1、The girl dressed in the latest fashion is ______ in her appearance but rude in her speech.
A.outgoing
B.elegant
C.shallow
D.relevant
2、It was so dark at night that I couldn’t ______ anything clearly in the street.
A.distinguish
B.understand
C.ensure
D.confirm
3、You will never gain success ________ you keep working hard.
A.when
B.because
C.if
D.unless
4、________ the epidemic is put under control, we still need to wear masks.
A.While
B.Since
C.Before
D.Unless
5、As a result of the serious flood,two-thirds of the buildings in the area______.
A.need repairing
B.needs to repair
C.needs repairing
D.need to repair
6、When you are in a hurry, the best way to travel in Beijing is by subway. Taxis get ________ in traffic jams easily.
A.set up B.put up C.held up D.picked up
7、We can ______ the two islands with a bridge.
A.unite B.connect C.relate D.combine
8、Would you please _____________ the paper for me and see if there are any mistakes?
A.look around B.look into C.look up D.look through
9、--Sorry, it's already 6 o’clock. I have to be off for an appointment.
--OK. ________.
A.It couldn’t be better
B.You really have me there
C.Let’s call it a day
D.Take your time
10、With winter _____, the weather gets colder and colder.
A.appearing B.approaching C.leaving D.passing
11、Tom was about to close the window his attention was caught by a bird.
A.when
B.if
C.and
D.till
12、______ from space, the earth, with water ______ seventy percent of its surface, looks like a blue ball.
A.Seen, covering
B.Seen, covered
C.Seeing, covering
D.Seeing, covered
13、On Halloween, children in America like to _______ as ghosts to frighten people.
A.take up B.make up C.dress up D.turn up
14、All children should get access to a high-quality education_______ their race or family income.
A.depending on B.regardless of C.due to D.apart from
15、It is usually very hot here in Wuxi in June, but it _______ be cool sometimes.
A.can
B.must
C.should
D.would
16、It is quite ______ me what it feels like to be flying in the sky.
A.beyond
B.without
C.beside
D.across
17、 fired, your health care and other benefits will not be immediately cut off.
A.Would you be B.Could you be C.Should you be D.Might you be
18、—Mum ,why do you always make me eat an egg every day?
—______enough protein and nutrition as you are growing up.
A.Get B.Getting C.To get D.To be going
19、Alipay, which currently has over 520 million users, is a powerful ____ of payment tools, financial services and marketing platforms.
A.indication B.representation C.observation D.combination
20、More and more countries have come to realize that the world____ do without Huawei and its "more advanced" technology.
A. can’t B. needn’t C. mustn’t D. shouldn't
21、People in China are becoming more and more _________ about the air pollution.
A.involved B.interested C.concerned D.embarrassed
22、Our natural ________ are limited. This means that they will not________forever.
A.energies; occur B.materials ; erupt
C.resources ; last D.sources; bury
23、—How’s Jack doing in Britain?
—I wrote an email to him last week, but _____ I have had no reply from him.
A.from now on B.so far C.just now D.later on
24、In an ad campaign you may need to different kinds of media, including posters, newspapers, magazines, radios and television.
A.urge B.employ C.fancy D.design
25、He couldn't ________ the reason why the money was found in his room.
A. answer for B. account for
C. speak of D. result from
26、Sort trash, save Earth
You might not think much about where your garbage goes. But now you might want to know. On July 1, Shanghai introduced a new garbage-sorting policy (垃圾分类政策). People there need to put different kinds of garbage into different bins. Other cities in China will do the same soon.
Why is garbage sorting a big problem? It’s because there is too much garbage these days. It is bad for our soil, air and water. Actually we can make use of some garbage again.
And first, we need to sort our garbage. For example, if you put an old battery into the “harmful waste” bin, people can use it to make new batteries. But if you don’t, the battery will end up somewhere else. Then, it will pollute the environment.
Can’t factories sort garbage for us? Yes, they can. But it takes many workers to do this and costs lots of money. If we all sort our own garbage, things will become much easier.
Garbage sorting and recycling around the world
• Germany: There are big machines in supermarkets. You can put bottles in the machines and get money back. You can get one to two yuan per bottle. People like this because they can get money and protect the environment at the same time.
• Japan: A trash truck comes to people’s doors to pick up their garbage. It plays music when it’s coming. There are eight or more kinds of garbage. If you sort any of them wrong, you will get a notice on your door.
• Indonesia: People can take buses for free if they give plastic bottles to bus stations. An hour-long bus ride costs three large bottles, five medium bottles or 10 plastic cups. But the bottles must be clean.
• Shanghai: Four kinds of garbage in Shanghai
Recyclable garbage includes paper, books, boxes, newspapers, and glass bottles. | Harmful garbage includes lamps, batteries, nail polish (指甲油 ), and other things with harmful chemicals. | Wet garbage usually comes from the kitchen, such as food, vegetables, flowers, leaves and eggshells. | Dry garbage is anything you cannot put into the other three bins. It includes pens, toilet paper, tape, hair, and towels. |
【1】What can we learn from Paragraph 1?
A.Many other cities in China have garbage-sorting policies.
B.Many people don’t like Shanghai’s garbage-sorting policy.
C.Shanghai is the first city in China to make a garbage-sorting policy.
D.China is the first country in the world to make a garbage-sorting policy.
【2】With the battery example, the writer tries to tell us .
A.how to sort our garbage
B.the importance of sorting our garbage
C.what harmful waste is
D.the difficulty of sorting our garbage
【3】Why can’t we ask factories to sort garbage?
A.Because we don’t have this kind of factory.
B.Because factories ask for too much money.
C.Because it takes too many workers to do it.
D.Because not all garbage can go to factories.
【4】In which country can people take buses for free if they give plastic bottles to bus stations?
A.Germany. B.Indonesia. C.Japan. D.China.
27、 Father's Day is celebrated today in 75 countries around the world. In my personal world, it's a day I like to think of my father's father.
I learned a lot in my later life from my dad. But I learned something else, as a kid not even yet in school, from my grandfather. I learned to be curious. Little things fathers and grandfathers do can change the life of a child forever. In my case, this change came from necessity: My mom needed someone to look after little Allen, barely 4 years old, during the school day. My grandmother volunteered, and my grandfather came up with a way I could be watched while he worked in his clockmaker's shop.
He seated me on a chair every day while I was there, right in front of his big workbench. He told me stories. He had a great sense of humor and a funny way of making a "buh-buh-buh" sound when he sensed my attention was weakening, and he encouraged me to ask questions about anything he was doing.
Naturally, I was usually asking questions about clocks--what made the hands move, what the pendulum(钟摆) did, why you had to stop winding just before the weight hit the stop. Sometimes I just asked about which shiny parts went where.
Most of all, he showed me how clocks worked. He treated me as if I were a sort of small grown-up. He never talked down to me, never told me I was "too young to understand".
And so my grandfather granted me two things: A love of clocks, and an everlasting curiosity.
As a journalist, I turned that fascination into explanations of why computers and software do what they do——and, perhaps even more importantly, why they fail at that task. I haven't been afraid of opening up the innards and looking for what is wrong with the computer.
【1】The author loves his grandfather because .
A. he learned a lot from him
B. he told some stories to make him joyful
C. he was brought up by his grandfather
D. his father seldom paid attention to him
【2】While staying with his grandfather the author .
A. was tired of the noises in the shop
B. was attracted by his grandfather
C. was forced to sit still on the chair
D. was always asking strange questions
【3】What is the author's grandfather like in the passage?
A. Patient and responsible. B. Kind and experienced.
C. Active and dependable. D. Gentle and enthusiastic.
【4】We know according to the passage that the author .
A. was interested in finding out about something
B. became more interested in computers than clocks
C. doesn’t live with his father any longer
D. once broke a lot of clocks
28、 When I was a child, I often dreamed of the time when I could leave home and escape to the city. We lived on a farm and in the winter especially, we were quite cut off from the outside world. As soon as I left school, I packed my bags and moved to the capital. However, I soon discovered that city life has its problems too.
One big disadvantage is money—It costs so much to go out, not to mention basics like food and housing. Another disadvantage is pollution. I suffer from asthma(哮喘), and at times the air is so bad that I am afraid to go outside. Then there is the problem of traveling round. Although I have a car, I seldom use it because of the traffic jams. One choice is to go by bicycle, but that can be quite dangerous.
Of course there are advantages. First, there is so much to do in the city, whatever your tastes in culture or entertainment. Besides, there are wonderful jobs and greater chances of moving to a more important job or position. Finally, if you like shopping, the variety of goods is very surprising—and , what is more, shops are often only a short walk away.
Is life better then, in the city? Perhaps it is , when you are in your teens(十几岁)or twenties. However, as you get older, and especially if you have small children, the peace of the countryside may seem preferable. I certainly hope to move back there soon.
【1】What was the writer always thinking about when he was a child?
A.Staying on the farm. B.Moving to the countryside.
C.Leaving home for the city. D.Running away from the school.
【2】Which of the following is true about the writer?
A.He is very old now. B.He is in good health.
C.He prefers driving a car. D.He lives in the city now.
【3】In the passage, the writer tries to __________.
A.express his opinions about way of life B.describe his life in the countryside
C.show an interest in the outside world D.persuade the reader to live in the city
29、 Darrell Blatchley, a marine biologist and environmentalist based in the Philippine city of Davao, received a call from the philippines’ Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (渔业与水产资源局) early Friday morning reporting a death of a young whale.
When the necropsy (尸检) was performed, Blatchley told NPR, he was not prepared for the amount of plastic they found in the whale’s stomach. “It was full of plastic- nothing but nonstop plastic,” he said. “It was filled to the point that its stomach was as hard as a baseball.” “That means that this animal has been suffering not for days or weeks but for months or even a year or more.” Blatchley added.
Blatchley is the founder and owner of the D’ Bone Collector Museum, a natural history museum in Davao. In the coming days, the museum will display all the items found in the whale’s system.
Blatchley and his team work with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and other organizations to assist in rescue and recovery of marine animals.
“Within the last 10 years, we have recovered 61 whales and dolphins just within the Davao Gulf,” he said. “Of them, 57 have died due to man --whether they took plastic or fishing nets or other waste, or gotten caught in pollution-- and four were pregnant.”
Blatchley said he hoped that the latest incident would launch the issue of plastic pollution in the Philippines and across the globe. “If we keep going this way, it will be more uncommon to see an animal die of natural causes than it is to see an animal die of plastic.” he said.
【1】What can be inferred from the second paragraph?
A.The whale was starved to death.
B.Blatchley didn’t make preparations for the necropsy.
C.The dead whale must have swallowed a baseball.
D.Blatchley was shocked at what he found.
【2】What does Blatchley think of plastic pollution in the Philippines?
A.Uncommon. B.Inspiring.
C.Worrying. D.Puzzling.
【3】What is the best title for the text?
A.Natural Death or Merciless murder.
B.Stand Up for Protecting Whales.
C.Plastic Threatening Our Existence.
D.A Whale Found Dead of Plastic.
30、 Kevin McKay, a school bus driver, has been regarded as a hero after saving some 22 kids from the big wildfire. Shortly after the fire broke out, McKay was at work at Ponderosa Elementary School and had no idea how important his ________ there would be.
As fire ________ the school, McKay knew that something had to be done to ________ evacuate (疏散) children and teachers. Rushing into the school building,McKay tore his shirt to rags, dipped them into water and ________ them to the kids to protect their lungs. At that time, flames were all around them. Then, more ________ As the children were loaded onto a bus and ________ away, they hit complete congestion (拥堵) on the roads. Many of the youngsters had difficulty breathing, clearly suffering from the effects of ________. With flames on every side, McKay and the teachers considered ________ the bus and walking. But the fire was too strong. The staff did everything they could to ________ the children as McKay drove the bus slowly along the ________ highway.
As the bus continued on down the road, more and more motorists lost their way, and many ________ followed on. At one point, a car crashed into the side of the school bus. Then, McKay ________ a woman on the side of the road, alone and ________. He offered to give her a ________. After a little conversation it ________ that the woman was a school teacher whose car had broken down as she attempted to flee the fire. Finally, they reached the ________. Everyone escaped unharmed, thanks to the ________ of the driver.
The bus driver later learned that his home was also taken by the fire. He felt blessed and ________ that his family and the children he ________ were safe and that he was at the right place at the right time. Heroes are________, not born.
【1】A.innocence B.presence C.experience D.absence
【2】A.destroyed B.passed C.left D.approached
【3】A.frequently B.officially C.quickly D.gently
【4】A.handed B.attached C.applied D.returned
【5】A.responsibilities B.disasters C.opportunities D.complaints
【6】A.driven B.thrown C.given D.blown
【7】A.thirst B.injury C.smoke D.dust
【8】A.repairing B.leaving C.changing D.catching
【9】A.attract B.control C.seek D.comfort
【10】A.smooth B.empty C.quiet D.jammed
【11】A.chances B.accidents C.questions D.coincidences
【12】A.monitored B.noticed C.nursed D.ignored
【13】A.frightened B.shocked C.excited D.ashamed
【14】A.hug B.hope C.ride D.rise
【15】A.turned out B.seemed C.pointed out D.meant
【16】A.freedom B.conclusion C.safety D.protection
【17】A.activities B.images C.methods D.actions
【18】A.honored B.convinced C.grateful D.trusted
【19】A.lost B.visited C.warned D.saved
【20】A.made B.praised C.followed D.respected
31、Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835-April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. Twain grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, which provided the 【1】 for Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. After an apprenticeship with a printer, he worked as a typesetter and 【2】 articles to the newspaper of his older brother, Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River before heading west to join Orion in Nevada. He referred humorously to his singular lack of success at mining, turning to journalism for the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise. In 1865, his 【3】 story The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras spent some time as a miner. The short story brought international attention, and was even translated into 【4】 Greek. His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned 【5】 from critics and peers, and he was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty.
Though Twain earned a great deal of money from his writings and lectures, he 【6】 in ventures that lost a great deal of money, notably the Paige Compositor, a mechanical typesetter, which failed because of its 【7】 and imprecision. Following these financial setbacks, he filed for protection from his creditors via bankruptcy, and with the help of Henry Huttleston Rogers 【8】 overcame his financial troubles. Twain chose to pay all his pre-bankruptcy creditors in full, though he had no legal responsibility to do so.
Twain was born 【9】 after a visit by Halley’s Comet, and he predicted that he would go out with it, too. He died the day after the comet returned. He 【10】 himself as the “greatest American humorist of his age”, and William Faulkner called Twain “the father of American literature”.
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。
Our washing machine needed to be fixed and we had called for a service person to mend it. The machine drum was making a lot of noise and the clothes were not being washed properly. The service man could only speak Spanish and it was a tough time for me to communicate with him. He was patient enough to let me know what was wrong with the machine and he conveyed the parts that were to be fixed. When the machine finally started working properly, I breathed a sigh of relief and asked about the service charge. The bill amount came to be around $41.3.
I quickly gave him a $50 note and requested the balance amount. When he searched his pocket and said that he had none, I went inside and started hunting for the exact change. All the time, at the back of my head I was scared that he might get his hands on something from the house. You see, there were expensive gadgets and jewels on the earrings stand hanging out there in the living room where he was waiting. And last time when I was getting my air conditioner fixed, I found my ring was lost. And the ring was from my grandma. The only guy that might take it was the service man, for we hadn't had any visitors. I even called him later but he said he did not see anything like a ring. I could feel from his voice that he was hiding something but I had no evidence of his stealing my ring.
My jewels were only a few steps from him and he could easily grab one without being noticed. I even kind of heard his steps in the hall.
In a hurry, I somehow fished out a $20 note, two separate $10 notes and the remaining tens. I rushed to the living room and immediately handed him the service charge. I wanted him to thank and leave but he stood there still.
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。
His expression confused me.
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Now I'm recollecting the incident as I write.
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