1、I couldn’t remember ______ exact date of the Picasso exhibition, but I knew it was ______ Saturday.
A．the; a
B．the; the
C．an; a
D．an; /
2、In the sentence “The teacher is kind and friendly.” the underlined part is a_____.
A．NP (名词短语)
B．AdjP (形容词短语)
C．AdvP (副词短语)
D．VP (动词短语)
3、If the temperature is below 0oC, water will turn into ________ in the open air.
A．ice
B．steam
C．fog
D．rain
4、Careers Advice service is only available to people __________ on day-time courses.
A. to study B. study C. studied D. studying
5、（题文）I ______engineering,but this machine is really hard to operate.
A. major in B. join in
C. star in D. give in
6、Seldom________ in summer, nor________ in winter in dry areas.
A.it rains；it often snows
B.does it rain；does it often snow
C.it rains；does it snow
D.does it rain；it often snows
7、 They were walking along the shore ______ a huge wave appeared out of nowhere, sweeping
them out to sea.
A. as B. while C. when D. though
8、The lecture mainly deals with the trouble young children have __________ right from wrong.
A. distinguished B. to distinguish
C. distinguishing D. to be distinguished
9、Never ask a child ________ he likes or dislikes a food and just take it for granted that he likes everything and he probably ________.
A．that… will
B．that … can
C．whether … will
D．whether … can
10、The Boston Museum of Fine Arts has already ______ to lease part of its collection to a museum in Japan.
A．contracted B．admitted
C．contrasted D．Adjusted
11、Starting a small business is always risky, and the chance of success is really _____.
A.fantastic B.obvious C.slim D.gentle
12、In order to lose weight, the young lady prefers to ______ regularly rather than take expensive weight-losing pills.
A. hang out B. leave out
C. work out D. figure out
13、 I really appreciate that your help is of great .
A. useful B. value C.important D. worth
14、The resort is about______ theSummer Palace.
A．two times as the size of
B．twice the size of
C．two times bigger as
D．as twice big as
15、—You needn't take an umbrella. It isn't going to rain.
—Well, I don't know. It ________do.
A. might B. need
C. would D. should
16、What an unforgettable experience! I'll write it down__________it is still fresh in my memory.
A. since B. while C. after D. until
17、We will fly a kite as soon as your homework __________.
A．finishes
B．will be finished
C．has finished
D．is finished
18、_____ teens are using the Internet for both social and intellectual development, they are also facing significant challenges on how to manage their relationships online.
A.Unless B.While C.Once D.Until
19、Tom’s mother had him __________because she couldn’t look after him herself.
A. adopted B. adapted
C. adjusted D. admired
20、By the end of last week,600 people from 50 countries to attend the meeting，with nearly half coming from the United States，Germany and Britain.
A. had registered B. have registered
C. registered D. were registered
21、Saturn (土星) is famous for its lovely rings, but a new study suggests the planet has spent most of its 4.5 billion years without them. That’s because the rings are likely only 10 million to 100million years old, according to a newly published report in the journal Science that’s based on findings from NASA’s Cassini probe (探测器).
Cassini spent some 13 years orbiting Saturn before diving and impacting into its atmosphere. During its final orbits, the spacecraft dove between the planet and its rings. That let scientists measure the gravitational effect of the rings and get a good estimate of the ring material's mass. What they found is that it’s only about 40 percent of the mass of Saturn’s moon Mimas. This small mass suggests that the rings are relatively young.
“There’s no huge amount of massive material hidden in the rings that we can’t see,” says Philip Nicholoson, a planetary scientist,“The rings are almost pure ice.” He says the relative youthfulness of Satum’s ring system is something that scientists have come to suspect only recently. “It was easier to believe that it formed at the same time as Saturn and its satellites did,” Nicholson says. “It’s hard to understand how they could have formed that recently.” It’s possible that the rings are the remains of a comet (彗星) or some other icy object that made a chance encounter with Saturn and got torn up, he says. Or, perhaps one of Saturn’s icy moons got whacked by an impact with a large comet.
Whatever happened, it’s looking more and more likely that Saturn’s splendid rings are a temporary phenomenon that humans are lucky to get to see at all. Previous measurements from Cassini helped show that the rings may be disappearing at a rapid speed, as dusty ice particles (颗粒) get pulled down to Saturn by its gravity. In another 100 million years, Saturn’s most unique feature might be gone.
【1】How did scientists estimate the ring material’s mass?
A．By analyzing the age of the rings.
B．By timing Cassini’s orbiting Saturn.
C．By recording Cassini’s flying speed.
D．By measuring the gravitational effect of the rings.
【2】What's the previous common understanding of Saturn’s rings?
A．They are made up of pure ice.
B．They are the remains of a comet.
C．They came into being when Saturn formed.
D．They are a natural phenomenon of all planets.
【3】What does the underlined word “whacked” in the third paragraph mean?
A．Crashed.
B．Separated.
C．Absorbed.
D．Pulled.
【4】Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A．Saturn Put Rings on It Relatively Recently
B．How Saturn’s Rings Formed Came to Light Finally
C．NASA Detected Icy Object in Saturn’s Rings Recently
D．When Saturn’s Rings Will Disappear Is Being Dug into
22、I was in my first year of college, making friends and enjoying life, but then my whole world turned upside down. I had a heart attack. It felt like someone was stabbing (刺) me in the chest with a knife over and over again.
After three months of rest I went back to college, but then things took a turn for the worse. I was staying at my Nana’s house and woke up in the middle of the night with a terrible pain in my chest. I knew I was having a heart attack again.
I couldn’t even shout for help. Luckily my grandpa was going to the toilet and heard me falling out of bed. If it wasn’t for him, I probably wouldn’t be here.
The two holes in my heart were causing the problems and I needed an operation immediately to repair them. Unfortunately, the surgery didn’t go well and they only managed to repair one of the holes.
When I woke up from the operation, I had a really dry mouth and couldn’t wait to have something to eat and drink. The biggest shock of all came when I was told that I needed a heart transplant and was put on the register. The doctors were stunned at how quickly heart failure came on – it usually takes years, but it took my heart less than six months to get to that stage. My whole world came crashing down, but I stayed strong. It was a choice between crying every day and getting on with my life.
As time went on, life became even harder. I hated feeling weak all the time and needing help with everything. It got to the point where I thought I would never get a new heart. I was diagnosed with depression.
Even though I thought that Christmas 2008 would be my last, I really enjoyed it and even had a good New Year. Everyone was crying for me when the clock struck midnight and they told me to keep fighting.
A week later, I got a call from the doctors saying they’d found a suitable donor (捐赠人). My wish came true and thankfully the operation went well. I spent four hours in surgery where they took out my old heart and put a new one in. When I woke up I burst out crying. I had a second chance at life.
【1】 What happened when the author was having his second heart attack?
A. He felt less pain than he had during the previous one.
B. He realized what it was and shouted for help in time.
C. He narrowly escaped death thanks to his grandfather.
D. He decided to have an operation to repair the two holes in his heart.
【2】When the author learned that he needed a heart transplant, he ______.
A. couldn’t help crying every day
B. chose to continue to fight for his life
C. felt so depressed that he tried to kill himself
D. was so anxious that his heart failure developed very quickly
【3】 At the beginning of 2009, the author ______.
A. was convinced that the past Christmas had been his last
B. felt blessed and grateful for his second chance at life
C. received a heart transplant but the operation didn’t go well
D. felt hopeless all the time and was diagnosed with depression
【4】Which one would be the best title for the text?
A. Choices matter
B. Rebuilding my world
C. Waiting for a new heart
D. The most special Christmas
23、 "If you want to see thing well, reach out and touch it!" That may seem a strange thing to say it. But touching things can help you to see them better. Your eyes can tell you that a glass ball is round. But by holding it in your hands, you can feel how smooth and cool the ball is. You can feel how heavy the glass is. When you feel all these about the ball, you really see it. With your skin, you can feel better. For example, your fingers can tell the difference between two coins in your pocket. You can feel a little drop of water on the back of your hand, too. You can even feel sounds against your skin. Have you ever wanted to know why some people like very loud music? They must like to feel the sounds of music. All children soon learn what "Don't touch!" means. They hear it often. Yet most of us keep on touching things as we grow up. In shops, we touch things we might buy: food, clothes. To see something well, we have to touch it. The bottoms of our feet can feel things, too. You know this when you walk on warm sand cool grass or a hard floor. All feel different under your feet. There are ways of learning to see well by feeling. One way is to close your eyes and try to feel everything that is touching your skin. Feel the shoes on your feet, the clothes on your body, the air on your skin. At first, it is not easy to feel these things. You are too used to feel them! Most museums are just for looking. But today some museums have some things to touch. Their signs say, "Do touch!" There you can feel everything on show. If you want to see better, reach out and touch. Then you will really see!
【1】By touching things ________.
A．you will have a strange feeling
B．you will learn how to reach out your hand
C．you can learn more about them
D．you can tell what colors they really are
【2】Which of the following can be the best title of the story? ________
A．Touching by Feeling.
B．To See or to Feel.
C．To See Better-Feel.
D．Ways of Feeling.
【3】Which of the following parts can tell you the difference between two coins in your pocket? ________
A．Your finger.
B．Your eyes.
C．Your skin.
D．Your back.
【4】What can't your skin feel? ________
A．Sounds.
B．Darkness.
C．Water.
D．Coins.
【5】Which of the following is NOT true? ________
A．Touching is helping us to see better.
B．Our skins may help us enjoy music.
C．People don't have to learn to feel.
D．Visitors can't feel the things on show in any museums.
24、Time and time again, you hear someone ask why anyone would want to keep an “ugly” building or a building that is dirty and clearly in need of work or such a simple, uninteresting building. I guess you could say we preservationists look at buildings through a different lens that can see the swan in the ugly duckling. Looking back on the years of dirt and neglect, we’ll realize that it’s our job as preservationists to teach people about the lessons learned from our historic resources. This is no doubt something we can always work harder on.
Take the Queen Emma Building for example. While people may remember that building being named as one of the ugliest buildings in town, the angle from which a preservationist will view the building is that it is uniquely constructed with an artistical brise-soleil to block the sun. The designer used standard concrete bricks to form a decorative wall. Unfortunately, the brise-soleil was removed in 2011, making the building look like many of the contemporary buildings in town.
Sometimes people remember a beautiful site that was replaced by a “horrid” piece of architecture and can’t get over their anger, even when that building becomes an important part of our story. This is particularly true in San Francisco, where many preservationists themselves dislike anything newer than the Victorian1 era. Yes, it was a tragedy (悲剧) that many failed to appreciate the Victorian buildings and let many get torn down several decades ago, but those losses also tell another important story. It tells the story of the 1950s and 1960s when there was hope for a more equal society with inexpensive housing for the working class. Should that history be wiped from our memories?
Preservation is not just about keeping pretty, well-kept buildings, but is meant to convey parts of our history. Our history, our collective history. Not just the history of huge events of World War Il or Statehood, but the story of how everyone used to go to a certain corner market or how the people lived in the segregated (隔离的) plantation town and ultimately enjoyed a more egalitarian (平等主义的) living. Our history cannot be told only in buildings that meet someone’s criteria of beauty; sometimes our history is painful, but no less important.
【1】What can we learn about preservationists from Paragraph 1?
A．They prefer ugly buildings to beautiful ones.
B．They pay great attention to modern buildings.
C．They are devoted to repairing famous buildings.
D．They focus on the value rather than the appearance.
【2】What does the author think of removing the brise-soleil of the Queen Emma Building?
A．It’s confusing.
B．It’s pleasing.
C．It’s regrettable.
D．It’s unbelievable.
【3】Why were many Victorian buildings in San Francisco torn down?
A．To wipe the history of the Victorian era.
B．To make land available for cheap housing.
C．To work off the deep anger of the working class.
D．To restore the architecture before the Victorian era.
【4】What might be the best title for the text?
A．Are ugly buildings worth preserving?
B．Is preservationists’ work meaningless?
C．Why do architects make ugly buildings?
D．What buildings are of historical value?
25、 Most people agree that a pet adds joy to a person's life. Scientists are now finding that having a pet may keep its owner________ . And good health may add years to a person's life.
Scientists have been _______ the tie(联系) between pets and health for years. In 1990, a study was done with people aged 65 and older. It ________that pet owners went to the doctor less than people _______ pets. Do pets make people ________? Are people able to handle their everyday lives better? Alan Beck, who is a researcher, says that ________the answer to the questions is yes, then having pets may be a good idea.
Can pets also help people live longer? Rebecca Johnson did a study to _______the truth. Johnson teaches nurses how to care for _______people. Her study shows that having pets may cause people to ________ more slowly.
The human body makes many chemicals. Some of the chemicals make people feel ________. Others make people feel bad. In Johnson's ________, levels of the "good" chemicals ______ when people were around pets while levels of the "bad" chemicals went down. The good _______seemed to slow the aging of cells. If this is ______, maybe people should spend more time with their _____. Then people might feel better and _______longer.
You might be allergic(过敏的) to pets. Or you may not want to _______a pet. Never fear. A robotic, or computer pet may be just the thing for you.
Scientists are testing computer pets, like the robotic dog AIBO. They want to see if ______pets can help people the way _______dogs do.
Will a robotic pet ______the real pet sitting with you on the sofa? Something tells us that it will probably become a reality.
【1】A.excited B.healthy C.mad D.hurried
【2】A.carrying out B.making up C.looking at D.breaking down
【3】A.advised B.warned C.reminded D.showed
【4】A.through B.beyond C.without D.against
【5】A.busier B.happier C.funnier D.angrier
【6】A.if B.until C.unless D.though
【7】A.put out B.find out C.turn out D.set out
【8】A.sick B.friendly C.old D.lovely
【9】A.move B.grow C.walk D.age
【10】A.good B.surprised C.bored D.sleepy
【11】A.work B.story C.study D.case
【12】A.raised B.rose C.fell D.changed
【13】A.chemicals B.sides C.studies D.dogs
【14】A.impossible B.unusual C.important D.true
【15】A.children B.friends C.pets D.neighbors
【16】A.live B.wander C.stay D.travel
【17】A.head for B.care for C.search for D.cheer for
【18】A.family B.toy C.computer D.baby
【19】A.real B.brave C.devoted D.quiet
【20】A.destroy B.accompany C.replace D.improve
26、你校正在组织英语作文比赛。请以我最喜欢的奥运项目为题，写一篇短文参赛，内容包括：
1.项目简介；
2.喜欢的原因。
注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.短文题目和首句已为你写好，不计入总词数。
My favourite Olympic event
As we all know, the Summer Olympic Games and the Winter Olympic Games will be held this year in Tokyo, Japan and next year in Beijing and Zhangjiakou respectively.