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I was visiting the Cape Verde Islands with some friends. Although it was a 1. (wind) day, the water was clear and my friends were out on the reef. Going out to snorkel (潜泳), I 2. (notice) that an ocean current had spread to the bay, pushing me towards rocks 3. (cover) in sea urchins (海胆). Since I wasn't close to the shore, 4. would have been a tiring exercise to swim against it, so, using the current, I made it back to shore in about an hour.

5. (lie) on the beach and out of breath, I heard a voice. A man, 6.was one of the guys I had just met, was getting pushed past the rocks and would be quickly carried out to sea. No one else was close, 7. I jumped into the water. Keeping a mark on all of the submerged rocks and sand bars (沙洲), I swam out to him.

“Get hold of my arm and when you reach a sand bar, grip it with your feet,” I said over the roar of the waves.

With one hand, I held onto the man, and with 8. other, I was using all of my remaining 9. (strong) to reach the sand bars. Again, I used the current to get across the bay, towards the shallows. 10. (final), we crawled up the sand and lay there watching the sun.

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Picture this scene, a 6-year-old girl is alone on a raft, with no lifejacket, 200 yards from the shore with the winds whipping up the water. She is pointing at her cousins, and yelling out, “They are drowning!” Your eyes scan left only to see a three-year-old above the surface of the water and you realize two hands are holding her up, the hands of 14-year-old Mallory, who is struggling below the surface of the water.

Three seventeen-year-olds from Salt Lake City, Tiana Skeen, Caitlin Caldwell and Jessica Osterloh, were on the lake for fun in the sun at Bear Lake when they heard the cry for help and saw this terrifying scene. The teens witnessed the three young girls in this very dangerous situation. The teens reacted quickly and swam out to save the girls while crying out toward jet skiers and people on the beach for help. Fourteen-year-old Mallory was struggling to hold her little cousin Rylee above water. The teens rescued Rylee just in time but couldn’t find Mallory. Meanwhile, 6-year-old Sydney was floating away on the raft with no lifejacket. The girls flagged down a jet ski to get her and bring her back to the beach.

The three teen heroines (女英雄) saved the 3-year-old and the 6-year-old, but they feel Mallory is the real heroine, as she held her 3-year-old cousin above the water until the teens were able to rescue Rylee. Mallory was finally found, but she died on the way to the hospital.

Now, the teen heroines strongly remind everyone to wear a life jacket when on the water.

1.What was Mallory doing, when the accident happened?

A. She was crying out for help on a raft.

B. She was trying her best to catch a raft.

C. She was trying to help her cousin survive.

D. She was struggling above the surface of the water.

2.It is implied in the passage that .

A. life jackets are not provided for free at Bear Lake

B. Mallory couldn’t have been killed with a life jacket

C. Rylee was saved because she was a good swimmer

D. children are not allowed to play on the lake alone

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

A. A dangerous experience B. Bear Lake

C. A life jacket D. Three teen heroines

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Liverpool is famed for many things — most especially The Beatles and its football team. But few would associate the city with one of the most famous political speeches in history. Yet tourism officials in the city have published the claim that Martin Luther King's “I Have a Dream” was written at a city centre hotel. The allegation (说法) has been made in a guide to a major art event named Liverpool Discovers.

A map in the guide shows more than 20 locations where famous people were born along with places associated with celebrities (名人) and events in their life. The guide claims, “Martin Luther King visited his supporters in Liverpool three times, and the first draft of his famous speech ‘I Have a Dream’ is claimed to have been written at Adelphi Hotel.” The speech, delivered to civil rights campaigners on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington in 1963, is one of the most quoted texts in history and was a definitive moment in the American Civil Rights Movement and in the fight for racial equality.

Dr. King's biographer, Godfrey Hodgson, said that the suggestion did not fit the facts. He said, “I don't believe it. If he had been to Liverpool, there would have been massive media reports, as he would have been a big figure by then. Dr. King did visit the UK on a number of occasions but he was not in the UK around the time of this famous speech in 1963.”Prof. John Belcham, a history lecturer of University of Liverpool who wrote an 800?year history of Liverpool in 2008, confirmed that he was unaware of any connection between Dr. King and the city.

1.In the first paragraph, the writer tells us indirectly that

________.

A.Liverpool Discovers was created to remember Martin Luther King

B.many famous political speeches in history were delivered in Liverpool

C.most people think Liverpool is known for the famous speech “I Have a Dream”

D.the claim that “I Have a Dream” was written in Liverpool still lacks evidence

2.The guide offers relevant information about ________.

A.the places associated with celebrities

B.the families of celebrities

C.the contributions of celebrities

D.the daily life of celebrities

3.What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A.Godfrey held a negative attitude towards Dr. King.

B.There were some arguments about whether Dr. King wrote the speech himself.

C.The connection between Dr. King and Liverpool was doubted by some experts.

D.John was unaware of any connection between Dr. King and Liverpool.

4.What would be the best title for this passage?

A.Martin Luther King and His Speech

B.Is Liverpool Connected to Martin Luther King?

C.Liverpool Is a Good Choice for Holidaymakers

D.The Most Famous People in Liverpool

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It was something she had dreamed of since she was five. Finally, after years of training and intensive workouts, Deborah Duffey was going to compete in her first high school basketball game. The goals of becoming an outstanding player and playing college ball were never far from Deborah's mind.

The game was against Mills High School. With 1 minute and 42 seconds left in the game, Deborah's team led by one point. A player of Mills had possession of the ball,and Deborah ran to guard against her. As Deborah was running to block the player, her knee went out and she fell down on the court in burning pain. Just like that, Deborah's season was over.

After suffering the bad injury, Deborah found that, for the first time in her life, she was in a situation beyond her control. Game after game, she could do nothing but sit on the sidelines watching others play the game that she loved so much.

Injuries limited Deborah's time on the court as she hurt her knees three more times in the next five years. She had to spend countless hours in a physical clinic to receive treatment. Her frequent visits there gave her a passion and respect for the profession. And Deborah began to see a new light in her life.

Currently as a senior in college, Deborah focuses on getting a degree in physical treatment. After she graduates, Deborah plans to use her knowledge to educate people how to best take care of their bodies and cope with the feelings of hopelessness that she remembers so well.

1.How did Deborah feel when she first hurt her knee?

A.Calm. B.Confused.

C.Ashamed. D.Disappointed.

2.What is TRUE about Deborah Duffey?

A.She didn't play on the court after the injury.

B.She injured her knee when she was trying to block a player.

C.She knew that she couldn't be a basketball player when she was a child.

D.She refused to seek professional assistance to help her recover from her injuries.

3.What is the best title for this passage?

A.A Painful Mistake

B.A Great Adventure

C.A Lifelong Punishment

D.A New Direction in Life

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I met my friend when we were in graduate school, and we enjoyed hanging out together outside of class. After receiving our degrees, we both left school to live in different states. That was 10 years ago.

We've kept in touch, but our phone conversations and twice?a?year visits became opportunities for my friend to talk endlessly about her problems. When I tried to fill her in on my own life, she obviously ignored.

In the past few years I've not visited her at all and been afraid of her occasional phone calls and visits to my house. She invites herself now because I no longer invite her. When she's at my home, she literally follows me from room to room, talking nonstop, until I make an excuse to get away from her. I tell her I need to take a nap, but I don't sleep. I sit in my room and read or enjoy the quiet.

Here's the worst part. She and her family, including two young children, are moving to our city. Her family has a small income, and they are buying a house in a grand neighborhood they can't afford. She asked if she and her husband and her children could stay at my home on their trips to our town to deal with house matters.

My husband and I have no children. Even though our home is tiny and perfectly sized for us, I let them stay. She told me her husband would start his new job before they finished purchasing this house. I felt obligated to offer her our guest room. If I hadn't offered, she would have asked anyway.

Now he's here, and it turns out he'll be staying on through the weekends. I am seething.

I would never under any circumstances impose on a friendship this way. I feel used, resentful, and don't care if I ever see her again. Should I end this friendship? I'm getting absolutely nothing from it but a knot in my stomach.

1.Every time they got in touch, the author's friend __________.

A.had little to share with the author

B.was eager to know about the author's life

C.expressed her contentment with her own life

D.showed no interest in listening to the author's story

2.The author is afraid of her friend's phone calls and visits because ________.

A.she is engaged in her own life

B.she hates her friend's nonstop talking

C.her friend always borrows money from her

D.her friend always wants to show off before her

3.We can know from the text that the author ________.

A.is a selfish and jealous woman

B.has a larger house than her friend

C.has more children than her friend

D.is unwilling to share her house with her friend

4.What is the author's attitude towards their friendship?

A.Favorable. B.Appreciative.

C.Dissatisfied. D.Indifferent.

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What's life like on a deserted island? Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona decided to find out.

The adventurous senator took a vacation from Capitol Hill and went on a four?day Robinson Crusoe style holiday with his two teenage sons to a remote, deserted island in the North Pacific Ocean.

The senator and his sons, 15?year?old Tanner and 13?year?old Dallin, traveled 5,200 miles from Phoenix, Arizona to the island of Biggarenn. They didn't carry any food or water.

The island is part of the Marshall Islands. It offered no basic supplies, so the Flakes had to catch and cook their own food and purify their water. Their diet was made up of coconuts, crabs and fish. They caught the crab and fish themselves and cooked the food over an open fire started with a magnifying glass (放大镜).

The Flakes brought along a lobster trap (龙虾夹) in the hope of having some delicious treats, but lost it within the first few hours after it was attacked by a shark. They also carried two pumps to remove salt from ocean water. It took them hours each night to pump for just a few gallons of fresh water.

One of the most memorable moments of the trip, the father said, was when he and his 15?year?old son were almost caught by sharks after spearing (用叉叉起) a fish in the ocean.

Still, it was quite an enjoyable holiday for them. “For a dad it was a wonderful thing. No video games around, no television, no disturbance, no texting,” Flake recalled.

1.Why did the Flakes go to the island of Biggarenn?

A.To meet Robinson Crusoe.

B.To spear the shark for food.

C.To spend a special vacation.

D.To swim in the North Pacific Ocean.

2.What can we learn from the text?

A.The Flakes could easily find a fire on the island.

B.The Flakes caught lobsters for food on the island.

C.The Flakes found basic things that they needed on the island.

D.The Flakes took much trouble to get drinkable water on the island.

3.According to the text, the Flakes' holiday is ________.

A.adventurous but interesting

B.exciting but painful

C.meaningless but enjoyable

D.boring but memorable

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Washington: NASA has announced evidence that Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede, has a saltwater ocean under its icy surface. The ocean seems to have more water than all the water on Earth's surface, according to new Hubble observations.

New Hubble observations of Ganymede's magnetic field strongly suggest that the moon, which is the largest in our whole solar system, is home to a subsurface ocean.

Scientists estimate that the oceanis 95 kilometres thick, which is about 10 times deeper than Earth's oceans. But unlike our salty waters, Ganymede's ocean is buried under 150 kilometres of ice.

While scientists have speculated (推测) since the 1970s about the presence of an ocean on Ganymede — the largest moon in our solar system — until now the only observational evidence came from a brief flyby by the Galileo spacecraft, which didn't observe the moon long enough to confirm a liquid ocean.

This discovery marks an important milestone, highlighting what only Hubble can accomplish. In its 25 years in orbit, Hubble has made many scientific discoveries in our own solar system. A deep ocean under the icy surface of Ganymede opens up further exciting possibilities for life beyond Earth.

Scientists_have_already_confirmed_the_existence_of_an_ocean_on_Europa,_another moon orbiting Jupiter, and NASA has announced plans to send an unmanned mission there searching for the life that might come with liquid water.

Hubble is a telescope that orbits Earth, but because of its impressive gravitational analyses it can be used to study the inside of far distant planets. Using these same principles, scientists could theoretically detect oceans on distant exoplanets as well.

1.What can we learn about Ganymede from the passage?

A.It is a planet with the largest moon in our whole solar system.

B.Its ocean adds to people's excitement about life beyond Earth.

C.It will be used by NASA as a base for the Hubble telescope.

D.Its liquid ocean was first proved by the Galileo spacecraft.

2.Which of the following best describes the writer's attitude towards Hubble?

A.Cautious. B.Doubtful.

C.Negative. D.Favourable.

3.What does the underlined part in Paragraph 6 mean?

A.An underground ocean has been found in Europa.

B.The presence of an underground ocean in Europa is not possible.

C.It is now certain that there is an ocean on Europa.

D.No evidence has shown the existence of an ocean on Europa.

4.What type of writing does this passage belong to?

A.A term essay.

B.A news report.

C.An experiment report.

D.An exploration review.

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Five Ways to Control Your Anxiety

How can you find some enjoyment and keep your anxiety in control? Try the following five steps for a less anxious you.

Stop comparing yourself to others. When you compare your life to others’, you are giving up your power. People have success or failures at different points in their lives. You might think others have better lives, but you don’t have the full story. Next time you begin to compare yourself to someone else, tell yourself this, “I only compare me to me.” __1.___

Be grateful. Gratitude is the secret to a happier,less anxious you. __2.__ When you practice gratitude, you start training your brain to pay attention to all the wonderful things about your life and doing so improves your mood little by little.

Forget perfect. Going after perfection sets you up to feel defeated. Accept that you will have days that are far from perfect and learn to laugh at the funny things that go wrong at the wrong time. _3.__

Move your body. ___4.___ I’m sure you’ll feel better--especially if you exercise regularly. Doing exercise will give you a sense of achievement that you can use to deal with other difficulties in your life.

Connection with other people. If you struggle with anxiety, you may not feel like putting yourself into social situations, but isolating(使孤立)yourself socially is the worst thing you can do. Connecting with others can help you realize everyone has struggles and that people are there for you. 5.__ Connection can help you improve your mood.

A.Life is so much more enjoyable when you expect less of it.

B.Make sure you aren’t going around trying to please everyone.

C.It is scientifically proved that exercise can improve your mood.

D.See a friend, call a family member or just smile at strangers passing by.

E.Pen and paper can provide you with a special place to express your feelings.

F.When you take time to enjoy all the good things, you can’t help but feel good.

G.Only by competing with yourself to be a better you can you get where you want to be.

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