1、Though his plan was a total ______from established practices, the result was satisfying.
A.substitute B.prohibition C.departure D.judgment
2、We want to rent a bus which can________40 people for our trip to Beijing.
A.load B.hold C.fill D.support
3、—How will she behave in case of our failure?
—She’ll put the blame on us if it_______badly.
A.turns up B.turns down C.turns off D.turns out
4、—Listening to language recording in bed seems like an easy way to _______ some new vocabulary.
—But does this learning method actually work?
A. polish up B. make up
C. pick up D. build up
5、The special clothes are _____ for the children who are disabled.
A.designed B.planned C.changed D.expected
6、The greatest delight ________ the fields and woods give this famous poet is the suggestion of a magical relation between man and the vegetable.
A．which
B．what
C．that
D．when
7、If you get lost in the forest, you’d better stay ________ you are and wait for help.
A．why
B．where
C．who
D．what
8、The girl found the T-shirt sold online was _______that in the supermarket．
A. as half cheap as B. cheap as half as
C. the half price of D. half the price of
9、Students and teachers gather together for a morning ______________ each Monday to attend the ceremony of raising the national flag.
A. inspection B. inscription
C. assembly D. commitment
10、---As we know, keeping positive is beneficial to the process of our work and study.
---You can say that again. Struggle not to let negative ideas_______.
A．miss out
B．max out
C．take over
D．take up
11、The criminal _______ murdering the judge, unfortunately, an unexpected accident made him lose his consciousness.
A.might have admitted B.could have admitted
C.should have admitted D.must have admitted
12、____,the student insists that he be separated from his desk-mate,who is naughty.
A.To avoid being affected B.To avoid to be affected
C.Avoiding being affected D.Avoiding to be affected
13、The Taliban have conquered Kabul in a twinkling and in no time ______.
A．the US army have evacuated from Afghanistan
B．the US army will evacuate from Afghanistan
C．have the US army evacuated from Afghanistan
D．will the US army evacuate from Afghanistan
14、The government intends to ________ a new law about wearing safety belts in cars.
A．bring up
B．bring on
C．bring in
D．bring off
15、No one hates arguments more than Martin—he becomes miserable whenever they occur. ________, in his household, disputes are abundant.
A. Generally B. Actually
C. Unfortunately D. Roughly
16、Playing tricks ________ others is something we should never do.
A．with
B．on
C．to
D．at
17、 As was known to all, John had broken his promise ___ he would stay with us for some time .
A. when B. which
C. that D. what
18、Stephen William Hawking, the writer of A Brief History of Time, is always being _______ as a model of strong will.
A. taken up B. held up
C. picked up D. kept up
19、Now a lot of new technology can ________ problems in industry.
A．be applied to solve
B．be applied to solving
C．apply to solve
D．apply to solving
20、The rain yesterday was heavy and ______ the roads were flooded.
A. however B. otherwise
C. therefore D. consequently
21、The world can be a scary place when you’re young. It can be even scarier when you’re a young little blue penguin（企鹅），the world’s smallest penguin.
Luckily, there are some humans willing to help, who stepped in to protect Billy, a blue penguin that appeared on a beach in Christchurch, New Zealand. Spotted on Nov. 29 at Moncks Bay, in Christchurch, the little penguin immediately attracted a small crowd. Jeff Mein Smith saw the crowd while he was bicycling that afternoon, and he hiked home to get his camera. When he returned to the scene, he found that the penguin had received a little sign，reading “Hi,I’m waiting for my mum to come back. DOC （New Zealand’s Department of Conservation） knows I’m here. Please leave me alone. Keep your dog away. Thanks, Billy the baby blue penguin. ’’
Billy, perhaps able to read somehow, or just pleased by all the attention, didn’t wander far from the sign, and some people had set up “a little penguin protection team” to keep the penguin safe, Mein Smith said.
Little blue penguins are primarily found in New Zealand and the southern coast of Australia. The DOC arrived later that afternoon to pick up Billy. “It's unusual for a blue penguin to be out in the open on the beach during the day. Normally they are at sea or in burrows（洞穴）during the day，” Anita Spencer, a DOC official said. “The bird is a female penguin，is around 2 months old and is underweight for its age. It weighs a mere 550grams, less than a standard basketball. A blue penguin should weigh around 900 gram this age. Most little penguins grow up to weigh 1 kilogram，” she added.
Billy was taken to the Christchurch Penguin Rehabilitation Center after being taken from the beach. The center will help the little penguin gain some weight before it allowed to return to the ocean.
【1】As for the little penguin in Paragraph 1，how does the author feel?
A．Curious.
B．Crazy.
C．Sympathetic.
D．Satisfied.
【2】What did the locals mentioned in the text do to Billy?
A．They took photos of it.
B．They kept away from it.
C．They offered to protect it.
D．They hiked it to the beach.
【3】What do we know about Billy?
A．It was abandoned by its mum.
B．It was found on a beach in the morning.
C．It will be kept in DOC before it goes home.
D．It seldom went to the beach in daytime.
【4】What can be a suitable title for the text?
A．Leaving Me Alone
B．Waiting for My Mum
C．Keeping the Little Penguin
D．Protecting the Little Penguin
22、The idea of being able to walk on water has long interested humans greatly. Sadly, biological facts prevent us ever accomplishing such a thing without artificial aid---we simply weigh too much, and all our mass pushes down through our relatively small feet, resulting in a lot of pressure that makes us sink.
However, several types of animals can walk on water. One of the most interesting is the common basilisk Basilicus basilicus, a lizard (蜥蜴)native to Central and South America. It can run across water for a distance of several meters, avoiding getting wet by rapidly hitting the water’s surface with its feet. The lizard will take as many as 20 steps per second to keep moving forward. For humans to do this, we，d need huge feet that we could bring up to our ears in order to create adequate w hitting. ’’
But fortunately there is an alternative : cornflour. By adding enough of this common thickening agent to water (and it does take a lot), you can create a “non-Newtonian” liquid that doesn’t behave like normal water. Now, if the surface of the water is hit hard enough, particles(粒子）in the water group together for a moment to make the surface hard. Move quickly enough and put enough force into each step, and you really can walk across the surface of an adequately thick Liquid of cornflour.
Fun though all this may sound, it’s still rather messy and better read about in theory than carried out in practice. If you must do it, then keep the water wings handy in case you start to sink--and take a shower afterward!
【1】Walking on water hasn’t become a reality mainly because humans______.
A. are not interested in it
B. have biological limitations
C. have not invented proper tools
D. are afraid to make an attempt
【2】What do we know about Basilicus basilicus from the passage?
A. It is light enough to walk on water.
B. Its huge feet enable it to stay above water.
C. It can run across water at a certain speed.
D. Its unique skin keeps it from getting wet in water.
【3】What is the function of the cornflour according to the passage?
A. To create a thick liquid.
B. To turn the water into solid.
C. To help the liquid behave normally.
D. To enable the water to move rapidly.
【4】What is the author’s attitude toward the idea of humans’ walking on water?
A. It is risky but beneficial.
B. It is interesting and worth trying.
C. It is crazy and cannot become a reality.
D. It is impractical though theoretically possible.
23、The running buffalo clover(a plant) used to spread across eight states, from Virginia to Arkansas. The more it was walked on by the buffalo the better it grew.
When buffalo disappeared, the plant was gone, too. Researchers believed the plant was extinct, which had not been spotted since 1940s—until a population was found in West Virginia in 1983. Now, after decades of protection, the small plant stands to be removed from the list of species protected under the Endangered Species Act.
Biologist Rodney Bartgis came across a patch of running buffalo clover in 1983. He was recording plants in West Virginia and was wandering around a car road in the New River Gorge when he spotted some “unique-looking” leaves, which he recognized as running buffalo clover. After the finding was confirmed, the clover was considered no longer extinct and placed on the endangered-species list in 1987.
Part of the reason it took a while to start to find the clover in the wild is that, unlike other rare plants, this one won't grow in unspoiled areas. It likes being run over. When the clover was first discovered, US Fish and Wildlife Services(USFWS) forest managers were told to avoid driving in the area populated by the plant. But this made the clover there disappear. In the Fernow Forest in West Virginia, Gundy, a research forester, realized the skidders used to pull trees had helped ensure the clover's growth before anyone knew it was there. So in her work monitoring the population in Fernow, Gundy runs over the clover with a skidder. "You need to remember to agitate it,“ she says.
Since 1987, researchers have found 154 populations. But it's not out of the woods yet. The clover still faces threats from invasive species. The USFWS will have a public comment period, when the clover's case for delisting will be reviewed. Even if it is delisted, biologists from the USFWS will observe populations for years closely to ensure that the species is secure.
【1】What do we know about the running buffalo clover from the first two paragraphs?
A．It has died out due to some human action.
B．It still needs careful protection from extinction.
C．It was considered extinct before its rediscovery.
D．It can grow better without buffalo stepping on it.
【2】What do we know about Rodney Bartgis from the text?
A．He discovered the clover by accident.
B．He noticed the clover in an unspoiled area.
C．He hardly recognized the clover when first seeing it.
D．He had searched for the clover for years before finding it.
【3】How should we deal with the buffalo clover according to what Gundy said in paragraph 4?
A．She advised we should keep away from it.
B．She suggested we should disturb it.
C．She told us to remember to water it often.
D．She asked us to plant more and more buffalo clover.
【4】What can we infer from the text?
A．The buffalo ate up the clover in the US.
B．The clover is almost free from natural enemies.
C．The USFWS is cautious of the protection of the clover.
D．The clover won't be removed from the protection list.
24、 Mistakes are a part of life. To err is human. Failure is also a part of life, not the end of life. Be happy facing life’s challenges. When you make the effort to be happy and to improve your life, you are actually rewarded along the way.
Life is like a game and maybe you can award (奖励) points for every effort that has been a success for you. Try it. Add ten points for every achievement. And when you have reached 50 points, just yell, “ Hey, I’ve won!” and give yourself a reward. If you happen to have missed your points for whatever reason, tell yourself, “Well, I tried!” which is better than not trying at all. Don’t let it be said you didn’t try.
What is it that you want to make yourself happy? Actually happiness means different things to different people. For example, an athlete will be happy winning his first race. For a new mother happiness would be seeing her baby’s first steps. Happiness for a poor person would mean having a meal just for today. So happiness for you is really something simple that you want for yourself.
It really doesn’t have to be big. As a matter of fact you should always have realistic expectations. Make the best out of every given situation. If you expect a certain result from a situation and it does not happen, don’t get despondent. This just means trying harder next time. We all have in us the power to succeed. Don’t let “ give up ” be a part of your vocabulary.
【1】By saying “To err is human”, the author means that________.
A.human beings should try to avoid (避免) making mistakes
B.no one is perfect (完美的) and everyone makes mistakes
C.mistakes and failures make up our life
D.human beings make mistakes easily
【2】What’s the main idea of Paragraph 2?
A.Try to reach 50 points.
B.Never stop trying in your life.
C.Award yourself for your success
D.Don’t be afraid of missing your points.
【3】The author proves his idea in Paragraph 3 through_________.
A.examples B.numbers
C.experiments D.stories
【4】The underlined word “ despondent ” in the last paragraph means________.
A.frightened B.disappointed
C.surprised D.excited
25、I was a single mother who lived with my daughter Peggy in a small apartment, struggling hard to meet our needs.
One day, I headed to the downtown for a(n) _______ , I sat down in the streetcar, and there _______ the seat was a silk umbrella, on which there was a name _______ . Then I searched a telephone book for the name. I found it immediately and called it, and then a lady _______ with extreme excitement. “It was my umbrella which had been stolen a year ago.”, she said.
So _______ was her pleasure that I forgot I was looking for a job and went directly to her small house. She took the umbrella, with teary eyes, explaining with a(n) _______ voice that the umbrella was given by her parents, now dead. Her happiness at regaining this special _______ was so great that accepting her reward would have _______ something, so I refused her _______ and left.
The following months were __________ . I even lost my last job before Christmas. Thinking of this, I couldn’t control mv tears, but I __________ to wear a smile so I could greet my little daughter. She opened the door for me and __________ herself in my arms, screaming joyously and demanding __________ for her Christmas gift. There I stood, __________ with great sadness. Suddenly, the doorbell rang, it was a delivery man with his arms full of parcels. A note __________ one package caught my eyes. I picked up the note, which __________ “Thanks for your returning of the umbrella. Merry Christmas!” It was sent by the lady. __________ the note tightly, I was on the verge of tears. With a stream of __________ spreading through my body. We just sat in our small apartment __________ the gifts one by one in happiness. A sweet peace __________ me like a blessing, which made me hopeful again.
【1】
A．interview
B．interaction
C．invitation
D．investment
【2】
A．above
B．against
C．for
D．in
【3】
A．bounded
B．tied
C．carved
D．decorated
【4】
A．answered
B．rang
C．replied
D．responded
【5】
A．slight
B．precious
C．appealing
D．puzzling
【6】
A．embarrassed
B．inspiring
C．frustrated
D．choking
【7】
A．dream
B．product
C．possession
D．fortune
【8】
A．recalled
B．spoiled
C．cherished
D．wasted
【9】
A．gratitude
B．promise
C．help
D．offer
【10】
A．peaceful
B．tough
C．different
D．normal
【11】
A．failed
B．arranged
C．hesitated
D．managed
【12】
A．threw
B．occupied
C．engaged
D．absorbed
【13】
A．accidentally
B．desirably
C．secretly
D．casually
【14】
A．relaxed
B．delighted
C．frozen
D．touched
【15】
A．attached to
B．addicted to
C．devoted to
D．committed to
【16】
A．wrote
B．showed
C．marked
D．read
【17】
A．Seeing
B．Picking
C．Holding
D．Catching
【18】
A．warm
B．anxiety
C．sympathy
D．trust
【19】
A．packing
B．unwrapping
C．addressing
D．exchanging
【20】
A．ran into
B．broke into
C．got into
D．flooded into
26、假如你是李华，最近收到了你的美国朋友Joseph的来信。他在信中说，由于刚进入高中，还不能适应新环境，不知道如何去结交新朋友，因而情绪低落。请你给他回信，给他提出有帮助性的建议并给出合理的理由。
(1)参与同学们的活动和加入社团；
(2)展示自己的友好和合作精神；
(3)帮助遇到麻烦的同学。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3．信的开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear Joseph，
I am really sorry to hear that you feel bad after entering the high school._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Best wishes!
Yours
Li Hua