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Ⅰ.单词拼写
1.The two countries are negotiating (谈判) for a peaceful solution to the dispute at present.
2.When Susan beheld (看见) several familiar faces in the new school, she felt very happy.
3.According to Jane Goodall, the chimps develop longterm bonds (关系) among them.
4.It is more than 100 years since the foundation (建立,创立) of the organization.
5.She has formed (养成,组成,构成) the habit of reading before going to bed.
6.The sports star has joined a big league (联盟) in America.
7.The woman developed (发展,开发) the company from nothing.
8.The young couple decided to make an aroundtheworld voyage (航行).
9.Inside, exhibits and information help visitors understand the maritime (海运的) history of England.
10.When the group first appeared on the American television channel (频道) Comedy Central, they were well received.
Ⅱ.完成句子
1.There are practices all summer, except for (除了……) July, and you have to go to a fourday camp.
2.Only in this way can we express thanks to our parents in return for (作为对……的报答)their love.
3.The Greens set off (出发,启程) early in the morning and arrived at their destination before noon.
4. For the benefit of (为了……的利益) future generations, we must protect the environment from now on.
5.When Steven grew up (长大) in a small town, his family did not have a lot of money.
6.Jordan was a good basketball player and in a league of his own (独领风骚).
7.Now that you are a senior high school student, there is no need to buy (没必要购买) such an expensive cellphone.
8.With lots of work in hand (手头上) , I'm afraid I can't go to the party tonight.
9.Many students are making plans for (为……做计划) the summer vacation.
10.Our dream will come true (变成,现实) sooner or later.
Ⅲ.语法填空
1.We are working under the command of the manager that no expense be spared to make the conference a success.
2.The reason why the three boys become good friends is that they all have a passion for painting.
3.Chang'e 5, a mission in China's lunar exploration (explore) program, will demonstrate and test the country's technological and engineering capabilities in space.
4.Endless miles of mountains were a sight to behold (behold); we all enjoyed ourselves during our stay in the mountains.
5.All of a sudden, he thought of the time when he was trapped in a small town.
6.He settled in the USA 10 years ago, and this is the first time that he has revisited (revisit) his native city.
7.The exercises are designed to strengthen (strength)your stomach muscles.
8.I had learned music for ten years, which provided the foundation (found) for my music career.
9.The agreement paved the way for the establishment of the bonds between the two countries.
10.We should spare time to take exercise regularly for the benefit of us.
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Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
For years the Italian city of Venice has been struggling with a few concerns. Saint Mark's Square is often flooded. Venice's waterways require repairs. But, by far, the biggest problem is the rapidly growing number of visitors to the city.
So city officials have decided to require all visitors to pay a fee to enter Venice. The money will help to pay for cleaning and other services that help to keep the city beautiful.
Venice's Mayor Luigi Brugnaro explained the decision to the international media during a visit to Rome last week. “Venice is a wonder of the world and only in this way can it be saved,” the mayor said. “The fee process will be experimental at first,” he added.
A oneday visit will cost about $ 7. City officials have yet to decide when the fee collection will begin. The money will be collected by transport companies that bring the tourists to Venice. The city will set up cameras for those arriving in private cars. And there will be fines for those who do not pay the fee. Students, some workers and children under the age of six will not have to pay. Naturally, anyone born or living in Venice is exempt .
City officials hope this will prevent the overcrowding that often comes with large numbers of tourists. Some people living in Venice say they do not believe the fee plan will work. Lawyer Roberta Pierabon says it will be impossible to collect the money from everyone who visits the city. Visitors arrive from all sides. She does not believe tourists can be controlled and adds that she disapproves of the plan. Other Venetians like the idea. They say it will make tourism less aggressive. Venetians love their city and know it will never stop appealing to visitors. Venice is so special, they say, that it belongs to the whole of humanity.
[语篇解读] 作者开篇提出了威尼斯目前面临的一个大问题:旅游人数急速增加。政府想出来的对策是征收旅游费用。市长向国际媒体解释了这一决定及实施方案,大家对这个决定看法不一。
1.What is the biggest problem that arises in Venice?
A.The visitor boom.
B.The frequent flood.
C.The poor city service.
D.The waterway repair.
解析:A [细节理解题。根据第一段中的“But,by far,the biggest problem is the rapidly growing number of visitors to the city”可知,目前威尼斯面临的最大问题是来这个城市旅游的人数急速增加。]
2.How will city officials deal with the big problem?
A.By educating citizens.
B.By doing experiments.
C.By charging fees.
D.By turning to the media.
解析:C [细节理解题。根据第二段中的“So city officials have decided to require all visitors to pay a fee to enter Venice”可知,市政府官员们决定所有游客必须付费才能进入威尼斯。]
3.What does the underlined world “exempt” probably mean in Paragraph 4?
A.Asked to stay.
B.Permitted to settle.
C.Required not to enter.
D.Allowed not to pay.
解析:D [词义猜测题。画线单词所在句的“Naturally”表示前后句是顺承关系。学生、一些工人和六岁以下的儿童不用付费。自然而然地,生在威尼斯或者生活在威尼斯的人也不用付费。]
B
Earth's longest artificial structure is usually said to be the Great Wall of China. Just how long that is hard to say, for northern China actually has many walls, built at different times and not always interconnecting. Earth's secondlongest artificial structure, though, is not a wall, but a fence. Its length is known exactly. It stretches for 5,614 km across eastern Australia and is intended to stop the country's native wild dogs, the dingoes, which live mainly to its north, from hunting sheep, which are farmed mainly to its south.
Australia's dingo fence is remarkable. But it does not stand alone. Millions of kilometres of fences wrap the world. Some are intended to control the movement of animals, some the movement of people, and some merely to mark the limits of territory, so that everyone knows who owns what. Even fences built for other purposes, though, often serve to limit animals, too. Such worries are not foolish. Hardening borders in Central Asia, coupled with the expansion of fenced railways, have reduced the number of another large, endangered mammal, the saiga antelope.
No sitting on the fence, perhaps smarter fencing can help. In the American West, for example, Montana and Wyoming are conducting campaigns to replace decadesold fences with ones that are more ecologically friendly. The changes required are often small. Making fences low enough for deer to jump over helps. Adding poles improves a fence's visibility, stopping unfortunate collisions at speed. And not all wire need be barbed(带倒刺).
There is, though, also a need to paint a clearer picture of where fences are, and to remove those past their prime (鼎盛时期). Such structures are seldom welldocumented and are difficult to pick out in satellite photographs, so doing this can be hard. Jeffrey Masek, a specialist in Earthimaging at NASA, America's space agency, suggests instead using commercial drones(无人机), which fly at low enough altitudes to capture detailed pictures. Deserted fences are of use to neither man nor beast. To beasts, in fact, they are absolutely terrible.
[语篇解读] 本文是一篇说明文,主要介绍了世界上现存的各种各样的人造长栏,以及这些长栏存在的问题和解决办法。
4.How is the first paragraph developed mainly?
A.By giving examples. B.By listing data.
C.By comparison. D.By classification.
解析:C [推理判断题。根据第一段中的“Earth's longest artificial structure is usually said to be the Great Wall of China”以及“Earth's second longest artificial structure,though,is not a wall,but a fence”可知,第一段是用作比较的方式展开的。故选C。]
5.Why are people concerned about the fences?
A.They control the movement of animals.
B.They may harm the movement of people.
C.They may go beyond the original purposes.
D.They have done harm to environmental protection.
解析:C [细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Even fences built for other purposes,though,often serve to limit animals,too.Such worries are not foolish”可知,人们对于长栏的担忧是长栏的作用远远超出了最初的目的。故选C。]
6.Which of the following is the measure mentioned in the passage?
A.Remove all the current fences.
B.Prevent some unfortunate collisions at speed.
C.Change the height and appearance of fences.
D.Make the fences more appealing in appearance.
解析:C [推理判断题。根据第三段中的“Making fences low enough for deer to jump over helps”以及“Adding poles improves a fence's visibility,stopping unfortunate collisions at speed”可知,这篇文章提到的措施是改变长栏的高度和外观。故选C。]
Ⅱ.阅读填句
China has been the birthplace of many of the world's greatest inventions.It was, for example, the first country to produce paper money.Before the invention of paper money and coins, people used many different kinds of things for buying and selling. 1 This exchange of goods and services for other goods and services is called bartering (以物易物).
2 In 1200 BC, people in China began to use shells (贝壳) as money.Usually the shells used as money were very small.This made it easier for people to carry money over long distances, and allowed for trade to develop between different parts of the country.
In the years which followed this invention, many other countries around the world began to do the same. 3
The next development was in 1000 BC, when China started making bronze and copper shells.It wasn't long before the Chinese made round coins out of metal. 4 By 500 BC, metal coins had begun to appear in countries like Persia and Greece, and later in the Roman Empire.
About 1000 years later, leather was used as money in China, and in 806 AD, the first paper banknotes were produced by the Chinese people. 5
A.People also began collecting foreign coins as souvenirs.
B.However, as economies developed, such exchanges became impractical.
C.It was still many years before paper currency appeared in Europe.
D.They also used tiny shells as money for buying and selling.
E.As time went by, trade between countries increased.
F.During that time, for example, buying a chicken might cost several potatoes.
G.The very first coins often had holes in them,so that people could string them together.
[语篇解读] 本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了货币在中国的发展过程,由实物交换到贝壳货币再到金属圆硬币,最后发明了纸币——中国成为世界上第一个制作纸币的国家。
1.F [结合文章语境可知,在纸币发明前人们用实物来买卖,F项就是对那个时代物物交换的一个举例说明。]
2.B [根据下文的内容可知,在公元前1200年使用贝壳作为货币,很容易携带到远的地方。由此可见,上文应该提到随着经济发展,之前物物交换的方式不方便、不实用。分析选项可知B项符合题意。]
3.D [根据上句内容,在这项发明之后的几年里,世界上许多其他国家也开始这样做,即也使用贝壳来作为货币。D项符合题意。]
4.G [根据本空的上下文内容可知,这时货币出现了新的发展,即出现金属币。分析选项可知,G项指出最早的硬币上常有洞与本段coins同词复现,符合题意。]
5.C [结合本段内容可知,纸币最早出现在中国。选项C项中提到了paper currency (纸币),且说明了中国纸币比欧洲纸币出现得更早,符合题意。]
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