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1、Many scientists believe that robots __________ able to talk like humans in 50 years.
A. were B. are
C. will be D. have been
2、We are looking for people of all ages who have _______outstanding acts of bravery.
A.made B.operated C.dealt D.performed
3、—Who are your donating for?
—A worker ________a deadly disease.
A．was affected with
B．suffered from
C．was influenced by
D．infected with
4、We are lucky to be among the generation of people who have ______ and experienced the great social changes in our country.
A. conflicted B. responded
C. witnessed D. associated
5、The houses ________ are for the teachers and the construction work will start soon.
A. built B. to be built
C. to built D. being built
6、Some laid-off workers ________ took up the well-paid work to wait on patients in hospitals.
A．delightedly
B．dedicatedly
C．disappointedly
D．disgustedly
7、In spite of the advanced medical technology, many Americans have no ________ to the good health care for poverty.
A. access B. entrance C. introduction D. devotion
8、 A human case of H7N9 was reported in 2014 when a woman______ to be infected with the bird flu virus.
A. confirmed B. had been confirmed
C. was confirmed D. have confirmed
9、We are taught that a business letter should be written in a formal style _____ in a personal one.
A．rather than
B．other than
C．better than
D．less than
10、As long as there are still flames inside the museum, no one but member of the fire department ______ to go inside.
A.is allowed B.has been allowed
C.are allowed D.have been allowed
11、Our head teacher made a special __________ for us to discuss one hot topic in class once a week.
A.arrangement B.fortune C.tension D.aspect
12、________ on a clear day, far from the city crowds, the mountains give him a sense of peace.
A．Walked
B．To walk
C．Having walked
D．When he is walking
13、—I think Tom is no longer a child and _______ enough.
—Yes, it’s time he made his own decisions.
A. mature B. stubborn
C. ridiculous D. sensitive
14、On a ___ cold night, the little match girl was ________ to death in a street corner.
A．frozen; frozen
B．frozen; freezing
C．freezing; frozen
D．freezing; freezing
15、Life is like _________ ocean; only ________ strong-willed can reach the other shore.
A. an; a B. an; the
C. the; the D. the; a
16、The young couple danced to great music, ________ a well-lived day.
A．concluding
B．concluded
C．surrounding
D．surrounded
17、________ there are often many resources available on campus, like professors and advisors, youngsters find it most comfortable and convenient to turn to friends for help.
A.As B.While C.When D.If
18、When I recovered _____ the shock, I looked at my camera. My most magical experience was captured forever.
A.by B.of C.from D.at
19、A recent survey shows some students tend to just make unrealistic plans rather than _____ them.
A.submit to B.stick to C.cater to D.apply to
20、Last night I saw Yang Weiwei lying in bed, _____in deep thought.
A.lost B.losing C.to lose D.being lost
21、We’ve seen such scenes often: Needy families lining up for a bag of daily necessities—dry foodstuff, cooking essentials, basic toiletries (化妆品). But Foo Say Thye, 56-year-old co-founder of local volunteer group Heart warmers, observed one common occurrence at these donation drives: Whenever beneficiaries (受益者) receive the bags, most would seem shy and unwilling to talk and would leave the venue almost immediately.
Mk realized that it is important not just to meet the physical needs of beneficiaries, but also consider their mental and emotional state as well. Foo Say Thye said that he wanted to take such goodie bag distribution a step further. That’s why the group came up with Project 100=50.
“When we give bags of groceries to families, these are default (默认) items donated by the organizers. Project 100=50 allows participants to choose whatever they need and what they actually want,” says Say Thye.
Project 100=50 is a community service event that supports low-to middle-income families by creating a “mini supermarket” where beneficiaries can choose to buy what they need at highly discounted prices. It partners with local supermarket group Sheng Siong, which supplies these groceries to Heartwarmers at a special rate.
Discounts are either capped (限额收取) at 50% if beneficiaries spend $100 or less or at $50 if they spend more than §100. Say Thye explains, “Providing them with a choice on what to get at reduced prices raises their self-esteem and self-confidence. It also promotes self-help when beneficiaries can start to pay for their own necessities.”
Every month, different Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs) select low-to middle-income families who don’t qualify for financial assistance from the Government or agencies to attend Project 100=50 events. Different GRCs use different criteria to choose the beneficiaries.
Volunteer Tan Jun An, 21, says that these ‘‘sandwiched” families are stuck in between categories. “Like my own family, we are stuck in between. You’re neither rich nor poor,” he says. “Because you don’t fall in any other group, you cannot receive any benefits. So, this project helps the ‘sandwiched’”.
【1】What is the function of the first paragraph?
A．To lead in the topic.
B．To state the author’s opinion.
C．To analyze a phenomenon.
D．To share the author’s routine.
【2】Why was Project 100=50 started?
A．To make groceries affordable.
B．To offer financial assistance.
C．To compete with supermarkets.
D．To provide emotional support.
【3】Which can best describe Project 100=50 probably?
A．Professional.
B．Meaningful.
C．Profitable.
D．Convincing.
【4】Which would be a suitable title for the text?
A．The Challenges Faced by Needy Families
B．A New Way to Help Needy Families
C．The Importance of Self-Help for Beneficiaries
D．Government Assistance Failing Needy Families
22、Too many people put off things that could bring them joy just because they haven’t thought about them, don’t have them on their schedules or are too stubborn to leave from their regular daily things.
One day I thought about all those women on the Titanic who refused sweet foods at dinner that fateful（命中注定的）night to cut out fatty foods. From then on, I’ve tried to be a little more changeable.
I cannot count the times I called my sister and said, “How about going to lunch in half an hour?” She would stammer (结巴地说),“I can’t , I have clothes to wash. My hair is dirty. I wish I had known yesterday. I had a late breakfast. It looks like rain.” She died a few years ago. We never did have lunch together.
We live on promises we make to ourselves when all the conditions are perfect. We’ll go back and visit the grandparents when we get our baby, Stevie, toilet-trained. We’ll enjoy when we replace the living room carpet. We’ll go on a second honeymoon when we get two more kids out of college.
Life has a way accelerating as we get older. The days get shorter, and the list of promises to ourselves gets longer. One morning, we wake up, and all we have to show for our lives is a long list of “I’m going to”, “I plan on” and “Someday, when things settle down a bit”.
I love ice cream. But my lips had not touched ice cream in 10 years. The other day I stopped the car and bought an ice cream. If my car had hit an iceberg on the way home, I would have died happy.
Now, go have a nice day. Do something you want to. If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you say? And why are you waiting?
【1】The author mentioned（提到）the women on the Titanic to ________.
A. prove that cutting out fatty foods is difficult
B. tell people to enjoy themselves sometimes
C. encourage people to stick to regular daily things
D. tell us the importance of refusing unhealthy foods like sweet foods
【2】 What’s the author’s feeling in Paragraph3?
A. Angry. B. Happy. C. Humorous. D. Regretful.
【3】The underlined word “accelerating” in Paragraph 5 probably means “________”.
A. moving more quickly
B. going slower
C. becoming more difficult
D. getting more disappointing
【4】 In the author’s opinion, which of the following is the most likely to bring people true happiness?
A. Getting an ice cream every day.
B. Knowing what one wants completely.
C. Visiting loved ones as long as one has time.
D. Putting off the things that could bring us joy.
23、When the leaves begin to change their colors and the birds head south, we know the season is starting to change. On September 7 comes White Dew (白露), the 15th solar term (节气) of the year. It indicates (标志着) the beginning of the cool autumn. As the temperature falls, white dew is often seen on the grass and trees at night.
For w riters and poets, autumn is a difficult season to describe. It ’s the end of the summer, and therefore a little sad. The days seem to get shorter, and when you wake in the morning, t here’s mist(薄雾) and it’s cooler. Winter is just around the corner.
American writer Ernest Hemingway wrote in his book A Moveable Feast (《流动的盛宴》), “You expected to be sad in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches (枝条) were bare (光秃秃的) against the wind and the cold, wintry light. ”
But on the other hand, autumn has its good side. There are so many changes at this time of year, such as the colorful leaves and cooler nights. French w riter Albert Camus even thought autumn was a second spring, “when every leaf is a flower.” This view is also found in the most famous autumn poem in English literature, To Autumn by John Keats. In that poem, Keats says that autumn has its own songs, just like spring.
Another theme of this season is wisdom (智慧). The arrival of autumn is thought to be similar to a person becoming mature (成熟的).
The great Irish poet W.B. Yeats used this idea in his poem The Wild Swans at Coole (《库尔的野 天鹅》), writing about the changing seasons in Coole Park in the west of Ireland. Seeing and counting 59 swans, he remembers first making the count as a young man. Seeing the swans do the same thing for all those years, he’s reminded (提醒) that even though we get older, our hearts always stay the same age.
【1】What can be concluded about White Dew ?
A．It is often ignored by w riters and poets.
B．It is the time of year with the most rainfall.
C．It is when the temperature begins to drop.
D．It indicates the end of the autumn.
【2】A Moveable Feast was mentioned to ______.
A．point out that autumn is very cold
B．present the sad part of autumn
C．show that winter w ill soon come
D．express sadness about the end of life
【3】What does “this idea” in the last paragraph refer to?
A．Autumn is an important season for man.
B．We can always stay young at heart.
C．Autumn is related to one’s grow ing old.
D．Nature is full of lessons to be learned.
【4】What’s the article mainly about?
A．The solar term White Dew.
B．Why autumn is a sad season.
C．Autumn weather and activities.
D．Famous writers’ description of autumn.
24、It is a familiar scene these days: employees taking newly laid-off co-workers out for a drink for comfort. But which side deserves sympathy more, the jobless or the still employed? On March 6, researchers at a conference at the University of Cambridge suggested it was the latter.
Brendan Burchell, a Cambridge sociologist, presented his analysis based on various surveys conducted across Europe. The data suggest that employed people who feel insecure in their jobs show similar levels of anxiety and depression as those who are unemployed. Although a newly jobless person’s mental health may “bottom out” after about six months, and then may even begin to improve, the mental state of people who are continuously worried about losing their own job “just continues to get worse and worse”, Burchell says.
Psychologists support this theory by arguing that human beings feel more stressed during times of insecurity because they sense an immediate but invisible threat. Patients have been known to experience higher levels of anxiety, for example, while waiting for examination results than knowing what they are suffering from—even if the results are cancer. It’s better to get the bad news and start doing something about it rather than wait with anxiety. When the uncertainty continues, people stay in a nonstop “fight or flight” response, which leads to damaging stress.
But not every employee in insecure industries has such a discouraging view, Burchell says. In general, women get on better. While reporting higher levels of anxiety than men when directly questioned, women score lower in stress on the GHQ 12, even when they have a job they feel insecure about losing. As Burchell explains, “For women, most studies show that any job—it doesn’t matter whether it is secure or insecure—gives psychological improvement over unemployment.” He supposes that the difference in men is that they tend to feel pressure not only to be employed, but also to be the primary breadwinners, and that more of a man’s self-worth depends on his job.
【1】Why do researchers think the still employed deserve sympathy more?
A. They have to do more work since then.
B. They have no chance to find better jobs.
C. They have to work with inexperienced workers.
D. They constantly worry about losing their jobs.
【2】What is most likely to cause a “fight or flight” response?
A. Not having a paid job. B. Fierce competition for jobs.
C. Not knowing what will happen. D. Pressure to work longer hours.
【3】What will the writer talk about following the last paragraph?
A. Advice on preparing for a job interview.
B. Advice on handling pressure from insecure industries.
C. Some knowledge of psychology.
D. Difference in men and women.
【4】What is the topic focused on by the author of the passage?
A. Is it less stressful to get laid off than stay on?
B. Should greater sympathy be given to the jobless?
C. Do employees bear more stress than ever before?
D. Do men or women show higher levels of anxiety?
25、完形填空。
Larry works with Transport Drivers, Inc. One morning in 2009, Larry was along 165 north after delivering to one of his . Suddenly, he saw a car with its bright lights on.
【1】A. walking B. touring C. traveling D. rushing
【2】A. passengers B. colleagues C. employers D. customers
26、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。
One day, a man and a young teenage boy checked in to a hotel and were kindly shown to their room. The two staff members noted the quiet manner of the guests, and the pale appearance of the boy, who didn’t look quite well. Later, the man and the boy ate dinner in the hotel restaurant. The staff again noticed that the two guests were very quiet and barely talked to each other, and that the boy seemed disinterested in his food. After eating, the boy went directly to his room and the man went to reception and asked to see the manager. The receptionist asked if there was a problem with the service or the room, and offered to fix things, but the man said that there was no problem of that kind, and repeated his request in a kind manner. The manager was called and duly appeared. The man asked to speak in private and was taken into the manager’s office.
The man explained that he was spending the night in the hotel with his 14-year-old son, who was diagnosed with cancer and thus was seriously ill, probably terminally so. He had gone through various treatments which were supposed to make him feel better. And he did, but his mood changed forever. He was not as happy as before and usually felt down. The boy was soon to receive chemotherapy (化疗), which would cause him to lose his hair. The father knew this was going to end badly for his son. In order to lift the boy's spirits, they had come to the hotel to have a break together, enjoying some father- and-son moments. The father continued that the boy needed to shave his head that night, which would probably give him unwanted attention. He would like his son to be strong, rather than feel that the illness was beating him. In the meantime, he also wanted to protect. his son’s dignity (尊严) and let him feel normal just as everyone else.
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。
The father said that he would be shaving his own head too.
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The following morning the father saw the two restaurant staff members with shaved heads.
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