There are several ways from which to choose for you to keep your kids safe in your neighborhood. But the first step is to know your neighbors.
Knowing your neighbors can save you a lot of worry. It lets you know that the car that has just driven down the street belongs to “the yellow house on the corner”, or the truck that has just driven by the playground looks unfamiliar, but the guy in the passenger seat resides（居住）two doors down. It’s these simple things that keep you from going out of your mind whenever you see someone driving by where children are playing.
But you shouldn’t just know what they look like. The next step is to know them well. What do they do? How do they act? You might be OK with them driving by the playground since they live in the neighborhood, but are you OK with them being on the playground? Knowing your neighbors solves several things. First you find out what kind of people they are. This helps you know if you should let your child go out in an area where they gather. Let us face it: you do not want your child to play around people or people’s children that curse（咒骂）or hit each other. Sometimes you have to protect you child against your own neighbors.
Knowing them also makes them know you. Being neighbors is an interesting thing. You might not like them or have the same views as them, but we all usually protect those that we consider our own. If you know your neighbors, they know you. They are more likely to look after the child of the nice lady down the street in the brick （砖）house, than the people, in the house on the corner, who no one ever sees.
1. This passage is mainly to tell us .| A．how to keep your child safe in the neighborhood |
| B．how to set a good example to your neighbors |
| C．how to get along with your neighbors |
| A．studies at the same school with your kid |
| B．often comes to the neighborhood to offer help |
| C．lives in the same neighborhood as you |
| A．becoming very excited |
| B．becoming very worried |
| C．becoming very embarrassed |
| A．it is important for you to be polite to your neighbors |
| B．people in the same neighborhood are quite different |
| C．knowing your neighbors helps to keep your kids safe |
| A．the neighbors are likely to help the nice lady |
| B．the neighbors would like to help people they know |
| C．we should like and have the same views as the neighbor |
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1. Where does Mr. Brown live now?
| A．He lives on Center Street. |
| B．He lives in Toronto. |
| C．He lives on Green Street. |
| A．To a pen friend's house. | B．To a post office. |
| C．To his office. | D．To Toronto. |
| A．He wants to see the mailbox. |
| B．He wants to buy some stamps. |
| C．He wants to send a postcard. |
| D．He wants to know the way to Toronto. |
| A．We don't know. | B．In Toronto. |
| C．On Green Street. | D．In the neighborhood. |
| A．In his office. |
| B．In the mailbox of Toronto. |
| C．In his house. |
| D．In the mailbox down the street. |
The tricks(诡计、花招) usually start before you walk in. Outside the supermarket door, anybody who walks past can smell warm, fresh bread. That makes us hungry and ready to buy lots of food, not just bread.
Now you’re inside and, of course, a small basket would be fine, but in some supermarkets all they have are trolleys. And of course the problem with a trolley is that it looks sad and lonely with just one or two products inside. So we may fill it with something. In fact, supermarket trolleys are actually getting bigger so that we buy more.
Of course, many people shop in supermarkets because they think everything is cheaper than in other shops. So supermarkets offer very cheap prices on some things but then have higher prices for other products. One new trick is to put red stickers on products. Customers usually connect red stickers with lower prices so the red stickers are easy to be noticed, even when there is no reduction! Interestingly, this trick appears to work more with men than with women.
There is a story behind the position of everything in the supermarket. For example, customers often go only to buy milk. So they put it right at the back, forcing you to go past hundreds of shelves full of other products. The position of products on each shelf is also important. The most expensive products are usually at eye-level so you see these at once. The exception is anything that children might like. These products are on the shelves so that kids can see and even reach them.
Except what you see and smell in a supermarket, how about what you listen to? In most supermarkets they have soft, slow music. It’s so relaxing that you slow down and spend more time (and money) in the store. You also move more slowly when the supermarket is busy. Experts suggest it’s better to shop when it’s quieter, on a Monday or a Tuesday for example. And be careful at the checkouts when you pay for the things you buy. These are sometimes on purpose, to make you buy something from the checkout shelves while you wait for your turn.
So, next time you go into your local supermarket, remember these tricks and see if you can come with just the things you want.
1. According to the passage, toys for children are usually placed ____________.| A．on the back shelves | B．on the lower shelves |
| C．on the front shelves | D．on the higher shelves |
| A．Several rules that every business should follow. |
| B．Some advertisements that make people buy more. |
| C．Several ways supermarkets use to sell more products. |
| D．Some advice when people go shopping in supermarkets. |
| A．people like soft and slow music in supermarkets |
| B．things are cheaper in supermarkets than in other shops |
| C．people should just buy things they need in supermarkets |
| D．people should leave the supermarket with a trolley full of things |
【推荐3】Hello！My name is John. There is a park near my home. People like to go to this park after work. Some of them go to the park every day. Look！That is Mr. White. He is sitting on the chair and watching the children. Some children are playing games. Some boys are playing football. Lucy and Lily are standing under a tree. They are talking. There is a small river in the park. We can see some boats on the water. Some children are sitting in the boats with their parents. Listen！A girl is singing. This is a nice park. I come here after school every day.
1. What's near John's home?| A．A school. | B．A park. | C．A zoo. | D．A museum. |
| A．boats | B．buses | C．kites | D．cats |
| A．Mr. White | B．the boys | C．children | D．Lily |
| A．trees | B．women | C．men | D．dogs |
| A．He is sitting in a boat with his parents. |
| B．He is playing games with some children. |
| C．He is singing a song in the park. |
| D．He is watching the people in the park. |
1970 was World Conservation（保护）Year. The United Nations wanted everyone to know that the world was in danger. They hoped something could be done.
Here is one example of the problem. At one time there were 1,300 kinds of plants, trees and flowers in Holland（荷兰）,but now only 866 are left. The others have been destroyed（毁灭）by modern people and their science. We are polluting earth, air, water and everything around us. We can’t live without these things. If things go on like this, we shall destroy ourselves.
What will happen in the future? Perhaps it’s more important to ask “What must we do?” More and more young people have known this. Many of them are helping to save our earth. For example, they plant trees. In a small town in the United States, a large group of girls cleaned the banks of 11 kilometers of their river. Young people may hear about conversation through a song called “No one’s going to change our world”. It was made by Cliff Gichard and other singers. The money from it will help to conserve tigers, elephants and pandas on the earth.
1. The United Nations hoped something could be done .
| A．to conserve the world | B．to change the world |
| C．to develop the world | D．to destroy the world |
| A．people there didn’t need so many plants, trees and flowers. |
| B．people there want to destroy themselves |
| C．little conservation has been done there |
| D．people need more land to live on |
| A．1300 | B．988 | C．3166 | D．434 |
| A．Planting trees and flowers |
| B．polluting earth, air and water around us |
| C．saving the world |
| D．helping to conserve tigers, elephants and pandas |
| A．Save the world | B．Clean the banks of river |
| C．Sing songs | D．Get money |
What kind of vehicle（交通工具）will you choose when traveling between provinces（省份）? Many may say trains. Now, the high -speed railways（高速铁路）have connected（连接）eastern（东部的）and western（西部的）China as well as（也）the south（南部）and the north（北部）.
A new high-speed railway opened on September 10, 2016. It connects（连接）Zhengzhou in Henan province to Xuzhou in Jiangsu province. With this railway, China's high-speed railways are over 20, 000km long. It is the world's longest and makes up 60percent（百分比）of the world's total high一speed railway lines.
However, China wasn't an early starter in the high-speed railways. Japan started half a century（世纪）ago, while Germany（德国）did 20years ago. China only began to build its high-speed railways 14years ago.
Behind the fast development（发展）of China's high-speed railways, there is the country's growing need for transportation（交通）.According to（根据）Xinhua, China's high-speed trains gave 961million（百万）trips to people last year.The number（数目, 数量）was three times as big as that in 2010.
"The high-speed railways are not only（不仅）the bridge to different places, but also（而且）connect people, information and goods（商品）.It greatly improves the economy（经济）in different areas, people's lives and tourism（旅游业）, ”said Huang Xin, an official（官员）from the China Railway Corp.
China’s building of high-speed railways is still going on. The National Development and Reform Commission said in July that China plans to have 38,000km of high－speed railways by 2025.
1. What makes the high-speed railway from Zhengzhou to Xuzhou special?| A．It was the first high-speed railway in China. |
| B．It connects eastern and western China as well as the south and the north. |
| C．It makes Chinas high-speed railways over 20, 000km long. |
| D．It makes up 50 percent of the world's total high speed railway lines. |
| A．China Germany Japan | B．Japan Germany China |
| C．China Japan Germany | D．Germany Japan China |
| A．About 320million | B．About 961million. |
| C．About 2883million. | D．About 290million. |
| A．China is a very poor country. |
| B．China should build more bridges. |
| C．The high-speed railways have improved peoples life a lot. |
| D．The high-speed railways in China are not long enough. |
| A．How to build high-speed railways |
| B．The different vehicles of our travelling |
| C．High-speed railways in different countries |
| D．The development（发展）of Chinas high-speed railways. |
【推荐3】In 1993, Swedish psychologist (心理学家) K. Anders Ericsson set out to find the secret to turning a typical teen into a violin master. His answer? Practice: 10,000 hours of it. The reporter and writer Malcolm Gladwell even described it as “the magic number of greatness” in his 2008 book Outliers.
The idea of “practice makes perfect” has been drilled (灌输) into the heads of youths since the Roman period. Anyone can be the next Albert Einstein, Kobe Bryant, or Taylor Swift as long as they can spend enough time doing the same thing. But can it be that simple? Not every expert agrees. While training is necessary to learning, spending much of your life trying something over and over doesn’t mean you’ll go professional, says Zach Hambrick, a psychologist at Michigan State University.
Being great isn’t just about the quantity of work, he says, but also about the workers themselves. In reviewing different studies about the role of practice in music, games, sports, education, and professional success, Hambrick found that practicing time makes only about one-quarter of any noticeable (显而易见的) difference. Other reasons—like age, intelligence, and natural gifts—all played big roles in setting apart the better from the best.
Genes (基因) mainly shape physical abilities and our mind. Height might be necessary for a basketball star, and a good voice could help you take the lead in singing. And no practice will make you taller or able to hit notes across every octave (八度). Plenty of piano playing will not make your fingers grow longer.
Of course, this doesn’t mean we should all give up practicing, Hamorick says. Nobody is a born dancer or singer. But perfection in 10,000 hours? That is not sure.
1. What can we learn from Paragraph 2 & 3?| A．We can surely succeed if we keep trying. |
| B．We may not succeed although we try a lot. |
| C．We should always keep trying no matter what happens. |
| D．We must give up all kinds of practice if we don’t succeed. |
| A．how much you work | B．how often you work |
| C．how fast you work | D．how you work |
| A．By listing numbers. | B．By comparing facts. |
| C．By telling stories. | D．By giving examples. |
| A．To warn readers to do more practice. | B．To advise readers to depend on genes. |
| C．To remind readers not to do much practice. | D．To lead readers to rethink the meaning of practice. |
【推荐1】The world we live in is becoming a "village". Every day, thousands of people travel to different countries. They are sightseeing, studying, working or volunteering. Maybe in the near future, you will also be one of these people.
Living in a foreign country is an exciting and also life - changing experience (经历). You can enjoy beautiful sights, taste many kinds of food and meet different people. Most importantly of all, you can try living a new lifestyle and maybe even become a part of the local culture.
Your stereotypes (刻板印象) are broken down. You might be surprised to find French people are not always "romantic (浪漫的)". Americans don't eat - McDonald's all the time.
However, you may also experience culture shock (文化冲击) and you may feel uncomfortable and sad. Not everybody thinks like you: or does things the way you always do.
Their tea tastes different. They don't talk excitedly in restaurants. It is not better or worse. It is just the cultural differences. What you can do is change your mind, take in the differences and respect them.
In fact, that is maybe the most interesting part of living abroad. If you don't try to change your way of thinking, there’s no point in leaving home at all. It's better to be open to new experiences.
1. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?| A．A lot of people travel to another country for different reasons today. |
| B．You may have quite different experiences in a foreign country. |
| C．The world we live in is becoming smaller and smaller in size. · |
| D．Going abroad doesn't always make you feel happy and excited. |
| A．Leaving home and going abroad for further study. |
| B．Experiencing how people do things in different ways. |
| C．Enjoying beautiful sights and tasting different kinds of food. |
| D．Making friends with people from different countries. |
| A．To show how people in different countries do things differently. |
| B．To tell differences between countries around the world. |
| C．To advise us to have an open mind to cultural differences. |
| D．To show how our world has become a small village. |
【推荐2】A famous teacher was speaking to the students at our school. He began his lesson by holding up a ¥100 bill. Then he said to the three hundred students, “Who would like this ¥100 bill?” The students began to put up their hands at once.
Then he said, “I am going to give this ¥100 to one of you, but first, let me do this.” He then made the bill into a ball. Then he said, “Who wants it now?” The hands went back into the air.
“Well,” he said, “What if I do this?” and he dropped it on the floor and stepped on it. He picked up the dirty, crumpled bill and said, “Who still wants it?” Hands went back into the air.
“My friends,” he said, “you have learned a valuable lesson today. No matter (无论) what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not go down in value (价值). It was still worth ¥ l00!”
Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and stepped on by the chances we take and the things that happen to us. We feel as if we are worth nothing. But remember, no matter what has happened to you, you will never lose your value: you are always valuable to those people who love you. Your value doesn’t come from what you do or whom you know, but WHO YOU ARE.
You are special and valuable. Don’t ever forget it!
根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。
1. Even though it was dirty, the money _______.
| A．still went up in value |
| B．was worth nothing |
| C．didn’t go down in value |
| D．was still ours |
| A．who pay us | B．who call us |
| C．who hate us | D．who love us |
| A．who you know | B．who made you |
| C．who you remember | D．who you are |
| A．the students put up their hands again |
| B．the students put down their hands |
| C．the students put their hands behind their backs again |
| D．the students put their hands in front of them |
| A．Because he wanted to make the bill into a ball. |
| B．Because he used to drop a bill on the floor and stepped on it. |
| C．Because he was going to give the bill to one of his students. |
| D．Because he wanted to make the students know what value was. |
On Saturday morning we met the other ten members of our group. Cameron had come along with two friends，Kevin and Simon，while sisters Carole and Lynn had come with Amanda. There were some other members I didn't know. We had come from different places and none of us knew the area.
We knew we were going to spend the weekend outdoors，but none of us was sure exactly how. Half of us spent the morning caving while the others went rock-climbing and then we changed at lunchtime. Matt and I went to the caves(岩洞) first. Climbing out was harder than going in，but after a good deal of pushing，we were out at last. Though we were covered with mud，we were pleased and excited by what we'd done.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1. The writer spent the Saturday morning _____.
| A．rock-climbing | B．sleeping |
| C．meeting friends | D．caving |
| A．6 | B．8 | C．l0 | D．12 |
| A．some of the group had been there before |
| B．the group had done rock-climbing many times |
| C．some of the group already knew each other |
| D．group all came from the same city |
| A．interesting | B．relaxing |
| C．frightening | D．unpleasant |
| A．the writer's friends at the Activity Centre |
| B．the writer's experience at the Activity Centre |
| C．outdoor sports at the Activity Centre |
| D．how to go rock-climbing and caving |
【推荐1】How long you live has a lot to do with your environment and lifestyle, but exceptional long life may have even more to do with your genes. For the first time, researchers have discovered a genetic recipe(基因谱)that can tell who may live to 100 and beyond.
Detailed examination shows that 90% of the people who lived to 100 had at least one of the signature genetic clusters(标志基因组).Dr. Thomas Perls at the School of Medicine of Boston University said, “We realize that this is a complex genetic puzzle. There is a long way for us to go to understand how the combination of these genes with lifestyle factors is playing a role in this long life puzzle.”
Perls has studied many factors that help people to live long, and he is the first to recognize that living longer isn’t likely to be simply a matter of genes. His previous work has shown, for example, that among most elderly people who live into their 70s and 80s,about 70% can owe their long life to lifestyle factors such as not smoking; eating a healthy, low-fat, low-calorie diet; and remaining socially engaged and mentally active(思维活跃)throughout life.
It seems clear that those who live extremely long are benefiting from a special DNA. In fact, Perls believes that the older a person gets, the more likely it is that his or her genes are contributing to those extended years.
1. Perls may most likely agree that________.| A．most people living extremely long benefit from not smoking |
| B．living longer just depends on certain genetic recipes |
| C．lifestyle factors play an important role in long-living |
| D．being mentally active has nothing to do with living an old age |
| A．Remaining socially engaged helps a person to live long. |
| B．A genetic recipe can predict who may live to 100 and beyond. |
| C．Perls is the first to think living longer is just a matter of genes. |
| D．The older he gets, the more likely the genes contribute to his extended years. |
| A．Genes May Predict Who Lives to 100 | B．Environment and Genes |
| C．Genes, the Secret of Long Living | D．Lifestyle and Genes |
| A．Sports and Games | B．Entertainment and Economics |
| C．Medicine and Science | D．Culture and Custom |
【推荐2】There were many plants in a forest. When spring came, a pine tree saw a red rose nearby and said, “What a beautiful flower! I wish I were that lovely.”
The rose proudly said, “It seems that I am the most beautiful flower in this forest.” Then the rose looked at a cactus (仙人掌) and said, “Look at that ugly plant full of thorns!”
“What a proud flower!” thought the trees.
As the days passed, the red rose often looked at the cactus and said bad words about it, like “This plant is useless. How sorry I am to be his neighbor!”
The cactus never got angry and even tried to advise the rose, saying, “God did not create any form of life without a purpose.”
Spring passed, and the weather became very hot. As there was no rain, the red rose began to wilt (枯萎).
One day the rose saw birds put their beaks (喙) into the cactus and then fly away. The red rose asked the pine tree what the birds were doing. The pine tree explained that the birds were getting water from the cactus.
“The cactus has water?” asked the rose.
“Yes, you can also drink some from it. The birds can bring water to you if you ask the cactus for help.”
The red rose felt too ashamed to ask for water from the cactus. But finally it did ask for help. The cactus kindly agreed.
1. At first, ________ thought the cactus was ugly.| A．the rose | B．the pine tree | C．the birds | D．the thorns |
| A．the birds could fly | B．spring came | C．there was no rain | D．the cactus got angry |
| A．The pine tree was jealous of(嫉妒) the red rose and said some bad words about her. |
| B．The cactus refused to help the rose in the end. |
| C．The birds put their beaks into the cactus to get something to eat. |
| D．The rose realized she was wrong about the cactus. |
| A．make no effort to study | B．judge anyone only by their appearance |
| C．don't dare to speak in public | D．often argue with others |
【推荐3】A primary school teacher decided to have her class play a game. The teacher told each student to bring a plastic bag with a few potatoes in it to school. Each student would “name” their potatoes after people they did not like. Therefore, the number of potatoes would be different depending on how many people each student disliked.
The next day, all of the students brought their potatoes to school. Some kids had just one or two potatoes, while others had as many as five or six. The teacher then told the children that they would have to carry their potatoes with them wherever they went for one week.
Several days passed by. Some of the students started to complain(抱怨)because their potatoes began to go bad and smell terrible. The students who carried more potatoes also complained about how heavy their bags were.
One week later, the game was over. The teacher asked, “How did you feel about carrying around your potatoes for a week?”
The students complained once again. The teacher simply smiled and said, “This is what it’s like to carry hatred in your heart. You have to carry it with you wherever you go. If you can’t stand carrying those potatoes for one week, can you imagine having hate in your heart for an entire lifetime?”
It can be exhausting to carry hate in your heart for a whole lifetime. It’s like carrying a heavy bag all day long.
So forgive others and move on with your own life.
1. How many potatoes were the students asked to carry to school?| A．They had to carry as many potatoes as they can. |
| B．They could choose to carry two to six potatoes. |
| C．It depended on the number of people they hate. |
| A．carrying potatoes around made them look strange |
| B．their bags full of potatoes were heavy and smelly |
| C．the potatoes often fell out of their bags |
| A．tiring | B．sad | C．angry |
| A．Try to stand it as long as you can. |
| B．Try your best to be good with people you hate. |
| C．Try to be kind and don’t care too much about others’ mistakes. |
| A．She wanted her students to cherish (珍惜)food. |
| B．She wanted her students to make more good friends. |
| C．She wanted her students to learn from their own experiences (经历). |
