1. How old is the daughter?
| A．Two years old. | B．Three years old. | C．Four years old. |
| A．She is ill. | B．She has a fever. | C．She drank some ink. |
1. Where does the conversation probably take place?
| A．In the street. |
| B．In the school. |
| C．In the company. |
| A．Maria. | B．Sebastian. | C．Ian. |
| A．She is familiar with the company. |
| B．She is a newcomer to the company. |
| C．She is well known to all in the company. |
1. What will the man do next?
| A．He will take some notes down. |
| B．He will walk around the company. |
| C．He will be introduced to his new colleagues. |
| A．Writing programs. |
| B．Dealing with new orders. |
| C．Operating a company. |
4 . Brandon and Derek’s mother, Beth Lash, shared a Facebook video on Dec. 25, 2017. It captured the moment when Bandon
“I have always respect you,” Brandon reads from the front of the card,
“I love spending time with you. I’m so
“And now you will have my kidney (肾), too. We are a
Brandon ,who has kidney disease, receives
“I can’t believe Derek would
“I
| A．read | B．sang | C．called | D．shouted |
| A．claim | B．award | C．smile | D．surprise |
| A．signed | B．drawn | C．written | D．described |
| A．thankful | B．satisfied | C．awkward | D．confused |
| A．paper | B．card | C．book | D．cover |
| A．perfect | B．possible | C．equal | D．friendly |
| A．losing | B．dropping | C．throwing | D．blowing |
| A．screams | B．worries | C．laughs | D．tears |
| A．treatments | B．experiments | C．directions | D．observations |
| A．finally | B．possibly | C．luckily | D．exactly |
| A．advise | B．experience | C．allow | D．sacrifice |
| A．chance | B．fortune | C．accident | D．occasion |
| A．regretted | B．minded | C．hated | D．opposed |
| A．fair | B．right | C．normal | D．real |
| A．lovely | B．brave | C．honest | D．healthy |
5 . The moment I was born, I seemed to be part of a set, as if my twin brother David and I were a package deal. We faced constant comparisons in our physical appearance. People were always comparing our personalities and academic performances as well! These constant comparisons made me decide not to go to the same university as my twin brother.
That is not to say we didn’t have good academic experiences in the past or didn’t get along. In the eleventh grade, we were placed in the same maths experimental class. I recall arriving early to the first class and being a bit disappointed when I saw David already seated at his desk. It is hard to avoid comparisons when we were in the same class. However, we found that we actually worked well together, in our own way. We would argue about the best way to solve a problem and debate its answer. As the year went on, I noticed that our teacher kept moving us closer and closer together. Our argument was actually productive.
However, we were two very different candidates. I was very involved in extra-curricular activities (课外活动), while David had better test scores than I did. I’m fond of writing while David enjoys playing computer games. I am currently studying English and French at McGill University, while David is studying computer science at Union College.
Besides escaping comparisons, there have been other benefits of going to different universities. The first one is that we are forced to talk to each other, as we no longer see each other every day. This is healthier for our relationship. The second, also the more important one, is that after having so many similar experiences together we can have our own experiences separate from one another.
Going to a different university benefited me thus far. It allows for more personal growth, and I’m not attached to the label of being a twin.
1. What can be inferred about the author?| A．He was fed up with people’s comparisons. |
| B．He was glad to hear people’s comparisons. |
| C．He is more handsome than David. |
| D．He was better at academic subjects than David. |
| A．Boring. | B．Harmful. | C．Awful. | D．Beneficial. |
| A．To avoid seeing David. | B．To escape arguing with David. |
| C．To pursue a different experience. | D．To strengthen bonds with David. |
It was barely ten o’clock at night. The policeman on the beat saw a man standing in the doorway of a store. The man, with a cigar in his mouth,
About twenty minutes later, a tall man hurried towards the waiting man. They greeted each other and walked up the street. The man wanted
“Bob: I was at the appointed place on time. When you struck the match to light your cigar I saw it was the face of the criminal wanted in Chicago. Anyhow I couldn’t arrest you myself, so I got a plain-clothes man to do the job. JIMMY.”
When I was little, I lived in a house with a beautiful garden full of all kinds of flowers, and roses were the most beautiful of them. There was nothing I enjoyed more than sitting in the garden with my mother as she read stories to me. When I was in primary school and old enough to read, I enjoyed reading stories aloud to her.
I will never forget one day when I was in the third grade. I had been picked to be the princess in the school play, and for weeks my mother had rehearsed (排练) my lines (台词) so hard with me. But no matter how easily I acted at home, as soon as I stepped on stage, every word disappeared from my head. Finally, my teacher took me aside. She explained that she had written a narrator’s (旁白) part to the play, and asked me to change roles. Her word, kindly expressed, still hurt, especially when I saw my part go to another girl.
I didn’t tell my mother what had happened when I went home after school that day. But she sensed my pain. Instead of suggesting we practice my lines, she asked if I wanted to take a walk in the garden.
It was May and roses were blossoming and, under the trees, we could also see yellow dandelions (蒲公英) in the grass. “I think I’m going to dig up all these weeds,” she said, pulling one dandelion up by its roots. “From now on, we’ll have only roses in this garden.”
“But I like dandelions,” I protested. “All flowers are beautiful — even dandelions.”
My mother looked at me seriously. “Yes, every flower is beautiful in its own way, isn’t it?” she asked thoughtfully. I nodded, pleased that I had won her over. “And that is true of people too,” she added. “Not everyone can be a princess, but there is no shame in that.” Aware that she had guessed my pain, I started to cry as I told her what had happened. She listened and smiled gently.
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“But you will be a beautiful narrator,” she said.
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After the play, I took home the flower.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________8 . While warming up to a cheerleading competition, 17-year-old Keianna Joe experienced a scary medical event. She
Andrea Joe, Keianna’s mother, said her daughter’s cheer coach ran madly,
For about ten
Then, a portable defibrillator (除颤器) arrived on the scene. Thankfully, Andrea had received training on these
“The machine said, ‘Shock required’,” Andrea said. “And I mean, I’ve trained on these AED (自动体外除颤仪) devices before and they’ve never told me, you know, ‘Shock required’.” Nevertheless, Andrea used the defibrillator to
After a 10-day hospital stay, Keianna is out, but with a mini defibrillator in her
“She’s with me, she’s here, she’s right next to me and I’ve got her,” Andrea said. “And it’s the best feeling ever.”
1.| A．cried | B．fell | C．slept | D．escaped |
| A．waited | B．begged | C．screamed | D．answered |
| A．ambulance | B．office | C．company | D．court |
| A．weak | B．pale | C．unhealthy | D．unconscious |
| A．sprang | B．came | C．exploded | D．dashed |
| A．cheered up | B．calmed down | C．lay down | D．took over |
| A．forgive | B．save | C．follow | D．cure |
| A．days | B．hours | C．minutes | D．seconds |
| A．experimented | B．based | C．performed | D．improved |
| A．situations | B．devices | C．patients | D．processes |
| A．encourage | B．support | C．bring | D．shock |
| A．more | B．better | C．faster | D．longer |
| A．heart | B．chest | C．head | D．face |
| A．helped | B．prepared | C．caused | D．decided |
| A．welling | B．growing | C．drying | D．holding |
It was in the afternoon before the end of the Second World War that Antonio Black, who was twelve, caught sight of a beautiful brooch (胸针) in a shop window. The brooch is so beautiful that he was unwilling to leave the store until he had purchased it. But it was too expensive — $5. His family was very poor and his parents struggled to make ends meet. Five dollars would buy almost a week’s food for his family.
Antonio couldn’t ask his father for the money. Everything his father made through fishing went to his mother, Susan. Slim and beautiful, his mother was the center of the home and the glue that held it together. The housework was never-ending, and she struggled to feed and clothe their five children, but she was happy as her family and their well-being were all she cared about.
Nevertheless, he opened the shop’s door and went inside. Standing proudly and straight in his flour-sack (面粉袋改做的) shirt and washed-out trousers, he told the shopkeeper what he wanted, adding, “But I don’t have the money right now. Can you please hold it for me for some time?”
“I’ll try,” the shopkeeper smiled. “People around here don’t usually have that kind of money to spend on things. It should keep for a while.”
Antonio respectfully touched his worn cap and walked out. He would raise the money and not tell anybody, for he thought Mum would be surprised when she saw that brooch. On hearing the sound of hammering (锤打) from a side street, Antonio suddenly had an idea that he could raise money by selling the used nail bags. People built their own homes in Bay Roberts, using nails bought in bags from a local factory. Sometimes the used bags were thrown away at the construction site, and Antonio knew he could sell them back to the factory for five cents a piece. That day he sold two nail bags and hid the money in a rusty soda tin.
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Every day after school, Antonio started his plan.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________The day finally came!
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________1. Who is ill in the hospital?
| A．Jack’s mother. | B．Jack’s father. | C．Jack’s wife. |
| A．In the evening. | B．Right now. | C．Tomorrow. |
