1、 I’m going to Syria. Would you please tell me your experiences there?
________. Let’s discuss it over dinner.
A．Never mind
B．Go ahead
C．By all means
D．It just depends
2、Though technology is used to help us, we should not allow it to take ________ our lives.
A．over
B．down
C．up
D．in
3、I remembered one of those cool moonlit evenings we walked hand in hand along the lake.
A. which B. where
C. when D. what
4、I suppose Miss Xu mixed up my results with someone else’s, __________?
A．do I
B．did she
C．don’t I
D．didn’t she
5、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
6、To _______the circumstances, Oliver runs away to London, where he _______under the control of a man called Fagin.
A. escape; goes B. flee; falls
C. avoid; drops D. prevent; turns
7、Bob suggested ________ a bus to the park but in the end we persuaded him ________ his mind.
A．to take; to change
B．taking; changing
C．to take; changing
D．taking; to change
8、Gu Ailing _______ the world with her courage and strong desire to succeed in the freestyle skiing.
A．equipped
B．impressed
C．occupied
D．reformed
9、I couldn’t ________ the rent on my own; I want to find someone to share the room.
A．aim
B．allow
C．afford
D．advise
10、The job ________ must have good expression skills.
A．cheater
B．philosopher
C．warrior
D．applicant
11、The police are to ______ the traffic accident that we don’t know _____.
A. dealing with; how to deal with
B. deal with; how to deal with
C. deal with; how to do with
D. do with; what to deal with
12、Nowadays, cycling, along with jogging and swimming, ________ as one of the best all-round forms of exercise.
A.is regarded B.regard C.are regard D.regards
13、—My invention of the flying bike received the patent (专利) yesterday.
—______! You may be an Edison one day.
A．Good luck
B．Good for you
C．No problem
D．With pleasure
14、"The moment _____soon," he thought to himself, waiting nervously.
A.came B.has come C.was coming D.is coming
15、“Tommy, run! Be quick! The house is on fire!” the mother shouted, with clearly ________ in her voice.
A．anger
B．confusion
C．regret
D．panic
16、I cannot hear the professor clearly as there is too much noise ________ I am sitting.
A．before
B．until
C．unless
D．where
17、—We have waited for Tom for half an hour. Why hasn’t he ________ yet?
—He may have got lost. Let me call him.
A．cheered up
B．taken up
C．stayed up
D．shown up
18、It is you rather than he who _________ deliver a speech in the meeting tonight.
A.Is going to B.are going to C.was going to D.were going to
19、The professor we'd been looking forward to finally ________
A．showing up
B．showed up
C．to show up
D．being showed up
20、—Didn’t you tell him about the news?
—No. I it right away.
A. am to do B. will do
C. am doing D. am going to do
21、Ho Khanh is a middle-aged farmer, living in a village on the edge of Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in Vietnam. What is special about him is that he has discovered Son Doong, the largest cave in the world.
"I first found the cave about thirty years ago, in 1991," he says. "I was out collecting firewood near the national park. My family were very poor, so I decided to go deeper into the forest to find some aloe, which is very valuable. Not many people went that far into the forest because they were afraid of the wild animals."
Soon Khanh lost his way. "I sat down with my back to a huge round rock," he says. "Then I heard the sound of a strong wind and running water coming from behind me." He found the entrance to a huge cave, with a wide river coming out of it. Khanh thought he was walking into a great cave. With no ropes or lights, he did not go further into it.
Khanh's story spread like wildfire, but not everyone believed him. "I wanted to prove that I was telling the truth, but I couldn't remember the way to the cave." Then one morning early in the winter of 2006, a group of cavers from Britain came to ask Khanh for help, as they had heard about his discovery fifteen years before.
Khanh agreed to help the team to find the cave, but after three days in the jungle, they lost their way. "I just couldn't remember where it was," he says. The team came back twice, but each time they were beaten by the thick jungle. Finally the cavers left.
In 2009, Khanh headed to the jungle one cold winter's morning. "I stopped by a big round rock," he says. "There was the same strong wind, the sound of water running—I knew I'd found the cave at long last. "Soon the British cavers returned and followed Khanh on a six-hour trip deep into the jungle. On April 14 they found Son Doong.
【1】What is the text mainly about?
A．How Son Doong was discovered.
B．How Son Doong got its name.
C．A young farmer in Vietnam.
D．A national park in Vietnam.
【2】Ho Khanh first discovered Son Doong when he was ________.
A．looking for aloe
B．collecting firewood
C．catching some animals
D．cutting down trees in the forest
【3】What did the British cavers think of Ho Khanh's story?
A．They doubted it.
B．They believed it.
C．They were uncertain of it.
D．They had little interest in it.
【4】How long did it take for Ho Khanh to find Son Doong again?
A．One year.
B．Three years.
C．Fifteen years.
D．Eighteen years.
22、 What happens inside the head of a soccer player who repeatedly heads a soccer ball That question motivated a study of the brains of experienced players．
Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York selected 34 adults ， men and women． All of the volunteers had played soccer since childhood and now competed year﹣round in adult soccer leagues． Each filled out a detailed questionnaire developed especially for this study to determine how many times they had headed a soccer ball in the previous year ， as well as whether they had experienced any known concussions in the past．
Then the players completed computerized tests of their memory and other learning skills and had their brains scanned， using a complex new M．R．I． technique which can find structural changes in the brain that can 't be seen during most scans．
According to the data they presented ， the researchers found that the players who had headed the ball more than about 1 ， 100 times in the previous 12 months showed significant loss of white matter in parts of their brains involved with memory ， attention and the processing of visual information ， compared with players who had headed the ball less．
This pattern of white matter loss is " similar to those seen in traumatic brain injury" ，like that after a serious concussion， the researchers reported ，even though only one of these players was reported to have ever experienced a concussion．
The players who had headed the ball about 1 ， 100 times or more in the past year were also generally worse at remembering lists of words read to them ， forgetting the words far more often than players who had headed the ball less．
【1】What type of writing is the texts ．
A. A medicine guide．
B. A book review．
C. A research report．
D. A sports advertisement．
【2】What do we know about the volunteers ．
A. They had serious injury on the head．
B. They were adults who still played soccer．
C. They were all researchers about soccer．
D. They all had children who played soccer．
【3】What was used to find the structural changes in the brains ．
A. Advanced computers．
B. A new technique M．R．I．
C. Special questionnaires．
D. Learning skills．
【4】We can infer from the passage that ．
A. heading the ball is so harmful that it should be banned
B. heading the ball has advantages and disvantages as well
C. players heading the ball more than 1 ，100 times may suffer poor eyesight
D. heading the ball may influence the functioning of player's brain
23、 The hemlock(铁杉) trees along the Wappinger Creek, New York, look healthy. However, scientist Gary Lovett says the white balls which provide protection for the bugs are created by a tiny insect. It’s hard to believe the tiny bug could kill a tree. However, trees can end up with millions and millions of the pests. When there are that many, it ends up killing the tree.
The bug from East Asia is slowly killing trees across the USA. The trouble－making bug is just one of many invasive(入侵的) pests that have slipped into the United States. They can hurt other living things in their new home.
Many invasive pests arrive on wooden pallets piled inside shipping containers. They support and separate goods, and keep them from sliding around. Invasive pests often tunnel into the pallets. How can we stop pests from riding on pallets? Lovett says new rules are needed. The companies that make pallets don’t want more rules. Congress has added an amendment(修正案) in the 2018 Farm Bill to try and prevent this problem. However, Lovett is not hopeful it will make much of a difference. Pallets are checked by inspectors. Many are sprayed with bug－killing pesticide. “I believe in the system，” said Brent McClendon, president of The National Wooden Pallet and Container Association. He also said shipping containers are checked very carefully.
Still, each year 13 million containers are shipped to the U.S. Each is full of wooden pallets. Lovett says: “Inspectors can’t possibly check everything. All it takes are a few bad pallets; we should get rid of wooden pallets.” He believes pallets should be made of plastic or eco－composite wood. Eco－composite wood is a mix of wood fiber and plastic. Insects cannot hide into it. One problem is that these choices cost more. They may be worth the extra money, though. Invasive pests cost the U.S. $5 billion a year. Trees don’t just die in forests. They also die in cities and our yards. Then, they need to be replaced. That costs money, too.
【1】All the statements are TRUE except that ________.
A. pesticide has been applied to bug－killing
B. invasive pests are native to Wappinger Creek
C. invasive pests hide in pallets used in shipping
D. the companies making pallets don’t want more rules
【2】What can we infer from the passage?
A. Bugs can be easily spotted by eyes.
B. Bugs ruin the shipping goods slowly.
C. Bugs won’t bother the tree if just in few numbers.
D. Bugs cover trees with white soft balls for protection.
【3】Why does Gary Lovett want to get rid of wooden pallets?
A. Because insects mostly die in them.
B. Because plastic pallets are eco－friendly.
C. Because they are not worth extra money.
D. Because they are the major pest carriers.
【4】What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. Invasive pests are harming plants in the USA.
B. Effective measures have stopped the pest invasion.
C. Congress contributes a lot to dealing with invasive pests.
D. Ecosystem in the USA is poorly damaged by invasive woods.
24、It’s OK to say you’ve never heard of grime—unless you’re from the UK. That’s because this music was invented in the UK in the early 2000s.
To someone who’s not familiar with underground music culture, it’s easy to get confused between hip-hop and grime since they are both noisy. And many people didn’t bother to tell them apart, until earlier this month when grime stars like Stormzy and J Hus led this year’s Mobo— “music of black origin”—award nominations (提名) in the UK.
Just like UK electronic music and hip-hop, from which grime drew influence, it mostly reflects the thoughts of young people. But different from hip-hop, grime singers sing in dialects with strong accents, giving a special flavor to their songs.
Lady Leshurr, known as the "Grime Queen said that she once tried to hide her accent, as she didn’t want people to judge her. But one day, she realized that she didn’t need to change herself just to please others. And there’s no doubt that this is the most basic and important quality of grime music: be yourself.
Also different from the hip-hop culture, which usually focuses on being rich, grime singers pay more attention to social phenomena (现象) like the European refugee (难民) problem and the gap between the rich and poor.
Although still quite young, grime seems to be getting favored by more and more people. In 2016, the English grime artist Skepta won the Mercury Prize with his album Konnichiwa, beating big names like David Bowie and Radiohead. However, no matter whether grime is one day accepted by the mainstream music world or not, one thing is for sure: in grime, singers always stay true to themselves.
【1】What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A. Electronic music. B. Hip-hop.
C. Grime music. D. Black music.
【2】What can be learned about grime singers?
A. They care too much about themselves.
B. They refuse to be judged by others.
C. They tend to take social responsibility.
D. They show strong independence qualities.
【3】What does Skepta’s success suggest?
A. Grime is gradually getting recognized.
B. Singers should try to be themselves.
C. Grime has become mainstream music.
D. It is easy to win the Mercury Prize.
25、Falling off a box car and landing on my head, I lost my sight when I was four years old. Now I am thirty-two. I can _________ remember the brightness of sunshine. It would be wonderful to see again, _________a tragedy can do strange things to people.
It _________ to me that I might not have come to love life as I do now if I hadn’t been blind. My parents and my teacher saw something _________ me , and they made me want to __________ against blindness.
The hardest _________ I had to learn was to believe in myself. If I hadn’t been able to do that, I would have ________ down and become a chair rocker for the rest of my life. When I say _________in myself I am not talking about _________ the kind of self-confidence that _________ me down an unfamiliar staircase （楼梯）alone. But I mean something bigger than that : an assurance that I am a real positive person _________ imperfections.
It took me years to obtain this ________ . It had to start with the ________ . Once a man gave me an indoor _________ . “ I can’t use this.” I said. “ Take it with you,” he ________ me , “ and roll it around.” The _________ stuck in my head. “ Roll it around !” By rolling the ball I could hear where it went. This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought _________ . At the School for the Blind I ________ a new kind of baseball called ground ball. All my life I have set a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time. I had to learn my _________ . I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made _________ .
【1】A. randomly B. abruptly C. roughly D. completely
【2】A. so B. but C. thus D. and
【3】A. occurred B. referred C. brought D. turned
【4】A. of B. for C. to D. in
【5】A. get B. fight C. find D. drop
【6】A. method B. experience C. lesson D. manner
【7】A. broken B. put C. settled D. lay
【8】A. courage B. ambition C. belief D. power
【9】A. firmly B. simply C. fairly D. slightly
【10】A. stops B. helps C. finds D. gives
【11】A. despite B. besides C. without D. unlike
【12】A. description B. existence C. intelligence D. recognition
【13】A. intelligence B. incident C. trouble D. determination
【14】A. chair B. baseball C. game D. design
【15】A. urged B. blamed C. greeted D. teased
【16】A. goals B. words C. baseballs D. ideas
【17】A. valuable B. reasonable C. impossible D. unbearable
【18】A. discovered B. equipped C. formed D. invented
【19】A. limitations B. advantages C. puzzles D. personalities
【20】A. sense B. progress C. mistakes D. friends
26、假定你是李华，你校拟选拔一批志愿者，利用寒假到世界外国语学校(World Foreign Language School)给外国小朋友辅导汉语。你希望参加此活动。请根据以下提示，用英语给校评选组写一封申请信。内容包括：
1.对此活动的理解
2.个人优点
3.你的打算
注意：
1.词数100左右，开头与结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
2,可适当加入细节，以使内容充实、行文连贯。
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am Li Hua and I'm writing to apply for the volunteer work you are organizing.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Looking forward to your reply.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua