1 . A little library was built in our neighborhood to encourage people to “take a book, leave a book”. While taking a walk, Ayla, my eight-year-old daughter, was _________ and asked many questions about it.

Long after we got home, I found her in her bedroom, seated on the floor, surrounded by her _________, all of them. She _________ expressed that she was trying to find a（n）_________ book for the tiny library. Not much later, I saw Ayla standing at the front door, holding a book in one hand and a little _________ in the other, which she _________ in the bathroom when she brushed her teeth. She needed it to look into the _________.

I was _________ to know what book Ayla had picked. When we reached the library, she carefully set down the chair and _________ up. She opened the glass door slowly, with too much __________. Then she paused（暂停）, looked down at the book in her hand, and slid it inside. It was her __________ book. The “take it” part took Ayla a long time to look through the children’s books one by one and carefully examined them, like a jeweler（宝石匠）__________ the perfect stone. At last, she found what she __________.

Once we got home, I asked Ayla why she put that book in the little library. She __________ if every kid left their favorite book, there would be plenty of favorite books to __________.

1.

A．patient

B．interested

C．determined

D．awkward

2.

A．toys

B．sweets

C．books

D．pictures

3.

A．creatively

B．seriously

C．hurriedly

D．curiously

4.

A．suitable

B．new

C．expensive

D．similar

5.

A．toothbrush

B．gift

C．photo

D．chair

6.

A．fixed

B．cleaned

C．made

D．used

7.

A．tree

B．bag

C．library

D．neighborhood

8.

A．nervous

B．anxious

C．sad

D．lucky

9.

A．climbed

B．gave

C．cheered

D．woke

10.

A．worry

B．pride

C．care

D．regret

11.

A．cheapest

B．last

C．favorite

D．worst

12.

A．showing off

B．searching for

C．coming across

D．passing down

13.

A．tested

B．noticed

C．ordered

D．wanted

14.

A．explained

B．added

C．agreed

D．remembered

15.

A．examine

B．take

C．buy

D．describe

2 . When John Watson leads a fitness class, he lights up. And the athletes in front of him respond (回应)in kind, often breaking into cheers. But what sets his classes apart are the students he teaches: All of them have intellectual and developmental disabilities (残障). Wellness and movement are important for this population. Individuals with these disabilities are more likely to have higher levels of fatness than the general population and face a much greater risk of many diseases.

Watson partners with programs that serve people with intellectual disabilities and Watson’s trained volunteer instructors give classes like cycling, yoga, Pilates and dance. Classes are free to the athletes, many of whom are low-income, and they’re also designed to be fit for anyone.

But helping them get fit isn’t Watson’s only goal. He wants to connect with the adults in his classes on an emotional (情绪)level. “We all want to be a part of something. They just don’t get the opportunity that often,” Watson said. “We create a sense of pride, belonging and love and they’ll show up to exercise. There’s a wide range of abilities of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We serve that whole range. And we call everyone an athlete, no matter what their ability is.”

The work doesn’t end when class is over. Afterwards, the athletes gather at a large wall chart, known as “The Champions Board”, where they put a sticker next to their name—a public record of their attendance and hard work. Athletes earn water bottles, T-shirts or hats, based on their attendance as well as different titles, like “coach”. Every few months, athletes are recognized at a celebration. The system works. The retention rate (保留率)for participants is more than 90% and in surveys, most report that they lose weight, gain strength, and feel less lonely.

1. What do we know about John Watson’s students?

A．They are kind of disabled.	B．They have many diseases.
C．They are professional athletes.	D．They are much fatter than others.

2. What does paragraph 2 say about John Watson’s classes?

A．They are designed for competition.	B．They are easy to learn.
C．They are of a single form.	D．They are highly thought of.

3. How does Watson treat his students?

A．He is strict with them.	B．He considers them equal.
C．He protects them all the time.	D．He makes them practice at home.

4. What is “The Champions Board” used as?

A．An encouraging system.	B．A standard of punishment.
C．A tool to explain courses.	D．A way to help each other.

3 . In the animal kingdom, there are many species that give birth to spotted young, from deer to birds and fish. Even species that we don’t typically link with spots, such as lions, wear the pattern as babies, only to lose it later in life.

But what purpose do these spots serve, and why do only some species seem to have them? Kiyoko Gotanda, a biologist at Brock University, said it is likely so common because it functions as excellent camouflage.

For example, spotted young tend to be more common in species that live in habitats with some high grass or forests, and less common in environments that are plain, like pack ice. Indeed, baby seals (海豹) born on pack ice are pure white, and develop spots only when they leave the ice for rocky beaches because spots are easy to be seen on pack ice, which may get them into difficulties.

In other rarer cases, spots actually help babies stand out. Young garibaldi, a fish found in California — have bright-blue spots that advertise their low social positions. As the fish grow and start to engage in the social ranking order, their spots disappear.

Other species may lose their spots as they age because their color goes on to serve another purpose. Lions are born with many spots, yet the spots mostly disappear in adulthood. Males, in particular, trade their spots for thick hair, which can help them attract female ones. Reproducing, rather than hiding, becomes the main focus.

It’s unclear why an animal like a cheetah would maintain its spots while a lion doesn’t. Gotanda said it may come down to hunting practice. Lions hunt in groups, while cheetahs tend to hunt alone and rely more heavily on the smokescreen power of their spots to get near prey (猎物).

1. Which can best replace the underlined word “camouflage” in paragraph 2?

A．Guidance.

B．Reminder.

C．Attractant.

D．Protection.

2. Which young animals use spots to mark their identity?

A．Cheetahs.

B．Seals.

C．Garibaldi.

D．Lions.

3. Which statement might Gotanda agree with?

A．White spots need more energy to grow and maintain.

B．The way of hunting may affect the existence of spots.

C．Male lions tend to use spots to attract strong female ones.

D．Spotted young animals often appear in featureless environments.

4. What is mainly talked about in the text?

A．How spots help animals escape danger.

B．Why so many baby animals have spots.

C．Which kind of young animals have spots.

D．What might happen to spotted young animals.

4 . Here are four universities in Munich, Germany that offer free tuition for their students.

Technical University of Munich(TUM)

This university is the best technical university in Germany. It was established in 1868 by King Ludwig Ⅱ. The university was renamed Technische Universitat München in 1970. Its alumni(校友)have several Nobel Prize winners, including Konrad Emil Bloch for Medicine or Physiology and Robert Huber for Chemistry. This university offers undergraduate degrees in Aerospace Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Nuclear Technology and others.

Munich University of Applied Sciences(MUAS)

Established in 1971, the university is the biggest university of applied science in Bavaria. Its establishment was the result of seven colleges of higher education joining together. It offers a variety of bachelor’s and master’s degrees in different subjects. It also works with around 200 different educational institutions around the world.

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich(LMUM)

This is a public university established by the Duke Ludwig IX of Bavaria-Landshut in 1472. It was renamed its present name in honor of the founder of the university by King Maximilian I. The university counts several famous personalities among its alumni, including Pope Benedict XVI, 2005 Nobel Prize winner in physics Theodor W. Hansch, and Nobel Prize-winning novelist Thomas Mann.

University of Television and Film Munich(UT&FM)

Established in 1966, the university is one of the most famous film schools in Germany. It has strict guidelines when it comes to the admission of students. Some of the alumni of the university have received the Academy Award. Among the better-known alumni is Florian Henkel von Donnersmarck, who won an Academy Award in 2007 for The Lives of Others.

1. What is special about Munich University of Applied Sciences?

A．It is the biggest university in Germany.

B．It focuses on training talents of science.

C．It has some Nobel Prize winners in its alumni.

D．It was founded by combining several colleges.

2. Who graduated from University of Television and Film Munich?

A．Pope Benedict XVI.	B．Florian Henkel von Donnersmarck.
C．Konrad Emil Bloch.	D．Thomas Mann.

3. Which university has the longest history?

A．TUM.

B．MUAS.

C．LMUM.

D．UT&FM.

5 . It was a sunny afternoon. My husband Dave and I had just arrived home from hospital. I parked the car in front of the house. Dave was so tired that he leaned against the door and waited for me to open it for him. When I opened it, he _________ out of the car onto the ground. He was too _________ to raise himself. I tried to lift him, but my _________ ended fruitlessly. I looked around in all directions for someone to help us but nobody was _________.

I turned to run into the house to make a _________. Just then, a man dressed in white walked toward us. I couldn’t _________ how he appeared suddenly as I’d seen no one seconds before. He looked at Dave on the ground and asked if we needed _________. I nodded, adding that my husband was very heavy and _________ to move.

“Let me _________,” he said. He put one hand under Dave’s arm. As if Dave __________ no more than a feather, the man lifted him. He put Dave’s arm over his shoulder and put his own arm around Dave’s waist to keep him __________.

As I __________ the way into the house, the two men walked up our front stairs and into our home together. The man lowered Dave onto a little sofa. He smiled as Dave tried to thank him and said he was __________ to help. As he turned to go, I thanked him __________. He just smiled, said goodbye, and walked away.

I’ve never seen that man again, but I’ll always __________ him as our angel of light.

1.

A．stepped

B．fell

C．rushed

D．stared

2.

A．weak

B．nervous

C．annoyed

D．ashamed

3.

A．desires

B．efforts

C．judgments

D．adventures

4.

A．in need

B．in place

C．in sight

D．in charge

5.

A．call

B．plan

C．wish

D．promise

6.

A．predict

B．demonstrate

C．understand

D．believe

7.

A．comfort

B．assistance

C．guidance

D．information

8.

A．unwilling

B．unsure

C．unsuitable

D．unable

9.

A．check

B．explain

C．know

D．try

10.

A．demanded

B．lost

C．matched

D．weighed

11.

A．awake

B．focused

C．balanced

D．silent

12.

A．led

B．found

C．marked

D．pushed

13.

A．glad

B．shy

C．qualified

D．prepared

14.

A．awkwardly

B．appropriately

C．independently

D．repeatedly

15.

A．choose

B．introduce

C．remember

D．recommend

6 . If you’ve ever awoken from a vivid dream only to find that you can’t remember the details by the end of breakfast, you’re not alone. People forget most of the dreams they have—though it is possible to train yourself to remember more of them. Dreaming happens mostly during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. During this sleep stage, brain activity looks similar to that in a waking brain, with some very important differences.

Short-term memory areas are active during REM sleep, but those only hang on to memories for about 30 seconds. You have to wake up from REM sleep to recall (记起) a vivid dream. If, instead, you pass into the next stage of sleep without waking, that dream will never enter long-term memory. If you sleep only six hours, you’re getting less than half of the dream time of an eight-hour night. Those final hours of sleep are the most important for dreaming. And people tend to remember the last dream of the night — the one just before waking.

Other factors also contribute to whether you’ll remember your nighttime adventures. Women tend to remember a few more dreams than men on average. Young people remember more dreams than older people. Memory of dreams increases in kids from the age at which they can communicate about those dreams, plateaus (停滞) from the early teens to the early 20s and then very gradually declines in adults over the rest of their life. There are a lot of individual differences in dream memory, though. Some people almost never remember a dream while others regularly recall several each night.

It is possible to train your brain to remember more of your dreams. If you want to remember your dreams, you’d better take a moment when you wake up, before you even move your body, to think about what you were just dreaming and remember as much as possible. This moves the dream from short-term memory to long-term memory.

1. What can be learned about dreaming?

A．People are less likely to wake up when dreaming.

B．It causes the same brain activity as in a waking brain.

C．It hardly ever takes place beyond REM sleep.

D．People tend to forget their dreams in a short time.

2. In what condition may we recall a dream clearly?

A．When we wake up from REM sleep.

B．When we sleep with rapid eye movement.

C．When we pass into the next stage of sleep.

D．When we just sleep for about 30 seconds.

3. Which of the following probably remembers the most dreams?

A．A 54-year-old male worker.	B．A 3-year-old kindergartener.
C．A 23-year-old female artist.	D．A 30-year-old male engineer.

4. How can we make our dreams longer memorized?

A．By remembering more details immediately after waking up.

B．By not moving our body for a moment after waking up.

C．By training our brain before sleeping during the night.

D．By reading through articles until falling asleep.

7 . 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，并将答案填写在答题卡上。

Meatballs are a main part of cuisine from Italy to East Asia, and their flavorings and taste vary somewhat,     1    (reflect)local texture (材质) and traditions. China, in particular, is a meatball center of interest, and while you may have come across lion head meatballs before, bouncy meatball soup is as     2    (attract)as its name.

Chaoshan is famous     3     its unique meatballs. The name “bouncy meatball soup” doesn’t come from its ability     4    (make)you jump, but it comes from the finished spring y texture of the meatballs. In fact, in Xing Ye’s movie “God of Cookery”, these meatballs are even used as ping-pong balls.

Although this may slightly exaggerate (夸大) the springiness of the balls, it’s     5    (general) believed that if one were to take one of the meatballs from the soup and drop     6     on the table, the meatball would bounce (反弹). This special texture     7    (achieve)by pounding the meat by hand in a process that a machine cannot properly copy. It’s     8     makes this so up very special indeed.

The birth of these meatballs     9    (date)back to only a century ago. The Hakka people from the mountainous areas of Guangdong began to make meatballs as a helpful way to cook and store fresh meat. Later, the Hakka people began to sell their beef meatballs and soon the meatballs gained     10    (popular)with the Chaoshan communities. And it’s said that they developed the springiness and flavor into what the meatballs are today.

8 . 共同努力建设一个更美好的明天是可能的。(It is possible to...)(汉译英)

9 . Earthquakes are one type of natural disaster you simply can’t see coming. Earthquake preparation is the best way to deal with a confusing time. Here’s something you need to know about how to prepare for an earthquake.

Examine weak points in your home and make a plan to strengthen them. Protect your space or your home by finding out dangers and fixing moveable things.     1     Push top-heavy pieces such as bookshelves away from beds or sofas, and move the heavier things onto lower shelves.

Create an earthquake safety plan with your family. It’s key to create and practice an emergency plan with your family so that everyone knows what to do during a time of an earthquake. Talk about ways each family member can act as a team.     2    

    3     It may be under a strong piece of furniture which can protect you from falling objects or against any inside wall away from windows, bookshelves, or tall furniture that could fall on you.

Learn earthquake emergency plans at your workplace, children’s school or daycare center. Disaster can strike at any moment.     4     It’s also wise to make a note of how you plan to communicate with each other and how to let loved ones know you’re safe. Remember that cell phones may be unreliable (不可靠的) after an earthquake.

    5     Earthquakes usually last around one minute but if the damage is big enough, you could be trapped for a much longer period of time. You should have a bag containing medical equipment, food, water, flashlights and so on.

A．Prepare an emergency bag.

B．Prepare for more damage and danger.

C．Pick safe spaces in every room to take shelter in.

D．The shaking ground could move almost anything.

E．It can help reduce fears, especially in young children.

F．The preparation depends on a well-practiced plan and ready supplies.

G．So it is necessary to learn how to prepare for an earthquake in any environment.

10 . Pu’er is the home of the world-known tea of the same name. Since other tea-growing centers in Pu’er may have a larger output, more famous brands (品牌) and heritage surrounding the history of the Tea-horse Ancient Road, Jingmai , also in Pu’er, may not be people’s first choice to look for the best Pu’er Tea.

However, being cut off from the outside by rivers, this mountainous area has become a perfect place for an ancient planting technique, growing tea trees under forest, known as the “under-story” method, which filters (过滤) sunshine while ensuring water.

Nan Kang, former head of Mangjing village, said, “Compared to modern plantations, we’ll surely produce less tea in the ancient forest. But we have to respect our tradition and belief. Birds eat insects to protect the tea and the fallen leaves from trees provide fertilizer. Everything improves the other, but also limits each other. It is the way of nature.”

Nan is an old-time Blang leader’s grandson. Following an old leader named Pa Aileng, his ancestors (祖先) came to settle near the Jingmai Mountain centuries ago. It is believed that Pa Aileng found that tea leaves made his people recover from diseases they suffered from during their moving to other places, so the hero is also considered as a “tea ancestor”. Blang people chose a mountain to remember him. They call it Peak Aileng.

“We Blang people believe tea has its own spirit,” Nan says. “The first planted tea tree in every field is called the Tea Spirit Tree. That means the field has an owner. And the symbol also makes everyone follow moral codes and protect the plants.”

Now, this mountain of tea, also a storehouse of the time-tested traditions of local ethnic groups, attracts global attention. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu’er was named as a World Heritage Site, becoming China’s 57th entry on the list.

1. What is Jingmai famous for in planting Pu’er Tea?

A．A larger production.	B．More famous brands.
C．Its unique planting method.	D．Its transport system.

2. What can we learn about the “under-story” method from the text?

A．It is widely used in Pu’er.	B．It was invented by Nan Kang.
C．It follows the laws of nature.	D．It makes sure to produce more tea.

3. What was tea firstly used as by Nan Kang’s ancestors?

A．Main food.	B．Gifts for friends.
C．Medical treatment.	D．A kind of nice drink.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．The Long History of Pu’er Tea	B．A Tea Planting Tradition to Treasure
C．The Main Planting Areas of Pu’er Tea	D．A Mountainous Climate Fit for Pu’er Tea