I can hear the sound of insects and feel autumn is nearing. This means my year of study at Nara University of Education is coming to an end.
The time I’ve spent here has flown by so quickly. It seems as if I came here a month ago, but in reality I have to go home soon. When I came here, I missed my family and friends and found it hard to overcome loneliness, but on the other hand, I was interested in the new environment and had a lot of fun.
I had visited Japan three times before coming to study at this university,but when I started living in Japan, many days were filled with a mixture of anxiety and excitement. I sometimes made silly mistakes, but I thought this was the best way to learn about Japanese culture. I was not the only one that was not accustomed to the different customs of Japanese people.
My plan before coming to Japan was to make friends with some Japanese students in universities. However, I found my best friends were those who came from other countries. I didn’t know much about other countries but I came to be more interested in them through making friends from different places, which made me aware of many differences and sometimes hard-to-understand customs. Furthermore, I was surprised to see myself thinking more about my own culture and realised I should come to know it better.
I am really happy that I came to Nara. During my stay, I felt the closer connection between humans and nature here than in Europe.
1. What does the underlined word “them” in Paragraph 4 refer to?| A．Different countries. |
| B．Different cultures. |
| C．Many different places. |
| D．Foreign students. |
| A．They value their lives much more. |
| B．They are difficult to get along with. |
| C．They are mindful of protecting the environment. |
| D．Many Europeans love to make friends with them. |
| A．To look back on his study. |
| B．To call on readers to visit Nara. |
| C．To show the beauty of Japanese culture. |
| D．To share his experience of studying abroad. |
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【推荐1】I was sleeping in my room when my bed started shaking and a loud noise was heard. I woke up and my mom was screaming my name. Next moment I was running along with my younger sister, mom and dad. Before I ran out of the door, I realized my elder sister hadn’t come out yet. So I screamed her name at the top of my voice. My mom said she had gone to her class. Then the four of us, along with many others, were running on the staircase. We lived on the seventh floor, so I thought we would not be able to make it and the building would fall before we managed to reach even the fourth floor. My dad’s head was injured by something falling down. I did try to put my hand over his head. When we reached the sixth floor, the building split into two. We had no way to get down.
The next thing I remember is silence. There were around 30 people on the staircase and none could react. Five minutes later, someone opened the door of the sixth-floor flat. We all went in. We were wondering how would get down. From the balcony of the sixth-floor flat, I saw people standing on the ground floor. All eyes were stuck on us. I could see my elder sister crying.
Our first hope of surviving came when a worker climbed a rope to where we were. That was the first time we thought maybe we could get down. Half an hour passed and we were still trapped. Finally RSS people arrived with ropes. They got people down one by one. My biggest worry was how my dad would get down. Finally after two and a half hours, we all got down.
That day we saw the power of nature. It has taken more than two years to build the flats and it took just one and a half minutes to destroy the structure.
1. What is this passage mainly about?| A．Ways to survive an earthquake. |
| B．Reasons why earthquakes happen. |
| C．The love of parents in an earthquake. |
| D．The writer’s experience in an earthquake. |
| A．were still sleeping |
| B．were trapped on the sixth floor |
| C．were looking for a family member |
| D．were running on the staircase of the seventh floor |
| A．he was encouraged by people on the ground floor |
| B．someone opened the door of the sixth-floor flat |
| C．a worker climbed up on a rope |
| D．RSS people arrived with ropes |
| A．there is always hope for people |
| B．the power of nature is really great |
| C．natural disasters can happen any time |
| D．human beings are strong in natural disasters |
【推荐2】After twenty-third hour at night, the house was quiet. I didn’t go to bed. Under the strong light, I looked sadly before me at a huge pile of that troublesome thing they call “books”.
I would have my important examination the next day. “When can I go to bed?” I asked myself. I didn’t answer, in fact I dared not.
As soon as the clock struck twelve, I suddenly heard and couldn’t help crying “Oh, dear! Many more books to read before I can go to bed!” We students are the most wretched creatures in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He didn’t have to work so hard when he was a boy.
When the clock struck one, I felt I was hopeless now. I forgot all I had learned. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed, “Oh, God, please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards, Amen.” My eyes were so heavy that I could hardly open them a few minutes later, with my head on the desk, I fell asleep.
1. When the author was going over his lessons, all the others in the house were__.| A．asleep | B．outside |
| C．working in bed | D．quietly laughing at him |
| A．energetic | B．disappointed |
| C．unhappy | D．hopeful |
| A．The night before the examination | B．Staying up all night |
| C．A lazy student | D．Going over my lessons |
【推荐3】Lilly and Audrey are younger than most cookbook authors. But they have been developing their kitchen skills for more than half their lives. When they had just learned to walk, they loved to hang out in the kitchen while their parents cooked dinner. At age 5, they made their first dish without help: pumpkin muffins.
Audrey can still remember the way the muffins rose in the oven (烤箱), the painful wait for them to cool and the sweetness of the fresh-made treats. “It was super exciting to make something so delicious almost all on our own,” she says.
Their parents are not very skilled at cooking, so Lilly and Audrey turned to other people for cooking advice. Auspiciously, they live in Sonoma, California, an area that is known for its farms and restaurants. One local cook gave the twins (双胞胎) lessons on cooking techniques, such as how to use knives; those classes taught Lilly and Audrey how to use kitchen tools safely.
In 2009, they started a blog (博客), on which they share photos and recipes (菜谱) they have created. Though the twins love creating sweet foods such as muffins, they also think about healthy food. They hope their cookbook will encourage kids to make better food choices by making them more knowledgeable.
“Knowing more about your food and where it comes from certainly causes you to know more about what you eat and to put the best food in your body,” Lilly says. That has been true for her. Lilly used to avoid eggplant at all costs, until one day she tried cooking it for herself. Now it’s one of her favorite vegetables. “If you make something yourself and give it a try, you’ll probably like it,” she says.
1. Lilly and Audrey’s first dish________.| A．was a great success |
| B．was made when they were ten |
| C．was an unpleasant experience |
| D．was made with their parents’ help |
| A．Finally | B．Luckily | C．Strangely | D．Suddenly |
| A．we should try new things |
| B．eggplant is good for our health |
| C．she didn’t like eggplant in the past |
| D．learning more about food does us good |
| A．Healthy eating | B．The twin cooks |
| C．Pumpkin muffins | D．A popular cookbook |
【推荐1】Over the years, I bought countless pairs of shoes that brightened my mood, picked out dresses that improved my figure, and turned over my credit card for lots of cosmetics (化妆品) that I had hoped would make me look fresher and happier. But all those things failed to bring relief to my pain inside.
But one afternoon in October 2021, I walked out of one store with something more valuable than anything money could buy. I found hope in the unlikeliest place after months of hopelessness, thanks to a woman who decided to start a conversation with me in the store’s café.
It had been a painful time for me. Married a little over four years, I had suffered five heartbreaking miscarriages (流产) and, at 42, was slowly accepting the cruel idea that I might never be able to have a child.
On that fateful day, a smartly dressed, slightly older woman seated beside me offered to share the photos and stories of her adopted daughter to break the silence in the half-empty café. Her girl was about seven years old.
“She’s pretty,” I said. “But what made you decide to adopt her?” I asked, uncertain whether I had stepped into an area which seemed too personal. “I don’t want work to be my whole life,” she said. I wasn’t sure whether she saw the tears welling up in my eyes as I replied, “I don’t either, but I’m afraid it’s too late!” “I was 51 when I adopted Melanie,” she said, “And it’s the most rewarding and exciting thing I’ve ever done.”
When our checks came, she handed me her business card, and I finally learned her name — and in that minute, I saw a happier and more satisfied myself, a reborn “mother-to-be”.
1. What did the older woman intend to do when talking with the author?| A．Advise the author to forget her pain. |
| B．Share her feelings of being an adoptive mother. |
| C．Show off her beautiful daughter to the author. |
| D．Advertise the benefits of adopting a Chinese girl. |
| A．Inspiring. | B．Patient. | C．Outgoing. | D．Responsible. |
| A．She could adopt children because she was still young. |
| B．The older woman set an example as a good mother. |
| C．She realized life was more important than work. |
| D．Her hope of owning a child was built up again. |
【推荐2】A 9.0 magnitude earthquake off the Indonesian coast sent a wall of water racing toward Thailand, Malaysia and Sri Lanka. Lang was on the island of Ko Phi Phi, just south of Phuket, Thailand, shopping on Main Street with her friend Rubina Wong, when suddenly everything changed. “People started running inland. From where we were, we could not see the beach so we had no idea what was going on,” she said.
Lang and Rubina started running inland in the same direction as everyone else, when she noticed water flooding into the island, but so strong and fast that she could no longer lift her feet to run. Rubina had gone down a side street. Lang never saw her alive again.
Lang was stuck underwater between debris (碎片) with the surface just above her face. “The more I struggled (挣扎), the tighter I was stuck. I could not reach the surface. I thought I came here on my vacation to die, and then I got really annoyed,” she said. “I must have blacked out because the next thing I remember is waking up underwater.”
The water was still and black. Lang looked up and could see that at the top, there was a small circle of light. She started swimming through the water and made it to the surface of the water. She pulled herself onto a floating door and could see that the whole island was flooded and a lot of buildings were gone. She could see a house not far away and a man on its roof. She encouraged herself to climb over the floating objects to the balcony (阳台) of the house. From there she saw the water start to slowly go back to the ocean.
1. What was Lang doing when the tsunami happened?| A．She was running in a race. | B．She was playing on the beach. |
| C．She was shopping in the street. | D．She was looking for her friend. |
| A．There was a wall in the way. | B．She feared she would get lost. |
| C．She had to wait for her friend. | D．The racing water was too powerful. |
| A．She didn’t want to struggle. | B．She was trapped underwater. |
| C．She didn’t regret going on vacation. | D．She kept awake all the time in the water. |
| A．By calling for help. | B．By hiding in a house. |
| C．By climbing up a tall tree. | D．By making use of floating objects. |
【推荐3】Bill Gates was born in 1955. He grew up in Seattle, Washington. When he was young, he was good at science and maths. And he wanted to be a scientist.
Bill started to play with computers when he was 13. At that time, computers were very large machines. Once he was interested in a very old computer. He and some of his friends spent lots of time doing unusual things with it. In the end, they worked out a software program with the old machine. Bill sold it for 4,200 dollars when he was only 17.
In 1973, Bill went to Harvard University. He developed the Basic Language for the first microcomputer. In his third year, he left Harvard. Bill began his company in 1975 with his friend Paul Allen. They thought that the computer would be a very important tool in every office and in every home, so they began developing software for personal computers. They developed the software to make it easier for people to use computers.
In 1999, Bill wrote a book. In the book, he told people how computer technology could solve business problems in new ways. It was one of the best-sellers on The New York Times’ list. Bill Gates has many hobbies. He enjoyed reading very much. He also enjoys playing golf and bridge.
1. When did Bill begin to play with computers?| A．In 1968. | B．In 1966. | C．In 1965. | D．In 1972. |
| A．how to do unusual things. |
| B．how to play computer games. |
| C．how to work out a software program. |
| D．how to solve business problems with the help of computers in new ways. |
| A．Bill worked for Microsoft before he went to Harvard University. |
| B．Bill sold his first software program for 420 dollars. |
| C．Reading is one of Bill’s hobbies. |
| D．Bill began his company in 1976 with his friend. |
| A．Bill Gates developed the Basic Language for the first microcomputer. |
| B．Bill Gates enjoys playing computer games. |
| C．Bill Gates wrote many science books. |
| D．Bill Gates books are on the top of best-sellers. |
