1 . Dorothy Lee and her husband were driving home from a study group one night when their car suddenly hit something. Mrs. Lee looked at her husband, who was driving, and saw his head move down and up several times and fall. In the next minutes Mrs Lee managed to avoid a serious accident while stopping the car, called 911 on her cellphone and tried to make her husband come back to life before an ambulance arrived. But at the hospital, soon after learning her husband had died of sudden heart trouble, Dorothy’s heart appeared to give out as well. She experienced sudden sharp pains in her chest (胸腔), lost senses and knew nothing.
Doctor’s of that hospital were surprised at finding: There wasn’t any evidence of heart trouble. Finally, doctors thought that Mrs. Lee had suffered from a broken-heart syndrome (伤心综合症). The disease looks like heart trouble, but appears to have little connection with heart trouble. It is caused mainly by stress and other strong feelings. The disease is uncommon, making up for about 1% to 2% of people — and about 6% of women — who are likely to suffer such sudden heart trouble. It can be very dangerous sometimes, but for the most part patients recover quickly, with no lasting damage to their hearts.
If patients are hospitalized with the broken-heart syndrome, their hearts might be beating as little as 20% of what it should work. But within 48 to 72 hours, many recover to the 60% level that is considered healthy. It is uncommon.
Mrs. Lee’s heart was so weakened by her husband’s death that she nearly died. The 63-year-old woman needed a special balloon pump (球囊泵) during the first days in the hospital. But in spite of warnings by her doctors, she attended her husband’s funeral (葬礼) five days later.
1. What can we learn about the accident?| A．The husband died in it. | B．The wife died later in the hospital. |
| C．The husband died because time was wasted. | D．The husband died of heart trouble after it. |
| A．Her bad health. | B．Worry, anxiety and sadness. |
| C．Her seriously damaged heart. | D．The aging of the heart. |
| A．She was calm in case of emergencies. | B．She was unhealthy but strong minded. |
| C．She was easily hurt and moody. | D．She was caring and generous. |
| A．The broken-heart syndrome is less common among women. |
| B．Patients with the broken-heart syndrome can recover by themselves. |
| C．The broken-heart syndrome could come and go both quickly. |
| D．Most people may suffer from the broken-heart syndrome. |
2 . I woke up by my dog barking in the early morning. I went outside to find a koala (考拉) at the yard gate wanting to enter. It was the first time that I had
I was wondering why he was here, as koala
He just sat there, clearly
I rushed into my room and came out with some iodophor (碘伏药水). It was not a
After the treatment, I watched the koala finally
| A．dealt with | B．come across | C．wound up | D．referred to |
| A．chance | B．nudge | C．surprise | D．message |
| A．usually | B．likely | C．mostly | D．seldom |
| A．Once more | B．Ever since | C．Just then | D．Then again |
| A．struggled | B．drove | C．followed | D．frightened |
| A．in pain | B．in order | C．in comfort | D．in disappointment |
| A．quick | B．close | C．eager | D．odd |
| A．features | B．errors | C．signs | D．types |
| A．specific | B．small | C．confusing | D．challenging |
| A．recognize | B．answer | C．understand | D．expect |
| A．touched | B．felt | C．rated | D．treated |
| A．made | B．figured | C．turned | D．brought |
| A．help | B．suggestion | C．hint | D．comment |
| A．exploring | B．rushing | C．walking | D．disappearing |
| A．burn down | B．go through | C．turn over | D．reflect on |
3 . A professor entered the classroom and told the students about a surprise test. All students were
Students were
Now, professor began to explain, “Here everyone
Our life is a
We should try to take eyes
| A．disappointed | B．curious | C．concerned | D．surprised |
| A．handing out | B．working out | C．dealing with | D．mixing up |
| A．open | B．read | C．defend | D．turn |
| A．annoyed | B．addicted | C．confused | D．amazed |
| A．bring | B．speak | C．write | D．talk |
| A．still | B．hardly | C．never | D．mostly |
| A．communicated | B．described | C．accepted | D．used |
| A．concentrated on | B．depended on | C．insisted on | D．counted on |
| A．for | B．so | C．and | D．but |
| A．likes | B．means | C．prefers | D．deserves |
| A．picture | B．lesson | C．gift | D．text |
| A．events | B．adventures | C．solutions | D．problems |
| A．connected | B．compared | C．addicted | D．attracted |
| A．on | B．in | C．off | D．under |
| A．formally | B．differently | C．obviously | D．positively |
4 .
Chen Chen is 8 years old. For the Spring Festival this year he was given an iPad as a present and never goes anywhere without it.
Many children in China are suffering the same problem:
“There are about 30 shortsighted children coming every day,” said Hu Dali, a doctor at Guiyang Aier Eye Hospital. “Half of those children are suffering from reduced vision because they have played with mobile phones and iPads for too long.”
Experts say children’s version is not yet fully developed and their eyes get tired more easily.
The iPad uses a very bright LED backlight. A user’s pupils (瞳孔) have to keep getting used to the new light levels. If children stare at an iPad screen for a long time, their eyes do not have time to rest.
Experts suggest that users should hold their iPad between 40—60 centimeters away from them. The brightness of the screen should be made comfortable for children. Parents should also stop their children from using an iPad for more than one hour every day.
| A．IPad use is damaging their eyesight |
| B．A month later his eyesight has reduced to 300 degrees |
| C．Children go eye bad due to the iPad |
| D．How an iPad influences children |
| E．This will make their eyesight worse over time |
| F．It does harm to their eyesight |
| G．This means the iPad has a greater effect on their eyes |
5 . Hybrid cars (混合动力车) are cars that run on both petrol and electricity. They have a small petrol engine and a battery and electric engine to provide electric power.
The general rule of hybrid cars is that the car runs on petrol, and the electric engine kicks in when additional power is needed, for example when going uphill or speeding up. In some hybrid cars the petrol engine turns itself off when not needed, for example when the car has stopped at traffic lights, keeping only the electric engine running.
Traditional cars have large engines to deal with driving uphill and speeding up. Most of the time, this high engine power is not needed, but the engine continues burning up fuel (燃料). Hybrid cars have much smaller petrol engines, pushed by electric engines when needed, so they use less petrol. Hybrid cars are also lighter and aerodynamically (空气动力学地) designed for greater fuel efficiency.
Another way that fuel use is cut is by a system of “regenerative braking (刹车)”. The electric engine is used to slow down the car, rather than traditional brakes. The energy produced by the slowing car is changed into electrical power, which is automatically stored in the battery. In fact, the battery recharges when you brake. In traditional cars the energy produced when braking is wasted.
Car makers have been experimenting with electric and hybrid cars since the late 19th century. The first hybrid car, came out in Japan at the end of 1997. However, hybrid cars appeared in America only in 1999.
As they use less fuel, hybrid cars are cheaper to run. There are also some steps to encourage people to buy them. In some countries, hybrid car owners pay a lower rate of tax, and don’t have to pay on certain roads. In some cities around the world, hybrid cars are allowed to park for free.
1. What can we learn from paragraph 2?| A．Hybrid cars don’t need petrol any more. |
| B．Petrol engine and electric engine work all the way. |
| C．Hybrid cars mainly depend on electric power to run. |
| D．Some hybrid car petrol engines will quit when unnecessary. |
| A．Smaller petrol engines | B．Scientific design |
| C．Traditional brakes | D．Energy storage |
| A．Hybrid cars are cheaper to buy. | B．Hybrid car owners don’t have to pay tax. |
| C．Hybrid car owners don’t need to pay parking fee. | D．Hybrid cars will have a bright future. |
| A．To sell hybrid cars. | B．To introduce hybrid cars. |
| C．To compare traditional cars and hybrid cars. | D．To inform the development of hybrid cars. |
In order to know a foreign language thoroughly, four things are necessary. Firstly, we must understand the language when we hear it spoken. Secondly, we must be able to speak it ourselves correctly with
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7 . You should try your best to create your own family library so that you and your family are always learning. “It is a great mistake to think that education is finished when young people leave school. Education is never finished even if you grow older,” said Mrs Child in The Mother’s Book. “Collecting a library of books in your home is really helpful to your family.”
“What is really interesting about having so many books in your home is that a book you buy has a chapter about the deeper knowledge of your favorite subject at school,” said a university graduate. Researchers in a study try to find out what parents do has an influence on how well their children do on tests. One positive aspect they find is the availability of a large number of books at home. This has a stronger connection, especially when you read to your children every day. The more books your older kids have access to at home, the more likely they are just to be reading for fun, rather than having to wait for weekly trips to the library.
John Henry, one educated parent, said, “I have been homeschooling my children using the philosophy (哲理) of A Thomas Jefferson Education. This philosophy of learning is based on the reading of classic books.” Clinton Fadiman said, “When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than before.” Classic books also make you smarter and wiser! The wisdom comes in the examples in the lives of the characters.
“It is within your power to guide your children in their reading and to develop a strong wish in their hearts for good books. It is the most unfortunate if a person doesn’t have a wish for good reading. The reading habit, like charity, should begin at home,” said Mrs Child.
1. What does the author mainly want to show in paragraph 2?| A．It’s necessary to create a family library. | B．Parents should set a good example at home. |
| C．Kids don’t need to go to the library any longer. | D．It’s important to let kids pass tests. |
| A．By imagination. | B．By questioning. |
| C．By referring to others’ words. | D．By presenting research figures. |
| A．East or west, home is the best. | B．One is never too old to learn. |
| C．He who makes no mistakes makes nothing. | D．Well begun, half done. |
| A．Where to Store Your Favorite Books at Home? |
| B．When to Read the classic Books to Your Children? |
| C．Which Is Better, a Home Library or a Public Library? |
| D．Why Not Have Your Own Library of Books at Home? |
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9 . In Singapore, authorities are looking at the possibility of digging deeper underground to create new space for human activity. The demand for underground lighting is therefore expected to rise in the future. Fortunately, a team of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) researchers has designed a “smart” device to harvest daylight and relay it to underground spaces, trimming the need to draw on traditional energy sources for lighting.
To develop the daylight harvesting device that can sustainably handle the problem, the NTU team drew inspiration from the magnifying (放大) glass, which can be used to focus sunlight into one point. The device sits above ground and just like the lens of a magnifying glass, the acrylic ball acts as the solar concentrator, enabling the sun’s rays to form a sharp focus at its opposite side. The focused sunlight is then collected into one end of a fiber cable (电缆) and transported along it to the end that is fixed underground.
As the sun moves across the sky throughout the day, so will the position of the focused sunlight inside the acrylic ball. To ensure that maximum sunlight is being collected and transported down the fiber cable throughout the day, the system uses a computer chip-based mechanism to track the sun’s rays. The Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates of the device location are preloaded into the system, allowing it to determine the spot where maximum sunlight should be focused at any given time. Two small motors assisted by computer chips are then used to adjust the position of the fiber to catch and transport sunlight from the focused spot.
Assistant Professor Yoo Seongwoo, lead author of the study said, “Our innovation is made of commercially available off-the-shelf materials, making it potentially very easy to produce at scale. We have intentionally designed the device to be lightweight and compact, which makes it convenient for our device to be combined with existing facilities in the urban environment.”
Moreover, the NTU researchers found the device’s luminous (发光的) efficiency far exceeds that of commercially available LED bulbs recorded in experiments. The quality of the light output of the NTU smart device is also comparable with current commercially available daylight harvesting systems which are far more costly.
1. What does the underlined word in Paragraph I mean?| A．Meeting. | B．Reducing. | C．Emphasizing. | D．Feeling. |
| A．The inspiration for the daylight harvesting device. |
| B．The right locations to fix the daylight harvesting device. |
| C．The working principle of the daylight harvesting device. |
| D．The purpose of developing the daylight harvesting device. |
| A．Collecting sunlight and transporting it to the fiber cable. |
| B．Adjusting the position of the fiber cable automatically. |
| C．Determining the location of the device. |
| D．Searching for maximum sunlight. |
| A．It is far more efficient than other daylight harvesting devices. |
| B．It costs much less than other daylight harvesting devices. |
| C．It will gradually replace existing facilities. |
| D．It’s easily available on the market. |
10 . "Long time no see.” is a very interesting sentence. When I first read this sentence from an American friend’s e-mail, I laughed. I thought it was a perfect example of Chinglish.
Obviously, it is a word-by-word literal translation (直译) of the Chinese greeting with wrong English grammar! Later on, my friend told me that it is a standard American greeting. I was too surprised to believe her. Her words were unbelievable at all. So I did research on Google.com. To my surprise, there are over 60 thousand web pages containing “Long time no see.” Though it is sort of informal, it is part of the language that Americans use daily. Interestingly, if you type this phrase in Microsoft Word, the software will tell you that the grammar needs to be corrected.
Nobody knows the origin of this Chinglish sentence. Some people believe that it came from Charlie Chan’s movies. In the 1930s, Hollywood moviemakers successfully created a worldwide famous Chinese detective (警探) named “Charlie Chan” on wide screens. Detective Chan liked to teach Americans some Chinese wisdom by quoting Confucius. “Long time no see.” was his symbol. Soon after Charlie Chan, “Long time no see.” became a popular expression in America thanks to the popularity of these movies.
Some scholars compare America to a huge melting pot. All kinds of cultures are mixed in the pot together, and they change the color and taste of each other. Language is usually the first thing to be influenced in the mixed pot.
You can have some examples from other countries, such as pizza from Italian, sushi from Japanese, and déjà vu from French etc. There is a long list! Since Americans admire Chinese culture more and more nowadays, I believe more Chinese words will become American English in the future. In this way, the American’s melting pot keeps adding richness.
1. What did the writer himself feel surprised at?| A．The Chinglish expression “Long time no see.” |
| B．So many literal translations of the expressions used in America. |
| C．“Long time no see.” is used as a standard American English greeting. |
| D．Finding out Americans use the expression every day. |
| A．Confucius’s words. | B．Culture mixture. |
| C．A kind of cooked dish. | D．American changing cultures. |
| A．Detectives translated the phrase “Long time no see.” |
| B．Cultures cannot be changed in the huge melting pot. |
| C．The huge melting pot greatly affects all kinds of languages. |
| D．Hollywood made “Long time no see.” popular. |
| A．American English keeps being enriched by different cultures. |
| B．Americans have a strong interest in Chinese culture. |
| C．Some American expressions can be used in China. |
| D．Some Chinese expressions are introduced into English. |
