1、At the evening party the host said ________ was able to solve the riddle could get a nice present as a reward.
A．whoever
B．who
C．no matter who
D．whomever
2、When their children lived far away from them, these old people felt ________ from the world.
A．carried away
B．broken down
C．cut off
D．brought up
3、It is in Canada, where Doctor Bethune was born, the story of the book takes place.
A.where B.when C.that D.which
4、______ the terrible earthquake in Japan not happened, people’s awareness _______drawn to the risk of being exposed to nuclear radiation.
A. If; wouldn’t have been B. If; wouldn’t have
C. Had; wouldn’t have been D. Had; wouldn’t have
5、Nowadays, we can ________ knowledge not only from textbooks but also from other media.
A．maintain
B．illustrate
C．acquire
D．settle
6、In the police station, Anna recalled clearly what Bob _____ her over the phone the previous night.
A. has told B. had told
C. would tell D. was telling
7、At Rasa Sayang, there are eight outlets for dining, ________ the Japanese cuisine is excellent.
A．which
B．of which
C．that
D．where
8、We have ________ a lot of money ________ Project Hope.
A．raised; to
B．raised; for
C．donated; with
D．donated; for
9、It is reported that more than half of ________ surveyed on the website say they are content with their current life.
A. whom B. them C. ones D. those
10、 ——Do you think we can get there on time?
——__________ the car doesn’t break down.
A. So long as B. Even though
C. As soon as D. As if
11、I lost ________ book. Could you lend me ________?
A．me; your
B．my; yours
C．mine; you
D．me; yours
12、The people living in these apartments have free ___to the swimming pool．（ ）
A. time B. entrance
C. charge D. access
13、It is a truly delightful place, which looks the same as it _______100 years ago with its winding streets and pretty cottages.
A. could have done B. would have done
C. must have done D. should have done
14、On that fateful day, medical teams swarmed into the city from all directions to help the locals fight the formidable battle at full ________.
A．gush
B．stretch
C．spill
D．leap
15、He asked us to join in the game last night. Sentence elements :_______
A．SVPA
B．SVOC
C．SVOCA
D．SVOOA
16、Quite a few English learners think that to write an essay in a proper way________ no easy task.
A．is
B．are
C．was
D．were
17、Frank hasn’t got any hobbies — _____ you call watching TV a hobby.
A. unless B. how
C. when D. whether
18、I would love to go ________ this year, perhaps to the South of France.
A.abroad B.aboard C.board D.broad
19、As a famous public figure, you have a duty to _______ yourself, especially in public places.
A. focus B. behave C. guide D. Operate
20、—You have a sweet tooth. It may be hard for you to lose weight.
— ______, but I just can't help it.
A.You can't be serious B.You must be joking
C.I couldn't agree more D.That couldn't be better
21、In recent years, thrift shopping (买二手货) has become quite trendy. It’s more than just a convenient way to keep costs down when it comes to shopping — “thrifting” is now considered cool. 【1】
Thrifting allows us to explore diverse and unique styles.
It’s not uncommon for us to see someone wearing the same dress or shirt that we own. But there is generally a lot of variety when shopping for secondhand clothing. Thrift shopping is like a treasure hunt. 【2】 Sellers collect items from all over, so there is more diversity and a lot of options. You can even find oneofakind items!
We can find genuine vintage (经典的) items.
Trends come and go, and often people buy clothing that is mass produced to look like it came from a different decade. 【3】 That means you can actually buy clothing that was made in that decade and happens to be coming back into style. You can also find things that are not made anymore!
It is environmental friendly.
【4】 Thrifting is a great way to recycle. You can donate clothes you no longer wear and buy more clothes, eliminating (消除) waste in the process. It helps reduce the chemical pollution produced by creating and buying new clothes. It’s a simple and easy way to go green.
【5】
Many thrift stores are nonprofits that partner with local charities. So when you make a purchase from such stores, part of what you spend goes to a good cause. You can help local brands grow too. In this way, your shopping experience becomes more meaningful.
A．You never know what you might find!
B．One person’s garbage is another person’s treasure.
C．Here are some benefits of thrift shopping.
D．But when you shop at thrift stores, you can find the real item.
E．In addition, vintage items are often better quality than new ones.
F．Your purchase may help fulfill a charity purpose.
G．You can find clothing similar to what your favorite celebrities wear at half the price.
22、Technology offers conveniences such as opening the garage door from your car or changing the television station without touching the TV.
Now one American company is offering its employees a new convenience: a microchip implanted (植入) in their hands. Employees who have these chips can do all kinds of things just by waving their hands. Three Square Market is offering to implant microchips in all of their employees for free. Each chip costs $300 and Three Square Market will pay for the chip. Employees can volunteer to have the chips implanted in their hands. About 50 out of 80 employees have chosen to do so. The president of the company, his wife and their children are also getting chips implanted in their hands.
The chip is about the size of a grain of rice. Implanting the chip only takes about a second and is said to hurt only very briefly. The chips go under the skin between the thumb and forefinger. With a chip in the hand, a person can enter the office building, buy food, sign into computers and more, simply by waving that hand near a scanner. The chips will be also used to identify employees. Employees who want convenience, but do not want to have a microchip implanted under their skin, can wear a wristband (腕带) or a ring with a chip instead. They can perform the same tasks with a wave of their hands as if they had an implanted chip.
Three Square Market is the first company in the United States to offer to implant chips in its employees. Epicenter, a company in Sweden, has been implanting chips in its employees for a while.
Three Square Market says the chip cannot track the employees. The company says scanners can read the chips only when they are within a few inches of them. “The chips protect against identity theft, similar, to credit cards.” The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the chips back in 2004, so they should be safe for humans, according to the company.
In the future, people with the chips may be able to do more with them, even outside the office. Todd Westby is Chief Executive Officer of Three Square Market. He says, “Eventually, this technology will become standardized allowing you to use this as your passport, public transit, all purchasing opportunities, etc.”
【1】What is the third paragraph mainly about?
A．The substitutes of the chips.
B．The advantages of the chips.
C．The places to implant the chips.
D．The potential risks of implanting the chips.
【2】What does the underlined word “them” in Paragraph 5 refer to?
A．the hands
B．the employees
C．the credit cards
D．the scanners
【3】We can infer that ________.
A．the chips are very popular among the employees
B．the chips have magic powers
C．the price of the chips is reasonable
D．most people suspect the application of the chips
【4】Which of the following best describes Todd Westby’s attitude towards the chips?
A．Defensive.
B．Disappointing.
C．Optimistic.
D．Casual.
23、Monthly Talks at London Canal Museum
Our monthly talks start at 19:30 on the first Thursday of each month except August. Admission is at normal charges and you don’t need to book. They end around 21:00.
November 7th
The Canal Pioneers, by Chris Lewis. James Brindley is recognized as one of the leading early canal engineers. He was also a major player in training others in the art of canal planning and building. Chris Lewis will explain how Brindley made such a positive contribution to the education of that group of early “civil engineers”.
December 5th
Ice for the Metropolis, by Malcolm Tucker. Well before the arrival of freezers, there was a demand for ice for food preservation and catering, Malcolm will explain the history of importing natural ice and the technology of building ice wells, and how London’s ice trade grew.
February 6th
An Update on the Cotsword Canals, by Liz Payne. The Stroudwater Canal is moving towards reopening. The Thames and Severn Canal will take a little longer. We will have a report on the present state of play.
March 6th
Eyots and Aits-Thames Islands, by Miranda Vickers. The Thames had many islands. Miranda has undertaken a review of all of them. She will tell us about those of greatest interest.
Online bookings:www.canalmuseum.org.uk/book
More into:www.canalmuseum.org.uk/whatson
London Canal Museum
12-13 New Wharf Road, London NI 9RT
www.canalmuseum.org.uk www.canalmuseum.mobi
Tel:020 77130836
【1】When is the talk on James Brindley?
A. February 6th. B. December 5th.
C. November 7th. D. March 6th.
【2】What is the topic of the talk in February?
A. The Canal Pioneers. B. An Update on the Cotsword Canals
C. Eyots and Aits-Thames Islands D. Ice for the Metropolis
【3】Who will give the talk on the islands in the Thames.
A. Miranda Vickers B. Malcolm Tucker
C. Chris Lewis D. Liz Payne
24、By now you’ve probably heard about the “you’re not special” speech, when English teacher David McCullough told graduating seniors at Wellesley High School: “Do not get the idea you’re anything special, because you’re not.” Mothers and fathers present at the ceremony — and a whole lot of other parents across the Internet — took issue with McCullough’s ego-puncturing words. But lost in the uproar was something we really should be taking to heart: our young people actually have no idea whether they’re particularly talented or accomplished or not. In our eagerness to elevate their self-esteem, we forgot to teach them how to realistically assess their own abilities, a crucial requirement for getting better at anything from math to music to sports. In fact, it’s not just privileged high-school students: we all tend to view ourselves as above average.
Such inflated self-judgments have been found in study after study, and it’s often exactly when we’re least competent at a given task that we rate our performance most generously. In a 2006 study published in the journal Medical Education, for example, medical students who scored the lowest on an essay test were the most charitable in their self-evaluations, while high-scoring students judged themselves much more stringently. Poor students, the authors note, “lack insight” into their own inadequacy. Why should this be? Another study, led by Cornell University psychologist David Dunning, offers an enlightening explanation. People who are incompetent, he writes with coauthor Justin Kruger, suffer from a “dual burden”: they’re not good at what they do, and their very ineptness prevents them from recognizing how bad they are.
In Dunning and Kruger’s study, subjects scoring at the bottom of the heap on tests of logic, grammar and humor “extremely overestimated” their talents. Although their test scores put them in the 12th percentile, they guessed they were in the 62nd. What these individuals lacked (in addition to clear logic, proper grammar and a sense of humor) was “metacognitive skill”: the capacity to monitor how well they’re performing. In the absence of that capacity, the subjects arrived at an overly hopeful view of their own abilities. There’s a paradox here, the authors note: “The skills that engender competence in a particular domain are often the very same skills necessary to evaluate competence in that domain.” In other words, to get better at judging how well we’re doing at an activity, we have to get better at the activity itself.
There are a couple of ways out of this double bind. First, we can learn to make honest comparisons with others. Train yourself to recognize excellence, even when you yourself don’t possess it, and compare what you can do against what truly excellent individuals are able to accomplish. Second, seek out feedback that is frequent, accurate and specific. Find a critic who will tell you not only how poorly you’re doing, but just what it is that you’re doing wrong. As Dunning and Kruger note, success indicates to us that everything went right, but failure is more ambiguous: any number of things could have gone wrong. Use this external feedback to figure out exactly where and when you screwed up.
If we adopt these strategies — and most importantly, teach them to our children — they won’t need parents, or a commencement（毕业典礼） speaker, to tell them that they’re special. They’ll already know that they are, or have a plan to get that way.
【1】Which can be the best title of this passage?
A. Special or Not? Teach Kids To Figure It Out
B. Let's Admit That We Are Not That Special
C. Tips On Making Ourselves More Special
D. Tell The Truth: Kids Overestimate their Talents
【2】The author thinks the real problem is that ______.
A. we don't know whether our young people are talented or not
B. young people don't know how to assess their abilities realistically
C. no requirement is set up for young people to get better
D. we always tend to consider ourselves to be privileged
【3】Which is NOT mentioned about poor students according to the passage?
A. They usually give themselves high scores in self-evaluations.
B. They tend to be unable to know exactly how bad they are.
C. They are intelligently inadequate in tests and exams.
D. They lack the capacity to monitor how well they are performing.
【4】We can infer from the passage that those high-scoring students ______.
A. know how to cultivate clear logic and proper grammar
B. don't know how well they perform due to their stringent self-judgement
C. don't view themselves as competent because they know their limits
D. tend to be very competent in their high-scoring fields.
【5】The strategies of becoming special suggest that ______.
A. we need internal honesty with ourselves and external honesty from others
B. the best way to get better is to carefully study past success and failure
C. through comparison with others, one will know where and when he fails
D. neither parents nor a commencement speaker can tell whether one is special
25、My father brought home a sailboat when I was ten, and almost each Sunday in summers we would go sailing. Dad was quite skilled in sailing, but not good at _______. As for me, I _______ both before twelve because of living close to Lake Ontario.
The last time Dad and I set sail together is really _______. It was a perfect weekend after I graduated from university. I came home and _______ Dad to go sailing. Out we set soon on the calm lake. Dad hadn’t sailed for years, but everything _______ well with the tiller (舵柄) in his hands.
When we were in the middle of the lake, a _______ wind came all of a sudden. The boat was hit _______. Dad was always at his best in any danger, but at this moment he _______.
“John! Help!” he shouted in a trembling voice, with the tiller still in his hands.
In my memory he could fix any _______.He was the one I always ________ for strength and security. Before I could respond, a ________ of water got into the boat. I rushed to the tiller but it was too late. Another huge wave of water ________ the boat in a minute. We were thrown into the water, and Dad was struggling aimlessly. At that moment, I felt fiercely ________ of him.
I swam to Dad quickly and assisted him in climbing onto the hull (船壳) of the boat. Upon sitting on the hull, Dad was a little awkward about his flash of ________. “It’s all right, Dad. We are safe now,” I comforted him.
That was the first time Dad had counted on me in a moment of emergency. More importantly, I found it was my turn to start ________ my father.
【1】
A．boating
B．running
C．swimming
D．teaching
【2】
A．enjoyed
B．desired
C．hated
D．learned
【3】
A．unforgivable
B．unforgettable
C．cheerful
D．regretful
【4】
A．sent
B．ordered
C．invited
D．allowed
【5】
A．finished
B．went
C．seemed
D．sounded
【6】
A．strong
B．gentle
C．cold
D．hot
【7】
A．repeatedly
B．lightly
C．hardly
D．violently
【8】
A．suffered
B．fell
C．froze
D．withdrew
【9】
A．problem
B．relationship
C．machine
D．boat
【10】
A．turned to
B．lived with
C．argued with
D．objected to
【11】
A．fountain
B．stream
C．shower
D．wave
【12】
A．got through
B．poured into
C．turned over
D．lifted up
【13】
A．ashamed
B．protective
C．tired
D．afraid
【14】
A．pain
B．anger
C．fear
D．shame
【15】
A．reviewing
B．referring
C．reviving
D．repaying
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。
I used to be very active in sports and games when I was in primary school. I won the B Division long jump and was a good sprinter (短跑运动员). As a result, I was chosen to represent the school in the long jump and relay events at the District Sports Meet. Before the sports meet, I had put in a lot of hard work and dedication during the training sessions. I woke up early every morning to go for runs and did countless drills to improve my technique. My teammates and I supported and encouraged each other during training, pushing ourselves to do better and achieve our goals.
The meet lasted two days, I had no events scheduled for the first day. So I kept myself busy by watching the others compete. Large tents were provided for the young competitors on one side of the track. Despite being assigned the last tent that was furthest from the track, I made the best of the situation by decorating it with our school colors and creating a supportive atmosphere.
The next day, I was getting ready for my events. The long jump was scheduled for the early afternoon, followed by the 8×50m relay later in the afternoon. I thought I was a pretty good jumper, but as the competition began, I realized I was vastly outclassed. We finished our jumps, and I came in fourth place, just missing out on a medal.
That was disappointing, but I reminded myself that we still had a chance in the 8×50m relay, for which I was assigned to run the fifth leg. The race date arrived. We filed into our assigned spots and prepared for the race. After a tense minute or so, I heard the starter’s gun go off. When the first runners took off, I watched nervously and excitedly as my team runners kept up with the others. As they got closer, I realized we were at least in second place.
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。
My turn arrived and I took the baton (接力棒) cleanly and began my run.
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As a result, I left the meet empty-handed.
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