1、________ meet his sister at the airport, he had to get up early.
A.So as to
B.in order that
C.So that
D.In order to
2、Our goal keeper, who was injured in our last game, has been ________ by a young player.
A.rented
B.replaced
C.placed
D.respected
3、Not until she took off her glasses ______ she used to be my neighbor.
A. I realized B. I had realized
C. had I realized D. did I realize
4、— Mary’s got crazy and has been sent to the mental hospital. Did you tell her boss about that?
— Yes, but I _____ her husband first.
A. should have told B. shouldn’t have told
C. must have told D. needn’t have told
5、I’ll go on vacation abroad as soon as I __________ this task.
A. accomplish B. persuade
C. donate D. display
6、—The government should limit the number of the cars on the street.
—_______. If so, air pollution will be greatly reduced.
A.It’s up to you
B.I couldn’t agree more
C.I think not
D.That’s settled
7、Most of the runners in the London Marathon are raising money for .
A.authority B.recovery C.mystery D.charity
8、The number of people who______ English as a foreign language_______ more than 750 million.
A.learns; is B.learn; are C.learns; are D.learn; is
9、Half of the class done most of the work. The left rather difficult.
A. has; is B. have; is C. have; are
10、He and Tom ________ over the decision last month and haven't spoken to each other ever since.
A. fell down B. fell off C. fell out D. fell behind
11、This is __________ that we all enjoy reading it.
A.a book so interesting
B.a such interesting book
C.so an interesting book
D.such an interesting book
12、Even though some people are in favor of zoos, the opponents don’t support the _____ where the caged animals are bored and depressed due to the frequent contact with human visitors.
A.establishments B.similarities C.exhibitions D.occasions
13、After arriving home, Mrs Green stood there, ________ over whether or not to tell her husband the truth of the matter.
A.hesitating
B.extending
C.criticising
D.obtaining
14、Hearing the son paid little attention to the marriage and _________ he remained _________with his work, the mother was quite anxious if he could find a girlfriend.
A. /, occupied B. that, to be occupied
C. /, to be occupied D. that, occupied
15、 Much __ his surprise, the moment he went into the classroom, every one stood up clapping to congratulate him ___ winning the first prize.
A. in; for B. to; on
C. to; for D. with; over
16、If you cheat in the exam, you can hardly ________ it.
A.get away
B.catch up with
C.get away with
D.compare with
17、Good news! We didn’t spend we had expected.
A. as half much money as B. much money as half as
C. as much money as half D. half as much money as
18、She said that she ________her work the next day.
A.will finish
B.would finish
C.finishes
D.finished
19、In autumn, there are so many _______ leaves on the ground.
A.fallen
B.falling
C.fall
D.are falling
20、When faced with something we don't understand, we need to be about it instead of sticking to the fixed theories
A. particular B. curious
C. concerned D. cautious
21、In 1860s,the Italian archaeologist Giuseppe Fiorelli was made director of the Pompeii dig.
A. the; / B. the; the
C. /; / D. /; the
22、The nurse insisted that the patient should ________ the medicinal cream ________ his would twice a day to avoid infection.
A. apply... to B. rinse... in
C. loosen... to D. stress... in
23、Could you tell me ______ the radio without any help?
A.how did he repair
B.what did he repair
C.how he repaired
D.what he repaired
24、---I don’t really like Tom. Why did you invite him?
---Don’t worry. He _____ come. He said he wasn’t certain what his plans were.
A. must not B. need not
C. might not D. would not
25、Even though she has many ________, I ________ any less.
A.shortcomings; don’t love her
B.mistakes, am not fond of her
C.errors; don’t like her
D.faults; don’t fond of her
26、Perhaps you have heard a lot about the Internet,but what is it,do you know?The Internet is a network.It uses the telephone to join millions of computers together around the world.
Maybe that doesn’t sound very interesting.But when you’ve joined to the Internet,there are lots and lots of things you can do.You can do with all kinds of information on the World Wide Web (WWW).You can use QQ to chat with your friends,and they will make responses in a few seconds.You can send E-mails to your friends,and they can get them in a few seconds.You can also go shopping by the Internet without going out.
There are many different kinds of computers now.They all can be joined to the Internet.Most of them are small machines sitting on people’s desks at home,but there are still many others in schools,offices or large companies. These computers are owned by people and companies,but no one really owns the Internet itself.
There are lots of places for you to go into the Internet.For example,your school may have the Internet.You can use it during lessons or free time.Libraries often have computers joined to the Internet.You are welcome to use it at your spare time.
Thanks to the Internet,the world is becoming smaller and smaller.It is possible for you to work at home with a computer in front,getting and sending the information you need.It is also possible for you to discuss some projects or assign the work on the Internet instead of at a meeting.In addition,you can buy or sell whatever you want by the Internet.But do you know 98% of the information on the Internet is in English?So what will English be like tomorrow?
【1】What is the passage mainly about?
A. Internet. B. Information.
C. Computers. D. E-mails.
【2】Who is the owner of the Internet?
A. The headmaster. B. The officer.
C. The manager. D. No one.
【3】Which may be the most possible place for people to work in the future?
A. In the office. B. At school.
C. At home. D. In the company.
27、It has long been thought that first-born children are more successful than their younger brothers and sisters and often have qualities of being more organised and responsible as well as being eager to be in charge.
But a new study has shown that the elder child's achievements can help improve their younger siblings(兄弟姐妹) exam results by helping them to raise their game. For the first time ever, researchers from the University of Essex examined how the success of first born children in school affected their younger brothers and sisters by studying primary school test results.
And the data showed that having an older brother or sister improved a child’s learning with the equal effect of spending an extra £670 on the younger sibling's schooling. One of the study’s authors Birgitta Rabe explained, the older sibling’s achievement may have a direct effect on the younger sibling’s school grades if the older sibling teaches the younger sibling or helps with homework; the younger sibling imitates(模仿) the older sibling, for example in their work style, or tries to be different, for example to avoid competition; the older sibling passes on important information about educational choices or school and teachers to the younger sibling.
The effect is even more noticeable in less well-off families showing poorer children benefit more from a successful older sibling. “We find that the effect is larger for siblings in families relying on free school meals, living in poverty and speaking a language other than English at home. This means that children who live in poverty benefit more from a successful older sibling than children who live in well-off families.”
【1】The study is mainly based on the children’s ________.
A. exam results B. work style
C. family background D. educational choices
【2】According to the study, ________ tend to benefit more from a successful older sibling.
A. the children who live in rich families
B. the children who live in poor families
C. the children whose parents are successful
D. the children whose mother language is English
【3】What can we conclude from the study?
A. Younger siblings are more successful than first borns.
B. First-born children are as successful as their younger siblings.
C. First-born children are more successful than their younger siblings.
D. The success of first borns has positive effects on their younger siblings.
【4】The passage is likely to appear in ________.
A. a newspaper advertisement
B. a high school textbook
C. a science magazine
D. a news report
28、Three Boys and a Dad
Brad closed the door slowly as Sue left home to visit her mother. Expecting a whole day to relax, he was thinking whether to read the newspaper or watch his favourite TV talk show on his first day off in months. “This will be like a walk in the park,” he’d told his wife. “I’ll look after the kids, and you can go visit your mom.”
Things started well, but just after eight o’clock, his three little “good kids”—Mike, Randy, and Alex—came down the stairs in their night clothes and shouted “breakfast, daddy.” When food had not appeared within thirty seconds, Randy began using his spoon on Alex’s head as if it were a drum. Alex started to shout loudly in time to the beat(节拍). Mike chanted “Where’s my toast, where’s my toast” in the background. Brad realized his newspaper would have to wait for a few seconds.
Life became worse after breakfast. Mike wore Randy’s underwear on his head. Randy locked himself in the bathroom, while Alex shouted again because he was going to wet his pants. Nobody could find clean socks, although they were before their very eyes. Someone named “Not Me” had spilled a whole glass of orange juice into the basket of clean clothes. Brad knew the talk show had already started.
By ten o’clock, things were out of control. Alex was wondering why the fish in the jar refused his bread and butter. Mike was trying to show off his talent by decorating the kitchen wall with his colour pencils. Randy, thankfully, appeared to be reading quietly in the family room,but closer examination showed that he was eating apple jam straight from the bottle with his hands. Brad realised that the talk show was over and reading would be impossible.
At exactly 11:17, Brad called the daycare centre (日托所).“I suddenly have to go into work and my wife’s away. Can I bring the boys over in a few minutes?” The answer was obviously “yes” because Brad was smiling.
【1】When his wife left home. Brad expected to .
A. enjoy his first day off work
B. watch TV talk show with his children
C. go out for a walk in the park
D. read the newspaper to his children
【2】Which of the following did Randy do?
A. Drawing on the wall B. Reading in a room
C. Feeding the fish. D. Eating apple jam
【3】Why did Brad ask the daycare centre for help?
A. Because he wanted to clean up his house.
B. Because he suddenly had to go to his office
C. Because he had to take his wife back
D. Because he found it hard to manage his boys at home.
【4】This text is developed _____________.
A. by space B. by time
C. by process D. by comparison
【5】At first, Brad thought he would be __________ on his first day off .
A. relaxed B. embarrassed
C.bored D. unhappy
29、How to deal with waste has been a problem since humans started producing it. As more and more people choose to live close together in cities, the waste-disposal (处理) problem becomes increasingly difficult.
During the eighteenth century, it was usual for several neighboring towns to get together to select a faraway spot as a dump site. Residents or trash haulers (垃圾拖运者) would transport household rubbish, rotted wood, and old possessions to the site. Periodically (定期的) some of the trash was burned and the rest was buried. The unpleasant sights and smells caused no problem because nobody lived close by.
Factories, mills, and other industrial sites also had waste to be disposed of (处理). Those located on rivers often just dumped (倾倒) the unwanted remains into the water. Others built huge burners with chimneys (烟囱) to deal with the problem.
Several facts make these choices unacceptable to modem society. The first problem is space. Dumps, which are now called landfills, are most needed in heavily populated areas. Such areas rarely have empty land suitable for this purpose. Property is either too expensive or too close to residential (住宅区的) neighborhoods. Long-distance trash hauling has been a common practice, but once farm areas are refusing to accept rubbish from elsewhere, cheap land within trucking distance of major city areas is almost nonexistent (不存在).
Awareness (意识) of pollution dangers has led to more strict rules of waste disposal. Pollution of rivers, ground water, land and air is a price people can no longer pay to get rid of waste. The amount of waste, however, continues to grow.
Recycling efforts have become commonplace, and many towns require their people to take part. Even the most efficient recycling programs, however, can hope to deal with only about 50 per cent of a city’s reusable waste.
【1】The most suitable title for this passage would be .
A. Places for Disposing Waste B. Waste Disposal Problem
C. Ways of Getting Rid of Waste D. Waste Pollution Dangers
【2】During the 18th century, people disposed their waste in many ways EXCEPT for .
A. recycling it B. burying it
C. burning it D. throwing it into rivers
【3】What can be inferred from the fourth paragraph?
A. Farm areas accept waste from the city in modern society.
B. There is cheap land to bury waste in modem society.
C. Ways to deal with waste in modem society stay the same.
D. It is difficult to find space to bury waste in modern society.
【4】The main purpose of writing this article is to .
A. tell people a better way to get rid of the waste.
B. warn people of the pollution dangers we are facing.
C. call on people to take part in recycling programs.
D. draw people’s attention to waste management.
30、My daughter has been crazy about raising a pet for a long time.
Last spring I bought two small chickens for her. She got _________ and took good care of them._________,a few days later, both chickens died. She _________ into tears because of their death. I helped her _________ the two chickens under a tree behind our house. I thought it would be the _________ of her idea.
However, I was wrong. Children are children after all. The failure hasn’t _________ my daughter in any way. She still tried to keep a small animal or even a snail.
One day last winter, I _________ under the eaves (屋檐) of the house a family of sparrows. My daughter and I could _________ the sparrows as our “pets”, but we didn’t.
So I told her to _________ the grains on the windowsill (窗台). A few minutes later, the sparrows came to land on the windowsill __________ and pecked (啄) at the rice. Suddenly my daughter asked me, “Mum, can we catch and cage the sparrows, and let them live with us in the room? How __________ it is for them to live outside!”
“Oh, my dear, I do not think it’s a good idea. You know,” I explained to her. “The sparrow is a bird who loves __________.No one can keep them in a cage. If they are caught, they will die quickly. They are __________ to living outside. Moreover, they have a warm nest under the eaves.”
From then on, we have set up a kind of relationship with the sparrow family. We feed them and __________ them as pet birds. However, we do not need to possess them. We __________ seeing these little birds flying and jumping among branches, leaves and flowers in the spring morning.
【1】
A.surprised
B.disappointed
C.excited
D.amazed
【2】
A.Naturally
B.Suddenly
C.Unfortunately
D.Finally
【3】
A.broke
B.happened
C.turned
D.burst
【4】
A.bury
B.put
C.dig
D.set
【5】
A.beginning
B.end
C.wish
D.reality
【6】
A.upset
B.encouraged
C.helped
D.impressed
【7】
A.stared
B.noticed
C.sensed
D.glared
【8】
A.look
B.act
C.feed
D.catch
【9】
A.throw
B.pour
C.pile
D.put
【10】
A.one after another
B.one another
C.every other
D.each other
【11】
A.free
B.happy
C.warm
D.cold
【12】
A.freedom
B.spring
C.trees
D.nests
【13】
A.safe
B.proud
C.grateful
D.used
【14】
A.think
B.treat
C.dream
D.appreciate
【15】
A.enjoy
B.would like
C.want
D.consider
31、For example, one evening when it was so warm, I stayed awake 【1】 until half past eleven 【2】 have a good look at the moon by myself. But as the moon gave far too much light, I didn’t dare open a window. Another time five months ago, I happened to be upstairs 【3】 when the window was open. I didn’t go downstairs until the window had to be shut. The dark, rainy evening, the wind, the 【4】 clouds held me 【5】 in their 【6】; it was the first time in a year and a half that I had seen the night 【7】.
32、假定你是李津,你校学生会正在举办题为Great changes around me的英文征文活动。请你根据表格内容写一篇英语短文参赛。
| 过去 | 现在 |
住房 | 房屋老旧 | 高楼林立 |
交通 | 交通不便 | 交通便利 |
饮食 | 简单 | 丰富 |
你的感受 | …… |
注意:1.词数不少于100;
2.要点齐全,但不要逐字翻译,可适当加入细节,使内容充实,行文连贯。
3.开头已给出,不计入总词数。
Great changes around me
Great changes have taken place around me in the past few years.
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