1、The real friend is the one who comes to the rescue ________ your hour of need.
A. to B. at C. for D. in
2、Taking a gap year is a good chance for students to learn skills and gain life experience, ______ them an edge in the job market.
A. given B. to give C. giving D. having given
3、Once in a while, some students didn’t obey school rules. What was worse, they didn’t think they were _______ for their wrong behavior.
A.to blame
B.blamed
C.being blamed
D.blaming
4、_________they can’t wipe away the strain of the past, they can certainly move forward.
A.After
B.If
C.Where
D.While
5、—I’m sorry. I________to your birthday party if……
—Forget it. I know you were in Shanghai on business then.
A.had come B.would have come C.needn’t have come D.came
6、—I worked on your car the whole night. How is it running?
— It is running great! _____________. You were such a big help!
A.It’s a pity
B.I couldn’t agree more
C.Forget it
D.I can hardly thank you enough
7、As a neighbor of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Guangxi is _____ the attraction of foreign investment to help build a high-quality economy.
A.prioritizing B.providing C.prohibiting D.purchasing
8、No matter how much knowledge you have, if your subject is at all ______, be careful when discussing it during your speech, or you may well offend your audience.
A. diverse B. sensitive
C. abstract D. original
9、Finding a time_____suits everyone is going to be difficult.
A.that
B.when
C.what
D.Where
10、From the Tokyo Olympics to the 14th National Games, outstanding performances from China's athletes show the country's drive for a sports powerhouse in________ and innovation.
A.expectation
B.passion
C.mystery
D.imagination
11、He reminded us to speed up, as the time______for the project.
A. ran out B. has run out C. had run out D. was running out
12、Only after Mary read her composition the second time________the spelling mistake.
(2012·天津,6)
A. did she notice B. she noticed
C. does she notice D. she has noticed
13、---Why didn’t you attend the assembly this morning?
---But I anything about that.
A.didn’t tell B.haven’t told C.hadn’t been told D.haven’t been told
14、--- Alice is moving to her new apartment next Saturday. --- I would be glad to help her,________ need some help.
A.if she might B.if she will
C.if she D.should she
15、One factor _______ my weight gain was my love for cooking, especially rich, high-fat desserts, which I enjoyed preparing and of course, eating.
A. turning out B. accounting for
C. resulting from D. putting on
16、Zhong Nanshan, ________ you all know, is a well-known medical expert in China.
A.which B.who C.as D.because
17、The questionnaire takes ______ ten to fifteen minutes to complete and can be used along with the assessment interview.
A.apparently B.accurately C.approximately D.adequately
18、The result of the study indicated that it was the type of fat, ______ is often the case, ________ made the difference.
A. as; that B. which; what
C. that; who D. which; that
19、_______the virtual world of Real Cine, the headsets even have small openings _______ smells to match the environment.
A. Adding to;give out B. Added to;give off
C. To be added to;giving off D. To add to;giving out
20、–You’re wearing your new sunglasses again! But you said you had lost it on the train!
–Unbelievable, right? Someone _____ it.
A. will have stolen B. might have stolen
C. should have stolen D. must have stolen
21、Dear Kind - Trustee - Who - Sends - Orphans - to - College,
Here I am! I travelled yesterday for four hours in a train. It’s a funny sensation, isn’t it! I never rode in one before.
College is the biggest, most bewildering place — I get lost whenever I leave my room. I will write you a description later when I’m feeling less muddled; also I will tell you about my lessons. Class don’t begin until Monday morning, and this is Saturday night. But I wanted to write a letter first just to get acquainted (认识).
It seems weird to be writing letters to somebody you don’t know. It seems weird for me to be writing letters at all - I’ve never written more than three or four in my life, so please overlook it if these are not a model kind. Before leaving yesterday morning, Mrs. Lippett and I had a very serious talk. She told me how to behave all the rest of my life, and especially how to behave towards the kind gentleman who is doing so much for me. I must take care to be Very Respectful.
But how can one be very respectful to a person who wishes to be called John Smith? Why couldn’t you have picked out a name with a little personality? I might as well write letters to Dear Hitching - Post or Dear Clothes - Prop.
I have been thinking about you a great deal this simmer; having somebody take an interest in me after all these years makes me feel as though I had found a sort of family. It seems as though I belonged to somebody now, and it’s a very comfortable sensation. I must say, however, that when I think about you, my imagination has very little to work upon. There are just three things that I know: I. You are tall. II. You are rich. Ⅲ. You hate girls.
I suppose I might call you Dear Mr. Girl - Hater. Only that’s rather insulting to me. Or Dear Mr. Rich - Man, but that’s insulting to you, as though money were the only important thing about you. Besides, being rich is such a very external quality. Maybe you won’t stay rich all your life! So I’ve decided to call you Dear Daddy - Long - Legs. I hope you won’t mind. It’s just a private pet name we won’t tell Mrs. Lippett.
The ten o’clock bell is going to ring in two minutes. Our day is divided into sections by beels. We eat and sleep and study by bells. It’s very enlivening; I feel like a fire horse all of the time. There is goes! Lights out. Good night.
Observe with what precision I obey rules — due to my training the John Grier Home.
Yours most respectfully,
Jerusha Abbott
To Mr. Daddy - Long - Legs Smith
【1】The word “muddled” is closest in meaning to “_________”.
A.depressed
B.familiar
C.confused
D.distressed
【2】What can we infer from the third paragraph of the letter?
A.Letter writing skills were essential in Jerusha’s society.
B.Jerusha was reluctant to write a letter to a stranger.
C.The letters written by Jerusha were always well organized.
D.Mr. Daddy - Long - Legs Smith was the one Jerusha respected.
【3】Jerusha decided to call the trustee Dear - Long - Legs in order to ________.
A.show her sincere respect for him
B.make them feel closer to each other
C.represent one of his internal qualities
D.leave a deep impression on him
【4】How did Jerusha feel about the upcoming college life?
A.indifferent
B.anxious
C.expectant
D.hopeless
22、 The documentary Blood Lions shows South Africa's cruel "canned' lion hunting industry. In canned hunts, lions are raised by humans and kept in enclosed spaces on private hunting areas. Hunters can get trophy (战利品)easily in exchange for fees of up to $50, 000. There are about 8,000 ranch lions in South Africa. So the country’s hunt operators can make a fortune.
Ian Michler was a lead character in the film. He talked about Blood Lions last July when it was shown in Durban, South Africa. The film has since been viewed in 185 countries. More than 50 screenings have been held at film festivals and in meetings of special interest groups. This year, Blood Lions will be shown at every major tourism conference in Europe and Africa.
Outside the film, Michler and the team are running a global campaign. They are aiming at ending canned hunts and other cold-blooded activities involving lions and other animals.
Australia became the first country, in February 2015, to forbid imports of lion trophies. It was followed by France in November, That month, Blood Lions was shown in the European Parliament. As a result, the government of Finland, Italy, and Spain decided to hold their own screenings. There are a number of other countries likely to do the same.
At the same time, at the end of last year, the world's leading group of African lion researchers offered an important suggestion They advised that any analysis of the present state of wild lions in South Africa should not include its thousands of ranch lions. Wild lions in South Africa now number some 3, 000. There are around 20,000 wild lions in Africa.
"The great majority of lion populations in Africa have been reduced,” says Hans Bauer, lion researcher at Oxford University Wildlife Conservation Research Unit. 'It's important to stress that South Africa's ranch lions are horror that has nothing to do with lion protection. These lions should never be taken into account in any serious analysis of the state of lions in Africa."
【1】What do we learn about the documentary Blood Lions?
A.It has an international influence. B.It has attracted many tourists.
C.It tell the story of a lion fighter. D.It has brought the producer lots of money
【2】Michler and his team’s campaign .
A.was first started in Australia B.has won little support in Europe
C.has achieved noticeable effects D.aims to save endangered animals
【3】What can we infer about Hans Bauer?
A.He suggests analyzing lions properly.
B.He has seen an increase of African wild lions
C.He maybe a strong supporter of trophy hunting.
D.He hopes that there will be more ranch lions in Africa.
【4】What is the main purpose of the passage?
A.To explain the main idea of a new film.
B.To report an animal protection campaign
C.To encourage fanners lo raise ranch lions.
D.To advertise South Africa's hunting industry.
23、阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
In my first week as a graduate student at Cambridge University in 1964 I met with a fellow student, two years ahead of me in his studies; he was unsteady on his feet and spoke with great difficulty.This was Stephen Hawking.I learned that he had a bad disease and might not live long enough even to finish his Phd degree.
But, amazingly, he has reached the age of 73.Even mere survival would have been a medical miracle, but of course, he didn’t merely survive.He has become arguably the most famous scientist in the world for his brilliant research, for his bestselling books, and, above all, for his astonishing victory over hardship.
Stephen received his “death sentence” in 1964, when I thought it was hard for him to go on with his study.Stephen went from Albans School to Oxford University.He was said to be a “lazy” undergraduate, but his brilliance earned him a first-class degree, an “entry ticket” to a research career in Cambridge and a uniquely inspiring achievement.Within a few years of the burst of his disease he was wheelchair-bound, and his speech was so unclear that it could only be understood by those who knew him well.But his scientific career went from strength to strength: he quickly came up with a series of insights into the nature of black holes (then a very new idea) and how the universe began.In 1974 he was elected to the Royal Society at the exceptionally early age of 32.
The great advances in science generally involve discovering a link between phenomena that were previously conceptually unconnected — for instance, Isaac Newton realized that the force making an apple fall to earth was the same as the force that holds the moon and planets in their orbits.Stephen’s revolutionary idea about a link between gravity and quantum(量子) theory has still not been tested. However, it has been hugely influential; indeed, one of the main achievements of string theory(弦理论) has been to confirm and build on his idea. He has undoubtedly done more than anyone else since Einstein to improve our knowledge of gravity and he is one of the top-ten living theoretical physicists.
【1】What impressed the author most about Stephen Hawking?
A. His brilliant research.
B. His bestselling books.
C. His serious disease.
D. His defeating hardship.
【2】What made Stephen Hawking start his research career at Cambridge?
A. His death sentence.
B. His “lazy” attitude.
C. His above-average talent and ability.
D. His rich experience.
【3】It can be inferred that Stephen Hawking was born ________.
A. in the early 1940s
B. in the late 1940s
C. in the early 1930s
D. in the late 1930s
【4】What can we learn from the text?
A. Hawking’s theory was proved years ago.
B. Hawking was not as successful as Newton.
C. String theory built on Hawking’s idea.
D. Hawking’s theory has had little influence on others.
【5】Which of the following is Not True according the passage?
A. He achieved one success after another in his career despite his disease.
B. He couldn’t walk when the author first met him at Cambridge.
C. He not only survived his disease but contributed greatly to science.
D. He is among the greatest scientists to improve the knowledge of gravity.
24、Isaac Newton on a skateboard?
Does maths explain everything?
It’s long time since most of us were at school, sitting in maths class and thinking: “When am I ever going to need this?” As adults we know that the answer is “all the time” --maths is everywhere, and not just in the places you’d expect. The challenge is to help children realize its relevance to their everyday life.
AQUlLA’s Real World Maths Issue:
They may not know it, but even skateboarders and dancers are using maths all the time --- and your local skate park is actually a great place to put mathematical theory (think calculus) into action! In this issue, children can read about Sir Christopher Wren’s plans for re-building London; try AQUILA’s topologist game; investigate snowflakes-nature’s little mathematical masterpieces, and learn about artist L.S Lowry’s ideas on perspective. Plus: find out some really bad maths that ended up in catastrophe and discover why being a perfectionist is not always a bad thing.
“......Advanced & Philosophical, Curious & Puzzling”
RICHARD ROBINSON, BRIGHTON SCIENCE FESTIVAL
【1】The passage is intended to_________.
A.explain some myths about Isaac Newton
B.attract parents and children to subscribe to the magazine
C.explain some real world maths issues
D.encourage students to read more books on maths
【2】We can infer from the passage that_________________.
A.Schools fail to help students realise maths’ relevance to daily life.
B.Learning maths helps people become perfectionists
C.AQUILA was well-received at Brighton Science Festival
D.Parents can give AQUILA to their six year olds as a birthday gift.
【3】Which of the following statement about AQUILA Magazine is true?
A.It founds a special club for the curious kids.
B.Its content exclusively focuses on Science.
C.It’s more challenging than the school curriculum.
D.It stimulates children’s curiosity to test new ideas.
25、 Mr. Dawson was an old and mean person with bad temper, and everyone in town knew it. Kids knew not to go into his yard to pick a delicious apple, ___________old Dawson, they said, would_________after them with his ball bullet gun.
One Friday, 12-year-old Janet was going to stay all night with her friend Amy. They had to go_______ Dawson’s house on the way to Amy’s house, but as they got_________ Janet saw him sitting on his front porch(门廊), so she_________they cross over to the _______side of the street. Like most of the children, she was_______of the old man because of the stories she’d_________about him. But Amy said Mr. Dawson wouldn’t hurt anyone. Still, Janet was growing more nervous with each step closer to the old man’s house. When they got close enough, Dawson looked _______with his usual frown, but when he saw it was Amy, a broad__________changed his entire face as he said, “Hello, Miss Amy. I see you’ve got a little friend with you today.
Amy smiled back and told him Janet was________ overnight and they were going to listen to music and play games. Dawson told them that sounded ________, and offered them each a fresh picked__________off his tree. They gladly accepted.
Later Janet asked Amy, “ Everyone says he’s the meanest man in town.__________he is so nice to us? “Amy ________that when she first started walking past his house, he wasn’t very friendly and she was afraid of him,__________she pretended he was__________an invisible smile and so she always smiled back at him. It took a while, but one day he half-smiled back at her. After some more time, he started smiling real smiles and then started__________to her. Just a “hello” at first; then more. She said he always offered her an apple now, and was always very kind.
If we remember what Amy said, pretending that everyone wears an ________smile, we too will find that most people can’t__________our smile after a while.
【1】A.even if B.unless C.so that D.because
【2】A.run B.look C.shoot D.punish
【3】A.into B.on C.by D.through
【4】A.close B.tired C.excited D.afraid
【5】A.demanded B.insisted C.suggested D.begged
【6】A.another B.either C.other D.both
【7】A.proud B.scared C.fond D.sure
【8】A.talked B.complained C.argued D.heard
【9】A.up B.about C.around D.back
【10】A.anger B.light C.smile D.look
【11】A.playing B.staying C.amusing D.picking
【12】A.terrible B.reasonable C.admirable D.fun
【13】A.toy B.apple C.gift D.gun
【14】A.What about B.How about C.What if D.How come
【15】A.explained B.thought C.insisted D.added
【16】A.so B.but C.and D.or
【17】A.forcing B.showing C.taking D.wearing
【18】A.shouting B.smiling C.talking D.replying
【19】A.kind B.friendly C.invisible D.possible
【20】A.accept B.resist C.ignore D.enjoy
26、假定你是李华,将参加学校举行的英文演讲比赛,已写好演讲镐。给教你英语口语一年并已回国一个月的外教Mr. Daniel写封邮件,请他帮你审核稿件并做出必要的修改。
注意:1. 词数100左右;
2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
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