1 . No one is born a winner. People make themselves into winners by their own experience. I learned this lesson from an experience many years ago. I took the head coaching job at a school in Baxley, Georgia. It was a small school with a weak football program.
It was a tradition for the school's old team to play against the new team at the end of spring practice. The old team had no coach, and they didn't even practice to prepare for the game. Being the coach of the new team, I was excited because I knew we were going to win, but to my disappointment we were defeated. I couldn't believe I had got into such a situation. Thinking hard about it, I came to realize that my team might not be the number one team in Georgia, but they were depending on me. ________
I started doing anything I could to help them build a little confidence. Most importantly, I began to treat them like winners. That summer, when the other teams enjoyed their vacations, we met every day and practiced passing and kicking the football.
Six months after suffering our failure on the spring practice field, we won our first game and our second, and continued to improve. In the end, we faced the number one team in the state. I felt that it would be a victory for us even if we lost the game. But that wasn't what happened. My boys beat the best team in Georgia, giving me one of the greatest excitements of my life.
From the experience, I learned a lot about how attitude（态度）of the leader can influence the members of a team. Instead of seeing my boys as losers, I pushed and encouraged them. I helped them to see themselves differently, and they built themselves into winners.
1. Which of the following can be put in "________" in paragraph 2?| A．They all asked me how to deal with failure. |
| B．I had to change my attitude about their ability. |
| C．I felt so sad that I said nothing to them. |
| D．They hoped to win in the next game. |
| A．bored→peaceful→pleased | B．angry→surprised→proud |
| C．worried→angry→hopeful | D．excited→disappointed→excited |
| A．The writer was the coach of the old team. |
| B．The writer knew his team would fail at first. |
| C．The writer's team lost the game at last. |
| D．The writer played an important role in the team. |
| A．Teamwork Leads to Success | B．Attitude Is Everything |
| C．Winners Are Made, Not Born | D．Never Lose Your Heart |
2 . It's not easy living with grandpa. He snores (打鼾). He forgets things. He can’t take his old dog Max for walks anymore. And, he can’t hear very well.
But something happened one day that made me realize that my life was better with grandpa in the house. One night, as we were having dinner, grandpa fell and broke his arm. We took him to the hospital at once. He had to stay there for about a week.
During that time, our house was completely different. Max was very sad and would not leave grandpa’s room. And I was so used to grandpa’s snoring that I couldn’t sleep!
We received many phone calls from people asking about grandpa. A local policeman dropped by because he was used to seeing grandpa sitting on the front gate in the evenings. They often chatted together.
Food came from all our neighbors to show that they were worried about him, too. A friend of mine said to me, “How I wish my grandfather was alive. You’re lucky to have him there.”
The day when grandpa came back from the hospital, we had a huge celebration at our house. We now know how important he is to our home and our lives.
1. The writer’s grandpa does many things except ________.| A．snoring | B．forgetting things |
| C．not hearing well | D．not talking |
| A．Because he hurt his nose. | B．Because he couldn’t sleep at night. |
| C．Because his arm was injured. | D．Because he had a heart illness. |
| A．His neighbors | B．His relatives |
| C．A local policeman | D．A friend of the writer |
3 . Do you pay with paper money, credit (信用的) card, or your phone when you go shopping? People in China may pay with WeChat (微信) on the phones. We hardly use paper money.
While WeChat Pay is now a part of life in our country，this way of paying also appears in other countries. A lot of foreign companies and traders have to accept it. According to Xinhua News, about 13 foreign countries have WeChat Pay services for Chinese travelers.
Is it good or bad to use WeChat Pay? Will people no longer use paper money in the future? Some discussions appear on the Internet.
“I don’t think so. Nearly half of Chinese people live in the countryside. People there can't enjoy it without good Internet service. And most old people like to use paper money.” said Winnie. “WeChat Pay is convenient and safe. We needn’t tell if the money is real or fake (假的). But paper money is just the opposite. We should encourage people to use WeChat Pay more.” said a wise man.
“For a long time, people will use different payment ways,” said Sunshine. “Traders should allow people to choose the ways they like to pay.”
Will paper money disappear in the future? What’s your ideas about it?
1. According to the wise man, why should we encourage people to use WeChat Pay more?| A．Because we don’t need to go anywhere with money. |
| B．Because it’s convenient and safe. |
| C．Because people don’t like paper money. |
| D．Because we can save a lot of paper. |
| A．Foreign traders and companies. |
| B．People who don’t like phones. |
| C．Some Chinese people who live in the countryside and some old people. |
| D．People that don’t have a lot of money. |
| A．How to use WeChat Pay? | B．Let’s Use WeChat Pay? |
| C．Will Paper Money Disappear? | D．Different Ways of Payment? |
4 . Several years ago, Ed’s teacher asked him to take part in a volunteer activity. It brought normal children and disabled children together. Each week Ed spent an hour in the special school helping the disabled children with their schoolwork, games and eating. Ed’s mother was a teacher, so he often met a lot of children. At first, Ed thought it would be scary to be with children who were so different, but later he found there was something special with those children.
Every Wednesday, Tom, Susan and Anna couldn’t wait to see Ed. Tom had to sit on the wheelchair. He was only able to say some simple words like yes or no. Susan, a deaf girl, always welcomed Ed with a big smile. As for Anna she was born with an illness, and it made her really small for her age. In a normal classroom, it would be common to stop children playing with something, speaking loudly or making noises. However, in that school, the teachers didn’t mind noises. They were signs of the children’s feelings.
Working with those children made Ed learn to notice others’ needs. One of Ed’s teachers said, “We should be part of something bigger than ourselves.” Ed never understood that until he worked with those children.
1. What did Ed NOT help the disabled children do?| A．Have meals. | B．Do their homework. |
| C．Play games. | D．Repair broken things. |
| A．He was deaf. | B．He was blind. |
| C．He couldn’t walk. | D．He couldn’t say anything. |
| A．Because the teachers tried to make their classes interesting. |
| B．Because it was a special way for the teachers to give classes. |
| C．Because the children showed their feelings in that way. |
| D．Because the teachers didn’t want to be angry with those disabled children. |
| A．Anna, Tom and Susan didn’t like Ed. |
| B．Ed’s mother was a teacher in that special school. |
| C．Ed was excited to go to that special school at first. |
| D．Ed understood his teacher’s words through the activity. |
| A．Try to be kind in life |
| B．Volunteer in a special school |
| C．Learn to work with other people |
| D．Give disabled children more care |
5 . A school bus is used to take children to and from school. In the USA, about 350, 000 school buses take more than 25 million children to and from school. Yellow became the color of school buses in the USA in 1939. Dr. Frank got the good idea. He said it was easy for people to see yellow buses and the black letters on them in early morning or late afternoon. That would make children safer.
There are not many school buses in Britain, and they are not yellow. They have trackers（追踪器）on them. The trackers let parents know where the school bus is and whether their kids are on the bus.
Kindergarten（幼儿园）is a difficult time for some kids. It’s the first time for them to go away from their parents. To make kids love their school, Japanese kindergartens and schools have colorful buses. The buses can easily make children want to take them--and then, go to school. Even some parents want to take them too!
School buses are becoming more and more popular in China now. It saves a lot of time for students to take a school bus.
1. According to Dr Frank, ________ school buses are safer for the students.| A．yellow | B．black | C．white | D．colorful |
| A．France | B．Britain | C．German | D．Japan |
| A．信件 | B．字母 | C．图画 | D．数字 |
| A．school buses | B．school life | C．popular colors | D．children |
6 . New York is a very large city with 8 million people. How do so many people move about the city on their way to work and school? So, we should know something about its transportation.
In New York you can travel about the city by subway, bus, taxi and car. The subway runs on the railroad lines under the city. It crosses the city at different points and goes to all parts of the city. Traveling by subway is the fastest way to get around the city.
The second way to travel around the city is by public bus. It's a slower way to travel. This is because the bus moves in road traffic which is often heavy.
You can also travel around the city by taxi. This is the most expensive way, but the taxi will take you to the very place you wish to go to. If traffic is heavy, the taxi will be slow. During the mornings and afternoons, this is the “rush hour”. This is the time when the traffic is very heavy with people going to and from work.
The last way to get around New York is using your own car. However(但是), it's not easy for you to drive, especially (尤其是) when you are driving in the “rush hour”. If there is an accident (交通事故) on the road, you will have to wait for a long time.
The best time to travel around the city is from 9 am to 4 pm. This is the time after the morning “rush hour” and before the evening “rush hour”. Traffic will be less crowded because most people are already at school or at work.
1. This passage is mainly (主要) about __________.| A．the weather of New York | B．the transportation of New York |
| C．the people in New York | D．traffic accidents in New York |
| A．subway | B．taxi | C．bus | D．car |
| A．subway | B．taxi | C．bus | D．car |
| A．比赛中的冲刺时刻 | B．一小时内所跑的路程 |
| C．(上下班)交通高峰时刻 | D．匆匆忙忙的一小时 |
| A．From 8 am to 10 am | B．From 3 am to 10 pm |
| C．From 3 am to 5 pm | D．From 10 am to 3 pm |
7 . EXCITING NEW COMPETITION!
Give your workplace spring facelift!（翻新）
Living magazine is offering three prizes of between £10, 000 and £50, 000 to be spent on improving the school, college or office where you spend so many hours each day! If you win, the money will be yours to spend as you wish to make life more pleasant.
Just think! You could spend it on any of the following:
◇improving the look of the place (new wallpaper, tables or pictures)
◇better study places (a computer room, a language laboratory or a small library).
◇improving the outside area (making garden or a car park for example).
◇better sports places (a small gym or a swimming pool).
To enter, all you have to do is to design
◇five ways you plan to spend the money if you win.
◇what you want to include (for example, sofas in your new computer room).
◇why these changes will make your workplace a better place to be!
Email us your design at livingmagazine@hotmail. com before June 16th.
If you want to get more information, please contact us:
Tel +323-647-4200 Fax +323-647-42451
Don’t miss this great chance to improve your workplace!
1. The text tells us that the new competition __________.| A．can help you get good grades | B．is organized by Living magazine |
| C．allows only students to enter | D．provides more than three prizes |
| A．describe how to spend the prize | B．mention the money they have |
| C．hand in their designs after June 16th | D．visit Living magazine in person |
| A．An email. | B．A diary. | C．A note. | D．A poster. |
8 . Reading can be a social activity. Think of the people who belong to book groups. They choose books to read and then meet to discuss them. Now, the website BookCrossing.com turns the page on the traditional idea of a book group.
Members go on the site and register (注册) the books they own and would like to share. BookCrossing provides an identification number (标识号) to stick inside the book. Then the person leaves it in a public place, hoping that the book will have an adventure (冒险), traveling far and wide with each new reader who finds it.
Bruce Pederson, the managing director of BookCrossing, says, "The two things that change your life are the people you meet and books you read. BookCrossing brings them together."
Members leave books on park benches and buses, in train stations and coffee shops. Whoever finds their book will go to the site and record where they found it.
People who find a book can also leave a journal entry describing what they thought of it. E-mails are then sent to the BookCrossers to keep them updated (更新) about where their books have been found. Bruce Pederson says the idea is for people not to be selfish by keeping a book to gather dust on a shelf at home.
BookCrossing is popular with people who want to get back to the "real" and not the virtual (虚拟). The site now has more than one million members in more than one hundred and thirty-five countries.
1. Why does the writer mention book groups in the first paragraph?| A．To explain what they are. |
| B．To introduce BookCrossing. |
| C．To stress the importance of reading. |
| D．To encourage readers to share their ideas. |
| A．Mail it back to its owner. | B．Pass it on to another reader. |
| C．Keep it safe in his bookcase. | D．Meet other readers to discuss it. |
| A．E-Books In Fashion |
| B．A New Social Activity |
| C．Ways To Start Online Reading |
| D．A Website Connects People With Books |
9 . Perhaps you've seen the English letters "WC" in your city. They show public toilets. But do you know it is far from elegant English? In fact, foreigners from English-speaking countries rarely use the letters.
Workers in our city are changing "WC" signs all over the city. The government is spending much money changing all the bad English on signs and restaurant menus. Many other places in China are following our steps.
"WC, or water closet, is old-fashioned English. It sounds dirty to me, " says Charlie Shifflet, a young man from the US. The old sign will become "Gents/Men" and "Ladies/ Women".
"I see lots of poor English in everyday life, and not only on signs, " he says. "I know what they mean. But they are Chinglish, not real English. For example, when someone says to me ‘My hometown is Henan Province’, I know he would say: ‘My hometown is in Henan Province’. ‘Hometown’ is a smaller place in a province.” The common mistakes he picked up include "Not Entry", which should be "No Entry", "Direction of Airport" should be changed to "To the Airport". And it is "room rate", not "room price". And remember to "Keep off the grass", rather than "Care of the green".
1. What is not true about "WC"?| A．It is not elegant English. | B．It stands for water closet. |
| C．It is old-fashioned English. | D．It is often used in the USA. |
| A．Keep off the grass. | B．Direction of Airport. |
| C．Room price. | D．My hometown is Jiangsu. |
| A．To talk about English in our daily life. |
| B．To present some examples of Chinglish. |
| C．To show some old-fashioned English. |
| D．To tell us to stop using Chinglish. |
10 . Welcome to Holker Hall&Gardens
Visitor Information
| How to Get to Holker By Car: Follow brown signs on A590 from J36, M6. Travel times would be needed: Windermere一30 minutes, Kendal一45 minutes, Lancaster一1 hour, Manchester一1 hour 20 minutes. By Rail: The nearest station is Cark-in-Cartmel with trains to Carnforth, Lancaster and Preston for connections to major cities&airports. |
| Opening Times Sunday-Friday(closed on Saturday) 11:00 a. m. – 4:00 p. m., 30th March一2nd November. |
| Admission Charges Hall&Gardens Gardens Adults: ￡12. 00 ￡8. 00 Groups: ￡10. 00 ￡6. 00 |
1. How long does it probably take a tourist to drive to Holker from Lancaster?
| A．20 minutes. | B．30 minutes. | C．60 minutes. | D．80 minutes. |
| A．￡12. 00. | B．￡10. 00. | C．￡8. 00. | D．￡6. 00. |
| A．after 4 p. m. | B．in May | C．on Sunday | D．in summer |
