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1、While most of western festivals enjoy great popularity worldwide, Halloween is something of a ________ festival in England as camps are divided as its appeal.
A. confidential B. controversial
C. conservative D. conventional
2、—Long time no see. Haven’t you graduated from college?
—Yes. I ______ Social Science for 4 years in Shanghai.
A. study B. have studied
C. studied D. am studying
3、 I ______ to reach the manager for the last two hours but the line is always busy.
A. tried B. have tried C. had tried D. have been trying
4、—What’s up? You look worried.
—Well, I ______ on the problem for 5 hours but I haven’t got a single clue.
A. have worked B. worked
C. will work D. have been working
5、Thanks to the “sugar tax”， food factories have reduced sugar in their products, ________ about 45 million kilograms of sugar.
A. to save B. saved
C. saving D. having saved
6、According to a plan, Hainan___________into a tourism and consumption destination with global influence by 2035.
A.will build B.will have been built C.are built D.have been built
7、Sherry has taught me that no matter how bad things seem they can ______ in the end.
A. work out B. make out
C. set out D. pick out
8、—Ouch, mum! A fish bone has stuck in my teeth!
—______, Lucy. I am coming.
A. Take your time B. Help yourself
C. Don’t bother D. Take it easy
9、Women are so accustomed to decades of ______ and to ______ histories of women whose contributions went unnoticed that they assume these conditions still exist today.
A. being ignored,be heard B. ignoring,be heard
C. ignored,hearing D. being ignored,hearing
10、_______its business, the hotel tried to attract more guests by adding a swimming pool.
A.Expanding B.Having expanded
C.To expand D.Expanded
11、McDonald’s announced the Beijing-based corporate group ______ the franchise（特许经营）bid to run its China operations for the next 20 years on Monday.
A. won B. would win
C. has won D. had won
12、When are you going to return my novel? Don’t worry. You ____ have your book soon, I promise.
A．shall
B．should
C．may
D．must
13、______ his love, Chris sent his mom a thank-you note on Mother’s Day.
A. Expressing B. Expressed C. To express D. Having expressed
14、Ted couldn’t remember the exact date of the storm, but he knew it was Sunday because everybody was at church.
A. /, the B. a, /
C. /, a D. the, /
15、In the past few years, we’ve seen works by Chinese sci-fi writers winning international ______.
A．conclusion
B．standard
C．potential
D．recognition
16、—Have you checked all the relief________ to the people in the disaster area?
—Yes, several times. But I'll check it once more.
A．sent
B．sending
C．to send
D．to be sent
17、Top graduates from universities are ________ by major companies.
A. chased B. registered
C. offered D. compromised
18、There are lots of examples of English idioms ________ animals are used.
A. which B. when
C. whose D. where
19、—Did you catch what I said?
—Sorry. I ________ a text message just now.
A. had answered B. have answered C. would answer D. was answering
20、In some countries,the president can ______ somebody from death penalty.
A. punish B. inspect
C. charge D. privilege
21、 A simple paper sensor （传感器）featuring smiley and sad faces drawn in ultraviolet-sensitive （UV-sensitive,紫外线敏感的）ink has been produced by researchers in an attempt to keep us safe in the sun. Scientists say the different facial expressions appear in sequence as UV exposure increases, offering a low-tech way for people to judge when it is time to cover up.
Further, the sensor can respond to varying levels of the different components of UV radiation. While ultraviolet — A ray （UVA） is thought to cause skin ageing and wrinkles, it is mainly UVB that cause sunburn and leads to skin cancer.
While Bansal noted weather reports often contain a UV index to give a guide to the strength of UV radiation, it doesn5t tell people whether they are within safe levels of exposure at that time, and it's usually based on the standard for fair skin.
Writing in the journal Nature Communications, Bansal and his colleagues describe how they sought to handle the issue by creating a cheap device based on phosphomolybdic acid or PMA. This substance turns from colorless to blue in the presence of lactic acid （乳酸）and UV radiation. The team then used this mixture of lactic acid and PMA as an ink to draw four invisible faces on paper, and used some transparent sheets to create filters （滤色片）that were put on top of the faces. This allowed the researchers to finely adjust the intensity of UV radiation reaching the ink so that the faces could change color in sequence as exposure to UV radiation rose from 25% to 50%, then 75%, and finally 100% of a “safe" amount.
By further adjusting the number of filters for each of the four faces, the team were able to adjust the system to produce different sensors to work for six different skin tones, like dark, fair or olive skin. Bansal said that while these devices were designed using UV light in the laboratory, they are currently being tested in outdoor conditions. The team hope that the sensors will be on the market in a year, costing about one Australian dollar a piece.
【1】What is the main function of the simple paper sensor?
A．To encourage people to cover up in full sun.
B．To inform people of the harm of UV radiation.
C．To tell the difference between UVA and UVB.
D．To remind people to pay attention to UV exposure.
【2】What does the author intend to do in Paragraph 3?
A．Explain the necessity of the sensor.
B．Present the safe level of UV exposure.
C．Introduce the advantages of the sensor.
D．Provide the tips on preventing UV radiation.
【3】What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?
A．The materials used in the sensor.
B．The working principle of the sensor.
C．The inspiration to invent the sensor.
D．The operational method of the sensor.
【4】What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A．The device will come into market soon.
B．Different sensors adopt different facial expressions.
C．The device has functioned effectively in the open air.
D．Different skin tones respond to UV radiation differently.
22、No matter where you go around the globe, everybody loves to celebrate. And when it comes to celebration, festivals offer something for everyone.
Mardi Gras （New Orleans, Louisiana）
Also known as Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras in New Orleans is a cultural event. Though the celebration
is held every year on the day before Ash Wednesday, the festivities last for months, banning in November throughout January and early February. And if you love music, check out the annual Galactic concert at the world-famous Tipitina’s on Lundi Gras (the day before Mardi Gras).
La Tomatina （Valencia, Spain）
Launched way back in 1945, La Tomatina is one of the oldest festivals on our list. It's also easily the happiest but the messiest, coming off like the world's biggest food fight.
Legend has it that the whole thing started when some local boys joined a parade alongside musicians. The boys made the performers so angry that they tried hit the boys, and a vendor's (小摊贩)vegetable stand fell victim to the incident.
If you go, please follow some simple rules: Don't throw hard objects, squash the tomato before throwing it, stay a safe distance away from tomato trucks, and stop in time.
Montreux Jazz Festival （Switzerland）
Founded back in 1967, Montreux is one of the oldest music festivals in the world. It's also the second largest jazz festival, after the Montreal International Jazz Festival. That Canadian concert may attract more visitors-around 2 million annually. But Montreux benefits from its pretty location on the attractive shores of Lake Geneva. The area is particularly beautiful in late June/early July, when the festival is held.
【1】When is Galactic concert held?
A．On Mardi Gras.
B．On Lundi Gras.
C．On Montreux Jazz Festival.
D．On La Tomatina.
【2】What do people do on La Tomatina?
A．Punish naughty boys.
B．Enjoy musicians' performance.
C．Throw tomatoes without hurting.
D．Catch people who destroy tomatoes.
【3】Where can you read the passage probably?
A．News report.
B．Academic journal.
C．Conceit brochure.
D．Travel magazine.
23、 Shop with Your Doc is part of a broader and still growing movement in US medicine to shift the focus away from simply treating disease toward caring for the whole person. It is meant to help people make educated, healthy choices one grocery cart at a time. Across the country, hospitals are setting up food banks and medical schools are putting cooking classes on the curriculum. Nonprofits are connecting medical centers with community resources to ensure that low-income Americans have access to fresh fruits and vegetables.
For centuries, Western medicine’s mission was to cure disease. But over the past generation, two generation, two significant trends are of concern to the medical community, says Timothy Harlan, executive director of Goldring Center for Culinary Medicine at Tulane University in New Orleans. Healthcare costs began to soar(激增), and relatively inexpensive, poor-quality food became more common. “There’s a very straightforward link between people improving their diets and improving the condition that they have,” Dr. Harlan says.
The connection drove the medical and nonprofit communities to rethink their approach to health. What emerged was the concept of the “social determinants of health”－the notion of taking into account the biological, physical, and socioeconomic circumstances surrounding a patient. A healthy person isn’t just someone who is free from disease, the theory goes; he or she also enjoys “a state of complete mental, physical and social well-being.”
The question the medical community now faces is how to get patients－especially low-income families－to recognize these determinants and make it possible for them to eat and live healthier. In Boston, medical experts responded by creating an on-site pantry(食品室) at Boston Medical Center. Since its founding in 2002, the pantry has evolved into a kind of nutrition center where primary care providers at BMC send patients for food. Today the pantry, which gets 95 percent of its stock from the Greater Boston Food bank, hosts free cooking classes and serves about 7,000 people a month. The Greater Boston Food Bank has also launched its own initiatives, striking partnerships with four community health centers across the state to offer free mobile produce markets. The organization also helped develop toolkits(软件包) that map local pantries, markets that accept government food vouchers, and other resources.
At Tulane in New Orleans, Harlan is leading the development of a curriculum that combines medicine with the art of food preparation. His philosophy: Doctors who know their way around a kitchen are better at helping their patients. And empowering patients to take charge of their own diets is one way to help them deal with the incredible costs of health care, Harlan says. The curriculum has since been adopted at 35 medical schools around the United States. Chipping away at bad habits is a good place to start getting patients to think about the choices they make for themselves and their families, say Dr Maureen Villasenor, the Orange County pediatrician(儿科医生).
【1】The aim of Shop with Your Doc is to _______.
A. help patients relax before an operation
B. assist patients in finding food fit for them
C. control people’s food consumption in supermarkets
D. persuade low-income families to take more fruits and vegetables
【2】Paragraphs 2 and 3 mainly talk about _______.
A. the role Western medicine has been playing
B. how a new concept of health came into being
C. medical communities’ worries about food safety
D. why low-income families are less reliable on healthcare
【3】What do we know about the Greater Boston Food Bank?
A. Its cooking classes are free of charge.
B. It was founded at the beginning of the 21st century.
C. It helps people locate pantries and markets.
D. It treats many a patient from BMC.
【4】What can be inferred about the curriculum developed by Harlan?
A. It appeals to a number of US medical schools.
B. It is specially designed for doctors in communities.
C. Its content has little to do with medicine.
D. Its philosophy is questioned by Dr. Maureen Villasenor.
24、“It’s a big hammer to crack a nut.” This is how one angry parent described the recent crackdown(强制措施)by London police on parents who drop their kids off at school by car. Yes, you read that correctly—the very mode of transportation that many American schools insist—the only safe way to deliver kids to school is now being criminalized in the United Kingdom.
The decision to fine any vehicles seen dropping off or picking up kids with in a particular zone of east London comes from city councillors’(议员) long-term efforts to make the area safer and less crowded. They say they’ve been trying for years “to encourage sensible driving and parking”, but in vain. Neighborhood residents complain frequently about their driveways being blocked by illegally parked cars for 15 minutes or more，often while they’re trying to get to work, and the streets are long overcrowded.
Now the rules have changed. Some parents are angry. Angie Baillieul is a mother who made the “big hammer” comment and says the crackdown is “way over the top.” The nearest drop-off point for her six- year-old is now a five-minute walk from the school. Others are happy with the decision, severe though it may seem. Councillor Jason Frost said ：
“Traffic has significantly reduced，and more children are now walking to school, which is a great outcome. I would rather have complaints that we are slightly inconveniencing parents than hear that a child had been seriously injured because nothing was done.”
I witness daily the chaos created by these in-town drivers，when I walk my own kids to school. There’s a parking lot overflowing with vehicles and a slow-moving train of cars moving in circles，many filling the air with harmful smokes. Meanwhile, the conversations around child over-weight and the importance of daily physical activity continue to stand out in schools.
【1】Why is Angie Baillieul opposed to the new rule?
A．She is often fined by London police.
B．She will lose her job as a school driver.
C．She has adapted to the American practice.
D．She thinks it adds inconvenience to her son.
【2】Why has the new rule been made according to Jason Frost?
A．On account of massive complaints.
B．Because of heavy traffic jams.
C．Owing to safety concern.
D．Due to air pollution.
【3】What can be seen after the crackdown is carried out?
A．Less daily chaos.
B．Favor from all people.
C．More over-weight children.
D．Complaints from neighbors.
【4】What is the main idea of the text?
A．Parents attempt to resist a school rule.
B．London police cause widespread anger.
C．American schools care about kids7 safety.
D．Different voices are heard on a new traffic policy.
25、We don’t see many 17-year-old who can list as many accomplishments (成就) as Eduardo Caiado.
Edu, as he likes to be called, lives in Anapolis, Brazil. He’s always been driven to help others. In fact, when he was just 15, he was named one of the 50 Young Inspirers of the United Nations for his project on reusing_______ to provide drinking water in a village. He also bought gifts for 52 people living in a local nursing home, _______ his own money.
These are all totally natural for Edu, who says he’s been_______trying to help others for most of his life. But right now he centers on saving stray (走失的) animals.
Since he was 9, he’s dreamed of the day he could open a _______for the many lost or forgotten pets he’s seen. Less than ten years later, he_______that dream a reality by starting the EduPacoca Institute!
“The place where I live is cold, and many stray dogs were dying of_________cold,” he said. The EduPacoca Institute depends on_______to help these animals in need. First, Edu rented a house; now, he’s using the money to_______food and other expenses. “I want these animals to know that even if they don’t have owners, they will be with me until they grow old and die.” he said.
After years of feeding animals on the streets, Edu understands that while they’re not human, animals have feelings of their own. Each has their own habits,_______ , and preferences, and Edu loves getting to know them.
He’s already given about 30 dogs and cats a home, and the number keeps growing every day! His only regret is that he doesn’t have enough room or money to____________every stray.
【1】
A．newspaper
B．rainwater
C．leftover
D．oil
【2】
A．borrowing
B．winning
C．using
D．wasting
【3】
A．actively
B．normally
C．casually
D．negatively
【4】
A．nursery
B．hospital
C．zoo
D．shelter
【5】
A．made
B．brought
C．raised
D．reminded
【6】
A．slight
B．certain
C．extreme
D．immediate
【7】
A．inventions
B．donations
C．responsibilities
D．values
【8】
A．cook
B．buy
C．order
D．cover
【9】
A．personalities
B．performances
C．appearances
D．originalities
【10】
A．take down
B．take off
C．take in
D．take up
26、Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
学校图书馆正在改造，拟添置打印机、扫描仪和咖啡机这三项设备中的一项，并打算购买一些装饰物品来美化环境，目前学生会在广泛征求意见。假设你是该校学生王佳，请给学生会发封邮件，给出你的建议，内容须包括：
● 你建议图书馆添置的设备及理由（三选一）；
● 你建议图书馆购买的装饰物品及理由（两件）。
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