1 .

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1. The above job ads(广告) are probably from a ______ .

A．TV show

B．newspaper

C．story book

D．radio program

2. If you like children and have two days free, you can call at ______for a job.

A．558366

B．633800

C．556779

D．766588

3. If the owner of the large house asks a cleaner to tidy his house twice a week, how much will the cleaner get in a month?

A．$240

B．$200

C．$160

D．$120

2 . Growing up, your mom probably kept telling you that you should make your bed in the morning. But it’s time to put this little habit to rest. In fact, it could be better for your physical health to leave your bed unmade during the day, experts say.

What allows you to be extra lazy? Dust mites (尘螨). These little creatures live on our dead skin and produce allergens that you could breathe in while you are sleeping. And about 1.5 million dust mites are spending every night with you right now. Thankfully, there’s an easy way to get rid of them: Don’t make your bed in the morning.

Researchers at Kingston University have found that dust mites live well in warm and humid (潮湿的) environments but die in dry conditions, the BBC reports. Making your bed every morning produces a good place for these little creatures, but keeping your bed sheets open kills them off. Sometimes it pays to be a little lazy.

“Something as easy as leaving a bed unmade during the day can remove humidity from the bed sheets and mattress. If dust mites won’t be able to get enough water, they’ll finally die,” Dr Stephen Pretlove told the BBC.

Fewer dust mites means fewer health problems, too. However, not all experts agree; according to some, most homes are wet enough for dust mites to live on, no matter what we do. “I find it hard to believe that just not making your bed would have any effect on solving the problem,” Professor Andrew Wardlaw from Britain said.

1. What do experts suggest us doing in Paragraph 1?

A．Following our mothers’ advice.	B．Enjoying good physical health.
C．Keeping away from bad habits.	D．Leaving our bed unmade in the morning.

2. How can we kill dust mites of our beds according to Dr Stephen?

A．By keeping our beds dry.	B．By cleaning up our rooms.
C．By warming up our rooms.	D．By giving dust mites enough water.

3. What can we know from the last paragraph?

A．Not making the bed can make us lazier.

B．It’s easy to keep dust mites away from our home.

C．Dust mites have nothing to do with health problems.

D．Some experts have different ideas about making the bed.

4. In which part of a newspaper may this text appear?

A．Sports.	B．Advertisement.
C．Science.	D．Business.

3 . Brooke Ochoa was going to enter a restaurant for lunch when she saw an elderly lady approaching. The 30-year-old woman ________ to keep the door open for her. She thought she was just doing something ________. She didn’t know, however, that a —________— that the lady would make a few seconds later would produce a chain of events that would cause her to get countless likes on her Facebook post and ________ on social media suddenly... As Brooke entered the restaurant, she ________ the elderly lady ask for a “table for one.” Then she decided to do one more act of ________. Brooke walked up to the woman’s ________ and asked, “I also ________ alone, would you like to have lunch together?”

The lady, named Dolores, not only accepted Brooke’s ________, but she was very pleased to have ________. The two ________ up an instant friendship during their meal.

Dolores told Brooke that she’d been having a ________ time. “She spent the last decade living with her mom, who recently passed away,” Brooke wrote in a later Facebook post about the encounter. “She just kept smiling and saying ‘thank you for listening to me’, which made me ________ too!” Brooke and Dolores enjoyed their conversation so much that they ________ to have lunch with each other every Thursday from that point on. In a later ________, not long after their first meeting, Brooke ________ that Dolores had passed away.

If nothing else, this chance ________ is evidence that the smallest ________ of goodwill can quite exactly change a life. Neither of the two women knew that Dolores days on this Earth were ________, but they found ________ in each other, and that’s what matters.

1.

A．hesitated

B．waited

C．competed

D．pretended

2.

A．foolish

B．honest

C．wise

D．polite

3.

A．remark

B．report

C．promise

D．speech

4.

A．take off

B．set off

C．leave off

D．cut off

5.

A．realized

B．felt

C．insisted

D．overheard

6.

A．weakness

B．kindness

C．friendship

D．encouragement

7.

A．car

B．counter

C．door

D．table

8.

A．struggle

B．defend

C．post

D．eat

9.

A．bow

B．care

C．offer

D．effort

10.

A．company

B．friction

C．adjustment

D．permission

11.

A．turned

B．built

C．threw

D．Put

12.

A．pleasant

B．short

C．tough

D．lucky

13.

A．sob

B．panic

C．listen

D．smile

14.

A．agreed

B．refused

C．seemed

D．remained

15.

A．absence

B．purchase

C．update

D．praise

16.

A．approved

B．exposed

C．analyzed

D．committed

17.

A．complaint

B．argument

C．conversation

D．appointment

18.

A．strength

B．gesture

C．competence

D．fault

19.

A．ordered

B．debated

C．numbered

D．controlled

20.

A．comfort

B．reality

C．success

D．equality

4 . Dry ice is carbon dioxide in frozen form, with a temperature of about -78.3℃.     1     Instead, when dry ice melts, it turns into a gas. So when you see dry ice “smoking”, it’s frozen carbon dioxide melting into its gaseous state. Dry ice is a popular matter in science experiments and for a good reason. It creates projects that look cool.

Experiment: Healthy Dry Ice Yogurt Popsicles (冰棍)

This dry ice experiment is a simple project, but it’s certainly wonderful.     2     Even kids as young as five will at least appreciate the observations. It should take you about 10 minutes or less to have a frozen treat to enjoy.

Materials

One large block of dry ice

Large spoon or tube-shaped piece of metal

Four Popsicle sticks

One cup of your favorite juice

Tall glass filled with water

Directions

Use the large spoon, or tube-shaped piece of metal to make a Popsicle-shaped hole in the middle of the block of dry ice. You can set the ice on a towel on your counter to do this work.     3    

Add a Popsicle stick to the middle of the space so that when you pour in the liquid, it will freeze around the Popsicle stick.

    4     After several minutes, remove the Popsicle from the block of dry ice and dip it into a tall glass of water. Do this to warm up the Popsicle just a bit first.     5     You are sure to succeed!

A．Prepare all the necessary materials.

B．Otherwise, it will be too cold to enjoy.

C．It has appeal to a wide range of audiences.

D．Unlike regular ice, dry ice doesn’t melt into a liquid.

E．Keep in mind that it’s okay if it’s not exactly Popsicle-shaped.

F．The number of experiments you can perform using dry ice is endless.

G．Hold the Popsicle stick in place and wait a few minutes for your Popsicle to harden.

5 . Harry is a vehicle called a pod—in other words, something like a car. But Harry has no steering wheel or brake pedal. Harry does not even have a driver. Yet Harry is carrying passengers around London for the next few weeks.

Harry is part of an experiment called GATEway that is testing how people react to driverless vehicles. The name GATEway is short for Greenwich Automated Transport Environment. The experiment aims to help cities prepare for the future of transportation. The GATEway experiment does not test new technology. Instead, it tests the way existing technology can work in society.

The pod operates in an area of London called Greenwich, home of time and navigation museums. Other places where pods will be tested are Coventry, Milton, Keynes and Bristol. The pods run using sensors and a 3D map of the area. A safety operator rides along to take control in case of an emergency.

GATEway is intended to see how pedestrians and cyclists may adapt to driverless vehicles. Harry holds up to four people (three passengers and a safety operator) and can travel at speeds up to 16km/h. It is being tested in Greenwich on pedestrian paths, but not on roads with other vehicles.

If you are in Greenwich during the next few weeks you may see Harry, but you cannot ride in it during the trial. Over 5,000 people applied to be a passenger in Harry but only about 100 were chosen.

You can, however, ride in a similar pod at Heathrow Airport in London. The Heathrow pods run on tracks so they are not being tested with pedestrians, cyclists or other drivers. If the trials are successful, the first pods could be operational on the roads of the UK in 2020.

1. What’s the purpose of the GATEway?

A．To settle traffic problems in cities.

B．To test a new transportation technology.

C．To prepare cities for future transportation.

D．To draw people’s interest in transportation.

2. What will happen if Harry meets with dangerous situation?

A．The passengers will help.

B．It will deal with it by itself.

C．An accident will take place.

D．A human driver will take it over.

3. Why is Harry running on the sidewalk?

A．To test the response of people walking or on a bike.

B．To avoid disturbing other vehicles on the street.

C．To prevent it from running at a high speed.

D．To watch pedestrians and cyclists go safely.

4. What’s people’s attitude towards Harry?

A．Fearful.	B．Positive.
C．Doubtful.	D．Grateful.

6 . Holding hands, people jumped into the water, and floated around in Boston’s Charles River recently. That is something that would not have been possible years ago because the river was so polluted. In the 1960s, the music group The Standells even sang about the river in their popular song, “Dirty Water.”

The swimmers were getting their once-a-year chance to cool off from the summer heat in the Charles River. It is called “City Splash.” For a few days each year, the state of Massachu-setts allows public swimming on Boston’s part of the nearly 130-kilometer Charles River.

The event is in its fifth year. It is a chance for the nonprofit Charles River Conservancy to show its efforts to build a “swim park.” Their idea is to build floating docks where swimmers can jump safely into the river—without touching the risky bottom. These docks would be in areas where the water quality would be tested repeatedly.

Boston is one of the cities hoping to follow the model of Copenhagen, Denmark. That city opened the first of its three floating harbor baths in the early 2000s. On sunny days, people swim in the harbor baths surrounded by tall buildings and cars on the highways. At night the area is filled with people enjoying music and food.

Just recently Paris opened public swimming in a once-polluted canal. New York London, Berlin and other cities are planning similar features for their waterways.

In Boston, the Charles River Conservancy still needs to raise several million dollars. It also needs to get approvals from city, state and federal agencies. The group’s spokeswoman, S. J. Port, said the biggest problem has already been taken care of: The Charles is now one of the cleanest city rivers in America.

The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency announced this month that the river earned a “B” grade for water quality last year—an “A” being the best grade. It means the Charles River met the requirement for swimming 55 percent of the time.

1. What is the function of floating docks?

A．They are places for swimmers to rest.

B．They let swimmers get into the river safely.

C．They surround swimmers in a safe area of the river.

D．They are used to test the water quality repeatedly.

2. Which of the following has set a good example for others in offering floating harbor baths?

A．Paris.	B．Boston.
C．Copenhagen.	D．Berlin.

3. What does the underlined part “the biggest problem” refer to?

A．The pollution of Charles River.

B．Lack of money to treat pollution.

C．Getting approvals from governments.

D．Meeting the requirement of “A” grade.

4. What can be inferred from the text?

A．The water in Charles River reaches drinking standard.

B．People can swim in Charles River at any time.

C．This summer is the hottest in Boston.

D．Charles River flows through Boston.

7 . Chef Bruno Abate owns one of the best pizzerias in Chicago. His restaurant makes thin pizzas, heated in an oven with a wood-burning fire. They come with fillings like mushrooms, onions, olives, tomatoes and Italian meats. Each pizza sells for between $12 and $18 at Abate’s restaurant, Tocco. But do you know you can get a similar pizza for half the price at the Cook County Jail (监狱) in Chicago?

Abate leads a cooking school at the jail. He shows prisoners how to make pizza, pasta, and Italian ice cream, called gelato. The cooking school is called “Recipe for Change.” There, behind the jail’s barbed wires and security barriers, a number of students, including Shaquille Slater, are making pizzas. “I like everything I do,” he says.

Slater makes pizza dough (面团), and then adds fillings to the dough. He makes sure the pizza and its fillings look just right before they come out of the oven. He says working with food makes him forget about being in jail. “It brings up memories of days when you were free and when you were having a good time,” he says.

Workers at the cooking school make about 200 pizzas every week. The pizzas are sold to other prisoners in the jail for about $7 each.

Abate says he is teaching cooking skills to the prisoners, and how to use good, fresh in-gredients (佐料). When they finish the class, the Students have skills they can use to find jobs when they are released from prison.

Abate says his program teaches more than how to make food. He helps the students learn that they need to have a plan for their future so they do not return to prison once they leave the prison. “Through food, I try to teach, you know, how to change in life,” Abate says.

1. What would Slater think of when making pizzas?

A．More chances to find a job in the future.

B．His free time before going to prison.

C．His bright life after being set free.

D．Pride in his wonderful pizzas.

2. Where do the pizzas from Cook County Jail go?

A．They are on sale in the prison.

B．They are sold in big supermarkets.

C．They are donated to other prisoners.

D．They are eaten by the students themselves.

3. What is the main goal of Abate’s making pizza program?

A．To help prisoners forget their past.

B．To deliver his skill of making food.

C．To advertise the food in his restaurant.

D．To prepare the prisoners for a new life.

4. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．Where Can You Buy Cheap Pizza?

B．Prisoners Can Eat Pizza for Half Price

C．Prisoners Learn to Make Pizza in Chicago

D．How about Running Pizza Restaurant in Prison?

8 . 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。

Today my daughter and I went to a parking lot     1     (sell) some of our eggs. It’s an     2     (extreme) cold day. As we pulled into the parking lot, there was a man     3     (sit) on the roadside, holding his bike, and he held up a paper plate on     4     he had written will work for food”.

He was still there as we left the parking lot, and I asked my daughter should we get him some food or some money?” and she said “yes, let’s”.

So I pulled up next     5     him, got out of the car, and gave him all my egg money. I still had another dozen     6     (egg) in the car, so I asked if he wanted them,     7     unexpectedly, he said no. He still had half a dozen and he didn’t want     8     (donate) from others more than he needed.

I felt     9     (freeze) through and through just standing there talking with him for a minute, and he must be sitting there for hours. I’m glad we     10     (stop), I’m glad I got out of the car and talked with him for a minute. I hope he has a warm place to sleep tonight.

9 . 假定你是李华，你校将要参加市里举行的国际风筝节（the International Kite Festival），请你代表校学生会给你校全体交换生写一则通知，内容包括：
1. 活动时间、地点；
2. 自备自制的风筝；
3. 活动规则及目的。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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◆ Sandwich Baggy Rack

These baggy stands will up your lunch-making game like nobody’s business. Set them up with a sandwich bag attached, get out your snacks, and get ready to set some records for making the “world’s fastest bagged lunch”. They’re also great if you need to store liquids, but have someone around to hold the bag open as you pour.

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◆ Pasta Strainer (滤网) Attachment

Having to hold the strainer still and sometimes up a few inches from the sink—while holding a heavy pot that you’re pouring—is kind of annoying. But this handy attachment fits your pot so well that you can tip it over the sink and just pour the water right out. Amazing!

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Available on Amazon. $10.99

1. Which of the following is suitable for storing milk?

A．Grocery Bag Holder.

B．Sandwich Baggy Rack.

C．Pasta Strainer Attachment.

D．Rub-A-Way Stainless Steel Bar.

2. What’s the Rub-A-Way Stainless Steel Bar designed for?

A．Removing bad smells.

B．Preparing dishes quickly.

C．Keeping your hands clean.

D．Collecting kitchen wastes easily.

3. What do we know about Grocery Bag Holder?

A．It helps keep food clean.

B．It helps make sandwiches.

C．It contains rubbish properly.

D．It is the cheapest of the four.