1、There ____neither gas nor electricity at home, we had to go to the nearest restaurant to have lunch.
A.had been B.was C.being D.has been
2、She walked away from me, and I was left________ what to do next.
A.deciding
B.decide
C.to deciding
D.to decide
3、(题文)Peter’s jacket looked just the same as Jack’s,but it cost________his.
A. as much twice as B. twice as much as
C. much as twice as D. as twice much as
4、________ ecosystems, we must take urgent measures to protect the diversity of species.
A.Rescuing
B.To rescue
C.Rescued
D.Having rescued
5、Many people welcome the chance to do meaningful things, ________they will get no pay.
A.even if
B.as if
C.in case
D.now that
6、A great deal of hotel business comes from people travelling not just for holidays but by people travelling ________ their business activities.
A. in harmony with B. in conflict with
C. by order of D. by virtue of
7、When I was little, my mother used to sit by my bed, ________ me stories till I fell asleep.
A.having told B.telling
C.told D.to tell
8、—Did Jack come back early last night?
—Yes!It was not yet 8 o’clock______he arrived home.
A. when B. that
C. before D. but
9、In order to improve English, _________.
A.a lot of tapes were bought by Sara B.Sara ’s father bought her a lot of tapes
C.Sara bought a lot of tapes for herself D.a lot of tapes were bought by Sara’s father
10、_________ Qu Qiubai, we set up a primary school _________ after him.
A. In honor of; naming B. In face of; named
C. In place of; naming D. In memory of; named
11、Usually math inspires fear, but Mr. Smith turns that fear into a unique kind of understanding, and, ______, progress and learning.
A. differently B. surprisingly
C. generally D. amusingly
12、________ on their last legs, the enemies still thought they were unconquerable.
A. As though B. Even though
C. In case D. As soon as
13、It is the best TV play _______ I've seen.
A. that B. which
C. since D. and
14、While we seep, the brain replays the patterns of activity it experienced during waking hours, ________ us to enter a virtual reality.
A.to allow
B.allowing
C.having allowed
D.allowed
15、Also she felt her home wasn’t enough for someone like Larry who wanted to improve his social position.
A. elegant B. endless C. evident D. efficient
16、Students ____ remain in their seats until all the papers have been collected according to the regulation.
A.would B.shall C.will D.could
17、My parents advised________to study hard in senior high school.
A.I
B.my
C.mine
D.me
18、It is reported that the only survivor in the car crash was badly injured. However, somehow the doctors managed to help him .
A.go through B.pull through C.break through D.get through
19、He managed to make himself______ with his ______ English
A.understand; breaking B.understood; broken
C.understood; breaking D.understood; broken
20、I’m going to _____ advantage of this tour to explore the history of the castle.
A. put B. make C. take D. give
21、Imagine you are on a cold mountain with steep rocks around. As you climb higher, the air gets thinner and the sun’s rays stronger. Just before you reach the snowline, you find what you came for—a small white flower, the edelweiss, which only grows in alpine areas.
Plants face many challenges living in alpine areas, and only 200 kinds of plants can grow there. Plants rely on oxygen, water, and sunlight to make their own food through the process of photosynthesis. The alpine means less CO2, which makes the process more difficult. It also brings plants closer to the sun. The sunlight is so strong that it can burn a plant’s leaves. There is little water here, so the soil is dry and rocky. You also won’t find high trees because the cold wind would blow them over!
Alpine plants have advantages that help them survive the bad conditions. Like all alpine plants, the edelweiss stays close to the ground to avoid the wind. The cold water is deep underground, so the edelweiss grows very deep roots. Its leaves have a thick covering, which protects the plant from the wind and the sun’s bright rays. All these special characteristics help it grow, but very slowly.
The edelweiss can live in the conditions, but humans can’t. Climbing in the high and cold mountains is dangerous and difficult. This is why the edelweiss became such a special flower. Long ago, a young man would pick an edelweiss flower to prove his love to a girl, although it was risky. Many men died while trying. Getting the flower proved that the man was physically strong, brave, and devoted.
Alpine plants can’t spread seeds, so it’s difficult for new plants to grow. Once all the edelweiss flowers are gone in an area, they will not regroup. Governments help protect the edelweiss because it is considered an endangered plant.
【1】The first two paragraphs mainly describe ________ .
A.the process of photosynthesis
B.the appearance of the edelweiss
C.the growing environment of the edelweiss
D.the challenge of mountain climbing
【2】The edelweiss can survive in the alpine conditions partly because ________.
A.it grows high and strong
B.it can get more sunlight
C.its leaves’ covering is thin
D.its deep roots can get water
【3】What can we learn about the edelweiss from the text?
A.It is planted in large quantities.
B.It is a symbol of bravery.
C.It is a shade loving plant.
D.It spreads its seeds by wind.
【4】What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?
A.To introduce a special flower.
B.To compare different alpine plants.
C.To warn people not to pick flowers.
D.To encourage people to protect plants.
22、I believe in the power of science fiction, not just for its capacity to turn dreams into reality, but also for its power to bond together those who share a common view of the future. For me, that’s true for my relationship with my dad. Some fathers and sons bond over sports, fishing or hunting, but my dad and I bond over Star Trek. We tried a trip to Disney World, but one of my earliest memories wasn’t Mickey, but a Klingon battle cruiser on the screen.
Over the years, nearly every setting and situation has become far away for my dad and me. When it’s warm at night, we’re not driving along some dark streets in Indiana, but going at a slow speed with stars dimly shining. Both of us are thinking of them, without needing to say a word. All these imaginations of other universes have together created a private universe for my dad and me.
Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek, once said, “Science fiction is a way of thinking, a way of logic that bypasses a lot of nonsense. It allows people to look directly at important subjects.” A lifetime of science fiction has influenced more than just my relationship with my dad, but has also helped me shape my own hopes for the future. I’m now a science writer.
Yes, science fiction has made me into a “nerd” and it also has been a source of joy for my family, making me an optimist while enabling me to think critically about the danger of technology. Thank those authors who have shared their visions: the world and my family are better for it. Thank my dad, who is both the best storyteller and the best man I have ever known because he helped me realize the truth of Tennyson’s words, “For I dipped into the future, far as human eye could see, saw the vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be.”
【1】What contributes to the bond between the author and his father?
A.Their similar dream.
B.Their love for each other.
C.Their common interest.
D.Their hobby of fishing.
【2】What does the author mainly show in paragraph 2?
A.His deep impression of his dad.
B.His feeling of staying with his dad.
C.His earliest memory of his dad.
D.His good relationship with his dad.
【3】How does science fiction help the author at present?
A.It leads him to pursue a desirable career.
B.It brings him the courage to live better.
C.It inspires him to face the danger of technology.
D.It makes him a source of his family’s joy.
【4】What may be the best title for the text?
A.The Wonders Science Brings
B.The Power of Science Fiction
C.The Stories About Science Fiction
D.The Time Together with My Father
23、Researchers at the University of Kansas say that people can accurately judge 90 percent of a stranger’s personality simply by looking at the person’s shoes.
“Shoes convey a thin but useful slice of information about their wearers,” the authors wrote in the new study published in the Journal of Research in Personality. “Shoes serve a practical purpose, and also serve as nonverbal indications with symbolic messages. People tend to pay attention to the shoes they and others wear.”
Medical Daily notes that the number of detailed personality traits detected in the study include a person’s general age, their gender, income, political affiliation(派别), and other personality characteristics, including someone’s emotional stability.
Lead researcher Omri Gillath said the judgments were based on the style, cost, color and condition of someone’s shoes. In the study, 63 University of Kansas students looked at pictures showing 208 different pairs of shoes worn by the study’s participants. Volunteers in the study were photographed in their most commonly worn shoes, and then filled out a personality questionnaire.
So, what do your shoes say about your personality?
Some of the results were expected: People with higher incomes most commonly wore expensive shoes, and flashier footwear was typically worn by extroverts(外向者).
However, some of the more specific results are interesting. For example, “practical and functional” shoes were generally worn by more “agreeable” people, while ankle boots were more closely aligned with “aggressive” personalities.
The strangest of all may be that those who wore “uncomfortable looking” shoes tend to have “calm” personalities.
And if you have several pairs of new shoes or take exceptional care of them, you may suffer from “attachment anxiety”, spending a large amount of time worrying about what other people think of your appearance. There was even a political calculation in the mix with more liberal types wearing “shabbier and less expensive” shoes.
The researchers noted that some people will choose shoe styles to mask their actual personality traits, but researchers noted that volunteers were also likely to be unaware that their footwear choices were revealing deep insights into their personalities.
【1】We can infer from Paragraph 2 that___________.
A. shoes are vital to their wearers
B. a practical purpose is to wear shoes
C. people want to buy new shoes they pay attention to
D. shoes may give away their wearers’ information
【2】Which of the following is NOT true according to the text?
A. People with high incomes probably wear expensive shoes.
B. Ankle boots are closely aligned with “aggressive” personalities.
C. People wearing “uncomfortable looking” shoes tend to be calm
D. People who wear practical and functional shoes may be hard to deal with
【3】The underlined word “attachment anxiety”, probably means ___________.
A. Attached happiness to one’s personality.
B. Feeling always worried about everything.
C. Often feeling worried about his or her appearance.
D. Wasting an inordinate amount of time.
【4】Which might be the best title for the passage?
A. Bad Shoes, Bad Personality.
B. People Are What They Wear.
C. How To Choose Suitable Shoes
D. Shoes Reflect A Person’s Personalities.
24、Time to load up some popular games: new research indicates pigs possess the mental capability to play video games. The study, published in Frontiers in Psychology, tested the ability of four pigs (Hamlet, Omelette, Ebony and Ivory) to play a simple joystick (操纵杆) game with their noses, moving a cursor (光标) to four targets on the screen. Although the animals didn’t demonstrate the skills to win a round any time, they did show an understanding of some elementary games. Performing well not by chance, the pigs appeared to recognize the movement of the cursor was controlled by the joystick. The fact that they did so well despite a lack of flexible fingers is “extraordinary”, according to the researchers.
“It is no small achievement for an animal to grasp the concept that the behaviour they are performing is having an effect elsewhere. That pigs can do this to any degree should give us pause as to what else they are capable of learning and how such learning may impact them, “said Purdue University’s Dr Candace Croney, the study’s lead author.
Researchers also noted that while the pigs could be taught to play the game using food as positive motivation, they also responded well to social interaction. In fact, when the game was made more challenging and the pigs became unwilling to participate in it, “only oral encouragement by the experimenter” would see training continue.
These findings are the latest to highlight the intelligence of pigs. Not only have they been shown to use mirrors to find hidden food, but studies have also demonstrated how pigs can be taught to “come” and “sit” after oral commands.
As with any sentient (有感觉力的) beings, how we interact with pigs and what we do to them impacts and matters to them. We therefore have a moral duty to understand how pigs acquire information, and what they are capable of learning and remembering, because it ultimately offers the potential for how they understand their interactions with us and their environments.
【1】What can be learned from Paragraph 1?
A.The pigs sometimes won the video games.
B.The pigs operated joysticks with their noses.
C.The pigs competed with each other in the games.
D.The pigs sometimes performed well accidentally.
【2】What does the underlined phrase “give us pause” refer to?
A.Stop us from advancing.
B.Affect us in learning.
C.Make us think seriously.
D.Force us to train pigs better.
【3】What made researchers believe pigs socially interacted well?
A.Their being inspired by human words.
B.Their being driven by food.
C.Their being willing to keep trying.
D.Their being motivated by challenges.
【4】Which of the following could be the best title?
A.Smart Pigs: Best Animal Players
B.Flexible Noses: Fun Games
C.Oral Commands: Pig Learners
D.Pig Players: Learning Potential
25、This is Poot Poot, the white Nigerian Dwarf goat that surprises us all. Poot Poot was born last March and was the _________ kid we'd ever seen at 1.4 pounds. He was so small that we didn't think he would _________ it to the morning. He had a body temperature so low that it wouldn't even _________on the thermometer(温度计)
My ten-year-old daughter,Atlas,and I _________all night looking after him. Poot Poot was too little to _________, so we milked his mother and used an eyedropper to feed the milk to him. To _________his body temperature,we placed him in a plastic bag so we could put him in the bathtub filled with warm water without his getting _________
Poot Poot wasn't the first goat we'd had to _________ inside our home, but he was the sweetest and neatest. _________there wasn't a diaper(尿布) small enough for him, he __________made trouble.
Atlas, too, had been early born, __________only 2 pounds at birth, so she has always __________it was sweet that Poot Poot was small, like her. Each day, they become closer. Whenever Atlas steps foot outside the door, Poot Poot screams and screams until she __________ to him. The pair play hide-and-seek in the tall grass, Atlas waiting until Poot Poot turns around,then dashing off to __________ Poot Poot bleating(咩咩叫)as he follows the sound of her voice. This little kid has already brought so much __________ into our lives and has become a special part of our family ever.
【1】
A.smartest
B.cutest
C.tiniest
D.shortest
【2】
A.make
B.approach
C.leave
D.take
【3】
A.work
B.freeze
C.show
D.drop
【4】
A.stayed up
B.walked around
C.made up
D.sat around
【5】
A.breathe
B.jump
C.scream
D.nurse
【6】
A.record
B.measure
C.raise
D.keep
【7】
A.angry
B.wet
C.injured
D.warm
【8】
A.buy
B.discover
C.bring
D.train
【9】
A.Since
B.Though
C.If
D.Unless
【10】
A.usually
B.nearly
C.mostly
D.hardly
【11】
A.weighing
B.lifting
C.carrying
D.keeping
【12】
A.dreamt
B.predicted
C.concluded
D.thought
【13】
A.gives way
B.comes over
C.looks up
D.makes faces
【14】
A.hide
B.greet
C.wait
D.play
【15】
A.confidence
B.joy
C.honor
D.convenience
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。
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。
As my father passed away a couple of years ago, I had to shoulder the responsibility and worked extremely hard to support my family. Being a travel agent, I was no stranger to long and tiring travels, moving from one place to another. Seldom did I have time to visit my mother, who lived alone a little far away from me.
One day at an airport, I overheard a father and daughter in their last moments together. They had announced her plane’s departure and standing near the door. He said to his daughter, “I love you, I wish you enough.”
She said, “Daddy, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed I wish you enough too, Daddy.” They kissed good-bye and she left. The father stood there watching until his daughter was out of sight.
He walked over toward the window where I was seated. Standing there I could see he wanted and needed to cry. I tried not to intrude(侵犯) on his privacy, but he welcomed me in by asking, “Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be forever? ” “Yes, I have, ” I replied.
“Forgive me for asking but why is this a forever good-bye?” I asked.
“I am old and she lives much too far away. I have challenges ahead and the reality is, her next trip back will be for my funeral,” he said I could definitely tell that he was in great sadness.
“When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, ‘I wish you enough.’ May I ask what that means?” I then asked cautiously.
Paragraph 1: Hearing this, he began to smile and then explained it to me.
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Paragraph 2: I felt tears well up in my eyes.
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