1、If he ________ hard last term, he would have passed the examination.
A.studies
B.has studied
C.had studied
D.studied
2、 —Did any signs come up before the earthquake?
—Yes. Unusual things all those days. For example, a number of animals got out their homes.
A. happening B. were happening
C. has happened D. had happened
3、You can improve your ________ and memory if you scan the material first.
A.compassion
B.compensation
C.comprehension
D.consumption
4、“Stop! Stop!” she called, but _________, for the music was too loud for her to be heard.
A.at ease
B.in vain
C.under control
D.without doubt
5、What you can do is give them an environment where their positive will expand.
A. demands B. emotions
C. attitudes D. qualities
6、Getting a driver’s license ______ learning how to drive, studying the rules of the road, and taking a test.
A.involves
B.assures
C.inspires
D.requires
7、This sweater fits me, but I can’t afford to buy . I have to choose which is cheap enough for me.
A. it; that B. that; it
C. it; one D. that; the one
8、Police believe Tom gave a reasonably ________ account of what happened.
A.accurate
B.digital
C.flexible
D.tangled
9、Their food is adequate. It includes meat at least______, vegetables and fruit.
A.every other day B.every second days
C.every other days D.every two day
10、When Alice woke up, she didn’t know how long she ______ there.
A.was lying B.lay C.has been lying D.had been lying
11、The private place is only accessible to the royal family and those who have the______ granted by the Queen.
A. certificate B. privilege
C. dignity D. elegance
12、-Do you want tea or coffee?
-____I really don't mind.
A.Both
B.Either
C.None
D.Neither
13、He is busy writing the article all the morning, only ________ occasionally to have a cup of coffee.
A. breaking off B. breaking down
C. breaking through D. breaking up
14、— Do you know if Cindy will drive to Italy this weekend?
— Cindy? Never! She ______ driving.
A. has hated B. hated
C. will hate D. hates
15、How would you like if you were watching your favorite TV program and someone came into the room and just shut it off without asking you?
A. that B. one
C. him D. it
16、The newly-published dictionary will be of great help to foreigners ________ Chinese.
A.learn
B.learnt
C.learning
D.having learnt
17、Diane is active in class and finishes her homework on time. ______, she does well in every exam.
A. In fact B. In other words
C. As a result D. On the other hand
18、I still have a few sweet memories of my childhood; ________, I remember times when I explored caves in the mountains with my friends.
A.in advance
B.by chance
C.in particular
D.in addition
19、In the United States and some other countries, it is the driver’s responsibility to make sure that children under fourteen do not ride in the front seat they are wearing a seat belt of some kind.
A.while B.even
C.until D.unless
20、The war is over and their rule is ________.
A.at an end B.in the end C.at the end D.on end
21、 It was Sunday. I never get up early on Sundays. I sometimes stay in bed until lunchtime. Last Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of the window. It was dark outside. 'What a day!' I thought. 'It's raining again.' Just then, the telephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. 'I've just arrived by train,' she said. 'I'm coming to see you.'
'But I'm still having breakfast,' I said.
'What are you doing?' she asked.
'I'm having breakfast,' I repeated.
'Dear me,' she said. 'Do you always get up so late? It's one o'clock!'
【1】Who came to see the author last Sunday?
A.His aunt. B.His father
C.His friend. D.His classmate.
【2】What was the weather like last Sunday?
A.Sunny. B.Cloudy.
C.Rainy. D.Foggy.
【3】When did the author’s aunt arrive?
A.In the morning. B.At noon.
C.In the afternoon. D.In the evening.
22、 The ancient tale of the Country Mouse and the Town Mouse was only the first to emphasize rural folk's supposed simplicity when compared with more sophisticated urbanites. However, neuro-scientists announce that, in fact, it is city living that can dull the wits.
The new study led by Dr. Spiers at Nantes University describes how they used a dataset from 4 million people of a computer game, which tests navigating skills by asking players to memorise a map showing the location of checkpoints and then measuring how well players can find them, guided only by their mental map. Dr. Spiers and his colleagues examined the 4 million people from 38 countries, and found that the strongest indicator of a high score was a player's age—older people performed relatively poorly, which agrees with what researchers know about age-related cognitive decline. But the benefit of rural living was strong enough to offset some of that. Data showed that a 70-year-old who grew up in the countryside had the navigational abilities of an average 60-year-old across the dataset.
There is a huge gap between the navigation skills of rural and city people, and the researchers think they know why. Dr. Spiers says that the brain's navigational abilities probably weaken in the less challenging city environment because they are not being used as much. Although cities may appear more elaborate, they also feature more clues to help residents find their way, such as numbered streets. In the countryside, however, one field tends to look much the same as another, so there are fewer external landmarks to help guide the way.
Neuroscientists already know that living and working in more complex environments can influence the function and structure of the brain. Brain scans of London taxi drivers, who have gained an encyclopedic memory of the city5 s streets, show that they tend to have an enlarged hippocampus—a region of the brain acting as a neural GPS, sensing position and path on an internal map of the environment.
The harmful effect of city living on navigation is probably most serious in people under 16—18, Dr. Spiers says, because their still-developing brains respond and change the most according to external stimuli. And while people who live in cities with young children should not be alarmed, the study does raise some interesting ideas for urban planners: keep their city designs not so simple perhaps. And for everyone else, it might be an idea to turn off maps on the phone.
【1】The study led by Dr. Spiers shows that _______.
A.the seniors score higher at computer games
B.rural life benefits people's sense of direction
C.participants are better at finding ways in cities
D.the young remember checkpoints better in maps
【2】The underlined word "offset", in Para. 2 most probably means _______.
A.achieve B.confirm
C.reduce D.replace
【3】What is the purpose of the passage?
A.To introduce a new way of driver training.
B.To expose the drawbacks of living in the urban area.
C.To show the contrast between lives in the country and city.
D.To present environments' impact on one's ability to locate places.
【4】What is the best tide for the passage?
A.Lost in the City
B.Brain Weakened in Cities
C.Navigating to the Countryside
D.The Negative Effects of City Living
23、English can be a difficult language to learn, but there are certain things you can do to learn the language a lot faster. People can master English as long as they take the time to practice speaking, reading and writing in English. 【1】________
Start by taking a class that teaches beginning English. These classes are often named as “ESL” classes, or “English as a Second Language.” 【2】________
Buy an English audio(音频的) course. You can go over these classes in your spare time and learn quite a bit. Buy an audio course and listen to it in the car or while working, if possible. The higher the quality of the course, the quicker you’ll learn.
Practice speaking English with other people, especially with native English speakers. 【3】 _______ And make sure they are willing to help you learn English by having simple conversations with you. You will probably be surprised at how quickly you can start having a conversation in English.
【4】________ Pay attention to the dialogue and try to figure out what the actors are saying. Congratulate yourself when you are able to pick out certain words and phrases that you understand.
Read newspapers, books and magazines that are printed in English. At first they maybe very difficult, but as your knowledge grows so will your understanding of written English. 【5】______ It will help you a lot in learning to speak the language much faster.
A. Try to understand written English.
B. Watch television shows or movies that are in English.
C. Read and remember as many English words as possible.
D. Here we will show you how to learn to speak English quickly.
E. Every morning you should get up very early and read English.
F. Make friends with people speaking English as their native language.
G. The teachers of these classes have the experience to teach the students.
24、After ten years, the world' s largest music festival, Rock in Rio, returned to its hometown Rio de Janeiro for seven days of concerts from Friday, September 23rd, attracting 700,000 people over the whole week.
It is the 10th edition of the Rock in Rio festival, but only the 4th to be held in Rio as the organizers exported the festival to Lisbon and Madrid ten years ago.The first edition of the festival was in 1985 and the most recent edition in Rio was held in January, 2001.A total of 700,000 tickets were sold out for this year' s festival.
The festival consists of four stages with the participation of International stars including Elton John, Katy Perry, and bands Metallica, Evanescence and System of a Down.Several stars which performed in previous editions are also on the list this year.In addition, a number of local singers and bands will also join this year.
The performance site, named as Rock City, is a 150,000-square-meter area.Besides the concert area, the site also has a giant Ferns wheel, a roller coaster, and a small shopping mall.After the festival, the Rock City area will be converted into a leisure area to athletes in the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro
According to Rio' s tourism company Riotur, out of the 700,000 people expected in the festival, some 315,000 will be tourists, who raised the hotels' occupation rate to 98 percent.Riotur estimated that the Rock in Rio festival will bring 419 million U.S.dollars for the city and create 10,000 jobs.
The creator of the festival, Brazilian businessmen Roberto Medina, insisted on opening the Rock City gates himself, in the early afternoon, and greeted the first fans to enter the site."We come to the gate because the Brazilian audience is even more important than the bands.We applaud them.They make the greatest show," he said.
【1】The first edition of the festival may be held in ____.
A.Rio de Janeiro B.Lisbon
C.Madrid D.a place not mentioned
【2】Up to now, the festival has been held in Rio for at least _____.
A.ten times B.four times
C.three times D.twice
【3】The number of native people to attend the festival is probably ____.
A.700,000 B.315,000 C.10,000 D.385,000
【4】From the passage, we can know ____.
A.Rock City is a great theatre
B.Only rock bands are invited to the festival?
C.The festival will improve the employment of Rio
D.The gate of Rock City was opened by the Brazilian audience
【5】The purpose of the creator’s opening the Rock City gates was to _________.
A. prepare for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro
B. applaud the International stars as well as local singers and bands
C. welcome the Brazilian audience who make the grand show
D. celebrate the returning of the music festival to Rio de Janeiro
25、My parents divorced when I was five. I don’t remember them ________ more than “hi” or “bye” to each other for the rest of my childhood. I went to my dad’s house every other weekend, and they didn’t really ________ each other during the time. Years later, when my dad developed Alzheimer’s ________, my husband and I invited him to move in with us and our four children.
“Mom, how are we going to ________ this?” I asked. “Papa is going to be here ________, but we still want you to come and visit. We don’t want it to be strange.”
“Not a ________,” Mom replied ________. “We are just going to get over our past and all be friends.” Hearing this, I was so ________.
At our first family dinner together, I sat next to my husband and I ________: Mom, Papa, and my stepdad Doug, all at the same table.
“Strangest thing ever.” I ________ to my husband.
“Yes, but nobody else seems to think so,” he replied. “It’s ________.”
For the next ten years, Papa lived with us, and ________ Mom and Doug came over, the three of them would chat like old ________. My whole childhood, I had wished that my three parents could all ________ along. And here they were. It wasn’t exactly what I’d had in ________. But maybe this is what life truly means.
【1】
A.informing
B.saying
C.persuading
D.arguing
【2】
A.hear from
B.laugh at
C.speak to
D.quarrel with
【3】
A.disease
B.cure
C.treatment
D.patient
【4】
A.handle
B.accept
C.ensure
D.permit
【5】
A.of all time
B.from time to time
C.all too often
D.all the time
【6】
A.doubt
B.problem
C.clue
D.chance
【7】
A.fortunately
B.flexibly
C.confidently
D.obviously
【8】
A.relieved
B.annoyed
C.astonished
D.fascinated
【9】
A.got across
B.came across
C.moved around
D.looked around
【10】
A.warned
B.whispered
C.repeated
D.requested
【11】
A.frightening
B.shocking
C.amazing
D.amusing
【12】
A.however
B.whenever
C.whatever
D.wherever
【13】
A.parents
B.colleagues
C.neighbors
D.friends
【14】
A.come
B.go
C.get
D.walk
【15】
A.response
B.doubt
C.place
D.mind
26、假如你是李华,受学校委托,负责接待安排7月1日来自德国某友好学校的访问团。请根据以下提示,用英文写一封电子邮件告知相关安排,内容包括:
1.欢迎仪式,座谈交流(语言学习、文化差异、校园生活等);
2.学校食堂共进午餐;
3.游览当地名胜古迹。
注意:1.词数100左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
Dear friends,I am Li Hua. I am very pleased to learn that you are coming to visit our school on July 1.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely.
LiHua