Fred was born in a rich family. His father had a big company and he had four brothers. He was the strongest of the five but he didn’t like to use his head. Of course he couldn't pass the examinations.
Suddenly the war broke out. Young men were called on to join the army His father thought for a long time and at last decided to send him to the military camp （军营）. Soon after that he was sent to France where they fought with Germans. The young man hated the life in the camp: They couldn’t be supplied enough food and had to live in the cold and wet houses, sometimes they had to sleep on the hard ground and he was often afraid to be shot. He usually remembered the life in his country and tried to leave the camp.
Once he made an excuse in order not to go to the front. Another soldier whose name was Bob reported the captain （上尉） about it. Fred was punished for it. He hated Bob and the captain very much. In a fight he hurt the captain and he was sent to the court （法庭）at once. “Have you hurt the captain, Fred?" asked a judge（法官）.
“Yes, I have, sir,” answered the young man. “ But it was a fortuitous（偶然的） accident.”
“Oh?” the judge said in surprise. “Why?”
“The captain was standing just in front of Bob while I was shooting at the young soldier. So I hurt him by mistake.”
1. Fred couldn’t pass the examinations because____________.| A．his brothers didn't help him | B．he liked to have some sports |
| C．he wouldn't use his head | D．he wanted to be a soldier. |
| A．Fred wanted to see his parents. |
| B．Fred was too hungry to fight with the enemy. |
| C．Fred had to sleep on the wet ground. |
| D．Fred was afraid the Germans would shoot him |
| A．the young soldier made him go to the front |
| B．the young soldier wasn’t polite to him |
| C．the young soldier caused him to be punished |
| D．the young soldier didn’t love their country |
| A．Two | B．Three |
| C．Four | D．Five |
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【推荐1】Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 AM. When I arrived to collect, I found the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window.
I walked to the door and knocked, “Just a minute,” answered a weak, elderly voice.
After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side was a trunk.
I took the trunk to the car, and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the car.
She kept thanking me for my kindness. “It’s nothing,” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated.”
“Oh, you’re such a good man.” She said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, “Could you drive through downtown?”
“It’s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly.
“Oh, I’m in no hurry,” she said. “I’m on my way to a hospice (临终医院). I don’t have any family left. The doctor says I don’t have very long.”
I quietly reached over and shut off the meter (计价器).
For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.
Sometimes she’d ask me to slow down in front of a particular building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.
At dawn, she suddenly said, “I’m tired. Let’s go now.”
We drove in silence to the address she had given me.
“How much do I owe you?” she asked.
“Nothing.” I said.
“You have to make a living,” she answered. “Oh, there are other passengers,” I answered.
Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held on to me tightly. Our hug ended with her remark, “You gave an old woman moments of joy.”
1. What is the probable meaning of the underlined word “a trunk” in paragraph 3?| A．a walking stick | B．a pet dog | C．a passport | D．a suitcase |
| A．Let the driver earn more money. | B．Reach the destination on time. |
| C．Show she was familiar with the city. | D．See some places for the last time. |
| A．Because he shut off the meter by mistake. | B．Because he wanted to do her a favor. |
| C．Because he had received her payment in advance. | D．Because he was in a hurry to take other passengers. |
| A．Giving is always a pleasure. | B．An act of kindness can bring people joy. |
| C．People should respect each other. | D．People should help each other. |
【推荐2】Mrs Black lives in a small village. Her husband is dead. Her son, Jack, lived with her. He worked in a shop in the village, but then he found a job in town named Green sea. He went to live there. Mrs Black was very angry. She got on a train and went to see her son. Then she said to him, "Jack, why do you never telephone me?"
Jack laughed, "But, mother, you haven't got a telephone. " "No. "she answered, "I haven't, but you have got one. "
1. The old Black ________.| A．is dead | B．lives with his wife |
| C．went to a small village | D．worked in a shop |
| A．before | B．when | C．after | D．so |
| A．a big city | B．a small village | C．a town | D．a man’s name |
| A．he had no phone | B．he was very busy |
| C．his mother had no phone | D．he went home every day |
| A．Jack didn’t want to ring her up |
| B．Jack had a telephone but she hadn’t |
| C．she didn’t know how to make a telephone |
| D．she didn’t know she couldn’t be called |
【推荐3】When we decided to sell our flat, having been cheated by the previous owner, we thought it was really important to be completely honest with any potential buyers about having knotweed (蓼科杂草) in the garden. It had been such an unpleasant and stressful experience for us and we didn’t want to have anyone else suffer any longer.
We bought our two-bedroom flat in 2014, when it was just the two of us. But after having three kids it became too small, so we sold it last year. The flat has a small garden at the back, but we didn’t know the presence of knotweed until well after we moved in and had a note from our neighbor behind our flat saying that they thought we had knotweed. Then we had a look and found some very small offshoots for this was just around springtime. At that point my husband and I certainly didn’t realize quite how problematic it could be. But then we started reading all the horror stories and became really concerned — people couldn’t get a mortgage; they couldn’t sell; the plant was creeping through concrete etc.
Then we treated the offshoots with glyphosate and as far as we knew it was completely gone. Before we put the property on the market we had the house checked by some specialists, who thoroughly inspected everything, including the connecting garden, and couldn’t find anything at all. We signed a ten-year insurance-backed guarantee with the company that could be transferred to the new owners, then started marketing the property through an agent.
In fact we found a buyer pretty quickly and they didn’t beat us down on price as we’d already done much for the treatment. Knotweed doesn’t need to be a deal-breaker, as long as you’re upfront about it.
1. Why did the writer probably decide to sell the flat?| A．To remind others to be honest. | B．To escape the trouble of knotweed. |
| C．To avoid the crowded living space. | D．To relieve the anger of being cheated. |
| A．It is planted for home decoration. | B．It is a wild plant seen only in spring. |
| C．It would cause much trouble to people’s life. | D．It aroused writer’s attention at very beginning. |
| A．By showing tricks to the buyer. | B．By taking effort to treat the knotweed. |
| C．By finding a well-known property agent. | D．By decorating the flat with a fantastic garden. |
| A．Dependable and responsible. | B．Patient and modest. |
| C．Helpless and embarrassed. | D．Careless and greedy. |
【推荐1】He’s a comedian, he’s an actor, he’s British and the whole world knows him as the silent, blackhaired character Mr. Bean. That’s right, Rowan Atkinson.
Atkinson was born in Newcastle, England and was educated at Newcastle University and Oxford. While at Oxford, he met the writer Richard Curtis, who was studying there too, and they became friends. Curtis was the opposite of Atkinson. He had great love for words while Atkinson enjoyed nonverbal comedy. Together they began writing comedy reviews for the Oxford Playhouse. Shortly afterwards, Atkinson began appearing in smaller theaters in Edinburgh. After a show at the Hampstead Theater in 1978, he was offered a part in the BBC series Not the Nine o’clock News. This series got off to a slow start, but soon became a huge success, with Atkinson winning a BAFTA award for his work. However, being a very sensible man, Atkinson saw the whole acting job as a hobby, along with his growing interest in car racing.
Atkinson made his bigscreen debut (初次亮相) in 1983’s unofficial James Bond film Never Say Never Again. That same year Atkinson appeared in the BBC series called Blackadder. The main hero named Edmund, tries unsuccessfully to become King of England after accidentally killing his uncle Richard Ⅲ during a fight. This was followed by three hugely successful sequels (续集) each set in a different era of England’s history. The Blackadder series was voted the Best Comedy Show of the Year in 1990. He then went on to create Mr. Bean. A walking disaster, Bean was purely physical comedy, the opposite of Edmund. This character was a huge success and became another national treasure. In 1997 Bean came to the big screen. A few years later, Scooby Doo became a box office hit in the US in 2002. This was followed by Johnny English in 2003, a funny work of James Bond films.
In his spare time Atkinson collects classic cars and takes part in races. He also writes for the British magazine CAR. He is a very shy man, and has managed to keep his private life private.
1. How did Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson get to know each other?| A．They worked together for BBC. |
| B．They met in the Oxford Playhouse. |
| C．They starred in the same series. |
| D．They went to the same university. |
| A．He kept writing comedies. |
| B．He did not see acting as a job. |
| C．He did not like physical comedy. |
| D．He had an argument with Curtis. |
| A．Blackadder. |
| B．Mr. Bean. |
| C．Johnny English. |
| D．Not the Nine o’clock News. |
| A．Atkinson often wrote plays for Oxford Playhouse. |
| B．Never Say Never Again was a box office hit. |
| C．Mr. Bean was voted the Best Comedy Show. |
| D．Atkinson dislikes showing his personal life. |
【推荐2】A teacher stood in front of his history class of twenty students just before handing out the final exam. His students sat quietly and waited for him to speak.
“It’s been a pleasure teaching you this term,” he said. “You’ve all worked very hard, so I have a pleasant surprise for you. Everyone who chooses not to take the final exam will get a ‘B’ for the course.”
Most of the students jumped out of their seats. They thanked the teacher happily, and walked out of the classroom. Only a few students stayed. The teacher looked at them. “This is your last chance,” he said. “Does anyone else want to leave?” All the students there stayed in their seats and took out their pencils.
The teacher smiled. “Congratulations (祝贺),” he said. “I’m glad to see you believe in yourselves. You all get A’s.”
1. This story most probably took place ____.| A．at the beginning of the term | B．in the middle of the term |
| C．at the end of the term | D．at the beginning of the school year |
| A．Because they wanted to take the exam. |
| B．Because the teacher told them to stay in their class. |
| C．Because they were afraid to leave. |
| D．Because they didn’t have anything to do. |
| A．the teacher liked them | B．they were cleverer than the other students |
| C．they believed in themselves | D．they studied hard |
| A．students leaving the classroom | B．students staying in their seats |
| C．their seats | D．all the students |
【推荐3】Emma Hart Willard (1787-1870) was an American pioneer educator. In her time colleges and universities were for men, and women were not permitted to attend. Emma received advanced education at home from her father and became a school teacher at twenty. She continued to teach at school for several years after her marriage, then began offering college lessons in her home to women students. Later she founded a school in New York State, which was the first school for higher education in the U. S. for women. Emma Willard also tried to persuade New York state to pass a law to allow women to attend public colleges and universities, though that did not come about until after her death. Some years later people remembered her for her life-long efforts and elected her to the U. S. Hall of Fame (荣誉) in 1905.
1. During Emma Willard’s lifetime, women in the U. S. ________.| A．were allowed to receive higher education |
| B．went to separate colleges and universities |
| C．started to enjoy equal rights to education |
| D．began to fight for the rights to education |
| A．He allowed her to run a school at home. |
| B．He urged her to become a school teacher. |
| C．He taught her college lessons himself. |
| D．He sent her to college. |
| A．It is a building set up in memory of the great people of the U. S. |
| B．It is a grand hall where honored people receive prizes from the U. S. government. |
| C．It is a place where honored people in the U. S. are buried. |
| D．It is a club of VIPs to which respected people are elected. |
| A．She was the first American woman to get a college education. |
| B．She was the first American woman to become a college teacher. |
| C．She fought for equal rights for women in the U. S. |
| D．She was a pioneer (先锋) in winning higher education for women in the U. S. |
【推荐1】At the board meeting everyone present was asked to tell a story of the most embarrassing moment. When Frank’s turn came, he began, “I grew up in San Pedro. My Dad was a fisherman, and he loved the sea. He had his own boat, but it was hard making a living on the sea. He worked hard and would stay out until he caught enough to feed the family. Not just enough for our family, but also for his Mom and Dad and the other kids that were still at home.” He looked at us and said, “I wish you could have met my Dad. He was a big man, and he was strong from pulling the nets and fighting the seas for his catch. When you got close to him, he smelled the ocean.”
Frank’s voice dropped a bit. “When the weather was bad he would drive me to school. He would pull right up in front, and it seemed like everybody would be standing around and watching. Then he would lean over and give me a big kiss on the cheek and tell me to be a good boy. It was so embarrassing for me. Here I was twelve years old, and my Dad would lean over and kiss me good-bye!"
He paused and then went on, “I remember the day I thought I was too old for a good-bye kiss. When we got to the school and came to a stop, he had his usual big smile. He started to lean toward me, but I put my hand up and said, ‘No, Dad.’ It was the first time I had ever talked to him that way, and he had a surprised look on his face.
I said, ‘Dad, I’m too old for a good-bye kiss, I’m too old for any kind of kiss.’ My Dad looked at me for the longest time, and his eyes started to tear up. I had never seen him cry. He turned and looked out of the windshield. ‘You’re right,’ he said, ‘You are a big boy…a man. I won’t kiss you any more.’ ”
For the moment, Frank got a funny look on his face, and the tears began to well up in his eyes. “It wasn't long after that when my Dad went to sea and never came back.”
I looked at Frank and saw that tears were running down his cheeks. Frank spoke again. “Guys, you don’t know what I would give to have my Dad give me just one more kiss on the check... to feel his rough old face… smell the ocean on him...to feel his arm around my neck. I wish I had been a man then. If I had been a man, I would never have told my Dad I was too old for a good-bye kiss.”
1. Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?| A．An Embarrassing Meeting |
| B．A Fisherman and His Son |
| C．A Goodbye Kiss from Father |
| D．On the Way to School |
| A．He was bearing the burden of supporting his family. |
| B．He was a fisherman full of strength. |
| C．He drove Frank to school every day. |
| D．He held a positive attitude towards life. |
| A．Excited and proud |
| B．Surprised and sad |
| C．Surprised but proud |
| D．Angry and disappointed |
| A．Frank’s memories about his father’s goodbye kiss. |
| B．Frank’s thanks for his father’s love. |
| C．Frank’s regrets for hurting his father. |
| D．Frank’s wishes to his father. |
【推荐2】Transfer Students-August Orientation(迎新日）Schedule
You and your family are welcome to attend August orientation for a comprehensive introduction to the university,including meeting academic advisors and registering for classes.
Registration:TUESDAY,AUGUST 20
8:00am-4:30pm
Get your student ID card at the Campus Service Center at 034 Campus Avenue Building. If you have uploaded a photo for your ID, you'll simply pick up your card; otherwise,staff will take your picture and print the ID card while you wait.
Check into your residence hall (if you're to live on campus).Your ID card functions as your residence hall room key.
ORIENTATION DAY:WEDNESDAY,AUGUST 21
8:00am-10:30am Check-in & Welcome
Check in and receive your orientation materials. Explore banking options and open a bank account.You will get welcome from the Vice President of Student Affairs.
11:00am-11:50am Small Group Meeting-various locations
You will meet your Student Orientation Undergraduate Leader(SOUL) in small groups.Each group will discuss highlights about your possible majors, your questions (about anything),and the volunteer consultants are ready to help you.
12:00pm-2:00pm Lunch & Resource Fair
You and your family members can purchase lunch at Armstrong Student Center. During lunch, you'll learn about university resources and involvement opportunities at the Resource Fair.Staff will be available to let you know about the resources and support for the students.
2:00pm-3:25pm Career Advising
Career Center staff will introduce career items and lead an activity to help you begin to identify your career interest and plan your future professions in advance.
3:30pm-4:00pm Student Life & Campus Safety
Learn about life outside the classroom. Small groups will work together to solve your life challenges.Information about campus safety will also be shared.
4:00pm-4:45pm Community Expectations
A representative from the Office of the Dean of Students will discuss the expectations for you as a member of the community, and address campus values.
5:50pm-6:00pm Announcements & Closing
1. What are you required to do on the day of registration?| A．Print the pictures. |
| B．Live on campus. |
| C．Get the student ID card. |
| D．Visit the communities. |
| A．11:00am | B．2：00pm. | C．3:30pm. | D．4:00pm. |
| A．Getting orientation materials. |
| B．Accessing academic resources. |
| C．Consulting the advisors or the staff. |
| D．Having lunch at Armstrong Student Center. |
【推荐3】A couple in their 60s has travelled 12,000 miles across 16 countries from Britain to China - riding their bikes all the way. Grandparents Peter and Chris stepped on the long journey after deciding to “do something a bit different”. They traversed (横穿) cities, deserts, mountains and everything in between across Europe, the Middle East and the East Asia.
Peter, 66, said the moment they finally had a look at the famous Great Wall after a year and a half of cycling 30 miles a day was “really exciting”. At the end of their journey, the special pair didn’t fly home but instead choose to book a cabin (舱) inside a 400m-long ship.
“You never know what the day is going to bring. All you know is that you are going to get on your bike and cycle. Every day is an adventure and every day is new. Overall, the experience is unbelievable, “ Peter said.
At first Peter and Chris set out to cycle from Britain in January 2017 but were forced home. They had cycled all the way to Hungary when Peter slipped and broke his leg. After seven months of recovery, the couple set out again in Britain. They finally arrived in China in November 2018.
Both Peter and Chris agreed that the best part of the entire trip was coming across the kindness of strangers along the way, many of whom invited the couple for food and drink. Chris, 64, said, “It was a wonderful experience, particularly wonderful because of the amazing people we met along the way.”
1. What’s the couple’s purpose of taking the long journey?| A．To try something new. |
| B．To break the world record. |
| C．To go across 16 countries by bike. |
| D．To celebrate their 37-year marriage. |
| A．By cycling. |
| B．By train. |
| C．By plane. |
| D．By sea. |
| A．Peter had an accident. |
| B．They ran out of their money. |
| C．They met with a heavy snow. |
| D．Peter fell ill suddenly in Hungary. |
| A．The beautiful scenes. |
| B．The help from others. |
| C．The delicious food and drink. |
| D．The kindness from other cyclists. |
【推荐1】Feb. 29, or Leap Day, arrives on your calendar once every four years—and 2020 is one of them. The reason there are 366 days every four years instead of the standard 365 is that the calendar doesn't precisely line up since the Earth orbits the sun in approximately 365 days and 6 hours. Hence, every 4 years a leap day, February 29th, has to be added to correct for the difference.
It's not a federally recognized holiday, but Leap Day is a special occasion, so retailers typically offer many sales, deals and discounts. From food to travel deals, here are 29 Leap Day 2020 discounts.
●Hard Rock Café: Customers with a Leap Day birthday receive a free entrée from the restaurant's Leaplings Eat Free menu with a valid photo ID.
●Dog Hans: Enjoy a free upgrade from a single to a double burger on Feb. 29, which will save you $2.49.
●Legal Sea Foods: Get two 1-pound lobsters and two sides at any of the East Coast eatery's 30 non-airport locations for $29(over a $50 value) on Feb. 29.
●Big Frog Custom T-Shirts ＆More: Get a free Leap Year 2020 T-shirt at any of the retailers participating locations on Feb. 29—no purchase required.
●Foot Locker: Save 15 percent on purchases of $70 or more through Feb. 29.
●Expedia: Save up to 29 percent off select hotels worldwide with reservations made on the Expedia mobile app on or before Feb. 29. Some restrictions apply.
●Avis: Take $25 off the cost of a weekly car rental with code MUWA169 through March 30.
●Marriott: Enjoy up to 20 percent in savings when you use code ADP to book a room in advance through March 19.
1. Why is there an extra day in February 2020?| A．To remain in line with the true astronomical year. |
| B．To officially celebrate a special occasion. |
| C．To pass down a time-honored tradition. |
| D．To offer a business promotional opportunity. |
| A．$15. | B．$85. |
| C．$75. | D．$70. |
| A．Dog Hans. | B．Legal Sea Foods. |
| C．Expedia. | D．Marriott. |
" I feel guilty about this serious mistake. At that moment, I was very excited with my girlfriend, and I didn't think too much," Mr. Jiang, 28, said Tuesday in his first interview since causing the six-hour shutdown at the airport.
On Tuesday, Newark Municipal Court judged that besides the community service, he must pay a $500 fine (罚金) and $158 in court fees. In an agreement between the court and Mr. Jiang's lawyer, Mr. Jiang will pay off his money punishment all by community service instead.
Haisong Jiang, a native of China, about a year ago moved to the United States in 2004 to study and met his girlfriend, also Chinese and 26. She has since moved to California.
The lovebirds did the town over the Christmas holidays: shopping in SoHo, visiting the tree at Rockefeller Center, celebrating New Year's Eve in Times Square - the works. On Jan. 3, he watched her pass through security, but he wanted to spend more time with her. When he noticed the officer leave his post, he saw his chance, he said. He slipped under the rope and kissed her and, arm in arm, walked her to her Continental Airlines gate and saw her onto the jetway. "And immediately I left," he said.
Three days passed. "Friday, the police found me," the future scientist said. He was at the gym when his roommate called to say two police officers were at their home. "It's not right to enter the airport. Immediately I know the police want to ask me this thing."
He expects to serve half of his community service in a soup kitchen - "I like to cook" - and the other half in a hospital. He plans on moving to California to be with her and work in a laboratory after completing his degree in May or June.
He never types his name into search engines on the Net: the number of hits is shocking.
1. What’s the best title of the passage?
| A．A moving love story | B．An escape from security check |
| C．A kiss causing great trouble | D．When a man loves a woman |
| A．nothing | B．$ 500 | C．$158 | D．$ 658 |
| A．Mr. Jiang was sent to the police station right after he went out of the airport. |
| B．The lovebirds spent their Christmas holidays in California. |
| C．Mr. Jiang caused so much trouble on purpose. |
| D．On Friday, the police didn’t find Mr. Jiang at his home at first. |
| A．Mr. Jiang is an American-Chinese. |
| B．Mr. Jiang and his girlfriend’s love story has finally ended. |
| C．Many people have known about Mr. Jiang on the net. |
| D．Mr. Jiang will become a scientist with certainty. |
【推荐3】A research by the National Center for Health Statistics is seen as an important confirmation of the “Hispanic mortality paradox (西班牙裔死亡率悖论).”
On average, Hispanics outlive whites by 2.5 years and blacks by 7.7 years. Their life expectancy at birth in 2006 was 80.6 years, compared with 78.1 for whites, 72.9 for blacks and 77.7 years for the total population.
The report shows that the Hispanic population has higher life expectancy at birth and at almost every age despite a socioeconomic status lower than that of whites. “Mortality is very correlated with income, education and health care access,” says Elizabeth Arias, author of the report. “You would expect the Hispanic population would have higher mortality, in line with the black population.”
The Hispanic paradox has been documented for more than two decades, but this is the first time the government has had enough data to issue national numbers. Researchers are struggling to explain why Hispanics live longer.
“We don’t know,” says David Hayes-Bautista, director of the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine. “We thought it was a problem in the data, but we can pretty much say this is real.”
Potential factors:
·Culture and lifestyle. Support from extended family and lower rates of smoking and drinking. Latino groups in particular have very strong family and social ties.
·Migration. The “healthy migrant effect” argues that healthy people are more likely to emigrate. And when immigrants become ill, they might return home and die there.
“Solving the puzzle may help the nation deal with health care issues because Hispanics use health services less—they make fewer doctors visits and spend less time in hospitals,” Hayes Bautista says. “It’s clearly something in the Latino culture,” he says.
1. In 2006, Hispanics’ life expectancy is years longer than the average of the total population.| A．2. 5 | B．7. 7 | C．2. 9 | D．80. 6 |
| A．To live longer than. |
| B．To live shorter than. |
| C．To die out. |
| D．To expect to live. |
| A．Hispanics were born better than whites. |
| B．Morality is closely related with health care access. |
| C．Whites should have longer life expectancy. |
| D．Even experts can’t explain the phenomenon. |
