①It is true that people with better education are usually able to get better-paid jobs. In other words, they have more chances to choose a good job while people with little or no education don’t.
②It seems that the purpose of education is to make people get jobs. But this isn’t accepted by all people. Some people may think that a person should spend the best years of his life getting education only for a way of living. This was probably one of the earliest reasons of education. In fact, if education is just a way of making a living, people don’t need to spend so much time at school. People can get education for a living in a short time. Subjects like history and geography need not be taught to everyone. Even language and maths need not be taught in detail（详细地）either. Here it is clear that education is much more than teaching a man to get a way of living.
③Education is well-rounded（全面的）and it is mainly for improving a man. It is not only to teach him to speak, read and write, but also to develop his creative thinking and other abilities. After that, it is to make him a wise man and thankfully enjoy the achievements of humans. Education is to make a man lead a better life. Educated people are expected to be able to listen to good music, read good books, watch good plays and take an interest in the world.
④I would agree that making a good living is an important reason for education, but certainly not the most important or the main reason.
1. The earliest education was probably to ________.| A．make a man lead a better life |
| B．teach a man to write and read |
| C．make people get a way of living |
| D．teach people to read good books |
| A．The advantages of education. | B．The process of education. |
| C．The ways of getting education. | D．The people for getting the education. |
A． | B． |
C． | D． |
| A．Education can improve a man. |
| B．Making a living is the main reason of education. |
| C．Little educated people can find jobs easily. |
| D．People can get education in a short time. |
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【推荐1】One of the biggest mistakes a person can make is to try not to make mistakes. As you make decisions in your life, you will very likely make some mistakes. But making mistakes is a big part of how you get experience and learn.
Here is a simple example. You do poorly in a test because you didn’t study enough. One bad test is not the end of the world, but it can quickly teach you that if you don’t study, you won’t do well.
Mistakes sometimes lead to arguments (争吵）between people. This is true of people of all ages—young people and old people. This happens a lot — especially at work.
There is a word in English that is very good to think about when you end up in an argument and want to learn from it. It is called “empathize”（感同身受）. To empathize means to try and understand things from another person point of view.
If you learn to empathize, you will be able to learn very quickly from the mistakes you make and the mistakes you think other people have made. You can turn mistakes into opportunities (机会）.
For example, if you learn to empathize, you will understand the people you work with much better. Instead of getting angry when you don’t agree with someone—a friend, or a colleague (同事）at work, you will learn to talk about problems and be more patient with people you disagree with.
This might stop you from giving up a job or losing a friend when you get frustrated (沮丧的）at someone—or they get frustrated at you.
So next time you think you’ve made a mistake, stop and ask yourself what you’ve learned from it, and how you will do differently in the future.
1. In the second paragraph, the writer gives the example to tell us .| A．making mistakes is a part of life |
| B．one bad test is not the end of the world |
| C．if you don’t study，you won’t do well in exams |
| D．we can get experience and learn from mistakes |
| A．making mistakes | B．learning to empathize |
| C．being more patient with people you disagree with | D．understanding the people you work with much better |
| A．Everyone makes mistakes every day |
| B．We can turn mistakes into success |
| C．We should try not to make mistakes at all |
| D．Mistakes sometimes cause arguments between people |
| A．Mistakes Are Just a Part of Life | B．Never Make Mistakes |
| C．Making Mistakes is a Good Thing | D．Making Mistakes is a Terrible Thing |
【推荐2】Chinese Teachers’ Day is a festival celebrating the over 2,000-year tradition of respecting teachers and education in China.
The history of Teachers’ Day dates back to the Han Dynasty. According to record, during the Han and Jin Dynasties, on August 27 of the lunar calendar each year, the birthday of Confucius(孔子), the emperor would go to the Confucius Temple and worship(敬拜) the great teacher, and would also invite royal teachers to dinner. And on that day, teachers enjoyed a day’s vacation and were given dried meat as gifts. Besides, best teachers who were chosen from the whole country would be given 500 liang silver coins each as prizes. In the Qing Dynasty, well performing teachers would be given official titles or promoted to higher positions.
Normally, in ancient time, there was no fixed tuition fee(学费); the parents paid with money or food.
In private schools, teachers would receive money or gifts from the host family at certain festivals or at the beginning and end of each term. The festivals in which teachers received gifts were different in different areas, while the most valued ones were the Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-autumn Festival and Chinese New Year, as well as Confucius’ birthday and the private teacher’s birthday.
Among all the gift-giving festivals, the first meeting gift was a must. There was a tradition that when students met their teachers for the first time, they needed to kowtow(磕头) to Confucius’ picture and then to their private teachers, before giving their teachers a “gift”.
1. Who is the great teacher of China?| A．Confucius. | B．The emperor. | C．The royal teacher. | D．Private school teacher. |
| A．On Confucius’ birthday, teachers would have a day off. |
| B．At that time, food could be used as tuition. |
| C．In ancient times, it’s not necessary to prepare gifts when students met their teachers for the first time. |
| D．The history of Teachers’ Day starts from the Han Dynasty. |
| A．金钱 | B．晋升 | C．促销 | D．宣传 |
| A．Money. | B．Gifts. | C．Both A or B. | D．Nothing. |
| A．How to Respect Teachers. | B．The Greatest Teacher in China. |
| C．Teachers’ Day in Ancient China. | D．Tuition Fee in Han Dynasty. |
【推荐3】My 20-year-old daughter, Ann, living in Philadelphia, sent me a message the other day. "I need socks and shampoo." She was actually asking me to prepare those things for her, but I thought she was playing a cell phone game. I decide not to be a helicopter(直升机) mother, because experience as a mother and professor has taught me how badly that can result. Instead, I prefer a more hands-off way. From the time Ann turned 16, I don't want to know her work and life schedule any longer.
But that's not what I see at Drexel University where I teach. Most of my students talk to their parents three times a day or more. One student's mother called her son because she didn't hear from him for a few days. The son was in the library so he whispered "hello". The mother doubted that he was drinking, and insisted on asking him to take a picture of himself. Holding a newspaper with that day's date, the son had to take a photo of himself and sent it to his mother in order to prove that he wasn't telling a lie.
I always think that my students should depend on themselves. I tell them that I will not check whether they miss classes and finish homework or not. Because they are independent thinkers and they should take responsibility for their own choices.
But their parents don't treat them like me. I know a mother. She puts her eyes on her son too much. She hopes he will walk by the camera so that she can know what he is doing. Another mother checks her son's credit card daily. However, I never do that. My daughters only come to me with important things when they need my decision. I think that's because I give them space.
Many parents try to find if their kids are hiding from them. But we have to learn to respect boundaries(界限), even when technology is so powerful now. So I am going to do my best not to be a helicopter parent.
1. The underlined phrase "a helicopter mother" in Paragraph 1 means "________".| A．a mother who treats the child as an independent being. |
| B．a mother who pays close attention to their children. |
| C．a mother who prefers a more hands-off way. |
| D．a mother who gives her children space. |
| A．They trust each other. | B．They respect each other. |
| C．They care about each other. | D．They are unhappy with each other. |
| A．To show how responsible those mothers are. |
| B．To show that mothers should make decisions for their children. |
| C．To show that space is needed for children to become independent. |
| D．To show that some helicopter mothers love their children so much. |
| A．Agree. | B．Neutral(中立) | C．Disagree | D．Unknown |
| A．Advice on respect boundaries between parents and children. |
| B．The powerful technologies for helicopter parents. |
| C．The disadvantages of being helicopter parents. |
| D．The advantages of being hands-off parents. |
When you buy M&M’s, you probably enjoy the bright colors of those yummy chocolates, right? Well those colors could be a thing of the past! Mars, the company that makes M&M’s, will stop using artificial (人造的) colors in their products within the next five years.
Mars says that it’s because most people want them to do so. But in the past different types of these dyes (染料)stopped being allowed. People worried that they might have caused health problems like trouble sleeping, anxiety and even cancer.
However, are the artificial colors that are still used today bad for humans to eat or drink? The most common question is whether it affects kids’ behavior, but it’s hard to say for sure.
A British study, called the Southampton Study, made an experiment. They gave one group of 8-to 9-year-old children a drink with food coloring and the other group with none. They found the kids that drank the food coloring showed hyperactivity (活动过度). Some people believe that means it is a cause of Attention Deficit and Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD,注意力缺陷多动障碍).
But the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which checks the artificial colors to make sure they are safe, doesn’t think there’s enough proof yet. They say that food coloring doesn’t necessarily cause these behavioral problems. It just affects some children more who already have hyperactivity problems.
“Food dyes are added for their color to make foods fun,” said Michael Jacobson, director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest. “However, they have no real health purpose.”
Maybe since they aren’t doing anything good for us, more foods should not have the dyes anyways. But it will cost companies like Mars a lot of money to get rid of the colors while keeping people interested in their products.
1. In the past, people thought the dyes could cause the following problems EXCEPT ________.| A．trouble sleeping | B．anxiety | C．cancer | D．ADHD |
| A．Children with hyperactivity problems prefer drinks with food coloring. |
| B．Food coloring made kids show hyperactive behavior. |
| C．There’s enough proof to show the bad side of food coloring. |
| D．Food coloring doesn’t necessarily cause ADHD. |
| A．He is in favor of using food dyes. |
| B．Food dyes are not the only thing that can make food fun. |
| C．Food dyes don’t do anything good for our health. |
| D．Food dyes cause hyperactivity problems. |
| A．To call on people to stop the changes of M&M’s. | B．To advise people to buy healthy food. |
| C．To explain the causes of ADHD. | D．To show the concerns of food dyes. |
【推荐2】How do you like friends? Do you have many friends? Well, let me tell you some ideas of my classmates.
Frank: Friends are really important and necessary in our life, but we shouldn’t ask our friends for everything.
Peter: If you have a real friend, you are very lucky. My best friend is Tony. I knew him when I was in primary school. Now we always play sports together after school and we often help each other.
Sally: I have lots of friends. I always talk with them and share my happiness and sadness with them. I feel very glad to be with them.
Amy: When I need help, I would like to ask my friends for help. Although friends can’t help us with everything. I think in some ways friends are better than parents and teachers.
1. _____ thinks friends are really important in our life.| A．Frank | B．Peter | C．Sally | D．Amy |
| A．serious | B．lucky | C．necessary | D．tired |
| A．talk about some ideas about parents | B．talk about some ideas about friends |
| C．talk about some ideas about teachers | D．talk about some ideas about classmates |
These days, teenagers are heavily influenced by the media. Many of them have watched thousands of hours of TV. That's more time than they spend with teachers at school. And we haven't yet considered the hours they spend using the Internet and reading newspapers.
However, several studies have shown a serious problem: today's teenagers lack media literacy (媒体素养). In other words, they have difficultly critically thinking about the information they see. One study that was done on middle school students showed that more than 80 percent of them couldn't tell the difference between real stories and ads that looked like news.
Standford professor Kevin John teaches a class called Media Effects. He tries to help his students learn media literacy. The professor gave an example that shows why media literacy is important. In the example, two news stations report a snowstorm. One focuses on (关注) the terrible road conditions. The other focuses on kids playing in the snow. "With a news story. news stations tell you what they feel are the important details (细节). These details mostly depend on the opinions of the news director." said John. "A person who has media literacy would realize that each story is about one side at this time. There is more going on."
Some experts think shoe is the best place to teach media literacy. Other believe everyone—form parents to reporters—should help teenagers learn the skills.
As for the best time to start learning media literacy, many experts suggest the age of 12. But some basic ideas can be taught even earlier. "It's never too early to start learning media literacy," John said.
1. From the first paragraph, we can learn that teenagers today spend more time ______.| A．using the Internet than watching TV |
| B．watching TV than studying at school |
| C．studying at school than reading newspapers |
| A．缺乏 | B．质疑 | C．误解 |
| A．should have the same opinions as others |
| B．could think about is good and bad sides |
| C．must know about all the important details |
| A．everyone is supposed to help children learn different skills |
| B．children should be taught media literacy as early as possible |
| C．news directors should report the news children are interested in |
| A．how to develop teenagers' media literacy |
| B．where teenagers should be taught media literacy |
| C．why teenagers are supposed to have media literacy |
【推荐1】Jimmy lives in the country, and he loves playing in the river near his house. But his father gets a job in a big city, and he goes there with his family.
Their new house has a garden, but the garden is very small. Jimmy isn’t happy. "Is there a river near here?" he is asking his mother on the first morning. His mother is answering, "No, there isn’t, but there’s a nice park near here, Jimmy, and there’s a pool in it. We’re going there this afternoon." Jimmy is happy now.
After lunch, Jimmy and his mother go to the park, Jimmy wants to walk near the pool, but there is a sign before it. His mother reads it to him, "This pool is dangerous. 367 people have fallen in it. "Jimmy looks into the pool carefully. And he says, "But I can’t see them."
根据短文内容判断正误，正确的用“A”表示，错误的用“B”表示。
1. There is a garden near Jimmy’s old house.
2. Jimmy moves to a big city because his father gets a job in the big city.
3. Jimmy becomes happy because he’s going to play with some new friends.
4. The sign tells people not to walk near the pool.
5. 367 people have fallen into the river.
In Mandarin, "I love you" translates as “我爱你”, but the way it's used in China might be a little different, and Chinese are wondering why.
The Global Times reports that two online videos showing children telling their parents "I love you" have been widely spread in China. The first, filmed by an Anhui TV station, shows a number of college students telling their parents they love them. The answers are mixed. "Are you drunk?" asked one parent. In another similar video, a father even said— "I am going to a meeting, so cut the crap."
Even the positive attitudes make it clear that the words are expressed rarely. "I am so happy you called to say that. It is the happiest thing that happened to me in 2014," one parent answered.
However, Chinese families hardly use those words. "The parents' answers show that many Chinese are not good at expressing positive feelings," Xia Xueluan, a Sociologist from Peking University, told the Global Times. "They are used to educating children with negative language."
This isn't the first time that China has done some soul-searching about familial love — last year China Daily asked a lot of people if they said 'I love you' to their parents, lovers, and children. "I have never said 'I love you' to my family, and I don't think I will in the future," one 56-year-old told the paper, "Saying it aloud is embarrassing for me."
Still, that doesn't mean that love can't be expressed. In another article, China Daily spoke to Zhao Mengmeng, a 31-year-old woman who said she had never told her father she loved him face-to-face. Sometimes actions speak louder than words, however — Zhao gave her father, a photo album featuring photographs of them together on every one of her birthdays in June 2012. The pictures were popular online, being forwarded hundreds of thousands of times on Weibo. Her father was very excited when he heard about it.
1. What does the underlined word Mandarin probably mean?
| A．French | B．Japanese | C．English | D．Chinese |
| A．Some parents don’t love their children. |
| B．Parents in China are too busy. |
| C．Most Chinese students rarely express their positive feelings to their parents. |
| D．Children in China are always taught negative language. |
| A．embarrassed | B．excited | C．proud | D．unhappy |
| A．The album is more expensive. |
| B．His father likes the album better. |
| C．She thinks actions speak louder than words sometimes. |
| D．She hates saying "I love you" to her father. |
| A．I Love You | B．A Photo Album |
| C．Two Online Videos | D．Family members |
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1. Which of the four people may get the job as a taxi driver?
| A．A 50-year-old person. |
| B．A 40-year-old person who can drive well in the city. |
| C．A person who has just got his driver’s license. |
| D．A person who can drive and has free time on weekends. |
| A．By visiting her. | B．By sending a letter. |
| C．By making a phone call. | D．By sending an e-mail |
【推荐1】Why are dogs our best friends? Maybe because they can understand our words much better than we thought, according to a study in Hungary. The study showed that dogs understand not only what we say, but also how we say it. “The results were exciting and surprising,” said Attila Andics, a researcher from a university in Budapest.
For the study, the researchers first trained 13 dogs for months. The dogs had to sit quietly inside machines so that the researchers could check their brain activities. Then the researchers put headphones(耳机) on dogs and played people’s voices to them. There were four different voices. Some were of positive words, such as “well done”, or negative words like “not good”. The words were also in different tones(语气). Some were positive, some were neutral(中立的), and some were negative.
Brain scans(扫描) showed that dogs could recognize(辨别出) different words, as well as the tones of words, much like people do. The positive words with a positive tone brought the strongest activity in their brains’ reaction centers(反应中枢). “It showed that for dogs, nice words can work very well as a reward(奖赏), but it works best if both words and tones match,” said Andics.
They also found that dogs deal with meaningful words with the left side of the brain and tones with the right. Human brains work in the same way.
Andics said it gave us a new understanding of language. That is to say, not only humans understand the meaning in words, but also the dogs.
1. For the study, which of the following didn’t the researchers do?| A．They made dogs sit inside machines. | B．They played with the dogs. |
| C．They scanned the dogs’ brains. | D．They played people’s voices to the dogs. |
| A．A neutral word with a neutral tone. | B．A neutral word with a positive tone. |
| C．A positive word with a neutral tone. | D．A positive word with a positive tone. |
3. For both dogs and humans, which side of the brain deals with tones?
| A．The left side for both dogs and humans. |
| B．The left side for dogs and the right side for humans. |
| C．The right side for both dogs and humans. |
| D．The right side for dogs and the left side for humans. |
| A．Dogs are humans’ best friends. |
| B．Dogs are born with the ability to learn humans’ language. |
| C．Dogs can understand the meaning and tone in words. |
| D．Dogs can also learn humans’ language. |
【推荐2】As one saying goes, where there are Chinese people, there are kung fu legend.
Jin Yong, also known as Louis Cha Leung-yung, was regarded as one of the greatest kung fu fiction writers in China. And for many people, Cha built a magical kung fu kingdom that they could escape into every now and then.
But this kingdom is falling apart now, because Cha passed away on Oct 30, at the age of 94.
Cha wrote all of his 15 wuxia novels between 1955 and 1972. While the values and tastes of readers have changed greatly in recent years, his books continue to attract people. His works have been made into movies and TV series so many times in Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Chinese mainland.
The characters of his books never fail to move both men and women. For example, in The Return of the Condor Heroes, the young hero Yang Guo waits for his lover Xiaolongnu faithfully for 16 years. believing that she is still alive, even though she has jumped from a mountain into a ravine（悬崖）
Cha's books bring readers joy, and Cha himself has equal fun creating them. "Writing gives me space for imagination, just like a director," Cha told China Daily.
However, Cha's real aim in writing novels is to show traditional Chinese values and qualities. "Kung fu novels must show fairness and righteousness（正义）. The good fight the bad. Traditional values are shown through the characters and their stories, not by telling readers," he said.
1. What did Jin Yong do?| A．A kangfu actor. | B．A director. | C．A poet. | D．A writer. |
| A．Louis Cha Leung-yung is also known as Jin Yong. |
| B．Cha's real aim in writing is to show traditional English values and qualities. |
| C．Cha has much fun creating the novels. |
| D．Cha thinks Kung fu novels must show fairness and righteousness. |
| A．The values and tastes have changed so these days people don't like Jin Yong's books. |
| B．People like Jin Yong's books so much that the value and tastes have changed greatly. |
| C．Though the values and tastes have changed，Jin Yong's books are still much loved. |
| D．Jin Yong's books continue to change their topics with the values changing. |
| A．Jin Yong and his works. | B．Jin Yong's whole life. |
| C．Jin Yong's death make us sad. | D．Jin Yong's value in his novel. |
【推荐3】“One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all.” Della counted the money sadly. How could she buy her husband a Christmas gift with so little money, though she had saved for long? “This is the only way to get money,” Della touched her hair gently. There were two things that Jim and Della really loved. One was Jim’s gold watch that had been his grandfather’s. The other was Della’s hair.
Without hesitation（犹豫）, Della went inside a shop and sold her hair. After buying Jim a gold watch chain（链条） as a present, she had only eighty-seven cents left.
Excited but a little worried, Della waited to surprise Jim. The door opened, and Jim stepped in. His expression（表情）was strange after seeing Della. “Don’t look at me that way. I cut my hair off because I couldn’t have lived through another Christmas without giving you a present. It will grow again. Jim, and let’s be happy!”
After a while, Jim took out a box. “Open it, and you’ll understand.” Della opened it and surprised to see a set of combs（梳子）. She had wished for them but thought she would never own such beautiful things. And now they were hers, but she had no hair to wear them in!
“Well, my hair grows fast.” Della took out carefully the gold chain and showed it to Jim. "Isn’t this present beautiful, Jim? Take out your watch and let’s see how smart it is!”
Instead of obeying（服从）, Jim put his hands under the back of his head and smiled.....
1. How much money did Della make by selling her hair?| A．Eighty-seven cents. | B．One dollar. | C．Twenty dollars. |
| A．Excited. | B．Surprised. | C．Scared. |
| A．Because he sold his watch. |
| B．Because it was too old to work. |
| C．Because he was angry with Della. |
| A．The couple lived a happy and rich life. |
| B．Della didn’t like the present Jim bought. |
| C．The couple actually have their best presents. |
| A．Present can give us happiness. |
| B．Love is priceless and selfless. |
| C．A stupid couple lived unhappily. |
