1、Some great people said it was their primary school teachers and their lessons _______ they were fond of ________ influenced their whole lives.
A.which; that B.that; which
C.which; which D.that; that
2、The State Sports General Administration is ______ charge of all sports matters.
A.on B.in C.at D.with
3、―I’m afraid I may not be able to enter the lecture hall.
―Don’t worry.You______have the ticket for the lecture.
A.shall B.can C.should D.may
4、He has loved me____I were his son.
A.because B.as C.if D.as if
5、My father doesn’t mean to sign any agreement without ________ his lawyer.
A.discussing
B.advising
C.deciding
D.consulting
6、Next, she tied several chopsticks together, _______ a family. She showed the girls it was hard to break the tied chopsticks.
A.representing B.represented
C.representative D.representation
7、Charles Darwin explained the ________ of species on earth in his book that came out in1859.
A.ancestor B.origin C.belief D.custom
8、It's an inspirational story, and the well-researched facts really bring the story and characters_______.
A.alive B.living C.lively D.live
9、 Great changes have taken place in that school. It is no longer ___ it was 20 years ago, ___ it was so poorly equipped.
A.what, when B.that, which C.what, which D.which, that
10、I had an uneasy feeling with the teacher____me doing the paper.
A.to watch B.being watched C.watched D.watching
11、Scientists will produce plastic materials from beans, but right now the new product_____ in the lab.
A.is being developed
B.has been developed
C.is developing
D.has developed
12、The stormy and treacherous weather difficulty and uncertainty in the search for the missing passengers.
A.added to B.added up to C.added up D.added
13、The other day, my brother drove his car down the street at _____ was a dangerous speed.
A.as B.what C.which D.that
14、The plane crashed, killing all 200 people________.
A.aboard B.abroad C.board D.broad
15、Luckily, some children were playing basketball when the powerful earthquake ________ yesterday afternoon.
A.gave out
B.watched out
C.broke out
D.turned out
16、When I am travelling, I always take something in case I am hungry.
A.to eat
B.eaten
C.eating
D.eat
17、Knowledge and learning are important if we want to be successful, but they may also ________our thinking.
A.direct
B.limit
C.change
D.improve
18、What a fine day! Let’s go to the park ________I can fly this beautiful kite.
A. where B. which C. that D. why
19、— Are you going to stay overnight?
— Not ________ it’s absolutely necessary.
A.when B.once C.since D.unless
20、22. While building a tunnel through the mountain, _______.
A.an underground lake was discovered B.there was an underground lake discovered
C.a lake was discovered underground D.the workers discovered an underground lake
21、The concept of sharing is so deep-rooted in Chinese culture that people share their belongings________ even being aware of it.
A.without
B.about
C.at
D.by
22、People in China are becoming more and more _________ about the air pollution.
A.involved B.interested C.concerned D.embarrassed
23、In the interview, something creative should be done by graduates to ______ themselves ______ other interviewers.
A. refer; to B. name; after
C. attach; to D. distinguish; from
24、________ by the advances in technology, many farmers have set up wind farms on their land.
A.Being encouraged
B.Encouraging
C.Encouraged
D.Having encouraged
25、There is an illness that can result in total blindness ______ left untreated.
A.after B.if C.since D.unless
26、Almost all cultures celebrate the end of one year and the beginning of another in some way. Different cultures celebrate the beginning of a new year in different ways, and at different times on the calendar.
In Western countries, people usually celebrate New Year at midnight on December 31st or January 1st. People may go to parties, sometimes dressed in formal clothes, and they may drink champagne(香槟)at midnight. During the first minutes of the new year, people cheer and wish each other happiness for the year ahead. But some cultures prefer to celebrate the new year by waking up early to watch the sunrise. They welcome the new year with the first light of the sunrise.
Many cultures also do special things to get rid of bad luck at the beginning of a new year. For example, in Ecuador, families make a big doll from old clothes. The doll is filled with old newspapers and firecrackers. At midnight, these dolls are burned to show the bad things from the past year are gone and the new year can start afresh(重新).
Other common traditions to keep away bad luck in a new year include throwing things into rivers or the ocean, or saying special things on the first day of the new year.
Other New Year traditions are followed to bring good luck in the new year. One widespread Spanish tradition for good luck is to eat grapes on New Year's Day. The more grapes a person eats, the more good luck the person will have in the new year. In France, people eat pancakes for good luck at New Year. In the United States, some people eat black-eyed peas for good luck—but to get good luck for a whole year you have to eat 365 of them!
【1】Which of the following can be the best title of the text?
A.Several different New Year traditions
B.The meaning of "Happy New Year!"
C.What to eat on New Year's Day
D.Why people dress up nicely on New Year's Day
【2】What do you know from the first two paragraphs?
A.Different cultures celebrate the beginning and ending of a year in the same way.
B.The Western people celebrate the New Year only by watching the sunrise.
C.People around the world celebrate the New Year at different times.
D.People hold parties, wear new clothes and drink champagne for a whole day.
【3】In some cultures, why do people throw things into rivers or oceans?
A.To bring good luck.
B.To forget everything.
C.To avoid bad luck.
D.To plan for the next year.
【4】Which of following is CORRECT if people want to escape bad luck and wish for good luck?
A.Families make big dolls filled with old clothes
B.Friends tell something special to each other
C.Some people get up early to watch the sunrise
D.Europeans eat 365 grapes on New Year's Day
27、I was putting on my boots just now in what the novelists call “a brown study.” There was no urgent reason for putting on my boots. I was not going out, and my slippers were much more comfortable. But something had to be done. I wanted a subject for an article. Now if you are accustomed to writing articles for a living, you will know that sometimes the difficulty is not writing the article, but choosing a subject. It is not poverty you suffer from, but an embarrassment of riches.
But what has this to do with putting on my boots? It is a reasonable question and I will tell you. For an hour I had paced my room in my slippers in search of a subject. I had looked out of the window over the sunlit valley, and watched the smoke of a distant train disappearing towards the west. I had sharpened every pencil I had on me with great care. But the more I sharpened my pencils, the more anxious I grew about the theme for an article.
It was at this moment that I remembered my boots. The act of bending my body changed the current of the blood. You saw things in a new light. So I fetched my boots and sat down to put them on.
The thing worked like a charm. For in my preoccupied condition I picked up my right boot first. Then mechanically I put it down and seized the left boot. And then the fact flashed on me that all my life I had been putting on my left boot first. If you had asked me five minutes before which boot I put on first, I should have said that there was no first about it; yet now I found I was in a habit so fixed that the attempt to put on my right boot first affected me. The thing couldn’t be done. And then came into my mind that fascinating book of Samuel Butler’s on Life and Habit. Yes, certainly, here was a subject that would “go.” I took out a pencil, seized some writing paper, and sat down to write on “The Force of Habit.”
【1】By “It is not poverty you suffer from, but an embarrassment of riches.” in paragraph 1, the author means _____.
A.some subjects are too complicated or embarrassing to write on
B.poverty is no longer a problem nowadays, but embarrassment is
C.poor people don’t encounter as many embarrassments as the rich
D.there’re so many subjects that it’s hard to decide which to choose
【2】Why did the author sharpen his pencils with great care?
A.To help himself promote thinking.
B.To draw what he saw out of the window.
C.To write his article more smoothly.
D.To relieve himself of anxiety about writing.
【3】Putting on the boots helped the author _____.
A.get rid of his fixed habit
B.lower his blood pressure
C.see things from a new angle
D.free his preoccupied mind
【4】The passage is mainly about the author’s _____.
A.personal attitude towards habits
B.daily routines as a professional writer
C.writing process of a special article
D.decision making on the theme for an article
28、Foods of the Future
We asked young scientists to write an advertisement that answers this question: How will food options, food availability, and individuals’ food choices change in the future? A selection of their suggested marketing campaigns is below. Read previous NextGen Voices survey results at http://science.sciencemag.org/collection/nextgen-voices. — Jennifer Sills
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【1】Which of the following needs you to provide the information of your genes?
A.Meat.
B.Fresh Fruit.
C.NextGen Voices.
D.Personalized Meal Plans.
【2】Who should you contact if you want to have fun with your family?
A.Jennifer Sills.
B.Yongsheng Ji.
C.Falko Buschke.
D.Ada Gabriela Blidner.
【3】Which of the following best describes the steaks in Meat?
A.Fresh.
B.Green.
C.Expensive.
D.Personalized.
29、What are your retirement plans? Keep working? Get more exercise? Or learn something new? You may put them on hold. There’s a chance that, sooner or later, you might have to move further than you were thinking, as far as mars.
On Thursday, National Geographic will show the first-ever Mars show home, giving earthlings (地球人) an idea of what their life could look like on the Red Planet. In the not-so-distant year of 2037, the igloo-shaped structure could be the home of your future.
It shows a house built using recycled spacecraft (航天器) parts and Martian soil, called regolith, which has been microwaved into bricks. Some parts of the home are recognizable—a kitchen, a bedroom—but there are fundamental differences that are important to human survival.
As the Martian atmosphere is around one hundredth as thick as the Earth’s, people will need permanent (永久的) shelter from the sun; society will move largely indoors. Most buildings will be connected by underground passages and the houses won’t have windows. The homes will have simulated solar lighting, or natural light that has been bent several times.
Walls will need to be 10 to 12 feet thick to protect people from dangerous rays (光线) that can pass through six feet of steel, and a double air-locked entrance to keep the home under proper pressure.
“We don’t think of our houses as things that keep us alive, but on Mars your house will be a survival centre,” says Stephen Petranek, author of How We’ll Live on Mars. This is not just the stuff of sci-fi. “10 to 20 years from now there will certainly be people, on Mars.” Petranek says.
“We’ve had the technology for 30 years to land people on Mars, but we haven’t had the will,” Petranek says. But two main factors have “completely swung public attitudes”.
The private companies’ participation has forced government agencies to speed up their game, and influential films such as Gravity and The Martian have caught society’s eye.
【1】What can we know about the show home from the text?
A.It has no windows or doors due to security concern.
B.Its design presents the idea of environmental protection.
C.It has thick walls keeping the home under proper pressure.
D.Its underground passages connect all the building together.
【2】What do the underlined words “put them on hold” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?
A.Put them off.
B.Give them away.
C.Carry them through.
D.Take them seriously.
【3】According to Petranek, what has sped up the process of sending people to Mars?
A.The great influence of the Mars show home.
B.The development of related technology.
C.The competition from private companies.
D.The popularity of influential books on Mars.
【4】What is the best title for the text?
A.Living on Mars: Possible or Not
B.Sending People to Mars: Yes or No
C.First-ever show home: How Is It Made
D.Future Home on Mars: What Will It Be Like
30、 I had to visit my sister in another town because her husband was very ill. My whole family couldn’t go because school was in session. My _________ stayed back in their father’s care, except for the youngest children, who was just one year old. I was _________ about taking a train journey _________ with my daughter. I knew I had to go, so I gathered all my courage and _________ the train. After waving goodbye to my husband, I _________.
There were only three other passengers in that carriage. Two of them were quite elderly, _________ one was a young man. My daughter was crying, _________ her dad. I tried to comfort her, giving her water and some biscuits, but her crying wouldn’t stop. By this time I was getting _________ the disturbance being caused to others. One of the elderly was dozing (打瞌睡), _________ the other seemed to get annoyed. Although I tried my best to comfort her, the sobbing (哭泣) continued.
Just then the young man __________ to take my baby into his arms. He stood with her near the window and started talking to her, in a __________ voice. My daughter stopped crying __________, listening to his baby talk. I was both surprised and __________ especially the dissatisfied elder was now happily reading his book. The stranger handed my daughter __________ once she was asleep. I __________ the young man and settled down to rest.
During the long __________ journey this young man continuously helped me. He fed my baby, __________ to her and told her lots of stories. I arrived at my __________ at last. I am __________ for this man who had come to my rescue. After so many years, I still remember this stranger on the train with a __________ heart.
【1】A.students B.children C.customers D.pets
【2】A.nervous B.excited C.positive D.angry
【3】A.forward B.off C.backward D.alone.
【4】A.caught. B.reached C.boarded D.jumped
【5】A.got off B.checked out C.took off D.settled down
【6】A.because B.since C.while D.when
【7】A.calling B.missing C.whispering D.preferring
【8】A.surprised at B.worried about C.disappointed with D.accustomed to
【9】A.but B.so C.therefore D.however
【10】A.refused B.expected C.agreed D.offered
【11】A.painful B.loud C.gentle D.high
【12】A.unwillingly B.happily C.slowly D.smoothly
【13】A.relieved B.concerned C.interested D.delighted
【14】A.again B.back C.down D.away.
【15】A.shouted B.comforted C.thanked D.welcomed
【16】A.train B.bus C.plane D.ship
【17】A.sang B.attended C.devoted D.listened
【18】A.office B.destination C.hometown D.school
【19】A.ashamed B.late C.sorry D.grateful
【20】A.bad B.selfish C.cold D.kind
31、
PISA is a two-hour test that compares the performance of 15-year-olds. In the latest test, the countries with the best readers were South Korea and Finland. But students in Shanghai. China, scored the highest of all in reading, mathematics and science. The next【1】 results were in Hong Kong. Singapore, Canada, New Zealand and Japan. In all, around half a million students in more than 70 【2】took the test last year. The test has been given every three years since 2000. Last year was the first time Shanghai took part.
Mr. ANDREAS SCHLEICHER says “Asian countries 【3】 education more than other countries. They have given education a【4】. Every child, every teacher, every parent knows that education is the【5】 to success.” He says other education systems can learn from Shanghai. For example, he says education spending in the province has increased, including teacher pay and training. And administrators are putting teachers into challenging classroom situations to make them 【6】at their jobs. Education Secretary Arne Duncan says that the results 【7】 an urgent need for Americans to do more to remain 【8】 in the world economy. He points out that the United States has fallen from first to ninth place in college graduation rates because of 【9】 by other countries.
Mr Schloichor says international testing experts have investigated and confirmed(证实)the Shanghai scores. He says the PISA results are not representative of all of China. But he also says they dispute the common belief that Chinese education【10】on repetition and memorization.
32、假如你是在宁夏学习的英国留学生Mike,最近从《新消息》上得知有大量的红嘴鸥(gulls )落户银川的湖泊,请你给该报报社写一份信, 内容包括:
1. 表达自己的喜悦心情 ;
2.对保护红嘴鸥提出一些建议。
注意:1.词数100左右; 2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
Dear Sir/Madame,
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Yours sincerely
Mike
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