1 . South African lifeguard Achmat Hassiem would watch sharks hunting seals in False Bay. Hassiem never imagined he would _______ an attack by the shark because he always thinks they are one of the most _______ ocean killers. He was really lucky.

In August 2006 he and his brother were _______ an exercise with the local lifeguards. Suddenly he saw shark _______ towards his brother. His first thought was to distract(分散)the animal’s _______. Immediately he started drumming on top of the water, trying to make a _______ noise. He knew sharks tend to move towards _______. He saw the shark turn away from his brother. But as it _______ the course, the shark swam towards Hassiem. The shark _______ its mouth and his right leg was in the shark’s mouth. Then it pulled him under the water and headed downwards. Then he ________ horrible sound. His right leg split(分解)in two. ________ of the shark’s’ bite, Hassiem immediately swam toward the shore. He waved his ________ out of the water and cried for help.

Hassiem survived, ________ the shark had taken away his right leg below the knee. Hassiem was training ________ for swimming. Two years later, he was on a plane to Beijing to ________ his country at the 2008 Paralympic Games(残奥会). After that he represented South Africa to attend two big Paralympic Games and ________ a medal at the London Paralympics.

Sharks are________. Now, Achmat Hassiem is an ocean conservationist(环保主义者)encouraging people to ________ sharks. He thanks the shark for setting him on a new life. He said, "Thanks to the shark’s ________, I’ve managed to go around the world. As child, I always wanted to represent South Africa, and the shark gave me the ________. Who is better to speak up for sharks than a shark attack survivor?"

1.

A．relieve

B．harm

C．face

D．survive

2.

A．merciful

B．powerful

C．beautiful

D．confident

3.

A．catching up with

B．making fun of

C．taking part in

D．making sense of

4.

A．moving

B．pretending

C．running

D．rolling

5.

A．eyesight

B．energy

C．attention

D．memory

6.

A．strange

B．loud

C．fierce

D．attractive

7.

A．sounds

B．ships

C．smells

D．performances

8.

A．broke

B．finished

C．removed

D．changed

9.

A．opened

B．touched

C．cleaned

D．attached

10.

A．made

B．found

C．earned

D．heard

11.

A．Dream

B．Proud

C．Free

D．Afraid

12.

A．head

B．back

C．legs

D．arms

13.

A．for

B．but

C．however

D．and

14.

A．hard

B．secretly

C．happily

D．hurriedly

15.

A．replace

B．report

C．lead

D．represent

16.

A．accepted

B．hosted

C．won

D．succeeded

17.

A．in peace

B．in danger

C．in relief

D．for good

18.

A．protect

B．inspect

C．study

D．perform

19.

A．test

B．help

C．attack

D．training

20.

A．talent

B．chance

C．invitation

D．ability

2 . On a farm in England, Gavin and Alice Munro are taking sustainability to the next level: they harvest trees which they grow into chairs.

The couple have a furniture（家具）farm in Derbyshire where they are growing 250 chairs, 100 lamps and 550 tables. It is their answer to what they see as the inefficient（无效率的）process of cutting down mature trees to create furniture.

"Instead of force-growing a tree for 50 years and then cutting it down and making it into smaller and smaller bits…the idea is to grow the tree into the shape that you want directly. It’s like a kind of 3D printing, "said Gavin.

Part of the inspiration for the idea came when Gavin was a young boy. He spotted an overgrown bonsai tree（盆栽） which looked like chair.

The 44-year-old began experimenting in 2006. In 2012, Gavin and Alice set up the company Full Grown. Within several years, the couple developed the most effective way to shape a tree without limiting its growth. They guided shoots（嫩枝）already heading in the right direction, rather than force them the wrong way against their natural growth.

The average chair takes six to nine years to grow-and another year to dry out. The labor and time involved in producing the organic pieces means they do not come cheap. Chairs sell for ￡10,000 each, lamps for ￡900 to ￡2,300 and tables for ￡2,500 to ￡12,500.

1. How could the couple grow trees into a shape they needed?

A．They used 3D printing.

B．They limited their growth.

C．They forced trees into different shapes.

D．They guided their shoots in the right direction.

2. When did Gavin get the idea of growing furniture?

A．When he was a child.	B．When they got married.
C．When they bought the farm.	D．When they began experimenting in 2006.

3. Which can best describe the furniture?

A．Big and eco-friendly.	B．Natural but expensive.
C．Hand-made and creative.	D．Traditional but organic.

4. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A．A Couple Grow Furniture	B．Expensive Grown Chairs
C．It’s A Good Try Of Sustainability	D．Grown Trees Gain Popularity

3 . What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A．A popular book.

B．The civil war.

C．A classic movie.

4 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Food waste is one of the greatest challenges of our time, and fruit and vegetables are especially problematic, as about 52% of them go bad before     1    （eventual） reaching consumers. But one Malaysian company has come up     2     a simple solution(解决方案)to this problem — a tiny sticker that keeps fruit from     3     (go) bad for up to weeks.

You've probably seen stickers on fruit before,     4     not like the ones created by the Malaysian company. Those common stickers are typically     5     (use) only to provide consumers with     6     (inform) about the growers and how the fruit was grown, but Stixfresh has a completely different purpose. It contains something special and all-natural that slows down the ripening(成熟)process, keeping the fruit fresh and juicy for much     7    (long).

Stixfresh founder Zhafri Zainudin says that he thought of the idea for the stickers after visiting a friend     8     ran a fruit store. The man was worried about losing money every day because of bad fruit, but he knew that there was no way to stop nature from taking     9     (it) course. The Malaysian businessman worked with many     10     (university) to develop and test his sticker.

At first, Stixfresh stickers were only used to lengthen the shelf-life of mangoes, but the company later worked on other fruit, like dragon fruit, star fruit, apples and pears.

5 . If you expect to work in the future in the travel industry, you should begin learning Chinese.

That's because Chinese people spent nearly $258 billion in total on international travel last year. That's more than twice the combined amount spent on international travel by people from the United States and Germany, the next two biggest-spending nations. The Chinese are relative（相对的）newcomers when it comes to traveling beyond their nation's borders and only a small percentage of them travel outside of China each year. Given the size of that nation's population, even that small percentage represents well over 100 million Chinese travelers to foreign destinations.

Yet Chinese citizens flew, on average, just 65 miles last year versus（与......相对）the 227 miles flown on average by US residents（居民）， the 285 miles flown on average by Germans, the 271 miles flown on average by those from the United Kingdom, and the 632 miles flown by the average Canadian last year.

China's high total spending on international travel and its low average number of miles flown on international travel may show that while only a small percentage of China's residents actually travel outside their homeland, those who do spend a lot of money don't go that far. But there are reasons for China's low average of miles travel on international trips. A small percentage of Chinese now have enough money to travel internationally, while the number of people who do travel outside of China is growing fast every year. Besides, a large percentage of Chinese people traveling abroad stay close to home.

However, as more and more Chinese gain the financial ability to travel internationally and as Chinese become more and more interested in visiting destinations farther and farther away from home, their spending on international travel and the average distances flown will both rise rapidly.

1. Why is it important to learn Chinese for the future work in travel industry?

A．Because being good at Chinese is a must for future work.

B．Because Chinese is most commonly used in travel industry.

C．Because, travel industry requires employees to learn Chinese.

D．Because China will probably be a big-spending nation in international travel

2. What can we infer from Paragraph 2?

A．There is indeed great potential in Chinese travel market.

B．People from different countries have different preferred destinations.

C．Chinese people are more willing to travel abroad compared with Canadians.

D．People going on a journey around the world hate taking international planes.

3. In what countries may many Chinese people choose to travel at present?

A．North America.	B．Developing countries.
C．Southeast Asia.	D．European countries.

4. Which of the following words can best describe the future of Chinese people's traveling abroad?

A．Hopeless.	B．Promising.
C．Confusing.	D．Unclear.