1、 Every morning my father will ________ the local paper for something interesting to read.
A. look up B. look in
C. look through D. look back
2、 People who do not smoke have less ______of suffering from lung cancer than those who do so.
A. potential B. pattern
C. preference D. prejudice
3、Tom will succeed ______your property(财产) after your death, but I don’t think he is_____success.
A.in; / B.at; a
C.to; a D.from; a
4、My money was beginning to and there were no jobs to be found.
A. leave out B. make out C. give out D. set out
5、 in running for head of the department, which most colleagues had not expected, made her parents very upset.
A. Lucy was defeated
B. Lucy being defeated
C. Lucy’s been defeated
D. Lucy's being defeated
6、---Is there in today’s magazine?
---Yes, Premier Li Keqiang saw “stay - home children” May,25th.
A. anything special; hundreds of; on
B. something special; hundred of; at
C. special something; hundreds; on
D. anything special; hundreds of; in
7、The programme can’t be ________ him because it is beyond his ability.
A.charged with B.in charge of C.taken charge of D.in the charge of
8、Finding information in today's world is easy.The________is how you can tell if the information you get is useful or not.
A.knowledge
B.ability
C.competition
D.challenge
9、My mom once worked in a very small village school,which is________ only on foot.
A. acceptable B. adequate
C. accessible D. appropriate
10、________ unemployment, almost one million people ________ China’s civil service examination in order to get secure jobs.
A.In honor of; sat B.In favor of; attended
C.For fear of; took D.In case of; joined
11、Premier Li Keqiang delivered a speech at the conference, _________ university graduates to start their own business.
A. encouraging
B. to encourage
C. having encouraged
D. encouraged
12、The upset mother thought to herself, “If only I ______ what’s going on in my little boy’s head right now.”
A. know B. knew C. have known D. had known
13、The CEO decided to give the job to he believed had a strong sense of responsibility.
A. whom B. who C. whomever D. Whoever
14、I really doubt _____ he would ask her to marry him in public.
A. that B. whether
C. how D. that if
15、The college examination is _______ easier this year than I have expected.
A. fairly B. quite C. rather D. very
16、It is naive to expect that any society can resolve all the social problems it is faced with ______ .
A.for long
B.in and out
C.once for all
D.by nature
17、Barry must have visited the Eiffel Tower before, _______ he?
A. mustn’t B. hadn’t C. hasn’t D. needn’t
18、— Joe, what about going to Belgium for our coming holiday?
— Sorry, honey, I _________ on the newly discovered dinosaur site in Argentina.There are remains of what is thought to be the largest creature ever to walk the earth.
A. was working B. work
C. will be working D. worked
19、Although as 11-year-old student in this modern society, Tom understands idea of green life better than his parents.
A.a; an B.a; the C.the; an D.an; the
20、There are about one million words in English. ________, most people use only about ten thousand of them.
A. Moreover B. However C. Otherwise D. Therefore
21、Self-driving cars are so popular that the University of Michigan has even established a town called Mcity to allow car manufacturers to safely test their autonomous cars.
While Mcity can be used to simulate(模拟) many real-life road conditions, it cannot help test gestures drivers use to communicate their intention to other drivers, pedestrians or cyclists. To find a solution, US car manufacturer Ford, with researchers from Virginia Tech, initially considered using text as a way to communicate the car's intention, but decided it would probably not work universally. The option of using symbols was also discarded, because research shows that a majority of people do not have a good understanding of what they mean.
Finally, the researchers settled on light signals. A white light warned that there were no humans in the car. A slow blinking one indicated that the car was coming to a stop, while a rapidly flashing light cautioned passersby that the car was about to accelerate.
Then came the big challenge-testing the signals on real roads. “We needed to try out this new lighting to communicate the intention of the vehicle, but if you’ve got a driver behind the seat, you still have natural communication between humans,” said Andy Shaudt, who led the Virginia Tech research team. “So we needed to make it look like a driverless ear.”
The team designed a car seat costume(戏装) that the driver would wear to cover his/her face and upper body. Of course, the drivers could see very clearly. The researchers then equipped the car with cameras to capture human reactions to a light bar on the windshield(挡风玻璃), which flashed one of the three signals when appropriate. Six drivers, all keeping their hands low on the wheel so as not to be detected, took turns to test driving the car through the busy streets.
The overall reaction to the flashing lights was very encouraging. Who knew costumes could be useful for more than Halloween?
【1】What did the team first consider using as a way to communicate the car's intention?
A. Light B. Language
C. Symbols D. Sound
【2】The underlined word “they” in the second paragraph refers to .
A. svmbo1s B. drivers
C. researchers D. flashes
【3】What does a rapidly flashing light mean?
A. The car was coming to a stop B. There was no driver in the car
C. The car was about to speed up D. The car was about to slow down
【4】The car seat costume was intended to .
A. amuse the driver B. attract the pedestrians
C. warn the cyclists D. confuse the people
22、 Experts are warning about the risks of extreme picky eating after a teenager developed permanent sight loss after living on a diet of chips and crisps.
Since leaving primary school, the teen had been eating only French fries, white bread, as well as an occasional slice of ham or a sausage.
The adolescent, who cannot be named, had seen his doctor at the age of 14 because he had been feeling tired and unwell. At that time he was diagnosed with lack of vitamin B12 and put on supplements, but he did not stick with the treatment or improve his poor diet.
Three years later, he was taken to the Bristol Eye Hospital because of progressive sight loss. Dr Denize Atan, who treated him at the hospital, said: "His diet was only a portion of chips from the local fish and chip shop every day. He also used to snack on chips, white bread and sometimes slices of ham or sausage, and not really any fruit and vegetables."
The teen explained this as a dislike to certain kinds of food that he really could not tolerate, and so chips and crisps were really the only types of food that he wanted and felt that he could eat.
Dr Aan rechecked the young man's vitamin levels and said "he was low in B12 as well as some other important vitamins and minerals - copper, selenium and vitamin D. He was not over or underweight, but was severely malnutritional from his eating disorder. He had lost minerals from his bone, which was really quite shocking for a boy of his age.”
"He had blind spots right in the middle of his vision," said Dr Atari's assistant. "That means he can't drive and would find it really difficult to read, watch TV or recognize faces, but he can walk around on his own because he has got peripheral(周边的)vision.
The condition the young man has is treatable if diagnosed early. Left too long, however, the nerve fibres in the optic nerve(视神经)die and the damage becomes permanent.
Now he has been put on vitamin supplements and sent to a dietitian and a specialist mental health team.
【1】What can we know about the boy?
A.He didn't see a doctor. B.He can not see anything now.
C.He has a normal body shape. D.He insisted on taking supplements.
【2】What kind of food does the boy refuse to eat?
A.Crisps and chips. B.white bread
C.Ham and sausage. D.fruit and vegetables
【3】What can we learn from Dr Atan's words?
A.Vegetables and fruit are the only source of vitamins.
B.Lack of vitamins and minerals may lead to the loss of sigh.
C.The more vitamins we take, the betterr.
D.Loss of minerals from bone causes blindness.
【4】What column does the passage belong to?
A.Medicine B.Education
C.Economy D.culture
23、One of my neighbors used to have a beautiful tree in her front yard. Her dad had planted it for her when it was nothing more than a twig(树枝) and several years later it started to shoot towards the sky with amazing speed. Soon it blessed her with cooling shade in the summer and glorious, golden leaves in the fall.
When the two-day snowstorm struck our town, heavy snow fell on the tree’s branches that were still full of leaves. The weight split that lovely tree down the middle. It was so sad seeing half of it laying on the ground after the storm. When I talked to my neighbor later, she said that the damage had been too much and that the entire tree would have to be cut down. Thankfully she had saved a few saplings(树苗) from it that she hoped to replant in the future.
Still, it was a shock to drive by her house the other day and see nothing but a stump in her front yard. I missed that tree. I missed its beauty, its leaves shinning in the afternoon sun. I missed seeing its limbs reach towards the heavens. I thought that the stump would be a sad reminder of its loss for a long time to come. My wonderful neighbor, though, had another plan. When I drove by her home today I saw a tiny bird feeder sitting on that stump and a colorful songbird having its dinner. It was such an affirmation of life. It was such a joy to see. I could feel my heart smile.
Life by its very nature is a mixed bag. It hands us beauty and tragedy, love and loss, pleasure and pain. What we do with it, however, is up to us. We can let it split us in two, or we can use even its hardest times to make our souls stronger and our hearts more loving. We can spend it complaining or we can use it to help others.
【1】We know from the first paragraph that _____.
A. the tree grew very slowly.
B. the tree was so strong that it could bear any weight.
C. the tree showed its beauty and benefits.
D. the author’s neighbor was good at planting trees.
【2】The author’s neighbor left a stump in her front yard to use it as_____.
A. a good reminder. B. a place to feed birds.
C. a seat after dinner. D. a beautiful sculpture.
【3】What does the author mainly want to show in the passage?
A. Life is determined by our attitude towards it.
B. Life consists of pain and suffering.
C. Life has beauty and tragedy.
D. Life should be pleasant rather than painful.
24、 A new device works like a solar panel, except that it doesn't harvest energy from the sun. It absorbs energy from the cold night sky.
A prototype(原型)of the device produced enough electricity at night to power a small light bulb. A bigger version might one day light rooms or charge phones. It also could power electronics in remote or low-resource areas that lack electricity.
The device makes use of the temperature difference between Earth and outer space.It then uses that difference to create electricity. As long as one side of it is cooler than the other, the generator can produce electricity.The cooler side faces the sky and is attached to an aluminum plate. That plate is sealed beneath a transparent(透明的)cover and surrounded with insulation(隔热材料)to keep out heat.The bottom of the generator is attached to an exposed aluminum plate. That plate is warmed by the local air. At night, the top plate can get a couple of degrees Celsius cooler than the bottom of the generator.
Researchers tested a 20-centimeter prototype one clear December night in Stanford,California. The generator produced up to about 25 milliwatts of power per square meter of device. That was enough power to light a small light-emitting diode, or LED bulb. Further improvements might increase its production to at least 500 milliwatts per square meter. To do that, the system might need more insulation around the cool top plate.
The device also could help power remote weather stations or other environmental devices,says Aaswath Raman. He is a materials scientist who worked on the device at the University of California, Los Angeles. This may be useful in polar regions that don't see sunlight for months at a time,Raman says. “If you have some low-power load and you need to power it through three months of darkness, this might be a way.”
【1】What can we know about the new device?
A.It gains energy from the sun. B.It 's been widely used in life.
C.It is cooler than a solar panel. D.It'll be popular in special areas.
【2】What does the author mainly talk about in Paragraph 3?
A.Application fields of the device. B.The developing process of the device.
C.The working principle of the device. D.Significant effects of the device.
【3】How can the device produce more electricity?
A.By putting more insulation around the top plate.
B.By using it in extremely cold and clear nights.
C.By making its bottom cooler than the top plate.
D.By powering remote environmental devices.
【4】What could be a suitable title for the text?
A.A Device Using the Cold Night Sky to Produce Electricity
B.A Device Bringing New Hope for Those in the Cold Night
C.The Difference Between a Solar Panel and a New Device
D.The Temperature Difference Between Earth and Outer Space
25、 Kim Stemple was a special-education teacher. In 2012, she found herself in a Boston hospital being______for one of several diseases she had been diagnosed (诊断) with. The normally energetic Stemple was naturally getting very______. And then a friend gave her a medal.
Before she got too______to exercise, Stemple had been a marathon runner. The medal came from a______partner who had just______a half marathon in Las Vegas and hoped the medal would act as a kind of____. It worked like magic.After Stemple hung the medal on the wall, other____said they wanted medals too. That got Stemple______.“A medal is a simple way to give a_______message,” she told others. And so was born her charity, We Finish Together, which______medals from strangers — runners, dancers, swimmers, singers, and even spelling bee winners — and gives them to all sorts of people______.
People who have received the medals have______hospital patients, people from homeless shelters, etc. Part of the process involves the______owner writing a personalized note on the ribbon (绶带).“This helps them______with someone,”says Stemple.“If they receive a medal, they know someone______.”
Can a simple medal______make a difference? Yes, says Joan Musarra, who suffers from a serious lung disease.“When I______my package containing my new______and the notes of positive, warm thoughts, I was very______,”she wrote to Stemple. “At that moment, I was sitting on my sofa breathing through an oxygen cannula (氧气管) because my lungs were so weak. It______so much to me to feel that I am not alone.”
【1】A.checked B.accepted C.visited D.treated
【2】A.friendly B.unhappy C.generous D.impolite
【3】A.sick B.tired C.lazy D.busy
【4】A.dancing B.teaching C.racing D.playing
【5】A.entered B.finished C.trained for D.heard of
【6】A.encouragement B.assessment C.experiment D.punishment
【7】A.doctors B.patients C.singers D.runners
【8】A.succeeding B.breathing C.thinking D.worrying
【9】A.secret B.brief C.strange D.positive
【10】A.collects B.protects C.wins D.separates
【11】A.in need B.in place C.in action D.in power
【12】A.met B.included C.thanked D.ignored
【13】A.innocent B.beneficial C.current D.original
【14】A.compete B.connect C.agree D.compare
【15】A.appears B.suffers C.cares D.pays
【16】A.hardly B.normally C.suddenly D.really
【17】A.opened B.exchanged C.lost D.needed
【18】A.book B.tool C.medal D.photo
【19】A.scared B.surprised C.confused D.excited
【20】A.lends B.sells C.means D.adds
26、假定你是李华,一直热心于公益活动。你在校园看到学生会招聘志愿者的海报,打算参加。请根据海报上的信息,用英语写一封申请信。
注意: 1. 词数120左右;
2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
3. 短文中不能出现与本人相关的信息。
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Yours Sincerely,
Li Hua
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