Barditch High School decided to an All-School Reunion．Over 450 people came to the event．There were tours of the old school building and a picnic at Confederate Park．Several former teachers were on hands to tell stories about the old days．Ms．Mabel Yates, the English teacher for fifty years, was wheeled to the Park．
Some eyes rolled and there were a few low groans(嘟囔声)when Ms．Yates was about to speak．Many started looking at their watches and coming up with excuses to be anywhere instead of preparing to listen to a lecture from and old woman who had few kind words for her students and made them work harder than all the other teachers combined．
Then Ms．Yates started to speak：
“I can't tell you how pleased I am to be here．I haven't seen many of you since your graduation, but I have followed your careers and enjoyed your victories as well as crying for your tragedies．I have a large collection of newspaper photographs of my students．Although I haven't appeared in person, I have attended your college graduations, weddings and even the birth your children, in my imagination．”
Ms．Yates paused and started crying a bit．Then she continued：
“It was my belief that if I pushed you as hard as I could, some of you would succeed to please me and others would succeed to annoy me．Regardless of our motives, I can see that you have all been successful in you chosen path．”
“There is no greater comfort for an educator than to see the end result of his or her years of work．You have all been a great source of pleasure and pride for me and I want you to know I love you all from the bottom of my heart．”
There was a silence over the crowd for a few seconds and then someone started clapping．Tee clapping turned into cheering, then into a deafening roar(呼喊)．Lawyers, truck drivers, bankers and models were rubbing their eyes or crying openly with no shame all because of the words from a long forgotten English teacher from their hometown．
(1)
What activity was organized for the school reunion?
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A．
Sightseeing in the park．
B．
A picnic on the school playground．
C．
Telling stories about past events．
D．
Graduates' reports in the old building．
(2)
What can be inferred from Paragraph 2?
[ ]
A．
Some graduates were too busy to listen to Ms．Yates' speech．
B．
Many graduates disliked Ms．Yates' ways of teaching．
C．
Some people got tired from the reunion activities．
D．
Most people had little interest in the reunion．
(3)
We can learn from Ms．Yates' speech that she ________．
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A．
kept track of her students' progress
B．
gave her students advice on their careers
C．
attended her students' college graduations
D．
went to her students' wedding ceremonies
(4)
What was Ms．Yates' belief in teaching teenagers?
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A．
Teachers' knowledge is the key to students' achievements．
B．
Pressure on students from teachers should be reduced．
C．
Hard-pushed students are more likely to succeed．
D．
Students' respect is the best reward for teachers．
(5)
Which of the following can best describe Ms．Yates?
Like many lovers of books, Mary and her husband, Richard Goldman, seldom walked past a bookstore without stopping to look inside．They often talked of opening their own store one day．
When Mary was hospitalized with heart trouble in 1989, they decided it was time to get serious．Richard, who worked for a business company, was eager to work for himself, and Mary needed to slow down from her demanding job．
They started by talking to bookstore owners and researching the industry．“We knew it had to be a specialty store because we couldn’t match the big chains dollar for dollar, ” says Mary．One figure caught her attention：She’d read somewhere that roughly 20 percent of books sold were mysteries(推理小说), and many buyers spent more than ＄300 a year on books．She and Richard were themselves mystery readers．
On Halloween 1992, they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Café near their home．With three children in college, the couple could not spend all the family’s money to start a shop．To cover the ＄100 000 cost, they drew some of their savings, borrowed from relatives and from a bank．
The store merely broke even in its first year, with only ＄120 000 in sales．But Mary was always coming up with new ways to attract customers．The shop had a coffee bar and it offered gifts to mystery lovers and served dimmers for book clubs that met in the store．She also invited dozens of writers to discuss their stories．
Today Mystery Lovers makes sales of about ＄420 000 a year．After paying taxes, business costs and the six part-time sales clerks, Richard and Mary together earn about ＄34 000．
“The job you love may not go hand in hand with a million-dollar income, ” says Richard．“This has always been about an enjoyable life for ourselves, not about making a lot of money．”
(1)
When Mary was in hospital, the couple realized that __________．
[ ]
A．
they had to put their plan into practice
B．
health was more important than wealth
C．
heart trouble was a serious illness
D．
they both needed to stop working
(2)
After Mary got well from her illness they began __________．
[ ]
A．
to study industrial management
B．
to buy and read more mystery books
C．
to do market research on book business
D．
to work harder to wave money for the bookstore
(3)
How did their bookstore do in the first year?
[ ]
A．
They had to borrow money to keep it going．
B．
They made just enough to cover all the costs．
C．
They succeeded in earning a lot of money．
D．
They failed though they worked hark．
(4)
According to Richard, the main purpose of running the bookstore is __________．
[ ]
A．
to pay for their children’s education
B．
to get to know more writers
C．
to set up more bookstores
D．
to do what they like to do
阅读理解
As more people work longer hours in the office, they have less time to hit the gym for some desperately needed exercise．Whole days spent facing a computer and looming(terrible)deadlines can leave you with backaches, headaches, and just about any other kind of ache imaginable．Stress accumulates(increase)quietly, boiling over at the worst moment when you didn’t even realize it was there．Below are some ways to help prevent this from happening by stretching and relaxing your body during the lunch hour．You don’t even have to get out of you chair．
Absolution
1．Hang your head, holding the sides of your chair with your hands try to lift the chair up．
2．At the same time, slightly bend your chest, using the muscles of your lower belly to support you．
3．Keep the pose for three to five seconds, breathing slowly throughout．Repeat for five times．
Stretch thigh–high
1．Sit in your chair with your back tight against the chair back．．
2．Put one foot on the chair and clasp your knee with two hands．Breathe in．
3．Breathe out and make your knee touch your chest．Hold this position for five seconds．
4．Change to the other foot．Perform the stretch for each leg five times．
Navel–gazing(凝视肚脐)
1．Sit a bit forward in your chair．Put your hands on your waist and bend your back a little．
2．Hang your head and watch your belly button for 10--15 seconds．
3．Return to the starting position．Repeat for five times．
Raising the(lum)bar
1．Put your hands on your lower belly．
2．Bend your chest supporting your lower belly, and hold your breath for three to five seconds．Breathe out slowly．Repeat five times．
The greeting exercise
1．Fold your arms across your chest, set your legs slightly wider than shoulder-width, knees bent at right angles．Breathe in．
2．Breathe out slowly and raise your upper body, hold for five seconds, then relax．Repeat for five times．
(1)
The above ways of exercise are introduced in the passage to ________．
[ ]
A．
make you work more efficiently in the office
B．
keep you fit in the office
C．
prevent some diseases related to office work
D．
get you relaxed in the office
(2)
Which of the following four pictures shows the correct way of navel-gazing?
[ ]
A．
B．
C．
D．
(3)
All of the above ways of exercise are similar in that ________．
[ ]
A．
you need to breathe in and then breathe out
B．
you can’t do them without your chair
C．
you need to deep your pose for five seconds
D．
you do them before lunch time
(4)
According to the passage, we can infer that ________．
[ ]
A．
all the exercises have the same function and you may choose any of them
B．
all the exercises form an entire set and you should do them one by one
C．
different exercise focuses on different part of your body and has different functions
D．
the greeting exercise is the last step designed to make your body relaxed
阅读理解
A good place to start is Stumptown Coffee Roasters in the Ace Hotel．It's always busy, and for a reason：it serves some of the best coffee anywhere．It's also one of the city's most handsome coffee bars, a great place to linger．
Stumptown is strategically close to the Marc Jacobs show at the Armory on Lexington Avenue at East 26th Street．Also close by is the coffee bar at Maialiano, the restaurant on the ground floor of the Gramercy Park Hotel．If your expense account can weather it, you could go to Eleven Madison Park, a temple to fine dining that offers some of the most expensive coffee in New York; ask for a place at the bar, ask for the Chemex and settle in for the show．
New York's coffee scene is exploding, even in once-desolate neighborhoods．Here's a shortlist that will serve you no matter where you are in Manhattan．
Bluebird Coffee Shop(East Village), sunny and adorable; get the cortado and the brown butter ginger cookie．
Culture Espresso Bar(Midtown), always busy, and always excellent．
Everyman Espresso(Union Square), a tiny coffee bar in the lobby of an off-Broadway theater; one of the few places that makes AeroPress coffee．
Gimme(NoLIta), small and crowded, a classic European-style espresso bar．
Peels(the Bowery), a serious coffee bar and build-a-biscuit breakfasts, and just across the street from Billy Reid．
RBC NYC(TriBeCa), an extensive collection of gadgets and beans, coffee shop for coffee nuts．
Saturdays Surf(SoHo), surf store with limited-edition sneakers and a coffee bar．
Third Rail(Washington Square Park), one of the city's best t coffee bars, and one with cozy and quiet environment．
Whitney Museum of American Art(Upper East Side), a new coffee cart on the garden level of Breuer's Brutalist masterpiece．
Our coffee map offers more choices within Manhattan．Or, if you have an iPhone, you can download the Filter, a free guide to coffee throughout New York City from our site．
(1)
What does the underlined word“weather”in the second paragraph mean?
[ ]
A．
Afford．
B．
Trust．
C．
Break．
D．
Seek．
(2)
If I want to find an uncrowded cafe, which of the following may be my best choice?
[ ]
A．
Stumptown Coffee Roasters
B．
Gimme
C．
Culture Espresso Bar
D．
Third Rail
(3)
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
[ ]
A．
Gimme offers a classic European-style espresso．
B．
Third Rail is located in Washington Square Park．
C．
You can watch a show over a cup of coffee in Eleven Madison Park．
D．
Peels' location is just across the street from Billy Reid．
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