【推荐1】Not next to me, please!

When you are traveling by plane, there are some passengers you just don’t want to have next to you.

A.    1    

Perhaps you normally like them, but when you are sitting next to them on a plane it’s a different thing. They usually spend all the flight moving around and dropping their toys on the floor, and when they’re drinking their orange juice it ends up on your trousers.    2    So you can’t have the little sleep that you were planning.

B. Conversation makers

You recognize this type as soon as you sit down. They immediately start talking about the plane, or the weather, or they ask you a personal question. It’s very difficult not to talk to these people.    3    

C. Nervous fliers

These are the people with white faces who sit down and immediately ask for something to drink. Every five minutes they call a flight attendant(服务员) to ask if there are any problems with the plane.    4    The best thing to do is to pretend to sleep.

D. Space invaders(入侵者)

    5    But they have a terrible habit of taking up all their room, and some of your room too. They usually sit so that you can’t move, with their arms and legs in your space.

A．Careless parents

B．Small children

C．You’ll probably have to keep talking until the plane lands.

D．These people are not necessarily very big.

E．Some people want to listen to music all through the flight.

F．Then they decide they want to play with you.

G．They also tell you about air disasters(灾难).

【推荐2】I had made up my mind a long time ago that I would not give a homeless person money, because I could never be sure what that money would be used for. Instead, I decided, I would buy them a sandwich, a cold drink on a hot day, a cup of coffee, whatever I could manage.
I was out recently and saw a homeless man outside of a Starbucks. I decided I would buy this man lunch. I bought a sandwich and soda.
Just as I was leaving the store, two policemen were approaching the man. Obviously the shop owners had complained of his wandering and the police were there to draw him away from the storefronts. Just as they were about to wake him, I asked one of the officers if it was all right if I just gave the man something before he went. I was not sure why I asked the permission but the policeman said sure and I just left the bag in the man’s cart, got in my car and drove off.
As I was driving off I remember thinking “I hope people saw that”. Then I had to seriously ask myself why I hoped people had seen me give the man a sandwich from Starbucks. Was it because I wanted people to think, “She’s such a nice person!”? Why did I hope others had seen me do it? I continued to wonder this all evening.
The next morning, it came to me that I wanted people to have witnessed that small act of kindness not so that I would receive credit and praise but so that they might be inspired to do the same and in so doing that others still would witness their acts of kindness. Thus the whole spirit of pity and giving would be lasting.
1. The underlined word “Starbucks” in the second paragraph is the name of a _________.

A．shop

B．bookstore

C．bank

D．man

2. When the author saw the homeless man, he was __________.

A．begging outside	B．buying goods
C．staying awake	D．falling asleep

3. What’s the purpose of the passage?

A．To show the author is great.

B．To encourage people to help others.

C．To introduce an experience that changed the author.

D．To call on people not to give money to a homeless man.

4. The author can be best described as __________.

A．bad-tempered	B．hard-working
C．kind-hearted	D．self-confident

【推荐3】If you feel sleepy every morning, don't blame yourself. Your work schedule could be to blame.

A recent research shows that, for many of us, our work schedules do not agree with our natural body clocks—and experts are urging employers to take notice.

“When work schedules agree with people's natural sleep patterns, they produce higher quality and more creative work because they are more focused, less stressed and generally healthier. The opposite is also true—when employees are sleep deprived, they are more likely to make major mistakes and suffer from workplace injuries，” said Christopher Barnes, a management professor from the University of Washington.

“But it's not just about the amount of sleep you get. Whether you can be productive at 8 a．m. depends on your own body. Human beings each have an internal body clock，” said Till Roenneberg, a professor at Ludwig­Maximilian University in Munich. And that clock can differ greatly depending on the person.

“It's like feet，” said Roenneberg. “Some people are born with big feet and some with small feet, but most people are somewhere in the middle.”

Many companies start the work day at 8 a．m. or 9 a．m., putting their work schedules in disagreement with their employees' body clock. That mismatch, along with the pressure from work at all hours of the day and night, means that many people suffer from “social jetlag”. In other words, their bodies are always in the wrong time zone. He estimates that more than 70% of people get up earlier than they should.

“There is an old saying that sleep is for the weak，” said Roenneberg. “But I do feel like it doesn't help to have shortened sleep.”

1. According to the author, many people feel sleepy in the morning because________．

A．they start to work too early	B．they are not in good health
C．they have no interest in their work	D．they stay up too late the night before

2. What does Christopher Barnes mainly tell us?

A．The influences of lack of sleep.

B．The possible causes of poor sleep.

C．The useful ways to improve our sleep.

D．The connection between sleep and work performance.

3. By mentioning people's feet, Roenneberg intends to tell us ________．

A．people are born with feet of different sizes

B．people's body clocks differ from person to person

C．it is the most important to wear shoes of the right size

D．it is most important to obey our natural body clocks

4. Which of the following does the author agree to?

A．Sleep is for the weak.	B．The early bird catches the worm.
C．Plenty of sleep contributes to good work.	D．The more you sleep, the less work you can do.

【推荐2】阅读理解。阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

“I never did hate the Yankees (北方佬). All that I hated was the war...” That’s how my great-aunt Bettie began her story. I heard it many times as a child, whenever my family visited Aunt Bettie in the old house in Berryville, Virginia.

Bettie Van Metre had good reason to hate the Civil War. Her brother was killed at Gettysburg, and her husband, James, a Confederate (南方联盟军) officer, was taken prisoner and sent to an unknown prison camp somewhere.

One day in late September, Dick came to Bettie reporting that he had found a wounded Union soldier in a farmhouse half a mile away from the Van Metre home. When talking about her first sight of the man in the blood-spotted blue uniform, she always used the same words. “It was like walking into a nightmare: those awful bandages, that terrible smell.” She went out into the cool air, trying not to be sick at the thought of that smashed right hand, that missing left leg.

The man’s papers Bettie found in the farmhouse showed his identity: Henry Bedell, 30 years old. She knew that she should report the presence of this Union officer to the Confederate army, but she wouldn’t. This is how she explained it: “I kept wondering if he had a wife somewhere, hoping, and not knowing—just as I was. It seemed to me that the only thing that mattered was to get her husband back to her.”

Slowly, patiently, skillfully, Aunt Bettie fanned the spark of life in Henry Bedell. Of drugs or medicines she had almost none. And she was not willing to take any from the few supplies at the Confederate hospital. But she did the best she could with what she had.

The October nights in the valley grew cold. With the help of Dick and his wife, she moved the Union officer at night, to a hidden room above the warm kitchen of her own home. But the next day, Bedell had a high fever. Knowing that she must get help, she went to her family doctor, Graham Osborne. Dr. Osborne examined Bedell and said, “there was little hope unless proper medicines could be found.”

“I’ll get them from the Yankees at Harpers Ferry.” Bettie said. The doctor told her that Harpers Ferry was almost 20 miles away. Even if she reached them, the Yankees would never believe her. “I’ll take proof,” Bettie said. She found a blood-spotted paper bearing the official War Department seal (印章). “When I show it, they’ll believe me.”

Early the next morning she set off with a list of medical items. For five hours she drove, stopping only to rest her horse. The sun was almost down when she finally stood before the general at   Harpers Ferry. The general listened, but did not believe her. “Madam,” he said, “Bedell’s death was reported to us.” “He’s alive,” Bettie insisted. “But he won’t be much longer unless he has the medicines on that list.” “Well,” the general turned to a junior officer, “see that Mrs. Van Metre gets the supplies.”

With the medicines, Bedell gradually recovered. Ten days later he was walking with sticks. “I’d better go back as soon as possible.” Bedell told Bettie. So it was arranged that Dick should help Bettie deliver Bedell to Harpers Ferry in his wagon. Bedell lay down in a box filled with hay, his rifle and sticks beside him.

At Harpers Ferry, the soldiers were amazed when the Union officer with the missing leg rose from his hay-filled box. Bedell told the story to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, who wrote a letter of thanks to Bettie and signed an order to free James Van Metre. It was arranged for Bedell to go with Bettie as she searched for her husband. Records showed that a James Van Metre had been sent to a prison camp in Ohio. Then at Fort Delaware, near the end of the line of prisoner, a tall man stepped out and walked clumsily into Bettie’s arms. Bettie held him, tears streaming down her face. And Henry Bedell, standing by on his sticks, wept, too.

1. What might be Bettie’s tone when she used the underlined sentence to describe the first sight of Henry Bedell?

A．Pessimistic.

B．Desperate.

C．Shocked.

D．Sympathetic.

2. Why wouldn’t Bettie report the presence of Bedell to the Confederate army.

A．Because she felt it her responsibility to save soldiers of the Union.

B．Because she wanted to save Bedell so that her husband could be freed.

C．Because Bedell was more a suffering human being than an enemy to Bettie.

D．Because Bedell begged Bettie not to give him away to the Confederate army.

3. Dr. Osborn thought it was ______ of Bettie Van Metre to drive to Harpers Ferry for the medicines.

A．crazy

B．kind .

C．brave

D．smart

4. Still recovering, Henry Bedell decided to leave as soon as possible mainly because ______.

A．he was eager to return to the Union to fight

B．he didn’t want to go on putting Bettie in danger

C．he was concerned about his safety at the Van Metre home

D．he could be treated with better medicines back at Harpers Ferry

5. Rearrange the following statements in terms of time order.
a. Bettie’s husband was found and freed.
b. Bettie helped deliver Bedell back to Harpers Ferry.
c. Bettie moved Bedell to a safe room in her own house.
d. Bettie drove all the way to Harpers Ferry to get the medicines for Bedell.
e. In spite of being short of medicines, Bettie attended to Bettie with what she had.
f. Bettie saw Bedell in a farmhouse half a mile away from her house for the first time.

A．f, e, c, b, d, a	B．f, c, e, d, b, a
C．f, e, c, d, b, a.	D．f, c, e, b, d, a

6. What message is conveyed through the end of the story?

A．Giving is a reward in itself.

B．Happiness comes from giving.

C．God helps those who help themselves.

D．Help yourself by helping others

【推荐3】Several weeks ago, a mysterious Christmas card dropped through our mailbox. The envelope was addressed to a man named Raoul, who, I was relatively certain, did not live with us. The envelope wasn’t sealed, so I opened it. The inside of the card was blank. Ed, my husband, explained that the card was both from and to the newspaper deliveryman. His name was apparently Raoul, and Raoul wanted a holiday tip. We were meant to put a check inside the card and then drop the envelope in the mail. When your services are finished at 4 a.m., you can’t simply hang around, like a hotel bellboy expecting a tip. You have to be direct.

So I wrote a nice holiday greeting to this man who, in my imagination, fires The New York Times from his bike aimed at our front door, causing more noise with mere newsprint than most people manage with sophisticated(复杂的) black market fireworks. With a start, I realized that perhaps the reason for the 4 a.m. wake-up noise was not ordinary rudeness but carefully executed spite(怨恨): I had not tipped Raoul in Christmas past. I honestly hadn’t realized I was supposed to. This was the first time he’d used the card tactic(策略). So I got out my checkbook. Somewhere along the line, holiday tipping went from an optional thank-you for a year of services to a Mafia-style protection racket (收保护费组织).

Several days later, I was bringing our garbage bins back when I noticed an envelope taped to one of the lids. The outside of the envelope said MICKEY. It had to be another tip request, this time from our garbage collector. Unlike Raoul, Mickey hadn’t enclosed his own Christmas card from me. In a way, I appreciated the directness. “I know you don’t care how merry my Christmas is, and that’s fine,” the gesture said. “I want $30, or I’ll ‘forget’ to empty your garbage bin some hot summer day.” I put a check in the envelope and taped it back to the bin. The next morning, Ed noticed that the envelope was gone, though the trash hadn’t yet been picked up: “Someone stole Mickey’s tip!” Ed was quite certain. He made me call the bank and cancel the check. But Ed had been wrong. Two weeks later, Mickey left a letter from the bank on our steps. The letter informed Mickey that the check, which he had tried to cash, had been cancelled.

The following Tuesday morning, when Ed saw a truck outside, he ran out with his wallet. “Are you Mickey?” The man looked at him with scorn(轻蔑). “Mickey is the garbageman. I am the recycling.” Not only had Ed insulted(侮辱) this man by suggesting that he was a garbageman, but he had obviously neglected to tip him. Ed ran back inside for more funds. Then he noticed that the driver of the truck had been watching the whole incident. He peeled off another twenty and looked around, waving bills in the air. “Anyone else?”

Had we consulted the website of the Emily Post Institute, this embarrassing break of etiquette (礼节) could have been avoided. Under “trash/recycling collectors” in the institute’s Holiday Tipping Guidelines, it says: “$10 to $30 each.” You may or may not wish to know that your hairdresser, mailman and UPS guy all expect a holiday tip.

1. The newspaper deliveryman put a blank card inside the envelope because________..

A．he wanted the couple to pay for the newspaper	B．he forgot to write a few words on it
C．he used it to ask for a Christmas tip	D．he was afraid of asking for a tip in person

2. From the passage, we learn that the author________.

A．didn’t like Raoul’s way of delivering the paper

B．didn’t realize why Raoul delivered the paper that way before

C．didn’t know that Raoul delivered the paper for them

D．didn’t feel it necessary to meet Raoul when he came

3. According to the passage, the author felt ________ to give Raoul a holiday tip.

A．excited

B．happy

C．embarrassed

D．forced

4. Which of the following is true about Mickey, the garbage collector？

A．He wrote a letter to the couple afterwards.

B．He failed to collect the money from the bank.

C．He wanted the couple to send him a Christmas card.

D．He collected both the check and the garbage that day.

5. Ed’s encounter(遭遇) with the recycling team shows that________.

A．Ed was desperate to correct his mistake	B．Ed only wanted to give money to Raoul
C．Ed was unwilling to tip the truck driver	D．Ed no longer wanted to give them money

6. From the passage we can infer that ________.

A．their garbage bin might not be emptied one day if the writer didn’t give tips

B．the writer could have avoided giving tips if they had consulted the website of the Emily Post Institute

C．the writer’s husband didn’t know Raoul at all

D．the writer’s family was too poor to give the tips

【推荐1】Radio newsreaders and television hosts at Ireland’s national broadcaster RTE are very angry at being told to pronounce words according to the Queen’s English.

A report in The Irish Sun newspaper says that RTE’s workers have been given an A-Z style guide of words which instructs them on how to pronounce certain words in an effort to make sure they are clearly understood. The A-Z comes with videos containing lessons of how to “properly” pronounce the “problem” words. An official at RTE told the Irish Sun that producers gave the guide to keep up standards. “The guide is there for anyone who needs it.” he said, “RTE often get letters from the public over how certain words were mispronounced. The word ‘issue’ is a big one at the moment, people don’t like how it’s pronounced. There is an expectation that as the national broadcaster we are correct.”

However, Irish linguistics expert Professor Raymond Hickey called the RTE’s actions “internalized colonialism (内化殖民主义)”. He expressed his disbelief that Irish speakers were being asked to use words with an English accent. He said: “The basic problem is RTE expects its workers to speak as if they were English. Why? We have our own form of English, which is different but fully reasonable and accepted worldwide.” Professor Hickey specially talked of some examples of the words Irish hosts are being asked to pronounce with a British English accent. He said: “The Irish don’t pronounce the TH [in ‘birthday’] as a fricative, but as a stop with no breath…The same is true of ‘news’ — the Irish pronunciation is and always has been ‘nooze’.”

1. When told to speak the Queen’s English, RTE’s newsreaders and hosts showed great ________.

A．anger	B．interest
C．expectation	D．disbelief

2. Why did RTE provide its workers with an A-Z style guide?

A．Because some newsreaders and hosts were angry.

B．Because the workers expressed the need clearly.

C．Because it expected the workers to speak in the British way.

D．Because they often make mistakes when reading the letters

3. The official at RTE mentioned the letters from the public ______.

A．to make sure the guide is clearly understood

B．to explain why RET needed to take actions

C．to show how some words are mispronounced

D．to show how difficult it is to be a host

4. In Hickey’s opinion, the Irish way of the word “news” is ________.

A．internalized colonialism

B．to be changed into the Queen’s English

C．reasonable and accepted

D．the same as the British way

【推荐2】After spending the first five years of his life in San Diego, Adam Driver's family packet up and moved to a small town in Indiana, where Adam enjoyed a relatively routine adolescence. Then the horrific events of September 11th made Adam's life become anything but routine.

Just a few months following the events, Driver decided to join the United States Marine Corps. He considered 9/11 as being one of the reasons for joining the army, with his desire to leave Indiana providing the rest. He once said,"I'm grateful for having grown up in Indiana, but I needed to go out and the Marine Corps was a nice, stable option." After serving for two and a half years, and just two months before he was sent to Iraq, Driver injured his sternum in a biking accident. After he was healed, he injured it again during military training, which resulted in an honorable medical discharge.

After leaving the military, Driver decided to try his hand at acting. At first he studied close to home at the University of Indianapolis, but after just a year, he transferred to Julliard in New York City. He lived in a tiny apartment in Hoboken, New Jersey apartment while studying drama at a prestigious performing arts conservatory（音乐学院）. Following his graduation in 2009, Driver immediately began appearing in plays, including 2010's Mrs. Warren's Profession.

Adam's first major television experience was a guest spot on Law & Order, and was soon followed by a small role in the award-winning film You Don't Know Jack, which was Driver's first experience working with Home Box Office. Then after landing his star-making role on Girls, Driver was cast in a handful of feature films, including 2011's J. Edgar and 2012's Gayby, Not Waving but Drowning and Frances Ha.

He'll appear next year in the Coen brother's Inside Llewyn Davis and Steven Spielberg's Lincoln.

1. According to the passage one important reason why Adam Driver joined the army was that        .

A．his father was an army officer

B．he wanted to become rich

C．he thought Indiana was a good place to live in

D．he didn't want to live in Indiana

2. Adam Driver had to leave the army because        .

A．he found the life there boring

B．his officer disliked him

C．his performance in the army was terrible

D．his chest was injured

3. When did Adam Driver begin to study drama?

A．After leaving the army.	B．After moving to Indiana.
C．When he was in the army.	D．After his graduation.

4. What does the underlined word "discharge" probably mean in the passage?

A．Discomfort	B．Dismissal
C．Retirement	D．Discouragement

【推荐3】Dolphins are much more intelligent than humans previously thought. Scientists have recently discovered that bottle-nosed dolphins can recognise themselves in the mirror—much like you and I can!

When you see a zit (青春痘) on your face, what do you do? Go to the mirror time and again, and wonder what it is still doing there. Well, this is exactly what two male bottle-nosed dolphins, Presley and Tab, do as well. So, these lovable animals are not just sailors, friends, but they are also aware of their bodies-almost like humans!

Presley and Tab stay in a pool with reflective glass walls in the New York Aquarium. Researchers noticed that when Presley and Tab saw their own reflections, unlike most other animals, they did not seem to think that they were looking at another dolphin. Dolphins are very social creatures, and are friendly with humans as well as their own kind. This got the researchers thinking. Perhaps the dolphins recognised their own images? So they decided to find it out.

Using special ink, they made marks on different parts of the dolphins’ bodies, changing the place every week. Every time their bodies were marked, the dolphins made more trips to the mirror than usual. If the ink mark was on their belly (腹部), they would expose their belly to the mirror and look at it for a long time. Imagine the dolphins wondering—“Now where did that mark come from? Is it dangerous? I wonder how long it’s going to stay.”

Till now, only the great apes have displayed this quality of recognising their images in the mirror. All other animals have failed this test. The researchers feel that these findings may increase human sensitivity towards dolphins, which are being hunted and killed in great numbers. Dolphin fins (鳍) are considered as deliciousness in several South-East Asian countries.

1. What is the scientists’ recent finding about dolphins?

A．Dolphins are social creatures friendly with humans.

B．Dolphins are not so intelligent as humans.

C．Dolphins can make correct use of mirror.

D．Dolphins have zits just like humans.

2. What do most animals regard their images in mirror as?

A．The competitors of them.	B．Their own reflections.
C．Their natural enemies.	D．Others of their kind.

3. Why did the dolphins look into mirror more according to the text?

A．To look for their partners.

B．To show their belly.

C．To watch their own beauty.

D．To concern for their safety.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Dolphins—sailors’ friends.

B．Dolphins, reaction to the mirror.

C．Dolphins are smarter than before.

D．Dolphins are cleverer than humans.

【推荐1】Humans really do have a sixth sense that lets us detect magnetic fields (磁场), but we’re not aware we have it. It has long been known as ESP, Spider Sense, or the ability to see things before they happen. But now scientists have proved that humans really do have a sixth sense-that lets them detect magnetic fields. Tests have shown that mankind may have the same inborn sense of Earth’s magnetic field that has long been proved to exist in animals.

By putting a protein from the human retina (视网膜) into fruit flies, researchers noticed that the insect adjusted its flight path just as if its eye had not been changed. This suggests that the “sixth sense” does exist in humans but we might not be aware of it. Animals use such sight to navigate long distances during migration or, in the case of birds, to “see” where they are going. The complex tests involved examining the process by which light goes through a bird’s eye, which has interested the scientific community for more than 30 years. In the late 1970s, the physicist Klaus Schulten concluded that birds fly by relying on geomagnetically (地磁) sensitive biochemical reactions in their eyes.

Tests have shown that the special cells in the eye carry out this function using the protein cryptochrome (蛋白隐色素). Professor Reppert’s team used wild fruit flies, replacing their version of cryptochrome with the human equivalent (等价物), and then put them in a maze (迷宫) with each wing wrapped in a metal coil (金属圈). They then sent electricity through it so that the coil was magnetised in a way which is just like Earth’s electromagnetic field (电磁场). The flies responded in exactly the same way as if they had their own cryptochrome, by either avoiding the magnetic fields or moving towards them if the researchers had placed sugar nearby.

The new study was published in the journal Nature Communications.

1. What do we know about humans’ sixth sense?

A．Humans have been aware of it since ancient times.

B．It is quite different from the animals’.

C．It is the ability to predict what will happen.

D．It is also a sense developed after birth.

2. Why did researchers put a protein from the human retina into fruit flies?

A．To change fruit flies’ flight path.

B．To test if humans have a sixth sense.

C．To examine the process of birds’ flying.

D．To allow researchers detect magnetic fields.

3. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A．the maze	B．each wing
C．cryptochrome	D．the metal coil

4. After being replaced the cryptochrome, how are the wild fruit flies?

A．They responded normally as if there had been nothing changed.

B．They couldn’t avoid the magnetic fields like before.

C．They lost the sense of direction completely.

D．They couldn’t find the sugar the researchers had placed nearby.

【推荐2】A chance meeting between two men who realized they had both been abused in the same Surrey children’s care home has led to a campaign that has seen hundreds of former residents claiming they were also victims of physical, emotional and sexual abuse.

Music producer Raymond Stevenson, physically abused during his time at the Shirley Oaks home in the 70s, met a childhood friend last year who revealed he’d been abused in the institution. Within a few months, the Shirley Oaks Survivors Association(SOSA) was hundreds strong.

“We have been in contact with over 300 people and the stories we are getting are just terrible,” Stevenson says. “Every time we interview someone and hear about what happened to them, it brings tears to our eyes. Reliving(再现) some of the horrors they went through hasn't been easy.”

There have been two major police investigations into abuse at children’s homes in South London and three people including a swimming instructor, William Hook, have been condemned for offences relating to Shirley Oaks.

Another operation is currently on-going, but SOSA has lost faith in the authorities who they claim have covered up the whole picture of abuse in Shirley Oaks. “We don’t trust them and that’s why we have decided to do this campaign ourselves,” Stevenson explains.

A couple of weeks ago, dozens of former Shirley Oaks residents crowded into a Lambeth council(议会）meeting-the authority which ran the show until its closure the mid-1980s. Councilor after councilor spoke of their shame at what had been allowed to happen to children in their care.

Among the crowd was the award-winning author Alex Wheatle who has written about the abuse he suffered as a child at Shirley Oaks. “We have not come here to go to war with the council；we have come here to gain your support, ” Wheatle told the meeting.

The Shirley Oaks association is doing more than compiling evidence. It is using music to press its case. A song entitled “Don’t Touch It—It’s Mine” includes personal testimony(证词) from victims. “I was abused mentally, physically, emotionally and violently,” the track begins. “Of the original 16 of us, 12 have killed themselves...”

“We’re not going to be told lies anymore,” Stevenson explains. “We are not going to leave it in the hands of lawyers, politicians or council officials to tell us what happened to us. We want to discover it ourselves and we know music and dance and poetry are ways that can tell a greater story.”

1. What is the purpose of setting up SOSA?

A．To show sympathy for the abused children in society.

B．To reveal the abuse at a children’s care home.

C．To find the living victims from a care home.

D．To aid those people abused at a young age.

2. What can we learn from the passage?

A．The former victims depend much on the police for investigation.

B．Twelve of the sixteen children were killed in Shirley Oaks.

C．All the people committing offences in Shirley Oaks have been arrested.

D．The former local authorities must have neglected their duty.

3. What has been done by campaigners of SOSA?

A．Collecting evidence for the police.

B．Creating music for the campaign.

C．Going to war with the government.

D．Turning to lawyers for assistance.

4. Which of the following is the best title for the text?

A．SOSA sings for justice.

B．Child abuse in Shirley Oaks.

C．Terrible memories in Shirley Oaks.

D．A campaign to abuse the authorities by SOSA   .

【推荐3】It’s a rainy spring morning in May, but a steady flow of people from various age groups and cultural backgrounds could already be seen going in and out of the Ioe Fortes Branch of the Vancouver Public Library on Denman Street. One such regular of this branch is Richard Bisson, who lives just across the street. Convenience is a key for the retired court interpreter, as well as access to a wide variety of books in English, French and German.

Still, other community engagement plans involve programs aimed at getting youth to read more and use the library. At the Renfrew Branch, which is close to residential areas and surrounded by a beautiful park, the library partnered with the Renfrew Community Centre to design a camp for teens last year. This year, they’re focusing on elementary kids, with similar programs such as the summer reading club.

Susan Everall, Neighbourhood Services Manager for the Vancouver Public Library, believes that libraries are social, educational and recreational places, where everybody has access.

“A lot of people come in with their laptops, and they spend hours in the library and it’s not necessarily because they don’t have Internet access at home. Sometimes it’s just due to the social feeling,” Everall says.

When it comes to smaller community branches, Everall suggests that some people prefer the smaller space, where they don't feel overwhelmed.

And just like going to your neighbourhood grocery store, Everall believes that community libraries also provide a sense of familiarity, where friends and neighbours can bump into each other.

For a regular like Bisson, the library is a place that keeps us informed because reading shapes our ideas, our culture and our way of thinking. Although he doesn’t participate in library events, he thinks that the Joe Fortes Branch serves the community well, and he’s happy if it provides events for the community.

1. From Paragraph 2 we can know the programs this year is       .

A．founded by Richard Bisson

B．surrounded by residential buildings

C．designing summer activities for primary children

D．planning summer camps with the Renfrew Community Centre

2. According to Everall, many people take their laptops to libraries probably because       .

A．they want to be around people

B．they want to save some money

C．they don’t want to lose their laptops

D．none of them have Internet access at home

3. The Joe Fortes Branch is different from common public libraries in that       .

A．it was set up for youth living nearby

B．it often organizes reading activities

C．it makes people feel overwhelmed

D．it creates a family atmosphere

4. What’s the author’s purpose of writing this passage?

A．To introduce community libraries and their advantages.

B．To make the Joe Fortes Branch known to more people.

C．To encourage people to visit libraries in their free time.

D．To show differences between public and communitv libraries.