1 . My mother left the field of education formally after I was born. However, she did not leave it
On my first day of kindergarten, I was excited, but
There have been many napkin notes since the
This year, my mother
So I gave her a
As she opened up her “You can do it!” napkin note from me, tears began to run down her face. When her eyes met mine, I saw she
| A．finally | B．completely | C．clearly | D．naturally |
| A．lucky | B．crazy | C．helpful | D．fun |
| A．admitted | B．allowed | C．advised | D．invited |
| A．tired | B．shocked | C．nervous | D．bored |
| A．lunch box | B．school bag | C．pencil box | D．toy bag |
| A．thanked | B．loved | C．missed | D．accepted |
| A．spent | B．began | C．ended | D．won |
| A．same | B．recent | C．best | D．first |
| A．read | B．returned | C．sent | D．introduced |
| A．Because | B．Although | C．If | D．Unless |
| A．continued | B．escaped | C．changed | D．reduced |
| A．teachings | B．warnings | C．choices | D．dreams |
| A．suggest | B．offered | C．promised | D．decided |
| A．charge | B．memory | C．favor | D．control |
| A．show | B．know | C．imagine | D．hope |
| A．book | B．degree | C．award | D．answer |
| A．gift | B．chance | C．guide | D．speech |
| A．washed | B．filled | C．packed | D．opened |
| A．pictures | B．replies | C．suggestion | D．writing |
| A．remembered | B．trusted | C．understood | D．believed |
2 . The Enemy Is in My Pocket
Yesterday I went to a phone store. There were no other
“How can I help you?” One of them asked me.
I replied, “I
“Um, let me check on that.” She walked to the other end of the
That moment had come after months of struggle. I
But one day, I began to wonder how important being online really is and if it made me a
So, I wanted to
I've only been doing this for a few days, but I have found myself obviously more
Where there is a
| A．students | B．customers | C．friends | D．managers |
| A．wonder | B．doubt | C．question | D．ask |
| A．restaurant | B．store | C．street | D．market |
| A．good | B．latest | C．certain | D．bad |
| A．saying | B．announcing | C．giving | D．concluding |
| A．Exactly | B．Finally | C．Eventually | D．Actually |
| A．never | B．often | C．sometimes | D．also |
| A．take charge of | B．come up with | C．keep in touch with | D．carry on with |
| A．leave | B．catch | C．miss | D．make |
| A．better | B．funnier | C．worse | D．stronger |
| A．started with | B．ended up in | C．went with | D．succeeded in |
| A．memory | B．attention | C．energy | D．money |
| A．amazed | B．glad | C．puzzled | D．angry |
| A．regret | B．arrange | C．enjoy | D．forget |
| A．stay | B．sell | C．change | D．explore |
| A．sleep | B．rest | C．work | D．play |
| A．checking | B．trading | C．answering | D．seeing |
| A．sensitive | B．attractive | C．positive | D．productive |
| A．problem | B．will | C．road | D．lesson |
| A．beside | B．before | C．without | D．by |
3 . Martin was returning to work in his London office after spending two weeks with his brother in New York. He was coming back with a heavy heart. It was not just that it was the end of a wonderful holiday; it was not just that he invariably suffered badly from jet lag(时差); it was that Monday morning always began with a team meeting and , over the months, he had grown to hate them.
Martin was aware that colleagues approached these meetings with hidden agenda（会议议 程）; they indulged in(沉溺于）game playing ; and he knew that people were not being honest and open. The meetings themselves were bad enough---there was all the moaning afterwards at the meeting like “I could have improved on that idea, but I wasn’t going to say.”
As this morning’s meeting began, Martin prepared himself for the usual dullness and boredom. But, as the meeting progressed, he became aware of a strange background noise. At first, he thought that he was still hearing the engine noise from the aircraft that had brought him back to London. But as he concentrated on the noise, it became a little clearer.
He realized, to his amazement, that he could actually hear what they were thinking at the same time as they were speaking. What surprised him, even more than the acquisition of this strange power, was that he discovered that what people were saying was not really what they were thinking. They were not making clear their reservations. They were not supporting views which they thought might be popular. They were not contributing their new insights. They were not volunteering their new ideas.
Martin found it impossible not to respond to his new knowledge. So he started to make gentle interventions (干涉), based more on what he could hear his colleagues thinking than on what he could hear them saying. “So, John, are you really saying.....” “Susan, do you really think that?” “Tom, have you got an idea on how we could take this forward?” They looked at him, puzzled. In truth, he felt rather proud of his newly -acquired talent.
As the meeting progressed, it was clear to him that each member of the meeting was learning how to hear the thoughts of the others. The game playing started to fall away; people started to speak more directly; views became better understood; the atmosphere became more open and trusting.
The meeting ended. As people left the room, Martin found that he could still hear what they were thinking. “That was the best meeting we’ve ever had.” “All meetings should be like that,” “ In future, I’m going to say what I think.”
1. It is known from the first paragraph that Martin_____.| A．just came back from his business trip in New York |
| B．was found to suffer from a serious heart disease during the trip |
| C．had a good time during his fortnight’s stay in New York |
| D．didn’t like his work in his London office |
| A．Because it had to be held every Monday morning. |
| B．Because he was tired of hosting such a meeting |
| C．Because he couldn’t control the meeting that was out of order. |
| D．Because the meeting atmosphere wasn’t open and trusting. |
| A．still hear the engine noise of the plane though he was back |
| B．clearly hear what the members of the meeting were saying |
| C．actually control the thoughts of the members of the meeting |
| D．express what the meeting members were thinking based on their words and their thoughts |
| A．Martin made people say what they were thinking immediately the meeting began. |
| B．Martin was angry at the dullness of the meeting at the beginning of the meeting.. |
| C．Martin led people to express their real thoughts with the meeting progressing. |
| D．Many members of the meeting played games and told lies at the meeting all the time. |
| A．I was thinking of making a suggestion ---but I couldn’t be bothered. |
| B．I have got an idea on how we could take this forward. I think we should... |
| C．The usual people say the usual things, so I have no other new ideas. |
| D．I could have imagined on that idea, but I wasn’t going to say. |
4 . Dramas are usually called plays, and their creators are known as “playwrights” or “dramatists”. Some popular types of drama include comedy, tragedy, farce, opera and docudramas. Now, I’d like to tell you some popular types of drama.
Lighter in tone, comedies try to make the audience laugh and usually come to a happy ending. Comedies put unusual characters in special situations, causing them to do and say funny things. Comedies can also be sarcastic (讽刺的) in nature, creating fun serious topics. There are also several different types of comedy, including romantic comedy, a comedy of manners, and tragicomedy — plays in which the characters take on tragedy with humor while bringing serious situations to happy endings.
Tragedy is based on darker themes. Generally, tragedies show serious subjects like death, disaster, and human suffering in a way that makes the audience think. Hardly enjoying happy endings, characters in tragedies, like Shakespeare’s Hamlet, are often troubled by tragic character flaws (缺点) that finally lead to their death.
A farce is a type of drama in which characters overact and present physical humor. Examples of farce include the play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett and the hit 1980 movie Airplane! written by David and Jerry Zucker and Jim Abrahams.
Opera is a type of drama which combines theater, dialogue, music, and dance to tell stories of tragedy or comedy. Since characters express their feelings through singing rather than dialogue, performers must be both skilled actors and singers. The tragedy La boheme by Giacomo Puccini, and the comedy Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are classic examples of opera.
A docudrama is a relatively new kind of drama. Docudramas talk about historic events or non-fictional situations. More often presented in movies and television than in live theater, popular examples of docudramas include the movies Apollo 13 and Twelve Years a slave.
1. What do we know about comedies?| A．They don’t talk about serious topics. |
| B．They usually don’t have sad endings. |
| C．There’re always some arguments in them. |
| D．There’re four kinds of comedies mentioned. |
| A．They are often sarcastic in nature. |
| B．They usually have character weaknesses. |
| C．They usually suffer a lot before their death. |
| D．They are remembered by their ways of thinking. |
| A．Upset. | B．Cheerful. | C．Worried. | D．Thoughtful |
| A．say something funny | B．present physical humor |
| C．tell stories through dialogue | D．be good at acting and singing |
| A．Girls loving romantic stories. |
| B．Children loving funny stories. |
| C．People interested in fictional situations. |
| D．People interested in true events in history. |
5 . Originally, I don’t think about getting older. Perhaps it’s because I like to keep busy and just don’t think about it.
I used to be a radio broadcaster and recently I was
One of them, it turns out, is
The thought of being dead doesn’t
| A．Therefore | B．However | C．Though | D．Meanwhile |
| A．believe | B．regret | C．prevent | D．consider |
| A．doubted | B．questioned | C．contacted | D．interviewed |
| A．pay | B．enjoy | C．intend | D．allow |
| A．similar | B．diverse | C．different | D．special |
| A．activity | B．custom | C．tradition | D．routine |
| A．chatting with | B．looking for | C．working with | D．cheering for |
| A．look up to | B．look out for | C．look down upon | D．look back at |
| A．permanently | B．relatively | C．accidentally | D．practically |
| A．show up | B．hold up | C．move about | D．hold on |
| A．worse still | B．what’s more | C．on the contrary | D．on the other hand |
| A．secretly | B．gradually | C．directly | D．suddenly |
| A．related | B．connected | C．bound | D．limited |
| A．independently | B．optimistically | C．comfortably | D．disappointedly |
| A．fed on | B．cared for | C．trained | D．educated |
| A．primitively | B．occasionally | C．instantly | D．rarely |
| A．understanding | B．deciding | C．knowing | D．guessing |
| A．surprise | B．help | C．bother | D．excite |
| A．nervous | B．sorry | C．help | D．great |
| A．tiresome | B．meaningless | C．interesting | D．upsetting |
6 . Readers have never had it so good. But publishers need to adapt better to the digital world.
During the next few weeks publishers will release a great number of books, pile them onto delivery lorries and fight to get them on the display tables of bookshops in the run-up to Christmas. It is an impressive display of competitive commercial activity. It is also increasingly pointless.
More quickly than almost anyone predicted, e-books are becoming popular quickly. Amazon, the biggest e-book retailer( 零售商), has lowered the price of its Kindle — e-readers to the point where people do not fear to take them to the beach. In America, the most advanced market, about one-fifth of the largest publishers’ sales are of e-books.
For readers, this is excellent. Amazon has successfully shortened distance by bringing a huge range of books to out-of-the-way places, and it is now fighting against time, by enabling readers to download books instantly. Moreover, huge choice and low prices are helping books hold their own on digital devices. For publishers, though, it is a dangerous time. Some of the publishers’ functions—packaging books and promoting them to shops—are becoming out of date.
Yet there are still important jobs for publishers.
The music and film industries have started to pack electronic with physical versions of their products—by, for instance, providing those who buy a DVD of a movie with a code to download it from the Internet. Publishers, similarly, should combine e-books with paper books.
They also need to become more efficient. In the digital age it is stupid to take months or even years to get a book to market. And if they are to distinguish their products from self-published dross( 糟粕), they must get better at choosing books, sharpening ideas and polishing copy. If publishers are to hold readers’ attention, they must tell a better story—and edit out all the spelling mistakes as well.
1. According to the author, what publishers do before Christmas is becoming __________.| A．efficient | B．satisfying | C．meaningless | D．worthwhile |
| A．By analyzing. | B．By giving examples. |
| C．By comparing. | D．By listing numbers. |
| A．Readers will have a wider choice than before. |
| B．The price of books will become much higher. |
| C．Traditional publishers will be out of work. |
| D．Traditional bookstores will completely disappear. |
| A．Spend more time editing a good book. |
| B．Change work to music and film industry. |
| C．Get rid of self-published dross completely. |
| D．Learn from what music and film industry did. |
| A．The Disappearing Ink. |
| B．The Book and Music Industry. |
| C．Golden Times for Publishers. |
| D．The Coming of the Digital Age. |
7 . I am traveling home. It is bitterly cold and snowy, but the warm train is right on time. I feel pleasantly satisfied as I look out at the rush hour traffic on the motorway. I feel more satisfied as the smell of fresh coffee announces the arrival of the drinks service. Swiss friends often tell me, proudly, that their rail service is the best in the world, but recently, one experience has proved that the great Swiss love affair with their railway has turned a little sour.
It all began with the decision to end ticket sales on trains. One cold morning I arrived at my local station only to find that the ticket machine was broken. No matter, I thought, I have got a smart phone, and I hurriedly set about buying my ticket that way. This was not as easy as I had expected, busying myself between credit card and phone with freezing cold fingers, but, by the time I got on the train to Geneva, I had an e-ticket and I proudly showed it to the conductor. Unfortunately she told me that my ticket was not valid. Several weeks later a letter arrived from Swiss railways together with a fine for 190 francs ($ 210).
The good people there tell me the formal payment for my ticket from my credit card company arrived four minutes after my train left the station. That means, they say, that I bought my ticket on the train—and that is strictly prohibited.
Swiss railways say their policy is designed to protect honest ticket-paying passengers, but a quick look at their balance sheet suggests something else. The company is making about $ 2 million a month from fines.
Although train travel is still popular, those seats do not feel as comfortable; the coffee does not smell quite so good—because Swiss railways have lost, for now anyway, something far more precious than $ 2 million a month: good relations with their customers.
1. What can we learn from Paragraph 1?| A．The Swiss trains usually come late. |
| B．Traffic on the motorway goes smoothly. |
| C．The author regrets traveling on the Swiss train. |
| D．Swiss people think highly of their train service. |
| A．the decision to end ticket sales on trains |
| B．the experience of buying a train ticket |
| C．the difficulty of buying an e-ticket |
| D．the fine for escaping a train ticket |
| A．It was purchased online. |
| B．It was purchased on a ticket machine. |
| C．It was paid for on a smart phone. |
| D．It was paid for after the train’s departure. |
| A．To show the fine was unfair. |
| B．To show the conductor was impolite. |
| C．To show e-tickets are getting popular. |
| D．To show credit cards can be inconvenient. |
| A．It attracts more people to travel by train. |
| B．It makes the company lose a lot of money. |
| C．It damages company-customer relations. |
| D．It protects honest ticket-paying passengers. |
8 . Welcome to Olympic National Park!
The park is located in the western state of Washington and it is on the Olympic Peninsula, in the northwest part of the state. It covers more than 400,000 hectares. Each area of the park offers visitors something special. Here are some places to go.
★ Elwha Valley
The Elwha Valley is in the central part of the park. It is the Olympic Peninsula’s largest watershed(分水岭). Long ago, the rivers in this area held the most salmon(鲑鱼) outside of Alaska. In the 1920s, a growing community of settlers built two hydroelectric(水力发电) dams to provide energy for the local economy. The dams created many problems for the river. They decreased the water in the rivers, which caused the fish population in the area to decrease. This affected the other animals that depended on fish for food.
The community later decided to fix these problems. In 1992, Congress passed the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act. Both dams have been removed. Today, the Elwha River is the site of one of the largest ecosystem restoration projects in National Park Service history.
★ Hoh River Valley
The Hoh River is on the west side of the park. The river is formed from melted glacial ice on top of Mount Olympus. The river is 80 kilometers long. It empties into the Pacific Ocean.
The area receives about 400 centimeters of rain each year. Because of the amount of rain, many different types of plants grow in the Hoh rainforest.
The Hoh River Valley is protected from any logging or development.
★ Hurricane Ridge
Hurricane Ridge is a mountain area in the northern part of the park. It is easy to enter, and provides incredible views of the Olympic Mountains.
The ridge has many hiking paths. In winter, people come here to ski. They also come here to take part in other fun winter activities, like sledding and snowboarding.
Hurricane Ridge usually has snow from December through the end of March. Visitors must be prepared for icy roads and severe weather.
1. What’s the purpose of the passage?| A．To attract visitors to the park. |
| B．To tell about the park’s history. |
| C．To show the variety of the park. |
| D．To stress the importance of ecosystem. |
| A．Local settlers had enough energy. |
| B．The Elwha Valley was formed. |
| C．The ecosystem was greatly affected. |
| D．Animals’ living conditions became better. |
| A．Through earthquake. | B．From sea water. |
| C．From rain water. | D．From melted glacial ice. |
| A．You will easily get lost. |
| B．You will have no fun. |
| C．You will slip over on the icy road. |
| D．You will enjoy fine sunshine. |
| A．Elwha Valley | B．Hurricane Ridge |
| C．Hoh River Valley | D．The Hoh rainforest |
9 . I got addicted to cigarettes about 11 years ago. As a smoker, I certainly realizes the
For so many years I always felt unrested after a night’s
It was my birthday’s eve and I was back home by 10 pm. Usual birthday calls from friends made me
Today it’s exactly 526 days
| A．mistake | B．harm | C．benefit | D．energy |
| A．task | B．pleasure | C．advantage | D．competition |
| A．choice | B．use | C．price | D．sight |
| A．dropped | B．lit | C．saw | D．borrowed |
| A．activity | B．party | C．sleep | D．dream |
| A．colorful | B．comfortable | C．slight | D．terrible |
| A．silently | B．angrily | C．hopelessly | D．surprisingly |
| A．cut | B．shook | C．burned | D．colored |
| A．answered | B．helped | C．questioned | D．enjoyed |
| A．crazy | B．sleepy | C．awake | D．happy |
| A．gift | B．punishment | C．warn | D．wish |
| A．confused | B．scared | C．considered | D．struck |
| A．hobby | B．body | C．thought | D．addiction |
| A．keep up with | B．end up with | C．come up with | D．break up with |
| A．expensive | B．empty | C．attractive | D．beautiful |
| A．ability | B．desire | C．way | D．decision |
| A．before | B．after | C．since | D．till |
| A．force | B．strength | C．luck | D．money |
| A．get | B．tell | C．create | D．make |
| A．planned | B．agreed | C．chose | D．regretted |
10 . Everyone experiences tiredness at work sometimes. At some point (usually around 2:00 pm), you find yourself ready for a nap. Your energy changes naturally throughout the day. Productivity expert Chris Bailey recorded his motivation, focus, and energy levels for 21 days and found that all three tend to spike between 7:00 and 8:00 am, 11:00 am and 12:00 pm, and 6:00 and 7:00 pm. For all those highs, he also noticed time when focus, energy, and motivation were nowhere to be found.
Your peak productivity time may be different from Mr. Bailey’s, but you also have your own ups and downs. The amount of sleep you have, the food you eat, and how you exercise are a few of the factors that cause rises and falls in your energy level.
We can fill up on coffee and sugar as much as we want, but we’re fighting a natural downturn (消退期) in energy when we do this. Your tiredness may seem like an inconvenience, but it’s really your body telling you that it needs rest. The best way to beat it is to satisfy this need.
Our bodies operate on a natural clock called a circadian rhythm (生理节奏). This sleep/wake cycle is perfectly adapted to give us enough sleep over the course of a 24-hour period. Natural light is the primary way that your body uses to decide whether or not you should be asleep.
Therefore, circadian rhythms do not agree with the average 9 to 5 job. Irregular sleep schedules, the light from electronic devices, and natural light exposure (暴露) for a long time can also affect the cycle. This is why people working the night shift (夜班) have an increases risk of developing health problems. They must remain awake when their body tells them it’s time for bed, and their sleep schedule is constantly ruined when they try to stay awake on days off.
1. What’s the author’s purpose of mentioning Expert Chris Bailey’s record?| A．To introduce the topic. | B．To make a comparison. |
| C．To serve as an example. | D．To draw the reader’s attention. |
| A．Get to the lowest point. | B．Get to the average point. |
| C．Get to the highest point. | D．Get to the sleeping point. |
| A．What you eat. | B．Where you work. |
| C．How you exercise. | D．How long you sleep. |
| A．Just stop working and take a break. | B．Fight against it with all our energy. |
| C．Listen to some light music to relax. | D．Drink some coffee to lift up our spirits. |
| A．A manager who suffers from huge pressure. |
| B．A teacher who has a long holiday every year. |
| C．A guard who has to work in a museum at night. |
| D．A bus driver who doesn’t go to work at weekends. |
