1、We can't_______buying a new car any longer. The one we've got now just doesn't start in the morning．
A.put off B.pick up C.count on D.bear on
2、Children shouldn’t have access to violent films because they might ________ the things they see.
A．indicate
B．investigate
C．innovate
D．imitate
3、 I’m afraid there might have been 1000 audience in the concert last night, _____?
A. am not I B. aren’t I
C. mightn’t there D. weren’t there
4、Some people fear that ________ air pollution may bring about changes in _______ weather around the world.
A．/; the
B．the; /
C．an; the
D．the; a
5、He spent at least as much time reading as you ___ on line yesterday.
A. had to chat B. did chatting
C. do chatting D. had chatted
6、----Maybe they will let us in without tickets.
----A ________ chance of that! We will probably have to pay.
A. slim B. distant C. cool D. Raw
7、—I failed to be admitted to my ideal university. Bad luck!
—How can you expect ________ a chance of success since you haven't committed yourself to it?
A. there being B. there to be
C. it to be D. it being
8、In the past several months, many officials in China have been charged corruption(腐败) and faced with trials.
A. of B. with C. to D. for
9、Miss Li ______ as a secretary for five years in the company，and now she is general manager of it.
A． serves B． served
C． had served D． has served
10、To tell you the truth, if it were not for the fact that you ________ my daughter, I would not take such pains to serve you.
A. were B. have been C. had been D. are
11、— Where should I send my application?
—The Personnel Office is the place .
A. to send it B. sent it to
C. to send it to D. for sending it
12、The Chinese people are hopeful for ________ 2019 will bring for their families and the country.
A.how B.which
C.what D.that
13、The band was very successful in the seventies, most of _____ members were in their twenties．
A．its B．whose C．whom D．Which
14、The bike is very old, ________ he likes it very much.
A.and B.but C.so D.for
15、Her ___________to persuade him out of his plans failed again.
A. attempt B. attention
C. tendency D. attitude
16、Would you mind not picking the flowers in the garden? They are ___ everyone’s enjoyment.
A. in B. to C. for D. At
17、Lucy found herself in hospital when she opened her eyes, which made her very much.
A. examining; confusing B. being examined, confused
C. was examining; confusing D. was examined; confused
18、The ____ for speeding is so heavy that few drivers would take chances.
A. prize B. fare C. fine D. fee
19、It is said that in Africa over a third of the population were believed to have no ______ to the health care and advanced education.
A．control
B．access
C．opportunity
D．accent
20、Keep trying; it will help you ______ your dream of becoming a doctor.
A. come true B. to realize
C. achieving D. live with
21、No one knows for sure when advertising first started. It is possible that it grew out of the discovery that some people did certain kinds of work better than others did them. That led to the concept of specialization, which means that people would specialize, or focus on doing one specific job.
Let’s take a man we’ll call Mr. Fielder, for example. He did everything connected with farming. He planted seeds, tended the fields, and harvested and sold his crops. At the same time, he did many other jobs on the farm. However, he didn’t make the bricks for his house, cut his trees into boards, make the plows (犁), or any of other hundreds of things a farm needs. Instead, he got them from people who specialized in doing each of those things.
Suppose there was another man we shall call Mr. Plowright. Using what he knew about farming and working with iron, Mr. Plowright invented a plow that made farming easier. Mr. Plowright did not really like farming himself and wanted to specialize in making really good plows. Perhaps, he thought, other farmers will trade what they grow for one of my plows.
How did Mr. Plowright let people know what he was doing? Why, he advertised, of course. First he opened a shop and then he put up a sign outside the shop to attract customers. That sign may have been no more than a plow carved into a piece of wood and a simple arrow pointing to the shop door. It was probably all the information people needed to find Mr. Plowright and his really good plows.
Many historians believe that the first outdoor signs were used about five thousand years ago. Even before most people could read, they understood such signs. Shopkeepers would carve into stone, clay, or wood symbols for the products they had for sale.
A medium, in advertising talk, is the way you communicate your message. You might say that the first medium used in advertising was signs with symbols. The second medium was audio, or sound, although that term is not used exactly in the way we use it today. Originally, just the human voice and maybe some kind of simple instrument, such as a bell, were used to get people’s attention.
A crier, in the historical sense, is not someone who weeps easily. It is someone, probably a man, with a voice loud enough to be heard over the other noises of a city. In ancient Egypt, shopkeepers might hire such a person to spread the news about their products. Often this earliest form of advertising involved a newly arrived ship loaded with goods. Perhaps the crier described the goods, explained where they came from, and praised their quality. His job was, in other words, not too different from a TV or radio commercial in today’s world.
【1】What probably led to the start of advertisement?
A. The discovery of iron. B. The specialization of labor.
C. The appearance of new jobs. D. The development of farming techniques.
【2】To advertise his plows, Mr. Plowright __________.
A. praised his plows in public B. placed a sign outside the shop
C. hung an arrow pointing to the shop D. showed his products to the customers
【3】The writer makes up the two stories of Mr. Fielder and Mr. Plowright in order to __________.
A. explain the origin of advertising B. predict the future of advertising
C. expose problems in advertising D. provide suggestions for advertising
【4】In ancient Egypt, a crier was probably someone who __________.
A. owned a ship B. had the loudest voice
C. ran a shop selling goods to farmers D. functioned like today’s TV or radio commercial
【5】The last two paragraphs are mainly about __________.
A. the history of advertising B. the benefits of advertising
C. the early forms of advertising D. the basic design of advertising
22、 You can’t imagine how terrible I felt at that time. A month before my first marathon, one of my ankles was injured and this meant not running for two weeks, leaving me only two weeks to train. Yet, I was determined to go ahead.
I remember back to my 7th year in school. In my first P.E. class, the teacher required us to run laps (圆圈) and then hit a softball. I didn’t do either well. He later told me that I was “not athletic”.
The idea that I was “not athletic” stuck with me for years. When I started running in my 30s, I realized running was a battle against myself, not about competition or whether or not I was athletic. It was all about the battle against my own body and mind. A test of wills!
The night before my marathon, I dreamed that I couldn’t even find the finish line. I woke up sweating and nervous, but ready to prove something to myself.
Shortly after crossing the start line, my shoe laces (鞋带) became untied. So I stopped to readjust (重新调整). Not the start I wanted!
At mile 3, I passed a sign: “GO FOR IT, RUNNERS!”
By mile17, I became out of breath and the once injured ankle hurt badly. Although my ankle was very painful, I stayed the course walking a bit and then running again.
By mile 21, I was so hungry!
As I came to mile 23, I could see my wife waving a sign. She is my biggest fan. She never minded the alarm clock sounding at 4 a.m. or questioned my expenses on running.
I was one of the final runners to finish. But I finished! And I got a medal. In fact, I got the same medal as the one that the guy who came in first place had.
Determined to be myself, move forward, free of shame and worldly labels (世俗标签), I can now call myself a “marathon winner”.
【1】How did he author feel a month before the marathon?
A.Anxious. B.Frightened.
C.Well prepared. D.Confident.
【2】Why did the author mention the P.E. class in his 7th year?
A.To thank the support of his teacher. B.To amuse the readers with a funny story.
C.To show he was not talented in sports. D.To share a valuable memory.
【3】How was the author’s first marathon?
A.He made it. B.He quit halfway.
C.He got the first prize. D.He walked to the end.
【4】What does the story mainly tell us?
A.One is never too old to learn. B.Failure is the mother of success.
C.A winner is one with a great effort of will. D.A man owes his success to his family support.
23、In addition to the official basketball world, various other types of basketball are practiced around the world.
Wheelchair Basketball
Wheelchair basketball was invented in 1946 by former American basketball players, who, after wartime injury, wanted once again to experience the excitement of a highly athletic sport within a team environment. It is now played in more than 80 countries by over 25,000 men, women and children with a physical disability which prevents them from playing competitive basketball on their feet.
http://www.iwbf.org
Beach Basketball
Beach basketball is an exciting, non-stop action game played in the sand. The game was born more than forty years ago on the physical education fields of Gulf Shores School. This kind of basketball, invented by Philip Bryant, has grown from an extremely effective skill improvement game to a very popular, widespread competitive sport.
http://www.beachbasketball.com
Street Basketball
Street Basketball or streetball is mainly played as a leisure game, but streetball players can also compete against each other. There are no specific streetball rules and the game is played outdoors; the players make up their own rules to play. Streetball is very popular among younger players and allows players to publicly show their own individual skills.
http://www.streetball.com
Deaf Basketball
Basketball for the deaf (unable to hear in one or both ears) men and women has been played since the early 1920s. The game today has exactly the same rules as FIBA (International Basketball Federation).
http://www.dibf.org
Bankshot Basketball
Bankshot is a new game of skill and challenge that is often described as “mini golf, but with a basketball.” Bankshot is the only sports system that allows the able-bodied and athletes with a disability to play together at the same time. This game is about no running, jumping, or body contact(接触)and relies on the shooting skill.
http://www.bankshot.com
【1】Which of the following types of basketball has the longest history?
A. Bankshot Basketball B. Deaf Basketball
C. Wheelchair Basketball D. Beach Basketball
【2】Which of the following types of basketball allows physically strong and disabled players to play together?
A. Street Basketball? B. Beach Basketball
C. Bankshot Basketball? D. Wheelchair Basketball
【3】What do we know from the text?
A. Beach basketball was originally designed to improve one’s skills.
B. Disabled players can play in two of the five types of basketball.
C. Wheelchair basketball was invented by Philip Bryant.
D. Streetball rules are very strict.
24、Population data for European mountain birds have been for the first time combined in a recent study, with worrying results: the abundances of mountain-specialist birds has declined by as much as 10% in the 2000s.
Ecological communities in mountain areas include species not found in any other habitats. These species are also very susceptible to climate change, as global warming is reducing their liveable habitats. In principle, species may relocate further up the mountains, but closer to the top their habitat inevitably shrinks.
According to the new article, the abundance of European mountain birds has in fact declined in line with climate change projections.
The recently released study examined the population trends of 44 bird species in the 2000s in the mountain and fell regions of Fennoscandia, Great Britain, the Alps and the Iberian Peninsula. A decline was seen in 14 of the observed species, while eight of them saw significant increase.
“On average, population decline among the species studied was 7% over the 13-year research period, making the situation of mountain birds distinctly worse compared to, for example, European forest birds, whose numbers did not change during the same period,” explains Aleksi Lehikoinen, an Academy of Finland research fellow at the Finnish Museum of Natural History Luomus (part of the University of Helsinki),who headed the study.
The situation is the direst for species that only inhabit mountain regions and are unable to live in other European environments. For these species, known as mountain specialists, the numbers dwindled by as much as 10% during the monitoring period.
【1】What does the word “direst” mean in the last paragraph?
A．Serious.
B．Useful.
C．Suitable.
D．Waterless.
【2】What can we get from the passage about European mountain birds?
A．They are newly found species.
B．They can be found at any place of the world.
C．The number of the birds has decreased greatly.
D．The number of the birds has increased greatly.
【3】Why did the liveable habitats of the species reduce?
A．Air pollutions.
B．Global warming.
C．Human activities.
D．Competition with other species.
【4】Which one is TRUE according to a recently released study?
A．All 44 bird species decreased.
B．Only 8 of the species declined.
C．14 of the observed species declined.
D．There was no change in the number of the bird species.
25、 I had suddenly run out of oil paints just when I needed them. So I made a long _______ to the only store around here that sells them. It was the _______ time to shop. The store was full of people and the checkout line was long. I could see the _______ faces of ton the face of the people around me. It was no better in the _______ and I found myself in the middle of a longline of cars waiting to pull out of it.
As my car was moving forward, I _______ a middle-aged, thin black woman in an old coat. She was holding up a piece of paper that said, “ _______ my job. Kids to feed!” I _______ as car after car drove past her while their drivers turned their eyes away. _______ I came closer, I took out my _______ and pulled out the little cash I had left. I __________ next to her, rolled down(摇下) my window, and __________ put it in her hand. She __________ and said “Thank you” before the car behind me __________ me to drive on.
I drove away and __________ that I had helped her even a little. Was my small act of kindness __________ to her? I don't know. Did it change the attitude of the driver behind me? Probably not. But it has been a wonderful experience for me.
A．walk
B．wait
C．time
D．drive
A．proper
B．worst
C．happiest
D．fixed
A．sadness
B．doubt
C．impatience
D．surprise
A．market
B．street
C．parking lot
D．bus stop
A．saw
B．hit
C．blocked
D．recognized
A．Changed
B．Lost
C．Did
D．Finished
A．rested
B．organized
C．watched
D．showed
A．As
B．Until
C．Since
D．Because
A．book
B．card
C．coat
D．wallet
A．stopped
B．sat
C．ran
D．stood
A．sadly
B．carefully
C．simply
D．quickly
A．returned
B．asked
C．smiled
D．came
A．advised
B．forced
C．encouraged
D．caused
A．hoped
B．imagined
C．knew
D．found
A．true
B．meaningful
C．familiar
D．polite
26、假设你是李华，你在美国的朋友David给你发来一封电子邮件，询问你在暑假期间除了做家庭作业以外，还进行了什么有趣、有意义的活动。请你给他回一封电子邮件，向他介绍你在暑假期间的主要活动。内容要点如下：
1．和同学及朋友观看世界杯足球赛；
2．上辅导课(学习数学、物理、化学)；
3．在餐馆打工两周，洗碗、洗菜；
4．到敬老院做义工(打扫卫生、为老人读报)。
注意：
1．不要逐条翻译，可适当添加细节，词数100左右。开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
2．参考词：辅导课training course 敬老院nursing home
Dear David,
Thanks for your email. Now I'd like to tell you something about my summer vacation.
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Yours,
Li Hua