一、单词拼写
1.The decisin was taken after clse (咨询) with lcal residents.
答案cnsultatin
2.What (标准) are used fr assessing a student’s ability?
答案criteria
3.The i was larger than the utput,s they lst mney.
答案input
4.She feels guilty abut spending less time with her tw kids (近来).
答案lately
5.We have a beautiful city and we (企盼) it stays that way.
答案pray
6.Once yu have reached frmal agreement,yu shuld enter int a (契约) with the ther party.
答案cntract
7.Being back with their family shuld prvide emtinal (稳定)fr the children.
答案stability
8.It mved me much that the by swam well in spite f his (缺陷).
答案disability
二、选词填空
prir t,nt als...,engage in,ppsed t,cntribute t,set up
1.It is imprtant t enrich the sil planting.
答案prir t
2.He is making preparatins fr the cnference n educatinal wrk.
答案engaged in
3.This is just ne f the prblems unemplyment and underemplyment tday.
答案cntributing t
4.We have launched an appeal t a new library and resurce centre.
答案set up
5.In prductin,we demand quantity quality.
答案nt nly;but als
6.At first he was the plan,but we managed t persuade him.
答案ppsed t
三、阅读理解
The desire t sleep late can be almst t much t resist at weekends.This Saturday mrning,thugh,there was smething imprtant enugh t get me up early.Yawning widely,I gt ut f bed and put n sme ld jeans and a T-shirt.After cmbing the huse fr wrk glves,my dad fund a pair my mther used fr gardening and tk them alng.
We hpped(跳) in the car and headed int Bstn.Guided by my directins,Dad managed t get us t ur destinatin:a rw f huses.They were in the prcess f being built,mstly by vlunteers like us.
After grabbing a huge leather tl belt,I met the peple I wuld be wrking with.Virginia,James and Wilbur were all mre than twice my age but treated me like a peer(同龄人).We gt t wrk nailing the frames f walls.By the lunch break I had hit what seemed like every tugh spt in the whle huse,and pried(撬起) cuntless bent nails.The rest f the day went by quickly as I gained efficiency with my hammer.Sn it was time t pack up.
As I was leaving,a wman came int the huse.She saw the prgress we’d made upstairs and started lking arund the rms.Then I realised wh the wman was—her family wuld be living in the huse.As she walked thrugh each rm,I culd see her planning where furniture wuld g.
Even thugh I had nly been there ne shrt day ut f weeks f cnstructin.I felt a great sense f accmplishment.When these huses finished,six families wuld have nice hmes.
Thanks t Habitat fr Humanity fr giving me such an pprtunity t make a difference in thers’ lives.Habitat fr Humanity is an internatinal rganisatin.Yu are welcme t jin and be part f the change yu want t see in yur cmmunity.
1.What is the imprtant thing the authr mentined in paragraph 1?
A.Sleeping at weekends.
B.Building sme huses.
C.Gardening with his mther.
D.Finding a pair f wrk glves.
答案B
解析细节理解题。根据第二段中的“ rw f built,mstly by vlunteers like us.”可知,作者提到的重要事情是去义务修建房屋。故选B项。
2.What can be learned abut the authr frm paragraph 3?
A.He wrked with peple f his age.
B.He was an awkward nailer at first.
C.He finished wrk befre the lunch break.
D.He learned a lt frm his wrkmates.
答案B
解析推理判断题。根据第三段中的“By the lunch break I cuntless bent nails.”可知,作者一开始钉钉子老是钉弯,由此推断,作者刚开始钉钉子技术很不熟练。故选B项。
3.Which f the fllwing wrds can best describe the authr?
A.Caring. B.Brave.
C.Ambitius.D.Sensitive.
答案A
解析推理判断题。根据第二段中的“They were in the prcess f being built,mstly by vlunteers like us.”及最后一段中的“ me such an pprtunity t make a difference in thers’ lives.”可知,作者在公益组织做义工,为改变他人生活状况积极努力,是一个很有爱心的人。故选A项。
四、七选五阅读理解
Hw can teenagers keep themselves frm suffering frm lneliness? Here are sme suggestins fr speeding a recvery frm lneliness.
1 A smile and a friendly greeting fr the student behind yu in line at the cafeteria wn’t make yu best friends. But it will make yu bth feel gd. It can als make it easier t interact the next time, and the time after that.
Find a safe place t make cnnectins. If ging t the dancing party makes yu feel like yu just dn’t belng here, try jining a special-interest grup. 2 Lk fr a grup that allws yu t feel cmfrtable gradually.
Find ther ways f making cnnectins. Lnely peple hunger fr friendship. Smetimes feeling accepted and liked cmes mre easily when yu d smething fr thers rather than waiting fr them t make yu feel better. 3 Help a child in reading. Take ntes fr a disabled classmate. Yu might be surprised at the cnnectins yu make.
4 Lneliness is an absence f quality friendship, nt f a particular quantity f friends. That’s why it’s imprtant t knw hw t select a friend.
Yu get what yu expect, s expect the best. If yu expect thers t be friendly, yu will behave in prper ways that encurage peple t be friendlier t yu. 5 But starting the first step f psitive expectatins can make all the differences.
A.Chse the right peple.
B.Lneliness wn’t last lng.
C.S cnsider becming a vlunteer.
D.Reach ut t thers but start small.
E.It can be hard wrk t be psitive tward thers.
F.Maybe it’s the drama club r the marching band.
G.This harmful attitude can cntinue int adulthd.
答案1.D 2.F 3.C 4.A 5.E
五、语篇填空
New research suggests that ur DNA 1. (help) us t decide whether we prefer cffee r tea.Researchers frm a university in Australia study hw ur genes affect ur taste and why we like sme tastes 2. (gd) than thers.Fllwing the research,researchers believe they knw why sme f us prefer cffee while thers like tea mre.The researchers find that peple wh like mre bitter tastes are mre likely t drink cffee.The researchers say they find smething strange in 3. (they) research.Peple wh are mre 4. (sense) t the bitter taste f caffeine are mre likely t prefer cffee t tea.
Researchers lk at data n mre than 400,000 men and wmen in the United Kingdm.They als lk at an Australian study 5. cmpared the tastes f 1,757 twins with their siblings (兄弟姐妹).The researchers say genes aren’t the nly factrs (因素) 6. (affect) peple’s tastes.Other things like ur changing envirnment,scial factrs r 7. effects f taking medicine can als make us prefer cffee r tea.The researchers say we culd learn t like cffee.Dr Liang-Dar Hwang says:“Bitter taste perceptin (直觉) 8. (shape) nt nly by genetics,but als envirnmental factrs.Even thugh humans 9. (natural) dislike bitterness,we can learn t enjy bitter-tasting fd after being expsed 10. envirnmental factrs.”
答案1.helps 2.better 3.their 4.sensitive 5.that/which 6.t affect 7.the 8.is shaped 9.naturally 10.t