1、It may not be a great suggestion. But before ______ is put forward, we’ll make do with it.
A. a good one B. a better one
C. the best one D. a best one
2、Take your time—it’s just _____ short distance from here to _____ restaurant.
A. /; the B. a; the C. the; a D. /; a
3、As a grassroots singer, she reads everything she can get hold of and catch every opportunity she meets up with so as to gain _____ progress.
A. mild B. widespread
C. steady D. Average
4、Regular reviewing is __good habit. If you stick to it, you will make great
progress in your study.
A. a;/ B.a;a C.the;a D./;a
5、It is a luxury in such circumstances to expect individual attention, especially in classes students in the back rows can hardly see the blackboard.
A. that B. where
C. when D. which
6、Our car _____ engine trouble, we stopped for the night at a roadside rest area.
A. developed B. being developed
C. having developed D. to develop
7、After graduation from high school we will reach a point ________ we have to decide which university to attend.
A.that B.what C.which D.where
8、Jerry rushed home he heard the news, only that his houses had been burnt down and all the furniture burnt out.
A. as soon as; finding B. immediately; to find
C. the moment; find D. when; found
9、Life is not always easy.You ________ some moments when you were disappointed.
A.must have
B.should have
C.must have had
D.should have had
10、According to the judgment, all the illegal income go to the state.
A. shall B. may
C. can D. would
11、You’d better leave out anything, when writing your resume for application, ________ is thought unnecessary or misleading.
A. that B. what C. which D. where
12、One can always manage to do more things, no matter______ full one’s schedule is in life.
A.how B.what C.when D.where
13、The teacher together with his assistants _____ ten cell samples during the past two months in the school lab.
A.analyze B.analyzes C.has analyzed D.have analyzed
14、Jim who is now our English teacher once ________ as a manager in an international
cooperation for 5 years.
A. worked B. had worked
C. was working D. has worked
15、________ chairman of the committee, he felt on top of the world.
A.Electing B.Elected C.To be elected D.Having elected
16、——Oh,must you? Stay a bit longer.It’s been such fun having you.
—— .I’ve got an early start tomorrow morning.
A.Thanks anyway B.No problem
C.All right D.Never mind
17、 --- Talking of travel, have you ever been to Chicago?
--- Yes. I _____ it twice while I was working in the US.
A. have visited B. visited
C. was visiting D. would visit
18、I want to learn about your holidays. Could you tell me how you usually_______ Thanksgiving Day in your country ?
A. Congratulate B. remind
C. remember D. observe
19、—________ come Dave's home? Isn't he feeling well?
— Sorry, I have no idea either.
A.How
B.What
C.When
D.Where
20、—May I help you?
—_______, but I’m just looking now.
A. Go ahead B. Thanks
C. Please yourself D. Wait a minute
21、
"For years, I found myself walking less and less. As I got older, aches and pains in my back and legs caused me to stay in my chair, watching TV and watching life go by. My doctor told me to be more active, and I tried. I tried canes and walkers…and I hated them. Dragging myself along, bent over, looking at the ground two feet in front of me—that didn't seem like a fun way to get around. Then, one day, a friend introduced me to the Perfect Walker. Nothing is going to stop me now!"
Join millions of older Americans who are rediscovering the joy of walking!
The Perfect Walker is an innovative mobility device that can change your life. It enables you to stand upright when you walk-with your spine straight and your eyes looking straight ahead. Your weight is supported by your upper arms and shoulders, some of the strongest parts of your body. Traditional walkers force you to put the pressure of your body weight on your hands and wrists. You push them in front of you, looking at the ground instead of where you are going. The Perfect Walker moves with you, with your feet free to walk in a normal fashion. Its easy height-adjust system allows it to be the perfect height for anyone from 4'9" to 6'2"and supports up to 300 pounds. The new Stand Assist HandlesTM enable you to distribute your weight across your arms and shoulders, not your hands and wrists, to help reduce back, neck, wrist pain and discomfort. It features comfortable arm pads, hand brakes, a fold-down seat and storage area with a backrest. It's built with aircraft- grade aluminum to be strong yet lightweight, and its streamlined design and oversized wheels make it perfect for walking in the yard.
Why spend another day bent over and dragging yourself around—or worse yet, lying in front of the TV all day? Pick up the phone and take back your life.
【1】Who is talking about the Perfect Walker at the beginning?
A.A user.
B.The agent
C.A doctor.
D.The producer.
【2】What is the Perfect Walker's biggest advantage over traditional ones?
A.It serves a variety of functions.
B.It's made of aircraft-grade material.
C.It features comfortable arm pads and a seat.
D.It allows users to walk in an ordinary manner.
【3】By dialing 1-888-235-1481, you can________.
A.place an order
B.apply for membership
C.ask for a free trial
D.get a promotion code
22、One evening, a man was on his way home when he saw a woman come by, hauling a cart full of flowers. The smell of her flowers perfumed the air with sweetness so easily that it seemed to lift his spirits. He had never experienced such wonder from the flowers of his own garden. "How much must I pay for your wonderful flowers?" he asked. "Take what you wish for." "What return must I make for them?" he asked again. "Your gratitude is enough." She said. So he filled his arms with flowers and hurried joyfully home. His wife and children also liked the remarkable flowers, for they, too, discovered that the sight of
them was a delight and the smell of them refreshed the soul.
In order not to lose his treasure. the man planted the flowers in his garden. Sunlight and water kept them amazingly beautiful and they still performed their powerful magic. When his children came to play in the yard, the man cautioned them against carelessness and wild play in case they damage the flowers. But the flowers remained hardy and strong as long as there are enough sun and moisture to nourish them.
As the family grew and more children came to play in the garden, the man was even more concerned about his remarkable flowers. He even built a high wall to protect them with the utmost care. Unfortunately, this began to cause consternation among the family members. If the children caused their father stress, he would refuse them access to the flowers. Later, he set up rules as to who could enter the garden and what they must do while they were there. He also established offices to determine accessibility. Eventually, it became necessary to have lawyers to defend, judges to weigh, guards to safeguard.
The man's family, however, saw less and less of the flowers and experienced less and less of their magical power. In the meantime, many of them went out in search of the flower lady. Well, she was still out there, still giving away her amazing flowers.
【1】The family found that the smell of the flowers could_____.
A. remove their spirits
B. make them energetic
C. bring them what they want
D. make them smell sweet
【2】In order to protect the flowers, the man_____.
A. asked the policemen to help him take care of the garden
B. built a high building to keep the children away from the garden
C. set up offices to decide, who can get close to the flowers
D. employed lawyers, judges and guards to protect the flowers
【3】What can we learn from the underlined sentence?
A. The man began to prevent the, family members coming into his garden.
B. The man asked the family members to enjoy his flowers but no one wanted to.
C. What the man did made the family members less interested in flowers.
D. What the man did made the family members panic.
【4】What lesson can we get from the father's behavior?
A. To give is more fruitful than to get.
B. Shared beauty is real beauty.
C. A problem shared is a problem halved.
D. Many hands make light work.
23、 Daniella Wride was brushing her daughter’s long brown hair when she noticed that with each comb, masses of the hair were coming out. That was January 1, 2017. Within 20 days, seven-year-old Gianessa Wride’s hair was completely gone, and her doctor said the hair would never grow back. Gianessa had become one of the 6.8 million Americans with alopecia, an auto-immune disease that causes hair loss.
Alopecia isn’t painful, but for kids who suffer from it, the severe pain comes from standing out from the crowd. For the most part, the students in Gianessa’s first-grade class in Salem, Utah, were understanding. But the occasional jokes of “Baldy”(秃子) made her feel like an abandoned child. “I didn’t want her to feel that she wasn’t like the other kids,” her mother said. “I tried covering her baldness, but the artificial hair was uncomfortable.”
Then comes the school’s traditional “Crazy Hair Day” in April, a great just-for-fun celebration where all the kids and their parents can express their wild sides a bit. Daniella and Gianessa decided that rather than hide Gianessa’s baldness under the artificial hair, they would celebrate it. Daniella bought scrapbook-sticker(贴纸) jewels and decorated her head with flowered designs and even a deer. “They just fit her personality,” Daniella smiled. “She’s so lovely.”
On the morning of the competition, Gianessa was nervous. Would her friends think it was funny? However, with her mother’s encouragement, she had nothing to fear. Impressive Gianessa was a hit and a winner of the crazy-hair competition. Gianessa is now glad that she dared to go bare. “I was sad at first when I lost all my hair,” she told people. “But now I love being bald. I can do things to my head that other kids can’t. I’m thinking now it might be fun to decorate my head with some colourful butterflies and flowers.”
【1】Why was Gianessa different from other kids?
A.She was born bald. B.She suffered from hair loss.
C.She was talented in hair designing. D.She had her head fully shaved.
【2】How did others react to Gianessa’s disease?
A.Her doctor was quite optimistic. B.Her mother gave her artificial hair.
C.Her classmates were all considerate. D.Her school offered her special help.
【3】What could Gianessa do on the “Crazy Hair Day”?
A.She could tease others. B.She could decorate her hair.
C.She could shop scrapbook-stickers. D.She could show her personality.
【4】What is the main idea of the text?
A.The artificial hair built up the girl’s confidence.
B.The girl faced her disease in a most beautiful way.
C.The competition served as a way to make a change.
D.The disease was cured with mother’s love and care.
24、Being less than perfectly well-dressed in a business setting can result in a feeling of great discomfort that may well require treatment to eliminate. And the sad truth is that “clothing mismatches” on the job can ruin the day of the person who is wearing the inappropriate attire(着装)—and the people with whom he or she comes in contact.
Offices vary when it comes to dress codes. Some businesses have very high standards for their employees and set strict guidelines for office attire, while others maintain a more relaxed attitude. However, it is always important to remember that no matter what your company’s attitude is regarding what you wear, you are working in a business environment and you should dress properly. Certain items may be more appropriate for evening wear than for a business meeting, just as shorts and a T-shirt are better suited for the beach than for an office environment. Your attire should reflect both your environment and your position. A senior vice president has a different image to maintain than that of a secretary or sales assistant. Like it or not, you will be judged by your personal appearance.
This is never more apparent than on “dress-down days”, when what you wear can say more about you than any business suit ever could. In fact, people will pay more attention to what you wear on dress-down days than on “business professional ” days. Thus, when dressing in “business casual” clothes, try to put some good taste into your wardrobe choices, recognize that the “real” definition of business casual is to dress just one notch(等级) down from what you would normally wear of business-professional attire days.
Remember, there are borders between your career and our social life. You should dress one way for play and another way when you mean business. Always ask yourself where you are going and how other people will be dressed when you get there. Is the final destination the opera, the beach, or the office? Dress properly and you will discover the truth in the principle that clothes make the man—and the woman. When in doubt, always misjudge on the side of dressing slightly more traditionally than the situation demands.
【1】What is the passage mainly about?
A. How to dress properly in a business setting.
B. A president of a company should dress differently from a secretary or sales assistant.
C. The differences between professional and casual dress.
D. Improper dress will make a person feel uncomfortable.
【2】Which of the following statements is true?
A. Every company has strict rules regarding office dress.
B. You can wear whatever you like if your company doesn’t have standards for dressing.
C. You should dress according to the business setting even when there are no fixed rules.
D. In companies with relaxed rules on office dress, you can’t spot a manager among others.
【3】Which statement best describes “dress-down days”?
A. We can’t judge a person’s taste by his clothes on dress-down days.
B. People’s clothes on dress-down days don’t receive much attention.
C. On dress-down days, you can wear whatever you like.
D. People are usually more careful about what they wear on dress-down days than on other occasions.
【4】Which of the following is NOT the rule in the passage with regard to business dress?
A. For a business meeting and a concert, you should dress differently.
B. Remember to ask others for advice when you are not sure about what to dress.
C. Think about how other guests will wear if you are invited to a dinner.
D. Dress a bit traditionally if you are not sure about proper dress for a certain occasion.
25、In 1999, Eve and Norman Fertig, a couple, saved a two-week-old half-breed wolf dog named Shana.
One winter several years later, as the Fertigs, both then 81, were on the way to a wildlife sanctuary near one of their buildings to _________ the injured and hungry animals, a _________ snowstorm blew in. Several trees fell, _________ them in a narrow path between two _________. Eve and Norman couldn't climb over the _________. For the next two and a half hours, they crowded together for _________ as the snow was piled higher. “We were _________,” Eve said. “I thought we could die here.”
Around 9:30 p. m., Shana, who was outside, began _________ toward Eve and Norman in the deep snow. It took her nearly two hours, but _________ she cleared a narrow tunnel (隧道) ____________ the front door of the main house with the Fertigs' ____________.
When breaking through the snow and ____________ the couple, the 160-pound dog barked and caught Eve's jacket and ____________ the 86-pound woman onto her back. Norman ____________ Eve's ankles, and for the next two hours, Shana pulled the couple through the tunnel.
Thanks to Shana's ____________, they finally reached the house around 2 a.m., and the Fertigs ____________ to get inside. Extremely ____________, they lay there, still. The storm had ____________ the electricity and heat.Shana slept next to them all night to keep them ____________ until the firemen found them.
After five months, Shana's feet recovered from the injuries she ____________ while digging.
【1】
A.feed
B.find
C.rescue
D.train
【2】
A.strange
B.unique
C.violent
D.normal
【3】
A.covering
B.pushing
C.delivering
D.trapping
【4】
A.rooms
B.buildings
C.tunnels
D.animals
【5】
A.trunks
B.fences
C.leaves
D.roofs
【6】
A.faith
B.warmth
C.freedom
D.sympathy
【7】
A.in vain
B.in sight
C.in trouble
D.in place
【8】
A.barking
B.checking
C.digging
D.scanning
【9】
A.carefully
B.eventually
C.casually
D.hopelessly
【10】
A.comparing
B.providing
C.equipping
D.connecting
【11】
A.position
B.bedroom
C.tree
D.tent
【12】
A.observing
B.reaching
C.returning
D.passing
【13】
A.threw
B.controlled
C.fastened
D.guided
【14】
A.lifted
B.turned
C.pressed
D.seized
【15】
A.efforts
B.growth
C.habits
D.eagerness
【16】
A.managed
B.planned
C.waited
D.afforded
【17】
A.stressed
B.unprepared
C.tired
D.desperate
【18】
A.focused on
B.knocked out
C.got over
D.kept off
【19】
A.cold
B.warm
C.cool
D.sweaty
【20】
A.discovered
B.predicted
C.received
D.remembered
26、假定你是李华,你的英语口语课老师Mr. Johnson要求你们明天下午去听一个关于如何提高英语口语的讲座。你因故不能参加。请你写一封信向Mr. Johnson道歉并说明情况。
要点:1.表示歉意;
2.理由;
3.询问:是否有录像,以便补听讲座。
注意:1.词数100左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
Dear Mr Johnson,
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua