1 . Directions: Read the following two passages. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper from of the given word. For the other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.

It’s a Friday morning in Boston, which means Dr. Jim O’Connell is making his rounds. He might be more comfortable inside an exam room, but that’s not where his patients are. O’Connell is one of a handful of physicians making house calls to the homeless in the city.

More than 550,000 Americans are homeless, and many have health problems but no access to care. O’Connell and his team,     1     (make) up of psychiatrists, internists, a nurse practitioner, a case manager, and a recovery coach, are doing something about it. They spend their days walking around     2     the homeless live—in parks, under bridges, and on the outskirts of town. They treat about 700 regular patients. During these rounds, O’Connell     3     usually sees about 20 patients. He knows where most of them sleep and whom to ask     4     they are missing. “I feel like I’m a country doctor in the middle of the city, you know?” he said.

O’Connell went to Harvard Medical School and was on his way to a prestigious oncology (肿瘤学) fellowship when his chief suggested he     5     (take) what was supposed to be a one-year position as the founding physician of a new health-care program for Boston’s homeless. That turned into a 33-year career at the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, one of the country’s     6     (large) of its kind.

“You realize, ‘You know what, I’m just a doctor. And what I can do is I can get to know you and ease your suffering, just     7     I would as an oncologist,’” O’Connell said. “You could not find     8     more grateful population.”

And his patients are grateful. “This man is unbelievable!” one remarked. “He’s like Jesus,” another added.

When asked about     9     his life might have turned out had he become a highly paid oncologist, O’Connell said, “I never think about it anymore.” Some things are more valuable than money. Just ask the man     10     gets everything from patients with nothing material to give.

2 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。1.

A．In her arm.

B．In her lung.

C．On her shoulder.

D．In her back.

2.

A．Over five years.	B．About three months.
C．Less than two weeks.	D．A few months.

3.

A．To find ways to help Mrs. Smith’s family.

B．To hear an update on Mrs. Smith’s situation.

C．To figure out what’s wrong with Mrs. Smith.

D．To discuss the company’s helping policies.

3 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。1.

A．5.

B．16.

C．42.

D．21.

2.

A．See his championship belt.

B．Appear in his superhero films.

C．Learn the wrestling skills from him.

D．Exchange photos with him.

3.

A．It treats children who suffer from serious illnesses.

B．It helps sick children to see their favorite celebrities.

C．It keeps track of Guinness World Record holders.

D．It protects children from violence and crimes.

4 . When I volunteered as a social worker at a domestic violence shelter in a developing country, I imagined the position for which my university experience had prepared me. I imagined conducting intake interviews and walking around from organization to organization seeking support that the women would need to rebuild their lives. When I arrived, I felt as if I already had months of experience, experience gained in the hypothetical situations I had invented and subsequently resolved single-handedly. I felt thoroughly prepared to tackle the situation I assumed was waiting for me.

I arrived full of zeal. Within moments, my reality made a sharp break from which I had expected. The coordinator explained that the shelter’s need for financial self-sufficiency had become obvious. To address this, the center was planning to open a bakery. I immediately enthused about the project, making many references to the small enterprise case studies I had researched at the university. In response to my impassioned reply, the coordinator declared me in charge of the bakery. At that moment, I was as prepared to bake bread as I was to run for political office. The bigger problem, however, was that I was completely unfamiliar with the for-profit business models necessary to run the bakery. I was out of my depth in a foreign river with only my coordinator’s confidence to keep me afloat.

They say that necessity is the mother of invention. I began finding recipes and using the expertise of friends. With their help making bread, printing leaflets and making contacts, the bakery was soon running successfully. After a short time it became a significant source of income for the house.

In addition to funds, baking bread provided a natural environment to work with and get to know the women of the shelter. Kneading dough (揉面团) side by side, I shared in the friendly atmosphere of the kitchen, treated to stories about their children and the towns and jobs they had to leave behind to ensure their safety. Baking helped me develop strong relationships with the women and advanced my understanding of their situations. It also improved the women’s self-esteem. Their ability to master a new skill gave them confidence in themselves, and the fact that the bakery contributed to the upkeep of the house gave the women a sense of pride and the confidence that they had the capability to support themselves.

Baking gave me the opportunity to work in a capacity I had not at all expected, but one that proved very successful. Learning to bake gave me as much newfound self-confidence as it gave the women, and I found that sometimes quality social work can be as simple as kneading dough.

1. The primary purpose of the passage is to show how the author         .

A．was shocked by the reality

B．broadened the scope of her work

C．developed her abilities to run a for-profit enterprise

D．handled a tough situation in a developing country

2. The statement that the author arrived “full of zeal” indicates that she was         .

A．anxious and insecure	B．confident but uninformed
C．eager and interested	D．enthusiastic but incompetent

3. Why was the author initially enthusiastic about the idea of the bakery?

A．She considered it from a theoretical point of view.

B．She hoped to get a leadership position in the bakery.

C．She wanted to show her baking skills to her new coordinator.

D．She believed it is a good way to raise women’s self-esteem.

4. What did the last sentence (“Learning ... dough”) indicate?

A．The author underestimated her abilities to learn new skills.

B．The author derived benefit from her work by helping others.

C．The author lacked self-confidence as much as the women working with her.

D．The author found performing social work surprisingly easy with no education.

5 . A Day in My Wheel Chair

Alex Johnson was born with a rare disorder and got his first wheelchair when he was 7 years old. When he was 11, he arranged to get a bunch of borrowed wheelchairs and then invited his teachers and fellow students to spend a day in them.

Dozens of volunteers quickly learned how complicated it was for Alex to get around the school. Balancing a lunch tray while also rolling down the cafeteria line? Super tricky. Those who participated also learned about the aches and pains Alex struggles with daily. There’s also the arduous, if not impossible, task of rolling a manual wheelchair up and down slopes.

Doors are the worst, they said, because they’re heavy and difficult to pull open from a rolling chair. And although the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) specifies that doorways need to be wide enough to allow a wheelchair and the person’s hands to pass through safely, but many doors in older buildings are just too narrow.

But making the world more accessible for wheelchair users is a public policy issue controlled by government officials, so Alex recently challenged the Tennessee House of Representatives to spend a day in wheelchairs. And 10 men and women took him up on it! For a full day, they worked at their desks and attended all their regular meetings in wheelchairs. The lawmakers had the same eye-opening experiences that Alex’s school pals had.

State Representative Clark Boyd said, “I expected it to be difficult, but I had no idea how frustrating it could be to just simply get around.”

Thanks to comparable wheelchair challenges around the world, more lawmakers are getting the opportunity to learn more about what it’s like for the millions of people living with a mobility disability. “My hope is that through my challenge we can make the world more accessible,” Alex said. “Together, we can change the world, one challenge at a time.”

1. In what way were the students’ experiences of spending a day in wheelchairs and the lawmakers’ experiences similar?

A．Gaining a better understanding of what life is like for disabled people.

B．Learning that making the world more accessible is government officials’ work.

C．Learning how tiring it is to roll a wheelchair to move around the school building.

D．Understanding what it’s like for Alex to balance a lunch tray while in a wheelchair.

2. In paragraph 3, the word “arduous” is closest in the meaning to “_________”.

A．compulsory

B．fruitless

C．ridiculous

D．challenging

3. Why did the writer quote Clark Boyd’s remark?

A．To criticize the ADA for the narrow doors in buildings.

B．To show that Clark felt sympathy for wheelchair users.

C．To demonstrate that he had decided to change the public policy issues.

D．To convince the reader that lawmakers can make the world more accessible.

6 .

A．An act of generosity.	B．A charitable organization.
C．A large amount of money.	D．Migrant children’s current situation.

7 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。1.

A．Proper ways of helping the homeless.	B．Suitable places for helping the homeless.
C．Various views on helping the homeless.	D．Underlying reasons for helping the homeless.

2.

A．The money may be stolen.	B．They may get addicted to money.
C．The money may be misused.	D．They may buy clothing with the money.

3.

A．Set up an organization.	B．Teach homeless people a skill.
C．Save resources in the community.	D．Build shelters for the homeless.

8 . How to show others you care

The idea that kindness can boost happiness is hardly new. Studies have shown that prosocial behavior — basically, voluntarily helping others — can help lower people’s daily stress levels, and that simple acts of connection, like texting a friend, mean more than many of us realize.     1    

“I have found that kindness can be a really hard sell,” said Tara Cousineau, a clinical psychologist, “People desire kindness yet often feel troubled by the thought of being kind.”     2     They may question whether their gesture or gift will be misinterpreted, or whether it will make the recipient feel pressured to pay it back.

    3     Jennifer Oldham, who lost her 9-year-old daughter Hallie in July, recently created a Facebook group — Keeping Kindness for Hallie — that encourages participants to engage in random acts of kindness. People have bought groceries and donated school supplies in Hallie’s honor. “It will help your own heart, maybe even more than the recipients,” said Ms. Oldham.

If you are not already in the habit of performing random kind acts, or if it does not come naturally to you, start by thinking about what you like to do. It’s not about you being like, ‘Oh man, now I have to learn how to bake cookies in order to be nice’. It’s about:     4     And how can you turn that into an offering for other people?

A．What skills and talents do you already have?

B．Stress can also keep people from being kind to others.

C．Why are recipients less likely to appreciate a random act of kindness?

D．But an act of kindness is unlikely to fail, and in some instances it can create even more kindness.

E．People who perform a random act of kindness tend to underestimate how much the recipient will appreciate it.

F．But researchers who study kindness and friendship say they hope the new findings strengthen the scientific case for making these types of gestures more often.

9 . When a famous commentator (评论员) advised gentlemen over fifty get a PSA test, I called my doctor’s office and made a(n) _________ to have it done.

Ten days later, I got the bad results: my prostate (前列腺) cancer was _________. My doctor explained to me the various treatment _________. I decided to have the prostate removed and get rid of the cancer _________, as it had not spread outside the prostate yet.

My surgery was successful and all the cancer had been _________. The next day, I was _________ from the hospital with post-operative instructions and directions. I soon learned that all the body functions were working _________ and my PSA level was zero.

One morning shortly thereafter, my wife and I _________ a sign by the road requesting _________ for Suncoast Hospice of Florida. We decided it was time to give back for our good ____________. After six informative classes, we became volunteers for Suncoast Hospice. After saving myself, it was now time to help others by regularly visiting nursing-home ____________.

Now, years later, I am still cancer-free, and we are still hospice volunteers. Our days volunteering for Suncoast Hospice have been very ____________ for us. Our first few visits with a nursing-home resident are to give him/her a(n) ____________ to get to know us. Sometimes, our visits with the resident are very short, but sometimes they are quite ____________.

The license plate on the front of my car is from Suncoast Hospice, which reads, “Every Day’s a ____________.”

1.

A．appointment

B．response

C．decision

D．order

2.

A．planned

B．announced

C．treated

D．decided

3.

A．purposes

B．instruments

C．options

D．outcomes

4.

A．entirely

B．gradually

C．partly

D．properly

5.

A．treated

B．developed

C．removed

D．controlled

6.

A．driven

B．separated

C．prevented

D．released

7.

A．terribly

B．smoothly

C．quickly

D．carefully

8.

A．designed

B．inspected

C．painted

D．spotted

9.

A．volunteers

B．doctors

C．nurses

D．directors

10.

A．fortune

B．cure

C．medicine

D．care

11.

A．applicants

B．guards

C．patients

D．surgeons

12.

A．comfortable

B．rewarding

C．efficient

D．generous

13.

A．address

B．method

C．example

D．opportunity

14.

A．remarkable

B．limited

C．long

D．endless

15.

A．Dream

B．Routine

C．Holiday

D．Gift