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1、—Can we have two rooms with garden view?
—I’m afraid there is only one room________.
A.affordable B.available C.accessible D.adaptable
2、In the USA in the last 100 years, 23 men _______ to death wrongly.
A.have transformed B.had announced C.had been condemned D.have been sentenced
3、You may rely on him in that he is capable of __________ the consequences of such events accurately.
A. promising B. calculating C. debating D. plotting
4、Dan Brown, ________ author of The Da Vinci Code, is ________ very famous American writer．
A．a; the B．the; the C．the; a D．a; a
5、A completely new situation will ______ when the examination system comes into existence.
A.rise B. arise C. arouse D. Raise
6、By applying the theory to the problem, we can brush away the details and ______ simple patterns.
A. release B. reject C. reveal D. replace
7、When you visit Beijing, you can go to theaters and teahouses ________ you can experience a truly Chinese way of life.
A．that
B．which
C．where
D．when
8、—Hi, Betty．Would you like to go to see a movie with me tonight?
—Sorry, Mary．_________ tomorrow’s lessons, I have no time to go out with you．
A. Not preparing B. Not having prepared
C. Not to prepare D. Being not prepared
9、Hardly ______ when the bus suddenly pulled away.
A. they had got to the bus stop B. they got to the bus stop
C. did they get to the bus stop D. had they got to the bus stop
10、My father warned me going to the West Coast because it was crowded with tourists.
A．by
B．on
C．for
D．against
11、My close friends，after they heard about my experiences in South America，________ said it was totally out of their imagination.
A.which B.them
C.all D.who
12、My schedule is quite _____. That is to say, I could arrange to meet with you any day next week.
A. flexible B. abundant C. concrete D. various
13、The number of the graduates choosing to work and live in big cities has declined, one third of ________ we expected.
A. what B. which C. whom D. that
14、---Don’t tell me you’ll have a dinner date again.
---______.I didn’t mean to.
A. You meant it.
B. You made it.
C. You guessed it.
D. You deserved it.
15、Many of the things we now benefit from would not be around Thomas Edison.
A. thanks to B. regardless of
C. aside from D. but for
16、As life itself tells us, in a repetitive life is not the proper way to live it.
A. trapping B. trapped
C. being trapped D. having trapped
17、 We can never expect _____ bluer sky unless we create _____ less polluted world.
A. the; the B. the; a
C. a ; the D. a; a
18、The frozen waterfall has attracted floods of tourists to_______ the natural beauty.
A. cherish B. admire C. observe D. discover
19、--- Can I help you?
--- Yes. I bought an iPhone 6 here last week, but there _______ something wrong with it.
A. was B. had been C. will be D. is
20、The Russian rocket designer has died. For many years, he ____ as a deputy to the father of Soviet space program.
A. serves B. was serving C. served D. has served
21、In spring 2015, after 39 years with Columbia Pictures, I retired and found myself with lots of free time to spare.
I decided to use that time to volunteer. While tutoring with the adult literacy(识字)program at my local library, a flyer (传单)for a neighborhood group called Westchester Villages caught my eye. Its main job is about matching aging neighbors with local volunteers who help them in a number of different ways: Making short visits, being a walking partner, or driving to doctors’ appointments and the like.
I am happy to offer myself as a responsible person and a comfort to someone who is nervous about their appointment and concerned about getting there safely on time. I’m usually available to stay with the person I’m driving during their visit and accompany them back to my car for the ride home. These drives also can be ideal times for relaxing conversation. I’ve had many discussions with them, discovered many common interests, and heard numerous extended stories of past travels and family histories.
I often begin rides by reassuring(使放心)a nervous neighbor by calmly saying, “I know where we’re going, the most direct route, and the best place to park. You’re in good hands with me.” These driving experiences also have afforded me opportunities for reflection and insight. I’ve come to feel united with the neighbors I have come to know, and a keener awareness of the aging process we all share. In living through so much time with them, I realize I’m going through the same stages.
A final irony(讽刺)for this movie lover is that I no longer need to go to a darkened theatre and gaze at a big screen in search of high drama. Whether it’s a World War II-era family story or anxiety about current events or good news from a doctor, I experience all from a decidedly front row seat.
【1】What did the author decide to do during his free time?
A．Work for the local library.
B．Give rides for aging neighbors.
C．Offer neighbors medical care.
D．Teach adults in a neighborhood.
【2】Which of the following can best describe the author?
A．Creative and capable.
B．Devoted and considerate.
C．Talented and hard-working.
D．Ambitious and warm-hearted.
【3】What might the author’s driving experiences remind him of?
A．Passengers’ words of comfort.
B．The value of conversations.
C．A driver’s responsibility.
D．His own aging process.
【4】What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A．The author has been anxious about his health.
B．The author has no interest in dramas anymore.
C．The author has found a new way of experiencing life.
D．The author prefers watching movies from a front row.
22、Dear daughter,
As we drove off from Columbia, I wanted to write a letter to you to tell you all that is on my mind.
I want to tell you how proud we are. Getting into Columbia is a real testament of what a great well-rounded student you are. Your academic, artistic, and social skills have truly blossomed in the last few years. You have become a talented and accomplished young woman.
College will be the most important years in your life. It is in college that you will truly discover what learning is about. You often question "what good is this course". I encourage you to be inquisitive, but I also want to tell you: "Education is what you have left after all that is taught is forgotten." What I mean by that is the materials taught isn't as important as you gaining the ability to learn a new subject, and the ability to analyze a new problem. That is really what learning in college is about – this will be the period where you go from teacher-taught to master-inspired, after which you must become self-learner. So do take each subject seriously, and even if what you learn isn't critical for your life, the skills of learning will be something you cherish forever.
Follow your passion in college. Take courses you think you will enjoy. Don't be trapped in what others think or say. Steve Jobs says when you are in college, your passion will create many dots, and later in your life you will connect them. In his great speech given at Stanford commencement, he gave the great example where he took calligraphy, and a decade later, it became the basis of the beautiful Macintosh fonts, which later ignited desktop publishing, and brought wonderful tools like Microsoft Word to our lives. His expedition into calligraphy was a dot, and the Macintosh became the connecting line. Enjoy picking your dots, and be assured one day you will find your calling, and connect a beautiful curve through the dots of yourself .
Most importantly, make friends and be happy. College friends are often the best in life, because during college you are closer to them physically than to your family. Also, going through independence and adulthood is a natural bonding experience.
So please treasure your college years – make the best of your free time, become an independent thinker in control of your destiny, evolve yourself into a bi-cultural talent, be bold to experiment, learn and grow through your successes and challenges.
When I faced the greatest challenge and opportunity in my life in 2005, you gave me a big hug and said "bonne chance", which means "good luck" and "good courage". Now I do the same for you. Bonne chance, my angel and princess. May Columbia become the happiest four years in your life, and may you blossom into just what you dream to be.
Love,
Dad (& Mom)
【1】What can we learn from the passage?
A. The daughter is a well-rounded college student.
B. The father faced the greatest challenge in 2006.
C. The daughter is a freshman in college.
D. Steve Jobs gave the great example where he took calligraphy at Columbia commencement.
【2】The father may agree that _____.
A. you will be well-educated if you forget all is taught
B. there are only master-inspired students in college
C. the daughter will be thinner if she goes on a diet
D. the skills of learning is very important for his daughter’s life
【3】The example of Steve Jobs in Paragraph 4 is to show _____.
A. how Steve Jobs invented the basis of the Macintosh fonts
B. it is important for the daughter to follow her passion in college
C. Steve Jobs made great contributions to Microsoft Word
D. the father wishes his daughter to be as successful as Steve Jobs
【4】College friends are often the best to you because_____.
A. your family are far away while college friends are around you within an easy reach
B. they are closer to you psychologically than to your family
C. they are better than your family
D. going through independence and adulthood is unusual bonding experience
23、 The term“smiling depression”—appearing happy to others while actually suffering depressive symptoms—has become increasingly popular. In fact, many people who experience a low mood and a loss of pleasure in activities manage to hide their condition in this way. And these people might be particularly easy to suicide.
While smiling depression is not a technical term that psychologists use，it is certain to be depressed and manage to successfully mask the symptoms. The closest technical term for this condition is “atypical depression”. It can be very hard to spot people suffering depression because they may seem like they don’t have a reason to be sad — they have a job, an apartment and maybe even children or a partner. They smile when you greet them and can carry pleasant conversations. In short, they often put on a mask to the outside world while leading seemingly normal and active lives. Inside, however, they often feel hopeless and down, sometimes even having thoughts about ending it all.
People with smiling depression put on a happy face to the outside world, but they can experience a lift in their mood as a result of positive occurrences in their lives. Other symptoms of this condition include overeating, feeling a sense of heaviness in the arms and legs and being easily hurt by criticism or rejection. They are also more likely to feel depressed in the evening and feel the need to sleep longer than usual. With other forms of depression, however, your mood might be worse in the morning and you might feel the need for less sleep than you are normally used to.
So how can they break this circle? A starting point needs to be known that this condition actually exists and that it’s serious. Only when we stop ignoring our problems because we think they’re not serious enough can we start making an actual difference. Then we can find purpose by taking the attention away from ourselves and placing it onto something else. Feeling that our lives matter is finally what gives us purpose and meaning — and this can make a significant difference for our mental health and well-being.
【1】What do we know about people suffering smiling depression?
A.They are wearing masks all day. B.They are difficult to get along with.
C.They lead an abnormal life actually. D.Most of them commit suicide.
【2】What does the underlined word “atypical” in paragraph 2 mean?
A.representative B.common C.hidden D.formal
【3】Compared with smiling depression, people suffering other depressions .
A.may feel sleepless B.feel more depressed in the evening
C.are tired of heaviness in the arms D.may eat more food
【4】What can we do to overcome smiling depression?
A.Never talk about smiling depression and ignore its existence.
B.Admit the condition and pay attention to ourselves.
C.Value the importance of our life and enjoy it.
D.Find out the problem and place it onto somebody else.
24、Queen Elizabeth is known for her devotion to her country, her close relationships with her family and, most importantly, her corgis.
Unfortunately, over the weekend she lost the last of her royal corgis, Willow. According to The Daily Mail, the 15-year-old dog had to be put to death after suffering a cancer-related illness. This marks the first time that the 91-year-old Queen is without a corgi in the royal household since World War Ⅱ.
In 2015, Monty Roberts, the Queen’s dog trainer, shared some details with Vanity Fair about her pets. Roberts encouraged Queen Elizabeth to continue breeding (繁殖) corgis, but, in her old age, she didn’t want to leave any young dog behind. She did, however, adopt a full-grown Corgi named Whisper in 2017, after its owner, who was a gatekeeper at the palace, died.
It was also said that Queen Elizabeth was worried she’d trip over the dogs playing at her feet. It was a pretty real fear. Former royal staff Paul Burrell claimed that he was once tripped by nine corgis while walking them down the steps at the palace.
Willow was a dog with equally blue blood, although she never found social media stardom. It was a 14th-generation child of Susan, the corgi who was gifted to Elizabeth on her 18th birthday by her father, King George Ⅵ.
One of Willow’s most memorable moments was posing with James Bond at the 2012 London Olympics. Holly, Queen’s another corgi, also starred in the video, but she passed away more than a year ago, at the age of 13.
This is truly the end of an era, as Queen Elizabeth has owned more than 30 corgis throughout her life. At one point, she had 13 at once.
“She was sad for each loss of her corgis over the years, but she has been particularly upset about Willow’s death,” a Buckingham Palace source told The Daily Mail. “It is probably because Willow was the last link to her parents and a pastime that goes back to her own childhood.”
【1】What happened to Willow over the weekend according to The Daily Mail?
A．It was killed in a car accident.
B．It was put to death.
C．It had an unsuccessful operation.
D．It was found to have cancer.
【2】Why did Queen Elizabeth stop breeding corgis according to Monty Roberts?
A．She was too weak to take care of the dogs.
B．She became tired of those crazy little dogs.
C．She was afraid that she’d trip over the dogs.
D．She was worried about the dogs after her death.
【3】What do the underlined words “blue blood” in paragraph 5 probably mean?
A．Noble ancestor.
B．Bad mood.
C．Cold heart.
D．Terrible disease.
【4】What does Willow probably mean for Queen Elizabeth?
A．The end of an era.
B．Her control over the country.
C．A tie with her parents.
D．The hardship in her childhood.
25、For many years, Dr Freed was a doctor in our community. He often made _______ to almost every family living there. He knew all the children and their parents _______ by him. You would see the lights on at his clinic, late at night when someone was _______. He was always there for his patients.
But he was 80 years old now, and his life had taken a _______. He didn’t need to be busy about all the time any longer. He was lying in a wheelchair after a _______, which made him feel _______. He came to see me to _______ what he would deal with his uncertain future. As he _______ it, the biggest problem was that it was hard to examine patients if he could _______ move. He said, “________ is my life. If I give it up, what’s left for me?” My ________ was how to help him.
The key, I thought, was for him to ________ to see himself as an important part of the community. I ________ that he should write a book about his medical experiences if he was ________ to do it. He thought wring a book ________ was a good idea. “Maybe my role now is to pass on what I have learned to the ________ . Other doctors and my patients should know my value. ”said Dr Freed.
We can learn a lot from the doctor’s experience in ________ happiness through personal growth. First, it is that you’re never too ________ to do meaningful things. Second, making some ________ during each phrase of life is important. During older age, ________ of wisdom and experience is often a source of satisfaction.
【1】
A．rules
B．apprearances
C．successes
D．calls
【2】
A．taught
B．treated
C．controlled
D．raised
【3】
A．ill
B．serious
C．sleepy
D．pale
【4】
A．shot
B．step
C．turn
D．risk
【5】
A．decision
B．test
C．failure
D．fall
【6】
A．guilty
B．depressive
C．honest
D．optimistic
【7】
A．look after
B．show off
C．find out
D．pick up
【8】
A．explained
B．asked
C．improved
D．ignored
【9】
A．simply
B．only
C．fairly
D．hardly
【10】
A．Interest
B．Belief
C．Peace
D．Medicine
【11】
A．research
B．request
C．goal
D．chance
【12】
A．continue
B．happen
C．pretend
D．hesitate
【13】
A．announced
B．ordered
C．warned
D．suggested
【14】
A．safe
B．welcome
C．able
D．right
【15】
A．as usual
B．in fact
C．with difficulty
D．at random
【16】
A．college
B．community
C．universe
D．hospital
【17】
A．taking away
B．breaking down
C．running after
D．setting up
【18】
A．old
B．worried
C．strong
D．slow
【19】
A．promises
B．adjustments
C．comments
D．mistakes
【20】
A．giving
B．receiving
C．changing
D．observing
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.
Filling up on Information
People now have access to more information than ever before thanks to the Internet. While there are clearly benefits to it, there are also unintended consequences. One in particular is information overload, commonly referred to as “infobesity.” As the name suggests, it involves consuming an unhealthy amount of information.
Infobesity comes in a number of different forms and affects people in a variety of ways. Business people, for example, may struggle to make decisions when faced with a huge amount of information. For younger people, infobesity is often linked to their use of social media. Young people may be bombed with messages from various social media apps. Furthermore, they may feel the urge to constantly check their phones so as not to miss out on anything. Even online shoppers are affected. With so much information and so many choices available, even the simplest purchase can cause a great deal of stress and anxiety.
Infobesity also has a negative effect on how long our attention lasts. According to a study by Microsoft, the average Canadian now spends less than 10 seconds digesting a piece of media before they move on to something new. This data raises concerns that our ability to pay attention to things will continue to decline as this information overload increases.
So, what can be done to prevent the effects of this condition? While there is no easy answer, one obvious step is to limit our sources of information. Try to only focus on things that really matter to you and on just one thing at a time. Taking a break from your cellphone can also help reduce your stress. And who knows? Since technology got us into this mess in the first place, perhaps it will also present solutions in the future.
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