1、I don’t like the way ________ you talk to your mother.
A．／
B．in that
C．which
D．of which
2、— Miss. Miller, this is Ruben Holmen calling again. You had said I should call this week to schedule an interview with you.
— ________, why don’t we say next Monday at 11:30 a.m.?
A. It depends B. All right then
C. How come D. With pleasure
3、— Do you have any rooms _______?
— Sorry, sir. They are fully booked.
A. possible B. available C. useful D. convenient
4、I think it would be better to _____________ money _____________ a shelter (收容所) for the homeless.
A.take ... from B.change ... into C.donate ... to D.refer ... to
5、We set off after dark ______ there three hours later.
A. and arrived B. is arrive
C. having arrived D. arriving
6、Human facial expressions differ from those of animals in the degree ______ they can be controlled.
A．on which
B．by which
C．to which
D．from which
7、—My computer doesn’t work!
—Robert is a computer expert. How I wish he______ with me.
A．came
B．had come
C．is coming
D．has come
8、__________ of danger in the street at night, the girl had to go home, with a friend _______ her.
A. Warned ; followed B. Warning; followed
C. Having warned; following D. Having been warned; following
9、The international organization _______ meets twice a year, holding a spring session in New York and a fall session in Beijing.
A. typically B. consistently
C. constantly D. literally
10、 A lot of exercise outdoors could _____ positive energy which helps you to reduce stress.
A. give in B. give off
C. give away D. give up
11、 ____ under the tree was a charming girl aged about seventeen and eighteen.
A. Sat B. Sitting
C. To sit D. Sit
12、He had a bad week. He lost his job, ________ , his car was stolen.
A. on top of that B. on top of it
C. and on top of which D. on top of which
13、He will ________ trust me ________.
A．not… any more
B．not… more
C．any more
D．did… any more
14、Tom is so lazy that it is the third time that he _____ late this week.
A. is coming B. comes
C. came D. has come
15、We found that the habitat of polar bears is disappearing ________ the ice at the North Pole is getting warm.
A．because
B．because of
C．for
D．for which
16、（题文）It was a matter of ________ would take the position.
A. who B. whoever
C. whom D. whomever
17、Currently, almost 50 percent of jobs, including journalism, ________ with technology that can operate automatically.
A．has been replacing
B．is being replaced
C．have been replacing
D．are being replaced
18、If Lucy_______ ill, she _______ absent from school yesterday.
A. were not; wouldn’t be
B. were not; wouldn’t have been
C. hadn’t been; wouldn’t be
D. hadn’t been; wouldn’t have been
19、It’s terrible to ________ news when the family’s letters don’t arrive!
A. pay for B. hunger for
C. stand for D. thank for
20、There is something wrong with my computer. I’ll have it ________.
A．repairing
B．to repair
C．repaired
D．to be repaired
21、The Secure Child
By Stanley Greenspan, M. D.
Publisher: Da Capo Press & Reprint Press
Print list price: £5.99
Kindle price: £ 2.99, save £3.00
In this book, Dr. Stanley Greenspan offers a set of guiding principles to help parents of children —from preschoolers to teenagers — so that they feel secure in their homes, their schools, and in the society at large.
Building Healthy Minds
By Stanley Greenspan, M. D. & Nancy Lewis
Publisher： Da Capo Press
Print list price： £ 7.99
Kindle price： £ 4. 49, save £ 3.50
The book applies Dr. Greenspan' s developmental theories to a child' s everyday life 一 with practical, delightful observations and advice. Every parent wants to raise a bright, happy, and moral child, but until Stanley Greenspan did much research on the building blocks of such qualities, no one could show parents how and when these qualities begin.
The Learning Tree
By Stanley Greenspan, M. D. & Nancy Thorndike Greenspan
Publisher： Da Capo Press
Print list price： £ 11.99
Kindle price: £ 7. 99, save £ 4.00
Using the metaphor（隐喻）of a tree, Dr. Stanley Greenspan explains that the roots represent how children take in the world through what they hear, see, smell, and touch. The trunk represents thinking skills through which children grow both academically and socially. The branches represent children's basic abilities to read, write, do math, and organize their work.
The Challenging Child
By Stanley Greenspan, M. D. & Jacqueline Salmon
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Print list price： £ 5.99
Kindle price： £ 4.24, save £ 1.75
Most children fall into five basic types that come from inborn physical characteristics: the sensitive child, the self-absorbed child, the defiant （反叛的）child, the inattentive child, and the aggressive child. Stanley Greenspan, M. D. is the first to show parents how to match their parenting to the challenges of their particular child.
【1】Which book saves most on its Kindle edition?
A．The Secure Child
B．Building Healthy Minds
C．The Learning Tree
D．The Challenging Child
【2】What common theme do the four books carry?
A．The types of children.
B．Children's learning abilities.
C．Advice on educating children.
D．Children's moral development.
【3】What can we know about Stanley Greenspan?
A．He wrote the four books on his own.
B．He’s the first to study children's types.
C．He has been working hard in Da Capo Press’
D．He based Building Healthy Minds on his study.
22、When Oscar Pistorius was convicted (证明有罪的)murder last month, the judge described the case as a “human tragedy of Shakespearean proportions”. The Paralympic athlete’s fall from grace made this comparison appropriate: overcoming severe disability to reach “Olympian heights”, falling in love with a beautiful model, and, in a coincidence that wouldn’t be out of place in one of the plays, taking her life on Valentine’s Day. Mr. Pistorius’s tragic flaw was that he was an excessive paranoia（偏执狂）, which showed itself in an enthusiasm for guns.
Mr. Pistorius’s case is, indeed, peculiarly Shakespearean. But Justice Eric Leach, who delivered the judgment, is but one of those who have turned to the playwright in times of legal need. In 2012, Britain’s High Court quoted “King Lear” in a trial regarding a “threatening” joke on Twitter — they eventually overturned a conviction on the grounds that social-media users “are free to speak not what they ought to say, but what they feel”. A choice snippet of “Hamlet” (“a little patch of ground that hath no profit in it but the name”) was quoted in a 2008 boundary dispute. “Henry VIII” was called forth by Senator Sam Ervin Jr during the Watergate hearings. The condemnation of Dzokhar Tsarnaev, involved in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, was sealed with lines from “Julius Caesar”: “the evil that men do lives after them; the good is often buried with their bones.”
Lawyers’ love of Shakespeare is appropriate given that more of his lines are devoted to discussing law than any other profession. Some think his knowledge of the law was so detailed that the “real” Shakespeare must have been a lawyer. A study by Scott Dodson and Ami Dodson published last year set out to discover “the most literary justice” of those currently sitting(开庭), and which authors were regularly turned to for quotable wisdom. The “most abundant citer and the widest read” was found to be Antonin Scalia, and — no surprise — William Shakespeare topped the list of the often-quoted, along with Lewis Carroll. Both Shakespeare and Carroll accumulated sixteen references from five justices. Other popular authors among the bench were George Orwell, Charles Dickens, Aldous Huxley and Aesop.
The words of Shakespeare are likely to be sounded around courtrooms for decades to come as many universities — particularly in America and Britain — have included him in their law courses. Harvard Law School offers a seminar which focuses entirely on “justice and morality in the plays of Shakespeare”. King’s College London’s “Shakespeare and the Law” model is co-taught by the Literature and Law faculties, and explores “the role of the law in mediating the place of the individual within society”. There are sensible reasons behind this; the University of Southampton, in line with recent studies, states that it offers the opportunity to study law through a literary prism of Shakespeare, Dickens, Kafka and others in order to “help law students to become more ethically sharp”. A study argues that reading literary fiction makes people show empathy, challenge prejudice, and be more flexible in their decision-making. A literary sensibility enables lawyers to present clear, structured opinions and briefs.
But what is it about the work of Shakespeare, in particular, that lends itself to legal quotation and reflection? After all, as Robert Peterson pointed out in “The Bard and the Bench”, all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays have been quoted by American courts, in over 800 judicial opinions. One answer lies in the fact that Shakespeare’s status embodies high culture; quoting him seeks to invest the judgment with credibility and induce a sense of history. Mr. Peterson notes that this can “drive decisions in authentic ways”. Another option is Shakespeare’s universality — everyone has either read, or claims to have read, plays like “Hamlet”. His works have become globally shared; the term “Shakespearean tragedy” induces a rise-and-fall story even if the listener is not familiar with the works themselves. The horrifying details of Mr. Pistorius’s actions on that night, placed in a familiar Shakespearean frame, helps members of the court, and the public, to make sense of the unnecessary bloodshed.
【1】Why is Oscar Pistorius mentioned in the first paragraph?
A. To introduce the topic of the passage.
B. To explain why he was announced guilty of murder.
C. To show the appropriateness of Shakespeare’s comparison.
D. To highlight how Shakespeare influenced his conviction.
【2】What can be inferred from the passage?
A. Studying law makes people more flexible in making right decisions.
B. The quotation from Shakespeare in court will keep up in the following decades.
C. The accusation against Twitter was overturned by Britain’s High Court in 2012.
D. It is a must for law students in America and Britain to take courses in Shakespeare’s play.
【3】Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word “embodies” in the last paragraph?
A. Creates. B. Shapes.
C. Promotes. D. Represents.
【4】The reason why Shakespeare is often quoted in court is that__________.
A. he is universally recognized as a productive playwright
B. the quotation from him adds credibility to the judgment
C. there are many professional legal terms in his works
D. Shakespearean tragedy is globally read by people
【5】How is the passage mainly developed?
A. By listing data. B. By presenting examples.
C. By analyzing phenomena. D. By making comparisons.
【6】Which of the following is the most suitable title for the passage?
A. Why Lawyers Love Shakespeare
B. Famous Quotations from Shakespeare
C. How Shakespeare Created Popular Works
D. The Most Influential Playwright in History
23、Tea drinking was common in China for nearly one thousand years before anyone in Europe had ever heard about tea. People in Britain were much slower in finding out what tea was like, mainly because tea was very expensive. It could not be bought in shops. People had it sent from Holland. And even those people who could afford it did so only because of curiosity. Some of them were not sure how to use it. They thought it was a vegetable and tried cooking the leaves. Then they served them mixed with butter and salt. They soon discovered their mistake but many people used to spread the used tea leaves on bread and give them to their children as sandwiches.
Tea remained very expensive in England until the ships of the East India Company began to bring it direct from China early in the seventeenth century. During the next few years so much tea came into the country that the price fell and many people could afford to buy it.
At the same time people on the Continent were becoming more and more fond of tea. Until then tea had been drunk without milk in it, but one day a French lady named Madame de Sevigne decided to see what tea tasted like when milk was added. She found it so pleasant that she would never again drink it without milk. Because she was so famous a lady that people liked to copy everything she did, they also drank their tea with milk in it. Slowly this habit spread until it reached England and today only very few Britons drink tea without milk.
At first, tea was usually drunk after dinner in the evening. No one ever thought of drinking tea in the afternoon until a duchess （公爵夫人） found that a cup of tea and a piece of cake at three or four o'clock stopped her getting “a sinking feeling” as she called it. She invited her friends to have this new meal with her and so, tea-time was born.
【1】The word “curiosity” in the first paragraph probably means ________.
A. 好奇 B. 臆测 C. 迷恋 D. 决心
【2】 Which of the following is true of tea-drinking in Britain?
A. The British people got expensive tea from India.
B. The habit of tea-drinking reached Britain from France.
C. The British people were much slower in getting the habit.
D. People in Britain began drinking tea one thousand years ago.
【3】 Some people cooked tea leaves because ______
A. most children liked to have them
B. they were very good vegetables
C. they didn’t know how to use them
D. sandwiches needed mixing with them
【4】 People in Britain like to drink tea with milk because of the influence of _______.
A. a famous French lady
B. people in Holland
C. the upper social class
D. the ancient Chinese
【5】This passage mainly discusses _______.
A. how tea-time was born in history
B. the history of tea-drinking in Britain
C. the habit of drinking tea with milk in it
D. differences about tea-drinking Europe
24、NOTICE
Lake Castle Administration
State of Georgia
Smoking Ban(禁令) in Public Places
Public Notice Number 328ROD47 Date- -July 20th
All individuals are informed that a legislation (法律) regarding(关于) “Ban of Smoking in Public Places” has been approved. Staring from 25th July the law will come into effect(生效、实施). Any person found including in smoking at any point of time, with any substance will be fined(罚款) a sum of 1,000 dollars.
No “First Warming”will be issued. This notice itself serves that purpose. Notice regarding this ban is being displayed in various TV channels, newspaper and radio stations.
Details of the Ban:
First Offence--$ 1 ,000 Fine
Second Offence-- $ 2 ,000 Fine
Third or more Offence-- $4,000 Fine
Fine is payable at Municipality Collection Centre of the State of Georgia.
H. M. Swinson,
Medical Heath Officer,
Georgia
【1】When will the new law go into operation?
A．Three days later.
B．Five days later.
C．A week later.
D．A month later.
【2】From the notice, we can know that ________.
A．special smoking places will be set up
B．Smokers breaking the law will be warned firstly
C．one will be fined $4.000 at most by law
D．more people will give up smoking
【3】Where should the fines be paid?
A．At Lake Castle Administration.
B．At Municipality Collection Centre.
C．At H. M. Swinon, Medical Health Officer.
D．At federal Government of Stare.
25、This Too shall pass
When my family moved to Ohio over the summer, I feared attending another new school and knowing no one because I was able to expect what was coming. I had bright red hair and enormous glasses. In addition, I was _________ and not very sociable.
Boarding the school bus that first day, I felt like all eyes on me. I could hear the words “She's huge!” Obviously, the kids on the bus had known each other well. I spent that first bus _________ in silence.
The following day was even worse. I did not notice that a few boys had tied a shoelace across the aisle and thus fell face first on the bus, dropping everything I was carrying. While I was embarrassingly gathering my supplies, I could hear the laughter, and then the comments “That felt like an earthquake!” Anyway, I _________ to find a seat. Looking out of the window, I _________ the tears welling up in my eyes.
It was then that I sank into myself. I began walking everywhere. I would wander through the woods behind our house. I would also walk to & church about two miles down the road, where I would chat silently with God. I began _________ the afternoon school bus on purpose, walking home instead. Then, _________, I started losing weight. And as I became content with myself, I began making friends.
One of my newly-found friends also _________ with her weight, wanting to be a “perfect” cheerleader. She lived near my neighborhood so we would meet and walk together. This became a daily activity with talking and laughing _________ the way-different from the lonely walks I had taken. My friend said that I didn't have to be perfect. I just had to be me, and be happy with myself.
While I would not want to _________ that time of loneliness, sadness and embarrassment, I am proud I made it through. Whenever I am struggling with any other problem in life, I always remember the proverb “This too shall pass.” If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't ____________ anywhere.
A．outgoing
B．overweight
C．intelligent
D．friendly
A．drive
B．lift
C．ride
D．travel
A．determined
B．attempted
C．pretended
D．managed
A．kept away
B．took back
C．put away
D．held back
A．escaping
B．missing
C．delaying
D．stopping
A．uninterestingly
B．uncertainly
C．unfortunately
D．unexpectedly
A．struggled
B．competed
C．dealt
D．lived
A．along
B．across
C．by
D．in
A．relive
B．remind
C．relate
D．rethink
A．exist
B．stretch
C．lead
D．stay
26、You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. Write at least 250 words. Remember to use paragraphing and appropriate language.
Nowadays, many films are based on novels and comic books. It is hard to say if the viewers like it or not. Some examples of books that have been turned into films include the Harry Potter series, the Lord of the Rings, and the James Bond series. There are many more that you may know.
In your writing, discuss:
Is it better to read a story in a book or watch it in a film? Which do you prefer and why?
Include specific examples to illustrate your answer.
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