People usually communicate by speaking or writing. However, people in some jobs depend on gestures for _________.

Railway workers on the ground have to communicate with engineers on the trains. To do this, they use _________. To tell the train to “go”, for example, a railway worker _________the flag above his head and moves it up and down.

Soldiers in war often cannot hear each other, so they use gestures to send _________ to each other. When a leader wants other soldiers to follow him, he _________ towards them, and then he uses his arm to point in the direction they should go. Soldiers from different countries use _________ gestures to communicate with each other when they do not speak the same language.

Gestures are used in music as well. For example, when a classical concert takes place, musicians _________ the directions of the conductor（指挥）. The conductor will lead the musicians through his _________. These gestures tell the musicians when to play, and when to stop. They also tell when the music should be loud or soft, and fast or slow. Of course, the musicians must understand the _________ of these gestures to play well together.

Many other jobs use gestures, but you may not notice them. Next time you are out on the street, please __________. You might be surprised by how many gestures you see in use.

1.

A．communication

B．speech

C．talk

D．language

2.

A．flags

B．fingers

C．lanterns

D．lamps

3.

A．expresses

B．picks

C．crosses

D．holds

4.

A．matters

B．news

C．messages

D．impressions

5.

A．walks

B．points

C．flies

D．runs

6.

A．different

B．beautiful

C．similar

D．difficult

7.

A．adds

B．follow

C．create

D．make

8.

A．expressions

B．head

C．body language

D．feat

9.

A．appearances

B．sounds

C．words

D．meanings

10.

A．look around

B．look up

C．look down

D．look over

Come and join us to be a volunteer!

What you can do: •Be a driver. You should use your own car to drive old people to some places and take them home. •Be a shopping helper. Some disabled people can’t go out easily, so you need to buy things for them according to their shopping lists. It is a simple, but a very great way to help others. •Be a friend. Some old people often feel lonely. You need to visit them once a week. You can talk to them and do some housework for them. Above all, you should make friends with them.

What you can get: •When you make a difference to others’ life, you will feel satisfied. •Help someone else feel better. It’s also the easiest way to make you happy. •Learn some life lessons and experiences. Some people may have many wonderful stories and much wisdom to tell. •Live longer and happier lives. People volunteering are happier, which helps them live longer.

The volunteering time is flexible. You can choose the time you want. Most people choose to help others in their free time.

11. How often should you visit the old people if you volunteer to be a friend?

A．Once a week.	B．Twice a week.
C．Three times a week.	D．Once a month.

12. Which is NOT the advantage (优点) of volunteering according to the passage?

A．Making a difference.	B．Becoming happy.
C．Being stressful	D．Living longer.

13. What is the first part of this passage mainly about?

A．When to volunteer.	B．What you can get from volunteering.
C．Why you should be a volunteer.	D．How you can help others.

14. What do you think the underlined word “flexible” may mean in Chinese?

A．有限的

B．灵活的

C．舒适的

D．艰难的

15. Why did the writer write the passage?

A．To show us the advantages of being a volunteer.

B．To teach us something about voluntary work.

C．To encourage us to be volunteers in daily life.

D．To show the importance of voluntary work.

Smile Train is a charity that helps the millions of children around the world, who suffer from a facial defect（缺陷）. The defect happens when a baby’s top lip or mouth doesn’t form properly before birth. Eating and drinking are very difficult for these babies. The charity provides free operations（手术）, which give these children a new smile, and with it, new hope, and a new beginning.

Children with the defect need all the help. Although many patients are accepted by their families, sadly, others are not. In some countries, children with this defect are often abandoned（遗弃）at birth because their parents feel ashamed of them or cannot afford the operations. The good news is that the operation is not difficult. It takes less than an hour and costs the family nothing. The charity raises money and finds the right medical volunteers to do the operations.

A Smile Train doctor from the UK said, “Each child who has the operation is given a second chance at life. After years of staying at home, the children can finally go to school and be happy. Every year I do hundreds of operations free of cost through Smile Train. Some of the stories I have heard are quite surprising. One newborn baby girl was found abandoned on a train. Luckily for her, she was found and adopted by a passenger. This lady then heard about Smile Train and brought the baby to our hospital. I did the operation and gave hope to the family. Experienced doctors like me share our skills with local doctors. In this way we make sure that these operations will always be available（可获得的）.”

16. What does the charity Smile Train usually do?

A．It provides free food and medical care for poor children.

B．It raises money for all the doctors working in the UK.

C．It offers free medical help to children with the facial defect.

D．It gives children without parents new hope and a new beginning.

17. According to Paragraph 2, the following statements are correct except ________.

A．all of the children with facial defect are accepted by their families

B．some of the children with facial defect are given up soon after they were born

C．it doesn’t take a long time to complete the operation

D．operations are performed by medical volunteers

18. What did the doctor from the UK think of his volunteer work?

A．Dangerous

B．Surprising

C．Relaxing

D．Meaningful

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

A．children with the facial defect are becoming more ashamed than before

B．more doctors are trained to help children with the facial defect

C．fewer baby boys with the facial defect are operated on than girls

D．doctors in Smile Train are always well paid for doing the operations

20. What is the best title of the passage?

A．A charity named Smile Train	B．Smile Train wants doctors
C．All the children need help from Smile Train	D．Never give up

       Libraries give kids a quiet and safe place to read and learn. For over 100 years, libraries have played an important role in Americans’ education. But how are these book-filled buildings changing with the times? You may be surprised to find out.

Benjamin Franklin famously founded (创建) America’s first lending library in 1731. But the public library system got its biggest development in the American history in the late 1800’s. Businessman Andrew Carnegie donated millions of dollars to help build free public libraries across the country. Between 1886 and 1919, Carnegie’s donations helped build 1,679 new libraries.

Carnegie believed that libraries could offer the chances to Americans, young and old. He knew that the more libraries there were, the more people would have opportunities to read and use books, speeches and news.

If you can easily find a public library in your community(社区), you’ll get more chances. After all, the United States has 9,225 public libraries. Today, libraries keep growing. Seven tenths of the libraries have free Internet. It provides much more information and opportunities to ask for jobs online.

Libraries are also teaching kids about the fun of reading. The new program Read! Build! Play! adds reading into playtime. As kids listen to a book that is being read aloud, they use Legos (乐高积木) to build images(图像) from the story happily. Today’s libraries are always looking for creative programs to bring people into the library.

Benjamin Franklin once said, “The doors of wisdom(智慧) are never shut.” As long as the doors of public libraries are open, what he said is most certainly correct!

21. Benjamin Franklin founded the first lending library in _______.

A．1731

B．1800

C．1886

D．1919

22. How many public libraries have free Internet now?

A．2767.

B．6458.

C．9225.

D．1679.

23. The right order of the following statements is ______ .
①The public library system in America developed fast.
②The first lending library was founded.
③ Libraries provide information and chances to ask for job online.
④ Libraries try to bring people into the library by using creative programs.

A．②①③④

B．②③④①

C．③④①②

D．①②③④

24. The last paragraph mainly tells us_________.

A．libraries have played an important role in Americans’ education

B．public libraries in the US should never close the doors

C．the writer doesn’t agree with Benjamin Franklin

D．libraries help people to open the doors of wisdom

25. The best title for the passage is _______.

A．the libraries in the world

B．libraries and opportunities

C．libraries teach kids to read and learn

D．the development of the American libraries

以下是一篇短文，请阅读全文，并从下列的六个句子中选择五个还原到原文中，使原文的意见完整、连贯。

Wisdom（智慧）won’t come by itself

A young prince had just recently become King.     26     Therefore, he gathered all the wise men from his kingdom and abroad and ordered them to look for books for him to read and learn from. Five years passed quickly. The wise men returned with their camels, carrying 5,000 books full of wisdom. Seeing so many books, the king was so shocked that he didn’t know how to start.           27     Another five years passed. The wise men again went to see the king, this time bringing 500 books, but the king still thought there were too many.

    28     At this time, the king was troubled with many problems, but he still felt there were too many books.

During the next few years, the wise men worked hard to condense（精简）the 50 books into one book and presented it to the king.     29     More problems broke out in his kingdom--his enemies endlessly（无休止）attacked and diseases affected his people. He did not have the wisdom to solve these problems. Finally, the king was killed by a ruler in the neighbor country.

Waiting for wisdom to come to you is a way of being lazy.     30     Only if we set out to find out wisdom can we make a difference.

A．The king was very interested in the book.

B．If there is no action, there can be no gain.

C．Five more years passed and the wise men brought back 50 books.

D．In order to rule his kingdom, he decided to learn all the wisdom of the world.

E．So he ordered the wise men to condense（精简）the books and bring them back to him.

F．The king took no interest in reading this book, nor did he have time to learn from it.

下面的材料   A-F 分别是六个中国传统文化活动。请根据五位外国学生的描述选择合适的活动，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
A.Traditional Chinese painting is a form of fine arts in Chinese culture. In our training class, Mr. Sun will teach you how to paint bamboo with brushes and ink step by step.
B.Beijing Opera is a form of traditional arts in China. Our club is set up for fans and welcomes you to join us. We have invited some famous local actors to give acting classes.
C.Paper cutting sounds simple but is difficult to do. Bring red paper and learn the making of paper cutting. You can take home the paper cutting you make in class.
D.We will hold a competition on the four great inventions of ancient China next month. The first round will be a written test. The next round will be a short speech in Chinese.
E.A show of traditional Chinese ink paintings will be held in the Art Museum this weekend. Many works of animals by famous artists will be on show.
F.A discussion will be held in our Reading Club this weekend. The topic is about Journey to the West, one of the four great classic Chinese works.
31. Lisa becomes interested in traditional Chinese painting and she wants to learn how to paint bamboo in ink.
32. Alan is from India. He is studying Chinese history. He has learnt a lot about the four great inventions of ancient China.
33. Sam is an Australian boy living in Beijing. He takes great interest in traditional Chinese opera (a musical play). He hopes to take a class of the local opera.
34. Mary likes classic Chinese works. She has read the story about Monkey King since she came to China.
35. Susan loves Chinese paper cutting. She wants to make a Chinese “Fu” to put up on her window this Spring Festival.

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“For as long as l can remember, mom has been a middle-aged woman, but no one told me she used to be a young girl.” This is a line from the film Hi, Mom, as well as the way the     36     (direct) and star Jia Ling once felt about her own mother.

Shown     37     Feb 12, the film is the directorial debut (导演首秀) of 39-year-old comedian-tuned-filmmaker Jia. It has got     38     high score of 8.1 on the movie rating website Douban. Many people said they     39     (touch) by its raw (质朴的) feeling.

The film is based on the real-life story of Jia and her mother, showing her longing (想念) and regret at     40     (fail) to see her mother before she died.     41     (make) the film more attractive, Jia made it a time-travel story. She goes back to 1981     42     becomes friends with her own mom, Li Huanying. She risks giving up her own life and disappearing to make sure that her mother has a     43     (good) future.

The film has also been praised for its sincere description of female roles. In the movie, Li is more of a young girl rather than a mother. As Jia says in the movie, “She is not only my mom, but also     44     (her).”

Many women who helped make the film,     45     (include) Jia herself, helped the movie’s female roles shine in ways that had nothing to do with their looks, according to Jiemian News.

46. Here are some ________ (base) rules at school. You must obey them.

47. Please let us have their ________ (think) on the plan.

48. After the terrible car accident, he became ________ (able).

49. The book gives a good ________ (describe) of life on a farm.