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1、—The weather forecast says it’s going to rain tomorrow.
—Well, I prefer___________ rather than___________ on a rainy day.
A.going out; staying at home
B.to stay at home; go out
C.going out; stay at home
D.staying at home; to go out
2、It is no use _________ the politician or businessman, who has been working or worrying about serious things for six days, _________ about other things at the weekend.
A．to invite; to worry
B．inviting; worrying
C．inviting; to worry
D．to invite; worrying
3、Many people have applied for a job with our company, but we only have one or two ______ positions at the moment.
A. empty B. vacant C. permanent D. adequate
4、And when he saw the mists rising from the river and the soft clouds ________ the mountain tops, he was reduced to tears.
A．to surround
B．being surrounded
C．surrounded
D．surrounding
5、This is true ______ how healthy the rest of their diet might be.
A．prior to
B．sort of
C．contrary to
D．regardless of
6、Spelling Bee is a contest _______ competitors, usually children, are asked to spell as many words as possible.
A. which B. when
C. what D. where
7、— Ken, look at this. It is the second time you ________ such a mistake.
— I’m very sorry, Miss. It ________ again.
A．have made; don’t happen
B．made; don’t happen
C．have made; won’t happen
D．made; won’t happen
8、It is you rather than Lucy who________for the accident.
A.is to blame B.is to be blamed
C.should blame D.are to blame
9、You can not imagine what great difficulty we had _____ the home for the old.
A. to set up B. setting up
C. set up D. to setting up
10、—We are going to see the new movie Mission: Impossible 6 this evening.
—________!
A. How fun B. Have fun C. Make fun D. For fun
11、The stranger to walk into the building in the early morning was probably a salesman.
A. seen B. to see
C. to be seen D. seeing
12、 This meeting room is a non-smoking area. I would like to warn you ___________ that if you smoked here you would be fined.
A．in advance
B．in detail
C．in total
D．in general
13、If you are able to talk to a friend over the telephone, you feel that you are close __________ the actual distance is not shortened.
A. even if B. so long as C. if D. as
14、Although living on a income, the Smiths lead a happy life.
A. modest B. mild
C. evident D. acute
15、Progress so far has been very good. ______, we are sure that the project will be completed on time.
A. Therefore B. Otherwise
C. However D. Besides
16、Tony has just arrived here, but I didn’t know he until yesterday.
A. would come B. had come
C. came D. will come
17、He not only helped his own family, but he also _________ a helping hand to many other men less fortunate than himself.
A. brought out B. took out C. gave out D. held out
18、Alfred Nobel’s famous will, ________he left money to provide prizes for outstanding work in physics, chemistry, etc., is a memorial to his interest.
A．in that
B．when
C．which
D．in which
19、My father bought a new bike for me _________ color was pink.
A．who
B．whose
C．that
D．which
20、--- Dad, have you seen my Christmas card?
--- ______ you painted last night? I’m afraid I haven’t seen ______.
A. One ; one B. The one ; it
C. One ; it D. The one ; that
21、The concept of a “born leader” seems so fanciful that it belongs on the cover of a bad business book. But it turns out that born leaders are real, and researchers have discovered a key factor, which isn’t genes, parents, or peers, but birth order.
First-born children are 30 percent more likely to be CEOs or politicians, according to a new paper by several economists, Sandra E. Black at the University of Texas-Austin, and Bjorn Ockert and Erik Gronqvist at Sweden’s Institute for Evaluation of Labor Market and Education Policy. The paper, which only looked at boys, found that first-borns stay in school longer, make more money, have a higher IQ, and even spend more time on homework than on television,
The idea that birth order might shape personality goes back at least to the 1920s, when Alfred Adler theorized that first-born children develop a “taste for power” at a young age, since they can dominate their younger siblings. He went on to say young children are spoiled and become dependent on their parents (the “baby of the family” effect), while middle children, being often in a war for their parents’ attention, are status-conscious and naturally competitive.
Obtaining personality from birth may strike you. But Adler’s hypotheses (假说) have held up in numerous studies. In a 2013 paper, “Strategic Parenting, Birth Order and School Performance,” V. Joseph Hotz, a professor of economics at Duke University, and Juan Pantano, a professor of economics at Washington University in St. Louis, used American data to show that school performance declines with birth order.
The researchers chalked their findings up to what they called the “reputational model of strategic parenting.” Put simply, parents invest a lot of time in establishing rules for their first child, building a reputation for toughness that they hope will pass down to later children. As a result, first-borns are doubly blessed—having too much of their parents’ attention, and then entrusted to act as the rules enforcer of the family, which helps them build intelligence, discipline, and leadership qualities. In the survey, parents report that they consider their older children more successful, and they are less likely to discipline their later-born children for improper behaviors, such as acting up or not doing homework.
This new study relies on Swedish data, and it comes to a similar conclusion. First-borns aren’t just healthier or smarter, but also they score higher on “emotional stability, persistence, social outgoingness, willingness to assume responsibility and ability to take the initiative.” Its researchers ruled out genetic factors; in fact, they uncovered evidence that later-born children might be healthier than first-borns.
Instead, the differences among siblings had everything to do with family dynamics in the children’s early years. First, having more children means parents can spend less time on each child, and as the parental investment declines, so may IQ.
Second, the most important effect, the researchers said, might not be the “strategic parenting” but something more like “strategic brothering.” As siblings compete for their parents’ love (or ice cream, or toys), they occupy certain positions---older siblings demonstrate their competence and power, while younger siblings develop more creative strategies to get attention. This effect seems particularly strong among later-born boys with older brothers. Younger brothers are much more likely to enter “creative” occupations ---like architect, writer, actor, singer, or photographer---if they have older brothers, rather than older sisters. In other words, among young brothers, specialization within the family forecasts specialization in the workforce.
There is a considerable implication in this idea that family dynamics during childhood can shape adult personality. Young children are highly sensitive to their environment, in ways that often have lasting effects.
【1】First-born children are more likely to be CEOs or politicians because _____.
A．they are born to have leadership qualities
B．teachers and parents invest more time in educating them
C．later-born children need them to set good examples
D．they have a lot of practice in bossing around their younger siblings
【2】What can we learn about Alfred Adler?
A．His research was based on American data.
B．His hypotheses were applied in many studies.
C．He held the idea that first-born children should be independent.
D．He thought that children’s personality was affected by birth order.
【3】According to the 2013 paper, if a child does not behave as well as his elder brother at school, it may be due to the fact that he ______.
A．has a lower IQ and EQ
B．is badly treated by school teachers
C．receives less attention from his parents
D．is spoiled too much by other family members
【4】What are the findings of the new study based on?
A．Swedish data on boys.
B．Controlled experiments on children.
C．Differences between first-born and later-borns.
D．The observation of children’s development across Sweden.
【5】The new study has found that later-born children ______.
A．feel disappointed at their parents’ attitude to them
B．are always in a process of self-discovery
C．may be more trustworthy and creative
D．might be physically strong
【6】According to the author, ______.
A．parents should create a good family environment for their children
B．children should be given equal attention by their parents
C．girls’ development is seldom affected by birth order
D．boys should be forbidden to order others around
22、 Inside a brightly-lit classroom, around 20 schoolchildren are singing the Chinese national anthem. That song is followed by another tune in Chinese—one typically sung during the Lunar New Year. But this scene is not taking place in a Chinese school but at Lakewood Premier school, thousands of kilometers away in Nairobi(内罗比). Here, schoolchildren are learning Mandarin, a language spoken by nearly 1 billion people almost 8,000 kilometers away from their home. More will join their ranks in 2020 when Mandarin will be officially taught in all Kenyan schools alongside French, Arabic and German, which are already on the curriculum.
Sandra Wanjiru, 13, is one of hundreds of African schoolchildren who are increasingly skilled in the Chinese language. Lakewood Premier School, where Wanjiru studies, has begun the program a year early to give its pupils a head start. "I chose to learn Chinese first not only because it's interesting to learn a foreign language but also because I would want to travel and do business in China," said Wanjiru.
Julius Jwan, CEO of the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) told Chinese state-owned Chinese news agency Xinhua： "The place of China in the world economy has also grown to be so strong that Kenya stands to benefit if its citizens can understand Mandarin. " China has become increasingly powerful across Africa over the past two decades. Through President Xi Jinping's flagship Belt and Road Initiative, China has loaned money to African countries to build highways, dams, stadiums and airports.
Henry Adramunguni, a specialist at Uganda's National Curriculum(课程)Development Centre, said Mandarin was included in the curriculum because it is one of the United Nations' languages of work. "We want to give the opportunity for our young Ugandans to have access to jobs, education and business beyond our borders. That's why we've given them this opportunity to learn Chinese," he said,
【1】What's the function of Paragraph 1?
A．It tells readers Chinese is being taught in Africa.
B．It introduces a topic for the following paragraphs.
C．It tells readers many languages are being taught in Africa.
D．It stresses how important to learn the Chinese national anthem.
【2】What made Sandra Wanjiru learn Chinese language at last?
A．The language was very easy.
B．He found it was interesting.
C．The school asked him to learn.
D．The language will help him a lot in the future.
【3】How did China help African countries?
A．China built many schools for Africa.
B．China shared the curriculum.
C．China lent money to begin building.
D．China let Africans go to China.
【4】What did Henry Adramunguni think of students' learning Mandarin?
A．It was necessary.
B．It was useless.
C．It was not beneficial.
D．It was not profitable.
23、Optional Tours in Langkawi
Line One
(Mangrove tours and eagle feeding)
Catch exciting movement and magnificent views of how eagles try to get their food skillfully at kilim river mangrove jungle safari visit limestone bats cave and have lunch on floating restaurant.
Price: adult rate RM 160.00/ person child rate (age 3—12yrs) RM 120.00/ person infant (below 3yrs) free
Time: 9:00 am—14:00 pm
Line Two
(Snorkeling and baby shark feeding)
Pulau Payar marine park with spectacular corals and colorful tropical marine life is one of the most beautiful and exotic marine parks in Malaysia.
Price: adult rate RM 220.00/ person child rate (age 3—12yrs) RM 150.00/ person infant (below 3yrs) free
Time 8:00 am—17:00 pm
Line Three
(Day cruise around Langkawi archipelago)
Experience swimming among fishes and view spectacular corals and exotic marine life.
Price: adult rate RM 450.00/ person child rate (age 3—12yrs) RM 350.00/ person infant (below 3yrs) free
Time 9:00 am—17:00 pm
Line Four
(Amazing sunset cocktail and dinner cruise)
Experience the amazing sunset scenery around the Andaman sea while having cocktail and dinner.
Price: adult rate RM 350.00/ person child rate (age 3—12yrs) RM 250.00/ person infant (below 3yrs) free
Time 16:00 pm—21 :00 pm
【1】What is special about Line One?
A．It provides food.
B．It is the cheapest.
C．It lasts the longest.
D．It allows tourists to feed animals.
【2】How much should a couple pay for a day cruise with their 3-year-old kid?
A．RM 450. 00.
B．RM 800. 00.
C．RM 900.00.
D．RM 1250.00.
【3】Which line is best for the visitors to start their tour in the afternoon?
A．Line Four.
B．Line Three.
C．Line Two.
D．Line One.
24、Many people believe eating healthily is expensive—and more costly than buying junk foods. But our new research, published in the BMC Pubic Health，shows this isn't the truth.
Most of the Australian family food budget(预算)is being spent on junk foods and drinks that are high in fat, sugar and salt.
Less than 7% of Australians eat healthily. The Australian adults（成年人） get at least 35% of their energy from junk foods and drinks. As a result, twothirds of adults (63%) and onequarter of children are overweight.
We used the Australian Health Survey 2011－2013 and the suggestions of the Australian Dietary Guidelines to model healthy diets(饮食) for a family of two adults and two children every two weeks. We collected food prices in supermarkets and stores in high and lowsocioeconomic (社会经济地位低的)areas in Brisbane，and compared the diet prices with family incomes（收入）.
In both areas, a family of two adults and two children spend about 18% more on present diets than would be required to buy healthy diets. About 58% of the food budget for present diets is spent on junk foods, including takeaway foods(14%)，and sugary drinks(4%)．
In the lowsocioeconomic area，a family of two adults and two children spend $640.20 every two weeks on their present diets，but could buy a healthy diet for $560.93 every two weeks. In the highsocioeconomic area，these numbers are $661.92 and $580.01.
Supermarket food prices were about 3% higher in the highsocioeconomic areas. Takeaway foods were also relatively more expensive，but sugary drinks were priced similarly in both areas.
Present diets cost more than healthy diets，so it is surely not the price that helps to drive preferences for unhealthy choices.
【1】What did the researchers find?
A．Most Australian kids have fat problems.
B．Half Australians live on junk foods.
C．Most Australians eat unhealthily.
D．Australians have a preference for sweet foods.
【2】How did the researchers get the result?
A．By doing the study online.
B．By making a comparison.
C．By carrying out interviews.
D．By asking personal questions.
【3】What can we learn from Paragraph 5?
A．Australian foods are healthier.
B．Healthy foods are becoming more expensive.
C．People choose junk foods for their low prices.
D．A healthy diet is actually cheaper.
【4】What might the following paragraph be about?
A．Why people choose junk foods.
B．The harm of junk foods.
C．How we can eat healthily.
D．The advantages of a healthy diet.
25、I was taking a nap(小睡)when a loud noise woke me. Outside the window in a parking lot, a car had just backed up into a chain-link fence. The fence bent out in exactly the________of the car’s back end.
A short man wearing a shirt unbuttoned to ________ his chest got out of the car, with a shaven head. I disliked him ________. After a few seconds of________ the damage, the man tried to repair that. He first attempted to pull the ________ fence back into place, but it wouldn’t move. I took a drink from the glass, ________ cheering. Then he pulled against the fence’s support pole, which bent ________ and was more likely to recover. But the pole suddenly broke. I laughed out loud this time. This was ________. He went back to his car. He must be going to leave all the________ behind for someone else to tidy up.
That, I thought, would be the ________. But he reappeared a few minutes later with some tools and got to work using them. He fixed the fence, and even improved it using a support bar bought from a nearby grocery. Now it would be extra ________, stronger than before.
This man was actually a________ for me, and I was the lazy one. My ________ assumptions were all about myself. I wouldn’t fix that fence and would ________. Years later, I still look out of my window at that fence. It still looks new. And it makes me ________ what else that man has made better, and how I can make myself more like him.
【1】
A．shape
B．position
C．case
D．direction
【2】
A．cover
B．protect
C．exercise
D．expose
【3】
A．on sight
B．on demand
C．by accident
D．by contrast
【4】
A．witnessing
B．handling
C．assessing
D．dismissing
【5】
A．fixed
B．ruined
C．stable
D．noticeable
【6】
A．deliberately
B．immediately
C．silently
D．wildly
【7】
A．slightly
B．easily
C．severely
D．merely
【8】
A．impressive
B．tough
C．ridiculous
D．strange
【9】
A．evidence
B．chaos
C．structure
D．failure
【10】
A．end
B．cost
C．plan
D．waste
【11】
A．beautiful
B．secure
C．useful
D．complex
【12】
A．victim
B．volunteer
C．model
D．master
【13】
A．shallow
B．primary
C．unusual
D．uncaring
【14】
A．drop out
B．leave off
C．run away
D．turn around
【15】
A．predict
B．wonder
C．doubt
D．accept
26、寒假中，你的父母以和你谈起报考大学的事儿，请你结合他们的意见和自己的想法写一篇英语短文，投稿到某中学生英语报，和大家分享你的看法。要点如下：
1、选择什么样的大学或专业？
2、选择的理由？(两点)
3、最后一个学期的打算？
注意：
1. 词数：不少于120词；
2. 开头已给出，但不计入总词数；
3. 可适当增加情节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Editor,
I’m writing to share my ideas about my future college or major.
Yours sincerely
Li Hua
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