1、Tom tried hard to ______ his book, but his thoughts kept flying back to the movie.
A．concentrate on
B．settle for
C．give up
D．take down
2、Looking at the tent that could hardly ______ shelter from rain and wind and the sewage spilling onto the toilet floor, I was ______ my life in the camp.
A．provide； concerned about
B．provide； aware of
C．take ； concerned about
D．take；aware of
3、Not until ________ in the college entrance exam ________ that he had wasted much time using his mobile phone to surf the Internet and play games.
A. had he failed; he realized B. he had failed; he realized
C. he had failed; did he realize D. did he fail; did he realize
4、Our graduation party was ________ success. We sang and danced until it came to________ end at ten o'clock.
A．a；the
B．a；an
C．the；an
D．不填；不填
5、Now Irene works from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. daily at the pet shop in London, ______she opened with her late husband Les.
A．which
B．that
C．where
D．when
6、I would appreciate ____ if you could come and help me with my work.
A. that B. it C. this D. one
7、It was difficult to ________ what was said over the loudspeaker in the big square.
A.make out B.come out C.turn out D.bring out
8、—Your performance is marvelous. The audience are really impressed.
—I'm on the school drama club. Acting allows me to experience others' lives, which ________ enriches my own．
A.in brief B.in addition
C.in return D.in turn
9、The writer was inspired by the incident that happened on the train during his journey to Europe and decided to________ it in his recent novel.
A．contain
B．include
C．conclude
D．indicate
10、Victims often meet resistance in the very legal system, evidence may be overwhelmed by public opinion.
A.which B.where C.whose D.that
11、—_______ you disturb me now? I’m busy preparing a report.
— Terribly sorry, but I have something urgent to tell you.
A．Need
B．Should
C．Might
D．Must
12、Jack is pleased with ________ you have given him and all ________ you have told him.
A.that, what B.what, that C.which, what D.that, which
13、While our city tries impatiently to change its appearance by tearing down old buildings, more and more citizens are suggesting ways to preserve the ________ important architecture.
A．partly
B．historically
C．originally
D．apparently
14、Under the big tree_____.
A．stands a stone table
B．a stone table standing
C．does a stone table stands
D．a stone table stood
15、You have to explain ________ you were absent from school yesterday.
A. what B. which C. where D. why
16、John, read the text for us, ______?
A．does he
B．will he
C．do you
D．will you
17、If people are positive about their life, they will take the trouble to the skills they need to succeed.
A．illustrate
B．measure
C．describe
D．acquire
18、_______ carefully before you hand in your paper please.
A. Checking B. Check
C. To check D. Checked
19、Teenage is an especially important stage for us, ______we are supposed to go all out to improve ourselves because anything can happen.
A. what B. where C. which D. that
20、 It was so dark in the cinema that I could hardly ______ my friend.
A. turn out B. bring out
C. call out D. pick out
21、I had a childhood fear of water. This started when I was three years old and father took me to the beach. The huge waves knocked me down and swept over me.
Later at eleven, I decided to learn to swim. There was a pool at the Y. M. C. A. offering exactly the opportunity. Although my mother continually warned against it, and kept fresh in my mind the details of each drowning in the river, I knew the Y. M. C. A. pool was safe.
The pool was quiet. I was afraid of going in all alone, so I sat on the side of the pool to wait for others. Then came a big boy. He yelled, “Hi, Skinny! How'd you like to be ducked?” With that he picked me up and threw me into the deep end. I landed in a sitting position, and swallowed water. But I was not frightened out of my wisdom- when my feet hit the bottom, I would make a big jump and come out of the surface. It seemed a long way down. I gathered all my strength when I landed and made what I thought was a great spring upwards. Then I opened my eyes and saw nothing but water. I tried to yell but no sound came out. I went down, down, endlessly.
When I came to consciousness, I found myself lying on the bed in the hospital. I never went back to the pool. I avoided water whenever I could. This misadventure stayed with me as the years rolled by. It rid me of the joy of boating and swimming. Finally, I decided to get an instructor. Piece by piece, he built a swimmer. Several months later, the instructor was finished, but he knew I was not. Sometimes the terror would return.
This went on until July. I swam across the Lake Wentworth. Only once did the terror return. When I was in the middle of the lake, I put my face under and saw nothing but bottomless water. I laughed and said, “Well, Mr. Terror, what do you think you can do to me?” I had conquered my fear of water.
【1】What caused the author's original fear of water?
A．Ail experience on the beach.
B．The huge waves at the pool.
C．His mum's warning of drowning.
D．An unpleasant memory of the pool.
【2】Who thought I had to and could swim bravely?
A．My father.
B．My mother.
C．The big boy.
D．The instructor.
【3】What happened when I swam in the Lake Wentworth?
A．I never felt scared.
B．I went to the bottom.
C．I met a Mr. Terror.
D．I grew fearless of water.
【4】Which of the following is the best title for the text?
A．Hello, Childhood Fear.
B．Goodbye, Mr. Terror.
C．A Swimming Adventure.
D．Passion for Swimming.
22、We believe that educating the “whole student” opens the door to the “whole world”. Our rich and dynamic co-curricular program enables each student to experience an exceptional array of activities, carefully designed to provide just the right level of challenge, engagement and fun. Our exceptional co-curricular program is delivered by dedicated teachers and staff members or by experts from the wider community. As a result, each student is encouraged to pursue his or her passions and talents. Co-curriculars also provide a valuable opportunity for our students to develop flexibility and perseverance by challenging them to step outside their comfort zone and try something new:
Kindergarten: Beginnings
Our youngest students learn about themselves and their important place in our school community by engaging in activities that introduce them to the wonders of the natural world and that develop their motor skills.
Junior School (Grades 1~5): Discovery
Co-curriculars in junior school are designed to enable our students to discover new talents and interests while developing their existing skills. Student agency and confidence are nurtured through the program, with an emphasis on participation and fun as well as on skill development.
Middle School (Grades 6~8): Exploration
The Middle Years are the perfect time for students to explore a wide variety of co-curricular activities. At a stage when many young people experience a lack of self-confidence, co-curriculars in our middle school are designed to challenge, to engage and to celebrate the unique qualities that each student brings to the school community.
Senior School (Grades 9~12): Focus
In our senior school, students are encouraged to refine their interests and to specialize in certain areas. The co-curricular program at this level allows them to develop mastery and to focus on specific activities of choice.
【1】Which of the following might be one of the purpose of co-curriculars?
A．To create a stress-free campus.
B．To ensure that students’ dreams come true.
C．To make students feel comfortable.
D．To build a complete personality for students.
【2】In what kind of school do students need to develop athletic ability?
A．Kindergarten.
B．Junior school.
C．Middle school.
D．Senior school.
【3】Many students in middle school may often ____.
A．doubt others
B．disbelieve themselves
C．abuse themselves
D．afraid to fit into the community
23、Two recent studies have found that punishment is not the best way to influence behavior.
One showed that adults are much more cooperative if they work in a system based on rewards. Researchers at Harvard University in the United States and the Stockholm School of Economics in Sweden did the study.
They had about two hundred college students play a version of the game known as the Prisoner’s Dilemma. The game is based on the tension between the interests of an individual and a group. The students played in groups of four. Each player could win points for the group, so they would all gain equally. But each player could also reward or punish each of the other three players. Harvard researcher David Rand says the most successful behavior proved to be cooperation. The groups that rewarded the most earned about twice as much in the game as the groups that rewarded the least. And the more a group punished itself, the lower its earnings. The study appeared last month in the journal Science.
The other study involved children. It was presented last month in California at a conference on violence and abuse（虐待）. Researchers used intelligence tests given to two groups. More than eight hundred children were aged two to four the first time they were tested. More than seven hundred children were aged five to nine. The two groups were retested four years later, and the study compared the results with the first test. Both groups contained children whose parents used physical punishment and children whose parents did not.
The study says the IQs of the younger children who were not spanked were five points higher than those who were. In the older group, the difference was almost three points. The more they are spanked, the slower their mental development.
【1】Which of the following is TRUE according to the second study?
A. Children’s IQs have much to do with physical punishment.
B. The study is about violence and cooperation of children.
C. The children tested were divided into groups of four.
D. Children’s mental development only relies on their IQs.
【2】What does the underlined word “spanked” refer to?
A. punished B. blamed
C. tested D. praised
【3】What might be the best title for the text?
A. The Best Way to Correct Misbehavior
B. Punishment Is the Best Way of Education
C. Cooperation Is the Most Successful Behavior
D. Punishment or Reward: Which Works Better on Behavior?
24、 Howard Carter is one of the most famous explorers the world has ever known. He didn’t go to school, but he was bright and curious about the world outside his home town. In 1891, at the age of 17, he set sail for Alexandria, Egypt. By the 1920s, he had become an explorer, searching for the tombs of the Egyptian kings. Inside the tombs, he discovered a great fortune in jewels and gold, along with the preserved bodies of dead kings. In 1922, Howard Carter made his most amazing discovery of all, in the Valley of the Kings, in Egypt. There they came across the tomb of King Tutankhamun. It was the most important tomb that had ever been found. “The tomb contained more treasure than any of us had ever seen before, as well as the mummy of the king,” said Carter.
However, not long after the discovery, people in Carter’s team fell ill and died. Upon their entering the tomb, Carter’s lucky pet bird was swallowed by a snake. Lord Carnarvon, who was also present when the tomb was opened, fell ill with a fever and died in Egypt. George Gould, a friend of Carnarvon’s, went to Egypt after hearing of his strange death. He too visited the tomb, only to catch a high fever the next day. Twelve hours later, he was dead.
Within 7 years, 21 people who had something to do with the opening the tomb died. Howard Carter, however, lived on until the age of 65. There are different explanations for the deaths. A scientific explanation is that inside the tombs there are many viruses, which can result in illness or even death. Today when scientists examine mummies, they wear special clothing for protection.
【1】What is Howard Carter?
A.A famous scientist B.A king buried in the tomb in Egypt
C.A brave explorer D.A rich man who was interested in Egypt
【2】What is Howard Carter’s most amazing discovery?
A.The jewels in the tombs. B.The tomb of King Tutankhamun.
C.The mummies in the tombs. D.Several tombs in Egypt.
【3】All of the following died after the tomb had been opened except ________.
A.Lord Carnarvon B.Howard Carter
C.the pet bird D.George Gould
【4】From the text we can infer that ________.
A.Howard Carter knew how to protect himself in the tomb.
B.the people who entered the tomb were punished by the mummy.
C.the deaths of those related to the opening of the tomb were just coincidence.
D.scientists are still trying to work out the mystery of the tomb.
25、 It's 2012 in the screening-room. As the lights dimmed, two sisters appeared on the screen. Anna, the younger character, is going to be the queen. Elsa, her older sister, is jealous, evil and cursed. Everything she touches turns to ice. She was ________ over for the throne because of this power. And now she wants revenge and ________ the village with cruel __________ monsters. The monsters, however, are soon out of her _________. They begin to threaten everyone. The only way to survive, Anna and Elsa realize, is for them to join forces. Through ________, they defeat the creatures, and everyone lives happily ever after.
The name of the movie is Frozen. Often, when a movie screening ends at Disney, people cheer or shout. But this time, there were no cheers. It was very, very ________.
From the beginning, the Frozen team members had known they couldn't ________ retell an old fairy tale. They wanted the film to ________ something bigger, about how girls don't need to be ______ by Prince Charming.
"This is a movie about __________ and fear. Anna has to learn that love is about sacrifice. And Elsa has to learn that you can't be _________ who you are. You can't run away from your own _________. You have to embrace your strengths. That's what we need to show—love is ________ than fear," Lee, the film writer, said.
In November 2013, Frozen was released. The prince wasn't charming; ________, he was the villain. The princesses weren't ________; instead, they saved each other. Finally, true love came from sisters learning to embrace their own strengths.
【1】A.took B.pulled C.passed D.turned
【2】A.floods B.charges C.rewards D.provides
【3】A.iron B.wood C.stone D.snow
【4】A.sight B.support C.range D.control
【5】A.assessment B.observation C.cooperation D.preparation
【6】A.noisy B.amazing C.quiet D.calm
【7】A.simply B.hopefully C.possibly D.finally
【8】A.call B.make C.say D.advertise
【9】A.kissed B.saved C.joined D.dated
【10】A.charm B.pain C.cheer D.love
【11】A.afraid of B.proud of C.known for D.fit for
【12】A.image B.powers C.memory D.courage
【13】A.larger B.lower C.stronger D.heavier
【14】A.moreover B.in fact C.still D.furthermore
【15】A.helpless B.hopeless C.careless D.selfless
26、假定你是李华，你校将于4月18日上午9:00开设有关中国戏剧的线上专家讲座。请你给交换生Jack写一圭寸邮件，邀请他到你家一起观看，共同感受中国传统文化。
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Dear Jack,
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Yours,
Li Hua