1 . Dr. David Sullivan, pediatric dentist（儿科牙医）, is just wild about teeth. So are some of his
You see. Dr. David, as many people call him, has some
On most days, Dr. David tends to his human patients, teaching them how to care for their
“When I was a kid in school, the only thing I ever
But Dr. David soon
After he became a dentist, Dr. David
Word of Dr. David’s work with animals
| A．friends | B．patients | C．teachers | D．colleagues |
| A．unusual | B．young | C．interesting | D．serious |
| A．clearly | B．typically | C．rarely | D．traditionally |
| A．dead | B．pet | C．real | D．toy |
| A．feet | B．ears | C．eyes | D．teeth |
| A．successful | B．general | C．dental | D．experimental |
| A．special | B．painful | C．frightening | D．valuable |
| A．Finally | B．Luckily | C．Eventually | D．Gradually |
| A．fond | B．afraid | C．tired | D．ashamed |
| A．worrying about | B．asking about | C．preparing for | D．caring for |
| A．time | B．chance | C．principle | D．honor |
| A．hated | B．managed | C．wanted | D．failed |
| A．expected | B．guessed | C．realized | D．declared |
| A．impossible | B．wonderful | C．necessary | D．imperfect |
| A．comfortable | B．excited | C．pitiful | D．nervous |
| A．But | B．Because | C．And | D．So |
| A．arrived | B．performed | C．studied | D．worked |
| A．kids | B．models | C．animals | D．adults |
| A．rang | B．spread | C．faded | D．broke |
| A．help | B．advice | C．opinion | D．permission |
2 . Music is something I could never live without. Without music, I was
Everyone who wanted to be in show choir auditioned for the
A year passed, I was at a
| A．calm | B．mad | C．anxious | D．quiet |
| A．teach | B．express | C．praise | D．help |
| A．heart | B．brain | C．mind | D．head |
| A．looking forward to | B．getting along with | C．trying out for | D．picking up |
| A．pride | B．adventure | C．passion | D．courage |
| A．activity | B．programme | C．service | D．job |
| A．suggested | B．recorded | C．permitted | D．written |
| A．sound | B．scene | C．play | D．answer |
| A．relief | B．concern | C．anger | D．sympathy |
| A．removed | B．signed | C．expected | D．posted |
| A．signature | B．mark | C．name | D．position |
| A．kindness | B．confidence | C．pressure | D．luck |
| A．crashed | B．started | C．continued | D．existed |
| A．theatre | B．restaurant | C．garden | D．park |
| A．eat | B．dance | C．sing | D．drink |
| A．create | B．write | C．play | D．choose |
| A．struggled | B．stopped | C．cheered | D．voted |
| A．efforts | B．ideas | C．knowledge | D．hope |
| A．picked out | B．turned down | C．brought up | D．left behind |
| A．love | B．connection | C．touch | D．common |
3 . When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor, Dr. Gibbs. He didn’t look like any doctor I’d ever known. He never invited us to play in his yard, but he was a very kind person. When Dr. Gibbs wasn’t saving lives, he was planting trees. He owned a large field and wanted to make it a forest.
The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees. He never watered his new trees. Once I asked why, he said that watering plants spoiled them, and that if you watered them, each baby tree would grow weaker and weaker, so you had to make things difficult for them and pick out the weaker trees early on. He talked about how watering trees made for shallow (浅的）roots, and how trees that weren’t watered had to grow deep roots in search of water under the earth by themselves. Deep roots were very important. So he never watered his trees. He’d planted an oak and, instead of watering it every morning, he’d beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree’s attention.
Dr. Gibbs died several years after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I watched him plant about twenty-five years ago. They’re very big and strong now. I planted some trees a few years back and carried water to them for a whole summer. After two years of caring too much, whenever a cold wind blows in, they shake a lot.
Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. Mostly I pray (祈祷) that their lives will be easy. But lately I’ve been thinking that it’s time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to face difficulties. There’s always a cold wind blowing somewhere, so what we need to do is to pray for roots that reach deep into the brave heart, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we could face it strongly and won’t be beaten down.
1. We know from the reading, the doctor ______.| A．didn’t know how to plant trees at all |
| B．had his own ways of planting trees |
| C．wasn’t good at his own medical job |
| D．had nothing to do but plant trees |
| A．some weak trees would be easily found out at the beginning |
| B．he would choose the weak trees to water earlier |
| C．the weak trees would be sent to his patients later |
| D．he would not plant weak trees so early anymore |
| A．beat all his trees with a rolled-up newspaper |
| B．often water his trees |
| C．took too much care of his trees |
| D．didn’t have a large field |
| A．his trees will be stronger than Dr. Gibbs' |
| B．his trees will not be beaten down |
| C．his sons will be better at planting trees |
| D．his sons will be able to face difficulties |
| A．Watering Trees |
| B．Growing Roots |
| C．Doctor and his Neighbor |
| D．Father and his Children |
4 . If you ever have a chance to go to Finland, you’ll probably be surprised to find how “foolish” the Finnish people are.
Take the taxi drivers for example. You can go anywhere on a journey, tell the driver to drop you at any place, say that you have some business to attend to, and that you will pay the taxi driver later. He will agree without any anxiety but just accept your words in good faith (诚意).
The dining rooms in all big hotels not only serve their guests, but also provide outside diners. Hotel guests have their meals free, so they naturally go to the free dining rooms to have their meals, and the most they would do to show their good faith is to wave their registration card (住房卡) to the waiter. With such a loose check, you can easily use any old registration card to take a couple of friends to wine and dine free of charge.
Finnish workers are paid by the hour. If you work in Finland and have agreed with the boss on the hourly rate (费用), then you just say how many hours you have worked and they will be paid accordingly.
With so many loopholes（漏洞) in everyday life, surely Finland must be a country to those who love to take “small advantages”. But the strange thing is, all the taxi passengers would always come back to pay their fare after they have attended to their business, not a single outsider has ever been found in the free hotel dining rooms, workers always give the exact hours they put in. As the Finns always act on good faith and always have an attitude of “right is right” and “wrong is wrong” in everything they do, so living in such a society has turned everyone into a real “gentleman”.
What we regard as “foolish” is actually the Finnish people’s way of life.
1. Which of the following is TRUE about Finland according to the passage?| A．The taxi driver will be angry if you forget to pay your fare. |
| B．Hotels provide their guests meals for free. |
| C．Hotels’ dining rooms don’t serve outside dinners. |
| D．It is very cheap to take a taxi in Finland. |
| A．By the hour. | B．By the day. |
| C．By the week. | D．By the month. |
| A．stupid | B．clever | C．honest | D．lovely |
| A．doubt | B．not caring | C．worry | D．praise |
| A．Old Finnish customs |
| B．How to take “small advantages” |
| C．How to get a job in Finland |
| D．The “foolish” Finns |
5 . Dad was not only my best friend, but my compass (指南针). While he was alive, he
If there was one phrase my dad
When I was in high school, I had a
After months of
Even now, whenever I
| A．understood | B．forgave | C．guided | D．impressed |
| A．history | B．lesson | C．skill | D．language |
| A．always | B．almost | C．ever | D．never |
| A．so | B．or | C．but | D．and |
| A．good | B．free | C．terrible | D．short |
| A．still | B．nearly | C．hardly | D．probably |
| A．real | B．practical | C．immediate | D．extra |
| A．suggested | B．risked | C．enjoyed | D．missed |
| A．meeting | B．testing | C．learning | D．interviewing |
| A．excited | B．nervous | C．happy | D．shocked |
| A．believe in | B．hold back | C．stand for | D．look after |
| A．hope | B．forget | C．worry | D．promise |
| A．different | B．hard | C．important | D．interesting |
| A．grateful | B．sorry | C．polite | D．useful |
6 . One of my earliest memories was walking up to the smell of camp smoke and my mother’s hot chocolate. My parents were poor, and we lived in the countryside in Portland. Dad had two jobs and Mom was disabled, but that didn’t stop them from heading into the Cascade Mountains several times a year.
Our clothes were old and worn and our food was usually cheap and simple. However, we were always satisfied with our hot chocolate, which was made in a traditional way handed down from my grandmother to my mother.
There was no store to buy anything we needed. We just had powdered cocoa in our camp.
Mom would set the smoke-blackened coffee pot at the side of the fire and slowly warm the milk, adding chocolate and sugar, and stirring (搅拌) until the contents became thick and rich brown. The wonderful smell of chocolate filled the camp. More than once, I could remember people that we had just met hours before stepping into our camp to enjoy mother’s creation.
Once we were trapped in our tent for days because of a terrible rainstorm. Every morning I was woken up by the attractive smell of Mom’s hot chocolate.
Now, many years have passed, when we head for the mountains, I still use that worn coffee pot. And we always bring extra cups for the neighbours who will certainly turn up.
I have told my family a lot about Mom, and it seems that nothing brings back those warm memories better than sitting around the fire at night and tasting sweet hot chocolate.
1. Where did the author live when she was a child?| A．In a village. | B．In a big city. |
| C．In a hotel. | D．In a palace. |
| A．Saved. | B．Stuck. |
| C．Surrounded. | D．Suffered. |
| A．Generous. | B．Friendly. |
| C．Disabled. | D．Serious. |
| A．Her parents were poor. |
| B．Her mom had two jobs. |
| C．Her mom was a boss of Coffee House. |
| D．Her dad stopped them from camping. |
| A．Camp Smoke |
| B．Mom’s Hot Chocolate |
| C．My Neighbours |
| D．Grandmother’s Creation |
7 . “I am truly frustrated by the way my teenage children behave with me. It is a roller coaster ride each day coping with their moodiness and argumentative nature. But I do appreciate the courage they project at times and the goals they undertake that make me feel that they really aim high in life.” This could be the feeling of most parents with teenage children.
I can understand and empathize with these parents, but they are not alone. Children start their journey into the broad world and are greatly influenced by what others have to say especially their peers that they consider more close than even their parents and family at times.
The brains teenagers or children in the ages of 13 to 19 undergo a lot of changes that bring about these effects that most parents like us fail to understand. One of the prominent changes is what takes place due to the beneficial pruning that takes place in the neutral branches of the prefrontal cortex. All these changes ultimately help build clear judgment, plan and control impulses skills.
It is best that we just recollect how we behaved as a teenager and you would definitely come across some of our mums that support their teenage grandchildren and say we were much worse. I can empathize with such parents as probably our parents are getting a chance to air out their feelings that they could probably never do when we were teenagers. (Taking a positive look by realizing that it is a part of the growing process would help.)
We may tell our teenage children to have confidence in their abilities and not be influenced by what others say of them, but this anxiety of what society says of them can be overwhelming. It could be real enormous pressure that teens can never come about telling parents, but it would pay to build up trustworthy relationships with them. This would help keep a watch and monitor some of their inappropriate activities and avoid their getting into trouble due to peer pressure and emotional vulnerability.
1. What is the best attitude for parents to treat children’s changes?| A．Leaving them alone. | B．Thinking them crazy. |
| C．Understanding them fully. | D．Separating them emotionally. |
| A．physical reasons | B．spiritual reasons |
| C．emotional reasons | D．courageous reasons |
| A．parents | B．teachers | C．friends | D．peers |
| A．Taking a positive view. | B．Establishing their identity. |
| C．Monitoring their teenagers. | D．Recalling their youth. |
| A．Understand Your Teenagers | B．Why do Teenagers Change? |
| C．Give Confidence to Teenagers | D．Learn to Love Your Teenagers |
I couldn’t sleep at all last night. My sister says it was because I ate a bowl of really spicy chili (辣的辣椒) right before bedtime, but I think that’s impossible. Can spicy foods at bedtime really have an influence on one’s sleep?
－Sleepless
Dear Sleepless,
I know your feeling because I often eat spicy chili before lights out. I’ve also experienced sleep problems after eating a lot of spicy foods. What does science say?
Researchers in Australia did an experiment to find out the effects of spicy foods on how we sleep. They wanted to try to know the influence of spicy foods on the length or quality (质量) of sleep. They gave a group of people delicious late-night meals. Some nights, they got spicy meals. Other nights, their meals were mild (清淡的). It turns out that your sister is on to something. When the people taking part in the experiment ate spicy foods, their sleep patterns (模式) were changed. They took longer to fall asleep and they slept less, too. This was the kind of information the researchers were looking for to build a link (关联) between eating spicy foods and possible sleep problems.
Researchers aren’t sure exactly how spicy foods change sleep patterns, but they have some ideas on the subject. People’s sleep could be influenced because of stomachache caused by eating spicy foods. Also, they could be taking too long to fall asleep because of taking too long to digest (消化) the spicy foods. But they also guess that body temperature plays a role. Spicy foods include something that can raise the body’s temperature. Other studies have connected increased body temperature with poor sleep. So before you go to bed, leave the chilies alone and sleep well.
－Science
1. The questioner couldn’t sleep last night because ________.| A．he ate spicy foods |
| B．he went to bed too late |
| C．he was angry with his sister |
| D．he talked with Dr. Science for a long time |
| A．eating at bedtime is unhealthy |
| B．many Australians enjoy eating spicy foods |
| C．eating spicy foods can influence one’s sleep |
| D．spicy foods are more healthful than mild foods |
| A．true | B．stupid | C．terrible | D．funny |
| A．sleep badly | B．go to bed early |
| C．like mild foods | D．eat lots of foods |
| A．By sharing his personal experience. |
| B．By telling him about some research. |
| C．By interviewing him face to face. |
| D．By making experiments with him. |
9 . In the United States, most of our electricity comes from power plants (发电厂) that burn coal and oil.
There are two big problems with using these things for electricity. First, their supply is limited (有限的). Second, burning them causes pollution. So to make sure we always have power and to keep our planet clean, we must find other ways to make electricity.
Some people think that wind power is our best choice. First, there will always be more wind. Also, wind power does not pollute the environment. Best of all, we don’t have to search for wind.
Today, less than 1 percent of our electricity comes from wind. But scientists have been developing better wind machines. As a result, wind power is getting more popular in this country.
Yet wind power may not keep growing so quickly in years to come. Why not? Many wind turbines (风力涡轮机) are needed to make much electricity. So wind-power companies try to build wind farms but are competing (竞争) with other uses for the land. A wind farm is a group of turbines placed close together in an area with frequent winds.
In places where companies try to build wind farms, people think that lines of turbines are ugly. Noise from turbines often troubles people. Also, turbines kill birds that fly into them.
Wind-power supporters disagree. They think the sight of wind turbines is lovely. They point out that people have gotten used to living near noisy highways. They say ways can be found to keep birds away from turbines.
In today’s world, we need clean and unlimited power sources more than ever. Unless a better power source comes along, people may just have to accept wind power as a part of their lives.
1. The underlined part “these things” in the second paragraph refers to ________.| A．frequent winds. | B．wind turbines. |
| C．power plants. | D．coal and oil. |
| A．How wind power works. |
| B．How wind power was found. |
| C．The advantages of wind power. |
| D．The development of wind power. |
| A．It is very expensive to build lots of wind turbines. |
| B．It is difficult to improve the wind power technology. |
| C．There are few people who accept it as a new power source. |
| D．Many wind turbines are needed and there is less space for them. |
| A．make a loud noise. |
| B．look very beautiful. |
| C．are built near highways. |
| D．provide places for birds to stay. |
| A．The Role of Wind. |
| B．The Power of Wind. |
| C．The Cost of Wind Power. |
| D．The History of Wind Power. |
10 . My daughter graduated from college this year. I couldn’t be more proud of her. Through countless hours of study, books read, papers written, and tests taken, her hard work has paid off. She is no longer a little girl. She has become a wise, giving, caring, and loving adult. She has learned so much and is ready to start the rest of her life.
I think the things I take most pride in her learning, though, aren’t the ones she learned in the classroom. They are the ones she learned through living her life. My daughter already knows things that it took me much longer to learn. She knows that money can’t buy happiness. She knows that laughter exercises the lungs and love opens up the heart. She knows that doing what you love and loving what you do turns work into play. She knows that children are life’s most precious (珍贵的) gift and that every child should be treated with kindness and love.
My daughter knows that life often isn’t fair, that society often isn’t wise, and that everyone of us will face our share of problems. She also knows, however, that with love in our hearts we can bring learning, laughter, and joy to even the toughest days. She knows that life is a journey taken on a rocky road and that sometimes we stumble. She knows that we can pick ourselves up each time and even help someone else up as well. Most of all she knows that she is still learning, just as we all are. May she always know too just how much I love her.
1. How did the author feel when her daughter graduated from college?| A．Grateful. | B．Satisfied. | C．Calm. | D．Concerned. |
| A．Her daughter is ready to start a new life. |
| B．Her daughter knows a lot about society. |
| C．Her daughter’s knowledge learnt through living her life. |
| D．Her daughter’s achievements in the classroom. |
| A．you should love work as well as play |
| B．it’s important for one to turn work into play |
| C．your work will become interesting if you love it |
| D．what you love and what you do are totally different |
| A．her mother is well educated |
| B．her mother loves her very much |
| C．she is cleverer than her mother |
| D．she has to keep learning all her life |
| A．Fall. | B．Climb. | C．Control. | D．Shock. |
