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1、In the beauty competition, women are asked_______ some of the exercises ________ the music.
A. performing to; to B. performing; with
C. to perform; to D. to perform; by
2、New York State has passed a law requiring that all legal contracts _____ in simple, understandable English.
A. be written B. written C. to be written D. write
3、An individual human existence should be like a river---small at first, narrowly contained within its banks, and_____ passionately past rocks and over waterfalls.
A. to rush B. rushing C. rushed D. rush
4、Hello! This is Li Hua. I’m calling to put off the appointment I________ with Dr, Li until next Wednesday.
A．will make
B．had made
C．have made
D．would make
5、Sara, my colleague, has been ______ the run all week preparing for her son’s wedding.
A. in B. to C. on D. at
6、It is in fifty years China will become one of the most countries in the world.
A.that: developed B.since: developed
C.when; developing D.before; developing
7、 Luggage may not be brought into the building ________ a guard has checked it first.
A. when B. because C. after D. unless
8、As a ____in the field of genetic engineering, he is given all the credit for all the extra work.
A.pilot B.pepper C.pioneer D.photographer
9、Nowadays, within a short walk along a busy street, you are ________ to find a chain store ________—a fast-food restaurant, a bakery, or a supermarket.
A. probable; some kinds B. unlikely; some kind of
C. likely; of some kind D. possible; some kind of
10、Yesterday, my father was so lost in his thoughts that he didn’t realize he ____ the red lights.
A. ran B. was running C. runs D. has run
11、Jane’s grandmother has wanted to write ______ children’s book for many years, but one thing or another always got in ________ way.
A.a, / B.a, the C.the, the D.the, a
12、The farmer considered me as his old friend and treated me ________ some good tea.
A． as B． for C． to D． on
13、We will have six-day holiday during the coming APEC meetings traffic on the roads．
A． to ease B． easing
C． ease D． having eased
14、Prof. Wu says that the best way to help the tradition ________ is passing it down from generation to generation.
A．survive
B．recover
C．preserve
D．function
15、When we entered, we found lying on the ground _______ along with her parents.
A. was a girl B. were a girl
C. a girl was D. a girl were
16、We were going to play football, but it was so hot that we decided to do ________.
A. nevertheless B. otherwise
C. regardless D. likewise
17、At times when the work ____ Mary, she likes to dream about going to a wonderland free of care or worries.
A. sets down B. takes down
C. gets down D. settles down
18、_______ here if you want to get a better view of the mountain scenery.
A. To come B. Coming C. Comes D. Come
19、 Fang Fang is such a kind girl _______ everyone likes very much.
A. like B. which C. as D. That
20、—Are you going to invite Jack to our party?
—No, but he’s welcome to come along, ______ that he behaves himself.
A. concerning B. considering C. regarding D. providing
21、I watch documentaries, not movies．I read history books, not fiction．I use every free moment to accomplish one of the tasks on my never-ending checklist, and I am completely filled with thoughts of productivity．An hour sleeping is an hour wasted．And like the rest of 21st century America, I like it．But this fixation on productivity is increasingly destroying character and transforming men into robots.
New York Times columnist David Brooks warned American University students of this cultural decline in a speech．“We cut off all things spiritual and emotional in a competitive urge to stand out”, he said, “The pressure to succeed professionally, to acquire skills, to do the things you need to do to succeed in an information age economy really became the overwhelming（难以应付的） pressures, and it sort of eclipses the thinking about character and morality.”
Many students happily go to college, viewing it as a next step on their rise to professional achievement．Forcing as many success-building activities into their schedules as they can, they enjoy keeping busy with little sleep．“Today’s outstanding kids are likely to spend their afternoons and weekends shuttling from one skill-improving activity to the next,” Brooks wrote in an article, “We fear failure more than we desire success.”
A century ago, college was about character building．Today, our characters are in decline．We are experts on economics, material things and professional skills．We fail to discuss and understand relationships, emotions and all things spiritual．
Philosopher Karl Popper divided the world into two categories: Clocks and Clouds．Clock problems are those that can be taken apart, examined and solved through deductive reasoning（演绎推理）．Clouds cannot be taken apart．Cloud problems represent whole systems that need to be understood in a different way.
“When we have a Cloud problem, we try to turn it into a Clock problem,” Brooks said．And in a reason-centered culture, adding titles to one’s resume becomes a trend．At American University, 85 percent of seniors (and 89 percent of business majors) graduate with at least one practical experience which is often helpful to a student’s future career, but can sometimes draw focus away from academics.
To prevent the death of man’s character, Brooks urges rediscovering our human natures through falling in love．And by love he means love for a task, job, or another person．“Synchronicity is key to happiness,” he said．Rather than crazily increasing our long lists of accomplishments, we need to lose ourselves in what we do, and success will come on its own.
【1】From Paragraph 1, we can learn that people __________.
A．are controlled by time
B．are keen on reading books
C．are changing their characters
D．are eager to achieve more
【2】In Paragraph 2, the underlined word “eclipses” means _________.
A．deletes B．weakens
C．worsens D．emphasizes
【3】The last paragraph mainly tells us that __________．
A．love is more important than focus
B．the focus on human natures counts
C．more work contributes to happiness
D．success comes from devotion to work
【4】The purpose of this passage is to __________.
A．bring awareness to character building
B．stress the importance of productivity
C．warn about the pressure to seek success
D．criticize students’ desire for achievements
22、Beach is a relaxing place to catch waves, get some sun, enjoy picnic, spot wildlife and go exploring. Here are tips from experts on how to be a better beachgoer, so future generations of sea lovers can get their beach therapy (疗法) when they need it.
Use safer sunblock
Many sunblocks advertise that they are “reef-friendly”, which has no firm definitions, and their usage isn’t regulated by governmental bodies. 【1】. Only purchase mineral-based sunscreens so that it won’t do harm to reefs.
Get involved
【2】. If you forget to bring one, find an abandoned bag at the beach. It may seem a little gesture, but it will help remove rubbish. By working together people can really make a difference.
Thoughtful toys for kids
It’s fun for your little ones to play with plastic toys in the sand. 【3】. They end up polluting the environment and can be accidentally eaten by animals, causing them serious harm on even killing them. Pack metal or wooden toys instead.
Read the signs
Signs at the beach aren’t optional reading. They tell you where you can’t go and what you can’t do, so you don’t mess with the local ecosystem. 【4】. They are storm barriers and home to many animals.
Destroy what you build
It doesn’t matter how much time and effort your children spent building sand castles or digging tunnels: if you are on a beach marked as a sea turtle habitat, fill in the trench and knock down the structure. Sea turtles have heavy bodies and they can die if they fall into a hole and get trapped. 【5】.
A．So it’s best to read the fine print carefully
B．Beach-goers are generally advised to stay off sand hills
C．Thus, try your best to be a considerate eco-friendly tourist
D．However, plastic toys break easily, leaving behind bits and pieces
E．Sand structures also can prevent them from reaching birthing areas
F．Bring a reusable bag to clean up while you’re walking the shoreline
G．Have your children pick up trash with you when walking on the beach
23、Do you have a good knowledge of your body ? A science book ,which has really taken off among the readers since it came out,will be of great help for you.Let’ s share an adaption from the book.
Which works harder, your heart or your brain?
That kind of depends on whether you’re busy thinking or busy exercising. Your heart works up to three times harder during exercise, and shifts enough blood over a lifetime to fill a supertanker. But, in the long run, your brain probably tips it, because even when you’re sitting still your brain is using twice as much as your heart, and it takes four to five times as much blood to feed it.
Why do teeth fall out, and why don’t they grow back in grown-up?
Baby (or “milk”) teeth do not last long; they fall out to make room for bigger, stronger adult teeth later on. Adult teeth fall out when they become damaged, decayed and infected by bacteria. Once this second set of teeth has grown in, you’re done. When they’re gone, they’re gone. This is because nature figures you’re set for life, and what controls regrowth of your teeth switches off.
Do old people shrink as they age?
Yes and no. Many people do get shorter as they age. But, when they do, it isn’t because they’re shrinking all over. They simply lose height as their spine(脊柱)becomes shorter and more curved due to disuse and the effects of gravity（重力）. Many (but not all) men and women do lose height as they get older. Men lose an average of 3—4 cm in height as they age, while women may lose 5 cm or more. If you live to be 200 years old, would you keep shrinking till you were, like 60 cm tall, like a little boy again? No, because old people don’t really shrink! It is not that they are growing backwards—their legs, arms and backbones getting shorter. When they do get shorter, it’s because the spine has shortened a little. Or, more often, become more bent and curved.
Why does spinning make you dizzy(眩晕的)?
Because your brain gets confused between what you’re seeing and what you’re feeling.The brain senses that you’re spinning using special gravity-and-motion-sensing organs in your inner ear, which work together with your eyes to keep your vision and balance stable. But, when you suddenly stop spinning the system goes out of control, and your brain thinks you’re moving while you’re not!
【1】What does the underlined phrase taken off mean?
A．Left the ground and begun to fly
B．Reduced in number
C．Been popular immediately
D．Put off one’s clothes
【2】Which of the following statements about our brain is true?
A．In the long run, our brain probably works harder than our heart.
B．When our brain senses the spinning, we will feel dizzy.
C．The brains of the other mammals are as complex as those of humans.
D．Our feelings and emotions come from the most developed area in our brain.
【3】Why do some people become shorter when they are old?
A．Because their spine is in active use.
B．Because they are more easily affected by gravity.
C．Because they keep growing backwards.
D．Because their spine become more bent.
【4】What is the adaption intended to do?
A．To give advice on how to stay healthy.
B．To provide information about our body.
C．To challenge new findings in medical research.
D．To report the latest discoveries in medical science.
24、Teenagers are risk-takers. Those things may not be understood by the adults around them. Are they driven by poor judgment or immature brains?
In their book Wildhood, the bestselling authors Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers，present findings from their five-year study on wild animal adolescence. The two performed a complete survey of age-related death in wild animals and found something truly surprising-young folks are born to take risks, and with good reasons.
Life on Earth for adolescent and young adult animals is just as dangerous. In the wild young animals crash, drown and starve more often than their adult animals. And they are more likely to be targeted and killed by predators. Old enough to be away from home? But new to the ways of the world? This time of life is risky for human adolescents as well. Wildlife biologists describe these unprepared creatures as predator naives.
Facing death danger while still maturing is a fact of life for adolescents across species. Adolescents must have predator awareness if they are to survive. Said another way: To become safe, you must take risks.
Adult bats typically flee predators such as barn owls. But adolescent bats have been seen doing the opposite-flying toward them. This behavior can also be seen in other wild animals. Biologists call it “predator inspection”. Predator inspection provides young animals important information about their deadly predators. Familiarity with predatory strategies helps adolescents survive and even avoid future attacks. Predator inspection is one of the ways to help predator naives to become experienced predators.
Studying wild animal adolescence offers a new understanding of why teenagers act the way they do. Parents should balance the urge to protect with the need to let their teenagers test their wings. The research suggests that adolescents need some exposure to the dangers they will someday face on their own — and without knowing that, parents’ over protection maybe the riskiest behavior of all.
【1】What do we know about predator naives?
A．They are lacking in living experience.
B．They are more likely to attack others.
C．They are away from home sometimes.
D．They are living without enough food.
【2】How can adolescents survive according to paragraph 4?
A．By experiencing various dangers.
B．By keeping away from dangers.
C．By approaching other companions.
D．By learning security experience from elders.
【3】Why some adolescent animals risk their lives to face predators directly?
A．They don’t have to fear danger.
B．They have to fight for food to live.
C．They can learn about their predators.
D．They can escape from their predators.
【4】What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A．Children should avoid their parents’ protection.
B．Parents should be with their children while facing dangers.
C．Children should be protected not to be exposed to dangers.
D．Studying wild animal adolescence benefits human parenting.
25、Ken Hale was born in 1934 and grew up in the rugged American Southwest. As a boy, he kept his ears ______ for as many foreign languages as he could. He ______ Spanish, Navajo, Tohono O’odham, Hopi and more from his friends and roommates at boarding school. His obsession with learning languages once astonished all acquaintances around him. Even he got in trouble at school for ______ more on languages than homework.
Later on, he gained fame and ______ for publishing a truly surprising amount of research on many Australian aboriginal languages. Once there happened an impressive thing—he was so ______ by one, Warlpiri, that he raised his two sons speaking it.
Ken was always extremely ______ to the needs and wants of the local language communities. He established schools of linguistics and language revitalization programs across the world so that native speakers could ______ their languages.
All his life, even during his teaching as a professor of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), he had a(n) ______ ability to learn languages quickly and ______.
You might want to take some lessons away from Ken’s methods. Ken started out his way: ______ a devoted native speaker tutor who can ______ you on pronunciation first and review whatever notes you’re taking; learn the ______ system first, because you’ll want to hear every detail of what your tutor says—plus, that way, you can take more accurate notes.
Then he’d ______ quickly on to sentence patterns. If you learn how to say “I am walking to the river”, it’s probably not far off from “I am running to the river” or “I am walking to the forest”. Besides, it takes a lot of patience to ______ your guesses with a tutor, and actually patience was a ______ of Ken. To him, speaking to somebody in their own language was a mark of respect. If only we could all be so respectful!
【1】
A．cautious
B．open
C．conscious
D．shallow
【2】
A．picked up
B．picked out
C．gave up
D．gave out
【3】
A．agreeing
B．trying
C．resting
D．focusing
【4】
A．money
B．time
C．respect
D．chance
【5】
A．confident
B．fascinated
C．gifted
D．positive
【6】
A．blind
B．keen
C．accustomed
D．sensitive
【7】
A．speak
B．exchange
C．revive
D．lecture
【8】
A．original
B．amazing
C．primitive
D．elegant
【9】
A．permanently
B．definitely
C．roughly
D．accurately
【10】
A．Seek out
B．Watch out
C．Hear from
D．Follow up
【11】
A．coach
B．urge
C．consult
D．refresh
【12】
A．education
B．writing
C．sound
D．reading
【13】
A．talk
B．move
C．walk
D．step
【14】
A．challenge
B．fulfill
C．communicate
D．check
【15】
A．virtue
B．core
C．guarantee
D．calling
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