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1、2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil，which attracted the whole planet，________on the 12 th of June．
A． fell B． set
C． lay D． happened
2、 The growing speed of a plant is influenced by a number of factors, _____ are beyond our control.
A. most of which B. most of them
C. most of what D. most of that
3、Human facial expressions differ from those of animals in the degree___they can be controlled on purpose.
A．with which
B．to which
C．of which
D．for which
4、As had been expected, Smith wasn’t appointed chairman of the committee, ______ not very popular with its members.
A. considered B. considering C. having considered D. to be considered
5、There is no goal that you cannot obtain ________ you have an honest attitude and a strong will.
A.even if B.so that C.except that D.as long as
6、“___________, we believe the overall policy stand is to support a two-way opening of the Chinese capital market and it will continue this year.” he added.
A. As some bottlenecks are difficult to be broken B. Difficult as some bottlenecks are to be broken
C. Difficult as some bottlenecks are to break D. As some bottlenecks are difficult to break
7、Bob was trying to ______ that he knew the famous singer who would perform in our city.
A. lay out B. let out C. figure out D. make out
8、— Why did you put the wood near the fire? It’s dangerous!
— Don’t worry. Wet wood won’t easily.
A. burn B. burnt C. be burnt D. be burning
9、This is the first time that I’ve come to London, so I would like to try something ________British.
A.normally B.clearly C.generally D.typically
10、Arriving at the party hurriedly, we were disappointed to find that the band playing.
A．stopped B．will stop
C．had stopped D．has stopped
11、—Do you like cooking, Peter?
— ________. Lucki1y I've never had to worry about it.
A．Never mind
B．Not really
C．I am afraid so
D．You said it
12、He made up his mind to enjoy his guitar and to accumulate as many happy experiences as he could so that when he retired he wound be able to ______his life with satisfaction.
A. get away with
B. make up for
C. look back on
D. put up with
13、It is generally believed that communication skills are becoming ______ it takes to be a good doctor.
A. whether B. that C. how D. What
14、Dad, about how long will it be before I die?
You aren’t going to die. ________?
A. How do you find it
B. How about you
C. Do you think so
D. What’s the matter with you
15、_____ you receive my e-mail informing you of my absence, expect me on Friday at about 6 p.m.
A.Unless B.Until C.While D.Although
16、—Does Thomas agree to go with us?
—No, despite our efforts to _______ him.
A. advise B. persuade C. remind D. inform
17、She is working hard all day long，which will surely________ her success in her future work.
A．result from B．contribute to
C．benefit from D．stick to
18、China will _____ AI courses to be offered at primary and secondary schools to let children keep pace with the times.
A.compensate for B.hunt for C.make for D.push for
19、---How do you find the movie Nobodies released recently?
---It’s fantastic. What a huge box office hit on the first day！And it has been _____ ever since.
A. catching on B. pushing on
C. carrying on D. counting on
20、The college announced the students exchange program, most of ______ students having submitted their application forms.
A. them B. which C. whose D. its
21、Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a name that every lover of English literature will always remember and cherish. He is the pen father of the extraordinary detective Sherlock Holmes and a number of detective stories.
Arthur chose to go to medical field and become a surgeon from the University of Edinburgh, and this is the place where Arthur met a person who influenced him to become a writer. It was one of his teachers Dr. Joseph Bell who was master at observation, logic, detection and diagnosis. All these qualities were later found in the character of the celebrated detective Sherlock Holmes.
1888 was a significant year that rocketed Doyle to fame with his novel which was named as ‘A Study in Scarlet’ in which he introduced his two immortal characters—Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The story ‘The Sign of Four’ was instrumental in establishing Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle in literature.
The writer tried to open a practice in Paris but not a single patient came to him, which proved to be a blessing in disguise. It gave him a lot of time to think. And it was here that he met an illustrator named Sydney Paget who created the image of Sherlock Holmes which captured the minds of the readers and made the detective famous all over.
Doyle’s next creation was the delightfully violent Professor Challenger. ‘The Lost World’ which involved Professor Challenger was an immediate success.
Finally, because of his wife’s illness, Doyle decided to devote his life to his previous work rather than writing. This was the time when he decided to end the stories of Sherlock Holmes, which he did in ‘The Final Problem’.
The great Arthur Conan Doyle died at the age of 71 in 1930. He has left a legacy (遗产) to last us a lifetime and is still alive through his books and stories.
【1】What was Conan Doyle’s job in his early years?
A．A writer.
B．A doctor.
C．A detective.
D．A professor.
【2】How did Dr. Joseph Bell influence Conan Doyle?
A．By inspiring him to create Holmes.
B．By advising him to go to Paris.
C．By encouraging him to be a surgeon.
D．By teaching him the art of writing.
【3】Which book made Conan Doyle a hit overnight?
A．The Lost World.
B．The Sign of Four.
C．A Study in Scarlet.
D．The Final Problem.
【4】Which of the following best explains “a blessing in disguise” underlined in Paragraph 4?
A．Practice makes perfect.
B．Facts speak louder than words.
C．Failure is the mother of success.
D．Behind bad luck comes good luck.
22、A new generation addiction is quickly spreading all over the world. Weboholism（网瘾）, a twentieth century disease, affects people from different ages. They surf the net, use e-mail and speak in chat rooms. They spend many hours on the computer, and it becomes a compulsive habit. They cannot stop, and it affects their lives.
Ten years ago, no one thought that using computers could become compulsive behavior that could affect the social and physical life of computer users. Such behavior has seriously affected teenagers and college students. They are likely to log(写日志) on computers and spend long hours at different websites.
They become hooked（着迷） on computers and gradually their social and school life is affected by this situation. They spend all free time surfing and don’t concentrate on homework, so this addiction influences their grades and success at school. Because they can find everything on the websites, they hang out there. Moreover, this addiction to websites influences their social life.
They spend more time in front of computers than with their friends. The relation with their friends changes. The virtual life becomes more important than their real life. They have a new language that they speak in the chat rooms and it causes cultural changes in society.
Because of the change in their behavior, they begin to isolate themselves from society and live with their virtual friends. They share their emotions and feelings with friends who they have never met in their life. Although they feel confident on the computer, they are not confident with real live friends they have known all their life. It is a problem for the future. This addictive behavior is beginning to affect all the world.
【1】The main idea of the passage is about__________.
A. the cause of weboholism
B. the advantage of weboholism
C. the popularity of weboholism
D. the effect of weboholism
【2】We can infer from the passage that_______.
A. weboholism has the greatest effect on teenagers
B. students can hardly balance real and virtual life
C. people are addicted to games on the Internet
D. virtual life is more vivid and attractive than real life.
【3】Which of the following is NOT true of weboholism?
A. It contributes to the development of the web.
B. The chat room language may change social culture.
C. The problem will be getting more and more serious later.
D. People addicted to the web often become inactive in real life.
23、On a bitter cold Sunday morning just outside New York City, a group of women — all moms, many strangers to one another — gathered for their very first group scream.
Jessica Kline, the publisher of Macaroni KID Clifton-Montclair, organized the mom screaming event in her community. Two years of a pandemic, burdened with the stresses of childcare and school disruptions (中断), have left many parents drained. A new CBS News poll finds nearly half of parents report feeling exhausted or frustrated.
Kline told correspondent Meg Oliver that over the last two years, she’s often felt overwhelmed and isolated. When the pandemic started, she had three children under the age of six at home. “My house felt narrow；I felt like the walls were caving in on me,” she said. “And I just felt like there was no place to go.”
As the women gathered and screamed on this day in Verona Park, in Verona, N.J, caved emotions poured out. They got a great sense of relief. “I love my kids dearly, but it is nice to just be able to go and be in a community of moms.” One woman laughed.
Psychologist Lisa Damour, a CBS News contributor, said these screaming events can be a healthy way to express and release emotion. “It offers relief. It’s important to talk about the uglier sides of parenthood, to make parents feel less alone and ashamed.”
Kline hopes this is just the beginning of mom gatherings in her community. She said, “I hope that moms walked away with a sense of self-care, even if it’s just for a little bit, and a positive memory that they can bring with them after this entire chaos.”
【1】Why did the moms join in the screaming event?
A．To, exchange their parenting skills.
B．To keep themselves from loneliness.
C．To seek help from a psychologist.
D．To let out their negative emotions.
【2】Which may be a quote from the screaming moms?
A．“I feel so guilty for being a full time mother.”
B．“Keeping my kids entertained throughout the day is fun.”
C．“I just work, and my daughter — I have no time for me.”
D．“I don’t want to be away from my kids even for a little while!”
【3】What can be inferred about the screaming event?
A．It greatly strengthened the mom-kid bond.
B．More such events will be organized nationwide.
C．The parenting skills of working moms are poor.
D．Moms felt good and grateful for this opportunity.
24、 Sucking blood is a risky business. At least for the female mosquitoes that need these nutrients to nurture their developing eggs. Not only do these bugs have to find a suitable blood donor, but once they've had their fill, they have to be able to escape undetected—to avoid the big swat. How they finesse this stealthy departure has just been revealed in the Journal of Experimental Biology.
Feasting(饱餐) on an unsuspecting mammal can double a mosquito's body mass. So how does a fully loaded female heave that added bulk off the skin of her host without triggering its pressure sensors and bringing on that fateful slap? To find out, Florian Muijres of Wageningen University in The Netherlands and his colleagues used cameras that record 13,500 frames per second to capture the takeoff maneuvers of 63 blood-fed malarial mosquitoes.
What they discovered is, when it comes to a soft yet speedy getaway...for female skeeters, the wing's the thing. With a wingbeat frequency of about 600 beats per second...the insects are able to lift themselves lightly off their host. That approach is the opposite of the one favored by most other winged things, says Muijres.
"When most flying animals when they take off, like birds or a fly for, example, they first use their legs to push off very hard, and then when they are in the air, then they start beating their wings and generate aerodynamic lift(气动升力) to be able to fly away. Mosquito does it the other way around. It first starts beating its wings and through the aerodynamic forces these wings generate, their body is being lifted off from the substrate. And then they do gently also push down with their long legs to be able to further power their liftoff. But these forces that are being generated by the legs are relatively small."
In fact, the faint flutter of a mosquito's wings produces less than one third of the force exerted by similar-sized but much less subtle fruit flies as they shove off in search of another banana. And even on a full stomach, these bloodsuckers are stunningly fast, says Muijres. "So takeoff phase takes only about 30 milliseconds, which is 10 times faster than how fast we can blink our eye." And they're gone before we know what hit us. And before we can hit them.
【1】What does the passage mainly talk about?
A.How mosquitoes get nutrients for their developing eggs.
B.How mosquitoes can find their suitable blood donors
C.How mosquitoes escape undetected after sucking blood.
D.How the female mosquitoes find their perfect partners.
【2】What plays the most important part in helping mosquitoes escape?
A.Their legs B.Their ears C.Their mouths D.Their wings
【3】Mosquitoes’ takeoff approach is different from that of most other winged insects in that________.
A.mosquitoes are lighter than them
B.mosquitoes are keen on sucking blood
C.mosquitoes take off first with wings and then legs
D.mosquitoes take off through the aerodynamic forces
【4】From what Muijres said, we know that mosquitoes’ escape speed is _________.
A.extremely fast B.equal to that of our blink
C.faster than that of fruit flies D.greatly affected by their full stomach
25、 I thought I would never have a child－then a miracle happened.
When I was only 29, doctors said I had too many______challenges to have a child. Meanwhile, my best friend Colleen was pregnant and she asked me to buy a changing table with her. Focusing on Colleen’s good fortune helped distract (使分心) me from my______. In the shop, a babysuit with a crab (螃蟹) caught my eyes. The crab ______ childhood memories of my pretending to be Ariel from the Little Mermaid. If things were ______, that crab would have made me laugh. Instead I said,“If I______had a son, I’d want him to have that.” “Sarah, you have to get it,” She said.
I shook my head no. I didn’t want a(n) ______of what I couldn’t have. My husband, John, and I had talked about ______. But I worried we would get______.
The next Sunday, we went to ______ There, I noticed a tiny baby in the arms of a woman. On his backside was the same ______ I had seen. My breath caught.
I______ to John and whispered, “That’s the babysuit I was telling you about.”He cocked his eyebrows. Throughout the service, I was totally ______ by the baby. I ______ to hold him. In the end, the priest ( 牧 师 ) made an announcement. “The baby needs a ______. If anyone is thinking about adoption, please see us afterwards.”
We ______ our phone numbers.
That evening, the young mother, carrying the baby, came to our home. Before we sat down, I held her baby. He fit ______ in my arms.
Twelve families had volunteered to adopt him. If she picked us, all she asked was that we let her be ______ in his life in some way. We agreed wholeheartedly.
I never mentioned the crab babysuit. I wanted her to make her decision without being influenced by that ______ .
The next morning my phone rang. “We picked you”was all I heard.
Now our six-year-old son continues to be the best ______ thing that will ever happen to me. And that crab babysuit remains ______ folded in one of my dresser drawers, where I plan to hold on to it－forever.
【1】A. technical B. medical C. academic D. economic
【2】A. fear B. sadness C. satisfaction D. amusement
【3】A. led to B. called up C. brought out D. added to
【4】A. clear B. common C. serious D. different
【5】A. ever B. still C. even D. then
【6】A. image B. souvenir C. reminder D. example
【7】A. application B. adjustment C. arrangement D. adoption
【8】A. permitted B. rejected C. inspired D. restricted
【9】A. work B. school C. church D. hospital
【10】A. toy B. crab C. table D. picture
【11】A. waved B. bent C. turned D. ran
【12】A. moved B. influenced C. attracted D. confused
【13】A. longed B. managed C. hesitated D. offered
【14】A. home B. room C. friend D. brother
【15】A. got B. left C. picked D. dialed
【16】A. easily B. perfectly C. tightly D. slightly
【17】A. attended B. directed C. involved D. interested
【18】A. service B. request C. consequence D. coincidence
【19】A. unexpected B. qualified C. designed D. unnoticed
【20】A. partly B. casually C. neatly D. loosely
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。
Every Dog Has Its Day
Roscoe was a big, ugly bulldog. He wasn’t very smart, but he had a good heart. Roscoe’s owner left him chained up outside each day when he went to work. Roscoe liked being outside. He was always nice to everyone. He didn’t even bother the rat that lived in a nearby hole.
A group of boys often passed Roscoe on their way to and from school. One day, one of the boys had a candy bar in his hand as he walked by. Roscoe jumped up when he smelled that candy bar. He tried to run over to the boy, but his chain stopped him short. The boys all laughed when they saw Roscoe pulling on his chain. The boy with the candy bar held it in front of Roscoe’s nose. He kept it just out of reach to tease him. All the boys laughed as Roscoe tried to reach the candy bar but couldn’t.
From then on, those boys never passed Roscoe without doing something mean to him. Poor Roscoe was having a hard time and felt scared. The rat that lived in the alley had been watching. She understood that people were sometimes mean to animals for no good reason. She didn’t think it was nice. She decided to help Roscoe.
When Roscoe went to sleep for his afternoon nap, she quietly sneaked over to him. She began chewing on Roscoe’s leather collar around his neck which the chain was connected to. She had chewed through more than half of it when she heard out voices down the alley.
The rat raced back into her hole and saw that the boys were coming. Roscoe was awake now. When the boys saw him, they laughed and started throwing sticks at him. Roscoe was hit and he barked angrily at the boys with all his strength. This time when he got to the end of his chain, his collar broke off. He was free.
注意：
1.所续写短文的词数应为75左右；
2.至少使用3个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3.续写部分为一段，开头语已为你写好；
4.续写完成后，请用下划线明确标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 2:
The boys ran off as fast as they could, but one of them slipped and fell.
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