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1、I don't _______ stress, for I'm a kid and my parents are holding up all the pressure for me.
A.suffer from B.differ from C.protect from D.come from
2、It was not what he said but the way ________ he said it that surprised us.
A. which B. by which C. that D. how
3、On ________ the voice of police cars, the robbers ran off in panic, leaving some of the robbed money behind.
A．heard
B．to hear
C．hear
D．hearing
4、I wondered what ways Johnnie could suggest ________ solve this difficult problem.
A．helping
B．to help
C．help
D．helped
5、—Was it under the tree ______ you went away talking to a friend?
—Sure. But when I got back there, the bike was gone.
A. that B. when C. where D. while
6、Theaters may have a brighter future if they can provide a movie experience people cannot get at home.
A.that B.who C.whom D.what
7、I am looking forward to the day _____ my daughter can read this book and know my feelings for her.
A．who
B．why
C．when
D．which
8、Making eye contact gives the interviewer the impression that you’re confident _______ you actually feel quite uncomfortable.
A. in case B. even though
C. only if D. now that
9、His wife ________ him to stop smoking, but he didn’t listen.
A. advised B. persuaded C. suggested D. frightened
10、Only when ______ the painting ______ decide whether the painting is worth buying.
A.he sees; he can B.does he see; can he
C.he sees; can he D.see she; he can
11、If we develop ________ energy sources and reduce emissions（排放）, China will be an example of how economic development and environmental protection can work together.
A．artificial
B．profound
C．alternative
D．widespread
12、My mother ______ angry with me, but I couldn’t shut my mouth before I shouted at her!
A. wasn’t B. wouldn’t be
C. wouldn’t have been D. hadn’t been
13、The newly built cafe, ______the walls are painted light green, is really a peaceful place for us, especially after hard work.
A．whose
B．of whose
C．which
D．of which
14、While most of us are only too ready to ________ others the cold wind of ________, we are somehow reluctant to give our fellows the warm sunshine of praise.
A．respond to...conflict
B．apply to ...criticism
C．react to...threat
D．reply to...superiority
15、---I wonder if I could possibly use your car tonight?
---_____. I’m not using it anyhow.
A. Sure, go ahead. B. I don’t know
C. Yes, indeed. D. I don’t care
16、Data show that kids and teens who do read frequently, compared to infrequent readers, have more books in the home, and parents will set _______ time for them to read.
A.out B.off C.about D.aside
17、— I called you at seven yesterday evening, but there was no answer.
— Oh, I am sorry. I _____dinner at my friend’s home.
A.had had B.had C.was having D.would have
18、 Sorry to have kept you waiting so long, but it’ll still be some time ______ Mr. Smith is available.
A. when B. before C. after D. since
19、In some places women are expected to earn money ______ men work at home and raise their children.
A．but B．while
C．because D．though
20、With the kind boy ________ the way, we found the park soon.
A．leads
B．to lead
C．led
D．leading
21、Fashion designers are always looking for new materials to work with. Lately, it’s all about environment-friendly materials -- recycled tires, mushrooms, even pineapple fibers! What if you want such a pair of shoes? Thaely is here to help.
This sneaker brand out of Dubai wants to fight the growing problem of plastic pollution. Led by 23-year-old Indian businessman Ashay Bhave, they may have found a winning approach: making shoes out of plastic grocery bags. “Thaely” means “plastic bag” in the Hindi language.
“I was looking to create footwear that is cost-effective and safe for the environment,” Bhave said in an interview with a newspaper. “I needed to come up with something that uses recycled plastic without creating any more plastic waste. ”Plastic bags were the perfect solution. He said five trillion plastic bags are used around the world each year. “I was motivated to find a solution to this problem,” Bhave said.
That solution was the fiber called ThaelyTex. Made entirely from plastic bags, the material looks and feels like leather. That sounds promising. Better yet, the production process requires no additional chemicals and produces no poisonous by-products. The result is a smart-looking pair of white low-top sneakers.
Bhave wouldn’t expose the full process for making ThaelyTex, but he said that each pair of shoes was made from up to 15 plastic bags and 22 plastic bottles. Where do they get the materials? Bhave told Elle that was the hardest part. “The biggest challenge we faced was right at the first step of acquiring the plastic bags. ”
Finally, they got help from TrioTap Technologies, a waste management plant. Bhave said they offered to collect the bags and also process them into ThaelyTex.
So far, it seems like things are falling into place. There are already hundreds of pre-orders in place. It sounds like they have some plans for the future. “We have a few more colors coming up,” said Bhave. They also plan to put out a high-top model and bring in a line of clothing. Let’s hope their growth is also friendly to the environment.
【1】Why did Bhave choose to make shoes out of plastic bags?
A．To set a new footwear trend.
B．To test new materials for footwear.
C．To reduce the use of plastic bags in his home country.
D．To use recycled plastic in an environment-friendly way.
【2】What was the most difficult task for Bhave?
A．Having a few more colors for Thaely.
B．Processing plastic bags into ThaelyTex.
C．Collecting enough production materials
D．Dealing with many poisonous by-products
【3】The underlined part“put out”in the last paragraph probably means__________.
A．produce
B．conserve
C．provide
D．broadcast
【4】What can be the best title for this passage?
A．Bhave: a promising young man
B．Thaely: killer of waste plastic bags
C．ThaelyTex: material out of plastic bags
D．TrioTap Technologies: a waste management plant
22、Owning a smartphone may not be as smart as you think. It may let you surf the Internet, listen to music and snap photos wherever you are…but it also turns you into a workaholic, it seems.
A study suggests that, by giving you access to emails at all times, the all-singing, all-dancing mobile phone adds as much as two hours to your working day. Researchers found that Britons work an additional 460 hours a year on average as they are able to respond to emails on their mobiles.
The study by technology retailer Pixmania reveals the average UK working day is between 9 and 10 hours, but a further two hours is spent responding to or sending work emails, or making work calls. More than 90 percent of office workers have email-enabled phones, with a third accessing them more than 20 times a day. Almost one in ten admits spending up to three hours outside their normal working day checking work emails. Some workers confess(承认) they are on call almost 24 hours a day, with nine out of ten saying they make work emails and calls outside their normal working hours. The average time for first checking emails is between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m., with more than a third checking their first emails in this period, and a quarter checking them between 11 p.m. and midnight.
Ghadi Hobeika, marketing director of Pixmania, said, “The ability to access literally millions of apps, keep in contact via social networks and take photos and video as well as text and call has made smartphones invaluable for many people. However, there are drawbacks. Many companies expect their employees to be on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and smartphones mean that people literally cannot get away from work. The more constantly in contact we become , the more is expected of us in a work capacity(容量).”
【1】What can we conclude from the text?
A．All that glitters is not gold.
B．It never rains but pours.
C．Every coins has two sides.
D．It’s no good crying over spilt milk.
【2】The underlined word “accessing” in the third paragraph can be replaced by “________”.
A．calling
B．reaching
C．getting
D．using
【3】Which of the following is true according to the text?
A．The average UK working time is between nine and twelve hours.
B．Nine- tenths spent over three hours checking work emails.
C．One-fourth check their first mail between 11 p.m. and midnight.
D．The average time for first checking emails is between 6 a.m. and 8 .am ..
【4】What’s the main idea of the text?
A．Workaholics like smartphones.
B．Smartphones bring about extra work.
C．Smartphones make our life easier.
D．Employers don’t like smartphones.
23、Does drinking alcohol really help us stay healthy? If so, how much should we have each day? Recently a study, co-authored by 512 researchers from 243 institutions, was published in the well-known journal The Lancet. The researchers built a database of more than a thousand alcohol studies and data sources, as well as death and disability records from 195 countries between 1990 and 2016. The goal was to see how alcohol affects the risk of 23 health problems. The number that jumped out, in the end, was zero. Anything more than that was associated with health risks.
"What has been ignored is that no amount of drinking is good for you," said Emmanuela Gakidou, a professor at the University of Washington. "People should no longer think that a drink or two a day is good for you. What's best for you is to not drink at all," she said. The study found that 2.8 million people across the globe died in 2016 of alcohol-related courses. For people aged 15 to 49, alcohol is the leading risk factor for experiencing a negative health outcome.
This is an alarming report for the roughly 2 billion human beings who drink alcohol. The report challenges the controversial assumption that moderate drinking provides a clear health benefit. That idea took hold in the 1990s after news reports on the "French paradox": The French have relatively low rates of heart disease despite a fatty diet. Some researchers pointed to red wine consumption among the French as potentially protective.
A large number of studies found evidence that people who have a drink or two a day are less likely to have heart disease than people who give up or drink too much. But the new study, while noting the lower risks of heart disease from moderate drinking, found that many other health risks balance out health benefits. Those include the risks of breast cancer, interpersonal violence, self-harm and transportation accidents.
【1】What can we conclude from the study published in The Lancet?
A．No amount of alcohol is safe.
B．A drink or two day is good for us.
C．Alcohol has little to do with health risks.
D．Alcohol will be forbidden in 195 countries.
【2】What is Emmanuela Gakidou's attitude towards drinking alcohol?
A．Supportive.
B．Unfavorable
C．Admiring.
D．Unconcerned.
【3】What does the “French paradox" suggest?
A．The French consume too much alcohol.
B．Red wine may cause heart diseases.
C．The French need to go on a diet.
D．Alcohol benefits human beings.
【4】According to the last paragraph, who are less likely to suffer from heart disease?
A．Those who have fatty diet.
B．Those who have given up alcohol.
C．Those who drink a little every day.
D．Those who drink as much as they can.
24、 We’ve known for years that plants can see, hear, smell and communicate with chemicals. Now, reported New Scientist, they have been recorded making sounds when stressed.
In a yet-to-be-published study, Itzhak Khait and his team at Tel Aviv University, in Israel, found that tomato and tobacco plants can make ultrasonic(超声的)noises. The plants “cry out” due to lack of water, or when their stems(茎)are cut. It’s just too high-pitched(音调高的)for humans to hear.
Microphones placed 10 centimeters away from the plants picked up sounds in the ultrasonic range of 20 to 100 kilohertz(千赫兹). Human hearing usually ranges from 20 hertz to 20 kilohertz. “These findings can alter the way we think about the plant kingdom,” they wrote.
On average, “thirsty” tomato plants made 35 sounds an hour, while tobacco plants made 11. When plant stems were cut, tomato plants made an average of 25 sounds in the following hour, and tobacco plants 15. Unstressed plants produced fewer than one sound per hour, on average.
Perhaps most interestingly, different types of stress led to different sounds. The researchers trained a machine-learning model to separate the plants’ sounds from those of the wind, rain and other noises of the greenhouse. In most cases, it correctly identified whether the stress was caused by dryness or a cut, based on a sound’s intensity and frequency. Water-hungry tobacco appears to make louder sounds than cut tobacco, for example. Although Khait and his colleagues only looked at tomato and tobacco plants, they think other plants also make sounds when stressed.
If farmers could hear these sounds, said the team, they could give water to the plants that need it most. As climate change causes more droughts, they said this would be important information for farmers. “The sounds that drought-stressed plants make could be used in precision agriculture(精准农业),” said Anne Visscher at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in the UK.
Khait’s report also suggest that insets and mammals can hear the sounds up to 5 meters away and respond. For example, a moth(蛾子)may decide not to lay eggs on a water-stressed plant. Edward Farmer, at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, is doubtful. He said that the idea of moths listening to plants is “a little too speculative”.
If plants are screaming for fear of their survival, should we be thankful we can’t hear them?
【1】What did Khait and his team find from their research?
A.Plants made low-pitched sounds when in danger.
B.Plants were able to produce sounds in response to stresses.
C.Plants picked up a wider range of sounds when stressed.
D.Plants made ultrasonic noises to communicate with each other.
【2】How did tomato and tobacco plants react to different stresses according to the text?
A.A plant reacted to different stresses with the same sound.
B.Cut tomato plants produced more sounds per hour than water-hungry ones.
C.Cut tobacco plants seemed to make weaker sounds than drought-stressed ones.
D.Tobacco plants might make louder sounds than tomato plants when short of water.
【3】What’s the main idea of Paragraph 6?
A.The potential applications of the research.
B.Challenges facing farmers in the future.
C.Farmers ‘contributions to the research.
D.What the future agriculture will be like.
【4】The underlined word “speculative” in the second-to-last paragraph has the closest meaning to “________”.
A.practical B.unsuspected C.unsupported D.complicated
25、When our restaurant business failed, we headed north in a camping truck to Texas, hoping to have a “fresh start”.
At the _______of Palo Duro Canyon (峡谷) State Park, I _______a job advertisement hiring park hosts. The position offered a _______, permanent campsite in the park, and _______, the hosts served as a link between the park’s guests and the rangers (护林人). It was the perfect solution: a rent-free place to reorganize our lives. We entered the park and I made an _______for the following day.
The park was_______, so it took us some time to find an available site. That evening, as we finished our dinner, my wife saw two large skunks (臭鼬) walking toward our table. We_______climbed onto the table and, for the next four hours, waited for them to _______our camp.
Having survived that night, we were _______that everything else would be all right. The next day we met with the people who ran the park. They explained our________ and gave us a beautiful campsite.
That evening, ________, we learned about the canyon ________ They were strong and cold, rocking our little camping truck violently, and we lay ________ in the dark until the winds died away.
________the weeks that followed, we learned to survive in our truck and ________
the little money my wife ________by substitute teaching. Building a successful business and then losing it had left very little time for building a successful ________. For a time after our business ________I thought I might lose my family as well.
Living in the tiny__________with no television, we sat close together reading and talking. One evening, standing under a jeweled sky, I found myself ________ for all the hardships. We had walked the trails and climbed the canyon walls. We had become a family!
【1】
A．back
B．edge
C．centre
D．entrance
【2】
A．sponsored
B．published
C．noticed
D．answered
【3】
A．safe
B．free
C．convenient
D．beautiful
【4】
A．in return
B．in time
C．in short
D．in turn
【5】
A．attempt
B．agreement
C．appeal
D．appointment
【6】
A．crowded
B．dangerous
C．ideal
D．quiet
【7】
A．repeatedly
B．immediately
C．eventually
D．calmly
【8】
A．attack
B．leave
C．pass
D．search
【9】
A．satisfied
B．determined
C．confident
D．aware
【10】
A．responsibilities
B．requirements
C．circumstances
D．conditions
【11】
A．moreover
B．therefore
C．meanwhile
D．however
【12】
A．winds
B．snows
C．woods
D．trails
【13】
A．shaking
B．quarrelling
C．mourning
D．aching
【14】
A．After
B．Between
C．During
D．Beyond
【15】
A．give away
B．hand out
C．live on
D．put aside
【16】
A．borrowed
B．earned
C．posted
D．raised
【17】
A．business
B．career
C．family
D．image
【18】
A．started
B．failed
C．expanded
D．declined
【19】
A．truck
B．park
C．house
D．camp
【20】
A．desperate
B．ready
C．suitable
D．thankful
26、Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.
Will people reduce car use in 20 years？
Nowadays, the ownership of cars is no longer being recognized as a symbol of one’s wealth and social position. Tracking back to the past when only the rich were qualified to possess private cars, we couldn’t help marveling at the historic change such a convenient invention brought to people’s daily lives. Nevertheless, the increase in the number of car owners is spelling many negative effects. These rising problems also cause some people to predict that the use of cars might be reduced in two decades.
Above all, the use of cars remarkably threatens our environment, if such a tendency is not brought under control in time, the Earth will no longer be a suitable place for humans to survive in the future. People have to face the consequence. It is a reality from which no one is able to escape. Every day, thousands of private cars are emitting tons of exhausted gas that seriously pollutes the air. The carbon dioxide leads to the worldwide greenhouse effect, which causes the sea level to rise and produces negative impacts on weather. In addition, more energy is being wasted because of the production of private cars. In order to build a resource-conserving and environment-friendly society, people ought to reduce the use of cars.
In fact, diversified measures are being taken by the government to limit the use of cars. If such a tendency continues, the effect will be shown in the near future. For example, to reach the goal of building a safe and harmonious society, Beijing Traffic Management Bureau has restricted regional traffic in rush hours on working days. A number of private cars are prohibited on no-driving-days.
Last, the advancement of public transportation systems also helps change car owners’ way of travelling. Efforts are being made to construct more agreeable networks of buses, subways, trains and airplanes. In the meanwhile, advances in technology might help cut down the cost of travelling in public vehicles.
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