2 . Rising numbers of older adults are unable to care for themselves, often leading to serious health problems and even death, according to state and local government agencies. So-called self-neglect cases generally involve the inability to perform basic self-care, such as providing oneself with food, personal health, medication and safety.

Seniors who no longer drive, for instance, are often unable to get to medical appointments, worsening health problems that can make them unable to care for themselves. A fall can result in body injuries leaving one bedridden and unable to care for oneself. Failure to pay bills for public services could lead to service cutoffs. Forgetting to pay rent could lead to the loss of a home.

Mr. Mc-Cormack, 75 years old, and his wife, 71, both had mental illness and stayed in hospitals from time to time, unable to care for their possessions. Despite repeated visits to their home by local officials, the Mc-Cormacks refused assistance. But after they were found living in their car parked outside their house in December 2017, officials removed them from their home and helped them settle in a nursing home.

Self-neglect cases, like above, involved 144, 296 people across the country in 2018, according to a report. The federal government doesn't have comparable data for previous years, but several state and local service providers say they are seeing the self-neglect problem rise.

The reasons seniors stop caring for themselves vary, including illness, depression and poverty. The loss of the spouse or a neighbor who previously kept an eye on an individual often starts a decline into self-neglect, experts say. And the key to reducing self-neglect cases is providing services to enable seniors to remain in their homes safely, such as reliable transportation for medical appointments and shopping, as well as affordable home help.

1. What is the function of Paragraph 2?

A．Give examples of self-neglect cases.	B．Introduce a new topic for discussion.
C．Arouse readers' interest.	D．Summarize the previous paragraph.

2. What can we infer about the Mc-Cormacks?

A．They accepted help from others.	B．They took good care of themselves.
C．They ended up living in the nursing house.	D．They couldn't afford to go to hospital.

3. What is the main idea of the passage?

A．Self-care benefits greatly the seniors.

B．Investigations are conducted on self-neglect.

C．Self-neglect rises among the elderly.

D．The government promotes self-care of the seniors.

4. Where can the passage probably be found?

A．In a guidebook.	B．In a newspaper.
C．In a fairy tale.	D．In a science fiction.

3 . I can’t remember a time when my bedroom didn’t have a bookshelf. From Dr. Suess to Mother Goose, I had all kinds of books that progressed in size as I got older.

My earliest memory of books was sitting on my bed at night with my mom reading to my older brother and me from C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, or Madeleine L’Engle. And my first beloved book that was all mine was a children’s book about being a chosen child. As an adopted (收养的) child, this book helped me learn that my family was my very own because they chose me. As I got older, the books got thicker and more difficult. The first set of books I ever bought with my own money was L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables.

When in elementary school, there was a book catalog ( 目录) that would come out. We could take it home and have our parents help us order new books. Then the books would be sent to the school. There was nothing better than getting my little bag of books.

My love for science fiction was deepened by my older brother’s love for it. Beyond being the person to introduce me to Star Trek and Doctor Who, it was his copy of The Sword of Shannaraby Terry Brooks that got me really interested in science fiction.

I read classics in high school. The first time I had the thought that I wanted to be a writer was after reading Edgar Allan Poe’s work. And his use of words floored me. I remember using his word “phantasmagorical” for a senior paper. Yeah, it’s no wonder I ended up an English major and English teacher passing on my love for the written word and the books students could hold in their hands.

1. What was the author’s earliest memory of books?

A．She read some classics by herself.

B．She was thirsty for children’s books.

C．She was often read to by her mother.

D．She borrowed books from her brother.

2. What happened after the author read her first favorite book?

A．She loved her family much more.

B．She hoped to have her own home.

C．She planned to read more books.

D．She found that she was adopted.

3. How did the author feel after getting some books on the book catalog?

A．lucky.

B．excited.

C．surprised.

D．disappointed.

4. How did the author become interested in science fiction?

A．By reading Star Trek with her brother.

B．By being introduced to Doctor Who.

C．By talking about it with her brother.

D．By reading The Sword of Shannara.

4 . HEARST CASTL, CA

Hearst Castle is open for tours daily, except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day.

Tour A -- The Grand Rooms

View the ground floor rooms of La Casa Grande where Mr. Hearst’s guests met their host and were entertained during their stay. See the Assembly Room, where guests met for cocktails, the Refectory, where meals were served, the Morning Room, Billiard Theater. Your knowledgeable guide will bring this big house to life sharing stories about Mr. Hearst, his many guests, and the art collection it contains.

Prices: Adults: $25.00; Children: $12.00.

Tour B – The Upstairs Suites (套房)

This tour features rooms on the upper floors of Casa Grande. Travel through guest suites on your way to the Library where Mr. Hearst housed a collection of 2,000-year-old Greek pots.

Visit Mr. Hearst’s private third floor suite including his bedroom and private study where he held business meetings. Learn about the genius of architect Julia Morgan and the way she put Mr. Hearst’s art collection into the design.

Prices: Adults: $20.00; Children: $10.00.

Tour C – Evening Tour

This tour allows visitors to experience the Castle at night as a visitor to the Castle in the 1930s might have. It features highlights from the experience, Upper Floors of Casa Grande, and Garden tours.

Evening tours are offered on most Fridays and Saturdays during March – May & October – December.

Prices: Adults: $36.00; Children: $18.00.

Tour D – Accessible Holiday Twilight

This tour is wheelchair accessible. Visitors who have difficulty climbing stairs, or who cannot stand or walk for extended period, may also benefit from this tour. Accessible transportation is provided from the Visitor Center to all areas of the Holiday at Hearst Castle tour. Call 866-712-2286 for additional information.

Prices: Adults: $30.00; Children: $18.00.

1. Which place can you take your child to visit if you have not much available money?

A．The Morning Room.	B．The Upstairs Suites.
C．The Grand Rooms.	D．The Billiard Room.

2. Which of the following is proper for you to take part in Tour C?

A．A Saturday in July.	B．A Saturday in April.
C．A Friday in January.	D．A Friday in September.

3. Which is the best choice for disabled people?

A．Tour A.	B．Tour B.
C．Tour C.	D．Tour D.

5 . The Most Scenic Drives in America

Updated and translated into several languages for the first time since 1997, this travel book includes over 200 brand new photographs of the wonderful places along 120 selected routes. The updated volume also provides maps, the latest information state parks, and lodging suggestions.

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Our Brother's Keeper

Author Jedwin Smith spent 30 years trying to get out of all memories of his brother，Jeff, who was killed in Vietnam. But in Our Brother's Keeper he tells what happens when he met several of his brother's old Marine friends. Smith gets to know these men—all hurt by the past they share. Together the author and his new friends make a journey to Vietnam, to visit the place where Jeff died. Surprisingly, their Vietnamese guide was the former commander of the Viet Cong platoon carrying out the attack that killed Jeff. A powerful story of brotherhood, bravery and understanding...

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I Am a Pencil

Children's book author Sam Swope took a job teaching writing to third graders in the New York City. His students were immigrants or the children of immigrants from 21 countries, speaking 11 languages, having many different beliefs. But there were a few things they had in common, family troubles, for one, money struggles, and poetry. Every single student, with the help of this creative teacher, made great progress in writing. Swope leaves the reader with the encouraging faith that deep within each of us lives a poet, a genius —a child.

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What It Takes to Help Out

An editor for U. S. News & World Report, David L Marcus lakes us inside a boarding school for troubled teens. The great stresses are put on these teens, which makes them lose their nature. This should cause us a truthful thinking.

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1. Who can give you some advice on how to educate immigrant students with troubles?

A．Jedwin Smith.

B．David L. Marcus.

C．Jeff.

D．Sam Swope.

2. Which of the following books offers the biggest price cut?

A．The Most Scenic Drives in America	B．Our Brother's Keeper
C．I Am a Pencil	D．What It Takes to Help Me Out

3. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The book The Most Scenic Drives in America includes many pictures and maps.

B．The book What It Takes to Help Me Out is about troubled teens from 21 countries.

C．Jedwin Smith's friends were killed in the war in Vietnam.

D．The children in Sam Swope's class are either poets or geniuses.

4. The passage is probably taken from _______.

A．a textbook

B．a science report

C．a travel journal

D．an advertisement

6 . Samuel L. Clemens, also known as Mark Twain, started off his writing career (事业) in 1865 with his big hit story The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County — a story-within- a-story told to a listener by an old California miner. From that day on, the works of the great humorist always had different animals.

Some members of Twain’s literary (文学的) animals were based on real animals, such as the Clemens family’s named pet cats. Some were imaginary, like that celebrated jumping frog.

As a boy in Missouri, he got pleasure from knowing the animals of the woods; in old age,   he felt a deep relationship with the animals large and small that he met in his travels. His cats, family dog, horses, donkeys, and calf also won his three daughters’ love at their Hartford home. On March 22, 2018, to mark this part of Twain’s personal life, The Mark Twain House & Museum opened a new exhibition (展览), Tails of Twain: How Animals Shaped the Man & His Work. The exhibition was rich with exhibits from the museum’s collections.

The king of the animals in Twain’s world was the cat, “the only creature in heaven or earth or anywhere that don’t have to obey (听从) somebody or other, including the angels.” He was known to be the proud pet parent of 19 cats during his childhood. As an adult, the Clemens   home always had a named cat. Even on vacation, the Clemens family borrowed cats from locals to live with them. Dogs were considered second-class pets, but Twain liked them. Twain once wrote an ode (颂诗) to his dead dog Burns: “She lived a quiet harmless life in Hartford ...”

In true Twainism, humans were not as loved as the “Higher Animals”. Even the most low- down animal, however, was superior in Twain’s eyes to “the human race.” After all, he did write once “Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel.”

1. What can we learn about The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County?

A．It tells a story of Twain’s family pet.

B．It was written for Twain’s three daughters.

C．It made Twain pay attention to animals.

D．It was Twain’s first great success as a writer.

2. What’s the main purpose of the new exhibition?

A．To introduce how Twain spent his childhood.

B．To exhibit some of Twain’s best-sellers.

C．To show Twain’s different hobbies.

D．To show Twain’s love for animals.

3. What does the underlined word “superior” in the last paragraph probably mean?

A．richer	B．better
C．quieter	D．stronger

7 . In colleges around the country, most students are also workers.

The reality of college can be pretty different from the images presented in movies and television. Instead of the students who wake up late, party all the time, and study only before exams, many colleges are full of students with pressing schedules of not just classes and activities, but real jobs, too.

This isn't a temporary phenomenon. The share of working students has been on the rise since the 1970s, and one-fifth of students work year round. About one-quarter of those who work while attending school have both a full-course load and a full-time job. The arrangement can help pay for tuition （学费） and living costs, obviously. And there's value in it beyond the direct cause: such jobs can also be vital for developing important professional and social skills that make it easier to land a job after graduation. With many employers looking for students with already-developed skill sets, on-the-job training while in college can be the best way to ensure a job later on.

But it's not all upside. Even full-time work may not completely cover the cost of tuition and living expenses. The study notes that if a student worked a full-time job at the minimum wage, they would earn just over $15,000 each year, certainly not enough to pay for tuition, room, and meals at many colleges without some serious financial aid. That means that though they're sacrificing （牺牲） time away from the classroom, many working students will still graduate with at least some debt. And working full time can reduce the chance that students will graduate at all, by cutting into the time available for studying and attending classes.

There is little reward for attending but not finishing college. Students who end up leaving school because of difficulty in managing work and class are likely to find themselves stuck in some of the same jobs they might have gotten if they hadn't gone to college at all. The difficulty of working too much while in school can create a cycle that pushes students further into debt without receiving any of the financial or career benefits.

1. It can be learned from the passage that today's college students actually _______.

A．attend a number of parties	B．work while attending school
C．stay up late all the time	D．care little about exams

2. Which of the following factors indirectly causes more students to work?

A．The chance of finding a job after graduation.

B．The shortage of holiday jobs for college students.

C．The need of improving social skills.

D．The high tuition and living expenses.

3. According to the passage, we know that _______.

A．working students are more likely to graduate from college

B．the pay from working can cover students' college costs

C．working too much while in college may not benefit a student's career

D．students can receive a reward for managing work and class well

4. What is the best title for the passage?

A．An Introduction of Working College Students

B．The Advantages of Working While Studying

C．The Struggle to Balance Work and School

D．The Difficulties of Landing a Job

8 . As is often the case, when we wake up feeling sleepy and with dark circles under eyes, many of us often make a decision: “I’m going to bed earlier tomorrow!” we are so determined.     1     We are still absorbed in what we are doing without realizing it is already too late the next day. This behavior is called “bedtime procrastination” (睡眠拖延症), and results from lack of self-control and our body clock.

    2     According to a study carried out by a group of health psychologists, 53 percent of the 2,400 participants said they didn’t follow their sleep schedule, delaying it at least twice a week. They delayed bedtime because they couldn’t stop doing other trivial things (琐事), which were keeping them up in the first place.

People who generally have trouble resisting temptations (诱惑) and following their intentions firmly are also more likely to delay going to bed. They find it hard to control themselves.     3     Our body clock also plays an important role when it comes to bedtime. Those who get up late are more likely to postpone their bedtime than those who wake early every morning. Night owls would go to bed late at the very beginning of the weekday, even though they had to get up early for work and school.     4    

Therefore, if we want to cure our bedtime procrastination, the intention to go to bed earlier is not enough.     5     We should have a clear understanding that bedtime procrastination is a big problem. The choices we make could turn out to be pretty important for our health.

A．Bedtime procrastination is a common problem.

B．It will have extreme effect on our health sooner or later.

C．Yet, lack of self-control is not the only thing to blame.

D．Unfortunately, chances are that we don’t stick to our promise.

E．It’s their special body clock that plays a part in delaying their bedtime.

F．Biological processes need to support this intention.

G．So we just need to take action to change our sleep model.

9 . OPENINGS AND PREVIEWS

Animals Out of Paper

Yolo！Productions and the Great Griffon present the play by Rajiv Joseph, in which an origami(折纸术) artist invites a teenage talent and his teacher into her studio. Merri Milwe directs. In previews. Opens Feb. 12. (West Park Presbyterian Church, 165 W. 86th St. 212-868-4444.)

The Audience

Helen Mirren stars in the play by Peter Morgan, about Queen Elizabeth II of the UK and her private meetings with twelve Prime Ministers in the course of sixty years. Stephen Daldry directs. Also starring Dylan Baker and Judith Ivey. Previews begin Feb. 14.(Schoenfeld, 236 W. 45th St. 212-239-6200.)

Hamilton

Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote this musical about Alexander Hamilton, in which the birth of America is presented as an immigrant story. Thomas Kail directs. In previews. Opens Feb. 17.(Public, 425 Lafayette St. 212-967-7555.)

On the Twentieth Century

Kristin Chenoweth and Peter Gallagher star in the musical comedy by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, about a Broadway producer who tries to win a movie star’s love during a cross-country train journey. Scott Ellis directs, for Roundabout Theatre Company. Previews begin Feb. 12.(American Airlines Theatre, 227 W. 42nd St. 212-719-1300.)

1. What is the play by Rajiv Joseph probably about?

A．A type of art.	B．A teenager’s studio.
C．A great teacher.	D．A group of animals.

2. Who is the director of The Audience?

A．Helen Mirren.	B．Peter Morgan.
C．Dylan Baker.	D．Stephen Daldry.

3. Which play will you go to if you are interested in American history?

A．Animals Out of Paper.	B．The Audience.
C．Hamilton.	D．On the Twentieth Century.

10 . I remember the day when I first learned to ride a bike. It was a frightening, yet fun experience. My granddad was the one who taught me and he helped me when I got hurt. The first time I got on a bike, I had no idea what I was doing, and just about everything went wrong. My granddad told me to just put my feet on the pedals and start pedaling (骑自行车). He also told me he would hold onto the back of the bike the whole time, yet he didn’t.

As soon as I started trying to balance myself, he let go. I happened to look back just then. I was scared, to death that I was going to fall and hurt myself. When I was scared, my mind went blank from pedaling, and I just wanted off. I forgot how to use the brakes (车闸) and fell right off the bike. My granddad kept encouraging me to get up and try again, and after about 15 minutes, 1 finally stopped crying, got up and tried again.

As soon as I started pedaling again, my pants got caught in the chain, and I fell flat on my face and hit my nose. Since that happened t my granddad decided to call it a day and try again the next morning. The next morning I woke up bright and early, and was very eager to try to ride my bike. My nose felt better, so I wasn’t that afraid of falling anymore.

Though I knew there were a lot of difficulties on the way to mastering the skills in riding a bike, I believed I could do well with my granddad’s help. After all, riding a bike was what I wanted to do eagerly.

1. How was the author when he was on the bike first?

A．He didn’t know where he would be going.

B．He thought balancing himself was easy.

C．He was nervous and didn’t know what to do next.

D．He put his feet on the pedals and started pedaling.

2. What does the underlined part in the passage mean?

A．Remember what happened this day.

B．Make the author feel happy.

C．Stop practicing bicycling.

D．Go on to ride a bike.

3. What is the author’s attitude towards his granddad?

A．Supportive.	B．Grateful.
C．Indifferent.	D．Negative.

4. Which of the following could be the title for the passage?

A．The Experience of My First Riding a Bike

B．The Difficulty I Met with My Granddad

C．The First Time I Got My Own Bike

D．The Great Moment When I Stayed with My Granddad