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1、—It isn’t very nice if someone is yelling in public.
—________. It’s annoying.
A. Sorry, I’m not with you B. I couldn’t agree more
C. I’m afraid not D. I have no idea
2、—Do you have any idea why Jenny left the firm?
—Probably, she _______ for a pay rise, but was turned down.
A. has held out B. has been holding out
C. held out D. holds out
3、The massive appeal of China’ s online literature has also ________ its reach to millions of readers worldwide.
A.evolved B.slipped C.extended D.shaped
4、Go for a walk in the countryside, you can enjoy the beautiful views and a peaceful atmosphere.
A．when
B．which
C．where
D．what
5、The ancient historic site is extremely expensive to________, but the local government spends some money repairing it every three years.
A．preserve
B．deserve
C．appreciate
D．celebrate
6、________ people food, housing and jobs is what a government should first consider after a natural disaster happens.
A. Offered B. Offering
C. Offer D. Being offered
7、Don't you know ________? Whether they're late or early, looking out of the window won't bring them here any quicker.
A. a little pot is soon hot
B. a watched pot never boils
C. cheerful company shortens the miles
D. forgive and forget
8、 The farmers’ living conditions have improved _______ ever since the policy of supporting agriculture was introduced.
A. differently B. roughly
C. approximately D. significantly
9、I have heard that it is a common _______ in that country to hold a big party to celebrate when a child turns 15.
A．practice
B．method
C．evidence
D．effects
10、It’s generally believed that the popular South Korean drama Man From the Stars is ________ in creative storylines as in pretty faces and fashion.
A. such a successful example
B. so successful an example
C. as a successful example
D. as successful an example
11、In universities in China, classes are often arranged in more flexible___ and a lot of jobs are offered to the students after graduation.
A. patterns B. ranks C. grades D. scales
12、I don’t believe what you said, but if you can prove it, you may be able to ________ me.
A．convince
B．confirm
C．guarantee
D．inform
13、Efforts will be made to______ new teaching models to exploit the students’ potential.
A. accelerate B. innovate
C. differentiate D. compile
14、In the face of unfair phenomenon, we should not________ from defending social justice.
A．swallow
B．swell
C．shrink
D．stroke
15、 As was known to all, John had broken his promise ___ he would stay with us for some time .
A. when B. which
C. that D. what
16、 Life is always full of hardships. _______ a better life, we need positive energy.
A. Live B. To live
C. Living D. Lived
17、________ the mistake in the beginning, the problem could have been prevented at its source.
A.Had not the company ignored B.If the companydidn't ignore
C.Had the company not ignored D.Would the companynot ignore
18、______ made the dining room extra special is its polished wooden floor.
A. What B.That C.Who D. Which
19、---I was wondering whether perhaps you could remember the name of the place.
---I’m afraid that________ me for the moment.
A．reminds
B．puzzles
C．disturbs
D．escapes
20、— Frank, you need to refresh yourself with a cup of coffee.
—Yeah, I went to bed very late last night, ________, early this morning.
A．rather than
B．what’s more
C．or rather
D．what’s worse
21、Any time of the day you can commit to exercising is a good time for getting active. However, the best time for exercise is different for each person.【1】
Determine when you have the most energy. Do you struggle to get out of the bed in the morning or do you wake up energized and ready to go? Are you a night owl and never get to bed before midnight? Once you establish what your sleep tendencies are, you will have a better idea of when your body is most ready to exercise. 【2】You are more likely to hit the snooze button instead of getting a workout in.
Consider your daily schedule. When are you the busiest?【3】Try to fit in exercise before or at least around these events. Some people would prefer to get it out of the way first thing, while others prefer to put it off until the end of the day when they are all caught up.
Determine your exercise goals. If you are trying to develop a routine, you may want to exercise in the morning. People who exercise in the morning are more consistent.【4】If you are trying to improve your performance, evening exercise may be best. You may experience less tiredness, quicker reaction times, and more strength and flexibility in the evening. If you are trying to lose weight, you may want to exercise in the morning before you have eaten when your body is more likely to use fat instead of carbohydrates for energy
【5】This way, you’ll see how you feel and find the time that works best with your schedule. Keep an exercise log to help you evaluate each time.
A．This will give your body time to relax.
B．Do you perform better in the morning or at night?
C．You may not feel like exercising after a long day of work.
D．When do you tend to schedule your most important tasks?
E．Consider your lifestyle and exercise goals to find the right time.
F．If you’re not a morning person, do not schedule an early morning workout.
G．Anyway, you’d better experiment with both morning and evening workouts.
22、For Lydia Koniordou, a famous Greek actress and former Greek minister of culture and sports, cultural preservation is essential to help people know who they are and learn what they should do in the future.
“The taller you want to grow, the deeper your roots must be. Our cultural past is our roots. If we don’t have really strong roots and depth in our perception (认识) of our identity, we cannot grow. Without these roots, we will be torn out very easily with the currents,” she told the journalist in a recent interview, adding cultural heritage is in fact very much alive and relevant today.
Speaking of her teaching experience overseas, Koniordou said she was very much impressed by her Chinese students when she gave seminars on ancient Greek tragedy at the Shanghai Theatre Academy in 2014-15. When the students worked on Alcestis, an Athenian tragedy by ancient Greek playwright Euripides, they thoroughly researched the costumes they would be wearing, the set, and the lights, among others, she recalled. “I feel they evolved and were transformed by this experience as I was transformed. They did not just play a role, but created a whole world and that is why the production had so much interest also for the spectators,” she said.
Koniordou participated in the production of Euripides ‘Electra’ together with Greek director Kostas Tsianos. “Tsianos did something very important for Greek culture. He connected folk forms of art, folk dances, songs and poetry with our classical past. We presented this performance in many places around the world, and the feeling that it stirred in the audience was quite similar, even though they didn’t always understand the language,” she said.
The Chinese civilization is a huge tree with very deep roots, and Greece also has a rich ancient civilization, she said, adding she believes that the two countries could promote cooperation and exchanges in many fields, such as in preservation of antiques.
【1】What can we learn from paragraph 2?
A．Cultural heritage is easily damaged.
B．The importance of cultural preservation.
C．The taller growth wants the deeper roots.
D．We are easily torn out with the currents.
【2】What did Koniordou do in Shanghai?
A．She played a role and was loved by the spectators.
B．She researched the costumes, the set, and the lights.
C．She studied the art of Chinese performance as a student.
D．She promoted the students’ understanding of Greek culture.
【3】Why did Koniordou cooperate with Kostas Tsianos?
A．To indicate her friendship with Tsianos.
B．To show Koniordou was also expert at directing.
C．To popularize and promote traditional Greek culture.
D．To introduce the art achievement of Tsianosin.
【4】What will the text probably talk about in the following part?
A．Cultural preservation in China.
B．The way to preserve cultural heritage.
C．The introduction of other Greek art productions.
D．Cooperation between Chinese and Greek culture.
23、 “The Great Good Place” is a short story by American novelist Henry James, first published in 1900. Its theme is that people need a place where they can escape the grind of daily life. This is an idea that Howard Schultz, who turned the Starbucks coffee chain into an international giant, used in his business strategy.
Born in 1952, Schultz grew up in Brooklyn. After university, he worked for a firm supplying coffee-making equipment. Shortly after working there, Schultz noticed that a company in Seattle was buying a surprisingly large amount of the firm's equipment, and he decided to investigate. It turned out to be a simple coffee-bean store, but its owners were committed to teaching the public to appreciate good coffee.
This store in Seattle opened in 1971 and took its name from Starbuck, a sailor in the classic novel Moby Dick. Its logo was a two-tailed mermaid. Fascinated by its owners' commitment to coffee, Schultz joined Starbucks. Later, on a trip to Europe, he was impressed by the way that street cafés in Italy were both meeting points and places to drink espresso. This was something American didn't have yet.
In 1985, Schultz started his own coffee-bar business, which soon became a success. Two years later, he got together with some other investors and bought Starbucks for US $ 3. 8 million. Adopting the name and logo, Schultz developed a marketing strategy that turned ordinary cafés into fashionable outlets for coffee. He used clever tricks, such as selling coffee in "short", "tall" and "grande" size rather than the usual small, medium, and large. Customers learned to pronounce unfamiliar Italian names like latte and macchiato. Schultz actually created a market that hadn't existed before.
Within 20 years, Schultz had taken coffee culture from the streets of Europe to almost every city in developed countries. Today, millions of people a week visit Starbucks locations in countries globally. Clearly, these customers are happy with the "great good place".
【1】What does the underlined word “grind” mean in paragraph 1?
A．boredom
B．flavor
C．virtue
D．intervention
【2】Why did Schultz decide to join Starbucks?
A．He wanted to expand his business of equipment.
B．His trip Europe instructed him and changed his initial mind.
C．He was struck by the its owner's devotion to coffee.
D．He was impressed by the relaxing atmosphere in Starbucks.
【3】According to the passage, Schultz's business strategies do NOT include .
A．opening stores all over the world.
B．changing the name and logo of the store at some locations.
C．selling coffee in “short”, “tall” and “grande” sizes.
D．His wisdom and cooperation with other investors.
【4】What is the main idea of the passage?
A．The Starbucks coffee chain originated in Seattle.
B．Street cafes in Italy usually have far more customers than cafes in America.
C．Starbucks are what American novelist Henry James described “great good places”。
D．Schultz successfully transformed Starbucks into an international giant.
24、Yosemite National Park, California
In 1890 Yosemite became a national park. It had been inhabited (居住) by Miwok people for some 4,000 years. Yet during the Gold Rush from 1849 to 1851, the land saw the coming of thousands of miners. In 1851 the Miwok people began to be removed by force from their homes. By 1910, just one in ten of the original inhabitants remained.
Sequoia National Park, California
This national park was established on 25 September 1890. It was created protect the towering sequoia trees. Today, the oldest tree in the 629-square mile park is the General Sherman Tree -it’s thought to be 2,300 to 2,700 years old. The park’s diverse landscape includes the Sierra Nevada mountains, as well as deep valleys, craggy foothills and impressive caves.
Deadwood, South Dakota
It might look like a western film but Deadwood is the real deal. After the discovery of gold in the nearby southern Black Hills in 1874, some 250,000 miners poured to the region and the city was founded in 1876. Owing its name to the dead trees filling the valley in which it was built, it quickly earned a reputation as a lawless outpost associated with gambling, gold seekers and Wild West legends (传奇).
Whitney Plantation, Louisiana
Whitney Plantation is a reminder of America’s history of slavery (奴隶制). Established in 1752, the site was home to more than 350 slaves, whose names can be seen carved onto the Wall of Honor today. A recording from 1819 reveals that 19 out of the 61 slaves on the plantation at the time were African -born survivors of an Atlantic crossing. Today, visitors can learn more about the lives of enslaved people during this period.
【1】What do Yosemite National Park and Deadwood have in common?
A．They are famous movie sets.
B．They were founded in the 1870s.
C．They used to be flooded by gold miners.
D．They are inhabited by native Americans.
【2】Which is a place to see towering old trees?
A．Yosemite National Park.
B．Sequoia National Park.
C．Deadwood.
D．Whitney Plantation.
【3】What kind of places is the text about?
A．Places of natural beauty.
B．Places to learn about slavery.
C．Places located in deep valleys.
D．Places giving a sense of history.
25、 Father was an adventurer and lover of trees. So I was not ______ when he decided one day to climb the big fir tree behind our house. Standing on the top rung (横档 ) of a ladder, Father could not reach even the ______ branches. He said as he climbed down, “Maybe one day you can ______ out a way to get to the top. You will see the ______ from a broader perspective.” The big tree rose ______ into the sky. I was ______ as it seemed like an impossible idea. But I said I could.
I began by climbing up smaller trees ______ by bigger ones. At twelve, I succeeded in ______ a 100-metre-tall cedar tree successfully and was fascinated by the ______ over the rooftops.
Father went abroad for work ______ I was fourteen. I climbed even more because it ______ me of him. I could feel his strong, gentle ______ in the branches. ______, I still had not gathered the courage to climb The Big One. This made me feel ashamed. I had not fulfilled my ______ made to Father.
Then I went mountain climbing with friends and ______ the skill of using ropes. With my new-found ______, I decided to climb the big fir tree. I carefully hauled myself up one branch after another. I would have fallen thirty meters to certain death had it not been ______ the rope.
When I ______ the top of the tree at last, the sight caught my breath. “The higher the tree, the more you’ll see,” Father’s voice ______ in my mind. The majestic peaks of Mount Rainier rose in the glow of the evening sky. High up there I felt like Father was there too, beside me. I could see his smile of ______ because I had made it to the top for both of us.
A．ashamed
B．frightened
C．surprised
D．concerned
A．freshest
B．highest
C．biggest
D．lowest
A．figure
B．take
C．make
D．turn
A．sky
B．tree
C．world
D．house
A．quickly
B．gradually
C．wildly
D．grandly
A．hopeful
B．doubtful
C．thankful
D．faithful
A．grown
B．surrounded
C．followed
D．covered
A．climbing
B．planting
C．finding
D．cutting
A．sight
B．scene
C．scenery
D．view
A．though
B．unless
C．when
D．until
A．remembered
B．reminded
C．informed
D．convinced
A．voice
B．prediction
C．determination
D．presence
A．Besides
B．Therefore
C．However
D．Otherwise
A．dream
B．decision
C．responsibility
D．promise
A．showed off
B．picked up
C．took over
D．got through
A．confidence
B．suggestions
C．inspiration
D．certificates
A．on
B．for
C．with
D．by
A．overlooked
B．examined
C．seized
D．reached
A．kept
B．rang
C．raised
D．warned
A．approval
B．embarrassment
C．sympathy
D．permission
26、阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
Amy Hagadom, a third-grade girl in Fort Wayne, Indiana, impressed people all across the country by bravely speaking up to make a simple yet remarkable wish.
As Amy Hagadorn rounded the comer across the hall from her classroom, she knocked into a tall boy from the fifth grade running in the opposite direction.
“Watch it, squirt (矮子).” The boy yelled as he passed by the little third-grader. Then, with a bad smile on his face, the boy took hold of his right leg and copied the way Amy limped (跛行) when she walked.
Amy closed her eyes. Ignore him, she told herself as she headed for her classroom. But at the end of the day, Amy was still thinking about the tall boy's mean teasing. It wasn't as if he were the only one. It seemed that ever since Amy started the third grade, someone teased her every single day. Kids teased her about her speech or her limping. Amy was tired of it. Sometimes, even in a classroom full of other students,the teasing made her feel very lonely.
Back home at the dinner table that evening, Amy was quiet. Her mother knew that things were not going well at school. That’s why Patti Hagadorn was happy to have some exciting news to share with her daughter.
“There’s a Christmas wish contest on the radio station,”Amy’s mom announced.“Write a letter to Santa, and you might win a prize.”
Amy giggled.The contest sounded like fun. She started thinking about what she wanted most for Christmas.
A smile took hold of Amy when the idea first came to her. Out came pencil and paper, and Amy went to work on her letter.
Dear Santa Claus.
My name is Amy. I am nine years old. I have a problem at school. Can you help me Santa? Kids laugh at me because of the way I walk and run and talk. I have a serious disease. I just want one day where no one laughs at me or makes fun of me. Love, Amy.
注意：
1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右：
2.至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语：
3.续写部分为两段。开头语己为你写好：
4.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Para.1
When Amy's letter arrived at the radio station, manager Lee Tobin read it carefully.
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Para. 2
Suddenly the postman in the community was a regular at the Hagadom house.
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