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1、You shouldn’t have been so rude to Dennis, ________you should apologize to him, I suppose.
A.which B.for which C.whom D.for whom
2、It was with great joy _______ Tom received the news that his lost son had been found．
A. because B. which
C. since D. that
3、Monsanto, a big company, denies the cancer of one of its customers was caused by its product and says it will _______.
A. appeal B. apologize
C. compensate D. compromise
4、With no shortage of gamers, China’s e-sports industry ______ needs to fill positions in roles such as management, coaching and broadcasting.
A.frequently B.deliberately C.desperately D.fundamentally
5、The dangerous virus ______ in the next few weeks in the laboratory can cause fatal diseases.
A．studying B．studied
C．to study D．to be studied
6、In March, cherry blossoms on both sides of East Beijing Road give the city of Nanjing an early ____of spring.
A.taste B.theme C.sense D.setting
7、She looked in the direction of the window, but there was nothing in front ______ the deep darkness.
A. other than B. rather than
C. more than D. less than
8、—Burning fuels has caused serious air pollution, so we should make full use of solar energy.
—________. It’s friendly to the environment.
A．I couldn’t agree with you more
B．That’s settled
C．You bet
D．Go ahead
9、—The tickets to Texas are not available now．
—Oh．Flights ______ fast at festivals．
A．sold B．sell
C．will sell D．have sold
10、The boy dived into the water and after ______ seemed to be a long time, he came up again.
A．what
B．that
C．it
D．which
11、 the instructions on the packet when you take the drug and the drug, I think, will work soon．
A．Follow B．To follow
C．Following D．Followed
12、Women's Day is around the corner, and I'm considering buying a gift for Mum, ________ that is to her taste.
A. one B. which
C. the one D. for which
13、 It is not doing the things we like, but liking the things we have to do ______ makes life happy.
A. which B. that C. what D. who
14、Things don’t always go as planned, ________ I still stay positive.
A. or B. as C. but D. for
15、Why ________ you choose to work in a remote village school when you can own a respectable job in a city?
A. need B. should
C. must D. will
16、All of us have the desire to visit the three main temples in Athens, especially ________ contains a gold and ivory statue of Athena.
A. one B. one that
C. the one D. the one that
17、As to the long-term effects of global warming some believe that the damage has been done, ______________________.
A. otherwise we take steps to make up now
B. now that we take steps to make up
C. whether we take steps to make up now or not
D. unless we take steps to make up now
18、If you put a stone in the way of an ant, it will go around, over, under or on top, without stopping, until it finds a way to get ______ it needs to be.
A. what B. how C. which D. Where
19、In today’s information age, the loss of data _________ cause serious problems for a company.
A. can B. need
C. must D. should
20、What’s up, Bill? You __________upset.
A. look B. looked C. have looked D. had looked
21、 For art, the year 2115 will be one full of events. In May of that year in Berlin, the philosopher-artist Jonathon Keats' "century cameras' — cameras with a 100-year-long exposure （曝光）time — will be brought back from hiding places around the city to have their results developed and exhibited Six months after that, the Future Library in Oslo, Norway, will open its doors for the first time, presenting 100 books printed on the wood of trees planted in the distant past of 2015.
As Katie Paterson, the creator of the Future Library, puts it: **Future Library is an artwork for future generations/' These projects, more than a century in the making, are part of a new wave of "slow art' intended to push viewers and participants to think beyond their own lifetimes. They aim to challenge today's short-term thinking and the brief attention spans of modem consumers, forcing people into considering works more deliberately. In their way, too, they are fighting against modem culture — not just regarding money, but also the way in which artistic worth is measured by attention.
In a similar fashion, every April on Slow Art Day, visitors are encouraged to stare at five works of art for 10 minutes at a time — a tough task for the average museum visitor, who typically spends less than 30 seconds on each piece of art.
Like the Future Library, the century cameras are very much a project for cities, since it's in cities that time runs fastest and the pace of life is fastest. "Since I started living in a city, I've somehow been quite disconnected/' Anne Beate Hovind, the Future Library project manager, who described how working on the library drew her back to the pace of life she knew when she was growing up on a farm in her youth, told the Atlantic magazine.
【1】What will NOT happen in2115 according to the first paragraph?
A.A camera which was produced 100 years ago will be exhibited.
B.The Future Library will be open to the public for the first time.
C.Photos with a 100-year exposure time will be developed and exhibited.
D.Books printed on the wood of trees planted in 2015 will be displayed.
【2】What can we learn about people's attitude towards works of art nowadays?
A.They spend little time on works.
B.They pay more attention to works.
C.They spend much money on works.
D.They stare at works for 10 minutes at a time.
【3】What is the purpose of the wave of slow art?
A.To advocate creating works of art slowly.
B.To protect works of art from being damaged.
C.To promote works of art for modern culture.
D.To encourage people to consider works more deliberately.
【4】How does Anne Beate Hovind feel about the city life?
A.It's discouraging. B.It's awful.
C.It's busy. D.It's developed.
22、The World Bank has looked at the distinguishing features of successful school system.
According to the World Bank’s education specialist, Harry Patrinos, this include: improving the quality of teachers and making sure that teachers are highly regarded; providing information to make schools accountable and giving autonomy to schools and head teachers.
This matters not only for individual pupils but also for the well-being of countries, he says, because improving educational performance has a direct impact on improving economic performance.
China’s education performance— at least in cities such as Shanghai and Hong Kong— seems to be as spectacular as the country’s fast growing economy.
Certainly both these open and outward-looking cities consider education to be important and are willing to adopt the best educational practices from around the world to ensure success. In Hong Kong, education accounts for more than one-fifth of entire government spending every year.
“Shanghai and Hong Kong are small education systems, with a concentration of ideas, manpower and resources for education,” says Prof Cheng.
Under the banner “First class city, first class education”, Shanghai set about systematically re-equipping classroom, upgrading schools and improving the curriculum in the last decade.
It got rid of the “key schools” system which concentrated resources only on top students and top schools. Instead staff were trained in more interactive teaching methods and computers were brought in.
About 80% of Shanghai school leavers go to university compared to an overall average of 24% in China.
Meanwhile, dynamic Hong Kong was forced into educational improvements as its industries moved to cheaper mainland Chinese areas in the 1990s.Its survival as a service and management hub depends on upgrading knowledge and skills.
In the last decade Hong Kong has concentrated on closing the gap for all students, says a report by McKinsey management consultants.
The report, How the World’s Most Improved School Systems Keep Getting Better, rated Hong Kong’s education system among the best in the world.
【1】The World Bank’s survey about education mainly concentrates on .
A. what has made some education systems successful
B. China’s education system and competitive exams
C. how to relieve Chinese students of their heavy schoolwork
D. the relationship between education and economic development
【2】According to Harry Patrinos, the key to successful school systems is .
A. to give autonomy to all teachers to educate students freely in class
B. to let students attend after-school tutoring and do more exercises
C. to improve teachers’ abilities and give schools free performance right
D. to make school education directly serve the economy of the country
【3】We can learn from the text that .
A. the “key school” system is the key to many schools’ failure
B. students in Shanghai and Hong Kong work the hardest
C. Hong Kong’s educational performance isn’t as good as Shanghai’s
D. Shanghai and Hong Kong’s economic performance will improve
【4】What is the author’s attitude towards the school systems of Shanghai and Hong Kong?
A. Negative. B. Positive.
C. Neutral. D. Critical.
23、Animals can adapt quickly to survive unfavorable environmental conditions. Evidence is mounting to show that plants can, too. A paper published in the journal Trends in Plant Science details how plants are rapidly adapting to the effects of climate change, and how they are passing down these adaptations to their offspring(后代).
Plants are facing more environmental stresses than ever. For example, climate change is making winters shorter in many locations, and plants are responding. “Many plants require a minimum period of cold in order to set up their environmental clock to define their flowering time,” says Martinelli, a plant geneticist at the University of Florence. “As cold seasons shorten, plants have adapted to require shorter periods of cold to delay flowering. These mechanisms allow plants to avoid flowering in periods when they have fewer opportunities to reproduce.”
Because plants don’t have neural(神经的) networks, their memory is based entirely on cellular(细胞的),molecular(分子的),and biochemical networks. These networks make up what the researchers call somatic memory(体细胞记忆). “It allows plants to recognize the occurrence of a previous environmental condition and to react accordingly,” says Martinelli.
These somatic memories can then be passed to the plants’ offspring via epigenetics(表现遗传). “Several examples demonstrate the existence of molecular mechanisms modulating plant memory to environmental stresses and affecting the adaptation of offspring to these stresses,” says Martinelli.
Going forward, Martinelli hopes to understand even more about the genes that are being passed down. “We are particularly interested in decoding the epigenetic alphabet without changes in DNA sequence(序列),”he says. “This is especially important when we consider the rapid climate change, we observe today that every living organism, including plants, needs to quickly adapt to survive.”
【1】What adaptations have plants made to shortened cold seasons?
A．They have shortened their flowering time.
B．They have got more chances to reproduce.
C．They have avoided flowering in cold seasons.
D．They have adjusted their environmental clock.
【2】What can we learn about somatic memory?
A．It is entirely based on neural networks.
B．It can help the plants’ offspring to survive.
C．It can help relieve environmental stresses.
D．It disturbs the plants’ biochemical networks.
【3】What does the underlined word “modulating” mean in paragraph 4?
A．Adjusting.
B．Treasuring.
C．Recording.
D．Sharing.
【4】Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?
A．Plants are smart about flowering time
B．Plants can also adapt to climate change
C．Environmental stresses challenge plants
D．Mysteries of plant genes are to be unfolded
24、Dear Mum,
You didn't carry me inside you,or give birth to me. Yet our connection as mother and daughter is just as deep,maybe even deeper,as it would have been if we'd had a physical connection.
Even though I’m in my twenties now,we still celebrate my "special day" every June; the anniversary of the date that I legally became your daughter,and was brought from my home to live with you and.Dad.It's a date that I never want to forget, because it marked the beginning of our lives together as a family.
I was just nine weeks old when I was given up by my birth mother. I don't know much about her,only that she wanted me to grow up in a proper family, with a better life than she could give me.I'm certain that I've had every opportunity in life that my birth mother would have dreamed for me. You paid for me to go to a private school, and encouraged me to study hard and to go on to university.When I was a teenager. You were my taxi driver, encouraging me to diving competitions and cheering me on from the sidelines.
Every year we took family holidays.As an only child, because you and Dad understandably didn't want to put yourselves through the difficult adoption process again, I was always spoiled with toys, and so much attention.
Probably the greatest gift that you've ever given me was to feel proud about being adopted. It was never kept a secret in our house and you were always very open about how I’d come to be your daughter.
You're my mother in all the ways that really matter, Mum. When I'm stressed with work, or heartbroken over a failed relationship.It's you I call. When I'm sick, you'll drive to my flat to look after me, when I have something to celebrate, we'll go out together. You're my best friend,Mum.
Love, Hannah
【1】The“special day" in the second paragraph refers to the day________.
A．the author was born
B．the author was adopted
C．the author went to a private school
D．marked the beginning of the author's life
【2】We can infer from the passage that the author________.
A．is very satisfied with the family
B．was spoiled too much by the family
C．hates the mother who gave birth to her
D．was heartbroken because of being adopted
【3】The purpose of the author in writing this passage is to________.
A．comment on her family life
B．demonstrate how she was brought up
C．express thanks to the mother who adopted her
D．explain how she became a daughter of the family
25、Christy was helping Mum sort through boxes they’d found in their new home. “Look,” she held up an old photo, “It says Mabel beside Dream Lake, summer 1910.” It existed for a long time but was well ______. Christy asked if she could ______ it. Mum agreed, adding that Mabel was once the ______ of the house, but she didn’t know about the ______.
Now Christy had a puzzle to ______. Where was Dream Lake? The next morning, Christy went to the ______ library, where she looked through ______ of the town. They showed streets, businesses, but no lakes. Back home, while she was ______ out her bedroom window, a ______ feeling hit her. Christy quickly ______ Mabel’s photo and ran outside. In its ______, a steeple (尖塔) rose above a border of ______ trees. It looked much like the one now visible above the line of trees of her backyard. “Mum!” shouted Christy. “It’s the same steeple. This picture was ______ in our yard!”
Mum hurried outside to look. “Yeah, the trees have ______ grown, but it’s the same steeple. But where’s the lake?” They finally ______ the historical society. ______ no one there had ever heard of such a lake. And all the ______ proved useless.
“I don’t ______ it, ” said Christy in confusion.
That night, ______ came down and cooled the air. Early the next morning, Christy woke up and looked out of her window. “Dream Lake!” yelled Christy. “We ______ the puzzle, Mum!”
【1】
A．collected
B．put
C．preserved
D．received
【2】
A．share
B．hang
C．copy
D．keep
【3】
A．master
B．guest
C．owner
D．manager
【4】
A．lady
B．time
C．lake
D．photo
【5】
A．care for
B．worry about
C．work out
D．take up
【6】
A．famous
B．local
C．small
D．public
【7】
A．maps
B．posters
C．films
D．journals
【8】
A．staring
B．getting
C．jumping
D．reaching
【9】
A．positive
B．familiar
C．horrible
D．strange
【10】
A．hid
B．threw
C．tore
D．grabbed
【11】
A．composition
B．background
C．reflection
D．shade
【12】
A．short
B．tall
C．big
D．old
【13】
A．drawn
B．taken
C．painted
D．showed
【14】
A．merely
B．slowly
C．hardly
D．truly
【15】
A．went to
B．tried on
C．carried out
D．turned to
【16】
A．Thus
B．And
C．But
D．Then
【17】
A．searches
B．aids
C．scenes
D．guesses
【18】
A．make
B．like
C．get
D．believe
【19】
A．snow
B．rain
C．wind
D．fog
【20】
A．solved
B．found
C．completed
D．proved
26、假如你是学生李华，请你代表学生会写一则通知，请本校留学生观看记录片《美丽中国》，内容包括：
1. 放映时间、地点；
2. 纪录片的内容:中国的自然景观、野生动植物等；
3. 观看完毕交流观后感。
注意：1. 字数80左右；
2 . 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：纪录片documentary 《美丽中国》Wild China
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