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1、The English teacher tells the students to have ______ for different races and appreciate the diversity of other cultures .
A. mercy B. sympathy
C. respect D. regret
2、Dozens were killed while fighting a fire that ______ this summer.
A.broke in B.broke out C.broke up D.broke down
3、_______, Toscanini was born in Italy in 1867.
A.He was a great conductor B.A great conductor
C.A great conductor who was D.Though a great conductor
4、I would appreciate _____, to be honest, if you could come and attend our Thanksgiving party.
A.you B.this C.it D.that
5、— The water changes into thick ice covering rivers and lakes in winter in Harbin.
— _________ in Urumqi and children go skating on it then.
A.So is it B.So it does C.So it is D.So does it
6、_______ luggage has to be abandoned to save the people on the ship.
A.A good many B.A large number of
C.A great deal of D.A great many of
7、Man had used metals for centuries in _____ increasing quantities but they did not come to be employed in vast quantities until the Industrial Revolution.
A.extremely B.completely
C.naturally D.gradually
8、Do not let any failures discourage you, for you can never tell ________ close you may be to victory.
A．how
B．that
C．which
D．where
9、— That must have been a long trip.
— Yeah, it ________ us a whole week to get there.
A．takes
B．has taken
C．was taking
D．took
10、I’d appreciate ____ if you would like to teach me how to use this computer.
A．that
B．this
C．you
D．it
11、________ some water and you will feel better.
A．Drink
B．Drinking
C．To drink
D．If you drink
12、It is generally believed _______ improvements in health care will lead to a stronger, more prosperous(繁荣的) economy.
A.as B.that C.this D.what
13、Fitness is important in sport, but skills are of ______ importance.
A.fair B.reasonable C.equal D.proper
14、The number of coal mines _________ to half, as well as its size.
A．cut down
B．has cut down
C．was cut down
D．were cut down
15、With my friend, who is a mechanic, ______ me, I’m sure this second-hand motorbike will soon be as good as new.
A.having helped B.helping C.helped D.helps
16、These women _____ works of the highest quality, any survey of the 19th century English literature must include them.
A．having produced
B．have produced
C．were produced
D．having been produced
17、It is Russia ________ will hold the 2018 World Cup.
A. that B. which
C. where D. when
18、It is highly recommended that the general public________one-metre social distance to avoid any possible risk of getting infected.
A．keep
B．will keep
C．must keep
D．keeps
19、A fast food restaurant is the place _____ eating is performed quickly.
A.which B.where C.there D.what
20、—$300, and that’s my last offer.
—OK. It is a ________.
A. charge B. price
C. cost D. deal
21、We had to spend about 10 minutes waiting for the bus_________ the heavy snow.
A.because of B.long before C.on behalf of D.on the basis of
22、There is a common belief among the students in our school _____ they should make great efforts to learn and reach the peak of their academic performances.
A.which B.that C.whether D.if
23、Sam always pronounces my name wrong. Do you think he does it＿＿＿＿ ?
A．on purpose
B．at present
C．at an end
D．right away
24、_______ , every road leads to Rome, and I do believe hard work pays off.
A.In all B.All in all
C.First of all D.After all
25、He managed to_______ a place in the final exam by working hard constantly.
A. explore B. reserve C. award D. secure
26、 A campaign （活动）is being launched to encourage children to give up 30 minutes of screen time a day to head for the great outdoors.
The newly formed Wild Network — a cooperation of nearly 400 organisations --- is trying to attract teenagers away from television and computer screen and into fields, woods and parks. Organisers say that it is the UK's biggest ever campaign to reconnect children with nature and outdoor play, and that it could help improve fitness, mental（精神的）health and general well being. A documentary film, Project Wild Thing, will announce the launch at more than 50 cinemas across the UK from Friday. It looks at the increasingly weak link between children and nature.
Andy Simpson, chairman of the Wild Network, said: "The sad truth is that kids have lost touch with nature. Time spent outdoors is down, activity areas and levels are falling strongly and the ability to identify common species （物种）has been lost."
Suggestions of how to get more time in nature include camping or racing and observing autumn colour on trees and so on. From January, the network will aim to make suggestions to politicians on how government can do more to get children muddy （沾满泥污的）and bright¬-eyed.
This is not the first time the message of less screen, more play has been brought up. Children in the 1980s were asked to do the same by the BBC TV series Why Don't You, which somewhat confusingly called on its viewers to "switch off your TV set, and do something less boring instead".
【1】The purpose of the campaign is to call on kids____________.
A.to love animals B.to play outdoors
C.to give up screens D.to protect nature
【2】What may make Andy Simpson sad?
A.Kids' disability to name some creatures.
B.The falling duration of Rids' vacations.
C.Strict rules on kids' outdoor activities.
D.The disappearance of common species.
【3】What does the network appeal to the government to do?
A.Reconnect kids with nature. B.Provide kids with more mud.
C.Take measures to protect kids. D.Pay attention to eye protection.
【4】Why does the author mention the BBC TV series?
A.To tell the development of BBC TV series.
B.To prove the recognition of his suggestion.
C.To show the TV series caused confusion.
D.To compare present TV series with old ones.
27、 A food additive (添加剂) is any substance that is added to food. Many people are put off by the idea of “chemicals in food.” The truth is that all food is made up of chemicals. Natural substances (物质)like milk, as well as man-made ones like drinks on sale in the market, can be described by chemical formulas. Some chemical substances are indeed harmful, but a person who refused to consume any chemicals would find nothing to eat.
The things we eat can be divided into natural and man-made substances. Some people feel that only natural foods are healthy and that all man-made ingredients are to be avoided. But many natural chemicals, found in plants and animals, are harmful when eaten, and some laboratory-made substances increase the nutritional value of food. Other chemicals have natural and man-made forms that are exactly alike: vitamin C is vitamin C, whether it comes from a test tube or from an orange. Like “chemical”, “man-made” doesn’t necessarily mean “not fit to eat”.
Food additives are used for many reasons. We add sugar and salt and other things to foods we prepare at home to make them taste better. Food producers have developed a range of additives that stabilize, thicken, harden, keep wet, keep firm, or improve the appearance of their products.
Additives can make food more convenient or nutritious, give it a longer shelf life, and make it more attractive to the consumer, thus increasing the sales and profits of the producers.
Food additives are presently the centre of a storm of serious argument. Food producers have been known to use additives that have not been proved safe; some substances in common use have been proved unsafe and have been taken off the market. Many people feel there’s a risk of eating food to which anything has been added. But food additives are now regulated by the FDA of the federal government, and new additives will go through strict testing before they can be placed on the market. For most people, the chances of developing serious side effects from the long-term use of presently approved (批准) food additives are very small.
【1】From the passage we can learn that ______ .
A. it is right to refuse chemicals in food
B. all foods have chemical substances
C. food additives are harmful to our health
D. natural foods are much safer than man-made ones
【2】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Foods without additives can keep a much longer shelf life.
B. Foods with more additives have higher nutritional value.
C. To ensure food safety, the FDA will stop food additives.
D. Food additives can improve the quality of foods in many ways.
【3】According to the writer, the food additive is ______ .
A. poisonous B. worrying C. avoidable D. acceptable
28、PART THREE READING PREHENSION （共15小题；每小题 2分，满分30分）
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.
A
With school out and hot weather in, it’s not unusual for youngsters to gather around the refrigerator or the television rather than take part in active play. Such habits may be relaxing but can wreck a healthy lifestyle, say specialists at Texas Children’s Hospital.
“For some kids, the state of feeling bored triggers（引发）eating,” says Jennifer Thomas, a doctor at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, Texas. “A child can pick up 5 to 10 pounds over the course of a summer, so it’s important to recognize the difference between boredom（无聊）and hunger.”
Because children may be adjusting（适应）to lack of routine, adding some structure to their daily schedules can help. “For example, instead of letting kids eat while they watch television, permit eating only in the kitchen with the television turned off,” says Thomas. “This way can help determine if they are really hungry or just bored.”
If hunger causes a snack attack, nutritious snacks should be available（可得到的）and easy to reach, says Thomas. She suggests two or more servings of fruit and three or more servings of vegetables as a reasonable（合情理的）daily goal. Thomas says, “Fresh or frozen fruit is better than fruit juice. Fresh or frozen vegetables are better because canned vegetables usually contain salt.”
In general, kids should avoid snacks with high sugar content, says Thomas. “More importantly, if a sugary snack takes the place of healthier food, the child is not getting the nutrition he or she needs. High-fat food tends to make a child feel worried, while eating foods that are naturally lower in fat will make it easier for kids to feel more energetic and stay on the go.”
【1】What can help to stop children from eating because of boredom?
A. Giving them a daily schedule.
B. Giving them a lot of snacks.
C. Preventing them from watching TV.
D. Making them eat a lot of fruits.
【2】What kind of snacks should we give children?
A. Fruit juice.
B. Frozen fruit.
C. Canned vegetables.
D. Snacks rich in sugar.
【3】Foods that are naturally lower in fat are necessary for children because _______.
A. they help children lose weight
B. they help children get necessary nutrition
C. they stop children from getting bored
D. they make children active and energetic
【4】We can infer from the text that _______.
A. it’s hard to tell the difference between boredom and hunger
B. children may get bored for lack of routine in summer
C. we should limit children’s eating while they’re watching TV
D. nutritious snacks should be available at any time
【5】The underlined word “wreck” in Paragraph 1 probably means“_______”.
A. improve B. change C. ruin D. include
29、 Art has always been a polarizing(分化的)subject.Some people like realism,others like abstract.But do you know why some people value art in the millions,while others see the same piece as little more than a child’s finger painting?
Many consider art to be quite random in terms of our likes and dislikes.But according to new research,there may actually be a scientific reason behind our fondness for certain works.The answer lies in how a person’s brain breaks down the visuals(视觉效果)of a painting combined with their judgment.
To prove their theory,neuroscientist(神经科学家)Kiyohito Iigaya and his team from the California Institute of Technology(Caltech)gathered more than 1,300 volunteers and asked them to rate 825 different paintings from four different art genres(类型).
After analyzing the data,scientists found that the same groups of people tended to prefer similar aspects of the same paintings.These characteristics were then grouped into“low-level”features like color and blending,and“high-level”features like the emotion behind the painting.
From this experiment,Caltech’s system was then able to predict an individual’s specific taste in art and organize different works into one group,according to the paintings’features and volunteers’preferences.
In a second test,researchers repeated the experiment on six volunteers,showing each 1,000 paintings while inside an MRI—a machine that scans a person’s brain activity.The test revealed(揭示)that the different features of a painting are sent to the part of the brain that deals with valuing items,allowing someone to form their overall opinion.
Finally,the team repeated the first test on new volunteers.Again,the algorithm(算法)was able to accurately predict individuals’art preferences.According to Iigaya,this shows that the factors that contribute to whether a person likes an image are universal,not random.
Lesley Fellows,a neurologist at McGill University who studies value judgments,stated,“We know a lot about‘how’the brain carries out actions,but‘why’is far less well understood.”
【1】What did the Caltech team try to discover?
A.What kinds of artwork appeal to people.
B.Why only some people value art.
C.Whether an individual’s preference for art is predictable.
D.Whether one’s mood influences their opinion of artwork.
【2】How did the Caltech team’s first experiment help their second test?
A.Some features of paintings were categorized（分类）.
B.It helped decide the types of paintings to be used.
C.Part of the brain to process paintings was identified.
D.Volunteers were grouped based on their response.
【3】What did the Caltech team find from their second test?
A.The brain reacted differently to different paintings.
B.MRIs influence people’s opinion of paintings.
C.Individuals have different valuing systems in their brain.
D.A certain part of the brain helps people judge paintings.
【4】Why does the author quote Lesley Fellows’words in the last paragraph?
A.To question the Caltech team’s research.
B.To approve of the research on why we make value judgments.
C.To show there is still a lot left to learn about the brain.
D.To point out the focus of the future brain research.
30、“A” for Attitude
English was always my favorite subject. In my freshman year of high school, I could write a killer composition. In my second year, my_________allowed me to give spelling tests to the class. I had wonderful_________of my junior year. Mrs. Alexander _______me to sit at her desk and take over the class when she had to leave the room. Only my senior English class was_________, as we had a teacher right out of college who expected college-level work. Every student received a “C” or “D” grade the first quarter._______English was still my subject.
I graduated from high school,_______early and had children. Confident about my English, I often helped my kids with their English homework. And I_________long articles and beautiful poetry as a columnist for a newspaper. Fifteen years later, I went to college, and because I had been an "A" student, I remained an “A” student. I_________up to my own expectations.
Yesterday, I_________my high school report cards when I was reading old papers. That bundle of report cards__________back the old days. I remembered sitting in my advisor's office，explaining that I had always excelled at English, and __________that I did not deserve a “D” from that__________ teacher of my senior year. The advisor was sympathetic but unable to change a (an)__________.
Reading__________my old report cards revealed something else too. I wanted to shred them or hide them. I was not an “A” student in high school English！Somehow, I had__________myself of this，when the grades clearly reflected an__________student with an occasional “A” or “B” but mostly “C” s.
Had I lived up to those grades and__________ myself according to those letters, I would have never confidently sought my writing__________. Had I believed in my early grades instead of myself ，I would have allowed my fear of____________to defeat my enthusiasm and damage my creativity.__________，I viewed my younger self as an “A” English student, except for that undeserved “D”.
【1】A.monitor B.headmaster C.classmate D.teacher
【2】A.impressions B.thoughts C.inspirations D.memories
【3】A.approved B.appointed C.expected D.urged
【4】A.flexible B.creative C.disappointing D.controversial
【5】A.So B.But C.And D.Or
【6】A.married B.worked C.succeeded D.progressed
【7】A.wrote B.edited C.read D.copied
【8】A.added B.lived C.grew D.went
【9】A.counted B.remembered C.approached D.discovered
【10】A.brought B.turned C.held D.kept
【11】A.reporting B.guaranteeing C.complaining D.recommending
【12】A.impolite B.impatient C.inexperienced D.independent
【13】A.grade B.figure C.paper D.entry
【14】A.out B.through C.from D.into
【15】A.warned B.reminded C.informed D.convinced
【16】A.average B.enthusiastic C.outstanding D.awkward
【17】A.considered B.defined C.reflected D.described
【18】A.goal B.dream C.career D.enterprise
【19】A.change B.risk C.stress D.failure
【20】A.Otherwise B.Besides C.Instead D.Still
31、短文填空, 每空一词。
The Safe (保险箱)
----- A Rich Man Finds the Best Way to be Truly Rich
Once upon a time, a rich man hired a great mathematician (数学家) to find him a way to make him more money. The rich man was so g【1】 that he even built a giant safe and his dream was to fill it with gold and jewels.
The mathematician worked on the problem for months. One night he said to the rich man “I’ve done it! My idea is perfect! You’ll be wealthy b【2】 your wildest dreams.” The rich man was d【3】 to hear this. Before he left on a long journey, he promised the mathematician double pay to run his business for him.
When the rich man returned, he found that all of his wealth was gone. Very angry, he asked the mathematician to explain. The mathematician told him he’d g【4】 everything away to people in the neighborhood.
The mathematician said “There is a limit to how much wealth one can get by himself. Then I realized that many people could help us a【5】 our goal. By helping o【6】, you could gain the most!”
Disappointed, the rich man went away. As he was walking, every neighbor he met was so thankful to him that they o【7】 him anything he needed.
Over the next few weeks, the man saw the mathematician’s idea really w【8】. He was received with great honor w【9】 he went. Everyone did all they could to help him.
He no longer dreamed of keeping his wealth in a safe. I 【10】 he shared it with hundreds of friends. He was now truly rich.
32、假定你是李华，你的美国朋友 Jim 得知你想提高英文写作能力，给你寄来一本《英 文写作手册》(A Handbook of Writing)。请你回一封信。内容包括：
1. 感谢对方； 2. 书很有用，会认真研读； 3. 你的回赠。
注意：
1. 词数 100 左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jim,
How is everything going with you?
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Best wishes.
Yours,
Li Hua
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