1、—Have you graduated from college?
—Yes, ________.
A. I studied French for two years.
B. I have been studying French.
C. I have studied French for two years.
D. I had studied French for two years.
2、I wrote him a letter to show my ________ of his thoughtfulness.
A.achievement
B.agreement
C.attention
D.appreciation
3、Typing is considered by most employers to be a basic ________.
A.contribution
B.congratulation
C.competence
D.command
4、The rabbit ran far too fast.划线部分为______短语
A.名词
B.动词
C.形容词
D.副词
5、The shop____________until 7 o’clock.
A.stays open
B.stays opened
C.continues open
D.continues opened
6、I’ve made some good friends with several of those students in my school ________ I met in the cross-talk show last month.
A. who B. where C. when D. Which
7、How many English words ____ you ____ so far?
A. did; learn B. had; learned
C. have; learned D. do; learn
8、 ______he wants to write back,we have sent a stamped addressed envelope.
A. Unless B. Even if
C. In case D. As long as
9、Please call me before you buy a new camera so I can go with you.
A. declare B. dignity C. digital D. delightful
10、If we don’t take steps, the Tibetan antelopes and pandas will ________ some day like dinosaurs, which is quite terrible.
A.die out
B.die away
C.die down
D.die off
11、He isn’t such a man ______ he used to be.
A.who
B.whom
C.that
D.as
12、Some citizens will attend a meeting to be held by our city government, the opinions can be voiced freely there.
A. of which B. of whom
C. in which D. in whom
13、I saw a man shouting at a driver, ________ the car is blocking the street.
A.whose B.of whom C.of which D.whom
14、_______ the warning message, more deaths would have been caused in the village in the earthquake.
A.But that
B.Instead of
C.But for
D.Except for
15、We __________back in the hotel now if you didn’t lose the map.
A.are B.were
C.would be D.will be
16、The match was cancelled because most of the members ________ a match without a standard court.
A. objected to have B. were objected to have
C. objected to having D. were objected to having
17、With the couple ________ in a nearby town, the house seems pretty empty most of the time.
A.to work
B.working
C.worked
D.to be working
18、This is one of the best novels that____appeared this year.
A.have been B.has C.had been D.have
19、We should take preventive measures so as to face the _______ dangerous situations.
A.barely
B.tightly
C.potentially
D.passionately
20、We should learn to save our natural resources so that they can be ________ for our younger generations.
A.responsible
B.permanent
C.spare
D.sustainable
21、As societies develop, their members start to see things not so much according to what they need, but according to what they want. When people have enough money, these wants become demands.
Now, it' s important for the managers in a company to understand what their customers want if they are going to develop effective marketing strategies. There are various ways of doing this. One way at supermarkets, for example, is to interview customers while they're doing their shopping. They can be asked what they prefer to buy and then the results of the research can be studied. This provides information on which to base future marketing strategies. It' s also quite normal for top managers from department stores to spend a day or two each month visiting stores and mixing freely with the public, as if they were ordinary customers, to get an idea of how customers act.
Another way to get information from customers is to give them something. For example, some fast food restaurants give away tickets in magazines or on the street that permit customers to get part of their meal for nothing. As well as being a good way of attracting customers into the restaurants to spend their money, it also allows the managers to get a feel for where to attract customers and which age-groups to attract.
Another strategy used at some well-known parks such as Disneyland is for top managers to spend at least one day in their work, touring the park dressed as Mickey Mouse or something like that. This provides them with a perfect chance to examine the scene and watch the customers without being noticed.
【1】The text is designed for _______
A. salesmen B. mangers
C. researchers D. customers
【2】Which of the following can help managers get useful information?
A. Visiting customers themselves.
B. Giving customers free food on the street.
C. Visiting parks as ordinary customers.
D. Asking customers questions at supermarkets.
【3】What does the word "this" underlined in the last sentence refer to?
A. Dressing up and walking around.
B. Wearing attractive clothes.
C. Acting Mickey Mouse.
D. Visiting Disneyland.
【4】The main idea of the text is _________.
A. how to develop marketing strategies
B. how to do market research
C. how to encourage customers to spend more money
D. how to find out customers' social needs
22、New App Helps People Remember Faces
Large gatherings such as weddings and conferences can be socially overwhelming. Pressure to learn people’s names only adds to the stress. A new facial-recognition app could come to the rescue, but privacy experts recommend proceeding with caution.
The app, called SocialRecall, connects names with faces via smartphone cameras and facial recognition, potentially avoiding the need for formal introductions. “It breaks down these social barriers we all have when meeting somebody,” says Barry Sandrew, who created the app and tested it at an event attended by about 1,000 people.
After receiving an invitation to download SocialRecall from an event organizer, the user is asked to take two selfies and sign in via social media. At the event, the app is active within a previously defined geographical area. When a user points his or her phone camera at an attendee’s face, the app identifies the individual, displays the person’s name, and links to his or her social media profile. To protect privacy, it recognizes only those who have agreed to participate. And the app's creators say it automatically deletes users’ data after an event.
Ann Cavoukian, a privacy expert who runs the Privacy by Design Center of Excellence praises the app’s creators for these protective measures. She cautions, however, that when people choose to share their personal information with the app, they should know that “there may be unintended consequences down the road with that information being used in another context that might come back to bite you.”
The start-up has also developed a version of the app for individuals who suffer from prosopagnosia, or “face blindness,” a condition that prevents people from recognizing individuals they have met. To use this app, a person first acquires an image of someone’s face, from either the smartphone’s camera or a photograph, and then tags it with a name. When the camera spots that same face in real life, the previously entered information is displayed. The collected data are stored only on a user’s phone, according to the team behind the app.
【1】SocialRecall is used to ________.
A.take photos
B.identify people
C.organize events
D.make friends
【2】SocialRecall helps people with prosopagnosia by ________.
A.giving names to the photos kept in their smartphones
B.collecting information previously entered in the phone
C.providing the information of a person when they first meet
D.showing the person’s information when it spots a stored face
【3】What can we learn about SocialRecall from the passage?
A.It may put people’s privacy at risk.
B.It has caused unintended consequences.
C.It can prevent some communication disorders.
D.It is praised by users for its protective measures.
23、Derek Rabelo is not the only surfer(冲浪手)to conquer Hawaii’s famous Pipeline big wave break, but while all others use their sight to do it, this young professional surfer must rely only on his other senses. That’s because he is completely blind.
When Derek was born, over 24 years ago, he got his name from Derek Ho, the first Hawaiian surfing world champion. A surfing enthusiast himself, Ernesto dreamed that his son would share the talent(才干)of his uncle, a professional surfer. Unfortunately, Derek was born completely blind, but this didn’t stop his family from believing that he could do anything he wanted, even if that meant becoming a surfer.
At age 2, Derek received a bodyboard and the beaches of Guarapari, Brazil, became his backyard. He was always comfortable in the water surfing was in his blood, but he didn’t actually try riding a wave until he turned 17, when his father bought him a surfboard. His father taught him the basics and encouraged him to keep practicing, but after successfully standing up on the surfboard, Derek knew he needed to become much better if he was going to achieve Ernesto’s dream and become a professional surfer. So he joined the Praia do Morro surf school, where he studied under coach Fabio Maru.
Standing up on a surfboard and conquering small waves is one thing, while gathering the courage to take on Hawii’s board-breaking Pipeline is another. But that’s exactly what Derek Rabelo set out to do just months after learning how to surf. Everyone told him it was too dangerous, but he felt he could do it. and he did, earning the praise of famous professional surfers like Keely Slater and Mick fanning. Now 24, Rabelo has been surfing the Pipeline every winter since.
【1】What does the first paragraph tell us?
A. Good eyesight is necessary for becoming good surfers
B. Nobody has ever conquered Hawaii’s big wave break
C. Derek Rabelo dreams to conquer Hawaii’s big wave break
D. Derek Rabelo is the only blind professional surfer to conquer Hawaii’s big wave break
【2】How did Ernesto behave after Derek was born?
A. He never lost confidence in him
B. He named him after his uncle
C. He sent him to a surfing champion
D. He started his own interest in surfing
【3】After Derek was able to stand up on the surfboard, he _________.
A. began to try riding a wave
B. was no longer afraid of water
C. realized he still had a long way to go
D. knew his father’s dream had come true
【4】Which of the following words can best describe Derek according to the last paragraph?
A. Skillful but proud B. Brave and confident
C. Courageous but stubborn D. Thoughtful and modest
24、W e all love bank holidays. In the UK, we only get eight bank holidays in one year, and at least five of those occur around Christmas time and Easter time! A bank holiday is a British English term. This is an official day that is decided by the government, when banks, shops and offices close for the day even though it’s a weekday—usually a Monday, and a lot of people have a day off work.
Bank holidays are different in Colombia—firstly, they are called “festivos”. There are twenty festivos for the whole country in one year! In Britain ,people get more holiday allowance(津贴)than Colombians but fewer bank holidays. There can be even more festivos in Colombia, depending on which region of Colombia you live in. This is because different regions have their own holidays. For example, some regions have a patron saint(守护神) in their region, so they have an extra festivo to celebrate that saint.
However, there are some days that are national holidays for historical reasons. There is an Independence Day celebration on July 20 every year. This is just like Bastille Day in France on July 14, or Independence Day in the United States on July 4. Other important festivos in Colombia are :Labour Day, on May 1, and Columbus Day on October 12. Columbus Day is a historical bank holiday that almost every county on the continent of America celebrates. This includes Colombia, Chile, Peru, Argentina, Mexico and the United States. It is a memorialization of the day that the Italian sailor, Christopher Columbus, first reached land on the continent in the year 1492. Many people criticize this day and say it is not something to celebrate because of the way Columbus and his teams treated the people that were already living there.
【1】What is a “bank holida” according to the text?
A. An official nationwide vacation.
B. A holiday only for the bank staff.
C. A British traditional religion festival.
D. A celebration for Christmas and Easter.
【2】What can we learn from paragraph 2?
A. Colombia and Britain have the same number of festivos.
B. All Colombians have the same number of festivos.
C. Colombians have less holiday allowance than British people.
D. People in most regions celebrate a patron saint.
【3】Why do many Americans refuse to celebrate Columbus Day ?
A. Because Columbus wasn’t an American at all.
B. Because Columbus once treated the locals badly.
C. Because it wasn’t Columbus that found America first.
D. Because Columbus didn’t live in the continent of America.
【4】What is the text mainly about?
A. A British English term.
B. Bank holidays in Colombia.
C. Important festivos in America.
D. Different bank holidays in the world.
25、During my second year in high school, I got sick and missed a few days. When I _______, I was greeted with two essays due, three days of math and history homework, plus several tests.
The next day at school, I got a rude awakening: I’d totally forgotten to prepare for the _______ on Romeo and Juliet, which I’d take over my lunch hour! Worse still, I had _______ the in-class discussion and all the notes. When lunch came, I went to the English room to face my certain doom (厄运).
As it turned out, I didn’t know the majority of the questions. I was just about to give in when my pencil accidentally fell and broke. Standing by the blackboard sharpening my pencil, I _______ down and there in full view lay the answer sheet for the test! What good fortune! My heart started beating, and my brain _______, Yes! Read over the answers — quickly! This was quickly followed by another voice, No! You’ll get caught! My mind turning back and forth, Yes! No! Yes! No! …This went on for ten of the longest seconds in my entire life.
Finally, I decided to finish the test on my own, without _______! I was satisfied with my decision but pretty _______ I had failed the test.
The next day when I walked into the English room, I saw my test paper lying face down on my desk. I knew what awaited me. I stared at it a few seconds before I got up the nerve to turn it over.
You can only imagine my _______ when I learned that I had passed the test! I have never in my whole life been so happy to see my _______, a C-.
My mom says the victories that take the most courage are won within. Now I know ________ what she means. Now not only can my conscience (良心) rest easy, but I don’t have to worry about getting caught and meeting a sad ending like Romeo and Juliet.
【1】
A.returned
B.finished
C.appeared
D.arrived
【2】
A.play
B.test
C.lecture
D.essay
【3】
A.dropped
B.missed
C.lost
D.carried
【4】
A.calmed
B.wrote
C.looked
D.settled
【5】
A.whispered
B.chanted
C.persuaded
D.warned
【6】
A.thinking
B.suffering
C.checking
D.cheating
【7】
A.relieved
B.regretful
C.certain
D.annoyed
【8】
A.fear
B.anxiety
C.shock
D.appreciation
【9】
A.grade
B.rate
C.credit
D.paper
【10】
A.seemingly
B.willingly
C.gradually
D.exactly
26、中国有很多传统佳节,像春节、中秋节、端午节等等。这些传统节日是传承中国优秀历史文化的重要载体。请你以“My Favorite Festival”为题,写一篇不少于80词的英语短文,给大家介绍你最喜欢的中国传统节日。
要求如下: 1.包括思维导图的所有信息;
2.重点谈谈你喜欢这个节日的原因;
3.短文中不得出现考生真实的个人信息。