1、 At the sight of the _________ scene, he was almost _________ to death.
A．frightening；frightened
B．frightened；frightened
C．frightening；frightening
D．frightened；frightening
2、It was only after he had read the papers ________ Mr. Gross realized the task before him was extremely difficult to complete.
A．when B. that
C. which D. what
3、I have no idea of what is in fashion nowadays, so my choice might be quite ____ .
A.abundant B.arbitrary
C.considerate D.aggressive
4、— I had a great time playing badminton with you today.
— Then let’s do it ________ . How about every Sunday?
A．currently
B．temporarily
C．enormously
D．regularly
5、__________ are plans and preparations which you make so that something will happen or be possible.
A.Assessments B.Assignments C.Arrangements D.Announcements
6、The house ________roof was damaged has now been repaired.
A．Which
B．whose
C．that
D．/
7、The shopkeeper usually gives a ________ customer a better discount.
A．professional
B．responsible
C．individual
D．regular
8、Only when your identity has been checked ________.
A．you are allowed to
B．you will be allowed in
C．will you allow in
D．will you be allowed in
9、---I won first prize in the contest.
---Congratulations! That________ a celebration.
A．calls for
B．plans for
C．provides for
D．answer for
10、While scientists are finding ways to make batteries smaller, problems can ________ when they are much larger and heavier than the devices themselves.
A．rise
B．arise
C．raise
D．arouse
11、 we had expected, the result of the experiment was very good.
A．Which B．That C．As D．What
12、I will cancel the appointment with my dentist — something unexpected has ________.
A．grown up
B．added up
C．packed up
D．come up
13、Julia was very sad over the loss of the photos she had shot at Canada, _________ this was a memory she especially treasured.
A.as B.if C.because of D.where
14、Catherine, along with two other boys in our school, ________ to New York to pick up the prizes the other day.
A．are invited
B．have been invited
C．were invited
D．was invited
15、Students expect ______ more leisure time during their school hours.
A. there being B. there to be
C. being D. to be
16、When we are acting as leaders, the act of apology is carried out not only at the level of the individual but also at the level of the institution, a performance ______ every expression matters and every word becomes part of a record.
A.which B.that C.where D.what
17、I think we’ ve fixed everything, and I don’t _________finding any more problems.
A．accelerate
B．accommodate
C．anticipate
D．appreciate
18、It’s accepted that men like playing football more than women.
A.especially B.generally C.simply D.totally
19、To understand the nature of this challenge, we must first come to terms________ a physical field.
A.with the concept of B.without regard of
C.independence of D.out of the question of
20、Born into a family with three brothers, David was to value the sense of sharing.
A.brought out B.brought in C.brought about D.brought up
21、Parties and social gathering no longer excite us the same way they once did. This is not because of a lack of desire to socialize, but the mobile-phone.
At parties, more people are on their phones than on their drinks. According to a recent International Data Corporation Study, over half of all Americans have a smartphone and reach for it as soon as they wake up, keeping it in hand all day. In addition, too many people in society are using smartphones while driving and as a result, they get into car crashes. 34 percent of teenagers admit sending messages while driving, and they agree that sending messages is their number one driving interruption. People’s addiction(沉溺) to their smartphones is unbelievably becoming more important than the lives of themselves and others.
Just as drivers ignore the importance of focusing while on the road, many people also fail to recognize the importance of human communication. When with their friends, some people aimlessly check or send messages in front of a friend, which sends a message to that friend: the person I am texting is more important than you. In addition, relying on our smartphones to make friends does not give us the same advantage as being able to make new friendships in the real world. Face-to-face conversations will give us much stronger communication skills in the long run.
As many people risk their lives and the lives of people around them just to send a message or mindlessly check their messages, smartphones are in many ways more dangerous to people. The quality of this technology is preventing societal achievements and weakening the value of communication. Not only is the smartphone affecting our desire to communicate face to face, but it is also lowering society’s ability to communicate.
【1】 The purpose of the passage is to .
A. call for an end to use the smartphone while driving
B. tell us to pay attention to communication skills
C. express a concern about the overuse of the smartphone
D. advise us to be careful about the addiction to face-to-face communication.
【2】The second paragraph is developed by .
A. giving examples B. time order.
C. comparing facts D. analyzing the effects
【3】The author advises us to make new friends .
A. by using smartphones B. in a face-to-face way
C. in different ways D. by writing letters.
【4】Over-dependence on the smartphone leads to the fact that .
A. parties and gathering limit their social circle.
B. people are more and more easy-going.
C. people’s communication skills are weakened.
D. face-to-face communication becomes more and more dangerous.
22、 Have you always dreamed of working with animals? Come and spend a day at the RSPCA and discover just what's involved behind the scenes when working in animal welfare. Gain an insight into a day in the life of an animal attendant, vet, vet nurse or an inspector and learn practical skills so you know what to do if your pet needs help. Your day will include:
Learning skills needed to work in a vet clinic，including the art of suturing (缝合) and veterinary tests.
* Viewing live surgery in the working operating theatre.
* Assisting with the preventative health care of our animals.
* Discovering the various career pathways that can help you reach your goals, including working closely with a vet and a vet nurse who will gladly discuss their roles and share their expertise with you.
* Going behind the scenes of one of the busiest vet clinic in Victoria.
* Please read our program information before making your booking.
Program information
Time: Fri 14th July; 9: 30 am-3: 00 pm
Place: RSPCA Education Centre, Burwood East
Age: 15-18
Clothing requirements: Long pants ( no skirts or shorts) and sturdy (结实) enclosed shoes such as boots or gumboots
Program costs: $ 109
Enquires: 03 9224 2286 Education department
All attendees receive a certificate of attendance.
Bookings are non-refundable and numbers are limited.
All programs will start at 9: 30 am and finish at 3: 00 pm sharp. Doors open 10 minutes prior to start/finish time.
Please provide your child with morning tea and a packed lunch ( that does not require heating or cooking). Please note: We try hard to be a nut-free environment.
【1】Which of the following can you do at the RSPCA?
A.Discover the secret of animal welfare. B.Learn the art of pleasing animals.
C.Perform live surgery on animals. D.Help with animals' health care.
【2】What do we learn about the program?
A.You can get no refund after booking it.
B.Attendees should arrive before 9 am.
C.Attendees will be offered free lunch.
D.No advance booking is necessary.
【3】What's the main purpose of the text?
A.To show what the RSPCA is like.
B.To introduce a vet program to teenagers.
C.To give advice on how to take care of animals.
D.To explain how to join in a program at the RSPCA.
23、Crew members of China’s Shenzhou XIII mission are scheduled to give a space-based lecture on Thursday afternoon from the orbiting Tiangong space station to students around the world, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
The agency said on Monday that the three astronauts—Major General Zhai Zhigang, Senior Colonel Wang Yaping and Senior Colonel Ye Guangfu—will begin the first lecture of the Tiangong Class, or Heavenly Palace Class, at 3:40 pm Thursday. The lecture will be broadcast live to audiences around the globe. The astronauts will show viewers how they live and work inside the station and then conduct some scientific experiments to show students how gravity works differently in space. They will also answer viewers’ questions at the end of the live-stream event, the agency said.
Groups of students in Beijing, Nanning in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region and Wenchuan in Sichuan province, as well as the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions, will take part in video communications during the lecture.
The agency said last week that the coming lecture “will mark the launch of the Tiangong Class, China’s first extraterrestrial lecture series to popularize space science”. It added that such lectures will be based on the country’s manned spaceflights and will be presented by Chinese astronauts. Featuring interactive teaching, the activities will be mainly targeted at youngsters.
The three astronauts are scheduled to spend six months working in the station, making it China’s longest manned space mission.
In June 2013, Wang Yaping took part in the Shenzhou X mission that lasted nearly 15 days. During that mission, she carried out the nation’s first space-based lecture inside an experimental space station module to more than 60 million Chinese students. This made China the second country, following the United States, to hold a space-based class for students.
【1】According to the passage, what viewers can do during the lecture?
a. learn about astronauts’ space life and work
b. carry out space scientific experiments themselves
c. observe how gravity works differently in space
d. have their questions answered at the end of the lecture
A．abd
B．acd
C．abc
D．bcd
【2】Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A．Only students from 5 regions can enjoy the space-based class.
B．This lecture is markedly targeted at popularizing space science.
C．Wang Yaping is to give a lecture from space for the second time.
D．The space-based lecture in 2013 was broadcast live in China.
【3】What made China the second country to hold a space-based class for students?
A．The Shenzhou X mission.
B．Wang Yaping’s space lecture.
C．Staying in space for 15 days.
D．The new space station module.
【4】What is the best title for the passage?
A．Chinese Astronauts to Give Lecture from Space
B．A Lecture about Space Live-stream Broadcast
C．China’s Second Longest Manned Space Mission
D．An Unforgettable Experience of Tiangong Class
24、 Awe is generally defined as the sense that you are in the presence of something larger and more consequential than yourself. According to a study called “awe walks”, people who took a fresh look at the world around them during brief, weekly walks felt more upbeat and hopeful in general than walkers who did not. Feeling a sense of awe also seems to up our overall feelings of gladness and improve health.
Previous studies have linked increased physical activity to greater happiness and reduced risks for anxiety, depression and other mental illnesses. But no studies had looked into whether mixing awe and activity might increase the benefits of or, on the other hand, reduce them. So, for the new study, scientists concentrated on people in their 60s, 70s and 80s, an age when some people can face risks for declining mental health.
The scientists asked 52 study volunteers to add a weekly 15-minute walk to their normal schedules. All of them were physically healthy and psychologically well-adjusted, with little anxiety or depression. Then they were randomly divided into two groups. One, as a control group, was asked to start walking, preferably outside, but given few other requirements. The other group was not only asked to walk once a week, but also were instructed in how to cultivate awe as they walked. “Basically, we told them to try to go and walk somewhere new, since novelty helps to cultivate awe,” says Virginia Sturm, an associate professor who led the new study.
Both groups were asked to take a few selfies (自拍) during their walks and upload them to a lab website and also complete a daily online assessment of their current mood. After eight weeks, the scientists compared the groups’ responses and photos. Not surprisingly, the awe walkers felt happier, less upset and more socially connected than the control group members.
The findings are subjective, though, since awe, like other emotions, is difficult to quantify, but Dr. Sturm thinks awe walks could be a simple thing for small wonders without any downside.
【1】What makes the new study different from the previous ones?
A.It concentrated on older people.
B.It found the solution to mental health.
C.It associated physical exercise with happiness.
D.It took both activity and awe into consideration.
【2】What can we learn from paragraph 3?
A.The volunteers were suffering mental diseases.
B.Only the control group practiced weekly walks.
C.The study volunteers were divided by age.
D.Novelty can produce awe feelings.
【3】Why are the findings regarded subjective?
A.The number of volunteers is small.
B.The awe emotion is hard to measure.
C.The daily assessments are difficult to complete.
D.The period of the experiment isn’t long enough.
【4】What is the attitude of Dr. Sturm to “awe walks”?
A.Skeptical. B.Supportive. C.Indifferent. D.Critical.
25、To me, kindness is a chosen lifestyle. In my classroom, I tell my________that every day they are offered a choice. They can’t choose what happens to them, but they can choose how they________to it. Kindness is a________. And it is a lifestyle. It isn’t something that we just choose once in a while---- it is a(n)______to live our lives.
My father was hospitalized with leukemia(白血病) when I was in college. He didn’t choose the cancer. _____, he chose how to react to it. To this day, seventeen years later, the nurses _______write my mother letters. The _______? It was because of my father’s kindness to others even when he was ______ against the disease. He made kindness a lifestyle.
And I want to be _______him. Every day as a teacher, I try and teach my students the kindness lifestyle. Just recently, I turned 40 and a friend gave me 40 individual dollar bills. She challenged me to do something______with the money. I gladly accepted the challenge.
I gave 40 of my students one dollar each and challenged them to make a(n)______. What happened? My Twitter and Instagram were _____ with pictures of kids making the world a better place. One girl bought a dollar store stuffed animal(填充玩具). It was _______that kids should have made a difference when they were given the _______.
Living the kindness lifestyle ______ every day, every opportunity. As a high school teacher, I see______everywhere. In the hallways, in the lunchroom, in the locker room, _____words and gossip fill the air. So I started a hashtag (标签) to______positive gossip called “third party compliments(称赞)”. The idea is that you talk about people behind their backs, but do it in a _____way. In that way, the gossip that gets back to students makes their day instead of getting them down.
Our kindness lifestyle leaves a footprint on others, and let us be the movers and kindness-makers who______a better, more beautiful world.
【1】A. teachers B. classmates C. students D. friends
【2】A. respond B. refer C. return D. contribute
【3】A. mood B. goal C. benefit D. choice
【4】A. spirit B. way C. chance D. idea
【5】A. Therefore B. Otherwise C. However D. Furthermore
【6】A. still B. never C. once D. just
【7】A. meaning B. solution C. purpose D. reason
【8】A. working B. struggling C. seeking D. exercise
【9】A. against B. with C. before D. like
【10】A. reasonable B. private C. necessary D. creative
【11】A. promise B. difference C. profit D. achievement
【12】A. concerned B. equipped C. flooded D. decorated
【13】A. confusing B. natural C. common D. amazing
【14】A. opportunity B. advertisement C. payment D. introduction
【15】A. means B. increases C. makes D. explains
【16】A. progress B. negativity C. trust D. harmony
【17】A. hurtful B. inspiring C. touching D. humorous
【18】A. call off B. call for C. turn down D. set aside
【19】A. honest B. flexible C. positive D. cautious
【20】A. requires B. allows C. promotes D. works
26、书面表达
假设你叫李华，是某学校高中学生。你英国的笔友Tony听说你参加了学校的徒步旅行社团，他对此很感兴趣，来信询问你徒步旅行有什么好处。请根据以下要点给他回封信，介绍徒步旅行的好处。
要点：1. 亲近自然；
2. 拥抱健康；
3. 结识朋友；
4. 增长见识。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Tony,
In your last letter, you asked me to introduce the benefits of hiking.__________________
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Best wishes.
Yours,
Li Hua