1 . Nick Vujicic was born with no arms or legs, but he doesn’t let this stop him.

The brave 26-year-old man plays football and golf, and swims, in spite of the fact that he has no arms or legs.

Nick has a small foot on his left side, which helps him balance and makes him able to kick. He uses his one foot to type, write with a pen and pick things up.

“I call it my chicken drumstick,” joked Nick, who was born in Melbourne, Australia, but now lives in Los Angeles. “I’d be lost without it. When I get in the water I float because 80 percent of my body is lungs and my drumstick acts as a propeller.”

“He’s very modest, but he gets marriage proposals from women all the time,” said Nick’s friend Steve Appel. “He would love to get married and start a family, but he’s waiting for the right girl to come along.”

When Nick was born, his father was so shocked that he left the hospital room. His distraught mother couldn’t bring herself to hold him until he was four months old.

His disability came without any medical explanation, which was a rare case. Nick and his parents spent many years asking why this cruel trick would happen to them.

“My mother was a nurse and she did everything right during pregnancy but she still blamed herself,” he said.

“It was so hard for them, but right from the start they did their best to make me independent. My dad put me in the water at 18 months and gave me the courage to learn how to swim.”

1. We can learn from the text that Nick ________.

A．has a poor sense of balance	B．understands his mother very well
C．considers his small foot ugly	D．is disappointed with his health condition

2. What can we learn from what Steve Appel said?

A．Nick Vujicic is serious about his marriage.	B．Nick Vujicic is not popular with women.
C．Nick Vujicic is afraid of starting a family.	D．Nick Vujicic is not willing to get married.

3. The underlined word “distraught” in the text probably means ________.

A．cold-blooded

B．bad-tempered

C．really shy

D．extremely upset

4. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．Nick’s parents couldn’t afford the hospital bill.

B．Nick is living in Melbourne, Australia now.

C．Nick’s father was to blame for his disability.

D．Nick learned to be independent at a young age.

2 . China Daily, the national English-language newspaper of China, keeps you in touch with China and the world with our mobile solutions. Now anyone can read our exclusive reports (独家报道) anywhere. Download (下载) your favorites!

China Daily iPaper

Want to read China Daily with your iPhone or iPad? Then look no further than China Daily iPaper. With China Daily iPaper, all sections are presented as full-content digital replicas (数码复制品), in their original layout (版面设计). The application is free, and you can download your favourite news reports wherever you are.

China Daily Digest

Since the China Daily Digest application is now available on the iPad App Store, iPad users can read and download China Daily Digest’s in-depth news reports, website exclusives and analysis (分析), which will give you unique views on China’s economy, society and culture.

China Daily News

A bridge connecting China and the world, the China Daily iPhone application lets you get the latest information and photos of China wherever you go. Specifically designed to use the characteristics and navigation of the iPhone, this application downloads the latest news of China directly to the device.

China Daily Video

China Daily Video iPhone application is a window to China, letting you get video products covering all of China’s cultural heritages (遗产), natural wonders, interviews with famous people and major news events.

1. If you want to enjoy full-content papers, you should choose ________.

A．China Daily iPaper	B．China Daily Digest
C．China Daily News	D．China Daily Video

2. What can we read in all of the four digital products?

A．News reports.

B．Economic analysis.

C．Unique views on China’s society.

D．Interviews with famous people.

3. For whom is the text most probably written?

A．Those who speak English.

B．China Daily’s readers.

C．Those who are interested in China.

D．iPhone and iPad users.

3 . 根据句意，选择单词或短语并以其适当形式填空。

on the contrary     catch sight of     in memory of   surround     consult tell lies   measure   before long     set off for       bring up   gather     exist    give birth to     keep one’s balance     puzzle

1. My father________Shanghai tomorrow morning.
2. I ________ my pupils around me and told them how to do it.
3. People light incense before graves ________their ancestors.
4. I found it hard to ________ on the icy path.
5. You shouldn’t let her get away with ________ .
6. The president ________with European leaders before taking action.
7. We were tired of waiting and hoped the bus would come ________ .
8. He is grateful to his grandparents because he ________ by them.
9. It wasn’t a good performance. ________ , it was so terrible that I couldn’t wait to leave the theatre.
10. There is no evidence that life ________ on other planets.
11. Her ________ look on her face suggested she didn’t understand what I said.
12. It was the study of history that ________ the social science.
13. I live in a very old town which is________ by beautiful woods.
14. The government has taken some ________ to protect the environment.
15. When I was walking in the street, I ________ my boss with his wife.

4 .

Buku Music Festival Where: New Orleans, LA       When: July 10—July 11 Tickets: $180 — $270       Camping: No The Scene From art to music, Buku is a unique festival in the summer. With a post-industrial setting as the background and offering electronic music and hip hop, Buku succeeds as a true festival experience. Catch up on your sleep—with the all-night shows in the city of New Orleans, you need to get some rest.

Horizon Festival Where : Arinsal, Andorra       When : July 9—July 11 Tickets: $65 — $149             Camping: No The Scene It's hard to argue about a festival that has pool activities, paintball wars, its own Snow Olympics and secret parties. Beyond that you'll also find 100 + international DJs with stages on the mountain.

Gasparilla Music Festival Where: Tampa, FL             When: July 9—July 10 Tickets : Free             Camping : No The Scene The Gasparilla Music Festival is non-profit (非营利的). It organizes a music festival every year in the downtown square on the second weekend of July.

Golden Plains Festival Where: Meredith, Australia       When: July 11 —July 13 Tickets : Free             Camping: Yes The Scene There's no advertisement, no market stalls (货摊),and nothing marketed to you for the whole long weekend. It's meant to be a perfect place. Camp wherever you like, bring almost everything and anything if you want— you can bring a sofa and place it in the open-air theatre, and enjoy the sunshine and music for the long weekend.

1. Why do people in the Buku Music Festival need to catch up on their sleep?

A．Sleep during the night is difficult.	B．Buku has a post-industrial setting.
C．The performances will last overnight.	D．The tickets for the festival are very expensive.

2. At which music festival can you find sports programs?

A．Buku Music Festival.	B．Horizon Festival.
C．Gasparilla Music Festival.	D．Golden Plains Festival.

3. Where is the Golden Plains Festival held?

A．On a mountain.	B．In a downtown square.
C．In a music hall.	D．In an open-air theatre.

5 . 选用适当的单词或短语并用其适当形式补全句子。

apart from     contribute to     make sense   break down   put forward take the place of     to one’s delight     leave out   quarrel with   expose...to

1. It is not good manners to ________ other people about small things.
2. Too much work and too little rest can ________ illness.
3. It doesn’t ________ to buy that expensive coat when these cheaper ones are just as good.
4. Unfortunately, their car ________ on their way to the hospital yesterday.
5. Nothing can ever ________ real love and the family reunion.
6. ________ , I was admitted to Peking University.
7. Her name was ________ for the lead role in the play.
8. Potatoes turn green when they are ________ light.
9. This word is wrongly spelt. You’ve ________ a letter.
10. ________ these two books, he has written some plays and film scripts (剧本).

6 . 语法填空

Han Jing went to senior high school at 7:00 this morning,     1     she was a little anxious because she was not outgoing. However, she wanted to leave a good first     2    （impress）. In the morning, she had a maths class and found it difficult. But she also found most of her     3    （classmate）and teachers friendly and     4    （help）. In the afternoon, they had     5    （they）chemistry class in the science lab. The lab is new and the lesson was great, but the guy next to her made her     6    （bore）so that she couldn’t concentrate     7     the experiment. At night, she was not worried about no one     8    （talk）to her any longer. She believes that she will make new friends and feels much     9    （confident）than she felt this morning. She thinks tomorrow will be     10     great day.

7 . When Harrison School District 2 turned to e-learning last spring, they made sure to provide each student with a laptop and the tools needed to succeed at home. But one remaining need in many families was Internet access.

Christine O’Brien, spokesperson for District 2 said, "When you had many people learning and working from home, sometimes there were Internet glitches. We wanted to avoid that and make sure students in our district could have equal chances to learn and that our families could learn from home as well."

O’Brien said that this year they made sure to survey each of their students to see who exactly needed the Internet.

“This year we were really specific about asking whether families had Internet service at home without a phone," she said. They discovered that about a thousand families needed some sort of Internet connection.

And that’s where Altia came into play. A local software company heard there was an Internet shortage for students and it stepped in to see how they could help. Teaming up with local foundations (基金会), they were able to provide a monthly Internet service that allows many people to have Internet access at the same time. Mike Juran, CEO of Altia said; “At Altia we talked to Randy Rocha at District 2 and I just put out an email to friends and people that I knew and that made its way back to Pikes Peak Community Foundation and Norwood Foundation and people spread that around. Within weeks we were able to get something done."

"The community came together and helped us piece this part. We worked so hard as a school district to get those devices into the hands of students but this was a piece that we weren’t ready to do. We hadn’t budgeted (预算) for it, so the community’s coming together to help our families in this way was really truly amazing," said O’Brien.

1. What does the underlined word “glitches” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．Users.

B．Services.

C．Problems.

D．Repairmen.

2. What did Harrison School District 2 do according to O’Brien?

A．They kept track of students’ situations.

B．They sold laptops to students cheaply.

C．They kept holding new learning programs.

D．They encouraged students to treat each other equally.

3. How did Altia help to make e-learning easier?

A．By visiting the families every month.

B．By sending emails to students every week.

C．By setting up a local foundation to raise money.

D．By offering Internet service to students in need.

4. Why was O’Brien so thankful for the community?

A．It inspired students to be helpful and active.

B．It helped deliver devices to the hands of students.

C．It added a big part to the school’s planned budget.

D．It solved things the school district was unprepared for.

8 . My mother sewed dresses. She worked in a factory by _________ and brought home dresses at night. She had to _________ my brother, my sister, and me. My father had died when I was ten.       

Every night when she _________, I would meet my mother at the train stop and help her carry home a lot of unsewn cloth. She’d start to _________ as soon as she got home. She’d stop to make us _________, and after that, while we kids read or listened to music, she would _________ over her sewing machine again to continue sewing dresses. Sometimes she’d get her thumb caught under the sewing _________. She’d cry out in pain but _________ a bandage and go back to work. Watching her made me _________ to be so good at something I loved that my mother wouldn’t have to work again.

I sat next to my mother as she ____________. Every now and then she’d ____________ up pieces of new cloth to be sewn, feel the dress between her fingers, and set it aside ____________. She’d say, “I only work on quality dresses.” Our family needed ____________. But my mother would not sew a ____________ that was not up to her ____________. She showed me that people should take ____________ in what they do.

I thought of my mother years later as I began my career, enjoyed ____________, and faced setbacks. I was determined to be so successful to make up for all my mother had ____________ for us. But when a producer told me to record a song I considered silly or ____________, I’d think of my mother and tell him, “Sorry, I only work on ____________ material.”

1.

A．night

B．day

C．chance

D．choice

2.

A．support

B．impress

C．attract

D．comfort

3.

A．left

B．returned

C．escaped

D．wandered

4.

A．rest

B．read

C．sew

D．cook

5.

A．supper

B．lunch

C．breakfast

D．snack

6.

A．hand

B．take

C．run

D．bend

7.

A．shelf

B．board

C．needle

D．head

8.

A．show up

B．fill up

C．hold on

D．put on

9.

A．demanded

B．determined

C．supposed

D．reminded

10.

A．worked

B．laughed

C．talked

D．cried

11.

A．sum

B．make

C．pick

D．do

12.

A．quickly

B．silently

C．privately

D．happily

13.

A．help

B．money

C．service

D．hope

14.

A．collar

B．button

C．pocket

D．dress

15.

A．standards

B．rules

C．spirits

D．preferences

16.

A．part

B．comfort

C．pride

D．interest

17.

A．success

B．fun

C．anger

D．shyness

18.

A．offered

B．sacrificed

C．experienced

D．abandoned

19.

A．harmless

B．careless

C．senseless

D．hopeless

20.

A．quantity

B．ability

C．authority

D．quality

9 . 阅读小面材料，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。

Ding Zhen was born in 2000 ,     1     (live) in Litang County, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province.

Quite by accident. Ding Zhen, a Tibetan young man    2    dark skin, big eyes, a sweet smile and thick hair, has gone viral in China    3    society ) media recently. And millions of people     4     (become) his fans because of his "clean eyes and pure smile".

Ding Zhen took the Internet by storm after a     5     (photograph) posted a video of him on Tiktok,     6    short video platform. Many netizens said Ding Zhen has ""stars in his eyes“ and he is always wearing     7     (pure) smiles on his face than most of his peers. In the video     8     (release) on November 11, Ding Zhen, the 20-year-old native of Litang, smiles shyly towards the camera as he walks in front of his home on the Tibetan Plateau.

After becoming popular, Ding Zhen has become the tourism ambassador of Litang County,     9    the local tourism has been developing slowly.

On November 25, the promotional film Ding Zhen's World was     10    official) launched, attracting the attention of Internet users across China.

10 . Ever wondered if dogs can learn new words? Yes, say researchers as they have found that talented dogs may have the ability to grasp new words after hearing them only four times.

While previous evidence seems to show that most dogs do not learn words, unless eventually very well trained, a few individuals have shown some extraordinary abilities, according to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports.

“We wanted to know under which conditions the gifted dogs may learn novel words,” said researcher xuekw Claudia Fugazza from the Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary. For the study, the team involved two gifted dogs, Whisky and Vicky Nina. The team exposed the dogs to the new words in two different conditions.

In the exclusion-based task, presented with seven known toys and one new toy, the dogs were able to select the new toy when presented with a new name. Researchers say this proves that dogs can choose by exclusion when faced with a new word, they selected the only toy which did not have a known name.

However, this was not the way they would learn the name of the toy. In fact, when they were presented with one more equally new name to test their ability to recognize the toy by its name, the dogs got totally confused and failed.

The other condition, the social one, where the dogs played with their owners who pronounced the name of the toy while playing with the dog, proved to be the successful way to learn the name of the toy, even after hearing it only 4 times. “The rapid learning that we observed seems to equal children’s ability to learn many new words at a fast rate around the age of 18 months,” Fugazza says. “But we do not know whether the learning mechanisms(机制) behind this learning are the same for humans and dogs. ”

To test whether most dogs would learn words this way, 20 other dogs were tested in the same condition, but none of them showed any evidence of learning the toy names, confirming that the ability to learn words rapidly in the absence of formal training is very rare and is only present in a few gifted dogs.

1. What was the purpose of the study published in Scientific Reports?

A．To better train dogs’ ability to learn new words.

B．To further confirm previous evidence about dogs.

C．To prove extraordinary memory abilities of gifted dogs.

D．To explore favorable conditions for gifted dogs’ new-word learning.

2. How did the dogs react when exposed to two new names in the first condition?

A．Slow to understand.

B．Quick to learn.

C．At a loss.

D．In a panic.

3. What was found about dogs’ new-word learning in the social condition?

A．Learning through playing applied to most dogs.

B．The social condition helped dogs learn new words.

C．Dogs’ new-word learning turned out to be less effective.

D．Dogs shared similar learning mechanisms with children.

4. Which of the following is the best title for the text?

A．Gifted Dogs Can Learn New Words Rapidly.

B．Dogs Identify Newly-named Toys by Exclusion.

C．Dogs Can Acquire Vocabulary through Tons of Training.

D．Gifted Dogs Have Similar Learning Abilities to Humans.