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1、Though having lived abroad for years, many Chinese still ________ the traditional customs.
A．settle
B．postpone
C．observe
D．support
2、Though David received the________ from the school basketball team, he didn’t give up his dream and continued practicing hard.
A．interaction
B．companionship
C．cooperation
D．rejection
3、The film is worth ________.
A.see B.seeing C.seen D.sees
4、 Having arrived too early for the appointment, Robert decided to read the newspapers ______ time.
A. to kill B. killed
C. kill D. to be killed
5、– Do you mind if I smoke?
– Well, I’d rather you ______.
A. don’t B. didn’t C. won’t D. aren’t
6、—I need to advertise for a roommate for next term.
—______? Mary is interested.
A．Why bother
B．Why not
C．So what
D．What for
7、—This new dress code ______ everyone at school, teachers and students alike.
—Yes, there are no exceptions.
A.contributes to B.subscribes to C.adds to D.applies to
8、The scientist does not study nature ________ it is useful to do so. He studies it because he takes pleasure in it.
A． until B． though
C． because D． Unless
9、Our new machines are much cheaper to run．
A．effective B．efficient
C．energetic D．Enthusiastic
10、The energy program ______ at reducing our dependence on fossil fuels has made considerable breakthroughs in the past decades.
A．aiming
B．aimed
C．being aiming
D．to aim
11、—It’s too late. Let’s leave the work till tomorrow. —______. We can start it earlier next morning.
A．It’s my pleasure
B．I can’t agree more
C．I don’t think so
D．That’s all right
12、Most of her spare time ______ , she still kept on her research in the library．
A. occupied B. to be occupied
C. was occupied D. had been occupied
13、The smelly water has been found_______ and no longer usable until the chemicals and wastes are removed from it.
A. to be polluted B. having polluted
C. polluting D. polluted
14、The government must be very ________ about setting policies and make no decision until they are quite sure it is the right one.
A. serious B. concerned C. cautious D. nervous
15、What annoyed your father was not what you said，but the way________you said it.
A. by which B. which C. in what D. that
16、When our ancestors were hunters and gatherers 10,000 years ago, they didn’t have time to wonder much about ________ but finding food.
A．everything B．anything
C．nothing D．something
17、Nothing shall _______ me _________ from accomplishing my purpose.
A. hold , on B. hold , back C. hold , up D. hold , out
18、Clearly and thoughtfully written, the book inspires in students who wish to seek their own answers.
A．reference
B．structure
C．confidence
D．resource
19、People would like to listen to officials talk ______ , for no one likes an endless and empty talk.
A. seriously B. fluently
C. plainly D. frequently
20、_______ hard you try，it is difficult to lose weight without cutting down the amount you eat．
A． Whichever B． Whatever
C． However D． Whoever
21、Put your hand over your heart and sit very still. You may notice that the sound of your heartbeat is similar to the beat of a drum. Your heart starts beating before you are born and continues throughout your life. For this reason, the beating of a drum stands for the rhythm of life for many people around the world.
In Ghana, a country in Africa, many schools use drums instead of bells to show the beginning and ending of class. Through the drum, the children of Ghana also learn about their history and culture. They hear old stories passed on through the music of the drum. The stories of the drum also teach children games, rules and lessons about behavior.
For thousands of years in Africa, drums have been used to tell stories of daily life and history. Drums told the coming of a king, the start of a war, or the birth of a child. They also allowed people to share messages. But how does a drum tell a story?
In West Africa, the most common drum used for communication is called a “talking drum”. By making higher or lower drum sounds, the drummer can make the drum “talk”.
In many African languages, words go up and down in pitch (高音) when they are spoken, almost like a song. Depending on the pitch or tone (音调), the same sound can have many different meanings. For example, when spoken with two low tones, the African word “ilu” means “drum”. When spoken with one high and one low tone, “ilu” means “town”.
Drum language works in the same way. Just as in spoken language, the word “ilu” has different meanings depending on how it’s drummed. When “ilu” is drummed with two beats using low tones, the word means “drum”. When “ilu” is drummed with two beats using one high and one low tone, it means “town”.
Drummers create “words” to build ideas, sentences and stories. The next time you hear a song, listen for the heartbeat within the music. Can you hear the story of the drum?
【1】The first paragraph mainly tells us________.
A．drums beat like our hearts
B．drums have a long history
C．drums are widely used in the world
D．drums are important for many people worldwide
【2】From the text, we learn that in Ghana drums________.
A．are not as useful as before
B．teach children a lot of things
C．help bring the war to an end
D．are used in class by teachers
【3】The example of the African word “ilu” is used to show________.
A．how a word can have different sounds
B．how to speak African languages
C．how a drum tells stories
D．how to beat a drum
【4】What would be the best title for the text?
A．Know the history of the drum
B．Listen to the story of the drum
C．Beat the drum of life
D．Love me, love my drum
22、For many people who live in cities, parks are an important landscape. They provide a place for people to relax and play sports, as well as a shelter from the often severe environment of a city. What people often overlook is that parks also provide considerable environmental benefits.
One benefit of parks is that plants absorb carbon dioxide and give off oxygen. According to one study, an acre of trees can absorb the same amount of carbon dioxide that a typical car emits in 11,000 miles of driving. Parks also make cities cooler. Scientists have long noted what is called the Urban Heat Island Effect: building materials such as metal and concrete (混凝土) absorb much more of the sun’s heat and release it much more quickly than trees and grass. Because city landscapes contain so much of these building materials, cities are usually warmer than surrounding rural areas. Parks and other green spaces help to lessen the Urban Heat Island Effect.
Unfortunately, many cities cannot easily create more parks. However, cities could benefit from many of the positive effects of parks by encouraging citizens to create another type of green space: rooftop gardens. While most people would not think of starting a garden on their roof, human beings have been planting gardens on rooftops for thousands of years. Some rooftop gardens are simple container gardens that anyone can create with the investment (投资) of a few hundred dollars and a few hours of work.
Rooftop gardens provide many of the same benefits as other urban parks and garden spaces, but without taking up the much-needed land. In the summer, rooftop gardens prevent buildings from absorbing heat from the sun, which can significantly reduce cooling bills. In the winter, gardens help control the heat that materials like brick and concrete release so quickly, leading to savings on heating bills. Rooftop vegetables and herb gardens can also provide fresh food for city settlers, making their diets healthier. Rooftop gardens are not only something everyone can enjoy but also a smart environmental investment.
【1】The underlined word “emits” in the second paragraph probably means _________.
A. takes up B. gives out
C. carries away D. breathes in
【2】Which of the following contributes to the Urban Heat Island Effect?
A. More rooftop gardens. B. More trees and grass.
C. More parking lots. D. More building materials.
【3】When it comes to rooftop gardens, what can be inferred from the passage?
A. They make people much happier.
B. They provide more benefits from urban parks.
C. They help to save money and keep a healthy diet.
D. They have become very popular in recent years.
【4】What’s the author’s attitude towards rooftop gardens?
A. Supportive. B. Doubtful.
C. Critical. D. Objective.
23、I was puzzled! Why was this old woman making such a complaint about our way to deal with an old bush which was of no use to anybody? She had written letters to the local paper, even to a national to protest about our projected by-pass to her village, and, looking at a map, the route was nowhere near where she lived and it wasn’t as if the area was attractive. I was more than puzzled, I was intrigued. I wanted to know what it was that motivated her. So it was that I found myself knocking on a cottage door, being received by Mary Smith and then being taken for a walk to the woods.
“I’ve always loved this place”, she said, “it has a lot of memories for me, and for others. We all used it. They called it ‘Lovers lane’. It’s not much of a lane, and it doesn’t go anywhere important, but that’s why we all came here. To be away from people, to be by ourselves.” She added.
It was indeed pleasant that day and the songs of many birds could be heard. Squirrels gazed from the branches, quite bold in their movements, obviously few people passed this way and they had nothing to fear. I could imagine the noise of vehicles passing through these peaceful woods when the by-pass was built, so I felt that she probably had something there but as I hold strong opinions about the needs of the community over-riding the opinions of private individuals, I said nothing. The village was quite a distant and dangerous place because of the traffic especially for old people and children, their safety was more important to me than an old woman’s whims (怪念头).
“Take this tree”, she said pausing after a short while. “To you it is just that, a tree. Not unlike many others here”. She gently touched the bark. “Look here, under this branch, what can you see?”
“It looks as if someone has done a bit of carving with a knife” I said after a cursory (草率的) inspection.
“Yes, that’s what it is!” she said softly. “There are letters and a lover’s heart”.
I looked again, this time more carefully. The heart was still there and there was an arrow through it. The letters on one side were indistinct, but on the other an ‘R’ was clearly visible with what looked like an ‘I’ after it. “Some budding romance?” I asked, “Did you know who they were?”
“Oh yes, I knew them”, said Mary Smith, “it says RH loves MS”.
After a pause, she went on … “He had a penknife and I helped him to carve my initials. We were very much in love, but he was going away, and could not tell me what he was involved in the army. I had guessed of course. It was the last evening we ever spent together, because he went away the next day, back to his Unit.”
Mary Smith was quiet for a while, then she sobbed, “His mother showed me the telegram. ‘Sergeant R Holmes ... Killed in action in the invasion of France.’”
I realized that I could be getting out of my depth, and longed to be in my office, away from here and this old lady, snug, and with a cup of tea in my hand.
There was a further pause. Mary Smith gently touched the wounded tree, just as she would have caressed him. “And now they want to take our tree away from me.” Another quiet sob, then she turned to me. “I was young and pretty then, I could have had anybody, I wasn’t always the old woman you see here now. I could have had everything I wanted in life, a lovely man, health and a future to look forwards to”.
She paused again and looked around. The breeze gently moved through the leaves with a sighing sound. “There were others, of course, but not a patch on my Robin!” she said strongly. “And now I have nothing except the memories this tree holds. If only I could get my hands on that awful man who writes in the paper about the value of the road they are going to build where we are standing now, I would tell him. Has he never loved, has he never lived, does he not know anything about memories? We were not the only ones, you know, I still meet some who came here as Robin and I did. Yes, I would tell him!”
I turned away, sick at heart.
【1】Why was the by-pass to Mary Smith’s village to be built through these woods?
A. The community wanted to explore the beauty of the woods as a way of tourism.
B. Many people passed these woods causing heavy traffic jam.
C. The traffic was inconvenient making the village a dangerous place to live in.
D. The village was quite far away and its economy needed improving.
【2】The underlined sentence “I felt that she probably had something there” means ________.
A. I thought there might be something hidden in the woods by Mary Smith
B. I guessed there might be a story related with Mary Smith
C. I thought there might be some reason for Mary Smith’s protest
D. I guessed there might be a secret purpose of Mary Smith.
【3】The main purpose of this passage is to ________.
A. draw attention to the damage that wars cause
B. persuade people to give up private interest
C. arouse the awareness of being environmentally friendly
D. introduce a touching but sad love story
24、 People have always wanted to know what the future will look like. Then, how can we? 【1】 The world has changed a lot in the last 150 years, but we humans are driven by the same basic needs as we were 150 years ago, such as food, sleep, the feeling of being appreciated and loved. 【2】 No. In addition, generally speaking, the inventions for the last 150 years have been a human effort for freedom and communication, to be able to get in control of the time and world. Since there is still much to do in this area, this will be the focus at least for the next150 years.
But why do we need to predict the future? Predicting the future is important for two reasons: First, we need to start to think about what kind of future we would like for ourselves and to pass on to the next generation. 【3】
How about the virtual worlds? It might be in the future to experience the sand between your toes, and hear the waves, just lying in your bed at home. 【4】 So, even if a great invention is there for an affordable price, it’ll never take the place of the common experience if it is not real.
【5】 What we’ll see in the next 50 years is the transition (过渡) from an oil-dependent society to a new society. Here there’ll be new medicine, continued exploration of space, challenges in the climate change, and new inventions that make life a little easier.
A. Will this change in the next 150 years?
B. So what will the future look like then?
D. Well, to understand the future, you must know the past.
E. However, you’ll never get the feeling of being there.
F. However, no matter how real the experience will feel, it doesn’t happen for real.
G. Then we need to know what decisions we need to make today that will give the best result in the future.
25、Music is something I could never live without. Without music, I was shy, _________and the type of person that would only talk when asked to. _________allowed me to express myself. Singing my heart out during grade choir (合唱团) practice and trying out for the school play, I felt the most like myself. It made me _________. There was nothing that could keep me away from my passion (热情), until high school.
Every student wanted to be in the choir during high school. I chose show choir (dancing and singing). The other day I took part in the audition (试唱) held by the high school choir director. The audition went like this, introduction, song of choice and range check—“ding”—the director played a note on the piano which I had to match. I felt that I had done a(an) _________job. Weeks passed and the list of who had made it into show choir was _________.
“Have you seen the list? I got in!” one of my friends said.
“No,” I replied looking on the web page for the _________.
I scrolled down, not my name, oh congratulations, I thought as I was looking through the show choir list. I found my _________.
“Alice H.—alternate (替补).”
An alternate? Was my audition that _________? After I saw this, my confidence _________. I had no passion for the show choir. I was torn from something that I thought made me different from others.
A year passed, I was at a restaurant that also held karaoke to the customers. My parents begged me to go up and __________. I said no the first time, no the second time, finally I got enough __________to go up. It took me back to the moment I was auditioning for choir. The people eating __________for me, clapping their hands. I realized, I did not get into one program but that did not mean that I had to give up all __________. The lesson I learned was if you are turned down or do not get the outcome you want, and it is something you’re in love with, don’t __________up. I never did try out for show choir again but I knew I had taken back my passion. For the future I know that I won’t always get the outcome I want, __________I will continue to work just as hard.
【1】
A．quiet
B．kind
C．clever
D．brave
【2】
A．Dance
B．Music
C．Sports
D．Drawing
【3】
A．happy
B．sorry
C．useful
D．nervous
【4】
A．new
B．extra
C．amazing
D．boring
【5】
A．discussed
B．kept
C．written
D．posted
【6】
A．results
B．idea
C．plans
D．letter
【7】
A．class
B．name
C．form
D．age
【8】
A．easy
B．great
C．hard
D．bad
【9】
A．helped
B．developed
C．disappeared
D．returned
【10】
A．learn
B．speak
C．sing
D．listen
【11】
A．spirit
B．energy
C．trust
D．courage
【12】
A．cheered
B．waited
C．paid
D．called
【13】
A．money
B．hope
C．time
D．work
【14】
A．make
B．show
C．give
D．break
【15】
A．so
B．but
C．or
D．for
26、假定你是高三学生李华，你的笔友Bob是一名高一新生。他发来邮件询问“What to learn in senior high school”，请根据以下要点给他回复一封邮件。
1. 学会学习：方法、习惯等；
2. 学会做人：真诚、友善等；
3. 学会……
注意：1.词数：80词左右，开头结尾己给出，不计入总词数；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Bob,
I am glad to share with you my opinions on what to learn in senior high school.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
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