My grandmother was from a town in Michigan. Summer after summer, I enjoyed staying with my grandparents as a young child. I was from the city and loved the small town they lived in. People knew everyone, their kids, their pets, their ancestors. The bond with them continued to grow as I grew and they got older. Grandma was always using her hands for something exciting. She would make little sandwiches and we’d have tea parties. She’d make beautiful quilts for each one. I remember the small thimble(頂針) she would use while doing her needle work.
A few years ago, when Grandma left this earth, I bid farewell to a loving grandmother. How quickly our lives can change. We had just had tea together a couple of months earlier, on her 91st birthday.
I missed her very much. On one particular birthday, when I was feeling a little low, something happened to make me feel like she was sharing that special day with me. I was arranging some colorful pillows that she had made, and suddenly I felt something inside one pillow. It was small and hard. I moved the object to a seam(接縫) that I carefully opened, and to my delight out came a tiny silver thimble! How happy I was to find something that had been a part of her. Not realizing it had fallen off her finger, I pictured her sewing it in that little pillow that I just happened to place on my bedspead that day. I carefully laid the thimble alongside the others I’ve collected over the years, where I could continue to see the gift God chose to reveal to me. What a precious memory of a very special lady who somehow, I knew, was laughing in delight at sewing her thimble inside my pillow.
I made some tea, using my best china, as Grandma always did, and enjoyed my tea and Grandma’s thimble. What a wonderful birthday that was!

  1. 1.

    The author liked staying with her grandparents because________.

    1. A.
      they often bought her some gifts
    2. B.
      she was curious about people and things there
    3. C.
      she could have tea parties and eat sandwiches
    4. D.
      she could learn to sew quilts
  2. 2.

    How did the author feel when she found the silver thimble?

    1. A.
      Sad    
    2. B.
      Proud 
    3. C.
      Lucky 
    4. D.
      Cheerful
  3. 3.

    It can be inferred from the passage that the silver thimble________.

    1. A.
      was the item the author had been trying to find
    2. B.
      was the most treasured possession of Grandma
    3. C.
      was very precious to the author
    4. D.
      was a birthday gift Grandma had given the author
  4. 4.

    What is the best title for the passage?

    1. A.
      A little pillow               
    2. B.
      Grandma’s silver thimble
    3. C.
      My grandparents              
    4. D.
      My childhood
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Pierre is a 25-year-old penguin at the California Academy of Sciences. Due to his old age, he was going bald, which made him feel too cold to swim in the pool. Therefore, biologists at the academy had a wetsuit created for this penguin to help him get back in the swimming pool.
Unlike marine mammals, which have a layer of fat to keep them warm, penguins depend on their waterproof feathers. Without them, Pierre was unwilling to jump into the swimming pool and ended up trembling on the side of the pool while his 19 peers played in the water.
"He was cold; he would shake," said Pam Schaller, a senior biologist. Schaller first tried a heat lamp to keep Pierre warm. Then she got another idea: if wetsuits keep humans warm in the cold Pacific, why not make one for Pierre?
Schaller designed the suit, which covered Pierre’s body and had small openings for his flippers.
“I would walk behind him and look at where there were any gaps, and cut and refit and cut and refit until it looked like it was extremely suitable,” she said.
One concern was that the other penguins would reject Pierre in his new suit, but in fact, they accepted his new look. He swam freely and got along with others well, although he was the only penguin with a black stomach.
Schaller couldn’t say for sure whether the wetsuit allowed Pierre to recover his fine feathers, but “certainly we were able to keep him comfortable during a period of time that would have been very difficult for him to stay comfortable”.
Pierre will take off his suit after his new feathers grow back.

  1. 1.

    Pierre felt too cold to swim in the pool because of _____.

    1. A.
      not having a layer of blubber
    2. B.
      having few feathers due to old age
    3. C.
      having no wetsuit
    4. D.
      others penguins rejecting him
  2. 2.

    The idea of making a wetsuit for Pierre came from _____.

    1. A.
      total invention
    2. B.
      waterproof feathers
    3. C.
      the use of wetsuit on humans
    4. D.
      the use of heat lamp
  3. 3.

    Schaller followed Pierre in order to see _____.

    1. A.
      whether other penguins would reject him
    2. B.
      if anywhere of wetsuit needed to be cut and refit
    3. C.
      if the wetsuit kept warm
    4. D.
      whether the wetsuit would keep the feathers from recovering
  4. 4.

    The best title of the passage is _____.

    1. A.
      Wetsuit for An Old Penguin
    2. B.
      Old Penguin Getting Bald
    3. C.
      Unwilling to Swim
    4. D.
      Strange Look of PierreB

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It’s a nightmare for Huazhong University of Science and Technology （HUST）: within a week，two students committed suicide by jumping off dorm buildings.對(duì)于整個(gè)華中科技大學(xué)來說，這簡直就是場噩夢：一周之內(nèi)，兩名學(xué)生在宿舍跳樓自殺。
Officials from the university are reluctant to give interviews.校方官員們不愿接受采訪。
“We had a hard time calming down students who were shocked at the suicides,” said Zhang Jingyuan，one official of HUST.
“Media coverage may arouse some students’ negative emotions again.Suicide can be contagious,” Zhang said.他說，“媒體的報(bào)道將會(huì)再次引發(fā)學(xué)生的消極情緒，自殺是會(huì)傳染的�！�
The university reacted promptly to the first suicide on October 23.對(duì)于今年10月23號(hào)發(fā)生的第一起自殺事件，華中科技大學(xué)迅速做出應(yīng)急措施。
Advisors and class leaders conducted dorm-to-dorm checks to find students suffering depression.Then psychologists offered one-on-one counseling to them.輔導(dǎo)員和班長們走訪了每個(gè)宿舍，找出遭遇抑郁的學(xué)生。然后，心理咨詢師會(huì)為這些學(xué)生提供一對(duì)一的心理咨詢。
Notice boards publicizing tips for identifying peers’ mental problems and offering help were set up in front of dorm buildings.Leaflets carrying similar information were handed out to each dorm.宿舍樓前豎起一些布告欄，為同學(xué)們普及關(guān)于如何發(fā)現(xiàn)身邊人遭遇心理問題并提供幫助的小貼士。印有類似內(nèi)容的小冊(cè)子也被分發(fā)給每個(gè)寢室。
However，the second suicide came seven days later.然而，七天后，第二起自殺事件發(fā)生了。
Both students were described as men of few words.Their schoolmates didn’t see anything to indicate suicide.據(jù)周圍人描述，這兩名學(xué)生都很少言寡語。他們的同學(xué)都沒有覺察到任何自殺前的征兆。
Zhang revealed that the two students had been bothered by mental disorders.But the school didn’t know this until the students’ close friends outside school and their parents unveiled the truth after the suicides.章勁元透露，這兩名學(xué)生曾經(jīng)飽受心理疾病的困擾。但是學(xué)校對(duì)此并不知情，他們校外的好友和家長也是在自殺事件發(fā)生后才說出實(shí)情。
According to Zhang，there are only three full-time counselors working in the university’s counseling center for its 60,000 students.He complained: “It’s unrealistic to rely only on counselors to detect students’ mental problems.”據(jù)章勁元說，全校共有六萬名學(xué)生，但學(xué)校的心理咨詢中心只有三位全職心理咨詢師。他抱怨說：“僅僅依靠心理咨詢師來察覺學(xué)生的心理問題，這是不現(xiàn)實(shí)的�！�
Effective prevention comes from long-term education for life instead of temporary intervention to meet an emergency，said Hu Yi’an.Hu delivers a course of lectures on life and death at Guangzhou University.He worries that universities have paid little attention to education for life.有效的預(yù)防來自于長期的生命教育，而并非遭遇緊急狀況時(shí)的臨時(shí)干預(yù)，胡毅安（音譯）說。他在廣州大學(xué)教授以生命和死亡為主題的課程。他為各大高校給予生命教育的關(guān)注少之又少而擔(dān)憂。
“Education for life helps students respect and love life so they won’t resort to ending their lives when they have difficulties,” said Hu.“生命教育可以幫助學(xué)生尊重、熱愛生命，這樣一來，當(dāng)他們遇到困難的時(shí)候就不會(huì)選擇結(jié)束生命了,” 胡毅安說。
According to Hu，the principles can be incorporated into everyday teaching.胡毅安還表示，這些觀念可以融入到日常教學(xué)中去。
Hu is also concerned that some universities are conveying discriminatory message that will hold back students from seeking help.胡老師也很擔(dān)心一些大學(xué)傳遞出帶有歧視性的信息會(huì)使得學(xué)生們不愿去尋求幫助。
When HUST conducted the dorm-to-dorm examination，students with poor academic performance were paid special attention.In March，Peking University also released a controversial policy，which required teachers to have a chat with students “with biased thinking”.當(dāng)華中科技大學(xué)校方挨個(gè)宿舍進(jìn)行走訪時(shí)，學(xué)習(xí)成績較差的學(xué)生也被給予了特別關(guān)照。三月份，北京大學(xué)也推行了一項(xiàng)備受爭議的政策，該新規(guī)要求教師們要找那些學(xué)生中的“激進(jìn)分子”談話。
However，Hu suggested that students step out of their comfort zone to seek real-life communication.

  1. 1.

    The underlined word “reluctant” in paragraph 2 probably means “       ”.

    1. A.
      willing
    2. B.
      unhappy
    3. C.
      refused
    4. D.
      decided
  2. 2.

    Which measure the university took to the first suicide is incorrect?

    1. A.
      Conducting checks to find out the students’ depression.
    2. B.
      Offering counseling to the students.
    3. C.
      Setting up notice boards publicizing tips for identifying peers’ mental problems and offering help.
    4. D.
      Handing out leaflets to each student.
  3. 3.

    Which of the following is right according to the text?

    1. A.
      Officials of HUST were willing to give the details about the suicide.
    2. B.
      HUST didn’t respond to the first suicide.
    3. C.
      What the university about the suicide was a success.
    4. D.
      Their close friends and parents did know the students had mental disorder.
  4. 4.

    What’s the main idea of the passage?

    1. A.
      Two students of HUST committed suicide.
    2. B.
      What can we do to prevent the student’s suicide?
    3. C.
      The reasons why the students committed suicide.
    4. D.
      The dangers in the universities in China.

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He began to ________ as a writer only when he was in his fifties．


  1. A.
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  2. B.
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  3. C.
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  4. D.
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Play is the basic business of childhood, and in recent years research has shown the great impor­tance of play in the development of a human being. From earliest infancy (嬰兒), every child needs opportunity and the right materials for play, and the main tools of play are toys. The main function of toys is to suggest, encourage and play. To succeed in this, they must be good toys, which children will play with often, and will come back to again, and again. Therefore it is important to choose suit­able toys for different stages of a child’s development.
In recent years research on infant development has shown that the standard a child is likely to reach, within the range of his inherited (遺傳的) abilities, is largely determined in the first three years of his life. So a baby’s ability to benefit from the right play materials should not be underestimated. A baby who is encouraged, talked to and shown things and played with, has the best chance of growing up successfully.
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Until the age of seven or eight, play and work mean much the same to a child. But once reading has been mastered, then books become the main source of learning. Toys are still interesting and val­uable, which lead up to new hobbies, but their significance has changed — to a child of nine or ten years old, toys and games mean, as to adults, relaxation and fun.

  1. 1.

    according to the first passage we know that as a child grows up________.

    1. A.
      he should be allowed to choose his own toys
    2. B.
      he should be given the same toys
    3. C.
      he should be given different toys
    4. D.
      he should be given fewer and fewer toys
  2. 2.

    according to the passage, the abilities a child has inherited from his parents________.

    1. A.
      determine his character
    2. B.
      will not change after the age of three
    3. C.
      partly determine the standard he is likely to reach
    4. D.
      to a large extent determine the choice of toys
  3. 3.

    We learn from the passage that a child has boundless curiosity________.

    1. A.
      when he is two
    2. B.
      when he is around four
    3. C.
      when he is six
    4. D.
      when he is eight
  4. 4.

    The passage is mainly about________.

    1. A.
      the importance of pre-school education
    2. B.
      the importance of schooling
    3. C.
      the role of play in a child’s development
    4. D.
      the choice of toys for youngster

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________ is natural, he married Mary．


  1. A.
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  2. B.
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  3. C.
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  4. D.
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An unhealthy obsession (著迷)with celebrity(名人) culture is damaging the study success of British students, a survey of teachers found last Friday, with celebrity couple the Beckhams their favorite. Many students are dropping their study to seek the chance of fame instead, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) survey found. .Almost two-thirds of teachers said sports stars were the type of celebrity most pupils wanted to copy while more than half of students wanted to be pop stars.
The celebrities students wanted to be most like, the survey said, were Los Angeles-based David and Victoria Beckham, Britain's most famous couple. Soccer player "Beckhams" topped the poll(民意測驗(yàn)), with more than half the teachers saying their students modeled themselves on him. In second place, with almost a third of the poll's vote, was his 33 year-old wife and pop star "Posh."
A majority of teachers said it was television "stars" and a media fixation with celebrities, celebrity culture that negatively impacted the their pupils. Almost half of the 300 teachers polled said pupils tried to look like or behave like celebrities they most admired. What they feared is that girls particularly dressed in "unsuitable.”
"We are not surprised about infiltration(滲透) of celebrity culture in schools" the teacher Mary Boust  said in a statement. "Celebrities can have a positive effect on students. They can raise students' desires and ambitions for the future.
"However, celebrity culture can cause the wrong opinion that celebrity status(地位) is the greatest achievement and the belief that other career choices are not valuable."

  1. 1.

    The survey showed that________

    1. A.
        the British students studied hard.
    2. B.
        many students dreaming of being famous stars.
    3. C.
        Beckhams was a famous football player.
    4. D.
        the teacher thought it unnecessary to study hard.
  2. 2.

    The underlined word ”modeled” refers to ______

    1. A.
        was fond of   
    2. B.
        hated    
    3. C.
        copied   
    4. D.
        wished
  3. 3.

    Which of the following is NOT right?_________

    1. A.
        The survey was carried by the teachers.
    2. B.
        Beckham was the most popular with the students.
    3. C.
        Celebrities sometimes have a good effect on the students.
    4. D.
        The couple Beckhams now still live in England.
  4. 4.

    Which is the best title of the passage?________

    1. A.
        British Students Wants to Be Famous
    2. B.
        Celebrity Obsession Harming British Students
    3. C.
        Teachers Worried about Their Students
    4. D.
        The Students’ Opinions Are changing

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The boy ________ that his cock ________ an egg yesterday．


  1. A.
    Lied; lay
  2. B.
    lied; laid
  3. C.
    lay; lied
  4. D.
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I often ________ him for advice in my work and he is always willing to ________ me some．


  1. A.
    give; ask
  2. B.
    ask; give
  3. C.
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