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1、Tom does speak Chinese well, but his reading and writing skills leave much ______.
A. to improve B. to be improved
C. being improved D. having improved
2、You will find the word “psychology” under “P” in your dictionary.
A. have listed B. list
C. listed D. listing
3、As to where to work and what job to take, you need to be________since there are not many chances now for job-seekers．
A．mature
B．gradual
C．innovative
D．flexible
4、Only when one loses something valuable _______ its value.
A．he can know
B．he knew
C．can he know
D．did he know
5、Does it matter ________ will represent us to attend the meeting?
A．you think whoever
B．who do you think
C．you think
D．who you think
6、Experts give us some indication ______ the health and condition of the miners in this area.
A．cooperating
B．cultivating
C．creating
D．concerning
7、At the news of her son’s death, the sad mother and cried.
A. broke away B. broke out
C. broke up D. broke down
8、The new play is made up of four parts, each of which is very fascinating. 找出划线短语的同义短语
A．is composed of
B．dozens of
C．gets involved in
D．is assigned to
9、Better hotel rooms will give _________ to even more awesome views and larger space.
A．attention
B．comfort
C．access
D．assistance
10、_______ carefully before you hand in your paper please.
A. Checking B. Check
C. To check D. Checked
11、But all sorts of strangers suddenly blogged back with angry advice, advising her to ________ her bullying husband, and even to leave him.
A．tell of
B．tell off
C．tell apart
D．tell from
12、—Is the new job a real challenge for him?
—Well, ______ difficulties he meets, I believe he will never lose heart.
A．whenever
B．however
C．whichever
D．whatever
13、It is strange that he ______ there.
A. send B. is sent
C. should be sent D. is sending
14、—Are you in ______ favor of the plan?
—No, but my opinion will not make ______ difference.
A．a; a
B．/; a
C．a; the
D．/; the
15、Do you mind _________ alone home?
A. Jane leaving B. Jane having left
C. Jane’s being left D. Jane to be left
16、-- When can I make an appointment with you, sir?
-- What about Wednesday afternoon?
-- OK. ______
A．Do you have time then?
B．That’s settled.
C．It’s up to you.
D．Take your time.
17、—Shall we go out for a walk?
—__________.
A．Goodbye
B．Have fun
C．Good luck
D．Good idea
18、He is having a party ____ celebration of his 84th birthday.
A. in B. on
C. of D. at
19、If you grow up in ______ large family, you are more likely to develop ______ ability to get on well with ________ others.
A．/; an; the
B．a; the; /
C．the; an; the
D．a; the; the
20、The three teams _____ different ways to solve the problem and they all succeeded at last．
A．adopted B．admired
C．adapted D．Addicted
21、Generally speaking，if a child grows up in ________ big family，he is more likely to develop ________ ability to get on well with others.
A．a；an
B．a；the
C．the；/
D．the；an
22、________ you want me to fire you, I suggest you stop wearing sports clothes at office.
A．As long as
B．As far as
C．Since
D．Unless
23、Hardly had I finished the work on time ________ the bell rang.
A．while
B．when
C．as
D．during
24、I felt excited that I was ________ to meet the visitors at the airport.
A．suspected
B．detected
C．assigned
D．declined
25、They _______ with the aim of becoming number one in the league.
A．set up
B．set about
C．set out
D．set aside
26、 Bad news sells. If it bleeds, it leads. No news is good news, and good news is no news. Those are the classic rules for the evening broadcasts and the morning papers. But now that information is being spread and monitored in different ways, researchers are discovering new rules. By tracking people's e-mails and online posts, scientists have found that good news can spread faster and farther than disasters and sob stories.
"The 'if it bleeds' rule works for mass media," says Jonah Berger, a scholar at the University of Pennsylvania. "They want your eyeballs and don't care how you're feeling. But when you share a story with your friends, you care a lot more how they react. You don't want them to think of you as a Debbie Downer."
Researchers analyzing word-of-mouth communication, e-mails, Web posts and reviews face-to-face conversations found that it tended to be more positive than negative, but that didn't necessarily mean people preferred positive news. Was positive news shared more often simply because people experienced more good things than bad things? To test for that possibility, Dr. Berger looked at how people spread a particular set of news stories: thousands of articles on The New York Times' website. He and a Penn colleague analyzed the "most e-mailed" list for six months. One of his first findings was that articles in the science section were much more likely to make the list than non-science articles. He found that science amazed Times' readers and made them want to share this positive feeling with others.
Readers also tended to share articles that were exciting or funny, or that inspired negative feelings like anger or anxiety, but not articles that left them merely sad. They needed to be aroused one way or the other, and they preferred good news to bad, The more positive an article, the more likely it was to be shared, as Dr. Berger explains in his new book, "Contagious: Why Things Catch On."
【1】What do the classic rules mentioned in the text apply to?
A.News reports. B.Research papers.
C.Private e-mails. D.Daily conversations.
【2】What can we infer about people like Debbie Downer?
A.They're socially inactive. B.They're good at telling stories.
C.They're inconsiderate of others. D.They're careful with their words.
【3】What can be a suitable title for the text?
A.Sad Stories Travel Far and Wide
B.Online News Attracts More People
C.Reading Habits Change with the Times
D.Good News Beats Bad on Social Networks
27、Bear Grylls’s Adventure Tales
Mr. Grylls has established himself as television's foremost survivalist. In episodes of Man vs. Wild, he has been dropped into some punishing environments (the sands of the Sahara, the frigid Siberian wilderness with little more than a knife, a water bottle, and the instructions to make it out alive. Below are excerpts from an interview with him.
Q: When did you first grow interested in the outdoors?
A: My late dad had been a climber. He started taking me out into the wild at a young age, doing everything from climbing sea cliffs hundreds of feet up to making boats and building treehouses. He taught me to take risks but to always listen to my inner voice and to work out clever solutions even when the situation has left you dramatically low on tools.
Q: Last time when you were in southern Africa, your parachute failed to open, resulting in an injury that nearly left you paralyzed. What effect did that have on you?
A: Those long months in military rehabilitation(康复) were a dark time for me. I couldn't move and was in constant pain, strapped up in braces. It was while I was lying there that I determined tore-find my childhood dream to climb Mount Qomolangma. I counted myself blessed to be able to leave that hospital fully recovered, determined to live life boldly and without regrets.
Q: Why do you find adventure travel so attractive?
A: Adventure brings out the best and worst in people. We don't always allow ourselves to get pushed to the edge, either physically or mentally. Adventure is different: The wild is unpredictable. However much we prepare, things sometimes go wrong, and it is then that the real adventure begins. My experience tells me that people are much stronger than they often give themselves credit for. It is why I say the wild can empower you.
Q: What was your most dangerous trip?
A: Probably a small expedition I led across the Arctic Ocean in an open inflatable boat. We hit very unusual subzero storms off the ice packs of Greenland and gale force winds. In a tiny open boat, you are truly at the mercy of the elements, and your survival is then taken out of your hands and put into those of Mother Nature. All five of us had to face the prospect of death during those nights.
【1】What qualities did Bear Grylls develop under the influence of his father?
A．Being daring and efficient.
B．Being res8urceful and patient.
C．Being courageous and persevering.
D．Being adventurous and true to himself.
【2】What can we learn from the interview?
A．Bear never felt regretful for having taken the adventure in southern Africa.
B．Bear fulfilled his childhood dream of climbing Mount Qomolangma.
C．Bear felt grateful for being able to recover from an injury that almost paralyzed him.
D．Making adequate preparations can help to bring adventures completely under control.
【3】The underlined phrase “at the mercy of” in the last paragraph can be replaced by ________.
A．under the guidance of
B．under the control of
C．under the protection of
D．under the disguise of
【4】This article was most likely originally published in the ________ section of a newspaper.
A．Men Fashion
B．Pop Culture
C．Travel Weekly
D．Space & Cosmos (宇宙)
28、At first sight the planet Mars(火星)does not appear very welcoming to any kind of life. It has very little oxygen and water, the temperature at night is below 50 degrees and winds of 100 miles (161 kilometers)per hour cause severe dust storms. However, the surface of the planet seems to show that water flowed across it at some time in the past, and it is believed that there would be enough ice at the poles to cover the planet with water if it melted. Although there is no life on the Mars now, some scientists think there may have been some form of life a long time ago. At that time, the planet had active volcanoes(火山); the atmosphere was thicker and warmer; and there was water. In fact, in some ways the Mars may have been similar to the Earth, where life exists.
Some people believe that the Mars could support life in the future if the right conditions were produced. The first step would be to warm the planet using certain gases which trap the Sun’s heat in the planet’s atmosphere. With warmth, water and carbon dioxide（二氧化碳）, simple plants could begin to grow. These plants could slowly make the Mars fit to live on. It is judged that the whole process might take between 100, 000 and 200, 000 years. In the meantime, people could begin to live on the planet in a special closed environment. They would provide a lot of useful information about conditions on Mars and the problems connected with living there.
【1】According to the passage, the planet Mars has no __________on it.
A. animals B. mountains
C. dust D. winds
【2】What is the topic of Paragraph 2?
A. Certain gases should be used to warm Mars.
B. Plants should be grown to make Mars fit to live on.
C. Mars could support life with right conditions in the future.
D. People could live on Mars in a special closed environment.
【3】The most suitable title for the passage is __________.
A. No Life on Mars
B. A Study of Mars
C. The Future conditions on Mars
D. The Possibility of Life on Mars
29、Scientists have transfused (输血) lab-made red blood cells into a human volunteer in a world-first trial that experts say has major potential for people with hard-to-match blood types or conditions such as sickle cell disease. The research could someday mean an end to long searches for compatible donors (匹配的捐赠者) or dangerous transfusion reactions.
The experimental transfusion was done at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, England, as part of a joint effort among UK scientists to understand how lab-made blood transfusions could work.
The scientists took whole blood from donors in a UK database and separated out the stem cells. These are the body’s raw materials — the cells from which all specialized cells,like a red blood cell, can generate.Researchers grew red blood cells from those stem cells and transfused them into two healthy volunteers.
The transfusions involved only a tiny amount of blood: about one or two teaspoons. A standard blood transfusion would involve many hundred times that amount. This stage of the trial involves two mini transfusions at least four months apart, one with a standard donation of red cells and the other with lab-made cells from the same donor.
The researchers are closely monitoring the volunteers to determine whether the process was safe. They say there have been with“no unexpected side effects” so far. They’re also watching how long the lab-grown cells last compared with an infusion of standard red blood cells. Red blood cells typically last about 120 days, but a transfusion from a standard donation contains cells that are a variety of ages because the bone marrow (骨髓) continuously makes these cells.
Previous tests have shown that manufactured cells function like normal cells and that these lab-made cells are likely to survive longer overall while in circulation. This study will determine for the first time whether that’s true.
Further trials will be necessary to determine whether there could be a clinical use of this lab-grown product.
The research could eventually make a difference for people with sickle cell disease, those who. develop antibodies against most donor blood types, or those with genetic disorders in which their bod can’t make red blood cells or the blood cells they make don’t work well.
【1】What is the purpose of the experiment?
A．To seek out hard-to-match blood types.
B．To end dangerous transfusion reactions.
C．To promote close cooperation among UK scientists.
D．To know how to transfuse lab-grown blood effectively.
【2】What do we know about the lab-made cells?
A．They typically last about four months.
B．They were grown from red blood cells.
C．They did unexpectedly cause some side effects.
D．They were transfused into a volunteer in large amounts.
【3】What’s the author’s attitude towards the research?
A．Indifferent.
B．Disapproving.
C．Suspicious.
D．Favourable.
【4】What is the text mainly about?
A．Lab-made cells function normally and are likely to survive longer in circulation.
B．Lab-grown blood could have enormous potential for people with rare blood conditions.
C．Long searches for compatible donors and dangerous transfusion reactions can be ended.
D．An experimental transfusion was done at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, England.
30、 It was many years ago.I was a college ___ with a degree but no job.My substitute teaching work had dried up and I was getting ____.I had a family to feed and little money left.____，my oldest brother had been able to get me a ____ at the local lumber mill where he worked.While I was ____ ，my first day there was quite a blow to my ego(自尊).The job ___ barely above minimum wage.The work was hard and back breaking.It was full of ___ ，lifting，and carrying heavy wood for eight hours a day.Splinters(木屑)were soon my best pals and every day I went home ____ and exhausted.
When winter arrived my gloves tore and my fingers split and ____ in the cold air.I found myself using more band aids(创可贴)and duct tape than I ever ____ I would just to keep my hands working.The turn over rate at the mill became so ____ that at the end of two years only four other people had ____ there longer than I had.Every morning I would ____myself out of bed and go to work knowing it was going to he another ____ day.I tried my best to keep my __ up but many times during those years I found myself saying，“Why me，God? Why am I having to ____ this? Why has my life not turned out the ____ I dreamed it would?”I never got an ____ .
It is only now many years later that I have a hint of ____ I had to go through those tough times.I think that it is the“Why Me?”times of our lives in which we ____ the most.
【1】A.editor B.graduate C.professor D.student
【2】A.delighted B.satisfied C.desperate D.modest
【3】A.Hopefully B.Fortunately C.Sadly D.Frankly
【4】A.job B.rise C.choice D.title
【5】A.busy B.worried C.calm D.grateful
【6】A.paid B.cost C.reduced D.wasted
【7】A.stopping B.jumping C.bending D.wandering
【8】A.aching B.trembling C.cheering D.choking
【9】A.burnt B.broke C.shook D.bled
【10】A.heard B.promised C.saw D.thought
【11】A.low B.high C.fixed D.steady
【12】A.relaxed B.waited C.prepared D.worked
【13】A.push B.release C.press D.pull
【14】A.difficult B.helpful C.interesting D.meaningful
【15】A.hand B.voice C.spirits D.tunes
【16】A.give up B.go through C.prepare for D.carry out
【17】A.challenge B.way C.1evel D.structure
【18】A.answer B.aim C.order D.opportunity
【19】A.how B.where C.why D.when
【20】A.complain B.lose C.grow D.expect
31、Directions: Complete the following passages by using the words in the box… Each word can only be used once. Do note that there is one word more than you need.
What’s the point of reading if we all forget what we read sooner or later? Being a liberal arts (文科) teacher, more often than not, I will find myself confronted with this sort of question. And knowing that I am not in a good position to 【1】 this question which can be simple and hard at the same time, I always quote what William Johnson Cory has written in a letter in which he articulates (清晰表达) the purpose of education. From my perspective, his words can also be taken as a 【2】 argument for reading. The full quotation goes:
“At school you are 【3】 not so much in acquiring knowledge as in making mental efforts under criticism. A certain amount of knowledge you can indeed with average faculties acquire so as to retain; nor need you 【4】 the hours you spent on much that is forgotten, for the 【5】 of lost knowledge at least protects you from many illusions. But you go to a great school not so much for knowledge as for arts and habits: for the habit of attention, for the art of entering 【6】 into another person’s thoughts, for the habit of submitting to censure (批判) and refutation (反驳), for the art if indicating assent (附议) or dissent (异议) in gradated terms, for the habit of regarding minute points of accuracy, for the art of working out what is possible in a given time, for taste, for discrimination, for mental courage, and for mental soberness (清醒).”
Besides, even though we eventually forget most of what we read, there can still be 【7】 in the moments of reading a particular book in a particular place. What I remember most about Hemingway’s short-story 【8】 Men Without Women is the persistent cough I had due to a heavy cold, which at that time did give me a strong feeling that I would also like to die for my beloved.
So the purpose of reading is not to memorize 【9】 everything we read but to keep reading. After all, if there are no 【10】 opinions on the idea that we are what we eat then we are also what we read.
32、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。
This time, Mat and I set our climbing destination as Mount Baker in Washington. According to the weather forecast (预报), it was to be clear skies that day. We left the foot of the mountain at 6 p.m., aiming to reach the top at sunrise. As we traveled for four hours, the weather turned to a mix of rolling ice and rain. Shouting over the wind, we discussed turning around. But I thought back to the forecast I had checked just before leaving and believed the weather would clear up at any minute.
It didn’t. We pushed our own way through the deepening snow. At some points, the snow was up to our upper legs. We were further behind schedule with each step.
“I’ve made it to the top,” I shouted loudly to Mat over my radio. He was only 7 meters away on the other end of the rope but unable to see or hear me through the heavy snow. He joined me at the top for 20 seconds — the temperature was well below zero — before we began the 4,000-foot journey downhill.
We then reached the edge of the mountain after 5 hours (it takes about an hour and a half in good weather), unroped, and removed some of our climbing equipment, happy to be on the mountain without much difficulty ahead. And in that moment of relief, I slipped (滑倒).
Standing on a seemingly good block of snow, I started to slide. I did a textbook self-stop with my ice ax (冰镐), but the snow had started to melt (融化), and I couldn’t get any hold on anything. I slid for about 15 meters, all the while thinking I’d soon come to a stop. A few seconds later I hit a rock and got thrown into the air. A huge crack on the ground came into view below me. Then, in an instant, I felt like I was being pushed with great force onto its rock bottom 9 meters down.
注意：1. 续写词数应为150左右;
2. 请按如下格式在相应位置作答。
At least I stopped, I thought.
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After 30 minutes Mat arrived on a nearby rock and found me.
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