1、—Shall I inform him of the change of the schedule right now?
—I am afraid you _______,in case he comes late for the meeting.
A.will
B.must
C.may
D.can
2、According to the 2015 Higher Education World Reputation Rankings, Tsinghua University moved t0 26th from 36th last year and Peking University rose nine places to 32, reflecting our country's to developing world-class universities.
A.commitment B.instruction
C.responsibility D.permission
3、________ China of those years in the hit TV series—The Legend of Miyue is ________ China at War.
A.The:不填 B.The; a C.不填;;a D.不填;不填
4、Tony couldn’t remember ______he had turned off the computer before he left the office.
A.that B.where
C.when D.whether
5、——I’m surprised to hear that Sue and Paul have ______.
——So am I. They seemed very happy together when I last saw them.
A. broken up
B. finished up
C. divided up
D. closed up
6、________ my teachers’ help, I wouldn’t have made such great progress.
A. Thanks to B. But for
C. In terms of D. With regard to
7、People tend to love agricultural products ________ without the use of fertilizers, pesticides or chemical additives.
A. growing B. grown
C. being grown D. having been grown
8、We are born to win! The _____ to success is in our genes, say scientists.
A. drive B. gravity C. request D. squeeze
9、One of the firms I applied to has offered me a job, but I ______ my options open until I hear from others.
A.have kept
B.am keeping
C.will have kept
D.keep
10、— Why do you do volunteer work in the North—West?
— I_____ to improve the lives of the children there through my efforts.
A.was trying B.have tried
C.am trying D.tried
11、Teachers and students view school anniversaries as occasions to get together and their memory of old times.
A. refresh B. relieve C. release D. resign
12、Let’s learn to use the problem we are facing a stepping-stone to future success.
A.to
B.for
C.as
D.by
13、— How are they getting on with their work?
—All goes well as ________.
A.to be planned
B.being planned
C.planning
D.planned
14、As soon as the shoes that the boy wanted to buy were_______in the store,the salesgirl called him.
A.available
B.possible
C.present
D.convenient
15、— How is the smog control going on in our capital city?
— It couldn’t be worse. You ___________believe Beijing upgraded the smog alert from yellow to orange and then red again yesterday.
A. won’t B. mustn’t C. needn’t D. shouldn’t
16、Their relationship,______ on years of open communication with each other,will last.
A.base B.to base C.basing D.based
17、The boy with ________ John is talking is my brother.
A.who
B.which
C.whom
D.whose
18、A completely new situation will ______ when the examination system comes into existence.
A. rise B. arise C. arouse D. Raise
19、The small mountain village _________ we spent our holidays two years ago lies in Hubei.
A.what B.where C.that D.which
20、Broke Girls, popular TV series,has aroused craze and sympathy among young.
A./,the B.a,the
C./,the D.the,the
21、When the one-year anniversary of my mother’s passing came around, I found myself in the kitchen preparing some of her favorite dishes.
As I poured myself into cooking, some of the deep sadness I was experiencing at this one-year mark moved through me. I loved my mom's turkey soup. I remembered the time she made some especially for me. It was summer then and I had a terrible head cold. She arrived unexpectedly one afternoon at my work place with a huge jar of her turkey noodle soup. At the thought, I began to feel a little more relieved in the pain of losing her.
It was then that I realized I was reconnecting with my mother through food. I laughed a bit at myself when I reflected on all the dishes I had cooked that week. Without knowing it, I had created a beautiful ceremony to honor my mother and to comfort myself at this vulnerable(脆弱的) time. I suddenly felt my mother at hand and was filled with her presence. I was so uplifted and excited that I began talking to her, imagining she was there.
“What else should we make?” I asked of us both, wanting to keep the ceremony from ending.
“Irish Potato Pancakes,” was the reply.
I hesitated. The thought of these brought up another loss. The last time I made potato pancakes was two and a half years ago. I had taken off my engagement (订婚) ring and never found it again. Since then, I resisted using that recipe even though I really liked those pancakes as if it were partly to blame.
My mom should know better than to suggest these, I thought. She knew how upset I was about losing my ring. But despite these hesitations, I found myself caught up in the joy and celebration of the moment, and I reached for the cookbook without another thought of the ring. My mom did love Irish things. I opened the cookbook and turned to the pancake recipe. At once, something at the bottom of the page caught my eye... It was shining! Amazingly, there, pressed into the pages of this book, was my diamond ring!
That day, I made potato pancakes in the shape of hearts.
【1】At the one-year anniversary, the writer ______.
A. cooked some dishes in memory of her mother
B. felt more painful at the thought of the turkey noodle soup
C. was so excited as to see her mother home
D. didn’t give a thought of the lost ring
【2】The writer hesitated to cook potato pancakes probably because ______.
A. she felt too sad to make them
B. she didn’t like such pancakes
C. her mother was to blame for the loss of her ring
D. they reminded her of the loss of her ring
【3】It can be inferred from the passage that her mother ______.
A. was connected with the writer through food
B. taught the writer how to cook pancakes
C. actually still lived with the writer
D. found the ring for her daughter
【4】What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Heart-shaped Pancakes B. Lost and Found Ring
C. Favorite Dishes D. Sad One-year Anniversary
22、The " Greener Grass" Syndrome
Have you ever met the situation where you kept thinking that there are better opportunities out there compared to your current one you are having? This is the syndrome when one is always looking at the other side of the fence and thinks that the grass is greener there.【1】
Why are you like this? Uncertainty and curiosity play a big part in creating the "greener grass" syndrome.It is because we arc uncertciin of whether what we arc holding onto now is the best for us and whether there are any better choices out there.
【2】 In fact, it sometimes does us more harm than good because often looking out for the "greener grass" will exhaust our energy and attention and finally we can grow even angrier, or at least more dissatisfied.【3】 We mostly prefer new over old because new things arc fascinating and our curiosity keeps reminding us to explore the other side of the grass.These are the two factors that cause us to feel dissatisfied with what we have and always thinking of finding the greener grass at the opposite side.
If you have this syndrome, chances are you are missing out lots of things you currently have now. So what can you do to cure the greener grass" syndrome? The first thing is to recognize that your current job is your best choice right now..【4】
Secondly, always apply your best efforts to your current job. Otherwise, what can you make out of your job when you hardly devote any effort? Last but not least, always keep this truth in mind.The grass is always greener on the other side, and the other side is always greener no matter which side you arc at .【5】
A.Try to focus on "what is" instead of "what if".
B.Such uncertainty causes us to keep looking into alternatives.
C.Humans are also curious by nature and we love new things.
D.Focus on "what if” and seek for the best choice.
E.Choose a side, stick to it and make the best out of it.
F.This is what I call the "greener grass" syndrome.
G.It has its own origin, primarily rooted in fantasy and fear.
23、Rainforests are a very important part of our planet, giving us oxygen, absorbing carbon dioxide and giving a home to 50% of the animal and plant species of the planet. Not to mention the medicines and cures that are made from the plants that grow there. 【1】 .
What is deforestation? Deforestation is the name given to the damage toe rainforests. This is being done by burning them down, cutting down the trees or flooding the areas. 【2】 It’s reported that an area, the size of one football pitch (足球场), is being destroyed every minute! If this carries on at this speed, it will take less than a hundred years to destroy all the rainforests on Earth.
【3】 People clear the rainforests to make space for producing food, including cattle to be farmed for cheap beef and also growing large crops, such as soya beans. In addition, other causes of deforestation, which are also related to making money, include cutting down and using the wood from the forest, building roads for mining metals, gold or diamonds and something like that.
How can they be saved? 【4】 Also, you could think about the reasons why the forests are being destroyed and how you could help. For example, the cheap beef farmed in the areas that used to be rainforest land is often used in fast food chains. 【5】 You could also check on your supermarket food labels-is it farmed in an area where deforestation is taking place? Besides, you could use rainforest-friendly wood which is not a product of deforestation.
A.This is happening so fast.
B.Why are they being destroyed?
C.What can they provide for humans?
D.You could avoid eating that to save some rainforests.
E.However something unpleasant like deforestation is happening to them every day.
F.You could help by raising money for a charity that protects rainforests.
G.As we destroy forests, we lose their ability to change carbon dioxide into oxygen.
24、Triantha Occidentalis, commonly known as the western false asphodel (西部假水仙), which has been known to science since 1879, is a herb-like plant found in abundance along North America’s West Coast. But it is only recently that researchers discovered the innocent-looking plant’s desire for insects.
“We had no idea it was carnivorous (食肉的),” says botanist Sean Graham. “This was not found in some exotic tropical location, but really right on our doorstep in Vancouver. You could exactly walk out from Vancouver to this field site.”
While studying the plant, the researchers noticed that Triantha Occidentalis lacked the same gene as other carnivorous plants. Since the plant grows in the same wet, sunny habitat with nutrient-poor soil as other carnivorous plants, they wondered if it caught insects for nutrition as well. “And at the same time they have sticky stems (茎),” Graham said. “So, I wonder if this could be a sign that it might be carnivorous.”
To test whether it is carnivorous, scientists marked fruit flies with nitrogen-15 isotopes (氮-l5同位素). By collecting the plants the fruit flies visited and comparing the nitrogen levels of different plants, the researchers found that Triantha Occidentalis was able to get more than half of the nitrogen it needed, suggesting that it absorbs nitrogen from the fruit flies. Additionally, the digestive enzyme (消化酶) released by the sticky hairs in flower stems was similar to that found in other carnivorous plants.
Usually, the deadly trap of carnivorous plants grow far away from the flower to prevent accidentally killing pollinators (授粉者), while the western false asphodel traps insects near flowers. The scientists say this is the first time they have met the deadly trap on the flower’s stem, and the sticky hairs on the stem of Triantha Occidentalis can only catch small insects, not the larger bees or butterflies involved in pollination.
“It’s a good reminder that we still don’t know much about the ecology of a lot of individual plant species, even in well-known environments,” says Dr. Qianshi Lin.
【1】What does Graham stress in paragraph 2?
A.The discovery is made in the local place.
B.Carnivorous plants grow in the hottest places.
C.Triantha Occidentalis is very common.
D.Vancouver is home to various carnivorous plants.
【2】What does the underlined word “that” in paragraph 4 refer to?
A.The nitrogen.
B.The digestive enzyme.
C.The flower.
D.The nutrition.
【3】Which part of the western false asphodel catches insects?
A.Its fruit.
B.Its leaves.
C.Its stem.
D.Its roots.
【4】What is the best title for the text?
A.A new species of local flower is discovered.
B.A carnivorous flower in the wild grows well.
C.A flower gives off strange smell to attract insects.
D.An innocent-looking plant turns out to be carnivorous.
25、My daughter Allie was leaving for college in a week. She didn’t ______ going. She was off with friends most of the time. My friend Karen told me, “The August before I left for college, I ______ my mother the whole month. Be prepared.”
I stood in the kitchen, watching Allie make a glass of iced tea. The girl, once so ______ and trusting, was closed to me. I ______ to think of something to say to her. I wanted her to know I was ______ about the college she had chosen and that I knew the ______ of her life was just starting. But the ______ on her face was so mad that I ______ the idea.
One night, after a long period of ______ between us, I asked what I might have done or said made her ______. She ______,“Mom, you haven’t done anything ______. It’s fine.”A few days later, as I was getting ready for bed, Allie came to my room and said,“I want to read you something from my college. These are tips for ______. ”
I watched her as she read the ______ aloud:“Don’t ask your child if she is homesick. She might feel bad in the first few weeks, but don’t let it ______ you. This is a(n) ______ time of transition. Write her letters and call her a lot…”
Her voice ______, and she came over and ______ her head in my shoulder. I touched her hair ______. afraid that she would run away if I said a word. We stood there together for long moments that night, ______.
【1】
A.think of
B.talk about
C.try out
D.suffer from
【2】
A.screamed at
B.laughed at
C.stared at
D.pointed at
【3】
A.happy
B.serious
C.open
D.pretty
【4】
A.forgot
B.struggled
C.managed
D.remembered
【5】
A.worried
B.puzzled
C.surprised
D.excited
【6】
A.adventure
B.hardship
C.trouble
D.peak
【7】
A.sadness
B.expression
C.emotion
D.happiness
【8】
A.turned down
B.held up
C.took down
D.gave up
【9】
A.negotiation
B.conversation
C.silence
D.discussion
【10】
A.delighted
B.content
C.scared
D.angry
【11】
A.laughed
B.sighed
C.whispered
D.sobbed
【12】
A.wrong
B.meaningless
C.worthless
D.irrelevant
【13】
A.freshmen
B.graduates
C.parents
D.children
【14】
A.announcements
B.suggestions
C.orders
D.rules
【15】
A.touch
B.change
C.worry
D.discourage
【16】
A.natural
B.necessary
C.dangerous
D.uncertain
【17】
A.increased
B.paused
C.continued
D.erupted
【18】
A.raised
B.nodded
C.shook
D.buried
【19】
A.briefly
B.eagerly
C.gently
D.tightly
【20】
A.relaxing
B.communicating
C.enjoying
D.reconnecting
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。
One warm, sunny morning, Marsha jumped right out of bed.
Today was the first day of summer vacation and also the last day she’d be spending with Tanya, her very best friend. Tanya was going to camp in another state. She’d be gone all summer. Marsha and Tanya always spent their summers together. This one would be no fun without her!
Marsha’s mom came in.“What’s the matter, Rabbit?” she said.
“I miss Tanya already. Isn’t that silly?” Marsha said.
“No,”her mother said softly.“Missing a best friend isn’t silly at all. ” Marsha’s eyes were wet.
“I know how you feel.”“You do?”asked Marsha. Marsha’s mom nodded.“I had a best friend when I was your age. And she went away to camp, too.”“I felt pretty sad,” Marsha’s mom said. “I wanted my best friend to think about me. So I gave her something.”“What?”asked Marsha.“I gave her my best necklace,” her mom said.
“You did?”asked Marsha.“Well,I wanted her to have it,” Marsha’s mom said,“Maybe you could give Tanya one of your favorite things to take to camp. How about a doll? Then she will never forget that you are her best friend.”Marsha wiped her eyes.“Mom, that’s a great idea!” she said.
“Are you going to give Tanya your Glenda Glitter doll?” said Marsha’s mom.“Yes, Mom,”she said.“This is the one I want her to have. But now I’m going to get Glenda all nice and clean. ” Soon, Glenda Glitter looked just like new.
Next it was time to dress the doll. Marsha ran to her room. In a flash she was back. Her hands were full of doll’s dresses. “This is the one I like best,” she said.“And I know Tanya likes it best, too.”
“Let’s see.I think I can fix this little rip(口子).” Marsha’s mom was good at fixing things. The doll dress soon looked good as new.
“Look, Mom!”she said. “Glenda looks beautiful.”
“You know, Kitten,”said Marsha’s mom, “Tanya will like this present so much.”“Tanya will be leaving soon,”she said.“We better hurry up.”Marsha and her mom walked over to Tanya’s house. They rang the bell.
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。
Marsha hid the doll behind her back.
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Tanya and Marsha put their presents in each other’s hands.
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