1、Germany ______ war on France on August 3rd, 1914.
A.discussed B.opened C.happened D.declared
2、So small ________ that they don’t admit much light at all.
A.the windows are
B.are the windows
C.the window is
D.is the window
3、How much did you have to for your new car?
A. lay out B. lay off
C. lay down D. lay aside
4、The Chinese government has made it clear _________ it tries to achieve in space science in the next five years.
A. what B. that C. how D. which
5、________inspires the whole nation is that China has scored a complete victory in its fight against poverty.
A.Who
B.Which
C.That
D.What
6、 —Can I really get a car as a reward if I win the race?—Absolutely!________.
A. It all depends B.I mean it
C. You’ve got me there D. So will you
7、Three judges have decided to ________ their decision until a later date.
A.conserve
B.reserve
C.preserve
D.perform
8、A brand of chocolate made with camel’s milk, from a company in that country, will soon be __________ for sale.
A.available B.accessible
C.fashionable D.comfortable
9、If you are unable to attend the interview, for _____ reason, you should inform us as soon as possible.
A. whatever B. whichever
C. whenever D. wherever
10、The species of wildlife in Mozambique came close to when rebel and government soldiers hunted much of the animals there
A.vanish B.be vanishing C.vanishing D.being vanished
11、 It is suggested at the end of the passage the things we buy often affect many people’s lives around the world.
A.that, what
B.which, /
C.that, /
D.what, that
12、The National Stadium, or the Bird’s Nest, _________to seat over 9,000 audience.
A.designs
B.will design
C.designed
D.was designed
13、When you meet with difficulties, don’t lose heart! Everything will all right in the end.
A. go out B. work out
C. fall out D. figure out
14、It is highly recommended that the general public________one-metre social distance to avoid any possible risk of getting infected.
A.keep
B.will keep
C.must keep
D.keeps
15、 He was about to tell me the secret ______ someone patted him on the shoulder.
A.as
B.until
C.when
D.while
16、—I wonder why he has been acting so strangely these days.
—Recent pressure at work may his behavior.
A.account for
B.call for
C.change for
D.stand for
17、His mother did _______ she could ______ the boy.
A.what help B.that help C.what to help D.that to help
18、The old lady ________ great pain when her only son was killed in a traffic accident.
A.took
B.recovered
C.stood
D.suffered
19、Next door to ours ________, who is no less than eighty.
A. that lives an old man B. does an old man live
C. lives an old man D. where lives an old man
20、It is________ that he should have failed to win the race.
A.certain B.wonder C.curious D.mess
21、Get ready to have a taste of English humour and laugh as you read the best jokes in this text.
Hunting Disaster
A man was on a hunting trip with his friend when the friend suddenly fell to the ground and stopped breathing. He crazily called 911 and screamed to the operator, “My friend is dead! What should I do?” The operator tried to calm him down. “It will be OK. I can talk you through this. First, we need to make sure he’s dead. “Finally in the silence, the operator heard a shot (开枪) fired. “OK. My friend is dead. What next?” the man asked.
The Origin of Man
A little girl was wondering where humans came from. She asked her mom, and her mom gave her a religious explanation, telling her how God created Adam and Eve. She asked her dad, and her dad told her that humans came from monkeys.
The little girl was very confused, so she asked her mom. “Why did you tell me that humans came from God and dad told me that humans came from monkeys?” Her mom joked, “Well, I was telling you from the God’s side because I came from God. Your dad was telling you from the monkeys’ side because he came from monkeys.”
Cultural Differences
A Texan meets an Ivy League graduate at a party and asks, “Where are you from?” The Ivy League graduates responds, “I’m from a place where we don’t end our sentences in prepositions (介词).” The Texan thinks about this for a moment and then says, “OK. Where are you from, Jerk?”
【1】How did the hunter finally make sure that his friend was dead in Hunting Disaster?
A.He fired his gun at his friend.
B.He checked his friend’s breath.
C.He called a doctor to check his friend.
D.He threw his friend to the ground.
【2】What can we learn about the mother from her reply in The Origin of Man?
A.She was just joking.
B.She wanted to defend her husband.
C.She was angry with her husband’s answer.
D.She gave a scientific explanation to her daughters.
【3】What is the purpose of the text?
A.To introduce the best movies.
B.To tell some funny English jokes.
C.To advertise some English books.
D.To list the most attractive places on earth.
22、Blue Marine Seafood Co., Ltd.
Job Openings at Blue Marine Seafood Co., Ltd.
·Position: Senior Accountant
Requirements: (1) At least 7 years of related experience. (2) Candidates should have a solid background in accounting, budgeting and financial reporting.
·Position: Security Consultant
Requirements: (1) At least 5 years of related experience. (2) A solid understanding of security policies and risk assessment is required.
·Position: Public Relations Director
Requirements: (1)At least 7 years of field experience. (2) Strong communication skills: must communicate clearly and effectively to varying audiences; must be comfortable presenting ideas to large and small audiences; must have strong analytical skills; must have excellent interpersonal skills.
·Position: Project Manager
Requirements: Ideal candidates will have a university degree in Mechanical Engineering or Chemical Engineering and experience overseeing a large-scale expansion project.
·How to apply:
·E-mail your cover letter and resume(简历) to Mr. Kevin Donlin at jobs@seafood. com
·Please, point out the position applied for in the cover letter
·Your resume must include a list of recent work references and phone numbers so they can be contacted.
·Qualified candidates will be invited for personal interviews between 25th and 27th of December 2017.
To: Kevin Donlin (jobs@seafood. com)
From: John Daker (iconsult@hotmail. com)
Date: December 10
Subject: Position at Blue Marine Seafood
Dear Mr. Kevin Donlin,
My name is John Daker and I’m writing in response to your job announcement for the Security Consultant position.
I have 9 years of experience in the security field and have worked in both risk assessment and policy information. As a senior manager in my previous job, I have proven myself as an effective team leader with excellent communication skills. I am very interested in this position and would appreciate having the opportunity to discuss it with you further.
Thank you for taking time to review my resume and I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.
A list of references is attached to my resume.
Respectfully,
John Daker
【1】The four positions all require ________.
A. relevant work experience
B. good communication skills
C. a background in accounting
D. excellent presentation skills
【2】What is the purpose of Mr. John Daker’s e-mail?
A. To accept a job offer.
B. To request job descriptions.
C. To show interest in an available job.
D. To provide references for job applicants.
23、 If you’re worried about your receding hairline (后退的发际线) and you live in a city, you might want to consider moving, as scientists have found exposure to high levels of air pollution may be linked to retention.
New research presented at the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) Congress in Madrid found particulate matter (PM) (颗粒物), which is present in polluted air, could impact both hair growth and retention.
The team took cells from the base of hair follicles (毛囊) and then exposed them to the polluted air. They used various concentrations of PM10, and 24 hours later, they tested the samples to detect whether specific hair-growth proteins in the cells had changed at all.
Researchers found that the presence of PM10 decreased levels of the protein responsible for hair growth — beta-catenin — and morphogenesis, the biological process that causes an organism to develop its shape. According to the study, the levels of three other proteins which are responsible for hair growth and hair retention — cyclin D1, cyclin E and CDK2 — were also decreased.
This meant that the greater the level of pollutant, the greater the decrease in proteins was found.
This is one of the first studies to look at the link between pollution and baldness (秃头).
Hyuk Chul Kwon from the Future Science Research Centre in South Korea said: “While the link between air pollution and serious diseases, such as cancer, are well established, there is little to no research on the effect of particulate matter exposure on the human skin, and hair in particular. And our research explains the mode (模式) of action of air pollutants on human hair follicle cells, showing how the most common air pollutants lead to hair loss.”
【1】What does the underlined word “retention” in Para 1 refer to?
A.Hair cells.
B.Hair loss.
C.Hair growth.
D.Hair-growth proteins.
【2】What can we learn from the passage?
A.Air pollution can increase levels of hair-growth proteins.
B.There’s only one protein that is responsible for hair growth.
C.Polluted air has no direct impact on hair growth or retention.
D.The more serious air pollution, the more likely you’re to lose your hair.
【3】What did Hyuk Chul Kwon think of the research?
A.Meaningful.
B.Negative.
C.Unimportant.
D.Objective.
【4】What’s the main idea of the passage?
A.The solutions to air pollution.
B.The growth mechanism of hair.
C.The impact of air pollution on health.
D.The close link between air pollution and hair loss.
24、 Hartley got to Gentral Slalion nearly an hour before his train was due to leave. A lifetime in the theatre had given him a healthy — indeed excessive (过分的) — sense of punctuality; a lifetime of unwanted cups of coffee, constant checking of the time, yet another turn around the block before that all too often pointless, tiresome audition (试镜).
Hartley was 75 — pretty fit for his age, legs holding lip, memory still ticking over nicely — though the occasions for punctuality were now rather fewer. But he was a creature of habit and couldn’t change now.
He repaired to the restaurant purchased a coffee and a blueberry muffin, tired and failed to find a litter-free table. The coffee was awful, the muffin was stale — but the coffee was always awful, the muffin always stale. Hartley refused to let himself be annoyed. His visit to the city had not been without its pleasures. Lunch with an old actor-chum (好友), then a film — regrettably not utilizing (利用) his own talents — had rounded out an agreeable day.
Hartley was a good actor, although the calls on his talents were now infrequent. But really, he thought draining his awful coffee, he’d had a reasonably good career. Something to be proud of. But he’d never had that break-through part.
He headed for his platform. Just as the train was about to pull out a man ran down the platform, jumped aboard as the door slammed shut and sank into the seat next to Hartley.
“Cutting it a bit fine”, he said.
“Indeed”, Hartley replied. “A close run thing”.
The man — forty-ish, amiable looking — gave him an amused glance.
This brief exchange served as an adequate ice-breaker and they chatted their way through the outer suburbs and into the countryside. Having satisfactorily disposed of the sad state of the railways, country versus city living, his neighbour asked Hartley what he did—or had done—for a living.
Hartley hated telling people he was an actor. He was not ashamed of his job. Not in the least, but he had long tired of reactions ranging from “what have I seen you in” to “how do you learn all those lines”.
So in situations like this he simply selected an occupation from a former role. Bit risky, of course. You say you’re a doctor and find yourself meeting the quizzical(疑问的)gaze of a heart surgeon. But he’d never been caught out and it was harmless enough game, Hartley felt. It amused him, and he’d given some damn good performances too.
“I’m a lawyer”, he replied. “Retired several years ago. Property law. Bit of criminal stuff”.
The train was slowing down. The man glanced out of the window.
“My station. I had you quite wrong then”.
He stood and took down his briefcase from the overhead rack.
“Yes, I’d have said you were an actor. The voice especially. Still, lawyers are actors in a way, don’t you think? Plenty of drama in a courtroom”.
The train drew into the station.
“I’m a film director. Casting a feature at the moment. You study faces. On the train. Everywhere. Always on the lookout. Anyway, enjoyed our chat. Bye.”
【1】What did Hartley think of his not telling his occupation?
A.Harmful to his acting career.
B.Amusing despite the risk
C.Helpful to protect his identity
D.Upsetting when caught out.
【2】What can we learn about Hartley’s travel companion from the underlined sentence “I had you quite wrong then.”?
A.He assumed Hartley had given another answer.
B.He understood Hartley’s profession was acting.
C.He thought Hartley practiced a different profession.
D.He mistook Hartley for another person.
【3】The use of the word “Bye” at the end of the story________.
A.shows the readers how unexpectedly Hartley’s career ends
B.describes Hanley’s shock on finding the man is a director
C.confirms Hartley's lack of luck in spite of his acting skills
D.proves the man will reconsider giving Hartley a chance to act
【4】Which of the following can be the best title of the story?
A.Acting up
B.Employ talents
C.Selecting an occupation
D.Casting a feature
25、 “Don’t get sick in July!”
This is a common concern in teaching hospitals in the U.S. It’s driven by the academic calendar: July is when the new interns, fresh out of medical school, start work. In other words, it’s when everyone is most ________. The theory is that this disadvantage leads to mistakes.
So is medical experience good or bad? Well, in most cases, your doctor’s experience is very helpful, allowing her to pick up on a(n) ________ symptom early in a disease process, when machines still can’t take a hand. She can also determine the right treatment when your condition falls outside of what is in the ________, where newbies get most of their ideas. For many medical treatments, there’s a direct connection between physician experience and your treating outcome.
In a variety of situations, though, experience can backfire. The reason is simple ________. Doctors are humans too and they ________ tricks of the mind—like believing that an ineffective treatment really works. In fact, entire fields of research are devoted to understanding why these errors of thought occur. They ________ from so-called cognitive prejudice that can mislead even ________ practitioners into making the wrong decisions.
Doctors are usually locked onto a diagnosis early and disregard new and ________ information. For example, a patient may be diagnosed with a quickly fatal cancer, but then ends up trying various herbal remedies and lives for 30 more years. Instead of analyzing the ________ diagnosis, the patient, and maybe even the doctor, may assume that the herbal remedies cured the cancer.
Also, some experienced doctors tend to believe evidence when it supports their previous opinion while subconsciously ignoring information opposing it. Let’s say your doctor is pretty certain you have ill digestion and orders a test to________ the suspicion, which produces negative result. But she treats you for ill digestion anyway because she was ________ with the prior diagnosis by experience.
In fact, there are clearly many benefits to having a highly experienced doctor, such as technical proficiency. But there may actually be some unexpected benefits to having a less-experienced one too. She may have a more up-to-date education, boundless energy and perhaps is less vulnerable to biases, freed from the same ________ for years.
To safeguard yourself as a patient, one thing you should always do is ________. It may not always be possible to determine that your doctor has met with an unconscious thinking ________. But asking questions does force your doctor to think twice and ________ her decision about your case.
【1】A.innocent B.productive C.inexperienced D.prohibited
【2】A.slight B.objective C.complex D.sustainable
【3】A.media B.tradition C.reality D.textbook
【4】A.psychology B.education C.procedure D.priority
【5】A.take advantage of B.make sense of C.fall victim to D.play fire with
【6】A.spring B.depart C.benefit D.distinguish
【7】A.highly-motivated B.well-seasoned C.deeply-offended D.wide-eyed
【8】A.moderate B.visible C.conflicting D.permanent
【9】A.initial B.tough C.multiple D.private
【10】A.evaluate B.operate C.confirm D.revise
【11】A.preoccupied B.labelled C.associated D.concerned
【12】A.professional circle B.thinking pattern C.academic background D.operating order
【13】A.investigating B.questioning C.monitoring D.observing
【14】A.obstacle B.trap C.horizon D.struggle
【15】A.practice B.accommodate C.justify D.remove
26、你所在的城市即将举办国际贸易博览会。有关部门现面向全社会招聘志愿者。
要求:
1.具有为国际友人服务的热情。
2.掌握丰富的文化知识,既是服务人员,也是文化的使者。
3.具有流利的英语表达能力,能做好沟通工作。
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生词:国际贸易博览会the International Trade Exposition
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