1、It is what you do not what you say matters.
A. which B. that
C. Where D. when
2、A distant relative is not ________ a near neighbor.
A. so far as B. as well as
C. as good as D. so long as
3、I just don’t understand _______ that prevents so many Americans from being as happy as one might expect.
A．why it does
B．what it does
C．what it is
D．why it is
4、The companies are working together to create they hope will be the best means of transport in the 21st century.
A. which B. that C. what D. who
5、Now many children, _________ parents are away working in big cities, _________ in the village.
A．whose; are taken good care of
B．their; well cared for
C．of whom; taking good care of
D．of whom; well caring for
6、________ school orders, he used the cellphone in class, for which he would be punished.
A．Contrary to
B．Owing to
C．Prior to
D．As to
7、The recent discovery from the ancient tomb ________ the hidden history of the family.
A．throws light on
B．works closely with
C．plays a trick on
D．leaves an impression on
8、That hero who died in the war was so brave that he never to the enemies until death.
A．gave up
B．gave out
C．gave in
D．gave away
9、________he can't understand is ________his son doesn't like the school.He is very upset about this.
A. That；why B. Why；that
C. What；why D. Whether；that
10、The manager said that they had an _____ plan if the plan they had submitted was not accepted.
A．alternate
B．alternative
C．absolute
D．appreciable
11、He wrote many children’s books, nearly half of ________ were published in the 1990s.
A. whom B. which
C. them D. that
12、—To be frank, with so much work ________ my mind, I almost ________.
—Take it easy! Why not go for a walk to refresh yourself before getting down to business?
A．occupying; break down
B．occupied; break down
C．occupying; break up
D．having occupied; break up
13、A new iPhone costs about ________ of a second-hand one.
A. the price of three times
B. three times the price
C. as much as the three times price
D. three times more than the price
14、People are very frightened when they think of the in which someone is eaten by a tiger.
A. sight B. scene C. view D. sign
15、--- Do you feel like ________ out?
--- No. I’d rather we ________ the metro train.
A．to drive; take
B．to drive; took
C．driving; take
D．driving; took
16、A completely new situation will ______ when the new examination system comes into existence.
A. rise B. arise C. raise D. arouse
17、He gave me an apple _____ a cake.
A.by means of B.in place of C.with regard to D.in exchange for
18、______ the fire broke out, all the students were sleeping soundly.
A．Because
B．In case
C．When
D．As long as
19、No matter how _________, you can never be sure what the interviewer is going to ask.
A．you are prepared
B．are you prepared
C．prepared are you
D．prepared you are
20、She remained ______ for a while after the movie ended, which made others ______.
A．sitting; puzzling
B．sat; puzzled
C．seated; puzzled
D．seated; puzzling
21、The job you are applying for involves gathering and________ data.
A．rejecting
B．enhancing
C．withdrawing
D．analysing
22、The form cannot be signed by anyone ________yourself.
A．rather than
B．other than
C．more than
D．less than
23、John, take good care of yourself! comes first no matter what you do.
A．Confidence
B．Health
C．Quality
D．Wealth
24、The poor boy seems ________ the news that his father died in the car accident for there is no sign of sorrow on his face.
A．not to be known
B．not to have received
C．to have not received
D．not to know
25、On the top of the hill ______ many trees.
A. stand B. stands
C. is standing D. have stood
26、There are some bad cell phone habits that can have serious social, academic, health, and legal consequences. So, it is important and necessary to educate your teen about unhealthy habits. Here are some bad habits that teens need to stop:
Talk on the phone in quiet public areas. Make sure that your teen knows it is not OK to talk on the phone in theaters, libraries, waiting rooms, or other quiet public areas.【1】
Stare at their phones for hours. Many people--not just teens--are spending their days mindlessly scrolling through news feeds and social media accounts. 【2】 So set healthy limits on your teen’s cell phone use so he can enjoy real world experiences.
Make private conversations public. The whole world doesn’t need to know about the latest drama among your teen’s friends or the most recent family issue you’ve been experiencing. 【3】 Tell him to go to a private area if he must continue a phone conversation.
Take unsuitable pictures.【4】 Unfortunately, that can often lead to taking selfies in dangerous places. Talk to your teen about the dangers of taking and sharing unsuitable photos.
【5】 The rules about smartphone use in the classroom vary from school to school. Regardless of your school’s policies, cell phone use during school can serve as a major distraction. Talk to your teen about turning his phone off during the school day so he won’t use it.
A．Use the phone during school.
B．Ignore the people around them.
C．Don’t allow your teen to use digital devices during mealtimes.
D．Talk to your teen about the importance of being respectful to others.
E．As a result, they’re missing out on everything going on around them.
F．Teach your teen to speak quietly on the cell phone when others are nearby.
G．Smartphone cameras mean teens can take photos almost anywhere anytime.
27、 Technology is making life easier for some dairy farmers. They use robotic systems to milk their cows. These systems are designed to reduce labor and increase milk production.
Cows are trained to follow a series of paths that lead to the milking stations. Only one cow at a time can enter the station. Once inside，the cow is rewarded with food. As the cow eats，a robotic arm cleans and connects the animal to the milking machine. A few minutes later，the milking is completed. The gate is lifted. The cow leaves and the next cow enters. The robotic systems are designed to operate twenty four hours a day. Cows are milked on average about three times a day. Some are milked four to six times a day. The cows wear collars(颈圈) around their necks that identify them to the system. A computer keeps records on their eating and milking. A cow is released from the station if the computer decides it should not be milked. The system also measures the temperature and color of the freshly produced milk. Milk is thrown away if it does not pass the tests. Cows need two to four weeks to learn to use the robotic milking systems. Once trained，the cows no longer require human assistance，unless something goes wrong.
Professor Plaut heads the Department of Animal Science at Michigan State University. She believes the systems will attract especially the next generation of farmers who are more interested in technology and less interested in working all the time on the farm. Still，she says the price of robotic milking systems will continue to limit their use. Doug Suhr has more than one hundred milking cows on his farm. Last year it became the fourth farm in southeast Minnesota to get a robotic milking system. A recent story in a local agricultural newspaper said the first robot cost $175，000 and the second cost $150，000.Doug says the increase in milk production reaches a high of more than 6kg per cow per day.
【1】Under robotic milking systems，______ decide(s) whether a cow is suitable to be milked.
A．the robotic arms B．the dairy farmers
C．the cows themselves D．a computer
【2】When is human assistance needed during the milking?
A．When the cows enter the milking station every morning.
B．When a robotic arm connects a cow to the milking machine.
C．When the cows are trained to use the robotic milking system in the first two to four weeks.
D．When the temperature and color of the freshly produced milk are measured.
【3】Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the last paragraph?
A．Since Doug got the robotic milking system，milk production on his farm has increased.
B．The price of milking machines decreases $25，000 every year.
C．Doug has the largest farm in southeast Minnesota.
D．There are four farms in southeast Minnesota that have robotic milking systems so far.
【4】It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
A．the price of robotic milking systems will greatly decrease
B．robotic milking systems are still too expensive to be popular
C．most farmers are too old to use robotic milking systems
D．robotic milking systems don't need to work at night
28、Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two sentences more than you need.
If a woman has an extra piece of cake, don't blame it on greed, blame it on her brain.
Scientists have found that women’s brains react to food very differently- and much more strongly - than men's. Academics found that decades of dieting pressure on women and advertising have programmed certain parts of the female brain to react strongly when faced with any kind of food. 【1】
Dr. Rudolf Uher and his colleagues at the Institute of Psychiatry in King's College London used brain scanning technology, known as functional magnetic resonance imaging(FMRI), to look at the brains of eighteen men and women.
【2】 Their brain reactions were observed by the scientists. They found that the female brains reacted much more strongly than those of males.
The same reaction did not happen when they were shown non-food images. The team believed this means women think more about food than men tend to.
Dr. Uher said, 'This could be related to biological differences between men and women. 【3】'
Professor Carey Cooper, psychology and health professor at Lancaster University, said, 'For centuries women have had a providing role - preparing and cooking food for their families. And it is part of that role to make sure the food is safe. They will therefore be much more sensitive to food than men are, and I would not be surprised if that was now built into their DNA. If the female brain react to food because it historically has developed neural (神经的)pathways to do this, then food will be the way they express their stress. 【4】'
But other experts have said that more research must be done before the results can be proved. American scientist Angelo del Parigi of the John B. Pierce Laboratory in New Haven, Connecticut, said, 'Looking at an FMRI alone cannot make sure whether the stronger reaction in women is due to innate (天生的) differences or a learned process. '
A.Men, on the other hand, are not usually as obsessive about what they eat.
B.And experts are exploring how these biological differences can contribute to human health.
C.The volunteers were given images of food to look at, as well as food to taste.
D.But the more likely explanation is that women have a more complicated reaction to food because of social pressure.
E.Food actually, is a comfort for women.
F.If a woman is always asking whether she's fat, it's because her food thoughts are mostly related to dieting.
29、Robot are about to enter our lives. From doing housework, entertaining and educating our children, to looking after the elderly, scientists say we will soon be welcoming robots into our homes and workplaces.
Researchers believe we are on the cusp (过渡点) of a robot revolution that will mirror the quick growth of the computer revolution. They are developing new laws for robot behavior, and designing new ways for humans and robots to communicate.
“I think robots will change who we are, just as eyeglasses and fire changed who we were before, says Rodney Brooks, a director of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
Some ideas and technologies may sound like science fiction, but they are fast becoming science fact. Robots scientists invented are already beginning to perform everyday tasks like cleaning our floors. The latest types from Japan are able to help the elderly to get out of bed or get up after a fall. They can also remind them when to take medication (药物), or even help wash their hair.
“Robot now are not human-like. For example they are things like automatic (自动的) beds and wheelchairs,” says Prof Hiroshi Ishiguro at Osaka University, Japan. He believes the time is coming when robots start looking less like machines, and more like us. “In the near future we are going to use more human-like robots. I really think so, says Prof Ishiguro.
Prof Maja Mataric at the University of Southern California agrees. “I’m very excited about the fact that today we are trying to make robots that look like human beings,” she says.
“I believe we love robots because they’re reflections (反映) of ourselves,” says Ken Goldberg, director of the Berkeley Center for New Media at the University of California at Berkeley.
“Robots could be used in education, learning, and healthcare, where social support is important,” says Dr. Cynthia Breazeal, director of the Personal Robots Group at MIT.
【1】Who believes that robots will bring great changes to our lives?
A. Rodney Brooks. B. Hiroshi Ishiguro.
C. Maja Mataric. D. Ken Goldberg.
【2】Which of the following proverbs can best express the idea of the paragraph 4?
A. Great hopes make great men. B. If we can dream it, we can do it.
C. Where there is life, there is hope. D. Where there is a will, there is a way.
【3】According to the text, future robots will .
A. become smaller B. cheaper
C. be more like machines D. be more like humans
【4】What would he the best title for this passage?
A. Ready for the Robot Revolution?
B. The Uses of Future Robots
C. The Changes for the Future World
D. Happy About Scientific Development?
30、 This story happened in a small town of the Western United States in the early 20th century. One day, a 10-year-old boy held a dollar coin in his hand and asked the shop owners along the street, Excuse me, do you sell _______ ?”
Throughout the day, the _______ boy went in and out of many stores, asking the _______question, but each time he was _______ .
Then, at the sixty-ninth store, a 60-year-old grandpa _______ and asked the little boy, “Why do you want to buy God?”
The boy told him that his parents had died when he was still a baby and his uncle was now _______him. But several days before, his uncle was ill in hospital. The doctor told the boy that only God could _______ his uncle. The little boy thought that God must be a _______ thing. And he had a _______ if he could buy God and let his uncle eat, then his uncle would be fine.
“How much do you have?” the old man asked.
“One dollar,” ________ the child.
“My boy, God’s price is ________ one dollar,“ said the old man.
Then the storekeeper took a bottle of “God” from the shelf. ________ it, boy! When your uncle drinks it, he will get well soon. ”
The little boy ________to the hospital and shouted happily to his uncle, “Uncle, I bought God back and you will get well soon.”
The next day, a medical team ________ the world’s top medical experts came to the hospital. The ________ was very successful.
When the little boy’s uncle saw the large medical bill, he almost passed out. ________ , the hospital told him the bill had already been paid by a rich elderly man.
The little boy’s uncle went to the ________ to thank the old man. But he was away on holiday, ________ a letter.
“You don’t need to thank me. The bill has been paid by your nephew(侄子). To save you, he brought a ________ and went into every store to buy God. Thank God, ________ was the person that saved you!”
【1】A.water B.bread C.God D.mum
【2】A.excited B.tired C.angry D.frightened
【3】A.interesting B.different C.serious D.same
【4】A.refused B.stopped C.supported D.apologized
【5】A.agreed B.smiled C.silenced D.complained
【6】A.raising B.serving C.protecting D.controlling
【7】A.govern B.answer C.save D.limit
【8】A.fool B.rude C.active D.wonderful
【9】A.trick B.belief C.curiosity D.adventure
【10】A.repeated B.replied C.reminded D.require
【11】A.exactly B.really C.hardly D.truly
【12】A.Buy B.Get C.Take D.Accept
【13】A.moved B.jogged C.rushed D.jumped
【14】A.made of B.made from C.made up D.made up of
【15】A.story B.operation C.medicine D.patient
【16】A.Instead B.Otherwise C.However D.Anyway
【17】A.store B.hospital C.company D.street
【18】A.writing B.posting C.leaving D.answering
【19】A.card B.bill C.letter D.dollar
【20】A.I B.he C.she D.storekeeper
31、原文填空
The Earth is made up of three layers. In the centre is the core, which is as big as the Mars and has a high 【1】 of over 7,000˚C. 【2】 the core is a thick layer called the mantle, 【3】 lower part is solid rock, 【4】 portion is molten rock called the magma. Floating on top of the magma is the Earth’s rocky crust.
The crust is made up of tectonic plates. These huge plates are moved slowly by magma currents below, sliding past each other with 【5】. If a plate is forced down 【6】 another and gets 【7】, pressure will build up until the stressed rocks suddenly 【8】 apart, causing 【9】 ground movements called earthquakes. The point where the rocks suddenly jolt or break is called the epicentre, from which, powerful shock waves 【10】 out in all directions.
32、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。续写的词数应为150左右。
The event that stands out in Tom’s memory happened one morning when Tom was only ten years old.He was at home with his elder sister Jane.Tom was doing his homework when he heard raised voices.At first he thought nothing of it since customers in the motorcycle shop directly below their flat often became loud，but he soon realized this time it was different.
“Quick! Quick! Remove the motorcycles from the shop.” someone shouted.Then a thick burning smell filled the air.When Tom opened the front door of their flat to investigate，a thick cloud of smoke greeted him.The motorcycle shop had caught fire and people were running and crying.
Jane，who had been playing the violin in her room，hurried to the living room.They rushed out of the door and along the corridor (走廊) through the smoke.
They were heading towards the stairway at the far end of the corridor when Jane suddenly stopped in her track.She turned around and headed back the way they came.Tom had no idea what she was doing，but he followed her.
Jane had suddenly remembered the lady in her 70s who lived next door to them，who they called Makcik.Jane began banging on Makcik’s door，but got no answer.As the smoke thickened around them，Tom could see many of their neighbors—some still in their pajamas (睡衣)—running for safety.The thought of fear crossed his mind.
“She would have run for safety like everyone else!” Tom cried.However，Jane refused to give up.“I know Makcik’s still inside.” She said she was familiar with Makcik’s daily routine and was certain she would still be sleeping.She pounded against the door.“Go downstairs.Go now! Go!”
Paragraph 1：
Tom noticed the flame (火焰) was reaching up.
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Paragraph 2：
Luckily，some neighbors passing by stopped and offered help.
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