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1、The humor didn’t amuse the audience in that the performer couldn’t ______ its real meaning.
A．make out
B．bring up
C．take in
D．get across
2、—I'm sorry. I _________ at you the other day.
—Forget it. I was a bit out of control myself.
A．shouldn't shout
B．shouldn't have shouted
C．mustn't shout
D．mustn't have shouted
3、--What happened to the young trees we planted last week?
--The trees _________ well, but I didn’t water them.
A. might grow B. must have grown
C. would have grown D. would grow
4、She was poor and was forced to have her baby adopted.
A．vt. 领养
B．vt. 采纳
C．vt. 采用；采取
D．vt. 选定；选举
5、In the beauty competition, women are asked_______ some of the exercises ________ the music.
A. performing to; to B. performing; with
C. to perform; to D. to perform; by
6、---Mr．Johnson didn’t turn up at the meeting yesterday morning, did he?
--- No．We ____ till twelve o’clock．A whole morning was wasted．
A．had waited B．have been waiting
C．are waiting D．were waiting
7、 American films always have ______ edge on foreign films at ______ Oscars, regardless of how popular a foreign film might be.
A. an; the B. the; the C. an; / D. the; /
8、According to the 2015 Higher Education World Reputation Rankings, Tsinghua University moved t0 26th from 36th last year and Peking University rose nine places to 32, reflecting our country's to developing world-class universities.
A．commitment B．instruction
C．responsibility D．permission
9、— I still haven’t made any progress in writing an English essay.
— ________. How can you expect to write a passage when you don’t understand the words?
A. Learn to walk before you run
B. Practice makes perfect
C. Don’t put the cart before the horse
D. Learn to fish but not just ask for fish
10、A second powerful quake in less than three weeks spread panic in the Himalayan country,
_______ buildings and left 66 dead.
A.brought in B.brought down
C.brought about D.brought out
11、---Oh, Tom, what did you do this summer vacation?
---Guess what? I had ______great fun in _______show performance “ Voice of China” .
A. a; the B. the; the
C. /; a D. /; the
12、According to a recent survey, _____ 90% of the students are interested in reading after class, they spend less time on it as they suffer increasing academic pressure.
A.before B.when C.while D.unless
13、Studying Wendy’s menu, I found that many of the items are similar to _______ McDonald’s.
A. those B. ones C. any D. all
14、The boss in the end decided to give the position to he believed had a good command of Chinese.
A.who B.anyone C.whomever D.whoever
15、David felt very happy.________, it was his first time to have a party in our class for him.
A.At least B.After all C.At once D.At all
16、He promised that he ______ us in the party, but he hasn’t turned up until now.
A. will join B. had joined
C. would join D. has joined
17、It was several minutes before I could take in what he was saying.
A．include
B．cheat
C．judge
D．absorb
18、—How are things going, Janet?
—They have set out to deal with the present situation ________ they think deserves their immediate attention.
A．which
B．where
C．when
D．what
19、By the end of last year, another new hospital __________ in our city.
A.would complete B.would be completed
C.was completed D.had been completed
20、Students show great interest in ______ Professor Edwards presents to them in his class.
A. whichever B. wherever
C. whatever D. however
21、A man once said how useless it was to put advertisements in the newspapers. “last week,” said he, “my umbrella was stolen from a London church. As it was a present, I spent twice its worth in advertising, but didn't get it back. ”
“How did you write your advertisement?” asked one of the listeners, a merchant.
“Here it is, said the man, taking out of his pocket a slip cut from a newspaper. The other man took it and read, “Lost from the City Church last Sunday evening, a black silk umbrella. The gentleman who finds it will receive ten shillings on leaving it at No. 10 Broad Street. ”
“Now, “Said the merchant, “I often advertise, and find that it pays me well. But the way in which an advertisement is expressed is of extreme importance. Let us try for your umbrella again, and__________________. ”
The merchant then took a slip of paper out of his pocket and wrote: “If the man who was seen to take an umbrella from the City Church last Sunday evening doesn't wish to get into trouble, he will return the umbrella to No. 10 Broad Street. He is well known. ”
This appeared in the paper, and on the following morning, the man was astonished when he opened the front door. In the doorway lay at least twelve umbrellas of all sizes and colours that had been thrown, and his own was among them. Many of them had notes fastened to them saying that they had been taken by mistake, and begging the loser not to say anything about the matter.
【1】The result of the first advertisement was that ______________.
A. the umbrella was found somewhere near the church
B. the man got his umbrella back[Z.X.X.K]
C. nobody found the missing umbrella
D. the man wasted some money advertising
【2】The merchant suggested that the man should _______________.
A. buy a new umbrella
B. report the police
C. go on looking for his umbrella
D. write another and better advertisement
【3】“If it fails, I’ll buy you a new one,” suggested that the merchant ______________.
A. wanted to buy him a new umbrella
B. didn’t know what to do
C. was rich enough to buy one
D. was quite sure of success
【4】The story is mainly about _________________.
A. a useless advertisement
B. how to make an effective advertisement
C. what the merchant did for the umbrella owner
D. how the man lost and found his umbrella
22、Unlike chemists and physicists, who usually do their experiments using machines, biologists and medical researchers have to use living things like rats. But there are three Nobel prize-winning scientists who actually chose to experiment on themselves – all in the name of science, reported The Telegraph.
1. Werner Forssmann (Nobel prize winner in 1956)
Forssmann was a German scientist. He studied how to put a pipe inside the heart to measure the pressure inside and decide whether a patient needs surgery.
Experiments had been done on horses before, so he wanted to try with human patients. But it was not permitted because the experiment was considered too dangerous.
Not giving up, Forssmann decided to experiment on himself. He anaesthetized (麻醉) his own arm and made a cut, putting the pipe 30 centimeters into his vein. He then climbed two floors to the X-ray room before pushing the pipe all the way into his heart.
2. Barry Marshall (Nobel prize winner in 2005)
Most doctors in the mid-20th century believed that gastritis was down to stress, spicy food or an unusually large amount of stomach acid. But in 1979 an Australian scientist named Robin Warren found that the disease might be related to a bacteria called Helicobacter pylori.
So he teamed up with his colleague, Barry Marshall, to continue the study. When their request to experiment on patients was denied, Marshall bravely drank some of the bacteria. Five days later, he lost his appetite and soon was vomiting each morning – he indeed had gastritis.
3. Ralph Steinman (Nobel prize winner in 2011)
This Canadian scientist discovered a new type of immune system cell called the dendritic cell. He believed that it had the ability to fight against cancer.
Steinman knew he couldn’t yet use his method to treat patients. So in 2007, when doctors told him that he had cancer and that it was unlikely for him to live longer than a year, he saw an opportunity.
With the help of his colleagues, he gave himself three different vaccines based on his research and a total of eight experimental therapies（疗法）. Even though Steinman eventually died from his cancer, he lived four and a half years, much longer than doctors had said he would.
【1】The main purpose of the passage is to ________.
A. present some dangerous experiments that Nobel prize winners did on themselves.
B. list difficulties that scientists went through in order to make important discoveries.
C. explain why some scientists chose to experiment on themselves.
D. introduce a few Nobel prize winners who did experiments on themselves.
【2】 Which of the following is TRUE according to the article?
A. Forssmann’s experiment ended in failure.
B. Forssmann had the pipe pushed all the way into his heart.
C. Barry Marshall succeeded by drinking some Helicobacter pylori.
D. Barry Marshall’s experiment on himself confirmed that most doctors’ belief about gastritis was correct.
【3】The underlined word “gastritis” in Paragraph 5 probably means ______.
A. a kind of bacteria B. a kind of stomach disease
C. a new type of therapy D. a large amount of stomach acid
【4】From the text, we can conclude that Ralph Steinman ______.
A. discovered a new type of cancer cell called the dendritic cell
B. tried different therapies containing the dendritic cell on himself
C. had his request to experiment on patients denied
D. believed that he was better than doctors at treating cancer
【5】Where can we read such a passage?
A. In a newspaper. B. In a poster.
C. In a textbook. D. In a science book.
23、Honeybees rely heavily on flower patterns not just colors when searching for food, new research shows.
A team led by the University of Exeter tested bee behaviour and built bee’s-eye-view simulations (模拟装置) to work out how they see flowers.
Honeybees have low resolution vision, so they can only see a flower’s pattern clearly when they are within few centimeters. However, the new’ study shows bees can very effectively distinguish between different flowers by using a combination of colour and pattern.
In a series of tests, bees rarely ignored pattern, suggesting colour alone does not lead them to flowers. This may help to explain why some colours that are visible to bees are rarely produced by flowers in nature.
“We studied a large amount of data on plants and bee behaviour,” said Professor Natalie Hempel, from Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour. “By training and testing bees using man-made patterns of shape and colour, we found they relied flexibly on their ability to see both of these elements. Showing how insects see colour and learn colour patterns is important to understand how pollinators (传粉者) may, or may not, create evolutionary ‘pressures’ on the colours and patterns that flowers have evolved (进化). Our findings suggest that flowers don’t need to evolve too many different flower colours, because they can use patterns to vary their displays so bees can tell them apart from other flowers.”
One typical feature identified in the study is that the outside edges of flowers usually contrast strongly with the plant’s leaves while the centre of the flower does not have such a strong contrast with the leaf colour. This could help bees quickly identify colour differences and find their way to flowers.
While flowers may be beautiful to humans, Professor Hempel stressed that understanding more about bees and the threats they face meant we need to see the world “through the eyes of a bee and the mind of a bee.”
【1】What does the new research focus on?
A．The source of bees’ food supply.
B．The evolution of bees’ behavior.
C．The effect of bees’ poor eyesight.
D．The way of bees finding flowers.
【2】What aspect of research into bees did Hempel highlight?
A．Research data.
B．Research methods.
C．Research objects.
D．Research frequency.
【3】According to the passage, which statement is true?
A．Bees an see a flower’s pattern clearly from a distance.
B．After some training, bees can identify both colors and shapes.
C．Flowers try to produce colors visible to bees.
D．Professor Hempel stressed we need to see the world with a bee’s eyes.
【4】What does Hempel think of flowers trying to evolve more colours?
A．It’s not a must.
B．It’s a pressing need.
C．It’s beyond belief.
D．It’s a temporary solution.
【5】What’s paragraph 6 mainly about?
A．An explanation of the research intention.
B．Dramatic changes in the research strategy.
C．Conflict between different research outcomes.
D．Supporting evidence for the research findings.
24、Unusual Libraries Around the World
There are 2.7 million libraries spreading across the globe, and while there are many beautiful ones, there are also a number of unique ones.
Haskell Free Library and Opera House, Quebec, Canada and Vermont, US
The Haskell Free Library and Opera House, a special library spanning two countries, is stationed on the border between Canada and the United States and serves people from both countries. The main entrance is on the American side, but the majority of collection of the books are in Canada. There’s even an official American-Canada borderline running right across the library’s floor.
Deichman Bjørvika, Oslo, Norway
Praised by many as a library of the future, the Deichman Bjørvika, city of Oslo’s new main library, has one hundred unread and unpublished texts. They are stored in a specially designed room lined with wood from the forest, making the library the world’s most secretive one. It witnesses different authors add their works to the collection that will not be available for reading until 2114.
Seashore Library, Qinhuangdao, China
Quietly sitting on an isolated (孤零零的) stretch of beach of Qinhuangdao in northern China, the Seashore Library has been called the world’s loneliest library. People have to walk across the sand to reach the doors. The building is designed to promote people’s connection with ocean, so the main reading room features a layered design to ensure that everyone has a good view of the sea.
Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt
Bíbliotheca Alexandrina is considered as a revival (复兴) of an ancient library in the Alex-andria 2,300 years ago or so. Characterized by its circular, tilting form, the building spans 160 meters in diameter (直径) and reaches up to 32 meters in height, while also diving some 12 meters into the ground.
【1】What highlights the Haskell Free Library and Opera House?
A．It crosses two countries.
B．It is accessible only by boat.
C．It has the largest collection of books.
D．It is modeled after an ancient library.
【2】Why is the Seashore Library built in Qinhuangdao?
A．To promote the stretching beach.
B．To help visitors get rid of loneliness.
C．To involve visitors in the natural world.
D．To make it the world’s loneliest library.
【3】Which library is unavailable to readers at present?
A．Haskell Free Library and Opera House.
B．Deichman Bjørvika.
C．Seashore Library.
D．Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
25、I shopped today. While I was_______at the grocery store, a woman followed behind me. She was standing by one of those shopping carts with the_______in front. The basket held just a few_______：some apples, corn, a loaf of bread, some canned goods, and a bunch of beautiful coral colored roses. Several times I_______her looking at those lovely roses and_______. I told her that they were, indeed, very lovely roses. She said, "I really do love them, and they’re my_______color.”
Well, just as I was _______, I heard her say to the _______, "You can put those roses back. I really couldn’t _______ them." I turned around and asked her if she would allow me to get them for her. She________her head and said, "Why would you want to do that? You ________ don’t have to." I replied that I just wanted to especially since she________them so much. She still seemed hesitant so I told her that she would be doing me a great kindness if she would________me to gift them to her.
With tears in her eyes, she________and said, "I really do love them. Thank you.”
On the way home I was reminded of a ________ I had heard decades ago and I've loved it ever since. The song is Bread and Roses. It's a ________ song on many levels and reminds us that we all need food, but we all also need ________.
A line from this song fits this________ perfectly, I thought. It reads: "________starve as well as bodies. Give us________, but give us roses, too.”
【1】A. calming down B. checking out C. packing up D. hanging around
【2】A. goods B. bag C. customers D. basket
【3】A. roses B. cakes C. items D. drinks
【4】A. caught B. suggest C. had D. sensed
【5】A. suffering B. smiling C. hesitating D. bargaining
【6】A. favorite B. suitable C. attractive D. similar
【7】A. entering B. leaving C. responding D. wandering
【8】A. companion B. manger C. cashier D. stranger
【9】A. drop B. enjoy C. store D. afford
【10】A. shook B. turned C. nodded D. moved
【11】A. probably B. sincerely C. certainly D. finally
【12】A. needed B. considered C. studied D. loved
【13】A. ask B. invite C. force D. allow
【14】A. cheered B. agreed C. refuse D. insisted
【15】A. song B. play C. book D. film
【16】A. noisy B. beautiful C. funny D. new
【17】A. peace B. power C. beauty D. medicine
【18】A. situation B. position C. style D. standard
【19】A. Bodies B. Brains C. Eyes D. Hearts
【20】A. money B. time C. bread D. chance
26、假定你是李华，九月末将去纽约交流学习，得知当地博物馆要举办中国传统服装展，正在招募志愿者。请写一封申请信，内容包括:
1.写信目的；2.个人特长；3.期待回复。
注意:
1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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