1、All the tables by the window _________ by telephone when I got to the restaurant.
A.are booked B.had been booked
C.were booked D.have been booked
2、In autumn, _________ the weather is often cool and fine, people living in the city always like climbing hills for outdoor activities to strengthen their health．
A．which B．where C．as D．when
3、While early literacy skills are important for a child’s growth, there are some ______ doubt whether we are forcing our kids to read too early.
A.whose B.which C.what D.who
4、Performances, ________ the public was admitted for free, were arranged fortnightly.
A.them B.in which C.to which D.when
5、After her nearly three-year detention (拘留) in Canada, Meng Wanzhou, a ________ woman, finally returned home and reunited with her family.
A．tough-minded
B．simple-hearted
C．bad-tempered
D．ill-mannered
6、The 2013 population investigation shows one in four people in Jiangsu will be over 65 and the number of over-85 people ________ by 2030．
A. have doubled B. will be doubled
C. will have doubled D. will double
7、The old woman can often buy things with lower price in his store because she is a customer.
A. steady B. popular C. particular D. regular
8、That multinational company is adopting an aggressive expanding strategy, and so far it has recruited ________ in the year of 2015 as they did two years ago.
A.three times as many new employees B.three times many new employees
C.three times as many as new employees D.three times more new employees than
9、—It`s a wise______ to wear the white tie. It matches your shirt well.
—Thank you very much.
A. mixture B. honour
C. agreement D. choice
10、Not only _______the Dubbing Talent Show held three weeks ago, but also _______ great admiration for the contestants’ marvellous performance.
A．did the students enjoy, the teachers had
B．the students enjoyed, did the teachers have
C．did the students enjoy, did the teachers have
D．the students enjoyed, the teachers had
11、---Hi, Mike! We’re going biking along the beach this weekend.
---_______．I love being bathed in the sunshine.
A． By all means B． Count me in
C． Go ahead D． With pleasure
12、---Look at the glasses on the desk．Are they David’s?
---They belong to him．I saw him go out with glasses just now．
A．might B．could C．mustn’t D．can’t
13、It is the first time that Chinese teachers ________ in schools across Britain to introduce Chinese-style maths lessons and teaching approaches.
A. taught B. teach
C. have taught D. had taught
14、I came across a good friend of mine on the square the other day, but we didn’t talk much because he ________ to catch the bus.
A. had rushed B. was rushing
C. would rush D. has been rushing
15、Your devotion to work all day doesn't________your neglect of your family.
A.confirm B.justify C.postpone D.advocate
16、My boyfriend and my best friend had a quarrel this significant occasion, and unfortunately I found myself caught .
A.in; between B.in; in between C.on; between D.on; in between
17、New evidence has ________ the first witness’s account.
A．conducted
B．contacted
C．considered
D．confirmed
18、Over the past five years, large amounts of rubbish, such as plastic bags, ________ by the volunteer team.
A．have been collected
B．was collected
C．has been collected
D．were collected
19、He took up the post of general manager, little knowing how this appointment ________ his life.
A．has changed
B．changed
C．would change
D．change
20、Dr. Hoffman insisted that the weight-loss pills _____ harmful and that they _____.
A.were; should not take B.be; are not taken
C.were; not be take D.are; are not taken
21、Jeni Stepanek’s home is an attractive four-bedroomed house. Had it been a one-roomed small house, however, Jeni would still have bought it. The only thing that mattered when she moved in four years ago was its location. It is near the 26-acre park in Rockville, near Washington, DC, created in honor of her son Mattie.
The park has play spaces, but at its heart is a memorial peace garden with a life-size statue of Mattie and his dog Micah. “Every day, I sit at my window and see mothers go over to the statue with their children,” says Jeni. “It is a terrible thing for a parent to bury a child, but I do see how Mattie has touched the world.”
Jeni is a mother who has experienced more sadness than most of us could imagine. All four of her children were born with a genetic disorder (遗传性疾病). The first three died before the age of four. Mattie survived until three weeks before his 14th birthday. In his short lifetime, he had sold more than two million copies of his poetry collections and given encouraging speeches to thousands of followers. His heroes—Oprah Winfrey, poet Maya Angelou, former US president Jimmy Carter became his best friends. At his funeral Carter said, “My wife and I have known kings, queens and presidents, but the most extraordinary person whom I have ever known is Mattie Stepanek.”
In the years after Mattie died, Jeni had been writing about his short but meaningful life. “I didn’t want my sadness to flow onto the pages and nor did I want people to think I was hanging on to Mattie’s coat tails. But I knew in the end I would tell the story because I was the only one who lived it with him,” she said. Jeni’s now published book Messenger is a celebration of Mattie’s achievements that were beyond his years.
【1】Why did Jeni buy the house?
A．Because of its attractive four bedrooms.
B．Because of its special location.
C．Because of its low price.
D．Because of its excellent conditions.
【2】What caused Mattie to pass away very young?
A．An accident.
B．A mental disease.
C．A natural disease.
D．A natural disaster.
【3】What’s Carter’s attitude to Mattie Stepanek?
A．Appreciative.
B．Pitiful.
C．Patient.
D．Indifferent.
【4】What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A．Jeni was still in deep sorrow.
B．Jeni wanted to be a writer.
C．Jeni continued her son’s writing work.
D．Jeni was proud of her son.
22、Bright Side did some research on many places throughout the world where you can buy a house for 1 dollar or for free!
Roubaix, France
If you like France, Roubaix located in the north of France is just for you. The local authorities want it to be populated and attractive. You can buy a small house in the industrial district for just $1. The buyer is supposed to live in this house for 3 years.
Buffalo. USA
Buffalo offers whoever qualifies to buy a house for $1. All you need is to be a lawful citizen of the city and invest amount of money into its decoration. Doing this, the authorities are hoping to make the city beautiful again without spending money.
Liverpool, Great Britain
In Liverpool, most of houses were abandoned (遗弃）by the working class during the years of unemployment. The government is trying to sell the houses for just $1. If you want to buy such a house, it has to be your first deal on buying property（房产）.
Candela, Italy
If you still have any doubts about spending $1 on a house, you should know: the government will pay you some money, if you move to Candela. In order to be paid, you need to become a permanent（永久的）citizen and have an income of $7500 per year. If moving alone, you will get $800, and if you are going with your family, the pay can be four times as much as only one person.
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【1】Why do the authorities of Buffalo provide a house for people with 1$?
A．To improve the lives of poor people.
B．To make the city attractive at no cost.
C．To solve the problems of employment.
D．To attract people to the industrial areas.
【2】What is required to buy a house for 1 dollar in Liverpool?
A．You need to be an unemployed citizen.
B．You should live in the house for 3 years.
C．It must be your first house purchase.
D．You have to repair and decorate the house.
【3】How much money can you get if moving to Candela with a whole family?
A．$3200
B．$9600
C．$800
D．$7500
23、Chris Thomas used to think of Facebook as just a platform to get in touch with his friends. He now believes the social networking service with saving his life. The 28-year-old was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy(肌肉萎缩症)nine years ago and has relied on a wheelchair ever since.
On July 15,2017, Thomas was getting ready for bed in his apartment, when a shelving(架子)fell onto his wheelchair and knocked him over, causing him to fall on the floor and hit the back of his head. After waking up from a few minutes of coma(昏迷)，he realized he couldn’t reach the string used to get the doorkeeper’s attention.
His phone was nearby and had the Facebook application conveniently open, so he posted a status update that immediately got his friends worried—even some he hadn’t spoken to in years. “It was amazing, friends from six different states who didn’t know each other were connecting with each other to get me help,” Thomas said. “Now that’s the power of social media! You have hundreds of people at your fingertips.
Eight minutes after the status went up, an old friend, Leah, got in contact with Thomas’ friend Brad, whose wife was in the neighborhood, and before you knew it there were 12 Facebook friends in his apartment, who took him to the hospital at once. They showed up to the rescue at the perfect time. Minutes before they arrived, Thomas thought he was going to have a panic attack, which he often suffers from because of his illness, but he’s doing better now.
“It felt good to know that my friends, even those I haven’t spoken to in the past, came to save me,” Thomas said. “They all came together. I would’ve never imagined it.”
【1】What did Chris Thomas do with Facebook in the past?
A. To sell his products online. B. To communicate with his friends.
C. To seek treatment for his illness. D. To offer help to others.
【2】What happened to Chris Thomas on July 15, 2017?
A. He became seriously ill. B. He was hit by a a shelving.
C. He fell off a shelving. D. He feel to the ground.
【3】When seeing the status update, Chris Tomas’ Facebook friends .
A. connected with each other to offer help B. came to his apartment at once
C. gave him some practical advice D. took him to hospital immediately
24、For his 86th birthday, Cheng Xiangwen enjoyed a corn-shaped cake his colleagues had prepared for him. “My birthday wish is to develop better corn varieties,” he says. After the celebration, he began another journey to Sanya, in South China’s Hainan Province, where he has worked most of his life. Cheng is a scientist in agriculture and spends most of his life studying and cultivating (栽培) corn. He visits Sanya in November every year and stays there for six months to cultivate corn.
Once, when he was conducting a field survey, a female farmer said to him in tears, “You graduated from college. Could you please find a way to increase the corn output here? If the yields (产量) are higher, our children will no longer suffer from hunger.” Since then, Cheng has made developing high-yield corn varieties his life’s mission.
In 1964, he came to Hainan, where it was warmer, and started his work there. He greatly shortened the cultivation period and created hybrid corn varieties for the first time. With these new varieties, farmers in Xunxian County saw their average corn output was more than 3,750 kg per hectare per year.
Despite the beautiful coastline, the environment where Cheng works used to be troubled by poverty and poor traffic. Locals once described the area as having a large number of rats, mosquitoes, and poisonous snakes. At that time, he did everything on his own. He lived in a local villager’s house and he frequently went to the mountains to chop firewood to cook. His hard work, however, has paid off. Now, authorities have approved 14 new, high-yield corn varieties Cheng helped develop.
Cheng is dedicated to developing high-yield corn varieties with stronger resistance and they are easier to harvest with machines. He still goes to the fields each day and observes and records the corn plants. “Cultivating seeds is like raising kids. Only by careful parenting can you become familiar with their strengths and weaknesses and help them to grow up healthily,” he says.
【1】What can we infer about Cheng according to paragraph 1?
A．He was born in Hainan Province.
B．He works in Sanya for less than half a year.
C．He rested for a long time after his birthday.
D．He wants to develop higher-yield corn varieties.
【2】In which paragraph can we know the cause of Cheng’s life’s mission?
A．Paragraph 1.
B．Paragraph 2.
C．Paragraph 3.
D．Paragraph 4.
【3】What kind of difficulty did Cheng meet with in Hainan?
A．Unbearable hot weather.
B．Building a house without help.
C．Living on poisonous creatures.
D．The terrible living conditions and surroundings.
【4】Which of the following can best describe Cheng?
A．Hard-working and determined.
B．Calm and caring.
C．Fair and sympathetic.
D．Kind and generous.
25、Recently, I had one unpleasant but lucky day. My morning began with a grouchy (坏脾气的) kid who couldn’t be_________whatever I tried to do for him. When I got in my car to take him to _________, I realized my gas tank was close to _________. To make matters worse, the traffic was unbearable. I felt _________.
After I filled up my tank and dropped the little one off to daycare, I headed to my favorite restaurant,_________ my favorite meal and went to the cashier. Then something _________ happened-my debit card (借记卡) was declined. How _________! I told the cashier that she must have run my card wrong and to _________ it again, but the screen read DECLINED again. My heart _________. People were ____________ me, and I didn’t know what to do next since I never carried ____________ with me.
I immediately ____________ my phone and called the bank number. Out of nowhere, this ____________ woman came up behind me, hugged me, and ____________ my lunch. I was so grateful and ____________ to her that I did have money when she ____________ me and said, “You can pay me back by paying it forward. Have a good day.”
I was ____________ because I’d never seen anyone do anything like this in real life, and someone just saved my day! My heart was full, and I couldn’t ____________ how someone who didn’t even know me could do such a thing for a ____________!
Right then and there, I told myself that I was going to pay it forward. I was going to create in my child a spirit of ____________, gratitude, and show him what paying it forward was all about.
【1】
A．moved
B．discouraged
C．satisfied
D．annoyed
【2】
A．school
B．daycare
C．hospital
D．town
【3】
A．new
B．full
C．huge
D．empty
【4】
A．terrible
B．scared
C．curious
D．ashamed
【5】
A．shared
B．prepared
C．ordered
D．showed
【6】
A．unrecognizable
B．uncertain
C．unknown
D．unexpected
【7】
A．embarrassing
B．interesting
C．boring
D．amusing
【8】
A．demand
B．adopt
C．try
D．purchase
【9】
A．opened
B．sank
C．slowed
D．hurt
【10】
A．waving at
B．calling at
C．shouting at
D．staring at
【11】
A．cash
B．cards
C．food
D．certificates
【12】
A．locked
B．grabbed
C．answered
D．connected
【13】
A．boring
B．amazing
C．unsurprising
D．charming
【14】
A．picked up
B．took away
C．put back
D．paid for
【15】
A．complained
B．apologized
C．explained
D．proved
【16】
A．followed
B．stopped
C．reached
D．checked
【17】
A．confused
B．astonished
C．concerned
D．determined
【18】
A．consider
B．decide
C．believe
D．accept
【19】
A．stranger
B．friend
C．neighbor
D．customer
【20】
A．bravery
B．patience
C．honesty
D．kindness
26、Directions: Write an English composition according to the instructions given below.
请以老师当众表扬你为话题，用下面所给的句子开头，续写一篇英语短文。
As a student, I can tell you that there is nothing better than being praised by my teacher before my classmates.
注意：1. 将所有句子写在答题卡上；
2. 续写词数不少于120个；
3. 不能使用真实姓名和学校名称。
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