【推荐2】Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.

Decades of research has demonstrated how junior employees benefit from being mentored (指导). Guidance from senior colleagues has also been shown to enhance mentees’ job performance and satisfaction.     1    

We were especially interested in understanding how mentoring might help mentors who work in stressful occupations. Mental health is a growing concern within occupations that play important social roles, such as medical professionals, firefighters, and police officers. And because policing is one of the most stressful occupations, with high levels of mental health and well-being difficulties, we conducted a study of a formal mentoring program in an English police force.

    2     It was designed to support the development of junior officers by giving them a way to discuss concerns and receive guidance. Our study involved two parts. First, we conducted a field experiment: we compared the mental health of 17 mentor-mentee pairs to a control group of 18 pairs of senior and junior officers that did not participate in the program. Second, we interviewed both the mentees and their mentors separately.

Our experiment results showed that people who served as mentors experienced lower levels of anxiety, and described their job as more meaningful, than those who did not mentor. We learned from our interviews that mentoring afforded senior officers, as well as junior officers, a chance to discuss and reflect on concerns.     3    By acknowledging that these anxieties were common, both mentees and mentors grew more comfortable in discussing them and in sharing different coping mechanisms.

Why does mentoring have this impact on mentors?     4     Despite the pressures that comes with their roles — including abuse, difficult decision making, and the risk of death — police officers tend not to seek support from other officers, including more senior colleagues. This is to avoid negative stigma, a shameful reputation, associated with mental health disorders. Mentoring thereby offered a way to build trust within a relationship that laid a foundation for open and honest communication of sensitive topics.

A．We believe it offers a way to receive support that is often lacking.

B．The mentoring program was launched in 2013 in one of the police forces in England and Wales.

C．Formal mentoring programs provide an opportunity to encourage the discussion of difficult and sensitive topics.

D．However, what we are wondering is why mentoring has such great impact on mentors as well as mentees.

E．Mentors heard their mentees’ accounts of anxiety and realized these feelings — which they also shared — were common.

F．We know far less, however, about how mentoring might benefit mentors themselves.

【推荐3】One morning I jumped into the swimming pool and the words "eighty-four degrees" popped into my mind. I knew that the temperature of the water was 84 degrees Fahrenheit. Just to confirm my impression, I dropped a thermometer(温度计) into the water. Sure enough, it was 84 degrees. Over the next few days, a the temperature in the pool changed, I continued to "guess" the water temperature accurately. I then realized had become something of a "human thermometer".

I was not born with this ability. I trained myself to do it, entirely by accident. Swimming is one of my favorite activities. Each morning from late April through early October, I swim laps in my backyard pool. didn’t really develop any special ability. Every healthy person is able to sense warmth and cold. What I did was connect those sensations to specific numbers. Over time, with daily reinforcement(加强), it made me into an amazing human thermometer. It certainly won't get me a show on "America's Got Talent", but it does earn me a little respect at the beach or at pool parties.

What's most interesting to me is the way it came about I did not try to learn how to be a human thermometer. Yet as a result of my consistent actions, day after day, it did indeed happen. And that made me wonder what else I was training myself to do that I didn't even realize.

I started writing articles for The Daily Motivator back in 1995 because I understood the power of positive reinforcement on a daily basis. The messages are short and simple and not particularly shocking I take Sundays off but other than that I have never missed a single day of writing a new, original daily message in 21 years. This actually makes a real difference to me. Not overnight, but over time.

1. What happened to the author after he became a “human thermometer”?

A．He was respected at pool parties.

B．He could sense warmth and cold.

C．He developed some new abilities.

D．He attended “America's Got Talent”.

2. What’s the author’s attitude towards his work?

A．Careless	B．Devoted.
C．Creative.	D．Irresponsible.

3. From the text, we can conclude that ________.

A．writing makes a exact man

B．everything must have a beginning

C．consistent actions can make a difference

D．we should put our heart into the smallest acts

【推荐1】Spaghetti and meatballs is my favorite food. And reading is my favorite hobby. When you ^are deeply absorbed in a book, you stop paying attention to what’s going on around you. People describe it as being “lost in a book”. It’s a wonderful feeling, but it can be risky.

One day I was home alone doing two of my favorite things: Eating a huge plate of spaghetti and meatballs and reading. At the time, my family had a pet bird, a big white cockatoo named Luke. He was free to leave his perch (栖木)and fly around inside the house. Luke enjoyed “talking” to people, but he wasn’t trained to use real words.

As I was reading and eating, Luke was talking to me, but I was lost in my book. So Luke decided to get closer. He flew from his perch, and before I knew it, he’d landed right on top of my spaghetti and meatballs!

I was so surprised that I didn’t even have time to think. My reaction was the same as yours would be: I shooed (发出嘘声赶走)him off my food! This wouldn’t have been so bad except for one thing: When Luke had landed on my plate, he had grabbed (抓住)my spaghetti with both feet. So when Luke took off again, the spaghetti-still in his feet-went flying everywhere, landing on my shirt and hitting me in the face. Red sauce splattered (泼溅)up the wall and onto the ceiling. As I pulled noodles out of my hair, Luke flew back to his perch, dropping spaghetti sauce all the way.

He wasn’t hurt, except for his dignity-the sauce in his beautiful white feathers turned him orange for several weeks. So next time if you find a spy novel at the library with red, spots on two pages near the middle, you’ll know that I’ve read that book ,too!

1. What do we know about Luke?

A．He is lost in reading a spy novel.

B．He is good at communicating with people.

C．He is fond of eating Spaghetti and meatballs.

D．He is permitted to fly freely inside the house.

2. What is paragraph 4 mainly about?

A．I reacted properly to Luke’s behaviour.

B．Luck was attracted by my Spaghetti.

C．Luck made the room in a mess.

D．I was addicted to my reading.

3. How does the author sound when telling the story?

A．Puzzled.

B．Humorous.

C．Anxious.

D．Annoyed.

4. What might be a suitable title for the text?

A．Love Me, Love My Dog	B．More Food Hurts the Body
C．Reading Can Be Dangerous	D．Fine Feathers Make Fine Birds

【推荐2】The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light，I looked sadly before me at a huge pile of that troublesome stuff（东西） they call “books”。
I was going to have my examination the next day.   “When can I go to bed？” I asked myself. I didn’t answer，In fact I dared not.
The clock struck twelve. “ Oh，dear！” I cried. “Ten more books to read before I can go to bed！” We pupils are the most wretched creatures（生物） in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy.
The clock struck one. I was quite desperate（绝望的）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. The underlined word “wretched”in Paragraph 3 probably means _______ .

A．very happy.	B．disappointed.
C．very unhappy.	D．hopeful.

2. Reviewing his lessons didn’t help him because        .

A．it was too late at night.

B．he was very tired.

C．his eye lids were so heavy that he couldn’t keep them open.

D．he hadn’t studied hard before the examination.

3. What do you suppose happened to the author？

A．He went to a church to pray again.

B．He passed the exam by sheer luck.

C．He failed in the exam.

D．He was punished by his teacher.

4. The best title for the passage would be __________ .

A．The Night Before the Examination.

B．Working Far into the Night.

C．A Slow Student.

D．Going Over My Lessons.

【推荐3】A mum whose battle with three brain tumours（肿瘤）continues to inspire people is hoping for lots of company on a walk up a 1, 000 foot hill. Melanie Hennessy was diagnosed with two tumours just six weeks after giving birth to her daughter Daisy in 2009. A third was found in 2015 but Mel refuses to let cancer win, a gazette reports.

Last year, she was joined by more than 140 family and friends for a walk up Roseberry Topping in North Yorkshire to raise funds for brain tumours. More than ₤2.000 was raised for Brain Tumour Research and Mel’s own charity MINE ---- Money Is Needed Every day. And on Sunday, she's at it again and hopes lots of people will join her, Daisy and her husband Wayne Mel, 44 in Redcar, said. "At the moment, I'm doing OK. I still spend a lot of time attending hospital appointments but, luckily, I am closely watched and have a fantastic team of doctors and specialists. People can run, walk or crawl up the hill if they wish and everyone is welcome. It doesn't matter how old you are and, yes, dogs are welcome too. All we ask for is a donation on the day.”

Mel has recently started working from home as an independent consultant with a natural health and beauty firm and says it has made her “feel like I am somebody again”. She said, “I absolutely love it because all the products are free from all chemicals, something I am very passionate about, given my own situation. I want to live a healthier and happier life without using things that can be linked to cancer and I want to help others to do the same. So for now, I feel I have even more to fight for and it gives me strength to keep fighting against my brain tumours."

1. How old was Daisy when the third tumour was found in her mother’s brain?

A．3 years old	B．6 years old
C．9 years old	D．12 years old

2. Why does Melanie want many people to join her?

A．Because they need to be healthy

B．Because she wants to found MINE.

C．Because she needs some donations.

D．Because they are free all the time.

3. How could Melanie be doing OK?

A．The doctors took good care of her.

B．She ran, walked and crawled up.

C．She was not linked to the cancer.

D．She was a really good specialist.

4. The underlined word “it” in the last paragraph may refer to ________.

A．Mel’s home	B．Mel’s firm
C．Mel’s job	D．Mel’s food