| 从A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出所给单词的正确读音。 |
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A. question B. possession C. translation D. graduation |
| 根据对话情景和内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入每一空白处的最佳选项。 选项中有两个为多余选项。 | |
| Wendy: Doris, are you feeling all right now? You don't look very well today. Doris: 1_____ I just feel a little tired. They say there's something wrong with my diet. Wendy: 2_____ When did you start it? Doris: Just last month. I want to lose nine or ten pounds to be slim. Wendy: 3_____ You mustn't try to get slim overnight. What diet are you on? Doris: 4_____ Wendy: Now I see why you don't look very well. Doris: 5_____ Milk and bananas are good enough for me. Wendy: Well, you have to eat something else if you want to be healthy. Doris: But I'd most like to be slim. | |
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| I would like to take this chance to thank my teachers and parents, without _____ I wouldn't be so successful today. |
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| A. who B. which C. whom D. them |
| With more factories and traffic, the air of the city is much dirtier than _____ of the suburbs. |
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| — Shall we go swimming or play badminton? — _____. They are both good ideas. |
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| A. It makes no difference to me B. That's all right C. Yes, I like them very much D. I'd prefer the former |
| — How cold the weather is! I wonder how the crops survive under such heavy snow? — Don't worry. There is a lot of air in loose snow which _____ the cold. |
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| A. holds back B. holds up C. keeps away D. keeps out |
| _____, Mary would not have hurt herself. |
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| A. If she listened to me B. As soon as she listened to me C. If she has listened to me D. Had she listened to me |
| The beautiful park, _____ with thick trees, is much larger than what it used to be. |
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| A. which surrounds B. surrounded C. surrounding D. having surrounded |
| Out of the crowded bus _____, who was wearing a pair of dark glasses. |
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| A. stepped a tall man in his thirties B. a tall man in his thirties stepped C. did a tall man step in his thirties D. did a tall man in his thirties step |
| — What did you do with the order? — I handed it to _____ I think is in charge of sales. |
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| A. whoever B. whomever C. who D. whom |
| What Mr. King said is a big problem _____ at the next meeting. |
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| A. to discuss B. to be discussed C. discussing D. to have discussed |
| — May I go and play with my friend this afternoon, Dad? — No, you can't go out _____ your work is being done. |
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| A. the moment B. until C. as D. before |
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— I called at your house at about 7 o'clock yesterday evening, but you weren't in. — I _____ a film in the cinema. |
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| There are many difficulties in front of me. _____, I still keep on trying and work for a better future. |
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| — Guess what! I've passed my oral English test and got A. — Congratulations. You _____ practiced a lot. |
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| A. must have B. should have C. must D. should |
| I bought a sweater for only 50 yuan yesterday; it was a real _____. |
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| A. trade B. exchange C. bargain D. business |
| Wang Ping is one of the best students who _____ from Beijing University. She studied politics, which _____ the study of the ways in which a country is governed. |
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| A. has graduated; are B. have graduated; are C. have graduated; is D. has graduated; is. |
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| He lost his arms in an accident that claimed his father's life who was the main 1 of support for the family. He had to 2 the arms of his younger brother, and his younger brother became his 3 , never leaving him alone for years. Except for writing with his toes, he was completely unable to do 4 in his life. One late night, his younger brother accompanied him into the toilet and went back to 5 . But being so 6 , his younger brother fell asleep, leaving him on the toilet for two hours. As the two brothers grew up together, they had their share of problems and they would often 7 . His younger brother wanted to live 8 from him, living his own life, as many normal people do. So he was 9 and didn't know what to do. A 10 misfortune befell (降临) a girl. One night her mother, who suffered from mental illness 11 . So her father went out looking for her mother, leaving her alone at home. She tried to prepare a 12 for her parents, only to overturn the stove, 13 in a fire which took her hands away. Though her elder sister who was studying in another city, showed her 14 to take care of her, she was determined to be completely 15 . At school, she always studied hard. One day, the boy and the girl were both invited to appear on a television interview program. They were both asked to write something on a piece of paper with their toes. The boy wrote: My younger brother's arms are my arms; 16 the girl wrote: Broken wings, flying heart. Disasters can 17 at any time. If you choose only to complain and 18 from the ordeal (苦难的经历), it will always follow you wherever you go. But if you decide to be 19 , the hardship will turn out to be a(n) 20 on which new hopes will arise. | ||||
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| A man calls a company and orders their 5-day/10-pound weight loss program. The next day, there's a knock on the door and there stands before him a voluptuous (艳丽的), athletic, 19-year-old girl dressed in nothing but a pair of Nike running shoes and a sign around her neck. She introduces herself as a representative of the weight loss company. The sign reads, "If you can catch me, you can have me." Without a second thought, he takes off after her. A few miles later out of breath, he finally gives up. The same girl shows up for the next four days and the same thing happens. On the fifth day, he weighs himself and is delighted to find he has lost 10 pounds as promised. He calls the company and orders their 5-day/20-pound program. The next day there's a knock at the door and there stands the most stunning (漂亮的) and beautiful woman he has never seen in his life. She is wearing nothing but Reebok running shoes and a sign around her neck that reads, "If you catch me you can have me." Well, he's out the door after her like a shot. This girl is in excellent shape and he does his best, but no such luck. So for the next four days, the same routine happens with him gradually getting in better and better shape. Much to his delight on the fifth day when he weighs himself, he discovers that he has lost another 20 pounds as promised. He decides to go for broke (全力以赴) and calls the company to order the 7-day/50-pound program. "Are you sure?" asks the representative on the phone. "This is our most rigorous program." "Absolutely," he replies, "I haven't felt this good in years." The next day there's a knock at the door, and when he opens it he finds a huge muscular guy standing there wearing nothing but pink running shoes and a sign around his neck that reads, "If I catch you, you are mine!!!" He lost 63 pounds that week. |
| 1. How many pounds did the man lose in all? |
| A. 80 pounds B. 70 pounds C. 30 pounds D. 93 pounds |
| 2. Which of the following is true of the man? |
| A. He didn't like the traditional ways of losing weight. B. He was very fat before he took the weight loss programs. C. He liked the man more than the two beautiful women. D. He wasn't satisfied with the results of the weight loss programs. |
| 3. What does the underlined word "rigorous" refer to? |
| A. tough B. easy C. effective D. instructive |
| 4. Where can we most probably read this text? |
| A. In a research paper. B. In a short story. C. In a travel magazine. D. In a student's book. |
| 阅读理解。 |
| Robert Spring, a 19th century forger (伪造者), was so good at his profession that he was able to make his living for 15 years by selling false signatures of Americans. Spring was born in England in 1813 and arrived in Philadelphia in 1858 to open a bookstore. At first he became rich by selling his small but real collection of early U.S. autographs (手稿). Discovering his ability at copying handwriting, he began imitating signatures of George Washington and Ben Franklin and writing them on the title pages of old books. To lessen the chance of detection (察觉), he sent his forgeries to England and Canada for sale. Forgers have a hard time selling their products. A forger can't deal with a respectable buyer but people who don't have much knowledge in the field. Forgers have many ways to make their work look real. For example, they buy old books to use the aged paper of the title page, and they can treat paper and ink with chemicals. In Spring's time, right after the Civil War, Britain was still fond of the Southern states, so Spring invented a respectable maiden lady known as Miss Fanny Jackson, the only daughter of General "Stonewall" Jackson. For several years Miss Fanny's financial problems forced her to sell a great number of letters and manuscripts. Spring had to work very hard to satisfy the demand. All this activity did not prevent Spring from dying in poverty, leaving sharp-eyed experts the difficult task of separating his forgeries from the originals. |
| 1. Why did Spring sell his false autographs in England and Canada? |
| A. There was a greater demand there than in America. B. There was less chance of being detected there. C. Britain was Spring's birthplace. D. The prices were higher in England and Canada. |
| 2. After the Civil War, there was a great demand in Britain for _____. |
| A. Southern money B. signatures of George Washington and Ben Franklin C. Southern manuscripts and letters D. Civil War battle plans |
| 3. Robert Spring spent 15 years _____. |
| A. running a bookstore in Philadelphia B. keeping in touch with Miss Fanny Jackson C. as a forger D. as a respectable dealer |
| 4. According to the passage, forgeries are usually sold to _____. |
| A. sharp-eyed experts B. persons who aren't experts C. book dealers D. owners of old books |
| 阅读理解。 |
| Colleges may try to do a lot to prepare students for study abroad-telling about culture shock, warning about homesickness, and recommending books about the country. But when it comes to adjusting to campus life when they return, schools haven't done as much, even though the transition (转变, 过渡) is sometimes almost as difficult. "They can feel disoriented (迷失方向的) and depressed. They find things are not exactly the way they were when they left," said Antonio Jimenez, director of the Center for International Affairs at California State University Channel Islands in Camarillo, California, US. "They find that people don't care much about their experiences." Some colleges are now rethinking their approach to studying abroad, recognizing that students might need almost as much help adjusting to life back home as they did getting ready to leave: students experience a sort of reverse (倒转, 反向) culture shock when they return to the US. They might be troubled by the wealth and waste they see back home or they might feel homesick for their new country and its customs. And when they try to talk about their experiences, people quickly lose interest, especially if they haven't lived abroad themselves. Down the road, they also might find it difficult to translate their time abroad into experience that an employer finds attractive. Some California universities have organized conferences to help students make the most of their time abroad. During a one-day event, students learn how to adjust after living abroad, talk about their experiences and incorporate (加上,包含) them into their lives and future careers. Blythe Cheney, 22, a senior who has studied in Thailand and Britain, found the workshops helpful. "Any experience abroad does have an effect on you," Cheney said. "When you come back, it's important to talk about it, especially with people who know what you've been through." Yet most universities focus more on preparation than reorientation. |
| 1. Which of the following is NOT the trouble that students face when they return from studying overseas? |
| A. Culture shock B. Homesick for their new country C. Losing interest in their homeland D. Difficult transition |
| 2. The writer is _____ the help colleges offer for the students when they return from studying overseas. |
| A. pleased with B. dissatisfied with C. indifferent to D. proud of |
| 3. The underlined word "workshop" refers to _____. |
| A. conferences where people share their experiences B. buildings where machines are made C. shops where books are bought D. labs where experiments are conducted |
| 4. What is the passage mainly about? |
| A. Overseas students experience culture shock in foreign countries. B. Some universities offer to help students in need. C. Returned students find it difficult to translate their time abroad into experience. D. Returning from studying overseas, students face more trouble than they expected. |
| 阅读理解。 |
| Plants grow faster if you talk to them and the effect is even better if you're a woman. Researchers at Royal Horticultural (园艺的) Society carried out an experiment to find that the voice of a woman gardener makes plants grow faster. The experiment lasted a month and by the end of the study scientists managed to discover that tomato plants grew two inches taller when women gardeners talked to them instead of male. Sarah Darwin was the one of making the plants registered the best growth. Her voice was the most "inspiring" for plants than the voices of nine other gardeners when reading a passage from The Origin of Species. The great-great-granddaughter of the famous botanist Charles Darwin found that her plant grew about two inches taller than the plant of the best male gardener. Colin Crosbie, Garden Superintendent (主管人) at RHS, said that the findings cannot yet be explained. He presumes (认定) that that women have a greater range of pitch (音调) and tone which might have a certain effect on the sound waves that reach the plant. "Sound waves are an environmental effect just like rain or light," said Mr. Crosbie. The study began in April at RHS Garden Wisley in Surrey. Scientists started with open auditions (试听, 试演) for the people who were asked to record passages from John Wyndham's The day of the Triffids, Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and Darwin's The Origin of Species. Afterwards researchers selected a number of different voices and played them to 10 tomato plants during a period of a month. Each plant had headphones connected to it. Through the headphones the sound waves could hit the plants. Scientists decided to leave two plants in silence, thus to be positive that the experiment is fair. It was discovered that plants that"listened" to female voices on average grew taller by an inch in comparison to plants that heard male voices. Sarah Darwin said, "I think it is an honor to have a voice that can make tomatoes grow, and especially fitting because for a number of years I have been studying wild tomatoes from the Galapagos Islands at the Natural History Museum in London." |
| 1. What does this passage mainly talk about? |
| A. Plants enjoy men's voices more than women's. B. A botanical experiment in a museum. C. Strange phenomenon at Royal Horticultural Society. D. Voice influence on plant growing. |
| 2. What do the underlined words mean? |
| A. Plants need sound as well as rain and light. B. Sound is basic nutrition to the plant. C. Sound has a good effect as rain or light does. D. Plants are hungry for sound as well as rain and light. |
| 3. What can we infer Sarah Darwin is? |
| A. A botanist. B. A garden superintendent. C. A gardener. D. An environmentalist. |
| 根据短文内容，从下框的A-F选项中选出能概括出每段主题的最佳选项。选项中有一项是多余项。 | |
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| 1._____ New Orleans, the city of Louisiana, is one of the most colorful and interesting places in North America. It is well known for its multicultural cuisine (菜肴) and its colonial architecture and is considered by most experts to be the birthplace of jazz, the one music style that the USA can lay claim to inventing. 2._____ The city was founded in 1718, at a time when France owned that part of North America. Part of its diversity results from the fact that it was subjected to many different influences. France sold Louisiana to Spain in1763, got it back 40 years later, and almost immediately sold the territory to the USA. 3._____ As the city prospered (繁荣), it became a magnet (磁铁) for all kinds of immigrants from Europe and other parts of the USA, and was also the first choice destination of breed black slaves. The rich cultural mix led to a relaxed attitude to life and an appreciation of good food, wine, music and dancing. There were frequent festivals. 4._____ By the end of the 1700s, people of African descent (祖先) made up more than half the city's population. Many more arrived via the Caribbean and brought with them West Indian cultural traditions. By the mid-18th century, black New Orleans people were gathering socially on Sundays at a special market outside the city, where they were able to remember and practice their traditional African dance and drumming music. The roots of jazz can be traced to these events. 5._____ Native American musicians then combined their music with the African traditions and bands playing a mixture of styles began to perform in street festivals. Europeans came to listen and contribute and the roots of jazz were established. Louis Armstrong, the most famous jazz musician of all time, was influenced by these rich musical mixtures when he heard them in the early years of the 20th century. |
| 单词拼写。根据下列句子各句句意和空白之后的汉语提示词，在横线上写出空缺处 相应单词的正确形式，每空只写一词。 |
| 1. If you _____ (按, 压) the button, the machine will start. 2. I'm trying to _____ (安排) my work so that I can have a couple days off next week. 3. Is there a _____ (联系) between your leaving home and my cooking? 4. As we know, it is very difficult to learn _____ (高等的) math well. 5. The air has less _____ (氧气) in it at high altitudes than it does at low altitudes. 6. It is bad _____ (礼貌) to spit in public places. 7. She is very _____ (挑剔的) about what she eats. 8. A lot of measures have been taken to stop rivers from being _____ (污染). 9. They have been _____ (争吵) with each other for almost two hours. 10. He tied the bandage _____ (紧紧地) so that it would stay in place. |
| 短文改错。 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。 文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧）。并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线（/）划掉。 修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词； 2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不记分。 |
| Dear Wang Ping, Your problem is common one among middle school students. Maybe the following advices can help you. First in all, believe in yourself. Your greatest problem is that you lack self-confidence. The first thing you must do is to smile at your classmates. One smile speaks loud about your wish to make friends than any word. Your smile will show that you are friendly to him. Next, trying talking with a student who is as shy as you or who share the same interest as you. You can discuss your studies with a classmate but you can also talk about your hobbies as well. Unless anyone is in trouble, you should be ready to help him or her. Once you have confidence, you can make as many friends as possibly. Yours, Lily _________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 假如你叫华华，进入高三后一直想买一个MP3，但是妈妈反对。请根据下表中的信息， 给她写一封信，说服她满足你的愿望。
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| Dear Mum, As I'm in Senior 3, I strongly feel the urge to get an MP3 player, so I'm writing to you. For one thing, ____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ |