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1、________ worried the doctors most was ________ they could find the cause of the disease.
A．What; how
B．That; that
C．What; what
D．How; what
2、I don’t doubt _______ our company will play a more and more important role in the world affairs.
A.whether B.that C.if D.how
3、I really like the family photo ______we took on my grandpa’s 80th birthday.
A．who
B．that
C．what
D．whose
4、The song “In Spring”___ original singer is Wang Feng has brought national fame to Xuriyanggang, ____won the second place in the 2010 Avenue of Stars Finals.
A．who; whose
B．which; who
C．whose; who
D．of whom; who
5、You ______ park here! It is an emergency exit!
A．wouldn’t
B．needn’t
C．mustn’t
D．couldn’t
6、Mrs. Smith ________ children’s behaviors to figure out solutions to their lack of concentration.
A．probed into
B．turned to
C．stuck to
D．dipped into
7、Whenever I think about the day to come when I ______ my goal, I am so filled with happiness that J start crying,
A.would achieve B.have achieved
C.am achieving D.will have achieved
8、All teachers ___ little of his way ___ the problem, which inspired him and gave him hope to try __ second time.
A.didn't think; of solving; a ; B.hadn't thought; to solve, the;
C.thought, to solve; a D.thought, of solving, the
9、It took what seemed to be years _____ the actress finally turned up, which made the journalists as well as the audience disappointed and angry.
A. before B. after
C. as soon as D. as long as
10、Outside，the wind to pick up，and the rain started coming down even harder.
A. has begun B. had begun
C. would begin D. is beginning
11、This is challenging job I mentioned to you the other day． Have you had anyone in mind for it now?
A． a, the B． the;/
C． the, the D． a:/
12、The beautiful colors of the Terracotta Warriors (兵马俑) shortly after they were exposed.
A. disappeared B. will disappear
C. were disappeared D. had disappeared
13、----Must I return the book today? ----No, you __________
A. mustn’t B. can’t
C. needn’t D. may not
14、It was generally believed that the show was not as successful as expected, but ________, I think it is a great success.
A．personally
B．directly
C．publicly
D．secretly
15、Could it have been on her birthday her parents gave her this computer as a present?
A．then
B．that
C．when
D．that’s why
16、—Are you sure you’re ready for the test?
— .I’m well prepared for it.(2016·浙江，1)
A. I’m afraid not B. No problem
C. Hard to say D. Not really
17、—Were you surprised by the ending of the film?
—No, I________ the book, so I already knew the story?
A．was reading
B．had read
C．am reading
D．have read
18、Could you tell me the ______ result of the football game?
A.end B.last C.final D.late
19、 volcanoes for many years, I am still amazed at their beauty as well as their potential to cause great damage.
A. To study B. Studying
C. Having studied D. Studied
20、 ---I am sorry I didn’t do a good job.
---Never mind. ____, you have tried your best.
A. Above all B. In all C. At all D. After all
21、Do you get your best ideas when you are bored, or when you are out doing new things? What should we look for when we want to be more creative? Boredom and stimulus (刺激物) may be opposites, but studies into creativity suggest that actually we might need both.
Writing for BBC Culture, Clair Thorp looks at the role that boredom plays in the creative process. Many writers and artists credit being bored with helping them have their best ideas —JK Rowling came up with Harry Potter while on a long train journey. Thorp tells us how some researchers believe that boredom drives our brains to find something to do—leading to creative ideas. So, maybe we should take the advice of the musician Questlove and learn to ignore the distractions that we can find on our phones.
However, before we all start planning how to bore ourselves into creativity, Sandi Mann, an academic and author, warns that too much boredom can take away the energy we need for creativity. Many experts talk about the importance of finding new experiences in order to be more creative. Actor and writer Kayode Ewumi recommends getting on a random bus and seeing where you end up or learning a new musical instrument as ways to avoid writer’s block. Professor Gerard Puccio, a professor of creativity studies, believes that having to look at new things, or old things in a different light, can force us to make unusual connections and come up with innovative solutions.
So, perhaps what we need is a balance—enough stimulus to make us look at things in different ways, and enough boredom to give us the breathing space to work through these thoughts.
【1】Which statement will Questlove agree with?
A．Musicians tend to feel bored with their careers.
B．Online information is the source of inspiration.
C．New experiences invite more different ideas.
D．Boredom can promote creative ideas.
【2】According to Sandi Mann, what could be the problem with having too much boredom?
A．Not having enough energy to be creative.
B．Failing to gain inspiration from others.
C．Being stuck in old things.
D．Losing interest in creative work.
【3】Which might be the best way to become more creative?
A．Thinking independently all the time.
B．Making use of materials at hand.
C．Balancing boredom and new experiences.
D．Looking for stimulus here and there.
【4】How does the author explain the point in the text?
A．By listing figures.
B．By quoting celebrities’ views.
C．By conducting experiments.
D．By relating historical stories.
22、Do you always forget where you placed your keys or your purse? What was the name of the movie you saw last week? The major cause of your forgetfulness may be linked to what you store in your body, not in your short-term memory bank.
Tests continue to show that people with enough Vitamin B2 do well in memory exams. The “B” could stand for “brain”, if you’re one of many with limited instant recall. And the number one source of that vitamin is sunflower seeds.
Even when you’re sleeping or relaxing, your brain is still at work. Although it makes up just two percent of your total body weight, it uses up to 30% of the calories you take in each day. For it to work properly, it must be fed. Even if you’re not a breakfast eater, that meal is the best way to prepare your brain for the day. A quick and easy English muffin with peanut and butter in it, a glass of milk, and an orange, might be what your brain may be asking you the first thing in the morning when you feel your head is in a fog. Having sunflower seeds and fruit between meals adds more muscle to that hungry, demanding organ. Vitamin B1 also helps the memory, and that is found in eggs, meat and nuts. In Chinese culture, walnuts are known as the fruit for a long life because it is believed that they feed both the kidneys and the brain. And according to Chinese culture, if you keep those two important organs in good working order, you’ll live longer.
However forgetful you are, just keep in mind the letter “B”, which will help you to “bear in mind almost everything” even on those days when life’s challenges are sending you in a billion directions.
【1】The underlined word “muffin” in the third paragraph probably means____.
A．dinner
B．cookie
C．calory
D．menu
【2】In the passage, Chinese culture is mentioned to____.
A．remind us of walnuts and sunflower seeds
B．warn the readers of two organs
C．support the idea of long life
D．show the importance of Vitamin B1
【3】What can we conclude from the passage?
A．Two percent of our brain is still active when we are sleeping or relaxing.
B．Life’s challenges have no effect on our memory, if dealt with in a proper way.
C．It doesn’t make much difference to our brain whether we have breakfast or not.
D．What we eat seems more important than what we learn in terms of memory.
【4】The best title for the passage could be________.
A．Forgetful? But not Brain
B．Vitamin B2 and Memory
C．Chinese Culture of Long Life
D．Causes of Memory Loss
23、This little South American Magellanic penguin swims 5,000 miles to a beach in Brazil every year in order to be reunited with the man who saved its life. It sounds like something out of a fairy tale, but it’s true!
71-year-old retired brick worker Joao, who lives in an island village just outside Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, found the small Magellanic penguin lying on rocks at his local beach in 2011.The penguin was covered in oil and running out of time fast. Joao rescued the penguin, naming him Din, cleaned the oil off his feathers and fed him a daily diet of fish to rebuild his strength. After a week of recovery, Joao attempted to release the penguin back into the wild. However, Din had already formed a family bond with his rescuer and wouldn’t leave.
“He stayed with me for 11 months and then, just after he changed his coat with new feathers, he disappeared,” Joao recalls. “I love the penguin like it’s my own child and I believe the penguin loves me,” Joao told Globo TV. “No one else is allowed to touch him. He pecks them if they do. He lies on my lap, lets me give him showers, and allows me to feed him.”
Professor Krajewski, a biologist who interviewed the fisherman for Globo TV, told The Independent: “I have never seen anything like this before. I think the penguin believes Joao is part of his family and probably a penguin as well.”
However, environmentalists warn that, while hundreds of the Magellanic species are known to naturally migrate thousands of miles north in search of food ,there has been a worrying rise in the phenomenon of oceanic creatures washing up on Brazil’s beaches. Professor David Zee from Rio de Janeiro’s State University said the increase is due in part to global climatic changes. Professor Zee added that sea animals face increased danger from leaked tanker oil.
Luckily the ending for Joao and Din has been a happy one, even though it is illegal in Brazil to keep wild animals as pets.
Professor Krajewski said: “Professionals who work with animals try to avoid relationships like this occurring so they are able to reintroduce the animal into the wild. But in this single case the authorities allowed Din to stay with Joao because of his kindness.”
【1】Why does Din swim a long distance to a beach in Brazil every year?
A．To avoid being killed.
B．To meet his rescuer.
C．To escape from ocean currents.
D．To find much more fish.
【2】What do we know about Din when he was found in 2011?
A．He was dying.
B．He was running on the beach.
C．He was resting on a rock.
D．He was cleaning oil off his feathers.
【3】What can we learn about Joao from the passage?
A．He is not allowed to keep the penguin as a pet by the authorities.
B．He overprotects the penguin by keeping him away from others.
C．His contact with the penguin is encouraged by professionals.
D．His kindness wins the penguin’s trust.
【4】What’s the main idea of the passage?
A．The environmental impact on wildlife.
B．The love between humans and wildlife.
C．The tendency of wildlife to bond with humans.
D．The protection of threatened wildlife by mankind.
24、How can people speak their mind without saying? This is a question that scientists have aimed to answer for a long time. Researchers recently brought an upgraded device that can translate users’ brain waves into daily speech.
Previously, the team led by Edward Chang at the University of California, San Francisco, developed an AI-based system that can identify up to 50 commonly used words based on the participant’s brain waves. According to their paper published in November, the team upgraded the system which can now translate thoughts into complete sentences on a computer screen. Their tests showed that the device could decode (破译) silently spoken letters from a 1,152-word vocabulary at a speed of about 29 characters per minute. The accuracy was up to 94 percent.
However, this method can still be unsure since users still need to undergo surgery. Scientists at the University of Texas, US, have tried to translate people’s thoughts without even touching their heads, reported Live Science.
The new technique is called fMRI, or functional magnetic resonance imaging (功能性磁共振成像). It’s a safer way of “reading” brain activity. Active brain cells have more oxygen. By tracking these cells, scientists can translate brain activity.
The team asked participants to listen to 16 hours of radio shows while scanning their brains. Then they used a computer algorithm (算法) to create a story based on the fMRI recording. It matched the radio shows pretty well.
Also, the algorithm could basically explain the story of a silent movie that the participants watched. The team aims to develop this technology so that it can be used in brain-computer interfaces (脑机接口) designed for people who cannot speak or type.
【1】What do we know about the device mentioned in paragraph 2?
A．It was implanted into a man’s heart.
B．It can help restore patients’ lost memory.
C．It can identify about 50 commonly used words.
D．It was developed independently by Edward Chang.
【2】How does fMRI “read” people’s minds?
A．By following their active brain cells.
B．By putting electric poles into their brains.
C．By recording their reaction to radio shows.
D．By matching their brain activity with their habits.
【3】What’s the advantage of fMRI compared to the first device mentioned in the story?
A．It’s safer.
B．It’s cheaper.
C．It’s smaller in size.
D．It’s more accurate.
【4】What can be concluded about fMRI from the last two paragraphs?
A．It can only read what participants hear.
B．It can be used in brain-computer interfaces.
C．It can read every detail of participants’ minds.
D．It cannot work out what people imagine in their heads.
25、 Leif Erickson reached North America around the year 1000, but the attempt to explore was started slowly. It would be five centuries _______ other Europeans landed on that continent.
Why were Europeans the ones to _______ to the American? The Chinese and Arabs had the _______ and technology to sail across the seas. _______ of them tool regular voyages in the Indian Ocean and the Asian Pacific for trade. But exploration? By the mid-15th century China had followed the closed-door policy to _______ itself from the rest of the world. The Arabs, with access to the minerals and spices (香料) of Africa and the Far East, saw no _______ to journey into the unknown.
Europe _______ needed gold and silver; its mines could not meet the demand for coinage. Ottoman Turks blocked the routes across the land to Asia. Only the sea held the _______ of new wealth.
With the return of Magellan’s ships in 1522 from its voyage around the world, the belief was _______ that the oceans were interconnected, promising the age of discovery. The English, as well as the Spanish, Portuguese and French, ________ themselves to finding the “river of the west” through North America to the east.
【1】A.after B.since C.before D.when
【2】A.push B.pull C.draw D.drive
【3】A.sources B.resources C.substances D.matters
【4】A.Neither B.Both C.Any D.None
【5】A.prevent B.protect C.isolate D.differ
【6】A.access B.admission C.application D.association
【7】A.as a matter of fact B.in other words C.for one thing D.on the other hand
【8】A.symbol B.impression C.promise D.reflection
【9】A.extended B.estimated C.attracted D.accepted
【10】A.contributed B.devoted C.referred D.connected
26、Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.
Does Recycling Work For Plastic?
Dealing with plastic waste is always a tough problem. According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), half of the world’s plastic waste ends up in a landfill, 19% burned, and another 22% escapes waste management systems and goes into uncontrolled dumpsites.
So environmentalists suggest plastic waste should be recycled properly, which proves an effective way to handle other waste like paper, cardboard, metal and glass. However, a new study by Greenpeace, and reporting in the Boston Globe, suggests that recycling plastic is a “myth” and raises a major question about the future: does recycling work? Unfortunately, the short answer is “not really.”
There’s been a lot of debate over what really happens to recycled plastic. But scientists say that recycling plastic waste has mostly failed because it’s very difficult to collect and nearly impossible to sort. Because plastic is often made from harmful materials, it can be harmful to the environment to reprocess.
Much of the solution falls on big companies to change the way they do business. The way forward seems to be mostly to cut down on companies’ reliance on plastic packaging, and to move toward reusable packaging and packaging-free alternatives. Above all, companies need to phase out all single-use plastics. For the consumer, living more plastic-free is the only real solution available. Avoiding drinks in plastic containers, using a travel mug or reusable water bottle, bringing your own reusable bag, buying in bulk and cutting back on pre-packaged foods are all a good start.
But in the end, corporate America needs a deeper commitment to the plastic waste problem. “Companies must take action now to get rid of single-use plastics and packaging and not rely on false solutions such as recycling,” says Greenpeace.
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