1、A new food scandal has erupted, threatening to spoil the________ of McDonald's, Starbucks and Yum Brands.
A.expectation B.reputation C.competition D.temptation
2、Barry must have visited the Eiffel Tower before, _______ he?
A. mustn’t B. hadn’t C. hasn’t D. needn’t
3、--Look where you’re going! Anything wrong?
--Oh, I ______ about the accident I saw in the morning. I was terrified when two cars collided.
A. have thought B. was thinking
C. would think D. will be thinking
4、The street is beautiful, for there are trees on ________.
A. neither side B. either side
C. both side D. all sides
5、The lonely boy doesn’t seem _______ many friends.
A.have
B.to have
C.has
D.having
6、--- Why was Professor Zhang unhappy recently?
--- Because the theory he insisted on _____ wrong.
A. proved B. proving
C. being proved D. was proved
7、The only ________ to the village surrounded by the flood was destroyed so the rescuers couldn’t reach the villagers.
A. access B. approach
C. advance D. address
8、---Jenny is becoming slimmer and slimmer.
---- It is said that she hired a fitness instructor last year and _____ since.
A.is working out
B.worked out
C.has been working out
D.had worked out
9、________, you’ll never be able to persuade him.
A.However hard may you try
B.Try however hard you may
C.However hard you may try
D.Try hard however you may
10、Although Beijing didn’t establish its first Antarctic research base until 1985, Chinese efforts _________ its influence across the continent are now outpacing other nation’s plans.
A. expanding B. to be expanded
C. expanded D. to expand
11、—Do you think it ______ to argue with them?
—The question is not worthy ______.
A.worthwhile; discussing
B.worthwhile; to be discussed
C.worthy; to discuss
D.worth; to be discussed
12、We can help poor in so many ways and even the smallest effort can make difference.
A. the; a B. 不填; the
C. 不填; a D. the; the
13、Since we have been friends for many years, no more of this fancy playing with words – I want some ________ talk here.
A. straight B. informal
C. fluent D. concrete
14、—Where is he exactly?
—I don’t know, but I saw him _______ an experiment in the lab when I passed by.
A. to conduct B. conducted
C. conducting D. conduct
15、— Did you stay at the party until the very end last night?
— No,I left as early as was ________ with politeness.
A.content B.consistent
C.patient D.Permanent
16、We believe the time and hard work _______ in completing such an important project are worthwhile.
A. involved B. involving
C. to involve D. to be involved
17、According to the police,the man called “Tuhao”_______ to be a professional cheat in business.
A. worked out B. made out
C. figured out D. turned out
18、Please pay attention because this information__________ all of you.
A.is concerned about B.concerns C.will be concerned D.is concerning
19、 Don’t defend him any more. It’s obvious that he _____ destroyed the fence of the garden even without an apology.
A.accidentally B. carelessly
C. deliberately D. automatically
20、-It is said that J.K Rolling is coming to our school. Are you coming to her speech?
- ______. I can’t wait.
A.It’s a deal B.You bet C.It is up to you D.Of course not
21、 I hope you will join us to develop the project.The idea struck me in early 2017.We were sitting in our class when our head teacher announced."There'11 be a new boy starting school tomorrow.He comes from the circus so he'll be with us for a while."Immediately I heard remarks like"Those are dirty people";"They eat raw meat";and"Watch out your bags".The teacher must have heard them and said in a very serious voice,"Jake is our guest.Make sure you treat him well."
It was the first time I had met anyone from a circus.Fortunately he sat in the only spare seat next to me.Of course I didn't want to mind others'business,but I couldn't help looking at him sideways.I noticed Jake was smaller than me and had dirty finger nails.His shirt was clean but had been repaired in many places and his trousers were held up by a wide,leather belt.As he was sniffing loudly,I passed him my handkerchief.Immediately the boys began to whisper"Leave him be!"From my left a slight movement showed that Jake must have heard the remarks too.He seemed to be having great difficulty with his maths work and was struggling to hold his pen correctly.He looked around as if for help.I looked around too.The teacher was busy so I offered to explain the problems to him.As he listened he smiled.His eyes lit up and he returned to the exercises with enthusiasm.He finished them quickly and proudly presented them to the teacher."Well done,Jake",she approved.Jake smiled.
I thought about how Jake's life would be.I remembered seeing the campsite and thinking how poor the facilities(设施)were.So I decided to help.As it was my turn to suggest a project for our grade.I put forward this idea.Our head teacher accepted it and so we began to prepare our plans to improve the campsite.Hope you will join us.
【1】Why did the students dislike Jake even before they saw him? ______
A.A newcomer was not welcome at that time.
B.They always judged a person by what he looks like.
C.The teacher hadn't introduced Jake to them beforehand.
D.They must have heard terrible stories about circus people.
【2】What's the author's attitude towards Jake? ______
A.He copied the other boys'behavior.
B.He was distant about what Jake's life was like.
C.He had sympathy for the people who were in need.
D.He couldn't ignore what other people said about Jake.
【3】With the help of the author,Jake became more ______ .
A.friendly and brave
B.confident and proud
C.easygoing and helpful
D.optimistic and warm-hearted
【4】What's the author's main purpose in writing this passage? ______
A.To call on more people to help Jake.
B.To show what is in need for a circus.
C.To ask the readers to join in his project.
D.To argue circus people should be fairly treated.
22、According to the statistics shared by UNESCO, at least 43% of the total languages that are estimated as being spoken across the world are in danger of extinction. Moreover, many languages around the world have less than 1,000 speakers now. Linguists (语言学家) and researchers believe that by the end of the century, at least half of the world' s languages will have died. This is troublesome, given that cultural identity and languages go hand in hand.
Language activists and people who speak these endangered languages are fighting back tooth and nail. Scientists believe that digitalization might be our only hope to preserve some of these quickly disappearing languages in the online world.
For instance, Oxford University Press launched Oxford Global Languages a few years ago. It is an initiative that boosts “digitally underrepresented” languages. They are focused on promoting languages that might have close to a million speakers worldwide, yet have little or no online presence. Therefore, they have been creating digital dictionaries as a fundamental building block to help preserve them.
There have been countless other projects like this with the same aim. Another is the Rosetta Project, which aims to create a handheld digital library that will carry more than 1,500 languages. It will be appropriately sized to fit nicely into our hands, and will come with around 13,000 pages of information. It will also have a high life expectancy of anywhere between 2,000 and 10,000 years. Initiatives like these have their primary objective to ensure the preservation of local languages long after their speakers have died.
Countless languages are dying every day, and they will continue to perish as the remaining speakers die. Of course, we cannot merely rely on digitization to deal with worldwide languages loss. However, it is a step in the right direction. These digital tools offer endangered languages an opportunity to bounce back and survive .
【1】What does the data in paragraph 1 mainly show?
A.Many languages are endangered.
B.Culture determines language evolution.
C.Human development results in fewer languages.
D.Many linguists attempt to protect threatened languages.
【2】What does Oxford Global Languages try to do?
A.Promote online courses of local languages.
B.Publish paper dictionaries of global languages.
C.Increase dying language speakers to a million.
D.Make certain languages available in digital form.
【3】What can we learn about the digital library to be created by the Rosetta Project?
A.It is portable but has a short life.
B.It is sponsored by Oxford University Press.
C.It provides protection for linguistic diversity.
D.It contains automatically updated information.
【4】Which of the following can replace the underlined word “perish” in the last paragraph?
A.Be enriched.
B.Be lost.
C.Be acquired.
D.Be invented.
23、 What’s the point of dining out when we can have whatever meal we want delivered to our homes as we watch movies on our giant flat screen TVs? According to statistics from Technomic, 86% of consumers are using off-premise (营业场所外的) channels at least once a month, and a third of consumers are using it more than they did a year ago.
Most restaurant companies are chasing these trends to keep up with quickly changing consumer demands. Fazoli’s has spent the past two years investing in its drive-through, takeaway, and delivery business, and has launched a new app aimed at making takeaway orders easier. These efforts have paid off so far — off-premise sales are up 18.5% over the last year, said Jennifer Crawford, director of off-premise sales at Fazoli’s.
But, she notes that sales are not the only benefit. “The off-premise channel is a great opportunity to connect with a new consumer group,” Crawford said. “Many of our off-premise guests have not dined in a Fazoli’s or experienced our menu. With options like third-party delivery and online ordering, we are able to tap into potential new guests.”
Sales growth and new customer potential are great rewards, to be sure. But that doesn’t mean carrying out off-premise channels comes without challenges. A big one is the lack of control and maintaining the guest relationship. “When a guest dines in, we can provide a level of service that improves the consumer dining experience. The lack of control can extend into the digital experience because sometimes orders are not processed properly in the third-party software due to the drop-down (下拉式的) menus and default (默认) orders.” she said. “Besides, it is difficult to manage during peak hours and maintaining food quality and integrity (完整) during delivery is also tricky with certain dishes.”
Nevertheless, Crawford believes the juice is well worth the squeeze. “Across the industry, dine-in traffic continues to decline or remain flat. If brands are not promoting sales through takeaway and delivery, they are missing out on income.” she said.
【1】Why does Fazoli’s invest in off-premise channels?
A.Because it wants to see the potential of its consumers.
B.Because it wants to keep up with the latest technical changes.
C.Because it wants to survive in the changing consumer landscape.
D.Because it wants to connect with its new consumers.
【2】We can know from Paragraph 4 that _______.
A.third-party apps may not offer as good an experience of ordering as restaurants
B.third-party apps may get out of control when used incorrectly
C.It makes no difference to restaurants whether it is the peak time or not.
D.food quality and integrity can be guaranteed during delivery.
【3】What is Crawford’s attitude towards off-premise channels?
A.Cautious B.Doubtful C.Favorable D.Worried
【4】What is the text mainly about?
A.Off-premise channels still need improving.
B.Restaurants are having difficulty in attracting their consumers.
C.Off-premise channels create more difficulties than opportunities.
D.Restaurants are adapting to the rise of takeaway using off-premise channels.
24、When Armida Armato’s daughter, Alexia, came home from school one day last year keen to go on a school trip to Ecuador, she wasn’t too sure how to feel. She was happy that her daughter could experience something she never did as a teen but was fearful of letting her travel to such a remote part of the world.
Alexia was 16 at the time, a student at Westwood High School. The school sponsored a humanitarian trip for 26 students and two teachers to spend 18 days living in a mountain village to build a one-room school. Even though Armato trusted her daughter, the other students and the teachers, she was worried about the side effects from the travel vaccines, possible accidents, and medical care.
Now that Alexia was home, Armato said she saw her daughter’s new maturity, greater confidence and independence. “This is the best thing I ever did,” Alexia said. “The experience was so eye-opening and life-changing. You’re with people who are not as lucky as you are. They live in very poor conditions but they’re so happy and outgoing. You say, ‘My God. I’m taking everything for granted back home.’”
She said they built a one-room school from scratch with no mechanical cement mixers. They used their hands, shovels and basic tools. She and another student lived with a local family in a small village about eight hours outside the capital, Quito. Despite the initial strangeness and knowing only basic Spanish, she said they grew very close and felt like a family.
Every year, groups of students at Montreal High School like Alexia pack their bags and fly off with classmates and teachers to developing countries where they volunteer for a variety of projects.
“Armato’s worries are very common among parents,” says Bill Nevin, a teacher at St. George’s High School. He organizes a humanitarian rip to India to the Sheela Bal Bhavan orphanage and says the three biggest fears families have are health, security and contact.
【1】When hearing the news that her daughter would go on a school trip to Ecuador, Armato was _______.
A. proud and happy
B. supportive but concerned
C. fearful and nervous
D. excited but puzzled
【2】The underlined phrase “from scratch” in Paragraph 4 probably means “______”.
A. having great help
B. using high technology
C. ending up in failure
D. starting from the beginning
【3】What would be the best title for the text?
A. Volunteering helps students grow and develop.
B. School trips make parents worried about their children.
C. Ecuador is the most attractive travel destination in the world.
D. Brave Alexia dreams to work in Ecuador one day.
25、 I work with Volunteers for Wildlife, a rescue and education organization at Bailey Arboretum in Locust Valley. Trying to help _______, displaced or sick creatures can be heartbreaking; _______ is never certain. However, when it works, it is _______ beautiful.
I got a rescue call from a woman in Muttontown. She had found a young owl(猫头鹰) on the ground. When I arrived, I saw a 2-to-3-week-old owl. It had already been placed in a carrier for _________.
I _______ the chick(雏鸟) and it seemed tiny. If I could _______ the nest, I might have been able to put it _________, but no luck. My next work was to construct a nest and _______ it in a tree.
The homeowner was very _________. A wire basket was found. I put some pine __________ into the basket to make this nest safe and comfortable. I placed the chick in the nest, and it quickly ________ down.
Now all that was needed were the ________ but they were absent. I gave the homeowner a recording of the ________ screams of owl chicks. These ________ the presence of chicks to adults; they might also encourage our chick to start calling ________ I gave the owner as much information as possible and headed home to see what news the night might bring.
A ________ night to be sure, but sometimes the spirits of nature ________ on us all! The homeowner called to say that the parents had ________ to the recordings. I drove over and saw the chick in the nest looking healthy and active. And it was ________ by the greatest sight of all — LUNCH! The parents had done their ________ and would probably continue to do so.
【1】A.damaged B.injured C.spoiled D.destroyed
【2】A.death B.survival C.assistance D.removal
【3】A.simply B.readily C.justly D.precisely
【4】A.growth B.service C.safety D.advice
【5】A.admired B.laid C.treated D.examined
【6】A.locate B.search C.empty D.attract
【7】A.away B.off C.back D.down
【8】A.anchor B.build C.decorate D.spot
【9】A.respectful B.helpful C.hopeful D.regretful
【10】A.nuts B.trunks C.weeds D.branches
【11】A.slowed B.broke C.tore D.calmed
【12】A.parents B.owners C.enemies D.relatives
【13】A.delight B.hunger C.violence D.anger
【14】A.advance B.address C.advocate D.advertise
【15】A.in all B.at length C.as well D.on end
【16】A.relaxed B.tentative C.nervous D.peaceful
【17】A.fix B.smile C.take D.look
【18】A.responded B.corresponded C.related D.connected
【19】A.covered B.occupied C.accompanied D.placed
【20】A.homework B.right C.dream D.part
26、请你根据以下提示,并结合事例,用英语写一篇短文。
Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass.It is about learning to dance in the rain.
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