1、______ on mobile phones for storing information that people are unable to remember basic things.
A.Such is the dependence B.Such dependence does
C.So they are dependent D.So do they depend
2、________ energy is generated from natural resources—such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides and so on.
A. Recyclable B. Non-renewable
C. Rechargeable D. Renewable
3、With the changes in the world’s climate, dinosaurs died, but many smaller animals lived on. It was the of
the fittest.
A. survival B. distinction
C. existence D. appearance
4、I often the words I don’t know in the dictionary or on the Internet.
A. look up B. look after
C. look for D. look into
5、---Hello, is Mr. Smith in?
---Sorry, there is ______person ______ you referred to in my office.
A. such no; that B. such no; whom
C. no such; who D. no such; as
6、 there were only five soldiers left at the front,________they went on fighting.
A.Because;so B.If;and C.Though;but D.Though; /
7、An ancient temple _________ the Northern Qi Dynasty was destroyed in flames, _________ concerns about the effective protection of cultural relics.
A．dating back to; caused
B．dating from; causing
C．dated back to; causing
D．dated from; caused
8、Prime Minister David Cameron said,“…independence will not be a ______separation but a painful divorce". When the outcome is still up in the air, he made an emotional speech to ______Scottish voters to stay together.
A. trial; call on B. attempted; call for
C. temporary; call at D. experimental; call off
9、in the last few years,China ___ great achievements in environmental protection.
A.has made B.had made
C.was making D.is making
10、Tom showed musical talent at early age and began to play piano when he was 3 yeas old.
A. an; the B. /; /
C. an; a D. the; /
11、The Dragon Boat Festival ________ the beginning of the hottest season of the year.
A. is marking B. marks C. will mark D. marked
12、-What did he do in return for free ________ and food offered by the kind couple?
-He helped their son with his lessons.
A.conservation B.occupation C.accommodation D.immigration
13、It is quite ______ me what it feels like to be flying in the sky.
A．beyond
B．without
C．beside
D．across
14、The proposal ______ the computer room _______ be closed must be resisted.
A. which; be B. which; must be
C. that; be D. that; must be
15、______ to the sun for too long is highly likely to do harm to your eyes.
A．Exposed
B．Being exposed
C．Exposing
D．To be exposed
16、He’s very particular ___ the kitchen everything has to be perfectly clean and in its place.
A. about B. in
C. on D. of
17、_________ in 1636, Harvard is one of the most famous universities in the United States.
A．Being founded
B．It was founded
C．Founded
D．Having founded
18、On the bus I saw a student I believed was your brother.
A. who B. whom
C. which D. whoever
19、The railway station is no place for a child to be _______.
A.run after B.left alone C.set aside D.put back
20、______ from a real event, the Climbers tells the story of the first Chinese team to conquer Mount Everest in 1960.
A.Adapting B.To adapt C.Having adapted D.Adapted
21、Learning a second language can improve brain power, scientists believe. US researchers from Northwestern University say bilingualism(双语) is a form of brain training — a mental "work out" that adjusts the mind finely.
Speaking two languages well affects the brain and changes how the nervous system reacts to sound, lab tests showed. Experts say the experiment performed by the National Academy of Sciences provides "biological" evidence of this.
In an attempt to prove the guess that speaking two languages is good for one's mind, the team monitored how the brain of 48 healthy student volunteers reacted to different sounds. Twenty three of these volunteers were bilingual.
The scientists used special equipment to trace the pattern of brainwaves. Under quiet, laboratory conditions, the bilingual students responded in a similar way to the English-only-speaking students, who formed the control group. But the bilingual group were far superior at processing sounds even when there were a lot of people talking in the room. They were better able to focus on to the important information — the speaker's voice — and block out other distracting noises.
Prof Nina Kraus, who led the research, said: "The bilingual's better experience with sound results in a hearing system that is highly efficient, flexible and focused in its automatic sound processing, especially in challenging or novel listening conditions."
Co-author Viorica Marian said: "People do crossword puzzles and other activities to keep their minds sharp. But the advantages we've discovered in double language speakers come automatically simply from knowing and using two languages.'
Musicians appear to gain a similar benefit when rehearsing(彩排), say the researchers. According to some theories, being bilingual might help avoid dementia（痴呆）.
【1】What’s the purpose for the lab test led by Prof Nina Kraus?
A. To find how better the bilingual students can react to sound than other students.
B. Just to find scientific proof for a previous guess.
C. To show the students how good it is to learn a second language.
D. To find a way to prevent dementia.
【2】What does the underlined word “distracting” mean?
A. tiring B. exciting
C. interesting D. disturbing
【3】What does Viorica Marian seem to believe?
A. People should do crossword puzzles to keep their minds sharp.
B. Bilingual students have more advantages in study than non-bilingual ones.
C. Speaking two languages is an easier way for people to increase their brain power.
D. Bilingual students are better at solving crossword puzzles.
【4】What conclusion could be drawn from the passage?
A. Being bilingual strengthens brain power.
B. Speaking a second language can change your nervous system.
C. Bilingual musicians perform better on stage.
D. The English-only-speaking students can concentrate easily.
【5】 How was the bilingual group better at processing sounds?
A. They were the control group.
B. They could better fix their attention on something of importance.
C. They were able to find the speaker’s voice quickly.
D. They had better nervous system.
22、 Researchers have solved a long-standing mystery: why rocks on a flat lakebed in Death Valley National Park in California sometimes move. Racetrack Playa, the waterless lakebed, is named for the long trails (痕迹) that the rocks, some of which weigh hundreds of pounds, leave in the earth.
What was one of the world’s natural wonders now appears to be the perfect combination of rain, wind, ice and sun, scientists have found. Dr. Norris and James M. Norris, a cousin and co-author, actually saw the rocks moving in December when they went to check on the project.
For their study, they used special global positioning system tools, designed by James Norris, in rocks of various sizes brought from outside the park. They were not allowed to move or change anything of the existing playa (盐湖) stones.
No river flows into the playa, though rainwater sometimes fills part of it to a depth of a few inches. It’s when this happens, and the nights are below freezing and the days are fine, that the rocks may “sail”, the researchers said. On those occasions, the cold night air leaves a sheet (薄片) of ice only an eighth of an inch thick. Then the warmth of the sun causes the sheet to break up. As more ice melts (融化), some of these lesser sheets have room to move. Driven by light winds, the sheets push up against rocks. The wind drives the water, too, which also helps push the ice to some degree. The movement is slow, no more than about 15 feet a minute.
The movements are episodic — the conditions may be just right for a few minutes, and then the sun causes more ice to break and the movement stops. And once the water disappears, it may be years before the rocks move again, even if the playa floods again, because the right temperature and wind conditions may not occur.
【1】What do we know about Racetrack Playa?
A.It has flat rocks in the earth. B.It is covered by rocks.
C.It has some valleys. D.It is usually dry.
【2】What was the park’s attitude to using GPS in the lakebed’s stones?
A.It doubted the method. B.It was against doing so.
C.It felt it was worth a try. D.It thought it was useless.
【3】Why do the stones “sail” according to the Norrises?
A.They are moved by big floods.
B.They move just because of strong winds.
C.They are mainly pushed by wind-driven ice.
D.They move very slowly on smooth ice sheets.
【4】What does the underlined word “episodic” in the last paragraph probably mean?
A.Amazingly big. B.Extremely slow.
C.Happening sometimes. D.Going on without stopping.
23、Journalists are the major group of people who make their living from writing. Many young people who see themselves as future novelists choose journalism as a way of earning a living while developing their writing skills. Although writing for newspapers and writing for books require different qualities, the aspiration (志向) to be a great writer is not one to be discouraged in a would—be journalist.
Most people want their work to be recognized by others. This helps to give it value. Some people also want themselves to be recognized, so that they have status (地位) in the eyes of society. It is not a bad motive to wish to be famous, but this must never become your main reason for being a journalist. You will not be a good journalist if you care more for impressing your audience than for serving their needs.
Knowing the power of the printed or spoken word or image, some people enter journalism for the power it will give them to influence people. There is a strong belief that journalists control the mass media but the best journalists recognize their role as servants of the people. There is a difference between the desire to influence events for your own sake, and the desire to do it for other people. You should never use journalism for selfish ends, but you can use it to improve the life of other people.
Curiosity is a natural part of most people’ s characters and an important ingredient for any journalist. Lots of young men and women enter the profession with the desire to know more about the world without needing to specialize in limited fields of study. Most journalists tend to know a little bit about a lot of things, rather than a lot about one subject. Knowledge has many uses. It can simply help to make you a fuller and more interesting person. It can also give you power over people, especially people who do not have that particular knowledge. Always bear in mind that power can be used in a positive way to improve people’s lives.
【1】What can we know from the first paragraph?
A．Journalists are most likely to become great writers.
B．Writing for newspapers is similar to writing for novels.
C．Journalism can be used as a means to improve writing.
D．Most of the journalists make a living by writing books.
【2】Why do some people want themselves to be recognized?
A．To earn much wealth.
B．To get great power.
C．To gain high position.
D．To learn rich knowledge.
【3】What is most necessary for journalists according to Paragraph 4?
A．Having a wide range of knowledge.
B．Being specialized in a certain field.
C．Being good at making friends with others.
D．Being able to speak a foreign language well.
【4】What does the text mainly talk about?
A．The development of journalism.
B．The challenges journalists face now.
C．Why people choose a career in journalism.
D．How to become a qualified journalist.
24、When I was six, on my first day in an American classroom, my classmates and the teacher suddenly stood up, put their hands over their hearts, and started reading the Pledge of Allegiance(效忠誓言). It marked the beginning of a fascination with what I eventually learned to call culture.
That fascination deepened in college, where I majored in Russian and learned everything I could about the country. Then I won a chance to study community theater in Irkutsk. When you’re involved in a different culture, you start wondering everything about it. So I developed a habit of exploring them whenever in an unfamiliar situation. Culture offered the chance to see the world. Culture also, at least partially, led me to WWF.
Four years later, I moved to Alaska. WWF’s Alaska office was looking for someone who could speak Russian. They hired me. I’ve been with WWF ever since. As WWF’s Arctic and Bering Sea program officer, I connect the dots between polar bears, climate change and communities. I lead WWF’s efforts to help polar bears and other Arctic marine mammals coexist alongside people.
While I picked up some environmental knowledge when volunteering with a conservation group in Siberia, I learned loads about Arctic ecosystems and species, especially through translating. My ability to move between cultures has proved just as critical to my work at WWF as my technical expertise. The people who live and work in the Arctic represent many backgrounds and opinions—Alaska native communities, government agencies, activists, people with different nationalities. You can’t do conservation work here without recognizing the cultural barriers those differences can create.
I work with Alaska native communities in the remotest parts of the state to help them find solutions to human-polar bear conflict. But when I first go into a community, I never start by talking about “human-polar bear conflict”. Instead, I ask them what’s happening with polar bears in their village. And I listen. We can work together to find solutions. I also rely on Alaska native people to help me share those solutions with other Alaska native communities.
【1】Why did the author go to Irkutsk?
A．To learn Russian.
B．To learn community theater.
C．To help polar bears.
D．To join WWF.
【2】What is one of the author’s duties as a WWF’s officer?
A．To study Arctic ecosystems.
B．To set up wildlife reserves.
C．To collect money for Arctic animals.
D．To help people live in harmony with animals.
【3】What does paragraph 4 intend to show?
A．The benefits of volunteering.
B．How to get along with different people.
C．How to study environmental problems.
D．The importance of learning other cultures.
【4】Which is the author’s measure to help communities solve human-polar bear conflict?
A．Asking locals for situations first.
B．Living in the local communities.
C．Stressing the need to protect polar bears.
D．Talking about human-polar bear conflict directly.
25、 A homeless man rescued all the animals at a shelter after it caught on fire. Hamlin, the________of the W-Underdogs shelter, told CNN
Keith Walker, 53, a homeless man,________his life to save several cats and dogs________at an Atlanta animal shelter after it caught fire, the facility's founder said.
"I was nervous as hell. I was really________to go in there with all that smoke. But God put me ere to save those animals and I________into the shelter after a fire engulfed its kitchen." Walker told CNN. "If you love a dog, you can love anyone in the world. My dog is my best friend, and I wouldn't be here________him, so I knew I had to save all those other dogs."
_____the shelter was not completely destroyed, the fire left it uninhabitable, according to W-Underdogs founder Gracie Hamlin.
"He is my guardian angel," Hamlin told CNN. "Even the firefighters didn't want to________the dogs. They called animal control, but Keith was already in the building pulling out the cats and dogs until they were all________.”
Hamlin________knew Walker, who has been homeless since he was 13 years old, because she lets him________his dog, a pitbull named Bravo, at the shelter every night.
Walker was on his way to________Bravo and take him for a walk when he saw the fire. He was able to rescue all the animals-six dogs and ten cats.
"I can't thank him________for saving my animals," Hamlin said. "I'm still in________, because I've been around a fire and I know how fast it spreads. Homeless man as he is, Walker is my________.”
A．leader
B．founder
C．donator
D．sponsor
A．risked
B．gave
C．lost
D．put
A．tied
B．abandoned
C．trapped
D．restricted
A．thrilled
B．upset
C．annoyed
D．scared
A．walked
B．rushed
C．slid
D．squeezed
A．without
B．beyond
C．except
D．with
A．Before
B．Since
C．Until
D．While
A．spot
B．search
C．handle
D．touch
A．comfortable
B．secure
C．desperate
D．independent
A．previously
B．eventually
C．deliberately
D．fortunately
A．feed
B．protect
C．keep
D．train
A．put up
B．hold up
C．take up
D．pick up
A．enough
B．again
C．anyhow
D．once
A．peace
B．disbelief
C．relief
D．silence
A．friend
B．employee
C．assistant
D．hero
26、假定你是某中学学生李华，你校学生进行了“读一本好书”的活动，以鼓励每个学生都参与到阅读当中。现在请按以下要求完成一篇写作：
1.谈谈你对阅读的看法；
2.分享一本你最喜欢的著作并简要说明理由。
注意：1.词数100左右，开头已写好，不计入词数；
2.文中不得透漏个人姓名和班级。
We were assigned to get involved in the activity to read a good book in our summer holiday, which I think was greatly meaningful.
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