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1、By the time you can afford a house, the prices of housing ________ greatly.
A. will increase B. will have increased C. are increasing D. have increased
2、 ______ cleaning the yard and making up the beds for the old, we also read newspapers for them and had chats with them.
A. Except for B. Apart from
C. Rather than D. Instead of
3、---Have you finished your composition already, Jack?
---Yes, I ____ it within half an hour．
A．have finished B．finish
C．finished D．had finished
4、________ I can see, there is only one way to solve this problem.
A. As far as B. Even if C. As long as D. As soon as
5、These watches are only a pound each; we are almost ______.
A. giving them up B. giving them away
C. giving away them D. giving them out
6、We'd better do our Christmas shopping right now; time ________.
A.run out B.is running out C.is run out of D.run out of
7、It was reported that an agreement ______ between the two companies and that they would carry out a project together.
A．had reached
B．has reached
C．had been reached
D．has been reached
8、________ himself in finishing his report, he had little time to have a rest .
A．Occupied
B．Occupying
C．Having been occupied
D．Being occupied
9、_____ my opinion, your plan of the vacation is quite similar ______ ours.
A.In; with B.To; in C.In; to D.To; from
10、Alice's father always brings her a nice gift ________ he returns home from his business trip.
A．by the time
B．at the time
C．every time
D．in the time
11、--- Let's go to the seaside and enjoy fresh air, OK?
--- _______. I'll wait for you at the gate.
A. I don't get it B. You made a fuss of me
C. I get used to it D. That's a good point
12、Having no child of their own, Mr. and Mrs. White decide to _______ one in their hometown.
A.acquire B.adopt C.adapt D.attach
13、There was a big screen in the corner of the new bookstore, _________ customers’ comments on the month’s best-seller were being displayed.
A．when
B．whose
C．where
D．which
14、—When will we start to reconstruct the historical sites of the Ming Dynasty in Yangzhou?
—Not until our plan ________ by the committee.
A．will be approved
B．has approved
C．is to approve
D．has been approved
15、To avoid _________, the team wore different-coloured uniforms.
A. confusing B. being confusing
C. confused D. being confused
16、Can you tell me something about the new hospital that the mayor is eager to have ________ next month?
A．constructed
B．constructing
C．to construct
D．been constructed
17、As a child, Jack studied in a village school，_______ is named after his grandfather．
A．which
B．where
C．what
D．that
18、The two girls got on well with each other, even though it was the first time they .
A. have met B. met C. had met D. meet
19、Cathy had quit her job when her son was born _____ she could stay home and raise her family.
A．now that
B．as if
C．only if
D．so that
20、He likes to play jokes on others in public but he dislikes to be .
A.dreamed of B.made fun of
C.thought higy of D.caught sight of
21、They might just have a place ________ on the writing course— why don’t you give it a try?
A．leave
B．left
C．leaving
D．to leave
22、A group of Tibetan antelopes is moving under the bridge, with some________to eat grass.
A.stopped B.to stop C.stopping D.being stopped
23、It's such a pity that she ________ after 20 kilometres with stomach trouble during her first marathon.
A．wiped out
B．died out
C．set out
D．dropped out
24、The Floreana tortoise, once considered to ______, is being brought back from the dead with careful conservation.
A．be wiped out
B．have been wiped out
C．wipe out
D．have wiped out
25、All the drivers had a________ expression because of the policeman’s traffic directions.
A．confused; confusing
B．confusing; confusing
C．confused; confused
D．confusing; confused
26、One of the biggest concerns in science is bias(偏见）－that scientists themselves, consciously or subconsciously may put their thumbs on the scales and influence the outcomes of experiments.Boffins have come up with all sorts of strategies to try to remove it, from having their colleagues repeat their work to the “double blinding” common in clinical trials, when even the experimenters do not know which patients are receiving an experimental drug and which are getting a sugar-pill placebo(安慰剂）。
But gathering the data and running an experiment is not the only part of the process that can go wrong. The methods chosen to analyze the data can also influence results. The point was demonstrated by two recent papers published in a journal called Surgery. Despite being based on the same data, they drew opposite conclusions about whether using a particular piece of kit(工具包）during surgery reduced or increased the chances of infection.
A new paper, from a large team of researchers headed by Martin Schweinsberg, a psychologist at a European School in Berlin, helps shed some light on why. Dr Schweinsberg asked analysts to explore two seemingly straightforward theories. The first was that a woman's tendency to participate would rise as the number of other women in a conversation increased. The second was that high-status participants would talk more than the low-status participants.
As it turned out, no two analysts employed exactly the same methods, and none got the same results.Some 29% of analysts reported that high-status participants were more likely to contribute.But 21% reported the opposite.Things were less finely balanced with the first theory,with 64% reporting that women do indeed participate more, if plenty of other women are present. But 21% concluded that the opposite was true.
The problem was not that any of the analyses were wrong 'in any objective sense. The differences arose because researchers chose different definitions of what they were studying, and applied different techniques.When it came to defining how much women spoke, for instance, some analysts chose the number of words in each woman's comment. Still others defined it by the number of conversations that a woman participated in,regardless of how much she actually said.
【1】What does the underlined word"it'" refer to in the first paragraph?
A．Experiment.
B．Scale.
C．Thumb.
D．Bias.
【2】What is mainly discussed in Paragraph 2?
A．The process of gathering the data can go wrong.
B．Different methods of data analysis lead to different results.
C．The way of assessing the experiment influences the results.
D．Using special kits during surgery reduces the chances of infection.
【3】What caused analysts to apply different methods in Dr Schweinsberg 's research?
A．Choice of definitions.
B．Choice of subjects.
C．Understanding of conversations.
D．Understanding of theories.
【4】Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?
A．Bias doesn't exist
B．Data don't lie
C．Experiments count
D．Scientists mislead
27、 A road running through Accra, Ghana's capital, looks like any other blacktop（柏油路）. Yet what most drivers don't realize is that it is made from plastics—melted bags, bottles, and snack wraps--that otherwise would have ended up in a landfill.
In a developing nation, “it's difficult to recycle plastic,” noted Heather Troutman, program manager of the Ghana National Plastic Action Partnership. “It's expensive, and much easier just to burn it. But if you could put value on recycled plastic, it won't get buried or burned.”
First appearing two decades ago, plastic roads are being tested and built in more and more countries as the world's plastic pollution problem becomes more serious. India has built over 60,000 miles of these roads. The technology, meanwhile, is gaining ground in Britain, Europe, and Asia. Several countries—South Africa, Vietnam, Mexico, the Philippines, and the United States, among them—have built plastic roads recently. Roads containing waste plastic have the potential to perform as well or better than traditional roads. They can last longer, are stronger and more durable（更耐用的）in respect to loads, car tolerate wide temperature changes, and are more resistant to water damage and cracking.
Troutman views plastic roads as “a promising advance,” especially in a country like Ghana with more road projects in the future. And yet, with the prediction that by 2050 the world will produce over three times as much plastic waste as it ever has, she stresses it is vital to curtail Ghana's all unnecessary use of plastics. “This is the first step,” she noted. “If we keep pumping out more and more plastic, we'll never be able to manage it in a sustainable way.”
【1】Why it's hard to recycle plastics in Ghana?
A．The plastics are hard to break down.
B．The country lacks related technology.
C．The whole recycling process costs much.
D．The government advocates burning plastics.
【2】What can we infer about plastic roads from the third paragraph?
A．They are mainly promoted by India.
B．They are able to stand extreme weather.
C．They are being tested for better functioning.
D．They are becoming popular in some countries
【3】What does the underlined word “curtail” in the last paragraph mean?
A．Reduce.
B．Cover.
C．Reward.
D．Delay.
【4】What's Troutman's attitude towards plastic roads?
A．Tolerant.
B．Flexible.
C．Hopeful.
D．Pessimistic.
28、Dear Alcohol,
You've been around forever. I can remember all the pain you've caused for me.
Do you remember the night you almost took my father's life? I do. He loves you. Sometimes I think he loves you more than he loves me. He's addicted to you, to the way you promise to rid him of his problems only to cause more of them. You just sat back and laughed as his car went spinning through the street, crashing into two other cars. He wasn't the only one hurt by you that night.
Do you remember the night of my first high school party? You were there. My friends were intrigued by you. They treated you as if they were never going to see you again, drinking all of you that they could. I spent two hours that night helping my friends who had fallen completely. "I'm so embarrassed," they said as I held their hair back so that they could vomit (呕吐). "I'm sorry," they said when I called taxies for them, walking them out and paying the driver in advance. "This won't happen again," they said as they were sent to the hospital to have their stomachs pumped. Two 15-year-old girls slept in hospital beds that night thanks to you.
Do you remember the night when you took advantage of my 17-year-old neighbor who had to drive to pick up his sister from her dance lessons? Do you know how we all felt when he hit another car and killed the two people in the other car? He died the next morning too. His sister walked home from her dance lesson, and passed police cars and a crowd of people gathering on the sidewalk just two blocks away from the dance studio. She didn't realize her brother was in the midst of it all. She never saw him again. And it's all your fault.
I wish you'd walk out of my life forever. I don't want anything to do with you. Look at all the pain you've caused. Sure, you've made people happy too from time to time. But the damage you've caused in the lives of millions is inexcusable. Stop luring (引诱) in the people I love. Stop hurting me, please.
Sincerely,
Anonymous
【1】What is author's purpose in writing to alcohol?
A. To introduce Mr. Alcohol to the readers
B. To describe the harm alcohol did to his family.
C. To show how much alcohol can hurt people.
D. To show the great fun that alcohol can bring to people's life.
【2】What did alcohol do to the author's father?
A. It made him crash into two other cars and killed his life.
B. It made him drink too much and he had to get his stomach pumped.
C. It made him kill two other people when driving.
D. It made him get into a car accident and badly injure himself.
【3】The underlined phrase "were intrigued by" is closest in meaning to ______.
A. were familiar with B. were interested in
C. were disappointed with D. were satisfied with
【4】What is the tone of the article?
A. Critical. B. Doubtful.
C. Unconcerned. D. Humorous.
29、Picture the scene: You come home after work feeling too exhausted to cook –only to find a delicious meal worthy of a Michelin-starred restaurant waiting for you. It sounds like a fantasy, but it could be about to come true thanks to a robot chef developed by British scientists.
Those scientists have come up with a set of robotic arms so smart that they are capable of cooking meals all by themselves. The device will be sold from as early as 2017 as part of a purpose-built high-tech kitchen.
Scientists at Moley Robotics spent almost 18 years developing the hands. According to its creators, the arms can chop, stir, whisk and baste well enough to recreate almost anything you would care to eat, whether it is a simple home-cooked supper, or a complicated creation designed by a world-class chef. The hands move a little slowly, hovering strangely above the work surface whenever they are not busy, but they imitate human movements closely enough that they can do things such as wiping a spoon on the edge of a pan to prevent drips.
Mr Oleynik, who is leading the project, said, “All the things which are possible with the hand are possible here. There is no limitation. A lot of people want to go to Michelin-starred restaurants, but they are quite expensive and may be quite far from the home. This is an opportunity for people to enjoy very good food, and for a reasonable price. ”
The only cuisine that is off the robot’s menu at the moment is sushi, which requires extremely steady pressure and nimble（敏捷的；敏感的） fingers to make, but the team plan to conquer that as well by the time it goes on sale.
【1】People go to Michelin-starred restaurants in order to_________.
A. appreciate car tires B. enjoy delicious meals
C. see the new robot chefs D. escape from work
【2】What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A. British scientists B. The robot chef’s arms
C. Cooks at restaurants D. Household wives
【3】Which kind of food CAN’T the robot chef cook at present?
A. Bread B. Beef C. Sushi D. Sandwich
【4】What can we infer from the passage?
A. Hands of a robot chef can perform exactly like a cook.
B. Robot chefs are available at shopping malls.
C. Michelin-starred restaurants are suitable for many people.
D. It is uncertain when the robot can cook all kinds of food.
30、When an infectious disease broke out and supermarket shelves were ________, Daniel and Nancy decided they no longer wanted to ________ others for food. The couple decided to start a year-long ________ where they wouldn’t buy a single thing to eat. ________, they would grow, raise or catch everything.
Daniel said, “It is something that we have wanted to do. When the disease ________, it gave us that extra ________. At that time we were both ________, and that gave us even more motivation to see if we could ________ ourselves.” The pair built a house for chickens and ducks and studied online about where they would get all the things they needed. Daniel adds, “We had to learn so many new things like how to grow mushrooms and ________ salt from the ocean.”
“Now after five months, they both feel well but Daniel ________ the first few weeks were difficult as their bodies adjusted to ________ coffee, wine and sugar all on the same day,” he says. “After three weeks our desires for them ________ and now we feel great.” Now February has come to a(n) ________. As they survive winter, they feel ________ about continuing with this way of living, with their challenge ________ ending in August.
【1】
A．dusty
B．firm
C．empty
D．full
【2】
A．look for
B．come across
C．fall behind
D．rely on
【3】
A．challenge
B．charity
C．construction
D．research
【4】
A．Nevertheless
B．Instead
C．Therefore
D．Besides
【5】
A．went
B．dropped
C．failed
D．hit
【6】
A．burden
B．push
C．debt
D．excuse
【7】
A．unemployed
B．unconcerned
C．occupied
D．confused
【8】
A．guarantee
B．protect
C．feed
D．control
【9】
A．supply
B．save
C．invent
D．harvest
【10】
A．argues
B．admits
C．doubts
D．denies
【11】
A．quitting
B．demanding
C．changing
D．consuming
【12】
A．returned
B．reduced
C．existed
D．doubled
【13】
A．head
B．stop
C．end
D．point
【14】
A．positive
B．hesitant
C．regretful
D．bored
【15】
A．rarely
B．instantly
C．merely
D．officially
31、原文填空
The history of advertising has always been closely 【1】with that of the mass media. From the ancient simple advertisements painted on outdoor signs to the colourful, 【2】ones in smartphone apps, advertising and the mass media have developed hand【3】hand. As media【4】have grown in number and type,【5】have advertisements.
32、假如你是高二（1）班的班长李华，你们班打算开一次题为“如何提高英语口语水平”的主题班会，想邀请外籍教师Johnson参加，请你给他写一封邮件，邀请他参加此次活动。具体内容如下：
时间：下周一下午5:20。
地点：教学楼二层会议室。
希望Johnson能给大家一些提高英语口语的建议，并回答学生们提出的相关问题。
表示期待。
Dear Johnson, ________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
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