1、It’s extremely impolite to speak ill of your teacher after_________she’s done for you.
A．something
B．anything
C．all
D．that
2、The growth of economy is influenced by a number of factors, ________are beyond our control.
A.most of them B.most of that C.most of what D.most of which
3、I would like to thank all of you who made the effort. It is a relief that employees show their_________to their job.
A．devotion
B．application
C．connection
D．invitation
4、—I need to advertise for a roommate for next term.
—______? Mary is interested.
A．What for
B．Why not
C．So what
D．Why bother
5、Anyway, I ________try again.
A．didn't dare
B．didn't dare to
C．not dare to
D．not dare
6、Take care! Accidents _________ happen along this part of the road.
A. will B. would C. must D. Shall
7、Never before ________ the famous museum was just a stone's thro away from their school, so out ________.
A. had they known; went all they B. they had known; went all they
C. had they known; they all went D. they had known; they all went
8、What really delights a man is ________ you think him worth a compliment.
A．what
B．whether
C．that
D．how
9、----I drove my car at a speed of 150 kilos an hour this afternoon. It was great fun!
----Did you go crazy? You ______________yourself.
A. might kill B. could have killed
C. could kill D. must have killed
10、Many glaucoma (青光眼) patients are unaware of symptoms ________ a great deal of useful sight has been permanently destroyed.
A．since
B．until
C．after
D．once
11、To the south of the school was a garden, _______ owner was seated in it playing chess with his little grandson every afternoon.
A. its B. whose
C. which D. that
12、King John managed to lose his French lands in about AD 1200, thus ________ England's tie with France.
A．broke
B．broken
C．to break
D．breaking
13、He doesn’t own an NBA championship ring, _____ in the face with champagne(香槟) after the NBA finals.
A.he has neither been sprayed B.nor has he been sprayed
C.either has be been sprayed D.so he has been sprayed
14、Chinese tourists made 83 million overseas travels.________ Malaysia,Thailand and South Korea ranked the top of their favorites.
A. among which B. among whose
C. of whom D. of whose
15、It gives me the chance to _______ the help that people give me when it’s sunny.
A. pay B. pay off
C. pay for D. pay back
16、________ has help to save the drowning boy is worth________.
A．Who; to praise
B．Who; praising
C．Whoever; to praise
D．Whoever; praising
17、______ trying, ______ will eventually achieve your aim.
A．Keeping; and
B．If you; and you
C．If you keep; you
D．Keep; you
18、 It was not until she got home____Jennifer realized she had lost her keys.
A．when
B．that
C．where
D．before
19、Either you or he ___ interested in playing chess. ____ you or he fond of music at present?
A. are; Are B. is; Are
C. are; Is D. is; Is
20、New York is ____ to the headquarters of the United Nations and many famous international companies.
A.basic B.common C.close D.home
21、Be Slightly Funnier
How would you feel if a colleague suggested you take a comedy class to improve your sense of humor? I felt embarrassed.
At home that evening, I asked my other half whether he thinks I'm funny. 【1】 . "Of course you are," they all ensured me. What else could they say? And anyway, I'd already made up my mind. Some people just aren't funny, and I'm one of them.
Yet, according to Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas-authors of the book Humor, Seriously and experts on the subject, humor is not something you are born with or without. 【2】 . What's more, finding our funny sides makes us appear more competent and confident, strengthens relationships, unlocks creativity and makes us more likable. It helps in any life situation.
This undoubtedly explains why future masters of the universe are eagerly signing up for the humor course Aaker and Bagdonas teach at Stanford's Graduate School of Business. They agreed to teach me how to find my funny bones, too.
【3】 . As you would hope, they are very amusing. They begin by sending me a questionnaire about what I find funny, what I don't, and how I attempt to make others laugh. The results will apparently reveal my humor type.
In our first call, Aaker, a social psychologist (心理学家), explains that many of us leave humor behind when we arrive at adulthood: A four-year-old laughs up to 300 times a day. 【4】 .
Next, we discuss the common misunderstandings that stop many of us in our comedy tracks. The first, Aaker says, is the belief that humor has no place in certain situations, especially at work. 【5】 . However, 98 percent of top executives say they prefer employees with a sense of humor and 84 percent of bosses believe those employees do better work.
A．Rather, it's a muscle you can strengthen
B．Then there is the idea that it is too risky
C．We worry about not being taken seriously
D．My first interaction with the pair is over e-mail
E．Then I texted my best friend and my sister-in-law
F．But a 40-year-old takes ten weeks to laugh as much
G．It is far more important to show you have a sense of humor
22、I often hear some of you saying, "I don't care what other people think! I do whatever I want!" There is a strong wish for independence in adolescence（青春期）and you say you only care about your own opinion. But be honest—don't you care about what certain people think? Most teenagers have a circle of people who can influence them. They care very much about what this circle of people think, especially about them.
Most teenagers want to be independent, but they don't want to be alone. They don't want to stand out, away from the crowd. They want to have connection to other people, especially other teenagers.
During adolescence, friendships with other teens become very important. They care about what other teenagers think because they want to be accepted and they are afraid of what other people think. Fear makes them care.
Some teenagers are leaders and some are followers. You might think that teenage leaders don't care what other people think, but that is not true. After all, a leader really isn't a leader unless other people follow. If leaders don't care about what followers think, those followers may leave and follow someone else, Followers care about what the leader thinks because they want to be part of the group.
There is a famous playwright（剧作家）named William Shakespeare. In one of his plays, Hamlet, the character Hamlet said, "To thine own self be true." In other words, whatever you do, always be true to yourself. Sure, teenagers can care about what other people think of them, but the most important thing is what they think of themselves. This is one of the most important tasks that teenagers should have.
【1】What do we know about teenagers from the text?
A．They value friendship.
B．They have difficulty making friends.
C．They are deaf to others' advice.
D．They keep themselves away from others.
【2】What can we know from paragraph 4?
A．Teenagers prefer to be leaders.
B．Teenage leaders must listen to followers.
C．Teenage followers should read leaders' mind.
D．Teenage leaders and followers should care about each other.
【3】What suggestion does the author give to teens?
A．Think of others around you.
B．Make friends whenever possible.
C．Do what you think is right.
D．Go easy on yourself and others.
【4】Why does the author mention William Shakespeare?
A．To introduce his play Hamlet.
B．To state he is a famous playwright.
C．To add some humor to the article.
D．To help illustrate the author's view.
【5】What is the best title for the text?
A．Teenagers: follow your heart
B．Teenagers: believe in yourself
C．Why do teenagers want to be independent?
D．Why do teenagers care what other people think?
23、 When it comes to being fit and healthy, we're often reminded to aim to walk 10,000 steps per day. This can be a frustrating target to achieve, especially when we're busy with work and other commitments.
The 10,000 steps a day target seems to have come about from a trade name pedometer sold in 1965 by Yamasa Clock in Japan. The device was called "Manpo---kei, which translates to "10,000 steps meter". This was a marketing tool for the device and has seemed to have stuck across the world as the daily step target. It's even included in daily activity targets by popular smart-watches, such as Fitbit.
In ancient Rome, distances were actually measured by counting steps. In fact, the word "mile" originated from the Latin phrase mila passum, which means about 2,000 steps. It's suggested the average person walks about 100 steps per minute---which would mean it would take a little under 20 minutes for the average person to walk a mile. So in order for someone to reach the 10,000---step goal, they would need to walk about five miles a day, nearly two hours of activity.
Researchers have investigated the 10,000 steps a day target. The fact that some studies have shown this step target improves heart health, mental health, and even lowers diabetes risk, may, to some extent, explain why we have stuck with this arbitrary number.
But while some research has shown health benefits at 10,000 steps, recent research from Harvard Medical School has shown that, on average, approximately 4,400 steps a day is enough to significantly lower the risk of death in women. This was when compared to only walking around 2,700 steps daily. The more steps people walked, the lower their risk of dying was, before leveling off at around 7,500 steps a day. No additional benefits were seen with more steps. Although it's uncertain whether similar results would be seen in men, it's one example of how moving a little bit more daily can improve health and lower risk of death.
【1】From which does taking 10,000 steps for walkers initially come?
A．Ancient Rome.
B．Fitbit.
C．Mila passum.
D．Manpo-kei.
【2】How many steps will you take on average to cover two miles?
A．2000.
B．2700.
C．4000.
D．7500.
【3】What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A．The more you walk daily, the healthier you will be.
B．7,500 steps or so a day is the ideal number for women.
C．To be healthy you'd better walk ten thousand steps.
D．The number of effective steps is the same for men and women.
【4】What does the underlined phrase "leveling off" refer to?
A．Remaining steady.
B．Increasing greatly.
C．Decreasing sharply.
D．Disappearing suddenly.
24、Criticism is judgment. A critic is a judge. A judge must study and think about the material presented to him, accept it, correct it or reject it after thinking over what he has read, watched or heard.
Another word for criticism is appreciation. When I criticize or appreciate some object or another, I look for its good points and bad points. In reading any printed or written matter, I always have a pencil in hand and put any comments in the book or on a separate paper. In other words, I always talk back to the writer.
That sort of critical reading might well be called creative reading because I am thinking along with the author, asking him questions, seeing whether he answers the questions and how well he answers them. I mark the good passages to store them in my memory piece of writing; where, how and why could or should I improve upon it?
You might think that doing what I suggested is work. Yes, it is, but the work is a pleasure because I can feel my brain expanding, my emotion reacting and my way of living change.
Reading exercises is a great influence on a person. If pictures, still or moving, accompany the reading, the memory will retain the material for a long time.
Just as evil books can corrupt, so also can good books gradually work a change on a corrupt person.
Let's get back to the beneficial effects of thinking while reading. It helps us to enlarge our minds. We understand more about the universe, its people and many of its wonders. We learn to think and observe in new ways. We certainly do get a feeling for the language we are reading. All good writers in any language have been readers who read critically and continuously.
【1】According to the writer, creative reading is ________.
A．raising questions and answering them for the author
B．reading and giving comments on the materials one has read
C．thinking in the same line with the author
D．storing up facts in one's memory
【2】The writer says a critic ________.
A．asks what he does not understand
B．talks back to the author
C．understand the background on which the works are based
D．looks for the good and bad points of the material he has read
【3】By the phrase “thinking along with” in the third paragraph, the writer means________.
A．following one's thought closely
B．accepting
C．considering
D．agreeing
【4】We can learn from the passage that all good readers ________.
A．understand more about their surrounding than others.
B．have a thorough insight to the problem in life.
C．have the feeling of the language they read.
D．have read extensively(广泛地) and critically
25、 When you walk on the streets of cities like New York and Washington, D.C., it’s hard to miss the sculptures. Many mark parks and neighborhoods. Historic figures often can be seen standing upright. Or they can be seen sitting on their horses, stoically striking a pose. More often than not, these statues have another thing in common. It’s their _______. The majority of public statues in the United States are of men.
Of the estimated 5,193 public statues depicting historic figures on display throughout the U.S., only 394 are of _______. This is according to a story written in 2011 by The Washington Post’s Cari Shane. Compounding this number, none of the 44 memorials maintained by the National Parks Service, like the Lincoln Memorial or the Jefferson Memorial, specifically _______ women.
A group is looking to change this _______. The group is called Where Are The Women? Recently, it successfully campaigned to have statues of women’s rights pioneers Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton added to New York’s Central Park. The park, _______, had no statues of non-fictional women on its grounds.
The _______ of women’s representation poses a problem. Leaving their stories out from public art _______ the significant roles that women have played in history.
Currently, few of the statues that do show women on city streets are _______ historic figures. Instead, women often appear as archetypes. They are symbols of abstract concepts. Or they are nameless figures in a memorial.
One campaign isn’t enough to solve ongoing issues of gender discrimination and _______ in the U.S.. But by pressing to honor real women from history, cities can restore them to a story that has __________ them for so long. After all, as it stands now, only five public statues of historic women remain in New York City. The statues are of Joan of Arc, Golda Meir, Gertrude Stein, Eleanor Roosevelt and Harriet Tubman.
【1】A.style B.material C.size D.gender
【2】A.men B.women C.leaders D.politician
【3】A.contributes to B.devotes to C.focuses on D.depends on
【4】A.ratio B.unfairness C.prejudice D.reality
【5】A.particularly B.notoriously C.deliberately D.exclusively
【6】A.existence B.ignorance C.lack D.absence
【7】A.hides away B.takes away C.puts away D.clear away
【8】A.modeled on B.based on C.developed from D.derived from
【9】A.poverty B.bias C.inequality D.gap
【10】A.shadowed B.faked C.concealed D.ignored
26、假如你是红星中学高一(1)班学生李华。你的美国笔友Mike对中国文化很感兴趣。他写信向你询问有关中国“重阳节”的情况。请你根据以下信息给他写一封回信进行简单介绍。
节日名称：重阳节(Double Ninth Festival)
节日类型：传统节日
时 间：每年农历九月初九
主要活动：出游赏秋，登高健身，拜访父母，吃花糕等
节日意义：敬老，爱老
参考词汇：阴历lunar year/lunar calendar，花糕：flower cakes
注意：1. 信的开头已为你写好；
2. 词数不少于60。
Dear Mike,
How are you! In your last letter, you asked me about Double Ninth Festival.______
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Yours,
Li Hua