1、(2015·重庆) Like ancient sailors, birds can find their way__________ the sun and the stars.
A．used
B．having used
C．using
D．use
2、What we all know is that Max is hardworking，intelligent，and ________ honest.
A．in all
B．after all
C．at all
D．above all
3、The main reason ________ monarch butterflies are endangered is ________ lots of places ________ used to be home to them have been seriously destroyed.
A．why; because; where
B．that; because; where
C．why; that; that
D．why; that; where
4、Many a boy and (many a) girl ________ the same mistake.
A．is made B．are made
C．has made D．have made
5、You should________a personal account before you enter this system.
A．exchange
B．register
C．impress
D．design
6、— I’d like to buy the new style of computer here, would you please tell me something more about your product?
---_______________.
A. Thank you B. At your service
C. You are welcome D. It’s a pleasure
7、Whenever our friends come to see us, my parents will take them to the Shuihui Park and the Dinghui Temple, ______Rugao is famous in the country.
A. which B. that C. for which D. for that
8、The most energetic festival is______ that looks forward to the coming of spring.
A. / B. the one
C. the ones D. It
9、All the members decided to________ the money from the book sale to homeless people.
A．give away
B．give out
C．give off
D．give up
10、She is looking forward as much to his return as he himself to_______her.
A. have seen B. seeing
C. see D. seen
11、 In many parts of China, people _______ the custom of "biting the spring" on the first day of Start of Spring, with spring pancakes and spring rolls eaten.
A. remember B. perform C. observe D. support
12、Susan made _____clear to me that she wished to make a new life for herself.
A. that B. this C. it D. her
13、Mr. Smith stood up in defence of the 16-year-old boy, saying that he was not the one ________.
A．blamed
B．blaming
C．to blame
D．to be blamed
14、Were it not for the fact that he ______ his work, he ______ enjoying himself by the seaside.
A. completed; wouldn’t have been B. had completed; wouldn’t have been
C. has completed; wouldn’t be D. completes; wouldn’t be
15、The town's water comes from the ________hills.
A. surrounded B. surrounding
C. nearly D. neighbour
16、He behaved naturally ___________ nothing had happened to him.
A.even if B.only if C.as if D.not that
17、The garden’s construction is ______completion in spite of summer’s approaching.
A．apart from
B．regardless of
C．on account of
D．far from
18、Mary _______ going back to school for further study, but she hasn’t decided yet.
A.considered B.had considered
C.will consider D.has been considering
19、A man can fail many times, he is a real failure when he begins to blame someone else.
A. but B. or C. and D. so
20、The manager came over and asked the customer how____
A. did the quarrel came about
B.the quarrel had come about
C. had the quarrel come about
D. had the quarrel come about
21、How to Educate Yourself
Despite fears of automation (自动化) destroying jobs, history shows that new technology often ends up creating new jobs and opportunities. If you want to take advantage of these new jobs, you’ll need to be able to teach yourself new things.【1】 But the following process should get you off to a very good start.
Identify What You Want to Learn
The obvious first step is to pick a skill or subject. You probably have a vague idea in mind already, but you are encouraged to make it more specific. Let’s take learning piano as an example. 【2】 To play a few of your favorite songs? To play in a band with your friends? To become the next Carnegie Hall soloist? You can better track your learning progress by doing so.
Determine How You Learn Best
【3】 Before you dive into specific books or courses, you should do some self-reflection and determine your learning style. However, it’s not as simple as you thought. In reality, you probably learn well in multiple ways, and the best approach will also depend on the topic.
Start With the Right Learning Resources
If you’re totally new to a subject, you are recommended to read some existing learning resources to get started. Focus on resources that make few assumptions and are designed for absolute beginners. This way, you don’t miss fundamentals or develop bad habits. 【4】
Practice Attentively
When you practice attentively, you set a specific intention for your practice period and focus on only that. You’re also honest about your current performance, constantly asking how you can improve. 【5】 You could play the guitar absently for 10,000 hours but still be no closer to playing like Pat Metheney, a great guitarist. It requires attentive, focused practice.
A．Do you like playing the piano?
B．What exactly do you want to learn?
C．It takes frequent practice to make perfect.
D．Putting in the hours is necessary but not enough.
E．It’s difficult to give exact steps for self-education.
F．You can start finding resources once a learning goal is set.
G．And choose whatever learning resources work best for your style.
22、 The familiar yellow school bus is the largest system of mass transportation in the US and every school day transports roughly 25 million young people to school and home again after the school days end. Meanwhile it is the safest method for getting kids to and from school according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Admission. Children are 70 times more likely to arrive at school safely on the school bus than if they travel to school driving themselves or riding with friends.
These school buses meet more of the nation's motor vehicle safety standards than any other vehicles on the road. Also, several new technologies available today are making school buses even safer, such as video cameras on the inside and outside, GPS tracking and crash lessening systems. Another safety tool on school buses is high seat backs, closely-spaced seats and energy-absorbing seats.
But even the security of school buses would not completely sum up why children are safer when riding the big yellow bus. The bus is only as safe as the professional men and women who drive them. All drivers must be equipped with a Class B or C Commercial Driver's License. They are randomly （随机地）tested for alcohol and drugs, usually have their driving record checked and are given the same review of criminal history as teachers and other employees who have contact with students. In order to serve as a school bus driver, most applicants are required to successfully complete a training course, along with instructions in the classroom and behind the wheel.
School buses are safe for the environment, not only because each bus takes the place of 36 passenger cars that would, but for the buses, be on the road taking and picking up school children. Apart from that, school buses use renewable green fuels（燃料） like natural gas, and electric power.
Todd Monteferrario, president of the National School Transportation Association, said parents should remember that the safest and smartest choice is to put their children on the big yellow bus when they can.
【1】What can we learn from paragraph 1?
A.More school buses are needed to transport kids.
B.The majority of American citizens use the bus.
C.The yellow school buses are popular and safe.
D.All school children ride the school bus in the US.
【2】All contribute to the security of the yellow school bus EXCEPT ________.
A.the use of green fuels. B.the professional drivers.
C.the advanced equipment. D.the high safety standard.
【3】What is the writing purpose of the passage?
A.To persuade Americans to use the green public transport.
B.To tell us the reasons why the yellow school bus is secure.
C.To introduce us to the yellow school bus across the globe.
D.To encourage American parents to have their kids ride the bus.
23、After written art had to fight a tough battle for attraction during the first decade of social media, owing to a certain group of writers, it is now on a significant rise. How Instagram and Twitter have offered jumpstarts to careers of authors like Dean Cocozza sets a blueprint for thousands of ambitious writers.
Cocozza started writing lyrics for his music as a teenager. He immediately had to experience that translating art to social media is not as simple as posting whatever his pen put down.
“Anyone who uses the platform with an intent will quickly learn that you only have the glimpse of a moment to catch the viewer’s attention. So the work I shared shifted to be more to the point, often one-liners. Then stuff started to go viral.”
The success and demand for more poems resulted in his first book Zero Dark Thirty, which sold out quickly. Despite the book containing mostly short writings, even said one-liners, Cocozza emphasizes that he doesn’t write for social media. “It was a very personal project resulting from a certain period of time” in his life. There are much bigger things that he works on and plans to get involved in.
Dean Cocozza has brought back emotional depth. In-between monetized (货币化的) content, blatant (明目张胆的) advertising and “perfect lives”, social media holds a spot for a new generation of artists, including literature. Critical thinkers and authentic writers remind the app’s consumers of their emotional human nature. Art galleries and bookstores might have lost a big part of their audience to digital media — but the art itself will always find ways to survive.
【1】What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 1 refer to?
A．Written art.
B．A tough battle.
C．Social media.
D．A group of writers.
【2】What challenged Cocozza when he began to translate art to social media?
A．To earn a living.
B．To draw readers’ attention.
C．To protect his personal life.
D．To show emotional depth.
【3】What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A．Works with emotional depth are widely accepted on social media.
B．People with perfect lives like social media better.
C．Art galleries and bookstores will soon disappear.
D．Arts of emotion depth still hold value on social media.
【4】What’s the author’s attitude towards art in the future?
A．Positive.
B．Carefree.
C．Doubtful.
D．Disapproving.
24、 One way people are responding to food safety concerns is by growing their own food. However, not everyone lives on property with enough space for a private plot. One solution is community gardens, which have become popular worldwide, numbering 18,000 in North America alone. In addition to providing low-cost, delicious food, these public spaces offer cities a range of other benefits.
Community gardens are located in a town or city and tended by local residents. Often, the land is on a vacant lot owned by the city. The site is divided into manageable plots, which may be tended by individuals or by the garden's members collectively. Since the land is usually publicly owned, the cost for gardeners to lease it is minimal. In fact, New York City, which is home to more than 750 community gardens tended by more than 20,000 members, charges people just $1 a year to lease a plot. Other costs involve soil, tools, seeds, fencing, and so on. However, because they're shared by many people, individual gardeners pay very little.
A community garden can quickly pay off, in terms of delicious fruits and vegetables, in addition to beautiful flowers. Excess produce can be sold for a profit at farmers markets. But a garden's benefits don't stop there. They also beautify cities, foster strong relationships among residents, and lower an area's crime rate. Award-winning spaces like London's Culpeper Community Garden even attract tourists. Beautiful and affordable, community gardens are often described as oases in crowded cities.
【1】Community gardens are designed for those who ______.
A．are concerned about food safety.
B．live in a house with a private plot.
C．can’t afford to buy organic food.
D．don’t have their own property.
【2】New York City ______.
A．is owned by 20,000 individual gardeners.
B．charges residents a lot to lease tools and fencing.
C．contains more than 750 community gardens.
D．is tended by professional gardeners and local residents.
【3】What’s the benefit of community gardens?
A．People can enjoy safe and delicious vegetables and animal meat.
B．Residents are more familiar and related with each other.
C．The neighborhood is becoming safer but of lower taste.
D．People can make some profits from the visiting tourists.
【4】The underlined word “oases” is closest in meaning to ______.
A．cultural and art centers.
B．popular platforms for exchanges.
C．peaceful and safe lands.
D．commercial and prosperous places.
25、A honeymoon is supposed to be a chance for connection. However, for Clay and Acaimie, their honeymoon turned into a terrible ______.
One morning in July, Clay and Acaimie arrived at the base of Mount Liamuiga, the highest point on St. Kitts, ready for their first ______ as husband and wife for adventure.
Dressed in T-shirts and sneakers, the couple ______ their way up. It ______ them nearly three hours to reach the top of the mount, but the view made it all ______. The island of St. Kitts extended before them. They may have been tired and ______ — Clay's red scarf was all wet. When Clay saw a small road leading into the volcano’s ______, which was very ______, he decided to make an exploration. After just a few minutes of going down, she told her husband she’d wait on the rocks just off the road while he went ______. A few minutes later, she heard a crash. "Clay?" she called. ______. A few minutes later, she heard something weak that could have been a human voice. It was Clay, ______ help from deep within the crater. Acaimie held the rope tightly and began climbing down. Seeing he was bleeding badly, she was ______.
They were alone in the volcano without cell service. Without hesitation, Acaimie ______ her mind, and made a decision to ______ him out somehow. Acaimie lifted Clay ______ to his feet, but he had no balance and couldn’t support himself. Finally, they ______ to return to the top. As they made their way home, Acaimie couldn’t support him and ______ had the upper hand. His falling down made her more scared. Suddenly, “Hello!” Someone called out. “We’re here!” she yelled in darkness as two rescuers came into ______. Fortunately, he was ______.
Clay, here in a St. Kill- hospital, has recovered from most of his injuries. Clay was ______ at what his wife had done for him.
【1】
A．experiment
B．experience
C．arrangement
D．application
【2】
A．camp
B．march
C．climb
D．glance
【3】
A．made
B．chased
C．pushed
D．forced
【4】
A．cost
B．spared
C．spent
D．took
【5】
A．worthwhile
B．wonderful
C．pleasant
D．appealing
【6】
A．thirsty
B．hungry
C．shocked
D．sweaty
【7】
A．ash
B．rock
C．crater
D．valley
【8】
A．visual
B．inviting
C．splendid
D．exceptional
【9】
A．outing
B．sightseeing
C．exploring
D．riding
【10】
A．Silence
B．Whistle
C．Noise
D．Cry
【11】
A．caring for
B．applying for
C．turning for
D．calling for
【12】
A．embarrassed
B．scared
C．disgusted
D．considerate
【13】
A．cleared
B．lost
C．read
D．cured
【14】
A．drive
B．pick
C．try
D．drag
【15】
A．stupidly
B．graciously
C．shakily
D．eagerly
【16】
A．happened
B．meant
C．managed
D．failed
【17】
A．gravity
B．support
C．balance
D．strength
【18】
A．effort
B．sight
C．focus
D．life
【19】
A．healthy
B．safe
C．lucky
D．alive
【20】
A．afraid
B．amazed
C．confident
D．confused
26、Directions : Write an English composition in 120—150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
假如你是李华，现任你们学校的学生会主席。你将代表学生会起草一份倡议书，号召全校 同学行动起来，为环保运动做出自己的努力。同时，下周六学校将组织同学在全市进行环保宣传活动，现征召志愿者到校学生会报名。注意:(1)短文应包括以上所提供的主要信息，可适当 发挥; (2)词数:120—150; (3)倡议书格式以及开头已提供，不计人总词数；(4)参考词汇: recruit 征召(新人)。
Dear brothers and sisters，
As the annual Tree Planting Day is approaching, it once again reminds us of the environ-mental protection campaign.
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