When many people from other countries come to America for the first time, they meet many difficulties. They can't speak much English, and they don't know much 56 America. Sometimes, they make mistakes.
Sally 57 to America from Korea years ago. Because her English wasn' t good, she was afraid to ask the ways. So she usually 58 find the places in America. Then she hoped she could see something that she knew, 59 she couldn' t. Then she began to cry and miss her own country because she 60 had this kind of problems in Korea. She could find the places easily in 61 .
Little Henry came to America from Thailand with his parents. He didn' t know 62 to put the money into an American bank at first. When he grew 63 and knew more English, he finally put the money into an American bank successfully (成功地).
There 64 many other things about America, and the people from other 65 can' t understand those things when they come to America for the first time. They need to learn more.A. at B. about C. for
A. wrote B. talked C. came
A. can B. could C. couldn't
A. but B. or C. so
A. usually B. never C. always
A. America B. Korea C. Thailand
A. how B. what C. where
A. thinner B. older C. heavier
A. is B. was C. are
A. countries B. families C. banks
As darkness fell, hundreds of people in the Swiss village left their houses. They were staring（注视）forward at the mountain top in the distance. It was covered with ice and snow－beautiful and dangerous.
The huge mountain is called Matterhorn. Mountain climbers had 40 the top through the southem route（路线）. But no one had ever dared to try a winter climbing up the northern side. But now one man was daring to try the 41 route. He was Walter Bonatti, a great mountain climber 42 Italy.
For two days he had climbed. The village people had watched him anxiously（焦虑）. Now they were waiting to see his signal. If he planned to 43 the next day, he would light（点燃）a green signal（信号）. A red light would mean that he was turning back.
A tiny green light 44 high on the mountain side. Bonatti was not giving up! The people 45 . The next day he continued his way upward. He was so lonely and so 46 ! But he would not give up. Again that night he lit the green light. In the morning, Bonatti 47 . He could not see the top；he knew he was 48 there. Though the climb was painful, he moved up.
Bonatti had spent months 49 for the climb. Was the training enough? Did he have the strength and skill to climb to the top?
He was finally at the top! News about his. 50 was radioed to the world.
The trip down the southern route was easy. He was warmly welcomed in the village. He had done the “ 51 ” and would be well remembered as a climber of all time.
A．reached B．passed C．watched D．followed
A．comfortable B．important C．difficult D．nervous
A．with B．from C．in D．at
A．turn back B．come down C．go on D．get back
A．placed B．appeared C．pulled D．found
A．cried B．laughed C．jumped D．cheered
A．sleepy B．excited C．tired D．happy
A．woke up B．turned up C．got up D．looked up
A．already B．almost C．hardly D．surely
A．training B．practising C．planning D．asking
A．importance B．success C．climb D．courage
A．necessary B．dangerous C．perfect D．impossible
IQ（intelligence quotient智商）is a score that shows a person’s level of intelligence.
People used to believe that some people are born with a high IQ and some aren’t.
32 , a study by scientist at University College London has challenged（挑战）this idea. According to an article last October on the Journal Nature, scientists are beginning to think that our IQ is not a constant（不变的）score.
The scientists tested 33 healthy young people in 2004 between the ages of 12 and 16. Then they did tests again four years later, when the same people were between 16 and 20.
Scientists found big changes in the IQ scores between 2008 and 2004. Some 33 and some fell 34 as many as 21 points.
To test whether these scores were meaningful, the scientists compared them with results from brain scans（扫描）. They found that the IQ changes matched changes in the structure（结构）of the subjects’ brains. “A change in 20 points is a huge 35 ,” said Professor Cathy Price, who led the research. He said it could mean the difference between an average and a 36 person. The team has not found a clear cause for these changes. However, they say it is 37 that education plays a role in changing IQ.
“Here we have shown that children’s 38 is likely to be still developing, ” says Price. “We have to be careful not to write off 39 performers at an early stage. In fact, their IQ may improve in a few more years. ”
A．And B．However C．Besides D．Though
A．rise B．rose C．raise D．raised
A．of B．with C．by D．from
A．difference B．matter C．thing D．meaning
A．successful B．gifted C．able D．rich
A．natural B．true C．certain D．possible
A．score B．intelligence C．skill D．interest
A．clever B．prettier C．nicer D．poorer
There was a time when I thought my dad didn’t know how to be a good father. I couldn’t 16 him ever saying the words “I love you.” It seems to me his only purpose in life was to say “ 17 ” to anywhere I wanted to go and anything I wanted to do, including getting a 18 . Some parents bought their kids cars when they got their driver’s licenses. Not my dad — he said that I’d have to get a job and buy my own.
So that is what I did. I got a job at a very nice restaurant and 19 every penny I could and when I had enough to buy my car, I did! The day I brought that car home, my dad was the first one I wanted to 20 it off to. “Look, dad, a car of my own. If you ever want a ride, you only need to pay me five dollars.” I offered with a smile.
“I see,” was all he said.
One day, there was something wrong with my father’s truck. So he needed a 21 to work. The sun wasn’t even up when we left the house, 22 it was already getting warm out. It was going to be a hot day. As my dad got out of my car, I 23 him, dressed in his work clothes, getting his 24 from the truck (车尾箱) of my car. Watching his sun-weathered face, and even from a distance I could tell there were 25 lines than I ever remembered being there before. I realized how hard my dad works for the family. My father is a cement finisher(水泥修整工).
Suddenly, it came up with me that he actually got down on his hands and knees to sweat over hot concrete(混凝土) to make a living for his family. And he did this day in and day out, 26 hot it got. Never, not once, had I heard him 27 about it. To him we were “worth” it. And never once did he ask us to pay for it.
When he closed the trunk, his tools set off to the side, he walked over to my window to 28 me five dollars. I rolled down the window and said “Good-bye, dad. Keep your five dollars. It’s my __29__. Don’t work too hard. I love you.”
His eyes met mine, then glanced away in the direction of his waiting tools, he 30 his throat(喉咙) and said, “Oh, and… me, too.”
A．like B．remember C．forget D．care
A．Sorry B．Yes C．No D．Well
A．car B．friend C．job D．present
A．spent B．earned C．kept D．saved
A．take B．put C．turn D．show
A．ride B．leave C．trip D．hurry
A．as B．although C．but D．since
A．helped B．followed C．left D．watched
A．tools B．clothes C．luggage D．bag
A．fewer B．more C．longer D．less
A．whatever B．whenever C．wherever D．however
A．talk B．complain C．ask D．speak
A．hand B．borrow C．lend D．take
A．help B．advice C．treat D．idea
A．cleaned B．wiped C．cleared D．felt
How old was I? I can’t remember. Maybe I was only 10. It was the first 16 without my father because he was away for something. He left me to fill that sad place in my mother’s heart. It was the Christmas when I stopped being a 17 and tried to play Father Christmas myself. I really wanted to make it happy and bright again. It was the Christmas of the 18 .
Mom first saw the coat at Tobias, a nice 19 shop in our town’s little shopping mall. It was dark green. And it was a 20 , heavy, wool dress coat. Mom pulled it out from the rack(架) and held it up. “Long enough,” she said in a low voice and 21 .
“I need a new coat,” Mom smiled before the mirror. She looked good on any clothes, 22 this coat suited her much better. She looked at the 23 , then hung the coat back on the rack, standing there once more to 24
Eighty-seven dollars. But I decided to buy it for her. As we moved on 25 the mall, I found some excuse to return and asked one of the Tobias ladies to 26 the coat.
I helped clean every yard(庭院) in our neighbourhood—some yards twice, and soon I got the coat. The store ladies helped me put it in their biggest 27 with bright blue paper and thick silver ribbon(丝带). I don’t remember 28 I got it home, but I can still feel the wonderful 29 and pride that filled me. I would imagine the big space which the box would take up under our tree. Here it was—joy, peace and 30 —all in the box, waiting for Mom’s surprise.
A．Easter B．Christmas C．Halloween D．Thanksgiving
A．child B．son C．student D．teacher
A．tree B．bag C．coat D．ribbon
A．children’s B．women’s C．girl’s D．men’s
A．big B．wide C．thin D．long
A．tried it on B．put it on C．kept it on D．turned it on
A．though B．or C．for D．and
A．price B．design C．color D．material
A．taste B．feel C．sound D．smell
A．through B．over C．past D．across
A．sell B．send C．keep D．wash
A．tank B．basket C．bag D．box
A．how B．why C．whether D．when
A．development B．excitement C．improvement D．advertisement
A．courage B．confidence C．love D．honesty
Is the art of conversation dying? The other day, my wife 1 two teenage children did something we haven’t 2 for ages. It didn’t require the Internet, a TV screen, batteries… or anything else for that matter. But we all 3 it so much we’re thinking of doing it again sometime.
We had a conversation. The kind of real, live conversation that was 4 when I was growing up, but which seems all too rare these days. Today we have chat rooms, text messages, e-mails but we seem to be losing the 5 of communicating face-to-face. We all know 6 young people are out on a date(约会）these days, they spend most of that time 7 their mobile phones. And teenagers nowadays seem to 8 communicating with their friends by sending text messages rather than actually 9 to them.
If we carry on like this，in the future, we’ll lose the use of our 10 . What do you think? E-mail me, and who knows? Maybe we could even have a real conversation about it!
A．and B．or C．but D．after
A．made B．known C．done D．seen
A．acted B．blamed C．decided D．enjoyed
A．common B．careful C．extra D．enough
A．name B．art C．attention D．aim
A．because B．how C．when D．unless
A．buying B．collccting C．repairing D．answering
A．dislike B．prefer C．admire D．believe
A．writing B．introducing C．speaking D．hurrying
A．eyes B．voiccs C．mouths D．hands
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