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During my elementary school years, I used to compare my mom with my best friend Tiffany's mom.
Tiffany's mom always gave her lots of money to buy the most fashionable clothes and favorite food. Her mom allowed her to do anything she liked. I really admired Tiffany. My mom didn't give me much pocket money and she always told me that I should behave myself. I was annoyed with her.
Whenever I didn't get what I wanted, I would complain to my mom, Tiffany's mom would give her that! I wish she were my mom. Every time, my mom would calmly say "Poor Tiffany". I couldn't understand her. "She shouldn't be feeling sorry for Tiffany!" I thought. "She should be feeling sorry for me."
One day, I couldn't help saying to Mom, "Poor Tiffany? Lucky Tiffany! She gets everything she wants! Why do you feel sorry for her?" I burst into tears. My mom sat down next to me and said softly. "Yes, I do feel sorry for her. I have been teaching you a lesson that she will never be taught."
I looked up at her. "What are you talking about?"
Mom said with care, "One day she will really want something. Maybe she'll find out that she can't have it. Her mother won't always be around to give her money, and what's more, money can't buy everything."
She continued, "I have taught you valuable lessons by not giving you everything you want. You'll know how to look for bargains and save money, but she won't. You'll understand that you need to work hard to get the things that you want but she won't. When Tiffany is a grown woman, she'll wake up one day and she will be wishing that she had a mom like the one you've got. Life lessons are more important than modern clothes and delicious food."
It took some time, but I eventually understood my mom's words. Now I am a happy and successful woman.
During the author's elementary school years, she __________.

A．wished that her mom were as good as Tiffany's

B．went to school with Tiffany every day

C．usually compared her lesson with Tiffany's

D．sometimes gave lots of money to Tiffany

Why did the author's mom always say "Poor Tiffany"?

A．She felt sorry for Tiffany because Tiffany was poor.

B．She wanted to tell a lie to comfort the author.

C．She thought that Tiffany was spoiled by her mother.

D．She told the author this and wanted her to help Tiffany.

What do we learn about the author's mother?

A．She was strict and taught the author to be independent.

B．She cared for other people's children more than her own.

C．She thought that life lessons were as important as money.

D．She was so poor that she couldn't give the author much money.

What can we infer from the passage?

A．The author was quite annoyed with her mother in the past.

B．The author's mother felt sorry for Tiffany.

C．Tiffany's mother took the author's mother's advice.

D．The author is thankful to her mother now.

Conventional wisdom says that hardship can make us old before our time. In fact, a new study suggests that violence not only leaves long-term scars on children’s bodies, but also changes their DNA, causing changes that are equal to seven to ten years of premature aging.
Scientists measured this by studying the ends of children’s chromosomes(染色体), called telomeres, says Idan Shalev, lead author of a study published in Molecular Psychiatry.
Telomeres are special DNA sequences which prevent the DNA in chromosomes from separating. They get shorter each time a cell divides, until a cell cannot divide any more and dies.
Several factors have been found to shorten telomeres, including smoking, radiation and psychological stresses such as being treated badly when young and taking care of a chronically ill person.
In this study, researchers examined whether exposure to violence could make children’s telomeres shorten faster than normal. They interviewed the mothers of 236 children at ages 5, 7 and 10, asking whether the youngsters had been exposed to domestic violence between the mother and her partner; physical maltreatment by an adult; or bullying. Researchers measured the children’s telomeres—in cells obtained by swabbing the insides of their cheeks—at ages 5 and 10.
Telomeres shortened faster in kids exposed to two or more types of violence, says Shalev. Unless that pattern changes, the study suggests, these kids could be expected to develop diseases of aging, such as heart attacks or memory loss, seven to 10 years earlier than their peers.
Shalev says there is hope for these kids. His study found that, in rare cases, telomeres can lengthen. Better nutrition, exercise and stress reduction are three things that may be able to lengthen telomeres, he says.
The study confirms a small but growing number of studies suggesting that early childhood adversity imprints itself in our chromosomes, says Charles Nelson, a professor of pediatrics and neuroscience at Harvard Medical School.
The new study found that ________.

A．hardship can change a child’s aging

B．violence leaves scars on a child’s mind

C．violence can speed up a child’s aging

D．hardship has a long term effect on a child’s mind

According to the text, telomeres ________.

A．are at the ends of people’s chromosomes

B．can help prevent DNA from separating

C．can make a cell die quickly

D．become shorter before they die

Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

A．Violence can cause quick cell division in children’s body.

B．Researchers measured the children’s telomeres from their legs in the study.

C．Being treated badly will make a child’s telomeres shorten faster.

D．Children who have shorter telomeres may have a heart attack earlier.

What is the best title for the text?

A．Violence Aging Children’s DNA

B．Children’s Changing DNA Patterns

C．Violence and Telomeres

D．The Function of Telomeres

When Dekalb Walcott III was just 8 years old, his father, a Chicago fire chief, let him tag along on a call. Dekalb says a lot of kids idolized basketball player Michael Jordan when he was growing up in Chicago in the 1990s. Not him.
"I wanted to be like Dekalb Walcott Jr.," he says of his father.
So when his dad asked if he wanted to go on that call with him when he was 8, Dekalb was excited. "I'm jumping up and down, saying, "Mom, can I go? Can I go?' "
The experience changed Dekalb's life, he tells his dad on a visit to StoryCorps. "My eyes got big from the moment the alarm went off." the younger Dekalb says. " This is the life that I want to live someday. "
Now 27, the younger Dekalb is living that life. He became a firefighter at 21 and went to work alongside his dad at the Chicago Fire Department. Before his father retired, the pair even went out on a call together — father supervising（监督） son.
"You know, it's everything for me to watch you grow," his father says. But he also recalls worrying about one particular fire that his son faced.
"I received a phone call that night. And they said, 'Well, your son was at this fire.' I said, 'OK, which way is this conversation going to go?' " Dekalb Walcott Jr. recalls.
"And they said, 'But he's OK. And he put it out all by himself. Everybody here was proud of him.'
"And the word went around, 'Who was out there managing that fire? Oh, that's Walcott! That's Walcott up there!' So, you know, moments like that, it's heaven on Earth for a dad."
Dekalb Walcott Jr. retired in 2009. The younger Dekalb says he's proud of being a second-generation firefighter. "You know, it makes me look forward to fatherhood as well, because I'm definitely looking forward to passing that torch down to my son."
The underlined phrase tag along in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______.

A．put out fire

B．watch basketball

C．follow his father

D．ask his mother’s permission

Dekalb Walcott III determined to become a firefighter at the age of  _________

A．8

B．21

C．27

D．35

What did Dekalb Walcott Jr want to do before he was told that the fire was put out?

A．Go on with the conversation

B．Put it out all by himself

C．Supervise his son

D．Go to the fire scene

What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A．Dekalb Walcott Jr is proud to be a second-generation firefighter.

B．Dekalb Walcott III wants his son to become a firefighter too.

C．Dekalb Walcott Jr wants to pass the torch to Dekalb Walcott III.

D．Dekalb Walcott III is proud that his son has become an excellent firefighter.

Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A．Passing The Torch: A Firefighter Dad's Legacy

B．Putting Out Fire: A Challenging Job for Father and son

C．Dekalb Walcott III: A Second-generation Firefighter

D．Dekalb Walcott Jr.: A Chicago Fire Chief

All the housewives who went to the new supermarket had one great ambition: to be the lucky customer who did not have to pay for her shopping. For this was what the notice just inside the entrance promised. It said: “Remember, once a week, one of our customers gets free goods. This May Be Your Lucky Day!”
For several weeks Mrs. Edwards hoped, like many of her friends, to be the lucky customer. Unlike her friends, she never gave up hoping. The cupboards in kitchen were full of things which she did not need. Her husband tried to advise her against buying things but failed. She dreamed of the day when the manager of the supermarket would approach her and say: “Madam, this is Your Lucky Day. Everything in your basket is free.”
One Friday morning, after she had finished her shopping and had taken it to her car, she found that she had forgotten to buy any tea. She dashed back to the supermarket, got the tea and went towards the cash-desk. As she did so, she saw the manager of the supermarket approach her. “Madam,” he said, holding out his hand, “I want to congratulate you! You are our lucky customer and everything you have in your basket is free!”
The housewives learnt about the free goods _______.

A．on TV	B．at the supermarket
C．from the manager	D．from the newspaper

Mrs. Edwards ________.

A．is always very lucky

B．had no friends

C．hoped to get free shopping

D．gets disappointed easily

Mrs. Edwards’s husband tried to ________.

A．make her unhappy	B．cheer her up
C．buy things with her	D．stop her buying things

Mrs. Edwards went back to the supermarket quickly because she had to _______.

A．buy another thing	B．talk to the manager
C．pay for her shopping	D．find her shopping

Mrs. Edwards must have been ________.

A．pleased	B．delighted
C．proud	D．disappointed

No one knows for sure when advertising first started. It is possible that it grew out of the discovery that some people did certain kinds of work better than others did them. That led to the concept of specialization, which means that people would specialize, or focus on doing one specific job.
Let’s take a man we’ll call Mr. Fielder for example. He did everything connected with farming. He planted seeds, tended the fields, and harvested and sold his crops. At the same time, he did many other jobs on the farm. However, he didn’t make the bricks for his house, cut his trees into boards, make the plows, or any of other hundreds of things a farm needs. Instead, he got them from people who specialized in doing each of those things.
Suppose there was another man we shall call Mr. Plowright. Using what he knew about farming and working with iron, Mr. Plowright invented a plow that made farming easier. Mr. Plowright did not really like farming himself and wanted to specialize in making really good plows. Perhaps, he thought, other farmers will trade what they grow for one of my plows.
How did Mr. Plowright let people know what he was doing? Why, he advertised, of course. First he opened a shop and then he put up a sign outside the shop to attract customers. That sign may have been no more than a plow carved into a piece of wood and a simple arrow pointing to the shop door. It was probably all the information people needed to find Mr. Plowright and his really good plows.
Many historians believe that the first outdoor signs were used about five thousand years ago. Even before most people could read, they understood such signs. Shopkeepers would carve into stone, clay, or wood symbols for the products they had for sale.
A medium, in advertising talk, is the way you communicate your message. You might say that the first medium used in advertising was signs with symbols. The second medium was audio, or sound, although that term is not used exactly in the way we use it today. Originally, just the human voice and maybe some kind of simple instrument, such as a bell, were used to get people’s attention.
A crier, in the historical sense, is not someone who weeps easily. It is someone, probably a man, with a voice loud enough to be heard over the other noises of a city. In ancient Egypt, shopkeepers might hire such a person to spread the news about their products. Often this earliest form of advertising involved a newly arrived ship loaded with goods. Perhaps the crier described the goods, explained where they came from, and praised their quality. His job was, in other words, not too different from a TV or radio commercial in today’s world.
What probably led to the start of advertisement?

A．The discovery of iron.

B．The development of farming techniques.

C．The appearance of new jobs.

D．The specialization of labor.

The writer makes up the two stories of Mr. Fielder and Mr. Plowright in order to __________.

A．explain the origin of advertising

B．predict the future of advertising

C．provide suggestions for advertising

D．expose problems in advertising

In ancient Egypt, a crier was probably someone who __________.

A．had the loudest voice

B．took possession of a ship

C．functioned like today’s TV or radio commercial

D．ran a shop selling goods to farmers

The last two paragraphs are mainly about __________.

A．the basic design of advertising

B．the early forms of advertising

C．the benefits of advertising

D．the history of advertising

Swiss International Air lines（SWISS）will introduce daily non-stop flights between Beijing and Zurich．
The new service to the financial center of Switzerland is expected to start on Dec．12,2012，which marks an expansion of services for the Chinese market．In May 2008，SWISS already started direct flights to Shanghai．
The first flight to Europe has a special price of 2,680 yuan，which does not include taxes and fuel surcharges．
“I am delighted the airlines of Switzerland can contribute to growing economic ties between the two countries with new daily flights scheduled，”says SWISS CEO Harry Hohmeister．
“We are witnessing a growing demand for tourist travel in both directions．”
Apart from Shanghai and Hong Kong，Beijing will be the third Chinese destination for SWISS．
The new route marks a return to Beijing for SWISS：the airlines previously flew to the Chinese capital as late as June 2003．
SWISS will initially operate its new daily non-stop Beijing-Zurich flights with an Airbus A340-300（219 seats）and Airbu: A330-300（236 seats）air-crafts．
The modem SWISS business class offers the most suitable comforts since the seats can be adjusted into a two-meter-long bed．
Seating firmness and softness can be adjusted thanks to air cushions．
With the introduction of the new SWISS service from Beijing，the Lufthansa Group Airlines may attract more Chinese customers when traveling to Europe．
SWISS．Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines already connect five Chinese cities with Europe and beyond．
This airlines group is the leading European airlines network in the Chinese market．
In the summer of 2011，the Lufthansa Group operated 78 weekly flights from China including Hong Kong to Europe．
SWISS is part of the Lufthansa Group as well as a member of the Star Alliance，the world's biggest airlines grouping．
According to the passage，from Dec．12,2012，       ．

A．it will only take us a day to fly from Beijing to Zurich

B．we can fly directly from Beijing to Zurich

C．the first flight from Beijing to Europe will only cost you 2,680 yuan

D．the direct flight to Shanghai started by SWISS will be canceled

Why is the new flight added?

A．SWISS wants to offer good service to Chinese people．

B．SWISS wants to contribute to growing economic ties between the two countries

C．There is a growing demand for tourist travel in both directions．

D．SWISS wants to create more opportunity for people to work．

What's special about the Airbus of the new flight?

A．The Airbus can carry more passengers than other planes．

B．The seats in it can be adjusted into comfortable beds．

C．It offers all kinds of services for passengers to choose from．

D．It has two kinds of air cushions on its seats．

What's the right relation between SWISS，Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines?

A．SWISS is the customer of the Lufthansa Group Airlines

B．Austrian Airlines is a part of SWISS．

C．SWISS is part of the Lufthansa Group．

D．SWISS belongs to Austrian Airlines．

What is the passage mainly about?

A．SWISS already started direct flights to Shanghai．

B．SWISS adds direct flights from Beijing to Europe．

C．Beijing will be the third Chinese destination for SWISS．

D．SWISS is the world's biggest airlines grouping．

B
Many areas of cropland in Bangladesh(孟加拉国) are becoming unfit for farming. The land is becoming salty. It is a big problem for the small country. More than 155 million people live in Bangladesh. Growing crops is the most common way Bangladeshis support themselves.
Farmers in the country are learning to grow vegetables in so-called "vertical gardens." The soil in these gardens is better because heavy rains have removed much of the salt.
A vertical garden is easy to make. Villagers fill containers with good soil and natural fertilizers. They put the containers on bricks so they are off the ground. They add pieces of the bricks to the soil to help water flow and drain.
The farmers cut small holes into the sides of the containers. This permits vegetables with short roots a place to grow. Vegetables with long roots grow on top of the container. One bag of soil can produce up to eight kilograms of vegetables in one season.
Villagers also grow vegetables in containers made from large, thin pieces of plastic supported by bamboo. This "vertical tower" measures more than a meter wide. Each of these towers can produce more than 100 kilograms of vegetables. It costs about $12-$13 to build.
The village of Chandipur is in southwestern Bangladesh. Pumpkins and other gourds(葫芦) grow on vines on top of small homes. The vegetables get the food they need from soil placed in containers on the ground.
Shobitha Debna is a 35-year-old farmer in the village. Her garden space is very small. But she is able to grow hundreds of kilograms of vegetables each season.
She says she grows gourds, including pumpkin, as well as green beans, red amaranth, beets, carrots, cauliflower and more.
Ms. Debna depends on the vegetables to earn money. She makes a few dollars a day.
This kind of farming is new in Chandipur. But it may spread across the country.
The reason why cropland is becoming unfit for farming is that________.

A．the soil has been polluted

B．more and more land is used for planting trees

C．the land is becoming salty

D．there is too much rain

Why the soil in vertical gardens is better_______?

A．because there is much less salt in the soil

B．because there is much salt in the soil

C．because there is enough water in the soil

D．because there is many nutrients in the soil

From paragraph 4, we can learn that_______?

A．vegetables with long roots grow in the sides of the containers

B．vegetables with short roots grow out of the small holes in the sides of the containers

C．vegetables with short roots grow on top of the container

D．vegetables in vertical gardens are not productive

Ms. Debna grows many kinds of vegetables EXCEPT________.

A．gourds

B．carrots

C．pumpkins

D．cucumbers

What can we infer from the passage__________?

A．Many areas of cropland in Bangladesh(孟加拉国) are becoming unfit for farming

B．155 million people in Bangladesh are short of food

C．This kind of farming may spread across Bangladesh

D．Ms. Debna earns a lot of money through selling vegetables

James Cleveland Owens was the son of a farmer and the grandson of black slaves. His family moved to Cleveland when he was 9.There, a school teacher asked the youth his name.
"J.C., "he replied.
She thought he had said "Jesse", and he had a new name.
Owens ran his first race at age 13. After high school, he went to Ohio State University. He had to work part time so as to pay for his education. As a second year student, in the Big Ten games in 1935, he set even more records than he would in the Olympic Games a year later.
A week before the Big Ten meet, Owens accidentally fell down a flight of stairs. His back hurt so much that he could not exercise all week, and he had to be helped in and out of the car that drove him to the meet. He refused to listen to the suggestions that he give up and said he would try, event by event. He did try, and the results are in the record book.
The stage was set for Owens victory at the Olympic Games in Berlin the next year, and his success would come to be regarded as not only athletic but also political. Hitler did not congratulate any of the African American winners.
"It was all right with me, "he said years later. "I didn’t go to Berlin to shake hands with him, anyway."
Having returned from Berlin, he received no telephone calls from the president of his own country, either. In fact, he was not honored by the United States until 1976, four years before his death.
Owens Olympic victories made little difference to him. He earned his living by looking after a school playground, and accepted money to race against cars, trucks, motorcycles and dogs.
"Sure, it bothered me, "he said later. "But at least it was an honest living. I had to eat."
In time, however, his gold medals changed his life. "They have kept me alive over the years, "he once said. "Time has stood still for me. That golden moment dies hard."
Owens got his other name "Jesse" when ________.
A. he went to Ohio State University
B. his teacher made fun of him
C. his teacher took "J. C." for "Jesse"
D. he won gold medals in the Big Ten meet
In the Big Ten meet，Owens__________.

A．hurt himself in the back

B．succeeded in setting many records

C．tried every sports event but failed

D．had to give up some events

We can infer from the text that Owens was treated unfairly in the US at that time because________.

A．he was not of the right race

B．he was the son of a poor farmer

C．he did not shake hands with Hitler

D．he did not talk to the US president on the phone

When Owens says "They have kept me alive over the years ", he means that the medals __________.

A．have been changed for money to help him live on

B．have made him famous in the US

C．have encouraged him to overcome difficulties in life

D．have kept him busy with all kinds of jobs

What would be the best title for the text?

A．Jesse Owens, A Great American Athlete

B．Golden Moment — A Life time Struggle

C．Making A Living As A Sportsman

D．How To Be A Successful Athlete

Dear Santa Claus,
My name is Amy. I am 17 years old. I have a problem at school. Can you help me, Santa? Kids laugh at me because of the way I walk and run and talk. I have cerebral palsy. I just want one day when no one laughs at me or makes fun of me.
Love, Amy
At radio station WJLT in Fort Wayne, Indiana, letters poured in for the Christmas Wish Content. When Amy’s letter arrived at the radio station, Manager Lee Tobin read it carefully. He thought it wound be good for the people in Fort Wayne to hear about this special girl and her unusual wish. Mr. Tobin called up the local newspaper.
The next day, a picture of Amy and her letter to Santa made the front page of the “News Sentinel”. The story spread quickly. All across the country, newspapers and radio and television stations reported the story of the girl in Fort Wayne, Indiana, who asked for such a simple, yet remarkable Christmas gift—just one day without teasing.
Suddenly the postman was a regular at the Hagadorn house. Envelopes of all sizes addressed to Amy arrived daily from children and adults all across the nation. They came filled with holiday greetings and words of encouragement. Some of the writers had disabilities; some had been teased as children. Each writer had a special message for Amy. Through the cards and letters from strangers, Amy saw a world full of people who truly cared about each other.
Many people thanked Amy for being brave enough to speak up. Others encouraged her to ignore teasing and to hold her head high.
Amy did get her wish of a special day without teasing at South Wayne High School. Teachers and students talked together about how bad teasing can make others feel.
That year, the Fort Wayne mayor officially declared December 21^st as Amy Jo Hagadorn Day throughout the city. The mayor explained that by daring to make such a simple wish, Amy taught a universal lesson. “Everyone,” he said, “wants to and should be treated with respect, dignity and warmth.”
Amy’s letter showed that______.

A．she wanted to win Christmas Wish Contest

B．she is more independent than before

C．she is often ignored in and out of class

D．her schoolmates can’t understand her disability

The postman was a regular at the Hagadorn house because ____.

A．he went to encourage Amy frequently

B．he was quite curious about Amy

C．he had to send letters to Amy daily

D．he was moved by Amy’s story

We may infer from Amy’s story that_____.

A．the disabled hate those who laugh at them

B．the news media played a key role in helping Amy

C．Amy will still be made fun of by her classmates

D．there are few disabled people in Amy’s country

The mayor officially declared Amy Jo Hagadorn Day _______.

A．to tell how bad teasing can make others feel

B．to encourage people to hold their heads high

C．to explain how brave Amy was by making her wish

D．to call on the public to treat everyone properly

There’s a small town in the central part of England called Gotham. Some say it’s a town of fools. Others say all the villagers are wise. Let me tell you about the people of Gotham so you can decide for yourself.
Long ago, England was ruled by a cruel king named John. One day, the people of Gotham heard that King John and his men would soon be riding through their town.This worried the villagers, for they knew the greedy king would demand food and accommodation for his men. What’s more, if he saw anything to his liking, he would surely take it.
A town meeting was called. After much discussion, the townspeople decided to cut down a number of huge trees to block the roads leading into Gotham. When King John and his men reached the outskirts of the village, they could not pass. Angry, King John ordered his men to go into the town and punish the villagers.
When the king’s officers finally made their way over the trees, they found a village of fools. Some say that was because the people of Gotham had a plan—they had decided to act like fools since they had never heard of anyone being punished for being a noodlehead. Others say that’s just the way they were.
In the village, the king’s men encountered a man riding a donkey. The man was bent over because he carried a huge bag of grain on his own shoulders. He looked exhausted. One of the king’s men approached him and asked, “Why, in heaven’s name, are you carrying that bag? Why don’t you just put it behind you on your donkey’s back?”
“You see,” replied the man from Gotham, “my donkey is feeling poor today. It’s bad enough that she has to carry me, so I decided to lighten her burden by carrying the bag myself.”
The king’s men said, “But sir, don’t you see that if you’re riding on top of the donkey, she’s
still carrying the weight of the bag?” The man didn’t reply. He just looked at the king’s men as if  they were crazy and went on his way. The king’s officers giggled at the foolishness of the man. Before long, they passed a pond where they found a number of villagers in the midst of a great  argument. Two of them were holding a big eel. “Quiet down,” commanded one of the king’s men. “What’s the problem here?”
One of the villagers stepped forward and said, “Last year we took all the extra fish we [caught and put them in this pond so they would multiply. But this year when we came back, all we  caught was this one huge eel. Obviously it has eaten all of our fish! Since then, we have argued long and hard over how to punish this bad eel. But we have finally agreed on the perfect punishment. We are just about to drown the eel in this very pond!” The king’s officers couldn’t believe their ears. Drown an eel whose home is in the water? These men were sillier than the first man they met!
Before long, they reached the center of the village, where they were in for another surprise. There they found the rest of the townspeople building a towering stone wall. When the soldiers inquired what was going on, one of the villagers replied, “Every spring a cuckoo comes to live in our village. It always brings warm weather. When it leaves, the cold weather returns. Last year we decided that if we could get the cuckoo to stay here all year, we would always have warm weather. We built this stone wall, but it obviously wasn’t high enough because the bird flew away. This year we’re determined to build it so high that the cuckoo can’t escape.”
The king’s officers had heard enough. They couldn’t bring themselves to punish such stupid people. They returned to King John and told him all about the fools of Gotham. Whether it’s fair or not, the people of Gotham have been known as fools ever since.
What do you think? Were the villagers of Gotham wise or foolish?
This story is most like___________.

A．a news article	B．a folktale
C．realistic fiction	D．historical fiction

The story is set in___________.

A．A city	B．A forest
C．A royal palace	D．A small village

Why do the townspeople cut down the trees?

A．To make room for their crops.

B．To block the roads to the village.

C．To create a gift for the king’s men.

D．To build accommodation for the king’s men.

The townspeople are worried about the king’s visit because he will___________.

A．laugh at them

B．cut down their trees

C．take anything he wants

D．want to move to their town

Based on the story, why might the townspeople be considered wise?

A．They trick the king’s men into thinking they are fools.

B．They think ahead by putting their extra fish into a pond.

C．They make sure their donkeys are healthy enough to work.

D．They realize the importance of warm weather to their crops.

The worst days of any summer are the rainy ones. We spend all year looking forward to nice weather and long, hot days. In winter, with its cloudy days and bitter cold, we dream of those days at the beach, lying on the sand and enjoying the bright and burning sun. And then, summer comes, and it rains.
As a child, I would wake up to rainy summer days and come close to crying. It wasn’t fair. We suffered through months of school and experienced bad weather for those short ten weeks of freedom.
On those rainy summer days, I had nothing fun to do and could only sit inside, staring out at the rain like a bird in a cage. I was an only child, so there was no one else to play with. My father worked from home, so I was not truly alone, but he could not actively play with me since he was at work. It was those days that I would watch whatever was on television or read any books that I could find lying around. I’d pray each night that the rain would not be there the next day.
As an adult, though, my opinion of summer rain has changed. When you have to work every day, summer is not as exciting. Everything seems uninteresting. Such a mindset makes you cheer for anything new or different. I spend the winter dreaming of summer and the summer dreaming of winter. When summer comes, I hate how hot it is. And then I look forward to the rain, because the rain brings with it a cold front, which makes me comfortable. Rainy days are still the worst days of the summer, but summer rain today means positively beautiful — and quite cooler — weather tomorrow.
When the author was a child, he ______.

A．liked staying indoors	B．hated rainy days
C．dreamed on summer days	D．preferred cooler weather

We can learn from the passage that the author ______.

A．could enjoy the brilliant sun in winter

B．preferred reading to playing outside

C．had no brothers or sisters

D．was often left alone at home

As an adult, the author views summer rain differently because ______.

A．rain makes the weather cooler

B．his summer holiday is very short

C．he knows it won’t last long

D．he can better deal with his spare time

“Mommy, I’m a funny bird,” Jack, my almost-4-year-old tells me. He moves his little fingers like wings.
“You are?” I say. I’m sitting across from him while he eats breakfast at our table. I smile; he says the greatest things. A week ago, however, when he had chocolate on his face and I licked (舔) my finger to wipe it off, he said, “Don’t put your dirty water on me.”
A week ago, I wouldn’t have been sitting here with him during breakfast. I wouldn’t have been up, emptying the dishwasher, cleaning the kitchen, or answering emails. We always had dinner together at the table, but other meals got much less attention. I work from home, and my husband owns an advertising agency and often travels. We were so busy that we had to do the chores during breakfast or lunch.
Why was I not sitting down with my son? It could take Jack an hour to eat a meal, during which I could feel the tug (猛拉) of unanswered emails, a deadline, and the unswept floor each minute.
Then we went to visit friends for a weekend. They have two kids. They are busy, professional, and good parents. And at every meal -- not just dinner -- we all sat down at the table and ate. When we got home, my husband said, “Maybe we should be doing that.”
I took this as criticism. My husband works a lot, so mealtimes are mostly under my charge. The “we” he was talking about was me.
Then, I remembered myself that I’m a big girl, and took his comment the way it was meant. We both want what’s best for Jack. Yes, I thought. I’m home. I have to eat, too. My husband is Jack’s favorite, which delights and moves me, but I am Jack’s constant. Constants are there. Constants sit down.
So I’ve been sitting. And, surprise, I haven’t missed a deadline. The house has been clean. And Jack seems to like having me there. Two days ago, over lunch, he smiled and stared at me.
“What?” I asked, amused.
“Mommy, I love you so much and I can’t stop loving you.”
I could have missed that.
God, I could have missed that.
Before visiting the friends, Jack _________.

A．didn’t like chocolate

B．couldn’t eat by himself

C．was sometimes rude to his mom

D．preferred his mother to his father

After visiting the friends, the author _________.

A．was determined to learn to cook

B．asked her husband to have every meal with her

C．decided to have dinner together with her family

D．was advised by her husband to learn from the friends

What does the underlined word “that” in the last paragraph refer to?

A．The best time to visit friends.

B．Jack saying sweet words to his mom.

C．A deadline for answering emails.

D．Jack having lunch with his mom.

I  learned a  long  time ago  that hair has meanings—plenty of meanings. Growing up  in  the 1960s, my friends and I struggled without parents’ control over the length and style of our hair.
At  the  time,  hair  represented  our  need  to  break  free  from  adults  in  our  lives.  Long  hair represented our freed inner selves.
My clients are often surprised when I asked them questions about their hairstyle—why they choose it, how else they’ve worn their hair, how they feel about it, and so on. However, while it may  seem  to  be  a  simple  topic,  even  today  our  hairstyles  still  have many  psychological  and emotional meanings. Understanding some of those meanings can lead to understanding of many different aspects of a person’s mind. How we view our hair,  for example, can show something about how we view ourselves.
Our  hair  can  show  physical  and  emotional wellbeing,  desirability,  and  even  social  and financial  status. When  it  becomes  dull  or  fragile,  it  can  communicate  emotional  and  physical diseases. But hair can also show unrecognized and often unspoken daydreams about oneself and one’s world. One woman—a successful professional—wore her long hair in a thick bun(发髻).
But  one  day  she  showed me  that  tangled(缠结的) hair was kept  in  the bun. She  said  that  she never brushed out the tangles because the hair showed her secret image of herself as a helpless, disturbed woman, like Ophelia in the play Hamlet.
Another woman came to therapy in a huge shirt and huge pants that she believed they could hide the weight she had put on since the birth of her child. She talked about how much she hated her  body  and  how  helpless  she  felt  about  doing  anything  about  it.  But  her  hair  was  always beautifully  coloured  and  decorated. When  I  pointed  out  that  she  seemed  to  have  a  different relationship with her hair  from she did with her body, she said  that her hair had been  thinning and  that she was  trying  to make  it  look as good as she  could.  I pointed out  that what she was doing  with  her  hair  and  her  body  was  kind  of  contradictory,  and  wondered  if  she  had  any thoughts about that.
She was surprised. But as we talked about her contradictory attitudes towards different parts of her physical self, we began to open up all sorts of other thoughts and ideas about her inner self.
And interestingly, as we continued opening those internal doors, changes started to happen. She started eating differently and exercising  regularly. One day some months  later, she appeared  in my  office  in  skinny  jeans  and  a  tight  sweater,  and  her  hair was  pulled  back  in  a  ponytail.  “I decided to see what would happen if I stopped trying to hide myself, ” she said with a big smile.
“And…?  ”  I  asked.  “People  keep  smiling  at  me  in  the  street. My  husband  hugged  me  this morning for the first time in ages. And I feel good! ”
Besides, selfrespect in both men and women can be damaged by thinning hair；they may feel  alone  even  though  they  are  really  not. Given  our  cultural  focus  on  physical  appearance, youth, and health, hair loss can be unpleasant for both men and women. The market is filled with hairenhancing  treatments, but  there  are  those who  have decided  to be  against  the  system  and change to the “bald is beautiful” position. But it is much harder for women to take the “bald is beautiful” approach to hair loss. We tend to try to hide it in one way or another.
But no matter what approach you use, it is important to remember that the thickness of your hair  has  nothing  to  do with  your  value  in  the world. Remember  that  you  have  nothing  to  be ashamed of if you have thinning hair. Thinning hair may not be something you can change, but it doesn’t have to control how you represent the person who lives underneath it.
In the 1960s, long hair represented___________.

A．fashion

B．honesty

C．peace

D．freedom

Why does the author ask clients questions about their hairstyle?

A．Because this topic can reduce clients’ pain.

B．Because the hairstyle can reflect one’s inner self.

C．Because it’s a simple topic to start a conversation.

D．Because this is a topic most people are interested in.

The author mentioned stories of two women in order to___________.

A．prove her idea

B．introduce the topic

C．make comparisons

D．stress the importance of good hair

What can we know about the woman wearing her long hair in a thick bun?

A．She had long but thinning hair.

B．She was helpless and disturbed.

C．She was too busy to brush her hair.

D．She loved the play Hamlet very much.

What does the author advise us to do in the last two paragraphs?

A．Not to be affected by thinning hair.

B．To take the “bald is beautiful” position.

C．To find suitable treatments for thinning hair.

D．Not to pay too much attention to our physical appearance.

In addition to writing articles and books, Mark Twain delighted the audience with his public lectures about the faraway places he visited on his travels. People were eager to learn about his trips to places like the Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii), Egypt and the Holy Land. Twain often used the fees he earned from his lectures to pay for more adventures. His well-attended performances also served to bring attention to his published work. At that time, the public lecture was a very popular form of entertainment, and audiences’ expectations ran high, but Twain never failed to amuse them.
Twan also wrote on amusing subjects. In 1873, he released a book called The Gilded Age. The book was a satire（讽刺）of the very wealthy of the time. A satire is a work that makes fun of bad human behavior, such as wasteful spending. Twain made people laugh at the excesses（无节制）of the rich.
In 1889, Twain took on other members of the Establishment. He wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, about a boy who travels back to the time of King Arthur. Twain made fun of those who were given advantages not because they had earned them but because of their family connections. If you have never read any of Mark Twain’s works, try reading A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, or The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. They will make you laugh.
What do we learn about Mark Twain from the passage?

A．He liked showing off by talking about his travels abroad.

B．He thought the rich should show mercy to the poor.

C．His lectures were very popular.

D．He supported those who succeeded with the help of others.

Mark Twain was good at each of the following EXCEPT ________.

A．writing excellent works

B．giving wonderful lectures

C．writing or speaking in a humorous style

D．laughing at people without a lot of money

What’s the author’s attitude towards Mark Twain?

A．Interested.	B．Admiring.
C．Disappointed.	D．Indifferent.

While Lee Kuan Yew is known throughout the world, few people outside the Chinese-language communities know the true meaning of Kuan Yew. In Chinese language, "kuan" means light, and "yew" means glory. So, Lee Kuan Yew means Lee the "light and glory".
Singapore's glory since its rebirth in 1965 has been a miracle, largely because of the light of Lee. By 1978, the transformation of Singapore into a modern city-state had become an inspiration for Deng Xiaoping, who having just emerged as the paramount leader of China was looking for a way to lead the country out of isolation and poverty. Drawing inspiration from Lee and the success story of Singapore, Deng visited the city-state in 1978 and met with Lee for the first time. Lee said that if Singaporeans can do it, China can also do it.
Soon after returning from Singapore, Deng launched a series of reforms in China. Over the subsequent decades, China has continued the reform and opening-up and it is now the second-largest economy in the world. Perhaps it could be said that part of the plan for China's great reform and transformation took shape in Singapore in 1978 during Deng's meetings with Lee. Ever since that fateful visit, China has learned from Singapore the finer points of governance, management and economic growth. No wonder, over the years China has sent many Party, government and corporate officials to receive training in Singapore.
In 1994, the Singapore Industrial Park in Suzhou, Jiangsu province (now renamed the Suzhou Industrial Park) was set up. Over the years, the industrial park has become a testing ground for many new reform programs in China, including those for social security, venture capital and private equity.
More recently, President Xi Jinping emphasized that China can still learn many things from Singapore.
Today, many people talk about the 21st century being the "Asian century" or the "Asia-Pacific century", while others have started talking of the "Asian dream". But Lee was one of the first Asians who truly stood out and demonstrated to the world that Asians can make a difference in terms of global growth and development. Lee's legacy is based on a solid and healthy dosage of pragmatism, realism, innovation, and commitment to making a better tomorrow.
After 50 years of constant innovation and ceaseless efforts, Singapore is the most developed country among the 10 ASEAN member states, one of the most developed countries in Asia and one of the most successful economies in the world. Rather than being caught up in the day-to-day travails, Lee always chose to stand on the top of the mountain and look beyond the horizon to see deep into the future, which made him a leader of wisdom, courage and vision.
According to the passage, we can know ___________.

A．Few people know the true meaning of “ Kuan Yew” in the world

B．The transformation of Singapore started in 1978

C．Deng xiaoping paid a visit to Singapore in 1978 because of the good relationship

D．Deng Xiaoping had never met with Lee Kuan Yew before 1978

The following statements are true EXCEPT_____.

A．the successful experience of Singapore has greatly influenced china’s reform and transformation

B．the Suzhou Industrial Park has tried many new reform programs in China

C．the Asians made few contributions to the global growth and development

D．constant innovation and ceaseless efforts make Singapore one of the most developed countries in Asia

what adjectives can be used to describe Lee Kuan Yew according to the passage?
①Distinguished
②wise
③easy-going
④brave
⑤creative
⑥visionary

A．①②④⑥	B．②③⑤⑥
C．①③⑤⑥	D．②③④⑤

which of the following is the best title of the passage ?

A．the contributions of Lee Kuan Yew made to china

B．the story of a great leader--- Lee Kuan Yew

C．the relationship between Lee Kuan Yew and Chinese leaders

D．Light and glory' of Asia example to world