阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Is the world really going mad? _____day I was sitting in a restaurant _____ a quick drink and a talk with a few friends when it suddenly_____ me that almost everyone in the restaurant was smoking. It wasn’t long _____ the whole room was _____ with smoke. I asked with an apology for_____ to open a window to stop myself _____!
Nowadays air pollution is something that hardly question any more. However, I still can’t walk down the street in any of the big cities without _____ that people are _____ the air pollution. It is time for the government departments of the world to introduce emission(废气排放) controls on all cars and _____ the public transport system(公共交通体系) to encourage people to _____ their cars at home. A friend of mine takes flying lesson each morning and it really makes him _____ when he climbs above the smog layer(烟雾) and looks down _____ it and thinks: “I’m breathing that!” This kind of _____ results from the bad management of resources. Waste things can _____ should, be treated properly. House building, road _____, and industrial development are all earthmoving(or earth-reducing) operations and can change the balances of _____ created over millions of years. I would like to _____serious studies done on all these main works before they are built. Also, there should be _____ national parks set up to keep the most beautiful parts of our countries in their natural _____.
1.A. The other B. Another C. Every D. Each
2.A. asking for B. drinking C. having D. buying
3.A. seemed B. struck C. sank D. showed
4.A. ago B. after C. before D. now
5.A. full B. filled C. crowed D. parked
6.A. promise B. help C. suggestion D. permission
7.A. standing B. sitting C. talking D. dying
8.A. thinking B. persuading C. deciding D. learning
9.A. suffering B. dying C. walking D. standing
10.A. increase B. reduce C. improve D. raise
11.A. wash B. repair C. drive D. leave
12.A. sick B. tired C. foolish D. excited
13.A. on B. at C. from D. for
14.A. discussion B. question C. pollution D. operation
15.A. but B. yet C. still D. and
16.A. work B. construction C. building D. setting
17.A. life B. mind C. human being D. plants
18.A. see B. start C. enjoy D. pay
19.A. few B. any C. more D. no
20.A. situation B. states C.soils D.places
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
How to Learn a Foreign Language
Spend the time!
By far the most important factor is how much time you spend in learning the language. The more time you spend with the language, the faster you will learn.____ 1._____
Focus on words and phrases!
To build up your vocabulary, you’ll need lots._____ 2.____ Learn these words and phrases through your listening and reading. Read online, using online dictionaries, and make your own vocabulary lists for review. Gradually you will be able to use them.
________3._________
Listen wherever you are on your MP3 player. Read what you are listening to. Listen to and read things that you like, things that you can mostly understand. If you keep listening and reading, you will get used to the language.
Take responsibility for your own learning!
If you do want to learn the language, take control. Choose content of interest that you want to listen to and read. Seek out the words and phrases that you need to understand in your listening and reading._____ 4.____ Discover the language by yourself. Talk when you feel like it. Write when you feel like it.
Relax and enjoy yourself!
Do not worry about what you cannot remember, or cannot yet understand, or cannot yet say. It does not matter.____ 5.__ .The language will gradually become clearer in your brain, but this will happen on a schedule that you cannot control. Just make sure you spend enough time with the language.
A. Listen and read every day!
B. You are learning and improving.
C. That is the greatest guarantee of success.
D. Do not wait for someone else to show you the language.
E. Start to notice words and how they come together as phrases.
F. Soon you will run into your new words and phrases elsewhere.
G. This means spending time enjoyably connected to the language you are learning.
Have you ever complained why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your studies sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and smile all the time. If you see the world with your warm heart, you’ll find that the whole world smiles to you.
While in school, sometimes you are tired of your lessons, but have you ever noticed the happy smile on your teacher’s face when you did a good job?
One day it is fine. Just before you go out, it suddenly starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very sad and start to complain about the weather. But dear friends, why don’t you sit down and listen to the free concerts that the nature offers you? And with the timely rain, crops in the fields will grow better and better and farmers will have a good harvest.
Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, sometimes failure can’t be avoided. I think failure is not terrible, and the terrible thing is that we are afraid of it and give up hope. When we face failure, we must be confident in ourselves, draw a useful lesson from it and try our best to finish what we have decided to do. As a popular saying goes, “Failure is the mother of success”.
Attitude decides everything. With an optimistic attitude life is easy and pleasant. Let’s smile to whatever we meet and the whole world will smile to us.
1. People sometimes complain _________.
A. the sky is always dark
B. their studies are successful
C. they see the world with their heart
D. life is tiring
2.When we face failure, we ___________.
A. must be confident in ourselves
B. shouldn’t be afraid of it
C. shouldn’t give up hope
D. All of the above
3.The best title for the passage is_______.
A. Smile and the World Smiles to You
B. Complaining about Life
C. Failure is the Mother of Success
D. It is Very Hard to Succeed
More than two thirds of the world's polar bears will be wiped out by 2050，according to a shocking new study. By then，scientists say，global warming will have melted 42 percent of the Arctic sea ice. By 2100，only a very few of these important creatures will be left.
The report has been produced by the US Geological Survey. The scientists have publicized their findings in the hope of influencing US Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne，who has been asked to put polar bears on the US endangered species list.
Polar bears depend on floating sea ice as a platform for hunting seals，which are their main food. Without enough ice，polar bears would be forced to go onto the land，where they are poorly skilled hunters，and would be unlikely to adapt to the life on the land in time. Experts say few little bears would survive and the stress could make many females unable to get pregnant.
The team of American and Canadian scientists spent six months studying bears，on the ground，from spotter planes and in the lab，using computer models.
Some team members fear the result is even worse for the bears than what their report says. They say the Arctic is warming faster than anywhere in the world and much faster than their computer had been forecasting. Satellite observations have showed that the ice has decreased to an all－time low.
However，not everyone in the scientific community believes that global warming is happening on such an alarming scale. Another investigation has found that polar bears are still being hunted by wealthy “sportsmen” who want their skins and heads. At least ten international companies offer bear－hunting trips.
1.What do we know about Dirk Kempthorne according to the passage?
A．He is an animal scientist.
B．He is a protector of animals working for the US government.
C．He was asked to put polar bears on the US endangered species list.
D．He offered to put polar bears on the endangered species list.
2.Why will polar bears die out if there is not enough sea ice?
A．Because polar bears can't catch enough food without ice.
B．Because polar bears eat ice when they feel thirsty.
C．Because polar bears will be easily found by hunters without ice.
D．Because most female bears are used to giving birth under ice.
3.After a six－month study，some scientists fear that ________．
A．there is something wrong with their computers
B．polar bears will disappear even faster than they ever expected
C．their computer models are not as accurate as they expected
D．global warming will destroy everything in the Arctic
4.What does the writer want to tell us in the last paragraph?
A．The forecast about the future of polar bears is not correct.
B．Global warming won't have any effect on hunting trips in the Arctic.
C．Polar bears are an endangered species as a result of bear－hunting.
D．People don't pay enough attention to the protection of endangered species.
Liu Huan is a professor at the University of International Business and Economics. He is also a noted musician and popular singer in the Chinese mainland.
Born on Aug. 26, 1963 in to a teacher’s family in Tianjin, Liu enrolled at the University of International Relations in Beijing in 1981, majoring in French literature. He was retained at the university as a faculty member(教职工)after graduation in 1985. He won two first prizes in Beijing’s first-ever university English and French singing contests in 1985. To help promote local education by teaching music, he lived in Shizuishan, a remote area in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, in 1985~1986. He was appointed a professor at the University of International Business and Economics to teach the history of Western music in 1991, and has been working at the university for more than 20 years.
As a professor, Liu is invited every year to colleges and universities in Beijing to teach music courses. As a famous musician, when asked if his classes differ from other teachers’, Liu simply said, “Nothing different. While standing on the platform, I am just a teacher. Everything outside has nothing to do with me at that moment. ”
Since becoming a professional singer in 1985, Liu’s singing has been widely welcomed across the country. He won many national awards, including the Top 10 Film and TV Singers in the Country in 1988, in 1990 and in 1992. On Aug. 8, 2008, Liu sang a duet “You and Me” with Sarah Brightman at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games, reaching the top of his singing career. In addition to singing, Liu Huan also creates original scores for film and TV. His works have been well received by both audiences and his peers in the industry.
Therefore, Liu is chosen to act as one of the four judges on “The Voice of China” , a surprisingly popular singing talent show which has been aired on Zhejiang Satellite TV since July 13, 2012. At the same time, his fellow judges are Na Ying, Yang Kun, and Harlem Yu. (322W)
1. What does the underlined word “noted” in the first paragraph mean?
A. Famous. B. Skilled. C. Gifted. D. Important.
2.Liu Huan used to live in Shizuishan, a remote area in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region to_____
A. learn about their customs and cultures
B. improve his ability of composing music by living in the village
C. help promote local education by teaching music
D. find some talented students in music
3. When he reached the top of his singing career, he was .
A. 45 B. 22 C. 28 D. 49
4.Which is NOT true of the description about his musical achievements?
A. He has won the Top 10 Film and TV Singers in the Country three times.
B. He succeeded in singing a duet “You and Me” with Sarah Brightman at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games.
C. He creates many original scores for film and TV.
D. He is the only one who acts as a judge on “The Voice of China”.
A teacher let her class play a game. The teacher told each child to bring a bag with some potatoes. Each potato would be given a name of a person that the child hated, so the number of potatoes in his/her bag would depend on the number of people the child hated. Some children had two potatoes, some had three and others had up to five potatoes. The teacher then told the children to carry the bag wherever they went for a week. After a week, the teacher asked, “How did you feel?” The children started complaining about the unpleasant smell coming from the rotten potatoes when they had to carry the heavy and smelly potatoes everywhere they went.
Then the teacher said,” This is the same when you carry your hate for somebody inside your heart. The smell of hate will pollute your heart and you will carry it with you wherever you go. If you cannot bear the smell of rotten potatoes for just one week, can you imagine what it is like to have the smell of hate in your heart for your lifetime?”
1. In the game, the students should _________.
A. keep the bag of potatoes in the classroom
B. carry the bag of potatoes everywhere they go
C. leave the bag of potatoes at home
D. count the bag of potatoes every day
2.The underlined word “rotten” most probably means ___________ in Chinese.
A. delicious B. fresh C. sweet D. bad
3.According to the last paragraph, we can learn that ________.
A. potatoes are very important to the students
B. hating others can make the life unhappy
C. the smell of hate is good for our health
D. the students like to carry the bag of the potatoes
4.Which is the best title of this passage?
A. An interesting game
B. Carry the smelly potatoes
C. The rotten potatoes
D. To excuse others is to excuse yourself.
