1 . 13-year-old Madison was studying at home when her mother burst in. She said a boy had fallen into a septic tank (化粪池) and made an urgent ____ for Madison’s help.

They ran to a neighbor yard, where the ____ adults surrounded the septic tank opening ____wider than a basketball. The boy, aged only 2, had slipped in and was ____.

Madison quickly ____ the situation. She was the only one who could ____ through the small opening. Without ____, she got close to the opening and said, “____ me in.”

Some people held her waist and ____. She wiggled (扭动) arms and shoulders until she ____ the opening. Inside, the tank was dark and the air smelly. When she stuck her arms into the dirty water, she jammed her left wrist against a hidden stick, ____ it severely.

____ tend to her injury, Madison scanned the surface of the dirty water, hoping to ____ the underwater boy. Suddenly she saw his little toes stick out. When spotting the vague ____ of his foot again, Madison shot out her ____ hand, grasped the foot tightly and shouted, “Pull me up!”

As they nearly reached the surface, the boy’s other foot got stuck. She wiggled his foot until it was ____. Eventually they were lifted out.

____, the kid wasn’t out of trouble. Having suffered from lack of ____ that long, he wasn’t breathing. He was then given hard hits on the back until he coughed up water. At the sight of this, Madison sighed with ____.

Madison received months of treatment for her wrist, which made her ____ actions more impressive.

1.

A．appointment

B．attempt

C．choice

D．request

2.

A．anxious

B．curious

C．annoyed

D．merciful

3.

A．partly

B．previously

C．slightly

D．dramatically

4.

A．floating

B．weeping

C．trembling

D．drowning

5.

A．controlled

B．examined

C．took part in

D．gave up

6.

A．look

B．jump

C．fill

D．fit

7.

A．time

B．permission

C．hesitation

D．judgment

8.

A．Throw

B．Lower

C．Force

D．Push

9.

A．legs

B．arms

C．head

D．hands

10.

A．adjusted to

B．got through

C．tore down

D．held on to

11.

A．touching

B．trapping

C．injuring

D．striking

12.

A．In an effort to

B．Rather than

C．Likely to

D．Ready to

13.

A．feel

B．smell

C．follow

D．attract

14.

A．skin

B．gesture

C．picture

D．outline

15.

A．left

B．single

C．good

D．clumsy

16.

A．frozen

B．free

C．flexible

D．bare

17.

A．However

B．Instead

C．Therefore

D．Personally

18.

A．protection

B．oxygen

C．gravity

D．energy

19.

A．fright

B．cold

C．relief

D．respect

20.

A．unselfish

B．thoughtless

C．unconscious

D．random

2 . When you meet someone for the first time, do you put across a good impression? And what do we mean by “good” in the context? According to Presence, a new book by Harvard Business School professor Amy Cuddy, people assess you on two main criteria when they first meet you:1. Can I trust this person? 2. Can I respect this person?

Your level of trustworthiness, or warmth, is the most important factor in how people initially admire you, Cuddy says—yet many mistakenly believe that the second factor, characterized as competence, is more important. “From an evolutionary aspect,” Cuddy writes, “it is more important to our survival to know whether a person deserves our trust.”

While displaying competence is certainly beneficial, particularly in a work setting, Cuddy warns that focusing on winning people’s respect, while failing to win their trust, can backfire—a common problem for young professionals attempting to make a good impression early on in their careers.

“If someone you’re trying to influence doesn’t trust you, you’re not going to get very far”, Cuddy says, “A warm, trustworthy person who is also strong elicits(博得) admiration, but only after you’ve established trust does your strength become a gift rather than a threat.”

In Cuddy’s book she also explains some of the science that can help you spot a liar.

When a person is lying there is likely to be differences between what they are saying and what they are doing,

“Lying is hard work,” she writes, “We’re telling one story while suppressing(压制)another, and most of us are experiencing psychological guilt about doing this, which we’re also try ring suppress. We just don’t have the brainpower to manage it all without letting something go—without ‘leaking’.”

“It’s about how well or poorly our multiple channels of communications—facial expressions, posture, movement, vocal qualities, speech-co-operate,” she adds.

“When we’re consciously looking for signs of cheat or truth, we pay too much attention to words and not enough to the external body language,” the professor adds. “Truth reveals itself more clearly through actions than it does through our words.”

1. According to Amy Cuddy, which is most significant in putting across a good impression?

A．Level of knowledge.

B．Level of reliability.

C．Level of competence.

D．Level of flexibility.

2. What is the meaning of the underlined word “backfire” in the passage?

A．Cause something unpleasant to happen.

B．Add more fuel to make a bigger fire.

C．Have an unexpected and undesired effect.

D．Walk backwards and make a fire.

3. Which of the following is NOT true of Professor Cuddy’s concepts?

A．Trust is more important than respect to win a good impression in meeting people for the first time.

B．Young people tend to win people’s respect instead of winning people’s trust early in their careers.

C．How far away a person goes depends on whether he or she establishes trust among people around.

D．Liars are unlikely to be identified in that their words match their actions well.

4. What can be learned according to the passage?

A．Some people tend to think displaying competence to gain respect makes a good impression.

B．A liar always experiences a feeling of guilt when a lie is leaked.

C．When multiple channels of communication co-operate poorly, a liar can hardly be spotted.

D．Words and actions are equally significant in deciding whether a person is trustworthy.

3 . Small talk, also called chitchat, is short conversations people have with others, while they wait in line at the store, at family events or work. Many people find these small conversations about random topics difficult. Some people say they hate it. Others say small talk is a waste of time. They may even call it idle chitchat or idle chatter, meaning it doesn’t do anything, so they think little of it.    1    .

These exchanges can open doors that may lead to larger, more meaningful conversations. When you first meet someone or talk to someone you don’t know well, it would be awkward to begin a conversation about a really deep topic.    2    Let’s say you make small talk with someone at a party. But they only want to talk about their cats. Then you can talk about animals together first, which may lead the conversation to the way you want.

    3    Chatting with a colleague about his child may help you to understand more of his life outside the office. This could help build healthy work relationships.

Small talk could even help your larger communities----your relationships with neighbors and colleagues. Exchanging a recipe with a neighbor may make her noises upstairs easier to live with.

    4    Most people said they do not talk to strangers while travelling on a subway. Researchers at the University of Chicago then asked some participants in a study to talk to people while communicating to work on a train. They found that those who made small talk with strangers were happier than those who sat alone.    5    Maybe your life will become more cheerful just because of it.

A．Small talk may make you happier.

B．So why not try talking to someone?

C．Small talk can give you the chance to start.

D．However, some people are not good at small talk.

E．However, small talk is of great importance to everyone.

F．Small talk can also increase your feeling of understanding.

G．It’s easy to start a conversation by sharing the same experience.

4 . Could the device, smartphone or PC, which you re using affect the moral decisions you make when using it? To test it, researchers presented multiple dilemmas to a sample set of 1,010 people. The participants were assigned a device at random.

One case of the questions participants were asked is the classic “trolley(有轨电车) problem”: A runaway trolley is headed towards five people tied up on a set of train tracks. You can do nothing, resulting in the deaths of five people, or push a man off a bridge, which will stop the trolley. The practical response is to kill one man to save five lives, which 33. 5 percent of smartphone users chose, compared to 22.3 percent of PC users.

“What we round in our study is that when people used a smartphone to view classic moral problems, they were more likely to make more unemotional, reasonable decisions when presented with a highly emotional dilemma,” Dr Albert Barque-Duran, the lead author of the study, told City, University of London. “This could be due to the increased time pressure often   present with smartphones and also the increased psychological distance which can occur when we use such devices compared to PCs.”

As for why the researchers started this study, Dr Barque-Duran noted, “Due to the fact that our social lives, work and even shopping take place online, it is important to think about how the contexts where we typically face moral decisions and are asked to engage in moral behavior have changed, and the impact this could have on the hundreds of millions of people who use such devices daily.” It’s clear that we need more research on how our devices affect our moral decision making because we’re using screens at an ever increasing rate.

1. Why did the author mention the trolley problem?

A．To introduce a difficult problem to readers.

B．To introduce the aim of carrying out the study.

C．To show an example of the questions in the study

D．To show the difficulty in dealing with dilemmas.

2. How do the smartphone users of the study behave in dealing with emotional dilemmas?

A．Calmly.	B．Cruelly.
C．Hesitantly.	D．Enthusiastically.

3. Dr Albert believes that compared with PCs, smartphones ________.

A．help people bear more pressure

B．help people make decisions quick

C．make people feel more mentally distant

D．make people stay happier to solve problems

4. What can we infer from the text?

A．Shopping online has a great effect on making moral decisions.

B．The people using smartphones are more than those using PCs.

C．People who often use smartphones or PCs always meet with dilemmas,

D．It is common for people to be involved in making moral decisions in daily life.

5 . You’ve probably been asked what you would do if you found a leather wallet full of cash. Would you keep it. turn it in to the police or ask for a ______? Woralop, a homeless man from Thailand, only had 9 baht to his ______ when he found a leather wallet ______ 20,000 baht and several credit cards in it.

It was more than ______ to buy him food and even a place to stay for weeks.______, he didn’t think about keeping the wallet. He ran after the owner to ______ it, after seeing him dropping it ______. He wasn’t able to run fast enough to ______ the man, so he went straight to the nearest police station to ______ it over.

The owner, Niity, hadn’t even ______ he had lost the expensive wallet when the police called to tell him they had it. When he learned that a homeless man had turned it in and saw that all the money and credit cards still ______ inside, he was more than totally ______. The owner admitted that if he had no money he probably would have kept it. What a(n)______ person Woralop was!

____ he initially offered Woralop a 2,000 baht reward, Niity later decided to also ______ the man a job at his factory in Bangkok. As a matter of fact, Woralop was more than happy to ______ it. It comes with a 11,000 baht ______ and good accommodation.

Tarika has already started posting ______ of Woralop at his new job on social media. His photos show that Woralop is such a good example that being kind really does ______. When you’re kind to others, others are ______ kind to you.

1.

A．salary

B．chance

C．leave

D．reward

2.

A．identity

B．name

C．body

D．credit

3.

A．within

B．over

C．with

D．beyond

4.

A．enough

B．basic

C．suitable

D．necessary

5.

A．Therefore

B．However

C．Additionally

D．Besides

6.

A．warn

B．remind

C．return

D．check

7.

A．by mistake

B．by design

C．by hand

D．by chance

8.

A．come up with

B．deal with

C．put up with

D．catch up with

9.

A．get

B．hand

C．take

D．turn

10.

A．guessed

B．believed

C．noticed

D．promised

11.

A．remained

B．lay

C．stuck

D．held

12.

A．confused

B．excited

C．surprised

D．upset

13.

A．wonderful

B．honest

C．generous

D．adequate

14.

A．If

B．Because

C．When

D．Although

15.

A．offer

B．fix

C．focus

D．search

16.

A．compare

B．consider

C．accept

D．prepare

17.

A．reward

B．salary

C．cheque

D．tax

18.

A．challenges

B．videos

C．figures

D．photos

19.

A．send up

B．take off

C．pay off

D．give out

20.

A．equally

B．partly

C．completely

D．properly

6 . As a rule, people want to belong to a popular group. A “sense of belong” is a basic social need, and one may feel more pride and security by being part of the popular group.     1    For example, teenagers tend to purchase expensive sneakers of cloths just because their friends buy those things. This is a typical example of “the bandwagon effect(从众效应).”

    2    A bandwagon was a vehicle pulled by horses or oxen. It was used to carry a political candidate of the crowd at a parade(游行). There was an expection that people would easily remember and eventually vote for the candidate riding on the bandwagon. But the result surprised everyone.     3    So the popularity of a candidate could be judged by the number of people who jumped on his wagon. Besides that, there was another interesting aspect to his odd phenomenon.    4    They must have felt better following the choice of the majority at the parade. Over time, the term “bandwagon” has become an expression to describe this tendency.

    5    For example, you may be familiar with words like this: “All teens are in love with this new MP3 player. Magic Eko! Now it’s your turn to find out why!” People are led to believe that they don’t belong to a popular unless they buy Magic Eko. Clearly the bandwagon effect is an important commercial way to encourage customers to buy new products.

A．The term originated in America more than a hundred years ago.

B．The bandwagon effect occurs when people believe in something.

C．The crowd would prefer to join the wagon loaded with more people.

D．People sometimes copy the way others behave in order to enjoy such feelings.

E．Today, the bandwagon effect is most commonly seen in the advertising industry.

F．It happened that many people would actually “jump” onto their favorite candidate’s bandwagon.

G．The increasing popularity of a group encourage more people to “get on the bandwagon” too.

7 . However objective we believe ourselves to be, most of us do not judge a product only on the basis of its advantages, we don’t only _________its quality, value or style before making a decision _________, we are easily influenced by the people around us.

There is nothing_________with this. It is probably a smarter way to make decisions than relying on only our own _________. But it does make life _________for companies. They have long understood that groups of friends and relatives _________ to buy the same products, but understanding the _________ has been tricky. Is it because they are so similar with _________ to how much money they _________ and what television ads they watch that they ____________ arrive at the same decision? Or do they ____________one anther, perhaps out of envy or perhaps because they have____________information about the products?

Research in Finland recently found good ____________that neighbours have a big influence on buying ____________. When one of a person’s ten nearest neighbours bought a car, the ____________that that person would buy a car of the ____________ brand during the next week and a half rose by 86 percent. The researchers argued that it was not just a matter of envy ____________cars seemed to attract neighbours even more. This ____________that people were not trying to keep up with their neighbours, they were eager to ____________them. Since second-hand cars are less reliable, people are more likely to consider others’____________before buying.

1.

A．recognize

B．consider

C．appreciate

D．introduce

2.

A．Otherwise

B．However

C．Instead

D．Therefore

3.

A．normal

B．funny

C．scientific

D．wrong

4.

A．opinions

B．solutions

C．actions

D．traditions

5.

A．happy

B．hard

C．fair

D．simple

6.

A．fail

B．agree

C．pretend

D．tend

7.

A．problems

B．rules

C．reasons

D．methods

8.

A．connection

B．regard

C．relation

D．concern

9.

A．borrow

B．make

C．waste

D．need

10.

A．madly

B．immediately

C．hardly

D．independently

11.

A．help

B．pay

C．copy

D．call

12.

A．shared

B．ignored

C．expected

D．declared

13.

A．excuses

B．results

C．comment

D．evidence

14.

A．power

B．decisions

C．time

D．approaches

15.

A．choices

B．challenges

C．chances

D．changes

16.

A．best

B．worst

C．same

D．different

17.

A．New

B．Used

C．Expensive

D．Cheap

18.

A．suggested

B．promised

C．announced

D．predicted

19.

A．argue with

B．care about

C．live with

D．learn from

20.

A．effort

B．permission

C．recommendation

D．feeling

8 . "It took me a year to complete,all at night.I used almost 500 liters of paint.It was the biggest illegal graffiti（涂鸦）piece ever.

These are the words of a man named Saber from the United States.Saber is talking about a piece of colourful graffiti that he painted in Los Angeles.Saber did not have permission for this painting.It was on city property.Was the graffiti a piece of art?Or was Saber a criminal because he painted it illegally?

Abdal Ullah,a councilor in London,told TIMES magazine,"Graffiti is a crime.It ruins the environment.It makes our neighborhoods feel less safe.And it costs thousands of pounds each year to clean."

Graffiti artists often use high technology paint.This is hard to remove or paint over.Large cities spend millions of.dollars a year to remove graffiti.Graffiti is also often done in places where other criminal behaviour takes place, including violence and the use of illegal drugs.

Some people say that some kinds of graffiti can be considered art.Saber from Los Angeles said,"My painting shows 22 years of intense art making.And I think art is the number one goal for myself.Graffiti is the way I learn.Art gets a bad name because it is considered something only for a few people in society.It is seen as something only a rich or highly educated person can understand.And that is not true.Every single child in the world drew a picture once and had that excitement."

Luckily,there is a group called Writerz Blok in San Diego,California.They set up 12 walls where people can legally paint graffiti.Marcus Tufono,who works at Writerz Blok,explains,"Our goal is to move the illegal graffiti to a legal wall,and then put it on a computer screen and some software,so hat they can take their art and use it around the community.Then graffiti artists have a chance to succeed through their art."

1. Saber's painting was illegal because      .

A．it was painted at night	B．it was on public property
C．its creator was a criminal	D．it was of poor quality

2. What does Paragraph 4 mainly talk about?

A．The advantages of graffiti.	B．The bad effects of graffiti.
C．The cost of removing graffiti.	D．The materials used for graffiti.

3. Which statement may Saber agree with?

A．Graffiti is a type of art.

B．Only a few people understand art.

C．Graffiti is not a good way to create art.

D．Children should be encouraged to draw graffiti.

4. According to the last paragraph,people working at Writerz Blok      .

A．help artists paint graffiti legally

B．encourage people to paint graffiti freely

C．punish people for painting graffiti

D．remove illegal graffiti in their city

9 . I hate Black Friday sales. It’s often a gathering of people who are here for many different reasons. Some are looking for a deal on that one item for their loved one, or perhaps themselves. Their intentions are completely unrelated to the festive time of the year.

It was several years ago when my wife asked me to meet her at the local department store on Black Friday morning. They had advertised a child’s bike that she wanted to purchase for our son. We stood with a very large crowd, waiting for the manager to blow the whistle. After a while the whistle blew, it was like throwing a bucket of small fish into a tank of sharks. I suddenly felt my wife’s hope was slim. I told her that if we obtained a bike, fine, but if we did not, I was OK with that too.

As the pile of bikes began to gradually decrease in size, I saw my polite opportunity to wrap my hands around the comer of one of the boxes. I lifted it up and suddenly felt some mild resistance. I looked up see one of the largest gentlemen I had ever seen in my life. Frightening was not the word to describe his presence. He wore lots of belts of metal studded leather around both arms and even his neck. Tattoos (纹身) were an obvious passion of his.

I started to give up the box but he gently pushed it back in my direction and back into my hands. He then directed it into my shopping cart. He looked at me, smiled, and said, “Merry Christmas.” My wife and I went to the checkout, paid for the bike and went home. All the way home I was thinking that this moment was by far the best gift I had ever received for Christmas. The kindness of a stranger broke all preconceived notions (预想) I may have had of stereotypes and prejudices.

1. How did the author feel when going into the store?

A．The crowd was like small fish.	B．They might not get the bike.
C．He was excited to do the shopping.	D．The whistle was blown too late.

2. What happened when the author was buying the bike?

A．He was scared by a man’s look at first.	B．A gentleman bought the bike for him.
C．A stranger helped him lift the box.	D．He gave up the bike he first touched.

3. What can we learn from the author’s experience?

A．Look before you leap.	B．Custom is a second nature.
C．Doing is better than saying.	D．Don’t judge a book by its cover.

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

A．Black Friday Sales	B．My son’s best bike
C．The best Christmas gift	D．A strange gentleman

10 . Traditionally, it has been the worker's role to work and management's role to manage.

Managers have planned and directed the finds operations with little thought of consulting the labor force. Managers have rarely felt forced to obtain the worker's opinions or to explain their decisions to their employees. At most, companies have provided "suggestion boxes" in which workers could place ideas for improving procedures. In recent years, however, many management specialists have been arguing that workers are more than sellers of labor—they have a vital stake (利害关系) in the company and may be able to make significant contributions to its management. Furthermore, major company decisions affect workers and their dependants. This is particularly true of plant closings, which may put thousands on the unemployment lines. Should workers, then, play a stronger role in management?

Workers should have a role in management. At the very least, the labor force should be informed of major policy decisions. A common complaint among ordinary workers is the lack of information about company policies and actions. Between 1980 and 1985 about five million workers were the victims of plant closings and permanent layoffs (失业) , often with no warning. At least 90 days' notice ought to he given in such circumstances so that workers have time to adjust. Management should consult workers before closing a plant, because the workers might be able to suggest ways of improving productivity and reducing costs and might be willing to make concessions (妥协) that will help keep the plant operating.

It should become a general practice to include workers in some managerial decision making. There ought to be representatives of the workers on the firm's board of directors or other major policy-making groups. If ordinary workers are given a voice in the planning and management of the work flow, they will help to make improvements, their spirits will rise, and their productivity will increase. As a further incentive (激励), they must be given a share in the company's profits. This can be done through employee stock ownership plans (员工持股计划), bonuses, or rewards for efficiency and productivity. Finally, when a plant can no longer operate at a profit, the workers should be given the opportunity to purchase the plant and run it themselves.

1. What can we learn about managers from Paragraph l?

A．They were not quite qualified.

B．They disliked "suggestion boxes".

C．They never consulted the labor force.

D．They seldom obtained workers' opinions.

2. In recent years, many management specialists have been arguing that workers ________.

A．are not sellers of the products any longer

B．should have a say in management of the company

C．are less affected by company decisions than before

D．are able to make the final decisions for the company

3. According to the passage, what happened between 1980 and 1985?

A．Workers did not make necessary concessions.

B．Many companies were closed because of strikes.

C．Managers consulted workers before closing a plant.

D．About 5 million workers were laid off without advance notice.

4. If they are not given a voice in managerial decision making, workers ________.

A．cannot get a share in the company's profits

B．will not have the opportunity to purchase the plant

C．may lack the incentive to increase their productivity

D．can still get bonuses for efficiency and productivity