一、阅读
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A Schengen visa is a short-stay visa awarded to persons wishing to travel to one or many
of the countries that make of the 26 European country Schengen Area. It grants (授予 ) each
holder entry to all the countries in the area on a single visa. Several new Schengen visa
application rules came into force in all countries on February 2, 2020. Check out some of the
major changes:
Increased visa fees
The Schengen visa fee has increased from 60 euros to 80 for adults, while children aged
between 6 and 12 now need to pay 40 euros instead of 35.
The rise in fees is to increase staff numbers, ensure stronger security screenings, and
upgrade IT equipment and software, according to the European Commission.
Electronic application form
The application process has been greatly simplified. Schengen member states now accept
electronic applications, and the application form can be signed and submitted electronically.
Longer application submission periods
Schengen visa applicants used to apply as early as three months ahead of their trip. Today
applications can be submitted up to six months in advance.
Benefits for frequent travelers
Those who have previously visited the Schengen Area and have a positive visa history
will be granted the opportunity to get a multiple-entry visa valid for up to five years. That is,
people who have lawfully used their previous visas, have a good economic standing in their
home countries, and intend to leave the area before their Schengen visa expires (过期 ) will
now have the chance to get a visa for up to five years with multiple entries.
21． If a couple with a seven-year-old kid apply for Schengen visas, how much should they
pay under the new rules?
A ． 45 euros. B． 80 euros. C． 155 euros. D ． 200 euros.
22． When applying for a Schengen visa now, you can .
A ． upgrade your computer software
B． hand in an electronic application form
C． get all your materials ready before February 2
D ． turn in your application 9 months in advance
23． To frequent travelers to the Schengen Area, the new rules are more .
A ． specific B． complicated C． favourable D ． rigid
B
It is one of the greatest mysteries of nature. In case you haven’t noticed, all living things
follow very definite, individual rhythms, all as regular as a clock, but what makes them regular?
Though many scientists maintain that these rhythms are the result of some outside force like
gravity or radiation or both, the results of most scientific researches agree with other scientists
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who believe that each living thing has its own built-in biological “time clock.”
Take the mystery of migration for example. Scientists can’t really explain why many
species of birds migrate in the autumn even though the temperature is still summery. The birds
just seem to snub the comfortable weather that they are having. When a certain time comes,
they travel south by the thousand. In spring time, they migrate northwards even though there
probably is snow still covering the ground when they finally arrive. Something said “go,” and
they did.
Animals that hibernate (冬眠 ) are obeying individual time clocks, too. When their clock
indicates the time to take a winter’s nap, they do, and nothing can stop them. At a certain time
in the spring, they wake up and come out regardless of the weather outside.
Plants appear to have yearly rhythms, such as the sprouting of seeds, and they also have
daily rhythms. Notice sometimes that plants raise their leaves in daylight and lower them at
night.
If you live along the California coast, you can easily observe a demonstration of this
mysterious clock functioning regularly. There, from February to September, the highest tides
occur exactly every fourteen and four-fifths days, and during these high tides, but at no other
time, small silvery fish called grunions surf-ride a wave to the beach. There the female
deposits her eggs in the sand and the male fertilizes them; then both hitch a wave-ride back to
the sea. Exactly fourteen and four-fifths days later, never before or after, the tiny eggs hatch,
and the high tide carries the new babies out to sea.
24. According to the passage, the mysterious rhythms result from ______.
A. the influence of gravity on living species
B. the effect of radiation on living species
C. the influence of a mysterious outer force on living species
D. the internal mechanism inside the living species
25. The underlined word “snub” in the third paragraph probably means ______.
A. fight B. ignore C. symbolize D. criticize
26. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
A. Hibernating animals are obeying an internal time clock.
B. The positioning of the leaves of some plants is due to the daily rhythms.
C. The internal clock functioning is demonstrated in the reproducing habits of grunions.
D. The yearly hibernation is more because of the weather influence than the biological
functioning.
27. The passage is mainly about ______.
A. the rhythms of life
B. the reasons of mysterious hibernation
C. strange behaviors of species
D. the timing for different events in the world of species
C
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In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some value it
highly, believing that it is responsible for social progress and prosperity. Others say that
competition is bad; that it sets one person against another; that it leads to unfriendly
relationship between people.
I have taught many children who held the belief that their self-worth relied (依赖) on how
well they performed at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often
life-and-death affairs.
In their single-minded pursuit (追求) of success, the development of many other human
qualities is sadly forgotten.
However, while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed, others take an opposite
attitude. In a culture which values only the winner and pays no attention to the ordinary players,
they strongly blame competition.
Among the most vocal are youngsters who have suffered under competitive pressures
from their parents or society. Teaching these young people, I often observe in them a desire to
fail. They seem to seek failure by not trying to win or achieve success. By not trying, they
always have an excuse: " I may have lost, but it doesn''t matter because I really didn''t try."
What is not usually admitted by themselves is the belief that if they had really tried and lost,
that would mean a lot. Such a loss would be a measure of their worth. Clearly, this belief is the
same as that of true competitors who try to prove themselves. Both are based on the mistaken
belief that one''s self-respect relies on how well one performs in comparison with
others. Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this basic and often troublesome fear
begins to dissolve (缓解) can we discover a meaning in competition.
28. What does this passage mainly talk about?
A. Competition helps to set up self-respect.
B. Opinions about competition are different among people.
C. Competition is harmful to personal quality development.
D. Failures are necessary experience in competition.
29. The underlined phrase "the most vocal" in Paragraph 3 means ________.
A. those who try their best to win
B. those who value competition most highly
C. those who are against competition most strongly
D. those who rely on others most for success
30. What is the similar belief of the true competitors and those with a "desire to fail"?
A. One''s worth lies in his performance compared with others.
B. One''s success in competition needs great efforts.
C. One''s achievement is determined by his particular skills.
D. One''s success is based on how hard he has tried.
31. Which point of view may the author agree to?
A. Every effort should be paid back.
B. Competition should be encouraged.
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C. Winning should be a life-and-death matter.
D. Fear of failure should be removed in competition.
D
Hartley got to Gentral Slalion nearly an hour before his train was due to leave. A lifetime
in the theatre had given him a healthy— indeed excessive (过分的)— sense of punctuality; a
lifetime of unwanted cups of coffee, constant checking of the time, yet another turn around the
block before that all too often pointless, tiresome audition (试镜).
Hartley was 75— pretty fit for his age, legs holding lip, memory still ticking over
nicely—— though the occasions for punctuality were now rather fewer. But he was a creature
of habit and couldn’t change now.
He repaired to the restaurant purchased a coffee and a blueberry muffin, tired and failed to
find a litter-free table. The coffee was awful, the muffin was stale — but the coffee was always
awful, the muffin always stale. Hartley refused to let himself be annoyed. His visit to the city
had not been without its pleasures. Lunch with an old actor-chum (好友), then a
film— regrettably not utilizing (利用) his own talents— had rounded out an agreeable day.
Hartley was a good actor, although the calls on his talents were now infrequent. But really,
he thought draining his awful coffee, he’d had a reasonably good career. Something to be
proud of. But he’d never had that break-through part.
He headed for his platform. Just as the train was about to pull out a man ran down the
platform, jumped aboard as the door slammed shut and sank into the seat next to Hartley.
“Cutting it a bit fine”, he said.
“Indeed”, Hartley replied. “A close run thing”.
The man— forty-ish, amiable looking— gave him an amused glance.
This brief exchange served as an adequate ice-breaker and they chatted their way through
the outer suburbs and into the countryside. Having satisfactorily disposed of the sad state of
the railways, country versus city living, his neighbour asked Hartley what he did— or had
done— for a living.
Hartley hated telling people he was an actor. He was not ashamed of his job. Not in the
least, but he had long tired of reactions ranging from “what have I seen you in” to“how do you
learn all those lines”.
So in situations like this he simply selected an occupation from a former role. Bit risky, of
course. You say you’re a doctor and find yourself meeting the quizzical（疑问的）gaze of a
heart surgeon. But he’d never been caught out and it was harmless enough game, Hartley felt.
It amused him, and he’d given some damn good performances too.
“I’m a lawyer”, he replied. “Retired several years ago. Property law. Bit of criminal stuff”.
The train was slowing down. The man glanced out of the window.
“My station.I had you quite wrong then”.
He stood and took down his briefcase from the overhead rack.
“Yes, I’d have said you were an actor. The voice especially. Still, lawyers are actors in a
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way, don’t you think? Plenty of drama in a courtroom”.
The train drew into the station.
“I’m a film director. Casting a feature at the moment. You study faces. On the train.
Everywhere. Always on the lookout. Anyway, enjoyed our chat. Bye.”
32.What did Hartley think of his not telling his occupation?
A.Harmful to his acting career. B. Amusing despite the risk
C. Helpful to protect his identity D. Upsetting when caught out.
33. What can we learn about Hartley’s travel companion from the underlined sentence “I had
you quite wrong then.”?
A. He assumed Hartley had given another answer.
B. He understood Hartley’s profession was acting.
C. He thought Hartley practiced a different profession.
D. He mistook Hartley for another person.
34. The use of the word “Bye” at the end of the story__________.
A. shows the readers how unexpectedly Hartley’s career ends
B. describes Hanley’s shock on finding the man is a director
C. confirms Hartley''s lack of luck in spite of his acting skills
D. proves the man will reconsider giving Hartley a chance to act
35. Which of the following can be the best title of the story?
A. Acting up B. Employ talents
C. Selecting an occupation D. Casting a feature
二、七选五
Lots of people find it hard to get up in the morning and put the blame on the alarm clock.
In fact, the key to easy morning wake-up lies in resetting your body clock. ___36___ Here’s
how to make one.
___37___ In order to make a change, you need to decide why it’s important. Do you want
to get up in time to have breakfast with your family, get in some exercise, or just be better
prepared for your day? Once you are clear about your reasons, tell your family or roommates
about the change you want to make.
Rethink mornings. Now that you know why you want to wake up, consider re-arranging
your morning activities. If you want time to have breakfast with your family, save some time
the night before by setting out clothes, shoes, and bags. ___38___ That''s a quarter-hour more
you could be sleeping if you bought a coffee maker with a timer.
___39___ If you are tired out by Friday night, sleeping in on Saturday could sound
wonderful. But compensation on the weekends actually feeds into your sleepiness the
following week, a recent study found. Stick to your set bedtime and wake-up time, no matter
the day.
Keep a record and evaluate it weekly. Keep track of your efforts and write down how you
feel. After you’ve tried a new methods for a week, take a look at your record. ___40___ If not,
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take another look at other methods you could try.
A.Reconsidering the 15 minutes you spend in line at the cafe to get coffee.
B.If the steps you take are working, keep it up.
C.Keep your sleep/wake schedule on weekends.
D.And consider setting a second alarm.
E.Find the right motivation.
F.A better plan for sleep can help.
G.Get a sleep specialist.
三、完形填空
It’s about 250 miles from the hills of west-central Iowa to Ehlers’ home in Minnesota.
During the long trip home, following a weekend of hunting. Ehlers ___41___about the small
dog he had seen ___42___ alongside the road. He had tried to coax the dog to him but,
frightened, it had ___43___.
Back home, Ehlers was troubled by that ___44___ dog. So, four days later, he called his
friend Greg, and the two drove ___45___. After a long and careful ___46___, Greg saw, across
a field, the dog moving ___47___ away. Ehlers eventually succeeded in coaxing the animal to
him. Nervousness and fear were replaced withjoy. It just started licking Ehlers’ face.
A local farmer told them the dog sounded like one ____48____ as lost in the local paper.
The ad had a phone number for a town in southern Michigan. Ehlers ____49____ the number
of Jeff and Lisa to tell them he had found their dog.
Jeff had ____50____ in Iowa before Thanksgiving with his dog, Rosie, but the gun shots
had scared the dog off. Jeff searched ____51____ for Rosie in the next four days.
Ehlers returned to Minnesota, and then drove 100 miles to Minneapolis to put Rosie on a
flight to Michigan. “It’s good to know there’s still someone out there who ____52____
enough to go to that kind of____53____,”says Lisa of Ehlers’ rescue ____54____.
“I figured whoever lost the dog was probably just as ____55____ to it as I am to my
dogs,” says Ehlers. “If it had been my dog, I’d hope that somebody would be willing to go that
extra mile.”
41.A. read B. forgot C. heard D. thought
42.A. trembling B. fighting C. eating D. sleeping
43.A. calmed down B. stood up C. run off D. rolled over
44.A. injured B. stolen C. rescued D. lost
45.A. home B. past C. on D. back
46.A. preparation B. explanation C. search D. test
47.A. casually B. cautiously C. skillfully D. angrily
48.A. advertised B. predicted C. believed D. recorded
49.A. copied B. called C. counted D. remembered
50.A. skied B. hunted C. lived D. worked
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51.A. on purpose B. on time C. in vain D. in turn
52.A. sees B. cares C. suffers D. learns
53.A. trouble B. place C. waste D. extreme
54.A. service B. plan C. team D. effort
55.A. equal B. allergic C. close D. grateful
四、语法填空
The United Nations believes about 17 percent of the world''s food goes to waste each year.
That amounts (56)________________ 931 million metric tons of food being thrown away
from homes, stores and food companies.
The information comes from the U.N. Environment Program''s Food Waste Index Report
2021. The report says food waste is not only a problem in rich countries like Britain or the
United States. It happens in poor countries, too, (57)________________ food supplies can go
bad without cold storage. Most of the wasted food ---- 61 percent ---- comes from homes. The
rest comes from stores and food service companies.
The U.N. is working on ways to reduce food waste and trying to learn how much food
becomes unusable before it reaches people. It hopes the report will show countries some of the
problems so their governments can try to fix (58)________________.
Inger Andersen is the Executive Director of UNEP. She said, "Reducing food waste
would cut greenhouse gas emissions, slow the (59)________________(destroy) of nature
through land conversion and pollution." (60)________________(addition), cutting waste will
reduce hunger that is expected to rise during the corona-virus pandemic.
Researchers say food waste is a (61)________________(grow) concern because of the
large amount of land and energy required to produce food, raise animals and plant crops. They
observe that forests are also being cleared to make space for more food production. If food
waste (62)________________(reduce), it may be possible to lessen the impact of its
production on the world.
Some large problems exist with the food supply, but there are smaller reasons for waste.
The report mentioned some of the small problems that could be fixed.
Sometimes stores offer reduced prices on larger amounts of food. When people buy too
much food, they do not always use it (63)________________ it goes bad. Also, the writing on
food containers can be hard (64)________________(understand). In some cases, the
manufacturers put a date that shows when the food will be best to eat. Sometimes the food is
still good for a number of days after the date, but people will throw it away.
Food administrators in the U.S. have asked manufacturers to label their products in a way
that is easier for people to understand. In the U.S., the Department of Agriculture (USDA)
estimates a family of four wastes about $1,500 worth of food each year.
Richard Swannell is a co-writer of the UN report. He said people in rich countries think
differently about wasting food than they used to. Just 40 or 50 years ago, most people could
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not afford to waste food. Now that people have more money, they are not
(65)________________(as) concerned. But Swannell does not think that is the right idea.
五、写作
第一节
假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Tom对中国文化有浓厚的兴趣。恰好你校今年暑假将
为外国学生举办一场汉语夏令营活动（Chinese Summer Camp)，请你给她发一份邮件，
邀请他参加活动。
内容包括：
1.时间和地点；
2.活动内容：学习日常汉语、了解中国历史和传统文化、参观博物馆等；
3.报名方式和截止日期。
注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Tom,
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Yours, Li Hua
第二节
On Sunday, Nicholas, a teenager, went skiing with his father at Sugarloaf Mountain in
Maine. They had a wonderful day and decided to drive home to Massachusetts after a final run.
They took a chairlift to the top of the mountain, where they split up to go down in different
trails. When the father finished his run, he headed to the parking lot to wait for his son.
However, Nicholas never showed up.
It turned out a fierce snowstorm swept into the area as Nicholas went on his way down.
Unable to see far, he accidentally turned off the path and ventured down the west side of the
mountain. Before he knew it. Nicholas was lost and all alone. His way back to the ski trails
was blocked. What’s worse, he didn''t have any food or water with him, let alone his cell
phone or other supplies. The sun began to sink and he was getting colder by the minute．
Nicholas had no idea where he was. He tried not to panic. He thought about Bear
Grylls’ survival showsMan vs. Wildhe useed to watched on TV. In the show, Grylls is
abandoned in a wild area and has to help himself out. It was time to put the tips he had
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learned to use．
He decided to stopskiing. He needed the energy, and the winds weren’t as strong in the
valley where he stood as they were up on the mountain. Plus, there was a better chance of
someone finding him if he stayed put. The first thing he did was to seek shelter from the
freezing wind and snow. Using his skis, Nicholas built a snow cave. He gathered a huge
mass of snow and dug out a hole in the middle. Then he piled branches on top of himself,
like a blanket,to stay as warm as he could．
When evening came, Nicholas was really hungry, he ate some snow and drank some
water from a nearby stream so that he wouldn’t dehydrate. Then he returned to his cave and
slept.
When Nicholas didn’t show up, the father realized there must be something wrong.____
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The next day, Nicholas heard the sound of a snowmobile._________________________
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Keys
一、阅读 21~23 DBC 24~27 DBDA 28~31 BCAD 32~35 BCCA
二、七选五 46~40 FEACB
三、完形填空 41~45 DACDD 46~50 CBABB 51~55 CBADC
四、语法填空 56. to 57. where 58. them 59. destruction 60. Additionally
61.growing 62. is reduced 63. before 64. to understand 65. as
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