1、 with his office work,he had no time to attend to his sick daughter.
A. Keeping occupying B. Kept occupied
C. Keeping occupied D. Kept occupying
2、Thanksgiving, an annual holiday in the US ______ hundreds of years ago, falls on the fourth Thursday in November.
A. dating back to B. dated back to
C. which date from D. dates from
3、________opposed to inaccurately assuming what you’ve done, further tracking your progress to the end helps to avoid small mindless work.
A．It
B．what
C．As
D．That
4、He speaks English with a strong American accent, so he ______ brought up in Britain.
A．couldn’t be
B．shouldn’t be
C．can’t have been
D．needn’t have been
5、On discovering that Morrie ____ by a severe illness, Mitch starts visiting him at his house on Tuesdays.
A．is weakened
B．is weakening
C．is being weakened
D．has weakened
6、Tu Youyou is the first Chinese _________ the Nobel Prize in Medicine for her work in developing effective drugs against parasitic disease.
A. winning B. won C. wins D. to win
7、Happiness will be within our reach if positive thinking ________ into daily routine and becomes an important part of our world.
A. adopts B. is adopted
C. will adopt D. will be adopted
8、I went to watch the film Hi, MOM with my parents ________ the afternoon of Feb,13th.
A．to
B．in
C．at
D．on
9、--Why not take ________ umbrella? It is raining.
--What________ good advice!
A．a ; an
B．an ; a
C．an ; /
10、It never occurred to me _____ you could succeed in persuading him to change his mind．
A.which B.what C.that D.if
11、The event is a clear indication that food safety is a big problem; nobody can ________ all foods are secure to us, but we are sure that the situation is turning for the better.
A.acknowledge B.guarantee C.identify D.clarify
12、He was too careless to notice his car got a ________ tyre. You had better tell him at once.
A．empty
B．flat
C．full
D．round
13、Life teaches us not to regret over yesterday, for it ________ and is beyond our control.
A. has passed B. will pass C. passed D. had passed
14、Herry’s determination ________his team ________the tough period, and then they finally succeeded.
A．brought, back
B．led, on
C．carried, through
D．run, down
15、_____ and caught the mouse.
A．Up the cat jumped
B．The cat up jumped
C．Up jumped the cat
D．Jumped up the cat
16、 If he ________tomorrow, I could talk to him about it.
A. comes B. was coming
C. should come D. would come
17、Only then ________ how much time I had wasted.
A．I realize
B．I realized
C．do I realize
D．did I realize
18、I was ______ busy preparing for the final exam ______ I forgot to give you an early reply.
A.so; that B.such; that C.so; as D.such; as
19、With the Olympic flame ________, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics came to an end on February 20th.
A．to extinguish
B．extinguishes
C．extinguished
D．extinguishing
20、She’s sure to get the job she wants — she’s a very ________ person.
A. determined B. reliable C. stubborn D. special
21、As I walked into my new high school for the first time, I felt uncertain, nervous and lonely. I missed my old friends terribly. My head hurt with the thought of making new friends all over again.
What will my new friends be like? Will we like each other? Will I even make a friend? These questions were on my mind, as I walked over to a group of girls.
I didn’t know anyone in my new school. It seemed like everyone was watching me, as if every head was turning towards me, waiting for me to make a wrong move.
I nervously said “hi” in a low voice, waving my hand at the group. Expecting them to start laughing and making fun of me, I was surprised when they waved back and asked me to sit with them.
As if a switch had been turned off, all the anxious thoughts that had been killing me were gone. A feeling of acceptance and excitement rushed over me as I happily chatted with the six girls, telling them more about myself.
Looking back at how anxious I was upon entering my new school for the first time, I now feel stupid for I had been losing my sleep over something so small. Being myself and being polite had worked out for me just fine. Being confident proved to be the key that fit perfectly into the lock on the door of friendship, the same door that I had been too scared to even knock on before.
I had never expected that by the end of the day I would have any friends at all, let alone six. What I learned from my experience was to welcome everyday surprises with open arms and to accept the good or bad feelings that fill our hearts, the same place where love lives and where new friends are welcomed.
【1】Why did the author mention those questions in paragraph 2?
A．To express her needs.
B．To show her nervousness.
C．To show her hunger for knowledge.
D．To express her doubts about friendship.
【2】Which of the following is out of the author’s expectation?
A．The invitation from the group of girls.
B．Being accepted by all the students.
C．Being laughed at by the group of girls.
D．The attention all the students paid to her.
【3】What advice might the author give to new high school students?
A．Be brave in public.
B．Keep in touch with old friends.
C．Believe in yourself.
D．Learn to cooperate with others.
【4】What can be the best title for the text?
A．Every dog has his day
B．Every bean has its black
C．Each new day holds a surprise
D．Each one thinks in his own way
22、Most of us don’t go out at 8 o’clock every morning to buy meat and vegetables for 200 poor children. But artist Yvonne Bezerro de Mello does that daily. Leaving her home in a wealthy district of Rio de Janeiro each day, she spends much of her time in the slums.
There, in a small house she bought, she feeds homeless children. She also gives them affection and protects them from violence. She and a few coworkers teach them to read and write. What motivates her to do this?
“How can I not help?” she says. Yvonne’s mother had taught her from a young age to care about other people. At age 13, she read to blind children twice a week. Since that time, she has helped homeless children.
What happened in 1993 brought more attention to Yvonne’s work. That year, police fired upon 72 homeless children, killing eight of them. Yvonne knew all those children. Shocked and annoyed, she made the incident known around the world. She wrote to newspapers and human rights organizations. Three years later, a policeman was convicted (证明有罪).
Yvonne believes working with street children is a crusade（正义运动）. Now in her 50s, she heads up Projeto Uere (Children of Light). The goal of the project is to help children escape life in the streets. Around 120 children from age 3 to 16 come to a special school in one of Rio’s slums. They learn reading, writing, math and art. They also learn how to survive without using violence.
【1】The underlined word “slums” in the first paragraph means ________.
A．the places where foods are bought
B．the places where patients are treated
C．the places where lives are saved
D．the places where the poor are housed
【2】What kind of Yvonne’s service is NOT mentioned?
A．She gave them food.
B．She kept the children from violence.
C．She taught them how to read and write.
D．She built a small house as their shelter.
【3】What can we infer from this passage?
A．All the policemen are kind and helpful in Yvonne’s country.
B．Some street children in Yvonne’s country have been treated violently.
C．Projeto Uere is a national campaign.
D．Yvonne had a miserable childhood herself.
23、Eartha Mae Kitt was born into a poor family in South Carolina in 1927. When Eartha was eight, her mother married. The husband did not want Eartha to live with them because of her mixed race.
Eartha was sent to New York City to live with an aunt in the African-American neighborhood of Harlem. The relationship was difficult. The aunt helped pay for piano and dance lessons for Eartha. But she also beat the girl. Eartha would run away after beatings.
Earth lived in the streets and worked in a factory as a young teenager. But she kept up her dance lessons. One day she decided to try out for a famous African-American dance company. Soon, Eartha was performing in shows around the world with the Katherine Dunham Dance Troupe.
In Paris, Eartha left the dance company to sing in a nightclub. Her voice was unusual - but very appealing. She learned French quickly and gained French fans. The film director Orson Welles discovered Eartha singing in Paris. He called her “the most exciting woman in the world”. Welles asked her to play a lead part in the play he was directing and starring in.
Eartha returned to New York and appeared in the Broadway show New Faces of 1952. A humorous song she sang about a bored, spoiled woman became famous. She soon signed a recording agreement with the record company. Eartha’s songs were all daring, especially for the 1950s. She even made a sexy Christmas song “Santa Baby”, which became her biggest hit.
Eartha's first role in a film was in the 1957 movie Mark of the Hawk with Nat King Cole. She was very careful about choosing her roles in films. She rejected parts that were not respectful to people of color. She said if her choices were bad, it would not help the black actors who came after her.
Eartha Mae Kitt was at home when she died on December 25, 2008. The cause was colon cancer.
【1】What made Eartha leave her parents?
A．Her poor family.
B．Her mixed race.
C．Her cruel aunt.
D．Her dance lessons.
【2】Eartha’s aunt can be described as ________ .
A．cruel and mean
B．violent but honest
C．considerate and friendly
D．helpful but unkind
【3】What most probably made Welles be interested in Eartha at first?
A．Her dance.
B．Her beauty.
C．Her voice.
D．Her fans.
【4】It can be inferred from the passage that _______.
A．Eartha starred in the film directed by Welles
B．Eartha was strongly against treating people of color unfairly
C．American songs in the 1950s were all daring
D．Mark of the Hawk was Eartha’s most successful song
24、 Do you like shopping? For shopaholics in the UK, the place to head to used to be the "high street". This location refers to the streets in the centre of a town where businesses and popular branches of retail chains could be found. It was the place where you could find familiar fashion brands and essential everyday items.
But change in our shopping habits has taken its toll on the British high street. News about shops losing money and shutting is now common. Some city-centre department stores have closed and even long-established retailers such as Marks and Spencer have reported profit slumps.
As the BBC's Emma Simpson writes, things have become a lot harder for traditional retailers in recent years. They have faced rising costs from wages, business rates and the requirement to introduce Europe's new data law.
But the biggest threat has come from online shopping. She says, "Consumers now spend one in every five pounds online-and if businesses are seeing 20 percent fewer sales on the shop floor, then profit margins will be squeezed."
While some of us like to window shop-browsing for things to buy, only to purchase them online at a discount-the fact is that, overall, shoppers are making fewer visits to high streets. Eventually, town centres could become like ghost towns. If people aren't out and about shopping, they won't use other services, like cafes, restaurants and cinemas. It also results in job losses.
The British Retail Consortium has already warned that 900, 000 UK retail jobs could be lost by 2025. The high street has also suffered from the coming of big shopping malls, which offer a retail experience under one roof, with free parking, away from the bad weather!
Meanwhile, back on the high street, some shops still exist. Analysts have said it's those that have moved away from traditional retailing that are surviving. These include beauty salons, nail bars and independent coffee shops-but are these kinds of shops enough to keep the British high street open for business?
【1】What is the "high street"?
A.The street in the high places in the UK. B.The street without big shopping malls.
C.The street where you can buy fast food. D.The main street of a town with many businesses.
【2】What do the underlined words "taken its toll" in paragraph 2 mean?
A.Had a bad effect. B.Taken its advantage.
C.Done something good. D.Changed its form.
【3】What is the main cause of the decline of the traditional retail?
A.Rising costs from wages. B.Online shopping.
C.Business rates. D.Europe's new data law.
【4】Which kind of businesses can survive on the high street?
A.Popular branches of retail chains. B.Fashion retailers.
C.Department stores. D.Beauty salons and nail bars.
25、My son isn't scared of many things. Sometimes this makes me_______. When he overcame his fear of dogs，I felt a swell of admiration.
Things get _______when he proves himself to be braver than I am，forcing me to face the_______I still carry around as an adult.
My fears since my teen years were big，hairy spiders and talking to_______ both of which were easily_______ at an all-boys' school.
One exception was the_______. I don't like open water，due to a semi-drowning experience that happened when I was 15. I mistimed（在不适当的时候做） a_______，swallowed water and ended up being pulled out，pale and limp，and_______by a pretty lifeguard. The additional horror of talking to a girl_______ my near-death experience.
Since then，being in water fills me with_______. So clearly，my_______of the sea is strong. But where does it leave my son，who shows no such fear？
As a much younger child，he hated the sea. To my shame，I was_______. Here was a companion who could make me feel better about my weakness. This _______a few weeks ago，when a trip to the_______showed he'd become every inch the waterbaby I am not. Watching him_______the waves with his mom，all my_______suddenly seemed pitiful.
I barely had time to register this before he was_______ my arm. Soon he was doing something my wife had_______ managed，pulling me into the open water. As I held him，I felt that panic I'd denied for all these years，_______on I went. I was holding him，but he was really holding me，transferring （传递） some small part of his limitless _______ with the grasp of a tiny，guiding hand.
【1】
A．proud
B．confused
C．worried
D．surprised
【2】
A．easier
B．worse
C．more complex
D．more interesting
【3】
A．pains
B．doubts
C．fears
D．shame
【4】
A．teachers
B．girls
C．strangers
D．classmates
【5】
A．improved
B．predicted
C．overcome
D．avoided
【6】
A．river
B．lake
C．sea
D．pool
【7】
A．walk
B．run
C．shout
D．dive
【8】
A．rescued
B．caught
C．criticized
D．noticed
【9】
A．ruined
B．worsened
C．softened
D．created
【10】
A．power
B．regret
C．confidence
D．panic
【11】
A．dislike
B．need
C．understanding
D．curiosity
【12】
A．annoyed
B．frustrated
C．relieved
D．embarrassed
【13】
A．happened
B．disappeared
C．remained
D．changed
【14】
A．mountain
B．beach
C．forest
D．park
【15】
A．enjoy
B．share
C．control
D．draw
【16】
A．efforts
B．excuses
C．chances
D．plans
【17】
A．biting
B．patting
C．washing
D．taking
【18】
A．always
B．almost
C．never
D．also
【19】
A．so
B．but
C．and
D．since
【20】
A．bravery
B．wisdom
C．kindness
D．passion
26、假如你是学生李华，你的好友 Peter来信询问你未来的职业规划，请给他回信，内容包括:
1. 你的职业规划；
2. 有此规划的原因。
注意:
1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 请按如下格式作答。
Dear Peter,
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Lihua