1 . How Can I Fight Laziness?

Lazy people will never gain anything in life. However, laziness can be defeated once a few changes have been made in your mind.

    1    Many people lack sleep constantly, since they stay up too late and get up too early to prepare for work. These people have little motivation once they arrive home. Laziness works hand in hand with a lack of motivation and a tendency to put off things. By adjusting your sleep schedule to provide a few more hours of meaningful rest, you can fight laziness throughout the day.

Another way to fight laziness is to change your mind from passive to active. Some people treat their lives as if they were pushed from task to task. Others take a more positive approach, viewing each task as a challenge they must overcome alone.     2    

Some people fight laziness removing the temptations that surround them. A television in the living room may provide entertainment, but watching too much TV often contributes to laziness.     3    Complete a few tasks and reward yourself with what you enjoy, such as a good dinner or a film.

Laziness can also be a lasting problem at home. Couples and children may all have different energy levels, but laziness can be spread if not deal with immediately.     4     Be the first to collect and wash dishes after a meal. Others in the home may eventually follow your example and perform their own task. It is difficult to practice laziness when you are surrounded by motivated people.

    5     Enough exercise and a balanced diet can help you to develop a healthy lifestyle, thus enabling you to have more energy and help lift your spirits.

A．To fight family laziness, set an example.

B．Knowing how to fight laziness is important.

C．One way to fight laziness is to get enough sleep.

D．Finally, taking exercise regularly can help you fight laziness.

E．With strong determination, you will be able to achieve your goal.

F．Create a reward system for yourself, just as parents do for a child.

G．Laziness appears when you no longer feel in charge of your own mind.

2 . Guide for Teenagers

The teenage years can be tough, and it’s normal to feel sad every now and then. But if these feelings don’t go away or become so intense that you can’t handle them, you may be suffering from depression.     1    .

Try not to isolate yourself

When you’re depressed, you may not feel like seeing anybody or doing anything. Just getting out of bed in the morning can be difficult, but isolating yourself only makes depression worse.     2     Spend time with friends, especially those who are active.

Keep your body healthy

Making healthy lifestyle choices can do wonders for your mood. Ever heard of a "runners high"? Physical activity can be as effective as medications for depression, so get involved in sports, ride your bike, or take a dance class. Any activity helps!     3    As for food, make sure you’re feeding your mind with plenty of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.

Avoid alcohol and drugs.

You maybe try drinking or use drugs in an effort to escape from your feelings and get a "mood boost," even if just for a short time. However, substance use can not only make depression worse, but can cause you to become more depressed.    4     You will need special treatment for your substance problem.

    5    .

Stress and worry can lead to depression. Talk to a teacher if exams or classes seem overwhelming. In addition, if you have a health concern you feel you can’t talk to your parents about, see a doctor. A health professional can help you approach your parents and guide you toward appropriate treatment. If you’re dealing with relationship, friendship, or family problems, talk to an adult you trust.

A．Even a short walk can be beneficial.

B．Turn to your parents for help.

C．As you get out into the world, you may find yourself feeling better.

D．In short, drinking and taking drugs will make you feel worse--not better--in the long run.

E．The more exercise you do, the healthier you will be.

F．Help is available and you have more power than you think.

G．Ask for help if you are stressed.

3 . 完形填空（共20小题；
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的ABCD四个选项，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In the 1450s Johannes Gutenberg, a Gennan printer, developed a new printing press(印刷机)。Then single letters could be ______ in lines to create a page of text. The letters were made of metal.Each one could be ______ to different parts of the press,depending             on which words were_______ on a certain page. This was one of the most important _______ in the history of pringting.
_______, most books had been created by copying out text by hand. The____of a single book would take many hours or even days. With the Gutenberg press, ______ could be printted in several seconds, and many copies of books could be created in a few             hours.
Gutenberg's printing press was not so much an i_______, however, as an improvement of developing technologies. The Chinese were the first to use wooden blocks(木刻版)，as early as the 8th century. Then great _____was made around 1040. The movable type             was invented by Bi Sheng in China. European _______the printing methods centuries later. Another contribution to Cutenberg`s system also come from the East,______.The Chinese invented paper using ______materials,including old clothes. The kind             of the inexpensive paper was introduced into Europe in 1000 or so. This kind of paper was ____for the new European printing presses,______it took in the only ink required for the metal type.
Printing soon became an important ____in a rapidly growing world. By 1500,nearly 35,000 books were in print worldwide. But the printing press did not ______a lot for a long time. In the 19th century , however, iron _______wood in the press`s framework.             And paper became______in continuous rolls rather than more expensive single pieces. Steam engines _____the speed at which the press ran. In the late 1900s,the introduction of better presses greatly _____the time it took to turn ideas into books.1.

A．used

B．put

C．read

D．written

2.

A．shown

B．turned

C．moved

D．added

3.

A．needed

B．lost

C．collected

D．found

4.

A．challenged

B．studies

C．discoveries

D．developments

5.

A．Recently

B．Immediately

C．Previously

D．Finally

6.

A．discussion

B．production

C．instruction

D．preparation

7.

A．pages

B．ideas

C．models

D．characters

8.

A．attraction

B．expressin

C．competition

D．invention

9.

A．accident

B．research

C．progress

D．situation

10.

A．believed

B．followed

C．tested

D．required

11.

A．paper

B．wood

C．letters

D．metal

12.

A．fine

B．thin

C．heavy

D．cheap

13.

A．useless

B．special

C．good

D．impossible

14.

A．as

B．although

C．until

D．unless

15.

A．fashion

B．industry

C．trick

D．belief

16.

A．apply

B．help

C．work

D．change

17.

A．replaced

B．controlled

C．became

D．protected

18.

A．necessary

B．available

C．normal

D．valuable

19.

A．reached

B．limited

C．increased

D．kept

20.

A．made

B．allowed

C．wasted

D．reduced

4 . B
However urban life strikes you, cities worldwide have been growing every day。However urban life strikes you, cities worldwide have been growing ever more rapidly. Some of this growth has occurred in the developed world, but the most dramatic increase has been in the Third World. Almost all the world’s population growth over the next 30 years will take place in the cities of developing countries
By the year 2030, for the first time in history, 60 percent of the world’s people will be living in cities.
This is actually good news in some ways. “Cities are the fundamental building blocks of prosperity,” says Marc Weiss, chairman of the Prague Institute for Global Urban Development, “ both for the nation and for families.” Industrial and commercial activities in urban areas account for between 50 and 80 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) in most countries of the world“ there’s the crazy notion that the way to deal with a city’s problems is to keep people out of them,”Weiss continued. “But the problems of the rural life are even more serious than those of the city.” For better or worse, urban-watchers are clear on one point: The quality of life for most people in the future will be determined by the quality of cities. Those cities will be bigger than ever. And yet, population numbers by themselves don’t determine a city’s prospects; after all, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and Hamburg, Germany, have the same population. Nor is explosive growth necessarily the determining factor. “City problems,” one authority points out, “mostly have to do with weak, ineffective, and usually unrepresentative city governments.”
1. In the author’s opinion, _________.

A．better city, better life

B．both urban and rural areas have a larger population

C．the larger population, the faster a city develops

D．both urban and rural areas have larger gross domestic products

2. Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?

A．The developing countries develop faster than the developed countries.

B．Cities contribute more to the GDP than the villagers.

C．Some problems are more easily solved in cities than in country.

D．It’s impossible to solve urban problems by getting people out of cities.

3. The last paragraph implies that ____________.

A．Public services are ineffective.

B．Cities are increasing too fast.

C．Population is not linked with development.

D．Government should be responsible for the problems in the cities.

5 . Grandma celebrated her fifty-third birthday just weeks before grandpa died of cancer in 1965. Although his passing was very difficult for her, I think their shared struggle to make his life longer taught grandma that good health was not to be taken for granted, and she made up her mind to live her rest of her own life as fully and as long as she could. One day, when she announced to attend lessons at the Fred Astaire Dance Studio in Portland, Oregon, where she lived, we rolled-our eyes in embarrassment and helplessly wished she would just stay home and bake cookies as normal grandmothers did. Many years filled with countless dance lessons passed before we learned to appreciate the wonder of having a dancing grandma.

I suppose grandma’s primary motivation for wanting to learn to dance was social. She had been a shy girl, always very tall and heavy, and had married into grandpa’s quiet lifestyle before developing any elegance or confidence in her personal appearance. Dancing, on the other hand, filled her life with flash lights，wonderful parties, beautiful dresses, handsome young dance instructors, and the challenge of learning. Although the weekly dance lessons did not change her ample, two-hundred-pound figure, grandma surprised everyone with energetic performances on the dance floor, which soon gave her as much elegance and confidence as any Miss American competitor.

Having taken weekly dance lessons for years, my grandma learned various dances easily and was soon participating in dancing matches all over the Northwest. When I was fourteen, grandma proudly invited me to watch her compete in one of these matches to be held in the grand ballroom of the Red Lion Inn. My attitude was still unenthusiastic at that point, but to make her happy, my mother and I attended the match. As if to prove me wrong, grandma made a wonderful showing in every event she entered. I thought she was truly the queen of the ball during the dance, and my thoughts were shared by the judges a short time later when she was awarded a gold cup for her outstanding performance.

1. What did grandma learn from grandpa’s death?

A．Good health was not there for everyone.

B．She should take dance lessons.

C．She had to struggle to live a better life.

D．She should wear beautiful dresses.

2. Normal grandmas usually        in the author’s point of view.

A．took dance lessons	B．did some exercises at home
C．took care of grandchildren at home	D．did some housework at home

3. The author felt        when he was invited to watch grandma’s match.

A．happy	B．proud
C．excited	D．uninterested

6 . 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

As an old English saying goes，“Honesty is the best policy.” It is more than an old cliche(陈词滥调)，but           1     good way to live your life.

First，honesty is the     2    (easy) choice that we can make.When people get caught in lies，it always costs them something.Many relationships are destroyed by lies.

Second，honesty gives us much     3    (free). Many people believe that being honest limits them in life，but that is not true.Sooner or later those dishonest people     4    (pay) a price for their acts；on the contrary，when we are honest，we are     5    (true) free.

If there were two people     6    (stand) before you，a person with a record of being honest and a person     7       is known to be dishonest，who would you be more likely     8    (believe)？I'm sure most people would side with the honest person.     9           we live in the truth or we live in lies.Truth sets us free and lies leave us in nothing but more troubles.Honesty is a choice that we make each day.The choice is     10    (you)．What will you choose?

7 . 完形填空,阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A,B,C,D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂上。
I was 14 years old. I was angry and rebellious, with____regard for anything my parents had to say,____if it had nothing to do with me. Like so many ____, I struggled to escape from anything that didn’t____my picture of the world. As a “ brilliant without need of guidance” kid, I rejected any obvious____ of love. In fact, I got angry at the ____ of the word “love”.
One____, after an extremely difficult day, I____into my room, shut the door loudly and fell down onto my bed heavily. As I lay down in the privacy of my____, my hands placed under my pillow. There was an envelope. I pulled it out and on the envelope it said, “To ____when you’re alone.”
____ I was alone, no one would know whether I read it or not. So I opened it. It said，“Mike，I know life is ____right now, I know you are frustrated and I know we don’t do everything right. I also know that I love you ____ and nothing you do or say will ever change that. I am here for you if you ever need to talk. If you don’t, that’s also ____ Just know that no matter where you go or whatever you do in your life, I will always love you and be____that you are my son. I’m here for you and I love you-that will never ____Love you, Mom.”
Every night as I went to bed, I would put my hands under my ____and I remember the ____I felt every time I got a letter. During my teen years, the letters were the calm assurance that I still could be loved ____my anger and rudeness. Just before I fell____I became grateful that my mom knew what I, an angry teenager, needed.1.

A．little

B．all

C．full

D．high

2.

A．seldom

B．sometimes

C．currently

D．particularly

3.

A．families

B．adults

C．people

D．teenagers

4.

A．hang up

B．lift up

C．agree with

D．deal with

5.

A．attempt

B．offer

C．request

D．advice

6.

A．risk

B．proposal

C．mention

D．point

7.

A．night

B．day

C．morning

D．afternoon

8.

A．slipped

B．stormed

C．sank

D．slid

9.

A．bed

B．floor

C．closet

D．chair

10.

A．answer

B．seal

C．read

D．tear

11.

A．If

B．When

C．Though

D．Since

12.

A．serious

B．awful

C．amazing

D．exciting

13.

A．entirely

B．gently

C．heavily

D．personally

14.

A．impossible

B．terrible

C．right

D．okay

15.

A．nervous

B．sorry

C．proud

D．sure

16.

A．last

B．change

C．happened

D．start

17.

A．pillow

B．book

C．desk

D．door

18.

A．relaxation

B．sadness

C．relief

D．thrill

19.

A．in spite of

B．instead of

C．ahead of

D．in need of

20.

A．ill

B．down

C．silent

D．asleep

8 . Thirteen can be a challenging age. Not only did I have to adapt to my changing body, I also had to deal with my parents’ bitter divorce, a new family and the upsetting move from my country home to a crowded town.

When we moved, my beloved companion, a small brown pony had to be sold. I was heartbroken and terribly lonely. I couldn’t eat or sleep and cried all the time. Finally, realizing how much I missed my pony, my father bought me another horse, Cowboy.

Cowboy was without doubt the ugliest horse in the world. But I didn’t care. I loved him beyond all reasons.

I joined a riding club. When Cowboy and I entered the events where the horse was judged by appearance, we were quickly “shown the gate”. I knew nothing could turn Cowboy into a beauty. My only chance to compete would be in the timed speed events. I chose the jumping race.

For the whole next month we practiced running and jumping for hours in the hot sun and then I would walk Cowboy home, totally exhausted.

All of our hard work didn’t make me feel confident by the time the show came. One girl named Becky rode a big brown horse in the race events. She always won the blue ribbons. I sat at the gate and sweated all out while I watched Becky and her horse charge through the court and finish in first place.

My turn finally came. At the signal, we dashed toward the first fence, jumped over it without trouble and raced on to the next one. Cowboy then flew over the second, third and fourth fences like a bird and I turned him toward the finish line.

No cheers filled the air. The end of our run was met with surprised silence. Cowboy and I had beaten Becky and her fancy horse by two seconds.

I gained much more than a blue ribbon that day. At thirteen, I realized that no matter what the odds, I’d always come out a winner if I wanted something badly enough to work for it. I can be the owner of my fate.

1. Why did the author like Cowboy so much in spite of its ugliness?

A．Because she loved horses more than anything else.

B．Because Cowboy was a strong and smart young horse.

C．Because Cowboy had a lot in common with her pony.

D．Because she was sad and lonely and needed a companion.

2. The audience fell into silence at the end of the run probably because_________.

A．they didn’t expect Cowboy would win the event

B．they were unhappy that Becky was beaten in the event

C．they didn’t like cowboy, for it was too ugly

D．they never saw a horse running as fast as Cowboy

3. After the competition, the author came to realize that _______.

A．she ought to gather the courage to solve all the problems

B．it was time to forget her pony and treat Cowboy better

C．she needed to work harder to win more blue ribbons

D．she could be the god of her own fate if she tried hard enough

4. It can be inferred from the story that _________.

A．all of their hard training was totally in vain

B．a blue ribbon must be the second highest prize

C．Cowboy lost in the event of being judged by appearance

D．both Becky and the author won in the jumping event

9 . You’ve probably heard about sports coaches, fitness coaches, vocal music teachers, career counselors, psychiatrists (精神病医师) and other specialists who teach skills and help us cope with daily life.

But there’s a rapidly growing kind of professional who does a little bit of everything. She or he is called a “life coach”. People who are at crossroads in their lives and corporations that want to give certain employees a career boost are turning to them for help.

The idea that one person’s success story can change other people’s lives for the better goes back at least to the 1930s. Dale Carnegie’s famous self-improvement program “How to Win Friends and Influence People” came along soon thereafter.

But this new style of life coaches includes more than enthusiastic speakers or writers. They use their own experiences in business, sports, military service, or psychotherapy (心理疗法) to help others make critical life decisions.

They often give their approach a slogan, such as “energy coaching” or “fearless living” or “working yourself happy”.

Dave Lakhani in Boise, Idaho, for instance, works with salespeople to develop what he calls a “road map”. He says an ongoing relationship with a coach is like having a personal fitness trainer for one’s career and life outside work.

Lakhani’s Bold Approach coaching firm also donates some of its time to help people who are anything but successful — including battered women and struggling single mothers.

But others in the so-called “helping professions” are not thrilled about the life-coaching movement. They say that anyone, trained or untrained, can call himself or herself a life coach, and that slick (华而不实的) promoters who mess with people’s lives can do more harm than good.

1. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A．Working Yourself Happy

B．Life Coaches Help with Tough Decisions

C．How to Cope with Daily Life with Life Coaches

D．The Life-Coaching Movement

2. The underlined phrase “life coach” in Paragraph 2 means “      ”.

A．the career counselor who teaches skills

B．the psychiatrist who helps us cope with daily life

C．the fitness coach who teaches us lessons

D．the specialist who helps us make important life decisions

3. The last paragraph is mainly about       .

A．the introductions of life coach

B．the disagreements of life coach

C．the effects of life coach

D．the experiences of life coach

4. What is the author’s attitude towards life coaches?

A．Cautious.	B．Approving.
C．Casual.	D．Disapproving.

10 . 2015 TFK Poetry Contest

(2015 • 江西调研）Call all poets! Time For Kids (TFK) has a challenge for you: write a funny, rhyming poem. It must be an original poem that does not copy another poet’s work. Enter it in the Time for Kids Poetry Contest! As fewer and fewer children are interested in writing poetry of their own, Time For Kids decides to organize and sponsor such a contest to change the situation.

Contest Rules

1. How to enter This contest begins at 12:01 am on March 6, 2015 and ends at 11:59 pm on July 24, 2015. To enter, mail the following information to 1271 Avenue of the Americas, 32nd Floor, New York, New York 10020: (a) an original and previously unpublished poem that is humorous and has a rhyme scheme; (b) entrant’s first name only and a parent’s mail address. Limit one entry per person. When entering, entrant promises that the entry is original, and has not been published in any medium and has not won an award.

2. Judging All entries will be judged by poet Kenn Nesbitt, based on the following criteria: creativity and originality (50%), use of language and rhyme (25%) and appropriateness to the theme of the contest (25%). The length of the entry will not be taken into consideration.

3. Prizes Our judge will select four semi-finalists (半决赛选手) from which one grand prize winner and three finalists will be chosen. The one grand prize winner will receive an online class visit from Children’s Poet Laureate Kenn Nesbitt and a signed copy of his newest book of poetry, The Armpit of Doom: Funny Poems for Kids, approximately value at $ 275. The three finalists will each get a signed copy of Nesbitt’s newest book of poetry, The Armpit of Doom: Funny Poems for Kids, and both their poems and that of the grand prize winner will be published at timeforkids.com.

4. Eligibility (参赛资格) Open to legal citizens of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are primary school students and are 8 to 13 years old at time of entry.

5. Winner’s list For names of the winner and finalists, visit timeforkids.com (after August 1, 2015, available for a period of 10 days).

1. The purpose of the contest is to       .

A．encourage children to learn from other poets

B．help children realize the dream of poetry writing

C．encourage children’s interest in poetry writing

D．encourage children to read more original poems

2. Which of the following characteristics of a poem is valued most in judging?

A．Being creative and original.

B．Using a proper number of words.

C．Using proper language and rhyme.

D．Being appropriate to the contest theme.

3. What can be known about the finalists of the contest?

A．They will get a great deal of money.

B．Their poems can be read at timeforkids.com.

C．They will receive an online class visit from Nesbitt.

D．Their poems will appear in Nesbitt’s newest book of poetry.

4. According to the contest rules,       .

A．poems can be sent to the organizers by e-mail

B．all children have the right to take part in the contest

C．the number of one entrant’s poems to enter the contest is not limited

D．the result of the contest will be unknown before August, 2015