1、His illness ________ his absence.
A. leads for B. accounts for
C. provides for D. pays for
2、—Are you going to Tom’s birthday party?
—________I might have to work.
A．Why not?
B．Sounds great
C．It depends.
D．It’s a deal.
3、The century-old Zhangyuan was once the most popular leisure destination in Shanghai, offering a wide variety of __________ entertainment, such as a roller coaster, an aquatic Lotic Brave Ride（激流勇进）, a fireworks show and circus performances.
A．fancy
B．fantasy
C．fascination
D．fashion
4、No one can prevent the plans ________ out.
A．to be carried
B．from carrying
C．to be carried
D．being carried
5、— What do you think will prove to be the best thing that has ever happened to you? — ______.
A. Laying off B. Getting laid off
C. Laid off D. Lay me off
6、--- Are you going to the concert tomorrow?
--- ___________I’m not sure whether I could finish my paper before that．
A.Come off it B．You’ve a point there
C．It depends D．In my opinion
7、All possible means ________ tried, but not every means ________.
A.have been; work B.has been; works C.have been; works D.has been; work
8、As a grassroots singer, she reads everything she canconcerning music, and takes every opportunity to improve herself.
A. catch sight of B.get hold of
C.take charge of D.make mention of
9、I’ll never forget those years________ I lived in the small county with the workers, ________ has a great effect on my life today.
A．that; which
B．when; who
C．that; that
D．when; which
10、Mr. Reed made up his mind to devote all he had to some schools for poor children.
A．set up B．setting up
C．have set up D．has set up
11、In 1963 the World Food Programme was set up, one of________purposes is to relieve worldwide starvation.
A．its
B．whose
C．whom
D．which
12、I was about to give up my effort to work on the puzzle when a good idea ______ me.
A．beat
B．attacked
C．struck
D．caught
13、After breakfast, I packed up and______ again.
A．set out
B．set up
C．set down
D．set in
14、—What did your son say in the letter?
—He told me that he ________ the Disney World the next day.
A．will visit
B．has visited
C．is going to visit
D．would visit
15、It was not until I began to work that ________ how much time I had wasted.
A.did I realize B.didn’t I realize C.I realize D.I realized
16、_____got into the room_____ the telephone rang.
A. He hardly; then B. Hardly had he; when
C. He had not; than D. Not had he; when
17、To our surprise，the painting considered______should have won the prize.
A．being copied
B．having been copied
C．to have copied
D．to have been copied
18、-I m thirsty. I’d like a glass of orange juice. What about you, Dad?
-I prefer a cup of coffee nothing in it.
A．with
B．without
C．for
D．to
19、He ________courage to make an apology.
A.is lacking in B.lies in C.loses himself in D.is linked to
20、You’d better try kinds of ways to ________ you ideas________ to the audience and speak loudly to make yourself________ in a speech.
A．get...through, to hear
B．get...across, hearing
C．get...down, hear
D．get...across, heard
21、Crossing your legs is an extremely common habit; most people don't even notice that they're doing it when they sit down. While you may find it comfortable to sit with one knee crossed over the other, it might be causing health problems that you are not aware of.
A study published in Blood Pressure Monitoring stated that sitting with your legs crossed can increase your blood pressure. The reason for this is that the blood in your legs has to work against gravity to be pumped back to your heart and that crossing one leg over the other increases resistance, making it even harder for the blood to circulate. This causes your body to increase your blood pressure to push the blood back to the heart. You won't feel any immediate effects, but repeated, drawn-out increases in blood pressure can cause long-term health issues. So, planning to sit for a long period of time? Don't keep your legs crossed.
Crossing your legs at the knee can also cause pressure on the major nerve in your leg that passes just below your knee and along the outside of your leg, explains Richard Graves, a medical expert. This pressure can cause numbness and temporary paralysis (麻痹) of some of the muscles in your foot and leg, preventing you from being able to raise your ankle—what we know as that “pins and needles” sensation. While the feeling of discomfort may only last a minute or two, repeatedly crossing your legs until they feel numb can cause permanent nerve damage.
So next time you sit down, try to get yourself in the habit of sitting with both of your feet on the floor. Not only will it help your posture and stability, but it will also save your health in the long run.
【1】What can we learn about crossing one's legs?
A．It is a very bad social habit.
B．It can do harm to people's health.
C．It is usually practiced deliberately.
D．It can make others feel uncomfortable.
【2】According to the study, sitting with your legs crossed can________.
A．affect your blood pressure
B．resist gravity effectively
C．lead to heart attacks easily
D．improve the function of legs
【3】In the third paragraph “pins and needles” probably means________.
A．being highly flexible
B．being a little tired
C．serious muscle injuries
D．slight sharp pains
【4】What is the main purpose of the text?
A．To compare common habits.
B．To evaluate effects of an experiment.
C．To give readers some advice.
D．To introduce research methods.
22、Life-Changing Science Discoveries
Here’s a look at some discoveries that have changed the world. It’s impossible to rank their importance, so they’re listed in the order they were discovered.
Micro-organism
Before French chemist Louis Pasteur began experimenting with bacteria in the 1860s, people did not know what caused disease. He not only discovered that disease came from micro-organisms, but also realized that bacteria could be killed by heat and disinfectant(消毒剂). This idea caused doctors to wash their hands and disinfect their instruments, which has saved millions of lives.
Penicillin
Antibiotics are powerful drugs that kill dangerous bacteria in our bodies that make us sick. In 1928, British Alexander Fleming discovered the first antibiotic, penicillin, which he grew in his lab. Without antibiotics, infections like strep throat could be deadly
DNA
On February 28, 1853, James Watson of the United States and Francis Crick of England made one of the greatest scientific discoveries in history. The two scientists found the structure of DNA. Our genes are made of DNA and determine how things like what color hair and eye we’ll have. In 1962, they were awarded the Nobel Prize for this work. The discovery has helped doctors understand diseases and may someday prevent some illnesses like heart disease and cancer.
X-rays
Wilhelm Roentgen, a German physicist, discovered X-rays in 1895. X-rays go right through some substances, like flesh and wood, but are stopped by others, such as bones and lead. This allows them to be used to see broken bones or explosives inside suitcases, which makes them useful for doctors and security officers. For this discovery, Roentgen was awarded the first-ever Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.
【1】What did Louis Pasteur contribute to the world?
A. He discovered bacteria.
B. His findings helped save lives.
C. He found ways to grow bacteria.
D. His discovery won a Nobel Prize.
【2】Which discovery was made by two scientists from different countries?
A. Micro-organism. B. Penicillin.
C. DNA. D. X-rays.
【3】Why is the discovery of X-rays important?
A. It can be used to see through bones and lead.
B. It can help us to know why we are different.
C. It is useful for doctor and security officers.
D. It is used to kill dangerous bacteria in our bodies.
【4】What is common among the discoveries above?
A. They can help to prevent certain diseases.
B. They are all related to medical fields.
C. They are awarded the Nobel Prize.
D. They are all made in Europe.
23、Technology is a double-edged sword(双刃剑)— while it brings convenience, it also brings new problems. The sword of “social media” even has its preference: It cuts deeper into girls than boys.
Jean Twenge, a professor at San Diego State University in the US, recently discovered an alarming trend: Since 2010, the number of teenage girls who suffer from major depression, showing signs like self-harm and suicide (自杀), has increased much faster than that of boys. It is social media again that is to blame.
Statistically, girls use social media more than boys. Boys tend to spend their screen time on games, where they talk to their teammates through headphones. Though not directly, this still counts as real human contact. Girls, however, simply type and browse through posts, which is a much more isolated (孤立的) experience. “They're not having a real-time conversation with someone most of the time,” Mary Fristad, psychologist at The Ohio State University, told NPR.
And when it comes to online shaming, girls are also more vulnerable than boys. “Girls face more pressure about their appearance, which could be exacerbated (加重) by social media,” wrote Twenge. Shannon McLaughlin, for example, is an 18-year-old from Blackburn College in the US. She shared with the Guardian how social media made her feel depressed.
But McLaughlin found a solution. She started volunteering with the National Citizen Service, where she made face-to-face contact with people. "It's so easy to forget the importance of real connections when we have hundreds of people that we' re trying to impress at our fingertips," she told the Guardian. And she hopes that others "look up from their phones and focus more on the world around them".
【1】What causes more depressed girls to harm and even kill themselves according to Twenge?
A．Social media.
B．Campus injury.
C．Physical image.
D．Academic pressure.
【2】What can we learn from the third paragraph?
A．Boys tend to spend more time online than girls.
B．Girls experience more real human contact online.
C．Girls are more likely to get socially separated online.
D．Boys have direct human contact in playing online games.
【3】What does the underlined word "vulnerable" in Paragraph 4 mean?
A．Able to adjust oneself.
B．Easily hurt or disturbed.
C．Concerned about something.
D．Extremely devoted or impressed.
【4】What is McLaughlin's solution to the problem?
A．Focus more on the online world.
B．Connect more with the real world.
C．Start to take part in volunteer work.
D．Make use of phones for socializing.
24、By high school, T. J. was the most famous one in his town. I met him for the first time at a weekend leadership election. When I showed up, the community leaders gave me this overview of the attending students: “We have all the students here today, from the student president to T. J. Ware, the boy with the longest arrest record in the history of town.”
At the start of the election, he was standing against the back wall. He didn’t really join the discussion groups, or didn’t seem to have much to say. But slowly, the interactive games drew him in. The ice melted when the groups started building a list of positive and negative things that had occurred at school that year. T. J. had some definite comments on those situations. All of a sudden he was being treated like a leader. He knew something about poverty, hunger and hopelessness, and everyone was listening. By the end of the election, he had joined the Homeless Project team. The other students on the team elected him co-chairman of the team.
But when T. J. showed up at school on Monday morning, he arrived to a firestorm. A group of teachers were protesting (抗议) to the school principal about his being elected co-chairman. They reminded the principal, “He’ll probably steal half the food.”
Surprisingly, two weeks later, T. J. and his friends led a group to collect food. They created a school record： 2,854 cans of food in just two hours. It was enough to fill the empty shelves in two neighborhood centers, and the food took care of needy families in the area for 75 days. The local newspaper covered the event with a full-page article the next day. The event he led now collects 9,000 cans of food in one day, taking care of 70 percent of the need for food for one year.
Maybe you’ve heard the saying, “A bird with a broken wing will never fly as high.” T. J. reminds us that a bird with a broken wing only needs mending. But once it has healed, it can fly higher than the rest.
【1】What was T. J. famous for when the author first met him?
A. Collecting food. B. Making troubles.
C. Being elected co-chairman. D. Showing up at the election.
【2】Which of the following is true?
A. The groups welcomed T. J.’s opinions.
B. T. J. knew little about the topics in the discussions.
C. T. J. was unwilling to collect food for needy families.
D. The groups made a list of positive and negative things about T. J..
【3】Why did T. J. arrive to a firestorm?
A. He was caught in terrible weather. B. He suffered a fire disaster.
C. His stealing was made public. D. His being elected was strongly opposed.
【4】What does the story intend to tell us?
A. God helps those who help themselves.
B. Bad times makes a good man.
C. Everyone deserves a chance to clean up their mistakes.
D. Bad luck often brings good luck.
25、 On Thursday, I dropped my kid off at school and was on my way to San Francisco. On a curve, I passed what looked to be a _______ hawk in the middle of my lane. I took a sharp turn to go around it. I glanced _______ in my rear-view mirror and I thought I saw it move. I _______ and turned around. He was alive! I stopped the car, going over to him and picked him up, holding him in my arms. I took him quickly back-to my car _______ we both would be out of danger zone. Sitting with him in the car, I spoke calmly to him. had an animal in my arms that never had _______ with a human being before, let alone in one’s car. His eyes were brilliant _______ seemed in shock but not badly hurt. His feet were curled, which worried me bit but _______ he seemed in good shape.
I told him I was going to take him to someone who could help. I drove to a vet in Los Alamos who I have known and trusted for many years. We were about 20 minutes _______. The hawk’s energy seemed to be improving on the drive. He sat on my _______ the whole way there and when we arrived at the front of the vet, we waited for 15 minutes before they opened. I feel so grateful for those fifteen minutes! When I stopped the car he was looking directly at me. I moved my hand from the steering wheel and I could tell that my __________ moments made him nervous. He opened his mouth and seemed to be ready to __________ himself. So, we sat there and stared into each other’s eyes for 15 minutes! I wanted to __________ to him that he was in no danger and my only intention was love and for his __________. He seemed to understand. He closed his mouth after the first minute and relaxed on my lap, though staring into my eyes but without the intense air of __________.
When the vet assistant arrived and came up to the car the hawk got __________ and flew to the passenger seat. The vet then said, will be right back with crate(箱子)for him. Once again I looked into the amazing animal’s eyes and told him it was OK. He allowed me to pick him up and ____________ him to my lap. We stared at each other for a longer time.
When the assistant returned I placed him in the crate. He seemed to know everything was going to be OK. He trusted me and didn’t flap his wings or struggle. A(n) __________ came over me that felt like sweet sadness. I was sad to leave this awesome creature but was full of gratitude feeling so incredibly __________ with its presence.
What an awe-inspiring experience! I can still see those golden orange eyes that __________ into my soul. think I will see them for the rest of my life.
I later found out he was taken to the animal sanctuary(庇护所)near Dominical called Alturas Wildlife Sanctuary where he is well on his way to __________.
【1】A.dead B.dangerous C.fierce D.wounded
【2】A.around B.aside C.back D.forward
【3】A.pulled out B.turned over C.pulled over D.turned away
【4】A.so that B.even if C.in that D.in case
【5】A.connection B.conflicts C.involvement D.contact
【6】A.black B.yellow C.brown D.orange
【7】A.otherwise B.meanwhile C.nevertheless D.also
【8】A.across B.away C.apart D.ahead
【9】A.leg B.arm C.lap D.seat
【10】A.sudden B.constant C.graceful D.violent
【11】A.resist B.attack C.defend D.adjust
【12】A.confirm B.communicate C.clarify D.convey
【13】A.well-being B.future C.care D.wealth
【14】A.anxiety B.nerve C.anger D.fear
【15】A.startled B.overjoyed C.hurt D.upset
【16】A.tie B.catch C.return D.fasten
【17】A.emotion B.passion C.excitement D.sympathy
【18】A.satisfied B.blessed C.covered D.filled
【19】A.crashed B.looked C.changed D.slid
【20】A.flying B.leaving C.recovering D.appearing
26、阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
Ben was awakened by a gunshot. The sharp noise came through the thick stonewalls of the house. It was cold in the bedroom and Ben was shaking as he got out of bed. He put on his eyeglasses and went over to the window. The field was covered with white frost, Nothing moved out there in the deep quiet just before sunrise.
Ben wondered where the shot had come from. He thought perhaps he had dreamed he heard a gunshot. He looked out toward the frozen lake. Near the trees he saw a shining piece of metal. When it moved, Ben saw that it was a long gun. A minute later a man came out of the woods. He wore hunting clothes. Suddenly a bird flew upward. The man quickly put the gun to his shoulder and shot. Ben watched the bird, praying it had not been hurt. It flew near the ground and went into some tall grass. Safe, Ben thought.
The hunter did not move for a moment, and then he began to follow the bird. Hate for the hunter burned inside of Ben. "Hey!”he shouted .His voice cut through the stillness. The hunter stopped, but then continued to follow the bird. Ben shouted again, but this time the hunter did not stop and Ben started to move toward him. The hunter looked back at Ben. Ben had just bought this house in the woods. He wanted to protect everything on his land. He thought that everyone would obey the signs:＂No Hunting.”
However, he heard another gunshot. This troubled him deeply. How could he stop this hunter? He walked toward the lake. He did not want to fight, but the man must go. He walked quietly. He wanted to surprise the hunter. But then, what would he do? He could not fight the hunter.
注意：
1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2.至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
4.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1:
Suddenly he heard a bird's wings beating the dry grass.
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Paragraph 2:
There was something threatening in the man's cool quiet voice.
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