1 . Two birthdays, One mistake

Zackary Johnson has a birthday coming up in a few days, so it wasn’t surprising to have an envelope addressed to him last week.

His mom, Glenda, ____ immediately that it was spelled “Zachary” Johnson. She didn’t find that unusual because many people spell Zackary’s name ____. But the sender’s pre-printed label made her confused. That name didn’t ____ up to anyone of her friends or relatives. She asked her husband, “Do you ____ this name?” “Nope,” Steve responded and became somewhat ____.

Still, they agreed to ____ the envelope to their son to see what was in it. Zack opened it to ____ $20 in a birthday card that said “Happy Birthday, Zachary!” He was ____and was ready to go shopping!!

However, the ____ increased for Glenda. The card was unsigned. She was wondering why a ____ would send money to her son and ____ he would know it was Zack’s birthday. A variety of scenes can go ____ parents’ minds, especially when they hear stories about Internet crimes. They knew they would have to make some inquiries not only to give them ____, but also to protect their son.

“I know who that fellow is! He is an old farmer that lives out on Hillberry Road.” Glenda’s dad said when he was informed of the ____.

So the couple quickly drove out into the country and found the house. ____, no one was home. Steve decided to leave a brief but ____ message that the call should be returned as soon as possible.

The next day the old farmer called. The farmer’s great grandson, Zachary Johnson, had recently moved with his parents to Heavenly Drive. That’s the street where Zackary Johnson ____. The farmer was sure surprised by the ____ of events. He figured he’d have to send another card to his grandson. But Zackary Johnson, who is turning eleven years old in a few days, did the right thing. He and his parents ____ their way down Heavenly Drive to the home of Zachary Johnson who is turning four years old in a few days. They ____ Zachary’s great grandfather’s card with the $20. Plus, Zackary Johnson wished Zachary Johnson a very Happy Birthday.

1.

A．expected

B．guessed

C．added

D．noticed

2.

A．hesitantly

B．incorrectly

C．quickly

D．naturally

3.

A．match

B．back

C．call

D．build

4.

A．sign

B．like

C．bear

D．recognize

5.

A．embarrassed

B．discouraged

C．concerned

D．ashamed

6.

A．present

B．return

C．address

D．drop

7.

A．hold

B．find

C．reach

D．pay

8.

A．relieved

B．relaxed

C．amused

D．excited

9.

A．unease

B．anger

C．regret

D．sadness

10.

A．relative

B．friend

C．stranger

D．farmer

11.

A．who

B．what

C．when

D．how

12.

A．over

B．beyond

C．through

D．against

13.

A．faith

B．peace

C．satisfaction

D．confidence

14.

A．secret

B．crime

C．conclusion

D．situation

15.

A．Amazingly

B．Unfortunately

C．Interestingly

D．Undoubtedly

16.

A．urgent

B．updated

C．warning

D．flexible

17.

A．walks

B．travels

C．lives

D．moves

18.

A．turn

B．order

C．error

D．trend

19.

A．changed

B．made

C．pushed

D．cleared

20.

A．held

B．showed

C．delivered

D．purchased

2 . A Different View

At age 14, 15 and 16, the way we looked was the most important thing in the world to us. My friends and I wanted nothing less than perfection.

In high school, we joined the gymnastics team, and our ______ became even more important to us. We had no fat, only muscle. On the weekends, we would go to the beach, _______of our flat stomachs.

One summer day, all my friends were at my house ______. At one point, I was running back to the pool. I ______ on a bee, and while it was dying under my foot, it stung(蛰) me. I instantly started to feel ______. That night, I began to run a high fever and my leg and foot were red, hot and swollen. I couldn’t walk. I could barely ______. When my foot started to go numb, everyone became more ______. My foot was not getting enough blood. I had to go to the ______, and my leg hurt as if it were badly broken. I couldn’t move. All I could do was think about how soft my waist was becoming. That ______ me more than any concern over my leg.

That would all ______ when I heard the doctors mention possibly cutting off my foot. It was still not getting the ______ supply it needed. The doctors would have to speed up their treatment.

Never before had I had such great ______ for my foot. And walking seemed like a ________from the gods. Less and less would I want to hear my friends talk about ______ and who was wearing what. More and more I expected visits from other kids in the hospital, who were quickly becoming my friends.

One girl came to visit me ______. Every time she came, she brought flowers. She was recovering from cancer and felt she should come back and ______ the other patients.

She still had no hair, and she was swollen from medications she had been taking. I would not have given this girl a second ______ before. I now loved every inch of her and looked forward to her ______.

Finally, I was improving and soon I went home. My leg was still swollen, ______ I was walking, and I had my foot! When I would go back to the hospital, I often saw my friend. She was still visiting people and ______ good cheer. I thought if even there was an angel on this earth, it had to be her.

1.

A．brains

B．bodies

C．grades

D．clothes

2.

A．proud

B．sure

C．ashamed

D．tired

3.

A．dancing

B．chatting

C．swimming

D．jogging

4.

A．focused

B．took

C．held

D．stepped

5.

A．upset

B．anxious

C．fearful

D．sick

6.

A．stand

B．run

C．jump

D．rest

7.

A．interested

B．relieved

C．concerned

D．surprised

8.

A．beach

B．gym

C．school

D．hospital

9.

A．troubled

B．impressed

C．blamed

D．shocked

10.

A．happen

B．change

C．help

D．bother

11.

A．nutrition

B．time

C．air

D．blood

12.

A．devotion

B．appreciation

C．observation

D．admiration

13.

A．treat

B．gift

C．promise

D．hand

14.

A．gymnastics

B．homework

C．movies

D．appointment

15.

A．suddenly

B．eventually

C．regularly

D．recently

16.

A．advise

B．serve

C．encourage

D．instruct

17.

A．thought

B．glance

C．choice

D．chance

18.

A．flowers

B．ideas

C．visits

D．words

19.

A．so

B．then

C．for

D．but

20.

A．spreading

B．gaining

C．enjoying

D．discovering

3 . Many parents worry that showing negative emotions in front of their children will cause them to suffer. For example, children may end up thinking it's their fault or simply "catch" the emotion. Indeed, this worry has a sound basis — the phenomenon of “emotional contagion"（情绪感染）is real, and one recent study found that parents can transfer their fear of going to the dentist, for example, to their children.

On the other hand, there is the natural idea that we should “be real" with our children, and that they will benefit from watching a parent who struggles and eventually deals with their negative emotions like any other human being.

There are three concepts to consider when it comes to emotional display in front of children: suppression （压抑），"uncontained" expression, and talking about emotions. Suppression of emotion is when you hide the outward signs of an emotion. Unfortunately, it doesn't work very well — the act of suppressing your emotion actually increases your blood pressure. Observers can pick up on your distress despite your efforts to hide it, making them feel stressed. The recent research has also found that when parents feel negative emotions and keep them from their children, they experience lower relationship quality and decreased responsiveness to their child's needs.

On the other hand, “uncontained" expression of anger and sadness by the parent is also not salutary for the child. Uncontained means high intensity emotion, with no attempts to regulate or take ownership of it. Shouting, smashing （摔）things and blaming someone else for "making you angry" are all example of this .

So, what is the middle ground? That would be talking about emotion taking ownership of them and showing your child that you are trying to deal with them. Classic research found that six-year-old kids had better emotional understanding and perspective-taking skills if their mothers had talked to them about their emotions at the age of three. In fact, the more the mothers had talked, the better the outcome would be.

So next time you feel sad, angry or frustrated and your child is watching you expressing emotion, do explain what's going on in terms they can understand.

1. The author uses the example of going to the dentist mainly to _______.

A．explain parents' common fear

B．introduce the topic of negative emotions

C．show children may catch parents' emotions

D．present the consequences of transferring negative emotions

2. If a mother suppresses （(压抑)）her emotions, .

A．she will not make her kids feel stressed

B．she can hide her emotions from her kids

C．she will often shout at her kids for no reasons

D．she can't respond effectively to her kids' needs

3. What does the underlined word "salutary" in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A．Enough.	B．Beneficial.
C．Necessary.	D．Reliable.

4. What is the author's intention of writing this text?

A．To encourage parents to "be real" with our children.

B．To call on parents to develop a positive attitude to life.

C．To inform parents of the consequences of negative emotions.

D．To recommend parents to talk about negative emotions with children.

5. What's the structure of the text?

A．	B．
C．	D．

4 . My father was born in a small town in the US. He wasn’t sure what he wanted from _______, but something told him to _______ and begin a new adventure. He began that adventure traveling to cities in the US before going on to Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines. He took my mother and us three daughters with him and went wherever the road _______ him.

It’s easy to feel _______ when you’re on the road. We made lots of new friends on our trip — most of them are mechanics, since we often _______ hours in repair shops. But that was a way much _______ than sitting by the roadside while waiting for the engine to _______ when it was 40℃ outside.

Getting along well sometimes seemed _______. There were always a lot of _______, especially among us back-seat passengers about who had to _______ in the middle. But even if it was hard, we learned a lot about _______. When we were traveling in the Philippines, we drove to Quezon City one day. It should have been an hour’s drive but was nearly three thanks to bad roads and _______ traffic. “Did you put our suitcases in the car?” my father asked my mother as we arrived there. From the back seat, we saw her slowly turn towards my father. “No,” she said. “I thought you did.” That was how a three-hour car trip turned into a nine-hour one, which was mostly spent in _______.

On occasions like that, we had to learn to let go of our anger because we were _______ in a rolling box with the same people for the rest of the _______. Even if I sometimes felt like opening the car door and _______ one of my sisters out, I kept my feelings to myself.

This is why road trips were like _______ universities to us. We _______ our PHDs in how to get along with other people just by traveling in our old car.

If we were _______ given a second chance at life, we would do it all over again. Only this time would I put the _______ in the car myself.

1.

A．move

B．belief

C．experience

D．life

2.

A．get out

B．struggle on

C．live up

D．walk around

3.

A．drove

B．took

C．served

D．controlled

4.

A．anxious

B．upset

C．lonely

D．helpless

5.

A．wasted

B．spent

C．worked

D．chatted

6.

A．easier

B．safer

C．better

D．cleverer

7.

A．break down

B．turn over

C．clear up

D．cool off

8.

A．impossible

B．alternative

C．necessary

D．available

9.

A．discussions

B．arguments

C．embarrassments

D．amusements

10.

A．settle

B．rest

C．watch

D．sit

11.

A．tolerance

B．sharing

C．communication

D．respect

12.

A．light

B．quick

C．thick

D．fast

13.

A．sadness

B．silence

C．panic

D．disappointment

14.

A．buried

B．crazy

C．impatient

D．stuck

15.

A．journey

B．holiday

C．exploration

D．march

16.

A．dragging

B．sending

C．helping

D．pushing

17.

A．unusual

B．common

C．mobile

D．free

18.

A．expected

B．earned

C．missed

D．valued

19.

A．somewhere

B．anyway

C．anytime

D．somehow

20.

A．suitcases

B．phones

C．boxes

D．books

5 . As I jogged over the bridge and round the corner on my regular early morning run, he was standing opposite the jeweler’s, looking extremely suspicious. But the moment he saw me, instead of trying to avoid me, he came straight across the road as I drew level with the jeweler’s. Halfway across he began addressing me: “I thought you were going to…” — but his voice trailed away as he received no reply and no sign of recognition from me. It was quite obvious that he had mistaken me for someone else. But he started up again as if nothing had happened．“Good morning, ” he said．“Nice to bump into someone so early. Someone to talk to. I’ve taken to talking to myself on this job.”

I hate meeting people when I’m out early, and I was almost out of breath, so I just paused in my stride, nodded in a friendly manner, and went on up the road. The stranger had spoken quietly, and quite slowly. And I had noticed that he was well dressed, too. But if he looked suspicious dressed like that at that time of the morning, what about me? I was in a track suit, with an old sweater round my shoulders and a cap on my head．As to his odd remark about “talking to himself on this job”, I hadn’t paid any attention to it, although now it began to worry me. Was he perhaps a plain clothes policeman? At the time I somehow felt he was.

I had just turned the corner into the High Street when I heard the sound of breaking glass somewhere behind me, and I thought the sound came from the street I had just left. I stopped dead and almost without thinking looked back around the corner. The stranger was not there, but almost immediately an alarm bell in the jeweler’s began ringing furiously.

I found out later that a burglar had broken into the jeweler’s shop and stolen watches and rings worth about   ￡5,000. The police are still looking into the matter, but I’m afraid to go and tell them what I know now because they might even suspect me of committing the crime, and it might be difficult for me to prove my innocence. After all, I haven’t offered my assistance as a witness, and the only other person around that morning was the “stranger” who had spoken to me.

1. From the passage we can infer that the author _____.

A．always goes past the jeweler’s

B．didn’t like talking to the strangers

C．meets a few people every morning

D．saw a plain clothes policeman that morning

2. Why did the stranger talk to the author?

A．Because the stranger took the author as someone else.

B．Because the stranger loved talking to people.

C．Because the stranger recognized the writer.

D．Because the stranger took a job of talking to himself.

3. Why did the stranger seem suspicious?

A．He was about to go into the jeweler’s.

B．He was far too friendly.

C．He was dressed too well for that time.

D．He talked to himself a lot.

4. If the writer had been on the spot, _____.

A．he might have been badly injured

B．he would have seen what happened

C．he wouldn’t have heard the alarm bell

D．the stranger wouldn’t have broken the window

5. What idea does the author convey in the last paragraph?

A．he thinks the stranger is innocent

B．the burglar didn’t steal very much

C．he might commit the crime to the police

D．he hesitates whether to report to the police about what he knew

6 . Years of living with a lisp (口齿不清) had taught me it was better not to say anything than to speak and risk embarrassment. As a result of my ______, I felt distanced from most of my peers (同龄人). “Kathy? Oh, she’s quiet.” That’s what most people would say when they ____ me, as if “Quiet” were part of my ____. I was okay with that. I didn’t need to be ____.

Last September, however, that all ____. I started my creative writing class with Ms. Haist. Every day we would be given a different writing task and, if we wished, we could ____ what we had written. I ____ listening to others read their work and thinking: “That will never be me. I’ll never have the ____ to do that.”

One day, I was really ____ with what I had written and wanted to share. My heart was beating wildly as I raised my hand. Those ____ little voices were ringing in my ear, “You have a lisp, remember? ____, your writing isn’t that good. Be quiet.” I was about to ____ my hand when I met Ms. Haist’s encouraging eyes.

I swallowed the voices down and let my real voice ___. I could hear it ___as I read, and I could hear every stutter (结巴) and mistake. I finished reading, waiting to be laughed at. ____, I heard claps from the class and praise from Ms. Haist.

The next day, I did it ____. Soon I was reading out loud nearly every day. Gradually, I realized that ____ my lisp, the class and the teacher always appreciated my writing. Now I may still not be the most ____, social person, but I’ve become better at oral presentations. I ____ read my poetry out loud at a reading club.

Every time those little voices try to tell me to be quiet, I think of all the encouragement I received in class and I know that I ____ to be heard.

1.

A．embarrassment

B．excitement

C．humor

D．silence

2.

A．heard from

B．talked of

C．called on

D．looked for

3.

A．name

B．opinion

C．duty

D．business

4.

A．seen

B．heard

C．followed

D．protected

5.

A．disappeared

B．returned

C．developed

D．changed

6.

A．examine

B．practice

C．share

D．copy

7.

A．regret

B．consider

C．imagine

D．remember

8.

A．time

B．courage

C．patience

D．evidence

9.

A．busy

B．strict

C．pleased

D．disappointed

10.

A．tired

B．urgent

C．funny

D．cheerful

11.

A．Besides

B．Otherwise

C．Therefore

D．Normally

12.

A．touch

B．wave

C．extend

D．withdraw

13.

A．go down

B．die away

C．come out

D．calm down

14.

A．shaking

B．singing

C．shouting

D．deepening

15.

A．Sadly

B．Hopefully

C．Honestly

D．Unexpectedly

16.

A．again

B．alone

C．already

D．anyway

17.

A．thanks to

B．instead of

C．despite

D．except

18.

A．serious

B．outgoing

C．nervous

D．hardworking

19.

A．even

B．still

C．only

D．seldom

20.

A．fear

B．agree

C．deserve

D．pretend

7 . Even if you are naturally shy, these three tricks will help you to quickly build a new social circle in any new city.

1. Take pictures

One of the great things about taking pictures at an event or party is that it gives you an excuse to get in touch with the person later. Everybody loves seeing pictures of themselves, and it’s very easy after taking a picture to say “If you’d like I can email it to you.” This can be the seed that leads to new connections. The next time you hear about a fun event email your new contacts to let them know about it.

2. Eat alone in public

You might feel self-conscious eating by yourself but it has an important benefit: you are much easier to approach when you are alone. People may be afraid of interrupting you or being rude if you are in a conversation with someone else. Bring a book or newspaper to read (this will make you feel less self-conscious). Plus, having an interesting book with you will give others an excuse to start a conversation if they’ve read it.

3. Join a class, sports team, or club

Yoga, salsa dancing, volleyball, Toastmasters (a public speaking club), a class for work, etc. Take up a new hobby or continue an old one!

These are all great places to meet new people, primarily because you will be forced to see the same people over and over again in the class. You will automatically make friends with them if you have a common interest and are forced to see each other again.

Tips：

*In the beginning, never turn down an invitation from someone, even if it’s something you wouldn’t normally do.

*Email your new friends with fun things to do instead of always asking what their plans are. If they have a better plan you can drop yours and join them. This will help establish you as someone who is contributing value instead of just taking it (people want this in a friend).

*Don’t let little things in life upset you or be a negative person. People don’t want to be around someone like that!

1. When having meals, you’d better ________ if you want to make new friends.

A．approach others to show conscious friendliness

B．start a conversation with those who have friends aside

C．invite others to your apartment to eat together

D．sit on your own in public places

2. According to the text, which of the following is NOT mentioned as an advantage of joining a class?

A．It helps you find out people who share a common interest with you.

B．It helps you find out your interest and take up a new hobby.

C．It offers an opportunity to meet the same people repeatedly.

D．It is a good way to meet new people and make friends in a new city.

3. Which of the following pieces of advice is a tip from the text?

A．Try to be outgoing and talkative instead of being shy.

B．Never turn down an invitation from your friends.

C．Offer suggestions on how to spend time together.

D．Always give a positive response to any request.

4. By writing the text, the author intends to tell us ________.

A．why you should change when you move to a new city

B．how you can make new friends in a new city

C．why you should make new friends in a new city

D．how you can keep in touch with strangers

8 . You are a member in a full-time school called “life”. Each day here you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. You may like the lessons or hate them, but you have designed them as part of your curriculum.

Why are you here? What is your purpose? Humans have sought to discover the meaning of life for a very long time. What we and our ancestors have to overlook is that there is no one answer. The meaning of life is different for every individual.

Each person has his own purpose and distinct path, unique and separate from anyone else’s. As you are traveling your life path, you will be presented with numerous lessons you will need to learn in order to achieve that purpose. The lessons you are presented with are specific to you; learning these lessons is the key to discovering and achieving the meaning of your own life.

As you are traveling through your lifetime, you may meet challenging lessons that others don’t have to face, while others spend years struggling with challenges that you don’t need to deal with. You may never know why you are blessed with a wonderful marriage, while your friends suffer painful divorces, just as you cannot be sure why you struggle financially while your peers enjoy abundance. The only thing you can count on is that you will be presented with all the lessons that you specifically need to learn.

The challenge, therefore, is to arrange yourself with your own unique path by learning individual lessons. This is one of the most difficult challenges you will face in your lifetime, as sometimes your path will be different from others. But don’t compare your path with that of people around you and focus on the differences between their lessons and yours. You need to remember that you will only face lessons that you can learn and are specific to your own growth.

Our sense of fairness is the expectation of equality. Life is not, in fact, fair, and you may indeed have a more difficult life path than others around you, deserved or not. Everyone’s circumstances are unique, and everyone needs to handle his or her own circumstances differently.

1. According to the passage, how can the meaning of your life be realized?

A．Gathering different opinions from others

B．Taking the distinct path from others.

C．Learning the lessons presented to you.

D．Doing the different things from others.

2. From the passage we can conclude     .

A．everyone has his own track to follow

B．unexpected things usually happen to the peers

C．a painful divorce must lie in financial problems

D．a wealthy man must have a wonderful marriage

3. In your lifetime, the lessons you are faced with      .

A．are beyond your power

B．keep you from growth

C．limit your development

D．help you with your success

4. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．All things should be equal and justice to everybody.

B．You should learn to deal with specific problems differently from others.

C．One has to fix his mind on unfairness of circumstances.

D．You can complain life is unfair whenever possible.

5. Life is called a full–time school, because      .

A．it is full of all lessons to learn

B．you have plenty of time to learn lessons

C．you meet with specific lessons every day

D．you can learn many things helpful to you

9 . Over the next decade, technology will decimate more jobs in many professions.

Some robots already cost less to operate than the salaries of the humans they replace, and they are getting cheaper. Boston Consulting Group predicts that, by 2025, the operating cost of a robot that does welding (焊接) will be less than $2 per hour, for example. That’s more affordable than the $25 per hour that a human welder earns today in America.

Uber and many other companies are working on developing cars and trucks that don’t need a driver in the driver’s seat. According to the American Trucking Associations, approximately 3 million truck drivers were employed in the United States in 2010, and 6. 8 million others were employed in other jobs relating to trucking activity. So roughly one of every 15 workers in the country is employed in the trucking business. We could be talking about millions of jobs disappearing in the early 2020s.

And then there is the “Gig Economy (零工经济)” that has some businesses moving toward part-time, on-demand employment. Uber has already done this to taxi drivers, and other technology companies are doing it to a wide range of jobs. A study by Intuit predicted that, by 2020, 40% of American workers will be self-employed, and that full-time jobs will be harder to find. We are talking about 60 million people in this category. The problem is that not only do such part-time workers lack reliable full-time jobs and sick pay, but they can’t enjoy health insurance and longer-term benefits.

The measures to be taken are to raise trade barriers. But closing the doors to foreign trade won’t bring jobs back. It will only slow the global economy and hurt American exports, shrinking the U. S. economy and accelerating job loss.

1. The underlined word “decimate” in Paragraph 1 can be replaced by “______”.

A．make someone interested in	B．equip someone for
C．wipe out	D．bring back

2. What will happen with technologies developing according to the text?

A．Robots will become smarter and smarter.

B．Uber’s labor cost will be lower and lower.

C．More and more truck drivers will be needed.

D．Taxi drivers can enjoy more health insurance.

3. Which of the following is an advantage of a full-time job?

A．It may be flexible.

B．It may offer sick pay.

C．It is full of adventure.

D．It is always well-paid.

4. Which of the following does the writer agree on?

A．Welcoming foreign trade.

B．Offering more part-time jobs.

C．Using fewer robots to stop job loss.

D．Developing more new technologies.

5. What’s the writer’s main purpose in writing the text?

A．To show technology advances in our daily life.

B．To prove technologies cause low incomes.

C．To introduce what the Gig Economy is.

D．To warn the Gig Economy is coming.

10 . Many years ago, my mother read from the book Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey to me. I remember as if it were yesterday, hearing her voice at my side on a cold wintry night. My mother’s voice changed my world.

Long before I could read on my own, she shared with me the strength and beauty of McCloskey’s language a story of a little girl and her mother out in nature, co-existing with a mother bear and her own baby. The power of the story, of language and of my mother all came together. And it happened many times after that, over and over. The read aloud made me a reader.

Years later, I was reading aloud a picture book to a small child in a classroom. His life, so far, had not been easy. His childhood was troubled by poverty and loneliness. In that moment, in the joy of the read aloud, he had an idea that started something big.

What he said was this: “Mrs. Allyn, let’s make sure everyone knows how good this feels. Let’s have a holiday for the read aloud” Therefore, my organization, LitWorld, created a grassroots movement World Read Aloud Day in 2010 to honor this young boy’s wish for everyone to be able to have a read aloud every day.

Since the day he shared that good idea with us, World Read Aloud Day has become a worldwide event reaching over one million people in more than 65 countries around the world. This year we are over 600 cities strong, a number that is growing every day.

Children who grow up as readers become engaged citizens of the global world, and every child deserves the right to read. When I say that reading aloud will change the world, I know it sounds simple. But one of the many great things about giving kids access to the power of stories and sharing them together is that it is simple. It is also cheap and easily done. And the impact is huge.

1. How did the author’s parent change her life?

A．By reading aloud to her.

B．By listening to her reading.

C．By buying many books for her.

D．By encouraging her to read aloud.

2. According to Paragraph 3, the author was probably the little boy’s       .

A．mother	B．teacher
C．best friend	D．favorite writer

3. What does the small child’s idea in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A．To start a holiday.	B．To reduce poverty.
C．To found LitWorld.	D．To overcome loneliness.

4. What can we know about World Read Aloud Day from Paragraph 5?

A．Its origin.	B．Its future.
C．Its purpose.	D．Its development.

5. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A．Sticking to reading isn’t easy.

B．Reading gives a high rate of return.

C．Reading aloud isn’t actually simple.

D．Kids should try to change the world.