1 . Do you know how to be a proud traveller? The following can tell you.

• Travellers get excited and a bit nervous before travel.

Nervousness is typical of travellers. It does not matter whether the person travels once a year or far more frequently.    1    This happens simply because we can’t predict the future event that may occur during the trip.

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To plan trips is an exciting activity; however, once you have planned everything, get ready to break all your plans in case that things go wrong or not the way you expected them to go!

• Travellers may start a trip alone, but they end up with friends all over the world.

    3    Travellers are always ready to make new friends.

• Travellers are not just on a vacation.

People travel for a variety of reasons. People who stay in a foreign country need to challenge themselves in a variety of ways.     4    

•Travellers know that they’re lucky.

While travelling be prepared to see the real living around the globe. You will see that there are people who struggle to survive.     5    Be grateful for being able to travel since travelling is something only the lucky can afford.

A．Travelling is good to our health.

B．Travelling makes people excited and expectation makes our blood boil.

C．It’s hard to travel without meeting strangers.

D．Travellers love to make plans, but they also like to break them.

E．They learn new languages, meet new people and try to get to know new cultures.

F．The travelling plan is very important to the travellers when they go out for travelling.

G．At the same time, there are plenty of those who can afford the most necessary things.

2 . Johan Ernst Nilson is an explorer. His 32 expeditions in 100 countries include biking from northern Europe to Africa, hiking across Alaska and climbing the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. This summer, Nilson completed his most challenging journey the Pole to Pole Expedition. He travelled about 21,750 miles through 17 countries, from the North Pole to the South Pole. “I go to remote areas where no person has ever set foot,” Nilson told TFK.

Nilson walked, sailed, skied, biked, and took a dogsled. Known as the “environmental explorer”, Nilson used forms of transportation that are not harmful to the environment. Nilson hopes the expedition, which will be featured in a movie and a book, both due out this winter, will inspire others to protect the planet.

It took Nilson about 18 months to complete the expedition. He faced dangerous situations, just as the early polar explorers did. He travelled through hurricanes. He endured extreme heat and cold. He fell through ice. He suffered cracked ribs and frostbite(冻伤). He was even chased by bears.

Eating properly was a constant challenge. The explorer, who covered about 60 miles a day, ate a variety of foods, such as fruit, meat, fish and vegetables. At one point, Nilson ran out of food. He wrote on his blog: “The North Pole is a different story. On an expedition on the ice, you have to eat anything you can find.”

In spite of the many challenges, Nilson insists that the expedition was well worth it. He was able to visit with groups such as UNICEF and the American Red Cross, to take part in the work that they do to help people all over the world. He is hopeful that his adventure will inspire others to take action to protect the planet.

Nilson says his big expedition days are now over, but he will continue to explore in other ways. “Exploration is reaching for the unknown, learning how to play the piano, learning a new language,” he says. Are you an explorer, too?

1. What does Nilson do besides expeditions?

A．He likes playing the piano.	B．He helps those who need help.
C．He likes learning foreign languages.	D．He likes visiting people.

2. When Nilson explored, he walked, sailed, skied, biked, and took a dogsled in order to        .

A．become famous	B．attract people’s attention
C．inspire people to explore	D．protect the environment

3. What can we learn from the third paragraph?

A．Nilson suffered a lot and was in great danger.	B．Nilson liked travelling through hurricanes.
C．Nilson stood extreme heat and cold.	D．Nilson suffered freezing.

3 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1适当的个单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

When I was 18, one morning, my father told me to drive him into a town, about 18 miles away. I had just learned to drive, so I agreed with     1    (please). First, we came to the town.

Then I took the car to a nearby garage to have it     2    (wash) and promised to pick Dad up at 4 p.m.     3    I had a few hours to spend, I decided to go to the cinema. However, I became so interested in the film that I forgot the time. When     4    last film finished, it was 6 o’clock. I was afraid Dad would be angry and never let me drive again, so I drove back quickly to meet Dad and made an excuse     5    my being late. I’ll never forget the cry he gave me. “I’m disappointed that you feel you have to lie to me, Mike. I’m angry, not only with you but with     6    (I). I have failed because I’ve brought up a son who can’t even tell the truth to his own father. I’m going to walk home now and think seriously about     7     I have gone wrong all these years.” Dad began walking along the road. I begged all the way,     8    (tell) him how sorry I was. How I wish I     9    (lie) then. And I drove behind him for 18 miles, at a speed of 5 miles an hour. It was the most     10    (forget) lesson. I have never lied to him ever since.

4 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

My English teacher was very tall. The moment she     1    (enter) the class, we would all sit     2    (quiet) and open the books. She would encourage me by giving me important assignments and also morning news to read during the assembly. She would come down and listen to my English debate,    3    made me take part in all debate competitions.

    4    same was true of my biology and science teacher. She was very nice and sweet. She would always give me extra information on the biology project. I could not go to the lab for experiments, so she would bring the lab down and help me with the biology and science     5    (experiment) and would give me excellent marks.

My friends made me monitor and the naughty boys listened to me. My friends used to help me with my notes when I was     6    (absence). My teachers always gave me important project work and I felt proud when they patted me     7    the back after I finished it quickly and correctly. I was never shouted at or made fun of or scolded by any of my friends and teachers.

Today I often see the terrible punishments     8    (give) to students on TVs. I feel very sad.

I really want to express my love and thanks to all my wonderful teachers and friends. Without them my school life would not     9    (be) so excellent and     10    (forget).

5 . Sammie Welch was traveling with her three-year-old son Ryan from Birmingham to Plymouth last Thursday. She tried to keep him entertained on the three-and-a-half-hour journey. “He was eating his dinner! We were laughing at the fact that he kept calling his grapes strawberries,” Ms Welch said. “We were playing together and I was trying to keep him quiet. He normally gets quite bored and rowdy on the train. So I was doing my best to entertain him as much as I could.”

After finishing his dinner, the boy tell asleep on the seat next to her mother. When a man boarded the crowded train, the mother pulled her son onto her lap (大腿). So the man could sit down. Ms Welch, an unemployed IT technician, made her son move for another passenger. After a few minutes, an unknown stranger walked past and handed Ms Welch a note and money before getting off the train straight away. In the note, the passenger called himself “Man on the train at table with glasses and hat”.He praised the mother’s behaviour and left her £5 to buy herself a drink.

Ms Welch, 23, who comes from Crewe but now lives in Plymouth, said she didn’t find out the stranger’s name and created a Facebook page to find him. “I never had the chance to thank him as he got off. And I couldn’t move due to my son being asleep on me,” She wrote on the social networking site. “I don’t think what I have done is a big matter. I would love to have the opportunity to thank this man personally. So I hope this message could help me find him.”

1. What was the aim of Ms Welch’s playing with Ryan?

A．Teaching the right name of grapes.	B．Feeding him as much as possible.
C．Making him feel fun on the train.	D．Letting him learn something new.

2. The underlined word “rowdy” in the first paragraph may mean      .

A．upset	B．smart
C．lucky	D．noisy

3. Why did the stranger give Sammie Welch money?

A．Because he wanted her seat.	B．Because she gave her drink to strangers.
C．Because she made room for another passenger.	D．Because she pulled her son on the table.

6 . Money Doesn’t Buy Happiness

As part of the environmental group on campus, my friends and I recently invited a recent college graduate, Colin Davis, to lecture about his deeds in climate change.

Davis graduated from Trinity College last spring. Despite a tempting (诱人的) internship (实习期) from Goldman Sachs that thousands of people dream about. Davis chose to ride a bike across the US to interview environmental experts.

Davis wasn’t a born environmentalist. To prove his bike ride, he had to find a “trendy (新潮的), sexy and good cause”. The cause was climate change. But Davis became more concerned than ever about this issue after the cross-country bike ride. He read hundreds of books on climate change and environmental consulting. Now, he works for non-profitable organizations and serves as a consultant for energy efficiency.

One of his messages during his talk, “shopping with a moral in mind” occurred in my mind again and again throughout the day.

Facing two similar products in a market, do we stop and read the back before throwing the product into our cart (推车)? We all live in a fast-paced society, but it doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t take a minute to choose a product that’s safer for our bodies and better for the environment. Davis made me know how important it is to be a smart consumer, by supporting organic (有机的) food and green products instead of only looking at the brands.

With little age gap and his unique way of presenting serious messages in a light tone, Davis captured the attention of most non “hardcore (中坚的) environmentalists” students. Davis said. “Working for a good cause makes me feel better than being an investment (投资) banker.”

1. The bike ride across the US ________.

A．realized Davis’s long-time dream of finding out more about climate change

B．had Davis regretting refusing the internship from Goldman Sachs

C．made Davis all the more fascinated by the issue of climate change

D．satisfied Davis because he had made it trendy and profitable

2. “Shopping with a moral in mind” means that ________.

A．one should be a smart consumer by calculating the product’s value against price

B．we should stop and read the instructions about calories or health ingredients

C．we should choose more environment-friendly products

D．it’s a good point to buy brand products

3. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A．nowadays American young people prefer working for a good cause to a high-paid company

B．Davis did a great job in raising environmental awareness

C．you have to be rich enough to support organic food

D．brand products are not always quality products

7 . Callie Rogers says she is much happier now after her $1.87 million fortune has gone. And she has called for an increase in the age for playing the game.

    1    Then she gave up her $3.60-an-hour checkout job and bought her own home right away. Fifteen years later and the money has long-since gone and the mother-of-three says she is now so much happier. “    2    At 16 you are still just a child and overnight you’ve got to grow up and become an adult,which is very difficult.” Callie, now 31, said.

She said it was hard to know which relationships were real after her big win.     3    “There were people who came along after I won the lottery that weren’t in my life before and aren’t in my life now,” she said. “There were a lot of false people involved. At the time I didn’t realise because I wanted everyone to like me. The money brought problems with family and friends.”

Callie said that lottery organisers Camelot tried to help her after her win, but she didn’t listen.     4    She has said: “It was too much money for someone so young. Even if you say your life won’t change, it does — and often not for the better. It nearly broke me, but thankfully, I’m now stronger.     5    ”

Culture minister Tracey Crouch has already confirmed the Government is reviewing the age limit of 16, which may be raised.

A．I just wish I’d been older.

B．Callie was just 16 when she own the lottery.

C．She wanted to go back to having an exciting life.

D．She became so sad by being “used” by some people.

E．I try to forget what I’ve been through and just feel like a normal person.

F．Callie unfortunately didn’t take the independent financial and legal advice.

G．She was too young to comprehend how much her life would change.

8 . My mother is 92. Unless I have to be out of town, each week I take my mother to do her _______ and visit the doctor, providing _______ and transportation. During the week, however, she likes to go to a nearby store to _______ some small things she needs.

Last week she walked up to the store, but when she went to pay for her groceries, she was _______ about three dollars. The only _______ to pay for the groceries was to take off the _______ she could do without: a bottle of rubbing alcohol (医用酒精) and a bar of soap. By taking off these, she was able to _______ the new total to the amount of cash she had with her.

At this store, people _______ and then go off to the side to _______ their own groceries. My mother was putting her groceries into shopping bags when a ________ came up to her and said, “Here are the things that you ________ .” handing her the rubbing alcohol and the ________ . My mother, who is never speechless, was speechless. She ________ for the woman’s name and address so that she could ________ her. The woman told her it was her ________ .

My mother was so ________ by her gesture that she decided to go back to the store and give the cashier (收银员) a five-dollar bill to keep on hand ________ the same happened to someone else if they didn’t have enough ________ for all of their groceries.

So, whoever you are, thank you for the random act of ________ that not only helped my mother out, but ________ too.

1.

A．exercise

B．housework

C．cooking

D．shopping

2.

A．reward

B．medicine

C．company

D．shelter

3.

A．return

B．collet

C．order

D．buy

4.

A．short

B．cautious

C．wrong

D．concerned

5.

A．aim

B．way

C．advice

D．reason

6.

A．weight

B．things

C．mask

D．glasses

7.

A．raise

B．add

C．bring

D．switch

8.

A．show up

B．call in

C．check out

D．sit down

9.

A．store

B．select

C．deliver

D．bag

10.

A．stranger

B．cashier

C．friend

D．doctor

11.

A．looked for

B．talked about

C．threw away

D．put back

12.

A．receipt

B．soap

C．cash

D．bottle

13.

A．asked

B．waited

C．cared

D．searched

14.

A．repay

B．trust

C．recognize

D．help

15.

A．luck

B．chance

C．gift

D．turn

16.

A．surprised

B．amused

C．touched

D．convinced

17.

A．in case

B．even if

C．as though

D．so that

18.

A．energy

B．money

C．space

D．time

19.

A．faith

B．courage

C．kindness

D．honor

20.

A．made her day

B．changed her mind

C．caught her eye

D．met her demand