1 . In Chinese we say,"Your handwriting says a lot about you."But in the eyes of South African photographer John Thackwray,someone's bedroom can do just the same thing.

Thackwray,30,first had the idea of taking pictures of people's bedrooms six years ago,because he was curious how young people born in the 1980s and 1990s lived their lives.And he started with his friends' in Paris.

Soon he decided to take this project a little further.Over the past six years,Thackwray has traveled to 55 countries and taken pictures of 1,200 bedrooms—from New York,one of the world's busiest and most developed cities,to Russia,Thailand,Iran and the poor neighborhoods in Nairobi,and cast African countries.

From the layout of the rooms and the little items in them,you can not only see how different people's lifestyles and personalities are,but also get an insight into how unequal the world is and how traditions are replaced by new technology.

Now Thackwray has put all his photos into a book named My Room Project.Each photo in the book comes with the name,age and job of its owner,and they are arranged in the order of his travels.But Thackwray got a lot more from the project than the chance to publish a book.He also saw a lot of things,met a lot of people and had many great experiences.

"I was impressed by the spirituality in India,the friendliness of the Russian people and the craziness of the Japanese lifestyle,"Thackwray told The Huffington Post.

1. What does the underlined part in the first paragraph mean?

A．one's bedroom says much about his handwriting.

B．one's bedroom and handwriting are the same thing.

C．one's bedroom says much about his personality.

D．people do the same the thing in their bedrooms.

2. Which of the following information about John Thackwray is true?

A．The pictures Thackwray has taken are more from developed countries than developing countries.

B．The idea of taking bedroom pictures occurred to Thackwray when he was 24.

C．Thackwray began the project with taking the pictures of his own bedroom.

D．The photos in the book My Room Project are put in the order of time.

3. What does the word "insight" in the fourth paragraph mean?

A．achievement	B．understanding
C．chance	D．curiosity

4. Which of the followings will be the suitable title for the text?

A．Photos in bedrooms	B．Handwriting and photos
C．Impressive six years	D．Photos telling stories

2 . 第三部分阅读理解(共20小题；
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
A
　　After my husband died suddenly from a heart attack, my world crashed around me. My six children were all under 10, and I was burdened with the responsibilities of earning a living, and caring for the children. I was fortunate to find a wonderful housekeeper to care for the children during the week, but from Friday nights to Monday mornings, the children and I were alone.
　　One Friday evening I came home from work to find a big pretty German Shepherd（牧羊犬）on our doorstep. This dog seemed to intend to enter the house. The children liked“German”immediately and begged me to let him in. I agreed to let him sleep in the basement. That night I slept peacefully for the first time in many weeks.
　　The following morning we made phone calls and checked lost-and-found ads for German’s owner, but with no results.
　On Sunday I had planned to take the children on a picnic. Since I thought it best to leave German behind in case his owner came by, we drove off without him. When we stopped to get gas, we were amazed to see German racing to the gas station after us. No way was he going to be left behind.
Monday morning I let him out for a run. He didn’t come back and we were all disappointed. We were convinced that we would never see him again. We were wrong. The next Friday evening, German was back on our doorstep. Again he stayed until Monday morning, when our housekeeper arrived.
This pattern repeated itself every weekend for almost 10 months. We grew more and more fond of German. We took comfort in his strong, warm presence, and we felt safe with him near us. As German became part of the family, he considered it his duty to check every bedroom to be sure each child was cozy in bed.
　　Each week, between German’s visits, I grew a little stronger, a little braver and more able to handle; every weekend we were no longer alone and enjoyed his company. Then one Monday morning we patted him on the head and let him out for what turned out to be the last time. We never saw German again.
1. The dog first came to the family when _______________.

A．it was needed most

B．the writer became strong enough

C．the writer was away on a business trip

D．the writer was busy on the weekday

2. The family planned to go on a picnic without the German Shepherd because ____________.

A．it was too wild to control

B．it was too young to walk so far

C．the owner might come by to pick it up

D．it might spoil the trip

3. The writer was ____________ the German Shepherd.

A．afraid of	B．grateful to
C．cruel to	D．annoyed with

4. Which of the following can’t be used to describe the dog？

A．Loyal	B．Beautiful
C．Lovely	D．Wild

3 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

A young man, while traveling through a desert, came across a spring of clear water.    1    water was sweet. He filled his leather container so that he could bring some back to an elder    2    had been his teacher. After a four-day journey, the young man    3    ( present ) the water to the old man. His teacher took a deep drink, smiled    4    ( warm ), and thanked his student very much for the sweet water. The young man went home    5    a happy heart.

After the student left, the teacher let    6    student taste the water. He spat it out,    7    (say) it was awful. Apparently, it was no longer fresh because of the old leather container. He asked his teacher, "Sir, the water was awful. Why did you pretend to like    8    ?"

The teacher replied,“You tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was simply the container for an act of kindness and love. Nothing could be    9    (sweet).”

We understand this lesson best    10    we receive gifts of love from children. Whether it is a cheap pipe or a diamond necklace, the proper response is appreciation. We love the idea within the gift rather than the thing.

4 .

A man was working on his motorcycle in his yard. Suddenly it started to move. The man, still holding the hand lebars, was dragged through the glass doors, along with the motorcycle, and was thrown onto the floor inside the house. The wife ran in and found her husband lying on the floor, cut and bleeding. She ran to call an ambulance (救护车).

The ambulance arrived and they took the man to the hospital. The wife picked up the motorcycle and pushed it outside. There was gas all over the floor, so the wife got some paper towels, cleaned the gas with them, and threw them in the toilet. After he was treated, the man returned home. Not long after that he went to the bathroom, sat down on the toilet and smoked a cigarette. Sitting there, he finished the cigarette and threw it into the toilet. The wife, who was in the kitchen, heard the loud explosion (爆炸声) and her husband screaming.

She ran into the bathroom, and there she found her husband lying on the floor! His trousers had been blown away and his buttocks and other parts of his body were covered with burns! The wife again ran to the phone to call an ambulance. The same people came! While they were carrying the husband down the stairs to the street, one of the men asked the wife how the husband had burned himself. She told them and they started laughing very hard. One of them fell and the husband fell, too. The poor husband fell down the remaining stairs and broke his arm.

1. What most probably made the motorcycle start moving?

A．The man himself started it to see if it was working.

B．His wife did it for him to check if there was something working.

C．The motorcycle started by itself.

D．The man started the motorcycle without knowing it.

2. What did the wife do after the first accident?

A．She did nothing except calling the policemen.

B．She cleaned the gas with paper towels and threw them into the toilet.

C．She took the motorcycle and pushed it into the room.

D．She took her hushand to the hospital.

3. What do we know about the gas that caused the explosion?

A．The gas was from the motorcycle and could easily cause an explosion.

B．The gas was of poor quality.

C．The gas made the hushand suffer 4 accidents in a day.

D．The gas should have burned the wife.

4. The passage is most likely to be found in________

A．a survey	B．a textbook
C．a report	D．a book of funny stories

5. Which is the best title for this passage?

A．What a Bad Day for the Husband and Wife

B．A Man’s Worst Day

C．A Man Had Three Accidents in One Day

D．A Wife Burned Her Husband and Broke His Arms

5 . 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

In 2014 I was 22 years old and had just come back to Brazil after 14 months in England, holding my Cambridge Proficiency certificate. After nervously _______ a short training course, I began to give class to my 12 students, all of them older than I was. I _______ hard to remain calm in class and _______ they wouldn't find out how unconfident I felt a lot of the time. I was quite _______, actually, until the end of _______ and the night of the final oral test.

The test was going to start at 7 pm, and at 6:50, I _______ myself in the teachers' bathroom to _______ all the test questions again. I really wanted to learn the _______ by heart so no one would think I was an inexperienced tester. The _______ is, I actually locked myself in the bathroom. I __________ couldn't get out! The bell rang at 7 pm and I could hear the noise in the halls __________ the students went to their rooms. I tried hard to __________ the bathroom door, but failed.

I heard the cleaning lady's voice and asked for help as __________ as I could. However, she wasn't exactly a thoughtful person, and started __________: “Diana's locked in the bathroom!” Shame had fallen upon me! __________ the course director, the secretary and some teachers were outside the bathroom trying to get me out, and, __________, my students gathered outside too, happily saying things like “Aren't we __________! No test today !” All I could do was __________, feeling miserable and utterly stupid. The door finally opened, and my entire __________ was waiting for me outside, naughty smiles on their faces. “__________! Teacher.” they said, “we know you are human too!”

They all passed their test. True to the Brazilian style, we all went out for a beer afterward, and laughed the whole thing off.

1.

A．holding

B．taking

C．getting

D．giving

2.

A．performed

B．learned

C．worked

D．tried

3.

A．thought

B．hoped

C．guessed

D．realized

4.

A．successful

B．fortunate

C．happy

D．satisfied

5.

A．the class

B．the course

C．the day

D．the year

6.

A．tidied

B．washed

C．locked

D．reminded

7.

A．rewrite

B．answer

C．go over

D．put forward

8.

A．questions

B．instructions

C．answers

D．steps

9.

A．situation

B．condition

C．trick

D．problem

10.

A．probably

B．simply

C．sadly

D．nearly

11.

A．As

B．before

C．after

D．until

12.

A．knock

B．kick

C．open

D．push

13.

A．quietly

B．hurriedly

C．excitedly

D．crazily

14.

A．scolding

B．running

C．laughing

D．shouting

15.

A．At first

B．Soon enough

C．In the end

D．Right now

16.

A．to my amazement

B．to my delight

C．to my surprise

D．to my horror

17.

A．lucky

B．comfortable

C．anxious

D．regretful

18.

A．watch

B．smile

C．wait

D．worry

19.

A．class

B．staff

C．group

D．school

20.

A．Sorry

B．Congratulations

C．Don't be angry

D．Don't worry

6 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填人适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Lala accelerated her walk up the path to the caves, fearing that there might be wild beasts     1     (lie) in wait for her. She had no man     2     his spear to protect her. She had almost reached her destination     3     a delicious smell arrested her progress and she stopped. Her senses became     4     (dizzily) with hunger. She could see her mother and the older children (prepare) the deer and pig meat over the fire. Her aunts were making    5     (cloth) with animal skins. Abruptly she     6     (sit) down, only to     7     (scoop) by her laughing, shouting sister, Luna. Lala smiled with     8     (relieve). It was good     9     (have) her family around her.

7 . Nick Petrels is a doctor in Montreal. He works 60 hours a week. He takes care of 159 patients a week in the hospital and at his office. He’s been a doctor for ten years.
Dr. Petrels gives his patients good medical advice. But he doesn’t just tell his patients what to do. He also sings to them on television! Dr. Petrels has his own TV show. The show is in Italian, English and French. The doctor starts the show with a song and then gives medical advice. He explains a medical problem or disease in simple language. After that, he sings another song.
Dr. Petrels produces and performs in his own show every week. The program is very popular with his patients and with people who enjoy his singing. His dream is to perform(表演) in Las Vegas. His favorite songs are love songs, and he has a compact disk of love songs that he wrote. Dr. Petrels says, “I always loved to sing. All my problems are gone when I sing.” But when Dr. Petrels was young, his father didn’t want him to be a singer, so he went to medical school.
Some people tell Dr. Petrels he can help people more as a doctor. But Dr. Petrels says he helps people when he sings, too. “I like to make people smile. Sometimes it’s difficult to make a sick person smile. Medicine and entertainment(娱乐) both try to do the same thing. They try to make people feel good.”
1. Dr. Petrels works 60 hours a week, because he _______.

A．gives his patients medical advice

B．takes care of 159 patients a week

C．sings on television

D．has his own TV show

2. Dr. Petrels _______, so he is called a singing doctor.

A．has been a doctor for ten years

B．always loved to sing

C．is popular with his patients

D．also sings to his patients on TV

3. In his TV show, Dr. Petrel _______.

A．sings and gives medical advice

B．sings about different diseases

C．starts to explain diseases with a song

D．sings love songs he wrote

4. Dr. Petrels’ show is popular _______.

A．in Las Vegas.	B．at medical school
C．with people who like his singing	D．with patients in Montreal

5. Dr. Petrels says he likes to _______.

A．help people sing	B．make people feel better
C．do the same thing	D．make difficult people smile

8 . What I Want for You and Every Child in America
Dear Malia and Sasha,
I know that you’ve both had a lot of _____ these last two years on the campaign trail, going to picnics and parades and state fairs, eating all sorts of junk food your mother and I probably shouldn’t have let you have. But I also know that it hasn’t always been easy for you and Mom, and that as excited as you both are about that new puppy, it doesn’t _____ for all the time we’ve been apart. I know ___ I’ve missed these past two years, and today I want to tell you a little more about why I decided to take our family on this journey.
When I was a young man, I thought life was all about me-about how I’d _____my way in the world, become successful, and get the things I want. But then the two of you came into my_____   with all your curiosity and mischief (捣乱) and those smiles that never_____to fill my heart and light up my day.
I want all our children to go to schools ___of their potential-schools that challenge them, inspire them, and instill (自信) in them a sense of____about the world around them. I want them to have the chance to go to college______their parents aren’t rich. And I want them to get good jobs: jobs that pay well and give them benefits like health care, jobs that let them spend time with their own _____and retire with dignity.
I want us to ____ the boundaries of discovery so that you’ll live to see new technologies and inventions that improve our lives and make our planet cleaner and safer. And I want us to push our own human boundaries to reach _____the divides of race and region, gender and religion that____us from seeing the best in each other.
That was the _____your grandmother tried to teach me when I was your age, reading me the opening lines of the Declaration of Independence and telling me about the men and women who marched for ____because they believed those words put to paper two centuries ago should mean   ___.
She helped me understand that America is great not because it is perfect but because it can always be made better and that the______work of perfecting our union falls to each of us. It’s a charge we pass on to our children, coming closer with each new generation to_______we know America should be.
These are the things I want for you, to _____in a world with no limits on your dreams and no achievements beyond your reach. And I want every child to have the same chances to learn and dream and grow and thrive that you girls have. That’s why I’ve taken our family on this great adventure.
I am so proud of both of you. I love you _____you can ever know. And I am grateful every day for your patience, poise (自信), grace, and humor as we prepare to start our new life together in the White House.1.

A．play

B．fun

C．pain

D．gain

2.

A．take up

B．pick up

C．make up

D．put up

3.

A．how much

B．how many

C．how soon

D．how long

4.

A．lose

B．make

C．take

D．walk

5.

A．world

B．family

C．position

D．place

6.

A．succeed

B．come

C．tend

D．fail

7.

A．worth

B．worthless

C．worthwhile

D．worthy

8.

A．humor

B．happiness

C．wonder

D．sadness

9.

A．even if

B．as if

C．though

D．although

10.

A．friends

B．kids

C．boys

D．girls

11.

A．rush

B．catch

C．push

D．pull

12.

A．to

B．in

C．into

D．beyond

13.

A．keep

B．let

C．make

D．warn

14.

A．way

B．method

C．means

D．lesson

15.

A．quantity

B．quality

C．equality

D．quarter

16.

A．everything

B．something

C．anything

D．nothing

17.

A．unfinished

B．finished

C．unfinishing

D．finishing

18.

A．which

B．who

C．what

D．that

19.

A．wake up

B．grow up

C．come up

D．get up

20.

A．rather than

B．other than

C．less than

D．more than

9 . A little boy selling magazines for school walked up to a house that people rarely visited. The house was very old and the owner hardly ever came out. When he did, he would not say hello to neighbors or passers-by, but simply glare at them.
The boy knocked on the door and waited, sweating from fear of the old man.
As he was ready to walk away, the door slowly opened. “What do you want?” the old man said.
“Uh, sir, I uh am selling these magazines and, uh, I was wondering if you would like to buy one.”
The old man just stared at the boy. The boy could see inside the old man’s house and saw that he had dog figurines (小雕像) on the fireplace. “Do you collect dogs?” the little boy asked.
“Yes, I have many collectibles in my house. They are my family here. They are all I have.”
The boy then felt sorry for the man, as it seemed that he was a very lonely soul. “Well, I do have a magazine here for collectors. It is perfect for you. I also have one about dogs since you like dogs so much.”
The old man was ready to close the door and said: “No, boy, I don’t need any magazines of any kind, now goodbye.”
The little boy was sad for the old man because he was alone in the big house. Then he thought of a little dog figurine that he had got some years earlier from an aunt. The boy headed back down to the old man’s house with it. He knocked on the door again and this time the old man came right to the door. “Boy, I thought I told you no magazines.”
“No, sir. I know that. I wanted to bring you a gift.” The boy handed him the figurine and the old man’s face lit up.
The old man was surprised and said: “Boy, you have a big heart. Why are you doing this?”
The boy smiled at the man and said: “Because you like dogs.”
From that day on, the old man started coming out of the house and greeting people. He and the boy became friends.
This simple nice act changed both of their lives forever.
1. How did the boy feel when he first knocked on the old man’s door?

A．Excited.	B．Sad.
C．Frightened.	D．Silly.

2. What can we learn from the article about the old man?

A．He preferred dog figurines to real dogs.

B．He longed for (渴望) friendship with others.

C．He found his neighbors unfriendly.

D．He was sad because he felt alone.

3. When the boy knocked on the door again, ________.

A．the old man was impatient with him

B．the old man refused to open the door

C．he didn’t think the old man would open it

D．he wanted to sell a magazine to the old man

4. With the story, the author tries to show us that _______.

A．smiling is the best way to make others feel comfortable

B．we should help strangers if they are angry

C．being kind to others can have a positive effect on our lives

D．you need to do something special if you want to make friends

10 . I walked up to the counter. Behind it was a lady with glasses on the tip of her nose and gray hair on her head.

"Excuse me," I said. She looked up. "You're that Clements kid," she said."I'm Miss Bee.Come closer and let me get a look at you." She pushed her glasses up her nose. "I can describe you to the police if something goes missing from the store."

"I'm not a thief!" I was shocked. I was seven, too young to be a thief!

"From what I can see, you're not much of anything. But I can tell you've got potential." She went back to reading her newspaper.

"I need to get these." I said, holding up my list. "So? Go get them."Miss Bee pointed to a sign on the screen door. "I'm not your servant,so I suggest you get yourself a basket and start filling."

I visited Miss Bee several times a week that summer. Sometimes she short-changed me. Other times she overcharged. "That can of beans is only twenty nine cents" I corrected her one afternoon. I had watched the numbers change on the cash register closely, and Miss Bee had added 35 cents. She didn't seem embarrassed. She just looked at me over her glasses and fixed the price.

But she ever let me declare victory. All summer long she found ways to play tricks on me. No sooner had I learned how to pronounce bicarbonate of soda(小苏打)and memorized its location on the shelf than Miss Bee rearranged the shelve and made me hunt for it all over again.

One day before I left, she said, "I know what you think of me, but I don't care! Each of us is put on this earth for a reason.I believe my job is to teach every child I meet life lessons. When you get older you'll be glad our paths crossed!" Glad I met Miss Bee? Ha! The idea was absurd...

Until one day my daughter asked me to finish her math problems. "If I do it for you, how will you ever learn to do it yourself?" I said. Suddenly, I remembered the lady Miss Bee.

1. The girl felt       when Miss Bee implied she could be a thief.

A．surprised	B．shocked
C．puzzled	D．annoyed

2. We can infer from Paragraph 6 that Miss Bee       .

A．showed no care about her mistakes

B．made the girl learn to double-check

C．was always playing tricks on the girl

D．was careless and dishonest to do business

3. It can be learned from the passage that Miss Bee       .

A．knew her job was to help every child she met

B．asked the girl to shop by herself to test her honesty

C．taught the girl many lessons but she didn't understand

D．rearranged the shelves to teach the girl to be changeable

4. Which is NOT the lesson the writer learnt from shopping?

A．Treat others kindly and politely.

B．Don't be so quick to judge others.

C．The best teachers aren't only in school.

D．Try our best though the task seems beyond us.