1、______ on the snake led to his own death.
A.The farmer’s taking pity
B.The farmer taking
C.The farmer took
D.The farmer to take
2、Tony kept silent at the beginning of the discussion, but finally he ________ his opinion on the subject.
A.gave voice to
B.kept an eye on
C.turned a deaf ear to
D.set foot on
3、The key to ______ peace is regular and honest communication through ______ you can learn when to ______ and when to ask your parents to relax their control.
A.keep; which; back down B.keep; that; cheer up
C.keeping; which; back down D.keeping; that; cheer up
4、Nobody knows ________ how many people are still living in the camp.
A.sufficiently
B.precisely
C.immediately
D.exceptionally
5、—You've made great progress in your studies of English, haven't you?
—Yes, but much .
A. remains to do B. is reminded to
C. remains to be done D. is remained to be done
6、When you find peace within yourself,you become the type of person who can live______peace with others.
A.in B.by C.for D.on
7、Many young people, most of ________ were well-educated, headed for remote regions to chase their dreams.
A.which
B.them
C.who
D.whom
8、 This book contains a ________ of several articles in nuclear physics so you can read it before you read the book in detail.
A. digest B. digestion
C. preview D. manual
9、With food and drink ____, they couldn’t _____ much longer.
A.running out; hold out. B.being run out; hold on.
C.had been run out; hold on. D.ran out of ; hold up.
10、It was playing computer games ______took the boy a lot of time that he ought to have spent on his lessons.
A.that
B.what
C.which
D.it
11、Don’t be too strict with him. ___________, he is only a child.
A. Above all B. In all
C. After all D. First of all
12、Which one of the following sentences is the compound sentence(并列句)?
A.Playing football and dancing are his favourites.
B.The good news is that this stormy period will not last.
C.You feel ready to be more responsible and make decisions on your own.
D.I don’t know what “home” is, but unhappiness and worries melt away once there.
13、According to a recent survey,homework is students most often blame for their lack of sleep.
A. why B. that
C. what D. which
14、My plane ______ at 10:00, so I have to be at the airport by 9:30.
A.was taking off
B.is taking off
C.has taken off
D.would take off
15、We will spare no effort to develop Chinese Chip _______ great hardships before us.
A.in spite of
B.in case of
C.in charge of
D.in favor of
16、He got completely _____ when he saw both Lucy and Lily, who are twin sisters.
A. confusing B. confused
C. confuse D. Confuses
17、Positive thinking puts power in our mind to act instead of staying stuck considering the circumstance or the mistake ______.
A. made B. to be made
C. having been made D. had made
18、—Does he work hard at his lessons?
—Yes, he ________ no effort, as far as I know.
A. wastes B. shares
C. spares D. makes
19、The teacher asked the students to write ______book report.
A.a five-hundred-words
B.a five-hundreds-word
C.a five-hundred-word
D.a five-hundreds-words
20、Though David received the________ from the school basketball team, he didn’t give up his dream and continued practicing hard.
A.interaction
B.companionship
C.cooperation
D.rejection
21、 If you expect to work in the future in the travel industry, you should begin learning Chinese.
That’s because Chinese people spent nearly$258 billion in total on international travel last year. That’s more than twice the combined amount spent on international travel by people from the United States and Germany, the next two biggest-spending nations. The Chinese are relative(相对的)newcomers when it comes to traveling beyond their nation’s borders and only a small percentage of them travel outside of China each year. Given the size of that nation’s population. even that small percentage represents well over 100 million Chinese travelers to foreign destinations.
Yet Chinese citizens flew, on average, just 65 miles last year versus(与……相对)the 227 miles flown on average by US residents(居民), the 285 miles flown on average by Germans, the 271 miles flown on average by those from the United Kingdom, and the 632 miles flown by the average Canadian last year.
China’s high total spending on international travel and its low average number of miles flown on international travel may show that while only a small percentage of China’s residents actually travel outside their homeland, and those who do spend a lot of money don’t go that far. But there are reasons for China’s low average of miles travel on international trips. A small percentage of Chinese now have enough money to travel internationally, though the number of people who do travel outside of China is growing fast every year. Besides, a large percentage of Chinese people traveling abroad stay close to home.
However, as more and more Chinese gain the financial ability to travel internationally and as Chinese become more and more interested in visiting destinations farther and farther away from home, their spending on international travel and the average distances flown will both rise rapidly.
【1】Why does the author suggest learning Chinese for the future work in travel industry?
A.Being good at Chinese is a must for future work.
B.Chinese is most commonly used in travel industry.
C.Travel industry requires employees to learn Chinese.
D.China is a big-spending nation in international travel
【2】What can we infer from paragraph 3?
A.People from different countries have different preferred destinations.
B.China has a relatively low average number of miles flown on travel.
C.Chinese people are more willing to travel abroad compared with Canadians.
D.People going on a journey around the world hate taking international planes.
【3】What are many Chinese people who travel abroad likely to do?
A.Try to save their money. B.Improve their ability to travel.
C.Choose to stay close to home. D.Travel in America and Germany.
【4】What does the last paragraph say about the future of Chinese people’s traveling abroad?
A.It’s bright. B.It’s confusing.
C.It’s hopeless. D.It’s unclear.
22、 A team of researchers spent weeks playing human-vs-rat hide-and-seek which was so much fun that the little rats laughed and jumped for joy.
The small players consisted of six adolescent male rats that were trained to play hide-and-seek against neuroscientist Annika Stefanie Reinhold. The researchers filled a room with hiding places made from different boxes. The little creatures learned that if they began the game inside a closed box, they wee the seekers while being in an open box meant they needed to hide. Soon, the rats became wise, figuring out that transparent boxes make the worst hiding places, and checking spots where their two-legged competitor had hidden before when seeking. The findings are reported in Science.
When they won, the rats were rewarded with tickling (挠痒) instead of food. " They chase our hand, we tickle them from the side, it's like how you play with small kittens or puppies," said co-author Konstantin Hartmann from the Humboldt University of Berlin.
Apart from playing for these interactions, the rats were motivated by the fun of the game. They would let out high-pitched laughter, suggesting they we in high spirits. If you’re wondering why you've never heard a rat laugh, their naughty giggles have to be picked up by scientific equipment as they are too high-pitched to be detected by the human ear. Even more adorably, the test subjects leapt in the air whenever they sniffed out a scientist. Yes,they jumped for joy. And even when the researchers offered food as an end-game reward, the rats postpone accepting them. They seem to want to keep playing the game.
Another sign that the rats were enjoying themselves was that they would often leap away to hide in a new location once they'd been found. Like children they wanted to keep playing again and again.
The team recorded nerve signals coming from the prefrontal cortex (前额皮质)of the rats' brains, an area involved in leaning. While research like this could tell us more about learn in the mammals, it could also help us better understand the importance of play. Future studies would look into the effects that not being allowed playtime might have on the brain, revealing how children and teenagers denied the opportunity to have fun and play with others might be affected.
【1】What can we know about the rats in Paragraph 2?
A.They didn’t know when to hide or seek.
B.They liked to hide in transparent boxes.
C.They got the hang of the game quickly.
D.They hid in the same spots as the human.
【2】How would the rats react when they found the hider?
A.Screaming for help.
B.Making joyful leaps.
C.Laughing bitterly.
D.Chasing the hider.
【3】What motivated the rats to keep playing again and again?
A.The end game food reward.
B.The human-and-rat friendship.
C.Their eagerness to win the game.
D.Interactions and fun of the game.
【4】What might further studies focus on?
A.The importance of play for the young.
B.The way of learning for the mammals.
C.The impacts of restricted play on the brain.
D.The changes in rats' brains during the game.
23、 James Harrison is called “The Man With the Golden Arm”. The Australian man has saved the lives of more than 2.4 million babies by donating blood nearly every week for 60 years.
At the age of 14, Harrison had an 11-hour operation to remove a lung. “I received 13 units of blood and my life was saved by unknown people,” Harrison said. “When I’m old enough, I’ll become a blood donor.”
That is exactly what Harrison did Soon afterward, the doctor told him that his blood contains the rare antibody that can help mothers who have rhesus disease, a condition where a pregnant woman’s blood attacks the blood cells of her fetus(胎儿). In the worst case, it can result in brain damage or death of the baby. And until about 1967, thousands of babies died each year in Australia.
Before long, researchers had developed an injection(注射剂), called Anti-D, using Harrison’s donated blood. Because about 17 percent of pregnant women in Australia require the Anti-D injections, the blood service estimates Harrison has helped about 2.4 million babies in the county. At the age of 81, he had already passed the age limit allowed for donors, and the blood service had suggested Harrison should stop donating to ensure his health.
Harrison was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in recognition of his extraordinary efforts and generosity, but he doesn’t consider himself a hero. He has donated his blood 1,173 times, which breaks the Guinness World Records. But in all those times of donating blood, he has never once watched. “I look at the celling or the nurses and maybe talk with them. I feel faint at the sight of blood, and I can’t stand the pain.”
【1】What contributed to Harrison’s becoming a blood donor?
A.The rare antibody in his blood.
B.His gratitude to the blood donors.
C.The request from the blood service.
D.His pain during the removal of his lung.
【2】What’s Anti-D used to do?
A.Save babies by giving them injections.
B.Protect babies from common illnesses.
C.Cure pregnant mothers of rhesus disease.
D.Prevent women’s blood from being attacked.
【3】For what does Harrison break the Guinness World Records?
A.The age among blood donors.
B.The amount of blood he donated.
C.The number of donations he made.
D.The number of babies he saved by donating.
【4】What does the author think of Harrison?
A.He is kind and curious.
B.He is generous and modest
C.He is selfless and shy.
D.He is sympathetic and cautious.
24、 When you eat out in restaurant, it is not unusual to hear people yelling, “Let me get this one!” and sometimes see them pushing or arm wrestling to fight for the privilege of paying the bill.
These fights are often very loud and active. Each person involved shows an honest desire to pick up the bill, and in the end, all the people at the table give the winner praise and gratitude.
In fact, figuring out who will get the bill is always a headache for Chinese people at formal meals. Although the people hosting the meal are very likely to pay the check, it is common practice to make token effort to pay the bill, but you will embarrass them if you do end up actually chipping in some cash.
In recent years, going Dutch has been embraced by many young people. But older generations who fear “losing face” still find it embarrassing and stingy to calculate each person’s share of the bill. As travel guide brand Lonely Planet noted, it is considered “the height of unsophistication”.
But these days, thanks to digital payment apps, splitting the bill electronically is becoming a widely-accepted idea. Even people from older generations may be tempted to do so.
By scanning a QR code and paying their share via social networking tool WeChat and e-commerce app Alipay on their smart phones in one easy click, urban Chinese are finding it easier to save them the embarrassment of figuring out each perso’s payment when they order a meal.
This function “has made going Dutch less hassle and more fun in China”, CNN noted.
“Because of their convenience, many of us are never without our phones. And person-to-person mobile payment services are incredibly easy to use and save the trouble of dealing with change”, said 18-year-old student in China.
“You can also leave funny notes using emoji like bowl of rice or cup of tea to describe a meal that you have shared.”
【1】What is the article mainly about?
A.The Chinese tradition of dining out with friends.
B.A new trend of splitting the bill in China.
C.How social networking tools have influenced our daily lives.
D.Why people in China argue over who pays the bill when dining out.
【2】The underlined phrase “going Dutch” in Paragraph 4 probably means .
A.figuring out the total payment B.taking turns to pay the bill
C.fighting for the privilege of paying the bill D.each person paying their own expenses
【3】Many Chinese people make a token effort to pay the bill because .
A.they don’t want to be considered unsophisticated
B.they want praise and gratitude from their friends
C.they consider it an honor to host the meal and pay the bill
D.they find it hard to work out how much each person needs to pay
【4】According to the article, what are the advantages of using digital payment apps to split the bill?
a. They’re easier to use and more interesting.
b. They save the trouble of dealing with change.
c. They make it easier to figure out how much money each person has to pay.
d. They make people less embarrassed to split the bill.
A.a, b B.b, c C.a, b, d D.b, c, d
25、 Forty minutes later I heard a voice shout, “Get up!” Then ______, “Get out!” I pulled on my clothes and ran out ______ the darkness, to see the neon-green light ______ from behind the mountains. There she was, the Aurora Borealis (北极光). Dawn(黎明) at ______. Light in the darkness.
Within moments, the northern lights were travelling at a high speed, ______ wildly across the dark sky. They ______ left and then right, speaking a ______ language of their own. Soon our entire group----some wore only boots and cotton bathrobes----were ______ in the light of the night. To my great ______ and excitement, I imagined my late mother. Her spirit entered into the dancing lights, “speaking” to me from the heavens. And I felt ______ I were with her.
Alas, the ______ came to an end. I'd made new friends and saw the northern lights. But I also saw my only ______ on finding light on the outside, on seeing Aurora, had nearly ______ me to the other lights. There was so much of it in my friends, my fellow travelers---even in ______. In fact, it was only ______ I'd let go of my expectations that Aurora appeared. I understood maybe the power of my mother's spirit had ______ me to see the dance of green light in the sky.
I finished my long journey and flew home. ______ I got to my front door it was close to 2:00 a.m. Stepping out of the car I ______ into the night sky, looking for Aurora (or Mom--I wasn't sure). I took a photo with my phone, and I found a green light in the picture. I laughed at myself, because I ______ I'd traveled all those miles, made all those ______, in search of that magical light, and it had been here with me all along.
【1】A.the other B.another C.other D.others
【2】A.into B.onto C.forward D.down
【3】A.smiling B.raising C.crying D.rising
【4】A.morning B.noon C.afternoon D.midnight
【5】A.dancing B.running C.flying D.blowing
【6】A.aimed B.fought C.shot D.balanced
【7】A.similar B.unique C.common D.ordinary
【8】A.lost B.responsible C.independent D.tough
【9】A.contribution B.regret C.dependence D.amazement
【10】A.even if B.if C.as though D.though
【11】A.proposal B.option C.step D.journey
【12】A.focus B.confidence C.attitude D.detail
【13】A.deafened B.blinded C.helped D.saddened
【14】A.herself B.itself C.myself D.yourself
【15】A.before B.during C.over D.after
【16】A.allowed B.ordered C.equaled D.provided
【17】A.All the time B.Over time C.At times D.By the time
【18】A.looked down B.looked up C.looked forward D.looked for
【19】A.imagined B.wished C.realized D.proposed
【20】A.plans B.ideas C.targets D.facts
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