1、—What’s the matter with you, Sandy?
—I’m _____ a bad cold. I think I am dying.
A．recovering from
B．suffering from
C．catching up with
D．getting into
2、 My parents always remind me to make sure the electricity is turned off while I am having a bath, which would _____ cause danger, leading to a dreadful consequence.
A. somehow B. meanwhile
C. otherwise D. therefore
3、Because he could not find the right theme , his explanation was vague and uncovering.
A.which to center his thought around B.around which his thoughts to center
C.on which to center his thoughts D.which he centers his thoughts on
4、The majority of smokers say that they would like to________the habit.
A．combine
B．behave
C．quit
D．assure
5、Look, _______ fashionable clothes is he wearing that all the eyes are fixed on him!
A. so B. what C. how D. such
6、Some institutions have established reading clubs to promote reading, but the effort, though ________, is far from enough.
A．appreciated
B．appreciating
C．having appreciated
D．to appreciate
7、Andy Murray couldn’t ________ the tears after winning gold in Rio 2016 Olympic tennis final.
A.cut down B.bring up C.hold back D.take in
8、— When can I use your computer?
—Never! ________ should you touch it.
A. In no time B. Under no circumstance
C. At no case D. On no condition
9、Perhaps people will ________ of the fact that the Three Gorges Dam may bring changes to the climate around.
A．be convincing
B．have convinced
C．convince
D．be convinced
10、The car________ to me last year was sold .
A．belonged
B．was belonged
C．belonging
D．to belong
11、George once told me that he would visit our house，but，for various reasons，he ________so far．
A．didn't B．hasn't C．hadn't D．wouldn't
12、I stood for a minute ________them and then went to greet them.
A．watches
B．am watching
C．watch
D．watching
13、It is________ that stress is caused by too much work, which means you might need more rest.
A．suggested
B．assumed
C．intended
D．figured
14、He was about to finish his homework ________ the lamp didn’t work.
A．when
B．after
C．since
D．before
15、Experts warn that global warming will cause extreme climate changes including more______ floods, heat waves and droughts.
A. usual B. ordinary C. frequent D. common
16、It is required that those who will be chosen to take part in that important military training _____ the experience of serving in the army．
A．have had B．will have
C．had D．have
17、Peter realized Linda didn’t want to connect with him as usual ________ what he had said to her.
A．because
B．because of
C．as
D．since
18、_______ the teachers who paid a visit to our school this year was smaller than that of last year.
A.The number of B.A number of C.A great deal of D.Plenty of
19、Tony ____ in the accident when he fell overboard yesterday. He was _____ drowned.
A. fled; nearly B. escaped; slightly
C. survived; narrowly D. missed; hardly
20、Thousands of people walked on the street, _________ against the new law.
A.protecting B.protesting C.organizing D.waving
21、We all have times in our lives when we just have too many things to deal with.【1】Well, that’s crazy, because if you get ill then you're going to be able to do nothing. Here are some ideas to take care of yourself.
【2】 Living with clutter(杂乱)and never being able to find what you need when you need it causes stress. Take time to develop a system and then use it. Instead of keeping all the things you need to do in your head, write them down on a piece of paper.
Devote 30 minutes per day to personal development materials. 【3】 And negative ones will disappear. If we want to be successful in work and life, we need to develop the habit of feeding our minds in a positive way. So take in good inspiring information.
Say no to anything that is not important to you. Give yourself permission to concentrate on what's important. Getting the unessential, tiresome responsibilities off your schedule will give you more time and space. 【4】
Take 5-minute mini-breaks every hour. 【5】 So no matter how efficiently you work, you should always let your mind wander or end up spending time doing other things when you try to keep going hour after hour. Instead, break up each hour by getting up from your chair and walking outside to take a 5-minute break.
A．Get organized.
B．Write a daily gratitude list.
C．You can't stay focused all the time.
D．Fill your minds with positive thoughts.
E．Besides, it will reduce the pressure that you feel.
F．As a result, we often forget to look after ourselves.
G．Eating healthily is one of the most sensible things you can do for yourself.
22、 These days, nobody needs to cook. Families graze on high-cholesterol（胆固醇）take-aways and microwaved ready-meals. Cooking is an occasional hobby and a vehicle for celebrity chefs, which makes it odd that the kitchen has become the heart of the modern house. What the great hall was to the medieval castle, the kitchen is to the 21st - century home.
The money spent on kitchens has risen with their status. In America the kitchen market is now worth $ 170 billion, five times the country's film industry. In the year to August 2007, the Swedish furniture chain IKEA sold over one million kitchens worldwide. The average budget for a "major" kitchen overhaul in 2006, calculates Remodeling magazine, was a staggering $ 54,000, even a "minor" improvement cost on average $ 18,000.
Exclusivity, more familiar in the world of high fashion, has reached the kitchen: Robinson & Cornish, a British manufacturer of custom-made-kitchens, offers a Georgian-style one, which would cost 145,000 to 155,000 pounds -- excluding building, plumbing and electrical work. Its big selling point is that nobody else will have it: "You won't see this kitchen anywhere else in the word."
The elevation of the room that once belonged only to the servants for the modern family tells the story of a century of social change. Right into the early 20th century, kitchens were smoky, noisy places, generally located underground, or to the back of the house, as far from living space as possible. That was as it should be: kitchens were for servants, and the aspiring middle classes wanted nothing to do with them.
But as the working classes prospered and the servant shortage set in, housekeeping became a matter of interest to the educated classes. One of the pioneers of a radical new way of thinking about the kitchen was Catharine Esther Beecher, sister of Harriet Beecher Stowe. In American Human's Home, published in 1869, the Beecher sisters recommended a scientific approach to household management, designed to enhance the efficiency of a woman's work and promote order. Many contemporary ideas about kitchen design can be traced back to another American, Chris Frederick, who set about enhancing the efficiency of the housewife. Her 1919 work, House-Engineering: Scientific Management in the Home, was based on detailed observation of a wife's daily routine. She borrowed the principle of efficiency on the factory floor and applied mystic tasks on the kitchen floor.
Frederick's central idea, that "stove, sink and kitchen table must be placed in such a relation that useless steps are avoided entirely," inspired the first fully fitted kitchen, designed in the 1920s by Mangarete Schutter Libotsky. It was a modernist triumph, and many elements remain central features of today's kitchen.
【1】What does the author say about the kitchen of today?
A.It is where housewives display their cooking skills.
B.It is where the family entertains important guests.
C.It has become something odd a modern house.
D.It is regarded as the center of a modern home.
【2】Why does the Georgian-style kitchen sell at a very high price?
A.It is believed to have tremendous artistic value.
B.There will be no kitchen exactly the same anywhere.
C.It is manufactured by a famous British company.
D.No other manufacturer can produce anything like it.
【3】What was the Beecher sisters' idea of a kitchen?
A.A place where women could work more efficiently.
B.A place where high technology could be applied.
C.A place of interest to the educated people.
D.A place to experiment with new ideas.
【4】What do we learn about today's kitchen?
A.It represents the rapid technological advance in people's daily life.
B.Many of its central features are no different from those of the 1920s.
C.It has been transformed beyond recognition.
D.Many of its functions have changed greatly.
23、Duplays Ramadan netball league
This is one of the most popular women’s leagues, so sign your team up now for five weeks of netball.
Price: Dhs 2,250 per team.
Time: Sun. and Mon., 7 pm-10:30 pm, June 8 to July 13.
Place: Emirates International School, Umm Suqeim 3.
www. duplays. com (04 447 2394)
Bounce’s first anniversary
The first national indoor trampoline (蹦床) park is celebrating its first anniversary with an After Dark Party. Fans of Bounce can come together on the trampolines and jump to party tunes from DJ Scott Forshaw.
Limited tickets available.
Price: Dhs 80.
Time: On Thursday June 4, 8 pm-midnight.
Place: Bounce, 4B Street, Al Quoz.
www. bounce. ae (04 3211 400)
Jump Boxx Beatz
Enjoy new Thursday night jump sessions at Jump Boxx indoor trampoline park. DJs will spin your favorite tracks as you bounce. Tickets are abundant on the spot.
Price: Dhs 69 per hour, plus Dhs 11 for grip (防滑力) socks.
Time: Thur. 7 pm-11 pm, July 8 to August 8.
Place：Uptown Mirdif.
www.jump-boxx.com (800 5867)
Fit Republik’s summer sports camp for kids
Sign your kids up now for a summer of sport at Fit Republik. The camp takes place from Sunday July 5 to Thursday August 27 and will offer children aged 4 to 14 a variety of daily activities including martial (军事的) arts, gymnastics, aquatics (水上的) sports and functional training. Call to register your child in advance.
Price: Dhs 270 per child, per day, Dhs 950 for five days. Prices include lunch.
Time: Sun.-Thur. 8:45 am-2:15pm, July 5 to August 27.
Place: Dubai Sports City.
www.fitrepublik.com (04 556 1800)
【1】What makes the second and third events similar to each other?
A．They are both celebrations.
B．They are both intended for kids.
C．Music is to be played at the parties.
D．They both open at exactly the same time.
【2】Which of the four events will last longest?
A．Duplays Ramadan netball league.
B．Bounce’s first anniversary.
C．Fit Republik’s summer sports camp for kids.
D．Jump Boxx Beatz.
【3】What can we learn from the text?
A．You have to pay to take part in the events.
B．Teamwork is a must in all the events.
C．Students of all ages can register for Fit Republik.
D．Tickets for the four events are to be booked ahead of time.
24、Ask anybody out there, what is the most important thing in his life – Fame, Fortune and Money, and there is a chance that he is going to say, money, because with that, fame and fortune comes quite easily. On the other hand, if you add “family” to these three choices given above, there is a chance that 99% of the people are going to put their family first, especially if they happen to be ladies!
The main reason is because nature has created a woman to be the cherisher and the nurturer (哺育者) of the family, while the man is the hunter and protector of his little family. That is the natural rule which has come down through thousands of years. Even if a person happens to be a comparatively worldly-wise person and has no idea of taking on the responsibility of a family, he has a picture of a tight little loving unit in his subconscious (潜意识).
They tell a story about a successful millionaire businessman who died and the whole city came to pay its respects. One of his business competitors, met the son and said, “We are really going to miss your father. You see, I knew your father well.” And the son replied, “You happen to be really lucky there, because I never did.” So, you might be an extremely successful person in your own right upon Wall Street, but if your little child fails to come running out to welcome his daddy at the end of the day to be swung up in his father’s arms and held there lovingly and protectively, you come in the “nothing” category in the business of life.
Many people are under the impression that taking on the responsibility of the family is quite tiresome, but they do not know what it takes to be a parent. It is very easy to be a biological father or a biological mother, but the real mother and the real father is that person who stays awake all night when the baby is teething, teaches him right from wrong, is there to hold him when he takes his first steps, and in every way shows that he is there to cherish (珍惜) and protect the little one from harm.
There was a man who did not believe in family, because of an unhappy childhood. But he found a faithful woman to love him unconditionally. The moment he picked up his little baby, he said, “Well son, welcome to the world! I am here to teach you what your mama has taught me, and we shall both protect you, when you need our help. I will teach you to be a good, just and fair man.”
【1】The writer writes Para.1 to _________.
A. introduce the topic B. raise a question
C. present the survey D. make a comparison
【2】What does the underlined expression “loving unit” ( Para.2) most probably refer to ?
A. Lover. B. Family. C. Child. D. Life.
【3】In the writer’s view, the millionaire businessman ________.
A. won respect from the whole city
B. was fortunate to have a loving son
C. achieved great success in his life
D. was a failure in the business of life
【4】It can be inferred from the passage that _________.
A. men care little about their families
B. a happy childhood shapes a good man
C. family responsibility means a great deal
D. a faithful wife makes a family complete
【5】What might be the title for the passage?
A. What More Could a Family Be About
B. How Should We Parent a Child
C. How to Take on Your Responsibility
D. What Contributes to One’s Success
25、 My story began a few years ago. My wife Louise and I had just had dinner in Friendly’s and for whatever reason, the meal _______ in a not so pleasant conversation due to some stupid _______ that I made. As we were _______ the restaurant, a man’s voice sounded from a car. A quick _______ at the car’s license plate let me know they were from far away. The man spoke to me as I moved ________
“Excuse me, but my wife and I are trying to find a room for the night and every place seems to be _______ up. Will you recommend to us where we might find a room?” As he spoke I saw that they were a young _______ and his wife appeared extremely pregnant.
Still in a _______ mood, I really didn’t want to continue the _______ and told him that they should just ________ looking and maybe there would be something down towards Manchester, good ________, and walked away. The young couple didn’t say a word ________ but slowly backed out of the parking spot and ________ off. We also got into our car and headed home, me still in a bad mood, holding ________ for an argument and at that point couldn’t even ________ what had happened minutes ago.
After a short while, the difficult situation of this young couple ________ me. Here they were travelling in a different state, ________ from travel, the wife very pregnant, not being able to find a room for the night. They had ________ out to a stranger, who was distant. It was at that moment that I told Louise that we needed to ________ and find that couple. We lived in a big house and had a spare room to provide this young couple in need. Being a（n） ________ person, she didn’t hesitate for a moment to agree.
We did go back and find them. We are now close friends.
If you want strangers to care about you, you need to care about strangers.
【1】A.resulted B.ended C.brought D.lay
【2】A.comments B.orders C.demands D.mistakes
【3】A.entering B.choosing C.leaving D.seeking
【4】A.step B.glance C.move D.return
【5】A.away B.in C.faster D.closer
【6】A.filled B.kept C.shut D.locked
【7】A.companion B.fellow C.couple D.generation
【8】A.positive B.calm C.bad D.irrelevant
【9】A.topic B.question C.discussion D.conversation
【10】A.attempt B.keep C.resist D.tolerate
【11】A.journey B.time C.road D.luck
【12】A.later B.longer C.sooner D.further
【13】A.flashed B.took C.headed D.set
【14】A.mood B.anger C.chance D.room
【15】A.recall B.recover C.replace D.reserve
【16】A.impressed B.struck C.accused D.reminded
【17】A.late B.free C.excited D.tired
【18】A.held B.pointed C.called D.reached
【19】A.turn back B.turn up C.turn over D.turn down
【20】A.wise B.thoughtless C.generous D.easy-going
26、书面表达
假定你是李华，是一位高中生。iPad已经成为中学生的新宠。用iPad既可以听音乐，阅读电子书，又可以玩电子游戏。请你用英语给某英语报社写一封信，谈谈中学生使用iPad的情况。信的内容包括以下要点：
1. 积极因素； 2. 负面影响； 3. 看法建议。
注意： 1. 词数100左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 信的开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：电子书 e—book
Dear Editor,
I’m a senior high school student, named Li Hua. ________________________
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