1、When we saw the road ________ with snow, we decided to spend the holiday at home.
A．block
B．to block
C．blocking
D．blocked
2、If you can’t trust your friend to have a relationship with another person you consider a friend, it’s a clear ______ of a problem in your friendships.”
A. disappearance B. symbol
C. symptom D. settlement
3、______ protecting the endangered wildlife, the organisation also collects money for the children whose families are poor.
A．In need of
B．In place of
C．In addition to
D．In return for
4、I still remember ________ one occasion, we were sitting ________ the shade of a big tree playing and chatting happily.
A．on; in B．at; under
C．in; under D．at; in
5、Having read the advertisement for the qualified employees, a great many ______answered the call.
A．ancestors
B．applicants
C．operators
D．boarders
6、____out how to put our furniture or we'll have to wait for another week to move in ．
A. Figuring B. To figure
C. Figure D. Figured
7、Last night Mr. Crook didn’t come back at the usual time. ______, he met some friends and Stayed out until midnight.
A.Meanwhile B.However C.Instead D.Yet
8、Considering the heavy pollution caused by fossil fuels, many people are _______ the use of alternative energy sources .
A.accenting for B.catering for C.compensating for D.pushing for
9、You may search on the Internet for professors and their courses about the university ________ may interest you.
A．that
B．where
C．which
D．who
10、The house prices fell sharply at the end of last year, but ______ at the beginning of this year.
A. repaired B. recovered
C. replaced D. reduced
11、Keep down! You ________ let anyone see you.
A．needn’t
B．daren’t
C．mustn’t
D．won’t
12、—Did you attend the meeting for the experiment project yesterday?
—Yes, but I don’t think I ____ because my director was there.
A．need to have
B．need to
C．needed to
D．need have
13、—Hi, let’s go to see the new movie Red Notice.
—Sorry, I ______ in an application form for a volunteer job. How about tomorrow?
A．fill
B．have filled
C．am filling
D．will fill
14、— Henry, can you go to the concert tonight?
— I'm afraid I can't. I will give the ticket to ________ wants to enjoy it.
A．someone
B．whomever
C．everyone
D．whoever
15、He was about to do his homework when an unusual noise ________ his attention．
A．arrested B．affected C．attacked D．attended
16、_____opportunity has not found any sign of life, the presence of water means life is possible．
A．While B．Because
C．When D．Since
17、The director of the research institute came in person to ______ that everything was all right.
A．make out
B．make sure
C．make clear
D．make up
18、The sudden fire caused a in the cinema and the crowd all ran away in all directions.
A.risk B.panic C.survey D.surprise
19、The Internet has made ________ possible for us to keep in touch with the world.
A.it B.this C.that D.one
20、It was strange that you ______ for Maggie’s address. I just got a letter from her---the first one since her family moved on August 31, 1999.
A. should have asked B. would have asked
C. shall ask D. might ask
21、When other nine-year-old kids were playing games, she was working at a petrol station. When other teens were studying or going out, she struggled to find a place to sleep on the street. But she overcame these terrible setbacks to win a highly competitive scholarship and gain entry to Harvard University. And her amazing story has inspired a movie, “Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story” shown in late April.
Liz Murray, a 22-year-old American girl, has been writing a real-life story of willpower and determination. Liz grew up in the shadow of two drug-addicted parents. There was never enough food or warm clothes in the house. Liz was the only member of the family who had a job. Her mother had AIDS and died when Liz was just 15 years old. The effect of that LOSS became a turning point in her life. Connecting the environment in which she had grown up with how her mother had died, she decided to do something about it.
Liz went back to school. She threw herself into her studies, never telling her teachers that she was homeless. At night, she lived on the streets. “What drove me to live on had something to do with understanding, by understanding that there was a whole other way of being. I had only experienced a small part of the society,” she wrote in her book Breaking Night.
She admitted that she used envy to drive herself on. She used the benefits that come easily to others, such as a safe living environment, to encourage herself that “next to nothing could hold me down”. She finished high school in just two years and won a full scholarship to study at Harvard University, but Liz decided to leave her top university a couple of months earlier this year in order to take care of her father, who has also developed AIDS. “I love my parents so much. They are drug addicts. But I never forget that they love me all the time.”
Liz wants moviegoers to come away with the idea that changing your life is “as simple as making a decision”.
【1】The main idea of the passage is __________.
A. what a hard time Liz had in her childhood
B. how Liz managed to enter Harvard University
C. how Liz struggled to change her life
D. why Liz loved her parents so much
【2】What actually made her go towards her goal?
A. Willpower and determination. B. Envy and encouragement.
C. Decisions and understanding. D. Love and respect for her parents.
【3】When she wrote “What drove me to live on... I had only experienced a small part of the society”, she meant that ________.
A. she needed to travel more around the world
B. she would do something for her own life
C. she could hardly understand the society
D. she had little experience of social life
22、 Fallingwater is a house built over a waterfall in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Frank Lloyd Wright, America’s most famous architect, designed the house in 1935. It instantly became famous, and today it is a National Historic Landmark.
In-Depth Tour
The tour is best if you desire a greater understanding of what Wright was seeking to create with his masterwork. The number of visitors on each tour is limited and photography is permitted for personal use only. Children nine years and older may be accompanied by adults on this tour.
$65.00 per person (Available by advance ticket purchase only)
Daily from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Guided House Tour
This tour features all the major rooms of the house and lasts about one hour. Photography is not permitted during this tour. The Guided House Tour allows children six-year-old and older to enjoy the house with their parents.
Adults —$20.00 with advance purchase
— $23.00 when purchased on site
Youth (aged 6-12) —$14.00 with advance purchase
—$17.00 when purchased on site
Brunch (早午餐)Tour
The guests join their guide for brunch before they leave. Children nine years and older may be accompanied by adults on this tour. Please allow three hours in total for this experience.
$115.00 per person (Available by advance ticket purchase only)
May through September- Saturdays & Sundays at 9:00 a.m.
【1】What can we know about In-Depth Tour?
A.The ticket is available on site. B.It is not available at 9:30 a.m.
C.Visitors are forbidden to take photos. D.The number of visitors is not limited.
【2】How much will a couple with a girl aged 8 pay if they buy the Guided House Tour tickets in
advance?
A.$34 B.$63.
C.$40. D.$54.
23、Anne and Todd thought something was a little different with their son Christopher during those early months. Over the next two months, Anne and Todd realized Chris wasn’t visually tracking objects properly and they became nervous. They began doing online research and the results were overwhelming. “We thought Christopher’s symptoms sounded like Optic. Nerve Hypoplasia(ONH), an underdevelopment of the optic nerve(视神经), but we didn’t want to believe it,” Anne recalled. Their baby doctor referred them to a renowned eye doctor, who confirmed their guessing.
Anne and Todd started Chris with treatments immediately and began receiving services from their local regional center. Then a parent referred them to the Blind Children’s Center (BCC), which would mark a turning point for the whole family.
Anne and Todd, who met at Southwestern Law School, were both working full-time and, admittedly, Christopher’s needs presented challenges. “Chris wasn’t sleeping well at night,” Anne remembered. “It became clear that one parent had to stop working, so after ten years as a lawyer, I decided to put my career on hold to focus on Christopher’s growth and education.” It was a difficult decision, but Anne and Todd knew it was the right one. The first call Anne made was to the BCC. Christopher would start immediately in the infant class(幼儿班).
Chris benefited from interacting with the other children in the infant program, some of whom were visually impaired like him, and some were sighted. “The inclusive environment was the major reason we wanted Chris to go here,” Anne said. “That atmosphere is non-existent in most schools. You don’t want your child in a class totally made up of children with special needs. Even if your scholastic environment caters to you, the outside world won’t.”
Now, Christopher’s speech and articulateness skills have improved a lot. He went from being an unfortunate infant to a lively and talktive child, Anne said. “He has patience and even when he gets disappointed, he pushes through and completes what he needs to complete. He believes in himself and he knows what it’s like to be successful.”
【1】What did Anne and Todd do first when they found Chris’ difference?
A．They blamed themselves for carelessness.
B．They consulted an experienced eye doctor.
C．They searched the Internet for information.
D．They sought help from the local regional center.
【2】What does the underlined word “articulateness” in the last paragraph probably mean?
A．management
B．expression
C．observation
D．calculation
【3】Why did Anne and Todd choose the BCC?
A．It had both blind and sighted students.
B．It provided hands-on learning experiences.
C．It was totally for students with special needs.
D．It applied a student-centered teaching method.
【4】Which of the following can best describe Chris?
A．Humorous and ambitious.
B．Determined and confident.
C．Generous and hard-working.
D．Courageous and conventional.
24、“When I was 14, I'd pick my younger brother up from school," Jen says. "I'd be in charge of checking his homework and making sure that he was fed until our parents got home. " That is one of the things that led Jen, a Stanford Graduate School of Business student, to become interested in how people's perception of their own age can influence their actions.
That curiosity led her to team up with Szu-chi Huang, an associate professor at Stanford, on a series of experiments in which they shifted participants' perception of their own age in order to study the effects on their willingness to help strangers in need.
In one study, researchers set up a stand at a sports event and invited passers-by to write thank-you cards to people they knew. In the process, the researchers shifted participants' subjective age by informing them about the average age of others who had participated in the event. In another, they organized a food-bank donation drive at local farmers' markets. In some instances, they asked teenage volunteers to collect the money, a trick to make participants feel older. In other instances, the volunteers were in their 50s.
The researchers found that when participants perceived themselves as older, they were more willing to do things for others with whom they didn't have a personal connection. “We found that when people are led to feel older, they feel more responsibility," Huang says. "It's like the society is on our shoulders. We feel like we're expected to make this world better for the next generation. w
Organizations involved in social causes might take advantage of the new insights about subjective age to make their recruiting （征募）and fundraising efforts more efficient. "If you want to create an older subjective age among the audience you're trying to reach, recruiting younger volunteers might help," Huang says.
【1】Where does Jen's inspiration of the research topic come?
A．From her professor,
B．From her schoolmates.
C．From her business career.
D．From her early experience.
【2】Why are volunteers in their 50s involved in the donation drive?
A．To attract people's sympathy.
B．To make donors feel younger.
C．To encourage teenagers to work harder.
D．To inform donors of the participants' age.
【3】What may happen when people feel they are older than the volunteers?
A．They shoulder more responsibility.
B．They build stronger connections with others.
C．They have a better understanding of the world.
D．They feel more hopeful about the next generation.
【4】What is the last paragraph mainly about?
A．The outcome of the study.
B．The benefit of social causes.
C．The practical value of the study.
D．The importance of subjective age.
25、A little dog, saved by the East Haven fire department, has been adopted by the fire station. This dog greets everyone with love, ________ the firefighters after a hard day on duty. ________ that, he is acting as a best friend, town star and mascot (吉祥物) in his new home.
The six month old dog was ________ from inside a hot car that was parked in the sun, with its windows all tightly closed. The inside temperature of the ________ car was 122 degrees Fahrenheit on that August day. Yet the dog was healthy after the ________ .
Everyone fell in love with this dog and wanted him. When it was finally ________ that the fire department could keep him, the next important ________ was giving him a proper name.
The entire town ________ selecting a name. Some 7,500 locals voted from a list of ________ and Riggs, a common word for a fire truck, was ________ . Riggs fit right in with the firefighters, nursing staff, and fire chief Matthew Marcarelli.
Marcarelli describes how seeing Riggs actually changes the ________ of tired staff after a long day of ________ . And they became more cheerful. He says that station supported dogs are becoming increasingly ________ as they help with the mental health of ________ . Marcarelli says that “ this is because of the growing effects of job related ________ and its impact on firefighters for their wellbeing and men tal health. Riggs can actually melt the toughest heart.”
Everyone at the station house ________ this small, furry friend. Even the most hard-nosed firefighter’s heart can be ________ when he meets Riggs. A firefighter said that having Riggs ________ changes his mental state. And he ________ that even after the worst day, coming back and seeing this dog at the top of the stairs makes the ________ go away.
【1】
A．recognizing
B．treating
C．comforting
D．protecting
【2】
A．Regardless of
B．In addition to
C．Rather than
D．On account of.
【3】
A．rescued
B．dropped
C．raised
D．selected
【4】
A．broken
B．antique
C．expensive
D．locked
【5】
A．adventure
B．accident
C．challenge
D．attempt
【6】
A．proved
B．assumed
C．analyzed
D．decided
【7】
A．approach
B．sign
C．step
D．conflict
【8】
A．applied for
B．took part in
C．insisted on
D．missed out on
【9】
A．names
B．dates
C．places
D．rules
【10】
A．created
B．removed
C．chosen
D．recorded
【11】
A．opinions.
B．spirits
C．characters
D．grades
【12】
A．exercise
B．preparation
C．communication
D．work
【13】
A．active
B．aggressive
C．popular
D．dependent
【14】
A．firefighters
B．customers
C．candidates
D．strangers
【15】
A．memory
B．training
C．technology
D．stress
【16】
A．appreciates
B．understands
C．remembers
D．supports
【17】
A．touched.
B．evaluated
C．reserved
D．purified
【18】
A．originally
B．possibly
C．completely
D．hardly
【19】
A．imagines
B．explains
C．pretends
D．ensures
【20】
A．anger
B．threat
C．fear
D．difficulty
26、书面表达
春节期间，很多同学收到了父母和亲戚给的压岁钱，近日，你在你班做了一个关于“中学生如何使用压岁钱(lucky money)”的调查,请根据以下内容和要求写一篇短文。
【写作内容】
1. 使用方式：
1) 一些同学存入银行，养成节约的习惯；
2) 一些同学购买书籍，获取更多的知识；
3) 其他方式(至少写两种方式)；
2. 请发表你对压岁钱使用的看法。
【写作要求】字数：100—120字; 文章第一句已经给出，不计入总数。
Recently, I have carried out a survey on how middle school students use our lucky money in my class.____________________________________________________________________________________
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