There was once a king who had a wise advisor. The advisor followed the king everywhere and his favorite piece of advice to the king was “Everything happens for the good.”

One day the king went hunting (狩猎) and had a small accident. His foot was injured. Fortunately, he was not badly injured but as always he was forced to ask his advisor what he thought about the accident, to which the advisor replied, “Everything happens for the good.”

This time the king was really angry and put his advisor in prison (监狱). The king then asked his advisor, “Now, what do you think?” The advisor again answered, “Everything happens for the good.”

About a week later the king went on another hunting trip. As it turned out the king was caught by some cannibals (食人者) and taken to their camp where he would be prepared to be their evening meal. Before putting him into the cooking pot, he was examined and the cannibals realized that the king’s foot was injured. They decided to throw him back into the forests. It is the tradition for the cannibals not to eat anything that was in any way injured.

It is true that everything in our lives happens for a purpose, and most often for our own good. If you think about it, all our past experiences actually happened to bring us to where we are today and make us a better person. So whatever challenges that we may face today, consider it happening to bring us to the next level.

1.The second paragraph tells us that______ .

A. the advisor was worried about the king

B. the king was always careless about everything

C. the advisor didn’t have much useful advice

D. the king always asked for advice from the advisor

2.When the advisor was put in prison, he remained ______ .

A. angry B. nervous C. calm D. upset

3.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that ______ .

A. everything happens for their own reasons

B. our life experiences are our best teacher

C. it is good for us to think about experiences

D. challenges will make you do anything

4.By telling the story, the writer ______ .

A. wants us to think positively

B. asks us not to hunt any more

C. wishes us to follow others’ advice

D. tells us the danger of hunting

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1.If you are an English beginner, you’d better choose .

A.General English B.High School ESL

C.Night Classes D.Academic English

2.Which course would be helpful for students who want to take the IELTS exam?

A.Course 1. B.Course 2.

C.Course 3. D.Course 4.

3.How much will you pay if you spend two weeks taking the High School ESL course?

A.$ 200. B.$ 300.

C.$ 500. D.$ 600.

4.What can we learn from One on One according to the passage?

A.Its lessons are given in the morning.

B.It’s especially designed for English beginners.

C.It’s more expensive than the other courses.

D.Its lessons are designed to only improve writing skills.

I stole your dog today. No, I didn’t set a foot on your house, but from the condition of your dog, I can imagine what it looks like…the word “rubbish” comes to mind.

I found her along a road, with a heavy chain wrapped around her neck, still attached to rotten boards from her doghouse. Not only did I know that most of the town people had already ignored her, judging by where I found her, but I knew that if she had gotten into the Woods, the "cross" that she dragged behind her would have wrapped around a tree until starvation or thirst killed her. She has a beautiful name now. Already in the first week she has come to look more like she should. Her eyes sparkle and she has learned to wag her tail in greeting. She has stopped flinching (畏缩) when I make a sudden movement, because she knows now that I won’t beat her, in fact, she rarely leaves my side. She’s even become brave enough to bark at a cat and today I watched from the window as she attempted to play with the other dogs. No, it’s clear she does not miss you or her former life on a chain.

It’s not clear yet whether she'll remain here or whether I’ll find her a loving home where she can count on more individual attention than I can give her, but one thing is certain, this is one bit of stolen “property” who is never returning to you. So sue me, accuse me, plead with the courts that she is rightfully yours ... I'm convinced this is the best “crime” I’ve ever committed. Hardly anything has pleased me more than the day I stole your dog. I need only look into her beautiful brown eyes to know that she’d defend my decision with her life. If we have one prayer, it is that you will not replace her, and if we have one special day to celebrate together, it is the day I stole your dog and the day she stole my heart.

1. What's the author's attitude towards the former owner of the dog?

A. Puzzled. B. Angry. C. Shocked. D. Satisfied.

2.It can be inferred from the passage that .

A. the dog is not lovely

B. the dog tried to find a kind master

C. the dog was treated badly by its former master

D. the author will be charged with stealing a dog

3.All the following statements showed us the dog's recovery from her nature except _______.

A. playing with other dogs

B. barking at a cat

C. not missing her former master

D. waving her tail to make greetings

4.What did the author think of his theft?

A. He was afraid of being punished.

B. He thought he had to do it.

C. He believed that the law would allow him to do so.

D. He did it with pride.

5. What’s the purpose did the author write the passage?

A. To warn the people in the town not to keep dogs.

B. To prove his love to the dog to her former owner.

C. To explain to the police why the dog were in the Woods.

D. To ask people to find the dog a loving home and a owner who loves dogs.

My mother is taking a tour of the new house via Skype. I leaned the laptop so she can see where she's going,pleased that our Internet connection in Zimbabwe is holding. "This is the living room," I say. Then I tell mydaughter,s;Show Grandma the bed for the mummy and the daddy. " From a continent away, Grandma gave herapproval.

Mum had a dollhouse,too. My grandmother,a single mother, did not have enough money to buy my mother areal dollhouse. So Mum made do,laboring over her square cookie tin for years. She stuck patterns on the bright walls : tin cans of jam and bags of flour to make sure the dolls' store was overflowing.

My mother passed her love of life in miniature( 缩影 ) on to me very early. At age 5,1 made chests of drawers for my dollhouse bedroom from matchboxes glued together. Unlike my mother,l was given some ready-made doll furniture and accessories. My mother encouraged me,always responding to my calI,"Come to see what I've made Lrur IIly clollhuuse ! "

I spent hours writing a book with the unoriginal but certainly accurate title " How To Make Dolls' House Furniture". The book was lost in a household move. But the satisfying feeling of filling up blank pages with my

own ideas stayed with me,pushing me into a career centered on words.

My daughter turned 3 recently, and last month I put a strong empty cardboard box,about the size of a tea tray(托盘) ,in Cassia's bedroom. I searched the shops for dollhouse furniture. But an afternoon's searching yielded only a pink plastic toilet and sink. It doesn't matter,l told myself. I showed Cassia how to make plates for her table from coloured buttons. Fascinated, she collected black stones.

What my mother gave me was much more than a fascination with tiny things :It was the ability to view things from a new perspective(角度) , to put oneself in another person's shoes , and to solve problems with whatever is at hand.

1.What was the writer's mother looking at is_____.

A. a photo of a house online

B. a house in Zimbabwe

C. Cassia's self-made dollhouse

D. the writer's newly-bought house

2.While making her own dollhouse, the writer______.

A. often showed it off to her mother

B. asked for help from others

C. bought lots of doll furniture

D. spent hours reading a book about dollhouses

3.We can infer that the writer______.

A. built her own house with different materials

B. made all accessories herself for her house

C. learned to become a house designer

D. made a living by writing books

4.What did the writer learn from her mother?

A. To live independently in one s own house.

B. To find treasure of tiny things from the trash

C. To solve problems from a different view.

D. To avoid putting on another person's shoes.

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In our discussion with people on how education can help them succeed in life, a woman remembered the first meeting of an introductory_______course about 20 years ago.
The professor _____the lecture hall, placed upon his desk a large jar filled with dried beans(豆), and invited the students to ______ow many beans the jar contained. After ______shouts of wildly wrong guesses, the professor smiled a thin, dry smile, announced the _____ answer, and went on saying, ”You have just ______an important lesson about science. That is Never______ your own senses.”
Twenty years later, the ____could guess what the professor had in mind. He _____himself, perhaps, as inviting his students to start an exciting ______into an unknown world

Invisible(无形的)to the ___ ,which can be discovered only through scientific___ .But the seventeen-year-old girl could not accept or even ___ the invitation. She was just ____ to understand the world. And she ____ that her firsthand experience could be the ___ .The professor, however, said that it was ___.He was taking away her only ____ for knowing and was providing her with no substitute. “I remember feeling small and ___ ,”the women says, “and I did the only thing I could do. I ___ the course that afternoon and I haven’t gone near science since.”

1.A. artB. historyC. scienceD. math

2.A. searched forB. looked atC. got throughD. marched into

3.A. countB. guessC. reportD. watch

4.A. warning ofB. giving outC. turning awayD. listening to

5.A. readyB. possibleC. correctD. difficult

6.A. learnedB. preparedC. taughtD. taken

7.A. loseB. trustC. sharpenD. show

8.A. lecturerB. scientistC. speakerD. woman

9.A. describedB. respectedC. sawD. served

10.A. voyageB. movementC. changeD. rush

11.A. professorB. eyeC. knowledgeD. light

12.A. modelB. sensesC. spiritD. methods

13.A. hearB. makeC. presentD. refuse

14.A. suggestingB. beginningC .pretendingD. waiting

15.A. believedB. doubtedC. provedD. explained

16.A. growthB. strengthC. faithD. truth

17.A. firmB.interestingC. wrongD. acceptable

18.A. taskB. toolC. successD. connection

19.A. cruelB. proudC. frightenedD. brave

20.A. droppedB. startedC. passedD. missed

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