1 . Here are opportunities for international student volunteers. You can apply your academic training to overall development programs in service. Group service options are explained here.
| Elder assistance Assist at the elder care center with activities such as playing cards and swapping stories. And you can join the elders on day-trips to the local museums, parks and grocery stores. Or, help prepare, serve and deliver meals at the assisted living center on the reservation. Blackfeet Reservation Montana September 15—September 21 |
| Early Childhood Education Inspire children 1 to 5 years old through doing arts and crafts, reading storybooks, playing with toys, teaching hand washing with soap and water, and more. As a volunteer in the Cook Islands, you make contributions to the future through the youngest of citizens. Rarotonga Cook Islands August 17—August 24 |
| Health Care Health care volunteers are needed at the clinic, serving all of the 1,300 children of the community. To help specialists, volunteers can be engaged to help sort medicines, make cotton balls and take children’s temperature, etc. Health Care volunteers do not need any special permit or license. Lima September 3—September 24 |
| Teach English Started in 1996, the program is to teach English in China and build a bridge of friendship and respect. Here you teach English lessons to secondary or university students with all levels of language abilities. After school, you can join your students in a number of cultural activities to extend the day’s English lessons. Xi’an August 22—August 28 |
| A．Elder Assistance. | B．Early Childhood Education. |
| C．Health Care. | D．Teach English |
| A．Assist doctors in sorting out medicines. |
| B．Read stories to children aged one to five. |
| C．Participate in students’ cultural activities. |
| D．Accompany the elders to the grocery store. |
| A．On September 3. | B．On September 20. |
| C．On August 24. | D．On August 28. |
2 . When we are kids, we don’t know what we will overcome. At the age of thirteen, I fell ill. This illness lasted three years and I missed a lot of schooling. Doctors tried their best to help me as much as possible, but in the end this was something I just had to be used to. I felt little hope in life. However, in my junior year of high school, I had a turning point. I discovered my gift for writing and then I realized if I continued to let this problem hold me back, my dream would never come true. So my state of mind changed. Going through the difficulty also gave me the strong desire to write. Writing what mattered most to me helped me overcome what sickened me.
During my freshman and sophomore (高中二年级的) year I did not learn much due to illness. So I became focused and determined and actually completed high school in two years instead of four. At the close of my junior year, I had straight A’s and became an honor roll student. Seeing what I had accomplished, I realized that having disadvantages doesn’t mean it is impossible to achieve success.
By becoming a writer, I’ve become a reader. While performing community service at the library, I read to those who are less fortunate and unable to read. From pre-school children to the elderly, I enjoy my time reading to people of all ages. It is pleasing to see the awesome expressions on their faces as the words become a vision in their minds. Giving back is one of the greatest gifts you could give in life. It inspires me to write something people can learn from.
1. How did the author feel when she got ill?| A．Optimistic. | B．Nervous. |
| C．Hopeless. | D．Calm. |
| A．Her efforts in study. | B．Her talent for writing. |
| C．The change of her dream. | D．The desire to read to others. |
| A．Missing schooling due to illness. | B．Becoming an honor roll student. |
| C．Having a negative state of mind. | D．Failing to take exercise regularly. |
| A．The author enjoys imagining things. |
| B．The author encourages others to read for life. |
| C．The author wants to benefit others by writing. |
| D．The author prefers to be a reader rather than a writer. |
3 . Studies have shown most people fail to realize how much time they spend on their smart-phones each day.
Frank and Amelia's family were put to a test, using a free app called "Moment-screen Time Tracker". The Vascellaros—Frank, Amelia, 14-year-old twins Frankie and Joe, and 17-year-old Sam—all said they did not really know they were spending so much time on their phones each day.
“Honestly, I don't feel like I'm on my phone a lot," Amelia Vascellaro said. Amelia was on her phone far less often than Frank, according to the app. While Amelia spent about an hour per day on the phone, Frank spent close to four hours on his phone—which came as a shock to him. The children's times varied but they often spent more than a couple of hours on the phone as well.
Minneapolis-based Dr Kirsten Lind Seal sees phone usage come up a lot among families. Lind Seal said many family members' phone use has become problematic.
“If we hear more than once, 'Do you have to be on your phone right now? Can you please put your phone down? Did you hear what I said?' it may be a sign that it is negatively influencing our family relationships and our daily lives," she said.
Lind Seal said actually paying attention to how much time one spends on the phone is a good first step in deciding when to put it down.
She asks parents to encourage more face-to-face communication for teens and young adults as they continue developing their social and emotional skills. “What we find is that we are really losing out on empathy—the ability to understand other people's feelings and problems——when we spend a lot of time on our smart-phones to communicate with other people she said.
1. How did the families tested by the app feel about the test results?| A．Satisfied. | B．Doubtful. |
| C．Uninterested. | D．Astonished. |
| A．To encourage people to live a simple life. |
| B．To explain the signs of problematic phone use. |
| C．To show the importance of close relationships. |
| D．To ask people if they use phones too much. |
| A．We should make more face-to-face communication. |
| B．We can understand each other better using smartphones. |
| C．Our ability of empathy is strengthened by smartphones. |
| D．Smartphone usage improves the teens' emotional skills. |
| A．A diary. | B．A guidebook. |
| C．A novel. | D．A magazine. |
4 . “How do you explain the fact that even though you were both blind and deaf, you were able to accomplish so much?”Queen Victoria of England asked Helen Keller.
Ms Keller answered,“If it had not been for Anne Sullivan, the name of Helen Keller would have remained unknown.”
In fact,“Little Annie”, as she was called when she was young, was no stranger to hardship. She was almost sightless herself（due to a childhood fever）and was, at one time, diagnosed as hopelessly“insane（精神错乱的）”and locked in the basement of a mental institution. On occasion, Little Annie would even violently attack anyone who came near.
An elderly nurse believed there was hope, and she made it her mission（使命）to show love to the child. She still continued to visit for she believed Little Annie could recover, if she was shown love.
Eventually, doctors noticed a change in the girl.Where they witnessed anger and coldness they noted gentleness and love. They moved her to the upstairs where she continued to improve. Then the day finally came when this seemingly“hopeless”child was released.
Anne Sullivan grew into a young woman with a desire to help others as she, herself, was helped by the kind nurse. It was she who saw the great potential in Helen Keller. She loved her, disciplined（训练）her,played with her and worked with her until the weak candle became a beacon of light to the world. She worked wonders in Helen's life, but it was a loving nurse who first believed in Little Annie and lovingly transformed an uncommunicative child into a compassionate（充满同情心）teacher.
If it had not been for Anne Sullivan, the name of Helen Keller would have remained unknown. But if ithad not been for a kind and devoted nurse, the name of Anne Sullivan would have remained unknown. And so it goes. And how far forward will it lead?
1. When she was young, Little Annie ______________ .| A．enjoyed being locked in the basement |
| B．complained about her loneliness |
| C．showed her friendly attitude to others |
| D．suffered from mental illness |
| A．Because an efficient way was found by doctors to cure her illness. |
| B．Because a nurse who was concerned about her helped her constantly. |
| C．Because she was taken good care of by her relatives. |
| D．Because the illness was defeated by her own strong will. |
| A．She devoted all her time to dealing with everything for Helen Keller. |
| B．She promised Helen Keller she would never leave her. |
| C．She trained Helen Keller to control her behaviour. |
| D．She encouraged Helen Keller to make friends with others. |
| A．A caring nurse | B．Chain of love |
| C．Without respect without success | D．No pain, no gain |
5 . Herman Melvile, the writer of the famous whale story Moby Dick, once wrote that humpback whales were “the most lighthearted of all the whales.” Known to be intelligent animals and can be seen working together to hunt schools of small fish, humpbacks are a favorite of whale watchers everywhere. And, if you listen closely, you might even hear one singing.
Marine （海洋） biologist Jim Darling has studied the songs of humpback whales for more than 25 years. While recording whale songs on a boat near Hawaii, he invited author Douglas Chadwick to experience diving with a humpback. In the water, Chadwick heard the whale’s songs in a way he never heard them before. “Suddenly, I no longer heard the whale’s voice in my ears,” he said. “I felt it inside my head and bones.”When swimming with the whale, Chadwick could see that the whale was aware of him, but not alarmed by his presence. Up in the boat, Darling recorded the whale’s song, which can be long and complex, sometimes lasting for 30 minutes or more. Actually, they are perhaps the longest songs sung by any animal.
Darling says that only male humpbacks sing, but for unknown reasons, it was previously thought that they sang to attract females, but scientists showed this was incorrect when they played recordings of whale songs in the ocean and the female whales did not respond. Another idea is that male humpbacks compete with each other using songs, just as other male animals on land do using their horns or sharp teeth.
Researchers have also found that humpback whale songs are different in different parts of the world, perhaps like whale national songs. They may also be like hit tunes on the radio, changing over time—from one year to the next, or even over a single breeding season when they produce young.
Another member of the research team, photographer Flip Nicklin, recalls a special moment he had while interacting with a humpback. While he was snorkeling(潜水) some distance from the huge animal, it approached him until it was just a few metres away. It then gently carried Nicklin towards its eye with a flipper(鳍肢), as if examine him. Obviously, the urge to understand a different species goes both ways.
1. What is this passage mainly about?| A．How to record the humpbacks in the ocean. |
| B．How humpbacks communicate with people. |
| C．Humpback songs and what they might mean. |
| D．the career of a man who is interested in humpbacks. |
| A．the songs attracted fish | B．no female whales came |
| C．male whales became angry | D．male and female whales came together |
| A．Their songs are short and simple. | B．Only male humpback whales sing. |
| C．Humpback whales are very friendly. | D．They are popular with whale watchers. |
| A．They were afraid of whales. | B．They swam with the whales. |
| C．Their jobs are to take photos of the whales. | D．They are marine biologists studying whales. |
6 . Every year there are hundreds of earthquakes in different parts of the world. In September, 1923, Tokyo and Yokohama were both destroyed by an earthquake and the fires that followed it. They had to be completely rebuilt. One of the most serious earthquakes was in China’s Shaanxi Province in 1556. It killed almost one million people.
We measure an earthquake’s strength on the Richter Scale. The Richter Scale was introduced in 1935 in Southern California in the USA. It measures earthquakes on a scale of one to ten. Any earthquake measuring five or more is usually serious.
The Earth’s crust (地壳) is made up of rock called plates. As these plates move, they sometimes crash against each other, causing the crust to quake. In cities such as Tokyo, where small quakes happen quite often, many modern buildings are designed to be flexible so when the plate moves, they move with it.
Earthquakes can also break up gas and oil pipes. This can cause fires to break out, which can do as much damage as the earthquake itself. Another effect of earthquakes is tsunami. These are huge waves created by earthquakes beneath the sea. They can be many meters high and cause great damage to coastal towns and cities. China, Japan, Russia and the USA have the highest occurrence (发生) of earthquakes in the world.
1. The passage is mainly about .| A．scientists who study earthquakes | B．the way of measuring earthquakes |
| C．a usual natural disaster — earthquakes | D．what people should do in the earthquake |
| A．The earthquake in Shaanxi Province happened in 1556. |
| B．The earthquake in Shaanxi Province killed almost one million people. |
| C．The earthquake in Shaanxi Province caused a lot of damage. |
| D．The earthquake in Shaanxi Province was the only earthquake in China. |
| A．can cause earthquakes | B．are caused by earthquakes |
| C．only happen on land | D．are a way of measuring earthquakes |
7 . Fikiri Kiponda’s path from accountant to marine (海洋的) conservationist was sparked by a chance encounter. After securing his dream job, Kiponda decided he wanted more. He wasn’t quite sure what he was looking for until he ran across some turtle hatchlings.
He didn’t know it was turtle. Fortunately enough he got the right person to ask and he got motivated. That person was Nkindi, a staff member at the Watamu Conservation project who later invited him to volunteer on the project. He later left his accounting job and fully devoted himself into the world of sea turtles. Now, he runs and spends his time nursing critically endangered sea turtles back to health.
Sea turtles have been around for nearly 110 million years and are now considered highly endangered. Their preservation rests on activities of conservationists such as Kiponda as these turtles face numerous threats and signs of their extinction in the next 50 years.
Local fishermen traditionally catch them to supplement their own low catch rates and sell them for their oil. As changes are made to accommodate more hotels for tourists, there is less available beach land for turtle nesting.
Kiponda’s passion has now spread to his community, changing their attitude towards sea life preservation with his “by-catch release programme.”
Through this program, fishermen are now paid for returning turtles accidentally caught in their fishing nets. The healthy ones are tagged and released into the marine park while he takes care of sick and injured turtles back to health.
Before the launch of pioneering spirit like this, turtles caught by fishermen were used for their meat and their oil extracted (提炼) for its medicinal properties.
“Releasing the turtle back into the ocean is a very good feeling, like, you feel like you’ve done something concrete and I guess everybody would love to do that...so I guess it’s unique work.”
1. What was Fikiri Kiponda’s dream job according to the text?| A．An accountant. |
| B．A marine conservationist. |
| C．A guide to the Watamu Conservation Project. |
| D．An advocate for turtles. |
| A．The rising sea level. | B．Being caught by tourists. |
| C．Overdevelopment in the tourism. | D．The reduction in their nesting place. |
| A．Energetic but conservative. | B．Enthusiastic and caring. |
| C．Arbitrary but considerate. | D．Ambitious and knowledgeable. |
| A．The man saving endangered sea turtles. |
| B．An unique job of protecting sea turtles. |
| C．A pioneer project protecting sea animals. |
| D．The current situation faced by sea turtles. |
8 . If you are planning on traveling，there are a few simple rules about how to make life easier both before and after your journey.
First of all，always check and doublecheck departure (出发) time.It is surprising how few people really do this carefully.Once I arrived at the airport a few minutes after ten.My secretary had got the ticket for me and I thought she had said that the plane left at 10：50.When I arrived at the airport，the person at the departure desk told me that my flight was closed.Therefore，I had to wait three hours for the next one and missed an important meeting.
The second rule is to remember that even in this age of credit cards (信用卡)，it is still important to have some local money in cash (现金).Once I arrived at a place at midnight and the bank at the airport was closed.The only way to get to my hotel was by taxi but because I had no dollars，I offered to pay in pounds instead.“Listen！I only take real money！”the driver said angrily.You can imagine how terrible I felt at that moment.
The third and the last rule is to find out as much as you can about the weather at your destination before you leave.I feel sorry for some of my workmates who travel in heavy suits and raincoats in May，when it is still fairly cool in London or Manchester，to places like Athens，Rome or Madrid，where it is already beginning to get quite warm during the day.
1. Where is the writer most probably from？| A．Britain. | B．The USA. |
| C．Italy. | D．Greece. |
| A．asked the driver to give him a free ride |
| B．offered to pay in pounds |
| C．gave the driver some fake (假的) money |
| D．tried to pay by credit card |
| A．warm and dry | B．cold and dry |
| C．hot and wet | D．cool and rainy |
| A．how to make life easier |
| B．how to be well prepared for a trip |
| C．how to enjoy ourselves on the trip |
| D．how to schedule our trip |
9 . When students and parents are asked to rate subjects according to their importance，the arts are unavoidably at the bottom of the list. Music is nice, people seem to say, but not important. Too often it is viewed as entertainment, but certainly not an education priority（优先）. This view is shortsighted. In fact, music education is beneficial and important for all students
Music tells us who we are. Because music is an expression of the beings who create it, it reflects their thinking and values, as well as the social environment it came from. Rock music represents a lifestyle just as surely as does a Schubert song. The jazz influence that George Gershwin and other musicians introduced into their music is obviously American because it came from American musical traditions. Music expresses our character and values. It gives us identity as a society.
Music provides a kind of perception(视角) that cannot be acquired any other way. Science can explain how the sun rises and sets. The arts explore the emotive（情感的）meaning of the same phenomenon. We need every possible way to discover and respond to our world for one simple but powerful reason: No one way can get it all.
The arts are forms of thought as powerful in what they communicate as mathematical and scientific symbols. They are ways we human beings “talk” to each other. They are the language of civilization through which we express our fears, our curiosities our hungers, our discoveries, our hopes. The arts are ways we give form to our ideas and imagination so that they can be shared with others. When we do not give children access to an important way of expressing themselves such as music, we take away from them the meanings that music expresses.
So music education is far more necessary than people seem to realize.
1. According to paragraph 1, students ________.| A．regard music as a way of entertainment |
| B．disagree with their parents on education |
| C．view music as an overlooked subject |
| D．prefer the arts to science |
| A．compare it with rock music |
| B．show music identifies a society |
| C．introduce American musical traditions |
| D．prove music influences people’s lifestyles |
| A．approach the world from different angles |
| B．explore different phenomena of the world |
| C．express people’s feeling in different ways |
| D．explain what it means to be human differently |
| A．Music education deserves more attention. |
| B．Music should be of top education priority. |
| C．Music is an effective communication tool. |
| D．Music education makes students more imaginative. |
