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1、Don’t ______ till tomorrow what can be done today.
A．put away
B．put off
C．put out
D．put on
2、It was a great ________ for Alice to be invited to speak in front of many famous scientists.
A．function
B．request
C．process
D．honour
3、Fred had to have his car repaired in a garage because it _____ seriously．
A．damaged B．had been damaged
C．was being damaged D．had damaged
4、How can the bird escape _________?
A.to shoot B.to be shot C.shooting D.being shot
5、Never are we allowed to pursue our economic development______ destroying the environment.
A.at the risk of B.at the cost of
C. at the end of D. at the mercy of
6、You were really between a rock and a hard place ______ you had to choose between your career and your relationship.
A.when B.where C.before D.until
7、It is probably impossible for you to understand anything new without the mind referring to the basic knowledge _______ has already obtained.
A．it
B．/
C．that
D．which
8、If we can our present difficulties , then everything should be all right .
A．come across
B．get over
C．come over
D．get off
9、— Hi, Tom. Would you mind if we open the door for a while?
—______. I feel a bit cold.
A．A pleasure
B．You decide
C．Why not
D．I’d rather you didn’t
10、Lucas failed his driving test again. ________ harder, he ______ the test now.
A.If he practiced; would pass
B.Had he practiced; would pass
C.Did he practiced; would have passed
D.Should he practice; would have passed
11、— Tony is on cloud nine and he smiles at everyone.
—So you if you come first in the competition.
A. do B. are
C. would D. will
12、China has seen _______dramatic decline in rural poverty, but the problem is on _______increase in Africa and South Asia.
A．a; /
B．/ ；the
C．the ;an
D．a; the
13、________ time at Beijing University, I'm very impressed with the quality of the teachers and students.
A．Having spent
B．Being spent
C．To spent
D．Spending
14、The ______ among the world’s scientists is that the world is likely to warm up over the next few decades.
A. prejudice B. reputation
C. discrimination D. consensus
15、I’ll ________ to be the kind of person that our society needs.
A．make an effort
B．set about
C．pay attention
D．look forward
16、________ the suggestions will help to achieve your goal of a job in the medical profession.
A. Followed B. To follow C. Following D. Being followed
17、Her unique writing style sets her ______ from other journalists.
A．alone
B．apart
C．ahead
D．aloud
18、You may rely on_______he'll come to help you.
A. that B. it that
C. whether D. it if
19、She showed the visitors around the museum, the construction _______ had taken more than three years.
A．for which
B．with which
C．of which
D．to which
20、 Some of my workmates prefer to send to our QQ group ______ news they’ve got.
A. however B. whenever C. whichever D. whatever
21、Matthew Kneale is the award-winning author of fiction and non-fiction, including English passengers, which won the Whitbread Book Award. He shares the books that have changed his life.
The adventures of Tintin by Hergé
As a child I loved the Tintin books — for their adventures, their characters and their stylish illustrations. Though Hergé visited almost none of the faraway places he drew, he captured (捕捉) them perfectly. His images, whether of Peru, Arabia, India or China, stayed with me and later, when I became a keen traveler, Tintin’s destinations were the places that I most wanted to reach. I never saw them all, needless to say, but I got to quite a few.
Stig of the Dump by Clive King
This was another book I loved as a child — the story of a boy who is bored staying with his grandparents, when he runs into Stig, a friendly Stone Age man. When my father read it to my sister and me, I was already fascinated by history and I loved the way the book captured the mystery of our distant, unrecorded past. Its charm stayed with me and much later I spent many a weekend driving around Britain, getting lost on small country roads, looking for prehistoric tombs and stone circles. There’s something breathtaking about these places, which are often in extraordinary locations.
I Claudius / Claudius the God by Robert Graves
When I first saw Rome, aged eight, I was amazed by the city’s layers of history and this same magic led me to come and live here, 20 years ago. I first read I Claudius as a teenager and was attracted by the story of friendly, stammering, ridiculed Claudius, who grows up in the vipers’ nest of Rome’s imperial family and who, against all the odds, as his relatives destroy one another, survives and rises. Graves, a fine scholar, has a talent for making the past spring to life, in all its nastiness and wonder. In my own writing, fiction and non-fiction, I’ve tried to follow his example — to make history shocked, as it should do.
【1】What can we learn from the passage?
A．Rich travel experience shaped Herge.
B．Stig of the Dump is adapted from a true story.
C．Matthew showed great interest in history as a child.
D．The close family relationship helped Claudius’ growth.
【2】Why does Matthew share the three books?
A．Because they manage to bring the past back to life.
B．Because they are great representatives of non-fictions.
C．Because they are known for their stylish illustrations.
D．Because they make a great difference to Matthew’s life.
【3】Where can we probably find the passage?
A．In a magazine.
B．In a history book.
C．In a travel brochure.
D．In an advertisement.
22、Spending time in nature has been known to positively impact mental health for some time now, but even greenery planted along a sidewalk line can be beneficial.
Mental health experts have long believed the health benefits of spending time in nature and there’re many related studies. A team of German researchers studied the long-term connection between living in an urban area where there are fewer green spaces and levels of depression. To understand the impact of being near a green space—specifically, trees planted along neighborhood sidewalks —they examined data from 10,000 residents of Leipzig, the most populated city in Saxony, Germany. Researchers assessed the number and type of street trees, how close they were planted to homes, and the number of drugs residents take to treat depression.
In addition to their closeness to green spaces, researchers also took into account the age, employment status, gender, and body weight of each of the participants. They found that trees located within 100 meters of the home were associated with a lower risk of being given antidepressants(抗抑郁药)，particularly in poor or unimportant neighborhoods. As these populations are usually at a greater risk of being given antidepressants in Germany, the findings prove just how beneficial green spaces in urban areas can be for improving mental health.
“Our findings suggest that street trees— a publicly accessible form of urban green spaces taking up a small area— can help close the gap in health inequalities between economically different social groups,” says Dr. Melissa Marselle, lead author of the study. “This is good news because street trees are relatively easy to achieve and their number can be increased without much planning effort.”
In addition to the mental health benefits for humans, planting more trees is also good for the environment. “Adding street trees in residential urban areas is a nature-based solution that may not only promote mental health, but also contribute to biodiversity conservation and mitigating climate change, says senior author Professor Aletta Bonn.
【1】How did the German team obtain their findings?
A．By conducting experiments.
B．By carrying out an analysis.
C．By referring to previous studies.
D．By interviewing 10,000 residents.
【2】What did the researchers find?
A．Spending time in nature has health benefits.
B．Green spaces have different effects on people.
C．People in poor areas suffer depression more easily.
D．Trees close to homes may reduce the risk of depression.
【3】What does the underlined word “mitigating” in the last paragraph probably mean?
A．Wiping.
B．Easing.
C．Understanding.
D．Monitoring.
【4】Why does the author write this text?
A．To give tips on planting trees.
B．To report a discovery in medicine.
C．To present the findings of a study.
D．To share a way to fight depression.
23、Every time a new year is coming, people set out to better themselves. They promise they will lose weight, find a new job, or maybe even take that vacation they’ve always talked about. But why do we make these promises to ourselves, and where did this tradition come from? Why does this tradition live on when so many people fail to keep the resolutions(决定) they made? Well, we can start by blaming the ancient Babylonians.
Around 4,000 years ago in Babylon, the earliest recorded celebration honoring the coming of a new year was held. Calendars weren’t as they are today, so the Babylonians did it in late March during the first new moon after the Spring Equinox(春分). The festivities were meant for the rebirth of the sun god, but the Babylonians made promises in order to please their gods. They felt this would help them start the new year off well.
Resolutions continued on with the Romans. When the early Roman calendar no longer synced(同步) up with the sun, Julius Caesar decided to make a change. He consulted with the best astronomers and mathematicians of the time and introduced the Julian calendar, which more closely represents the modern calendar we use today. Caesar declared January 1 the first day of the year to honor the god of new beginnings, Janus. The Romans celebrated the New Year by offering sacrifices to Janus.
To this day, the traditions of the ancient Babylonians and Romans continue around the world. So much that Google launched a Resolution Map in 2013 where people could add resolutions and see others adding theirs in real time. However, no matter how many people participated in Google’s project, the numbers are bleak when it comes to the number of people who maintain their resolutions----only eight percent of people are successful in sticking them out.
【1】Why did the ancient Babylonians make promises to their gods?
A．To honor the god of new beginnings.
B．To observe the rebirth of the sun god and please him.
C．To honor the coming of a new year and satisfy their gods.
D．To please their gods and hope for a good start of the year.
【2】What can we know about the tradition of the New Year’s resolutions?
A．The tradition of making New Year’s resolutions will soon die.
B．A lot of people don’t feel like making New Year’s resolutions.
C．Julius Caesar made January 1 the first day of a year on his own.
D．The history of making New Year’s resolutions is not well known.
【3】What does the underlined word “bleak” in the last paragraph mean?
A．Large.
B．Unpleasant.
C．Encouraging.
D．Hopeful.
【4】Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A．How Making New Year’s Resolutions Came Into Being?
B．The Ancient Babylonians and the Romans
C．The Change of Roman Calendars
D．How People Better Themselves
24、 We’ve known that sitting for long periods of time every day has countless health consequences, like a higher risk of heart disease. But now a new study has found that sitting is also bad for your brain.
A study published last week, conducted by Dr. Prabha Siddarth at the University of California, showed that sedentary (久坐的) behavior is associated with reduced thickness of the medial temporal lobe (中颞叶), a brain area that is critical to learning and memory.
The researchers asked a group of 35 healthy people, aged 45 to 70, about their activity levels and the average number of hours each day spent sitting and then scanned their brains. They found that the subjects who reported sitting for longer periods had the thinnest medial temporal lobes. It means that the more time you spend in a chair, the worse it is for your brain health, resulting in possible damage to learning and memory.
What is also interesting is that this study did not find a significant association between the level of physical activity and thickness of this brain area, suggesting that exercise, even severe exercise, may not be enough to protect you from the harmful effects of sitting.
It then surprisingly turned out that you don’t need to move much to enhance cognition (认知); just standing will make it. For example, two groups of subjects were asked to complete a test while either sitting or standing. Participants are presented with conflicting stimuli (刺激), like the word “green” in blue ink, and asked to name the color. Subjects thinking on their feet beat those who sat by a 32 millisecond margin.
The cognitive effects of severe physical exercise are well known. But the possibility that standing more and sitting less improves brain health could lower the bar for everyone.
I know, this all runs counter to receive ideas about deep thought, from our grade school teachers, who told us to sit down and focus, to Rodin's famous “Thinker” seated with chin on hand.
They were wrong. You can now all stand up.
【1】What can we infer from Paragraphs 3 and 4?
A．Sedentary behavior will possibly damage our brain.
B．Severe exercise can reduce the damage of sitting.
C．Severe exercise can greatly improve our brain health.
D．Brain health has nothing to do with sedentary behavior.
【2】What does the underlined word “enhance” in Paragraph 5 mean?
A．keep
B．weaken
C．improve
D．decrease
【3】What is the received idea about deep thought?
A．Sitting more is good for our mental health.
B．Sitting is better when we think.
C．Exercise more can improve our cognition.
D．We should stand while thinking.
【4】The passage mainly tells us ________.
A．people tend to sit while thinking
B．physical exercise can improve our brain health
C．sedentary behavior leads to countless health problems
D．standing more can make our brain healthier
25、 Chase and Nicole McKeown are both police officers in Elizabeth town in Kentucky. One night, the two off-duty officers _______a robbery at a restaurant chain.
When they were eating dinner in the restaurant, a man came in _______a mask and went up to the counter.
“I think we both saw him at the same time,” Nicole said during a news conference. _______, she thought the man may be sick, given _______season, but soon she knew the mask was for a less innocent _______, according to CNN. Nicole added they saw the employees behind the counter _______their hands and that’s when we both _______what was happening.
The monitor video _______what happened next. The officers drew their weapons and _______the suspect. On the video, the suspect can be seen ________his weapon and running out of the door, CNN reported. The couple ________to pursue (追赶) him a few blocks away from the restaurant and ________him at gunpoint (枪口) until the Louisville Metro Police arrived and ________him.
“It is my belief that if not for the ________actions of these two officers, the robber’s actions inside the ________would have escalated (升级). They acted ________,” said Deputy Dan Mason of the LMPD’s robbery unit.
The couple said the officer instinct (本能) just kicked in as the situation ________. “We both looked at each other and said ‘Let’s go,” Chase said. “When it ________people’s life in danger, any other officer would have done the ________thing,” Nicole said.
The suspect is now in ________in Louisville, according to the police.
【1】A.acted B.made C.found D.prevented
【2】A.waving B.wearing C.holding D.carrying
【3】A.Later on B.Right away C.At first D.Once more
【4】A.flu B.peak C.harvest D.holiday
【5】A.aim B.result C.victim D.reason
【6】A.put up B.drew back C.took off D.turned over
【7】A.decided B.feared C.realized D.wondered
【8】A.spread B.showed C.copied D.changed
【9】A.left B.asked C.seized D.chased
【10】A.hiding B.ruining C.dropping D.returning
【11】A.agreed B.started C.continued D.offered
【12】A.held B.killed C.punished D.searched
【13】A.hurt B.arrested C.examined D.threatened
【14】A.heroic B.extra C.sudden D.final
【15】A.game B.fight C.business D.situation
【16】A.crazily B.luckily C.surprisingly D.honorably
【17】A.developed B.improved C.changed D.worsened
【18】A.goes for B.comes to C.deals with D.fights against
【19】A.same B.opposite C.common D.different
【20】A.mercy B.prison C.silence D.hospital
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。
Two fast friends were Willie and his little dog Bounce. Willie could never think of taking a walk without Bounce. Cake and play were equally shared between them. Willie taught his dog many cunning tricks, and often said that Bounce could do almost anything in the world but talk. Then on a bright summer afternoon, Willie had strolled with Bounce down to the river, which was not more than two blocks from his father’s store—Mr. Brown’s store.
Willie began to throw stones into the water, and to watch ripples as they made one circle after another. Bounce lay on the grass, watching the flies buzzing around his nose, and catching any that came too near.
There were some logs floating in the river near the bank. Willie jumped upon one of them to see if he could throw a stone across the river. He drew back, sent the stone with all strength, just as it left his hand, the log turned and he fell into the water. He was frightened, for he did not know how to swim, and there was no one to hear, though he called as loud as he could for help.
If he had been a big water dog, he could have jumped in and brought his master out.
注意：1. 续写词数应为150左右；
He ran up and down the bank two or three times, barking, looking first at Willie and then around.
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Finally, the father came to the river.
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