1、It is not until he returned to his hometown ______ the great changes that had happened.
A. did he find B. that he found
C. that did he find D. found he that
2、Climate change has arrived and is _____ faster than many scientists expected.
A.uniting B.accelerating C.declining D.twisting
3、She then took the little key, and opened it, trembling, but could not at first see anything ________, because the windows were shut.
A. plainly B. closely C. firmly D. frequently
4、The girl was determined to marry the young man she fell in love with, ________ her parents’ disagreement.
A.by means of
B.regardless of
C.due to
D.in favour of
5、__________ 62% of all luxury consumer sales in Europe in 2017, shoppers from the Chinese mainland spent $7.2 billion overseas during the Spring Festival.
A. Accounting for B. Adding to
C. Consisting of D. Making up
6、The stormy and treacherous weather difficulty and uncertainty in the search for the missing passengers.
A.added to B.added up to C.added up D.added
7、The boy dived into the water and after ______ seemed to be a long time, he came up again.
A.what
B.that
C.it
D.which
8、They prefer ______ the birthday party till next Sunday rather than ______ it without the presence of their manager.
A.putting off; to hold
B.put off; holding
C.to put off; holding
D.to put off; hold
9、— I still haven’t made any progress in writing an English essay.
— ________. How can you expect to write a passage when you don’t understand the words?
A. Learn to walk before you run
B. Practice makes perfect
C. Don’t put the cart before the horse
D. Learn to fish but not just ask for fish
10、Low-carbon lifestyle is of great benefit to the world environment. However, ________ can be enjoyed from it until you have a deep understanding of it.
A.something B.nothing C.few D.much
11、______ food you’ve cooked! Thank you for your treat.
A.How a nice B.What a nice C.How nice D.What nice
12、Another endangered animal is the giant panda, ______ habitat is in China.
A.which
B.that
C.who
D.whose
13、A great number of colleges and universities _____ since 1949.
A.has been establish
B.have been established
C.have established
D.had been established
14、A tap on the door woke him up and his mother came in.
A.水龙头
B.利用
C.打拍子
D.轻敲
15、His strong sense of humor was make everyone in the room burst out laughing.
A.so as to
B.such as to
C.so that
D.such that
16、My brother entered the room and sat in the sofa, ________.
A. looking disappointed B. looked disappointing
C. looked disappointed D. looking disappointing
17、Which one of the following sentences is the compound sentence(并列句)?
A.Playing football and dancing are his favourites.
B.The good news is that this stormy period will not last.
C.You feel ready to be more responsible and make decisions on your own.
D.I don’t know what “home” is, but unhappiness and worries melt away once there.
18、Linda gave us a vivid ________ of her trip to Mount Lushan after her return.
A.direction
B.explanation
C.imagination
D.account
19、Fanny asked ________ made that odd looking little cat so popular.
A.what was it that
B.what was that
C.what it was that
D.what that was
20、The brothers’ doubt is ______ Henry can stay out of jail.
A. whether B. if C. that D. What
21、When I spent the summer with my grandmother, she always set me down to the general store with a list. Behind the counter was a lady like no one I’d ever seen.
“Excuse me,” I said. She looked up and said, “I’m Miss Bee.”
“I need to get these.” I said, holding up my list. “So? Go get them. ” Miss Bee pointed to a sign. “There’s no one here except you and me and I’m not your servant, so get yourself a basket from that pile.”
I visited Miss Bee twice a week that summer. Sometimes she shortchanged me. Other times she overcharged. Going to the store was like going into battle. All summer long she found ways to trick me. No sooner had I learned how to pronounce “bicarbonate of soda” and memorized its location on the shelves than she made me hunt for it all over again. But by summer’s end the shopping trip that had once taken me an hour was done in 15 minutes. The morning I was to return home, I stopped in to get some run.
“All right, little girl,” she said. “What did you learn this summer?” “That you’re a meanie!” I replied. Miss Bee just laughed and said, “I know what you think of me. Well, I don’t care! My job is to teach every child I meet life lessons. When you get older you’ll be glad!” Glad I met Miss Bee? Ha! The idea was absurd.
Until one day my daughter came to me with homework troubles. “It’s too hard,” she said. “Could you finish my math problems for me?”
“If I do it for you, how will you ever learn to do it yourself?” I said. Suddenly, I was back at that general store where I had learned the hard way to add up my bill by myself. Had I ever been overcharged since?
【1】 How did the author first shop in the store?
A. She shopped with her grandmother together.
B. Miss Bee gave her a hand.
C. She asked a servant to help her.
D. She served herself.
【2】 What can we infer about Miss Bee?
A. Her tricks made the author finish shopping in a shorter time.
B. She neither shortchanged the author nor overcharged her.
C. Teaching kids lessons was Miss Bee’s job at that time.
D. Miss Bee used to learn to pronounce the names of some goods in the store.
【3】 The author mentioned her daughter to __________.
A. show her satisfaction with her kid’s homework.
B. tell readers Miss Bee’s effect on her.
C. inform readers of her irresponsibility for her kid.
D. express her opposition to Miss Bee.
22、● Room Service
Offer the service 24 hours a day.
Phone the Information Desk, and your message will be passed on to the room waiter.
● Dining Room
Breakfast: 8:00—9:30
(Tips: The room waiter may bring breakfast to your room at any time after 7:00 am. If you need it, please fill in a card and hang it outside your door before 6:00 am. )
Lunch: 12:00 am—2:00 pm
Dinner: 6:30 pm—8:30 pm
● Telephones
Dial “0” for the Information Desk to put you through with the room waiter. Tell the Information Desk if the morning calls are needed.
● Shop & Coffee House
Business hours:
Shop: 9:00 am—5:30 pm
Coffee House: 12:00 pm—2:00 pm; 8:00 pm—1:30 am
● Other Services
Hot water: It is offered 24 hours.
Cinema: Films begins at 7:00 pm on Sundays and Wednesdays.
Swimming pool: Enjoy yourself at any time if you like. It’s free.
【1】When can you get the room service?
A.Only at midnight.
B.Any time during a day.
C.Before 12:00 am.
D.After 12 am.
【2】If you want to have breakfast at 7:15 am, what should you do?
A.Phone the Information Desk.
B.Go to the coffee house to have it.
C.Go to the hotel dining room.
D.Put a card outside your room before 6:00 am.
【3】If you want to have a two-hour business talk in the coffee house, you may go there at ________.
A.10:00 am
B.11:30 am
C.12:00 pm
D.1:00 am
23、 Nearly all of us have a bad habit,whether we know it or not. Some people say they want to get rid of(摆脱) it but don’t know the proper ways. Here’s some advice on how to get rid of bad habits.
Make a list.
Write down why you want to stop a certain behavior,how it’s hurting you and how to get rid of it. This will help a lot. Look at that list regularly.
Join in other activities.
It’s wise of you to do something else when you want to stop your bad habits. If you get angry easily,for example,you can practice having a deep breath or going for a walk.
Give yourself a present.
Before you take action against a bad habit,decide what you’ll do to celebrate it if you reach your goal.
Keep off bad habits.
If you are fat and want to lose weight,keep junk food out of your house. If you are a heavy smoker with
coffee,turn to tea and keep away from friends who like smoking.
Be patient.
Bad habits develop over years,so you probably won’t be able to get rid of them quickly. In fact,people often give up several times before being successful,so you should be patient.
Find support.
Don’t be afraid to ask for support from friends,family or other people who have the same bad habits as you.When you talk to others,they might be able to provide advice or encouragement that you usually wouldn’t get from yourself.
【1】If you want to lose weight,you should.
A.drink more coffee B.refuse the junk food
C.find support from friends D.find a heavy smoker
【2】Which of the following is WRONG according to the passage?
A.It’s not easy to get rid of bad habits in a short time.
B.You can write down the reasons for getting rid of bad habits.
C.When talking to others,you can get what you can’t get from yourself.
D.When you want to stop your bad habits,don’t do anything.
【3】From the passage you can learn.
A.why we have some bad habits
B.how to get rid of bad habits
C.what to do to have a bad habit
D.where to find some support
24、Have you ever been in a queue somewhere-or waiting at the airport gate or doctor's office—where they're playing 24-hour news and you just wished you could turn it off?
Scott Blew, an engineer in Los Angeles, got sick of being flooded with endless bad news and television ads, on public screens, so he decided to create a pair of sunglasses that can block out the screens.
He remembered an article he had read before which was about a special kind of film(薄膜)that could block out LED and LCD light. So he decided to try ordering some of the film and putting it on an ordinary pair of sunglasses—and he was delighted to find that it worked perfectly.
With the help of artist Ivan Cash, the two friends designed the IRL Glasses, which stands for “in real life”.
The sunglasses use a special kind of polarized lens(偏光镜片)that blocks the light. When someone wears the glasses in a sports bar, for instance, and looks around, the TV screens magically seem to go black.
Some cool videos they posted online show how their current prototype(原型)can block out any television, and also most computers.
They created a Kickstarter campaign to raise money to produce them, and in three days it reached its goal of $25,000. The page has raised $11,000—with two more weeks of crowdfunding remaining.
Wearing the glasses in public for a few months has also raised people's interest. Scott gets stopped on the street because he modeled the glasses to look just like those in the 1988 sci-fi movie They Live, about a man who discovers a pair of glasses that can magically block out advertisements.
In an interview with WIRED, Scott says he hopes the product is also a conversation starter about how having news broadcasts everywhere affects our lives and how people want control over their exposure to technology.
Next, we think someone needs to develop technology that can block out only the bad news.
【1】Why did Scott Blew want to create a pair of special sunglasses?
A.He was trying to start a fashion trend.
B.Ordinary sunglasses didn't work well.
C.The bad news and ads on public screens upset him.
D.He wanted to reduce the harm of screens to people's eyes.
【2】What will happen when people watch TV with the IRL Glasses?
A.The TV screen will turn black.
B.They can only watch the good news.
C.They can watch the programs without ads.
D.Everything around them will become dark.
【3】Why are people interested in the IRL Glasses?
A.They can make people look cool.
B.They look like the ones in the movie They Live.
C.They are modeled to be just like those in 1988.
D.They can block out advertisements on the streets.
【4】What is the main idea of the text?
A.Public screens have affected people's life.
B.A special kind of sunglasses has become popular.
C.A way to escape from all the bad news on TV has been found.
D.An engineer has created special sunglasses that block out screens.
25、Selvidge hopes to attend art or film school after graduation. Being a writer, director, actor and musician, Selvidge admits that his ability to adapt to his _______ environment is his strength. Of course, it is the very _______ that helps him with difficulties. However, he didn't gain it without _______.
At the age of 13, Selvidge _______ his hometown Dickson, Tennessee in _______ of a better life. In the following 4 years, he was just living with his friends and bouncing around wherever he could. That lasted _______ both his parents died off. The police were going to _______him over to a local shelter. However, at his father's funeral, his half-brother in Arizona offered to _______him to start over.
Selvidge saw the move as an opportunity to start a _______ life. The first day he came to Perry High School, he ________ to the Theatre Club and finally gained a role to play. That was the beginning of his ________ career. Last year he directed his own play and ________ in a musical and two comedies. Seeing his wonderful stage performance, debate coach Jim Fountain ________ Selvidge, believing his talents could take him far. ________, Selvidge did it well too. He won the state championship and will represent his state to ________ on the national stage for debate in June.
“He has suffered many that are ________ to kids his ages” his director, Shelley, explains why Selvidge can ________ the audience's eyes so well. “He has a ________ understanding of the human condition, which allows him to interpret emotions of various ________ with ease. In this sense, it is ________ that shaped what he is today.”
【1】
A.economic
B.changeable
C.social
D.familiar
【2】
A.patience
B.kindness
C.virtue
D.bravery
【3】
A.interest
B.patience
C.luck
D.suffering
【4】
A.left
B.worked for
C.missed
D.returned to
【5】
A.favor
B.memory
C.search
D.celebration
【6】
A.since
B.after
C.if
D.until
【7】
A.roll
B.hand
C.carry
D.drag
【8】
A.defend
B.assess
C.support
D.teach
【9】
A.new
B.free
C.political
D.healthy
【10】
A.complained
B.stuck
C.contributed
D.applied
【11】
A.acting
B.composing
C.writing
D.coaching
【12】
A.hosted
B.starred
C.spoke
D.debated
【13】
A.sought out
B.dreamed of
C.told off
D.relied on
【14】
A.Strangely
B.Certainly
C.Interestingly
D.Basically
【15】
A.jump
B.graduate
C.play
D.compete
【16】
A.critical
B.relevant
C.open
D.uncommon
【17】
A.catch
B.meet
C.widen
D.test
【18】
A.shared
B.normal
C.deep
D.childish
【19】
A.members
B.characters
C.colleagues
D.directors
【20】
A.sacrifices
B.choices
C.hardships
D.amusements
26、假定你是李华, 你校近期将举行一场关于“光盘行动(Clear Your Plate Campaign)”的讲座。请给你校英国交换生Mike写一封邮件, 邀请他一同前往。内容包括:
1. 时间、地点;
2. 讲座内容;
3. 邀请理由。
注意: 1. 写作词数应为80左右;
2. 可以适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。
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