1 . 完形填空
A few months ago, I was picking up the children at school. Emily, another mother that I knew well, rushed up to me. She was full of _______
“Do you know _______ you and I are?” she asked._______ I could answer, she gave out the reason for her question. She had just returned from renewing her driver’s license at a government office. The woman _______desk asked her what her “occupation” was. Emily hesitated,_______ how to answer it. “What I mean is,” explained the woman, “do you have a job, or are you just a ...?” “Of course I have a job,” answered Emily. “I’m a (an) _______” “We don’t _______ ‘mother’ as an occupation ... ‘housewife’ covers it,” she said.
I forgot all about her story _______ one day I found myself in the same situation. This time it was at our own Town Hall. The clerk was a woman.
“And what is your occupation?” she asked. What _______ me say it, I do not know. The words simply jumped out. “I’m ... a (an) ________ in the field of Child Development and Human Relations.”
The clerk stopped, her ball-point pen ________ in mid-air. She looked up _________   she had not heard right. I repeated the title slowly.
“Might I ask,” said the clerk with new interest, “just what you do in your ________?” Coolly, I heard myself________, “I have a continuing program of research in the laboratory and in the field. I’m working for my masters (the whole family) and already have _______ credits (令人增光的人或事物) (all daughters). I often work 14 hours a day (24 is more like it). The job is more challenging than most jobs and the ________ are in satisfaction rather than just money.”
There was an increasing note of ________ in the clerk’s voice as she ________in the form. As I drove into our driveway (私家车道), I was ________ by my lab assistants — ages 13, 7, and 3. Inside the house I could hear our new experimental model (six months) in the child-development program.
I felt successful. Motherhood...what a great ________1.

A．surprise

B．anxiety

C．anger

D．excitement

2.

A．who

B．what

C．how

D．why

3.

A．When

B．As

C．Before

D．Since

4.

A．at

B．after

C．by

D．around

5.

A．nervous

B．sure

C．anxious

D．uncertain

6.

A．mother

B．worker

C．teacher

D．doctor

7.

A．think

B．list

C．expect

D．give

8.

A．since

B．unless

C．until

D．when

9.

A．got

B．caused

C．permit

D．made

10.

A．researcher

B．manager

C．expert

D．scholar

11.

A．dropped

B．floated

C．frozen

D．broke

12.

A．so that

B．even though

C．as though

D．because of

13.

A．family

B．subject

C．study

D．field

14.

A．words

B．reply

C．shout

D．whisper

15.

A．two

B．three

C．four

D．five

16.

A．rewards

B．awards

C．profits

D．benefits

17.

A．interest

B．respect

C．doubt

D．fear

18.

A．explained

B．passed

C．completed

D．filled

19.

A．accepted

B．greeted

C．recognized

D．refused

20.

A．person

B．award

C．career

D．business

2 . 根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 EmpathyLast year, researchers from the University of Michigan reported that empathy, the ability to understand other people, among college students had dropped sharply over the past 10 years.    1    Today, people spend more time alone and are less likely to join groups and clubs.Jennifer Freed, a co-director of a teen program, has another explanation. Turn on the TV, and you’re showered with news and reality shows full of people fighting, competing, and generally treating one another with no respect.    2    There are good reasons not to follow those bad examples. Humans are socially related by nature.    3    Researchers have also found that empathetic teenagers are more likely to have high self-respect. Besides, empathy can be a cure for loneliness, sadness, anxiety, and fear.Empathy is also an indication of a good leader. In fact, Freed says, many top companies report that empathy is one of the most important things they look for in new managers.    4    “Academics are important. But if you don’t have emotional (情感的) intelligence, you won’t be as successful in work or in your love life,” she says.What’s the best way to up your EQ (情商）? For starters, let down your guard and really listen to others.    5    To really develop empathy, you’d better volunteer at a nursing home or a hospital, join a club or a team that has a diverse membership, have a “sharing circle” with your family, or spend time caring for pets at an animal shelter.

A．Everyone is different, and levels of empathy differ from person to person.

B．That could be because so many people have replaced face time with screen time, the researchers said.

C．“One doesn’t develop empathy by having a lot of opinions and doing a lot of talking,” Freed says.

D．Humans learn by example—and most of the examples on it are anything but empathetic.

E．Empathy is a matter of learning how to understand someone else—both what they think and how they feel.

F．Good social skills—including empathy—are a kind of “emotional intelligence” that will help you succeed in many areas of life.

G．Having relationships with other people is an important part of being human—and having empathy is decisive to those relationships.

3 . It’s only 4 hours flying time from Sydney, but a world away. What better place to rest than a country where the only place people hurry is on the football field and things are done in “Fiji time”?

Viti Levu — Great Fiji — is the largest island. Here you’ll find the capital Suva and the international airport at Nadi. Vatoa, on the other hand, is a tiny island in the farthest part of Fiji. Then there are 331 other islands, many of them with places to stay.

With less than a million people living on islands, you’ll never feel crowded.   And with a climate (气候) that changes only for five degrees between seasons, there’s never a bad time to come.

From cities to villages, from mountains to beaches, from water sports to wooden artworks, Fiji can give you more adventures and special experiences than you could find almost anywhere in the world.

Whenever you come, wherever you go, you’re sure to see some unforgettable events, from war dances to religious (宗教的) songs, from market days to religious days. It’s not just staged for tourists; it’s still a part of everyday life in Fiji.   And any one of us can enjoy Fiji’s spirit by being part of the traditional (传统的) sharing of yaqona — a drink made from the root of a Fiji plant.

So why not join us for the experience of a lifetime?

1. Where is the international airport of Fiji?

A．In Suva.	B．In Sydney.
C．On the island of Vatoa.	D．On the island of Viti Levu.

2. What does the text tell us about Fijian people?

A．They invented “Fiji time” for visitors.

B．They stick to a traditional way of life.

C．They like to travel from place to place.

D．They love taking adventures abroad.

3. One of the things that make Fiji a tourist attraction is　　　.

A．its comfortable hotels

B．its good weather all year round

C．its exciting football matches

D．its religious beliefs

4. Where can we most probably read this text?

A．In a personal diary.

B．In a science report.

C．In a travel magazine.

D．In a geography textbook.

4 .        GUATEMALA CITY(Reuters)— A fish that lives in mangrove swamps (红树沼泽) across the Americas can live out of water for months at a time, similar to how animals adapted (适应) to land millions of years ago, a new study shows.

The Mangrove Rivulus, a type of small killifish, lives in small pools of water in a certain type of empty nut or even old beer cans in the mangrove swamps of Belize, the United States and Brazil. When their living place dries up, they live on the land in logs (圆木), said Scott Taylor, a researcher at the Brevard Endangered Lands Program in Florida.

The fish, whose scientific name is Rivulus marmoratus, can grow as large as three inches. They group together in logs and breathe air through their skin until they can find water again.

The new scientific discovery came after a trip to Belize.

“We kicked over a log and the fish just came crowding out.” Taylor told Reuters in neighboring Guatemala by telephone. He said he will make his study on the fish known to the public in an American magazine early next year.

In lab tests, Taylor said he found the fish can live up to 66 days out of water without eating.

Some other fish can live out of water for a short period of time. The walking catfish found in Southeast Asia can stay on land for hours at a time, while lungfish found in Australia, Africa and South America can live out of water, but only in an inactive state. But no other known fish can be out of water as long as the Mangrove Rivulus and remain active, according to Patricia Wright, a biologist at Canada’s University of Guelph.

Further studies of the fish may tell how animals changed over time.

“These animals live in conditions similar to those that existed millions of years ago, when animals began making the transition (过渡) from water onto land,” Wright said.

1. The Mangrove Rivulus is a type of fish that__________.

A．like eating nuts

B．prefers living in dry places

C．is the longest living fish on earth

D．can stay alive for two months out of water

2. Who will write up a report on Mangrove Rivulus?

A．Patricia Wright	B．Researchers in Guatemala
C．Scientists from Belize	D．Scott Taylor

3. According to the text, lungfish can__________.

A．breathe through its skin

B．move freely on dry land

C．remain alive out of water

D．be as active on land as in water

4. What can we say about the discovery of Mangrove Rivulus?

A．It was made quite by accident

B．It was based on a lab test of sea life

C．It was supported by an American magazine

D．It was helped by Patricia Wright