1、It is in Afghanistan ________ people generally live to age 45.
A．that
B．which
C．where
2、The loss has not yet been ____accurately, but it is believed to be well beyond a hundred million dollars.
A. calculated B. considered
C. completed D. controlled
3、She ought to stop reading; she has a headache because she ________ too long.
A. reads B. is reading C. has been reading D. had read
4、The new library ________; it will be open next year.
A. had been built B. was built
C. was being built D. is being built
5、He worked very hard every day last month ________ he could get used to the life in senior high school.
A．so that
B．now that
C．other than
D．rather than
6、When ______ into the passive voice, the sentence may take a different meaning.
A．transformed
B．recommended
C．attracted
D．represented
7、—My daughter is learning English. What dictionary shall I buy for her?
—What about this one? It is ________ beginners.
A．intended to
B．meant to
C．intended for
D．operated for
8、This hat is too cold. Why not ________ buying a new one?
A．continue
B．suggest
C．imagine
D．consider
9、—Jim, what’s the result of the final?
—Believe it or not, China _______ beat its strong opponent France.
A.narrowly B.casually C.manually D.typically
10、I will have to study harder ________ a senior high school student.
A．than
B．and
C．as
D．but
11、_________you think that your parents are mean-spirited at times, loving your parents is a normal and satisfying part of life.
A. Now that B. As though C. Even if D. In case
12、Which of the following words comes first in the dictionary?
A．throat
B．thief
C．thimble
D．thump
13、Susan was expecting her favourite singers, but to her disappointment, ______ appeared.
A. some B. none C. everyone D. no one
14、The athlete hurt his foot in the race. ,he missed the champion.
A．Consequently B．Unfortunately
C．Potentially D．Absolutely
15、Hundreds of jobs ______ if the factory closes.
A．will lose
B．will be lost
C．will be losing
D．will have lost
16、He is always helping others without expecting anything _________.
A. in need B. in fact
C. in trouble D. in return
17、Barry must have visited the Eiffel Tower before, _______ he?
A. mustn’t B. hadn’t C. hasn’t D. needn’t
18、When ________, the new stadium will hold 50,000 people.
A．completing
B．completed
C．be completed
D．having completed
19、（题文）By the time he realizes he into a trap,it’ll be too late for him to do anything about it.
A. walks B. walked
C. has walked D. had walked
20、The scientific awards, like the Nobel Prize in 2015, are equal to all, ______ the research findings are good enough.
A. so B. as long as C. although D. even though
21、 Most kids grow up learning they cannot draw on the walls. But it might be time to abandon that training — this summer, a group of culture addicts, artists and community organizers are inviting New Yorkers to write all over the walls of an old house on Governor’s Island. The project is called Writing On It All, and it’s a participatory writing project and artistic experiment that has happened on Governor’s Island every summer since 2013.
“Most of the participants are people who are just walking by or are on the island for other reasons, or they just kind of happen to be there,” Alexandra Chasin, artistic director of Writing On It All, tells Smithsonian.com.
The 2016 season runs through June 26 and features sessions facilitated by everyone from dancers to domestic workers. Each session has a theme, and participants are given a variety of materials and prompts (提词) and asked to cover surfaces with their thoughts and art. This year, the programs range from one that turns the house into a collaborative essay to one that explores the meaning of exile (流放).
Governor’s Island is a national historic landmark district long used for military purposes. Now known as “New York’s shared space for art and play,” the island, which lies between Manhattan and Brooklyn in Upper New York Bay, is closed to cars but open to summer tourists who flock for festivals, picnics, adventures, as well as these “legal graffiti (涂鸦)” sessions.
The notes and art scribbled (涂画) on the walls are an experiment in self-expression. So far, participants have ranged in age from 2 to 85. Though Chasin says the focus of the work is on the activity of writing, rather than the text that ends up getting written, some of the work that comes out of the sessions has stuck with her.
“One of the sessions that moved me the most was state violence on black women and black girls,” says Chasin, explaining that in one room, people wrote down the names of those killed because of it. “People do beautiful work and leave beautiful messages.”
【1】What does the project Writing On It All invite people to do?
A．Exhibit their artistic creations in an old house.
B．Participate in a state graffiti show.
C．Abandon their training in drawing.
D．Cover the walls of an old house with graffiti.
【2】What did the project participants do during the 2016 season?
A．They were free to scribble on the walls whatever came to their mind.
B．They were required to cooperate with other creators.
C．They learned the techniques of collaborative writing.
D．They expressed their thoughts in graffiti on the theme of each session.
【3】What kind of place is Governor’s Island?
A．It is a place in Upper New York Bay formerly used for exiles.
B．It is a historic site that attracts tourists and artists.
C．It is an area now accessible only to tourist vehicles.
D．It is an open area for tourists to enjoy themselves year round.
【4】What does Chasin say about the project?
A．It helped expand the influence of graffiti art.
B．It has created some meaningful artistic works.
C．It has started the career of many creative artists.
D．It just focused on the sufferings of black females.
22、 Smiling really can make people feel happier, according to a new study. American psychologists (心理学家) looked at nearly 50 years of data testing whether facial expressions can lead people to feel the emotions related to those expressions. They found smiling made people feel happier; frowning (皱眉) made them feel angrier or sadder.
However, the effects are not so strong, and the researchers warn this should hardly be held up as a way to offset weak mental health conditions like depression. Lead researcher Nicholas Coles said: “Ordinary wisdom tells us that we can feel a little happier if we simply smile. Or that we can get ourselves in a more serious mood if we frown. But psychologists have actually disagreed about this idea for over 100 years.”
The research team says the disagreements became more pronounced in 2016, when 17 teams of researchers failed to copy a well-known experiment showing that the physical act of smiling can make people feel happier. Coles said: “Some studies have not found evidence that facial expressions can influence emotional feelings. But we can’t focus on the results of any one study. Psychologists have been testing this idea since the early 1970s, so we wanted to look at all the evidence.”
Using a data technique called meta-analysis (荟萃分析), the team collected data from 138 studies testing more than 11, 000 people from all around the world. The results of the meta-analysis suggest that facial expressions have a small influence on feelings.
Coles added: “We don’t think that people can smile their way to happiness. But these findings are exciting because they provide evidence about how the mind and the body affect each other to shape our experience of emotion. We still have a lot to learn about these effects, but this meta-analysis put us a little closer to understanding how emotions work.”
【1】What did the latest study find?
A.Facial expressions could show how happy people are.
B.Acting happy and feeling happy have weak connection.
C.Researchers share the same idea in the influence of smiling.
D.Smiling is the best way to fight with mental health conditions.
【2】The underlined word “offset” in paragraph 2 can be replaced by ________.
A.recognize
B.test
C.suffer from
D.make up for
【3】What might be the best title for the text?
A.Smiling Really Can Make People Feel Happier
B.Meta-analysis Provides Strong Evidence for Scientists
C.Negative Feelings Will Get You in a Worse Mood
D.Secrets of Emotions Have Been Finally Unlocked
23、Every year, over 7.72 trillion kilograms of plastic is washed into the oceans. There are five huge areas in the world’s oceans that are a “soup” of floating rubbish. One of these areas, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP), is three times as large as France.
Over a year ago, a group called Ocean Cleanup began using a huge floating screen to try to clean up plastic pollution in the ocean. After several failures, the group is now collecting plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. But the plastic is spreading out over a large area, so it's impossible to collect it piece by piece. So, the Ocean Cleanup had a plan. They got a long floating U-shaped tube with a screen hanging below it. As the tube and screen are pushed by the water and the winds, the U is meant to collect plastic rubbish, making it easy for a ship to collect and remove the plastic. The system uses the power of the wind and ocean, so it doesn’t need fuel.
The group began testing the first version, called “System 001”, last September. But it soon became clear that the screen was just moving with the plastic, not collecting it. Sometimes plastic would wash over the top of the tube. Even worse, System 001 got broken by surging seas and had to be towed to Hawaii for repairs.
But Mr. Slat, who got the idea for the Ocean Cleanup system, sees the project as an experiment, which means a failure is a chance to learn. The team collected and studied lots of information about what worked well and what didn’t. Then they changed the design. In June, an improved version, called “System001/B” was towed back to the GPGP.
The new version has a parachute (降落伞) attached to it. This makes the system move slightly slower than the plastic, allowing the plastic to be collected inside, as planned. But this success is still just the beginning of the work of the Ocean Cleanup. They want a better and larger system.
【1】What does the author want to show in Paragraph 1?
A．Humans should try to prevent plastic waste.
B．The GPGP is facing different kinds of pollution.
C．Plastic pollution in the oceans has become a serious problem.
D．A series of problems has been caused by plastic pollution.
【2】What was the group’s plan?
A．To make use of the water and the winds.
B．To create a ship to collect waste in the oceans.
C．To collect the floating plastic waste piece by piece.
D．To gather up the floating plastic waste in the oceans.
【3】What can we know about the “System001”?
A．It was a failure.
B．It was a great success.
C．It worked with a parachute.
D．It needed to be fueled regularly.
【4】What does the underlined word mean in Paragraph 3?
A．vast
B．rough
C．calm
D．peaceful
24、Babies have the charm to melt anybody’s heart instantly; no one escapes the twinkling eyes or the innocent smile. Just their presence will cheer you up, make you forget your worries and tempt you to indulge into their world. 【1】 Though I don’t have any answer to the question, I wonder as to what makes their aura so desirable. And I think there is something we can learn from the young ones.
Forgive and Forget
Babies can laugh and giggle all day because they don’t keep hatred against anyone. 【2】
Do you think they’ve constructed an evil plan against you because you refused them candy last time? Probably not, life moved on and so did they. So why do we hold on to our past and refuse to let go of the emotional baggage? Does it do us any good except prevent us from laughing to the fullest?
【3】
Endless questions of young kids can sometimes be enough to drain the adult mind. They are always busy wondering how things work or why things are the way they are, leaving no room for boredom. Their curiosity gives them an exponential learning curve; they pick up new things quickly and do not refuse to change.
Unconditional Love
【4】 They don’t judge you before they come running into your knees and they don’t walk away if you don’t give them the same in return. They have no expectations from you and simply do what their heart desires. If you want a hug, they’ll give you a hug; if you want two, they’ll give you two. So how does the adult world become so materialistic that we decide what we give based on what we think we might receive?
Living life to the fullest is not a difficult task; you just need to have the right attitude and an open mind. 【5】
A．Keep smile every day
B．Never-ending Curiosity
C．What can we do to free from these worries?
D．Why do we adore the young ones so much?
E．So don’t envy the peaceful life of a baby, start living it yourself!
F．Kids have a hug and a kiss for anyone and everyone who wants one.
G．Their heart is pure and their mind empty to laugh out loud and enjoy the moment.
25、I came to love stage design by accident. When I was in the ninth grade, my teacher Ms Weaver asked me to ________ her stage design team for a play. But I ________. I told her that I didn’t know anything about stage design. But Ms Weaver said, “Give it a try ________ you have a talent for it!”. ________, I became part of her team. And Ms Weaver was ________ right-I was good at stage design! Ms Weaver was strict and spoke in a direct ________, but she was always encouraging and ________. For example, if we could not ________ what kind of stage design to create for a scene, she would say, “In that case, think about the ________ from a different point of view. You never know what will pop into your mind!” ________ by her words, I began to work even harder. It turned out that this job not only gave me a sense of ________ but also hope. I have to ________ that leaning stage design greatly broadened my mind.
And thanks to Ms Weaver, I began to have more ________ in my own creativity, and I developed such a strong ________ in stage design that I realized I wanted to spend the rest of my life ________ my dream of becoming a famous designer.
【1】
A．try out
B．bring about
C．run out
D．go through
【2】
A．responded
B．permitted
C．hesitated
D．reflected
【3】
A．so that
B．in case
C．even if
D．in spite
【4】
A．Instead
B．Otherwise
C．However
D．Therefore
【5】
A．gradually
B．regularly
C．absolutely
D．finally
【6】
A．virtue
B．manner
C．atmosphere
D．procedure
【7】
A．inspiring
B．determined
C．striking
D．satisfied
【8】
A．make up
B．check out
C．dress up
D．figure out
【9】
A．custom
B．plot
C．stage
D．element
【10】
A．Encouraged
B．Disappointed
C．Amazed
D．Upset
【11】
A．humor
B．satisfaction
C．relief
D．duty
【12】
A．complain
B．reject
C．admit
D．apologize
【13】
A．confidence
B．talent
C．respect
D．connection
【14】
A．schedule
B．taste
C．relationship
D．interest
【15】
A．quitting
B．pursuing
C．burying
D．recommending
26、目前，学校存在少数考生考试作弊现象。某英文杂志社拟对此现象向中学生征文，标题是“My Opinion on Cheating in Examinations”。请根据下列提示用英语写一篇征文稿。内容要点如下：
主要原因
| 考试偏多、偏难
|
不用功、懒惰
| |
取悦父母、老师
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个人看法
| 作弊不对，违反校规
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……（其他看法）
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注意：
1. 短文必须包括所有内容要点，可适当发挥；
2. 词数：100左右；
3. 参考词汇：作弊 cheat (v.)