1 . Some people think that as more and more people have televisions in their homes, fewer and fewer people will buy books and newspapers. Why read an article in the newspaper, when the TV news can bring you the information in a few minutes and with pictures? Why read the life story of a famous man, when a short television program can tell you all that you want to know？

Television has not killed reading, however. Today, newspapers sell in very large numbers. And books of every kind are sold more than ever before. Books are still a cheap way to get information and enjoyment. Although some books with hard covers are expensive, many books are printed today as paperbacks (平装本), which are quite cheap. A paperback collection of short stories, for example, is always cheaper than an evening at the cinema or the theater, and you can keep a book for ever and read it many times．

Books are a wonderful provider of knowledge and pleasure and some types of books should be in every home. Every home should have a good dictionary. A good encyclopedia (百科全书),though expensive, is useful, too, because you can find information on any subject. Besides, you can have such books as history books, science textbooks, cookbooks, and collections of stories and poems. Then from time to time you can take a book of poems off your shelves and read the thoughts and feelings of your favorite poets．

1. It can be inferred from the passage that_________．

A．TV programs are a chief provider of knowledge

B．cinemas are the best choice in getting information

C．reading is a cheap way of learning and having fun

D．newspapers are an expensive way to enjoy oneself

2. What does the sentence “Television has not killed reading, however.” underlined in the second paragraph suggest?

A．People only need reading, though.

B．Reading is still necessary today.

C．Reading is more fun than television.

D．Watching television doesn’t help reading.

3. Where can you probably see this passage?

A．In a travel booklet.

B．In a science report.

C．In a fashion show magazine.

D．In an education book review.

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In a recent survey, 19 percent of teenagers said that they     1     (post) a comment online that they later regretted. The problem is that once something     2    (put) on the Internet, it can be difficult to delete. Even if you’re able to do so, someone else     3     (probable) has already taken a picture of your post. In addition, the content     4     (remove) from a Webpage can often be recovered.    5    (post) negative comments or images online is certainly best avoided, but that’s not the only thing you should consider     6    it comes to your online behavior. Experts say it’s also important for young people to earn a positive Internet reputation. You can do this by sharing positive content about the things you’re most interested     7    . This way, if someone runs a search on you, the results will show them the content you most want them to see.

Managing an online reputation can be     8     (challenge). Remember that privacy (隐私）settings can be very helpful for this, so use them if they’re available. But most     9     (importance), be careful about     10     you share—your future may depend on it.

3 . Everywhere I look outside my home I see people busy on their high-tech devices, while driving, walking, shopping, even sitting in toilets. When connected electronically, they are away from physical reality.

People have been influenced to become technology addicted. One survey reported that “addicted” was the word most commonly used by people to describe their relationship to iPad and similar devices. One study found that people had a harder time fighting against the allure of social media than they did for sleep, cigarettes and alcohol.

The main goal of technology companies is to get people to spend more money and time on their products, not to actually improve our quality of life. They have successfully created a cultural disease. Consumers willingly give up their freedom, money and time to catch up on the latest information, to keep pace with their peers or to appear modern.

I see people trapped in a pathological (病态的) relationship with time-sucking technology, where they serve technology more than technology serves them. I call this technology servitude. I am referring to a loss of personal freedom and independence because of uncontrolled consumption of many kinds of devices that eat up time and money.

What is a healthy use of technology devices? That is the vital question. Who is really in charge of my life? That is what people need to ask themselves if we are to have any chance of breaking up false beliefs about their use of technology. When we can live happily without using so much technology for a day or a week, then we can regain control and personal freedom, become the master of technology and discover what there is to enjoy in life free of technology. Mae West is famous for the wisdom that “too much of a good thing is wonderful.” But it’s time to discover that it does not work for technology.

Richard Fernandez, an executive coach at Google acknowledged that “we can be swept away by our technologies.” To break the grand digital connection people must consider how life long ago could be fantastic without today’s overused technology.

1. From the passage, technology companies aim to ______.

A．attract people to buy their products	B．provide the latest information
C．improve people’s quality of life	D．deal with cultural diseases

2. It can be inferred from this passage that people ______.

A．consider too much technology wonderful

B．have realized the harm of high-tech devices

C．can regain freedom without high-tech devices

D．may enjoy life better without overused technology

3. What’s the author’s attitude towards the overusing of high-tech devices?

A．Neutral.

B．Skeptical.

C．Disapproving.

D．Sympathetic.

4. What does the text mainly talk about?

A．the impact high-tech devices have on people

B．the relationship between modern people and high-tech devices

C．the reason why people are obsessed with high-tech devices

D．how fantastic the life could be without high-tech devices

4 . When you were at school, the last thing you probably wanted to do was to spend your weekends going to work. There was homework to do, sports to play and fun to have. But our parents probably persuaded us to find a job to earn some money and get some life experience. When I was a teenager I delivered newspapers to people’s homes. I then progressed to a Saturday job in a supermarket: stacking shelves and working at the checkout.

Today in the UK you are allowed to work from the age of 13, and many children do take up part-time jobs. It’s one of those things that are seen almost as a rite of passage(成人仪式). It’s a taste of independence and sometimes a useful thing to put on your CV(简历). Teenagers agree that it teaches valuable lessons about working with adults and also about managing their money.

Some research has shown that not taking up a Saturday or holiday job could be deleterious to a person later on. A 2015 study by the UK Commission on Employment and Skills found that not participating in part-time work at school age had been blamed by employer’s organizations for young adults being ill-prepared for full-time employment, but despite this, recent statistics have shown that the number of schoolchildren in the UK with a part-time job has fallen by a fifth in the past five years.

So, does this mean that British teenagers are now afraid of hard work? Probably not. Some experts feel that young people feel going out to work will affect their performance at school, and they are under more pressure now to study hard and get good exam results and a good job in the long term. However, Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, told BBC News that “Properly regulated part-time work is a good way of helping young people learn skills that they will need in their working lives.” In reality, it’s all about getting the right balance between doing part-time work and having enough time to study and rest.

1. How did the author feel about doing part-time jobs on weekends when he was a teenager?

A．Delighted.

B．Interested.

C．Unwilling.

D．Angry.

2. Which of the following may NOT be the benefit of school children’s doing part-time jobs?

A．Learning to be independent.	B．Gaining some life experience.
C．Being prepared for future jobs.	D．Spending what they earn as they like.

3. What does the underlined word “deleterious” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．Valuable.

B．Harmful.

C．Necessary.

D．Impossible.

4. What can we learn from Paragraph 4?

A．Students should spend all their time on studies.

B．Students should have as many part-time jobs as possible.

C．Doing part-time jobs must affect students’ school results.

D．It’s important for students to balance part-time jobs and studies.

5 . “Fire! Fire!” What terrible words to hear when one wakes up in a strange house in the middle of the night! It was a large, old, wooden house and my room was on the top floor. I jumped out of bed, opened the door and stepped outside the house. It was full of thick smoke.

I began to run, but as I was still only half-awake, instead of going towards the stairs I went in the opposite direction. The smoke grew thicker and I could see fire all around. The floor became hot under my bare feet. I found an open door and ran into a room to get to the window. But before I could reach it, one of my feet caught in something soft and I fell down. The thing I had fallen over felt like a bundle of clothes, and I picked it up to protect my face from the smoke and heat. Just then the floor gave way under me and I crashed to the floor below with pieces of burning wood all around me.

I saw a doorway in fire, then I put the bundle over my face and ran. My feet burned me terrible, but I got through. As I reached the cold air outside, my bundle of clothes gave a thin cry, I nearly dropped it in my surprise. Then I was in a crowd gathered in the street. A woman in a night-dress and a borrowed man’s coat screamed as she saw me and came running madly. She was the Mayor’s wife, and I had saved her baby.

1. When the fire arose in the middle of the night, the author was ________.

A．at home

B．sleeping

C．sitting in bed

D．both A and B

2. The author saved the baby ________.

A．because he was very brave.	B．because he liked the baby very much.
C．but he just happened to save it.	D．because it was the Mayor’s baby.

3. He ran in the wrong direction because he ________.

A．was a stranger there	B．could see nothing
C．was not completely awake	D．Both A and C

4. He put the bundle over his face and ran in order to ________.

A．save the baby

B．call for help

C．protect his face

D．run quickly

8 . The phone rang, but I was annoyed to answer it. Seeing the _________number, I supposed it was the endless_________ to sell me something I had absolutely no _________ in.

“Daddy.” It’s Alyce, my 12-year-old daughter. “Mommy was just in a car accident.” My heart _________ and then began pounding. A deep _________ came, “I’m all right, but Mommy...”

I sprinted(全速跑) a few blocks to what looked like a shoot (拍摄) for a _________ movie. Fire engines, police cars, and ambulances were randomly(随意地) parked in the street; helicopters(直升飞机) _________above. A bus was on the wrong side of the road. In front of it were the _________ remains of Susan’s car. Susan was _________ under the dashboard (仪表盘). It__________ she had broken nearly every bone, and she spent three months in the __________.

Two years later, we were attending an event in __________ of Martin Luther King when Alyce took a __________ look at a woman, rushed to and returned with her. She told us she lived in the building by where the __________ had happened. That night, she rushed to the street, still in her bathrobe and saw Alyce standing by the wrecked car, __________. She approached her, hugged her and took Alyce’s hand to her chest, saying, “Let’s pray together.” Alyce’s phone was out of __________ inside the car. So the woman lent Alyce her phone.

When saying goodbye, we realized we hadn’t been formally __________, so I told her my name was Douglas. She paused, __________ she hadn’t heard me. So I __________. She looked at us and said, “Wait, your name is Susan?” Susan __________. The woman put her hand over her heart, saying, “My name is Susan Douglas.”

1.

A．regular

B．simple

C．strange

D．familiar

2.

A．attempts

B．appeals

C．appointments

D．applications

3.

A．interest

B．faith

C．confidence

D．talent

4.

A．beat

B．rose

C．broke

D．stopped

5.

A．scold

B．cry

C．scream

D．ring

6.

A．documentary

B．comedy

C．disaster

D．detective

7.

A．flew

B．touched

C．landed

D．circled

8.

A．broken

B．harmful

C．tough

D．unfit

9.

A．bathed

B．trapped

C．buried

D．involved

10.

A．worked out

B．figured out

C．found out

D．turned out

11.

A．street

B．school

C．hospital

D．church

12.

A．memory

B．need

C．celebration

D．consideration

13.

A．puzzled

B．quick

C．close

D．concentrated

14.

A．occasion

B．mistake

C．accident

D．dilemma

15.

A．rolling

B．looking on

C．boiling over

D．shaking

16.

A．control

B．reach

C．place

D．date

17.

A．greeted

B．treated

C．described

D．introduced

18.

A．as if

B．even though

C．due to

D．in spite of

19.

A．approved

B．evaluated

C．repeated

D．exchanged

20.

A．waved

B．nodded

C．agreed

D．replied

10 . Fifth grade teacher Langford is trying to make a mark on her students. Recently she wrote personalized_______messages across her students’ desks. The words were meant to give her students an increase of _______before their standardized tests.

“When the kids come, they need to_______ that even though they’re away from their families at home, there are people here who love and_________ them and hope the best for them. And   _______believe in them, ” Langford said.

Langford wrote _______on the kids’ desks in dry erase marker. She knew each individual student would   _______ special quotes and key words.

The teacher explained that the messages were _______ by the growth mindset idea. The concept is the _______that abilities can be developed through hard work and devotion, rather than just __________. The sweet notes seemed to have ________. Langford said that the students were happy to see their desks________.

She said,“I think it   ________their stress a bit. They were excited. Some of them wanted to keep them on their________ forever.”

________she wants her students to know that she will________them strongly. “I do believe they can do anything they want to do.”

Langford’s act not only________her students, but also other educators. “It’s really encouraging and it’s ________ to be appreciated, ” she said. “If I inspire even one ________to do the same, that’ll be so________ .”

1.

A．urgent

B．encouraging

C．secret

D．belief

2.

A．effort

B．appeal

C．knowledge

D．confidence

3.

A．know

B．guarantee

C．admit

D．clarify

4.

A．depend on

B．pick up

C．care for

D．deal with

5.

A．truly

B．rarely

C．blindly

D．honestly

6.

A．diaries

B．notes

C．stories

D．reports

7.

A．carve

B．reveal

C．appreciate

D．witness

8.

A．shared

B．blamed

C．tested

D．inspired

9.

A．belief

B．reality

C．possibility

D．suggestion

10.

A．commitment

B．talent

C．ambition

D．education

11.

A．spread

B．exposed

C．paid off

D．strengthened

12.

A．covered

B．changed

C．wiped

D．decorated

13.

A．eased

B．avoided

C．caused

D．boosted

14.

A．textbooks

B．blackboards

C．desks

D．brochures

15.

A．Immediately

B．Occasionally

C．Eventually

D．Constantly

16.

A．support

B．recommend

C．miss

D．approve

17.

A．comfort

B．persuade

C．assist

D．attract

18.

A．splendid

B．hard

C．complex

D．logical

19.

A．student

B．teacher

C．parent

D．worker

20.

A．adorable

B．amusing

C．amazing

D．worthwhile