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1、(2014·天津卷)Anxiously, she took the dress out of the package and tried it on, only _________ it didn’t fit
A．to find
B．found
C．finding
D．having found
2、At first, the company _______ many fine promises to Jack in order to get him to work for them.
A.held up B.held back C.held off D.held out
3、The weather is fine. I’m sure ________ we can go camping this afternoon.
A.why B.what C.that D.if
4、In some western countries， demand for graduates from MBA courses has______.
A.turned down B.turned over C.fallen down D.fallen over
5、______ skills, David is believed to be one of the best and most talented basketball players in our team.
A.In need of B.In favor of C.In terms of D.In honor of
6、As the water comes from steam released during the cooking process it is already clean, but Mr Seal said it will be ______ an additional purification process before being reused.
A. put through B. pulled up
C. got over D. given out
7、_________ you are old enough to make your own judgement, you should start to pursue your career.
A．Even if
B．As though
C．Ever since
D．Now that
8、The young man has ______ experience. He probably can’t do that job.
A. few B. little
C. some D. any
9、Teenage girls sometimes ask me for advice about what they should be doing ______ they want a career like mine one day.
A.even though B.as though C.provided that D.now that
10、The man was responsible for much of the research and ______ work that led to the understanding of the structure of DNA.
A．discovery
B．production
C．creation
D．contribution
11、It’s easy to get lost when you drive in a new city, so it’s important to ______ a good map before you set out.
A.study B.display C.deliver D.publish
12、________colorful charts and graphs, he loaded a new software to help him.
A. Create B. Created
C. Creating D. To create
13、----Why are you standing the street in such hot weather?
----I just can’t help it. I am appointed to interview people ______to learn about the customers’ feedback on our products.
A. at random B. at hand
C. at best D. at intervals
14、This book is said to be the special one, which ________ many events that cannot be found in other history books.
A. covers B. writes
C. prints D. reads
15、Human impact on the animal kingdom, such as hunting and destruction of habitats, ___________a reduction in the population of certain species in the past three decades.
A．has caused
B．have caused
C．was causing
D．were causing
16、To ensure the safety of the passengers and improve the traffic conditions，a new law has ______ since April l.
A.come into effect B.put to use
C.bring to light D.come to power
17、When I was talking, Mrs. Southern listened keenly, ______ breaking in with relevant questions.
A．eventually
B．repeatedly
C．occasionally
D．immediately
18、The power of Charlie Chaplin’s works is not only in his acting, but also in the stories and characters he________.
A．had created
B．has created
C．created
D．creates
19、________ parents say and do has a life-long effect on their children.
A That B Which C What D As
20、If the traffic so heavy, I could have been back by 6 o’clock.
A. hadn’t been B. wasn’t
C. couldn’t be D. hasn’t been
21、 
I go to a gym in west London, always unwillingly. Exercise is too exhausting and boring. Always was. At school I made believe that I had headaches and parental notes too, to get out of PE classes and compulsory games. Now, twice a week, I dutifully get on cycling machines and other equipment and make myself work out for an hour. To get through the difficult hour, I people-watched: young and old, fit and unfit and Clayton Rose, one of the instructors.
Clayton is a personal trainer not only to body perfectionists, but to people who are mentally and physically disabled, the obese and hopeless. He treats them all the same. I have witnessed him listening keenly to a middle-aged working-class woman who goes on and on about her life, holidays, everything. Slim and attractive now, she was once so heavy that she was in a wheelchair. I have seen him calm down a young man with Tourette's syndrome（抽动症）and get him on a treadmill. I have also watched him pushing and coaching strong, cool men.
Clayton was shocked when I said I wanted to write about him. "Why? You know I'm not educated? I'm not clued up about politics and all that. Just an ordinary guy.”
He grew up in Twickenham, where his dad worked in a timber yard, his mum in an office. After college, the young man got into personal training and found his work. One of his best friends got seriously ill and was given months to live. Clayton put him on a program that kept him alive for almost five years: "I don't earn much, but I love my work; training and talking really helps people who don't have confidence, who are lonely, afraid, sick. Lots of people can't step into a gym. They need someone they can trust, someone who will be on their side.
The gym recently updated its equipment. The flashy new stuff confuses and upsets disabled customers. Me too. The private firm running these centers made decisions without considering these needs. Clayton is managing the chaos with grace and strength. Last week, when a young woman in a wheelchair started sobbing loudly, he calmed her down, restored her dignity, superhumanly contained his anger.
One of his colleagues thinks Clayton's "a legend". He is, and doesn't know it—a rare thing in this age of extreme narcissism（自恋）and monetized everything.
【1】Why was I unwilling to go to a gym?
A.Because I suffered from headaches.
B.Because I had bad memories of PE classes.
C.Because I had to watch a large crowd exercising
D.Because I felt it tiring and no fun
【2】How does Clayton Rose help people in the gym?
A.He brings out the best in them.
B.He helps them with illness advice
C.He treats them differently.
D.He focuses on body perfection.
【3】What does Clayton Rose like about his job?
A.The pay he receives
B.The grace and strength it brings.
C.The comforting power he gives.
D.The disabled people on his side.
【4】What is the main idea of the text?
A.Reasons to go to a gym.
B.An instructor inspiring confidence.
C.Exercise with push and inspiration.
D.Rays of hope in the age of narcissism.
22、 In an effort to inform our citizens to clear the street snow, the city adopts a snow removal plan.
Routes used by City Emergency Services come first. Secondly, connector streets will be cleared which allow citizens the greatest access to public roads. And thirdly, roads within neighborhoods will be cleared.
Snow removal and ice control will start when:
* Snow accumulates 4 inches or more.
* Weather conditions do not endanger the safety of road crew.
* Snow falls during peak traffic periods of heavy use of main streets.
Snow and ice removal will be delayed or cancelled when:
* There is severe cold, significant wind and limited visibility.
* The snowfall occurs on the weekend or a holiday and is not considered a threat to public safety. In that case, snow and ice removal may take place on the next normal weekday.
* Snow and ice may be left on roadways if melting is obvious.
Your cooperation is requested during snow removal and these suggestions may apply:
* Limit travel during storms. Travel is possible once roads have been cleared or salted by the road crew
* Avoid removing snow from your driveway into the road. Pile the snow in your yard.
* Park your vehicles in your driveways and off the road or walkwalks.
* Keep public sidewalks next to your house clear of snow and ice.
* Be responsible for removing this snow which is thrown by the snow plough(犁) from your driveways. Hopefully, you can understand this inconvenience.
【1】When will the snow have to be removed______.
A.If it reaches a certain thickness.
B.If the main streets are not busy.
C.If the snow and ice begin to melt.
D.If extreme weather makes roads dangerous.
【2】What should citizens do to cooperate in the snow removal?
A.Help to put the salt on the road.
B.Pile the snow nearby to the road.
C.Throw the snow into the driveways.
D.Clear the sidewalks close to their houses.
【3】Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?
A.clearance of emergency routes has a priority.
B.Snow and ice must be removed on the weekends.
C.Citizens play the most important tole in snow removal.
D.The poster is to inform citizens of an oncoming heavy snow.
23、 Teens and preteens who start the school day really early tend to weigh slightly more than those who start later. That’s the finding of a new study of nearly 30, 000 Canadians between the ages of 10 and 18. These data are the latest evidence that starting school too early can harm health.
“We know from earlier studies that when school starts too early, kids can’t get the sleep they need,” says Genevieve Gariepy. She works at Mcgill University in Montreal, Canada. Getting too little sleep can put kids at risk for a number of problems. Sleepy teens are more likely to be overweight, to have trouble concentrating and to struggle in school. They also are at higher risk of feeling depressed, using alcohol or drugs and getting in car accidents.
As an epidemiologist (流行病学家), Gariepy is interested in patterns of disease. She studies teen obesity，or extreme overweight. In this study，she wanted to know how earlier school start times might be linked to weight.
“Overweight and obesity in adolescents is a big problem in North America,” she says. The number of overweight kids has grown over the past 30 years. About one in three U. S. and Canadian teens are now overweight or obese. Kids who don’t sleep enough may be at higher risk. So Gariepy decided to find more about the impact of school start times.
Her team collected start times of 362 Canadian schools and found that among “6 to 10” graders, those who started school earlier tended to be slightly heavier for their height. Every 10-minute delay in school start time was linked, on average, to a slightly lower weight among students who were the same sex, age and height. But it’s not clear that changing school start time would help heavier kids lose weight. To know for sure, researchers would want to compare the same kids before and after changing to a later school start time.
【1】What is the function of the first paragraph?
A.To introduce the main topic.
B.To show concern for teenagers
C.To show the importance of the study.
D.To offer advice on school starting time.
【2】What does Gariepy want to find out in her research?
A.How to rid adolescents of being overweight.
B.The links between school start times and teen obesity.
C.Why more and more students are becoming obese.
D.The most suitable sleep time for school students.
【3】What can we infer about the study of Gariepy and her team?
A.A 10-minute delay is enough. B.Schools may value its conclusion.
C.Its conclusion is reliable. D.More work remains to be done
【4】What can be a suitable title of this text?
A.Experts Worry about the Health of Adolescents.
B.Overweight Becomes Common among teenagers.
C.Study Links Weight to School Starting Time.
D.Students Tend to Sleep Less Than Before.
24、 What is a book nowadays in a world of Kindles and iPads? Traditional publishers are traveling a long and confusing road into the digital future. Here's the conventional wisdom about publishing: People expect e-books to be cheaper than physical books, and that drives down prices. But the story's not that simple. For one thing, digital publishers have the same problem that traditional publishers do:piracy(盗版).
It turns out, though, that some publishers are doing pretty well despite the piracy problem. "We've had an amazing year," says Sourcebooks President Dominique Raccah. "Last year was the best year in the company's history. This year we beat that, which I didn't think was even possible."Raccah adds that her company is doing well because of digital publishing.
It turns out there are some huge advantages-at least for publishers. A big one: The price of an e-book isn't fixed the way it is with physical books. Ten years ago, a publisher would have sent out its books to the bookstore with the price stamped on the cover. After that, it was done - the publisher couldn't put a book on sale to sell more copies.
"The exciting thing about digital books is that we actually get to test and price differently, " Raccah says. That's what American publisher Little, Brown and Company did with Robert Dallek's book An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy. In the middle of November, Little, Brown and Company dropped the price from $ 9. 99 to $ 2. 99 for 24 hours. That sparks sales; it gets people talking about it," says Terry Adams, a publisher with Little, Brown and Company.
If you read the new e-book 40 Years of Queen, youwill find it full of links. Links to iTunes, where you can buy the music you've been reading about. That's another huge advantage of e-books:Publishers can sell you things inside your book.
There's still one big problem putting pressure on publishers. "We actually don't have a good gifting tradition yet for e-books," says Raccah. Despite all the advances in reading technology, physical books are still the best Christmas presents.
【1】How does Raccah feel about her company's achievement this year?
A．It's really disappointing.
B．It's less than satisfactory.
C．It's just what she predicted.
D．It's far beyond her expectations.
【2】Why does the author mention publishing 10 years ago?
A．To stress it had its own advantage.
B．To show its marketing was not flexible.
C．To complain about the changing prices of books.
D．To indicate the unpopularity of physical books.
【3】What do we know about An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy?
A．It was written by John F. Kennedy.
B．It caused disagreements among buyers.
C．It was sold at a huge discount for one day.
D．It was sold at a different price every week.
【4】What can you do while reading the new e-book 40 Years of Queen?
A．Buy items mentioned in the book.
B．Find links to other relevant books.
C．Get some background information.
D．Listen to music in the book for free.
25、 Mevan Babakar had a difficult start in life. Her parents ______ lraq during the Gulf War in the 1990s, travelling through Turkey and Russia until the family reached the Netherlands and spent a year in a refugee（难民）camp. Although she was a child, she used to think it could be the ______ of world every day. Life was dark and future, to her, was a ______ that would never come true.
However, she never ______ the refugee camp worker all those years ago. That day, watching other children playing, running and shouting on the ground in the camp, she, ______, stood there in the old coat and woolen cap, and with a dirty face. Their ______ and happiness made her find herself nowhere to go.
He came into ______ , pushing a red, shiny bike on the dirt road. Out of the kindness of his own heart, he came to her, saying to her, "It's ______ you." The five-year-old heart exploded with _______. She could hardly believe her ears. She laughed _____ , covering her mouth with her dirty hands. From then on, she believed that there would be _____ ; there would be chances, maybe very______, but chances would be there.
Mevan, today aged 29, now works for a fact-checking charity（慈善机构）and lives______ in London. She decided to ______ the man and posted an old photo of the two of them in the camp on Twitter. To her______ , within 36 hours the charity worker, Eabert, was found in Germany .
The pair were_______ and Mevan posted another photograph: "This is Egbert. He's been helping refugees since the '90s. He thought the ______ was too small a gesture to be mentioned."
For Mevan, the ______ is that small actions can have big consequences: "The ______ Egbert showed me continues to shape me. It doesn't cost anything and it ______ the world one person at a time."
【1】A.reached B.fled C.served D.visited
【2】A.recovery B.goal C.end D.birth
【3】A.reward B.puzzle C.promise D.dream
【4】A.missed B.forgot C.recalled D.assessed
【5】A.alone B.instead C.often D.thus
【6】A.loneliness B.coldness C.generosity D.laughter
【7】A.existence B.effect C.power D.view
【8】A.on B.for C.with D.beyond
【9】A.joy B.anger C.hesitation D.admiration
【10】A.loudly B.shyly C.guiltily D.artificially
【11】A.hope B.advice C.assumptions D.achievements
【12】A.strong B.proper C.fair D.slim
【13】A.carefully B.worthily C.honestly D.fashionably
【14】A.pick up B.call on C.look after D.track down
【15】A.sadness B.regret C.surprise D.advantage
【16】A.matched B.adopted C.reunited D.blamed
【17】A.bike B.coat C.photo D.cap
【18】A.idiom B.rule C.lesson D.tip
【19】A.trust B.independence C.kindness D.optimism
【20】A.changes B.faces C.explores D.seeks
26、Directions: Write an English composition in 120–150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
假如你们学校近期将开设“学生理财入门”(Money Management ABC) 选修课，你会参加吗？请做出选择并简要说说你的理由。
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