1、Now I' ve got him in my_______,I can make him do anything I want.
A．power
B．energy
C．strength
D．right
2、Will they go ahead with their plans, even________ offending their important business partners?
A．as the result of
B．on behalf of
C．at the risk of
D．on the cost of
3、Your donation greatly appreciated and the money will be used to help the students from poor families.
A. has been B. is
C. was D. had been
4、So sudden ______ that the enemy had no time to escape．
A．did the attack B．the attack did
C．was the attack D．the attack was
5、The office is ______ that one, so we can have our meeting there.
A．six times bigger as B．six times big than
C．six times as bigger as D．six times as big as
6、—It’s great that some fast food restaurants plan to use drinking straws made of paper.
— . It will help protect the environment.
A．You got it
B．You name it
C．You can’t be serious
D．You can never tell it
7、Anyone be in a rough life time, whether he is “Bai Fumei” or “Gao Fushuai.”
A. must B. will
C. can D. should
8、When we asked for _______ , many young men came forth to the Olympic games.
A.accountants B.volunteers C.agents D.chefs
9、Apple’s Pixar Animation Studio was the first ________ that computer animation could be used ________ stories.
A．having shown…telling
B．to have shown…telling
C．having shown…to tell
D．to show…to tell
10、I’d fallen asleep, ________ I heard Dad’s phone ringing.
A．while
B．as
C．when
D．since
11、—Why were you late for class this morning?
—I stayed up ________________ late ________________ I overslept this morning.
A.so; that B.such; that C.too; to D.enough; to
12、— Did you enjoy yourself at the party?
—______!I’ve never been to a more exciting one before.
A. You bet B. That’s right
C. No problem D. Don’t mention it
13、Young people who report ________ in life and thus have developed a slack attitude towards life are called the generation of “lying flat”.
A．to feel sticking
B．feeling sticking
C．feeling stuck
D．to feel stuck
14、______ for the fire at Notre Dame de Paris, a church famous for its large collection of art treasures, I would be there for a visit this summer vacation.
A. Had it not been B. Should it not be
C. Were it not be D. If it had not been
15、Unlike the old model, which required one to visit a car rental agency to hire a car, all ________ one needs to do is to register as a member of a car-sharing club to unlock a car at a parking lot and drive to one’s destination.
A．that
B．what
C．which
D．when
16、—Look at those clouds!
—Don’t worry. ________it rains, we’ll still have a great time.
A．Even if
B．As though
C．In case
D．If only
17、With so many activities to participate in these days, we decided to ______ the scheduled meeting.
A．call off
B．take over
C．give out
D．put down
18、I felt left ____________ at the party because no one seemed to notice me.
A.alone B.behind C.for D.out
19、Archeologists have found out ______ many minor differences, all human beings share several defining characteristics, such as large brains and the ability to walk upright on two legs.
A．as if
B．despite
C．even if
D．however
20、By improving reading skills, you can read faster and understand more of ________you once thought impossible to understand.
A. that B. what
C. which D. whether
21、Guam is a beautiful, small island in the Pacific Ocean. You’ll find happy songbirds, clear blue water, and leafy forest there. But the small island has a big problem: snakes. There are about 2 million brown tree snakes living in Guam.
The snakes likely arrived in the 1940s. They probably slipped(滑行) unseen onto ships and planes heading to Guam. Once there, the snakes laid eggs. Snake families grew. The snakes have no natural enemies to eat them on Guam. Soon, the island was covered with these snakes.
The brown tree snake has had a devastating effect. The snakes eat birds. There used to be 12 kinds of birds on the island. But these snakes have killed off nine kinds of the birds. The snakes can grow to be 10 feet long. They often bite humans. They climb onto power lines and make the electricity go out. This causes millions of dollars in damage.
Scientists have tried many different ways to control the number of snakes. They have used snake traps and snake-sniffing dogs. Nothing seemed to work. Nothing, that is, until they found a surprising secret weapon: killer mice.
Scientists found out that there is one easy way to kill brown tree snakes. They could give them a medicine called Tylenol. People take Tylenol for headaches and other pains. Even a little bit of Tylenol can kill a brown tree snake.
But how would scientists get the tree snakes to eat Tylenol? They came up with a plan. First, the experts put the medicine into dead mice. Then they attached each mouse to a mini paper parachute(降落伞). Planes dropped the mice over Guam. The parachutes got caught in the trees. The mice became dinner for the snakes that live there.
Has it worked? So far, research shows that there are fewer snakes because of the mice. The worry is that it may be too late to clear the snakes, but Mr. Vice from Guam’s Department of Agriculture says this should not stop the islanders from trying. “Our long-term goal is to kill the snake off completely,” he says.
【1】What can we learn about the brown tree snakes?
A．They were shipped to Guam on purpose.
B．They were not native to Guam.
C．They were at risk in the 1940s.
D．They grew very slowly.
【2】What does the underlined word “devastating” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A．Magical.
B．Interesting.
C．Short-term.
D．Damaging.
【3】What was a more workable way to kill the brown tree snakes?
A．Using snake traps.
B．Putting Tylenol in the trees.
C．Bringing in their enemies.
D．Letting them eat Tylenol carried by mice.
【4】What does Mr. Vice think of solving this snake problem?
A．He is proud of it.
B．He is hopeful of it.
C．He is doubtful about it.
D．He is unconcerned about it.
22、Methane is one of the biggest drivers of global warming. About 95% of methane emissions from cattle come out of their mouths and noses. The common method to design cattle feed additive (饲料添加剂) helps in the reduction of methane gas in cattle’s stomachs. However, chemical additives may become a problem for animal life and also the products.
A British company has come up with a cow mask, which breaks down methane, a more harmful greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, into CO2, and water. The company, named Zelp, was founded by brothers Francisco and Patricio Norris, children of Argentine—based cattle keepers. According to the company, the mask is able to reduce up to 60 percent of methane emissions in cattle.
Unlike a human face mask, the cow mask doesn’t cover the mouth. It sits just over the nose, helping it to catch methane from breathing and burps (打嗝). A sensor (感应器) on the device detects what percentage of methane the cow breathes out. As the methane reaches a certain level, a chemical reaction turns it into carbon dioxide and water.
The mask also works as a smart device for cows. It monitors cattle location through a GPS chip, besides measuring feeding activity. Norris brothers believe that it will help cattle owners identify early symptoms of a disease and help reduce the cost of farms.
The device has successfully passed trials conducted in institutions in Argentina besides UK’s Royal Veterinary College. As global meat consumption is set to increase by 70 percent in the next 30 years according to FAO, so will the demand in cattle and dairy industries. Thus, the Norris brothers believe that their cow mask will be one step in the right direction in the fight against global warming.
【1】Why does Zelp develop the cow mask?
A．To help cattle eat safely.
B．To improve feed additives.
C．To cut the methane gas’ from cattle.
D．To quicken the cattle’s digestive process.
【2】What does the third paragraph mainly tell us about the cow mask?
A．How the mask works.
B．When the mask detects the gas.
C．Why the mask benefits the cow.
D．How the mask fits on the cow’s head.
【3】What is an added advantage of the device?
A．Giving cows a good appetite.
B．Tracking the cattle’s movements.
C．Curing the cows’ mild diseases.
D．Regulating the cattle’s feed intake.
【4】What is the Norris brothers’ attitude towards the future of their device?
A．Ambiguous.
B．Cautious.
C．Skeptical.
D．Optimistic.
23、My wife and I usually don’t keep houseplants. But after I was told I had cancer I wanted to be around some life. When my friend Mitch gave me a lucky bamboo plant in a bowl, we decided to place the plant next to the living room window across from the couch.
I told Hannah I wanted to care for the plant myself. When it didn’t immediately turn yellow or brown or lose all of its leaves, I was pleasantly surprised. Tending to the plant gave me a sense of achievement at a time when I sometimes felt useless. As a physician, I was used to being the one who provided care, not the one who received it. Watering the plant taught me I could still be a caregiver.
Over the next few months, I recovered from surgery and completed the first round of chemotherapy (化疗). Even after I returned to work, I continued to care for the plant. Soon, it had nearly doubled in height and its leaves were shiny and lush. Both the tree and I were thriving.
Then, mysteriously, it began to show signs of stress. No matter what I did, the leaves kept browning and dropping to the floor. I grew more and more frustrated and uneasy.
“I can’t even care for a simple plant!” I yelled. “I’m failing!” I couldn’t shake the feeling that the plant had become a symbol of my own health. I realized I had wrongly connected my careful nurturing of the plant — something over which I had at least some control — with my own survival — something over which I had no control.
When my tumor (肿瘤) returned, it would not be because of any failure on my part. As my anxiety decreased, I began to research how to heal the plant. After moving it under a sunny window, we both began to thrive again.
Whenever I look at the tree in its new pot, I think of Mitch and all the people who supported me. If the plant outlives me, I hope it will comfort Hannah and remind her that our large community will continue to nurture her after I am gone.
【1】How did the author feel about caring for the plant at first?
A．Bored.
B．Satisfied.
C．Confused.
D．Impatient.
【2】Why did the author grow anxious about the plant’s falling leaves?
A．He feared letting Mitch down.
B．He worried about losing it.
C．He didn’t want to feel useless.
D．He took it as a sign of his death.
【3】What does the underlined word “lush” in Para.3 mean?
A．Weak.
B．Clean.
C．Unique.
D．Thick.
【4】What’s the author’s purpose in writing the article?
A．To describe his love for lucky bamboos.
B．To share his experience of growing a plant.
C．To encourage people to keep houseplants.
D．To express appreciation for his friends.
24、One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible insect. He lay on his armor-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he looked.
“What’s happened to me?” he thought. It wasn’t a dream. His room, a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples lay spread out on the table—Samsa was a travelling salesman—and above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur scarf who sat upright, raising a heavy fur muff (暖手筒) that covered the whole of her lower arm towards the viewer.
Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. Drops of rain could be heard hitting the window, which made him feel quite sad. “How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all this nonsense,” he thought, but that was something he was unable to do because he was used to sleeping on his right, and in his present state couldn’t get into that position. However hard he threw himself onto his right, he always rolled back to where he was. He must have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he wouldn’t have to look at the floundering legs, and only stopped when he began to feel a mild, dull pain there that he had never felt before.
He thought, “What a heavy career it is that I’ve chosen! Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on top of that there’s the curse of travelling, worries about making train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or become friendly with them.” He felt a slight itch up on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back towards the headboard so that he could lift his head better; found where the itch was, and saw that it was covered with lots of little white spots which he didn’t know what to make of; and when he tried to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it quickly back because as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a cold tremble.
He slid back into his former position. “Getting up early all the time,” he thought, “it makes you stupid. You’ve got to get enough sleep. Other travelling salesmen live a life of luxury. For instance, whenever I go back to the guest house during the morning to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are always still sitting there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my boss; I’d get kicked out on the spot. But who knows, maybe that would be the best thing for me. If I didn’t have my parents to think about I’d have given in my notice a long time ago, I’d have gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him everything I would, let him know just what I feel. He’d fall right off his desk! And it’s a funny sort of business to be sitting up there at your desk, talking down at your inferiors from up there, especially when you have to go right up close because the boss is hard of hearing. Well, there’s still some hope; once I’ve got the money together to pay off my parents’ debt to him—another five or six years I suppose—that’s definitely what I’ll do. That’s when I’ll make the big change.
“First of all though, I’ve got to get up, my train leaves at five.”
【1】According to the passage, Gregor initially believes his transformation is a ________.
A．curse
B．disease
C．nightmare
D．fraud
【2】The author most likely includes a description of Gregor’s itch in paragraph 4 to ________.
A．remind the reader that Gregor has already turned into an insect
B．stress the disconnection between Gregor’s thoughts and his actual situation
C．present important details about what Gregor’s new body looks like
D．show that Gregor’s thoughts are focused on the changes to his body
【3】The passage most strongly suggests which of the following about Gregor’s attitude toward his profession?
A．He is angry.
B．He is eager to please.
C．He is depressed.
D．He is diligent.
【4】The main rhetorical (修辞的) effect of the final sentence of the excerpt （“First of all though, I’ve got to get up, my train leaves at five.”） is to ________.
A．provide a solution to the conflict Gregor faces
B．foretell the conflict between Gregor and his boss
C．illustrate Gregor’s flexibility and ability to move on
D．emphasize Gregor’s extreme sense of duty
25、Joao Carlos Martins is a famous pianist and conductor. However, his career has been ________ and his life has taken him in many different ________.
As a teenager Martins began to perform in concerts. But in his late twenties, he had to ________ after badly breaking his arm. It was really a terrible time. He couldn’t look at a piano or ________ listen to music. ________, he decided to become the manager of a boxer, who won the world championship later. This ________ Martins to take up the piano and practise much harder. Six years later, he gave his first concert at the Carnegie Hall, which was the most ________ moment of his life. He performed in concerts for years before he had to quit because of the unbearable ________ in his hands caused by too much ________.
Martins, in his forties, became a politician. However, he couldn’t stand this ________, so once again, he went back to the piano. All was going well until something unexpected ________ while leaving a concert. He ________ a serious brain injury and lost all the movement in his right hand. Again, with great ________ he played just with his left hand. Years later he lost the use of the left hand and ________ himself a conductor. Now, in his late seventies, Martins is still taking ________ to work and has conducted over a thousand concerts.
【1】
A．smooth
B．tough
C．flexible
D．interesting
【2】
A．cultures
B．forms
C．directions
D．levels
【3】
A．give up
B．set out
C．turn up
D．hold out
【4】
A．still
B．just
C．ever
D．even
【5】
A．Generally
B．Ultimately
C．Occasionally
D．Naturally
【6】
A．forced
B．promised
C．motivated
D．forbade
【7】
A．realistic
B．emotiona1
C．struggling
D．striking
【8】
A．pain
B．cuts
C．tension
D．sensitivities
【9】
A．conducting
B．playing
C．instruction
D．competition
【10】
A．career
B．popularity
C．condition
D．behavior
【11】
A．existed
B．remained
C．occurred
D．continued
【12】
A．found
B．suffered
C．cured
D．nursed
【13】
A．patience
B．care
C．pleasure
D．determination
【14】
A．fancied
B．considered
C．made
D．chose
【15】
A．measures
B．chances
C．courage
D．trouble
26、假定你是李华。你的英国朋友George对中国饮食文化很感兴趣，在来信中想请你就“如何学做中国菜”给出建议。请你用英语回信，要点如下：
1.询问近况；
2.提出建议；
3.表达祝愿。
注意：
1.词数100—120左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。