The difficulties they are facing are just beyond ________ though they are determined to continue their research.
A．way B．belief C．thing D．matter
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One of our rules is that every student ________ wear school uniform while at school.
A．shall B．might C．will D．could
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You can’t expect yourself to ________his trust over the night because it takes time for the damage you have done to him to heal.
A．wipe out B．turn up C．depend on D．win back
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Tom opened a bookstore in NO.3 Middle School, but ________ it closed down.
A．ever since B．just then C．before long D．soon after
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When the thief found the police had already ________ him ,he ran away quickly.
A．known B．stared C．realized D．spotted
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——May I open the window to let some fresh air in? ——________
A．Hold on B．Go ahead C．Come on D．Take care
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I’ll look into the matter as soon as possible . Just have a little ________.
A．wait B．patience C．rest D．time
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His eyes ________ from the book . He stared at the wall and then went back to reading for a little.
A．mixed B．sought C．carried D．wandered.
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Lily didn’t ask her father to buy a car for her; ________, she bought one for him!
A．in a word B．to be honest
C．what’s more D．on the contrary
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As she walked along a ________ , a door suddenly burst open, as though forced by someone behind it.
A．note B．adventure C．passage D．appearance
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完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Dad was not only my best friend, but my compass. While he was alive, he 1 me with his actions and advice. He taught me one important 2 “Believe in yourself.”
If there was one phrase my dad 3 liked to hear, it was “I can’t.” He never got to finish high school and 4 two jobs to support his family, 5 he never complained. Through education and years of hard work, my dad became an excellent journalist.
When I was in high school, I had a 6 time with math. He tried to help me, but I 7 struggled. So my math teacher suggested I meet with him at 7:00 each morning before school for 8 help. I told my dad, “That’s 9 ! I can’t do that!” He replied, “You’re doing it. I’ll sent you to school.” Every morning at 6:45 a.m., we’d leave the 10 . Despite working 12 hours every day, Dad never once 11 driving me to school.
After months of 12 , I was facing the final exam. I was so 13 . On the day of the final, my dad hugged me and said, “Luke, 14 yourself. You can do it.” His words made me realize I needed to trust in my 15 and in the hours of work I’d 16 . When I got my 17 proudly, the first person I called was Dad. He screamed, “Yes! You deserved it!”
Even now, whenever I 18 that a task is too much for me, I think back to that exam. No matter how 19 something is, if you’re willing to work, you can succeed. I’m forever 20 to Dad for that lesson.
1. A．understood B．forgave C．guided D．impressed
2. A．history B．lesson C．skill D．language
3. A．always B．almost C．ever D．never
4. A．took B．lost C．left D．finished
5. A．so B．or C．but D．and
6. A．good B．free C．terrible D．short
7. A．still B．nearly C．hardly D．probably
8. A．real B．practical C．immediate D．extra
9. A．wonderful B．crazy C．expensive D．necessary
10. A．house B．school C．office D．farm
11. A．suggested B．risked C．enjoyed D．missed
12. A．meeting B．testing C．learning D．interviewing
13. A．excited B．nervous C．happy D．shocked
14. A．stand for B．hold back C．believe in D．look after
15. A．teacher B．luck C．time D．ability
16. A．wasted B．ignored C．picked up D．put in
17. A．answer B．grade C．pay D．gift
18. A．hope B．forget C．worry D．promise
19. A．different B．important C．hard D．interesting
20. A．grateful B．sorry C．polite D．useful
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Mark Twain，an American writer, published more than 30 books, hundreds of
short stories and essays and gave lectures around the world throughout his career.
Mark Twain left school when he was twelve. He had little school education. Thou
gh he had little school education, he became the most famous writer of his time
. He made millions of dollars by writing. His real name was Samuel Langhorne Cl
emens, but he is better known all over the world as MarkTwain, his penname.
Mark Twain was born in 1835 and he was not a healthy baby. In fact, he was not
expected to live through the first winter. But with his mother's tender care,
he managed to survive. As a boy, he causedmuch trouble for his parents. He use
d to play jokes on all of his friends and neighbors. He didn't like to go to sc
hool, and he constantly ran away from home. He always went in the direction of
the nearby Mississippi. He was nearly drowned nine times. After his father's d
eath in 1847, Mark twain began to work for a printer, who only provided him wit
h food and clothing. Then, he worked as a river-boat pilot (领航
员)and later joinedthe army. But shortly after that he became a miner. During t
his period, he started to write short stories. Afterwards he became a full-time
writer.
In 1870, Mark Twain got married. In the years that followed he wrote many books
including Tom Sawyer in 1876, and Huckleberry Finn in 1884, which made him fam
ous, and brought him a great fortune. Unfortunately, Mark Twain got into debts
in bad investments（投资） and he had to write
large numbers of stories to pay these debts. In 1904, his wife died and then on
e of their childrenpassed away.At the age of 70, his hair was completely white.
He bought many white suits and neckties. Hewore nothing but white from head to
foot until his death on April 21, 1910.
1. When Mark Twain was a little baby,________.
A．his mother thought he would die
B．he was as active as other boys
C．he was not strong enough
D．he was always in hospital
2. In his childhood,________.
A．Mark Twain learned a lot at school
B．Mark Twain often went swimming with other boys
C．Mark Twain often played games with other boys
D．Mark Twain’s mother often worried about his safety
3. In order to make a living, Mark Twain ________ .
A．often ran away from home.
B．first worked for a printer.
C．wrote stories in the beginning.
D．joined the army after he worked in a mine.
4. In the later years of his life, Mark Twain________.
A．continued writing until his death.
B．wrote many stories and earned a lot of money.
C．must have been very sad because he lost his wife and one of his children.
D．lent too much money to others.
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The success of Pickwick Papers made Dickens very popular. He suddenly found himself at twenty-four the most famous novelist of his day. Busy as his social life was, he worked on two novels at the same time－Oliver Twist and Pickwick Papers. He was particularly proud of Pickwick, which was a huge success and was regarded as a comedy (喜剧)masterpiece(杰作). “If I were to live a hundred years and write novels in each, I should never be so proud of any of them as I am proud of Pickwick Papers,” he said.
It has been said of Dickens that he grasped（抓住）the imagination of his readers because his imagination grasped himself. The people in his works were so real that they could make him laugh or cry. When writing Oliver Twist he said that he could not rest until Fagin, the wrongdoer(做坏事的人), had been hanged.
Dickens’ marriage to Catherine Hagarth, with whom he had nine children, ended unhappily in 1858. He started to travel about giving readings of his works. His interest in theater gave his novels the qualities that made them suitable for reading aloud on the stage. A tiring travel to the United States affected his health. On June 9, 1870, when he was working on a new novel, he died, as he had wished. He said he wanted to die working.
1. Dickens became a famous novelist ________.
A．because his social work
B．with the success of Pickwick Papers
C．because he was writing two novels at the same time
D．when he began to give readings of his works
2. According to this passage, we know that Dickens________.
A．was only interested in writing novels
B．didn’t like Oliver Twist
C．wished to live one hundred years and write three novels in each
D．didn’t think he could write a better novel than Pick wick Papers in his life
3.Fagin must be ________.
A．a person in real life
B．a character in Oliver Twist
C．a character in Pickwick Papers
D．one of Dickens’ works
4. Which of the following is TRUE?
A．Dickens had a happy marriage to Catherine Hagarth
B．Dickens was a successful actor
C．Dickens’ death had little to do with his hard work
D．Dickens had wished to die in the course of his work
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Nutrition influences not only students' grades at school but their growth and development. Improper nutrition is one of the causes of childhood obesity. What can you do to help your child avoid childhood obesity?
My first piece of advice is to look in your fridge. What are you buying at the grocery store? Think about it: if you don't buy junk food or snacks, your kids won't eat them at home. Now if you're like me — both of your kids are at school, you'll know you can't police them every second of the day. This is the time when you'll need to talk to your children about their food choices. If you don't know the right food choices, there are so many free resources on-line to guide you.
Try new things. I was very surprised to find out my 4-year-old daughter likes balsamic vinegar — she calls it the "black sauce". She likes to have it with tomatoes and cucumbers. You just never know what your kids might like.
Don't get stressed if you can't always prepare something healthy. You may sometimes leave the house and forget to take something out for dinner, or you are running late and there's no time to cook before you have to take one of the kids somewhere. However, you can still make healthy choices while dining out. Many of the fast food restaurants offer fruit and milk instead of soda. I like to buy organic frozen pizzas from the organic market — for a quick dinner solution(解决办法). All the ingredients are natural. What I do is to serve the pizza with something raw: lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, or fruit to try to give the kids something healthy with that meal.
In closing, take baby steps. Don't try to change your family's eating habits in one go, or you'll go nuts.
1.This passage is written mainly to us
A．explain why today’s kids are overweight
B．tell us the importance of healthy eating
C．give parents some healthy eating tips
D．teach parents what to cook at home
2. The writer believes it is very important for parents to ________
A．make sure their fridge is full of food.
B．teach their children how to eat healthily
C．check their children’s grades at school
D．provide their children with their favorite food
3. Paragraph 4 tells parents they should ________.
A．never take their kids to a fast food restaurant
B．eat out in a nice restaurant with their kids at times
C．choose healthy food while eating out with their kids
D．cook healthy food for their kids however busy they are
4.According to the passage, it does NOT seem to be a good idea to .
A．tell children what to eat at school
B．find free resources on healthy eating online
C．put balsamic vinegar on tomatoes or cucumbers
D．try to change a family’s eating habits in a very short time
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She took up skating at age 85, made her first movie appearance at age 114, and held a concert in the neighborhood on her 121st birthday.
When it comes to long life, Jeanne Calment is the world’s recordholder. She lived to the ripe old age of 122. So is 122 the upper limit to the human life span（寿命）? If scientists come up with some sort of pill or diet that would slow aging, could we possibly make it to 150－or beyond?
Researchers don’t entirely agree on the answers. “Calment lived to 122, so it wouldn’t surprise me if someone alive today reaches 130 or 135, ”says Jerry Shay at the University of Texas.
Steve Austad at the University of Texas agrees. “People can live much longer than we think, ”he says. “Experts used to say that humans couldn’t live past 110. When Calment blew past that age, they raised the number to 120. So why can’t we go higher? ”
The trouble with guessing how old people can live to be is that it’s all just guessing. “Anyone can make up a number, ”says Rich Miller at the University of Michigan. “Usually the scientist who picks the highest number gets his name in Time magazine. ”
Won’t new anti-aging techniques keep us alive for centuries? Any cure, says Miller, for aging would probably keep most of us kicking until about 120. Researchers are working on treatments that lengthen the life span of mice by 50 percent at most. So, if the average human life span is about 80 years, says Miller, “adding another 50 percent would get you to 120. ”
So what can we conclude from this little disagreement among the researchers? That life span is flexible（有弹性的）, but there is a limit, says George Martin of the University of Washington. “We can get flies to live 50 percent longer, ”he says. “But a fly’s never going to live 150 years. ”Of course, if you became a new species （物种）, one that ages at a slower speed, that would be a different story, he adds.
Does Martin really believe that humans could evolve （进化）their way to longer life? “It’s pretty cool to think about, ”he says with a smile.
1. What does the story of Jeanne Calment prove to us?
A．People can live to 122.
B．Old people are creative.
C．Women are sporty at 85.
D．Women live longer than men.
2. According to Steve Austad at the University of Texas, ______.
A．the average human life span could be 110
B．scientists cannot find ways to slow aging
C．few people can expect to live to over 150
D．researchers are not sure how long people can live
3. Who would agree that a scientist will become famous if he makes the wildest guess at longevity?
A．Jerry Shay. B．Steve Austad
C．Rich Miller D．George Martin
4. What can we infer from the last three paragraphs?
A．Most of us could be good at sports even at 120.
B．The average human life span cannot be doubled
C．Scientists believe mice are aging at a slower speed than before.
D．New techniques could be used to change flies into a new species
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There is no doubt that to study abroad gives you an excellent opportunity to learn things which are very helpful in your career building. Today Canada has earned a good name in providing quality education and safe healthy environment for its students. That is why more than 130,000 international students enroll（登记入学） every year in famous Canadian universities. It is an ideal education destination and gives students a unique experience of education and its versatile（多样的） arts and culture. Canada spends a lot on education and is ranked the highest in G-8 countries.
To study in Canada is very cost effective. These universities are affordable compared to other universities in the world such as in the US, New Zealand and UK where cost of education and living is very high. According to a survey in 2006, “Canada offered the lowest tuition fees（学费） for foreign students compared to UK and Australia.”
The low rate of crimes and the peaceful safe environment of the country also attracts a lot of international students to Canadian universities. Canada has 92 universities and 175 community colleges and university degrees have three levels—Bachelor’s(学士), Master’s（硕士） and Doctoral（博士）.
A Bachelor’s degree in Canada is for three or four years’ full-time study depending on the nature of the program you are doing. On the other hand, a Master’s degree consists of two years of study. For a Doctoral program in Canadian universities, you require a minimum （最低/小的） of three to four or sometimes five years of research and study.
You can also find many diploma and certification （认证） program in Canadian universities where the time is generally one year. Some of the Canadian universities are well-regarded worldwide and the degree and diploma obtained from these Canadian universities are recognized globally and promise bright future. After the completion of studies, a person could also find great job offers in Canada itself. International students require a work permit to work on campus.
1. How long will you spend at least in total if you want to finish your Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Canada?
A．11 years B．9 years C．8 years D．7 years
2. What advantages does Canada have to attract foreign students according to the passage?
①Quality education ② Safe environment
③ Versatile culture ④ Bright job future
⑤ High scholarships ⑥ Low tuition fees
A．①②④⑤⑥ B．①②③⑤⑥ C．①③④⑤⑥ D．①②③④⑥
3.What’s the author’s attitude towards studying in Canada?
A．Favorable B．Critical
C．Doubtful D．Not mentioned
4.What’s the best title for the passage？
A．Canadian culture
B．The life in Canada
C．Benefits of studying abroad
D．Study in Canada — a unique experience
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单词填空
1.Students can ________(获得) valuable experience by working with the local villagers.
2.The ability to keep calm is one of her many ________ (长处).
3. Let’s ________ (使结合) my scientific knowledge and your business skills and start a company.
4. We climbed higher so that we could see the ________ (景色) better.
5. The police are still ________(寻找) the men involved in last week’s robbery.
6. Mark Twain is best known for his ________ set in his boyhood world on the river, such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
7.Good morning ,sir . Would you please come in ? P me to lead the way ,sir.
8. I’m hoping to find work .As a matter of fact, I landed in Britain by a.
9. We’re so very glad that you even entered our little eating place. I , sir ,I hope you’ll come here whenever you like.
10. It is well known that Americans like to eat a lot. Well, we’ll have to take a c. Go ahead and let him have it.
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完成句子
1. Without ________, she jumped to her feet and rushed out of the classroom.(ask)
未征得老师的许可，她跳了起来，冲出教室。
2. You wouldn’t allow your children ________ telling untruths to the family, would you?( get)
你不会允许你的孩子对家人说谎而侥幸逃脱的，对吧？
3. At the award ceremony, Mr. Jackson said:“For me , there has been ________ than your support.”(great)
在颁奖仪式上，杰克逊先生说：“对我来说，最大的回报莫过于你们的支持。”
4. It is strange that Jake ________ the newly bought TV (take)
杰克竟然将新买的电视机给拆了，真奇怪！
5. “Why are you here?”, Alice looked at the boy, ________ (surprise)
“你怎么在这里？”爱丽丝看着那个男孩，感到非常吃惊。
6. It was the wind ________ the fire’s rapid advance.(account)
火势能快速蔓延是由于风。
7. Born and ________ in a small village in America , he didn’t know much about the outside world.(bring)
出生在美国一个小村里，他对外面的世界知之不多。
8. A group of children ________ on the playground in JingZhou Middle School this time yesterday.(find)
昨天此时，有人发现一群孩子在荆州中学操场上玩耍。
9. I ________ go out ________Tom came in.(about)
我正要出去，这时汤姆进来了。
10. He was always smiling , but now it seems that he ________ with others.(find)
他过去总是微笑，但现在他好像总是对别人吹毛求疵。
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短文写作
假设一家名叫“阿南”的餐馆即将开业，为吸引外国顾客，提高其知名度，请你用英语为其写一则广告。要点如下：
1. 地址：在泰山路和青岛路交汇处；
2. 该餐馆菜肴种类丰富，色香味俱佳，而且每天推出一样特价菜；
3. 服务质量上乘，欢迎惠顾。
注意：词数120词左右。 阿南餐馆： A Nan Restaurant
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