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1、Each instrument and each musician ________different functions: sustaining, modifying, synthesizing and innovating, paired into two key types of roles supporting and leading.
A．take on
B．take up
C．takes on
D．takes up
2、To get promoted, I must _____ my colleagues, who are committed to their jobs.
A. take after B. take to C. take in D. take on
3、But for the fact that I_ an unexpected visitor, I _____to the lecture．
A．had had/would go
B．had/must go
C．had/would have gone
D．had had/must have gone
4、Tom, our manager, ________ for American in two days and he has asked me to find out when the earliest plane ________ next Sunday.
A. is leaving; takes off
B. will leave; is taking off
C. is to leave; is going to take off
D. leaves; will take off
5、He would be in better health now _______ with too much work when young.
A. had he not burdened himself B. if he was not burdened
C. were he not burdened D. had he not been burdened himself
6、When asked if he was disappointed with his failure ____ the gold medal, the athlete responded just with a smile.
A. to win B. winning C. won D. to be won
7、 Not until I successfully land my university______free time to relax myself.
A. will I have B. I will have
C. won’t I have D. I won’t have
8、——How do you find Nick’s performance last night?
——To be honest, his singing didn’t ________me.
A．appeal to
B．belong to
C．refer to
D．occur to
9、The railway station should be ______ from anywhere in the city within 90 minutes by bus, subways and special taxis.
A. adoptable B. acceptable C. available D. accessible
10、—Have you been wasting time on computer games again?
—_____． I’ve been studying a lot and I need a break．
A．No way B．Not really
C．I don’t agree D．I couldn’t agree more
11、The pollution in Beijing is expected to improve, ________ a series of air pollution control measures.
A. regardless of B. but for
C. thanks to D. such as
12、—Bob isn’t feeling very well today. He has caught a cold.
—Everybody seems to have ______, owing to the sudden change of weather.
A．one
B．it
C．that
D．another
13、As a famous public figure, you have a duty to _______ yourself, especially in public places.
A. focus B. behave C. guide D. operate
14、Ning Zetao, the first China's male swimmer _______ the men's 100 meters freestyle title in FINA World Championships, ________ to iconic stardom overnight and becomes an internet sensation. .
A.to win… has been shot B.winning…shooting
C.having won…is shooting D.to win…are to be shot
15、Some parents are just too protective. They want to their kids from every kind of danger, real or imagined.
A. spot B. dismiss
C. shelter D. distinguish
16、You can phone your friend at work _____ you don’t make a habit of it.
A.as if B.even though C.as long as D.in case
17、His comprehensive surveys have provided the most ________ statements of how, and on what basis, data are collected.
A．available
B．original
C．explicit
D．formal
18、 peer pressure has a stronger impact on teenagers than any amount of government intervention, it is not surprising that the government's efforts to fight against drug abuse will meet more resistance with younger consumers.
A.In that B.Given that C.On condition that D.Although
19、--How do you think I can make up with Tom?
--Put aside ___you disagree and try to find __you have in common.
A. what; what B. what; where
C. where; what D. what; whether
20、Joining the firm as a clerk, he got rapid promotion, and ______ as a manager.
A. ended up B. dropped out
C. came back D. started off
21、Singles' Day ---- the Chinese opposite of Valentine’s Day has turned into a massive online shopping event. It is a day when single people are supposed to buy themselves presents. But there are sociological reasons behind China's “celebration” of single life. And the imbalance could have big consequences for the country.
There were 34 million more men than women in China in 2011. Part of that is natural – usually there are 105 boys born for every 100 girls. But the Chinese gender ratio (性别比例) at birth is much more obvious. It was 116 boys to 100 girls in 2012. The one child policy is largely to blame. Brought in to limit population expansion, the policy allows only one child per family. But because male children are seen as more valuable, as well as more likely to support their parents in old age, some parents choose to have a son over a daughter. The result is that large numbers of men will likely never get married. In fact, one study has predicted that by 2030, 1 in 5 Chinese men in their 30s will never have married, while another states that 94% of unmarried people in China are men.
Traditionally, China h as seen high levels of marriage, usually among the young. Besides, the increased education and career opportunities for women have meant that marriages are happening later. It is also traditional that women often marry men of a higher socioeconomic status than themselves. So women at the top and men at the bottom find themselves alone. One study has even suggested a link between an imbalanced gender ratio and growth in violent crime in the country.
Singles’ Day can’t solve all the problems China’s singles face. Indeed, it is possible that it is causing even more problems, as men resort to increasingly risky lines of work to increase their chances of gaining money and thus a wife. I am worried that as money starts to overcome romance, there is evidence that China ' s marriage market is increasingly materialistic.
【1】In 2012, if 50 girls were born, how many boys were probably born?
A. 50. B. 52. C. 58. D. 60.
【2】What made women in China get married late?
A. Their support of the government’s late marriage policy.
B. Their higher education level and more work chances.
C. That they expect to enjoy their single time when young.
D. That there are too many excellent young men to choose from.
【3】What’s the writer’s attitude to the imbalance gender ratio in China?
A. Optimistic B. Concerned
C. Indifferent D. Unknown
【4】We can learn from the passage that .
A. Singles' Day is celebrated all over the world.
B. by 2030, 1 in 5 Chinese women in their 30s will be out of marriage.
C. an imbalanced gender ratio is related to the growth in violent crime.
D. Singles' Day will solve all the problems China’s singles face.
22、Homestay provides English language students with the opportunity to speak English outside the classroom and the experience of being part of a British home.
What to Expect
The host will provide accommodation and meals. Rooms will be cleaned and bedcovers changed at least once a week. You will be given the house key and the host is there to offer help and advice as well as to take an interest in your physical and mental health.
Meal Plans Available
※ Continental Breakfast
※ Breakfast and Dinner
※ Breakfast, Packed Lunch and Dinner
It’s important to note that few English families still provide a traditional cooked breakfast. Your accommodation includes Continental Breakfast which normally consists of fruit juice, cereal(谷物类食品), bread and tea or coffee. Cheese, fruit and cold meat are not normally part of a Continental Breakfast in England. Dinner usually consists of meat or fish with vegetables followed by dessert, fruit and coffee.
Friends
If you wish to invite a friend over to visit, you must first ask your host’s permission. You have no right to entertain friends in a family home as some families feel it is an invasion of their privacy.
Self-catering Accommodation in Private Homes
Accommodation on a room-only basis includes a shared kitchen and bathroom facilities and often a main living room. This kind of accommodation offers an independent lifestyle and is more suitable for the long-stay student. However, it does not provide the same family atmosphere as an ordinary homestay and may not benefit those who need to practise English at home quite as much.
【1】Which of the following will be provided by the host?
A．Room cleaning.
B．Medical care.
C．Physical training.
D．Free accommodation.
【2】What does Continental Breakfast include?
A．Cheese and cold meat.
B．Fruit and coffee.
C．Fruit juice and bread.
D．Dessert and tea.
【3】What’s the advantage of self-catering accommodation for students?
A．To be independent.
B．To practice English.
C．To make more friends.
D．To enjoy warm family atmosphere.
23、The Asian elephant has been respected for centuries and is still used today for ceremonies and religious purposes. It is respected, not only because it plays a role in Asian culture and religion, but also because it is a key biological species in the tropical forests of Asia.
The Asian elephant is the largest land mammal in Asian. It is smaller than the African elephant, with relatively smaller ears. Asian elephants have a single “finger” on the upper lip of the long trunk, while African elephants have a second on the lower tip. A number of adult male Asian elephants have no tooth, and the percentage of males carrying ivory(象牙）is different from only about 5% in Sri Lanka to 90% in south India. Asian elephants keep their ears in constant motion in order to free the heat they produce. The species is reported to have well-developed hearing, vision, and smell , and they are also fine swimmers.
Asian elephants prefer to convey something to form groups surrounding 6 to 7 related females that are led by the oldest female. Like African elephants, these groups occasionally join others to form herds, although these associations are relatively temporary.
More than two thirds of the day may be spent feeding on grasses, but large amounts of tree bark, roots, leaves and small stems are also eaten. Crops such as bananas, rice and sugar plants are favored foods. Besides, they need to drink at least twice a day so the source of water is quite important.
The Asian elephant used to live from modern Irap and Syria to the Yellow River in China at first, but it is now found only from India to Vietnam, with a tiny population in the extreme southwest of China’s Yunnan Province. More than 100,000 Asian elephants may have existed at the start of the 20th century. The population is estimated to have fallen by at least 50% over the last 60-75 years.
【1】What can we learn from Paragraph2?
A.The Asian male elephant is the largest animal in the world.
B.The population of Asian male elephants with ivory varies by district.
C.The Asian elephant has two “fingers” on the lips of the long trunk.
D.Asian elephants continuously move their ears to warm themselves.
【2】The Asian elephants are most likely to fed themselves______.
A. in a very large forest
B. in the field with leaves and stems
C. close to a river with grasses and leaves
D. on the hillsides with grasses and trees
【3】What makes the author worried in the last paragraph?
A. That there are fewer and fewer Asian elephants.
B. That Asian elephants originally ranged more widely.
C. That Asian elephants may suffer some diseases.
D. That there was too much killing in the last century.
【4】The passage introduces Asian elephants mainly in the aspects of ______.
a.the diet habit
b. the social structure
c. the life circle
d. the physical description
e. the skin color
f. the population and distribution
g. the cultural status
A. b-c-d-e-f B. c-d-e-f-g
C. a-b-c-d-f D. g-d-b-a-f
24、But would a faster reading speed mean that we could learn more? Some people claim that it’s possible. In July last year, six-time speed reading champion Anne Jones sat down to read Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman. Just 25 minutes and 31 seconds later, she finished it - which equals a reading rate of around 3, 700 words per minute. Jones runs training courses teaching speed reading, recall and concentration techniques and there are numerous speed reading apps that have appeared on the market over the past few years. But do they actually work?
First, we need to understand how we read. The human eye movement system is central to our reading ability. Read over that sentence again, and think about how your eyes scan across the words. They don’t move smoothly over them. Instead, they make a series of short, sharp jumps, skipping over a few characters before briefly landing on a word. The movements are known as saccades and the pauses are called fixations.
Reading isn’t just about seeing the words - you need to comprehend them to build up a picture about what the text means. People are able to get through a block of text faster, but at the cost of accuracy and understanding. In other words, if you use a speed reading app, then you’ll probably get the gist (主旨) of a piece of text, but you’ll struggle to recall details about what you’ve just read.
So, does speed reading work? Well, yes and no. It really depends on what you’re reading and why you need to read it. As yet, there isn’t a trick that enables you to read a piece of text both quickly and accurately - there’s always going to be a trade-off.
【1】What’s the main idea of the passage?
A．Speed reading is bad at times.
B．Speed reading is a waste of time.
C．Speed reading can work sometimes.
D．Speed reading is always enjoyable.
【2】Which of the following is TRUE?
A．Reading apps ensure us to read much faster.
B．Fast reading makes us learn more knowledge.
C．Reading is no more than seeing the text words.
D．Reading ability is related to eye movement system.
【3】What does the underlined word in the last paragraph “trade-off” most probably mean?
A．balance.
B．change.
C．business.
D．bargain.
【4】What might the writer continue to talk about？
A．The advantages of faster or slower reading.
B．The reasons why to do faster or slower reading.
C．The cases where to do faster and slower reading.
D．The methods with making use of faster or slower reading.
25、 Peggy Lewis lost her house in a brutal tornado, but the tornado couldn’t take the one thing that meant the most.
One _______, Peggy Lewis and her husband, Harris Lee, were ______ the trees blow in the wind outside their home in Eureka, Kansas. The next, they were surrounded by glass from the house’s _______ windows. The roof tore off. The walls caved in. After the tornado had _______, it took a team of neighbors to take them to the hospital. “I thought we were going to_______,” says Lewis.
When the pair ______ to their property three days after that awful night last June, it was _______ that what remained of the house would need to be torn down. But _______ Lewis would let that happen, she wanted one thing—her family Bible.
Lewis had bought the Bible 35 years earlier, at the start of her _______. Like many folks, she’d used it to hold and preserve her ________ history: decades-old photos, a lock of her daughter’s hair, ________ a piece of a scarf her uncle had brought back from the Korean War.
The Bible was the first thing Lewis _______ when she returned to the house. It wasn’t ________ she’d last seen it, _______ top of a dresser in her bedroom. In fact, the dresser wasn’t there at all.
When two volunteers ________ to help the couple dig out, Lewis had one mission for them: “If you can find anything,” she said, “please find my Bible.”
After an hour of _______, one of the volunteers ran up to her. Lewis had tears streaming down her cheeks and a book in her hands. Stunningly, while many books inside the home had been destroyed beyond________, the Bible was still intact(完好无损), even though it had sat in the rain for days. “I________broke down,” says Lewis.
“I thought it was gone forever. It was a(an) ________.”
She knows that while every good book tells stories of catastrophic(灾难性的) weather and unlikely survival, this one actually________it.
【1】A.day B.minute C.year D.night
【2】A.cutting B.watching C.planting D.drawing
【3】A.broken B.beautiful C.designed D.charming
【4】A.passed B.arrived C.formed D.hit
【5】A.leave B.remember C.die D.lose
【6】A.stuck B.aimed C.returned D.referred
【7】A.lucky B.impossible C.mad D.clear
【8】A.before B.after C.when D.until
【9】A.life B.marriage C.work D.college
【10】A.children’s B.mother’s C.father’s D.family’s
【11】A.still B.even C.such D.so
【12】A.took away B.prepared for C.handed in D.looked for
【13】A.where B.that C.when D.why
【14】A.at B.beside C.on D.in
【15】A.slowed down B.showed up C.got off D.turned on
【16】A.recalling B.guiding C.searching D.treating
【17】A.words B.dreams C.imagination D.recognition
【18】A.seldom B.completely C.generally D.mostly
【19】A.accident B.chance C.mystery D.miracle
【20】A.retold B.painted C.wanted D.lived
26、书面表达
阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
George claims that he read 53 books in 2014. My friend and I found this fairly unbelievable, considering he seems to have a pretty full schedule.
Anyway, it appears that I am on track to read 72 new books this year. But I've come to realize that this number can easily be skewed（扭曲）. For instance, currently I am reading Rising Tide: The Story of the Mississippi Flood of 1927. This book is over 700 pages. It's going to take me the month of May (along with Harry Potter rereads; I can't read nonfiction while going to sleep). So my May average will be way off. However, when I read chick-lits (鸡仔文学, 都市女性文学), I can get those done in a day. I guess it all depends on what I choose to read.
In reality, reading is beneficial because it encourages us to slow down our thinking, and also to fully interpret someone else's experience. Reading keeps the mind sharp and expands a person’s vocabulary. We read to educate ourselves. We read to help ourselves. We read to escape our own lives and live in that of another for a little while.
【写作内容】
1．以约30个词概括上文的主要内容；
2．以约120个词就“读书”这个话题谈谈你的想法，内容包括：
（1）对比上文，你每年阅读多少书籍；
（2）举例说明你从阅读中获得的好处；
（3）呼吁人们多读书。
【写作要求】
1．可以使用实例来支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；2．作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
【评分标准】 概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，语篇连贯
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