1 . Planning and cooking meals for your entire family is practically a tricky job. The following are four best meal delivery services that can help you not only plan healthy meals, but provide the freshest food for the entire family.

Sunbasket

If you are a person who never eats meat, or follows a specific diet like only eating gluten-free (无麸质的) food, you will find a lot of tasty options with this meal delivery service. The recipes are not time-consuming and its menu contains many organic foods and vegetables. You can pick your breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks here.

HelloFresh

If trying out a meal delivery service is something you are toying with, HelloFresh offers no-commitment plans that allow you to cancel any time. Each delivery includes the farm-sourced food materials and pre-packaged foods that can be easily stored in the refrigerator.

Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon

Leave it to Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon to provide the most delicious and well-thought-of meal delivery service. You can try to make tasty food at home with the help of it and each week there are different options to choose from. Its recipes each contain six easy-to-follow steps and you might even feel like you could start your own at-home cooking shows afterwards.

Purple Carrot

Purple Carrot specializes in meals made with plants and you can choose a two- or four-serving meal plan. Recipes include those for almond(杏仁) butter tofu bowls, fruit salads, etc. Each box comes to you also with the meal’s nutrition information and step-by-step directions. You can also customize meals by adding more protein or choosing gluten-free options.

1. Which is suitable for people with changeable minds?

A．HelloFresh.	B．Sunbasket.
C．Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon.	D．Purple Carrot.

2. What is the feature of Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon?

A．Its meals have a very pleasant smell.	B．It provides on-site cooking service.
C．It specializes in complicated meals.	D．Its recipes vary from week to week.

3. What do Sunbasket and Purple Carrot have in common?

A．They offer no-commitment plans.	B．They feature plant-based diets.
C．They have food that can be easily stored.	D．They contain detailed nutrition information.

2 . I didn’t quite know what I was looking for when I flew to Mongolia for a term abroad. I just needed something different, far from the late-night libraries of my college town. Most different, I hoped, would be my rural homestay: two weeks in central Mongolia with a family of nomadic(游牧的) herders.

I was studying Mongolian at the time, but still, there was so much I couldn’t say or understand. As we walked in the snow behind the goats, my host mom would ask me if I was cold, then giggle (咯咯地笑) and copy a big shiver to make sure I understood. In the evenings, she showed me how to make dumplings with her fingers. My host siblings would talk with me, speaking too fast for me to understand, as we explored the rocks around our tent; I’d listen and nod.

This verbal(言语的) barrier was strangely freeing. In the crowded dining hall at home, meeting new people made me anxious. I’d stay quiet, measuring out my words, struggling for something to say that wouldn’t expose me as unfunny or boring. In Mongolia, I couldn’t perfect my words. I could only smile, and try out one of the phrases I’d mastered: “May I help?” “Where is the dog?” “Are you tired?” My host family laughed at my pronunciation, at the way I threw up my hands and eyebrows in a frequent gesture of confusion. But in their laughter, I felt safe, unembarrassed.

With my Mongolian family on the grassland, I found a feeling of ease I’d never felt before. We were so different, they and I, and not just in language. Their skin was hardened and darkened by sun; I’d been hidden under hats and sunscreen since birth. My host siblings(兄弟姐妹) grew up drawing water from frozen streams and jogging behind herds of sheep; I spent summers at tennis camp.

For me, these gaps made all the difference. Without shared social measures, I wasted no time wondering how I was measuring up. Only real things—kindness, helpfulness—mattered.

1. Why did the author go to Mongolia for a term abroad?

A．She dreamed of living a nomadic life.	B．She was tired of studying late at night.
C．She had to study Mongolians’ normal life.	D．She was collecting information for libraries.

2. What does the underlined word “shiver” in paragraph 2 mean?

A．Hug.

B．Smile.

C．Attack.

D．Shake.

3. How did the author behave at the dining hall in her home country?

A．She felt at ease in the crowd.	B．She usually weighed her words.
C．She asked a lot of funny questions.	D．She often made others laugh with jokes.

4. What did the author learn from her life in Mongolia?

A．You are judged wherever you go.	B．Nature makes humans feel insignificant.
C．Appearance reflects one’s standard of life.	D．Being kind is the common social standard.

3 . 他希望此次开发会给社区注入新的生机。   
He hopes the development will _____ new _____ ____ the community.

4 . 我们掌握了商业信息，可以迅速地给你们解决本地和国外的商务问题。
With business information _____ _____ ____, we can solve your local and foreign business problems quickly.

5 . 他们撒开网四处物色新的球队教练。
They have spread their net ______ _______ ______ in the search for a new team coach.

6 . 士兵们在执行任务后已安全返回。
The soldiers have arrived _______ _______ ______ from their missions.

7 . 他们把我的发明品当作玩具而不予考虑。
They ________ my invention ________ a toy.

8 . 福利改革是政府的当务之急。
Welfare reform is ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________for the government.

9 . 最近研究使人们进一步了解这一物种的起源。
Recently research has ________ ________ ________ ________ the origin of the species.

10 . 我们的假期计划开始成形。
Plans for our vacation are beginning to ________ ________.