1 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

In 1965, Millard and Linda Fuller decided to trade their lives as millionaires for a simple life helping others. They made this decision after visiting a community-run farm,     1     everyone worked together and helped each other. The farm inspired the Fullers and in 1976, they founded Habitat for Humanity,     2     non-governmental organization aimed     3     building houses worldwide for poor people.

Habitat houses are built by volunteers, and the materials used to build the houses     4     (donate). Because the Fullers believe that people should work to improve their own lives, those who receive a house must also spend hours     5     (help) build their homes.

Believing that people should help     6     (they), the Fullers want to ensure that houses are not     7     (simple) handed to people in need. Habitat houses are not free, but they are     8     (expensive) than other houses because the organization does not profit from them.

Today there are volunteers all around the world. Since 2000, many volunteers, including middle school and university students,     9     (build) houses for people in need. By building houses and helping them take     10     (responsible) for their lives, Habitat for Humanity is building hope around the world.

5 . The Sabi Sand Game Reserve in South Africa is one of the richest wildlife regions in the African continent. Over 200 species of mammals and 350 different birds can be found in its vast plains, grasslands and forests.

I spoke to Michael Rattray, chairman of the Sabi Sand management committee, about the management policies. “If in a thousand years' time the reserve is still a wonderful habitat for wildlife, then we will have succeeded in our mission. Various measures are being put in place. These include dealing with the problem of erosion (侵蚀). In 1996 we had abnormally high rainfall. This could have been absolutely destructive. However, we have successfully fought erosion using gabion stretchers, which are wire baskets filled with rocks. We have also used a lot of old aerial photographs, which have helped us return the land to its earlier state. This meant recreating open grassland areas to attract different types of animals,”he said.

Apart from these measures, the reserve employs a wide range of local workers. Building staff accommodation of any sort would make a big impact on the environment and would go against the aim of keeping the reserve as natural as possible. Instead, transport is provided so employees can live a normal life with their families outside the area, and the human impact is kept to a minimum.

Visitors to the reserve spend about six hours a day in open vehicles, observing wildlife on game drives. They are accompanied by a ranger and a local tracker. I shall never forget the moment on a game drive when a cheetah with her five cubs was pointed out to me. She was lying in a sea of long yellow grass, her markings almost invisible. We got close enough to hear her purr.

The Sabi Sand Game Reserve is a place where animals have no fear of humans. It is impossible to quantify the benefits of spending time in such an environment.

1. What helped solve the problem of erosion?

A．High rainfall.	B．Gabion stretchers.
C．Empty baskets.	D．Aerial photographs.

2. What can we know about visitors to the reserve?

A．They can walk to the open fields.

B．They must have very good eyesight.

C．They cannot go around the reserve alone.

D．They have two ways to enter the reserve.

3. What would be the best title for the text? .

A．An introduction to the Sabi Sand Game Reserve.

B．The importance of protecting wildlife.

C．Some advice on visiting the Sabi Sand Game Reserve.

D．The Sabi Sand Game Reserve—the biggest wildlife region.

6 . 假定你是李华，是校学生会国学社（Society of Sinology）的社长。为扩大社团影响力，弘扬传统文化，国学社欲招收外籍学生会员。请给在你校国际班就读的美国学生John用英语写一封电子邮件，向他介绍国学社，并请他帮忙在外籍学生中推广。邮件内容包括：
1、国学社简介，如研究历史等；
2、社团的活动；
3、帮忙推广。
注意：
1、词数100字左右；
2、可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3、开头及结语已写好，不计入总词数。
Dear John，

How are you doing these days?

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Looking forward to your early reply.

Yours’

Li Hua

7 . For top students from low-income families, applying to colleges is particularly difficult. One approach makes this whole process easier? Provide an adviser for them.

That's the idea behind CollegePoint, a program to help gifted students go to schools that match their intelligence. When a high school student takes a standardized test—the PSAT, SAT or ACT—and they score in the 90th percentile, and their families make less than $ 80, 000 a year, they get an email from the program offering them a free adviser. The advisers listen, guide and answer students' questions.

Connor Rechtzigel, an adviser in Minnesota, sees the importance of his role, for research shows that low-income students are far more likely to undermatch because they don't think they have what it takes to get in and because many don't even know what schools are out there. He helped high school senior Justice Benjamin, the first in his family to apply to college, thinking about what his ideal learning experience was. Finally, Justice narrowed in on smaller schools where he could study environmental science and made his final choice: Skidmore College in New York.

Figuring out how to pay for college is a major part of what CollegePoint advisers do. Nakhle, an adviser in North Carolina, is working with Hensley, an Ohio high school senior who can't get extra financial help from her family. They spent a lot of time comparing and analyzing her financial-aid award letters, which made her decision much clearer. Finally, the Ohio State University offered an option where she would pay nothing. Staying in-state wasn't her first choice, but it was the best option for her.

1. What is the second paragraph mainly about?

A．How CollegePoint works.	B．The history of CollegePoint.
C．Ways to apply for a free adviser.	D．The challenge of choosing colleges.

2. What prevents low-income students from attending proper colleges?

A．Thinking highly of their abilities.	B．Knowing little about colleges.
C．Lack of enough learning experience.	D．Failure to pass the entrance exam.

3. Why did Hensley finally choose the Ohio State University?

A．She didn't want to stay far from home.	B．Her favorite major was provided there.
C．She would show her talents to the full.	D．The university met her financial needs.

4. What is the best title for the passage?

A．Steps for Students to Choose Suitable Colleges

B．CollegePoint—How to Be a Financial Adviser

C．Advisers Helping College Students to Score High

D．CollegePoint—Helping Students Select Ideal Colleges

8 . Volunteer Opportunities for Young Adults

When you give back——to others less fortunate or in need of special help, you will definitely feel good about yourself and the world. If you have a wish to be personally connected to the charity or organization where you are giving your time and money, here are some volunteer opportunities.

★Watsi

Founded by Chase Adams after a bus ride in Costa Rica in 2011, Watsi is a digitally focused health nonprofit for young adults. Watsi offers real-time tracking of where money donated goes, from basic medical services to surgeries.

★Pencils of Promise

Pencils of Promise was founded by Adam Braun in October 2008. It is an on-profit organization that puts all of its time and funds into education in the developing world. Pencils of Promise encourages their donors to connect with others to increase donation. All the donation will be used to build schools, provide supplies and train teachers in poor and under educated countries.

★Project Linus

Everywhere you see young men and women knitting and crocheting(钩). They are using those skills to make blankets for children in need. Founded in 1995, in Denver, Colorado, Project Linus is an non-profit organization. Its goal is to provide warmth and safety through blankets to children across the nation in need. The organization is now led by Carol Babbit with the headquarters in Normal, IL.

★Girls on the Run

Girls on the Run was set up in1996 in Charlotte, North Carolina, with a team of 13 brave girls. Program founder Molly Barker struggled in her own life, and came to realize that a running program gave her “respect for my body and all the things it can do”. Girls on the Run is a volunteer opportunity for teaching young girls about the benefits of running.

1. Which organization has existed for about 9 years?

A．Watsi.	B．Pencils of Promise.
C．Project Linus.	D．Girls on the Run.

2. How does Pencils of Promise help the world?

A．It sells pencils to poor students.	B．It focuses on children's health.
C．It provides social media for poor kids.	D．It helps increase educational opportunities.

3. Which is right about Project Linus?

A．It was set up by Carol Babbit.	B．Its goal is to teach children how to knit.
C．It supplies blankets to kids in need.	D．It's an all-female organization.

4. Who set up Girls on the Run?

A．Chase Adams.	B．Molly Barker.
C．Carol Babbit	D．Adam Braun

9 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

The United Nations is not only interested in helping and     1     (protect) people. It looks after places, too. One of the aims of UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) which was founded in 1946, was to protect places     2     great cultural importance.

Its first major task was in the 1950s,     3     it launched a campaign to protect two ancient Egyptian temples which were going to be flooded with the     4     (construct) of the huge Aswan Dam. The temples     5     (take) to pieces and rebuilt on dry ground. 50 countries gave money to the project.     6     (it) success led to other projects to protect Venice, in Italy,     7     unique city built on water, and Moenjodaro, in Pakistan, one of the cradles of civilization.

If a site is put on the List of World Heritage in Danger, it means that it will receive money from the World Heritage Fund     8     (help) protect it.     9    , countries must make as much effort as they can to look after their special places and preserve the world’s cultural and     10     (nature) heritages for the future.

10 . LEGO began as one man’s small business. But today, it is the second largest toy company in the world. The LEGO company sells small, brightly colored plastic bricks (积木). People can buy LEGO bricks in over 90 countries.

Ole Kirk Kristiansen from Denmark began his own business in 1932. He made products (产品) from wood including colorful wooden toys. Kristiansen’s young son, Godtfred, worked with him. Their business helped them make a lot of money.

By 1934, the Kristiansens named their company LEGO, which came from two Danish words, “leg” and “godt”， meaning “play well”. The LEGO company grew slowly. But it continued to create excellent wooden toys.

By 1947, the LEGO company began using a new material (材料) to make their toys — plastic. One of the toys they sold was called the Automatic Binding Brick. A person could put the bricks together to build something. But the bricks did not hold together easily. Still, they were a popular toy.

A few years later, in 1954, Godtfred Kirk Kristiansen had a big idea. He wanted all of the LEGO bricks to fit together. Finally, four years later, in 1958, the LEGO company found their answer. They invented the first modern style LEGO brick, which was similar to the Automatic Binding Brick but each piece would fit with any other piece.

Since that time, any toy that the LEGO company created would fit with any other toy they created. Today, LEGO is not only the second largest toy maker in the world, but also making its products a great way for children to learn creative building skills.

1. When the LEGO company was set up, it ________.

A．had a rapid growth	B．failed to attract children
C．invited children to work with it	D．was small but successful

2. What do we know about the Automatic Binding Brick?

A．It was liked by few people.	B．It was the best of its kind.
C．It was a building toy.	D．It was made of wood.

3. The first modern style LEGO brick________.

A．fit together perfectly

B．was created by Godtfred and his father

C．was invented in the early 1950s

D．differed greatly from the Automatic Binding Brick

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

A．LEGO: Educational Toys

B．LEGO: Play Well

C．Toy Companies: From Small to Big

D．Toy Companies: Never Too Late to Create