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1、The room was ______ a mess, ______ pizza boxes on the floor and dirty dishes in the sink.
A．on; where
B．in; where
C．in; with
D．on; with
2、John isn’t here right now. He ______ Mr. Black’s office. Perhaps he______ in several minutes.
A. is going to; has come B. has been to; has come
C. has gone to; will come D. went to; would come
3、—Would you mind if I closed the door, as it is so cold?
—Of course not. .
A. My pleasure B. It depends
C. With pleasure D. Go ahead
4、How would you feel being locked in the house all day with no one for _______?
A.company B.camp C.journey D.tour
5、 —I will buy you a mountain bicycle as a reward if you pass the college entrance examination.
—______.
A. It all depends B. It's up to you
C. It doesn't matter D. That's a deal
6、She’s very strict — we ______ say a word unless she asks us to.
A.dared B.dare C.dared of D.don’t dare to
7、The food ______ at the moment is for the dinner party.
A. cooked B. to be cooked
C. is being cooked D. being cooked
8、— I get at least half an hour of exercise almost every day.
— Oh great! .
A.Good luck B.Cheer up
C.Same to you D.Keep it up
9、The new survey shows that the number of students ______ computer games has been increasing in recent years.
A. devoted to B. related to
C. connected to D. addicted to
10、The first thing ________my brother is going to do this afternoon is to study physics.
A．which
B．what
C．that
D．in which
11、It is not only blind men who make such stupid mistakes. People who can see sometimes act__________.
A. just foolishly B. less foolishly C. as foolishly D. so foolishly
12、Our papers _________ now, but the results will be announced tomorrow.
A.are graded B.grade C.has graded D.are being graded
13、On hearing the sad news, she ________ tears.
A．burst into
B．broke out
C．cried out
D．wept
14、In 2003, eBay, ______ famous website where people buy and sell ______ things, said that 70% of their problems were with people who cheated customers.
A. a; / B. /; / C. the; the D. a; the
15、We cannot accept a society _____ the rich enjoy comfort _____ the poor have to suffer.
A．which; while
B．where; while
C．that; which
D．where; that
16、________ and happy，Tony stood up and accepted the prize.
A．Surprising
B．Surprised
C．Being surprised
D．To be surprising
17、It always takes the class a while to ______ at the start of the class.
A. settle on B. settle in
C. settle down D. settle up
18、Martin was very sick with a strange fever; _____he could neither eat nor sleep.
A．as a consequence
B．from time to time
C．to his astonishment
D．all of a sudden
19、My brother wants to buy that kind of computer because he________ that it works well.
A．was told
B．has told
C．had been told
D．has been told
20、一WOw，you won first in the stow-telling competition．Fantastic!
一 ____!
A．Give me five B．Congratulations
C．Go ahead D．Forget it
21、 To most of us, school means classes, teachers, schedules, grades, and tests. But for the children at Sudbury Valley School in Massachusetts, school is very different.
Firstly, there are no lessons. All the children, aged between 4 and 19, do whatever they want.
There are no teachers-only “staff members”. The idea behind this is that you do not need to make children learn, because children want to learn anyway. “You do not need to say to a three-year-old child ‘Go explore your environment. “You can't stop them!” says Daniel Greenberg, a founder of the school. “But if you make children do what you want all day, they will lose all taste for learning.”
At Sudbury Valley School, you will allow children to talk, read, paint, cook, work on computers, study French, play the piano, climb trees or just run around. Two boys spent three years just fishing!
The other way that Sudbury Valley School is different is that the children can decide the rules.
Every week, there is a school meeting where both children and staff have one vote each —even the four-year-olds. They decide the school rules, how to spend the school budget, and even which staff they want and do not want any more.
When the school first opened in 1968, people said it would never work. But today, the school has 200 students, and 80% of its students go on to college. Even the two boys who went fishing all the time have successful careers today. One of them is a musician and the other is a computer scientist.
【1】What does the school believe according to this passage?
A.Teachers cannot teach children Well.
B.Children learn best when they do what they want
C.Learning is for adults -children should only play.
D.Children should only learn about one thing at a time.
【2】What does Daniel Greenberg say about three-year-olds?
A.They love learning. B.They are very patient.
C.They want to be outside all the time. D.They are too young to learn anything
【3】What happens to the children after they leave this school?
A.Some of them are unique. B.They have unexpected problems.
C.They usually do very good job. D.All of them are not successful.
【4】What's this passage mainly about?
A.Children's hobbies. B.An unusual school
C.A school without rules. D.Education in the US.
22、A jobless man wanted very much to have the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test. “You have passed the test,” he said. “Give me your e-mail address and I’ll send you the form to fill in and the date when you may start.” The man replied, “But I don’t have a computer, neither an e-mail.” “I’m sorry,” said the HR manager. “If you don’t have an e-mail, that means you are not living. And anyone who isn’t living cannot have the job.”
The man left with no hope at all. He didn’t know what to do with only $10 in his pocket. He thought and thought. Then he went to the supermarket and bought 10 kilos of tomatoes. He sold the tomatoes from door to door. In less than two hours, he had 20 dollars. He repeated the operation three times, and started to go early every day, and returned home late. Shortly, he bought a cart , then a truck, then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles(运货车队). Five years later, the man was one of the biggest food retailers (零售商) in the US.
One day, one of his friends asked him for his e-mail. He said, “I haven’t got one.” His friend couldn’t believe his ears. “Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e-mail?” The man thought for a while and replied, “Yes, I’d be an office boy at Microsoft!”
【1】What did the man do for the test?
A．He sent e-mails.
B．He did the cleaning
C．He sold computers.
D．He filled in forms.
【2】The man didn’t get the job because he ________.
A．disliked such a job
B．didn’t pass the test
C．didn’t have an e-mail
D．knew nothing about computers
【3】Why could the man become one of the biggest food retailers in the US?
A．Because he had many friends to help him.
B．Because he was smart and worked very hard.
C．Because he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles.
D．Because he wanted to show Microsoft he was living.
【4】What does the story want to tell us?
A．Computers are very important in our daily life.
B．Everyone can make a lot of money with only$10.
C．The HR manager didn’t find the ability of the man.
D．Nothing in the world is impossible if we work hard.
23、If you ever have the desire to break out into song—in the shower, in the car, maybe at your neighbor’s karaoke night—you should embrace it whole-heartedly. This ancient art not only makes you feel good, it can also improve your well-being, reduce your feelings of pain, and even extend your life.
Using your voice to sing, rather than simply carryout a conversation, offers unique benefits because singing affects our bodies. Also, studies link singing with a lower heart rate, decreased blood pressure and reduced stress according to Patricia Preston-Roberts, a music therapist (治疗专家). (1)________
Singing, particularly in a group, seems to benefit the elderly particularly well. As part of a three-year study examining how singing affects the health of those fifty-five and older, a Senior Singers Chorus was formed by the Levine School of Music in Washington, D.C. The seniors involved in the chorus, as well as seniors in two separate arts groups about writing and painting, showed significant health improvements compared to those in the control groups (控制组). Obviously, the arts groups reported thirty fewer doctors’ visits, fewer eyesight problems, less depression, and less need for medication. (2)________
Even lead researcher Dr. Gene D. Cohen, director of the Center on Aging at George Washington University, was surprised at how big an effect the seniors’ arts participation had on their health. Cohen said, “The average age of all the subjects was eighty. This is higher than life expectancy. So, if an effect were to be achieved, one would ordinarily expect to see less decline (下降) compared to the control group. The fact that there was so much improvement in many areas was the surprising factor.” (3)________ The seniors also noticed health improvements and they reported feeling better both in daily life and while singing.
The part of the brain that works with speech is different from the part that processes music. “People seem to enjoy doing something jointly with other people. There are a lot of facts that being socially involved is good for people with dementia (老年痴呆).” Ballard said.
The arts are showing up as a treatment tool in hospitals across the country. (4)________ If you are thinking of volunteering, singing at a hospital may be a good choice—not only for the patients, but also for yourself.
【1】In the first paragraph, the author ________.
A．expresses a desire for singing
B．offers some advice on singing
C．puts forward his point of view
D．states the importance of health
【2】Why was Cohen surprised at the results of the study?
A．The study was not expensive as expected.
B．Arts acted as a treatment tool in hospitals.
C．People’s health in the arts group improved greatly.
D．The seniors themselves noticed health improvements.
【3】Where should the following sentence be put？
“She uses song to help patients who suffer from a variety of problems.”
A．(1)
B．(2)
C．(3)
D．(4)
【4】What would be the best title for the passage?
A．How to Avoid Getting Dementia
B．How Seniors Live a Healthy Life
C．How to Keep Our Brains Healthy
D．How Singing Improves Your Health
24、 If a business wants to sell its products internationally, it had better do some market research first. This is a lesson that some large American corporations have learned in the hard way.
What’s in the name?
Sometimes the problem is the name. When General Motors introduced its Chevy Nova into Latin America, it overlooked the fact that Nova in Spanish means “It doesn’t go”. Sure enough, the Chevy Nova never went anywhere in Latin America.
Translation problems
Sometimes it is the slogan that doesn’t work. No company knows this better than Pepsi-Cola, with its “Come alive with Pepsi!” campaign. The campaign was so successful in the United States that Pepsi translated its slogan literally (按字面意思的) for its international campaign. As it turned out, the translations were not quite right. Pepsi was begging Germans to “Come out of the grave” and telling the Chinese that “Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the grave.”
A picture is worth a thousand words
Other times, the problem involves packaging. A picture of a smiling baby has helped sell countless jars of Gerber baby food. When Gerber started selling baby food in Africa, they used the same packaging as in the US, with the smiling baby on the label. Later they learned that in African countries, the picture on the jar shows what the jar has in it, for many people there can’t read.
Twist of fate
Even culture and religious factors and pure coincidence can be involved. Thorn McAn shoes have a Thorn McAn “signature” inside. To people in Bangladesh, which is a Muslim country, this signature looked like Arabic script for the word Allah. In that country, feet are considered unclean, and Muslims felt the company was offending God’s name by having people walk on it.
【1】From the text we learn that ________.
A.Chevy Nova was brought in Latin America
B.General Motors did the best market research of all companies
C.Pepsi still sold well in China owing to the translation problems
D.the “Come alive with Pepsi” campaign worked well in the US
【2】What was Gerber’s problem?
A.A translation problem. B.Cultural factor.
C.Religious factor. D.The picture on the jar.
【3】For what reason were Thorn McAn shoes turned down in Bangladesh?
A.They are not designed attractively.
B.Their advertisements are not persuasive.
C.A signature looking like the word Allah was in the shoes.
D.Problem for Thorn McAn was the company’s name.
【4】The intended readers of the passage are ________.
A.product advertisers B.market researchers
C.managers of Sales Department D.businesses to promote products abroad
【5】What does the text mainly tell us?
A.Lessons from some large corporations. B.How to make use of advertisements.
C.The importance of market research. D.The importance of packaging
25、Chad and I spent about 15 years celebrating our anniversary the old-fashioned way. He’d give me _________, I’d give him a card and we’d go out for dinner. _________ we both enjoyed our child-free time together, I finally _________ that I didn’t even like red roses, and his card ended up in the garbage can.
So we_________ a new tradition called the Every Other Year Anniversary. We alternate years planning a _________for each other. A celebration of a marriage should be _________, and we intended to make it so.
I was perfectly _________ to go first, planning a weekend getaway to Hiawassee. I chose all the activities—it was _________ for Chad to think of anything. As for Chad, the _________ added to his excitement. And, he didn’t have to call the flower shop at the last minute to __________ flowers.
The next year was my turn to be surprised. Chad, though traditionally not a romantic person, __________ successfully, planning a weekend in Nashville. We went on a comedy bus tour that made us__________a lot; we visited the Grand Ole Opry and downtown Nashville. Chad __________ endured (忍受) some shopping just because he knew I would like it. We ate at a very excellent restaurant and __________ each other’s company more than ever. For once, I didn’t have to make any decisions. I could __________ Chad had put a lot of thought into where we went and what we did.
We agreed at this point that the new __________ would be topping (超越) each other the following year. __________, we manage to do it every time. Of course, some years have been better prepared than others, __________on finances or the children’s schedules.
We have now been __________ for more than 20 years. The Every Other Year Anniversary has made our marriage loving, complete and, __________, fun! I can’t wait to see what’s in store next year.
【1】
A．dresses
B．flowers
C．cards
D．photos
【2】
A．Unless
B．Because
C．When
D．While
【3】
A．complained
B．doubted
C．admitted
D．pretended
【4】
A．followed
B．invented
C．celebrated
D．changed
【5】
A．surprise
B．trip
C．party
D．weekend
【6】
A．normal
B．lively
C．ordinary
D．special
【7】
A．bound
B．willing
C．content
D．flexible
【8】
A．unnecessary
B．unfair
C．unusual
D．unfortunate
【9】
A．idea
B．rest
C．mystery
D．decision
【10】
A．pick
B．water
C．decorate
D．order
【11】
A．came through
B．broke down
C．ran away
D．put up
【12】
A．perform
B．think
C．treasure
D．laugh
【13】
A．never
B．even
C．ever
D．seldom
【14】
A．encouraged
B．imagined
C．enjoyed
D．deserved
【15】
A．predict
B．tell
C．suggest
D．appreciate
【16】
A．challenge
B．achievement
C．anxiety
D．curiosity
【17】
A．Approximately
B．Increasingly
C．Astonishingly
D．Immediately
【18】
A．depending
B．insisting
C．acting
D．agreeing
【19】
A．engaged
B．separated
C．employed
D．married
【20】
A．in all
B．above all
C．at all
D．after all
26、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，续写的词数应为 150 左右
Christmas Day was coming. I was just a kid then, and my big sister told me there was no Santa Claus. I fled to my Grandma because she would be straight with me. l knew Grandma always told me the truth. Grandma was home, and I told her everything. She was ready for me. “No Santa Claus!” She shouted. “Ridiculous! Don’t believe it. That rumor has been going around for years, and it makes me mad, plain mad.”
“Now, put on your coat, and let’s go.”
“Go where, Grandma?” l asked. “Where” turned out to be Kerby’s General Store. the one store in town that had a little bit of just about everything. As we walked through its doors, Grandma handed me ten dollars. “Take this money.” she said, “and buy something for someone who needs it. I’ll wait for you in the car.” Then she turned and walked out of Kerby’s.
l was only eight years old. I’d often gone shopping with my mother, but never had I shopped for anything all by myself. The store seemed big and crowded, full of people competing to finish their Christmas shopping. For a few moments I just stood there, confused, holding that ten-dollar bill, wondering what to buy and who to buy it for. I suddenly thought of Bobby Decker, who was a kid with bad breath and messy hair. He sat right behind me in Mrs. Pollock’s grade-two class.
Bobby Decker didn’t have a coat. l knew that because he never went out for recess(休息) during the winter. His mother always wrote a note, telling the teacher that he had a cough, but we kids knew that Bobby Decker didn’t have a cough, and he didn’t have a coat. I fingered the ten dollar bill with growing excitement. I would buy Bobby Decker a coat! I settled on a red one, which looked really warm, and he would like that.
“Is this a Christmas present for someone?” the lady behind the counter asked kindly, as I laid my ten dollars down. “Yes.”
The nice lady smiled at me, put the coat in a bag and wished me a Merry Christmas.
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。
That evening, Grandma helped me wrap the coat in Christmas paper.
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Grandma and I waited breathlessly in the bush for Bobby Decker’s front door to open.
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