1 . Time magazine named its choice of the 100 “Most Influential (有影响力的) People in the World” on Wednesday. On the
Jeremy Lin, New York Knicks starting point guard, is a person that many
“Jeremy Lin’s story is a great lesson for kids everywhere. In life, there are many prejudices (偏见) that
“It’s great to see good values and the right attitude
We spoke to Lin’s
| A．road | B．way | C．world | D．list |
| A．children | B．stars | C．athletes | D．players |
| A．criticised | B．praised | C．attacked | D．disliked |
| A．influential | B．skilful | C．talented | D．selfless |
| A．lesson | B．skill | C．move | D．knowledge |
| A．graduate | B．professor | C．student | D．coach |
| A．fortunately | B．surprisingly | C．amazingly | D．unfairly |
| A．common | B．untrue | C．necessary | D．useful |
| A．coach | B．work | C．succeed | D．fail |
| A．useful | B．possible | C．easy | D．difficult |
| A．poor | B．lazy | C．excellent | D．normal |
| A．rewarded | B．forgotten | C．replaced | D．covered |
| A．country | B．fame | C．money | D．team |
| A．family | B．teammates | C．friends | D．parents |
| A．modest | B．optimistic | C．excited | D．happy |
2 . Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go in to their offices and schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this means they have to get up early in the morning and reach home late in the evening.
One advantage of living outside London is that the houses are cheaper. Even a small flat in London without a garden costs quite a lot to rent. With the same money, one can get a little house in the country with a garden of one’s own.
Then, in the country, one can rest from the noise and hurry of the town. Even though one has to get up earlier and spend more time on trains or buses, one can sleep better at night. Besides, during weekends and on summer evenings, one can enjoy the fresh, clean air of the country. If one likes gardens, one can spend one’s free time digging, planting, watering, and doing the hundred and one other jobs which are needed in a garden. Then, when the flowers and vegetables come up, one has the reward of one who has shared the secret of Nature.
Some people, however, take no interest in country things: for them, happiness lies in the town, with its cinemas and theatres, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance-halls and restaurants. Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live it outside London. An occasional walk in one of the parks and a fortnight’s (two weeks) visit to the sea every summer is all the country they want: the rest they are quite prepared to leave to those who are glad to get away from London every night.
1. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?| A．Some people who work in the country prefer to live in the city |
| B．Some people who work in the city prefer to live in the country |
| C．Those who live in London wake up early and get home late |
| D．Those who live in London must travel by train, car or bus every day |
| A．a small house with a garden in London |
| B．a large house with a garden in the country |
| C．a small flat with a garden in the country |
| D．a small house with a garden in the country |
| A．one can’t sleep so well as in the city | B．one has to spend more time on transport |
| C．one has to spend a long time in the garden | D．one is likely to be poorer |
| A．spend all of their time in the town | B．feel their life is not worth living |
| C．enjoy cinemas, shops and crowds | D．share the secret of Nature |
| A．the rest of their time | B．the rest of the people |
| C．the rest of the country | D．the rest of the parks and sea |
3 . The clock rules our lives. The more we try to save time, the less time we seem to have. In every area of our lives we are doing things faster. And many of us live in towns and cities which are getting noisier and more stressful as each day passes. But now a worldwide movement, whose aim is to slow life down, has started. Its supporters are people who believe that a happier and healthier way of life is possible.
The Slow Food movement was founded the day that an Italian journalist, Carlo Petrini, saw that McDonald’s had opened a restaurant in a beautiful square in Rome. He thought it was sad that many people today live too quickly to sit down for a proper meal and only eat much fast food. He decided that he had to try to do something about it and so he started the Slow Food movement. Slow Food has become a global organization ever since and now has more than 80,000 members in 100 countries.
Slow Food also encourages people to eat local and regional food, to use local shops and markets, to eat out in small family restaurants, and to cook with traditional recipes.
The idea of Slow Cities was inspired by the Slow Food movement. The aim of Slow Cities is to improve people’s quality of life. Towns which want to become a Slow City have to reduce traffic and noise, increase the number of green areas, plant trees, build pedestrian zones, and promote local businesses and traditions. Now it has spread to other countries all over the world, from the UK to Japan and Australia. There are now 135 Slow Cities in 24 countries across the world that have been named since founding of the organization in 1999. Gao Chun County, in east China’s Jiangsu Province, is expected to be named the first “Slow City” in China next year.
“Slow Cities are about having a community life in the town,” said a local resident. “It is not ‘slow’ as in ‘stupid’. It is ‘slow’ as in the opposite of ‘worried’ and ‘stressful’.”
But not everybody is happy. For teenagers, who have to go 25km to Norwich, the nearest city, to buy CDs, living in a Slow City is not very attractive. “It’s all right here for adults,” says Lewis Cook, 16. “But if you want excitement, you have to go to Norwich. We need more things here for young people.”
1. What’s the aim of the Slow Food movement?| A．To call on people to eat out. | B．To make people enjoy cooking. |
| C．To drive McDonald’s out of Rome | D．To encourage people to slow down. |
| A．reducing traffic and noise | B．increasing the number of green areas |
| C．building more department stores | D．promoting local businesses and traditions |
| A．Slow Food was founded in 1999 | B．there is no Slow City in China now |
| C．Slow Cities are mainly in the UK | D．there are about 24 Slow Cities in the world |
| A．Satisfied. | B．Excited. | C．Happy. | D．Dissatisfied. |
| A．Slow down and you’ll move fast. | B．Time flies never to be recalled. |
| C．Eat slowly and you’ll be healthy. | D．Pay attention to the quality of life. |
I had to wait for them to call number 63 before I could get my food.
Ivon suggested that we walk to Bayside. When we arrived, Ivon told me
After about twenty minutes, Ivon came back. He suggested
“I guess they didn’t want us next to the hotel. You can’t have people looking
1. In your opinion, is Yang Liwei a hero? Why, or why not?
2. What do you think a true hero should be like?
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6 . The hike to the lost Incan city of Choquequirao is one of the most difficult in Peru. From the town of Cachora, which is 161km west of Cusco, it’s an 18km walk to Capuliyoc Mountain, then down to Playa Rosalina, where travelers camp for the night. Waking early, travelers then have to cross the Apurimac River and walk uphill to carp close to the ruins. Then, the next morning, it’s another 2km walk up to the ruins (遗迹), 3,100m above sea level. To get back? Well, it’s the same way you came.
“I’ve had people in their 60s and 70s do it,” said Juan Barrios, a guide from the Adventure Life company. “But some people come out thinking that because it’s only 28km from the drop off they can do it in a day. Six or seven days for the hike is best.”
It makes sense, then, that Choquequirao draws only about 30 people a day during the high season (June through August). Compare that to the 2,500 people who arrive each day at the famous Incan city of Machu Picchu.
But for those who make the journey, the rewards (回报) are great: beautiful mountain views at every turn, and the chance to explore the wonderful ruins nearly alone.
Believed to be created around the same time as Machu Picchu, in 1445, Choquequirao is actually larger than better-known Machu Picchu. But very little has been written about Peru’s other lost city and researchers are still uncovering new parts of the ruins, leaving life on the mountain relatively untouched.
But officials say that the building of the first cable car (缆车) to Choquequirao will shorten the several-day walk to a 15-minute cable car ride. As a result, the number of travellers that now make the journey each week could turn into 3,000 visitors per day.
Choquequirao is beautiful now because of how untouched it is. Even though the lost city was discovered by Spanish explorer Juan Arias Diaz in 1710, the ruins still make you feel as though you’re the first to find them. Will it be the same when more travelers flood in (大量涌入)?
1. What does the first paragraph centre on?| A．How tall Choquequirao is. | B．How to get to Choquequirao easily. |
| C．What great views Choquequirao has. | D．How hard the trip to Choquequirao is. |
| A．They’re still being unearthed and explored. | B．They’re in a generally poor condition. |
| C．They’re being renewed at the moment. | D．They’ve been researched internationally. |
| A．It will be more attractive. | B．It will develop at a slow speed. |
| C．It won’t necessarily take a turn for the better. | D．It won’t be more popular than Machu Picchu. |
I always wondered how people would react if I tried to approach a stranger for help in a busy place like a street corner or in a bustling mall. I personally have hurried past a stranger who tried to catch my attention in a busy place.
Yesterday I had a taste of being stuck in such a desperate situation where your only hope of help would have to come from a total stranger.
I was in a busy shopping mall buying a large piece of luggage. After the purchase in one of the large and expensive shops, I picked up my phone from my pocket to call my driver waiting in the parking lot and my phone was dead.
I then requested the shop assistant selling me the luggage, which was not cheap at all, if she could ring the number of my driver for me. She replied, still all smiles, “I’m sorry Sir, but it is the shop policy that we cannot use mobile phones while working in the shop.”
As I was wondering what kind of policy that was, I saw a nice-looking teenage boy coming toward me. Remember my wife’s interesting theory that beautiful people are more likely to give you a hand when you’re in trouble, I thought I might have a chance. But before I could say a word, he walked past me. It turned out he simply didn’t see me.
I waited in the mall but it seemed nobody bothered to look at me. Disappointed and tired, I got out of the shop on to the busy street in front. I stood there with people rushing by, looking at their faces to see if they will show kindness to me. I began wondering how many times I had reacted to strangers like the shop girl and the teenager.
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That was when I saw a young mother with her two kids.
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After graduation, I decided to go to the
Me? Sports? No way. I was not
But just as I was beginning to feel comfortable.my friend suggested we play tennis
The first few months were quite
Obviously, if I hadn’t stepped outside of my comfort zone (区域), I would have never
| A．seldom | B．always | C．finally | D．still |
| A．lazy | B．overweight | C．diet | D．good |
| A．woods | B．court | C．gym | D．zone |
| A．often | B．independently | C．skillfully | D．properly |
| A．calm | B．inspired | C．angry | D．bored |
| A．relaxed | B．rich | C．afraid | D．athletic |
| A．changed | B．expected | C．followed | D．traveled |
| A．formally | B．normally | C．again | D．instead |
| A．hardly | B．strongly | C．partly | D．strangely |
| A．Awkwardly | B．Actively | C．Amazingly | D．Rudely |
| A．carrying | B．missing | C．seeing | D．holding |
| A．useful | B．sweet | C．satisfying | D．hard |
| A．in peace | B．in person | C．in surprise | D．in a hurry |
| A．questioned | B．wondered | C．discovered | D．remembered |
| A．excitement | B．fear | C．duty | D．pride |
9 . Six Chinese survived the tragedy of the Royal Mail Ship Titanic, but disappeared soon after. Now a British documentarian, Arthur Jones, will uncover stories and histories of discrimination (歧视).
There were eight Chinese between the ages of 24 and 37 on the Titanic, sharing one 59-pound third-class ticket, but only six survived from its sinking. When they arrived, in the United States, they were not helped like the other 705 survivors. Instead they were forced to leave the country within 24 hours, because of the Chinese Exclusion Act signed in 1882.
Some westerners questioned the six Chinese survivors as stowaways (偷渡者) and claimed that they survived because they secretly climbed on the lifeboat or dressed as women to board lifeboats.
But after visiting foreign documents, museums and cooperating with American and Chinese historians, Jones believes they did not do anything disgraceful (不光彩的) in order to survive the disaster. This is not only a story about the survivors of Titanic, but also a story of a group of brave Chinese people exploring the outside world at that time, he said.
When the ship hit an iceberg, like other third-class passengers the eight Chinese were released from the locked gates at last, but not allowed to board the lifeboat. Luckily, four of them boarded a small broken boat, and one was rescued by another lifeboat. Another one, Fang Lang, floated on a piece of wooden board in the sea. The only returning lifeboat saved him from freezing.
To restore (还原) their real stories, Jones and his team found Fang Lang’s son in Wisconsin, US. Also, Jones will visit Taishan city in south China’s Guangdong province, recorded as the survivors’ hometown. The filmmakers also established a website, whoarethesix. com, for more clues.
Ordinarily, people think of Titanic as a story of rich white people, but don’t know there were people from all over the world, including Chinese. Their stories are never told, Jones said.
The documentary (纪录片) The Six is expected to be released in China late this year.
1. What can we learn about the Chinese Exclusion Act?| A．It put Chinese at disadvantage. | B．It ignored third-class ticket holders. |
| C．It aimed to help American passengers. | D．It was completed within 24 hours. |
| A．Adventurous but dishonest | B．Lucky but disgraceful. |
| C．Brave and innocent. | D．Poor and questionable. |
| A．Some amazing findings about the survivors. |
| B．Jones and his team’s visit to different people. |
| C．Jones’ efforts to restore the stories of the Chinese. |
| D．Some information about the survivors’ hometown. |
On the west bank of the Mississippi, there is an unusual house with a white fence, preserved (保存)
