1、___________you’ve got a chance, you might as well make full use of it.
A. Now that B. After
C. Although D. As soon as
2、People doubt ______ the rising house prices will be under control.
A. that B. whether
C. what D. which
3、It is quite ______ me what it feels like to be flying in the sky.
A.beyond
B.without
C.beside
D.across
4、All the tourists ________ about the bad service in that restaurant.
A.complained B.expressed C.contained D.explained
5、—Hi, I’m Peter. Are you new here? I haven’t seen you around.
—Hello, Peter. I’m Bob. I just _______ on Monday.
A.start B.have started C.started D.had started
6、We are all ____ about the future and believe our life will get better.
A. anxious B. cautious
C. disappointed D. optimistic
7、When you want to buy something, you need to take the price into ____________.
A.decision B.requirement C.consideration D.importance
8、One of the first things that Jane did ______ getting home was to check on her kids.
A.to B.for C.of D.on
9、Robert is said _______abroad, but I don’t know which country he studied in .
A.to have studied B.to study C.to be studying D.to be studied
10、You ______ worry too much about your daughter, for she is a very independent girl.
A.can’t
B.mustn’t
C.shan’t
D.needn’t
11、________ more information, you can log on to the website of our company or call 8858858.
A. To find out B. Finding out
C. Find out D. Having found out
12、It was a pleasure to learn to dance from Polly, who was a gentle and ______ young lady.
A.brave
B.dishonest
C.forgetful
D.graceful
13、What do you think ______ to John if he finds his bike has been stolen?
A.will happen
B.happened
C.to have happened
D.to happen
14、—Why did the toy dog stop barking?
—The battery must have ________.
A. used up B. run out
C. given up D. put out
15、In modern times, there are many means of ________both in the urban and the rural areas.
A. communication B. communicate
C. communicator D. communicative
16、My father gave me a gold watch, ________were made of small diamonds.
A.the hands of whom B.whom the hands of
C.which the hands of D.the hands of which
17、The discovery of gold in Australia led thousands to believe that a fortune____.
A.is made B.would make C.would be made D.had made
18、Harry is feeling uncomfortable. He ________ too much at the party last night.
A.has to drink
B.must have drunk
C.could be drunk
D.needs to drink
19、I will never put you on the spot.
A.我不会把你放在现场。 B.我不会让你为难。
20、He asked a lot of questions, most of ______ had nothing to do with his study.
A. that B. which C. them D. what
21、Though _______ by her classmates, the little girl didn’t burst into tears or be in despair.
A.leaving out B.left out
C.being left out D.leave out
22、In my father’s study there are _____ books about how to keep fit.
A.a great many B.large amounts of
C.a great deal of D.a large amount of
23、______ himself with his new job, he couldn’t spare time to keep company with his family.
A. Occupied B. To occupy
C. Occupying D. Being occupied
24、With the help of other people, the people in the south of China _____________ the most difficult time in recent 50 years.
A.overcame B.saw C.found D.directed
25、During Voldemort’s(伏地魔的)time in power, people live in ________ fear that they will be killed, either for having impure blood or for having pity for those who do.
A.constant B.chief C.secure D.vast
26、 To be rulers of the reality, we must know how to ask for suggestions. But one thing that must be kept in mind is that when we ask others for suggestions we must be open to suggestions.
I wrote a business letter one day. I gave it to my husband for suggestions. After reading the letter, he felt that there were some problems in my letter. I told him I needed more information, but he said he wasn’t sure. Then he reread the letter and made notes. I took the letter and revised it. As I was writing, I could see my letter improved based on his suggestions. Again, I handed the letter back to my husband proudly and confidently. But he said it was still not right. I was a little annoyed and said some bad words to him.
Many people may have the same reaction when they experience the same situation. It’s normal that people don’t like objection or critical words. However, we should hold a right attitude towards these words: Analyze the objection and listen to critical words with an open mind.
I then picked up the letter. After an hour of revision, I went back to my husband contritely. I told him I was sorry for what I had said. And after he read the letter again, he declared that it was fine.
That leads me to the following: When you ask for advice on a project, be grateful. Understand that the suggestions you get may be negative. Understand that it may mean more work for you. And keep in mind that the final responsibility for the project is still yours. So be modest and thankful even if he or she has noted some problems.
【1】Why did the author give her business letter to her husband?
A.To show off her excellent work.
B.To ask him to make some changes.
C.To have him type it on the computer.
D.To ask him to give her some advice.
【2】What kind of people is the author’s husband?
A.A person who is good at expressing himself.
B.A person of selfishness and pride.
C.A person of honesty and patience.
D.A person of humor, but carelessness.
【3】What does the word “contritely” in Paragraph 4 mean?
A.pleasantly
B.regretfully
C.proudly
D.carefully
【4】What attitude should we take when we are given suggestions?
A.Don’t get upset if some are negative.
B.Don’t refuse any help from the giver.
C.Do keep silent before taking action.
D.Don’t quarrel but talk with the giver.
27、 Imagine this: you are twenty-one years old and a promising graduate student at one of the top universities in the world. One day, your doctor tells you that you have an incurable disease and may not have more than twelve months to live. How would you feel? What would you do? Here is what Stephen Hawking thought:
(There did not seem) much point in working on my PhD-I did not expect to survive that long. Yet two years had gone by and I was not that much worse. In fact, things were going rather well for me and I had got engaged to a very nice girl, Jane Wilde. But in order to get married, I needed a job,and in order to get a job, I needed a PhD.
Instead of giving up, Hawking went on with his research, got his PhD and married Jane. Nor did he let the disease stop him from living the kind of life he had always dreamt of. He continued his exploration of the universe and travelled around the world to give lectures. As his disease has disabled him, Hawking has to sit in his now-famous wheelchair and speak through a computer. He talked about his theories and thoughts on some of the greatest questions: What is time, how did the universe begin,and what exactly are black holes?
Hawking became famous in the early 1970s, when he and American Roger Penrose made new discoveries about the Big Bang and black holes. Since then, Hawking has continued to seek answers to questions about the nature of the universe. In 1988, he wrote A Brief History of Time, which quickly became a best-seller. Readers were pleased and surprised to find that a scientist could write about his work in a way that ordinary people could understand. The book sold more than 5.5 million copies in 33 different languages.
【1】According to the quote in paragraph 2, when was Stephen Hawking told about his disease?
A.Twelve months earlier. B.When he was getting married.
C.Two years earlier. D.When he met Jane Wilde.
【2】Why did Stephen Hawking think: “There did not seem much point in working on my PhD?”
A.Because there was no point in being a PhD. B.Because he thought he would die soon.
C.Because there was no hope of being PhD. D.Because he had no place to work.
【3】What made Hawking known to the world in 1970s?
A.His book A Brief History of Time. B.His discovery about the Big Bang and black hole.
C.His fighting against the disease. D.His lectures to university students.
【4】What can we learn from Steven Hawking?
A.Where there is a will,there is a way. B.Every road leads to Rome.
C.Practice makes perfect. D.Better late than never.
28、 Upon first look, the world of business is no place for young women. And many people have told my cofounders and me that in many circumstances. Pessimistic though people are about women’s chances in conducting business, three of us female college students, without any experiences, started our business with a greatly aggressive goal: to set up a seaweed farm in North Carolina and grow as much seaweed as possible to help cut down carbon emissions (排放) and pollution filled with nutrition from agricultural activities.
In the beginning, our ideas were either ignored or mocked by the researchers from whom we sought help and advice. But we carried on with our research–if others wouldn’t provide us with answers, we weren’t afraid to try to work them out by ourselves. We experiment on species which could grow in warmer waters, and we had identified potential markets into which we planned to sell the product. We've spent the last two years setting up the first seaweed farm in NC, applying for a patent (专利) and competing with five final teams in front of the United Nations for 2 million.
Despite all of our efforts, many industry experts remained unwilling to take us seriously. But as often happens in business, the same characteristics we were ignored for were, in reality, our biggest competitive advantage. Our age gave us the strength to learn from failure, and our background as environmental scientists, rather than businesswomen, helped us find new marketing opportunities. For every 10 farmers who claimed nobody would ever want to feed their cows seaweed, we found one who was interested. For every 15 cosmetics producers who refused to answer our cold calls, we stuck to the one with an interesting idea for a seaweed lotion.
Over the course of our early business development efforts, we have had access to a wealth of resources, programs, and individuals who work constantly to help us succeed. By staying focused on bringing our ideas to light, our team has demonstrated that entrepreneurship (创业) is exactly the right place for the hopeful.
【1】What was the major cause for their difficulty in starting business?
A.They were women. B.They were young.
C.They lacked experience. D.They suffered prejudice.
【2】What did they do to make their business successful?
A.They expanded their seaweed farms.
B.They experimented on seaweed species.
C.They got their product officially recognized.
D.They consulted the United Nations.
【3】What is the third paragraph mainly about?
A.How they got others interested in seaweed.
B.How they succeeded from their so-called weaknesses.
C.How they made themselves more competitive.
D.How they approached potential customers.
【4】Which of the following can best describe the three women?
A.Innocent and simple-minded. B.Ambitious and self-centered.
C.Adventurous and persistent. D.Courageous and stubborn.
29、 I teach online and have been doing so for years .I understand the value of traditional face-to-face course offerings for certain courses and certain subjects. I doubt an online course in chemistry can ever be as effective (有效的) as a face-to-face course held in a lab. Fortunately, I teach writing, and the Internet is an effective place for teaching subjects that call for careful reading and discussion.
It is true that there are things I cannot do in my classes on the Internet. It is also true, however, that there are things I cannot do in my classes held in traditional classrooms. So the question we should ask is: What works better or worse in face-to-face classes rather than in online courses, and vice versa(反之亦然)?
One of the things I value most in my online classes is the necessity for everyone to take part in order to show their presence. In my face-to-face classes, a student can sit quietly and appear to be engaged in(积极参与) the discussion without ever offering a thought or opinion. Online, I consider a student who sits quietly but who does not join in the discussion to be simply not present. Further, students in face-to-face classes who are too shy or who are talked over by quicker and louder voices have the chance to take part in an online discussion.
When I teach online, my students and I can be inside or outside and we can sit wherever and however we want. In Michigan, where a winter storm can make going to campus dangerous or even impossible, the ability to learn in class from the comfort of wherever you live is a big advantage. When the weather is not nice, I often teach while sitting in a local coffee shop. When the weather is nice, I often teach while sitting in my backyard.
I agree that online education is not a “recipe (秘诀)for personal success.” Then again, I’m not sure traditional face-to-face education is such a recipe, either.
【1】What does the author think of online courses and traditional courses?
A.Chemistry courses can be done online.
B.Online courses are more popular.
C.Traditional courses are more helpful.
D.Both have their advantages.
【2】How can shy students benefit from online discussion?
A.They can do a better job than louder students.
B.They can sit quietly to listen to others opinions.
C.They can think independently and take an active part.
D.They can appear to be engaged in online discussion.
【3】Which advantage of online teaching is mentioned in Paragraph 4?
A.It is much safer. B.It is less affected by weather.
C.It is more comfortable. D.It happens anytime.
【4】What would be the best title for the text?
A.Why I teach online. B.I’ m online.
C.A recipe for success. D.A new teaching style.
30、 It was 11 a.m. on October 8, 2018, when I set out on the 12-mile bike ride home from work along the Connecticut shoreline. The sun was brilliant ______the blue sky, and the leaves were starting to change colors. It was a(n) ______time for me.
I loved my job as a program manager at Peace Jam. My husband Sean, a mail carrier, was ______with his work , so I’d made plans with a friend for a long ride later that afternoon. ______I settled into the right-hand lane of a busy avenue, a truck turned in my direction from a side street. He slowed at the corner. But for some reason, he suddenly _______speed. There was nothing I could do but scream. ______, the huge truck knocked me down onto my left side. I felt my leg cracking, but I still ______my head just enough to see something sticking out from my leg. The skin had been ______right off most of the lower half of my body. There wasn’t any ______flesh to see. People came rushing from all ______and aided me.The doctors arrived and rolled my body onto a backboard. I was sent _______to the emergency room, where, for the next eight hours, I kept dying. During this period, I was in and out of surgery several times. Sometimes I was unconscious, but other times I existed in a _______that has no easy comparison. What ______me out of my fear was remembering a speech by Nobel Prize Jody Williams. “Emotion without action is irrelevant” .
I thought of all the people who had saved my life. The strangers who ran to my side after the truck hit me; the ______who brought me back from death more than once; the staff at Gaylord who were ______ to help me walk again and relearn basic tasks. And then there were the strangers who had donated their life-giving blood. Suddenly I felt a need to do something to ______ them. I may not have been able to walk yet, but I ______ organize a cycling tour to raise money for disabled athletes. I ______ raising more than $10,000. Then, I turned inward, concentrating on my own recovery.
My injury also made me ______ just how lucky I am. In the darkest moments of being ______ in the coma(昏迷) their voice constantly comforts me. To this day, I am gratitude in motion with each step.
【1】A. in B. under C. below D. against
【2】A. upsetting B. amazing C. exciting D. challenging
【3】A. occupied B. attracted C. employed D. devoted
【4】A. While B. As C. Before D. Since
【5】A. put forward B. built up C. picked up D. stepped down
【6】A. Actually B. Similarly C. Finally D. Besides
【7】A. rose B. raised C. loosed D. lowered
【8】A. removed B. pressed C. cut D. evolved
【9】A. common B. ordinary C. usual D. normal
【10】A. roads B. directions C. distances D. pavements
【11】A. close B. gradually C. anxiously D. straight
【12】A. condition B. state C. situation D. process
【13】A. encouraged B. survived C. pulled D. urged
【14】A. viewers B. firefighters C. helpers D. doctors
【15】A. meant B. determined C. supposed D. concerned
【16】A. comment B. recommend C. honor D. persuade
【17】A. could B. must C. should D. might
【18】A. worked out B. turned out C. took up D. ended up
【19】A. content B. aware C. unique D. optimistic
【20】A. multiplied B. escaped C. locked D. attached
31、短文填空, 每空一词。
The Safe (保险箱)
----- A Rich Man Finds the Best Way to be Truly Rich
Once upon a time, a rich man hired a great mathematician (数学家) to find him a way to make him more money. The rich man was so g【1】 that he even built a giant safe and his dream was to fill it with gold and jewels.
The mathematician worked on the problem for months. One night he said to the rich man “I’ve done it! My idea is perfect! You’ll be wealthy b【2】 your wildest dreams.” The rich man was d【3】 to hear this. Before he left on a long journey, he promised the mathematician double pay to run his business for him.
When the rich man returned, he found that all of his wealth was gone. Very angry, he asked the mathematician to explain. The mathematician told him he’d g【4】 everything away to people in the neighborhood.
The mathematician said “There is a limit to how much wealth one can get by himself. Then I realized that many people could help us a【5】 our goal. By helping o【6】, you could gain the most!”
Disappointed, the rich man went away. As he was walking, every neighbor he met was so thankful to him that they o【7】 him anything he needed.
Over the next few weeks, the man saw the mathematician’s idea really w【8】. He was received with great honor w【9】 he went. Everyone did all they could to help him.
He no longer dreamed of keeping his wealth in a safe. I 【10】 he shared it with hundreds of friends. He was now truly rich.
32、阅读下面短文,根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
Throughout history, music spread among people of different cultures. In today's technologic advanced society, however, people spread music online, sometimes without an artist's permission. This can lead to many problems, and music companies are now dealing with this practice. Sharing music online without permission is theft (盗窃).
Sharing music online prevents recording companies from making money from their efforts. They say that sharing music online has led to a huge drop in profits and sales over the past 10 years. People who find music for free online are not paying for CDs or every MP3 downloaded. To truly understand the influence of music piracy (盗版) on creators, we must understand how many people are involved in the recording process. For the sale of each album, profits must be shared between musicians, sound engineers, music producers, managers, advertisers, and the company selling the product. Many people believe sharing music only affects the recording artist, but the reality is that sharing hurts business for all companies involved.
There are many people who don't see the harm in sharing music online and even think they have the right to do it. One online blogger states that he originally paid for an entire CD and that he should be able to do with the material whatever he wants. While he may have legally paid for the music, he does not have the right to provide permission, which means people like the blogger are thieves.
Although we don't spread today's music the same way we did before, there's no doubt that people around the word love to share music. However, Internet piracy would prevent musicians from continuing producing albums for fear of theft. Therefore, if people want to continue listening to their favorite artists, they need to buy their music so that artists will make enough profits to continue their music careers.
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