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Teenage life is quite dramatic but that doesn’t mean you cannot enjoy your life in these years. Even with your daily troubles, your life is not very hard if you know how to deal with them.

I know exactly how you feel. Life as a teenager can be hard. You are not a kid anymore, because you are smart enough to observe and analyze your surroundings. However, you are still not an adult because there are still lots of experiences that you need to have and lessons that you need to learn from these experiences. To top it all, the hormonal(激素的) imbalance in your body can really mess you up emotionally. I have been there. I was in it for 6 years exploring what life is about.

As a teenager, I had a major problem with completing my chores(日常事务) on time. And at that time, all that I need to do was finish my assignments, study for the upcoming test and clean my room. Now, I have lots of things to do: cooking, cleaning and working while striking a balance between all my relationships related to work, family and friends. That really is a lot of work. So, I will just give you one golden tip, quoting from Benjamin Franklin, “Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.”

Life becomes much easier because I finish all my work on time and I have enough time to let my hair down. Half the problems as a teenager are because we hate doing things. We’d rather go and have fun than sit down and take care of our duties and responsibilities. That is why you have so much trouble in your life; your parents won’t let you go out with friends because you didn’t clean your room or your professor is always criticizing you because you haven’t finished your assignments.

1.Whom is the text intended for?

A. Parents B. Teachers

C. Teenagers D. Scientists

2.What do we know from Paragraph 2?

A. The author also experienced hard times in his teens.

B. The author had strong hormones in his body.

C. The author thinks teenagers have lots of experiences.

D. The hormonal imbalance has no influence on teenagers’ bodies.

3. The author tries to persuade readers mainly by means of ______.

A. quoting famous sayings by famous people

B. setting his own experiences as example

C. listing all of his troubles in his childhood

D. showing the numerous assignments for children

4.The underlined phrase “let my hair down” in Paragraph 4 means ______.

A. get relaxed B. get success

C. get out of control D. get motivated

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Many Americans are turning to Japan, they think, a country of high academic(学术的) achievement and economic success, for possible answers. However, the answers provided by Japanese preschools are not the ones Americans expected to find. In most Japanese preschools, surprisingly little emphasis is put on academic instruction. In one survey, 300 Japanese and 210 American preschool teachers, child development specialists, and parents were asked about various aspects of early childhood education. Only 2 percent of the Japanese respondents(答问卷者)listed “to give children a good start academically” as one of their top three reasons for a society to have preschools. In contrast, over half the American respondents chose this as one of their top three choices. To prepare children for successful careers in first grade and beyond, Japanese schools do not teach reading, writing, and mathematics, but rather skills such as determination, concentration, and the ability to work as a member of a group. The huge majority of young Japanese children are taught to read at home by their parents.

Like in America, there is diversity(多样性) in Japanese early childhood education. Some Japanese kindergartens have specific aims, such as early musical training or potential(潜力的) development. In large cities, some kindergartens are attached to universities that have elementary and secondary schools. Some Japanese parents believe that if their young children attend a university-based program, it will increase the children’s chances of eventually being admitted to top-rated schools and universities. Several more progressive programs have introduced free play as a way out for the heavy intellectualizing in some Japanese kindergartens.

1.We learn from the first paragraph that many Americans believe ________.

A. Japanese preschool education emphasizes academic instruction

B. Japanese parents are more involved in preschool education than American parents

C. Japan’s economic success is a result of its scientific achievements

D. Japan’s higher education is superior to theirs

2.In Japan’s preschool education, the focus is on ________.

A. preparing children academically

B. shaping children’s character

C. teaching children mathematics

D. developing children’s artistic interests

3.Why do some Japanese parents send their children to university-based kindergartens?

A. They can do better in their future studies.

B. They can make more group experience grow there.

C. They can be individually oriented when they grow up.

D. They can have better chances of getting a first-rate education.

4.Free play has been introduced in some Japanese kindergartens in order to ________.

A. broaden children’s knowledge

B. train children’s creativity

C. lighten children’s study load

D. enrich children’s experience

You may have heard of the American Dream, an ideal that has powered the hopes of Americans for generations.

It began as a belief that the US was a land of opportunity, and that anyone could achieve success through hard work. At times, the dream has referred to home ownership, a good job, retirement security or each generation doing better than the last.

Yet today, this concept seems to have greatly changed. As Time magazine pointed out, quite different from the older generation, many Millennials (the generation born after 1980) redefine(重新定义) the American Dream as “day-to-day control of your life”. They “prize job mobility, flexible schedules, any work that is more interesting than typing, and the ability to travel”, said the magazine.

Home ownership, once the cornerstone of the American Dream, is becoming a smaller priority for this generation. Meanwhile, nearly 40% of them choose travel as part of their dream. And entrepreneurship(创业) is a rising favorite, as nearly 26% of Millennials consider self-employment as part of their dream.

So what has led to this huge change?

Many point fingers at the poor economy. “Modern young Americans seem bound to face a world stamped by ever narrowing opportunity and social stagnation(停滞),”noted The Daily Beast.

“The rate of 16-to 24-year-olds out of school and out of work is unusually high at 15%. Many college graduates have taken jobs that don’t require a degree,” Time reported.

The magazine worries that these difficulties may lead to a lost generation who are “unable to ever truly find their feet on the corporation’s ladder”.

Dan Kadlec, a reporter of Time, sees Millennials as resetting their expectations. “This situation is different for young adults today,” he wrote. “A true American dream has to feel attainable, and many Millennias are feeling they can only attain a day-today lifestyle that suits them.”

1.What’s the passage mainly about?

A. Meaning of American Dream

B. Redefinition of American Dream

C. Value of Achieving American Dream

D. History of Changing American Dream

2.The underlined word “cornerstone” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to “ ”.

A. growth B. balance

C. purpose D. basis

3.According to the passage, what has changed Millennials’ view of the American Dream?

A. A lack of confidence in themselves

B. Fierce competition in the job market

C. The discouraging economy and unemployment

D. Their dissatisfaction with the government

4.Dan Kadlec thinks Millennials’ new definition of the American Dream is ______.

A. understandable B. beautiful

C. worrying D. Positive

This is a complex operation. A team of nurses _____ the doctor in performing the operation.

A. trained B. assisted C. interviewed D. added

Most nights I lie in bed, ready for an escape from myself, yet a streaming video of everything I ate, how I exercised, the activities of the day won’t stop playing in my mind.

I pause. I breathe. I try to relax once again, but it doesn’t work.

When I’m not exercising — even if I’ve already exercised that day — I’m consumed with anxiety about my next workout. Will something come up and make me miss the gym? What about holidays when the gym is closed?

Exercise has become a disease; it even disguises (伪装，假装) itself as the cure. If I don’t have it as an escape, then what’s left to hold me together? Working out feels like the only way to calm myself, but as soon as I leave the gym or finish a walk, the whole cycle starts over again.

As you might have guessed by now, I suffer from depression and OCD (强迫症). I’m a highly-educated adult woman who knows the risks of this behavior, and yet I can’t stop.

As a society, we’re told over and over that it’s important to exercise. That’s what makes it so easy to keep this addiction a secret; it’s not as obvious as lighting up a cigarette. You can continue to feed your addiction under the guise that you’re just being “healthy”. I not only have to fight the nonstop thoughts in my head but also the “more exercise is better” messages I receive from the media every day.

For me, exercise has become a drug, which is a way to numb the pain I might feel. I wonder what it would be like to “have the problem” of not wanting to go to the gym. It still feels very far away.

Yet I know I can be stronger than this. I can break the cycle I’m in. I can tell my story so as to give up a piece of the secrecy that keeps me sick.

Because no, you don’t want my problem. And finally, neither do I.

1.When the author goes to bed, she___________.

A. can’t breathe normally B. can’t fall asleep

C. always feels hungry D. always feels tired

2.The underlined word “it” in paragraph 4 probably refers to ___________.

A. the gym B. disease C. exercise D. the cure

3. What is special about the addition to exercise?

A. It is popular among highly-educated people.

B. It is widely reported by the mass media.

C. It does little harm to health.

D. it is not easily discovered.

4.We know from the text that the author ____________.

A. is emotionless

B. lives far away from the gym

C. is seriously ill

D. has difficulty in keeping secrets

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—20各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C﹑D）中，选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

In 2014, I had just ________ form a serious illness when I received an invitation to a writer's conference in Orlando, Florida. My family persuaded me that a(n) ________ might be just what the doctor ordered, so off I went .

Arriving in the Sunshine State was rather tiring, but I ________ to catch a taxi to my ________ and settle in. Next morning, I took another________ to the shopping center to buy a few souvenirs. ________ I went to a cafe to have lunch, but all the tables were ________ . Then I heard a friendly voice saying, "You can ________ my table."

I ________sat down with the old lady and we had a happy lunch together. As the ________ came to an end she asked how long I would be in Orlando. I had already told her that I hadn't hired a car, and hadn't ________ how expensive taking taxis ________ be, After a while she said, "My dear, don't use any more taxis. I'm retired and________would be my pleasure to ________you wherever you wish." I told her that I couldn't put her to that ________ ,but she brushed aside my protests (反对). She asked me where I was ________ and next morning she was waiting at my apartment at the appointed time to take me to Disney World. She spent some time with me before leaving me to ________alone. At the end of the day, she________ to take me back to my accommodation. I ________ her money but she refused to take any.

I'll never forget that wonderful lady who, through her ________ , filled my brief holiday in Florida with wonderful memories.

1.A. recovered B. hurt C. heard D. ignored

2.A. experiment B. ceremony C. operation D. holiday

3.A. managed B. promised C. intended D. deserved

4.A. hospital B. accommodation C. university D. company

5.A. colleague B. passenger C. taxi D. suitcase

6.A. Instead B. Later C. First D. Once

7.A. taken B. classified C. decorated D. painted

8.A. possess B. reserve C. set D. share

9.A. satisfied B.happily C. gratefullyD. crazily

10.A. journey B. speech C. meal D. interview

11.A. donated B.repaired C. hired D. realized

12.A.would B.should C. could D. may

13.A. this B. you C. it D. I

14.A.inspire B. entertain C. call D. drive

15.A.business B. trouble C. argument D. challenge

16.A.working B. staying C. moving D. shopping

17.A. calculate B. perform C. explore D. digest

18.A. forgot B. refused C. owed D.returned

19.A. offered B. sent C. lent D. preferred

20.A. dignity B. kindness C.curiosity D. confidence

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English has changed over time. Actually all languages change and develop when cultures meet and communicate with each other. At first the English ___1.____(speak )in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different _2._____ the English we speak today . It was based more ___3.__ (Germany) than the English we speak ___4.__ present. Then __5.____(gradual )between about AD 800 and 1150, English became less like German because those __6.____ ruled England spoke first Danish and later French. These new settlers enriched 7.___ English language and especially its vocabulary. So by the 1600’s Shakespeare _8.___ ( be ) able to make use of a wider vocabulary than ever before. In 1620 some British 9.____(settler) moved to America. Later in the 18th century some British people were ___10. (take ) to Australia too. English began to be spoken in both countries.

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。

Money Matters

Parents should help their children understand money. 1.______ So you may start talking about money when your child shows an interest in buying things, candy or toys, for example.

1. The basic function of money

Being explaining the basic function of money by showing how people trade money for goods or services. It is important to show your child how money is traded for the thing he wants to have. If he wants to have a toy, give him the money and let him hand the money to the cashier(收银员). 2._____ When your child grows a bit older and understands the basic function of money, you can start explaining more complex ways of using money.

2. Money lessons

Approach money lessons with openness and honesty. 3.______ If you must say no to your child’ request to spend money, explain, “ You have enough toy trucks for now.” Or, if the request is for many different things, say, “You have to make a choice between this toy and that toy.”

3. 4._____

Begin at the grocery store. Pick out similar brands of a product —a name brand butter and a generic (无商标产品), for example. You can show your child how to make choices between different brands of a product so that you can save money. 5._____ If he chooses the cheaper brand, allow him to make another purchase with the money saved. Later, you may explain how the more expensive choice leaves money for other purchases.

A. Wise decision

B. The value of money

C. Permit the child to choose between them.

D. Tell your child why he can or cannot have certain things.

E. Ask yourself what things that cost money are most important to you

F. Talk about how the money bought the thing after you leave toy store

G. The best time to teach a child anything about money is when he shows an interest

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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。

There Really Was a Santa Claus

Ann worked for a big company. One of the duties of her ________ was to go to the post office every day and ________ the company mail. One day in December, she ________ a beggar making himself up as a Santa Claus ________ on the corner of the street. Each day she ________ her coins and dropped them in his bowl. He would smile and ________ her a Merry Christmas.

At night the temperature dropped below 0℃, but the Santa Clause ________ stood in the cold wind. ________ she dropped her coins into his bowl, she handed him a pair of gloves.

A week later, a(n) ________ Santa Claus was standing there. “What happened to the other Santa Claus?” she asked. He told her, “He’s very ________ today.” She prayed for his health.

Later that day, a colleague came into her office ________ . “I don’t know what I’m going to do.” “What’s wrong?” she asked. “It’s my ex-husband,” her colleague ________ , “I don’t have any money to buy my boys anything for Christmas, ________ my ex-husband refuses to send money to them. It breaks my heart that they won’t have anything this year.” The lady ________her colleague, “I’m sure everything will ________ . It’s Christmas. Believe in miracles(奇迹).”

That evening, she told her husband about her colleague’s ________, “I know we don’t have much money to ________ , but I’d like to give her fifty or a hundred dollars. We’ll just get ourselves less this year. Last year we couldn’t afford to buy anything for ________ but we still had a wonderful Christmas.” Her husband smiled, “Give her one hundred dollars. She needs it more than we do.”

She reached up and held him. Warmth spread ________ her body. He held her and realized that there really was a Santa Claus – and he had ________ her!

1.A. family B. job C. life D. religion

2.A. receive B. go through C. answer D. pick up

3.A. spotted B. watched C. sensed D. followed

4.A. standing B. waiting C. playing D. performing

5.A. earned B. counted C. saved D. threw

6.A. send B. wish C. offer D. tell

7.A. even B. just C. still D. yet

8.A. Although B. If C. Since D. After

9.A. honest B. new C. considerate D. strong

10.A. sad B. poor C. cold D. sick

11.A. in tears B. in shock C. in horror D. in trouble

12.A. concluded B. decided C. continued D. commented

13.A. or B. but C. so D. otherwise

14.A. reminded B. amused C. teased D. comforted

15.A. work out B. come back C. run out D. open up

16.A. message B. suggestion C. situation D. example

17.A. lend B. help C. lose D. pay

18.A. ourselves B. themselves C. us D. others

19.A. off B. to C. among D. through

20.A. relaxed B. doubted C. married D. shaped

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