1、He was so careful that not a single mistake _________ in the test.
A.ever made him
B.he had ever made
C.did he make
D.he made
2、What________ they are late for the important examination?
A.if
B.else
C.about
3、 In ________ eyes of children, playing on the Internet can only bring them ________great fun.
A. the; a B.不填;a
C. the;不填 D.不填;不填
4、As we all know, there is a close ______ between diet and health.
A.connection B.evidence C.power D.belief
5、A new amusement park in our city has opened with ______ computer techniques.
A. up-to-date B. man-made
C. near-sighted D. peace-loving
6、There is a basic assumption in international law a state will protect its citizens.
A.what
B.that
C.which
D.where
7、The audience, ______ were students, enjoyed the performance.
A.most of them
B.most of what
C.most of which
D.most of whom
8、My sister has made ______ great progress in her spoken English that she can now talk freely with foreigners.
A.so
B.too
C.such
D.quite
9、The ______ on his face told me that he was angry.
A.impression
B.sight
C.appearance
D.expression
10、I feel I am as well-behaved and as careful as my deskmate, but _______ I always fall behind?
A. how about B. how come
C. what if D. what for
11、With May Day _________,I want to seize this opportunity to relax.
A.on the contrary
B.on the whole
C.on the horizon
D.on the spot
12、---What did the young man come to your company for?
--- He wanted a job, _______could help him support his family.
A. what B. one C. that D. one that
13、--Can I use the telephone on the table,sir?
--Under no circumstances _________ to use the telephone in the office for personal affairs.
A.anyone is allowed B.nobody is allowed
C.is anyone allowed D.is nobody allowed
14、I have to see the doctor because I ________ a lot lately.
A. have been coughing B. had coughed
C. coughed D. cough
15、People often __________ life __________ a journey which is full of ups and downs.
A.compare; with
B.compare; to
C.compares; with
D.compares; for
16、Although medical science ________ control over several dangerous diseases, what worries us is that some of them are returning.
A.achieved
B.has achieved
C.will achieve
D.had achieved
17、_____got into the room_____ the telephone rang.
A. He hardly; then B. Hardly had he; when
C. He had not; than D. Not had he; when
18、—Daddy, would you please buy me an iPhoneX?
—If you can pass this midterm examination, you __________ have one as a reward.
A.must B.need
C.would D.shall
19、Time is pressing; it’s impossible for me to get there in an hour, ________ the possible delays.
A. accounting for B. answering for
C. allowing for D. heading for
20、I will be surprised if you can get John, who is a close-fisted man, these donations draw tickets from you.
A.buy
B.buying
C.buys
D.to buy
21、 It is quite apparent that competition surrounds every aspect of human life whether in the United States or the Amazon rainforest. Without it we would not have grown into primates (灵长类动物) . Or we would probably still be struggling to sharpen a bronze tool while crawling around on four legs in search of meat. Without competition, Columbus wouldn’t have discovered America and Edison would never have invented the light bulb.
Friendship, like all relationships between two people, involves competition. It isn’t competition in a traditional sense because there are no goals to be scored and no prize. Perhaps the ecological definition --- the simultaneous (同时) demand by two or more organisms for limited environmental resources, such as nutrients, living space, or light --- better explains it.
As in nature, high school life is governed by a set of laws, similar to a shortened version of Darwin’s theory of evolution, overpopulation, and competition. There is an abundance of high school students and to distinguish them, ranking and categorizing (分类) take place. In high school, friendships learn to coexist with competition even though at times the relationship is rough. In fact, in some circumstance, competition is too much of a burden for a friendship to bear, causing it to fall apart. College admission is the final high school objective. Four years of hard work is to achieve good grades, and a student’s fate is determined not only by these achievements, but by the records of thousands of other seniors trying to achieve a similar recognition.
Nevertheless, by necessity, competition between students exists in all aspects of high school life. It sets and improves the standards in everything from sports to schoolwork. A healthy, friendly competition can have only benefits, but when it becomes too fierce, jealousy (妒忌) can tear friendships apart. Yet, despite all this, without competition, we would be lost.
【1】What does the ecological definition mainly explain?
A.How to win the competition.
B.How friends compete with each other.
C.What competition exactly is.
D.What the result of competition is.
【2】According to the writer, we can infer that high school students compete is because_____.
A.they know the laws of nature well.
B.they are divided into different groups.
C.friendship is a burden for them.
D.the number of them is too large.
【3】Which best describes the relationship of friendship and competition?
A.Friendship is always based on competition.
B.The degree of competition is vital to friendship.
C.Competition is a result of lost friendship.
D.Competition is terribly harmful to friendships.
【4】What does the author think of “competition”?
A.The result of competition are out of control.
B.Competition becomes fierce in high school.
C.Competition is certain to happen at school.
D.Friendship is not as important as competition at school.
22、 Here’s my own list of positive reasons to homeschool.
【1】
Most of the homeschooled kids I know have their own particular passions and areas that they can discuss like an expert. Very few of these areas—modern art, Legos and analyzing horror films—are the kind of things students learn about in school. I know from my own school experience that having an offbeat(不寻常的) interest doesn’t win you points from teachers and other students. 【2】
It teaches kids how to interact with adults.
【3】 It didn’t help that the only adults I saw all day were always looking down on me and telling me what to do. When homeschoolers interact with adults in the community, they learn how civil people treat each other in public. It’s a kind of socialization most school kids don’t experience until they’re ready to go out into the world.
It also brings parents and kids closer together.
When I was looking into homeschooling for the first time, one of the greatest selling points was heard from parents of the homeschooled students that their teens never felt the need to push them away. 【4】 In fact, homeschooled teens are often more ready for adult life than their traditionally schooled peers.
It adapts to the family’s schedule.
No getting up before dawn to take the school bus. No worrying about whether to take a family trip because it means missing classes. 【5】 And it gives them the freedom to do the important things in their lives, on their own schedule.
A.Sure, they develop independence.
B.It lets kids show their enthusiasm.
C.Kids can do what they want to do at home.
D.As a kid, I was really shy around grown-ups.
E.It is wrong for them to be late for school every day.
F.Homeschooling allows families to learn anywhere, even on the road.
G.But among homeschoolers, it’s what makes your friends so interested.
23、People think that smartphones and laptops are evidence of progress. A certain amount of online searching, for instance, can be good for your brain, and there are apps that can promote brain functions. Yet technology advancements also come with some unintended consequences.
Studies have shown that blue-enriched light from electronic things like smartphones can disturb the body’s internal clock and make it impossible for you to stick to a proper sleep schedule. Losing sleep has negative effects on your brain, such as bad moods, decreased attention and problems of memory.
Technology makes it much easier to get distracted. For example, you step away from an important project to check your smartphone. Teens, in particular, are more distracted than ever. A recent survey of 2,400 teachers found that most educators feel students are more distracted than previous generations. Some 64 percent agreed with the idea that today’s digital technology does more to distract students than to help them academically.
And technology makes people much more forgetful than they used to be. The new generation are actually more likely to forget what day it is or where they put their keys than people over the age of 55, according to a Trending Machine survey. In a press about the survey, Jo Patricia, a doctor, said technology was to blame. “This is a generation that has grown up multitasking by using technology and is often accompanied by lack of sleep, which results in high levels of forgetfulness,” she said.
People who rely on GPS to get around have less activity in the hippo campus, an area of the brain involved in both memory and direction. A study from the University of London even found that taxi drivers had a more developed hippocampus (海马,大脑记忆核心部分) than non-taxi drivers — because they are so accustomed to using spatial (空间的) memory, rather than relying on GPS.
Now that you’re probably terrified of the effects of technology, let us remind you that you do have the power to prevent it. Just log off every once in a while!
【1】How does technology affect students according to teachers?
A.It upsets the new generation.
B.It makes students more forgetful.
C.It takes the students’ attention away.
D.It fails to aid students with their lessons.
【2】What is Jo Patricia’s attitude towards technology?
A.Negative.
B.Objective.
C.Optimistic.
D.Conservative.
【3】Why do taxi drivers have a more developed hippocampus?
A.Because they mainly rely on GPS.
B.Because they do more mental exercise.
C.Because they use spatial memory more.
D.Because they have a better sense of balance.
【4】What is the passage mainly about?
A.Surveys conducted in a school.
B.Apps used to promote memory.
C.Progress made in electronic products.
D.Harmful effects brought by technology.
24、Ask anyone who lives in an apartment in a crowded city and they’ll likely tell you space is their biggest problem. Those living in even smaller rooms know the headache well. Boston-based start-up Ori is out to solve it with a system that uses robotics and apartment furniture to change small spaces in seconds.
The company’s new system is also called Ori, which is named for the Japanese word “origami”, the art of folding paper. The new system makes your furniture change small space from living rooms into bedrooms and even workspaces with the push of a button.
Ori comes from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab, which helps companies create a better future for people. Ori is working with developers Boston Properties, Skanska and Samuels Associates to install (安装) the furniture in high-end apartments in Boston. It is working with designer Yves Béhar on the furniture designs.
The Boston models are being rented on Airbnb, an online company offering people rentals, so Ori can collect information about what users think of the system and improve it in the future. “The system will be put on the market in the near future,” said founder and CEO Hasier Larrea.
All of Ori’s product is made in the United States, and the furniture is actually more expensive to make than the robotics. Assembly (组装) is simple — the units can be put together in just a day. The biggest challenge for this team is making the system feel and look personal.
“We have created these amazing robots with amazing abilities,” Larrea said. “But when you bring a system into a home, it can’t look like a robot.”
【1】What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 refer to?
A.The pain in the head.
B.Crowdedness in cities.
C.The poor housing condition.
D.Space shortage in the house.
【2】How does Ori help its users?
A.By keeping their apartments clean.
B.By making their rooms functional.
C.By offering them a big place to work.
D.By increasing storage space at home.
【3】What do we know about the new system Ori?
A.It is being tested now.
B.It can be ordered on Airbnb.
C.It has been popular in Boston.
D.It was designed by Yves Béhar.
【4】What will the company focus on in the future?
A.Lowering the cost as much as possible.
B.Simplifying the units of its product.
C.Making Ori more human-friendly.
D.Developing more advanced robots.
25、 Everyone has his most memorable teacher. When I think back to my most memorable teacher, Mary Justice's face____comes into my mind. She was my journalism teacher in high school.
What I____most about Mrs. Justice is that she __ me and everyone else in the class with so much____that she always allowed us to make our own choices. Besides, she was such a(n)____teacher that she was elected our school's Teacher of the Year for many times and she also helped raise our____of being a person of action rather than just making plans. Her attitude gradually____me. I didn't know it then, but she was really a____for my future.
I wasn't quite a____person in class. In my second senior year, Mrs, Justice___ me to compete for the editor-in-chief of the yearbook. When she____the final appointment in the class, I was not only quite nervous, but I also felt delighted that Mrs Justice had chosen me for that position which helped strengthen my___
Mary Justice has an important effect on my life and my career choice. I will never____her reaction when I told her I had____Nicholls State University and decided to become a teacher after graduation. Her face lit up, and I knew at that moment she was so____of me. Little did Mrs Justice know that it was because of her that I had chosen the same career as hers.
Twenty years later, my son, Derek, started middle school. That summer. The headmaster of our local middle school had to retire____his illness, and he would be____by a new headmaster. To my great___ the new headmaster was Mary Justice! She had a strong influence on my son's life as well.
Now as a teacher, I teach my students the same life skills as Mrs. Justice taught me-being ___thinkers, and learning from mistakes. ____,these will help them become successful adults in the future.
【1】A.possible B.accidentally C.immediately D.temporarily
【2】A.remember B.doubt C.understand D.expect
【3】A.interviewed B.served C.demanded D.treated
【4】A.indifference B.struggle C.respect D.relief
【5】A.honest B.professional C.active D.strict
【6】A.awareness B.questions C.popularity D.fears
【7】A.challenged B.embarrassed C.confused D.inspired
【8】A.mistake B.partner C.model D.pity
【9】A.considerate B.social C.patient D.responsible
【10】A.warned B.encouraged C.forbade D.forced
【11】A.declared B.changed C.assessed D.cancelled
【12】A.adaptability B.mind C.curiosity D.confidence
【13】A.forget B.suspect C.observe D.imagine
【14】A.set up B.dropped out of C.taken charge of D.applied for
【15】A.envious B.fond C.frightened D.proud
【16】A.in case of B.apart from C.because of D.in terms of
【17】A.represented B.replaced C.selected D.supported
【18】A.surprise B.disappointment C.amusement D.relief
【19】A.deep B.important C.independent D.quick
【20】A.Additionally B.Hopefully C.Basically D.Certainly
26、假定你是李华,你的伯父退休后想从国外回到中国的老家定居,请你给他写封邮件介绍你的老家近几年的变化。要点如下:
1.环境变化;2.生活变化;3.其他变化。
注意:1.词数100左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
Dear Uncle,
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Yours,
Li Hua