1 . Life is for living according to the well-used expression. Sometimes what we wish to do is not completely up to us.     1     Many of us write a list of things we’d like to do before we leave this world—often called a bucket list (人生愿望清单).

Bucket lists have been called “the greatest hits of your life” and have helped some people get over anxiety to follow their dreams. Some of us may choose to write one to fill our life with new experiences, from skydiving to swimming with sharks.     2    

This is something the BBC radio programme “All in the Mind” has been looking at. It heard from a blogger called Julie, who said she made a promise to live her bucket list.     3     Such a list can be exciting and can indeed help plan your life and give you focus.

    4     But some people have argued it can be used as a strategy to try to control something that is actually uncontrollable. Clinical psychologist Linda Blair told the BBC that she was “not really in favour of bucket lists, which take you away from the natural chances.”

It’s probably true that a list can encourage people to follow someone else’s idea. But why not at least dream of what we would like to do?     5     Whether we want to plan it or just see what happens, we should have our dreams.

A．The list can sometimes be crazy.

B．Working hard helps realize bucket lists.

C．Creating bucket lists can certainly give us hope.

D．How about making a bucket list once in a while?

E．Why not reach for the stars, even if we only reach the sky?

F．She dreams of cycling around the world and pushing her limits.

G．But there is no harm in dreaming about what we want in our life.

3 . I always dreamed of studying abroad, to learn at a world-class university while further exploring the grounds on which these nations achieved new milestones of development with each passing day.

To study abroad after my graduation, I could not stop seeking my dream. To take the first step, I did some brainstorming and explored opportunities on the Internet and finally decided to go for China. There were a number of reasons behind it - its advanced education system and thousands of centuries of rich culture inspired me to study there. The primary one was my curiosity how a nation has left many nations behind in a short time at its fast pace of development.

So just like that, I applied, along with some of my friends, for a master's degree program at Communication University of China. I was the only one who got selected in the said program and in addition, the Chinese Scholarship Council sponsored all of my expenses. This good news was welcomed by my family.

This is my seventh month in Beijing. In my experience so far, one thing that appeared to be missing was the internship (实习)which I tried to find because I want to work here after completion of my studies. After some struggles I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to work as an intern with the Center for China and Globalization (CCG). It' s very exciting to work on their team as a researcher. Now I can proudly say that my decision to choose China as a study destination was the best decision I have ever made.

1. The writer writes the first paragraph mainly to       .

A．encourage people to pursue dreams

B．summarize the main idea of the text

C．explain the reason for writing the passage

D．add some background information

2. What is the most important reason for the author coming to China?

A．China's rich culture.

B．His curiosity.

C．China's advanced education system.

D．His family's support.

3. What can we learn about the author from the last paragraph?

A．He is most proud of living in China.

B．He wants to be a researcher in his own country in the future.

C．He plans to work in China after graduation.

D．He found a job upon arriving in Beijing.

4. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．Learning and Working in China

B．Travel Experiences in China

C．Realization of Dreams in China

D．Importance of Having Dreams

4 . Larry was on another of his underwater expeditions(探险)but this time, it was different. He decided to take his daughter along with him. She was only ten years old. This would be her first trip with her father on what he had always been famous for.
Larry first began diving when he was his daughter’s age. Similarly, his father had taken him along on one of his expeditions. Since then, he had never looked back. Larry started out by renting diving suits from the small diving shop just along the             shore. He had hated them. They were either too big or too small. Then, there was the instructor. He gave him a short lesson before allowing him into the water with his father. He had made an exception. Larry would never have been able to go down             without at least five hours of theory and another similar number of hours on practical lessons with a guide. Children his age were not even allowed to dive.
After the first expedition, Larry’s later diving adventures only got better and better. There was never a dull moment. In his black and blue suit and with an oxygen tank fastened on his back, Larry dived from boats into the middle of the ocean. Dangerous             areas did not prevent him from continuing his search. Sometimes, he was limited to a cage underwater but that did not bother him. At least, he was still able to take photographs of the underwater creatures.
Larry’s first expedition without his father was in the Cayman Islands. There were numerous diving spots in the area and Larry was determined to visit all of them. Fortunately for him, a man offered to take him around the different Spots for free. Larry didn’t even know what the time was, how many spots he dived into or how many photographs he had taken. The diving spots afforded such a wide array of fish and sea creatures that Larry saw more than thirty varieties of creatures.
Larry looked at his daughter. She looked as excited as he had been when he was her age. He hoped she would be able to continue the family tradition. Already, she looked like she was much braver than had been then. This was the key to a successful             underwater expedition.
1. In what way was this expedition different for Larry?

A．His daughter had grown up.

B．He had become a famous diver.

C．His father would dive with him.

D．His daughter would dive with him.

2. What can be inferred from Paragraph2?

A．Larry had some privileges.

B．Larry liked the rented diving suits.

C．Divers had to buy diving equipment.

D．Ten-year-old children were permitted to dive.

3. Why did Larry have to stay in a cage underwater sometimes?

A．To protect himself from danger.

B．To dive into the deep water.

C．To admire the underwater view.

D．To take photo more conveniently.

4. What can be learned from the underlined sentence?

A．Larry didn’t wear a watch.

B．Larry was not good at math.

C．Larry had a poor memory.

D．Larry enjoyed the adventure.

5. What did Larry expect his daughter to do?

A．Become a successful diver.

B．Make a good diving guide.

C．Take a lot of photo underwater.

D．Have longer hours of training.

5 . Most children are full of the most impractical schemes for becoming policemen, firemen or train drivers when they grow up. When I was a child, however, I did not have such ordinary ambitions. I was going to have my own zoo.

At the time, this did not seem to me, and still does not seem, an unreasonable idea. My friends and relatives, who had long found me strange because I showed little interest in anything that did not have fur or feathers, accepted this as just another example of my strangeness. They felt that, if they ignored my often-repeated remarks about owning my own zoo, I would eventually grow out if it.

As the years passed, however, my determination to have my own zoo grew increasingly strong, and eventually, after going on a number of trips to bring back animals for other zoos, I was ready to start my own.

From my latest trip to West Africa, I had brought back a considerable collection and animals which were living, temporarily I assured her, in my sister’s suburban garden in Bournemouth. After a number of unsuccessful attempts to convince the local council to support my plans, I began to investigate the possibility of starting my zoo on the island of Jersey in the English Cannel.

I was introduced to a man named Hugh Fraser who, I was told, was a broad-minded, kindly soul. He would show me around the island and point out suitable sites. So, my wife and I flew to Jersey and were met by Hugh who drove us to his family home, probably one of the most beautiful old houses on the island. There was a huge walled garden with lots of outbuildings all built in the beautiful local stone. Turning to my wife, I said, “What a marvelous place for a zoo!”

To my relief, Hugh Fraser did not think my idea absurd, and asked whether I really meant what I said. Slightly embarrassed, I replied that I had meant it, but added hastily that I realized it was impossible. Hugh said he did not think it was as impossible as all that.

He went on to explain that the house and grounds were too big for him, and so he wanted to move to a smaller place in England. Would I care to consider renting the property for the purpose of establishing my zoo? I could not imagine more attractive surroundings for my purposes, and by the time lunch was over, the bargain had been sealed.

The alarm displayed by all who knew me when this news was announced was intense. The only exception to the general chorus of disapproval was my sister. Although she thought it a mad scheme, at least it would rid her back garden of the assorted jungle creatures who were straining her relationship with her neighbours.

1. How did the author’s friends and relatives respond to his childhood dream?

A．They approved of his idea.

B．They paid no attention to him.

C．They believed he’d give it up later on.

D．They thought he was overly ambitious.

2. What made the author decide to start his zoo on the island of Jersey?

A．Refusal by the local council to support his idea.

B．Inspiration from his last trip to West Africa.

C．Failure to get donation from other zoos.

D．The need for a larger suburban garden.

3. Why did Hugh eventually agree to rent his property to the author?

A．Hugh also loved animals very much.

B．Hugh found it hard to manage the property by himself.

C．Hugh didn’t like the place so decided to move to England.

D．Hugh was moved by the author’s eagerness to establish a zoo.

4. What can be inferred about the author’s sister?

A．She was fond of chorus.

B．She was sure of his success.

C．She didn’t get on well with her parents.

D．She was being troubled by his animals.

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Getting rid of the bad habit of procrastination (拖延症) is now my goal of life. My first step was to set small targets what can be reached realistically. For example, I plan to set a timetable for my study. So after school, I will put finishing homework in the last place. Additionally, I will make a list of my important task including their due dates but follow my schedule strictly. I will avoid find excuses for putting them off. At same time, I will ask for my friends and parents to help me. By achieving this small targets, I have confident that I will overcome procrastination.

7 . How far would you be willing to go to satisfy your need to know? Far enough to find out your possibility of dying from a terrible disease? These days that’s more than an academic question, as Tracy Smith reports in our Cover Story.
There are now more than a thousand genetic tests, for everything from baldness to breast cancer, and the list is growing. Question is, do you really want to know what might eventually kill you? For instance, Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson, one of the first people to map their entire genetic makeup, is said to have asked not to be told if he were at a higher risk for Alzheimer’（老年痴呆症）.
“If I tell you that you have an increased risk of getting a terrible disease, that could weigh on your mind and make you anxious, through which you see the rest of your life as you wait for that disease to hit you. It could really mess you up.” said Dr. Robert Green, a Harvard geneticist.
“Every ache and pain,” Smith suggested, could be understood as “the beginning of the end.” “That’s right. If you ever worried you were at risk for Alzheimer’s disease, then every time you can’t find your car in the parking lot, you think the disease has started.”
Dr. Green has been thinking about this issue for years. He led a study of people who wanted to know if they were at a higher genetic risk for Alzheimer’s. It was thought that people who got bad news would, for lack of a better medical term, _____ But Green and his team found that there was “no significant difference” between how people handled good news and possibly the worst news of their lives. In fact, most people think they can handle it. People who ask for the information usually can handle the information, good or bad, said Green.
1. The first paragraph is meant to__________.

A．ask some questions

B．introduce the topic

C．satisfy readers’ curiosity

D．describe an academic fact

2. Which of the following is true of James Watson？

A．He is strongly in favor of the present genetic tests.

B．He is more likely to suffer from Alzheimer’s disease.

C．He believes genetic mapping can help cure any disease.

D．He doesn’t want to know his chance of getting a disease.

3. According to Paragraphs 3 and 4, if a person is at a higher genetic risk, it is__________.

A．advisable not to let him know

B．impossible to hide his disease

C．better to inform him immediately

D．necessary to remove his anxiety

4. The underlined part “freak out” in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to“_________”.

A．break down	B．drop out
C．leave off	D．turn away

5. The study led by Dr. Green indicates that people__________.

A．prefer to hear good news

B．tend to find out the truth

C．can accept some bad news

D．have the right to be informed

8 . Silk production has a long and colourful history unknown to most people. Scientific discoveries have shown that silk production existed in China from around 2500 B.C., although it could be much older. For hundreds of years, China kept the secret of silk to itself as one for the most closely protected secrets in history. Anyone revealing the secret of silkworms or trying to take silkworm eggs out of ancient China was punished by death.
At one time silk was reserved only for the Chinese emperor. Gradually, others began wearing silk. In addition to being used for clothing, silk came to have industrial uses in ancient China, something that happened in the West only in modern times. Silk was used to make musical instruments, fishing lines, weapons, ropes and even paper. During the Han Dynasty silk became a form of money. Farmers paid taxes in both rice and silk. The prices of goods were calculated in lengths of silk just as they had once been calculated in gold. The importance of silk is even reflected in the Chinese language. For example, of the 5000 most common Chinese characters, around 500 have silk as their “key”.
In spite of their secrecy, the Chinese eventually lost their monopoly on silk production. It reached Korea in around 200 B.C. when immigrants from China arrived there. Silk production came to India in 300 A.D.. It was not until 500 A.D. that silk production came to Europe when travellers ______ silkworms in hollow tubes of bamboo. These were used to establish silk industry in Rome (modern-day Italy), although Chinese silk was still considered to be the best.
Silk was brought to Rome from China by means of the Silk Road. There were actually two Silk Roads, one over land and one on the sea. The land route in particular had a huge effect in history. All sorts of trade goods — silver, gold, jade, porcelain — passed along this road. Ideas travelled the Silk Road too. For example the religion of Buddhism was carried to China from India by traders on the Silk Road. The Silk Road created the first international culture, exposing many people to the ideas and treasures of both Western and Chinese cultures.
1. How was China able to keep the secret of silk production?

A．It refused to sell its silk to other countries.

B．Foreigners were not permitted to enter China.

C．The silkworms needed were not able to survive outside China.

D．Chinese passing on the secret to foreigners were seriously punished.

2. Which of the following uses of silk is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A．A way of purchasing goods people sold.

B．A material used for making different products.

C．A method of paying money to the government.

D．A valuable gift given to foreigners travelling in China.

3. In what order did silk production spread throughout the world according to the passage?

A．Europe àIndia àKorea àChina.	B．China àKorea àIndia àEurope.
C．China àIndia àKorea àEurope.	D．China àEurope àIndia àKorea.

4. The underlined phrase “smuggled out” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ________.

A．quietly traded	B．openly removed
C．illegally transported	D．violently stole

5. Which of the following is true about the Silk Road?

A．It allowed for economic and cultural exchanges between countries.

B．It made China the most powerful country in the ancient world.

C．It could only be completed by travellers with access to a boat.

D．It was first developed for transferring religious ideas.

9 . Many of us mistakenly believe that it’s wrong to think we have any good qualities. We may spend a lot of time blaming ourselves for our negative qualities, thinking that self criticism is the key to improving our performance. However, a constant focus on our supposed shortcomings can stop our efforts to make friends with other people. How can we believe that others could like us if we believe our inner being is flawed?
If someone seems to dislike you, the reason for that dislike might have little or nothing to do with you. The person who doesn’t like you might be fearful, or shallow or busy or shy. Perhaps you and that person are simply a mismatch for each other at this particular time.
Don’t take yourself out of the game by deciding that your flaws are bigger than your good qualities. In fact, some of the very qualities you consider to be flaws may be irresistible to someone else. Although some factors that might cause one person to reject you, there are at least many factors that will work in your favor.
You might be thirty pounds over your ideal weight, but you may have a wonderful laugh and a real enthusiasm for life. There are many people who don’t mind your extra pounds. You may drive a shabby car, but you might be a great dancer and a loyal friend. There are people out there   looking for loyalty, or fun, or sweetness, or wisdom, and the package it comes in is not important. If you are worried that you are not beautiful enough to attract friends, keep in mind that not everyone is looking for physical beauty in their friends. You can decide to feel inferior because you don’t have much money and you don’t drive a nice car. You can believe that this is the reason                                                                 
that you don’t have many friends in your life. On the other hand, if you are very wealthy you may be suspicious that everyone is after your money and that nobody really likes you as a person.
The point is that you can focus on just about anything and believe it’s the reason you do not have friends and cannot make any.
1. According to the passage,         plays an important role in making friends.

A．admitting your shortcomings	B．self criticism
C．modesty	D．confidence

2. If you are not liked by a person,        .

A．you should find the reason in yourself

B．you’d better talk with the person face to face

C．you may not be the one to be blamed

D．you and that person misunderstand each other

3. We can learn from the third paragraph that        .

A．your good qualities may make you earn more money

B．your weakness may also be your strengths in some way

C．your negative qualities may cause you to lose friends

D．you’ll have few friends if you don’t share the same interest

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the author?

A．It is important to lose weight.

B．It is easier for a wealthy person to make friends.

C．Inner qualities are more important than physical appearance.

D．If you are not beautiful enough, try to improve your physical beauty.

5. What do you think the author is most likely to suggest if he continues to write?

A．How to find your good qualities.	B．How to make friends.
C．How to make self criticism.	D．How to keep fit.

10 . III. 阅读（共20小题；
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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1685 was a very good year for German composers. Within the space of a month, two of the greatest were born: Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frederic Handel.
Handel’s father was a barber and surgeon, which sounds like a strange combination today, but back then those occupations went hand in hand. Even though Handel was very interested in music, his father didn’t think that was a good way to earn a living, so he wanted his son to be a lawyer. The story goes that Handel smuggled a quiet piano into the house so that he could practise in secret.
One day, Handel went along when his father went to shave a duke. While his father was working, Handel sat down and played the duke’s organ. The duke was so impressed that he convinced Handel’s father to let his son study music, and Handel finally got to learn how to compose.
Handel soon discovered that what he liked most was opera. In fact, he was so passionate about opera that he even fought a duel (决斗) over it with one of his friends. Since Italy was the place to learn about opera composing, Handel went off to Italy to study. When he got home, he got a job as court composer for a German prince.
Having landed such a wonderful job, Handel immediately asked his boss for time off. He wanted to go to England, where he’d heard that there weren’t nearly enough composers to satisfy the British taste for Italian opera.
After great success writing opera in London, Handel came back to Germany. Then fate played a funny trick on Handel and his boss. The Queen of England died, and it just so happened that the prince Handel worked for was next in line to the British throne. When he arrived in London as King George, followed Handel, his court composer in Germany.
In addition to serving the King, Handel became one of the most successful opera composers of his time. And he also produced them and traveled all over Europe to hire the best singers. There are stories of battles with rival opera producers and of fights between rival singers. Handel apparently had quite a temper.
If you ever go to London, look for Handel’s grave in Westminster Abbey, where there’s a wonderful monument to him.
1. How did Handel begin to learn to compose?

A．His father was sure of his future success.

B．His performance impressed a duke.

C．He begged his father to send him to Italy.

D．He practised hard and taught himself music.

2. What does the underlined word “smuggled” mean in the passage?

A．bought secretly

B．took secretly

C．carried in advance

D．possessed personally

3. Why did Handel later settle down in Britain instead of Germany?

A．Because he could find better jobs in London.

B．Because he enjoyed greater fame in London.

C．Because his boss became King of Britain and brought him along.

D．Because London was a wonderful place to learn about opera.

4. Which of the following words can NOT be used to describe Handel, as shown in the passage?

A．bad-tempered

B．talented

C．enthusiastic

D．optimistic

5. Which the following statements is WRONG according to the passage?

A．Handel was born in the same year with Bach.

B．Many people worked both as a barber and surgeon.

C．Handel quit his job to learn about opera in Italy. Handel was buried in London and was built a monument.