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1、It was such a ________job that I really felt ________.
A．tiring; tiring
B．tired; tired
C．tiring; tired
D．tired; tiring
2、On 12 April 1961, Yuru Gagarin became the first person in the world________ into space.
A．to go
B．going
C．gone
D．to be gone
3、Nowadays the_________for travelling is shifted from shopping to food and scenery.
A．priority
B．potential
C．preference
D．prejudice
4、The accident caused some _______to my car, but it’s nothing serious.
A. harm B. damage
C. injury D. ruin
5、Like most kids, my six-year-old son was very ________ when we bought him a lovely cat.
A．calm
B．hopeful
C．delighted
D．inspired
6、Please give Jim the schedule for tomorrow’s conference when he _____ back. He is to chair the conference.
A. will come B. is coming
C. comes D. came
7、His parents told him ________ too much about what others said.
A. don’t care B. not care
C. to not care D. not to care
8、I won’t go there again. They are too________ — they charged me 15 pounds for the broken cup.
A．guilty
B．gifted
C．greedy
D．generous
9、E-mail as well as telephones ______ more and more popular in daily communication.
A.have become B.become C.are becoming D.is becoming
10、As a senior high school student, I’ll have to study harder and get used ________(be) responsible for a lot more.
A．to be
B．of being
C．of be
D．to being
11、The teacher suggested that her students ______ experiences with ESP.
A．write a composition on their
B．to write composition about the
C．wrote some compositions of his or her
D．had written any compositions for his
12、The police spent all day looking for the three children and they were finally found _____ in an old mine outside the village.
A. to play B. playing
C. play D. played
13、The ________ on Sarah's face told me that she got annoyed.
A．confidence
B．expression
C．appearance
D．impression
14、The architecture in the town center is a successful ________ of the old and the new, and looks splendid.
A. achievement B. manner C. combination D. movement
15、I still find it hard to imagine that such a clever child __________ make such a foolish mistake.
A．shall
B．must
C．can
D．should
16、The president hope that the people will be better off when he quits than when he______.
A. started B. has started
C. starts D. will started
17、He wrote a letter _____________ he explained what had happened in the accident.
A.on which B.that
C.in which D.how
18、I bought my mother a present and wished to give her a surprise on her birthday, but my father____the secret.
A. put away B. put off C. gave away D. gave off
19、Emergency line operators must always ________ calm and make sure that they get all the information they need to send help.
A. grow B. appear
C. become D. stay
20、He doesn't adapt ________ the teaching work, because he is slow to adapt ________ the unusual rules of the school
A．for, for
B．to, to
C．for, to
D．to, for
21、I love seeing Europeans line up in airports to applaud arriving refugees. But humanitarianism (人道主义) will not guide policy for long. We liberals need to argue from Europe’s self-interest: our continent has the need, the space and the ability to accept people.
Many European countries are gradually turning into old people’s homes. Germany, Italy, Spain and others have some of the lowest birth rates in human history. It is predicted that about one-third of their populations will be aged over 65 in 2050. Germany needs to import at least 350,000 people a year to keep its workforce stable. Suddenly, young ambitious workers are pouring into the country as if called by a genie (精灵) with a lamp. No wonder Angela Merkel, German Chancellor, has been more welcoming than David Cameron, British Prime Minister. But all over Europe, carers for old people are already in need. Norway found oil under the seabed but it would have been better off if it had discovered 50,000 nurses there instead.
Many rightwingers think we have reached our limits. This feeling is widespread. And it’s true that Western Europe is one of the most densely populated regions on earth. Indeed, density has long been Europe’s unique selling point: with so many people of different nations closely packed together, we have always traded goods and exchanged ideas fast. That’s why the scientific revolution of the 16th and 17th centuries happened here.
But we have plenty more room. Many European cities aren’t dense enough. Now east Germany, north-western Spain and gorgeous mountain villages in Italy are losing people. Lots of cities have unused industrial land.
Humans inhabit a slice of the EU’s territory. Only about 2.5 per cent of the EU’s land is used for housing, estimates the European Commission. By contrast, a whopping 43 per cent was used for agriculture in 2009, it says. That’s too much. We could turn more land into forest or into green landscapes where people can relax and play. Making that transition is feasible because we now use agricultural land inefficiently.
Migrants often spend years locked up together in serious government-funded “migrant centers”. However, the way to learn a new country’s language, make friends and find work is to live with a local. This crisis has shown that lots of Europeans are willing to take refugees into their homes. After Iceland’s government said it could take only 50 Syrian refugees, many Icelanders came forward offering to take a far greater number into their own homes. People aren’t just sitting around waiting for government to do something.
We need migrants, and we can accommodate them. If opponents just don’t like foreigners, they should say so instead of pretending to be hardheaded pragmatists (实用主义者).
【1】Why is Angela Merkel willing to take in refugees according to the passage?
A. Germany has already stepped into aged society.
B. Birth rates in Germany are the lowest in history.
C. She is kind and shows sympathy for homeless people.
D. Refugees can make up the shortage of labor in Germany.
【2】Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. No other region is more densely populated than Western Europe.
B. Density has become Europe’s most outstanding characteristic.
C. All European cities are not crowded together in great numbers.
D. Large quantities of unused industrial land will turn into forest.
【3】It can be inferred that _______.
A. nurses are more badly needed than petrol in Europe
B. liberals always do something for the Europe’s benefit
C. aging problem in Germany is the worst in Europe
D. Europeans have already made intelligent use of the land
【4】What is the last paragraph but one mainly about?
A. Migrants can privately be accommodated.
B. Migrants had better not live in migrant centers.
C. Everyone can live with migrants to help them fit in.
D. Everyone has done their own part to help migrants.
22、My fifteen-year-old son has just returned from abroad with rolls of exposed film and a hundred dollars in uncashed traveler’s checks, and is asleep at the moment. His blue duffel（粗呢）bag lies on the floor where he dropped it. Obviously, he postponed s much sleep as he could when he walked in and we hugged, his electrical system suddenly switched off, and he headed directly for the bed, where I imagine he beat his old record of sixteen hours.
It was his first trip overseas, so weeks before it, I pressed travel books on him, and a tape cassette of useful French phrases; drew up a list of people to visit; advised him on clothing and other things. At the luggage store where we went to buy him a suitcase, he headed for the duffels, saying that suitcases were more for old people. During the trip, he called home three times: from London, Paris, and a village named Ullapool. Near Ullapool, he climbed a mountain in a rainstorm that almost blew him off. In the village, a man spoke to him in Gaelic（盖尔语）, and, too polite to interrupt, my son listened to him for ten or fifteen minutes, trying to nod in the right places. The Frenchman he learned from the cassette didn't hold water in Paris. The French he talked to shrugged（耸肩）and walked on.
When my son called, I sat down at the kitchen table and leaned forward and hung on every word. His voice came through clearly, though two of the calls were like ship-to-shore communication. When I interrupted him with a “Great!” or a “Really?”, I knocked a little hole in his communication. So I just sat and listened. I have never listened to a telephone so attentively and with so much pleasure. It was wonderful to hear news from him that was so new to me. In my book, he was the first man to land on the moon, and I knew that I had no advice to give him and that what I had already given was probably not much help.
The unused checks are certainly evidence of that. Youth travels light. No suitcase, not much luggage and a slim expense account, and yet he went to the scene, and came back safely. I sit here amazed. The night when your child returns with dust on his shoes from a country you've never seen is a night you would gladly turn into a week.
【1】When travelling, the author’s son_________.
A．forgot to call his mother
B．was lacking in money
C．had insufficient sleep
D．failed to take good pictures
【2】According to the passage, which of the following could best describe the author’s son?
A．Polite and careless.
B．Selfless and adventurous.
C．Creative and stubborn.
D．Considerate and independent.
【3】What does the underlined word “that” in the last paragraph refer to?
A．The son no longer needs much help from his mother.
B．It is important to listen to your child’s story.
C．The author is proud of her son’s achievement.
D．It’s easy to interrupt the chat with your child.
【4】What can we infer from the passage?
A．The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.
B．It’s a win-win choice to give a child space to experience and explore.
C．Communication between parents and children is extremely important.
D．Good parents should protect their children from potential dangers.
23、Last summer, I spent four months working in France, where the company I was working for put me up in a house that didn’t have Wi - Fi. I wasn’t looking forward to it.
I soon discovered, however, that living in a house without Wi - Fi was easier than I expected.
Contact between my friends and family was significantly reduced to the odd text message here and there. I couldn’t enjoy my usual web browsing on BBC iPlayer, social media sites, keeping up to date with the news, or even wanting to know the opening hours of shops in the new area I was in.
I didn’t, however, spend a full four months without connecting to a Wi - Fi network. It was only a five minute walk to the reception where I could connect for free and spend as much time online as I wanted to at my own leisure. It made me think, though, how unnecessary it can be, how unnecessarily we rely on it - how we perhaps rely on it too much. As a person, I was more sociable. I spent more time with my housemates instead of hiding behind a computer screen. I did other things that I wouldn’t necessarily have done if I could have browsed the web at my leisure. I read more, I cooked meals for my friends, and I even tidied up more often. Dare I say it; I learned how to live without Wi - Fi. Dare I say it; I found it was easier than I had imagined.
【1】What was the writer’s first feeling when finding her house had no Wi - Fi?
A．Unexpected.
B．Angry.
C．Shocked.
D．Hopeful.
【2】How did the writer keep in touch with her friends and family without Wi - Fi?
A．By writing regularly.
B．By text message.
C．By video calls.
D．By telegram.
【3】What was the writer’s life like without Wi - Fi?
A．Boring.
B．Lonely.
C．Active.
D．Relaxing.
【4】What can be a suitable title for the text?
A．A life without Wi – Fi
B．Different views on the Internet
C．The disadvantages of Wi – Fi
D．How to use the Internet properly
24、The morning had been a disaster. My tooth was aching, and I'd been in an argument with a friend. Her words still hurt：“The trouble with you is that you won't put yourself in my place. Can't you see things from my point of view？”I shook my head stubbornly—and felt the ache in my tooth. I'd thought I could hold out till my dentist came back from holiday, but the pain was really unbearable. I started calling the dentists in the phone book, but no one could see me immediately. Finally, at about lunchtime, I got lucky.
If you come by right now, ”the receptionist said, “the dentist will fit you in.”
I took my purse and keys and rushed to my car .But suddenly I began to doubt about the dentist. What kind of dentist would be so eager to treat someone at such short notice？Why wasn't he as busy as the others?
In the dentist's office, I sat down and looked around. I saw nothing but the bare walls and I became even more worried. The assistant noticed my nervousness and placed her warm hand over my ice-cold one.
When I told her my fears, she laughed and said, “Don't worry. The dentist is very good.”
“How long do I have to wait for him？”I asked impatiently. “Come on, he is coming. Just lie down and relax. And enjoy the artwork, ”the assistant said. “The artwork？”I was puzzled.
The chair went back. Suddenly I smiled. There was a beautiful picture, right where I could enjoy it：on the ceiling. How considerate the dentist was！At that moment, I began to understand what my friend meant by her words.
What a relief!
【1】Which of the following best describes the author's feeling that morning?
A. Satisfied B. Cheerful. C. Nervous. D. Upset..
【2】What made the author begin to doubt about the dentist?
A. The surroundings of the dentist's office.
B. The laughing assistant of the dentist.
C. The dentist's agreeing to treat her at very short notice.
D. The dentist's being as busy as the other dentists.
【3】Why did the author suddenly smile?
A. Because the assistant kept comforting her.
B. Because she could relax in the chair.
C. Because the dentist came at last.
D. Because she saw a picture on the ceiling.
【4】What did the author learn from her experience most probably?
A. Have a good word for one's friend.
B. Put oneself in other's shoes.
C. Strike while the iron is hot.
D. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
25、When you are stuck on a problem, sometimes it is best to stop thinking about it—consciously, anyway. Research has shown that taking a break or a nap can help the brain create_________to a solution. Now a new study_________on the effect of this so-called incubation（潜伏期）by using sound cues to focus the sleeping mind on a targeted problem.
When humans sleep, parts of the brain replay certain memories, strengthening and transforming them. About a decade ago researchers developed a technique, called targeted memory reactivation（TMR）, aimed at further enhancing_________memories: when a sound becomes associated with a memory and is later played during sleep, that memory gets_________. In a study published last November in Psychological Science, scientists tested whether_________the memory of a puzzle during sleep might also improve problem-solving.
About 60 participants visited the laboratory before and after a night of_________. First, they_________spatial, verbal and conceptual puzzles, with a distinct music clip repeating in the background for each, until they had worked on six puzzles they could not solve. Overnight they wore electrodes（电极）to detect slow-wave sleep, which may be important for memory enhancement—and a device played the sounds _________to three of the six unsolved puzzles. The next day, back at the lab, the participants attempted the six puzzles again.（Each repeated the experiment with a different set of puzzles the following night.） All told, the subjects solved 32 percent of the sound-stimulated puzzles compared with 21 percent of the _________puzzles.
The researchers "very bravely went for quite complex tasks that involved a lot of complex processing, and remarkably they found these really strong effects in all of their __________." says Penny Lewis, a psychologist at Cardiff University, who was not involved in the research. "These are supercool results. Now we need to go out and try to understand them by firstly replicating（复制）them and secondly trying to __________the component processes that are actually being influenced."
Beyond providing new evidence that humans restructure memories while sleeping, the research may have __________implications. "In a futuristic world, maybe TMR could help us use sleep to work on our problems," says lead author Kristin Sanders, who was a graduate student at Northwestern University during the study. Sleep-monitoring technology is increasingly accessible—and even without devices, prospective solvers can focus on important problems before __________.
Still, sleep is not __________; people need to do their homework and load their heads with the puzzle pieces involved. "I'm not going to solve cancer with this technique," Sanders says, "because I am totally __________cancer research."
【1】
A．applications
B．commitment
C．attention
D．pathways
【2】
A．counts
B．expands
C．insists
D．passes
【3】
A．treasured
B．selected
C．devoted
D．shortened
【4】
A．dimmed
B．stored
C．reactivated
D．researched
【5】
A．neglecting
B．examining
C．erasing
D．revisiting
【6】
A．sleep
B．experiment
C．training
D．relaxation
【7】
A．created
B．solved
C．attempted
D．classified
【8】
A．assigned
B．transformed
C．explained
D．introduced
【9】
A．unsettled
B．untargeted
C．unstated
D．untested
【10】
A．puzzles
B．brains
C．processes
D．tasks
【11】
A．work out
B．turn to
C．take on
D．bring about
【12】
A．individual
B．conceptual
C．practical
D．collective
【13】
A．dinner
B．dawn
C．bed
D．schooling
【14】
A．significant
B．magic
C．fixed
D．possible
【15】
A．dependent on
B．curious about
C．interested in
D．ignorant of
26、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
I watched my dad scowl (绷着脸) as he listened to the voice coming through the telephone receiver. I heard him say, “Yes, Miss Beisner,” and “I understand what you’re saying, Miss Beisner. I appreciate you sharing this information. We’ll see what we can do about the situation. Thank you for calling. Goodbye.”
Miss Beisner was my first-grade teacher, and I loved her. I thought she felt the same about me, but now I was beginning to wonder. The tone of Dad’s voice, the redness in his cheeks, and his repeated clenching. And unclenching of fists made it pretty clear. This was not a warm and fuzzy good news-from-the-teacher call.
As I was deciding whether I should lock myself in my bedroom for the rest of my life or run away from home, Dad hung up the phone. “Jacquie, come here and sit down. We need to talk.”
Uh-oh. When Dad said, “We need to talk,” it meant he needed to talk, and I needed to listen.
I shuffled (拖着脚走) over to the well-worn brown chair in the corner of the living room, plopped down, and waited to hear the nature of my crime.
Dad told me that Miss Beisner thought I was bright but not working up to my ability. She said I had strong verbal skills but weak study habits. Translation: I never closed my mouth, and I seldom opened a book. Apparently, my failure to memorize the addition facts, or even attempt to, was more than she was willing to put up with. Hence, the telephone call.
Dad ended our one-way conversation with a verbal outline for his plan of attack. Bubbles, our Toy Manchester Terrier, was going to teach me math. Silently, I thought, No way is any dumb dog going to teach me how to add, not even our beloved Bubbles. Out loud, I said, “How?”
Dad summoned Bubbles from her bed near the stove and commanded her to sit. “Bubbles,” Dad said, “how much is five plus three?” Bubbles let out eight loud, crisp barks.
I was incredulous (满腹狐疑的). I couldn’t understand how a dog could add, and I was more than a little embarrassed by the fact that the family dog was smarter than me.
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。
Paragraph 1: After that, I threw myself into math with newfound determination.
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Paragraph 2: One day, I asked Dad whether Bubbles really knew how to add.
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