It was Saturday. As always, it was a busy one, for “Six days shall you labor and all your work” was taken seriously back then. Outside, Father and Mr. Patrick next door were busy chopping firewood. Inside their own houses, Mother and Mrs. Patrick were engaged in spring cleaning.
Somehow the boys had slipped away to the back lot with their kites. Now, even at the risk of having brother caught to beat carpets, they had sent him to the kitchen for more string(线). It seemed there was  no limit to the heights to which kites would fly today.
My mother looked at the sitting room, its furniture disordered for a thorough sweeping. Again she
cast a look toward the window. “Come on, girls! Let’s take string to the boys and watch them fly the kites a minute.”
On the way we met Mrs. Patric, laughing guiltily as if she were doing something wrong, together with her girls. There never was such a day for flying kites! We played all our fresh string into the boys’ kites and they went up higher and higher. We could hardly distinguish the orange-colored spots of the kites. Now and then we slowly pulled one kite back, watching it dancing up and down in the wind, and finally bringing it down to earth, just for the joy of sending it up again.
Even our fathers dropped their tools and joined us. Our mothers took their turn, laughing like schoolgirls. I think we were all beside ourselves. Parents forgot their duty and their dignity; children forgot their everyday fights and little jealousies. “Perhaps it’s like this in the kingdom of heaven,” I thought confusedly.
It was growing dark before we all walked sleepily back to the housed. I suppose we had some sort of supper. I suppose there must have been surface tidying-up, for the house on Sunday looked clean and orderly enough. The strange thing was, we didn’t mention that day afterward. I felt a little embarrassed. Surely none of the others had been as excited as I. I locked the memory up in that deepest part of me where we keep “the things that cannot be and yet they are.”
The years went on, then one day I was hurrying about my kitchen in a city apartment, trying to get some work out of the way while my three-year-old insistently cried her desire to “go park, see duck.” “I can’t go!” I said. “I have this and this to do, and when I’m through I’ll be too tired to walk that far.”
My mother, who was visiting us, looked up from the peas she was shelling. “It’s a wonderful day,” she offered, “really warm, yet there’s a fine breeze. Do you remember that day we flew kites?”
I stopped in my dash between stove and sink. The locked door flew open and with it a rush of memories. “Come on,” I told my little girl. “You’re right, it’s too good a day to miss.”
Another decade passed. We were in the aftermath(余波) of a great war. All evening we had been asking our returned soldier, the youngest Patrick Boy, about his experiences as a prisoner of war. He had talked freely, but now for a long time he had been silent. What was he thinking of --- what dark and horrible things?
“Say!” A smile sipped out from his lips. “Do you remember --- no, of course you wouldn’t. It probably didn’t make the impression on you as it did on me.”
I hardly dared speak. “Remember what?”
“I used to think of that day a lot in POW camp (战俘营), when things weren’t too good. Do you remember the day we flew the kites?”

  1. 1.

    Mrs. Patrick was laughing guiltily because she thought______.

    1. A.
      she was too old to fly kites
    2. B.
      her husband would make fun of her
    3. C.
      she should have been doing her housework
    4. D.
      her girls weren’t supposed to the boy’s games
  2. 2.

    By “we were all beside ourselves writer means that they all ______.

    1. A.
      felt confused
    2. B.
      went wild with joy
    3. C.
      looked on
    4. D.
      forgot their fights
  3. 3.

    What did the author think after the kite-flying?

    1. A.
      The boys must have had more fun than the girls
    2. B.
      They should have finished their work before playing
    3. C.
      Her parents should spend more time with them
    4. D.
      All the others must have forgotten that day
  4. 4.

    Why did the writer finally agree to take her little girl for an outing?

    1. A.
      She suddenly remembered her duty as a mother
    2. B.
      She was reminded of the day they flew kites
    3. C.
      She had finished her work in the kitchen
    4. D.
      She thought it was a great day to play outside
  5. 5.

    The youngest Patrick boy is mentioned to show that ______.

    1. A.
      the writer was not alone in treasuring her fond memories
    2. B.
      his experience in POW camp threw a shadow over his life
    3. C.
      childhood friendship means so much to the writer
    4. D.
      people like him really changed a lot after the war

Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed that the boy ahead of him had tripped and dropped all the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a baseball bat, a glove and a small tape recorder. Mark knelt down and helped the boy pick up the scattered articles. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry part of the burden. As they walked, Mark discovered the boy’s name was Bill, that he loved video games, baseball and history that he was having a lot of trouble with his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend.
Mark went home after leaving Bill at his house. They continued to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, and then both graduated from junior high school. They ended up in the same high school, where they had brief contacts over the years. Finally the long-awaited senior year came. Three weeks before graduation, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.
Bill reminded him of the day years ago when they had first met. “Do you ever wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?” asked Bill. “You see, I cleaned out my locker because I didn’t want to leave a mess for anyone else. I had stored away some of my mother’s sleeping pills and I was going home to commit suicide(自杀). But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, I realized that if I had killed myself, I would have missed that time and so many others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up my books that day, you did a lot more. You saved my life.”

  1. 1.

    What happened to Bill on his way home from school?

    1. A.
      Bill almost killed himself
    2. B.
      Bill was caught on something and almost fell down
    3. C.
      Bill was sleepy from the sleeping pills
    4. D.
      Bill noticed Mark following him home
  2. 2.

    After Bill got home,______.

    1. A.
      he missed his friend Mark very much
    2. B.
      he decided to break up with his girlfriend
    3. C.
      he intended to kill himself immediately
    4. D.
      he thought of the friendliness of Mark
  3. 3.

    Mark saved Bill from committing suicide by______.

    1. A.
      helping Bill pick up the fallen books on the ground
    2. B.
      saying something comfortable and friendly to Bill
    3. C.
      persuading Bill not to leave a mess for other people
    4. D.
      being friendly to Bill in trouble
  4. 4.

    Bill cleared his locker in order to ______.

    1. A.
      store away some of his mother’s sleeping pills
    2. B.
      prepare for the next school year of high school
    3. C.
      leave the world without troubling others
    4. D.
      help his mother do some housework the last time

Alia Sabur, from Northport, N. Y., US, went to college at age 10. And four years later, Sabur became a bachelor of science in. Applied Mathematics summa cum laude（以最优等成绩）from Stony Brook University -- the youngest female in US history to do so.  Her education continued at Drexel University, where she earned a Master of Science and a Doctor of Philosophy (哲学博士) in Materials Science and Engineering.
With an unlimited future ahead of her, Sabur directed her first career choice to teaching. "I really enjoy teaching," she said. She was three days short of her 19th birthday in February, 2008, when she was hired to become a professor at Konkuk University in Seoul, Korea.  This distinction made her the youngest college professor in history, according to the Guinness' Book of Worm Records, beating the previous record held by Colin Maclaurin, a student of Isaac Newton, in 1717.
Although she doesn't start until next month, Sabur has taken up teaching math and physics courses at Southern University in New Orleans. Sabur is old enough to teach in the city, but not to join her fellow professors in a bar after work. In Korea, where the drinking age is 20, she might have more luck.  In traditional Korean culture, children are considered to be 1 year old-when they are born, and add a year to their age every New Year instead of their actual birthday, so in Korea Sabur is considered 20.
On top of her unprecedented (空前的) academic achievements, Sabur has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do (跆拳道黑带). She is also a talented clarinet (竖笛) player who has performed with musicians like Lang Lang and Smash Mouth. So is there anything Sabur can't do?

  1. 1.

    We can learn from the passage that Sabur is______.

    1. A.
      America's youngest bachelor of science
    2. B.
      Drexel University's youngest student
    3. C.
      the world'syoungest college professor
    4. D.
      the world's youngest female teacher
  2. 2.

    When Sabur was hired as a professor, her actual age is ______.

    1. A.
      fourteen
    2. B.
      eighteen
    3. C.
      nineteen
    4. D.
      twenty
  3. 3.

    What does the author mean by saying "she might have more luck" (in Paragraph 3)?

    1. A.
      Sabur might be permitted to drink in a Korean bar
    2. B.
      Sabur would be allowed to attend parties in Korea
    3. C.
      Sabur is old enough to teach at Konkuk University
    4. D.
      Sabur is lucky to be hired by Konkuk University
  4. 4.

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

    1. A.
      Alia Sabur is the youngest female doctor from Stony Brook University
    2. B.
      Colin Maclaurin has once been the youngest college professor in the world
    3. C.
      In Korea, Alia Sabur is not allowed to drink for she is still underage
    4. D.
      Alia Sabur knows anything but Tae Kwon Do

I have a friend named Monty Roberts. He has let me use his horse ranch(养马场)to put on events to raise money for youth at risk programs.
Last time I was there he introduced me by saying, “I want to tell you why I let you use my house. It all goes back to a story about a young man who was the son of an itinerant(流动的)horse trainer. When he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be when he grew up.”
“That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of owning a horse ranch someday. He put all his heart into the project and wrote about his dream in great detail. He even drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of the buildings, stables and the track, and even a detailed floor plan for a 4000-square-foot house on it.”
“The next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later ,he received a large red “F” on his paper with a note, ‘See me after class.’ The boy went to see the teacher and asked why. The teacher told him there was no way for a young boy like him to do that because owning a horse ranch required much money and resources, and then added ‘If you’ll rewrite his paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your grade.’”
“The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. He asked his father what to do. His father said, ‘Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it’s a very important decision for you.’”
“Finally, a week later, the boy turned in the same paper without any change and stated, ‘You can keep the F and I’ll keep my dream.’”
“I tell you this story because you are sitting in my 4000-square-foot house in the middle of my 200-acre horse ranch. I still have that school paper framed over the fireplace.”
Don’t let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what

  1. 1.

    The teacher gave him an “F” for his written paper because the teacher thought ______.

    1. A.
      he didn’t do a good job in his studies
    2. B.
      he described an unrealistic goal in his paper
    3. C.
      he came from an itinerant horse trainer’s family
    4. D.
      he wrote his paper without the help of his father
  2. 2.

    Why did the boy turn in the same paper without any change?

    1. A.
      Because he made up his mind to stick to his dream
    2. B.
      Because his father stopped him from rewriting it
    3. C.
      Because he was angry about his teacher’s words
    4. D.
      Because he had put too much of his heart into it
  3. 3.

    From the story we can infer that the boy was actually ______.

    1. A.
      Monty himself
    2. B.
      the author himself
    3. C.
      Monty’s friend
    4. D.
      an unknown person
  4. 4.

    According to the passage, the following statements are true EXCEPT that ______.

    1. A.
      the boy was very interested in having a horse ranch of his own
    2. B.
      the boy might have got a higher grade if he’d rewritten his paper
    3. C.
      the boy succeeded in turning his dream into reality in the end
    4. D.
      the boy wouldn’t have reached his goal without his father’s support
  5. 5.

    The author wrote this passage mainly to______.

    1. A.
      tell people how to describe their goals
    2. B.
      warn people against dream stealers
    3. C.
      encourage people to stick to their dreams
    4. D.
      teach people how to write their papers

Do you sleep well? Some people get off to sleep as soon as their head hits the pillow, but  many others are not so lucky. In fact, the lack of quality sleep has become a public health issue around the world. According to me World Association of Sleep Medicine, 45 percent of the world's population suffer from sleep problems. One in eight people don't sleep well and are easily woken. 7.6 percent sleep less than 3 hours each night. Some even cannot fall asleep for several days in a row.
As a basic bodily and mental need, sleep is essential for our survival, it helps us to fight diseases, strengthen our memory, perform better in work and school and improve our quality of life. Lack of sleep is known to have a significant negative influence on health, both in the short and long term. Poor sleep has been associated with obesity, diabetes, weakened immune systems and even some cancers, as well as depression and anxiety.
The World Sleep Day, held on the third Friday of March, is an annual celebration of sleep to lighten the burden of sleep problems through better prevention and management of sleep disorders.
To achieve this goal, we must figure out what causes sleepiness and sleeplessness.
Unhealthy lifestyle may be the first to blame. More and more people use cell phones and computers in bed, with many staying up until midnight. Modern technology does make our life convenient, but abuse of it ruins our health. Environmental conditions, such as temperature, noise, light, bed comfort also play an important Pole in one's ability to get proper sleep. Besides, improper evening diet, like a full or an empty stomach, coffee and alcohol all contribute to sleep problems. Of course, when it comes to causing poor sleep, stress from finances, family or work should never be ignored．
However, those who suffer from sleep disorders don't necessarily have to continue to do so -most sleep problems can be managed．

  1. 1.

    What can be inferred from Paragraph 1?

    1. A.
      Nobody can stay awake for several days
    2. B.
      Most people are going through sleep problems
    3. C.
      Sleep problems have become a worldwide concern．
    4. D.
      The majority of the world's population can't sleep well．
  2. 2.

    Which of the following is not a direct cause of sleep problems?

    1. A.
      Unhealthy lifestyle．
    2. B.
      Modern technology．
    3. C.
      Environmental conditions．
    4. D.
      Work stress．
  3. 3.

    What will be discussed in the paragraph that follows?

    1. A.
      The harm of sleep problems．
    2. B.
      Activities on the World Sleep Day．
    3. C.
      Interviews of poor sleep sufferers．
    4. D.
      Measures against sleep problems．
  4. 4.

    Which best describes the author's attitude to sleep problem in the text?

    1. A.
      Doubtful．
    2. B.
      Disapproving．
    3. C.
      Concerned．
    4. D.
      Enthusiastic

Welcome to Job Serve
The World's 1st Internet Employment Service
1. Display your grades. Grades are still important to potential employers.
2. Communicate well with others. No matter what career path you choose to follow—from nurse to computer programmer—you should have solid written and oral communication skills to get a job.
3. Have enough computer knowledge. It is the information age; you need to be able to show solid computer knowledge that is related to your field.
4. Put your best resume (个人简历) forward. A resume should be a short and clear, error-free, reader-friendly, one-page document that can be easily looked through.
5. Research. Take the time to learn about the company you are targeting by visiting its website or researching the company at the library.
6. Use examples. Using detailed examples from school and internships (实习) to answer questions about your experiences and to paint a clearer picture of your strengths and skills for the employer.
7. Smile! It is hard to smile when you are on the hot seat — but a smile during an interview shows enthusiasm for the position and the company. Potential employers might think of a non-smiling face as a lack of interest.
8. Show your thanks. A thank-you note following a phone or a face-to-face interview reinforces (增强) your interest in the position and the company.

  1. 1.

    You can give the potential employers a good impression if you ______.

    1. A.
      write a face-to-face note
    2. B.
      show enthusiasm
    3. C.
      prepare a long and free resume
    4. D.
      paint your own picture
  2. 2.

    What does the underlined words “you are on the hot seat” probably mean?

    1. A.
      The seat is very hot
    2. B.
      Everybody else is laughing at you
    3. C.
      Nobody else is helping you
    4. D.
      You are in a difficult situation
  3. 3.

    We can infer from the passage that ______.

    1. A.
      It is unnecessary to visit the website of the company you are interested in
    2. B.
      You have to be an expert on computer to get a job
    3. C.
      It is hard to find a job if you cannot write well and communicate well
    4. D.
      A resume can be a several-page document if you have a lot to show to the company

A new survey finds that more than eighty percent of Internet users in the United States search for health information online. The survey found that searching online is one of the leading ways that people look for a second opinion though doctors are still the main source of health information.
Forty-four percent of people are actually looking for doctors or other providers when they search for health information online. Another finding of the survey: Two-thirds of Internet users look online for information about a specific disease or medical condition.
The Internet has also become an important source of emotional support for people with health problems. Susannah Fox says one in five Internet users has gone online to find other people who have the same condition. It was more popular among people with more serious health issues—one in four people living with chronic diseases (慢性病). And it was basically off the charts with people living with rare disease. They are so eager to find other people online who share their health concerns.
A disease is considered rare if it affects fewer than two hundred thousand people worldwide. The rise of social networking has made it easier for people with rare diseases to connect with each other and feel less alone. Social networking is also changing the way some doctors and patients communicate with each other. Dr. Jeff Livingston operates a medical center for women in Irving, Texas. His office uses password-protected software to share information with patients.
“We provide the patient full access to their medical care. Anything I can see, the patient can see. All of their notes, all of their doctor visits are right there. All of their lab work is right there.” Dr. Livingston says the software has increased efficiency, reduced costs and improved relations with patients

  1. 1.

    From the first paragraph, we can know _________

    1. A.
      most online health information is reliable
    2. B.
      more people now turn to the Internet for medical advice
    3. C.
      people shouldn’t rely on the Internet for medical advice
    4. D.
      doctors are no longer the patients’ first choice
  2. 2.

    The underlined words “off the charts” in Paragraph 3 mean _________

    1. A.
      very popular
    2. B.
      not accessible
    3. C.
      far away from
    4. D.
      not attractive
  3. 3.

    By using social networking, patients with rare diseases can _________

    1. A.
      find effective cures
    2. B.
      get emotional comfort
    3. C.
      ask for financial support
    4. D.
      consult doctors anytime
  4. 4.

    Which of the following is NOT true of Dr. Livingston’s software?

    1. A.
      It cuts down medical expenses
    2. B.
      It decreases the time spent on medical care
    3. C.
      It takes doctors closer to their patients
    4. D.
      It gives patients a medical test online

If we are asked exactly what we were doing a year ago, we might have to say that we could not remember. But if we had kept a book and written in it an account (陈述) of what we did each day, we should be able to give an answer to the question.
It is the same in history. Many things have been forgotten because we do not have any written account of them. Sometimes men did keep a record of the important happenings in their country, but often it was destroyed by fire or in a war. Sometimes there was never any written record at all because the people of that time and place did not know how to write. For example, we know a great deal about the people who lived in china 4,000 years ago, because they could write and leave written records for whose who lived after them. But we know almost nothing about the people who lived even 200 years ago in central Africa, because they had not learned go write.
Sometimes, of course, even if the people cannot write, they may know something of the past. They have heard about it from older people, and often songs and dances and stories have been made about the most important happenings, and those have been sung and acted and told for many generations, for most people are proud to tell what their fathers did in the past. This we may call ‘remembered history’. Some of it has now been written history, because words are much more easily changed when used again and again in speech than when copied in writing. But where there are no written records, such spoken stories are often very helpful

  1. 1.

    Which of the following ideas is NOT talked about in the passage above?

    1. A.
      “Remembered history” is less reliable than written history
    2. B.
      Written records of the past played a most important in our learning of the human history
    3. C.
      A written account of our daily activities helps us to remember what we have done
    4. D.
      Where there are no written records, there is no history
  2. 2.

    Remembered history”refers to

    1. A.
      history based on a person’s imagination
    2. B.
      stories of important happenings passed down from mouth to mouth
    3. C.
      history written down in books
    4. D.
      what we have learned and remembered in history lessons
  3. 3.

    “Remembered history”is regarded as valuable only when

    1. A.
      it is written down
    2. B.
      there is no written account
    3. C.
      is proves down
    4. D.
      people are interested in it
  4. 4.

    It can be inferred from the passage that we could have learned much more about our past than we do now if our ancestors had

    1. A.
      kept a written record of every past event
    2. B.
      not fought against one another in wars
    3. C.
      told exact stories of the most important happenings
    4. D.
      produced and taught more songs and dances

Australian scientists are trying to give kangaroo-style stomachs to cattle and sheep in order to cut he greenhouse gases they send out, which are thought to be responsible for global warming.
Thanks to special bacteria in their stomachs, kangaroo flatulence(肠胃气胀)contains no methane(甲烷)and scientists want to transfer that bacteria to cattle and sheep who produce large quantities of the harmful gas.
While the usual image of greenhouse gas pollution is a billowing smokestack (烟囱) pushing out carbon dioxide, farm animals’ passing wind contribute a sur­prisingly high percentage of total emissions (排放物)in some countries.
“Fourteen percent of emissions from all sources in Australia are from enteric methane from cattle and sheep,” said Athol Kleve, a senior research scientist with the Queensland state government.
“And if you look at another country such as New Zealand, which has got a much higher agricultural base, they're actually up around 50 percent, ” he said.
Researchers say the bacteria also make the diges­tive process much more efficient and could potentially save millions of dollars in feed costs for farmers.
But it will take researchers at least three years to isolate (分离) the bacteria, before they can even start to develop a way of transferring it to cattle and sheep.
Another group of scientists, meanwhile, has suggested Australians should farm fewer cattle and sheep and just eat more kangaroos.
The idea is controversial (有争议的), but about 20 percent of health-conscious Australians are believed to eat the national symbol already.
“It's low in fat, it’s got high protein levels and it's very clean in the sense that basically it's the free-range (放养的) animal,” said Peter Amp of the University of New South Wales's institute of environmental studies

  1. 1.

    Scientists intend to put bacteria into cattle and sheep _________

    1. A.
      so that they can make full use of special bacteria
    2. B.
      to help Australian farmers to earn more money
    3. C.
      so that they can protect Australian ecosystem
    4. D.
      to prevent them from sending out harmful gases
  2. 2.

    Athol Kleve seems to believe that ________

    1. A.
      cattle and sheep produce more carbon dioxide
    2. B.
      less cattle and sheep are raised in New Zealand
    3. C.
      farm animals are responsible for greenhouse gases
    4. D.
      New Zealand has the most animals in the world
  3. 3.

    What do the underlined words “the idea” in para­graph 9 refer to?

    1. A.
      Australians should farm fewer cattle and sheep and just eat more kangaroos
    2. B.
      The bacteria could make the digestive process much more efficient
    3. C.
      Australians should give kangaroo - style stomachs to cattle and sheep
    4. D.
      The bacteria could save millions of dollars in feed costs for farmers
  4. 4.

    Which of the statements is the advantage Peter Amp lists about kangaroo?

    1. A.
      it is rich in protein
    2. B.
      it is cheaper than beef
    3. C.
      it is high in fat
    4. D.
      it is more delicious than sheep

Amanda Clement grew up in Hudson，South Dakota．Baseball was always her favorite sport．Once in a while her brother Hank and his friends would let her play first base in their games．More often，however，they asked her to umpire(裁判) for them，because they knew her calls would be fair and there would be no arguing．
One day in 1904，Amanda and her mother traveled to Hawarden，Iowa，to watch Hank play for the home team against Hawarden．When they arrived at the ball field，two local teams were waiting to play a preliminary(预备) game．The umpire hadn’t arrived，so Hank argued that the teams should let his sister serve as umpire．The players finally agreed．
Amanda，then sixteen and standing five feet，ten inches tall，made perfect calls．She was so good that players for the main game asked her 10 umpire for them and even offered to pay her．Thus，at sixteen，Amanda Clement became the first paid female baseball umpire on record．She is honored in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown，New York．

  1. 1.

    Hank and his friends often asked Amanda to umpire for them because______.

    1. A.
      they wanted to make her happy
    2. B.
      she called them brothers
    3. C.
      no one else wanted to do it for them
    4. D.
      she knew the rules well and was fair
  2. 2.

    Amanda went to Hawarden in order to______.

    1. A.
      serve as umpire
    2. B.
      make money
    3. C.
      watch her brother play
    4. D.
      help the local teams
  3. 3.

    Amanda most probably learned how to umpire a baseball game______.

    1. A.
      in her P．E．classes at school
    2. B.
      in an umpire training school
    3. C.
      by watching and playing the games
    4. D.
      from her mother，a baseball umpire
  4. 4.

    Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

    1. A.
      Amanda Clement．First Female Umpire
    2. B.
      A Family of Baseball Fans
    3. C.
      Baseball Games in Hawarden，Iowa
    4. D.
      The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown
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