1、While ________ thin, this kind of paper ________ easily.
A. looked; doesn't torn B. looking; isn't torn
C. looked; isn’t torn D. looking; doesn’t tear
2、______ environmental damage is done，it takes many years for the ecosystem to recover．
A． Even if B． If only
C． As if D． Once
3、Cathy stopped working when her son was born __________ she could stay home and take care of him.
A. even if B. so that C. unless D. while
4、You can learn enough first aid knowledge in a few minutes—________ it’s from reading a book, attending a course or watching videos online.
A．when
B．as
C．whether
D．once
5、We still haven’t got the sponsor________ the fact that we’ve written to dozens of companies.
A．regardless of
B．in view of
C．in spite of
D．on account of
6、“Go and speak to the tribal chieftains,” said the camel driver. “Tell them about the armies that are ________.”
A.responding B.settling
C.wandering D.approaching
7、____, you will feel a little nervous when you first perform for the public.
A. Luckily B. Naturally
C. Hopefully D. Partly
8、The school offers many _____ activities for the local students.
A. infectious B. recreational
C. fragile D. vocational
9、Though scientists get closer to understanding why we age， the reason for different aging rates among individuals remains only __________ understood．
A．concretely
B．thoroughly
C．vaguely
D．flexible
10、We________ each other since I came to Being, but we send emails very often.
A．don't see
B．didn't see
C．won't see
D．haven't seen
11、-Lily, my parents have promised a 2 - day trip this weekend for my good performance．
-Cool．You a good time then．
A．will be having
B．have had
C．will have had
D．were having
12、_______ me when you get it through and I’ll pick you up at your work place.
A. Calling B. Call C. Called D. To call
13、Every minute must be made full use of ________spoken English.
A.to practise B.practising
C.practise D.practised
14、Recycling can reduce carbon emissions,________ producing new products from recycled objects generally saves energy.
A．because
B．as if
C．although
D．in case
15、Unfortunately, my classmates and I went to the Art Museum last Monday, only to be told that it ______.
A．is being decorated
B．was being decorated
C．decorated
D．was decorated
16、—When did you get to know your girlfriend?
—It was in 2015 ________ she was working as a volunteer in Africa.
A．that
B．which
C．when
D．then
17、Still, for the most part the awards don’t provoke many complaints. Alfred Nobel founded the prize to recognize those who have had “the greatest benefit on mankind”.
A. deal with B. worsen
C. deserve D. lead to
18、__________ both stylists and clients to determine a new look, the facial technology can retrieve past styles and allow them to make an assessment.
A.Inspiring B.Inspire C.Inspired D.To inspire
19、He was left out when they choosing a new manager, which came as a complete surprise to him.
A.set about B.set out C.set up D.set off
20、A straight bob ending at the jaw line is the wrong thing to do for a(n) ________ face, for it accentuates the angles of the face.
A. heart-shaped B. oval
C. square D. long
21、Research shows that in the United States a great number of teenagers who once enjoyed sports no longer participate in middle or high school sports team. These teenagers say it’s just not worth it. Why do promising athletes walk away from middle school or high school sports, and what should you do if your athlete decides not to play team sports?
Take Madeline for example. When she was living with her family in Texas a couple of years ago, Madeline joined her middle school’s track team. She was new to the sport, but she was fast. She worked hard, and she won medals. Then one day, Madeline fell and cracked a bone in her wrist. Her track season was over.
Her coaches were upset, but probably not in the way you’d expect. Rather than comforting their promising athlete suffering from a disappointing sports injury or encouraging her to return next season, they turned their back on her. “They shunned me for the rest of the year,” recalls Madeline, who has since moved to the East Coast. “I guess because I would no longer be winning them any medals.”
“Sports lost their appeal for me,” says Madeline. “I did end up trying out for the track team last year, but I actually found myself overwhelmed with memories and emotions from my experience the previous year and ended up dropping out.”
Talk to coaches, parents and teenagers about the downside of sports, and you’ll hear the same answer: by middle school and certainly by high school, it has more often than not become a game of medals. Not the plain old fun of playing. Not the extra benefits that sports offer. But winning.
【1】What happened to Madeline?
A．She got injured in the leg.
B．She missed the track season.
C．She dropped out of the track team.
D．She fell behind others in her studies.
【2】What does the word “shunned” in paragraph 3 mean?
A．Stayed away from.
B．Got on with.
C．Made an apology to.
D．Put up with.
【3】Which of the following can best describe her coaches’ reaction?
A．Discouraging.
B．Comforting.
C．Understandable.
D．Reasonable.
【4】Why do many athletes quit team sports in middle or high school?
A．Medals no longer attract them.
B．Team sports are not exciting.
C．Injuries are more likely to happen.
D．Sports are more about winning.
22、Book Information
Children's Day is coming. Here is some information about children's books in our bookshop.
All I Want for Christmas Is You Writer: Mariah Carey Age: for 3-7 years Price: $17.99 It is one of the bestsellers. It brings Christmas joy to readers. Its beautiful lyrics(歌词) will bring that same holiday spirit to readers in this picture-book about a young girl whose wish is for a new little dog. | A Bear's Year Writer: Kathy Duval Age: for 4-8 years Price:$18.99 When spring arrives, the mother bear and her kids wake up, and as the weather warms to summer, the mother bear teaches her kids to fish. In autumn, as food grows less, the family prepares for the coming winter. |
The Little Prince Writer: Exupéry.S Age: for l1-14 years Price: $20.99 The little prince lives on a small planet alone. One day he decides to leave his planet in search for the most important thing in his life. At last he finds out the answer from a fox of the Earth: the power of love. | The Only Child Writer: Guo Jing Age: for 5-9 years Price: $22.99 A little girl is lost in the forest. And she follows a deer deep into the woods. She finds herself in a strange world. But both her home and her family are very far away. How will she get back there? |
【1】How much is All I Want for Christmas Is You?
A.$17.99. B.$18.99.
C.$20.99. D.$22.99.
【2】Who is the writer of A Bear's Year!
A.Mariah Carey. B.Kathy Duval.
C.Exupéry. S. D.Guo Jing.
【3】Which book is for the children of 11-14 years old?
A.All I Want for Christmas Is You. B.A Bear's Year.
C.The Little Prince. D.The Only Child.
【4】The above information is about____.
A.Children's movies B.Children's toys
C.Children's shoes D.Children's books
23、 A young man went to a town and worked there. He did not have a wife and a servant did the work in his house. The young man liked laughing lot. He nailed（使固定）the servant's shoes to the floor on Monday, and then laughed, because he put his feet in them and fell down. The servant was not angry, but smiled. Then the young man put brushes in his bed on Tuesday. The servant got into bed and hit the brushes with his feet. He was afraid. The young man laughed loudly again. Again the servant was not angry, but smiled. Then on Wednesday the young man said to his servant, "You're a nice, kind man. I am not going to be unkind to you again." The servant smiled and said, "And I'm not going to put any more mud from the street in your coffee."
【1】The young man went to a town ________.
A．to study
B．to work
C．to see his relative
D．to spend his holiday
【2】He played a joke on the servant because ________.
A．he hated him
B．he was not satisfied with the food the servant prepared for him
C．he wanted to get pleasure
D．he liked to show off himself
【3】When the young man played joke on him, the servant was not angry but smiled because ________.
A．he liked the young man's' action
B．making the young man laugh is his job
C．he was afraid to be fired
D．he thought he shouldn't' be angry with child
【4】What did the servant do in return to the young man?
A．He stole something from the house.
B．He gave a smile to the young man.
C．He had a fight with him.
D．He put mud into the young man's coffee.
【5】Why did the young man stop playing jokes on the servant?
A．Because the servant showed kind and nice behavior to him
B．Because the servant told him the truth
C．Because he wanted to be a good man
D．Because his father told him to do so
24、It is never easy to cope with bullying, and doing nothing in return will only result in more intense bullying. 【1】 But keep in mind that there is only one goal — to stop the situation from worsening.
Bullies usually hunt for people who are alone. If you are with your friends, or if you are in the company of someone, it is least likely that the bully will disturb you. 【2】 Sometimes, all it takes is one loyal friend who will stay by you no matter what.
Asking the bully to stop is sometimes a good way to deal with them. Bullies tend to assume that we will never speak up to them. When we do speak up for ourselves, it takes them by surprise. 【3】 It can make them reconsider their actions.
【4】 When you do not react to what they say or do no matter how hurtful it may be for you, they start to lose interest in you. They think of it as a game. When they get an emotional response from you, it satisfies their ego. But if they get nothing, they will stop bothering you because they know you are not an easy one to crack.
Plus, some of us are born comedians, who can turn almost anything into a joke. If you are one of these people, try to take advantage of your gift to turn the situation the bully has created into a joke or just say something funny. This will break the bully’s confidence and they will know that you are strong and sure about who you are. 【5】
A．This will make them back off.
B．Bullying comes in different forms.
C．There is no simple solution to the problem.
D．Another effective measure is to ignore them.
E．You can always shift focus to the bystanders.
F．Tell them to stop in a firm and confident voice.
G．We’re not asking you to make a huge circle of friends.
25、 I was 11 years old when asked my mom for piano lessons in 2010. We were in the fallout of the recession(经济衰退). She said a polite “no”.
That didn’t stop me. I googled the measurements for a keyboard, drew the keys on a piece of paper and stuck it on my desk. I would click _______on an online keyboard and “play” them back on my paper one - keeping the _______they made on the computer in my head. I spent six months playing without touching a real piano. Once my mom saw that I was _______, she borrowed money and bought me 10 lessons.
I still remember the first one. I was _______by how real the sound of the piano was. I sat my grade one after eight lessons. Once I started secondary school, we couldn’t _______lessons again. I passed grade three, then grade five, practicing only on my piece of paper.
One evening, When I was about 13, my mom said she had a surprise for me; it was an electronic keyboard, bought with more _______money. It was the first time I’d played for her. She was in shock.
My school didn’t offer music A-level. I found the Purcell School for young musicians. The tryouts(选拔) were _______. Some of the questions _______an estimation (评价) of the composer(作曲家) or when it was written. I felt overwhelmed. To my _______I was offered a place.
At Purcell, I spent two years working as hard as I could. I performed to ________money and saved enough to buy my first piano.
When I left Purcell, I was __________the senior piano prize and senior academic music prize. I am now at the Guildhall School in London. I feel __________: it’s been 10 years since I drew my paper piano, and I’m at one of the world’s __________ music schools.
The irony is that I continue to do a lot of my practice away from the piano: What we call ________ practice. The paper piano helped spark my __________about how music works, the building blocks that form the pieces.
【1】A.notes B.lines C.music D.pictures
【2】A.shape B.gesture C.move D.sound
【3】A.careless B.serious C.modest D.kind
【4】A.beaten B.struck C.amused D.entertained
【5】A.receive B.accept C.afford D.teach
【6】A.paid B.used C.chosen D.borrowed
【7】A.easy B.difficult C.wonderful D.ugly
【8】A.involved B.reminded C.collected D.kicked
【9】A.regret B.sorrow C.amazement D.sadness
【10】A.raise B.give C.donate D.deliver
【11】A.lent B.rewarded C.awarded D.achieved
【12】A.relaxed B.excited C.merciful D.proud
【13】A.conducting B.performing C.leading D.multiplying
【14】A.physical B.mental C.social D.practical
【15】A.enthusiasm B.self-respect C.confidence D.self-control
26、阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
Haagen-Dazs (哈根达斯雪糕) from Europe started in 1989 and is 5-10 times more expensive than regular ice cream. There is no real advantage. However, it adopted a unique marketing strategy, and quickly occupied the market as a top ice cream brand.
Haagen-Dazs did not set up shops in ordinary supermarkets or grocery stores. Haggen-Dazs leisure fashion shops are located in busy sections of malls. The layout is carefully planned to create an elegant atmosphere, and sometimes, a flagship (旗舰) store will cost several million dollars.
Compared to other ice cream brands, Haagen-Dazs consumers are tightly grouped. It is understood that Haagen-Dazs seldom does television advertising. The majority of ads have the highly visual impact of the print medium. In particular many advertisements look for those pyramid tip consumers. Moreover, as long as the consumer who spends 500 Yuan to fill in a small form can become their members, these members will be regularly sent advertisements by direct mail. Praise of customers is a powerful weapon for Haagen Dazs.
There is always much creative ingenuity (独出心裁) in Haagen-Dazs advertising, so it is remembered by the public. Initial advertisements such as: 'Delicious Haagen-Dazs, like 24K gold, Kobe beef from Japan, original palm oil, mushroom truffles and Chinese ceramics…' and 'Love her, let her eat Haagen-Dazs. ' attracted numerous Haagen-Dazs lovers who became regulars.
Today, Haggen Dazs has about 700 stores in 55 countries with annual sales of more than 1 billion US dollars. Haagen-Dazs has become the world’s most popular ice cream brand. In the United States, its market share is 6.1%, 1% in France, 4.6% in Japan, 4% in Singapore, and 5% in Hong Kong.
Determined to win the majority of wealthy customers, they combined positioning in the marketplace with dedicated brand goals. This is the real secret of success.