With a huge amount of food ________，all of th...

With a huge amount of food ________，all of the staff are busy preparing for the dinner tonight.

A．would serve       B．served            C．to serve           D．serving

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London has a huge choice of world class conference centers. All are fitted with state of the art technology including the latest audio and visual equipment.

The Brewery

While the City of London is not short of modern, flexible event spaces, not many can be located(位于) in Grade Ⅱ listed buildings. Founded by Whitbread in the 18th century, the Brewery provides a historical setting for a wide variety of events and conferences. The largest conference room can seat 1,000 guests, making it most suitable for major conferences, award dinners and fashion shows.

Central Hall Westminster

Built in 1912 and located just across the road from the Houses of Parliament, the splendid Central Hall Westminster has 22 function rooms and can seat up to 2,160 people in its auditorium (会堂). Visitors can explore the inside of the Edwardian structure for free, with guided tours operating daily from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm.

Emmanuel Center

Located in the heart of Westminster, the Emmanuel Center is a special Grade Ⅱ listed building designed by famous architect, Sir Herbert Baker. Originally built in 1928, the place combines traditional charm with modern equipment. It houses a main auditorium, suitable for events of up to 1,000 people, and two halls that can hold 300 people, making it the perfect place for conferences and seminars.

Kings Place

Opened in 2008, Kings Place offers conference organizers two auditoriums, two art galleries and a wide selection of event spaces with great views over Regent's Canal. Bathed in natural light, the Battlebridge Room can be split into two using a movable wall, creating a room for presentations and the other for refreshments and registration (登记). Google, Audi and the BBC are among the companies which have used Kings Place as a conference center.

1.Which of the conference centers has the longest history?

A. The Brewery.　　 B. Central Hall Westminster.

C. Emmanuel Center.　　 D. Kings Place.

2.What do The Brewery and Emmanuel Center have in common?

A. They each have two auditoriums.

B. The buildings are Grade Ⅱ listed buildings.

C. They are designed by the same architect.

D. They offer guided tours inside the buildings.

3.What are representatives impressed with in Kings Place?

A. Event spaces with wonderful views over a canal.

B. Historical setting for kinds of events and conferences.

C. Exploring the inside of the Edwardian structure free of charge.

D. The place combining traditional charm with modern equipment.

4.What is the text mainly talking about?

A. Tourist attractions.

B. Examples of architectures.

C. Places to hold important meetings.

D. The application of modern technology.

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As we all know, the Internet will let people have ____________to huge amounts of information from their own homes.

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The corn powder with two other things _______ water to make all kinds of food.

A. are mixed with　　 B. is mixed with

C. are mixed by　　 D. is mixed by

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Where there are people, there are chickens. One result of a huge chicken population is a huge amount of chicken feather, which are normally burned or treated as rubbish, polluting the environment.

Ryan Robinson, a biology graduate from Imperial College London, believed there would be a different solution for this feathery waste. Therefore, along with designer Elena Dieckman, he has discovered a way to turn feathers into an insulating (绝缘的) material for buildings or a packing material for food or medicine. The pair has formed a start-up, called Aeropowder, to try and turn their invention into a commercial product. They believe the new material could have a range of uses.

“Currently feathers are mainly transformed in this country to a low-grade animal food called feather meal. Feathers can also be burned or thrown away. And these methods do not make use of their amazing natural properties (特性).” says Robinson.

It turns out that feathers are quite a wonder material. “Feathers are insulating due to their structure, which are hollow fibers,” says Robinson. Extra air in the fibers means less heat transfer. “What has been surprising is how well the material has performed, and we hope to continue to make it better and better. “The current form of Aeropowder’s material looks much more like a fattened brick of feathers. It’s flexible and light.

Aeropowder isn’t the first to try to find a further use for this very common waste product. In 2011, researchers from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the US suggested that chicken feathers should be used to help produce a kind of environmental plastic. The next challenge will be to find a way for this material to be made close to where the chickens are, rather than sending it far away to a processing plant.

“There is still work to be done to get our material tested with early adopters,” Robinson says. “But in the long term, we wish to become the world experts in feather-based materials.”

1.Why did Ryan begin to search for the solution for feathery waste?

A. To produce environmental plastic.　　 B. To make big business profits.

C. To find better building materials.　　 D. To avoid its polluting the environment.

2.What’s the advantage of the feather building material?

A. It can keep the house warm.　　 B. It is easy to be made into bricks.

C. It is enough.　　 D. It helps heat spread quickly.

3.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A. Ryan: an expert in feather-based materials

B. Feather meal: a new kind of animal food

C. Chicken feathers: a wonder material

D. Aeropowder: a new processing plant

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To meet the sales goal ________ in the plan a the beginning of the quarter, all the staff are trying their best to promote their products.

A. laid out　　 B. held out　　 C. figured out　　 D. let out

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The south and east of the Great Lakes is famous for the huge amounts of snow it receives. When the snow starts to fall every year,　people start discussing the phrase “lake-effect snow”.

Lake-effect snow which is influenced by the movement of cold air over the relatively warm water of the Great Lakes often comes in late autumn and early winter. Because of the at least 20 degrees’ difference between the lake water and the overrunning air, it’s easy to form huge amounts of snow.

As the cool air crosses the water of Great Lakes, the lowest levels of the atmosphere begin to warm and pick up moisture. This newly warmed atmosphere is lighter than the cold air above it, so it starts rising. As the changed air continues to climb higher and higher, it finally meets much colder atmosphere which changes the moisture into water drops and ice, forming clouds. After this course repeats a number of times, the clouds become heavier and heavier, and then they are changed into snow and fall down.

The most important point that decides the amount of snowfall is the direction of the wind. If the wind runs perpendicularly（垂直地）across the lake, there won’t be plenty of time for clouds to develop. However, if the wind runs in the opposite direction, clouds will form easily. The longer the cold air travels over the lake, the more moisture it is able to produce, which leads to a greater amount of snow.

The largest amount of the lake-effect snow was found across the U.P. of Michigan, the northwestern Pennsylvania and the far southwestern and northwestern New York, which are all along the south or east of the Great Lakes. It has been over 100 inches of snowfall in a winter season.

1.The level of the snowfall depends on ________.

A．the size of the lake

B．the direction of the wind

C．the temperature of the lake

D．the strength of the wind

2.From the passage, we can learn that ________.

A．clouds are easy to produce with the help of the perpendicular wind

B．cold air always falls down and picks up moisture to form clouds

C．the temperature of the lake water is the same as the overrunning air’s above it

D．the longer journey of the cold atmosphere can make a grater amount of snow

3.The passage is mainly about ________.

A．the influences of the lake-effect snow for local people

B．the weight between moisture and atmosphere

C．how the phrase “lake-effect snow” comes in New York

D．how the lake-effect snow forms around the Great Lakes

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In Scotland, 600,000 tonnes of food are thrown away every year. This amount of food, which could as feed about 1.2 billion poor people, is almost a third of household (家庭) waste. And food waste isn't just a big problem in Scotland.

Money time, and resources (资源) are often wasted by throwing away good food. It also causes very harmful greenhouse gas, which is perilous to the planet.

In the production stage, some foods do not enter the food chain for many reasons. Supermarkets usually care about the quality of food from farms. They often refuse strange-looking and unusually sized produce. However, they seem to forget that it is almost impossible to grow the perfect produce. Food waste at the consumption (消费) stage includes food going out of date and leftovers (剩饭) because of too much food. In households, even mostly fresh fruit and vegetables are thrown away.

In order to reduce food waste, here is what we can do:

Understanding the terms “use by” and “best before” dates. “Use by” dates are there for your safety. It is dangerous to eat food after the use-by date and doing so risks your health. “Best before” dates tell you how long the food will be at its best quality. Once the food passes the date, it isn't necessarily bad, but you should still check, just to be sure.

Every time you go shopping and you bring back new food, put them at the back of your fridge and bring the food that will expire (到期) soon closer to the front. That way, you know what needs to be eaten first.

If you have any food that will expire soon, give it to charity if you aren't going to eat it. They will really appreciate the food you have given.

1.What does the underlined word “perilous” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A. Valuable.　　 B. Dangerous.

C. Different.　　 D. Unnecessary.

2.What should people do to reduce food waste according to the text?

A. Pick usually sized produce.

B. Improve the quality of farm produce.

C. Order produce directly from farmers.

D. Avoid buying too much food at a time.

3.What advice does the author offer to people?

A. Buy food that will expire soon to reduce waste.

B. Throw away food that passes the best-before date.

C. Place food carefully according to its expiry date.

D. Give food that has passed its use-by date to charity.

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My father has worked for 20 years in the field of medicine, so he has_______ a huge amount of experience.

A．achieved          B．piled             C．completed         D．accumulated

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阅读下面的短文并回答问题，然后将答案写到题后的横线上（请注意问题后的词数要求）。

1 A flood is the overflow of a huge amount of water onto normally dry land. Flooding occurs when the overflowing water submerges (淹没) land, and it causes a lot of problems. It is a cruel and violent expression of water.

2 Floods are often deadly and damaging. They kill lots of people, damage houses and crops, and cause extensive destruction. In broader terms, floods are of two types: natural floods and catastrophic floods. Natural floods are the floods that are caused naturally by the overflow of a huge volume of water, from rivers, lakes, oceans, or by heavy rain or downpours, hurricanes, and so on. Catastrophic floods are floods that are caused by some significant (重大的) or unexpected events, for instance, dam breakages.

3 Heavy rainfall is one of the major causes of floods. The level of water in rivers or lakes rises due to heavy rainfall. When the level of water rises above the river banks or dam, the water starts overflowing, which causes floods. Floods occur more in the regions that ____________.

4 Floods are also caused due to heavy snow melting. Global temperatures are rising due to global warming. The rising temperatures are making the snow caps melt faster. Continuous and fast melting snow raises the level of water in the oceans, which consequently raises the level of water in rivers, and when the level of water in rivers rises above the river banks, it causes floods.

5 Generally, floods occur more in low-lying areas or areas below sea level. One of the main reasons is that rivers flow slowly in these areas. The volume of water increases in low-lying areas. When the level of water rises in these regions, it causes floods.

6 Sometimes floods are caused due to poor dams that cannot hold great volume of water. Therefore, there are always different causes of floods. However, floods caused by humans can be avoided. Humans should let the nature go its own way.

1.What is the main idea of the passage? （no more than 5 words）

_____________________________________________________________________________

2.When do floods occur? (no more than 6 words)

_____________________________________________________________________________

3.What causes catastrophic floods? (no more than 8 words)

_____________________________________________________________________________

4.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 wit proper words. (no more than 4 words )

_____________________________________________________________________________

5.What does the word “They” (Line 1, Paragraph 2) probably refer to? (1 word)

_____________________________________________________________________________

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