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1、All good things must come to ________ end, however beautiful an experience is.
A．the
B．/
C．an
D．a
2、During each NBA season, basketball fans cheer on their favorite teams to make _______ through.
A. it B. them
C. that D. those
3、Today is the best day of my life! Al my years of training as an engineer has finally .
A. took over B. picked up
C. paid off D. paid for
4、—Wang Bing is ________ of the students who _________ been admitted to Peking university in our school this year.
—Really? the only one? And I will offer my congratulations to him.
A．one; have
B．the only one; have
C．the only one; has
D．one; has
5、— It’s difficult for corrupt officials to hide abroad nowadays.
— That’s it! The Chinese government will do _______ it takes to get them back.
A. whatever B. whoever
C. whichever D. wherever
6、I'm always told by my mum never to ______ what should be done today until tomorrow.
A.come out B.take turns C.give up D.put off
7、Public service ads, also PSAs, often _________ for free, _________ to educate people about health, safety or any other problem that affects public welfare.
A．run; meant B．are run; are meant
C．are run; mean D．run; are meant
8、In the end, we ________ our New Year’s party with a song and everyone was deeply moved.
A．completed
B．concluded
C．covered
D．compared
9、It really annoys me that whenever I have important issues to deal with, something unexpected always keeps getting ________.
A．in sight
B．in the way
C．around the corner
D．out of place
10、—Do you think I can pass the test?
—Of course. Why don't you just ________ your abilities?
A.stick to B.believe in C.take up D.end up
11、As we should know, animals are not necessarily ________ lower form of life than ________ man.
A. a; the B. the; the C. a; / D. /; /
12、If you can ________ to something, you can change in order to make the situation better.
A.adapt B.addict C.adopt D.appeal
13、I miss my friend very much._____I want to see her！
A．How
B．How an
C．What
D．What an
14、The airplane flew ________ the mountains and disappeared in the distance.
A．over
B．in
C．on
D．at
15、You’d netter wear a pair of sneakers while________.
A．you working out
B．are working out
C．being worked out
D．working out
16、— I failed my driving test again.
— Don't be discouraged. You'll be successful ________.
A．at times
B．at one time
C．on time
D．in time
17、With no one to _____ in such a frightening situation，the girl felt very helpless.
A．turn to B．turn on C．turn off D．turn down
18、With college entrance examination approaching, it's time that I ______ myself into hard work.
A.should throw B.have thrown C.throw D.throwing
19、It takes me half an hour________ to work every day.
A．to walk
B．walking
C．walked
D．walk
20、With the number of confirmed cases rising, ________ the risks of infection remain high.
A．urgently
B．vitally
C．objectively
D．apparently
21、 April is National Poetry Month and naturally a great time to explore the powers of poetry. Reading and writing poetry engage our senses along with our emotions. Both have highly therapeutic (治疗的) effects on the mind.
The structure of a poem favors brief language yet the best poems also capture brief detail, making them powerful in getting a message across to the reader. Writing poetry requires extremely disciplined choice of words and the number of words, to create a sharp and accurate snapshot of the poet’s feeling. This combination of conciseness and detail gives the reader open access to the poet’s mind and enables the reader to truly connect with him.
Writing poetry requires us to be open and honest about our feelings so that we can voice them through pen and paper. This acknowledgement of our innermost thoughts allows us to be true to ourselves and boosts our self-respect.
The best poetry is written when we are truly in the midst of our emotions. This is when the release of emotions to pen and then paper as an outlet calms us and enables us to move forward.
Poetry’s powerful healing qualities have been documented during both world wars and the American civil war: poems were read to soldiers to help them cope with sufferings and the cruelty of war. Doctors would write poems for patients, emotionally connecting with them. A good example of this is John Keats who also trained as a doctor.
Poetry has also been used by modern-day doctors and physicians at Yale University School of Medicine and University College London School of Medicine. Yale actually has a committee that maintains a required literary reading list which includes poetry. Poetry allows both the doctor and the patient to understand the emotions that the patient might be going through.
The use of poetry continues to grow as a recognized form of therapy. More psychotherapists across the US, UK and Europe continue to use poetry therapy as part of their practice. Globally the International Federation for Poetry Therapy sets standards of excellence in the training of practitioners in the field of poetry therapy, qualifying them to practice.
【1】What contributes to the highly therapeutic power of reading and writing poetry?
A.The close link in emotions between readers and poets.
B.The accurate snapshot of poets’ feeling.
C.The deliberate choice of words.
D.The brief structure of poetry.
【2】According to the author, which of the following is most likely to be a best poem?
A.A poem applying effective writing techniques.
B.A poem describing the beauty of nature by imagination.
C.A poem borrowing ideas from other poets’ masterpieces.
D.A poem conveying one’s real thoughts and true feelings.
【3】The author explains the use of poetry as a form of therapy in history by ______ .
A.analyzing causes B.giving examples
C.making a comparison D.presenting research findings
【4】What message does the passage mainly convey?
A.Poetry is an opening to let out your emotions.
B.Poetry is a good medicine to cure a variety of diseases.
C.Poetry’s healing qualities can make a difference to a reader’s mind.
D.Poetry’s unique art form makes poems gain wide popularity in history.
22、 America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while—then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families.
Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily, but truly can't manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.
Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don't show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes,
For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for pure business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!
【1】Where are we expected to call our American friends if we go there by plane?
A.On the bus.
B.At the airport.
C.Near their home.
D.At our own hotel.
【2】Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives.
B.Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy.
C.Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break.
D.Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families.
【3】Which is the typical(典型的)way of American hospitality?
A.Treating friends at home.
B.Sharing everything they have.
C.Taking days off to be with friends.
D.Meeting friends at the airport at midnight.
【4】What's the best title for the text?
A.Americans' hospitality.
B.The mobility of Americans.
C.Friendships between Chinese.
D.Americans' views of friendships.
【5】In which part of a newspaper can this article be found?
A.Culture. B.News. C.Story. D.Travel
23、In just a few decades the United States could eliminate fossil fuels（矿物燃料）and rely 100 percent on clean, renewable energy. That's the vision of, a Stanford engineering professor who has produced a state-by-state road map of how the country could rid itself of coal oil, natural gas, and nuclear power.
By 2050, Jacobson expects the nation's transportation network - cars, ships, airplanes - to run on batteries or hydrogen produced from electricity. He sees the winds blowing across the Great Plains powering vast stretches of the country's middle while the burning sun helps electrify the Southwest. "There's no state that can't do this," Jacobson says.
Today only 13% of U. S. electricity comes from renewables（再生性能源）. Jacobson's goal would be one of the nation's most ambitious undertakings. This transformation would cost roughly $15 trillion, or $47,000 for each American, for building and installing systems that produce and store renewable energy.
What would it take? Seventy-eight million rooftop solar systems, nearly 49,000 commercial solar plants, 156,000 offshore wind turbines（风力涡轮机）, plus wave-energy systems. Land-based wind farms would need 328,000 turbines, each with blades longer than a football field,. These farms would occupy as much land as North Carolina.
For now, he says, prospects are encouraging. Thanks in part to government funding and large-scale production, costs are falling. The amount of power generated nationwide by wind and solar increased 15-fold each between 2003 and 2013. This summer Barack Obama moved to reduce carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants, and Hawaii committed to having all its electricity provided by renewables by 2045.
Still, many experts aren't convinced. “It has zero chance,”Stephen Brick, an energy fellow with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, says of Jacobson's plan. Political, regulatory, and social barriers are huge, especially in a nation where the energy systems - and much of its political influence - is rooted in the oil, gas, and coal industries. Some critics are concerned about whether the resulting grid（输电网）would be reliable. And neighborhood battles would likely occur over wind farms and solar plants. Even outspoken scientist James Hansen, who warned the government a quarter century ago about climate change, insists that nuclear power is essential to rid the country of fossil fuels.
Yet Jacobson’s work at least offers a starting point. Scientists and policymakers may keep arguing about solutions, but as Obama points out, the nation must continue its march toward a clean-energy future even if it's not yet clear how that will look in 35 years. “If we don't do it,” he said this summer, “nobody will.”
【1】Which of the following does Professor Mark Jacobson engage in?
A．Organizing projects to build and install solar energy systems state by state.
B．Persuading the U. S. President to realize his renewable energy goal.
C．Outlining a plan detailing how energy in the U. S. could be carbon free by 2050.
D．Arguing about opportunities and obstacles of his plan.
【2】Which of the following is the major obstacle to the transformation from fossil fuels to renewables?
A．The huge investment in solar and wind projects.
B．The unshakeable foundation of traditional energy systems.
C．The job losses in oil and coal industries.
D．The inevitable land-use battles between states.
【3】It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
A．one state of the U. S. will be first to become carbon free before 2050
B．developing clean-energy industry will drive the world's market
C．fossil fuels will soon be eliminated in the U. S.
D．there will be no vacant land for wind farms
【4】Many experts suspect Jacobson's plan in that the plan ________.
A．has no scientific grounds
B．unreasonably excludes nuclear power
C．will be eventually lacking in funds
D．is not feasible in some aspects
【5】What is the best title for the passage?
A．The Coexistence of Fossil Fuels and Renewables
B．A Blueprint for a Carbon Free America
C．One Man's Dream: Determination and Innovation in Energy Future
D．Professor and his Solar and Wind Technology
24、France is experiencing an unusually mild winter, which has led to low snowfall in ski areas across the country.
One affected ski area is Le Mourtis, in the Pyrenees mountains of southern France. The lack of snow has forced the holiday village to temporarily close its ski runs—at the height of the winter season. Local restaurants and hotels are seeing fewer visitors. People who do come to the area are seeking to do other things besides skiing. Warmer temperatures have made hiking one of the most popular activities. Recent daytime temperatures at Le Mourtis have reached 10 degrees Celsius. Some hikers even removed winter clothing while making their way across mountain areas containing very little snow.
“Skiing? No one today can guarantee it,” said hotel operator Gillaizeau. He has been making money by renting out two-wheeled motorcycles to help visitors in the area have fun. The scooters can be ridden down grassy mountains. They come with equipment made for riding on snow, but Gillaizeau has attached bicycle wheels instead. His ski rental equipment remains untouched. He says he has had to reduce the hours of some workers and expects business losses during the season to drop as much as 15 percent.
Many people in the area believe the latest winter is more than just a bad year. The last time France experienced such a mild December and January was in 1900, French weather officials say. Christelle Robert is an official with Meteo-France, the country’s national weather service. She told Reuters that mild winters and less snow seem to be a clear sign of global warming.
Scientists have predicted a continued rise in world temperatures. People connected to the area’s ski industry are considering a future with much less snow. If such weather continues, ski resorts around 1,600 meters above sea level will be so warm that they will not even be able to use artificial snow because it will melt.
【1】Why did some hikers take off their winter clothes while crossing mountains?
A．They were wearing too thick clothes.
B．They had been exercising too much.
C．The mountain roads were very rough.
D．The temperature was not cold at all.
【2】What does the underlined word“They” in paragraph 3 refer to?
A．Visitors.
B．Scooters.
C．Bicycle wheels.
D．Grassy mountains.
【3】What can be learned from the third and fourth paragraphs?
A．The latest mild winter was in 1900.
B．Little snowfall has caused great economic loss.
C．No one wants to ski because of the bad weather.
D．There’s something wrong with ski equipment.
【4】Where does this text possibly come from?
A．A medical report.
B．A tourist handbook.
C．A weather forecast.
D．An economic journal.
25、After my doctor’s appointment (约定), I took a seat in the hallway, waiting for my mom to pick me up. Sitting beside me was a _________ gray-haired woman. And as I _________ my library book to read, I could feel her eyes carefully looking in my direction. My thoughts kept moving from the beautiful woman to thoughts of _________. My classmates had been _________ presents to buy for each other upon graduation. I had never _________ that kids bought presents for graduation. I had no money. And I couldn’t ask my parents: they had no money either.
I was still in thought when _________ I heard some noise at the entrance. There was an elderly woman in a wheelchair and another older woman trying to _________ her along. People coming into the lobby were too busy to help them, _________them struggle alone. I jumped to help them. I helped them by opening both sets of doors and rode with them in the _________. Then I made sure they found the right office. They thanked me. I told them it was my __________ I was on my way down in the elevator when I realized that I had left my backpack on the lobby chair. There was nothing of value in it. But then I __________ that my library book was also on the chair.
Luckily they were both safely on the chair, just as I had left them. As I sat down, I could feel the beautiful gray-haired woman’s __________ eyes on me. She seemed proud for some reason. Then her taxi arrived, and, without a word, she was __________. I opened my backpack. To my surprise, __________ inside it was a fifty-dollar bill!
The beautiful with the __________ look in her eyes suddenly came into my mind. I had been kind to a stranger, and in turn, a stranger had been kind to me.
【1】
A．friendly
B．beautiful
C．tired
D．kind
【2】
A．received
B．borrowed
C．moved
D．lifted
【3】
A．school
B．hospital
C．library
D．family
【4】
A．discussing
B．packing
C．ordering
D．designing
【5】
A．persuaded
B．told
C．thought
D．requested
【6】
A．suddenly
B．gradually
C．finally
D．secretly
【7】
A．roll
B．carry
C．pull
D．push
【8】
A．finding
B．hoping
C．leaving
D．suggesting
【9】
A．wheelchair
B．elevator
C．taxi
D．floor
【10】
A．duty
B．responsibility
C．pleasure
D．task
【11】
A．guessed
B．remembered
C．complained
D．understood
【12】
A．grateful
B．sad
C．amazing
D．smiling
【13】
A．lost
B．gone
C．absent
D．moved
【14】
A．playing
B．hiding
C．lying
D．placing
【15】
A．proud
B．confident
C．anxious
D．confused
26、（题文）请以＂What I Consider Most Important in Life＂为题，写一篇作文，作文必须包括以下内容：
1. 你认为什么是生活中最重要的东西；
2. 你为什么认为它最重要。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。
What I Consider Most Important in Life
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