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The fast development of modern technology has not only provided people with more income, but also enable them to enjoy long weekends and holidays. Never before have so many people traveled to so many different parts of the world and, with the help of fast, comfortable forms of modern transport, more and more people are tempted to（试图）leave their homes to see more of the world. It seems as if there are travelers everywhere.

People travel because traveling benefits them in a number of ways. First, it enables them to get much pleasure from sight-seeing and photo-taking. Second, traveling makes them fully relaxed and ready to get back to work happily. Third, it offers them an opportunity to visit old friends and make new friends as well. Finally, it allows them to see different customs, learn new things, gain new experience and enables them to come back with a broader mind.

With so many advantages to traveling, I think people should be encouraged to travel from time to time, especially on holidays, if their pocket and health permit.

1. Traveling benefits people in. ways

A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5

2.According to the passage, with the fast development of modern technology, what can people do?

A. People can enjoy long weekends and holidays

B. People have less money

C. people can do more shopping

D. People become lazy

3.What’s the best title of this passage?

A. Why people have more income

B. Why people like to work

C. Why people travel

D. Why people become relaxed

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   “Yes,I know it very 6 ” answered Daniel.

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() 1. A. look at   B. read   C. see   D. watch

() 2. A. from   B. for   C. in   D. with

() 3. A. speak   B. talk   C. tell   D. say

() 4. A. do   B. did   C. doing   D. does

() 5. A. about   B. to   C. off   D. from

() 6. A. good   B. well   C. nice   D. interesting

() 7. A. home   B. school   C. first   D. last

() 8. A. when   B. where   C. which   D. how

() 9. A. hard   B. easy   C. full   D. fine

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阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在的相应位置上。

Not all memories are sweet. Some people spend all 1. lives trying to forget bad experiences. Now American researchers are developing a pill, 2. will help people forget bad memories. The pill is planned to be taken immediately after a 3. (frighten) experience. They hope it might reduce, or possibly erase, the effect of painful memories.

However, the new research has caused a lot of argument. Supporters say bad memories may ruin people’s lives. They come back 4. us when we don’t want to have them in a daydream or nightmare(噩梦). They usually come with very painful feelings. The pill can help to reduce many ____5.____(suffer). But those 6. are against the research say that changing memories __7. (be) very dangerous because memories show who we are.

_____8._____the drug could first be used in only very serious cases, some people even fear that it would become more commonly used. Don’t forget people always have the ability 9. (use) science for the wrong purpose. What we should do is help people to have __10. (good) control of memories.

After a few days together, they got to the point _______ they could read each other’s thought.

A. which B. that C. where D. when

You may not pay much attention to your daily elevator ride. Many of us use a lift several times during the day without really thinking about it. But Lee Gray, PhD, of the University of North Carolina, US, has made it his business to examine this overlooked form of public transport. He is known as the “Elevator Guy”.

“The lift becomes this interesting social space where etiquette (礼仪) is sort of odd (奇怪的),” Gray told the BBC. “They (elevators) are socially very interesting but often very awkward places.”

We walk in and usually turn around to face the door. If someone else comes in, we may have to move. And here, according to Gray, lift users unthinkingly go through a set pattern of movements. He told the BBC what he had observed.

He explained that when you are the only one inside a lift, you can do whatever you want – it’s your own little box. If there are two of you, you go into different corners, standing diagonally (对角线地) across from each other to create distance. When a third person enters, you will unconsciously form a triangle. And when there is a fourth person it becomes a square, with someone in every corner. A fifth person is probably going to have to stand in the middle.

New entrants to the lift will need to size up the situation when the doors slide open and then act decisively. Once in, for most people the rule is simple – look down, or look at your phone.

Why are we so awkward in lifts?

“You don’t have enough space,” Professor Babette Renneberg, a clinical psychologist at the Free University of Berlin, told the BBC. “Usually when we meet other people we have about an arm’s length of distance between us. And that’s not possible in most elevators.”

In such a small, enclosed space it becomes very important to act in a way that cannot be construed (理解) as threatening or odd. “The easiest way to do this is to avoid eye contact,” she said.

1.The main purpose of the article is to _____.

A. tell us some unwritten rules of elevator etiquette

B. share an interesting but awkward elevator ride

C. remind us to enjoy ourselves in the elevator

D. analyze what makes people feel awkward in an elevator

2.According to Gray, when people enter an elevator, they usually _____.

A. turn around and greet one another

B. try to keep a distance from other people

C. look around or examine their phone

D. make eye contact with those in the elevator

3.The writer wrote the passage in a tone of ___________.

A. disapproved B. supportive

C. negative D. objective

4.Which of the following describes how people usually stand when there are at least two people in an elevator?

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答卷标号为1—10的相应位置上。

One afternoon many years ago, I sat down on a chair in a park and watched a little boy, around 2 years old, 1. (run) freely on the grass as his mother watched from a short distance．The boy would fall to the grass, get up, and without looking back at his mother, run as fast as he could as if nothing 2. ( happen)．

When kids fall down, they don't think of the fall as 3. failure. Instead, they consider 4. as a learning experience．They try and try again 5. they succeed．

I was also touched by the way he ran. With each attempt, he looked so 6. (confidence) and natural．He only wanted to run freely and to do it as well as he could．He was just being a child--- being himself completely at the moment．He never gave up．Each time he fell, he 7. got up again, as if he knew that falling down was 8. (simple) a part of life．

He was not looking for others' smiles, or worrying 9. whether someone was watching or not. 10. he wanted was to run and to feel the experience of running fully and freely．I learned a lot from the experience.

Lisa Pina never thought she would need the fire safety training she received during her apprenticeship (学徒期) as a union painter and dry waller. On Friday morning，she was thanking God she had it.

On Thursday night，while Pina was babysitting her granddaughter，nephew and two nieces in her sister’s apartment，she smelled smoke and realized the apartment building was on fire. When her 4?year?old granddaughter Ilean Garcia began saying，“We’re going to die，”she knew she had to act.Pina,39，first sealed the door，and then told all four children to get on the floor. After calling 911，she told the children to start singing and promised them all treats as soon as they reached safety. “I said，‘OK，we’re going to lie down and we’re all going to play a game，’” Pina said. “We all started singing our ABCs and 123s.I was just trying to make it fun.” Pina patiently waited，and a few minutes later，Riverside County sheriff’s deputies (治安官的助手) arrived. Pina，Ilean,8?year?old Gabriel Parga,5?year?old Aubreyana Parga and 4?year?old Meriyah Parga were all trapped on the second floor as flames filled the first story. Pina did the only thing she could. She opened the window and dropped the children，one?by?one，into the arms of the sheriff’s deputies about 15 to 20 feet below. “I just needed to keep the kids calm so they wouldn’t be afraid，”Pina said. “I was deathly afraid inside，but I couldn’t let them know that.”[Not long after dropping the children out of the window，firefighters arrived with a ladder and rescued her. Ten people were treated at the scene for suffering smoke，but nobody was seriously injured.

1.The text is mainly about________.

A.a big fire without serious injury

B.an urgent call 911

C.a brave babysitter

D.a babysitter rescuing kids from a big fire

2.The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 refers to________.

A.a union painter

B.a dry waller

C.the fire safety training

D.the apprenticeship

3..Before Lisa Pina called 911，in order to prevent the fire，she________.

A. let children get on the floor

B.opened the windows of the second floor

C.closed the door hard

D.had children start singing

4.According to the text，we know that________.

A.Lisa Pina was the last one to be rescued

B.the fire didn’t cause any injury

C.the children were sent to hospital after the fire

D.during the fire Lisa Pina wasn’t afraid at all

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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Twenty－one years ago, my husband gave me Sam, an eight－week－old dog, to help me ease the loss of our daughter. Later my husband and I moved from New York to New Jersey where our neighbor, whose cat had ________ had kittens, asked us if we would like one. We were afraid that Sam would not be ________ , but we made up our ________ to take a kitten.

We picked a little, gray, playful cat. She ________ around running after imaginary mice and squirrels and jumped from table to chair very ________ , so we named her Lightning (闪电).

At ________ , Sam and Lightning were not close to each other. But slowly, as the days went on, Lightning started ________ Sam. They slept together, ate together and played together. When I took ________ one out of the house, the other was always ________ by the door when we returned. That was the ________ it was for years.

Then, without any ________ , Sam suddenly died of a weak heart. This time, there was no Sam for Lightning to greet and no way to ________ why she would never see her friend again.

In the ________ that followed, Lightning seemed heartbroken. She could not ________ me in words that she was ________ , but I could see the pain and ________ in her eyes whenever anyone opened the front door. The weeks ________ by, and the cat’s sorrow seemed to be lifting. One day as I walked into our living room, I ________ to have a look at the floor next to our sofa where we had a sculptured replica (雕塑复制品) of Sam that we had bought a few years before. ________ next to the statue, one arm wrapped around the statue’s neck, was Lightning, sleeping with her best ________ .

1.A. recently B．lastly C．firstly D．never

2.A. sad B．excited C．disappointed D．glad

3.A. minds B．hearts C．heads D．brains

4.A. walked B．climbed C．raced D．hid

5.A. slowly B．quickly C．carefully D．bravely

6.A. last B．noon C．night D．first

7.A. leaving B．following C．hating D．catching

8.A. neither B．both C．either D．any

9.A. waiting B．sleeping C．crying D．barking

10.A. road B．path C．way D．street

11.A. words B．diseases C．fear D．warning

12.A. talk B．explain C．think D．write

13.A. days B．months C．seasons D．years

14.A. express B．tell C．report D．say

15.A. enjoying B. doing C．suffering D．missing

16.A. disappointment B．anger C．gathered D．fun

17.A. came B．went C．gathered D．walked

18.A. seemed B．appeared C．happened D．meant

19.A. Running B．Laying C．Playing D．Lying

20.A. friend B．enemy C．sofa D．chair

When most people think of artists, they usually forget the part about the artist being a surveyor of beauty. This is because most people do not realize that there is actually a sort of process when it comes to making art so much so that lots of individuals(个人) cannot understand why true artists take their time when creating brilliant works.

The reason as to why artists take their time when creating their works is because they will first have to look for something beautiful which will inspire them. This is because an artist is someone who appreciates beauty and captures(捕获) the said beauty in a portrait, a song, a novel, and any other forms of artistic medium available to man. Rather than those commercial artists who simply paint a picture because they are paid to do so, a true artist will only work if he or she is inspired. The true artist shall not compromise his or her work because of earth temptations(诱惑) and as such they run the risk of being ridiculed(嘲弄)in exchange for their happiness. History has however shown that the true artist who correctly appreciates beauty is one whose works will end up being celebrated.

How does a true artist spot beauty? The only possible way to go about doing this is to actually look at the world. This means that the true artist is someone who loves to walk around and look at new things. Whatever it may be, the point here is that the artist does take a bit of time out to survey the world and find something beautiful which would inspire him. At times it even happens that the object that inspires the artist is not a thing but rather a person. At the end of the day, it must be said that each artist has his own views of what is beautiful and what is not. The true artist is someone who appreciates beauty.

1.What do we learn from the first paragraph?

A. Most people know little about how artists work.

B. People understand only how true artists work.

C. Most people appreciate the work of artists.

D. People tend to ignore the works of artists.

2.True artists are ridiculed because they .

A. have a strange lifestyle

B. resist earth temptations

C. refuse to live a happy life

D. search for something beautiful

3.What is the author's attitude towards true artist?

A. Doubtful. B. Concerned.

C. Appreciative. D. Disapproving.

4.The main purpose of the passage is to .

A. tell us the result of a survey

B. make a comparison

C. make a suggestion

D. argue for a point

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