1、(2017·天津) My room is a mess, but I __________clean it before I go out tonight. I can do it in the morning.
A.daren’t
B.shouldn’t
C.needn’t
D.mustn’t
2、The news may be unexpected;________, it is true.
A.nevertheless
B.though
C.thus
D.therefore
3、Try ________ they might, they could get no water, for it was too far down in the pot.
A.since
B.as
C.while
D.although
4、Seeing the picture ,she could not resist _____.
A.laughing
B.to laugh
C.laughed
D.being laughed
5、The report at the conference analyses in detail why a new legal is needed to better protect the environment.
A. currency B. framework C. allowance D. occupation
6、— What about the party last night?
— It was______ great success. I think it’s _______ great pity that you didn’t attend it.
A. /; the B. a;a
C. /;a D. a; the
7、 ____I explained on the phone, your request will be considered at the next meeting.
A. When B. After
C. As D. Since
8、Would you slow down a bit,please?I can't________you.
A.keep up with
B.put up with
C.make up to
D.hold on to
9、______ the warning message, more lives would have been lost in the flood.
A.But for B.Except for
C.Regardless of D.Instead of
10、Figuring out in advance _____ we’re going to cope with major problems during the virus outbreak helps us work efficiently.
A.why B.when C.how D.whether
11、Frequent smoggy weather has set the alarm ringing; by no means can we develop economy _____ the environment.
A. under the name of B. for the sake of
C. at the cost of D. in the light of
12、We then moved to Chicago in 1995, ________ we lived for six years.
A. when B. where C. that D. Which
13、Students should be encouraged to finish their homework_____
A.of themselves
B.of their own
C.for their own
D.on their own
14、On the table lay a note ______ “Drop me a line whenever ______.”
A.writing; you are convenient
B.writing; it is convenient for you
C.reading; you are convenient
D.reading; it is convenient for you
15、Many problems have________ as a result of change over a new type of fuel.
A. risen B. arisen
C. raised D. aroused
16、I want to put the photo ________ I can see it every day, because it can remind me of the happy days ________ I spent in the countryside.
A.in which; when
B.where; when
C.in which; which
D.where; which
17、David threatened ________his neighbor to the police if the damages were not paid .
A.to be reported
B.reporting
C.to report
D.having reported
18、Treat the flowers right and your garden will be the ______ of the neighborhood.
A. destination B. cause C. purpose D. Envy
19、He knows smoking is bad for health, but he really can’t ________ successfully.
A.give it in
B.give it up
C.give it out
D.give it away
20、Clubs and societies are popular in universities, ________ aim is to form better relationships among the students.
A.whose
B.that
C.what
D.which
21、When starting college, most students enjoy a week’s stay on campus before classes actually begin. 【1】 Below are several tips to ease yourself into college life.
Participating in campus welcome activities.
Most universities host welcome events before the academic year officially begins, including freshmen orientations (迎新会), campus picnics, and entertainments like concerts. Participating in such events is a great way to learn about school facilities and understand campus culture: 【2】 What are their favorite classes? What is the history of your university? It can help you observe campus life outside the classroom.
Exploring campus.
Getting to know where essential campus resources are — such as the student advising center, psychological services, and the tutoring center will make your first few weeks on campus a lot easier. Take some time to check out the buildings where your classes will be held. This will prevent you from getting lost in the first few days of classes. 【3】 .
【4】
Starting classes means being in different places at different times, so it’s a great idea to start getting used to that routine right this week. 【5】 Following the planned time will ensure you have enough sleep to get to those early classes and stay wide awake. If you have other daily routines, such as exercising or talking on the phone with family, work those into your day-to-day life before classes start so that you get a better idea of how they fit in with your schedule.
A.Starting a routine.
B.Scheduling your life.
C.What do students do for fitting in?
D.What should you do with that time?
E.What helps you most is to schedule your sleep.
F.What can you do to adapt to the new high school life?
G.It also familiarizes you with how long it takes to get from place to place.
22、Low-Cost Gifts for Mother’s Day
Gift No. 1
Offer to be your mother’s health friend. Promise to be there for any and all doctor’s visits whether a disease or a regular medical check-up. Most mothers always say “no need”, but another set of eyes and ears is always a good idea at a doctor’s visit. The best part? This one is free.
Gift No. 2
Help your mother organize all of her medical records, which include the test results and medical information. Put them all in one place. Be sure to make a list of all of her medicines and what times she takes them. “Having all this information in one place could end up saving your mother’s life,” Dr. Marie Savard said.
Gift No.3
Enough sleep is connected to general health conditions. “Buy your mother cotton sheets and comfortable pillows to encourage better sleep,” Savard said. “We know that good sleep is very important to our health.”
Gift No.4
Some gift companies such as Presents for Purpose allow you to pay it forward this Mother’s Day by picking gifts in which 10 percent of the price you pay goes to a charity(慈善机构). Gift givers can choose from a wide variety of useful but inexpensive things — many of which are “green” —and then choose a meaningful charity from a list. When your mother gets the gift, she will be told that she has helped the chosen charity.
【1】What are you advised to do for your mother at doctor’s visits?
A. Be with her B. Buy medicine
C. Give her gifts D. Take notes
【2】Where can you find a gift idea to improve your mother’s sleep?
A. In Gift No.1 B. In Gift No.2
C. In Gift No.3` D. In Gift No.4
【3】Buying gifts from Presents for Purpose allows mothers to .
A. be well-organized B. get extra support
C. give others help D. enjoy good sleep
23、Charles Blackman:Alice in Wonderland
An Exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV),Australia
10 June —12 August 2015
Venue (地点) The Ian Potter Centre
Admission Free entry
Charles Blackman is famous for his beautiful painting of dreams. In 1956, he heard for the first time Lewis Carroll’s extraordinary tale of Alice in Wonderland –the story of a Victorian girl who falls down a rabbit hole, meets a lot of funny characters and experiences all kinds of things. At that time, Blackman’s wife was suffering form progressive blindness. The story of Alice moving through the strange situations, often disheartened by various events, was similar to his wife’s experiences. It also reflected so much of his own life. All this contributed to the completion of the Alice in Wonderland paintings.
Illustrator Workshop
Go straight to the experts for an introductory course in book illustration. The course includes an introduction to the process of illustration and its techniques, workshop exercise and group projects.
Dates Sunday 17 June &Sunday 5Aug.10am—1pm
Venue Gas Works Arts Park
Wonderful World
Celebrate the exhibition and Children’s Book Week with special activities just for the day, including a special visit from Alice and the White Rabbit
Date Sunday 24 June, 11am—4pm
Venue Exhibition Space, Level 3
Topsy-Turvy
Visit the exhibition or discover wonderful curiosities in artworks in the NGV Collection and make a magic world in a box. Alice and the White Rabbit will be with you. Walt Disney’s Alice in Wonderland will be screened.
Dates Sunday 8,15,22,29 July, and Tuesday 24-Friday 27 July, 12noon—3pm
Venue Theatre, NGV Australia
Drawing Workshop
Distortions of scale ( 比例失真) can make artworks strange but interesting. Find out how Charles Blackman distorted scale in his paintings to create a curious world. Then experiment with scale in your own drawings. More information upon booking.
Date Friday 27 July, 10:30am-3pm
Venue Foyer, Level 3
【1】Charles Blackman’s paintings come from ________.
A. his wish to express his own feelings
B. his dream of becoming a famous artist
C. his admiration for Lewis Carroll
D. his eagerness to cure his wife’s illness
【2】Which two activities can you participate in on the same day?_________
A. Illustrator Workshop and Drawing Workshop.
B. Topsy-Turvy and Drawing Workshop.
C. Wonderful World and Topsy –Turvy.
D. Illustrator Workshop and Wonderful World.
【3】To understand the Alice in Wonderland paintings, you should go to ________.
A. Exhibition Space .Level 3 B. Gas Works Arts Park
C. Theatre, NGV Australia D. Foyer, Level 3
【4】Activities concerning children’s books are to be held
A. on July 24, 2015 B. on July15, 2015
C. on June 24, 2015 D. on August 5, 2015
24、Birds that are half-asleep—with one brain hemisphere (半球) alert and the other sleeping—control which side of the brain remains awake, according to a new study of sleeping ducks.
Earlier studies have documented half-brain sleep in a wide range of birds. The brain hemispheres take turns sinking into the sleep stage characterized by slow brain waves. The eye controlled by the sleeping hemisphere keeps shut, while the wakeful hemisphere’s eye stays open and alert. Birds also can sleep with both hemispheres resting at once.
Decades of studies of bird groups led researchers to predict extra alertness in the end-of-the-row sleepers which tend to be attacked more easily. Sure enough, the end birds tended to watch carefully on the side away from their companions. Ducks in the inner spots showed no preference for gaze direction.
Also, birds napping at the end of the line depend on single-hemisphere sleep, rather than total relaxation, more often than inner ducks did. Turning 16 birds through the positions in a four-duck row, the researchers found that compared with 12% for birds in inner spots, outer birds half sleep during some 32% of napping time.
“We believe this is the first evidence for an animal behaviorally controlling sleep and wakefulness at the same time in different regions of the brain,” the researchers say.
The results provide the best evidence for a long-standing assumption that single-hemisphere sleep evolved when creatures scanned for enemies. The preference for opening an eye on the lookout side could be widespread, he predicts. He’s seen it in a pair of birds napping side by side in the zoo and in a single pet bird sleeping by a mirror. The mirror-side eye closed as if the reflection were a companion and the other eye stayed open.
Useful as half-sleeping might be, it’s only been found in birds and such water animals as dolphins, whales, and seals. Perhaps keeping one side of the brain awake allows a sleeping animal to surface occasionally to avoid drowning.
Studies of birds may offer unique insights(理解) into sleep. Jerome M. Siegel of the UCLA says he wonders if birds’ half-brain sleep “is just the tip of the iceberg.” He supposes that more examples may turn up when we take a closer look at other species.
【1】According to the passage, birds often half sleep because _________________________.
A. they have to watch out for possible attacks
B. their brain hemispheres take turns to rest
C. the two halves of their brain are differently structured
D. they have to constantly keep an eye on their companions
【2】What does the underlined word “evolved” mean in paragraph 6?
A. developed B. changed
C. disappeared D. helped
【3】What is implied about the example of a bird's sleeping in front of a mirror?
A. Birds prefer to sleep in pairs for the sake of their security.
B. An imagined companion gives the bird a sense of security.
C. The phenomenon of birds napping in pairs is widespread.
D. A single pet bird enjoys seeing its own reflection in the mirror.
【4】While sleeping, some water animals tend to keep half awake in order to _________________.
A. alert themselves to the approaching enemy
B. surface from water now and then to breathe
C. be sensitive to the ever-changing environment
D. avoid being swept away by rapid currents
【5】It can be inferred that _______________________.
A. birds never sleep with both hemispheres resting at once.
B. inner ducks depend on single-hemisphere sleep, rather than total relaxation, as often as birds napping at the end of the line do.
C. it is not the first time for scientists to research on birds’ half-brain sleep
D. birds hardly sleep without a companion
【6】 By saying “just the tip of the iceberg”, Siegel suggests that _________________________.
A. half-brain sleep has something to do with icy weather
B. the mystery of half-brain sleep is close to being solved
C. most birds living in cold regions tend to be half sleepers
D. half-brain sleep may exist among other species
25、Recently, a business associate and I experienced one of the real challenges in visiting a very large regional shopping centre. How do you find a store when you haven't been to this shopping centre for some considerable period of time?
Well, when we first arrived at the centre and had parked our car, out of the crowd ____ one of the shopping centre security officers. Seizing the opportunity to ____some assistance from someone who would no____ know where the store was located, I approached him and asked for____ . He smiled and ____ that the store was only some 75 metres from where we were standing. Before we could thank him, he ____ , “'However, please allow me to ____ where it is.” We thanked him, but said that there was no ____ , as we would now be able to find it with the help of his directions. His immediate ____ came as a real surprise to us both. “'No, not at all, please ____ me, it is not very far and it is all just part of my job.” As we walked, he asked____ our day had been and then added that it was a very busy day in the centre, ____ because it was school holidays. When we reached the store, we both thanked him for his courtesy and knew his name was Rod.
I am sure Rob's job as a security officer is full of daily ____ with lots of not so good things to____ with, so no doubt doing what he did for us and I am certain many others, is more than ____ the part of his job that makes his day just that more enjoyable and ____ .
There can be ____ better in life than to offer caring and sincere ____ to others and not____ anything in return, however, I am sure that the ____ you receive for a job very well done will never go lost!
【1】A. stayed B. appeared C. remained D. stood
【2】A. provide B. receive C. seek D. handle
【3】A. doubt B. wonder C. idea D. problem
【4】A. directions B. explanations C. instructions D. excuses
【5】A. thought B. remembered C. informed D. indicated
【6】A. answered B. added C. insisted D. stressed
【7】A. prove B. remind C. present D. show
【8】A. way B. point C. need D. use
【9】A. action B. reply C. answer D. step
【10】A. follow B. direct C. consult D. help
【11】A. what B. where C. how D. when
【12】A. mainly B. usually C. mostly D. lately
【13】A. memories B. operation C. checks D. challenges
【14】A. go B. deal C. help D. live
【15】A. popular B. unique C. likely D. special
【16】A. amazing B. exciting C. surprising D. rewarding
【17】A. nothing B. something C. anything D. everything
【18】A. greetings B. appreciation C. patience D. service
【19】A. order B. pay C. expect D. receive
【20】A. comment B. praise C. training D. practice
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。
“Hurry, Marcus!” Millie called to her brother. Marcus caught up just as the school bus arrived. The doors opened and they got their first look at the new bus driver, Mr. Cross. There was no smile on his face. He just nodded at them as they climbed the steps. Millie wondered if he ever smiled. “I miss our old driver,” she whispered.
The bus traveled two more blocks, then stopped in front of a house with no one in sight. “Hey, we don’t usually stop here,” whispered Millie. Mr. Cross opened the bus doors.
Millie waited to see who would get on, but nobody did. Still, Mr. Cross nodded his head, the way he had when she and Marcus boarded the bus. Then he closed the doors.
“Did you see that?” Millie said. “He just opened the doors and nodded at someone, but nobody got on!” Marcus agreed. “That was strange.” The bus continued on the route, and the usual kids got on. Mr. Cross nodded at each one.
During school that day, Millie kept thinking back to what had happened that morning. It didn't make sense. At the end of the day, when she and Marcus got on the bus to go home, Marcus said, “I think I figured it out. He probably stopped to pick up a ghost kid!”
“A ghost kid?” Millie gulped (倒吸气).
“Maybe Mr. Cross can see ghosts,” Marcus said.
“No,” said Millie. “That’s silly.” But as they rode home, Millie thought about it. What else could it be? Why else would he open the doors?
The next two days, the same thing happened. The bus stopped and the doors opened. Smileless, Mr. Cross nodded, and the doors closed. Millie began to panic. This time she decided Marcus was right. “Who is this ghost kid? What if he’s sitting next to us?” They gathered courage to find out the truth.
On Friday morning, the bus stopped at that house again. Their hearts raced.
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When Mr. Cross opened the doors and nodded to nobody, they went forward to him.
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Hearing the story, in relief, they decided to visit the house and see what can be done.
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