每日打卡练 | 无论前途困苦，不忘初心，方得始终。

小简老师说：

每一个熹微的清晨对着习题轻皱起眉头的你

每一个阒寂的深夜揉着微微酸痛的手腕的你

那个对前路迷茫却无比坚定的你

那个虽身心疲惫但眼中有光的你

小简老师已为大家备好电子打印版，文末附电子打印版免费领取方式，想要获取电子打印版请拉到文末。

（时间:50分钟   分值：60分  ）

一．阅读理解（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

I.M. Pei, whose modern designs and high-profile projects made him one of the best-known and most prolific architects of the 20th century, has died on May 16th 2019. He was 102. A spokesman for Pei’s New York architecture firm confirmed his death to the Associated Press. Pei, whose portfolio included a controversial renovation of Paris’ Louvre Museum and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, died overnight, his son Chien Chung Pei told the New York Times.

Ieoh Ming Pei, the son of a prominent banker in China, left his homeland in 1935, moving to the US and studying architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard. After teaching and working for the US government, he went to work for a New York developer in 1948 and started his own firm in 1955.

The museums, municipal buildings, hotels, schools and other structures that Pei built around the world showed precision geometry（几何结构）and an abstract quality with a reverence for light. They were composed of stone, steel and glass and, as with the Louvre, Pei often worked glass pyramids into his projects.

The Louvre, parts of which date to the 12th century, proved to be Pei’s most controversial work, starting with the fact that he was not French. After being chosen for the job by the then president, François Mitterrand, amid much secrecy, Pei began by making a four-month study of the museum and French history. He created a futuristic（极其现代的）70ft-tall steel-framed, glass-walled pyramid as a grand entrance for the museum with three smaller pyramids nearby. It was a striking contrast to the existing Louvre structures in classic French style and was reviled by many French. A French newspaper described Pei’s pyramids as “an annex to Disneyland” while an environmental group said they belonged in a desert.

Pei said the Louvre was undoubtedly the most difficult job of his career. He said he had wanted to create a modern space that did not detract（减损）from the traditional part of the museum. “Contemporary architects tend to impose modernity on something,” he said in a New York Times interview in 2008. “There is a certain concern for history but it’s not very deep. I understand that time has changed, we have evolved. But I don’t want to forget the beginning. A lasting architecture has to have roots.”

Other notable Pei projects include the John F. Kennedy Library in Dorchester, Massachusetts, the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, the East Wing of the National Gallery of Art in Washington and the Dallas City Hall.

When Pei won the international Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1983, he used the $100,000 award to start a program for aspiring Chinese architects to study in the US. Even though he formally retired from his firm in 1990, Pei was still taking on projects in his late 80s, such as museums in Luxembourg, Qatar and his ancestral home of Suzhou.

1. What can we learn from the first three paragraphs?

A. Pei is famous for traditional designs in architecture.

B. Pei designed the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.

C. Pei set up his own firm with the help of a New York developer.

D. Pei put the elements light and glass pyramids into the Louvre.

2. What is the French attitude towards Pei’s job of the Louvre?

A. Positive.                B. Neutral.

C. Critical.                  D. Objective.

3. What is the purpose of Paragraph 5?

A. To explain Pei’s idea about the Louvre innovation job.

B. To list the modernity of the Louvre innovation.

C. To show Pei’s love for traditional culture.

D. To present Pei’s contributions to architecture in history.

4. What word can best describe Pei?

A. Productive and stubborn.                 B. Generous and persistent.

C. Hard-working and humorous.             D. Tolerant and considerate.

5. From which is the text probably taken?

A. A diary.         B. An interview.

C. A statement.      D. A news report.

附：文中生词及长难句注释

1. prolific   adj. 多产的；创作丰富的

2. reverence   n. 尊敬；崇敬

3. pyramid   n. 金字塔；锥形体

4. revile   v. 辱骂；斥责

5. Paris’ Louvre Museum   巴黎卢浮宫博物馆

6. Pritzker architecture prize   普利兹克建筑奖

7. Ieoh Ming Pei, the son of a prominent banker in China, left his homeland in 1935, moving to the US and studying architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard.   句子主干：Ieoh Ming Pei left his homeland.

译文：1935年，作为中国著名银行家之子的贝聿铭离开家乡，搬到美国，在麻省理工学院和哈佛大学学习建筑。

二．七选五（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Continuous learning benefits us in many ways. First of all, it allows the increase in knowledge and ability in our career. For example, watching someone work can make us a better worker. 16. For example, we can learn about the general workforce and how the application process works to better prepare us for job searching. This can help if for some reason you lose your job and need to find other work.

What’s more, continuous learning can open our mind. Having an open mind and willingness to take on new ideas can do wonders. First of all it builds your attitude towards change. 17. Second, when you take continuous learning into account, you can begin to understand how others feel about a particular issue.

18. They are always looking for new experiences and do different things. Moreover, they not only have knowledge on various topics that aren’t always related to present roles but also know about the latest trends and technologies in the industry.

To develop continuous learning, you have to begin with setting a clear and specific goal. 19. Once your goal is set, build a system to help support your strategy. You want to be looking for different sources of information, but also to be picky about it, In other words, try to learn within your specific field but ensure the information is coming from a trustworthy source- At the same time, do use tools to help improve your learning system. 20. Seminars (研讨会) workshops, and live classes are the tools that modern learners need as they make learning effective.

A. Learning can improve other areas in our lives.

B. Besides, learning can prepare us for the unexpected.

C. If always learning, you are always improving.

D. Excellent continuous learners behave in a specific manner.

E. Being excited about change can affect others around you positively.

F. There’re various tools to help you present information and learning.

G. Knowing what you want to achieve can encourage you to keep learnings.

三．语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

A 90-year-old has been awarded “Woman Of The Year” for ___41___(be) Britain’s oldest full-time employee—still working 40 hours a week. Now Irene Astbury works from 9am to 5pm daily at the pet shop in Macclesfield, ___42___ she opened with her late husband Les. Her years of hard work have ___43___(final) been acknowledged after a customer nominated(提名) her to be Cheshire’s Woman Of The Year.

Picking up her “Lifetime Achievement” award, proud Irene ___44___(declare) she had no plans ___45___(retire) from her 36-year-old business. Irene said, “I don’t see any reason to give up work. I love coming here and seeing my family and all the friends I ___46___(make) over the years. I work not because I have to, ___47___ because I want to.”

Granddaughter Gayle Parks, 31—who works alongside her in the family business—said it remained unknown as to who nominated Irene for the award. She said, “We don’t have any idea who put grandma forward. When we got a call ___48___(say) she was short-listed, we thought it was ___49___ joke. But then we got an official letter and we were blown away. We are so proud of her. It’s ____50____(wonder).”

四．书面表达

假如你是李华，你的好友Tom来信告诉你他要来中国旅游，请你给他一些在中国旅游的建议。你在回信中主要包括以下内容：

1.高铁（high railway）速度很快，可以网上提前订票。

2.在城市中可以使用移动支付（mobile payment）。

3.在农村可以吃农家乐（farm stay），住农家旅馆，便宜又方便。

注意：1. 词数100左右.

2. 可适当增加细节,以使全文连贯。

一．阅读理解

1–5 DCABD

二．七选五

【语篇解读】本文为说明文。文章主要介绍持续性学习的好处和培养持续性学习的方法。

16.B 根据空格下文“For example, we can learn about the general workforce and how the application process works to better prepare us for job searching. This can help if for some reason you lose your job and need to find other work.”例如，我们可以了解一般的劳动力，以及申请过程是什么样的，以便更好地为求职做准备。如果你因为某种原因丢了工作，需要另找工作的话，这可能会有所帮助，由此可判断，学习可以让我们为意外做准备，故选B项。

17.E 根据空格前文“it builds your attitude towards change”持续性学习让你建立应对改变的态度，E 项“Being excited about change can affect others around you positively.”对改变感到兴奋会对你周围的人产生积极的影响，这句的“change”和前文相呼应，故选E项。

18.D 根据空格后文“They are always looking for new experiences and do different things. Moreover, they not only have knowledge on various topics that aren’t always related to present roles but also know about the latest trends and technologies in the industry.” 他们总是在寻找新的体验，做不同的事情。此外，他们不仅了解与当前职责不相关的各种主题，还了解行业的最新趋势和技术，可推断这句呼应了D项中“Excellent continuous learners behave in a specific manner.” 优秀的持续学习者以具体的方式来表现， “They”指代D项中的“Excellent continuous learners” 优秀的持续学习者，故选D项。

19.G 根据空格前一句“To develop continuous learning, you have to begin with setting a clear and specific goal”为了培养持续学习，你必须从设定一个明确而具体的目标开始，可知，知道自己想要达到什么目标，可以促动你不断学习，故选G项。

20.F 根据空格后一句“Seminars (研讨会) workshops, and live classes are the tools that modern learners need as they make learning effective.” 研讨会和现场课程是现代学习者需要的工具，因为他们使学习变得有效， 可知呼应F选项“There’re various tools to help you present information and learning.” 有各种各样的工具可以帮助你展示信息和学习，故选F 项。

三．语法填空

41. being    42. which    43. finally    44. declared

45. to retire    46. have made    47. but    48. saying

49. a    50. wonderful

【解析】本文为一篇记叙文。文章讲述了九十高龄的Irene作为英国最年长的全职员工，依然在宠物店做着朝九晚五的工作，没有退休的打算，她由此被评为“年度女士”。

【41题详解】

考查非谓语动词。根据其前介词for可知，此处用动名词形式作宾语，故填being。

【42题详解】

考查非限制性定语从句。分析句子结构可知，先行词为the pet shop，在非限制性定语从句中作opened一词的宾语，故用which。

【43题详解】

考查副词用法。根据空格所处位置可知，此处应用副词形式作状语，修饰谓语动词have been acknowledged，意为“最终得到认可”，故填finally。

【44题详解】

考查时态。根据上下文可知，该句主语为Irene，此处为谓语成分，根据后文had以及said可知，用一般过去时态，故填declared。

【45题详解】

考查不定式作定语。此处用to do sth作后置定语，用来修饰前面的名词plan，表示“……的计划”，故填to retire。

【46题详解】

考查动词时态。根据该定语从句中的时间状语“over the years”可知，此处用现在完成时态，句意：我喜欢到这里来看看我的家人和我这些年来交到的朋友们。故填have made。

【47题详解】

考查并列连词。根据句意逻辑可知，此处为转折关系，句意：我工作不是因为我不得不做，而是因为我想做。此处用but与前文not呼应，构成“不是……而是……”之意，故填but。

【48题详解】

考查非谓语动词。前面已经有谓语动词call，故此处用非谓语动词形式，根据say与其逻辑主语call是主动关系，故填saying。

【49题详解】

考查冠词用法。句意：我们还以为这是一个玩笑。此处joke为泛指，故填a。

【50题详解】

考查形容词作表语。根据句子结构可知，在系动词is之后用形容词形式作表语，故填wonderful。

四．书面表达

Dear Tom,

In your last letter, I have learned you are coming to China for travelling and you need some advice.

Firstly, high-speed railway can save you much time to travel to  many places. You can order tickets online, which is very convenient. Secondly, mobile payment is a new tendency to pay and there is no need for you to have a lot of money with you. Besides, shared bikes can be easily found and used. You needn’t worry about where to park them. Thirdly, I know you like farm stay a lot where there are so many things you can do, such as having delicious food cooked with green vegetables, visiting beautiful places and so on.

I hope you will have a good time in China.

Yours,

Li Hua