1 . Life in the summertime is often full of pests. Like most Long Island homeowners, I want to ensure my suburban life with pest-free living. So it was with wide-eyed wonder that I greeted the smiling exterminator who rang my bell.
“We'll be serving your neighbors, Mike and Sarah (I'm not familiar with either one by name).” he waved in the other direction. “Since we'll have a team here tomorrow, we're offering a discount.” He came out with numbers beginning from $299 then in seconds to $89.
“You've probably been seeing the ant hills around.” he moved toward my front walkway and lawn. “And have you seen the bees that dig nests in the ground?” he continued with his head shaking up and down pushing me to do the same.
“What we do is spray three feet out from your foundation and three feet up.” As he was talking and without breaking eye contact, he opened his iPad cover and began operating at the screen to show me frightening images. “It also kills other pests, like spiders. It is the best pesticide,” he said, pausing for effect.
He then went into soft talk to close the deal, correctly foreseeing that I would be concerned about safety and the environmental impact on my vegetable garden, plants and our little patch of planet here on Long Island. “The products are environmentally responsible, safe with children and pets,” he said.
I'm unkind when it comes to unwanted visitors entering on my out-of-doors moments. Any insect found in my house or on my deck is bound to be poisoned or pancaked.
Unfortunately for the exterminator, just as I was considering making an appointment. Billy, my fearless husband, pulled into our driveway, which made me ask for a business card out of politeness instead.
1. How did the author feel at the sight of the exterminator?| A．Frightened. | B．Disappointed. | C．Surprised. | D．Puzzled. |
| A．A free pesticide. | B．A discount. | C．An iPad for free. | D．A group rate. |
| A．It might cause frightening images. | B．It might be too expensive for her to afford. |
| C．It might harm her family and surroundings. | D．It might have no effect on unwanted visitors. |
| A．The author is sure to phone the salesman later. |
| B．Billy made up his mind to purchase the pesticide. |
| C．Billy drove home to prevent the author from being cheated by the exterminator. |
| D．The author had planned to buy the pesticide before Billy appeared. |
2 . My mother and I were at the cafeteria of Sakra World Hospital in India for lunch. Since we had waited for quite some time, we decided to get the food
In the afternoon when my mom and I were preparing to leave, I found my wallet
So, as I was heading to the cafeteria, I was quite
I asked one of them if they had seen a grey wallet. They told me to ask the cleaner lady named Rani who was cleaning the floor. When I asked Rani she told me to
Rani told me whenever she
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| A．supported | B．admitted | C．instructed | D．interviewed |
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| A．tidy | B．collect | C．pay | D．keep |
| A．in panic | B．in peace | C．in person | D．in silence |
| A．journey | B．visit | C．way | D．entrance |
| A．aware | B．tired | C．proud | D．ashamed |
| A．handed in | B．taken away | C．asked for | D．opened up |
| A．noisy | B．closed | C．quiet | D．busy |
| A．pick | B．wait | C．explore | D．check |
| A．inside | B．away | C．around | D．down |
| A．happened | B．decided | C．managed | D．promised |
| A．expectation | B．gratefulness | C．understanding | D．admiration |
| A．excitedly | B．coldly | C．shyly | D．confidently |
| A．honesty | B．generosity | C．determination | D．intelligence |
3 . Giorgio Lo Porto posted a video on Tik Tok about his new neighbor and their common piano talent! The post showed the cooperation of playing out music at the same time with two pianos separated by one wall.
Giorgio's neighbor's name was Emil, who was 78 years old. Emil's wife had passed away in December. The only comfort left to Emil was his piano. He spent days alone at home because of gloom, only looking forward to playing his wife's favorite piano song every night.
When Giorgio heard the music coming from the other side of the wall, he could really feel how moved the old man was. One day, Giorgio suddenly got an idea — writing a note to his new neighbor and hoping to duet (合奏) a piece of music. Then, Giorgio put a piece of paper reading “you are heard, and not alone" on Emil's door. Thus, Giorgio began to play the piano with Emil every night. And a new friendship started.
Later, Emil wrote back "Dear Giorgio, I knew very little about you, but you lit my life, and we shared music with the world. I'll keep playing, thinking of how powerful music can be."
Music comes from two pianos between a wall. You can be the light to somebody else's darkness.
1. Why did Emil play the piano every night?| A．To teach Giorgio music. | B．To keep his wife in mind. |
| C．To play duets with his wife. | D．To show his performing ability. |
| A．Sadness. | B．Patience. | C．Excitement. | D．Nervousness. |
| A．It was refused by Emil. | B．It was passed through a wall. |
| C．It saved Emil from loneliness. | D．It changed Emil's liking for music. |
| A．Hard Practice of Famous Pianists | B．A Video of Loneliness on Tik Tok |
| C．A Funny Story about a Piano Show | D．Music on Friendship between a Wall |
It took place in a teacher’s family. One day, Ben was playing basketball in the living room after school, when he threw the ball at a vase（花瓶）—his mother’s favourite possession. To cover his terrible action, the terrified boy glued（用胶水粘）the pieces together and put the vase back to its place.
The mother noticed the cracks（裂纹）that evening. To her surprise, the repair work was actually very good. At dinner time, she asked her boy if he broke the vase. Fearing punishment, the suddenly inspired boy said that a neighbour’s cat jumped in from the window and he couldn't drive it away. It raced around the living room and finally knocked the vase off its shelf. His mother was quite clear that her son was lying, for all the windows were closed before she left for work each morning and opened after she returned. However, Ben’s mother realized she shouldn't just simply blame and punish her son for lying. She came up with another idea.
Before going to. bed, the boy found a note from his mother in his room, asking him to go to the living room at once. As he had already lied, he was determined to deny（否认）everything to the end, no matter how angry his mum became.
In the living room, calmly bathed in the light, his mother's face showed no sign of anger. Instead, she took a chocolate box out of a drawer and gave him one.
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The mother said, "This chocolate is a reward（奖励）for your imagination: a window-opening cat!”
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Now with some chocolates in hand, the boy's bad attitude（态度）disappeared.
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Teenagers around Steve were interested in playing video games and they often shared their experience about how to play well. Steve was a very clever boy. He was good at playing games. He would win at any game he played. He won so many times that everyone around him saw him as champion.
In fact, Steve not only became an expert at all kinds of skills but he was also good at cheating because he couldn’t stand losing to anyone. He became so skilled at cheating that he could play practically and win any game by cheating without even being noticed. Every time he beat other boys, he would be proud to see others admiring him and praising his excellent skills. He enjoyed that feeling.
No one wants to play with someone who is always going to win. As time went by, almost no one around Steve wanted to play with him. But there was one poor boy named Tom who would always play with him. At first, Tom had few skills and Steve beat him easily. Gradually, Tom learnt more skills. It was still a piece of cake for Steve to beat him. One day Steve found that Tom became more skilled and it was a challenge to win the game with Tom. In order to win, Steve used his tricks. Tom was defeated. Since then, the tricks helped Steve win any game. Although Tom lost face, he would always accept Steve’s challenge. Champion Steve enjoyed himself at poor Tom’s expense and always made that poor boy look funny as he lost.
One day, Steve got bored with just playing around and thought that he could win bigger games. So he decided to apply for video game championship as he thought that there he would find some top players that could match him.
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At the Cham pionship, he was excited to have a chance to show off his skills.
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Finally the competition ended and the champion name was called out.
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6 . When Tony took up running as a hobby he was 42 years old. Now 42 years later he’s a national champion and a world record holder.
He never imagined at the age of 84 this is where he’d be, but then he doesn’t meet many people in their 80s who are out training four times a week.
“I can see it’s a bit unusual, yes. But it’s been my life,” he told the reporter. The retired officer runs at a track near his home in Leeds.
At an event in Italy last month he set a world record in the 80 metres hurdles（跨栏）with a time of under 17 seconds. But he sees no reason to slow down and his ambition（雄心）is still to be competing when he passes a hundred.
“I probably won’t be doing a crouch start（蹲式起跑）, but it’s only 16 years away,” he joked. Like anyone his age, he’s had health problems. He’s had a string of severe heart attacks, but doctors have told him as long as it makes him feel good, he should carry on running.
“I can’t let my heart get in the way of my training. When I am sprinting I have to give it my absolute all. My heart is the last thing on my mind. ” he said.
He trains every other day, dances and plays hockey and he recently cuts down on alcohol （酒精）and chocolate. He said “ I’ve heard alcohol can lead to dementia and I don’t want that. I’ve cut down to one glass of wine every other day. I now have to stay as fit as I can be to keep up my lifestyle.”
Tony’s next birthday is next September. And the first thing he wants to do is become the world’s fastest 85-year-old.
1. What will Tony do after the competition in Italy?| A．He decides to slow down. |
| B．He decides to retire as an officer. |
| C．He plans on running until he’s 100. |
| D．He plans to compete in the 100 metres hurdles. |
| A．Continuing to run if he feels good. |
| B．Stopping running to treat his heart disease. |
| C．Trying to run as fast as he can. |
| D．Cutting down on alcohol and chocolate. |
| A．Imaginative. | B．Positive. | C．Caring. | D．Helpful. |
| A．The Fastest Man in the World. |
| B．The World’s Fastest 100-year-old. |
| C．A National Champion and a World Record Holder. |
| D．Granddad Crowned Fastest 84-year-old in the World. |
7 . It was a few years ago. A friend
At that moment my
I blinked(眨眼) and back to the
We are all one family in this world. We live together, rejoice (欣赏) together, and suffer together. Do your best to be a
| A．helped | B．borrowed | C．sent | D．lent |
| A．restaurant | B．fair | C．supermarket | D．hotel |
| A．bill | B．money | C．dish | D．food |
| A．spent | B．covered | C．cost | D．offered |
| A．reached into | B．prepared for | C．put out | D．turned in |
| A．sense | B．idea | C．mind | D．heart |
| A．waiter | B．cook | C．actor | D．teacher |
| A．treat | B．value | C．feed | D．miss |
| A．buy | B．show | C．find | D．pay |
| A．future | B．past | C．present | D．instant |
| A．carried | B．handed | C．burned | D．picked |
| A．tip | B．ticket | C．wallet | D．card |
| A．tired | B．amazed | C．satisfied | D．forced |
| A．successful | B．different | C．good | D．humorous |
| A．punish | B．provide | C．equip | D．greet |
8 . Two Chinese police officers were sitting in the car at Guilin Highway. Suddenly a cute dog appeared by their window, seemingly asking for help. According to the media, a cute golden retriever (寻回猎犬) sought the help of the two police officers. Obviously, the dog was lost and his owner was nowhere near the neighborhood.
One of the police officers said that it was already 1 a.m. when the dog approached them with his leash (狗链) in its mouth. The dog even followed them while they worked, but because people might get frightened and for the dog's own safety, the two decided to just take the dog to the police station. There, they gave him food and water to drink.
The dog stayed in the police station until the policemen came back at 8 in the morning. To their surprise, the dog quickly jumped inside the police car after they got ready to work that day. He just sat there as if asking the two officers to help him find his way back to his owner. Touched by the dog's friendly behavior, the officers decided to ask the public to help them find the owner.
A couple of hours later, the dog's owner was informed and quickly rushed to the police station. The owner said that his 2-year-old golden retriever had a habit of hunting for mice and must have wandered far from home and got lost. He said that his dog was trained for a short while at a Nanning police base.
1. What happened to the dog?| A．It couldn't find its owner. | B．It was driven away by its owner. |
| C．It escaped from hunters. | D．It was terribly frightened. |
| A．The trouble brought by the dog. | B．The pressure from the public. |
| C．The dog's friendly behavior. | D．The dog's strange behavior. |
| A．It stayed at the station for over a day. |
| B．It didn't want to go home. |
| C．It likes eating mice. |
| D．It was once trained by the police. |
9 . It was one of those terribly hot days in Baltimore. Needless to say, it was too hot to do anything outside. But it was also scorching in our apartment. This was 1962, and I would not live in a place with an air conditioner for another ten years. So my brother and I decided to leave the apartment to find someplace indoors. He suggested we could see a movie. It was a brilliant plan.
Movie theaters were one of the few places you could sit all day and — most important — sit in air conditioning. In those days, you could buy one ticket and sit through two movies. Then, the theater would show the same two movies again. If you wanted to, you could sit through them twice. Most people did not do that, but the manager at our theater. Mr. Bellow did not mind if you did.
That particular day, my brother and I sat through both movies twice, trying to escape the heat. We bought three bags of popcorn and three sodas each. Then, we sat and watched The Music Man followed by The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. We’d already seen the second movie once before. It had been at the theater since January, because Mr. Bellow loved anything with John Wayne in it.
We left the theater around 8, just before the evening shows began. But we returned the next day and saw the same two movies again, twice more. And we did it the next day too. Finally, on the fourth day, the heat wave broke.
Still, to this day I can sing half the songs in The Music Man and recite half of John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart’s dialogue from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance! Those memories are some of the few I have of the heat wave of 1962. They’re really memories of the screen, not memories of my life.
1. In which year did the author first live in a place with an air conditioner?| A．1952 | B．1962 |
| C．1972 | D．1982 |
| A．He loved children very much. | B．He was a fan of John Wayne. |
| C．He sold air conditioners. | D．He was a movie star. |
| A．The two movies were really wonderful. |
| B．They wanted to avoid the heat outside. |
| C．The manager of the theater was friendly. |
| D．They liked the popcorn and the soda at the theater. |
| A．The author turned out to be a great singer. |
| B．The author enjoyed the heat wave of 1962. |
| C．The author’s life has been changed by the two movies. |
| D．The author considers the experience at the theater unforgettable. |
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Tom was having much trouble get up in the morning and was always late with work. His boss wanted to fire him if he didn’t start coming on time, but he went to the doctor for a help. The doctor gave him some medicine and told him to take them before he went to bed. The man does as told and slept really well, waking up before the alarm had even gone off. He had time for a properly breakfast and was the first reach the factory. “Boss,” he said, “that medicine really works!” “I’m pleasing to hear it,” said his boss, “but where are you yesterday?”
