【推荐1】Professional courses, such as Masters in International Business or MIB, have been taken by many students in the last two decades. They are choosing new-age non-conventional courses that guarantee a better future. MIB is a specialized course that teaches the international business. There are valid reasons for so much popularity of MIB course.

The course content and teaching methods of MIB are quite different from a normal MBA or Master of Business Administration. It has been designed with the sole objective of developing professionals with an in-depth understanding and knowledge of the international trade. The course offers various advantages over the conventional MBA degree course.

The massive increase in the international business and foreign trade gives excellent job prospects to the new generation. Acquiring a degree of MIB offers outstanding growth of job opportunities. Those who want to pursue in the field of marketing also have a good future after completing the degree from a MIB college with a good reputation. Big multinational organizations look for talented people who can handle the job of International Marketing Manage, and people with MIB degrees are preferred. The job needs an in-depth understanding of the overseas markets, because it is the strategic post from the perspective of company’s international business growth.

Since business finance and economics are covered at length in the curriculum of MIB, students have great job offers in the field of finance as well. Typically, organizations offer the position of international finance controllers to those who complete MIB with the specialization of finance. The specialization covers aspects of international taxes, accounts, budgeting and so on. People in this field are well-paid, and growth prospects are unlimited. After completing degree course from a reputed MIB college, there is a good scope in the banking and finance sector as well. International banks appoint people who have an excellent grasp over the international banking policies, currency exchange, and international policies. Thus, MIB is the golden key to success with brilliant job opportunities in national and multinational sectors.

1. How is the second paragraph mainly developed?

A．By analyzing causes.

B．By listing figures.

C．By proving definition.

D．By making comparisons.

2. Why do more and more people intend to acquire a degree of MIB?

A．It is a compulsory course in the colleges.

B．It helps them get good jobs in some organizations.

C．It offers them opportunities to do small businesses.

D．It offers them conventional economic knowledge.

3. What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A．MIB holders are more promising in all careers than others.

B．People get higher salary in business field than in finance field.

C．The international finance controller is a high-quality job.

D．International banks only accept employees from MIB colleges.

4. What’s the writer’s purpose of writing this article?

A．To explain why the MIB course is getting popular.

B．To analyze the disadvantages of the MIB course.

C．To sell professional MIB course worldwide.

D．To predict the development trend of the MIB course.

【推荐2】While it may seem that a cab driver has only one responsibility—to drive customers to and from certain destinations, this is not the case. Instead, a cab driver must be ready to take on a number of different tasks.     1     Taxis have been around in various forms for many centuries, and the many duties of a cab driver increase as time goes on.    2     Not only do cab drivers have to pick up all kinds of people, but many of them have to interact with their customers. Frequently, cab drivers are hired by tourists or business people for an entire day, and this can mean making unavoidable contact with different people with different personalities.

Taxi drivers must also be able to operate different types of vehicles.     3    The vehicles have ramps (斜面) that can be raised and lowered. This type of vehicle requires a special license that most cab drivers must get before obtaining   a position as a taxi driver.

Generally, cab drivers are not required to repair vehicles.     4     For example, almost all taxi drivers know how to change tires（轮胎）, lights, and other small vehicle parts. Many drivers are also responsible for checking the taxi on a regular basis.

Perhaps the most important task that a cab driver must be aware of is how to charge a customer for each trip. While the prices of some trips have been predetermined（商定）, such as airport fares, other trips must be calculated using taximeters（计价器） and fee charts.     5    

A．One of them is cleaning the inside of cabs.

B．Being a taxi driver can be emotionally rewarding.

C．A cab driver must have excellent communication skills.

D．There are some taxis specially made for disabled people.

E．However, some drivers may be asked to make small repairs.

F．These prices must be calculated before the driver sets off on the trip.

G．Taxi drivers should have a basic knowledge of a country ’s spoken language.

【推荐2】

Franz Kafka wrote that “A book must be the ax (斧子) for the frozen sea inside us.” I once shared this sentence with a class of seventh graders, and it didn't seem to require any explanation.

We’d just finished John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men. When we read the end together out loud in class, my toughest boy, a star basketball player, wept a little, and so did I. “Are you crying?” one girl asked, as she got out of her chair to take a closer look. “I am,” I told her, “and the funny thing is I’ve read it many times.”

But they understood. When George shoots Lennie, the tragedy is that we realize it was always going to happen. In my 14 years of teaching in a New York City public middle school, I’ve taught kids with imprisoned parents, abusive parents, irresponsible parents; kids who are parents themselves; kids who are homeless; kids who grew up in violent neighborhoods. They understand, more than I ever will, the novel's terrible logic — the giving way of dreams to fate.

For the last seven years, I have worked as a reading enrichment teacher, reading classic works of literature with small groups of students from grades six to eight. I originally proposed this idea to my headmaster after learning that a former excellent student of mine had transferred out of a selective high school — one that often attracts the literary-minded children of Manhattan's upper classes — into a less competitive school. The daughter of immigrants, with a father in prison, she perhaps felt uncomfortable with her new classmates. I thought additional “cultural capital” could help students like her develop better in high school, where they would unavoidably meet, perhaps for the first time, students who came from homes lined with bookshelves, whose parents had earned Ph.D.’s.

Along with Of Mice and Men, my groups read: Sounder, The Red Pony, Lord of the Flies, Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth. The students didn’t always read from the expected point of view. About The Red Pony, one student said, “it's about being a man, it’s about manliness.”I had never before seen the parallels between Scarface and Macbeth, nor had I heard Lady Macbeth's speech read as raps, but both made sense; the interpretations were playful, but serious. Once introduced to Steinbeck's writing, one boy went on to read The Grapes of Wrath and told me repeatedly how amazing it was that “all these people hate each other, and they’re all white.” His historical view was broadening, his sense of his own country deepening. Year after year, former students visited and told me how prepared they had felt in their first year in college as a result of the classes.

Year after year, however, we are increasing the number of practice tests. We are trying to teach students to read increasingly complex texts, not for emotional punch but for text complexity. Yet, we cannot enrich the minds of our students by testing them on texts that ignore their hearts. We are teaching them that words do not amaze but confuse. We may succeed in raising test scores, but we will fail to teach them that reading can be transformative and that it belongs to them.

1. The underlined words in Paragraph 1 probably mean that a book helps to________.

A．realize our dreams

B．give support to our life

C．smooth away difficulties

D．awaken our emotions

2. Why were the students able to understand the novel Of Mice and Men?

A．Because they were bred in a violent society.

B．Because they had read the novel many times.

C．Because they got the explanation from the teacher..

D．Because they had similar life experiences.

3. The girl left the selective high school possibly because________.

A．she was a literary-minded girl

B．her parents were immigrants

C．she couldn't fit in with her class

D．her father was then in prison

4. The author writes the passage mainly to ________.

A．suggest reading classic works of literature creatively

B．advocate teaching literature to touch the heart

C．argue for equality among high school students

D．criticize the current education system bitterly

【推荐3】Comedian(喜剧演员) David Brenner came from a poor but close (亲密的) family.When he graduated from high school, however, he was given an unforgettable gift.

“Some of my friends got new clothes and a few rich kids even got new cars,” he remembers. “My father reached into his pants pocket and took something out. I extended my hand, palm up(打开手掌), and he let my present drop into it—a nickel (五分镍币)！Dad said to me, ‘Buy a newspaper with that.Read every word of it.Then turn to the classified(分类的) section and get yourself a job. Get into the world. It’s all yours now.’”

“I always thought that was a great joke my father had played on me until a few years later when I was in the Army, sitting in a foxhole(散兵坑), and thinking about my family and my life.It was then that I realized my friends had gotten only new cars, or only new clothes. My father had given me the whole world.What a great gift！”

1. When did David get his most unforgettable gift?

A．When he entered high school.

B．When he graduated from college.

C．When he was in the army.

D．When he graduated from high school.

2. What was the gift David’s father gave to him?

A．A job.	B．A newspaper.
C．A nickel.	D．A world.

3. We can see that David ________ for the gift in the end.

A．was not satisfied with his father

B．was angry with his father

C．was very thankful to his father

D．didn’t like his father

4. We can infer that David’s father________.

A．was a great father

B．didn’t love David

C．was too mean(吝啬的)

D．liked to play jokes on David

【推荐1】Beliefs form a big part of our lives. Successful people have always believed that they can be and will be successful in their lives, such as Michael Phelps. Many of us have seen Michael Phelps win 8 gold medals in a single Olympic Games. That has created a history for himself. Many people have admired his success and the first reaction in their mind will be, “Wow, how I wish I could be like him!” Have you ever wondered what brought him success?
In fact, anyone can achieve what they have wanted to achieve. It is about beliefs. Everyone is a born winner. It is this belief that drives an individual to be successful in his or her own field. All successful individuals have strong beliefs and it is one of the bases for their success. If we start to believe in ourselves, the things that we can achieve will definitely give us a pleasant surprise.
Other than having a strong belief, it is the attitude that drives the individual to create their own history. The devotion towards themselves and the drive must also be present. Imagine having a strong belief in oneself and having a poor attitude towards life. Then how would that individual turn out to be? One’s attitude_____ the drive, the devotion and the desire to achieve his goals. If one has strong beliefs about the goals that he can achieve and he displays good attitudes towards them, it would be no surprise to anyone that he will be able to achieve his goals.
Start believing in yourself and you will achieve your goals and with the right positive attitude, you will definitely be able to create the miracle that you have always dreamt of.
1. Which of the following is the best summary of Paragraph 2?

A．Good begun is half done.

B．Where there is a will, there is a way.

C．No pains, no gains.

D．God helps those who help themselves.

2. The underlined word “comprises” in Paragraph 3 most probably means ________?

A．serve as

B．belongs to

C．stands for

D．consists of

3. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A．attitudes can be learned from one’s parents

B．copying other’s behaviors is a good way to succeed

C．only strong beliefs can’t ensure you a promising future

D．attitudes can only be learned through one’s success

4. What would be the best title for the passage?

A．Differences Between Beliefs and Attitudes

B．The Nature of Beliefs and Positive Attitudes

C．Relationship Between Beliefs and Attitudes

D．The Power of Beliefs and Positive Attitudes

【推荐2】Aesha Ash is a ballet dancer who began The Swan Dreams Project in 2011. It is a program designed to bring ballet to girls of color in her community. Aesha Ash is one of the few women of color to ever grace the stages of the School of American Ballet in New York City. She wants to expose her community to more positive images of women of color through the use of ballet. She wants to show the world that beauty and grace are not defined by status or race.

Aesha grew up in the inner city of Rochester, New York, where crime, gun violence and poverty were among the biggest threats to the community. For her, that’s normal. That’s just life in the neighborhood, but what she remembers most is the dance studio. She started dancing at the age of five. A teacher mentioned to her mother that she had some promise in ballet, and that it would be difficult for her, as a woman of color, to enter the ballet world. But the hardship she faced was the very thing that pushed her to pursue a career in ballet.

And there’s so much negative stereotypes (刻板印象) and misunderstanding of who they are in the media. Through the use of imagery and her career as a ballet dancer, she challenges stereotypes that exist for women of color, particularly those from inner-city communities.

“It’s important that our girls see that side of themselves because for many kids it’s hard to be what you can’t see. I hadn’t seen a black ballet dancer before I decided that was what I wanted to be. It was really important for me to be in my environment displaying that because this is where I’m from. It was always beyond ballet,” Aesha Ash stated.

1. Why did Aesha start The Swan Dreams Project?

A．To promote the images of females of color by ballet.

B．To expose her community to a world of women of color.

C．To grace the stages of the School of American Ballet.

D．To show the world that beauty and grace are defined by status.

2. Which of the following best describes the community she grew up in?

A．Comfortable.

B．Ancient.

C．Peaceful.

D．Unsafe.

3. What can’t we know from the passage?

A．Aesha had a gift for ballet according to her teacher.

B．The hardship Aesha faced was the color of her skin.

C．Acsha wanted to be a ballet dancer because of a woman dancer of color.

D．It is not easy to change the stereotypes that exist for women of color.

4. What is the main idea of the text?

A．A teacher provides chances for girls of color.	B．A woman brings ballet to the girls of color.
C．Ballet changes the life of a woman of color.	D．A woman has changed the negative stereotypes.

【推荐3】Melanie was born with spina bifida, a condition that rid her of the ability to walk. All her life, she had been using a wheelchair to get around. Trevor, on the other hand, has been blind since he was born.

The two ran into each other at an adaptive rock climbing class. They soon learned that they shared a common love for nature. Knowing all of this, the pair came up with a brilliant idea—with their strengths combined, they would climb the mountains of Colorado together!

Before the start of each journey, Melanie, secure in carrier, is hoisted by a friend or a fellow hiker onto Trevor’s back. Her role is to give verbal directions to her partner as they pass through the trail. “I describe everything I see and exactly how Trevor needs to move,” Melanie said of their hiking method. “It just seemed like common sense,” she told Good Morning America. “He’s the legs, I’m the eyes—boom! Together, we’re the dream team.”

To them, the best part about hiking as a pair is that they get to give each other the chance to accomplish something that others might believe is impossible.

“It made me so happy to help someone experience what I’ve been able to experience my whole life. Just getting on top of a mountain, you just feel that sense of accomplishment. The best part is being able to make her smile. That gives me purpose,” Trevor said.

As for Melanie, she says that the activity also gives her the feeling of freedom. “I’ve been in a wheelchair my whole life, and it’s an amazing feeling to leave it miles behind on the trail. I even couldn’t get in it if I wanted to, and that’s a great feeling,” she said.

1. What do we know about Melanie and Trevor?

A．They are born disabled.	B．They are good at sports.
C．They show no interest in outdoor activities.	D．They’ve known each other since they were born.

2. Which of the following can best replace the underlined word “hoisted” in paragraph 3?

A．Caught.

B．Lifted.

C．Removed.

D．Pushed.

3. What does Trevor think of hiking with Melanie?

A．He thinks it meaningful.	B．He gets the feeling of freedom.
C．He thinks the experience amusing.	D．He feels it his duty to help Melanie.

4. What’s the topic of the text?

A．Two people worked together as a team.	B．Hiking as a pair proved to be successful.
C．Two disabled teamed up for hiking adventures.	D．A blind man helped a woman who couldn’t walk.