1、Not until I left my parents to study abroad ______ how much I missed them.
A．I realized
B．I had realized
C．did I realize
D．had I realized
2、I won’t go to see the film tonight, because I ________ my ticket.
A.lost B.have lost C.will lose D.didn’t have
3、I’m afraid I’m not ______ to help with the talent show, for I am occupied with my own project.
A. reliable B. convenient C. available D. accessible
4、–Would you like some candies?
–_______. I have got a sweet tooth.
A. Better not B. It’ s up to you
C. Oh, that’ s too bad D. That couldn’ t be better
5、It is said that the world would ________ fresh water in 2050.
A．run out
B．run out of
C．move out
D．move out of
6、It was in the lab_____was built three years ago ______ the students made the experiment.
A.where; that B.which; that C.what; that D.that; where
7、If public schools don’t work out a plan on how much they will spend next year and have it _____, they may not get enough money from the government.
A.approving of B.approved of C.approving D.approved
8、The witness told the police everything she had seen, being careful not to ________ any details.
A.knock out B.leave out C.set out D.make out
9、The girl has done what she can her dog but in vain.
A.to train B.training C.train D.trained
10、As an adult, Wilson returned to his home to _______ his fondly remembered childhood.
A．reminisce about
B．enroll in
C．center around
D．take on
11、Officials say that few patients are _________with the disease thanks to the effective prevention.
A．affected
B．detected
C．disinfected
D．infected
12、By the time you get this letter, I ________ the country.
A．will leave
B．will have left
C．would leave
D．am leaving
13、The girl is so helpful that she devoted all her spare time she had ______ others.
A. to help B. helping
C. to helping D. helped
14、Can you tell the _____ difference between the words “require” and “request”? I sometimes get puzzled by their meanings.
A.apparent B.subtle C.dramatic D.regional
15、---Is your Uncle Tom a soldier?
---No, but he once _______ in the army for 4 years.
A. served B. is serving
C. has served D. was serving
16、Janeˈs pale face suggested that she________ill and her parents suggested that she ________ a medical examination.
A．be; should have
B．was; should have
C．should be; had
D．was;has
17、New employees, ____ they are skilled, will get more opportunities for personal development.
A.though B.since C.once D.unless
18、It is the ability to do the job ________matters not where you come from or what you are.
A. which B. that
C. what D. where
19、After an Edwardian dinner party, the women would ________ to the drawing room while the men remained at the dining table to talk freely about the topics seen as too ________ for women to worry themselves about.
A．migrate … challenging
B．migrate … appealing
C．retire … challenging
D．retire … appealing
20、Our teacher entered the classroom, __________.
A. a book in hand B. book in hand
C. book in his hand D. a book in hands
21、Epic Fails: The Wright Brothers Nose-diving into History
By Erik Slader and Ben Thompson. Ages 6 to 12.
The first book in the Epic Fails series deals with one of the most ambitious goals humans have pursued to fly. Authors Slader and Thompson focus on life-or-death scenes, such as when the Wright brothers crashed their sailplane over and over on the sandy coast of North Carolina: it took them two more years to get it right.
Epic Fails: The Race to Space: Countdown to Liftoff
By Erik Slader and Ben Thompson. Ages 6 to 12.
Today, everyone is familiar with Neil Armstrong’s famous words as he first set foot on the moon, "That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. "He made it look easy, but America’s Journey to the moon was anything but simple. Our first attempt was a failure. Still we didn't give up. We tried again. And again. And each time we failed, we failed a little bit better.
Fantastic failures:True Stories of People Who Changed the World by Falling Down First
By Luke Reynolds.Ages 6 to 12
Teacher Luke Reynolds opens each chapter with a quick, impossibly perfect version of one person's life and then says how that person actually had to face huge challenges to accomplish goals. In this book, Reynolds writes about various common men, women and children.
Cyrus Field’s Big Dream: The Daring Effert to Lay the First Transatlantic Telegraph Cable
By Mary Morton Cowan. Ages 6 to 12
In 1853, it took at least a week to relay a message between the United States and Europe because people had to be transported on ships over the Atlantic Ocean. Cyrus Field tried to reduce that transmission ((传送) time to just minutes by laying a long undersea cable. In this book, Cowan describes many failures. Field suffered before he achieved this major breakthrough.
【1】What do we know about Fantastic Failures?
A.It was written by a famous actor. B.It tells stories of ordinary people.
C.It is about science fiction stories. D.It is about some celebrities’ success.
【2】Cyrus Field made a major breakthrough in the area of .
A.communication B.entertainment
C.transportation D.sailing
【3】What lesson can we learn from the four books?
A.All roads lead to Rome. B.An early bird catches worms.
C.Failure is the mother of success. D.Actions speak louder than words.
22、 I loved watching comedians on television as a kid. I’d hear a joke and ask myself: why it got a laugh? What made it work? Could I ever make it as a comedian? But first I had to finish school and earn a living.
After graduation, I worked as an accountant, managing the petty cash in the drawer. It was in this area that I developed my own very odd theory of accounting: If you got a couple of dollars , everything was okay(The theory never really caught on). Every day I’d have to check what was in the drawer with the receipts. It never balanced. At first I’d be tearing my hair out until I found the balance. Finally, one day I pulled the amount I was short of from my pocket and called it a day. Mr. Hutchinson, head of accounting, discovered my shortcut to balancing petty cash. he lectured me: “These are not sound accounting principles.” I said: “I’m not cut out for accounting. Why would you pay me $6 an hour to spend four hours finding $1.40?”
Meanwhile, I often called my friend Ed Gallagher to kill boring afternoons, imitating things from my everyday world and identifying myself as plant manager of a yeast factory. “Sir”, it is Mr. Tomkins. We have a problem at your yeast factory. There’s a fire. I’d like you to hold on. Are you still there?”
Ed Gallagher heard the routines and offered to provide the money to record them and send them to radio stations. Three wrote back asking how much we wanted .Soon I was on the air.
Being a comedian is out of place with my intention, though. I left the world of accounting and took a series of part-time jobs to get me through, hoping for a big chance.
【1】Why did he love watching comedians on television?
A．He just wanted to be a comedian as they were.
B．He wanted to make a living as a comedian.
C．He was curious about their way of humour.
D．He was good at thinking and raising questions.
【2】How did the author practice his odd theory of balancing?
A．He stole the receipts to balance the account.
B．He got enough dollars to keep everything okay.
C．He contributed his own money to the drawer.
D．He adopted a sensible and simple principle.
【3】What can we learn from the text?
A．The head of accounting paid too much for his work.
B．The author loved being funny and was imaginative.
C．The author would patiently find the balance at the beginning.
D．The author’s record of the routines was a complete failure.
【4】What’s the writing style of the text?
A．Humorous.
B．Critical.
C．Ridiculous.
D．Serious.
23、According to a recent report, about 15% of the people in the UK are members of gyms. But are they more likely to be fit?
A study found that gym members were 14 times more active than people who didn’t belong to any health club. Gym members did six hours more exercise a week, and this activity did make them fitter than non-gym members. They also spent less time sitting down every day than non-gym members. The results were the same for men and women.
The study included 405 people between the ages of 30 and 64, and the main characteristics of those who were gym members were the same as those who were not. “But gym members did more training than non-gym members,” said the lead author, Elizabeth Schroeder of the University of Illinois.
While it might seem clear that gym members exercise more and are healthier than non-members, Schroeder says this has not been directly shown before. However, the study is only designed to show a tie between gym membership and more exercise. It may be that active people like to join gyms. In the study, people who exercised as much as gym members were also in good health.
You can get the same benefits wherever you exercise. This study shows a gym membership can make you do more exercise, but other research shows that exercising outside has other help. Outdoor activity can make you feel happy about lifeespecially if you run through a forest.
Outdoor exercise is also more enjoyable than going to the gym. The first five minutes of outdoor exercise is especially helpful in making people feel good. But Schroeder says that a gym may also encourage greater exercise because it can be social and fun.
【1】What did the new study find out?
A. Gym members had healthier eating habits.
B. There were fewer women gym members than men.
C. Gym members did at least eight hours of exercise a week
D. Gym members were more active than non-gym members.
【2】The underlined word “benefits” has the closest meaning to “ ”.
A. help B. need C. advice D. injury
【3】Which of the following will Elizabeth Schroeder agree with?
A. Women should do more gym exercise.
B. We should be careful with outdoor training.
C. Outdoor exercise is better than gym exercise.
D. It is easier to keep exercising if you go to the gym.
24、So many of us hold on to little complaints that may have come from an argument, a misunderstanding, the way we were raised, or some other painful events. Stubbornly, we wait for someone else to reach out to us—believing this is the only way we can forgive or rekindle a friendship or family relationship.
A friend of mine, recently told me that she hadn't spoken to her son in almost three years. She said that she and her son had had a disagreement about his wife and that she wouldn't speak to him again unless he called first. When I suggested that she be the one to reach out, she said, “I can't do that. He's the one who should apologize.” After a little gentle encouragement, however, she did decide to be the first one to reach out. To her amazement, her son was grateful for her willingness to call and offered an apology of his own. As is usually the case when someone takes the chance and reaches out, everyone wins.
Whenever we hold on to our anger, we turn “small stuff(问题)” into really “big stuff” in our minds. We start to believe that our positions are more important than our happiness. They are not. If you want to be a more peaceful person you must understand that being right is almost never more important than allowing yourself to be happy. The way to be happy is to let go, and reach out. Let other people be right. This doesn't mean that you're wrong. Everything will be fine. You'll experience the peace of letting go, as well as the joy of letting others be right.
You'll also notice that, as you reach out and let others be “right，” they will become less defensive and more loving toward you. They might even reach back. But, if for some reason they don't, that's okay too. You'll have the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your part to create a more loving world, and certainly you'll be more peaceful yourself.
【1】The underlined word “rekindle” in Paragraph 1 probably means “________”．
A. recover B. develop
C. accept D. replace
【2】In the author's opinion, we hold on to our anger often because we think ________.
A. we can turn small issues into big ones
B. our positions are higher than others
C. our own opinions matter most
D. others will be less defensive
【3】The best thing to do after a quarrel is to ______.
A. let go of our own rights
B. realize that you are wrong
C. expect others to give in
D. apologize to others first
25、Imagine meeting someone for the first time who comes from some distant country but is fluent in your language. There may appear to be no immediate communication _________, so would you adapt the tone of your voice? How about adjusting your body language and facial expressions, _________ on the background of the person in front of you? Would you sit or stand differently and think carefully about your hand gestures?
These are just a handful of the unobvious _________ in behavior that indicate your “cultural intelligence,” or CQ. Now, there is growing evidence that suggests they are well worth learning.
“The top _________of your success in today’s borderless world is not your IQ, not your resume, and not even your expertise (专长),” writes social scientist David Livermore in his book The Cultural Intelligence Difference. “It’s your CQ.”
Much of the research on CQ has been conducted by Soon Ang, a professor of management at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Ang _________ an international team of programmers to help solve problems.
These programmers were some of the brightest minds in the business, but Ang soon found that they have difficulty working _________. Often, individual members would appear to agree on a solution, but then carry it out in completely _________ways.
These findings led Ang to team up with British psychologist Christopher Earley. Together, they built a theory of CQ, which they defined as "the ability to function effectively in a variety of cultural _________.”
Typically, CQ is measured by evaluating four key components. The first is “CQ Drive” –the _________ to learn about other cultures. Then, there is “CQ Knowledge,” which is an understanding of some of the general cultural differences. “CQ Strategy,” meanwhile, examines how you __________ those difficult conflicts and learn from them. Finally, “CQ Action” involves your behavioral __________--whether you are able to adapt your behavior like a “cultural chameleon (变色龙).”
Someone with __________ CQ might have a tendency to view everyone else’s behavior through his own cultural lens. If he comes from a more sociable environment, for instance, and notices that his Japanese colleagues are very __________ in a meeting, he may think that they are being unfriendly or bored. A person at the top of the scale, __________, might realize that silence is a sign of respect and that feedback won’t be given unless it is invited.
A high CQ could be crucial in a wide range of careers, from bankers and soldiers to scientists and teachers - anyone, who regularly interacts with people from different backgrounds. Therefore, instead of just caring about your IQ and EQ, perhaps you should put __________ value on enhancing your CQ!
【1】
A．opportunities
B．barriers
C．skills
D．systems
【2】
A．depending
B．agreeing
C．insisting
D．focusing
【3】
A．benefits
B．similarities
C．shifts
D．features
【4】
A．step
B．priority
C．rank
D．predictor
【5】
A．reminded
B．gathered
C．dismissed
D．employed
【6】
A．diligently
B．punctually
C．cooperatively
D．readily
【7】
A．different
B．acceptable
C．normal
D．sensible
【8】
A．intentions
B．contexts
C．contents
D．options
【9】
A．motivation
B．right
C．promise
D．capacity
【10】
A．make sense of
B．take control of
C．gain access to
D．break away from
【11】
A．reliability
B．responses
C．models
D．flexibility
【12】
A．low
B．moderate
C．growing
D．equivalent
【13】
A．tense
B．talkative
C．quiet
D．ambitious
【14】
A．in addition
B．after all
C．by contrast
D．for instance
【15】
A．equal
B．inadequate
C．symbolic
D．practical
26、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Grandma called me in from the yard. “Would you please go to the store for me? I’m ready to bake rolls, and there isn’t enough yeast(酵母). Take a quarter from my little change purse.”
I found Grandma’s purse and put the quarter in my pocket. I was soon in the little general store that served our farming community.
“Mr.Jenkins,”I said,“Grandma needs some yeast.”
Mr.Jenkins set three cakes of yeast on the counter(柜台). His eyes twinkled(眨眼), and he smiled at me. “And what do you need?”
Í knew what he meant. I was always allowed to pick a cent’s candy when I came to the store with Grandma.But Grandma wasn’t here, and she hadn’t said anything about spending a penny.
“How much change do I have from a quarter?” I asked.
“Four cents,” Mr. Jenkins replied. “The yeast is seven cents a cake.”
I thought that over quickly. I would have four cents back. I was sure Grandma wouldn’t care if l spent one cent, and if she were here, she might even say I could have them all. The longer I looked at the candy, the more certain I became that I needed one cent’s worth as a reward for coming to the store alone.
As Mr.Jenkins handed me the candy and three cents, a voice inside me said this was not a really honest thing to do. That wasn’t my money, and I hadn’t asked if I might spend it.However, I put the cents in my pocket and started home, running past Uncle Roy, who was heading in the direction of my home.
“Thank you,” Grandma said when I laid the yeast on the table. “Did you put the change back in my purse?”
“Yes, Grandma,” I replied, hurrying out to the passage(走廊), I hadn’t really lied to Grandma.I argued with myself. I did put back all the change I had.
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右：
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
I knew I had cheated Grandma, and I was nervous.
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I watched Uncle Roy make his way home, his words repeating in my mind.
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