1、To spend the summer vacation, we may go to the mountains, or ____go to the seaside.
A. alternatively B. differently C. relatively D. oppositely
2、________ lack of experience with a task of that scale, she was far from being a failure.
A.Except for
B.Although
C.Despite
D.Even though
3、 there are many strict occupational discipline in home health care system, by far the largest percentage of employment is found with the aide position.
A. Since B. As long as
C. While D. If
4、Compared with Mary, Jerry is even more________ to, and more easily troubled by, emotional and relationship problems.
A.skeptical B.addicted C.sensitive D.Available
5、— I like vegetables and fruit.
— . In fact I eat a lot everyday.
A. So do I B. So am I C. So I do
6、Common ___________ of diabetes are weight loss and fatigue.
A. diagnosis B. prescription C. symbols D. symptoms
7、I asked him where________?
A.worked
B.he worked
C.did he work
D.does he work
8、If he had spent more time practising spoken English before, he ____ able to speak it much better now.
A.would be
B.will be
C.has been
D.had been
9、In peace,too,the Red Cross is expected to send help______there is human suffering.
A.whoever B.however
C.whatever D.wherever
10、______ Mary was writing a letter to her husband, her kids were having fun in the garden.
A. In case B. If C. While D. Once
11、These citizenship ceremonies on Australian Day are intended to encourage ____, respect and promote friendship among people of different cultural and social backgrounds.
A. reservation B. endurance
C. tolerance D. expedition
12、When you ________ tough times, you meet others who are facing similar challenges.
A.look through
B.go through
C.cut through
D.break through
13、___________truly changes the world is the way you look at yourself.
A.When B.What C.Who D.How
14、________is our strong suggestion that he ________ a holiday, but ________ doesn’t help.
A. As; takes; which B. As; should take; it
C. It; takes; which D. It; take; it
15、The teacher _____ I like best often encourages me ______ my dream.
A.who; fight for B.that; to fight for
C.which; to fight for D.which; fight for
16、Tom was very anxious for the coming exam and told me worriedly, “______, I suppose I’m frightened of failing.”
A. On the way B. In a way
C. In the way D. By the way
17、______beautiful your new dress is!
A.How
B.How an
C.What
D.What an
18、 — Would you like to go and drink a cup of tea?
—________. I feel quite thirsty.
A. Sounds greatly B. Sounds true
C. Sounds to be fine D. Sounds fine
19、With the changes in the world’s climate, dinosaurs died, but many smaller animals lived on.It was the of the fittest.
A. survival B. distinction
C. existence D. appearance
20、We talked about the things and the persons ________ we remembered at school.
A.which
B.what
C.whose
D.that
21、Being seventeen without money can be depressing. When the opportunity arrives to earn some needed cash, it would be foolish to pass it up. It is for this reason that when the opportunity to referee elementary basketball came my way, I jumped at the chance. I thought it would be a fun way to earn some “easy money”.
During the years I played on the court and watched the games, I often found myself criticizing the referees. I was completely convinced that I could do a much better job because of my love for basketball and my familiarity of the game. How difficult could it be, especially with a bunch of third graders?
I looked forward to my first night as a referee, but all of my fantasies wore off from the beginning of the game. These sweet and innocent third grade boys immediately transformed into horrible creatures right before me. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine the extent of competitiveness in the game. A battle was in progress on the court while the inhumane bystanders cheered and yelled from the stands. My only companion, the whistle, suffered from a severe case of stage fear, filling my head with doubt every time I wished to blow it. My lack of action fueled the heartless crowd. Even on the rare occasions when my whistle gained enough courage to pause the fighting, the pitiless bystanders still couldn't calm. The sense of failure flooded every inch of my soul. With only five minutes remaining, Michael, another referee, came in time, saving me from losing my mind. In a flash, I passed my whistle and quickly ran to the safety of the stands.
I realized just how difficult refereeing was. I could have let this heartbreaking evening ruin my future on the court, but instead it stimulated a sense of determination in me to do it better. I still hope to become a great referee someday. In order for this to become a reality, it will take many hours of practice and hard work. No matter how much I wish the cash would be handed to me without requiring any effort, I learned from this experience that there is no such thing as “easy money”.
【1】What made the author accept the offer to serve as a basketball referee?
A.His desire for money.
B.His passion for basketball.
C.His poor family background.
D.His academic qualifications.
【2】What did the author initially think of the third grade boys before refereeing the game?
A.Lovely.
B.Mature.
C.Impolite.
D.Competitive.
【3】What happened to the author during the game?
A.He was too nervous to blow the whistle.
B.He was at a loss how to announce the results.
C.He couldn't avoid the bystanders' physical attack.
D.He couldn't handle the tough situation on the court.
【4】What can we learn from the author's experience?
A.Lazy hands make for poverty.
B.Money does not grow on trees.
C.Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
D.Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
22、The following books provide tips on how to learn languages for language learners
The Vocab Cookbook
By Kerstin Hammes
The book is mainly about the best vocabulary learning methods and explains them step by step. It shows you how to choose your best vocabulary learning method, where to find the best system for remembering words forever how vocabulary learning methods can be turned into your own learning styles, and how remembering grammar is different from remembering vocabulary.
Buy from: Amazon. com or Amazon. co. uk
Fluent in 3 Months
By Benny Lewis
Benny Lewis, who has been travelling around the world and learning languages since 2003,runs the language-learning blog, Fluent In 3 Months, and works hard to find better, faster, and more efficient ways to learn languages. This book is a collection of tips on how to learn any language quickly. Many of the tips have appeared on his blog, and many tips and resources are available there for readers of this book.
Buy from: Amazon, com or Amazon. co. uk
How to Learn Any Language
By barry M. Farber
If you're considering learning a language and are not sure where or how to start. this book will help point you in the right direction. It's full of practical tips on how to study and includes a brief introduction to some of the world's main languages.
Buy from:Amazon. con or Amazon. co. uk
Language is Music
By Susanna Zaraysk
The book makes learning foreign languages fun, easy and affordable through watching TV. listening to music, going to cultural events and other enjoyable activities. also it includes suggestions of many online resources you can use to help you learn languages.
Buy from: Amazon. com or Amazon. co. uk
【1】If you have difficulty in remembering words, you best choice is_________
A. Language is Music
B. Fluent in 3 Months
C. How to Lean Any Language
D. The Vocab Cookbook
【2】Who uses his or her blog to help readers learn languages?
A. Barry M. Farber
B. Benny Lewis
C. Kerstin Hammes
D. Susanna Zaravsky
【3】What is the author's purpose in writing the text?
A. To introduce some books for language learners.
B. To provide tips on how to learn Chinese well.
C. To show the importance of language leaning.
D. To show the connections between language and music.
23、No longer in the pink
Corals are comeback creatures. As the world froze and melted and sea levels rose and fell over 30,000 years, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, which is roughly the size of Italy, died and revived five times. But now, thanks to human activity, corals face the most complex condition they have yet had to deal with.
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change, a rise in global temperatures of 1.5oC could cause coral reefs to decline 70-90%. The planet is about 1oC hotter than in the 19th century and its seas are becoming warmer, stormier and more acidic. This is already affecting relations between corals and the single-celled algae (海藻), which give them their color. When waters become unusually warm, algae float away, leaving reefs a ghostly white. This “bleaching” is happening five times as often as it did in the 1970s. Meanwhile the changing chemistry of the oceans makes it harder for corals to form their structures.
If corals go, divers and marine biologists are not the only people who will miss them. Reefs take up only a percent of the sea floor, but support a quarter of the planet’s fish diversity. The fish that reefs shelter are especially valuable to their poorest human neighbors, many of whom depend on them as a source of protein. Roughly an eighth of the world’s population lives within 100km of a reef. Corals also protect 150,000km of shoreline in more than 100 countries and territories from the oceans buffeting, as well as generating billions of dollars in tourism revenue.
Coral systems must adapt if they are to survive. They need protection from local sources of harm. Their eco-systems suffer from waste from farms, building sites and blast fishing. Governments need to impose tighter rules on these industrials, such as tougher local building codes, and to put more effort into enforcing rules against overfishing.
Setting up marine protected areas could also help reefs. Locals who fear for their livelihoods could be given work as rangers with the job of looking after the reserves. Visitors to marine parks can be required to pay a special tax, like what has been done in the Caribbean.
Many reefs that have been damaged could benefit from restoration. Coral’s biodiversity offers hope, because the same coral will grow differently under different conditions. Corals of the western Pacific, for example, can withstand higher temperatures than the same species in the eastern Pacific, which proves a way forward to encourage corals to grow in new spots.
【1】According to the passage, what may happen to corals when waters become warm?
A.Turning white B.Getting pink
C.Being active D.Becoming colorful
【2】According to the passage,corals can _______ the changing in the nature.
A.live with B.escape from
C.die in D.recovery from
【3】According to Paragraph 4, the governments should__________.
A.carry out stricter rules on industries around the coast
B.call on volunteers to look after the marine reserves
C.reduce the number of visitors to the marine parks
D.ban people from fishing in the coral reef areas
【4】What’s the main purpose of the passage?
A.To present the importance of coral reef to the world.
B.To introduce the severe effect on coral reef brought by climate change.
C.To propose governments to take action immediately to save coral reef.
D.To attract more attention to coral reef protection.
24、Procrastination (拖延症) is a common problem we face, which harms not only our performance but also our self-confidence. 【1】. So, here we go.
·Plan in advance
【2】, you will find it difficult to be productive and get more done. You may not remember what you have to do, or even if you do remember, you may procrastinate. Therefore, make a list of everything you have to do the next day, most probably before sleeping at night. This simple step would make your day organized and productive.
·Start from the most important
Most of the time, we complain that we don’t get enough time. But the thing is that you will never have enough time to do everything. So, you have to focus only on those important and meaningful things and let everything go. Now since the work is important and meaningful, most probably, it would be difficult. And you know morning is the best time for doing difficult jobs. 【3】.
·【4】
The next thing is you need to focus your attention on what you do. And it’s only possible if you work in a distraction-free environment. The most common distraction is the phone. 【5】, it would be better. You might think that checking your messages only takes a few seconds, so what is the harm in that. But the problem is not the time; the real problem is the attention. So, prepare yourself for deep work by eliminating all the distractions.
A.Remove the distractions
B.Focus your attention on phones
C.It can help you stop procrastinating
D.Hence it is necessary to overcome this problem
E.So if you keep it silent or in flight mode
F.If you don’t plan your day
G.It’s a powerful strategy for you to take action in the morning
25、 I was driving my newly-acquired motorcycle across the vastness of North Dakota. Suddenly, it broke____on the highway. Later I found it was because something had got stuck into the front tyre.
Anyway, I sat on the __ of the highway for a long time. I tried keeping calm, but it didn’t ___. Finally, a young man____and offered me a ___. However, he already had two motorcycles in the black of his truck, he could____take me along.
He____me to the next town, where I asked to be dropped off, but he waited____while I asked around if anyone could help me to go and pick up my motorcycle. One elderly____was working and said that I could use his pickup!Could you____that? A stranger gave the key to his pickup.
It was quite an____, I must say. So, as I drove back 20 miles to get my____, the young man who first ___to help me followed me. We both put the bike in the back of the truck, and then I followed him another 50 miles or so and____we arrived at his place. We both____the bike there to repair. Then, he followed me back to the small____so I could return the man's truck. I wanted to give the man some cash for using his truck, but he ___.
Two strangers helped____me from spending the night on the side of the road. I don't recall their names, but I value this experience as if it were yesterday. I felt so____. Thank you, strangers. It's you that____my day.
【1】A.up B.in C.down D.out
【2】A.side B.end C.middle D.back
【3】A.matter B.help C.occur D.exist
【4】A.took on B.turned down C.pulled over D.cut in
【5】A.truck B.solution C.way D.ride
【6】A.only B.even C.still D.also
【7】A.guided B.drove C.led D.carried
【8】A.nervously B.eagerly C.anxiously D.patiently
【9】A.passer-by B.driver C.gentleman D.repairman
【10】A.imagine B.guarantee C.prove D.acknowledge
【11】A.expression B.impression C.adventure D.experience
【12】A.bag B.car C.bike D.key
【13】A.determined B.hesitated C.planned D.stopped
【14】A.naturally B.eventually C.directly D.normally
【15】A.unloaded B.fixed C.sold D.returned
【16】A.garage B.town C.village D.shop
【17】A.promised B.accepted C.declined D.confirmed
【18】A.prevent B.rescue C.protect D.block
【19】A.reliable B.considerate C.relieved D.grateful
【20】A.make B.forget C.break D.pass
26、美国某中学举办英语寒假训练营,开设以下课程 cooking, swimming, giving first aid,playing football / basketball。假定你是李华,请你写封申请信,报名参加其中一门课程的学习。
内容包括:
1.你感兴趣的一门课程;
2.为什么想学这门课程;
3.你期望从中学到什么。
注意:1.词数100左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
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Yours,
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