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Here is The
Pines, whose cook has developed a special way of
mixing foreign food such as caribou, wild
boar ,and reindeer with surprising
sauces .
1. According the passage, The
Pines is a
.
A.
place in which you can see many mobile
homes
B.
mountain
where you can get a good view of the valley
C.
town which
happens to be near the Banff National Park
D.
restaurant
where you can ask for some special kinds of
food
A child
'
s
birthday party
doesn
2. What
does the underlined word
'
t
ha
svsel eto; itb cea an be a
basket of fun.
hassle
”
（
paragraph
1
）
probably
mean?
A.
a party designed by specialists
C. a situation causing difficulty or
trouble
B. a plan requiring careful
thought
D. a demand made by
guests
Most women in Ghana--- the
educated and illiterate, the urban and rural, the
young and old--- work to earn
an income
in addition to maintaining their roles as
housewives and mothers. Their reputation for
economic
independence, self-reliance,
and hard work is well known and well deserved.
3. The underlined word
illiterate
”
in
the passage means
B.
reiterated.
C. uneducated
D.
sick
A. Repeated
When some
kind of pain killer
（
止痛药）
was brought
out recently, researchers found that the colours
turned the customers off because they
made the product look weak and ineffective
（无效的）
.
4.
The underlined
part
“
the colours turned
the customers off
A.
Attracted the customers strongly
B.
Had weak
effects on the customers
C.
Tricked the customers into shopping
D.
Caused the
customers to lose interest
”
means that the colours
____
Collins decided that she
must go, although the hazards of the trip were
many, for example, the unbearable
heat,
the
possibility of getting lost , the
presence of wild animals and poisonous snakes .
5.
“
hazard
”
means
_______________
A.
pleasure B.
problem C. danger D. attraction
In a
culture which values only the winner and pays no
attention to the ordinary players, they strongly
blame
competition. Among the most vocal
are youngsters who have suffered under competitive
pressures from their
parents or
society.
6.
The
underlined phrase
“
the most
vocal
”
means
______
A.
Those who try
their best to win
B.
Those who value competition most highly
C.
Those who are
against competition most strongly
D.
Those who rely on others most for success
Without examinations, employers will
look for employees from the highly respected
schools and from families
known to
them
－
a form of
favoritism will replace equality.
7.
The word
“
favoritism
A.
bright children also need certificates
to get satisfying jobs
B.
children from well-respected schools
tend to have good jobs
C.
poor children with certificates are
favored in job markets
D.
children attending ordinary schools
achieve great success
Lions are
opportunists. They prefer to eat without having to
do too much work. When resting in the shade,
they are also watching the sky to see
what is flying by, and even in the heat of the day
they will suddenly
start up and run a
mile across the plains to find out what is going
on. If another animal has made a kill, they
will drive it off and take the kill for
themselves.
8.
By
describing lions a s
“
opportunists
”
,
the author means to say that lions
.
A.
are cruel
animals
B.
are
clever animals
C.
Like to take advantage of
（利用）
other
animals
D.
Like
to take every chance to eat
家庭作业
C
（
2018-I
）
Languages have
been coming and going for thousands of years, but
in recent times there has been less coming
and a lot more going. When the world
was still populated by hunter-gatherers, small,
tightly knit
（
联系
）
groups developed their own
patterns of speech independent of each
other. Some language experts believe that 10, 000
years ago, when the
world had just five
to ten million people, they spoke perhaps 12, 000
languages between them.
Soon
afterwards, many of those people started settling
down to become farmers, and their languages too
became more settled and fewer in
number. In recent centuries, trade,
industrialisation. the development of the
nation-state and the spread of
universal compulsory education. especially
globalisation and better
communications
in the past few decades, all have caused many
languages to disappear, and dominant languages
such
as English. Spanish and Chinese
are increasingly taking over.
At
present, the world has about 6 800 languages. The
distribution of these languages is hugely uneven.
The
general
rule
is that mild zones have relatively few languages.
often spoken by many people, while hot, wet zones
have
lots,
often
spoken by small numbers. Europe has
only around 200 languages
；
the Americas about 1, 000. Africa 2,400
；
and
Asia and the Pacific perhaps 3, 200, of
which Papua New Guinea alone accounts for well
over 800. The median
number (
中位数
)of
speakers is a mere 6,000, which means
that half the world
'
s
languages are spoken by fewer people than that.
Already well over 400 of the total of
6,800 languages are close to extinction(
消亡
), with only a
few
elderly speakers
left.
Pick, at random, Busuu in Cameroon (eight
remaining speakers), Chiapaneco in Mexico(150).
Lipan Apache in
the United States(two
or three)or Wadjigu in Australia (one, with a
question-mark)
：
none of these seems to
have
much chance of survival.
28.
What can we infer about languages in
hunter-gatherer times?
A. They
developed very fast.
B. They were large
in number.
C. They had similar patters.
D. They were closely connected
29.
Which of the
following best explains
？
A. Complex. B. Advanced.
C.
Powerful.
D. Modem.
30.
How many
languages are spoken by less than 6,000 people at
present?
A. About 6, 800
B.
About 3,400
C. About 2,400 D. About
1,200
31.
What is
the main idea of the text?
A. New
languages will be created.
B.
People
'
ss tliyfeles are reflected
in languages
C.
Human development results in fewer
languages
D.
Geography determines language
evolution.
B(2018-II)
Many
of us love J uly because it
'
s the month when nature
'
s berries and stone fruits are in
abundance.
Thnedse colou
sweet jewels form British Columbia
'
s fields are little
powerhouses of nutritional protection.
Of the common berries, strawberries are
highest in vitamin C, although, because of their
seeds, raspberries
contain a little
more protein (
蛋白质
), iron and zinc (not that fruits have
much protein). Blueberries are
particularly high in antioxidants (
抗氧化物质
). The
yellow and orange stone fruits such as peaches are
high
in the carotenoids we turn into
vitamin A and which are antioxidants. As for
cherries (
樱桃
),
they are so
delicious who cares?
However, they are rich in vitamin C.
When combined with berries of slices of
other fruits, frozen bananas make an excellent
base for thick,
cooling fruit shakes
and low fat
“
ice cream
”
. For this purpose, select
ripe b afrneaenzainsg f oars they are
much sweeter. Remove the skin and place
them in plastic bags or containers and freeze. If
you like, a squeeze of
fresh lemon
juice on the bananas will prevent them turning
brown. Frozen bananas will last several weeks,
depending on their ripeness and the
temperature of the freezer.
If you have
a juicer, you can simply feed in frozen bananas
and some berries or sliced fruit. Out comes
a
“
so-ftserve
”
creamy dessert,
to be eaten right away. This makes a fun activity
for a children
y
；
they love
feeding th
'
e
fsru
pita artnd frozen
bananas into the top
of the machine and watching the ice cream come out
below.
24.
What
does the author seem to like about cherries?
A. They contain protein.
B.
They are high in vitamin A.
C. They
have a pleasant taste.
D. They are rich
in antioxidants.
25.
Why is fresh lemon juice used in
freezing bananas?
A. To make them smell
better.
C. To speed up their ripening.
B. To keep their colour.
D.
To improve their nutrition.
26.
What is
“
a juicer
”
in the last paragraph?
A. A
dessert.
B. A drink. C. A container. D.
A machine.
27.
From which is the text probably taken?
A. A biology textbook.
C. A
research paper.
B. A health magazine.
D. A travel brochure.
C
（
2016-I
）
I am peter Hodes, a volunteer stem cell
courier. Since March 2012, I've done 89 trips of
those , 51 have
been abroad, I have 42
hours to carry stem
cells
（干细胞）
in my
little box because I've got two ice packs and
that's how long they last, in all, from
the time the stem cells are harvested from a
donor
（
捐献者
）
to the
time they can be implanted in
the patient, we 72 hours at most, So I am always
conscious of time.
I had one trip last
year where I was caught by a hurricane in America.
I picked up the stem cells in
Providence, Rhode
Island,
and was meant to fly to Washington then back to
London. But when I arrived at the check-in desk at
Providence, the lady on the desk
said
：“
Well, I
'
m really sorry, I
'
ve got some ba-dt hneerwe
sa rfoer n yoo
ufig hts from
Washington.
”
So I took my
box and put it on the desk and I said
：“
In this box are some stem
cells that are urgently needed for a
patien-tplease, please, you
'
ve got to get me back to the United
Kingdom.
”
She
just dropped everything. Sah feli gahrtr
ao
n
g ae
ds
mfoarll plane to
be held for me. re-
routed
（
改道
）
me through Newark and got
me back to the UK even earlier than originally
scheduled.
For this courier
job, you
'
rec onsciously
aware than that box you
'
reg
ot something that is potentially
going
to save somebody
'
s life.
29.
Which of the
following can replace the underlined word
“
courier
”
in Paragraph1?
D. medical doctor
A.
provider
B. delivery man
C. collector
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