1、—I’ve been working for ten hours.
—________ you look tired. You’d better have a rest.
A. No problem B. No wonder C. No hurry D. No matter
2、After the clock _____ twelve, the students walked out of the lecture room.
A.beat B.hit C.struck D.rang
3、This time next year, we _________ on a beach somewhere in Brazil.
A. will lie B. will have lay C. will be lying D. will be laying
4、Time_________, I’ll drop in on you while visiting your hometown.
A.permit
B.permitted
C.being permitted
D.permitting
5、The other day, my brother drove his car down the street at _____ was a dangerous speed.
A.as B.what C.which D.that
6、The plane crashed, killing all 200 people________.
A.aboard B.abroad C.board D.broad
7、He has a heart trouble and the doctor finds it difficult ______.
A. treating B. in treating C. to treat D. for treating
8、India has a national festival on October 2 to honour Mohandas Gandhi, the leader who helped _______ India’s independence from Britain.
A. get B. win
C. gain D. make
9、At this time tomorrow we__________ over the Atlantic Ocean.
A.will fly B.will be flying C.will be fly D.shall fly
10、―What do you think of learning English?
―_____is a challenging task to learn a foreign language,I think.
A.This B.That C.It D.What
11、She heard the terrible noise, brought her heart into her mouth.
A.it B.which
C.this D.that
12、I really like ____________, an outdoor game between two teams of nine players, in which players try to get points by hitting a ball and running around four bases.
A.badminton B.basketball C.baseball D.football
13、--Sorry, it's already 6 o’clock. I have to be off for an appointment.
--OK. ________.
A.It couldn’t be better
B.You really have me there
C.Let’s call it a day
D.Take your time
14、You should put a small ______ of salt in a cake.
A. quality B. sum
C. amount D. number
15、_________, let’s begin our meeting.
A.Because everybody here
B.Now that everyone is here
C.Although everyone is present
D.For no one is absent
16、Even in some developed countries, the infected people are _____ to be denied health care than other people.
A.three times as likely B.as likely three times
C.three times more likely D.more likely three times
17、All approaches you thought the problem are very reasonable.
A.of solving B.to solve C.of to solving D.to solving
18、— I’m delighted that we have accomplished this tough task successfully.
—_____. There is still a lot of work to be done here.
A.You can say that again B.It’s hard to say C.I’d rather you didn’t D.Far from it
19、The child is so full of ______ that he can’t keep quiet.
A. strength B. energy C. power D. force
20、Why not try your luck downtown, Bob? That’s __________the best jobs are.
A.where B.what C.when D.why
21、I go to the sports club and _____ once a week.
A.work out B.point out C.turn out D.come out
22、Arconic is working on a project, ______ EcoClean, a special coating (涂料) allowing the building to self-clean and purify the surrounding air.
A.is called B.which called C.called D.that is called
23、______ these new treatments , people with high blood pressure can live a long and active life .
A. According to B. Thanks to
C. As for D. Instead of
24、— Why are you so angry with her?
— She gave in to ________ and opened my hand bag without my permission.
A.comfort B.patience C.curiosity D.passage
25、While this urban planning sounds interesting, it is too difficult to be of ____________use.
A. practical B. official C. final D. commercial
26、 Last winter, when I was heavily pregnant, I was visiting my sister and sister-in-law's house and had to park in a nearby parking lot because they didn't have accessible parking. The snow was extremely heavy and there was lots of ice on the ground — not many people had ventured out that evening! When I returned to my car around 11 pm, I noticed that I was the only car left. Nervously, I jumped into the car and let it warm up a bit. When I finally tried to drive away, my wheels began to spin. I was stuck! I spun and spun and wondered what to do.
All of the sudden, in my rear view mirror, I saw four teenaged boys approaching my car. They were walking side-by-side in a line and dressed a bit like gang members — at least I thought that’s what they looked like. My car was in a very isolated area and I began to panic. I was certain they were coming to my car to harm me. Terrified, I just froze. One of the young men tapped on my window and said 'Excuse me, Ma’am, can we help you? You seem stuck.' Still afraid and fearing the worst, I said 'I am stuck.' And the young man said 'It's okay, stay in your car and we'll push you out of the snow.' And they did!
When they finally got me out of the snow, they smiled and waved. I rolled down my window and thanked them, embarrassed to have judged them so poorly.
【1】Which of the following words can best describe the four young men?
A.Impolite. B.Warm-hearted.
C.Unfriendly. D.Ill-mannered.
【2】Why did the author just freeze when the four kids walking toward her car? Because she _________.
A.was cold indeed in that freezing evening
B.sat in her car for too long a time
C.was afraid of being harmed
D.knew they would rob her of the car
【3】Which of the following is true according to the text?
A.One of the four teenagers was a gang member.
B.The kids wanted to help the author out of trouble.
C.The author would have a baby in her car.
D.The young men enjoyed pushing cars out of the snow.
27、 Imagine this: you are twenty-one years old and a promising graduate student at one of the top universities in the world. One day, your doctor tells you that you have an incurable disease and may not have more than twelve months to live. How would you feel? What would you do? Here is what Stephen Hawking thought:
(There did not seem) much point in working on my PhD-I did not expect to survive that long. Yet two years had gone by and I was not that much worse. In fact, things were going rather well for me and I had got engaged to a very nice girl, Jane Wilde. But in order to get married, I needed a job,and in order to get a job, I needed a PhD.
Instead of giving up, Hawking went on with his research, got his PhD and married Jane. Nor did he let the disease stop him from living the kind of life he had always dreamt of. He continued his exploration of the universe and travelled around the world to give lectures. As his disease has disabled him, Hawking has to sit in his now-famous wheelchair and speak through a computer. He talked about his theories and thoughts on some of the greatest questions: What is time, how did the universe begin,and what exactly are black holes?
Hawking became famous in the early 1970s, when he and American Roger Penrose made new discoveries about the Big Bang and black holes. Since then, Hawking has continued to seek answers to questions about the nature of the universe. In 1988, he wrote A Brief History of Time, which quickly became a best-seller. Readers were pleased and surprised to find that a scientist could write about his work in a way that ordinary people could understand. The book sold more than 5.5 million copies in 33 different languages.
【1】According to the quote in paragraph 2, when was Stephen Hawking told about his disease?
A.Twelve months earlier. B.When he was getting married.
C.Two years earlier. D.When he met Jane Wilde.
【2】Why did Stephen Hawking think: “There did not seem much point in working on my PhD?”
A.Because there was no point in being a PhD. B.Because he thought he would die soon.
C.Because there was no hope of being PhD. D.Because he had no place to work.
【3】What made Hawking known to the world in 1970s?
A.His book A Brief History of Time. B.His discovery about the Big Bang and black hole.
C.His fighting against the disease. D.His lectures to university students.
【4】What can we learn from Steven Hawking?
A.Where there is a will,there is a way. B.Every road leads to Rome.
C.Practice makes perfect. D.Better late than never.
28、Jimmy is an automotive mechanic, but he lost his job a few months ago. He has good heart, but always feared applying for a new job.
One day, he gathered up all his strength and decided to attend a job interview. His appointment was at 10 am and it was already 8:30. While waiting for a bus to the office where he was supposed to be interviewed, he saw an elderly man wildly kicking the tyre of his car. Obviously there was something wrong with the car. Jimmy immediately went up to lend him a hand. When Jimmy finished working on the car, the old man asked him how much he should pay for the service. Jimmy said there was no need to pay him; he just helped someone in need, and he had to rush for an interview. Then the old man said, “Well, I could take you to the office for your interview. It’s the least I could do. Please. I insist.” Jimmy agreed.
Upon arrival, Jimmy found a long line of applications waiting to be interviewed. Jimmy still had some grease (油腻物) on him after the car repair, but he did not have much time to wash it off or have a change of shirt. One by one, the applicants left the interviewer’s office with disappointed look on their faces. Finally his name was called. The interviewer was sitting on a large chair facing the office window. Rocking the chair back and forth, he asked, “Do you really need to be interviewed?” Jimmy’s heart sank. “With the way I look now, how could I possibly pass this interview?” he thought to himself.
Then the interviewer turned the chair and to Jimmy’s surprise, it was the old man he helped earlier in the morning. It turned out he was the General Manager of the company.
“Sorry I had to keep you waiting, but I was pretty sure I made the right decision to have you as part of our workforce before you even stepped into the office. I just know you’d be a trustworthy worker. Congratulations!” Jimmy sat down and they shared a cup of well-deserved coffee as he landed himself a new job.
【1】Why did Jimmy apply for a new job?
A. He was out of work B. He was bored with his job
C. He wanted a higher position D. He hoped to find a better boss
【2】What did Jimmy see on the way to the interview?
A. A friend’s car had a flat tyre B. a wild man was pushing a car
C. a terrible accident happened D. an old man’s car broke down
【3】Why did the old man offer Jimmy a ride?
A. He was also to be interviewed B. He needed a traveling companion
C. He always helped people in need D. He was thankful to Jimmy
【4】How did Jimmy feel on hearing the interviewer’s question?
A. He was sorry for the other applicants
B. There was no hope for him to get the job
C. He regretted helping the old man
D. The interviewer was very rude
29、 “Best before”, “Sell by”, “For best results, use by” You probably have many of these labels(标签)on items in your fridge right now.
“A lot of behavior on what you throw away and how you consume food is determined by what's on the label. So what we're looking at is trying to change behavior, trying to make it the same in terms of how foods are labeled so that we can avoid people throwing away products that are perfectly good to eat.” said Pete, senior director at World Wildlife Fund.
The Natural Resources Defense Council estimates that 40% of all food in the United States goes uneaten. That translates to some $218 billion in wasted money every year. Beyond the hit to the wallet, food waste in landfills creates CH4, a stronger greenhouse gas than CO2. And these figures don't include the increasing waste producing and transporting food that we don't eat, water and fertilizer(化肥),maintenance of animal habitats and fuel.
Another part of the solution could come from Food Date Labeling Act, which would widen federal standards on expiration dates(过期日期)to reduce customer confusion. At present, this is done by states and local governments, so there exists a big confusion and misunderstanding in terms of the language.
The House bill recommends a label of “Best if used by” for when a product's quality or freshness may start to worsen and then “Use by” for when it's definitely time to throw it. Pete recommends a little bravery. “As director of the program, I find that I'm eating a lot of food that most people probably wouldn't. We need more food-waste warriors (战士). We need people that are willing to cut the mold off cheese or fuzz (茸毛) out of the sour cream because it's not gonna worsen anything. And you're gonna save food and help save the environment in the process.”
【1】What may the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A.The food in the bag.
B.The language on the label.
C.Consumers' behavior.
D.Food waste.
【2】How does the author prove the seriousness of food waste in Paragraph 3?
A.By making comparisons.
B.By providing numbers.
C.By giving examples.
D.By quoting famous sayings.
【3】Confusion caused by labels can be lessened by ________.
A.standardizing the language
B.saving food
C.forbidding using labels
D.improving education
【4】What advice did Pete give to us in the last paragraph?
A.We should not throw away any food.
B.We can still eat food that is not fully bad.
C.We can cut up cheese before eating-
D.We should be on diets to save the environment.
30、Last Friday, after doing all the family shopping in the town. I wanted to have a rest before catching the train. I ______ a newspaper and some chocolate and ______ into the station coffee shop. It was a cheap self-service place with long tables to ______ at. I put my heavy bag down on the floor, ______ the newspaper and the chocolate on the table and then went to get a cup of coffee.
When I came back with the coffee, there was someone ______ in the next seat. ______ was a boy, with dark glasses and old clothes, and ______ bright red at the front. He had started to eat my chocolate!
Naturally, I was rather uneasy about him, but I didn’t want to have any ______. I just read the newspaper, tasted my coffee and took a bit of chocolate. The boy looked at me in ______.Then he took a ______ piece of my chocolate. I could hardly believe it. Still I didn’t say anything to him. When he took a third piece, I felt more angry than uneasy. I thought, “Well, I shall have the last piece.” And I got it.
The boy gave me a strange look, then ______ up. As he left, he shouted out, “There’s something ______ with that woman!” Everyone looked at me, ______ I didn’t want to quarrel with the boy, so I kept quiet. I did not realize that I had ______ a mistake until I finished my coffee and was ready to ______. My face turned red when I saw my unopened chocolate under the newspaper. The chocolate that I had been eating was the boy’s!
【1】
A.stole
B.bought
C.sold
D.wrote
【2】
A.went
B.sat
C.seated
D.looked
【3】
A.sit
B.seat
C.lie
D.laugh
【4】
A.pushed
B.took
C.put
D.pulled
【5】
A.jumping
B.playing
C.sitting
D.sleeping
【6】
A.He
B.It
C.Who
D.What
【7】
A.cut
B.washed
C.covered
D.colored
【8】
A.coffee
B.trouble
C.chocolate
D.matter
【9】
A.carelessness
B.anger
C.surprise
D.happiness
【10】
A.first
B.second
C.very
D.last
【11】
A.stood
B.took
C.cried
D.looked
【12】
A.strange
B.wrong
C.OK
D.funny
【13】
A.and
B.but
C.so
D.while
【14】
A.spelt
B.corrected
C.made
D.found
【15】
A.finish
B.leave
C.jump
D.shop
31、课文内容填空
Middle English is the name 【1】(give) to the English used from around the 12th to the 15th centuries. Many things played a part in the 【2】(develop) of this new type of English. The most important 【3】(贡献) was from the Normans, a 【4】 (French speak) people who【5】 (打败) England and took control of the country in 1066. 【6】, the Norman Conquest did not affect English as much as the Angles and the Saxons’ victory about 600 years earlier, which led to Old English 【7】 (replace) Celtic. Even though the Normans spoke French for the e【8】 250 years they ruled England, French did not replace English 【9】 the first language. On the other hand, the English language did borrow many words from French. This resulted in even more words with similar meanings, such as answer (from Old English) and reply (from Old French). It is interesting to learn 【10】 the words for animals and meat developed.
32、阅读下面短文,根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
Why do we have deserts today? Deserts have not always been here. Most deserts that we have today were once green lands full of plant life. One of today’s biggest deserts is in North Africa. However, in the 1st century BC farms in North Africa grew corn and wheat to make bread for the whole city of Rome. How did this area become desert?
Both weather and people can help form a desert. Hot weather or very little rain makes the land so dry that nothing can grow. While in some regions, the increase in desert areas is occurring largely as a result of a trend toward drier climatic conditions.
Continued gradual global warming has produced an increase in aridity (干旱) for some areas over the past few thousand years. The process may be sped up in the following decades if global warming resulting from air pollution seriously increases.
The primary reason for desert formation is human activities, though. If people cut down or burn trees and plants to make land clear for farming, the wind can blow the soil away and turn the dry land into sand. Another big problem is farming on land that is not very good. This poor land can very quickly turn into desert, if it is farmed too much. One of the biggest causes, however, is when people take their animals to the same fields to feed over and over, and the fields finally lose all their nutrition. Because of these problems, deserts are slowly taking over green land in many parts of the world, including China.
However, we can fight the growing deserts! In some parts of China people are working to prevent desert from expanding. In Xinjiang, for example, some farmers are trying new scientific farming methods. These methods make it possible to use less land for crops, so farmers then can plant trees on the rest of their land!
One Xinjiang farmer used only HALF of his fields to grow the SAME amount of crops as last year. On the other half of his land, he planted fruit trees. The work of people like this is helping to fight the world’s growing deserts.
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