1、 _______ a lot of hard work and a touch of luck play a part, perseverance is the key to success.
A.However
B.When
C.Whether
D.While
2、We have _______ a campaign for better nursery and the school services.
A.invested B.issued C.launched D.leaked
3、The box costs so little that I can ___________ it.
A.assist B.betray C.afford D.bite
4、That maths problem is ____difficult______nobody can do it.
A.too…to
B.very…that
C.so…that
D.very…but
5、—________ you mind my opening the window?"
—Not at all.
A.Shall
B.Should
C.Will
D.Would
6、With our new teacher ________ us,we have made great progress in English.
A.help
B.helping
C.to be helped
D.helped
7、The police are trying to find out the evidence of the woman _________ in the bathroom.
A.murdered B.to be murdered C.being murdered D.murdering
8、The boy pretended _______ when his mother entered.
A. reading B. to read
C. to be reading D. being read
9、Mr.Smith is always on time for everything.How ____ it be that he was late for the important meeting?
A. should B. can C. may D. must
10、James, _________ money is now no problem, has run another business in his hometown.
A. for whose B. for whom C. with whom D. with whose
11、They soon ______ doing the same thing day after day, and finally gave up.
A.got tired of B.got along with C.got away from D.got down to
12、The secretary arranged ________ convenient time and place for the applicants to have an interview.
A.an
B.a
C.the
D./
13、Most of the doctors in this hospital were born , and they are now.
A.in the 1970; in their fifties B.in 1970s; in the fiftieth
C.in the 1970s; in fiftieth D.in the 1970s; in their fifties
14、“My darling girl. You and your husband _______ have this part of my kingdom with all its rivers and forests and mountains.” said King Lear.
A. would B. can
C. must D. shall
15、She said she was in great need of such a table and asked me how much ________ table would cost.
A.one such beautiful round wooden
B.such a beautiful wooden round
C.one such round beautiful wooden
D.such a round beautiful wooden
16、As is acknowledged, Taiwai and Hong Kong belong to China.
A.specially B.especially C.widely
17、Finding her car stolen, ______.
A. a policeman was asked to help B. the area was searched thoroughly
C. it was looked for everyone D. she hurried to a policeman for help
18、In view of rapidly aging population,the second-child policy at the start of 2016.
A. is adopted B. was adopted C. has been adopted D. was being adopted
19、My son’s 10 years birthday is drawing near, I decided to ________ a computer to give him as a gift.
A. borrow B. lend
C. purchase D. hire
20、In 1998,he was_____ uniersity student ofmathematics.
A.a,/
B.the,the
C.an,/
D.a,the
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C.To attend the class four times altogether.
D.To attend the class every Sunday afternoon.
【2】Why is a test designed in the first French class?
A.To correct students' exercises.
B.To learn students' speaking speed.
C.To practice students' eight different levels.
D.To know students' French level for the course.
【3】Which number should you call if you want to know more about the swimming course?
A.67432308
B.67353019
C.67801642
D.67801643
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The National Gallery
Description:
The National Gallery is the British national art museum built on the north side of Trafalgar Square in London.It houses a diverse collection of more than 2,300 examples of European art ranging from 13th-century religious paintings to more modern ones by Renoir and Van Gogh.The older collections of the gallery are reached through the main entrance while the more modern works in the East Wing are most easily reached from Trafalgar Square by a ground floor entrance
Layout:
The modern Sainsbury Wing on the western side of the building houses 13th- to 15th-century paintings, and artists include Duccio, Uccello, Van Eyck, Lippi, Mantegna, Botticelli and Memling.
The main West Wing houses 16th-century paintings, and artists include Leonardo da Vinci, Cranach, Michelangelo, Raphael, Bruegel, Bronzino, Titan and Veronese.
The North Wing houses 17th-century paintings, and artists include Caravaggio, Rubens, Poussin, Van Dyck, Velazquez, Claude and Vermeer.
The East Wing houses 18th- to early 20th-century paintings, and artists include Canaletto, Goya, Turner, Constable, Renoir and Van Gogh.
Opening Hours:
The Gallery is open every day from 10am to 6pm (Fridays 10am to 9pm) and is free, but charges apply to some special exhibitions.
Getting There:
Nearest underground stations: Charing Cross (2-minute walk), Leicester Square (3-minute walk), Embankment (7-minute walk), and Piccadilly Circus (8-minute walk).
【1】In which century’s collection can you see religious paintings?
A.The 13th.
B.The 17th.
C.The 18th.
D.The 20th.
【2】Where are Leonardo da Vinci’s works shown?
A.In the East Wing.
B.In the main West Wing.
C.In the Sainsbury Wing.
D.In the North Wing.
【3】Which underground station is closest to the National Gallery?
A.Piccadilly Circus.
B.Leicester Square.
C.Embankment.
D.Charing Cross.
23、 Do you still remember what happened when you went to school on the first day? I still remember my interesting first day of school. On that day, I hurried to my science class in the morning and found a seat in the back.I waited there for 15 minutes before the bell rang. The science teacher told us about some class rules. No one talked to me nor did I talk to anyone else. I was one of those very shy girls. After the science class, I had an English class. I thought it would be boring but it turned out to be very funny. When the classes of the morning ended I went to lunch. I sat outside the dining room with no one to talk to and no food because I was too nervous to join the lunch line. I kept looking around hoping to see someone I knew but I never saw anyone.
Lunch ended and I went to have my art class. I was the first one there and even my teacher was not there yet. So I sat at my desk and started drawing some pictures. I didn't notice the rest of the class walking in or the girl that was standing behind me till I was surprised by the voice, “So what are you drawing?” It was a girl who had really long hair.She ended up being my best friend and one of the kindest and liveliest girls I know.
In the next class meeting, the teacher asked us to talk about the past holiday.I was glad to make some new friends in the class.The first day of high school was hard for me but I got through it.
【1】What do we know about the writer's science class?
A.She was 15 minutes late for it. B.She made some new friends.
C.She learned some class rules. D.She sat in the front row.
【2】According to the writer, the English class was .
A.boring B.Useful C.hard D.interesting
【3】The writer had no lunch because she ______.
A.was afraid to stand in line B.forgot the lunchtime
C.wasn't hungry D.didn't like the dining room
24、For astronomers who are sighted, the Universe is full of visual wonders. From shimmering planets to shinning galaxies(星系), the universe is impressively beautiful. But those who are visually impaired cannot share that experience. So astronomers have been developing alternative ways to convey(传递)scientific information.
Recently, the journal Nature Astronomy published the latest in a series of articles on the use of sonification in astronomy. Sonification describes the change of data into digital audio(声音)files, which allows them to be heard, as well as read and seen.
In August, Kimberly Arcand, a data-visualization expert and science communicator at the Center for Astrophysics and others transformed some of the first images of the black hole at the centre of the Perseus cluster from the James Webb Space Telescope into sound. They worked under the guidance of people who are blind to map the intensity and colours of light in the headline-grabbing pictures into audio. The sonification of an image of gas and dust in a distant nebula(星云), for instance, uses loud high-frequency sounds to represent bright light near the top of the image, but lower-frequency loud sounds to represent bright light near the image’s centre. The black hole sonification translates data on sound waves travelling through space-created by the black hole’s impact on the hot gas that surrounds it-into the range of human hearing.
Scientists in other fields have also experimented with data sonification. Some have explored whether it can help with discovering Alzheimer’s disease from brain scans. Sound has even been used to describe ecological shifts caused by climate change in an Alaskan forest, with researchers assigning various musical instruments to different tree species.
In the long run, such approaches need to be strictly evaluated to determine what they can offer that other techniques cannot. For all the technical accuracy displayed in individual projects, the Nature Astronomy series points out that there are no universally accepted standards for sonifying scientific data, and little published work that evaluates its effectiveness.
【1】What does the underlined word “impaired” in Paragraph 1 most probably mean?
A.Appealing.
B.Damaged.
C.Directed.
D.Impressive.
【2】The examples in Paragraph 4 are intended to ______.
A.show the widespread use of sonification
B.introduce the common process of sonification
C.provide people with the cure for particular diseases
D.improve the application of sonification to more fields
【3】As for sonification, which would the author agree with?
A.The use of sonification helps to analyze data effectively.
B.The standardization of sonification has yet to be achieved.
C.Sonification can transform some data that other techniques cannot.
D.Lower-frequency sounds show bright light near the top of the image.
25、A US bus driver is being praised for the way she helped a passenger get some needed assistance. In October, bus driver Natalie Barnes started ______ with a passenger named Richard. He told her he had been ______ for a week, since there was a big fire in the place where he had been living and his house was ______.
When he asked if he could ______ along for the night to stay out of the ______, she agreed. “At some point in our lives, everybody needs ______, ” Barnes said, “I want to do what I could to help Richard in some way.” At one point during her shift, she took a ______, at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and ______ to get her passenger something to eat. Richard was _______ “Now I don’t know what to say but to say thank you, ” he said to Barnes and promised to ______ her back somehow.
She ______, saying, “I want to help you.” But one act of kindness wasn’t ______ for Barnes. During another break, she turned to a friend for help, who helped get Richard into temporary ______.
Barnes and Richard became ______ during that six-hour bus ride. Now he has her cellphone number, and they keep in _______
Helping others comes second nature for Barnes, who has received lots of praise for ______ service since she worked in the MCTS two years ago. She ______ takes peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on the bus to share with people in ______.
In fact, Barnes did what we all need to do to ______ homelessness: to look out for each other, to ______ each other and to work together.
【1】
A.playing
B.talking
C.competing
D.debating
【2】
A.homeless
B.careless
C.hopeful
D.helpful
【3】
A.set up
B.cleaned up
C.broken into
D.burned down
【4】
A.drive
B.walk
C.ride
D.work
【5】
A.moon
B.sun
C.air
D.cold
【6】
A.rest
B.help
C.food
D.medicine
【7】
A.break
B.look
C.risk
D.chance
【8】
A.planned
B.failed
C.offered
D.remembered
【9】
A.satisfied
B.concerned
C.confused
D.moved
【10】
A.take
B.pay
C.call
D.turn
【11】
A.refused
B.accepted
C.stopped
D.agreed
【12】
A.suitable
B.important
C.special
D.enough
【13】
A.schools
B.space
C.housing
D.cars
【14】
A.visitors
B.classmates
C.friends
D.co-workers
【15】
A.touch
B.mind
C.check
D.line
【16】
A.excellent
B.interesting
C.grateful
D.peaceful
【17】
A.gradually
B.usually
C.finally
D.actually
【18】
A.need
B.public
C.order
D.sight
【19】
A.research
B.challenge
C.ignore
D.fight
【20】
A.care for
B.look for
C.ask for
D.stand for
26、阅读下面短文,根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
If you are like many students, your time is limited so it is important to get the most educational value out of the time you have. Speed of learning is not the only important factor, however. Becoming an effective and efficient student is not something that happens overnight, but putting a few of these tips into daily practice can help you get more out of your study time.
One useful way to become a more effective learner is to simply keep learning. In one article published in Nature, it was reported that people who learned how to juggle(玩杂耍)increased the amount of gray matter, which is associated with visual memory. When these individuals stopped practicing their new skill, this gray matter disappeared. So, if you are learning a new language, it is important to keep practicing the language in order to maintain the improvement you have achieved. If you want the new information you just learned to stay put, keep practicing and rehearsing(默诵)it.
Another one of the best ways to learn is to focus on learning in more than one way. Find different ways to rehearse the information. This might involve describing what you learned to a friend, taking notes, or drawing a mind map By learning in more than one way, you're further strengthening the knowledge in your mind. According to researcher Judy Willis, "The more regions of the brain that store data about a subject, the more interconnection there is. And this interconnection of data means we have learned, rather than just memorized."
While it may seem that spending more time studying is one of the best ways of effective learning, research has proved that taking tests actually helps you better remember what you've learned, even if it isn't covered by the tests. The study showed that students who studied and were then tested had better long-term recall of the materials, even of information that was not covered by the tests. Students who had extra time to study but were not tested had significantly lower recall of the materials.