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1、Alice's mother has ________ views about the style of dressing, so she was unhappy when Alice wears a miniskirt.
A．blank
B．conventional
C．rational
D．subjective
2、--Would you mind me asking you some questions，Sir？
--_________．
A． Sure，please B． My pleasure
C． Yes，please D． Go ahead
3、The painting didn’t make much sense to me. What impressed me was that the central part of it _______ for its bright color.
A. turned out B. worked out
C. pulled out D. stuck out
4、He found it increasingly difficult to read, ________ his eyesight was beginning to fail.
A. though B. for C. but D so
5、To my great disappointment, my best friend left the city I could have a word with her.
A. before B. after
C. while D. until
6、Never________faith in himself,the scientist went on with it.
A.losing B.to lost C.lost D.to be lost
7、Failure is unavoidable in our lives._____, many people viewed failure as the beginning of their struggle, rather than the end of it.
A.Lately B.Approximately C.Fortunately D.Naturally
8、The film “Schindler’s List”, was ________ by a real person, named Oskar Schindler
A. inspired B. prompted
C. rised D. insured
9、A child should be receiving either meat or eggs daily, preferably ______.
A. neither B. none
C. either D. both
10、He _______ around the clock since June, when the first Ebola case appeared in this agricultural county.
A. had been working B. has been working
C. is working D. was working
11、The recipe book may tell you to add butter, but for those on a diet, there are a number of low-fat ______ that can be used in this soup.
A.alternatives B.selections C.productions D.utensils
12、I wish I ______ your advice then. In that case things might not be so bad.
A. have taken B. took
C. had taken D. would have taken
13、The novel is ______ based on his childhood life.
A．sincerely
B．gradually
C．loosely
D．finally
14、A friend indeed is a friend who won’t _____ on you when you are in need of help.
A.come out B.hold out C.break out D.run out
15、We still have some other ways to solve the problem．You ______ be worried．
A． mustn’t B． can’t
C． don’t have to D． may not
16、Will you see to _____ that my children are taken good care of while I am away?
A．it B．me C．yourself D．Them
17、Time to us all is limited. So in the days _______, we must work out a practical plan for our study and keep to it strictly.
A. following B. to follow
C. followed D. being followed
18、— Hi, Peter. Why didn't you go to the cinema last night?
一 I the popular show Dad, where are we going? with my family.
A. was watching B. have watched
C. would watch D. had watched
19、New York State has passed a law requiring that all legal contracts _____ in simple, understandable English.
A. be written B. written C. to be written D. write
20、If you look at all sides of the situation, you’ll probably find a solution that ________ everyone.
A．suit
B．suited
C．suits
D．has suited
21、 Do you like shopping? For shopaholics in the UK, the place to head to used to be the "high street". This location refers to the streets in the centre of a town where businesses and popular branches of retail chains could be found. It was the place where you could find familiar fashion brands and essential everyday items.
But change in our shopping habits has taken its toll on the British high street. News about shops losing money and shutting is now common. Some city-centre department stores have closed and even long-established retailers such as Marks and Spencer have reported profit slumps.
As the BBC's Emma Simpson writes, things have become a lot harder for traditional retailers in recent years. They have faced rising costs from wages, business rates and the requirement to introduce Europe's new data law.
But the biggest threat has come from online shopping. She says, "Consumers now spend one in every five pounds online-and if businesses are seeing 20 percent fewer sales on the shop floor, then profit margins will be squeezed."
While some of us like to window shop-browsing for things to buy, only to purchase them online at a discount-the fact is that, overall, shoppers are making fewer visits to high streets. Eventually, town centres could become like ghost towns. If people aren't out and about shopping, they won't use other services, like cafes, restaurants and cinemas. It also results in job losses.
The British Retail Consortium has already warned that 900, 000 UK retail jobs could be lost by 2025. The high street has also suffered from the coming of big shopping malls, which offer a retail experience under one roof, with free parking, away from the bad weather!
Meanwhile, back on the high street, some shops still exist. Analysts have said it's those that have moved away from traditional retailing that are surviving. These include beauty salons, nail bars and independent coffee shops-but are these kinds of shops enough to keep the British high street open for business?
【1】What is the "high street"?
A.The street in the high places in the UK. B.The street without big shopping malls.
C.The street where you can buy fast food. D.The main street of a town with many businesses.
【2】What do the underlined words "taken its toll" in paragraph 2 mean?
A.Had a bad effect. B.Taken its advantage.
C.Done something good. D.Changed its form.
【3】What is the main cause of the decline of the traditional retail?
A.Rising costs from wages. B.Online shopping.
C.Business rates. D.Europe's new data law.
【4】Which kind of businesses can survive on the high street?
A.Popular branches of retail chains. B.Fashion retailers.
C.Department stores. D.Beauty salons and nail bars.
22、Children love it when someone reads a book to them. They love funny sounds, rhyming words and silly pictures. They love the sound of their mom or dad’s voice. Sometimes, however, their mom or dad can’t read to them, because that parent is in prison.
Aunt Mary’s Storybook Project, started in 1993, is now a national program that promotes incarcerated parents reading to their children. Church or service groups donate books and postage. Incarcerated parents pick out books, read them and either volunteers or prison workers mail the books and tapes out to the children. Last May, we distributed 191 books, meaning that 191 children received a book and a tape. The incarcerated readers record their books, followed by a personal message to the child. Sometimes it is amusing listening to strong, tattooed (纹身) muscle men making animal sounds or funny voices of different characters. Sometimes all I hear is silence, and then sounds that confirm my guess that they arc calming themselves after an unexpected wave of feelings.
Seventy percent of children of incarcerated parents eventually end up facing the justice system themselves at some point in their lives. Many of these children end up doing hard time in jails.
In reality, though, they are doing hard time now as 12-year-olds, 7-ycar-olds, and even as babies. They grow up thinking that their parent is “bad” and doesn’t care. They are often teased and feel they have to defend themselves or their parent, sometimes in a violent way.
When they receive in the mail a book and a tape of their parent reading to them, they hear another message, “Daddy/Mommy loves me; he/she has a happy voice; he/she thinks reading is cool. ”
Aunt Mary’s Storybook Project is just a small pill for one huge social illness.
But when we think we are merely scratching the surface at least 191 kids are feeling a little bit better!
【1】What do incarcerated parents do in Aunt Mary’s Storybook Project?
A．They read to their children on a tape.
B．They record books with their children.
C．They meet their children and read to them.
D．They read books that their children choose.
【2】Why is there silence before some incarcerated parents speak?
A．They want to speak with feelings.
B．They have to control their feelings.
C．They need to consider what to say.
D．They feel guilty about what they did.
【3】What can we infer about the children according to Paragraph 4?
A．They will study law in state-run university in the future.
B．They have to learn to face reality bravely by themselves.
C．They gain a lot from their parents’ life experience.
D．They themselves may become lawbreakers in the future.
【4】What does the underlined word ”teased“ in Paragraph 5 mean?
A．making mistakes
B．behaving themselves
C．made fun of
D．taken care of
【5】What does the author think of what they do?
A．It is worth doing.
B．It makes little difference.
C．It has great effect on society.
D．It can change incarcerated parents.
23、 I had a teacher who used to wake up in class by shouting: “The early bird gets the worm!” I say “let him have the worm”. I hate food that doesn’t stay still, and avoid Japanese restaurants for that very reason. Anyway, I stopped eating worms at the age of three, switching to regular breakfasts of cereal(谷物), to which I would add extra sugar.
Recently I was thinking about early birds and the competitive spirit after receiving a letter from a reader in Malaysia: ”My son deliberately throws away marks because he doesn’t like to be top of the class. What shall I do?” Give him a round of “applause” for being smart! Actually many children in Asia tend to be the focus by performing better.
Placed into a very competitive class when I was 11, I quickly learned the ideal position was second to last. The top three performers and the very last person are highlighted; the second-to-last contestant is INVISIBLE. And it’s an easy position to get—just deliberately underperform at every test. I could do that. I once came second to last in eight straight sports day races. No one suspected anything. I was so invisible that I could have robbed a bank in my street and no one would have noticed.
At the London Olympics a few months ago, badminton pairs from three Asian countries deliberately tried to lost matches to draw good lots in later rounds. It was funny to watch, but they were all thrown out for poor sportsmanship. What they really needed were acting lessons, their moves were so unconvincing. “Oops, I hit the ball in entirely the wrong direction.”
The other day, I took the children out and they raced for the car. “I’m first,” said one. The second said: “First is worst, second is best.” Together they sang at the last one: “And third’s the one with a hairy chest.”
It struck me that the organizers of sports matches could use this song when people deliberately lost matches. “I lost,” the delighted loser will say. The judges could still declare them winners, pointing to a new, optional regulation: “First is worst, second is best, third’s the one with a hairy chest.”
【1】Why did the author dislike Japanese restaurant?
A.Its food was served raw. B.Its food contained worms.
C.He was tempted by cereal. D.He was affected by the saying.
【2】How did the author manage to be invisible in a competitive class?
A.He highlighted the top three students.
B.He came to second in sports races.
C.He hid himself in a bank skillfully.
D.He intentionally underperformed.
【3】What can be learned from the passage?
A.The judge is encouraged to eliminate the dishonest players.
B.Players disqualified from Olympic doubles for using drugs.
C.Children’s song praises the dramatic acting skills of athletes.
D.players purposefully failed for easier lots in the following rounds.
【4】Which saying might the author possibly support?
A.Great minds think alike. B.God favors those who are prepared.
C.Honesty is the best policy. D.A bird in hand is worth two in the bush
24、Shopping in Singapore
Orchard Road
Surrounded by local and international department stores and big malls on both the ends, Orchard Road is the most famous spot for best shopping in Singapore. From budget clothes and electronics to discount stores for high-end fashion labels and housewares, you can find everything under one roof.
Timings: Most of the stores and markets open from 9 or 10 a.m., and close by 10 p.m. But on every Saturday, almost all the shops extend the shopping hours till 11 p.m.
Marina Bay
Known for being the most glorious attraction, the area of Marina Bay is home to a lot of famous malls in Singapore. From local brands to international ones which you may have never heard of, everything can be spotted here at a price you might not have to think about twice.
Timings: While most malls stay open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., the shops here stay open till 11 p.m. every day, and till 11:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.
Chinatown
This market area is one of the most fascinating and best shopping places in Singapore for those on a budget. It is certainly a great place to buy spices, souvenirs, and clothes. Also, you can heartily bargain here until you feel satisfied with your buy!
Timings: While some stores stay open till 6 p. m., some close late in the night by 11 p. m.
Little India
The most colorful and active place for shopping in Singapore, Little India is a paradise for every tourist looking to shop his or her heart out. The easy connectivity of the lanes makes shopping and walking around a cakewalk. From spices and rich sari fabrics to flowers, jewellery, and silverware, you can find anything here!
Timings: While the Mustafa Centre stays open for 24 hours, the other shops mostly remain open till 10 p.m.
【1】What is the common feature of Orchard Road and Marina Bay?
A．They feature local brands.
B．Both have a full range of goods.
C．They have the same business hours.
D．Both are open seven days a week.
【2】How do customers usually feel while bargaining in Chinatown?
A．Joyful.
B．Tough.
C．Ashamed.
D．Exhausted.
【3】Where could you go if you want to buy something after midnight?
A．Orchard Road.
B．Marina Bay.
C．Chinatown.
D．Little India.
25、Racket, din, clamor, noise, whatever you want to call it, unwanted sound is America's most wide spread nuisance. But noise is more that just a nuisance. It constitutes a real and present danger to people's health. Day and night, at home, at work, and at play, noise can produce serious physical and psychological _________. No one is immune to this stress. Though we seem to adjust to noise by _________ it, the car, in fact, never closes and the body still responds- sometimes with extreme _________, as to strange sound in the night.
The _________ we feel when faced with noise is the most common outward _________ of the stress building up inside us. Indeed, because irritability is so apparent, legislators (立法者) have made public annoyance the _________ of many noise reduction programs. The more subtle and more serious health hazards associated with stress caused by noise _________ have been given much less attention._________, when we are annoyed or made irritable by noise, we should consider these symptoms fair warning that other things may be happening to us, some of which may be damaging to our health.
Of many health hazards of noise, hearing loss is the most clearly observable and _________ by health professionals. The other hazards are harder to pin down. For many of us, there may be a risk that __________ to the stress of noise increases vulnerability to disease and infection. The more vulnerable among us may experience noise as a complicating factor in heart problems and other diseases. Noise that cause annoyance and irritability in healthy persons may have serious consequences for these already ill in mind or body.
Noise affects us throughout our lives. For example, there are __________ of effects on the unborn child when mothers are __________ to industrial and environmental noise. During infancy and childhood, youngsters affected by high noise levels may have trouble falling asleep and obtaining necessary amounts of rest.
Why, then, is there not greater __________ about these dangers? Perhaps it is because the link between noise and many disabilities or disease has not yet been __________ demonstrated. Perhaps it is because we tend to __________ annoyance as a price to pay for living in the modern world. It may also be because we still think of hearing loss as only an occupational hazard.
【1】
A．stress
B．consequence
C．influence
D．risk
【2】
A．identifying
B．rejecting
C．ignoring
D．emphasizing
【3】
A．case
B．relief
C．hatred
D．tension
【4】
A．annoyance
B．ignorance
C．frustration
D．grief
【5】
A．category
B．symptom
C．property
D．code
【6】
A．outcome
B．reason
C．effect
D．basis
【7】
A．particularly
B．traditionally
C．enormously
D．frequently
【8】
A．Therefore
B．Moreover
C．Actually
D．Nevertheless
【9】
A．accessible
B．renewable
C．measurable
D．available
【10】
A．resistance
B．exposure
C．opposition
D．objection
【11】
A．indications
B．clues
C．catalogues
D．distinctions
【12】
A．restricted
B．exposed
C．related
D．addicted
【13】
A．alarm
B．panic
C．expectation
D．suspicion
【14】
A．necessarily
B．especially
C．initially
D．conclusively
【15】
A．differentiate
B．deliberate
C．dismiss
D．discredit
26、假设你是红星中学高三学生李华。请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，写一篇英文周记，记述你上周接待你校美国交换生Jim，带他体验你校以“走近京剧”（Closer to Peking Opera）为主题的社团活动的全过程。
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