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It is becoming increasingly hard to avoid watching reality television in China,such as the Voice of China,China’s Got Talent,or Super Boy.In America,Big Brother1. (broadcast)five days a week.Survivor Finale appears on the front page of the New York Post after gaining ratings(收视率)that are much 2. (high)than NBA.Americans seem addicted to reality television programs 3. ordinary people compete in weeks—long contests while being filmed 24 hours a day.But why?

One of the most commonly repeated “4. (true)”about reality TV viewers is that they watch in order to talk with friends about the show,but the explanation is quite 5. (correct).

In fact fans of the shows have 6. much stronger desire for status.They are much more likely to agree with statements such as “Reputation is important to me”.It represents a means to get attention.And more attention increases one’s sense of7. (important).We think we are important if others pay attention to us and unimportant if 8. (ignore).

Ordinary people can watch the shows,see people 1ike 9. (them)and imagine that they also could become famous by being on television.10. is the reality TV show that gives them a sense of being a star in crowd.

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Annie, a neighbor’s daughter, was away for her first semester at college this school year. She was a very sweet girl but just a bit shy. When her birthday came around, I found out she was feeling a bit _____ .

Her family was quite poor and _____ were tight, so there wouldn’t be any birthday visitors. I wanted to _____ her a card and maybe a small gift to _____ her day a bit. I got her school _____ from her mom and planned to pick something up. Then I got a (n) _____ !

I _____ perhaps a bit more birthday cheer was needed here. I bought some balloons, birthday hats, and _____ novelties (新颖小巧而廉价的物品) at a store. I took a small _____ and asked three other people in my area at work to _____ Happy Birthday and send some birthday wishes to her. It was such fun making the recording! Other people _____ what we were doing and _____ their voices, so it really sounded like we had a party going on!

Then I bought her a small present and a card as _____ planned. The real fun was packing them to be sent. I _____ everything so it was like opening a mini birthday party! At the last minute I added a pack of cupcakes and a box of birthday candles_____ sending them off. I got a call a few days later. Annie said her roommates and one of their neighbors in the _____ got together with her and held a party for her the moment they arrived. She sounded so _____ and I was so glad that she had some friends to _____ her special day with.

It was such an easy and _____ thing to do. The people who helped me make the tape still laugh and talk about it. And Annie _____ me it was the most fun birthday she would remember!

1.A. lonely B. nervous C. alone D. worried

2.A. thoughts B. finances C. measures D. times

3.A. provide B. sell C. send D. draw

4.A. attract B. remember C. describe D. brighten

5.A. number B. campus C. address D. report

6.A. idea B. surprise C. chance D. message

7.A. decided B. thought C. wished D. concluded

8.A. another B. others C. other D. one

9.A. radio B. camera C. recorder D. phone

10.A. say B. sing C. repeat D. make

11.A. took out B. set out C. gave out D. found out

12.A. added B. devoted C. cleared D. lifted

13.A. suddenly B. originally C. finally D. carefully

14.A. collected B. paid C. arranged D. expected

15.A. until B. after C. unless D. before

16.A. dormitory B. home C. classroom D. office

17.A. familiar B. happy C. wonderful D. upset

18.A. help B. compare C. share D. witness

19.A. funny B. challenging C. interesting D. time-consuming

20.A. warned B. convinced C. advised D. told

Our guide was excellent! He walked us through all the local villages and took extra time at the end to enjoy a local dinner. He stayed with us longer than he was obliged(迫使) to and made this a fantastic experience.

Tour snapshot

Travel is all about the street food these days, and why not? It’s fresh, fast, cheap and a great way to crack into the local scene. Join this Hanoi tour to source the best street eats from markets, food carts, street cafes and other hard-to-find-but-totally-worth-the-effort secret spots.

Highlights

Sample delicious Vietnamese cuisine just like the locals do — on the street

Stroll through hidden alleyways and bustling markets of Hanoi’s charming old quarter

Learn more about Hanoi’s unique food culture

Try local specialties with influences from French and Chinese cuisine

Take in a spectacular night view of Hoan Kiem lake from a secret cafe

Schedule details

Duration: 2.5 hours

Meeting point: Sacombank ATM Machine – No. 1 Dong Xuan street (front entrance of Dong Xuan Market, Corner of Dong Xuan St with Cau Dong St)

Starting time: 5. 00 PM

Ending point: Café Pho Co – 11 Hang Gai St, Hoan Kiem

1. What did the guide do?

A. He showed visitors around by car.

B. He took many photos of visitors.

C. He stayed with visitors for extra time.

D. He enjoyed breakfast with visitors.

2.What does the underlined word “snapshot” mean in the passage?

A. A photograph taken quickly and casually.

B. A brief impression of something.

C. An attempt to score in a game.

D. An act of firing a gun.

3. During the tour, we can enjoy ______.

A. various local food

B. charming mountain landscapes

C. many rare animals

D. French and Chinese cuisine

4. We can infer from the passage that the ending time of the tour is ______.

A. 5. 00 PM B. 5. 30 PM

C. 7. 05 PM D. 7. 30 PM

“Hey, do you know what? Today is May Day!” my sister announced. “Do you remember the May Day baskets we used to make with colored paper and paste?”

I recalled that my sisters and I would run around our neighborhood delivering the baskets brimming with spring flowers. We would place them on a doorstep, knock on the door, then run away. It was delightful to look around a bush and watch our friends open their doors and pick up the colorful gift,wondering who had left it out for them.

I clearly remember the May Day of the year that I was in fifth grade. That year I was faced with a challenge involving one of my dearest friends. She lived right across the road from our family, and we had walked together to school nearly every day since first grade.

Her interests were starting to change from the interests that we had shared together. A new family had recently moved into our small town,and Pam was spending more and more time at their house.

When my mother asked me if I was going to take a May Day basket to Pam's house, I responded angrily, “Absolutely not!” My mom told me that I would have many other friends throughout my lifetime. “But Pam was my very best friend ever,” I cried. Mom wiped away my tears and told me that circumstances change and people change. She explained that one of the greatest things friends can do is to give each other a chance to grow, to change and to develop into what we want to be. And sometimes that would mean that friends would choose to spend time with other people. I could express my forgiveness by giving her a May Day basket.

It was a hard decision, but I made an extra special basket of flowers with lots of yellow because that was Pam's favorite color. I asked my two sisters to help me deliver my basket of forgiveness. As we watched from our hiding place, Pam picked up the flowers, and said loudly enough for us to hear, “Thank you, Susie, I hoped you wouldn't forget me!”。

1. According to the passage what did Susie and her sisters do on May Day?

A. They gave their friends a basket of flowers secretly.

B. They sold baskets of spring flowers in neighborhood.

C. They hang a basket of flowers on their friends' doors.

D. They ran around the neighborhood to pick flowers.

2.Why was Susie angry with Pam?

A. Because Pam refused to walk to school.

B. Because she felt left out by Pam.

C. Because Pam didn't give her a May Day basket.

D. Because she challenged Pam for new friends.

3.In the opinion of Susie's mom, friends ________.

A. share the same interest with each other

B. spend most of their time together

C. leave each other enough room to grow

D. find chances to do great things

4.What lesson can we learn from the story?

A. Friends won't forget each other in life.

B. We can grow up even without friends.

C. There is no forgiveness in true friendship.

D. We can't expect too much from our friends.

Taking exams in a large group setting can be stressful for students and for the staff members who are watching over them.

When classrooms are crowded and desks are close together, cheating might be tempting.

One university in Thailand came up with an anti-cheating hat that makes it almost impossible for students to see other students’ papers. A photo of the students wearing the anti-cheating hats made its way to the Internet, and the university was criticized for making students wear those ridiculous looking homemade hats. The hats were made by stapling pieces of paper onto a headband, one to each side of the head.

After being criticized, senior academic staff at Kasetsart University in Bangkok, Thailand, released a statement saying that the hats idea came from students. They said that in a bid to prevent cheating they asked the students for ideas on how to prevent cheating in the upcoming exam, which was being taken by almost one hundred students. Students came up with different ideas, then the paper hat idea was selected by them as the most suitable.

The university claimed that no one was forced to use the hat, but they all chose to do so.“When wearing the hat during the exam, students felt more relaxed, ”Nattadon Rungruangkitkrai, a lecturer at the university said.“It was not meant to indicate that Kasetsart students often cheat on exams. I apologize if the photo makes other people look at my students in a negative way, ”Rungruangkitkrai added.

1.According to the text, in which case cheating will become easy?

A. When desks are crowded into a classroom.

B. When students are too stressful.

C. When too many students are sitting in a classroom.

D. When the staff members who are watching over them are not responsible.

2.Why was the university criticized?

A. The university was too strict.

B. The university made students wear strange looking hats.

C. The university prevented students cheating.

D. The students chose to use the hats.

3.What can we learn from the last two paragraphs?

A. The students are not forced to wear the hats when taking the exam.

B. The senior academic staff at the university made the paper hat idea.

C. The students felt more stressful when wearing the hat during the exam.

D. The students don’t like wearing the hats when taking the exam.

4.What’s the best title of the text?

A. How to make the anti-cheating hat

B. Anti-cheating hat was criticized

C. Anti-cheating hat was considered the most suitable choice

D. Anti-cheating hat

Many of us are interested in time travel and shuttling back and forth (来回地) to the past or the future. Who wouldn’t be enthralled by returning to the past or seeing the future? But time travel seems to be possible only in our imagination or in science fiction (科幻小说).

Science fiction is a world where impossible things can become possible and that’s why most of us like it. But science fiction is not entirely fiction since it is based on science theories (理论). Time travel, for instance, is a theme used by sci-fi writers. Readers may sometimes think writers have first-hand experience of it. I have collected some of the popular ways in which time travel is made possible in science fiction:

● Through the wormhole — A wormhole is a path between points in space-time. According to Einstein, an object can pass through a wormhole if it can travel at the speed of light. An example of a wormhole is described in Riddle of the Red Bible.

● Through a black hole — A black hole is a vacuum (真空) in space where light cannot even escape or pass through. In some sci-fi movies, like Star Trek, black holes became the means to travel through time.

● Through time machines — In science fiction, time machines are vehicles that can travel faster than light. It can be a strange vehicle like the TARDIS in Doctor Who or a special car like the one used in Back to the Future. But these special vehicles would need a wormhole to travel to the past or the future.

● Through parallel universe (平行宇宙) — Another popular way to travel through time is to be able to get into a parallel universe where one can go back to a point in time and see a different reality.

Though we know time travel may not be possible, it is still an entertaining subject and a heated topic for most of us. And in science fiction, where reality is always in the imagination, time does not really matter.

1.The underlined word “enthralled” in Paragraph 1 probably means “_____”.

A. defeated B. confused

C. shocked D. attracted

2.What can we learn from the passage?

A. Time travel might become possible in the far future.

B. Time machines can’t travel to the past or the future without a wormhole.

C. Sci-fi writers have similar experiences to those they describe in their fiction.

D. An object can travel to the past or the future when its speed is faster than light.

3.What is the author’s purpose in writing this passage?

A. To arouse the heated topic of time travel among readers.

B. To introduce how humans travel through time in science fiction.

C. To introduce the author’s knowledge of time travel to the readers.

D. To compare different ways of time travel mentioned in some science fictions.

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