1、He used to feel lonely, but now he is used to living alone.
___________________________
2、—Would you like to go riding with me tomorrow?
—Sure, ________ I’m busy.
A.since
B.when
C.until
D.unless
3、It’s a Chinese ______ to eat zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival.
A. method B. tradition C. festival D. food
4、The little girl loves music that she can .
A. sing along
B. sing along with
C. along with
D. to sing along with
5、Though Michael Jackson _______ for many years, we still remember his crazy music.
A.died
B.has died
C.has dead
D.has been dead
6、Ben has been in China for years, and he can speak Chinese as ________ as the locals.
A.good B.well C.better D.best
7、Your mother will be happier ________ you can help with the housework when you have time.
A.if B.until C.where D.unless
8、The woman is ___________ and she has a __________ daughter.
A. forty years old; fifteen years old B. forty-year- old; fifteen-year-old
C. forty-year- old; fifteen years old D. forty years old; fifteen-year-old
9、—I don’t think the story Tom told us just now is ________. We’d better not trust it.
A.valuable B.available C.enjoyable D.believable
10、—Do you still remember that accident,Danny?
—Of course.I’ll never forget it________it happened so long ago.
A.only if
B.even though
C.because of
D.ever since
11、A number of animals killed and the number of them getting smaller and smaller.
A. has been; are B. has been; is C. have been; is D. have been; are
12、 --Is your Mum a teacher? --Yes, she is. She _______ junior students.
A. taught B. teaches C. will teach D. is teaching
13、—Could you tell me________at eight tomorrow morning?
—At the school gate.
A.where we met
B.where did we meet
C.where we will meet
D.where will we mee
14、When you ride your e-bikes, for your safety, I think you________ wear the helmet.
A.need B.can C.must D.may
15、—What are you doing? —I’m reading the book ______you lent me last week.
A . what B. who C. when D. that
16、My friend from America called me yesterday.We________for hours.
A.chat
B.chatted
C.have chatted
D.had chatted
17、--- When will your father go to Shanghai on business?
--- He will start early tomorrow morning because the journey will take hours.
A. leave for B. show up C. set out
18、To air pollution, the city is trying to cut down of cars.
A.limit; a number B.raise; the number
C.reduce; the number D.add; a number
19、 Mary, here一everybody else, stay where you are.
A. coming B. comes
C. to come D. come
20、In ancient times, dogs were mainly ______helping people hunt( 打猎) .Now they are more useful-they can help the blinds, search for the bad eggs,...
A. bad for B. used to C. used for D. good at
21、(2013云南)You don’t have to________every new word in the dictionary while reading.
A.look for
B.look up
C.look at
D.look after
22、将下列对话补充完整
A: Summer holiday is coming. 【1】_____________________.
B: Yes, I’m going to my hometown.
A: 【2】______________________.
B: For about a month. 【3】______________________.
A: I want to travel to Hainan Island. It’s a beautiful place of interest.
B: 【4】____________________. But I have to visit my grandparents in my hometown.
A: It doesn’t matter. If you stay in your hometown for a fewer days, you’ll have enough time to go traveling.
B: 【5】____________________. Then I’ll go to my hometown as soon as the holiday begins.
23、A: Why is it so quiet? 【1】, Bob?
B: I’m having an online class, Mom.
A: Hasn’t the teacher come?
B: Yes, he has. 【2】.
A: Why can’t I hear him? 【3】.
B: In fact, there is something wrong with his computer. He didn’t turn on his microphone.
A: 【4】.
B: Oh, we have done that. He just hasn’t noticed that.
A: 【5】?
B: Lisa has done that, but he didn’t answer the phone.
A: Poor Mr. Zhang.
24、When I was young, I sometimes traveled the country roads with my dad. He was a mail carrier, and on Saturdays he would ask me to go with him. Driving through the countryside was always fun: There were animals to see, people to visit, and chocolate cookies if you knew where to stop, and Dad did.
On Dad's final day of work, it took him well into the evening to complete his rounds because at least one member from each family was waiting at their mailboxes to thank him for his friendship and his years of service. Mailboxes were sometimes used for things other than mail. One note left in a mailbox read, “Nat, take these eggs to Marian; she's baking a cake and doesn't have any eggs.” A young girl wrote letters but had no stamps, so she left a few buttons on the envelope in the mailbox; Dad paid for the stamps. One businessman used to leave large amounts of cash in his mailbox for Dad to take to the bank. Once, the amount came to $32,000.
A dozen years ago, when I traveled back to my hometown on the sad occasion of Dad's death, the mailboxes along the way reminded me of some of his stories. I thought I knew them all, but that wasn't the case.
As I drove home, I noticed two lamp poles, which supported wooden boxes about four feet off the ground. For years children had dropped letters to Santa through those boxes. I made a turn at the corner and drove past the post office and across the railroad tracks to our house.
Frank Townsend, Dad's postmaster and great friend for many years. So we all sat down at the table and began to tell stories.
At one point Frank looked at me with tears in his eyes. “What are we going to do about the letters this Christmas?”he asked.
“The letters?”
“I guess you never knew.”
“Knew what?”
“Remember, when you were a kid and you used to put your letters to Santa boxes on Main Street? It was your dad who answered all those letters every year.”
I just sat there with tears in my eyes. It wasn't hard for me to imagine Dad sitting at the old oak table in our basement reading those letters and answering each one. I have since spoken with several of the people who received Christmas letters during their childhood, and they told me how amazed they were that Santa had known so much about their homes and families.
For me, just knowing that story about my father was the gift of a lifetime.
【1】It can be inferred from the passage that the writer regarded his travels with Dad as ________.
A. exciting experiences with a lot of fun
B. happy occasions to play with baby chickens
C. great chances to help other people
D. good opportunities to enjoy chocolate cookies
【2】The writer provides the detail about the businessman to show that ________.
A. Dad had a strong sense of duty
B. Dad had a strong sense of honor
C. Dad was an honest and reliable man
D. Dad was a kind and generous man
【3】According to the passage, which of the following impressed the writer most?
A. Dad read letters for a blind lady for years.
B. Dad paid for the stamps for a young girl.
C. Dad answered children's Christmas letters every year.
D. Dad took the money to the bank for one businessman.
【4】What surprised the children most when they received letters in reply from Santa Claus every year?
A. Santa Claus had so much information about their families.
B. Santa Claus answered all their letters every year.
C. Santa Claus had unique mailboxes for the children.
D. Santa Claus lived alone in the cold North Pole.
【5】Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. Memorable Travels B. Christmas Gifts
C. Special Mailboxes D. The Mail
25、 Can plants eat people? Probably not,but there are many plants that eat meat. Some of them are big. And they can eat small animals. One famous meat-eating plant is the Venus flytrap(捕蝇草).
The Venus flytrap is a very strange plant. It grows in dry parts of the United States. Its leaves are like the pages of a book. They can open and close very quickly. Inside the leaves,there are three small hairs. If a fly touches one of the hairs,the leaf closes quickly. The fly cannot get out. In about half an hour,the leaf presses the fly until it is dead. Then,the plant covers the fly. Slowly, the plant eats the fly.
Why do plants do it? Most plants get what they need from the sun,the air,and the ground. In some places,the ground is very poor. It doesn’t have all these important things, specially nitrogen(氮). Animal meat has a lot of nitrogen, so some plants eat meat to get what they need. Let’s hope that some of the bigger plants don’t get the same idea!
【1】The Venus flytrap is a kind of_________.
A.plant B.animal C.food D.meat
【2】The Venus flytrap grows in_________.
A.most parts of the world B.some parts of Africa
C.dry parts of the United States D.wet parts of England
【3】From the passage,we learn that_________.
A.all plants can eat people B.all plants can eat animals
C.some plants can eat people D.some plants can eat animals
【4】Why do some plants eat animal meat? Because_________.
A.plants are dangerous to animals
B.animals are dangerous to plants
C.plants want to get what they need from animal meat
D.plants want to protect themselves against animals
26、根据下面一篇短文的内容判断下列句子的正误,正确的用 “A” 表示,错误的用“B”表示
I have never taken cooking classes. I learned cooking from my mother because she was really interested in teaching me how to cook. The main reason for this was because when my mother got married, she didn't know how to cook anything, not even an egg. My grandmother never allowed her to stay in the kitchen when she was cooking.
My mother did not start to cook until she was twenty-five years old. In the beginning, it was very hard for her. Therefore, she had to take cooking classes to prepare(准备)our meals. After having that experience, she decided to teach me how to cook because she didn't want me to have the same experience.
I remember when I was seven years old, I started to learn cooking from my mother. Sometimes we prepared the meals that my mother already knew how make, and sometimes we prepared meals from recipes. Thanks to that experience, now I don't need any help to cook a meal. I can cook for myself or for a group of people; it doesn't matter. I will do the same with my children because I don't want them to have the same experience as my mother. If one day I am not with them, I want to be sure that they can continue their life without me.
【1】The author learned cooking from her mother because they all liked cooking.
【2】The author’s mother learned cooking by taking cooking classes.
【3】The author began to learn to cook when she was seven years old.
【4】The author learned cooking only by preparing the meals she knew quite well.
【5】The author will do as her mother to make her children know the way of cooking.
27、What does success mean? Is it becoming famous, rich, coming up with an idea that changes people’s lives, or helping others and feeling happy?
People who have a billion dollars, for example, are they successful? Why don’t they stop trying to make money then? Why would they possibly need more than a billion dollars? They try to make more because there will never be enough . They will never be happy enough.
If all that you’re working for is money, you will do terrible things to get it. If all that you want is a successful business, you will cheat people to get it . If all that you want is fame(名声),you will give up your dignity to achieve it .
What’s the real success? For me, being rich or famous is not all to life. I might have a lot of readers now on Zen Habits, but I don’t feel that’s what makes me a success. I’ve been a success even when I had no readers, because I was doing what I loved. Even when no one else would have called me a successful man. I loved writing, and I was happy. Success isn’t about achieving something in the future, but about doing something right now that you love.
So, forget about success, and just find joy and love right now, in this moment. That is a success you can achieve, without any method. Just go out and do it.
【1】Some people don’t stop making money because_____
A. they want to change their lives
B. making money can make them very happy
C. money will never be enough for them
D. they want to become the richest men in the world.
【2】The underlined word “dignity” probably means________
A.尊严 B.智慧 C. 成就 D. 和睦
【3】The writer felt happy when he _______
A. had a lot of readers B. made lots of money
C. began to write D. gave up his job
【4】Which of the following is RIGHT?
A. People who have a billion dollars must be very happy.
B. Readers can read the writer’s articles on Zen Habits.
C. Success is very important to the writer.
D. The writer thinks if people want to own success, they should try many ways.
【5】This passage talks about ______
A. fame B. business C. happiness D. success
28、Frank was a teenager living with his father. He had so many family rules that 【1】couldn’t stand, so he left home. Because he couldn’t find a job, he had to make a 【2】 by begging.
Years later, his father was old, but he was still 【3】for his son. He had been to every corner of the city. 【4】he went, he put up a big photo of himself and Frank on the wall. At the lower part of the photo, he 【5】, “I still love you, my dearest son. Please come back home!”
One day, Frank saw one of the photos. The faces on the photo were familiar to him. “Is that my father?” He thought 【6】 a while and decided to go back to see his father.
It was an early morning 【7】he got home. The door was not locked. He rushed to his father’s bedroom. “It’s me! Your son is back home!” The father and the son held each other, full of 【8】 tears in their eyes. The son asked, “Why is 【9】 door unlocked? A thief could get in.” The father answered in a soft 【10】, “Because I’m expecting your return. In fact, the door has never been locked since you left.”
29、阅读下面短文,根据短文内容,从短文各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选择最佳选项。
At the present time, more and more people love travelling. It’s a very good ____ of getting to know new people and cultures and acquiring (获得) experiences. It helps travelers ____ a lot. Travel can make our minds become ____
But travel does more than all that. It can also make us more creative. In recent years, some professors have been doing research on what many people have already learned from travel experiences. They believe that spending time abroad has the ____ to affect (影响) people’s mind. For example, they found that the students who lived abroad for a longer period were better at ____ problems creatively than those who did not. If you stay in the same place, you can’t experience new sights, new smells, new sounds and new cultures. All these can ____ your mind and make it more active.
____ , that doesn’t mean the more places you’ve been, the more creative you’ll become. Another group of professors have been doing ____ research. They found the people who often travelled from one place to another didn’t have enough ____ to immerse(使……沉浸)themselves in a new place and a new culture. They weren’t as creative as the people who spent the time ____ getting to know a place. You have to interact(相互影响)with the places you go to and then you can benefit(得益)from it.
If you go travelling. which do you prefer, staying in a place for a certain period or rushing all the way ?
【1】
A.way
B.area
C.sign
D.state
【2】
A.present
B.produce
C.get
D.check
【3】
A.thicker
B.smoother
C.wider
D.healthier
【4】
A.ability
B.possibility
C.personality
D.difficulty
【5】
A.solving
B.causing
C.controlling
D.spreading
【6】
A.set up
B.wake up
C.turn up
D.clean up
【7】
A.Instead
B.Otherwise
C.Moreover
D.However
【8】
A.secret
B.rapid
C.common
D.similar
【9】
A.interest
B.money
C.time
D.quality
【10】
A.nearly
B.probably
C.hardly
D.really