1、 Although this kind of vegetable tastes , yet it is rich in nutrition and good for your health.
A. bitter B. bitterly
C. delicious D. deliciously
2、John deserves enormous ________ for the way his team performed, not only yesterday but throughout his first year in charge.
A. comment B. consideration
C. credit D. cooperation
3、Do you think he would have given you a hand in your time of financial difficulty?
He ________ had he known about it. After all, we are good friends.
A. wouldn’t have
B. should have
C. couldn’t have
D. must have
4、Traveling by subway ______ sometimes be quite an adventure, especially during the rush hour.
A.must B.can C.shall D.should
5、—Mum, I have to leave now as the theme park opens early in the morning. Bye!
—________!
A.Thank you B.No problem C.Have a nice day D.Go ahead
6、 ---The scarf is nice, but the price is a little bit too high.
---_______, but if you want to have good quality, you have to pay more.
A.No problem B. No offence
C. No wonder D. No doubt
7、Hong Kong residents say they can no longer ________ the ongoing Occupy Central protests which greatly influenced their daily life and local business, and ask the protestors to withdraw from the streets.
A. keep up with B. catch up with
C. put up with D. come up with
8、Although he was poor, he was quite ________ to his needy friends.
A.typical
B.generous
C.adequate
D.identical
9、Playing with their peers, children learn to and not do exactly what they want to do.
A. compromise B. compete
C. contribute D. construct
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、—What do you think of the conditions here?
—Oh, wonderful! _________ a better hotel.
A.Seldom we can find B.Rarely do we find
C.Never will we find D.Hardly can we find
12、If you go to the wildlife park,you will find the places there more dangerous than commonly__________
A.supposing B.suppose
C.to suppose D.supposed
13、He ________ into the habit of smoking at the age of 14.
A. formed B. fell C. went D. came
14、Make contacts among your parents’ friends, your neighbors, your community organizations — _______ you can find working adults, network.
A. whenever B. whatever C. whoever D. wherever
15、So far, during her time at the English Club, Lucy ___ to six parties and ten barbecues.
A. came B. comes C. has come D. has been coming
16、When the young man was shown the evidence, he ______ and told everything he had done to the police.
A. broke up B. broke away
C. broke off D. broke down
17、I always get a bit ____ when my daughter doesn’t come back home from school.
A.anxious B.curious C.generous D.humorous
18、According to the data from Robb’s studies, men produce slightly ______ speech. But no sex difference in the reading task was found.
A. clearest B. clear C. clearly D. clearer
19、The oldest Disney-themed park receives over 14 million visitors each year, nearly $3 billion in revenue.
A. putting in B. taking in
C. joining in D. cutting in
20、The parking rules in public places should be ________ strictly, otherwise you will get a ticket.
A.realized B.recognized C.consulted D.observed
21、 For my first year at Oxford, I barely said anything in tutorials(辅导课).
We'd have 2-3 tutorials a week, each ranging from 1 to 3 hours. Some would feel informal with comfortable chairs and teas, sitting and chatting with a few friends. Others would feel more like we were being grilled for facts. In both types, I was pretty quiet. I was shy, introverted, and worried that everyone would think I was stupid. The fact is that everyone in Oxford, Harvard, Yale, etc. has felt insecure about their intelligence at some point. I didn't volunteer in discussions and, as a result, I didn't understand much. My understandings of different texts never matured or became complex. They stayed the same. And they were often wrong.
Then, somewhere in the middle of my second year, I got over myself, stopped being worried, and offered more of my own opinions. I responded to others, asked thoughtful questions, and interacted way more. I always asked if I didn't understand something. Most of the time, others also didn't understand the thing I was confused about and felt happy I asked.
I went from being a passive learner and having everything go over my head to being an active learner and having tons more information understood. In tutorials, I took notes. After tutorials, I reviewed those notes. I rewrote them. I explained new concepts to my friends in other subject areas. And I felt smarter. I went from struggling and failing to thriving and suddenly getting firsts on my essays.
Being an active student also means asking for help. So I recommend you to visit your tutor during office hours and ask for their help or ask your peers to help explain stuff to you. Or get a mentor(导师) if you can. I had a PhD student mentor me once a week over coffee in my final year. It was the best thing that happened to my studies.
【1】Which word best describes the author's academic attitude as a freshman?
A.Cooperative. B.Inactive. C.Serious. D.Positive.
【2】What can we infer about the author from Paragraph 4?
A.He became smarter than others. B.He attached no importance to notes.
C.He had everything go over his head later. D.His changed attitudes led to academic improvement.
【3】What does the-author advise us to do?
A.To visit tutors at any time. B.To get a mentor in the first year.
C.To ask our peers for help if necessary. D.To learn everything from smart people.
【4】Which can be a suitable title for the text?
A.How did I Ask for Help? B.How did I Get over Myself?
C.How did I Become an Active Learner? D.How did I Become a Smart Student?
22、Charles Dickens is often thought of as one of the greatest British writers.February 7 marked the 200th anniversary of his birthday. Yet for many, his language is old-fashioned and his stories often improbable. So why do so many people know and read Dickens today?
One reason is the British government's insistence that every child studies a Dickens novel at school. Alongside William Shakespeare, Dickens is on every English literature school reading list.His stories, though often long by today's standards, are great moral tales. They are filled with colorful characters.
Earlier this month a ceremony was held in Portsmouth ,where Dickens was born Prince Charles said at the ceremony, Dickens used his creative genius to campaign passionately for social justice, his characterization is a fresh today as on the day is was written.
His books stand out from many other writers because of his insight into human nature. Dickens like Shakespeare tells us truths about human behavior. They are as true in the 21st century as they were to his readers in the 19th century.
Readers have returned to Dickens’ books again and again over the years to see what he has to say about their own times.
No surprise then that it was Dickens whom Britons turned to during the economic crisis in the last couple of years. Dickens helped them make sense of a world that was rapidly falling apart. The BBC adapted one of his less well-known novels, Little Dorrit, into a popular television drama thatintroduced many Brits to the novel for the first time. A dark story about greed and money, it was the perfect illustration of bad times.
As long as Dickens’s novels have something to say to modern audiences, it seems likely that he will remain one of Britain’s best-loved writers.
【1】In the article, the author intends to tell us ______.
A.why Dickens’ novels still appeal to readers in modern times
B.that Dickens’ works are no longer popular among young people
C.why the British government puts Dickens on school reading lists
D.that Dickens and Shakespeare’s works are required for study at school
【2】In Britain, people still read Dickens because of ______.
a) romance in his books
b) moral value in his books
c) his colorful characters
d) his insight into human nature
e) government education requirement
f) his prediction of the current economic crisis
A.abdf B.bcde C.bdef D.abed
【3】We can infer from the article that ______.
A.it’s better to read Dickens in time of difficulty
B.Dickens was a great social observer of his time
C.human nature seems worse during bad times
D.Dickens’s novels are short and easy to read
【4】Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A.Little Dorrit is one of Dickens’ best-known novels.
B.Dickens’ novels are of greater value during economic crisis.
C.Dickens’ works have gained more popularity than Shakespeare’s
D.Dickens’ novels are still of realistic significance to today’s world.
23、How to Stop Self-blaming and Start Forgiving Yourself?
Everybody makes mistakes, and it’s true whether you believe it or not. 【1】 You can learn to stop self-blaming and start forgiving yourself. Here are some tips.
1. 【2】
When you take responsibility for your actions, you accept that you made a mistake. Don’t try to shift the blame onto others. It takes a strong-willed person to admit they made a mistake, and it needs to be done in order to clear your consciousness. If you don’t accept responsibility, you run the risk of having others blame you throughout your life. 【3】
2. Don’t be critical.
If you’re critical of yourself, chances are that you are critical of others too, perhaps without even realizing it. Judging others is a waste of your own time, which could have been spent bettering yourself in some way. 【4】 Try to see things from their point of view. Furthermore, those who judge others may think that others are judging them. Let go of the idea that everyone else is out to get you, and you’ll be free to live your life to the fullest.
3. Learn to forgive freely.
The first step toward forgiving yourself for making a mistake is to be more forgiving of others. Once you fully understand that everyone makes mistakes, you’ll be more likely to forgive yourself. 【5】 You just need to be the best you that you can be. This all starts with forgiving yourself and moving on with your life.
A.Learn and move on.
B.Take responsibility, don’t place blame.
C.You don’t have to be perfect because nobody is.
D.Instead of judging others, look for the good in everyone you meet.
E.When you make mistakes, it’s no use blaming yourself all the time.
F.Be realistic about your shortcomings, but also about your strengths as well.
G.By accepting responsibility, you make it clear that you were wrong and now want to work toward bettering yourself.
24、At the age of 14, James Harrison had a major chest operation and he required 13 units (3.4 gallons) of blood afterwards. The blood donations saved his life, and he decided that once he turned 18, he would begin donating blood as regularly as he could.
More than 60 years and almost 1,200 donations later, Harrison, whose blood contains an antibody (抗体) that has saved the lives of 2.4 million babies from miscarriages (流产), retired as a blood donor on May 11. Harrison’s blood is valuable because he naturally produces Rh-negative blood, which contains Rh-positive antibodies. His blood has been used to create anti-D in Australia since 1967.
“Every bottle of anti-D ever made in Australia has James in it,” Robyn Barlow, the Rh program director told the Sydney Morning Herald. “It’s an amazing thing. He has saved millions of babies. I cry just thinking about it.” Since then, Harrison has donated between 500 and 800 milliliters of blood almost every week. “I’d keep going if they let me,” Harrison told the Herald. His doctors said it was time to stop the donations. They had already extended the age limit for blood donations for him, and they’re cutting him off now to protect his health.
Harrison’s retirement is a blow to the Rh treatment program in Australia. Only 160 donors support the program, and finding new donors has proven to be difficult. But Harrison’s retirement from giving blood doesn’t mean he’s completely out of the game. Scientists are collecting and cataloging his DNA to create a library of antibodies and white blood cells that could be the future of the anti-D program in Australia.
【1】Why did James Harrison decide to donate blood as regularly as he could?
A.Because he wanted to be a celebrity.
B.Because he was saved by the blood donations when he was young.
C.Because his blood is valuable.
D.Because the Rh treatment program in Australia need him.
【2】What can we learn from the underlined sentence in paragraph 3?
A.Robyn Barlow was sad because millions of babies suffer from blood disease.
B.Robyn Barlow was worried because Harrison may die of losing too much blood.
C.Robyn Barlow was moved by Harrison’s donations.
D.Robyn Barlow was frightened by Harrison’s crazy behavior.
【3】What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A.Harrison’s retirement will not affect the Rh program.
B.After Harrison’s retirement, the Rh program will fail.
C.Harrison’s influence to the Rh program will still exist after his retirement.
D.A library has been built for the study of Harrison’s DNA .
【4】Which word can best describe Harrison?
A.Patient.
B.Diligent.
C.Talented.
D.Devoted.
25、Do you sometimes ignore your mom while chatting with friends? If you’re a teen, that’s fairly _______. And new research may explain why so many _______ tune out their mom’s voices.
Young kids’ brains are very tuned in to their mothers’ voices. But as they grow up, everything _______. Teenagers’ brains are more tuned in to strangers’ voices. Researchers scanned the brains of 7- to 16-year-olds as they listened to things said by their mothers or by unfamiliar women. The words were purely_______ : teebudieshawlt, keebudieshawlt and peebudieshawlt. As the kids listened, certain parts of their brains became _______. This was especially true in brain regions that help us to _______ rewards and pay attention.
This _______ usually happens between ages 13 and 14. The brain seems to_______ new needs that come with youth. As we _______, our survival depends less and less on mom’s support. ________, we rely more and more on our ________-friends and others closer to our own age.
However, these areas in the youthful brain don’t stop ________ mom. It’s just that unfamiliar voices become more ________ and worthy of attention. Mothers’ voices still have special power, especially in times of stress. Studies also showed that levels of stress hormones (荷尔蒙) ________ when stressed-out girls heard their moms’ voices on the phone.
So while both teens and their parents sometimes feel frustrated by missed messages, that’s okay. “That’s the way the brain is ________, and there’s a good reason for it.”
【1】
A.strange
B.rare
C.common
D.impossible
【2】
A.schoolboys
B.teenagers
C.adults
D.girls
【3】
A.changes
B.matters
C.evolves
D.counts
【4】
A.complicated
B.meaningful
C.nonsense
D.nonstop
【5】
A.numb
B.small
C.calm
D.active
【6】
A.record
B.design
C.detect
D.process
【7】
A.action
B.shift
C.ability
D.function
【8】
A.adapt to
B.appeal to
C.apply to
D.attach to
【9】
A.struggle
B.advance
C.shrink
D.mature
【10】
A.Once
B.Otherwise
C.Instead
D.Besides
【11】
A.strangers
B.competitors
C.partners
D.peers
【12】
A.keeping out
B.responding to
C.working with
D.turning down
【13】
A.rewarding
B.impressive
C.comfortable
D.reasonable
【14】
A.varied
B.dropped
C.topped
D.remained
【15】
A.fixed
B.supplied
C.balanced
D.wired
26、书面表达
每个人都有度过空余时间的不同方式,是业余锻炼,阅读,购物还是其他什么?这种度过业余时间的方式有什么益处?请以My way of spending my free time 为题写一篇短文。
1. 词数 100 左右;
2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;