1、 From his expression, I don’t think he could have finished his homework last night, _______?
A. couldn’t he B. do I
C. did he D. hasn’t he
2、Having retired(退休),he________the club for old men and plays chess every day there.
A. takes part in B. joins in
C. attends D. joins
3、--- Jack, what about the lecture?
--- It is the most inspiring lecture that I _________ since I came to this university.
A. attended B. have attended
C. am attending D. had attended
4、You feel all the training a waste of time, but I’m a hundred percent sure later you’ll be grateful you did it.
A. should B. need
C. shall D. may
5、We usually take turns ________ cleaning, and today it is my turn ________ it.
A.to do; doing
B.do; do
C.doing; to do
D.to do; to do
6、Was it during the Second World War ____________he died?
A.where B.then C.that D.while
7、-- No one ________ be compared with Li Na in playing tennis.
--- Oh, you are really her big fan.
A. can B. need C. must D. might
8、All the books donated by the students from urban schools are said ________ to the students in the earthquake-stricken areas the other day.
A. to have been sent B. being sent
C. having been sent D. to be sent
9、The teacher told the students to come up ________ to receive their awards.
A.little by little
B.one by one
C.side by side
D.step by step
10、The ship rocked violently as a wave took it from a (n) ___________angle.
A.unexpected
B.bare
C.commanding
D.faint
11、The speaker _________ from his seat and _________ his voice, looking excited.
A.raised; raised B.rose; raised C.rose; rose D.raised; rose
12、He finally arrived at home after the 10-day-long walk in the desert, _____.
A.being exhausted but excited B.exhausted but excited
C.exhaustedly but excitedly D.to be exhausted but excited
13、Hangzhou is such an ________ city that it often makes a strong ________ on visitors and its sights never fail to attract foreign tourists.
A.impressed, impression
B.impressing , impression
C.impressive, impress
D.impressive, impression
14、I live in________ is called Shenzhen.
A.that
B.which
C.where
D.what
15、There are few occasions for kids ________ they have the freedom to do what they want to do.
A.when B.where C.which D.whom
16、—How do you find the story about ________ blind?
—It is so encouraging that I try to read it without ________ second thought.
A.a; a B.a; the C.the; a D.the; the
17、This is the store ______ we visited the famous shop assistants.
A. where B. there C. that D. which
18、Measuring the ______ loss of soil requires scientific techniques and equipment.
A.glorious
B.greedy
C.gradual
D.guilty
19、Since the middle of the last year, the bike-sharing market _____in Beijing.
A. boomed B. was booming C. will boom D. has boomed
20、It is estimated that living expenses for international students in the university ________ around $9,000 a year, which ________ a heavy burden for some of them.
A.is; is B.are; are C.is; are D.are; is
21、The Cube has his own voice
I arrive at the Szepilona Bisztro, on a leafy road on the “Buda” side of Budapest, holding a Rubik’s Cube and searching for the man who had created it almost 50 years ago. I feel unworthy to have lunch with Emo Rubik, not the least reason of which is because the Cube I am holding has never been solved.
Rubik arrives punctually. He’s been coming to this restaurant since the late 1960s, when he was a graduate student, before he had invented one of the world’s most successful puzzles — a cube with 43 quintillion combinations, only one of which is correct.
【1】 At that time, Rubik was living in his family’s apartment on a grand avenue on the “Pest” side of the city. He was a professor of architecture, but his room was “like a child’s pocket, full of marbles and treasures”.
In an attempt to help students understand three-dimensional problems, he tried to build a set of cubes that stayed together but could also move independently. 【2】 He painted each side a different colour. But after he had twisted it, he realised that he could not easily return it to its original state.
“It was a more difficult task to find a system to solve it than it had been to create the thing itself” he says. In the end, it took him a month. And solving it gave him a “happy feeling of freedom’’, he said at the time. The Rubik’s Cube was born, and to date more than 450 million have been sold, the craze reaching its peak in the early 1980s.
Rubik was 29 when he “discovered” the Cube in 1974. By 1979, Rubik had sold 300,000. 【3】From there, it spread across the world, with some 100 million Rubik’s Cubes being sold in only three years. “I can’t imagine there being a higher type for it than there had been in the 1980s,” he says. He motions to my Cube.【4】Rubik comforts me with a Japanese slogan from the 1980s, coined for a game: “a minute to learn and a lifetime to master”.
A.But the content of the Cube is so wide that it can be a symbol of logical thinking, a way of life.
B.Eventually he came up with a six-sided structure with nine interlocking cubes on each side.
C.His moment of inspiration came in the spring of 1974.
D.I am forced to admit that I haven’t solved it yet.
E.Rubik was born towards the end of the Second World War to an aircraft engineer father and a poet mother.
F.The following year he was offered the chance to take his invention to a toy fair in New York.
22、 Ready to give up long showers, water parks, and unlimited water gushing out of your taps? A new study says more than three-hundred-thirty-five-million people are faced with water shortage now. The oceans are full, of course. But the liquid—fresh, clean water for drinking and watering crops is in short supply in many parts of the world. Rivers are running low, lakes are shrinking, streams have stopped flowing, and groundwater is being pumped dry. However, the demand for water keeps increasing. So there comes unavoidably the water crisis!
What is causing the crisis? Experts say it is a complex combination of climate change and rapid population growth. On the one hand, global climate change threatens to reduce water supplies due to decreased rainfall. On the other hand, population growth is driving explosive demand for water, prompting rivers in thirsty countries to be tapped for nearly every drop and driving governments to pump out so-called fossil water.
Lack of water may result in several problems. It may increase health problems. Lack of water often means drinking waters are not safe. Lack of water may also result in more international conflict. Countries may have to compete for water in the future. Some countries now get sixty percent of their fresh water from other countries. And lack of water would affect the ability of developing to improve their economies. This is because new industries often need a large amount of water when they are beginning.
One partial answer to the world water shortage, at least for countries near the sea, is to build more desalination plants that change seawater into fresh water. Another suggested solution is for water-rich countries, such as Canada, to sell water to countries which are poor in water.
【1】Why does the author say the water crisis is unavoidable?
A.Because the oceans are full B.Because the rivers are running low
C.Because demand for water keeps decreasing D.Because many countries are competing
【2】According to the text, __________ may cause the water crisis.
A.long showers and water parks B.climate change and population growth
C.health problems and international conflict D.economy development and population growth
【3】Water shortage may result in the following problems EXCEPT___________.
A.health problems B.international conflict
C.the inability to improve economies D.the illegal selling of water
【4】What is the author’s suggestion to solve the water shortage problem?
A.Change seawater into fresh water B.Buy water from rich countries
C.Develop new industries D.Plant more trees
23、Here are a few practical apps that can help you with your studies, and beyond.
MyHomework
Price: Free
Platform: iOS and Android
As you star your new term, let the planning app MyHomework create a personalized study schedule. Rank as one for the best homework management apps by USA Today, this app allows you to prioritize(排序)assignments by color-coding subjects. It also reminds you of every single deadline and upcoming test you have. MyHomework is not only for smart phones but also for Apple Watch.
Notability
Price: 18 yuan
Platform: iOS
Taking good notes is important to good results. As a result, one note-taking app, Notability, is gaining popularity among students. This app allows users to take handwritten notes on touch screens and type essays. Plus, Notability users can easily share files with classmates through e-mail or cloud services like iCloud.
Sleep Cycle
Price: 6 yuan
Platform: iOS and Android
For students struggling to wake up on time during school days, Sleep Cycle can be your lifesaver. It cleverly records your sleep. After you wake up, the app shows your sleep quality through easy-to-read graphics(图表). Even better, Sleep Cycle has an intelligent wake-up mode. It wakes you up when you are in your lightest sleep state with the help of soft music. This stress-free wake-up call can potentially improve your daily productivity.
MyMoney
Price: Free
Platform: iOS and Android
MyMoney, a Chinese money management app, can help you achieve financial independence. This popular app allows you to add up all your accounts including campus(校园)cards and transportation cards. And it tracks your every expense(开支)to help you understand your spending habits. If any of your accounts is low, MyMoney will alarm you.
【1】What can we know about Notability?
A. It’s a drawing app B. It can run on Apple Watch
C. It can be used to share notes D. It helps users organize homework
【2】Which of the following helps to improve users’ spending habits?
A. MyHomework B. Notability
C. Sleep Cycle D. MyMoney
【3】What do the four apps have in common?
A. They are all free of charge B. They are intended for students
C. They require Android platform D. They all help users with studies
24、Steve Sparks was a young successful lawyer when a bruise (挫伤) on one of the legs of his 3-year-old daughter changed his life. The bruise led to a doctor’s visit. The doctor said his daughter was suffering from leukemia (白血病).
Steve said that in a moment his life changed from what restaurant he was going to take his clients (客户) to lunch to whether his daughter Katie was ever going to see her fourth birthday.
For three years Katie received a lot of treatment at the Nemours Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware and with the help of wonderful doctors, kind nurses, whom Steve and his wife Michelle called heroes, Katie’s leukemia was cured (治愈).
Forever changed by the experience and encouraged by the heroes at Nemours who saved his daughter’s life, Steve felt he couldn’t go back to business as usual. He felt there was something else he was meant to do and that something else led him to join the Nemours Foundation(基金会)at the age of 28. The job change came with a 65% pay cut from what he was making as a lawyer, but Steve thought he was right and it was more important to help those who need help. Steve is glad to have made such a choice.
Katie is now a healthy 20-year-old college student and Steve is one of the leaders of the Nemours Foundation. In three weeks Steve will have a party for Katie’s 21st birthday, and give big thanks to the Nemours by riding his bicycle from Nemours in Jack-sonville, Florida to Wilmington, Delaware. He’ll ride 900 miles in 9 days and raise $100,000 for the Nemours Foundation with the hope of saving more children’s lives.
【1】From the text we can learn that _____.
A. Steve hated being a lawyer
B. Katie’s bruise caused leukemia
C. Katie suffered from leukemia at four
D. Steve had ever doubted whether Katie could survive
【2】What did Steve and his wife think of the doctors and nurses?
A. They were unfriendly.
B. They were great.
C. They were inexperienced.
D. They were clever.
【3】Which of the following is TRUE about Steve’s becoming a member of the Nemours Foundation?
A. He felt sorry about his decision.
B. He didn’t get even half the pay he used to.
C. His daughter gave him much encouragement.
D. He was advised to do so by the doctors.
【4】Steve will ride 900 miles in 9 days to _____.
A. show he is strong enough
B. celebrate his daughter’s birthday
C. raise money to save more children’s lives
D. advise people to do more exercise
25、Disappointment is Followed by Unexpected Connection
My daughter with her two friends drove to the nature park for a hike. On returning to the parking lot after the hike, they _____, to their disappointment, that their car windows were broken. Shattered glass was everywhere and their _____ and iPad were stolen from the car.
Without a second thought, they called the police. The police tried their best to investigate, hoping to find some clues. Yet the methods they tried weren’t _____ even when given the device locations via finding apps.
That evening my daughter got a _____ from a lady on social networks. She said she had _____ a pure and a backpack on the street with ID card and credit cards in it.
We were thinking over the _____ of this caller. She had called from the neighbouring city. My daughter decided to call her the next day and learn more about her instead of _____.
The next day we called her as planned. It _____ that lady was an elementary school teacher and agreed to meet my daughter at a police station. On arrival, the kind teacher gave my daughter all the belongings she had found. This teacher was indeed practicing what she _____!
What an example she set to go out of her way for a ______, to make the effort to connect and follow through.
【1】
A.considered
B.discovered
C.admitted
D.ignored
【2】
A.purse
B.book
C.phone
D.computer
【3】
A.important
B.necessary
C.helpful
D.powerful
【4】
A.message
B.way
C.sign
D.chance
【5】
A.inspected
B.lost
C.thrown
D.found
【6】
A.target
B.determination
C.intention
D.ambition
【7】
A.ending
B.doubting
C.hoping
D.following
【8】
A.turned out
B.came across
C.came out
D.turned up
【9】
A.masters
B.creates
C.monitors
D.teaches
【10】
A.volunteer
B.partner
C.stranger
D.friend
26、假如你是李华,你们班的外教Smith先生即将回国,你将代表全班同学写一封感谢信。内容包括:
1.赞扬 Smith的人品和工作;
2.感谢他给予的帮助;
3.表达对Smith的祝福。
注意:1.词数80左右;
2.可适当增加细节,使行文连贯。
Dear Mr. Smith,
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua