1、Our class held a fierce ________ as to whether to reduce the amount of homework or not.
A．bargain
B．contest
C．debate
D．campaign
2、It was with great joy _______ Tom received the news that his lost son had been found．
A. because B. which
C. since D. that
3、Thousands of soldiers are working to ________ food and blankets to the victims.
A．diagnose
B．distribute
C．dismiss
D．transform
4、No one can imagine _______ life would be like without referring to modern technology.
A. that B. what
C. how D. when
5、The driver braked hard to avoid________a child coming in his way.
A．hit B．to hit
C．hitting D．to have hit
6、______was known to all, he had broken his promise ____he would give us a rise.
A. As; which B. As; that
C. It; that D. It ; which
7、— Johnson is indeed a wise man.
— Oh, yes. How often I have regretted _____ his advice!
A. to take B. taking
C. not to take D. not taking
8、The police are offering a big ___________ for information about the robbery.
A. award B. prize C. reward D. money
9、To our joy, the hotel itself can hold 70 guests and, ______, there are several self-cooking apartments.
A．in particular
B．in turn
C．in advance
D．in addition
10、Night has fallen, and we have to stay here for the night,_____?.
A．don't we
B．haven't we
C．mustn't we
D．shouldn't we
11、A concert will be held in our city _____ the great musician.
A. in search of B. in charge of
C. in memory of D. in favour of
12、—If we work on the project together, I do believe we should be able to complete it ahead of schedule.
— ______! Many hands make light work.
A．You bet
B．Have fun
C．Good job
D．Forget it
13、 What if you _____ to send an essay with your application? Would you have been rejected?
A. forget B. would forget
C. had forgotten D. should forget
14、He often asked me the question ______ we would start our project.
A．that
B．when
C．which
D．what
15、He insisted on Dr. Turner instead of Mr. Turner.
A.his being called B.him to be called C.his calling D.him to call
16、I bought my mother a present and wished to give her a surprise on her birthday, but my father____the secret.
A. put away B. put off C. gave away D. gave off
17、The terraces are cleverly designed, with waterways connecting with each other.
A．设计；连接
B．设计；清除
C．修改；连接
D．修改；清除
18、Confucius,many of whose ideas are just as today as they were many centuries ago,_______is considered China's most famous teacher and philosopher.
A.vague B.valid C.vivid D.vacant
19、The flu is believed _____ by viruses that like to reproduce in the cells inside the human nose and throat.
A. causing B. being caused
C. be have caused D. to be caused
20、Will you see to _____ that my children are taken good care of while I am away?
A．it B．me C．yourself D．Them
21、People in the United States honor their parents with two special days：Mother’s Day, on the second Sunday in May, and Father’s Day, on the third Sunday in June. These days are set aside to show love and respect for parents. They raise their children and educate them to be responsible(有责任感的) citizens. They give love and care. These two days make us think about the changing roles of mothers and fathers. More mothers now work outside the home. More fathers must help with child care.
These two special days are celebrated in many different ways. On Mother’s Day people wear carnations. A red one symbolizes a living mother. A white one shows that the mother is dead. Many people attend religious services to honor parents. It is also a day when people whose parents are dead visit the cemetery(墓地).On these days families get together at home, as well as in restaurants. They often have outdoor barbecues for Father’s Day. These are days of fun and good feelings and memories.
Another tradition is to give cards and gifts. Children make them in school. Many people make their own presents. These are valued more than the ones bought in stores. It is not the value of the gift that is important, but it is “the thought that counts”. Greeting card stores, florists, candy makers, bakeries, telephone companies, and other stores do a lot of business during these holidays.
【1】Which of the following is NOT a reason for children to show love and respect for parents?
A. Parents bring up children.
B. Parents give love and care to children.
C. Parents educate children to be good persons.
D. Parents pass away before children grow up.
【2】What do you think “florists” do?
A. They sell flowers.
B. They make and sell bread.
C. They offer enough room for having family parties.
D. They sell special gifts for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.
【3】Which do you think is right about “carnation”?
A. It has only two kinds of colors.
B. It refers to the special clothes people wear on Mother’s Day or Father’s Day.
C. It’s a kind of flower showing love and best wishes.
D. People can wear carnations only on the second Sunday in May.
【4】What do you know from the passage?
A. Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are both in May.
B. Fewer women worked outside the home in the past.
C. Not all the children respect their parents
D. Fathers are not as important as mothers at home.
22、Drawing for Fun
You will learn some basic techniques using soft pencils.These different types of paper are provided.
Just bring yourself and a willingness to “have a go”. This is a start-up day so people who have already attended courses should not apply.
Time: 1:00p.m.～3:00p.m.
Focus on Landscapes
This course is designed for students who are familiar with painting in watercolours (水彩), but are having difficulty with some techniques. We will discuss choice of materials, colour mixing and other areas that maybe raised.
The day will start with a demonstration, followed by a chance to paint outdoors. After a light lunch cooked in the studio, there will be a further practice session.
Time: 9:30a.m.～3:00p.m.
Find Your Voice
You may feel you can᾿t sing or you may be a good singer who wants to develop singing skills. You will be shown how to sing correctly and how to project your voice. You may attend this course more than once and each time you will have a wonderful experience. Everyone can sing and it᾿s great fun.
Time: 2:00p.m.～5:00p.m.
The Music Takeaway
Get some friends, family or co-workers together for your own music course in a place of your choice, which could be your front room, basement or workplace. We send two guitar teachers to lead a oneday course for you in the style of music you prefer, such as rock, country, funk or blues.
Time: 2:30p.m.～9:00p.m.
【1】What’s the purpose of Focus on Landscapes?
A．Paint outdoors.
B．Discuss the painting materials.
C．Teach how to start watercolour-painting.
D．Improve the students’ painting techniques.
【2】Which course can you attend repeatedly?
A．Drawing for Fun.
B．Find Your Voice
C．Focus on Landscapes.
D．The Music Takeaway.
【3】Which allows you to decide where the course is held?
A．The Music Takeaway.
B．Drawing for Fun.
C．Find Your Voice.
D．Focus on Landscapes.
23、How much free time do you need to be happier？Feeling overwhelmed by your to-do list can certainly make you unhappy, but new research suggests that more free time might not be the magic elixir（灵丹妙药） like many of us have dreamed.
Researchers found that people with more free time generally had higher levels of subjective well-being（幸福） -but only up to a point. People who had up to two hours of free time a day generally reported they felt better than those who had less time. But people who had five or more hours of free time a day generally said they felt worse. “While too little time is bad, having more time is not always better,” said Marissa Sharif, an assistant professor of marketing at The Wharton School. For example, some adults struggle with the “retirement blues”, which can be due to a lack of stimulation and structure, among other things. They conducted several smaller online experiments. In one they asked participants to imagine having 3.5 to 7 free hours per day. They were asked to imagine spending that time doing “productive” things（like exercising） or to imagine doing “unproductive” activities (like watching TV).
Study participants believed their well-being would suffer if they had a lot of free time during the day-but only if they used it unproductively. “In other words, how people use their free time matters,” Sharif said. “Of course, what feels ‘productive’ is up to you. Free-time activities like knitting, reading, cooking or gaming are also known to put people in a state of flow. In cases when people do find themselves with excessive（过多的）amounts of spare time, such as retirement or having left a job,” Sharif said, “our results suggest these individuals would benefit from spending their newfound time with purpose.”
【1】What is the finding of the new study?
A．Adults tend to feel happy in their free time.
B．Being too busy threatens people’s physical health.
C．More free time does not definitely mean more happiness.
D．More and more people have little spare time.
【2】Why does the author mention the example in Paragraph 2?
A．To emphasize the significance of spending free time.
B．To indicate the reasons for adults’ being upset.
C．To forecast the retirement life in the future.
D．To prove the discovery of the new research
【3】What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?
A．The requirements of the experiment
B．The significance of the experiment.
C．The consequence of the experiment.
D．The purpose of the experiment.
【4】What can we infer from Sharif’s words in the last paragraph?
A．Taking good advantage of free time will help bring people happiness.
B．Attending too many activities may damage people’s health.
C．Spending spare time with friends often benefits people a lot.
D．Having little free time may result in anxiety.
24、Breakfast is food for the brain and for the rest of your body. And downing those morning calories is worth it, even for people worried about their weight, a new study finds.
The study was led by Marlene Schwartz, a psychologists (心理学家) who studies obesity (肥胖). Her group studied some 600 middle-school students. Over three years, students from 12 different schools were asked about their breakfasts. Throughout the study about 34%-44% of all students said that they regularly ate breakfast at home. Up to 17%, or almost one in every six kids, regularly ate breakfast at school. Overall (总的来说), about one in every 10 kids reported eating breakfasts both at home and at school. Eating habits changed somewhat as the kids got older. For example, fifth graders were more likely to regularly eat breakfast at home. But by seventh grade, 22% of the studied kids often skipped breakfast.
Surprisingly, at every age, kids who ate breakfast were less possible to be overweight. This was true even for those who ate breakfast at home and at school. It also found that students who skipped breakfast most often were those most likely to be overweight. These findings may seem puzzling. Yet Schwartz’s team can think of several possible explanations.
Skipping breakfast may set people to be “over-hungry” later in the day, she says. Then someone may eat more food than their body needs. What’s more, not eating regularly in the morning stops our brains and bodies from working properly. It’s very difficult for kids to stay concentrated in class without having breakfast.
But why should eating two breakfasts not lead to weight gain? One explanation may be that school breakfasts are very healthy and controlled in size. Also, most of the double-breakfast eaters are boys. These kids are so active and actively growing up that they need more calories. They often eat twice as much as other people.
【1】The example underlined in the second paragraph is meant to tell us ______.
A．having breakfast is of no use at all
B．skipping breakfast is rather harmful to kids’ health
C．kids will change their eating habits as they grow older
D．it is important to have breakfast regularly
【2】According to the passage, which one of the following statements is NOT true?
A．The study was carried out among middle-school students.
B．The study was going on for over three years.
C．Skipping breakfast will possibly lead to weight gain.
D．We can never eat too much in the morning.
【3】Based on the passage, what may happen to a boy who eats breakfast regularly?
A．He may put on weight.
B．His brain and body will work well and properly.
C．He will be in perfect health.
D．He will be absent-minded in class.
【4】What can we infer (推断) from the last paragraph?
A．Kids who are growing up more actively need more energy.
B．All the kids should eat more to stay healthy.
C．Eating two breakfasts will lead to weight gain.
D．Schools must provide healthy breakfasts.
25、It was Nurses Week. I praised Susan Franco, a nurse at Chippenham Hospital, because without her, I couldn't be expecting to ____ with my mother after 17 years apart. My mother, Gail, was ____ from me when I was a child due to health complications. We lost ____ in 2003, and my mother eventually ____ dementia(痴呆). She lived in a group home and was ____ in and out of hospital. Hospital was like a second home for her.
The last time she was ____ to Chippenham Hospital, Susan Franco made a(n) ____ to find her family members. Hospital staff ____ thought there were no family connections on record, but Franco ____ my mother's files and found the contact information on one of her children — me.
At first I was ____ about the call from Franco which I thought was a ____— I even intended to blacklist her. After the misunderstanding was ____, I felt delighted to find out Mom was alive and I was very ____ to Franco. Franco said it's just part of her job. “We make ____ all the time to family members. So, it is something we do on a ____ basis.”
Since hospitals are ____ visitors these days, I haven't been able to see Mom ____, but I talk to her on the phone with the ____ of Franco. My family and I are now planning to see her when we're ____. I want to thank all the nurses out there, who are going ____ what they do to help people.
【1】
A．live
B．restart
C．correspond
D．reunite
【2】
A．separated
B．rescued
C．excused
D．distanced
【3】
A．touch
B．hope
C．control
D．support
【4】
A．defeated
B．escaped
C．developed
D．feared
【5】
A．occasionally
B．eventually
C．frequently
D．gradually
【6】
A．linked
B．admitted
C．led
D．invited
【7】
A．decision
B．agreement
C．appointment
D．request
【8】
A．casually
B．previously
C．naturally
D．blindly
【9】
A．recorded
B．shared
C．copied
D．combed
【10】
A．annoyed
B．confused
C．disappointed
D．thrilled
【11】
A．cheat
B．wonder
C．fault
D．coincidence
【12】
A．made up
B．left out
C．worked out
D．cleared up
【13】
A．respectful
B．grateful
C．devoted
D．familiar
【14】
A．plans
B．changes
C．suggestions
D．calls
【15】
A．particular
B．voluntary
C．routine
D．temporary
【16】
A．reminding
B．directing
C．limiting
D．forcing
【17】
A．in public
B．in person
C．in turn
D．in private
【18】
A．preparation
B．instruction
C．assistance
D．encouragement
【19】
A．expected
B．recommended
C．acknowledged
D．allowed
【20】
A．against
B．beyond
C．over
D．through
26、假定你是李华，上周你校为了响应国家“拒绝浪费，珍惜粮食”的号召，开展了“光盘行动”主题活动。请你为校英语报写一篇报道，要点包括；
1.活动内容； 2.你的感受。
注意:1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：光盘行动Clean Plate Campaign