1 . Long long ago, there was an old man who lived with his son, his daughter-in-law, and a four-year-old grandson. The old man’s hands trembled(颤抖), his eyesight was very poor, and he couldn’t walk steadily (平稳地). The family ate together nightly at the dinner table. But the elderly grandfather’s shaky hands and failing sight made eating rather difficult. Rice often dropped on the floor.

The son and the daughter-in-law became angry with the old man, so they put a small table in the corner. There, the grandfather ate alone, while the rest of the family enjoyed dinner at the table. Since the grandfather had broken a dish or two, his food was served in a wooden bowl.

The four-year-old son watched it all in silence. One evening before supper, the father noticed his son playing with a piece of wood on the floor. He asked the child sweetly, “What are you making?” The boy answered, “Oh, I am making a little bowl for you and mama to eat your food from when I grow up.” The four-year-old son smiled and went back to work. The words struck the parents so hard that they were in silence. Then tears started to stream down their cheeks (脸颊). Though no word was spoken, both knew what must be done. That evening the husband took grandfather’s hand and gently led him back to the family table.

1. Why was the old man’s food served in a wooden bowl?

A．Because there was only a wooden bowl left.

B．Because the wooden bowl was light enough.

C．Because the old man had broken a few dishes.

D．Because the son and the daughter-in-law became angry with the old man.

2. The word “struck” in Paragraph 3 refers to ______.

A．shocked

B．annoyed

C．worried

D．confused

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

A．A Dinner Table	B．A Wooden Bowl
C．An Old Man and His Son	D．A Couple and Their Son

3 . People have grown taller over the last century,with South Korean women shooting up by more than 20 cm on average, and Iranian men gaining 16.5 cm. A global study looked at the average height of 18-year-olds in 200 countries between 1914 and 2014. The results show that while Swedes were the tallest people in the world in 1914.

Dutch men have risen from 12th place to the top spot with an average height of 182.5 cm. Latvian women, meanwhile, rose from 28th place in 1914 to become the tallest in the world a century later,with an average height of 169.8 cm.

A little extra height brings a number of advantages says Elio Riboli of Imperial College."Being taller is associated with longer life expectancy,"he said."This is largely due to a lower risk of dying of cardiovascular(心血管的)disease among taller people."

But while height has increased around the world, the trend in many African countries causes concern, says Riboli.While height increased in Uganda and Niger during the early 20th century, the trend has reversed(反转) in recent years, with height decreasing among 18-year-olds.

“One reason for these decreases in height is the economic situation in the 1980s,” said Alexander Moradi of the University of Sussex. The nutritional and health crises led to many children and teenagers failing to reach their potential height.

James Bentham, a co-author of the research from Imperial College, believes the global trend of increasing height is of great importance. “How tall we are now is strongly influenced by the environment we grew up in," he said. "If we give children the best possible start in life now, they will be healthier and more productive for decades to come.”

1. What does the global study tell us about people's height in the last hundred years?

A．There is great difference across continents

B．There has been an obvious increase in most countries.

C．The increase in people's height has been quickening.

D．The increase in women's height is bigger than in men's

2. What does Elio Riboli say about taller people?

A．They tend to live longer.

B．They enjoy an easier life

C．They generally risk fewer diseases.

D．They have greater expectations in life.

3. What do we learn about 18-year-olds in Uganda and Niger?

A．They grow up slower than their peers in other countries.

B．They are actually shorter than their earlier generations.

C．They find it hard to bring their potential into full play.

D．They have experienced many changes of government.

4. What does James Bentham suggest we do?

A．Watch closely the global trend in children's development.

B．Make sure that our children grow up to their full height.

C．Try every means possible to improve our environment.

D．Ensure our children grow up in an ideal environment.

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1. What is the Jitterbug Flip?

A．A company.

B．A cell phone.

C．A person.

D．A car.

2. What is the purpose of the passage?

A．To introduce a new product.

B．To show the advantages of new product.

C．To stress the importance of a new product.

D．To persuade people to buy a new product.

3. What can we infer about the Jitterbug Flip?

A．The Jitterbug Flip is suitable for people who are tired of using the complicated cell phone.

B．Users won't have to worry about running out of power due to the most dependable wireless network

C．The order can be canceled and you can get some of your money back.

D．If you order it now, you can get $25 off.

5 . On my first day of the sixth grade,I noticed one little girl called Amy on the school bus.”Don’t _______ her,” Lauren said, who sat beside me. “Or they will make fun of you.”

Amy had many _______ differences - lots of reasons for other kids to make fun of her. Her eyes weren’t straight. Her glasses were an inch thick. And she had really ugly teeth.

Every day _______we drove to and from school, kids would shout insults (侮辱) at Amy. “God, what a (n) _______ face! Stop looking at me!” “Mr. Rolland (the driver) ! Amy took off her_______,and now her eyes are _______ me! “Make her put them back on! “ For a while I shouted my share of insults,just so I would fit in (合群)._______,I didn’t want them to treat me the same way they treated Amy.

But while I was insulting her, my heart _______ for the girl. I could see that the insults were making her look _______ , because she was so ashamed (羞愧)and alone. Then I wanted to ________ her. I just didn’t know how to stop my schoolmates________ the night of our class roller - skating party.

Our whole class was there, including Amy. Amy didn’t know how to ________ , but I could see how much she wanted to ________ like the rest of us. So I skated over   to her and took her by the hand; we began the journey together around the skating rink (溜冰场).She just smiled, and sometimes she would laugh in ________ .

On the school bus the next morning there was much news about Amy and me________together, ________ nobody insulted her or me. And they didn’t do that for the rest of the year.

After graduation, I never ________ Amy again. However, I never forget her and I have always ________ if I changed her life for the better. But I know for sure she   changed my __________ After becoming her friend, I no longer tried to impress (给留下印象)people by trying to ________ like them. I became myself.

1.

A．laugh at

B．ask about

C．talk to

D．be afraid of

2.

A．common

B．small

C．social

D．physical

3.

A．as

B．though

C．after

D．before

4.

A．pretty

B．strange

C．ordinary

D．lovely

5.

A．glasses

B．coat

C．shoes

D．hat

6.

A．frightening

B．interesting

C．encouraging

D．injuring

7.

A．Instead

B．After all

C．If so

D．Therefore

8.

A．beat

B．lost

C．ached

D．opened

9.

A．happier

B．taller

C．prettier

D．uglier

10.

A．give into

B．deal with

C．stand up for

D．believe in

11.

A．until

B．except

C．before

D．after

12.

A．stand

B．skate

C．play

D．walk

13.

A．catch up

B．have fun

C．sit down

D．fall over

14.

A．fear

B．surprise

C．comfort

D．joy

15.

A．talking

B．chatting

C．skating

D．travelling

16.

A．so

B．because

C．but

D．still

17.

A．wrote to

B．laughed at

C．heard from

D．made fun of

18.

A．hoped

B．wondered

C．thought

D．considered

19.

A．life

B．mind

C．interest

D．friend

20.

A．study

B．fight

C．act

D．play

6 . There was a very wealthy man who was bothered by severe eye pain. He consulted many physicians and was being ________ by several of them. He did not stop consulting a large number of_________ experts; he consumed heavy loads of_________ and underwent hundreds of injections(注射). But the _________ was more unbearable than before.

At last, a monk who was _________ to be an expert in treating such patients was _________ by the suffering man. The monk _________ his problem and said that he should concentrate _________ on green colors and not let his eyes _________ any other colors for some time. It was a(n)_________ prescription(处方),but he was desperate and made up his mind to try it.

The wealthy man gathered a group of _________ and purchased barrels of green paint and directed that every object his eyes were _________ to see should be painted green just as the monk had directed. When the monk came to visit him after a few days, the wealthy man's _________ ran with buckets of green paint and poured it on him since he was in red, _________ their master saw any other color and his ache would _________.

Hearing this, the monk _________ and said, "If only you had bought a pair of green glasses, which are worth just a few dollars, you could have saved these walls and trees and pots and all the other articles and also could have saved a large share of his _________. You cannot paint the_________ green. "

Let us change our_________ and the world will change too. It is _________ to shape the world. Let us shape ourselves first.

1.

A．cheated

B．robbed

C．treated

D．hurt

2.

A．medical

B．chemical

C．technical

D．physical

3.

A．money

B．food

C．drugs

D．paints

4.

A．result

B．ache

C．stress

D．anxiety

5.

A．supposed

B．required

C．invited

D．forced

6.

A．taken care of

B．thought highly of

C．called for

D．asked for

7.

A．examined

B．solved

C．shared

D．covered

8.

A．mainly

B．only

C．simply

D．mostly

9.

A．land on

B．drop on

C．turn to

D．fall on

10.

A．difficult

B．strange

C．ordinary

D．final

11.

A．physicians

B．experts

C．painters

D．artists

12.

A．impossible

B．unusual

C．willing

D．likely

13.

A．friends

B．children

C．family

D．servants

14.

A．in case that

B．so that

C．in order that

D．now that

15.

A．break out

B．come back

C．get worse

D．go up

16.

A．nodded

B．screamed

C．laughed

D．stared

17.

A．fortune

B．trouble

C．time

D．energy

18.

A．room

B．house

C．garden

D．world

19.

A．mind

B．vision

C．plan

D．way

20.

A．unnecessary

B．brave

C．illegal

D．foolish

7 . To help self-driving cars drive safely, scientists are looking to an unlikely place: the sea. A new type of camera inspired by the eyes of mantis shrimps(螳螂虾) could help autonomous vehicles better assess their surroundings, researchers report October 11 in Optica. The camera has roughly half a million sensors that each capture a wide range of light and dark spots within a single frame, somewhat similar to how mantis shrimps see the world.

The researchers wanted to ''imitate the animals' ability to detect a wide range of light intensities(强度), ''says co-author Viktor Gruev, a bio-engineer at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The shrimps’ visual system allows them to see both light and dark areas while moving in and out of dark cracks in shallow waters, he says.

The newly devised camera can take in a wider range of light intensities, measured in decibels (分贝), than other digital or polarization cameras. Previously, the best polarization cameras operated with a dynamic range of about 60 decibels; the new one works within a 140 decibel range, resulting in a clearer mapping of objects in the same frame.

Depending on the maker, autonomous vehicles currently use a mixture of methods to map the world around them, including lidar (light detection and ranging equipment), cameras and GPS. But the cameras currently guiding autonomous vehicles aren't good at handling sharp lighting transitions and have trouble detecting features in foggy weather. Because the new cameras are small and use many of the same parts as common digital cameras, Gruev says they could cost as little as $10, which means they are car-makers' best choice for their autonomous vehicles.

1. What do we know about the new cameras after reading the article?

A．They enable cars to go through cracks without trouble.

B．They use totally different parts from common cameras.

C．They have already been widely used on self-driving cars.

D．They see the surroundings by detecting the light intensities.

2. How does Viktor Gruev feel about the cameras' practical use on self-driving cars?

A．Hopeful.	B．Uncertain.
C．Worried.	D．Modest.

3. What is the best title for the article?

A．Self-driving cars are already on their way.

B．Bioengineering paves the way for our future.

C．Mantis shrimps bring inspiration for new cameras.

D．The popularity of self-driving cars depends on cameras.

8 . Attitude isn’t quite everything when it comes to being successful, but attitude plays a part in every stage of your life. A poor attitude gets more people _______ than any other single factor, and a good attitude gets people jobs and helps them _______ those jobs more than any other factor.

Your attitude _______ many people, from your family to the stranger on the street corner. Your attitude is particularly important when you _______ seemingly hopeless situations. Losing a job or a friend because of a poor attitude is _______.

You can find at least two _______ to look at everything. A pessimist looks for difficulty in the opportunity, while an optimist looks for opportunity in the difficulty. A poet of long ago put the _______ between optimism and pessimism this way: Two men _______ out from prison bars—one saw mud; the other saw stars.

Unfortunately, many people look only at the _______ and not at the opportunity that lies within the problem. Many ________ complain about the difficulty of their jobs, for example, not realizing that if the job were ________, the employer would hire someone with less ability at a lower wage. A small coin can hide even the sun if you hold the coin close enough to your ________. So when you get too close to your problems, to ________ objectively about them, try to ________ how your vision can be ________. Take a step back, and look at the situation from a new angle.

You can’t do anything to change the fact that a problem ________, but you can do a great deal to find the opportunity within that problem. You’re ________ a better tomorrow by doing your best today and ________ a plan of action for the tomorrows that lie ahead. ________, just remember to ________ a positive mental attitude.

1.

A．hired

B．fired

C．employed

D．engaged

2.

A．offer

B．supply

C．keep

D．create

3.

A．affects

B．costs

C．makes

D．trains

4.

A．lose

B．predict

C．judge

D．face

5.

A．unfortunate

B．unnecessary

C．inconvenient

D．impossible

6.

A．desires

B．ways

C．spirits

D．solutions

7.

A．importance

B．necessity

C．similarity

D．difference

8.

A．looked

B．glared

C．celebrated

D．concluded

9.

A．everything

B．situation

C．problem

D．possibility

10.

A．employers

B．employees

C．bosses

D．secretaries

11.

A．simple

B．tough

C．difficult

D．interesting

12.

A．ear

B．nose

C．eye

D．mouth

13.

A．worry

B．ignore

C．admit

D．think

14.

A．keep in mind

B．keep in touch

C．get rid of

D．do away with

15.

A．observed

B．blocked

C．imagined

D．doubted

16.

A．appears

B．works

C．exists

D．contains

17.

A．guaranteed

B．persuaded

C．satisfied

D．convinced

18.

A．struggling

B．developing

C．dreaming

D．balancing

19.

A．In this respect

B．In contrast

C．In other words

D．In a word

20.

A．consider

B．amuse

C．occupy

D．maintain

9 . Babies made from three people approved in UK

Babies made from two women and one man have been approved by the UK’s fertility regulator. The historic and controversial move is to prevent children from being born with deadly genetic diseases.

Doctors in Newcastle — who developed the advanced form of In Vitro Fertilization or IVF (人工授精) — are expected to be the first to offer the procedure and have already appealed for donor eggs. The first such child could be born, at the earliest, by the end of 2017.

Some families have lost multiple children to incurable mitochondrial (线粒体的) diseases, which can leave people with insufficient energy to keep their heart beating.

The diseases are passed down from only the mother, so a technique using a donor egg as well as the mother’s egg and father’s sperm has been developed.

The resulting child has a tiny amount of their DNA from the donor, but the procedure is legal and reviews say it is ethical (伦理的) and scientifically ready.

“It is a decision of historic importance,” said Sally Cheshire, chairwoman of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA). “I’m sure patients will be really pleased by what we’ve decided today.”

But some scientists have questioned the ethics of the technique, saying it could open the door to genetically-modified(转基因) ‘designer’ babies.

The HFEA must approve every clinic and every patient before the procedure can take place. Three-person babies have been allowed only in cases where the risk of a child developing mitochondrial disease is very high.

Prof Mary Herbert, from the Newcastle Fertility Centre, said, “It is enormously pleasing that our many years of research in this area can finally be applied to help families affected by these devastating diseases”.

“Now that we are moving forward towards clinical treatments, we will also need donors to donate eggs for use in treatment to prevent affected women transmitting disease to their children.”

Prof Sir Doug Turnbull, the director of the Welcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research at Newcastle University, said, “We are delighted by today’s decision. We will also provide long-term follow up of any children born.”

NHS England has agreed to fund the treatment costs of the first trial of three-person IVF for those women who meet the HFEA criteria, as long as they agree to long-term follow up of their children after they are born.

1. Why is it historically important to approve babies made from three people?

A．It helps couples who lose the ability to give birth to a baby.

B．It marks a foundation stone to change babies’ appearances before birth.

C．It stops deadly genetic diseases passing down to newly-born babies.

D．It turns out to be an advanced form of In Vitro Fertilization.

2. Which of the following is TRUE about mitochondrial diseases?

A．They pass down on to babies from their parents.

B．They prevent people’s heart from functioning normally.

C．Some children infected can be cured with proper treatment.

D．Babies can be infected with them through a donor’s egg.

3. How can a clinic or a patient be approved of applying the three-person baby technique?

A．Only when the baby to be born needs it to survive.

B．Only when the patient gets financially prepared.

C．Only when the clinic gets scientifically ready.

D．Only when the technique is ethnically accepted.

4. What is the author’s attitude towards the approval of babies made from three people?

A．Supportive

B．Indifferent

C．Worried

D．Objective

10 . 完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always tight, but we had a_______ over our heads, food on the table, clothes on our backs, and if not a lot, always _______. Not knowing we were poor, my kids (孩子们) just thought I was _______. I’ve always been glad about that.

It was Christmas time, and although there wasn’t _______ for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party. But the big _______ for the kids was the fun of Christmas _______.

They planned weeks ahead of time, asking _______ what they wanted for Christmas. Fortunately, I had saved $120 for _______ to share by all five of us.

The big _______ arrived. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and __________ them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered (散开). We had two hours to shop; then we would __________ back at the “Santa’s Workshop”.

Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits, __________ my younger daughter, Ginger, who was unusually __________. She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies — fifty-cent candies! I was so angry, but I didn’t say anything __________ we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door, __________ to be angry again. This is what she told me.

“I was looking __________ thinking of what to buy, and I __________ to read the little cards on the ‘Giving Trees.’ One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she __________ for Christmas was a doll. So I took the card off the tree and __________ the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn’t have anything.”

I never felt so __________ as I did that day.

1.

A．roof

B．hat

C．sky

D．star

2.

A．little

B．less

C．enough

D．more

3.

A．busy

B．serious

C．strict

D．kind

4.

A．effort

B．room

C．time

D．money

5.

A．improvement

B．problem

C．surprise

D．excitement

6.

A．shopping

B．travelling

C．parties

D．greetings

7.

A．the other

B．each other

C．one by one

D．every other one

8.

A．toys

B．clothes

C．presents

D．bills

9.

A．day

B．chance

C．cheque

D．tree

10.

A．forced

B．reminded

C．invited

D．begged

11.

A．draw

B．stay

C．move

D．meet

12.

A．including

B．besides

C．except

D．regarding

13.

A．quiet

B．excited

C．happy

D．ashamed

14.

A．since

B．after

C．while

D．until

15.

A．waiting

B．ready

C．hoping

D．afraid

16.

A．out

B．over

C．forward

D．around

17.

A．forgot

B．stopped

C．failed

D．hated

18.

A．wanted

B．did

C．got

D．played

19.

A．made

B．searched

C．bought

D．fetched

20.

A．angry

B．rich

C．patient

D．bitter