高考英语七选五训练题

七选五
It now seems like years ago that Silicon Valley’s hoodie(连帽衫) culture made male executives’ wardrobes more casual across most industries. From financial companies to insurance companies, from insurers to automakers, traditional dress codes transformed into “dress appropriately”.
Now executive men in more traditional offices are figuring out how to dress down but still look professional, and those at tech firms are growing up and wondering how to dress up but-still look cool. “ ____1____ People shouldn’t be able to point out exactly why you look as good as you do,” said Nick Hart, founder of Spencer Hart. ____2____
The sneakers
Sneakers have gone totally exclusive, with eye-opening price tags to match. ____3____ So it’s commonly seen that Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and Snap CEO Evan Spiegel have shown a preference for wearing Salomon sneakers.
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Of course, great jeans with a blazer and smart loafers, if not sneakers, is a modern classic look. Some handsome main brands include the JBrand Kane fit jeans, the AG Graduate fit, and the Frame L’ Homme, said Jacci J aye of Wall Street Stylist.
The glasses
____5____ Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is often seen in a striking pair. For colorful frames that are not overly priced, you might try Eyebobs. The company has noted that top executives like Revlon chairman Ron Perelman have been spotted in them.
A．The loafers
B．The jeans
C．It should look effortless.
D．Many people like the expensive ones.
E．If you have to wear glasses, there’s no reason why they can’t add a touch of style.
F．Here are some items high-powered men are wearing when dressing for work and weekends. G．Some executives even will throw down more than $ 1,000 for a pair.
Why you’re more creative in coffee shops
Some of the most successful people in history have done their best work in coffee shops
___6___. Among them are Pablo Picasso, J. K. Rowling, Francois Voltaire and Bob Dylan.
A sweet spot of noise and crowds
Some of us stick in our earbuds as soon as we sit down to work in a public setting. But scientists have known for years that background noise can benefit our creative thinking. A study showed that a modest level of surrounding noise in a place like a cafe can actually promote your creative output. ___7___. Therefore, this can lead to more creative idea generation.
Air of informality
The typical coffee-shop user might be a lone worker struggling with a creative effort. However, experts say these cafe settings can also benefit work groups who are brainstorming. There is a formal air when gathering on digital meeting platforms. ___8___. All those audio and visual stimuli(刺激) help groups, too, compared to the meeting in a formal meeting room.
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One thing that can make working from home or the office feel boring is the visual environment. Often we sit in the same chair and look at the same four walls all day long. In the coffee shops, people come and go. The daylight changes.
___10___. While we tend not to take conscious notice of these micro-stimuli, and likely don’t openly choose to work in this location because of them, these activities around us make our brains work a bit differently than at home.
A．Visual variety
B．The birthplace of countless great works
C．The pleasant smells of coffee and food vary
D．Not all kinds of noisy surroundings are bad for your creativity
E．By contrast, there is an informal atmosphere when meeting up at a bar or cafe F．Whatever their careers, they have tapped into their creativity working at a table in a cafe G．Because if you’re slightly distracted from the task at hand, it raises your abstract thinking ability
We have featured people who lost weight by following many different methods. Some
focused strictly oneating well. ____11____Here are some lessons you can learn from those people.
One thing most of our wellness winners had in common was a turning-point moment. For San Boeuf, her journey started when her unhealthy weight was threatening her dream of becoming a mother. She focused on her goal of being healthy enough to have kids. ____12____
Many of our winners relied on technology to assist them on their weight-loss journeys. There 're numerous apps, devices and online communities. ____13____So using all the tools available makes a difference, whether those are apps to log your food, smart devices to track your exercise, or online communities to find the support you need.
Losing a significant amount of weight is a long process. ____14____All of the wellness winners experienced struggles along the way but managed to stay or get back on track and maintain their healthy habits. Susan Elizabeth Chaney struggles with an eating disorder after losing a significant amount of weight.
____15____Choose a diet you can stick with. In other words, the specific plan matters a lot less than the effort you put into it. Some used intermittent fasting( 间歇性禁食), while others found eating smaller meals throughout the day to be more sustainable.
A．They can help people lose weight.
B．Set a healthy lifestyle for yourself.
C．There’s no magic diet for wellness winners.
D．There are struggles and setbacks along the way.
E．But finding help and support made a big difference.
F．Along with lots of hard work, she managed to lose 167 pounds.
G．Others found a love of exercise—or a healthy combinations of both.
Taking good notes is a time-saving skill that will help you to become a better student in several ways. ____16____. Second, your notes are excellent materials to refer to when you are studying for a test. Third, note-taking offers variety to your study time and helps you to hold your interest.
You will want to take notes during classroom discussions and while reading a textbook or doing research for a report. ____17____. Whenever or however you take notes, keep in mind that note-taking is a selective process. ____18____. The following methods may work best for you.
● Read the text quickly to find the main facts and ideas in it.
●Carefully read the text and watch for words that can show main points and supporting facts.
● Write your notes in your own words.
●___19___.
● Note any questions or ideas you may have about what was said or written.
As you take notes, you may want to use your own shorthand (速记). When you do, be sure that you understand your symbols and that you use them all the time. ____20____
A．First, the simple act of writing something down makes it easier for you to understand and remember it.
B．There are three practical note-taking methods.
C．You must write your notes on separate paper.
D．Otherwise, you may not be able to read your notes later.
E．You will also want to develop your own method for taking notes.
F．That means you must first decide what is important enough to include in your notes.
G．Use words, not complete sentences.
Why You Should Have Visions and Not Goals
We are constantly being told that we need to set ourselves goals if we want to go far in the world. But life isn’t all about setting goals.___21___
A goal is normally something quantifiable. This will normally mean that you either pass or fail.___22___This is something that’s much harder to put into words but it’s actually what ultimately motivates you more.
As the word suggests, a vision will generally tend to be something that you visualize(though not always). This is about a certain state of being, a feeling and a way of life instead of achieving something specific.___23___Maybe your vision is about how your business is going to change the world? Perhaps you’re going to gradually build up an entire empire that you can use to achieve incredible things.
___24___When you picture a vision in your mind, it will feel much more real than just a boring goal. By focusing on the emotional aspects – the very things that are motivating you to want to accomplish that goal in the first place- you’ll find that you feel much more compelled to
jump out of bed in the morning and to get to work on whatever it is that you want to accomplish.
It’s true that visions do certainly have many advantages over goals.___25___They ‘ re much too distant to offer you any real structure. The pass-fail nature of goals is useful because it allows us to really see whether we’re progressing or not and whether we’re heading in the right direction. This will help us focus on the exciting dream and the concrete steps you take to get there. A．Nevertheless, they also have weaknesses.
B．Therefore, they should always be the first choice.
C．A vision should be easily available to almost everyone.
D．A vision is far more motivating and powerful than a goal.
E．Visions on the other hand are usually more abstract and more ambitious.
F．Maybe your current business model is just a springboard to greater things.
G．The point is that sometimes you need a vision or a dream, rather than a goal.
The process by which rich land becomes desert is called desertification(沙漠化).
___26___The U. N. says up to 45 percent of Africa’s land is impacted by desertification, worse than any other continent.
Africa’s Great Green Wall is a project to build an 8000-kilometer-long forest across 11 of the continent’s countries. The project is meant to contain the growing Sahara Desert and fight climate change. ___27___They include limited political support, lack of money, weak organizational structures, and not enough consideration for the environment. Just 4 million hectares of land have been turned into forest since the work on the Great Green Wall began 15 years ago. ___28___ Launched in 2007, the project aims to plant a forest from Senegal on the Atlantic Ocean in western Africa to Eritrea, Ethiopia and Djibouti in the east. ___29___ It could also reduce levels of climate-related migration in the area and capture hundreds of millions of tons of carbon dioxide from the air.
___30___They say some progress has been made in recent years in the east of the continent. For example, efforts in Eritrea and Sudan have resulted in nearly 140, 000 hectares of newly planted forest.
The U. N. desertification agency says the project will need to plant an average of 8. 2 million hectares yearly to reach its goal of 100 million hectares by 2030.
A．It has severe impacts on the environment.
B．That is only 4 percent of the program’s goal.
C．However, it is difficult to carry out the project.
D．But the project has been facing many problems.
E．The project would create millions of green jobs in rural Africa.
F．Despite many problems, those involved in the project remain hopeful.
G．Some countries have struggled to keep up with the demands of the project.
Some people exercise for health. Others exercise out of a sense of competitiveness or accomplishment (成就). ____31____. However, simply changing the shape of your body isn’t likely to completely change the way you feel about your body. The reasons are as follows.
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When you start a body transformation journey, it will be weeks—maybe months—before you see any significant differences in the mirror. If you’re just trying to lose fat, you’ll begin seeing results pretty soon. ____33____. And if you want to gain muscle and lose fat, that takes even longer.
You may never get your dream body.
You keep working out. Eventually you lose fat, gain muscle and do have whatever you dreamed at the start. ____34____. For a lot of people, the answer is: not really. Maybe you can see your abdominals (腹肌), but you’re unhappy about your back. And when you compare your “after” picture to the celebrity you most admire, you might still feel like you’re coming up short. The truth is that if you got into exercise because you hate something about your body, you will probably always be able to find something to hate about your body.
If you realize the problem, that doesn’t mean you need to quit the gym. ____35____. And you can work through your mental health issues while also enjoying lifting some weights or going for a run sometimes, especially if your mental health issues are mild.
A．Are you happy with the result?
B．You may need more time than expected.
C．You may never see any great differences.
D．But most people exercise to relieve their pressure.
E．Exercise can still be good for your physical health.
F．But the most popular reason is to make the body look better.
G．If you’re trying to gain muscle, though, it may take a long time.
Learning a language literally changes your brain
If you’ve ever learned a new language, you know how difficult it can be. Native languages seem almost built-in. ____36____ But learning a new language, especially after early childhood, can be a huge task, burdened by long vocabulary lists to memorize, and complex cases and troublesome tenses to master. Of course, it’s worth the effort. In today’s interconnected world, learning a new language can change your life. It will certainly change your brain.
Learning anything changes your brain, at least a little bit. ____37____John Grundy, a neuroscientist specializing in bilingualism and the brain, says when you learn a new language, your brain gets rearranged, new connections are made and new pathways are formed.
Those extra pathways can come in handy. Grundy offers a useful analogy (类比): Imagine that you always take the same route to work. Then one day, the road is washed out. Now what? If you’d varied your route over the years, you’d have options already in mind. You could hop on another road and maybe make it to your desk before your boss noticed you were late. “It’s really just a remodeling of the brain that allows it to become more efficient,” Grundy says.
____38____ After three months of intense language study, recruits at the Swedish Armed Forces Interpreter Academy had increases in cortical (皮层的) thickness in areas associated with language processing.
Knowing a second language can also help prevent or at least delay cognitive decline. “There is a consistent finding that bilinguals are able to stave off symptoms of dementia for about four to six years compared to monolinguals,” says Grundy. ____39____
If you’re thinking it’s too late, you’re probably wrong. We often think only children can learn languages with ease. It’s true that young children do more quickly learn whatever language they’re exposed to, but when it comes to adding on a new one, adults aren’t at as much of a disadvantage as you might think. ____40____ If you practice a lot and immerse yourself in the language, you can see the benefits at any age, especially when you get older.
A．But learning a language does it in high gear.
B．We soak them up naturally when we’re very young.
C．And these changes don’t help with only language functions.
D．A 2012 study found that this remodeling can be significant.
E．It’s not so much the age at which you learn a new language as the way you learn it. F．Picking up a new language could change your brain, and may even help stave off dementia. G．And that’s pretty impressive considering the best medications we have can postpone the symptoms for only about a year or so.
Learning New Languages & Traveling
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, more young people than ever are using their spare time to develop their language skills.___41___, thus opening doors for cooperation and friendship, and new opportunities.
Many people have visited other countries and found themselves devoted to a worthy cause.
___42___ Organizations like Doctors Without Borders were established after the hardships ( 苦难) around the world were seen. We live in a diverse world. Much of the injustice and tension in our world comes from a large cultural divide. We can never appreciate the true beauty of our world if we don’t explore new things first-hand and test the limits ourselves. ___43___. Whether you are twirling (旋转) with mariachi dancers in Mexico or catching a wave in Australia, traveling could change your life.
___44___ It allows us to broaden our perspectives, learn about new foods and activities, meet like-minded people, and get involved in life-changing causes. By having respect for each other, we can come together and solve our problems together. Let’s learn to understand each other and start changing our unjust world, individuals by individuals. As a saying goes: ___45___.
A．After they return home, they realize they have broadened their perspectives and discovered their true potential
B．Learning a new language will allow us to communicate with people from different backgrounds and countries
C．Traveling gives us interactive experiences that no book, Instagram post, or speech can replace D．And unlike material things, experiences stay with us no matter where we go
E．Learning to appreciate the beauty of other cultures creates a big difference.
F．The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones
G．The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page
Whether you’re a student, an adult in the business world, or just looking to grow your skills, becoming an expert in public presenting is an ability you want to perfect. ____46____ Practice makes perfect. Practice, practice, and more practice. There’s a reason why professional sports players spend hours in practicing. The more you practice, the better you will be. ____47____ Make sure you know the presentation inside and out and can answer any questions your audience may ask.
Know the material. If you’re not an expert on the content in your presentation, it will be much harder to feel comfortable when explaining it to your audience. It may also lead to a lack of confidence which will translate to an underwhelming (印象浅的) delivery. ____48____ The more you know, the less you have to practice and the more natural your presentation will seem.
____49____ If you’re not speaking to an audience that cares about your topic, then they will still tune you out. Knowing your audience can make your presentation. You should be aware of what they plan to get out of your presentation and deliver that. Once you have knowledge of what your audience wants, you can tailor your presentation to them.
Have a Plan B．Lastly, and probably the most important, you should ALWAYS have a backup plan. ___50___ Your computer might run out of battery or the projector might blow a bulb. In any case, it is important to have some type of plan in case of emergency.
A．Know your audience.
B．Unexpected things will happen.
C．Share your own story with the audience.
D．Practice until your presentation is automatic.
E．Even if you don’t know everything about your topic, don’t worry!
F．We’ve laid some ways that will take your presentations to the next level.
G．Knowing the content of your presentation will also make the first tip easier.
When you look for a new role, don’t start by updating your CV. ____51____ Doing this will help you provide valuable content for your CV and interviews. So how do you go about
conducting a careers self-assessment?
Assess your skills
Think about the skills that are required to do your job effectively. ____52____ What do you do especially well and which skills do you enjoy using? Now think of two or three examples where you demonstrated each skill in action. If you look closely, you will usually find that within each example there are a host of other related skills you employed.
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Candidates often underestimate their knowledge and how it can be of use to an employer. This could range from applied technical know-how, to knowledge about a particular product, service, sector or type of customer. Are you up to date with the level of understanding required for your next role? If not, make this an immediate goal.
Can you add value?
How have you helped your organization generate income, reduce costs, solve problems and improve the quality of its service? Your contribution may have been as an individual or as part of a team, but include it all. Do you have access to people, information and resources that could be of benefit to a potential employer? ____54____
What do you want?
This will include the salary level, of course, but what else is important to you? How do you want your next job to be different from your current one? ____55____ Write down your wish list and prioritize it so that you have your decision criteria for considering future opportunities.
Once your assessment is completed, you should have a much more detailed idea about what it is you have to offer prospective employers and you can now start writing your CV.
A．What do you know?
B．Check again and keep a record of your application.
C．What are the things you would like to keep the same?
D．Prove that an investment in you is likely to reap a return.
E．Add to this list any other key skills you have employed elsewhere.
F．That will give you a head start as you work your way up through the organization. G．Instead, do a self-assessment to help you identify all the key information about yourself.
Life is for living according to the well-used expression. Sometimes what we wish to do is not completely up to us. ____56____ Many of us write a list of things we’d like to do before we leave this world—often called a bucket list (人生愿望清单).
Bucket lists have been called “the greatest hits of your life” and have helped some people get over anxiety to follow their dreams. Some of us may choose to write one to fill our life with new experiences, from skydiving to swimming with sharks. ____57____
This is something the BBC radio programme “All in the Mind” has been looking at. It heard from a blogger called Julie, who said she made a promise to live her bucket list. ____58____ Such a list can be exciting and can indeed help plan your life and give you focus.
____59____ But some people have argued it can be used as a strategy to try to control something that is actually uncontrollable. Clinical psychologist Linda Blair told the BBC that she was “not really in favour of bucket lists, which take you away from the natural chances.”
It’s probably true that a list can encourage people to follow someone else’s idea. But why not at least dream of what we would like to do? ____60____ Whether we want to plan it or just see what happens, we should have our dreams.
A．The list can sometimes be crazy.
B．Working hard helps realize bucket lists.
C．Creating bucket lists can certainly give us hope.
D．How about making a bucket list once in a while?
E．Why not reach for the stars, even if we only reach the sky?
F．She dreams of cycling around the world and pushing her limits.
G．But there is no harm in dreaming about what we want in our life.
How to Start Gardening
If you are feeling the itch(渴望) to get a green thumb and start gardening, we cannot blame you.____61____So, let’s get you on the way to starting your own gardening that is right for you!
The first step is to come up with an idea of what you want to grow. If you are going to grow a crop, make sure it is something you will eat. You also need to make sure your area has the right climate, and that you are planting at the right time. Most plants will require planting in spring, but sometime planting in the fall,so make sure you know the life cycle of a plant and when you should
plant it.____62____
After you have chosen what you want to grow, picture your garden or even draw up a plan. Look at what will go where depending on how much sun it needs. ____63____Think about walls and fences and how they will impact the suns’ placement in your garden. You should also think about access for watering, picking and nurturing your plants.
Testing your soil is necessary. ____64____A majority of crops in your garden will need neutral pH 7 soil. If the soil is not nutritious enough, consider fertilizer on a more regular basis. Always find out what kind of soil the plant needs first and then supply the correct soil to the correct plant.
____65____You should always make sure that you choose the right seeds before you start planting. It is wise to learn which plants will grow best when directly seeded in the garden and which plants are better as transplanted plants. Then it is time to get planting.
A．Choose the right seeds and then plant them.
B．It has so many benefits and it is hard to resist.
C．You should also look up a seeding calendar as well.
D．Consider the sun in the sky above your garden as well.
E．And keep the kids’ play area away from the planting areas.
F．Many green hands to the gardening scene do not know this.
G．It is also worth looking into what grows well in your local area and what doesn’t.
In 2015,the Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates warned the world in a TED speech that highly infectious viruses would kill millions of people in the future. It remained unnoticed until recently. The video has been watched over 43 million times online so far. ____66____
Based on his beliefs,Gates writes a new book,How to Prevent the Next Pandemic.
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____68____ He suggests that scientists, data analysts and policy experts across the world work together as a team to prepare for quick response at the future outbreaks of pandemics in different countries and regions. Schedule the arrangements before people shift their attention to other things, he says in the book.
Moreover,research and development should be further strengthened. They are to secure that
lifesaving tools, effective vaccines of long-term protection,effective treatments and highly sensitive diagnostic techniques can benefit all people at a faster speed. It requires not only investment but also bigger production capacity. ____69____
Lastly,people need to improve health immunization system and early warning systems, especially in low-and-middle-income countries. ____70____ With early warning systems tracing any outbreak of infectious diseases, people can sequence the genes of viruses as soon as possible to tell how to handle them before they spread.
A．To start with,plans should be made.
B．Routine immunization should be improved.
C．It is about the causes and spread of COVID-19.
D．Firstly,more people are encouraged to watch the speech video.
E．As a consequence, when the next crisis arrives, people can be ready.
F．He believes that people can learn a lot from the COVID-19 pandemic.
G．95 percent viewings happened after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
It is recently reported that people’s collective stress has reached alarming levels. ___71___. It can have serious consequences. A study found that people experiencing long-lasting burnout have up to a 35 percent greater risk of early death. Don’t panic. Here are some active steps you can take to prevent burnout:
Look for meaning at work
You can tolerate stress longer if you believe you’re doing something purposeful and worthwhile. You are more likely to experience bumout-inducing stress when something seems out of control, against your will, or totally meaningless. ___72___ .
Look for meaning outside of work
If you are struggling to make you work meaningful, giving priority to life outside of work might be especially beneficial. A research shows that people more likely to experience a greater sense of engagement when on the job are those with a hobby.
___73___
Use separate email accounts for work and personal life, and set up boundaries between work and personal life, then you will be especially more comfortable if you work from home.
Don’t neglect yourself
Physical activity is essential to shaking out stress hormones. ___74___ . But movement is the most natural evolutionary response to our body’s stress, even light movement helps “complete” the stress cycle.
Recognize when it has become too much
Talk to your boss when you feel your job should be manageable, rewarding and under your control. It’s common for bosses to increase tasks over time if you don’t communicate our needs or limitations, which may be overlooked. ___75___ .
A．Work at home when necessary
B．Try to separate work and home
C．And your hormone levels can be generally affected by emotional states
D．Many individuals are less active when they are under stress in order to rest
E．Feeling constantly occupied, worried, and overwhelmed can lead to burnout
F．If you don’t expect things will improve,consider changing jobs or even careers
G．Identify ways in which even the smallest of daily tasks contributes to the lives of others
As the cooler days of autumn arrive in the northern part of the world, people are clearing out old plants and planning new gardens for next year. ____76____
If the plants have gotten larger than their original containers during their time outside, you can replant them into larger ones. ____77____ And replant them with fresh potting soil, and then water.
You can always divide plants like spider plants and flamingo flowers into two or more individual plants. Look for plants with root systems that clump together. They divide more easily.
If you are having trouble removing the plants from their containers, or pots, check to see if the roots have come through the drainage(排水) holes at the bottom of the pot.____78____ ____79____Firstly, shake off any extra soil carefully. Secondly, find the connection between the root system and the plant’s top growth and pull apart the roots gently. Or you could cut through them with a sharp knife. Lastly, place each new plant in its container. Be sure to use fresh soil mix. Water the plants well until new plants form.
All houseplants that spent time outside should be moved to a shady area for a week before。