1、His little brother is such a(n) ________boy that he is always asking questions.
A.nervous
B.worried
C.curious
D.anxious
2、 Don't sit there ________ nothing. Come and help me with this table.
A. do B. to do C. doing D. and doing
3、I finally got the job I dreamed about. Never in my life _____ so happy.
A. I was feeling B. did I feel
C. I felt D. had I felt
4、 I like this house with a beautiful garden in front, but I don’t have enough money to buy ___.
A. one B. it C. this D. that
5、—We haven’t heard from her for a long time.
—What do you suppose ________ to her?
A. was happening B. to happen
C. has happened D. having happened
6、You need to have______if you want to teach the group of naughty children well.
A.energy B.patience
C.strength D.belief
7、_____the damage is done, it will take many years for the farmland to recover.
A. Until B. Unless
C. Once D. Although
8、-It is said that J.K Rolling is coming to our school. Are you coming to her speech?
- ______. I can’t wait.
A.It’s a deal B.You bet C.It is up to you D.Of course not
9、Her pale face suggested that she ______ ill and her parents suggested that she ______ a medical examination.
A.be; should have
B.was; have
C.should be; had
D.was; had
10、According to the regulations, you can only borrow a ________ of ten books from the library.
A.minimum
B.majority
C.mess
D.maximum
11、The 69th Venice Film Festival was held in Venice, ________ many stars considered a good chance to show their works.
A. when B. where C. that D. which
12、When working on a tough project, you need to keep ________ the guidelines to ensure you’re always on the track.
A.preserving
B.reserving
C.observing
D.deserving
13、- When can we move to the new apartment?
- Well, it ______, and hopefully, the job will be done in a couple of weeks.
A.is being decorated
B.is decorated
C.was decorated
D.had decorated
14、-How do you like the book?
-It's quite different from _____ I read last month.
A. that B. which
C. the one D. the one what
15、It was proposed that the house ________ as it had been when Lu Xun lived in it.
A.be preserved
B.be preseving
C.would be preserved
D.could preserve
16、Nine in ten parents said there were significant differences in their approach to educating their children compared with ________ of their parents.
A. those B. one C. that D. it
17、The bus stopped to _________the passengers.
A. pick out B. take up
C. make up D. pick up
18、The young couple danced to great music, ________ a well-lived day.
A.concluding
B.concluded
C.surrounding
D.surrounded
19、—What is happening in that new area? — New houses ________ over there.
A.are built B.are building
C.have built D.are being built
20、Mary wanted to lie for her absence, but her inner voice told her _____.
A.not do it B.not to do C.not to D.do not to
21、A woman renewing her driver's license at the County Clerk's office was asked to state her occupation. She hesitated, uncertain how to classify herself.
"What I mean is," explained the recorder, "do you have a job, or are you just a. . . "
"Of course I have a job," said Emily. "I'm a mother."
"We don't list in mother' as an occupation... in housewife' covers it," said the recorder.
One day I found myself in the same situation. The clerk was obviously a career woman, confident and possessed of a high sounding title. "What is your occupation?" she asked.
The words simply came out. "I'm a Research Associate in the field of Child Development and Human Relations. "
The clerk paused, ballpoint pen frozen in mid-air.
I repeated the title slowly, and then I stared with wonder as my statement was written in bold, black ink on the official questionnaire.
"Might I ask," said the clerk with new interest, "just what you do in this field?"
Coolly, without any trace of panic in my voice, I heard myself reply, "I have a continuing program of research (what mother doesn't), in the lab and in the field (normally I would have said indoors and out). Of course, the job is one of the most demanding in the humanities (any mother disagrees?) , and I often work 14 hours a day (24 is more like it) . But the job is more challenging than most careers and rewards are more of a satisfaction rather than just money. "
There was an increasing note of respect in the clerk's voice as she completed the form, stood up, and showed me out.
As I drove into our driveway, feeling happier by my attractive and exciting new career, I was greeted by my lab assistants-aged 13, 7 and 3.
Upstairs I could hear our new experimental model (a 6-month-old baby), in the child-development program, testing out a new vocal pattern.
I felt proud! I had gone on the official records as someone more distinguished and essential to mankind than "just another mother".
Motherhood... What a glorious career! Especially when there's a title on the door.
【1】What can we infer from the conversation between the woman and the recorder at the beginning of the passage?
A. The woman felt ashamed to admit what her job was.
B. The recorder was impatient and rude.
C. Motherhood was not recognized and respected as a job by society.
D. The author was upset about the situation that mothers faced.
【2】How did the female clerk feel at first when the author told her occupation?
A. Puzzled. B. Curious.
C. Upset. D. Frightened.
【3】How did the author feel when describing her job to the clerk?
A. Angry. B. Calm.
C. Unconfident. D. Annoyed.
【4】Why did the woman clerk show more respect for the author?
A. Because the author cared little about rewards.
B. Because she admired the author's research work in the lab.
C. Because the author did something she had little knowledge of.
D. Because she thought the author did admirable work.
【5】What is the author's purpose of writing the passage?
A. To show that motherhood is a worthy career and deserves respect.
B. To show how you describe your job affects your feelings toward it.
C. To show that the author had a grander job than Emily.
D. To show that being a mother is hard and boring work.
22、Girls should take part in competitive sport to build confidence, and the leaders of a group of girls’ schools will argue this week. Helen Fraser, director of the Girls’ Day School Trust(GDST), will tell the group that sport can help girls deal with failure.
“All girls, not just the sporty ones, should take physical exercise,” Ms. Fraser says. Research that girls are far less active than boys is worrying, she argues. Ms. Fraser will tell the group that she supports “sport for all”. “That’s why I love it when our schools have A, B, C and D teams and beyond,” she says.
The GDST draws on research from the Women’s Sport and Fitness Foundation which suggests only a quarter of girls in England meet basic levels of activity each week. One in five girls do no activity at all, twice the proportion of boys, the research suggests.
Ms. Fraser says other research suggests that more than 80% of women business leaders played sports while growing up. She uses the examples of former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who once was a skater and tennis player, and the head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, who was in the French national swimming team. Ms. Fraser says Olympic medallists like Jessica Ennis and Katherine Grainger are excellent role models for young women but says women’s sport needs more money and more news reports.
Valerie Dunsford, head of Sheffield High School for Girls, part of GDST, said it was important to offer a large number of sports to attract different types of girls. “Not everyone wants to be out playing the hockey.” said Ms. Dunsford.
【1】Which of the following ideas would Ms. Fraser agree with?
A.Boys are born to be sport lovers.
B.Girls are less confident than boys.
C.More should be done to make girls do sports.
D.Those taking part in the sport are always successes.
【2】What’s the proportion of boys who never take exercise?
A.1/10.
B.1/5.
C.1/4.
D.2/5.
【3】Ms. Fraser mentions those famous women to show__________.
A.hard work will pay off
B.it’s not easy to be great
C.sport can help girls to succeed
D.it’s necessary to balance work and sport
【4】What’s the purpose of the text?
A.To explain the key to success.
B.To show the importance of sport.
C.To introduce more sports to girls.
D.To encourage more girls to do sports.
23、For generations, the standard way to learn how to ride a bicycle was with training wheels or a tricycle (三轮脚踏车).But in recent years, many parents have chosen to train their kids with balance bikes, pedalless (无踏板的) two-wheelers that enable children to develop the ability to control their movements well, which is not as easily acquired with an extra set of wheels. Given the benefits of balance bikes, why did it take so long for them to replace training wheels?
Leidy Klotz, an engineer at the University of Virginia, noticed that there are many similar phenomena in life, in which removing elements from existing models is uncommon. So he reached out to Gabrielle Adams, a social psychologist at the university, to try to figure out why this was the case. The two researchers thought that there might be a psychological explanation: when faced with a problem, people tend to select solutions that involve adding new elements rather than taking existing components away.
Adams, Klotz and their colleagues first carried out a set of observational studies without a control group. In one, they asked 91 participants to make a pattern symmetrical (对称的) by either adding or removing colored boxes. Only 18 people used subtraction(移除). In another, the team scanned through a collection of ideas for improvement submitted to an incoming university president and found that only 11% of 651 proposals involved removing an existing regulation, practice or program.
Next, the team conducted a series of eight experiments with over 1,500 individuals. In one experiment, people were asked to stabilize the roof of a Lego structure held up by a single block that rested atop a cube-shaped base. The reward for completing the task was $1. The researchers wrote that one group was offered a cue about potential subtractive solutions by being told, “Each piece that you add costs ten cents but removing pieces is free,” while another group was just told, “Each piece you add costs ten cents.” Almost two thirds of people in the cued group chose to remove the single block rather than adding new ones, compared with 41% of those who hadn’t received the cue.
The researchers also observed that when participants were asked to create a symmetrical pattern by adding or removing colored blocks, they tended to conduct removal more often if they were given practice trials than if they had just one chance to handle the problem. On the other hand, having to simultaneously (同时地) handle another task—like keeping track of numbers on a screen—made individuals less likely to remove elements to solve the same problem.
These findings suggest that “additive solutions tend to come to mind quickly and easily,” says Benjamin Converse, a social psychologist at the University of Virginia and a co-author of the study. “Subtractive solutions aren’t necessarily harder to consider, but they take more effort to find.”
【1】What does the first paragraph intend to show?
A.A new effective way of learning to ride a bicycle.
B.The difficulty in changing the old way of learning.
C.People’s tendency to overlook subtractive solutions.
D.The confusion about how people learn to ride a bicycle.
【2】What can we learn from the results of the observational studies?
A.They needed to be further verified later.
B.They confirmed the researchers’ assumption.
C.They proved addition is more helpful than subtraction.
D.They showed addition and subtraction work in the same way.
【3】Why did the researchers conduct the second set of experiments?
A.To discover why people tend to choose additive solutions.
B.To prove people prefer additive solutions to subtractive ones.
C.To figure out how people would cope with their issues in life.
D.To find out exactly what people think of subtractive solutions.
【4】In what situation are people more likely to turn to subtractive solutions?
A.They are loaded with much work.
B.They are free to cope with the issue.
C.They are given constructive advice.
D.They are given more chances to try.
24、There are many people out there who want to be “part of the crowd”. If you want to be the leader and stand out from the crowd instead, then this article is for you. 【1】
Know you’re unique.
For starters, know that you’re already different from everyone on the planet. 【2】 But all of us have a unique set of experiences and characteristics that spell out a different reality from everyone else on Earth. No one else has the same brain you do, the same thoughts you do, and the same reactions as you do. You’re different by just being human.
Try new things.
We are naturally raised as part of a group. 【3】 These things are good-they can open us up to things we’re not even aware of, but it’s also important to try things that are brand new to you that other people haven’t already accepted. How else will you find out what you like and do not like?
【4】
This is a way to act differently toward people than they expect. One way to be certainly be different is to be friendly to everyone. How many people do you know that are friendly to literally “everyone”? Probably not many. It’s hard work! We all end up judging those around us and drawing certain types of people. Instead, be friendly toward those you may not feel friendly toward.
Know the world works in opposites.
So many people are trying to be different. It results in them all being the same! Being quiet may mean that when you talk, people hear you louder. When you’re not trying to attract that boy or girl, they become attracted to you. 【5】
A.Shake hands with your enemies.
B.Sure, some people are more different than others.
C.So trying to be different may not get you anywhere.
D.It’s a wonderful feeling when you know that you are unique.
E.If you don’t know who you are,that process can seem a bit scary.
F.There will be times when an entire room is thinking something, but no one says it.
G.Therefore, we’re constantly being got to things that others have already recognized.
25、My mom is about to have a spinal (脊柱的) operation. The operation is _________minor, but does carry a risk of paralysis (瘫痪). Friends and family have _________ to this news by talking in such pessimistic terms that Mom has come to _________ this kind of talk as “psychological theft”. It occurs when other people increase your anxiety _________ providing comfort.
Last week Mom _________ Geoff who works for the local school. “How are you?” he asked. “Not great,” she replied, “I have been having some trouble with my back and I’m going to need a(n)_________.”“Oh, the back the most _________ place to operate on! My mom had that and she was in terrible pain.” He responded. Geoff’s _________ had been kind. He’d given his own mother’s story to show sympathy,_________ Mom only heard danger and pain.
People could have __________ things that would be equally true, but more__________ to patients. “The specialists in our hospitals are among the best in the world.” — that’s a good one. “You’re going to feel much better__________.” — that’s another.
I’m not suggesting patients should be __________ from the reality of the risks they’re taking. But if the decision to have an operation can’t really be __________, what’s the purpose of stressing the __________? It’s just common sense to say, “Get well soon, and how can I help?”
【1】
A.definitely
B.unusually
C.relatively
D.typically
【2】
A.listened
B.objected
C.stuck
D.reacted
【3】
A.choose
B.label
C.employ
D.mistake
【4】
A.in need of
B.in favor of
C.instead of
D.regardless of
【5】
A.ran into
B.looked for
C.heard of
D.turned to
【6】
A.cure
B.operation
C.treatment
D.break
【7】
A.secure
B.dangerous
C.common
D.apparent
【8】
A.intention
B.assumption
C.emotion
D.description
【9】
A.because
B.as
C.when
D.yet
【10】
A.alternative
B.reliable
C.reasonable
D.attractive
【11】
A.obvious
B.beneficial
C.significant
D.familiar
【12】
A.occasionally
B.permanently
C.initially
D.ultimately
【13】
A.released
B.deleted
C.separated
D.sheltered
【14】
A.accepted
B.made
C.avoided
D.reached
【15】
A.drawbacks
B.strengths
C.dimensions
D.procedures
26、假如你是李华,对有机农业很感兴趣,请给校报写一篇报道,介绍有机农业。内容包括:
1. 近几年的发展现状;
2. 有机农业的好处:更健康、更环保······
3. 有机农业的发展前景。
注意:
1. 词数100字左右;
2. 可适当添加细节,以使行文连贯。
Organic farming: farming the way nature intends
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