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1、—It’s said that shopping online is safe.
—________. You’d better be careful.
A．I agree
B．That depends
C．Take it easy
D．No problem
2、______ onto the top of Mount Tai, and you’ll see a beautiful landscape---a sea of clouds.
A.Climbing B.To climb C.Climb D.If you climb
3、It was a pure __________that Julia and I toured the University of Oxford on the same day.
A.acquaintance B.coincidence
C.circumstance D.consequence
4、Those who continuously acquire new knowledge that they can ________ their work are more likely to succeed.
A.contribute to B.correspond to C.subscribe to D.apply to
5、These tall buildings ________ in our hometown last year.
A．built B．are built C．were built
6、 Each time, Billy Crystal performs his stand-up routine in front of millions of people when the show is broadcast _______ on TV.
A. alive B. living C. live D. Lively
7、In the reading room, we found her ________ at a desk, with her attention ________ on a book.
A.sitting; fixing B.to sit; fixed
C.seating; fixing D.seated; fixed
8、I___________ worry about the final test — I always get well prepared before it comes.
A．can’t
B．mustn’t
C．daren’t
D．needn’t
9、I have a big brother. ___ name is Paul.
A.Her B. His C. My
10、The children at the Medical Care Centre were so friendly that it was __________ to interact with them than we had expected.
A．easy
B．much easier
C．less easier
D．the easiest
11、The library is not ________ to the general public now, for it is being decorated.
A．responsible
B．available
C．adjustable
D．suitable
12、When Jane realized how rude she was to Jenny, she was filled with _______ and apologized several times.
A. anxiety B. anger
C. surprise D. shame
13、I like your products very much ________ quality but I think the price is too high.
A．in charge of
B．in place of
C．in terms of
D．in spite of
14、—Wow, I didn’t know you play golf so well.
—I ________ for the last 6 months.
A. play B. played C. am playing D. have been playing
15、Don’t worry. They ______ to consider your advice. Let me remind them of it now.
A. could forget B. could have forgotten
C. should have forgotten D. should forget
16、—I hear John was badly injured in the accident.
—________, let’s go and see him.
A．If not
B．If so
C．If necessary
D．If possible
17、Air travel is much more affordable and _______ to the masses than it was in the 1960 s.
A.portable B.elegant C.accessible D.beneficial
18、They may sometimes ________ and you will have to spend time mending them.
A．break out
B．break down
C．break up
D．break in
19、The exciting moment ________ Tony will always remember is ________ he approaches the Harbor Bridge and the Opera House.
A．that；that
B．that；when
C．when；that
D．when；when
20、It is important to maintain clear channels of communication ________ to make complaints so as to guarantee the quality of our service.
A. in which B. in that
C. by which D. through which
21、 We all want to go somewhere — somewhere that has been on our bucket list ages.【1】 We often picture the scenes like four cities in seven days, “must-see’s” in Tokyo，famous landmarks in Europe and so on. It’s as if the faster we’re checking things off our list, the more we are experiencing.
【2】 Traveler, the South Korean reality show, can perhaps give us some idea of what travel is like Traveler's travelers don't have a mission and there isn’t a competition for them to win.
Instead, it focuses on “depicting (描绘) the real experience of traveling by showing the processes of finding a place to stay or grabbing (拦下) a taxi”, according to The Korea Times. 【3】 It isn’t about getting or not getting somewhere as quickly as possible, but about simply being excited as you’re getting there or not getting there at all.
【4】 You may ignore the guidebook’s recommendation and ask local people where they prefer to eat and hang out. And you’ll be surprised by what a place has to offer when you’re not busy rushing around and checking things off your bucket list.
Travel is just like life. There is little fun in it if everything is predictable. 【5】 But as travel blog CheeseWeb puts it, as long as you keep an open mind, you’ll see that “everywhere is ‘somewhere”’.
A.It’s true that we all want to go “somewhere”.
B.But do you know what you are experiencing?
C.Why not stop rushing you off your feet and slow down?
D.This is actually the concept of what’s called “slow travel”.
E.So, we tend to squeeze as many sights into our trip as possible.
F.You may try to wander off the main road and take a back street instead.
G.However, concerning it’s probably not quantity that counts but quality.
22、Researchers say a new study shows two way communication is possible with people who are asleep and dreaming.
In separate experiments, scientists in the US, France, Germany and the Netherlands asked people simple questions while they slept. Sleepers would respond by moving their eyes or twitching (抽动) their feet in a certain way to indicate their answers.
“Since the 1980s, we’ve known that dreamers can communicate out of dreams by using these signals.” says Karen Konkoly, a Ph. D. student at Northwestern University who is the first author on the study published in Current Biology. “But we were wondering, can we also communicate in by asking people questions that they could actually hear in their dreams so that we could kind of have a more meaningful conversation?”
For example. a typical question would be to ask what is 8 minus 6. A 19-year-old American man was able to respond by moving his eyes lift-right, left-right—two times—to signal “2”. Researchers asked the question again, and he moved his eyes the same way two times again.
Out of the 158 trials among 36 participants, about 18% of the time, they were able to give correct answers. In another 18%, it wasn’t clear whether participants were responding or not. They were wrong 3% of the time. Most often, 61% of the participants didn’t respond at all.
The researchers write that their findings present new opportunities for gaining real-time information about dreaming. Konkoly says there’s the possibility of one day doing a sort of “dream therapy (疗法)” for talking down people experiencing nightmares. And if more reliable communication methods can be worked out, it could help people with creative activities and ideas. With the help of an awake person, Konkoly says it could be possible to“combine those logical advantages of wake with the creative advantages of dreams and maybe have some more applications.
【1】How did the sleepers give answers in the study?
A．By making gestures.
B．By making eye movements.
C．By making faces.
D．By using sign languages.
【2】What can we learn from the new study?
A．Dreamers showed good creative thinking.
B．Most sleepers could give correct answers.
C．It was the first study of its sort in the world.
D．Researchers got real-time information about dreaming.
【3】What does the new study focus on?
A．Whether dreamers can communicate out of dreams.
B．What questions are suitable to be asked in the study.
C．How researchers can help people experiencing nightmares.
D．Whether two-way communication with dreamers is possible.
【4】What is the author’s attitude to “a meaningful conversation” with dreamers?
A．Skeptical.
B．Objective.
C．Doubtful.
D．Critical.
23、When I was a child, I was terrified of storms, especially those violent ones that occurred in summer. Once, I was out shopping with my parents, when suddenly there was a loud noise coming from the direction of the Apennine Mountains.
As the storm got closer, lightning fell a few hundred meters from us, and hail (冰雹) whitened the streets in minutes. This was a totally new experience for me, and I ran into my father’s arms in terror. I was afraid. But I was also in awe. Like the pull of a horror movie, my fear developed into fascination as I grew older. When a thunder storm broke out at night, I would rush to my window to witness a brilliant show in the night sky. I would wait in eager anticipation, equipped with my parents’ camera, ready to try and capture a flashing moment.
An interest in storm photography arose from these youthful attempts. What once frightened me now gave me a strong rush, especially the first time lightning struck just a few meters away from me, an experience which resulted in me capturing a splendid photo of the moment. From that moment on, I realized that I absolutely had to chase storms throughout southern Italy.
The truth is that storm chasing is quite dangerous, especially to those who set out to chase storms without acknowledging the risks involved or respecting nature. Most accidents caused by lightning occur outdoors. You are most at risk in the mountains, but all large and exposed places such as a lawn (草坪) or a soccer field can also be a dangerous place during a storm, especially anywhere in the presence of water, such as the sea, beaches or outdoor pools.
One day soon I will set off to expand my storm chasing journey beyond Italy’s horizons. I would love to go to Venezuela where electrical storms are guaranteed almost all year round on the Catatumbo River and Lake Maracaibo. Maybe that will be the day that my parents finally accept the choice of my career.
【1】What is paragraph 2 mainly about?
A．The author’s reaction during a storm.
B．The author’ s most impressive memory.
C．How the author got over his fear of storms.
D．How the author developed interest in chasing storm.
【2】Which of the following places is the safest in a storm in the author’s opinion?
A．A room in a shopping center.
B．The beach near the sea.
C．The lawn with open water.
D．A path in the mountains.
【3】Why will the author go to Venezuela in the future?
A．To enjoy the splendid scenery.
B．To seek a working opportunity.
C．To join a team that chases storms.
D．To capture the frequent electrical storms.
【4】Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?
A．My Fear of Storms
B．My Dream to Chase Storms
C．An Opportunity to Respect Nature
D．A Destination of My Life
24、 Rivers are the veins of the Earth, transporting the water and nutrients (营养物) needed to support the planet’s ecosystems, including human life. While many nutrients are essential to the survival of life, there is one element transported by water in rivers that holds the key to life and to the future of our planet — carbon.
Carbon is everywhere and understanding the way it moves and is either released or stored by the Earth system is a complex science in itself. Carbon starts its journey downstream when natural acid rain, which contains carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, melts minerals in rocks. This helps transform carbon dioxide to bicarbonate (碳酸氢盐) in the water that then flows in our rivers. This is a very long process, which is one of the main ways carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere. Carbon is transported by rivers to oceans and once that carbon reaches the ocean, it is stored naturally in deep sea sediments (沉淀物) for millions of years.
As carbon travels down a river, different processes may impact whether it continues to flow downstream or whether it is released into the atmosphere. For example, human engineering, like extensive dam construction, will result in dramatic changes to how water and sediments travel down the river. Some carbon that fails to reach the sea may return to the atmosphere in some way, which causes more warming.
Earth’s climate is closely related to the carbon cycle. We all know about the essential role of plants in consuming carbon dioxide, but do we know enough about rivers? Changing the chemistry and the course of rivers may have significant impacts on how they transport carbon. Remember: wherever we live, we all live downstream.
【1】Where is the carbon in rivers originally from?
A.The atmosphere. B.The rocks.
C.The acid rain. D.The upstream areas.
【2】Why is human engineering mentioned in Paragraph 3?
A.To show how important to life carbon is.
B.To explain how necessary it is to build dams.
C.To show how a natural process is interrupted.
D.To explain how humans fight global warming.
【3】What does the author want to convey in the last paragraph?
A.We’d better move upstream to live.
B.We should protect plants along rivers.
C.We’d better seek more help from plants.
D.We should be cautious about river management.
【4】What is the best title for the text?
A.What Humans Do with Rivers
B.How Rivers’ Transporting Carbon Counts
C.What the Carbon Cycle Means to Us
D.How Living Downstream Affects the Earth
25、Christmas Eve should be a time of celebration. However, for Jimmy Nicholos, it was specially _______.
Jimmy is a(n) _________man in California who works part-time at Start Rescue Resale Store which _______ most of the money they earned to help START Rescue, a nonprofit that saves animals. As the owner of a service dog, this _______ is particularly close to Jimmy’s heart.
One day after work, he went out with his dog Boots. While _______ the street, he and Boots were _________by a large group of people approaching from the other side. Jimmy couldn’t find Boots. _______, Jimmy did everything he could to get back his furry friend as soon as possible.
He wasn’t _________. The other employees at the store collectively offered $10,000 for Boots’_________. “The START team sent out hundreds of flyers, and worked 24 hours a day to ________ Boots,” Jimmy said.
As time went on, Jimmy was provided with ways to __________ the word about his lost dog, including a moment to________at a press conference. “Having lost my family and having no home to go to, I’ve __________ him to be my baby,” he said. “What he brought me was ____________ .”
After about two weeks with no __________ , Jimmy was approached by a local TV station. He talked with them about his __________. Mere minutes after it aired, someone called, ________ they had his dog.
Soon after, Jimmy __________ with Boots in the Van Nuys Community Police Station. He was so thankful to everyone who had a part in ________him. Jimmy said that without them, this __________ wouldn’t have happened.
【1】
A．late
B．meaningful
C．peaceful
D．rough
【2】
A．homeless
B．busy
C．generous
D．independent
【3】
A．receives
B．appreciates
C．donates
D．withdraws
【4】
A．habit
B．job
C．confidence
D．power
【5】
A．leaving
B．touring
C．crossing
D．searching
【6】
A．protected
B．forgotten
C．blocked
D．separated
【7】
A．Luckily
B．Immediately
C．Simply
D．Temporarily
【8】
A．happy
B．relaxed
C．alone
D．ashamed
【9】
A．return
B．safety
C．future
D．life
【10】
A．stay with
B．hunt for
C．look into
D．care about
【11】
A．spread
B．keep
C．exchange
D．write
【12】
A．work
B．question
C．agree
D．speak
【13】
A．proved
B．allowed
C．considered
D．encouraged
【14】
A．sympathy
B．comfort
C．impression
D．experience
【15】
A．news
B．competition
C．service
D．opinion
【16】
A．exploration
B．enthusiasm
C．situation
D．behavior
【17】
A．apologizing
B．adding
C．commenting
D．telling
【18】
A．talked
B．reunited
C．communicated
D．played
【19】
A．repaying
B．trusting
C．changing
D．helping
【20】
A．outcome
B．method
C．fact
D．chance
26、阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
In the busy city of New York, such an amazing thing ever happened. On a cold Friday night, a poor artist stood at the gate of the subway station, playing his violin. The young violinist was a student at an Arts College named Joseph, who did so every day in order to earn his tuition fees. He planned to attend advanced studies in Vienna and had booked the flight the next morning. Though the music was great, people were quickly going home for the weekend. Joseph was playing his last chapter when a middle-aged man looking pretty excited slowed down his pace and put 50 dollars into the hat, for which Joseph was grateful.
The next night, the young artist came to the gate of the subway station as usual, and put his hat on the ground gracefully. Different from the day before, he took out a large piece of paper and laid it on the ground and put some stones on it. Then he began playing the violin.
Before long, the young violinist was surrounded with many passers-by, who were all attracted by the words on that paper. It said, “Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put an unexpected thing into my hat by mistake. Please come to claim it as soon as possible.”
It caused a great excitement and curiosity. They were dying to know what the unexpected thing could be. After about half an hour, a middle-aged man ran there in a hurry and rushed through the crowd to the violinist and grabbed his shoulders and said, “Yes, it’s you. You did come here. I knew that you’re an honest man and would certainly come here.”
The young violinist asked calmly, “Are you Mr George Sang?” The man nodded. The violinist asked, “Did you lose something?” “Lottery. It’s lottery.” replied the man.
The violinist took out a lottery ticket on which George Sang’s name was seen. “Is it?” he asked. George nodded and seized the lottery ticket and kissed it. Asked by many passers-by, he told his story in details.
注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
He bought a lottery ticket the other day.
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Out of curiosity, some passers-by asked Joseph why he didn’t keep it for himself.
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