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1、______ with the feedback my students had given me, I began to make a plan for the next term.
A.Arming B.Having armed C.Being armed D.Armed
2、The government must be very ________ about setting policies and make no decision until they are quite sure it is the right one.
A. serious B. concerned C. cautious D. nervous
3、______ prize for the winner of the competition is ______ two-week holiday in England.
A．The; a
B．不填; a
C．不填; the
D．The; 不填
4、Ann_________ to the company for the position of senior clerk and she is waiting anxiously for the result.
A. will apply B. will be applying
C. applied D. had applied
5、It seemed an impossible task, but Tom, though physically challenged, carried on until it was completely fulfilled.
A. instead B. yet
C. regardless D. still
6、The girl had hardly rung the bell ____ the door was opened suddenly, and her friend rushed out to greet her.
A.before B.after C.since D.when
7、My father’s newly- written novel ______ into three foreign languages by the end of last month.
A．has translated
B．had translated
C．has been translated
D．had been translated
8、Experts suggest that parents should let their child do tasks that he is physically and mentally capable of doing by himself, ______ will help to build a self-confident kid.
A. that B. who C. which D. what
9、Vietnamese state media, quoting a senior naval official, reported that the plane MH 370 had crashed off south Vietnam．Malaysia's transport minister later denied any crash scene had been _________．
A．purified B．identified
C．demonstrated D．Undertaken
10、Every boy and every girl as well as some teachers who________to visit the museum________asked to be at the school gate before 6:30 in the morning.
A．are; are
B．are; is
C．is; is
D．is; are
11、Henry ________ himself by winning two gold medals in the Olympic Games.
A.acknowledged B.confirmed C.distinguished D.ranked
12、Who ______ the fight against the H1N1 flu ______ it not been for the Chinese scientists’ great efforts?
A. could have won; had B. would win; had C. would have won; has D. could win; has
13、Sometimes to get out of difficulty, one must change his way of thinking, or simply change his ___________ towards a problem.
A. emotion B. approach C. access D. target
14、Tom in the library every night over the last three months.
A. works B. worked
C. has been working D. had been working
15、You are to meet with frustration in the pursuit of success and through greater effort and hard work your dream will definitely come true. Put it ______ , “No pains, no gains.”
A. frequently B. firmly
C. openly D. simply
16、In yesterday’s business training course the consultant instructed us that a good salesman must
be ______ if he wants to succeed.
A. aggressive B. conventional
C. visual D. fragrant
17、The Spring Festival is the most joyful time of the year, but it can also be ______ . With all the traveling, visiting relatives, and gift-buying, the holiday can become a tense time for many families.
A. beneficial B. optional
C. commercial D. stressful
18、—How long do you suppose it will be____ Xiamen Railway Station comes into operation?
—Twenty days or so．
A．after B．before C．since D．that
19、You can have some ________ about what I have said, but you had better follow my orders as closely as possible.
A．arrangement B．reservation
C．enthusiasm D．conscience
20、Lucas failed his driving test again. ________ harder, he ______ the test now.
A.If he practiced; would pass
B.Had he practiced; would pass
C.Did he practiced; would have passed
D.Should he practice; would have passed

21、People only contact their insurers when things go wrong and they need to make a claim. This generally means losses for the insurer. It also means stress and troubles for the customer. In order to relieve both problems, insurers increasingly offer extra services alongside their traditional policies.
Aviva, a British insurer, for instance, installs sensors on customers’ water pipes to detect very small leaks, so that these can be repaired before causing greater damage. This spares Aviva the cost of a bigger claim, and the customer the misfortune of a flooded basement.
Life insurers have so far been slower to catch on. But this is changing. Often extra services help people to live more healthily. AXA, a French insurer, gives its customers access to check-ups. Union Life, a Chinese one, guarantees customers a place in an old people's home and advises them on activities in retirement.
Last month, Haven Life, an American life-insurance agency, announced it would include a set of extra services for its customers. That makes it a pioneer on its home market as its new policy fits neatly into the global trend. Its extra services centre on health. For instance, customers also get discounts on family-health services at some clinics, and access to a genetic health test. Now more and more American life insurers have joined it. Ladder, a life-insurance startup, offers some help on financial planning through an online tool. State Farm, a large American insurer, give customers a discount on in-home sensors that monitor old people’s health.
These services are not in short of demand. A survey by Bain & Company finds that American consumers have very similar preferences to other parts of the world on the sorts of services they want from life insurers. But America is not a friendly place for innovative insurers. New policies must be approved by each of its 50 state authorities. Some states’ laws are too inflexible, and do not allow for such extra benefits. Even when an offering suits insurers and their customers, it can still take time to spread.
【1】Why do more and more insurers provide customers with extra services?
A．To help with the repair work.
B．To earn a greater reputation.
C．To prevent greater losses.
D．To make customers relaxed.
【2】Why does the writer mention “AXA” and “Union Life” in Paragraph 3?
A．To draw people’s attention to keeping healthy.
B．To urge life insurers to provide more services.
C．To explain why life insurers develop slowly.
D．To show the changes in life insurers’ services.
【3】What does Paragraph 4 mainly talk about concerning American life insurance?
A．The new trend on its market.
B．The new leader of its industry.
C．The quality of its new services.
D．The future of its new policy.
【4】What is preventing life insurers’ new policies from spreading in America?
A．Consumers’ preferences.
B．Customers’ demands.
C．Some states’ rigid laws.
D．Extra services’ quality.
22、How to Use and Improve Your Abilities
Each of us has unique skills and abilities to contribute to humanity. 【1】 Whether you’re a whiz (奇才) with numbers, you do embroidery (刺绣), or you excel (擅长) socially, there are ways to put your skills to use and improve them along the way!
Recognize your skills. 【2】 Skills aren’t just knowledge but are ways of relating to information and people. Skill types can include technical and personal skills. Technical skills are the “how-to’s”, such as fixing or creating things. Personal skills include being reliable, having initiative, listening to your gut/intuition (直觉), and being self-motivated.
【3】 There’s no use using and improving skills you don’t enjoy. Even if you have skills you excel in, don’t waste your time doing things that you don’t find fun. Remember that money cannot buy happiness. Instead, think about things that make you happy.
Create goals. 【4】 Think about what you want to develop and what fuels you to want to improve these skills. When creating goals, make sure they are SMART: specific, measurable, achievable, results-focused, and timely.
Pursue an education. 【5】 If you’d like to use and improve your skills in engineering, computers, foreign language, psychology, etc., obtaining formal education is a beneficial route to take, especially if you’d like to hold a job in one of these fields.
A.Reflect on what makes you happy.
B.Engage in some friendly competition.
C.You can have many types of skills and not even know it.
D.People who are goal-oriented tend to be happier and achieve more.
E.A class offers an environment to meet other people with similar interests.
F.Despite knowing this, it can be difficult to realize what those skills are and how to use them well.
G.A formal university education is well-respected by many and serves to give credibility in many fields.
23、 According to a report by the United Nations, 54 percent of the world’s population lives in urban areas and it predicts that by 2050, this figure will have increased to around 70 percent.But as more and more people migrate from the countryside to the city to get better opportunities, they can end up with nowhere to live.
This is true in places such as Rio de Janeiro, where migrants can’t rent or buy a home, and they end up building their own communities and houses on unoccupied land.These are called shanty towns — poor communities where the houses are built out of cheap materials — and often don’t have any electricity or water supply.
These are, of course, not the megacities (大城市) of the future we want to see. Some serious urban planning is needed to make our cities of the future good, safe and modern places to live in. This involves improving the infrastructure (基础设施), the housing conditions and also the opportunities for education and employment.
Something urban planners are looking at now is the creation of “smart cities”. According to John Rossant, founder and chairman of the non-profit organization New Cities Foundation, technology is the way forward. He thinks that it’s generally accepted that “cloud computing, ubiquitous internet, robust 5G networks, etc, will transform our cities.” He says technology is really “a game changer” in urbanisation. It would collect large amounts of data about how a city is performing and may improve how a city functions.
This may sound like a utopian (乌托邦似的) view. For now, some big cities around the world are trying out more low — tech schemes to try and make them desirable places to live and work in. Building shared — ownership housing and improving public transport are some ways. And encouraging cycling and building bike lanes can keep the population healthy and cut down on smog. What would make your city a better place to live in?
【1】What’s the text mainly about?
A.The city of the future. B.The increase of the population.
C.Urban construction. D.The function of smart cities.
【2】Why does the author mention Rio de Janeiro in Paragraph 2?
A.To show the growth of the world population.
B.To show the problems in urbanization.
C.To show poor living conditions of the city.
D.To show financial trouble of the city.
【3】What plays an important role in the creation of smart cities?
A.Technology. B.Urban planning.
C.The infrastructure of the city. D.Opportunities for education.
24、阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
On 8th August, 1914, 27 men who had replied to an advertisement in The Times boarded a ship leaving for the Antarctic (南极洲). The name of the ship was the Endurance and the captain was an Irishman called Ernest Shackleton.
The aim of the journey was to cross the frozen continent via the South Pole — a journey of 1, 800 miles. Shackleton thought the journey would last six months.
But when land came into sight, the Endurance became trapped in the ice and began to break up. Shackleton and his men watched the Endurance sink into the icy sea. They then headed north, pulling three lifeboats behind them.
After six days, bad weather forced them to give up and the men set up camp on a sheet of ice which began slowly moving across the Antarctic Circle.
They survived on the ice for five months. Then, on 16th April, 1915, Shackleton saw land. It was Elephant Island — a large rock with nothing growing on it, but much better than a floating piece of ice. When they reached the island, Shackleton came up with an idea — it was a risk but he would have to take it. He and five men would take one of the lifeboats, and sail 800 miles to South Georgia, where there was a permanent camp. They could then return to rescue the rest of the men.
It took Shackleton 17 days to reach South Georgia. Unfortunately he landed on the wrong side of the island, and had to walk 36 hours over mountains to reach the camp. The whale hunters at the camp couldn’t believe their eyes when they saw the six men walking down from the mountains. Shackleton kept his promise. More than three months later, be returned to Elephant Island to rescue the crew he had been forced to abandon. He had failed to reach the pole — but he had saved the lives of all his men.
【1】What was the goal of the adventure? (no more than 8 words)
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【2】Why did they leave the Endurance? (no more than 6 words)
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【3】What does the underlined word mean in Paragraph 5? (1 word)
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【4】How did Shackleton save the lives of all his crew? (no more than 15 words)
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【5】What do you think of Shackleton? Please explain. (no more than 20 words)
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25、阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Life is filled with challenges. As we get older we____realize that those challenges are the very things that____us and make us who we are. It is the same with the challenges that come with____.
When we are faced with a challenge, we usually have two____. We can try to beat it off, or we can decide that the thing____the challenge isn’ t worth the____and call it quits. Although there are certainly____when calling it quits is the right thing to do, in most____all that is needed is____and communication.
When we are committed to something, it means that no matter how____or how uncomfortable something is, we will always choose to____it and work it through instead of running away from it. Communication is making a____for discussion and talking about how you feel as opposed to just saying what the other person did wrong.____you can say to a friend, “ I got my feeling hurt,”____“You hurt my feelings,” you are going to be able to solve the problem much faster.
In dealing with the many challenges that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for____they are: small hurdles you need to jump or____on your way through life. Nothing is so big that it is____to get over, and hurt only____to make us stronger. It is all part of growing up, it____to everyone, and some day you will____all of this and say, “Hard as it was, it made me who I am today. And that is a good thing.”
【1】A.seem to B.come to C.hope to D.try to
【2】A.design B.promote C.direct D.shape
【3】A.confidence B.pressure C.friendship D.difficulty
【4】A.opportunities B.expectations C.choices D.aspects
【5】A.demanding B.deserving C.predicting D.presenting
【6】A.comment B.loss C.trouble D.expense
【7】A.spans B.times C.dates D.ages
【8】A.cases B.fields C.parts D.occasions
【9】A.assessment B.commitment C.encouragement D.adjustment
【10】A.doubtful B.shameful C.harmful D.painful
【11】A.keep B.control C.face D.catch
【12】A.space B.plan C.topic D.room
【13】A.If B.As C.While D.Unless
【14】A.other than B.rather than C.or rather D.or else
【15】A.what B.who C.where D.which
【16】A.pass by B.come across C.get through D.run over
【17】A.unnecessary B.necessary C.impossible D.possible
【18】A.serves B.means C.aims D.attempts
【19】A.opens B.appeals C.goes D.happens
【20】A.look down on B.look back on C.look forward to D.look up to

26、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
A deliveryman knocked on the door of a house and said, “Your delivery!” “I'm coming... please wait.” A little girl’s voice came from inside, but even after 5 minutes, no one came. The deliveryman said again, “Is there anyone taking the parcel? I have to go to other places.” The girl replied, “Uncle, if you're in a hurry, please put the letter under the door. It’ll take some more time.” The deliveryman replied, “No, I’m waiting. It’s a registered delivery, so your signature is also needed.”
After about 10 minutes, the door opened. The deliveryman was a little angry. He was about to shout at the girl when the door opened. He was shocked to see in front of him was a little disabled girl without legs. The deliveryman quietly gave the parcel to the girl, took her signature and then left.
The little girl often lived alone in her house. Her mother and father worked far away. To take care of the girl, a servant stayed in the house with her in the mornings and evenings but the girl lived alone during the days.
Later, whenever the parcel came, the deliveryman would knock on the door, call the girl and then wait patiently at the door. Gradually, interaction and attachment grew between them. The little girl noticed that the deliveryman wore an old pair of worn shoes to deliver parcels.
The rainy season came. One day, when the deliveryman left, his footprints were left on the wet soil. The girl came out with a paper and put it on the print and took down a picture of his feet. The next day, she asked the servant to buy a pair of shoes of that size and keep them in her house.
Thanksgiving Day was coming. The deliveryman went to the houses where he used to deliver parcels as usual. Thinking of the little girl, he couldn’t help speaking to himself, “I shouldn’t meet the girl empty-handed during the festival.”
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Then he bought a bar of sweet chocolate for the little girl.
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The deliveryman was surprised to see the box.
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