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Ⅰ.单词拼写
根据汉语注释及首字母提示写出下列单词的正确形式。
1. Once you become________(有信心的)，you can tell the true from the false by your own mind.
2. I hope to________(简短地) introduce some of them which have influenced on my family. 3. It is said that the________(表演) will be put on in the theater next week. 4. All the ________(过路人) stopped, to listen to his music.
5. We all like Mr. Brown because he is a very________(幽默的) person. 答案：1. confident 2. briefly 3. performance 4. passers-by 5. humorous Ⅱ. 选词填空
dream of; play jokes on; be familiar with; in addition; or so 1. She often ________ running her own business in the future. 2. There were twenty people ________ who entered for the race.
3. Jack took too much for granted by assuming his audience________ his poetry.
4. Our survey will produce the essential statistics.________， it will provide information about people's shopping habits.
5. In one of them, a man named Wakefield decides to________ his wife.
答案：1. dreams of 2. or so 3. was/were familiar with 4. In addition 5. play jokes on Ⅲ.单句语法填空
1. He pretended______ ______ ______(study) when his father stepped into his room. 答案：to be studying
解析：pretend接不定式的进行式，意为“假装正在干某事”。句意：“当父亲走进他房间时，他假装正在学习。”
2. All the parents appreciate the great importance schools have ________ ________(attach) eyesight protection.
答案：attached to
解析：句意：学校对视力保护非常重视，对此所有家长都非常欣赏。attach importance to为固定短语，意为“重视”。
3．If you want to be popular, ______ ______ ______(all), join in our class activities and then make a contribution to our class if possible.
答案：first of all
解析：考查介词短语。句意：如果你想受欢迎，首先你要参加我们的班级活动，然后如果可能的话对我们的班级做出贡献。first of all用于列举时表示“首先，第一”。
4．Everyone's attention was drawn to the eight-year-old girl who was________(perform) perfectly at the piano.
答案：performing
解析：perform “表演”。每个人的注意力都被这个8岁的小女孩吸引住了，她正在完美的弹奏钢琴。
5．If George keeps on working so hard, he'll ________ ________(break) sooner or later. 答案：break down
解析：句意：如果George一直这样辛苦地工作，他早晚会垮掉的。break down“(身体)垮掉，(机器)坏掉”等。
6. I know it's not important, but I can't help________(think) about it. 答案：thinking
解析：can't help doing sth.“禁不住/忍不住做某事”。
7. Peter is my close friend, who can be______ ______(rely) to do what he promises. 答案：relied on
解析：句意：Peter是我的密友，他是可以信赖的，他会履行自己所做出的承诺。rely on sb. to do sth.指望/相信某人做某事。
8. His diet can not be considered as healthy because it contains a lot of fat ______ ______ ______ ______(form) meat，cakes and cream.
答案：in the form of
解析： 句意：他的饮食不能被认为是健康的，因为大量的脂肪存在于肉、蛋糕和奶酪中。in the form of “以……的形式”。
9. Compared with his sister, Jerry is even more sensitive ________， and more easily troubled by emotional and relationship problems.
答案：to
解析：句意：和妹妹相比，Jerry对情感和人际关系方面的问题更敏感，更容易被困扰。sensitive“敏感的，神经过敏的，易受伤害的”。构成短语be sensitive to。
10．In our class there are 46 students, ________ ________ half wear glasses. 答案：of whom
解析：句意：我们班上有46位学生，其中一半戴眼镜。前后两句话之间无连词，故不能用人称代词them。此处“介词＋关系代词”of whom引导定语从句，of whom half相当于half of whom，of表示所属关系。
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Ⅳ.阅读理解
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[2014·山西省太原市部分中学高三统一检测]
On July 20,1969，Americans Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the moon. It was a defining moment in American history. More US missions to the moon followed. Now, two congresswomen want to preserve the lunar landing sites by granting them the same protection given to national historical parks. On July 8, a bill called the Apollo Lunar Landing Legacy Act was introduced, which would establish a national park on the moon.
The purpose of the act is to preserve the sites for scientific research and to improve public understanding of the Apollo program. Apollo is the name of the spacecraft used by American astronauts between 1969 and 1972. If passed, the bill would protect artifacts, such as footprints and equipment, left behind during the seven Apollo missions. It would also require the United States to ask the United Nations to designate the Apollo 11 landing site as a World Heritage Site.
“In the light of other nations and private entities developing or already having developed the ability to go to the moon, the United States must be proactive in protecting artifacts left by the seven Apollo lunar landings，” Congresswoman Johnson said in an e-mail message. “This bill will help ensure that this unique aspect of our cultural heritage is preserved.”
Some critics say that the bill does not require immediate attention because NASA does not have plans to return to the moon. Countries like China and Japan have only hinted about sending people there around 2025, but no one knows whether that will happen. Other critics question whether the bill can be enforced and say that it may even violate an international treaty. In 1967, the United States and the Soviet Union agreed that no country could make a claim on the moon.
Now, more than 40 years since the last Apollo mission, the Apollo Lunar Landing Legacy Act is making its way through Congress. “I know that it can sound far-fetched to say that we are going to have a national park on the moon，” said Congresswoman Johnson. But she believes it's important to preserve the lunar landing sites. “These are an important reminder of what has made America great and serve as an inspiration for future generations.”
1．The bill Apollo Lunar Landing Legacy Act was introduced to ________. A．celebrate the first landing on the moon B．set up a national park on the moon C．send a manned spacecraft to the moon again D．emphasize the moment in American history
2．According to the passage Apollo Lunar Landing Legacy Act ________. A．is to be presented to the UN B．is part of the Apollo program C．is cultural heritage
D．is meant to preserve artifacts