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1、There’s no way of knowing why one man makes an important discovery __________ another man, also intelligent, fails.
A.while B.when C.where D.why
2、—Can he get the first prize for running in this sports meeting?
—Impossible now. He _____ to do so, but he has just hurt his leg.
A.is expected B.had been expected C.was expected D.would expect
3、It’s true that beauty does not always meet with a single, uniform standard. A person’s cultural background, for example, may influence ______ he or she find attractive in others.
A. that B. which
C. what D. when
4、I’m sorry you have been waiting so long, but it will still be some time ________ you can get your passport.
A．since
B．till
C．after
D．before
5、—Jack should have calmed down at the party!
—But the kids made so much noise that he couldn’t help but _______.
A. face the music B. eat like a bird
C. mend his ways D. fly off the handle
6、Not until the end of the performance ________ the chance to take photos with the respectable actor.
A. the audience got B. the audience had got
C. did the audience get D. had the audience got
7、Nothing shakes a parent’s confidence ______ the starting of a child’s adolescence.
A. as well as B. as much as C. as good as D. as long as
8、— You speak very good French!
—Thanks. I________ French in Nankai University for four years.
A．studied
B．study
C．was studying
D．had studied
9、There is an old proverb, “Love me, love my dog.” But there is ______ wisdom in this: “Love me, love my book.”
A.some B.much C.more D.most
10、Betty is so lucky to be ______ such a beautiful singing voice.
A．bored with
B．blessed with
C．devoted to
D．related to
11、—I can’t think why he ______ so angry. I meant no offence.
—It’s typical of him to be sensitive.
A.must have been B.should have been
C.might have been D.can have been
12、None of the underwater workers has been harmed by the great fish．______，most fish were so friendly that they played with the instruments．
A．Instead B．Even though
C．However D．Though
13、_____ entirely with the flagship smartphone and directed by Peter Chan (陈可辛), the 7-minute video follows a train attendant on a six-day train journey from Nanning to Harbin.
A. Shot B. Pictured C. Screened D. Videoed
14、—Tu Youyou proves with hardships _______ great honor.
—Sure. Opportunities favour the prepared mind.
A. comes B. will come C. is coming D. are coming
15、—Could I keep the novel for a couple of days?
—________! Anyhow I’m too busy to spare time to read it at the moment.
A．Come on
B．Go ahead
C．Take care of it
D．No way
16、The most unforgettable moment for me was _____ I graduated from high school.
A. when B. where C. how D. why
17、It wasn't until I ______ took part in the activity that I understood the meaning of it.
A.actively B.personally
C.rarely D.normally
18、Tony is really quick at taking notes in class, as almost every word his professor says ______ in his notebook.
A. goes down B. puts down
C. writes down D. keeps down
19、Some experts hold the view that fundamental construction is _____ the key to the little island development lies.
A. which B. what C. where D. why
20、I guess there's little chance that we can manage to change the present situation worldwide_____, it is important that we try our best.
A.Furthermore B.Otherwise C.Therefore D.Nevertheless
21、The story of the most sustainable pair of jeans is also the story of a family whose members have dedicated their lives to denim innovation. It is the great-great-grandson of the family business founder who has brought Candiani and whole fashion industry to new heights by creating the first fully biodegradable stretch denim.
Alberto Candiani, the current owner of Candiani, created the first fully biodegradable jeans using a plant-based yarn obtained from natural rubber. Once the innovative denim came to life, a brand new pair of jeans was put to the test by being buried in forest land for six months. At the end of that period, Candiani’s team discovered the fibers had almost fully broken down. The new technology is called Coreva. “These garments are extremely durable, but at the end of their life, you could send them back to us and we recycle them, or you could fertilize your vegetables with them,” Alberto Candiani said.
Jeans generate an environmental impact that has become a real global challenge. According to the United Nations Environment Programme, it takes around 2000 gallons of water to make a typical pair of jeans. And during production, around 71 pounds of carbon dioxide are released. What’s more, most jeans are manufactured with stretch denim made with plastic, which can take hundreds of years to degrade.
But by creating a circular model in which fabrics are biodegradable at the end of their lifecycle, tons of garments can be prevented from ending up in landfills. Candiani has not only achieved this by going plastic-free, but the manufacturer has also reduced water use by 75 percent and the use of chemicals by 65 percent. Although Candiani creates a product that is about double the price of traditional denim due to the higher labor and more manufacturing costs involved, business is booming. Not only has the company tripled its production, but its motto of “the greenest mill in the blue world” is credible.
【1】What is highlighted about Candiani in paragraph 1?
A．It is dedicated to clothing innovation.
B．It has the most sustainable pair of jeans.
C．It enters a new phase by creating greener fabrics.
D．Its founder’s taken the fashion industry to a new level.
【2】What do we know about the innovative denim?
A．It can be reused to nourish plants.
B．It is made of recycled materials.
C．It uses Coreva to make it extremely durable.
D．It can last for six months under the forest land.
【3】What’s the function of paragraph 3 in the passage?
A．To explain the possible reasons for global warming.
B．To show the bad effects of jeans on the environment.
C．To raise people’s awareness of environmental protection.
D．To emphasize the value of the new denim by contrast.
【4】Which of the following can best describe Candiani’s innovation?
A．Doing a hard but thankless job.
B．Killing two birds with one stone.
C．Putting the cart before the horse.
D．Solving the problem one and for all.
22、When I read that we spend almost three hours every day checking our smartphones, I was shocked. What was I missing in the real world when walking down the street, lost in a virtual world of social media updates and videos of dogs on bicycles? I promised myself I would use my smartphone less, but it didn’t happen. Then one day my phone died and I had to wait a week for a new one.【1】I thought it would be hard, but in fact it was quite easy—and surprising in a good way for a number of reasons!
The first consequence was quite amazing—On the first day in the office without my phone, I was thinking more deeply and concentrating more. I rediscovered my brain!【2】Another consequence was that I actually talked to people more and felt more connected to them. I realized I was being more responsive to their news and sympathetic to their problems because I wasn’t constantly checking my phone. 【3】Their kindness made me feel welcome, and I discovered my brain has very good GPS!
At the very beginning, I was worried that I would be bored without my phone, but actually I enjoyed it—I’d forgotten how much I love books and newspapers.【4】And I also sensed that I slept so much better and felt more awake in the morning.
At times it was inconvenient to have no mobile internet connection, but all in all, there were a lot of benefits from not being connected 24/7. So, if you think you use your smartphone too much, put it away for a few days and see what happens.【5】
A．Would I survive?
B．What’s the problem?
C．You never know, you may become smarter!
D．Without a phone at hand I was more productive.
E．Reading everyday made me feel a lot more special.
F．I’m a lot more careful about how much I use it now.
G．Another day I was in a new city and I asked people for directions.
23、 Staying up late doing homework is always tiring. And perhaps when we become tired, we feel the need to eat unhealthy snack food. Recently scientists have been investigating tiredness and snack food.
According to a study in The Journal of Neuroscience, people are more likely to take snacks when they don't get enough sleep.
For the study, researchers from University of Cologne in Germany gave the same dinner to 32 healthy men aged between 19 and 33. Half of the men were then sent home to bed, and the other half were kept awake in the laboratory all night.
The next morning, the participants were asked to consider how much they would be willing to pay for snack food items shown to them in pictures.
According to the researchers, all were similarly hungry in the morning, and had similar levels of most hormones（荷尔蒙）and blood sugar.
However, brain scans showed that when the sleep-deprived（缺少睡眠的）participants looked at the pictures of junk food, they released more of the "hunger hormone". This is the hormone responsible for increasing the appetite, and making us consume more.
Asked about how much they would pay for snacks, "Participants with sleep deprivation were more willing to overspend on food items than those with a good night's sleep," researchers told Science Daily.
Researchers also observed that among the people who hadn't slept, there was greater activity in the part of the brain where food rewards are processed.
The scientists think that sleep-deprived people experience changes to the hunger hormone and the brain's reward system that then leads to a stronger desire to eat snacks with high fat and calories.
"This brings us a little closer to understanding the mechanism（机制）behind how sleep deprivation changes food valuation," Professor Jan Peters, a co-author of the study from the University of Cologne, told The Independent.
Some tips on this:
* Listen to some soft music to relieve your tiredness.
* Do some slight exercise for a short time when you're tired.
* Eat yogurt or fruits to replace snacks with high fat and calories.
* Distance yourself from snacks.
【1】What can we know from the first two paragraphs?
A．Less sleep leads to more snacks.
B．Staying up late does harm to health.
C．Tiredness is the cause of less sleep.
D．We need no snacks when we sleep.
【2】What makes people eat more junk food according to the study?
A．Blood sugar.
B．Food items.
C．The hunger hormone.
D．Fat and calories.
【3】Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A．People who lack sleep usually spend less on food items.
B．Listening to soft music helps people feel relaxed.
C．Exercise as much as you can when you are tired.
D．People who sleep well can get food rewards.
【4】What's the author's attitude towards snacks?
A．Positive.
B．Indifferent.
C．Negative.
D．Neutral.
24、 Mistake is an act or judgement that is misguided or wrong. As long as we exist, we make mistakes consciously or unconsciously. Some mistakes are made because of the lack of knowledge or experience. 【1】 We name it as a habit or laziness.
Mistakes do not mean Failure.
It is not always a mistake if you fail at something. Sometimes failure happens when we do things for the first time to get out of our comfort zone. This is how we learn. It is important to make such experiments to move forward in life. When we try something new and fail, we face a lot of criticism. 【2】 But never be discouraged from these mistakes in life. Never quit. The important is to learn from the mistakes so that you can do it better next time.
Do you learn from mistakes?
【3】 This is the reason we keep repeating them. Each mistake offers a lesson if we are ready to grab it. Check yourself. List the things that you want to do differently but repeat them every day. It could be something related to your relationship. It hurts when you fight with your loved ones. You know that you have your own share of mistake. Then you decide to take care next time. However, it happens again next day.
What did you learn from yesterday? You cannot always blame the other one. What have you learned? Do not give me excuse of habit. 【4】 See mistakes as a part of life. See them as an event from which you can always learn something. 【5】 How beautiful our life will be if we stop regretting the past mistakes and lay them down to serve as a path for a better future!
A．We can not change what has happened
B．They just exist to make us strong with time.
C．It creates fear inside us and stops us taking next steps.
D．It is easy to make mistakes but hard to learn from them.
E．However, there are some mistakes we repeat every day knowingly.
F．You can always break a habit by a little practice every day if you really want to.
G．It is important to realize that we do not just learn by making mistakes but correcting those mistakes.
25、I don't remember how many years ago it was. However, I'm pretty ________ that it was a while back because I still had a cassette(磁带) player at the time. I had much housework to do. I was ________ of television and was in the mood for music. Then I pulled out one of my favorite cassettes and put it in the player. It started to play but before long the music ________ slopped. I opened the player and saw the tape in the cassette was all pulled out and twisted(缠绕). I ________ the old pencil rick to get the tape back in place but it was already broken beyond ________. I didn't want to ________ another of my cassettes with a tape-eating machine, but I really wanted some music. Then I ________ my ancient record player in the corner. I walked over and ________ off the top of it. I pulled out an old record of my mom's that my dad had forwarded me after her ________. I turned on the record player and a beautiful melody(旋律) from my childhood filled my ________. The sweet songs I grew up on slowly started to stir my ________. I felt the music within coming out of me. My spirit felt like singing so I started to sing, letting my voice ________ in merrily with the songs. At that moment I could feel the ________ of the universe all around me.
We all have music within us just waiting to ________. Don't let your music die within you. ________ your song with the world.
【1】
A．proud
B．certain
C．curious
D．doubtful
【2】
A．aware
B．typical
C．scared
D．tired
【3】
A．suddenly
B．eventually
C．naturally
D．frequently
【4】
A．ignored
B．recommended
C．tried
D．described
【5】
A．recognition
B．reach
C．control
D．repair
【6】
A．leave
B．risk
C．equip
D．abuse
【7】
A．noticed
B．missed
C．adjusted
D．assessed
【8】
A．took
B．pushed
C．washed
D．dusted
【9】
A．retirement
B．death
C．resignation
D．treatment
【10】
A．life
B．memories
C．ears
D．body
【11】
A．soul
B．effort
C．desire
D．interest
【12】
A．cut
B．drop
C．join
D．break
【13】
A．focus
B．meaning
C．comfort
D．joy
【14】
A．move around
B．get out
C．run away
D．come over
【15】
A．Discuss
B．Replace
C．Share
D．Compare
26、假定你是李华。6月5日是世界环境日 (World Environment Day)，你校将开展一次以“Building a better home”为题的演讲比赛。请你用英语写一篇演讲稿，内容包括:
1. 世界环境日的宗旨；
2. 你的做法；
3. 你的呼吁。
注意:
1. 写作词数应为80左右:
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
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