持了唱歌的能力。故选D。
33．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：对我来说，重要的是要知道，你不必总是在第一次就把每件事都做正确，好的事情总是伴随着不断的努力而来。A. wrong错误的；B. right正确的；C. back后面的；D. down情绪低落的。根据作者的经历和常识可知，第一次做事不一定能做好。故选B。
34．考查名词词义辨析。句意：对我来说，重要的是要知道，你不必总是在第一次就把每件事都做正确，好的事情总是伴随着不断的努力而来。A. luck运气；B. absence缺席；C. effort努力；D. fear害怕，担心。根据上文“I practised singing in the bedroom every day”和“I kept trying at the song”可知只有不断努力才能成功。故选C。
35．考查名词词义辨析。句意：我现在明白我哥哥为什么喜欢安静了。A. fight斗争，打架；B. noise噪音；C. quiet安静，和平；D. safety安全。根据上文“my older brother ____2____ meditation”“my brother would meditate on a window seat.”可知哥哥喜欢冥想，喜欢安静。故选C。
三、阅读理解
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STUDENT EMPLOYMENT ON CAMPUS
All students may apply to work on campus.
Getting started
Before starting any position, all students need to complete required taforms and show identification. International students also need:
*Social Security card *Bank account
*Valid passport *Official work permit
*Letter of support from the office of International Student Life
Looking for a job on Handshake
Handshake is an online job search platform for college students. With a Handshake account, students can receive information about career events and personalized job recommendations. To use Handshake, just follow these steps:
*Log in to Handshake using your email address already provided by the college.
*Complete personalization of your profile.
*Start your job search by clicking “Jobs” button.
*Fill out desired information:location, job type, etc.
*Apply directly by clicking “Apply Now” button.
You can also make appointments to meet with a career coach, access career resources, and explore careers that interest you. On-campus jobs available for students
*Academic department assistant (Flexible working hours on Monday/Thursday)
*Dining services (Lunchtime on weekdays)
*Library assistant (Flexible working hours on Monday/Wednesday/Friday)
*Bookstore/mailroom(9:00-12:00 at weekends)
*Athletic department (18:00-22:00 on weekdays)
Maximum working hours
*During the semester (学期), domestic students can work a maximum of 10 hours a week; international students can work a maximum of 20 hours a week.
*During the summer break,a student may not work more than 30 hours a week.
*The total number of hours may not exceed (超过) the maximum hours allowed even if a student has more than one job.
For more information, find us at Career Development Office, 211Hughes Hall; careerdevelopment@dreamcollege.edu, 555-520-1314
36．What documents are necessary for an international student to seek employment
A．Passport and Insurance Certificate.
B．Work permit and Academic report.
C．Bank account and Letter of support.
D．Health Certificate and Social Security card.
37．Before searching for a job on Handshake, you need to_________.
A．consult a career coach B．personalize your profile
C．attend job training D．set up a new email account
38．Where could you work on Tuesday evenings
A．In the athletic department. B．In the dining hall.
C．In the library. D．In the bookstore.
39．Which working arrangement is allowed for a domestic student
A．40 hours per week during the summer break.
B．20 hours per week during the semester.
C．2 jobs, each with 16 hours per week.
D．3 jobs, each with 2 hours per week.
40．Where is the passage probably taken from
A．A university website. B．A course guide.
C．A summer camp notice. D．A business magazine.
【答案】36．C 37．B 38．A 39．D 40．A
【导语】本文是应用文。文章主要介绍了学生在校园里做兼职的一些情况。
36．细节理解题。根据第二段中“International students also need:*Social Security card*Bank account*Valid passport*Official work permit*Letter of support from the office of International Student Life(国际学生还需要：* 社会保障卡 * 银行账户 * 有效护照 * 正式工作许可证 * 国际学生生活办公室的介绍信)”可知，国际学生寻找工作需要银行账户和介绍信。故选C。
37．细节理解题。根据Looking for a job on Handshake部分下的“To use Handshake, just follow these steps:*Log in to Handshake using your email address already provided by the college.*Complete personalization of your profile.*Start your job search by clicking “Jobs” button.(要使用Handshake，只需遵循以下步骤：* 使用学院提供的电子邮件地址登录到Handshake。* 使你的个人资料完全个性化。* 点击“职位”按钮开始搜寻工作。)”可知，在Handshake上寻找工作之前，你需要使你的个人资料完全个性化。故选B。
38．细节理解题。根据Maximum working hours上面的句子“*Athletic department (18:00-22:00 on weekdays)(* 体育部（工作日下午18时至22时）)”可知，在周二晚上你可以在体育部工作，故选A。
39．细节理解题。根据Maximum working hours下面的“During the semester (学期), domestic students can work a maximum of 10 hours a week; international students can work a maximum of 20 hours a week.(本学期国内学生每周最多工作10小时，国际学生每周最多工作20小时。)”和“The total number of hours may not exceed (超过) the maximum hours allowed even if a student has more than one job.(即使一个学生有一份以上的工作，总学时也不得超过规定的最高学时。)”可知，即使国内学生有多份工作，每周最多工作总量不得超过10个小时，所以D项“3份工作，每份每周工作2小时。”是被允许的，总共3*2=6，不超过十小时，故选D。
40．推理判断题。通读全文，尤其是第一段“All students may apply to work on campus.(所有学生都可以申请到校园工作。)”可知，文章主要介绍了在校生可以在子校园申请兼职工作，由此可推知，本文可能选自大学网站，故选A。
B
In the kitchen of my mother’s houses there has always been a wooden stand（木架）with a small notepad（记事本）
and a hole for a pencil.
I’m looking for paper on which to note down the name of a book I am recommending to my mother. Over forty years since my earliest memories of the kitchen pad and pencil, five houses later, the current paper and pencil look the same as they always did. Surely it can’t be the same pencil The pad is more modern, but the wooden stand is definitely the original one.
“I’m just amazed you still have the same stand for holding the pad and pencil after all these year.” I say to her, walking bank into the living-room with a sheet of paper and the pencil. “You still use a pencil. Can’t you afford a pen ”
My mother replies a little sharply. “It works perfectly well. I’ve always kept the stand in the kitchen. I never knew when I might want to note down an idea, and I was always in the kitchen in these days.”
Immediately I can picture her, hair wild, blue housecoat covered in flour, a wooden spoon in one hand, the pencil in the other, her mouth moving silently. My mother smiles and says, “One day I was cooking and watching baby Pauline, and I had a brilliant thought, but the stand was empty. One of the children must have taken the paper. So I just picked up the breadboard and wrote it all down on the back. It turned out to be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem I was working on.”
This story—which happened before I was born—reminds me how extraordinary my mother was, and is, as a gifted mathematician. I feel embarrassed that I complain about not having enough child-free time to work. Later, when my mother is in the bathroom, I go into her kitchen and turn over the breadboards. Sure enough, on the back of the smallest one, are some penciled marks I recognize as mathematics. Those symbols have traveled unaffected through fifty years, rooted in the soil of a cheap wooden breadboard, invisible（看不到的）exhibits at every meal.
41．Why has the author’s mother always kept the notepad and pencil in the kitchen
A．To leave messages. B．To list her everyday tasks.
C．To note down maths problems. D．To write down a flash of inspiration.
42．What is the author’s original opinion about the wooden stand
A．It has great value for the family.
B．It needs to be replaced by a better one.
C．It brings her back to her lonely childhood.
D．It should be passed on to the next generation.
43．The author feels embarrassed for_______.
A．blaming her mother wrongly.
B．giving her mother a lot of trouble.
C．not making good use of time as her mother did.
D．not making any breakthrough in her field.
44．What can be inferred from the last paragraph
A．The mother is successful in her career.
B．The family members like traveling.
C．The author had little time to play when young.
D．The marks on the breadboard have disappeared.
45．In the author’s mind ,her mother is_________.
A．strange in behavior. B．keen on her research.
C．fond of collecting old things. D．careless about her appearance.
【答案】41．D 42．B 43．C 44．A 45．B
【分析】这是一篇记叙文。作者妈妈的厨房里总是放着一个记事本架子和一支铅笔。我很不解为什么她到现在还保持用铅笔的习惯。母亲向作者讲述了保持用铅笔的习惯原因。作者后悔没能像母亲那样利用自己的时间。
41．细节理解题。由第三段I never knew when I might want to note down an idea可知，母亲不知道什么时候就会该记下自己的一个想法。所以为什么作者的母亲总是把记事本和铅笔放在厨房里是因为它们是母亲用来记录下自己突然的灵感的工具。故选D。
42．推理判断题。根据第三段I'm just amazed you still have the same stand for holding the pad and pencil after all these years可知，作者只是很惊讶，这么多年过去了，母亲还用着记事本和铅笔。所以判断出，作者对母亲一直用很早以前的工具不解，认为她早就应该换更好的了。故选B。
43．推理判断题。根据最后一段中的This story—which happened before I was born—reminds me how extraordinary my mother was, and is, as a gifted mathematician. I feel embarrassed that I complain about not having enough child-free time to work可知，这个故事——发生在作者出生之前——让作者想起了自己的母亲是一个多么非凡的有天赋的数学家。作者感到很尴尬，因为作者抱怨没有足够的时间工作。所以判断出作者后悔没能像母亲那样利用自己的时间。故选C。
44．推理判断题。根据文章最后一段中的This story—which happened before I was born—reminds me how extraordinary my mother was, and is, as a gifted mathematician可知，母亲是一个有天赋的数学家。所以从最后一段推断出出这位母亲事业有成。故选A
45．推理判断题。根据第四段第二句“One day I was cooking and watching baby Pauline, and I had a brilliant thought, but the stand was empty. So I just picked up the breadboard and wrote it all down on the back. It turned out to be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem I was working on.”可知，有一天母亲一边做饭一遍看小波林，母亲有一个很棒的想法，但是没有任何地方可以记录。所以母亲拿起面板，把它的想法写在了背面。事实证明，这是解决母亲正在研究的数学问题的真正突破。所以判断出作者的母亲很热衷于自己的研究。故选B。
C
Some of Earth’s plants have fallen in love with metal. With roots that act practically like magnets (磁铁), these
organisms—about 700 are known—flourish in metal-rich soils that make hundreds of thousands of other plant species flee or die.
Slicing open one of these trees or running the leaves of its bush cousin through a peanut press produces a blue-green “juice”. This “juice” is netually one-quarter nickel (镍), far more concentrated than the one feeding the world’s nickel smelters (熔炉).
The plants not only collect the soil’s minerals into their bodies but seem to store them to “ridiculous” levels, said Alan Baker, a visiting botany professor at the University of Melbourne who has researched the relationship between plants and their soils since the 1970s. This vegetation could be the world’s most efficient, solar-powered mineral smelters. What if, as a partial replacement to traditional, energy-intensive and environmentally costly mining and smelting, the world harvested nickel plants
Dr. Baker and an international team of colleagues have set their sights on convincing the world the idea is more than just a fun thought experiment. On a plot of land rented from a rural village on the Malaysian side of the island of Borneo, the group has proved it at small scale. Every six to 12 months, a farmer shaves off one foot of growth from these nickel-hyper-accumulating plants and either burns or squeezes the metal out. After a short purification (提纯), farmers could hold in their hands roughly 500 pounds of nickel citrate (硝酸镍), potentially worth thousands of dollars on international markets.
Now, as the team scales up to the world’s largest trial at nearly 50 acres, their target audience is industry. In a decade, the researchers hope that a greater consumer demand for base metals and rate minerals could be filled by the same kind of farming that produces the world’s coconuts and coffee.
46．What does the underlined word “flourish” in paragraph 1 probably mean
A．hide themselves
B．attract the attention of others
C．die out
D．grow well
47．What could be inferred from Paragraph 2
A．Nickel runs along those plants’ leaves.
B．The blue-green “juice” contains a high concentration of nickel.
C．To produce nickel, those trees should be put into smelters.
D．Without peanut press, the blue-green “juice” can’t be produced.
48．What can we learn from Paragraphs 3 and 4
A．Dr. Baker and his group have already started testing this plant in large quantities.
B．This vegetation contains a high content of nickel.
C．Farmers will cut down the plants and burn the metal out every six to 12 months.
D．Dr. Baker and his group have made a fortune from the vegetation.
49．What is the passage mainly about
A．An introduction of metal-purification technology.
B．The use of nickel-hyper-accumulating plants.
C．The discovery of nickel-hyper-accumulating plants.
D．The farming for metals.
50．What is the author’s attitude towards the prospect of farming the vegetation
A．Short-sighted. B．Wait-and-see.
C．Optimistic. D．Skeptical.
【答案】46．D 47．B 48．B 49．D 50．C
【分析】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了金属农业种植。
46．词句猜测题。根据第一段中“With roots that act practically like magnets (磁铁), these organisms—about 700 are known—flourish in metal-rich soils that make hundreds of thousands of other plant species flee or die. (这些微生物(已知约有700种)的根实际上就像磁铁一样，在富含金属的土壤中flourish，导致成千上万的其他植物物种逃离或死亡)”由描述其根“就像磁铁一样”，可知这些微生物会吸收土壤中的金属并且蓬勃生长，因此划线词flourish意为“蓬勃生长”。故选D项。
47．推理判断题。根据第二段中“This “juice” is netually one-quarter nickel (镍), far more concentrated than the one feeding the world’s nickel smelters (熔炉). (这种“果汁”实际上是四分之一的镍，其浓度远高于供给全球镍冶炼厂的那种。)”可知，这种蓝绿色的“果汁”含有高浓度的镍。故选B项。
48．细节理解题。根据第三段中“This vegetation could be the world’s most efficient, solar-powered mineral smelters. (这种植被可能是世界上效率最高的太阳能冶炼厂)”和第四段中“Every six to 12 months, a farmer shaves off one foot of growth from these nickel-hyper-accumulating plants and either burns or squeezes the metal out. After a short purification (提纯), farmers could hold in their hands roughly 500 pounds of nickel citrate (硝酸镍), potentially worth thousands of dollars on international markets. (每隔6到12个月，农民就会从这些镍超积累的植物上剪下一英尺的根，然后要么烧，要么榨汁把金属挤出。经过短暂的提纯，农民们手中就可以拿到大约500磅的硝酸镍，在国际市场上可能价值数千美元)”可知，这种植物含镍量很高。故选B项。
49．主旨大意题。根据第一段中“With roots that act practically like magnets (磁铁), these organisms—about 700 are known—flourish in metal-rich soils (这些微生物(已知约有700种)的根实际上就像磁铁一样，在富含金属的土壤中蓬勃生长)”和第二段中“This “juice” is netually one-quarter nickel (镍), far more concentrated than the one feeding the world’s nickel smelters (熔炉). (这种“果汁”实际上是四分之一的镍，其浓度远高于供给全球镍冶炼厂的那种)”以及第四段中“Every six to 12 months, a farmer shaves off one foot of growth from these nickel-hyper-accumulating plants and either
burns or squeezes the metal out. After a short purification (提纯), farmers could hold in their hands roughly 500 pounds of nickel citrate (硝酸镍), potentially worth thousands of dollars on international markets. (每隔6到12个月，农民就会从这些镍超积累的植物上剪下一英尺的根，然后要么烧，要么榨汁把金属挤出。经过短暂的提纯，农民们手中就可以拿到大约500磅的硝酸镍，在国际市场上可能价值数千美元)”可知，这篇文章主要讲述了金属农业种植。故选D项。
50．推理判断题。根据最后一段中“In a decade, the researchers hope that a greater consumer demand for base metals and rate minerals could be filled by the same kind of farming that produces the world’s coconuts and coffee. (研究人员希望，在未来十年里，消费者对基本金属和矿物的需求可以由生产世界椰子和咖啡的农业来满足)”可知，作者对种植植物的前景持乐观的态度。故选C项。
D
Predictions about higher education's future often result in two very different visions about what is next for colleges and universities. In one camp: those who paint a rosy picture of an economy that will continue to demand higher levels of education for an increasing share of the workforce. In the other: those who believe fewer people will enroll in college as tuition costs go out of control and alternatives to the traditional degree emerge.
"We are living in an age for learning, when there's so much knowledge available, that one would think that this is good news for higher education." Bryan Alexander told me recently, Alexander writes often about the future of higher education and is finishing a book on the subject for Johns Hopkins University Press. "Yet we've seen enrollment in higher education drop for six years."
Alexander believes that for some colleges and universities to survive, they need to shift from their historical mission of serving one type of student (usually a teenager fresh out of high school) for a specific period of time. "We're going to see many different ways through higher education in the future" Alexander said' "from closer ties between secondary and postsecondary( 放学后) schools to new options for adults. The question is, which institutions adopt new models and which try desperately to hang on to what they have
“The fact is that to maintain affordability, accessibility and excellence, something needs to change," Rafael Bras, Georgia Tech's provost (院长), told me when he unveiled the report at the Milken Institute Global Conference this past spring..
The commission's report includes many impressive ideas, but three point to the possibility of a very different future for colleges and universities.
(1) College for life, rather than just four years. The primary recommendation of the Georgia Tech report is that the university turns itself into a place for lifelong learning that allows students to “associate rather than enroll.”
(2) A network advisers and coaches for a career. If education never ends, Georgia Tech predicts, neither should the critical advising function that colleges provide to students.
(3) A distributed presence around the world. Colleges and universities operate campuses and require students to come
to them. In the past couple of decades, online education has grown greatly, but for the most part, higher education is still about face-to-face interactions.
Georgia Tech imagines a future in which the two worlds are blended in what it calls the "atrium"—a place that share space with entrepreneurs and become gathering places for students and alumni.
In some ways, as the report noted, the atrium idea is a nod to the past, when universities had agricultural and engineering experiment stations with services closer to where people in the state needed them.
Whether Georgia Tech's ideas will become real is, of course, unclear. But as Alexander told me after reading it, "There is a strong emphasis on flexibility and transformation so they can meet emergent trends.” This is clear: colleges and universities are about to undergo a period of deep change—whether they want to or not—as the needs of students and the economy shift.
51．What can we learn from the two camps' opinions about future colleges
A．Future workforce will have high levels of education.
B．The expensive traditional degree is losing its appeal.
C．Traditional higher education is not practical
D．Declining enrollment in college results from easy learning.
52．What should traditional colleges do according to Alexander
A．They should provide new options for adults to enter colleges.
B．They should strengthen the lies between secondary and postsecondary schools.
C．They should abandon what they have and change their historical mission.
D．They should offer more freedom to students throughout their life.
53．The underlined words "two worlds" refer to ________.
A．basic education and higher education
B．entrepreneurs and students ,
C．virtual education and real classes
D．present education and future education
54．What does the author think of atrium idea
A．It corresponds to the past idea in some way
B．It is hard to realize despite its flexibility.
C．It makes some industries more accessible.
D．It is a practical solution to the declining enrollment.
55．The passage mainly talks about ________.
A．a reflection on the drawbacks of current higher education
B．the key factors which determine higher education's future
C．two camps' opposite opinions about higher education's future
D．a comparison between traditional and future higher education
【答案】51．B 52．D 53．C 54．D 55．B
【分析】这是一篇议论文，文章主要论述了决定高等教育未来发展的关键因素。
51．细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句“In the other: those who believe fewer people will enroll in college as tuition costs go out of control and alternatives to the traditional degree emerge.(另一方面，有些人认为，随着学费失控，传统学位的替代品出现，上大学的人数将会减少。)”及第二段中“Yet we've seen enrollment in higher education drop for six years.(然而，我们已经看到高等教育的入学率连续6年下降。)”可知，昂贵的传统学位正在失去它的吸引力，故选B项。
52．细节理解题。根据第三段中“Alexander believes that for some colleges and universities to survive, they need to shift from their historical mission of serving one type of student (usually a teenager fresh out of high school) for a specific period of time.(Alexande认为，对于一些学院和大学来说，为了生存，它们需要改变它们的历史使命，在一段特定的时间内为一类学生服务，通常是刚从高中毕业的青少年。)”及最后一段中But as Alexander told me after reading it, "There is a strong emphasis on flexibility and transformation so they can meet emergent trends.”(但Alexander读完后告诉我，“人们非常强调灵活性和变革，这样他们就能适应新趋势。”)可知，Alexander认为，传统大学应该在学生的一生中给他们更多自由。故选D项。
53．指代猜测题。根据倒数第四段最后一句“In the past couple of decades, online education has grown greatly, but for the most part, higher education is still about face-to-face interactions.”可知，在过去的几十年里，在线教育发展迅速，但在很大程度上，高等教育仍然是面对面的交流，结合划线短语所在句“Georgia Tech imagines a future in which the two worlds are blended in what it calls the "atrium" (佐治亚理工学院设想了这样一个未来：两个世界融合在一起，形成一个所谓的“中庭”)”可知，“两个世界”是指虚拟教育和真实的课堂。故选C项。
54．推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“In some ways, as the report noted, the atrium idea is a nod to the past, when universities had agricultural and engineering experiment stations with services closer to where people in the state needed them.(正如报告所指出的，中庭的想法在某种程度上是对过去的一种致敬，当时大学里有农业和工程实验站，它们的服务更接近国家人们的需要。)”可知，作者认为中庭的想法是解决入学率下降的一个切实可行的办法。故选D项。
55．主旨大意题。通读全文，结合第一段中“Predictions about higher education's future often result in two very different visions about what is next for colleges and universities.(对高等教育未来的预测往往会导致两种截然不同的关于高等院校的下一步是什么的观点。)”及最后一段中“This is clear: colleges and universities are about to undergo a period of deep change —whether they want to or not—as the needs of students and the economy shift.(这是显而易见的：随着学生需求和经济的转变，高等院校即将经历一段深刻的变革时期——无论它们愿意与否。)”可知，本文主要讨论了决定高等教育未来发展的关键因素，故选B项。
四、阅读表达
Just like everyone, I have experienced ups and downs in my life. I am an aerospace engineer from India. I was told by my relatives, close friends and others that it was hard for a non-IT student to pursue a master’s degree in IT and graduate from a US university.
I had never taken courses related to computers or programming. I was never interested in being a programmer, but things changed. I became so captivated by the convenience IT has brought to our life that I made up my mind to chase a master’s degree in IT.
At first, I came across too many difficulties and ing from a middle-class family, the huge cost per credit was a big issue. My English accent was terrible. Most importantly, the course seemed impossible at first. Although I felt so discouraged and frustrated, I never thought of giving up.
Then I decided to choose my university because it promised its students to help them learn practically. During my first month, it was difficult to understand the Americans’ accent and finish my assignments. But I never gave in. I walked two miles to the university every day so that I could use my travel money to buy a meal. I started looking for jobs and I got an offer to work as a student assistant, which meant lifting benches and chairs every day.
I took all these challenges as my chances, and I believed that hard work was my strength. Right now I am graduating with a GPA of 3.96/4 and a job offer from a multinational company that has asked me to start right after graduation.
When you have a dream to realize, there is nothing that can stop you. All you need is the diligence and persistence. Hard work always pays off. Having a determined will is also necessary.
56．Why did the author’s family and friends say that it was hard for him to pursue a master’s degree in IT (no more than 8 words)
57．What does the underlined part “captivated by” in paragraph 2 mean (2 words)
58．What is the main idea of paragraph 3 (no more than 10 words)
59．What made the author graduate with a higher GPA and a good job offer (no more than 15 words)
60．What do you learn from the author’s story (no more than 25 words)
【答案】56．Because he was a non-IT student.
57．Fascinated by.
58．Many difficulties and setbacks the author came across.
59．Taking all challenges as his chances and believing hard work was his strength.
60．When facing challenges on the way to our goals, we should believe in our strength and spare no efforts to overcome them.
【导语】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者通过亲身经历告诉我们如果想实现梦想，只要不断努力，就没有不可能实现的事。
56．细节理解题。根据第一段中的“I was told by my relatives, close friends and others that it was hard for a non-IT student to pursue a master’s degree in IT and graduate from a US university.(我的亲戚、密友和其他人告诉我，对于一个非IT专业的学生来说，很难攻读IT专业硕士学位并从美国大学毕业。)”可知，作者是非IT专业的学生，因此很难在这个专业攻读硕士学位。故答案为：Because he was a non-IT student.
57．短语猜测题。根据画线词所在句中的“I made up my mind to chase a master’s degree in IT”可知，作者下定决心要攻读IT专业硕士学位，由此可推测出，作者对它给生活带来的便利很着迷，因此“captivated by”表示“对……着迷”。故答案为：Fascinated by.
58．主旨大意题。根据第三段“At first, I came across too many difficulties and ing from a middle-class family, the huge cost per credit was a big issue. My English accent was terrible. Most importantly, the course seemed impossible at first. Although I felt so discouraged and frustrated, I never thought of giving up.(起初，我遇到了太多的困难和挫折。来自中产阶级家庭，每个学分的巨大花费是一个大问题。我的英语口音很糟糕。最重要的是，这门课程一开始似乎是不可能的。尽管我感到沮丧和沮丧，但我从未想过放弃。)”可知，本段主要讲述了作者遇到的许多困难和挫折。故答案为：Many difficulties and setbacks the author came across.
59．细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“I took all these challenges as my chances, and I believed that hard work was my strength. Right now I am graduating with a GPA of 3.96/4 and a job offer from a multinational company that has asked me to start right after graduation.(我把所有这些挑战视为我的机会，我相信努力是我的力量。现在我以3.96/4的平均学分绩点毕业，一家跨国公司向我提供了一份工作，要求我毕业后立即开始工作。)”可知，作者把所有这些挑战视为我的机会，相信努力工作是自己的力量，最终作者以很高的平均学分绩点毕业，并且获得了一份好工作。故答案为：Taking all challenges as his chances and believing hard work was his strength.
60．开放性试题。根据全文内容，尤其是倒数第二段中的“I took all these challenges as my chances, and I believed that hard work was my strength.(我把所有这些挑战视为我的机会，我相信努力是我的力量。)”和最后一段“When you have a dream to realize, there is nothing that can stop you. All you need is the diligence and persistence. Hard work always pays off. Having a determined will is also necessary.(当你有梦想要实现时，没有什么能阻止你。你所需要的只是勤奋和毅力。努力总是有回报的。有坚定的意志也是必要的。)”可知，作者在面临挑战时，他把挑战看作机会，相信努力是力量，他不断努力，最终取得了成功。由此可推测出，在面对通往目标之路上的挑战时，我们应该相信自己的力量，努力克服挑战。故答案为When facing challenges on the way to our goals, we should believe in our strength and spare no efforts to overcome them.
五、书面表达
61．假设你是学生会主席李华，为了让外国人了解中国传统文化，学生会将进行唐诗吟诵大赛“Tang Poetry recitation Contest”，特邀请学校国际部学生参加。请你根据提示写一则英语通知。
主要内容包括：
1. 比赛的目的和意义；
2. 比赛的具体信息。
主办方：校学生会：时间：2024年3月20日；地点：校报告厅(assembly hall)
3. 范围：唐诗三百首(Three Hundred Tang Poems)
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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【答案】Do you want to have a further knowledge of Chinese culture Here comes your opportunity: the Student Union will organize a Tang Poetry Recitation Contest. I’d like to share with you some details.
As scheduled, the contest is to be held on March 20th, 2024 in the Assembly Hall. You are supposed to get prepared before the contest. Above all, it’s recommended that you should read Three Hundred Tang Poems, and learn to appreciate the beauty of ancient Chinese culture. Whoever feels interested and has a passion for Chinese culture, please sign up for the contest as soon as possible. If you want to attend, please come to the school Assembly Hall. Don’t miss the chance of being a winner, and some appealing prize is eagerly waiting for you.
Don’t hesitate to take part! I’m sure you will benefit a lot and your Chinese will gain much progress.
Student Union
【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。要求考生就学生会将举办的“唐诗吟诵大赛”事宜，发一则通知，特邀请学校国际部学生参加，并告知比赛目的和意义、比赛的具体信息。
【详解】1.词汇积累
想要做某事：want to do sth.→feel like doing sth.
组织：organize→conduct
酷爱：have a passion for →be passionate about
等候：wait for→await
2.句式拓展
简单句变复合句
原句：You are supposed to get prepared before the contest.
拓展句：There is no doubt that you are supposed to get prepared before the contest.
【点睛】【高分句型1】Above all, it’s recommended that you should read Three Hundred Tang Poems, and learn to appreciate the beauty of ancient Chinese culture. (运用了that引导的主语从句)
【高分句型2】Whoever feels interested and has a passion for Chinese culture, please sign up for the contest as soon as possible. (运用了Whoever引导的主语从句)DAY 29考前冲刺综合练（三）
一、单项选择
1．---How's the project going
--- ________. All we have to do is finish the last bit of work.
A．Easy come easy go B．Far from it
C．By all means D．So far so good
2．Cars made in our country are much cheaper than ________ imported from foreign countries.
A．it B．one C．those D．that
3．In the process of getting rid of racial ________,the USA is left far behind.
A．discrimination B．compromise C．substitute D．disadvantage
4．______ we’ll do is to leave a note for Mum to tell her we won’t be back till late.
A．That B．Which C．What D．How
5．A very popular thing to do on Boxing Day is to go shopping and ________ the sales.
A．keep pace with B．take advantage of
C．look forward to D．throw a light on
6．Shadow puppets ______ in China and ______ as far as Turkey and Greece today.
A．will originate; have been spreading B．originate; will be spreading
C．was originated; is spreading D．originated; have spread
7．The government must be very ________ about setting policies and make no decision until they are quite sure it is the right one.
A．serious B．concerned
C．cautious D．nervous
8．—Angela just doesn’t like me. She won’t even say hello.
—________. Actually, she’s very shy.
A．I have no idea B．Don’t jump to conclusions
C．Don’t mention it D．There is no doubt about it
9．—The woman biologist stayed in Africa studying wild animals for 13 years before she returned.
—Oh, dear! She ______ a lot of difficulties!
A．may go through B．might go through
C．need have gone through D．must have gone through
10．I’m far________ and I’ll never get this report done by Friday.
A．below surface B．beyond control
C．behind schedule D．above average
11．China's National Highway 318, ________ over 5,000 kilometers from Shanghai to Zhangmu, Tibet, is known as the "heavenly road“ for its amazing views.
A．to extend B．extended C．extending D．being extended
12．I will keep drawing and see what happens. ________ I never become famous, this is what I love to do every hour of every day.
A．Even if B．Unless C．So long as D．Now that
13．Up to now, more than one high-rise building ______ around our city, making it bigger.
A．have been built B．are being built C．has been built D．is being built
14．There’s little chance that we will be successful in trying to change the present situation. ________, it is important that we try our best.
A．Meanwhile B．Otherwise
C．Therefore D．Nevertheless
15．Because of COVD-19, days are gone ________ local 5-star hotels charged 5,000 yuan for one night.
A．if B．when C．which D．since
二、完形填空
My brother and I are exactly one year apart. We look like twins, but we are completely 16 . By the time we got to middle school it was clear that my older brother 17 meditation (冥想),while I was a born 18 who preferred the theatrical, even when off stage. I took his relative silence to be offensive. We simply didn't 19 .
I didn't 20 having a tense relationship with my brother because I was involved at school. 21 , I threw myself into the world of musicals. I practised singing in the bedroom every day to remain at my best and be 22 for roles; my brother would meditate on a window seat. He might feel high school was already hard enough 23 my noisy singing. So space to practise became a（n） 24 between us because we shared a room.
At the start of the semester, I practised “Circle of Life" for a musical. This was the first time I 25 to learn a song, because my voice cracked (破音)as I switched to a head voice. I was annoyed in that period and 26 practising, declaring I had reached the ceiling of my singing career. For the first time in years my brother 27 quiet when I got home.
After two days of this, my brother asked me to 28 him in meditation. Feeling my anger at my inability to manage this song 29 ,I accepted. My brother said, "When your mind floats away, you simply come back. Don't blame yourself" I got the message, and it soon became my new 30 . I kept trying at the song, no longer getting 31 at myself. And just in time for the trial performance, I was able to 32 power in my singing despite the switch to a head voice. It was important for me to learn that you don't have to always get everything 33 the first
time and that good things come with continual 34 .I now understand why my brother favours the 35 .
16．A．mature B．different C．content D．normal
17．A．disliked B．preferred C．replaced D．abandoned
18．A．writer B．leader C．painter D．performer
19．A．get along B．drop by C．show off D．check in
20．A．try B．mind C．enjoy D．delay
21．A．In particular B．In vain C．In return D．In theory
22．A．humorous B．ordinary C．competitive D．grateful
23．A．above B．below C．near D．without
24．A．issue B．contrast C．agreement D．balance
25．A．struggled B．expected C．promised D．decided
26．A．began B．allowed C．stopped D．continued
27．A．hated B．experienced C．accepted D．wanted
28．A．help B．invite C．join D．admire
29．A．gracefully B．suddenly C．fiercely D．cautiously
30．A．limit B．sentence C．mistake D．philosophy
31．A．rude B．angry C．surprised D．excited
32．A．lose B．share C．reduce D．maintain
33．A．wrong B．right C．back D．down
34．A．luck B．absence C．effort D．fear
35．A．fight B．noise C．quiet D．safety
三、阅读理解
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STUDENT EMPLOYMENT ON CAMPUS
All students may apply to work on campus.
Getting started
Before starting any position, all students need to complete required taforms and show identification. International students also need:
*Social Security card *Bank account
*Valid passport *Official work permit
*Letter of support from the office of International Student Life
Looking for a job on Handshake
Handshake is an online job search platform for college students. With a Handshake account, students can receive information about career events and personalized job recommendations. To use Handshake, just follow these steps:
*Log in to Handshake using your email address already provided by the college.
*Complete personalization of your profile.
*Start your job search by clicking “Jobs” button.
*Fill out desired information:location, job type, etc.
*Apply directly by clicking “Apply Now” button.
You can also make appointments to meet with a career coach, access career resources, and explore careers that interest you. On-campus jobs available for students
*Academic department assistant (Flexible working hours on Monday/Thursday)
*Dining services (Lunchtime on weekdays)
*Library assistant (Flexible working hours on Monday/Wednesday/Friday)
*Bookstore/mailroom(9:00-12:00 at weekends)
*Athletic department (18:00-22:00 on weekdays)
Maximum working hours
*During the semester (学期), domestic students can work a maximum of 10 hours a week; international students can work a maximum of 20 hours a week.
*During the summer break,a student may not work more than 30 hours a week.
*The total number of hours may not exceed (超过) the maximum hours allowed even if a student has more than one job.
For more information, find us at Career Development Office, 211Hughes Hall; careerdevelopment@dreamcollege.edu, 555-520-1314
36．What documents are necessary for an international student to seek employment
A．Passport and Insurance Certificate.
B．Work permit and Academic report.
C．Bank account and Letter of support.
D．Health Certificate and Social Security card.
37．Before searching for a job on Handshake, you need to_________.
A．consult a career coach B．personalize your profile
C．attend job training D．set up a new email account
38．Where could you work on Tuesday evenings
A．In the athletic department. B．In the dining hall.
C．In the library. D．In the bookstore.
39．Which working arrangement is allowed for a domestic student
A．40 hours per week during the summer break.
B．20 hours per week during the semester.
C．2 jobs, each with 16 hours per week.
D．3 jobs, each with 2 hours per week.
40．Where is the passage probably taken from
A．A university website. B．A course guide.
C．A summer camp notice. D．A business magazine.
B
In the kitchen of my mother’s houses there has always been a wooden stand（木架）with a small notepad（记事本）and a hole for a pencil.
I’m looking for paper on which to note down the name of a book I am recommending to my mother. Over forty years since my earliest memories of the kitchen pad and pencil, five houses later, the current paper and pencil look the same as they always did. Surely it can’t be the same pencil The pad is more modern, but the wooden stand is definitely the original one.
“I’m just amazed you still have the same stand for holding the pad and pencil after all these year.” I say to her, walking bank into the living-room with a sheet of paper and the pencil. “You still use a pencil. Can’t you afford a pen ”
My mother replies a little sharply. “It works perfectly well. I’ve always kept the stand in the kitchen. I never knew when I might want to note down an idea, and I was always in the kitchen in these days.”
Immediately I can picture her, hair wild, blue housecoat covered in flour, a wooden spoon in one hand, the pencil in the other, her mouth moving silently. My mother smiles and says, “One day I was cooking and watching baby Pauline, and I had a brilliant thought, but the stand was empty. One of the children must have taken the paper. So I just picked up the breadboard and wrote it all down on the back. It turned out to be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem I was working on.”
This story—which happened before I was born—reminds me how extraordinary my mother was, and is, as a gifted mathematician. I feel embarrassed that I complain about not having enough child-free time to work. Later, when my mother is in the bathroom, I go into her kitchen and turn over the breadboards. Sure enough, on the back of the smallest one, are some penciled marks I recognize as mathematics. Those symbols have traveled unaffected through fifty years, rooted in the soil of a cheap wooden breadboard, invisible（看不到的）exhibits at every meal.
41．Why has the author’s mother always kept the notepad and pencil in the kitchen
A．To leave messages. B．To list her everyday tasks.
C．To note down maths problems. D．To write down a flash of inspiration.
42．What is the author’s original opinion about the wooden stand
A．It has great value for the family.
B．It needs to be replaced by a better one.
C．It brings her back to her lonely childhood.
D．It should be passed on to the next generation.
43．The author feels embarrassed for_______.
A．blaming her mother wrongly.
B．giving her mother a lot of trouble.
C．not making good use of time as her mother did.
D．not making any breakthrough in her field.
44．What can be inferred from the last paragraph
A．The mother is successful in her career.
B．The family members like traveling.
C．The author had little time to play when young.
D．The marks on the breadboard have disappeared.
45．In the author’s mind ,her mother is_________.
A．strange in behavior. B．keen on her research.
C．fond of collecting old things. D．careless about her appearance.
C
Some of Earth’s plants have fallen in love with metal. With roots that act practically like magnets (磁铁), these organisms—about 700 are known—flourish in metal-rich soils that make hundreds of thousands of other plant species flee or die.
Slicing open one of these trees or running the leaves of its bush cousin through a peanut press produces a blue-green “juice”. This “juice” is netually one-quarter nickel (镍), far more concentrated than the one feeding the world’s nickel smelters (熔炉).
The plants not only collect the soil’s minerals into their bodies but seem to store them to “ridiculous” levels, said Alan Baker, a visiting botany professor at the University of Melbourne who has researched the relationship between plants and their soils since the 1970s. This vegetation could be the world’s most efficient, solar-powered mineral smelters. What if, as a partial replacement to traditional, energy-intensive and environmentally costly mining and smelting, the world harvested nickel plants
Dr. Baker and an international team of colleagues have set their sights on convincing the world the idea is more than just a fun thought experiment. On a plot of land rented from a rural village on the Malaysian side of the island of Borneo,
the group has proved it at small scale. Every six to 12 months, a farmer shaves off one foot of growth from these nickel-hyper-accumulating plants and either burns or squeezes the metal out. After a short purification (提纯), farmers could hold in their hands roughly 500 pounds of nickel citrate (硝酸镍), potentially worth thousands of dollars on international markets.
Now, as the team scales up to the world’s largest trial at nearly 50 acres, their target audience is industry. In a decade, the researchers hope that a greater consumer demand for base metals and rate minerals could be filled by the same kind of farming that produces the world’s coconuts and coffee.
46．What does the underlined word “flourish” in paragraph 1 probably mean
A．hide themselves
B．attract the attention of others
C．die out
D．grow well
47．What could be inferred from Paragraph 2
A．Nickel runs along those plants’ leaves.
B．The blue-green “juice” contains a high concentration of nickel.
C．To produce nickel, those trees should be put into smelters.
D．Without peanut press, the blue-green “juice” can’t be produced.
48．What can we learn from Paragraphs 3 and 4
A．Dr. Baker and his group have already started testing this plant in large quantities.
B．This vegetation contains a high content of nickel.
C．Farmers will cut down the plants and burn the metal out every six to 12 months.
D．Dr. Baker and his group have made a fortune from the vegetation.
49．What is the passage mainly about
A．An introduction of metal-purification technology.
B．The use of nickel-hyper-accumulating plants.
C．The discovery of nickel-hyper-accumulating plants.
D．The farming for metals.
50．What is the author’s attitude towards the prospect of farming the vegetation
A．Short-sighted. B．Wait-and-see.
C．Optimistic. D．Skeptical.
D
Predictions about higher education's future often result in two very different visions about what is next for colleges and
universities. In one camp: those who paint a rosy picture of an economy that will continue to demand higher levels of education for an increasing share of the workforce. In the other: those who believe fewer people will enroll in college as tuition costs go out of control and alternatives to the traditional degree emerge.
"We are living in an age for learning, when there's so much knowledge available, that one would think that this is good news for higher education." Bryan Alexander told me recently, Alexander writes often about the future of higher education and is finishing a book on the subject for Johns Hopkins University Press. "Yet we've seen enrollment in higher education drop for six years."
Alexander believes that for some colleges and universities to survive, they need to shift from their historical mission of serving one type of student (usually a teenager fresh out of high school) for a specific period of time. "We're going to see many different ways through higher education in the future" Alexander said' "from closer ties between secondary and postsecondary( 放学后) schools to new options for adults. The question is, which institutions adopt new models and which try desperately to hang on to what they have
“The fact is that to maintain affordability, accessibility and excellence, something needs to change," Rafael Bras, Georgia Tech's provost (院长), told me when he unveiled the report at the Milken Institute Global Conference this past spring..
The commission's report includes many impressive ideas, but three point to the possibility of a very different future for colleges and universities.
(1) College for life, rather than just four years. The primary recommendation of the Georgia Tech report is that the university turns itself into a place for lifelong learning that allows students to “associate rather than enroll.”
(2) A network advisers and coaches for a career. If education never ends, Georgia Tech predicts, neither should the critical advising function that colleges provide to students.
(3) A distributed presence around the world. Colleges and universities operate campuses and require students to come to them. In the past couple of decades, online education has grown greatly, but for the most part, higher education is still about face-to-face interactions.
Georgia Tech imagines a future in which the two worlds are blended in what it calls the "atrium"—a place that share space with entrepreneurs and become gathering places for students and alumni.
In some ways, as the report noted, the atrium idea is a nod to the past, when universities had agricultural and engineering experiment stations with services closer to where people in the state needed them.
Whether Georgia Tech's ideas will become real is, of course, unclear. But as Alexander told me after reading it, "There is a strong emphasis on flexibility and transformation so they can meet emergent trends.” This is clear: colleges and universities are about to undergo a period of deep change—whether they want to or not—as the needs of students and the economy shift.
51．What can we learn from the two camps' opinions about future colleges
A．Future workforce will have high levels of education.
B．The expensive traditional degree is losing its appeal.
C．Traditional higher education is not practical
D．Declining enrollment in college results from easy learning.
52．What should traditional colleges do according to Alexander
A．They should provide new options for adults to enter colleges.
B．They should strengthen the lies between secondary and postsecondary schools.
C．They should abandon what they have and change their historical mission.
D．They should offer more freedom to students throughout their life.
53．The underlined words "two worlds" refer to ________.
A．basic education and higher education
B．entrepreneurs and students ,
C．virtual education and real classes
D．present education and future education
54．What does the author think of atrium idea
A．It corresponds to the past idea in some way
B．It is hard to realize despite its flexibility.
C．It makes some industries more accessible.
D．It is a practical solution to the declining enrollment.
55．The passage mainly talks about ________.
A．a reflection on the drawbacks of current higher education
B．the key factors which determine higher education's future
C．two camps' opposite opinions about higher education's future
D．a comparison between traditional and future higher education
四、阅读表达
Just like everyone, I have experienced ups and downs in my life. I am an aerospace engineer from India. I was told by my relatives, close friends and others that it was hard for a non-IT student to pursue a master’s degree in IT and graduate from a US university.
I had never taken courses related to computers or programming. I was never interested in being a programmer, but things changed. I became so captivated by the convenience IT has brought to our life that I made up my mind to chase a master’s degree in IT.
At first, I came across too many difficulties and ing from a middle-class family, the huge cost per credit was a big issue. My English accent was terrible. Most importantly, the course seemed impossible at first. Although I felt so discouraged and frustrated, I never thought of giving up.
Then I decided to choose my university because it promised its students to help them learn practically. During my first month, it was difficult to understand the Americans’ accent and finish my assignments. But I never gave in. I walked two miles to the university every day so that I could use my travel money to buy a meal. I started looking for jobs and I got an offer to work as a student assistant, which meant lifting benches and chairs every day.
I took all these challenges as my chances, and I believed that hard work was my strength. Right now I am graduating with a GPA of 3.96/4 and a job offer from a multinational company that has asked me to start right after graduation.
When you have a dream to realize, there is nothing that can stop you. All you need is the diligence and persistence. Hard work always pays off. Having a determined will is also necessary.
56．Why did the author’s family and friends say that it was hard for him to pursue a master’s degree in IT (no more than 8 words)
57．What does the underlined part “captivated by” in paragraph 2 mean (2 words)
58．What is the main idea of paragraph 3 (no more than 10 words)
59．What made the author graduate with a higher GPA and a good job offer (no more than 15 words)
60．What do you learn from the author’s story (no more than 25 words)
五、书面表达
61．假设你是学生会主席李华，为了让外国人了解中国传统文化，学生会将进行唐诗吟诵大赛“Tang Poetry recitation Contest”，特邀请学校国际部学生参加。请你根据提示写一则英语通知。
主要内容包括：
1. 比赛的目的和意义；
2. 比赛的具体信息。
主办方：校学生会：时间：2024年3月20日；地点：校报告厅(assembly hall)
3. 范围：唐诗三百首(Three Hundred Tang Poems)
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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