1、The news that he referred ________ us disappointed.
A.to made B.to making C.to make D.to have made
2、 Can you write about a challenging situation ______ you once faced in your life and how you dealt with it?
A.where B.when C.which D.there
3、—I didn’t know you play the piano. It sounds wonderful!
—Thank you! I ______ it when I worked in UK.
A. learned B. had learned
C. have learned D. learn
4、We have celebrated this festival for many years and it ________ Tang Dynasty.
A. is dated back to B. is dating back to
C. dates back to D. dated back to
5、Only in the last few years ________ to understand their learning disabilities and how they can be dealt with.
A.did they begin B.have they begun
C.had they begun D.they began
6、The captain as well as his team interviewed shortly after they won the gold medal.
A. are B. was C. is D. were
7、In most cases, the price is ________ if it is a massive purchase.
A.negotiable
B.distinct
C.remarkable
D.worthwhile
8、I wish I ________ them about the project. Now it’s been canceled and they’re all disappointed.
A. hadn’t told B. didn’t tell
C. wouldn’t tell D. wasn’t telling
9、With the guide ______ the way, we finally got to the village which we were looking for.
A. led B. leading C. to lead D. had led
10、As the train was pulling out, the boy waved his hands to his parents on board ,with tears________down his cheek.
A.having rolled
B.rolled
C.to roll
D.rolling
11、The accident is reported _______ on the first Sunday in February.
A.to occur B.having occurred C.having been occurred D.to have occurred
12、The best student of the year shared his experience of he had managed to achieve excellence in his preparation for the college entrance examination.
A. if B. how
C. what D. that
13、—How do you find the film Sunny directed by Hyeong-cheol Kang?
— ! It makes me recall my life at school.
A.It’s hard to say
B.I can’t agree more
C.You’re absolutely right
D.It’s totally fascinating
14、In the future, care for the environment will become very important as earth’s natural resources ___________.
A.run out B.run over C.use up D.use out
15、---- Why is Tom in the teacher’s office?
---- He was said _________ with John when the class teacher entered the classroom.
A. fighting B. to fight C. to have been fighting D. to be fighting
16、The sense of beauty that Zhouzhuang gave me lies in its pace of life, which ____ remains her own sense of time in close to a modern but not busy city: waters there are flowing the total time, quiet and slow.
A. constantly B. eventually
C. universally D. stubbornly
17、34. He was fortunate ____ he did not get injured in the car accident.
A. but that B. except that
C. because of that D. in that
18、________ is often the case all over the world with new areas of economic activity, the sharing economy is developing faster than existing regulations or ongoing supervision.
A.It
B.What
C.As
D.Which
19、If there were no cellphones, life ________ quite different because we depend too much on them.
A. will be B. would be C. is D. were
20、Some hard working students always keep a torch in their dormitories _____ there is a power failure.
A.if B.unless
C.so that D.in case
21、I began a new job in a new city six months ago. Big moments of changing like this have a way of dragging up deep, hidden fears we don’t face in our longer periods of stability. 【1】 .I was constantly losing sleep, had lots of panicky doubt, and even some regret when I thought about the job I just left.
Change is risk. Our primitive brains translate risk into danger, and our survival as a species depends on avoiding it. Though philosopher Nietzsche famously said, “That which does not kill us, makes us stronger”, the risk that it could kill you can easily cause anxiety. 【2】 . Me, no exception.
Unluckily, there are always big changes we must face at some point. 【3】 . The first thing I did when I doubted myself and my decision to take a new job and move to a new city was talk to people who know and care about me. So blinded was I by change-caused anxiety that I had lost sight of my common sense. I reached out to my friends and my old boss. They gave me so much good advice that I wrote it down and referred to it often in those early weeks.
【4】 . Simply thinking about the past challenges where you came out on top is a reminder that you will do so this time as well. Sometimes our greatest difficulties become our greatest moments of success.
Change, while requiring adjustment—sometimes painful adjustment—often finds its way back to balance. Change and struggle are usually the only ways to get to someplace better. 【5】 . So, the sooner you discover what helps you adjust, restart, and succeed during change, the easier it will be to bag the next peak.
A.Crisis is also opportunity
B.Change also never goes away
C.I also managed to learn from the past
D.That’s how species and individuals live together
E.I managed poorly at the beginning of this change
F.That’s why we are so restless when faced with changes
G.That means finding the wisdom that helps us make the change
22、The United States is a country of immigrants. It is a place where people from all over the world come to build a better life. Some immigrants bring their families. Some bring a few of their favorite things. Others come alone with nothing but determination. One thing that every immigrant brings with them is their culture.
American immigration began in 1607 with the colony (殖民地) of Jamestown. In 1620, another group of people left England to build a settlement in America. They wanted to go to a place where they could practice their religion freely. Then many more people left their homes in Europe to build a better life in America. Many also came to America from Africa. By 1770, more than two million people had moved to America. Later on, more people came to the United States than ever before.
In cities all over America, you can see different cultures that formed this country. Many things that you may think of as being “American” are actually from a foreign culture. Some of the best examples of this are the foods people eat. Pizza and spaghetti are foods that all Americans know and love. But both of them are from Italy. Baseball is an all-American sport. But the hot dogs that people eat during the game are a type of food that was brought to America by German immigrants.
Over time, pizza and hot dogs have become a part of what is considered to be American food. In the same way, different groups of people have come together to define what an American is. An American can be a person of any background. An American can be of any faith. An American can be of any skin color. They can speak English clearly. They can speak English with an accent. Each new immigrant adds something new to American culture. It will keep changing as more people come to this country.
【1】Paragraph 2 is mainly about _____.
A. the history of American immigration
B. why people chose to move to America
C. the rapid growth of the population of America
D. what immigrants have brought to America
【2】Several foods are mentioned in the text to show _____.
A. they have a long history in America
B. they are very popular with Americans
C. America is a country full of tasty foods
D. America is made up of different cultures
【3】The author probably agrees that American culture is _____.
A. simple B. strange
C. diverse D. advanced
【4】What would be the best title for the text?
A. Immigrants and their American dreams
B. America: a melting pot of cultures
C. America: a land of opportunity
D. Life in the US: culture shock
23、Searching for the perfect gift can be difficult, especially age-appropriate material for teenagers. Look no further! We have a list of the best teen magazines. Give the gift of reading to your teens today!
Muse For teens up to age 14, Muse teaches, challenges, and excites readers of both genders. Sponsored by the Smithsonian Institute, this magazine features award-winning authors and focuses on science, history, and the arts. Whether your teen is interested in genetics, video games, outer space, beekeeping, robots, or mythology, this magazine has it all! | |
Sports Illustrated Kids Perfect for sports fans aged 8 to 14, SI Kids supplies readers with interesting sports news they won’t want to miss. Articles on favorite athletes feature incredible photography and illustrations. Girls and boys alike will enjoy the advice from athletes, coaches, and experts in the field: they’ll find tips on nutrition, performance, morale, and more. | |
Girls’ Life Magazine Designed for 10 to 15-year-olds, Girls’ Life provides inspiration and entertainment for every reader. She’ll find tips for dealing with stress, navigating high school, achieving academic success, and beauty and fashion advice. This print magazine delivers fun — quizzes, reader submissions, and more — helping guide young women through their teen years while still allowing them to be young. | |
National Geographic Kids While designed for kids aged six and up, this magazine features a lot of important, fun information about the world around us. Discover great stories about wildlife, current events, pop culture, science, technology, other kids’ adventures, and more! They’ll feel like they’re exploring the places themselves, with stunning photography, lively stories, and exciting facts. |
【1】Which of the following can you learn from Girls’ Life?
A.News about award-winning authors.
B.Information about interesting events.
C.Suggestions from coaches about nutrition.
D.Advice on improving academic performances.
【2】Who is the passage mainly written for?
A.Parents.
B.Teachers.
C.Kids.
D.Teenage girls.
【3】Which magazine has the youngest readers?
A.Girls’ Life.
B.Muse.
C.Sports Illustrated Kids.
D.National Geographic Kids.
24、A classic joke goes like this: A nurse rushes into an exam room and says, “Doctor, doctor, there’s an invisible man in the waiting room.” The doctor says, “Tell him I can’t see him.”
Pretty simple, right?
Here’s how I tell it: “A nurse—her name is Joyce—feels a presence in the waiting room. She looks around but sees nothing. She jumps up from her desk, carefully replaces her chair, and runs down the lavender-hued hallway to the doctor’s office. She knocks on the door. No response. He’s not there. Where can he be? She continues down the hall, admiring a lithograph of an 18th-century Mississippi paddleboat along the way.” By this time, my audience has left, but I soldier on. “She bursts into the exam room and says, ‘Doctor, doctor!’ The doctor, I should mention, is a urologist with a degree from Ohio State, which is where my nephew …”
You get the idea. I’m an embellisher. I can’t leave a simple gag alone.
I’m not the only joke-challenged member of the family. My sister’s worse than I am. Her problem: She can’t remember them. “‘A nurse rushes into an exam room and says…’Uh, let me start all over again. ‘A nurse rushes into a waiting…’No, it’s not the waiting room. She just came from the waiting room. Let me start all over again. ‘A doctor rushes into…’ No, wait…”
My uncle’s different. He’s guilty of taking a perfectly fine joke and selling it as the second coming of Oscar Wilde, “Okay, this is a good one. Ready? No, really, ready? Okay, fasten your seat belts. Ready?‘A nurse…’Got it? A nurse? Okay, ready?‘A nurse rushes into an exam room and says, “Doctor, doctor, there’s an invisible man in the waiting room.”’ Now, this is where it gets funny. Ready?”
No one is ever ready, so they leave before he gets to the punch line.
My father’s on Wall Street, so he hears all the jokes before they hit the Web. And he lets you know he knows them all by telling you all of them. He also knows that most people don’t like jokes. So he slips them in under the radar: “I was chatting with Ben Bernanke the other day. You know Ben, don’t you? The Fed chief? Anyway, we were reviewing the Fed’s policy on long-term interest rates, and he told me it had evolved into its current iteration only after a nurse rushed into an exam room and said, ‘Doctor, doctor, there’s…’ Hey, where are you going?”
My brother Mark understands that the secret to good joke telling is to know your audience. When he entertained my grandmother’s bridge club one evening, he made it a point to adapt the joke to them: “A beautiful blonde nurse rushes into a consulting room…”
No one in my family has ever finished this joke.
But as bad as it is not to be able to tell a joke, there’s something worse: not being able to listen to one. Take my cousin Mitch for example.
“Why couldn’t the doctor see him?” he asked.
“Because he’s invisible,” I said.
“Now, I didn’t get that. I thought the doctor couldn’t see him because he was with a patient.”
“Well, yeah, okay, but the fact that the guy was invisible…”
“Could the nurse see him?”
“No. She’s the one who said he was invisible…”
“How’d she know he was there?”
“Because he…”
“When you say he was invisible, does that mean his clothes were invisible too?” Here’s where I tried to walk away.
“Because if his clothes weren’t invisible,” Mitch said, stepping between me and the exit, “then the doctor could see him, right?”
“Yeah, but …”
“At least his clothes.”
“I guess…”
“Unless he was naked.”
“Okay, he was naked!”
“Why would he go to his doctor naked?”
Next time you see my family and someone is telling a joke, do yourself a favor: Make yourself invisible.
【1】Which of the following is true according to this article?
A. No one in the writer’s family is good at telling jokes.
B. Mark is the best at telling jokes in his family.
C. Mitch is very sensitive to all kinds of jokes.
D. A typically classic joke should cover all the details.
【2】What is inappropriate about Mark’s adaptation of the joke?
A. He knows the audience very well.
B. He shouldn’t have entertained a bridge club.
C. He shouldn’t have begun the story with a beautiful blond nurse.
D. He shouldn’t have told old people jokes.
【3】Mitch stepped between me and the exit because __________.
A. he wanted to go out with me
B. he wanted to block my way out
C. he was trying to repay the situation in the consulting room
D. he wanted to show that the doctor could see the patient
【4】Which is the best title of the passage?
A. Learn to Amuse Others
B. Where to Find a Doctor
C. How to Ruin a Classic Joke
D. A Story about a Funny Family
25、 Stan Lee tried many different jobs as a teenager but found his real interest when he began work for Timely Comics in 1939. He soon _______ to be editor-in-Chief and introduced a range of idols and hugely popular _______.
In the 1950s, the company _______ its name to Marvel, and Stan Lee was given the job of _______ a series of new comic-book characters that would compete.
Stan already had a few ideas that he was keen to _______, and so introduced The Fantastic Four to comic-reading Americans. The new heroes were an immediate _______, and Stan Lee could see that with careful and detailed planning, the new market could be well _______ by Marvel.
As the new market _______, Stan Lee persevered with his ideas, and _______ a new approach to storytelling through comics. Stan could see that comic-book fans wanted more than just illustrated stories.
These new fans wanted to be part of a community where they felt ________ in the whole process of comic book creation. Stan made it and fans soon developed a ________ to particular writers or artists they favored. In cooperation with others, Stan introduced Iron Man, the X-Men, Doctor Strange, and Daredevil and so on. These superheroes ________ Marvel's single most successful comic-book character-Spiderman.
1981 __________ Stan Lee move to California and take charge of Marvel's TV and movie interests. Stan's energetic and uncompromising approach to the film industry made Marvel a (an) __________ name. Fans worldwide ________ awaited each new film, and Stan could enjoy the ________ that success brought.
Stan Lee was the ________ of many new ideas, but making the ideas work was the hardest part. Taking an idea, or a dream, and making it ________, require hard and constant work. Enjoy the process of ________ your dreams. Let your ideas and creativity flow, and you will ________ yourself, Stan Lee said.
【1】A.rose B.decided C.hoped D.promised
【2】A.lists B.labels C.characters D.employees
【3】A.showed B.changed C.donated D.recommended
【4】A.acting B.evaluating C.buying D.creating
【5】A.hide B.find C.develop D.compare
【6】A.hit B.fan C.guidance D.failure
【7】A.made B.followed C.prepared D.served
【8】A.quit B.froze C.grew D.declined
【9】A.gave in to B.came up with C.looked down or D.got rid of
【10】A.trapped B.relieved C.involved D.depressed
【11】A.mercy B.memory C.disgust D.devotion
【12】A.removed B.included C.explained D.accepted
【13】A.saw B.made C.heard D.helped
【14】A.common B.ignored C.mysterious D.well-known
【15】A.seldom B.eagerly C.occasionally D.helplessly
【16】A.glory B.envy C.stress D.competition
【17】A.aim B.source C.partner D.opponent
【18】A.real B.near C.clear D.fit
【19】A.lifting B.refreshing C.realizing D.designing
【20】A.help B.behave C.protect D.surprise
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