1、Hearing the steps of their teacher on the floor, the students pretended ________ something attentively.
A. having read B. reading C. to reading D. to be reading
2、—Should I look up the new words each time I come across some?
—No, refer to your dictionary only ______.
A. where possible B. when necessary C. if ever D. if so
3、I won't go out tonight, you know; I'm going to watch the _____football match on TV.
A.alive B.living C.live D.life
4、The latest wave of smog(雾霾) ,_____ first swept into Shanghai and Jiangsu province on Dec. 1st ,_______ at least four car accidents due to low visibility.
A. in which; cause B. where ; caused
C. which ; has caused D. that; is caused
5、It was only after he had read the papers Mr. Gross realized the task before him was difficult to complete.
A. when B. that C. which D. what
6、She wrote a lot of books, most of ________ were translated into foreign languages.
A．which
B．them
C．it
D．that
7、As he wasn’t at the scene, the policeman couldn’t decide for a moment who ________ for the serious traffic accident.
A. blamed B. would blame
C. to blame D. was blamed
8、You mean it’s no use________ the old bicycles, but I think they need ________ at once.
A．repairing; to be repaired
B．repairing; to repair
C．to repair; repairing
D．to repair; to repair
9、—Going to the football match on Wednesday?
—_______! Will you go with me?
A．You bet
B．You got me
C．You there
D．You know better
10、The new policy on education has attracted _____________ attention.
A. a huge number of B. a large sum of
C. a great deal of D. a great many
11、It’s the third time I ________ him this month .
A．had seen
B．see
C．saw
D．have seen
12、— I’d rather have some wine, if you don’t mind.
—______. Don’ t forget that you’ll drive.
A. By all means B. Anything but that
C. Take it easy D. I wouldn’t say no to this
13、I feel tired and was in no ______ to listen to the lesson, and my attention began to ______.
A.mind; wander B.mood; wander C.interest; switch D.feeling; set
14、—How do you find this restaurant?
—______. The food in it is delicious.
A．A friend told me
B．I don’t think so
C．It’s hard to find
D．It can’t be better
15、 ________ yourself at the end of the meeting if you have different opinions.
A. To express B. Expressing
C. Express D. Expressed
16、We won’t start the work until all the preparations _________.
A. are being made B. will be made
C. have been made D. had been made
17、—Is there anything wrong with your stomach?
—________.
A．Nothing serious
B．Be careful
C．Don’t mind
D．Keep calm
18、The teacher _______ for talking in the class today.
A．told me off
B．turned me down
C．trusted me with
D．took me away
19、________ the public request, the government took some measures to reduce air pollution.
A．In addition to
B．In response to
C．In honor of
D．In charge of
20、Successful businesses evolve by staying the changing market and choosing the right time to move from their existing business model to a new model.
A. in contradiction with B. in common with
C. in contact with D. in tune with
21、This is a very interesting book . I'll buy it, .
A.how much may it cost B.no matter how it may cost
C.however much it may cost D.how may it cost
22、Hearing the news, he rushed out, _______the book _____on the table and disappeared into the dark.
A. left; laid open B. leaving; lying open
C. leaving; lie open D. left; lay open
23、The most delicious cake in the world ________ by mum. Please wait an hour to enjoy it.
A. makes B. is made
C. is being made D. is going to make
24、Henry is late again.It is ____of him to keep others waiting.
A.normal B.typical
C.common D.ordinary
25、Don’t ________ more work than you can do, or you will ________.
A. take over; break in B. take on; break down
C. take over; break off D. take on; break in
26、 It is reported that a record-breaking high-speed rail will connect Inner Mongolia in the north to Hainan in the south. According to the Shaanxi Development and Reform Commission，the proposed line will operate at a speed of 350 kilometers per hour（217 mph）.
Beginning in Inner Mongolia's Baotou city and running through southern Shaanxi， Hubei， Hunan， Guangxi and Guangdong， its final stop would be in Haikou city on Hainan Island，China's southernmost province.
Though the exact length of the proposed route has not been released，it will likely become the world's longest high-speed rail line as the journey by road between Baotou and Haikou is approximately 3,000 kilometers(1,864 miles)long. Currently, the world's longest high-speed rail line is almost 2,300 kilometers long （1,429 miles）,running from Beijing to Guangzhou.
The proposed rail is part of China's aim to create another “Silk Road of the 21st Century” and improve the country's transportation network while driving land development and urbanization（城市化） in some provincial areas.
Many of the provinces through which the high-speed trains will travel are near major bodies of water，such as the Yellow River in Inner Mongolia and Shaanxi province, the Yangtzi River in Hubei and the South China Sea， where the line would end. It will also take passengers to popular tourist attractions including Zhangjiajie, Xi'an, Guilin and minority areas in western Hunan and Hubei.
"The country is now shifting its focus and investing in the western regions and economically underdeveloped areas, making up for China's long debt to these areas,“ Tan yuzhi, professor of the School of Economics and Management at Hubei University for Nationalities， told local media. " The project will significantly narrow regional disparities（差异） and solve minority issues.”
However，Deng Hongbing，director of China University of Geosciences' Center for Regional Economic and Investment Center，said that if the north-to-south railway is to go ahead，there needs to be a sound ecological program in place to ensure the protection of these underdeveloped and ecologically sensitive areas.
【1】What is the passage mainly talking about?
A.China has decided to invest in the western areas.
B.Another high-speed train line is being planned.
C.The train will speed up to 350 kilometers per hour.
D.China has produced the best high-speed train line.
【2】How many provinces will the proposed line cross?
A.9 B.8 C.7 D.6
【3】Once the high-speed rain line is built，______.
A.it will be the most convenient high-speed rail line in China
B.it will benefit the underdeveloped areas a lot in the west
C.it will transport goods faster from north to south
D.it will do good to the environment alongside the line
【4】What is Tan Yuzhi's attitude towards the proposed project?
A.Supportive B.Doubtful.
C.Puzzled. D.Negative.
27、One afternoon, while staying with friends at their house there, my husband and I decided to go for a walk along the traffic-free country road in the area. We met a beautiful Golden Retriever. He seemed exceptionally friendly so we stopped to play with him, throwing a stick which he retrieved（取回）several times happily. When we continued our walk, he followed us. I couldn't deny that we were enjoying his company.
After about twenty minutes, we found ourselves walking along a dirt road in an unfamiliar area. One house, almost hidden by tall trees, seemed somehow strange. I wanted to get as far away from that place as possible.
Just then, the door to the house opened and five dogs rushed out, barking as they ran toward us. I felt terrified and couldn't move. All of a sudden, our new friend appeared between the dogs and us. He faced them-all five of them-barking and baring his teeth. I was amazed to see the attacking dogs stop in their tracks ten feet away from him. Our protector held them there while we escaped.
At a safe distance, we looked back and saw the five dogs heading back toward their house. But the Golden Retriever was nowhere in sight. I felt an ache in my heart; I missed our friend already.
With a feeling of emptiness, we made our way back to the house, hoping the whole way that we would see him again. But it was not to be.
When I told our friend about the encounter, her eyes flew wide open as she exclaimed, "It was an angel!"
To this day I have no doubt, A four-legged angel protected us.
【1】While meeting the house hidden by tall trees, the author may feel
A．curious
B．frightened
C．peaceful
D．exited
【2】Which of the words can NOT be used to describe the Golden Retriever?
A．Loyal.
B．Brave.
C．Cruel.
D．Lovely.
【3】What is the best title for the text?
A．A Romantic Walk
B．A Beautiful Encounter
C．A Four-Legged Angel
D．A Terrible Experience
28、For thousands of years, traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)has been used across China and Southeast Asia. Its practices have developed over time and now, scientists are giving it a high-tech update.
Developed by Singaporean company AiTreat, “EMMA”is a robot masseuse（女按摩师) designed to give Tui Na, a type of TCM bodywork similar to a deep tissue massage (深层组织按摩)，a 21st-century makeover. Using sensors and 3D vision to measure muscle stiffness (僵硬)，EMMA (which stands for “Expert Manipulative Massage Automation”) identifies pressure points and gives massages to patients to help offer pain relief and relaxation. AiTreat founder and CEO Albert Zhang hopes that EMMA can create low-cost massage treatments that can be part of the growing attraction of preventative medicine.
In 2015, Zhang founded AiTreat. A trained TCM physician, Zhang has firsthand experience treating patients.
Patients lying on the table might not even notice the difference between EMMA and a real-life masseuse -but Zhang doesn't want robots to replace masseuses. Instead, he says that they can help by taking away the back-breaking work masseuses do every day, and enable them to “focus on the 10% highly skilled part,” which can increase their productivity and income while reducing the cost for patients. “One physician can only see one patient at a time,but with EMMA, the physician can control two robots and see up to four patients at the same time,” he says.
While TCM practitioners accept years of training, EMMA’s AI system has been trained with thousands of “data points”-bodies of different shapes, sizes and ethnicities-to find the acupoints (穴位) in each individual, says Zhang.
Currently, Zhang says 11 robots are working at eight different clinics (诊所)in Singapore, with plans to send them overseas. “We are seeing great responses from practitioners in the US and China,” he adds.
【1】What do we know about EMMA?
A．It is developed by a Chinese company.
B．It has become part of preventative medicine.
C．It can comfort patients by massaging them.
D．It needs to locate the stiffness with the help of doctors.
【2】What advantage does EMMA have according to paragraph 4?
A．It is more reliable than a real masseuse.
B．It can work on highly skilled parts.
C．It is softer than a real masseuse.
D．It is highly effective.
【3】What is Zhang’s attitude to the future of EMMA?
A．Worried.
B．Confident.
C．Uncaring
D．Thankful.
【4】What is the best title for the text?
A．Tui Na massage by a robot masseuse
B．TCM being accepted by more patients
C．Humans losing job opportunities due to AI robots
D．Battle between EMMA and the human masseuse
29、 Everyone fails from time to time. We try to learn from our mistakes and move on, leaving them behind. But one museum is doing quite the opposite. It’s a showcase (展示)for failures, both famous and forgotten.
Inspired by the Museum of Broken Relationships in Croatia, Samuel West, a psychologist from Sweden, decided to make our silly mistakes public. He founded the Museum of Failure in 2017. Now the museum is hitting the road, with a traveling exhibition in Shanghai from Jan 18 to March 17. The Museum will display over 100 “failed” products from big-name companies such as Nokia, Apple and Coca-Cola.
“I really hope you see that these mega-brands (大牌)that everybody respects screw up too,” West told The New York Times. “I hope that makes you feel less apprehensive (惴惴不安的)about learning something new.”
West’s opinion isn’t new. The famed German-American physicist Albert Einstein once said, “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” This idea has even been embraced (接纳)by big companies in the US. Silicon Valley, for example, is the home of some of the worlds most innovative tech companies. A common slogan is, “Fail fast, fail often.”
However, there are reasons for this. The best companies are those that encourage failure, embrace out-of-the-box thinking and allow employees to make mistakes and see what happens,wrote Simon Casuto of Forbes.
This may lead to carelessness and a lack of effort. Some people are skeptical of this so-called “culture of failure”. They are worried that if failure becomes “a badge (奖章)of honor”，as Wired magazine put it, it may even be seen as “uncool” when someone tries to reduce the risk of failure.
“Sometimes people hide behind failure, when they could have prevented it,” wrote Anna Isaac of The Telegraph.
So it’s important that you set apart the two kinds of failure — the kind that shows laziness or incompetence and the kind that takes you forward. The key is whether you’ve learned something from your mistakes.
【1】West founded the Museum of Failure mainly to________.
A．help people avoid failure
B．encourage people to try new things
C．teach people how to learn from failure
D．entertain people with silly products
【2】Why are some people against the “culture of failure”？
A．It will lead to lots of impractical ideas.
B．It will cause great waste of resources.
C．It may give people excuses to make less effort.
D．People may fear to try again after failure.
【3】What does the author think of failure?
A．All failures deserve respect.
B．The best companies seldom make mistakes.
C．Failure shows lack of effort and ability.
D．Failure is good if it teaches us something.
30、There are too many fat people in America, so many Americans are fighting against overweight. But the ________thing is that the French,who consume rich food, tend to stay thin. Now a ________by Cornell University suggests ________life style and decisions about ________may affect weight. Researchers concluded that the French tend to stop eating when they feel ________. However, Americans tend to stop when their ________are empty or their favorite TV show is over.
According to Dr. Joseph Mercola, a health expert, the French see eating ________an important part of their life style. They enjoy food and therefore spend a ________time at the table,while Americans see eating as anything to be squeezed between the other daily activities. Mercola believes Americans ________the ability to sense when they are actually full. So they keep eating long after the French would have stopped. In addition, he points out that Americans drive to huge supermarkets to buy canned and ________foods for the week. The French, ________tend to shop daily, walking to small shops and farmers' markets where they have a choice of fresh fruits, vegetables, and eggs as well as high-quality meats for each meal.
After a visit to the United States, Mireille guiliano, author of French Women Don't Get Fat, decided to ________about the importance of knowing when to stop rather than suggesting how to avoid________. Today she continued to stay slim and rarely goes to the gym.
In spite of all these differences, evidence shows that recent life style ________may be affecting French eating habits. Today the rate of obesity (肥胖)—or extreme overweight—among adults is only 6%. However, as American fast food gains ________and the young reject older traditions, the obesity rate among French children has reached 17%—and is growing.
【1】
A．formal
B．strange
C．natural
D．modern
【2】
A．novel
B．research
C．strategy
D．newspaper
【3】
A．that
B．what
C．how
D．when
【4】
A．working
B．living
C．eating
D．studying
【5】
A．sensitive
B．full
C．happy
D．annoyed
【6】
A．pockets
B．refrigerators
C．houses
D．plates
【7】
A．as
B．into
C．inside
D．to
【8】
A．fairly long
B．fairly short
C．very exciting
D．rather fast
【9】
A．bring
B．lose
C．get
D．receive
【10】
A．frozen
B．cool
C．warm
D．hot
【11】
A．therefore
B．instead
C．however
D．merely
【12】
A．write
B．read
C．speak
D．think
【13】
A．fruit
B．oil
C．food
D．egg
【14】
A．examples
B．changes
C．designs
D．stories
【15】
A．failure
B．success
C．confidence
D．acceptance
31、原文填空
What impresses people most about Yuan Longping is his ongoing ability to 【1】. Long ago, he envisioned rice plants as tall as sorghum, with each ear of rice as big as a broom, and each grain of rice as huge as a peanut.He 【2】 producing a kind of rice that could 【3】 at home and abroad. His 【4】 for "seawater rice" has also 【5】, and potentially opened up nearly one million square kilometres of salty land in China for rice production. 【6】, Yuan Longping is still young at heart and full of vision, and everyone is waiting to see what he will dream up next.
Qian read a lot and was【7】 especially in the area of frontier science research. However, what might have made him such an outstanding and creative scientist was probably his strong interest in other things, 【8】 music and drawing.His【9】 art often gave him inspiration in his【10】.
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Navratri was almost here! Deepa couldn't wait for the party in the dance hall. She'd wear her special two-piece dress with tiny bells on it. She'd jump and skip just to hear those bells jingle.
"I think you should try it on," Mom said, handing Deepa the skirt. "You've grown a lot this year. It may not fit."
Deepa stepped into her skirt and tried pulling it up. Mom made a worried expression and said, "It's too small. Try the blouse." But that was small, too.
Deepa's throat tightened. Last year, Deepa and Mom had flown to India to visit Deepa's aunt, or Masi, for Navratri. Masi had taken Deepa shopping for a holiday dress. Deepa had loved the way the bells on Masi's anklets jingled as they walked through the market. When Deepa found a dress that jingled, too, she cried, "That one!"
For nine nights, she and her aunt had laughed and danced in the village with their skirts. And now the dress no longer fit.
"Can we have it changed?" Deepa asked. "We can try," said Mom. But when the tailor looked at the dress, he shook his head. He said it could only be made smaller. That afternoon, Deepa and her mom went to an Indian store in the mall and picked out a dress covered with little mirrors. It didn't feel special. But it fit. Deepa tried getting into the holiday spirit as they drove to the Navratri party. But her dress was too quiet.
In the parking lot, Mom opened the car trunk to put away her bag. Deepa noticed a familiar bag. "Is that my dress?" she asked. "I forgot to put it away," Mom said, closing the trunk. No one would ever see it again, Deepa thought sadly.
As they neared the dance hall, Deepa heard drums beating and people laughing. Inside, hundreds of dancers clacked colorful sticks together in a circle. The room felt warm and alive.
A lady danced past and her little girl followed, jumping along holding sticks tied with bells. Deepa smiled. It was like watching herself with Masi. Later, paper plates thick with sauce were served.
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The girl squeezed past Deepa, carrying a plate.
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Deepa touched Mom's arm and whispered, "I can help her."
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