1 . Love your parents

Even if you think that your parents are mean-spirited at times, loving your parents is a normal and fulfilling （满意的）part of life. You love them for the fact that they created you, raised you, and are in part a source of who you are. Here are some ways to love your parents.

    1     A gentle "good morning" and "I love you" will warm a coldest heart. Remember that they brought you into this world. Without your parents, you might sill wander at an unknown corner in an unknown world.

Respect them more and cherish（珍惜）these moments. You can use these moments to learn from them when you're off on your own. It's OK to get angry but angry actions don't help you or your parents. Act calmly, cool off, journal about your feelings, or talk to a friend.     2    

Obey their requests. It will make your attitude better and earn you more respect from them. It may seem like you are going through hell when you don't get what you want or you have to clean. However, you had better remember they keep a roof over your head when it's cold, raining, snowing, or too hot. Understand that parents are human beings and make mistakes.     3     Since you can forgive your friends, why not forgive your parents?

Keep company with them. Do things with your parents like watching TV, or go somewhere with them.       4     Listen to their old stories and learn from them. You will find they are your teachers in this way or another.

Some people simply may not be able to love their parents. .    5     Look for help if you are being abused violently. Parents do not have a right to harm you.

A．There can be realistic reasons for this, family violence for example.

B．Anyway, spend as much time with them as you can.

C．Tell them you love them every morning.

D．Forgiveness is the key.

E．Parents will turn express their love to you.

F．After this, share your feelings with your parents.

G．Please remember parents are as important as friends.

2 . For the last couple of weeks, I had been stuck in front of my computer working on a project that was very important to me. My every waking hour was consumed by the project and although I imagined that I would feel happy after completing parts of the project, I was confused to find that instead, I was feeling rather depressed. I tried a range of methods to help cheer myself up. I had a relaxing bath, cooked a delicious meal to enjoy with my family and even watched a lighthearted movie, but to no avail. It was only when I turned to think for a solution that the answer came to me: turn to nature!
The very next day, I grabbed my camera and a bottle of water and set off to spend a few hours walking in a nature reserve, even though it was pouring with rain. Within a couple of minutes I felt alive again. To be honest, I felt like a young school girl again and had to stop myself from hopping along the path singing, "I'm singing in the rain", a song I used to sing when I was a child. I think as adults we often try too hard to control our inner children and as a result we limit our own spirits, which only leads to depression and stress.
Interestingly, it has been shown that people who spend 40 minutes walking in a nature reserve have a drop in their blood pressure levels, but this does not happen when they spend a similar amount of time walking in a busy city center.
If you feel a little low in spirit and know that you have spent too much time indoors, relax completely, remove your shoes and let your inner child come out and play.
1. The reason why the author felt depressed is that_______.

A．she was afraid she couldn’t finish her work on time

B．she spent too much time indoors in front of her computer

C．her every waking hour was consumed by the project

D．the project was very important to her

2. In the author's opinion, _______.

A．adults should express their inner feelings freely

B．depression is usually caused by hard work

C．walking in a busy city center harms people's health

D．a bath can make people relaxed

3. The last paragraph mainly serves as a(n) _______.

A．explanation	B．warning
C．introduction	D．reminder

3 . No one knows exactly how many disabled people there are in the world，but estimates suggest the figure is over 450 million. The number of disabled people in India alone is probably more than double the total population of Canada.
In the United Kingdom，about one in ten people have some disability. Disability is not just something that happens to other people：as we get older，many of us will become less mobile，hard of hearing or have falling eyesight．
Disablement can take many forms and occur at any time of life. Some people are born with disabilities．Many others become disabled as they get older. There are many progressive disabling diseases．The longer time goes on，the worse they become. Some people are disabled in accidents．Many others may have a period of disability in the form of a mental illness. All are affected by people’s attitude towards them．
Disabled people face many physical barriers．Next time you go shopping or to work or to visit friends，imagine how you would manage if you could not get up steps, or onto buses and trains. How would you cope if you could not see where you were going or could not hear the traffic? But there are other barriers: prejudice can be even harder to break down and ignorance inevitably represents by far the greatest barrier of all. It is almost impossible for the able-bodied to fully appreciate what the severely disabled go through，so it is important to draw attention to these barriers and show that it is the individual person and their ability，not their disability，which counts．
1. The key word in Paragraph 4 is_______.

A．disability	B．ignorance
C．prejudice	D．Barriers

2. The last word of the passage “counts” most probably means_______.

A．being most important	B．being considered
C．being included	D．being numbered

3. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Even the able-bodied may lose some of their body functions when they get older.

B．There are about 10 percent disabled persons in the UK.

C．The whole society should pay attention to the barriers faced by the disabled people.

D．There no longer exists prejudice against the disabled.

4. It can be concluded from the passage that_______.

A．we should try our best to prevent disablement

B．both physical and mental barriers are hard to break down

C．we must take a proper attitude towards the disabled

D．the able-bodied people will never fully understand the disabled

4 . Why do people feel so rushed? Part of this is a perception (认知) problem. Generally, people in rich countries have more free time than they used to. This is particularly true in Europe, but even in America free time has been inching up. Women's paid work has risen a lot over this period，but their time in unpaid work，like cooking and cleaning, has fallen even more significantly, thanks in part to dishwashers, washing machines and microwaves, and also to the fact that men shift themselves a little more around the house than they used to.
The problem, then, is less how much time people have than how they see it. Ever since a clock was first used at a workplace to record labor hours in the 18th century, time has been understood in relation to money. Once hours are financially quantified (量化), people worry more about wasting, but tend to save or use them more profitably. When economies grow and incomes rise, everyone's time becomes more valuable. And the more valuable something becomes, the rarer it seems.
Once seeing their time in terms of money, people often ________ the former to maximize the latter. Workers who are paid by the hour volunteer less of their time and tend to feel more upset when they are not working.
The relationship between time, money and anxiety is something Gary Becker noticed in America's post-war boom years. "If anything, time is used more carefully today than a century ago," he noted in 1965. He found that when people are paid more to work, they tend to work longer hours, because working becomes a more profitable use of time. So the rising value of work time puts pressure on all time. Leisure time starts to seem more stressful, as people are forced to use it wisely or not at all.
1. Women's time in unpaid work has fallen partly because ______.

A．men's ability to support a family has been improved

B．men's involvement in housework has increased

C．women's leisure time was taken up by heavy housework

D．women become more skilled at household equipment

2. From the second paragraph, we learn that ______.

A．labor hours were recorded with a clock

B．people haven't realized the value of time

C．more work hours bring in more money

D．The rise of incomes makes time less valuable

3. The underlined phrase grow stingy with can probably be replaced by "______".

A．refuses to delay	B．intend to kill
C．try to accumulate	D．hesitate to spend

4. According to Gary Becker, what causes people feel anxious about time?

A．The wrong way of time being spent.

B．People's willingness to work hard.

C．The increasing value of work time.

D．More and more leisure time.

5 . Whenever people think of charity, the first word that jumps into their mind may be money donated to the needy. However, Wugging, or web-use giving, describes the act of giving to charity at no cost to the user. By using Everyclick. com, which is being added to a number of university computers across the UK, students can raise money every time they search, but it won’t cost them a penny.
Research shows that students are extremely enthusiastic about supporting charity--88% of full time students have used the Internet to give to charity. This figure is high considering this age group is often the least likely to have their own income. 19% of 22 to 24 year olds have short-term debts of more than & 5, 000. With rising personal debt levels in this age group, due to university tuition fees or personal loans and a lack of long-term savings, traditional methods of donating to charity are often not appealing or possible.
Beth Truman, a 21-year-old recent university graduate, has used Everyclick. com to donate to her chosen charity, the RSPCA, for two years and has seen the "Wugging" grow in popularity with students. "When you’re at university you become more socially aware, but it’s sometimes hard to give to others when you have little money yourself," says Beth. "Wugging is great for people in this age group as it allows them to use the technology on a daily basis to give to charity, without costing them a single penny."
Wugging is perfect for people who want to be more socially aware and supportive but don’t feel they have the means to do so. Students using the web can raise money for causes they care about without costing them anything in terms of time or money, and charities get a valuable source of funding.
Everyclick. com works like any other search engine, allowing users to search for information, news and images but users can decide which of the UK’s 170, 000 charities they would like to support through their clicks. Everyclick. com then makes monthly payments to every registered charity. Launched in June 2005, Everyclick. com is now the eighth largest search engine and one of the busiest charity websites in the UK.
1. According to the passage, "Wugging" is actually____.

A．a charity-related action

B．a website

C．a school organization

D．a student movement

2. In the case of charity, Everyclick. com____.

A．receives much money from students

B．frees students of the financial worries

C．offers valuable information to students

D．praises students for their money-raising

3. From the passage, we can conclude that____.

A．most full time students do charity on the Internet every day

B．Everyclick. com is the busiest charity website in the UK

C．Everyclick. com helps students pay for further education

D．"Wugging" is a win-win idea for both students and charities

4. What would be the best title for the passage?

A．"Wugging", a popular term on the Internet

B．Students collect money for charity by "Wugging"

C．More British charities benefit from the Internet

D．Charity enjoys increasing popularity with the British

6 . People laugh and people cry. But it is thought that emotions such as anger, or joy, typically make Americans feel uncomfortable and embarrassed. The shedder of tears(落泪者) is likely to apologize, even when a great tragedy was the cause. The observer of tears is likely to do everything possible to put an end to the emotional tears. But judging from recent studies of crying behavior, __________ to tears are often inappropriate and may even be counterproductive (适得其反).
Humans are the only animals clearly known to shed emotional tears. Since evolution has given rise to few purposeless physiological responses, it is logical to assume that crying has one or more functions that increase survival.
Although some observers have suggested that crying is a way to ask for assistance form others (as a crying baby might from its mother), the shedding of tears is hardly necessary to get help. Vo-cal (出声的) cries would have been quite enough, more likely than tears to gain attention. So, it appears that there must be something special about tears themselves.
Indeed, the new studies suggest that emotional tears may play a direct role in easing stress.     University of Minnesota researchers who are studying the chemical composition of tears have recently separated two important chemicals from emotional tears. Both chemicals are found only in tears that are shed in response to emotion. Tears shed because of exposure to cut onion would contain no such substance.
Other researchers are looking into the usefulness of tears as a means of diagnosing human ills and monitoring drugs. At Tulane University’s Teat Analysis Laboratory Dr. Peter Kastl and his colleagues report that they can use tears to detect drug abuse, to study the causes of "dry eye" syndrome(综合症) and the effects of eye surgery, and perhaps even to measure exposure to environmental pollutants.
1. What does the phrase "both those responses" in Paragraph 1 refer to?

A．Crying out of sorrow and shedding tears for happiness.

B．The embarrassment and unpleasant feelings of the observers.

C．Linking illness with crying and finding the chemical composition of tears.

D．The tear shedder’s apology and the observer’s effort to stop the crying.

2. It is known from the first paragraph that____.

A．shedding tears gives unpleasant feelings to Americans

B．crying may often result in tragedy

C．crying usually wins sympathy from other people

D．one who sheds tears in public will be blamed

3. What does the author say about crying?

A．It is a pointless physiological response to the environment.

B．It must have a role to play in man' s survival.

C．It is meant to get attention and assistance.

D．It usually produces the desired effect.

4. From the passage we can infer that____.

A．it is unnatural for people to shed tears

B．we can reduce our stress by shedding tears

C．shedders of tears can' t get help by crying loudly

D．unlike animals, humans can shed tears for survival

7 . A
Though the Web is becoming increasingly popular, the TV never fails to attract people．Do you know which television network is the largest in America? It is not ABC, CBS, or Fox．Nor is it one of the cable net-works such as CNN, which carries only news and news stories．It is not ESPN, the all-sports cable net-work, or even MTV, which is famous for its music videos．Rather it is PBS, Public Broadcasting System, a non-profit public broadcasting TV service．PBS has 349 member television stations in the U．S．and some member stations by cable in Canada．
PBS only attracts a minority of all TV viewers, about 2 percent．The industry leader, NBC, however, attracts 11 percent of viewers．But the growth of public television in the past two decades has been dramatic．This is especially noteworthy （值科关注） when one considers that public television stations must often survive on very limited budgets, on viewers' donations, and on private foundations and some governmental funding．
The level of quality of PBS programs, whether in national and international news, entertainment, or education, is excellent．Almost a whole generation of children throughout the world is familiar with Sesame Street and the characters of The Muppet Show．PBS is especially well known for the quality of its many educational TV programs．Over 95 percent of all public television stations have tale-courses．These courses are accepted and supported by more than 1,800 colleges and universities throughout the US．Each year, over a quarter of a million students take   courses this way．
1. According to this article, PBS received part of its funding from___．

A．the audience

B．public schools

C．advertising agencies

D．other television stations

2. What is PBS most famous for?

A．Cable services．

B．Generous donations．

C．Tele-courses．

D．Live news broadcasts．

3. Which of the following is TRUE about public television stations ?

A．The majority of their viewers are minority people．

B．Ninety-five percent of their programs are tele-courses．

C．They are shrinking in number because they make no profits．

D．Their courses are accepted by many universities in America．

4. Which of the following has the highest percentage of viewers?

A．ABC	B．PBS
C．NBC	D．Fox

8 . Our world is full of tourist traps and crowds of people. What if you could get out ahead of the crowded people and visit a place before it started swarming with crowds of people?
José lgnacio, Uruguay
Only about 300 people actually live here, but in winter, Latin famous stars like Shakira gather here. A new luxury hotel named Bahia Vik is in the process of opening, and JoséIgnacio is preparing to host an international art festival. You can enjoy art atmosphere here and eat steaks at La Huella restaurant.
Koh Rong, Cambodia
Visiting this Cambodian island is like stepping into a screen saver. With only a few houses and some fishing villages, many people say it’s like Thailand 20 years ago when tourists landed the untouched beaches. Ferries started regularly shuttling tourists to Koh Rong only a few years ago, but things are still pretty quiet until someone plans to build an airport.
Riga, Latvia
Latvia is Europe’s best kept secret, but all has changed now since Riga was named the European Capital of Culture in 2014. The city also ranked as Europe’s cheapest destination for backpackers this year, with an average cost of just $33 per day for food, lodging, transportation and entertainment. Hurry up and peruse (研读) Old Riga and St. Peter’s tower, and get fancy at the Latvian National Opera.
Puglia, Italy
With food travel on the rise, Puglia is becoming a household name. Under the Italian cultural influences, the Mediterranean diet takes one of its purest and most delicious forms: food is locally purchased and restaurants are quaint (精致的) and are of high quality, which have good reputations.
1. The first paragraph is used to .

A．complain about tourist traps

B．introduce the topic of the text

C．warn readers to avoid crowded people

D．show how tired travelers feel after holidays

2. When visiting Koh Rong, you can .

A．take a boat to get there

B．eat steaks at La Huella restaurant

C．find there is a large beautiful airport

D．find it’s as developed as Thailand

3. Which of the following will cost travelers least in Europe?

A．José Ignacio, Uruguay.

B．Koh Rong, Cambodia.

C．Riga, Latvia.

D．Puglia, Italy.

4. What can we know about Puglia?

A．Its diet enjoys wide popularity.

B．Its food price is rising rapidly.

C．It has the most delicious food in Italy.

D．It has a luxury hotel named Bahia Vik.

9 . Severely disabled people may soon be able to use their noses to write, drive a wheelchair or surf the Internet, thanks to a device (装置) developed by doctors in Israel.
The device will be used by breathing in and out through the nose, according to a study. Healthy people who tested the device quickly learned to play computer games and write sentences by sniffing. Encouraged by the results, the researchers decided to test their device on people who are paralyzed (瘫痪) but whose intelligence remains normal. Ten paralyzed who tested the device quickly learned to use their noses to write words, open a webpage, copy words and put them into a search engine.
With their success in helping severely disabled people to communicate * the researchers decided to make use of the new technology to design an electric wheelchair to be driven by sniffs.
Ten healthy people easily mastered sniff—driving a wheelchair through a maze (迷宫), and a 30-year-old man who had been paralyzed from the neck down for six years was as good a sniff-driver as the healthy participants at his second attempt. In other words, a paralyzed person could use the sniff controller to drive an electric wheelchair.
At the moment, sniff-controlled technology is still in the stage of development, and the Weizmann Institute has already applied for a patent on the device. "Ill be very happy if it can help us to make money, but the real problem is that I hope someone will develop it, because this would help a lot of people," said Sobel, one of the lead researchers of the study.
1. What’s the purpose of the passage?

A．To introduce a new invention.

B．To equip the disabled with life skills.

C．To show the nose's special functions.

D．To instruct doctors to apply for a patent.

2. In the test, the paralyzed people with normal intelligence can use their nose to ______.

A．type long sentences quickly

B．play computer games easily

C．enter a website without much difficulty

D．communicate with others successfully

3. With the help of the sniffing device, a 30-year-old disabled man ______.

A．spent six years learning how to drive a wheelchair

B．failed to drive through the maze at his first attempt

C．took the wheelchair controlled by healthy participants

D．managed to drive an electric wheelchair by sniffing

4. From the last paragraph, we can infer that the sniff-controlled technology ______.

A．will be applied to other fields of research

B．needs further developing to serve more people

C．has become an important patented invention

D．shows the wisdom and talents of Israel doctors

10 . You may never think a documentary film could have aroused so much public enthusiasm in Chinese history. Nowadays everybody is talking about a new 7-part documentary called A Bite of China which was recently broadcast late at night on CCTV I. The documentary describes various gourmet items across the vast Chinese culinary landscape.
According to Taobao, China’s biggest online retail website, just five days after the series began to air, nearly 6 million people went to the site in search of various local specialties, particularly those mentioned in the documentary. More than 7.2 million deals were concluded. A ham producer from Yunnan Province saw his sales grow 17-fold in five days.
However, one can’t help but believe that the documentary’s popularity is probably linked to the endless stream of terrible food security issues that have emerged in recent years. In one well-received article, a netizen wrote, “I wonder how many felt so empty-hearted and sighed after watching the film. Blue-vitriol watered chive, formaldehyde sprayed cabbage, Sudan Red colored salty eggs, restaurants using gutter oil. The list is long…”
How will a varied and ancient food culture that is famous worldwide and which should have made the Chinese proud end? Food is the most vital thing in people’s lives. Yet China’s food industry has made people a little worried due to some severe food safety crisis. The market is huge while the cost of faking and cheating is so low for immoral businessmen; and the punishment is too light. Take the milk industry as an example. Although Sanlu, the company that sold the melamine-adulterated milk powder, was punished, thousands of other dairies didn’t work hard to improve the quality. Therefore, food safety problems should be an important concern of Chinese government so that our ancient food culture can be preserved.
As the documentary shows, people are attracted not to gourmet items like matsutake, a species of rare mushroom grown naturally in remote forests, but to common Chinese dishes like barley, lotus root or tofu. They are what meet our basic needs. This explains why people are so excited about A Bite of China---it is a reminder that there is still a world out there where food is excellent and safe.
1. The underlined word “gourmet items” probably means_______.

A．delicious food	B．latest technology
C．beautiful clothes	D．great inventions

2. The second paragraph mainly talks about_______.

A．the content of the documentary

B．the producer of the documentary

C．the popularity of the documentary

D．the history of Chinese gourmet

3. We can infer from what a netizen wrote in one well –received article that _______.

A．the price of food is too high for many common people

B．the documentary was made by a world-famous Chinese director

C．there is a huge contrast between the ancient food culture and the reality

D．none of the television viewers have a knowledge of the Chinese food culture

4. According to the passage, China’s food industry has a problem of faking and cheating because_______.

A．there are still so many poor people at the present time

B．the punishment for unscrupulous businessmen isn’t serious enough

C．the Chinese government encourages it to do so

D．the food technology is not so advanced as in developing countries