1、Helen had to shout ______ above the sound of the music.
A.making her heard B.to make her hear
C.making herself heard D.to make herself heard
2、As is reported, it is 115 years ______ Peking University was founded.
A.when B.before C.after D.since
3、-- Excuse me, sir, can I take this road to Tianjin Railway Station?
-- Sorry, you'd better not. A bridge to it ______ at the moment.
A.is being repaired
B.has been repaired
C.will be repaired
D.is repaired
4、Tom will go to Shanghai, ________ he plans to stay for one week.
A.when
B.that
C.which
D.where
5、He gave himself a new name to hide his identity when he wen to the secret task.
A.carry on B.carry out
C.carry through D.carry away
6、The references I have made to light and existence only touch the surface of a very ________ debate.
A.complicated B.confused
C.content D.confident
7、All the policemen have been trained to ________ themselves against the sudden attacks.
A. fight B. dress C. defend D. balance
8、He still remembers_____ to Shanghai when he was very young.
A.taking B.being taken C.taken D.having taken
9、As far as she could _______, there was nothing ______ low huts.
A.turn out; besides B.make out; besides
C.turn out; but D.make out; but
10、The problem ____________yesterday at the meeting was about pollution.
A.to discuss B.to be discussed C.discussed D.being discussed
11、Rafael Nadal is a tennis champion equipped with a big heart, to win and resolution to defeat all his opponents.
A.persuasion B.determination C.fascination D.accumulation
12、More and more countries have come to realize that the world____ do without Huawei and its "more advanced" technology.
A. can’t B. needn’t C. mustn’t D. shouldn't
13、The man________ in a ghost costume looks quite________.
A.dressed; frightened
B.dressed; frightening
C.dressing; frightened
D.dressing; frightening
14、The photo showed Edward with very short hair and his ears ______out.
A. sticking B. stuck C. stick D. strike
15、To understand the nature of this challenge, we must first come to terms________ a physical field.
A.with the concept of B.without regard of
C.independence of D.out of the question of
16、The room___ 10 meters across is large enough for a single man to live in.
A. being measured B. to be measured
C. measures D. measuring
17、— How is your recent trip to the Great Wall?
—I've never had ______ one before.
A.the most pleasant B.a pleasant
C.a most pleasant D.a more pleasant
18、It is eating too much junk food ______ makes him overweight.
A. which B. what C. / D. that
19、_____more time, he’ll make a first-class tennis player.
A.Having given B.To give C.Giving D.Given
20、After studying in a medical college for five years, Jane ______ her job as a doctor in the countryside.
A.set out
B.took over
C.took up
D.set up
21、The US has not accepted an international investigation into Fort Detrick, a US military lab________ research on coronaviruses had been going on for years.
A.which
B.that
C.where
D.and
22、We all think the book is well worth ________.
A.reading B.read C.to be read D.to read
23、Susan went over to her parents’ house to ______ some clean clothes.
A.pick up
B.put up
C.cheer up
D.look up
24、John left a word with my secretary ____ he would call me later.
A. who B. that
C. what D. which
25、______ trees _______ in the past few years.
A. A good many of , were planted B. A good many, were planted
C. A number of , have planted D. A number of, have been planted
26、 It’s said that today more than $ 400 billion a year is spent on advertising worldwide. Beyond that the economic influence of advertising touches just about every consumer-product industry, from No wonder, it is widely recognized that the global economy is heavily being driven by advertisements.
A successful advertisement involves at least three things. The advertisers will first of all single out the market. That is, they need to determine who will buy the product. Then, they will work out the best way to appeal to this market. So they will take into consideration a number of desires or worries the market may have. Finally, they will design the advertising programme. That is, they will study what words and images their advertisement contains and what slogans(广告语)they plan to make use of. They will also consider employing famous people and using scientific data to support e product.
While in everyday life consumers have seen lots of successful examples of advertising like Nike, Coca-Cola, and McDonald’s, there are still some examples that do not reach the expected goal. One soap company had all its advertisements show dirty clothes on the left, its box of soap in the middle, and clean clothes on the right. Then it started its advertising programme in the Middle East. Unfortunately, since Arabic speakers read Arabic from the right to the left, many viewers when seeing the ad, thought to themselves, “Why, this soap makes clothes dirty!”
Therefore, advertisers have to be aware of cultural differences when they want to carry out international advertising programme in a foreign country. Study the cultural background of the customers, or ruin the advertising programme!
【1】What should the advertisers do before designing an ad?
A.Conduct market research.
B.Remove customers’ worries.
C.Invite famous people to cooperate.
D.Employ scientific data to give evidence.
【2】What can be learned from the text?
A.The global economy is determined by advertising.
B.The profits of advertising are beyond expectation.
C.The soap ad is successful in Arabic countries.
D.Cultural differences should be considered for international ads.
【3】What is the best title of the passage?
A.Successful International Ads
B.Awareness of Cultural Differences
C.What Is Advertising?
D.How to Appeal to the Market?
27、 These days when someone says a computer has a bug in it, usually they mean that there's a problem with one of its programs. Maybe your computer has crashed when you are in the middle of a game, or you get an error message when you try to go to a website.
But back in the early days of computers, a woman named Grace Hopper was part of the tear that discovered the very first computer bug.
Hopper was a mathematician. She'd been hired by the navy to help program the new Mark II computer. The Mark Ⅱ’s job was to quickly solve the math problems ships and airplanes used to find in their way. The MarkⅡ worked by reading instructions from a long strip of paper with holes in it. The computer translated the patterns of holes into the math problems it was supposed to solve.
One afternoon in 1947 Hopper and her team were running a program. But the computer wasn’t giving them the right results. What could be wrong? They finally ended up taking the Mark II apart, looking for problems. What did they find?
It was a dead moth(蛀虫)! The moth was blocking some of the holes on the paper strip—no wonder the computer didn't know what to do.
Hopper knew that the term "bug" had been used before when there were problems with machines. But this was the first time a computer had ever had one. She thought it was funny that it was a real bug. Some people think Hopper was the first person to use the word "debug" to mean “get rid of the problems in a computer”.
Her team kept a logbook of everything they did. They taped the moth onto the page for that day. The logbook, moth and all, is now in the Smithsonian Museum of American History in Washington D.C.
Grace Hopper worked with computers her whole life. She was the first person to write a word-based computer language. This makes it easier for people to tell computers what to do. Some people called her "Grandma COBOL" after one of the computer languages she helped develop. But to most she was just “Amazing Grace”.
【1】What's the writer's purpose in writing paragraph 1?
A. To tell us the main idea of the passage.
B. To arouse the readers' interest to read on.
C. To show the structure of the passage.
D. To give a description of what a bug is.
【2】Which of the followings is true to describe Grace Hopper?
A. She was the first expert to use the term “bug”.
B. She was an astronomer to help work on the Mark II.
C. She devoted all her life to work related to computers.
D. She kept a record of all the computers on the Mark II.
【3】What is the text mainly about?
A. The history of bug. B. The discovery of the first bug.
C. Grace Hopper and her bug. D. Grace Hopper and the Mark II.
28、
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【1】On December 25th, 2014, the first coach from Heathrow Terminal 1 to Reading departs at ______.
A.7:15 B.7:00
C.6:50 D.6:35
【2】If you are to reach Terminal 2 of the Heathrow Airport before 10:00 a.m., you need to get to Reading Station not later than _________.
A.8:20 a.m. B.8:45 a.m.
C.9:00 a.m. D.9:15 a.m.
【3】The information leaflet is produced by _________.
A.Reading B.InterCity
C.Railair Link D.Heathrow Airport
【4】According to the timetable, all passengers should _________.
A.buy return tickets B.buy their tickets on the bus
C.buy the tickets online D.buy their tickets in advance
29、While I was growing up, I often heard my teachers say, “Oh, Tina is gifted in algebra.” While watching the Olympics, my parents would say, “These gymnasts are born with such ability.” Statements like these made me believe people were born with certain talents and if they didn't have a particular one at birth, then they never would. Therefore, I rarely focused on algebra. Nobody told me that if you keep trying and trying, one day a difficult task will seem easy.
Actually, I learnt this from my young daughter, Samaya. One day, I was finishing some paperwork and I said, “Oh no, how could I have made that mistake!” Samaya instantly said, “Mum, don't worry. Mistakes make your brain grow bigger.”
Actually, we all need to be reminded that mistakes or failures are just fine and that they are a huge part of growth and success. However, the regular belief is the opposite. We must correct this with our children. We must encourage them to make mistakes because that means they are trying out new ideas.
Billionaire Sara Blakely, founder of the shapewear business Spanx, has seen many failures. She made a living by selling fax machines for seven years. Knocking on many doors and making a lot of mistakes was a journey she calls educational. Sara Blakely owes her risk-taking skills to the weekend talk she had with her father.
As a child, her father would ask her the same question every weekend. "What did you fail at this week, Sara?" He did not care how high her scores were. He wanted to know what she had tried but failed at. When she told him about her failures and mistakes, he would give her a high five. He was reprogramming her mind to believe that mistakes and failures are fine.
So go ahead and ask yourself and your children, “What did we fail at this week?”
【1】What discouraged the author from efforts in algebra?
A.She wasn't interested in it.
B.She thought she was not gifted.
C.She thought it was useless.
D.She was not allowed to learn it.
【2】What does the underlined word “this” in paragraph 3 refer to?
A.Keep trying is necessary.
B.Failure is a path to success.
C.Mistakes are not acceptable.
D.Encouragement is significant.
【3】Why did Sara's father keep asking her the same question?
A.To rebuild her mindset.
B.To keep her from failures.
C.To know what she hadn't tried.
D.To prevent her getting high scores.
【4】What would be the best title for the text?
A.A Secret to Success
B.A Method of Education
C.The Magic of Mistakes
D.The Power of a Fixed Mindset
30、 The stage lights dimmed, and I took a quick look from behind the heavy black curtains into the ____. Blinded by the lights, I quickly ____. It seems that a great number of eyes were looking at me. I took a deep ____ as the music of my dance began to play. I entered the stage and began my ____, the graduation test of the classical Indian dance.
After a decade of learning this art form, I had ____ been considered ready to take on the most difficult act. The test is the most important event in a dancer’s life as it pays _____ to all the factors in one’s life that ____ the dance form: one’s culture and family.
The performance is undertaken only by the most ____ and determined students. It is a difficult process that requires much commitment. For more than six months, I spent two to three hours every day____ these dances. Many times, I ____ myself to my physical and mental breaking point, but still I would not stop. I could not give up. There was always so much more to do and so much more to ____.
I ____ a lot about myself in those tiring hours. I learned that I was far too _____ to give up, and I was too proud to prove myself ____ after I had set an unrealistic goal. Even with physical pain and mental ____, I forced myself to meet my ____. Even when I was at the end of my ____, there was always something driving me on, forcing me not to give up.
Fortunately, I made it. What I had done ____ the success. It was in those hours that I learned what a dancer ____ is. Those time was evidence that I could ____ something I set out to do.
【1】A.carpenter B.audience C.actress D.Diver
【2】A.pulled back B.set off C.reached out D.broke away
【3】A.sleep B.thought C.breath D.sorrow
【4】A.career B.attempt C.response D.performance
【5】A.easily B.eventually C.occasionally D.directly
【6】A.debt B.visit C.interest D.respect
【7】A.develop B.rescue C.introduce D.convince
【8】A.focused B.beautiful C.intelligent D.considerate
【9】A.recording B.practicing C.discussing D.designing
【10】A.applied B.addicted C.treated D.pushed
【11】A.forget B.design C.learn D.research
【12】A.regretted B.discovered C.controlled D.confused
【13】A.brilliant B.brave C.stubborn D.discourage
【14】A.wrong B.nervous C.frightened D.careless
【15】A.function B.action C.level D.stress
【16】A.budget B.expectation C.cost D.deadline
【17】A.limit B.purpose C.preparation D.destination
【18】A.increased B.deserved C.expanded D.exposed
【19】A.completely B.chiefly C.truly D.originally
【20】A.change B.supply C.explain D.achieve
31、按照课文原文填空
Daisy smiled. "That's good news. It shows the 【1】of wildlife protection, but I'd like to help as the WWF suggested." The carpet 【2】 again and almost at once they were in a thick forest. A monkey watched them as it 【3】 itself. "What are you doing?" asked Daisy. "I’m 【4】 myself from mosquitoes," it replied. "When I find a millipede insect, I rub it over my body. It contains a 【5】 drug which 【6】 mosquitoes. You should pay more 【7】 to the rainforest 【8】 I live and 【9】how the animals live together. No rainforest, no animals, no drugs."
Daisy was amazed. "Flying carpet, please take me home so I can tell WWF and we can begin producing this new drug. Monkey, please come and help." The monkey【10】. The carpet flew home.
32、假如你是李华,你的朋友Tom邀请你下周去他们学校参加周末篮球赛活动,但你忙于准备期末考试,不得不谢绝邀请。请根据下面的要点用英语写一封信:
1.谢绝邀请;
2.说明理由;
3.推荐朋友Jane参加,并说明理由。
注意:
1.词数100左右(信的开头和结尾为你写好,不计入总词数);
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
Dear Tom,
Thank you very much for your invitation.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Best wishes.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua