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1、You may______remember some idioms in the texts but you couldn’t ______ remember all the words in them.
A.probably; possibly B. possibly; likely
C.probably; likely D. likely; possibly
2、The young man ______with honesty and won the judges in the interview, as a result, he was admitted to the foreign company.
A. got away B. took up
C. held on D. stood out
3、— I promise her daughter ____ get a nice present on her birthday．
— Will it be a big surprise to her?
A． should B． must C． would D． shall
4、Tom, our manager, ________ for American in two days and he has asked me to find out when the earliest plane ________ next Sunday.
A. is leaving; takes off
B. will leave; is taking off
C. is to leave; is going to take off
D. leaves; will take off
5、Two middle-aged passengers fell into the lake. , neither of them could swim.
A.particularly B.Rarely C.Unfortunately D.Unconsciously
6、After years of learning Chinese, I still can’t understand everything , particularly in the rural areas. These are my most ______moment---when I can’t understand what people say.
A. sceptical B. awesome C. optional D. Awkward
7、Interest is as vital to learning as the ability to understand, even ________ so．
A．more B．that C．much D．most
8、I want to learn about your holidays. Could you tell me how you usually_______ Thanksgiving Day in your country ?
A. Congratulate B. remind
C. remember D. observe
9、______ today, he would get there by Friday．
A. Were he to leave B. If he had left
C. Did he to leave D. Had he left
10、—The flowers ________ sweet in the garden attract a lot of visitors.We should shoulder our obligation to take good care of public treasure.
— Yes. Now I become a protector, although I ________up flowers for a few years.
A．smelt; have picked
B．smelling; have picked
C．smelt; picked
D．smelling; picked
11、If you do not know who you are, what are your interests and values, you can hardly act ________ yourself.
A．in addition to
B．in return for
C．in terms of
D．in agreement with
12、This agreement reached by both sides is _______ and open to various interpretations.
A. ambitious B. temporary
C. compulsory D. ambiguous
13、I first met Tom 2 years ago. At that time he _____ for a job interview.
A.is preparing B.has prepared C.will prepare D.was preparing
14、According to the regulation of Education Ministry, a full-time middle school or primary school _______ hold a flag-raising ceremony once a week, except during vacations.
A. shall B. should
C. need D. can
15、 to work overtime that evening ,I missed a wonderful film .
A. Having been asked B.To ask
C.Having asked D.To be asked
16、Children under five are not _______to this primary school except those of extraordinary intelligence.
A.accepted B.received C.admitted D.permitted
17、I thought it was just an ________ arrangement of chairs -I didn't realize it was an art exhibit!
A.arbitrary B.accurate C.abrupt D.acute
18、----- Try not to work yourself too hard. Take it easy.
----- Thanks._______
A. So what? B. No way.
C. What for ? D. You too.
19、 Although this kind of vegetable tastes , yet it is rich in nutrition and good for your health.
A. bitter B. bitterly
C. delicious D. deliciously
20、At the bad news，the woman put her hands _________ her eyes and cried out.
A．across B．over C．above D．between
21、Humans are not the only ones that like gold. Australian scientists have discovered a new fungus (真菌) that decorates its long, thread-like tendrils (卷须) with gold collected from the soil. The experts desperately hope the “gold digger” will provide information on the locations of gold deposits and make searching for the precious metal easier, and more environmentally friendly.
The gold-loving fungus was discovered accidentally by a team of researchers led by Dr. Tsing Bohu, a scientist at Australia national science agency, CSIRO, when they were examining the microbes (微生物) in the soil at Boddington, a tiny town home to Australia’s largest gold mine.
A closer analysis suggested that the fungus uses chemical interactions with underground minerals to accumulate gold from its surroundings. Though fungi often interact with other things in nature, the reaction with gold was unexpected. ―Fungi are well-known for playing an important role in the recycling of organic material, such as leaves and bark, as well as for the cycling of other metals,” Dr. Bohu explained. ―But gold is so chemically inactive that this interaction is both unusual and surprising.”
The fungi are not wearing the gold for beauty. ―There is a biological benefit from this reaction.” Dr. Bohu said, ―Gold-loving fungi can grow faster and bigger relative to other fungi that don’t work with gold.”
The researchers still need to conduct further analysis to understand the relationship between the fungi and the precious metal. More importantly, they need to determine if its presence is a sure sign of the existence of large deposits of the metal underground. The scientists also believe the fungi could be used to detect the presence of gold in waste products and man-made electronics.
However, those hoping to get free gold from the fungi are in for a disappointment, for the delicate fungus is hard to see. Also, its gold can only be seen under a microscope.
【1】What do the experts hope for?
A．Investigating the sites.
B．Excavating the gold mines.
C．Getting further informed.
D．Unearthing gold deposits.
【2】What could be learned according to Dr. Bohu?
A．Fungi’s interaction with gold is unexpected but beneficial.
B．Gold’s classification is biologically identified by fungi.
C．Fungi’s formation with gold is fairly natural and frequent.
D．Gold is chemically accumulated by fungi’s evolution.
【3】How does the author find the finding?
A．It excites the gold diggers’ motivation.
B．It has a long way to go before confirmation.
C．It lays the foundation of geological studies.
D．It ensures the search of gold sites.
【4】What can be the suitable title for the text?
A．Beauty-loving Fungi Wrapped by Gold
B．Gold-loving Fungi Discovered in Australia
C．Boddington, Austria’s Largest Gold Mine
D．New Discovery of Gold with Fungi
22、Nearly gone are the days when humans covered themselves with blankets to keep warm, and it’s now the age of covering glaciers (冰川) with blankets to keep them cool because at the rate climate is changing, this seems like a very workable idea to keep them from melting (融化).
At a ski resort (度假胜地) in the Swiss Alps, the Swiss use blankets to protect the glacier from the warm climate. Gian Darms, who handles snow conditions at the ski resort, introduced this unique procedure. The blankets are being used to cover the top of the 10,623-foot Mount Titlis whose glacier has already melted in the last few decades and it is expected to disappear completely in the next 50 years due to global warming.
Facing the great effect of climate change, resort employees have taken it upon themselves to protect the glacier from the heat and for this process, they spend about five to six weeks every summer covering parts of the glacier with specially protective wool. This helps to reflect the Sun’s energy back into the atmosphere and prevent the glacier from melting, while also preserving the already fallen snow on the glacier in the previous winter season. After the season passes, the employees remove the coating and fill in the gaps in the glacier’s surface with the snow — now that is some commitment to Mother Nature!
This practice has been going on for a while now and the area of the glacier has increased to almost 100,000 square meters now. “We’ve been covering more and more in the last few years. Almost 30,000 square meters more is covered this year alone,” said Darms.
The ski resort’s actions show how severe the effect of climate change is on glaciers which have been melting at rapid rates in the past few years. Many different resorts have also started following suit to try to prevent them from melting. Saving an entire glacier is a completely different story. It is actually costly and potentially unfavorable to surrounding ecosystems. As a result, such blankets have only been applied mostly in an effort to preserve profitable ski runs.
【1】How is the topic introduced?
A．By giving an example.
B．By analyzing causes.
C．By describing a process.
D．By making a comparison.
【2】What does the underlined word “that” refer to in paragraph 3?
A．Coating the glacier with special wool.
B．Using collected snow for the glacier’s openings.
C．Taking action to slow down climate change.
D．Saving the glacier at the ski resort successfully.
【3】What is the author’s attitude towards the future of global glaciers?
A．Worried.
B．Opposed.
C．Indifferent.
D．Skeptical.
【4】What’s the best title for the text?
A．Blankets Cover an Entire Glacier
B．Global Warming Threatens Glaciers
C．Resort Cools Its Glacier with Blankets
D．Glaciers Enter a Different Age Now
23、 There’s a blue house in central Florida that’s hard to miss. It’s somewhat famous among people who live nearby — it’s painted to look like Starry Night”, the iconic painting by Vincent van Gogh — but not everyone is a fan of the larger-than-life artwork.
“We had not originally intended to paint the house like this,” Nancy Nemhauser, who lives there with her husband, Lubomir Jastrzebski, and their adult son, told TODAY. They started by painting the wall that runs outside of their home, because it was “in disrepair” and they wanted it to look nice. The couple said they even asked permission from the city to paint the wall, and were told it was OK.
“So we went ahead and started having the wall painted by an artist who has his work shown throughout South America,” Nemhauser said. They chose Van Gogh because their son, who has autism (自闭症), is a fan — and they hoped that the mural would come in handy if he ever wandered far from home.
“God forbid he were to be in a situation where he did not have the ability to tell people his address clearly. We’re hoping that he would have the ability to at least say that he belongs at the Van Gogh house,” Nemhauser said. The couple added that their son loves the look of the house. “There’s some magical connection I think between Van Gogh and autistic kids, because Van Gogh was possibly also autistic,” Jastrzebski said.
After the couple painted the wall, they got a citation (传票) from the city stating that the wall painting was considered graffiti (涂鸦), and that the wall must match the house. That’s when they decided to paint the entire house to look like “Starry Night” — knowing that’s not quite what the city had in mind, but confident that they weren’t breaking any law.
Since then, they’ve been fined $10,600. In February, they filed a federal lawsuit against the city, claiming the city is violating their right to freedom of expression.
Neither Mount Dora city officials nor their lawyer would comment on the issue. But in February, they did say in a statement that they were trying to preserve the residential character of our neighborhoods, and that the house “may present a distraction to safe vehicle operation along the street which fronts the home”.
Nemhauser and Jastrzebski add that many neighbors love the house, and thousands of people have signed an online petition (请愿) in support of keeping the painting. While both sides are in settlement talks, the fate of the mural is still up in the air. The family said they were ready to battle for what they believe in.
【1】What was the couple’s initial intention to paint the wall?
A.To beautify the damaged wall.
B.To respond to the call of the city.
C.To assist an artist to show his work.
D.To express their son’s admiration to Van Gogh.
【2】What does the underlined phrase “God forbid” in Paragraph 4 mean?
A.May God forgive us.
B.It’s forbidden by God.
C.Even God can’t help it.
D.We hope it does not happen.
【3】What’s Mount Dora city officials’ attitude towards the unique house?
A.Supportive. B.Disapproving.
C.Ambiguous. D.Understanding.
【4】What is the text mainly about?
A.“Starry Night” house in Florida arouses a heated debate.
B.Neighbors sign an online petition in support of “Starry Night” house.
C.The magical connection between Van Gogh and autistic kids.
D.Homeowners battle for their “Starry Night” house in Florida.
24、Should you listen to music when you work?
Do you like to listen to music when you work?
Pose this question at a party, and you’ l probably get some polarizing responses. Some will say they love it, claiming that it improves their performance; others will say they find it distracting and cannot work effectively with music playing in the background.
Interestingly enough, our research has found that both of these perspectives can be true. 【1】
In a recent study, we brought participants into our lab to perform a variety of tasks. They included an easy task-searching through wordlists and crossing out words containing the letter “a” and a more difficult task-memorizing word pairs and recalling the partner to each word. Some participants completed all of the tasks in silence, whereas others completed the tasks with instrumental music that was either loud or soft, and either simple or complex, the latter meaning music with more instrumental tracks. Several key findings emerged from our study.
We found that participants who listened to simple music or no music performed about the same on the easy task. 【2】
Conversely participants performed worse on the more difficult task when they listened to any music, regardless of complexity or volume, compared to those who didn’t listen to any music.
What should we make of these findings?
We suggest that people have limited mental resources from which both music and tasks can draw. 【3】 But we also can become overstimulated and distracted when these resources are overwhelmed.
Not surprisingly, we typically need to use fewer of our mental resources when we perform easy tasks, whereas demanding tasks require more brainpower. However, because we might be less engaged during easier tasks, there’s a greater risk of drifting off. Music might give us the extra boost we need to plow through the monotony(单调). 【4】 Listening to music can become overkill.
So optimal performance should occur when we strike a “sweet spot,” which may depend on the type of music and the type of task.
A．It just depends on what sort of work you’re doing.
B．However, difficult tasks already demand a lot of our resources.
C．However, participants who listened to complex music performed best on the easy task.
D．Our research findings suggest that the effects of music may also depend on our personalities.
E．We can become bored and our minds may wander when these resources are underutilized.
F．It can actually be helpful to put on some music when you work on something easy and repetitive.
25、My heart was pounding as I climbed onto the School bus on the first day of middle school. I _________ my backpack as I looked for a place to sit. My eyes _________ on two girls sitting next to each other. They smiled at me and _________ the seat next to theirs.
“Hey!” the blond said. “My name is Heather. What's yours?”
“Rachel…” I said nervously. Normally I'm not_________, but I barely knew anyone and was anxious to make new friends.
“Nice to meet you,” said the brunette (深褐色头发的女子) .“My name's Jessica.”
I sat down on the seat and _________ the girls. I looked at my Converse All Stars and frowned. Why hadn’t I worn more stylish shoes?
It turned out we had first period together and we became friends. But our friendship wasn’t without its _________
Jessica made Heather and me laugh. She was very _________ and we’d go to her for make-up and clothing advice. _________ she had an "I’ m-the-boss, personality that demanded attention.
She always had to be_________. Once the three of us went to the mall. I ended up spending fifty dollars on a skirt that I didn’t even __________ just to make Jessica happy.
As time went on, I found I was behaving as a pretend __________ of myself just to please Jessica and to keep her from being mad at me. She __________ was; different when I was around other people, when in truth I was being myself. I was always afraid she’d get mad at me for saying something that I wouldn’t __________ think twice about.
I sometimes __________ what real friends should be like. Shouldn’t they be there for you through the toughest times? Shouldn’t they __________ who you are and encourage you to be yourself, rather than asking you to be who they Want you to be just to please them?
【1】
A．threw
B．dropped
C．adjusted
D．opened
【2】
A．landed
B．took
C．spied
D．built
【3】
A．occupied
B．patted
C．reserved
D．abandoned
【4】
A．noisy
B．shy
C．ignorant
D．elegant
【5】
A．covered
B．addressed
C．encountered
D．faced
【6】
A．faults
B．causes
C．surprises
D．benefits
【7】
A．innocent
B．ambitious
C．fashionable
D．generous
【8】
A．So
B．Or
C．And
D．But
【9】
A．on business
B．in charge
C．at work
D．under pressure
【10】
A．know
B．mention
C．like
D．smooth
【11】
A．session
B．conversation
C．production
D．version
【12】
A．complained
B．remembered
C．ensured
D．anticipated
【13】
A．suddenly
B．normally
C．desperately
D．guiltily
【14】
A．wonder
B．doubt
C．blame
D．predict
【15】
A．imagine
B．describe
C．respect
D．evaluate
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。
Kindness Is Precious
The sound of glass breaking is instantly recognizable. I’d been telling my best friend Missi a silly story and had spun around in the living room when I heard that sound and froze.
When I looked down at the carpet, it was covered with tiny pieces of red, pink and clear glass. Missi said. “Oh, no, not the vase,”
“Why? What did I do?” My face reddened.
“Abby, that glass vase was one of the few items my relatives brought when they came to America.” Missi replied nervously. “If you’d broken anything else in the apartment. I would have gladly said I did it. But you’ re going to have to tell my mom that it was your fault, and she’s going to be really mad.”
I was terrified. I’d destroyed a priceless family heirloom(传家宝). Why did I have to spin around like that?
We gathered up the pieces. I kept saying that maybe it could be fixed, but Missi said gently it didn’t look possible. I insisted we keep the pieces. The glass was so fragile. Some of it broke even more as we tried to sweep it up carefully.
Would her mom yell at me or punish me? Would she tell me I couldn’t stay in their apartment for the weekend? I couldn’t stop playing those fifteen seconds over in my mind, me spinning fast and the sound of glass crashing. The only thing I could think of to say was “I’m sorry, ”
A couple of minutes after six, we heard a key turn in the door. Her mom was home.
Right from the start, we could see she was in a good mood. “Hello! It’ s hot today. I want to treat you girls to that frozen yogurt(酸奶) I know you like. Let’s go! ” her mom said, She pointed at the open door.
“But before that. I need to tell you something,” I said.
“We can talk at the yogurt place,” her mom said.
“No. I need to tell you now. It’s important,” I insisted. I could feel my voice shaking and tried not to cry.
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“What is it, dear?” her mom asked.
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Her mom looked at me, expressionless, and then she laughed and thanked me.
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