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1、We all feel it is Jack as well as his wife that ________for their son’s bad performance at school.
A.are to blame B.is to be blamed
C.are to be blamed D.is to blame
2、—Have a nice weekend!
—__________________.
A. You’re so kind. B. You do, too.
C. The same to you. D. With pleasure.
3、_____Mrs. Zhang’s explanation, the students think, Mr. Gu’s is ________one.
A.Compared with; a more confused B.Comparing to; a more confused
C.Comparing with; a more confusing D.Compared to; a more confusing
4、Occasions are quite rare ____ I have the time to spend a day with my kids.
A. who B. which C. why D. when
5、It seems that he has no pen ________.
A.to write B.to write with C.writing D.writing with
6、There are so many spelling mistakes in the composition, and I have to write the letter out again. It means I will ______.
A.give the cold shoulder B.kill the fatted calf
C.cost an arm and a leg D.start from scratch
7、________ makes the town famous is________ more than 70% of the people here are Aborigines.
A．What; because
B．That; because
C．That; what
D．What; that
8、The doctor gave the late-stage cancer patient more powerful drugs in the ______ hope that he might recover.
A.vain B.fresh C.ambiguous D.unrest
9、 John brought over my letter _______ to him by mistake.
A. delivered B. to be delivered
C. delivering D. having delivered
10、_________ on the analysis about it, we changed the basic use of it.
A．Based
B．Basing
C．Basis
D．Basic
11、（题文）Peter’s jacket looked just the same as Jack’s，but it cost________his.
A. as much twice as B. twice as much as
C. much as twice as D. as twice much as
12、I can tell you that there is ________ being praised by my teacher in front of my classmates.
A．nothing good than
B．nothing better than
C．no more than
D．no good than
13、J.K. Rowling is a very popular writer, but I just don’t like her writing ________.
A. attitude B. style C. quality D. mystery
14、I just wonder ______ made her so excited that she shouted before so many people.
A. what was it that B. why was it that
C. what it was that D. why it was that
15、She couldn' t find her son_ she had dropped him off．
A．when B．until
C．although D．where
16、The family members were discussing where to take a trip during the winter vacation ________a tourist agent turned up at the house.
A．when
B．while
C．even if
D．though
17、The boss is _____ good terms with his staff.
A. on B. in
C. of D. at
18、Smell the flowers before you go to sleep, and you may just ________ sweet dreams.
A. make up with B. end up with
C. put up with D. catch up with
19、If you don’t express your anger, it can _________ inside you.
A. build up B. cut up
C. break up D. bring up
20、–I’m still working on my project.
–Oh, you’ll miss the deadline. Time is .
A. running out B. using up
C. giving out D. losing out
21、The World's Greatest Bookstores
Cafebreria El Pendulo, Mexico City, Mexico
Cafcbreria El Pendulo is located in Mexico City. Books line the shelves from the ceiling to the floor, and live plants add lots of green. The store is noted for a huge pendulum hanging from its ceiling.
Stanfords, London and Bristol, England
Established in 1853.Stanfords boasts that it offers the world's largest selection of travel books and maps. It also sells travel accessories. Look for the enormous National Geographic Map of the World in the flagship store in London. It was created in 2003 to celebrate the store's 150th birthday.
Rizzoli, New York City, US
For almost a half century, Rizzoli has been considered as one of the best independent bookstores in the US. It specializes in illustrated books about the way people work and live, such as fashion photography, decoration design, cooking and architecture. Take a master class in flower design. Attend a lecture and book signing. Or drop in for a cooking show or a book launch party.
El Ateneo Grand Splendid, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Often described as one of, the world's most beautiful bookstores, El Ateneo is housed in a historic theater much as it was when the theater opened in 1919. After customers browse the shelves, they can drink coffee and listen to music from a stage hidden in red curtains where tango dancers once performed. While most of the store's books are in Spanish, they are available in a range of subjects.
【1】What is Cafebreria El Pendulo famous for?
A．The larger shelves.
B．Its unique symbol.
C．The tasty coffee.
D．Its interesting location.
【2】Which is the prettiest bookstore for reading and relaxation among the four mentioned?
A．Rizzoli.
B．Stanfords.
C．El Ateneo Grand Splendid.
D．Cafebreria El Pendulo.
【3】What subject are books in Rizzoli about?
A．Music.
B．Geography.
C．Lifestyle.
D．Literature.
22、Alison Malmon was completing the end of her freshman year at the University of Pennsylvania, US, when she got the news: Her older brother Brian, a student at Columbia University, was suffering from mental illness.
Influenced by this, Malmon formed a group at her university to enable students to talk openly about mental health. It soon blossomed into a national organization that today has more than 450 campus chapters. Leaders with the organization spend their time talking with college students about the pressure that today’s young people face. “What you hear often is just a need to be perfect,” said Malmon, “and a need to present oneself as perfect.”
And a new study in the UK proved that this need for perfectionism is simply part of today’s society. In the study, two researchers studied more than 40,000 students from the US, Canada, and the UK. They found that what they called “socially-prescribed (社会定向型的) perfectionism” increased by a third between 1989 and 2016.
Lead researcher Thomas Curran said that while so many of today’s young people try to present a perfect appearance online, social media isn’t the only reason behind this trend. Instead, he said, it may be driven by competition in modern society, meaning young people can’t avoid being sorted and ranked in both education and employment. That comes from new norms (准则) like greater numbers of college students, standardized testing and parenting that increasingly emphasizes success in education.
For example, in 1976, half of high school seniors expected to get a college degree of some kind. By 2008, more than 80 percent expected the same. The researchers also said changes in parenting styles over the last two decades might have had an impact. As parents feel increased pressure to raise successful children, they in turn pass their “achievement anxieties” onto their kids through “excessive (过多的) involvement in their child’s routines, activities or emotions.”
Those in the mental health community like Malmon say they’re concerned about the impact the culture of perfectionism has on mental health on campuses. “Mental health has truly become this generation’s social justice issue,” she said. “It’s our job to equip them with the tools and to let people know that it’s not their fault.”
【1】What is the article mainly about?
A. The effects of the culture of perfectionism.
B. Research into the trend of perfectionism.
C. A group dedicated to helping people stay mentally healthy.
D. Various pressures that today’s young people are facing.
【2】What inspired Alison Malmon to start a group related to mental health?
A. Her brother’s mental illness.
B. Her project during the freshman year.
C. The pressure she had experienced.
D. Her strong interest in mental health.
【3】What may be pushing today’s young people to struggle to be perfect, according to the article?
a. The impact of social media.
b. Parents’ high expectations of their children.
c. The decreasing number of college students.
d. The fierce competition in society.
e. Their desire to draw their parents’ attention.
A. a, b, c B. a, d, e
C. a, b, d D. b, c, e
【4】What does Malmon think is a way to help young people manage the pressure of perfectionism?
A. Enabling them to know what is to blame for their pressure.
B. Lowering their expectations of themselves.
C. Reducing parents’ involvement in their children’s life.
D. Making them aware of what true social justice is.
23、 There are around 100 tribes(部落)that live in global isolation, mostly in South America and India. The Sentinelese have lived on one of the Andaman Islands in Eastern India for 60, 000 years. They protect their island by fighting against people from outside. Their language is different from any other known language. Another Andaman tribe is the Jarawa. In the past, they were independent and fought against anybody trying to make contact with them. But in 1998, the Indian government built a road across their land, and since then, they’ve had more contact with the outside world.
Some Amazon tribes avoid contact because of unhappy memories. The Mashco-Piro left their vegetable gardens after rubber companies killed most of their tribe at the beginning of the 20th century. Those who survived became nomadic(游牧的)and started hunting animals in the forest.
The Awa live in the Amazon forests ofBrazil. Out of 350 members, 100 have no contact with the outside world. They left their villages and adopted a nomadic lifestyle around 1850 to escape attacks by Europeans. In the following years, farmers in nearby communities started cutting the trees to expand their farmland. The Awa lost most of their hunting land. The few Amazon tribes that still exist are fighting to keep their traditional way of life.
Survival, an organization that fights for the rights of tribal people, says that uncontacted tribes are the most vulnerable(弱势的)humans on the planet and that’s why their environment should be unavailable to the rest of us. After years of pressure, the organization got Brazil’s government to clear non-natives from the Awa land. All non-Awa people are leaving so the tribe can get their forest back.
But some think it's impossible for tribes to stay isolated forever in a connected world. Contact will be made one day. So the question is：Whose choice should it be, ours or theirs?
【1】What can we learn about the Sentinelese from the first paragraph?
A．They resist contact from the outside world.
B．They speakthe same language as the Jarawa.
C．They are wild about fighting with other tribes.
D．They have got help from the Indian govemment.
【2】Why did the Awa choose a nomadic lifestyle?
A．To protect their hunting land.
B．To search for food sources.
C．To avoid threats from Europeans.
D．To maintain their original way of life.
【3】Which of the following would Survival probably agree with?
A．The tribes should be left undisturbed.
B．The tribes should fight for more living space.
C．The cribes should live in harmony with nature.
D．The tribes should adapt to the connected world.
【4】What can be the best title for the text?
A．The Nomadic Tribes in the World
B．Seeking Survival of Tribes
C．The Unavailable Tribal Environment
D．Protecting the Tribal Forests
24、 Choosing to forget something might take more mental effort than trying to remember it, researchers at The University of Texas discovered. Their findings suggest that in order to forget an unwanted experience, more attention should be focused on it.
“Decades of research has shown that we have the ability to forget something out of our own free will, but how our brains do that is still being questioned. Once we can figure out how memories are weakened and come up with ways to control this, we can design treatment to help people rid themselves of unwanted memories.” said Jarrod Lewis-Peacock, the study's senior author.
Memories are energetic constructions of the brain that regularly get updated, adjusted and reorganized through experience. The brain is constantly remembering and forgetting information—and much of this happens automatically during sleep.
Their findings not only confirmed that humans have the ability to control what they forget, but that successful intentional forgetting requires more activity than what is required to remember.
“A proper level of brain activity is important to this forgetting mechanism (机制). Too strong, it will strengthen the memory; too weak, you won’t change it,” said Tracy Wang, lead author of the study. “Importantly, it's the intention to forget that increases the activation of the memory, and when this activation (激活) hits the “proper level” sweet spot, that's when it leads to later forgetting of that experience”.
The researchers also found that participants were more likely to forget scenes than faces. “We're learning how these mechanisms in our brain respond to different types of information, and it will take a lot of further research before we understand how to use our ability to forget,” said Lewis-Peacock. “Hopefully we can find out how we process and get rid of those really strong memories, which can have a powerful effect on our health and well-being.”
【1】What remains a puzzle to researchers?
A.How our memories can be strengthened.
B.How our brains voluntarily forget something.
C.What effect unwanted memories have on our brains.
D.Whether our brains can voluntarily forget something.
【2】Which of the following words can best describe memories?
A.Casual. B.Unpredictable.
C.Active. D.Permanent.
【3】It can be learned from the text that ______.
A.it requires less attention to forget than to remember
B.the more active the brain is, the faster it forgets
C.humans can't keep memories under control
D.humans forget faces less easily than scenes
【4】What can be a suitable title for the text?
A.What It Takes to Forget an Unwanted Experience
B.Strong Memories Have a Great Influence on Health
C.Forgetting Uses More Brain Power than Remembering.
D.How to Train Our Brains to Voluntarily Forget Something
25、After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and a movie. The other woman that my wife wanted me to dine and go to the cinema together was my mother,who had been a _______ for 19 years, but the_________of my work and my three children made it possible to visit her only _______．
That Friday afternoon, I drove over to_______ my mother. She waited with her dress _______ the dress she had worn to celebrate her last wedding anniversary. She smiled from a face that was as _______ as an angel’s.
After we sat down, I had to read the menu. Her eyes could only read large print. Half way through the entrees(主菜), I _______ my eyes and saw Mom sitting there staring at me. A warm smile was on her lips. “It was I who used to have to read the menu when you were _______”she said. During the dinner, we had a(n) _______conversation—nothing ________ but catching up on recent events of each other’s life. We talked so much that we missed the movie.
A few days later, my mother ________ a heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn’t have a chance to do anything for her.
Some time later, I received an envelope with a copy of a ________ from the same restaurant mother and I had dined. A(n) ________ note was also in the envelope, ________：“I paid this bill ________. I wasn’t sure that I could be there; but nevertheless, I paid for two plates—one for you and the other for your wife. You will never know what that night meant for me. I love you, son.”
【1】
A．teacher
B．mother
C．bride
D．widow
【2】
A．position
B．demands
C．problem
D．call
【3】
A．occasionally
B．seldom
C．personally
D．regularly
【4】
A．pick out
B．put off
C．pick up
D．put up
【5】
A．aside
B．off
C．in
D．on
【6】
A．bright
B．soft
C．kind
D．small
【7】
A．widened
B．lifted
C．opened
D．fixed
【8】
A．tired
B．small
C．hungry
D．curious
【9】
A．informal
B．dull
C．agreeable
D．patient
【10】
A．extraordinary
B．common
C．worthy
D．direct
【11】
A．suffered from
B．survived
C．died of
D．caught
【12】
A．picture
B．introduction
C．poster
D．receipt
【13】
A．advanced
B．important
C．attached
D．colorful
【14】
A．saying
B．writing
C．informing
D．speaking
【15】
A．by turns
B．in advance
C．in secret
D．by chance
26、假定你是李华，春节前收到美国朋友Eric的来信。根据以下信息，给他写封回信。
1．简介传统节日春节；
2．谈谈目前学习情况；
3．邀请他暑假来中国。
注意：
1．词数100左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
Dear Eric,
How glad I am to hear from you!
Yours,
邮箱： 