Ⅰ. Fill the blank with the proper word:
1. The t_______ of this play is “Romeo and Juliet.”
2. Out of the c_______ of her eye, she saw him coming closer.
3. At a n_______ table, I heard a man complaining in a low voice to the waiter about the food.
4. After leaving school, John went to technical c_______.
5. Her daughter is at u_______ and studies law.
6. I only saw her once d_______ my stay in Beijing because she was so busy with endless meetings.
7. Please let us know if you are unable to a_______ the meeting.
8. English is not my n_______ language, but I enjoy reading English books from time to time.
9. The two children were rescued from the b_______ car.
10. The flight to Paris was c_______ because of bad weather.
11. There is a heat discussion about the accident and its likely c_______.
12. Staying c_______ is very important in an emergency.
13. He is p_______ lazy because he seldom tidies his bedroom.
14. She has always had an a_______ to be a pilot.
15. My pen pal e_______ some photos in the letter.
Ⅱ. Fill in the blanks with the work in its proper form:
high own compete need sign sail chemical describe possible physics |
1. Her vivid（生动的）_______ of the horrible scene made me scared.
2. The _______ of the mountain did not sTOP them going forward.
3. _______ of dogs have to keep their animals under control in public places.
4. Unbelievable! He won the race because the other _______ failed to turn up!
5. In the future, Jane will _______ be a reporter because she is shy and poor at writing.
6. Please take the school reports home and get your parents’ _______ back tomorrow.
7. It is _______ for students to buy many fashionable clothes because they must wear uniforms every day.
8. The old _______ stories of his adventures attracted the boys.
9. I like having _______ lessons because it is exciting to do all kinds of experiments in class.
10. only a few girls are active in the _______ Education lessons.
Ⅲ. Choose the best answer:
1. Look at the sign. Do you notice this is _______ one-way street?
A. a B. an C. the D. /
2. Would you please tell me _______ about yourself?
A. anything B. something C. everything D. nothing
3. -- _______ is it from your home to the school? -- Fifteen minutes’ ride.
A. What time B. How soon C. How long D. How far
4. The postcode makes it _______ for the post office to deliver letters than before.
A. easy B. easier C. easily D. less easy
5. Can you name the animals and match them _______ the correct countries?
A. at B. with C. on D. in
6. Please keep the door _______ and the window _______ during the winter night.
A. close, open B. closed, opened C. close, opened D. closed, open
7. My cousin enjoys _______ computer games and _______ the radio in the evening.
A. playing, listening B. playing, listening to
C. to play, listen D. to play, to listen to
8. Jack’s hobbies are _______ piano and _______ rugby.
A. playing, playing B. playing the, playing
C. to play the, to play D. to play, to play the
9. Which of the following sentences doesn’t have the same meaning with “Lisa is eager to ski.”?
A. Lisa is keen to ski. B. Lisa prefers to ski.
C. Lisa wants to ski very much. D. Lisa is keen on skiing.
10. I hope you _______ my letter soon.
A. to reply B. to reply to C. will reply D. will reply to
11. The taxi fare _______ a lot since the price of gas keeps going up.
A. has risen B. has raised C. rose D. raised
12. Would you like me _______ you _______ some places of interest in Shanghai?
A. to introduce, to B. introducing to C. to introduce, for D. introducing, in
13. Which of the underlined parts of the words has the same sound as /i:/?
A. dr__________m B. h__________d C. th__________tre D. h__________vy
14. Which of the following phonetic symbol is correct for the word “during”?
A. /’dju:ərɪŋ/ B. /’duərɪŋ/ C. /’djuərɪŋ/ D. /’djuərɪn/
Ⅳ. Rewrite the following sentences:
1. Both of them are interested in rugby.（维持句意）
Both of them were _______ _______ rugby.
Both of them were _______ _______ rugby.
2. Tom wants to have a room of his own.（维持句意不变）
Tom wants to have _______ _______ room.
3. She lives alone.（维持句意不变）
She lives _______ _______ _______ .
4. My sister and I lived in the same room years ago.（维持句意不变）
My sister _______ the room _______ me years ago.
5. We pay for things more conveniently by using Alipay.（维持句意不变）
Alipay _______ us _______ pay for things more easily.
6. The teacher advised the students to go into the reading room quietly.（维持句意不变）
The teacher _______ _______ the reading room quietly.
7. I was thin/and short at the age of ten.（对划线部分提问）
_______ _______ you like at the age of ten?
8. Mary is reading a book. He said.（合并为一句）
________________________________________________________.
9. He loved Chinese food. I know.（合并为一句）
_______________________________________________________________.
Ⅴ. Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each can only be sued once:
A. worry B. technologies C. possible D. create E. disappear F. completely G. hardly |
Artificial intelligence （AI）is growing rapidly. We are living in a world that depends more and more on 人工智能. 人工智能 is a group of ____1____ that help machines get, understand and use information to solve problems.
人工智能’s recent developments have got a lot of social attention. Some people have welcomed 人工智能 because it makes things ____2____. For example, 人工智能 will have a big influence（影响）on areas like medicine and engineering.
But this attention has also produced a lot of fear. Especially, many workers ___3___ that 人工智能 could make them lose their jobs.
According to a recent study, nearly five percent of jobs will ___4___ because of 人工智能. In some industries, 人工智能 is already doing the work that people used to do, such as as百度竞价推广bling（组装）cars, digging the coal and lifting goods. Self-driving cars and trucks controlled by 人工智能 will also take away the driver’s jobs in the future.
On the other hand, 人工智能 will also ___5____ many new chances for people. More people will be needed to write programmes for 人工智能 systems and work on them, too. Meanwhile, work which requires feelings, excellent communication skills with people will not be replaced by 人工智能, such as teaching, nursing and personal training.
人工智能 is here. It is changing people’s life and work ___6____ in many ways. That makes 人工智能 important to watch, not to fear.
Ⅵ. Reading
A. Choose the best answer.
“Mother, may I go down to the river? It has sTOPped raining now!”
“Very well, Tom,” replied his mother, “only, be careful, and don’t stay away long!”
So, Tom ran off down the field to the river which flowed past his father’s farm in far north Queensland in Australia. It had been raining for ten days. Sometimes the rain fell fast and hard, then light showers would follow. The ground was all wet.
“All not countries, such as where we live,” Tom’s father had once told him, “may flood at times. The sun has great power in the tropics to draw up the water from the sea. You know how the vapour rises into the air. The higher the temperature of the air, the greater the amount of moisture（水分）the air can hold. When the air cools, the vapour becomes clouds, or if it is near the earth’s surface, as mist（薄雾）. When the air cools gradually, the rain drops are small and the rain is light. However, when the vapour drops suddenly in temperature, the drops are large and the rain is heavy.”
“ In some tropical countries, where the sun is always at work on large bodies of water, a very large amount of vapour collects in the air, and it may take days, or even weeks, to form rain drops and fall. It may then rain for days continually. When this happens, after two or three days, the water falls does not have the time to soak（浸泡）through the soil or be carried off in the streams; so it gathers on the surface, and then we have a flood.”
When Tom got to the river, where the crossing was, he found the water rising rapidly. He thought about what his father had taught him about the floods, he decided to go back home at once and tell him the news.
1. What did Tom’s father probably do?
A. A geography teacher. B. A scientist. C. A farmer D. A doctor
2. How long had Tom probably stayed at home?
A. Ten days. B. Two days. C. Three days. D. Several days.
3. The air can hold a lot of moisture when _______.
A. the air cools down suddenly B. the air cools down gradually
C. the temperature is high D. the temperature is low
4. What was the “news” in the last sentence?
A. Maybe a terrible flood was coming soon.
B. They could start to work on the farm immediately.
C. The rain had caused a great loss to their farm.
D. He had learned how the flood came into being.
5. Tom was a _______ boy according to the passage.
A. hardworking B. generous C. lazy D. clever
B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage.
Do you know something about cats? Do we humans learn something good from them?
Cats are animals of habit. They like to go to sleep about the same time every day and for a certain length of time. They seem to have a natural clock inside them that tells them when to sleep and when to __1__.
Cats make up their regular sleep with occasional cat naps. Some experts feel that humans could also benefit from this habit. Cat naps help to build up energy in the body. They are also a good way to overcome boredom. Since cats have moods __2__ those of humans, some experts believe that people can __3__ their moods and attitudes by catnapping. People might become happier and more positive and they can finish their work more efficiently.
A number of famous people have __4__ cats by taking cat naps during the day. The naps would usually last from 15 to 30 minutes.
Winston Churchill took cat naps, too. When he was 66 years old, Churchill was appointed Prime Minister of England（被任命为英格兰首相）at the important time by King George VI. England’s army suffered many losses at the beginning of the World War II. Churchill faced a large number of challenges. But with his full energy and his great ability, he led his people to victory. He was a tireless source of strength to his people. Churchill ___5___ told one of his best fiends privately that the reason why he was able to work long hours, often into the deep night, napping was his ___6___.
Perhaps more people could learn from cats and take naps to feel better and live longer.
1. A. stay up B. wake up C. put up D. turn up
2. A. similar to B. same as C. different from D. connected with
3. A. increase B. improve C. impress D. interest
4. A. caught B. cared C. copied D. controlled
5. A. once B. never C. seldom D. nearly
6. A. story B. secret C. success D. suggestion
C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.
The brain is the most fascinating part of our body. Even though there has been all medical research, n___1____ really understands everything about it. Like the rest of our body, out brain needs to be cared for. The ways that we keep our mind healthy can be quite s____2___. Getting a good night’s sleep, eating a balanced diet and taking deep breathes are all important methods of looking after both your body and your brain.
Many people think their brain will slow down with age ad their memory will get worse as a result. The t____3___ is just like your body, you can also improve your mind. I’ve found I can improve my memory by i____4___ what I need to remember. For example, if I’m going shopping and I need bread, milk and a birthday card for my brother, I form pictures of a loaf of bread, a carton of milk with a cow on the front and a birthday card with a football on it.
The same kind of method can be used with important dates. If you have a picture in your mind of a particular event, it’s much e___5____ to remember than just a number on a calendar.
Another way of improving your mind is to make sure you r___6____ visit new places and have new experiences. Travelling more often has much more long-term benefits than you would have even expected. Personally I found learning English is a great way to keep the brain working, but communication with others in any language is important. Having a c___7____ is much better for your brain than staring at a computer screen or at other people talking on TV.
D. Answer the questions.
That cold January night, I was growing sick of my life in the city I lived. There I was, walking home at one in the morning after a tiring practice at the theatre. I was having trouble dealing with my part-time job at the bank and my acting at night at the same time. As I walked, I thought seriously about giving up both acting and the life in this awful place.
As I walked down the empty street under tall buildings, I felt very small and cold. “Run!” I told myself and began to do so, both to keep warm and keep away from any possible danger.
about a clock from my flat, I heard a sound behind me. I turned quickly, half expecting to see someone with a knife or a gun, but the street was empty. The noise had made me nervous, so I started to run faster. I didn’t realize what the noise had been until I reached my flat and unlocked the door. It had been my wallet falling to the street.
I wasn’t cold or tired any more. I ran out of the door and back to where I had heard the noise. Although I searched the street for fifteen minutes, my wallet was nowhere to be found.
Just as I was about to give up the search, I heard a rubbish truck sTOP next to me. A voice called from the inside, “Lisa Camacho?” I thought I was dreaming. How could this man know my name? the door opened and a man jumped out. “Is this what you’re looking for?” he asked, holding up a small square shape.
It was nearly 3 a.m. by the time I got into bed. I wouldn’t get much sleep that night. But I had got my wallet back. I also had got back some enjoyment of city life.
1. How many jobs did the writer do in the city she lived?
2. How did the writer keep herself warm and safe in the street?
3. Why did the writer feel nervous when she heard a sound behind her?
4. When did the writer realize that the sound had been her wallet falling to the street?
5. Who found the wallet for the writer?
6. What did the writer think of city life at the end of the story? Why?
Ⅶ. Write a passage of at least 60 words under the TOPic A letter to a penfriend.（根据需要写一段题为《一封给笔友的信》，不少于60词的短文）
Suppose you were May and you had received Jon’s letter. Please write to him with the complete
KEYS
I.
1. title 2. corner 3. nearby 4. college 5. university
6. during 7. attend 8. native 9. burning 10. cancelled
11. cause 12. calm 13. probably 14. ambition 15. enclosed
II.
1. description 2. height 3. Owners 4. competitors 5. impossibly
6. signatures 7. unnecessary 8. sailor's 9. chemistry 10. Physical
III.
1. A 2. B 3. D 4. B 5. B
6. D 7. B 8. B 9. A 10. D
11. A 12. A 13. A 14. C
IV
1. keen on; fond of
2. his own
3. on her own
4. shared with
5. enables to
6. suggested entering
7. What were
8. He said that Mary was reading a book.
9. I know that he loved Chinese food.
V.
1. B 2. C 3. A 4, E 5. D 6. F
VI. Reading
1. C 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. D
1. B 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. A 6. B
1. nobody 2. simple 3. truth 4. imagining 5. easier 6. regularly 7. conversation
1. Two jobs
2. By running
3. Because the street was empty.
4. She reached her flat and unlocked the door.
5. A rubbish truck driver
6. She thought not everyone was bad
