1、The ________ difference between Sam and me was the fact that I took life seriously.
A．artificial
B．logical
C．multiple
D．essential
2、‘Three months!’ Dad ____________, as my mother thrust a cup of sweet tea into my hands. ‘Well, that’s big of him, given she’s worked like a ruddy Trojan in that place for the last six years.’
A.betrayed B.exploded
C.swallowed D.assessed
3、Adil is playing _______ football on the playground while Rana is playing _______ violin.
A．the;the
B．/;/
C．The;/
D．/;the
4、Mark Twain, the father of American literature, was among the most ________ public figures in the United States when he died in 1910.
A．distinct
B．instinctive
C．distinguished
D．informative
5、If you're to succeed，__________to the job after finding the proper way to do it.
A.being devoted B.devoted
C.devoting D.be devoted
6、First impression are the most lasting,you never get _____ second chance to make ________ first impression.
A.a; the B.the; the C.a; a D.the;a
7、At the age of 14, Father had to leave school and start working. There would be no one to support the family _______ he not worked.
A. did B. has C. had D. was
8、The policeman asked ______ if they had seen the accident happen.
A.passer-by B.passers-by
C.passer-bys D.passers-bys
9、—Do you mean Mary is away for something else?
—_________. I haven’t seen her all the morning.
A．It’s my guess
B．It’s my pleasure
C．It’s not a big deal
D．It’s nothing serious
10、 ______ around the clock for two days，David managed to finish the report for the manager on schedule.
A. Working B. Worked
C. Having worked D. To work
11、Was it in 2008 ______ he was still at middle school _____ the boy became expert at computer?
A.that; where B.when; where C.that; when D.when; that
12、 19th CPC National Congress which is major event in the country was held on Oct. 18, 2017.
A. A; a B. The; the
C. The; a D. A; the
13、Now, the competition is too fierce in every field, and Mary never takes her daughter’s studies ______ granted _________she should lag behind others.
A．as; even though
B．for; as though
C．for; in case
D．as; for fear that
14、The shopkeeper did not want to sell for ______ he thought was not enough.
A. what B. which C. where D. how.
15、People were left ______ when they saw the flood water rising so fast.
A．in panic
B．in order
C．in sight
D．in need
16、— What should we avoid when we work out in summer?
— ______ when the temperature is over 32℃.
A. To run B. Running C. Having run D. To have run
17、Tom will succeed ______your property(财产) after your death, but I don’t think he is_____success．
A．in; / B．at; a
C．to; a D．from; a
18、Tom does speak Chinese well, but his reading and writing skills leave much ______.
A. to improve B. to be improved
C. being improved D. having improved
19、At last, the woman stopped crying. ________ she calmed down slowly.
A．In one word
B．In word
C．In other words
D．In her own word
20、 It’ll be another 50 years _________ China is expected to reach the level of a medium
developed country.
A. since B. before
C. that D. when
21、While beach vacations may be a great way to take your mind off work，lakes surrounded by mountains make for an even grander experience．If you are looking for some peace on your vacation，we have some recommendations for you in the Caucasus(高加索)．
Lake Sevan
Lake Sevan is situated in the central part of Armenia，in the Gegharkunik province．It is the largest lake in Armenia，located 6,200ft above sea level．Along the lake shore，there are various accommodations such as resorts and hotels with plenty of activities to partake in such as windsurfing，swimming and sunbathing．While there，do not forget to visit one of the famous cultural monuments，the Sevanavank Monastery，and it offers a great view of the lake as well．
Lake Paravani
Lake Paravani，located at 6,801ft above sea level，is in the south of Georgia，near the Javakheti plateau．At this level，altitude sickness can occur and it is a good idea to be prepared to adapt to it properly，or bring medication for altitude sickness．Being a volcanic lake makes for a more interesting experience．The lake is best known for fishing．Do not come home during the winter months when the lake freezes．
Lake Cildir
Lake Cildir is located in the Ardahan province，East Turkey，near the borders of Georgia and Armenia．It is the second largest freshwater lake of Eastern Turkey，and many tourists are not aware of this beautiful attraction．Lake Cildir is surrounded by mountains of the Caucasus．The lake freezes during late November．If the winter is not extremely cold，you can try some lake activities like ice skating and ice fishing．
Lake Van
Lake Van is the must visit of all lakes in this list．The largest lake in Turkey，Lake Van is located on the eastern shore of Turkey and is also the most accessible lake here．It’s situated at 5，380ft above sea level，and unique to lakes around the world，the water is high in salt content．
【1】If you want to visit some historic sites during your travel by a lake，you can go to_______ .
A. Lake Cildir B. Lake Parvani
C. Lake Sevan D. Lake Van
【2】What is special about Lake Van?
A. Its water is high in salt． B. It is a volcanic lake．
C. It is globally the largest lake． D. It is surrounded by mountains．
【3】What challenge are travelers most likely to face while visiting Lake Paravani?
A. Lack of medicine． B. Volcano eruptions．
C. Altitude sickness． D. Low temperature all the year．
【4】Which destinations would be attractive to a fishing lover?
A. Lake Sevan and Lake Paravani． B. Lake Pravani and Lake Cildir．
C. Lake Cildir and Lake Van． D. Lake Sevan and Lake Van．
22、The plot of the story of “The Million Pound Bank Note” centers on the impossibility of encashing (兑现) a high valued bank note by a common man. Within this story it is narrated (叙述) that only two such notes were ever issued and anyone who walks into a bank to cash that note will get himself in trouble. So, do such million pound bank notes really exist? Let’s do a bit of digging around for the purpose of satisfying the curiosity over this question.
Such high valued pound bank notes do exist, and they were usually used for transactions (交易) within banks. The Bank of England used “one million” and “hundred million” pound bank notes to keep parity (等价) with bank notes issued by Scottish and Northern Irish banks. These notes — the one million ones were called “giants” and came in A5 size and the hundred million ones were called “titans” having an A4 size — were more like IOU documents (legal forms that describe a loan between a lender and a borrower) and they were special issues from the Bank of England to meet the requirement of backing the value of everyday notes issued by banks in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Nine such one million pound notes were issued in connection with the Marshall Plan (the US’s post-war aid program to Western Europe), equal to the loan from the US after World War II (WWII) in 1948. After cancellation (取消), of these nine only seven were destroyed and two survived with private collectors. Such high valued notes are not usually found in the normal transactional scenes and it is believed that notes worth eight billion pounds were printed in these heavy denominations (面额) in total.
Mark Twain can create humor from narrations of unrealistic (不现实的) and often funny simple situations and “The Million Pound Bank Note” is a nice example of his storytelling abilities.
【1】Why does the author mention “The Million Pound Bank Note” in paragraph 1?
A．To bring up the topic.
B．To question the readers.
C．To retell the famous story.
D．To support the topic.
【2】What can we learn about “giants” and “titans”?
A．They were the same size.
B．They were sold at a discount.
C．They were issued by banks in Scotland.
D．They were mainly used within banks.
【3】What do we know about the nine 1948 one million pound notes?
A．Seven of them were destroyed in WWII.
B．Two of them became private collections.
C．All are worth eight billion pounds now.
D．All were used by the public at that time.
【4】What does the author want to do in the last paragraph?
A．To show Mark Twain’s humor.
B．To praise Mark Twain and his work.
C．To introduce “The Million Pound Bank Note”.
D．To uncover Mark Twain’s attitude towards society.
23、There are many apps out there that claim to help us organize our lives, but finding the really useful ones is not easy. Here are some great apps that get you on the way to start organizing your life.
1. My Fitness Pal
Whether you’re trying to lose weight or simply want to keep an eye on day-to-day food, My Fitness Pal is a must-have tool. In addition to giving you the calorie count of any meal you plug in, the free app will also give you its protein, fat and carbohydrates. It also allows you to input water intake, track your daily exercise and weight, and get a clear graph to visualize progress.
2. Microsoft To Do
People today are juggling(同时应付)more than ever before. Enter Microsoft To Do to make sure nothing slips through the cracks. Thanks to this free task management app, it’s extremely simple to create to-do lists and reminders. For example, flag an email, and it’ll then be automatically added to your to-do list. Or, highlight part of an email and the same thing will happen. No referring back and forth between multiple platforms to stay organized!
3. LastPass
Everything seems to require a password now, and the passwords required get more complicated, thus difficult to remember. LastPass is an app that stores all your passwords in one place. Actually this storage space is itself password-protected, which means you only need to remember one master password to access LastPass. LastPass works everywhere, even across browsers and operating systems.
The basic plan is free, but there are paid options that allow multiple users and more storage.
【1】What can My Fitness Pal help people do?
A．Know about their food intake.
B．Protect their eyes.
C．Learn to make clear graphs.
D．Do more body exercise.
【2】What will happen if you highlight part of an email?
A．It will slip through the cracks.
B．It will be in your to-do list.
C．It will be automatically sent.
D．It will be between multiple platforms.
【3】What do the three apps have in common?
A．They are totally free of charge.
B．They require much storage.
C．They are very easy to find.
D．They help people to be organized.
24、I’m rather good at using maps. But I forgot the maps and here we were, late afternoon, last day of vacation, my daughter, my cousin and I, driving along a two-lane highway in Oregon. No other car in sight, and the sun had just gone down. Where was that sweet little village?
It was supposed to be right along this river. We drove on, farther into the unknown, river always at left as our guide. We kept passing farms and fields and now a few lights were coming out. In my head, I was doing a lot of self-criticisms: Why didn't we start earlier, bring the map and on and on? My cousin and I were both impatient and stressed. My daughter, at least, was happy in the back seat, text messaging a friend. I pulled up on the shoulder of the road to think.
Just then－WOW! Amazing! A new scene had appeared. Where did it come from?
Right there, out of nowhere: a magical misty landscape. Fields stretched in silent purples, with rows of tall trees, darkening in the dusk (黄昏). I turned the car engine off. All was silent in the hot summer air. Beside us, a plum-colored river hardly moved between a border of trees, its dark lazy water reflecting the last light of day.
How breathtaking! Where had it been? If I had seen even a bit of this beauty while driving along, I could have stopped and taken a look. I had missed it all.
We miss a lot, almost everything, in fact, in our world. Our task-focused filters (过滤器) take care of that, selecting only what we need. We need to get to work. Have some lunch. We see what we need to see, often for purposes of survival. Gregory Bateson, speaking of beauty, said the judgment is selection of a fact. In our daily lives, who or what is doing the selecting? Can we make a change? Can we see further?
【1】Which of the following might be the destination of the author’s driving?
A．Her own home.
B．A vacation spot.
C．A tourist centre.
D．Her cousin’s farm.
【2】What made the author keep blaming herself in the beginning?
A．That the vacation was below her expectations.
B．That she wasn’t as good at using maps as before.
C．That her cousin and daughter couldn’t get along.
D．That lack of full preparations got her to lose her way.
【3】The author felt really amazed because ___________.
A．her carelessness brought an unexpected pleasure
B．she discovered a tourist spot unknown to the public
C．she unintentionally reached what she had planned to
D．the right route to her destination came out of nowhere
【4】What does the story intend to tell us?
A．Stay cool when you are trapped in trouble.
B．Make a change for the purpose of survival.
C．Slow down your paces to enjoy beauty in life.
D．Be positive because there's always an alternative.
25、Cruz Genet, 11, and Anthony Skopick, 10, couldn’t agree. Were the birds out on the ice ducks or geese? There was only one way to find out. So on a chilly January evening, the two friends ventured (冒险) onto the _______ pond near their homes in Frankfort, Illinois, to get a better look. First they threw a rock onto the ice to _______ it. Cruz told NBC 5 Chicago. “Then we stepped on it.” _______ the ice would hold their weight, Anthony took a few steps. Then he crashed through the _______ frozen surface. “There was no sound, no crack.” he told NBC 5 Chicago. “I just fell through instantly.”
Cruz rushed to help his _______ friend. However, the pond _______ him too. Cruz managed to lift himself out of the extremely cold water and onto a more _______ section. He then _______ worked his way toward Anthony. But the ice didn’t hold, and he fell in again. This time, he couldn’t get out.
The boys were up to their necks in icy water and quickly losing feeling in their limbs. Any chance of their freeing themselves was _______. Cruz was sure he was going to die. Anthony’s older sister had seen the boys fall through the ice and started ________ for help.
John Lavin, a neighbor driving nearby on his way to the grocery store, heard her. He quickly ________. Seeing the boys, he ________ a nearby buoy (救生圈), kicked off his shoes, and ran into the water. Lavin made his way to Cruz and Anthony and pulled them back to land. They were taken to the hospital, where doctors discovered that their five-minute stay in the water had ________ their body temperature nearly ten degrees.
Fortunately, the boys have fully ________, though they are still a little amazed by their ________ neighbor.
“Just to think,” says Cruz, “if he were not there, I could have died.”
【1】
A．calm
B．frozen
C．bitter
D．tough
【2】
A．bury
B．test
C．spread
D．dig
【3】
A．Confused
B．Amazed
C．Convinced
D．Annoyed
【4】
A．seemingly
B．appropriately
C．alternatively
D．constantly
【5】
A．optimistic
B．hesitant
C．panicked
D．tolerant
【6】
A．shifted
B．swallowed
C．struck
D．swept
【7】
A．flat
B．smooth
C．rough
D．solid
【8】
A．cautiously
B．ultimately
C．passively
D．greedily
【9】
A．putting away
B．slipping away
C．taking away
D．breaking away
【10】
A．waving
B．jumping
C．screaming
D．running
【11】
A．pulled over
B．knocked over
C．took over
D．looked over
【12】
A．extended
B．grabbed
C．polished
D．covered
【13】
A．lowered
B．affected
C．monitored
D．examined
【14】
A．relieved
B．restricted
C．released
D．recovered
【15】
A．careless
B．worthless
C．helpless
D．fearless
26、假定你是李华，你的朋友Mike要来中国学习，想在就读的学校附近租房子。现在你已经为他找好了房子，请你给他回一封email，向他介绍该房子的情况。
内容包括：
1. 房子基本情况(位置、大小、设施及租金等)；
2. 房东要求。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Mike,
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Yours,
Li Hua