1、Good, better, best. Never let it . Till good is better and better best.
A. sink B. submit
C. ripen D. rest
2、How I wish I could my ideas in simple and wonderful English when chatting on the net.
A. get in B. get out
C. get through D. get across
3、On Wednesday, the World Health Organization announced that the number of people killed by Ebola has now risen to over five thousand, with more than fourteen thousand ______.
A. having infected B. to infect
C. infected D. infecting
4、People tend to love agricultural products without the use of fertilizers, pesticides or chemical additives.
A. growing B. grown
C. being grown D. having been grown
5、Children must learn just a few basic roles—being safe, being ________ to others and being responsible for themselves.
A. considered B. considerable
C. considerate D. considering
6、.Nothing but one desk and six chairs ________ in the room.
A.are B.is stayed C.is D.are left
7、On the bus I saw a student________ I believed was your brother.
A.whom
B.who
C.whoever
D.which
8、---Linda, I called you this morning, but nobody answered the phone.
--- I am sorry.I football with my friends then.
A.play B.played
C.am playing D.was playing
9、The organization is ______ smaller class size, because it believes this can promote better student performance.
A.in memory of B.in place of C.in favor of D.in need of
10、We were shocked to hear the news that ________ two Chinese engineers were shot to death in Pakistan. Worse still, ________ one died in hospital afterwards.
A. /; a third B. the; the third
C. the; a third D. /; the third
11、So far no one has______convincing evidence of why dinosaurs died out,and it remains a mystery.
A. come about B. come into
C. come up with D. come out
12、If it’s a friend or a relative, always use hand-written letters ______ typing because they represent your sincerity.
A.in contradiction to
B.in preference to
C.in response to
D.in regard to
13、The solution to the educational problem come from fair access to quality educational resources.
A. may B. should
C. must D. shall
14、Heavy smog blankets Beijing. ,city authorities start using its new smog warning system.
A.In turn B.In time
C. In response D. In return
15、 People can find so many good things, such as useful information and lovely pictures on the web, __________ it is also a global village filled with bad things.
A. what B. when C. where D. while
16、 While Peking Opera is widely regarded as a symbol of Chinese culture, it has been losing young audiences due to its __________ outdated style and slow rhythm.
A. responsibly B. relatively
C. plainly D. deliberately
17、 It is not doing the things we like, but liking the things we have to do ______ makes life happy.
A. which B. that C. what D. who
18、The teacher ____ the instructions so that the children could understand them.
A.classified B.simplified
C.qualified D.implied
19、The new technology has been ________farming.
A.applied
B.applied to
C.applied for
D.applying
20、A 9.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the northeast coast of Honshu Japan, ________ building in the capital Tokyo and as far as Osaka.
A. shook B. shaking
C. having shaken D. shaken
21、 Some people want to live a successful life.There are many things for you to do in order to achieve this.【1】 Here are some suggestions on how to successfully reach your goals, both large and small.
【2】 No matter what stage of life you are in, you should know what you want for your life.Ask yourself questions such as:Do I want to work in this career for the rest of my life? Do I need more education? Do I want to buy a house? How can I have a successful marriage? How can I be a better parent to my kids?
Write down your plan. 【3】 You can write down all that you want for your life.But unless you know how to achieve those goals, it will just be a dream.Decide what steps you need to take in order to develop your plans.
Set large and small goals.It is much easier to reach a large goal if it is divided into smaller ones.Here is an example.
【4】 So what do you do in the meantime? Goal 1 would be to start saving money.Goal 2 might be finding a house plan,etc. Big goals take a lot of time and preparations.So you should also set small goals for you to achieve when setting large ones.
【5】 Find things to do in your spare time, which will help you reach your goals.Don’t waste your time.
A.All roads lead to Rome.
B.Make good use of your time.
C.Decide what you want for your life.
D.Make a plan and then write it down.
E.You want to build a house in the next 5 years.
F.And setting and achieving goals is one of them.
G.Most people want to set a large goal and achieve it in a short time.
22、The world is changing so fast that English, perhaps the most worldly of languages, is struggling to keep up.
Learners in the future are likely to be much younger. Young children are often said to be better at language learning than older learners but they also have special challenges. Young children don’t usually have the kind of instrumental motivation and determination for learning English that older learners often have. English lessons must therefore be fun and rewarding.
The reasons why people learn English are also changing. Globalization is bringing together more people than ever who speak different languages and who are turning to English as the means of communication. The English learners of the future may be less worried about sounding exactly like a native speaker and more concerned about how to use English effectively in cross-cultural communication. We may be hearing more non-native speakers in dialogues and a wider range of the “New Englishes” now used around the world.
Technology will allow English to come to you, rather than you having to go to a special place to learn English.
Learning English has always involved both pain and pleasure, private effort and social activity. Traditional learning provided take-it or leave-it mixes of these as well as of content but in future learners will be able to choose a plan which suits their cultural and psychological dispositions(性情), or their particular needs at that moment. They, rather than their teachers, will decide how, what and when they will learn.
Above all, learning English is about communication and an important benefit of learning English is being able to exchange views and make friends with people all over the world. Despite the growing independence of learners, trusted institutions and brand names will remain important.
【1】Compared to older learners, young English learners .
A. are more active in learning
B. are more hard-working in learning
C. have more difficulties in learning
D. have less lasting determination in learning
【2】What can we learn about the future English language?
A. British English will be more popular.
B. American English will be more popular.
C. Most people will speak standard English.
D. Many different kinds of Englishes will appear.
【3】 What can we learn from the passage?
A. Future English lessons will be more interesting.
B. Old people won’t have to learn English in the future.
C. People will pay more attention to English pronunciation.
D. Teachers will play a more important role in one’s English learning.
【4】 What can be inferred from the passage?
A. Learning English means no pain in the future.
B. English training schools will not be popular with young people in the future.
C. English learners will become less independent in the future.
D. More attention will be paid to personal needs in English learning in the future.
23、People trained to detect lies often rely on multiple signs, such as eye contact, length of responses and the details in what people say, but studies have shown that assessing a wide range of behavioral information can make it harder to decide if someone is lying. Bruno Verschuere at the University of Amsterdam and his colleagues wondered whether solely focusing on the detail of statements could provide more consistent results.
To test this idea, researchers asked 44 students to go for a walk or steal from a mock (模仿的) crime. Students were instructed to lie if they committed the fake theft. Next, the researchers recruited 171 people to watch six truthful and six deceptive (欺骗的) interviews from these recordings, ranking interviewees’ eye contact and detail level.
The results revealed that both truth-tellers and liars averted (转移) their gaze a similar amount, but truthful statements were substantially more detailed than deceptive ones, suggesting the latter is a more useful way to tell that someone is lying.
The researchers then asked 405 people to judge the true nature of six truthful and six deceptive statements randomly chosen from the interviews. Around half of the participants used multiple cues to identify liars. The remaining participants solely ranked the level of detail in answers on a scale of 1 to 10, with 6 or above counting as truthful. Those using multiple cues distinguished lies from the truth 59% of the time, while those relying solely on detail achieved 66%.
“Our take is that using just one cue can provide a simpler way to judge lies from the truth,” says Verschuere. Nevertheless, in the real world, you would probably need to confirm the accuracy of statements through extra further investigations or follow-up questions, he says.
【1】Bruno Verschuere and his colleagues conducted the research to confirm that ___.
A.behavioral information played a vital role in finding out the truth.
B.people should be trained to detect lies by referring to multiple cues.
C.truth tellers and liars shared something in common when performing the task.
D.it’s relatively easier to identify liars by relying only on the detail of statements.
【2】What can we learn from paragraph 3 and 4?
A.Liars turned away their eyes more often than truth-tellers.
B.Truthful statements included considerably more details than deceptive ones.
C.It’s difficult for participants to detect liars by using multiple cues like eye contact.
D.Participants who relied on one cue can distinguish lies from the truth faultlessly.
【3】What did Verschuere think of the real-life application of his research?
A.It had some limitations.
B.It made no sense.
C.It could be perfectly applied.
D.It had no potential market.
【4】What’s the purpose of the passage?
A.To introduce readers to the classification of lies.
B.To encourage readers to apply the results in real life.
C.To warn readers of psychological harm of telling a lie.
D.To inform readers of scientific findings on detecting liars.
24、For everyone who hates setting their alarm an hour earlier to hit the gym, scientists may have some good news.
Afternoon workouts lead to better outcomes for some people, according to a study published this year. The study, which looked at men who are at risk for or have Type2 diabetes (糖尿病) found that participants who exercised in the afternoon experienced more metabolic (新陈代谢的) benefits as well as more positive effects on their exercise performance and fat mass compared to participants who exercised in the morning.
“Our body has a biological clock and this regulates many processes in the body and these processes have a rhythm,” said Patrick Schrauwen, a professor of metabolic aspects of Type 2 diabetes at Maastricht University in the Netherlands.
“Some of these are well known, like your body temperature and your blood pressure.” Schrauwen said. “Our biological clocks also influence our metabolism and whether our bodies burn fat or carbohydrates at certain times,” he added. And for study participants who were fat or at risk for Type 2 diabetes, those fat-burning processes were more efficient in the afternoon hours. Higher body temperatures in the afternoon may also help improve corporal performance, almost like a built-in daily warm-up.
“When you start to realize how strong this biological clock can be and then if you do the things like food intake on the wrong time of the day, or being active on the wrong time of the day or being inactive at times when you should be active, this can have a major influence.” Schrauwen added. “The good news is that you can also use it for your benefit.”
It can be especially helpful for competitive athletes or people training for a race to exercise in the afternoon of a day. For example, Schrauwen said he worked with a football team that was able to improve their performance by moving practice to the afternoon.
【1】What is the good news mentioned in the text?
A.People do not need to set their alarm earlier any more.
B.Exercise in the afternoon is good for all human beings.
C.The men with Type 2 diabetes can be treated by exercising in the afternoon.
D.Some people get more benefits when they exercise in the afternoon.
【2】What is the scientific basis of Patrick Schrauwen’s study?
A.Our bodies have a regular system.
B.Our bodies can adjust to a new habit.
C.The patients with diabetes burn fat faster.
D.People can do warm-up inside their bodies.
【3】What does the underlined word “corporal” mean in paragraph 4?
A.Memorial.
B.Physical.
C.Natural.
D.Mental.
【4】How did Schrauwen prove his research?
A.By working with other scientists.
B.By comparing the results from different people.
C.By trying it with specific groups.
D.By helping participants at risk for diabetes.
25、According to German novelist Heinrich Mann (1871-1950), a house without books is like a room without windows. Mann _______ pointed out the value of books, but some researchers have found evidence that people with books in their homes really do gain a window on the world.
A new study in the journal Social Science Research, publishing in October, suggests that people who grow up with more books are more likely to have educational _______, and to achieve more in life, than people who grow up without them. In the study, over 160,000 adults from 31 countries and regions were asked about the number of books there were in their homes when they were 16 years old. Then they were _______ in literacy, numeracy (计算能力) and information communication technology.
The research shows that the number of books for each household _______ greatly from country to country. _______, the number of books is 27 in Turkey, 143 in the UK and 218 in Estonia. But “the total _______ of home library size on literacy are large everywhere” , according to researcher Joann Sikorn of Australian National University in a paper based on the study.
The researcher found that people who had lower levels of secondary education but had a large number of books at home got a(n) _______ score as university graduates who grew up with only a few books.
The Guardian newspaper commented that “bookish adolescence makes for a good deal of educational advantage.”
“Reading books in a young age can _______ shortcomings not only in adult literacy but also numeracy; its impacts are _______ to additional years of education.” Sikora told Science Alert.
Apart from the educational benefits, growing up with more books also plays an important role in adult success.
“Early ________ to books in the parental home matters because books are an essential part of routines and practices that ________ lifelong cognitive (认知的)abilities”, Sikora told Science Alert. These abilities are ________ to future development.
Without doubt, the fact that we are moving toward a digital era could ________ the importance of printed books. For now, ________, “they still seem to ________ quite a large positive benefit, which shows no sign of decreasing”, researchers wrote in the paper.
【1】
A.simply
B.definitely
C.generally
D.randomly
【2】
A.backgrounds
B.advantages
C.requirements
D.development
【3】
A.estimated
B.examined
C.tested
D.investigated
【4】
A.changes
B.alters
C.shifts
D.varies
【5】
A.By comparison
B.As a result
C.For instance
D.In total
【6】
A.effects
B.expenses
C.inputs
D.contributions
【7】
A.higher
B.lower
C.average
D.similar
【8】
A.make up for
B.break up with
C.live up to
D.catch up with
【9】
A.senior
B.essential
C.equal
D.familiar
【10】
A.addition
B.engagement
C.devotion
D.exposure
【11】
A.prove
B.demonstrate
C.enhance
D.acquire
【12】
A.relevant
B.crucial
C.opposite
D.compulsory
【13】
A.weaken
B.highlight
C.overestimate
D.reflect
【14】
A.therefore
B.however
C.otherwise
D.likewise
【15】
A.enjoy
B.obtain
C.maintain
D.reduce
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。
We had just relocated to Germany and moved into a big and old country house with a mysterious abandoned wine cellars (地窖), which my husband warned me many times not to explore without him. After settling down, we began slowly releasing our large family of rescue cats and dogs into the woods behind our house so that they could get used to the area and venture out on their own. So, it wasn’t long before we gained a reputation for having lots of rescue animals with us in the neighborhood.
One day, the doorbell rang and I was sure some of my Christmas packages had arrived. I ran to the door and swung it open, but no one was there. I sensed something and looked down, only to find a beautiful calico (有斑点的) kitten sitting there, looking up at me with big, intelligent eyes. There was no way that she could have rung the doorbell by herself, was there? Were my new neighbors playing tricks on me? Perhaps, someone had found the kitten somewhere and left her there, and then rang the doorbell and ran away. They accurately guessed we would welcome an additional family member and take care of her.
My husband called her our little angel, so we named her Angelica accordingly. It seemed as if she was always meant to be in this big family and she turned out to be a perfect companion. Always by my side, she was more like a puppy than a kitten. Wise beyond her years, she enjoyed exploring through the mysterious house as much as I did, but with much less fear. Angelica was courageous.
So, I decided to be brave, too. I had promised my husband that I wouldn’t explore dangerous areas unless he or someone else was around, but he was away on a business trip for a week and I figured that Angelica would count as my companion. I was ready to explore the cellar, and so was she.
The only way in was through a hatch (盖子) that was partially hidden by the grass that covered it, then down a shaky ladder to its dark depths, probably twelve feet deep. I equipped myself with a good flashlight and warm clothes. Angelica sat on the edge and watched me carefully start down the ladder. Suddenly, there was a crash at the foot.
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I woke up with a splitting headache and pieces of the broken ladder lying around me on the stone cellar floor.
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Angelica could sense my dilemma.
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