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1、 “Tonight, I ask people to ______ violence and words that harm, and turn to words that heal －prayer, patient dialogue, and sympathy for the friends and family of the fallen.” President Obama said .
A. refresh B. reject C. transform D. tick
2、He arrived at the office, __________.
A．was tired and hungry
B．being tired and hungry
C．tired and hungry
D．tiredly and hungrily
3、Our school motto reflects the importance we ______ to good manners, hard work and success.
A. place B. attach C. pay D. Turn
4、——Thank you for showing me the way!
——____________. I live nearby, so I am familiar with this area.
A. It’s easy B. My pleasure
C. With pleasure D. Never mind
5、Only when all of us join efforts to ________ pollution at all levels can we expect to have a better environment.
A．evaluate
B．eliminate
C．encounter
D．perpetuate
6、It is well known that Germany’s car industry is its beer.
A. as a symbol much as B. as much a symbol as
C. so much the symbol as D. so the symbol much as
7、The respectable neurologist committed all his life _________ people with Alzheimer's and finally, he made it to _________ a supporting center for them.
A. to help; spring up B. to help; set up
C. to helping; spring up D. to helping; set up
8、—Susan won’t come to our ball because she hurt her foot the other day.
— _______.
A．Don’t worry about her
B．Up to you
C．What a shame
D．No problem
9、– What’s the matter with Della?
– Well, her parents wouldn’t allow her to go to the party, but she still _________.
A. hopes to B. hopes so
C. hopes not D. hopes for
10、If God __________everything in the world, the strange creatures in fossils __________so many years before.
A.had created; shouldn’t exist B.had created; couldn’t have existed
C.should create; wouldn’t exist D.created; wouldn’t have existed
11、All right, I won't keep you any longer since you________ leaving.
A．focus on
B．bank on
C．insist on
D．live on
12、Be sure to return __________ you are done!
A. shortly B. immediately
C. constantly D. momentarily
13、Kim who, judging by Mrs. Schein’s absence, must have ___________, to let her stay with Adam and me.
A.convinced her mother to go home B.made her way toward the door
C.cancelled their five-night tour D.made sense to her
14、This suggested that the matter can be converted into energy, and_______________.
A. in vain B. in chaos
C. as follows D. vice versa
15、______ that we had great trouble ______ it.
A．So difficult was the problem, to solve
B．Difficult as the problem was, solving
C．So difficult was the problem, solving
D．So difficult the problem was, to solve
16、_____ my opinion, your plan of the vacation is quite similar ______ ours.
A.In; with B.To; in C.In; to D.To; from
17、Never Lisa would arrive but she turned up at the last minute.
A. did we think B. have we thought
C. we thought D. we have thought
18、Let’s set out right now, we will be late for our flight.
A．and
B．or
C．but
D．so
19、The number of children is expected to _______ rapidly as the declaration of Two-child Policy by the government.
A. standardize B. supervise
C. multiply D. adopt
20、Tom returned after the war, only _______ that his wife had left him.
A．told
B．telling
C．to be told
D．being told
21、To make your argument more ________, you should put forward more supporting information.
A. convinced B. convincing
C. to be convinced D. to be convincing
22、New research has found that animals have memories, too — , they might be much cleverer than we thought.
A. in other words B. above all
C. in many ways D. all in all
23、The young man was _________stealing possessions of his factory and put into prison.
A.accused of B.charged for C.blamed of D.punished with
24、Travel Frog by a Japanese game studio has become a hit in China.
A. to be created B. created
C. being created D. creating
25、The study shows kids who play________ video games show much more aggressive behaviour than those who don't.
A．advanced
B．terrified
C．violent
D．relaxed
26、Remembering things is an important function of our brain — if we can’t recall how to do something, we can’t survive. If you think about it, there is so much we have to remember. It’s no surprise that sometimes we are forgetful.
Memory allows the brain to store and recall information when required. Our short-term memory can hold a small amount of information for a short time, while our long-term memory can hold an unlimited amount of information for a long time. Our memory is amazing, but why do we still forget things?
It’s possible we don’t always store information in our memory effectively, maybe because we are in a rush or we consider it irrelevant at the time. When we store information, we often make connections with other things, which helps us recall it later. If you don’t have these connections, then it can be easier to forget. Writing for the Science Focus, Luis Villazon says, “It is also possible that memories become dim over time. As they have not been revisited, their biological ‘trace’ becomes lost.” It’s true that if you don’t perform a task for a long period of time, it can be difficult to recall how to do it.
But sometimes even our short-term memory can let us down. This is called “The Doorway Effect”. Writing for the Future website, psychologist Tom Stafford explains that this “occurs because we change both the physical and mental environments, moving to a different room and thinking about different things”. Put simply, we are trying to spin too many plates at the same time. So, if you forget things easily, it could be because you have too much in your mind.
But we do need to keep our memory sharp by continually using it. Especially when we beyond our 50s, our brains tend to shrink in volume. That’s when we’re at more risk of getting Alzheimer’s disease.
However, as Luis Villazon says, “Forgetting is not always a bad thing! It would waste resources if we remembered every detail of the world around us.”
【1】What is the function of memory?
A．To memorize things only.
B．To use and exercise our brain.
C．To store information in computers.
D．To store information and recall it when necessary.
【2】What does the underlined word “dim” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A．Unclear.
B．Strong.
C．Hard.
D．Simple.
【3】Which action maybe belongs to “The Doorway Effect”?
A．You find it hard to recite all the teacher said.
B．You forget the money you hid under the bed 10 years ago.
C．You don’t know what to order when you are in the restaurant.
D．You suddenly can’t remember what to do as soon as you get home.
【4】What is the best title of the passage?
A．How our brain works?
B．Why we forget?
C．Memory and diseases
D．Long-term memory and short-term memory
27、As data and identity theft becomes more and more common, the market is growing for biometric(生物测量) technologies—like fingerprint scans—to keep others out of private e-spaces. At present, these technologies are still expensive, though.
Researchers from Georgia Tech say that they have come up with a low-cost device(装置) that gets around this problem: a smart keyboard. This smart keyboard precisely measures the cadence(节奏) with which one types and the pressure fingers apply to each key. The keyboard could offer a strong layer of security by analyzing things like the force of a user’s typing and the time between key presses. These patterns are unique to each person. Thus, the keyboard can determine people’s identities, and by extension, whether they should be given access to the computer it’s connected to — regardless of whether someone gets the password right.
It also doesn’t require a new type of technology that people aren’t already familiar with. Everybody uses a keyboard and everybody types differently.
In a study describing the technology, the researchers had 100 volunteers type the word “touch” four times using the smart keyboard. Data collected from the device could be used to recognize different participants based on how they typed, with very low error rates. The researchers say that the keyboard should be pretty straightforward to commercialize and is mostly made of inexpensive, plastic-like parts. The team hopes to make it to market in the near future.
【1】Why do the researchers develop the smart keyboard?
A．To reduce pressure on keys.
B．To improve accuracy in typing
C．To replace the password system.
D．To cut the cost of e-space protection.
【2】What makes the invention of the smart keyboard possible?
A．Computers are much easier to operate.
B．Fingerprint scanning techniques develop fast.
C．Typing patterns vary from person to person.
D．Data security measures are guaranteed.
【3】What do the researchers expect of the smart keyboard?
A．It’ll be environment-friendly.
B．It’ll reach consumers soon.
C．It’ll be made of plastics.
D．It’ll help speed up typing.
28、 A recent study suggests that vitamin D pills can help speed up the time taken for burns to heal, and prevent scarring(结疤). The vitamin, which is produced naturally in the body when the skin is exposed to sunshine, is believed to help protect against burning.
Previous studies have shown that vitamin D pills help decrease redness and swelling after sunburn, and may be one of the reasons why the body produces the chemical.
The research from Birmingham University, has found they may also help relieve other types of burn. Researchers monitored 38 patients who had suffered serious burns for a year and recorded their levels of vitamin D. They found that those with the highest levels of vitamin D had better wound healing and fewer scars.
Professor Janet Lord said: “Low vitamin D levels were associated with worse results in burn patients including life-threatening infections(感染),death and delayed wound healing. Major burn injury severely reduces vitamin D levels and adding this vitamin back may be a simple, safe and cost-effective way to improve the condition for burn patients.” Professor Lord and her team are now focusing on finding out why there is a rapid loss of vitamin D in patients immediately following burn injury and hope that they may be able to prevent this in future.
The amount of reduction in patients’ vitamin D levels was not related to the severity(严重程度) of the burn, so levels may also be decreased in minor burn injury, suggesting taking vitamin D pills could also help people with everyday burns. Public Health England now recommends that all Britons take vitamin D pills in the winter because it is impossible to make sufficient quantities in the darker months.
【1】What does the new study find?
A.People with low vitamin D levels get burned easily.
B.Vitamin D helps with the recovery from burn injury.
C.Vitamin D pills aid in reducing the swelling from burns.
D.Vitamin D is more beneficial to serious burns than minor burns.
【2】What can we learn from the last two paragraphs?
A.The severity of one's burn reflects his vitamin D levels.
B.Vitamin D pills are more needed in the autumn months.
C.Burn patients lacking vitamin D are at high risk of infection.
D.Minor burns have no effect on patients’ vitamin D levels.
【3】What does the underlined word “they” in paragraph 3 refer to?
A.The researchers. B.Vitamin D pills.
C.Previous studies. D.Some kinds of vitamins.
【4】Which of the following can be the best title of the text?
A.Vitamin D: A Necessity for Our Health
B.Vitamin D Pills: When Are They Needed?
C.Vitamin D: How Much Does the Body Need?
D.Vitamin D Pills: Heal Burns &. Prevent Scarring
29、 You're out to dinner. The food is delicious and the service is fine. You decide to leave a big fat tip. Why? The answer may not be as simple as you think.
Tipping, psychologists have found, is not just about service. Instead, studies have shown that tipping can be affected by psychological reactions to a series of different factors from the waiter's choice of words, to how they carry themselves while taking orders, to the billl's total.
Even how much waiters remind customers of themselves can determine how much change they pocket by the end of the night.
“Studies before have shown that mimicry （模仿）brings into positive feelings for the mimicker, "wrote Rick van Baaren, a social psychology professor. "These studies show that people who are being mimicked become more generous toward the person who mimicks.
So Rick van Baaren divided 59 waiters into two groups. He requested that half serve with a phrase such as, "Coming up!" Those in the other half were instructed to repeat the orders and preferences back to the customers. Rick van Baaren then compared their takehome pay. The results were clear-it pays to mimic your customer. The copycat （模仿者）waiters earned almost double the amount of tips to the other group.
Leonard Green and Joel Myerson, psychologists at Washington University in St Louis, found the generosity of a tipper may be limited by his bill. After research on the 1,000 tips left for waiters, cabdrivers, hair stylists, they found tip percentages in these three areas dropped as customers' bills went up. In fact, tip percentages appear to plateau （稳定期）when bills topped $100 and a bill for $200 made the worker gain no bigger percentage tip than a bill for $100.
"That's also a point of tipping," Green says. "You have to give a little extra to the cabdriver for being there to pick you up and something to the waiter for being there to serve you. If they weren't there, you'd never get any service. So part of the idea of a tip is for just being there."
【1】Besides service, how many other fectors（因素）affecting the customers' tipping are mentioned in the passage?
A. 1 B. 2
C. 3 D. 4
【2】These studies show that .
A. tipping can be affected by physical reactions to many different waiters
B. the mimic waiters can get almost twice as much money as those who don't mimick others
C. people who are being mimicked usually tip less to the person who mimics them
D. mimicry makes the mimicker feel bad
【3】According to the passage, which of the following will be likely to show the right change of the tip percentages?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
【4】We know from the passage that the writer seems to .
A. object to Mr Green's idea about tipping
B. think part of Mr Green's explanation is reasonable
C. support the opinions of Mr Green and Rick van Baaren about tipping
D. give his generous tip to waiters very often
30、For the past ten years, my dad and I have attended the same school — he as an administrator and I as a student. Our relationship, in and out of school, has been totally unpredictable.
When I was younger, all that my dad said was doctrine (信条) and anything he did I, _________, copied. We played games together, and stayed up late reading bedtime stories. I could _________ my dad taking me to school, running into him regularly during the day and riding home with him every afternoon.
As I grew older, we were not as _________ as we used to be. He wasn't cool any more. He wore his socks too high, listened to horrible country music and laughed too loudly in front of my friends. He became a total embarrassment.
However, the _________ that occurred in school were even worse. The worst one happened in seventh grade. My dad came to our New Year party, dressed up as Donald Duck, guitar in hand, singing silly songs. Just kill me! I wanted to run away.
This _________ continued into high school but we somehow began to find a balance. Things started to _________ around the time of my 10th-grade physics project. The _________ was to build a wood bridge with the best strength-to-weight ratio (比率). All the students and physics teachers _________ . So did my dad, the only administrator! Embarrassed as usual, I _________ the scene. However, later when I learned from my friends that my dad __________ all competitors and won everyone's admiration. I found that mixed in with my __________ was a touch of pride.
I had needed someone else to show me what I __________ in my dad. It wasn't the fact that he'd won, it was more than that. I began to __________ that we have many of the same values and sometimes the same opinions. No matter how much I had tried to __________ him; be still influenced me.
I feel fortunate to have such an unusual father. The __________ I have developed with my dad over the years has enabled me to look back and see how I've grown.
【1】
A．temporarily
B．naturally
C．originally
D．passively
【2】
A．apply to
B．count on
C．see off
D．pick out
【3】
A．close
B．reliable
C．generous
D．confident
【4】
A．failures
B．coincidences
C．competitions
D．disasters
【5】
A．debate
B．party
C．progress
D．struggle
【6】
A．happen
B．change
C．grow
D．appear
【7】
A．issue
B．task
C．lesson
D．procedure
【8】
A．participated
B．protested
C．hesitated
D．explored
【9】
A．fled
B．investigated
C．pictured
D．made
【10】
A．convinced
B．defeated
C．ignored
D．evaluated
【11】
A．confusion
B．encouragement
C．embarrassment
D．fascination
【12】
A．recommended
B．tolerated
C．doubted
D．appreciated
【13】
A．recognize
B．demand
C．argue
D．estimate
【14】
A．approach
B．limit
C．resist
D．believe
【15】
A．strategy
B．habit
C．relationship
D．potential
31、课文填空
Then Wangping flashed a 【1】 on a computer screen, and a table and some chairs rose from under the floor as if by magic. “Why not sit down and eat a little,” he said. “You may found this difficult as it is your first time travel trip. Just relax, since there is nothing 【2】 on the timetable today. . . Exhausted, I 【3】 into bed and fell fast asleep.
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。
During summer vacation when I was twelve, a sawmill (锯木厂) was operating in the woods near our farm. Early each morning, I’d watch the men cut down big trees, saw them into logs, and deliver the logs to the mill.
The logs were dragged by a team of horses named Jack and Billy. They were gentle, and I petted them every chance I got.
One day, Mr. David, the mill owner, said he’d pay me 15 cents a day to bring fresh water to his men. In 1942, that was a lot of money! I said yes.
One afternoon when Jack and Billy were pulling a log up to the mill, a stick injured Jack’s right front hoof (蹄). After Mr. David removed the stick, the horse driver said that the foot should be doctored. But Mr. David said he didn’t have time for that. He said if the horse couldn’t earn his keep, he’d get one that could.
I felt sick inside. Jack and Billy were my best friends! I couldn’t stop thinking about Jack’s foot and what Mr. David had said.
For the rest of the day the team pulled logs from the woods. By nightfall, Jack was limping badly. Mr. David told his crew that the mill would be closed for three days because he’d be away for the Fourth of July. He offered to pay me a dollar to feed and water the horses while he was gone. I quickly agreed.
The next morning, I rode my bike to Mr. David’s barn. I wanted to look at Jack’s hoof. I reached down and grabbed the hair on the back of his leg, as I’d seen Mr. David do, and Jack lifted up his foot so I could see.
The part inside of the big iron shoe looked red and mushy (烂糊的).
I didn’t know anything about medicine, and Mr. David said he wouldn’t pay for a doctor. But if he didn’t earn his keep, Mr. David would get rid of him. But what could I do?
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。
At my house, I saw our neighbor, Mr. Sherman who raised horses and knew how to care for them.
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The morning when Mr. David returned, I jumped on my bike to the mill.
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