1、A special team was sent to Shandong Province to look into the cause of the train accident, and the investigation suggested that high speed______.
A. was to be blamed B. was to blame
C. should be to blamed D. should be to blame
2、Mr. Li raised his voice to make himself ________ in the noisy meeting room.
A.to hear
B.heard
C.hear
D.hearing
3、The athlete hurt his foot in the race. ,he missed the champion.
A.Consequently B.Unfortunately
C.Potentially D.Absolutely
4、The young man has been ____ from driving since that serious traffic accident.
A.persuaded
B.urged
C.banned
D.educated
5、________ the computer competition quite well, he won the first prize.
A. Preparing B. Having prepared
C. To prepare D. Prepared
6、How he wishes he had a family _____ both his parents would treat him like a friend.
A. which B. that C. where D. who
7、We wanted to purchase the house, but couldn’t ________ the money.
A. come down with B. come up with
C. bring out D. bring in
8、He stepped back, gazed at the statue, and then carefully put the finishing __________to his painting.
A.motions B.touches C.drives D.decorations
9、They were so popular that their fans formed clubs in order to__________ more familiar with them.
A.much
B.be
C.have
D.became
10、Waking up in the morning, Tom was surprised to find himself________ with a large carpet.
A.covering
B.covered
C.cover
D.to cover
11、__________ it is true that a student`s most important goal is to do well in his or her studies,it doesn`t need to be the only goal.
A.When
B.As
C.While
D.Before
12、I ___________in the No.8 Middle School for three years, and I have been in this school for one and a half years.
A. have studied B. had studied
C. studied D. was studying
13、Compared with those girls who have no to education, you are happy and lucky.
A.way B.access C.means D.approach
14、The newly-shown movie is well worth ________. Hence, your first main job today is ________ to the cinema! I assume that this experience you’ve been looking forward to ________ rewarding.
A.being seen; going; being
B.seeing; to go; is
C.seeing; to go; being
D.being seen; to go; is
15、What impressed me most was not ________ he said but the way ________ he said it.
A.what; which
B.when; in which
C.that; that
D.what; that
16、A medical rescue plane for Japan from the Philippines crashed while taking off, _______ eight people, including the captain.
A.having killed
B.killing
C.killed
D.being killed
17、—What ______great fun it is to play with computer games!
—Don’t you think it’s _______waste of time?
A. a; a B. /;a
C. /; the D. the; the
18、As an experienced cook, her main cooking ________ is to use only fresh ingredients.
A.innovation
B.philosophy
C.trend
D.sample
19、How many nationalities ______ our country ______?
A.is; consisted of
B.does; make up
C.is; made from
D.does; consist of
20、In fact, customers’ relatively optimistic comments ____the awful pain of the auto company.
A. shelter B. mask C. expand D. guarantee
21、You’re going to miss the bus _____ you hurry.
A. if B. as
C. though D. unless
22、In the past few days the professor along with his assistants _____on the project day and night to meet the deadline.
A.has been working
B.were working
C.have been working
D.was working
23、________ being fun, watching English videos is a good form of listening exercise.
A. Besides that B. In addition
C. Apart from D. Except for
24、Some citizens will attend a meeting to be held by our city government, the opinions can be voiced freely there.
A. of which B. of whom
C. in which D. in whom
25、Only by bringing in new management, I guess, _______ our hotel from bad to worse.
A. we can prevent B. we have prevented
C. can we prevent D. have we prevented
26、My First Marathon
A month before my first marathon, one of my ankles was injured and this meant not running for two weeks leaving me only two weeks to train. Yet, I was determined to go ahead.
I remember back to my 7th year in school. In my firs P.E. class, the teacher required us to run laps and then hit a softball. I didn't do either well. He later informed me that I was “not athletic”.
The idea that I was “not athletic” stuck with me for years. When I started running in my 30s, I realized running was a battle against myself, not about competition or whether or not I was athletic. I was all about the batter against my own body and mind. A test of will!
The night before my marathon, I dreamt that I couldn't even find the finish line. I woke up sweating and nervous, but ready to prove something to myself.
Shortly after crossing the start line, my shoe laces(鞋带) became untied. So I sopped to readjust. Not the start I wanted!
AI mile 3.1 passed sign: “GO FOR IT, RUNNERS!”
By mile 17, I became out of breath and the once injured ankle hurt badly. Despite the pain, I stayed the course walking a bit and then running again.
By mile 21, 1 was starving!
As I approached mile 23, I could see my wife waving a sign. She is my biggest fan. She never minded the alarm clock sounding at 4 a.m. or questioned my expenses on running.
I was one of the final runners to finish. But I finished! And I got a medal. In fact, I got the same medal as the one that the guy who came in first place had.
Determined to be myself, move forward, free of shame and worldly labels(世俗标签), 1 can now call myself a “marathon winner”.
【1】A month before the marathon, the author__________.
A.was well trained B.felt scared
C.made up his mind to run D.lost hope
【2】Why did the author mention the P.E. class in his 7th year?
A.To admit the support of his teacher. B.To amuse the readers with a funny story.
C.To show he was not talented in sports. D.To share a precious memory.
【3】According to the passage, why are the different mile numbers are listed?
A.To show the author's injured ankle. B.To show the length the Marahon
C.To show the wife's support to the author. D.To show the author’s great perseverance
【4】How was the author's first marathon?
A.He made it. B.He quit halfway.
C.He got the first prize. D.He walked to the end.
【5】What does the story mainly tell us?
A.A man owes his success to his family support. B.A winner is one with a great effort of will.
C.Failure is the mother of success. D.One is never too old to learn.
27、A few weeks ago, my 9-year-old daughter was sick. My husband was out of town. And I needed to head to the drugstore—a five-minute walk away—to get some medicine for her. So I made sure my daughter knew where to find our rarely used landline phone, quizzed her on my cellphone number and told her not to open the front door for anyone; then I left. Twenty minutes later I was back home. Both of us were a bit tense as this experience had never happened before, but we were fine.
I had been postponing this moment of independence for my daughter for months, held back by worry about the potential disasters. But I know that this way of thinking is part of a larger social problem that many people have complained of. Fewer children are walking to school on their own, riding their bicycles around neighborhoods or going on errands (差事) for their parents.
There have been several cases of parents actually being accused of allowing their children to walk or play unsupervised (无人监督的). We’re now seeing a backlash to all this pressure for parental supervision: Earlier this year, the state of Utah passed a new “free-range” parenting law that redefined neglect to specifically not include things like letting a child play in a park or walk to a nearby store alone.
Overprotected parenting can do real harm. According to a study published this year in the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, the number of children aged 6 to 17 whose . parents said they were currently diagnosed with anxiety grew from 3.5% in 2007 to 4.1% in 2012. And in a 2017 survey of more than 31,000 college students by the American College Health Association, 21.6% reported that they had been diagnosed with or treated for anxiety problems during the previous year. That is up from 10.4% in a 2008 survey.
NYU Langone’s Dr. Berry says children as young as 2 or 3 can start helping with chores, such as carrying a plate to the table and putting clothes in the basket. Most 8-year-olds should be able to make scrambled eggs “with some gentle eyes on them,” while most 10-year-olds can handle a chef’s knife, she says. Parents first need to teach safe techniques, repeatedly, then assist with and monitor the activity before gradually “fading out”.
【1】Why did the author and her daughter feel nervous?
A.Because the drug store was a five-minute walk away from their house.
B.Because her daughter was too young to remember the phone number.
C.Because the author left her daughter home alone for the first time.
D.Because anyone could open the front door of their house.
【2】What does “a larger social problem” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A.Today’s children have less independence.
B.Today s parents put too much pressure on children.
C.Fewer children participate in outdoor activities.
D.Fewer children help their parents do housework.
【3】What does the underlined word “backlash” probably mean?
A.Explanation.
B.Support.
C.Opposition.
D.Understanding.
【4】What’s Dr. Berry’s suggestion to parents?
A.When children cook, parents should be around them.
B.Children can be good helpers of their parents in housework.
C.For safety’s sake, it’s best not to let children help in the kitchen.
D.It’s never too early to start encouraging children’s independence.
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【1】All of the following hotels are close to the sea EXCEPT _______.
A. Willapark Manor Hotel B. The Blakeney Hotel
C. S W France D. The Country Garden Hotel
【2】If you want to take your children and your dog with you on holiday, you can choose .
A. The Country Garden Hotel B. The Bay Hotel
C. Boscastle D. Willapark Manor Hotel
【3】The purpose of the passage is to _______.
A. advertise B. advise
C. describe D. warn
29、My 18-month-old son, Adam, called from the front door.“Look, Mama! Doggie!” I dropped what I was doing and stuck my head out the door.Brandy, our next-door neighbor’s 11-year-old dog, was over again.“Go away!” I shouted.
Brandy’s owner had died about a month earlier.The woman’s family had emptied the house and stuck a “For Sale” sign in the front yard, but the family had left old Brandy behind.For weeks, she’d been wandering around the neighborhood.
It wasn’t that I disliked dogs or anything like that.I just didn’t think about them very much.I never had a dog growing up and had never thought to get one.
Brandy went away and I stayed outside with Adam.Then the phone rang.I went inside to take the call.When I came back, Adam was gone.I searched the yard, front and back, then the basketball court and public pool.No trace of him.I was so nervous that I ran home and called the police, then my husband.
Police searched the neighborhood.Suddenly I heard another sound: a dog barking.“It’s coming from the woods,” one of my neighbors said.We followed the barking to a wooded cliff(悬崖).There we found my son, and he was just inches away from the edges of the cliff, fast asleep.Brandy was beside him, leaning(倚靠)against him to keep him away from the edge.When I picked Adam up, Brandy sank down on her side, breathing quickly.She must have been holding Adam there for hours!
I thanked the police and brought Adam and Brandy back to our house.She hesitated a moment on our doorstep, no doubt remembering the time I’d driven her away.
“Come on, girl,” I said.“This is your home now.” Brandy stepped in, and once she saw she was really welcome, she relaxed and lay down on the floor just inside the door.She’d done a great thing, and I wondered if she knew it .She’d certainly touched me in a way that no animal ever had.What a pity a dog like Brandy had been left behind!
【1】What is the correct order for the events in the story about Brandy?
a.She was left behind by her owner’s family.
b.She stepped into the woman’s house.
c.She appeared at the woman’s front door.
d.She stayed beside the woman’s son for hours.
A. d, a, b, c B. a, c, b, d
C. c, d, b, a D. a, c, d, b
【2】What did the woman do when she first saw Brandy?
A. She gave her some food.
B. She drove her away.
C. She took her home.
D. She said thank you to her.
【3】Why did the woman call the police?
A. Her son was lost
B. Brandy was gone.
C. Brandy appeared in her yard.
D. She got a scary call.
【4】How were they able to know that the woman’s son was near the cliff?
A. By searching the neighborhood.
B. By hearing a dog barking.
C. By following a dog’s footsteps.
D. By hearing her son’s crying.
30、Even to this day, I still remember the very moment when I first waved my ping-pong paddle in primary school. At that time, I was _________ and few classmates would like to talk to me. I felt _________, always wandering on the playground. On a bright Sunday afternoon, I _________ a coach playing ping-pong with some children on the playground. He walked towards me and said in a caring tone, “Hello, boy, may I ask why you are in low spirits?” What he said was actually an _________ to my heart, for it was the first time that I could feel _________. Knowing my circumstance, he asked, “Would you like to learn ping-pong?” I originally thought it was at least a good idea to take up this sport to _________ time during my lonely days. So I joined his team without _________. However, never could I imagine that the practice process was indeed a _________.
I spent all my _________ time learning skills of playing ping-pong and sometimes even got __________. More than once I wanted to give up, but my coach kept encouraging me. Much to my __________, my team members saw my efforts and never looked down upon me. I didn’t let my coach and my team down either, winning the champion in a national competition after six years of practice. Now, in high school, I am still the shortest, but most __________. My classmates regard me as their role model and I don’t feel lonely anymore.
But for my coach’s help, I would not have got rid of loneliness. Walking on the __________ again, with the words of my coach “No __________, no sweet” echoing in my mind, I have decided to __________ his kindness to brighten more lives.
【1】
A.tall
B.short
C.fat
D.thin
【2】
A.happy
B.lonely
C.confident
D.worried
【3】
A.encountered
B.approached
C.beat
D.bothered
【4】
A.inquiry
B.alarm
C.inspiration
D.appeal
【5】
A.generosity
B.passion
C.concern
D.curiosity
【6】
A.waste
B.enjoy
C.kill
D.appreciate
【7】
A.hesitation
B.confusion
C.objective
D.approval
【8】
A.shock
B.blessing
C.trap
D.test
【9】
A.merry
B.leisure
C.proper
D.perfect
【10】
A.paid
B.praised
C.encouraged
D.injured
【11】
A.comfort
B.anger
C.regret
D.delight
【12】
A.reliable
B.outstanding
C.creative
D.energetic
【13】
A.playground
B.street
C.yard
D.square
【14】
A.luck
B.dream
C.sweat
D.courage
【15】
A.pass on
B.break down
C.put forward
D.bring about
31、根据课文内容填空。
Just like spoken language, body language【1】from culture to culture. The crucial thing is using body language in a way that is【2】to the culture you are in. For example, making eye contact—looking into someone’s eyes—in some countries is a way to【3】interest. In other countries, by contrast, eye contact is not always 【4】of. For example, in many Middle Eastern countries, men and women are not socially permitted to make eye contact. In Japan, it may【5】respect to look down when talking to an older person.
32、假设你是晨光中学高中生李华,你校选拔一批优秀学生,利用暑假为希望小学生辅导英语.你希望参加此活动.请根据以下提示,用英语写一封100词左右的申请信:
1)对此活动的认识(如对本人或社会的好处) 2)个人优势 3) 你的计划(如何辅导)
注意:1.可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
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