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1、Internet is an important part of society now, ______ has even influenced our language.
A．as
B．that
C．which
D．where
2、Parents should keep their children company as much as possible because children feel _______ if they don’t see their parents regularly.
A.rejected B.offended C.interrupted D.mistaken
3、1 have heard many young people say they never fully appreciated their mothers________it was too late to tell them.
A．as
B．that
C．until
D．when
4、Peppa Pig, a Bristish cartoon character with a face ______ like a hair dryer, is placed on the cup ______ blue, green and celadon colors.
A.shaping; featuring B.shaped; featuring
C.shaping; featured D.shaped; featured
5、— I’m sure Tom will win the first prize in the final.
— I can’t agree more. He ______ for it for months.
A．is preparing
B．had been preparing
C．was preparing
D．has been preparing
6、Roger trained hard for the tournament for months, but unfortunately he had to _______ due to a knee injury.
A. pull out B. work out
C. try out D. give out
7、The fireman told us the troubles they had ________the fire________ .
A．getting; controlled
B．got; controlled
C．got; to control
D．getting; to control
8、–Don’t _____ this plan to the public until we give you the go-ahead.
–OK. I will not.
A. release B. relate C. retell D. relieve
9、You are subject to punishment if you fail to ________ to the customs when carrying the prohibited articles listed above.
A. state B. declare
C. announce D. communicate
10、Shortly after the earthquake, many people hurried to the hospital to_______ their blood.
A. donate B. share C. exchange D. promote
11、Knowledge is of no value ______ you put it into practice.
A．if
B．until
C．although
D．unless
12、There are so many spelling mistakes in the composition, and I have to write the letter out again. It means I will ______.
A.give the cold shoulder B.kill the fatted calf
C.cost an arm and a leg D.start from scratch
13、You will never be successful _____ you are fully devoted to you work.
A. because B. unless C. if D. when
14、Her shoes ________ her dress; they look very well together.
A．suit
B．fit
C．compare
D．match
15、Mr. Zhang gave the textbooks to all the pupils except_____ who had already taken them.
A．the ones
B．ones
C．some
D．the others
16、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
17、When you have finished the report, believe it or not, I ______ for about 3 hours.
A.will be waiting B.waited C.will have waited D.have waited
18、The entire country was _______ with grief for the eighteen firefighters and one guide who were killed in Liangshan mountain fire.
A.accumulated B.distributed C.spoiled D.overcome
19、The successful candidate will be adaptable, take ownership of and develop in the role by taking initiative, being motivated and ________ high standards.
A. ensured B. to ensure C. ensuring D. to be ensured
20、It was David dreamed to be an interpreter, _____ he joined a translation club at the age of 16.
A. but B. so C. or D. for
21、 Sandy, a young Chinese Singaporean, is fluent in English and Mandarin, the official “mother tongue” of Chinese Singaporeans. Her grandmother spoke little of either.
Their language barrier was the product of decades of linguistic(语言的) engineering. English has been the language of teaching in nearly all schools since 1987, to promote Singapore’s global competitive advantage. But, depending on ethnicity(种族特点), pupils study a second language-typically Mandarin, Malay or Tamil. In the case of Mandarin, its acquisition has been promoted by the government’s annual “Speak Mandarin Campaign”, started in 1979.
So dialects - Hokkien, Cantonese and Hakka - were disparaged. In the early 1980s television and radio programming in these languages almost disappeared. By the campaign’s own standard, the success is striking. The use of Chinese dialects at home has fallen down from 76% of Chinese households in 1980 to 16% in 2015. Over the same period, the use of Mandarin rose, from 13% of Chinese households to 46%.
In 2015, the 50th anniversary of the nation’s founding was accompanied by a rush of sentimentality over Singapore’s roots. These days officials are a bit readier to tolerate Singapore’s linguistic variety. Meanwhile, younger Singaporeans are embracing former mother tongues. Ski Yeo and Eugene Lee were motivated to found LearnDialect.sg upon seeing an elderly Cantonese-speaker in a nursing home struggle to communicate that she was cold. Health workers have signed up to their courses, while others want to say the right things at family gatherings over the lunar new year.
【1】What can we know about the Speak Mandarin Campaign?
A.It made Mandarin an official language in 1987.
B.Mandarin was greatly strengthened as a result of it.
C.It was held every other year since 1979.
D.It makes no difference to young people in Singapore.
【2】Which of the following can replace the underlined word “disparaged” in the third paragraph?
A.Strengthened. B.Praised.
C.Undervalued. D.Well-understood.
【3】What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A.Young people lack communication with their family.
B.Health workers are faced with difficulties due to language barrier.
C.The officials object to the variety of languages.
D.The younger generation of Singapore attach importance to Mandarin.
22、 She turned up at the doorstep of my house in Cornwall. No way could I have sent her away. No way, not me anyway. Maybe someone had kicked her out of their car the night before. “We're moving house.” “No space for her any more with the baby coming.” “We never really wanted her, but what could we have done? She was a present.” People find all sorts of excuses for abandoning an animal. And she was one of the most beautiful dogs I had ever seen.
I called her Goldie. If I had known what was going to happen, I would have given her a more creative name. She was so unsettled during those first few days. She hardly ate anything and had such an air of sadness about her. There was nothing I could do to make her happy, it seemed. Heaven knows what had happened to her at her previous owner’s. But eventually at the end of the first week she calmed down. Always by my side, whether we were out on one of our long walks or sitting by the fire.
That’s why it was such a shock when she pulled away from me one day when we were out for a walk. We were a long way from home, when she started barking and getting very restless. Eventually I couldn’t hold her any longer and she raced off down the road towards a farmhouse in the distance as fast as she could.
By the time I reached the farm I was very tired and upset with Goldie. But when I saw her licking （舔) the four puppies I started to feel sympathy towards them. “We didn't know what had happened to her,” said the woman at the door. “I took her for a walk one day, soon after the puppies were born, and she just disappeared.” “She must have tried to come back to them and got lost,” added a boy from behind her.
I must admit I do miss Goldie, but I’ve got Nugget now, and she looks just like her mother. And I’ve learnt a good lesson: not to judge people.
【1】How did the author feel about Goldie when Goldie came to the house?
A．Shocked.
B．Sympathetic.
C．Annoyed.
D．Upset.
【2】In her first few days at the author's house, Goldie________.
A．felt worried
B．was angry
C．ate a little
D．sat by the fire
【3】Goldie rushed off to a farmhouse one day because she________.
A．saw her puppies
B．heard familiar barkings
C．wanted to leave the author
D．found her way to her old home
23、A serious problem for today’s society is who should be responsible for our elderly and how to improve their lives. It is not only a financial problem but also a quashing of the system we want for our society. I would like to suggest several possible solutions to this problem.
First, employers should take the responsibility for their retired employees. To make this possible, a percentage of profits should be set aside for this purpose. But when a company must take life-long responsibility for its employees, it may softer from a commercial disadvantage due to higher employee costs.
Another way of solving the problem is to return the responsibility to the individual. This means each person must save during his working years to pay for his years of retirement. This does not seem a very fair model since some people have enough trouble paying for their daily life without trying to earn extra to cover their retirement years. This means the government might have to step in to care for the poor.
In addition, the government could take responsibility for the care of the elderly. This could be financed through government taxes to increase the level of pensions. Furthermore, some institution should be created for senior daises, which can help provide a comfortable life for them. Unfortunately, as the present situation in our country shows, this is not a truly viable answer. The government can seldom afford to care for the elderly, particularly when it is busy trying to care for the young.
One further solution is that the government or social organizations establish some working places especially for the elderly where they are independent.
To sum up, all these options have advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, it is reasonable to expect that some combination of these options may be needed to provide the care we hope to give to our elderly generations.
【1】What is the passage mainly about?
A．The problems faced by the old in society.
B．Why we should take responsibility for the old.
C．How we can improve the lives of the old.
D．Where the old can go to get their pensions.
【2】According to the passage, how can the government help to improve the lives of retired people?
A．Set aside some profits to help people with problems after they retire.
B．Increase savings levels of people during their working years.
C．Increase the discounts for food and transport for the old.
D．Make available pensions for those who have retired.
【3】The underlined word “viable” most probably means “ ”.
A．impossible
B．practical
C．useful
D．successful
【4】What can be concluded from the passage?
A．Taking care of the old is mainly an issue of money.
B．Employers should allow their workers to retire at a later age.
C．Becoming independent should be the goal of most old people.
D．There is no single solution to the problems of the old.
【5】What is the writer’s main purpose in writing this article?
A．To point out the need for government supped for old people.
B．To make general readers aware of the problems of retired people.
C．To discuss some possible solutions to an important social problem.
D．To instruct retired people on how they can have a happier life.
24、 “I have slept on the Embankment (路堤),” wrote George Orwell in 1933, adding that, despite the noise and the wet and the cold, it was “much better than not sleeping at all”. Nine decades on and Charing Cross and the Embankment are once again full of rough sleepers, even during the coldest days of December. It is a pattern found in much of the rich world.
However, it does not have to be this way. In post-war America, there was little rough sleeping, and homelessness was falling so fast that sociologists predicted it would soon disappear. Even today, some rich, successful cities, including Tokyo and Munich, have few people living on the streets.
These places offer lessons on how to reduce homelessness. One is that tough love can sometimes work. Conservatives argue that softer policing policies in the 1970s, including careless attitudes to public drunkenness, were in part responsible for the rise in homelessness. The world could learn something from Greece, where strong family networks ensure that those down on their luck find someone to take them in. Many experts argue that it is counterproductive (事与愿违的) to give money to someone begging on the street. Better, they say, to donate to a charity.
Yet, most people believe tougher policies will ultimately do little if housing costs remain high. This is the underlying reason for rising homelessness. So, the state can do something to help. For example, more generous rent allowance might actually save governments money in the medium term—after all, demands on health-care services and the police would decline. Another option is for the state to build more housing itself. In Singapore, a place where there is practically no homelessness, 80% of residents live in government-built flats which they buy at knock-down prices.
The most effective reform, however, would be to make building more homes easier. The problem of rough sleeping in Germany and Switzerland, two countries with minimal real-house-price growth in recent decades, is less acute. Japan has used its fair share of strong-arm policies to deal with the homeless, but then it introduced a big urban reform in the early 2000s.
【1】Why is George Orwell mentioned in paragraph 1?
A．To show the rich life in Charing Cross.
B．In memory of the world-famous writer.
C．To show the condition of rough sleepers.
D．To introduce the topic of homelessness.
【2】What may help reduce homelessness?
A．Public drunkenness.
B．Softer policing policies.
C．Lower housing costs.
D．Giving beggars money.
【3】Which country may have the fewest homeless people?
A．Germany.
B．Singapore.
C．Switzerland.
D．Japan.
【4】What is the best title for the text?
A．Ways to Reform Modern Society.
B．Reasons to Cut Housing Costs.
C．How to Reduce Homelessness.
D．Effects of Homelessness Rising.
25、 Growing up in Kenya was amazing because I learned so much, though the poverty and lack of resources were sometimes frustrating. I knew I didn’t have much, but I was ______.
There was only one thing I wasn’t happy with: _______. I wanted to go to high school and university. I had the drive, the will and the grades, _______ I didn’t have the resources. Even _______ things like food, water and shelter weren’t readily available. Young people in poverty have little or no _______ to high schools and universities. Where I lived, it was challenging _______ someone helped. When I left primary school, I was in the same _______ as many other poor disadvantaged youth. _______, during that year, a charitable high school for girls, Starehe Girls Centre, was _______ and I received a scholarship. Today, I am ______ record as being the first student to be enrolled in this school.
In 2006, my school ________ The Global Give Back Circle, a not-for-profit organization for _______ disadvantaged girls to complete their education and gain ______ skills. After graduating from high school, I was given access to a nine-month IT course. _______, its give-back attitude had taught us to not only care about ourselves but other people. With this in mind, 10 of us created a website called “Hey Sister, Get Clued-Up”. Through this educational website, aimed at networking 10,000 African ______ worldwide, all Sisters commit to sending information to their villages. This can be to _______ financial freedom, advance information _______ to health issues and provide knowledge about social networking behavior.
“Hey Sister, Get Clued-Up” is only ______ to those girls who can access the Internet, which highlights the huge challenge in _______ the divide between the haves and have-nots. But our plan is that these girls will _______ what they learn to other girls through the “power of their voice”.
【1】A. energetic B. happy C. confident D. hopeful
【2】A. status B. college C. entertainment D. education
【3】A. so B. and C. but D. since
【4】A. cheap B. basic C. important D. simple
【5】A. access B. means C. chance D. dream
【6】A. so B. when C. as D. unless
【7】A. occasion B. situation C. dilemma D. position
【8】A. Generally B. Importantly C. Luckily D. Casually
【9】A. put up B. taken up C. made up D. set up
【10】A. on B. in C. at D. for
【11】A. approved B. took C. joined D. launched
【12】A. psychologically B. physically C. educationally D. financially
【13】A. social B. average C. typical D. professional
【14】A. In short B. In all C. In addition D. In brief
【15】A. students B. girls C. kids D. teenagers
【16】A. promote B. introduce C. employ D. present
【17】A. attached B. compared C. related D. devoted
【18】A. alternative B. acceptable C. appropriate D. available
【19】A. narrowing B. shortening C. declining D. changing
【20】A. encourage B. spread C. add D. apply
26、假设你是九江一中的学生会主席李华，一批来自美国的高中生与你校学生开展了一次为期两周的交流活动。现在他们即将回国，你将在欢送会上致辞。请根据一下提示写一篇发言稿。
(1)回顾双方的交流活动（比如学习、生活、体育、文艺方面）；
(2)谈谈收获与感想；
(3)表达祝愿和愿望。
注意：1.词数不少于100，可适当加入细节，使内容充实，行文连贯。
2.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
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