Have you ever thought of quitting your job when you feel exhausted? Maybe most of you would say “yes”. After a particularly busy period at work, I decided to get away from it all by going on a hike in the mountains in southern France.

Before I left, I read an interesting story in a magazine. It read, “Once, while I was riding on a crowded bus, the man sitting next to me threw his cell phone out of the window when his phone rang. I was surprised. He looked at me, shrugged (耸耸肩) and looked away. I had no idea whether it was his or stolen or whether he even knew what a cell phone was or not, but he clearly wanted to be free of it, because it clearly troubled him.

Billions of people across the world use cell phones. Though cell phones are a wonderful way for communication, they often do the exact opposite. Using cell phones can increase stress within families and friends.

So when I recently returned home, I got rid of my cell phone. Now I go outside without taking my phone with me. I’ve noticed things in my neighborhood I never noticed before, such as gardens. I’ve met new people, started conversations with neighbors I didn’t speak to before and talked with some of my friends face to face instead of chatting over the phone. Instead of keeping me off from the world, stopping using my cell phone has helped me get even closer to my family and friends.

1. According to the story, the man on the bus threw away his cell phone because ________.

A．it didn’t work properly	B．it was stolen from someone else
C．he didn’t like the phone’s style	D．he didn’t want to be bothered by it

2. We can learn from the passage that cell phones ________.

A．are too expensive for many people	B．are of no use to the author
C．can also get people into trouble	D．can make life more interesting

3. The main purpose of the passage is to ________.

A．tell us not to let cell phones control our lives	B．encourage others to hike with him in France
C．share his experiences in France with us	D．teach us how to get along with neighbors

A café owner has defended her decision to pen(写) a Facebook post stating “No, we are not child-friendly,” saying it breaks her heart when children damage her possessions.

On Monday, the Little French Café in Newcastle, Australia, posted an announcement on their Facebook page: “Are we child-friendly? If you are looking for a café with a children's menu, a play area, vast space for your baby carriages, an area for your children to run around, and annoy other customers, while you are unaware of them-then the short message is ‘No, we are not child-friendly.’ However, if you would like to bring your children here and they are happy to sit at a table with you and behave properly, please come in. Otherwise, there are plenty of places that are specially designed to entertain your children.”

Some Facebook users called the post “arrogant (傲慢的)” and an “attack on parents”, The Newcastle Herald reports. The café owner responded with this statement: “I build the café myself. It has my blood, sweat and plenty of tears in it.”

The post came about after the café owner was asked by a customer, who had left a one-star review on the café’s business page, about whether the café was child-friendly. Ms Kotz told news.au she wrote the bad review because she felt the café's staff reacted negatively towards children at the café.

Although the café's policy has attracted a lot of criticism, most people who commented on the Café's Facebook page stood by the owner. One woman named Lesley wrote, “I don't think there was anything wrong with what you said by any means. If parents want to take their children to your café, they need to be responsible for their behavior.”

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．An Australian café’s policy on children.

B．A Facebook post about parents’ manners.

C．The protection of the customers’ basic rights.

D．The relationship between staff and customers.

5. Which of the following is permitted according to the café owner’s post?

A．Parents demanding a children's menu.

B．Children entertaining themselves in the café.

C．Children running around their own carriages.

D．Parents taking well-behaved kids to the café.

6. The café owner wrote the post ________.

A．after a kid damaged her possessions

B．in response to a customer’s question

C．in order to improve the efficiency of the café

D．after the café was criticized by some Facebook users

7. What did Lesley think of the café owner’s action?

A．It was a little unfair.	B．It was very misleading.
C．It was highly controversial.	D．It was quite understandable.

Parents are a child’s first teachers. But some parents never learned from good examples. In New York City, a nonprofit agency called Covenant House tries to help homeless young mothers become good parents.
The twelve or so teenagers who live at the shelter attend parenting classes four days a week. The class is called Mommy and Me. Teacher Delores Clemens is a mother of five and a grandmother. She teaches basic skills, like how to give a baby a bath and how to dress a baby depending on the season.
She remembers one student who learned from her mother not to pick up a crying baby. The mother said that would only make the child needy and overly demanding. Delores Clemens says, “that's not true. You have to hold your baby! He is crying for a reason. If you never pick him up, he's going to keep crying. Pick your baby up. Cuddle your baby. Hug him! And she started to do that. They just want a little cuddling and a little love. And it works!”
Delores Clemens says her students also learn how to be good mothers by letting themselves be mothered. Around three hundred fifty teenage mothers graduate from Covenant House's Mommy and Me class every year.
In class, with her baby son is Natasha. She lived on the streets. She is glad not only for the warmth and shelter of Covenant House. As she told reporter Adam Phillips, she is also glad for the help they offer in seeking a more secure life.
The World Health Organization says the United States has forty-one births for every one thousand girls age fifteen to nineteen. That is higher than other developed countries, as well as some developing ones. By comparison, northern neighbor Canada has fourteen births and southern neighbor Mexico has eighty-two.
8. What is the text mainly about?

A．Parents who are a child’s first teachers.

B．A class where teens learn mothering and are mothered.

C．A nonprofit agency that offers a more secure life.

D．A kind teacher who help homeless young mothers.

9. Covenant Houses’ Mommy and Me class is intended to _____.

A．help homeless young mothers become good parents

B．provide homeless young mothers with a warm shelter

C．help mothers in New York be good parents

D．teach some parents how to love their children

10. What can we know about Delores Clemens from the text?

A．She has a mother of five and a grandmother.

B．She thinks a crying baby should be picked up and hugged.

C．She teaches advanced skills on how to be good mothers.

D．She is very glad for the warmth and shelter of Covenant House.

11. According to the World Health Organization, which country has the highest births for girls age fifteen to nineteen?

A．Canada	B．the United States of America
C．Mexico	D．Britain

In summer, millions of people will head for the beach. And while the ocean can be a great place to swim and play, it may also be useful in another way. Some scientists think that waves could help make electricity.

“Have you ever been on a surfboard or boat and felt yourself being lifted up by a wave? Or have you jumped in the water and felt the energy as waves crashed over you?” asked Jamie Taylor of the Wave Energy Group at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. “There is certainly a lot of energy in waves.”

Scientists are working on using that energy to make electricity．

Most waves are created when winds blow across the ocean. “The winds start out by making little ripples (波纹) in the water, but if they keep on blowing, those ripples get bigger and bigger and turn into waves,” Taylor said. “Waves are one of nature’s ways of picking up energy and then sending it off on a journey.”

When waves come towards the shore, people can set up dams or other facilities to block the water and send it through a large wheel called a turbine (涡轮). The turbine can then power an electrical generator (发电机).

The United States and a few other countries have started doing research on wave energy, and it is already being used in Scotland.

The resource is huge. We will never run out of wave power, besides, wave energy does not create the same pollution as other energy sources, such as oil and coal.

Oceans cover three quarters of the earth’s surface. That would make wave power seem perfect for creating energy around the world. There are some drawbacks, however.

Jamie Taylor said that wave power still cost too much money. He said that its effects on animals in the sea were still unknown. Plus, wave power would get in the way of fishing and boat traffic.

With more research, however, “many of these problems might be overcome,” Taylor said. “Demand for energy to power our TVs and computers, drive our cars, and heat and cool our homes is growing quickly throughout the world．Finding more energy sources is very important, for traditional sources of energy like oil and gas may run out some day.”

In the future, when you turn on a light switch, an ocean wave could be providing the electricity!

12. Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Wave power costs too much money.

B．Wave energy creates the same amount of pollution as other energy sources.

C．Wave power affects fishing and boat traffic.

D．Wave power may affect animals in the sea.

13. We can infer from the passage that ________.

A．wave energy is a resource that will never run out and is already used all over the world

B．finding new energy sources like wave energy is important

C．wave power is perfect for creating energy around the world

D．wave power doesn’t create any pollution

14. The underlined word “drawbacks” probably means ________.

A．regrets

B．adventures

C．disadvantages

D．difficulties

15. What can be the best title for the passage?

A．How to Get Electricity by Waves.	B．The Advantages of Wave Energy.
C．Can Waves Make Electricity?	D．The Disadvantages of Wave Energy.

The first time I went abroad was when I went to London. It was in the summer holidays about five or six years ago and I went with my friends.    16    , so we decided to travel by coach. We left at five in the morning and the journey to London took about sixteen hours.

We stayed in London for three days, in a youth hotel not far from the centre.    17    , the beds were not very comfortable and the bedroom was very small but it had a wonderful view overlooking the Thames.

    18    . First, we went to see all the famous sites: Big Ben, Piccadilly Circus, and Buckingham Palace. Then we went shopping in Oxford Street. On the last day my friends and I went to Camden market. You can buy all kinds of jewelry and clothes there.    19    . it was really sunny in the afternoon, so we went to watch a football game. Unfortunately, I think the ring fell out of my pocket during the game, and I had to buy another one.

    20    , although the youth hotel was not perfect. Next time, I will stay at the Ritz but I will never feel as excited as I did that first time.

A．I really enjoyed visiting London

B．I bought a silver ring for my sister

C．We were all very excited on the coach

D．The plane and train were quite expensive

E．While we were in London we walked a lot

F．My friends and I had a big room on the top floor

G．I’ve been back to London several times since then

My mother is the sweetest person you would ever want to meet. She was always bright and selfless. She is also someone whose_________is being damaged and whose identity is being lost slowly because of Alzheimer’s disease (阿尔茨海默症/老年痴呆症). For me, it is a slow letting go and a_________process. Although she couldn’t_________herself，she at least still knew her immediate family. I knew the day would come when that would change and finally, about two﹣and﹣a﹣half years ago, that day came.

My parents would visit us almost daily and we would have a pleasant time, but one day there was a connection missing. My mother no longer_________me as her daughter. She would tell my father “Oh, they are such nice people.” Telling her I was her daughter made no_________at all. When I would hug her good﹣bye, I would close my eyes and_________that this was my mother from years ago. I would drink in (陶醉于) every familiar (熟悉的) feeling I have known for 36 years﹣her warm comforting body, and the soft, sweet smell that was hers alone. Every day, I prayed (祈祷) for her.

One late summer afternoon, my prayers were_________and I was taken by surprise. My parents were outside in the garden when my mother suddenly jumped up_________she had been hit by lightning. She ran into the kitchen, grabbed me gently from behind and_________me around. With a sparkle (闪光) in her eyes, she__________asked me if it was true, was I her baby? Tears welling up, I said, “yes, it was true”. We hugged and cried and neither of us wanted to let go of this magical moment. I knew it could disappear as quickly as it came. She said she always felt a__________to me and that I was nice, but that it had come to her suddenly that I was her child. We felt__________.I took this reward from God and savored (享受) it, even if it were to last just for that moment. We had a special connection again.

__________my mother’s condition has continued to worsen, she remembers who I am and it has been a year since that__________afternoon. A month ago when we had another visitor, she started stroking my hair and told them__________, “Did you know that she was my baby?”

21.

A．hearing

B．brain

C．hand

D．eyesight

22.

A．painful

B．quick

C．happy

D．natural

23.

A．donate to

B．worry about

C．care for

D．speak for

24.

A．described

B．knew

C．pictured

D．valued

25.

A．mistakes

B．difference

C．decisions

D．progress

26.

A．consider

B．regret

C．doubt

D．imagine

27.

A．gone

B．said

C．balanced

D．answered

28.

A．so that

B．now that

C．as if

D．even if

29.

A．turned

B．showed

C．followed

D．kept

30.

A．thankfully

B．patiently

C．tearfully

D．curiously

31.

A．distance

B．duty

C．closeness

D．function

32.

A．joy

B．concern

C．alarmed

D．upset

33.

A．Since

B．When

C．Until

D．Although

34.

A．sweet

B．busy

C．sad

D．ordinary

35.

A．proudly

B．calmly

C．rudely

D．carefully

36. Their car ________(break) down half way on the way to their company yesterday. （所给词的适当形式填空）

37. Van Gogh was ________ unique painter for his painting style was quite different from others. （用适当的词填空）

38. We would be grateful ________ any information you can give us for free. （用适当的词填空）

39. The person ________ (whisper) to the Foreign Secretary can speak six languages. (所给词的适当形式填空)

40. ________(think) of all the people still in need of help, Dr Lin opened a private clinic. (所给词的适当形式填空）

41. ________ (tradition), the festival is held in May. （所给词的适当形式填空）