1、 Some football fans, _____money was a big problem, could not afford to go to the football court to see their star play.
A. for whose B. for whom
C. with whom D. with whose
2、After two years’ research, we have now a ______ better understanding of the disease.
A.far
B.very
C.fairly
D.quite
3、She and her family bicycle to work, ________ helps them keep fit.
A.that
B.whose
C.which
D.who
4、Paul is studying Chinese and________is his dream to work in China.
A.it
B.this
C.that
D.there
5、Armed with the information you have gathered, you can ______ to prepare your business plan.
A.made for B.set out C.took off D.turned up
6、This novel mainly deals with the pride of man______ is basically the cause of many failures.
A.why B.who C.what D.which
7、Only after talking to two students ________ that having strong motivation is one of the biggest factors in reaching goals.
A. I did discover B. did I discover
C. I discovered D. discovered
8、Jane has lost weight by going on __________ diet and taking __________ exercise every day.
A.a;an B.a;/ C./;/ D./;an
9、I was sent to the work site last month to see how the development plan ______ in the past two years.
A.had been carried out
B.would be carried out
C.is being carried out
D.have been carried out
10、Finding the ________ to this problem is no easy task .
A.relaxation B.imagination C.invention D.solution
11、The girl ______ is reading under the tree _____my sister.
A.which;is
B.whom;was
C.who;is
D.who;was
12、Mary finally ________ Bruce as her life-long companion.
A. received B. accepted
C. made D. honoured
13、— ______you need any help, feel free to contact me.
— Thank you for your kindness.
A. May B. Will C. Shall D. Should
14、He isn’t such a man ______ he used to be.
A.who
B.whom
C.that
D.as
15、—I heard you wanted to have a further study in a foreign college.
—Yes, that's _____I try my best to learn English well.
A. when B. how C. what D. why
16、I _____ along the pavement yesterday when some stranger came up and asked me the way to the nearest hospital.
A. am wandering B. was wandering
C. has wandered D. had wandered
17、— They are said to have been familiar with each other.
— But they_________. They were introduced only hours ago.
A. may not have been B. couldn’t have been
C. mustn’t have been D. needn’t have been
18、Dr. Peter Spence, ______ headmaster of the school, told us, “______ fifth of pupils here go to study at Oxford and Cambridge.”
A. / ; A B. / ; The C. the; The D. a; A
19、Of these two basketball teams, the former comes from the US; the _______comes from England.
A.late
B.later
C.latter
D.lately
20、Not only ______ Europe, but they also share a great many manners and customs.
A.two visitors come from
B.had two visitors come from
C.two visitors have come from
D.do two visitors come from
21、NEW DELHI—Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday inspected the bridge collapse site in the western state of Gujarat, where more than 100 people were killed, officials said. Ahead of the visit, Modi chaired a high-level meeting on Monday night during which he was briefed about rescue efforts.
The century-old British-era pedestrian suspension bridge (吊桥) collapsed on Sunday evening, with hundreds of people falling into Machchhu River in Morbi town, about 241 km west of the capital city, Gandhinagar. Reports said that 177 people were rescued and over 100 people were undergoing treatment at the Morbi civil hospital.
Soon after the bridge visit, Modi reached the civil hospital in Morbi to meet the injured. The prime minister was seen asking the survivors about their health. According to officials, search and rescue operations, carried out by teams of the State Disaster Response Force and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), the Indian navy, the Indian air force and the Indian army, were called off (取消) on Monday evening and began again on Tuesday morning. Officials said Modi also met with those involved in rescue and relief operations.
The local government of Gujarat has already ordered an investigation into the deadly collapse of the bridge. The bridge is a popular tourist attraction in the area. It was shut for renovation (整修) for seven months and was open for the public on Oct 26, the Gujarati New Year.
Reports said that around 500 people, much beyond its capacity, were on the suspension bridge at the time when it crashed into the river.
Police have arrested nine people including officials of Oreva, the company that carried out the repair work, ticket sellers and security men. However, the owners of the company have not been arrested. Oreva group is actually a Gujarat-based watchmaker company. Reports said that the watchmaker reportedly outsourced (转包) the “technical aspect of the renovation” to a smaller construction company, Devprakash Solutions.
Oreva has been accused of violating multiple safety rules, leading to the huge tragedy just four days after the bridge reopened to the public. Questions have been raised over why Oreva with no experience in construction was given responsibility for maintaining a bridge.
【1】What did Modi first do after hearing the bridge collapse?
A.He paid a visit to the bridge.
B.He held and took charge of a meeting.
C.He went to see the injured in the hospital.
D.He met with those involved in rescue and relief operations.
【2】How can we evaluate the bridge before it collapsed?
A.It was too old to repair well.
B.It was maintained very well.
C.It had a safety risk.
D.It was solid enough.
【3】What can replace the underlined word “violating” in the last paragraph?
A.Making.
B.Obeying.
C.Breaking.
D.Replacing.
【4】Which can serve as the best title for the news report?
A.Indian PM inspects site of deadly bridge collapse
B.Police arrest security men after bridge collapse
C.Modi is briefed about rescue efforts after bridge collapse
D.Around 500 people are on suspension bridge when it collapses
22、Treasure hunts (寻宝)have excited people’s imagination for hundreds of years both in real life and in books such as Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island .Kit Williams ,a modern writer ,had the idea of combining the real excitement of a treasure hunt with clues (线索)found in a book when he wrote a children’s story Masquerade, in 1979. The book was about a hare ,and a month before it came out, Williams buried a gold hare in a park in Bedfordshire .The book contained a large number of clues to help readers find the hare ,but Williams put in a lot of “red herrings ”,or false clues ,to mislead them.
Ken Roberts ,the man who found the hare ,had been looking for it for nearly two years .Although he had been searching in the wrong area most of the time ,he found it by logic (逻辑),not by luck .His success came from the fact that he had gained an important clue at the start .He had realized that the words :“One of Six to Eight” under the first picture in the book connected the hare in some way to Katherine of Aragon ,the first of Henry VIII’s six wives. Even here ,however ,Williams had succeeded in misleading him .Ken knew that Katherine of Aragon had died at Kimbolton in Cambridgeshire in 1536 and thought that Williams had buried the hare there .He had been digging there for over a year before a new idea occurred to him. He found out that Kit Williams had spent his childhood near Ampthill ,in Befordshire and thought that he must have buried the hare in a place he knew well ,but he still could not see the connection with Katherine of Aragon ,until one day he came across two stone crosses in Ampthill Park and learnt that they had been built in her honor in 1773.
Even then his search had not come to an end. It was only after he had spent several nights digging around the cross that he decided to write to Kit Williams to find out if he was wasting his time there .Williams encouraged him to continue ,and on February 24th 1982 ,he found the treasure. It was worth £ 3000 in the beginning ,but the excitement it had caused since its burial made it much more valuable .
【1】The underlined word “them”(paragraph1)refers to .
A.red herrings B.treasure hunts
C.Henry VIII’s six wives D.readers of Masquerade
【2】What is the most important clue in the story to help Ken Roberts find the hare ?
A.Two stone crosses in Ampthill
B.Stevenson’s Treasure Island
C.Katherine of Aragon
D.Williams’ hometown
【3】The stone crosses in Ampthill were built .
A.to tell about what happened in 1773
B.to show respect for Henry VIII’s first wife
C.to serve as a road sign in Ampthill Park
D.to inform people where the gold hare was
【4】Which of the following describes Roberts’ logic in searching for the hare ?
a.Henry VIII’s six wives
b.Katherine’s burial place at Kimbolton
c.Williams’ childhood in Ampthill
d.Katherine of Aragon
e.stone crosses in Ampthill Park
A.a—b—c—e—d B.d—b—c—e—a
C.a—d—b—c—e D.b—a—e—c—d
【5】What is the subject discussed in the text ?
A.An exciting historical event
B.A modern treasure hunt
C.The attraction of Masquerade
D.The importance of logical thinking
23、Described as the most powerful woman in America, Katharine Meyer Graham was not a government official or elected representative, but she led The Washington Post to be one of the most important newspapers in the country.
Katharine Meyer was born in a rich family in New York City in 1917. In 1933, her father had bought a failing newspaper, The Washington Post. Her marriage was a tragedy. Her husband treated her badly and suffered from mental illness, killing himself in 1963.
With no training or experience in business, she was insecure and she did not think she had the ability to do an important job. But Katharine Graham didn’t give up. In 1969, Missus Graham became publisher as well as president of The Washington Post Company.
In the 1970s, The Washington Post became famous around the world because of two major successes. In 1971, an order from a federaljudge stopped The New York Times from publishing the Pentagon(五角大楼)Papers, because President Richard Nixon believed publication would endanger national security. Yet Katharine Graham ruled against the judge’s order and decided to publish the Pentagon Papers in The Washington Post, which was considered a major success for freedom of the press.
In 1972, The Washington Post had another major success. Through the long Watergate(水门事件)investigation, despite government’s threat, Missus Graham supported her reporters and editors. The newspaper was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for public service in 1973 for its Watergate reporting. The next year, President Nixon resigned from office.
Katharine Graham died of head injuries when she was eighty-four. She used her intelligence and bravery to improve the American media. After her death, the employees of The Washington Post wrote: “A world without Katharine Graham will not be the same at all.”
【1】What is Katharine Graham remembered for?
A.Her struggle with the misfortune.
B.Her social skills in dealing with risks.
C.Her bravery in voicing her ideas.
D.Her success in running a newspaper.
【2】How did Katharine Graham feel before taking over the business?
A.Excited and overjoyed.
B.Unconfident and hesitant.
C.Curious and eager.
D.Annoyed and upset.
【3】What can we learn about Katharine Graham from Paragraphs 4 and 5?
A.She was good at working with the government.
B.Her decision put other newspapers at risk.
C.Her determination paid off.
D.She was born a great leader.
【4】Which might be the best title for the passage?
A.The Rise of The Washington Post
B.The Media & the Government
C.Great Newspapers of the US
D.A Great Media Influence in America
24、 Wearable sensors (传感器) could one day interpret the gestures in sign language and translate them into English,providing a hightech solution to communication problems between deaf people and those who don't understand sign language.
Engineers at Texas A & M University are developing a wearable device that can sense movement and muscle activity in a person's arms. The device works by figuring out the gestures a person is making by using two sets of sensors:one that responds to the motion of the wrist and the other to the muscular movements in the arm. A program then wirelessly receives this information and changes the data into the English translation. “Most of the technology was based on visionbased or camerabased solutions,” said study lead researcher Roozbeh Jafari,an associate professor of biomedical engineering at Texas A & M University.
These existing designs, Jafari said,are not enough,because often when someone is talking with sign language,he or she is using hand gestures combined with specific finger movements.“I thought maybe we should look into combining motion sensors and muscle activation,”Jafari told Live Science. “And the idea here was to build a wearable device.”
The researchers have built a system that can recognize words that people use most commonly in their daily conversations. Jafari said that once the team starts expanding the program,the engineers will include more words that are less frequently used,in order to build up a more substantial vocabulary.
One drawback of it is that the system has to be “trained ” to respond to each individual that wears the device,Jafari said. This training process involves asking the user to repeat or do each hand gesture a couple of times,which can take up to 30 minutes to complete.
【1】How does the new device work?
A.By figuring out gestures from fingers.
B.By connecting the wrist and the fingers.
C.By linking the arm and the fingers.
D.By collecting information from the wrist and the arm.
【2】The researchers eventually decided on a wearable device to ________.
A.make it easier to monitor the gestures when people are talking
B.make the translation process faster
C.compete with existing designs
D.make it userfriendly
【3】We can replace the underlined word in Paragraph 4 by “ ________ ”.
A.necessary B.influential
C.extensive D.essential
【4】What can we infer from the text?
A.The device has greatly increased in sales.
B.The device still requires much improvement.
C.We should work out of 30 minutes.
D.We should be trained to respond quickly.
25、Zulema and Jose ran a small grocery store outside of Buenos Aires, Argentina. When they discovered that Zulema was pregnant (怀孕), they immediately started _______ money for their baby. Little did they know that their baby would have a birth _______ that would throw them into uncertain waters for _______ .
Miguel was born with a cleft (唇裂), a condition neither of his parents had ever _______ of before his birth. Zulema cried for days and refused to _______ visitors. “My relatives would ask for _______ of my baby and I refused to send any,” she explained. “I was really _______ because I had never seen anything like this before.” The staff at the hospital where Miguel was born _______ them that his cleft was not only common, but very _______ . They soon left the hospital to see a(n) ________ . The doctor wasn’t as ________ as they’d hoped, so they got a new appointment — but it was ________ for months in the future. One day, a customer told the ________ about Smile Train, the world’s largest cleft-focused organization, ________ that Smile Train partners with local hospitals worldwide, including in Buenos Aires.
Zulema and Jose ________ made an appointment at the nearby Asociación PIELs. When Miguel was 4 months old, he had his first ________ , and Zulema learned how to bottle-feed him and give him post-surgical ________ . Miguel needed one more surgery in a year to fully ________ his upper lip. He can now eat, speak, and most importantly, smile, with no ________ When they first saw their son after his cleft was healed, they ________ in tears of pure joy and relief. Thanks to generous donations from strangers, Miguel’s treatment was completely free of charge!
【1】
A.raising
B.spending
C.saving
D.earning
【2】
A.difference
B.weight
C.place
D.control
【3】
A.days
B.months
C.years
D.decades
【4】
A.complained
B.dreamed
C.approved
D.heard
【5】
A.frighten
B.trouble
C.receive
D.disappoint
【6】
A.addresses
B.pictures
C.presents
D.interests
【7】
A.puzzled
B.ashamed
C.careful
D.upset
【8】
A.permitted
B.promised
C.convinced
D.threatened
【9】
A.treatable
B.serious
C.typical
D.normal
【10】
A.agent
B.specialist
C.designer
D.customer
【11】
A.practical
B.popular
C.enjoyable
D.helpful
【12】
A.scheduled
B.cancelled
C.changed
D.kept
【13】
A.relative
B.staff
C.couple
D.baby
【14】
A.admitting
B.explaining
C.proving
D.suspecting
【15】
A.randomly
B.suddenly
C.hesitantly
D.immediately
【16】
A.practice
B.recovery
C.surgery
D.training
【17】
A.care
B.option
C.reply
D.check
【18】
A.own
B.heal
C.hide
D.cover
【19】
A.possibilities
B.directions
C.drawbacks
D.limitations
【20】
A.turned round
B.gave up
C.broke down
D.took off
26、假设你是李华,你校广播站正在招收英文编辑,请你根据以下提示,向负责此事的外教Mr. Mark申请这一职务。要点如下:
职位要求: 1.有很强的英语表达能力
2.关心时事
个人优势: 1.有做记者的经历,沟通能力强
2.父亲是一位专职编辑,深受其影响
注意: 1.词数100左右
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
Dear Mr. Smith,
I'm writing to apply to be an English editor of the broadcasting station of our school.
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Yours,
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