Ⅰ.单项选择
1．Don't make such a loud noise. You'll ________the neighbours.
A．interrupt
B．stopC．disturb
D．make
2．—________.
—I'm sorry. But I don't know why you are so angry with me.
A．I have had enough of youB．That was a nightmare
C．I have got thatD．That's a good point
3．No rule applies to all conditions without ________ in the world.
A．reputation
B．expectationC．reaction
D．exception
4．Shoppers fled the street ________ after two bombs exploded in central London.
A．in surprise
B．in prideC．in panic
D．in silence
5．When he was still very young, Ba Jin ________ the reputation he still enjoys today as one of China’s greatest writers.
A．founded
B．started
C．established
D．set
6．Turn off the recorder—I'm not in the ________for any music.
A．heart
B．mind
C．mood
D．feeling
7．—Sorry I'm late again, but I had a flat tyre.
—Well, Jim, why not ________ a fresh story?
A．look up
B．take upC．pick up
D．make up
8．He focused on his test papers,
________never ________ the same mistakes.
A．determined; to repeat
B．being determined; to repeat
C．determined; repeatingD．determining; repeating
9．Do be careful with those fireworks; the slightest spark(火星) could ________ them ________.
A．set; out
B．set; off
C．set; about
D．set; up
10．________ of plastics,
the machines are light in weight.
A．To make
．Having madeC．Being made
D．Made11．—Shall we invite Bill to the party?
—________He’s always finding fault with others.
A．Why not？B．No way！C．Really？D．Cool!
12．The setting sun above the horizon and the rosy clouds make a beautiful________.
A．glance
B．sighting
C．scenery
D．scene
13．—What made David so excited?
—________the first prize in singing.
A．Won
B．Having won
C．Winning
D．To win
14．There are many techniques that you can________to help you in managing your time better.
A．adopt
B．adjust
C．adapt
D．addict
15．Li Hua，________in America for several months，began to change his attitude towards work and life.
A．study
B．studiedC．to be studying
D．having studied
16．I ran across Li Mei in the street yesterday.We________each other since she went to Beijing.
A．haven’t seen
B．didn’t see
C．don’t see
D．hadn’t seen
17．I can’t stand________with Tom at the same desk.He just refuses________talking in class.
A．sit；to stop
B．to sit；stoppingC．sitting；to stop
D．sitting；stopping
18．Old as he is，he is more________than many young people，saying he is the happiest man________.
A．living；alive
B．living；live
C．alive；alive
D．alive；live
19．Jane began writing before her teens，and________a novel by the time she was sixteen.
A．completed
B．had completedC．will complete
D．has completed
20．I have corresponded with him for about three years，so I look forward with hope________a facetoface talk with him.
A．to have
B．having
C．to having
D．having had
21．—I hear you have written a new book.
—Yes，it should________in a month or so.
A．turn out
B．come out
C．put out
D．go out
22．________is generally agreed that a person with good qualifications and experience should be given a better job.
A．It
B．As
C．Which
D．What
23．With the popularity of network，email has largely________the traditional letter.
A．exchanged
B．removed
C．replaced
D．expanded
24．The speaker told a joke or story________when he gave the talk to keep us interested.
A．here and there
B．sooner or later
C．more or less
D．now and then
25．China became the third nation________in space in 2008，of which all Chinese are proud.
A．walking
B．to walk
C．walked
D．having walked
Module 3 Adventure in Literature and the Cinema
Ⅱ.完形填空
I think that in a certain sense, difficult situations can __14__ a person's potential and pave the way for me to __15__. One can be strong, brave and __16__ after all these hardships he has __17__. All in all, I think that flowers from a greenhouse can never __18__ a storm and that a hard life is good for children.
To make the child grow strong, parents should make him eat poor food,
do hard work,
and experience life in bad conditions, __19__ a child will value the labour and be capable of facing hardship.
I lived a happy childhood. Not only did my parents love me from the __20__ of the heart,
but also they gave me chances to increase my ability. My parents __21__ primary importance to the management of my pocket money, which led to the __22__ that often I could only watch my friends eating candies with my empty pocket. This experience helped me __23__ the truth that my parents worked hard to earn a life, and so would I in the future.
As the saying __24__，
“No pains,
no gains.” It is __25__ that the way one lives in his childhood plays an important part in his development. If one is __26__ in a family that is wasteful,
he is likely to be lazy when he grows up. __27__，
a child who lives a hard life in his childhood,
learning that one must be independent frugal to face challenge,
is __28__ be strong. On parents' part, they can teach the child to help support the family. More can be done __29__ food, hard work and bad conditions.
Instead of being __30__，
children should eat bitter food to learn to be frugal,
do hard work to learn to cherish,
and be sent to somewhere tough to learn to be brave.
11．A.relationship
B．poverty
C．richness
D．hardships
12．A.However
B．ThereforeC．Besides
D．Otherwise
13．A.situation
B．stateC．location
D．position
14．A.seek
B．stimulateC．shape
D．secure
15．A.failure
B．successC．pleasure
D．recreation
16．A.awful
B．carefulC．merciful
D．faithful
17．A.looked through
B．got throughC．put through
D．gone through
18．A.understand
B．withstandC．enjoy
D．outstand
19．A.to which
B．at whichC．which
D．with which
20．A.bottom
B．topC．centre
D．tip
21．A.approached
B．attainedC．attached
D．attempted
22．A.experience
B．evidenceC．convenience
D．consequence
23．A.realize
B．recognizeC．admit
D．reflect
24．A.says
B．goesC．states
D．explains
25．A.various
B．seriousC．obvious
D．tedious
26．A.brought in
B．brought upC．brought about
D．brought out
27．A.On the contrary
B．On earthC．On the whole
D．What's worse
28．A.ready to
B．anxious toC．determined to
D．bound to29．A.away from
B．apart fromC．except
D．more than
30．A.accustomed
B．ashamedC．spoiled
D．puzzled
Ⅲ.阅读理解
A
Habits are a funny thing. We reach for them mindlessly,
setting our brains on autopilot and relaxing into the unconscious comfort of familiar routine. “Not choice, but habit rules the unreflecting creatures, ”William Wordsworth said in the 19th century. In the everchanging 21st century,
even the word “habit” carries a negative meaning.
So it seems contradictory to talk about habits in the same context as innovation (创新). But brain researchers have discovered that when we consciously develop new habits,
we create parallel paths,
and even entirely new brain cells,
that can jump our trains of thought onto new,
innovative tracks.
Rather than dismissing ourselves as unchangeable creatures of habit,
we can instead direct our own change by consciously developing new habits. In fact,
the more new things we try,
the more creative we become.
But don't bother trying to kill off old habits; once those ruts of procedure are worn into the brain,
they're there to stay. Instead,
the new habits we deliberately press into ourselves create parallel pathways that can bypass those old roads.
“The first thing needed for innovation is attraction to wonder, ”says Dawna Markova,
author of The Open Mind. “But we are taught instead to‘decide’，
just as our president calls himself ‘the Decider’．” She adds,
however,
that “to decide is to kill off all possibilities but one. A good innovational thinker is always exploring the many other possibilities.”
“All of us work through problems in ways of which we're unaware, ” she says. Researchers in the late 1960s discovered that humans are born with the ability to approach challenges in four primary ways: analytically,
procedurally,
collaboratively (合作地) and innovatively. At the end of adolescence,
however,
the brain shuts down half of that ability,
preserving only those ways of thought that have seemed most valuable during the first decade or so of life.
The current emphasis on standardized testing highlights analysis and procedure,
meaning that few of us use our innovative and collaborative ways of thought. “This breaks the major rule in the American belief system—that anyone can do anything, ” explains M. J. Ryan,
author of the 2006 book This Year I Will…and Ms. Markova's business partner. “That's a lie that we have preserved,
and it fosters commonness. Knowing what you're good at and doing even more of it creates excellence.”This is where developing new habits comes in.
31．Brain researchers have discovered that______.
A．the forming of new habits can be guided
B．the development of habits can be predicted
C．the regulation of old habits can be transformed
D．the track of new habits can be created unconsciously
32．The underlined word“ruts”in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to________.
A．zones
B．connectionsC．situations
D．tracks
33．Which of the following statements most probably agrees with Dawna Markova's view?
A．Decision makes no sense in choices.
B．Curiosity makes creative minds active.
C．Creative ideas are born of a relaxing mind.
D．Formation of innovation comes from fantastic ideas.
34．The purpose of the author writing this article is to persuade us________.
A．to give up our traditional habits deliberately
B．to create and develop new habits consciouslyC．to resist the application of standardized testing
D．to believe that old habits conflict with new habits