【推荐1】We didn’t expect to see her again so soon: After a tearless farewell with my daughter, we left her new dorm room but then in the campus we saw her jogging against the August heat. I quickly rolled down the car window and Sarina didn’t miss a step as she turned, nodded at us and waved goodbye. I was in disbelief why the tears hadn’t come when we parted on her first day in university.

Our first separation, the day she left my body, was a nightmare of pain and suffering. While all births are amazing, not all women feel amazed about the births. However, our togetherness in the days and months that followed was so sweet that I felt her small body still seemed to be attached to mine. In the years to come, the sound of her feet running across the wooden floors of our house was like the gentle pounding that reminded me my little girl was here and that someday she would run to the paths I couldn’t follow.

Last year Sarina turned 16 and decided to pursue art in college. She was in excitement about college life with so much to expect but I was uneasy because it would be a long plane ride away from home. I tried to imagine what separation would be like, but I couldn’t. Separation, although on the horizon, still felt distant.

That’s why it wasn’t until the next morning when I awoke in a house absent of her footsteps that the tears finally came—and wouldn’t stop. I understood that Sarina had left the house, and I held onto the memory of her running. When the tears stopped, I was relieved that her body knew what it needed on separation day, and that with our love and support, she had the courage to run into an unfamiliar distance, to glance back, yet to keep moving forward.

1. What happened to the author on her daughter’s first day in college?

A．She burst into tears and had a painful farewell.

B．She appeared calm and didn't cry at their departure.

C．She asked her daughter to show them around the campus.

D．She was cross that her daughter went jogging when they departed.

2. What is the purpose of Paragraph 2?

A．To expect her daughter’s bright future.

B．To remind herself other daughter's pounding steps.

C．To recall the suffering during her daughter’s growth.

D．To show the strong attachment between mother and daughter.

3. Which of the following best describes the author when separation was approaching?

A．Excited.	B．Worried.
C．Relieved.	D．Frustrated.

4. What can be the most suitable title for the passage?

A．A heartbroken separation	B．The story of a successful mom
C．How to deal with homesickness	D．Moving forward with love and support

【推荐2】I woke up after surgery with my leg bandaged beyond recognition, with tubes coming out of various limbs, with my mouth sandpaper dry and my mind confused. The operation had required two bone grafts (移植). I wouldn’t walk for three months, optimistically. I couldn’t drive. I couldn’t navigate the steps in our house. I couldn’t even shower on my own.

I turned to my husband, Adam, and asked, “How are we going to manage?” Who would get the kids to the bus at 7: 15 a.m., since my husband was in his office by 6 a.m. each day? Who would deal with the dogs, who relied on my companionship and long walks? Who would prepare dinner?

“We’ll figure it out,” Adam said. I nodded, because what was the alternative? But nowhere in any of my cells did I believe him. Not even a tiny bit.

I posted about my accident on Facebook. And something unexpected happened: friends both near and far asked me how they could help. I wrote back, thanking them all but not taking them up on their kind offers. But by the time we returned home, a friend had already set up a dinner train: Meals for my family were taken care of for the first month of my recovery. Parents at our school bus stop offered to drop my kids off each afternoon. Friends sent care packages of books and food.

My children learned to be both autonomous and sympathetic. They ran up the steps each day after school to check on me; my daughter set up her karaoke machine by the couch to keep me entertained while I embarked on (开始准备) my slow, cruel PT exercises. My son dutifully fetched my laptop charger or a fork or a bottle of water when asked, never complaining, as he would have in the past.

My kids no longer had the luxury of my setting out their school clothes or packing their lunches or ensuring that their homework was filed. So they learned to do it themselves, and in a surprise perhaps only to me, everyone was all the better for it.

1. What did the author worry about?

A．Her legs couldn’t fully recover.	B．She would have two operations.
C．She couldn’t manage daily life.	D．Her operations would be put off.

2. How did the author feel when Adam tried to comfort her?

A．Excited.	B．Confused.
C．Embarrassed.	D．Unconvinced.

3. How did the author’s friends give her a hand?

A．By keeping her entertained.	B．By taking her to the hospital.
C．By sending her children to school.	D．By making dinners for her family.

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

A．When Mom Was Away	B．How Kids Helped Mom
C．How Mom Made Friends	D．When Mom Broke Her Leg

【推荐1】I had often dreamt of the possibility of spending a year away from my hometown of Leeds in England, living in a foreign country. When I was old enough, however, I thought that my language was going to hold me back.

However, luckily for me, University of Leeds, where I was studying at the time, made it possible for any student, even people like me speaking only one language, to study abroad. Before I knew it I was boarding a plane for Salzburg, Austria. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect of the experience ahead of me but I was prepared to accept the challenge.

The university was quite small but the classes were large. Also, Austrian students usually take five years to complete their courses, so studying there was somewhat more relaxing than at home. Austrian students go home quite often, too. Therefore, the foreign students had to socialise with each other quite a lot, which didn’t help with our language skills.

Salzburg itself is a picture-postcard Austrian city. It is also famous for being the birthplace of Mozart and the setting for The Sound of Music. As a result, it is usually very busy with tourists. I also found that it doesn’t have a lot of entertainment for young people, in comparison with Leeds.

There are, however, many advantages of living in Salzburg. For example, get on a train and you can be in Prague, Rome or Krakow within a matter of hours. By the end of my year in Salzburg, I had visited eight other countries in Europe.

After spending a year overseas, I went back to my courses in Leeds and I was much more focused on what I wanted to get out of my last year and more appreciative of the opportunity the university provided. The year in Salzburg really showed me that you get a lot more out of a place when you live there compared to when you are just traveling through. I’d recommend all students to spend a year studying abroad if they can.

1. Compared with University of Leeds, the university in Salzburg ________.

A．provides more social events	B．has longer university years
C．has more foreign students	D．offers more small classes

2. One advantage the author mentions about Salzburg is that ________.

A．it’s convenient for people to travel	B．it has a high-speed rail network
C．it’s the hometown of Mozart	D．it’s full of foreign tourists

3. What does the author think of his experience of studying abroad?

A．He benefited a lot from it.	B．He thought it made no difference to him.
C．I was far from what he had expected.	D．It badly affected his studies at home.

4. In the author’s opinion, what may have prevented his studying abroad?

A．His not being old enough.	B．His fearing the culture shock.
C．His becoming homesick easily.	D．His not knowing a foreign language.

【推荐2】A farmer grew some vegetables in his garden. One day his wife was ill and he had no money. He had to sell some cabbages and carrots in the market. The next morning he took two baskets of vegetables to town. But it was raining hard that afternoon and there were few people in the street. When his vegetables were sold out, it was dark. He bought some medicine and hurried to his village.

On his way home he saw a person lying on the snow. He placed his baskets on the ground and was going to help the person to get up. At that time he found it was a dead man and there was much blood on his body. He was so afraid that he ran away quickly, without taking the baskets with him.

The next afternoon the farmer was sent to the police station. Having shown the baskets, an officer asked, “Are these yours?” “Yes, sir.” the farmer answered timidly. “Have you killed the man?” “No, no, sir.” the farmer said in a hurry. “When did you see the dead man?” “About seven last evening.” “Did you see who killed the man?” “No, sir.” The officer brought out a knife and asked, “Have you seen it yet?” “No, sir.” The officer became angry and told the policemen to beat him up and sent him into prison.

That evening the officer went on trying. Pointing to the knife, he asked again, “Have you seen it yet?” “Yes, sir.” The officer was happy and asked, “When and where?” “I saw it here this afternoon, sir.”

1. The farmer decided to sell the vegetables to ________.

A．buy some food for his family

B．buy some medicine for his wife

C．go to see a doctor

D．go to the cinema

2. The farmer didn’t sell out his vegetables until the evening because ________.

A．they were too bad

B．they were very expensive

C．it rained hard that morning

D．people wouldn’t go out on such a bad day

3. As ________ the farmer decided to help the person to stand up.

A．he was ready to help others

B．the person was one of his friends

C．he thought the person would thank him

D．he thought the person had drunk too much

4. The farmer ran away quickly because ________.

A．the policemen were coming towards him

B．his wife was waiting for him at home

C．he was afraid to see a dead man

D．it was so late that he couldn’t stay there any longer

5. The officer tried the farmer to ________.

A．know who had killed the man

B．know if he had seen the dead man

C．ask when he saw the dead man

D．ask if he had seen the knife

【推荐2】【课文原文】

Chen Wei, a high school student in Beijing, had his dinner interrupted when he heard someone screaming from another table. A fellow diner at the restaurant, Zhang Tao, was choking on some steak. He was now holding his throat with his face turning red, while his desperate friends were slapping him on the back.

Chen wasted no time. He got up and ran to Zhang’s table at once. With the help of Zhang’s friends, he was able to help Zhang to his feet. Then, standing behind Zhang, Chen did the Heimlich manoeuvre. The food was instantly forced out, and Zhang began to breathe again. Ten minutes later, an ambulance arrived. The doctors checked Zhang and made sure that he was fine. They suggested he eat more slowly and take smaller bites before they left

Choking victims usually have only about four minutes before they collapse and sometimes die, leaving no time for an ambulance to arrive. To solve this problem, in 1974, an American doctor, Henry Heimlich, created the Heimlich manoeuvre, saving thousands of lives around the world. Doing the Heimlich manoeuvre is quick, practical, and easy. It is so easy, in fact, that almost anyone can learn how.

If you see someone choking, first call the emergency services. Then, make sure that the victim is really choking: A choking person cannot speak. Slapping the victim’s back will often force out the obstruction. If this does not work, you can perform the Heimlich manoeuvre by standing behind him and wrapping your arms around his waist. Make a fist with one hand and place it in the upper part of his stomach. Grabbing your fist with your other hand tightly, push up and into his stomach in one motion. Continue doing this until the obstruction is forced out.

Doing the Heimlich manoeuvre on a small child is not recommended, as you may hurt him. Instead, lay the child face down on your lap with the head lower than the rest of his body, and then give firm slaps to his upper back until he can breathe again.

With choking victims, every minute counts. You cannot just stand by and do nothing. Luckily, Chen had learnt how to give first aid in school. Seeing Zhang choking, he remained calm and reacted immediately. Chen later said about the incident, “How could I justify sitting there and doing nothing? We are all humans and we all have a responsibility to look after one another’s welfare.”

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

A．The history of the Heimlich manoeuvre.

B．How to give first aid.

C．An experience of giving first aid.

D．A young middle school student.

2. What was Chen doing when Zhang Tao was choking?

A．He was cooking.

B．He was having dinner at the restaurant.

C．He was serving the customers.

D．He was on his way home.

3. Why did Henry Heimlich create the Heimlich manoeuvre?

A．He wanted to help those who have a sore throat.

B．He wanted to help those who are bleeding.

C．He wanted to save those who are choking.

D．He wanted to help those who get injured.

4. Which is the right order of doing the Heimlich manoeuvre?
①Grab your fist with your other hand tightly, push up and into his stomach in one motion.
②Stand behind the victim and wrap your arms around his waist.
③Make sure that the victim is really choking.
④Make a fist with one hand and place it in the upper part of his stomach.

A．②①③④	B．③①②④
C．③④①②	D．③②④①