1、No sense the Asia-Pacific century will make ___ China develops.
A. unless B. as C. if D. When
2、 —Paul has gone abroad to try his luck. —In my________ , his decision is not wise.
A. word B. view C. sight D. way
3、You are hardworking and surely most of you _____ a college admission notice by the end of September this year．
A． will receive B． will be receiving
C． will be received D． will have received
4、The latest survey, ____ by the foreign company, found that more than 12% teenagers wanted to work as pilots.
A．to be conducted
B．conducted
C．being conducted
D．having conducted
5、Janet, who ________ her homework, was allowed to play badminton on the playground.
A. will finish B. finish
C. has finished D. had finished
6、Time to us all is limited. So in the days _______, we must work out a practical plan for our study and keep to it strictly.
A. following B. to follow
C. followed D. being followed
7、The present financial situation has made ___________ more urgent than ever for China to change its development model.
A. this B. one
C. that D. it
8、 The acting is so ________ that it makes you believe that it is one of the best meals that he has ever tasted.
A. enthusiastic B. fundamental
C. convincing D. optimistic
9、You’d better not leave the medicine_______ kids can reach it.
A. who B. where C. which D. when
10、“All hope was not lost” means ________.
A.All of the hope was lost. B.No hope was lost.
C.None of the hope was lost. D.Some hope was lost, some not.
11、Don’t hesitate to make a decision, ________ you’ll let such a golden opportunity slip through your fingers.
A．and
B．or
C．but
D．so
12、—It's so cold here! Why haven't you turned on your air-conditioner?
—Well, it ______ turn on.
A.shouldn't B.can't C.won't D.shan't
13、As China ________ into a market economy, the government no longer assigned jobs, food or free housing to urban residents.
A. transplanted B. transferred
C. translated D. transformed
14、Despite such a big difference in _____ towards what one eats, there is no doubt that people in the west regard the Chinese food as something special.
A.analysis B.ambition C.attitude D.agreement
15、Any complaint will be ________ if it has no foundation after being closely analyzed.
A.reserved B.resisted C.responded D.rejected
16、A young man from a wealthy family graduated from Beijing University and got a job as a pork seller, which________ a public heated debate.
A．set off
B．set about
C．set out
D．set aside
17、The reason why the government decided to put off the plans to build a new airport was that the plan met with fierce _____ from local farmers.
A. observation B. argument
C. disagreement D. opposition
18、No student ______go out of school after eleven o’clock at night without the teacher’s permission.
A．will
B．must
C．may
D．shall
19、They eat only plant foods, and take care to ________ animal products from other areas of their lives．
A．contain B．maintain
C．exclude D．Include
20、The question of _________ English will keep on changing in the future，though most people doubt，is actually easy________.
A. if；to be answered B. whether；to answer
C. how；answered D. what；to answer
21、If you’ve ever owned a chimney, you know that it can get pretty dirty. There’s a whole lot of soot(烟灰) that gets stuck on the inside. That stuff has to get cleaned, or you could have a serious fire risk. While nowadays we have easier ways of doing this dirty job, in the way back days somebody used to climb up the chimney and clean all that soot. And the thing is, not just anybody could do it.
You had to be really small to fit up in the chimney, so they used to give the task to kids – some as young as four or five years old. They worked for their boss known as a master-sweep. They were often covered in soot, and were very likely to get burned. They often developed what became known as soot wart, a form of cancer.
Are your unfairness bells ringing? William Blake’s certainly were. The physical dangers and widespread unfairness of the chimney-sweeping job really stuck in his throat, so much so that he wrote not one, but two poems called “The Chimney Sweeper”.
The first poem (the one we’re discussing here)was published in 1789 in a book called Songs of Innocence. These little poems took children and the joys of childhood innocence as their subject. As you’ve probably guessed by now, many of the poems in Songs of Innocence, like “The Chimney Sweeper”, are about the ways in which childhood innocence is destroyed by unkind old adults. For Blake, innocence is, in many ways, a total joke. It doesn’t exist, because it’s always taken away by the realistic world – chimney-sweeping, death, poverty, etc.
What does a five-year-old chimney sweeper in 18th-century England have to do with you? More than you might think. It is reported that 150 million kids are in child labor in developing countries. Many of them work long hours and face dangerous health risks. Like Blake’s chimney sweeper, these kids are not even given a chance at innocence because experience keeps getting in the way.
【1】Which of the following can best describe the chimney-sweeping job?
A. Easy and interesting. B. Dirty and dangerous.
C. Pleasant and well-paid D. Challenging and creative.
【2】Why did Blake write two poems called “The Chimney Sweeper”?
A. He was very interested in the job.
B. He had much experience in the job.
C. He considered the job very important.
D. He felt deeply sorry for the kid workers.
【3】How did Blake look at the realistic world?
A. Thankfully B. Regretfully C. Doubtfully D. Negatively
【4】In the last paragraph, the writer explains ________.
A. the realistic meaning of “The Chimney Sweeper”
B. the great influence of Blake’s Songs of Innocence
C. why child labor still exists in developing countries
D. why chimney-sweeping becomes unnecessary today
22、When people ask me what Down Syndrome(唐氏综合症) is, I tell them it’s an extra chromosome(染色体). A doctor would tell you the extra chromosome causes an intellectual disability that makes it harder for me to learn things.
Even though I have Down Syndrome, my life is a lot like yours. I read books and watch TV. I listen to music with my friends. I’m on the swim team and in chorus at school. I think about the future, and I like the one who I’ll marry. And I get along with my sisters---except when they take CDs without asking! I’m a hard worker, a good person, and I care about my friends.
Some of my classes are with typical kids, and some are with kids with learning disabilities. I have an aid who goes with me to my harder classes, like math and biology. She helps me take notes and gives me tips on how I should study for tests. It really helps, but I also challenge myself to do well. For instance, my goal was to be in a typical English class by 12thgrade. That’s exactly what happened this year!
It’s true that I don’t learn some things as fast as other people do. But that won’t stop me from trying. I just know that if I work really hard and by myself I can do almost anything.
I can’t change the fact that I have Down Syndrome, but one thing I would change is what people think of me. I’d tell them, “Judge me as a whole person, not just the person you see. Treat me with respect, and accept me for who I am. The most important---just be my friend.”
【1】A person with Down Syndrome ____________according to the passage.
A. can learn things almost as fast as normal people do
B. has one more chromosome than normal people
C. is hard to get along with
D. is easy to get along with
【2】The writer tries to picture himself as a __________teenager.
A. normal B. perfect C. lovely D. special
【3】The writer feels ________about his life.
A. confused B. hopeful C. unhappy D. curious
【4】What is the purpose of the passage?
A. To prove people with Down Syndrome are a lot like healthy ones
B. To show the writer’s honesty and optimism
C. To change people’s attitude towards people with Down Syndrome
D. To describe the life of a student with learning disabilities
23、 One of the executives gathered at the Aspen Institute for a day-long leadership workshop using the works of Shakespeare was discussing the role of Brutus in the death of Julius Caesar. “Brutus was not an honorable man,” he said. “He was a traitor（叛徒）. And he murdered someone in cold blood.” The agreement was that Brutus had acted with cruelty when other options were available to him. He made a bad decision, they said—at least as it was presented by Shakespeare—to take the lead in murdering Julius Caesar. And though one of the executives acknowledged that Brutus had the good of the republic in mind, Caesar was nevertheless his superior. “You have to understand,” the executives said, “our policy is to obey the chain of command.”
During the last few years, business executives and book writers looking for a new way to advise corporate America have been exploiting Shakespeare’s wisdom for profitable ends. None more so than husband and wife team Kenneth and Carol Adelman, well-known advisers to the White House, who started up a training company called “Movers and Shakespeares”. They are amateur Shakespeare scholars and Shakespeare lovers, and they have combined their passion and their high level contacts into a management training business. They conduct between 30 and 40 workshops annually, focusing on half a dozen different plays, mostly for corporations, but also for government agencies.
The workshops all take the same form, focusing on a single play as a kind of case study, and using individual scenes as specific lessons. In Julius Caesar, for example, Cassius’s sly provocation（狡诈的挑唆） of Brutus to take up arms against Caesar was the basis for a discussion of methods of team building and grass roots organising.
Although neither of the Adelmans is academically trained in literature, the programmes contain plenty of Shakespeare tradition and background. Their workshop on Henry V, for example, includes a helpful explanation of Henry’s winning strategy at the Battle of Agincourt. But they do come to the text with a few biases (偏向): their reading of Henry V minimizes his misuse of power. Instead, they emphasize the story of the youth who seizes opportunity and becomes a masterful leader. And at the workshop on Caesar, Mr. Adelmans had little good to say about Brutus, saying “the noblest Roman of them all” couldn’t make his mind up about things.
Many of the participants pointed to very specific elements in the play that they felt to be related. Caesar’s pride, which led to his murder, and Brutus’s mistakes in leading the after the murder, they said, raise vital questions for anyone serving in a business when and how do you resist the boss?
【1】According to the passage, the Adelmans set up “Movers and Shakespeares” to __________.
A.help executives to understand Shakespeare’s plays better
B.give advice on leadership by analyzing Shakespeare’s plays
C.provide case studies of Shakespeare’s plays in literature workshops
D.guide government agencies to follow the characters in Shakespeare’s plays
【2】Why do the Adelmans conduct a workshop on Henry V?
A.To highlight the importance of catching opportunities.
B.To encourage masterful leaders to plan strategies to win.
C.To illustrate the harm of prejudices in management.
D.To warn executives against power misuse.
【3】It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
A.the Adelmans’ programme proves biased as the roles of characters are maximized
B.executives feel bored with too many specific elements of Shakespeare’s plays
C.the Adelmans will make more profits if they are professional scholars
D.Shakespeare has played an important role in the management field
【4】The best title for the passage is _________.
A.Shakespeare’s plays: Executives reconsider corporate culture
B.Shakespeare’s plays: An essential key to business success
C.Shakespeare’s plays: A lesson for business motivation
D.Shakespeare’s plays: Dramatic training brings dramatic results
24、In the world today, all of the people need recreation (消遣). We cannot work all the time if we are going to keep healthy and enjoy life.
Everyone has his own way of relaxing. Perhaps the most popular form is to take part in sports. There are team sports, such as basketball and football; There are also individual (个人的) sports, such as swimming and running. Skating and mountain climbing are the most popular recreation for people who like to be outdoor.
Not everyone who enjoys sports likes to take part in them. Many people like watching them on TV or listening to them on the radio. So many people like some forms of indoor recreation, such as watching TV, singing and dancing.
It doesn’t matter whether we like indoor recreation or take part in outdoor sports. It is important for everyone to relax from time to time, and enjoy some forms of recreation.
【1】Which is the most popular form of recreation?
A. Sports. B. Watching TV.
C. Sleeping. D. Singing and dancing.
【2】People want to take part in sports in order to ____.
A. keep healthy and enjoy life B. make friends
C. find a good job D. make more money
【3】Outdoor sports include ____.
A. watching TV B. singing and dancing
C. listening to the radio D. skating and mountain climbing
【4】The page mainly tells us that ____.
A. basketball is a kind of team sport
B. everyone who enjoys sports should take part in them
C. different people have different ways of relaxing
D. indoor recreation is not as important as outdoor sports
25、Another person’s enthusiasm was what set me moving toward the success I have achieved.That person was my stepmother.
I was nine years old when she entered our home in rural Virginia. My father _____ me to her with these words:“I would like you to meet the fellow who is____ for being the worst boy in this county and will probably start throwing rocks at you no ______than tomorrow morning.”
My stepmother walked over to me, _____ my head slightly upward,and looked me right in the eye.Then she looked at my father and replied,“You are ____ .This is not the worst boy at all, ______the smartest one who hasn’t yet found an outlet(释放的途径)for his enthusiasm.”
That statement began a(n) ____ between us.No one had ever called me smart,My family and neighbors had built me up in my ______ as a bad boy . My stepmother changed all that.
She changed many things.She ____ my father to go to a dental school,from which he graduated with honors.She moved our family into the county seat,where my father’s career could be more ____ and my brother and I could be better ____ .
When I turned fourteen,she bought me a secondhand ____ and told me that she believed that I could become a writer.I knew her enthusiasm, I ____ it, and I saw how it had already improved our lives.I accepted her ____ and began to write for local newspapers.I was doing the same kind of ______that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life’s work later.I wasn’t the ____beneficiary (受益者).My father became the _____man in town.My brother and stepbrothers became a physician,a dentist,a lawyer,and a college president.
What power ____ has!When that power is released to support the certainty of one’s purpose and is ______strengthened by faith,it becomes an irresistible（不可抗拒的）force which poverty and temporary defeat can never ____.
You can communicate that power to anyone who needs it.This is probably the greatest work you can do with your enthusiasm.
【1】A. rushed B. introduced C. carried D. sent
【2】A. distinguished B. favored C. mistaken D. rewarded
【3】A. sooner B. earlier C. longer D. later
【4】A. dragged B. shook C. raised D. bent
【5】A. perfect B. right C. wrong D. impolite
【6】A. but B. so C. and D. or
【7】A. agreement B. friendship C. gap D. relationship
【8】A. opinion B. image C. expectation D. mind
【9】A. begged B. persuaded C. ordered D. invited
【10】A. successful B. meaningful C. helpful D. useful
【11】A. treated B. entertained C. educated D. respected
【12】A. camera B. radio C. bicycle D. typewriter
【13】A. considered B. suspected C. ignored D. appreciated
【14】A. belief B. request C. criticism D. description
【15】A. teaching B. studying C. writing D. reading
【16】A. next B. same C. only D. real
【17】A. cleverest B. strongest C. wealthiest D. healthiest
【18】A. enthusiasm B. sympathy C. fortune D. confidence
【19】A. deliberately B. happily C. traditionally D. constantly
【20】A. match B. win C. reach D. doubt
26、中国结（Chinese knot）是中国的传统工艺之一，请用简短的语言把它介绍给你的笔友Tom。要点包括：
1.外观（尺寸、颜色、材料）
2.象征意义
3.价格
注意：1.词数100--120；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；