1 . It is not so difficult to make friends after you move to a new neighborhood. As long as you are open and friendly, you will be able to make new friends after you move to a new area.     1    

Smile and say hello to any neighbors you see. Smile to your neighbors from day 1.     2     Being warm and friendly with your neighbors is the first step to getting to know people who may turn into friends.

Go for walks around your new neighborhood.     3     Taking a walk in the morning or the evening is an easy way to meet people and learn more about the neighborhood. If you have a dog, you will be walking anyway. Keep an eye out for other neighbors with dogs and take the chance to say hi.

    4     This will help you get to know the neighborhood so you can find more places to meet your neighbors. For example, you can ask them what the best restaurants are, where to find a good cup of coffee or what parks are nearby.

Throw a housewarming party at your new place. Parties are one of the quickest ways to enlarge your social circle. Have a small gathering at your new apartment and invite your neighbors over to get to know them.     5     Another choice is leaving invitations under their doors or into their mailboxes.

A．Ask some difficult questions.

B．Ask neighbors questions about the neighborhood.

C．Giving a friendly "hello" to them is also a good idea?

D．But first of all, you need to get to know your neighbors.

E．This will give you more chances to meet your neighbors.

F．However, you can improve your relationship in many ways.

G．You can invite them in person if you have already talked with them.

2 . I expected my first day of high school to be anxious. I first went to the gym for the school meeting that was crowded with students and teachers. I felt anxious because I didn't know anybody. I sat down and met a new friend, Nick. We exchanged greetings and watched the cheerleaders perform. I started to like the high school because I had never seen such a wonderful performance before.

Nick and I walked out of the gym to our first class of high school. My first class was Mr. Malouf's history class. I walked with Nick through the hallways looking for a teacher to ask, “Where is Mr. Malouf's class?” The teacher, who we later knew was Mr. Charles, showed us the direction. When we met Mr. Malouf, he was of middle height with brown hair. We could tell from his introduction that he knew how everyone in the class felt, which was anxious. We felt comfortable after Mr. Malouf said, “OK, I know that this is your first day of high school, and I want this to be a good first class of your high school because this is also my first class!”

My next class was Mr. Kelly s biology class. When we sat down, he introduced himself and hoped that he would be the most excellent teacher that we would have at school. He called me Mayfield and I felt that he needed to practise my name more. He was the first teacher to put us to work on my very first school day. This upset me greatly because usually there was not much homework on the first day.

After school, I was taken home by my mom. When I got home, I thanked God for such a wonderful day. I had pictured my first day would be like the one in the movie. The first day of high school in the movie is that a teenager is alone and he or she sits by himself / herself at lunch.

1. What made the author start to like high school?

A．The cheerleaders' performance.	B．Teachers' help.
C．The first history class.	D．Mr. Kelly's class.

2. Who showed the author the way to the history classroom?

A．Nick.	B．Mr. Malouf.
C．Mr. Charles.	D．Mayfield.

3. Why did the author feel upset in the biology class?

A．He didn't know anybody.	B．Mr. Kelly called him by the wrong name.
C．The teacher taught him a lesson.	D．There was much biology homework.

4. What can be the best title for the text?

A．A School Meeting	B．The First High School Day
C．A Boring Biology Class	D．Happy High School Life

3 . These days, more and more people go to the gym to work out. But with so many gyms out there, how do you know which one is the right one for you? We find some information about the best gyms in New. York City so you can have a better idea of what each gym offers.

Planet Fitness

Initiation Fees (入会费): Regular membership (会员资格)，$5; Black Card membership, no initiation fee.

Membership Costs: Regular membership is $ 10 a month and includes free fitness training and free wifi. Black Card membership is $ 22.99 a month and includes access to all Planet Fitness locations, free fitness training, free wifi, half-priced cooler drinks and worldwide travel deals.

Additional Fees: $ 39 membership fee a year.

Locations: Locations in all five boroughs (区).

Classes: None.

New York Sports Club

Initiation Fees: Neighborhood membership, $ 49.99; Passport membership, $ 49.99.

Membership Costs: Neighborhood membership，$ 44.99 a month; Passport membership, $ 99.99 a month.

Additional Fees: Neighborhood membership, $ 49.99 a year; Passport membership, $ 49.99 a year.

Locations: Locations in all five boroughs.

Classes: Studio classes, athletic conditioning, boxing, kickboxing and yoga.

24 Hour Fitness.

Initiation Fees: $ 0 on select memberships.

Membership Costs: $ 79.99 for Ultra Sport.

Locations: Midtown and Madison Square Park.

Classes: Studio classes, free weights, group cycling and personal training.

Chelsea Piers

Initiation Fees: Call to request.

Membership Costs: For a specific gym, varies (变化) by location.

Locations: Chelsea and Brooklyn.

Classes: Strength and conditioning, cycling and yoga.

1. How much must a regular member of Planet Fitness pay for the initiation fee?

A．$39.

B．$22.99.

C．$ 10.

D．$5.

2. What can you do in 24 Hour Fitness?

A．Free weights.	B．Yoga.
C．Boxing.	D．Athletic conditioning.

3. What is special about Chelsea Piers?

A．It has no initiation fee.

B．Its gyms can be found in all five boroughs.

C．Its membership costs depend on its location.

D．Its black card members can enjoy half-priced drinks.

4 . Luggage-free travel, boarding queues and self-flying planes will be common for travelers in 20 years' time. You'll even be able to go on a holiday without leaving your sofa. The bold predictions have been made by futurologist and author Ray Hammond, who is based in the UK.

According to Hammond’s predictions published in the Future Travel Report by Allianz Insurance, it's likely that tourists will be flying to and from the moon regularly by 2040. What's more, passports could disappear, as airports move more and more into the land of facial pattern recognition systems at check-in gates. Computer systems that can scan your face and check you into your flight will be standard in 20 years, the report notes.

When you board your flight, after checking in with your smiling dial, don’t expect to be greeted by the pilot. Hammond bets that planes will be flying themselves in 2040. No pilots and no supervision. It'll play well for the special routes of plane travel-extra-long flights, which have raised concerns about the aircraft staffs tiredness. Are you nervous at the thought of a plane under its own control? You'll be calmer by the time you step aboard Hammond says. Well already be used to self-driving cars.

When you do arrive at your destination and check into your hotel, there won’t be a porter carrying your heavy suitcase to your room. By 2040, we'll have the ability to send our clothing measurements to our hotel ahead of our arrival, where they'll have a 3D printer ready to print out our clothing. And when we check out, our clothes will be shipping off for recycling.

Virtual reality will be so advanced within 20 years that it'll allow us to experience other countries and destinations without stepping foot outside our door. The report says, “Multi-sensory virtual reality technology will allow armchair travel planners to ‘step into’ virtual hotel rooms, explore museums or walk into restaurants.” However, it won’t kill the real-life tourism industry-instead, it's expected to give it an even bigger improvement.

1. What did Ray Hammond say about traveling by self-flying plane?

A．It is boring.

B．It is challenging.

C．It is relaxing.

D．It is frightening.

2. How will the advanced 3D technology affect tourism?

A．Make it easier for tourists to book tickets.	B．Make clothes easily available to tourists.
C．Make recycling more common in tourism.	D．Make it possible to travel without passports.

3. What is possible by 2040 according to Ray Hammond?

A．Flying to the moon and back regularly.	B．Having no need to book trips.
C．Enjoying virtual reality only in museums.	D．Traveling with anyone as you please.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Predictions on Travel by 2040	B．Possible Changes About Life in 2040
C．Changes of the Means of traveling	D．The Bright Future of the Tour Industry

5 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Sometimes it can feel like getting along with your parents    1    (be)impossible. However, they are perhaps your best teachers, and will    2    (possible)influence many of the decisions you make. If you are feeling like you and your parents can't get on the same page, take    3    (step) to try to get along better with your parents. Your parents won't always be around, so spend time with them while you're able to. This doesn't mean just    4    (sit)in front of the TV together. Instead, find activities to do together so that you can learn more about what your parents enjoy doing.

When you have    5    conflict with your parents, look at it from their point of view. Sometimes, it can be    6    (help) to try and imagine that you were in their situation. You might see that they are worried for your safety. This doesn't mean it should make you agree    7    them, but it can help you find the source of the conflict. When talking about the conflict with your parents, do think about what you    8    (say) before you say it.

Once your relationship with your parents has been improved, do your best    9    (keep)it. For this, be kind and appreciative to them. For example, do something nice for your parents, such as making a card for them. Give your parents a kiss or a hug when they do something    10    is good for you. Most importantly, try to always stay in touch with them!

6 . What acts of kindness will make us the happiest, and who tends to benefit the most? A newly-published review of decades of kindness research provides some answers.

In this paper, researchers analyzed the results from 126 research articles looking at almost 200, 000 participants from around the world. The studies they chose measured well-being in various ways, including both mental and physical health. Some were experiments, where people did a kindness practice to observe its effects, while others just surveyed people about how kind and happy they were.

As expected, people who were kind tended to have higher well-being. Lead researcher Bryant Hui was astounded that the relationship wasn't stronger than it was, but he was still encouraged by the results.

One thing Hui and his colleagues found was that people who performed random, informal acts of kindness, like bringing a meal to a sad friend, tended to be happier than people who performed more formal acts of kindness, like volunteering in a soup kitchen.

The researchers also found that people who were kind tended to be higher in "eudaimonic happiness"(a sense of meaning and purpose in life) more than "hedonic happiness"(a sense of pleasure and comfort). Perhaps this makes sense, given that being kind takes effort, which reduces comfort but could make people feel better about themselves and their abilities, which would provide a sense of meaning.

Being kind came with greater eudaimonic happiness for women than for men, too. According to Hui, this could be because, in many cultures, women are expected to be kinder than men; so, they may have more to gain from it. And younger participants experienced more happiness when they were kind than older participants, perhaps for developmental reasons, he says.

Hui isn't sure why acting kind might have these different effects on different groups, but he points to theories put forth by researcher Elizabeth Midlarsky: Being kind may make us feel better about ourselves as a person or about the meaning of our lives, help us forget our own troubles and stresses, or help us be more socially-connected with others.

1. What does the data in the second paragraph intend to show?

A．The recent paper is worthy of being read.	B．The recent paper gives convincing results.
C．Kindness is always a hot topic of research.	D．Kindness is closely linked to one's well-being.

2. What does the underlined word "astounded" in paragraph 3 mean?

A．Afraid.

B．Certain.

C．Excited.

D．Surprised.

3. Which of the following acts of kindness can make one feel happier according to paragraph 4?

A．Volunteering in a hospital.	B．Cleaning a community.
C．Returning a lost item to its owner.	D．Collecting donations for the poor.

4. What do the researchers find from the paper?

A．Being kind has different effects on different groups.

B．Eudaimonic happiness makes people feel comfort.

C．The younger experienced more happiness than the older.

D．Female participants are kinder than male ones.

7 . Basketball Camps and Programs

IMG Academy Basketball Camp

New York City, NY 11368, USA

Phone: 800-872-6425

The camp contains technical instruction and drills as well as guided game-situational play combined with physical and mental training. IMG coaches (教练) have experience in competing and coaching at the professional levels and work with campers through position-specific drills along with competition elements and situational play.

Kutsher's Sports Academy

109 Lake Buel Road, Great Barrington, MA 01230, USA

Phone: 413-644-0077

KSA offers children the chance to learn, play and improve in the sports they love. Campers enjoy the best summers of their lives in a fun and caring environment. All of our programs are directed by trained and professional college and high school instructors. We're devoted to providing campers with the opportunity to participate, play and learn every single day. Since campers are able to choose their own schedule, they're often excited about what the day has to offer.

Nike Basketball Camp

955 Peachtree Parkway Cumming, GA 30041, USA

Phone: 1-800-645-3266

We provide courses of every ability level, beginner to advanced, every week this summer. Campers will train in small group instruction using the most advanced equipment including Shootaway Gun 10k, HomeCourt AI Ballhanding Stations, and Vertimax. Due to local and state regulations, we have to reduce our enrollment (注册) numbers significantly this year. So please be sure to book early.

Behn Basketball Camp

55 Pecunit Street Dedham, Ma 02026, USA

Phone: 916-476-8132

Behn at Dedham High School has been growing the game throughout Eastern Massachusetts. Located on Boston's southwest border in Norfolk County, Dedham High School is a great spot for boys and girls, ages 8~16 of all abilities to improve their basketball skills! The camp helps players of all abilities develop athletically.

1. How can you learn about the camp with situational play drills?

A．By calling 800-872-6425.	B．By calling 413-644-0077.
C．By calling 1-800-645-3266.	D．By calling 916-476-8132.

2. What can you do at Kutsher's Sports Academy?

A．Enjoy an easy winter holiday.	B．Train yourself using Shootaway Gun 10k.
C．Work on environmental protection.	D．Choose your own training schedule.

3. Which camp requires early booking?

A．IMG Academy Basketball Camp.	B．Kutsher's Sports Academy.
C．Nike Basketball Camp.	D．Behn Basketball Camp.

8 . As you get older, you'll meet a wider range of people from different cultures. Culture is an idea that isn't easy to understand. People often use the term to refer to things like food, holidays, clothing and music.    1    Religion, customs, beliefs and values are also part of your culture. So when meeting people from different backgrounds, you can sometimes find that there're huge differences in how you see the world.

    2    For example, when you meet people from a different culture, ask them about their lives. It is one of the best ways to understand the culture. But be polite about it and remember they don't owe you an answer, and might not want to give it—not everyone wants to explain everything about their culture.

Maybe you've recently met someone from a different culture you find interesting.    3    Get to know his/her families and see how their customs and traditions differ from yours. You might be surprised to find how culturally different two people living even in the same town can be!

Read books by and about people who are different from you. Reading memoirs (回忆录), biographies and other nonfiction books is an obvious way to learn about a country or someone's life.    4    Like with books, you can also watch movies to learn more about a culture. What's more, keeping yourself in a different culture through travel is also an amazing way to understand another culture.

    5    So accept and respect the differences between yourself and your friends from different cultures—remember that what is a difference to you is just their normal life!

A．Make friends with him/her.

B．But it also goes much deeper than that.

C．Show respect towards people from other cultures.

D．You may think you know a lot about a culture or place.

E．Differences between us are what makes life so interesting.

F．There are many ways to understand other people's cultures.

G．Also don't ignore novels that have been translated from other languages.