1 . When I was eighteen, I couldn’t wait to get my first job, which meant I made the first step toward adulthood.

But it was difficult to get a work permit. One day I was dropped off by my parents at the _________, where applicants took their physical tests for work permits. Although I had night blindness, my vision was clearer during the day, which helped me walk _________ by myself. Then the doctor began the _________. He looked into my eyes with a bright light. “I suggest your parents take you to an eye specialist,” he said, “I _________ you have a retinal(视网膜) disease. If you do, you’ll never _________ a day in your life…”

My parents did take me to specialists. After much time and money spent seeking an _________ result, it was determined that I had an eye disease that slowly _______ a person of sight. But still, during daylight, I could walk without _________. I could read, but not for hours. My eyes began to tear and words slipped off the page when I read more than a few pages. However, no matter how _________ my eyes became, I never gave up reading. I knew the __________ of great writers as well as the most popular music stars. Their words were powerful, which ________ me to try writing. Soon writing brought me a lot of __________ each time I completed a paper.

Then an important phone call from an editor changed my life. An article I __________ appeared in a local newspaper. The newspaper, to my __________, continued to print my work. Next, a book series published several of my essays. I got interested in writing and __________ up with each acceptance. On the pages, readers never knew of my blindness __________ I chose to present it. For me, finding my voice through writing gave me the pride and satisfaction I began to __________ so many years ago. Now, I have numerous essays and articles in __________.

Should I be thanking that misguided doctor? By falsely predicting that I could never work a day, he fueled my __________ into success. He set the bar too __________ and focused on what I wouldn’t be able to do. Yet I proved what I could do.

1.

A．station

B．clinic

C．company

D．lab

2.

A．silently

B．suddenly

C．proudly

D．easily

3.

A．operation

B．examination

C．argument

D．treatment

4.

A．suspect

B．order

C．suggest

D．command

5.

A．rest

B．live

C．work

D．sleep

6.

A．urgent

B．obvious

C．ordinary

D．accurate

7.

A．robs

B．warns

C．reminds

D．informs

8.

A．medicine

B．allowance

C．balance

D．assistance

9.

A．excited

B．confused

C．tired

D．moved

10.

A．houses

B．names

C．addresses

D．habits

11.

A．asked

B．forced

C．encouraged

D．permitted

12.

A．trouble

B．pleasure

C．stress

D．worry

13.

A．admitted

B．wanted

C．described

D．penned

14.

A．delight

B．admiration

C．disappointment

D．shame

15.

A．gave

B．came

C．lit

D．put

16.

A．unless

B．although

C．since

D．after

17.

A．fear

B．bring

C．seek

D．reject

18.

A．print

B．time

C．use

D．mind

19.

A．imagination

B．motivation

C．responsibility

D．personality

20.

A．far

B．long

C．close

D．low

2 . When you think of friends, you often think of those who accompany you for a long time. But there is another kind of _______ —one that does not unfold over a _______period of time but springs entirely from a particular_______.

In my eighth grade，there was Jenny. I _______to stay at her farmhouse with cats and dogs. Eighth grade was a terrible year. We both_______ it，but we didn't talk about it. On cold winter days，she _______ me how she lied on her pony Redwing's back. Then we would _______on long journey，riding and walking. She left in ninth grade and I _______her. We had gotten each other through a _______time.

Anyone with children knows the rapid friendships formed with parallel parents. To Julie, I will be forever __________. We met on a __________in New Jersey. Her twin boys were about the same __________as my daughter. She lived in the beach town. I lived alone with my __________ a block away. My husband had left for North Dakota, leaving me to __________out what to do next. Now, __________, there was someone I could talk to. For the next weeks，we met at the beach，and I would go __________with her so that the __________could go on playing. The normal state of her little home__________my broken heart.

Such friends as these often __________when your own life is off balance；they __________you till the world settles on its axis(轴) once again.

1.

A．classmate

B．friendship

C．marriage

D．neighbour

2.

A．brief

B．special

C．consistent

D．long

3.

A．custom

B．festival

C．ceremony

D．moment

4.

A．loved

B．tended

C．attempted

D．demanded

5.

A．overlooked

B．knew

C．forgot

D．preserved

6.

A．inspired

B．required

C．consulted

D．showed

7.

A．go out

B．make up

C．slow down

D．fall behind

8.

A．followed

B．admired

C．missed

D．forgave

9.

A．cheerful

B．difficult

C．grand

D．decisive

10.

A．reliable

B．merciful

C．generous

D．grateful

11.

A．beach

B．farm

C．playground

D．square

12.

A．size

B．intelligence

C．age

D．weight

13.

A．daughter

B．husband

C．sister

D．parents

14.

A．turn

B．puzzle

C．point

D．carry

15.

A．punctually

B．ridiculously

C．suddenly

D．theoretically

16.

A．home

B．downtown

C．shopping

D．swimming

17.

A．adolescents

B．boys

C．children

D．girls

18.

A．ached

B．hardened

C．comforted

D．bled

19.

A．withdraw

B．arrive

C．disappear

D．gather

20.

A．recommended

B．promoted

C．tolerated

D．supported

3 . When we talk about Americans barely into adulthood who are saddled with(担负着) unbearable levels of debt’ the conversation is almost always about student loan debt. But there’s a growing body of evidence suggesting that today’s young adults are also drowning in credit-card debt and that many of them will take this debt to their graves（坟墓）.

More than 20% overspent their income by more than $ 100 every single month. Since they haven’t built up their credit histories yet, it's a safe bet that these young adults are paying relatively high interest rates on the resulting credit card debt.

Although many young people blame "socializing" as a barrier to saving money, most of them aren’t purchasing $ 20 drinks in trendy bars. They’re struggling with much more daily financial demands.

To a disturbingly large extent, the young and the broke are relying on credit cards to make it until their next payday. This obviously isn’t permanent in the long run, and it’s going to put a huge drag on their spending power even after they reach their peak earning years, because they’ll still be paying interest on that bottle of orange juice or box of spaghetti (意式面条）they bought a decade earlier.

A new study out of Ohio State University found that young adults are accumulating credit card debt at a more rapid rate than other age groups, and that they're slower at paying it off. "If what we found continues to hold true, we may have more elderly people with substantial financial problems in the future’" warns Lucia Dunn, professor of economics at Ohio State. "If our findings persist, we may be faced with a financial crisis among elderly people who can’t pay off their credit cards."

Dunn says a lot of these young people are never going to get out from under their credit card debt. "Many people are borrowing on credit cards so heavily that payoff rates at these levels are not plenty to recover their credit card debt by the end of their life which could have loss impacts for the credit card issuing banks,"

1. What is the main idea of the first paragraph?

A．Many young Americans will never be able to pay off their debts.

B．Credit cards play an increasingly important role in college life.

C．Credit cards are doing more harm than student loans.

D．The American credit card system is under criticism.

2. Why do young people have to pay a higher interest on their credit card debt?

A．They tend to forget about the deadlines.

B．They haven't developed a credit history.

C．They are often unable to pay back in time.

D．They are inexperienced in managing money.

3. What is said to be the consequence of young adults relying on credit cards to make ends meet?

A．It will place an unnecessary burden on society.

B．It will give them no motivation to work hard.

C．It will exert psychological pressure on them.

D．It will affect their future spending power.

4. What will happen to young adults if their credit card debt keeps accumulating according to Lucia Dunn?

A．They will have to pay an increasingly higher interest rate.

B．They may experience a financial crisis in their old age.

C．Their quality of life will be affected.

D．Their credit cards may be cancelled.

5. What does Lucia Dunn think might be a risk for the credit card issuing banks?

A．They go bankrupt as a result of over-lending.

B．They lose large numbers of their regular clients.

C．Their clients leave their debts unpaid upon death.

D．Their interest rates have to be reduced now and then.

4 . The final results of Best-Ever Teen Fiction vote are in. While it’s no surprise to see Harry Potter and The Hunger Games series on top, this year’s list also highlights some writers we weren’t as familiar with. For example, John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars, appears five times in the top 100.

Summer, like youth, passes quickly. But the books we read when we’re young can stay with us for a lifetime. The following are the top 4 on the list. Enjoy.

1. Harry Potter series

The Harry Potter books make up the popular series written by J. K. Rowing. The series includes seven books. The books concern a wizard (魔法师) called Harry Potter and his journey through Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The stories tell of him over coming dangerous obstacles to defeat the dark wizard Lord Voldemort who killed his parents when Harry was 15 months old.

2. The Hunger Games series

In the ruins of a future North America, a young girl is picked to leave her poor district and travel to Capitol for a battle to the death in the cruel Hunger Games. But for Katniss Everdeen, the main character in this series by Suzanne Collins, winning the Games only puts her deeper in danger as the strict social order of Panem begins to unravel (瓦解).

3. To Kill a Mockingbird

Author Harper Lee explores racial tensions in the fictional “tired old town” of Maycomb, Ala., through the eyes of 6-year-old Scout Finch. As her lawyer father, Atticus, defends a black man accused of a crime, Scout and her friends learn about the unjust treatment of African-Americans – and their mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley.

4. The fault in Our Stars

Hazel Grace, a teenage girl, has got all sorts of cancer inside her body, and her lungs aren’t working very well. She knows she is dying and doesn’t live in hope any more. When a man named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at the Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten.

1. What do we know about John Green?

A．One of his novels tops the list.

B．Many of his novels are very popular.

C．He is the favorite writer of many teens.

D．He was a well-known writer long before the vote.

2. Who is the author of The Hunger Games series?

A．Harper Lee.

B．John Green.

C．J.K. Rowling.

D．Suzanne Collins.

3. What is To Kill a Mockingbird mainly about?

A．Lifelong friendships.

B．Racial discrimination.

C．A man working as a lawyer.

D．A little girl’s difficult childhood.

4. Hazel in The Fault in Our Stars ______.

A．is very optimistic

B．writes a great story

C．makes many mistakes

D．is changed by Augustus.

5. In which part of a newspaper can we find the text probably?

A．Sports.

B．News.

C．Literature.

D．Entertainment.

5 . Who's in control of your life? Who's pulling your strings? For the majority of us, it's other people-society, colleagues, friends, family or our community. We learned this way of operating when we were very young,of course. We were brainwashed. We discovered that feeling important and feeling accepted was a nice experience and so we learned to do everything we could to make other people like us. As Oscar Wilde puts it," Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation. "

So when people tell us how wonderful we are, it makes us feel good. We long for this good feeling like a drug-we are addicted to it and seek it out wherever we can. Therefore, we are so eager for the approval of others that we live unhappy and limited lives, failing to do the things we really want to. Just as drug addicts and alcoholics live worsened lives to keep getting their fix(成瘾物)we worsen our own existence to get our own constant fix of approval.

But, just as with any drug. there is a price to pay. The price of the approval drug is freedom-the freedom to be ourselves. The truth is that we cannot control what other people think. People have their own agenda, and they come with their own baggage and, in the end, they're more interested in themselves than in you. Furthermore, if we try to live by the opinions of others, we will build our life on sinking sand. Everyone has a different way of thinking, and people change their opinions all the time. The person who tries to please everyone will only end up getting exhausted (tired) and probably pleasing no one in the process.

So how can we take back control? I think there's only one way-make a conscious decision to stop caring what other people think. We should guide ourselves by means of a set of values- not values imposed from the outside by others. but innate values which come from within. If we are driven by these values and not by the changing opinions and value systems of others. we will live a more authentic, effective, purposeful and happy life.

1. What Oscar Wilde says implies that         .

A．most people have a variety of thoughts

B．we have thoughts similar to those of others

C．other people's thoughts are more important

D．most people's thoughts are affected by others

2. What does the author try to argue in the third paragraph?

A．The price of taking the drug is freedom.

B．We may lose ourselves to win the approval of others.

C．We need to pay for what we want to get.

D．Changing opinions may cost us our freedom.

3. It can be concluded from the passage that             .

A．it's better to follow others' opinions

B．it's important to accept others' comments

C．we shouldn't change our own decision

D．we shouldn't care too much what others think

4. The author tries to persuade the readers to accept his arguments mainly by         .

A．discussing questions	B．making suggestions
C．analyzing causes and effects	D．providing examples and facts

6 . A long time ago, my full grown children were still “children”. I saw something that still brings a burst of _______ to my heart whenever I think about it. My youngest son who had just learnt to walk at the time was very _______ to his big sister. When she first started going to _______, he would stand by the window waiting every day for her _______ to bring her home.

One day, _______, a particularly dirty diaper (尿布) incident happened. His mom needed to give him a quick _______ right when the school bus was _______ to arrive. When his sister and I _______ it to the door he was still in the bathtub. His sister went into her room to get changed. As soon as she _______ the door, her brother came out from the bathroom and walked with unsteady steps right to the ________. It seemed that his internal (内部的) ________ knew that his sister ________ be home at any second. I smiled as I watched him looking ________ out of the window while his sister came up from her room. Quietly she moved to him and gently tapped him on the shoulder. The ________ on his face when he turned around and saw his big sister was one I have ________ seen in this life. It was pure joy and pure love. His big eyes ________ with delight, his toothless smile ________ most of his face, and his tiny arms opened up to give his sister a very big hug.

I ________ a while ago that I had spent far too much of my own life looking out of a window waiting for something or someone to ________ me what I wanted in this life. It took me a long time to ________ feel the gentle tapping on my own shoulder. When I turned around, I saw love, joy and peace.

1.

A．inspiration

B．energy

C．freshness

D．joy

2.

A．related

B．attached

C．committed

D．attracted

3.

A．work

B．college

C．school

D．town

4.

A．bus

B．teacher

C．mom

D．bicycle

5.

A．further

B．however

C．therefore

D．indeed

6.

A．change

B．dress

C．fix

D．bath

7.

A．arranged

B．scheduled

C．prepared

D．assumed

8.

A．made

B．took

C．drove

D．got

9.

A．opened

B．approached

C．pulled

D．shut

10.

A．gate

B．bedroom

C．window

D．closet

11.

A．clock

B．time

C．memory

D．network

12.

A．might

B．could

C．should

D．must

13.

A．doubtfully

B．impatiently

C．attentively

D．anxiously

14.

A．innocence

B．curiosity

C．surprise

D．happiness

15.

A．possibly

B．frequently

C．rarely

D．easily

16.

A．welled

B．shone

C．closed

D．burned

17.

A．took up

B．lit up

C．set up

D．made up

18.

A．reflected

B．concluded

C．understood

D．realized

19.

A．bring

B．confirm

C．provide

D．tell

20.

A．gradually

B．finally

C．generally

D．suddenly

7 . “Oh, no! You’re moving?” Such was my neighbor’s ______ when she saw household items appearing on my lawn and ______ my driveway.

“Nope. Just cleaning house!” I called back, smiling.

This yard sale had been the result of six months of ______. I had searched every ______ and overflowing closet and cupboard—crazy about my seeking to find items to ______.

I met loads of ______ and friendly people. The Mirror Lady was ______ to buy the antique mirror from my first apartment for her daughter’s first apartment; and the Futon Girl, a college sophomore, said my futon (沙发床) and frame were ______ for her dorm room.

And how can I ______ the Camera Man? Bending absorbedly over the “technology” table, he spotted my husband’s faded ______ bag from the early 80s. Zippered compartments (隔包) ______ a broken camera and a few old lenses. “Wow!” he said, as he picked it up and made me a(n) ______. I asked what he was going to do with it. “It’s just cool—I have a shelf at home for cool ______ technology.” So apparently he ______ it just so he could look at it. As he walked down the driveway with the dusty bag ______ over his shoulder, for a second I ______ my journalist husband doing the same, heading out to ______ a story. That made me feel ______.

All yard sales lasted two days. As hard as it can be to let things ______, the true value of those things is to ______ you of a place you lived in, a special time in your life, or a loved one in your heart.

1.

A．acquisition

B．concern

C．explanation

D．meaning

2.

A．picking up

B．getting over

C．putting up

D．taking over

3.

A．adaptation

B．protection

C．preparation

D．production

4.

A．messy

B．bare

C．elegant

D．tidy

5.

A．measure

B．present

C．serve

D．sell

6.

A．generous

B．conservative

C．interesting

D．cautious

7.

A．thrilled

B．tired

C．confused

D．embarrassed

8.

A．famous

B．perfect

C．vital

D．cheap

9.

A．blame

B．trouble

C．worry

D．forget

10.

A．camera

B．hand

C．plastic

D．tool

11.

A．allocate

B．approached

C．exposed

D．withdraw

12.

A．appointment

B．appeal

C．excuse

D．offer

13.

A．fashionable

B．old

C．advanced

D．portable

14.

A．bought

B．improved

C．donated

D．twisted

15.

A．disappearing

B．hanging

C．printing

D．winding

16.

A．pictured

B．appreciated

C．stopped

D．forgave

17.

A．review

B．report

C．rhyme

D．repeat

18.

A．lonely

B．silly

C．good

D．hopeful

19.

A．gather

B．survive

C．control

D．go

20.

A．cheat

B．inform

C．remind

D．warn

8 . “I promise.” “I swear to you it’ll never happen again.” “I give you my word.” “Honestly. Believe me.” Sure, I trust. Why not? I teach English composition at a private college. With a certain excitement and intensity, I read my students’ essays, hoping to find the person behind the pen. As each semester progresses, plagiarism (剽窃) appears. Not only is my intelligence insulted as one assumes I won’t detect (查明) a polished piece of prose (散文) from an otherwise-average writer, but I feel a sadness that a student has resorted (求助于) to buying a paper from a peer. Writers have styles like fingerprints and after several assignments, I can match a student’s work with his or her name.

Why is learning less important than a higher grade-point average (GPA) (平均成绩点数)? When we’re threatened or sick, we make conditional promises. “If you let me pass math I will …” “Lord, if you get me over this before the big homecoming game I’ll…” Once the situation is behind us, so are the promises. Human nature? Perhaps, but we do use that cliché (陈词滥调) to get us out of uncomfortable bargains.

Six years ago, I took a student before the dean. He had turned in an essay with the vocabulary and sentence structure of PhD thesis (博士毕业论文). Up until that time, both his out-of-class and in-class work were borderline passing.

I questioned the person regarding his essay and he swore that it was the consequence of his hardwork, but he had already had a given sheet of paper so he understood what was asked. He sat one hour, then turned in part of a page of unskilled writing and faulty logic. I confronted him with both the essays. “I promise…, I’m not lying. I swear to you that I wrote the essay. I’m just nervous today.”

The head of the English department agreed with my finding, and the meeting with the dean had the boy’s parents present. After an hour of discussion, touching on eight of the boy’s previous essays and his grade-point average, which indicated he was already on academic probation (留校察看), the dean agreed that the student had plagiarized (剽窃). His parents protested, “He’s only a child.” and we instructors were wiser and should be compassionate (有同情心的). College people are not really children and most times would resent being labeled as such… except in this uncomfortable circumstance.

1. According to the author, students commit plagiarism mainly for ________.

A．money	B．degree
C．higher GPA	D．reputation

2. The sentence “Once the situation is behind us, so are the promises” implies that ________.

A．students usually keep their promises

B．some students tend to break their promises

C．the promises are always behind the situation

D．we cannot judge the situation in advance

3. The “borderline passing” (Line 3, Para.3) probably means ________.

A．excellent	B．extremely poor
C．above average	D．not very good

4. The boy’s parents thought their son should be excused mainly because ________.

A．teachers should be compassionate	B．instructors were wiser
C．he was only a child	D．he was threatened

5. Which of the following might serve as the title of this passage?

A．Human Nature	B．Conditional Promises
C．How to Detect Cheating	D．The Sadness of Plagiarism

9 . In the 1960s, medical researchers Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe developed a checklist of stressful events. They appreciated the tricky point that any major change can be stressful. Negative events like “serious illness of a family member” were high on the list, but so were some positive life-changing events, like marriage. When you take the Holmes-Rahe test you must remember that the score does not reflect how you deal with stress — it only shows how much you have to deal with. And we now know that the way you handle these events dramatically affects your chances of staying healthy.

By the early 1970s, hundreds of similar studies had followed Holmes and Rahe. And millions of Americans who work and live under stress worried over the reports. Somehow, the researchgot boiled down toa memorable message. Women’s magazines ran headlines like “Stress causes illness!” If you want to stay physically and mentally healthy, the articles said, avoid stressful events.

But such simplistic advice is impossible to follow. Even if stressful events are dangerous, many — like the death of a loved one — are impossible to avoid. Moreover, any warning to avoid all stressful events is a prescription (处方) for staying away from opportunities as well as trouble. Since any change can be stressful, a person who wanted to be completely free of stress would never marry, have a child, take a new job or move.

The concept that all stress makes you sick also ignores a lot of what we know about people. It assumes we’re all vulnerable (脆弱的) and passive in face of tough conditions. But what about human initiative (主动性) and creativity? Many come through periods of stress with more physical and mental strength than they had before. We also know that a long time without change or challenge can lead to boredom, and physical and mental strain.

1. The result of Holmes-Rahe’s medical research tells us ________.

A．how to handle major events causes stress

B．what should be carried out to avoid stress

C．how to deal with sudden changes in life

D．what kind of event would cause stress

2. The studies on stress in the early 1970s led to ________.

A．great fear over the mental disorder

B．popular avoidance of stressful jobs

C．widespread worry about its harmful effects

D．a careful research into stress-related illnesses

3. Which of the following expressions is the closest in meaning to the underlined phrase in paragraph 2?

A．was summarized as	B．was quarrelled about
C．was made clear	D．was brought to an end

4. Why is “such simplistic advice” (Line 1, Paragraph 3) impossible to follow?

A．People have to get married someday.

B．You could be missing chances as well.

C．No prescription is effective in reducing stress.

D．No one can stay on the same vacation for long.

5. According to the passage, people who have experienced ups and downs may become _____.

A．more flexible to deal with difficulties

B．nervous in face of various difficulties

C．physically and mentally exhausted

D．insensitive toward what happens to them

10 . With child behavior, there is almost much more than it meets the eye. Because it occurs at so many different levels, child behavior that seems simple at one level can often be much more complex and meaningful at another.

For instance, a little child’s pattern of getting into cupboards, drawers and closed rooms, even after being told not to, is easily considered as bad behavior. When viewed at that level, the pattern is unacceptable and could lead to punishment. But it can be viewed at a more complex and meaningful level, namely child exploration. If a child regularly experiences an angry parent who seems determined to prevent any exploratory activities, the child will decide to continue to achieve future discoveries. When parents view this behavior as born out of natural curiosity rather than simple opposition, they are more likely to accept and appropriately monitor it. Although it may lead to warning responses to ensure the child’s safety, it is less likely to lead to punishment.

There are countless other examples. Holding a goldfish outside its bowl is foolish at one level but also can be seen as a young child’s attempt to express physical affection for a pet. Spending time with friends rather than family is selfish at one level but also indicates a teen’s need for independence.

The point here is that child behavior is often exhibited in simple forms that can appear to be oppositional, selfish or generally unacceptable if viewed only at that basic level. However, when viewed at a more meaningful level, the same apparently simple behavior can be seen as something larger and potentially more adaptive. This doesn’t mean the behavior should be ignored, especially if it is inappropriate. But looking at the bigger picture of a child’s behavior, adults might gain a fuller understanding of what they’re dealing with, which can create more flexibility in how they respond.

1. According to Paragraph 1, we can know that child behavior ________.

A．is very changeable	B．is inacceptable
C．occurs at different levels	D．is fully understood by adults

2. The example in Paragraph 2 mainly shows that ________.

A．parents should properly punish child behavior

B．parents should keep children’s safety in mind

C．children’s behavior shows their interests

D．there are different attitudes to child behavior

3. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 most probably mean?

A．The child will insist on doing things with determination.

B．The child will have to make frequent decisions.

C．The child will make new discoveries in the future.

D．The child will develop a strong sense of achievement.

4. It can be inferred from Paragraph 3 that ________.

A．child behavior usually reflects a child’s need

B．what a child does can mean differently when seen from different aspects

C．children tend to do something to show their dependence to their parents

D．children spending time with friends show their selfishness

5. What does the writer suggest parents should do with a child’s behavior?

A．Have a positive attitude towards it.

B．Ignore the improper behavior.

C．View it at the basic level.

D．Watch over it from head to foot.