1、Some diseases ________ quickly from one person to another.
A.move B.catch C.spread D.expand
2、But actually, these Englishers ______ gradually in accents, spellings, expressions and the usage of vocabulary and we have to adapt to that.
A.had changed B.changed C.have been changing D.is changing
3、As we know, it will still be some years before all the metro lines in Suzhou _____ into operation.
A.will be put B.are put C.will have been put D.are being put
4、 Two years ago, three scientists traveled to the Antarctica to explore a secret world hidden _________ the ice.
A. among B. beneath C. beyond D. opposite
5、Usually newborn babies can ______ between a man’s and a woman’s voice.
A.squeeze B.trap C.inspect D.discriminate
6、It is through years of research ________ scientists have discovered the relationship between social media addiction and depression.
A. that B. before
C. since D. when
7、Take the medicine right away! ______ it yesterday, you would be quite all right now.
A. Had you taken B. Would you take
C. Should you take D. Were you to take
8、To everyone's surprise, the three-year-old boy recited Three-Character Canon without making a single .
A.slide B.slip C.sneeze D.squeeze
9、—What a pity! You missed my birthday party.
—Terribly sorry! ________ my uncle not visited me unexpectedly.
A. Should B. Would
C. Had D. Did
10、—Do you still remember ______he was taken to the hospital?
—Yes, he was sent to the hospital in Mr Smith’s car.
A.how
B.why
C.when
D.what
11、Little Tom admitted ________ in the examination, promising that he wouldn't do that in the future.
A. having cheated B. cheat C. cheated D. to cheat
12、What would have happened, ___________, as far as the river bank?
A. Bob had walked farther
B. if Bob should walked farther
C. had Bob walked farther
D. if Bob walked farther
13、I won’t tell the students the answer to the math problem until they ________ on it for more than an hour.
A.have been working
B.had worked
C.will have been working
D.will have worked
14、I was__________ about it. I thought you were responsible and that’s why I scolded you. Please forgive me.
A. curious B. worried
C. particular D. mistaken
15、John ________ Joan at least for ten years.
A. has married
B. has married with
C. has got married to
D. has been married to
16、Mom promised to buy me a nice gift for my next birthday, ______ beyond my imagination.
A. which B. that C. something D. the one
17、I can’t help but remember the precious child ______ smile has brought me countless hours of joy throughout the years.
A.whose B.who C.whom D.of which
18、 -Mum,I always feel everything is unfair to me.
--Complaints in life ________ no sense,for things will be what they should be.
A. make B. have made
C. will make D. are making
19、In a speech delivered on Sept 10 last year, President Xi reaffirmed the great importance of education and ________ more respect for teachers and stronger efforts to enhance education.
A.called in B.called at C.called for D.called on
20、Making mistakes doesn't matter a lot; what really makes a difference is whether you can correct them____they get worse.
A. as B.after C. when D.before
21、Home Laundry Automatic Dryer Product
A full two year warranty (保修)
A limited five year warranty on Cabinet (机箱)
The warranty provides for:
For the first two years Amana will repair or replace any faulty part free of charge.
From the third year to the fifth year Amana will provide free replacement for any cabinet which proves faulty due to rust (生锈).
The warranty limitations:
●The warranty begins at date of original purchase.
● The warranty applies only to product used within the United States or in Canada if product is approved by Canadian Standards Association when shipped from factory.
●Products used on a commercial or rental basis are not covered by this warranty.
●Services must be performed by an Amana servicer.
● Adjustments covered during the first year only.
The warranty does not cover it if:
●The product has damage due to product change and connection to the improper electricity supply or shipping and handling, accidents, fires, floods, lightning or other conditions beyond the control of Amana.
●The product is improperly installed (安装)or applied.
The owner's responsibilities:
● Provide the sales receipt.
● Normal care and repair.
● Making the product easy to reach for services.
● Pay for service calls related to product installation or usage instructions.
● Pay for extra service costs, over normal service charges, if the servicer is requested to perform services outside his normal business hours.
*In no event shall Amana be responsible for consequential damages (间接损坏).
*This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may have others which vary from state to state. For example, some states do not allow the exclusion (排除)or limitation of consequential damages, so this exclusion may not apply to you.
【1】In which condition can a product be under warranty according to the warranty limitations?
A.being used in the U.S.A.
B.being rented for home use.
C.being repaired by the user himself.
D.being shipped from a Canadian factory.
【2】What does an owner have to pay extra for according to the owner’s responsibilities?
A.The product installation.
B.A servicer's overtime work.
C.The loss of the sales receipt.
D.A mechanic's transportation.
【3】Which of the following is true according to the warranty?
A.The consequential damages are excluded across America.
B.A product damaged in a natural disaster is covered by the warranty.
C.A faulty cabinet due to rust can be replaced free in the third year.
D.Free repair is available for a product used improperly in the first year.
22、Disappointment is a natural human emotion that occurs after a failure. For our young children, this failure can look like not getting the toy they wanted, not being invited to a classmate’s birthday party or losing their favourite stuffed animal.
It is essential for children’s mental health, well-being and overall development that they experience how to deal with disappointment well. But this can be difficult for parents to handle, particularly around holidays that have grown to involve gift-giving and expectations.
North American culture often mistakenly links love and happiness with material goods such as toys; the Santa story promises magical wish fulfillment. This can cause conflict for parents when children do not get the “right” gift.
On holidays, there’s social and personal pressure to provide happiness and joy to children through material objects, which can be confused with providing the necessities. For parents who do not have the resources to provide the perfect or desired gift, this can cause additional stress, shame, guilt and fear around disappointment. Parents may feel as though they have let down their child and that they have impacted the child’s experience or memory of their “special day”.
This is especially true if the child has difficulty with or is learning to regulate emotions and expresses disappointment through tantrums (发怒) or sulking (生闷气). These behaviours can affect parents profoundly, often leading them to feel badly about themselves or that the child does not love them.
Changing our focus from giving rather than receiving can help our children develop and appreciate the strength in gratitude. Research has linked gratitude to significant health and wellness benefits such as improving self-esteem, improving sleep and developing empathy.
The other thing to know is that although disappointment feels awful, it is a part of life and is actually a positive and healthy emotion that’s central to children’s emotional, cognitive and social development throughout their lives.
【1】Why is it difficult for parent to handle disappointment on Christmas?
A.It is connected with children’s overall development.
B.It is the custom to give gifts or show expectations.
C.Children are easy to have tantrums or sulking.
D.Children often expect too much of their parents.
【2】What is the author’s attitude toward linking love and happiness with material goods?
A.Positive.
B.Concerned.
C.Interested.
D.Supportive.
【3】What does the author feel about changing our focus to giving rather than receiving?
A.It can avoid disappointment in life.
B.It can help children’s academic development.
C.It is a necessary part of one’s life.
D.lt helps children realize the benefits of being grateful.
【4】What is the best title for the text?
A.What Christmas Can Teach Kids about Disappointment
B.How We Can Meet Our Children’s Expectations Best
C.What Harm Disappointment Does to Most Children
D.What Are the Rights to Give to Your Children on Christmas
23、Reading may be fundamental, but how the brain gives meaning to letters on a page has been a mystery. Two new studies fill in some details on how the brains of efficient readers handle words. One of the studies, published in the April 30 Neuron, suggests that a visual-processing area of the brain recognizes common words as whole units. Another study, published online April 27 in PLOSONE, makes it known that the brain operates two fast parallel systems for reading, linking visual recognition of words to speech.
Maximilian Riesenhuber, a neuroscientist at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., wanted to know whether the brain reads words letter by letter or recognizes words as whole objects. He and his colleagues showed sets of real words or nonsense(无意义的词语)words to volunteers undergoing fMRI scans. The words differed inonly one letter, such as “farm” and “form” or “soat” and “poat”, or were completely different, such as “farm” and “coat” or “poat” and “hime”. The researchers were particularly interested in what happens in the visual word form area, or VWFA, an area on the left side of the brain just behind the ear that is involved in recognizing words.
Riesenhuber and his colleagues found that neurons(神经元)in the VWFA respond strongly to changes in real words. Changing “farm” to “form”, for example, produced as great a change in activity as changing “farm” to” coat”, the team reports in Neuron. The area responded slowly to single-letter changes in made-up words.
The data suggests that readers grasp real words as whole objects, rather than focusing on letters or letter combinations. And as a reader’s exposure to a word increases, the brain comes to recognize the shape of the word. Meaning is passed on after recognition in the brain, Riesenhuber says.
The researchers don’t yet know how longer and less familiar words are recognized, or if the brain can be trained to recognize nonsense words as a unit.
【1】Riesenhuber’s research probably focuses on whether the brain ______.
A. recognizes words as a unit or reads them letter by letter.
B. operates two fast parallel systems for reading
C. takes longer to read less familiar words or not
D. handles nonsense words as a unit
【2】Riesenhuber and his colleagues carried out their research by ______.
A. giving pairs of real words totally different B. arranging the words in different order
C. showing pairs of different words D. making volunteers read some longer words
【3】Riesenhuber’s research is significant in that it shows how the brain ______.
A. responds to familiar words B. relates meaning to letters
C. recognizes the form of a word D. reacts to made-up words
24、Severe plantar fasciitis (足底筋膜炎) meant I’d been a full-time wheelchair user since I was 12. By the time I was 16, I just wanted my leg off. It took six years for the doctors to operate as they insisted on waiting until I was older and in a good enough place mentally. I held off until I finished my degree. Afterward, with a prosthetic leg (假腿) fitted, the world felt like a different place. I’d not walked in years. Suddenly I was a lot taller and no longer in any pain.
When I was in a wheelchair, I discovered a real love for sports. I started to compete in wheelchair racing, and soon found I was good at javelin and discus throwing. I started competing in Tough Mudder (an endurance event series), progressing from walking to running. I now compete in sports internationally and have won the silver medal for adaptive judo at the World Judo Games.
At the time of the surgery, I worked as an accountant, but I soon realized I didn’t want to be sitting in an office all day as I’d been in a wheelchair for so long. Therefore, as soon as the revision surgery was complete, I handed in my notice.
My career took a different path after I was asked to be a guest presenter for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Awards. Now I speak to schools, colleges and organizations about a wide range of subjects such as disability, discrimination, disability in sport and perseverance. I share my own personal stories, whether that’s how I lost my leg and what I learned from it, my perseverance or how I followed my dream.
Now, most of my income comes from working as a motivational speaker, which I’ve been doing full time for a year. I love what I do, and if I continue to inspire others to do what they want to in life, then I’m happy.
【1】How did the author probably feel after his leg was cut off?
A.Anxious.
B.Relieved.
C.Hopeless.
D.Annoyed.
【2】What does Paragraph 2 mainly focus on?
A.The author’s passion for sports.
B.The awards the author won playing sports.
C.What sports the author is good at.
D.How the author prepared for Tough Mudder.
【3】What do the underlined words “handed in my notice” in paragraph 3 mean?
A.Got promoted.
B.Quit the job.
C.Asked for leave.
D.Informed people of the job.
【4】What’s the main reason for the author to be a motivational speaker?
A.He inspires people to care about the disabled.
B.It was his dream during childhood.
C.It brings him wealth and a sense of fulfillment.
D.He enjoys the reputation it brings him.
25、 The day i became a mom was not the day my daughter was born, but seven years later. Up until that day, I had been too busy trying to ____ my abusive marriage. I had spent all my ____ trying to run a “perfect” home, and I didn’t see that my baby girl had become a ____ . I’d tried ____ to please someone who could never be pleased and suddenly realized that the years had ____ and could never be regained. Finally I did the ____ thing I could do for my daughter and myself: I ____ us from the home that wasn’t really a home at all.
That day we were sitting in our new home having a ____, quiet dinner. We were talking about what she had done in school and suddenly her little hand ____ the full glass of chocolate milk by her plate. As I watched the white tablecloth and freshly ___ white wall become dark brown, I looked at her small face. It was filled with ____ , knowing clearly what the outcome of the event would have ____ only a week before in her father’s ____. Seeing that look on her face, I simply started ____. I am sure she thought I was ____, but then she must have realized that I was thinking, “It’s a ____ your father isn’t here!” She started laughing with me, and we laughed until we ____. They were tears of joy and ____ and were the first of many tears that we cried together.
That was the day we knew that we were going to be okay. That was the day I really became a ____ . For me, it started when I could laugh over ____ milk.
【1】A.challenge B.survive C.support D.arrange
【2】A.energy B.patience C.knowledge D.freedom
【3】A.troublemaker B.teenager C.stranger D.child
【4】A.thoroughly B.occasionally C.endlessly D.regularly
【5】A.slipped by B.disappeared C.dropped out D.gathered
【6】A.roughest B.best C.strangest D.bravest
【7】A.dismissed B.directed C.removed D.recovered
【8】A.simple B.silent C.delicious D.calm
【9】A.brought out B.knocked over C.dipped into D.took away
【10】A.painted B.carved C.decorated D.rebuilt
【11】A.fear B.regret C.sorrow D.shame
【12】A.extended B.paid C.preserved D.meant
【13】A.favor B.interests C.presence D.hands
【14】A.laughing B.staring C.yelling D.struggling
【15】A.satisfied B.crazy C.delighted D.foolish
【16】A.coincidence B.pity C.blessing D.tragedy
【17】A.cheered B.sighed C.cried D.hugged
【18】A.fun B.peace C.success D.surprise
【19】A.listener B.housewife C.friend D.mom
【20】A.spilled B.wasted C.boiled D.mixed
26、书面表达
假定你是李华,上周日是你的外国朋友Anne 的生日。你本来答应参加她的生日聚会,但是你当时正忙于准备月考,不小心忘了赴约。请写信向Anne表达你的歉意,说明原因,并提出补救办法。
注意:
1.词数100词左右
2.文章中不得出现真实学校与班级
3.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。