About an hour after sunrise，I rode across the countryside____birds were singing．

A． where B． which C． that D． when

Look！I haven't worn the dress for nearly ten years and it

A． was still fitting B． is still fitting

C． still fitted D． still fits

We will have six-day holiday during the coming APEC meetings traffic on the roads．

A． to ease B． easing

C． ease D． having eased

____ out how to put our furniture or we'll have to wait for another week to move in．

A． Figuring B． To figure

C． Figure D． Figured

Somebody Loves You

One miserable rainy night，a man named Mark decided to end his life．In his mid-fifties，Mark had never been married． the joy of having children or spent holidays with his family．Wet and unhappy，he walked along the streets，feeling as if there was in the entire world that cared whether he lived or died

，1 was sitting in my room watching the rain hit my window．When I heard the doorbell ring，I jumped from my chair and Out．But my mother was already at the door．Opening it，she found herself face-to-face with a very dirty-looking man with tears streaming down his face．My mother，overcome by ，invited the man inside，and he sat with my parents in our living room．

，1 walked secretly downstairs so that I could get a better look．I couldn't understand what they were saying，but the of the man，holding his head in his hands and crying，made my chest ache．I raced back upstairs to my room and my hand into my money jar．Pulling out my only half-dollar coin，I ran back downstairs．

When I the door of the living room，I walked right in．The three adults looked at me in as I quickly made my way over the stranger．I put the half-dollar in his hand and told him that I wanted him to have it．Then I gave him a ，turned and ran as fast as I could out of the room and back upstairs．I felt excited but happy

Downstairs，Mark sat quietly with his head ．Tears streamed down his face as he tightly held that coin．Finally looking up at my parents，he said，"It’s that I thought nobody cared．For the last twenty years，I have been so ．That is the first hug I have ever got．It’s hard to believe that somebody_ ．”

Mark's life changed that night．When he left our house，he was to live instead of die． we never saw Mark again，we received letters from him every once in a while，letting us know that he was doing fine

My life changed that night，too，as I witnessed the hue healing power of ．even if it’s only a gift of fifty cents．

Before Mark left，my parents asked him why he had knocked on our door．Mark said that he'd walked along the streets that rainy night，helpless and ready to ，he had noticed a sticker on the car．It read：SOMEBODY LOVES YOU．

1.A． believed B． noticed C． experienced D． understood

2.A． everybody B． somebody C． anybody D． nobody

3.A． Later B． First C． Afterwards D． Meanwhile

4.A． looked B． raced C． spoke D． broke

5.A． pity B． anxiety C． guilty D． fear

6.A． Worried B． Curious C． Puzzled D． Annoyed

7.A． sense B． thought C． sight D． look

8.A． shook B． Luck C． pushed D． forced

9.A． answered B． fixed C． found D． reached

10.A． anger B． delight C． peace D． surprise

11.A． hug B． kiss C． smile D． handshake

12.A． held B． turned C． bowed D． raised

13.A． just B． still C． also D． even

14.A． anxious B． stressed C． lonely D． bored

15.A． cares B． gets C． makes D． knows

16.A． lucky B． proud C． hesitant D． ready

17.A． Since B． When C． Although D． Unless

18.A． receiving B． giving C． loving D． taking

19.A． if B． as C． until D． before

20.A． die B． cry C． leave D． regret

Cheerleading is the fastest growing girls' sport，yet more than half of Americans do not believe it is a sport．Actually，competitive cheerleading is a sport．

A sport is a “physical activity against/with an opponent，governed by rules and conditions under which a winner is declared，and the primary purpose of the competition is a comparison of the relative skills of the participants．"Because cheerleading follows these guidelines，it is a sport．

Competitive cheerleading includes lots of physical activities．Like gymnasts，cheerleaders must learn to tumble (翻滾) ．They perform lifts and tosses．This is where the "flied' are thrown in the air，held by "bases" in different positions that require strength and cooperation with other teammates．

Just as basketball and football have guidelines for competitive play，so does competitive cheerleading．The whole routine has to be completed in less than 3 minutes and 15 seconds and the cheerleaders are required to stay within a certain area．

Competitive cheerleaders' goal is to be the best．Just like gymnasts，they are awarded points for difficulty，creativity and sharpness．The more difficult a mount，the sharper the motions，the better the score．Cheerleading is a team sport so without cooperation，first place is out of reach．

Cheerleading is the number-one cause of serious sports injuries to women．Emergency room visits for cheerleading are five times the number of those for any other sport，partially because they do not wear protective gear．While many athletes are equipped with hip pads or helmets，smiling cheerleaders are tossed into the air and spiral down into the arms of trusted teammates．The fliersmust remain tight at all times so that their bases can catch them safely．Also，because cheerleading is not yet recognized as a sport by many schools，neither proper matting nor high enough ceilings are provided to ensure safety．Instead，the girls use whatever space is available．More recognition of competitive cheerleading as a sport would decrease the number of injuries．

So why do many Americans not think cheerleading is a sport？Some people argue that cheerleaders are just "flirts in skirts" with their only job to entertain the crowd，but cheerleaders today work just as hard as other athletes．

Hopefully，cheerleading will become as well-known a sport as football and basketball，and even appear in the Olympics since cheerleaders are just as athletic and physically fit as those involved in the more accepted sports．

1.What does the underlined word "bases" in Paragraph 3 refer to？

A． Strength and cooperation

B． Lifts and tosses

C． Supporting teammates

D． Physical activities

2.Gymnasts are mentioned in the passage to _________

A． explain the dangers of cheerleading

B． show their similarities with cheerleaders

C． suggest cheerleaders learn to do gymnastics

D． present the guidelines of gymnastic movements

3.It can be leamed from the passage that cheerleading _________

A． is a good sport for all people

B． lacks necessary guidelines to follow

C． is more than a form of entertainment

D． enjoys greater popularity than other sports

4.This passage is written mainly to _________

A． attract more girls to cheerleading

B． draw people's attention to cheerleading

C． call for more recognition of competitive cheerleading as a sport

D． criticize some Americans who do not think cheerleading as a sport

As well as teaching soccer's basic skills and rules, the introduced textbooks will ______ team spirit and sense of responsibility.

A. multiply B. distinguish

C. preserve D. develop

You are to meet with frustration in the pursuit of success and through greater effort and hard work your dream will definitely come true. Put it ______ , “No pains, no gains.”

A. frequently B. firmly

C. openly D. simply

One of those big social networking sites, Facebook, has attracted over 58 million members. Commentator Melody Cramer is no longer one of them. Here is what she shares with us about her story.

I deleted all 1,281 of my co?workers, second?grade classmates and people who I don’t know at all. I shut down my account, completely. I’m 30, and I’ve been on Facebook since March of 2004, which makes me one of the website’s earliest users.

At first, I used it obsessively. If I had a free moment, I’d log on to see whether my friends had updated their profiles. I’d sit alone scrolling through these updates and then run into someone at a coffee shop and have nothing to say because I already knew everything about them, and they knew everything about me.

In November, I went to my ten?year high school reunion and was not pleasantly surprised. Lauren became a model, Josh went to law school, Dina was a teacher. I hadn’t talked to any of them since graduation, but I knew exactly what they were doing, both now and last week. But lately, I’m overwhelmed(應接不暇). Facebook opened up to everyone, not just college students, and my co?workers started to join, which meant they now knew what I was doing when I wasn’t at work.

And as a rule: you can NOT make friends with your coworkers because then they’ll ask you the next day. But I thought we were friends. And you are friends but not the kind of friends who tell each other what they do outside of work. So now the people you work with can see what you did last night, and you’re constantly worrying what people might say about what you did last night instead of actually doing anything tonight. So Iquit. I became a 30?year?old Luddite, a person who is strongly against technology development. I’ve retuned to how the world worked when I was 20, before I knew when my friends and co?workers were counting down the seconds to vacation or entering a complicated relationship. I’m hoping life will be a lot simpler now. People will be more mysterious now that I actually have to talk to them to find out their favorite books or hobbies or neurosis(神經(jīng)癥). I don’t know when my college roommate goes to the supermarket, and I think I’m a better person for not knowing. In fact, you could say getting off a social network was the best thing I’ve done this week.

1.Melody Cramer decided to quit Facebook mainly because ______.

A. she thought it wasted too much time

B. she was afraid of the strangers on her account

C. she was tired of exposing her life to co?workers

D. she thought it made real?world life less interesting

2.We can learn from the passage that Melody Cramer ______.

A. had a 10?year membership of Facebook

B. used to be very objected to Facebook

C. was unpleasant to attend high school reunion

D. was one of the co-founders of Facebook

3.Which of the following about Melody Cramer is TRUE?

A. She owes her communication skills to Facebook.

B. She wishes she could be several years younger.

C. She prefers to face her friends and co-workers in reality.

D. She is no longer curious about anything around her.

4.The best title for this passage can be _____.

A. Addiction to Facebook

B. Farewell to Facebook

C. Friends Online

D. A Simpler Life

Imagine a house that keeps itself warm in the wintertime. Think of the savings in terms of fuel bills and unfriendly emissions. Such houses in fact exist, called “passive houses”. The concept of these highly energy-efficient buildings took root in the 1990s, before slowly consolidating as a niche construction (生態(tài)位構(gòu)建) concept in the 2000s. Are passive houses now actively moving into the mainstream as sustainable buildings?

For Brian Mc Garry, an economics lecturer who built a family house based on passive housing criteria in the Pyrenees this year, the arguments look convincing. As his first full winter in the low energy house draws in, we asked him to keep us informed. Do passive houses work?

I had never heard of a passive house in February 2012, when I purchased a plot of land. Nor did I expect that I would be persuaded to build a pre-constructed, custom-designed house based on energy-efficient passive house criteria. It promised to be easier and quicker to build, cheaper to run, and more comfortable to live in. The objective was to incorporate the fundamental concepts of passive energy management into my project: an airtight and highly insulated building envelope; large south facing double or triple-glazed windows (if possible, filled with argon gas) that passively capture the energy of the sun; a heat recovery ventilation system to provide fresh air; and a simple, low-cost heating system consisting of a modern wood-burning stove, a bathroom heater and a portable radiator backup for when the sun doesn’t shine and temperatures decline. No significant limitations were placed on the design, and it had excellent environmental credentials. Moreover, the cost was no more than a conventional build.

After six months in use, the house is proving to be both cheap to run and remarkably comfortable–staying cool in the hot summer was effortless, as long as the windows were shuttered or shaded from the sun. Nowstaying warm in the cold, high-altitude December climate also seems easy, so far.

Winter arrived in force in the Pyrenees in November, with abundant snowfalls and temperatures as low as minus 8° Celsius. Though early days, the house has responded well: the stove is lit during cold evenings but the portable radiator has not yet been needed. This type of construction seems not only to make economic and environmental sense, but to enhance our quality of life, too.

1.We can learn from Paragraph one that passive houses __________.

A. consume extra energy to keep warm in winter and cool in summer

B. had been introduced for a decade before the birth of the theory

C. appeal to both the self-builders and those constructors

D. refer to a certain house comfortable, costly and also pleasing

2.Regarding the passive energy management, the houses have characteristics EXCEPT _______

A. using south-facing windows to take in solar energy

B. Providing energy for taking a shower when it’s rainy

C. supplying fresh air with a special heat recovery system

D. placing more demands and restrictions on the design

3.How did Brian McGarry find his self-built passive house?

A. very unaffordable

B. Energy-consuming

C. comfortable to live in

D. Awkward to use

4.What is the writer’s attitude towards the passive housing?

A. supportive B. critical

C. oppositive D. doubtful