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1、Why did she do a thing like that? It doesn't seem to __________.
A.set out B.sell out C.make sense D.settle down
2、She is quite________to office work. You had better offer her some suggestions when necessary.
A. familiar B. similar
C. fresh D. sensitive
3、The government calls on us to avoid visiting crowded areas and medical institutions _______ it is necessary.
A.while B.because C.unless D.when
4、---Let’s go to the cinema this Sunday morning.
---I’d love to, but I ________ as a volunteer in my community then.
A. will work B. have worked
C. will be working D. was working
5、She was such a proud person that she would die she would admit she was wrong.
A．since
B．when
C．unless
D．before
6、It rained heavily in the south, _________ serious flooding in several provinces.
A．caused
B．causing
C．having caused
D．to cause
7、All the information available has been checked, but ________ is directly relevant to this murder case.
A.nothing B.it C.no one D.none
8、To ______ the turkey, people often prepare other things, such as cornbread, mashed potatoes (土豆泥), and pumpkin or apple pie.
A.come across B.go with C.search for D.figure out
9、We hurriedly ended our meeting, leaving many problems ______.
A.to be settled B.to settle C.settled D.having settled
10、I writing the paper as scheduled, but my mother’s illness interfered. I hope you will excuse me.
A. am to have finished B. was to have finished
C. was to finish D. ought to finish
11、______my weak spots can make me become a better person.
A．Having been known
B．Knowing
C．Known
D．To be known
12、All agree,in the fierce competition,honesty is a vital__________of her success.
A.evidence B.element C.concept D.criterion
13、Kate lost all his three games to AlphaGo, world's top human player _____.
A.although is he B.so he is C.as he is D.as is he
14、Not until I had watched the football match between Brazil and Germany _________ to bed last night.
A. I went B. I had gone
C. did I go D. had I gone
15、When are you going to return my novel? Don’t worry. You ____ have your book soon, I promise.
A．shall
B．should
C．may
D．must
16、The wooden tower that _________ will be open to tourists soon, and the work is almost finished.
A．is being restored
B．is restored
C．is restoring
D．restores
17、He is rich and brave. __________ is no wonder he is popular with girls.
A.There B.That C.It D.What
18、-Sir, Kevin has promised to complete the project to be arranged.
-The question is, can he ______?
A.address B.subscribe C.deliver D.salute
19、The mother goes mad every time she washes the T-shirt__________ her son wipes his dirty hands.
A．that
B．where
C．which
D．when
20、— Mike will announce his retirement from professional soccer next week.
—________! He’s only 25 and still very fit.
A．I don’t mind at all
B．I couldn’t agree more
C．You will make it
D．You can’t be serious
21、 There is a very long list of rules for the New York City subway. Don’t put your feet on a seat, don’t carry open cups of coffee or soda, don’t take more than one seat... Those are just a few of the rules. There are hundreds more.
With so many rules, why is it still unpleasant to ride the subway?
Some people think that the problem is that no one enforces the rules. Other passengers sometimes try to enforce rules. But you can’t rely on them because New Yorkers have unwritten rules against talking to strangers and making eye contact with strangers. How can you tell someone to take her shopping bags off the seat and throw away her Coke without talking to her or looking at her? It is difficult.
There are other New Yorkers who think that the subway is unpleasant because there are not enough rules. One rider wrote a letter to The New York Times a couple of weeks ago suggesting a few more subway rules. Here are some of the rules that she would like to see:
-Don’t lean on the poles. You prevent other people from holding on. They can fall down.
-Talk quietly. The trains are already too noisy.
-Give your seat to elderly passengers or to parents with small children.
If those unwritten rules of etiquette are written down, will the rude people be more likely to follow them? It doesn’t make sense to make more rules that no one will enforce.
The real problem is that we are forgetting how to be nice to each other. It is embarrassing that we need a rule to tell us to give our seat to elderly passengers. Nobody should need to be reminded to do that.
I say we stop talking about the rules and try to remember our manners. Let’s be nice to each other not because a police officer might tell us to get off the train, but because it is the right thing to do. Then New York City would be more civilized -both above ground and below.
【1】Don’t make eye contact and don’t talk to strangers are examples of________.
A.New York subway rules B.personal preferences on the subway
C.behavioral habits in New York City D.unpleasant experiences on the subway
【2】In the writer’s opinion, what measures should be taken?
A.The authority should set stricter rules.
B.The government should employ more police.
C.The citizens should ride the subway less.
D.Everyone should take better care of their behavior.
【3】The underlined word “etiquette” is closest in meaning to____.
A.manners B.phenomena C.festivals D.moods
【4】The author wrote this article in order to____.
A.introduce an unwritten rule for New Yorkers
B.describe an unpleasant ride on the subway.
C.present a real problem of disorder in the New York City.
D.give a civilized suggestion on improving the riding environment.
22、 It’s not every day that you see pigeons(鸽子)with cowboy hats on their tiny heads walking or flying around, unless you live in Las Vegas, where cowboy-hat-wearing pigeons are actually a thing people have been constantly taking about these days.
It all started on December 5, when a Las Vegas citizen named Bobby Lee noticed two funny-looking birds walking near a dustbin. The pigeons drew his attention because they were wearing tiny cowboy hats — one red and one grey — so he took out his smartphone and started filming them. Later, he uploaded the video online, where is quickly spread. The next day, everyone was talking about Las Vegas’ cowboy-hat-wearing pigeons, and Lee was getting phone calls from agencies trying to license his video.
It was only a matter of time before news outlets picked up the story and reported on the mysterious pigeon cowboys spotted around Las Vegas. The only link anyone could think of was the Wrangler National Rodeo Finals that were taking place in town at the time, but the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, which organized the event, denied any involvement.
While some netizens just found the idea cute and jumped at the opportunity to catch the pigeons on camera if they spotted them around Vegas, others expressed concern about the birds’ well-being. They even mentioned animal cruelty.
Hillman, the founder of local pigeon rescue Lofty Hopes, said that her organization was trying to track down the birds and remove their hats, but trapping them with food has proven very difficult so far. That’s because the two known cowboy-hat-wearing pigeons have become very popular around Las Vegas, and people are constantly throwing them much food.
“When you see them today, you could see some loose feathers in the glue around the hat, and it’s surely a concern,” Hillman said, adding that she believed the hats had been glued on with a strong adhesive (粘合剂).
【1】What has been a hot topic in Las Vegas recently?
A.The return of cowboy hats. B.Pigeons approaching people.
C.Pigeons wearing cowboy hats. D.The hobby of watching pigeons.
【2】What made Bobby Lee film the two pigeons with his smartphone?
A.Their unusual decorations. B.Their unique feather colors.
C.Their great popularity online. D.Their strange way of walking.
【3】What was netizens’ attitude towards the pigeon cowboys?
A.They went too far about them. B.They thought nothing of them.
C.They showed little interest in them. D.They had a mixed response to them.
【4】Why is it hard to trap the two pigeons with food?
A.Because they are rather particular about food.
B.Because they always have abundant food to eat.
C.Because they are smart enough not to be tricked.
D.Because they are well protected by pigeon watchers.
23、Does happiness have a scent?
When someone is happy, can you smell it?
You can usually tell when someone is happy based on seeing them smile, hearing them laugh or perhaps from receiving a big hug. But can you also smell their happiness? Surprising new research suggests that happiness does indeed have a scent, and that the experience of happiness can be transmitted through smell, reports Phys.org.
For the study, 12 young men were shown videos meant to bring about a variety of emotions while researchers gathered sweat samples from them. All of the men were healthy and none of them were drug users or smokers, and all were asked to abstain from drinking or eating smelly foods during the study period.
Those sweat samples were then given to 36 equally healthy young women to smell, while researchers monitored their reactions. Only women were selected to smell the samples, apparently because previous research has shown that women have a better sense of smell than men and are also more sensitive to emotional signaling—though it's unclear why only men were chosen to produce the scents.
Researchers found that the behavior of the women after smelling the scents—particularly their facial expressions—indicated a relationship between the emotional states of the men who produced the sweat and the women who sniffed them.
“Human sweat produced when a person is happy brings about a state similar to happiness in somebody who breathes this smell,” said study co-author Gun Semin, a professor at Koc University in Turkey.
This is a fascinating finding because it not only means that happiness does have a scent, but that the scent is capable of transmitting the emotion to others. The study also found that other emotions, such as fear, seem to carry a scent too. This ensures previous research suggesting that some negative emotions have a smell, but it is the first time this has proved to be true of positive feelings.
Researchers have yet to isolate(分离) exactly what the chemical compound for the happiness smell is, but you might imagine what the potential applications for such a finding could be. Happiness perfumes, for instance, could be invented. Scent therapies（香味疗法）could also be developed to help people through depression or anxiety.
Perhaps the most surprising result of the study, however, is our broadened understanding of how emotions get communicated, and also how our own emotions are potentially managed through our social context and the emotional states of those around us.
【1】What is the main finding of the new research?
A. Pleasant feelings can be smelt out.
B. Negative emotions have a smell.
C. Men produce more sweats.
D. Women have a better sense of smell.
【2】The underlined part “abstain from” in Paragraph 3 probably means _________.
A. continue B. practice C. avoid D. try
【3】What is the application value of the new research?
A. Perfumes could help people understand each other.
B. Some smells could be created to improve our appearance.
C. Perfumes could be produced to cure physical diseases.
D. Some smells could be developed to better our mood.
【4】We can learn from the last paragraph that .
A. happiness comes from a scent of sweat
B. social surroundings can influence our emotions
C. people need more emotional communication
D. positive energy can deepen understanding
24、Leeny stood in the chicken coop（笼子）, shovel in hand, smiling widely. She was not faking it: My 7-year-old daughter was having fun cleaning out the chicken coop. I was happy she was enjoying herself, but I’d meant the household work to be punishment for losing a library book. So, was I winning or losing at parenting?
Leeny always has her nose in a book. She even took to reading in the car on the long drive to summer camp, which was where she lost the book. This is the first lost library book in my life. My family has always been overeducated, but we were poor. I didn’t own books. I borrowed books. However, my daughters have more books now than I owned my whole childhood and I knowingly contribute to it by adding to the stacks（堆）. So it’s probably my fault that when Leeny realized she had lost the book, she shrugged（耸肩）. “Sorry. I can't find it.” My daughter said. “It’s only $20, right? What's the big deal?”
I felt the need to make her feel responsible for the book. She agreed to clean the chicken coop in trade for my paying the library fine. I thought this idea was very clever because cleaning the coop is some work I had been avoiding for months. It was summertime, and dust floated in the dry air.
But my girl, my animal-loving, mini-me, thought shoveling chicken poop（铲鸡粪）was the most fun she’d had on a Saturday morning in a long time. She did not feel any of the emotions that punishment is supposed to introduce. In fact, she looked as if she might lose another book on purpose in order to clean the coop again. I stood, somewhat dumbfounded（发愣的）, watching her.
It took me a while to realize what had happened, why my punishment had failed completely and why I didn’t care. The fact is that I had Leeny help me clean the chicken coop. I was there, too, shoveling chicken poop, fetching the clean straw and feed. Leeny’s little sister, Vicki, was inside watching a cartoon while my husband paid bills. Only Leeny and I were outside. She had me all to herself for the first time since Vicki was born, and she was enjoying all the attention for once. I don’t know what she learned about responsibility, but I found that I didn’t care about the book anymore. We bonded over that unpleasant job and spent quality time together: mother, daughter, and chicken poop.
【1】How does Leeny find reading?
A．It is very enjoyable.
B．It is full of challenges.
C．It inspires her to be a camper.
D．It teaches her to lover her family.
【2】The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refers to the fact that _______.
A．the author didn’t own any books
B．the author’s daughters own too many books
C．the author’s daughters often lost library books
D．the author could never have enough books to read
【3】How did the author feel after she saw Leeny’s cleaning work?
A．Worried.
B．Ashamed.
C．Astonished.
D．Embarrassed.
【4】What’s the best title for the text?
A．My punishment failed, but I didn’t care
B．What I owe to Leeny: much more attention
C．My daughter drove me crazy, but I felt grateful
D．Surprise: my daughter loves cleaning chicken coops
25、Hungry and thirsty on our way home, my young sister and I came across a splendid plum tree with bright reddish fruit. It belonged to an elderly disabled lady known for giving______ in return for an errand(差事).
We knocked on her door asking for some plums in payment for______an errand. The lady smiled and gave us two______baskets. When we filled the baskets with the ripest plums we picked, she handed us a bag with fresh meat, rice and dried beans. “Take this bag and one basket of plums to the Gomez family on the top of this hill,______with their payment and you will______yours.”
With great expectations to get our plums after the errand, we rushed to the Gomez home. Mrs. Gomez_______ the door with three little children behind her. Her husband was sick in bed and times were______. We told her our intention______, She didn’t seem ______but appreciated it with the payment, a large envelope stuffed full. Could the Gomez ______to pay so much for the food? It looked like much money. Our_______wasn’t cleared until we handed the envelope to the plum lady. “Lovely!” The lady said in delight as she pulled the______ out of the envelope. In her hands were colorful drawings from the Gomez children, the Gomez’s payment for her food. My sister and I______each other and broke out in smiles.
As we walked home, we enjoyed the______from the lady. The juice running down our arms was as sweet and warm as the______we had inside.
【1】
A．juice
B．rice
C．meat
D．fruit
【2】
A．rejecting
B．cancelling
C．offering
D．running
【3】
A．large
B．clean
C．empty
D．firm
【4】
A．depart
B．return
C．survive
D．travel
【5】
A．make
B．purchase
C．obtain
D．increase
【6】
A．locked
B．answered
C．decorated
D．painted
【7】
A．hard
B．changeable
C．different
D．unsettled
【8】
A．doubtfully
B．patiently
C．helplessly
D．secretly
【9】
A．annoyed
B．injured
C．disappointed
D．surprised
【10】
A．afford
B．refuse
C．expect
D．accept
【11】
A．cheque
B．appointment
C．confusion
D．baskets
【12】
A．contents
B．notes
C．stamps
D．letters
【13】
A．calmed down
B．competed with
C．approved of
D．looked at
【14】
A．assistance
B．treat
C．company
D．comfort
【15】
A．wish
B．promise
C．feeling
D．appetite
26、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。
It was 11:30 a.m, and the fishing so far had been fruitless. Not another boat in sight. Andrew Sherman spotted a speck (斑点) on the horizon. As the speck approached, it started to look like a boat. “Jack,” he yelled to his son. “A boat headed straight at us!” Unbelievable. Miles of open ocean, and this boat was on course to T-bone them.
The Shermans stared at the interloper (闯入者) in surprise. Four fishing lines out, music blaring, except there wasn’t a soul in sight. The captain must have gone below, leaving his boat sailing along at 10 mph.
“Follow it, Jack,” Andrew said.
Jack hit the gas. “Hey! Hey!” the Shermans shouted. Nothing. A horrifying new thought took shape: The captain had gone below, all right—and suffered a heart attack.
Father and son switched places, and Andrew drove their boat alongside the other while Jack jumped onto the other boat’s deck, bringing the boat to a stop. Then he ventured down into the cabin. He came back up a moment later. “Empty,” he said.
“It’s a ghost boat!” said father and son nearly at the same time.
Andrew called the Coast Guard. “Man overboard,” he told them. The two men could have left it, but they were curious: What happened to the captain? The boat’s GPS system told them the missing captain had marked points along his route indicating good fishing spots. Then the points suddenly stopped a few miles back.
With Andrew driving the ghost boat and Jack driving their own craft, they headed for that last point. They were searching for what they feared would be a body.
What they didn’t know was that the ghost boat’s owner was alive in the water and growing worn out.
Two hours earlier, Sascha Scheller had been fishing when nature called. He leaned over to relieve himself, zipped up, turned back toward the helm (舵柄), and slipped.
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。
Suddenly he was in the water.
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Only when the boat approached did it dawn on Scheller: “That’s my boat!”
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