1、C. measuring; killed D. measuring; having killed5. Youll find English Weekly of great _ in helping you learn English.A. price B. cost C. value D. effort6. The river beyond our school has become clean again as new measures are _ to prevent it _ any further.A. taken; polluting B. taking; being pollute
2、d C. taken; being polluted D. taking; to be polluted7. Our bodies are strengthened by exercises. _，our minds are developed by learning.A. Probably B. Likely C. Similarly D. Generally8. The lake is so _ that it usually takes our boat about 3 hours to carry the passengers from this side to the other s
3、ide.A. attractive B. vast C. long D. Deep9. In Africa, many people die of _ every year.A. hungry B. hunger C. cold D. food10. I cant see any differences but only _ between these two pictures. Can you help me point them out?A. similarities B. agreements C. colors D. scenes第二节：阅读理解 （共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
4、阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中, 选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。AGlobal English CenterGeneral English in all four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.* 3-month （700 yuan）, 6-month （1,200 yuan） and one-year （2,000 yuan） courses.* Choice of morning or evening classes, 3 hours per day, Mon.-Fri.* Experie
5、nced college English teachers.* Close to the city center and bus stops Add: 105 Zhongshan Road Tel: 6760000 Modern Language School* Special courses in English for business, travel, banking, hotel management and office skills.* Small classes （2-16 students） on Saturday and Sunday from 2:00 to 5:00 p.
6、m.* English teachers from Canada and the USA.* 3-month （1,000 yuan）, 6-month （1,800 yuan）. 675 Park Road Tel: 6777777The 21st Century English Training Center* We offer morning or afternoon classes. Both of which last three months and a half at a cost of 800 yuan. Entrance exams: June 1 and December
7、1.* We also have a six-week TOEFL preparation class during winter and summer holidays* Only 15-minute walk from city center.Call 6016666 for more information.The International House of English* 3-or 6-month English course for students of all levels at very low cost: 60 yuan for 12 hours per week; co
8、nvenient class hours: 9:00-12:00 a.m. and 2:00-5:00 p.m.* 4-month evening classes for developing speaking skills （same cost as day classes）* Well- trained foreign teachers* Free sightseeing tours and social activities* Very close to the Central Park.Call 6886666 for further information.11. offers fr
9、ee sightseeing tours.A. Global English CenterB. Modern Language SchoolC. The 21st Century English Training CenterD. The International House of English12. How much do you have to pay if you want to learn English in Modern Language School for six months?A. 800. B. 1,000. C. 1,200. D. 1,800.13. Why is
10、The 21st Century English Training Center different from others?A. It has an entrance exam for learners.B. It is the nearest to the city enter.C. Its address doesnt appear in the advertisement.D. The teachers are from Canada and the USA.14. If you want to improve your overall English ability, which n
11、umber would you call?A. 6886666 B. 6016666 C. 6760000 D. 6777777BJack Ma, the founder and executive chairman of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, and US president-elect Donald Trump met at Trump Tower in New York City on Jan, 9th 2017, with Trump calling it a great meeting and Ma saying the meeting wa
12、s very productive.We had a great meeting, and a great, great entrepreneur（企业家）, one of the best in the world, and he loves this country, and he loves China, Trump said. Jack and I are going to do some great things.The two met with reporters briefly after the meeting, and said they discussed plans to
13、 create 1 million US jobs by allowing US small and medium-sized businesses to sell to China through Alibabas platforms.Were focused on small business, Ma told reporters. And he had complimentary words for Trump: I think the president-elect is very smart, hes very open-minded to listen. I told him my
14、 ideas about how to improve trade, especially to improve small business, cross-border trade.We also think that the China and USA relationship should be strengthened should be friendlier, Ma said. The door is open for discussing the relationship and trade issues.The meeting comes in tensions between
15、China and the incoming Trump administration（政府）. Trump has repeatedly criticized China for its economic policies and accused the country of stealing jobs away from the US.Trump also has said he may raise tariffs（关税） on Chinese goods sold in the US.15. When Jack Ma and Trump met at the beginning of t
16、his year, _A. Trump has taken office as a new president of USA.B. Jack Ma and Trump took a friendly attitude towards each other.C. they discussed plans to allow US businesses to sell to Asia.D. Trump will do some great things through JingDongs platforms.16. The underlined word “complimentary” probab
17、ly shows “_”.A. praise B. criticismC. anger D. pride17. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?A. Before the meeting at Trump Tower, they two met with reporters briefly.B. Jack Ma and Trump met at the background of good relations between China and Trump administration.C.
18、Their meeting focused on some big business and home trade.D. Trump may raise tariffs on imported goods from China.CIn a recent announcement, Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology（MIT）said that they have joined forces to offer free online courses in an effort to attract millions of on
19、line learners worldwide. Beginning this fall, a number of courses developed by teachers at both universities will be offered online through a new $60 million program, known as edX. “Anyone with an Internet connection anywhere in the world can use our online courses,” Harvard President Drew Faust sai
20、d during a meeting to announce the plan. MIT has offered a program called OpenCourseWare for ten years that makes materials from more than 2,000 classes free online. It has been used by more than 100 million people. In December, the school announced it also would begin offering a special certificate
21、, known as MITx, for people who complete certain online courses. Harvard has long offered courses to a wider population through a similar program. The MITx will serve as the foundation for the new learning platform. MIT President Susan Hockfield said more than 120,000 people signed up for the first
22、MITx course. She said Harvard and MIT hope other universities will join them in offering courses on the open-source edX platform.“Fasten your seatbelts,” Hockfield said.Other universities, including Stanford, Yale and Carnegie-Mellon, have been experimenting with teaching to a global population onli
23、ne.The Harvard-MIT program will be monitored by a not-for-profit（非盈利的）organization based in Cambridge, to be owned equally by the two universities. Both MIT and Harvard have provided $30 million to start the program. They also plan to use the edX platform to research how students learn and which tea
24、ching methods and tools are most successful.18. According to this text, edX is _.A. a part of the free MIT OpenCourseWareB. a free computer program by MIT and HarvardC. a Harvard-MIT platform of free online coursesD. a free program online for universities worldwide19. What is said about online educa
25、tion in the text?A. Universities have been trying online courses.B. About 2,000 online courses have been offered.C. Over 100 million people have finished courses online.D. Stanford and Yale together have courses similar to edX.20. The underlined part in the text probably means “ ”.A. Get ready for t
26、he difficultiesB. Get ready for this educational changeC. Get prepared to complete the online coursesD. Get prepared to make materials for the edX courses21. What can be said about MITx according to the text?A. It is first offered as part of the edX learning program.B. It is another free MIT-Harvard
27、 online learning program.C. It is a standard to recognize online learners achievement.D. It is a new kind of free online course of Harvard and MIT. DEvery year gray whales swim a 10,000 miles round-trip, from the cold waters near Alaska, down the coast of North America to the warm waters near Mexico
28、, and back again. It is one of the longest migrations （迁徙） of any mammal （哺乳动物）. All day, all summer long, in the cold waters near Alaska, gray whales eat and eat.Instead of teeth, gray whales have baleen （鲸须） they use to get food from ocean water. They get big mouthfuls of muck （淤泥） from the ocean
29、floor, then push that muck right back out through their baleen. The mucky water flows through, but tiny animals get trapped in the baleen and licked up.When the water starts to freeze, the whales begin their long trip south. They swim night and day, without stopping to eat or rest. During the long journey, migrating whales may push their heads out of the water to see where they are.Two months later, the whales reach Mexico. Babies are born here in warm, shallow （浅的） waters called lagoons （濒海湖）. Ocean lagoons have no food for the adults, but the babies are safer here than in the open
