1、______ that the Belt and Road Initiative will benefit China’s economy, we are optimistic ____ the future of the country.
A. Convincing ; for B. Convinced ; of
C. Convincing; about D. Convinced; about
2、The performance of the host, _____to please the audience and draw their attention, was greeted with a cold silence, however.
A.intended B.intending C.was intended D.which intended
3、The storm left, ______ a lot of damage to this area.
A.caused
B.to have caused
C.to cause
D.having caused
4、A good teacher must __________ to his students the importance of a proper learning method.
A. get through B. get across
C. get off D. get over
5、Their optimism and willingness to communicate are two characteristics that ________ for their lack of experience.
A.allow B.cater C.account D.compensate
6、Failure is part of life; it’s wrong for parents to protect their children from the knowledge ______ they have failed.
A. where B. when C. that D. how
7、—Will Bob help me look after my pet dog when I'm away.
—Of course. He won't________ your request. He loves animals a lot.
A.put down
B.write down.
C.turn down
D.take down
8、(2016·浙江)In this article , you need to back up general statements with ________ examples.
A. specific B. permanent
C. abstract D. universal
9、With hundreds of books ______ , Mary had no idea which one was her favorite.
A.to choose
B.choosing from
C.chosen in
D.to choose from
10、He is said __________ law in Canada now.
A.being studied
B.to be studying
C.to have studied
D.having studied
11、I________through that bitter period without your generous help.
A. couldn't have gone B. didn't go
C. wouldn't go D. hadn't gone
12、 Reading her biography, I was lost in admiration for Doris Lessing had achieved in literature.
A. what B. that
C. why D. how
13、Then you usually lie there just ______ the ceiling, thinking about everything that could go wrong.
A. glancing at B. watching at
C. glaring at D. staring at
14、She has great pressure at work recently and that may ________ her abnormal behavior.
A.account for B.call for C.stand for D.exchange for
15、We agreed to accept __________ they thought was the best tourist guide.
A.whatever
B.whomever
C.whichever
D.whoever
16、Her study is based on the hypothesis_________all men__________.
A.that…are born equal
B.where… are born equally
C.when…being born equally
D.whether … born equal
17、We were aware that, _____, the situation will get worse.
A.if not dealing with carefully
B.if dealt not carefully with
C.if not carefully dealt with
D.if not carefully dealing with
18、Vertical farms have the potential to reduce or eliminate the need to create additional farmland, for it is estimated that by the year 2050, the world's population __________ by 30 billion and close to 80% will live in urban areas.
A. will be increasing B. will increase
C. will have increased D. has increased
19、You ____________ have scolded him for his poor performance. After all, he had done his best.
A.must B.should C.mustn’t D.shouldn't
20、Could you tell me__________________?
A.what was his name B.what is his name
C.what will his name D.what his name is
21、When I was a kid, my sister and I would fight all the time over nearly everything. But as we grew older, our bond strengthened by sharing secrets, offering advice and trading clothes. Having a sister by my side while growing up taught me many lessons about the unique bond.
And now, thanks to an 8-year long study that’s making the rounds on the Internet again, science is confirming what I know is true. In the study, researchers discovered that having an older or younger sister can help ease the anxiety for kids between the ages of 10 and 14 years. They also found that people with sisters can “learn how to make up and to have control over their emotions again, which are skills that undoubtedly serve children well.
The revival of this study actually comes on the heels of another newer study, which shows that it’s not just the older kids and parents who influence and shape children as they grow. It turns out that younger siblings(兄弟姐妹) do too, and what’s more, they may also give their older siblings a greater chance of developing empathy (同情).
The Canadian study followed 452 pairs of siblings, all between a year-and-a-half and 4 years old. The researchers found that having a younger sibling increased the older sibling's level of empathy.
This research confirms that sisters are pretty amazing in making the world a much lovely place. As the mom of two boys, I often wonder what kinds of lessons they will learn from their younger sister. Perhaps they will be the same lessons I learned from mine that cooler heads always win. This study gives me hope that all those endless arguments between my kids may actually be laying the groundwork for conflict-settlement skills.
【1】What can we learn from the study?
A.Children under four develop empathy fastest.
B.It is normal for siblings to quarrel.
C.Having siblings is not always a headache.
D.Having sisters is helpful to mental health.
【2】What does the underlined word "revival"in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
A.Result
B.Beginning.
C.Reappearance.
D.Significance.
【3】What can we learn about the author’s children?
A.They love their mom very much.
B.They have a higher level of empathy.
C.They often quarrel with one another.
D.They have learned the same lessons as the the author.
【4】What’s the main idea of the passage?
A.Siblings have a unique bond.
B.Siblings have something in common.
C.Having siblings is good to children.
D.Children having siblings are considerate.
22、 While being absent from normal life for many days, you may find perhaps some of your clothes are overgrown with mushrooms (seriously)!【1】. But at some universities in China, the scene is the total opposite.
Photos showing quilts (被子) aired have become a hit on social media.【2】.They are being dried on balconies (阳台), playgrounds and any available open areas at the universities ahead of the resumption (恢复) of school.
The quilts were brought by students from home and had almost gone moldy (发霉) but thanks to dorm-keepers they have gone through a process of sun sterilization (杀菌).
To prevent the quits from being misplaced, the dorm-keepers attached a note to each quilt with the dormitory area, bedroom number, and bed number on it.【3】.
“【4】 .Then, they will be collected to put away after getting fluffy. When it becomes cloudy or it’s likely to rain, we’ll collect all of them in time, about which the students don’t have to worry.” a keeper named Yan Fengjuan said.
The idea occurred to the dorm-keepers when the rooms started to smell during the routine check. 【5】 .
A.The dorm-keepers collected so many moldy quilts.
B.Their acts of kindness soon received wide praise.
C.Without regular wear, the clothing can grow mold.
D.There is no single quilt that is nowhere to be seen.
E.In this way, it would not cause trouble to the students.
F.The colorful quilts neatly cover the dormitory building.
G.When the sun is good, the quilts will be aired for 3 hours.
23、 This idea is mean (刻薄的). Children need to have a good holiday at the end of a busy school year. The long holidays give them time to do things they wouldn't otherwise (不然) get to do. In my family we go to Ireland and see relatives and friends during the summer vacation. And it might seem long to some people, but time flies when you're having fun.
— Ruby Mullin
I have good memories of my own long summer holidays, and I love the chance to have days out with my son. I think many parents, especially single parents like me, have made job choices based on being able to have time off for the summer — and now we've done that, we don't want to see things changed.
— Viki Bantock
Having worked at a school that had a fourweek summer break instead of the usual six, I'd say longer holidays are better. Teachers are under so much pressure (压力) now to get good results; most put in lots of hours in the evening and at weekends and feel very tired by the end of term. There is a dip (退步) in learning after a sixweek holiday, but it only takes a few weeks for students to get back up to speed.
— Marek Kaminski
A shorter summer holiday would be much better. The sixweek break seems a thing for another age, when mothers didn't work and your mum lived round the corner to give you a hand. If I was able to take a sixweek holiday, great, I'd love it — but in the real world that isn't possible. Instead, I end up spending around £600 on childcare for each week when I'm working.
— Nachelle Crowther
【1】What does Ruby Mullin usually do during summer holidays?
A.She does parttime jobs.
B.She visits relatives and friends.
C.She goes travelling around her country.
D.She prepares for the new school year.
【2】What do we know about Marek Kaminski?
A.He doesn't teach school any more.
B.His son doesn't do well in school.
C.He usually works overtime.
D.His family is very helpful.
【3】Who holds a different idea from the other three people?
A.Ruby Mullin.
B.Viki Bantock.
C.Marek Kaminski.
D.Nachelle Crowther.
24、 The brain has a powerful ability to remember and connect events separated in time. And now, in that new study in mice published in Neuron, scientists at Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute have cast light on how the brain can form lasting links.
The hippocampus-a small, seahorse-shaped region buried deep in the brain-is an important headquarters for learning and memory. Previous experiments in mice showed that disruption (中断) to the hippocampus leaves the animals with trouble learning to associate two events separated by tens of seconds.
“The traditional view has been that cells in the hippocampus keep up a level of continuous activity to associate such events,” said Dr. Ahmed, co-first author of the study. “Turning these cells off would thus disrupt learning.”
To test this view, the researchers imaged parts of the hippocampus of mice as the animals were exposed to two different stimuli (刺激物): a neutral (神经的) sound followed by a small but unpleasant puff of air. A fifteen-second delay separated the two events. The scientists repeated this experiment across several trials. Over time, the mice learned to associate the sound with the soon-to-follow puff of air. Using advanced microscopy, they recorded the activity of thousands of neurons (神经元) , a type of brain cell, in the animals’ hippocampus over the course of each trial for many days.
“We expected to see continuous neural activity that lasted during the fifteen-second gap, an indication of the hippocampus at work linking the auditory sound and the air puff,” said computational neuroscientist Stefano Fusi, PhD. “But when we began to analyze the data, we saw no such activity.” Instead, the neural activity recorded during the fifteen-second time gap was sparse (稀少的). Only a small number of neurons worked, and they did so seemingly at random.
To understand activity, they had to shift the way they analyzed data and use tools designed to make sense of random processes. Finally, the researchers discovered a complex pattern in the randomness: a style of mental computing that seems to be a remarkably efficient way that neurons store information.
“We were happy to see that the brain doesn’t maintain ongoing activity over all these seconds because that’s not the most efficient way to store information,” said Dr. Ahmed. “The brain seems to have a more efficient way to build this bridge.”
【1】What can we learn about the hippocampus?
A.It weakens with the memory decline.
B.It is a brain region crucial for memory.
C.It serves as a tool of learning languages.
D.It is involved in the visual area of the brain.
【2】According to the passage, the traditional view is that ______.
A.associations of events require continuous neural activity
B.animals have trouble learning to associate two events
C.neural activity can hardly be replaced by associations
D.a 15-second delay is enough to separate two events
【3】The new study in mice indicates that ______.
A.continuous activity happens as expected
B.no neurons stay active at intervals of 15 seconds
C.a complex pattern helps the brain learn associations
D.neuronal information is stored in well-designed tools
【4】From the last two paragraphs, we can infer that the findings ______.
A.inspire deeper explorations of disorders
B.provide evidence for language learning
C.build a bridge between different parts of the brain
D.help map some aspects of a person’s experiences
25、What do you want to be when you grow up? An employment (就业) officer, which helps people find jobs and return to school, was never on my list until I was _______ by Service Canada. What could be more _______ than to help others?
I have always said that people are at their worst when they are _______ or sick. I must say that some of their days were _______.
One day a lady came to the office with a dream to become a registered nurse. But her family did not _______ her for the financial (财务的) problem. I could see her love for nursing, so I _______ her to realize her dream. I shared with her the information necessary to _______ nursing school, and she left the office.
Many years later, I had cancer and went to the hospital for an operation. It was successful, _______, very painful. One night the pain was so bad that I had to _______ the bell. A nurse came and offered to help. I thanked the nurse for coming to my ________, saying. “I am not usually like this.”
To my ________, she said, “Oh, I know that, Mrs. Bryenton.” She went on to thank me that I had encouraged her to follow her ________. And here she was.
I was totally shocked as she ________ the story to me. I did remember this young lady. You never know what effect your encouraging words will have on someone.
Winston Churchill stated, “We make a living by what we ________, but we make a ________ by what we give.” I truly believe I was placed on Earth for a reason.
【1】
A.hired
B.fired
C.impressed
D.beaten
【2】
A.surprising
B.disappointing
C.satisfying
D.annoying
【3】
A.out of breath
B.out of control
C.out of danger
D.out of work
【4】
A.boring
B.challenging
C.encouraging
D.confusing
【5】
A.affect
B.promote
C.support
D.demand
【6】
A.encouraged
B.prevented
C.forced
D.begged
【7】
A.arrive at
B.graduate from
C.refer to
D.apply for
【8】
A.however
B.therefore
C.otherwise
D.besides
【9】
A.answer
B.ring
C.lose
D.bear
【10】
A.knowledge
B.mind
C.sense
D.rescue
【11】
A.embarrassment
B.satisfaction
C.amazement
D.confusion
【12】
A.dream
B.example
C.advice
D.lead
【13】
A.left
B.detailed
C.read
D.stressed
【14】
A.want
B.make
C.take
D.get
【15】
A.comment
B.life
C.list
D.promise
26、假定你是李华,你居住的社区将举办包粽子(wrapping zongzi)活动。请给你的外教Smith写封信。邀请他参加,内容包括:
1. 活动的时间和地点;
2. 活动的目的和意义;
3. 表达你的期待。
注意:
1. 词数100左右;
2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
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