【推荐1】阅读理解
For anyone who is determined to be a fashion designer, it is not enough to have succeeded in college. The real test is whether they can survive, and become established during their early 20s, making a name for themselves in the real world where business skills can be as important as talent and creativity.
Fashion is a hard business. There is a continuous amount of stress because work is at a constant and extremely fast speed to prepare for the next season’s collections. It is extremely competitive and there is the constant need to make attractive advertisements of the latest fashion in newspapers and magazines. It also requires continual freshness because the appetite for new ideas is hard to satisfy. “We try to warn people before they come to us about how tough it is.” says Lydia Kemeny, Head of Fashion at St. Martin’s School of Art in London. “And we point out that drive and determination are absolutely necessary.”
This may seem far removed from the popular opinions of fashionable young people spending their time designing pretty dresses. That may well be what they do in their first year of study but a good college won’t be slow in introducing students to commercial realities, “We don’t walk our foot on the blossoming flower of creativity but in the second year we start introducing the restrictions of price, producing ability, marketing and so on.”
Almost all fashion design is done to a brief. It is not a form of self­expression as such, although there is certainly room for imagination and creativity. Most young designers are going to end up as employees of a producer or a fashion house and they still need to be able to work within the characteristic style of their employer. Even those students who are most modern in their own taste of clothes may need to adapt to produce designs which are right for the mainstream of the market. They also have to be able to work at both the expensive and the cheap end of the market and the challenge to produce good design inexpensively may well be demanding.
1. Which of the following is mainly discussed in the passage?

A．Talent in fashion.

B．Good marks at college.

C．Ability to create new designs.

D．Business skills in fashion industry.

2. What can we learn from the second paragraph?

A．Fashion designers are highly motivated and really detemined.

B．Good preparations for the next season can reduce stress.

C．Consumers’ appetite for new ideas keeps changing.

D．Advertisement business is very competitive.

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

A．Lydia Kemeny’s opinion.

B．The competitive business world.

C．The warning to the young designers.

D．The real situation in fashion industry.

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．St. Martin’s School of Art encourages the new students to design dresses they like.

B．St. Martin’s School of Art requires students to develop their creativity in their designing.

C．St. Martin’s School of Art demands students to make pretty dresses for companies.

D．St. Martin’s School of Art focuses on teaching students commercial realities.

【推荐2】A tiger-attacking death at a Chinese zoo is under investigation by local authorities who say the victim climbed a fence into the tiger’s enclosure. The attack occurred Saturday at a resort on Dongqian Lake in eastern China’s Zhejiang province. A local government statement says the victim, identified only by his surname of Zhang, climbed a fence with a friend instead of buying tickets. The statement said Zhang’s wife and two children, as well as his friend's wife, bought tickets to enter the zoo. Zhang reportedly passed through a wire netting and eventually climbed a wall to enter the tiger enclosure, while his friend stayed back, the statement said. A tiger attacked him inside the enclosure, as visitors to the park apparently watched from a distance. Photos and video shared on social media appear to show Zhang lying on the ground as tigers circle him.

State television reported one tiger was shot dead by local police, and three others nearby were driven using firecrackers. One video posted online shows a tiger biting his body as people can be heard screaming. Zhang died later in a hospital.  The incident drew a protest from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, which said it reflected the problems of keeping tigers and other large cats in a zoo. “Attacks by caged big cats on people-which occur with regularity-illustrate the profound level of stress and anxiety these animals experience every day of their lives,” PETA’s vice president of international campaigns, Jason Baker, said in a statement. Two women were attacked by Siberian tigers last July when they got out of their vehicle at a Beijing safari park. One woman was killed, and the other was seriously injured.

1. What do we know about the reason why the attacked man went to the zoo without buying a ticket from the passage?

A．He wanted to save money for his wife and children.

B．He was good at climbing and wanted to show off.

C．He thought it was safe to climb a wall to enter the tiger enclosure .

D．The passage doesn’t mention it.

2. What can we learn from the passage?

①Both Zhang and his friend climbed a fence.

②Four tigers circled him but only one was shot finally.

③Another two women were also killed by tigers last July.

④The attacks occurred because the caged big cats suffered frustration and depression.

A．①③④

B．①②③

C．②③④

D．①②④

3. What does the underlined sentence imply?

A．We shouldn’t keep big cats in a zoo any more.

B．We should only keep grass-eating animal in a zoo.

C．Animals with stress and anxiety probably attack people.

D．Animals should be put in the wild rather than in a zoo.

【推荐1】With bushfires continuing to swallow different parts of Australia, a local zoo in New South Wales - the state which is the easiest to catch fire - has hit the headlines with a heartwarming story.

Right in the line of a bushfire, the keepers of Mogo Wildlife Park managed to protect all 200 animals from harm after they received evacuation orders, according to reports.

Netizens were quick to react on social media and praised the bravery of the zoo keeper and staffs, as they stayed and managed to protect animals from uncontrolled fires and even sheltered some at their own house.

The 40-year-old zoo keeper, Chad Staples, described the situation as the worst catastrophe, which felt like Armageddon (大决战) here. Luckily, his team had made a precise plan ahead of time by moving everything flammable from the area and the larger animals to safe places.

What’s remarkable is that as the smaller ones needed extra shelter, Staples decided to take them to his own house.

“Right now in my house there are animals of all descriptions in all the different rooms. They are safe and protected … not a single animal lost,” he said.

BBC news also mentioned that “there’s a tiger to the back of the house.”

Some media outlets highlighted the “heroic job” in their headlines. Online users also reacted with thumbs-up and were glad to see all the staff and animals coming through the horrific fire.

Located in the southern coast of New South Wales, Mogo Wildlife Park houses Australia’s largest collection of primates, also including different and unique animals such as zebras, giraffes, rhinos and red pandas.

1. New South Wales hits the headlines because of ________.

A．its famous zoo

B．its endangered animals

C．the heartwarming event

D．being easy to catch fire

2. Which of the following is true about Mogo Wildlife Park?

A．It belongs to Chad Staples.

B．None of the animals is missing.

C．It merely holds rare animal species.

D．Extra shelters were built for emergencies.

3. Which word can probably describe Chad Staples?

A．Irresponsible.	B．Considerate.
C．Selfish.	D．Energetic.

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

A．The Heroic Job.

B．The Horrific Fire.

C．The Extinct Animals.

D．The Brave Zoo Keeper.

【推荐2】The meaning of the word “volunteer” may be a little different in different countries, but it usually means “one who offers his or her services.” There are many different ways in which people can volunteer, such as taking care of sick people, working in homes for homeless children, and picking up garbage from beaches and parks. Volunteers may work within their own countries or in other countries. They are often people with a strong wish to help those who are less fortunate than themselves. Volunteers don’t expect any kind of pay.

At the root of volunteering is the idea that one person may have the ability to offer services that can help other people. Tracy, a good friend of mine, however, recently came back from India with a new idea of what being a volunteer means. She worked for two and a half weeks in one of Mother Teresa’s homes in Calcutta (加尔各答). The following is her story.

“I first heard about Mother Teresa in my high school, we watched a video about her work in India and all over the world. I was so moved by her spirit to help others and her endless love for every human being that after I graduated from high school, I also wanted to try her kind of work. So with two friends I flew to Calcutta for a few weeks.”

“I was asked to work in a home for sick people. I helped wash clothes and sheets, and pass out lunch. I also fed the people who were too weak to feed themselves and tried to cheer them up. I felt it was better to share with them than to think that I have helped them. To be honest, I don’t think I was helping very much. It was then that I realized that I had not really come to help, but to learn about and experience another culture that helped improve my own understanding of life and the world.”

1. According to the text, a volunteer refers to a person who ______.

A．is willing to help those in need without pay

B．can afford to travel to different places

C．has a strong wish to be successful

D．has made a lot of money in life

2. Tracy started her work as a volunteer ______.

A．after she met Mother Teresa

B．after she finished high school

C．when she was touring Calcutta

D．when she was working in a hospital

3. Why did Tracy choose to be a volunteer?

A．She liked to work with Mother Teresa.

B．She had already had some experience.

C．She was asked by Mother Teresa.

D．She wanted to follow Mother Teresa’s example.

4. What is Tracy’s new idea (Paragraph 2) of being a volunteer?

A．Going abroad to help the sick.

B．Working in Mother Teresa’s home.

C．Doing simple things to help the poor.

D．Improving oneself through helping others.

5. What is the best title for the passage?

A．How to Be a Volunteer

B．The Life of Volunteer in India

C．A Different Meaning of Volunteer

D．Inspiration from Mother Teresa