Some parts of the garden are for the rest of the world to admire. Others are for you to disappear to when you don't want to be found. Of course, that's easy enough to arrange when you have lots of land with space for the kids to run round and cosy "garden rooms" for the adults to enjoy. But when your garden is on the small side, you might think it's a tall order. Well, you're wrong.

To create a secret garden, people tend to take the routine: surrounding a small garden with high fences and then placing a lawn(草坪) in the middle and borders round the edge. Far from making the most of the area, that just makes it look a lot smaller and more boring. Dividing it up makes much more use of your space and means you can have your practical family area plus a secret garden.

When you're searching for the perfect secret site within your existing set-up, consider your present favourite spot. A secret garden needs to be special—a complete contrast to the more practical family parts of the garden. Perhaps you take a folding chair down to a quiet corner that gets evening sun; maybe you sit and watch the pond or simply slip out to the patio(露台)with a glass of wine.

It's quite easy to change an existing favourite feature into a secret place. You could top the patio with a pergola(棚架) pole and plant a grapevine for shade, or position a bench overlooking the pond and plant bamboos to screen it from the rest of the garden.

The areas you create needn't all to be the same size—or even the same style—but if you're planning a major redesign, take your time and work it out on paper before committing time and money. Then when it's done, you'll really be able to relax and enjoy it.

1.What assumption lies behind this passage?

A. Grapevine are widely used as shade in gardens.

B. Parents need their own space in the garden.

C. Family members should share everything.

D. Gardens are different in size and style.

2.The underlined phrase "a tall order" (in Paragraph 1) probably means ________.

A. a difficult task B. a costly decision

C. an unwise attempt D. an unfair business

3.What's the author's solution for a cozy space in a small garden?

A. Place a lawn in the middle.

B. Build borders around the lawn.

C. Surround the garden with high fences.

D. Have a separate space within the garden.

4.What's the author's purpose in writing the passage?

A. To offer tips on a small getaway in the garden.

B. To share personal experience in gardening.

C. To recommend best plants for small gardens.

D. To advertise some new designs of gardens.

    I graduated in 1941 and of course got caught in the war. In 1945 I was out, twenty-one years old, a soldier through 35 bombing missions, and at the University of Washington taking creative writing courses, something I'd looked forward to all through the Air Force.

I'd started writing when I was nine and writing seemed to be the only thing I'd ever be able or want to do. My teacher was a new man named Grant Redford, a very good short story writing teacher and a sad man. He was from Montana and had been connected with the old Rocky Mountain Review. I think it became the Western Review but I'm not sure and I don't bother to look it up. I'm afraid I was never much of a student for Redford. My stories were hopelessly self-indulgent(任性的); on and on about my personal problems, without form, without development, and without even any good writing.

However, I did write humor in those days and had no trouble getting it published in the campus magazine, though I'd hate to see it now. Mostly my writing was used to get myself attention, to satisfy a terrible personal interest in self-admiration, and it wasn't until I concentrated all my efforts on poems that I was to realize the only real reward of writing, that special way you feel just when you've done something you like. That's far more satisfying than seeing your name in print, good reviews, praise or applause after a reading. And more lasting.

1.What do we know about the author's childhood?

A. A good student of his teacher. B. Crazy about writing.

C. Good at telling short stores. D. Longing to be a pilot.

2.How was his writing career at the early stage?

A. Productive. B. Successful.

C. Struggling. D. A complete failure.

3.Where did the author eventually find comfort in writing?

A. Short stories. B. Poems.

C. Humorous stories. D. Good reviews.

Things to Do in Atlanta

Need a run-down of the top things to do this weekend? Here is what's on in Atlanta.

In the Mood

Date: May 22 through May 26, 2018

Time: 2:00 pm—5:30

Phone: 770-916-2800

If you love the music of the 1940s, then here’s what you need to do this Sunday. Go to a 1940s musical show at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. The music of Glenn Millet has a distinctive sound. No need to ask me twice. Are you "In the Mood"?

Party With the Penguins(企鹅)

Date: May 20 through May 25, 2018

Time: 11:30 am—2:00 pm

Phone: 404-581-4000

Celebrate Penguin Awareness Day at Georgia Aquarium's annual Party with the Penguins. The party will feature fun activities, including the chance to see an African penguin up close and team how to help protect this in-danger species.

Callanwolde Arts Festival

Date: May 21 to May 22, 2018

Time: 10:30am—5:30pm

Phone: 404-872-5338

Located at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, this event is a festival for artists and by artists, letting them have a voice in the creation and operations of the festival. If you are of the artistic persuasion or enjoy a creative scene, don't miss out.

Foollio's Hoodilly Storytime

Date: May 21 through May 27, 2018

Time: 1:00 pm—4:30 pm

Phone: 404-523-3141

We make up a brand-new story every week. Come and enjoy a new story each tithe at Dad's Garage Theatre. Little ones will get to help provide key parts of the story and even add in their own jokes. Interactive and out-of-the-ordinary fun for kids and parents！

1.Where should you go if you are a music fan?

A. Georgia Aquarium. B. Dad's Garage Theatre.

C. Callanwolde Fine Arts Centre. D. Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.

2.Which event appeals to animal lovers?

A. In the Mood. B. Party with the Penguins.

C. Callanwolde Arts Festival. D. Foollio's Hoodilly Storytime.

3.Which number helps sign up for an opportunity if you are crazy about painting?

A. 770-916-2800. B. 404-581-4000.

C. 404-872-5338. D. 404-523-3141.

4.In what way is Foollio's Hoodilly Storytime unique from the other events?

A. It provides books as gifts. B. It is a charge-free event.

C. It runs the shortest hours. D. It is very child-friendly.

听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

1.Who is the intended audience of the speech?

A. Passengers at a station. B. Students in a college.

C. Seniors of a neighborhood.

2.What can you expect from this club?

A. Meeting old friends. B. Making new friends.

C. Trading personal information.

3.How many suggestions does the speaker give?

A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.

4.How often do the members meet?

A. Every day. B. Twice a week. C. Once a week.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.What nationality is the woman?

A. Chinese. B. Japanese. C. Indian.

2.What's the probable relationship between the two speakers?

A. Customer and assistant:

B. Student and teacher.

C. Doctor and patient.

3.What does the man mean when he says "Very good"?

A. The girl can easily understand his words.

B. The girl uses "I'm sorry" correctly.

C. The girl uses "Excuse me" correctly.

4.What will you say when you want to cut to according to the conversation？

A. All right. B. I'm sorry. C. Excuse me.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.Who is on a banana diet?

A. The man's sister. B. The man's cousin: C. The man's neighbor.

2.How does the man's sister try to lose weight?

A. By eating bananas. B. By eating eggs. C. By eating fish.

3.What is the woman going to do?

A. Play tennis. B. See a doctor. C. Go shopping.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.At what time does the man want a wake-up call?

A. 6:15. B. 7:00. C. 7:15.

2.Where does the conversation probably take place?

A. In a student dorm. B. In a hotel. C. In a clock shop.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.Where does Jackson work?

A. In Chengdu. B. In Mianyang. C. In Wuhan.

2.Whose wedding ceremony is it?

A. Jackson and Catherine's

B. David and Catherine's.

C. Jackson and Janet's.

Why is the man excited?

A. Because he's got a driver's license.

B. Because he's sold many tickets.

C. Because he's going abroad.

What are the speakers talking about?

A. Their living place. B. Their children. C. Their hobbies.

How does the son feel at the very moment?

A. Tired. B. Hungry. C. Disappointed.

What subject does the woman like best?

A. English.    B. Physics.    C. Math.

What will the woman do?

A. Make tea for Tom. B. Have a cup of coffee. C. Make tea for herself.

请阅读下面一篇短文，并按要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。

As bike-sharing booms in China, a guideline was released by the government to promote a new form of the sharing economy - this time involving vehicles.

Car-sharing, which provides an alternative for people to travel in cities, will be the new innovation in a service model. The released guideline focuses on legal status, insurance and regular maintenance of cars before they join sharing services. It encourages the development of car-sharing, which is expected to reduce the liking to individually buy vehicles and ease traffic congestion amid a surge in recent years of private-car ownership.

“However, there is a long way to before the purpose of the guideline comes true,” said Xia Xueluan, a professor of sociology. “First, a car costs at least 100.000 yuan, almost 500 times that for a shared bicycle. Besides, shared cars also take the same spaces as other private cars, so parking will be another problem.”

“Meanwhile, traditional car rental companies are competing with the emerging car-sharing business. It’s estimated the charges will be almost the same for both forms of cars rentals,” Xia said. “How to survive fierce competition will remain a challenge for car-sharing providers,” he added.

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(1) 为什么要发展共享汽车；

(2) 如何才能更好地发展共享汽车。

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注意:每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。

What is style? Style is the special visual paradigm centering on the visual symbol system. It is contained in the materialized products of daily life such as fashion, borne, architecture. horticulture; and environment. It is reflected in the creation of cultural products including literature, films and music. It is still a way of behavior and life that expresses specific customs. To sum up. style is not only the core of cultural products with visual, melodic, literal and abstract symbols, but also a way of life.

The style of China means the expression of Chinese elements. Chinese elements are the inheritance(传承)of cultural genes. The style of China relies on thousands of years of cultural accumulation(积累). It should not be limited to objects. It is supposed to express the Chinese cultural concept of Confucianism and Taoism. It must reflect the specific views of man and nature, man and objects as well as man and social relations.

The style of China ought to be oriented towards the world. It did influence the world. Silk and ceramics were the main products traded along the Silk Road. They contained rich Chinese culture. The thousand-year-old Silk Road spread the style of China to the West. And the craze for Chinoiserie(中国艺术品)was a popular fashion in European society at that time.

The style of China is the reproduction and variation of cultural genes. It is the inheritance along with innovation.

The style of China is duty-bound to select as always silk, bamboo, wood, stone clay, glass and porcelain. Meanwhile, the materials in modern industrial era like meats, glass and cement should be fully used. Besides, it is necessary to continue the concept of interactive space planning between man and nature and between man and man. It also needs to explore such new spaces as digitization, the Internet, virtual reality and artificial intelligence.

The style of China must show the transformation and promotion from Chinese manufacturing to Chinese creation. It relies on the manufacturing power and the industrial strength. The style of China presents to the world the image of a large industrial producer and a birthplace of global creativity.

The style of China represents not only the reconstruction of objects, but also the renewal of Chinese value system.

The style of China ought to rely on rich historical heritage(遗产), draw on strengths of others and keep up with the times. It should focus on the life of the general public, the world and the future.

    "It can't be done．" Boyan Slat heard this over and over when he first proposed a way to clean  up millions of tons of plastic polluting our oceans． Almost anyone else would have given up in frustration and despair． But 20﹣year﹣old Slat hasn't： been discouraged but committed to his dream． "Human history is basically a list of things that couldn't be done， and then were done，" he says．Today， slat and his team at The Ocean Cleanup are well on their way to proving the critics wrong． Good news for the planet．

（1）_______

Slat， who grew up in the city of Delft in the Netherlands， was on a diving trip in Greece three years ago when he was deeply impressed by plastic， "There were more plastic bags than fish，" he says． "That moment I realized it was a huge issue and that environmental issues are really the biggest problems my generation will face．"

That fall， Slat， then 17， decided to study plastic pollution as part of a high school project． Soon， Slat learned that no one had yet come up with practical way to clean up this massive garbage patches． Most proposed solutions involved "fishing" up the plastic using ships equipped with nets﹣which， as Slat discovered， would likely take more than 1，000 years， cost too much， let off too much sea life along with the trash．

Slat proposed an alternative that mostly avoided these problems﹣a solar﹣powered system using a floating plastic tube which will go around the garbage and trap it is 600 meters long， A big screen hangs down from it， about three metres into the water． Wind， waves and ocean currents will push the trash toward the tube． （Fish can swim under the screen） A ship will pick up the trash and take it back to the shore to sort and recycle it into oil and other products． Best of all， Slat predicted his system could clean up the North Pacific Garbage Patch between California and Hawaii where a lot of floating garbage exists， within five to 10 years．

（2）________

The following， Slat entered the aerospace engineering program at the Delft University of Technology and officially announced his ocean cleanup concept at TEDx Delft． But nothing much moved forward，

Slat found himself continually absent﹣minded in classes， looking for ways． to improve his concept． "It wouldn't let go． I finally decided to put both university and my social life on hold to focus all my time on developing this idea． I wasn't sure if it would succeed， but considering the scale of problem I thought it was important to at least try．" He says．

With this family's blessing， Slat began in earnest organizing a team of volunteers and employees for The Ocean Cleanup， which now numbers about 100．

（3）_______

In answer to opposition， Slat and his team raised ＄100，000 from a crowdfunding campaign and began testing a 40﹣meter collecting barrier near the Azores Islands last March． In June， they released a 500+ page possibility study．

Over the next three to four years， Slat will push toward a fully operational large﹣scale project by testing a series of longer and longer barriers． He's currently seeking to crowd fund ＄2 million to finance it． Incidentally， The Ocean Cleanup is also working on a plan to stop plastic from washing into the oceans in the first place． "It's just the other problem that is equally important．" Slat says． "It's something everyone is able to help with， and we also have some technologies in the pipeline．"

As for school， Slat doesn't miss it ﹣ except maybe for the social﹣part， which he hopes to （恢复） a bit once his team takes on more of the workload． " I don't have time for things like that right now， but I really can't complain． I can imagine doing something more fun than being able to have an idea and then actually making it into a reality．" he says．

1.What is the function of the first paragraph？

A. An introduction to the main topic．

B. An overview of the whole article

C. The background information of the story

D. Raising a problem for later solution

2.Which of the following shows the correct order of the three missing subtitles？

a． But is it possible？

b． Drowning in plastic

c． An idea wouldn't die

A. a﹣b﹣c

B. c﹣b﹣a

C. b﹣a﹣c

D. b﹣c﹣a

3.What inspired the boy to study plastic pollution？

A. One of his high school projects．

B. Others' opposition to his proposal．

C. Humans' failure in cleaning up the ocean．

D. The shockingly heavy plastic pollution in ocean．

4.What can we say about Slat's design？

A. It is powerful but only used in California and Hawaii

B. It is huge but causes great damage to sea lives

C. It makes full use of natural forces and is friendly to nature．

D. It was welcomed by all the public and worked very well．

5.Which of the following quotes best displays Slat's strong will and confidence？

A. "Human history is basically a list of things that couldn't be done， and then were done．"

B. "That was the moment I realized it was a huge issue and that environmental issues are really the biggest problems my generation will face．"

C. "I finally decided to put both university and my social life on hold to focus all my time on developing this idea．"

D. "It's something everyone is able to help with， and we also have some technologies in the pipeline．"

6.What does the author mainly do in this article？

A. Explain a creative idea

B. Introduce a fascinating person．

C. Describe a social phenomenon

D. Praise a point of view

    Sam， I say to myself as I start across the bridge， you must stop these thoughts and start thinking about what to do now that you have lost your falcon（猎鹰）， Frightful．

Life， my friend Bando once said， is meeting problems and solving them whether you are an amoeba or a space traveler． I have a problem． I have to provide my younger sister Alice and myself with meat． Fish， nuts， and vegetables， are good and necessary， but they don't provide enough fuel for the hard physical work we do． Although we have venison（鹿肉） now， I can't always count on getting it． So far this year， our venison has been only road kill from in front of Mrs． Strawberry's farm．

I decide to take the longest way home， down the flood plain of the West Branch of Delaware to Spilkill， my own name for a fast stream， that cascades down the south face of the mountain range I'm on． I need time to think． Perhaps Alice and I should be like the early Eskimos． We should walk， camp and hunt， and when the seasons change， walk on to new food sources． But I love my tree and my mountaintop．

Another solution would be to become farmers， like the people of the Iroquois Confederacy who once lived here． They settled in villages and planted corn and squash（南瓜）， bush beans and berries． We already grow groundnuts in the damp soil and squash in the poor land． But the Iroquois also hunted game． I can't do that anymore

I'm back where I started from．

Slowly climb the Spillkill． As I hop from rock to rock beneath shady basswoods and hemlocks， I hear the cry of the red﹣tailed hawk who nests on the mountain crest． I am reminded of Frightful and my heart aches． I can almost hear her call my name， Cree， cree， car﹣ree．

Maybe l can get her back if l beg the man who is in charge of the peregrines（游隼） university． "But it's the law，" he would say． L could write to the president of the United states and ask him to make an exception of Alice and me． That won't work． The president swore to upload the constitution（宪法） and laws of the United States when he took office．

I climbed on． I must stop thinking about the impossible and solve the problem of what to do now． I must find a new way to provide for us． Frightful is going to be in good hands at the university and she will have young．

I smile at the thought of little Frightfuls and lift my reluctant feet．

When I am fat above the river，1take of my clothes and moccasins（鹿皮鞋） and bathe in a deep， clear pool until I am refreshed and thinking more clearly． Climbing up the bank， I dress and sit down． I breath deeply of the mountain air and try to solve my problem more realistically．

1.What does this excerpt（节选） main describe？

A. Delicate mental activity

B. Unique story environment

C. Complicated character relationship

D. Ever﹣changing story events

2.What is Sam's first worry？

A. The shortest way to go back．

B. Survival for Alice and himself

C. The safety of Frightful

D. How to get enough venison

3.What do we know about Frightful？

A. He left Sam and Alice due to lack of food．

B. He helped Sam hunt before being taken away

C. He is living with the red﹣tailed hawk happily

D. He is giving birth to babies in the university

4.Which of the following can best describe Sam？

A. Humorous

B. Aggressive

C. Responsible

D. Unrealistic

Dear 17﹣year﹣old self，

When your Laker dream comes true tomorrow， you need to figure out a way to invest in the future of your family． This sounds simple， and you may think it's a no﹣brainer， but take some time to think on it further．

I said INVEST．

I did not say GIVE

Let me explain．

Purely giving material things to your siblings（兄弟姐妹） may appear to be right decision． So you buy them a car， a big house， pay， all of their bill． You want them to live a beautiful comfortable life， right？

But the day will come when you realize that as much as you believed you were doing the right thing， you were actually holding them back．

You will come to understand that you were taking care of them because it made YOU feel good， it made YOU happy to see them smiling and without a care in the world ﹣ and that was extremely selfish of you． While you were feeling satisfied with yourself， you were slowly eating away at their own dreams and ambitions． You were adding material things to their lives， but subtracting the most precious gifts of all．

Invest in their future， don't just give．

Use your success， wealth and influence to put them in the best position to realize their own dreams and find their true purpose． Put them through school， set them up with job interviews and help them become leaders in their own right． Hold them to the same level of hard work and dedication that it took for you to get to where you are now， and where you will eventually go．

I'm writing you now so that you can begin this process immediately， and so that you don't have to deal with the hurt and struggle of weaning（断绝） them off of the addiction that you facilitated That addiction only leads to anger， hatred and jealousy from everybody involved， including yourself．

As time goes on， you will see them grow independently and have their own ambitions and their own lives， and your relationship with all of them will be much better as a result．

Trust me， setting things up right from the beginning will avoid a ton of tears and headache， some of which remains to this day．

Much love，

1.What might be the best title of his letter？

A. To My Younger Self

B. For My Dear Family

C. To My Beloved Son

D. For My Older Self

2.What may be "the most precious gifts of all" in the underlined part？

A. Independence and growth

B. wealth and health

C. love and dedication

D. success and leadership

3.What can we infer from this letter？

A. The writer will stop offering his siblings help in the future．

B. The writer didn't think it a good fortune to become successful early．

C. The writer intends to remind others not to care too much about materials

D. The writer was once troubled by the relationship between him and his family．

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Our mission is to lead the development of a balanced and effective international intellectual property （IP） system that enables innovation and creativity for the benefit of all．

Our mandate， governing bodies and procedures are set out in the WIPO convention， which established WIPO in 1967．

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We run workshops and seminars throughout the year． The presentations and meeting documents are made available for downloading wherever possible here．

Current and upcoming

Case Study Workshop on Support for Intellectual Property Management in SMEs （IP Advantage）

National Workshop on Intellectual Property Policies for Universities and Research Institutions

Consultation meetings with the Industrial Property Protections Directorate of the Ministry of Industry， Trade and supply and the main relevant institutions

National seminar on collective management

WIPO is the global forum for intellectual property services， policy， information and cooperation． We are a self﹣funding agency of the United Nations， with 191 member states．

Our mission is to lead the development of a balanced and effective international intellectual property （IP） system that enables innovation and creativity for the benefit of all．

Our mandate， governing bodies and procedures are set out in the WIPO convention， which established WIPO in 1967．

﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣

We run workshops and seminars throughout the year． The presentations and meeting documents are made available for downloading wherever possible here．

Current and upcoming

Case Study Workshop on Support for Intellectual Property Management in SMEs （IP Advantage）

National Workshop on Intellectual Property Policies for Universities and Research Institutions

Consultation meetings with the Industrial Property Protections Directorate of the Ministry of Industry， Trade and supply and the main relevant institutions

National seminar on collective management

1.We can know from the passage that　   　．

A. it is an article from the handbook of WIPO

B. governing bodies of all member states pay for the running of WIPO

C. it is intended for those interested in the knowledge of intellectual property

D. the mission of WIPO is to develop an effective system of innovation and Creativity

2.If one is interested in I management， he can attend a seminar in　   　．

A. Jordan or Israel

B. Israel or France

C. Amman or Tokyo

D. Tel Aviv or Tokyo

    After suffering severe bums to her back  and other pans of her body at the age of three， Sylvia，49， had spent her life covering up her scars． Her confidence was destroyed by years of_____comments． At her lowest she had considered_____her own life．

"I didn't really know what_____was． I didn't realize my menial health was being affected﹣I_____thought this was a_____thing．"

The accident that left her_____happened during a_____game of hide and seek with her sister． Afterward， a life of_____herself up and hiding from attention followed， until a turning point in July last year．

Sylvia was on holiday with her mother when she_____a man's camera phone following her around the hotel pool． She and her mother left for the beach， but she was struck by the_______the encounter had on her mother．

"I could see her_____at my scars． She just looked so sad，" Sylvia recalled．

So she started to_____， calling out to her mum to make her smile．

"I had been in such a bad place before． I was so_____． I was in such a horrible place for so many years． I looked back and felt like I'd destroyed my family s lives and I thought， now is the time for me to stop．"

Sylvia felt it was time not just to make a_____for herself， but to help others with disfigurements（外形的损毁）and to raise awareness．

She_____a Facebook group， Love Disfigure， and now runs swimming sessions at High bury pool in Is linton， north London， with the aim of helping increase the_____of people with disfigurements or_____and health conditions．

For Sylvia， last year has been_____． Having_____her body， and had depression， anxiety and post﹣traumatic stress disorder（创伤后应激障碍）she now hopes her story will_____others．

1.A. hopeful B. delightful C. hurtful D. regretful

2.A. sharing B. ending C. enriching D. sparing

3.A. wonder B. kindness C. pity D. depression

4.A. even B. just C. seldom D. almost

5.A. formal B. personal C. social D. physical

6.A. scarred B. disabled C. surprised D. scared

7.A. neighborhood B. parenthood C. adulthood D. childhood

8.A. taking B. holding C. putting D. covering

9.A. kept B. avoided C. sensed D. stopped

10.A. impression B. effect C. suffering D. doubt

11.A. staring B. glancing C. glaring D. watching

12.A. hesitate B. scream C. pose D. exchange

13.A. optimistic B. desperate C. careful D. negative

14.A. sacrifice B. profit C. change D. wish

15.A. set up B. set down C. set out D. set off

16.A. knowledge B. curiosity C. desperation D. confidence

17.A. skin B. leg C. arm D. back

18.A. familiar B. magic C. serious D. dangerous

19.A. shown B. tolerated C. uncovered D. hidden

20.A. remind B. require C. inspire D. inform

If the boss is angry when he comes in， don't tell him about the customer's complaints． You'll just be _________．

A. killing the fatted calf

B. seeing the handwriting on the wall

C. hitting your own feet of clay

D. adding fuel to the fire

Forty years after China started its reform and opening﹣up， more than 18million rural residents have _________ poverty in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region．

A. shaken off B. taken off

C. paid off D. kicked off

﹣﹣﹣The president will come to attend your lecture at 10：00 tomorrow．

﹣﹣﹣I'm sorry， by then my lecture will have just ended and I _________ my fans in my office．

A. have met B. will have met

C. will meet D. will be meeting

Though scientists get closer to understanding why we age， the reason for different aging rates among individuals remains only __________ understood．

A. concretely B. thoroughly

C. vaguely D. flexible

The study， from academics at Harvard， claims __________ the first clear evidence showing that when temperatures go up， school performance goes down．

A. to have produced B. to produce

C. producing D. being produced

Using AI， many companies are now conducting experiments that__________ possible just a few years ago．

A. would have been B. might have been

C. shouldn't have been D. couldn't have been

﹣﹣﹣_________ makes your son feel blue today？

﹣﹣﹣_________ to watch his favourite cartoon Paw Patrol．

A. What it is that； To be forbidden

B. What is that； Forbidden

C. What is it that； Being forbidden

D. That is what； Having forbidden

Granny always keeps her cellphone switched off _________she's expecting a call．

A. Since B. unless

C. once D. when

﹣﹣﹣Why not turn to Kevin？ He saw what happened， so his is the only _________ account．

﹣﹣﹣The problem is that he has refused to say anything about the accident．

A. tentative B. controversial

C. authentic D. arbitrary

_________ with heavy loads of teaching _________ he later became an easy target of the flu．

A. So tired was the teacher； that B. The teacher was so tired； which

C. Tired as the teacher； that D. Such was the tired teacher； which