One cold winter night in Shanghai, I was walking home at one in the morning after long tiring work. I was having trouble with my job in the bank. As I walked, I thought seriously about giving up living there. City life had become too much for me.
As I walked down empty streets, I felt very small and cold. I began running, both to keep warm and to keep away any possible danger. Very few people were still out except a few sad-looking homeless people under blankets（毛毯）.
Suddenly, I heard a sound behind me. I turned quickly, all I saw was a shining streetlight. Still, the noise had made me nervous, so I started to run faster. When I reached home, I realized what the noise had been. It had been my wallet falling to the sidewalk.
Now I wasn’t cold or tired anymore. I ran back to where I’d heard the noise. Although I searched carefully for fifteen minutes, my wallet was nowhere to be found.
Just as I was about to give up the search, I heard the garbage truck（垃圾车）come to me. When a voice called from the inside, “Alisa Chen?” I thought I was dreaming. How could this man know my name? The door opened, and out jumped a small red-haired man “Is this what you’re looking for?” he asked, holding up a small square shape.
It was nearly 3 a. m. by the time I got into bed. But I had got my wallet back. I also had got back some enjoyment of city life. I realized that the city couldn’t be a bad place as long as people were willing to help each other.One cold winter night, the writer felt when she was back home after work.
| A．cold and sick |
| B．lucky and helpful |
| C．excited and cheerful |
| D．disappointed and helpless |
What happened when the writer was running down the empty streets?
| A．She lost her wallet unknowingly. |
| B．Someone had stolen her wallet. |
| C．She was stopped by a garbage truck driver. |
| D．She found some homeless people following her |
In the fifth paragraph, why did the writer say she was dreaming?
A. Someone offered to take her back home.
B. A. red-haired man came to see her.
C. She heard someone call her name.
D. Her wallet was found in a garbage truck.From the reading, we can infer(推断) that the writer_____.
| A．would stop working at night |
| B．would stay on in Shanghai |
| C．would make friends with cleaners |
| D．would give up her job at the bank。 |
A new term might be the best time to make new friends, but it can be hard to begin the first conversation. Below are four useful ways. Take a look.
Search for common interests. Talking about shared interests, such as sports and popular talent shows, is the easiest way to make a successful talk with someone.
Welcome the silence. In fact, sometimes silence is needed in order to continue a conversation. Remember that if you say something, the other person may need time to understand it.
Keep it positive(积极的). To make great small talk, you should keep things fun. You should be cheerful and able to laugh over things that aren’t very interesting. These will make the other person want to keep talking to you.
Take it as a learning experience. Every time you meet someone from other places, it’s a good chance to learn something new. You can learn more about their cultures and nations. These make you a more interesting person to talk to as well.How many ways are mentioned to start a conversation in the reading?
| A．Only one. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five. |
You can start a meaningful conversation by according to the reading.
A. travelling to other countries
B. studying very hard in the class
C. talking about the same interests
D finding someone from other places If someone is talking about something you don't like, you should according to the reading.
| A．stop the conversation at once |
| B．be cheerful and relaxed |
| C．keep silent all the time |
| D．talk about something new |
There once was a woman. She had a faithful(忠实的)dog. The dog was so faithful that she could leave her baby with the dog when she went out. (A) And after she returned， she would always find her baby safe.
One day， the woman left the baby with the dog and went shopping. When she returned， she found something had taken place in the house. There were bloodstains(血迹)all over the bedroom. The woman then thought of her baby. She cried and started looking for him. Then she saw the faithful dog. It was licking（舔）its mouth. It seemed that it had just finished a delicious meal. The woman was angry and thought that the dog had killed her baby. Without thinking too much， (B) ________________.
But as she continued looking for her child， she saw something else. Close to the bed， there was her baby and he was sleeping. And under the bed， there was a dead jackal(豺狼). The woman now understood what had happened. The dog tired to protect her baby from the jackal， but just now she killed the dog. How regretful she was!从文中找出与下句意义相近的句子。
The dog seemed to have just finished a good meal.将(A)处划线句子翻译成汉语。
根据文章内容，将(B)处补充完整。
把下面发生的事情排序：
①The woman found the bloodstains all over the room.
②The woman found her baby sleeping.
③The woman killed the dog.
④The woman started looking for her baby.What is the best title for the passage?
①Have you ever wondered what goes through your mind when you choose where to sit in a new classroom? Or in a waiting room full of strangers? Or on a bus? Researchers have found out some interesting facts.
②Girls sit by girls and boys sit by boys. Adults sit together and young people choose another young person to sit near. But it goes further than this. We even choose to sit near someone who looks like us. People with glasses are more likely to sit near other people with glasses. People with long hair sit closer to other people with long hair.
③We seem to believe that people with similar habits or hobbies will share similar experiences and we are more likely to be accepted by people like ourselves， or even， we think we may be safer with people who look like us. Sometimes that’s true but it’s a pity if we always stay with the same people， the same group. The danger in always staying in our comfort zone (舒适区)is that we just recycle the same opinions， the same tastes and the same ideas. We lose the chance to learn something new， find out interesting things， hear funny stories and discover differences.
④When we always stay with the same people， how can we break down the barriers which prevent us from getting to know people with different ideas? And how can we avoid the ignorance(无知)? If you want to live in a society that opens to changes， new things and different opinions， be the cat among the pigeons(鸽子).
⑤Move out of your comfort zone. Go and sit next to someone different. And don’t just sit there in silence. Say hello. Ask a question. Start a conversation. That’s how we make friends. That’s how we learn about people. That’s how we open our minds to new ideas. That’s how we live an exciting life. From the passage， we know that people prefer sitting by someone who .
| A．is like themselves | B．has a sense of humor |
| C．is open-minded | D．lives an exciting life |
People like staying in their comfort zone because they may .
| A．remain comfortable and special |
| B．find out more interesting things |
| C．be accepted easily and feel safe |
| D．discover differences among themselves |
The sentence “Unsurprisingly， we prefer to sit closer to people like ourselves.” should be put at the beginning of __________.
| A．Paragraph 1 | B．Paragraph 2 |
| C．Paragraph 3 | D．Paragraph 4 |
What does the underlined word“barriers” mean in Paragraph 4?
| A．联系 | B．隔阂 | C．纽带 | D．熟悉 |
What is the purpose of the passage?
| A．To tell us not to talk with strangers. |
| B．To introduce ways to learn about the world. |
| C．To explain how people communicate with foreigners. |
| D．To encourage us to get along with different people. |
Many years ago， there lived a very rich man who wanted to do something good for the people of his town. But first he wanted to find out if they deserved(值得)his help. So he put a very large stone in the middle of the main road into the town. Then he stood behind a tree,waiting and watching.
Soon an old man came along with his cow. “Who put this stone in the center of the road?” said the old man， but he didn’t try to move the stone away. He passed around the stone with some difficulties and continued on his way. Another man came along and did the same thing； then another came,and another. All of them complained about the stone in the center of the road,but nobody tried to move it.
Late in the afternoon,a young man came along. He saw the stone and said, “It will be dark at night. Some people will come along later in the dark and will fall over the stone and get hurt.” The young man then began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled and tried everything he could to move it out of the road. But to his surprise， under the stone he found a bag full of money and this message, “This money is for the person who moves this stone from the road. The person deserves help.”Who put the stone in the center of the road?
| A．An old man. | B．A rich man. |
| C．A young man. | D．Another man. |
Why did the young man move the stone out of the road?
| A．Because he was strong enough to move it. |
| B．Because he knew there was a bag of money under it. |
| C．Because he didn’t want other people to fall and get hurt. |
| D．Because the rich man wanted him to do so. |
When the young man moved the stone， he found ________________.
| A．a bag |
| B．a message |
| C．a bag full of money and a message |
| D．a bag full of message |
All of the people coming along the road did nothing about the stone except ___________.
| A．people of the town | B．the young man |
| C．the rich man | D．the old man with his cow |
What can we learn from the passage?
| A．If we do well， we will have well. |
| B．If we move stones， we will have a lot of money. |
| C．The young man was lucky. |
| D．Other people were unlucky. |
Tom and his cousin took a boat trip. When they got on the boat， every passenger(乘客)should answer the keeper a question. If the passenger answered “yes”， he or she got one gift； if the passenger answered “no”， he or she got two gifts. Tom and his cousin saw all about this. Now it was their turn. The keeper came up to them and asked， “Are you a good sailor?” Tom wanted to get two gifts， so he answered “no” loudly， at the same time he said， “I have never been a sailor， how could I be a good sailor?” The keeper gave him two gifts. His cousin gave the same answer， so he got two gifts， too.
The boat started off. The passengers began to open their gifts. Tom and his cousin did the same. They found that one of the two gifts was a small bottle of drinking water， the other was a seasick tablet(晕船药). Tom had a look at a “yes”-passenger’s gift. His was a nice chocolate. Tom shouted at the keeper， “We are never seasick. Why do you give us seasick tablets?” Tom and his cousin ________.
| A．went to eat chocolates |
| B．went on a trip by boat |
| C．worked for the keeper |
| D．needed a bottle of drinking water |
When did the keeper ask the passengers questions?
| A．Before the trip. | B．After the trip. |
| C．During the trip. | D．Never. |
Why did Tom and his cousin answer “no”?
| A．Because they felt sick on the boat. |
| B．Because they were good sailors. |
| C．Because they both wanted to get two gifts. |
| D．Because they wanted to have chocolates. |
The underlined(下划线)part “a good sailor” means ________.
| A．晕船 | B．不晕船 |
| C．好销售员 | D．好水手 |
Which of the following statements is true?
| A．The keeper cheated(欺骗)Tom and his cousin. |
| B．Tom and his cousin didn’t want the seasick tablets. |
| C．All the other passengers answered “yes”. |
| D．The keeper didn’t want to give Tom and his cousin chocolates. |
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