1、It is amazing that an old lady of more than eighty ________ to live without food and water for nearly two weeks after a terrible earthquake and she was saved in the end.
A. kept B. tried C. managed D. succeeded
2、It was the second time that he ________ his wallet.
A.has lost
B.lost
C.had lost
D.was lost
3、These products received good customer response, ______ in 4% comparable store sales growth in November.
A.resulted
B.to result
C.resulting
D.having resulted
4、________ the news, she burst into tears at once.
A.To hear
B.Hear
C.To be heard
D.Hearing
5、You’re great! You always make ________ mistakes than others in each test.
A.more
B.less
C.fewer
D.many
6、 —Hi, are you a student of this University?
—No, but I ________.
A. want to B. want to be
C. want so D. want it
7、——What do you think of Mr. Stone?
—— ,he is a good man, but sometimes his bad temper is not easy to .
A.As a result; get along
B.All in all; put up
C.Generally speaking; come about
D.On the whole; put up with
8、You can hardly imagine what great difficulty we had___the work.
A.to do B.done C.doing D.do
9、The hurricane died away, ___________ a lot of damage to the coastal city.
A. caused B. causing
C. having caused D. to have caused
10、I watched the plane go higher and higher until I lost ________ of it.
A.view
B.scene
C.vision
D.sight
11、In history,the Romany split into different groups and developed their own language, there are now approximately sixty varieties.
A. by which B. of which
C. by whom D. of whom
12、Tell_________about the Great Wall please.
A.I
B.my
C.me
D.mine
13、—What's that terrible noise?
—The neighbors ________ for a party.
A.have prepared
B.are preparing
C.prepare
D.will prepare
14、______ to dinner at a university, he was put on the spot when the president suddenly asked him to give him a speech.
A.Having been invited
B.invited
C.inviting
D.Being invite
15、Everyone in the village regarded him as a genius, ________ he went to college at the age of 14.
A.that
B.for
C.which
D.why
16、It is ________ of you to make your teacher ________ in front of so many students on purpose.
A.shameful; embarrassed
B.ashamed; embarrassed
C.a shame; embarrass
D.ashamed; embarrassing
17、Only after he realized the significance of mastering two languages __________ English carefully.
A.did he set about learning
B.did he set out learning
C.had he set about learning
D.had he set out learning
18、—Hi, Johnson, any idea where Susan is?
—It’s class time, so she _____ in the classroom now.
A. can be B. must have been
C. might have been D. should be
19、We wish we________ harder when at school.
A.study
B.have study
C.will study
D.had studied
20、 Jacky Chan is________ to turn up at the party for charity, since he is always enthusiastic about such things.
A.possible B.probable
C.perhaps D.likely
21、When I entered the interview room of the speech contest, I saw a message pinned to the door ______ “Do not reveal any personal information.”
A.writing
B.written
C.to read
D.reading
22、Some students are ________ for their impolite and rude attitude towards others.
A.blamed
B.blaming
C.to be blamed
D.to blame
23、We can broaden our horizons through _________ to new things.
A. hazard B. exposure C. recreation D. vapor
24、What a ________! I wasn’t expecting to see you here.
A.classic
B.characteristic
C.certificate
D.coincidence
25、Joining the firm as a clerk, he got rapid promotion, and ________ as a manager.
A.ended up
B.took up
C.set off
D.started off
26、In daily life, there are some emergencies that you might have to deal with one day. Learn to handle the emergencies below for yourself, your family and friends.
Sudden heart attack
Having CPR training is the life-saving help for someone having a heart attack. Move the patient’s head back and look for breathing. If the patient doesn’t take a breath in less than 10 seconds, start CPR. Put your hands on the center of the chest. Push hard and fast—about twice per second. Push on the chest 30 times and then give mouth-to-mouth 2 times. Repeat cycles of the presses and mouth-to-mouth until the help arrives or the patient wakes up.
Choke
Stand behind the choking person. Put your arms around the waist and bend him or her slightly forward so that the object blocking the airway will move out of the mouth. Do this up to five times. You can also do back blows—firmly slap the person on the back with your hand while he or she is bent over. If the object still doesn’t come out, call 120.
Nosebleed
Ask the person to lean forward and pinch(捏) his nose for five to six minutes. Do not move his head backward, as the blood may run into his mouth or even his lungs.
Encourage the person not to speak,swallow, cough or spit because these may break blood clots(血块) that may have started to form in the nose. If the bleeding lasts more than 30 minutes, call 120 for medical help.
Burn
Burns should be treated by an adult—the injured area should be put under cool running water for 10 to 15 minutes to relieve the pain. Ice should never be used, as it can make the injury even worse. If a child has a serious burn, he or she should be taken to a doctor or the emergency room.
【1】How often should you push on the chest when you perform CPR?
A.Once a second.
B.Twice a second.
C.Once every two seconds.
D.Once every three seconds.
【2】What can you do to help a choking person?
A.Do some back blows.
B.Ask him or her to drink some water.
C.Press his or her stomach and back at the same time.
D.Help him or her bend forward as much as possible.
【3】According to the text, what is the first thing to do with a slight burn?
A.Put it under cool running water.
B.Put an ice pack on it.
C.Wrap it in a cloth.
D.Call a doctor for help.
27、It was my first day back home since starting college. A lot had changed in the last year. Not with my hometown but with me. I had left as a 17-year-old boy and had now returned as an 18-year-old man. In the city, I was living on my own, had a part-time job and was studying. Even the government recognized I was an adult: I had a driver’s license. So here I was, on my summer vacation, walking down the main street with my father, desperate for him to acknowledge how mature I was. When his recognition failed to appear, I took matters into my own hands. “Dad,” I said casually, “I’m thirsty. Let’s go for a beer.” It was the first time I’d ever mentioned beer in front of my father, let alone ask him to drink one with me.
He turned to me with a curious expression on his face. “A beer ? Well I guess you’re old enough now. Let’s go to Sailors’ Bar. It’s where my cousin Tom, your uncle, used to drink. You remember him, right?”
I had only some vague(模糊的) memories of my uncle. He was the black sheep of the family. We didn’t talk about him much. “What ever happened to Uncle Tom, Dad? I haven’t seen him in years,” I said as we continued towards the bar.
“Neither have I, unfortunately. He was a good kid once. But things changed,” my father said sadly. As a boy, he explained, there had been no better-behaved boy than Tom. But after leaving school, he moved to the city and fell in with bad company. He started going out every night, drinking in nightclubs and playing cards. Soon he lost everything and had to beg his mum to pay his debts. She agreed on the condition he returned home.
My dad took a deep breath and continued his tale. “Things settled down for a while. He married a lovely woman, gave up his bad habits. But it didn’t last. He was soon back to his old ways. He couldn’t resist. He was at Sailors’ Bar almost every night. His poor mother died of grief and shame. His wife followed her soon after.
“What ruined him was alcohol. He told me once, when a man begins drinking, he never knows where it’ll end. ‘So’, Tom warned me, ‘beware of your first drink!’
“He went from bad to worse. Last year Tom sent me a letter saying he had been found guilty of stealing, and sent to prison for ten years.”
Dad finished talking just as we reached the front of Sailors’ Bar. “Anyway, here we are. Let’s go in,” he said. But I understood. I put my arm around my father and said, “I’m not thirsty any more, Dad. Let’s go home.”
【1】Why did the young man invite his father to drink a beer?
A. Because he was thirsty.
B. Because he wanted to show he was an adult.
C. Because he wanted to impress his father casually.
D. Because he wanted to discuss his Uncle Tom.
【2】What does the young man mean by referring to Uncle Tom as “the black sheep of the family”?
A. The family was concerned about Tom because he was always in trouble.
B. The family showed sympathy to Tom because he was unfortunate.
C. The family felt ashamed of Tom because he was a failure.
D. The family felt disgusted about him because he was different.
【3】What was the main source of Uncle Tom’s problems?
A. His overly-strict family.
B. His addiction to card games.
C. The deaths of his mother and wife.
D. His inability to control his drinking.
【4】In the story, the father told his son about Tom in order to ________.
A. entertain the son while they walked to the bar
B. convince the son of the harm caused by drinking
C. recall an interesting period in the father’s life
D. warn the son to keep away from Tom
28、Why go to Madrid?
There may be a slight chill in the air, with temperatures staying around 15℃ in March, but Spain’s handsome capital is slowly starting to warm up. Even more attractive are the cultural events.
A new exhibition on the living and working spaces of Spain’s greatest artist, Picasso, has just opened in the studio at the Fundación Mapfre at Paseo de Recoletos 23. It runs until 11 May with rarely seen pieces borrowed from his family.
Later this summer, the 400th anniversary of the death of the Renaissance painter El Greco will be marked with an exciting exhibition at the Museo del Prado at Paseo del Prado from 24 June to 5 October.
How to go?
The widest range of fights is offered by EasyJet-from Bristol, Edinburgh, Gatwick, Liverpool and Luton. British Airways and its sister airline Iberia combine forces from Heathrow and London City. Ryanair flies from Manchester and Stansted; Air Europa flies from Gatwick.
Barajas airport is 13km north-east of the city centre and is served by frequent trains on Metro line 8, but the shortest underground journey is a bit complex with at least one change at Nuevos Ministerios station and takes about 30 minutes. The fare to any station in the city centre is €4.50. The airport express bus runs every 15 to 35 minutes around the clock; €5 one way. It takes 40 minutes to reach the city centre. A taxi takes half the time. A flat rate of €30 covers most of central Madrid.
【1】Which is a suitable time to visit the El Greco exhibition?
A.11 May.
B.24 July.
C.10 October.
D.23 December.
【2】How many airlines operate flights in Madrid?
A.3.
B.4.
C.5.
D.6.
【3】What is the fastest way to reach central Madrid from Barajas airport?
A.Take a taxi. .
B.Take a city bus.
C.Take Metro line 8.
D.Take the airport express bus.
29、We may “friend” more people on Facebook, but we have fewer real friends — the kind who would help us out in tough times, listen sympathetically no matter what, lend us money, or keep a secret if we shared one.
【1】 He is a Cornell University sociologist who surveyed more than 2,000 adults and found that from 1985 to 2021, the number of truly close friends has dropped even though we’re socializing as much as ever. On average, participants listed 2.03 close friends in his survey. 【2】 “These are the people you think of as your real friends, your go to people if you need something,” Brashears said.
Brashears asked people online to list the names of people with whom they had discussed “important matters” over the previous six months. 48 percent of participants listed one close friend when asked. 28 percent listed two and 19 percent listed more. 【3】 He reports the results in the journal Social Networks.
【4】 Brashears said his survey can’t tell us for sure, but his guess is that while we meet just as many people as we used to, we sort them differently.
Does that suggest we’re more isolated in these times when we seem to meet more people online than in person? Keith Hampton from the University of Pennsylvania wrote a report. “Internet, or Facebook users have more close relationships than other people. They get more overall social support than other people. 【5】” wrote Hampton in his blog post.
A.What’s the reason behind them?
B.What’s the meaning of the survey?
C.The report reflected issues behind the phenomenon.
D.That’s the conclusion made by Matthew Brashears.
E.At the same time, a little more than 4 percent didn’t list anyone.
F.And in particular they report more emotional support and companionship.
G.Compared with 3 in a previous study, the number was down by one point.
30、When I was ten, I lived in a neighborhood with a public library nearby, which opened in the evening. I enjoyed reading and after school I would ______ there ahead of its opening time. Without waiting for things there to be ______, I would just turn on the lights in kids’ section and start my reading.
The ______ didn’t look approachable. I used to hear him being ______ on people who had late returns or damaged the books, so I was afraid of him. Every day, fifteen minutes before the ______closing time, he would start announcements and ask people to ______. I didn’t have a library card and couldn’t take my half read books with me, simply putting the books back ______. The librarian must have silently ______ my long face, because he started ______ the closure only in other sections. This ______ me minutes to read.
For five years, I had read most of the books in the library. The librarian was still serious and ______ on words, but he would smile at me. If I missed going to the library, he would be ______ and ask why I had missed my routine (常规). Then one day the librarian asked me to ______ for my own borrower’s account and wrote my name on my first-ever library card.
After my graduation, I moved away and ______ that library. When I went to the library again, unfortunately, I was told that the librarian had retired and the library has smart cards instead of those with the librarian’s ______ !
【1】
A.fly
B.rush
C.drive
D.jump
【2】
A.smart
B.terrible
C.ready
D.possible
【3】
A.manager
B.librarian
C.waiter
D.audience
【4】
A.focused
B.strict
C.dependent
D.hard
【5】
A.actual
B.former
C.long
D.quiet
【6】
A.sit
B.think
C.leave
D.speak
【7】
A.unwillingly
B.happily
C.strangely
D.nervously
【8】
A.ignored
B.observed
C.touched
D.painted
【9】
A.imagining
B.noticing
C.missing
D.announcing
【10】
A.spared
B.wasted
C.cost
D.reduced
【11】
A.fast
B.honest
C.kind
D.limited
【12】
A.annoyed
B.inspired
C.worried
D.excited
【13】
A.stand
B.wait
C.apply
D.search
【14】
A.lost touch with
B.set aside
C.made use of
D.pulled down
【15】
A.order
B.style
C.design
D.handwriting
31、根据新概念原文填入正确的单词或短语,每空填一个单词或短语。
This morning, however, a fireman accidentally discovered the cause. He noticed the 【1】 of a snake which was wound round the electric wires of a 16,000-volt power line. In this way, he was able to solve the mystery. The 【2】 was simple but very unusual. A bird had snatched up the snake from the ground and then 【3】 it on to the wires.
32、阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。
David Ballesteros looked at the lawyer. He couldn’t believe his ears. The lawyer told him that his father left the 1923 Singer sewing machine (缝纫机) to him. It once belonged to his great-grandmother and his father considered it his greatest treasure.“That’s very nice,”David said.“But what else? What about the legacy (遗产)? The money? What does it all amount to?”
The lawyer, Mr. Jarvin, put down the will. He felt sorry for David but he thought David’s father had explained the terms of the will before he died. David remembered that his father just told him he’d be passing on his riches, but he never specified the amount — that was what he was trying to find out!
Mr. Jarvin said carefully,“David, no money at all.”“That’s impossible!” David screamed. His father owned clothing factories all over the United States. He was rich! Mr. Jarvin explained that all the money was donated to charity under the terms of his father’s will.
David was reeling (晕头转向) from the shock. He’d lived a life of wealth and now he was left with nothing but an old sewing machine! Mr. Jarvin said to David that his father left him a letter which may explain his decision. David grabbed the envelope. His father’s decision was to leave him a poor man! What kind of explanation could he possibly have for that! He drove back to his apartment just in time to see a van (厢式送货车) pull up.
“Mr. David Ballesteros?”asked the man from the van.“Yes,” David said.“We have a delivery for you, sir.”He gestured to the old sewing machine.“Where would you like it?”David was about to scream“In the trash (垃圾桶)!”but it occurred to him that the old item might be worth some money, so he ordered the man to take it up to his apartment. After the man left, David poured himself a drink and looked at the sewing machine.“I have an MBA. I’m prepared to run companies. What am I supposed to do with a sewing machine, Dad?”he asked aloud.
注意:
1.续写词数应为150左右;
2.请按如下格式在相应位置作答。
Para1:
Then he remembered the letter and opened it.
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Para2:
When David put down the letter he had tears in his eyes.
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