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1、After a heated discussion, they still don’t know at all _______.
A. what is he working out B. what he is working on
C. what did he work on D. what he is working out
2、Vertical farms have the potential to reduce or eliminate the need to create additional farmland, for it is estimated that by the year 2050, the world's population __________ by 30 billion and close to 80% will live in urban areas.
A. will be increasing B. will increase
C. will have increased D. has increased
3、The criminal _______ murdering the judge, unfortunately, an unexpected accident made him lose his consciousness.
A.might have admitted B.could have admitted
C.should have admitted D.must have admitted
4、-- Excuse me, sir, can I take this road to Tianjin Railway Station?
-- Sorry, you'd better not. A bridge to it ______ at the moment.
A．is being repaired
B．has been repaired
C．will be repaired
D．is repaired
5、When they went into the shop and asked to look at the engagement rings, the shop assistant brought out a cheap one, ________ she has arranged with James.
A．which was that
B．what was that
C．which was what
D．that was that
6、Tom should not be sent to carry out the task for three reasons. ________, he hasn’t had enough experience.
A. For a start B. In other words
C. On the other hand D. At first
7、Dozens were killed while fighting a fire that ______ this summer.
A.broke in B.broke out C.broke up D.broke down
8、The company ___ a rise in salary for ages, but nothing has happened yet.
A．has been promising
B．has promised
C．promised
D．promises
9、He claimed to be American, but his accent ____.
A. gave him away B. turned him up
C. brought him up D. took him away
10、The child seemed________ when he found his present broken.
A．to annoy
B．annoying
C．annoyed
D．being annoying
11、 news came to us as great surprise that Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 crashed with 154 Chinese passengers on aboard.
A. A; a B. The; a C. The; the D. The; /
12、“I can work for the rest of today,” the boy answered. “I'll work all night, until dawn, and I'll clean every piece of crystal in your shop. ___________, I need money to get to Egypt tomorrow.”
A.In vain B.In advance
C.In return D.In accordance
13、We thought _______ strange that Tony Stark should come.
A.that B.it C.this D.what
14、The present situation is very complex, so I think it will take me some time to _____its reality.
A. make up B. bring up C. figure out D. break through
15、There are many dictionaries here, but which one ________you?
A．is belonging to
B．is belonged to
C．belongs to
D．belong to
16、I prefer ______ at home all night to make up the lost time rather than ______ TV programs.
A.stay; to watch B.staying; watching C.to stay; watch D.staying; watch
17、The question of ______ English will keeping on changing in the future is easy _________.
A.if; to answer B.whether; to be answered
C.if; to be answered D.whether; to answer
18、While in university, we were offered a number of afterschool activities to _____ our social skills．
A. create B. grow C. develop D. settle
19、--Our English teacher is back home from Britain now.
--Yes, she _____there for just three months.
A. has been B. had been
C. is D. was
20、At that time, China was______ Japan, so traveling was extremely difficult.
A.at the war with B.at war against C.at war with D.during the war with
21、________ the epidemic is put under control, we still need to wear masks.
A．While
B．Since
C．Before
D．Unless
22、I won’t be free this afternoon. I ________ one friend off.
A.will be seeing B.will have seen C.have seen D.saw
23、Some models are all skins and bones. In my opinion, they are beautiful.
A. all but B. none but.
C. anything but D. nothing but
24、Years ago we didn’t know this , but recent science______that people who don’t sleep well soon get ill.
A.showed B.has shown C.will show D.is showing
25、Do you have a work________ for this week, Doreen?
A．headline
B．attitude
C．schedule
D．identity
26、In a study published in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Diana Deutsch of the University of California and her co-authors find that musicians who speak an East Asian tone language fluently are much more likely to have perfect pitch(音高).
Unlike English, many East Asian languages, such as Mandarin, Cantonese and Vietnamese, are “tonal”, so that a word’s meaning often depends on the tone in which it is said. So learning perfect pitch is, for fluent speakers of a tone language, similar to learning a second tone language.
The study looked at 203 students at the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music through a test. The students listened to the 36 notes. They attempted to identify the notes, and they self-reported their musical, ethnic and linguistic backgrounds — including whether they were very fluent in an East Asian tone language, fairly fluent or not at all fluent. Deutsch and her colleagues found that students who spoke an East Asian tone language very fluently scored nearly 100 percent on the test, and that students who were only fairly fluent in a tone language scored lower overall. Those students who were not at all fluent in speaking a tone language scored the worst on average.
Deutsch acknowledges that it still remains to be discovered why and how it is that some speakers of non-tone languages have perfect pitch. She expects it to be related to either an exceptionally long “critical window” for language acquisition, a very early musical upbringing, or both.
“Perfect pitch for years seemed like a beautiful gift — given only to a few genetically talented people. But our research suggests that it might be available to virtually everybody,” Deutsch said. She also proposed that parents who want their kids to acquire perfect pitch should expose them to musical tones from infancy onwards.
【1】What makes East Asian language speakers have perfect pitch?
A．Their tonal language.
B．Their various dialect.
C．Their musical talent.
D．Their large vocabulary.
【2】Who performed best in the test according to paragraph 3?
A．Students from Asia.
B．Students from America.
C．Students who speak English quite fluently.
D．Students who speak a tone language very fluently.
【3】What is the purpose of paragraph 4?
A．To summarize the paragraphs above.
B．To provide some advice for readers.
C．To add some background information.
D．To introduce the main idea of the text.
【4】How can people develop perfect pitch according to Deutsch?
A．By practicing communication skills.
B．By developing an interest in writing songs.
C．By acquiring as many languages as possible.
D．By receiving musical education from childhood.
27、 On the first day of school our professor introduced a new classmate—a wrinkled little old lady—to us. Her name was Rose, and she was eighty-seven years old.
After class Rose and I walked to the Student Union Building and shared a chocolate milk-shake. She told me she always dreamed of having a college education and now she was getting one. We became instant friends. Every day for the following months, we would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always attracted, listening to this “time machine” as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.
Rose became famous and easily made friends wherever she went. She tended to be highly motivated, responsible, and deeply involved in class participation. In spare time she had someone hang out or go to bars with. She even participated in some form of athletic activity. She said that extra-curricular activities can form a vital part of her experience, creating unique chances for friendship and learning.
At the end of the term we invited Rose to speak at our football meal. A little embarrassed, she leaned into the microphone and simply said, “I’m sorry I’ m so nervous.” As we laughed, she cleared her throat and began, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. If you’re nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year, you will turn twenty. If I’m eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year, I will turn eighty-eight. Anybody can grow older. It’s non-optional but that doesn’t take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding the chance in change. In this way the elderly don’t have regrets for what they did, but rather for things they did not do.” Rose concluded her speech by courageously singing “The Rose”. She challenged us to study the words of the song and lived them out in daily lives.
At the year’s end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago. One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep. Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in honor of the wonderful woman who taught by example that it’s never too late to be all you can possibly be.
【1】Why does the author compare Rose to “time machine” in Paragraph 2?
A. To stress her old age and knowledge of life.
B. To describe the close friendship between them.
C. To show that she always enjoyed her active life.
D. To explain why she took on a challenge in college.
【2】Rose was invited to speak at the football meal most probably because ________.
A. she was a great football fan. B. she was the smartest student.
C. she tried hard to achieve her dream. D. she became more educated than the others.
【3】We can learn that Rose agreed with the idea that ________.
A. growing older means growing up.
B. it takes talent and ability to grow up.
C. high education helps to be courageous.
D. one grows older as he grows up.
【4】The passage is intended to ________.
A. provide an example for the elderly. B. discuss how to grow up quickly.
C. tell the importance of attending college. D. inspire the readers to live up to lives.
【5】Which can be a suitable title for the text?
A. Time Machine. B. Dream in Heart. C. Rose’s Life Story. D. Growing up.
28、Not long ago, people thought babies were not able to learn things until they were five or six months old. Yet doctors in the United States say babies begin learning on their first day of life.
Scientists note that babies are strongly influenced by their environment. They say a baby will smile if her mother does something the baby likes. A baby learns to get the best care possible by smiling to please her mother or other caregivers. This is how babies learn to connect and communicate with other human beings.
One study shows that babies can learn before they are born. The researchers placed a tape recorder on the stomach of a pregnant woman. Then, they played a recording of a short story. On the day the baby was born，the researchers attempted to find if he knew the sounds of the story repeated while in his mother. They did this by placing a device in the mouth of the newborn baby.
The baby would hear the story if he moved his mouth one way. If the baby moved his mouth the other way, he would hear a different story. The researchers say the baby clearly liked the story he heard before he was born. They say the baby would move his mouth so he could hear the story again and again.
Another study shows how mothers can strongly influence social development and language skills in their children.
Researchers studied the children from the age of one month to three years. The researchers attempted to measure the sensitivity of the mothers. The women were considered sensitive if they supported their children’s activities and did not interfere unnecessarily. They tested the children for thinking and language development when they were three years old. Also, the researchers observed the women for signs of depression.
The children of depressed women did not do as well in tests as the children of women who did not suffer from depression. The children of depressed women did poorly in tests of language skills and understanding what they hear.
These children also were less cooperative and had more problems dealing with other people. The researchers noted that the sensitivity of the mothers was important to the intelligence development of their children. Children did better when their mothers were caring, even when they suffered from depression.
【1】According to the passage,which of the following is NOT the factor that influences the intelligence development in babies?
A．The environment.
B．Mother’s sensitivity.
C．Their peers (同龄人).
D．Education before birth.
【2】What is the purpose of the experiment in which newborn babies heard the stories?
A．To prove that babies can learn before they are born.
B．To prove that babies can learn on the first day they are born.
C．To show mothers can strongly influence the intelligence development in their babies
D．To indicate early education has a deep effect on the babies’ language skills.
【3】Which group of children did the worst in tests of language skills?
A．The children of depressed mothers who cared little for their children.
B．The children of women who did not suffer from depression.
C．The children of depressed but caring mothers.
D．Children with high communication abilities.
【4】What is the main idea of the passage?
A．Scientific findings about how babies develop before birth.
B．Scientific findings about how the environment has an effect on babies’ intelligence.
C．A study shows babies are not able to learn things until they are born or six months old.
D．Scientific findings about how intelligence develops in babies.
29、Returning to nature
Imagine getting the chance to go camping for five days. It would be an adventure (冒险) in the wild. You could row on a lake every day and leave your smartphone at home. Would you want to try this?
In June, four teenage girls from Minnesota, US, went camping in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (边界水域泛舟区). They had a great time——even without their smartphones.
Julia Ruelle, 16, put the group together. Earlier this year, she won an essay contest sponsored (赞助) by a company. The award was a five-day canoe and camping adventure with up to three friends. No parents or guides would be there. This award was supposed to encourage kids to be less dependent on technology.
Ruelle had been to the area before, but she had always gone with her parents. Sharing the experience with friends would be very different. She invited three friends: Anna Wander, Madeline Wilson, and Julianna Torelli.
They came up with a daily plan. “We would wake up early every day. We were done paddling (划桨) by noon. We ate lunch at the campsite. Then it was time for hammocks (吊床), reading, writing, making friendship bracelets (手链), talking and napping,” Ruelle said.
“I’m a lot less worried about things,” Wander said when asked how she felt without her cellphone. Her favorite thing to do was lie in her hammock and look at the lake. Torelli enjoyed cooking. She made blueberry pancakes and sandwiches.
No one felt hungry or homesick. “Mental (心理的) health can be improved so much. It really helps to get away and reconnect with yourself,” Ruelle said.
【1】The camping trip was unique because the girls _____.
A．had to live on a boat for several days
B．needed to finish many tasks
C．had to live without their smartphones
D．needed to find a guide on their own
【2】Julia Ruelle got the chance to camp by _____.
A．not using her smartphone at school
B．asking her parents for help
C．working in a company
D．winning an essay contest
【3】How did the girls feel at the end of the trip?
A．Worried.
B．Happy.
C．Hungry.
D．Homesick.
【4】What do we know from the story?
A．It is easy to get lost without our phones.
B．The girls didn’t make any camping plans.
C．Wilson enjoyed making pancakes and sandwiches.
D．Using smartphones less can improve our mental health.
30、What does it mean to be a hero? I think a hero is someone who goes out of his way to make others happy. My hero is Mr. Wright, my chorus (合唱队) teacher.
When I was 12 years old, my grandparents passed away. I was really close to them, and losing them was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to ________ through. I couldn’t eat, sleep, or think; I felt like I couldn't even breathe. It was as if my whole world had fallen down from under me, and I ________ into this huge hole of depression (抑郁).
________ I was battling depression, I was determined to make my high school years the best of my life. It was difficult to be ________ , but I had to try. I joined Women’s Choir. Mr. Wright was the choral director and he was so funny that the first day, I just knew I had made the best ________ of my life.
As the year progressed, I loved chorus more and more. I began to smile again and really enjoy life.
Then one day that all changed. My friends—or those that I thought were my friends—started talking about me behind my back. I was hurt , and I sat by myself. Mr. Wright came over and asked what was wrong. The look in his eyes told me that I could ________ him. Trying hard to ________ back tears, I told him the whole story.
When I finished, he nodded and told me, “If you never learn anything from me, learn this: No one is worth ________ your joy. ” What Mr. Wright said really ________ a chord (心弦）in my heart. He ________ cared about me and what was going on. I’ll never be able to thank him enough, because he not only saved me but has ________ every day of my life since. Any time I feel like giving up, I remember Mr. Wright's words and push forward.
I’m proud to say that I ________ my depression, and I'm now a senior. I’m still a part of chorus, and now I'm also in the best choir at my school.
Mr. Wright is a hero to everyone he meets. He cares about every single person who walks through his door, and he loves what he does more than any other teacher I've known. That’s ________ he deserves to be Educator of the Year. He deserves the ________ not just this year but every year.
I’m glad I had the opportunity to meet you, Mr. Wright. You are an ________ teacher, and I hope you realize that. You’re my hero.
【1】
A．put
B．walk
C．run
D．go
【2】
A．looked
B．broke
C．fell
D．turned
【3】
A．If
B．Although
C．Because
D．Once
【4】
A．happy
B．calm
C．smart
D．confident
【5】
A．suggestion
B．effort
C．decision
D．offer
【6】
A．trust
B．impress
C．respect
D．satisfy
【7】
A．set
B．fight
C．take
D．call
【8】
A．hiding
B．sharing
C．stealing
D．feeling
【9】
A．braked
B．struck
C．played
D．shook
【10】
A．cheerfully
B．normally
C．exactly
D．truly
【11】
A．made
B．started
C．understood
D．influenced
【12】
A．beat
B．suffered
C．developed
D．saved
【13】
A．when
B．what
C．where
D．why
【14】
A．job
B．title
C．help
D．director
【15】
A．amusing
B．aggressive
C．amazing
D．available
31、课文填空
Old French made other【1】to Middle English as well. In old English Germanic way of making words plural was used. For example, they said housen instead of houses, and shoen instead of shoes. After the Normans took【2】they began using the French way of making plurals, adding an-s to house and shoe. Only a few words 【3】 their Germanic plural forms, such as man/men and child/children.
After the Norman Conquest, high-class people spoke French while common people spoke English. However, by the latter half of the 14th century, English had come into【4】use among all classes in England. In 1399, Henry IV became King of England. His mother 【5】 was English, and he used English for all official events.
32、阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Mike took the last bite of the chocolate ice cream and jumped into the car with his parents. They headed off to the Olympic sized pool for the big swim meet.
When his race came up, Mike was confident. He was strong and swift and won first place, making him the fastest boy in his age group.
“Congratulations," said his father. His mother gave him a hug, even though he was wet.
A week later, it was time for another swim meet and Mike decided to eat the same ice cream. He thought that it was his luck ice cream and that it might help him win again.
He took first place again in his race. Mike was feeling pretty good. Since then, Mike has decided to have the same ice cream before every swim meet and has always won. Several months passed and Mike was feeling unbeatable. Although he wouldn't admit it, all the ice cream was adding pounds to his athletic swimmer's build.
It didn't take long before the luck ice cream had lost its magic. Mike started to slip to second place and then third place in his races. His scores kept worsening and Mike felt really bad. He knew what was wrong. But he couldn't admit it to himself and especially to his parents. He did not want to disappoint them.
One day, his mother sat down at the table with him and said, “Mike, we know you love ice cream，but maybe it's not healthy for your body to eat so much of it. Your father and 1 think it is making you gain weight. Is it OK for us to quit the sweet treats for a while, especially before you go for the final competition? In order to strengthen your muscles, your father will go running with you three days a week. We think it will help you feel better.”
注意：1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Mike unwillingly agreed.
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Finally the big competition of the season came.
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