1 . How to Make Sure You Enjoy Your Trip

A trip is a planned destination where one arranges in advance in which the main purpose is to search for adventure and to create a memorable moment.     1    

●Plan it well. Trips are ideally planned for them to go well. Take your time, a day or a week ahead to make a plan for your trip. A check list is helpful, making sure you’ve got all your needs.

●Pack necessities. Bring what you need. Trips are short journeys and belong to the sub-level of traveling. Pack only the things you need.     2    

●Be safe. To be cautious is smart. No matter what you are up to, surfing, cliff diving, snow-boarding, scuba diving..., it is always recommended to be safe.     3     Don’t be stubborn and put yourself in harm when there are precautions.

●    4     You may see delays, a different culture, lifestyle, food, and even a shortage of cash sometimes—these are all what travel is about—experiencing things with a new perspective (视角). Once you expect to experience new things, you'll be a happy traveler and free from stress.

●Save the memory.     5     This is not one of those regular days so you ought to save the moment. It will make your trip more enjoyable after all that craziness; you get something to review the good times.

A．Go with your friend.

B．Travel with an open mind.

C．Get prepared for everything new.

D．Seize the moment by taking pictures.

E．It is important to wear protective equipment when advisable.

F．Here are the steps on how to make sure your trip is enjoyable.

G．It is easy to get tired if you have too many things in your package.

2 . It may help you to know that there is no such thing as a perfect speech. At some point in every speech, every speaker says something that is not understood exactly as he has planned. Fortunately, such moments are usually not obvious to the listeners, why? Because the listeners do not know what the speaker plans to say, they hear only what the speaker does say. If you lose your place for a moment, wrongly change the order of a couple of sentences, or forget to pause at a certain point, no one will be any the wiser. When such moments occur, don’t worry about them. Just continue as if nothing happened.

Even if you do make an obvious mistake during a speech, that doesn’t really matter. If you have ever listened to Martin Luther King’s famous speech — “I have a dream”, you may notice that he stumbles over his words twice during the speech. Most likely, however, you don’t remember. Why? Because you were fixing your attention on his message rather than on his way of speech-making. People care a lot about making mistakes in a speech because they regard speech-making as a kind of performance rather than as an act of communication. They feel the listeners are like judges in an ice-skating competition. But, in fact, the listeners are not looking for a perfect performance. They are looking for a well-thought-out speech that expresses the speaker’s ideas clearly and directly. Sometimes a mistake or two can actually increase a speaker’s attractiveness by making him more human.

As you work on your speech, don’t worry about being perfect. Once you free your mind of this, you will find it much easier to give your speech freely.

1. You don’t remember obvious mistakes in a speech because ________.

A．you find the way of speech-making more important

B．you don’t fully understand the speech

C．you attention is on the content

D．you don’t know what the speaker plans to say

2. What does the underlined phrase “stumbles over” in Paragraph 2?

A．Walks wrongly.	B．Makes an error with.
C．Misunderstands.	D．Forgets.

3. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A．one or two mistakes in a speech may not be bad

B．giving a speech is like giving a performance

C．the listeners should pay more attention to how a speech is made

D．the more mistake a speaker makes, the more attractive he will be

4. Which of the following statements is true?

A．If you are careful enough, you can make a perfect speech.

B．Listeners are not judges and they pay more attention to the message.

C．Speech-making is a kind of performance.

D．Martin Luther King is not a good speaker.

3 .

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1. If John want to get a job as a maths teacher, call ________.

A．4359201

B．3572897

C．3249817

D．5347618

2. If you have 5 years painting experience, being a ________ should be your best choice.

A．painter

B．teacher

C．secretary

D．cook

3. Which job do you think suitable for a beautiful lady, who just graduated from a university and with-out any work experience?

A．FRONT DESK CLERK.	B．TEACHER.
C．SECRETARY.	D．PAINTER.

5 . Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, England on 8th January,1942.He went to school in St. Albans-a small city near London. Although he did well, he was never top of his class. After leaving school, Hawking went first to Oxford University where he studied physics, and then he went to Cambridge University where he studied cosmology(宇宙学). As he himself admitted he wasn’t very serious about studying. He was a very lazy student, and did very little work. However, he still achieved extremely good marks.

Hawking first noticed something was wrong with him at the age of 20. He started to bump into things, and often fell over for no reason. When he visited his family at Christmas time, his father was so worried that he was sent to hospital for a test. Finally, the result came back. Hawking had motor neurone disease(运动神经元病), an incurable illness which causes the muscles of the body to waste away. Doctors said he would die before he was 23.

At first, Hawking became extremely depressed. After a while, though, he began to see his life in a different way. As he later wrote, “Before my illness had been diagnosed(诊断),there had not seemed to be anything worth doing. But shortly after I came out of hospital, I suddenly realized that there were a lot of worthwhile things I could do.” Hawking married, found a job at Cambridge University, where he worked all his life, and had three children. He also went to do some of the most important scientific research ever carried out.

His story shows that nobody, however bad their situation is, should lose hope. “Life is not fair,” he once said.“You just have to do the best you can in your own situation.”

1. As a university student, Stephen Hawking _________.

A．worked extremely hard	B．studied maths and chemistry
C．was lazy and did very little work	D．only achieved average marks

2. Hawking first noticed something was wrong with him when _________.

A．he visited his family at Christmas time one year

B．he was 20

C．his father made him see a doctor

D．he was sent to hospital for a test

3. What does Hawking’s story tell us arcording to the passage?

A．Never lose hope even if it is a bad situation.

B．No pain, no gain.

C．You never know what will happen in life.

D．Life is full of challenges.

4. What might be the best title of this passage?

A．A Lazy Boy	B．Life Is Fair
C．Motor Neurone Disease	D．Professor Stephen Hawking

7 . Like most of us, I try to be mindful of food that goes to waste. The arugula (芝麻菜)was to make a nice green salad, rounding out a roast chicken dinner. But I ended up working late. Then friends called with a dinner invitation. I stuck the chicken in the freezer. But as days passed, the arugula went bad. Even worse, I had unthinkingly bought way too much; I could have made six salads with what I threw out.

In a world where nearly 800 million people a year go hungry, “food waste goes against the moral grain,” as Elizabeth Royte writes in this month’s cover story. It’s jaw-dropping how much perfectly good food is thrown away — from “ugly” (but quite eatable) vegetables rejected by grocers to large amounts of uneaten dishes thrown into restaurant garbage cans.

Producing food that no one eats wastes the water, fuel, and other resources used to grow it. That makes food waste an environmental problem. In fact, Royte writes, “if food waste were a country, it would be the third largest producer of greenhouse gases in the world.”

If that’s hard to understand, let’s keep it as simple as the arugula at the back of my refrigerator. Mike Curtin sees my arugula story all the time — but for him, it's more like 12 bones of donated strawberries nearing their last days. Curtin is CEO of DC Central Kitchen in Washington, D.C., which recovers food and turns it into healthy meals. Last year it recovered more than 807,500 pounds of food by taking donations and collecting blemished (有瑕疵的) produce that otherwise would have rotted in fields. And the strawberries? Volunteers will wash, cut, and freeze or dry them for use in meals down the road.

Such methods seem obvious, yet so often we just don’t think. “Everyone can play a part in reducing waste, whether by not purchasing more food than necessary in your weekly shopping or by asking restaurants to not include the side dish you won’t eat,” Curtin says.

1. What does the author want to show by telling the arugula story?

A．We pay little attention to food waste.	B．We waste food unintentionally at times.
C．We waste more vegetables than meat.	D．We have good reasons for wasting food.

2. What is a consequence of food waste according to the test?

A．Moral decline.	B．Environmental harm.
C．Energy shortage.	D．Worldwide starvation.

3. What does Curtin’s company do?

A．It produces kitchen equipment.	B．It turns rotten arugula into clean fuel.
C．It helps local farmers grow fruits.	D．It makes meals out of unwanted food.

4. What does Curtin suggest people do?

A．Buy only what is needed.	B．Reduce food consumption.
C．Go shopping once a week.	D．Eat in restaurants less often.

8 . The morning had been a disaster. My tooth was aching, and I’d been in an argument with a friend. Her words still hurt, “ The trouble with you is that you won’t put yourself in my place. Can’t you see things from my point of view? ” I shook my head stubbornly-and felt the ache in my tooth. I’d thought I could hold out till my dentist came back from holiday, but the pain was really unbearable. I started calling the dentists in the phone book, but no one could see me immediately. Finally, at about lunchtime, I got lucky.

“ If you come by right now, ” the receptionist said, “ the dentist will fit you in. ”

I took my purse and keys and rushed to my car. But suddenly I began to doubt about the dentist. What kind of dentist would be so eager to treat someone at such short notice? Why wasn’t he as busy as the others?

In the dentist’s office, I sat down and looked around. I saw nothing but the bare walls and I became even more worried. The assistant noticed my nervousness and placed her warm hand over my icecold one.

When I told her my fears, she laughed and said, “ Don’t worry. The dentist is very good. ”

“ How long do I have to wait for him? ” I asked impatiently.

“ Come on, he is coming. Just lie down and relax. And enjoy the artwork, ” the assistant said.

“ The artwork? ”I was puzzled.

The chair went back. Suddenly I smiled. There was a beautiful picture, right where I could enjoy it: on the ceiling. How considerate the dentist was! At that moment, I began to understand what my friend meant by her words.

What a relief!

1. Which of the following best describes the author’s feeling that morning?

A．Upset.

B．Nervous.

C．Cheerful.

D．Satisfied.

2. What made the author begin to doubt about the dentist?

A．The laughing assistant of the dentist.

B．The surroundings of the dentist’s office.

C．The dentist’s being as busy as the other dentists.

D．The dentist’s agreeing to treat her at very short notice.

3. Why did the author suddenly smile?

A．Because the dentist came at last.	B．Because she could relax in the chair.
C．Because she saw a picture on the ceiling.	D．Because the assistant kept comforting her.

4. What did the author learn from her experience most probably?

A．Strike while the iron is hot.	B．Put oneself in other’s shoes.
C．A friend in need is a friend indeed.	D．Have a good word for one’s friend.

9 . Eating healthy food is important for most people. But sometimes making good food choices can be difficult. Now, there are apps that can help people learn about the food they eat to improve their health and their dining-out experience.

Happy Cow app

Vegetarians do not eat animal meat. Vegans do not eat any animal products. The Happy Cow app is made for both groups. Users can search for vegetarian-vegan restaurants and stores around the world. A free version of Happy Cow is available for Android that has ads and requires an Internet connection.

Open Table app

The Open Table app helps people choose restaurants when they want to go out to eat. It is a free service that shows users restaurants available based on where and when they want to dine. It gives users points when they make reservations, which can add up to discounts on restaurant visits.

Local Eats app

Restaurant chains, like McDonalds, can be found almost anywhere a person might travel. But sometimes travelers want to eat like locals. The Local Eats app is designed for that. It can help you find local restaurants in major cities in the US and in other countries. It costs about a dollar.

Where Chefs Eat app

Where Chefs Eat is a 975-page book. Most people would not want to carry that around. But there is a much lighter app version of the same name for just $15. Six hundred chefs provide information on 3,00 restaurants around the world on the Where Chefs Eat app.

1. Who is the Happy Cow app designed for?

A．Those who prefer vegetables.	B．Those who prefer local foods.
C．Those who prefer animal meat.	D．Those who prefer animal products.

2. Which app will cost you most according to the text?

A．Open Table.	B．Happy Cow.
C．Where Chefs Eat.	D．Local Eats.

3. Where does this text most probably come from?

A．A tourist map.	B．A museum guide.
C．A health magazine.	D．A science textbook.