一、填空题

1、Among the first plants to grow on the land regions the Earth _______ ,which in prchistoric times grew to immense size.

2、Unlike fossil fuels,which can be used only once,wind and solar power ______ of energy.

3、______ that the first cheese was probably made more than 4,000 years ago by nomadic tribes in Asia.

4、Today ______ of the Earth live on a Very small percentage of the Earth” land surface.

5、It was in the year 1792 ______.

6、Many small birds use new sites for each nesting, ______ large birds often reuse the same nest.

7、Plateaus are often referred to as tablelands ______ essentially flattopped and stand conspicuously above an adjacent land area.

8、Although many contemporary craft objects are not ______ ,they generally have their roots in function.

9、______ hearing aid was a tube called the ear trumpet,a flared tube held up to the ear.

10、Most leaves are coated with a waterproof _______,or cuticle.

11、The first glass factory ______ the North American continent was started in Jamestown ,Virginia,in 1607.

12、______ in the desert is mainly due to the limited supply of desert water.

13、In addition to painting highly acclaimed portraits,Mary Cassatt was ______ to several major art collectors.

14、Springwater is ______ clean,since it has been filtered through permeable rocks,but all springwater contains some dissolved minerals.

15、All eels spawn in the sea,the eggs hatching into transparent,ribbonlike larvae______,feeding until they metamorphose into small eels.

二、改错题

16、Citrus ①[fruits] ②[thrive] in ③[quite very] tropical ④[climates].

17、Carson McCullers was ①[fame] for her novels ②[about] ③[life] in the ④[small] towns of the southern United States.

18、①[Because the] atmosphere of Mars is ②[so] thin,wind ③[velocities of] several hundred kilometers per hour are required to ④[raised] dust particles during dust storms.

19、Lumbering,the ①[remove] of timber ②[form] the forest,③[is a] major industry ④[in] the Northwest region of North America.

20、The asphalt ①[deposits] of La Brea Tar Pit in Califormia ②[have yiclded] fossils of numerous ③[animal] of the Pleistocene epoch,including ④[the giant] ground sloth.

22、An intrinsic ①[part] of the sound structure of ②[poet],the repetition of a consonant sound or sounds,may ③[also be] exhibited ④[in prose].

21、Located in the center of the countinental United States ①[and] known for ②[its] endless wheat fields,Kansas is ③[one of] the nation”s leading ④[agriculturally] states.

23、People feel uncomfortable ①[when] the humidity ②[rises] over 60 percent because perspiration cannot evaporate quickly ③[enough] for the body to rid ④[themselves] of excess heat.

24、①[While] infancy,the period from ②[birth] until the age of two,a child grows to approximately ③[half of] his or her ④[adult] height.

25、The Pulitzer Prizes ①[are annual] awards ②[for excellence] in United States ③[journalism],literature,and ④[musical].

26、Judgments ①[made] in a criminal ②[cases] can usually be appealed to a higher court,which can ③[either] overturn or ④[uphold] a lower court ruling.

27、Science fiction is any ①[fiction dealing] with the future or with ②[so] imaginative subjects as interstellar travel,③[life] on other planets,④[or] time travel.

28、The wingspread of ①[various] species of bats ②[range] from ③[over] five feet ④[to] less than two inches.

29、The harmonica”s ①[tones] are made by the vibrations of the reeds ②[created by] the ③[blowing] and suction ④[to] the player.

30、The constitution of 1897,①[under which] Delaware is now ②[governed],③[is fourth] constitution in the ④[history] of the state.

31、Because ①[most photographic] filters ②[work] by ③[subtract] portions of visible light from the subject,they decrease the intensity of light ④[that reches] the film.

32、In a vacuum discharge tube ①[at] ordinary voltages and currents,neon glows reddish-orange ②[and is] the ③[mostly] intense of ④[all the] rare gases.

33、Although e.e. cummings studied ①[art] in Paris,②[but his] writings attracted ③[much] more interest ④[than] his paintings.

34、Because ①[material organic] decays ②[slowly] in peat,the remains of prehistoric animals ③[are often found] in the ④[depths] of peat bogs.

35、Usually an atom ①[having] one,two,or three electrons in ②[its] valence band readily contributes electrons to and ③[receive] electrons from ④[neighbouring] atoms.

36、①[A symbol] of freedom,the Statue of Liberty represents a ②[woman has] just escaped from the chains of slavery,③[which] lie at her ④[feet].

37、The southwestern ①[portion] of the United States is a land of ②[little] rain,and parts of it are ③[too] dry that ④[they are] called deserts.

38、Seneca chief Complanter ①[helped arrange] treaties between many United States ②[settler] and Native American tribes in ③[western] Pennsylvnnia ④[after] the American Revolutionary War.

39、Mercury is ①[so much] close to the Sun ②[that it is] usually ③[invisible] in the ④[glare] of the Sun” rays.

40、Pollen ①[can be] transferred by the wind or by birds ②[that comes] into ③[contact] ④[with] flowers.

一、选择释义

1、Jogging

2、Challenge

3、Landscape

4、Insomnia

5、Reduce

6、Browse

7、Overcome

8、dedicated

9、Spacious

10、Efficient

11、Fossil fuel

12、Skyscraper

13、Drawback

14、sulfur dioxide

15、Atmosphere

16、Aeronautics

17、Vogue

18、Conspicuous

19、Inevitable

20、Nomenclature

二、同义替代

21、integral

22、cutting-edge

23、relics

24、prestigious

25、feasible

26、exhausted

27、There are also [sparsely] distributed, highly nutritious fruits.

28、Smaller animals can therefore live where there is less food, [provided that] such food is of high energy content.

29、The larger, less [fastidious] feeders, the zebras, move in first; the choosier ,smaller wildebeests come later.

30、Joy and sadness are experienced by people in all cultures around the world, but how can we tell when other people are happy or [despondent]?

三、选词填空

31、The economic recession has meant that job_____is a rare thing.

32、This is not the right _____to ask for my help; I am far too busy even to listen!

33、She was so fat that she could only just ____through the door.

34、Thousands of people turned out into the streets to____against the Trump administration.

35、The president explained that the purpose of taxation was to _____government spending.

36、I’m surprised they are no longer on speaking terms. It’s not like either of them to bear a ___.

37、Mary hopes to be ____from hospital nest week.

38、Once a picture is proved to be a forgery, it becomes quite _____.

39、I couldn’t sleep last night because the tap in the bathroom was ____.

40、All the rooms have nicely _____carpets, which are included in the price of the house.

一、、填空题

1、My company has _____a new approach to staff meetings . We now have them standing up!

2、You can tell a lot by the way members of a family ____with each other.

3、We were unable to reach an agreement because of the ____between the two groups .

4、If we don’t_____the artistic skills of young children,they are far less creative as adults.

5、The_____to make quick decisions is vital in an emergency.

6、We might be able to persuade more people to use the bus, but it is_____impossible to prevent people from driving cars altogether.

7、I can’t eat peanuts because I’m____to them.

8、After several hours the doctor was finally able to give us his ____. John had broken his ankle.

9、I like making things with my own hands. It gives me a lot of____.

10、The researchers ____many experiments to find the most effective materials.

11、Our car broke down twice on the way to the wedding._____to say we arrived two hours late.

12、Languages_____over time so dictionaries need to be regularly updated.

13、I had to pay a ____for parking my car in a restricted area.

14、The train whistle warned us of its ____departure.

15、My friends and I have the same ____ in music.

16、Many people are fascinated by the native_____of Australia, especially koalas and kangaroos.

17、The mother bird carries food to the nest in its____.

18、We must try to protect_____animals, otherwise when a species disappears the whole ecosys tem is affected.

19、I think we should spend more money taking care of our own____.

20、 I don’t think we will never find another planet that can____life.

22、Although it is an old house, it has been very well____.

21、 I wish someone would invent a____for opening milk cartons-my family always makes a mess of it!

23、This machine performs the same_____as a washing machine but on a much larger scale.

24、International prices can also have an impact on the_____market.

25、______,I believe that banning smoking from public places is a very good idea.

26、The bad weather and a lack of food simply____our problems.

27、Given the rapid growth of our population,there is a____need to improve our infrastructure.

28、We all need to ___responsibility for improving our local community.

29、The government has ____to fine anyone who pollutes the river.

30、The ____from car exhausts have a significant effect on global warming.

31、Many small birds use new sites for each nesting, ______ large birds often reuse the same nest.

32、Plateaus are often referred to as tablelands ______ essentially flattopped and stand conspicuously above an adjacent land area.

33、Although many contemporary craft objects are not ______ ,they generally have their roots in function.

34、______ hearing aid was a tube called the ear trumpet,a flared tube held up to the ear.

35、Most leaves are coated with a waterproof _______,or cuticle.

36、The first glass factory ______ the North American continent was started in Jamestown ,Virginia,in 1607.

37、______ in the desert is mainly due to the limited supply of desert water.

38、In addition to painting highly acclaimed portraits,Mary Cassatt was ______ to several major art collectors.

39、Springwater is ______ clean,since it has been filtered through permeable rocks,but all springwater contains some dissolved minerals.

40、All eels spawn in the sea,the eggs hatching into transparent,ribbonlike larvae______,feeding until they metamorphose into small eels.