1、 many times, but he still couldn’t remember the Chinese meaning of this word.
A. Having been told B. Although he had been told
C. He had been told D. He has been teaching
2、（2016·北京卷﹒单项填空）—Excuse me, which movie are you waiting for?
—The new Star Wars. We ____________ here for more than two hours.
A．waited
B．wait
C．would be waiting
D．have been waiting
3、It wasn’t until a month later ________I received the manger’s reply.
A．since
B．when
C．as
D．that
4、Their use was ______ by laws, the first of which dates back to the fourteenth century.
A.limited B.limiting
C.to limit D.being limiting
5、The employers often give the job to________they believe has work experience with strong sense of duty.
A．whoever
B．who
C．those who
D．whomever
6、When are you planning to ________ for Beijing ?
A．account for
B．tell a lie
C．set off
D．stare at
7、I ______ to reach the manager for the last two hours but the line is always busy．
A．tried B．have tried
C．had tried D．have been trying
8、If you want to do this dance well, your movements must be smooth and your body must be ________.
A．normal
B．flexible
C．capable
D．repetitive
9、I ________________ in the exam, but I was too careless.
A.should have been careful B.must have been careful
C.should be careful D.must have been careful
10、—Brown, did you agree with Sally’s idea at the meeting?
—Certainly. What she referred to was the very idea ________ I wanted to come up with.
A. that B. which C. what D. why
11、She has turned down several invitations in order to ________ on her studies.
A．crash
B．benefit
C．addict
D．concentrate
12、On the wall________a noticeboard that says, “Please keep a two-meter distance from each other when you are lining up for the nucleic-acid test”.
A．hangs
B．is hanged
C．hanging
D．is hung
13、This newspaper has a daily ______ of more than one million in this city and if s common to see passengers read a copy in the subway.
A.circulation B.association C.contribution D.accumulation
14、We know you care about your home and family. ______ you wouldn't be reading Ideal Home.
A．Therefore
B．Instead
C．Otherwise
D．Meanwhile
15、My father called me yesterday, asking me _________I was getting along with the exam.
A．as
B．how
C．whether
D．why
16、The mother thanked the young man again and again, without _____ help her son would have been killed by the passing car.
A. whom B. his
C. whose D. who
17、The book is not worth much money. But it is well worth________.
A．to buy
B．being bought
C．to be bought
D．buying
18、In today’s modern world, their ideas about living simply and being at ease with nature may take us a step closer to ________ personal well-being and fulfillment.
A．attaining
B．missing
C．reaching
D．performing
19、______in her best suit , the girl tried to make herself _____at the party.
A．Dressed ; noticed
B．Dressing ; noticing
C．Dressed ; noticing
D．Dressing ; noticed
20、We’re very annoyed ____his mistake, because we have emphasized this for several times.
A．with B．at
C．on D．to
21、Far below every town and city lies an invisible network of pipes crucial to the lives of their residents. Once water disappears down a pipe or toilet, people rarely think about what happens to it. It’s out of sight, out of mind. The water flows into pipes that carry excess rainwater, wastewater and solid waste away, keeping the city clean.
There are three main types of sewers (下水道): sanitary (卫生的) sewers, storm sewers and combined sewers. Taipei has both sanitary and storm sewers where rainwater and sewage are collected using different pipes.
This sewer system functions as a city’s veins (静脉). Water containing human and industrial waste is collected in sanitary sewers and conveyed to sewage treatment plants, the heart of the sewer system, where waste is treated. There, the solid waste is separated from the water, which is then cleaned before being released back into the environment. It will be reused for industrial, agricultural or environmental purposes or to produce energy. Furthermore, the mud and gas from sewage treatment can be used to produce energy. They not only contribute to a healthy environment and good quality of life, but also achieve the goal of sustainable development.
While wastewater collection and treatment are critical to the health of urban residents, storm sewers also play an important role in the city. Green space has given way to concrete during the island’s rapid development and extensive building projects over the past few decades. As a consequence, there has been a loss of the land’s natural water as concrete cannot absorb rainwater. When an extreme weather event like a severe storm or typhoon brings heavy rain, storm sewers must cope with the water, so it does not flood the city. However, storm sewers are only part of the measures for water management and flood prevention.
To reduce flooding, an integrated urban drainage management plan has been adopted, where all the factors-storm sewers, land planning and economic development-are considered together. Engineering innovations, additional flood discharge facilities and increased green space requirements in new development projects have improved water maintaining in cities.
Who knew that sewers help improve urban public health, prevent urban flooding and boost environmental protection? Together they protect vital water resources and maintain the safety of people and property.
【1】According to the passage, the word “excess” in the first paragraph probably means______.
A．useless
B．polluted
C．extra
D．processed
【2】According to the passage, what does the city build two kinds of sewers for?
A．To test wastewater timely and to develop rapidly.
B．To treat wastewater and to fight against flooding.
C．To form a circulation and to clean the city.
D．To clean wastewater and to manage water.
【3】What can we conclude from the passage?
A．What is unseen is as important as what is seen.
B．There are three types of sewers in every city.
C．People build sewer system because of concrete.
D．Sewers are usually repaired every few decades.
【4】What would be the proper title for the passage?
A．A City’s Underground Construction
B．A City’s Hidden Network
C．How A City Operates Well
D．Two Aspects of A City or Town
22、On June 12,1942,Anne Frank’s parents gave her a small diary for her 13th birthday.She and her family had been living in Amsterdam for nine years after fleeing their native country in 1933.They could not escape the influence of the war sweeping across Europe.
On July 6,1942,her family was forced to go into hiding.For the next two years,Anne put down her innermost thoughts and feelings to her diary.Her reports of daily life painted a picture of a bright girl.She described her love of writing and her desire to make a career of it one day,saying,“I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people,even those I’ve never met.I want to go on living even after my death.”
She got her wish far too soon.Her diary came to an abrupt end in August of 1944,when she and others hiding in the“Secret Annex”were discovered,arrested,and sent to prison.Tragically,Anne,her sister and her mother,all died there.
Her father,Otto,the only survivor among those who hid in Annex,returned to Amsterdam after the war.He was deeply moved by his daughter’descriptions of life in Annex and her feelings about her family and other residents.He devoted the rest of his life to sharing her story with the world so that the same tragedy that happened to his family might never be repeated.Through her courage,her hope,and her unshakable faith in the goodness of people,her short life left a long legacy(遗产),touching and inspiring generation after generation of people she never met.
I would never forget visiting the Anne Frank House when I was just 23 and thought that I had already been alive eight years longer than she had been.Like millions of people moved by Anne Frank’s story,I have tried my best since then to live my life.We all would do well to remember the wisdom of a young girl who taught us that our differences make life more interesting,but our common men matter more.
【1】Why did the Franks leave their native country in 1933?
A．To make a living
B．To look for equality.
C．To fight for their civil rights.
D．To escape the bad effect of the war.
【2】What does the underlined word“wish”in paragraph 3 refer to?
A．She wants to live forever.
B．She wants to get her diary published.
C．She wants to have a good influence on people by writing.
D．She wants to make a fortune by writing.
【3】How old was Anne when she died?
A．13.
B．15.
C．23.
D．31.
【4】What does the author want to tell us by sharing the story of Anne?
A．Anne Frank has an unlucky life experience.
B．The writer has the same life experience as Anne.
C．We should try our best to make our life meaningful.
D．Common human beings can’t make life more meaningful.
23、African countries have retrieved some historic relics(遗物), which reflects the important development of human society, from European countries. Recently, Germany signed a deal for the return of hundreds of valuable artworks from the Kingdom of Dahomey in the 19th century, in what is today Benin.
But many artifacts(手工艺品) are still unluckily missing and some are on their way back. One is an eight-legged seat from the old kingdom in Uganda. The important artifact now sits at a museum thousands of kilometers away in Britain. The wooden seat is housed at the University of Oxford. It is one of at least 279 relics there taken from the Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom.
Apollo John Rwamparo is a leader of Uganda. He really values the country’s cultural relics. He requested the British to return the artifacts. Ugandan leaders are preparing to meet with the University of Cambridge in Britain about the return of such historical artifacts. The school has an unknown number of artifacts from Africa. Through many efforts,an artifact was returned to its home.
The British Museum holds a large collection of artifacts from Africa. Rose Mwanja said she had been trying hard on it and believed it could have some good effects. She is a director of Uganda’s museums. She added she could start with those that are more willing to cooperate.
Many of the artifacts from Africa cannot even be found. That led to an organization started by late Congolese art collector Sindika Dokolo. The organization offers to buy African art from collections in foreign countries, By 2020, when Dokolo died, his group had successfully recovered 15 items. However, for African governments, the recovery of artifacts remains a struggle and will take much time.
【1】What does the underlined word “retrieved” in paragraph 1 mean?
A．Thrown.
B．Taken back.
C．Given up.
D．Organised.
【2】Where is the artifact of the eight-legged seat at present?
A．In Benin.
B．In Uganda.
C．In Britain.
D．In Germany.
【3】What is Ugandan leaders’ attitude to their country’s cultural relics?
A．Curious.
B．Confused.
C．Uncaring.
D．Concerned.
【4】Which word best describes the recovery of artifacts?
A．Frightening.
B．Doubtful.
C．Effortless.
D．Challenging.
24、In 2016, Luncz and her colleagues realized that Brazilian capuchins (卷尾猴) produced stone flakes (小薄片) from the rocks they used to pound (击打) food and dig without necessarily meaning to. It made the team wonder whether the artefacts (人工制品) really reflected any technical planning by those early humans.
Since then, Luncz and her colleagues have been studying tool use in long-tailed macaques (猕猴) on the islands of Phang Nga Bay in Thailand (泰国的攀牙湾). The team set up motion-activated cameras (动作感应摄像头) to study the behaviour of the wild macaques. During 100 hours of footage (镜头)，the team witnessed monkeys accidentally creating flakes as they struck nuts between two stones and then leaving the broken stones to find new, whole stones.
This is almost exactly what the capuchins did in the earlier study. The team then compared 1119 stone flakes from the macaques’ nut-cracking sites with artefacts found at hominin (古人类) sites in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania. The monkeys’ thin, flat, wide stone flakes—ranging from 1.3 to 7.9 centimetres in length—were “almost the same” with flakes that were associated with ancient humans up to 3.3 million years ago, says Tomos Proffitt, another member of the research team at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
The findings could challenge the current understanding of early stone technology, says Proffitt. “I wouldn’t go so far as to say that all of the old material is not intentional,” he says. “But what our study shows is that we can’t be 100 per cent certain that every single flake in the early Stone Age archaeological record was intentionally made. There may be a component within that record that’s unintentional.”
【1】What did Luncz and her colleagues realize in 2016?
A．Brazilian capuchins used the stone flakes to cook food.
B．Brazilian capuchins could make artefacts like humans.
C．Brazilian capuchins didn’t produce stone flakes from the rocks on purpose.
D．Brazilian capuchins were more capable of producing stone flakes than early humans.
【2】What might capuchins do in the earlier study?
A．They kept the broken stones for future use.
B．They created flakes when they searched for food.
C．They were desperate to find new, whole stones to make stone tools.
D．They accidentally created flakes as they struck nuts between two stones.
【3】What did the team find out after they made the comparison in Paragraph 3?
A．The monkeys’ flakes were associated with ancient humans.
B．The flakes used by hominins were actually made by monkeys.
C．The monkeys’ stone flakes ranged from 1.3 to 7.9 centimetres in width.
D．The monkeys’ stone flakes were quite similar to those from early humans.
【4】What do you know from the last paragraph?
A．All of the old stone material was unintentional.
B．We could be sure to say all the flakes were made out of purpose.
C．The findings confirmed the current understanding of early stone technology.
D．Some flakes in the early Stone Age archaeological record might be unintentional.
25、Growing up in the USA, I always wanted to experience another culture. The ______ came when I was 15. After a few months of planning and ______ , I was ready to spend the second semester of my first high school year ______ an exchange student in Australia.
______ in Perth was one of the most exciting moments of my life. I realized then that there was no turning back. The family I would live with was waiting for me, and it would only be five days ______ the new school year. The school I attended was ______ my school back in the States. I was quite ______ at first, especially never having been to a new school — even in the US. Everything went without ______, though. The teachers were welcoming and the students were friendly.
The most ______ time was travelling with other exchange students around Australia during our semester break. The few weeks we ______ together were full of amazing activities.
At the end of our ______ in Australia, we had three weeks to share our stories and help each other deal with leaving. It was only ______ that our last day together was filled with tears. We packed our camp, ______ e-mail addresses and gathered together for a final good-bye.
Upon coming home, an open mind was again important. Resettling home took time and ______, but at last I made it. All the while, I was thoughtful to letting my family and friends know how happy I was to be home and how much I had missed them — though the experience is still ______ with me. So, if you have the opportunity to study abroad you most certainly should.
【1】
A．task
B．dream
C．chance
D．vacation
【2】
A．packing
B．convincing
C．performing
D．preparing
【3】
A．as
B．on
C．for
D．with
【4】
A．Flying
B．Landing
C．Working
D．Studying
【5】
A．since
B．until
C．after
D．before
【6】
A．similar to
B．different from
C．as good as
D．the same as
【7】
A．excited
B．annoyed
C．worried
D．confused
【8】
A．hope
B．doubt
C．difficulties
D．argument
【9】
A．valuable
B．acceptable
C．comfortable
D．unforgettable
【10】
A．spent
B．lived
C．studied
D．worked
【11】
A．stay
B．visit
C．trip
D．holidays
【12】
A．funny
B．natural
C．strange
D．simple
【13】
A．made
B．wrote
C．shared
D．exchanged
【14】
A．effort
B．money
C．ability
D．wisdom
【15】
A．sadly
B．clearly
C．lively
D．amazingly
26、假定你是李华。你的英国好友Joe竞选篮球队队长失败了。他给你来信说他很受挫败。请你根据以下要点提示，给他写一封慰问信。
要点：1. 得知消息；
2. 安慰并鼓励他；
3. 表达自己的关心和祝愿。
提示：1. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
2. 词数：不少于100词（开头已给出，但不计入总词数）。
3. 参考词汇：竞选run for
Dear Joe,
I am sorry to hear that you failed in your attempt to run for the position of the basketball team leader.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua