1 . Rick Guidotti put aside his career as a fashion photographer to turn his lens (镜头) to people living with genetic, physical and behavioral differences.

He says what changed his perception (看法) of beauty was a chance encounter with an albino (患白化病的) girl. “I was just tired of people telling me who was beautiful. Every season that face would change but I was always told who was beautiful. As an artist, I don’t see beauty just on covers of magazines. I see it everywhere. So that was my original intention — that opened my eyes a little wider and wider.”

Guidotti has created Positive Exposure, a not-for-profit organization that uses photography and video to transform public perceptions and promote a world where differences are celebrated. Guidotti and Positive Exposure are featured in a new documentary called On Beauty.

One of the women featured in the film is Jayne Waithera. “I never thought I was beautiful because nobody said that to me, but meeting him was my profound moment. I remember that particular day. He took my picture and I felt so good like I felt there’s somebody who, like, really loves me and sees me for who I am and who sees me more than my condition.”

Guidotti is travelling from city to city to promote On Beauty. He says his tour is not about money; it’s about the message. “As I travel from community to community, I’m taking photographs and I’m empowering (给某人……的权力) individuals with a positive sense of who they are. They’re seeing beauty in their reflection but I’m also empowering their families and they in turn are empowering their communities as well. All is based on the philosophy of change — how you see, how you change.”

1. Why did Guidotti change his career?

A．He intended to establish his own company.

B．He expected to earn more money than before.

C．The beauty on covers of magazines is beyond satisfaction.

D．The meeting with an albino girl changed his view on beauty.

2. What can we know about Positive Exposure?

A．It enjoys high profit.	B．It welcomes differences.
C．It spreads photography skills.	D．It enhances community bond.

3. What does the author want to show by mentioning Jayne in paragraph 4?

A．Jayne was beautiful indeed.	B．Jayne disliked being photographed.
C．The film became a hit thanks to Jayne.	D．The photographs made Jayne more confident.

4. What does the author mainly intend to tell us in the last paragraph?

A．Beauty comes from life.	B．Attitude affects behavior.
C．Travel enriches experience.	D．Communities influence individuals.

3 .         I was ten when I first sat with my grandmother behind the cashier (收银台) in her general store.     1     I quickly learned the importance of treating customers politely and saying “thank you.”

At first I was paid in candy.     2     I worked every day after school, and during the summer and no weekends and holidays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. My father helped me set up a bank account.     3    

By the time I was 12, my grandmother thought I had done such a good job that she promoted me to selling cosmetics (化妆品). I developed the ability to look customers directly in the eye. Even though I was just a kid, women would ask me such things as “What color do you think I should wear?” I took a real interest in their questions and was able to translate what they wanted into makeup (化妆) ideas.     4    

The job taught me a valuable lesson: to be a successful salesperson, you didn’t need to be a rocket scientist—you needed to be a great listener.     5     Except they are no longer women purchasing cosmetics from me; instead, they are kids who tell me which toys they would like to see designed and developed.

A．Later I received 50 cents an hour.

B．Before long, she let me sit there by myself.

C．I ended up selling a record amount of cosmetics.

D．Today I still carry that lesson with me: I listen to customers.

E．My grandma’s trust taught me how to handle responsibility.

F．Soon I found myself looking more beautiful than ever before.

G．Watching my money grow was more rewarding than anything I could have bought.

4 . When Mrs Green asked us to discover our professions（职业）, the whole class seemed to be greatly surprised. Our professions? We were only 13 and 14 years old! The teacher must be _____．“Yes, you will all be searching for your future ____．Each of you will have to ____ someone in your field and give an oral report.”

Each day in her class, Mrs Green talked about this. Finally, I picked print journalism(新闻业). This ____ I had to go to interview a true newspaper reporter. I was nervous. I sat down in front of him ____ able to speak. He looked at me and said, “Did you bring a pencil or pen?”

I shook my head.

“How about some ____?”

I shook my head again．

Finally, I thought he ____ I was nervous, and I got my first big tip as a ____：“Never, never go anywhere without a pen and paper．You never know what you’ll run into.” After a few days, I gave my oral report totally from_____in class. I got an A on the project．

Years later, I was in college looking around for a new career(职业), but with no success．Then I_____ Mrs Green and my dream at 13 to be a journalist. And I called my parents. They didn’t ____ me. They just reminded(提醒) me how competitive the field was and ____ all my life I had to run away from competition. This was true. But journalism did something to me; it was in my____. It gave me the freedom to go up to total strangers and ask what was _____.

For the past 12 years, I’ve had the most satisfying reporting career, ____ stories from Olympic Games to car accidents and ____ choosing my strongest area. ____ I went to pick up my phone one day, an incredible（令人难以置信的）wave of memories hit me and I realized that ____ Mrs Green I was able to be sitting at that desk.

I get ____ all the time：“How did you pick journalism?”

“Well, you see, there was a teacher…”I just wish I could ____ her．

1.

A．embarrassing

B．mad

C．patient

D．enthusiastic

2.

A．universities

B．families

C．professions

D．lives

3.

A．interview

B．describe

C．admire

D．face

4.

A．considered

B．ordered

C．expected

D．meant

5.

A．hardly

B．nearly

C．naturally

D．completely

6.

A．preparations

B．newspapers

C．drink

D．paper

7.

A．realized

B．imagined

C．impressed

D．admitted

8.

A．student

B．journalist

C．teacher

D．writer

9.

A．notes

B．books

C．imagination

D．memory

10.

A．called

B．remembered

C．recognized

D．visited

11.

A．answer

B．laugh

C．stop

D．promise

12.

A．how

B．whether

C．when

D．where

13.

A．life

B．body

C．blood

D．opinion

14.

A．coming in

B．coming out

C．going up

D．going on

15.

A．creating

B．finding

C．covering

D．writing

16.

A．finally

B．firstly

C．of course

D．in all

17.

A．While

B．When

C．As long as

D．Once

18.

A．refer to

B．thanks to

C．up to

D．thanks for

19.

A．hurt

B．examined

C．tested

D．asked

20.

A．respect

B．support

C．thank

D．favor

5 . 听下面一段长对话，回答小题。
1. Why does the man ask for leave?

A．To do some cleaning.

B．To paint his house.

C．To move to a new home.

2. What will the man do next?

A．Turn to Sally for help.

B．Help Richard.

C．Fill out a form.

7 . 英语课上,老师要求同桌同学相互修改作文。假设以下短文为你同桌所写，请你对其进行修改。短文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（/\），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Last week, experienced a tough interview, Joan was fortunate to be employed as an interpreter at the National Museum, where lies in Washington. She was excited that in addition a variety of exhibitions the museum was in the possession of wonderful treasures. However, Joan doubted that she would be on good term with her new colleagues. Her new director invited her to give a short self introduction. She feels such nervous that she couldn’t say a word. Besides, all her new colleagues encouraged her. Eventually, she made this. A good beginning is half done.

8 . What does the man want to do?

A．Talk about cooperation.

B．Have an interview.

C．Check his schedule.

10 . We spend a third of our adult lives working and another big part preparing for our careers. Historically, work was rarely seen as a source of meaning and purpose. During the vast majority of our 300, 000-year human evolution(进化), work was in fact pretty simple. We worked to eat and avoid being eaten. Meaning and purpose came from somewhere else, like spirituality, art, religion, or science.

The idea that we are meant to find meaning at work or to find work meaningful-is a rather modern, if not postmodern, invention. Only one hundred years ago it would have been frequent to see a worker who returned from a typical workday at a factory complain to their folks that they didn’t earn much or they were worn out and rare to see that they complain they didn’t experience a sense of purpose.

Similarly, the idea that we ought to bring our “whole self” to work is a pretty novel and recent form of career advice. Its origins can be traced to William Kahn who invented the concept of employee engagement 30 years ago. His point was that employees differ in the degree to which they identify with their work role. Some see work as merely a job and clock in and out every day, without bringing their whole self to work. Work is just not a core aspect of their identity, and their concept of themselves is built on other social categories like mother, husband, American, Christian, captain of the local soccer team, etc.

Others, however, have very low psychological distance with their work role, seeing it as essentially intertwined(交融的) with who they are. They don’t just come to work, they are fully devoted to their careers and have a spiritual type of connection with their jobs. They are, it seems, almost possessed by work and are the type of workaholics(工作狂) most companies long for.

1. Why did we spend much of our adult lives working?

A．To prepare for future careers.	B．To find the water sources.
C．To help us evolve.	D．To make us survive.

2. Why did the writer mention the worker a century, ago?

A．To help us find meaning at work.	B．To prove that the idea was modern.
C．To show us the bad old days.	D．To complain about the experience.

3. Which of the following might William Kahn agree with?

A．Employees have different understandings about their work role.

B．Every employee must bring their whole self to work.

C．To be devoted to work is a pretty novel idea.

D．Workers’ core identity is built on art categories.

4. What kind of employees do most companies favour?

A．Those who see work as a job.

B．Those who identify with their work role.

C．Those who are fully devoted to their work.

D．Those who possess experience.