There once was a little boy who wanted to meet the king. He set off, walking towards the king’s castle. After many years of walking, the king’s castle came into his view. However, as the boy drew closer to the outside of the castle, the guards noticed him.

“Get out of here!” ordered the guards.

Well, the little boy didn’t have to be told twice. He turned…and ran. All he wanted to do was to tell the king wonderful things, and see all the beautiful things in the king’s house. But he couldn’t even get near the castle! The boy finally stopped running, sat down and cried.

A young man happened to be coming down the path at the very moment. He saw the little boy and stopped. “What’s wrong, young man?” he asked.

“Sir, I walked and walked just to see the king. But these guards made me scared. I wanted to tell the king how lovely everything is and just tell the king that I just wanted to see him!”

The man looked at the little boy thoughtfully. “Look, why don’t you try again? I’ll come with you this time.”

The little boy got up and took the man’s hand. The king’s guards spotted them.

“Look, mister, we don’t have to do this…I don’t want you to get hurt. We can just turn around now.”

The man held the little boy’s hand and went on. The boy really thought the man might be crazy until he looked back up at the guards. They were all smiling now. The little boy was amazed.

“Who are you?” asked the little boy in astonishment.

“Why, I’m the king’s son. You can enter the castle and be with the king.” Said the man.

The little boy broke into a huge smile.

1.Why did the boy want to see the king?

A. To get some help from the king.

B. To invite the king to visit his beautiful village.

C. To share wonderful things with the king.

D. To ask the king to play with him.

2.What does the underlined sentence in the paragraph mean?

A. The little boy didn’t understand the guards’ words at first.

B. The guards repeated the words to the boy.

C. The little boy had been to the castle twice.

D. The little boy understood the guards’ words immediately.

3.According to the passage, the man is .

A. kind B. stupid C. ambitious D. mean

4.Which of the following best suits the story’s lesson for us?

A. Never judge a book by its cover.

B. Anything is possible if one tried hard enough.

C. Life can sometimes be unfair.

D. Make new friends and keep the old.

完形填空,阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和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。

Lyse Doucet lives a happy life in Chicago. But recently there is some difficulty for her and her family. She and her husband have each other’s parents and young daughter and for that they are . But she and her husband are both currently . And their car is in great need of . And then there is the matter of their second child, who is soon. So things are a little tense for the Doucet family these days.

When Lyse and her daughter were walking through a store lot recently, Lyse picked up an envelop from the ground that $4,000 in cash. There were a _of different explanations that could be considered. Was this a kind of good ? Could it be an attempt by the universe to balance everything? Could it be simply a gift from God? Lyse didn’t know. The only thing she knew was that the cash in that envelope to someone else. Oh, and one other thing she knew was that her young daughter was . “My kid was standing right there I found it,” Lyse told WLS-TV in Chicago. “So basically I wanted to teach my daughter how to be . And for me that was enough.”

Never mind the bills that were , or the car that needed to be fixed, or the baby that would come soon. When she the money over to the police she was told that there was actually nothing illegal if she it.

The police were able to return the money to the person who it-- an old woman. And one can imagine the joy and she felt when the police handed the lost envelop back to her. “She came to my house and she was almost in tears, me,” Lyse said. “She gave me a hug and an envelope with a small in it. But what was in it wasn’t . What mattered was the opportunity to teach my daughter honesty.”

1.A. restricted B. upset C. grateful D. sensitive

2.A. appreciated B. unemployed C. disappointed D. removed

3.A. cash B. protection C. sale D. repair

4.A. sick B. due C. desperate D. dull

5.A. gathering B. begging C. cleaning D. parking

6.A. contained B. involved C. charged D. paid

7.A. handful B. deal C. number D. flood

8.A. expense B. luck C. hope D. prize

9.A. belonged B. reacted C. pointed D. responded

10.A. urging B. affecting C. laughing D. watching

11.A. before B. when C. because D. though

12.A. ripe B. loyal C. honest D. humorous

13.A. passing by B. giving away C. showing off D. piling up

14.A. turned B. watched C. got D. collected

15.A. checked B. made C. kept D. promoted

16.A. sent B. lost C. disliked D. generated

17.A. relief B. anxiety C. tension D. respect

18.A. comforting B. congratulatingC. thanking D. offending

19.A. option B. present C. envelope D. amount

20.A. important B. serious C. sufficient D. efficient

Controlling traffic is a complex and high cost problem in many developed countries. It becomes more difficult and costly with the ever-increasing number of cars on the roads. But scientists and students at the CATT, at the University of Maryland are working to solve this problem. They are using simulation(模拟) technologies to help government and private business control and react to changing traffic conditions.

The online economics magazine Forbes.com says traffic congestion(拥挤) cost Americans $ 124 billion in 2014 and that number could rise to $ 186 billion by 2030.

But scientists at the CATT lab are trying to reduce those costs. They are developing a system that helps traffic managers, planners, emergency workers and businesses plan and react better. Michael Pack is CATT director. He says the system is important to help emergency workers, or first responders. reach an accident area faster.

The CATT Lab collects information from many sources, including roadside devices, GPS (global positioning system) equipment and wireless phones.

About 60 students and 30 software developers observe traffic flow and manage the computer servers at all times. They also work to develop software and applications that can help traffic run smoother and safer, Some of them turn the information gathered into so-called "visualizations". These visual representations help emergency workers better understand what is happening.

The center shares its findings with firefighters, police. Transportation departments and the military. They also share information with universities and transportation company.The technology company Google uses the data for its traffic-related websites. Michael Pack says, the information is then shared with anyone who wants to help traffic run more smoothly.

Mr. Pack says the goal is to help develop an intelligent system of road signals that will communicate with each other and with vehicles on the road.

1.The second paragraph is written to

A. attract more people to look through Forbes.com.

B.tell readers what Forbes.com says on its websitrre

C. show how much money controlling costs America

D. prove it is very expensive for some developed countries to control traffic

2.What benefit can emergency workers get from the system developed by the CATT lab?

A. They can be safer.

B. They can reach an accident area faster.

C. They can get more advice from people.

D. They can share their information with others.

3.Which of the following is NOT true about the developers and the students at the CATT?

A. They observe traffic flow continuously.

B. They develop software and applications.

C. They control the computer servers occasionally.

D. They change the information gathered into visual image.

4.In which column of the newspaper can you read this text?

A. Daily life. B.Science.

C.Education. D.Exploration

Like lots of other girls and boys,when Lisa Cao was a kid,she used to watch the Olympics. “I always wanted to be good at sport and I found athletic potential in my body”, the New York City citizen tells her friends. But there was no sport available so she took up piano lessons. Then,at the age of 15,she decided to drop the lessons and put her athletic potential to the test with running. At age 18,Lisa Cao ran her first-ever marathon in New York City. And now,the 27-year-old has 54 marathons 26. miles) and ultramarathons (100 miles) under her belt.

What does it take to be an ultramarathoner? A lot of devotion,even when difficulties occur sometimes. “Making time for running is really hard when life is so busy,” she says. “There’s a big work-life balance that I have to keep. I have to wake up earlier on the weekends. And oh,the potential for excuses! With NYC’s wild winters as of late,it’s easy to blame the weather,roll over in bed and put off a solid run. I have a fix for this,though,” she says. “Cute clothes. With the horrible weather, I bought cute clothes as motivation to run and actually wear them. ”

While she’s training during low season in the winter,Lisa Cao tries to run a “base” of 20 to 30 miles per week to stay prepared. During high season in the spring and summer,she’ll run around 30 to 40 miles,but she also gets a lot of quality miles from her races.

1.When did Lisa Cao run her first marathon?

A. At the age of 27.

B. When she was 15 years old.

C. Three years after she began running.

D. Nine years after she dropped her piano lessons.

2.What made Lisa Cao have the desire of joining in sports?

A.Being different from other kids of her age.

B.Wanting to join in the Olympics.

C. Having no interest in piano lessons.

D. Having athletic potential.

3.Why does Lisa Cao buy beautiful clothes in terrible weather?

A. To have a better sleep.

B. To motivate herself to keep running.

C. To protect herself from any harm.

D. To save time for further training.

4.Where is the text probably taken from?

A. A sport website

B. A science book.

C. A college poster

D. A football magazine.

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Many of my friends have experienced of a four-day step: on the first day, they meet each other and their mobile numbers; on the second day, he sends her a short saying how he has madly, passionately and hopelessly fallen in love with her; and on the third day, he her out to see a movie, then he holds her hand in ; so on the fourth day, they become a common couple among the thousands of young on campus.

Since I am not the president of university, I don’t want to say that there should be a/an on public display of affection. But I just feel whether it is the best way to our love in publiC. Well, unfortunately, I haven’t __ my Mr. Right now. To tell the truth, I really feel of those young lovers. But deep in my heart, I more than once how I should meet my Mr. Right, and how we should display our love in publiC. My imagination was like this: That would be a rainy Sunday afternoon, and I was in the library. Suddenly, my hands stop at a book called A Beautiful Mind, and at the same time, another boy out his hand for the same book. “Excuse me.” he saiD. Then I my eyes, and I saw a handsome tall boy, just like Beckham, with a high nose and a blushing smile looking at my face. Oh, I was drunk with the beautiful feelings — I really found him. We’ve found our in reading books, and from then on, we should go to the bookstores in our city whenever we were . And the best scene in my mind to show our love in public is we lie on the grass land on my campus, and I read a part of Jane Eyre to him, and he reads a part of Oliver Twist to me. Don’t you think it is a romantic for the young lovers to show their love to each other?

1.A. illustrate B. convey C. exchange D. recount

2.A. message B. article C. album D. graph

3.A. seizes B. allocates C. invites D. commands

4.A. private B. public C. perseverance D. comfort

5.A. lovers B. scholars C. citizens D. officers

6.A. obstacle B. collision C. limit D. creed

7.A. vague B. satisfied C. unbearable D. cozy

8.A. prove B. show C. celebrate D. improve

9.A. visited B. interviewed C. found D. fancied

10.A. jealous B. tired C. sensible D. ashamed

11.A. advocated B. admitted C. purchased D. imagined

12.A. marching B. wandering C. sweeping D. feeding

13.A. extremely B. approximately C. abruptly D. seriously

14.A. took B. reached C. brought D. drew

15.A. raised B. focused C. bent D. shut

16.A. carrying B. wearing C. loading D. squeezing

17.A. similarity B. dilemma C. decision D. ambition

18.A. innocent B. sincere C. free D. selfless

19.A. how B. that C. why D. where

20.A. assumption B. event C. scene D. occasion

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