1、The collectors dreamed of ________ a place to show off the collection in Latin America as a way to spark dialogue among artists across the diverse regions.
A．there to be
B．there being
C．there having
D．there would be
2、It was only ________ I reread his poems recently ________ I began to appreciate their beauty.
A．that; when
B．that; that
C．until; that
D．when; that
3、The digital age enables us to find people share our interests.
A.which B.who C.what D.where
4、You should have painted the house, but you football instead.
A. play B. played
C. have played D. had played
5、________, I managed to get through the game and the pain was worth it in the end.
A．Hopefully
B．Normally
C．Thankfully
D．Conveniently
6、—No words are strong enough to express our thanks for your coming.
—________.
A. It’s a pity. B. It’s my pleasure.
C. With pleasure. D. Never mind.
7、Sorry, there’s only one apple left; _____you_______ he can have it.
A. neither; nor B. either…or C. both; and D. not; but
8、While reading , trying to develop a more ______ attitude , instead of accepting everything at face value.
A.subtle B.convincing C.critical D.ambiguous
9、 great fun it is to have a swim on such a hot day!
A. How B. How a
C. What D. What a
10、I think you should stop for a while and________ on your successes and failures.
A．look
B．call
C．reflect
D．take
11、I’m afraid we can’t come, but thank you for your invitation ________.
A. any more B. somehow C. anyhow D. somewhat
12、The book tells stories of the earthquake through the eyes of those ______ lives were affected.
A. which B. that C. who D. whose
13、In Korea, the third Monday of May is the day to celebrate ________ turn 19 years old, known as ‘Coming-of-Age’ day.
A．he who
B．whoever
C．those who
D．who
14、________ the fog, we should have reached our school.
A．Because of
B．In spite of
C．In case of
D．But for
15、Concentrate your mind on English, ________ you won’t master the language.
A．or
B．and
C．so
D．but
16、At last, the _____ jewelry turned out to be completely _____!
A.priceless, worthless B.worthless, valuable
C.priceless, valuable D.worthless, inexpensive
17、Thank goodness the lifeguard came to my ________; otherwise, I might have drowned!
A．sense
B．effort
C．attention
D．rescue
18、I have sent Miss Green an invitation to our party, but I don’t have the slightest idea _________ she will accept it.
A. whether B. that C. how D. why
19、The idea of prohibiting fireworks first ________ in the 1980s, and the bans didn’t gain popular support until this year.
A. flashed B. succeed C. emerged D. spread
20、The girl seems to have a(n) ______ for drawing.
A. skill B. talent
C. authority D. expert
21、Indoor Skydiving
Have you ever dreamt of flying? Have you ever wanted to experience the excitement of skydiving, but didn’t want to jump out of a plane? Indoor skydiving has opened up a whole new world for you to try flying.
Indoor skydiving is an activity, simulating（模拟）the free fall of a skydive. That means you learn to fly in a column of air produced by a wind tunnel （风道） inside a limited area. Before flying, you need to wear certain equipment to protect you. And each of you is equipped with an instructor that helps you learn to control your body while flying. But you aren’t trained to be more aware in the sky as a normal skydiver.
To be an indoor flyer, you can be at all ages. Fear of height or lack (缺少) of experience won’t stop you from trying. The only real limitation preventing people from flying is weight limit. Countless physically challenged flyers have safely flown with the help of experienced instructors.
Although indoor skydiving gets its name from skydiving, the similarities between the two are actually very few. The one they are in common is in the sense that they both share the freedom of flying.
However, in traditional dives, skydivers usually step out of a plane from more than 10,000 feet high, while indoor skydiving just needs flyers to lean forward and lie on the air. Also, being an outdoor activity, skydiving depends on the weather. The wind, rain, or snow can cancel your plans to jump. Indoor skydiving removes this effect from the picture. Normally, a skydive lasts just between 45-60 seconds, but tunnels allow skydivers to fly longer and as much as they like.
While most people put skydiving in the must-do list, indoor skydiving is much more than that! What used to take skydivers tens of thousands of jumps and years of experience can be learned in a relatively shorter period of time. Skydivers could be trained at lower cost compared to being trained in the sky. Because people of all ages can fly, children are quickly becoming some of the most talented skydivers. Thus, all these will certainly benefit the development of skydiving.
【1】What do indoor skydivers need to do before flying?
A．Jump out of a plane.
B．Become aware of the sky.
C．Produce a column of air.
D．Put on protecting equipment.
【2】What may prevent people from trying indoor skydiving?
A．Their age.
B．Fear of height.
C．Their weight.
D．Lack of experience.
【3】What do skydiving and indoor skydiving have in common?
A．The sense of flying.
B．The cost of training.
C．The length of free fall.
D．The dependence on weather.
【4】Which of the following might the author agree with?
A．The future of skydiving depends on children.
B．Indoor skydiving is beneficial to skydiving.
C．Fewer people show interest in skydiving.
D．Indoor skydiving will replace skydiving.
22、Conflict (冲突) between teenagers and parents happens for a lot of reasons. Sometimes conflict happens between teenagers and parents just because conflict happens between human beings anyway. Humans have different needs, different feelings, different opinions about what they want, and the relationship with people can be really difficult. However, teenagers can cause further conflict because of the hormonal (生理的) changes that are happening and the stage of life that they're in.
Teenagers and parents have different understanding about rules and at times they find it difficult to look into the future. So parents and teenagers will often experience conflict about many things, do chores, homework, whether teenagers speak respectfully or not and about what they're allowed to do.
Before we think about rule boundaries (界线) for teenagers, we need to make sure that we have a really good relationship base. There's no point saying “From now on, you have to listen to me”: if you don't have a positive relationship with your teenager. We need to go back and make sure there is some degree of shared respect, and some degree of positive communication and enjoyment being together. you do that first, it means that rule boundaries are a lot easier to set up.
Often we're dealing with conflict on the fly. This is not the right time to be dealing with it. We really want parents and teenagers to sit down and think about the kinds of things that may happen in the house before the problems come. The more detailed your rule boundaries are for teenagers, the more likely it is that they are going to follow them. So this means we don't have rule boundaries like “Have the bathroom cleaned”. It needs to be “The floors mopped, nothing on the countertop and the mirrors cleaned by ten o'clock every Saturday”: Rule boundaries need to be written down, and set out ahead of time so the teenager knows exactly what's expected.
【1】What's important to set up a rule boundary easily for teenagers?
A．Being strict from the start.
B．Developing a good relationship with them first.
C．Saying"No" to their requirements.
D．Avoiding close talks with them.
【2】Which of the following rules are teenagers most likely to follow?
A．Doing some housework.
B．Having a good reading habit.
C．Cleaning the bathroom.
D．Finishing your homework by five.
【3】What do the underlined words "on the fly" in the last paragraph probably mean?
A．In a hurry.
B．On the plane.
C．By oneself.
D．Another day.
【4】What's the best title for the text?
A．Growing Pains
B．Teenage Problems
C．Parent-Child Conflict and Solutions
D．Knowing the Conflict
23、Dreams can be familiar and strange, fantastical or boring, but some dreams might be connected to the mental processes that help us learn. In a recent study, scientists found a connection between nap time dreams and better memory in people who were learning a new skill.
In the study, 99 college students between the ages of 18 and 30 each spent an hour on a computer, trying to get through a virtual maze (逃宫). The maze was difficult, and the study participants had to start in a different place each time they tried, making it even more difficult. They were also told to find a particular picture of a tree and remember where it was.
For the first 90 minutes of a five - hour break, half of the participants stayed awake and half were told to take a short nap. Participants who stayed awake were asked to describe their thoughts. Participants who took a nap were asked about their dreams after sleep and they were awakened within a minute of sleep to describe their dreams.
Stickgold, a neuroscientist, wanted to know what people were dreaming about when their eyes weren't moving during sleep.Four of the 50 people who slept said their dreams were connected to the maze. Some dreamed about the music that had been playing when they were working; others said they dreamed about seeing people in the maze. When these four people tried the computer maze again, they were able to find the tree faster than before their naps.
Stickgold suggests the dream itself doesn’t' help a person learn, it’s the other way around. He suspects that the dream was caused by the brain processes associated with learning.
All four of the people who dreamed about the task had done poorly the first time,which makes Stickgold wonder if the dreams show up when a person finds a new task particularly difficult. People who had other dreams, or people who didn’t' take a nap, didn't show the same improvement.
【1】What were the participants of the experiment asked to do before having a short nap?
A. To stay in adifferent place in the maze.
B. To design a complex virtual maze to get through.
C. To experience the experiment and try to remember something.
D. To get through a virtual maze on a computer from the same place.
【2】What can we learn from the text?
A. Participants who took a nap were required to express their thoughts.
B. Participants who dreamed about films could finish the task more easily.
C. Participants whose dreams linked with the maze could find the tree faster.
D. Participants who dream may encourage themselves to invent something new.
【3】What can we infer from Stickgold?
A. every person may dream about what they learned.
B. people's brain processes may be connected with their learning in dreams.
C. once people's eyes stop moving, they are sure to dream about something.
D. no matter how fantastical or boring, dreams are connected with people's life.
【4】What is the best title for this text?
A. Dreaming Makes Sense B. Not All Dreams Are True
C. Dreams Are Strange D. Stickgold, a Dream Expert
24、Sleep deprivation(缺失)is an important hidden factor in lowering the achievement of school pupils, according to researchers carrying out international education tests.
It is a particular problem in richer countries with sleep experts linking it to the use of mobile phones and computers in bedroom late at night. Sleep deprivation is such a serious problem that lessons have to be dragged down to a lower level to suit sleep-deprived learners, the study found. The international comparison, carried out by Boston College, found the United States to have the highest number of sleep-deprived students, with 73% of 9- and 10-year-olds and 80% of 13- and 14-year-olds identified by their teachers as being negatively affected.
In literacy(读写能力) tests there were 76% of 9- and 10-year-olds lacking sleep. This was much higher than the international average of 47% of primary pupils needing more sleep and 57% among the secondary age group.
Other countries with the most sleep-deprived youngsters were New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Australia, England, Ireland and France. High-performing Finland is also among the most lacking in sleep. Countries with the best records for getting enough sleep include Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Japan and Malta.
The analysis was part of the huge date-gathering process for global education rankings, the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study(TIMSS)and Progress in International Reading Literacy Study(PIRLS)
“I think we underestimate the impact of sleep. Our data show that across countries internationally, on average, children who have more sleep achieve higher in maths, science and reading. That is exactly what our data show,” says Chad Minnich of the TIMSS and PIRLS International Study Center.
“It’s the same link for children who are lacking basic nutrition,” says Mr Minnich, based at the Lynch School of Education, Boston College. “If you are unable to concentrate, to attend mentally, you are unable to achieve at your best level, because your mind and body are in need of something more basic. Sleep is a fundamental need for all children. If teachers report such large proportions of children suffering from lack of sleep, it’s having a significant impact. But worse than that, teachers are having to adjust their instruction based on those children who are suffering from a lack of sleep. The children who are suffering from a lack of sleep are driving down instruction.”
That means that even the children who are getting enough sleep are still suffering from this sleep-related lowering.
【1】What did the researchers of Boston College try to find
A．Why children don’t get enough sleep
B．How many hours children sleep every night
C．The relationship between sleep and test results
D．The relationship between sleep and health
【2】Many children suffer from sleep deprivation because _________.
A．they sit in front of the TV for too long
B．they can hardly sleep soundly and deeply
C．their homework occupies too much of their time
D．modern technological devices consume a lot of their time
【3】Which of the following countries has the most sleep-deprived students
A．Japan
B．Malta
C．Finland
D．Portugal
【4】Why are children who get enough sleep also victims
A．Because they are disturbed by sleep-deprived students
B．Because teaching is driven down by sleep-deprived students
C．Because they have to spend time helping sleep-deprived students
D．Because the teachers waste time disciplining sleep-deprived students
25、 I am a worrier.I worry from the moment I wake to the moment I sleep.
Around a year ago，I found my worries _________ me down and down.I needed a way to reduce my fears and make them disappear.Then a brilliant idea occurred to me.Instead of worrying about whatever _________ itself to my consciousness at any given moment，and unless I had a _________ and urgent worry to deal with，I’d _________ myself to worrying about imaginary things.
This new system __________me quite well for a while _________ the day of last month when the captain of the plane I was travelling on failed in his landing _________ at Shannon Airport，because there was “a problem” with the landing gear(起落架)．We circled for a while.Then the captain announced the issue still couldn’t be solved and that the crew would take us through the _________ for an emergency landing.
Suddenly my mother’s voice was in my head：“In the event of an emergency，put your head between your legs and kiss your arse goodbye.” I laughed inwardly at my mother’s joke，and I wondered why I wasn’t _________.I suddenly realized I was experiencing a complete and total absence of worry，as there was absolutely nothing I could do to __________ the problem with the plane.
As the runway rose to meet our plane’s sick underbelly and the firefighters __________ to meet us，I felt a strange and beautiful __________.And as the plane landed perfectly—because，as it __________，the problem was with a sensor and not with the landing gear—and people __________ and hugged one another，I realized I wasn’t a worrier at all.The absence of worry I had just experienced was __________ an absence of any possibility of control.So I’m a control freak，wanting to control everything.
And now I’m terribly worried about that.
A．let
B．put
C．dragged
D．calmed
A．abolished
B．presented
C．contributed
D．recommended
A．specific
B．fragrant
C．abstract
D．merciful
A．expose
B．reduce
C．undertake
D．restrict
A．treated
B．served
C．inspired
D．instructed
A．since
B．after
C．before
D．until
A．test
B．rescue
C．attempt
D．adventure
A．requirement
B．preparation
C．procedure
D．arrangement
A．thrilled
B．amazed
C．discouraged
D．terrified
A．identify
B．accept
C．change
D．explore
A．fled
B．marched
C．approached
D．raced
A．excitement
B．nervousness
C．astonishment
D．calmness
A．turned out
B．brought out
C．made out
D．ruled out
A．responded
B．cheered
C．wept
D．complained
A．actually
B．strangely
C．relatively
D．naturally
26、假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Bill在春节期间给你发了一封节日问候邮件，并在信中问及红色在中国春节中的使用，请你给他回封邮件介绍下红色在春节中的使用情况。内容包括以下几点:
1. 红色在中国的象征；
2. 春节期间红色的使用(至少列出两个要点)。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
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