1、--- Good afternoon! By the way, has Billy finished his homework today?
--- I have no idea. He ___ it this morning.
A.was doing B.has been doing C.has done D.had done
2、Most existing vaccines are temperature-sensitive, and must be passed quickly from one refrigerator to another on their way to the clinics _________ they will be used.
A.where
B.that
C.why
D.when
3、— I’d like to know ___________.
— Maybe in the forest.
A. whether we will go camping B. where will we go camping
C. whether to go camping D. where we will go camping
4、He came to my class every week, but his attitude ______ that he was not really interested.
A. expressed B. described
C. explained D. suggested
5、I didn’t like the way ________ he spoke to me.
A.that
B.which
C.when
D.as
6、Don’t do that again ______ you will be in trouble.
A.and
B.but
C.or
D.so
7、It was with great joy ________ he received the news ________ his lost son would soon return home.
A.because; that
B.because; which
C.that; that
D.that; which
8、I don’t think it was an accident at all. Your brother did it________ .
A.for purpose
B.in order
C.on purpose
D.out of order
9、--- Jack, what about the lecture?
--- It is the most inspiring lecture that I _________ since I came to this university.
A. attended B. have attended
C. am attending D. had attended
10、The animal walked very slowly and hard, _____ it had been seriously hurt on one leg.
A. even if B. as if
C. now that D. only if
11、You can never imagine what great trouble I had ______ the poor boy and the little dog _____ were seriously hurt.
A.help; which B.to help; that C.helping; that D.helped; who
12、I am looking forward to ________ your answer as soon as possible.
A. receiving B. being received C. receive D. be received
13、—Did you win the basketball game?
—Bad luck. Our team ________ in the final one.
A.won
B.beat
C.was won
D.was beaten
14、Nelson Mandela died on Dec. 5,2013, people all over the world were in great sorrow.
A. where B. when
C. that D. which
15、Let's take a walk after supper this evening, ________?
A.will you
B.do you
C.shall we
D.can't we
16、Some insects take on the color of their surroundings to ________ themselves.
A.pretend B.prevent C.protect D.proceed
17、Scientists say it will be five or six years ________ it is possible to test this medicine on humans.
A.after B.before C.since D.When
18、Whenever I meet difficulties, you always cheer me up and________, which promotes me to regain my confidence.
A.help out
B.get across
C.let down
D.put on
19、She carefully wrote out the recipes on white paper, notes as she explained the steps.
A. having made B. to make
C. making D. made
20、—Will the Smiths leave for Australia this spring?
—No, they finally decided ________.
A.not to leave
B.not leaving
C.not to
D.not to be leaving
21、Some students volunteered to make a speech in the English class, and our teacher asked us to make some on their performance.
A. opinions B. comments
C. questions D. choices
22、In fact he lived a comfortable life, but he________ about his fate all the time.
A.is complaining
B.has complained
C.was complaining
D.had complained
23、Traditionally, the Spring Festival usually lasts from the 23rd day of the twelfth month to the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar, ________ , the New Year’s Eve and the first day of the New Year is the peak time.
A. during which B. of which
C. since when D. in that
24、The little boy came ________ the direction of his mom.
A.running to
B.ran towards
C.running in
D.to run towards
25、His expression suggested that he ____the invitation and he suggested full preparations _____.
A.had accepted; would be made B.accepted; be made
C.has accepted; make D.had accepted; be made
26、A spacecraft in low-Earth route singing a duet with trees down on Earth sounds like a scene out of a strange science fiction film. But if a group of NASA scientists and artists have their way, it'll be a real-life teamwork lasting two centuries.
The teamwork of trees and machine, a public science project called The Tree of Life, "connects Earth and outer space through a song, which is sent via radio waves between a spacecraft and an unlikely technological part: a set of live trees" reads a description of the project from the Space Song Foundation. "As the light, water and temperature at the tree change, so does the actual sound of the song," says Julia Christensen, president of the Space Song Foundation.
"In the short term, we hear changes in the song as day turns to night, as clouds pass over the tree, as seasons change, etc.," adds Christensen, chair of the studio art program at Oberlin College. "But over the very long term — decades or centuries — we will hear major global shifts in climate and other changes on our planet."
Artists involved with the Space Song Foundation could have chosen any object for their experimental communication system. So why trees? Because they continue to exist for many decades and can tell a larger story about life on our planet.
As planned, the first two trees will start "singing" in New York and Los Angeles, with speakers broadcasting the duet in real time. Funds raised will go toward the equipment needed to wire up the two trees. “By collecting data on their environment, trees, can help tell the bigger story about what's going on on our planet,” said Christensen.
【1】What may lead to immediate changes of the song in The Tree of Life?
A.The light on the spacecraft.
B.Water shortage on the earth.
C.Days turning to night.
D.Artists performing the song.
【2】What is the point of doing the project The Tree of Life?
A.Producing a perfect attractive music.
B.Exploring new ways to plant more trees.
C.Observing the major changes on the earth.
D.Working out a better solution to the balance of man and nature.
【3】Why did artists choose trees as part of the project system?
A.Because trees can survive for many years time.
B.Because trees are our best and loyal friends.
C.Because tress are good at singing songs.
D.Because tress have long stories behind their names
【4】What dose Christensen think of the project?
A.Worthwhile.
B.Challenging.
C.Consuming-time.
D.Environmental-friendly.
27、A shopping center is a place where many different shops and stores are collected under one roof. You can buy everything there and there are also banks, restaurants and, sometimes, a post office.
There are other places in the United States which are called five-and –ten-cent stores because they used to sell things for 5 to 10 cents. Today they sell almost anything and some of the things cost several dollars. Supermarkets are found in all the cities. They sell food and many other goods. You walk around the supermarket, choose the things you want, put them into a special basket prepared by the store and pay for them all together at the door. Supermarkets often stay open later than other stores.
Stores are usually open every day of the week except on Sunday. Some close on Saturdays in July and August.
【1】The shops and stores in a shopping center are ________ .
A.in the same building
B.on the top of a big roof
C.close to your house
D.near banks and restaurants
【2】A five-and-ten-cent store usually sells________.
A.expensive things
B.small and cheap things
C.things worth many dollars
D.everything you need in the house
【3】________have baskets ready for people to carry the things they are going to buy.
A.Shopping centers
B.Fine stores in America
C.Five-and-ten-cent stores
D.Supermarkets
28、 Shortly before Christmas last year, one of Brazilian pianists Joao Carlos Martins invited his friends to a bar near his home. He wanted to show them the best gift he had received: a new pair of gloves. They are not just any gloves, however. The special bionic devices(仿生设备)let the 79-year-old pianist play with both hands for the first time in more than 20 years.
By his retirement(退休) last March, Martins had received 24 medical operations to try to reduce pain caused by a disease and from a series of accidents. Before the gloves, which were especially developed for him, Martins could only play songs slowly with his thumbs and, sometimes, his pointer fingers.
However, one designer believed Martins’ retirement had come too early. The designer, Ubirata Bizarro Costa, created special bionic gloves for Martins’ hands. The gloves help move his fingers up after they press(按) on the piano keys. Costa said he created early models based on images of Martins’ hands, but he said those models were not good. He then decided to tell Martins about his work. Costa and Martins then spent several months testing several kinds of models. Finally, the perfect model came in December, and cost only $125.
These days, Martins never takes off his new gloves, even when he goes to sleep. Martins said, “I have received more than 100 devices in the last 50 years. None of those devices worked well or long enough, but these gloves do.”
The new gloves have given Martins a new goal. He hopes to play the piano at New York’s Carnegie Hall in October. He is already set to conduct a concert celebrating the 60th anniversary of his first appearance there.
【1】What do we know about Martins?
A.He hates playing the piano in bar.
B.He has been fired by a music company.
C.He has received the best present in his life.
D.He often discusses with his friends about music.
【2】What caused the pianist’s pain?
A.A failed operation. B.His friend’s death.
C.The new pair of gloves. D.A disease and some accidents.
【3】How did Costa and Martins create the perfect bionic gloves?
A.By testing different models. B.By pressing Martins’s fingers.
C.By examining Costa’s hands. D.By working with other companies
【4】What does Martins think of the special pair of gloves?
A.They are useless. B.They are frightening.
C.They are strange. D.They are satisfying.
29、In most parts of the world, many students help their schools make less pollution. They join “environment clubs”. In an environment club, people work together to make our environment clean.
● No-garbage lunches. How much do you throw away after lunch? Environment clubs ask students to bring their lunches in bags that can be used again. Every week they will choose the classes that make the least garbage and report them to the whole school!
● No-car day. On the no-car day, nobody comes to school by car--not the students and not the teachers! Cars give pollution to the air, so remember:
Walk, jump, bike or run.
Use your legs! It’s lots of fun!
● Turn off the water! Did you know that some toilets can waste twenty to forty m3 of water an hour? In a year that would fill a small river! In environment clubs, students mend those broken toilets.
We love our environment. Let’s work together to make it clean.
【1】Environment clubs ask students ________.
A.not to forget to take cars
B.to go to school by car every day
C.not to throw away lunch bags
D.to do exercise every day
【2】After students mend toilets, they save ________.
A.much water
B.a lot of money
C.a long river
D.a toilet
【3】The writer wrote the passage to ask students to ________.
A.walk to school every day
B.help teachers
C.bring their lunches in bags
D.make less pollution
30、It was sunny when my dad and I arrived at his company. We parked the car and_________it. I looked around and saw a gray thing on the floor. I thought it was a garbage bag, ________ it started to move. As we approached, we_________that it was a small wounded dog.
We were so moved by the__________that we decided to help the__________dog. We went across the street and bought some dog food, and then we got some pure________for it, in order to help it regain__________.
The dog was so desperate that it__________drowned itself after we gave it the food and water. After it ate up the food, we__________it to move. However it couldn’t. my dad_________to take it in his arms, but it started barking_________ the pain caused by its wounded bleeding paws, so we__________to carry it in a small stretcher(担架)to the car.
_____, we took it to the vet so that it could be treated. The vet told us that it had a(n)__________leg and that it had been starving for days. After five days of treatment, it_________and we decided to look for a__________for it. Though I loved the dog very much, no one in my home could_________it.
Finally, the dog was________by one of my dad’s colleagues. It is taken good care of and living_________now. Every life deserves our acts of kindness. I was_________that we helped the dog and made it have the chance to continue enjoying its life.
【1】A. relied on B. got out of C. dealt with D. took charge of
【2】A. but B. or C. for D. so
【3】A. suspected B. imagined C. analyzed D. realized
【4】A. condition B. description C. scene D. symptom
【5】A. poor B. greedy C. unique D. precious
【6】A. chance B. wool C. blood D. water
【7】A. warmth B. strength C. experience D. confidence
【8】A. even B. just C. almost D. ever
【9】A. encouraged B. banned C. instructed D. promised
【10】A. rejected B. afforded C. tried D. pretended
【11】A. on behalf of B. due to C. in spite of D. apart from
【12】A. failed B. refused C. happened D. decided
【13】A. Rapidly B. Frequently C. Mentally D. Roughly
【14】A. thin B. powerful C. broken D. artificial
【15】A. approved B. panicked C. withdrew D. recovered
【16】A. family B. department C. bandage D. colleague
【17】A. appeal to B. look after C. stare at D. come across
【18】A. defeated B. cured C. attacked D. adopted
【19】A. forever B. honestly C. happily D. alone
【20】A. confused B. delighted C. disappointed D. surprised
31、课本原文填空。
Tibetan antelopes live on the plains of Tibet, Xinjiang, and Qinghai.【1】them move slowly across the green grass, I’m struck by their【2】. At the same time, I’m also reminded【3】the danger they are in. They are being hunted,【4】, for their valuable fur.
Zhaxi, a villager from Changtang, works at the Changtang National Nature Reserve. “We’re not trying to save the animals,” he says. “【5】, we’re trying to save ourselves.” The 1980s and 1990s were bad times for the Tibetan antelope.【6】population dropped by more than 50 percent. Hunters were shooting Antelopes to make【7】. Their【8】were becoming smaller as new roads and railways were built.
In order to save them, the Chinese government placed them under national protection. The measures were【9】. The antelope population【10】and in June, 2015, the Tibetan antelope was removed from the endangered species list.
32、阅读下面短文,根据所给情节进行续写,使之构成一个完整的故事。
A farmer grew some vegetables in his garden. One day his wife was ill and he had no money. He had to sell some cabbages and carrots in the market. The next morning he took two baskets of vegetables to town. But it was raining hard that afternoon and there were few people in the street. When his vegetables were sold out, it was dark. He bought some medicine and hurried to his village. On his way home he saw a person lying on the snow. He placed his baskets on the ground and was going to help the person to get up. At that time he found it was a dead man and there was much blood on his body. He was so afraid that he ran away quickly, without taking the baskets with him.
The next afternoon the farmer was sent to the police station. Having shown the baskets, an officer asked, “Are these yours? ” “Yes, sir.” the farmer answered timidly(胆怯地). “Have you killed the man?” “No, no, sir.” the farmer said in a hurry. “When did you see the dead man? ” “About seven last evening. ” “Did you see who killed the man? ” “No, sir.” The officer brought out a knife and asked, “Have you seen it yet? ” “No, sir.” The officer became angry and told the policemen to beat him up(暴打) and sent him into prison. The officer wanted to trap the farmer into the confession(供认), but the farmer didn’t admit he was the murderer.
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The officer was so angry that he asked the policeman to beat him up again.
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The farmer was lucky. A few days later,
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