1、Due to the frequent school shootings, the only way the president could imagine ________ such tragedies was to ban guns across the US.
A. preventing B. prevented C. to prevent D. having prevented
2、In ________ of our motherland, a large number of people lost their lives.
A．defend
B．defends
C．defence
D．defending
3、-Do you still want to become a professional footballer?
-That ambition has never died. I'm still as__________ and determined to make it.
A.elegant B.embarrassed C.explicit D.enthusiastic
4、I could just see a car in the distance, but I couldn't _____what colour it was.
A.make out B.look to C.look out D.take in
5、—Has your father finished writing his report yet?
—I don’t know, but he _________ it this morning.
A.wrote
B.has written
C.had written
D.was writing
6、The rabbit ran far too fast.划线部分为______短语
A．名词
B．动词
C．形容词
D．副词
7、The young couple decided to ________ two homeless boys though they had three of their own.
A．adapt
B．bring
C．receive
D．adopt
8、The lack of self-interest and promotion kept Cunningham ________ on his craft, ________ him to capture New York’s unique street style.
A．focused, to enable
B．focused, enabling
C．focusing, enabled
D．to focus, enabling
9、Mr Smith ______ a book, which will probably be completed next month.
A．writes
B．has written
C．will be writing
D．has been writing
10、We don’t doubt _____ he will succeed in the research work.
A. that B. whether
C. how D. what
11、More and more people prefer jogging in the morning, _______ benefits for health arise from the air rich in oxygen.
A. which B. that C. whose D. who
12、Considerable evidence has been found over the years ________lack of exercise is connected with increased risk of cancer.
A.whether B.that
C.why D.how
13、.Mr Smith, _______ of the ________ speech, started to read a novel.
A．tired; boring
B．tiring; bored
C．tired; bored
D．tiring; boring
14、Russia’s navy said it _______ a warship to Somalia’s coast and would conduct regular anti-piracy patrols (反海盗巡逻) in the area.
A．sent
B．had sent
C．will send
D．have sent
15、Most of the educators are ________ providing more freedom to the teenagers, believing that it may make them more creative and independent.
A. in charge of B. in search of
C. in favor of D. in place of
16、 Don’t become addicted to online games, ______about what is more important.
A. forgot B. to forget C. forgetting D. having forgotten
17、You ______ worry about me. I’ve decided to join a local health club.
A. mustn’t B. can’t C. needn’t D. daren’t
18、Working on this paper is my first step towards becoming a journalist, so this has been ________ for me.
A．a success
B．succeed
C．success
D．is successful
19、Pick yourself up. Courage is doing _______ you are afraid to do.
A.whether B.which C.how D.what
20、Debbie and Simon looked up at the well-dressed lady when she ________ the office and she looked at ________.
A. arrived at... both them B. came into... both them
C. entered... them both D. went in... them both
21、It’s common to see a barista (咖啡师) create coffee art, but it’s a whole different ballgame doing the same thing with tea. Creating tea art in cups, or dian cha in Chinese, enhances the taste of tea. 【1】 The difference is that it is made of tea rather than milk.
Chinese tea culture started to enjoy popularity during the Tang Dynasty and flourished throughout the Song Dynasty. Different from the method of brewing (酿造) tea during the Tang period, in the Song Dynasty, the popular way of having tea was through dian cha. In the eyes of people of that time, good tea should be white and fine. 【2】
The process begins with hot water being poured over fine powdered tea creating a paste. Then more hot water is slowly added as the tea is constantly whisked by hand with a bamboo stick. The action of pouring hot water is called dian, hence the name dian cha. 【3】 It usually requires whisking the mixture between 180 and 200 times before the water and the tea are fully combined and the foam appears. Then, one can feel free to make artistic designs in the foam with the tea paste.
【4】 It takes a year of practice, through trial and error, for one to achieve such proficiency (熟练度). 【5】 To extend its life, it’s advisable to take a photo.
A．The key is to practice coordination between the wrist and the arm.
B．However, the pattern on tea foam will only last for up to an hour.
C．The patterns created on the tea foam are often poems, calligraphy and paintings.
D．The better the tea, the whiter it should be, and the longer the foam should last.
E．Usually, the whole process has to be completed within 10 minutes.
F．The ideal state is when the tea temperature is around 40°C, ready to be tasted.
G．It is similar to the foam o top of a cup of coffee.
22、In the mid-1950s, I was a somewhat bored early-adolescent male student who believed that doing any more than necessary was wasted effort. One day, this approach threw me into embarrassment.
In Mrs. Totten’s eighth-grade math class at Central Avenue School in Anderson, Indiana, we were learning to add and subtract decimals (小数).
Our teacher typically assigned daily homework, which would be recited in class the following day. On most days, our grades were based on our oral answer to homework questions.
Mrs. Totten usually walked up and down the rows of desks requesting answers from student after student in the order the questions had appeared on our homework sheets. She would start either at the front or the back of the classroom and work toward the other end.
Since I was seated near the middle of about 35 students, it was easy to figure out which questions I might have to answer. This particular time, I had completed my usual two or three problems according to my calculations.
What I failed to expect was that several students were absent, which threw off my estimate. As Mrs. Totten made her way from the beginning of the class, I desperately tried to determine which math problem I would get. I tried to work it out before she got to me, but I had brain freeze and couldn’t function.
When Mrs. Totten reached my desk, she asked what answer I’d got for problem No. 14. “I…I didn’t get anything,” I answered, and my face felt warm.
“Correct,” she said.
It turned out that the correct answer was zero.
What did I learn that day? First, always do all your homework. Second, in real life it isn’t always what you say but how you say it that matters. Third, I would never make it as a mathematician.
If I could choose one school day that taught me the most, it would be that one.
【1】Usually, Mrs. Totten asked her students to ________.
A．recite their homework together
B．grade their homework themselves
C．answer their homework questions orally
D．check the answers to their homework questions
【2】The author could work out which questions to answer since the teacher always ________.
A．asked questions in a regular way
B．walked up and down when asking questions
C．chose two or three questions for the students
D．requested her students to finish their usual questions
【3】The author failed to get the questions he had expected because ________.
A．the class didn’t begin as usual
B．several students didn’t come to school
C．he didn’t try hard to make his estimate
D．Mrs. Totten didn’t start from the back of the class
【4】Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A．An Unforgettable Teacher
B．A Future Mathematician
C．An Effective Approach
D．A Valuable Lesson
23、Have you ever forgotten items when trying to recall a shopping list? Or dialled the wrong phone number when attempting to memorise one? The brain mechanisms (机制) that cause us to draw a blank in such situations have now been identified.
Our working memory keeps small pieces of information that are readily accessible for planning, understanding and solving problems. But it will have “swap errors”. For example, if we are shown a red square and a blue circle, and are then asked what colour the circle was, we might say red.
To understand why we make such errors, Jeff Johnston at Columbia University and his colleagues recorded the brain activity of two monkeys because a monkey’s working memory is very similar to humans’.
The monkeys were shown two differently coloured squares, one above the other, for half a second. After a short delay, a black spot appeared in the same location as one of the squares, and then disappeared. The animals were trained to tell the colour of the square they were supposed to be remembering based on the location of the spot, by staring at the matching colour on a rotatable (可旋转的) wheel. When doing this for about 3 hours over multiple sessions, the monkeys performed the task correctly between 60 and 82 percent of the time, but occasionally made swap errors.
The research suggests that the brain responses linked to swap errors emerged before the animals decided which colour to report. They appeared to arise during “selection” when certain items stored in working memory are enhanced at the expense of others, rather than occurring as a result of them forgetting or a failure to correctly encode (编码) items in their working memory.
“Everyone assumed there were simpler explanations like failure to encode or forgetting, but this very cool study shows that working memory errors come from a previously unknown source,” says Earl Miller at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The team is planning further experiments to gain a better understanding of mechanisms behind swap errors.
【1】What is the function of working memory?
A．To identify the errors in understanding.
B．To reduce the occurrence of mind blanking.
C．To develop the way of distinguishing colours.
D．To store information ready for mental use.
【2】What were the monkeys tasked with in the research?
A．Correcting their errors over multiple sessions.
B．Playing a matching game on a rotatable wheel.
C．Reporting the colour of the square to memorize.
D．Figuring out the exact position of the black spot.
【3】What does the research suggest about swap errors?
A．They are unusual brain responses.
B．They show a tendency for forgetfulness.
C．They have an effect on working memory.
D．They are the outcome of memory selection.
【4】What is Earl Miller’s attitude towards the research findings?
A．Unclear.
B．Appreciative.
C．Objective.
D．Negative.
24、When my daughter Sara was in the fifth grade, she came to me with a problem. “Marcy hates me!” she cried “Because Kathy is my friend, too. She wants me to be her friend and nobody else’s. You talk to Marcy. You tell her that I want to be her friend, but I can have other friends, too!”
Oh! I looked at her for a few moments, wondering how I got into this mess (困境), when suddenly an idea came to me.
Picking up two baskets from the living room, I explained, “When everyone is born, he or she has a little basket. This little one here is yours. The big one is mine. As you grow，so does the basket. You can see your little basket is inside mine because when you were born, there were too many things you couldn’t do for yourself. I did everything you couldn’t do on your own.”
She nodded.
“Well, as you grew older and began to do some things on your own, I began placing a few more things in your basket. When you learned to tie your shoes, that went in your basket.”
She said softly, “I can tie my own shoes.”
“Right. As you grow older, there will be more and more things you must do on your own.” As I spoke, I gradually took her basket out of mine and handed it to her. “You will finally carry your own basket with things only you can do.”
She looked up at me and said, “I understand. There are some things that I have to do by myself because they are in my basket.”
【1】What did the author feel when she heard her daughter’s problem?
A．Angry.
B．Crazy.
C．Proud
D．Helpless.
【2】We can infer that Sara ________.
A．would talk to Marcy herself
B．wouldn’t make friends with Kathy
C．was too young to deal with anything
D．managed to persuade her mother to help her
【3】The baskets mentioned in the passage refer to ________.
A．gifts given by God when everyone is born
B．something that people use to keep vegetables
C．growing abilities as you grow up
D．friendship that needs repairing
【4】What was Sara’s problem?
A．She didn’t have a basket.
B．She didn’t want her own basket.
C．She couldn’t deal with her friendship.
D．Her mother was too hard on her.
25、I strongly believe that we can have a great influence on anyone we meet. Some acts that we think _________ can shape someone else’s future. The right words at just the right time could _________ change someone’s life.
Years ago, that was what happened to me. I was the only _________ child at Blue Creek Elementary School. From almost the first day there, the other kids _________ me mainly because of my hearing aid and the way I talked. And I also had _________ with most of my schoolwork.
When the other kids laughed at me, I was sure that I was a_________ person. I saw myself as a boy who wasn’t smart enough to_________ the class.
Mrs. Jordan, my 5th-grade teacher, _________ all of that with a simple three- word phrase.
One morning, she asked the _________ a question. I read her lips from my front-row seat and immediately raised my hand __________ I was sure I had the right answer. But when she called my name, I was __________. Here was an opportunity to impress the powerful teacher and__________ her I was worthy of her love. Maybe I would even impress my classmates a little. I didn’t want to blow it. __________ my fears, I took a deep __________ and answered Mrs. Jordan’s question.
I will never forget what__________ next. Mrs. Jordan enthusiastically slammed her right foot on the__________ and with sparkling eyes and a wide smile she__________. “THAT’S RIGHT STEPHEN!”
For the first time in my young life, I was a star. I__________ a little taller in my chair.
From that day forward, my grades and speech __________ greatly. My popularity among my peers increased. It was all because Mrs. Jordan believed in me and wasn’t afraid to __________ it.
【1】
A．hard
B．easy
C．great
D．small
【2】
A．suddenly
B．totally
C．quickly
D．simply
【3】
A．blind
B．lonely
C．deaf
D．short
【4】
A．made fun of
B．talked of
C．looked up to
D．heard of
【5】
A．skill
B．difficulty
C．relation
D．record
【6】
A．clever
B．natural
C．stupid
D．dirty
【7】
A．get along with
B．keep up with
C．put up with
D．come up with
【8】
A．proved
B．realized
C．defeated
D．changed
【9】
A．class
B．staff
C．boys
D．girls
【10】
A．although
B．until
C．because
D．before
【11】
A．calm
B．afraid
C．excited
D．brave
【12】
A．show
B．promise
C．inform
D．warn
【13】
A．Without
B．Besides
C．Despite
D．Except
【14】
A．dive
B．look
C．step
D．breath
【15】
A．happened
B．caused
C．disappeared
D．arrived
【16】
A．book
B．wall
C．desk
D．floor
【17】
A．asked
B．whispered
C．cried
D．answered
【18】
A．stood
B．grew
C．jumped
D．sat
【19】
A．benefited
B．improved
C．missed
D．recovered
【20】
A．express
B．accept
C．solve
D．challenge
26、天津市养宠物的家庭越来越多，对此，“天津中学生英语报”组织了一场讨论：城市内是否可以养宠物。请参考下图的各类信息，介绍讨论情况，并说明自己的观点和建议。
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