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— Do you think we should put an ad in the paper for the lost child? — Yes, ______. A. that’s all right B. by all means C. it just depends D. never mind
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We planned to climb the mountain today, but in such ______ bad weather, it seems out of ______ question. A. /; the B. /; / C. a; a D. a; the
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______ the houses were knocked down in the earthquake. A. A great many B. The number of C. A great many of D. A great deal of
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______ on his past mistakes, Ted realized that he had stayed around the wrong people. A. To reflect B. Reflecting C. Reflected D. Being reflected
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— Do you think it wise for Chinese mothers to try to do everything for their children? — No, that’s ______ they are mistaken. A. where B. when C. so D. how
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It is often recommended that children _____ chances to get close to nature. A. are offered B. be offered C. should offer D. must be offered
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Education should not be considered to be a(n) ______ in a modern society. A. privilege B. acquaintance C. advantage D. affection
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The scientist corresponds with colleagues in order to learn about matters ______ to her own research. A. relevant B. Instant C. resistant D. important
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— Who are you waiting for? — ______ the man wounded in the left leg. A. The doctor will operate on B. The nurse to be looked after C. The doctor to operate on D. The nurse will look after
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I ______ the help of my colleagues in the preparation of this new column. A. express B. confess C. verify D. acknowledge
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The picture doesn’t ______ here. It’s too modern for the rest of furnishings. A. fit in B. agree on C. adjust to D. settle in
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He reminded me of what I should ______ have forgotten. A. nevertheless B. otherwise C. besides D. approximately
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The government has handed out all the ______ food and clothes to the victims. A. reflected B. abandoned C. donated D. rented
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Don’t be ______ by products promising to make you lose weight quickly. A. taken off B. taken out C. taken away D. taken in
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— Now that you like the computer so much, why not buy one? — Well, I can’t afford ______ computer at present. A. that expensive a B. a such cheap C. a so cheap D. that an expensive
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— The plane is due to take off at 8:00 from the airport. — ______ we can’t get there in time? — Try to take another flight then. A. As if B. Even if C. Only if D. What if
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The majority of visitors ______ in favor of his conclusion that the number of books published on the subject ______ simply surprising. A. were; was B. was; was C. were; were D. was; were
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When the old man ______ to walk back to his house, the sun ______ itself behind the mountain. A. started; had already hidden B. was starting; hid C. had started; had already hidden D. had started; was hiding
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After he retired from the office, Tom ______ painting for a while, but soon lost interest. A. took up B. saved up C. kept up D. drew up
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— I’m sorry I didn’t make it to your party last night. —______, I know you’re busy these days. A. Of course B. No kidding C. That’s all right D. You are welcome
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I have always wanted to share this story because it is one of the things that I will remember for my entire life. And I’m sure person feels the same. We had a new teacher in my high school World History class. She was very nice and excited to see us. She told a story about her fighting in a war and brought a picture of him. After about fifteen of her talking, the class started talking softly to each other they were getting bored. Looking , she asked “So, you guys don’t really want to hear any more?” No one dared to actually say “no” to her out loud one kid. He said, “No, not really!” in a disrespectful way. Some kids were a little and thought that it was rather rude. I felt extremely bad for this teacher. No one deserves to be in such a disrespectful manner. , a little before class let out, I went up to her and for the guy’s rude behavior. I told her I had been , and even though I may not entirely like , I did appreciate her sharing her story. I asked her about her father and asked to see the picture of him. We had a very nice, genuine conversation about her father. The teacher was . She really appreciated me coming up and actually treating her with the that she deserved. I felt at full peace with myself knowing that I did the right thing and I was super happy that I actually . Even though I didn’t really care for history, I listened, and I hope that others in different situations will do the same. Listening means a lot to the people sharing; it really . If I had just left the class without saying a word, I would have felt extremely and would have a constant reminder, probably to this day, that was not served and I had left a person in their time of need. 1.A. neither B. no C. a certain D. the other 2.A. father B. nephew C. uncle D. brother 3.A. hours B. minutes C. seconds D. days 4.A. even if B. as if C. because D. so 5.A. hurt B. funny C. proud D. amused 6.A. besides B. except C. as well as D. along with 7.A. interested B. excited C. disappointed D. shocked 8.A. treated B. considered C. scolded D. taught 9.A. Therefore B. However C. Personally D. Naturally 10.A. thanked B. prepared C. apologized D. argued 11.A. talking B. listening C. laughing D. wondering 12.A. geography B. literature C. architecture D. history 13.A. nothing B. little C. less D. more 14.A. amazed B. touched C. embarrassed D. bored 15.A. gift B. reward C. respect D. praise 16.A. made her day B. made my day C. made her way D. made my way 17.A. ever B. even C. still D. seldom 18.A. means B. makes C. is D. does 19.A. happy B. guilty C. lucky D. empty 20.A. justice B. right C. purpose D. interest
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Think about the last time you felt a negative emotion—like stress, anger, or frustration. What was going through your mind as you were going through that negativity? Was your mind cluttered with (充斥) different kinds of thoughts? Or was it paralyzed, unable to think? The next time you find yourself in the middle of a very stressful time, or you feel angry or frustrated, stop. Yes, that’s right, stop. Whatever you’re doing, stop and sit for one minute. While you’re sitting there, completely immerse yourself in the negative emotion. Allow that emotion to consume you. Allow yourself one minute to truly feel that emotion. Don’t cheat yourself here. Take the entire minute—but only one minute—to do nothing else but feel that emotion. When the minute is over, ask yourself, “Am I willing to keep holding on to this negative emotion as I go through the rest of the day?” Once you’ve allowed yourself to be totally immersed in the emotion and really feel it, you will be surprised to find that the emotion clears rather quickly. If you feel you need to hold on to the emotion for a little longer, that is OK. Allow yourself another minute to feel the emotion. When you feel you’ve had enough of the emotion, ask yourself if you’re willing to carry that negativity with you for the rest of the day. If not, take a deep breath. As you exhale, release all that negativity with your breath. This exercise seems simple—almost too simple. But, it is very effective. By allowing that negative emotion the space to be truly felt, you are dealing with the emotion rather than stuffing it down and trying not to feel it. You are actually taking away the power of the emotion by giving it the space and attention it needs. When you immerse yourself in the emotion, and realize that it is only emotion, it loses its control. You can clear your head and proceed with your task. 1.Which one does not belong to the negative emotion? A. anxiety B. confusion C. depression D. sorrow 2.What should you do when you are into negativity according to the article? A. Listen to some music. B. Ignore it and do something else. C. Just do nothing and truly feel that emotion. D. Think about it and try to deal with it immediately. 3.The underlined word “immerse” (Paragraph 2) most probably means ______. A. break down B. get rid of C. cut off D. throw into 4.What’s the best title of this text? A. Clear Your Mental Space. B. Deep Breath, Trouble Away. C. Try to Avoid the Negative Emotion. D. Hold on to Negative Emotion as Long as Possible. 5.The author’s opinion towards negative emotion is ______. A. doubtful B. optimistic C. frightened D. confused
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Homestay provides English language students with the opportunity to speak English outside the classroom and the experience of being part of a British home. What to Expect The host will provide accommodation and meals. Rooms will be cleaned and bedcovers changed at least once a week. You will be given the house key and the host is there to offer help and advice as well as to take an interest in your physical and mental health. Homestays are located in London mainly in Zones 2, 3 and 4 of the transport system. Most hosts do not live in the town centre as much of central London is commercial and not residential (居住的). Zones 3 and 4 often offer larger accommodation in a less crowded area. It is very convenient to travel in London by underground. Meal Plans Available ♢ Continental Breakfast ♢ Breakfast and Dinner ♢ Breakfast, Packed Lunch and Dinner It’s important to note that few English families still provide a traditional cooked breakfast. Your accommodation includes Continental Breakfast which normally consists of fruit juice, cereal (谷物类食品), bread and tea or coffee. Cheese, fruit and cold meat are not normally part of a Continental Breakfast in England. Dinners usually consist of meat or fish with vegetables followed by desert, fruit and coffee. Friends If you wish to invite a friend over to visit, you must first ask your host’s permission. You have no right to entertain friends in a family home as some families feel it is an invasion of their privacy. Self-Catering Accommodation in Private Homes Accommodation on a room-only basis includes shared kitchen and bathroom facilities and often a main living room. This kind of accommodation offers an independent lifestyle and is more suitable for the long-stay student. However, it does not provide the same family atmosphere as an ordinary homestay and may not benefit those who need to practice English at home quite as much. 1.The passage is probably written for ______. A. hosts willing to receive foreign students B. foreigners hoping to know British culture C. travelers planning to visit families in London D. English learners applying to live in English homes 2.Which of the following will the host provide? A. Room cleaning. B. Medical care. C. Free transport. D. Physical training. 3.According to the passage, what does Continental Breakfast include? A. Dessert and coffee. B. Fruit and vegetables. C. Bread and fruit juice. D. Cereal and cold meat. 4.Why do some people choose self-catering accommodation? A. To experience a warmer family atmosphere. B. To enrich their knowledge of English. C. To entertain friends as they like. D. To enjoy much more freedom.
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SAN FRANCISCO—A phone app (应用程序) in San Francisco gives information about open parking spots. City officials in San Francisco introduced the app to try to reduce traffic jams in the city, but some say it raises safety concerns. In this city, drivers searching for parking spots lead to 30 percent of all downtown jams, city officials think. Now San Francisco has found a solution—a phone app for spot-seekers that displays information about areas with available spaces. The system, introduced last month, relies on wireless sensors (感应器) fixed in streets and city garages that can tell within seconds if a spot has opened up. Monique Soltani, a TV reporter, said she and her sister spent 25 minutes on Friday trying to park. “We were praying to the parking god that we’d find a spot,” she said. “If we had the app, we would not have to pray to the parking god.” But the system could come with serious consequences. Some people say that drivers searching for parking could end up focusing on their phones, not the road. “It could be really distracting (使分心的),” said Daniel Simons, a professor of psychology at the University of Illinois. City officials acknowledge the potential problem. They are urging drivers to pull over before they use the city’s iPhone app, or to do so before they leave home. Nathaniel Ford, executive director of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, said safety could actually improve if drivers quickly found a spot instead of circling and getting frustrated. San Francisco has put sensors into 7,000 parking spots and 12,250 spots in city garages. If spaces in an area open up, the sensors communicate wirelessly with computers that in turn make the information available to app users within a minute, said Mr. Ford, of the transportation agency. On the app, a map shows which blocks have lots of places (blue) and which are full (red). More than 12,000 people have downloaded San Francisco’s app, which is available now only for the iPhone but which city officials say they hope to bring to all similar devices. When it is started up, the city’s parking app warns drivers not to use the system while in motion. But safety advocates said that might not be sufficient. After all, they say, texting while driving is illegal in California and in many states, but a number of surveys, including one by the Pew Research Center, show that many Americans do it anyway. Elizabeth Stampe, executive director of Walk San Francisco, a pedestrian advocacy group, said she hoped the new parking app would lead to fewer accidents. “It’s an innovative idea,” she said. “The safe way for people to use the device is for them to pull over, which they know they should do. The question is whether they will.” But Ms. Soltani, the TV reporter, said using the app would probably join the group of activities already performed by drivers. “We’re already looking at Google Maps and Facebook on the phone while we drive,” she said. “Aren’t we always looking at something on our phone, or changing the radio, or drinking coffee? You’re always slightly distracted when you’re driving.” 1.What is the phone app mentioned in the text mainly aimed at? A. Making full use of the parking spots. B. Making the traffic flow smoothly. C. Preventing traffic accidents. D. Benefiting iPhone users. 2.According to the text, San Francisco city officials ______. A. don’t consider the app distracting B. advise drivers to park cars slowly C. are aware of the app’s disadvantages D. believe more parking spots are needed 3.How do drivers locate the parking spots? A. Sensors"computers"app. B. App"computers"sensors. C. Sensors"app"computers. D. Computers"app"sensors. 4.The phone app mentioned in the text ______. A. is a bit slow in reacting B. hasn’t been put into service C. was introduced several years ago D. can’t be downloaded to all phones 5.Which of the following is TRUE according to the text? A. Daniel Simons thinks the app convenient. B. San Francisco will put more sensors into use. C. Most drivers open the app once they start their cars. D. Nathaniel Ford doesn’t doubt the practical use of the app.
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When I was young, I went looking for gold in California. I never found enough to make a rich strike. But I did discover a beautiful part of the country called Stanislau. Like Heaven on Earth, it had bright green hills and deep forests where soft winds touched the trees. By the time I arrived, the charming paradise had been deserted because miners’ good luck didn’t last. Then, I realized I was not alone after all. A man was smiling at me as he stood in front of his little house. Its front yard was full of blue and yellow flowers. White curtains hung from the windows and floated in the soft summer wind. Still smiling, the man invited me inside. My spirit seemed to come to life again. I saw a bright rug on the shining wooden floor. And on little tables there were seashells, books and china vases full of flowers. A woman had made this house into a home. The delight in my heart showed on my face. The man read my thoughts. “All her work.” He said affectionately, “Nothing here hasn’t felt the touch of her hand.” One picture on the wall was not hanging straight. He went to fix it. He stepped back several times to make sure the picture was straight. Then he gave it a gentle touch. “She always does that,” he explained, “It is like the finishing pat a mother gives her child’s hair after she has brushed it. I don’t know why I do it. I just do it.” As he talked, I went to a little black-walnut shelf that held a small picture of the most beautiful creature I had ever seen. There was a sweetness and softness in the woman’s expression. The man stared at the picture. “Nineteen her last birthday. That was the day we married. When you see her...ah, just wait until you meet her!” “Where is she now?” I asked. “Oh, she is away visiting her parents. This is Wednesday,” he said slowly. “She will be back on Saturday, in the evening.” That night, I stayed. The man told me his name was Henry. Thursday evening we had two visitors, Tom and Joe. “We just drop over to ask when little madam is coming home. Any news from her?” “Oh yes,” the man replied. “A letter.” He took a yellowed letter out of his wallet and read it. It was full of loving messages. While reading, he glimpsed his friends and cried out, “Oh no, you are doing it again, Tom! Take your hands away and let me see your eyes. I’m going to tell her this time!” “No, you mustn’t do that, Henry,” the grey-haired miner said. “I am getting old. And any little sorrow makes me cry. Lord, we miss her so.” Saturday finally came. I was glad to see his two friends, Tom and Joe, with guitars, coming down the road as the sun began to set. They put the flowers they brought in vases and began to play some fast and lively songs. Henry’s friends kept giving him glasses of whiskey. When I reached for one of the two remaining glasses, Tom stopped my arm. “Drop that! Take the other.” he whispered. I did so. Henry was served last. He had hardly swallowed his drink when the clock struck midnight. His face grew pale and paler. “Boys,” he said, “I am sick with fear. Help! I want to lie down.” Henry was asleep almost before the words were out of his mouth. In a moment, those handy men had his clothes off and tucked him into his bed. They seemed to be getting ready to leave. So I said, “Please don’t go, gentlemen. She won’t know me. I am a stranger.” They glanced at each other. Then Joe said, “She? Poor thing, she’s been dead nineteen years!” “Dead?” I whispered. “That or worse.” he said. “She went to see her folks half a year after she got married. On her way back, on a Saturday evening in June, when she was almost here, the Indians captured her. She’s never been heard of since. Henry went insane. But he only gets bad when that time of year comes round. Then we drop in here, three days before she’s due, to encourage him up and listen to him read the letter. Saturday we all come and get everything ready for a dance. We’ve done it for nineteen years. The first Saturday there were twenty-seven of us, but only two now. We drug him to sleep through the night. Then he’s all right for another year.” The two old men opened the door and disappeared into the darkness of Stanislau. 1.You can sense the existence of a woman from the following sentences EXCEPT “______”. A. Soft winds touched the trees in Stanislau. B. There was a bright rug on the shining wooden floor. C. There were seashells, books and china vases full of flowers. D. A little black shelf held a small picture of a woman. 2.Tom cried when Henry read the yellowed letter, because ______. A. he was getting older and older B. he was moved by the loving messages in the letter C. he felt sad at the thought of Henry’s wife D. he was disappointed that Henry’s wife would arrive so late 3.Tom stopped my reaching for whiskey because ______. A. there was not enough whiskey for Henry B. he didn’t want me to get drunk C. that glass of whiskey was drugged D. it was for Henry’s wife 4.The underlined word “insane” probably means “______”. A. depressed B. disappointed C. mad D. sick 5.It can be inferred from the passage that ______. A. Henry’s wife was 38 when she was last seen B. Tom and Joe have heard the letter many times C. the author stayed in Henry’s house because he was lost D. the two miners came on Saturday to share past memories 6.The story is mainly about ______. A. ever-lasting love B. lifelong friendship C. an unforgettable experience D. charming Stanislau
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A. Attention must be paid to environmental factors. B. Principles of curing cancers. C. It will take long to find perfect cures. D. An important discovery in the research. E. The causative factor of cancer is very clear. F. The survival rate differs among patients with various cancers. 1.___________ “I have great confidence that by the end of the decade we’ll know in vast detail how cancer cells arise,” says microbiologist Robert Weinberg, an expert on cancer. “But,” he cautions, “some people have the idea that once one understands the causes, the cure will rapidly follow. Consider Pasteur. He discovered the causes of many kinds of infections, but it was fifty or sixty years before cures were available. ” 2.____________ This year, 50 percent of the 910,000 people who suffer from cancer will survive at least five years. In the year 2020, the National Cancer Institute estimates, that figure will be 75 percent. For some skin cancers, the five-year survival rate is as high as 90 percent. But other survival statistics are still discouraging—13 percent for lung cancer, and 2 percent for cancer of the pancreas (胰腺) . 3.___________ With as many as 120 varieties in existence, discovering how cancer works is not easy. The researchers made great progress in the early 1970s, when they discovered that oncogenes, which are cancer-causing genes, are inactive in normal cells. Anything from universe rays to radiation to diet may activate an inactive gene, but how remains unknown. If several oncogenes are driven into action, the cell, unable to turn them off, becomes cancerous. 4.____________ The exact process involved is still mysterious, but the likelihood that many cancers are initiated at the level of genes suggests that we will never prevent all cancers. “Changes are a normal part of the evolutionary process,” says oncologist William Hayward. Environmental factors can never be totally eliminated; as Hayward points out, “We can’t prepare a medicine against universe rays.” 5.____________ The prospects for cure, though still distant, are brighter. “First, we need to understand how the normal cell controls itself. Second, we have to determine whether there are a limited number of genes in cells, which are always responsible for at least part of the trouble. If we can understand how cancer works, we can reduce its action. ”
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Dear Mr. Black， I’m very thank to you for inviting me to stay with you in the come summer vacation. I have been dreamed of seeing you again so that I can get help from you in my English learning. And I’m afraid I cannot go to your place in this summer. I’ve promised my grandmother, she lives in the country, to spend this summer with her. She misses me too much that I find difficult to refuse her request. I’m busy preparing for my examinations in present. I planned to visit you in winter if it’s convenient to you. Best wishes. Yours truly, Li Ying
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假设你是某中学高三(1)班的班长李华，你们全班同学在周末期间开展了“体验一天低碳生活”的活动。请你根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，写一篇英文短文，介绍同学们这一天的体验活动，向学校“英语园地”投稿。词数120词左右。内容要点如下： 1、根据图片内容记叙一天的活动； 2、简单地描述你的感受。 3、提示词：disposable chopsticks 一次性筷子 注意：开头已给出，但不计入总词数。 The students in our class took part in an activity of “Experience a Low-carbon Day” at the weekend.
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