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1、It’s very _________ of you to share your experience so that others may benefit from it.
A. considerate B. voluntary
C. moody D. lively
2、Nowadays the_________for travelling is shifted from shopping to food and scenery.
A．priority
B．potential
C．preference
D．prejudice
3、It was 80 years before Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic______Zheng sailed to East Africa
A.when B.that C.after D.since
4、---Mum, I have cleaned my room.
--- ________.
A. Wonders will never cease. B. I believe not.
C. Go ahead. D. Thanks a lot.
5、This is a very interesting book. I’ll buy it，________.
A．how much may it cost
B．no matter how it may cost
C．however much it may cost
D．whatever may it cost
6、—_____ either Christina or you going to attend the meeting this afternoon?
—No, neither she nor I _____.
A. Is; is B. Are; am
C. Are; is D. Is; am
7、It is acknowledged that he is too busily occupied ________ to the show tomorrow.
A．to go
B．going
C．with going
D．in going
8、 I had just settled in the new place and didn’t know ____________________.
A. what to expect B. what to be expected
C. how to expect D. how to be expected
9、The part he ________ in the movement was important.
A．played B．acted C．behaved D．made
10、I grabbed Norms arm and ________ him around to face me.
A. pinned B. wrapped
C. spun D. sprayed
11、Yellowstone is famous for the________of its wildlife, but it’s probably best known for its bears.
A．variety
B．quality
C．charity
D．facility
12、—How about spending the evening watching TV with Dad?
— ，Mum.I’d like to get out with my friends.
A. Go ahead B. My pleasure
C. Cheer up D. Come on
13、We two friends spent the whole afternoon __________ on each other’s news.
A．coming up
B．bringing up
C．winding up
D．catching up
14、How can we bridge the ever-widening gap that separates us from other animals?
A．build
B．narrow
C．balance
D．prevent
15、I don't want to go; ___________, I haven't enough time at the moment.
A.beside B.besides C.however D.therefore
16、Halloween is __________, and households are busy preparing varieties of candies.
A．turning up
B．on track
C．jumping in with both feet
D．around the corner
17、________ the mistake in the beginning, the problem could have been prevented at its source.
A.Had not the company ignored B.If the companydidn't ignore
C.Had the company not ignored D.Would the companynot ignore
18、Whale breathe through lungs just as we humans do，so they_______come up for air．
A.may B.can C.might D.must
19、You’d better write down her address before you ________ it.
A. forget B. are forgetting
C. forgot D. will forget
20、—What’s up? What’s that terrible noise from our upstairs neighbor?
—The spoiled boy is yelling and screaming to ______, I guess.
A. mend his way B. stop his way
C. push his way D. get his way
21、Benefits of Reading
The benefits of reading start with the first book a baby hears and continue into childhood and throughout the child’s life. Here are some reasons why reading is important.
Reading teaches children about the world around them. 【1】They are exposed to ways of life, ideas and beliefs about the world which may be different from those which surround them. This builds a store of background knowledge, which helps younger children learn to read confidently.
【2】When we read, our brains translate the descriptions we read of people , places and things into pictures. When we are reading a story, we are also imagining how the characters are feeling. We use our own experiences to imagine how we would feel in the same situation
Children who read do better at school. And they don’t just do better at subjects like reading, English and history. 【3】
Reading is a great form of entertainment! A paperback book or an e-reader doesn’t take up much space so you can take it anywhere and you’ll never be lonely or bored if you have a book in your bag. 【4】
Reading relaxes the body and calms the mind. 【5】The constant movement, flashing lights and noise are quite stressful for our brains. When we read in silence, the black print on a white page is much less stressful for our eyes and brains.
A．Reading improves concentration.
B．Reading develops a child’s imagination.
C．We seem to have forgotten how to relax and how to be silent.
D．Children learn new words and greatly enlarge their vocabulary.
E．They do better at all subjects and they do better all the day through school.
F．You can read while waiting for a friend or during a flight delay at an airport.
G．By reading, children learn about people, places and events outside their own experience.
22、 Expectations can be tricky and this is no different in the workplace! As I listen to some Baby Boomer managers relate their frustrations about working with Generation Y( Gen Y/millennials千禧一代) workers, their two main complaints center on their perceptions of the younger generation’s work ethic and sense of entitlement. These managers express that Gen Y workers want the honors of the workplace without putting in the sacrifices to earn them .
The Baby Boomer/Generation Y Conflict is a good title that I often use to describe this new millennium divide between Boomers and Gen Y workers. This conflict comes from different life experiences and generational expectations. Can Baby Boomers and Gen Y just get along? The answer is yes! As managers understand and account for the generational differences, they can move workplace dynamics from frustration and conflict to productivity and mutual understanding. To do so, we have to first understand Boomers and Gen Y.
Born between 1943 and 1960, Boomers, grew up in an environment of social unrest where challenging authority was the norm. As noted in Generations at Work significant events of the Boomer generation include the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, the women liberation movement and the Cold War. Boomers reflect that time in many ways: they tend to think they can change the world and they want to fulfill their own individual goals and potential. They come to the workplace confident, prepared to work hard, and expecting to be rewarded for their efforts.
Born between 1980 and 2000, Gen Y workers grew up in an environment of adult attention where monitoring, recognition, and support were the norm. Significant events of their generation include technology, protective parenting, school yard violence and multiculturalism. Gen Y workers reflect this time in many ways: they are the most technically talented generation and they are the most spoiled generation. Gen Y workers come to the workplace with confidence and a continuing expectation of recognition and support independent of results.
With the understanding that Generation Y workers have significantly different life experiences and expectations, Boomer manager can adjust their own interaction style and move from frustration and conflict to mutual understanding and productivity.
Gen Y workers are used to immediate feedback on how they are doing. It comes from their digital world where information is shared frequently and quickly. Give them ongoing feedback. Be sure to balance the feedback: tell them what they did well as well as how they can improve.
Many Gen Y workers are used to multiple supportive adults in their lives who spoiled and praised them. They respond better to coaching that focuses on outcomes than a direct management style.
Boomer managers sometimes make the assumption that Gen Y workers are rude or disrespectful of authority. More often, however, Gen Y workers do not understand normal standards of workplace behavior. For example, Gen Y workers often expect immediate responses from their bosses on whatever they communicate to them. This comes from their life experiences. They have had cell phones at a young age and are masters at communicating through text messages, social media, etc. Further, they are used to calling the adults in their lives and getting immediate attention. They bring these expectations to the workplace.
Boomers are partly responsible for launching some work-and-life balance programs for Gen Y workers. These younger generations have seen the negative effects that work has produced on some Boomers and decided that they want some balance in their lives. Many do not want to work like what Boomers have done. Boomer managers can engage Gen Y workers by supporting workplace flexibility and work-and-life balance. For these younger generations, work-and-life balance is among their top working priorities.
Expectations are hard to manage and different generations have different workplace expectations！Boomer and Gen Y conflict, however, does not have to continue. When Boomer managers understand these differences, they can both adapt their own interaction style and educate others to promote organizational productivity. These generations do not have to continue to collide in the workplace!
【1】What can we infer from Paragraph 1?
A.Gen Y workers always dismiss the honors as useless.
B.Boomers complain about the job attitude held by Gen Y.
C.Boomers tend to show little respect for Gen Y’s entitlement.
D.Gen Y workers don’t care about Boomers’ misunderstandings.
【2】Paragraphs 3 and 4 are meant to explore ______.
A.different attitudes towards accepted social norms.
B.the reasons for the frustrations and conflicts at work
C.the shared beliefs that united the two separate generations
D.the outcomes of different parenting on each generation
【3】Which of the following could best describe the character of Boomers?
A.Gentle but reserved. B.Stubborn and jealous.
C.Strict but generous. D.Ambitious and confident.
【4】What do Gen Y workers expect in the workplace?
A.Continual appreciation and assistance unaffected by results.
B.Good results as well as acknowledgement from bosses.
C.Independent advice on how to gain wide recognition.
D.Constant monitoring at work to boost their results.
【5】How do Gen Y workers probably want feedback provided?
A.Occasionally by post. B.Instantly and carefully weighed.
C.Regularly by means of praise. D.Directly and casually informed.
【6】Gen Y workers pay special attention to work-and-life balance because ______.
A.They are accustomed to the comfort of modern life
B.Their parents have been paying the same attention to it.
C.They don’t want to follow in the footsteps of Boomers.
D.Many sacrifices for honors have been made in the workplace.
23、When I spent the summer with my grandmother, she always set me down to the general store with a list. Behind the counter was a lady like no one I’d ever seen.
“Excuse me,” I said. She looked up and said, “I’m Miss Bee.”
“I need to get these.” I said, holding up my list. “So? Go get them. ” Miss Bee pointed to a sign. “There’s no one here except you and me and I’m not your servant, so get yourself a basket from that pile.”
I visited Miss Bee twice a week that summer. Sometimes she shortchanged me. Other times she overcharged. Going to the store was like going into battle. All summer long she found ways to trick me. No sooner had I learned how to pronounce “bicarbonate of soda” and memorized its location on the shelves than she made me hunt for it all over again. But by summer’s end the shopping trip that had once taken me an hour was done in 15 minutes. The morning I was to return home, I stopped in to get some run.
“All right, little girl,” she said. “What did you learn this summer?” “That you’re a meanie!” I replied. Miss Bee just laughed and said, “I know what you think of me. Well, I don’t care! My job is to teach every child I meet life lessons. When you get older you’ll be glad!” Glad I met Miss Bee? Ha! The idea was absurd.
Until one day my daughter came to me with homework troubles. “It’s too hard,” she said. “Could you finish my math problems for me?”
“If I do it for you, how will you ever learn to do it yourself?” I said. Suddenly, I was back at that general store where I had learned the hard way to add up my bill by myself. Had I ever been overcharged since?
【1】 How did the author first shop in the store?
A. She shopped with her grandmother together.
B. Miss Bee gave her a hand.
C. She asked a servant to help her.
D. She served herself.
【2】 What can we infer about Miss Bee?
A. Her tricks made the author finish shopping in a shorter time.
B. She neither shortchanged the author nor overcharged her.
C. Teaching kids lessons was Miss Bee’s job at that time.
D. Miss Bee used to learn to pronounce the names of some goods in the store.
【3】 The author mentioned her daughter to __________.
A. show her satisfaction with her kid’s homework.
B. tell readers Miss Bee’s effect on her.
C. inform readers of her irresponsibility for her kid.
D. express her opposition to Miss Bee.
24、Orbital structures are becoming increasingly important for worldwide communications and a new generation of technologies. But scientists are warning that the danger of space debris (碎片) is rapidly increasing. Space debris can include pieces of old rockets, non-operational satellites, lost tools and other items. They are threatening spaceships, satellites and space stations.
In an effort to reduce the amount of debris orbiting the Earth, a group of economists at the University of Colorado at Boulder proposed a yearly fee, or tax, on satellite operators for their use of an orbital path. The group’s study on the subject appeared recently in the publication Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Matthew Smith helped write the study. He said in a statement: “Space is a common resource, but companies aren’t responsible for the cost their satellites impose (迫使) on other operators when they decide whether or not to launch. So we need a policy that lets satellite operators directly cover the costs their launches impose on other operators.”
Akhil Liotta was the lead writer of the study. He said most of the proposed solutions to the problem have been based on using technology to clear away the debris. But, Smith said, removing debris only means that operators will launch more satellites, and an international agreement calling for a yearly fee or tax would push companies to be more mindful about launching further objects into space.
Christopher Burgess, a professor of space law at Northumbria University in Britain, said that imposing a space tax could be tricky. He noted that such a cost could be seen as a restriction on the free use of space, and the effort to place a fee on the use of space could easily be slowed by the many details involved.
【1】According to the text, what concerns the scientists at present?
A．The high cost of cleaning up space.
B．The increasing risk of space debris.
C．The safety of communication systems.
D．The practical effects of new technologies.
【2】What did some economists suggest to solve the problem mentioned in the text?
A．Strengthening control over space stations.
B．Allowing companies to use space for free.
C．Charging satellite operators orbital use.
D．Using advanced devices to collect space debris.
【3】Why does Christopher Burgess think the economists’ idea could be tricky?
A．It would lead to an argument.
B．It would eventually be rejected.
C．It is impossible to carry it out.
D．It is hard to put it into practice.
25、 A recent survey in the United States showed that the average family spent more money on its pets than on its children. Although rather shocking, it should not _______ anyone who has seen the doggy parlors(客厅) where loved pets rest. It is possible that: Americans are unique in treating their little friends in this way, but the information we have suggests that the English, too, are _______ to their pets.
This can clearly be seen when we look at pet foods, which often contain more vitamins than human food or at least, are _______ less nutrition. They certainly cost much. Last year the British public spent two hundred million pounds on pet food alone, _______ veterinary(兽医的) bills or animal furniture. It is difficult not to feel _______ with this when considering what the same amount could do for victims of starvation and poverty, so it is _______ for me to get hot under collar when I read an old man left all his money to his dog instead of his children.
There are a variety of reasons why I find the popularity of British pets _______. They cause physical problems. An example of this is New York where they have great difficulty getting rid of the mess that dogs leave on the streets. Many people find this funny, but in a number of large cities it is a major problem. Animals can cause disease, too. It is the threat of rabies—a disease with no known cure—that has made the English government impose strict _______ on animals coming into the United Kingdom. When the Spanish government recently _______ a number of stray dogs as protection against the same threat, English tourists immediately wrote letters to the newspapers ________about 'mass murder'.
Another problem is the ________ of pet owners. Most little children want a dog or a cat, and they continually push their mothers and fathers until they get one. It is only when the "sweet little thing" has been brought home that the parents realize how much time and money must be spent on "Rover" or "Bonzo". Then they just ________ it. This brings me to my last point. Pets, which run free, are often not ________ at all. English farmers lose hundreds of sheep a year, killed by someone’s pet and you must have read of children being hurt by some pets of their own.
________, I would only suggest that we have got our ________ wrong and that something should be done about it. In my view, it’s time we stopped being sentimental about pets.
【1】A.alert B.surprise C.disappoint D.interest
【2】A.kind B.polite C.subject D.available
【3】A.seldom B.far C.frequently D.totally
【4】A.in spite of B.regardless of C.not to mention D.rather than
【5】A.delighted B.patient C.mention D.unsatisfied
【6】A.usual B.natural C.concerned D.essential
【7】A.inevitable B.understandable C.ridiculous D.common
【8】A.orders B.punishments C.unacceptable D.restriction
【9】A.cured B.destroyed C.treatments D.drove
【10】A.inquiring B.caring C.enclosed D.complaining
【11】A.thoughtlessness B.hesitation C.worrying D.kindness
【12】A.isolate B.scold C.abandon D.bind
【13】A.funny B.sweet C.desert D.loving
【14】A.Nevertheless B.Moreover C.Therefore D.Meanwhile
【15】A.mind B.behavior C.love D.priority
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。
There is a story from many years ago of a primary school teacher. Her name was Mrs. Thompson. And as she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children a lie. Like most teachers, she looked at her students and said that she loved them all the same.
But that was impossible because there in the front row, slumped (弯着身子坐) in his seat, was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard.
Mrs. Thompson had watched Teddy the year before and noticed that he didn’t play well with the other children, that his clothes were messy and that he constantly needed a bath. And, Teddy could be unpleasant. It got to the point where Mrs. Thompson would actually take delight in marking his papers with a broad red pen, making bold X’s and then putting a big “F” at the top of his papers.
At the school where Mrs. Thompson taught, she was required to review each child’s past records and she put Teddy’s off until last.
However, when she reviewed his file, she was in for a surprise.
Teddy’s first grade teacher wrote, “Teddy is a bright child with a ready laugh. He does his work neatly and has good manners. He is a joy to be around.” His second grade teacher wrote, “Teddy is an excellent student, well-liked by his classmates, but he is troubled because his mother has a terminal illness and life at home must be a struggle.” His third grade teacher wrote, “His mother’s death has been hard on him. He tries to do his best but his father doesn’t show much interest and his home life will soon affect him if some steps aren’t taken.” Teddy’s fourth grade teacher wrote, “Teddy is withdrawn (沉默寡言的) and doesn’t show much interest in school. He doesn’t have many friends and sometimes sleeps in class.”
By now, Mrs. Thompson realized the problem and she was ashamed of herself.
She felt even worse when her students brought her Christmas presents, wrapped in beautiful paper and tied with pretty ribbons (丝带), except for Teddy’s. His present was clumsily wrapped in the heavy, brown paper that he got from a grocery bag. Mrs. Thompson took pains to open it in the middle of the other presents.
注意：
1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。
Paragraph 1:
Some of the children started to laugh when she found a rhinestone bracelet (手镯) with some of the stones missing, and a bottle that was one quarter full of perfume.
Paragraph 2:
Teddy Stoddard stayed after school that day just long enough to say, “Mrs. Thompson, today you smelled just like my mom used to.”
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