1、I can't stand the terrible noise____ she is crying loudly.
A.it
B.which
C.this
D.that
2、—Go and say sorry to your Mom, Dave.
—I’d like to, but I’m afraid she won’t be happy with my ______ .
A.requests
B.excuses
C.apologies
D.regrets
3、--- Why did you ______ the fourth paragraph of your rewritten composition?
--- Because I thought it was off the point.
A. put out B. leave out
C. make out D. figure out
4、- What do you think of Guo Mingyi?
- He is such a kind and generous man that we all him very much.
A. absorb B. accept
C. attract D. admire
5、Our physical health is closely _____ to our mental health.
A. relate B. related
C. relating D. relates
6、The couple give ________ attend their 50th wedding anniversary some gifts to share their happiness.
A. whoever B. whomever C. whom D. Who
7、He criticized the repressive methods ______ by the country’s government.
A.employed
B.engaged
C.existed
D.edited
8、Don’t worry! Your missing watch will ________ one of these days.
A.take up
B.pick up
C.bring up
D.turn up
9、If you need someone with professional computer knowledge, to Joe.
A.talks B.talking
C.talk D.talked
10、To our disappointment, the research they have carried out has been limited ____ production profits, ______ making sure that GM foods are safe.
A. to increase, instead of B. to increasing, as well as
C. to increase, other than D. to increasing, rather than
11、Listen! Can you hear the opera________ somewhere near here?
A.singing
B.being sung
C.sung
D.to be sung
12、—I'd like to see Professor Li, please. _______________?
—You've just missed him.
A.Is he available B.What's wrong with him C.Does he agree D.What's he doing
13、So far we _____ half of the work. Hopefully, it will be finished at the end of this year.
A.will do
B.are doing
C.have done
D.do
14、If you hard at school, you a college student now and would get a good job in the future.
A. had studied; would have been B. would have studied; could be
C. had studied; would be D. studied; could be
15、She was ________ at the author’s great novels and so she became an admirer of him.
A.wondered B.surprised C.shocked D.amazed
16、She drove so fast at the turn that the car almost went _______ the road.
A.on B.along C.from D.off
17、George _________ too far. His coffee is still warm.
A.must have gone
B.might have gone
C.can’t have gone
D.needn’t have gone
18、In America, a ________ lunch may consist of a burger or sandwich, a vegetable or fruit salad, a dessert, and a coke or coffee.
A.stable B.reasonable C.typical D.vital
19、Your passport application form should be ______ by two recent photographs when you go to the Passport Office.
A.accomplished
B.addressed
C.advocated
D.accompanied
20、Most museums in the world keep things from the past _____ people should know about.
A.what B.as C.that D.when
21、I was in the middle of the Amazon with my wife, who was there as a medical researcher.
We flew on a small plane to a faraway village. We did not speak the local language, did not know the customs, and more often than not, did not entirely recognize the food. We could not have felt more foreign.
We were raised on books and computers, highways and cell phones, but now we were living in a village without running water or electricity. It was easy for us to go to sleep at the end of the day, feeling a little misunderstood.
Then one perfect Amazonian evening, with monkeys calling from beyond the village green, we played soccer. I am not good at soccer, but that evening it was wonderful. Everyone knew the rules. We all spoke the same language of passes and shots. We understood one another perfectly. As darkness came over the field and the match ended, the goal keeper, Juan, walked over to me and said in a matter-of-fact way, “In your home, do you have a moon too?” I was surprised.
After I explained to Juan that yes, we did have a moon and yes, it was very similar to his, I felt a sort of awe (敬畏) at the possibilities that existed in his world. In Juan’s world, each village could have its own moon. In Juan’s world, the unknown and undiscovered was vast and marvelous. Anything was possible.
In our society, we know that Earth has only one moon. We have looked at our planet from every angle and found all of the wildest things left to find. I can, from my computer at home, pull up satellite images of Juan’s village. There are no more continents and no more moons to search for, little left to discover. At least it seems that way.
Yet, as I thought about Juan’s question, I was not sure how much more we could really rule out. I am, in part, an ant biologist, so my thoughts turned to what we know about insect life and I knew that much in the world of insects remains unknown. How much, though? How ignorant are we? The question of what we know and do not know constantly bothered me.
I began collecting newspaper articles about new species, new monkey, new spider…, and on and on they appear. My drawer quickly filled. I began a second drawer for more general discoveries: new cave system discovered with dozens of nameless species, four hundred species of bacteria found in the human stomach. The second drawer began to fill and as it did I wondered whether there were bigger discoveries out there, not just species, but life that depends on things thought to be useless, life even without DNA. I started a third drawer for these big discoveries. It fills more slowly, but all the same, it fills.
In looking into the stories of biological discovery, I also began to find something else, a collection of scientists, usually brilliant occasionally half-mad, who made the discoveries.
Those scientists very often see the same things that other scientists see, but they pay more attention to them, and they focus on them to the point of exhaustion, and at the risk of the ridicule of their peers. In looking for the stories of discovery, I found the stories of these people and how their lives changed our view of the world.
We are repeatedly willing to imagine we have found most of what is left to discover. We used to think that insects were the smallest organisms and that nothing lived deeper than six hundred meters. Yet, when something new turns up, more often than not, we do not even know its name.
【1】What made that Amazonian evening wonderful?
A.He learned more about the local language.
B.They had a nice conversation with each other.
C.They understood each other while playing.
D.He won the soccer game with the goal keeper.
【2】Why was the author surprised at Juan’s question about the moon?
A.The question was too straightforward.
B.Juan knew so little about the world.
C.The author didn’t know how to answer.
D.The author didn’t think Juan was sincere.
【3】What was the author’s initial purpose of collecting newspaper articles?
A.To sort out what we have known.
B.To deepen his research into Amazonians.
C.To improve his reputation as a biologist.
D.To learn more about local cultures.
【4】How did those brilliant scientists make great discoveries?
A.They shifted their viewpoints frequently.
B.They followed other scientists closely.
C.They often criticized their fellow scientists.
D.They conducted in-depth and close studies.
【5】What could be the most suitable title for the passage?
A.The Possible and the Impossible.
B.The Known and the Unknown.
C.The Civilized and the Uncivilized.
D.The Ignorant and the Intelligent.
22、My wife Hilary and I were on the beach, with three of our children, taking pictures of shore birds near our home in Alaska when we saw a bear. The bear was thin and small, moving aimlessly.
Just a few minutes later, I heard my daughter shouting, “Dad! The bear is right behind us!" An aggressive bear will usually rush forward to frighten away its enemy but would suddenly stop at the last minute. This one was silent and its ears pinned back the sign of an animal that is going in for the kill. And it was a cold April day. The bear behaved abnormally, probably because of hunger.
I held my camera tripod(三脚架)in both hands to form a barrier as the bear rushed into me. Its huge head was level with my chest and shoulders, and the tripod stuck across its mouth. It bit down and I found myself supporting its weight. I knew 1 would not be able to hold it for long.
Even so, this was a fight I had to win: I was all that stood between the bear and my family, who would stand little chance of running faster than a brown bear.
The bear hit at the camera, cutting it off the tripod. I raised my left arm to protect my face; the beast held tightly on the tripod and pressed it into my side. My arm could not move, and I sensed that my bones were going to break.
Drawing back my free hand, I struck the bear as hard as I could for five to six times. The bear opened its mouth and I grasped its fur, trying to push it away. I was actually wrestling with the bear at this point. Then, as suddenly as it had begun, the fight ended. The bear moved back towards-the forest,before returning for another attack the first time I felt panic.
Obviously satisfied that we caused no further threat, the bear moved off, destroying a fence as it went. My arm was injured, but the outcome for us could hardly have been better. I'm proud that my family remained clear-headed when panic could have led to a very different outcome.
【1】How did the writer feel when faced with the brown bear?
A.Fearful but confident.
B.Nervous but brave.
C.Upset but determined.
D.Awful but hopeful.
【2】The bear finally went away after it
A.got injured
B.felt safe
C.found some food
D.took away the camera
【3】What does the author want to tell us?
A.We should keep calm when troubles come
B.We should rise to the challenge when faced with difficulties.
C.We should not risk ourselves in some dangerous areas.
D.We should learn to take advantage of anything at hand when in trouble.
23、 There is nothing more important than the safety of our children. Did you know that unintentional injury(意外伤害) is the leading cause of death in children under 14 years old with a third of them happening in the home? One of the top reasons a child under the age of three will visit an emergency room is because of household injuries and sadly, 70% of children who die from unintentional injuries are under the age of four. Every room in the home will have its own set of child safety problems. Two of the main danger zones are the kitchen and the bathroom.
Before I became a young mother, I crawled (爬)around the house on my hands and knees to see things from a child’s perspective(视角). You would be amazed at what you can discover by doing something so simple. We didn’t have toilet covers. A child is top heavy because their heads are bigger than their bodies and can easily fall into the toilet.
You might be surprised with the number of children falling out of windows every year, especially during the summer months. Something as simple as a child leaning against a window screen can result in a serious injury. The best way to prevent this type of injury is by setting up a child safety window guard.
As parents, we do the best we can by providing as much protection as possible to make sure of the safety of children. And as there are so many products out there to help us do this, there is nothing like good old-fashioned supervision(监护). So, use common sense and products that help to keep your child safe, and you will have provided a safe environment for your children.
【1】What’s the main reason for death in children under 14 according to paragraph one?
A.Age problems. B.No sense of safety.
C.Danger areas. D.Unexpected injuries.
【2】Why did the writer crawl around the house on the hands and knees?
A.To cover the toilet. B.To protect her child.
C.To look for something. D.To discover dangers from a child’s point.
【3】What should we do to protect children from falling out of windows?
A.Keep away from a window. B.Place a safety window guard.
C.Move away the window screen. D.Lean against the window firmly.
【4】What’s the last paragraph mainly about?
A.Tips on keeping children safe. B.Products for children.
C.Growth speed of children. D.Ways to look after children.
24、A new study has shown how computers and robots powered by artificial intelligence can read human eye movements to "read" human personalities.
The eyes, they say, are the windows to the soul. And if that is true, computers and robots powered by sophisticated(复杂的)artificial intelligence algorithms(算法)may soon have the ability to peer into your soul. That is the result of a new study on the connection between eye movements and personality, conducted by neuroscience researchers based at the University of South Australia and Published in the scientific Journal Frontiers in Neuroscience.
"Eye movements during an everyday task predict aspects of our personality," wrote the researchers, led by University of South Australia neuroscientist Tobias Loetscher, whose team follows 42 study subjects around the university campus recording their eye movements, then determines their personality traits(特点)with "well-established questionnaires" for determining personality type, according to a summary of the study published by the site Science Daily.
The researchers fed the data into their Al algorithms and found that computers running the algorithms were able to record human eye movements and immediately determine a person's major personality traits, such as "neuroticism, extraversion(外向),agreeableness, conscientiousness, as well as perceptual(感知的)curiosity", the scientists wrote.
"The new findings could improve the way human beings interact with their computers and other high-tech devices, even robots, allowing for more natural and realistic social interactions with machines," Loetscher said.
"People are always looking for improved, personalized services. Today's robots and computers are not socially aware so they cannot adapt to non-verbal information," Loetscher said in a statement quoted by Indian Express. This research provides opportunities to develop robots and computers so that they can become more natural, and better at interpreting human social signals."
The study revealed previously undiscovered relations between specific personality characteristics and specific eye movement tendencies, according to a summary in Britain's Daily Mail newspaper.
【1】What do the underlined words "peer into" in Paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. understand B. stare at
C. search for D. concern about
【2】How did the researchers conduct the research?
A. It was carried out in a lab.
B. 42 subjects' eye movements were recorded.
C. The students' daily movements were tracked.
D. Its subjects' personalities were determined by computer.
【3】According to Tobias Loetscher, what can we know?
A. Robots and computers are socially conscious.
B. People care less about improved, personalized services.
C. Today's robots and computers can accustom to non-verbal information.
D. The discovery will improve the interaction between human beings and machines.
【4】What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. Human Personality Traits
B. What Human Eye Movements Are
C. Tell Personalities by Eye Movements.
D. How Humans and Machines Interact
25、One day, a professor entered the classroom and asked his students to prepare for a surprise test. They waited worriedly at their desks for the test to begin. The professor ________ the question papers, with the paper facing down as usual. After he gave them all out, he asked his students to ________ the paper and begin. To everyone’s surprise, there were no ________, just a black dot (小圆点)in the center of the page. The professor, seeing the ________ on everyone’s face, told them the following:
“I want you to write what you ________ there.”
The students got started on the inexplicable (费解的)task.
At the end of the class, the professor ________ all the answer papers and started reading each one of them aloud in front of all the students. All of them, with no ________, described the black dot, trying to explain its ________ in the middle of the sheet, etc. After all had been ________, the classroom was silent, and the professor began to ________:
“I’m not going to grade this. I ________ wanted to give you something to think about. No one wrote about the ________ part of the paper. Everyone focused on the black dot, and the same happens in our ________. We have a white paper to observe, but we always focus on the dark spots. Our life is a ________ given to us with love and care, and we always have ________ to celebrate: nature renewing itself every day, our friends around us, the job that ________ our livelihood and the miracles (奇迹)we see every day.
________, we insist on focusing only on the dark spots: the health problems that worry us, the lack of money, the ________ relationship with workmates, the ________ with a friend, etc.
The dark spots are very ________ compared to everything we have in our daily life, but they are the ones that pollute our minds.
【1】
A.put down
B.handed out
C.took back
D.pointed at
【2】
A.appreciate
B.open
C.use
D.turn
【3】
A.questions
B.vocabularies
C.exercises
D.scores
【4】
A.sadness
B.surprise
C.fear
D.excitement
【5】
A.remember
B.forget
C.see
D.avoid
【6】
A.selected
B.exchanged
C.marked
D.collected
【7】
A.exception
B.doubt
C.excuse
D.wonder
【8】
A.direction
B.size.
C.position
D.color
【9】
A.revised
B.read
C.graded
D.answered
【10】
A.explain
B.draw
C.recite
D.write
【11】
A.also
B.never
C.even
D.just
【12】
A.white
B.similar
C.big
D.true
【13】
A.colleges
B.lives
C.classrooms
D.studies
【14】
A.symbol
B.lesson
C.skill
D.gift
【15】
A.reasons
B.festivals
C.freedom
D.time
【16】
A.earns
B.provides
C.develops
D.changes
【17】
A.Besides
B.Therefore
C.However
D.Otherwise
【18】
A.various
B.personal
C.equal
D.unfriendly
【19】
A.disappointment
B.satisfaction
C.trust
D.stay
【20】
A.dark
B.round
C.small
D.different
26、阅读下面材料, 根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段, 使之构成 一篇完整的短文。
I yawned (打哈欠)as I got off the last step of the bus. I had woken early that morning, and had not been able to sleep on the long ride from Riverside High, thinking about that day’s race, the Eye Opener. I had never raced in a state-wide race before. Over thirty high school teams ran, along with quite a few colleges. The rest of my team and I unloaded the bus, and we relaxed and waited for our race patiently.
“Start warming up,” our coach told us, roughly forty-five minutes after we arrived. After finishing our stretches, we headed over to the starting line, eager for the race to begin.
The starter walked to the middle of the field. “There will be two commands,” his voice boomed, ‘‘Runners set, then the gun. If you hear another shot, return to the starting line to start again. ” My heart raced as I got my legs ready to race.
“Runners set!” the starter shouted Bam! The gun fired, and he rushed out of our way. Adrenaline (肾上腺素)rushed through my body as I raced through the mass of runners. As I rounded the first turn, my schoolmates greeted me with heartening shouts. Then, in what felt like only one minute, I arrived at the one mile mark.
“6’10”, a man declared as I ran by. I tried to ignore him, but my legs began to bum as I realized I had run a mile and still had two to go. I slowed down my pace, for I knew the second mile was the worst of all three. Minutes later, I felt horrible. My legs ached, feeling like lead blocks. My vision was clouded as sweat dropped down into my eyes, and my arms felt as if they would fall off if I swung them one more time. Just as I almost reached my limit, a boy passed me. He also seemed to have lost strength but soon he was a little ahead of me.
注意:
1.续写词数应为150左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
I gathered up my strength to speed up but suddenly fell to the ground.
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In the last mile, seeing the athletes passing us one by one, I asked the boy to run without me.
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