1、Put on your coat! I ______ you down to the doctor.
A. am taking B. was taken
C. take D. will be taken
2、Most students are making great efforts to study on line _____ their eyes suffer a lot after long hours' focus on the computer or phone.
A.in case B.even if C.now that D.so that
3、He doesn't like______
A．what did his doctor say
B．that did his doctor say
C．what his doctor said
D．that his doctor said
4、“It is a truth ______ that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife,” says the very first line of Pride and Prejudice.
A．universally overlooked
B．universally acknowledged
C．profoundly assumed
D．profoundly obsessed
5、Make a little effort every day, and you ________ a big difference.
A．makes
B．made
C．have made
D．will make
6、Mother was worried because little Alice was ill, especially ________Father was away in France.
A．as
B．that
C．during
D．if
7、With time ______ by, my grandmother has much more silver hair.
A. went B. goes
C. going D. gone
8、Only when I left my parents for Italy ________ how comfortable it was to live in our home country.
A.I realized B.I had realized C.did I realize D.had I realized
9、 ________ the circumstances, it seemed better not to tell him about the accident.
A．Without
B．Under
C．Of
D．For
10、The proposal Father made this morning did sound feasible ______________ every member of the family ______________ one-third of his or her income in case of emergency．
A.which, set aside B.that, set aside
C.which, sets aside D.that, sets aside
11、In June 2000, Hanks was offered a scholarship to study in New York City ____ he could have supported his family, but he refused it.
A.by which B.through which C.with which D.in which
12、Think about it carefully and you will find this math problem is so easy ________.
A．being solved
B．to solve
C．solving
D．to be solved
13、______ he referred to in his article was unknown to the general reader.
A．That
B．What
C．Whether
D．Where
14、He wrote down the address _______ he should forget it.
A.in case B.even if C.on condition that D.as long as
15、He tried to sound ________ , but I knew he was worried.
A．usual
B．casual
C．casually
D．usually
16、I wonder why Tom________ to me recently. I should have heard from him by now.
A．won't write
B．hasn't written
C．wrote
D．is writing
17、Bob ________ hard. Otherwise, he ________to be admitted to the key university.
A. can’t work; wouldn’t have failed B. can’t have worked; wouldn’t have failed
C. mustn’t have worked; wouldn’t fail D. mustn’t work; would fail
18、A new iPhone costs about ________ of a second-hand one.
A. the price of three times
B. three times the price
C. as much as the three times price
D. three times more than the price
19、With these words ________ in their ears, Allied soldiers prepared for ________ would become known as D-Day.
A．ring ,which
B．ring, what
C．ringing, what
D．ringing, which
20、_________ jokes are likely to contribute to a pleasant atmosphere, you’ve got to be careful not to hurt others.
A. Since B. While
C. If D. As
21、Few people are aware that Waterloo Bridge, crossed by thousands of daily commuters (每天长途上下班的人) and celebrated as a London landmark, was mainly built by a female workforce.
There are no written or photographic records of the women who built the bridge since the construction company that built it closed in the 1980s and with it went all the records. What’s left is anecdotal evidence, kept alive by the tourist boat skippers who have called it the Ladies Bridge.
During the Second World War, with the majority of the active male labor-force away at the front, women increasingly took on traditionally male roles. By 1944, 25,000 women were working in the construction industry, carrying out back-breaking tasks. These women were permitted to carry out this exhausting and dangerous work on the basis that it would only be temporary and that their pay would be lower than that of men. So the surge (激增) in women working in construction and engineering did not continue after the war.
September sees a series of events celebrating the unknown work of the large female workforce. Musician Claudia Molitor has created a 45-minute musical entitled “the Singing Bridge”, which runs at Somerset House from Sept9th. to Sept25th. In late September, the “Light up the Ladies Bridge” event saw the National Theatre’s fly tower lit up by large scale photographic projections (投影片) of female construction workers working in construction during World War II.
Let’s all celebrate the women who have helped to build the cities in which we live.
【1】Why do few people know about the builders of Waterloo Bridge?
A．The records of their work have been lost.
B．Female workers received little attention.
C．The construction took place long ago.
D．Few people know about the bridge.
【2】What can we learn from the fourth paragraph?
A．There are less female workers in London.
B．Waterloo Bridge is popular among artists.
C．The story of Waterloo Bridge is better known.
D．Many works of art were created during World War II.
【3】Why did London women do the construction work?
A．It was a tradition in London.
B．They wanted to get a steady job.
C．Most men had gone to the battlefield.
D．The company offered them better pay.
【4】Which can be the best title for the text?
A．Female Workers on the Rise
B．A Hidden Treasure in London
C．A New London Landmark
D．The Story behind the Ladies Bridge
22、 With the advance of human society, along with the development of modern science and technology, people are faced with an increasing number of pollutions. One of the severe pollutions is noise pollution. Many parents express their complaints over noise pollution, especially car alarms.
Anchor
Almost anyone who has lived in a big city can tell you how irritating it is to be awakened in the middle of the night by the wail of a car alarm. The loss of sleep can drive you crazy, but this is just one in a long list of problems that such high decibel noises can cause.
Jonathan
People in this noisy neighborhood in upper Manhattan are fed up with car alarms. They're angry enough at being jolted awake several times a week, but more than that they worry about what effect these alarms will have on their children. Already studies have shown that continuous exposure to high-decibel noise can cause an increase in heart rate and blood pressure.
Andrea
By the time my child can read, he will already have been exposed to the constant roar of the traffic, but the intense siren of a car alarm is way above the level of safety.
Michael
I have a valid concern. According to the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), exposure to noise above 85 decibels for 8 hours or more is a danger to your health. City traffic and trucks are about 90 decibels. The siren of a car alarm is about 120 decibels, about the same as a plane taking off.
The parents here are sick and tired of listening to the shrill siren of car alarms. However, it's for their children that they are most concerned. They've started a group called Parents to Silence Car Alarms. They don't think that making the owner of a car pay a fine is enough. These parents have started a campaign to have car alarms banned.
【1】According to the passage, which one of the following statements is true?
A. Anchor thinks the high decibel noises only causes the loss of sleep.
B. Jonathan holds the view that exposure to decibel noises can give rise to heart disease.
C. According to NIOSH, exposure to noise above 85 for 8 hours or more threatens people's health.
D. Andrea believes the intense siren of a car alarm is acceptable.
【2】According to the passage, what is the parents' attitude towards car alarms?
A. Neutral. B. Critical. C. Favorable. D. Indifferent.
【3】What is the main idea of the passage?
A. People in modern society is faced with noise pollution.
B. Anyone who lives in a big city is tired of car alarms.
C. A car alarm is out of control and beyond the level of safety.
D. Parents complain about car alarms, trying to fight against them.
23、 Some students get so nervous before a test, they do poorly even if they know the material. Sian Beilock, a psychology professor at the University of Chicago in IIIionois, has studied these highly anxious test-takers.
Sian Beilock:"They start worrying about the consequences. They might even start worrying about whether this exam is going to prevent them from getting into the college they want. And when we worry , it actually uses up attention and memory resources. I talk about it as your cognitive (认知) horsepower that you could otherwise be using to focus on the exam.
Professor Beilock and another researcher, Gerardo Ramirez, have developed a possible solution. Just before an exam, highly anxious test-takers spend ten minutes writing about their worries about the test.
Sian Beilock:" What we think happens is when students put it down on paper, they think about the worst that could happen and they reassess the situation. They might realize it's not as had as they might think it was before and, in essence, it prevents these thoughts from popping up when they're actually taking a test."
The researchers tested the idea on a group of twenty anxious college students. They gave them two short math tests. After the first one, they asked the students to either sit quietly or write about their feelings about the upcoming second test.
The researchers added to the pressure. They told the students that those who did well on the second test would get money. They also told them that their performance would affect other students as part of a team effort.
Professor Beilock says those who sat quietly scored an average of twelve percent worse on the second test. But the students who had written about their fears improved their performance by an average of five percent.
Next, the researchers used younger students in a biology class. They told them before final exams either to write about their feelings or to think about things unrelated to the test.
Professor Beilock says highly anxious students who did the writing got an average grade of B+,compared to a B- for those who did not.
Sian Beilock :" What we showed is that for students who are highly test-anxious, who'd done our writing intervention(干预), all of a sudden there was no relationship between test anxiety and performance. Those students most likely to worry were performing just as well as their classmates who don't normally get nervous in these testing situations."
But what if students do not have a chance to write about their fears immediately before and exam or presentation? Professor Beilock says students can try it themselves at home or in the library and still improve their performance.
【1】What will happen to test-takers worrying too much before an exam?
A.No entry into the college. B.More concentration on the exam.
C.An undesirable outcome of the exam. D.Weak awareness of the exam.
【2】What is strongly suggested to case test-takers' deep anxiety?
A.Making adjustments to the exam. B.Listing their fears about the exam.
C.Sitting doing nothing before an exam. D.Getting pressed by tho examiners.
【3】What does the writer intend to tell us?
A.How to look at test anxiety.
B.How to reduce concern about the results.
C.How to contact anxiety with performance.
D.How to cope with anxiety before a big event.
24、 I had never really liked reading, and I thought it was a waste of time. But when my teacher told me to go to the library and find a book, I looked for one that I was actually interested in. I love basketball, so I picked out a basketball book which was called Hoops by Walter Dean Myers. It is an amazing story about a high school ball player named Lonnie. He is a great basketball player, and dreams of playing basketball in college someday, and of course in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Lonnie lives in Harlem, NY, and is struggling through poverty and other problems. He doubts his new coach, Carl, and doesn’t think that he will be there for his new team. However, he soon realizes what the man has done in his past, and can completely connect with him. Carl soon makes a huge influence on Lonnie, but they face many challenges.
This book makes me think about how hard it would be to grow up in a rough city. I have realized that basketball is a great way to escape the struggles we face.
From this story, you will learn that the people around you really affect who you are, and how important it is to have the support of family and friends in your life. I have learned a lot from this book, and I think that anyone who reads it will too. I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did.
I am now reading more Walter Dean Myers’ books. A lot of his books are about growing up in Harlem, just like he once did. He has become my favorite author.
【1】Hoops is a book about (a) ________.
A.teacher B.library C.basketball D.coach
【2】According to the story, Lonnie ________.
A.didn’t get help from his friends B.was born into a rich family
C.realized his dream of playing in the NBA D.disliked his coach in the beginning
【3】From this book the author realizes that basketball ________.
A.makes it hard to live in a rough city
B.helps people make new friends easily
C.provides a good way to escape difficulties
D.tightly connects people with their family and friends
【4】The purpose of the author in writing this text is to ________.
A.tell us his favorite author B.introduce a book to us
C.show his interest in reading D.teach us the importance of reading
25、A video show has become a hot topic on the Internet around China these days. The 35-second video shows that a man driver took a woman out of her red car, threw her to the ground and ______ her several times.
Later, the man driver told the police that was because the woman driver changed lanes（变道）______ and scared his child in the car. That made this man driver very ______. And his anger changed into this fight. The man was blamed (责备) a lot from Internet users, who regarded him as " Crazy or Mad".
However, public attitude (态度) soon took a u-turn when the video from the dashboard camera (行车记录仪) on the man driver's car was put on the Internet on Tuesday. The ______video shows the woman driver suddenly crossed lanes in front of Zhang's car twice and the two said angry words to each other ______ both cars came to a stop under an overhead bridge. And there the fight happened. The latest online poll（民调） shows that 78 % Internet users believe that the woman driver should be blamed for ______ she had done. However, the woman driver _______ to realize her own mistake and refused to say sorry at first. The discussion further grew when some people started a cyber hunt (人肉搜索) against the woman. Some of her personal ______ was put on the Internet, including her ID number, address, phone number and so on.
____ the morning of May 11, the woman driver finally wrote a letter to say sorry to the public, and put it on the Internet, saying that she felt sorry for what she had done and what her family had ______ about this accident. Both of the two have paid for what they had done! So when we drive on the road, try to be calm enough to avoid such happenings again.
【1】A. beating B. to beat C. beats D. beat
【2】A. slowly B. quietly C. suddenly D. politely
【3】A. excited B. surprised C. angry D. pleased
【4】A. 3-minutes B. 3 minute’s C. 3-minute D. 3 minutes
【5】A. after B. before C. while D. until
【6】A. how B. what C. that D. which
【7】A. chose B. decided C. agreed D. failed
【8】A. news B. information C. matter D. plan
【9】A. In B. From C. On D. Till
【10】A. talked B. said C. told D. spoken
26、Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.
Blowing a Few Tops
Ever stopped to consider the upside of volcanic eruptions? It’s not all death, destruction and hot liquid rock—scientists have a plan to cool the planet by simulating one such eruption.
Solar geoengineering involves simulating a volcano by spraying aerosols(气溶胶) into the atmosphere. When they combine with oxygen, droplets of sulfuric acid (硫酸) form. These droplets reflect sunlight away from Earth, cooling the planet. All good in theory, but the consequences are largely unknown and a few could be disastrous. In a study recently published in Nature Communications, researchers led by Anthony Jones, a climate scientist from the University of Exeter, found that using this technology in the Northern Hemisphere could reduce the number of tropical winds hitting the U.S. and Caribbean. But there's an annoying exchange: more winds in the Southern Hemisphere and a drought across the Sahel region of Africa. That’s because the entire climate system is linked—disrupting one region will invariably affect another. How would a nation react if another was causing its weather to get much worse? Would that be an act of war?
There is, however, a case for using solar geoengineering on a global scale. Jones says it could be used to “take the edge off” the temperature increases scientists are predicting. It could be used while the world searches for more effective strategies.
The study also highlights a far bigger problem with solar geoengineering: its complete lack of regulation. “There’s nothing that could stop one country just doing it,” Jones says. “You only need about 100 aircraft with three flights per day. It would cost $1 billion to $10 billion per year.” He adds, “It’s deeply disturbing that we have this technology that could have such a massive influence on the climate, yet there’s just no regulation to stop countries or even organizations from doing it.”
Jones cautions that there is much about the climate system we do not understand, as well as far more work that will need to be done before solar geoengineering is considered safe—or too dangerous to even discuss.
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