1 . One day, I went to my favorite café for lunch. I
He clearly had more of a
| A．booked | B．ordered | C．took | D．selected |
| A．commands | B．contributions | C．introductions | D．directions |
| A．heard | B．withdrew | C．graduated | D．learned |
| A．simple | B．careless | C．timely | D．significant |
| A．However | B．Therefore | C．Besides | D．Moreover |
| A．power | B．success | C．luck | D．strength |
| A．admitting | B．recognizing | C．ignoring | D．considering |
| A．benefit | B．ambition | C．need | D．chance |
| A．signal | B．warning | C．decision | D．effort |
| A．agreeing | B．expecting | C．doubting | D．promising |
| A．responses | B．appointments | C．lunches | D．debates |
| A．In terms of | B．In favor of | C．In case of | D．In place of |
| A．public | B．vain | C．particular | D．common |
| A．hit | B．made | C．put | D．got |
| A．applied | B．limited | C．compared | D．referred |
| A．drove | B．raced | C．rode | D．turned |
| A．patiently | B．clearly | C．honestly | D．casually |
| A．weakness | B．quietness | C．business | D．willingness |
| A．concluded | B．remembered | C．realized | D．decided |
| A．adapt to | B．participate in | C．deal with | D．rely on |
2 . In the animal kingdom, weakness can bring about aggression in other animals. This sometimes happens with humans also. But I have found that my weakness brings out the kindness in people. I see it every day when people hold doors for me, pour cream into my coffee, or help me to put on my coat. And I have discovered that it makes them happy.
From my wheelchair experience, I see the best in people, but sometimes I feel sad because those who appear independent miss the kindness I see daily. They don’t get to see this soft side of others. Often, we try every way possible to avoid showing our weakness, which includes a lot of pretending. But only when we stop pretending we're brave or strong do we allow people to show the kindness that’s in them.
Last month, when I was driving home on a busy highway, I began to feel unwell and drove more slowly than usual. People behind me began to get impatient and angry, with some speeding up alongside me, horning (按喇叭)or even shouting at me. At the moment I decided to do something I had never done in twenty-four years of driving. I put on the car flashlights and drove on at a really low speed.
No more angry shouts and no more horns!
When I put on my flashlights, I was saying to other drivers, “I have a problem here. I am weak and doing the best I can. And everyone understood. Several times, I saw drivers who wanted to pass. They couldn’t get around me because of the stream of passing traffic. But instead of getting impatient and angry, they waited, knowing the driver in front of them was in some way weak.
Sometimes situations call for us to act strong and brave even when we don’t feel that way. But those are few and far between. More often, it would be better if we don’t, pretend we feel strong when we feel weak or pretend that we are brave when we are scared.
1. People will feel happy, according to the author's findings, when __________.| A．they offer their help to others | B．they receive others’ help |
| C．they feel others’ kindness to them | D．they show their weakness to other people |
| A．Because he has a soft heart, showing sympathy to others. |
| B．Because he is disabled and relies much on others. |
| C．Because some people pretend to be kind, but in fact they are not. |
| D．Because some people fail to see the kindness in others. |
| A．They sped up to pass because they didn’t want to wait. |
| B．They stopped their cars to offer help. |
| C．丁hey put on their flashlights too. |
| D．They waited with patience. |
| A．be independent of others and handle problems by ourselves |
| B．accept help from others for everything |
| C．admit our weakness |
| D．show our bravery |
3 . Throughout our daily lives, we have known plenty of people and will know more. But how can we tell if someone is trustworthy? In a paper published recently in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, researcher gave us the answer.
The researchers asked 401 adults from the United States to fill out a questionnaire measuring their guilt-proneness(内疚倾向) in different situations as well as several other qualities, and then play a short online game. In this game, Player 1 is given $1, which they can choose to give to Player2. Any money given to Player 2 is then automatically increased to $2.50. Player 2 can then decide whether to keep all of the money or behave in a trustworthy way by returning a portion of the money to Player 1. The researchers found more guilt-prone people were more likely to share the money with Player1. Actually, in follow-up studies, guilt-proneness predicted trustworthiness better than other personality qualities the researchers measured.
Why might guilt lead to trustworthy behavior? The researchers found people who were guilt-prone also reported feeling an obligation to act in ethical(合乎道德的) and responsible ways while interacting(互动) with their partners in the game. People who are guilt-prone tend to avoid engaging in behavior that might harm or disappoint others. If they do something bad, guilt encourages them to try to make things right again.
Then， how can we use this research to ascertain whether someone is trustworthy? “One way to do this might be observe how they respond to experience regret,” lead author Emma Levine, assistant professor at the University of Chicago Levine, explains. Another way is to ask them to describe a difficult dilemma they faced in the past, suggests co-author Taya Cohen, associate professor at Carnegie Mellon University. This is particularly effective, Cohen and her colleagues have found, because it allows us to see if they’re concerned about the effects their actions have on others.
1. What may make others feel that we are reliable according to the text?| A．Our good qualities to help them out. |
| B．Our tendency to experience guilt. |
| C．Our kind attitude towards them. |
| D．Our team spirit in the game. |
| A．A sense of responsibility. |
| B．A feeling of disappointment. |
| C．The way one interacts with others. |
| D．The ability to tell right from wrong. |
| A．Ask | B．Express |
| C．Describe | D．Determine |
| A．By providing background. |
| B．By making a lot of comparisons. |
| C．By answering the raised questions. |
| D．By analyzing effects of guilt-proneness. |
4 . After a salon(美发厅) turns away a physically challenged woman, a stranger makes a truly beautiful gesture. “Beauty isn’t about having a pretty face. It’s about having a pretty mind, a pretty heart, and a pretty soul, Oh, and pretty nails!” That may well be Angela Peters’s motto.
Last July, Peters, 36, rolled her wheelchair into a nail salon at the Walmart shopping center in Burton, Michigan, with the idea of painting her fingers. But Peters was turned away. The salon told her that they were afraid it would be too difficult to properly paint her nails given that her hands shook, What was meant to be a clay of happiness for Peters was now a disappointment.
Ebony Harris, 40, saw everything and approached Peters. Harris offered to do her nails. They shopped for nail polish. They settled on a bright blue — a statement color that would catch every eye. They then made their way into a neighboring Subway, found a table for two, and set up shop. Harris gently took Peters’s hand into hers and carefully began painting her nails.
Watching it all with awe and admiration was Subway employee Tasia Smith. What struck her most was the ease and gentleness displayed by Harris as she painted Peters’s nails, all the while chatting as if they were old friends.
Peters, who runs a poetry website, heavenlypoems. com, harbors(心怀) no bitterness toward the nail salon that turned her away. (The salon says they refused to offer Peters service because they were too busy.) “When people do us wrong we must forgive,” Peters wrote on her website. “I just want to educate people that people with different challenges, like being in a wheelchair, can have our own business and get our nails done like anyone else.”
1. Why did Peters go to the Walmart shopping centre?| A．To go shopping. | B．To eat at a Subway. |
| C．To meet her friend Harris. | D．To have her nails painted. |
| A．That she was disabled. | B．That she was turned away. |
| C．That the salon was busy. | D．That she had no nail polish. |
| A．Mean. | B．Optimistic. |
| C．Caring. | D．Stubborn. |
| A．It’s better to use websites to educate people. |
| B．The salon has its reasonable reason to refuse her. |
| C．Those who did something wrong should not be forgiven. |
| D．People with different challenges should be treated equally. |
5 . You’ll find it amazing to support people when you go out to eat! Just look for restaurants that hire people with disabilities，which are making the world a more inclusive place. Each bakery，café and restaurant below has a wonderful and heartwarming story.
Hugs Care: McKinney，Texas
Ruth Thompson once had a vision to create a nonprofit café that would be run and operated primarily by adults with special needs. With hard work，a strong passion and an amazing team，Hugs Café opened its doors in 2015.“Hugs Café is now so much more than a job to our 23 teammates，which is enhancing the meaningful lives of adults with special needs through training and employment at Hugs Café. Thompson says.
Vinny＆Bay’s Coffee and Eatery: Panama City，Florida
“A lot of people plan their vacations around coming to this coffee shop，”says café owner Kara Rigby. Vinny ＆ Bay’s Coffee and Eatery was established “so that Baylee had a place to work，”Rigby adds. Baylee is Rigby’s daughter’s friend who has a disability. The coffee shop’s goal become training for individuals like Baylee. Some workers have even started at Vinny ＆ Bay’ s and were able to work in a regular workplace. Rigby says that her employees” have a whole lot more abilities than disabilities. They love unconditionally，and it changes the whole environment and business.” Rigby believes that incorporating even just one or two disabled individuals into a business can change the whole atmosphere—for the better!
Sugar Pl um Bakery: Virginia Beach，Virginia
Head to Sugar Plum Bakery to find a delicious carrot cake and see people with disabilities successfully working alongside none—disabled workers. Sugar Plum has been promoting the integration of adult s with developmental disabilities by providing training and employment opportunities to more than 1，000 people with disabilities since 1987.Whether they’re scooping cookies or making cupcakes，Sugar Plum’s disabled employees are the backbone of the bakery.
1. What do the three restaurants have in common?| A．They are established by adults with special needs. |
| B．They are supported by charities or local government. |
| C．The provide training and employment to disabled individuals. |
| D．The employers and employees there are all individuals with disabilities. |
| A．Hugs Café set up in 1987 now has 23 teammates |
| B．Rigby founded her coffee shop to help Baylee，her daughter |
| C．Disabled individuals are not able to work in a regular workplace |
| D．Sugar P1um Bakery hires both normal people and people with disabilities |
| A．Disabled workers there are the most important part. |
| B．The bakery get s support and strength from backbone. |
| C．The customers are always backing the disabled workers. |
| D．The employees have a whole lot more abilities than disabilities. |
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My father is a policeman. On a cold winter evening, he saw old beggar sitting in a square outside a shopping center. His shoes had been worn out and his toes stick out. See his frozen feet, my father felt sad. He left and returned back with a pair of new shoes and socks, that he bought at a nearby store. He knelt down on the ground but helped the old homeless man put it on. His random act of kindness melted the hearts of the passer-by. A woman brought an old blanket from her house to protect the beggar with the freezing cold. The beggar was touched and said it was nice to know that angels true walk on earth.
7 . Recently whenever I turned on my computer or my mobile phone, news about the great effect of Hurricane Harvey on thousands of people caught my eyes. We saw many unfortunate events. However, there were also the bright news that confirmed the goodness of mankind. As a journalist, I wrote many human interesting stories during my career. That's why the story about the guys in the bakery caught my eyes.
When the staff at a Mexican bakery chain in Houston were trapped inside the building for two days, they didn't sit there feeling sorry for themselves. They used their time wisely after flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey. While they were waiting for the eventual rescue that came on Monday morning, four decided to make as many loaves of bread as possible for their community.
The flood water rose in the street outside. They took advantage of their emergency power supply to bake bread. They used more than 4,200 pounds of flour to create hundreds of loaves and sheets of sweet bread. Although the water kept rising, they continued baking to help more people. By the time the owner managed to get to them, they had made so much bread that we took the loaves to loads of emergency centers across the city for people affected by the floods.
The store manager, Brian Alvarado, told The Independent，“Whenever a disaster occurs, nobody should just feel _forlorn_. Instead，we should take positive action to save ourselves and help others. Our acts of kindness will make a big difference.”
1. What did the bakery store workers do after flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey?| A．They volunteered to make bread for their community. |
| B．They managed to live by selling more bread in the store. |
| C．They felt sorry that they couldn't escape from the store. |
| D．They ate nothing but to wait for their community to rescue them. |
| A．Fortunate. | B．Hopeful. |
| C．Shallow. | D．Desperate. |
| A．Alvarado organized his workers to bake much bread. |
| B．Hurricane Harvey caused a power failure in Houston. |
| C．The staff in the bakery sent enough flour to emergency centers. |
| D．The author preferred to write stories about people facing disasters. |
| A．A Popular Mexican Bakery Chain in Houston |
| B．Wait for the Eventual Rescue in a Big Disaster |
| C．All Kinds of Disasters Caused by Hurricane Harvey in Houston |
| D．Bake Bread to Make a Difference in Face of Hurricane Harvey |
8 . It was the 2015 “super storm” in New South Wales that restored my faith in people.
During a break in the weather, I stupidly decided to drive into town to buy some groceries. However, as I left the supermarket and drove back, the weather took a turn for the worse.
The man, who introduced himself as Trent, then invited me to wait inside his house with his wife, Kayti and their two daughters. I told him I was concerned about the damage to my car, as the continuing rain was starting to turn into hail (冰雹).Trent then grabbed a blanket from his garage and covered my car.
By 11:00 a.m., the electricity and phone services had both gone.
When the hail stopped, I shook Trent’s hand and kissed Kayti goodbye.
As I went out the door, I asked Trent for two of his business cards. My father has since called to offer him a job as a clerk at his company.
| A．It began pouring so heavily that I was forced to stop. |
| B．The couple were so modest as I thanked them for their help. |
| C．I was surprised that he didn’t ask for anything in return for his assistance. |
| D．I was grateful to escape the running water that was about to drown my car. |
| E．I tried driving faster to escape the heavy downpour that was sure to come. |
| F．As a result, I couldn’t contact my parents, despite knowing they’d be worried. |
| G．He was wet but he didn’t seem to mind being out in the wild weather on my behalf. |
9 . Many people spend more than four hours per day on We Chat, and it is redefining the word “friend.” Does friending someone on social media make him or her your friend in real life?
Robin Dunbar, a professor at Oxford University, found that only 15, of the 150 Facebook friends the average user has, could be counted as actual friends and only five as close friends. We Chat may show a similar pattern.
Those with whom you attended a course together, applied for the same part-time job, went to a party and intended to cooperate but failed take up most of your WeChat friends. In chat records, the only message may be a system notice, “You have accepted somebody’s friend request”. Sometimes when seeing some photos shared on “Moments”, you even need several minutes to think about when you became friends. Also, you may be disturbed by mass messages (群发信息) sent from your unfamiliar “friends”, including requests for voting for their children or friends, links from Pinduoduo.com (a Chinese e-commerce platform that allows users to buy items at lower prices if they purchase in groups) and cookie-cutter (千篇一律的) blessings in holidays.
You would have thought about deleting this type of “friends” and sort out your connections. But actually you did not do that as you were taught that social networking is valuable to one’s success. Besides, it would be really awkward if they found that you have unfriended them already. Then, you keep increasing your “friends” in social media and click “like” on some pictures that you are not really interested. But the fact is that deep emotional connections do not come with the increasing number of your friends in social media.
If the number of your friends reaches 150, maintaining these relationships can be tough to you, and sometimes even will make you anxious. According to Robin Dunbar, 150 is the limit of the number of people with whom one can maintain stable social relationships.
1. What can we learn from Robin Dunbar's finding in Paragraph 2?| A．A Facebook user has 250 friends on average. |
| B．Most of the social media friends can be actual friends. |
| C．Among our social media friends, only a few people matter. |
| D．Only 15 people of a person’s Facebook friends can be close friends. |
| A．You have deep communication with them. |
| B．You benefit a lot from their mass messages. |
| C．You just have a nodding acquaintance with them. |
| D．You become friends with them in important occasions. |
| A．Removing unfamiliar friends in WeChat. |
| B．Strengthening ties with your We Chat friends. |
| C．Keeping increasing your friends in social media. |
| D．Clicking “like” on pictures posted by your friends. |
| A．We will be anxious if we make friends online. |
| B．We should avoid making any friends in social media. |
| C．We should make as many friends as possible in social media. |
| D．We have difficulty managing relationships with over 150 people. |
10 . “My wallet! Where is it? ” were my first words when I found out my wallet was lost. I searched my memory for a few good seconds, and then
At that time, all I could
Finally, I painfully
A week later, I received a mysterious
Always
This person didn’t even leave a return
From that day on, I promised myself to follow this example when I was in a
| A．predicted | B．realized | C．explained | D．imagined |
| A．obvious | B．honest | C．exact | D．clear |
| A．Because | B．Although | C．Unless | D．Even |
| A．work | B．reading | C．research | D．search |
| A．crowded | B．noisy | C．clean | D．deserted |
| A．run after | B．hope for | C．remember | D．declare |
| A．hidden | B．picked | C．ignored | D．found |
| A．secretly | B．aimlessly | C．politely | D．angrily |
| A．disappeared | B．hesitated | C．rested | D．escaped |
| A．surprised | B．disappointed | C．satisfied | D．ashamed |
| A．accepted | B．considered | C．changed | D．covered |
| A．present | B．invitation | C．notice | D．package |
| A．wallet | B．book | C．reward | D．treasure |
| A．something | B．nothing | C．everything | D．anything |
| A．exposed | B．described | C．read | D．announced |
| A．keep | B．equip | C．compare | D．connect |
| A．month | B．fortnight | C．week | D．year |
| A．reminder | B．date | C．message | D．address |
| A．disappointing | B．similar | C．different | D．difficult |
| A．annoyed | B．puzzled | C．crazy | D．happy |
