1、The film, My people, My country, ______ director is Chen Kaige, led the Chinese mainland box office when it was on.
A.whose B.which C.that D.what
2、I rushed for the door , fell _______ the cat in the hallway and a tooth fell ________.
A. over, out B. over, off
C. down, down D. down, out
3、Childhood ________ often play a big part in shaping one’s character .
A.courses B.experiences C.effects D.records
4、–Peter, do you know how to download the new software?
–Certainly. I _____ you the steps.
A. show B. am showing
C. will show D. have shown
5、It is necessary for our next generation to understand the importance of the legal requirements of playing and singing the national anthem(国歌).
A.preserving B.observing C.deserving D.reserving
6、The news came _____ my cousin was chosen chairmen of the Students’ Union.
A. that B. what C. whether D. how
7、For years art historians have mostly ignored a tiny inscription(题词) at the upper left corner of the frame of Edvard Munch's "The Scream", ________:"Could only have been painted by a madman".
A．read
B．reading
C．reads
D．to read
8、My fourteen-year-old sister is now studying in a ________ school.
A．vocational
B．vocation
C．vacation
D．vacational
9、---Do you know if Terry will go camping this weekend?
---Terry? Never! she _____ tents and fresh air!
A. has hated B. hated
C. will have D. hates
10、Will you ______ me a favor, please? My luggage is too heavy.
A.do B.take C.give D.bring
11、Online learning means you are responsible for your progress, so if you have a hard time_________ time wisely, you will have to problem-solve.
A.to use B.using C.to have used D.to using
12、—It ________ be John who is in the office.
—No, it ________ be him. I saw him off at the airport half an hour ago.
A. can’t; can’t B. must; can’t
C. must; mustn’t D. may; mustn’t
13、As teenagers, sometimes we do need our parents’ guidance, especially______ social experiences．
A． by way of B． as a result of
C． in place of D． in terms of
14、Delighted _____ I was by the tomatoes in sight, my happiness deepened when I learned that Browns Grove Farm is one of the suppliers of a newly opened restaurant.
A.although B.as C.so D.when
15、He ______ it on schedule, but somehow he fell behind.
A. must have done B. might finish
C. could have finished D. could finish
16、I was about to go to bed ______ the man living in the next room knocked on the door.
A．while
B．when
C．that
D．which
17、Angela and Ajani will pick up the marriage________ after they meet online several times, which is not sensible.
A．acquisition
B．identification
C．certificate
D．qualification
18、The poor man, lost his money just now, is called John.
A. that B. which
C. who D. whom
19、Perhaps the next generation of scientists, ______on the wisdom of traditional Chinese medicine, will indeed discover more medicines beneficial to global health care.
A．drew
B．drawn
C．drawing
D．having drawn
20、If the tickets to the match are not available, please give me a call _______.
A. in general B. in brief
C. in advance D. in particular
21、Tai Hang Dragon Dance
In the 19th century, the people of Tai Hang began performing a dragon dance to stop a run of bad luck deviling their village. More than a century later, their village has been all but swallowed up by Hong Kong’s fast-growing city. But the dragon keeps on dancing. It has even danced its way onto China’s third national list of intangible cultural heritage.
All this started a few days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, sometime around 100 years ago. First a typhoon struck the fishing and farming community of Tai Hang. This was followed by a plague(瘟疫), and then when a large snake ate the villagers’ livestock, they said enough was enough. A foreteller declared the only way to stop the chaos was to stage a fire dance for three days and nights during the upcoming festival. The villagers made a huge dragon from straw and covered it with joss sticks, which they then lit. Accompanied by drummers and erupting firecrackers, they did what they were told and danced for three days and three nights - and the plague disappeared.
Tai Hang may no longer be a village, but its locals still recreate the fiery ancient tradition to this day with a huge dragon that is not to be taken lightly! On the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival, dragon dance participants perform a series of ceremonies in the Hakka dialect at Lin Fa Temple. The performance then winds its way in fire and smoke through the backstreets of Tai Hang over three moon-fueled days.
Info
Date: 23–25 September 2018
Time: Around 8:15–10:30pm, 23–24 September
Around 8:15–10pm, 25 September
Venue: Tai Hang, Causeway Bay
(Best viewing point: Wun Sha Street)
Enquiry: +852 2577 2649
Website: www.taihangfiredragon.hk
Note: On 24 September, the performance will also be held at Victoria Park at around 10:45–11:30pm.
【1】What does the underlined “a run of bad luck” refer to?
① The spread of a plague. ② A typhoon striking Tai Hang.
③The loss of the livestock. ④The urbanization of Tai Hang.
A.①②③④ B.①②③ C.①②④ D.②③④
【2】What’s the purpose of Tai Hang Dragon dance nowadays?
A.To stop the chaos. B.To perform as a cultural heritage.
C.To entertain visitors. D.To observe the Mid-Autumn Festival.
【3】Where can you enjoy the dragon dance at 11:00 p.m. on 24th September?
A.Wun Sha Street. B.Victoria Park.
C.Tai Hang, Causeway Bay. D.Lin Fa Temple.
22、If English means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. Haven’t you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language?
According to a new study by a British university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power. Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. This is the area of the brain which processes（处理） information. It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles(肌肉).
The study also found the effect is greater when the younger people learn a second language. A team led by Dr. Andrea Mechelli, from University College London, took a group of Britons who only spoke English. They were compared with a group of “early bilinguals” who had learnt a second language before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners. Scans showed that grey matter density (密度) in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without a second language. But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller the difference.“Our findings suggest that the structure（结构）of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language,” said the scientists.
It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn. Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales, has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills. “Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible (灵活的),” he said. “You are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas.”
The findings had the same result in a study of native Italian speakers who had learned English as a second language between the ages of two and thirty-four. Reading, writing, and comprehension were all tested. The results showed that the younger they started to learn, the better. “Studying a language means you get an entrance to another world,” explained the scientists.
【1】The main idea of this passage is ________.
A．science on learning a second language
B．man’s ability of learning a second language
C．that language can help brain power
D．language learning and maths study
【2】The underlined word “bilingual” probably means _______.
A．a researcher on language learning
B．a second language learner
C．a person who can speak two languages
D．an active language learner
【3】We may know from the scientific findings that ________.
A．the earlier you start to learn a second language, the higher the grey matter density is
B．there is no difference between a later second language learner and one who doesn’t know a second language
C．the experience of learning a second language has bad effect on people’s brain
D．the ability of learning a second language is changing all the time
【4】In the last two paragraphs, the author wants to tell us that _________.
A．learning a second language is the same as studying maths
B．early learning of a second language helps you a great deal in studying other subjects
C．Italian is the best choice for you as a second language
D．you’d better choose the ages between 2 and 34 to learn a second language
23、I was in the seventh grade, and we had moved to New Jersey in November. By then, everyone already had had their own friends, and no one wanted to talk to a new girl. To make things worse, they put me in “Section L”. I found out later that everyone called Section L “Loserville”. It was sort of an open secret that it was the section for troublemakers and not-so-smart kids. When I found out, I wanted to scream. I had always been a good student and had amazing friends, and now everyone thought I was a loser!
I did text my friends in Illinois almost every night, especially my best friend, Ana. At first my friends wanted to hear all about it. But then some stopped texting back once I said something about how miserable I was. One night when I was texting with Ana, I complained about another friend who had just done that. Ana’s texts came really fast for the next few minutes and they surprised me. She said that she was tired of hearing about how bad everything was in New Jersey, too. She said she did not want to hurt my feelings but that I needed to stop feeling so sorry for myself all the time, and I had to try to make things better.
The next day, I thought a lot about what Ana had said. She was right!
I wish I could say that everything changed overnight after that, but it didn’t. I was still stuck in “Loserville”, and some people were still mean (苛刻) to me, even though I tried to just stay out of their way.
But what did change was me — I stopped feeling so sorry for myself and did something about making friends. I signed up to make sets for the school play. I met a lot of new people there, and suddenly I had friends to say hi to in the halls!
I still miss Illinois sometimes, but life in New Jersey isn’t so hard anymore. Even though I couldn’t change my situation, I could change my attitude — and that made all the difference.
【1】“Loserville” is a section for __________.
A．new comers
B．class leaders
C．smart students
D．low achievers
【2】The writer complained all the time in the new environment because ___________.
A．she was unfairly treated
B．her friends hurt her feelings
C．her teachers didn’t like her
D．Ana didn’t text back to her
【3】What made a difference in changing the writer’s situation?
A．She ended the friendship with Ana.
B．She began to make friends with others.
C．She managed to go back to Illinois.
D．She fought back with her classmates.
【4】What can be the best title for the passage?
A．An Incident at School
B．Everlasting Friendship
C．Say Goodbye to “Loserville”
D．Unhappiness in “Loserville”
24、A woman held her phone tightly to her heart the way a churchgoer might hold a Bible. She was anxious to take a picture of an impressive bunch of flowers that sat not so far away, but first she had to get through a crowd of others pushing their way to do the same. The cause of this was Bouquets to Art, one of the most popular events at the de Young Museum in San Francisco.
Flower sellers were asked to create flower arrangements that respond to pieces of art on display, from ancient carvings to contemporary sculptures. It’s extremely attractive and also memorable, to the point that it has become a problem.
In recent years, the de Young received more than a thousand complaints from people who felt that cell phones had spoiled their experience of the exhibit. Institutions of fine art around the world face similar problems as the desire to take photographs becomes a huge attraction for museums, as well as something that upsets some of their patrons(资助人). So the de Young responded with a kind of compromise: carving out “photo free” hours during the exhibition’s six-day run.
One common complaint about the effect of social media on museum culture is that people seem to be missing out on experiences because they are so busy collecting evidence of them. A study recently published in the journal Psychological Science suggests there is some truth to this. It finds that people who keep taking photos of an exhibit and posting them on social media rather than simply observing it, have a hard time remembering what they see. But the issue is complex for the professionals running museums. Linda Butler, the de Young’s head of marketing and visitor experience, acknowledges that not everyone wants a museum to be “a photo-taking playland”. Yet a lot of people do and she believes that the de Young is in no position to judge one reason for buying a $28 ticket to be more valid than another. “If we removed social media and photography,” she says, “we would risk becoming irrelevant.”
【1】What was the woman eager to do according to paragraph 1?
A．To get her phone.
B．To escape the crowd
C．To take a photo.
D．To push ahead.
【2】How did the de Young respond to the complaints from visitors?
A．By setting periods without photo-taking.
B．By making the exhibition free of charge.
C．By compromising with the government.
D．By extending the free exhibition hours.
【3】The recent study finds that the use of social media in museums may ________.
A．uncover the truth
B．cause irrelevancy
C．bring more pleasure
D．play a negative role
【4】Which of the following may Linda Butler support?
A．Reducing admission prices.
B．Meeting different needs of the visitors.
C．Reserving judgement in public.
D．Banning social media and photography.
25、 At just 18 years old, Canberra student Lochie Ferrier has already conducted research in a frontier field —aerospace engineering. Aerospace engineering is the primary _____ of engineering concerned with the science and technology of aircraft and spacecraft.
In 2014, he was one of 80 high school students worldwide who _____ a six-week science and engineering program at MIT. During the program, he was _____ by the institute’s scientists, and developed a method to identify inactive satellites. This method, called OASIS, is designed _____ a way to help manage space debris （碎片）, which _____ operating satellites. “One solution to this problem is a _____ robot that can gather pieces of space debris and store them in orbit，” he says. “These pieces could be _____ to new satellites later thus _____ the costs and launch weights of new satellites.” However, _____ satellite identification technology would be needed for this solution, and that’s what Lochie is working on. “I hope this method would be put into practice in the near future, _____ in the next 10 years,” he says.
Lochie has made the _____ of the Young Innovators category of the Australian Innovation Challenge Awards with his OASIS. This category is open to students aged 21 years or _____ and carries a $ 5,000 prize. If he won, he would use the money to help fund _____ research into OASIS. “My plan for using the money would be to try to use materials which could stand up to the _____ environment of space,” he says.
He is also considering how to _____ manufacturers. the technology to organizations such as NASA and satellite
Lochie’s _____ in aerospace engineering was aroused by the big dish antenna（碟形天线）at NASA’s tracking station near Canberra，which he visited in his early teens. He said his software design and development teacher at Canberra Grammar School _____ him, too. “He taught me valuable project management and skills which I applied to OASIS.”
Lochie has been attending Canberra Grammar School and will soon _____ exams for admission to universities. He _____ his time between schoolwork, his personal _____ projects such as OASIS and the develop ment of apps, rock climbing, and playing classical violin. The teenager is well on his way to realizing his sky-high ambition.
【1】A.education B.presentation C.branch D.standard
【2】A.brought in B.participated in C.set up D.backed up
【3】A.guided B.urged C.surprised D.tested
【4】A.in B.for C.with D.as
【5】A.follows B.threatens C.catches D.created
【6】A.recycling B.repairing C.producing D.launching
【7】A.switched B.transformed C.attached D.returned
【8】A.increasing B.reducing C.balancing D.covering
【9】A.optional B.temporary C.reliable D.theoretical
【10】A.imagine B.say C.suppose D.consider
【11】A.plans B.finals C.competitions D.goals
【12】A.under B.beyond C.more D.above
【13】A.basic B.further C.academic D.independent
【14】A.extreme B.pure C.dark D.friendly
【15】A.adapt B.forward C.market D.apply
【16】A.pride B.confidence C.trust D.interest
【17】A.inspired B.served C.impressed D.promised
【18】A.mark B.sit C.pass D.prepare
【19】A.devotes B.spends C.saves D.divides
【20】A.instructive B.competitive C.technical D.typical
26、假定你是学生会主席李华，你校将举行主题为“做文化使者”的英语演讲比赛。请你写一篇参赛演讲稿，内容包括：
1.做文化使者的原因；
2.如何做文化使者。
文化使者： cultural ambassador
注意: 1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。