1、In the UK, people consume ________ meat products such as chicken, beef, pork and lamb.
A.a large amount of B.a plenty of C.a large quantity D.quantities of
2、—Where did you have your dog lost?
—It was near the supermarket _________ I often do shopping with my husband.
A. where B. that
C. when D. which
3、—Shall I pick you up tomorrow morning, Peter?
—It would probably save time if we _______ downtown.
A. met B. meet
C. would meet D. would have met
4、For many older people, especially those __________health issues, poor eyesight makes_______ almost impossible on small screens, and their leathery fingers makes _________to use touch-screens.
A．suffering, reading, it hard
B．suffering from, reading, it hard
C．suffering from, to read, hard
D．suffering, to read, hard
5、It is believed that when Fu is put________, happiness arrives.
A．inside out
B．up and down
C．upside down
D．in and out
6、--- It was a relief when the kids were found.
--- Yeah. Their parents _____ have been very worried while they were lost.
A．need
B．should
C．must
D．might
7、―“This cloth ________well and ______long.”
—“Ok. I’ll take it.”
A．washes, lasts
B．is washed, lasted
C．washes, is lasted
D．is washing, lasting
8、The boy tried hard to control his temper and finally the day came he didn't lose his temper all day, not even once.
A.when B.while C.where D.which
9、If you have a good sleep at night, you will feel energetic the next morning, which________will be good for your memory.
A．by contrast
B．in brief
C．by accident
D．in turn
10、I’ll take seriously ________ advice you put forward.
A. whatever B. however C. whichever D. whenever
11、Mary can’t attend the conference at 3 o’clock this afternoon because she ________ an event at that time.
A．will be interviewing
B．would interview
C．has interviewed
D．will interview
12、I still remember the story, believe it or not, ______ we got lost on a rainy night.
A．which
B．that
C．what
D．when
13、— Come on! I know you are not satisfied with the results. You must have a lot to complain ______ your partner, John.
— No! I really have nothing ______ him.
A．with; against
B．about; against
C．about; with
D．of; with
14、When and why he came here___________ yet.
A．is not known
B．are not known
C．has not known
D．have not known
15、The lockdown hobbled India's economy and its GDP recorded the sharpest ________ in its history.
A．motion
B．dissatisfaction
C．conservation
D．contraction
16、Do you know the police ______ searching for a thief in the woods now ?
A. is B. are C. was D. were
17、Miss Wang’s devotion teaching has won her great reputation.
A．as
B．of
C．to
D．with
18、The headmaster will not permit the change in the course, nor________ it a thought.
A．does he give
B．will he give
C．he gives
D．he will give
19、All the _________ indicate that he has been deeply involved in the crime.
A．evidence
B．fact
C．factor
D．cause
20、He may not be good-looking but he ______ that by ______.
A.makes for; caring
B.makes up for; being caring
C.makes for; careful
D.makes up for; being careful
21、______ the news that he had eaten 10 hamburgers in one meal, a(n) ______ expression swiftly appeared on her face.
A.After she heard; astonished
B.Hearing; delightful
C.After she heard; astonishing
D.Hearing; delighted
22、During Qing Dynasty, performances________ in the theaters, restaurants, and even on temporary stages.
A．watched
B．are watched
C．were watched
D．had been watched
23、Hardly ________ when she ________ someone knocking at the door.
A．did she sit, heard
B．did she sit, had heard
C．had she sat, had heard
D．had she sat, heard
24、People who can’t ________ between colors are said to be colorblind.
A. separate B. differ C. distinguish D. divide
25、As a traditionalist, my father was never ________ the changes they made to the town.
A．in favour of
B．in regard to
C．in charge of
D．in control of
26、
What may well be the oldest metal coins in the world have been identified at an ancient abandoned city known as Guanzhuang in China. Like many Bronze Age (青铜时代) coins from the region, they were cast in the shape of spades with finely carved handles. These ancient coins existed during an in-between period between barter (以物易物) and money, when coins were a novel concept, but everybody knew that agricultural tools were valuable.
Reading about this incredible discovery, I kept thinking about the way modern people represent computer networks by describing machines as having “addresses”, like a house. We also talk about one computer using a “port” to send information to another computer, as if the data were a floating boat with destination. It’s as if we are in the Bronze Age of information technology, grasping desperately for real-world reference to transform our civilization.
Now consider what happened to spade coins. Over centuries, metalworkers made these coins into more abstract shapes. Some became almost human figures. Others’ handles were reduced to small half-circles. As spade coins grew more abstract, people carved them with number values and the locations where they were made. They became more like modern coins, flat and covered in writing. Looking at one of these later pieces, you would have no idea that they were once intended to look like a spade.
This makes me wonder if we will develop an entirely new set of symbols that allow us to interact with our digital information more smoothly.
Taking spade coins as our guide, we can guess that far-future computer networks will no longer contain any recognizable references to houses. But they still might bring some of the ideas we associate with home to our mind. In fact, computer networks——if they still exist at all——are likely to be almost the indispensable part of our houses and cities, their sensors inset with walls and roads. Our network addresses might actually be the same as our street addresses. If climate change leads to floods, our mobile devices might look more like boats than phones, assisting us to land.
My point is that the metaphors of the information age aren’t random. Mobile devices do offer us comfort after a long day at work. In some sense, our desire to settle on the shores of data lakes could change the way we understand home, as well as how we build computers. So as we cast our minds forward, we have to think about what new abstractions will go along with our information technology. Perhaps the one thing we count on is that humans will still appreciate the comforts of home.
【1】Many Bronze Age coins were made into the shape of a spade because ___________.
A．a lot of emphasis was put on agriculture
B．this stylish design made the coins valuable
C．these coins also served as agricultural tools
D．the handles made the coins easily exchanged
【2】Why does the author relate computers to spade coins?
A．To show they both used to be new concepts when first invented.
B．To explain abstract digital worlds are different from concrete coins.
C．To suggest computers will experience dramatic changes as coins did.
D．To highlight their same importance in our civilizational transformation.
【3】What does the underlined word “indispensable” in Paragraph 5 probably mean?
A．Flexible.
B．Essential.
C．Wasteful.
D．Alternative.
【4】Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A．What Coins and Computers Bring Us
B．How Agriculture Loses to Digital Industry
C．How Bronze Age Develops to Information Age
D．What Ancient Money Tells Us About the Future
27、It’s the season for final exams! If ever there was a time to take advantage of all tools imaginable to help your students get the best grades possible, it is now. Fortunately, the app market has exploded with useful assistance, and here are some of the best apps I recommend to help your students study better and learn faster:
iTunes U
Apple’s own iTunes U offers a popular app with free lectures and coursework from many of the best schools in the world. Even if you don’t use it for your regular curriculum (课程), you can still supplement with Stanford’s impressive tools on topics such as coding iOS apps or Statistics 101. The best part? It’s free! Well, if you have an iPhone that is enough, otherwise you’ll have to keep reading.
Wunderlist
For best study results, Wunderlist will help your students with their time management skills. It can set due dates, reminders and to-do lists. The app is free. It works on both iOS and Android phones.
Coursera
This is an online education app that has partnerships with many top colleges and universities, including Ivy League schools. Students can sign up and study at their own pace to supplement their knowledge, because these schools offer both curriculum course study materials and MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses). It helps students aim for higher grades and perhaps some scholarship cash. The courses are very affordable, and the app can be downloaded on both iOS and Android phones.
Evernote
Evernote features bookmarking, composing, clipping and more, and is very popular as a note taking app. You can download it on multiple platforms, and it’s all free. Don’t miss out on this little helper to help your students learn faster and better.
【1】Which app will help students manage their schedule?
A．iTunes U.
B．Wunderlist.
C．Coursera.
D．Evernote.
【2】What is special about Coursera?
A．It can be used as a note taking app.
B．Students must learn the course at a fixed time.
C．It cooperates with many famous universities.
D．The online curriculum course is very expensive.
【3】What do the listed apps have in common?
A．They are free of charge.
B．They help students get scholarships.
C．They can be used on Android phones.
D．They help students improve learning efficiency.
28、Book 1: Diary of a Fly—By Doreen Cronin
40 pages, US $15. 99
This is the diary of a fly. The fly, when she’s not landing on your head or swimming in your soup, is trying to escape her 327 siblings who are driving her crazy. Even though she’s little—just like her best friends, Worm and Spider— she wants to be a superhero. This is the story of a little fly who’s unafraid to dream big.
Book 2: Iggy Peck, Architect—By Andrea Beaty
32 pages, US $15.95
This book is a story about a kid whose head teacher doesn’t recognize his great talent (though he makes buildings out of anything at hand, including table cloths, fruit and chalk) until it saves her life. With Andrea Beatty’s rhyming text and David Roberts’s interesting illustrations (插图), it will charm creative kids everywhere.
Book 3: The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County—By Janice N. Harrington
40 pages, US $16.00
Our character here loves to run after chickens, particularly Miss Hen, who’s very fat. But, as all farming folks know, this is not a good way to produce happy, productive chickens. What will make her change her ways? The author is a professional storyteller and this book is full of fun, and has great illustrations.
Book 4: Cherry and Olive—By Benjamin Lacombe
32 pages, US $16.95
Children’s books can quickly take little readers into new worlds, such as the big city, 1930s Georgia, or outer space. This book takes us on a little trip to some European capitals. Cherry is fat and likes books, and she has few friends until she meets a SharPei puppy (沙皮狗). She names it Olive. Through it she finds confidence and friendship. But what will happen when its owner returns?
【1】What do we know about the fly in Book 1?
A. She is brave and ambitious.
B. She is stupid but interesting.
C. She is loyal and courageous.
D. She is honest but stubborn.
【2】What can we learn from the text?
A. Book 4 is the cheapest of the four books.
B. Both Book 2 and Book 3 contain many pictures.
C. The fly in Book1enjoys staying with her siblings.
D. The head teacher in Book 2 thinks highly of the kid.
【3】The books mentioned above are intended for .
A. parents
B. children
C. animal lovers
D. architects
29、The world will to have to start thinking seriously to save its coral reefs. Corals are comeback creatures. As the sea levels rose and fell over 30,000 years, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, roughly the size of Italy, died and revived five times. But now, thanks to human activity, corals face the most complex conditions they have yet had to deal with.
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a rise in global temperature of 1.5℃ above pre-industrial level could cause coral reefs to decline by 70-90%. The planet is about 1℃ hotter than in the 19th century and its seas are becoming warmer, stormier and more acidic. This is already affecting relations between corals and the single-celled algae (海藻) with which they live together, and which give them their colour. When waters become unusually warm, corals push the algae out, leaving reefs a ghostly white, which is happening five times as often as it did in the 1970s. Meanwhile the changing chemistry of the oceans lowers the abundance of carbonate ions (碳酸盐离子), making it harder for corals to form their skeletons (骨骼).
If corals go, divers and ocean biologists are not the only people who will miss them. Reefs take up only one percent of the sea floor, but support a quarter of the planet’s fish diversity. The fish that reefs shelter are especially valuable to their poorest human neighbours, many of whom depend on them as a source of protein. In the Coral Triangle, an area of water stretching across South-East Asia and into the Pacific which is home to three-quarters of known coral species, more than 130 million people rely on reefs for food and for their livelihoods in fishing and tourism.
【1】What causes corals to decline?
A．Pollution.
B．Tourism.
C．Fishing.
D．Temperature rise.
【2】What will affect the color of corals?
A．The single-celled algae.
B．The abundance of carbonate ions.
C．The planet’s fish diversities.
D．The changing chemistry of the oceans.
【3】Where can we probably read the passage?
A．A travel brochure.
B．A Literature website.
C．A science journal.
D．A geography fiction.
【4】What will the following paragraph probably talk about?
A．Advantages of corals.
B．Measures to save corals.
C．Effects of coral decline.
D．Reasons why corals decline.
30、One morning, on my way home, it was raining very heavily. Nearing my town, I watched as the water level on the road _______ in front of me. I had nowhere to go.
The driver of a fourwheel drive signaled from his car to tell me not to cross the _______ road. Then I noticed a man in his early 30s in his front yard _______ the situation. He quickly waved to me to come and _______ in his driveway away from the rushing water.
The man called Trent then invited me to wait _______ the rain inside his house. I told him I was concerned about the _______ to my car, as the continuing rain started to _______ into hail(冰雹). Trent then took a cover from his garage and _______ my car to protect it from the hail._______, his efforts were not in vain.
While waiting for the ________ to improve, I learned Trent had ________ his job ten months ago and was trying his hand as a local handyman(做零活的人)to make ends meet.
By 12：30 p.m. the rain ________ and it would be safe enough to ________ the road. As I left, I insisted on ________ his business card, and my father has since called Trent to offer him ________ as a handyman at our place doing various small jobs.
【1】
A．rose
B．arrived
C．fell
D．disappeared
【2】
A．busy
B．wide
C．quiet
D．dangerous
【3】
A．sticking with
B．dealing with
C．messing up
D．sizing up
【4】
A．call
B．park
C．wash
D．stay
【5】
A．on
B．for
C．out
D．behind
【6】
A．approach
B．reaction
C．damage
D．attention
【7】
A．turn
B．bring
C．come
D．grow
【8】
A．hid
B．cleaned
C．measured
D．covered
【9】
A．Suddenly
B．Secretly
C．Interestingly
D．Fortunately
【10】
A．job
B．water
C．weather
D．business
【11】
A．got
B．lost
C．kept
D．finished
【12】
A．came
B．poured
C．stopped
D．continued
【13】
A．repair
B．hit
C．follow
D．build
【14】
A．taking
B．accepting
C．signing
D．borrowing
【15】
A．chance
B．work
C．service
D．transport
31、根据课文内容填空。
In general, doctors in those days had two 【1】 theories to explain how cholera spread. One theory was that bad air caused the disease. Another was that cholera was caused by an 【2】 from germs in food or water. Snow 【3】 to the second theory. It was correct, but he still needed 【4】. Consequently, when an outbreak of cholera hit London in 1854, Snow began to investigate. He discovered that in two particular streets the cholera outbreak was so severe 【5】 more than 500 people died in ten days. He was determined to find out why.
32、书面表达
假设你叫李华，是一名高二学生。自从进入高二以后，你发现部分同学晚上学习到很晚，他们边学习边吃零食或喝可乐，早上则由于起床太晚而不吃早餐，你感觉这样会对身体有害。
请你根据这种现象，给《英语周报》写一封信反映情况，并谈谈自己的看法。
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