1、The beautiful colors of the Terracotta Warriors (兵马俑) shortly after they were exposed.
A. disappeared B. will disappear
C. were disappeared D. had disappeared
2、None of these efforts ______ today had it not been for the past 50-years of NASA efforts.
A.would exist
B.would have existed
C.existed
D.had existed
3、 There was plenty of time. We _____.
A. mustn’t have hurried B. couldn’t have hurried
C. mustn’t hurry D. needn’t have hurried
4、—Do you have any idea why Jenny left the firm?
—Probably, she _______ for a pay rise, but was turned down.
A. has held out B. has been holding out
C. held out D. holds out
5、The activity __________ by the Student Union is quite popular among us.
A.to organize
B.organizing
C.organized
D.which organized
6、According to an Australia study, people who do not get enough sleep are more than die of heart disease as people who get enough sleep.
A. as twice likely to B. twice likely than
C. twice as likely to D. likely as twice
7、Without his wartime experiences, Hemingway____ his famous novel A Farewell to Arms.
A. didn’t write B. hadn’t written
C. wouldn’t write D. wouldn’t have written
8、It is widely known that burning coal for electricity is one of the main causes for global warming , but we can’t ignore the cars’ _____ to the greenhouse effect.
A. devotion B. contribution
C. attraction D. reflection
9、A lack of _________ thinking among Chinese students is blamed for the poor performance in the US examination system, said some critics.
A.annual B.critical C.influential D.social
10、The young man, when questioned why he ______ the mobile phone, just looked at the policeman and said nothing.
A.had stolen
B.stole
C.steals
D.was stealing
11、In order to thank you for your help, I want to treat you to lunch ________.
A.in return
B.by accident
C.as well
D.on duty
12、— Bruce,you don't look well. What happened?
— ________ in heavy traffic just now made me nervous.
A.Drive B.To drive C.Driven D.Driving
13、A bank is a place __________ they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when
it begins to rain.
A.when B.where C.that D.there
14、Once made out, the law must be carried out ________ any difficulty.
A.regardless of
B.instead of
C.because of
D.in need of
15、This computer is different from the one I ______ in my last job.
A.use B.have used
C.used D.had used
16、The girl has a great interest in sport and ____ badminton classes twice a week over the last three years.
A. took B. is taking
C. takes D. has been taking
17、While protests have removed the president from his position, the country has been suffering a sharp _____ in its economy.
A. decline B. decoration C. tendency D. frequency
18、He has written two articles for the journal,one to be published in this issue,the other to___________ in the next.
A. turn out B. come out
C. bring out. D. leave out
19、Advertising often functions as an indicator for society considers to be socially acceptable and desirable at the time.
A. what B. whether
C. how D. which
20、They moved to the country _____ their children could have a garden to play in.
A. even if B. as if
C. as soon as D. so that
21、As wildfires have intensified in recent years, scientists have begun to catalog the ways the massive events influence weather — but so far, all have looked at either enormous or relatively small scales.
But during 2018’s destructive fire season in California — at the time, the worst on record — Jiwen Fan started to wonder: Could the ever more frequent and intense fires raging in the western United States affect weather not just right next door, but as much as 1500 miles downwind?
Major weather patterns in the U.S. tend to travel from west to east along with the prevailing winds. Fan noticed that just a few days after California’s Carr Fire kicked off in mid-July — shockingly early in the expected fire season — a massive days-long storm struck the High Plains states like Wyoming and Colorado with flooding rains, baseball-sized hail, and 90-mile-an-hour gusts. The storm caused over $100 million in damages. Was it possible the two were connected?
Her team had the exact right tools to investigate the question. First, they dug through 10 years of weather and fire data to find examples of other big conflagrations (大火) occurring right before major storm events. The pairing was actually quite rare. That’s because storm season in the Central U.S. is centered around early summer; in the past, that season was winding down by the time wildfire season increased in August and September. But wildfires have been igniting earlier and earlier, pushed forward by climate change-driven drought and heat. Since 2010, the team found several big central storms that coincided with major Western fires.
They focused on a 2018 storm. Using a weather model that added in the effects of heat and smoke emitted from the burns, they simulated days-long storm event in several different ways. As the real situation had been, with massive fires burning in the West; as if those fires didn’t exist; and another set of experiments that included and excluded the effect of some smaller local fires that had been burning at the time.
The differences were dramatic: The combined impact from the faraway western fires and the local ones boosted the occurrence of heavier rainfall — where more than about 0.8 inches of rain fell in an hour — by 38 percent. The outbursts of big hail, with hailstones larger than two inches — nearly the size of a baseball— happened 34 percent more in the fiery conditions. But the far-off fires had a much larger effect.
“The impact is very significant,” says Fan. “That was a little surprising.”
【1】What’s the study of Jiwen Fan and her team mainly about?
A.The effect of conflagrations on the weather of other areas.
B.The scale of all the conflagrations.
C.The number of all the conflagrations that happened in 2018.
D.The cause of the California’s Carr Fire.
【2】Why was it rare for Fan’s team to pair big conflagrations with major storm events?
A.Because they were in lack of labor to dig through all the data.
B.Because storm season in the Central U.S. isn’t in line with the wildfire season.
C.Because wildfires usually take place in the early summer.
D.Because wildfires are pushed forward by big storms.
【3】How did Fan and her team conduct their study?
A.They invited other experts to do experiments with them.
B.They interviewed a lot of local people and analyzed the data they collected.
C.They simulated storm event in different ways by using a weather model.
D.They observed the real situations and calculated thoroughly.
【4】What does the last sentence “That was a little surprising.” imply?
A.The number of the big wildfires was beyond the team’s expectation.
B.The size of the hailstones was definitely incredible.
C.The occurrence of heavy rainfall shocked Fan’s team.
D.The conflagrations did have great effect on the occurrence of storm in other areas.
22、Native to forests of Central and South America, glass frogs in the Centrolenidae family get their name from their skin and muscles that help them be perfectly fit to live in their jungle environment. Turn the frogs over, where the effect is the most impressive, and you’ll make out their hearts, livers, and other organs through their hyaline bellies (肚子).
And in a study published in the journal Science, researchers have discovered an amazing mechanism (机制) the animals use to become so clear.
When glass frogs go to sleep, they take in 89 percent of their brightly colored red blood cells into sacs (液囊) in their livers, which reflect incoming light and make the frogs appear nearly unseen. With their red blood cells out of view, the frogs become twice to three times more clear — a trick scientists believe helps the animals avoid being killed and eaten by their natural enemies.
“The trick is really hard to do, because their tissues are full of things that take in and spread light. And transparency (透明) is normal for many creatures in water, but hard on land,” says study co-author Jesse Delia. “Red blood cells also take in a lot of light, and we found that the frogs can actually hide themselves by packing them into the liver.”
Not only are the findings interesting, but the researchers attach great importance to them. That’s because many red blood cells in one place usually form a clot (血块), which can block and lead to a potentially life-threatening condition. But the frogs can seemingly clot and expand their red blood cells at will — without any negative effects. This may mean the animals already have what medical researchers have been seeking for decades: a biological mechanism which prevents too much bleeding while also preventing too much clotting.
【1】What does the underlined word “hyaline” mean in paragraph 1?
A.See-through.
B.Powerful.
C.Narrow.
D.Good-looking.
【2】What is the new discovery about glass frogs?
A.The frogs fit in their environment better.
B.Sacs filled with red blood cells make the frogs clear.
C.Red blood cells in the frogs’ liver reflect light.
D.The frogs are able to take in a lot of bright colors.
【3】What does Jesse Delia think of glass frogs’ trick?
A.Interesting.
B.Unusual.
C.Shocking.
D.Annoying.
【4】Why do the researchers consider the findings important?
A.They help cure serious diseases.
B.They are a blessing for wild animals.
C.They can lead to advances in medicine.
D.They will prevent all clotting and bleeding.
23、As a young girl growing up in France, Sarah Toumi dreamed of becoming a leader who could make the world a better place. Her passion to help others was awakened when, from the age of nine, she accompanied her Tunisian father to his birthplace in the east of the country during holidays. There she organized homework clubs and activities for children. Toumi witnessed first-hand the destructive effect of desertification. “Within 10 years rich farmers became worse off, and in 10 years from now they will be poor. I wanted to stop the Sahara Desert in its tracks.” A decrease in average rainfall and an increase in the severity of droughts (干旱) have led to an estimated 75 percent of Tunisia’s agricultural lands being threatened by desertification.
Toumi recognized that farming practices needed to change. She is confident that small land areas can bring large returns if farmers are able to adapt by planting sustainable crops, using new technologies for water treatment and focusing on natural products and fertilizers (肥料) rather than chemicals.
In 2012, Toumi consolidated her dream to fight the desert. She moved to Tunisia, and set up a programme named Acacias for All to put her sustainable farming philosophy into action. “I want to show young people in rural areas that they can create opportunities where they are. Nobody is better able to understand the impact of desertification and climate change than somebody who is living with no access to water.”
By September 2016, more than 130, 000 acacia trees had been planted on 20 pilot farms, with farmers recording a 60 percent survival rate. Toumi estimates that some 3 million acacia trees are needed to protect Tunisia’s farmland. She expects to plant 1 million trees by 2018. In the next couple of years, Toumi hopes to extend the programme to Algeria and Morocco.
【1】How did Toumi’s holiday trips to Tunisia influence her?
A.They made her decide to leave the country.
B.They helped her better understand her father.
C.They fired her enthusiasm for helping others.
D.They destroyed her dream of being a teacher.
【2】What is the main cause of the desertification of Tunisia’s farmland?
A.Low rainfall.
B.Soil pollution.
C.Cold weather.
D.Forest damage.
【3】Why did Toumi set up Acacias for All in Tunisia?
A.To create job opportunities for young people.
B.To help the children obtain a basic education.
C.To persuade the farmers not to use fertilizers.
D.To facilitate the protection of their farmland.
【4】Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A.Saving Water in Tunisia
B.Planting Trees of Native Species
C.Holding back the Sahara
D.Fighting Poverty in North Africa
24、By far the most common difficulty in study is simple failure to get down to regular concentrated work. This difficulty is much greater for those who do not work to a plan and have no regular routine of study. Many students muddle along, doing a bit of this subject or that, as the mood takes them, or letting their set work pile up until the last possible moment.
Few students work to a set timetable. They say that if they did work out a timetable for themselves they would not keep to it, or would have to change it frequently, since they can never predict from one day to the next what their activities will be.
No doubt some students take much more kindly to a regular routine than others. There are many who shy away from a self-controlled weekly timetable, and dislike being tied down to a fixed program of work. Many able students state that they work in cycles. When they become interested in a topic they work on it attentively for three or four days at a time. On other days they avoid work completely. It has to be admitted that we do not fully understand the motivation to work. Most people over 25 years of age have become used to a work routine, and the majority of really productive workers set aside regular hours for the more important areas of their work. The “tough-minded” school of workers doesn’t fully accept the idea that good work can only be done naturally, under the influence of inspiration.
Those who believe that they need only work and study as the fit takes them have a mistaken belief either in their own talent or in the value of “freedom”. Freedom from control and discipline leads to unhappiness rather than to “self-expression” or “personality development”. Our society insists on regular habits, timekeeping and punctuality (being on time), and whether we like it or not, if we mean to make our way in society, we have to meet its demands.
【1】The most widespread problem in applying oneself to study is __________ .
A. changing from one subject to another
B. the failure to keep to a set timetable of work
C. the unwillingness to work out a systematic plan
D. working on a subject only when one feels like it
【2】Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Many students are not interested in using a self-controlled timetable.
B. Many students don’t like being told to study to a fixed timetable.
C. Most people over 25 years of age don’t work to a set timetable.
D. Tough-minded people agree that good work is done naturally.
【3】The underlined part “as the fit takes them” means __________.
A. when they have the energy
B. when they are in the mood
C. when they feel fit
D. when they find conditions suitable
【4】A suitable title for the passage might be __________.
A. Attitudes to Study
B. A Study Plan
C. The Difficulties of Studying
D. Study and Self-discipline
25、The summer I turned 16, my father gave me his old 69 Chevy Malibu convertible. What did I know about classic cars? For me, the important thing was that Hannah and I could _________ around Tucson with the top down.
Hannah was my best friend, a year younger but much _________. That summer she _________ with a modeling agency, doing catalog and runway work.
A month after my birthday, Hannah and I went to the movies. On the way home, we_________ at the McDonald’s drive-through, putting the fries in the space between us to _________. “Let’s ride around awhile,” I said. It was a clear night, hot, full moon hanging low over the desert. Taking a curve too _________, I ran over some dirt and fishtailed. I then moved quickly through a neighbor’s landscape wall and drove into a full-grown palm tree. The front wheel came to rest halfway_________ the tree trunk.
There were French fries on the floor, the dash (仪表盘) and my lap. An impossible amount of _________ was on Hannah’s face, pieces of skin hanging around her eyes. We were taken in separate ambulances. In the emergency room, my parents spoke quietly: “Best plastic surgeon in the city… but it is more likely the _________of her modeling career…”
We’d been wearing lap belts, __________the car didn’t have shoulder belts. I’d broken my cheekbone on the steering wheel; Hannah’s __________had split wide open on the dash. What would I say to her?
When her mother, Sharon, came into my hospital room, I started to cry, preparing myself for her __________. She sat beside me and took my hand. “I drove into the back of the car of my best friend when I was your age,” she said. “I completely __________her car and mine.”
“I’m so sorry,” I said.
“You’re both __________,” she said. “Everything else doesn’t matter.” I started to explain, and Sharon stopped me. “I __________you. Hannah will too.”
Sharon’s forgiveness allowed Hannah and me to get back in the car together that summer, to stay __________ throughout high school and college, to be in each other’s weddings. I think of her gift of forgiveness every time I tend to feel angry about someone for a perceived__________, and whenever I see Hannah. The scars are now __________ and no one else would notice, but in the sunlight I can still __________ the faint, shiny skin just below her hairline – for__________, a sign of forgiveness.
【1】
A.run
B.drive
C.wander
D.march
【2】
A.taller
B.stronger
C.smaller
D.healthier
【3】
A.signed
B.chatted
C.competed
D.bargained
【4】
A.ate
B.aimed
C.stopped
D.stood
【5】
A.catch
B.share
C.hold
D.spare
【6】
A.fast
B.seriously
C.softly
D.slowly
【7】
A.across
B.along
C.below
D.up
【8】
A.dirt
B.sweat
C.petrol
D.blood
【9】
A.end
B.base
C.point
D.value
【10】
A.or
B.but
C.and
D.so
【11】
A.chest
B.lap
C.forehead
D.shoulders
【12】
A.anger
B.regret
C.sorrow
D.concern
【13】
A.attacked
B.dragged
C.damaged
D.removed
【14】
A.alike
B.alive
C.injured
D.relieved
【15】
A.promise
B.love
C.understand
D.forgive
【16】
A.sisters
B.friends
C.classmates
D.colleague
【17】
A.threat
B.need
C.effort
D.wrong
【18】
A.faded
B.left
C.marked
D.shown
【19】
A.touch
B.feel
C.see
D.discover
【20】
A.you
B.me
C.her
D.them
26、你校的英文报刊正在征文,主题是“我最喜爱的一部英文电影”。请你写篇短文投稿,内容包括:
1. 你的最喜爱的英文电影的简介;
2. 你喜爱此部电影的原因。
注意:1. 词数100左右;
2. 短文的标题已给出。
My Favorite English Film
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