1、--- The conflict between North and South Korea calls for talks to solve the problem.
---Quite right. I would rather the UN_______ something immediately.
A. would do B. does C. did D. will do
2、Your bed requires ____ I'm afraid.
A.to clean B.cleaning C.being cleaned D.clean
3、He usually ________ one hour on his homework.
A. spends B. costs
C. takes D. pays
4、When I was a child, my father and I _______ get up early and go fishing on Sunday.
A. could B. would C. should D. might
5、Parents often have little choice _______ the way their child is medically treated.
A.in case of B.with respect to C.ahead of D.far from
6、 The shopping mall is making every effort to ________ new customers in order to sell more foods.
A.transfer B.attract
C.stick D.attack
7、【2018·滨海7校联考】—May I help you? You seem to be having some problems.
— ______, thanks. I think I can manage.
A.All right
B.No problem
C.It’s all right
D.There’s no way
8、The company was named Gates Hall ________ a man named James Gates.
A.in need of B.in search of C.in favor of D.in memory of
9、It is freezing here.Wear your coat, ______ you’ll catch a cold.
A.or B.so C.but D.and
10、Only by shouting at the top of his voice _________________.
A.he was able to make himself hear
B.he was able to make himself heard
C.was he able to make himself hear
D.was he able to make himself heard
11、I cannot __________ the smell of burnt sausage.
A. bear B. take on C. put up with D. sit
12、With his son________ him,the old man felt unhappy.
A. to disappoint B. to be disappointed
C. disappointing D. being disappointed
13、Her team failed in the competition.She is trying to get to the ____ of why some members gave up midway.
A. bottom B. floor
C. result D. effect
14、At present, there are many instances the governments distribute money to the citizens worldwide, but the sources of fund are still limited.
A.how B.which C.where D.when
15、As many as nine tourist attractions are visited free on National Day, and you can choose _________ suits you best.
A. whatever B. whichever C. whenever D. wherever
16、Hackers threatened _______ Sony release the film ‘The Interview’ (also entitled ‘Killing Kim jong un’)on the coming 2014 Christmas, they ______ launch terror attacks resembling 11th Sept in 2001,
A.should; will be B.were to; could
C.were; should have D.should; would
17、-John,when shall we meeet again,Thursday or Friday?
-___________.I’ll be off to london then.
A.Either
B.Neither
C.Both
D.None
18、All the people who _________ with killing the protected animals will be sentenced in five days.
A.to be charged
B.have charged
C.have been charged
D.has been charged
19、A new house __________ at the corner of the road.
A.is building
B.is being built
C.been built
D.be building
20、Don’t live in the past, and you _____ focus your mind on the future.
A. may B. should
C. will D. need
21、Guinness World Records has long been recording some of the most amazing and astonishing travel and tourism facts. Here we are sharing some of the most unbelievable record-breaking accounts, all fully fact-checked and Guinness-approved.
Largest Ice Structure—The Ice Hotel in Sweden
Each year, the ice hotel in Jukkasjarvi, Sweden, is rebuilt from blocks of frozen ice from the nearby River Torne. Covering an area of 5,500 square metres, the hotel is unsurprisingly open seasonally, from December to March, when it melts away. In 2015, the hotel celebrated its 25th anniversary, complete with an ice bar, an ice church and ice bedrooms—one even featured a London Tube carriage made entirely of ice.
Tallest Waterfall—Angel Falls, Venezuela
The largest waterfall by vertical(垂直的) area may be Victoria Falls, which sit on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia, but it’s South America that’s home to the world’s tallest.
Angel Falls, located in Bolivar, Venezuela, has an impressive, uninterrupted drop of 807 metres.
It was actually named after the American pilot, Jimmie Angel, who first recorded it in his logbook on November 16, 1933.
Largest Area of Glowing Sea—Indian Ocean, near Somalia
Bioluminescence(生物体发光) is the production and emission of light by a living thing and can be used to explain the surprising phenomenon(现象)of “glowing oceans.”
It was in 1995 that scientists detected glowing sea in the Indian Ocean—just off the coast of Somalia-via satellite, The water was more than 250 kilometres long, and it was all thanks to the bacteria called phytoplankton.
Most Expensive Hotel Room—The Royal Penthouse Suite at Geneva’s Hotel President Wilsom
This particular suite is just the ticket, costing as much as US$83,000(£53,760)per night.
But the high price will gain you access to 12 bedrooms and 12 marble bathrooms across 18,000 square feet.
【1】Where is the tallest waterfall situated?
A. Between Zimbabwe and Zambia.
B. In South America.
C. In northern Europe.
D. In South Africa.
【2】What can we learn about the largest area of glowing sea?
A. It was first recorded in 1933.
B. It was named after an American pilot.
C. It was first detected by satellite.
D. It is the only sea that is glowing.
【3】What can you experience if you go to the Royal Penthouse Suite at Geneva’s Hotel President Wilson?
A. The most beautiful natural scenery.
B. The most expensive and luxurious suite.
C. The largest and most powerful waterfall.
D. The largest rooms.
【4】Where might we find this text?
A. In a cultural book.
B. In a travel magazine
C. In a fashion magazine.
D. In an instruction book
22、Language as a System of Symbols (符号)
Of all systems of symbols, language is the most highly developed. It has been pointed out that human beings, by agreement, can make anything stand for anything. Human beings have agreed, in the course of centuries of mutual dependency, to let the various noises that they can produce with their lungs, throats, tongues, teeth, and lips systematically stand for certain happenings in their nervous systems. We call that system of agreements language.
There is no necessary connection between the symbol and that which it stands for. Just as social positions can be symbolized by feathers worn on the head, by gold on the watch chain, or by a thousand other things according to the culture we live in, so the fact of being hungry can be symbolized by a thousand different noises according to the culture we live in.
However obvious these facts may appear at first glance, they are actually not so obvious as they seem except when we take special pains to think about the subject. Symbols and the things they stand for are independent of each other, yet we all have a way of feeling as if, and sometimes acting as if, there were necessary connections. For example, there are people who feel that foreign languages are unreasonable by nature; foreigners have such funny names for things, and why can’t they call things by their right names? This feeling exhibits itself most strongly in those English and American tourists who seem to believe that they can make the natives of any country understand English if they shout loud enough. Like the little boy who is reported to have said, “Pigs are called pigs because they are such dirty animals, ” they feel that the symbol is inherently connected in some way with the things symbolized.
【1】Language is a highly developed system of symbols because human beings ________.
A.have made use of language for centuries
B.use our nervous systems to support language
C.have made various noises stand for any events
D.can make anything stand for anything by agreement
【2】In Paragraph 3 the underlined phrase “take special pains” probably means “________”.
A.try very hard
B.take our time
C.are very unhappy
D.feel especially painful
【3】In Paragraph 3, the example of the little boy is used to show that ________.
A.adults often learn from their young
B.“pig” is a dirty word because pigs are dirty
C.words are not connected with the things they stand for
D.people sometimes have wrong ideas about how language works
23、It’s never easy to admit the mistakes you make, but doing so is an important step toward moving forward. National Geographic magazine recently published an article with the title “For decades, our coverage was racist. To rise above our past, we must acknowledge it.” It was written by the magazine’s editor-in-chief Susan Goldberg, the first woman and first Jewish person to hold the position. National geographic has acknowledged that its coverage of black and minority ethnic people in America and the wider world has been historically racist, frequently promoting caricatures (讽刺画) of the “nobel savage (野蛮人)” and barely featuring the US’ minority ethnic population.
According to Goldberg, the 130-year-old publication’s April issue “explores how race defines, separates and unites us”. In honor of 50 years since the killing of Martin Luther King, who is known for fighting racial inequality in the US, the issue is devoted to race.
The publication republished a number of examples of historical racism in its coverage. One 1916 article about Australia included a photo of two Indigenous Australians with the caption (说明文字): “South Australian Black fellows: These savages rank lowest in the intelligence of all human beings.”
To review its previous coverage of race, Goldberg asked University of Virginia historian John Edwin Mason to look back at the magazine’s text, choice of subjects, and photography of people of color from the US and abroad. “Until the 1970s, National Geographic all but ignored people of color who lived in the United States, rarely acknowledging them beyond laborer or domestic workers,” Goldberg wrote about Mason’s findings. “Meanwhile, it pictured ‘natives’ elsewhere as exotics, famously and frequently unclothed, happy hunters, noble savages.”
Mason also found that the magazine often ran photos of “uncivilized” natives amazed by “civilized” Western technology.
In recent years, however, the magazine has improved. For example, in a 2015 project, National Geographic gave cameras to young people in the Caribbean country of Haiti and asked them to shoot pictures of their everyday lives.
The coverage wasn’t right before, because it was told from a white American point of view, and I think it speaks to exactly why we needed a diversity of storytellers,” Goldberg told the Associated Press.
National Geographic’s look at its past also inspired other media organizations to revisit their own historical coverage of race. The New York Times admitted that most of its obituaries (讣告) were about the lives of white men, and has started publishing obituaries of famous women in a special section titled “Overlooked”. After all recognizing overlooked mistakes is what makes us grow.
【1】What is special about the April issue of National Geographic magazine?
A.It is devoted to race in memory of Martin Luther King.
B.It is released to mark National Geographic’s 130th anniversary.
C.It is the first issue since Susan Goldberg became the editor-in-chief.
D.It is in this issue that readers can see Mason’s investigation report.
【2】Which of the following can prove National Geographic’s coverage was racist?
A.It often pictured colored people with decent jobs.
B.Natives were often pictured as unclothed happy hunters.
C.It asked ordinary people to shoot pictures of their daily lives.
D.It only featured minority groups in America but overlooked others.
【3】What can we learn about the National Geographic?
A.It used to tell stories from the perspective of a white Jewish woman.
B.The overall image of natives in it was brave, intelligent but uncivilized.
C.It pushed other media organizations to reflect on their coverage of race.
D.Its texts and choice of subjects were diverse and had no racial prejudice.
【4】According to the writer, recognizing the mistakes may _______.
A.affect the image of the world famous magazine
B.eliminate racial discrimination around the world
C.help the magazine to move forward and grow better
D.discourage the editors from reporting bravely and honestly
24、The following is something about extreme sports: Dangerous as they are, extreme sports remain appealing among many Australian young people! Camp extreme sports is the perfect test of your heart.
Kite Surfing
It’s the exciting mixture of kite, board and waves. The idea of using a kite to accelerate speed seems like a new challenge, yet the art of kite flying dates back to the 13th-century Chinese when it was used as a simple means of transport.
Catch a wind and you’re moving — up, down and across the surf. “It’s always exciting. You’d jump 5 feet or 35 feet. You never know if you’re going to go up in the air, and your heart is just going boom, boom, boom.”
Coasteering
It is by far the best activity and the event that everyone is still talking about. This is exploring the coastline without worrying about a coastal path or finding a rocky bay blocking your route. You climb, dive and swim from one place to another. With Coasteering, you don’t have to be able to swim as the wet suit and buoyancy(浮力) aid will keep you floating when you are in the water.
Sky Diving
Traditional parachuting(跳伞) doesn’t sound risky enough. So now sky diving is the name for jumping from a plane and listening to your heart beating heavily as you move fast towards earth before you open your parachute at the last moment.
Mountain Biking
It’s been around so long that bikers are no longer satisfied with just going up and down a mountain. Mountain biking is a sport which consists of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough land, using specially adapted mountain bikes. Mountain bikes share similarities with other bikes, but include features designed to improve strength and performance in rough areas.
For details, please call us on 1300-792-668 or click here: www.xtremecamp.com.au.
【1】All the four extreme sports are intended to test one’s _____.
A. potential strength B. physical health
C. sports skills D. courage
【2】The underlined word “it” refers to _____.
A. kite flying B. kite surfing
C. a kite D. the art of kites
【3】Which of the following sports can be the most risky?
A. Kite surfing. B. Coasteering.
C. Mountain biking. D. Sky diving.
【4】We can infer from the passage that _______.
A. kites were the main means of transport in China
B. swimming skills play a key role in Coasteering
C. mountain biking requires more than riding common bikes
D. parachuting is the least popular sports at present
25、 I became a magician by accident. When I was nine I learned how to make a coin _______. At first the magic wasn't any good; it was just a bad_________ I spent hours each day _______ in the bathroom, running through the secret _______ in front of the mirror
One day I made the coin disappear on the playground. What a miracle(奇迹)! Dozens of people were _______ . I showed the coin to everyone. Then it disappeared. The kids _______ and laughed. It was great. Everyone went _______.
The teacher on duty crossed the playground to _______ more about it. Mrs. Tanner was a(n) _______ woman who controlled her class with an appetite(欲望)for ________ students She marched toward me and ________ to know what was going on.
The coin disappeared for her too. “Do it again,” she said angrily, and I did. My hands were ________, but when I looked up, everything had ________. I would remember the look on her face — the look of wide-eyed, open-mouthed ________.
I kept seeing my teacher's face — the strict look ________ into great wonder and joy ________. The kids' too. They had been ________ immediately from an indifferent(冷漠的)pack of creatures into real people. When the ________ of worry or pain had gone, the faces that shone without it were ________.
Magicians get to see people at their very best, and in this transformation we can see what can only be described as real, actual ________.
【1】A.roll B.drop C.spin D.disappear
【2】A.trick B.gesture C.joke D.word
【3】A.reading B.thinking C.showering D.practising
【4】A.talks B.moves C.smiles D.messages
【5】A.watching B.performing C.debating D.playing
【6】A.nodded B.whispered C.screamed D.sighed
【7】A.crazy B.wrong C.blind D.hungry
【8】A.find out B.try out C.leave out D.turn out
【9】A.easy-going B.pleasant C.annoying D.clumsy
【10】A.protecting B.punishing C.encouraging D.ignoring
【11】A.promised B.begged C.pretended D.demanded
【12】A.shaking B.rising C.flying D.dancing
【13】A.started B.changed C.recovered D.ended
【14】A.relief B.astonishment C.disappointment D.doubt
【15】A.dividing B.falling C.softening D.breaking
【16】A.in return B.as a result C.all at once D.as usual
【17】A.admired B.recognized C.freed D.transformed
【18】A.significance B.attempt C.weight D.example
【19】A.familiar B.blank C.serious D.amazing
【20】A.kindness B.magic C.talent D.education
26、阅读下面短文,根据所给情节进行续写,使之构成一个完整的故事。
When I spent the last summer with my Grandmother in Warwick, NY, she sent me down to the grocery store with a long shopping list. Staring at all the items on the list, I wondered how I could find anything on the packed shelves around me. But she insisted.
I walked up to the counter. Behind it was a lady like no one I'd ever seen. Thick glasses rested on the tip of her nose, gray hair was piled on her head.
"Excuse me," I said. She looked up.
"You're that Clements kid," she said. "I'm Miss Bee. Come closer and let me get a look at you." She pushed her glasses up her nose. "I want to be able to describe you to the policeman if something goes missing from the store."
"I'm not a thief!" I was shocked. I was too young to be a thief.
"Maybe not, but I can tell you've got potential." She went back to reading her newspaper.
"I need to get these." I said, holding up my list.
"So? Go get them." She ignored my reed of a favor, "There's no one here except you and me and I'm not your servant, so I suggest you start looking for the things on that list."
The store was a puzzle to a seven-year-old, and it seemed to hold all the goods in the world. I complained about this task Grandma had set me to do while trying to find all the items on my list. It took me one and half an hour to do it, and the mean lady behind the counter didn't even bother to look at me once.
I visited Miss Bee a couple of times a week that summer. Sometimes she sold me an old newspaper instead of one that was the latest. Sometimes she overcharged me and didn’t seem embarrassed when I pointed it out. Going 1o the store was more like going into battle, but I survived. By summer's end the shopping trip that had once taken me an hour was done in 15 minutes. The morning I was to return to Brooklyn, I stopped in to get a soda.
注意:
1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右;
2.至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语;
3.续写部分分为两段,每段的开头已为你写好;
4.续写完成后,请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1:
"All right, Miss Potential," she said. "What did you learn this summer?"
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Paragraph 2:
One day after all those years my seven-year old daughter came to me with homework troubles.
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