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1、I’ve been away for 3 whole days. Can you ______ me on what’s happened here?
A.update B.evaluate C.indicate D.investigate
2、Last Friday, I helped my father ____ chemicals on apple trees to kill insects.
A. attach B. apply
C. spray D. spread
3、Only five years after Steve Jobs’ death, smart-phones defeated _________PCs in sales.
A．controversial
B．contradictory
C．confidential
D．conventional
4、Housing prices ______ since the end of last year. Therefore,it’s time the central government ______ some effective measures to bring them under control.
A．increased; take
B．have increased; will take
C．are increasing; takes
D．have been increasing; took
5、The horse is getting old and can't run______ it did.
A．as faster as
B．so fast than
C．so faster as
D．as fast as
6、—We want to sit at the table near the window.
—I'm sorry. It________ already.
A．has taken
B．took
C．was taken
D．has been taken
7、Can you arrange the numbers in groups that________10?
A. adding up to B. are added up to
C. are adding up to D. add up to
8、---Why are you still here? Everybody has gone to attend the lecture by the president.
---Oh, I ___________ about it!
A. wasn’t informed B. hadn’t been informed
C. haven’t informed D. didn’t inform
9、 --- John’s report has been approved by the chief editor.
---_______. He devoted so much.
A. Without doubt B. No wonder
C. It all depends D. A real scoop
10、What _____ you _____ at 6 o’clock tomorrow evening?
A.will; be doing B.are; doing C.will; have done D.are; done
11、---The CDs by the star ______ well.
---That’s true. More than ten million copies have been sold out so far.
A. are sold B. sell
C. sells D. is sold
12、—What do you think of our performance?
—To be honest, ________ Jane ________ I am satisfied with your answers.
A．neither, nor
B．both, and
C．either, or
D．not only, but also
13、If people are positive about their life, they will take the trouble to________ the skills they need to succeed.
A.acquire B.prove
C.illustrate D.describe
14、______ any change about the date，please tell me immediately.
A. Will there be B. Should there be
C. There will be D. There should be
15、Before China's Youth Day, Xi,______ secretary general of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made a statement to the young, _____________they find reasonable.
A.the; that B./; in which C.the; which D./; which
16、Experts believe that children ought to learn the history of the country they live in, and_____ future they will shape.
A. that B. which
C. whose D. whom
17、The work ________ soon.
A．will be finished
B．has been finished
C．will finish
D．finishes
18、But a change, no matter how ________ it is needed, doesn't just happen.
A. desperately B. frequently
C. universally D. violently
19、In my view, ______ impresses me about her writing is the passion she shows.
A.who B.which C.what D.whether
20、Through a long period of professional training, he was well ______ for the job.
A．worthwhile
B．qualified
C．challengeable
D．limited
21、In the winter of 1985, my hometown, Buffalo, experienced a blizzard (暴风雪)— not an uncommon occurrence for the region. But this was a big one, and the city’s mayor, Jimmy Griffin, was at pains to persuade people to stop trying to go about their business as conditions worsened. He urged Buffalonians to “relax, stay inside, and grab a six-pack of beer,” which must be the best advice in an emergency situation.
There’s something cartoonish about the threat of a blizzard, in which nature’s anger assumes a fluffy (蓬松的) form and tries to kill you. It’s meteorologically (气象学上) similar to getting attacked by the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. And yet, it does kill, through car accidents and heart attacks and other misadventures, usually involving people trying, unwisely, to do something.
Mr. Griffin, therefore known as Jimmy Six-Pack, understood this. The Snow Gods reserve special hatred for those who don’t respect their ability to bring human activity to a standstill. The snow cares not for your deadlines or your happy hour plans. It wants only to fall on the ground and lie there. And it wants you to too.
Needless to say, you should. A snowstorm rewards indolence and punishes busy bees, which is only one of the many reasons why it’s the best natural disaster.
Time has partly buried my childhood memories of Buffalo’s mighty blizzard of 1985, but I still recall the great drifts (雪堆) that climbed over houses, the spectacle of a world made surprisingly new. It’s a vision that often comes back to my mind every now and then, as we face the terrible prospect that a climate changed by human appetites — the future winters, damp and snow-less, may well await us. So let us all now pause, perhaps over a six-pack, and bear witness as the climate changes us.
【1】The writer mentions the mayor of Jimmy Griffin in order to________.
A．introduce a proper way to deal with blizzards
B．appreciate his contribution to the city’s development
C．highlight how the climate worsened in his term
D．explain why blizzards were not uncommon in Buffalo
【2】The underlined word “indolence” is closest in meaning to ________.
A．anger
B．diligence
C．intelligence
D．laziness
【3】It can be inferred from the last paragraph that the writer feels_______ the possible winters.
A．shocked by
B．amazed at
C．pleased with
D．unhappy about
【4】Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?
A．Blizzard: a Thing of the Past.
B．In Case of a Snowstorm: Do Nothing.
C．What Will the Future Winters Be Like?
D．Witness to Climate Change.
22、It is never easy to cope with bullying, and doing nothing in return will only result in more intense bullying. 【1】 But keep in mind that there is only one goal — to stop the situation from worsening.
Bullies usually hunt for people who are alone. If you are with your friends, or if you are in the company of someone, it is least likely that the bully will disturb you. 【2】 Sometimes, all it takes is one loyal friend who will stay by you no matter what.
Asking the bully to stop is sometimes a good way to deal with them. Bullies tend to assume that we will never speak up to them. When we do speak up for ourselves, it takes them by surprise. 【3】 It can make them reconsider their actions.
【4】 When you do not react to what they say or do no matter how hurtful it may be for you, they start to lose interest in you. They think of it as a game. When they get an emotional response from you, it satisfies their ego. But if they get nothing, they will stop bothering you because they know you are not an easy one to crack.
Plus, some of us are born comedians, who can turn almost anything into a joke. If you are one of these people, try to take advantage of your gift to turn the situation the bully has created into a joke or just say something funny. This will break the bully’s confidence and they will know that you are strong and sure about who you are. 【5】
A．This will make them back off.
B．Bullying comes in different forms.
C．There is no simple solution to the problem.
D．Another effective measure is to ignore them.
E．You can always shift focus to the bystanders.
F．Tell them to stop in a firm and confident voice.
G．We’re not asking you to make a huge circle of friends.
23、If you face two similar valued options for where to attend college, you have weighed the pros and cons, but you still have difficulty deciding. You decide to give it more time, and think about it a bit more.
The findings of a fascinating paper titled Irrational Time Allocation in Decision-Making suggests you might be making a mistake. Participants in the research viewed images that contained pairs of different foods and they had to choose which item they preferred to eat.
The researchers found that participants spent more time choosing between options that were roughly equal in value than between options in which there was a large value disparity. In other words, people took longer than they should have when deciding between two equally appealing choices. When shown an unpleasant food alongside a favored food, participants chose quickly. When shown a favored food alongside another favored food, people took a while.
Relatedly, there is research suggesting that people take longer to distinguish between two numbers when there is a small difference than when there is a large one. For example, people take longer to determine which number is larger between 47 vs 49 than for 12 vs 35. Perhaps this tendency explains why people take so long to choose between two options with roughly equal payoffs. In the same way that we have difficulty distinguishing numbers that are nearly equal in value, we also have difficulty choosing between options that are roughly equally pleasant.
However, there are doubts among people. Some think this seems not reasonable. If two choices are equally appealing, then the decision shouldn’t take so long. Some wonder whether this works in the opposite direction—whether duration of decision-making implies that options are equal. When options are roughly equal, people tend to take a long time to decide. Does this suggest that if people take a long time to decide, then options are roughly equal? Maybe in some instances, the longer we take to make a decision, the less it matters what we actually choose.
【1】What’s people’s common practice in decision making?
A．They often rush a decision without much thinking.
B．They seldom balance advantages and disadvantages.
C．They only concentrate on their personal preferences.
D．They tend to spend too much time on their options.
【2】What does the underlined word “disparity” in paragraph 3 probably mean?
A．Difference.
B．Preference.
C．Growth.
D．Potential.
【3】What does the research convey in paragraph 4?
A．It is difficult for people to value their options.
B．The value of numbers is difficult to distinguish.
C．People hesitate when facing two similar choices.
D．People prefer to take those high-valued options.
【4】What is the best title for the text?
A．Never too late to make a decision
B．Be patient with appealing choices
C．How to handle various choices?
D．The more time, the better decision?
24、Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896. He was an American writer of novels and short stories, whose works are the typical writings of the Jazz Age, a term he created himself.
Born into an upper middle-class Irish Catholic family, Fitzgerald was named after his famous second cousin, Francis Scott Key. He was also named after his deceased sister Louise Scott, one of two sisters who died shortly before his birth. He spent 1898–1901 in Syracuse and 1903–1908 in Buffalo, New York, where he attended Nardin Academy. When his father was fired from his company, the family returned to Minnesota, where Fitzgerald attended St. Paul Academy from 1908 to1911.
He is widely regarded as one of the 20th century’s greatest writers. Fitzgerald is considered to be a member of the “Lost Generation” of the 1920s. He finished four novels, This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, Tender Is the Night and his most famous classic novel, The Great Gatsby. A fifth, unfinished novel, The Love of the Last Tycoon was published after his death. Fitzgerald also wrote many short stories that dealt with themes of youth.
His first literary work, a detective story, was published in a school newspaper when he was 12. When he was 16, he was forced to leave St. Paul Academy for neglecting his studies. He attended Newman School, a prep school in Hackensack, New Jersey, in 1911–1912, and entered Princeton University in 1913 as a member of the Class of 1917. There he became friends with future critics and writers Edmund Wilson (Class of 1916) and John Peale Bishop (Class of 1917), and wrote for the Princeton Triangle Club. He was also a member of the University Cottage Club, which still displays Fitzgerald’s desk and writing materials in its library. A poor student, Fitzgerald left Princeton to enlist (入伍) in the US Army during World War I; however, the war ended shortly after Fitzgerald’s enlistment.
Fitzgerald had been an alcoholic (酒鬼) since his college days, leaving him in poor health by the late 1930s. Fitzgerald suffered a mild attack of tuberculosis in 1919, and died of a heart attack in 1940.
【1】What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. The “Lost Generation” of the 1920s.
B. How Fitzgerald got his name.
C. The life and works of Fitzgerald.
D. Fitzgerald and the Jazz Age.
【2】What led to Fitzgerald’s early death according to the passage?
A. His poverty.
B. His heavy drinking.
C. The poor working conditions.
D. The pressures of work.
【3】Which is the most famous work of Fitzgerald?
A. This Side of Paradise.
B. The Beautiful and Damned.
C. Tender Is the Night.
D. The Great Gatsby.
【4】What’s the right order of the events related to Fitzgerald?
a. He attended Nardin Academy.
b. He entered Princeton University.
c. He attended St. Paul Academy.
d. He joined the US Army during World War I.
A. a,c,b,d B. a,d,b,c
C. b,d,a,c D. b,a,c,d
25、When I was a child, there wasn’t much for me to read. It was not until junior high school that I began to _________ traditional Chinese classical novels. And books from other countries became _________ to me after I had been admitted into the university.
The first English novel that I read was Jane Eyre. Though _________ for a first-year student at university, I spent hours and hours _________ the meaning of every word and sentence. It took me almost half a year to _________ the book. With Jane Eyre _________ my heart and soul, I was even more _________ in the rich world of literature. I developed a _________ for reading Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, W.S. Maugham, D.H. Lawrence, Ernest Hemingway... The _________ goes on and on. Reading is what I cannot live without.
What can one __________ from reading? It can be said that serious reading makes one a __________ person.
When we read serious books, we must __________ our minds so as to find some room for new ideas, knowledge and inspirations. Reading helps us overcome __________ and prejudice (偏见) by offering different insights. We may learn to develop an overall view of the __________, either inside or outside.
Serious reading is time-consuming and thus makes us more __________. If we want to finish hundreds of pages of War and Peace, we must be prepared for a long journey without taking any __________.
Well-designed classical novels make us more __________. The writers put their hearts and minds into __________ plots, presenting descriptions and expressing their values. To __________ the stories, we must make full use of our born logical competence, which might __________ reasonability.
【1】
A．revise
B．read
C．translate
D．publish
【2】
A．expensive
B．acceptable
C．unique
D．available
【3】
A．important
B．comfortable
C．difficult
D．possible
【4】
A．sorting out
B．figuring out
C．speaking of
D．agreeing with
【5】
A．finish
B．sell
C．write
D．find
【6】
A．saving
B．breaking
C．owning
D．entering
【7】
A．popular
B．interested
C．honest
D．advanced
【8】
A．form
B．method
C．passion
D．system
【9】
A．list
B．cycle
C．story
D．game
【10】
A．understand
B．guess
C．remember
D．gain
【11】
A．better
B．richer
C．healthier
D．kinder
【12】
A．recover
B．fill
C．empty
D．change
【13】
A．addiction
B．ignorance
C．shyness
D．loneliness
【14】
A．study
B．book
C．room
D．world
【15】
A．powerful
B．productive
C．patient
D．polite
【16】
A．energy
B．measures
C．feedback
D．shortcuts
【17】
A．logical
B．practical
C．sensitive
D．outstanding
【18】
A．planning
B．analyzing
C．appreciating
D．reviewing
【19】
A．report
B．preserve
C．follow
D．select
【20】
A．deal with
B．lead to
C．result from
D．refer to
26、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
It was time for the annual Potato-Salad Contest in Russet Park. After trying for the third time, Alexis shook her head sadly. There was no way she would win the Golden Potato again because Grandpa wasn’t here this year.
Memories of how Grandpa taught her to make potato rose in her mind. She sighed and missed Grandpa so much.
Alexis cut the potatoes and mixed the boiled potatoes, some sauces and a little salt and peppers in a bowl. But it didn’t taste right. Alexis tried a bite of the salad mixture, wondering what was missing. Seeing her frown, Mom suggested, “What about something spicy? Your Grandpa loved spicy things.”
“You’re right! Maybe he put a jalapeno pepper in it,” Alexis said, cutting up a bright green jalapeno and adding it to the bowl.
It was closer, but it still didn’t taste right. Alexis was drooping her head, disappointed. “Should we look in a cookbook?”
“Grandpa was never one to follow a recipe,” Dad entered the kitchen and said.
It was true. People loved Grandpa’s potato salad because it was one of a kind. Alexis remembered posing with Grandpa for a photo while they were making the salad.
Photo! That gave her an idea. Alexis hurried to the bookcase and found an old photo album. She immediately flipped it open, expecting to find clues in the photos there. Lots of photos showed Grandpa and Grandma cooking together. Dad laughed, “He and Grandma loved to tease each other but he always called her Honey.”
“Do you think he put honey in the potato salad?” Mum asked.
“It is worth a try,” said Alexis. She stirred some honey into the bowl.
But it still wasn’t quite right. Alexis’ heart sank, on the verge of giving up. Dad kept flipping the album. At the end of the album was the picture of Grandpa and Alexis making the salad together.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为 150 左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
It looked like Grandpa was crying in the photo.
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With hesitation, the family tasted the potato salad with onions in it.
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