1、--- Jack was involved in the traffic accident last night.
---________ he hasn't turned up yet.
A．No way
B．No wonder
C．No doubt
D．No problem
2、She and her sister are always the attention of their parents.
A．competing with
B．competing for
C．competing in
D．competed against
3、When asked to explain_______ he did to make his students so fasinated with his lessons, the teacher paused and thought deeply．
A．what was it that B．that what it was
C．what it was that D．what was it
4、I lost my way in complete darkness and, matters worse, it began to rain.
A．made
B．having made
C．making
D．to make
5、 Daily practice is a good ______ in learning English. If you keep trying, you will be sure to make greater progress.
A. award B. belief
C. trick D. system
6、Some experts hold the view that fundamental construction is _____ the key to the little island development lies.
A. which B. what C. where D. why
7、I hear they’ve promoted Tom, but he didn’t mention ________ when we talked on the phone.
A.to be promoted B.having promoted
C.promoting D.having been promoted
8、Tom ___________ from the company in order to get a better-paid job.
A. started B. left
C. resigned D. quit
9、– Sorry, but I must be off now. Better check everything again.
– Ok. ________.
A. It doesn’t matter B. Don’t mention it
C. Catch you later D. Everything is fine
10、Our football team led ______ one point, but towards the end of the game, their team scored and the game ended ______ a tie.
A. by; in B. for; by C. with; with D. by; with
11、Excuse me, Madam. Ellen, a journalist from the Daily Mail all day. Could you speak to him now?
A．was phoned
B．has been phoned
C．is phoning
D．has been phoning
12、--- Excuse me, may I have a doggie bag (剩菜袋)?
--- _______, Madam. I’ll wrap it up for you.
A. My pleasure B. Go ahead
C. Come on D. No problem
13、Sara, my colleague, has been ______ the run all week preparing for her son’s wedding.
A. in B. to C. on D. at
14、Almost 90% of the most popular video games contain violence, and much of ________ is extremely violent.
A. which B. it C. them D. those
15、When you are traveling abroad, it is important to follow the ________of the country you are visiting.
A．course
B．culture
C．custom
D．civilization
16、Hearing the dog breaking fiercely, _______.
A.the thief was running away B.away did the thief run
C.the thief would run away D.away ran the thief
17、From time to time I look at the photo as a reminder to show respect to all animals. It is _____ we who are the visitors to their world.
A.of all B.at all C.in all D.after all
18、The sun began to rise in the sky, _________ the mountain in golden light.
A．bathed
B．bathing
C．to have bathed
D．having bathed
19、This is challenging job I mentioned to you the other day． Have you had anyone in mind for it now?
A． a, the B． the;/
C． the, the D． a:/
20、TV show provides women a stage__________they show their natural talent, rather than their looks.
A.that B.what C.where D.when
21、Designers are increasingly using different kinds of materials to produce products that do not harm the environment. Reused plastic bottles, wood, plant fiber, and even seaweed are being used in place of traditional materials for household goods and clothing.
Unusual materials
Nina Edwards Anker’s candleholder and ceiling lamp look like ancient pieces of paper placed around electronic lights known as LEDs. But a closer look shows that they are made of algae (藻类). Anker came up with the idea while working on a doctoral research project at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design.
A show for new materials in Germany
Heimtextil is an international trade show, or fair, for new textiles in Frankfurt, Germany. This year’ fair placed attention on making new products that came from reused materials.
“We’ll see companies demonstrating how inorganic materials like nylon, plastic and metal can be reused,” Olaf Schmidt, Heimtextil’s vice president of textiles and textile technology, said.
He added, “And there’s seaweed, used to produce sound pad and panels that provided great insulation (隔音), are fire-resistant and regulate humidity (湿度) well.”
Many companies using other materials
Patagonia, North Face and Timberland are among the companies now using natural materials to produce goods. Italian company Frumat has developed a plant-based leather made from the waste created by apple juice makers. Pinatex helps support farms in the Philippines by using waste from the pineapple harvest to create material that is sold to makers of shoes, clothing and other products.
【1】Where is this text probably taken from?
A．A science report.
B．A personal diary.
C．An environment journal.
D．An academic article.
【2】What is not the new function of seaweed as a new material?
A．Insulating the sound.
B．Making ceiling lamps.
C．Adjusting wetness.
D．Preventing fires.
【3】How many companies now using waste to produce goods are mentioned?
A．2
B．3
C．4
D．5
22、Chinese Culture Shown to the World with Love
Li Ziqi, a short video blogger specializing in traditional Chinese cooking and handicrafts, has gained worldwide popularity.
Li has about 20 million followers on Sina Weibo, China’s equivalent to Twitter, plus 7 million followers on overseas social media networks. Many foreigners say they have got to know traditional Chinese food culture via her channel.
It is the spirit of craftsmanship (技艺) behind her works that makes Li’s video clips attractive. She strictly follows the authentic traditional steps and procedures in making traditional Chinese food and handicrafts, such as peach flower wine and silk, and goes to great lengths to ensure her videos are accurate. Sometimes she spends several months producing one of her videos.
Li has been inheriting (继承) traditional Chinese culture in a rather creative way. A closer look at her videos will show that they are never with any “analysis” that makes people feel bored. They just show audiences each and every detail of traditional Chinese culture so that the latter knows how Chinese live their beautiful and elegant lives. It is that universal appeal that makes her works so attractive. Thanks to Li's efforts, many intangible cultural heritages that only existed in memories and written records now appear before our eyes. Via her short videos, Li presents the image of a beautiful and friendly China.
With the growth of the Chinese economy, people overseas are showing more interest in traditional Chinese culture. Li has shown how to satisfy that interest in a good way, namely showing the best parts of traditional Chinese culture with her heart.
To effectively present the beauty of Chinese culture to the world, we need more Li Ziqi.
【1】What can we learn about Li Ziqi’s video clips?
A.They promote the sales of Chinese food and handicrafts.
B.They attract a large number of foreigners to visit her online shop.
C.They aim to introduce traditional Chinese food culture and handicrafts worldwide.
D.They are based on her family’s recipes of making traditional Chinese food.
【2】What could be inferred from Paragraph 3 and Paragraph 4?
A.Analysis of Chinese culture in Li’s videos makes people bored.
B.Details and accuracy play significant roles in the success of Li’s videos.
C.Li makes sure all of her video clips are short enough to be downloaded.
D.Cultural heritages usually exist in memories and written accounts.
【3】What does the underlined word “intangible” in Paragraph 4 mean?
A.nonphysical B.inaccessible
C.invaluable D.unnoticeable
【4】What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?
A.To provide guidance on cooking and making handicrafts.
B.To suggest a way of attracting more followers on Sina Weibo.
C.To give an example of how to gain worldwide popularity as a a short video blogger.
D.To encourage more people to make efforts to bring Chinese culture to the world.
23、There are several changes in the procedure for employees who wish to apply for vacant positions within the company. These changes make it much easier for in-house employees to fill vacancies that occur.
First, the most important difference is that employees will now be notified of all available positions before the positions are advertised for the general public. Accordingly, all in-house candidates will be interviewed before we see any outside candidates, and we will offer the job to outside candidates only if no current employees are able to fill the position.
Second, under the new procedure, in-house employees can be hired even if they don’t meet all job requirements. Under our old policy, in-house employees had to meet all job qualifications in order to obtain the vacant position. Now, however, employees who have proven themselves dedicated to the company will be hired for a vacant position even if they are lacking in some minor qualifications; training will be provided.
A third change involves recommendations. From now on, employees do not need to be recommended for an in-house position before they apply. Instead, employees may apply as soon as they are aware of the vacancy. The remaining procedures and policies (those regarding increase in pay, interview procedure, and hiring approval) remain the same.
【1】What can we infer from the second change?
A．It becomes difficult for the company to find qualified employees.
B．The employees’ loyalty is highly valued by the company.
C．The company has lowered the requirements for some positions.
D．More and more training will be offered by the company.
【2】According to the new hiring procedures and policies, which of the following is NO longer needed?
A．A job application.
B．An interview.
C．A recommendation letter.
D．A hiring approval.
【3】What might be the impact of the changes made within the company?
A．More outside applicants will be attracted.
B．Higher salaries will be offered to the employees.
C．The procedures of vacancy application will be simplified.
D．In-house employees will have a better chance to fill the vacancy.
【4】Where do we most probably find this text?
A．On a poster about the company.
B．In a hiring advertisement.
C．In an inter-department email.
D．In a personal notebook.
24、Sugar cane (甘蔗) contains around 10% sugar. But that means it contains around 90% non-sugar — the material known as bagasse (甘蔗渣) which remains once the sugar-bearing juice has been squeezed out of the cane. World production of cane sugar was 185m tonnes in 2017. That results in a lot of bagasse.
At the moment, most of this is burned. Often, it fuels local generators, so it is not wasted. But Zhu Hongli, a mechanical engineer at Northeastern University in Boston thinks it can be put to better use. "With a bit of improvement bagasse makes an excellent replacement for the plastic used for disposable food containers such as coffee cups," says Dr. Zhu.
Dr. Zhu is not the first person to have this idea. But previous attempts tended not to survive contact with liquids. She thought she could overcome that by combining the bagasse pulp (浆状物) with another biodegradable (可生物降解的) material. She discovered that the main reason past efforts failed is that bagasse is composed of short fibres which are unable to give resilience (韧性) to the finished product. She therefore sought to insert a suitably long-fibred substance.
Bamboo seemed to fit the bill. It grows quickly, degrades readily and has appropriately long fibres. When the researchers mixed a small amount of bamboo pulp into bagasse, they found that the short and long fibres combined with each other closely.
To put their new material through its paces, Dr. Zhu and her colleagues fist poured hot oil onto it and found that their invention showed resistance to oil. They also found that when they made a cup out of the stuff and filled it with water heated almost to the boiling point, the cup remained good for more than two hours. Though this is not as long as a plastic cup would last it is long enough for all practical purposes. Moreover, the new material is twice as strong as the plastic used to make cups, and is definitely biodegradable. When Dr. Zhu buried a cup made out of it in the ground, half of it rotted away within two months.
【1】What does paragraph l mainly talk about?
A．A big international market for cane sugar.
B．A plant containing a high content of sugar.
C．The large amount of world bagasse production.
D．The environmental impact of planting sugar cane.
【2】What was wrong with previous bagasse products?
A．They broke easily when wet.
B．They were non-biodegradable.
C．They consumed little bagasse.
D．They had too much resilience.
【3】What does the underlined part "fit the bill" in paragraph 4 mean?
A．Avoid the attempts.
B．Meet the requirements.
C．Fill the vacancy.
D．Survive the environment.
【4】What do we know about the cup invented by Dr Zhu's team?
A．It can satisfy basic usage needs.
B．It is hardly as strong as plastic cups.
C．It can disappear in two months if buried.
D．It is unlikely to be used as an oil container.
25、 It was an extremely hot spring day. A thunderstorm had passed over and now the clouds were _______ and the sun had returned. Steam was coming off the _______ sidewalks as I parked my car. I _______ into the local store to buy my son a shirt. The air conditioning there was a good relief from the _______ outside.
Having made my _______, I walked back into the heat. I got into my car but had to wait to _______ because all the cars lined up at the _______ stop light. I looked out of my car _______ and saw something on the pavement. A single butterfly was desperately fluttering(拍打) its wings but not getting off the_______. It was right in front of a truck’s tire too. Without a second thought, I got out of my car, ________ my hands so the truck driver wouldn’t move ________, and then bent down to look at the butterfly. One of its legs was ________ in the mud. I reached down and ________ the butterfly in my hands ________. I lifted up its leg and suddenly it was ________. I opened my hands and up it ________ towards the shining sun. My own eyes shined brighter and my own heart felt ________ as I watched it.
Lots of people might ________ why I would step out into traffic like that to ________ a single butterfly. All I can say is that my heart was guiding me at that moment because no matter how tiny the various ________ are, they are our friends. We are all part of nature. And after I did it, I felt really happy that day.
【1】A.gathering B.staying C.spreading D.clearing
【2】A.dry B.narrow C.wet D.broad
【3】A.headed B.took C.drove D.broke
【4】A.thunderstorm B.heat C.rain D.cloud
【5】A.decision B.purchase C.mind D.promise
【6】A.pull out B.pull in C.check in D.check out
【7】A.yellow B.green C.red D.blue
【8】A.door B.tyre C.wheel D.window
【9】A.ground B.truck C.car D.field
【10】A.set up B.end up C.stand up D.held up
【11】A.backwards B.forwards C.upwards D.downwards
【12】A.fastened B.fixed C.placed D.stuck
【13】A.seized B.cupped C.pushed D.dropped
【14】A.tightly B.roughly C.gently D.cruelly
【15】A.free B.scared C.awake D.dizzy
【16】A.jogged B.stepped C.paced D.flew
【17】A.relaxed B.cleaned C.relaxing D.cleaning
【18】A.doubt B.wonder C.discover D.imagine
【19】A.appreciate B.content C.rescue D.care
【20】A.butterflies B.pests C.insects D.beasts
26、有的学者认为当前国内的“英语热”影响了母语学习。请就这一认识给某中学生英文报社投稿，阐明自己的观点。要点如下：
1．学英语的重要性（与人交往，获取信息，了解世界）
2．学汉语的首要性（母语的用途、意义）
3．自己的建议。
注意：1．词数：100词左右；
2．文章开头结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear editors,
Recently some scholars think that “the rush of English learning” has influenced the learning of Chinese.
Yours Sincerely,
Li Hua