It’s high time that you _____________ on your work at hand!
A. concentrate B. would concentrate
C. concentrated D. had concentrated
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I lost your phone number. Otherwise, I ___________you long before.
A. would have contacted B. contacted
C. will contact D. am contacting
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She brought three children up all by herself, at great personal_________.
A. price B. sacrifice
C. expense D. contribution
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I don’t want to join in the ____________argument about where to go camping at the weekend-----the weather forecast predicts there will be a rainstorm then.
A. sensitive B. sensible
C. senseless D. nonsense
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As an Orthodox Christian in Syria, she and her loved ones had become___________targets of violent terrorists groups in the country’s ongoing civil war.
A. occupied B. invaded
C. rescued D. attacked
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__________spending summer moving from the coach to the computer, by aiming for a specific goal, like volunteering, mastering a new skill, or working at a job.
A. Avoiding B. Avoid
C. Resisting D. Resist
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From her__________face,I knew that she must have gone through many hardships.
A. terrified B. shocked
C. wrinked D. twisted
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How I wish I_____________in their discussion, or I would write this composition easily now.
A. could join B. had joined
C. joined D. join
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It’s really a ____________topic whether to clone a human or not.
A. contradictory B. contrary
C. controversial D. confidential
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To my astonishment, the handwriting on this cheque____________the one on that cheque.
A. is identical to B. is in agreement to
C. differ from D. vary from
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This suggested that the matter can be converted into energy, and_______________.
A. in vain B. in chaos
C. as follows D. vice versa
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In a good marriage, both husband and wife work hard to solve any problems that____________.
A. arise B. rise
C. arouse D. raise
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____________and evaluated the information, I help other scientists to predict where lava from the volcano will flow next and how fast.
A. Collected B. To collect
C. Having collected D. Collecting
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Only after my friend came,____________.
A. did the computer repair B. he repaired the computer
C. was the computer repaired D. the computer was repaired
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It was along the Mississippi River____________Mark Twain spent much of his childhood.
A. how B. which
C. that D. where
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A neighbor asked for the music to be turned down and the party to__________.
A. break up B. break down
C. break in D. break out
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If you ____________a belief, principle or feeling, you decide that you will not be influenced by it.
A. set apart B. set down
C. set up D. set aside
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He is very aware of what topics he should and should not____________at the conference.
A. bring back B. bring about
C. bring up D. bring in
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The young couple, who returned my lost wallet, left___________I could ask for their manes.
A. before B. while
C. after D. since
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One can always manage to do more things, no matter__________full one’s schedule is in life.
A. how B. what
C. when D. where
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Before I had my son, I spent two years working with children with disabilities. I learnt that shouting and threats of punishment would result in a disaster. Coming up against their behaviour could only make the job harder and their behaviour more extreme. I found something that worked, though.
There was a very naughty boy in the nursery and a teacher who was generally very confident with the children was asked to take charge of him. One day the boy joined a session in the room next to mine. His appearance created an atmosphere of tension. He spent the entire session running around, hitting and kicking, and destroying property.
I was in the craft room working with some other children when my coworker told me that this boy's teacher was in tears, and could not get control of the situation. As we were talking, the boy ran in. I told my coworker that I would take care of him.
I closed the door. He was full of energy, throwing things around and making a huge mess. But I could see that he was doing all these to annoy me. He needed connection, and this was the only way he knew how to ask for it. So I sat back down and kept quiet. Then he slowed down and began making a rocket. I talked to him about it. We continued like this for a few minutes before I slipped into the conversation：
“So what happened today？”
It was purely a question, no blame or anger in my tone. I believe that if I had criticized him, the gate that was slowly opening would have shut firmly closed. He told me that the teacher didn't let him do what he knew well due to safety but asked him to do what he disliked. He also admitted that he had enjoyed making her run around and saw it as a game. I explained that his teacher had not seen it as a game and was very upset. This again was stated simply as a fact. I suggested that next time he had a session, he talk about what he hoped to do at the start, which might be easier for everyone. He agreed and was quiet for a moment. Then he looked at me with tears in his eyes before quietly asking if he could go to find his teacher to apologize.
1.The boy made trouble for his teacher because he ________．
A. was accused of destroying property
B. was told not to yell at other children
C. was made to do things against his will
D. was blamed for creating an air of tension
2.Why didn't the author do anything about the boy's bad behaviour at first?
A. She didn't want to make it worse.
B. She didn't mind the huge mess at all.
C. She was tired of shouting and threats.
D. She hadn't thought of a coping strategy.
3.The author managed to get the boy to talk to her by ________.
A. playing games with him
B. giving him a good suggestion
C. describing his teacher's feelings
D. avoiding making critical remarks
4.Why did the boy have tears in his eyes in the end?
A. He was sorry about his reputation.
B. He was regretful about his behaviour.
C. He was fearful of the author's warning.
D. He was sad for the author's misunderstanding.
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Native to America, the cane toad (癞蛤蟆) was introduced to Northern Queensland 70 years ago to control sugarcane beetles (甘蔗害虫). The toads failed in that duty but spread across Queensland and into neighboring northern areas.
Now it calmly invades(侵略) the stats of Western Australia and New South Wales ( NSW). NSW wildlife experts fear the amphibians － which have poisonous backs that kill hungry predators (食肉动物) 一will have a terrible effect on native animals.
Those fears may be about to be realized. Australia’s leading government research body, the Commonwealth Science and Industry Research Organization (CSIRO), forecasts that a rise in average temperatures will make NSW an ideal living place for the cane toads.
Tony Robinson, head of CSIRO’s Wildlife, Pests, and Diseases Program, said climate change is increasing the amount of suitable living place for the cane toads.
“With climate change, the cane toads might go down as far as Sydney and some areas of Western Australia,” Robinson said.
Recent estimates put the pace of the toads’ westward march at nearly 17 miles (27 kilometers) a year and slightly slower from north to south.
“More southerly (南部的) cities, such as Melbourne and Adelaide, would likely remain too cold and dry to ever suit the toads,” Robinson noted, “but Perth could expect cane toads in five years’ time.”
Sydney could see their arrival in the next 20 years.
Robinson said there is no method that will keep the toads under control.
The cane toads already cover at least half of Queensland and most of the northern country. The toads are believed to number in the billions.
A Venezuelan virus was tried in the 1990s but had to be given up after it was found to also kill native frog species. Scientists and governmental bodies believe a national approach is needed.
The main threat the toads cause to species such as dingoes, and crocodiles is the poison contained in glands (腺) on each of their shoulders. The poison sprays out when the toads are threatened or handled roughly. The poison is made up of 14 different chemicals.
Cane toads also compete, and usually win, the hunt for food and living space.
"”If the government and other states combine resources, I believe we can achieve a very practical biological-control research program,” Bums said.
1.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
A. Poison Toads Leap Across Australia
B. Strategies to Keep the Toads under Control
C. The Main Threat the Cane Toads Cause
D. Climate Favours the Spread of Cane Toads
2.It can be inferred from the passage that
A. the cane toad bites its enemy dead when it is threatened or handled rudely
B. the cane toad has already threatened the survival of all the native species
C. scientists and governmental bodies have achieved a successful biological-control program
D. the cane toad likes warm and wet weather
3.The underlined words “the amphibians” in the second paragraph mean _______.
A. hungry predators B. sugarcane beetles
C. the cane toads D. dingos
4.According to the passage, the cane toad is the least likely to live in ______
A. Queensland B. Melbourne
C. Sydney D. Perth
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One May morning, 10-year-old Khadab played in the ruins of a school near his home in northern Iraq. He saw something that looked interesting. It was yellow and plastic and looked like a ball. He reached for his new toy and, BANG!
The last thing he remembered was a big noise. When Khadab awoke, he was in hospital. His parents stood sadly by his side. They told him he had picked up an unexploded bomb. When it exploded, Khadab lost an arm.
He was just one of hundreds of Iraqi children who have been injured or killed by stepping on and picking up explosives left over from the war.
These landmines (地雷) and bombs have injured and killed at least 15 people a day since Saddam Hussein's government fell on April 9. And children are the most affected.
Iraq is among the worst landmine-affected countries in the world. Many villages in the war-torn areas are surrounded by minefields (雷区). These landmines lie on the ground between rocks, up in trees and on riverbeds.
Even though the war in Iraq is over, many children have not returned to school. They can be seen walking the streets with the natural curiosity of young kids. Their new playgrounds are places where the fighting took place. Many boys can be seen playing with unexploded bombs. A new game is to throw the bombs and run away. Some of them get away, but too many are killed. They do this for fun, and don't realize the dangers until it’s too late.
UNICEF (联合国教科文组织) has warned children, through the TV, of the dangers of landmines and unexploded bombs in Iraq. They hope to make children aware of the dangers they face.
“I can’t imagine there’s going to be a classroom in the north without scared children in it. It’s so widespread,” said Sean Sutton of the British-based Mines Advisory Group (MAG).
MAG is an organization working to clear unexploded bombs and landmines in war-torn areas.
It is difficult to report the exact number of deaths. Sutton said MAG found 320 injuries in northern Iraq in the first month after April 9. But he said the real figure was probably much higher.
1.What Khadab saw was exactly _______
A. a ball B. a toy
C. an unexploded bomb D. a plastic ball
2.What measures have been taken to remove the dangers of explosives left over?
A. MAG has been working to clear unexploded bombs and landmines in war-torn areas.
B. UNICEF has warned children, through the TV, of the dangers of landmines and unexploded bombs in Iraq.
C. Children have all returned to school.
D. Both A and B
3.What’s best title for the text?
A. Iraq after the war
B. MAG helps Iraq remove the landmines
C. Kids play with death
D. Landmine-affected countries in the world
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About ten percent of spending on primary and secondary education in the United States comes from the federal government. 1. States have been required to show progress through yearly testing.
But states say testing tells only part of the story about efforts by schools and students to improve. So the Obama administration has eased the limits in states in measuring performance.
2.. This new measurement tool is called the Colorado Growth Model. The ideas is to show academic growth, not just achievement on tests. It combines test scores, family income levels, school size, the ethnicity of the student and many other factors.
3.. The graph shows a school’s average score on standardized tests as well as its academic growth.
On average, students enter sixth grade at WEST Denver Prep performing below grade level. 4.
The new assessment(评价) method shows that, each year, the average West Denver Prep student learns more math than ninety-four percent of all the students in Colorado. 5.
Josh Smith says perhaps the most important thing they should learn is to believe in themselves.
A. The results from schools across the state are shown online on a graph.
B. Reading and writing scores also show growth.
C. For ten years now, federal law has tied this spending to student performance.
D. Therefore, the government feels it a great pressure.
E. But three years later, most are outperforming other students across the state.
F. However, the limits don’t work at all.
G. The western state of Colorado, for example, has a new assessment method.
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It was in my high school science class. I was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite shirt on.
A________ came, “Nice shirt.” I smiled from ear to ear. Then another voice said, “That shirt belonged to my dad. Greg’s mother works for my family. We were going to ______that shirt away, but gave it to her____.” I was speechless. I wanted to hide.
I______ the shirt in the back of the closet and told my mum what had happened. She then dialed her________, “I will no longer work for your family,” she told him. That night, Mom told my dad that she couldn’t clean anymore; she knew her life’s______ was something greater.
The next morning she ______ with the personnel manager at the Board of Education. He told her that without a proper education she could not teach. So Mom decided to______ a university.
After the first year in college, she went back to the personnel manager. He said, “You are______, aren’t you? I think I have a______ for you as a teacher assistant. This opportunity deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of______.” Mom accepted the opportunity very______.
For almost five years, as a teacher’s assistant, she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and quit, feeling______. Then one day, the personnel manager and the principal______ in her classroom. The principal said, “We have watched how you______ the children and how they communicate with you and admire your hard-working______ over the last five years. We are all in agreement that you______ be the teacher of this class.”
My mom spent more than 20 years there. ______ her career, she was voted Teacher of the Year. All of this came about because of the______ comment made in the classroom that day. Mom showed me how to handle______ situations and never give up.
1.A. noise B. tune C. sound D. voice
2.A. throw B. take C. carry D. get
3.A. otherwise B. anyhow C. instead D. actually
4.A. settled B. pushed C. hid D. put
5.A. teacher B. director C. employer D. adviser
6.A. success B. encouragement C. purpose D. victory
7.A. went B. met C. worked D. stayed
8.A. visit B. continue C. attend D. prepare
9.A. serious B. fortunate C. careful D. responsible
10.A. career B. position C. duty D. part
11.A. judging B. learning C. obeying D. imagining
12.A. patiently B. eagerly C. successfully D. skillfully
13.A. guilty B. frightened C. upset D. ashamed
14.A. looked up B. went up C. took up D. showed up
15.A. believe B. protect C. receive D. treat
16.A. action B. intention C. spirit D. attempt
17.A. must B. ought C. might D. should
18.A. At B. On C. During D. With
19.A. worthless B. thoughtless C. hopeless D. helpless
20.A. strange B. different C. dangerous D. challenging
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A man looking at his Smartphone while walking across a railway 1.(have) a close knock on Oct 22. He was so 2.(absorb) in his Smartphone that he did not see a train approaching until it brushed past him, 3.(throw) him to the ground. This should serve 4. a warning that people should be aware of their surroundings, especially 5. crossing roads.
6.(lucky), the man survived, but the incident forced the driver 7.(stop) the train. An 18-minute delay followed the incident, 8. led to a break in the running of other trains on the route.
Smartphone 9.(addict) has spread like an infectious disease. It’s evident that it will do great harm to society. What’s even 10.(bad), some addicts become impatient with relatives and friends. Some people blame the Smartphone for the sad story, yet in fact people’s weakening self-control and self-discipline are to blame.
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文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅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：在错的词下画一横线，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)不计分。
Thanksgiving Day is one of the most important family holiday in America. All the members of a family, no matter where far away they are, will try to get together on that day. The first Thanksgiving in America takes place in October, 1621. In 1620, the group of Englishmen sailed to Massachusetts. They had expected to find a freely place to live in, so they experienced a hard winter. Half of them starved death. The next spring, we began farming. With the help of local Indians, they learned to be plant corn and raise animals. In the autumn, the fields produced a good harvest. Filling with joy and thanks to God, they held a celebration. In 1863, it became a national holiday.
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1.使觉得恶心_________
2.值得回忆的__________
3.影像___________
4.行李_________
5.策略_________
6.不管，不顾(d)________
7.卸下___________
8.陪伴___________
9.善行_________________
10.以适应的___________
11.analyse __________
12.suspect_________
13.sample _________
14.exceptional __________
15.code__________
16.heroism _________
17.overlook___________
18.campaign __________
19.chain __________
20.chin_________
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