1、He has never got a ____ job, because he travels around the world most of his time.
A. positive B. perfect C. permanent D. temporary
2、College students should actively participate in social practice, which will lead to the acquisition of more knowledge and skills, ____ what they learn from books is limited.
A.even if B.as long as C.as soon as D.now that
3、This painting of his had been ____________ by some experts of the world.
A. high thought of B. well thought of
C. highly thought D. good thought
4、The old rules have to be ________ because they only applied to the circumstances that existed when they were made a hundred years ago.
A.reviewed
B.revealed
C.revised
D.reserved
5、One-fifth of the area ________ covered with trees. About seventy percent of the trees ________ been planted recently.
A.is; has B.are; have C.is; have D.are; has
6、— What if Mr. Wang is against our project at the meeting?
— He won’t be we ask for his advice in advance.
A. though B. unless C. if D. while
7、Every possible means ___________ but no one knows which is suitable.
A.has discussed
B.have been discussed
C.has been discussed
D.were discussed
8、It was the second time that we ________ in holding such important parties.
A. succeed B. had succeeded C. succeeded D. have succeeded
9、 The financial damage is nothing compared to what _______ if there had been children in the classroom in time of the fire.
A. would happen B. happened
C. would have happened D. should have happened
10、The war ________ many years.
A.was lasted
B.last
C.has been lasted
D.lasted
11、When he goes to his hometown ,he always wants to visit the place________he grew up.
A.which
B.that
C.where
D.on which
12、The _____ of the Itaipu Dam took 30,000 people seven years.
A.construction B.production C.destruction D.instruction
13、As the party was very informal, Jack stood there looking stiff and ________ in his formal dress.
A.awkward
B.comfortable
C.convenient
D.surprising
14、---What are you reading, Dad?
--- I’m not really reading, just ______ the pages.
A. turning over B. turning around
C. turning on D. turning up
15、Though he had often made his little sister ________(cry), today he was made________(cry) by his little sister.
A.cry; cry
B.cried; crying
C.crying; cry
D.cry; to cry
16、 Since the day it was founded , the Venus Orchestra , known as the “the most beautiful orchestra in the world ”, has _________ the attention of professional critics , music lovers , and a wide range of audience.
A. approved B. assumed C. accumulated D. Arrested
17、Our bedroom ________ 8 metres across, if ________ in metres.
A. is measured; measured B. is measured in; measuring
C. measures; measured D. measures in; measuring
18、This winter, there was a heavy snow in our province; the farmers say that it___ to be a good harvest.
A. supposes B. expects C. proposes D. promises
19、The dog, ________, will make a good watch dog.
A.to train properly
B.training properly
C.properly to train
D.trained properly
20、He didn’t ________ his primary school classmate Wu Yue until she was introduced.
A.find
B.know
C.recognize
D.picked
21、This is the greatest mystery of our adult life: How can we spend all day typing at a computer and go home feeling exhausted? How could merely activating the small muscles of our fingers leave us worn out at the end of the day? What causes mental fatigue (疲劳)?
“It is kind of a mystery, to be honest.” said Michael Inzlicht, a University of Toronto psychologist who studies self-control, motivation and fatigue. But scientists do have some clues. There is a hypothesis for why we get so tired from work when we’re not physically active. We get so tired because our motivation runs out. As we work on a task, we struggle to focus on it or eventually lose interest in it. We become less motivated to do the task. We become drawn to the things we want to do (scrolling social media or reading music blogs, for instance), rather than the things we have to do. And this tension possibly causes fatigue.
Researchers in the UK published new evidence that finds some indirect evidence for the motivational model. This study tracked 100 nurses in the UK over two 1-hour shifts.
Throughout the shifts, the nurses reported how fatigued they felt at regular intervals. They also wore devices that monitored and tracked the amount of physical activity they were engaged in. When the researchers investigated what could possibly explain the fatigue, they found some interesting patterns. Here's the result: there was no connection between the amount of physical work the nurses did and their feelings of fatigue. Instead, they found this small connection: the nurses who were least likely to feel fatigued from their work also felt the most in control of their work, and the most rewarded of it. These feelings may have boosted their motivation, which may have boosted their perception of having energy.
Inzlicht has also found evidence for the motivational model in his work. A few years ago. he and Carleton University psychologist Marina Milyavskaya monitored 159 students at McGill University in Canada for a week. “What was surprising to us was the biggest predictor of fatigue, not whether they had exerted self-control.” Inzlicht said. “Instead, the predictor was the number of temptations they felt.” “lf you’re typing at work, and if you’re anything like me, you got a few browsers open. These lead to temptations ,” he said. “Temptations make us less motivated to do our work, which, in turn, may make us tired.”
And there may be an evolutionary reason for why our brains would do this. “As an organism, we need to meet multiple goals to survive.” Inzlicht explains. We’re not solely focused on finding food or pursuing our passions in life. We need to do all these things to be a healthy, thriving species. “Because these multiple goals compete with one another (for our time), we need a mechanism in place that signals.” “Hey, stop doing that thing and do something else.” That mechanism, he suggests, could be fatigue.
In this light, boosting our motivation to stay on a task could lead us to feel less fatigued. One study found that just paying people some money when they’re exhausted can keep them on task. A similar thing is found in studies on physical endurance: People can be easily pushed to work beyond what they think is their physical limit.
【1】Why does the author ask so many questions in the first paragraph?
A.To introduce a common phenomenon.
B.To raise some questions that are appealing.
C.To lead to the theme and attract attention.
D.To show the author’s concern of the problem.
【2】Which one is the hypothesis for why we often feel exhausted after one-day work?
A.We are drawn to others things we have to do.
B.Lacking drive to finish a task leads to tiredness.
C.Smaller amount of physical activity makes us more tired.
D.Better self-control can boost one’s motivation to work.
【3】Which one can be used to improve an employee’s motivation?
A.Improving his salary.
B.Finding his passion.
C.Boosting his motivation.
D.Pushing his physical limits.
22、Dear Mark,
Here’s something that’s been bothering me recently. My daughter will be five years old. She is happy, well-mannered, loving and pretty. She has attended a Montessori school since she was 16 months old and has made two friends. The three girls are always together, or talking with each other.
But recently the girls told my daughter that they would not play with her if she kept playing with the boy who was disliked by most of the class. My daughter always finds good things in others and insisted they play with him, too. Then one of the friends told my daughter she didn’t have straight hair and shouldn’t play with them. Then she started ignoring my daughter. My mother-in-law decided to iron my girl’s beautiful curly hair (卷发).
With her birthday coming, my child decided to invite her friends to her party. When I asked her why, she said because they were always together, but I know one of the girls will not attend her party.
I’m concerned about her. I feel lost, not knowing how to help my child.
Jenny
Dear Jenny,
It’s always painful to a mother when someone hurts her child. Your daughter’s friends weren’t nice to her, but little kids are still learning how to get along with others. As a result, young friendships are often fleeting, even changing from day to day. Judging from you letter, your daughter seems to be remarkably loving, outgoing and mature (成熟的) beyond her years. Perhaps you need to be proud of the way she treats people.
Ironing your daughter’s hair won't send your daughter or the other girls a good message. It implies that there is something wrong with the way she is. You have no choice but to let your daughter know that one of the girls won’t be attending her birthday party. If she seems upset, remind her that other friends will be there. My guess is that she will rise to the occasion.
Hope this helps.
Mark
【1】What’s the mother’s problem?
A.Her daughter doesn’t respect other children.
B.Her daughter seems to be losing her friends.
C.Her daughter cares too much about her friends.
D.Her daughter doesn’t want to change her hairstyle.
【2】Mark used the underlined word “fleeting” to show that ______.
A.kids value friendship very much
B.young friendships don’t last long
C.kids are good at dealing with others
D.young friendships are very important
【3】The letter exchange has most likely happened between ______.
A.teacher and parent
B.doctor and patient
C.editor and reader
D.agent and client
23、It takes more than just practice to become an Olympian. Gold medal performances require some serious nutrition. Have you ever wondered what these successful athletes eat to stay in peak shape?
Keri Glassman, a registered dietitian and founder of Nutritious Life Meals, appeared on “Good Morning America” today to give you a glimpse into the diets of some top athletes. Some of their meals could surprise you.
Crazy Calorie Count
Glassman said Olympians eat a lot of food- quantities that for ordinary people would constitute pigging out. One secret of swimmer Michael Phelps’ astonishing performance in the 2008Olympics in Beijing was consuming as many as 12,00 calories in one day.
Athletes can eat like this and not gain any weight because their workouts are intense. According to Glassman, Phelps’ workouts can burn 4,000 to 6,000 calories in a day, and those calories must be added in order to train the following day.
Snacking Secrets
Some athletes eat strange foods that improve their performance. Yohan Blake, the Jamaica sprinter and 100-meter world champion, has stolen champion sprinter Usain Bolt’s thunder on the track during the Olympic trials. Asked about how he gets his energy, Blake answered that he eats 16 bananas per day ,Glassman said.
Jonathan Horton, the lead gymnast on the Us team, has a blood sugar problem. His solution is honey. When he starts to feel shaky at the gym, he takes honey to boost his energy, Classman said.
Foods for Recovery
What are the best foods to help the body recover after harsh competition?
For Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte, the recovery meal is grilled chicken breasts with Alfredo sauce, whole-grain spaghetti and a salad with lemon juice and olive oil. Lochte, who recently cut out junk food, candy and soda, has undertaken a strength-training regimen(养生法)that involves flipping tractor tires, and tossing beer kegs, Glassman said.
【1】What’s the best title of this passage?
A. Good Diet Makes a True Olympian.
B. Olympians Have Olympic-size Appetites.
C. Olympians’ Strange Eating Habits.
D. The Diet of Some Top Olympic Athletes.
【2】What does the underlined sentence probably mean?
A. Ordinary people eat few pigs compared with Olympians.
B. Olympians eat a lot more food than ordinary people.
C. Olympians tend to eat a lot of high-quality food.
D. Olympians eat a large amount of food, just like pigs.
【3】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Ryan Lochte quit eating junk food , candy and soda for his better recovery.
B. Yohan Blake finally beat Usain Bolt in the 100-meter track in the Olympics.
C. Michael Phelps’ astonishing performance was due to his eating lots of food.
D. Jonathan Horton has a blood sugar problem because of taking too much honey.
【4】Which of the following is not the best food to help the body recover?
A. Soda.
B. Olive oil.
C. Whole-grain spaghetti.
D.A salad with lemon juice.
【5】The passage is most likely to be found in .
A. a technical report B. a fashion magazine
C. an education column D. a sports newspaper
24、 Obama, Lady Gaga and Steve Jobs—what do they have in common? They are, of course, all Americans. And according to a survey by social networking site baidu. com, they all best illustrate(举例说明) the word “cool”.
But just what does it mean to say someone is “cool”? Most would answer that it is something to do with being independent-minded and not following the crowd.
Yale University art professor Robert Farris Thompson says that the term “cool” goes back to 15th century West African philosophy. “Cool” relates to ideas of grace under pressure.
“In Africa, ” he writes, “coolness is a positive quality which combines calmness, silence, and life.”
The modern idea of “cool” developed largely in the US in the period after World War II. “Post-war ‘cool’ was in part an expression of war-weariness (厌战情绪), . . . it went against the strict social rules of the time,” write sociologists Dick Pountain and David Robins in Cool Rules:Anatomy of an Attitude.
But it was the American actor James Dean who became the symbol for “cool” in the hugely successful 1955 movie Rebel without a Cause. Dean plays a tough guy who disobeys his parents and the authorities. He always gets the girl, smokes cigarettes, wears a leather jacket and beats up bullies. In the movie, Dean showed what “cool” would mean to American young people for the next 60 years.
Today the focus of “cool” has changed to athletics (体育运动) stars. Often in movies about schools, students gain popularity on the athletics field more than in the classroom. This can be seen quite clearly in movies like Varsity Blues and John Tucker Must Die.
But many teenagers also think being smart is cool. Chess and other thinking games have been becoming more popular in schools.
“Call it the Harry Potterization of America—a time when being smart is the new cool,” writes journalist Joe Sunnen.
【1】If you were considered“cool”in Africa in the 15th century, you_____.
A. thought and acted differently from the majority
B. had a calm and quiet attitude towards life
C. didn’t observe rules and authorities
D. had all kinds of “bad” manners
【2】The heroes in Varsity Blues and John Tucker Must Die are likely to be those who ________.
A. do very well in their studies
B. are very skilled at sports
C. are good at chess and other thinking games.
D. have supernatural powers like Harry Potter
【3】Which of the following is NOT true according to the article?
A. It is generally considered “cool” to be independent-minded and not to follow the crowd.
B. “Cool” was used as early as the 15th century.
C. Disobeying one’s parents and the authorities is considered “cool” among American young people nowadays.
D. Getting the first place in an exam can also be considered “cool”.
【4】What does the article mainly talk about?
A. The origin of the word “cool”.
B. The kinds of people who are “cool”.
C. The changing meaning of the word “cool”.
D. How to be a “ cool” person.
25、I am a girl, but I was born to be a rebel (叛逆者). I like games that can be _____ Some of the sports I like, even boys won’t play!
Wrestling (摔跤) is _____ seen as a sport for men, but I _____ to see if I could do it.
Every Saturday morning, I got out of bed early to go and watch my brother _____.From morning to night, I would sit watching the _____ have all the fun. Since then, wrestling has been part of my _____.
For three years, I _____ all the boys and became the best player in the team. My _____ memory of wrestling is when a boy walked off _____ because he’d lost to a girl.
My last ______ was at this year’s Girls’ State Wrestling Championships.
I was so ______. I was sure I would win. My heart was beating hard when the match started. I could see ____but my competitor. When the final whistle blew, I had ______ by four points. The cameras and ______ all turned to me: I was the new wrestling champion. I felt so ______. But after a few minutes of enjoying being a champion, ______ began to run through my knee. Because I hurt my knee, my ______ of being a national champion ended. Even so, I won’t lose heart and still ______ to wrestle next year when I go to college. I have ___ that you can do anything you want if you stay positive and put your ______ into it.
【1】
A.interesting
B.surprising
C.dangerous
D.famous
【2】
A.usually
B.ever
C.hardly
D.never
【3】
A.agreed
B.pretended
C.decided
D.happened
【4】
A.roll
B.run
C.fight
D.wrestle
【5】
A.boys
B.girls
C.teammates
D.friends
【6】
A.way
B.life
C.work
D.study
【7】
A.beat
B.hit
C.knocked
D.injured
【8】
A.longest
B.shortest
C.deepest
D.worst
【9】
A.shouting
B.smiling
C.laughing
D.crying
【10】
A.chance
B.match
C.try
D.sport
【11】
A.upset
B.great
C.pleased
D.excited
【12】
A.anything
B.nothing
C.everything
D.something
【13】
A.won
B.lost
C.led
D.gained
【14】
A.hands
B.players
C.lights
D.photos
【15】
A.shy
B.hopeful
C.happy
D.nervous
【16】
A.air
B.blood
C.steam
D.pain
【17】
A.dream
B.plan
C.goal
D.story
【18】
A.remember
B.cycle
C.want
D.walk
【19】
A.said
B.heard
C.learned
D.noticed
【20】
A.time
B.heart
C.foot
D.wealth
26、假如你是李华,你收到朋友李磊的来信,他告诉你他不适应高一数学老师的课,在数学方面有些困难,以至于跟不上其他同学,感到非常着急。请给他回复一封电子邮件,想办法解决这方面的困难。
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Yours,
Li Hua