1、You can never be ________ when crossing the street.
A.very careful B.too careful C.carefully enough D.enough careful
2、—It seems that Ann doesn't like the bag you bought for her the other day.
— ________？ I have been told she is desperate for one of that style.
A. If so B. How come
C. So what D. What if
3、I still can’t believe my eyes when I remember the scene ______ the best player should miss the pass.
A.that B.when C.where D.how
4、On the way, they fired on settlers’ houses and stole about twenty and six horses.
A.cattles B.head of cattles C.head of cattle D.heads of cattle
5、Luckily, the weather ______ sometime after lunch and we headed for the school.
A. turned up B. ended up
C. cleared up D. came up
6、The dress is so beautiful that, once put onto the market, it will soon_____
A.come on B.carry on C.catch on D.call on
7、________ we have enough evidence, we can't win the case.
A．Once
B．As long as
C．Unless
D．Since
8、The teacher ________ a suggestion that we should take a short trip this weekend.
A．put forward
B．put out
C．put on
D．put off
9、----Jack can’t concentrate on his lessons recently.
----Yes, that may ________ why he did so badly in the last test.
A. answer for B. account for
C. call for D. stand for
10、Have you asked him ____he is going to the party tonight with us?
A.which B.whether C.what D.that
11、He is said to ________ to his country because a new president comes into power.
A. be allowed to return B. allow to return
C. allow returning D. be allowed returning
12、Wechat intends to radically change the way ______ people use mobilephones.
A. / B. which C. why D. who
13、When you're always wanting more and always looking forward to a time you'll be "happy", you'll never be really happy.
A. that B. which
C. when D. what
14、Mozi, ________ beliefs were in some ways similar to those of Confucius, spent many years trying to find a state _________ people would follow his teachings.
A．who; where
B．whose; when
C．whose; where
D．who; which
15、Each of us is likely to develop a personal _______ for certain types of entertainment.
A. preference B. interest
C. habit D. feature
16、Lin Qiaozhi immediately became the first woman ever________as a resident physician in the OB﹣GYN department of the PUMC hospital.
A．to hire
B．to be hired
C．hired
D．hiring
17、She pretended ________ to the manager, but actually she was thinking about something else.
A.listening B.to have listened C.having listened D.to be listening
18、_____is no need for you to worry about his safety, After all, he is no longer a child.
A. There B. It C. That D. What
19、He never ____ his son to do his homework . As a result, his son fell behind his classroom.
A. dragged B. dived
C. urged D. paused
20、 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
21、A robot created by Washington State University(WSU) scientists is under test, which could help elderly people with dementia(痴呆) and other limitations live independently in their own homes.
The Robot Activity Support System, or RAS, uses sensors fixed in a WSU smart home to determine where its residents are, what they are doing and when they need assistance with daily activities. It runs through rooms and around obstacles to find people on its own, provides video instructions on how to do simple tasks and can even lead its owner to objects like their medication or a snack in the kitchen.
Currently, an estimated 50 percent of adults over the age of 85 need assistance with everyday activities such as preparing meals and taking medication and the annual cost for this assistance in the US is nearly $2 trillion. RAS is the first robot researchers to have tried to incorporate into their smart home environment. They recently published a study that shows how RAS could make life easier for older adults struggling to live independently.
The activities include walking the dog, taking medication with food and water and watering household plants. When the smart home sensors detected a human failed to start or was struggling with one of the tasks, RAS received a message for help.
The robot then used its mapping and navigation camera, sensors and software to find the person and offer assistance.
The person could then indicate through a tablet computer that they wanted to see a video of the next step in the activity they were performing, a video of the entire activity or they could ask the robot to lead them to objects needed to complete the activity.
Afterwards the study participants were asked to rate the robot’s performance. Most of the participants rated RAS performance favourably and found the robot to be easy to use. They also reported the next step video as being the most useful of the prompts.
【1】What do we know about RAS’s assistance for adults over the age of 85?
A．It’s worthless.
B．It’s welcome.
C．It’s unexpected.
D．It’s difficult to offer.
【2】RAS offers help depending on the message sent out by ________.
A．some videos
B．a tablet computer
C．smart home sensors
D．the person in need of help
【3】What did most participants think of the service of RAS?
A．It was perfect.
B．It was worthy of praise.
C．It was neither good nor bad.
D．It still needed much improvement.
【4】What is the best title for the text?
A．Home Robots Are in Great Demand
B．Aging Will Bring Many Problems Soon
C．WSU Scientists Test the Elder Care Robot
D．Old People Will Attend to Themselves in the Future
22、National Rankings: Best High Schools
The U.S. News rankings include data on more than 22,000 public high schools in 50 states and the District of Columbia. Schools were awarded gold, silver or bronze medals based on their performance on state assessments and how well they prepare students for college.
About the Awards
Gold—Top 500 Schools based on highest college readiness.
Silver—High-performing schools based on lower college readiness.
Bronze—High-performing schools based on state exam performance, listed alphabetically.
Award Distribution
Gold 2.4%
Silver 10.3%
Bronze 16.8%
No Medal 70.5%
HOW We Determine the Awards
STEP 1 Students perform better than expected in their state.
We looked at reading and math results for students on each state's proficiency(水平) tests and then factored in the percentage of economically disadvantaged students, who tend to score lower.
STEP 2 Disadvantaged students perform better than state average.
We compared each school's math and reading proficiency rates for disadvantaged students--black, Hispanic and low-income—with the state wide results for these student groups and then selected schools that were performing better than their state averages.
STEP 3 Student graduation rates meet or are greater than a national standard.
We left out schools from consideration if their graduation rates were lower than 75 percent--a starting point that is higher than a federal law that requires states to give extra resources to schools below 67 percent.
STEP 4 Students are prepared for college-level coursework.
We calculated a College Readiness Index,which is based or the school's AP participation rate and how well the
students did on those tests. Tiebeakers were used to determine ranks of schools that achieved the same College Readiness Index.
【1】Which plays an important part in winning medals?
A. State evaluation.
B. Schools' intention.
C. College assessment.
D. Government' s judgment.
【2】Schools winning medals account for
A. 16.8%
B. 27.1%
C. 29.5%
D. 70.5%
【3】Which school can get the awards?
A. The school whose disadvantaged student do averagely.
B. The school whose students perform better than demanded.
C. The school whose graduation rates were lower than 67 percent.
D. The school whose students have a knowledge of College Readiness Index.
23、When I volunteered to spend a hot summer on a land-based whale-watching project in the West of Scotland, the project secretary warned me, “You have to be able to detect the whales from the shore － it's not as easy as you think.” Although I assumed I was well-qualified for the job at the start of the project I had a few embarrassing moments screaming “Whale!” before realizing that what I was pointing out were only waves breaking over underwater rocks, not sea creatures at all! After a while, I trained my eyes to “see”－to distinguish between waves hitting rocks and the rolling movement of whales underwater.
I spent a lot of time just watching the sea through my binoculars（双筒望远镜），looking actively for anything that indicated sea life below. My binoculars enabled me to spot the fins（鳍） of a dolphin against the darkness of the sea， and without a good pair of binoculars I definitely would have missed out on lots of amazing sea life.
In addition, I eventually realized that the birds provide us with signals that whales and dolphins may be in the area. Where there is a group of feeding seabirds such as seagulls or gannets, there is often a whale feeding under them. Gannets are really easy to spot from a distance－ they drop out of the sky at speeds of up to 100 kph, spearing the surface and sending bursts of water up behind them.
If you want to try this activity, it is worth organizing and planning carefully for whale watching. I recommend having a notebook and a pencil nearby to record details of what you've seen and the environmental conditions at the time. This is not only a helpful aid in general, but you can also contribute your sightings to research projects such as the Sea Watch Foundation, which are monitoring the distribution of whales and dolphins.
Despite the early disappointments I had, I think there is undoubtedly something very special about watching whales. Nothing can compare with the secret thrill and the peacefulness of seeing a wild animal just doing its own thing.
【1】What did the author learn from the embarrassing moments?
A．It was hard to carry out the project.
B．The project secretary was very strict.
C．Most whales were not afraid of humans.
D．Whale-watching was not as easy as expected.
【2】Which of the following is mentioned in Paragraph 2?
A．The features of the author's binoculars.
B．Binoculars ' importance for whale-watching.
C．How the author got a good pair of binoculars.
D．How to use binoculars when watching whales.
【3】The author advised whale watchers to
A．record whale-watching details
B．be careful when watching whales
C．watch whales from the shore only
D．seek help from the Sea Watch Foundation
【4】What would be the best title for the text?
A．Pleasant summer memories
B．The thrill of watching whales
C．Useful whale-watching advice
D．A fantastic world under the water
24、 Some people have a very poor sense of direction. Unluckily, I am one of them. I have visited a place many times but I may still get lost there the next time.
When I was a little girl, I never dared to ask strangers the way. And so I used to walk around in circles and hope that by chance I would get to the place I was going to.
Now, I am no longer too shy to ask people for directions, but I often receive helpless or even wrong information. So I try to avoid giving people wrong directions. If anyone ever asks me the way somewhere, I would say, “Sorry, I am a stranger here. ”
Once on my way to work I was stopped by a man. He asked me if I could tell him the way to the Friendship Building. I gave him my usual reply. But just as I walked on only a few steps, I realized that he had asked the way to my office building. However, I had no time to turn back and look for him. I was rushing to meet with someone at my office and I didn’t want to keep him waiting.
When I just got to my office, the secretary(秘书) showed in the man who had asked me for directions. Imagine how embarrassed I was and how surprised he was when we saw each other at the first sight.
【1】The writer always refuses to give people directions because _________.
A．she is a stranger to the city
B．she doesn’t know the people
C．she’s afraid of giving wrong directions
D．she has no time to help others
【2】A man stopped the writer on the way to _________.
A．sell her something
B．ask her the time
C．ask for the direction
D．make friends with her
【3】Why wwere the wrriter embarrassed and the man who asked the way surpriese when they meet at the writer’s office?
A．They saw each other the second time.
B．The man was much fastyer.
C．The writer didn’t tell the right direction to the man
D．They hadn’t seen each other for a long time.
【4】The Friendship Building is the place where the writer _________.
A．lives
B．studies
C．works
D．teaches
【5】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．The writer is too shy to give others directions.
B．The writer never got lost when she was young.
C．The writer has a very poor sense of direction.
D．The man was quite nervous when he saw the writer.
25、A trending new addition to travel destinations around the world is freezing-yet-beautiful Alaska. The poles, the dancing lights, and the winter wonderlands have always attracted extreme travelers—but this time, there is more than the magical draw of the _______ that is inviting people up towards the corners of the globe: climate change.
There’s a strange form of climate anxiety, which is driving more people to places and sights that may _______ to exist in the coming years or decades. Alaska _______ the list of climate-tempted travel destinations. The northern and otherwise-serene Alaskan village of Kaktovik _______ a major boom in tourism last year, as over 2,000 people appeared on its lightly _______ gravel(砂砾) and snowy streets. Until earlier in the decade, local news reports say, the village had fewer than 50 annual visitors. The main _______ now are polar bears, which are being forced into towns by a warming planet and the shrinking Arctic sea ice. All the heating is making it far easier for wildlife _______ and effortless bear selfies. Most visitors are reportedly from China, Europe, or the USA, often arriving on fuel-consuming chartered planes.
Around the mid-1990s, researchers began _______ more female bears denning(筑巢) on land instead of in the ice. And seasons of tourism match up with changing bear behavior. It peaks in autumn (which is also far warmer and breezier than the forthcoming winter—and climate change is making things more pleasant in general) when sea ice is far from the shore, and bears can become _______ on the land until the sea freezes again in winter.
A report in the Climate Science Special Report: Fourth National Climate Assessment found, “Alaska has warmed more than twice as rapidly as the rest of the United States.” This year, alarming temperatures were reported from Alaska. Every day since April 25 saw above ____________ temperatures, the longest streak in a century.
While bears have their charm, melting glaciers are a landscape in their own right. With ____________ like the recent one that glaciers could be melting at 100 times faster than ____________ thought, the number of tourists on ice seems to be going up consistently. Alaska’s tour companies have reported an extraordinary increase—and the number of polar cruises reportedly went up 33 percent in the last decade. Some glaciers have been marked by the rate of melt for tourists to watch and imagine the ____________ from where they stand, much like visitors to the Berlin wall picture the past. As the landscape changes, tour companies have had to ____________ their regular routes and hikes too—some glaciers that had ____________ by foot only a decade ago can now only be reached by helicopter.
【1】
A．east
B．west
C．north
D．south
【2】
A．cease
B．continue
C．stick
D．try
【3】
A．releases
B．reviews
C．tops
D．creates
【4】
A．saw
B．indicated
C．developed
D．predicted
【5】
A．located
B．populated
C．upgraded
D．occupied
【6】
A．species
B．attractions
C．destinations
D．identifications
【7】
A．protecting
B．evaluating
C．dismissing
D．spotting
【8】
A．training
B．tempting
C．feeding
D．noticing
【9】
A．initiated
B．inhabited
C．stranded
D．hunted
【10】
A．average
B．comfortable
C．humiliated
D．global
【11】
A．evaluations
B．predictions
C．regulations
D．generalizations
【12】
A．carefully
B．beneficially
C．previously
D．specially
【13】
A．future
B．currency
C．temporary
D．history
【14】
A．identify
B．stabilize
C．eliminate
D．modify
【15】
A．view
B．access
C．network
D．coast
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。
“Yeah, a BATTLE!” said William, pulling my arm. “You see that, John?”
I looked up from my desk to see Ms. Chow writing on the board, “Battle of the Books!” She smiled and then said, “Are you ready to go into the battle? Get prepared for it next week!”
“Is it a reading contest?” I was so excited that I forgot to raise my hand first.
“Good question, John!” said Ms. Chow. “It is not a race and you are not going to beat each other. We are not going to see who can read the fastest or the most books, but you are going to form a team of three and then set a reading goal for your team. If your team meet your goal by the end of this month, you will get a prize!”
Even though the prize was something silly, that still sounded pretty good to me. I turned towards William immediately, saying,“Shall we be teammates?”
“Yes, for sure!” he said. William and I liked a lot of the same books, so we could set a goal together.
The be1l rang before Ms. Chow could explain any more rules. William and I were about to begin our discussion when Lily passed my desk and said “Teammates?” to William and me. Lily was a girl from Spain and she could read super-fast in both English and Spanish! If we set a goal like reading books by authors from different countries, she could help the team for sure.
“Yeah,of course!” William and I nodded. I had my team! The three of us settled down and started a discussion immediately, trying to figure out what we needed to do to get the prize. Just then, I saw my best friend Tom running towards my desk. I could clearly see the expectation shining in his eyes.
注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右;
2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。
“John, let’s be teammates!” Tom said to me excitedly.
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Hearing what Lily said, we agreed with her suggestion.
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