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1、Sustainable living is ____ lifestyle that attempts to reduce _____ society’s use of the natural resources.
A. the; the B. a; a C. a; the D. the; /
2、Charles was carried out of the prison. When he woke up, he _______ to his own home and sat down on the ground.
A.hurried B.drove C.went D.returned
3、The parking rules in public places should be ________ strictly, otherwise you will get a ticket.
A.realized B.recognized C.consulted D.observed
4、It wasn’t long______ they felt at home with each other and shared almost everything.
A．before
B．since
C．after
D．until
5、—I heard Back Street Boys would sing at the New Century Theater.
—Where did you ______?
A．put that up
B．pick that up
C．make that up
D．take that up
6、It is about ten years _____ I met you last time.
A. since B. for
C. when D. as
7、According to the police，the man called “Tuhao”_______ to be a professional cheat in business．
A． worked out B． made out
C． figured out D． turned out
考点：动词／动词词组
8、We can`t expect our children to do anything their ability.
A. without B. beyond C.within D. cover
9、This kind of cloth_______well and large quantities of the cloth ________.
A. is sold； have been sold B. is sold; has been sold
C. sells； have been sold D. sells ; has been sold
10、— Doesn’t he lose heart even if the experiment hasn’t been working out?
— ________. Nothing defeats him.
A. It depends B. You bet
C. By no means D. Not a little
11、The Five Avenues Area is a very popular tourist ________ in Tianjin.
A．digest
B．draw
C．distinction
D．division
12、We had a good many anxious worries but everything all right in the end.
A.turned down B.turned on C.turned out D.turned to
13、During Voldemort’s time in power, people live in fear that they will be killed, either for having impure (不纯的) blood or for having pity for those who do.
A.constant B.chief C.available D.artificial
14、—You hate Chongqing Hot Pot, don’t you?
—________. I just think it doesn’t agree with me.
A. Not nearly B. Not exactly
C. Not likely D. Not always
15、_______Wuhu with Shanghai，to be frank，and you’ll find it’s more convenient to live in the former．
A． To compare B． Comparing
C． Compare D． Compared
16、It’s terrible to ________ news when the family’s letters don’t arrive!
A. pay for B. hunger for
C. stand for D. thank for
17、The growth of information available on-line has led to ______ new businesses and opportunities ranging from cloud storage to content delivery.
A．a great deal of
B．a great number of
C．a great amount of
D．a great many of
18、 The shelter is expected to help the homeless live __________ the bitter winter．
A． across B． with C． through D． against
19、---I had practiced my spoken English, but still failed in the oral test．
---Don’t be discouraged．_____ and you will surely pass it．
A．Make a bit more effort
B．To make a bit more
C．Making a bit more effort
D．If you make a bit more effort
20、An exercise method _____ to improve strength and balance is becoming popular in the United States.
A. designing B. designed
C. to be designed D. being designed
21、THE middle-aged woman with the black cardigan around her shoulders had assumed a meticulously calibrated posture: feet shoulder-width apart, arms slightly bent, fists loosely clenched, muscles relaxed yet alert.
She was not preparing for a tae kwon do bout, but performing her personal version of the underground battle engaged in daily by millions of New Yorkers: reading, intently, on a sardine-can D train heading swiftly toward Brooklyn in the evening rush. Without holding on.
“I am a New Yorker,” the woman, Robin Kornhaber, 54, told me as if those five crisp words explained everything. “I can do anything on the subway.”
Reading on the subway is a New York ritual, for the maters of the intricately folded newspaper like Ms. Kornhaber, who lives in Park Slope and works on the Upper East Side, as well as for teenage girls thumbing through magazines, aspiring actors memorizing lines, office workers devouring self-help inspiration, immigrants taking comfort in paragraphs in a familiar tongue. These days, among the worn covers may be the occasional Kindle, but since most trains are still devoid of Internet access, the subway ride remains rare low-tech interlude in a city of multitasking workaholics. And so, we read.
Even without a seat, even while pressed with strangers into human panini, even as someone plays a keyboard harmonica and rattles a cup of change, even when stumbling home after a party.
There are those whose commutes are carefully timed to the length of a Talk of the Town section of The New Yorker, those who methodically page their way through the classics, and those who always carry a second novel in case they unexpectedly make it to the end of the first on a slow F train. There is a lawyer from Brooklyn who for the past two months has catalogued what she and other commuters are reading on a blog, “The Subway Book Club,” and a student at the New School who spent the summer passing out 600 donated books to subway riders to spread her passion for reading.
And then there are those reading the readers, imagining their story lines. That man in a suit studying “Rosetta Stone Level 3 Italian” on the No. 2 train must be preparing to meet his fiancee’s family in Tuscany. The woman reading a young-adult novel at 81st Street is probably a teacher preparing for class. We are usually left to wonder, but I recently spent 12 hours crisscrossing four boroughs underground, asking people what they were reading and why.
Bob Alderson, 46, the man learning Italian, is a parent lawyer, with no immediate overseas travel plans, but aspirations. “Someday I want to visit Italy, so I’m studying,” he said.
【1】Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
A．New York Rush
B．Reading Underground
C．Underground Battle
D．Subway Escape
【2】The first three paragraphs tell us that ______.
A．Robin Kornhaber is a little bit nervous on the train
B．Robin Komhaber is physically prepared for train ride
C．Robin Komhaber is a typical New York train rider and reader
D．Robin Kornhaber stands for New Yorkers who rely heavily on subway
【3】Which of the following is NOT true?
A．It is a culture for New Yorkers to read underground.
B．Some people will make guesses at those reading on the train.
C．People have no Internet access on most underground trains in New York.
D．People must make a careful schedule if they are to read underground.
【4】The following may stand for the ill environment for readers on the train EXCEPT ______.
A．sardine-can
B．human panini
C．tae kwon do bout
D．keyboard harmonica
22、 Concerned about pollution and congestion (拥塞), a growing number of local governments are trying to reduce the number of drivers in Europe’s big cities. Some, like London and Stockholm, have introduced congestion charges to discourage driving during peak hours. Paris has tried banning cars from driving on certain days, depending on whether they have even or odd number plates. Perhaps the most ambitious plan to curb cars comes from Oslo, Norway’s capital.
The change that is most easily to be noticed in Oslo is somewhat different from that in other European cities. Late last year, the government removed some 700 parking spaces from the city centre, replacing them with benches, bicycles and more pavements. The mere 50 or so spots that remain are largely reserved for handicapped residents and local businesses that rely on deliveries. Another big change has come in the form of zoning reform. Some roads in the city centre have been closed off to private cars; others have been changed so that traffic can only flow in one direction.
Enforcement has been severe, though. The city government has placed signs informing drivers of the new rules, but not everyone has paid them much attention. In addition, Norway’s conservatives believe strongly in the idea of car ownership, and shopkeepers worry that fewer cars might mean fewer customers. It is still too early to assess how effective the new measures have been. Still, early data show that pedestrian traffic in the city centre was up by 10% in the fourth quarter of 2018 over a year earlier, which suggests the reforms are working as intended.
Hanna Marcussen, vice-mayor for urban development and a member of the Green Party, notes that Oslo’s most successful shops are on the high street, where most customers are pedestrians anyway. The government is busy compiling tax records to measure the economic impact of its reforms. Research on Stockholm’s congestion-pricing scheme finds that the benefits from factors such as shorter travel times and safer roads far outweigh the fees paid by drivers.
The fact that the city’s efforts to control traffic have been controversial has forced the government to take an incremental (递增的) approach, constantly negotiating with suspicious business owners. Ms Marcussen compares the government’s traffic reforms to Norway’s public-smoking ban, which was passed in 2004. She said many people complained before the law was passed, but few today would demand loudly to let people smoke in pubs again.
【1】Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word “curb” in paragraph 1？
A.Support. B.Control.
C.Replace. D.Abandon.
【2】What is the most visible change in Oslo？
A.The removal of public parking. B.Creating more one-way traffic.
C.The limitation on cars in rush hours. D.Placing strict restrictions on private cars.
【3】What message is conveyed in the third paragraph?
A.Cars are hardly banned. B.Anti-car policies are in vain.
C.The car industry is declining. D.The reforms haven’t come easily.
【4】What does Ms. Marcussen mean in the end?
A.New things need to be tested repeatedly.
B.Timing is important to the success of reforms.
C.More efforts are to be put in the traffic reforms.
D.Most people will finally support the traffic reforms.
23、 30 St Mary Axe, commonly known as the Gherkin, was designed by internationally noted architect, Lord Norman Foster. Built in 2004, London’s first environmentally sustainable sky-scrapper was constructed for Swiss-Re, the largest re-insurance company in the world. The Gherkin, which is the sixth tallest building in London, was sold for over ￡600 million in 2007, making it the most expensive location in Britain to have an office. Since its completion, 30 St Mary Axe has won many architectural awards including in 2004 the Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize and in 2006 the BD World Architecture the “most admired new building in the world”.
Lying in the heart of the city, Foster’s building is on the site of London’s historic Baltic Exchange which was severely damaged in 1992. Constructed exactly 100 years before completion of the Gherkin, surviving parts of the Baltic Exchange building were sold and are being re-constructed in Tallinn, the capital of the Baltic country Estonia. The Baltic Exchange, which trades in the sale of merchant vessels and transportation of industrial bulk commodities and originates back to 1744, was started by ship owners and brokers meeting in a coffee house.
At the top of the Gherkin, on the 40th floor, there is a private bar featuring a 360° panoramic view of London. Despite the building being rounded, the “lens” (镜头) shaped glass roof above the bar is the only curved glass in the building, and is similar in design to the glass dome which covered part of the ground floor of the old Baltic Exchange.
The smooth clean lines of the building cover a high tech and environmentally designed interior. To reach the roof bar there is a hydraulic lift, pushed from below, which doesn’t require any machinery above it. Double-glassed gaps in each floor create vertical corridors that help keep warm in the winter and improve air flow in the summer. This, coupled with all the natural light flooding in through the windows, results in the building needing much less energy.
【1】What can we know from the first paragraph?
A.Foster isn’t an English architect.
B.The Gherkin is very famous in the world.
C.The Gherkin is the tallest building in London.
D.The Gherkin is the first sky-scrapper in London.
【2】When was the Baltic Exchange building constructed?
A.In the mid-19th century. B.In the late 19th century.
C.In the early 20th century. D.In the mid-20th century.
【3】What is at the top of the Gherkin?
A.A coffee house. B.The Baltic Exchange.
C.A private bar. D.A private office.
【4】How does the Gherkin manage to save energy?
A.By being equipped with double glass.
B.By stopping people using electricity.
C.By opening all the windows in the summer.
D.By asking people to use less air-conditioning.
24、Copenhagen Destination Guide
The modern city of Copenhagen combines the best of European cafe culture and Scandinavian architecture. It's charming and compact with lots of local history to dive into. Although spending time in Copenhagen can become expensive, there are many ways to experience the city on a budget as well.
Attractions
Copenhagen is one of the world's best cycling cities. To see the city with ease, rent a bike or take a small group tour to see the sights, including the Little Mermaid, the island of Amager and the community of Christiania. You can also take a canal boat tour to see the city from a unique view. The Tivoli Gardens offer a sense of love in the evenings. There are some excellent museums to explore. Be sure to add the Museum of Art and Design to your travel plan.
Transportation
Kastrup Airport is the first destination for most visitors. It typically takes less than 15 minutes to get from the airport to the city center by train, so all the visitors prefer this way to travel between the two places. Canal boat tours are the easiest way to see the city's attractions. Cycling is the fastest and most flexible way to get around, and it’s a refreshingly pedestrian-friendly city as well.
Tips
●Find local sandwich shops to eat like the locals do and give your wallet a break.
●Museum lovers should have a Copenhagen Card, which provides free entrance to about 60 museums and many other attractions too.
●Consider visiting Copenhagen in the autumn, when it's a little cold but accommodations become much cheaper than those in the summer.
Check at www.Save70.com to view price comparisons for flights and hotels before you book.
【1】Which place is the most suitable for lovers to go on a date?
A. The Tivoli Gardens.
B. The Little Mermaid.
C. The community of Christiania.
D. The Museum of Art and Design.
【2】How should visitors go to Kastrup Airport from the center of Copenhagen?
A. By bicycle. B. By boat.
C. By train. D. By bus.
【3】What can help visitors save a lot when they travel in Copenhagen?
A. Visiting about 60 museums.
B. Booking a hotel in the summer.
C. Eating sandwiches with the locals.
D. Applying for a Copenhagen Card.
25、 I went to group activity, “Sensitivity Sunday” which was to make us more _________ the problem faced by disabled people. We were asked to “_________ a disability” for several hours one Sunday. Some members like me _________ to use wheelchairs. Others wore _______ earplugs (耳塞) or blindfolds (眼罩).
Just sitting in the wheelchair was a _________ experience. I had never considered before how _________ it would be to use one. As soon as I sat down, my weight made the chair begin to _______. Its wheels were not _________. Then I wondered where to put my _________. It took me quite a while to get the metal footrest into __________. I took my first uneasy look at what was to be my only means of __________ for several hours. For disabled people, “adopting a wheelchair” is not a temporary __________.
It might be __________, thought, to be __________ around for a while. Looking around, realized would have to handle the thing myself! My hands started to ache as I __________ the heavy metal wheels. I came to know that controlling the ________ of the wheelchair was going to be a (n) __________ task.
My wheelchair experiment was soon finished, which left a deep ________ on me. A few hours of “disability” gave me only a __________ of the challenges, both physical and mental, that disabled people must __________. But I did realize that we could do small things to make their life easier.
【1】A.concerned with B.aware of C.interested in D.anxious about
【2】A.ignore B.copy C.analyze D.adopt
【3】A.chose B.commanded C.persuaded D.convinced
【4】A.good-looking B.sound-blocking C.useful D.beneficial
【5】A.disturbing B.depressing C.learning D.relaxing
【6】A.awkward B.unforgettable C.meaningful D.awful
【7】A.roll B.drag C.slip D.remove
【8】A.grasped B.focused C.powered D.locked
【9】A.hands B.feet C.keys D.handles
【10】A.action B.place C.peace D.effect
【11】A.operation B.communication C.transportation D.exploration
【12】A.amusement B.treatment C.entertainment D.experiment
【13】A.flexible B.safe C.restful D.joyful
【14】A.pushed B.shown C.dragged D.guided
【15】A.lifted B.seized C.pressed D.turned
【16】A.path B.position C.direction D.way
【17】A.advanced B.challenging C.adjustable D.simple
【18】A.mood B.regret C.impression D.significance
【19】A.conduct B.description C.sight D.taste
【20】A.overcome B.depend C.bear D.observe
26、阅读下面材料, 根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段, 使之构成一篇完整的短文。
The Ice Cream Truck
“Never give up! Never give up!” chanted two young children, Max and Lily, as they marched barefoot behind their grandmother Mimi who was leading them on a great adventure, straight off the beach where they had spent the day building sand castles and swimming in the sea. They were seeking the mysterious ice-cream truck!
Over the years, Mimi had become an example of positivity for her family. It was not a title she earned without effort, however. Her husband died early and at only forty years old she was left to raise her daughter alone. She faced the heart-breaking disaster powerful enough. She could have lived under a black cloud. But she challenged herself to find joy every day instead. She was always up for a new challenge, whether that was hiking across the rocky mountain in Austria to get a better view of the breathtaking scenery, or signing up for tap-dancing classes at fifty. Leading by example, Mimi taught her daughter just how much one could achieve with a positive attitude.
And obviously she had taken the same approach in her relationship with her grandchildren as well. Before starting her adventure with Max and Lily on that hot July afternoon, Mimi heard the ice-cream man’s bell from her beach chair. She turned and saw him briefly, spotting his green shirt and catching the sight of his waving bell before he turned and disappeared. The ice-cream man visited the beach on a daily basis, although the delay between the sound of his bell and the disappearance of his truck is not long. One must be quick to catch him.
Max and Lily were disappointed when they didn’t catch him in time that day. That was until Mimi’s eyes shone and she said, “Never give up!” She explained that the truck might be gone, but they could hurry up to find it at its next stop.
They walked block after block. Not knowing which direction the truck had taken, they had to make their best guess about where to search. The kids’ tiny legs were tired, but they went on, continuing the chant, “Never give up! Never give up!”
注意：1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右;
2.续写部分分为两段, 每段的开头语已为你写好。
After about twenty minutes of walking, Max’s faith started to get shaken in the burning sun.
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Just two blocks later, they found it.
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