【推荐1】Every immigrant leads a double life. Every immigrant has a double identity and a double vision, being suspended between an old and a new home, an old and new self. The very notion of a new home, of course, is in a sense as impossible as the notion of new parents. Parents are who they are; home is what it is.

Yet home, like parentage, must be legitimized(合理) through love; otherwise, it is only a fact of geography or biology. Most immigrants to America found their love of their old homes betrayed: they did not really abandon their countries; their countries abandoned them. In America, they found the possibility of a new love, the chance to nurture new selves.

Not uniformly, not without exceptions. Every generation has its Know-Nothing movement. Its understandable fear and hatred of alien invasion is as true today as it always was, but in spite of all this, the American attitude remains unique. Throughout history, exile has been a disaster; America turned it into a triumph and placed its immigrants in the center of a national epic.

The epic is possible because America is an idea as much as it is a country. America has nothing to do with loyalty to a dynasty and very little to do with loyalty to particular place, but everything to do with loyalty to a set of principles. To immigrants, those principles are especially real because so often they were absent or violated in their native lands. It was no accident in the ’60 and ‘70s, when alienation was in flower, that it often seemed to be “native” Americans who felt alienated, while aliens or the children of aliens upheld the native values. The immigrant’s double vision results in a special, somewhat skewed perspective on America that can mislead but that can also find revelation in the things that to native Americans are obvious. Psychiatrist Robert Coles speaks of those “who straddle worlds and make of that very experience a new world.”

“Home is where you are happy.” Sentimental, perhaps, and certainly not conventionally patriotic, but is appropriate for a country that wrote the pursuit of happiness into its founding document. That continues for the immigrant in America, and it never stops, but it comes to rest at a certain moment. The moment is hard to pin down, but it occurs perhaps when the immigrant’s double life and double vision joint together toward a single state of mind. When the old life, the old home fade into a certain unreality: places one merely visits, in fact or in the mind, practicing the tourism of memory. It occurs when the immigrant learns his ultimate lesson: above all countries, America, if loved, returns love.

1. How can we understand the underlined sentence in Para1?

A．Home is irreplaceable just like parents.

B．Parents have nothing to do with home.

C．New home can somewhat represent parents.

D．Parents and home are essentially different.

2. What’s the result of American’s unique attitude toward immigrants?

A．Immigrants have posed fear and hatred on America.

B．Immigrants have been a disaster to America’s development.

C．Immigrants have played an important role in America’s history.

D．Immigrants have endured more sufferings than those in other countries.

3. What does the underlined word “That” in Para5 refer to?

A．Traditional patriotism	B．The pursuit of happiness.
C．Immigrants’ double life and vision	D．Returned love from America

【推荐2】阅读短文，用英语回答问题

As a little boy, there was nothing I liked beer than Sunday afternoons at my grandfathers farm, surrounded by miles of winding (蜿蜒) stonewalls in western Pennsylvania, which provided a lot of fun for a city kid like me.

I can still remember my first visit to the farm. I'd wanted to be allowed to climb the stonewalls. But my parents would never approve, because the walls were old, and some stones were missing. I was still eager to climb it, so I asked for their permission.

“Can I climb the stonewalls?” I asked nervously. At this moment, my parents sill didn't agree. Before I left the room sadly, my grandfather said, “Let the boy climb the stonewalls. He has to learn to do things for himself.”

It took me about two hours to climb those stonewalls. Later I met with my grandfather to tell him about my adventure. I’ll never forget what he said. “Mike, you made this day a special day just by being yourself. Always remember, there's only one person in this whole world like you, and I like you exactly as you are.”

Today I host the television program Mister Roger’s Neighborhood, which is liked by millions of children throughout America. There have been changes over the years, but one thing remains the same: my message to children at the end of every visit, “There's only one person in this whole world like you, and people can like you exactly as you are.”

1. Where is Mike’s grandfather's farm? (no more than 5 words)
2. What does the underlined word “approve” in Paragraph 2 mean in English? (no more than 1 word)
3. How long did the author spend climbing the stonewalls? (no more than 5 words)
4. According to the passage, who would like to watch the author's program? (no more than 10words)
5. What does the author want to tell us through this story? (no more than 20 words)

【推荐3】A few years back I worked in a university building that also housed a department full of psychologists, all of whom seemed to see us as perfect guinea pigs（豚鼠） for their latest theories. If an eager graduate student showed up in my office bearing desserts and asked me to pick one, I'd cast a careful glance and ask “Why?” before grabbing the apple pie.

So one day, when someone from the Psychology Department posted instructions in the bathroom persuading all of us to “Think about five things for which you're grateful every day for a week!”, my response was frankly doubtful. I did the math. Five things a day for seven days is a lot of brainpower to expend without so much as the promise of an apple pie.

I wandered into the office of Heidi Zetzer, the director of our school's Psychological Services Clinic.“What's with the gratitude thing?”I asked. You don't ask an academic question－even a simple one unless you're prepared for a long answer. Heidi came alive, and I sat down. That's when I first heard the term “positive psychology”. The gratitude thing, as I had called it, was but one small and simple element of the practice. “Kind of like training the brain to focus on joy,” my friend Heidi explained. “It's only a week,” she urged. “Try it.” I did. And guess what? It worked.

Every day for a week, I found five distinct things for which I was thankful. They had to be different every day. I couldn't get away with just being grateful for my wonderful husband. But I could, suggested Collie Conoley, another positive psychologist, express my gratitude for specific aspects of a certain person each day. He's a great cook. He always puts our family first.

Life will never be perfect. I still see new stories that annoy me. The traffic in my city is maddening. I wish I could speed up my recovery. But with just one simple exercise, I'm rediscovering the peace of that old saying: accepting the things I can't change, working without complaint to change what I can, and being wise enough to know the difference.

And all it took was a little gratitude.

1. What's the author's attitude toward the student with desserts?

A．Cautious.	B．Respectful.
C．Indifferent.	D．Supportive.

2. Why was the author doubtful about the instructions?

A．Because she thought it wasn't worth the effort.

B．Because she didn't like expressing thanks often.

C．Because she needed to ask her friend to do it first.

D．Because she could do five things every day easily.

3. What does Collie Conoley suggest the author should do?

A．Be grateful to her wonderful husband.

B．Be thankful for things but not people.

C．Be a great cook and put her family first.

D．Be specific about what she's thankful for.

4. What's the best title for the text?

A．Don't Be Bothered by Small Things

B．We Can Change Everything If We Want

C．Practicing Gratitude Changed My Life

D．Being Grateful to One Good Person

【推荐2】In the past few years, I have found mental illness has been a term largely avoided in conversation, and this has built a huge stigma against those suffering from depression, anxiety and other mental diseases. What’s worse, mental illness is only brought up when the news draw our attention to it, but then the conversation quiets until the next tragedy happens.

It’s time for the conversation to continue. Instead of waiting for the next tragedy, we need to be open about mental health and about the struggles that come with mental illness and treatment. We need to develop an environment where people feel comfortable to seek the help they need instead of concealing it.

It took a long time, but I am now open about my anxiety and depression. I am open about my taking medicine to treat my mental illness. I am open about the struggle of finding the medicine that works. I encourage everyone to do the same. Be honest and open with your conversations about mental health. The more comfortable people are with these conversations, the easier it will be for the conversation to continue. A continued conversation will lead to more ideas on treatment and more ideas on how to give help to those who need it.

We have the ability to help those we love and break the stigma around mental illness and change the idea that it’s something that needs to be cured. Mental illness can actually affect anyone, impacting one out of every four people.

In short, let’s keep the conversation about mental health and mental illness open. Be sure to check up on your friends, and be open about the importance of mental health. If you’re uncomfortable, share your story, which may let others know they are not alone. Just as Albus Dumbledore said, “Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”

Therefore remember to turn on the light.

1. What does the underlined word “stigma” mean in Paragraph 1?

A．consumption

B．shame

C．status

D．invasion

2. What’s the author’s tone in the first paragraph?

A．Humorous

B．Serious

C．Supportive

D．Cheerful

3. Why does the author talk about his own experience in Paragraph 3?

A．To introduce how the author’s mental illness have been cured

B．To tell us how important a comfortable conversation is.

C．To tell people what a bad experience the author once had.

D．To encourage those people with mental illness to talk about their problems.

4. What does the author want to say with Albus Dumbledore’s words?

A．It’s good to talk with those lonely people.

B．People have a tendency to ignore mental illness.

C．One’s happiness can cheer up others in low spirits.

D．Care and sharing may help those with mental illness out.

5. what can be suitable title for the text?

A．Shine a light on mental health

B．No conversations on mental health.

C．No tragedies caused by mental illness.

D．Seek ways to cure mental illness.

【推荐3】After years of observing human nature, I have decided that two qualities make a difference between men of great achievement and men of average performance — curiosity and discontent. I have never known an outstanding man who lacked either. And I have never known an average man who had both.

Together, these deep human urges (驱策力) count for much more than ambition. Galileo was not merely ambitious when he dropped objects of varying weights from the Leaning Tower at Pisa and timed their fall to the ground. Like Galileo, all the great names in history were curious and asked in discontent, “Why? Why? Why?”

Fortunately, curiosity and discontent don’t have to be learned. We are born with them and need only to recapture them. “The great man,” said Mencius, “is he who does not lose his child’s heart.” Yet most of us do lose it. We stop asking questions. We stop challenging custom. We just follow the crowd. And the crowd desires only the calm and restful average.

Most of us meet new people, and new ideas, with hesitation. But once having met and liked them, we think how terrible it would have been, had we missed the chance. We will probably have to force ourselves to waken our curiosity and discontent and keep them awake.

How should you start? Modestly, so as not to become discouraged. I think of one friend who couldn’t arrange flowers to satisfy herself. She was curious about how the experts did it.

The way to begin is to answer your own excuses. You haven’t any special ability? Most people don’t; there are only a few geniuses. You haven’t any time? That’s good, because it’s always the people with no time who get things done. Harriet Stowe, mother of six, wrote parts of Uncle Tom’s Cabin while cooking. You’re too old? Remember that Thomas Costain was 57 when he published his first novel, and that Grandma Moses showed her first pictures when she was 78.

However you start, remember there is no better time to start than right now, for you’ll never be more alive than you are at this moment.

1. In writing Paragraph 1, the author aims to ________.

A．present an argument

B．make a comparison

C．reach a conclusion

D．propose a definition

2. What does the example of Galileo tell us?

A．Scientists tend to have varied ambitions.	B．Trial and error leads to the finding of truth.
C．Creativity results from challenging authority.	D．Greatness comes from a lasting desire to explore.

3. What can you do to recapture curiosity and discontent?

A．Observe the unknown around you.	B．Develop a questioning mind.
C．Lead a life of adventure.	D．Follow the fashion.

4. What can we learn from the last two paragraphs?

A．Gaining success helps you become an expert.

B．The genius tends to get things done creatively.

C．Lack of talent and time is no reason for taking no action.

D．You should remain modest when approaching perfection.

【推荐1】Japanese students work very hard but many are unhappy. They feel heavy pressures from their parents to do well in school. Most students are always being told by their parents to study harder so that they can have a wonderful life. Though this may be good ideas for those very bright students，it can have very bad results for many students who are not quick enough at learning.
Unfortunately, a number of students killed themselves. Others are after comfort in using drugs. Some do bad things with trouble-makers and turn to crime. Many of them have tried very hard at school but have failed in the exams and have disappointed their parents. Such students feel that they are less important and leave school before they have finished their study.
It is surprising that though most Japanese parents are worried about their children, they do not help them in any way. Many parents feel that they are not able to help their children and that it is the teachers' work to help their children. To make matters worse, a lot of parents send their children to special school called juku-cram schools. These schools are open during the evening and on weekends, and their only purpose is to prepare students to pass exams, they do not try to educate students in any real sense of the real world. It thus comes as a shock to realize that almost three quarters of the junior or high school population attend these cram schools.
Ordinary Japanese schools usually have rules about everything from the students' hair to their clothes and things in their school bag. Child psychologists now think that such strict rules often lead to a feeling of being unsafe and being unable to fit into society. They regard the rules as being harmful to the development of each student. They believe that no sense of moral values is developed and that students are given neither guidance nor training in becoming good citizens.
1. A lot of Japanese students are unhappy at school because _______.

A．they work very hard

B．they find they can't do well at school

C．they feel unimportant

D．they are under too much pressure

2. Because of their failure at school, some students take drugs to _______.

A．kill themselves	B．seek comfort
C．disappoint their parents	D．make trouble

3. In juku-cram schools students _________．

A．are taken good care of by the teachers

B．feel no pressure

C．are trained to pass exams

D．can learn a lot of useful things

4. In ordinary Japanese schools,______________ ．

A．there are strict rules	B．students feel safe
C．students can do anything	D．learning is not important

【推荐3】At the office that day, Martha was left to keep her eyes open until after the lunch hour. Then Mr Max Cohen brought her a document to copy. She was so anxious she had to start afresh three times. And when he came to fetch it, all that had been achieved were the words “Memorandum of an Agreement of Sale” typed across the top of the sheet. She shrank under his impatient assurance that it did not matter in the least, and she must take her time. Her fingers were heavy and trembling, and her head was thick. To type two pages of his small neat writing into something clean and pleasant to look at seemed to her, just then, an impossibly difficult task. He went home without coming to her desk again, and she decided she would come early next morning and do it before anyone else arrived.

Mrs Buss, on her way out, asked, “Have you got any certificates?” Martha said no. She had learned to type at home. Mrs Buss said nothing, but merely nodded absent-mindedly, for her eyes were on the elegant Mrs Jasper Cohen. Martha could barely see where she was going as she left the office. What she said to herself was, “I won’t spend the rest of my life typing this stupid jargon”.

She then went into the building of the ZambesiNews. She was going to see if Mr Spur, an old journalist whom she had known as a child, could offer her any kind of position. She was in the building about half an hour, and when she came out, her face was hot with embarrassment. It had been so painful she could not bear to remember what had happened. What she must remember was that she had no qualifications at all.

1. Why did Martha find her first day at the office difficult?

A．She was too nervous to think.	B．Mr Cohen was not easy to please.
C．The task given to her was very difficult.	D．She was not used to working under pressure.

2. By the end of the day, which of the following was true of Martha?

A．She had decided to work overtime.	B．She hadn't finished her typing work.
C．She hadn't thought she would be blamed.	D．She knew Mr Cohen was disappointed in her.

3. What might be Mrs Buss's attitude towards Martha?

A．She seemed eager to help her.

B．She seemed uninterested in her.

C．She seemed to have taken a dislike to her.

D．She seemed concerned about her lack of qualifications.