1、The prize will go to the writer story shows the most imagination.
A. that B. whose
C. whom D. which
2、Have you ever heard of the trees that are homes animals both on land and sea?
A. about B. to
C. with D. over
3、Women for centuries.
A.have pulled their own weight
B.have been pulling their own weight
C.pulled their own weight
D.is pulling their own weight
4、The book was written ______ careful observations and detailed studies.
A. on behalf of B. regardless of
C. on the basis of D. in relation of
5、Our team was ahead during the first half, but we _____ in the last ten minutes.
A. were won B. were lost
C. were beaten D. Won
6、My parents, words had a great on ______ me. I decided to make every ______ to learn English well.
A.effect; effort
B.effort; effect
C.creativity; punishment
D.punishment; creativity
7、One can always manage to do more things, no matter______ full one’s schedule is in life.
A.how B.what C.when D.where
8、— Never in my life _________ such an embarrassment. They threw apples at me.
— Well, fortunately watermelons are out of season.
A.I received
B.was I received
C.did I received
D.have I received
9、All the tourists ________ about the bad service in that restaurant.
A.complained B.expressed C.contained D.explained
10、I ___________ a full mark in the last listening exam if I hadn’t practiced it during the winter holiday.
A.didn’t got B.hadn’t got
C.wouldn’t get D.wouldn’t have got
11、I hope my teacher will take into ________ the fact that I was ill just before the exams when she ________ my paper.
A.account; marks
B.count; marks
C.account; marked
D.count; marked
12、I was about to get out of my house________ the doorbell rang.
A.which
B.that
C.where
D.when
13、It is nearly 50 years ______ the People’s Republic of China was founded.
A. after B. before
C. when D. since
14、______excited Jenny most was ______ she finally succeeded in ______seemed to be the most difficult exam to him.
A. 'That; that; which B. What; that; what
C. That; because; that D. What; because; which
15、We’ve had three weeks of ________ rain, which nearly causes a big flood.
A. immense B. irregular
C. routine D. continuous
16、The national park has a large collection of wildlife and they ________ from butterflies to elephants.
A.live
B.range
C.break
D.take
17、---Why didnt you tell him about the meeting?
--- He rushed out of the room ______ I could say a word.
A. until B. before C. when D. after
18、The confirmed case in this building is said _________ to the hospital already, but residents there still need to stay indoors to avoid being infected.
A.to be sent
B.to have been sent
C.having been sent
D.sent
19、 I’m afraid there might have been 1000 audience in the concert last night, _____?
A. am not I B. aren’t I
C. mightn’t there D. weren’t there
20、Dear me! Just look at the time! I no idea it was no late.
A. had B. have had
C. have D. was having
21、People seem to have a natural need for friends and with good reason. Friends increase your enjoyment of life and relieve feelings of loneliness. They even can help reduce stress and improve your health. Having good friends is especially helpful when you are going through any kind of hard time such as when you are experiencing anxiety, panic(恐慌) attacks, or depression.
When you are with good friends you feel good about yourself, and you are glad to be with them. A friend is someone who —
●you like, respect, and trust, and who likes, respects and trusts you
●doesn’t always understand you, but accepts and likes you as you are, even as you grow and change
●allows you the space to change, grow, make decisions, and even make mistakes
●listens to you and shares with you both the good times and the bad times
●respects your need for secrets, so you can tell them anything
●lets you freely express your feelings and emotions without judging, laughing at or criticizing you
●accepts the limitations you have put on yourself and helps you to remove them
A person once said, “Friendship is a continuing source of bonding(连接), releasing, and creating in yourself and with the other person. There is an emotional bond between the two people.”
A good friend or supporter may or may not be the same age or the same sex as you, and may not have the same educational, cultural, or religious background, or share interests that are similar to yours. Friendships also have different depths(深度). Some are closer to the heart and some moresuperficial, but they’re all useful and good.
【1】Which of the following is NOT a function of a friend?
A. He brings you some happiness.
B. He helps you feel less lonely.
C. He helps you get over the difficulties.
D. He helps you cheat on the exam.
【2】The underlined word “superficial” means ________.
A. deep B. hard C. shallow D. close
【3】Which is the best title for the passage?
A. A Friend in Need Is A Friend Indeed
B. What Kind of Person A Friend Should Be
C. To Be A Good Friend
D. How to Get on with Your Friend
22、Princess quiz time! How did Snow White survive? How did Cinderella (《灰姑娘》) leave her evil stepmother? How did Sleeping Beauty finally wake up?
A kind-hearted person always comes to save the princess, like a prince or a godmother. Princesses cannot protect themselves, though they are very pretty and nice. They always need the help of others.
However, in fact, women can’t put their life in the hands of a prince-like man. They need to work and even fight for their own happiness. The traditional image of a princess is getting out of date.
Recently, Disney, a company famous for its princess movies, posted the “top 10 rules for being a modern princess”. You will not find any rules related to beauty or looks. The rules focus on loyalty, honesty and other moral values. The rules say princesses need to believe in themselves and try their best to get out of trouble, instead of waiting for a prince’s help.
It’s not the first time Disney princesses have caught up with society’s development. In 1950, when people’s hearts were broken by World War II, Disney created Cinderella. In 1990, Princess Belle from Beauty and the Beast (《美女与野兽》) loved reading when education was a man’s special right in the past. Belle showed the improvement of women’s position in society. Now is Elsa from the film Frozen (《冰雪奇缘》), a symbol of modern princess.
“This is brilliant – ‘The top 10 rules of being a modern princess’ – (it’s) about time,” a group named Confidently Mom said on social media website Twitter. Princesses are still very beautiful, but inner character is the key to being a princess.
【1】What does the story think modern women should be like?
A.They should turn to others for help.
B.They should depend on themselves for their own happiness.
C.They don’t need to care about their appearances.
D.They should depend on men to do most things.
【2】Disney’s rules for being a modern princess focus on a girl’s _____.
A.looks
B.education
C.position in society
D.thought
【3】The images were created to catch up with the society’s development except _____.
A.Belle
B.Cinderella
C.Godmother
D.Elsa
【4】What does the group Confidently Mom think of the rules?
A.Fantastic
B.Meaningless
C.Doubtful
D.Social
23、 Birdbrain has long been a term when laughing at somebody. The common opinion is that birds’ brains are simple. But that opinion has increasingly been called into question because crows and parrots, among other birds, have shown behaviors as smart as that of chimpanzees.
The conflict of simple brain and complex behavior has led some neuroscientists (神经学家) to create a new map of the birdbrain.
Today, in the journal Nature Neuroscience Reviews, an international group of bird experts is showing their opinion. Nearly everything written in anatomy (解剖学) textbooks about the brains of birds is wrong, they say. The bird brain is as complex, and creative as any mammal brain, they argue, and it’s time to use a more exact term that shows a new understanding of the anatomies of bird and mammal brains.
“Names have a powerful influence on the experiments we do and the way we think,” said Dr. Erich, a neuroscientist at Duke University and a leader of the Bird Brain Terms Association. “Old term has prevented scientific progress.”
The association of 29 scientists from six countries met for seven years to develop new, more exact names for structures in both bird and mammal brains. For example, the bird’s seat of intelligence or its higher brain is now named the pallium (大脑皮层).
“The change of terms is a great advance,” said Dr. Jon Kaas, a leading expert in neuroanatomy at Vanderbih University. “It’s hard to get scientists to agree about anything.”
Scientists have come to agree that birds are indeed smart, but those who study bird intelligence differ on how birds got that way. Experts are split into two warring camps. One holds that birds’ brains make the same kinds of internal (内在的) connections as do mammal brains and that intelligence in both groups arises from these connections. The other holds that bird intelligence developed through increasing an old part of the mammal brain and using it in new ways and it questions how developed that intelligence is.
【1】According to paragraph 1, ________.
A.birds can be taught by scientists
B.chimpanzees are smarter than birds
C.crows and parrots, like other birds, are funny
D.birds aren’t as stupid as people thought before
【2】The reason that some neuroscientists create a new map of the bird brain is ________.
A.they try to find out why birdbrain is so simple but their behavior so complex
B.they are anxious to know why the brains of birds are so complex
C.they want to make clear of the structure of birdbrain
D.they find that the birds’ behavior is very strange
【3】In Paragraph 4, Dr. Erich expresses his opinion that ________.
A.the names of the university is very important
B.the names of birds may influence people’s thoughts
C.the names of scientists are powerful for the experiment
D.a technical term may affect a particular field and subject
【4】The last paragraph tells us that ________.
A.birds and other mammals have close connections
B.birds and other mammals come from the same family
C.scientists have different ideas about how birds get intelligence
D.some scientists cannot agree that birds are as smart as other mammals
24、 Confident, smart and high-tech, they’re followers of pop culture and know what social networking is all about. They’re tweens, children between the ages of 10 and 12. These young people are no longer little kids but they are not yet teenagers, because tweens are in a state of transition(转变).
The tween years are hard for children. From a social point of view, tweens are dealing with quite a lot. They have to face changing relationships, middle school and a whole lot of pressure(压力) to succeed and fit in. They may become angry over seemingly small things. A bad test grade, an argument with a friend, a bad day on the ball field, or a request to clean a bedroom might set them off.
Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer, a parenting expert in London and author of Talking to Tweens, says, “The tween years are when young people begin to realize the wider world and to see themselves as separate from their families.”
Right now, tweens’ friends are everything to them. It’s universal for the age, but they show it in different ways. For boys, the whole friendship thing is through technology and sports. Girls like to talk.
Tweens are also a hot market. What do tweens consider cool? Music is at the top of the cool list, followed by going to the movies. “Being smart” comes third, tied with video games, followed by electronics, sports, fashion and protecting the environment, according to a report.
Undoubtedly, tweens have great spending power in the United States. It was the tween market that made Justin Bieber and Harry Potter household names. Retailers(零售商) know tweens are a hot market for clothes, music and entertainment. Tweens have their own sense of fashion and enjoy their own parts of popular culture.
【1】Which of the following words best describes the tween years?
A.Entertaining. B.Unchanging.
C.Admirable. D.Difficult.
【2】What can we know from the text?
A.Tweens remain dependent on their parents.
B.Friendship is very important in tweens’ eyes.
C.Retailers pay little attention to the tween market.
D.Playing video games is second to none on tweens’ cool list.
【3】Where can we most probably read this text?
A.In a marketing report. B.In an education magazine.
C.On a fashion website. D.On a parenting poster.
25、 Almost everyone says that he could know his mother very well, but I never knew how well Mother could keep a trust until I was going through her things after she died.
I discovered something I had long forgotten, something that _______ to me as a child.
One day, as I went to sleep after my sisters and I had said our prayers, I recalled the events of the day how _______ I had behaved toward Mother. “I must make things right now,” I thought.
Quietly I _______ out of bed and picked up the pencil and paper from the dresser and then tiptoed into the hall. The _______ from the living room shone dimly. I knew Mother was downstairs still doing some sewing.
I quickly _______ a note asking Mother to excuse me for being so _______ . I didn’t want my sisters to know my _______ so I added a postscript, “Please don’t let anyone else see this.” Then I _______ moved into my parents’ bedroom and put the letter under Mother’s pillow.
The next morning when I _______ my bed after breakfast, I __________ found a return note under my pillow. Mother wrote that she loved me and __________ me.
This became my way of apologizing whenever I talked __________ or disobeyed. Mother always left a return note, but she never __________ Our under-the-pillow messages in front of the family. Even when we were __________, she never mentioned them when we sisters __________ our childhood.
When Mother passed away, I had to go through her personal belongings. In her desk was a bundle of notes tied with a faded ribbon. On top was a message in handwriting which read, “In the event of my death, please __________ these.”
I __________ the package and glanced at the handwriting on the bottom. To my __________, I recognized my childish writing, “PS, Please don’t let anyone else see this. Love. Edie.”
I gently placed the unopened bundle in the __________ along with other things for the rubbish burner. “Lord,” I prayed, “make me like __________.”
【1】A.occurred B.waved C.seemed D.appeared
【2】A.well B.politely C.happily D.badly
【3】A.went B.rushed C.moved D.slipped
【4】A.moon B.light C.gas D.lamp
【5】A.found B.sent C.wrote D.took
【6】A.lazy B.late C.careless D.naughty
【7】A.mistakes B.business C.relation D.messages
【8】A.quietly B.quickly C.calmly D.hurriedly
【9】A.searched B.left C.made D.folded
【10】A.secretly B.unexpectedly C.happily D.fortunately
【11】A.favored B.understood C.supported D.forgave
【12】A.back B.over C.loudly D.big
【13】A.spoke out B.put on C.gave out D.got around
【14】A.alone B.curious C.grown D.interested
【15】A.reminded B.recalled C.missed D.forgot
【16】A.destroy B.keep C.hide D.announce
【17】A.turned over B.tore open C.looked through D.picked up
【18】A.sadness B.embarrassment C.surprise D.excitement
【19】A.drawer B.wastebasket C.bedroom D.dresser
【20】A.a bird B.an angel C.Mother D.God
26、你校正在组织英语作文比赛,请以身边发生的事情为题,写一篇题目为“A Meaningful Day”的短文参赛。
内容包括:
1.事情的简介;
2.有意义的原因。
注意:1.词数100左右;
2.短文题目和首句已为你写好。
A Meaningful Day
It was Sunday and the sun was shining all day.
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