Cold Food Festival is a 【1】 (tradition) Chinese holiday celebrated before Qingming Festival, which usually falls on April 4 or 5.

Legend has 【2】 that Chong'er, a prince of Jin, experienced many hardships while he moved around the warring states. Once, when the prince suffered from 【3】 (starve), Jie Zitui, offered him food. Later, when Chong'er became the duke of Jin, he ordered a search for Jie who had gone into hiding in the remote mountains with his mother. The duke wanted Jie to serve 【4】 one of his ministers. Contrary to 【5】many people might assume, Jie, who preferred living a simple life in the Mianshan Mountain to 【6】 (become) a politician, refused the duke's invitation. Chong'er ordered the mountain to be burned down to force Jie out of hiding. 【7】 (fortune), Jie did not give in and the fire ended up killing him and his mother. Feeling extremely sorry, Chong'er required that the setting of fire 【8】 (forbid) on the anniversary of Jie's death. This meant all food was eaten cold. Therefore the festival is thus named.

Mianshan Mountain, 【9】the tragedy happened, is now a famous tourist destination in Shanxi province. In many areas of Shanxi, locals still remember this tradition. 【10】cold food is not the only choice for people during the celebration, the practices of making typical cold dishes for the event have been preserved.

A Father’s Influence Makes for Better Grades

Adolescents from low-income families in particular are more likely than their middle-class peers to underachieve and to drop out of school. Studies have shown that a positive attitude towards school work and the support and encouragement from their parents can help at-risk youngsters to overcome the economic barriers and lack of resources they face. Most of the evidence about the effects of parental involvement comes from research on mothers. Little is known, however, about how adolescents experience their fathers’ warmth and the beliefs and behaviors that are most affected by it.

This new study is part of a larger one focusing on low-income families conducted in four middle schools in the southwestern United States. Data were analyzed from questionnaires completed by 183 sixth-graders about how optimistic and motivated they were about their schoolwork, and how they experienced their fathers. The questionnaires were completed primarily by respondents of Mexican American, African American and European American descent. Their maths and language arts grades were also obtained.

Their findings show how fathers can support their teenagers in ways that result in greater optimism, self-efficacy, and, ultimately, higher achievement at school.

These positive effects extend to both sons and daughters, while in different ways. Experiencing their father’s warmth first influences daughters’ sense of optimism, and then spills over into their feeling more determined and certain about their academic abilities. This in turn leads to better math grades. There is a more direct link between their fathers’ involvement and teenage boys’ belief in their ability to succeed on the academic front. This heightened self-confidence increased their success in English language arts classes.

Suizzo suggests that counselors and educators should encourage fathers to communicate warmth and acceptance to their children, because of the positive influence these emotions have on their well-being.

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刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉。

修改：在錯(cuò)的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

注意：1. 每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

2. 只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計(jì)分。

My father，who had been away on a business trip，would come back. I missed him too much that I couldn't wait to seeing him at once. My father's trains would arrive at 5：30. To my surprised，Father gave me the call at 5：00. He told me not to meet him at. the train station because the heavy rain. Therefore，I didn't listen to him. Though it was raining cats and dogs，but I went to the train station. The moment we caught sight of each other，all of us were very excited and I hug my father warmly and tightly.

A YOUNG WOMAN WALKS INTO THE BATHROOM of her Beijing apartment. She plans to ask her husband about their coming vacation, but notices he's facedown in their bathtub. Jokingly, she asks him if he's trying to wash his hair. No answer. He's dead.

These first pages of An Yu's novel, Braised Pork, sound like a domestic thriller. The dead husband . A fancy apartment. And a wife who shows that even if she's shocked by the unexpected death, she wasn't happy with her marriage to begin with. Yu writes, “He had betrayed（背叛）and deserted her."

But then, as she waits for the ambulance, Jia Jia discovers a picture of a strange fish-man left near her bathtub. She remembers her husband describing the creature on a trip to Tibet—it had shown up in a dream. Jia Jia doesn't know it yet, but the drawing will take her miles from home, changing what she knows to be true about herself. It's this experience that changes Braised Pork into an original narrative（敘事）one that doesn't fit into any genre（體裁）.

As JiaJia picks up the pieces of her life, she wonders how much of herself she suppressed （壓 抑）to please her husband. She was once an artist, but her husband discouraged her from running after her dream. Now she can explore those desires alone, though .

ANOTHER AUTHOR might have chosen to follow a young widow on a journey of finding love after loss. But 28-year-old Yu smartly decides not to. Instead, she uses Jia Jia as a way to explore the anxiety of contemporary womanhood. Jia Jia does want to find love again, which is only a small part of the story. Yu leaves room for her to begin a more material search: uncovering the meaning behind the picture beside her husband's dead body.

There are some images that make us so uncomfortable. It's impossible to look away from them. For JiaJia, it's the fish-man at first, and then more memories of the past, which interrupt her present. In Braised Pork, Yu raises questions about why we keep an eye on those moments-and how they might relate to the company we wish for.

【1】What's the genre of the novel Braised Pork?

A.Mystery.B.Narrative.

C.Domestic thriller.D.None of the above.

【2】What kind of person would you say Jia Jia is before her husband's death?

A.lonely and suppressed.B.innocent but unlucky.

C.humorous and independent.D.talented and passionate.

【3】From the last two paragraphs, we know ________.

A.Jia Jia and Yu both wish for company

B.Jia Jia would rather live in the past than in the future

C.Yu uses Jia Jia to explore the anxiety of contemporary womanhood

D.The novel is mainly about a young widow finding her true love after loss

【4】Which of the following is NOT right according to the text?

A.Yu uses uncomfortable images to catch reader's attention.

B.The picture of a strange fish-man will take Jia Jia away from home .

C.Jia Jia can take up art again after her husband's unexpected death.

D.Jia Jia isn't satisfied with her marriage due to her husband's betrayal.

The Story of Lego

The world-famous LEGO company has its origins in the workshop of a poor Danish carpenter, Ole Kirk Christiansen in the first half of the 20th century. Despite these humble beginnings, it 【1】 (grow) to become one of the most popular toys of all time.

Ole, the tenth son in the family, earned a living 【2】 (make) toys with his father. Finally, he became a master carpenter and in 1932 he set up 【3】own business. He called the company LEGO, 【4】means 'play well in Danish. Unfortunately, ten years later his factory burned down. However, despite being under great financial pressure, Ole had it 【5】 (rebuild). This took three years and during that time he learnt of a British company which specialized in plastic moulding machines. 【6】his managers thought they were too expensive, Ole still bought one. It was worth the investment. At the end of the decade, the company was producing a successful range of toys and interlocking bricks, and Ole’s son, Godtfred, had joined him in the business.

Sadly, Ole didn’t see 【7】successful his company later became. He died at the age of 66 and Godtfred became managing director. The modem brick design 【8】 (patent) on 28 January 1958, and bricks from that year are still compatible (兼容的) to bricks today.

Unbelievably, in the 1960s, the LEGO factory was struck by lightning and burned to the ground again. After this, Godtfred had to rethink the direction of the company. This time, 【9】the advice of his directors, he decided to concentrate mainly on the hugely successful interlocking plastic bricks.

Godtfred's son, Kjeld, is the current Deputy-Chairman and 【10】 (celebrate) the company's 80th anniversary, a short animated film called “The LEGO story” was released in August 2012.

New research has discovered how plant roots sense the availability of water in soil and then adapt (適應(yīng))their shape to acquire water. The discovery could enable crops to be raised which are more adaptive to changes in climate conditions, such as the absence of water, and help ensure food safety in the future.

These findings, published in the journal Science, describe a new mechanism(機(jī)制) discovered by cooperating teams at the universities of Nottingham and Durham.

Roots are very important for plants to acquire water and nutrients(營養(yǎng))from the soil. Water is necessary to plant growth , yet changing climatic conditions makes acquiring water from soil even more challenging. Plants are able to adapt to different soil moisture(濕潤)conditions by changing their roots.

The researchers discovered that plant roots lacking a branching master gene were no longer able to branch out. They found that when roots have access to moisture, the certain gene remains active and promotes root branching, but when put in air, the gene is in activated, preventing root branching. The research has identified the certain protein which can inactivate root branching.

Professor Sadanandom explained: "This is hugely exciting as it opens up the possibility for us to help develop plants that could continue to branch roots even in challenging conditions such as the absence of water.'

Professor Bennett concluded: "Water is the key to plant growth, development and their survival. By studying how plant roots change their branching in response(回應(yīng))to water availability, we have uncovered a new mechanism. This opens the way to develop new crops better adapted to climate change and to help deliver global food safety."

It is absolutely imperative to ensure food safety worldwide. Crop production must double by 2050 to keep pace with global population growth. This target is even more challenging considering the effect of climate change on water availability. In this case, developing crops with better ability to acquire water would provide a solution.

【1】The findings of the research may have a positive effect on several global issues EXCEPT

A.ensuring food safetyB.preserving the agriculture

C.solving the absence of waterD.increasing crop production

【2】With the help of the findings, plants may be able to ________.

A.take in more nutrientsB.change inactivated roots

C.grow in challenging conditionsD.branch out without a special gene.

【3】Which of the following best explains “imperative" in the last paragraph?

A.effective.B.hopeful.

C.impractical.D.urgent.

【4】What is the new mechanism mentioned by Professor Bennett?

A.How a branching master gene responds to a particular nutrient.

B.How plant roots change their shape according to the soil moisture.

C.Why plants have different abilities to adapt to soil moisture conditions.

D.How the certain protein in activates root branching when accessible to water.

But there must have been a time before coffee. I don't remember coffee making an appearance in any of the Bible(圣經(jīng))stories I learned. Jesus changed water into wine, not coffee. Maybe if coffee had been around, he would have changed some of the water into coffee. Maybe that's what “B. C." in those timelines meant: "before coffee."

According to popular legend, the origin of coffee can be traced to a thousand years ago, when an Abyssinian(Ethiopian)goatherd(牧羊人)named Kaidi observed his goats dancing and jumping. When Kaidi investigated, he saw that the goats were happily eating the red berries（漿果)of an unfamiliar tree. Kaidi decided to try some, and when he did he joined the dancing goats and became “the happiest herder in happy Arabia'.

Some time later, a passing monk(和尚)observed Kaidi and the goats. When Kaidi told him about the berries, the monk thought they might be the answer to his prayers(祈禱). It seems that the monk was always falling asleep in the middle of prayers. When he ate the berries, he stayed awake. The unnamed monk came up with the idea of drying and boiling the berries. It came into the world. His fellow monks loved the new drink because it encouraged them to pray and it tasted good too.

So now that I know about Kaidi and his goats, if someday-in the far, far future, of course someone calls me an "old goat", I'll just smile, take another sip of coffee, and maybe do a little dance.

【1】Why didn't Jesus change water into coffee?

A.Because Jesus didn't like coffee.

B.Because coffee didn't appear at that time.

C.Because it was not the right time to have coffee.

D.Because Jesus was better at changing water into wine.

【2】What is the tone of the author when writing the text?

A.Serious.B.Objective.

C.Scientific.D.Humorous.

【3】The underlined word “it" in paragraph 4 refers to ________.

A.a kind of new drink

B.a kind of food made by monks

C.a kind of soup needed to be boiled

D.a kind of drug encouraging people to keep awake

【4】What is the best title for the text?

A.The Origin of Coffee.

B.The Development of Coffee.

C.The Popularity of Coffee in the World.

D.The Coffee-drinking Tradition in My Family.

Lying on my bed, listening to the morning noises, the tension of the previous night became unreal and distant. Although I couldn't understand what the staff were saying to each other, their occasional laughter conveyed a sense of normality: they were doing what they did every morning, their thoughts connected only to routine. I imagined they might be discussing who would go for kitchen supplies in the market that day or who would be sweeping the halls.

Around five-thirty a few bedroom-door bolts clicked open as the early-bird travellers emerged and the die-hard party goers from Patpong returned. I realised that the dreamless snatches of sleep I’d managed were finished, so I decided to get up and have breakfast.

There were already a few travellers at the tables, drinking glasses of black coffee. I began studying the menu, a once white sheet of A4 paper with such an excessive list of dishes I felt making a choice was beyond my ability. Then I was distracted by a delicious smell. A kitchen boy had wandered over with a tray of fruit pancakes. He distributed them to a group of Americans, cutting off a good-natured argument about train times to Ciang Mai.

One of them noticed me eyeing their food and he pointed at his plate. ‘Banana pancakes,’ he said. ‘The business.’

I nodded. They smell pretty good.，

‘Taste better. English?’

‘Uh，huh.，

‘Been here long?’

'Since yesterday evening. You?”

“A week’, he replied, and popped a piece of pancake in his mouth, looking away as he did so. I guessed that signaled the end of the exchange.

The kitchen boy came over to my table and stood there, gazing at me expectantly through sleepy eyes.

"One banana pancake, please,' I said, obliged into making a quick decision.

‘You wan’ order one banan’ pancake?’

‘Please.’

‘You wan’ order drink?’

‘Uh, a Coke. No, a Sprite’

‘You wan’ one banan’ pancake, one Spri.’

“Please.”

He walked back towards the kitchen, and a sudden feeling of happiness washed over me.

【1】The writer described the morning noises in order to__________.

A.imply that he didn’t sleep well

B.predict the morning would be different

C.compare the city's morning and night

D.show what a terrible dream he had

【2】According to the writer, what were the staff talking about?

A.Their daily work.B.Their strange guests.

C.Their normal supplies.D.Their night experience.

【3】The American let the writer know that he wouldn’t like to go on with the conversation by__________

A.asking the writer about the pancakeB.telling the writer what he liked

C.stopping looking at the writerD.commenting on the pancake

【4】By the end of the passage, the writer felt he had recovered from __________.

A.the depressionB.the nervousness

C.the injuryD.the tiredness

1．時(shí)間：上周一下午。

2．過程：上課鈴響后全班同學(xué)在操場上集合，然后做了些準(zhǔn)備活動(dòng)，接著聽老師講解跳遠(yuǎn)并看他示范，輪到我練習(xí)時(shí)，我因心情緊張而失敗。老師鼓勵(lì)我不要灰心。我經(jīng)過反復(fù)練習(xí)，終于能跳超過2.5米遠(yuǎn)。

3．體會：有志者，事竟成。

Dear Wang Lan，

I'm writing to tell you one of my unforgettable experiences in my senior school.

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Yours，

Li Hua