1、5G smart phones are believed to work 9 and 20 times faster than previous______________.
A．ones
B．those
C．them
D．that
2、____ with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountain doesn’t seem high at all.
A. To compare B. while comparing
C. It comparing D. when compared
3、I stood for a minute ________them and then went to greet them.
A．watches
B．am watching
C．watch
D．watching
4、After a week at sea, it was good to feel the earth ________ our feet again.
A．beyond
B．within
C．throughout
D．beneath
5、Surely it doesn’t matter where the student associations get their money from; what _______ is what they do with it.
A.applies B.stresses C.functions D.counts
6、Taobo is Asia’s largest retail (零售的) network platform, ________ people can buy and sell many kinds of things．
A．where
B．when
C．that
D．whose
7、I had different ways of ________ myself with joys while I found myself bored.
A．occupying
B．devoting
C．concerning
D．applying
8、The Trump government was ________ with breaking its election promises and many Americans said they were very disappointed.
A．charged
B．surrounded
C．crowded
D．blamed
9、 is obviously right is to give all children equal opportunities to develop their special gift.
A. Which B. As C. That D. What
10、Compared with the price of that store，the price of this one sounds________—all the goods are good value.
A．considerable B．reasonable
C．available D．sensible
11、He is ____me in position in the company , but he doesn’t lift up horn.
A．junior than
B．junior to
C．senior to
D．senior than
12、At the feast for last year’s Academy Awards (the Oscars 2014), spring rolls was listed on the menu along with another popular Chinese dish – dumplings, enjoying worldwide ________.
A. origin B. performance
C. application D. Fame
13、—Waiter! Is the table by the window available?
—I’m sorry, sir. But that table has been ____.
A. broken B. sold C. reserved D. repaired
14、—Have you finished that long article written by the famous scientist?
—No, I used up my ______. It’s too long and I only stopped halfway.
A.determination B.devotion C.patience D.strength
15、— I’m sorry．I ________ at you the other day．
— Forget it．I was a bit out of control myself．
A．shouldn’t shout
B．shouldn’t have shouted
C．mustn’t shout
D．mustn’t have shouted
16、Be careful when you speak. Always remember, ________.
A．loose lips sink ships.
B．have a frog in your throat.
C．go all out.
D．it ticks all the right boxes.
17、Hardly ________I________ home when it began to rain.
A．did; get
B．was; getting
C．would; get
D．had; got
18、I have got ________ things to do this morning, so I wasn’t able to go to the flower exhibit.
A．a great deal of
B．a plenty of
C．masses of
D．a great many of
19、. When my grandpa was young, he had to________several miles a day to school since he had no money to take a bus.
A.cover B.take C.get D.make
20、He enjoyed _______and all the congratulations afterwards!.
A．to sing
B．sang
C．sung
D．singing
21、Science fiction writers create imaginary worlds. The way things work in your imaginary worlds will be based on actual science. So it’s important for you to be familiar with the scientific principles and inventions that are related to your creation. For example, if you’re writing about human living on a planet with zero gravity, then you need to know the effects of zero gravity on the human body.
Then you have to figure out the exact rules of your imaginary worlds. And you have to follow them. If humans are able to breathe underwater in Chapter 1, your character can’t drown in a swimming pool in Chapter 3. The issue here is maintaining your readers’ trust. That means the readers are willing to pretend along with you. If you start out with an ordinary detective novel and then throw in someone breathing underwater in the 6th chapter, you will pull the readers out of their imagination. The same thing happens if you change the rules halfway.
Part of your preparation work for the novel is to map out its worlds in great detail. You should decide the following issues: the history of the world, the geography, what possibilities it offers, how everything works in this new reality, and how all of these factors affect the way your characters think, feel, and react to things. You don’t have to tell your readers all the rules in the first chapter. But you have to let readers know enough to understand what’s going on. This also allows you to work out logical problems and contradictions before you start writing.
When you are writing, remember to make it feel real. You are inviting readers to visit a new world. They will want to be able to see, hear, feel, smell, and even taste what it’s like. Whether your novel is about a world without disease or an undiscovered planet, help your readers feel like they’re actually there.
【1】What’s the relationship between actual science and science fiction?
A. Science fiction promotes the development of actual science.
B. Science fiction often reflects the development of actual science.
C. Actual science limits the imagination described in science fiction.
D. Actual science provides basic principles for science fiction.
【2】The second paragraph is mainly developed by .
A. making comparisons B. giving examples
C. following the time order D. analyzing causes
【3】Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. It is necessary to do some scientific experiments before writing science fiction.
B. It is more difficult to write science fiction than ordinary detective novels.
C. Readers of science fiction actually pretend the writers’ rules are true.
D. It is great to leave some contradictions in your science fiction.
【4】The passage is mainly about .
A. how to do scientific research B. how to raise interest in science
C. what to expect from science fiction D. how to write science fiction
22、A remarkable new study on how whales behaved when attacked by humans in the 19th century has implications for the way they react to changes caused by humans in the 2Ist century.
The paper is authored by Whitehead and Rendellt at Dalhousie University and their research addresses an age- -old question: if whales are so smart, why did they hang around to be killed? The answer? They didn't. Using newly digitised (数字化的) logbooks detailing the hunting of whales in the north Pacific, the authors discovered that within just a few years, the strike rate of the whalers’ harpoons(捕鲸者的鱼叉) fell by 58%. This simple fact leads to an astonishing conclusion: that information about what was happening to them was being collectively shared among the whales, who made vital changes to their behaviour. They learned quickly from their mistakes.
“Sperm whales have a traditional way of reacting to attacks from orca (杀人鲸),” notes Whitehead. Before humans, orca were their only predators (捕食者), against whom sperm whales form defensive circles, their powerful taills held outwards to keep predators at bay, “But such techniques just made it easier for the whalers to kill them,” says Whitehead.
Sperm whales are highly socialised animals, able to communicate over great distances. Information about the new dangers may have been passed on in the same way they share knowledge about feeding grounds. They also possess the largest brain on the planet. It is not hard to imagine that they understood what was happening to them.
The hunters themselves realised the whales’efforts to escape. They saw that the animals appeared to communicate the threat within their attacked groups. Abandoning their usual defensive formations, the whales swam upwind to escape the hunters, ships, themselves wind-powered.
Now, just as whales are beginning to recover from the industrial destruction by 20th-century whaling fleets, whose steamships and grenade harpoons no whale could escape from, they face new threats created by our technology. “They’re having to learn not to get hit by ships, cope with the depredations (劫掠) of long line fishing, the changing source of their food due to climate change,”Whitehead says. “The same sort of urgent social learning the animals experienced in the whale wars of two centuries ago is reflected in the way they negotiate today's uncertain world.”
【1】What is the new study mainly about?
A．Whales’ social lives.
B．Whales’emotional intelligence.
C．Whales’ reaction to climate changes.
D．Whales’ behavior under human attack.
【2】What caused whales to make changes to escape the hunters’ ship?
A．The wind in their favor.
B．Their powerful physical strength.
C．The shared ship attack information.
D．Their usual defensive formations.
【3】What does the author intend to do in Paragraph 5?
A．State possible reasons.
B．Add background information.
C．Summarize the previous paragraphs.
D．Introduce a new topic for discussion.
【4】What's Whitehead’s attitude towards whales’ future survival?
A．Pessimistic.
B．Unclear.
C．Cautious.
D．Optimistic.
23、 In an early survey conducted in 1888, a billion and a half people inhabited the earth. Now, the population exceeds seven billion. This means that the world must accommodate a new population roughly equal to that of the United States and Canada every three years. Even though the rate of growth has begun to slow down, most experts believe the population size will still pass eight billion soon.
If we examine the amount of land available for this ever-increasing population, we begin to see the problem. Everyone on the planet had an equal share of land, we would each have about 50,000 square metres. This figure seems to be quite encouraging until we examine the type of land we would have. Not all land is useful to humans as it cannot produce food. We can cut out about one fifth of it because it is permanently covered by snow and ice. Then we can cut out another one fifth because it is desert. Another fifth is too mountainous or is too great a height above sea-level. A tenth doesn’t have enough soil for crops to grow - it is bare rock. Now the position begins to look rather mom bleak (荒凉)!
Obviously, with so little land to support us, we should be taking great care not to reduce it further. But are we? We are consuming its “ capital” , which means its nonrenewable fossil fuels and other mineral deposits that took millions of years to form but which are now being destroyed in decades. We are also doing the same with other vital resources not usually thought of as being nonrenewable such as fertile soils, groundwater and the millions of other species that share earth with us.
The birth of a baby in, for example, Hong Kong, imposes more than a hundred times the amount of stress on the world's resources as a baby in India. Most people in India do not grow up to own cars or air-conditioners. Nor do they eat the huge amount of meat and fish that the Hong Kong child does. Their life-styles do not require vast quantities of minerals and energy. Also, they are aware of the requirements of the land around them and try to put something back into nature to replace what they take out.
【1】Why does the author mention the example of America and Canada?
A.To emphasize that world population has to be reduced.
B.To give a brief history of the population growth.
C.To stress how quickly the world population is rising.
D.To point out what a large population they have.
【2】According to the author, how much per person of the earths surface can be used to produce food?
A.15,000 square metres. B.25,000 square metres.
C.30,000 square metres. D.40,000 square metres.
【3】Which of the following belongs to vital resources?
A.Fossil fuels. B.Mineral deposits.
C.Chemical fertilizer. D.Groundwater.
【4】When can learn from the passage that _____.
A.different lifestyles require similar quantities of resources
B.a Hong Kong baby consumes more resources than an Indian baby
C.tropical forest are being better used for pastureland
D.nature is powerful enough to destroy an aggressive man
24、“Why do birds sing?”I ask a group of children."To attract metes(配偶)!"answered a boy. A 4-year-old girl added shyly,"Birds sing because they are happy, and they want to make us happy, too."I think both answers are probably true in a way. If birds sing happily, it shows all is well in the forest: no predators(捕食者)are present, and the birds can feed, sing and do other bird things.The sound of a relaxed robin singing is easy to understand because it make us feel this way too-it's a sound that lifts our own hearts when we hear it.
What happens when a predator comes into their areas? The nearby birds quickly give an alarm(警报)call, a short sound that warms, "Danger is coming!" On hearing the sound, the other birds stop singing and fly for cover ,the deer lift their heads and stop moving and the rabbits run into the bushes. Suddenly, the forest becomes silent.
When humans walk through the woods in a hurry or while walking with a friend, we don't see much wildlife. We may think that there aren't many animals living there, but more likely, they know we are coming and hide minutes before our arrival. But if we learn to avoid setting off alarms, we can see many more wild animals without frightening them. To practice, find a place in a park and sit quietly for an hour. Take notes as the birds begin to relax and sing again. When I do this, I am always surprised at the wonderful thing animals will do when humans simply stay still long enough.
【1】In the writer's opinion, the children's answers to his question are ________.
A．funny
B．reasonable
C．honest
D．important
【2】Hearing a bird's alarm call, a deer will________.
A．run quickly into the bushes
B．stand still with its head up
C．lie down on the ground at once
D．act as if nothing has happened
【3】According to the author, why can't we see much wildlife in the woods?
A．Because we come at the wrong time.
B．Because we fail to give warnings.
C．Because we have set off alarms.
D．Because few animals live there.
【4】The purpose of last paragraph is to ________.
A．advise people to enjoy the songs of birds
B．ask people to learn something about birds
C．tell people how to protect birds in wild
D．show people how and when birds sing
【5】What is the text mainly about?
A．The life of the birds.
B．Birds in the forest.
C．How birds sing in the forest.
D．The messages in bird's singing.
25、 Next week，strangers with a truck will take away everything we own，except the clothes on our backs，the car we will drive，and as much stuff as we can pack into it．
It’s called ____ ．Some people do it often．For others，like me，it’g a _____experience．In all my adult years，I’ve moved only three times．
My first ____ and I moved into our first house with a bed，our clothes and a few gifts．That was many years ago．Over the years，I ____ that house with three children，a few dogs and enough stuff to ____ the ceiling．
Then the kids grew up，I lost my husband to cancer，and I began to learn about ____ ．
First，I let go of the ____ of being in contro1．Life isn’t about being in charge of what ___ ；it’s about being in charge of what we do with it．
Next，I let go of ___ the things I care most about，like keeping in touch with the people that ____ the most to me．
I let go of the people whose ____ are about anger or hatred，and tried instead to ____ myself with those who shine with ____ ．
Finally，I let go of being alone—I remarried．I ____ moved to a new city with my new husband，and after that move，I __ I’d stop collecting meaningless things．But 12 years later，here I am，still learning about letting go．
We’11 all move someday from this ____ to the next，but we won’t need a truck to do it．We’ll take ____ with us and leave behind a(n) ____ of the life we lived，the mistakes we __ ，and all the love and kindness we tried to show．
That memory might not be a treasure，but if we’re ___ ，someone will keep it and hold it close and never let it go．
【1】A. moving B. changing C. losing D. missing
【2】A. similar B. familiar C. rare D. valuable
【3】A. son B. daughter C. husband D. wife
【4】A. equipped B. filled C. involved D. provided
【5】A. paint B. repair C. build D. reach
【6】A. holding on B. 1etting go C. giving back D. turning down
【7】A. plan B. idea C. concept D. decision
【8】A. devotes B. matters C. happens D. arrives
【9】A. putting off B. coming across C. making out D. taking over
【10】A. offer B. appear C. indicate D. mean
【11】A. issues B. subjects C. 1ives D. beliefs
【12】A. present B. attract C. support D. surround
【13】A. kindness B. patience C. fortune D. humour
【14】A. naturally B. eventually C. formally D. regularly
【15】A. suggested B. informed C. insisted D. promised
【16】A. city B. town C. world D. country
【17】A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing
【18】A. memory B. experience C. record D. history
【19】A. completed B. made C. conducted D. forgot
【20】A. optimistic B. generous C. determined D. fortunate
26、假如你是李华，你的笔友Tom发来电子邮件询问你的音乐喜好和你在新年晚会上的表现。请你给他写封电子邮件，回答他的所有问题。
Dear Li Hua,
From your last e-mail, I am glad to know you like music and performed at the New Year Party.
I am eager to know what kind of music you like and dislike best and why. And since you are so busy with your studies, I want to know when and how you listen to music.
Besides, at the New Year Party, did you sing or play a musical instrument? Is it a success?
Looking forward to your reply.
Yours,
Tom
注意：1．词数100左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3．信的抬头与结尾已为你写好，但不计入总词数。
Hi, Tom，
As you know, I’m music mad. _______________________________________________
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By the way, do you love music as well?