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1、The noise upstairs is too loud and I can’t simply ________ it.
A．keep up with
B．catch up with
C．come up with
D．put up with
2、It may be necessary to stop______in the learning process and go back to the difficult points in the lessons.
A. at intervals B. at random
C. at ease D. at length
3、He was busy writing the exam paper, only ___once in a while to check the time.
A. to stop B. stopping
C. to have stopped D. having stopped
4、Although I used to dream about traveling abroad to see great canyons and mountains, now I’m determined to _______ the beauty of our motherland.
A．appreciate
B．blame
C．distract
D．suspect
5、The service at the Blue Moon Restaurant lived up to its _______, for we were well served.
A. reputation B. exception C. combination D. comedy
6、Tom nearly missed the flight ______doing too much shopping.
A. on top of B. as a result of
C. because D. in need of
7、If the house is ____ fire, _____ where is the nearest exit.
A. in; find B. on; find out
C. catches; find D. on; find
8、Sales of low-calorie food rose by 50% ________ with those in May.
A．comparing
B．compare
C．compared
D．were compared
9、She is a very________ lady and always looks on the bright side of life.
A．realistic
B．optimistic
C．humorous
D．greedy
10、That is ________ happened to the tribe of Indians that then lived in ________ is now Plymouth.
A．what; which
B．whatever; whichever
C．that; that
D．what; what
11、Don't be afraid to ____ help if you have any further problems.
A. beg B. hesitate C. desire D. seek
12、—Where is Peter? I can’t find him anywhere.
—He went to the library after breakfast and ________ his book there ever since.
A．has been writing
B．wrote
C．had written
D．is writing
13、The school isn’t the one I really wanted to go to, but I suppose I’ll just have to _____it.
A．make the best of
B．get away from
C．come up with
D．catch up with
14、The news ______our football team won got around quickly.
A.which B.what C.that D.whatever
15、The radio broadcast said that it _________ tomorrow.
A．was not going to snow
B．was not snowing
C．would not snow
D．was not to snow
16、Though my recent quiz scores are ______, my teacher as well as my parents always ______ me.
A．discouraging; encourages
B．discouraged; encourages
C．discouraging; encourage
D．discouraged; encourage
17、I just don’t understand _______ that prevents so many Americans from being as happy as one might expect.
A．why it does
B．what it does
C．what it is
D．why it is
18、________ this village was extremely poor, the adults felt it was so important to keep the school going.
A．So long as
B．Even though
C．Just as
D．No matter how
19、The law _______ equal rights for men and women.
A．permits
B．confirms
C．perseveres
D．guarantees
20、The Australia state of Victoria will _______a “zero tolerance” policy towards drunken drivers.
A. absorb B. adopt
C. adjust D. adapt
21、I was told that there were about 50 foreign students________ Chinese in the school, most _______ were from Germany.
A.studied; of whom B.study; of them
C.studying; of whom D.studying; of them
22、Unfortunately, families of lesser means are likely to ________sports because of high cost.
A．put up with
B．opt out of
C．get rid of
D．clear out
23、Yesterday, few players turned up because most of them ________.
A．slept out
B．slept on
C．slept in
D．slept over
24、________of stealing money from the bank，he was being questioned by the police.
A. Accusing B. Accused
C. Having accused D. To accuse
25、Not until______ a chance to discuss it thoroughly, ______set out to handle the problem we came across last week.
A.we have had, shall we B.have we had,we shall
C.do we have, we D.we shall have had, shall we
26、We have all experienced the force of gravity. It is what happens to you when you jump up into the air. Disappointingly, we tend to fall right back down to the ground. But what if we could switch gravity off? What will happen if the gravity vanishes?
Buckey, an astronomer, says that our bodies are adapted to an Earth-like gravitational environment. If we spend time living where gravity is different, such as on board a space station, our bodies change.
It is now an established fact that astronauts lose bone mass and muscle strength in space, and their sense of balance changes due to the absence of gravity. There are also other problems. For reasons not entirely clear, their red blood cell count falls. Wounds take longer to heal and the immune system loses its strength. Even sleep is disturbed if gravity is weak or absent.
That is just what happens after a short visit to space. “What if you were to grow up without gravity?” Buckey asks. “What about the systems that depend on gravity like your muscles, or your balance system, or your heart and blood vessels?” There is good reason to believe the human body would develop differently.
Karen Masters has explored the immediate physical consequences of losing gravity. The first problem is that Earth is rotating at high speed. Earth’s atmosphere and its oceans, rivers and lakes would be one of the first things to drift away into space. A lack of gravity would eventually destroy our very planet, writes Masters. “Earth itself would most likely break apart into pieces and float off into space.”
A similar fate would happen to the Sun. Without the force of gravity to hold it together, the intense pressures at its core would cause it to burst open in an explosion. The same thing would happen to all the other stars in the Universe. However, because they are so far away, it would be years before the light from their death reached you.
【1】What effects will the lack of gravity have on astronauts?
A．Their sense of balance will lose.
B．Their immune system won’t work.
C．Their wound will no longer heal.
D．Their red blood cell count will decrease.
【2】What will happen if gravity stops working according to Karen Masters?
A．Human body on Earth will develop differently.
B．Earth will rotate at its highest speed.
C．Atmosphere and water on Earth will travel away into space.
D．Earth will break down into pieces and float off into space.
【3】What may happen to the Sun after we lose gravity?
A．It will hold the Universe together.
B．The pressure of its core may lead to its burst.
C．The light from its death will reach Earth quickly.
D．Its core will drift away into space.
【4】Where can we most probably read the passage?
A．In a science magazine.
B．In a guidebook.
C．In a short story.
D．In an environment report.
27、When I graduated from college I dreamed of being a television news reporter. Having no experience, I had to work in a small town until I finally got my big break in the form of a job in Boston. I made it.
Soon, reality set in. I was too often sent to run after accused criminals out of courts, waiting outside of crime scene tape or at the doorstep of a family still crying for tragedy (悲剧). My breaking point came the day I accidentally informed a young woman that her mother died. It was the worst day of my professional life and the day I decided I no longer wanted to shine a light on these stories. My career was ebbing, and at the same time my personal life was too-I divorced.
My mom had always told me “When you’re feeling extremely upset, go help someone else.” So I started seeking out stories of people who had been in the news under tragic circumstances but were doing something inspiring with their lives: a young girl who was paralyzed (瘫痪的) by an accident but was uplifting her classmates with her positive spirit, a blind and autistic (自闭的) musician who learned to play 27 instruments, a disabled soldier who opened his own art studio. I started to tell and promote stories like them.
Over the last 10 years I have discovered my kindness gift: my ability to see the beautiful side of a person and reflect it back to them and the world. In telling stories of people turning their own hurt into acts of helping others I have become more sympathetic, more grateful and kinder. I have learned kindness is who we are, that our power for it is limitless and that, as we shine a light on it, it grows.
【1】What changed the author’s working direction in his job in Boston?
A. The tragedy in the society B. The low payment of the job
C. The hurt from his divorce D. The fear of cruel criminals
【2】What is the meaning of the underlined word “ebbing” in paragraph 2?
A. taking off
B. getting into trouble
C. unchangeable at all
D. dull but important
【3】What the author’s mother said means .
A. helping others is a way to escape from reality
B. helping others can comfort your soul
C. the best way of helping others is telling stories
D. it is difficult to make contributions to helping others
【4】According to the last paragraph, what does the author advise us to do?
A. To tell inspiring stories.
B. To fight against criminals.
C. To ignore our own hurt.
D. To do as much kindness as possible.
28、 Are you truly happy? What does it mean to be happy? What does it take to achieve happiness? 【1】 The following are a few tips that I follow to create happiness in my life.
Make a plan for achieving goals that you believe will make you happy. Your moods (心情) will very likely increase if you are going after something you value.
【2】 It is easy to begin to think negatively when you are surrounded by people who think that way. On the contrary, if you are around people who are happy, their emotional state will be infectious.
When something goes wrong, try to figure out a solution (解决办法) instead of being absorbed in self-pity. Truly happy people don’t allow setbacks to affect their mood because they know that with a little thought they can.
Spend a few minutes each day thinking about the things that make you happy. 【3】 And this will lead you to continuous happiness.
【4】 Whether you treat yourself to lunch, take a long, relaxing bath or simply spend a few extra minutes on your appearance, you will be subconsciously putting yourself in a better mood.
Finding the humor in situations can also lead to happiness. Find a way to make light of a situation that would otherwise make you happy.
Keeping healthy is another way to achieve happiness. 【5】
A. Surround yourself with happy people.
B. There are some tips in life that lead to happiness.
C. Eating healthy foods or being fit can have a great effect on your mood.
D. These few minutes will help you focus on the positive things in your life.
E. What makes you happy may be different from what makes someone else happy.
F. It is also important to take some time each day to do something nice for yourself.
G. These are important questions for anyone who is seeking happiness to ask themselves.
29、Plastic-Eating Worms
Humans produce more than 300 million tons of plastic every year. Almost half of that winds up in landfills(垃圾填埋场), and up to 12 million tons pollute the oceans. So far there is no effective way to get rid of it, but a new study suggests an answer may lie in the stomachs of some hungry worms.
Researchers in Spain and England recently found that the worms of the greater wax moth can break down polyethylene, which accounts for 40% of plastics. The team left 100 wax worms on a commercial polyethylene shopping bag for 12 hours, and the worms consumed and broke down about 92 milligrams, or almost 3% of it. To confirm that the worms’ chewing alone was not responsible for the polyethylene breakdown, the researchers made some worms into paste(糊状物) and applied it to plastic films. 14 hours later the films had lost 13% of their mass — apparently broken down by enzymes (酶) from the worms’ stomachs. Their findings were published in Current Biology in 2017.
Federica Bertocchini, co-author of the study, says the worms’ ability to break down their everyday food — beeswax — also allows them to break down plastic. ＂Wax is a complex mixture, but the basic bond in polyethylene, the carbon-carbon bond, is there as well, ＂she explains, ＂The wax worm evolved a method or system to break this bond. ＂
Jennifer DeBruyn, a microbiologist at the University of Tennessee, who was not involved in the study, says it is not surprising that such worms can break down polyethylene. But compared with previous studies, she finds the speed of breaking down in this one exciting. The next step, DeBruyn says, will be to identify the cause of the breakdown. Is it an enzyme produced by the worm itself or by its gut microbes(肠道微生物)?
Bertocchini agrees and hopes her team’s findings might one day help employ the enzyme to break down plastics in landfills. But she expects using the chemical in some kind of industrial process — not simply ＂millions of worms thrown on top of the plastic.＂
【1】What can we learn about the worms in the study?
A．They take plastics as their everyday food.
B．They are newly evolved creatures.
C．They can consume plastics.
D．They wind up in landfills.
【2】According to Jennifer DeBruyn, the next step of the study is to .
A．identify other means of the breakdown
B．find out the source of the enzyme
C．confirm the research findings
D．increase the breakdown speed
【3】It can be inferred from the last paragraph that the chemical might .
A．help to raise worms
B．help make plastic bags
C．be used to clean the oceans
D．be produced in factories in future
【4】What is the main purpose of the passage?
A．To explain a study method on worms.
B．To introduce the diet of a special worm.
C．To present a way to break down plastics.
D．To propose new means to keep eco-balance.
30、Our family finally managed to get together, but in a few days we scattered again to the ends of the earth, and I will begin my new job in a new city. My family has never been ____ in this way. When I think about the ____ future, my heart feel grayish.
When I woke up in the morning, it was raining outside and the sky was as ____ as my mood. My daughter ____ the new skirt that her uncle bought and she flew around the departure hall in the ____ and drew a small and beautiful picture in the dim crowd. The airplane had a good ____ of newspapers, magazines, television programs, food and drinks. The meal even included a serving of Hagen-Dazs ice cream. This small present brightened me up ____. The gentle smile of the stewardess(空姐)was as beautiful as the ____ after the rain.
When I got off the airplane, the language that entered my ____ was completely different from what I was hearing three hours ago. Although the street lights were as ____ as Allentown’s, the different clothes and expressions of the people ____ me that I am in a new world. I stood in the busy streets like Alice ____ the world in a fairy tale. My heart was ____ with puzzlement about the uncertain future and longing for the new life. When I ____ being able to do what I like once more, that I will make new friends and that I can enjoy the fun of exploration, I could not ____ to think about starting my new life.
【1】
A．separated
B．gathered
C．divided
D．surprised
【2】
A．bright
B．exciting
C．uncertain
D．unusual
【3】
A．clear
B．high
C．dark
D．gray
【4】
A．dressed
B．wore
C．liked
D．had
【5】
A．station
B．airport
C．port
D．house
【6】
A．offer
B．number
C．supply
D．amount
【7】
A．successfully
B．especially
C．eventually
D．fortunately
【8】
A．rainbow
B．ground
C．sky
D．flower
【9】
A．mouth
B．eyes
C．mind
D．ears
【10】
A．long
B．well
C．brilliant
D．many
【11】
A．told
B．reminded
C．suggested
D．explained
【12】
A．visiting
B．traveling
C．wandering
D．exploring
【13】
A．full
B．filled
C．satisfied
D．pleased
【14】
A．set about
B．set out
C．thought over
D．thought about
【15】
A．wait
B．help
C．decide
D．afford
31、请根据课文内容填空，并将正确答案写在答题卡的相应位置，与课文原文不一致不得分。
I 【1】 and agreed to meet her at the convenience store down the road. Of course you’ve guessed who Jenny was. She was the girl I had shouted at for singing. When I recognised her in the convenience store, I 【2】 and apologized for my rude behaviour. I felt so guilty, but Jenny just laughed and told me she was glad to see that I’d also left my glare in the library! I 【3】 at this and I invited her back to my apartment for a quick cup of tea.
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。
Nuts was quite an adventurous and smart squirrel kitten. One day, without the notice of his parents, he slipped out of home and set off to Mr. Elk’s Candy Company to buy toffees. On the way, he met Robert the little deer, his best friend. He said, “Hello, Robert. Would you like to come with me to Mr. Elk’s Candy Company?”
Robert replied, “Sure. But it’s a long way from here. We may come across some fierce beasts (野兽) along the way and get ourselves in danger. I’ve got to ask my mother.”
To which Nuts replied, “Oh, don’t be such a coward (胆小鬼)! You’ll be back home in no time at all. I have been to the Candy Company alone several times and I have never met any beast at all.”
“Okay,” Robert replied nervously.
Soon they were both marching joyfully through the forest, although Robert did feel a bit uncertain about the idea. After half an hour, they stopped by at Mr. Cooper’s house. Mr. Cooper was the wise squirrel fond of inventing various mousetraps or fox traps to defeat predatory(捕食性的) opponents. Nuts and Robert had a brief chat with Mr. Cooper before they continued their journey to the Mr. Elk’s Candy Company.、
Several minutes later, as they were travelling on, a frightening beast appeared from behind the bushes. It was Mr. Gordon, the bad fox!
They both screamed at the very sight. Robert rushed away in panic but then he realised that he had left Nuts behind. When he went back, he found that Nuts was frozen still in front of the fox (a common squirrel instinct).
Mr. Gordon licked his lips and said, “I haven’t had squirrel for dinner for a long time.” He was about to grab Nuts when Robert screamed from behind the bushes. “Well, well. What do we have here, a live and healthy little deer. He would make an even better dinner,” said Gordon. He forgot all about Nuts and began chasing Robert.
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Nuts was alarmed by the scream and rushed to get help for Robert.
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Both the two headed home and told their parents the risky adventure.
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