1、_姓名:_班级:_考号:_评卷人得分一、语法填空阅读下面短文,在空白处填入 1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。There has been a recent trend in the food service industry toward lower fat content and less salt. This trend, which was started by the medical community(医学界)1 a method of fighting heart disease, has had some unintended side 2 (effect) such as
2、 overweight and heart disease the very thing the medical community was trying to fight.Fat and salt are very important parts of a diet. They are required 3 (process) the food that we eat, to recover from injury and for several other bodily functions. When fat and salt 4 (remove) from food, the food
3、tastes as if is missing something. As 5 result, people will eat more food to try to make up for that something missing. Even 6 (bad), the amount of fast food that people eat goes up. Fast food 7 (be) full of fat and salt; by 8 (eat) more fast food people will get more salt and fat than they need in
4、their diet.Having enough fat and salt in your meals will reduce the urge to snack(吃点心) between meals and will improve the taste of your food. However, be 9 (care) not to go to extremes. Like anything, it is possible to have too much of both, 10 is not good for the health.In 1863 the first undergroun
5、d passenger railway in the world opened in London. It ran for just under seven kilometers and allowed people to avoid terrible 11 (crowd) on the roads above as they travelled to and 12 work. It took three years to complete and was built using an interesting method. This included digging up the road,
6、13 (lay) the track and then building a strong roof over14 top. When all those had been done, the road surface was replaced.Steam engines 15 (use) to pull the carriages and it must have been16 (fair) unpleasant for the passengers, with all the smoke and noise. However, the railway quickly proved to b
7、e a great success and within six months, more than 25,000 people were using 17every day.Later, engineers 18 (manage) to construct railways in a system of deep tunnels (隧道), which became known to the tube. This development was only possible with the 19 (introduce) of electric-powered engines and lift
8、s. The central London Railway was one of the most 20 (success) of these new lines, and was opened in 1900. It had white-painted tunnels and bright red carriages, and proved extremely popular with the public.阅读下面的短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。Chengdu has dozens of new millionaire
9、s, Asias biggest building, and fancy new hotels.But for tourists like me, pandas are its top 21(attract).So it was a great honour to be invited backstage at the not-for-profit Panda Base, where ticket money helps pay for research. I 22(allow) to get up close to these cute animals at the 600-acre cen
10、tre. From tomorrow, I will be their UK ambassador. The title will be 23(official) given to me at a ceremony in London. But my connection with pandas goes back 24 my days on a TV show in the mid-1980s, 25 I was the first Western TV reporter 26(permit) to film a special unit caring for pandas rescued
11、from starvation in the wild. My ambassadorial duties will include 27(introduce) British visitors to the 120-plus pandas at Chengdu and others at a research centre in the misty mountains of Bifengxia.On my recent visit, I held a lively three-month-old twin that had been rejected by 28(it) mother. The
12、 nursery team switches him every few 29(day) with his sister so that while one is being bottle-fed, 30 other is with mumshe never suspects.If you feel stressed by responsibilities at work, you should take a step back and identify (识别)those of 31(great) and less importance. Then, handle the most impo
13、rtant tasks first so youll feel a real sense of 32(achieve). Leaving the less important things until tomorrow 33(be) often acceptable.Most of us are more focused 34 our tasks in the morning than we are later in the day. So, get an early start and try to be as productive 35 possible before lunch. Thi
14、s will give you the confidence you need to get you through the afternoon and go home feeling accomplished.Recent 36(study) show that we are far more productive at work if we take short breaks 37(regular). Give your body and brain a rest by stepping outside for38while, exercising, or dong something y
15、ou enjoy.If you find something you love doing outside of the office, youll be less likely 39(bring) your work home. It could be anything-gardening, cooking, music, sportsbut whatever it is, 40(make) sure its a relief from daily stress rather than another thing to worry about.Tiger Parents Do No Good
16、 to Kids DevelopmentDigging through kids school bags, looking up all the assignments, sitting beside them going through each item, and finally41(have) all the homework checked with a name signed is a 42(day) routine for most Chinese parents, as required by teachers. A demanding task especially after
17、 a long days work at office, isnt it? 43(luck), some parents in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, have been liberated. A local primary school has recently announced that parents will no longer have to sign their names on their kids homework, as students should be responsible44their own assignments.Making m
18、istakes is 45essential part of the process of understanding. Who cares how much you46 (score) in your homework after you have settled down in life and found your directions? The47(able) to realize ones mistakes and learn from them is what matters, which is also the main purpose of education. Why not
19、 give students a chance48(find) out and correct their mistakes themselves?It is by no49(mean)parents duty to go through the kids assignments.50 parents are supposed to do is to create a friendly studying environment for kids, and teach them to be an independent learner. After all, independent learni
20、ng is much more important than high scores.“The only female giant panda in Britain51(believe) to be pregnant,” Edinburgh Zoo said Thursday. The zoo said, “Tian Tian is being52(close) monitored, but its unclear53she will give birth. Its hard to predict exactly and the panda breeding (繁殖) season can l
21、ast until late September.”Tian Tian and male panda Yang Guang, who are both 14,54(arrive) in Edinburgh on a decade-long loan from China in 2011 and are55only giant pandas in Britain. Tian Tian, or Sweetie, has been pregnant several56 (time) before in the U. K. but has never given birth.Giant pandas
22、have difficulty breeding and their pregnancies are very difficult57(follow). The animals also experience “pseudo-pregnancies (伪怀孕)”, during58their behavior and hormonal (生理的) changes indicate they are pregnant even when they are not.The zoos statement came after the Edinburgh Evening Nevus used the
23、Freedom of Information Act to obtain communication between the zoo and Scottish government59(show) that Tian Tian had been artificially inseminated and could give birth as early as this week. In a July 25 email, Iain Valentine, panda60(direct) at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, said he tho
24、ught Tian Tian was about 30 days away from giving birth.Fake news has long been 61 serious problem, and social media 62 (blame) for allowing fake news stories to spread. US tech63 (company) Facebook and Google have been using 64 (analyze) technology to fact-check stories and add labels 65 dubious (可
25、疑的) ones to warn their readers.But recently a survey 66 (find) that as many as 60 percent of people in the US still think that not enough is being done67 (keep) internet users away from fake news. According to Eric Carvin, social media editor at the Associated Press, 68(fight) fake news is like “wha
26、ck-a-mole (打地鼠游戏)”, she said, 69 means that for now, well just have to rely on 70 (we) common sense to decide whats real and what isnt.Tea is one of the most popular71(drink)in the world. You make it by pouring hot water over the72 (dry)leaves of a tea plant. For centuries people believed that tea c
27、ould cure illnesses, and they used it as medicine. Today scientists know that tea contains chemicals that prevent cells from73(die). Most teas have caffeine in them, a substance that makes you feel more active. Some people have problems drinking tea because it can cause 74(sleepless).The tea plant g
28、rows best in tropical and temperate places75rain falls throughout the year. Teas can be grown from sea level76about 2,000 metres, but the best quality grows in higher regions.Tea 77(come)from the leaves and buds of tea plants. Wild plants can be up to 9 metres high but on tea plantations(茶园)they 78(
29、cut)back to a bush of about a metre in height so that workers can pull the leaves 79(easy). It takes a plant three to five years before it is ready for plucking(采摘).A plucker can harvest about 20 kg of tea a day. on large tea plantations the leaves are harvested by machines, 80the quality of tea is
30、higher when the leaves are plucked by hand.Mr.Perkins stood at the bus stop and watched the cars go by.Many of the cars were new Beta 400s,and most of 81were yellow.Mr.Perkins always82(wear) the same clothes as other men,ate the same food as other people,and did the same things after work and at the
31、 end of the week.Mr.Perkins did not like to be83(differ).The following week,Mr.Perkins bought a new,bright yellow Beta 400.He was satisfied84it,and drove it to work in the very next day.He was very happy when he saw all the other Beta 400s in front,behind,and on both85(side) of him. Mr.Perkins parke
32、d his car in a big parking lot near his office,and worked the rest of the day.But when he came back at five oclock,there were86many bright yellow Beta 400s in the car-park that he did not know87was his car.He tried his key in some of the cars,but people88(pass) by gave him a look he didnt like.So he stopped.Poor Mr.Perkins hard to wait89(patience) u