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It was almost four o’clock in the morning when the fire broke out.“We watch one window blow out,and then another,and heard people shouting,”says Stanley,21,a junior from Westfield State College in Massachusetts.Students were throwing ropes made from bed sheets out their windows,and a couple of them were trying to climb down.
Almost all the hotel’s 502 rooms were filled with college students from across the United States who were spending their holiday here in Acpulco,Mexico.As the smoke thickened,Moreno ran upstairs to where other Westfield students were rooming.“Some people had no idea what was going on,”he says.“I was shouting at the top of my voice.I made sure I hit every door.”At the same time,Stanley was downstairs helping people get through the smoke­filled hall.There he joined forces with Nalewanski who had just come back from his own night out.
“Let’s go.”Nalewanski says.He and Stanley wet their shirts in the bathroom and wrapped them around their mouths and noses so they could breathe.Then they ran up the stairs.
Nalewanski and Stanley found Moreno on the fourth floor.They all ran upstairs and down the corridors(走廊) on every floor,hitting every door hard.
In the end,no one was seriously injured.Even more unbelievable,all the Westfield students made it back to Massachusetts later that same day.
Westfield president Evan Dobelle says,“I have a great deal of pride in these young men and they were able to react in such an emergency.”

  1. 1.

    What’s the best title for this passage?

    1. A.
      College students have a terrible holiday
    2. B.
      College students survived a big fire
    3. C.
      Heroes:close call in a hotel fire
    4. D.
      A big fire broke out in a hotel
  2. 2.

    What do we learn from Stanley from the passage?

    1. A.
      He is in his last year in college.
    2. B.
      He is a very brave young man.
    3. C.
      He was reading a book when the fire broke out.
    4. D.
      He was the first one to find out there was a fire.
  3. 3.

    According to the passage ________ might not have woken up people during the fire.

    1. A.
      Evan Dobelle
    2. B.
      Nalewanski
    3. C.
      Stanley
    4. D.
      Moreno
  4. 4.

    The students helped people out through all of the following ways EXCEPT ________.

    1. A.
      helping people get through the hall
    2. B.
      shouting loudly to warn people
    3. C.
      hitting doors to wake people up
    4. D.
      Making ropes for people to climb down
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1.C本文为记叙文,主要讲了Stanley,Moreno和Nalewanski在火灾中冒着生命危险,逐个房间敲门,全部学生脱险的故事,最后校长说“I have a great deal of pride in these young men...”。由此我们可以看出文章的主题突出了对“英雄”的介绍。
2.B细节推断题。根据第一段...,a junior from Westfield State College...可知A项错误。C、D两项文中未提及。
3.A。细节理解题。A项为大学校长,不在现场。
4.D。细节理解题。根据第二段Stanley was downstairs helping people get through the smoke­filled hall.可知A项符合原文。根据第二段I was shouting at the top of my voice.I made sure I hit every door.可知B、C两项符合原文。
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On October 23, 2011, David Pologruto, a high school physics teacher, was stabbed (刺) by his smart student Jason Haffizulla. Jason got straight A’s and was determined to study medicine at Harvard, yet this was his downfall. His physics teacher gave Jason a B, a mark Jason believed would undermine (损害) his entrance to Harvard. After receiving his B, Jason took a butcher knife to school and stabbed his physics teacher.
How can someone as smart as Jason do something so dumb? Studies show there is little or no correlation between IQ and emotional intelligence.
During my early university years, I regarded myself as an intelligent guy. I got good marks in mathematics, physics, and other subjects. I thought such skills would surely give me a bright future. After one year of study with decent marks, I began to see two major classes of students. The first category of students turned up to few lectures, partied every weekend, enjoyed a great social life, and did minimal work to pass courses. The second category of students were intelligent and hard workers who got good grades and were very focused on their studies. Surely would these intelligent and hard-working students find the great jobs before the other lazier class of students?
Not so. Students are often shocked upon graduation that their qualifications are not as important as they once thought. Graduates enter the workforce only to realize that co-workers hate them and less intelligent people are the ones receiving promotions.
Educational skills are useless in some industries when interpersonal skills are absent. You can have great ideas, theories, and solve complex problems, but if you cannot effectively communicate in a persuasive and exciting manner by relating to your fellow humans, you will face an uphill battle in whatever challenges you encounter. It’s not that people dislike you because of your intelligence; it’s that people dislike you because you’re rude and not understanding. The intelligent person with poor communication skills is insensitive or unaware of others’ emotions.

  1. 1.

    Jason Haffizulla stabbed his physics teacher because       .

    1. A.
      he was unfairly treated by his teacher
    2. B.
      he was disappointed with his downfall
    3. C.
      he was not smart enough at studies
    4. D.
      he got a worse mark than usual
  2. 2.

    We can infer from the third paragraph that the author        in his early university years.

    1. A.
      didn’t think communication skills were as important as intelligence
    2. B.
      didn’t work hard
    3. C.
      belonged to the first category of students
    4. D.
      could keep a balance between social life and studies
  3. 3.

    Intelligent people are hated because       .

    1. A.
      they can solve more complex problems
    2. B.
      they can’t settle the challenges they meet
    3. C.
      they are envied for their intelligence
    4. D.
      they are not understanding enough
  4. 4.

    The main purpose of the text is to tell us       .

    1. A.
      the relationship between IQ and emotional intelligence
    2. B.
      what kind of students can succeed in college
    3. C.
      smart people may have poorer communication skills
    4. D.
      intelligent students will meet more challenges at work

Long bus rides are like television shows. They have a beginning, a middle, and an end with commercials thrown in every three or four minutes. The commercials are unavoidable. They happen whether you want them or not. Every couple of minutes a billboard glides by outside the bus window. "Buy Super Clean Toothpaste.” Drink Good Wet Root Beer.” Fill up with Pacific Gas.” Only if you sleep, which is equal to turning the television set off, are you spared the unending cry of "You Need It! Buy It Now!"
The beginning of the ride is comfortable and somewhat exciting, even if you’ve traveled that way before. Usually some things have changed new houses, new buildings, sometimes even a new road. The bus driver has a style of driving and it’s fun to try to figure it out the first hour or so. If the driver is particularly reckless (鲁莽的) or daring, the ride can be as thrilling (惊心动魄的) as a suspense story. Will the driver pass the truck in time? Will the driver move into the right or the left hand lane? After a while, of course, the excitement dies down. Sleeping for a while helps pass the middle hours of the ride. Food always makes bus rides more interesting. But you’ve got to be careful of what kind of food you eat. Too much salty food can make you very thirsty between stops.
The end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning. You know it will soon be over and there’s a kind of expectation and excitement in that. The seat of course, has become harder as the hours have passed. By now you’ve sat with your legs crossed, with your hands in your lap, with your hands on the armrests even with your hands crossed behind your head. The end comes just at no more ways to sit

  1. 1.

    According to the passage, what do the passengers usually see when they are on a long bus trip?

    1. A.
      Advertisements on the billboards
    2. B.
      Films on television
    3. C.
      Buses on the road
    4. D.
      Gas stations
  2. 2.

    What is the purpose of this passage?

    1. A.
      To explain how bus trips and television shows differ
    2. B.
      To persuade you to take a long bus trip
    3. C.
      To give the writer’s opinion about long bus trips
    4. D.
      To describe the billboards along the road
  3. 3.

    The writer of this passage would probably favor

    1. A.
      bus drivers who aren’t reckless
    2. B.
      driving alone
    3. C.
      no billboards along the road
    4. D.
      a television set on the bus
  4. 4.

    The writer feels long bus rides are like TV shows because

    1. A.
      they both have a beginning, a middle, and an end, with commercials in between
    2. B.
      the commercials both on TV shows and on billboards along the road are fun
    3. C.
      the drivers are always reckless on TV shows just as they are on buses
    4. D.
      both traveling and watching TV are not exciting
  5. 5.

    The writer thinks that the end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning because both are

    1. A.
      comfortable
    2. B.
      exciting
    3. C.
      tiring
    4. D.
      boring

Once when I was six years old I saw an amazing picture in a book called True Stories from Nature about the primeval(原始的)forest. It was a picture of a boa constrictor(大蟒蛇) in the act of swallowing an animal. In the book it said:“Boa constrictors swallow their prey whole without chewing(嚼)it. After that they are not able to move and they sleep through the six months that they need for digestion(消化).”
I thought deeply then over the adventures of the jungle. And after some work with a colored pencil I succeeded in making my first drawing. My Drawing Number One. I showed my work to the grown-ups and asked them whether the drawing frightened them. But they answered:“Frighten? Why should anyone be frightened by a hat?”
My drawing was not a picture of a hat. It was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant. But since the grown-ups were not able to understand it, I made another drawing. I drew the inside of the boa constrictor so that the grown-ups could see it clearly. They always need to have things explained. That's my Drawing Number Two.
The grown-ups' response this time was to advise me to lay aside my drawings of ba constrictors whether from the inside or the outside and devote myself instead to geography, history, arithmetic and grammar. That is why at the age of six I gave up what might have been a great painter. I had been disheartened by the failure of my Drawing Number One and my Drawing Number Two. Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.
So then I chose another profession(职业) and learned to pilot airplanes. I have flown a little over all parts of the world; and it is true that geography has been very useful to me. At a glance I can distinguish China from Arizona. If one gets lost in the night, such knowledge is valuable.
In the course of this life I have had lots of chances to meet with a great many people. And that hasn't much improved my opinion of them. Whenever I met one of them who seemed to me at all clear-sighted, I tried showing him my Drawing Number One which I have always kept. I would try to find out if this was a person of true understanding. But whoever it was, he or she would always say: That is a hat. Then I would never talk to that person about boa constrictors or primeval forests or stars. I would bring myself down to his level. I would talk to him about bridge and golf and politics and neckties. And the grown-up would be greatly pleased to have met such an intelligent man.

  1. 1.

    The writer drew his first picture in order to ________.

    1. A.
      show the grown-ups what the book was about
    2. B.
      frighten the grown-ups trying to enter the forest
    3. C.
      remind himself of the adventures of the jungle
    4. D.
      illustrate(说明)a boa constrictor's act of digesting an animal
  2. 2.

    How did the writer understand the grown-ups' response to his second drawing?

    1. A.
      He was actually only good at academic study.
    2. B.
      It was a waste of time for him to keep on drawing.
    3. C.
      He had difficulty in communicating with the adults.
    4. D.
      He was good at anything but geography.
  3. 3.

    The underlined word disheartened in Paragraph 4 could most probably be replaced by ________.

    1. A.
      discouraged
    2. B.
      dissatisfied
    3. C.
      discovered
    4. D.
      disturbed
  4. 4.

    Which of the following statements is true?

    1. A.
      The writer could have become a pilot if encouraged when young.
    2. B.
      The writer finally changed his opinion of grown-ups.
    3. C.
      The writer has been showing his two pictures to others ever since.
    4. D.
      The writer felt nobody could have really understood him.

Our spiritual intelligence quotient(精神智商),or SQ, helps us understand ourselves, and live fuller, happier lives.
Though we're all born with SQ, most of us don't even realize that we have it. Fortunately, you don't have to sign up for classes to learn how to improve your SQ. Here are some simple steps that can lead you to this new level of understanding.
Sit Quietly. The process of developing spiritual intelligence begins with solitude(独处)and silence. To tune in to your spirit, you have to turn down the volume(强度)in your busy, noisy, complicated life and force yourself to do nothing at all. Start small by creating islands for silence in your day. In the car, instead of listening to the music, use the time to think. At work, shut the door to your office between meetings, take a few breaths and let them out very, very slowly. Enjoy the stillness in your home after the kids are finally in bed.
Step Outside. For many people, nature sets their spirit free. Go outside to watch a beautiful sunset. If you are walking with the dog, take the time to admire flowers in bloom; follow the flight of a bird and watch clouds float overhead.
Ask Questions of Yourself. Ask open-ended questions, such as "What am I Feeling? What are my choices? Where am I heading?"
But don't expect an answer to arrive through some supernatural forms of e-mail. “Rarely do I get an immediate answer to my question,” says Reverend Joan Carter, a Presbyterian minister in Sausalito, California. “But later that day I suddenly find myself thinking about a problem in a perspective(角度) I never considered before.”
Trust Your Spirit. While most of us rely on gut(本能的)feeling to realize danger, spiritual intelligence pushes us, not away from, but towards some action that will lead to a greater good.

  1. 1.

    The passage is mainly about______.

    1. A.
      what your SQ is and in what way it can benefit our life
    2. B.
      what your SQ is and in what way it can be improved
    3. C.
      the relationship between your SQ and your life
    4. D.
      advantages and disadvantages of SQ
  2. 2.

    The underlined phrase "to tune in to your spirit" in the third paragraph probably
    means to_________

    1. A.
      get your spirit relaxed
    2. B.
      keep up your spirit
    3. C.
      keep seated quietly
    4. D.
      change your spirit
  3. 3.

    From the passage, we can know that the most important thing to improve your SQ is______

    1. A.
      a peaceful mind
    2. B.
      deep thought
    3. C.
      spare time and hobbies
    4. D.
      good spirits
  4. 4.

    According to the passage, which of the following is True?

    1. A.
      Not everyone has SQ.
    2. B.
      You have to go to classes to learn how to improve your SQ.
    3. C.
      SQ leads us to take wrong actions.
    4. D.
      SQ can benefit our life.

Long queues at cinemas buying hot tickets for blockbusters(巨片) will become rare as Beijing residents will be able to order film tickets via cell phone networks in a month.
Film ticket circulation service on cell phone, also called the “Green channel of film tickets ordering”, is aiming at lowing the cost of ticket circulation and easing the ticket distribution pressure on such popular film-watching days as summer and winter vacations or Valentine’s Day.
“People log onto the net through cell phones, then choose cinema seats, watch trailers, browse information for new films and read cinema introductions,” said Guan Zheng, the publicity chief of Xingmei Digital Media Company Ltd., the service provider.
“Film fans can enjoy various discount prices if they order tickets via cell phones,” Guan said.
Meanwhile, the cell phone ticket circulation platform provides subscribers general mobile phone services like jokes, videos, flashes, phone ring downloads and games.
The service is about to be put into trial at the Beijing-based Xingmei International Cinema for a month before being putting into use at other cinema chains both in and outside Beijing, as the service is going to be improved through gradual expansion, said Guan.
China’s film industry that is being restored has seen more and more enthusiastic moviegoers. Up to the end of 2009, China has had more than 5,000 specialized cinemas, among which there are 2,243 modern cinemas with 3, 668 silver screens and 56 cinema chains.
Currently, many people buy film tickets on the Internet or by phoning the cinema’s ticket office or simply queuing at the cinema gate. More people want to buy tickets on popular days like May Day holiday, National Day holiday or Valentine’s Day. Yet the inefficient ticket circulation system contributes the most to the failure

  1. 1.

    What can we learn from the passage?

    1. A.
      The price of the ticket ordered via cell phone will be lower
    2. B.
      Ordering tickets through the net can get good seats
    3. C.
      Few people would like to watch films on the net
    4. D.
      More and more people like to watch films on the net
  2. 2.

    What does the underlined part “watch trailers” in the third paragraph mean?

    1. A.
      You can watch films after downloading them
    2. B.
      You can watch commercial ads free of charge
    3. C.
      You can watch short ads for new movies
    4. D.
      You can watch films on the net at home
  3. 3.

    What does the passage imply?

    1. A.
      The service is only intended to put into use at the cinema in Beijing for a month
    2. B.
      China’s film industry saw the decreasing number of moviegoers by the end of 2009.[
    3. C.
      The traditional ticket selling system makes it hard to get film tickets on popular days
    4. D.
      The green channel of tickets ordering is aiming at provides general mobile phone services
  4. 4.

    The best title for the passage would probably be ________

    1. A.
      Rare Beijingers to watch films on the net
    2. B.
      Few Beijingers to buy film tickets in line
    3. C.
      Beijingers to watch films via cell phone
    4. D.
      Beijingers to order film tickets via cell phone

Alice, my friend’s daughter, goes to an expensiveprivate school where she has a friend, Jane, who is on a full scholarship at this school.Jane has1economic resources—her father has been dead for years and her mother works 2 a maid.Although her mother works very hard, she can3support the family.Jane is very bright and gifted at4and that’s how she has got the scholarship, which included a(n)5for things like lunch, school uniform and music lessons.
Alice became friends with Jane and would6talk to her at lunch. She did it that way in order to avoid the other kids7her.
On her birthday last month, she8her new friend to her birthday party, but Jane said she couldn’t come.Alice wanted her to be9so much that she10on her coming.Eventually, the girl said, “I don’t have any11clothes that I could wear atyour birthday party.”After a brief pause, the girl remembered, “I have a12from my piano performance,” and asked, “Could I13a skirt from you?”
Alice was happy that her friend would be14to come and hurried home to ask her Mum15she could lend her friend one of her skirts.To her surprise, her Mum said, “No.”The daughter was very16and angrily said to her Mum, “17I could, I would give my friend all my clothes.” The Mother didn’t understand why her daughter should have had such an outburstas she’s normally very well18.
Finally, Alice explained to her Mother her friend’s19.Her Mother immediately changed her mind and said, “Yes.”She also encouraged her daughter not to feel like she should secretly be friends with Janebut to feelproud of her20with her.
So the true friendship seeks to give, not to take; to help, not to be helped; to minister, not to be ministered unto.

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      personal
    2. B.
      extra
    3. C.
      limited
    4. D.
      adequate[
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      for
    2. B.
      with
    3. C.
      like
    4. D.
      as
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      hopefully
    2. B.
      obviously
    3. C.
      hardly
    4. D.
      temporarily
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      music
    2. B.
      drawing
    3. C.
      maths
    4. D.
      biology
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      bonus
    2. B.
      allowance
    3. C.
      donation
    4. D.
      pension
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      secretly
    2. B.
      happily
    3. C.
      quietly
    4. D.
      eagerly
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      pointing at
    2. B.
      shouting at
    3. C.
      laughing at
    4. D.
      glaring at
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      took
    2. B.
      invited
    3. C.
      accompanied
    4. D.
      sent
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      happy
    2. B.
      independent
    3. C.
      confident
    4. D.
      present
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      depended
    2. B.
      insisted
    3. C.
      focused
    4. D.
      agreed
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      casual
    2. B.
      comfortable
    3. C.
      nice
    4. D.
      tight
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      shirt
    2. B.
      jeans
    3. C.
      handbag
    4. D.
      necklace[
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      get
    2. B.
      copy
    3. C.
      order
    4. D.
      borrow
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      free
    2. B.
      able
    3. C.
      glad
    4. D.
      willing
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      how
    2. B.
      when
    3. C.
      why
    4. D.
      whether
  16. 16.
    1. A.
      stubborn
    2. B.
      upset
    3. C.
      firm
    4. D.
      enthusiastic
  17. 17.
    1. A.
      If
    2. B.
      When
    3. C.
      Unless
    4. D.
      Though
  18. 18.
    1. A.
      treated
    2. B.
      controlled
    3. C.
      educated
    4. D.
      behaved
  19. 19.
    1. A.
      cleverness
    2. B.
      character
    3. C.
      circumstances
    4. D.
      competences
  20. 20.
    1. A.
      study
    2. B.
      friendship
    3. C.
      sympathy
    4. D.
      performance

Health officials issued a waring over common energy-saving l一ghtbulbs(灯泡) after research showed some types could potentially harm the skin and may even raise the risk of cancer.
A study by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) found that some eco-friendly lightbuulbs release levels of ultraviolet (UV) (紫外线) radiation that are above recognized safety limits. The agency urged people who work with lamps nearby to avoid spending more than one hour within a foot of the eco-friendly bulbs. The warning was directed at those using desk lamps for long periods, such as jewellery makers, and others who might have lights close to their faces, such as car mechanics.
John O’Hagan, a scientist at the HPA’s centre for radiation, chemical and environmental dangers, began tests on the ligthbulbs after patient groups raised concern about them. Among the groups were patients with a skin disease called lupus, which makes people highly sensitive to light.
The tests measured UV light from the lamps and found the highest levels of UV radiation, measured 2cm from the lightbulbs, were equivalent to being outside in direct sunlight in the summer. The most immediate risk from the lightbulbs is a reddening of the skin similar to sunburn, but there is also a small increased risk of skin cancer associated with this, again similar to that of sunburn.
The risk of health problems from the lightbulbs was not so high that people should remove them from their homes. People are advised to avoid using open lightbulbs for long close work until the problem is sorted out. It has confirmed that the government will not be reviewing its strategy on introducing energy efficient lightbulbs.

  1. 1.

    The underlined word “equivalent” in paragraph 4  most probably means ______.

    1. A.
      equal
    2. B.
      vital
    3. C.
      relevant
    4. D.
      harmful
  2. 2.

    In order not to be harmed by the UV radiation from some lightbulbs, people should ______.

    1. A.
      stop using eco-friendly lightbulbs at home
    2. B.
      avoid using open lightbulbs for long close work
    3. C.
      take care not to expose their skin to direct sunlight
    4. D.
      urge the government to ban the use of lightbulbs
  3. 3.

    In the next part, the author would most probably further explain _____.

    1. A.
      why people needn’t remove the lightbulbs from their homes
    2. B.
      how researchers have planned to sort out the problem
    3. C.
      how the government has responded to HPA’s discovery
    4. D.
      how long people should work close to the open lightbulbs
  4. 4.

    We can learn from the passage that ____.

    1. A.
      health officials issued a warning over common lightbulbs.
    2. B.
      jewellery makers should avoid working with the eco-friendly bulbs for more than one hour
    3. C.
      John O’Hagan did tests on the lightbulbs with some patients
    4. D.
      people are advised to avoid using open lightbulbs for long close work

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