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1、How come every kid today is meant to be a champion for something _____ we know every kid can’t be a star?
A. in case B. as if
C. when D. unless
2、If Tom’s wife won’t go to the party,________.
A．he will either
B．neither will he
C．he neither will
D．either he will
3、We did have a quarrel about money last night，but now we have already_____________.
A.taken up B.put up
C.made up D.brought up
4、He doesn’t think that the plan is practical, _____?
A．does he
B．doesn’t he
C．is it
D．isn’t it
5、There are lots of examples of English idioms ________ animals are used.
A. which B. when
C. whose D. where
6、—Can we make it to the concert with such heavy traffic?
—Absolutely not.The pianist_______for about half an hour when we arrive.
A.will be playing B.has played C.will have played D.has been playing
7、—Why are you so mad at her?
—She should have given in to _______ and opened my handbag without my permission.
A. concern B. curiosity C. consideration D. convenience
8、When I was twenty, I had to________ before graduation and work in a clothes shop to help support my family.
A. come out B. stay out
C. leave out D. drop out
9、Soon after getting off his horse, the captain appeared at the second-floor windows, ______ he could see nothing but trees.
A. where B. from where
C. which D. from which
10、He ______ it on schedule, but somehow he fell behind.
A. must have done B. might finish
C. could have finished D. could finish
11、— Jennifer, you seem to be overjoyed
— ______? I have just received the offer from the National University of Singapore.
A. So what B. Guess what
C. What if D. What for
12、Languages across the world are becoming extinct______ endangered mammals and four times endangered birds.
A. at twice the rate of B. as twice fast as
C. twice faster as D. twice at the rate of
13、Because of the tight schedule and heavy workload of Grade 12, many students________ their lunch break to finish homework.
A．make fun of
B．take advantage of
C．keep pace with
D．keep an eye on
14、The shop owner will get all these goods ordered ___________ to the customers today.
A．to deliver
B．delivering
C．deliver
D．delivered
15、The thought took root in Europe long before people realized ______ diverse language could be.
A.how B.that C.what D.where
16、I would love _____ to the party last night but I had to work extra hours to finish a report.
A．to go
B．to have gone
C．going
D．having gone
17、All of a sudden, the thief walking behind a young and beautiful woman ________ her handbag, ________ into the crowd.
A．seizing；rushing
B．seizing；rushed
C．seized；rushing
D．seized；rushed
18、In fighting with enemies, the economy dropped greatly, ______, many lives were claimed.
A. on top of that B. in contrast
C. for another thing D. above all
19、---I will leave you two alone. I am sure you two must have a lot to________.
---Yes. It is two years since we last got together.
A．catch up
B．take in
C．bring out
D．give away
20、Some restaurants are happy to provide a free cake if you let them know in advance that you ________a group for a birthday party.
A．will be bringing
B．have brought
C．have been bringing
D．were bringing
21、Wearing a caveman mask, Dr. John Marzluff walks across the campus at the University of Washington in Seattle. Crows (乌鸦) circle and squawk (尖叫), diving at him and away.
Beneath the mask, he smiles. Days before, he and his students, wearing caveman masks, trapped them and placed colored plastic bands on their legs. Then they released the unhappy birds. When the researchers wandered around campus without the masks, the crows they had caught and banded did not react to them. But when the same humans walked by while wearing the masks, the crows scolded loudly and dived at their “enemies”.
At first, only the banded birds reacted aggressively to the people in masks. But in later tests, more and more crows joined in, and even when the banded birds were not around. “Crows think and dream, fight and play, reason and take risks,” he says. “Their antics confuse us.”
This led him to study how crows’ brains work. He and his students wore one type of mask as they captured crows and brought them into the lab, training them to link that face with danger. Then a different kind of mask for more positive activities, such as feeding and caring. Then he worked with scientists at the university who scan animal brains to see which parts of a crow's brain do certain tasks. Surprisingly, the scientists found that when the crow saw the “danger” mask, one part of its brain became active. When the crow saw the “care and feeding” mask, a different part of its brain lit up. The team has shown that crows use the same parts of their brains for recognition that humans do — something that was not known before!
More than 10 years after the first mask experiment, campus crows still scold the “cavemen”. Crows also recognize people who are kind to them. Crows are always watching us... and they remember.
【1】Why does Dr. John Marzluff smile?
A．He intends to show his kindness.
B．He realizes his trick has worked.
C．He is amused by the happy crows.
D．He is embarrassed at the crows’ response.
【2】What does the underlined word “antics” in the third paragraph probably refer to?
A．Ways of behaving.
B．Hunting types.
C．Flying models.
D．Chances of survival.
【3】Which of the following words can best describe the crows according to the text?
A．Sociable, intelligent and observant.
B．Noisy, dangerous and annoying.
C．Reasonable, cautious and aggressive.
D．Strong-headed, proud and popular.
【4】What can we conclude about crows from the fourth paragraph?
A．They share the same wisdom as humans do.
B．They never forgive those who once hurt them.
C．They only recognize the people who are bad to them.
D．They perform tasks with different parts of their brains.
22、 Raina Jain's STS project started in science class. Her teacher challenged teen and her classmates to find global problems in the news that lacked solutions. Raina, 17, zeroed in on colony collapse disorder in bees. This happens when worker bees abandon their hive, eventually causing the hive to die.
Raina visited a beekeeper, a friend of her parents. She wanted to observe this problem up close. “Every year, he loses 60 percent of his hives,” she learned. “That shocked me.”
Parasites play a role in colony collapse disorder. A chemical called thymol can help rid bees of the parasites. Beekeepers often leave out a thymol containing substance. Bees can apply it to themselves while cleaning. But that substance doesn't work the same way at all temperatures, Raina notes. On hot days, for instance, it releases higher levels of thymol-amounts that might harm bees. The substance also might limit bees' ability to fly.
Raina wondered if there was a better way to protect bees. She developed her own thymol-containing substance. Then she designed a 3D- printed beehive entrance that would coat the bees. She tested how fast her substance would degrade in the sun and wind by applying the substance to bee models. Raina even kept a beehive in her backyard to test the substance's effectiveness.
Now, hundreds of beekeepers around the United States are helping Raina further test her invention. “Probably the hardest part of my project was to get people to actually use it”, Raina says. “It took time and thousands of emails. But now further data collection is underway.”
【1】What does the underlined part in the first paragraph mean?
A．Avoided the field of.
B．Suffered from.
C．Knew nothing about.
D．Focused on.
【2】Why did Raina visit the beekeeper?
A．To ask advice from him.
B．To do field observation of bees.
C．To ask for some bees for experiments.
D．To observe how a beekeeper raises bees.
【3】Raina tested her thymol-containing substance on ________.
A．artificial bees
B．bees raised by herself
C．the beehive in her backyard
D．the 3D-printed beehive entrance
【4】What is Raina doing with her new invention at present?
A．Putting it into practical use.
B．Improving its effectiveness.
C．Finding out whether it works well.
D．Getting support for it from beekeepers.
23、 Katherine Rooks remembers when she first learned that a punctuation mark could be so powerful The Denver-based writer had sent her high school-aged son a text message-coming home from school. “I could tell from his response that he was offended all of a sudden. And when he came home, he walked in the door, came over and said, ‘What did you mean by this?’” Rooks was confused how could a simple text message send confusion?
“And so we looked at the text together and I said, ‘Well, I meant, see you later, or something. I don’t remember exactly what it said.’ And he said, ‘But you ended with a period! I thought you were really angry!’” Rooks wasn’t angry, and she explained to her son that periods are how you end a sentence.
But in text messaging—at least for younger adults—periods do more than just end a sentence: they also can set a tone. Gretchen McCulloch, a linguist said that when it comes to text messaging, the period has lost its original purpose because rather than needing a symbol to indicate the end of a sentence, you can simply hit send at the end of your message. That doesn’t mean the period has lost all purposes in text messaging. Now it can be used to indicate the gravity of a situation or a sense of finality.
However, caution is needed, said McCulloch, noting that problems can start to arise when you combine a period with a positive emotion, such as “Sure.” or “Sounds good.” “Now you’ve got positive words and serious punctuation and the clash between them is what creates that sense of passive-aggression,” said McCulloch.
Our language has evolved, and “what we have done with our incredible linguistic genius is finding ways to insert some kind of emotional, interpersonal information into texting,” said Celia Klin, a psychology professor at Binghamton University. “And what we have is things like periods, emoticons and other kinds of punctuation. So people have repurposed the period to mean something else.” And that something else is passive-aggression.
【1】What left Rooks at a loss?
A．Her son’s untimely coming home.
B．Her son’s heavy reliance on text messages.
C．Her son’s inability to adapt to high school life.
D．Her son’s unexpected reaction to the message.
【2】What did the son think of the period?
A．It aroused his anger.
B．It meant seriousness to him.
C．It brought embarrassment to him.
D．It appeared in an improper position.
【3】What does the underlined word “clash” in paragraph 4 mean?
A．Interval.
B．Exchange.
C．Mismatch.
D．Association.
【4】Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A．The basic rules of punctuation
B．Passive-aggression from punctuation
C．A debate about language evolution
D．Parents trouble with passive-aggression
24、 The shadow play is a typical traditional entertainment that has survived and thrived over the centuries. It is taken as an earliest ancestor of modern cinema.
Legend has it that more than 2,000 years ago，Emperor Wudi of the Western Han Dynasty was very depressed over the death of his favorite concubine（妃子）.To help him get over his sadness, a minister made a puppet out of cotton and silk in the likeness of the concubine and projected its shadow on a curtain for the emperor to see. The show brought the emperor some comfort. He somehow believed the shadow was his lover’ spirit. This is thought to be the beginning of the shadow play.
One mouth tells stories of thousands of years；a pair of hands operates millions of soldiers. This is how the shadow puppeteer works. Nicknamed “the business of the five”，a shadow puppet group is made up of five people. One operates the puppets, one plays a Suona and a Yueqin, one plays the Banhu, one is in charge of percussion（打击乐器）instruments, and one sings.
During performances, “actors” are held close to a white curtain with their colored shadows cast on it by a strong light from behind. The operator plays five puppets at the same time，each of which has three threads. Ten fingers handle fifteen threads. Moved by guiding sticks，the puppets play roles with musical accompaniment. The popularity of shadow play in some way lies in the equipment being light and easy to carry, the small number of people needed for a performance, and the flexible requirements for performance places. The plays can be quite dramatic and, when it comes to fairy tales or kungfu stories, the "actors" may be made to ride on clouds or perform unusual feats, to the great enjoyment of the audience, especially children.
The design of the figures follows traditional moral evaluation. The audience can tell a figure’s character by seeing his mask. Like the masks in Beijing Opera, a red mask represents honesty, a black mask, loyalty, and a white one, betrayal.
Nowadays, the shadow play has been industrialized and developed a series of tourist products for the promotion of Chinese culture and tourism.
【1】What is the second paragraph mainly about?
A.A love story of Emperor Wudi. B.How to please an Emperor.
C.The origin of the shadow play. D.How to make a cotton puppet.
【2】According to the author, the audience may take great pleasure___________.
A.when roles are played without music
B.because the equipment is light to carry
C.when the puppets give lively performances
D.because the number of the operators is small
【3】What is the best title for the text?
A.The Rapid Development of Beijing Opera
B.Shadow Puppetry: Traditional Arts and Crafts
C.The Business of the Five: A Shadow Puppet Group
D.Traditional Characters and Masks in Beijing Opera
【4】What is the author’s attitude towards the future of shadow play?
A.Negative. B.Doubtful.
C.Positive. D.Unconcerned.
25、 People live in the present. They plan for the future. History, ______, is the study of the past. Given all the ______ and pressures that come from living in the present and ______ what is yet to come, why bother with what has been? Given all the available branches of knowledge, why insist - as most ______ systems do - on history? And why encourage many students to study even more history than they are _____ to?
Any subject of study needs to be______: supporters must explain why it is worth ______. Like most widely accepted _____, history attracts people who simply ______ the information and modes of thought involved. But for people who are less interested in the subject and more ______ about why they should bother with it, a clearer explanation of its purpose is required.
____ do not perform heart transplants, improve highway design, or arrest criminals. In a society that quite correctly expects education to serve ______ purposes, history’s functions can seem more ______ to determine than those of engineering or medicine. History is in fact very useful, actually _____, but the products of historical study are often less ______ and immediate than those of other subjects.
History helps us understand people, societies and how they ______. For example, how can we ______ past wars (and future threats) without using historical materials? Unfortunately, major aspects of a society’s operation cannot be set up as precise experiments. ______, history must serve, however imperfectly, as our ______, helping us understand who we are and why we do what we do. This, fundamentally, is why we cannot ______ history.
【1】A.otherwise B.besides C.however D.therefore
【2】A.causes B.demands C.choices D.orders
【3】A.avoiding B.fearing C.celebrating D.expecting
【4】A.financial B.social C.educational D.political
【5】A.required B.invited C.forced D.permitted
【6】A.introduced B.explored C.justified D.dropped
【7】A.protection B.attention C.expectation D.mention
【8】A.subjects B.concepts C.topics D.concerns
【9】A.provide B.receive C.share D.like
【10】A.doubtful B.worried C.thoughtful D.certain
【11】A.Supporters B.Historians C.Audiences D.Teachers
【12】A.public B.multiple C.different D.useful
【13】A.difficult B.sensible C.secure D.beneficial
【14】A.optional B.attractive C.accessible D.vital
【15】A.valuable B.interesting C.obvious D.instructive
【16】A.feel B.behave C.fight D.live
【17】A.prevent B.remember C.evaluate D.declare
【18】A.Consequently B.Alternatively C.Fortunately D.Admittedly
【19】A.library B.laboratory C.clinic D.museum
【20】A.make up for B.give in to C.get close to D.stay away from
26、假设你是晨光中学高三学生李津。最近收到了你的英国朋友Chris的一封电子邮件，得知他已被剑桥大学（the University of Cambridge）录取。请你给他回复一封邮件，内容包括：
（1）向Chris表示祝贺；
（2）谈谈你在大学专业（major）选择上的困惑；
（3）向对方征求意见和建议。
注意：
（1）词数不少于100；
（2）可适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯；
（3）开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Chris,
How is everything going?
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Yours,
Li Jin
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