【题目】Blinda _______ changing jobs when this chance of promotion occurred, so she took it and stayed on at a much higher salary.

A. was thinking of B. thought of

C. had been thinking of D. was to think of

【题目】Alan gave us the reason for his coming late to class _______ his bicycle broke down on his way.

A. why B. where

C. that D. which

【题目】If you don't know his ___________, I think，it's very hard for you to get along with him.

A. character

B. behavior

C. state

D. action

【题目】Father ____________ goes to the gym with us although he dislikes going there.

A. hardly

B. seldom

C. sometimes

D. never

【题目】Jim went to answer the phone. ___________, Harry started to prepare lunch.

A. However

B. Nevertheless

C. Besides

D. Meanwhile

【题目】请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

During all those summers as a kid when I worked at Indian Jan’s Taco Stand, I like working with an old Indian woman named Darlene. She would tell me about our heritage. It is important that my white skin doesn’t overpower my native , according to her.

I the importance of my heritage. It’s one of the things I’ve learned from Darlene. 39 I’m a half Native American, you would never guess it by looking at me. On the , I look like my mother—I have her light hair, German eyes, and pale skin. My father is the native one, and I grew up fully aware of the between his skin and mine. People in the small Nebraska town where I grew up often seemed of his dark skin and shiny black hair. He often wore it long and in ponytail（马尾辫）, something that men in our just didn’t do.

I grew up feeling like I didn’t belong to either of my-parents’ and that I couldn’t ever be anything in-between. When I was at home in Nebraska, people would say “Broken Rope? What kind of a name is that？” , in the summer, when we visited the reservation（美洲印第安人居住地）where my father grew up, I would always be the whitest person around, sticking like snow.

I Darlene all of these when I was thirteen. She stopped kneading（揉）the bread and kept for a minute, just looking span>at me. she leaned closely to my ear and said, “We are all one people.”

I looked at her, “It doesn’t matter what your skin color is,” she said. “It doesn’t matter who your parents are, or where you live, or what you . You matter because you .You’re the past. You’re the future. You both heritages inside you, and you keep them alive forever. That’s what’s . ”

【1】A.preserved B. accepted C. shared D. proved

【2】A.language B. blood C. ability D. charm

【3】A.believe in B. take in C. burst in D. cut in

【4】A.When B. If C. Since D. Although

【5】A.outside B. screen C. way D. contrary

【6】A.chaos B. balance C. connection D. difference

【7】A.concerned B. tried C. frightened D. disappointed

【8】A.hearts B. parts C. villages D.alleys

【9】A.cases B. accents C. cultures D. dreams

【10】A.hear B. change C. write D. give

【11】A.Then B. Thus C. However D. Otherwise

【12】A.around B. out C. together D. up

【13】A.offered B. showed C. told D. reminded

【14】A.calm B. awake C. quiet D. occupied

【15】A.Wildly B. Luckily C. Typically D. Finally

【16】A.confused B. amazed C. bored D. ashamed

【17】A.miss B. like C. want D. have

【18】A.care B. exist C. prepare D. insist

【19】A.defend B. choose C. distinguish D. carry

【20】A.innocent B.alternative C.important D.ambiguous

【题目】A

We need your help -- actually, we all need each other's help!

Although dinner might be just about our only daily opportunity to sit down together, catch up and eat a healthy meal, we tend to be too busy/stressed/tired (you can throw in a dozen other reasons) to cook ourselves. The kids are shrieking, everyone is starving and your fridge contains nothing but a few squishy squashes and a limp carrot. So what do we all do? We give up and give in to some awful food choices that someone in some far-off factory or fast-food restaurant "cooked" without one bit of love in their heart. And this is making us sick and fat and it's killing us.

Why not try HOME COOKED SUNDAYS? The idea is simple: Use the one day of the week we do have time to cook -- Sundays. Let's make it a fun bonding activity -- and a wildly productive and delicious one, too. Let's use Sundays to shop, prep and cook with our families (hey, everyone can pitch in!), and then enjoy a great sit-down dinner at the family table. Let's turn this into a cherished weekly ritual（惯例）.

To get people excited and cooking again, Kirstin Uhrenholdt (she is Danish and -- no kidding -- grew up on a fruit farm) and I wrote The Family Cooks, a cookbook filled with easy, healthy and tasty recipes.

We included lots of tips and tricks to avoid an unhealthy week -- including how to avoid junk food hazards in the supermarket, and ways that small and big kids can help you cook. We know you have good ones, too. So let's share all our great ideas and inspire others to give it a try, because we know that Home Cooked Sundays will guarantee calmer and healthier weeknights -- and give us the perfect way to start the week connecting with our kids while teaching them a thing or two about health and happiness.

Will you help make home-cooked meals synonymous with Sundays? Share your ideas, inspirations and best tips on how you prep your fridge on Sunday for a smooth week ahead. Send us your three best tips and favorite go-to recipe for Sunday dinner.

We will post ours, and together, we'll make Home Cooked Sunday the single best and most delicious day of the week!

【1】The problem mentioned in Paragraph 2 is that .

A. people give up cooking for many reasons

B. many people have been killed by fast food

C. there are only a few good fast-food restaurants

D. some people don’t know how to love and be loved

【2】The author advises readers to .

A. attend a cooking competition

B. start cooking on Sundays regularly

C. buy the cookbook The Family Cooks

D. spend more time with families on Sundays

【题目】B

A new study, led by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History, shows that living sharks are actually quite advanced in evolutionary terms, despite having retained their basic "sharkiness" over millions of years. The research is published today in the journal Nature.

"Sharks are traditionally thought to be one of the most primitive surviving jawed vertebrates（脊椎动物）. And most textbooks in schools today say that the internal jaw structures of modern sharks should look very similar to those in primitive shark-like fishes," said Alan Pradel, a postdoctoral researcher at the Museum and the lead author of the study. "But we've found that is not the case. "

The new study is based on an extremely well-preserved shark fossil collected by Ohio University professors Royal Mapes and Gene Mapes in Arkansas, where an ocean basin once was home to a diverse marine ecosystem. The fossilized skull of the new species, named Ozarcus mapesae. The heads of all fishes -- sharks included -- are segmented into the jaws and a series of arches that support the jaw and the gills（鳃）. These arches are thought to have given rise to jaws early in the tree of life.

Because shark skeletons are made of cartilage（软骨）, not bone, their fossils are very fragile and are usually found in flattened parts, making it impossible to study the shape of these internal structures. But the Ozarcus mapesae specimen（标本）was preserved in a nearly three-dimensional state, giving researchers a rare glimpse at the organization of the arches in a prehistoric animal.

"This beautiful fossil offers one of the first complete looks at all of the gill arches and associated structures in an early shark. There are other shark fossils like this in existence, but this is the oldest one in which you can see everything," said John Maisey, a curator in the Museum's Division of Paleontology and one of the authors on the study. "There's enough depth in this fossil to allow us to scan it and digitally dissect out the cartilage skeleton."

Working with scientists at the European Synchrotron, the ESRF, Pradel imaged the specimen with high-resolution x-rays to get a detailed view of each individual arch shape and organization. "We discovered that the arrangement of the arches is not like anything you'd see in a modern shark or shark-like fish," said Pradel. "Instead, the arrangement is fundamentally the same as bony fishes."

The authors say it's not unexpected that sharks -- which have existed for about 420 million years -- would undergo evolution of these structures. But the new work, especially when considered alongside other recent developments about early jawed vertebrates, has significant implications for the future of evolutionary studies of this group. "Bony fishes might have more to tell us about our first jawed ancestors than do living sharks," Maisey said.

【1】What does the underlined word “that” in Paragraph 1 refer to?

A. Living sharks are quite advanced in evolutionary terms.

B. Sharks have kept their basic “sharkiness” over millions of years.

C. The jaw structures of modern sharks are similar to those in fishes.

D. Shark’s jaws have remained almost the same over millions of years.

【2】It is hard to study the internal jaw structures of ancient sharks because .

A. there are only a few shark fossils

B. shark skeletons are made of bones

C. their fossils are often in poor condition

D. their fossils are found in a nearly three-dimensional state

【3】According to Paragraph 4, the shark fossil used in the study is .

A. the only complete shark fossil

B. the oldest complete shark fossil

C. the only Ozarcus mapesae specimen

D. the biggest Ozarcus mapesae specimen

【题目】C

It’s been called the “hardest word,” but some women seem to use the word “sorry” as everything from a way to interject their thoughts into a conversation to a way of prefacing any request for help. Yesterday, Pantene even released a video about how often women apologize in everyday situations.

Apologizing unnecessarily puts women in a subservient（恭顺的） position and makes people lose respect for them, says executive coach and radio host Bonnie Marcus. Sylvia Ann Hewlett, founder of the Manhattan-based think tank, Center for Talent Innovation and author of Executive Presence: The Missing Link Between Talent and Success, says using “sorry” frequently undermines our gravitas and makes them appear unfit for leadership.

It’s not like women don’t know it’s a bad habit. So, why do they do it?

Business consultant Kathryn D. Cramer, author of Lead Positive: What Highly Effective Leaders See, Say, and Do, says women are socialized from an early age to focus on relationships and nurturing. Any sign of strength can be off-putting, so they’re conditioned to soften communication that can be construed as assertive or aggressive. Apologizing before speaking—or in any situation where women must show strength or where there is potential for conflict—is one way of doing so.

She adds that workplace culture contributes to its use, too. In many cases, strong women need to find ways to temper（使温和） their personalities or risk being called “rude,” “abrasive,” or even risk their jobs if they don’t find ways to soften others’ perception, she says. But saying “sorry” too often can be more career-killing than being disliked. So, it’s time to purge the word unless you really have something to be sorry about.

Marcus suggests keeping a log（日志） of when you “sorry,” what the situation was, and how you felt. Sometimes, “sorry” is just a verbal tic（言语抽搐）, but some usage patterns may indicate a situation or person who makes you feel insecure, she says. Being aware of those triggers and how they influence your language can help you be more vigilant in “changing your communication so you’re coming from a position of strength and equality,” she says.

Trusted friends can help you break the habit by quietly letting you know when you’re using “sorry” inappropriately, Cramer says. Knowing that you’re under another watchful eye is also going to make you more aware of your speech, she says.

Sometimes, saying “sorry” is easier than thinking about the word you really want to say, or becomes a way of softening your words or opinion before they’re even out of your mouth, Cramer says. If either is the case, be more careful to choose the word or phrase you really mean to say. “Start your statement with, ‘Let me say this…’ or some other word or phrase that reflects your meaning better than saying ‘sorry,’” she says.

Sometimes, instead of saying “sorry,” it’s best to not say anything at all. Hewlett encourages women to embrace the power of silence. Using silence deliberately makes people uncomfortable, but not in an aggressive way,” she says.

【1】According to the passage, women’s habitual apologies .

A. make it hard for them to start a new conversation

B. are a barrier to displaying their hidden talents

C. prove it is brave of them to admit mistakes

D. show they are in socially inferior positions

【2】What does the underlined word “so” in Paragraph 4 probably refer to?

A. Making statements less aggressive.

B. Following workplace culture.

C. Realizing full potential.

D. Voicing complaints.

【3】The author uses the last three paragraphs mainly to .

A. provide typical examples

B. make comparisons

C. offer suggestions

D. analyze effects

【4】Which would be the best title for the passage?

A. Why are women always apologizing?

B. What are the techniques for apologizing?

C. Women should have a place in the modern world

D. I’m sorry, but women really need to stop apologizing

【题目】Bicycling is good exercise ；___________, it does not pollute the air.

A. nevertheless

B. besides

C. otherwise

D. therefore