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It was my first day in Hangzhou, the Chinese city, famous for its natural beauty and history and I didn't have much time to spare. I wanted to see 1. much of the city as possible in the two days 2. I was to return to Guangzhou. My first task was to decide where to go and 3. to get there. I took out my guide book in which there was a lot of information about the city's well-known tourist 4. (attract) and started to read. At that moment an attractive young lady 5. noticed my book came up to me and introduced 6. . She said her name was Miss Bai and kindly offered to show me 7. the city. I was delighted and was about to accept her proposal when she suggested we first 8. (go) to the West Lake and walk along the Broken Bridge. I quite liked the idea of visiting the West Lake but wasn't so sure about crossing the Broken Bridge. 9. it was broken, did she expect me to jump across? And I couldn't swim, so if I fell in then I would drown. That was definitely not an attractive idea so I politely declined her invitation, 10. (close) my book and walked away.

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You may have seen a talking parrot on a TV show, in a movie, or even in someone’s home. The parrot has learned to copy sounds that people make. Birds are not the only animals that can copy the noises they hear. Dolphins, bats, and some apes also copy sounds. Now we can add elephants to this list of copycats.

Dr. Joyce Poole is a zoologist. She studies the sounds of elephants. While she was in Kenya, she would hear strange noises made by Mlaika after sunset. Mlaika was a 10-year-old African elephant.

Mlaika lived near a highway. Dr. Poole says, “I could not tell the difference between Mlaika’s call and the distant truck noise.” She and other scientists studied Mlaika’s sounds. It turned out that Mlaika was copying the sounds of the trucks driving by. Why would Mlaika copy trucks that she heard going by on the highway? Animals that are able to copy sounds may enjoy practicing new sounds. When they are kept outside of their natural environment, they may copy unusual sounds. That may be why an elephant would copy the sound of a truck.

“Mlaika was not the only copycat elephant,” Dr. Poole says. Calimero is a 23-year-old male African elephant. He spent 18 years with two female Asian elephants. Asian elephants make chirping sounds (sounds made by birds) to talk with one another. African elephants usually do not make chirping sounds. But Calimero now does. He is copying his Asian elephant friends. Dr. Poole says that elephants need to form bonds with their family and friends. She says, “They make sounds to communicate with each other. When they are separated, they use sounds to keep in contact.”

Parrots, dolphins, humans, and elephants show that being a copycat is one way that animals and people make new friends and keep old ones.

1.According to Dr. Poole, what does Mlaika copy?

A. The sound of people.

B. The sound of trucks.

C. The sound of Calimero.

D. The sound of birds.

2. From paragraph 4, we can know ________.

A. Calimero is a 23-year-old male Asian elephant

B. African elephants never make chirping sounds

C. Asian elephants make chirping sounds to talk with birds

D. Elephants make sounds to keep in touch with each other

3. According to the passage, animals like to be copycats because they need_______.

A. To keep in touch with nature.

B. To please people and other animals.

C. To make new friends and keep old ones.

D. To avoid danger from the outside world.

China launched its second space laboratory, the Tiangong II, on Sept 15, which space officials say will become the country’s largest scientific platform in space to date.

The space lab was lifted off atop a Long March 2F carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu province at 10:04 pm. Around 20 minutes later, the mission was declared a success.

The Tiangong II did preparations in space for about one month and then the Shenzhou XI manned spacecraft rocketed two astronauts to the lab on October 17th. The pair will make it their home for 30 days before being returned to Earth.

The lab’s predecessor, Tiangong I, was launched in September 2011 and was used mainly to test technology involved in space docking.

By comparison, the Tiangong II will be used to conduct more than 40 scientific and technological experiments together with the Shenzhou XI. That’s many times more than those carried out by the Tiangong I and the three previous Shenzhou spacecraft, according to Wu Ping, deputy director of the China Manned Space Agency. China’s manned space program has entered a “new phase of application and development,” he said.

1.The underlined expression“atop” can be probably replaced with ________.

A. according toB. by means of

C. on top ofD. in front of

2.What is the author’s attitude towards the Tiangong II’s prospect?

A. optimistic.B. negative.C. objective.D. subjective.

3.Which of the following statement about the passage is NOT true?

A. At present, the Tiangong II is our country’s largest scientific platform in space.

B. Two astronauts will live and work in the Tiangong II till mid November.

C. The Tiangong II will carry out far more scientific and technological experiments than its latter space lab.

D. Before two astronauts arrived, the Tiangong II had done preparations in space for about one month.

Learning a Second Language

Some people learn a second language easily. Other people have trouble learning a new language. How can you help yourself learn a new language, such as English? There are several ways to make learning English a little easier and more interesting.

The first step is to feel confident about learning English. If you believe that you can learn, you will learn. Be patient. You don't have to understand everything all at once. It is natural to make mistakes when you learn something new. We can learn from our mistakes.

The second step is to practise your English. For example,write in a diary every day. You will get used to writing in English,and you will feel comfortable expressing your ideas in English. After several weeks, you will see that your writing is improving. Besides, you must speak English every day. You can practise with your classmates after class. You will all make mistakes, but gradually you will become comfortable communicating in English.

The third step is to keep a record of your language learning. You can write this in your diary. After each class, think about what you did. Did you answer a question correctly? Did you understand anything the teacher explained? Perhaps the lesson was difficult, but you tried to understand it. Write these achievements(成就) in your diary.

You must be active in learning English and believe that you can do it. It is important to practise every day and make a record of your achievements. You will enjoy learning English, and you will feel more confidence in yourself.

1.The underlined word “communicating” in the third paragraph means ________.

A. getting information

B. sharing or exchanging ideas, news, information,etc.

C. speaking

D. expressing the reason and the result

2.When you learn English, you do not need to ________.

A.be patient

B.make mistakes

C.express your ideas in English

D.understand everything at once

3.What is not helpful for you to enjoy learning English?

A.To communicate in English.

B.To worry about making mistakes.

C.To think about what you did after each class.

D.To make a record of the achievements.

4.What is the main idea of this passage?

A.It is very important to learn a second language.

B.Some people learn a second language easily while other people do not.

C.There are ways to help you learn a second language more easily.

D.Don't worry about making mistakes when learning a second language.

A year after graduation, I was offered a position teaching a writing class. Teaching was a profession I had never seriously considered, though several of my stories had been published. I accepted the job without hesitation, as it would allow me to wear a tie and go by the name of Mr. Davis. My father went by the same name, and I liked to imagine people getting the two of us confused. “Wait a minute” someone might say, “are you talking about Mr. Davis the retired man, or Mr. Davis the respectable scholar?”

The position was offered at the last minute, and I was given two weeks to prepare, a period I spent searching for briefcase (公文包) and standing before my full-length mirror, repeating the words, “Hello, class. I’m Mr. Davis.” Sometimes I would give myself an aggressive voice. Sometimes I would sound experienced. But when the day eventually came, my nerves kicked in and the true Mr. Davis was there. I sounded not like a thoughtful professor, but rather a 12-year-old boy.

I arrived in the classroom with paper cards designed in the shape of maple leaves. I had cut them myself out of orange construction paper. I saw nine students along a long table. I handed out the cards, and the students wrote down their names and fastened them to their breast pockets as I required.

“All right then,” I said. “Okay, here we go.” Then I opened my briefcase and realized that I had never thought beyond this moment. I had been thinking that the students would be the first to talk, offering their thoughts and opinions on the events of the day. I had imagined that I would sit at the edge of the desk, overlooking a forests of hands. Every student would yell. “Calm down, you’ll all get your turn. One at a time, one at a time!”

A terrible silence ruled the room, and seeing no other opinions, I inspected the students to pull out their notebooks and write a brief essay related to the theme of deep disappointment.

1.The author took the job to teach writing because ________.

A. he wanted to be expected

B. he had written some storied

C. he wanted to please his father

D. he had dreamed of being a teacher

2.What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 2?

A. He would be aggressive in his first class.

B. He was well-prepared for his first class.

C. He got nervous upon the arrival of his first class.

D. He waited long for the arrival of his first class.

3.Before he started his class, the author asked the students to ________.

A. write down their suggestions on the paper cards

B. cut maple leaves out of the construction paper

C. cut some cards out of the construction paper

D. write down their names on the paper cards

4.What did the students do when the author started his class?

A. They began to talk.

B. They stayed silent.

C. They raised their hands.

D. They shouted to be heard.

For years people had told our founders, motivational speakers Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, inspiring stories about themselves. Jack and Mark included these stories in their talks, and their audiences repeatedly asked if they had ever been published. Eventually, Jack and Mark decided to collect the best 101 stories they’d been told and put them in a book. They called it Chicken Soup for the Soul because they wanted it to provide comfort, just like their grandmothers’ cooking.

They took the book to New York, hoping to sell it to one of the big publishers, but every single one turned them down. The project appeared to have stalled until they met Peter Vegso. Peter read some of the stories and loved them, so he decided to give the book a chance, becoming Chicken Soup for the Soul founding publisher.

Chicken Soup for the Soul turned into one of the most popular and loved books ever published, selling 11 million copies around the world. Today, we’ve published more than 250 books and Chicken Soup for the Soul has become the best-selling trade paperback book series of all time.

People have connected with Chicken Soup for the Soul books deeply. Years ago, we started getting letters from readers asking for more, not just more books, but other things, too. Jack and Mark recognized that Chicken Soup for the Soul had grown into something much bigger than the book series they had created. So, in 2008, William Rouhana, Amy Newmark and Robert Jacobs bought Chicken Soup for the Soul from them. Today, we have a line of comfort foods, including healthy and balanced pet foods. We’re online now with our forums, apps and a YouTube channel. We’re working hard on a new Chicken Soup for the Soul TV show and a movie. Meanwhile, we are still collecting stories from our readers and the public, just like we’ve done since the beginning. We have new books coming out almost every month. We’re always looking for ways to share happiness, inspiration and wellness through everything we do.

1.The first Chicken Soup for the Soul ________.

A. was published by Peter Vegso

B. was Jack and Mark’s own experiences

C. encouraged people to be speakers

D. told stories that happened in kitchens

2.The underlined word “stalled” in paragraph 2 means “________”.

A. stopped making money

B. stopped following the original plan

C. stopped achieving progress

D. stopped attracting the attention of big publishers

3.Jack and Mark sold Chicken Soup for the Soul because ________.

A. they lost interest in it

B. it deserved expansion

C. readers got tired of the series

D. it could be sold at a high price

4.What’s the text mainly about?

A. The popularity of Chicken Soup for the Soul.

B. Publishing in different periods.

C. The importance of readers’ support.

D. The history of Chicken Soup for the Soul.

When I came to Cincinnati as an au pair (家庭打工留学生), a lot of things there were different from what I knew. My host family lived in a huge house I could only describe as a "castle".In Germany I had lived in a small apartment together with my mom. Soon I found out that the "castle" was actually rather small in our neighborhood.

Everybody there was very friendly and polite. They greeted you when they were walking by at least 3 feet away from you. They must not have seen a German au pair before, for most people I met asked me all kinds of questions about Germany. I enjoyed answering their various strange questions. I made a lot of friends and I started to hang out with them.

Of course, there were a number of new things, and it took me the whole year to find them all out. I never got homesick. Perhaps it was because I did not have too many negative experiences and felt loved and welcomed there.

However, I had undergone some painful experience back in Germany. I was frustrated by the way people would run me over and not even say "Sorry." Taking up my studies at the TU-Dresden, I felt lonely. Everybody here seemed to be withdrawn(离群的) and I missed everything I had in Cincinnati. Germany was so "cold". I found it so much harder to make new friends. After six months I got a roommate and only two good friends. I also flew back to Cincinnati several times for long periods. I felt that without those visits I was not able to make it.

Now I am over this German culture shock. It almost took me an entire year. I am still going back and forward between Dresden and Cincinnati four times a year.

1.When the author lived in Cincinnati, ________.

A. she lived in a real castle

B. some people were not very kind to her

C. many people were curious about her motherland

D. she lived in the biggest house in the neighborhood

2.In the opinion of the author, life in Cincinnati was ________.

A. wonderfulB. hardC. painfulD. strange

3.The underlined word "undergone" in Paragraph 4 probably means ________.

A. welcomedB. acceptedC. expectedD. suffered

4.Which of the following statements is TRUE about the author?

A. She lived with her mother in a big house in Germany.

B. She never went back to Cincinnati after she came back to Germany.

C. She seldom hung out with her American friends as she was too busy.

D. She did miss her friends in Cincinnati when she was at the TU-Dresden.

5.What is the best title for this passage?

A. University life in Germany

B. My culture shock experience

C. Advantages of living in USA

D. How to be an au pair in USA

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