1 . I was blind, but I was ashamed of it if it was known. I refused to use a white stick and hated asking for help. After all, I was a teenage girl, and I could not bear people to look at me and think I was not like them. I must have been a terrible danger on the roads. Coming across me wandering through the traffic, motorists probably would have to stop rapidly on their brakes. Apart from that, there were all sorts of disasters that used to occur on the way to and from work.
One evening, I got off the bus about halfway home where I had to change buses, and as usual I ran into something. “I’m awfully sorry,” I said and stepped forward only to run into it again. When it happened a third time, I realized I had been apologizing to a lamppost (街灯柱). This was just one of the stupid things that constantly happened to me. So I carried on and found the bus stop, which was a request stop, where the bus wouldn’t stop unless passengers wanted to get on or off. No one else was there and I had to guess if the bus had arrived.
Generally in this situation, because I hated showing I was blind by asking for help, I tried to guess at the sound. Sometimes I would stop a big lorry and stand there feeling stupid as it drew away. In the end, I usually managed to swallow (吞下) my pride and ask someone at the stop for help.
But at this particular evening no one joined me at the stop; it seemed that everyone had suddenly decided not to travel by bus. Of course I heard plenty of buses pass, or I thought I did. But because I had given up stopping them for fear of making a fool of myself, I let them all go by. I stood there alone for half an hour without stopping one. Then I gave up. I decided to walk on to the next stop.
1. The girl refused to ask for help because she thought ________.| A．she might be recognized | B．asking for help looked silly |
| C．being found blind was embarrassing | D．she was normal and independent |
| A．began to run | B．hit a lamppost by accident |
| C．hit a person as usual | D．was caught by something |
| A．to find more buses there | B．to find people there |
| C．to find the bus by herself there | D．to find people more helpful there |
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3 . Educational authorities have asked schools to make sure students have 10-minute breaks between classes after hearing complaints that some school students are not allowed to leave classrooms during breaks-unless they need to go to the toilet-- to ensure their safety.
Some students said teachers often overrun by a few minutes, and that some start their classes a few minutes before the breaks are scheduled to end. In these cases students do not even have time to go to the toilet.
A mother of a primary school student in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province said her child’s school does not allow students to leave the classroom building during breaks. They are also forbidden to jump, run around or speak loudly.
The issue has caused a heated discussion on social media platforms.
“Teachers do not want to supervise students during class breaks. However, if students have accidents, some parents will still hold schools accountable,” said one netizen in a comment that received more than 10,000 likes. Another said, “Teachers are also tired, but the school makes such a requirement, and they have to follow.”
An official from the Ministry of Education said that it is important for schools to ensure students have time to rest during class breaks, which can help students relax, be healthy and avoid myopia (近视).
The ministry attaches great importance to class breaks, the official said. Apart from breaks between classes, schools should also make sure students have a 30-minute break each day for exercise. The ministry will urge local authorities and schools to implement the policies and prevent the practice of restricting class breaks in the name of “ensuring students safety”, the official said.
1. According to some parents, who is to blame if students have accidents during class breaks?| A．The children. | B．The schools. |
| C．Educational authorities. | D．The parents. |
| A．Because they have a lot of homework to do. |
| B．Because the teachers often end the classes late than scheduled. |
| C．Because schools want to ensure the students’ safety. |
| D．Because the students are told to do so by their parents. |
| A．relaxation for students. | B．avoid being short-sighted. |
| C．wellness of the students. | D．playing happily. |
| A．Schools will be urged to ensure students to have moderate class breaks. |
| B．Although tired, teachers are willing to supervise students during class breaks. |
| C．Students do not have time to go to the toilet because teachers often overrun by a few minutes. |
| D．Parents are in favor of not allowing the students to leave classrooms. |
4 . One evening, 13-year-old Briar agreed to look after his four younger sisters while his parents were out. The parents were
The first thought coming to Briar’s mind was to rescue his little sisters. The family had
Briar remained calm and focused on the
Firefighters arrived on the
| A．courageous | B．ignorant | C．confident | D．obvious |
| A．presence | B．absence | C．assistance | D．silence |
| A．previously | B．rarely | C．extremely | D．eventually |
| A．excited | B．ashamed | C．prepared | D．determined |
| A．went | B．lived | C．got | D．spread |
| A．efficient | B．fluent | C．urgent | D．patient |
| A．took hold of | B．put emphasis on | C．showed mercy to | D．caught up with |
| A．safety | B．failure | C．awareness | D．sight |
| A．problem | B．difficulty | C．danger | D．store |
| A．except | B．besides | C．since | D．despite |
| A．actually | B．desperately | C．entirely | D．definitely |
| A．price | B．point | C．age | D．depth |
| A．faster | B．lower | C．larger | D．weaker |
| A．scene | B．position | C．time | D．way |
| A．frightened | B．respectful | C．amused | D．grateful |
Asad was a 13-year-old boy who was very honest and hardworking. Recently, he had entered a new school, so he had no friends yet. On Monday morning, he was nearly late for school. The night before, his family attended his cousin’s wedding and reached home late, which was why he couldn’t get up on time as usual.
At school, Asad could not pay attention to anything and wanted the bell to ring so that he could buy something to eat. After a few hours, when the bell rang, Asad quickly opened his schoolbag to find his money, but just then he remembered that he had left for school in a hurry in the morning and forgotten to take money. He looked under his books, hoping to find some money but there was nothing.
Not knowing what to do, he walked out of the classroom and sat on a bench in front of the canteen. He saw a few of his classmates there, among them was Fahad. He was one of the richest kids in his class, but he was a very arrogant(傲慢的)boy who thought everyone else was a loser. But as Asad was new, he didn’t know much about Fahad.
When he went towards Fahad and asked if he could borrow some money for his lunch, Fahad laughed a lot and said, “I knew you were a loser, maybe a beggar?” Fahad laughed out so loud that other kids also heard and made fun of the situation. He didn’t answer Fahad, and slowly walked back towards an empty bench.
When he reached the bench, he noticed something lying near it. It was a wallet. He picked it up and recognized it as Fahad’s, as he remembered Fahad showing it to his friends and telling that his uncle bought it for him from the UK. There was quite a lot of money inside for a kid.
At first, Asad wanted to keep it a secret and punished Fahad.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Then Fahad said, “Why are you giving back?”
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Several days ago, local News Channel reported a story between a mother and her son. The mother was a single woman who had been feeling a great deal of anger and bitterness due to her financial and psychological problem, causing her emotions to be unpredictable. Occasionally, she may not pay enough attention to her son or couldn’t respond to his requirements timely. Sometimes, she would even pour her negative emotions onto her child, which made him feel helpless. In fact, this child is a very outstanding and caring boy.
That day, the mother directed her anger towards her child again because of some small matter. Although the child did not resist, the mother still drove the child out of the house, slammed the door shut and left the child outside to reflect (反省).
It was when the mother became calm and a little regretful that she opened her door and found her child missing. Anxious and scared, she searched everywhere, but the child was nowhere to be found. Her anxiety was gradually increasing.
The worried mother thought of seeking help from the police. Quickly, she went to the police station and explained the situation to the officer on duty. The police officer explained that, as a general rule, they couldn’t file a case for a missing child within the first 24 hours. However, they could provide assistance in other ways, such as posting the child’s photo on social media platforms to expand the search area.
After expressing gratitude for the police officer’s kindness, the mother continued searching for her child. Despite trying various methods, the mother still couldn’t find the child. Unexpectedly, the child was wandering in the streets, he felt lost and alone, not knowing where to go or what to do. He felt the tears forming in his eyes but refused to let them down. He didn’t want to show weakness in front of anyone, and it made him feel even more alone.
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Exhausted and hungry, the child kept walking aimlessly until he finally came across a bench along the street.
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Soon after, the mother arrived hurriedly.
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7 . VOLUNTARY STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
There are over 600 different Voluntary Student Organizations (VSOs) at Stanford. VSOs are those organizations in which membership is both open and limited to current Stanford students, and whose purposes and procedures are consistent with the goals and standards of the University. Students make all organizational decisions. In order to use the Stanford name, or to receive funding, all voluntary student organizations must register with the University through the Office of Stanford Events.
As a condition of registration, each voluntary student organization must file and have approved each of the following:
● A statement (声明) of purpose and organizational constitution.
● A statement about membership qualifications.
● Clear procedures for officer elections.
● Identification of the authorized representatives of the group.
If a voluntary student organization seeks to use University facilities for meetings open to more than its own members, such meetings shall be subject to the regulations of the Committee on Public Events . All organization events held in University facilities must receive event approval from the Office of Student Activities. No student group may use University space or facilities or receive other University support for purposes of supporting candidates for public office. Groups may use public places such as White Plaza for speeches and similar activities held by the Student Committee; may have periodic use of on-campus meeting rooms; and may request to reserve auditoriums (礼堂) for public events as long as all University guidelines are followed.
1. Who can register for a VSO at Stanford?| A．A college candidate. | B．A Stanford graduate. |
| C．A voluntary student. | D．A current Stanford student. |
| A．A business certificate. | B．A description of its members. |
| C．A distinct procedure of electing officers. | D．An introduction to the representatives. |
| A．The Student Committee. | B．The Office of Student Activities. |
| C．The Office of Stanford Events. | D．The Committee on Public Events. |
8 . Reading the Screen
The debate on literacy is one of the most heated in education. On the one hand, there is an army of people convinced that traditional skills of reading and writing are declining. On the other hand, a large number of progressives protest that literacy is much more complicated than a simple technical mastery of reading and writing. This second position is supported by most of the relevant academic work over the past 20 years. These studies argue that literacy can only be understood in its social and technical context. In Renaissance England, for example, many more people could read than could write, and within reading there was a distinction between those who could read print and those who could manage the more difficult task of reading manuscripts (手稿). An understanding of these earlier periods helps us understand today’s “crisis in literacy” debate.
It seems that there has been an overall decline in some aspects of reading and writing—you only need to compare the newspapers of today with those of 50 years ago to see a clear decrease in vocabulary and simplification of sentence patterns.
While reading a certain amount of writing is as crucial as it has ever been in industrial societies, it is doubtful whether a fully extended grasp of either is as necessary as it was 40 years ago. While print holds much of its authority as a source of topical information, television has increasingly taken this role. The ability to write fluent letters has been weakened by the telephone and research suggests that for many people the only use for writing, outside formal education, is making shopping lists.
The decision of some car factories to issue their instructions to mechanics as a video pack rather than as a handbook might end the automatic link between industrialization and literacy. On the other hand, it is also the case that ever-increasing numbers of people make their living out of writing, which is better rewarded than ever before. Schools are generally seen as institutions where books rule—films and recorded sound have almost no place, but it is not clear that this opposition is appropriate. While you may not need to read and write to watch television, you certainly need to be able to read and write in order to make programs. Those who work in new media are anything but literate. The traditional oppositions between old and new media are inadequate for understanding the world which a young child now encounters. There is evidence that children are mastering reading and writing in order to get on to the Internet.
Nevertheless, there is a crisis in literacy and it would be foolish to ignore it. To understand that literacy may be declining because it is less central to some aspects of everyday life is not the same as reluctantly accepting this state of affairs. The production of school work with the new technologies could be a significant stimulus to literacy. How should these new technologies be introduced into the schools? It isn’t enough to call for computers in every classroom. They will stand unused unless they are properly combined with the educational culture.
1. When discussing the debate on literacy in education, the writer notes that________.| A．children can read and write as well as they used to |
| B．academic work has improved over the last 20 years |
| C．there is evidence that literacy is related to external factors |
| D．people’s reading skills are more important than writing skills |
| A．The printed word is both gaining and losing power. |
| B．The car factories’ decision brings benefits to labors. |
| C．Those who do manual jobs no longer need to read. |
| D．New media offers the best career for the literate. |
| A．How to teach students the skills of reading and writing. |
| B．How to apply new technologies to classroom teaching. |
| C．Raising money to purchase technological equipment. |
| D．Managing the widely differing levels of literacy among pupils. |
| A．Modern communication has completely replaced writing letters. |
| B．New media has the potential to promote students’ literacy. |
| C．New technologies are inadequate for us to know about children’s world. |
| D．Current newspapers use more complicated sentence patterns than before. |
9 . Last night, my sister sent me a message: “The 1196 weather service will come to an end. So if you want to listen, today is the last
For 20 years, a caller could dial 1196,
Dad’s love for the job was
The whole recording was really a large
Finally, I plucked up(鼓起)the courage to dial the number to say another goodbye to my father.
1.| A．challenge | B．offer | C．suggestion | D．chance |
| A．select | B．identify | C．cover | D．show |
| A．style | B．mind | C．voice | D．taste |
| A．continued | B．transformed | C．put | D．broke |
| A．adopted | B．replaced | C．accepted | D．prohibited |
| A．against | B．over | C．beyond | D．with |
| A．tracking | B．guiding | C．inviting | D．accompanying |
| A．reading | B．checking | C．reviewing | D．correcting |
| A．complex | B．humble | C．familiar | D．appreciative |
| A．tired | B．proud | C．shy | D．skeptical |
| A．in case | B．as if | C．even if | D．so that |
| A．system | B．routine | C．target | D．project |
| A．weak | B．busy | C．panic | D．nervous |
| A．Besides | B．Otherwise | C．Meanwhile | D．Therefore |
| A．adjust | B．complete | C．provide | D．analyze |
10 . Top Vacation Destinations（目的地）for Sports Fans
Being a fan of a sport is pleasant for more than one reason. Take a look at some unforgettable trips a sports fan can take around the world.
Los Angeles
Basketball fans will love cities like Los Angeles and New York, home to the Lakers and Knicks. They will also be interested in visiting the hall of fame in Springfield, Massachusetts. There are plenty of fun cities to visit around the world for a basketball lover.
Florida
Travel to Florida and stay at Acqualina Resort &. Spa for a relaxing experience. You may be a person who never takes part in a team sport, but prefers personal activities like kayaking（皮划艇）.An experienced guide will lead the way as the water takes guests to Sandspur Island at last. Swim, or relax in the sand when you get to the island.
Boston & Chicago
Fenway Park is a must for baseball fans looking to tour one of the most unique ballparks in the United States. Chicago and Boston are two baseball cities with a long history. A visit to the two cities will excite baseball fans while they gain knowledge of the game that they love.
Wisconsin
Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin is one of the most unique experiences in professional（职业的）sports. It has hosted several events over its history. Other college stadiums to consider are The Bighouse in Michigan and Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana.
Tokyo
A trip around the world for a sporting fan isn't complete without a stop to Tokyo. The city is energetic, and the 32nd Summer Olympic Games are coming in July 2020 there.
1. Which city should a person who likes kayaking go to?| A．Los Angeles. | B．Florida. | C．Chicago. | D．Boston. |
| A．It has a good view of a beautiful island. |
| B．It is the best place for basketball lovers. |
| C．It once hosted professional sports events. |
| D．It has the most special ballpark in the USA. |
| A．The Olympic Games. | B．A Lakers game. |
| C．The Rose Bowl Game. | D．A Knicks game. |
