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1、No ______ has proved that eating too much is the main cause of the weight problem.
A.doubt B.wonder C.evidence D.belief
2、The news has spread all over the country ________ the spaceship succeeded in returning to the earth.
A. that B. which
C. whether D. what
3、A grandmother in Chengdu, Sichuan province, who has ________ pole-dancing is living proof that life doesn’t have to gradually stop when you’re old.
A. taken to B. taken on
C. taken in D. taken up
4、His primary concern is not with his own ________ , but he focuses on how much more he can help others, revealing (展现) a fine character.
A．independence
B．manner
C．entertainment
D．welfare
5、The factory ______we'll visit next week is not far from here.
A.where B.to which C.which D.in which
6、 the economic crisis getting more and more serious, the government is searching for ways to improve people’s life.
A. As B. With
C. When D. If
7、The situation in Ukraine is very .
A．emotive
B．witty
C．enthusiastic
D．complicated
8、 ________ is a good chance that I'll finish the work tomorrow.
A. It B. There
C. This D. That
9、What she said just now made me _____.
A. amaze B. to amaze C. amazed D. amazing
10、Computers cannot work without ______ from human beings.
A. expressions B. instructions
C. prescriptions D. introductions
11、You look so sleepy. You must have worked till late last night, ________?
A．haven't you
B．hadn't you
C．don't you
D．didn't you
12、Too much smoking and drinking ________ him greatly，which meant bad living habits had an ______ on his health.
A. affect；effect B. affected；effect
C. affected；effects D. affect；effects
13、—Excuse me. Look at the sign NO PARKING!
—Sorry, I _______________it. I will drive my car away at once.
A.didn’t see B.haven’t seen C.won’t see D.don’t see
14、The sales of houses in our city fell by 40 percent last month, and it will be 48 percent ______ we don’t count low-price houses provided for poor residents.
A.as B.unless C.if D.before
15、—Sorry, I forget to post the letter for you.
—Never mind, ______ it myself tonight.
A．I’m going to post
B．I’ve decided to post
C．I’ll post
D．I’d rather post
16、Peking University has offered an optional course on electronic games ________ the video game research and development are introduced.
A．what
B．which
C．where
D．that
17、Caught in a dilemma, .
A.it was hard to make a decision. B.nothing seemed to be of help.
C.making a decision seemed hard. D.he found it hard to make a decision.
18、This is the hotel ________ last month.
A．which they stayed
B．at that they stayed
C．where they stayed at
D．where they stayed
19、She will talk on the issues she cares passionately _________ education and nursery care.
A．to include
B．including
C．included
D．about including
20、There is no power like ______ power of confidence, and there is no student as competitive as ______ student who trusts his own abilities.
A. the; a B. a; the
C. /; a D. the; /
21、 Which is more important when an architect designs a building: beauty or function?
At the start of the twentieth century, Louis Sullivan, one of the creators of modern architecture said that “form follows function.” Functionalism is used to describe the idea behind architecture which primarily focuses on the purpose of a building. However, many people disagree with this and feel that beauty is a more important factor （因素）in architectural design. In the modern world, it seems that most architects combine both ideas: aiming to create buildings which are both functional and beautiful.
The reason for creating a building in the first place is clearly very important. For example, when building an airport terminal, you need to think of the needs of passengers as well as planes. Passengers want to get to their plane as quickly as they can, and planes need to be parked in a more efficient way. As such, many airport terminals have a circular shape with satellite areas. Residential homes need to have enough space for a family, art galleries need wall space to show pictures, and factories need to manufacture goods as efficiently as possible.
Beauty, however, is also important when it comes to the construction of a building. Living or working in an ugly place creates a depressing and uninspiring environment. On the contrary, an attractive building can make people feel happier and increase their motivation to work. There is also a wider responsibility to society which architects have to consider. Beautiful, well-constructed buildings are a symbol of a civilized society, and reflect well on the business or reputation of the owner.
In theory, there seems to be no reason why architecture cannot be both functional and beautiful. Yet in practice, this can cause problems. The Guggenheim Museum in New York, was supposed to combine beauty with function. Many consider the museum's white spiral ramp (螺旋坡道) beautiful, but there have been complaints that it is impractical, as it is difficult to stand back to view the art. Also, the ramp is so narrow that it can become overcrowded. It seems that even a celebrated design has problems with functionality.
If architects focus only on function, buildings may be cold, ugly and uninteresting. On the other hand, if they focus only on making it look beautiful, the building may be completely impractical. Therefore, combining these two ideas is necessary to create the perfect piece of architecture.
【1】From paragraph 3, what is the form of a building closely connected with?
A．Its specific function.
B．Its exceptional beauty.
C．The architect's idea.
D．The changing world.
【2】Why is beauty an important factor in architectural design?
A．It is a guarantee of people's work efficiency.
B．It can give people spiritual satisfaction.
C．It suggests the fine reputation of an architect.
D．It is a reflection of ancient civilization.
【3】The Guggenheim Museum serves as an example to tell us ________.
A．it is function rather than beauty that architects should focus on
B．world famous buildings must be beautiful as well as practical
C．there is no chance at all to have function and beauty connected
D．it can be difficult to have function and beauty perfectly combined
【4】What is the suitable title for the article?
A．Architecture: beauty or function?
B．Argument: theory or practice?
C．Preference: abstract or concrete?
D．Conflict: Fantastic or realistic?
22、This fall, students at the University of Massachusetts found a new menu at their canteens: the “diet for a cooler planet” menu. This meant herb-roasted lamb, raised with a carbon-friendly approach. It included sweet potatoes that had been picked from a local farm’s field. The options were plant-heavy, locally grown, and involved little or no packaging.
“We wanted to let students participate in climate action by making choices about their food,” says Kathy Wicks, sustainability director for UMass Dining. The university is not alone in this effort. Increasingly, American consumers and institutions are thinking about how their food choices impact climate change. For many, small choices at the grocery store and restaurant can be more accessible than big-ticket options like buying a fuel-efficient car.
Small changes in eating habits may make a big difference. Studies point to the food system as a significant cause of global warming. According to Project Drawdown, a research organization that evaluates climate solutions, the way food is grown, transported, and consumed accounts for about 1/4 of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions (排放). Beef is a regular target. “If, on average, Americans cut 1/4 pound of beef per week from their diet, it’s like taking 10 million cars off the road a year,” says Sujatha Bergen, director of health campaigns for the Natural Resources Defense Council. Food waste ranks third among climate solutions. While much waste occurs before consumers are involved, Americans also throw out a lot of food they have purchased: about $1,600 worth a year per family of four.
“People are beginning to understand that their food choices have a big impact on climate,” says Megan Larmer, director of regional food at the Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming in New York. But she adds that substantial change will need to come from the whole food system.
【1】What is the purpose of the new menu at the University of Massachusetts?
A．To market the cold dishes.
B．To reduce the cost of packaging.
C．To raise low carbon awareness.
D．To popularize the plant-heavy diet.
【2】What can be inferred from Paragraph 2?
A．Food choices matter much to global warming.
B．Food is a decisive factor for climate change.
C．Universities are working together in climate action.
D．Fuel-efficient cars are not affordable for consumers.
【3】What does Sujatha Bergen say about beef?
A．It plays a significant role in American’s diet.
B．It is popular among millions of car drivers.
C．It has no relationship with gas emission.
D．It has great influence on carbon reduction.
【4】Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?
A．Food System Reform: A Successful Trial
B．Low Carbon Diet: A trend, or More?
C．Carbon Emission: A Killer, or Healer?
D．Global Warming: An Approaching Danger
23、 If humans were truly at home under the light of the moon and stars, we would go in darkness happily, the midnight world as visible to us as it is to the vast number of nocturnal(夜间活动的) species on this planet. Instead, we are diurnal(白天活动的) creatures, which explains what we’ve done to the night: We've engineered it to receive us by filling it with light.
The benefits of this kind of engineering come with consequences—light pollution. Light pollution is largely the result of bad lighting design, which washes out the darkness of night and completely changes the light levels and rhythms to which many forms of life, including, ourselves, have adapted. Wherever human light spills into the natural world, some aspect of life is affected.
In most cities the sky looks as though it has been emptied of stars, leaving behind a vacant haze(霾) that mirrors our fear of the dark. We've grown so used to this orange haze that the original glory of an unlit night—dark enough for the planet Venus to throw shadow on Earth—is wholly beyond our experience.
We've lit up the night as if it were an unoccupied country, when nothing could be further from the truth. Among mammals alone, the number of nocturnal species is astonishing. Light is a powerful biological force, and on many species it acts as a magnet(磁铁). The effect is so powerful that scientists speak of songbirds and seabirds being 'captured' by searchlights on land or by the light from gas flares on marine oil platforms.
Frogs living near brightly lit highways suffer nocturnal light levels that are as much as a million times brighter than normal, throwing nearly every aspect of their behavior out of joint, including their nighttime breeding choruses. Humans are no less trapped by light pollution than the frogs. Like most other creatures, we do need darkness. Darkness is as essential to our biological welfare, to our internal clockwork, as light itself.
Living in a glare of our making, we have cut ourselves off from our evolutionary and cultural heritage—the light of the stars and the rhythms of day and night. In a very real sense, light pollution causes us to lose sight of our true place in the universe, to forget the scale of our being, which is best measured against the dimensions of a deep night with the Milky Way—the edge of our galaxy—arching overhead.
【1】What is probably the best title of the article?
A.Powerful light. B.Orange Haze.
C.Calls of Nature. D.Disappearing Night.
【2】What does 'it' (Paragraph 1) most probably refer to?
A.The sky. B.The planet. C.The world. D.The night.
【3】The author speaks of frogs and birds to _________________.
A.show how light pollution influences animals
B.compare the living habits of both species
C.explain why certain species has died out
D.provide examples of animal protection
【4】We can infer from the last paragraph that ________________.
A.human beings mustn't explore the night
B.light pollution harms the world’s eyesight
C.man should rethink its position in the universe
D.light pollution has destroyed some world heritages
24、 Beaches are not only great for lying on and doing water sports, and in fact one of the best ways of enjoying them is a classic beach walk. Here at iWantSun.co.uk we’ve been searching the globe to find you the world’s best and most famous beach walks, and here’s our pick of the top. Click on the most interesting walks and join our tourist program.
The Footpath of the Gods, Amalfi Coast, Italy
The name says it all really and you truly feel excited there, walking along this wonderful mountain path, which offers some of the most striking views on the planet. The path begins at the town of Bomerano to charming Positano along the UNESCO World Heritage area of the Amalfi Coast. The whole walk will take you about four and a half hours to complete and pass over narrow rocky paths.
Sydney’s Great Coastal Walk, Australia
Sydney’s coastline is one of the most beautiful and diverse landscapes in the world. Here you have national parks, historic sites, shining and quiet beaches all in one place. Sydney’s Great Coastal Walk runs all the way from Barren Joey in the north to Royal National Park in the south and takes an unbelievable seven days to complete. However, if you’re not up to doing the full walk, there are many different parts of the walk that you can do right in the city itself. Walking from the city’s famous Bondi Beach to the sweeping curve(大半径曲线) of Bronte Beach takes just an hour, which takes in some top scenery.
Great Ocean Walk, Australia
The Great Ocean Walk covers 104km along Victoria’s famous Great Ocean Road, located on the southern coast of Australia, from the holiday town Apollo Bay to the splendid Twelve Apostles. The Twelve Apostles are the area’s famous stone landmarks which stand out like giants from the sea. The walk passes through a range of landscapes and sights, from national parks, famous surfing spots and deserted beaches, to wild coastlines, waterfalls, lush forests, historic lighthouses and ghostly ship wrecks. Day walks and shorter three-hour walks such as The Wreck Beach Walk or the Lighthouse Cemetery and Lookout Walk can also be enjoyed.
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【1】What are the distinct characteristics of Sydney’s Great Coastal Walk?
A.It takes more than a week to complete.
B.It really has the longest coastline in the world.
C.It provides visitors with a variety of great landscapes.
D.It starts from Barren Joey in the south.
【2】According to the fourth paragraph we can know that _____.
A.Apollo Bay is at the end of the Great Ocean Walk
B.visitors have various walking choices in the Great Ocean Walk
C.the Twelve Apostles stand below the surface of the sea
D.most visitors have to finish the 104 km walk quickly
【3】We can probably read the passage in _____.
A.an online advertisement B.travel magazines
C.a handbook to tourists D.a poster in a foreign travel agency
25、The other day a big, ugly, black bat found its way to my bathroom. I am what is known as “the man of the house”, so it was my _________, in fact my manly duty, to rid the house of the _________ creature.
Being a man does not _________ die fact that I am extremely _________ of bats. All men, I think, sometimes have had that feeling of being _________ in some male role. Sometimes it is something as simple as having to _________ that you know something about car engines when the car won’t start. But sometimes the trap is a(n) _________ one. Many men prefer to be something different from what society _________ men should be. What these men want is the _________ to be what they want to be.
As I came towards the frightening bat, I __________ what would happen if I had simply told my wife that I wouldn’t do it. But I couldn’t do that! I __________ opened the window, carefully lifted a broom and swept the bat out of the __________.
My wife __________ and my son thought I was __________. They rid of the bat, I started to tell them — but then __________. A man doesn’t talk of such things.
【1】
A．action
B．job
C．character
D．decision
【2】
A．awful
B．lovely
C．magical
D．intelligent
【3】
A．determine
B．prove
C．explain
D．change
【4】
A．afraid
B．fond
C．tired
D．ashamed
【5】
A．interested
B．trapped
C．involved
D．absorbed
【6】
A．admit
B．expect
C．pretend
D．confirm
【7】
A．difficult
B．lucky
C．small
D．visible
【8】
A．forbids
B．thinks
C．predicts
D．refuses
【9】
A．anxiety
B．promise
C．freedom
D．talent
【10】
A．concluded
B．showed
C．doubted
D．wondered
【11】
A．surprisingly
B．accidentally
C．slowly
D．violently
【12】
A．car
B．engine
C．door
D．window
【13】
A．pleased
B．shocked
C．embarrassed
D．amused
【14】
A．friend
B．master
C．champion
D．hero
【15】
A．escaped
B．stopped
C．continued
D．forgot
26、假定你叫李华，一直喜欢音乐，最近组建了自己的音乐俱乐部。你的笔友David很想了解一下有关情况，请给他回一封邮件。内容包括：
1.俱乐部情况（名称、成员、活动频率等）；
2.俱乐部带来的好处；
3.询问建议。
注意：1. 词数100左右（开头和结尾均已给出，不计入总词数）；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear David,
I am pleased to share with you some information about my music club.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
邮箱： 