1、The book is not worth much money. But it is well worth________.
A．to buy
B．being bought
C．to be bought
D．buying
2、It took me quite a few minutes ________ I could recognize his face.
A. till B. when
C. since D. before
3、It is the first time that I ______ to Beijing.
A.came B.come
C.have come D.had come
4、—What do you think of the hotel here?
—Oh, wonderful! We ____ a better one than this.
A. won’t find B. can’t find
C. must have found D. couldn’t have found
5、Americans eat _____________ vegetables per person today as they did in 1910.
A．more than twice
B．twice as many as
C．as twice as many
D．more than twice as many
6、Liu Xiang _____across the finishing line and came first.
A. ran B. rushed
C. dashed D. raced
7、The bad state of his mother’s health _______him greatly.
A．encourages
B．amazes
C．concerns
D．confuses
8、There is a lot of poisonous gases in the hall. If ____in, they can result in illness and even death.
A.breathed B.breathing C.to be breathed D.breathe
9、It’s her ________ of time to medical research that helped Tu Youyou win the Nobel Prize.
A.supply B.respect C.devotion D.arrangement
10、According to the new research, the ________economic growth involves different factors, including the government, the public and the proper policy.
A．reusable
B．previous
C．renewable
D．sustainable
11、After visiting China, most of the foreign friends said they would never forget the time they had spent in China.
A. that B. what
C. when D. at which
12、--- How about the book you are reading?
--- Good indeed. It _____ many problems we have come across in our study.
A. says B. talks
C. refers D. covers
13、________ in 1842, Highclere is one of the most expensive houses in Britain, ________ more than 150 million pounds.
A．Completing; is worth
B．Completed; worth
C．Having been completed; is worthy
D．Completed; is worth
14、A good advertisement often uses words ________people attach positive meanings.
A.that B.which C.with which D.to which
15、When _______, the new stadium（体育馆） will hold 50000 people.
A. completed B. be completed
C. completing D. having completed
16、The football always reminds me of my mistake in that match, so I put it away somewhere out of my________.
A．scene
B．scenery
C．control
D．sight
17、It is illegal for a public official to ask people for gifts or money _____ favors to them.
A.in preference to B.in place of C.in exchange for D.in agreement with
18、We were asked to move out of the building because it ________ now.
A．has been decorated
B．decorating
C．is being decorated
D．is decorated
19、The students were very happy when they found that their English teacher ________ a movie for them.
A. had prepared B. prepared
C. will prepare D. is preparing
20、______the phone call, the construction site is crowded with workers full of joy and excitement.
A.On receiving B.As soon as receiving C.The Moment he received D.Receiving
21、—May I go and play with Dick this afternoon, Mum?
—No, you can’t go out _______ your work is being done.
A.before B.until C.as D.the moment
22、You have just read this newspaper.Did you find_______ in it?
A.interesting anything B.anything interesting
C.interesting something D.something interesting
23、This swimming pool is ________ for professionals, which is not open to the public. You can go to the other pool for fun.
A．preferred
B．updated
C．intended
D．postponed
24、People _____the Christmas tree with stars and coloured lights to welcome the new year.
A. designed B. decorated
C. fancied D. removed
25、Inspired by J.K Rowling, my uncle decides to devote all he could novels.
A. to write B. write C. to writing D. writing
26、 A couple had two little boys aged 8 and 10 who were very naughty. They were always getting into trouble and their parents knew that if any trouble occurred in their town their sons were probably involved.
The boys' mother heard that a clergyman in the town had been successful in educating children so she asked if he would speak with her boys. The clergyman agreed but asked to see them individually. So the mother sent her 8-year-old first in the morning with the elder boy to see the clergyman in the afternoon.
The clergyman, a huge man with a loud and deep voice, sat the younger boy down and asked him strictly, “Where is God?”
The boy's mouth dropped open but he made no answer, sitting there with his mouth hanging open, wide-eyed. So the clergyman repeated the question in an even stricter tone “Where is God?” Again the boy made no attempt to answer. So the clergyman raised his voice even more and shook his finger in the boy's face and shouted" Where is God?"
The boy screamed and escaped from the room, ran directly home and dove into his closet, slamming the door behind him. When his elder brother found him in the closet, he asked “What happened?”
The younger brother replied out of breath, “We are in big trouble this time. God is missing--and they think we did it.”
【1】What were the two boys like?
A.They always made trouble. B.They were brave.
C.They were easygoing. D.They were honest.
【2】What did their parents plan to do?
A.They gave up their children.
B.They liked their children very much.
C.They wanted the clergyman to educate their children.
D.They helped their children to make trouble.
【3】What do you suppose the boy felt when he was asked by the clergyman?
A.Happy. B.Sad. C.Afraid. D.Surprised.
27、Smartphones, tablets and smart watches are banned (禁止) at school for all children under 15 in France. Under the ban students are not able to use their phones at all during school hours, including meal breaks.
“I think it’s a good thing. School is not about being on your phone,” Paris mum Marie-Caroline Madeleine told AFP. “It’s hard with kids. You can’t control what they see and that’s one of the things that worry me as a parent.”
There is no law like this in Australia, but some Australian schools have banned phones.
McKinnon Secondary School in Victoria introduced a total ban in February and Principal Pitsa Binnion said this has been a success.
McKinnon students still have a Chromebook to use in every class for day-to-day learning but they’re not allowed to use social media. Ms Binnion said at first “teachers cheered and students moaned (抱怨) ,” but now they’re seeing the advantages. “They come to school and they’re not allowed to use phones at all during the school day, including lunch breaks,” she said.
“It’s been wonderful in terms of students communicating with each other at lunchtime and not looking at their screen,” she said.
Ms Binnion also leads by example and doesn’t use her mobile phone in school. “I think anyone can do it if we’ve done it.”
Not everyone agrees with the bans. Western Sydney University technology researcher Dr Joanne Orlando wrote in online magazine The Conversation earlier this year that Australia should not ban phones in schools because it’s important to educate kids to live in the age they are raised in.
“A good education for students today is knowing how to use technology to learn, communicate and work with ideas,” she wrote. “Banning students from using smartphones is a 1950s response to a 2018 state-of-play.”
【1】Why did Madeleine welcome the ban?
A．School is for studying.
B．Kids behave badly nowadays.
C．Teachers find it hard to control kids.
D．Her kids depend too much on phones.
【2】What can we learn about the ban in McKinnon Secondary School?
A．Some teachers were against it at first.
B．Students can now see the good of the ban.
C．Students can use their phones at lunch beaks.
D．Teachers have stopped using phones at school as well.
【3】What does the underlined word “Chromebook” in Paragraph 5 probably refer to?
A．A book.
B．A notebook.
C．A learning website.
D．A kind of computer.
【4】What does Dr Joanne Orlando think of banning phones in schools?
A．It will disconnect parents and kids.
B．It will cause kids to communicate less.
C．It will prevent kids being tech-minded.
D．It will make education go back 60 years.
28、Whether you are an actor, a filmmaker or a film lover through and through, writing film reviews can help develop your ability to think critically and watch movies with a response that goes deeper than “That movie was awesome!” 【1】. Here are some tips on how to write a film review that people will want to read.
Support your criticism.
【2】; in fact, readers come to rely on those reviewers whose tastes reflect their own when deciding whether or not to spend their time and money. Be sure to back up your thoughts with specifics — a disappointing performance, a ridiculous plot, original special visual effects, and so on.
Consider your audience.
Are you writing for a fan site, a national news outlet, or a teen magazine? Having that in mind can help you decide what elements of the movie to highlight. 【3】.
Study the professionals.
As with all types of writing, the more you read the better you will be. 【4】. Use your critical eye to think about why one reviewer has a hundred thousand followers and another only has two. Be sure also to read the publications where you’d like your writing to appear as a template(模板) for your own reviews, and don’t forget to read the submission guidelines!
【5】.
The best reviewers have a distinct personality that comes across in their writing. This does not happen overnight, so take every opportunity to write as a way to develop your own style that will grab readers’ attention and keep them coming back for more.
A．Find your voice
B．And for you future film reviewers out there, it’s never too soon to start
C．You should also adjust your writing style to fit the target readers
D．Grab reader’s attention
E．Professional reviewers do not shy away from telling their readers whether they thought the movie was good or bad
F．And when you read film reviews that you like or don’t like, think about why
G．Tell your readers about the highlights or missteps of actors, directors, and CGI magicians
29、If you are feeling that life just cannot be any worse for you, it can be tough to think positive thoughts. It is important to turn those negative thoughts to something positive when we are stressed, depressed, upset or otherwise in a negative state of mind because we think that “bad things” keep happening to us. 【1】.
It is often very hard to think positively when so many things are negative, but I can assure you that someone somewhere is worse off than you. 【2】.
If you start with one small, positive step and repeat it during the course of your day, you will begin to move into a more positive position: positive thoughts, feelings, opportunities. And people will start showing up in your life, With practice, you will find that over time, you will change your outlook and choose to be happy, regardless of the events around you.
Here are a few examples for you to practice. Say them out loud and with feelings.
• Begin and end each day with a “Thank you for this wonderful, glorious day!”
• 【3】 when you see the gas prices going up.
• When you are late for work, say “I am so happy and grateful for my job as I know that many don’t have one.”
• 【4】 if you are having health problems: “I really do appreciate my eyes that see, my ears that hear, my mouth that tastes, my legs that walk, my arms that lift, my hands that write, my mind that thinks, my knees that bend and my tongue that talks.” The possibilities here are endless: insert (插入) what does work for you and feel good about it!
• Write down what you’re grateful for each day. 【5】 when you’re feeling really down. This will help uplift your spirits. If you practice this regularly, you will find that your list will get longer and longer.
A．Be grateful for what does work
B．Read what you wrote previously
C．You should learn to forgive yourself and others
D．If we don’t, we will only attract more “bad things“
E．Don’t ignore those who once gave you a hand when you are in need
F．We can choose to think differently by beginning with the smallest of steps
G．Say “I am so glad that I am blessed to have a vehicle in which to get around”
30、A lady wanted a birthday gift from her husband. For many months she had liked a beautiful _________, and knowing her husband could _________ it, she told him that was all she wanted. On the morning of the _________, her husband told her how _________ he was to have such a good wife, and how much he loved her. He _________a beautiful gift package (纸盒). She opened it and _________ a Bible. _________, she raised her voice and said to her husband, "With all your money, you give me a Bible?" She was so _________ that she left him.
Many years passed and the lady was very_________ in business. She owned two large companies. She __________ her husband was very old, and thought perhaps she should go to __________ him. But before she could, she __________ a letter telling her that he had died, and gave all of his possessions (财产) to her. She needed to come back and __________ things.
When she arrived at his house, sadness __________ her heart. She saw the still new __________, just as she had left it years before. With __________, she opened it and began to turn the pages. A ring __________ from the Bible to the floor and a __________ could be seen. She picked it up and found it was the ring she wanted in those days. And on the card was the date of her birth, and the words "LOVE U ALWAYS".
__________ your gift is not packaged the way you want it, it's because it is better packaged the way it is! Always appreciate little things; they usually lead you to bigger things! The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched for they must be felt with the __________ .
【1】
A．watch
B．ring
C．coat
D．box
【2】
A．afford
B．like
C．design
D．guess
【3】
A．holiday
B．performance
C．birthday
D．meeting
【4】
A．proud
B．kind
C．sorry
D．brave
【5】
A．lent
B．asked
C．gave
D．moved
【6】
A．carried
B．found
C．missed
D．held
【7】
A．Politely
B．Lightly
C．Patiently
D．Angrily
【8】
A．calm
B．upset
C．grateful
D．careless
【9】
A．failing
B．lonely
C．successful
D．poor
【10】
A．wondered
B．hoped
C．realized
D．explained
【11】
A．visit
B．melt
C．catch
D．help
【12】
A．passed
B．wrote
C．sent
D．received
【13】
A．take care of
B．pay for
C．look for
D．give away
【14】
A．covered
B．broke
C．left
D．filled
【15】
A．car
B．Bible
C．letter
D．table
【16】
A．smiles
B．laughter
C．tears
D．interests
【17】
A．hid
B．dropped
C．disappeared
D．made
【18】
A．book
B．pen
C．flower
D．card
【19】
A．If
B．But
C．Although
D．So
【20】
A．hand
B．eye
C．face
D．heart
31、按课文内容填空
Festivals are an important part of society. They reflect people’s wishes, beliefs, faiths, and 【1】 (对生活的态度). They are occasions that 【2】 (让我们放松并享受生活), and forget about our work for a little while. They help us understand where we came from, who we are, and what to appreciate. And if you study festivals carefully, you may 【3】 (惊讶地发现) that different cultures actually 【4】 (有许多共同点) after all.
32、阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
There are a lot of things to do with old books that you no longer want, depending on their condition. You might choose to sell them to a bookstore, pass them on to friends, or simply throw them out if they are in poor shape.
When you decide to deal with old books, check their condition first. If it is an old book with a torn cover and pages, sell it to the recycle bin. If the book is a hardcover (精装书) and the cover is still in good shape, sell it to a used bookstore or donate (捐赠) it to a charity.
When selling old books to a bookstore, you should know that book buyers are often looking for something special. It is important to know the content of old books if you are taking them to a bookstore. Fiction is usually good, but travel guides are not. If you want to donate old books to a charity, avoid donating books that are in truly poor condition. If a book is dirty or missing the cover, the charity cannot sell it or give it out. Most charities also prefer that you enter the charity with your donation.
You may also want to consider exchanging books with friends. You just need to place a shelf of old books that you don’t want by the door, and encourage your friends to take books that look interesting. If your entire social network follows this practice, a mobile library of old books can be formed. You can also have a book swap party, where everyone brings a box of old books for other people to look through. After the book swap, box up the rest of the books and donate them to a charity.