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1、The program has made great progress _____ little support from the government.
A. due to B. because of
C. instead of D. in spite of
2、They lived in a beautiful house, _________the windows were decorated with paper cuttings.
A．of which
B．on which
C．with which
D．by which
3、The WTO can not live up to its name ______ it doesn’t include a country that is home to one fifth of mankind.
A．if
B．even if
C．so
D．until
4、 — It’s a long time ______I saw you last.
— And what is a pity now that it will be a long time______ we see each other again.
A. before; since B. since; when
C. when; before D. since; before
5、The girl is badly injured. You'd better______ first aid to her before taking her to hospital.
A．make
B．do
C．take
D．afford
6、—Could you please tell me ________ that prevents her from being happy?
—She has taken the driving test three times but hasn’t passed yet.
A. it is what B. what it is
C. how it is D. it is how
7、He ____to the lab than he set out to do the experiment.
A.has no sooner got B.no sooner got C.will no sooner get D.had no sooner got
8、 the school, the village has a clinic, which was also built with government support.
A. In reply to B. In addition to C. In charge of D. In place of
9、I was floating ______ in a cloud in the sky.
A.comfortable B.comfortably C.comfort D.uncomfortable
10、Katherine studied their faces, but they ________ no clues as to the results.
A.gave into B.gave out
C.gave off D.gave away
11、In social activities, it is always important to be , to have a strong conception of time.
A. accurate B. punctual
C. elegant D. religious
12、When faced with danger, don’t panic, ______ you will find a solution.
A. or B. but C. so D. and
13、With her passionate singing, Zhang Bichen became the winner of the “Voice of China 2014” with more than 60 percent of audiences and judges voting in her ______.
A. charge B. favor C. need D. reward
14、He got a fine ______ for being generous with his money in helping others.
A.account B.biography C.fantasy D.reputation
15、The rainy weather lasted for a couple of days, completely__ our plan for picnic.
A．being ruined
B．to ruin
C．ruined
D．ruining
16、Many graduate students, most were well-educated, head for remote regions to chase their dreams.
A．of which
B．of them
C．of whom
D．of those
17、I didn’t see her in the meeting room this morning. She ________ at the meeting.
A. mustn’t have spoken B. shouldn’t have spoken
C. couldn’t have spoken D. couldn’t speak
18、I had to ________ myself to being an architect to my parents’ will.
A．resign
B．polish
C．reject
D．enhance
19、—Skipping breakfast is a good way to lose weight.
—________. Actually it has the opposite effect.
A．I can’t agree more
B．That’s not the case
C．That’s for sure
D．I’m glad to know that
20、Leslie Cheung’s movies have influenced many people and these classic films ________ his different performing styles at different times.
A．entertain
B．convince
C．approve
D．represent
21、 Cool places to stay for cycling adventures
From its dusty eastern reaches to its river valleys and lava flows, Oregon attracts adventure-hungry bicyclists. And the Oregon Scenic Bikeways program makes it easy to explore. So point your wheels down one of these routes chosen to highlight a variety of landscapes, skill levels and distances.
Willamette Valley Scenic Bikeway
It's exciting: riding past fields of world-class hops, rolling along hills dotted with rows of wine grapes, leaning your bike outside a small cafe at a rural crossroads for a strong cup of coffee. The bounty of Oregon is on full display as you cycle the nation's first scenic bikeway, 134 miles down a river valley snaking between the Coast Range and Cascade Range.
Old West Scenic Bikeway
The 174-mile Old West Scenic Bikeway weaves through rangeland, along rushing rivers and toward an unending desert. And around these parts, folks are known for their put-your-feet-up hospitality.
Cascade Siskiyou Scenic Bikeway
This 55-mile route starts and ends in Ashland and includes 5,000 feet of climbing. From town, you climb through tropical grassland into deep forests. Stay in Ashland. Or turn the ride into an overnight ride and stay in a cabin in the woods.
McKenzie Pass Scenic Bikeway
This 38-mile route climbs through a forest to a 65-square-mile lava flow with 360-degree views of the Cascadian Volcanoes. The 25-mile, 4, 000-foot descent to the McKenzie River has brake-burning turns through the forest.
Professional tip: The McKenzie Highway is closed during the winter, but for several weeks before it opens to cars in the spring, the road is only managed for non-motorized use.
【1】Which is the first scenic bikeway in the USA?
A．Old West Scenic Bikeway.
B．McKenzie Pass Scenic Bikeway.
C．Cascade Siskiyou Scenic Bikeway.
D．Willamette Valley Scenic Bikeway.
【2】What is special about the Old West Scenic Bikeway?
A．It is the shortest.
B．It is located beside the Cascadian Volcanoes.
C．It offers bicyclists desert scenery.
D．It discourages riders because of unfriendly locals.
【3】Where can bicyclists stay overnight if they cycle the Cascade Siskiyou Scenic Bikeway?
A．In fields or a small cafe.
B．In the desert.
C．In Ashland or the woods.
D．In a forest.
【4】What should travelers know about McKenzie Pass Scenic Bikeway?
A．It is easy for bicyclists of all levels.
B．It is inaccessible by car.
C．It is closed in winter.
D．It is famous for cabins in the woods.
【5】What is the purpose of the text?
A．To recruit members for a cycling club.
B．To introduce four cycling routes in Oregon.
C．To point out the importance of cycling.
D．To encourage people to take cycling adventures.
22、In the 11th century, nearly 500 years before Leonardo da Vinci drew a similar flying machine, a young monk（修道士）called Eilmer fixed wings to his hands and feet and jumped off a tower at Malmesbury Abbey in England. After he had glided（滑翔）more than 200 metres, a gust of wind caught him, and he crashed, breaking both legs.
Eilmer's courage seems to show much about the Middle Ages, as Seb Falk, a historian, presents them in The Light Ages. It shows scientific curiosity and experimental spit, much of which appeared in religious institutions, There were a lot of dead ends, but there was progress too. And that period of time doesn't deserve to be tainted（玷污）as “the Dark Ages”.
A deeply rooted prejudice（偏见）holds that nothing much happened in the Middle Ages. Mr Falk sets out to doubt it. He acknowledged that medieval（中世纪的）science was not the same as the modern kind Astronomy was the most important discipline, but astrology（占星学）was respectable too, and it turned into magic. Monks worked to understand “a living universe created by God”. But were the methods really so different? Facing the unknown, human beings created a mass of theories that gradually got reduced through observation and experiment. That described medieval science as much as today's.
The mechanical clock, spectacles, advances in navigation—these were among the achievements of the Middle Ages. Medieval astronomers produced a theory that influenced Galileo Galilei in the 17th century. By hen Nicolaus Copernicus overturned everything they held dear, by placing the sun at the centre of the universe; but he couldn’t have done so without their achievements.
【1】What is the author's main purpose of mentioning Eilmer's deed in the first paragraph?
A．To tell how fearless the young monk was.
B．To give a look into the science in the Middle Ages.
C．To show the severe effects of an unsuccessful experiment.
D．To explain the reason why Eilmer filed in the experiment.
【2】What is the author's possible attitude towards the science of the Middle Ages?
A．Doubtful.
B．Unelear.
C．Positive.
D．Negative.
【3】The third paragraph implies that________.
A．the medieval science is completely the same as the modern kind
B．the modern science is much more advanced than the medieval kind
C．there is no similarity between the medieval science and the modern kind
D．the medieval science does have something in common with the modern kind
【4】Which of the following might be the topic of the text?
A．The masterpiece of Seb Falk.
B．The inventions in the Middle Ages.
C．The opinions about medieval science.
D．The guesses of medieval astronomers.
23、Neighbors used to wave to Timothy Masters whenever he stood outside his barn (谷仓). Across his soybean fields in this small town about ten miles north of Niagara Falls, they trade hellos every morning. That ended about a year ago, when a field of solar panels was set up on 18 acres of Masters’ land.
Masters is among a growing number of landowners trying to cash in on New York State’s push toward renewable energy. The solar company now using his land, he said, pays him 20 times more than the soybean farmer who had previously rented it. However, by replacing soybean plants with rows of silicon and metal solar panels, Masters has found himself the target of a growing backlash against the spread of solar farms in rural areas.
The tension over solar plants often resembles not-in-my-backyard, or NIMBY, disputes. “You’ll have people that get up and say, ‘I am green,’ ‘I’m for the environment,’ and ‘I’m pro this whole-green agenda.’ But then, all of a sudden, whenever one comes in, it changes.” Masters said. “What I notice is that people have ideals and values that they will put forth—until it comes around their own house.”
Opponents in New York cite a wide range of reasons. There are practical ones, like the danger of glare (刺眼的光) for drivers passing by. Some are about aesthetics (美学), such as the impact of solar panels on the rural landscape. There is even concern for endangered short-eared owls that may struggle to find field mice to eat amongst the panels. Small farmers who rent land from bigger farmers or landowners, meanwhile, have resisted for economic reasons. They fear they will be squeezed out by energy companies willing to pay more to use farmland for their solar panels.
Across western New York, anti-solar sentiment has surfaced on lawn signs and in Change. org petitions (请愿书). The movement has had some effect. At least a dozen towns in New York State have suspended new solar projects. Several others are weighing temporary bans. Local officials have said they need time to study the potential impact of solar farms.
The pushback is not unique to New York. In Virginia, anti-solar campaigners successfully blocked the plan of an 80-megawatt solar farm last year. This has inspired the launch of a nonprofit with a mission to help communities across the country to stop solar farms. The grass-roots backlash against solar farms has become so widespread that the U. S. Solar Energy Industries Association last year developed a manual that included coping with community sensitivities, in a move to fight increasing negativity.
【1】According to the article, what has Timothy Masters noticed?
A．Few people genuinely support the development of green energy technologies.
B．Many people believe solar farms should be set up in cities rather than in rural areas.
C．People support green energy only when the equipment is located away from their houses.
D．The past few years saw a drop in the number of people supporting green energy.
【2】Small farmers are opposed to solar farms because ________.
A．they think the farms have ruined the rural landscape
B．they consider it dangerous to drive by these farms at night
C．the farms may endanger many rare species, such as short-eared owls
D．they can’t rent farmland as they can’t pay as much as energy companies
【3】The underlined word “suspended” in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to ________.
A．launched
B．stopped
C．promoted
D．permitted
【4】Which of the following is the probably the best title for this passage?
A．Solar Farms Face Resistance
B．Solar Energy Industries Encounter Backlash
C．Farmers Dispute Renewable Energy
D．Solar Energy Industries Fight Pushback
24、Global Positioning Systems are now a part of everyday driving in many countries. These satellite-based systems provide turn-by-turn directions to help people get to where they want to go. But, they can also cause a lot of problems, send you to the wrong place or leave you completely lost. Many times, the driver is to blame. Sometimes a GPS error is responsible. Most often, says Barry Brown, it is a combination of the two.
We spoke to Mr. Brown by Skype. He told us about an incident involving a friend who had flown to an airport in the eastern United States. There he borrowed a GPS-equipped car to use during his stay. Barry Brown: “ And they just plugged in an address and then set off to their destination. And, then it wasn’t until they were driving for thirty minutes that they realized they actually put in a destination back on the West Coast where they lived. They actually put their home address in. So again, the GPS is kind of ‘garbage in garbage out’.”
Mr. Brown says this is a common human error. But, he says, what makes the problem worse has something to do with some of the shortcomings, or failures, of GPS equipment. Barry Brown: “One problem with a lot of the GPS units is that they have a very small screen and they just tell you the next turn. Because they just give you the next turn, sometimes that means that it is not really giving you the overview that you would need to know that it is going to the wrong place.”
Barry Brown formerly served as a professor with the University of California, San Diego. While there, he worked on a project with Eric Laurier from the University of Edinburgh. The two men studied the effects of GPS devices on Driving by placing cameras in people’s cars. They wrote a paper based on their research. It is called “The Normal, Natural Troubles of Driving with GPS.” It lists several areas where GPS systems can cause confusion for drivers. These include maps that are outdated, incorrect or difficult to understand. They also include timing issues related to when GPS commands are given.
Barry Brown says to make GPS systems better, we need a better understanding of how drivers, passengers and GPS systems work together.
【1】In Para. 2, Mr. Brown mentioned his friend in the conversation to ______.
A．laugh at his stupid friend
B．describe an example of human error
C．build up his own reputation
D．prove the GPS system is only garbage
【2】Which of the following statement would Barry Brown be most likely to agree with?
A．GPS units are to blame for the most GPS service failure.
B．We should introduce higher standard for the driving license.
C．Cameras are urgently needed to help improve GPS systems.
D．Some shortcomings of GPS equipment are more likely to result in service failure.
【3】According to Barry and Eric, which of the following is NOT among the areas of GPS systems that may confuse drivers?
A．Wrong maps.
B．Out-dated maps.
C．Difficult instructions.
D．Timing of GPS commands.
【4】What would be the best title for the text?
A．Driving with GPS Can Be Difficult.
B．Driving Confusions Can Be Caused By Small Screen.
C．Driving without GPS Should Be Much More Convenient.
D．GPS Equipment In Driving: To Be Deserted Or Improved.
25、 Sometimes people and things around you can remind you of yourself. I was _______to my writing group with a book to read on the journey. Because it was an old book I didn't want to "dog-ear" the pages, I _______in my pockets for something to use as a bookmark. I placed a ten-pound note between the _______.
Sitting on the bus I took the book out and was about to read but a young woman behind me who was speaking on her cellphone drew my _______. She was talking to her brother. She wanted to know where he was, why he wasn’t where he was_______to be, why he had lied to their mother again and whether he knew that their mum had _______ in tears that morning because of him.
She kept it quiet but she didn't pull any punches （留情）with him. She let him know exactly what she_______him but I could feel there was love under all the disappointment. She tried so hard to_______this young man to come see his mother, but I got the sign she was fighting a _______ battle.
When she left the bus, I________behind her and drew out the note in the book. “Excuse me," I said. “Do me a favor, would you? Take this money and buy your________a box of chocolates or a bunch of flowers. And tell her a________man said that being a mother is the ________ but most important job in the world.”
Then I turned around and walked on,________if in some way I was saying a thank-you to my own mum. But I hoped I had raised a ________ on the face of a mother suffering for her child.
【1】A.waiting B.walking C.driving D.heading
【2】A.looked B.searched C.brought D.found
【3】A.overcoats B.books C.pages D.parcels
【4】A.attention B.movement C.delight D.concerns
【5】A.shocked B.supposed C.predicted D.unexpected
【6】A.slept over B.passed away C.broken down D.crashed out
【7】A.beat on B.hurt on C.waited for D.thought of
【8】A.get B.turn C.trick D.make
【9】A.winning B.bad C.losing D.stubborn
【10】A.got off B.pulled over C.parked over D.jumped off
【11】A.brother B.parents C.mum D.family
【12】A.shocked B.strange C.good D.helpful
【13】A.hardest B.interesting C.happiest D.favorite
【14】A.pretending B.imagining C.wondering D.guessing
【15】A.lightening B.view C.tear D.smile
26、请根据下面提示，使用英语介绍你的家乡的情况。
1.人口约20万，面积约360平方公里。
2 地理情况:坐落在大山的脚下，面临一条大河。新建有许多工厂，商店，医院。
3.教育情况:有10所学校，每个儿童都可以上学生活状况丰富多彩，人们工作之余可以逛商店，看电影，跳舞，参加体育活动等。
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