1、–Volunteering is becoming popular in China.
--Yeah, people are now aware that helping others is helping themselves
A.naturally B.successfully C.splendidly D.increasingly
2、More than one doctor _____ involved in the rescue that took place after the earthquake．
A. was B. is C. were D. are
3、—Sorry we’re late. We ________ the wrong turning.
—That’s all right. Come in, please.
A．take
B．has taken
C．took
D．had taken
4、As the rule says, every student remain seated until their papers are collected.
A．can
B．may
C．shall
D．will
5、My phone ________ have been stolen while I was taking a bus. I can't find it anywhere.
A. can B. must C. should D. would
6、Some schools, including us, will have to make ______ in agreement with the national soccer reform.
A. attachments B. adjustments C. comments D. achievements
7、About China, the most frequently used word by people is "exciting", since the country every day.
A. is changing B. changes
C. has changed D.was changing
8、________ around the Water Cube，we were then taken to see the Bird’s Nest．
A．Having shown B．To be shown
C．Having been shown D．To show
9、— Why was our foreign teacher unhappy yesterday?
— News about the tsunami striking her country ______ an attack of homesickness.
A. set for B. set out
C. set about D. set off
10、 It was foolish of him to _____ his notes during that important test, and as a result, he got punished.
A. stick to B. refer to C. keep to D. point to
11、My friend has returned from the UK. She at Oxford for four years, during which we communicated with each other on the Internet.
A. studied B. has studied
C. had studied D. has been
12、 I recently read that it’s good to walk a lot; ______, I’m getting off the bus a few stops early and walking the rest of the way.
A. however B. therefore C. instead D. Otherwise
13、It is some time since the two parties came into conflict with each other , and now leaders of both sides are _________ a settlement of the dispute.
A. consulting B. negotiating
C. promising D. Reasoning
14、选出与划线词汇意思相近的词。
He took a distant attitude towards me.
A.faraway B.close C.indifferent D.blank
15、Those _____ cannot answer all three riddles will be condemned to death.
A. that B. who
C. which D. what
16、___by online games, he manages to keep himself from being addicted to them.
A.Fascinated as he is B.Fascinated as is he
C.As fascinated is he D.As he is fascinated
17、We will have six-day holiday during the coming APEC meetings traffic on the roads．
A． to ease B． easing
C． ease D． having eased
18、Things don’t always go as planned, ________ I still stay positive.
A. or B. as C. but D. for
19、The 70th anniversary military parade demonstrates the fact to the whole world _____ China has made great progress in the past few decades.
A.where B.which C.why D.that
20、 Due to the ______ of this medical technology, some diseases can be treated at an early stage.
A. approach B. appreciation
C. application D. appointment
21、Although the “no better time than now” idea makes some sense when it comes to forming good habits, the fact of the matter is that your willpower is limited. 【1】 If stressed, or otherwise not in a normal daily routine, you’ll find it much harder to keep up with a good habit.
Habits are something that is deeply rooted in our behavior.【2】 Similarly, starting up a good habit is going to take a lot of work and conditioning. If you try to take on too much at once, you are probably setting yourself up for failure. So focus on just one good habit for now and move on to the others later.
While your goal may be to end up doing something every day (like exercising), it’s unlikely that you’re going to be able to reach that goal right from the start. It’s going to take time and willpower to condition yourself. 【3】 Start building up that good habit gradually for a more successful habit forming.
【4】 If you can set a different goal each week or so, you can motivate yourself without getting upset. Try exercising just two or three days the first week, then set a slightly higher goal for the next week, and so on. As you get more used to the act of exercising during the day, it’ll become easier for you to work toward your end goal of working out every day. 【5】 The more consistently you can stick with it, the more you’ll want to keep going.
A．Once you do, keep it up.
B．You are expected to start small.
C．It is important to set goals for yourself.
D．This is why quitting a bad habit is so hard.
E．You can do anything if you put your mind to it.
F．Thus, don’t beat yourself up if you miss days at the beginning.
G．Considering this, it’s better to wait until your life is in order before starting.
22、In a 1993 experiment, researchers reported that college students who listened to a Mozart sonata (奏鸣曲) for a few minutes just before taking a test did better on the test than students listening to relaxation instructions or sitting in silence. Music of Mozart, the investigators concluded, seemed to cause changes in the brain that "warm up" neural (神经) connections, thereby improving thinking. But the gain in performance--widely publicized as the "Mozart effect"--lasted only 15 minutes and proved difficult to repeat. Rather than causing a real change in ability, Mozart seemed to improve excitement and mood, producing better concentration on the test.
Research suggests that to produce lasting gains in intelligence-test scores, involvement must be long-lasting and involve children's active participation. Consequently, Glenn Schellenberg, psychologist from University of Toronto, wondered, can music lessons enhance intelligence?
Schellenberg recruited 132 six-year-old children for formal lessons. First, the children took an intelligence test and were rated for social maturity. Next, the children were randomly assigned to one of four experimental conditions. Two were music groups; one received piano lessons and the other voice lessons. The third group took drama lessons--a condition that shed light on whether intellectual gains were unique to musical experiences. The fourth group--a no-lessons control--was offered music lessons the following year. After 36 weeks of lessons, the children's intelligence and social maturity were assessed again.
All four groups showed gains in intelligence-test performance, probably because the participants had just entered grade school, which usually leads to an increase in intelligence test scores. But the two music groups consistently gained more than the control groups. Their advantage, though just a few points, extended across many mental abilities, including verbal and spatial skills and speed of thinking. At the same time, only the drama group improved in social maturity.
In sum, active, sustained musical experiences can lead to small increases in intelligence among 6-year-olds. But other enrichment activities, such as reading, science, math, and chess programs, may have similar benefits. All demand that children invest far more time and effort than they would in listening to a Mozart sonata.
【1】What did the 1993 experiment show?
A．Mozart effect will change students' ability to study.
B．Music of Mozart improves students' concentration.
C．Listening to Mozart will produce lasting gains in test scores.
D．Brief exposure to Mozart results in lifelong intellectual gains.
【2】Why did Glenn Schellenberg conduct his experiment?
A．To rate the children for social maturity.
B．To give 132 six-year-olds formal music lessons.
C．To see if music lessons can improve children's intelligence.
D．To test the Mozart effect on children's intelligence and social maturity.
【3】What does the underlined phrase "shed light on" probably mean?
A．confuse
B．clarify
C．conceal
D．compare
【4】Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage?
A．What is the Mozart Effect?
B．Tune Your Brain with Mozart
C．Mozart for Newborns: A Bright Beginning
D．Can Musical Experiences Enhance Intelligence?
23、For more than a decade, a team of researchers have studied the dynamics of the Greenland Ice Sheet as it responds to a warming climate. But while much of their focus has been on waters impacts on ice sheet change, their most recent research findings have overturned the order of their thinking. Meierbachtol, Harper and their team discovered that changes in the ice sheet have a real impact on the massive groundwater system underlying Greenland.
This latest discovery occurred thanks to a marriage of drilling techniques. International cooperators made an angled hole 650 meters through bedrock underneath a Greenland glacier (冰川)to measure groundwater conditions under the ice. Meanwhile, researchers drilled 32 holes from atop the glacier, through nearly a kilometer of ice, to measure water conditions at the area between ice and bedrock, which forms an important boundary controlling groundwater flow below. After drilling, the team fixed sensors in the ice column and at the ice sheet bed to measure ice dynamics and water conditions as water flows under the ice.
“By studying areas covered by ice 10,000 years ago, we have known that the huge mass and vast amounts of water from melting ice can impact the underlying groundwater,” Meierbachtol said. “It’s generally accepted that the groundwater is sleeping over decades to centuries and its response to ice sheet change is long: thousands of years. But what we’ve shown here is that it is immediate.”
This new understanding could have important subsequent effects on how Greenland’s thinning impacts the Arctic. The thinning ice could reduce the rate of groundwater flow to the ocean, changing the water temperature and salinity (盐度)balance that is important for ocean circulation (循环)patterns. “In thinking about the complex feedbacks from Greenland’s ongoing change, we have really ignored the groundwater component,” Harper said.
【1】How do the researchers feel about the result of the recent study?
A．Satisfied.
B．Disappointed.
C．Surprised.
D．Doubtful.
【2】What contributes most to the new research about the Greenland Ice Sheet?
A．Fixing sensors into ice sheet.
B．Close international cooperation.
C．Advanced rock drilling technology.
D．A combination of two drilling approaches.
【3】What is a misunderstanding of the groundwater under glaciers?
A．It has a very large volume.
B．It is inactive for a long time.
C．Its component is complex.
D．Its temperature is changeable.
【4】Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?
A．Water Impacts the Greenland’s Ice Sheet
B．Longlasting Effects of Global Warming on the Arctic
C．Newly Discovered Groundwater Resources in Greenland
D．Greenland’s Groundwater Changes with Thinning Ice Sheet
24、Think about the last time you felt afraid. Was it a fear of height? Did you oversleep on a weekday and fear you’d get into trouble at the office? In any case, you know what it feels like to feel fear.
But one woman doesn’t the woman, code-named “UM”, gave her first-ever interview after years of being studied by a team of researchers. The woman is given a code name because the researchers want to protect her from anyone who would take advantage of her inability to feel afraid.
UM can’t tell you what fear is because she’s never experienced it. “I wonder what it’s like to actually be afraid of something,” she said. The formal name for the disease is Urbach-Wieth disease, which is characterized by a hoarse(粗哑的)voice，small bumps around the eyes, and calcium deposits(钙沉积的)in the brain.
In the case of UM，the disease has transformed the part of her brain that controls the human response to fear. In the interview, UM talks about an event in her life where she was held at knifepoint and gunpoint, “I was walking to the store，and I saw a man on a park bench．He said. “Come here，please,” so I went over to him. He grabbed me by the shirt，put a knife to my throat and told me he was going to cut me. I told him, “Go ahead and cut me,” I wasn’t afraid at all. And for some reason，he let me go.”
Doctors who have been studying UM’s condition for years have been trying different things that could strike fear into her. They finally figured something out—increasing UM’s carbon dioxide levels．Extra carbon dioxide concentration in the blood is known to cause fear and panic in health individuals. Increasing UM’s carbon dioxide levels did manage to give her a fright．
【1】The text starts by_______.
A. challenging the reader
B. solving daily problems
C. listing situations
D. giving explanations
【2】Why is the woman with Urbach-Wieth disease given a code name?
A. To tell her case from other patients
B. To respect her privacy
C. To meet the researchers’ demands
D. To ensure her safety
【3】From UM’s case，we can know that Urbach-Wieth disease may________.
A. stop the brain from functioning normally
B. lead to a decrease in calcium deposits
C. stop the brain from responding quickly
D. lead to an increase in carbon dioxide
【4】What will probably happen to UM from the last paragraph?
A. Dying of the Urbach-Wieth disease
B. Getting the sense of panic
C. Experiencing another danger
D. Speaking with a hoarse voice
25、 Enlightenment （启迪）can show up in some pretty strange ways. The Buddha found it under a Boddhi tree ____ Nelson Mandela in prison. Little did I know, mine would ____ in the form of a hard-shelled animal trying to ____ the road — a turtle. But this wasn't just any turtle ； this was the world's most _____ one. He determined to cross twenty feet of tar （柏油）road as cars drove past quickly.
But today was his ____ day. My wife's quick driving reflexes （反应）not only ____ that 'turtle soup” would not be for dinner that night, but her act of kindness would ___ become the foundation for everything I teach today. As unusual as this sounds, the simple act of ______ our car, removing this little turtle from harm's way, and placing him back into the _____, caused something extraordinary to happen inside of me.
As I stood there ____ this tiny creature in my hands, a wave of pure ____ came over me. It was that warm, teary-eyed ____ that we feel during life's greatest moments, like falling in love or the birth of a child. I honestly felt as if my heart was ____ opening up as everything stood still around me.
______would I have described it as “enlightenment”, but there was no ____about it — helping this little turtle just felt so good!
But why?_____ , it's just a turtle, right? And then it hit me. I finally realized what was happening. At that point, a flood of inspiring thoughts ran through me. I walked back to the car, opened my journal and wrote eight words that would ____ prove to be life changing for me: " kindness creates happiness" and live a _____ of kindness".'
It was the ____ I had been looking for. The secret to inner peace and _____ happiness was kindness.
【1】A.for B.and C.that D.so
【2】A.leave B.return C.arrive D.combine
【3】A.fix B.climb C.stop D.cross
【4】A.optimistic B.weak C.pessimistic D.stressful
【5】A.bad B.lucky C.boring D.dangerous
【6】A.ensured B.kept C.accessed D.admitted
【7】A.initially B.interestingly C.eventually D.hopefully
【8】A.setting off B.breaking down C.passing by D.pulling over
【9】A.tree B.park C.wild D.road
【10】A.holding B.showing C.refreshing D.frightening
【11】A.entertainment B.delight C.amusement D.movement
【12】A.cooperation B.feeling C.connection D.adventure
【13】A.completely B.complicatedly C.irregularly D.inevitably
【14】A.In this way B.By the way C.In no way D.In the way
【15】A.problem B.use C.answer D.doubt
【16】A.Above all B.In conclusion C.After all D.In brief
【17】A.latter B.latest C.lately D.later
【18】A.living B.life C.way D.method
【19】A.answer B.entrance C.attention D.approach
【20】A.temporary B.desperate C.discontinuous D.lasting
26、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
It had been 5 years since Zahida’s husband passed away due to a heart attack. Every day, she buried herself in her embroidery (刺绣), feeling her waist ache due to the long hours of work. She would grow tired faster these days.
The doorbell rang. Her son Aamer returned from the office. Entering the house, Aamer threw his bag at a sofa. “I have told you again and again not to throw things everywhere!” Zahida complained. “Mom, why do you find fault with unimportant things every day? Boss at office, you at home... Oh so tiring!” Aamer slammed (砰地关上) the door to his room.
Such unpleasant exchanges always happened now. Zahida would often recall the days of Aamer’s childhood fondly, which would bring smile to her face. She could remember the days when the little Aamer had parted unwillingly on his first day to school or had shouted excitedly at spotting a sleepy bear during a visit to the zoo. Zahida wondered if Aamer too could recollect these memories or had piled them in a forgotten corner of his mind.
Following a quiet dinner that night, Zahida happened to pass Aamer’s room. She could hear Aamer’s voice floating out. “Yes, yes... you do understand that she is a picky woman. She cannot adjust easily anywhere. You must take care of that...”
Zahida was caught by a sudden sense of anxiety. A few days ago, a neighbor’s children sent her neighbor off to an old age home. They were too busy to have time for the old woman. What did Aamer talk of? Was she also...? No, surely Aamer couldn’t be doing that. Zahida retired to bed.
“Please be sure to deliver the tickets for our trip to Egypt as soon as possible,” Aamer continued.
注意：1. 续写词数应为150词左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题纸的相应位置作答。
A few days later, a postman rang the doorbell when Aamer was away for work.
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“Mom, here... Look what I’ve got in the envelope!” Aamer shouted with joy like a child.
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