1 . The incident happened one day in November. A stranger asked Sammy where his mother and father were, and he knew something was off. While the woman was _______ to him, she insisted that she knew his family. The woman _______ he should come with her, but young Sammy didn’t follow.

He was understandably _______ the situation but out of it he came up with a plan. The youngster entered a store he regularly went to and _______   the cashier, Hannah Daniels. Thirty-year-old Hannah was behind the register and Sammy’s _______ were something she would never forget.

He whispered to her, “Act like you’re my mom. This lady is _______ me.” Hannah remained calm, but she didn’t take Sammy’s words lightly.

Hannah _______ placed herself between the boy and the woman. The woman was standing just outside the store, so Hannah could _______ the door and lock it _______ something terrible happened.

Sammy recalled the ________ moment and noted that he was trembling in the ________ . His dad had taught him about stranger ________ and the risk of kidnappings(拐骗). As a result, the youngster knew how to ________ to the woman.

When the boy’s father, Sam Green later watched a video of the incident ________ from the store’s security camera, he said he was moved to tears. He hopes their experience would ________ other moms and dads to educate their kids because it can make a significant difference.

1.

A．nice

B．unfamiliar

C．similar

D．polite

2.

A．promised

B．decided

C．indicated

D．agreed

3.

A．worried about

B．insisted on

C．interested in

D．surprised at

4.

A．rejected

B．analyzed

C．caught

D．approached

5.

A．grades

B．jokes

C．words

D．hopes

6.

A．following

B．challenging

C．testing

D．teaching

7.

A．constantly

B．immediately

C．barely

D．finally

8.

A．shut

B．open

C．find

D．break

9.

A．since

B．after

C．until

D．before

10.

A．exciting

B．frightening

C．satisfying

D．disappointing

11.

A．car

B．hospital

C．store

D．school

12.

A．danger

B．love

C．voice

D．preference

13.

A．play

B．respond

C．talk

D．complain

14.

A．noted

B．pictured

C．stolen

D．recorded

15.

A．invite

B．allow

C．encourage

D．introduce

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。

Educating boys and girls together has always been an important and stressful issue. Many     1     (parent) believe that the educational process can be more     2     (effect) if the classes are divided according to the gender (性别) of the students. Although same-sex schools     3     (consider) too conservative and strict in today’s times, nevertheless, there are still supporters of this manner of education. They feel that the presence of the opposite gender distracts the attention of students and keeps them     4     concentrating on studies.

On     5     other hand, supporters of co-education feel that as boys and girls are different, it is a valuable experience for both genders     6     (contact) each other. Moreover, the earlier boys and girls begin to communicate, the sooner they acquire social skills,     7     are crucial to communicating freely in the world. Further, if there are girls in the class, boys may well possibly try to do better in order not to lose face in front of the girls.

Apart from all that has been mentioned above, educating boys and girls together     8     (help) them understand and mutually respect each other from an early stage in life. This can possibly help in     9     (build) a generation that doesn’t suffer from gender bias and is open to a healthy     10     (compete) even between the two genders.

3 . Four Best Apps for Buying and Selling Used Stuff

There are dozens of different apps out there to help you buy cheap used items or sell your stuff. Here are four of the top platforms (平台).

CardCash

It happens to most of us: Friends and family give gift cards on birthdays and holidays for restaurants or stores that we don’t go to often. Rather than let your gift cards go unused, CardCash allows you to sell or exchange your cards for up to 92%of their value.

Chairish

Selling your furniture(家具)is simple on Chairish. Your listings are free(up to nine per month)and you can set a price you think is fair. Best of all, Chairish will help set up shipping for you. which is especially nice for larger or easily broken items.

Decluttr

Decluttr specializes in buying unused technology products, including cellphones, TV game players and DVDs. Decluttr offers immediate valuations on products and pays you as soon as your items are received-or you can choose to donate your earnings to charity on this platform.

eCampus

The average secondary student spends up to $1, 471 every year on books and supplies, according to the Education Data Initiative at EducationData. org. But eCampus enables students to save up to 90% on renting or buying both new and used textbooks. If you’re looking to get back some book costs at the end of the semester, you can sell your old textbooks on the platform. Just keep in mind eCampus will keep 15% of the final sale price.

1. Which app best suits people who want to sell second-hand sofas?

A．CardCash.

B．Chairish.

C．Decluttr.

D．eCampus.

2. What can you do on Decluttr?

A．Check out good restaurants nearby.

B．Rent or buy both new and used textbooks.

C．Donate the money you earned from selling things.

D．Send gift cards to your friends or family members.

3. If you sell a book on eCampus for 20. how much money will you end up receiving?

A．$9.

B．$14.

C．$15.

D．$17.

4 . The Spring Festival is the most important celebration in China. There are some interesting Spring Festival traditions about Don’ts & Dos. Let’s take a look!

Don’t take out the rubbish

Taking out the rubbish, on that day, is said to stand for sweeping luck and wealth from the house.    1    .

Don’t give a watch or clock as a gift

A clock is an unpopular gift at any time of the year in China, as the phrase “giving a clock” sounds exactly like the Chinese words for “song zhong”.     2    , so it is an especially bad gift for the elderly.

    3    

During the festive period, you’ll see amazing decorations all over China, and your house should be no exception.     4    , you’ll be able to find red decorations everywhere during the Spring Festival.

Popular decorations include red lanterns driving away bad luck, door couplets showing wishes for the coming year, and the character(fu) meaning good fortune.

Give hongbao or fruit

Hongbao, or a red envelope containing money, is a popular gift for adults to give children.

Fruit, especially tangerines or kumquats, are safe for friends.     5    because the word for tangerine(ju) sounds similar to the Chinese word for luck(ji).

A．Wear red for luck

B．As red is a lucky color

C．Make your house attractive

D．Spring Festival is a time for delicious food

E．A clock also stands for running out of time

F．You will often see them on the table during the Lunar New Year

G．In fact, cleaning any kind of thing on the first day of the lunar calendar is considered unlucky

5 . Ritz has been teaching for nearly 10 years in a high school where the early graduation rate of the students was just 17%. He discovered a way to connect and intrigue these students, especially the ones who seemed the hardest to reach.

Once, he received a package of flower bulbs (球茎) which he mistakenly thought were onions. He was afraid that they might become weapons (武器) in a classroom fight, so he hid them behind a radiator (暖气片) and forgot about them.

Six weeks later, an angry girl ran after a boy who always made troubles. As usual, Ritz rushed towards them to break up what he thought was about to become a disaster. He saw the boy reach towards the radiator and thought he might have hidden a weapon there. To his surprise, the boy suddenly pulled out a bunch of yellow flowers and gave them to the girl as a peace offering. The girl decided to take the flowers home to her mother and peace came back.

The forgotten bulbs were actually daffodils (黄水仙). The steam from the radiator had forced them into flowers. From such an experience, Ritz realized that if there was power in plants to stop a classroom fight, there must be power in plants to change students’ lives. He turned the moment of growing plants into a green course, a movement that would change his life and the lives of his students. He designed vegetable gardens into part of the school ground and on top of a building.

Ritz’s students now have near-perfect attendance and graduation rates. His efforts have led him to be a great teacher who uses the power of a plant to give a voice to children.

1. What does the underlined word “intrigue” mean in paragraph 1?

A．Interest.

B．Protect.

C．Punish.

D．Challenge.

2. What stopped the fight between the boy and the girl?

A．The radiator.	B．A tasty dish.
C．Some yellow flowers.	D．The teacher’s words.

3. How are Ritz’s students affected by his green course?

A．They have low attendance.	B．They become the hardest to reach.
C．They know how to make weapons.	D．They fall in love with learning.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．What a Classroom Needs for a Fight

B．Why a Plant Has an Effect on Students

C．How a Teacher Changes His Students

D．How a Teacher Becomes Popular

6 . It happens in every disaster (灾难): For those in need, people often donate (捐赠) things that turn out to be more of a trouble.

Juanita Rilling remembers it happened in 1988 when she was a disaster expert trying to help people suffering from a hurricane (飓风) in Honduras. “One morning I received a call from one of our logistic operators (物流运营商), and he explained to me that there was a plane carrying medical supplies that needed to land,” says Rilling. “But the ground was full, with lots of donations that no one had required. The plane—full of needed supplies—had to find someplace else to go. And it ended up stopping everyone’s plans by about 48 hours, which is important time in a disaster.”

Rilling now runs the Center for International Disaster Information, which is trying to make sure things like that don’t happen again. So when Superstorm Sandy hit, Rilling’s group started a project to encourage money donation. “Even a small donation can make a big difference and can quickly become exactly what people affected by a disaster need most,” Rilling says. But despite this, donators do that over and over. About 60% of the things donated after a disaster couldn’t be used. Often it’s old clothing or food.

Meghan Hara, who deals with kind donations for the American Red Cross, says she knows that some people are careful with giving money. And she doesn’t think that the need to give something concrete (实物) should be completely stopped.

“Part of what people are doing is that they’re helping, and they’re trying to help. What we need to work out is how to effectively deal with that,” Hara says.

1. What caused needed supplies to be put off after the hurricane in 1988?

A．Workers on the plane.	B．A weather report.
C．Useless donations on the ground.	D．The call from the operator.

2. What did Rilling’s group suggest donating when Superstorm Sandy hit?

A．Clothing.

B．Money.

C．Medicine.

D．Food.

3. What is Meghan Hara’s attitude towards donating concrete things?

A．Supportive.

B．Doubtful.

C．Uncaring.

D．Worried.

4. What might the author continue talking about?

A．Studies on natural disasters.

B．The benefits of helping others.

C．Tips on choosing useful donations.

D．The ways of managing people’s donations.

7 . By the time Joy Ryan, a US grandma, turned 85, she had never seen the ocean or mountains. For Joy, trips to the local fishing area with her husband were about the farthest place she had ever gone, even if she loved watching the Travel Channel.

But one day Joy’s grandson, Brad Ryan, discovered that he and his grandma had a common interest in their love for traveling, when they began to visit the American great outdoors together.

Brad said, “When I learned my grandma had never seen the great wildernesses of America—deserts, mountains and oceans, I thought there was something I needed to do.” It was after taking his grandma out of Ohio on a visit to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park that he came up with the idea of visiting all the 63 US national parks with her to create inspiring memories.

Going to all the 63 US National Parks is a huge achievement even for a much younger adventurer (冒险家). Brad said his grandmother’s physical strength (体力) grew with their trips. For example, his grandma went water rafting (漂流) at 91, with class three rapids and when walking at the New River Gorge National Park in West Virginia, she broke the record by almost a decade!

It wasn’t always like this, however. Joy was so wobbly (不稳的) on her first trip, challenged by her balance. A group of college students clapped their hands when she reached the top of a path they were following.

Joy broke her age limitation (限制) and at the age of 93, she made history as the oldest living person to visit every US National Park. Joy believes it’s the mix of hopefulness, willpower, and the good health that gives her strength.

1. With whom did Joy Ryan visit all the 63 US national parks?

A．Her grandson.	B．Her husband.
C．Her daughter.	D．Her student.

2. What does Brad want to show by mentioning Joy Ryan’s water rafting at 91?

A．She had a love for traveling.

B．Water rafting is dangerous for the old.

C．There is no age limitation for water rafting.

D．She had developed a strong body from traveling.

3. What is Joy Ryan’s challenge on her first trip?

A．Her memory.	B．Her balance.
C．Her physical strength.	D．Her sense of direction.

4. Which of the following can best describe Joy Ryan?

A．Brave and hopeful.	B．Humorous and outgoing.
C．Hard-working and helpful.	D．Thoughtful and self-confident.

8 . 如果可能的话，他会帮你摆脱困境。(If possible)(汉译英)

9 . 昨晚鲍勃设宴招待了我们。(entertain sb. to sth)(汉译英)

10 . 这两个学生并非都勤奋。(not both) (汉译英)