1、—Nowadays a growing number of people go to work by bike.
—Bicycling is good exercise；________it doesn't pollute the air.
A. therefore B. moreover
C. however D. otherwise
2、Jimmy is the oldest boy and is taller than______ boys in the class.
A．the other
B．any other
C．each
D．all
3、The summer camp group, ________ 30 students, will start for Beijing and stay there for three weeks.
A.consisted in B.consisted of C.consisting of D.consisting in
4、What surprised me most was not what he said but________ he said it.
A．the way which
B．in the way that
C．in the way
D．the way
5、If you are interested in the course, you can ________ for it.
A．sign in
B．sign out
C．sign up
D．sign away
6、It was the boy,rather than his teachers,that______for what the boy had done.
A. were to blame B. were to blamed
C. was to blame D. was to be blamed
7、It causes the climate of the earth________.
A．change
B．changing
C．to change
D．changed
8、She knows that as a secretary she must be pleasant and helpful no matter how busy she is or what kind of ______she may be in.
A．mood B．mind C．form D．thought
9、— You haven’t done it well.
— But I tried my best and did it _____ a way ____ I think is the best.
A. in; / B. /; in which
C. by; in that D. in; which
10、This new product, containing no _____ flavors and coloring agents, attracts a number of white-collar clerks.
A.authentic B.diverse C.conventional D.artificial
11、——Where is Peter ? I can't find him anywhere.
——He went to the library after breakfast and _____ his essay there ever since.
A.has written B.has been writing C.had written D.were writing
12、—Just now Jerry helped to work out a difficult problem for Ms. Smith.
—He ________ others.
A.was always helping B.is always helping
C.always helped D.had always helped
13、_______ caused the accident has not been found out yet.
A.What B.Which
C.The thing D.That
14、Mr. Black Shanghai in a few days. Do you know when the earliest plane________off on Sunday?
A．is leaving, is taking B．is leaving, takes
C．leaves, will take D．leaves, takes
15、Children like to _____ what they have but others don’t have, which makes them proud.
A. cheer up B. give up
C. show off D. put off
16、— Did you stay at the party until the very end last night?
— No, I left as early as was ________ with politeness.
A. content B. consistent
C. patient D. Permanent
17、At the back yard, we found him ________on a bench with a ________face.
A．seated; worrying
B．sit; worried
C．sitting; worrying
D．seated; worried
18、It was in the lab ________ was taken charge of by Professor Black ________ they did the experiment.
A．that; where
B．which; that
C．whom; that
D．which; where
19、---How many members does the club ________?
---- 200
A．consist of
B．is consisted of
C．make up of
D．make up
20、 Where was it ______ the road accident happened the other day?
A. that B. when
C. how D. which
21、 New Zealand, which is a beautiful beach country, draws many people looking for a new life. Its cities are considered as some of the best places to live in the world, and with a population of only 4.4 million there remain plenty of untouched lands to explore and enjoy.
The big draw for modern-day visitors is the country's beautiful scenery and natural wonders. Sailing, surfing, hiking, camping and any outdoor activity you know can be done in New Zealand. With an increasing number of visitors arriving every year, environmentalists and the government are concerned about protecting the nature.
Auckland is the largest city in New Zealand, with a population of 1.5 million. Known as the City of Sails, it sits on a narrow land between the Waitemata and Manukau Bays. The city's suburbs Lynn, Ellerslie and Meadowbank stretch form many miles along the coast. Its most popular places to live are Westmere, Ponsonby, Grey Lynn and Meadowbank. These are the areas seeing the highest home prices in the country.
At the south of the North Island sits Wellington, the capital and diplomatic centre of the country, built in the hills above the Cook Strait that separates the North Island from the South Island. It has the country's best public transport, Metlink, and considers itself the coolest city in New Zealand.
“No matter where we live, beach culture has always been a big part of our culture,” said Shane Mason. “It's pretty common to leave town during the summer and spend Christmas and New Year at the beach.” “New Zealand is a good place to visit and a great place to live,” said Mason, who now lives in Berlin. “I've discovered there is no place like home.”
【1】Many people move to New Zealand because _________________
A.they want to live a new life in the place fit to live.
B.it has a lot of beautiful scenery and natural wonders.
C.they want to explore and enjoy plenty of untouched lands.
D.it has a population of only 4.4 million.
【2】What has caused environmentalists and the government to be concerned about protecting the nature?
A.Its rising population. B.Plenty of untouched lands.
C.The increasing visitors. D.Its rich natural resource.
【3】What does the underlined word “stretch ” mean?
A.Extend B.Settle
C.Improve D.Increase
【4】From what Mason said we can infer that_____________.
A.its beach culture is the most unimportant culture.
B.she hopes to live in New Zealand for the rest of her life.
C.people seldom leave their homes to the beach.
D.she thinks New Zealand is the best place to live.
22、The Arctic is on Fire
Dozens of wildfires have been raging across the Arctic circle for the past few weeks, releasing as much carbon dioxide in just one month as Sweden’s total annual emissions.
Fires in the region aren’t unknown, but the scale of the blazes, predominantly in northern peatlands (泥炭地) across Siberia, is unprecedented. 【1】
“It's quite striking. It does really stand out,” says Mark Parrington at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts. The last time the region had such big fires was 15 years ago.
【2】 The Arctic was also warmer than average. “It’s hotter and drier. If the temperature is high enough and there’s ignition, fuel burns,” says Parrington.
The size of the burning area isn’t clear. Thomas Smith at the London School of Economics says satellite photos suggest that some fires are bigger than 100,000 hectares, which would classify them as megafires. 【3】 “Some hotspots are apparent through gaps in clouds, which suggest fires are continuing,” he says.
The fires seem to be mostly on carbon-rich peatland. Parrington calculates that the wildfires in June released about 50 megatonnes of CO2, as much as Sweden’s total emissions in 2017. That CO2 will lead to more warming, in a feedback loop.
【4】 “What we might be seeing this year is widespread breach of a critical temperature threshold, leading to such widespread fires,” says Smith. Guillermo Rein of Imperial College London says: “The term ‘Arctic fire’ is a relatively new arrival to science and still causes consternation (惊愕). It is not part of common sense yet.”
What started these fires isn’t known, but given how sparsely inhabited the region is, lightning is thought to be a likely cause.
A．There are signs they are still burning, although detection is blocked by cloud cover.
B．Satellite measurements show that the energy released by the fires in June is more than that produced during the previous nine Junes combined.
C．The blazes also seem to be accelerating climate change by depositing soot and ash on sea ice.
D．Meanwhile, at least 18 people were killed in the Siberian region of Irkutsk after severe flooding caused by heavy rainfall.
E．The Arctic wildfires are in line with predictions made a decade ago, when researchers said they expected the region to see some of the biggest increases in fires.
F．The driver for the fires seems to be the unusually high temperatures in June, the hottest one on record in Europe.
23、Chinese ancient poetry was the heart and soul of Chinese anient literature. Poems and songs have been the means of entertainment of men from the earliest times onwards Records of Chinese ancient poetry have largely been found, from which a large amount of knowledge of ancient poetry of China can be obtained. Chinese ancient poetry was primarily written to be chanted or sung.
The poetic persona (表面形象) is a feature of classical Chinese poetry. The persona appears when the poem is written from the viewpoint of some other person. Some poems are comments on the then contemporary society and life. Images and symbolism are deeply associated with Chinese ancient poetry. Chinese ancient poems, although apparently simple in the first reading, have deeper and greater meanings when read intensively.
The earliest Chinese ancient poetry begins with The Book of Songs which is a collection of 305 poems. It was the first comprehensive compilation (辑) of Chinese ancient poems. Each poem in The Book of Songs was set to music and could be sung. Folk songs made up the most part of the book!Confucius, the great ancient philosopher, was fond of this book. It was also the accepted textbook of the Confucian school.
Chinese poetic history is extremely long and colorful. The Tang dynasty, the golden age of Chinese ancient poetry, produced many famous poems. Three Hundred Poems of the Tang Dynasty, was compiled by Heng Tang Tui Shi of the Qing dynasty. This was used for very many years to teach primary students.
Almost everything is the subject of Chinese ancient poetry including marriage, agriculture, courtship(求爱), sorrow and joys, romance, heroic deeds and so on. Generally, each poem is usually composed of lines of four, five or seven syllables. Translations of Chinese ancient poems are available in books and also online. Now these beautiful poems have attracted readers all over the world.
【1】What’s the earliest Chinese poetry intended to do?
A．To record history.
B．To entertain people.
C．To spread knowledge.
D．To state people’s thoughts.
【2】Which can describe the obvious characteristics of Chinese ancient poetry according to the text?
A．Modern and symbolic.
B．Imaginative but unreal.
C．Difficult and figurative.
D．Simple but meaningful.
【3】What can we learn about The Book of Songs from the text?
A．It is compiled by Heng Tang Tui Shi.
B．It was the textbook for kids during Confucius’s childhood.
C．It was produced during the golden age of Chinese ancient poetry.
D．It includes more folk songs than other kinds of poems.
【4】What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A．Chinese ancient poetry has limited subjects.
B．Every Chinese ancient poem is made up of four lines.
C．Chinese ancient poems win popularity overseas.
D．Something in Chinese ancient poems is lost in translation.
24、 In 2009, Dan Black was hit by a car in his hometown of Chepstow, Wales, as he was biking to his job at a grocery store. The accident left him unable to move from the chest down. During his recovery, he suffered a stroke that made his right arm useless. Once a promising guitarist, Dan, now 25, lives with his parents and requires around-the-clock care that costs nearly $ 300,000 a year. After the accident, a friend of his started the Help Dan Black Fund to cover some of Dan’s medical expenses. Dan learned about an experimental stem cell(干细胞) treatment in China that could enable him to walk again. After four years, donations to help Dan Black totaled nearly $ 30,000.
One day, in 2013, a news story caught the eye of Dan’s mother, Michacla, who then shared the story with her son. The story featured a five-year-old boy named Brecon Vaughan. He had a rare form of disease and never walked by himself. The boy’s family had created a website with which to raise nearly $ 100,000 needed for a trip to the St. Louis Children’s Hospital, where treatment was offered that could help Brecon walk. Only half the amount had been raised, said the report.
Dan deliberated. Then, after considering that his own dream of walking could be years away, he donated his $30,000 to Brecon’s cause. “I know how it feels to walk. Brecon doesn’t. He needs it much more than I do.” Dan told a newspaper.
Dan’s generosity received a great deal of attention, and contributions started pouring in to the Vaughan website. The family soon exceeded their fund-raising goal. They’ve promised to give the extra funds, about $17,000, to the Tree of Hope charity, which helps sick children in the United Kingdom find specialized medical help. In October, Brecon and his family travelled to St. Louis to begin treatment. “What Dan did is great.” Brecon’s mother said, “It is an extraordinary gift.”
【1】What do we know about Dan Black?
A. He promised to be a guitarist.
B. He donated his money from his need.
C. He created a website to collect money.
D. He lost his right arm in an accident.
【2】What does the underlined word “exceeded ” mean?
A. Achieved. B. Brought up.
C. Went beyond. D. Set.
【3】What helped the donation flood into the Vaughan website?
A. Dan Black’s example. B. Brecon’s story
C. Michaela’s suggestion. D. The Vaughans’promisc.
【4】How will Vaughan’s family deal with the extra funds?
A. Support Dan Black’s treatment. B. Fund Brecon’s trip to St. Louis.
C. Help sick children in the UK. D. Give away to the Tree of Hope charity.
25、 Last Saturday was supposed to be the best day ever. My friend Ollie’s cousin Jeff was in town and we were going to have a_______beach day. I’d been_______the beach all week, which is why I was upset when Ollie’s grandma, Abuela, made the big_______. “The weather report says this storm is going to get even stormier, so we’ll have to_______around home today.”
“But what about our_______to show Jeff the ocean?” said Ollie.
“I’m sorry.” Abuela_______. “Today will be an inside day.”
We decided to play games. We turned on the computer, got all_______to play, and then the computer turned off.
“The lights_______! The wind must have_______down a power line,” said Abuela.
No power________no computer and no TV. The best outside day just turned into the________inside day! Perhaps we could only________we were doing fun stuff.
After a while, Abuela placed a bunch of pens and paper and a hat on the coffee table. “Why don’t you each write down three________and put them into the hat? You’ll end up with enough activities to________the afternoon.”
We weren’t________jumping up and down about the suggestion, but it was better than nothing. So we
________Abuela’s hat idea. “OK,” Jeff said, reading the first idea out loud. “Come up with a name for a new band.” We wrote about 20 super-silly band names, then________a winner: the Radically Rockin’ River Rats.
________, we enjoyed the activities.
Anyway, dear Bored, I________trying Abuela’s rainy-day hat idea. It doesn’t exactly________an incredible time at the beach, but it does help you feel a lot less bad for yourself when you’re stuck inside.
【1】A.fantastic B.significant C.common D.valuable
【2】A.breaking away from B.looking forward to C.getting close to D.living up to
【3】A.option B.appeal C.schedule D.announcement
【4】A.stick B.move C.wander D.look
【5】A.effort B.desire C.plan D.challenge
【6】A.screamed B.whispered C.sighed D.warned
【7】A.set B.installed C.checked D.linked
【8】A.set out B.went out C.put out D.got out
【9】A.dropped B.broke C.shut D.knocked
【10】A.offered B.meant C.allowed D.showed
【11】A.busiest B.longest C.fullest D.worst
【12】A.realize B.trust C.dream D.observe
【13】A.ideas B.reasons C.decisions D.courses
【14】A.complete B.miss C.fill D.play
【15】A.currently B.exactly C.eventually D.simply
【16】A.discussed B.shared C.rejected D.tried
【17】A.awarded B.picked C.revealed D.predicted
【18】A.Surprisingly B.Fortunately C.Obviously D.Constantly
【19】A.permit B.recommend C.imagine D.abandon
【20】A.provide B.guarantee C.replace D.stress
26、假设你是红星中学高三学生李华,你的英国笔友Jim发来邮件，询问你校的 体育活动情况，请给他回复邮件，内容包括：
1. 学校的活动项目；
2. 你最喜欢的活动及原因。
注意:1.词数不少于50；
2.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jim,
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Yours,
Li Hua