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1、Japan’s economy in the past twenty years. No one knows how long it before it regains its increase.
A.has been declining; will be
B.has declined; would be
C.had been in decline; would take
D.was on the decline; will take
2、The government is ________ support to people who have been affected by the earthquake.
A．extending
B．evaluating
C．behaving
D．approving
3、--The fashion world just keeps recycling old ideas.
---____ .There is less and less creativity these days.
A．You're absolutely right.
B．I don't get it.
C．I couldn't agree with you.
D．It's up to you.
4、___ is known to all, Xiao Ming is good at English.
A.It B.As C.Which D.What
5、The book I’m reading is indeed useful. It ________ many problems we have come across in our study.
A．prints
B．covers
C．writes
D．talks
6、As they were walking around, they noticed a man _______ against a tree.
A. sit B. to sit C. sitting D. Sat
7、The meal over, the managers went back to the meeting room to ______ their discussion.
A.put away B.take down C.look over D.carry on
8、The________ gained from this experience has invested my life with new meaning.
A．departure
B．insight
C．proof
D．setting
9、_________, this kind of Chinese food sells _______.
A. To taste well; good B. Tasted good; well
C. Tasting good; well D. Taste good; good
10、On the eve of Chinese Spring Festival, the number of electronic red envelopes given and received via WeChat ____ 1．01 billion, 200 times that of 2014．
A．adds to B．applies to
C．appeals to D．amounts to
11、--- The weather forecast says it’ll be fine tomorrow.
--- ________, what about going hiking ?
A. If possible B. If necessary
C. If so D. If real
12、________in her office for nearly 20 hours, she is going home to have a rest.
A. To work B. Working
C. To have worked D. Having worked
13、The eco-friendly water bottles are easy to ______, which causes no harm to the environment.
A.break down B.burn out C.burst out D.put down
14、A society cannot be successful if it throws tradition away, but it cannot be successful ________if we do something to stop progress.
A. either B. neither
C. too D. also
15、As a businessman, David is so busy that rarely ______ time for this family.
A. he does have B. does he have C. he has D. has he
16、My father__________ me against getting up late again, or he would punish me.
A.cautioned B.accused C.counted D.advanced
17、The English teacher tells the students to have ______ for different races and appreciate the diversity of other cultures .
A. mercy B. sympathy
C. respect D. regret
18、Saving a child from a burning building can be regarded as one of the most __________ acts of heroism.
A．unusual
B．ordinary
C．plain
D．extraordinary
19、We’re listed some of the most famous flowers have a special significance.
A．what
B．that
C．where
D．/
20、Later in this book cases will be introduced to readers ______ customer complaints have resulted in changes in the law.
A．when
B．who
C．which
D．where
21、Baths in Japan
In many western countries people do not bathe (沐浴) every day. Sometimes they bathe only once a week. Sometimes they bathe two or three times a week. They do not bathe often because the weather is cold or because hot water is expensive. They use electricity or wood to boil the water. Electricity and wood cost a lot of money. In cold countries people usually do not feel they are dirty if they do not have a bath.
In Japan people bathe very often. Most people have a bath every day. When the weather is hot they sometimes have two or three baths a day. They bathe in very hot water. Usually the water is almost boiling. They believe that these very hot baths also stop them from falling ill.
Each house has its own bathroom but there are also big bathhouses for everybody. They are found everywhere in Japan. In the bathhouse there is one part for men and one part for women. The bath is usually three meters wide, three meters long and about one meter deep: halfway down there is a narrow (狭窄的) seat that goes all the way around the bath. Many people use the bath but it is not dirty. Before a person gets into the big bath, they wash themselves first, and then get into the big bath. The person stays there for a short time. When they get out of the bath, they wash their body with soap and water. After the soap is all washed away, the person gets into the big bath again. Soap is not used in the big bath.
The water in the big bath is changed quite often. The water is also very hot. In some places people hit the water with sticks first. They do this to make the water cooler. Then the men get into the bath very slowly and carefully. When a man gets into a bath, he says. "Excuse me." He does this because most of the hot water comes directly out of the ground. In other places people boil the water with a big fire. In a small bath at home sometimes people light a fire under the bath. When the water is hot, people in the family take a bath one by one.
【1】Which of the following is not true about baths?
A. Taking baths can help people relax themselves.
B. Taking baths can refresh people.
C. Taking baths can keep people clean.
D. Taking baths can make people nervous.
【2】What do people use to boil water in many western countries?
A. Electricity. B. Gas.
C. Coal. D. Straw.
【3】What is the size of a public bath?
A. Three meters long, three meters wide and about three meters deep.
B. Three meters long, one meter wide and about three meters deep.
C. Three meters long, three meters wide and about one meter deep.
D. One meter long, three meters wide and about three meters deep.
22、We never knew what Walter was, but we called him an idiot (白痴). We called him that without knowing if he really was as foolish and as stupid as an idiot.
______________. She was interested in people no one else loved. When Grandmother learned about Walter, she told my mother she wanted Walter to bring the food to the house. Mother, of course, was strongly against it. She did not trust Walter. But Grandmother simply said, “Oh poor, you are 42 years old, Sarah.” And then she telephoned the people at the food store and told them to let Walter bring the food.
The first time, Walter came to the house, he told Grandmother he was going to get a girl. Grandmother told him how nice it would be. She said the trouble with young man today is that they do not know how to win a girl’s heart. “You must be honest”, she said. Walter just stood there and listened. Grandmother then told him how her husband won her heart.
Walter and Grandmother became close friends. Every time he came with food, she had a talk ready for him.
Later, she began to read books to Walter. The first book was called “How to dress when you go out with a girl?” The next book told how a young man should act when he meets the girl’s parents.
As time passed, Walter listened harder than before. He never took his eyes off Grandmother as she read. When she smiled, he smiled too. When she was serious, Walter became serious. She read about the problems of early friendship. “How to become better friends and how to decide your girl is the right one to marry.”
Grandmother was almost finished reading one day, when Walter stopped her.
“Mrs. Gorman, I have a girl, a girl like you always talking.”
“Isn’t that wonderful, tell me about her, is she nice?”
“I like her very much.”
“Well, she must be. What’s her name?”
“I forgot. I told her my name was Walter.”
“Would you be kind to her as a gentleman?”
“All the time, I told her the nice thing.”
“I am proud of you, Walter, is she pretty?”
Walter did not answer.
“She must be nice,” Grandmother said. “I hope you comb your hair and wear a coat when you see her. And you must promise me that you will always be a gentleman.”
After that, Grandmother read “How to Choose the Right Wedding Ring and How to be prepared for Marriage?” She seemed to be in a hurry as if Walter might get married before she had finished his education. The next book she read to Walter was “How to love your wife?” Soon after Grandmother finished reading it, she died.
The morning after she died, Mom telephoned the food store and told them not to send Walter any more.
Then one day, I saw him. He looked different. He was wearing a suit, the coat was old, and the trousers had been worn many times. He wore a white shirt and a tie. I waited until he walked up to me, and I walked along with him. “Hello, Walter, do you remember me?” He turned quickly toward me, then smiled as he recognized my face.
We walked a few steps in silence. Suddenly, I had the old feeling that Grandmother was still alive and Walter was still coming to the house. Without thinking, I asked “How is your girl, Walter?” Suddenly, he pulled me close to him and shouted “She is still alive! She is still alive!” His cry was loud and real. He pushed me away from him and I fell to the ground. He ran down the street. As I got off, I could still hear him crying until his voice was lost among the sounds of playing boys.
【1】Which of the following might be the first sentence of Para. 2?
A．I’ll never forget this idiot.
B．But Grandmother liked all sorts of people.
C．Unluckily, this idiot was introduced into my family and would change our life.
D．“Stay away from this idiot!” Mother often reminded us, “Or, he’ll involve (使…卷入) us in trouble.”
【2】By sharing the love story between her husband and her in Para. 3, Grandmother meant to ____________.
A．show him how to be honest
B．instruct him how to choose a right girl
C．teach him how to run after girls
D．inspire him with her own experience
【3】What does the underlined sentence “He never took his eyes off Grandmother as she read.” in Para. 6 imply?
A．Walter listened to Grandmother very carefully.
B．Grandmother was so beautiful in appearance.
C．The book Grandmother was reading was very interesting.
D．Walter was beginning to be attracted to Grandmother.
【4】What can be inferred from the story?
A．Grandmother read four books to Walter.
B．Walter quit work after Grandmother passed away.
C．The girl that Walter loved was actually a virtual one.
D．Walter had at last learned to be a gentleman.
【5】What does the author want to tell us with this story?
A．A loving heart is a precious diamond.
B．A faithful friend is hard to find.
C．A good book is a good friend.
D．A good wife makes a good husband.
【6】What would be the best title of the story?
A．A Blind Love
B．Love Me, Love My Dog
C．A Girl for Walter
D．Merry Meet, Merry Part
23、The latest research suggests that the key factor separating geniuses from the merely accomplished is not I.Q., a generally bad predictor of success. Instead, it’s purposeful practice. Top performers spend more hours practising their craft. It you wanted to picture how a typical genius might develop, you’d take a girl who possessed a slightly above average language ability. It wouldn’t have to be a big talent, just enough so that she might gain some sense of distinction. Then you would want her to meet, say, a novelist, who coincidentally shared some similar qualities. Maybe the writer was from the same town, had the same family background, or shared the same birthday.
This contact would give the girl a vision of her future self. It would hive her some idea of a fascinating circle who might someday join. It would also help if one of her parents died when she was 12, giving her a strong sense of insecurity and fueling a desperate need for success. Armed with this ambition, she would read novels and life stories of writers without end. This would give her a primary knowledge of her field. She’s be able to see new writing in deeper ways and quickly understand its inner workings.
Then she would practise writing. Her practice would be slow, painstaking and error-focused. By practising in this way, she delays the automatizing process. Her mind wants to turn conscious, newly learned skills into unconscious. Automatically performed skills. By practising slowly, by breaking skills down into tiny parts and repeating, she forces the brain to internalize a better pattern of performance. Then she would find an adviser who would provide a constant stream of feedback, viewing her performance form the outside, correcting the smallest errors, pushing her to take on tougher challenges. By now she is redoing problems — how do I get characters into a room—dozens and dozens of times. She is establishing habits of thought she can call upon in order to understand or solve future problems.
The primary quality our young writer possesses is not some mysterious genius. It’s the ability to develop a purposeful, laborious and boring practice routine; the latest research takes some of the magic out of great achievement. But it underlines a fact that is often neglected. Public discussion is affected by genetics and what we’re “hard-wired” to do. And it’s true that genes play a role in our capabilities. But the brain is also very plastic. We construct ourselves through behaviour.
【1】The passage mainly deals with .
A.the function of I.Q. in cultivating a writer
B.the relationship between genius and success
C.the decisive factor in making a genius
D.the way of gaining some sense of distinction
【2】By reading novels and writers’ stories, the girl could .
A.come to understand the inner structure of writing
B.join a fascinating circle of writers someday
C.share with a novelist her likes and dislikes
D.learn from the living examples to establish a sense of security
【3】In the girl’s long painstaking training process, ________.
A.her adviser forms a primary challenging force to her success
B.her writing turns into an automatic pattern of performance
C.she acquires the magic of some great achievement
D.she comes to realize she is “hard-wired” to write
【4】What can be concluded from the passage?
A.A fueling ambition plays a leading role in one’s success
B.A responsible adviser is more important than the knowledge of writing.
C.As to the growth of a genius, I.Q. doesn’t matter, but just his/her effort.
D.What really matters is what you do rather than who you are.
24、An opinion poll was conducted in the early 1990s to find out the cultural attitudes of residents of five countries in Western Europe (Britain, France, Italy, Spain and Germany). One thousand people, forming a representative sample of the adult population, from each of the five participating countries were interviewed.
The poll assumed that literature, history, science, arts, law, economics and so on would be regarded as significant elements of culture by all participants, but it set out to examine the areas which they considered the most important forms of cultural expression. In addition, the poll required interviewees to indicate in a questionnaire the type of education they considered most appropriate for the modern world, the best channels of knowledge and arts they most valued. 【1】
The results of the poll show interesting differences between the participating nations in terms of which components of culture they regard as most important forms of cultural expression. For the French and Italians, literature comes well at the top of the list. 【2】 History occupies second place for the French, the Italians and Germans but is given very low priority by the British. For the Spanish these four areas are more or less equal, with mathematics having a slight edge.
It seems that members of each country in the survey have a common definition of culture but that definition varies from country to country. 【3】 The French and Italians are literary peoples, the British scientific and the Germans practical and hard-working.
France has the distinction, according to the results of the poll, of being the country which provokes most interest from its British. Italian and German neighbors. 【4】 The French also placed Italy first. Italy occupies second place for both the British and the Germans. It would seem, then, that the “literary” nations of France and Italy are more culturally exciting than the scientific British or the practical Germans!
A．In contrast, mathematics is given priority by the British and economics,/politics by the Germans.
B．There are clear differences in the views of various European nations.
C．The interviewees were also asked which European country they found most attractive from a cultural point of view.
D．Spanish interviewees indicated more interest in Italy than in France.
E．The residents of the five countries of the survey share the view that books are the best way of broadening knowledge.
F．The variations tend to support the national stereotypes we have of one another.
25、 When living in Los Angeles, I walked my dog every Sunday morning around a lake near my house. Week after week, I saw the same elderly woman sitting at the edge of the _______ with a small metal cage next to her.
My _______ finally got the best of me and I _______ the woman one day. I noticed that it was _______ a small trap and she had three small turtles in it. In her lap, there was a fourth turtle that she was carefully _______ down with a sponge. I greeted her and asked what she did with these turtles every week. Smiling, she explained that she was cleaning their shells because any seaweed that _______ on a turtle's shell reduces its _______ to absorb heat and slows down their swimming.
I was _______ as the woman continued, "I do this every Sunday morning, or life-threatening _______ might appear." "But don't most turtles live their ________ lives with seaweed on their shells?" I asked. The woman agreed that was the ________ . I replied, "Well then, you are ________ to do this, but most turtles don't have people around to help them with this." The woman laughed as she looked ________ down at the small turtle. "Young man, to the world I may be one person, but to this little turtle I am the world."
Indeed, though you may not be able to change the world or ________ everyone, you can still make a big ________ in one person's life. Never choose to not do anything just because you can't do everything.
A．field
B．court
C．water
D．cliff
A．pity
B．anxiety
C．curiosity
D．responsibility
A．inspired
B．assisted
C．contacted
D．approached
A．naturally
B．normally
C．originally
D．actually
A．wiping
B．turning
C．breaking
D．pressing
A．builds up
B．brings up
C．sets out
D．hands out
A．risk
B．cost
C．burden
D．ability
A．relieved
B．impressed
C．embarrassed
D．disappointed
A．types
B．places
C．conditions
D．movements
A．early
B．entire
C．energetic
D．extraordinary
A．magic
B．reality
C．purpose
D．experience
A．police
B．clumsy
C．considerate
D．ridiculous
A．gently
B．proudly
C．nervously
D．strangely
A．know
B．love
C．own
D．help
A．deal
B．difference
C．fortune
D．decision
26、假设你是新华中学的学生会主席李华。近年来，随着网络的普及，同学们的汉字书写能力降低。为了保护中华民族传统文化——汉字，校学生会提出加强汉字书写能力的倡议。请你根据以下提示写一封倡议书发表在学校《英语沙龙》杂志上。
内容要点：1.少上网，多读书、勤记笔记；
2.养成练书法和写日记的习惯；
3.自拟一项其他方面的倡议内容。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：汉字Chinese character
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