1、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
2、He is always full of ______ as though he never knew tiredness.
A.strength B.energy C.force D.spirit
3、The palace caught fire three times in the last century, and little of the original building ________ now.
A．is remained
B．is remaining
C．remains
D．has been remained
4、Thanks to the good weather, the production of wheat this year will be ______ that of last year.
A. as much double as B. double as much as
C. more double than D. as much as double
5、-It ________Jack who is at the gate of the library.
-It ________him. I saw him off at the railway station just an hour ago.
A.can be; can't be B.must be; can't be
C.can be; must have been D.must be; can't have been
6、–Tack, this is the third time that you have been late this week.
--Sorry, sir, but I was ______ in the traffic congestion for 15 minutes.
A. held out B. held on C. held up D. held off
7、President Donald Trump's first state dinner excluded Democratic members of Congress and the media, which was criticized by many as a(n) _________ from tradition.
A.departure B.benefit C.escape D.lesson
8、In current economic situations, some small businesses will need to _____ costs in order to survive.
A.affect B.adopt C.reduce D.release
9、Nine in ten parents said there were significant differences in their approach their children compared with that of their parents.
A. to educate B. to educating
C. in educating D. of educating;
10、22. While building a tunnel through the mountain, _______.
A.an underground lake was discovered B.there was an underground lake discovered
C.a lake was discovered underground D.the workers discovered an underground lake
11、Don’t lose heart, and I think if you keep on, you will succeed ________.
A．in time
B．at times
C．on time
D．at no time
12、_______ we all know, books are the source of knowledge.
A. What B. That
C. Which D. As
13、I waited for him at the train station for an hour and I was afraid that he may miss the train, but luckily, he showed up with only ten minutes ______.
A.remain B.to remain
C.remained D.remaining
14、From space, the earth looks blue.This is _______about seventy-one percent of its surface is covered by water.
A.why B.how
C.because D.whether
15、Great changes ________ in our school since 2016. A lot of progress ________.
A．have taken the place; have been made
B．had taken place; have been made
C．were taken place; has made
D．have taken place; has been made
16、If you're to succeed，__________to the job after finding the proper way to do it.
A.being devoted B.devoted
C.devoting D.be devoted
17、—Why don’t you join us in the game?
—Because my homework _____ yet.
A.didn’t finish B.hasn’t finished C.wasn’t finished D.hasn’t been finished
18、______ is generally accepted, economic growth is determined by the smooth development of production.
A. What B. That C. It D.As
19、The organization was founded for the ________ of poor children.
A. benefit B. interest C. advantage D. value
20、The purpose of the new plan is to make life easier, ______ it more difficult.
A.not make B.not to make C.not making D.do not make
21、His dream has at last _____.
A.come true B.been come true C.realized D.being realized
22、The man _____ eyes were blinded moved to another country.
A.that B.which C.whose D.whom
23、During the flood, there was water everywhere, but we couldn’t drink any of it, ______ we would get really sick.
A.therefore B.however C.otherwise D.further
24、The Palace Museum, also known as The Forbidden City ______, to A.D. 1406.
A.dating from B.dates from C.dating back D.dates back
25、_______ hip-hop is popular with youngsters, I’m still not accustomed _______ it.
A.As, to appreciating B.Although, to appreciate
C.Even though, to appreciating D.While, to appreciate
26、 This summer, I went to Sports Camp with my little brother, Charlie. When we hiked to the pond, I was the only one who didn’t jump in. “Can’t you swim, Brandon?” asked Henry. I can, but after you've seen pond water under a microscope(显微镜), you’re less eager to cool off in it.
Tonight after sundown, we’re playing Capture the Flag. The campers are divided into two teams, Blue and Red. Each team hides a flag, then has an hour to find and take the other team’s flag. Charlie and I are on the Blue team. When Kenneth, our team captain, asks who wants to scout out the Red flag. My brother raises his hand.
Charlie goes with a bunch of boys from our team. The rest of us stay behind to guard our flag, which we've hidden in a nearby tree. Soon, Charlie is back, his face as red as paint. “All the others were caught. But I saw their flag!” he pants. “Inside the door of the director’s cabin!”
Kenneth waves us over. “Time’s running out. Any ideas?”
“I’ll stay with Charlie and Isaiah and guard our flag,” offers Henry.
Kenneth points to Marshall and me. “let’s go.” he says.
We run through the woods. Unluckily, two boys from the Red team noticed Kenneth and Marshall, and they were caught. I hide behind a tree and try to figure out which cabin is the director’s.
A whistle sounds, and my heart beats fast. Only five minutes left! No time to check every cabin. Which one is the right one? Suddenly, I smell something familiar. The director's after-shave! I’m sure of it.
I climb up the steps and open the door. The flag!
“Get him!” Someone shouts.
I grab the flag and race for our home base. Two boys from the Red team are right behind me. I reach our home base just before I hear the final whistle blow loud and long. Blue wins!
【1】Why doesn’t the writer want to swim in the pond?
A.He can’t swim. B.The weather is not hot.
C.The water is not clean. D.The pond is too deep.
【2】What does the underlined phrase “scout out” mean in paragraph 2?
A.Figure out. B.Search for. C.Set up. D.Go through.
【3】Which one of the following was caught by the Red team?
A.Brandon. B.Henry. C.Marshall. D.Isaiah.
【4】What is the best title of the text?
A.Capture the Flag B.Sports Camp
C.A Great Success D.An Unforgettable Experience
27、Recently, a case of lifeboat ethics occurred. On Aug. 4, Graham and Sheryl Anley, while boating off the coast of South Africa, hit a rock. As the boat threatened to sink, the husband got off, but his wife was trapped in the boat. Instead of freeing his wife and getting her to shore, Graham grabbed Rosie, their pet dog. With Rosie safe and sound, Graham returned for Sheryl. All are doing fine.
It’s great story, but it doesn’t strike me as especially newsworthy. News is supposed to be about something fairly unique, and recent research suggests that, in the right circumstances, lots of people also would have grabbed their Rosie first.
We have strange relationships with our pets. We look after our pets with great love and better health care than billions of people receive. We speak to pets with the same high-pitched voices that we use for babies.As an extreme example of our feelings about pets, the Nazis had strict laws that guaranteed the kind treatment of the pets of Jews being shipped to death camps.
A recent paper by George Regents University demonstrates this human involvement with pets to an astonishing extent. Participants in the study were told a situation in which a bus is out o control, bearing down on a dog and a human. Which do you save? With responses from more than 500 people, the answer was that it depended: What kind of human and what kind of dog?
Everyone would save a brother, grandparent or close friend rather than a strange dog. But when people considered their own dog VS people less connected with them -- a distant cousin or a hometown stranger -- votes a favor of saving the dog came rolling in. And an astonishing 40% of respondents, including 46% of women, voted to save their dog over a foreign tourist.
What does a finding like this mean? First, it is that your odds aren’t so good if you find yourself in another country with a bus bearing down on you and a cute dog. But it also points to something deeper: our unprecedented attitude toward animals, which got its start with the birth of kind - hearted societies in the 19th century.
We prison people who abuse animals, put ourselves in harm’s way in boats between whales an whalers and show sympathy to Bambi and his mother. We can extend sympathy to an animal and feel its pain like no other species. But let’s not be too proud of ourselves. As this study and too much of our history show, we’re pretty selective about how we extend our kindness to other human beings.
【1】Which of the following is true according to the article?
A．The story of the Anleys and their dog was too unique to be newsworthy.
B．Most people surveyed choose to save their own dog rather than a human.
C．It wa in the 19th century that human beings started to love their pets.
D．Human beings are more and more concerned with animals nowadays.
【2】What is the function of the first of paragraph?
A．To create a relaxing mood for readers.
B．To present the theme of this essay straightly.
C．To lead in the main topic of this essay.
D．To raise problems that will be solved later.
【3】The author mentions Nazi laws in the third paragraph ________.
A．to show how cruel the Nazis’ were to the Jews
B．as an example to persuade people not to love pets
C．to illustrate the strange relationship between human and pets
D．as an example to display the kindness of the Nazis
【4】What does the author mainly argue for?
A．Pets are of great significance to us human beings.
B．We should rethink about out attitude towards animals and mankind.
C．It is kind of human beings to extend kindness to animals.
D．We should be selective when showing attitude toward other human beings.
28、 Smiling is a great way to make yourself stand out while helping your body to function better. Smile to improve your health, your stress level, and your attractiveness;
【1】
We are drawn to people who smile. There is an attraction factor. We want to know a smiling person and figure out what is so good because anxieties can push people away, but a smile draws them in.
Smiling changes our mood.
Next time you are feeling down, try putting on a smile. 【2】 Smiling can trick the body into helping you change your mood.
Smiling is appealing.
When someone is smiling they lighten up the room, change the moods of others, and make things happier. A smiling person brings happiness with them. Smile a lot and you will draw people to you.
Smiling relieves stress.
Stress can really show up in our faces. Smiling helps to prevent us from looking tired, worn down, and overwhelmed. 【3】 The stress should be reduced and you’ll be better able to take action.
Smiling lowers your blood pressure.
When you smile, there is a measurable reduction in your blood pressure. Give it a try if you have a blood pressure monitor at home. Sit for a few minutes and take a reading. Then smile for a minute and take another reading while still smiling. 【4】
Smiling lifts the face and makes you look younger.
The muscles we use to smile lift the face, making a person appear younger. Don’t go for a face lift, just try smiling your way through the day—you’ll look younger and feel better.
【5】
Try this test: Smile. Now try to think of something negative without losing the smile. It’s hard. When we smile, our body is sending the rest of us a message that “Life is Good!”
A.Smiling helps you stay positive.
B.Smiling makes us attractive.
C.Do you notice the difference?
D.Smiling can bring you luck and sorrow.
E.When you are stressed, take time to put on a smile.
F.There’s a good chance that your mood will change for the better.
G.As long as you try smiling daily, it can make you look younger.
29、 Nowadays,human-polar bear conflict is on the rise. 【1】 Last year,there were 21 conflicts in the village of Ittoqqortoormiit,Greenland,alone. 【2】,as the changing climate reduces polar bears’ sea-ice habitat(栖息地)，and as humans take advantage of that ice loss in pursuit of economic opportunity.
Governments and industry leaders in Arctic countries must take responsibility and support ways for their citizens and employees to live and work safely together with potentially dangerous animals like polar bears,whose population will decrease by more than 30%by 2050 due to sea-ice habitat loss.
People living and working in the region need education,training and the necessary tools to protect themselves when faced with a polar bear. 【3】Patrolmen help to safely scare away bears that may wander into their streets,using bright lights,loud noises,and etc.
【4】; it’s also important to keep wildlife safe.There’s more to be done on national level.The five states with polar bear populations should keep their promise to work together on a 10-year plan to manage all aspects of polar-bear protection.
【5】By actively supporting the shift to a low-carbon economy,and by reducing our own greenhouse gas missions,we common people are each helping protect the sea-ice habitat that polar bears and other marine mammals all depend on.
A.This will further increase
B.Ordinary people also have a role to play
C.But it’s not just about protecting human life
D.For example,polar bear patrols(巡逻队)have been set up in Greenland
E.Polar bears use the sea ice as a platform to hunt for seals,their main source of food
F.For example,9 human-polar bear conflicts were reported in all of Greenland in 2007
G.Governments need to make a more serious effort to assist Arctic communities with safe and clean waste disposal
30、It was the last day of the final examination in a large eastern university. On the steps of one building, a group of engineering seniors gathered, discussing the exam due to begin in a few ____________. On their faces was confidence (自信). This was their last exam — then on to __________ and jobs.
Some talked of jobs they already had; others talked of jobs they ________ get. With the certainty of four years of college, they felt ready and able to take ________ of the world.
The coming exam, they knew, would be a(n) _________task. The professor had said they could bring ________books or notes they wanted, requesting only that they did not ________ each other, during the test.
________ they entered the classroom. The professor passed out the papers. And smiles ________ on the students’ faces as they noted there were only five essay-type questions.
Three hours had passed ________ the professor began to collect the papers. The students no longer looked confident. On their faces was a frightened expression. Papers in hand, no one spoke as the professor faced the class.
He looked at the ________ faces before him, and then asked, “How many completed all five questions?”________ a hand was raised.
“How many answered four?” Still no hands.
“Three? Two?” The students moved restlessly in their seats.
“One, then? Certainly somebody finished ________.”But the class remained silent.
The professor put down the papers. “That is exactly what I ________,” he said. “I just want to impress upon you that, ________ you have completed four years of engineering, there are still many things about the ________you don’t know. These questions you couldn’t answer are relatively ________ in everyday practice. ” Then smiling, he added, “You will all ________ this course, but remember — even though you are now college graduates, your education has just ____________.”
The years have _________the name of this professor, but not the lesson he taught.
【1】
A．seconds
B．minutes
C．hours
D．days
【2】
A．marriage
B．discussion
C．education
D．graduation
【3】
A．would
B．must
C．have to
D．used to
【4】
A．hold
B．control
C．care
D．place
【5】
A．interesting
B．necessary
C．easy
D．unusual
【6】
A．no
B．either
C．any
D．all
【7】
A．listen to
B．look after
C．refer to
D．talk to
【8】
A．Nervously
B．Joyfully
C．Quickly
D．Curiously
【9】
A．appeared
B．changed
C．froze
D．stopped
【10】
A．then
B．that
C．before
D．after
【11】
A．pleased
B．worried
C．surprised
D．moved
【12】
A．Not
B．Once
C．No
D．Even
【13】
A．all
B．none
C．one
D．it
【14】
A．wondered
B．enjoyed
C．hated
D．expected
【15】
A．right now
B．as though
C．now that
D．even though
【16】
A．exam
B．subject
C．question
D．college
【17】
A．valuable
B．difficult
C．common
D．strange
【18】
A．pass
B．fail
C．take
D．start
【19】
A．begun
B．completed
C．failed
D．succeeded
【20】
A．selected
B．remembered
C．strengthened
D．weakened
31、Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. drive B. return C. mobilizes D. significant AB. helpless
AC. familiarize AD. address BC. shameless BD. appeals
CD. transformation ABC. attempts
In Times of Crists, We Need Classical Music
It’s still lying in front of me on my desk. The booklet, entitled Time for Outrange(愤怒) , was written by the 93-year-old French diplomat(外交官) Stephane Hessel. “The power of money,” Hessel says, filled with anger, “has never been as great and selfish and 【1】 as it is now.”
But what does the outrage of this Frenchman have to do with classical music and , ultimately, with me, music director of the Orchestre Symphenique de Montreal(蒙特利尔交响乐团) ?
A lot, I, too, am outraged by the direction of industrial society, with materialism and consumerism leading the way. I want to show that, because of its powerful impact, classical music can play a(n) 【2】 role right now.
We all sense that our society is experiencing an almost revolutionary 【3】. Life is getting faster, competition is fiercer and social cohesion(凝聚力) is reducing. Like most people, I have no idea how liberty and civil rights would develop in the era of globalization and ever-evolving technological advancement.
But I see this as an opportunity for a(n) 【4】 to classical music. The great symphonies of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven are not museum pieces we should listen to only if we want to 【5】 ourselves with some music history. Now are they a decoration or a relaxation exercise for the quickened pace of life.
They are more than what a radio station for classical music once promised - “your oasis(绿洲) of well-being.” They are timeless compositions that 【6】 all the uncertainties and insecurities of this new period. They can support us in our search for meaning. Beethoven, for example, was convinced that man had the capacity to change for the better and to go throughout life. This is why there is so much hope in his music. His symphonies was mean to 【7】 people forward.
Classic music 【8】 our senses and emotions in such a way that we were thrown back onto ourselves. It 【9】 to listeners to make use of their own reason and reflect on their actions. Music’s sole purpose is to be experienced. That experience, in turn, is why music can change our perceptions(认知) of ourselves and thereby our interactions with others.
【10】 to explain this powerful impact of music will always remain unsatisfying, but this much is certain: aesthetic(审美的) experiences can transform people.
32、假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Peter对中国文化很感兴趣，来信询问重阳节（the Double Ninth Festival）的相关情况。请你给他写一封邮件，介绍重阳节，内容包括：
1. 重阳节的时间；
2. 重阳节的活动；
3. 重阳节的意义。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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