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1、 I bought three books, but none of _______ is interesting.
A. which B. that C. what D. them
2、- You seem busy these days．
- Yes．I’m writing a story．You know, it’s really not easy to write ______ with attractive plots．（ ）
A．this B．one C．it D．that
3、It is universally recognized that how one performs when faced with fierce competition can ________ the best in them.
A.bring out B.pull out C.turn out D.put out
4、We need a comprehensive _____ of the genetically modified food, under the leadership of the central government.
A. accumulation B. assessment
C. assistance D. accountant
5、Look at the price of that bike! It is practically the same as ______of a new motorcycle.
A．one
B．that
C．it
D．this
6、He decided to adopt a different ___________ to teaching the language in a natural way.
A. method B. means C. way D. approach
7、Hard work and lack of sleep have _____ her beauty and youth in recent years.
A. worn out B. tried out
C. made out D. sent out
8、 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
9、The tech giant, Huawei won respect all over the world.
A．n. 巨人，伟人
B．adj. 巨大的，特大的
C．n. 大公司，强大组织
D．adj. 伟大的
10、A passer-by who happened to see the traffic accident was taken to the police station to describe it ________.
A．at least
B．in relief
C．at length
D．on purpose
11、Patients should fight a mental battle against their disease bravely rather than_____ them.
A.subscribe to B.contribute to C.submit to D.apply to
12、This new product, containing no _____ flavors and coloring agents, attracts a number of white-collar clerks.
A.authentic B.diverse C.conventional D.artificial
13、The report aims to further ______ how the car-sharing business influences our society and that it will be good for the environment in the long run.
A.warn B.clarify C.decide D.voice
14、If Mr. Dewey _____ present, he would have offered any possible assistance to the people there.
A. were B. had been C. should be D. was
15、China will safeguard energy security by resource protection,_____ green lifestyles and consumer culture.
A.to advocate B.advocated C.advocating D.having been advocated
16、Lily’s drawing may not be excellent, ______ I know she has done her best.
A. so B. although
C. before D. as
17、—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
18、--Mr. Smith, you are fined for over-speeding. Please sign here.
--Fined? Over-speeding? ________
A. Are you all right? B. You can't be serious!
C. Mind your own business! D. You asked for it!
19、With his seat belt ________, Larry has been fully prepared to drive to ________ the new city on his own.
A.fastened; explore B.fastening; explode
C.to be fastened; exploit D.being fastening; explore
20、December 25 is the day ______ westerners celebrate as their Christmas day.
A.in which B.one
C.that D.as
21、 The year was 1999. I was 18, living with friends in a town about an hour north of Milwaukee. Desperate for adventure, we often talked about haunted (闹鬼的) locations, and even wandered around the woods near Rienzi Cemetery. So when a friend shared a story about an abandoned house just down the road from Rienzi, how could I possibly resist? The group of us jumped in the car and headed off into the wild unknown, completely unaware of the misfortune that would soon befall us.
The house was isolated, overgrown and barely visible from the road. Most of its windows were broken. It seemed completely neglected except the locked door and a NO ENTRY sign outside. How would anyone notice, or possibly even care, if we went in and looked around?
We stole inside, hoping for anything to prove the legend. Nothing valuable was found until an old letter, addressed to a Mr. J. Witherell, caught my eye. Its paper was stiff and yellowed. Excited by the physical evidence, I slipped the letter into my back pocket. I was about to exit the house when I noticed firetrucks and police cars lining up out on the road. While most of us were exploring the house, one of us managed to knock a fire detector off the ceiling, which triggered an automated alarm at the fire department. I quickly alerted the others, but there would be no escape.
After a moment of panic, we decided to go outside and face the music. To avoid a theft charge, I left the letter where it was before stepping outside.
The result? Not only did we all get fined for entering, we were required to pay for property damage totaling $1,500 each — too much for us to afford.
For so many years, I have been wondering: Why is the deserted house so heavily protected with detectors and other security measures? Why is the property regularly maintained? What's the story behind that mysterious letter?
【1】What did the shabby appearance of the house seem to remind the kids?
A.They would have no trouble entering it.
B.Their entry would bring them a surprise.
C.Their entry would disturb the neighbours.
D.Their behavior would be noticed by its owner.
【2】Why did the author attempt to take the letter away?
A.It might reveal who had been maintaining the house.
B.It might help uncover the mystery of the abandoned house.
C.It must have been written to disclose a tragedy.
D.It was an evidence of the house being heavily protected.
【3】What led the police cars and firetrucks to arrive so quickly?
A.The police officers were checking there.
B.The house owner reported to the police.
C.The police cars were passing by accident.
D.Some boy started the fire alarm system.
【4】What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A.The empty house has been under strict protection.
B.The author wonders why they got fined.
C.No maintenance to the house is conducted regularly.
D.There is much mystery about the abandoned house.
22、 We have a real crisis in this country in the basic understanding of science. It affects our global competitiveness as a country, our national security, and the effectiveness of our social system. The misunderstanding about science is blinding our eyes.
We know that an awful lot of teachers who are teaching science today have not been properly empowered to do so. School frequently isn’t testing whether you understand something but whether you’re familiar with it. What’s Newton’s second law? You say F=ma, and you get an A. That does not reflect a deep understanding of Newtonian mechanics. Science education is not just a body of facts; it’s a process. To present it with appeal and excitement you need to picture it as a detective story—asking questions, making observations, and collecting evidence. You test and you fail but, you know, failure can lead to discovery.
Another challenge we face is that science is often viewed as too hard, for experts only. But I don’t actually think it’s that difficult. People see science every day. They look outside and see weather and nature. They push a button in their house and the lights go on. Everybody’s dealing with science every day. They just don’t call it that. And it’s important they do. In fact, science is determining the quality and outcomes of their life.
Science needs creativity. And one of the best ways to be creative is to think “out of the box”. However, we need more courage when we come to practice. Take me for example. Very early in my teens I decided to educate myself. I realized I would never be a very good student because I didn’t like teachers judging me by what I thought were arbitrary (主观臆断的) standards. I decided I’d let the world judge me by whether I could do something of value—solve a problem or build something. That’s why I quit school early and risked everything to start a company. I risked everything I had because I had nothing to lose. I’d rather fail at trying to do something really big than succeed at being medium.
“When’s the right age to think creatively?” you may ask. I’d say in the womb (母腹)! Kids don’t have anxieties about trying to avoid failure. They are full of imagination and much more willing to fail. Just watch a 3-year-old. They touch everything, and if it hurts they don’t touch it again. They learn everything at a breathtaking rate. Start to think out of the box as early as you can, because it’s more likely to take you to places that you can’t predict, schedule and budget for. Do all that when you can bear the insecurity.
【1】According to the passage, science teachers should ________.
A.train students’ memory for right facts B.focus more on the learning process
C.present interesting detective stories D.abandon frequent science examinations
【2】Paragraph 3 indicates that _______.
A.science is intended for experts only B.it’s important to see weather and nature
C.people can determine the quality of life D.we should realize science is around us
【3】The author takes his own example to say ________.
A.school education may do little good to students
B.teachers sometimes judge their students unfairly
C.people need to take an unusual path to be creative
D.failure at a big thing is better than a small success
【4】What’s the tone of the passage?
A.Questioning. B.Encouraging.
C.Praising. D.Complaining.
23、D
“The really big concern over the last decade,” according to Dr. David Whitehead, “is the relative loss of opportunities for children to engage in child-led play.” That's true. One of the exhausting aspects of modern parenting is that everything, even doing nothing, has to be purposeful. Now that “parenting” has become a verb — a state of doing, rather than simply being — it can fed unnatural to leave your children to their own devices. Yet it creates spaces in which good things can happen. The psychology lecturer is responding to a survey showing that 80 percent of parents of small children feel under pressure to fill their days with “structured” activities. This, says Dr. Whitehead, is a mistake. Leaving your children to play on their own or with their peers enables them to develop “self-regulation abilities”, which in turn leads to better academic achievement.
One afternoon last autumn, sitting on a bench doing no parenting at all, I suddenly felt I was getting the hang of it.
That afternoon, my sister and I took our children to the park. We had lots to talk about, so we sat down on a bench and drove the children away. After briefly complaining, the cousins wandered off and started jumping into puddles (水洼).
They jumped and jumped, and then one of them kicked some muddy water at the others. My sister and I, deep in conversation, didn't notice this. So my nephew became more adventurous. He scooped up a handful of mud and threw it on my son's head. My son caught his breath happily, wiped the mud out of his eyes, and threw one back. My nephew, who has a talent for naming things, puffed out his tiny chest and roared: “Let's play Muddikins!”
The rules of Muddikins are simple. You run around throwing mud at each other until everyone is so thickly coated that you can no longer be sure which child is whose. Nothing is learnt from it; nobody is improved. It is pure fun, of the sort that can only happen when parents drop the reins (缰绳). They did it. “ Whoa, that's so cool,” said one. “I wish my mum was like you.”
【1】What is stressed in Paragraph 1?
A. Child-led play matters in the development of children.
B. Parents' concern over their children is unnecessary.
C. Children's activities should be well organized.
D. Parenting is everything in a family.
【2】What does the author think of the behavior of the children in the puddles?
A. Amazing. B. Troublesome.
C. Adventurous. D. Worthwhile.
【3】By saying “They did it” in the last paragraph, the author means that ______.
A. The reins were dropped.
B. She failed to distinguish her child.
C. The children learned from the Muddikins.
D. She confirmed Dr. David Whitehead's theory.
【4】The text is mainly about the relationship between _____.
A. parents and children
B. individual and group
C. play and acquisition
D. theory and practice
24、 In Central America, sea turtle eggs are a popular cuisine dish. The eggs are hugely and secretly harvested onto tables, leaving the sea turtles listed as threatened. Yet we simply do not have the ability to continuously guard large beaches. Scientist Kim Williams was thinking hard when she had an “aha” moment: How about placing a fake(假的) egg containing a GPS tracker.
That’s how the special eggs come in. To build them:Williams and colleagues used a 3D printer. Then:they fixed in the smallest GPS tracking devices. As mother turtles laid their eggs under cover of night, the researchers slipped a single spy egg into each nest. Once they are covered in sand from the real ones: “it’s very difficult to tell the difference,” says Williams.
Of the 101 spy eggs, 25 were taken away while six of them were quickly discovered and left on the beach. The team received tracking data with the farthest egg travelling 137 kilometers inland and stopping at a local supermarket. The spy egg sent its final signal the next day from a personal house, suggesting that the research team had tracked the eggs all the way. The researchers stress that the tracker is not a way to catch local thieves: many of whom are living in poverty(贫穷), but rather a tool to better understand how the deal goes.
Still stopping stealing is not as simple as handing the tracking data over to the police. Across Central America, trade in sea turtle eggs can be legally ambiguous. In Costa Rica:for example, it is illegal to steal and sell sea turtle eggs but buying them is not a crime. It is not black and white. Meanwhile, local support is in need above all. “It but not tracking with eggs, is the real meat and potatoes of conservation,” says Williams.
【1】What is the major threat to the existence of sea turtles?
A.Unsafe GPS trackers. B.Unguarded Sea Beaches.
C.The popular dishes of sea turtles. D.The overhunt of turtle eggs.
【2】How does Williams explain her study in paragraph 2?
A.By listing scientific data. B.By making a comparison.
C.By clarifying the process. D.By using an expert’s words.
【3】The researchers tracked so many spy eggs to________.
A.test the GPS trackers
B.catch the egg thieves
C.look into the whole deal of turtle eggs
D.learn about the current situation of sea turtles
【4】Which of the following is the best title for the text?
A.Spy Eggs Save Endangered Sea Turtles
B.Sea Turtles Draw International Concern
C.GPS Trackers Improve Tracking Accuracy
D.Central America Need Wildlife Protection
25、I have just started my job as an English Language Assistant in the Parisian suburbs（郊区）. I was ________by how rich Paris really is. I was also very surprised at how ________ the suburbs are: in the UK, traditionally, the suburbs are the ________part of a city, but here it is the complete opposite.
The schools that I________ in are located just outside of Paris and are not as wealthy as the ones in the centre of the city. However, the _______ here are so eager to learn my language.
For my first lesson I________ some postcards and souvenirs to show my pupils what my hometown is like in the UK. They were so excited by my postcard of my town’s ________ and my souvenir of the Welsh dragon. For us in the UK, a postcard of the castle is not________the most exciting thing but, for these pupils it _______ real-life magic and mystery. I realized that in their suburbs there are no castles, which just belong to Paris.
One of the teachers told me that despite the _______ that these children live only four kilometers away from Paris, some of them have ________been there so far. I ________ a chance for them to away discover another world.
I never________,until my job in France,just how ________ education really is. For these children it represents an opportunity to do something different;it represents hope for their ________ and that is priceless.
【1】
A．impressed
B．encouraged
C．delighted
D．frightened
【2】
A．large
B．different
C．quiet
D．beautiful
【3】
A．dirtiest
B．poorest
C．easiest
D．richest
【4】
A．grow
B．teach
C．study
D．miss
【5】
A．people
B．farmers
C．workers
D．pupils
【6】
A．brought in
B．took in
C．asked for
D．gave up
【7】
A．scenery
B．advantages
C．castle
D．mountain
【8】
A．nearly
B．necessarily
C．hardly
D．rarely
【9】
A．meant
B．practised
C．lost
D．explained
【10】
A．habit
B．effort
C．fact
D．disadvantage
【11】
A．ever
B．just
C．never
D．already
【12】
A．spoiled
B．kept
C．offered
D．provided
【13】
A．proved
B．realized
C．knew
D．admitted
【14】
A．valuable
B．convenient
C．practical
D．simple
【15】
A．families
B．academics
C．futures
D．abilities
26、书面表达
假定你是李华，得知你的美国笔友Jack由于父母工作的需求，刚刚转入一所新的学校，面对陌生的学习环境，他特别不适应，觉得孤独，焦虑。请你给他写一封邮件，表达你对此事的看法，并提出两到三个切实可行的建议,帮助他尽早适应新环境。
注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Jack，
I’m very sorry to hear that you feel lonely and anxious because you have just moved and studied in a new school.
Yours,
Lihua
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