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阅读理解 4 题,其他题 1 题,完形填空 1 题,语法填空 1 题,短文改错 1 题,书面表达 1 题
中等难度 9 题。总体难度: 中等
阅读理解 共 4 题
  1. Nothing could stop Dad. After he was put on disability for a bad back, he bought a small farm in the country, just enough to grow food for the family. He planted vegetables, fruit trees and even kept bees for honey.

    And every week he cleaned Old Man McColgin's chicken house in exchange for manure(肥料). The smell really burned the inside of your nose. When we complained about the terrible smell, Dad said the stronger the manure, the healthier the crops, and he was right.

    For example, just one of his cantaloupes filled the entire house with its sweet smell, and the taste was even sweeter.

    As the vegetables started coming in, Dad threw himself into cooking. One day, armed with a basket of vegetables, he announced he was going to make stew(炖菜).Dad pulled out a pressure cooker and filled it up with cabbages, eggplants, potatoes, corns, onions and carrots. For about half an hour. The pressure built and the vegetables cooked. Finally, Dad turned off the stove, the pot began to cool and the pressure relief valve sprayed out a cloud of steam. If we thought Dad's pile of chicken manure was bad, this was 10 times worse. When Dad took off the lid, the smell nearly knocked us out.

    Dad carried the pot out and we opened doors and windows to air out the house. Just how bad was it? The neighbors came out of their houses to see if we had a gas leak!

    Determined, Dad filled our plates with steaming stew and passed them around. It didn’t look that bad, and after the first wave had shut down my ability to smell, it didn’t offend the nose so much, either. I took a taste. It would never win a prize in a cooking competition, but it was surprisingly edible, and we drank up every last drop of soup.

    1.Why did Dad clean Old Man MoColgin’s chicken house regularly?

    A. To earn some money for the family.

    B. To collect manure for his crops.

    C. To get rid of the terrible smell.

    D. To set a good example to us.

    2.What can we infer about Dad’s stew?

    A. It is popular among the neighbors.

    B. It contains honey and vegetables.

    C. It looks very wonderful.

    D. It tastes quite delicious.

    3.What does the underlined word “offend” in the last paragraph mean?

    A. To attract.

    B. To upset.

    C. To air.

    D. To shut

    4.What can we learn about Dad form the text?

    A. He is an experienced cook.

    B. He is a troublesome father.

    C. He has a positive attitude to life.

    D. He suffers a lot from his disability.

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    1.How much will the magazine pay for a joke to be published?

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    A. Anecdotes and Jokes  B. Smart Animals

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    A. juliet@sws.com     B. susan@sws.com

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    A. describe strange behaviour

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    C. be real and original

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  3. Everywhere I look outside my home I see people busy on their high-tech devices, while driving, walking, shopping, even sitting in toilets. When connected electronically, they are away from physical reality.

    People have been influenced to become technology addicted. One survey reported that “addicted” was the word most commonly used by people to describe their relationship to iPad and similar devices. One study found that people had a harder time resisting the allure of social media than they did for sleep, cigarettes and alcohol.

    The main goal of technology companies is to get people to spend more money and time on their products, not to actually improve our quality of life. They have successfully created a cultural disease. Consumers willingly give up their freedom, money and time to catch up on the latest information , to keep pace with their peers or to appear modern.

    I see people trapped in a pathological(病态的) relationship with time-sucking technology, where they serve technology more than technology serves them. I call this technology servitude(奴役). I am referring to a loss of personal freedom and independence because of uncontrolled consumption of many kinds of devices that eat up time and money.

    What is a healthy use of technology devices? That is the vital question. Who is really in charge of my life? That is what people need to ask themselves if we are to have any chance of breaking up false beliefs about their use of technology. When we can live happily without using so much technology for a day or a week, then we can regain control and personal freedom, become the master of technology and discover what there is to enjoy in life free of technology. Mae West is famous for proclaiming the wisdom that “too much of a good thing is wonderful.” But it’s time to discover that it does not work for technology.

    Richard Fernandez, an executive coach at Google acknowledged that “we can be swept away by our technologies.” To break the grand digital connection people must consider how life long ago could be fantastic without today’s overused technology.

    1.The underlined word “allure” in Paragraph 2 probably means________.

    A. advantage        B. attraction

    C. adaption        D. attempt

    2.From the passage, technology companies aim to_______.

    A. attract people to buy their products

    B. provide the latest information

    C. improve people’s quality of life

    D. deal with cultural diseases

    3.It can be inferred from this passage that people ________.

    A. consider too much technology wonderful

    B. have realized the harm of high-tech devices

    C. can regain freedom without high-tech devices

    D. may enjoy life better without overused technology

    4.What’s the author’s attitude towards the overusing of high-tech devices?

    A. Neutral.        B. Doubt.

    C. Disapproving.    D. Sympathetic.

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  4. Grandpa’s hobby was making birdhouses. He always said, “A man has to keep busy to stay out of trouble.” Leigh wasn’t sure how much trouble Grandpa could get into anyway, since he was such a nice man, but Leigh tried to listen to his advice. Besides, she liked to help on his birdhouses.

    Grandpa’s shop was full of well-oiled and carefully-kept tools. Whenever he used something, he put it back in exactly the right place. He had rules about how he treated his tools, because he hated buying something new if the old one still worked. He also made sure to clean up each time he worked on something.

    It wasn’t too fun cleaning up, but it was nice to watch him cut boards to exact lengths. It was nice to see the drill put in holes for screws(螺丝) to go in cleanly. It was like being a doctor, but with wood. The best part of building was seeing all the pieces come together in the final form.

    The last steps always included lacquer or paint, to help protect Grandpa’s hard work from the weather. His birdhouses lasted for years. If he didn’t coat them properly, the sun and rain would turn the wood gray and weak in a short period of time. No, he always made sure to do things right. Even if he put rocks or other cute decorations on them, it was done right and made to last.

    Grandpa was a hard worker, but he was also smart and generous. He let Leigh keep the birdhouses sometimes, but only if he got to help hang it up or set the post for it. It had to be done just right, after all.

    The birdhouses were a great way to learn about woodworking, hard work, taking care of what you have, and about birds. The best thing about building birdhouses was that Leigh spent some time with Grandpa.

    1.What’s the best title for the text?

    A. Long-lasting Birdhouses

    B. Birdhouses Making

    C. Birdhouses, Home for Birds

    D. Grandpa’s Birdhouses

    2.What did Leigh value most?

    A. Listening to Grandpa’s advice.

    B. Helping Grandpa on his birdhouses.

    C. Spending some time with Grandpa.

    D. Learning about woodworking and birds.

    3.We can learn from the text that Grandpa ________.

    A. was a very good carpenter

    B. lived a very hard life

    C. didn’t care about cleaning up

    D. kept thousands of birds

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其他题 共 1 题
  1. If you do not use your arms or legs for some time, they become weak; when you start using again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows this , and nobody would think of questioning the fact.   1.  When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by exercising it regularly, either consciously or unconsciously. When someone else says that his memory is poor , he really means that he does not give it enough opportunity to become strong.    2.  One of them exercises his arms and legs by playing tennis, while the other sits in a chair or motor car all day.

    If a friend complains that his arms are weak, we know that it is his own fault.   3.   , many of us think that his parents are to blame, or that he is just unlucky, and few of us realize that it is just his own fault. Not all of us can become extremely strong or extremely clever; but all of us can, if we have ordinary bodies and brains, improve our strength and our memory by the same means—practice.

    Have you ever noticed that people who cannot read or write usually have better memories than those who can?   4.   Of course, because those who cannot read or write have to remember things; they cannot write them down in a little notebook. They have to remember dates, time and prices, names, songs and stories; so their memory is the whole time being exercised.

    5.  ,learn from the poor:practice remembering.

    A. What do you think of it ?

    B. Yet many people do not seem to know that the memory works in the same way.

    C. But if he tells us that he has a poor memory

    D. So if you want a good memory

    E. When someone else says that he is poor in the health

    F. Why is this ?

    G. The position is exactly the same as that of two people.

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完形填空 共 1 题
  1. 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

    In our modern world, when something wears out, we throw it away and buy a new one. The    is that countries around the world have growing mountains of    because people are throwing out more rubbish than ever before.

    How did we    a throwaway society? First of all, it is now easier to      an object than to spend time and money to repair it.    modern manufacturing (制造业) and technology, companies are able to produce products quickly and inexpensively. Products are plentiful and       .

    Another cause is our    of disposable (一次性的) products. As    people, we are always looking for    to save time and make our lives easier. Companies    thousands of different kinds of disposable products: paper plates, plastic cups, and cameras, to name a few.

    Our appetite for new products also    to the problem. We are    buying new things. Advertisements persuade us that    is better and that we will be happier with the latest products. The result is that we    useful possessions to make room for new ones.

    All around the world, we can see the    of this throwaway lifestyle. Mountains of rubbish just keep getting bigger. To    the amount of rubbish and to protect the    , more governments are requiring people to recycle materials.    , this is not enough to solve (解决) our problem.

    Maybe there is another way out. We need to repair our possessions    throwing them away. We also need to rethink our attitudes about      . Repairing our possessions and changing our spending habits may be the best way to reduce the amount of rubbish and take care of our environment.

    1.A. key     B. reason     C. project      D. problem

    2.A. gifts   B. rubbish   C. debt         D. products

    3.A. face     B. become     C. observe      D. change

    4.A. hide     B. control    C. replace     D. withdraw

    5.A. Thanks to B. As to     C. Except for    D. Regardless of

    6.A. safe     B. funny      C. cheap        D. powerful

    7.A. love     B. lack      C. prevention    D. division

    8.A. sensitive B. kind     C. brave       D. busy

    9.A. ways     B. places   C. jobs       D. friends

    10.A. donate    B. receive   C. produce    D. preserve

    11.A. adapts   B. returns   C. responds   D. contributes

    12.A. tired of  B. addicted to  C. worried about  D. ashamed for

    13.A. newer    B. stronger   C. higher      D. larger

    14.A. pick up  B. pay for     C. hold onto    D. throw away

    15.A. advantagesB. purposes   C. functions    D. consequences

    16.A. show     B. record      C. decrease    D. measure

    17.A. technology B. environmentC. consumers    D. brands

    18.A. However   B. Otherwise   C. Therefore    D. Meanwhile

    19.A. by      B. in favour of C. after     D. instead of

    20.A. spending B. collecting  C. repairing   D. Advertising

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语法填空 共 1 题
  1. 阅读下列材料,在空白处填入适当的单词或用括号内单词的正确形式填空。

    There once was a man who 1.   (be) blind from birth! He owned a fruit stand on a very busy street.

    One day his only son came to him   2.  told him that he had read a new discovery in the newspaper   3.  they could operate on his eyes. The father and his son traveled to the doctor and paid for the operation.

    The doctor asked the man    4.  the operation, “ What is the first thing you want to see when I take the bandages(绷带) off?”

    The blind man replied, “ I want to see my    5.   (beauty) fruit on my stand!”

    The doctor and the son led the man to     6.   busy street where his fruit stand was located. They    7.   (careful) unwrapped the bandages. The man was so happy to see his life’s work taking care of his fruit!

    After a few hours of enjoying his beautiful fruit stand,     8.   looked down at the street both ways and saw there were quite a few fruit    9.   (stand) in both directions. He looked across the street and saw other fruit stands. He spent so much time    10.   (look) at other fruit stands that he failed in his business!

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短文改错 共 1 题
  1. 短文改错(共10小题,每小题1分,满分10分)

    请修改下面的短文,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。

    Tina and I had been good friend for years. We often did things together, so one day Tina didn’t talk to me and just sat by herself. I don’t know what was wrong. I thought about what I had done and said recent. Was Tina upset because I had done well in the history test than her? No, she was happy that I did well in school. I decided find out what was the matter. I walked over to there Tina was sitting. “Tina,” I said softly, “is anything wrong?” He answered sadly, “Yes, my cat died on last night.” I finally knew the reason what she didn’t talk to me and comforted her.

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书面表达 共 1 题
  1. 请根据下面的提示写一篇短文。

    假设你是李平,刚被美国Brown University 录取,你的笔友Peter 来信祝贺。请你用英文给他写一封回信,告诉你将于12月16日到达美国,希望他能到机场接你并帮助你找一住所。住所需包含以下信息:

    1.骑车大约30分钟可到达学校;

    2.房间宽敞,明亮;设施齐全;

    3.允许自己做饭;

    4.房东能讲地道的英语,健谈,好客。

    提示词:spacious宽敞的

    注意:1.词数100左右;

    2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。

    Dear Peter,

    Thank you for your congratulations on my admission to Brown University!

    ______________________________________________________________________________

    ______________________________________________________________________________

    ______________________________________________________________________________

    Yours,

    Li Ping

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