1、When we start gazing into the night sky with a telescope, the realization will suddenly come over us _______ we and our world are part of this giant system.
A.as B.where C.that D.whether
2、No one knows exactly when the first wheel ________ or what it was used for.
A.was come into being B.came in existence
C.came into existence D.was existed
3、The house I grew up___________has been taken down.
A.in that B.where C.in D.in which
4、The aim was not to________ valuable time with the usual boring pictures.
A.take up B.make up C.pick up D.put up
5、Our teacher advised you to________the article that is too long so as to make it fit the space.
A.cut away B.cut through
C.cut up D.cut down
6、Which of the following sentences is WRONG?
A. There is no point in arguing with him further.
B. There is no need to worry about your son – he’s fine.
C. There is no doubt that we will finish all the work in two days.
D. There is a wonder that he remained alive after dropping form the tall building.
7、_____ the honored national hero, we set up a primary school _____ after him.
A.In honor of; naming B.In face of; named
C.In place of; naming D.In memory of; named
8、_______ is known to all, grammar is not a set of dead rules.
A.That B.Which C.As D.It
9、The tiger, once a ____ animal to humans, is now ____of disappearing on the earth.
A.dangerous; danger B.in danger; in danger
C.dangerous; in danger D.danger; in danger
10、The doctor _______my sister is talking has just come from England.
A.with whom
B.with who
C.with which
D.that
11、Phelps was____________by his mother after his parents divorced when he was young.
A. brought up B. brought in
C. brought out D. brought about
12、Olympic athletes bring joy to people across the world with their____________ to push the boundaries of human achievement.
A. intelligence B. influences C. impression D. attempts
13、The old man had one son and two daughters, treated him well, made him very sad.
A. neither of whom; that
B. neither of them; which
C. none of whom; which
D. none of them; which
14、He is always full of ______ as though he never knew tiredness.
A.strength B.energy C.force D.spirit
15、My brother is really ____. He often works in his office far into the night.
A.open-minded
B.hard-working
C.self-confident
D.warm-hearted
16、The Taiyuan subway is under ____ and next year it will be put in use.
A. production B. construction
C. destination D. permission
17、In many countries, people_________ fireworks to celebrate their traditional festivals.
A.let off B.put off C.give off D.go off
18、The tower, _________ was destroyed in the terrible storm, has been repaired.
A.the roof B.which roof C.its roof D.the roof of which
19、— When will the professor come and give the lecture on the spirits of contracts?
— Not until our program ________ by our school.
A. approves B. will be approved C. is to approve D. has been approved
20、I can’t meet you on Sunday. I’ll be _____ occupied.
A.also B.just C.though D.otherwise
21、All approaches you thought the problem are very reasonable.
A.of solving B.to solve C.of to solving D.to solving
22、I have got ________ things to do this morning, so I wasn’t able to go to the flower exhibit.
A.a great deal of
B.a plenty of
C.masses of
D.a great many of
23、— You’ve taken the lead in the test again. Can you share your ______ for success with us?
— Remember, the early bird catches the worm.
A. bonus B. recipe
C. glory D. fancy
24、It is you rather than he who _________ deliver a speech in the meeting tonight.
A.Is going to B.are going to C.was going to D.were going to
25、Lack of money _______ her not continuing her studies.
A.cares for B.explains to C.approves of D.accounts for
26、 I have been receiving so much kindness. It was difficult for an independent girl like me to accept it at first. At times, my financial situation is not the best. But with that comes a great lesson in appreciation, budgeting, and deciding what is and what isn't important.
A few times I've had to put off or even give up things. Because of my scarcity on money, I had to give up a keep-fit exercise, which is something I like to treat myself regularly. When my coach Lisa heard about this, she offered me training at a highly discounted price. At first this made me very uncomfortable. I feared that she would wrongly think that I was going to bargain and of course I wasn't. Instead, I was just being honest about my situation— being short of money. I finally accepted her offer, remembering that I deserve kindness, too.
Another time, I noticed a friend of mine selling his old exercise bike, which was perfect for me, as I was looking to replace my broken one. I told him that I would take it when I had the money, but then life got in the way. When I finally got the time to pick it up, I realized my financial shortcomings again. I asked him if he could hold onto it for one more week, as then I'd have the funds again. He was happy to do this, but instead he insisted on offering me the bike as a gift. Another opportunity presents itself to teach me how to receive with dignity.
I continue to slowly learn how to accept the kindness from others. In fact, the relationship between giving and receiving is closely linked. When you accept the kindness from others with joy, they will feel happy, too.
【1】How did the author feel at first when she received kindness from others?
A.Happy. B.Unfair. C.Proud. D.Unacceptable.
【2】What does the underlined word "scarcity" in paragraph 2 mean?
A.Scare. B.Independence. C.Lack. D.Principle.
【3】What was the author afraid of when Lisa did her a favor?
A.Being punished. B.Being misunderstood.
C.Accepting her coach's strict training. D.Giving away the secret of her being short of money.
【4】How did the author get the second-hand exercise bike?
A.She got it for free. B.She paid much money for it.
C.She bought it from her coach. D.She borrowed it from her friend.
27、Travelers to the Arctic islands of Svalbard would find a rough, ice-hardened land, sheltering polar bears in its frozen landscapes. This group of Norwegian islands is the land of the “midnight sun” with almost 24 hours of sunlight during the winter months. It is also home to one of the most important storage facilities in world farming — the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
The seed vault was opened in 2008 in an effort to safeguard the world’s food supply for future generations. Svalbard is the perfect frozen environment to house seed samples, set inside an Arctic mountain at 130 meters above sea level, so it is unlikely to be flooded. Low humidity , geological stability, and the surrounding permafrost can keep seed-keeping places cool, dry, and usable for centuries.
Seed gene banks from around the world have sent food crops seeds for safety in case a natural disaster or environmental damage destroys existing supplies. Worldwide there are more than 1.700 seed gene banks that store seeds locally and many choose to send back-up samples to facilities like the Svalbard’s vault.
There is space in the global vault for 4.5 million different crop varieties with each variety storing on average 500 seeds, meaning it can house 2.5 billon seeds. There are around one million seed samples from 80 institutes in the vault at present so there is a lot of spare capacity for the vegetables, grains, peas and beans that are banked annually. On the top of that, there are rare flowers from the Myanmar rain forests.
The largest numbers of samples in the vault are varieties of rice and wheat. The seed vault has been listed as one of the most influential projects of the past 50 years for its efforts. Seeds themselves are not kept for farmers or gardeners to grow produce. Their true value is as a genetic resource in plant upbringing to create new crop varieties.
【1】What makes Svalbard a global seed vault?
A.Its eco-friendly tourism.
B.Its rich supplies of food.
C.Its favorable environment.
D.Its strong sunlight in winter.
【2】Why do many seed gene banks send food crop seeds to the Svalbard’s vault?
A.To protect them from climate changes.
B.To exchange them for new crop seeds.
C.To make sure of the safety of food supplies.
D.To compare them with new crop varieties.
【3】What can be inferred about the Svalbard’s vault from Paragraph 4?
A.It values plant different types of plant.
B.It has little space for newcomers.
C.It is costly for most institutes.
D.It sees a big increase in seed samples every year.
【4】What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?
A.To explain how to store seeds safely.
B.To introduce an influential seed vault.
C.To seek sponsors for world seed vaults.
D.To call on seed institutes to work together.
28、 Jane Goodall was born in Bournemouth, England, on April 3, 1934. As a child, she had a natural love for the outdoors and animals. When Jane was about eight she read the Tarzan and Dr. Dolittle series and, in love with Africa, dreamed of traveling to work with the animals.
Finally, at age 23, she left for Nairobi, Kenya. There, Jane met famed Dr. Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey, who offered her a job at the local natural history museum. She worked there for a time before Leakey decided to send her to the Gombe Stream Game Reserve in Tanzania to study wild chimpanzees. He felt her strong interest in animals and nature, and her knowledge as well as high energy made her a great candidate to study the chimpanzees.
In December 1958, Jane returned home to England and Leakey began to make arrangements for the expedition (考察), securing the appropriate permissions from the government and raising funds. In May 1960, Jane learned that Leakey had gained funding from the Wilkie Brothers Foundation.
Jane arrived by boat at the Gombe Stream Game Reserve on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika with her mother. The early weeks at Gombe were challenging. Jane developed a fever that delayed the start of her work. Finally, an older chimpanzee named David Greybeard, began to allow Jane to watch him. As a high ranking male of the chimpanzee community, his acceptance meant other group members also allowed Jane to observe. It was David Greybeard whom Jane first witnessed using tools. Excited, she telegraphed Dr. Leakey about her observation. He wrote back, “Now we must redefine ‘tool,’ and ‘man,’ or accept chimpanzees as humans.”
Jane continued to work in the field and, with Leakey’s help, began her doctoral program without an undergraduate degree in 1962. At Cambridge University, she found herself at odds with senior scientists over the methods she used — how she had named the chimpanzees rather than using the more common numbering system, and for suggesting that the chimps have emotions and personalities. She further upset those in power at the university when she wrote her first book, My Friends, the Wild Chimpanzees, aimed at the general public rather than an academic audience. The book was wildly popular, and her academic peers were outraged. Dr. Jane Goodall earned her Ph.D. on February 9, 1966, and continued to work at Gombe for the next twenty years.
【1】It can be inferred from the passage that ______ .
A.Jane was the first to discover chimpanzees use tools
B.a journey to Kenya rooted Jane’s deep love for animals
C.Dr. Leakey easily raised funds from the Wilkie Brothers Foundation
D.Jane’s work at the Gombe Stream Game Reserve went along smoothly
【2】What is the academic peers’ attitude towards Jane’s first book?
A.Extremely puzzled. B.Genuinely pleased.
C.Really angry. D.Truly sensitive.
【3】What does the underlined sentence imply in paragraph 5?
A.Jane’s study of chimpanzees received no support from scientists.
B.Jane’s method inspired more scientists to make further discoveries.
C.Jane’s achievements quickly attracted attention from senior scientists.
D.Senior scientists disagreed with Jane’s method in observing chimpanzees.
【4】What message is mainly conveyed in the passage?
A.Passion and hard work can make a difference in scientific research.
B.Cooperation is the key to making significant discoveries.
C.Challenging senior scientists is a must in gaining fame.
D.High energy counts in achieving great success.
29、No one can believe that the over 6 300-kilometer long Great Wall might disappear some day. Believe it or not, the Great Wall is being destroyed by people. Less than 20 percent of the Great Wall built in the Ming Dynasty is still perfect, but about 80 percent is in danger. The Great Wall can be called “great” mostly because of its amazing length. But we should realize that the length was made up of one brick at a time. If we do nothing to save the Great Wall, it will become a series of separate wasteland rather than a historic site.
The Great Wall is actually a series of walls built and rebuilt by different dynasties over the past 2 000 years. It began in the rule of China’s first emperor, Qin Shihuang of the Qin Dynasty(221 BC~206 BC), and lasted into the Ming Dynasty. The parts built before the Ming Dynasty have nearly disappeared. People are familiar with sections such as Badaling in Beijing and Jiayuguan Pass in Gansu because they have been open to tourists for many years. But those sections far away from the public eyes have been almost forgotten.
Few local people knew the 3-meter-high walls made of earth and stones beside them are part of the Great Wall. The lack of knowledge is considered as one of the main reasons behind human.
The bricks on the Great Wall are carried off by countryside people to build their houses, sheep corral(畜栏) and pigsties(猪圈). Some were taken away to build roads. Bricks carved with people’s names are put away as remembrance. Rubbish is spread over the battlements(城垛). The bricks can be sold for 15 yuan per tractor load. Those who destroyed and are destroying the Great Wall know its name, but are not clear about its cultural meaning. It will take a long time to let them know this. The local farmers not only carried off the body of the Wall but dug out the entire base.
It is necessary to protect the Great Wall. First of all, the officials should be aware of the importance of the Great Wall. Young Chinese should know more about the nation’s great civilization(文明)and learn to love it.
【1】The main reason for which the Great Wall can be called“great”is_________.
A. it is made by brick B. It is very wide
C. it is very long D. it has a long
【2】Why does the author say the Great Wall might disappear
A. It is useless from now on.
B. It will be replaced by a new one.
C. Some parts of it are being destroyed.
D. It’s too old to be used again.
【3】The underlined part “those sections far away from the public eyes” refers to the parts of the Great Wall________.
A. that are too difficult to understand
B. nobody can watch
C. that are too far to been seen
D. that are not well known to the public
【4】What’s the main reason of the Great Wall’s being destroyed
A. The local people are short of culture knowledge.
B. The local people need bricks and stones to build houses.
C. The local people think that the Great Wall is not important.
D. The local people are against the government.
30、A Good Heart to Lean (倚靠) On
More than I realized, Dad has helped me keep my balance.
When I was young, I didn’t want to be seen with my father. He was short and crippled (瘸), and when we _________ together, his hand on my arm for balance, people would look at us. It was _________ to coordinate (协调) our steps, and we didn’t _________ much as we went along, just keeping silent _________ as we started out, he always said, “You set the pace (步伐). I will try to stay with you.”
In my memory, my father went to work every day, rain or shine. He almost never _________ a day, even if others could not. Meanwhile he had to _________ the unkind laughter from others. When I think of it now, I am surprised at how much _________ it must have taken him to make a living under such _________. Although disabled, my father still tried to take part in activities in his own way. When a baseball team didn’t have a manager,he kept it _________. He was a knowledgeable baseball fan and often took me to the __________. He also liked to go to parties, where he could have a good time __________ sitting and watching.
I now __________ that he took part in some things through me, his only son. He __________ me all the time. When I played ball, he “played” too. When I joined the Navy, he “joined” too. He was __________ to spend all his time staying with me.
He never talked about himself as an object of __________, nor did he show any envy (嫉妒) of the more fortunate. What he __________ in others was a “good heart’’, and if he found one, the owner was good enough for him. Now that I am older, I believe that is a proper rule by which to __________ people, even though I still don’t know exactly what a “good heart” is. Sometimes I wonder if he __________ my unwillingness during our walks. If he did, I am sorry I never told him how sorry I was, and how I __________ it. At such times I would put my hand on his arm to get my __________, and say, “You set the pace. I will try to stay with you.”
【1】A.called B.walked C.listened D.laughed
【2】A.dangerous B.popular C.strange D.difficult
【3】A.try B.mix C.say D.act
【4】A.But B.Nor C.So D.Unless
【5】A.covered B.shared C.enjoyed D.missed
【6】A.lose B.bear C.send D.earn
【7】A.talent B.luck C.courage D.duty
【8】A.stress B.power C.loss D.fun
【9】A.lasting B.going C.waiting D.pushing
【10】A.projects B.offices C.matches D.stations
【11】A.still B.even C.seldom D.just
【12】A.understand B.compare C.promise D.declare
【13】A.checked B.followed C.searched D.reasoned
【14】A.crazy B.sorry C.eager D.nervous
【15】A.love B.fear C.hope D.pity
【16】A.looked for B.gave up C.heard of D.worried about
【17】A.imagine B.judge C.control D.attract
【18】A.mentioned B.treated C.sensed D.passed
【19】A.doubted B.avoided C.confirmed D.regretted
【20】A.balance B.challenge C.advantage D.position
31、
The meaning of silence varies among cultural group. Silence may be 【1】, or they may be empty when a person has nothing to say. A silence in conversation may also show stubbornness, uneasiness, or worry. Silence may be viewed by some cultural groups as extremely uncomfortable; therefore attempts may be made to fill every 【2】 with conversation. Persons in other cultural groups value silence and view it as necessary for understanding a person’s needs. Many native Americans value silence and feel it is a basic part of 【3】 among people, just at some traditional Chinese and Thai persons do. Therefore when a person from one of these culture is speaking and suddenly stops, what may be 【4】 is that the person wants the listener to consider what has been said before continuing. In these culture, silence is a call for 【5】.
Other cultures may use silence in other ways, particularly when dealing with 【6】 among people or in relationships of people with different amounts of power. For example, Russian, French, and Spanish persons may use silence to show 【7】between parties about the topic under discussion. However, Mexicans may use silence when instructions are given by a person in authority(权威)rather than be rude to that person by arguing with him or her. In still another use, persons in Asian cultures may view silence as a sign of respect, particularly to an elder or a person in authority.
Nurses and other care-givers need to be aware of the 【8】 meanings of silence wen they come across the personal anxiety their patients may be experiencing. Nurses should recognize their own persona and cultural construction of silence so that a patient’s silence is not 【9】 too early or allowed to go on unnecessarily. A nurse who understands the healing 【10】 of silence can use this understanding to assist in the care of patients from their own and from other cultures.
32、某英文报纸《伟人介绍》栏目向你约稿。假如你崇拜的人是马云,请根据下表提示写一篇 英语短文,简要介绍这个人物。
姓名 | 马云 | 英文名 | Jack Ma |
籍贯 | 浙江杭州 | 主要成就 | 1999年创办阿里巴巴网站,2014年,《福布斯》公布其为中国首富,同 年因145亿元捐赠额成为“2014中 国最慷慨的慈善家”。 |
出生日期 | 1964 年 9 月 10 日 | 职业 | 企业家,阿里巴巴行政总裁 |
毕业院校 | 1988年毕业于杭州师范学院 | 你的感想 |
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