1、Teachers must ________ rules for the students to follow while they are at school.
A．establish
B．explore
C．seal
D．revive
2、 ---What do you think of the film 2012?
---Well, it’s good. At least it’s ________ the one I saw last time with Jean.
A. as bad as B. not as good as
C. no worse than D. not better than
3、Anywhere Australians get together, the conversation quickly turns to sport. It can be an ______ of how teams are placing in the various sports leagues, or a discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of different players and their teams.
A. appointment B. assistance
C. assessment D. analysis
4、It was in the 1980s, _____ he was already in his fifties, ____ his career as a poet began to take off.
A．when; when
B．that; that
C．that; when
D．when; that
5、We've made our plans, and now we must put them into ________ .
A．fact
B．practice
C．reality
D．deed
6、—What did David demand in the meeting just now?
—________ a chance to join the Debating Club.
A. Being offered B. Having been offered
C. To be offered D. To have been offered
7、Not until quite recently________ that how important it is to learn English well.
A．did we realise
B．we realised
C．had we realised
D．we had realised
8、The murder reminded us of gun control—a subject people have argued for a long time.
A. of whom B. about whom
C. about which D. of which
9、The use students _____ of the chance to travel and see new things really_____
A. take; works B. make; affects
C. make; counts D. give; pays
10、A lot of language learning, has been discovered, is happening in the first year of life, so parents should talk much to their children during that period.
A. as B. it
C. which D. this
11、Was it in the village _____we used to live in _____ the accident happened?
A. that; where B. which; that
C. where; that D. which; where
12、Quan Hongchan's performance at the Tokyo Olympic Games was________.
A．impress
B．impressed
C．impression
D．impressive
13、—Her father is very rich.
—_____She wouldn’t accept his help even if it were offered.
A．What for?
B．So what?
C．No doubt.
D．No wonder.
14、As we should know, animals are not necessarily ________ lower form of life than ________ man.
A. a; the B. the; the C. a; / D. /; /
15、-- I am afraid I can’t help you with your project. I ________ a model these days.
-- It doesn’t matter. I will finish it by myself.
A. make B. will be making C. am making D. have made
16、Do you know the man ___ just now?
A．to who I nodded
B．I nodded to
C．whom I nodded
D．whom I nodded to him.
17、It is important to pay your electricity bill on time, as late payments may affect your _________.
A. condition B. income
C. credit D. status
18、______ a clear head when in danger and you’ll protect yourself from serious harm.
A. To keep B. If you keep
C. Keeping D. Keep
19、Mr. Wills, who was being helped up onto the platform to take the prize, looked as if he by lightning.
A. was just struck B. were just struck
C. would just be struck D. had just been struck
20、The press should expand its influence in international public opinion to make China’s voice better ______ in the world.
A．hearing
B．to be heard
C．hear
D．heard
21、Running is undoubtedly a healthy lifestyle, but it is difficult to stick to it. I still remember one 50-minute run in particular in the spring of 2018. I made a detailed plan at first and immediately began creating a long list of excuses as to why this was simply just not going to work, why I wasn’t fit enough and why I would fail. I was afraid that I had no confidence in my plan. Before I even tied my shoes, I’d already convinced myself I couldn’t do that.
How would it go? I had quit the workout mentally before I even started. Who knows how many times I stopped and restarted my watch? I spent an awfully long afternoon sitting by the road feeling sorry for myself. One bad workout would even upset me for days. I questioned my fitness gradually and cut more workouts short. And pretty soon, my fitness gradually came to a steady level or moved backward.
The problem I gradually realized was that I treated my entire training plan like a tempo run—hard, fast, strict. In a tempo run, if you don’t hit your pace early, it’s nearly impossible to catch up. Therefore, I realized I needed to treat my training like my favorite workout: the long run. I love ignoring my watch, settling into a relaxing pace, enjoying the route and focusing on only one goal—finishing. I love that I can have a bad mile in the middle and still end up strong.
Now, when I set a new goal and write a new training plan, I have what I call “the long-run mindset”. I find success and value in my training because I’m not eager for immediate results as before. Yes, there is still an important place for hard fast tempo runs, but I have shifted my attitude to thinking bigger than short-term outcomes and work towards lifelong success.
【1】How did the author first feel about his running plan?
A．Positive.
B．Convinced.
C．Unsure.
D．Unafraid.
【2】What can we infer about the author from paragraph 2?
A．He had a poor-quality watch.
B．He had a loser’s mental state.
C．His health was improving rapidly.
D．His training plan was easy to follow.
【3】How did the author manage to solve his problem?
A．By ignoring the finishing line.
B．By finding a tense workout pace.
C．By forgetting his previous achievements.
D．By treating the training in a different way.
【4】What message does the author try to tell us?
A．Doing is better than saying.
B．Think twice before you leap.
C．A good plan makes a good ending.
D．It’s an attitude of mind that counts.
22、 Every day, Americans throw away 500 million plastic straws, enough to circle the Earth twice. They are almost never recycled, and simply contribute to the great problem of plastic pollution; eight million tons of plastic is dumped into the oceans every year.
Plastic straws are now the target of a growing movement to reduce their use. Possibly the first of such campaigns, Be Straw Free was started in 2011 by Milo Cress, who was only nine years old at the lime.
“I noticed that whenever I ordered a drink at a restaurant, it would usually come with a straw in it, and I don’ I usually need a straw,” he said. “This seemed like a huge waste. Straws are made of oil, a precious and finite resource. Is making single - use plastic straws, which will be used for a matter of minutes before being tossed away, really what we want to do with this resource?”
Cress started asking restaurants in Burlington, Vermont, where he lived at the time, to stop providing straws automatically to customer and make them optional instead. Many agreed and his request made ripples (涟漪) nationwide. The restaurants that make the switch report a reduction in the number of straws they use between 50 and 80%.
The anti - straw sentiment has crossed borders into the UK, where straws have been included in a government plan to ban ail plastic waste by 2042.
Last year large pub chain Wetherspoons announced that it would replace plastic straws with paper alternatives across 900 outlets. After the announcement, many smaller chains and pubs across the country followed suit. According to Wetherspoons CEO John Hutson, the move will save 70 million plastic straws a year and the reaction from patrons has been “very positive”.
Offering alternatives or making plastic straws optional, rather than banning them completely, is a common trait among these campaigns. “There are many other viable alternatives to single - use plastic drinking straws that are less harmful to the environment, wildlife and humans,” said Jackie Nunez, founder of The Last Plastic Straw.
【1】What can we learn from Paragraph 1?
A．Plastic straws are too costly to produce.
B．All plastic straws are dumped into the sea.
C．Plastic straws are too small to be recycled.
D．Plastic straws cause great pollution.
【2】What did Milo Cress ask his local restaurants to do?
A．To make plastic straws optional.
B．To stop the use of plastic straws.
C．To charge the use of plastic straws.
D．To reject the request for plastic straws.
【3】What is the Wetherspoons’ effort to reduce the use of plastic straws?
A．To ban the use of plastic straws.
B．To close some of its outlets.
C．To offer customers alternatives.
D．To seek the government’s support.
【4】What is the Wetherspoons customers’ attitude towards the move?
A．Uncaring.
B．Favorable.
C．Ambiguous.
D．Disapproving.
23、How Important Is Fashion？ Is looking fashionable more important than being comfortable？ Many people seem to think so, judging by the things they wear.But fashion is not everything.It is more important to be a healthy and good person．
People go to great lengths to be fashionable. Some people think they have to have a certain body type,so they go on extreme,unhealthy diets in order to change their bodies.In addition,many women wear uncomfortable fashions,such as high-heeled shoes that create blisters（水泡）， tight body shapers that limit blood flow,and sticky false eyelashes.Men and women alike spend time and money on products that change their natural hair color and use hot irons and blow dryers to curl or straighten their hair. Some people spend several hours a day in front of a mirror.Is fashion important enough to spend so much time and effort on changing how you look like？
If the purpose of fashion is to make a person feel good,it does not make sense that he or she would go through so much discomfort to be fashionable.Fashion should not come first.People should prioritize（优先考虑）being healthy and positive.What people wear does not indicate anything about their personalities.Instead of spending hours choosing a suit,perhaps you should call your friends and do something together! Instead of going on strict diets and starving,why not eat some healthy foods and then exercise？ By doing these things,you can keep a healthy lifestyle and truly grow as a person．
【1】The author's main purpose in writing the text is to ______ ．
A．show readers advantages and disadvantages of dieting
B．persuade readers to value health more than fashion
C．amuse readers with a story about a fashion-school student
D．tell readers of the latest fashion styles
【2】Which statement best represents the author's viewpoint？ ______
A．People need to diet to lose weight．
B．When you look good,you feel good．
C．Fashion increases famous people's self-respect
D．Fashion can make people do some unhealthy things．
【3】Which of the following activities would the author most likely recommend？ ______
A．Going skating with friends．
B．Shopping for bargain clothes．
C．Starting a new diet with a friend．
D．Changing the hairstyle every week．
24、An American research company shows that $248.7 billion online sales are expected by 2014. It seems as if we can’t get enough of spending money through countless online clicks today. Following are some of the incredible things that you can buy online!
1) Parents
51-year-old Michael Amatrudo from Connecticut put a posting on Craig list in 2009 to sell his elderly parents, asking for $155 in return.
2) Chewing Gum
Bidding for Britney Spears’ chewing gum reached $14,000 in 2004. The pop star’s half-eaten sandwich also went for over $500.
3) Kidney Stone
Star Trek actor William Shatner sold his kidney stone for $20,000 when he put it up for sale online to see how much a piece of him was worth. He ended up giving the money to charity.
4) An Imaginary Friend
This imaginary guy went (or might still be going) by the name of Jon Malipieman and was sold on eBay for $3,000 by a man who claimed:
“My imaginary friend Jon Malipieman is getting too old for me now. I am now 27 and I feel I am growing out of him. He is very friendly. Along with him, I will send you what he likes and dislikes, his favorite things to do and his personal self portrait.”
5) Souls
The website demonical.com is probably the creepiest site I have ever visited. You can sell your own soul or buy the souls of people such as Fidel Castro and Woody Allen (both selling for $950). Bill Gate, whoever that is, has his soul for sale at $1,300 while Michael Jacobsen’s soul is being sold for $3000.
6) A Rock That Looks Like Meat
The screen shot from eBay tells us that people are bidding over $1 million for this “naturally formed bbq pork rock”. Absolute madness.
【1】What is the author’s purpose for writing the passage?
A. To introduce some unbelievable things online.
B. To call on customers to resist the products.
C. To attract readers to visit the related websites.
D. To encourage readers to buy the things online.
【2】Which is probably sold at the highest price according to the passage?
A. Chewing Gum. B. Kidney Stone.
C. An Imaginary Friend. D. A Rock That Looks Like Meat.
【3】According to the text, _____ is most likely to have starred in a film.
A. Britney Spears B. William Shatner
C. Jon Malipieman D. Fidel Castro
【4】What can be inferred from the text?
A. Michael Amatrudo charged a high price for selling his elderly parents.
B. William Shatner sold the kidney stone so as to donate the money to charity.
C. Jon Malipieman was sold because he was not wanted any longer.
D. The soul of Michael Jacobsen is worth more than that of Woody Allen.
25、Einstein was not only the outstanding scientist of the 20th century, but also a gifted and enthusiastic(满腔热忱的) musician. He once said that if he hadn’t been a scientist, he would have been a _________. “Life without playing music is unthinkable for me,” he said. “I get most _________ in life out of music.”
Einstein’s mother was a talented pianist who _________ music to life in the family home. Einstein began to learn the _________ at the age of six, however, he worked hard until he _________ the joys of Mozart’s sonatas(奏鸣曲) at the age of 13. From that _________ on, although he had no further lessons, his violin _________ his companion（伴侣）.
When Einstein moved to Aarau in Switzerland in 1895 to complete his schooling, he seemed to have _________ much of his time to music. Just before his 17th birthday, Einstein played at the music _________ in the school, the examiner reported that “a student called Einstein shone in the __________ felt performance of one of the Beethoven sonatas”. In addition to his great __________ in playing the violin, he also played the piano and, __________, loved to improvise（即兴创作）.
In late life, Einstein’s reputation(声誉) as a physicist often led to __________ to perform at benefit concerts, which he generally accepted happily. Probably the __________ of the violinist Einstein that comes nearest to the mark comes from his friend Janos Plesch,who wrote “There are many musicians with much __________ skills, but none, I believe, who ever played with more sincerity or deeper feeling.”
【1】
A．physician
B．musician
C．politician
D．reporter
【2】
A．joy
B．money
C．idea
D．energy
【3】
A．played
B．sent
C．create
D．brought
【4】
A．violin
B．piano
C．knowledge
D．game
【5】
A．loved
B．tracked
C．discovered
D．confirmed
【6】
A．location
B．space
C．access
D．point
【7】
A．turned
B．remained
C．appeared
D．seemed
【8】
A．devoted
B．spent
C．lost
D．wasted
【9】
A．performance
B．presentation
C．exhibition
D．examination
【10】
A．hardly
B．deeply
C．carelessly
D．honestly
【11】
A．skill
B．patience
C．care
D．courage
【12】
A．after all
B．in particular
C．at large
D．by accident
【13】
A．contributions
B．applications
C．invitations
D．prizes
【14】
A．reaction
B．destination
C．summary
D．instruction
【15】
A．broader
B．funnier
C．wilder
D．better
26、Directions: Write an English composition in 120~150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
假如你是明启中学的学生李华，你打算给你的一位任课老师Rose女士写一封信，告诉她你喜欢上她的课，同时提出一些你认为可以进一步提高教学效果的建议。你的信内容必须包括以下内容：
1、你为什么喜欢上她的课；
2、你的建议及理由。
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