1、What a terrible experience! ________， you're safe now—that's the main thing.
A. Anyway B. Besides
C. Otherwise D. Therefore
2、Unfortunately, some natural signs which might have helped more people survive the earthquake were ________.
A. abandoned B. ignored
C. deserted D. rejected
3、________ seems to have been great difficulty in turning out excellent graduates.
A. That B. What C. It D. There
4、A recent study shows that being pulled into the world of a fascinating novel ______ make some actual, measurable changes in the brain.
A. can B. need C. shall D. should
5、A bad fire ______ in the basement of the supermarket last week.
A.broke up
B.was broken up
C.was broken out
D.broke out
6、You should inspect the wheels regularly, and replace them ______ they cause you trouble.
A. while B. when C. before D. Until
7、We should do all _______ is useful to people.
A．/
B．that
C．it
D．which
8、If one of your teeth feels ______, don’t be ______ and turn to your dentist for help.
A. aching; puzzling B. loose; embarrassed
C. painful; panicked D. uncomfortable; anxious
9、________, the damage would be incalculable.
A.Should such a disaster occur B.If such a disaster had occurred
C.Had such a disaster occurred D.If such a disaster should be occurred
10、It won’t be long ______ you regret what you have done.
A. after B. before
C. since D. until
11、Her membership will not be renewed ________ she pays the dues.
A. as B. unless C. because D. if
12、Jordan’s skills were impressive, but the mental strength that he showed made him unique.
A．乔丹的球技令人印象深刻，但精神力量无人能及。
B．乔丹的球技令人赞叹，但他展示的精神力量使他独一无二。
C．乔丹的球技使人印象深刻，但他展示的体能是独一无二的。
D．乔丹的球技是使人印象深刻的，但他展示的体能是卓越的。
13、My mind wasn’t on what he was saying so I’m afraid I _____ half of it.
A. was missing B. had missed
C. will miss D. missed
14、— Does your father still smoke?
— No, he has succeeded in________ smoking for three years.
A．gives up
B．give up
C．giving up
D．gave up
15、Word has come some American guests will come for a visit to our college next week.
A.what B.that C.whether D.when
16、— What do you think of Mary?
— There are some things that are not easy to ________, and her carelessness is one.
A．put aside
B．put forward
C．put away
D．put up with
17、_______the virtual world of Real Cine， the headsets even have small openings _______ smells to match the environment.
A. Adding to；give out B. Added to；give off
C. To be added to；giving off D. To add to；giving out
18、In Africa, educational costs are very low for those who are_______enough to get into universities.
A.successful B.fortunate C.proper D.happy
19、Look at the trees on both sides of the streets. They________ last spring.
A．planted
B．were planted
C．were planting
20、Akita dogs were ________ used in Japan to hunt bears and are among the largest and heaviest dogs in the world.
A．absolutely
B．globally
C．originally
D．slightly
21、Exploring the Azores Islands in Portugal
Cost(£ 2.999)
Highlights
●The exceptional seabird watching at night
●Talks on land and at sea by a local biologist
●A whale-watching activity guided by an expert
Description
You can explore and learn about wildlife through some talks. You can also get an opportunity to watch the whales at the surface and listen to their sounds as they go into the water. On land, you will visit a seabird habitat and discover the attractive villages on these islands. Besides, you can study the islands’ earth and learn how it supports the unique grape planting.
Attention
●Upon arrival on Faial Island, you will check into a four-star hotel in Horta.
●Depending on your arrival time. you may have some free time to explore the small town that dates back to the 15th century and has many historic buildings.
●Your tour leader will hold a short welcome meeting in the early evening to go through the plans for the week, and then a biologist will give the first of three talks before joining you for dinner.
●During the tour, the biologist will give a brief introduction to the whale species that you will be viewing.
Just click here instead of calling or emailing us to book your tour.
【1】What do we know about the tour?
A．It is free of charge.
B．It is in support of foreign biologists.
C．It offers bird feeding during the day.
D．It offers an expert guide during the whale viewing.
【2】What can visitors do on the tour?
A．Explore old cities.
B．Plant unique grapes.
C．Listen to the talks on wildlife.
D．Spend a night in a villager’s house.
【3】How should visitors book the tour?
A．By entering the website.
B．By sending an email.
C．By contacting the biologist.
D．By making a telephone call.
22、Spring is coming. and it is time for those about to graduate to look for jobs. Competition is tough, so job seekers must carefully consider their personal choices. Whatever we are wearing，our family and friends may accept us, but the workplace may not.
A high school newspaper editor said it is unfair for companies to discourage visible tattoos (纹身),nose rings, or certain dress styles. It is true you can’t judge a book by its cover, yet people do “cover” themselves in order to convey (传递)certain messages. What we wear, including tattoos and nose rings, is an expression of who we are. Just as people convey messages about themselves with their appearances, so do companies. Dress standards exist in the business world for a number of reasons, but the main concern is often about what customers accept.
Others may say how to dress is a matter of personal freedom, but for businesses it is more about whether to make or lose money. Most employers do care about the personal appearances of their employees (雇员),because those people represent the companies to their customers.
As a hiring manager I am paid to choose the people who would make the best impression on our customers. There are plenty of well-qualified candidates, so it is not wrong to reject someone who might disappoint my customers. Even though I am open-minded, I can’t expect all our customers are.
There is nobody to blame but yourself if your set of choices does not match that of your preferred employer. No company should have to change to satisfy a candidate simply because he or she is unwilling to respect its standards, as long as its standards are legal.
【1】Which of the following is the newspaper editor’s opinion according to Paragraph 2?
A. People’s appearances carry messages about themselves.
B. Candidates with tattoos or nose rings should be fairly treated.
C. Customers’ choices influence dress standards in companies.
D. Strange dress styles should not be encouraged in the workplace.
【2】What can be inferred from the text?
A. Candidates have to wear what companies prefer for an interview.
B. Hiring managers make the best impression on their candidates.
C. What to wear is not a matter of personal choice for companies.
D. Companies sometimes have to change to respect their candidates.
【3】Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
A. Hiring Managers Matter B. Personal Choices Matter
C. Employees Matter D. Appearances Matter
【4】The author’s attitude towards strange dress styles in the workplace may best be described as _________.
A. enthusiastic B. positive
C. negative D. sympathetic
23、If you’re a high school student, you have a lot of scholarship resources available to you. Here are some tips on how to get college scholarships.
Enter high school career centers. First, go to your high school career center. 【1】, your school’s counselor (辅导员) can help you find similar resources online or in your local community. Most high school career centers keep an updated list of scholarships sorted by date. Go through this list and make note of every single scholarship.
Make full use of library and bookstore scholarship resources. Once you use up all of the scholarships from your high school, head to a bookstore or library and pick up the latest copy of an annual scholarship reference book. 【2】. But it’s cheaper to borrow a copy from the library. The scholarship books are all catalogs (目录) of scholarships you can earn as a high school student.
【3】. Once you’ve found all the scholarships through the above resources, you can turn to different search engines and websites that can help you find scholarships. The easiest-to-find scholarships on the web will be the most competitive. 【4】.
Find scholarships through friends and family. 【5】, which can help see if they know of any scholarships. There are a lot of companies that offer college scholarships—companies that the people you know work at. So ask around! Some of the best scholarships come from some of the most unexpected places.
A．Make college scholarship web
B．Search college scholarship sites
C．You’ll also find these books online
D．If your high school doesn’t have a career center
E．Talk to your friends, parents and even parents’ friends
F．That’s why we recommend career centers and books first
G．After arriving career center, you can update resources online
24、 In its early history, Chicago had floods frequently, especially in the spring, making the streets so muddy that people, horses, and carts got stuck. An old joke that was popular at the time went something like this: A man is stuck up to his waist in a muddy Chicago street. Asked if he needs help, he replies, “No, thanks. I’ve got a good horse under me.”
The city planner decided to build an underground drainage (排水) system, but there simply wasn’t enough difference between the height of the ground level and the water level. The only two options were to lower the Chicago River or raise the city. An engineer named Ellis Chesbrough convinced the city that it had no choice but to build the pipes above ground and then cover them with dirt. This raised the level of the city’s streets by as much as 12 feet.
This of course created a new problem: dirt practically buried the first floors of every building in Chicago. Building owners were faced with a choice: either change the first floors of their buildings into basements or lift the entire buildings to meet the new street level. Small wood-frame buildings could be lifted fairly easily. But what about large, heavy structures like the Tremont Hotel, which was a six-story brick building?
That’s where George Pullman came in. He had developed some house-moving skills successfully. To lift a big structure like the Tremont Hotel, Pullman would place thousands of jackscrews (千斤顶) beneath the building’s foundation and turn the jackscrews the same amount at the same time, thus raising the building slowly and evenly. Astonishingly, the Tremont Hotel stay open during the entire operation, and many of its guests didn’t even notice anything was happening.
Some people like to say that every problem has a solution. But in Chicago’s early history, every engineering solution seemed to create a new problem.
【1】Why was the joke about Chicago mentioned in Paragraph 1?
A.To explain why horses were widely used.
B.To show the terrible road condition.
C.To prove Chicagoan were humorous.
D.To describe the lifestyle in the past.
【2】What did Ellis advise to do?
A.Lower the Chicago River.
B.Build pipes above ground.
C.Fight against heavy floods.
D.Raise the level of streets.
【3】What was the problem in moving Tremont Hotel?
A.It was hard to move its basement.
B.It was mainly made of wood.
C.It was too heavy to move easily.
D.There was no equipment to use.
【4】What can be inferred from the text?
A.Tremont Hotel was the biggest building in Chicago.
B.George became famous for moving Tremont Hotel.
C.It took great efforts to move Tremont Hotel.
D.Guests left Tremont Hotel before the move.
25、If there is one trait (特点) I have taken from my mother, it is her _________. Like most mothers, my mom wants the best for me. She encourages me to seize every opportunity and use it to its fullest _________. She has encouraged me to _________ those opportunities that may even seem impossible. After all, she does this every day.
When friends met my mom for the first time, they were often taken aback, and _________ they didn’t want this emotion to show on their faces when they shook her hand and said hello. When they got me alone for a second, they _________ me for not telling them my mom was in a wheelchair. It shocked them.
In my _________, I never think to mention that my mom is in a wheelchair. She has been paralyzed from the waist down for most of her life. To me, though, she is just a/an _________ mom. Like many of my friends’ moms, she has always been there for me. When there were those _________ as a child when I just needed to be held, I knew I could crawl onto my mother’s lap and find _________ in her safe arms. When I needed a __________ on the sideline of my soccer games, she was always there. Mother, friend, teacher, nutritionist, chef, caregiver, banker, and advisor---my mom has always been __________ for me.
On family vacations, my mother never sits out on a/an __________. She couldn’t hike the volcano in Hawaii with the rest of the family or go cliff-jumping in Mexico. But she always __________. She goes as far as she can.
I have learned from watching my mom that if I don’t have the courage to try, even if the chances of failure are slim, I will never __________. The opportunities I have are without bounds because my mother showed me how to live __________ limits.
【1】
A．kindness
B．honesty
C．courage
D．generosity
【2】
A．preparation
B．potential
C．plan
D．preference
【3】
A．drop by
B．make up
C．work out
D．reach for
【4】
A．initially
B．finally
C．constantly
D．fortunately
【5】
A．punished
B．respected
C．scolded
D．thanked
【6】
A．defense
B．way
C．power
D．dream
【7】
A．intelligent
B．demanding
C．regular
D．unlucky
【8】
A．questions
B．moments
C．challenges
D．plans
【9】
A．awareness
B．money
C．comfort
D．rewards
【10】
A．doctor
B．cheerleader
C．coach
D．tutor
【11】
A．there
B．here
C．home
D．somewhere
【12】
A．activity
B．party
C．record
D．program
【13】
A．waits
B．helps
C．laughs
D．tries
【14】
A．recover
B．profit
C．succeed
D．insist
【15】
A．beyond
B．within
C．on
D．off
26、假定你是李华，你的留学生朋友Sandy得知你市将举办中国年画（Chinese New Year paintings）展，发邮件向你询问相关情况。请你回复邮件，内容包括：
1. 简述年画的寓意（喜庆、祈福、迎新等）；
2. 告知展览的相关情况（时间、地点和目的）；
3. 提出一起参观年画展。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear Sandy,
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Yours,
Li Hua