1 . While high school does not generally encourage students to explore new aspects of life, college sets the stage for that exploration. I myself went through this _______ process and found something that has changed my _______ at college for the better: I discovered ASL-American Sign Language.

I never felt an urge to _______ any sign language before. My entire family is hearing, and so are all my friends. The _______ language were enough in all my interactions(交往). Little did I know that I would discover my _______ for ASL.

The _______ began during my first week at college. I watched as the ASL Club _______ their translation of a song. Both the hand movements and the very _______ of communicating without speaking _______ me. What I saw was completely unlike anything I had experienced in the ________. This newness just left me ________ more.

After that, feeling the need to ________ further, I decided to drop in on one of ASL club’s meetings. I only learned how to ________ the alphabet that day. Yet instead of being discouraged by my ________ progress, I was excited. I then made it a point to ________ those meetings and learn all I could.

The following term, I ________ an ASL class. The professor was deaf and any talking was ________. I soon realized that the silence was not unpleasant. ________, if there had been any talking, it would have ________ us to learn less. Now, I appreciate the silence and the ________ way of communication it opens.

1.

A．searching

B．planning

C．natural

D．formal

2.

A．progress

B．experience

C．major

D．opinion

3.

A．choose

B．read

C．learn

D．create

4.

A．official

B．foreign

C．body

D．spoken

5.

A．love

B．concern

C．goal

D．request

6.

A．meeting

B．trip

C．story

D．task

7.

A．recorded

B．performed

C．recited

D．discussed

8.

A．idea

B．amount

C．dream

D．reason

9.

A．disturbed

B．supported

C．embarrassed

D．attracted

10.

A．end

B．past

C．course

D．distance

11.

A．showing

B．acting

C．saying

D．wanting

12.

A．exercise

B．explore

C．express

D．explain

13.

A．print

B．write

C．sign

D．count

14.

A．slow

B．steady

C．normal

D．obvious

15.

A．chair

B．sponsor

C．attend

D．organize

16.

A．missed

B．passed

C．gave up

D．registered for

17.

A．forbidden

B．welcomed

C．ignored

D．repeated

18.

A．Lastly

B．Thus

C．Instead

D．However

19.

A．required

B．caused

C．allowed

D．expected

20.

A．easy

B．popular

C．quick

D．new

2 . “Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity, ” said the American talk show host Oprah Winfrey. I’ve never watched her show, but when a self-made billionaire gives life advice it’s probably worth listening to.

Her point is that blind luck is very rare. You may have to be lucky to find a good job these days but that does not mean you should sit at home waiting for the opportunity to come to you. If you’re a Chinese, you may already be familiar with the tale of a farmer waiting by a tree stump for a rabbit to run out and break its neck.

A book by the UK psychologist Richard Wiseman, called The Luck Factor, argues we can all make ourselves luckier. It’s most about going to a temple to burn some incense in hopes that the gods will give you good fortune, but practical advice you can follow each day.

Wiseman conducted an experiment as part of his studies. First he divided volunteers into two groups: those who said they were lucky in life and those who said they were not. He gave everyone a newspaper and asked them to look through it to count how many photographs it had inside. On average, the unlucky people took about two minutes to count the photographs while the lucky people took just seconds. Why? On the second page of the newspaper, a command, “Stop counting. There are 43 photographs in this newspaper,” was written in big letters. The unlucky people mostly did not spot the message.

It’s easy to compare this situation to a young person looking for jobs in a local paper. They might search so hard for one type of position that they miss an even better opportunity. People who are “lucky”, in fact, keep an open mind and don’t go through the same routine every day.

In a word, try to turn bad luck into good. Even if you do fall down and break a leg, the time spent at home can be used wisely to study English.

1. Which of the followings most agrees with the writer’s point?

A．Success is for those who are prepared.	B．Rome was not built in a day.
C．All is not gold that shines.	D．A good heart defeats ill fortune.

2. What do you know about Oprah Winfrey?

A．She became famous through her family background.

B．She was very lucky and seldom suffered difficulties in her life.

C．She is a British talk show host.

D．She became successful by her own effort.

3. The writer quoted the Chinese tale of a farmer in order to show ________.

A．man can defeat mature	B．luck is your own hand
C．bad luck can turn into good	D．never waiting for the chance to come

4. From the experiment Wiseman drew the conclusion that ________

A．lucky people are quick-minded	B．unlucky people are slow to read
C．lucky people often have an open mind	D．unlucky people are more creative

5. The underlined word “spot” is the closest in meaning to “________”.

A．Discover

B．Mark

C．Make

D．Receive

3 . Bowhead whales can live 200 years or longer. How they do it is no longer among the secrets of the deep.

Scientists have mapped the genetic code of this long lived whale species. The international effort found unusual features in the Arctic whale’s genes. Those features likely protect the species against cancer and other problems related to old age. The researchers hope their findings will one day translate into ways to help people too.

“We hope to learn what is the secret of bowhead whales living longer, healthier lives,” says Joao Pedru de Magalhes. He is a gerontologist   at the University of Liverpool in England. (Gerontology is the scientific study of old age. ) He is also a co-author of the study that appeared in Cell Reports. His team hopes, he says, that its new findings might one day be used to improve human health and preserve human life.

        No other mammals are known to live as long as the bowhead whales. Scientists have shown that some of these whales have lived well beyond 100 — including one that survived to 216. For perspective, if he were still alive, Abraham Lincoln would be turning just 211 this year.

Dr. Magalhäes’ team wanted to understand how the bowhead can live so long. To find out this, the experts analyzed the animal’s complete set of genes, called its genome. Those instructions are coded in the animal’s DNA. The team also compared the whale’s genome to that of people, mice and cows.

The scientists discovered differences, including mutations, in the whale’s genes. Those changes are linked to cancer, aging and cell growth. The results suggest that the whales are better than humans at repairing their DNA. That’s important because damaged or flawed DNA can lead to disease, including some cancers.

Bowhead whales are also better at keeping abnormally dividing cells in check. Together, the changes appear to allow bowhead whales to live longer without developing age related diseases such as cancer, said Magalhäes.

1. What can you know from the passage?

A．How bowhead whales five so long is still a mystery to scientists.

B．Bowhead whales live the longest among all the sea animals.

C．Most bowhead whales can live beyond 100.

D．The result of the research may be beneficial to human life span.

2. The example of Lincoln mainly wants to indicate that ________.

A．Lincoln died one hundred years age	B．Lincoln should have lived much longer.
C．the lifetime of bowhead whales is very long.	D．their study unlocked the secret of Lincoln’s death.

3. The bowhead whale can live so long mainly because ________.

A．it faces little danger in its life

B．its DNA has a strong ability of self-repairing

C．it has a complete set of genetic instructions

D．its living environment is better than that of humans

4. The underlined word “flawed” is the closest in meaning to________.

A．Disabled

B．Changed

C．Misled

D．repaired

5. The passage tends to tell the readers that ________.

A．the bowhead is the animal which lives the longest

B．scientists have found ways to treat humans’ disease

C．scientists have new findings in search of bow head whales

D．bowhead whales may unlock the secrets of a long, healthy life

4 . Backpacking (背包旅行) through Africa, I always carried some food with me _______ I couldn’t find something to eat.

I was _______ through a local market one day when I chanced upon a jar of _______ jam. I could find tins of apple and strawberry in every corner store but this was the _______ time I had seen peach. I took it.

For the next few weeks, when I was feeling the need for a little _______, I would carefully _______ the lid and spoon a bit on to a biscuit. Mmm, delicious. I didn’t _______ it with anybody. It sat safely in my _______, taken out on only special _______.

Once cold and cloudy afternoon, while I was waiting for a local bus, it started to rain. Everybody spread out for ________ and so did I. But I was already wet through so I quickly searched through my pack for some ________ clothes.

In my hurry to ________ further discomfort. I forgot that the jar of jam was ________ in my clothing. One forceful yank (猛拉) and my ________ jar of jam crashed to the concrete ground, breaking into pieces.

I was so sad that I almost cried. And then, in the corner of my eye, I noticed an old woman in rags ________. Without hesitation, she bent down and picked up the half of the jar that still looked ________. Still ________, she stuck two fingers into the jar, scooped out the ________ jam and placed it into her toothless mouth. Carefully, like fish bones, she ________ the pieces of glass. She studied the broken container ________ she was certain that there was nothing left. Then she left.

My bus arrived shortly after and, as we drove off, I wondered if the jam would taste the same to me.

1.

A．unless

B．if

C．in case

D．in order that

2.

A．looking

B．buying

C．getting

D．running

3.

A．apple

B．orange

C．peach

D．strawberry

4.

A．last

B．best

C．other

D．first

5.

A．meal

B．treat

C．rest

D．drink

6.

A．remove

B．put

C．take

D．close

7.

A．divide

B．eat

C．share

D．separate

8.

A．pocket

B．pack

C．corner

D．store

9.

A．situations

B．conditions

C．surroundings

D．occasions

10.

A．protection

B．space

C．shelter

D．warmth

11.

A．beautiful

B．rain

C．warm

D．dry

12.

A．avoid

B．experience

C．defeat

D．overcome

13.

A．thrown

B．buried

C．covered

D．locked

14.

A．expensive

B．useless

C．precious

D．priceless

15.

A．going

B．leaving

C．running

D．approaching

16.

A．all right

B．bad enough

C．broken

D．damaged

17.

A．standing up

B．sitting up

C．bending over

D．watching out

18.

A．rest

B．remaining

C．extra

D．spare

19.

A．swallowed up

B．brought out

C．ate up

D．spat out

20.

A．until

B．unless

C．after

D．since

5 . Books have incredible power. Between their _________, readers can be transported to anywhere imaginable and become just about anyone or anything. _________ , many children all over the world don’t have access to books.

For several years now, Maria Keller, a teenager from Minneapolis, Minnesota, has been trying to _________ that fact.

When she was 8 years old, Maria already loved reading. She also noticed that some of her classmates didn’t read as much as she did. When she asked her mother why that was, her mother said that they might not be able to _________ books. Maria had never thought of this. She could not _________ that some children didn’t have bedtime stories read to them, and she became _________ to change this.

With her mother’s help, Maria _________ Read Indeed, which is a non-profit organization dedicated to collecting and distributing books to children _________.

During the early stages of Read Indeed, Maria set the _________ of collecting and distributing 1 million books by the time she was 19.

It didn’t take long to __________ that goal—to date, she has collected over 2.4 million books and has __________ them to many states and countries around the world.

She said, “I can not live without books. As I continue my mission, I have learned that the number of kids who have no books is in the hundreds of millions. So I just can’t __________ , even after reaching my __________ goal of 1 million books.”

She recently set a new goal: to __________ donations to kids in need in every state in the US and every country in the world. She keeps track of her __________ on a large map at the warehouse where her books are stored and sorted.

1.

A．themes

B．pages

C．blanks

D．columns

2.

A．However

B．Besides

C．Instead

D．Meanwhile

3.

A．accept

B．introduce

C．change

D．understand

4.

A．choose

B．spare

C．afford

D．keep

5.

A．decide

B．explain

C．believe

D．agree

6.

A．excited

B．worried

C．satisfied

D．determined

7.

A．contacted

B．created

C．studied

D．discovered

8.

A．in safety

B．in danger

C．in trouble

D．in need

9.

A．goal

B．point

C．rule

D．limit

10.

A．set

B．put

C．reach

D．start

11.

A．sold

B．shipped

C．lent

D．returned

12.

A．set off

B．get away

C．give off

D．give up

13.

A．common

B．original

C．important

D．distant

14.

A．distribute

B．collect

C．attach

D．devote

15.

A．experience

B．research

C．progress

D．investment

6 . If you’re worried about the planet, please make sure your rubbish is buried under the ground.

People talk about “reduce, reuse, recycle.” It sounds like a good idea. There is a problem, though. Recycling costs too much money.

Even the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) says it only makes sense economically and environmentally to recycle about 35 percent of thrown materials, Among those materials are paper and aluminum cans (铝罐), Recycling 1 ton of paper or aluminum cans, the agency says, can save about 3 tons of CO2 emissions (排放) overproducing those materials again. Paper producers pay for the trees they process If it was cost-effective to recycle paper. producers would be beating down your door to bay it. But they aren’t. That means it’s more expensive to recycle old paper than to cut trees and then replant trees for processing.

Plastic can be recycled too. Because of the recent drop in crude oil (原油) prices. it is now cheaper to make a new plastic container (塑料容器) than to recycle an old one. Even if that were not true, the EPA says that recycling a ton of plastic saves only about a ton of CO2. However, it doesn’t take into consideration the water most people use to wash their plastic containers before having them recycled. The New York Times Journalist John

Tierney recently wrote. “If you wash plastic in water that was heated by electricity, them the effect of your recycling could be mere carbon in the air.

Glass is another recyclable material. To reduce greenhouse gas emissions by I ton, you have to recycle 3 tons of glass. If one includes the cost of collecting glass waste from neighborhoods, and the pollution produced by the collection trucks and the recycling process itself, glass recycling creates more greenhouse gas emissions and is more expensive than making new glass, which comes primarily from sand that exists everywhere.

If recycling were truly cost-effective, private companies would be lining up at your doorstep to buy your rubbish. Don’t look now because they’re not there.

1. What’s the EPA’S attitude to recycling aluminum cans?

A．It is helpful to the environment.	B．It is actually a waste of money.
C．It costs less than recycling paper.	D．It costs the same as producing new cans.

2. What increases the cost of recycling plastic?

A．The crude oil.	B．The water pollution.
C．The process to clean it.	D．The electricity for lights.

3. What can be learned about making new glass?

A．It results in lots of waste in neighborhoods.

B．The material for new glass can be easily got.

C．It is slightly more expensive than recycling glass.

D．Making 3 tons of new glass produces I ton of carbon emissions.

4. What does the author mean by saying the underlined sentence?

A．Recycling will disappear soon.

B．Companies will line up at your doorstep.

C．Recycling is a way to deal with your rubbish.

D．Companies won’t bother to collect thrown materials.

5. What’s the best title for the text?

A．Whose fault is it?	B．Where does waste go?
C．Is everything recyclable?	D．Is it really worth the effort?

7 . Many of us like to eat out and treat ourselves to delicious food. We are used to choosing hearty, fat-filled dishes and sugary desserts, which are not easily cooked at home.

The recent rise of light meals, however, gives us a smarter choice. According to Economic Daily, low-calorie, low-fat and high-fiber meals have become popular in China’s restaurants and online delivery platforms.

The country saw a rapid increase of restaurants concentrating on light meal. From just 600 in 2017 to more than 3,500 in 2018. According to a report published by Meituan a major online food delivery platform, the number of light meals ordered online also rise 75 percent from the previous year.

Having a light meal, however, doesn’t mean eating only vegetables. Different from the meat-free lifestyle, a typical light dish avoids oily, salty and spicy food. Instead, it contains things like boiled meat, whole grains, fruits and vegetables.

Healthy nutrients are the theme of the light meal. These dishes are useful for keeping healthy and controlling your weight. That’s probably why so many people, especially the youths are into them.

They see it as “a great way to avoid getting fat,” wrote the Telegraph.

“After eating several light meals, I now prefer light flavours,” Zou Jing a college teacher in Wuhan, told China Daily. She shared a picture of her lunch: a mixture of beef eggs, corn, mushrooms and cherry tomatoes.

These changes in eating behaviour are connected to deeper changes in how people think about food, says Walter Willett. Chairman of the nutrition department at the Hanard T. Chan School of Public Health, U.S.,“ Diet quality, not quantity is important for both weight control and long-term well-being.” Willett told The New York Times. So the next time you have a party with friends, try a light meal, it will satisfy, not only your stomachs but may be also your hearts.

1. What are light meals?

A．Fat-filled dishes.	B．Meat free dishes.
C．sugary desserts.	D．low calorie and high fiber meals.

2. What is the main way that the author used to prove the popularity of light meals?

A．Listing numbers.	B．Giving examples
C．Giving descriptions.	D．Showing other people’s opinions.

3. Why do many young people enjoy light meals, according to the article?

A．They are usually colourful.	B．They are simple and convenient.
C．They are cheaper than other meals.	D．They can help people control their weight.

4. What do we know from the last two paragraphs?

A．Light meals will stay popular for a while.

B．One’s eating habit shows their personality.

C．There is a change in attitude toward healthy eating.

D．It’s important to cat the right amount of good food.

5. What’s the best title of the passage?

A．How to keep fit	B．Living the light life
C．Tips on eating out	D．The rise of online food delivery platform

8 . I took the bus to work for many years. No one ______ each other. The passengers all sat there ______ in the morning. The bus was cheerless and silent.

One of the _______was a small old man with grey hair. He took the bus to the center for senior citizens every morning. Nobody ever paid much attention to him.

One July morning he said good morning to the driver and ______. The driver nodded guardedly. The rest of us were ______.

The next day, the old man boarded with a big smile again and said in a ______ voice; “And a very good morning to you all!” Some of us ______, amazed, and replied in a low voice “Good morning”. We ______ began to nod and talk to each other.

One morning he was ______ a nice suit and tie. He even had a bunch of ______ in his hand. The driver turned around smilingly and asked; “Have you got yourself a ______, Charlie?” We never got to know if that was his name,______ he nodded his head shyly and said yes. The other passengers clapped at him. Every morning after that Charlie ______ flowers. Some passengers also brought flowers for him. The bus became a ______ place.

Then, one morning, as autumn was closing in, Charlie wasn't ______ at the stop. When we came ______ to the center for senior citizens, one of the passengers asked the driver to wait. He went in to ______ . “Charlie.”

The old gentleman was ______, but one of his close friends had died at the weekend. The next Monday Charlie was at the stop as usual. His ______ had turned greyer, We were silent as he walked onto the bus. No one ______ his friend, but we each handed him a bunch of flowers. We wanted to be there for this man who brought us together that summer.

1.

A．knew

B．1iked

C．saw

D．met

2.

A．excitedly

B．sleepily

C．happily

D．nervously

3.

A．drivers

B．tourists

C．cyclists

D．passengers

4.

A．laughed

B．smiled

C．answered

D．complained

5.

A．silent

B．scared

C．bored

D．relaxed

6.

A．weak

B．loud

C．familiar

D．low

7.

A．looked on

B．looked down

C．looked up

D．looked away

8.

A．suddenly

B．immediately

C．finally

D．gradually

9.

A．dressed in

B．dressed up

C．putting on

D．trying on

10.

A．books

B．grapes

C．flowers

D．keys

11.

A．teacher

B．girlfriend

C．classmate

D．friend

12.

A．and

B．although

C．so

D．but

13.

A．painted

B．grew

C．brought

D．picked

14.

A．happy

B．fancy

C．awkward

D．ideal

15.

A．talking

B．waiting

C．looking

D．checking

16.

A．back

B．over

C．farther

D．nearer

17.

A．ask about

B．exchange with

C．speak to

D．agree with

18.

A．dead

B．ill

C．fine

D．cheerful

19.

A．face

B．hand

C．hair

D．beard

20.

A．mentioned

B．remembered

C．ignored

D．noticed