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1、–Tack, this is the third time that you have been late this week.
--Sorry, sir, but I was ______ in the traffic congestion for 15 minutes.
A. held out B. held on C. held up D. held off
2、To our ______, grandpa’s illness didn’t prove to be as serious as we had thought.
A．desire
B．sorrow
C．relief
D．regret
3、The man opened his eyes, only ________ himself left alone in the room.
A. finding B. found C. to find D. having found
4、She tried to stay calm on the stage, but her trembling voice _______ her nervousness.
A.gave away B.gave up; C.gave off D.gave out
5、The explosion of a chemical plant in Yancheng Jiangsu province last month led to over 100 people ______ to hospital for treatment, ______ their relatives to be in deep sorrow.
A. sending; causing B. sent having caused
C. being sent; causing D. to send; to cause
6、_______ the World Table Tennis Championships in Suzhou cost a lot, it will surely bridge the distance between people throughout the world.
A.When B.While C.If D.As
7、When I got off the crowded bus, I found my pocket _____ and the disk in it with the important documents gone.
A. stolen B. missing
C. lost D. picked
8、I'm sure David will be able to find the library —— he has a pretty good ______ of direction.
A.idea B.feeling C.mind D.sense
9、Leaders of the two countries have had ________ contacts and continuously promoted their political mutual trust.
A.frequent B.secure C.specific D.social
10、Overcrowding in some hospitals has led to patients _____ in hallways.
A.treated B.to treat
C.being treated D.treating
11、 fired, your health care and other benefits will not be immediately cut off.
A.Would you be B.Could you be C.Should you be D.Might you be
12、Rafael Nadal is a tennis champion equipped with a big heart, to win and resolution to defeat all his opponents.
A.persuasion B.determination C.fascination D.accumulation
13、Common ___________ of diabetes are weight loss and fatigue.
A. diagnosis B. prescription C. symbols D. symptoms
14、The old man is so ________ his retired life that he always wears a ________ smile.
A．content with; satisfying
B．content with; satisfied
C．content about; satisfying
D．contend about; satisfied
15、People believe that when Fu __________upside down, happiness arrives.
A.is surrounded by B.is swept C.is attached D.is attracted
16、Born into a family with three brothers, David was to value the sense of sharing.
A.brought out B.brought in C.brought about D.brought up
17、It is too cold outside, so we decided to watch television at home ______ go for a walk.
A.other than B.more than C.rather than D.or rather
18、Tom, together with his friends , ______going to have a picnic this weekend.
A．is
B．are
C．was
D．were
19、We don't have the same interest. That's ________the problem lies.
A.where B.what C.how D.which
20、She is one of those who________ always complaining about everything and hard to please．
A.were B.is C.was D.are
21、Smoking is__________ in the building.
A.balanced B.based C.blamed D.banned
22、Maria asked me ______ I had returned the books to the library, and I admitted that I hadn’t.
A．that
B．whether
C．when
D．where
23、—Miss Lin, are you free at the moment? I have to ask you some questions.
— __________ .
A．It’s a pleasure
B．Ask please
C．Help yourself
D．Go ahead
24、As for how to promote public education, Professor Li gave us a lot of suggestions which ________ reasonable and practical.
A.appeared B.sounded C.looked D.listened
25、The managers discussed the plan that they would like to see___________ the next year.
A．carry out
B．carrying out
C．carried out
D．to carry out
26、Training the Brain
People who can accomplish unbelievable tasks, such as memorizing thousands of random numbers in under an hour, state that they just have normal brains. Some memory superstars compete in Olympic-like World Memory Championships. These mental athletes, or MAs for short, can memorize names of dozens of strangers in a few minutes or any poem handed them. Ed Cooke, a 24-year-old MA, explains they see themselves as participants rescuing the long-lost art of memory training. These techniques existed not to recall useless information, but to cut into the brain basic text and ideas.
A study in the journal Nature examined eight people who finished near the top of the World Memory Championships. The scientists examined whether their brains were fundamentally different from everyone else’s or whether they were simply making better use of memorizing abilities we all possess. They put the MAs and control subjects into brain scanners and had them memorize numbers and photographs. The result surprised everyone. The brains of the MAs and those of the control subjects were indistinguishable. On every test, the MAs scored in the normal range. However, when the scientists examined what part of the brain was used during a memory activity, they found the MAs relied more heavily on areas in the brain involved in spatial memory.
MAs offer an explanation: anything can be fixed upon our memories and kept in order by constructing a building in the imagination and filling it with pictures of what needs to be recalled. Dating back to the fifth century, the building is called a memory palace. Even as late as the fourteenth century, when there were copies of any text, scholars needed to remember what was read to them. Reading to remember requires a different technique than speed reading. If something is made memorable, it has to be repeated. Until relatively recently, people read only a few books intensively (细致地) again and again, usually aloud. Today we read extensively, usually only once and without continuous focus.
So the great difference is the ability to create impressive pictures in mind and to do it quickly. Using memory palaces, MAs create memorized pictures. For example, recombine the pictures to form unforgettable scenes such as the ways through a town. One competitor used his own body parts to help him memorize a 57,000-word dictionary.
Anyone who wishes to train the mind needs first to create fantastical palaces in the imagination. Then they should cut each building into cubbyholes for memories. In a short amount of time, they will notice improvement with remembering things. To keep the skill sharp, MAs deliberately empty their palaces after competitions, so they can reuse them and they recommend that beginners do the same.
【1】We can learn from Paragraph 2 that a mental athlete ________.
A．owns a brain that is larger in size
B．shows a gift in mental ability tests
C．uses the memorizing technique better
D．depends less on the areas that control spatial memory
【2】Why does the author mention “speed reading” in Paragraph 3?
A．To discuss the memorizing technique in the fifth century.
B．To give the reason why people read only a few books carefully.
C．To explain the text fourteenth century scholars had to remember.
D．To compare the type of reading nowadays with that of earlier times.
【3】What can be inferred from Paragraph 4?
A．There is a variety of unforgettable scenes.
B．Memory palaces can be quickly forgotten.
C．Impressive pictures are in actual buildings.
D．One person probably has 57,000 body parts.
【4】What does the underlined word “cubbyholes” in the last paragraph probably mean?
A．Small spaces.
B．Blacks holes.
C．Technical skills.
D．Different numbers.
27、 We found him a few weeks ago when we were walking along the country road. He was jumping around between cars. We thought maybe his family was camping somewhere nearby, so we passed him by. A few hours later, on our return trip, he was still there, trying to get someone to stop for him.
We stopped and took a good look at him. He had no collar (项圈) and he was really thin. We guessed that he was abandoned (遗弃). He was clearly on the road for some time. He was covered with scars and new wounds. We thought that some of them were from fights with wild dogs or other wild animals.
So we took him home, cleaned him and fed him a lot over the next two weeks. He gained over 10 pounds. Then we took him to the vet, who said he appeared to be in good health. The vet said the dog was about two or three years of age, according to the condition of his teeth. And the vet gave him all the required shots.
We really loved this dog. He had obviously been mistreated but he was still so sweet. He had no manners, but he was a quick learner. He no longer tried to get on the bed, but he liked sitting in the chair. We thought he wanted to avoid being underfoot when our daughter was dancing, which she did often. She had stepped on him a few times. When that happened, he simply moved. He did not growl (狂吠) or bare his teeth.
Since then, he had become a member of our family.
【1】When the author first saw the dog, it_________.
A.was in poor health
B.was dying from serious wounds
C.was fighting with some wild dogs
D.was looking around for his family
【2】What can be inferred from the passage?
A.The dog was abandoned on purpose.
B.The author’s daughter did not like the dog.
C.The dog was well treated by the author’s family.
D.It cost the author much to treat the dog’s disease.
【3】The author writes the passage to_________.
A.look for the dog’s owner
B.introduce a new family member
C.show the friendship between humans and animals
D.express her dissatisfaction with those who abandon dogs
28、 A breathtaking trick potentially left over from our ancestors might be found in us — the ability to sense oxygen through our skin.
Amphibians, animals such as frogs that can live both on land and in water, have long been known to be capable of breathing through their skin. In fact, the first known lungless frog that breathes only through its skin was discovered recently in the rivers of Borneo.
Now the same oxygen sensors found in frog skins and in the lungs of mammals (哺乳动物) have unexpectedly been discovered in the skin of mice.
“No one had ever looked,” explained Randall Johnson, a biologist researcher.
Mice and frogs are quite distant relatives, so the fact they have these molecules (分子) in common in their skin suggests they might well be found in the skin of other mammals, such as humans.
“We have no reason to think that they are not in the skin of people too,” Johnson said.
These molecules not only detect oxygen, but help increase levels of vital red blood cells, which carry oxygen around the body. Normal mice breathing in air that is 10 percent oxygen-a dangerously low level similar to conditions at the top of Mount Everest, and about half that of air at sea level. However, mice that had the oxygen sensor HIF-1a genetically removed from their skin failed to produce this hormone (荷尔蒙) even after hours of such low oxygen.
These findings, if they hold true in humans, suggest one could raise the level of oxygen circulating inside the body. This could help treat lung diseases and disorders such as anemia (贫血症) without injecting drugs, which make up a multibillion-dollar market, Johnson said.
Athletes also often try to get more oxygen delivered to their muscles in order to improve their performance. They often do this by training at high altitudes or in low-oxygen tents. The new study suggests they might want to expose their skin as well as breathing in low-oxygen air to improve their performance. “It’s hard to say what exactly might be done, however — there’s a lot we don’t know yet,” Johnson explained.
The scientists detailed their findings in the April 18 issue of the journal Cell.
【1】Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A．Johnson believes that Oxygen sensors also exist in human skin.
B．People have to surf the Internet to read detailed findings.
C．It has been proved that these findings help treat lung diseases.
D．It has long been expected oxygen sensors exist in mice’s skin.
【2】One of the functions of the molecules mentioned above is _______.
A．carrying oxygen around the body
B．improving athletes’ performance
C．detecting oxygen
D．increasing level of oxygen
【3】What is Johnson’s attitude to the application of the findings to the athletes’ training?
A．Negative.
B．Doubting.
C．Positive.
D．Hesitating.
【4】The best title of the passage may be _______.
A．Great Findings Benefits Athletes A Lot
B．Frogs And Mice Are Distant Relatives
C．First Known Animal Breathes Through Skin
D．Humans Might Sense Oxygen Through Skin
29、 Earlier research had suggested we're best at learning grammar in early childhood. Then we hit a dead end around age 5. It's supposed to be much harder for older kids. The time when people can learn the rules and structure of a language well appears to last until around age 17 or 18. “But that's not so, ”says psychologist（心理学家）Joshua Hartshorne.
Hartshorne asked friends to take an online English grammar test. After completing the test, volunteers answered questions about where they had lived, the languages they had spoken from birth and the age at which they first started learning English. Hartshorne also asked how long they had lived in an English-speaking country. As he had hoped, people shared the test widely online. This let Hartshorne's group study the answers from 669, 498 native and non-native speakers of English. The researchers used statistics to find out when people with different English-speaking experiences reached their top grammar ability.
If people moved to a new country and began speaking English by age 10 to 12, they finally spoke it as well as folks who had learned both English and another language from birth. But both groups scored a little worse than people who spoke English only, the researchers found. The test results showed that around age 17, people's ability to learn grammar took a sharp drop. And those who started learning English after age 10 or 12 never reached the same level of English skillfulness as people who started younger. Why？The researchers think it's because they had fewer years to practice before their skills dropped off at surprise：Language learning did not end at 17. People's English skills kept improving a little until around age 30, the new study found. And this was true among both native speakers and those who learned English as a second language. Still, most language learning happened by age 20, the new study decided.
【1】What age period is best for grammar learning according to earlier research？
A.From 17 to 20. B.From 5 to 12.
C.Before age 5. D.From 20 to 30.
【2】How did Hartshorne get his study statistics？
A.By experimenting in the lab. B.By making an online survey.
C.By studying historical records. D.By collecting earlier study results.
【3】Which of the following agrees with Hartshorne's study results？
A.Language learning needs much practice.
B.Language learning ends at the age of 17.
C.The more languages you learn, the better.
D.It is best to learn language after 20 years old.
【4】What is the best title for the text？
A.How native speakers learn English？
B.What's the best age to learn a language？
C.What's the best way to learn a foreign language？
D.Why non-native speakers can never master a second language？
30、 I had to visit my sister in another town because her husband was very ill. My whole family couldn’t go because school was in session. My _________ stayed back in their father’s care, except for the youngest children, who was just one year old. I was _________ about taking a train journey _________ with my daughter. I knew I had to go, so I gathered all my courage and _________ the train. After waving goodbye to my husband, I _________.
There were only three other passengers in that carriage. Two of them were quite elderly, _________ one was a young man. My daughter was crying, _________ her dad. I tried to comfort her, giving her water and some biscuits, but her crying wouldn’t stop. By this time I was getting _________ the disturbance being caused to others. One of the elderly was dozing (打瞌睡), _________ the other seemed to get annoyed. Although I tried my best to comfort her, the sobbing (哭泣) continued.
Just then the young man __________ to take my baby into his arms. He stood with her near the window and started talking to her, in a __________ voice. My daughter stopped crying __________, listening to his baby talk. I was both surprised and __________ especially the dissatisfied elder was now happily reading his book. The stranger handed my daughter __________ once she was asleep. I __________ the young man and settled down to rest.
During the long __________ journey this young man continuously helped me. He fed my baby, __________ to her and told her lots of stories. I arrived at my __________ at last. I am __________ for this man who had come to my rescue. After so many years, I still remember this stranger on the train with a __________ heart.
【1】A.students B.children C.customers D.pets
【2】A.nervous B.excited C.positive D.angry
【3】A.forward B.off C.backward D.alone.
【4】A.caught. B.reached C.boarded D.jumped
【5】A.got off B.checked out C.took off D.settled down
【6】A.because B.since C.while D.when
【7】A.calling B.missing C.whispering D.preferring
【8】A.surprised at B.worried about C.disappointed with D.accustomed to
【9】A.but B.so C.therefore D.however
【10】A.refused B.expected C.agreed D.offered
【11】A.painful B.loud C.gentle D.high
【12】A.unwillingly B.happily C.slowly D.smoothly
【13】A.relieved B.concerned C.interested D.delighted
【14】A.again B.back C.down D.away.
【15】A.shouted B.comforted C.thanked D.welcomed
【16】A.train B.bus C.plane D.ship
【17】A.sang B.attended C.devoted D.listened
【18】A.office B.destination C.hometown D.school
【19】A.ashamed B.late C.sorry D.grateful
【20】A.bad B.selfish C.cold D.kind
31、Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
Scientists have proved what students have long suspected: Maths equations can actually trigger physical pain.
Regions of the brain linked with the experience of physical 【1】 were activated in those fearful of maths when they were presented with a tough equation, researchers have found. The higher a person’s anxiety of a maths task, the more it 【2】 activity in regions of their brain associated with visceral (内脏的) threat detection, and often the experience of pain itself.
However, the researchers say their study examines the pain response associated with anticipating an anxiety-provoking event, rather than the pain associated with a 【3】 event itself. A maths task itself is not painful but 【4】 the thought of it is highly unpleasant to certain people.
“Maths can be difficult, and for those with high levels of mathematics-anxiety (HMAs), math is associated with tension, apprehension (忧虑) and fear,” the researchers said in their paper titled. When Math Hurts. “【5】, this relation was not seen during math performance, 【6】 that it is not that math itself hurts, rather, the anticipation of math is painful. These results may also provide a potential neural mechanism to explain why (people with) HMAs tend to 【7】 math and math-related situations, which in turn can bias (使有偏见) (those with) high levels of mathematics-anxiety away from taking math classes or even entire math-related 【8】 paths. We provide the first neural 【9】 indicating the nature of the subjective experience of math-anxiety.
Other forms of psychological stress, such as social 【10】 or a traumatic break-up, can also elicit feeling of physical pain.”
32、假设你是红星中学高三学生李华，你的英国朋友Jim在给你的邮件中提到他对中国历史很感兴趣，并请你介绍一位你喜欢的中国历史人物。请你给Jim回信，内容包括：
1．该人物是谁；
2．该人物的主要贡献；
3．该人物对你的影响。
注意：1 词数不少于 50；
2 开头已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jim,
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Yours,
Li Hua
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