1、It is amazing to learn that our human beings tend to some knowledge when we are exactly relaxing ourselves,such as diving,swimming and so on.
A.take up B.take on
C.pick up D.pull through
2、—I heard you wanted to have a further study in a foreign college.
—Yes, that's _____I try my best to learn English well.
A. when B. how C. what D. why
3、—It ________ to plant trees and grass on the hillside.
—Yes. They help stop soil from being washed away.
A. makes sense B. makes money
C. makes a living D. makes a mistakes
4、We have to do our best ________ what we have.
A. with B. to C. in D. at
5、The number of foreign students attending Chinese universities________ steadily since 1997.
A.is rising
B.are rising
C.has been rising
D.have been rising
6、The inner thoughts of the two young persons are revealed in the book, ______ both of them fail to express.
A. where B. when
C. who D. which
7、The thought took root in Europe long before people realized ______ diverse language could be.
A.how B.that C.what D.where
8、I think Ana ______ her packing since she started getting things ready early this morning.
A. finishes B. has finished
C. had finished D. would finish
9、There are no ______ proposals to reduce the road accidents. We are still seeking inspiration.
A. contradictory B. concrete
C. confidential D. controversial
10、Having the courage to be disliked does not mean that you can use your weaknesses as an ________ for not improving yourself.
A.capacity
B.excuse
C.passion
D.demand
11、________by the teacher to leave the classroom made him feel ashamed.
A.Asked
B.Being asked
C.Having asked
D.To have asked
12、––Are the repairs finished yet?
––Yes, they ______ when I came back home.
A. would be completed B. would complete
C. had completed D. had been completed
13、The new product is beyond all praise and has quickly taken over the market ________ its superior quality.
A.in terms of
B.on account of
C.on behalf of
D.on top of
14、________exhausted he was, the firefighter still kept rescuing the villagers trapped in the flood.
A.However
B.How
C.Whatever
D.What
15、One of the biggest culture differences I noticed in London was ______ the people of London conducted themselves..
A.that
B.how
C.what
D.why
16、—How impressive John’s painting is!
—Actually, it was 2 years after he retired _____ he started to learn drawing.
A.before
B.since
C.until
D.that
17、The new law states that people _______drive after drinking alcohol.
A.wouldn’t
B.needn’t
C.won’t
D.mustn’t
18、—Helen is going to Manchester for further education next month.
—I’m ______ because I have to stay at home and work.
A. green with envy B. white as a sheet
C. tickled pink D. black and blue
19、______ all of these factors in the job market, we can get the conclusion that young people should choose their job according to their interest.
A.In case of B.In view of C.In contrast to D.In comparison to
20、Doctors are fighting a________battle to save the little girl’s life.
A.modest B.flexible C.compulsory D.desperate
21、 Recently according to a new research, humans have had a link to starches (含淀粉的食物) for up to 120,000 years — that’s more than 100,000 years longer than we’ve been able to plant them in the soil during the time of the ice Age’s drawing to an end. The research is part of an ongoing study into the history of Middle Stone Age communities.
An international team of scientists identified evidence of prehistoric starch consumption in the Klasies River Cave, in present-day South Africa. Analyzing small, ashy, undisturbed hearths(壁炉) inside the cave, the researchers found “pieces of burned starches” ranging from around 120,000 to 65,000 years old. It made them the oldest known examples of starches eaten by humans.
The findings do not come as a complete surprise — but rather as welcome confirmation of older theories that lacked the related evidence. The lead author Cynthia Larbey said that there had previously only been genetic biological evidence to suggest that humans had been eating starch for this long. This new evidence, however, takes us directly to the dinner table, and supports the previous assumption that humans’ digestion genes gradually evolved in order to fit into an increased digestion of starch.
Co-author Sarah Wurz said, “The starch remains show that these early humans living in the Klasies River Cave could battle against their tough environment and find suitable foods and perhaps medicines. And as much as we all still desire the tubers (块茎), these cave communities were gilling starches such as potatoes on their foot-long hearths. They knew how to balance their diets as well as they could, with fats from local fish and other animals.”
As early as the 1990s, some researchers started to study the hearths in the Klasies River Cave. Scientist Hilary Deacon first suggested that these hearths contained burned plants. At the time, the proper methods of examining the remains were not yet available. We now know human beings have always been searching for their desired things.
【1】When did humans begin to farm starches?
A.After the Ice Age. B.After the Middle Stone Age.
C.About 20,000 years ago. D.About 100,000 years ago.
【2】What was the previous assumption of starches?
A.Starch diet promoted food culture. B.Starch diet shaped humans’ evolution.
C.Starches had a variety of functions. D.Starches offered humans rich nutrition.
【3】What can we learn about the early humans described by Sarah Wurz?
A.They were smart and tough. B.They preferred plants to meat.
C.They were generally very healthy. D.They got along with each other.
【4】What’s the best title for the text?
A.Great Civilization of South Africa B.The Evolution of Foods in History
C.Starches--the Important Food of Today D.Big Findings--the Starches in Ancient Times
22、 Scientists have designed “transparent wood” that could replace conventional glass in windows. The innovation was developed using wood from the balsa tree, which is native to South and Central America, and claims to be five times more thermally efficient than glass.
The transparent wood was created by teams at the University of Maryland and University of Colorado, which set out to find a greener alternative to conventional glass – a production that creates 25,000 tons in emissions each year. Along with contributing to greenhouse gases, glass contributes to a loss of energy.
“Residential building windows in particular account for 10–25% of the heat loss due to their poor thermal management capability,” the team wrote in the study.
“Exploring energy efficient window materials is thus highly desirable to address heating costs, energy shortages, and the global impact of climate change associated with increased carbon emissions.”
The team notes that the bonding between PVA and cellulose(纤维素)in the wood, creates a tightly packed structure that allows for more thermal protection and makes it more durable and lighter than glass.
The team treated balsa wood in a bath that bleaches(漂白)it of nearly all visibility and then injected it with a chemical substance called polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) - creating a product that is virtually transparent. Unlike traditional glass, the transparent wood can withstand much stronger impacts and will bend or crack when damaged, instead of shattering(粉碎).
“Switching to transparent wood could prove to be cost efficient as well,” researchers shared in a statement. “It is made from a sustainable, renewable resource with low carbon emissions. It can be produced with existing industrial processing equipment, making its manufacturing an easy prospect.”
【1】What does the underlined word “thermally” in paragraph 1 mean?
A.Associated with cost.
B.Connected with heat.
C.Associated with emissions
D.Connected with structure.
【2】Why is the residential building windows mentioned in paragraph 3?
A.To show the disadvantage of conventional glass.
B.To show the efficiency of thermal management.
C.To explain the global impact of climate change.
D.To explain the importance of building designing.
【3】What helps the transparent wood in thermal protection?
A.Its tightly packed structure.
B.Its sustainable, renewable resource.
C.Its easy manufacturing prospect.
D.Its industrial processing equipment.
【4】What do we know about the “transparent wood”?
A.It will shatter when damaged.
B.It has replaced traditional glass.
C.It is more durable than glass.
D.It contributes to greenhouse gases.
23、We all want to draw the love of others.【1】The more you practice accepting and loving yourself, the more people are likely to love you! Here are some tips that can help you learn to love yourself.
Learn to recognize the negative things you tell yourself. Everyone has an inner voice that tells them all the bad things they are doing. You can never fully get rid of it, but you can give them less power to influence you.【2】Is it because you tell yourself that you are ugly, or that your personality is too strange? When you find you’re having a negative thought, replace it with a positive one.
【3】 It’s hard to deal with everything well in life. So don’t think too much about your flaws. Don’t be worried about making mistakes. Just accept your mistakes and learn from them.
Let yourself be imperfect. If you’re thinking you have to be perfect, stop that thinking right now. 【4】 Also, when you create the expectations of perfection for yourself, you will begin applying those expectations to others. It's hard to love someone who is often making you feel like you aren't perfect.
Enjoy your life.【5】So start to enjoy the things that are already in your life. For example, make yourself a delicious lunch, or go for a walk in the sun.
A.Don’t take yourself too seriously.
B.Build fun things into your workday.
C.Don’t always think highly of yourself.
D.You would be loved no matter how many flaws you have.
E.So you can consider why you feel like you aren't lovable.
F.However, this isn’t something that's going to happen overnight.
G.People would be drawn to those who are having fun with their life.
24、At the beginning of the World Series of 1947, I experienced a completely new emotion, when the National Anthem was played. This time, I thought, it is being played for me, as much as for anyone else. This is organized major league baseball, and I am standing here with all the others; and everything that takes place includes me.
About a year later, I went to Atlanta, Georgia, to play in an exhibition game. On the field, for the first time in Atlanta, there were Negroes and whites. Other Negroes besides me. And I thought: What I have always believed has come to be.
And what is it that I have always believed? First, those imperfections are human. But that wherever human beings were given room to breathe and time to think, those imperfections would disappear, no matter how slowly. I do not believe that we have found or even approached perfection. That is not necessarily in the scheme of human events. Handicaps, stumbling blocks, prejudices — all of these are imperfect. Yet, they have to be dealt with because they are in the scheme of human events.
Whatever obstacles I found made me fight all the harder. But it would have been impossible for me to fight at all, except that I was sustained by the personal and deep-rooted belief that my fight had a chance. It had a chance because it took place in a free society. Not once was I forced to face and fight an immovable object. Not once was the situation so cast-iron rigid that I had no chance at all. Free minds and human hearts were at work all around me; and so there was the probability of improvement. I look at my children now, and know that I must still prepare them to meet obstacles and prejudices.
But I can tell them, too, that they will never face some of these prejudices because other people have gone before them. And to myself I can say that, because progress is unalterable, many of today's dogmas (教条) will have vanished by the time they grow into adults. I can say to my children: There is a chance for you. No guarantee, but a chance. And this chance has come to be, because there is nothing static with free people. There is no Middle Ages logic so strong that it can stop the human tide from flowing forward. I do not believe that every person, in every walk of life, can succeed in spite of any handicap. That would be perfection. But I do believe — and with every fiber in me — that what I was able to attain came to be because we put behind us (no matter how slowly) the dogmas of the past: to discover the truth of today; and perhaps find the greatness of tomorrow.
I believe in the human race. I believe in the warm heart. I believe in man's honesty. I believe in the goodness of a free society. And I believe that the society can remain good only as long as we are willing to fight for it — and to fight against whatever imperfections may exist. My fight was against the barriers that kept Negroes out of baseball. This was the area where I found imperfection, and where I was best able to fight. And I fought because I knew it was not doomed to be a losing fight. It couldn't be a losing fight—not when it took place in a free society. And in the largest sense, I believe that what I did was done for me — that it was my faith in God that sustained me in my fight. And that what was done for me must and will be done for others.
【1】Why did the author say he had experienced a completely new emotion?
A. Because he won game.
B. Because he was an American.
C. Because he could compete in the game and won the game.
D. Because the National Game was played for him.
【2】From the passage, we know that the author is ________.
A. an African B. a Chinese C. a white man D. a black man
【3】The author firmly believed that ________.
A. humans are imperfect if they all unite together to overcome the difficulties
B. humans needn’t approach perfect even if they can
C. humans should face the obstacles and fight for it bravely
D. humans are becoming kind and honest if they have freedom
【4】We can infer from the passage that ________.
A. the fight between Negroes and Whites never ends
B. the civil war broke out because the Negroes fought for their freedom
C. in the past Negroes were kept out of baseball
D. the fight ended up with a game
【5】The best title of this passage may be “________”.
A. Nothing matters except fighting
B. Success lies in hard work
C. Freedom is everything
D. Free Minds and Hearts make a difference
25、 About six years ago I started having panic attacks (恐慌症). I began my journey to____ them with traditional tools, all of which were a great help. ______, a year later treatment was no longer needed.
Frustratingly, about a year after that, I started to develop_____and began to have panic at once again. I tried what I knew best and went back to my previous____, but I was still ___and far from feeling well again ___ I got some new advice.
I loved to sing when I was young. My childhood had been____with creativity, yet for most of my adult life it was ____ . A therapist told me that mental health issues are common among the____regain it, I decided to get back into ____. Then I joined a group called Sound, a pop choir. Much better. I found the____to audition (试音). I was amazed that I managed to ___ such a risky situation and not have a panic attack. The audition itself was a___for me, never mind how I did.
I have now been a ___of the choir for three years. I love the community and the performances. It ___me of who I was at school. My path back then was always “do what you love”. My entire____was filled with fond memories because of that, and I was starting to build that back into my ____life.
Now, I am feeling a lot better. When I am ______, distraction (分散注意力) is key and singing does ___. It sends me into a state in which my body works with pure passion and joy. More importantly, I will have exercised my creativity and ___my anxiety.
【1】A.ignore B.solve C.interpret D.stress
【2】A.Casually B.Ridiculously C.Controversially D.Thankfully
【3】A.passion B.depression C.adaptation D.relation
【4】A.tutors B.conditions C.values D.tools
【5】A.doubting B.hesitating C.struggling D.improving
【6】A.though B.until C.since D.after
【7】A.charged B.burdened C.mixed D.filled
【8】A.neglected B.maintained C.sharpened D.exploited
【9】A.open B.absent C.creative D.narrow
【10】A.painting B.acting C.reading D.singing
【11】A.turn B.pressure C.courage D.privilege
【12】A.set off B.get through C.shrink from D.figure out
【13】A.win B.failure C.pain D.barrier
【14】A.sponsor B.director C.trainer D.member
【15】A.suspects B.reminds C.cures D.warns
【16】A.education B.competition C.career D.existence
【17】A.holiday B.school C.adult D.adolescent
【18】A.absorbed B.thrilled C.ambitious D.anxious
【19】A.last B.help C.exist D.fade
【20】A.relieved B.shared C.felt D.cause
26、假定你是李华,你的英国朋友David写邮件告知你他打算购买 《红楼梦》 (A Dream in Red Mansions) 英文版,但不知道纸质版本和有声版本哪个更适合。请你给他提出建议,要点如下:
1.你的建议;
2.你的理由(至少两条);
注意:
1.词数100左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
参考词汇:有声读物audio book
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