1、If you are trying to _________a new skill, please concentrate on gaining some practical experience.
A.recommend B.assess C.acquire D.convince
2、----I have been watching “I am a singer” and Gloria Tang (邓紫棋) is my favorite star.
----- Me, too. Her new album is said to be ______ next month. By then, we , fans, will buy some.
A. relieved B. delivered C. produced D. released
3、Tomorrow we'll pay a visit to a museum, next to _______ is a nice restaurant where we can have Italian food．
A. that B. this C. it D. which
4、The Zhuang is an ethnic group________ the population is the largest of all ethnic groups in China.
A．of whom
B．of which
C．of who
D．of that
5、 — I am so glad that I caught you at home. I need your help!
— ____, John?
A. What else B. So what
C. How come D. What’s up
6、—You are late for the morning assembly again!
—I’m terribly sorry. I _______a contract almost the whole night.
A．was drafting
B．have been drafting
C．have drafted
D．had drafted
7、She accused the press photographers of ________ her privacy.
A.challenging B.violating C.abusing D.confirming
8、It seems late to say anything. We probably ______ it if we had made an offer sooner.
A. would have got B. would get
C. had got D. got
9、When reading a novel, be sure to consider the political and cultural context ________ the novel is created.
A.why B.that C.which D.where
10、The students have decided on a final date by which everyone reading the books assigned by their professor.
A. finishes B. finished
C. have finished D. will have finished
11、一Did you forget your promise, dear?
一 I have finished my homework on time, mom.
A.Excuse me. B.Surely.
C.Why not? D.How could I?
12、Group activities will be organized in and after class _____ children develop team spirit.
A. helping B. having helped
C. helped D. to help
13、Some restaurants are happy to provide a free cake if you let them know in advance that you ________a group for a birthday party.
A．will be bringing
B．have brought
C．have been bringing
D．were bringing
14、It's unnecessary that you complain about the power cut for _____repair work about the line is being carried out for the coming hurricane.
A.extensive B.investigative C.conservative D.explosive
15、For some students, professional training might be the way to go since well-developed skills, _______ , can be the difference between having a job and not.
A. all other factors are equal
B. all other factors to be equal
C. all other factors being equal
D. if all other factors being equal
16、The economy of the last quarter was much stronger than ______ predicted, driven by a rare increase in government spending.
A. vaguely B. randomly
C. consistently D. originally
17、In some countries,the president can ______ somebody from death penalty.
A. punish B. inspect
C. charge D. privilege
18、Was it in 2008 ______ he was still at middle school _____ the boy became expert at computer?
A.that; where B.when; where C.that; when D.when; that
19、The bungalow near the south school gate will be ______ into classrooms for music and art.
A. transmitted B. transferred C. transformed D. transported
20、John was dismissed last week because of his________ attitude towards his job.
A．competitive
B．casual
C．classical
D．comprehensive
21、 Their cheery song brightens many a winter’s day.But robins are in danger of wearing themselves out by singing too much.Robins are singing all night—as well as during the day,British-based researchers say.
David Dominoni,of Glasgow University,said that light from street lamps,takeaway signs and homes is affecting the birds’ biological clocks,leading to them being wide awake when they should be asleep.
Dr Dominoni,who is putting cameras inside nesting boxes to track sleeping patterns,said lack of sleep could put the birds’ health at risk.His study shows that when robins are exposed to light at night in the lab,it leads to some genes being active at the wrong time of day.And the more birds are exposed to light,the more active they are at night.
He told people at a conference,“There have been a couple of studies suggesting they are increasing their song output at night and during the day they are still singing.Singing is a costly behaviour and it takes energy.So by increasing their song output,there might be some costs of energy.”
And it is not just robins that are being kept awake by artificial light.Blackbirds and seagulls are also being more nocturnal.Dr Dominoni said,“In Glasgow where I live,gulls are a serious problem.I have people coming to me saying‘You are the bird expert.Can you help us kill these gulls?’.During the breeding(繁殖)season,between April and June,they are very active at night and very noisy and people can’t sleep.”
Although Dr Dominoni has only studied light pollution,other research concluded that robins living in noisy cities have started to sing at night to make themselves heard over loud noise.
However,some birds thrive(兴旺)in noisy environments.A study from California Polytechnic University found more hummingbirds in areas with heavy industrial machinery.It is thought that they are capitalising on their predators(天敌)fleeing to quieter areas.
【1】According to Dr Dominoni’s study,what causes robins to sing so much?
A.The breeding season.
B.The light in modern life.
C.The dangerous environment.
D.The noise from heavy machinery.
【2】What is the researchers’ concern over the increase of birds’ song output?
A.The environment might be polluted.
B.The birds’ health might be damaged.
C.The industry cost might be increased.
D.The people’s hearing might be affected.
22、I belong to that classification of people known as wives. I am A Wife. And, not altogether incidentally, I am a mother.
Not too long ago a male friend of mine appeared on the scene fresh from a recent divorce. He had one child, who is, of course, with his ex-wife. He is looking for another wife. As I thought about him while I was ironing one evening, it suddenly occurred to me that I too, would like to have a wife. Why do I want a wife?
I’d like to go back to school so that I can become economically independent. I want a wife who will work and send me to school. And meanwhile take care of my children. I want a wife who is a good nurturing attendant to my children, who arranges for their schooling, makes sure that they have an adequate social life with their peers, etc. I want a wife who takes care of the children when they are sick, a wife who arranges to be around when the children need special care, because, of course, I cannot miss classes at school. My wife must arrange to lose time at work and not lose the job. It may mean a small cut in my wife’s income from time to time, but I guess I can tolerate that. Needless to say, my wife will arrange and pay for the care of the children while my wife is working.
I want a wife who will take care of my physical needs. I want a wife who will keep my house clean. A wife who will pick up after me. I want a wife who will keep my clothes clean, ironed, mended, replaced, and who will see to it that my personal things are kept in their proper place so that I can find what I need the minute I need it. I want a wife who will plan the menus, do the necessary grocery shopping, prepare the meals, serve them pleasantly, and then do the cleaning up while I do my studying. I want a wife who will care for me when I am sick and sympathize with my pain and loss of time from school.
...
If, by chance, I find another person more suitable as a wife than the wife I already have, I want the liberty to replace my present wife with another one. Naturally, I will expect a fresh, new life; my wife will take the children and be solely (单独地) responsible for them so that I am left free.
When I am through with school and have a job, I want my wife to quit working and remain at home so that my wife can more fully and completely take care of a wife’s duties.
My God, who wouldn’t want a wife?
【1】Why does the author want a wife?
A. To follow in the footstep of the male friend. B. To forget about the past marriage.
C. To get rid of the family duties. D. To turn over a new leaf.
【2】According to the passage, a wife should ______.
A. bear all the responsibilities in a family B. be responsible only for her children
C. become economically independent D. quit working and remain at home
【3】What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. How to be a good wife. B. A wife’s responsibilities.
C. A wife’s status in a family. D. Complaints of being a wife.
【4】The author wrote this article in a/ an ______ tone.
A. poetic B. humorous C. ironic D. pessimistic
23、 When I first catch sight of Greta Thunberg, it is eight in the morning, and a small crowd has already gathered. It is a Friday, her day of protest, and the 16-year-old is standing outside the parliament(议会) building, next to a sign saying “School strike for climate” in Swedish.
This is the 26th week of her protest, which has taken place every Friday since school started last August. Her goal is to bring Sweden in line with the 2016 Paris Agreement, which promises to limit global warming to below 2℃, compared with pre-industrial levels.
Over the past six months, Greta has rocketed to a level of fame and influence that pretty much nobody, including herself, expected. Her protest was quickly highlighted by the media. Then came a TED talk and an invitation to address last December’s U.N. climate talks in Poland.
While Greta may seem an unlikely climate activist, it was not entirely accidental that she became one. Like many children, Greta watched educational films about the melting Arctic and the fate of the polar bears and the marine mammals bloated (肿胀) with plastic. But unlike other children, she couldn’t let them go. “I became very affected. I began thinking about it all the time.” said Greta.
Greta began researching climate change and has been staying on the topic for six years. She has stopped eating meat and buying anything that isn’t necessary. In 2015, Greta stopped flying on airplanes, and a year later, her mother followed her example, giving up an international performing career. The family has started growing their own vegetables on his own garden outside the city. To meet me in central Stockholm, Greta and her father rode their bikes for about half an hour, although the family has an electric car that they use only when necessary.
【1】What can be inferred from the second paragraph?
A.Industry in Sweden is developing too fast.
B.School climate education remains to be improved.
C.The climate around the world has increased by 2℃.
D.Sweden should do more to meet the Paris Agreement.
【2】Why did Greta become the focus of media attention?
A.She was expected to be famous.
B.She was invited to the TED talk.
C.She skipped school for the protest.
D.She was active in the protest as a child.
【3】What makes Greta devoted to climate activities?
A.The educational programs.
B.Her speech at U.N. climate talks.
C.Her great concern about climate change.
D.The protest of “School strike for climate”
【4】What happened after Greta became a climate activist?
A.She moved to the countryside.
B.She had an eco-friendly life.
C.She followed her mother’s example.
D.She gave up her work for her research.
24、 “Buffalo, buffalo, Buffalo, buffalo, buffalo, buffalo, Buffalo, buffalo’’ is a real sentence.
How?
Let's break it down, starting with simple phrase.
Monkeys from Pisa bully deer from London.
Ok, admittedly, it's an impossible scenario, but it is a grammatically fine sentence. In English, we can use place names as adjective, so let's shorten the sentence a little.
Pisa monkeys bully London deer.
Now we'll throw in some giraffes from Paris to even the score with those mean monkeys.
Pisa monkeys, whom Paris giraffes intimidate, bully London deer.
English is peculiar in that you can omit relative pronouns, e.g., “ the person whom I love’’ can be expressed as ‘’the the person I love.’’ Let’s do that to this sentence.
Pisa monkeys Paris giraffes intimidate bully London deer.
This kind of pronoun removal can be a little more dedicate to grasp when written than when spoken. Saying the above sentence with pauses after monkeys and intimidate can help. Now we need to replace both of the verbs, intimidate and bully, with their (admittedly uncommon) synonym, buffalo.
Pisa monkeys Paris giraffes buffalo buffalo London deer.
Again, pauses help keep the meaning in mind: Put a pause after monkeys and the first buffalo. Now we'll replace all the worldwide place names with the second-largest city in New York State, Buffalo.(That’s Buffalo’s tallest building, One Seneca Tower, below.)
Buffalo monkeys Buffalo giraffes buffalo buffalo Buffalo deer.
You can probably guess what the next step is. But before we replace all the animals with the common name for the American bison, note how the capital letters in the above sentence help you keep the place names separate from the other usages of the word. Ok, here goes:
Buffalo, buffalo, Buffalo, buffalo, buffalo, buffalo, Buffalo, buffalo.
One last thing to note: This exceptional sentence is possible because the plural of the animal buffalo is buffalo, not buffalos, otherwise all the words wouldn’t be identical.
【1】How should we read the following sentence with proper pauses?
A.Buffalo buffalo Buffalo / buffalo buffalo /buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
B.Buffalo Buffalo /Buffalo buffalo buffalo / buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
C.Buffalo buffalo Buffalo / buffalo buffalo buffalo / Buffalo buffalo.
D.Buffalo buffalo /Buffalo buffalo / buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
【2】What’s the key element to make this sentence possible?
A.The relative pronouns in English can be omitted.
B.In English, place names can be used as adjectives.
C.The city has the same name with a kind of American bison.
D.The word buffalo has the same form of singular and plura.
【3】Where can you probably find this article?
A.Wandering the Earth
B.Linguistics Around Us
C.Popular Animal Science
D.Collins English Grammer
25、Jess, a 12-year-old girl, lives in Mallacoota, a small town in Australia. She is one of many children having been through mental; _________ and heartbreak in the New Year bushfires.
She_________the bushfires with fear. “I’ve never been so scared. The sky was turned to blood red, and the, embers (灰烬) were_________ all around us. It was much worse than any_________ film.” she said.
Jess, along with her family, spent two terrifying days on the local boat where. Residents stayed for_________，and it was also a place where_________could not be broken. Jess and her little companions planned to_________their community garden and the house for chickens.
One blessing for Mallacoota is that no one_________their life during the disaster. Roads into and out of the town are beginning to reopen. Wandering alone among the houses_________to the ground. Jess still managed to find a__________ side and said at least now she would not have to clean her bedroom anymore. In no time she and her companions__________started to restore the community garden and even__________a family of chickens to the new “home”, making something bad into something good.
It’s a long road back to__________life. But it is surely__________ if we have the will. As Jess said, “My beloved hometown wills __________again.”
【1】
A．disorder
B．suffering
C．growth
D．training
【2】
A．recalled
B．imagined
C．observed
D．controlled
【3】
A．escaping
B．crowding
C．flying
D．running
【4】
A．scary
B．artistic
C．fancy
D．silent
【5】
A．comfort
B．peace
C．treat
D．safety
【6】
A．rules
B．spirits
C．habits
D．promises
【7】
A．reserve
B．design
C．rebuild
D．decorate
【8】
A．saved
B．lost
C．took
D．changed
【9】
A．knocked
B．blown
C．exploded
D．burnt
【10】
A．positive
B．warm
C．familiar
D．correct
【11】
A．wisely
B．luckily
C．actively
D．anxiously
【12】
A．returned
B．welcomed
C．forced
D．contributed
【13】
A．simple
B．common
C．normal
D．social
【14】
A．hopeful
B．risk
C．special
D．tough
【15】
A．rest
B．expand
C．struggle
D．shine
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。续写的词数应为150左右。
'Usual boring day!' This would be the answer from Roman if somebody asked him how his day was. These days he found everything boring, nothing excited him.
One day he was lying in his room as usual. Suddenly light went off. His room was rather hot without an air conditioner. Though he did not want to leave his room, he had to. Unwillingly, he left his room and came to living room. Living room was slightly cool as it had two huge windows.
His young brother was playing with his friend. They were rolling on the floor. He was looking out for the TV remote, but couldn't find. He got up and searched it everywhere, but remote was nowhere. He looked at his brother who was still lying on the floor playing.
He asked him, "Where is the remote?"
"Under the Sofa," his brother yelled.
He tried to look through, but it was dark. He put his hand under the sofa. He touched something, grabbed it and took his hand out. OMG! It was a snake in his hand!
After seeing that his brother started to yell, “ Snake, snake!” Mom came as soon as she heard their shouting. She too was horrified to see a snake. She was so scared that she even couldn’t speak a word. Two kids were trying to hide into each other's back. “What an old trick!” Roman thought and threw it over kids.
As the snake landed on the floor near to the kids, it started moving from left side to the right. Only then did Roman realize that the snake was real, not a toy. He threw the snake over kids because he thought it was a fake snake and kids were playing some tricks.
This time mom almost got heart attack. Now he was scared too. The snake was only 10 meters away from kids and was staring at kids. They even couldn’t call a rescue team. There might be some deadly damage before their arrival. There was not much time to think. It was the time for a quick action.
Paragraph 1：
As Roman was farther from the snake, he jumped to the window and grabbed the curtain.
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Paragraph 2：
After the rescue team caught and took the snake away, everyone went inside the home.
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