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1、Owen wouldn’t eat anything ________ he cooked it himself.
A. until B. since
C. unless D. while
2、 ______rise in carbon dioxide is causing _______ steady increase in global warming.
A. The; a B.不填; a C. The;不填 D.A；the
3、As a neighbor of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Guangxi is _____ the attraction of foreign investment to help build a high-quality economy.
A.prioritizing B.providing C.prohibiting D.purchasing
4、I don’t think you _______ give up the opportunity to go to university which you have been dreaming about.
A. might B. should C. could D. Would
5、The more _________ we take the safety standards, the further we can speed up the development of the school bus industry.
A. constantly B. seriously
C. generally D. immediately
6、Parents should guide their children, not direct them. Observe _______ your child’s talent and
interests lie, and then encourage them in close directions.
A. what B. where C. when D. that
7、______ we have planned ahead might change when we put it into practice．
A．Whatever B．Whenever
C．Whoever D．However
8、 People are __________ shoppers in China on November 11th, contributing to more than 35 billion online shopping sales．
A． potential B． enthusiastic
C． intelligent D． temporary
9、Nowadays, we can move around the world and still ________ the people that we want to remain friends with ________ modern social media tools.
A．correspond with; regardless of
B．stay in touch with; thanks to
C．lose track of; due to
D．communicate with; based on
10、What do you mean, there are only ten tickets? There ______ be twelve.
A．should
B．would
C．will
D．shall
11、---Have you heard about the recent election?
---Sure, it __________ the only thing on the news for the last three days.
A.would be B.is C.had been D.has been
12、The magazine ________the choices people make about their homes, their clothes and their free time activities.
A.includes B.covers C.make up D.consists
13、 Although he was against my opinion at the meeting, he didn’t ________ his own.
A. present B. speak C. offer D. hold
14、What parents do will cast a ____ for the children and help them to see what they will be and what they will do in the future.
A.glance B.doubt C.vision D.shadow
15、I’d like to eat out, but, ________, I should be trying to save money.
A. on the contrary B. on the other hand
C. for one thing D. in the end
16、Peter searched all the places where he________have left his iPad but it was all in vain.
A．might
B．would
C．must
D．should
17、_____he said in the lecture has a great effect on me.
A. What B. Which C. That D. How
18、When from a distance, to tell the truth, the scenery appears more beautiful．
A.seeing B.being seen C.seen D.having seen
19、When I entered the room, I found my father in the sofa and in a magazine.
A. seated; absorbed B. sit; absorb
C. sitting; absorbing D. sat; absorbed
20、We _______ home now if you hadn’t taken the wrong turning.
A. would be B. are
C. were D. will be
21、As a permaculture designer and consultant, I have been involved with a range of ecosystem restoration projects. These include both small-scale and landscape-scale projects to repair damage to degraded environments, boost biodiversity, and build toward a better future.
It is clear to me, as it will no doubt be clear to readers, that ecosystem restoration is crucial. As we seek to ease and adapt to climate change, and work to reverse (逆转) biodiversity losses, restoration is an important part of the global solution. But while it is widely understood that ecosystem restoration is the right thing to do, there is far less understanding about what exactly it means, and how it is to be achieved.
One of the most obvious misunderstandings about ecosystem restoration is that it is all about action, especially planting trees. It is important to understand that forest and woodland ecosystems are not the only crucial environments to restore. Ecosystem restoration consists of a huge range of different systems from farmland soils and grassland systems to our seas and oceans.
Ecosystem restoration is not always about actively intervening (干预). In many instances, passive intervention can be just as effective, if not more so, than active. This involves simply letting nature take the reins (掌管). In short, in ecosystem restoration, what we don’t do can be as important as what we do. Often nature already has the answers. But there are situations in which humans have damaged the environment to such a degree that natural restoration is impossible. This is when carefully designed action is required.
Another key thing to remember is that we cannot succeed in ecosystem restoration without local people’s involvement or, ideally, their leadership. When a community feels a sense of belonging and a deep connection with the land, this provides a firm foundation for future conservation and restoration work.
While I dislike taking an overly human-centered view, environmental issues cannot be separated in our complex modern world from socio-economic ones. We need to look at people and the planet as a whole and appreciate the complex web of human life and its interaction with the natural world in order to form practical restoration solutions. It is important to understand how nature can boom and still provide humans with the things we need. It is only when we consider the natural environment and human society as interconnected that we can really continue to make progress.
【1】Which shows the proper understanding of ecosystem restoration?
A．Community-led efforts should be reduced.
B．Ecosystem restoration involves a variety of systems.
C．Direct action on forest ecosystems should be avoided.
D．The more trees we plant, the better the ecosystems will be.
【2】In what case is active intervention a must?
A．Nature fails to restore itself to health.
B．The cost of passive intervention is high.
C．A large population relies on natural resources.
D．Active intervention can improve the local economy.
【3】According to the last paragraph what should be done to make practical restoration plans?
A．Focusing on the interests of us humans.
B．Making nature conservation a top priority.
C．Conducting a survey of local natural resources.
D．Taking both social factors and nature into account.
【4】What is mainly talked about in the text?
A．How people can benefit from ecosystem restoration.
B．What challenge people face in ecosystem restoration.
C．How we can repair damaged ecosystems more effectively.
D．Why ecosystem restoration becomes increasingly urgent.
22、The term, culture shock, describes the anxiety produced when a person moves to a completely new environment. This term expresses the lack of direction, the feeling of not knowing what to do, and not knowing what is appropriate or inappropriate. The feeling of culture shock generally sets in after the first few weeks of coming to a new place.
We can describe culture shock as the physical and emotional discomfort one suffers when coming to live in another country or place. Often, the way that we lived before is not accepted as or considered as normal in the new place. Everything is different, for example, not speaking the language, not knowing how to use banking machines and so forth.
Although one can experience real pain from culture shock, it is also an opportunity for resetting one' s life objectives. It is a great opportunity for learning and acquiring new viewpoints. Culture shock can make one develop a better understanding of oneself.
Culture shock has many stages. The first stage is called the "honeymoon" stage. The new arrival may feel excited as everything is new.
In the second stage, a person may encounter some difficult times in daily life. For example, communication difficulties may occur such as not being understood. There may be feelings of discontent, anger, sadness, and feeling incompetence. This happens when a person is trying to adapt to a new culture. Transition (过渡) between the old methods and those of the new country is a difficult process and takes time to complete.
The third stage is characterized by gaining some understanding of the new culture. One may start to feel a certain psychological balance. The new arrival may start to have a feeling of direction and want to belong.
In the fourth stage, the person realizes that the new culture has good and bad things to offer. The person has a more solid feeling of belonging and starts to set goals for living.
The fifth stage is called the " re-entry shock". This occurs when a return to the
country of origin is made. One may find that things are no longer the same. For example, some of the newly acquired customs are not in use in the old culture.
Many factors (因素) contribute to the length and effects of culture shock. For example, the individual's state of mental health, type of personality, previous experiences, familiarity with the language, and level of education. So the five stages are present at different times and each person has their own way of reacting. 64. What do we learn about culture shock?
【1】What do we learn about culture shock?
A. It has negative effect on people.
B. Its effect can differ from person to person.
C. It disappears when people return to their homelands.
D. It can be avoided if one can understand the language.
【2】Which stage of culture shock is Tommy in?
Tommy moved to France with his parents two months ago.
But now he still can not get used to the life there.
He also has problems in schooling.
Even worse, he doesn't think anybody cares about him.
A. Stage 2. B. Stage 3. C. Stage 4. D. Stage 5.
【3】 The main purpose of the passage is to________
A. discuss and clarify B. argue and advise
C. introduce and explain D. compare and evaluate
23、My 17-year-old daughter went off to college and having her away from home brought back memories of watching Peter Pan when she was little. In the classic TV production, one scene in particular impressed me: when Mrs. Darling puts her children into bed. As she turns off the last of the night light, she takes one last look at the bedroom and says, “Dear night lights, protect my sleeping children.” As a mother, I know how much she loves her children.
It has been several weeks since we took our daughter to college and she seems to be adjusting well after a short period of homesickness. For us, though, it’s another story. Like most parents, I love checking in on my children at night. But now she’s gone, and I find nighttimes the hardest. I miss her most at night.
In my neighborhood, most of the parents whose kids are off to college are dealing with similar melancholy. My husband is filled with anxiety. One friend talked about getting this sick feeling in her stomach as she prepared for the college drop-off. We complained that many of us were too busy to truly enjoy being with our children while we had them.
For us moms, seeing Toy Story 3 only made the sadness worse as we watched the character Andy, who is the same age as our kids, say goodbye to his childhood as he prepares to leave for college. And it’s not just “first-time” parents like me. Two moms who have kids already well into college said the separation didn’t get any easier. “You feel like something has been taken away from inside you，” said one of them.
I imagine things will get easier with time, especially as I see my daughter adjust to college life. Meanwhile, as I keep my cell phone close to me in bed and text my daughter goodnight and sweet dreams every night, I like to think at messages serve as a night light that keeps her safe.
【1】The writer was deeply impressed by the scene in Peter Pan because ________.
A. she watched the scene with her daughter
B. the scene was very exciting and interesting
C. the scene taught her and her daughter a good lesson
D. the scene showed a mother’s deep love for her children
【2】After her daughter went to college, the writer ________.
A. didn’t get used to the change for a long time
B. often cried as she missed her daughter so much
C. realized she hadn’t done enough for her daughter
D. failed to have a good sleep every night
【3】What is the underlined word “melancholy” in Paragraph 3 similar in meaning to?
A. Happiness. B. Anger.
C. Sadness. D. Excitement.
【4】According to the last paragraph, why did the writer keep her cell phone close to her in bed?
A. To call her daughter any time.
B. To wait for her daughter’s calls.
C. To say good night to her daughter.
D. To wait for her daughter’s messages.
24、 Walk past any Bath & Body Works store and you' ll see a colourful display of popular antibacterial soaps. Sold in thick plastic containers with heavy foam （泡沫）—producing pumps on top and loaded with nice smell, these liquid soaps are seen everywhere. Besides their plastic packaging, they are ' antibacterial, ' as are so many other soaps, body scrubs（磨砂膏）,and lip sticks these days, not to mention household cleaners and even mattresses. The world has gone crazy for antibacterial products-but, unfortunately, antibacterial is bad.
Keep in mind that antibacterial soap is no more effective at killing germs than regular soap. Using antibacterial soap may even lead to the development of bacteria that are resistant to the products antimicrobial agents-making it harder to kill these germs in the future.
The problem is that they leave a surface leftover after being washed or wiped away. This leftover is supposed to continue killing afterwards, but it can also promote the growth of resistant bacteria, which are stronger than the original bacteria. Triclosan （三氯生），a common mixed material in antibacterial soaps and hand washing liquids, is a probable human carcinogen （致癌物）.Triclosan, also known as Microban, has been found in breast milk and exists in 60 percent of American waterways, which opens a pathway for potential pollution of food. In 2009, the Canadian Medical Association called on its government to ban all antibacterial products but was unsuccessful.
As unexciting as it is, plain old bar soap is the way to go. Regular soap works by loosening dirt, oil, and microbes so they can be washed away. Effective hand washing requires vigorous washing of all surfaces and should last at least 20 seconds. A bar of soap requires little to no packaging, and the greenest option is one with a vegetable glycerine base, free from chemical smell and harmful materials.
【1】What does using antibacterial soap result in?
A.Making things cleaner. B.Killing more germs.
C.Keeping things more healthy. D.Promoting the development of bacteria.
【2】What' s the author ' s attitude towards the antibacterial soaps?
A.supportive B.anxious C.opposed D.uninterested
【3】What does the underlined "they"in paragraph 3 refer to?
A.Original bacteria. B.Antibacterial soaps.
C.Household cleaners. D.Antimicrobial agents.
【4】What does the author suggest in the last paragraph?
A.Using regular soaps is the best option.
B.Washing hands needs longer time than ever.
C.Buying soaps with no packing and chemicals.
D.Keeping antibacterial soap is beneficial to health.
25、 Clara Daly was seated on an Alaska Airlines flight on the way from Boston to Los Angeles. A flight attendant asked a (n) ________ question over the loudspeaker: “Does anyone on ________ Know American Sign language?”
Clara, 15 at the time, ________ the call button. The flight attendant came by and explained the ________. “We have a passenger on the plane who’s blind and deaf,” she said. The passenger ________ to want something, but he was traveling alone and the flight attendants couldn’t ________ out what he needed, according to people. com.
Clara had been studying ASL for the past year to help with her ________ in reading and knew she’d be able to finger spell into the man’s ________. So she ________ her scat belt, walked toward the front of the plane, and ________ by the aisle seat of Tim Cook, then 64. Gently taking his hand, she ________, “How are you? Are you OK?” Cook asked for some water. When it arrived, Clara returned to her seat. She came by again a bit later because he wanted to know the time. On her third ________, she stopped and stayed a while.
“He didn’t need ________. He was lonely and wanted to talk” Clara says.
So for the next hour, that’s what they did. She ________ about her family and her plans for the future (she wants to be a politician). Cook told Clara how he had ________ become blind over time and shared stories of his days as a traveling salesman. ________ he couldn’t see her, she “looked attentively at his face with such ________,” a passenger reported.
“Clara was ________,” a flight attendant told Alaska Airlines in a blog interview. “You could ________ Tim was very excited to have someone he could speak to, and she was such a(n) ________.”
Cook’s reaction: “Best trip I’ve ever had.”
【1】A.simple B.urgent C.unusual D.vital
【2】A.board B.duty C.business D.earth
【3】A.pressed B.ordered C.fastened D.struck
【4】A.story B.mystery C.scene D.situation
【5】A.pretended B.seemed C.happened D.meant
【6】A.take B.pick C.figure D.work
【7】A.interest B.habit C.efficiency D.difficulty
【8】A.heart B.brain C.palm D.foot
【9】A.loosened B.tightened C.wore D.broke
【10】A.stood B.knelt C.leaned D.lay
【11】A.signed B.said C.begged D.told
【12】A.arrival B.return C.visit D.leave
【13】A.something B.nothing C.everything D.anything
【14】A.complained B.talked C.explained D.predicted
【15】A.suddenly B.extremely C.entirely D.gradually
【16】A.Only if B.Just because C.As if D.Even though
【17】A.kindness B.tolerance C.satisfaction D.curiosity
【18】A.generous B.patient C.amazing D.brave
【19】A.assume B.tell C.conclude D.confirm
【20】A.passenger B.friend C.angel D.stranger
26、Directions: Read the following three passages. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.
The British psychoanalyst John Bowlby maintains that separation from the parents during the sensitive "attachment" period from birth to three may scar a child's personality and cause emotional problems in later life. Some people have drawn the conclusion from Bowlby's work that children should not receive day care before the age of three because of the parental separation it results in, and many people do believe this. But there are also arguments against such a strong conclusion.
Firstly, authropologists（人类学家）point out that the isQulated love affair between children and parents found in modern societies does not usually exist in traditional societies. For example, we saw earlier that among the Ngoni（恩戈尼人）the father and mother of a child did not raise their infant alone - far from it.
Secondly, common sense tells us that day care would not be so widespread today if parents, caretakers found children had problems with it. Statistical studies of this kind have not yet been carried out, and even if they were, the results would be certain to be complicated and controversial.
Thirdly, in the last decade, there have been a number of careful American studies of children in day care, and they have reported that day care had a slightly positive effect on children's development. But tests that have had to be used to measure this development are not widely enough accepted to settle the issue.
But Bowlby's analysis raises the possibility that early day care has delayed effects. The possibility that such care might lead to, say, more mental illness or crime 15 or 20 years later can only be explored by the use of statistics. Whatever the long-term effects, parents sometimes find the immediate effects difficult to deal with. Children under three are likely to protest at leaving their parents and show unhappiness. At the age of three or three and half almost all children find the transition to nursery easy, and this is undoubtedly why more and more parents make use of child care at this time. The matter, then, is far from clear-cut, though experience and available evidence indicate that early is reasonable for infants.
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