第十周冲刺班能力提升训练

第十周冲刺班能力提升训练AIn a history class, our teacher, Mrs. Bartlett asked us to make a poster (海报) in groups about the culture that we were studying. She told us to write the names of three friends who we wanted in one group and she would think aboutour____16____.The next day, I was told to be in a group I would____17____want – the boy who was too weak in English, and the two girls who wore strange clothes. Oh, how I wanted to be with my____18____!With tears in my eyes, I walked up to Mrs. Bartlett. She ____19____me and seemed to know what I was there for. I told her I should be in the “good” group. She gently___20___ a hand on my shoulder(肩膀). “I know what you want, Karma,” she said, “but your group needs you. I need you to help them. Only you can help them.” I was____21____and moved. Her words encouraged me.“Will you help them?” she asked. “Yes,” I replied. Then I____22____walked over to my group. I sat down and we started. Each of us did a part according to our interests. Halfway through the week, I felt____23____enjoying our group. We did a good job together.____24____ except（除此之外）Mrs. Bartlett had believed in our group. Amazingly, our group got an A. But I think we should hand the A back to Mrs. Bartlett. She was the one who should truly___25___it. Mrs. Bartlett brought out the potential (潜能) in four of her students.16. A. classes B. books C. choices D. clothes17. A. often B. never C. always D. sometimes18. A. boys B. girls C. friends D. teachers19. A. laughed at B. looked at C. lived with D. agreed with20. A. put B. pushed C. washed D. pulled21. A. useful B. surprised C. scared D. worried22. A. hardly B. deeply C. lazily D. bravely23. A. myself B. herself C. yourself D. himself24. A. Anybody B. Everybody C. Somebody D. Nobody25. A. receive B. start C. give D. throwBThe team I work in just had two new interns（实习生）, and I happened to be their supervisor（主管）.It was 12:30 after today’s lunch break, and one of t hem ___16___things on her smartphone, maybe on some social network, I guessed. I went to her and said “There’s another article here needing translation. Do you have time to finish it for me?”That article was not her workload. But I thought that maybe I could let her challenge ___17___a little bit with it, seeing that she seemed to have time. “Yes, I do have time,” she said, “but I’m just an intern.” I didn’t quiteknow_____18_____to say back then. After a while I said, “Right. Yes.” And I____19____and left.I recalled the time when I was an intern for the first time. I, too, ___20___to finish my workload so fast, just like her. So I asked my supervisor “Is there_____21_____that I can help?” And she happened to have a plan to make. But she didn’t have time. So she let me do the research and make a draft（草稿）for her. I was not very familiar with the job but still tried my best to work it out and make it as_____22_____as possible. And my supervisor was really satisfied（满意的）with the draft. Later, she told me, “You saved me a lot of time. I didn’t need to create it from draft.” And she also told me how I should have done the plan___23___. I learned a lot about the operation in the process. After that, she had come to trust me completely. And____24____her recommendation（推荐）, I got my present job. Yes, I was just an intern with little working___25___. But I bought a better future with my hard work. There’s a kind of poverty called short-sightedness.16. A. were reading B. was reading C. were looking D. was looking17. A. she B. her C. hers D. herself18. A. how B. when C. what D. why19. A. fell off B. talked back C. turned around D. put down20. A. managed B. succeeded C. failed D. passed21. A. something else B. anything else C. else something D. else anything22. A. professional B. strict C. valuable D. awful23. A. better B. worse C. slowly D. usually24. A. thanks for B. as a result C. because of D. by accident25. A. experience B. environment C. habit D. hobbyCThe bookshop October Books has shown us what a helping hands community is like. For more than forty years,October Books has been part of Southampton, England. It is not only a bookshop, ____11____ a local and eco-friend (对生态环境友好的) community center for people.In July 2018, October Books had to ____12____ their home because they could not pay the rising rent (房租).____13____, a shop just 150 meters away down the same street was empty. What’s more amazing, the boo kstore____14____ raise more than $500,000 from the community over six months to buy the new shop.“It just shows ____15____ the community wants a bookshop on the high street. And we thank them very much,” said Clare Diaper, the manager of the bookshop.Then one problem came out: How would they move ____16____ books to the new shop? “We got the idea of the human chain and called for help on the Internet. It didn’t need people to be really ____17____. Anybody, from youngto old, could join in. But we were no t sure how many people could come,” said Clare Diaper. To their ____18____, over 250 volunteers, old or young, showed up. They lined up along the road, connecting (连接) October Books’ old and new shops. Over 2,000 books ____19____ to the new place in an hour!“It’s wonderful ____20____ our community to do something like this,” said Jani, one of the volunteers. “That is community, friends.”11. A. and B. but C. also D. or12. A. brush B. collect C. leave D. improve13. A. Lovely B. Lucky C. Luckily D. Carefully14. A. was able to B. had to C. used to D. agreed to15. A. how many B. how much C. how long D. how soon16. A. thousand B. thousands C. thousand of D. thousands of17. A. strong B. heavy C. tall D. brave18. A. interest B. surprise C. dream D. difference19. A. moved B. are moving C. have moved D. were moved20. A. for B. to C. with D. amongDZhang Ming, a college graduate from Shandong,____16____a 9-page “WeChat Guide”. With drawings and simple words, the step-by-step guide ____17____how to send messages, take pictures and make video calls. Zhang made the guide for his parents. “My parents are getting old. They need an easy way to learn how to use technology,” he said. Zhang’s experience is common nowadays. Worldwide, 40 percent of parents learn about newtechnologies,____18____ computers, mobile Internet and social media from their children, according to a study from the International Communication Association in 2017.Parents____19____to teach their kids about almost everything. Now for the first time, the teachers become the students, and the students ____20____the teachers.“The ____21____of the roles comes from the rapid development of society and technology,”says Zhou Xiaohong, a sociology professor from Nanjing University. Zhou said the Internet and other forms of media give children ways to get information besides from asking older generations. Therefore, in the age of information, it’s ____22____that children know more than their parents do. According to the China Internet Network Information Center, 56.7 percent of Internet users and 67.2 percent of social media users in China are____23____the age of 30. The younger generation usually acts as a link between their family and the new environment. But when they teach their parents new techonolgies, parents can connect to the new world by themselves , said Zhou.In Zhang Ming’s eyes, teaching his parents about WeChat brings him___24___to his p arents. “People communicate more by using new technology. Why should we_____25_____?”said Zhang.16. A. found B. created C. discoved D. find17. A. explained B. teach C. made D. had18. A. included B. including C. beside D. have19. A. used B. use C. like D. plan20. A. turn into B. turned into C. get into D. fall into21. A. meaning B. way C. kind D. change22. A. impossible B. possible C. probably D. perhaps23. A. at B. in C. under D. on24. A. close B. near C. closer D. nearly25. A. give our parents out B. cut our parents out C. think our parents out D. keep our parents out。