2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Who is the woman?

A．A shop assistant.

B．The man’s wife.

C．A cashier.

2. What is the man going to do with the blouse?

A．Return it.

B．Pay for it.

C．Exchange it.

3 . What will the speakers probably do next?

A．Pack some boxes.

B．Go home and rest.

C．Continue working.

4 . Who is the man probably?

A．A hairdresser.

B．A dressmaker.

C．A doctor.

5 . It could happen anywhere at any time. It’s often unexpected, but almost never unappreciated. Most people have been on the receiving a random act of kindness—the moment when a complete stranger stops to offer aid, generosity or compassion. In a sometimes cold world where people can be so focused on what they’re doing, a random act of kindness can make all the difference.

They can be relatively insignificant. Hannah Bailey from London, for example, told the Metro newspaper about how she was given her fruit and vegetable shopping for free. The seller did her a kindness when it emerged she didn’t have any change to pay. She was happy about it all day.

The city of Naples has long had a tradition called “caffe sospeso”. When buying coffee, a person who has recently been lucky would purchase two cups but only drink one, leaving the second one out of the goodness of their heart, for a poor person to claim for free. This tradition is now more common worldwide.

However, in some cases, these little acts can be a matter of life and death. Take, for example, the unnamed commuter, who in June 2018 fell off a station platform onto an electric railway track in Toronto, Canada. A quick-thinking, but even now unknown, bystander selflessly leapt down to pull him to safety.

Or Jonny Benjamin, who in London in 2008 was persuaded not to commit suicide by a passer-by. He had been considering jumping from a bridge. He later found the Good Samaritan and thanked him. He may one day find a way to pay him back in kind—though that’s not the point.

So, why do it? Often, the acts aren’t paid back. The people never meet again. According to UK charity The Mental Health Foundation, acts like these can “give our lives new purpose, show us other perspectives on our own problems and even make us feel euphoric. ”

So give it a try. Hold open a door for someone, deliver a compliment even give up your seat on a bus. Help someone who is in need. It takes all kinds. It needn’t be anything huge. One day, whether you need it or not, someone might help you in your hour of need.

1. How did Hannah Bailey feel after she received a random act of kindness?

A．She was pleased about it for the rest of the day.	B．She was shamed about it all day.
C．She wanted to pay back the money.	D．She thought it insignificant.

2. What happens to the second coffee in a “caffe sospeso”?

A．It is wasted after the man left.	B．It is left at the cafe to be donated to a poor person.
C．It is for the commuter only.	D．It can only be drunk at the cafe shop.

3. According to the Mental Health Foundation, why do people commit random acts of kindness?

A．They help us earn more money.

B．They can add up some good reputation to us.

C．They give our lives new purpose and a feeling of pleasure.

D．They make problems for us.

4. What is the meaning of the underlined word in paragraph 6?

A．Ambitious.

B．Sorrowful.

C．Awkward.

D．Delighted.

9 . 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。

The Old Man and the Sea, a great novel     1     (write) by the American author Ernest Hemingway, was published in 1952. The     2     (succeed) of the book made him well-known and contributed to     3     honor he received in 1954— the Nobel Prize in Literature .It was Hemingway's last major work of fiction.

The story concerns an old Cuban fisherman named Santiago who     4     (not catch) a fish for 84 days.     5     (convince) that he will change his bad luck, Santiago takes his boat far out into the Gulf Stream, where the water is very deep, and hooks a giant marlin fish,     6     is even longer than his fishing boat.     7     all his great experience and strength, he struggles with the fish for three days and eventually succeeds in catching it,     8     his hard work then goes for nothing-- sharks eat the captured fish when he can return to the harbor.

Hemingway is famously interested in ideas of men proving their worth by     9     (face) and overcoming the challenges of nature. Through the old man's struggle, he shows the ability of human spirit bearing hardship and suffering in order     10     (obtain) greater success and victory.

10 . The huge Florida wetland known as the Everglades is a slow﹣moving river 80 kilometers wide but only a few centimeters deep. People call the Everglades a "river of grass" because sawgrass covers most of it. Sawgrass is not really grass. It is a plant that has leaves edged with tiny sharp teeth that can easily cut through clothes ﹣and skin!

Travel in the Everglades is difficult. You cannot walk through shallow water because the sawgrass will cut you. The water is too shallow for regular boats. So， we use an airboat. An airboat is a flat， open boat. Like an airplane， it has a big propeller to move it. The propeller is fixed on the rear of the boat. It makes a loud noise but it does the job. The boat skims along the water's surface. Although we can still get lost in an airboat， at least we are above the alligators （短吻鳄）.

For a long time， dangers have threatened the Everglades. Around 1900， some people felt this precious wetland should be drained（排干）. They said it was just a big swamp and not good for anything. In the 1920s， there was a land boom in Florida. People wanted to build homes everywhere， including in the Everglades. They built canals， levees， and other water systems that stopped the rivers flowing into the Everglades. Factories were built near rivers that flowed into the wetland. These factories poured poisonous waste that damaged the environment of the everglades.

People are now working to preserve the Everglades National Park for the future. Right now one big problem is the paperbark tree. This tree is an invader from Australia.

Paperbark trees soak up a lot of water. In the early 1900s，people brought them to Florida because they thought they would help drain the Everglades. However， the invaders adapted too well. Paperbark trees have taken over hundreds of thousands of acres of the everglades and killed other trees. Scientists are cutting down these trees or spraying them with herbicides to kill them.

1. What possibly cause（s） airboats to get lost in the Everglades？

A．The sawgrass.

B．The vast river.

C．The alligators.

D．The shallow water.

2. Why do airboats take the place of normal boats？

A．Because they can move faster.

B．Because their noise frightens the alligators.

C．Because they have flat bottoms.

D．Because they carry more passengers.

3. How did people try to drain the Everglades？

A．By cutting down trees

B．By building factories.

C．By growing sawgrass.

D．By digging water channels.

4. Which category does the underlined word "herbicides" in the last paragraph belong to？

A．Seeds.

B．Poisons.

C．Crops.

D．Paints.