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1、We __________back in the hotel now if you didn’t lose the map．
A．are B．were
C．would be D．will be
2、 _____ it many times, I still can’t make Tom understand what I said.
A．Explained
B．Having explained
C．To explain
D．Having been explained
3、It was in the Lake District, a tourist attraction in England________they met each other and became fast friends.
A.where B.which C.when D.that
4、Last year, hundreds of people spent good money on an experience that they knew________ crowds, discomfort and danger.
A．including
B．to include
C．will include
D．would include
5、—Why did Mary ignore me at the party last night?
—She _______ you. She wasn't wearing her glasses.
A.shouldn't have seen B.needn't have seen
C.won't have seen D.might haven't seen
6、Smoking is__________ in the building.
A.balanced B.based C.blamed D.banned
7、The boy went ________ in the forest and saved the lost child, so he was ________ praised for his courage.
A. deeply, highly B. deep, high
C. deep, highly D. deeply, high
8、What is the correct phonetic symbol for the word embarrassed?
A.[əm'bæəst] B.[ɪm'bærəst] C.[ɑːm'bærəst] D.[em'bærəst]
9、 Little _______ that the region was rich in natural resources about four decades ago.
A. we did know B. knew we
C. did we know D. we knew
10、Don’t be alone and sadly lap own wound, you can turn to your parents.
A．包扎
B．拍打
C．手术
D．舔食
11、Jamie deserves the________ for trying his best to save the drowning boy.
A．credit
B．blame
C．shock
D．stress
12、We’re ________ flying in the sky like a bird.
A．holding one’s breath
B．taking a chance
C．keeping one’s word
D．looking forward to
13、Mario Gomez, the 33-year German forward, announced his decision to drop out of the national team _______ younger players.
A.in need of B.in praise of C.in place of D.in favor of
14、He is a professor, _____________ I have been looking forward to becoming.
A. which B. who
C. whom D. that
15、— Have you got used to the Chinese food, Robert?
— Yes. But I don't like _____ when a Chinese host keeps serving me the food I don't like.
A.this B.that C.it
16、It’s true that beauty does not always meet with a single, uniform standard. A person’s cultural background, for example, may influence ______ he or she find attractive in others.
A. that B. which
C. what D. when
17、Scientists make great efforts to______ the origin of humans, which is still mysterious.
A．take responsibility for
B．ponder over
C．lay aside
D．adapt to
18、The great woman has achieved _______ she wanted to do in the past few decades.
A．that
B．what
C．how
D．whom
19、选出与划线词汇意思相近的词。
Visitors are prohibited from feeding the animals.
A.forbidden B.allowed C.permitted D.protected
20、We ______ have a picnic together with our teachers next Thursday.
A.are going B.are going to C.will going D.may going to
21、 More than 10 years ago, it was difficult to buy a tasty pineapple. The fruits that made it to the UK were green on the outside and, more often than not, hard with an unpleasant taste within. Then in 1966, the Del Monte Gold pineapple produced in Hawaii first hit our shelves.
The new type of pineapple looked more yellowy-gold than green. It was slightly softer on the outside and had a lot of juice inside. But the most important thing about this new type of pineapple was that it was twice as sweet as the hit-and-miss pineapples we had known. In no time, the Del Monte Gold took the market by storm, rapidly becoming the world's best-selling pineapple variety, and delivering natural levels of sweetness in the mouth, up until then only found in tinned pineapple.
In nutrition it was all good news too. This nice tasting pineapple contained four times more vitamin C than the old green variety. Nutritionists said that it was not only full of vitamins, but also good against some diseases. People were understandably eager to be able to buy this wonderful fruit. The new type of pineapple was selling fast, and the Del Monte Gold pineapple rapidly became a fixture in the shopping basket of the healthy eater.
Seeing the growing market for its winning pineapple, Del Monte Gold tried to keep market to itself. But other fruit companies developed similar pineapples. Del Monte Gold turned to law for help, but failed. Those companies argued successfully that Del Monte Gold's attempts to keep the golden pineapple for itself were just a way to knock them out the market.
【1】What is the new type of pineapple like?
A．A little soft outside and sweet inside.
B．Good-looking outside and soft inside.
C．Yellowy-gold outside and hard inside.
D．Green outside and sweet inside.
【2】Why was the new type of pineapple selling well?
A．It was developed by Del Monte Gold .
B．It was less sweet and good for health.
C．It was rich in nutrition and tasted nice.
D．It was used as medicine.
【3】The underlined word “fixture” in Paragraph 3 probably refers to something .
A．that people enjoy eating
B．that people use as a gift
C．that is difficult to get
D．that is always present
【4】What is the last paragraph mainly about?
A．Del Monte Gold allowed other companies to develop pineapples.
B．Del Monte Gold tried hard to control the pineapple market.
C．Del Monte Gold succeeded in keeping the pineapple for itself.
D．Del Monte Gold argued with the other companies.
22、 Some people get more unwilling to take risks as the years go by. Not Gail MacCallum, who at age 40 quit a secure job and left the city she had enjoyed her whole adult life to step into the unknown.
MacCallum spent her formative years in a farmhouse without electricity and enjoyed the freedom of the natural world. During her adult life, she moved through several jobs before finding her calling in book publishing and then magazines. One day she and her partner Ian Connellan were on a holiday on Hobart, enjoying the chance to get close to wildlife, when they ran into some friends- of-friends, who asked them to dinner. The next day, recalls MacCallum, “They said, ‘We think you should buy our house.’” With no intention of uprooting their lives she and Connellan thought this was “entirely ridiculous", yet they got really excited talking about the possibilities such a move might present. “At last,” we said, “Let's give it a go.”
They resigned from their jobs and moved to Hobart. Both of them are brave travelers who had spent time with scientists working in various remote spots around the world. They wondered if they could make a living by helping others to experience those unique places for themselves. Then came the new company Curious Traveler. “It works brilliantly. Scientists get helpers and funding. Guests get to see what scientists do and how the world is changing because of it. They leave, excited and inspired,” MacCallum says.
In two-and-a-half years, the pair still have to replenish their incomes with some writing and editing, but the business is growing and within five years they hope to be helping fund half a dozen research projects. It is a big task. “Some days we think it would be great to turn it off,” MacCallum says, “but when we see the wonder on the face of a person who is experiencing somewhere like the Galapagos for the first time, we know we are living a wonderful life.”
【1】What caused MacCallum and Connellan to give up their jobs?
A．A casual offer from some friends-of-friends.
B．Their childhood experiences with nature.
C．Their boredom with their then jobs.
D．The desire to protect the wildlife.
【2】What does MacCallum and Connellan's company do?
A．It promotes tourism in remote places.
B．It gets courageous travelers to explore the world.
C．It organizes trips to places of scientific research.
D．It helps scientists find proper spots for research.
【3】What mainly inspires MacCallum and Connellan to keep going?
A．Their dream for a booming business.
B．The financial gain from their work.
C．The prospect of research programs.
D．The satisfaction of their customers.
【4】The underlined word “replenish" in Paragraph 4 means _________.
A．consume
B．supply
C．reduce
D．control
23、While I was growing up, I often heard my teachers say, “Oh, Bob is gifted in math.” While watching the Olympics, my parents would say, “These gymnasts are born with such ability.” Statements like these made me believe people were born with certain talents (天赋) and if they didn’t have a particular one at birth, then they never would. Therefore, I hardly applied myself to math. Nobody told me that if you keep trying and trying, one day a difficult task will seem easy.
Actually, I learned this from my young daughter, Samaya. One day, I was finishing some paperwork and I said, “Oh no, how could I have made that mistake!” Samaya immediately said, “Mum, don’t worry. Mistakes make your brain grow bigger.”
In fact, we all need to be reminded that mistakes or failures are just fine and that they are a huge part of growth and success. However, the common and popular belief is the opposite. We must correct this with our children. We must encourage them to make mistakes because that means they are trying out new ideas.
Billionaire Sara Blakely, founder of the shapewear business Spanx, has seen many failures. She made a living by selling fax machines for seven years. Knocking on many doors and making a lot of mistakes was a journey she considers educational. Sara Blakely owes her risk-taking skills to the weekend talk she had with her father.
As a child, her father would ask her the same question every weekend. “What did you fail in this week, Sara?” He did not care how high her scores were. He wanted to know what she had tried but failed in. When she told him about her failures and mistakes, he would give her a high five. In this way, he programmed her mindset (思维) to believe that mistakes and failures are fine.
So go ahead and ask yourself and your children, “What did we fail in this week?”
【1】Why didn’t the author make efforts to learn math?
A．She wasn’t allowed to learn it.
B．She thought she was not talented.
C．She wasn’t interested in it.
D．She thought it was useless.
【2】What is most people’s attitude towards mistakes and failures?
A．Keep trying is necessary.
B．Failure is a path to success.
C．Mistakes are not acceptable.
D．Encouragement is important.
【3】What does the underlined word “programmed” in paragragh 5 mean?
A．Trained and built.
B．Planned and arranged.
C．Operated and challenged.
D．Instructed and controlled.
【4】What would be the best title for the text?
A．A key to Success
B．The Power of a Good Mindset
C．A Method of Education
D．The Magic of Mistakes
24、Zhao Yishen bends over, his eyes staring at the woodblock. Holding a chisel in his right hand, he guides it forward carefully and exactly across the woodblock using his left hand. To carve the woodblocks, the young craftsman has to hold this position for six hours. He has been carving woodblocks since 2012.
“It feels good and looks beautiful when a Chinese character slowly appears on the woodblock under your chisel,” says Zhao. Zhao is now the only full-time carver working at the Zhuyu Shanfang studio, a workshop that focuses on creating woodblock-printed books in Beijing. Each carved woodblock has ink applied and goes on to print a text onto hundreds of pieces of paper. Zhao carves around 20 Chinese characters each day, which means it takes him one year or even a longer time to complete a set of woodblocks fit for a whole book.
As a teenager he loved to read ancient Chinese books in the library, and the curiosity of how the books were made led him to get a job at the Guangling Guji ancient books woodblock printing studio in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, in 2011 after graduating as a law major from college.
Block printing was listed as a UNESCO World Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2009. Zhao was introduced to one of the technique’s masters, Chen Yishi, in 2012 and started to learn the skill from him.
In Zhao’s mind, the inked woodblock is a work of art. After a year of learning from Chen, Zhao found a job at Zhuyu Shanfang in 2013, where he upgraded his carving skills. With his progress, his carved woodblocks have been used for more and more books over the past years.
“I have just learned the basic skills, but to master it, I still need years of practice,” says Zhao. “A good craftsman can carve an entire book with every single character lined evenly.”
【1】What can we know about Zhao Yishen’s work?
A．It is a flexible part-time job.
B．It involves the printing work.
C．It needs much effort and time.
D．It includes creating characters.
【2】What made Zhao Yishen become a carver?
A．The family influence.
B．His major in college.
C．The difficulty of finding a proper job.
D．His interest in ancient Chinese books.
【3】Which can best describe Zhao Yishen as a carver?
A．Modest and hard-working.
B．Talented and knowledgeable.
C．Ambitious and clever.
D．Creative and confident.
【4】What does the text mainly talk about?
A．The popularity of woodblocks.
B．A traditional block printing studio.
C．A craftsman with a traditional skill.
D．The development of woodblock-printed books.
25、 My daughter and I were walking down the hill back to my car.
“What did you just say, Mom?” asked my youngest daughter. Her question caused me to stop walking as I was ________ that I’d said anything. I am now at an age when I ________ talk aloud to myself. I knew it happened when I listened to talkback radio, but I hadn’t ________ it also happened when I adventured with daughter.
“Sweet pea, I didn’t realize you heard me, ________ I was just saying ‘woooah’ because of that view at the bottom of the hill.”
There, in front of us in all of her beauty, was Sydney Harbor. It’s a sight I never ________ of; sometimes I ________ it out because it makes my heart sing.
What is the ________ to happiness? There is no simple answer. However, for me, it means ________ the small joys in life.
Too often we ________ time waiting for the “extraordinary” and forget to celebrate the ________ moments of bliss (幸福). Things like ________ my girl’s sandy fingers as we watch a pink sunset on the beach. In these moments my heart ________, and I’m happy.
Laughter matters too. When I laugh, life is good. So it made me happy to dress up in a green pea suit and surprise my husband.
“________!” I shouted as he walked into our bedroom. There was a ________ silence, then a question.
“Are you all right?” asked Peter.
“Yes! Don’t you think this is funny?” I replied, a little annoyed.
________ his nonplussed (令人发懵的) response, I couldn’t help laughing about it later with my friends.
________ I want to be happy, since becoming a parent I have come to recognize that I can only ever be as happy as my ________ child. My heart is heavy when my girl has troubles, and no number of harbor sightings will ________ that.
I do my best to ________ that weight on my soul by celebrating moments of joy with my family. When my daughter chats with me about her day at school, it makes me happy. A little thing like this, coming in the middle of the mess and ________ of life, is enough for me to recognize that the day is a happy day.
【1】A. uncertain B. unhappy C. unaware D. unusual
【2】A. tend to B. happen to C. attempt to D. see to
【3】A. felt B. imagined C. realized D. understood
【4】A. and B. but C. or D. while
【5】A. dream B. hear C. tire D. think
【6】A. find B. hold C. let D. seek
【7】A. solution B. approach C. answer D. key
【8】A. appreciating B. acknowledging C. addressing D. applying
【9】A. take B. waste C. kill D. spare
【10】A. permanent B. long C. short D. exciting
【11】A. grasping B. touching C. shaking D. holding
【12】A. extends B. spreads C. expands D. stretches
【13】A. Surprise B. Great C. Look D. Yes
【14】A. absolute B. long C. brief D. shocked
【15】A. Besides B. Despite C. Considering D. Concerning
【16】A. Although B. Since C. Because D. When
【17】A. happiest B. unhappiest C. youngest D. oldest
【18】A. strengthen B. shorten C. broaden D. lessen
【19】A. balance B. increase C. hide D. escape
【20】A. happiness B. tension C. worry D. thrill
26、书面表达（满分20分）
假如你是李华，你的美国朋友Tom来信询问最近中国各地，尤其是北京，雾霾天气严重的情况。请你给Tom写封邮件。内容包括：
1. 对雾霾天气的情况描述
2. 雾霾对健康，生活及交通等的影响
3. 你的看法或建议
要求：100字左右（已给出部分不计入字数）
雾霾天气: the hazy weather
Dear Tom,
I’ve received your letter and thanks for your concern. __________________
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Best wishes
Yours，
LiHua
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