1、Her confidence and soon she was able to go out driving on her own.
A.gained B.grew C.greeted D.glared
2、In the past, people ________ newspapers to get the latest news. However, they rely on mobile phones for news now.
A.looked through
B.looked at
C.looked after
D.looked for
3、Many of those interviewed said their job had changed beyond ________ over the past five years.
A.expression B.recognition C.belief D.doubt
4、Playing football is so fun that it ________millions of people.
A.attracts
B.explores
C.reminds
D.survives
5、 —Hi, Terry, can I use your computer for a while this afternoon?
—Sorry. ______
A.It is repaired. B.It has been repaired.
C.It is being repaired. D.It had been repaired.
6、They painted their faces white, imitating their masters and ________them.
A.taking part in
B.making fun of
C.having an effect on
D.giving their lives to
7、________ this vision, Ricci is mounting one of the most enterprising and most expensive promotional campaigns in magazine-publishing history.
A.To realize
B.To have realized
C.Realizing
D.To be realizing
8、With a lot of difficult problems ________, the newly-elected president felt greatly relieved.
A.to settle
B.settling
C.settled
D.being settled
9、My nephew William is still a puzzle to me—sometimes he is as quiet as a mouse, while he______be fairly active at other times.
A.should
B.need
C.must
D.can
10、Good, better, best. Never let it . Till good is better and better best.
A. sink B. submit
C. ripen D. rest
11、It was commanded that the coal mine survivors ____ to the nearest hospital for treatment.
A. must send B. be sent
C. would be sent D. should send
12、I really enjoyed your party—it was ________.
A. so funny B. so much fun
C. such a fun D. very fun
13、Failure is ______, but what failure can teach us may never be taught in other ways.
A.alarming
B.annoying
C.desiring
D.divorcing
14、The manager recommended that the fresh graduate ______ a chance.
A.be given
B.should give
C.would be given
D.should be giving
15、 The news spread quickly through the campus _________ we would have a longer holiday, ________ made all the students wild with joy.
A. which; that B. that; what
C. that; which D. what; which
16、My sister met him at the cinema yesterday afternoon, so he _________ your lecture.
A.couldn't have attended
B.needn't have attended
C.mustn't have attended
D.shouldn't have attended
17、On a ________ morning the little girl was found ________ at the corner of the street.
A.freezing, freezing B.freezing, frozen C.frozen, frozen D.frozen, freezing
18、He made a great show of being ______ of her in front of other people, but he was only toying with her.
A. crazy B. fond C. addicted D. interested
19、The bill would ______ workers twelve weeks of unpaid leave for family emergencies.
A. permit B. supply C. admit D. provide
20、It is not easy to find out everything about her childhood; _________, she herself would wish to put those matters behind her.
A. instead B. besides C. otherwise D. therefore
21、The child of today owes much of its pleasant school life to the work of Maria Montessori and others who felt as she did.
Maria Montessori was born in 1870 in northern Italy. Both her parents were well educated.
While Maria was a student, she took great interest in the study of the particular nature of the child's mind. It came to her that small children should have freedom to learn.
Maria became a doctor and a professor at Rome University.In 1907, after working with backward students, she was given a chance to try out her ideas on children.There were sixty children, aged three to six, in the Children's House.The rooms were bright and colorful.Maria let the children make their own choice of what they wanted to do and work with their own speed. They became busy, peaceful and happy.
Maria Montessori was one of the world's great teachers.She traveled in Europe, America and Far East.She thought that true education, providing(提供) for the real needs of the child, would produce wise and happy grown-ups and therefore a peaceful world. Her original way of education has changed our whole idea of what childhood is.
Maria Montessori died in Holland at the age of eighty-two.
【1】The short passage is mainly about_________.
A. the education of backward students
B. a new idea of education
C. the importance of proper education
D. the life of Maria Montessori
【2】Maria traveled a lot in the world to ________..
A. teach the backward students
B. enjoy her life in real nature
C. spread her ideas of teaching
D. study the situation of education
【3】In what way did Maria teach the children in the Children's House?
A. She taught them the best way of learning well.
B. She let them learn in a very pleasant way.
C. She taught them by showing them how to do things.
D. She just let them choose the most interesting subjects.
【4】We learn from the passage that ________.
A. Maria left her homeland in order to study abroad
B. Maria didn't get married
C. Maria's own parents were her teachers
D. Maria fully understood the child's mind
22、 How do you refer to those people, things, and experiences that are wonderful? Are they cool? Perhaps they're rad? In the 1980s, you might have called them bad. What do all these interesting words have in common? They're all slang words. The word “slang” as an interesting beginning. It began as a word in northern England that was used to refer to the land under the control of a country. Over time, it was used to refer to the people who would advertise and sell goods in special places. Eventually, slang became the term used to describe the colorful, informal speech that these salesmen used to advertise their goods.
Language develops continuously over time. New words and new meanings for old words come out as people try to express themselves in new, creative ways, both in speaking and writing. Slang allows people to be funny, clever, different, friendly, or even secretive. Over recent years, many slang words have come from three sources: popular music, politics, and the Internet. Popular music, especially rap and hip hop, has led to many slang words as singers come up with increasingly creative ways to express themselves. For better or worse, some words have taken on new meanings.
Perhaps the biggest source of slang words, however, is the Internet. In today's world, that fact should surprise no one. Whether it's the changing nature of technology itself or a quickly-changing trend, the Internet provides ideas for new slang words more than anything else does. It also helps those words to be introduced into our minds and change our language more rapidly than ever be-fore. Thanks to the popularity of the Internet and especially social media, a new slang word can appear and be known worldwide in a matter of weeks, if not days, rather than months or years as in the past.
【1】What do we know about the words mentioned in Paragraph 1?
A.They are all very common.
B.They are all different dialects.
C.They all have the same meaning.
D.They all refer to interesting things.
【2】What do we know about slang words according to Paragraph 3?
A.They offer new ideas to singers.
B.They can show users' creativity.
C.They are used more in speaking than in writing.
D.They give people new ways to express themselves.
【3】How is the influence of the Internet on slang words?
A.It is fast and wide.
B.It is harmful.
C.It is long-lasting.
D.It is indirect.
【4】What's the best title for the passage?
A.The power of language
B.Where do slang words come from?
C.How can we correctly use slang words?
D.The influence of the Internet on slang words
23、 A first grader and her sister who is a fourth grader at Elon Elementary School had an ambitious project: to publish a book to stop bullying.
“We decide to take a stand,” said Keegan Lee, 10. “We’re trying to make a difference and to let the bullies know that bullying is not acceptable —because they don’t know that they’re hurting people’s feelings —and make a peaceful world.”
Keegan and her 7-year-old sister Kohen wrote a book called Bullies Need a Time out .
They got the idea, said Charmin Lee, Keegan and Kohen’s mother, when Koken was in kindergarten .She saw some kids on the playground picking on a classmate, and she spoke up to stop it.
“I talked to my mom about it, and she said, ‘let’s make a bully book,’” Kohen said.
Although Keegan was the writer, Kohen contributed a lot. Kohen also illustrated. What she likes to draw had a lot to do with how the story came out, Charmin said.
“The girls have not been around a lot of serious bad behavior at Elon Elementary School,” Charmin said, “but it is something they have heard and are sensitive about.”
“Some people call people bad names and call people losers and stuff like that,” Keegan said. “And when I see that, I get so upset.”
The book is about a boy named Kipton who sees bullying in the classroom, cafeteria and playground, and tries to help.
“So Kipton make a difference,” Kohen said.
Charmin Lee said there are a lot of books about bullying, but most of them are about therapy and adult intervention(调停), written by PhDs for teachers.
“We didn’t see any children’s books written for children by children,” Charmin said.
Charmin wants to publish the book through self-publishing company Lulu, and donate a copy to every school in Alamance County, but it is expensive. She is looking for some grant opportunities, and intends to have some copies available by the end of summer.
“It’s pretty much ready to go,” Charmin said.
【1】What can we learn about Keegan and Kohen?
A.They are studying at Elon Middle School.
B.They are trying to do something to stop bullying.
C.They are just ordinary classmates.
D.They are planning to write a book called Bullies Need a Time Out.
【2】Which of the following can best replace the phrase “picking on” in Paragraph 4?
A.Choosing somebody for special attention.
B.siding with somebody.
C.treating somebody unkindly.
D.taking advantage of somebody.
【3】Bullies Need a Time Out is different from other books in that _____________.
A.it is intended to research school bullying.
B.it’s intended that readers are educators.
C.it is a book by children and for children.
D.it sells well on the market at present.
【4】Which of the following would best summarize the article?
A.It’s high time that something was done about bullying.
B.Elementary school sisters and school bullying.
C.Bullies Need a Time Out based on the writer’s stories will come out.
D.Elementary school sisters throw the book at bullies.
24、The color of food can send important messages about its quality. Now, many food companies, including McDonald’s and Kellogg’s, say they will stop adding artificial colors to their products.
McDonald’s announced in September that it had removed artificial colors from many of its hamburgers. Kellogg’s has promised to remove them from its cereals (谷物) by the end of this year. What people accept as a normal color for food can change from place to place and over time. Until the 1980s, Americans expected pistachio nuts (开心果) to be red. Pistachios were mostly imported from places where the nuts were dyed (染色) to cover spots. Now, most pistachios sold in the United States are grown in the U. S. and have natural-colored shells. But it is not just processed and boxed foods that create a false idea with color.
Cheeses
Many cheddar cheeses contain a substance (物质) added called annatto, which is commonly used for coloring. Elizabeth Chubbuck, of Murray’s Cheese in New York, said adding color comes from the time when cheese makers in England took the butterfat from milk to make butter. The leftover milk was whiter. So cheese makers added substances to recreate butterfat’s golden color.
Another cheese that sometimes gets color added is mozzarella. Sara Burnett is director of food policy at Panera Bread. She said mozzarella sometimes gets its bright white color from titanium dioxide, a common substance taken from nature.
Salmon (鲑鱼)
In salmon, a bright pink color is a sign of freshness to those buying the fish. Experts say this is why farmed salmon may have been fed food containing a man-made substance to make the flesh pinker.
The Food and Drug Administration notes that manufacturers have to declare on labeling if non-natural colors were used for salmon. For example, farmed salmon at Costco Wholesale stores is labeled “color added through feed”.
【1】What can we know from the second paragraph?
A.The color of food varies with places.
B.Most imported food has got color added.
C.Kellogg’s removed artificial colors from its cereals.
D.McDonald’s removed artificial colors from most of its food.
【2】Why were Pistachios nuts sold in the U. S. red in the 1980s?
A.Red is its natural color.
B.Farmers dyed them to cover spots.
C.Sellers added artificial colors to attract customers.
D.Producers added artificial colors to improve food quality.
【3】Which color in salmon is an indicator of freshness to customers?
A.White.
B.Red.
C.Yellow.
D.Pink.
【4】What’s the best title for the text?
A.Food Colors: Natural or Not?
B.How to Identify the Freshness of Food
C.Food Choices: Fresh Food or Processed Food?
D.Home-Grown Food Is Healthier Than Those Imported
25、My parents operated a small restaurant in Seattle. It was open twenty-four hours a day, six days a week. And my first real job, when I was six years old, was _________ the diners’ shoes. My father had done it when he was young, so he taught me _________ to do it efficiently (有效地), telling me to _________ to re-shine the shoes if the customer wasn’t _________.
Working in the restaurant was a cause of great _________ because I was also working for the good of the family. But my father _________ that I had to meet certain _________ to be part of the team. I had to be punctual (守时的), hard-working, and polite to the _________.
I was _________ paid for the work I did at the restaurant. One day I made the mistake of advising Dad that he __________ give me $10 a week. He said, “OK. How about you paying me for three meals a day you have here? And __________ the times you bring in your friends for free soft drinks?” He __________ I owed him about $40 a week.
I remember returning to Seattle after being __________ in the US Army for about two years. I had just been promoted (升迁) to Captain at that time. And full of pride, I walked into my parents’ restaurant, but the __________ thing Dad said was, “How about your __________ up tonight?” I couldn’t __________ my ears! I am an officer in the Army! But it didn’t __________ as far as Dad was concerned. I was just __________ member of the team. I reached for the mop (拖把). Working for Dad has taught me the devotion to a __________ is above all. It has nothing to do with __________ that team is involved in a family restaurant or the US Army.
【1】
A.cleaning
B.shining
C.removing
D.keeping
【2】
A.why
B.what
C.when
D.how
【3】
A.offer
B.refuse
C.love
D.learn
【4】
A.interested
B.annoyed
C.relaxed
D.satisfied
【5】
A.fun
B.pride
C.trouble
D.effort
【6】
A.got it right
B.kept it a rule
C.made it clear
D.took it for granted
【7】
A.standards
B.needs
C.challenges
D.situations
【8】
A.family
B.workers
C.customers
D.friends
【9】
A.never
B.always
C.seldom
D.ever
【10】
A.must
B.should
C.might
D.could
【11】
A.at
B.before
C.around
D.for
【12】
A.worked out
B.found out
C.put out
D.thought out
【13】
A.alone
B.away
C.outside
D.off
【14】
A.usual
B.last
C.next
D.first
【15】
A.washing
B.taking
C.cleaning
D.moving
【16】
A.ignore
B.follow
C.believe
D.understand
【17】
A.happen
B.care
C.go
D.matter
【18】
A.no
B.other
C.some
D.another
【19】
A.team
B.family
C.leader
D.restaurant
【20】
A.why
B.whether
C.when
D.how
26、书面表达
假定你是李华,你的英国朋友Peter来信向你咨询如何才能学好中文。请你根据下列要点写封回信。
1.参加中文学习班;2.看中文书刊、电视;3.学唱中文歌曲;4.交中国朋友。
注意:1.词数不少于100;2.可适当增加细节;3.开头语已为你写好,不计入总词数
June 8, 2011
Dear Peter,
I'm glad to receive your letter asking for my advice on how to learn Chinese well.
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Best wishes.
Li Hua