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1、--The weather is too cold ___ March this year.
-- It was still ___ when I came here years ago.
A. for; colder B. in; cold
C. in; hot D. for; hotter
2、Dr. Kelly walked ______ to the window to watch ____ the short man shopping on the street.
A. close; closely B. closely; close
C. close; close D. closely; closely
3、Though in his seventies，the old man is still as ________as a young man and hates sitting around doing nothing all day.
A. enthusiastic B. energetic
C. talkative D. sensitive
4、 The doctor thought ________ would be good for you to have a holiday.
A. this B. that C. one D. it
5、—Excuse me, is the book Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell available now?
—Sorry, it ________ so well that we don't have any in store.
A．sells
B．is sold
C．has sold
D．has been sold
6、______that you are grown up;you should no longer depend on your parents.
A.Since B.Now C.As D.Because
7、Simone Biles had to ________ from the competition because of the injury.
A．delay
B．charge
C．withdraw
D．defend
8、When I started off trying to ________ being shy, I decided to do little steps at a time, including practicing smiling and saying hi to people.
A．go over
B．get over
C．turn over
D．take over
9、After several days of survey, the police still didn’t know the __________ of the killer.
A. process B. defense
C. identity D. dictation
10、 —_______ you write so well?
—By reading and keeping diaries every day.
A. How is it B. What is it
C. How is it that D. What is it that
11、It has exposed that some government leaders ______ their authorities and privileges to get profits for themselves.
A. employ B. exploit C. abuse D. absorb
12、You can’t predict everything. Often things don’t ______as you expect.
A．run out
B．work out
C．break out
D．put out
13、The design of modern buildings________ usefulness rather than decoration.
A．concentrate on
B．apply for
C．look out for
D．appeal to
14、Friendship between the two nations will ________ to the prosperity of the region.
A. calculate B. contribute C. circulate D. motivate
15、The government is__________efforts so as to strengthen skills training for rural migrant workers.
A.picking up B.stepping up C.holding up D.breaking up
16、Junyan added that as a reporter she needed many different skills and ______ to learn new things.
A. was constantly challenged B. constantly challenged
C. was constantly challenging D. had constantly challenged
17、Understanding her good intentions, I eat all the food ________ is provided by Mon with appreciation.
A．what
B．that
C．which
D．whose
18、She will never forget the scene_________ she was praised by her English teacher.
A．that
B．which
C．where
D．when
19、________ is reported in the newspaper, some artistic treasures will be on show in the exhibition hall on the weekend.
A．It
B．What
C．As
D．That
20、I hope you can _______a solution to question as soon as possible．
A．come up with B．catch up with
C．put up with D．end up with
21、 Pre-school children who spend time together take on one another's personalities, a new research has found. The study shows that environment plays a key role in shaping people's personalities. While genetics still forms the central part of the human psyche (心理), the research finds that personality traits (特征) are "contagious" (传染的) among children. "Our finding flies in the face of common assumptions that personality can't be changed," said Dr. Jennifer Neal, co-author of the study.
The researchers studied the personalities and social networks of two pre-school classes for a full school year. One of the classes was a set of three-year-olds, and the other a set of four-year-olds. Children whose friends were hard-working or outgoing gradually took on these personality traits over time. Psychology expert Dr. Emily Dublin said kids are having a far bigger effect on each other than people may realize.
The new study is not the first to explore the contagious effects of personality traits. A 2015 psychology study found that rudeness at work can be contagious as it travels from person to person "like a disease". The study found that seeing a boss being rude to an employee was enough to cause people to be rude to those around them.
The researchers questioned 6,000 people on the social "climate" in their workplaces, which included offices, hotels and restaurants. They found 75 percent of those who took part said they had been treated rudely at least once in the past year. And the study also suggests that merely seeing other people being subjected to rudeness made it more likely that a person would treat their colleagues in the same way. Rudeness could include leaving someone off an invite to a company event, sending unkind emails, finding fault with others or failing to give praise.
Dr. Torkelson believes companies need to be more aware of the harm that rudeness in the workplace can do as it can damage the working environment. She said better training could help to fight against the problem.
【1】What does the underlined part "flies in the face of" in Paragraph1mean?
A．Leads to.
B．Results from.
C．Goes against.
D．Agrees with.
【2】According to Paragraph 2, who have the greatest impact on children's personality?
A．Their parents.
B．Their friends.
C．The researchers.
D．The psychologists.
【3】Which of the following is considered rude at the workplace?
A．Ignoring the faults of co-workers.
B．Not sending emails to workmates.
C．Seeking praise from colleagues and bosses.
D．Not inviting a colleague to a company party.
【4】What is the passage mainly about?
A．One's personality is hard to change.
B．One's personality is shaped by genes.
C．One's personality traits can spread to others.
D．One's personality traits can change overnight.
【5】This passage is most probably taken from ________.
A．a science report
B．a study guide
C．a school textbook
D．a technical journal
22、The confidence people place in science is frequently based not on what it really is, but on what people would like it to be. When I asked my students how they would define science, many of them replied that it’s an objective way of discovering certainties about the world. But science cannot provide certainties.
Actually, doubt and science often go hand in hand. Science, when properly functioning, questions accepted understandings and brings both new knowledge and new questions —not certainty. Doubt does not create trust, nor does it help public understanding. So why should people trust a process that seems to require a troublesome state of uncertainty without always providing solid solutions?
As a historian of science, I would argue that it’s the responsibility of scientists and historians of science to show that the real power of science lies precisely in what is often regarded as its weakness: its drive to question and challenge accepted understandings. Indeed, the scientific approach requires changing our understanding of the natural world whenever new evidence arises from either experimentation or observation. Scientific findings are temporary understandings that involve the state of knowledge at a given moment. In the long run, many of them are challenged and even overturned. Doubt might be troubling, but it pushes us towards a better understanding. Certainties, reassuring as they may seem, prevent the scientific process.
Scientists understand this, but in the dynamic between the public and science, there are two opposite misconceptions (误解). The first is a form of blind scientism — a belief that science is unquestionable and has the capacity to solve all problems. Such an idealized representation actually ignores the universal existence of controversy, conflict and error at the very heart of the scientific world.
【1】What’s the real power of science according to the author?
A．It provides solid solutions.
B．It defends accepted understandings.
C．It discovers certainties about the world.
D．It keeps bringing questions and challenges.
【2】What does the underlined word “reassuring” probably mean?
A．Disappointing.
B．Surprising.
C．Comforting.
D．Challenging.
【3】What may be the belief of the second misconception?
A．Science is unchallengeable and a cure-all.
B．Science is unreliable and of little use.
C．Science is objective but impractical.
D．Science is doubtful but useful.
【4】What can be the best title for the text?
A．Why Is Doubt Vital to Science?
B．Why Should We Trust Scientists?
C．What Is the Weakness of Science?
D．What Is Scientists’ Responsibility?
23、There are so many expressions in American English that sound pleasant but are not. “Face the music” is a good example.
Imagine a friend asks you to take care of her beautiful red sports car. She gives you the key and says, “Thanks so much for watching my car while I’m away. But please, do not drive it. It is an extremely fast car.” But you do not listen. You want to show off and pretend the car is yours. So, you drive it around the town. As a result, you lose control of the car and drive it into a stop sign. The damage is serious. When your friend returns, you must tell her what you have done and “face the music.” That could mean losing her friendship or paying for repairs to her sports car or both. Whatever the music is, you must face it.
The expression is more than 150 years old. In 1851, the writer James Fenimore Cooper explained “face the music” as theatrical term. In a theater, the orchestra(管弦乐队) often sits in the front of the stage facing the musicians. Many actors are very nervous, a condition called stage fright. “Face the music” came to mean accepting stage fright and not giving in to it.
Word experts also say “face the music” may have come from the military. A soldier who did something terrible could be forced out of the army. When that happened, the army drummers would play slow, sad beat. The soldier would be led away seated backward on a horse and facing the music of the drums.
There are other American expressions that mean the same thing as “face the music.” If someone says, “You made your bed. Now lie in it,” they mean you created a bad situation and now you will experience the result.
【1】What does the underlined part “the music” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A. The unpleasant music. B. The beautiful red sports car.
C. The music played by the orchestra. D. The bad result of your actions.
【2】Which of the following is closest to the underlined word “fright” in meaning?
A. fear. B. violence.
C. cruelty. D. competition.
【3】According to word experts, the term “face the music” may have come from _________.
A. sports B. the army
C. legal business D. artistic design
【4】What is most likely to be discussed following the last paragraph?
A. The origin of “You made your bed. Now lie in it.”
B. Some other expressions similar to “face the music.”
C. The true meaning of “You made your bed. Now lie in it.”
D. Other examples to explain the meaning of “face the music.”
24、 Don't get mad the next time you catch your teenager texting when he promised to be studying. He simply may not be able to resist. A UI (University of Iowa) study found teenagers are far more sensitive than adults to the immediate effect or reward of their behaviors. The findings may help explain why the initial rush of texting may be more attractive for adolescents than the long-term payoff of studying
“For the teenager, the rewards are attractive, ” says Professor Jatin Vaidya, an author of the study. “They draw adolescents. Sometimes, the rewards are a kind of motivation for them. Even when a behavior is no longer in a teenager's best interest to continue, he will still go on. That’s because the effect of the reward is still there and lasts much longer in adolescents than in adults.”
For parents, that means limiting distractions so teenagers can make better choices. Take the homework and social media dilemma for example: At 9 p.m., shut off everything except a computer that has no access to Facebook or Twitter, the researchers advise. "I m not saying they shouldn’t be allowed access to technology, Vaidya says. "But some help in netting their concentration is necessary for them so they can develop those impulse(冲动)-control skills.
In their study, Vaidya and co-author Shaun Vecera note researchers generally believe teenagers are impulsive, make bad decisions, and engage in risky behavior because the frontal lobes(额叶) of their brains are not fully developed. But the UT researchers wonder whether something more fundamental is going on with adolescents to cause behaviors independent of higher-level reasoning.
“We want to try to understand how the brains reward system changes from childhood to adulthood, "says Vaidya, who adds the reward character in the human brain is easier than decision-making. "We’ve been trying to understand the reward process in adolescence and whether there is more to adolescence behavior than an underdeveloped frontal lobe, "he adds. For their study, the researchers persuaded 40 adolescents, aged 13 and 16, and 40 adults, aged 20 and 35 to participate.
In the future, researchers hope to look into the psychological and neurological aspects of their results.
【1】What does the passage mainly tell us?
A. Adolescents care more about instant rewards.
B. Adolescents cannot resist temptation of bigger rewards.
C. Adolescents are most fond of texting to friends.
D. Adolescents are sensitive to the effect of their behaviors.
【2】What is the underlined word distractions closest in meaning to?
A. Immediate rewards. B. The pull of social media.
C. Concentration training. D. Obstacles to attention.
【3】Which statement agrees with Jatin Vaidya's idea?
A. Children should have access to the Internet
B. Children need help in maintaining their attention.
C. Parents should help children in making decisions.
D. The influence of the reward is weak in adolescents
【4】What result does teenagers’ brain underdevelopment lead to?
A. Making good decisions B. Avoiding risky behavior
C. Joining in dangerous actions D. Doing things after some thought
25、Victor Hugo’s novel Les Miserables was first published in France in 1862 and has been a popular novel ever since. It has been _______ for the stage and screen many times. It is a comment on society and on the _______ of people through the tale of a man whose life is changed by an act of forgiveness. Forgiveness is a _______ repeated throughout the novel.
_______ in the early 19th century in France, the novel records the ups and downs of the prisoner Jean Valjean, a man who has spent nineteen years in prison for _______ a piece of bread to feed his hungry sister and many attempted escapes. After being allowed to come out of prison, Valjean cannot get a job because nobody wants to give a job to a former prisoner. _______, his life changes when a priest forgives him for stealing from a church. _______ the priest forgives him, he goes out and steals some money from a child. He soon remembers the priest’s forgiveness and _______ what he has done. He searches for the _______ to return the money but now it is too ________ --the police are searching for him. If they catch him, he will spent the ________ of his life in prison. To ________the police, he changes his name from Valjean to Madeleine and eventually becomes a ________ man and even a mayor of a town. In his role as mayor, he helps a woman called Fantine and promises to take care of her daughter, Cosette. He treats Cosette like his own daughter and risks his safety for her happiness. Valjean’s new life becomes ________ when a policeman guesses who Valjean really is and wants to send him back to prison. What follows is a long ________ of cat and mouse which eventually takes Valjean into the dangerous streets of Paris during the 1832 Revolution.
【1】
A．adopted
B．approved
C．adapted
D．adjusted
【2】
A．love
B．nature
C．thought
D．belief
【3】
A．place
B．noun
C．theme
D．name
【4】
A．Set
B．Placed
C．Said
D．Told
【5】
A．buying
B．accepting
C．wanting
D．stealing
【6】
A．Therefore
B．However
C．So
D．Thus
【7】
A．After
B．Before
C．While
D．If
【8】
A．realizes
B．remembers
C．regrets
D．recalls
【9】
A．priest
B．policeman
C．mayor
D．child
【10】
A．early
B．sad
C．soon
D．late
【11】
A．rest
B．whole
C．best
D．worst
【12】
A．catch
B．avoid
C．beg
D．respect
【13】
A．dangerous
B．successful
C．generous
D．secret
【14】
A．glorious
B．easy
C．bright
D．difficult
【15】
A．film
B．relation
C．game
D．event
26、假定你是李华，你和几个朋友约定星期天在人民公园野餐。你们的英国朋友Peter也应邀参加。请你根据下面的示意图，给他写封短信，告诉他进公园后如何找到你们。
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