1 . There was once a woman in Romania. Her husband was dead and she was living with her _______. Her daughter was about to marry, but money was _______. Because they were living in a village, there was not much of _______ possibilities. That’s why the mom was _______ for the nearest city for her job.

Since making the wedding ceremony is a really _______ thing—usually on the countryside with up to 300 guests—they needed to borrow some money to _______that purpose.

She _______＄26,000 from the Mutual Help System. To think what that _______: it was one year’s income for a young teacher, doctor or engineer. _______, when she met her daughter, she realized that the ________ with the 26,000 wrapped in newspaper, had been left in the train... She felt like dying and started to cry with________.

Daughter tried to________ her — “Mom, it’s only money. I’ll get work soon and I’ll also be able to get into the Mutual Help System, and borrow money for the ________, and I’ll pay debts...”

Mother was shocked, but somehow she did come to some ________. A few days later she was in the city at her work, when she received a(n)________.

“Have you lost something?”

Straight forward. No Hello! No self ________ like “My name is...”.

“Yes, I did. My handbag with the money for the wedding of my daughter inside.”

“Yes. They are all ________: the police station. When can you come to take it?”

She couldn’t________ it. Soon she also learned what happened: a young girl at the same train found the handbag. She took it and then ________it to the police.

Do believe ________ happen. Chances grow if you have always been an honest person, and if you would have acted the same!

1.

A．father

B．grandpa

C．cousin

D．daughter

2.

A．scarce

B．loose

C．natural

D．seldom

3.

A．education

B．promotion

C．pollution

D．income

4.

A．contributing

B．heading

C．adapting

D．devoting

5.

A．exciting

B．amusing

C．expensive

D．troublesome

6.

A．realize

B．find

C．serve

D．fulfill

7.

A．borrowed

B．earned

C．received

D．raised

8.

A．meant

B．cost

C．suggested

D．mattered

9.

A．Besides

B．Therefore

C．Otherwise

D．Nevertheless

10.

A．suitcase

B．handbag

C．purse

D．wallet

11.

A．despair

B．courage

C．anger

D．puzzlement

12.

A．please

B．criticize

C．comfort

D．question

13.

A．housing

B．wedding

C．operation

D．treatment

14.

A．power

B．fortune

C．peace

D．energy

15.

A．ticket

B．call

C．present

D．invitation

16.

A．permission

B．devotion

C．expectation

D．introduction

17.

A．gone

B．here

C．absent

D．present

18.

A．believe

B．accept

C．understand

D．make

19.

A．claimed

B．shipped

C．handed

D．showed

20.

A．accidents

B．theft

C．robbery

D．miracles

2 . 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。

It’s odd — we’re always talking about the healthy work-life balance and know that working long hours can lead to stress, anxiety, and    1     (depress). Yet, we continue to devote more and more time     2     our jobs. In fact, research shows that 80% of workers answer emails and return phone calls after hours.

People believe long hours on the job to be proof of their work ethic (职业道德). And no matter how much we’d like     3     (think) there’s a direct correlation between hours worked and results produced, it might not actually be the case. Quite the contrary — doing overtime     4     (find) to lead to lower productivity.

A study     5     was made by Ford Motor Company in the 1990s already showed that every additional 20 hours of work could only increase productivity     6     (temporary) before it drops. Another research indicates that working more     7     48 hours a week is associated with significant declines in productivity, more     8     (mistake), and more mental health problems.

Clearly, doing overtime     9     (be) not a sustainable way of working, and that’s why it’s time for us to rid     10     (us) of the always-on mentality. The key is not to add more working hours to your day but to increase efficiency during your working hours. But how can we achieve this?

3 . There are a lot of emotions, including anger. Anger can be a powerful emotion, and if not kept tame (驯服), it can quickly get out of control. You can damage and destroy relationships by letting your anger get the best of you.    1    

Give yourself a timeout. If you find yourself getting upset and the anger is building, give yourself a timeout. Walk away from the situation, practice deep breathing techniques, calm yourself down, and relax.     2     get yourself as calm as you can and focus on the problem, rather than how angry you are.

    3    When you find yourself getting angry, have an outlet in place you can do, such as, going for a run, going for a bike ride, but do something active. Exercise releases endorphins in your brain, which are natural mood enhancers and can help calm you down.

Collect your thoughts. Before you just speak out the first thing that wants to come out of your mouth, take a few minutes to collect your thoughts.     4    

Forgive. Practice forgiveness. When someone does something wrong to you, practice forgiving rather than getting upset.     5    Start with smaller incidents and work up to being able to forgive for bigger mistakes or problems.

The more you work at handling your anger, the more natural and easier it will be to keep calm. You will eventually find that you do not get upset and angry so quickly.

A．Use humor

B．Find an outlet for your anger.

C．Before you put yourself back in the situation,

D．Learn some tips to help you manage your anger.

E．The more you forgive, each time it will get easier.

F．If you find you still anger easily and it gets out of control,

G．This way, what you say is planned, rather than spontaneous, which can lead to saying things you don’t mean.

4 . At times, it might seem like teens want nothing to do with adults. But research from Independent School Health Check (ISHC) shows that the opposite is true. In 2007, we created ISHC, a computer-based survey, to more accurately assess the experience of adolescents in independent schools. The ISHC assesses students’ perceptions (认知), feelings, and behaviors regarding their schools, families, and friends as well as the risk and protective factors that affect their health and well-being. The survey assesses school attitudes and motivation, school pressure, parental supervision, social and emotional connections to adults and peers, substance use, sleep, and diet.

Over the past 11 years, the ISHC has collected data from 80,816 middle and high school students in 102 independent schools; most schools have conducted the survey multiple times. Schools that conduct surveys typically use the data to develop and fine-tune health and wellness programs, to identify areas that need attention, as well as areas of particular strength.

One area of inquiry for the ISHC is a student’s relationship with adults. The survey asks students to rate “the adult(s) who is primarily responsible for caring for them on a daily basis” on behaviors such as “expresses interest in my life,” “expects me to ask if I can go out,” and “supports my efforts in sports, music, or other activities.” The survey also asks students to rate their perceptions of teachers including statements such as “teachers at my school pay attention to my personal needs, not just academic performance,” and “my teachers treat me with respect.”

Over the years, we have been impressed by the high level of engagement that so many parents maintain, and by the extent to which so many students feel that their teachers support their personal needs as well as their academic needs.

Not all parents are supportive, however, nor do all students find encouraging adults in schools—perhaps because they were already wary (谨慎的) about trusting an adult. Nevertheless, when adolescents have an adult to talk with, there is benefit to both the student and to the school.

1. What can be learned about ISHC?

A．It is a kind of inquiry using computer.

B．It is an international organization.

C．It has a history of only 10 years.

D．It doesn’t conduct the survey repeatedly.

2. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined “fine-tune” in Paragraph 2?

A．Establish.

B．Distinguish.

C．Adjust.

D．Advertise.

3. What is the third paragraph mainly about?

A．The survey of students’ relationship with adults.

B．The means of survey.

C．The importance of adult-teenager relation.

D． The findings of the survey.

4. What does the author think of communicating between adults and adolescents?

A．Encouraging.

B．Beneficial.

C．Unnecessary.

D．Challenging.

5 . When we think about pirates (海盗), there is a nearly universal image that comes to mind, which has been made to continue throughout pop culture. Pirates have developed quite the reputation for saying things such as “Shiver me timbers!” and “Arrr!” and for having a fake leg—maybe even sporting a parrot on their shoulder. This idea of pirates, both in the way they speak and the way they look, develops mostly from the popular novel Treasure Island and one of its movie adaptations. Unfortunately, it probably doesn’t have much bearing in reality.

Treasure Island was serialized in a magazine from October 1881 to January 1882 and published in a book form 1883. It was written by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson under the pseudonym pen-name “Captain George North.” The novel follows teenager Jim Hawkins, who finds himself in possession of a map that leads to buried treasure. Sounds familiar, right? Jim leads the reader on a wild adventure, encountering pirates such as the one-legged Captain Long John Silver and Israel Hands, who want to take the treasure for themselves.

While the novel Treasure Island certainly influenced the way we think of pirates—and especially their imaginary tendency for burying treasure and marking it on secret maps—it’s the 1950 movie adaptation of the book, directed by Byron Haskin, that gave us the typical image of pirates and pirate talk. It’s in this movie where audiences first heard pirates employ words such as “matey” and say “arrrr” instead of “yes.” Long John Silver always has a parrot on his shoulder, and other pirates in the movie wear eye patches and have hooks for hands, bringing together some existing piratical stereotypes. Subsequent pirate films, from The Goonies (1985) to Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), show influence of the mannerisms, speech, and even costuming established by Treasure Island.

1. Which of the following is characteristic of pirates?

A．Carrying an eagle on the shoulder.

B．Saying“ Arrr!” in place of “Yes”.

C．Having a deep scar on the face.

D．Wearing a pair of sunglasses.

2. Who is Jim Hawkins?

A．The author of Treasure Island

B．The director of Treasure Island

C．The hero of the Treasure Island

D．One pirate in Treasure Island

3. What does the author think plays the most role in shaping the familiar pirate image?

A．The novel of Treasure Island itself.

B．The interesting plot of Treasure Island.

C．The movie based on Treasure Island.

D．The magazine carrying Treasure Island.

4. What is stressed in the passage ?

A．Influences of Treasure Island.

B．The language used by the pirate.

C．Some films concerning pirates.

D．Robert Louis Stevenson.

6 . I wore a rubber Arnold face for months in Terminator 2. Without prosthetics (假体), I’d say the resemblance between me and Arnold is pretty close.

But it wasn’t close enough for the studio. So when I did Terminator 2, I wore prosthetics to look more like him. Applying it took three or four hours every day, which added some money to my pocket, but it was extremely uncomfortable. If the skin was cut up, they’d simply glue right over it. I wore this thing for 66 continuous days. When we did the fight scene in the steel mill, I had to cut a hole near my eye because a cup of sweat ballooned out between the rubber and my face, and it was burning my eyes so I couldn’t see.

If you watch the tanker chase, you’ll see me with the Arnold mask, climbing from the pickup to the tanker. But only in the original cut. In the remastering (重新灌录), released to theaters this year, Jim went over and put Arnold’s face in digitally.

That jump from one truck to the other is a big step, and that throws your balance off — also, you’re going 60 mph with no wires holding you. So I took a wooden box and screwed it into the floor of the pickup to guide me. I took a bunch of finishing nails and hammered them up from the underside so the points went up. I was wearing big motorcycle boots with a thick bottom, so my first step onto the nails gave me a good solid grip.

Right before shooting this, Jim said, “We’re going to have lunch and then do this.” It was 4:00 in the morning, I obviously wasn’t hungry, so I said I’d really like to do it right now. So Jim just grabbed his bullhorn and said, “OK, we’re calling grace for lunch,” which means they push lunch back and the crew of 300 gets paid extra.

Jim said, “Peter, if you pull this off, I’ll give you the brass balls award.” Later on, he said he’d never do that stunt (特技) today. It was much too dangerous.

1. Why did the author wear prosthetics?

A．To make himself more handsome.

B．To be more like Arnold.

C．To protect his face from being hurt.

D．To prevent his fans recognizing him.

2. What can we know about author from the passage?

A．He is courageous and careful.

B．He is wealthy but stubborn.

C．He is skilled and generous.

D．He is honest and creative.

3. What can be inferred about Jim?

A．He is an actor.	B．He is a director.
C．He is a bodyguard.	D．He is a coach.

4. What would be the best title of the passage?

A．An unforgettable experience

B．My interesting days with Arnold

C．My crazy life as Arnold’s stuntdouble

D．Tips on how to be a safe stuntdouble

7 . It’s a new age and you need to reinvent yourself. Here are some inspiring books to read that are woven into my creativity, business and marketing habits.

Steal like an Artist

This book by Austin Kleon explains that you don’t need to be a genius, you just need to be yourself. That’s the message from Austin, a young writer and artist who knows that creativity is everywhere, creativity is for everyone. Steal Like an Artist is a guide whose positive message, graphic look and illustrations, exercises, and examples will put readers directly in touch with their artistic side.

The One Thing

This inspirational book by Gary Keller reveals the power of focusing on your “one thing”. His New York Times bestselling books have sold more than 2 million copies. He also reveals the “One” thing that made Keller Williams Realty, Inc., one of the largest real estate companies in the world. What was that? It was writing a book that positioned him and his company as the authority in real estate in the USA.

Do the Work

This short but powerful and inspiring book by Steven Pressfield was revealing about a problem that many of us have—having a lot of great ideas but not doing the work. This book led to my adopting the Mantra “Done is better than perfect”.

The Lean Startup:How Relentless Change Creates Radically Successful Businesses

The digital age has turned almost every aspect of our world on its head. This extends to our personal lives and how we do business. The author Eric Ries provides a scientific approach to creating and managing successful startups in an age when companies need to innovate more than ever. I found this a great book to challenge my thinking and grow my business.

1. What is required to be creative based on Austin Kleon?

A．To have some talent.	B．To be positive.
C．To read many books.	D．To act naturally.

2. Who refers to one of the largest real estate companies in the world?

A．Austin Kleon.	B．Gary Keller.
C．Steven Pressfield.	D．Eric Ries.

3. If you want to put your thinking to the test, which book best suits you ?

A．The One Thing	B．Do the Work
C．The Lean Startup	D．Steal like an Artist

8 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. How many students were there in each group?

A．About 12 or 13 students.

B．About 10 students.

C．About 300 students.

2. Who had the most difficulty in the competition?

A．Fire makers.

B．Washers.

C．Cooks.

3. Why has the school organizing such activities?

A．They want the students to learn how to cook by themselves.

B．They want the students to learn how to cooperate through practice.

C．They want the students to live a colorful life and have fun.

4. How long has No 4 Middle School been organizing similar fun activities?

A．For five years.

B．For six years.

C．For seven years.

9 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Why doesn’t the woman take the CD by Jeff Ray?

A．She needs something softer．

B．She has already got one．

C．She doesn’t know much about Jeff Ray．

2. What kind of music does the City Symphony belong to?

A．Modern music．

B．Classical music．

C．Folk music．

3. What does the woman say about the boy bands?

A．They are energetic．

B．They are talented．

C．They just sing on their looks．

4. What does the man invite the woman to do?

A．Listen to her new albums at his house．

B．Listen to Styx’s live concert．

C．Work part-time in his store．

10 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Where are the two speakers?

A．In a restaurant．

B．At home．

C．In the street．

2. What do we know about the man?

A．He hates fast food restaurant．

B．He feels too sick to eat．

C．He thinks fast food is convenient．

3. How many hamburgers have the fast food restaurant sold?

A．More than 100 million．

B．More than 100 billion．

C．More than 200 billion．