1 . A five-year-old dog named Kelsey has been praised as a hero for helping to save the life of her owner who slipped in the snow and broke his neck.
The man, Bob, was alone when he left his farmhouse on New Year’s Eve to collect firewood.Expecting a journey of only several meters, Bob was wearing just long johns (衬裤), a shirt and slippers when he went outside, although the temperature was around －4℃.
After the accident, he was unable to move in the snow. Fortunately, Kelsey came to his assistance.
“I was shouting for help, but my nearest neighbor is about 400 meters away, and it was 10:30 p. m.,” Bob explained. “By the next morning, my voice was gone and I couldn’t yell for help, but Kelsey didn’t stop barking.”
Kelsey’s companion kept him warm by lying on top of him. She licked his face and hands to keep him awake. “Kelsey kept barking but never left my side,” Bob recalled. “I knew I couldn’t give up and that it was my choice to stay alive.”
Bob spent 20 hours in the freezing cold. When he finally lost consciousness, his dog kept barking. Finally, hearing the barking, Bob’s neighbor discovered him at 6:30 p. m. on New Year’s Day and called the emergency services at once. When Bob arrived in hospital, his body temperature was below 21℃. However, doctors were surprised to find that he didn’t have any frostbite (冻疮). They believed it was because of Kelsey’s determination to keep him warm. Dr. Chaim Colen, the doctor who treated Bob, said, “His dog really saved him.He was very fortunate.”
Bob said he was very grateful to both Dr. Colen and his Kelsey. “They saved my life. They are truly heroes!”
1. What happened to Bob on New Year’s Eve?| A．He left his dog alone in his farmhouse. |
| B．He was praised for saving a dog owner. |
| C．He broke his neck and couldn’t move. |
| D．He heard his neighbor’s shouting for help. |
| A．To keep warm. |
| B．To stay alive. |
| C．To keep Bob awake. |
| D．To seek help from others. |
| A．Helpful. | B．Fortunate. |
| C．Grateful. | D．Friendly. |
| A．A Neckbreaking Accident |
| B．The Magic Night |
| C．Warmth on a Winter’s Night |
| D．Determination to Keep Alive |
2 . The idea that you can use humor, laughter, and play to make you healthier probably seems too simple to be true. However, it is really true and simple. The sense of humor, laughter and play plays an important role in keeping you healthy.
Treat the blues with a sense of humor, which is closely tied to laughter. Laughter is infectious. Have you ever heard a big laugh of a young child and been able to keep yourself from smiling? When laughter is shared between people, it makes them closer to each other and increases their happiness. Smiling is the beginning of laughter and a smile is also just as infectious as laughter is. You can experience something by smiling at everyone around you, and you will feel happier just by sharing a smile, even with a stranger.
Play is an important part of making sure that we stay healthy. We are often encouraged to make sure our children play, and are told of the benefits of being out playing. However, what we often forget is that it is just as important for old people to make play be part of their life as it’s for children. Physical play is important for the old and it certainly helps prevent illness. While the studies are still in the early stages, the studies that have been done have shown that physical play certainly plays a part in preventing cognitive (认知的) falling.
Anyway, adding humor, laughter, and play to our life will influence us mentally, physically and socially and bring us many advantages. So we should make full use of humor, laughter and play to make our life more active, more interesting and happier.
1. What does the underlined word “infectious” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?| A．Quickly influencing other people. | B．Preventing illness from spreading. |
| C．Keeping people in high spirits. | D．Playing an important role. |
| A．Happiness and confidence | B．A sense of humor. |
| C．Cognitive ability. | D．Good relationships. |
| A．They should have a good rest. | B．They should prevent cognitive falling. |
| C．They should take part in physical play. | D．They should play like children. |
| A．Always Keep Our Body Healthy | B．Let Our Body and Mind Relax |
| C．Have an Active and Happy Life | D．Humor, Laughter and Play for Health |
3 . I was never very neat while my roommate Kate was extremely organized. Each of her objects had its place, but my always hid somewhere. She even labeled (贴标签) everything. I always looked for everything. Overtime, Kate got neater and I got my merriser. She moved to push my dirty clothing over and I would lay my books on her tidy desk. We both got tired of each other.
Who broke out one evening. Kate came into the room. Soon, I heard her screaming, “Take your shoes away! why under my bed!” Suddenly I saw my shoes flying at me. I jumped to my feet and started yelling. She yelled back louder.
The room was filled with anger. We could not have stayed together for a single minute but for a phone call. Kate answered it. From her end of the conversation, I could tell right away her grandma was seriously ill. When she hung up. She quickly crawled (爬) under her covers, crying. Obviously. that was something she could not go through alone. All of a sudden, a warm feeling of sympathy (同情) rose up in my heart.
Slowly, I collected the pencils, took back the books, made my bad. Cleaned the suckers and swept the floor even on her side. I got so absorbed into my work that I even didn’t notice Kate had sat up. She was watching. Her tears dried and her expression was such disbelief. Then, she reached out her hands to grasp mine. I looked up into her eyes. She smiled at me. “Thanks.”
Kate and I stayed roommates for the rest of the year. We didn’t always agree, but we learned the key to living together: giving in, cleaning up and holding on.
1. What made Kate so angry one evening?| A．She couldn’t find her books. |
| B．She heard the writer shouting loud. |
| C．She got the news that her grandma was ill. |
| D．She saw the writer’s shoes beneath her bed. |
| A．Because she was scared by Kate’s anger. |
| B．Because she hated herself for being so messy. |
| C．Because she wanted to show her care. |
| D．Because she was asked by Kate to do so. |
| A．By analyzing courses. |
| B．By showing differences. |
| C．By describing a process. |
| D．By following time order. |
| A．My Friend Kate. |
| B．Hard Work Pays off. |
| C．How to Be Organized? |
| D．Learning to Be Roommates. |
1.出发及返回时间；2.活动：包饺子、表演节目等。
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1).时间与地点：6月10 日，大青山（Daqing Mountain）
2).活动的过程
3).你对这次活动的评论
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Yours,
Lihua
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After watching the program Where Are We Going, Dad? I can’t help think of my parents. There’re also many unforgettable memory between us. One Sunday ten years before, my dad and I went camping. He prepared all the equipment and taught me how to put up a tent, that for a boy of seven wasn’t easy. He guided me patient and thanked me for my work, making me to feel I was very helpful. That was what my pride and confidence came. As the program told us, parents play important role in the growth of children. I’m grateful to my parents for their devotion of accompanying me.
7 . If you intend to use humour in your talk to make people smile, you must know how to identify(鉴别)shared experiences and problems. Your humour must have
Here is an example, which I heard at a nurses’ meeting, of a story
If you are
| A．custom | B．habit | C．connection | D．effect |
| A．change | B．understand | C．stay | D．rid |
| A．Depended | B．To depend | C．Depending | D．To be depended |
| A．different | B．similar | C．same | D．difficult |
| A．nurses | B．secretaries | C．doctors | D．managers |
| A．computers | B．bosses | C．workmates | D．friends |
| A．which | B．who | C．where | D．what |
| A．refused | B．agreed | C．experienced | D．shared |
| A．universe | B．hospital | C．earth | D．heaven |
| A．terrible | B．disturbing | C．wonderful | D．pleased |
| A．peaceful | B．violent | C．depressed | D．drunk |
| A．waited | B．waiting | C．waits | D．to wait |
| A．garden | B．line | C．audience | D．nurse |
| A．God | B．a nurse | C．St. Peter | D．friends |
| A．boss | B．manger | C．nurse | D．doctor |
| A．arrival | B．none | C．part | D．nobody |
| A．common | B．normal | C．usual | D．general |
| A．unfit | B．suitable | C．modest | D．foolish |
| A．boss | B．manager | C．doctor | D．chairman’s |
| A．comments | B．preparations | C．struggles | D．gestures |
8 . Today, most countries celebrate the Christmas holidays from December 25 until January 6. Christmas is mostly about celebrations, gift-giving, merry-making and church-attending.
Our traditional Christmas tree also comes from northern Europe.
Christmas cards started to become popular in the middle of the 19th century. Today, billions of cards are sent all over the world. In medieval Europe Christmas was a celebration of feasting and dancing.
Christmas is also a time of singing carols, songs that come from folk songs and ballads. Most of the carols we sing today were written in the 1900s. Silent Night, Holy Night is the most popular songs.
| A．It is sung all over the world. |
| B．Giving presents is a special part of Christmas. |
| C．Nowadays many families enjoy special meals. |
| D．Many people may go to church on Christmas Day. |
| E．Some churches will hand out small gifts to children. |
| F．Some people even put up trees outdoors in their gardens. |
| G．In the Middle Ages people set up trees and hung apples on them. |
9 . An artistic student from a school near Rochester, New York decided to get down to a photography project of a different kind.
Each day, Chaz Rorick from Rush-Henrietta High School decided to upload an Instagram photo of himself imitating(模仿) a US president alongside a photo of the actual president.
Many would agree the impressions are quite familiar.
Rorick’s project started when he realized the set of clothes he wore looked like that of President Harry Truman while watching a documentary. He took a photo of himself, placed it next to one of Truman, and posted it on Instagram.
He had an instant fan: his father. “The next day I did Roosevelt for fun, but by the third picture I did one a day, no matter how busy I was. My friends enthusiastically encouraged me to carry on with such strange and unusual things,” the high school junior told Mashable.
According to Rochester Homepage.net, Rorick said of his project, “It was not too much work, maybe half an hour a night doing it, except for the ones with wigs(假发) and mustaches. I cut out paper for it. I taped cotton to my head.”
“It was fun though,” he added. “All my friends supported it. My parents supported it. History teachers are crazy about it.”
Some people hold the view that Rorick’s photos are creative, entertaining and educational. However, others think everyone can dress up, too, but they have to admit that with all the things out there that Rorick could do in his spare time, there’ s nothing wrong with this.
1. When did he have the idea of a photography project?| A．When he was uploading something. |
| B．When he was choosing his clothes. |
| C．When he played with his father. |
| D．When he was watching a documentary. |
| A．Artistic and lonely. | B．Artistic and creative. |
| C．Creative but unpopular. | D．Popular and wealthy. |
| A．It takes up too much of his time. | B．It won’t attract him anymore. |
| C．It is easy to do. | D．It has been done by other. |
| A．He likes his photography project very much. |
| B．He thinks little of his photography project. |
| C．He is strong against him. |
| D．He thinks he is crazy. |
10 . I have heard having a good sense of humour often helps in breaking the ice. Also people remember you because of your humour. But I think I don’t have a very good sense of humour. Could you suggest how to build on this?
—Radha Karnik
This is a great question that is unfortunately difficult to answer. I can only give you my views on this topic, which may or may not be correct. I know that my sense of humour developed over time.
When I was younger I was not funny at all; now I can easily make people laugh. At the same time, sometimes I say things that I think are very funny but others do not. Improving humour, I believe, is an ongoing process.
Now, there are various forms of humour and everyone has their own style. Overall, I believe being fluent in a language is very important for being funny. The way we play around with words adds the “funny” tag to a normal sentence.
Also, seeing irony(讽刺) is very important. I think humour is often the link between two unrelated things.
In my experience, laughing frequently and appreciating other people’s jokes are very important. Within these, finding humor in everyday normal situations is the key.
I often notice what is going on around me and say funny things in my head and laugh to myself. That serves almost as practice for when I am in a group. I watch comedy shows and movies and I am sure that has some effect on helping me improve my sense of humour.
And last, having confidence that you are funny is important. There will always be someone funnier than you, which is fine. Just work on building your own style.
Remember, if you are trying to be funny in order to break the ice at a business function, be careful.
In those situations, humour has to be mild and politically correct.
Yours,
Brad
1. What’s RAdha Karnik’s problem?| A．He doesn’t have friends. | B．He doesn’t know the functions of humour. |
| C．He doesn’t understand others’ humour. | D．He doesn’t have a good sense of humour. |
| A．laughter is the best medicine | B．laughter and humour go hand in hand |
| C．a sense of humour can be developed | D．a sense of humour helps imipress others |
| A．Everyone knows how to appreciate others’ jokes. |
| B．Everyone has their own style of humour. |
| C．Everyone is as funny as others. |
| D．Everyone needs to laugh to themselves each day. |
