1 . As a garden designer and consultant, I see the amazing progress that can be made when gardeners get together and get things done. Here are some small stories about how something has been achieved through cooperation.
I was involved with one project earlier driven by two twelve-year-olds living in a small northern England town. To do something good for the environment, the two girls desired to grow their own food in some deserted land. So the pair spoke to their teacher about using a small abandoned space next to their school’s parking lot. The teacher reached out to me for advice and together we determined who owned the space. The owner agreed to rent the space and the kids were able to raise money to pay the rent and start growing food on the site.
Another inspiring story was about one enterprising gardener in Illinois who decided to speak with his neighbors about using their grass-filleld front yards to grow food. This gardener did have his own garden but he wanted to do more. So he offered to tend his neighbors’ front yards in return for the use of these underutilized spaces to grow food everyone would share. To his surprise, all of his neighbors adopted this front-yard farming idea, and even one neighbor joined him and helped grow the food to learn more about the process. Everyone gained a lot at last.
The final story was that of three women in a neighborhood in Vermont. Struggling to find the time to look after their kids and grow their own food, they found a solution. The mothers together raised children and plants, selling produce and young plants to other gardeners in the area to cover basic costs. They took turns on daycare duty for a handful of children and tended the garden around their part-time jobs.
These stories show just what can be achieved when people work together to make their own lives and the lives of those around them just a little bit better.
1. What are the two 12-year-old girls particularly interested in?| A．A balanced diet. | B．School education. | C．Voluntary work. | D．Eco-friendly living. |
| A．His success in running a garden of his own. | B．The difficulty of getting land for gardening. |
| C．His neighbors’ positive response to his idea. | D．The good management of neighboring gardens. |
| A．They sold goods at a local daycare center. | B．They took turns to look after their children. |
| C．They did full-time jobs to cover basic costs. | D．They collected donations from other gardeners. |
| A．To urge us to protect the current environment. | B．To praise the hard work of ordinary gardeners. |
| C．To prove the meaning of helping others in need. | D．To show the significance of cooperative work. |
Body language is used by people for sending messages to one another,
Different countries use body language
When you use a foreign language, it is very important
Montana firefighter Ryan Benton recently showed a very different side of his profession when he was photographed calmly reading to a young girl after a car crash. The picture is particularly
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4 . You probably take many steps to protect your computer from getting a virus, but what about your cell phone? Cell phones are basically mini-computers, so, believe it or not, they too can get viruses.
“Viruses and malware（恶意软件）should not be a major concern to the average consumer who uses their device to make phone calls, take pictures, and download a few well-known apps from the major app marketplaces,” Tim Katsch Vice President of iDropped said. “If a user is downloading a lot of apps, changing and exploring settings within the device, and visiting a large number of websites from unknown sources, virus and malware protection should be kept on their mind.” If your phone gets a virus it can mess up your data, put random charges on your bill, and get private information such as your bank account number, credit card information, passwords, and your location.
The most common way that you could get a virus on your phone would be through downloading an infected app. Viruses can also get on your phone when you click on strange links or open up an email that contains a virus. Connecting to an unsecured wireless network in a public place is also a way for hackers（黑客）to get private information from your device.
If you're still convinced that your phone might get a virus, there are anti-virus apps that you can download that will constantly scan your phone to make sure it hasn't developed a virus, Apps like these will also check things before you download them to ensure that they are safe. Another tip is to always look over your cell phone bill every month to make sure there aren't charges from apps that you never downloaded.
Technology is getting smarter, but so are hackers, and it's important to always be cautious with anything you do on your phone. Many people store a lot of personal information on their phones, and while that might make life a little more convenient, it can also do a lot of damage if hacked.
1. What can we learn from Tim Katsch's words?| A．The wireless network in the public places is safe to use. |
| B．Viruses and malware will most probably attack average phones. |
| C．Downloading a lot of apps will protect your phone from being hacked. |
| D．The average consumer needn't worry much about a virus or malware. |
| A．Downloading an infected app. |
| B．Clicking on close friends' links. |
| C．Connecting to your mobile data. |
| D．Changing your private information. |
| A．Harm set, harm get. |
| B．Every coin has two sides. |
| C．Kill two birds with one stone. |
| D．Technology makes life smarter. |
| A．Anti-Virus Apps Make Your Cell Phone Safe? |
| B．Viruses and Malware Damage Your Cell Phone? |
| C．Worried About Your Cell Phone Catching a Virus? |
| D．Ready to Fight Against the Hackers to Your Cell Phone? |
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| A．hot | B．warm | C．cool | D．cold |
| A．few | B．a few | C．some | D．many |
| A．play | B．dance | C．lie down | D．sit down |
| A．work | B．sleep | C．study | D．write |
| A．closed | B．mended | C．opened | D．broke |
| A．healthy | B．strong | C．weak | D．ill |
| A．snowing | B．shining | C．raining | D．singing |
| A．got on well with | B．caught up with | C．looked after | D．listened to |
| A．sorry | B．afraid | C．strange | D．tired |
| A．medicine | B．food | C．water | D．sugar |
| A．quickly | B．carefully | C．noisily | D．heavily |
| A．hole | B．sock | C．pain | D．pill |
| A．took off | B．put up | C．burnt | D．sold |
| A．forgot | B．remembered | C．understood | D． told |
| A．him | B．her | C．them | D．himself |
6 . When my family moved to America in 2010 from a small village in Guangdong, China, we brought not only our luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young people should always respect elders. Unluckily, this rule led to my very first embarrassment in the United States.
I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One time, when I was serving food to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly. I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly. As soon as I said that, her face showed great displeasure. My manager, who happened to hear what I said, took me aside and gave me a long lecture about how sensitive Americans are and how they dislike the description “old”. I then walked back to the table and apologized to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry.
In my village in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience.
However, in the United States, people think “growing old” is a problem since “old” shows that a person is going to retire or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep themselves away from growing old by doing exercises or jogging, and women put on makeup, hoping to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel they had failed to stay young. I had told them something they didn’t want to hear.
After that, I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not that I don’t respect them any more; I still respect them, but now I don’t show my feelings through words.
1. Jack brought the couple their food very fast because _______.| A．the manager asked him to do so | B．the couple wanted him to do so |
| C．he respected the elderly | D．he wanted more pay |
| A．nervous | B．unhappy |
| C．satisfied | D．excited |
| A．changed his way with older people | B．made friends with the couple |
| C．no longer respected the elderly | D．lost his job in the restaurant |
7 . In Britain, some people say they will do anything if a famous person they love asks them to. One in three people in Britain have a new kind of disease—they love a famous person too much.
Some people love famous stars like Britney Spears, David Beckham or even Tony Blair. It is not just the young, grown-ups have the same problem. One in four people are so interested in their heroes that it affects their life.
There are two ways of worshipping famous people. One way is just to follow them or talk about them with friends for fun. The other is a more serious way. People have very strong feelings for them and think they are their friends. People who do so for fun are found to be happier. But those who have strong feelings for a famous person are perhaps to feel more lonely and worried.
“Worshipping famous people is not certainly a bad thing,” Dr. John, an expert said, “But like many things, overdoing it may not always be good for you.”
1. From paragraph 1, we know ________.| A．they are friends of the famous people |
| B．some people in Britain love a famous person too much |
| C．they must go to the hospital |
| D．famous people can pay them a lot of money |
| A．About one third. | B．About a quarter. |
| C．More than half. | D．Just two or three |
| A．Neither of them is good. | B．Both of them are good. |
| C．The first one is better. | D．The second one is better. |
| A．they cannot become famous themselves |
| B．they think the famous person may be in trouble |
| C．they are afraid the famous person may not like them |
| D．they can get something in return from the famous person |
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in Canada has organized a group of doctors to help sick people in the past few months. The doctors will send patients to art galleries, instead of
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9 . The language Centers first Trivia Night tested students' knowledge on different languages and their histories last Friday at Douglass commons.
"We have decided to conduct this event when the weather is bad so that students who have nowhere to go and stay on campus can come and find a comfortable shelter during a cold winter day," Language Center Director, Teresa Valdez said. According to Valdez, the idea for Trivia night came a year ago from a junior and team-member called Elizabeth de Los Reyes. The event engaged students' interest in languages and showed the high-quality services that the Language Center provides.
Participants competed in small groups that each represented a different language and country. There were five teams in total: Russia, China, Japan, Spain and France. The competition consisted of four rounds with each round consisting of three questions relating to the following topics literature, language, geography, culture and history.
After a few warm-up questions about how people greet each other in different languages, what continent Turkey is found in, and who is the first man to fly to the moon, the questions became increasingly difficult. Each round offered an increasing amount of points a team could receive. The final question was worth 20 points. If a team did not answer it correctly, the points were taken from the total.
In the meantime, students enjoyed pizza, snacks, and drinks while sharing their linguistic (语言的) interest. Most of the participants knew two or three languages. Others knew more, such as first-year Bartek Jezierski from Poland, who can speak English, Polish, German, Spanish, and Russian.
The winners from first to third place were France, Japan and Russia respectively. All five teams were given some prizes—a blue shopping bag, a cup and stuffed toys. However, students believed the most important prize of the evening was the process of the competition—how students from diverse backgrounds and cultures were able to participate in a friendly competition, and shared their mutual (相互的) love of languages.
1. What is one of the purposes of Trivia Night？| A．To attract students to learn languages. |
| B．To help the students suffering from coldness. |
| C．To collect opinions from the students on its services. |
| D．To select the best students for the Language center. |
| A．3 | B．4. | C．12. | D．20. |
| A．Quiet. | B．Relaxing. | C．romantic. | D．Depressing. |
| A．Some snacks and drinks. |
| B．Various prizes for winners. |
| C．The course of the competition. |
| D．The services provided by the language center. |
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This morning I got up early and went to school as usually, only to find there were nobody in the classroom because it was Sunday. “How a bad memory I have!” I couldn’t help laughing. Stand in front of the school gate, I began to wonder what to do next. Suddenly a good idea occurs to me. “Why not get together with some good friends for a picnic in such a fine weather?” I immediately telephoned some of my best friends, but they all agreed to join me. About two hours late, we finally arrived a pleasant park with trees and flowers here and there. We really enjoyed us greatly.
