1、A major fire suddenly _______ at Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on Monday and later France television reported that the police were treating the incident as an accident.
A.worked out B.put out C.picked out D.broke out
2、________ the books where they were ________.
A. Lay, laying B. Lie, lying
C. Lay, lying D. Lie, laying
3、The Education Ministry proposed guidelines to decrease the amount of the homework given to students each day, _______ well above what they can endure.
A. whose burden B. their burden
C. for whom burden D. for whose burden
4、The professor tried his best to make the students__________what he was saying but he found it hard to make himself ___________.
A. understand; understand
B. understand; understood
C. understood; understood
D. understood; understand
5、We celebrate Mother’s Day________our mothers.
A.in favor of B.in case of C.in honor of D.in spite of
6、Tom hasn’t appeared for 10 days. So I promise his parents: “I'll report back, the moment I ________ him.”
A. located B. locate C. was locating D. will locate
7、Though the twin brothers _______ each other in appearance, they are quite different in characters.
A.evaluate B.distinguish C.appreciate D.resemble
8、_______ the global pollution, he recommended everybody _______ the environmental protection cause.
A．In terms of; be devoted to
B．As for; devoted to
C．Concerning; would be devoted to
D．Apart from; should devote to
9、Could you tell me__________________?
A．what was his name B．what is his name
C．what will his name D．what his name is
10、They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of ________would be considered a very poor family.
A．which
B．that
C．who
D．what
11、In a world still so many problems, it is essential for us to create a global community with a future of peace and prosperity.
A.faced； sharing B.facing； shared
C.facing； sharing D.faced； shared
12、--- Why not stay here a little longer?
--- _____, but I really have to go.
A. Never mind B. I’d love to
C. Pleased to meet you D. I can’t find any reason
13、––My car is making a really strange noise.
––You’d better get it ______ before you drive to Denver.
A. looking at B. looked at
C. to look at D. being looked at
14、These objects are "failed" stars—which means they are not massive enough to jump start the same kind of reactions_________ power stars such as the sun. Instead, brown dwarfs simply shrink and cool down.
A.whose B.which C.that D.as
15、A completely new situation will ______ when the examination system comes into existence.
A.rise B. arise C. arouse D. Raise
16、Quantities of food ________ the charity every year.
A.are subscribed to B.is subscribed to C.are subscribed D.subscribe to
17、—Cathy, did you attend the lecture given by Mr.Black last night?
—No． I ________ a report at the office．
A．was writing B．wrote
C．had written D．have been writing
18、John was dismissed last week because of his _______ attitude towards his job.
A.caring B.casual C.capable D.changeable
19、The activity hopes to give people ________ opinions are rarely heard the chance to tell their story.
A．their
B．whose
C．those
D．the
20、Pointing to the village at the foot of the mountain, Mr. Smith told us it was ______ he met his wife five years ago.
A．what
B．how
C．when
D．where
21、 Have you ever noticed that after about 6 months your perfectly new 1，000 dollar smartphone begins to slow down? What if I told you that it’s a sales strategy that pretty much all phone companies use to force people into buying new phones?
In late 2015，when Lisa Young was in charge of iOS security and beta software testing teams，her boss revealed a dark secret to her，saying that they were using a new strategy that would purposely slow down older phones every time the phone would upgrade to the latest opera ting system. This new method would force customers to buy the latest phone model，increasing sales by 70％.
She was a little disturbed to hear the news，but she just kept her head down and continued to do her job. After a while，the guilt of being involved with such a shady sales model started to weigh heavy on her. “How could a multi—billion dollar corporation continue to take advantage of the public like this?” she thought. In March of 2017，she contacted a reporter from CNN to finally leak the information concerning Apple slowing down phones.
The scandal(丑闻)went viral overnight，and every media outlet in the world，in every language was talking about it，making it one of the biggest controversies in consumer electronics history. A week later，she was secretly let go after her 8 years of service. Although she was taking a huge risk going against one of the most powerful corporations in the world，she felt a sense of relief exposing them. The public deserved to know and the fear became her motivation to find a way to destroy their shady sales model.
Several of her colleagues were fired with her. They quietly united，and after a year of extensive research they designed a unique product called Circa Charge that would reverse the negative effects of “software updates.” Phone companies have recently caught wind of their overnight success with CircaCharge and are trying to do everything they can to make this product illegal and ban it forever. Lisa and her team have ma de unbelievable progress in increasing battery life，battery health，and optimizing phone performance，and they will continue to develop new technology that will beat phone companies at their own game until they change their ways.
【1】What can we learn about the new method mentioned in paragraph 2?
A. It is essential in the 1atest operating system.
B. It benefits users in upgrading their old phone.
C. It fool s customers into buying the latest model on purpose.
D. It is a successful sales strategy for advertising new soft wares.
【2】What does the underlined phrase “kept her head down” in paragraph 3 refer to?
A. Lowered her head.
B. Nodded to show approval.
C. Pretended to know something.
D. Tried not to show she knows something.
【3】How did Lisa Young feel after leaking the secret?
A. Disturbed. B. Relieved. C. Frightened. D. Disappointed.
【4】From the passage，we know______________.
A. it's too tough for Lisa and her team to increase battery life
B. CircaCharge helps phone companies with software updates
C. Lisa struggles to force phone companies to change their current ways
D. phone companies find it essential to ban their illegal software for updating
22、 Our open-top tours enable you to fully appreciate vibrant （充满生机的）Brighton and its renowned seafront, its best shopping areas, and the top-class restaurants at Brighton. Discover the city across 15 stops located to get you to visit it all!
Places of interest
Brighton City Sightseeing Tour takes you to visit one of the south-coast's most popular resorts. This city offers many things to do and places to go, from the striking Royal Pavilion, Regency architecture, and Victorian aquariums, to the famous Brighton Pier, Sea Life Centre, and pebble beach.
Tours
Buy your 24h ticket online and hop on and off our comfortable double-deckers as much as you like, to get to know the city at your own pace . You can also buy a Tour Plus ticket which includes all day travel on the local Brighton & Hove buses.
The hop-on and hop-off tours start just west of Brighton Pier. Further information including a lull timetable and map of the route is available at www. city-sightseeing, com.
Accommodation
If you need to stay, Brighton & Hove has a wide variety of options to suit all tastes and budgets. There are guest houses and bed and breakfasts in Brighton & Hove. This is a bustling （热闹的）area of the city with independent restaurants, antique shops and a lively village atmosphere and just a stone's throw from the beach. Pub Entertainment
If you are looking for some entertainment to go with your drinks then there are plenty of options at pubs in Brighton. Mrs. Fitzherbert's regularly has live bands playing and the Ladies' Mile host swing & jazz nights. Above the Grand Central you'll find the Nightingale Room with a regular program of events including theatre and comedy.
【1】Where will you choose to visit if you are interested in ocean animal?
A.Royal Pavilion. B.Brighton Pier.
C.Regency architecture. D.Sea Life Centre.
【2】What is special about Brighton & Hove?
A.It used to be a village. B.It has many old shops.
C.It is very peaceful area. D.It is not far from the beach.
【3】What can visitors do in both Mrs. Fitzherbert's and the Ladies' Mile?
A.Having drinks. B.Watching comedies.
C.Performing with actors. D.Enjoying a live play.
23、Long-winded speech could be an early sign of Alzheimer's disease, according to research that suggests slight changes in speech style occur years before the more serious mental decline takes hold.
Speaking at the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Boston, Janet Cohen Sherman,clinical director of the Psychology Assessment Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, listed new findings that revealed distinctive language problems in people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
“Many of the studies so far have looked at changes in memory, but we also know changes occur in language”, she said.
Sherman cites studies of the vocabulary in Iris Murdoch's later works, which showed signs of Alzheimer’s years before her diagnosis. Another study, based on White House press conference transcripts, found striking changes in Ronald Reagan's speech over the course of his presidency, while George HW Bush, who was a similar age when president, showed no such decline.
“Ronald Reagan started to have a decline in the number of unique words with repetitions of statements over time,” said Sherman. “He started using more fillers, more empty phrases, like thing, or 'something' or things like ‘basically’ or ‘actually or well’.”
Sherman and her colleagues had initially set out to test the “regression hypothesis”, the idea that language is lost in a reverse direction to how it was acquired during childhood, with long and difficult vocabulary being the first thing to go.
The hypothesis turned out to be wrong, but the team did find that Alzheimer’s comes with characteristic language problems. In a study, the scientists compared the language abilities of 22 healthy young individuals, 24 healthy older individuals and 22 people with MCI.
When given an exercise in which they had to join up three words, for instance “pen”, “ink” and “paper”, the healthy volunteers typically joined the three in a simple sentence, while the MCI group gave more complex accounts of going to the shop and buying a pen.
“The sentences they produced were much longer, they had a hard time staying on point and I guess you could say they were much more roundabout in making their point understood, said Sherman. “ It was a very significant difference.”
The prospect of an effective treatment for Alzheimer’s has had knockbacks the past year as drugs have each been shown to make no difference to the rate of cognitive decline in trials. Between 2002 and 2012, 99.6% of drugs studies aimed at preventing, curing or improving Alzheimer’s symptoms were discontinued.
Some believe that these failures may be, in part, because by the time Alzheimer's is diagnosed, the disease has already caused irreparable damage to the brain, making it too late for treatment to help. “So we are trying to push the detection period back to the very slight, early changes in Alzheimer’s disease. “said Sherman.
【1】What did Janet Cohen Sherman and her team find in their research?
A．Mild cognitive impairment is caused by failing language abilities in most cases.
B．Memory decline is a major sign of Alzheimer’s and should be paid attention to.
C．People with Alzheimer’s may show a change in speech style at an early stage.
D．People can avoid MCI by making long-winded speech short and meaningful.
【2】According to the passage, Ronald Reagan ________.
A．made more powerful speeches than George HW Bush
B．relied on empty phrases to avoid any potential conflict
C．used more inaccurate words in speech over time when president
D．had a decline in the number of repetitions of statements in his later life
【3】What can be concluded from MCI group's performance in the word-joining exercise?
A．They had difficulty in making clear their meaning briefly.
B．They failed to tell the difference between different accounts.
C．They would like to ask their audience to guess what they meant.
D．They tended to think a lot before coming up with a suitable sentence.
【4】What can be inferred from the passage?
A．Most previous drugs are no longer on the market because of their side effects.
B．The findings of Sherman's research may lead to effective treatment of Alzheimer’s.
C．The”regression hypothesis”proved to be partially true,especially with MCI people.
D．Mental decline doesn’t always happen before people diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.
24、 Mignon McLaughlin tells us, “People are made of flesh and blood and a miracle (奇迹) fiber called courage.”
【1】 Physical courage is shown by acts of bravery where personal harm is risked to protect others or preserve cherished principles. It’s the kind of courage that wins medals and monuments. Moral courage may seem less grand but it is more important because it’s needed more often.
【2】 It is our inner voice that persuades and inspires us to meet our responsibilities and live up to our principles when doing so may cost us dearly.
Like a personal coach, moral courage pushes us to be our best selves. It urges us to get up when we’d rather stay in bed, go to work when we’d rather go fishing, tell the truth when a lie would make our life so much easier, keep a costly promise and put the interest of others above our own. 【3】 It provides us with the strength to cope with and overcome adversity and persevere when we want to quit or just rest.
At unexpected and unwelcome times, we all will be forced to deal with the loss of loved ones, personal illnesses and injuries, betrayed friendships, and personal failures. 【4】 However, without moral courage, they can rob us of the will and confidence to find new roads to happiness and fulfillment. Moral courage is essential not only for a virtuous life but a happy one. Without courage, our fears and failures confine us like a barbed wire fence.
The voice of moral courage is always there, but sometimes it is drowned out by the drumbeat of our fears and doubts. 【5】 The more we call on it and listen to it and trust it, the stronger it becomes.
A．Courage comes in two forms.
B．We need courage to admit our mistakes.
C．We need to learn to listen to the voice.
D．Moral courage is the engine of honesty.
E．These are the trials and pains of a normal life.
F．It takes moral courage to be honest.
G．It is also our critical companion during troubling times.
25、Almost everything was fantastic in the nature camp except for a girl, Elizabeth. When I saw her sitting alone in the hot sun at lunch, I asked her to eat with us under a _________ tree. However, Elizabeth refused my kind _________. When we invited her to play volleyball with us, Elizabeth _________ our invitation, too. After a few more unfriendly refusals like that, I decided to stay away from Elizabeth.
It _________ that we were going on a nature _________ and that our instructor paired everyone up with a partner. Guess who my partner turned out to be? It was Elizabeth!
“What do you like to do _________?” I asked, trying to make small _________ as we started out. “I like to walk in peace and quiet,” Elizabeth replied. So we had the quietest and most peaceful hike in the world _________ we saw a bird. “I think his wing is hurt. Poor little bird,” Elizabeth said _________. “He might be taking a rest over there,” I said. Elizabeth nodded. Then she whispered, “But what if he’s in __________, like my granddad?” “Your granddad?” I said. “He fell and broke his leg the day the camp started. He's __________ in hospital and is in so much pain,” Elizabeth explained. I noticed she was __________. “I’m sorry for what I have done. For some reason, whenever I get really sad, I act __________ and want to be alone,” she added.
“I get it,” I said. “I don’t always know how to __________ it when I'm feeling down, either.” “Thanks,” she said, wiping off her tears.
After that, Elizabeth seemed to get along well with us, and I think she actually __________ the last days of the camp.
Next time, if someone is unfriendly, give him a second chance. Maybe he’s going through a tough time.
【1】
A．tall
B．shady
C．warm
D．pretty
【2】
A．proposal
B．help
C．symbol
D．order
【3】
A．turned over
B．turned in
C．turned out
D．turned down
【4】
A．seemed
B．appeared
C．looked
D．happened
【5】
A．talk
B．discussion
C．voyage
D．hike
【6】
A．for free
B．for ever
C．for fun
D．for certain
【7】
A．mistakes
B．talks
C．changes
D．promises
【8】
A．unless
B．though
C．until
D．since
【9】
A．happily
B．coldly
C．sadly
D．luckily
【10】
A．silence
B．pain
C．peace
D．trouble
【11】
A．still
B．yet
C．already
D．ever
【12】
A．smiling
B．crying
C．drawing
D．coughing
【13】
A．nicely
B．properly
C．rudely
D．naturally
【14】
A．ruin
B．recognize
C．repair
D．handle
【15】
A．enjoyed
B．planned
C．hated
D．avoided
26、假定你是李华，想拍摄一段介绍你家乡风光的短视频，发布到短视频平台。请写封邮件给你的交换生朋友Ophelia，请她帮忙翻译解说词，内容包括：
1. 写邮件目的； 2. 你需要的帮助； 3. 表示感谢。
注意：1. 写作词数为80左右；
2. 请按如下格式在相应位置作答。
参考：解说词：captions
Dear Ophelia,
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua