1 . It was Thanksgiving morning. I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey when the doorbell rang. I opened the front door and saw two small children in rags huddling together on the top step.
“Any old papers, lady？” asked one of them.
I was busy. I wanted to say “no” until I looked down at their feet. They were wearing thin little sandals(凉鞋), wet with heavy snow.
“Come in and I'll make you a cup of hot cocoa.”
They walked over and sat down at the table. Their wet sandals left marks upon the floor. I served them cocoa and bread to fight against the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started cooking.
The silence in the front room struck me. I looked in. The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked in a flat voice, “Lady, are you rich？”
“Am I rich? Pity, no！”
I looked at my worn­out slipcovers(椅套). The girl put her cup back in its saucer(茶碟)carefully and said, “Your cups match your saucers.” They left after that, holding their papers against the wind. They had reminded me that I had so much for which to be grateful.
Plain blue china cups and saucers were only worth five pence. But they matched.
I tasted the potatoes and stirred(搅动)the meat soup. Potatoes and brown meat soup, a roof over our heads, my man with a regular job, these matched, too.
I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room. The muddy marks of little sandals were still wet upon my floor. Let them be for a while, I thought, just in case I should begin to forget how rich I am.
1. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A．Lady, are you rich?

B．A story of Thanksgiving Day

C．Don't forget how rich you are

D．Does cups and saucers match well?

2. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A．The girl thought the writer was rich just because she wanted to make the writer happy.

B．The writer had thought she wasn't rich because her supplies were not expensive.

C．If cups and saucers match well, they are a best pair even though cheap.

D．After hearing what they said, the writer seemed to understand what a rich life was.

3. The writer left the muddy marks of little sandals on the floor for a while to________.

A．show that she was a kind­hearted lady

B．remind her that she shouldn't forget how rich she was

C．leave room for readers to think about what being rich is

D．prove that she had understood what meant being rich

4. It can be inferred from the text that whether you are rich depends on________.

A．how much money you have made

B．what attitude you have had towards life

C．the way you help others

D．your social relationship

2 . The pounding (重击声) was driving Edward crazy. A new neighbor had just moved into the apartment below him. The newcomer was deaf, or seemed to be, because he played his stereo (立体声音响) loud enough for the whole building to hear.

On the first day he heard the stereo rocking over, Edward marched downstairs and politely told the newcomer that his stereo was too loud. He asked the new tenant to turn the volume down and keep it down as long as he lived in the building. The tenant appeared surprised and embarrassed, and said, “Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t realize it was that loud.”

So, Edward returned upstairs, feeling good, because he had taken a stand and politely let the newcomer know that loud music was not going to be tolerated. The next day all was quiet, and Edward continued to be pleased with himself. The following day, Edward thought it must be Fourth of July, because a marching band was playing on his street. In fact, it was the new neighbor who was playing his music loud again.

Edward was not one to repeat himself, feeling that each time you repeated yourself, you diminished the value of your words. So, he did what he always did with rude neighbors — grin (露齿而笑) and bear it. Eventually, they would move away. What else are you going to do?

In Los Angeles a year ago, a woman had complained to her upstairs neighbor that he was playing his drums too loud and too often. The drummer repeatedly ignored her. One day the woman walked upstairs and shot the drummer in the head and his girlfriend in the chest. The woman was sentenced to prison for 20 years.

The dead drummer won’t bother anyone with his drums, but the woman might be wishing now that she had learned to grin and bear it. If she were still living in her apartment, she could always move. When you’re in prison, you don’t have that option.

1. The man living below where Edward lived was               .

A．a deaf man	B．the owner of the house
C．a tenant	D．an old neighbor

2. What did Edward always do with rude neighbors?

A．Grinning and bearing it.

B．Persuading them to stop repeatedly.

C．Shouting them to dead.

D．Moving away from the rude neighbors.

3. The author writes the last paragraph to prove that               .

A．being in prison means the loss of freedom

B．grinning and bearing it is the best policy

C．Edward should follow the example of the woman

D．the woman was right to kill her neighbor

4. The woman killed her neighbor because               .

A．he ignored her advice repeatedly

B．she could not stand his playing the music too loud

C．she could not put up with him any longer

D．he played the drums too often

3 . The “selfie” is used to describe the self-taken photo,often from a smartphone. Someone takes about 10 selfies each time he does, and he only ends up     1     (post) one or two of those. He picks the one that he feels make him look the     2     (good). In that picture,he gains confidence. For that moment, everything bad or terrible that has happened to him     3     (remove), because that smile is what gives him the     4       (determine) to love himself.

I read     5     poem recently and the young man said，“If I ask you     6     you love, the answers will most likely roll your tongue. You love to read. You love to write. You love your mom, you daughter,or your best friend. How long do you think you can go on and on before you say ‘I love     7    (I)’?”

That statement hit me like a ton of bricks. I've struggled with confidence all my life. I still do. And in     8     way am I saying that taking a selfie is a gateway     9     confidence.     10    , the selfie does deserve some credit for allowing individuals to express themselves.

4 . 完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、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。

My heart beat with that feeling, like blood to my body as my fingers flew across the piano keys. As the piece neared the end, I _______ up to take my final bow. For a second, the room was _______. Yet, even in that one second, I had enough time to _______whether I had done perfectly. Then, _______, the applause (掌声) came.

“Thank you… so much,” I said, _______ to the person standing on my other side. Olga, my piano teacher for six years, smiled back at me. “You’ve been an _______ student all these years,” she said, “I hope that whatever you do, you never stop _______”

I leaned forward, _______ I would keep playing because I loved piano, and hugged her.

As it _______, the promises weren’t as meaningful as I’d hoped. Right after the ____________, I kept up my strict practicing schedule every day. ____________, it began slipping away from me. The reason I had stopped taking ____________ was because of my busy schedule with homework. Not long after, I stopped practicing altogether. It was ____________ not to have to stress about piano anymore. But something was ____________ inside of me. I was empty inside.

One day I met Michelle, who had also taken piano lessons from Olga.

“Are you ____________ taking lessons from Olga?” she asked.

“Actually I just quit a while ago,” I replied.

“That’s a ____________,” she responded, “I remember your performance a year ago; it was ____________”

Two days after talking to Michelle, I was at a ____________ what to do. I moved slowly into the living room unconsciously, but in fact I knew ____________ what I was doing.

As the music ____________, a familiar feeling rose inside me.

1.

A．showed

B．sat

C．stood

D．looked

2.

A．light

B．quiet

C．colorful

D．nervous

3.

A．expect

B．remind

C．know

D．doubt

4.

A．immediately

B．successfully

C．hopefully

D．suddenly

5.

A．turning

B．waving

C．running

D．pointing

6.

A．easy-going

B．imaginative

C．amazing

D．honest

7.

A．practising

B．learning

C．competing

D．gaining

8.

A．telling

B．promising

C．admitting

D．speaking

9.

A．carried on

B．brought up

C．turned out

D．taken in

10.

A．performance

B．final

C．presentation

D．play

11.

A．Soon

B．Besides

C．Thus

D．Instead

12.

A．lectures

B．parts

C．lessons

D．pieces

13.

A．disappointing

B．pleasing

C．inspiring

D．puzzling

14.

A．beating

B．rising

C．changing

D．shining

15.

A．still

B．even

C．much

D．yet

16.

A．shame

B．relief

C．pleasure

D．deal

17.

A．challenging

B．breathtaking

C．demanding

D．embarrassing

18.

A．time

B．heart

C．dream

D．loss

19.

A．normally

B．exactly

C．unclearly

D．badly

20.

A．ended

B．hit

C．covered

D．spread

5 . 完形填空
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。
Once upon a time in a land far far away, there was a _______old man who loved everything. Animals, spiders, insects…
One day _______walking through the woods the nice old man found a cocoon(茧) of a butterfly. He _______ it home. A few days later, a small_______ appeared；he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours _______ it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to_______making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go _______farther.
Then the old man decided to help the _______, so he took a pair of scissors and _______the remaining bit of the cocoon.
The butterfly then came out __________.
__________it had a swollen body and small, shriveled(皱缩的) wings. The old man __________to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would__________ to be able to support the body, which would contract in time. Neither happened ! __________ , the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling(爬行) around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to__________
What the man in his kindness and haste did not understand was that the restricting__________and the struggle required for the butterfly to __________ the tiny opening were nature’s way of forcing fluid(液体) from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its__________ from the cocoon.
Sometimes __________ are exactly what we need in our life. If we were allowed to go through our life without any challenges, it would weaken us. We would not be as __________ as what we could have been. And we could never fly.1.

A．cold

B．kind

C．polite

D．tiresome

2.

A．unless

B．if

C．while

D．because

3.

A．took

B．moved

C．circulated

D．dashed

4.

A．sign

B．shadow

C．shade

D．opening

5.

A．and

B．until

C．as

D．then

6.

A．stop

B．prevent

C．appeal

D．adapt

7.

A．any

B．more

C．no

D．much

8.

A．cocoon

B．butterfly

C．animal

D．insect

9.

A．take down

B．take apart

C．cut down

D．cut open

10.

A．greedily

B．easily

C．hardly

D．quickly

11.

A．Generally

B．Even

C．So

D．But

12.

A．sought

B．lasted

C．continued

D．began

13.

A．enlarge

B．shorten

C．tighten

D．darken

14.

A．In conclusion

B．In time

C．In fact

D．In particular

15.

A．walk

B．fly

C．flee

D．run

16.

A．wing

B．tale

C．subject

D．cocoon

17.

A．get out

B．get through

C．get away

D．get down

18.

A．freedom

B．outcome

C．balance

D．reliability

19.

A．struggles

B．passions

C．manners

D．spirits

20.

A．weak

B．intelligent

C．gifted

D．strong

6 . Everyone, please imagine, a big explosion breaks out as the plane takes us high in the sky. The plane is full of smoke and the engine sounds scary. Two minutes later, the engines are turned off. We are now sitting in a plane with no sound. And we can see: Life is over.
That really happened. In January 2009, I had a front-row seat on Flight 1549, the plane that crash-landed in the Hudson River in New York.
Now let me tell you the three things I learned when the silence came.
First, I thought about all the people I wanted to reach out to but didn’t. I thought about all the experiences I wanted to have but never did. I no longer wanted to put off anything in life. Second, I really regretted the time I wasted on things that did not matter. I decided to remove negative energy from my life. Third, I realized, wow, dying was not scary. But it was very sad just because I only wished I could have seen my kids grow up.
Fortunately, I was given the gift of a miracle of not dying that day. I was given another gift, with which I was to see into the future and come back and live differently.
About a month later, my wife and I were at a performance by my daughter, not much artistic talent. Yet, I’m crying. I realized that above all, the only goal in my life was to be a good father.
Audience, again, imagine the same thing happening on your plane. How would you change? What would you get done? And more than anything, are you being the best parent you can?
Thank you.
1. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．Air crash is always a tragedy.

B．What I learned from the air crash.

C．Life is a miracle as we imagine.

D．How to become a good father.

2. When does the idea “Life is over” come into being?

A．Exactly during the explosion.

B．When the plane was full of smoke.

C．Before the engines sounded scary.

D．When the engines were turned off.

3. What is the author’s final goal in life?

A．Never to put off anything in life.

B．To remove negative energy from life.

C．To see his daughter grow up.

D．To be a good father.

4. What type of writing is this text?

A．A speech on one’s air travel experience.

B．An emergency crash-landing guide.

C．An introduction of an adventure novel.

D．A safety training for air passengers.

7 . Once upon a time a farmer had a dog and a rabbit. One day he organized a competition between his dog and his rabbit. He dug a hole in one of his biggest fields, and hid a carrot and a bone in it. He wanted to see     1    animal would find them first.

The     2    (cheer) and optimistic rabbit threw himself into looking for the carrot,     3    (dig) here and there, totally convinced that he would find it. But the dog, after sniffing around for a bit,     4    (lie) down and began to complain about how difficult it was to find one bone in such a big field.

The rabbit dug for hours, and with every new hole the dog complained even more about how difficult this     5    (be), even for the rabbit.     6    the rabbit thought that each hole dug was one hole less that needed digging. When there was no place in the whole field     7    (leave) to dig, the rabbit dug a tunnel right to     8    the dog had been lying all the time. There he found the carrot and the bone.

This is how the dog lost the game. He had come to     9    right place at the very beginning but failed to find the bone     10    he only complained and didn’t try at all.

8 . For many years, I was convinced that my suffering was due to my size. I believed that when the weight disappeared, it would take old wounds, hurts and rejections with it.
Many weight-conscious people also mistakenly believe that changing our bodies will fix everything. Perhaps our mistake is believing that being thin equals being loved, being special, and being cherished. We fantasize (幻想) about what it will be like when we reach the long-awaited goal .We work very hard to realize this dream. Then, at last, we find ourselves there.
But we often gain back what we have lost. Even so, we continue to believe that next time it will be different. Next time, we will keep it off. Next time, being thin will finally fulfill its promise of everlasting happiness, self-worth, and, of course, love.
It took me a long time to realize that there was something more for me to learn about beauty. Beauty standards vary with culture. In Samoa a woman is not considered attractive unless she weighs more than 200 pounds. More importantly, if it’s happiness that we want, why not put our energy there rather than on the size of our body? Why not look inside? Many of us strive hard to change our body, but in vain. We have to find a way to live comfortably inside our body and make friends with and cherish ourselves. When we change our attitudes towards ourselves, the whole world changes.
1. The passage tries to stress the importance of ____________.

A．body size	B．different beauty standards
C．culture difference	D．attitudes towards life

2. What does the word “everything” in paragraph 2 mean?

A．The whole world	B．All the problems.
C．All the properties.	D．The absolute truth.

3. What can be inferred about the author?

A．The author is a Samoan.

B．The author succeeded in losing weight.

C．The author probably got wounded in wars or accidents.

D．The author has been troubled by her/his weight.

4. According to the author , what is the common view of those who have lost some weight first and gained it back later ?

A．They feel optimistic about future plans on weight control.

B．They are indifferent to the regained weight.

C．The feel angry about the regained weight.

D．They think they should give up their future plans on weight control.

9 . Perhaps you think you could easily add to your happiness with more money. Strange as it may seem, if you're unsatisfied, the issue is not a lack of means to meet your desires but a lack of desires — not that you cannot satisfy your tastes but that you don't have enough tastes.
       Real riches consist of well-developed and hearty capacities (能力) to enjoy life. Most people are already swamped (淹没) with things. They eat, wear, go and talk too much. They live in too big a house with too many rooms, yet their house of life is a hut.
     Your house of life ought to be a mansion (豪宅) , a royal palace. Every new taste, every additional interest, every fresh enthusiasm adds a room. Here are several rooms your house of life should have.
       Art should be a desire for you to develop simply because the world is full of beautiful things. If you only understood how to enjoy them and feed your spirit on them, they would make you as happy as to find plenty of hamburgers and eggs when you're hungry.
       Literature, classic literature, is a beautiful, richly furnished room where you might find many an hour of rest and refreshment. To gain that love would go toward making you a rich person, for a rich person is not someone who has a library but who likes a library.
       Music like Mozart's and Bach's shouldn't be absent. Real riches are of the spirit. And when you've brought that spirit up to where classical music feeds it and makes you a little drunk, you have increased your thrills and bettered them. And life is a matter of thrills.
     Sports, without which you remain poor, mean a lot in life. No matter who you are, you would be more human, and your house of life would be better supported against the bad days, if you could, and did, played a bit.
     Whatever rooms you might add to your house of life, the secret of enjoying life is to keep adding.
1. The author intends to tell us that____________.

A．true happiness lies in achieving wealth by fair means

B．big houses are people's most valued possessions

C．big houses can in a sense bring richness of life

D．true happiness comes from spiritual riches

2. The underlined sentence in the second paragraph probably implies that______.

A．however materially rich, they never seem to be satisfied

B．however materially rich, they remain spiritually poor

C．though their house is big, they prefer a simple life

D．though their house is big, it seems to be a cage

3. It can be learned from the passage that __________.

A．more money brings more happiness

B．art is needed to make your house beautiful

C．literature can enrich your spiritual life

D．sports contribute mainly to your physical fitness

4. What would be the best title for the passage?

A．House of Life	B．Secret of Wealth
C．Rest and Refreshment	D．Interest and Enthusiasm

10 . Finally, I entered the university. Because of my careful savings, I did not have to work during the school years. Then summer came and it was time to work harder than ever. I continued working as a waitress at night, instructed tennis camps several mornings a week and worked as a secretary for a few hours in the afternoons. I even decided to take a class at a community college. This class at the community college saved me $650.It was an extremely tiring summer and made me anxious to return to my relatively easy life at the university.
During my second and third years of undergraduate schooling, I decided to work about five hours per week in the campus admissions office answering phones. This provided a little spending money and kept me from drawing my savings out .The overall situation looked hopeful as I approached my senior year as long as I could make as much money as I had the previous summer. I wanted to go to Israel to study for 3 weeks, but I hesitated in making this decision because it would cost me $1,600 more to get the credits in Israel. About two weeks later my mom called to tell me that I had $1,600 in the bank that I had forgotten about! One of my concerns about this trip was not only the cost, but the loss of time to make money; however, I made as much that summer in the ten weeks when I was at home as I had made during the fourteen weeks when I was at home the summer before. The way everything worked together to make this trip possible was one of the most exciting things that have ever happened to me.
This experience has shaped me in many important ways. The first thing that I learned was the importance of a strong work ethic. Working long hours did a lot to develop my character and helped me learn the value of a dollar. It also made me learn how to search for creative ways to settle difficult situations.
1. Where did the writer probably work part­time before attending the university?

A．In a restaurant.

B．In the tennis camps.

C．In a company.

D．In the campus admissions office.

2. The writer took a class at a community college mainly because ________.

A．she wanted to save money

B．life there was relatively easy

C．summer time was tiring

D．it was required by the university

3. The writer’s major concern about the trip to Israel was that ________.

A．her mother would not give her approval

B．she would fail to get credits in Israel

C．a well­paid summer job would be lost

D．$1,600 couldn’t be drawn out in time

4. The passage is mainly about how the writer ________.

A．made money on the college campus

B．managed to make full use of her vacation

C．was forced to support herself by her mother

D．was shaped by working part-­time through college