Those accustomed to browsing through thousands of books in large bookstores may find Japan’s Morioka Shoten a little strange. That’s because this tiny bookstore that is located in Ginza,Tokyo sells only a single book at a time.

Opened in May 2015, Morioka Shoten is the brainchild of Yoshiyuki Morioka. He began his career as a bookstore clerk in Tokyo’s Kanda district before branching out to open his own store. It was here while organizing book reading and signing that he realized that customers usually came into the store with one title in mind. Morioka began to wonder if a store could exist by selling multiple copies of just one single book. In November 2014, he partnered with Masamichi Toyama to establish a unique bookstore with the philosophy of “A Single Room with a Single Book”.

The selections that are picked by Morioka change weekly and vary widely to attract customers with different interests. Recent choices include The True Deceiver, an award-winning Swedish novel by Tove Jansson, Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales, and a collection of Karl Blossfeldt’s photography of plants. Morioka has also selected books written by a famous Japanese author Mimei Ogawa.

To highlight his only offering, Morioka often uses clever tricks. For example, when selling a book about flowers, the storekeeper decorated his shop with the ones that had been mentioned in the book. He also encourages authors to hold talks and discussions so they can connect with customers. Morioka says his goal is for the customers to experience being inside a book, not just a bookstore.

Risky as the idea might seem, things appear to be going well. The storekeeper says he has sold over 2,100 books. Things can get better given that his bookstore is becoming increasingly popular not just among the locals but also visitors form other countries.

1.Why is Morioka Shoten unique?

A. It is popular with feigners.

B. It sells books of different topics.

C. It is decorated with colorful flowers.

D. It sells various copies of a book in a week.

2.Why does Morioka encourage authors to hold talks?

A. To introduce his bookstore.

B. To advocate his philosophy.

C. To make books better understood.

D. To help readers make more friends.

3.What’s the author’s opinion about the bookstore’s future?

A. Risky B. Promising.

C. Unpredictable. D. Hopeless

After a friend recommended that he join a secret Google project six years ago, Brian Torcellini became a driver in a driverless car.

Torcellini，31, leads a crew of test drivers who are legally required to ride in Google’s fleet of 48 driverless cars . They only take a control in emergencies. Otherwise, they make observations that help the company’s engineers improve the driverless cars.

The driverless cars already have covered more than 2 million miles in six years of testing on private tracks, on highways and city streets. The vehicles have traveled more than half that distance in automated mode (自动模式)，with one test driver in place to take control of the car if the technology fails or a potentially dangerous situation arises. Meanwhile, another driver sits in the front passenger seat taking notes of the problems that need to be fixed.

The job of the test driver requires a sense of adventure, something Torcellini acquired when he began to surf in high school. His other hobbies include fishing and scuba diving.

While the engineers who are programming the robot cars have technical backgrounds, most of the test drivers don’t. Torcellini worked in a book store. He dreamed of becoming a writer. He ended up at Google in 2009. Espinosa, 27, was working in a bicycle shop before he was hired as a test driver two years ago . Stephanie Villegas, 28, was a swim instructor, before becoming a test driver. Other test drivers were former soldiers and former photographers. They all share at least one thing in common: spotless driving records. Besides this, the job also requires a combination of good judgment, patience and fearlessness.

Before they are entrusted (托付) with the cars，Google’s test drivers must complete three-week training courses. The drivers are taught to take control of the robot car whenever there is any moment of doubt or danger.

Google employs “dozens” of test drivers but won't reveal the precise number . California law requires two test drivers per vehicle.

1.What do you know about Brian Torcellini ?

A. He is in charge of a crew of test drivers.

B. He used to be a swim instructor.

C. He led a secret Google project.

D. He has technical backgrounds.

2.The driver sitting in the front passenger seat is responsible for .

A. fixing the car problems

B. driving in emergencies

C. recording the car problems

D. monitoring the car driver

3.We can infer that .

A. Stephanie Villegas is interested in scuba diving

B. Brian Torecellini is very fond of literature

C. Espinosa is an excellent cyclist in California

D. driverless cars are very popular in California

4.The underlined word “this” refers to .

A. having good judgments

B. having clean driving records

C. breaking the traffic rules

D. having technical backgrounds

Tips for Teaching Kids Responsibility

Your best friend has a teenager who helps with housework without being asked. Your cousin has a one-year-old child that puts her bottle in the sink when she finishes the milk, but no reminders are needed. 1. Raising helpful, good kids who know how to make a sandwich is not a fantasy! The following tips can give you a better chance of raising a responsible child who then grows into a responsible adult.

2. You can’t suddenly spring responsibility on a teenager and expect he will know how to follow through. He needs time to practice and totally understand what responsibility means.

Let kids help you. Don t complain when it's time to do housework. Smile and invite your son to help. 3. He will take these good feelings and learn to take ownership of his home and feel pride in keeping it up.

4. Make responsibilities age appropriate. You can show how to complete small tasks in daily life and perform them at a child’s skill level. For example, if your kid wants a snack, show him where the apples are and how to wash one off.

Teach your child consequences. Learning to take care of his things also helps a child develop a sense of responsibility for his actions. Get your son to clean up after an art project, and inform him that he won^ be able to play with his crayons the next day if he leaves a messy table. 5. The more you carry out the rules, the more likely he is to clean up without being asked.

A. Have a sense of responsibility.

B. Why do they make a sandwich for kids?

C. Show kids how to perform responsibility.

D. Where do these wonderful children come from?

E. Start to teach responsibility to kids early.

F. When your child is invited to participate, he feels valued.

G. Then take away his supplies if he does not take his responsibility.

At an airport I overheard a father and a daughter in their last moments together. He said to his daughter, “I love you. I wish you __ She said, “Daddy, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever __.I wish you enough, too They kissed goodbye and she left.

The father stood there __ with tears in his eyes. I tried not to interrupt his privacy, but he __ me and greeted me by asking, “Did you ever say goodbye to someone knowing it would be __?” “Yes, I have,” I replied.

Saying that brought back my memories of expressing my love and __ of all my dad had done for me. Recognising that his days were __, I spent the time telling him face to face how much he __ to me. So I knew what this man was __.

“Forgive me for asking, but why is this a goodbye forever?” I asked. “I am old and she lives much too faraway I have __ ahead and the reality is that her next trip back will be __ for my funeral,” he said. “When you were saying goodbye, I heard you say ‘I wish you enough’. May I ask what that means?” He began to __. “That’s wish that has been handed down from other __.” He paused for a moment looking up as if trying to remember it in detail, and he smiled even more .

“When we said ‘I wish you enough’, we __ the other persons to have a life filled with enough good things __ them,” he continued the following as if he were __ it from memory. “I wish you enough sunlight to keep your attitude __. I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more. I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive. I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear __ bigger I wish you enough gain to satisfy your needs. I wish you enough ‘loss’ to appreciate all that you __. I wish you enough ‘Hellos’ to get you __ the final ‘goodbye’.” he then began to sob and walked away.

1.A. enough B. luck C. success D. health

2.A. support B. praise C. judge D. need

3.A. carefully B. silently C. seriously D. gratefully

4.A. noticed B. monitored C. thanked D. observed

5.A. endless B. meaningful C. forever D. temporarily

6.A. appreciation B. admission C. enthusiasm D. sacrifice

7.A. dark B. short C. wonderful D. Bitter

8.A. explained B. lent C. meant D. introduced

9.A. wondering B. experiencing C. approving D. imagining

10.A. differences B. passions C. wonders D. challenges

11.A. probably B. extremely C. gradually D. clearly

12.A. smile B. shout C. suffer D. Cry

13.A. countries B. generations C. mothers D. communities

14.A. admitted B. put C. thought D. wanted

15.A. promising B. teaching C. surrounding D. charging

16.A. reminding B. losing C. forgetting D. reciting

17.A. serious B. opposite C. bright D. open

18.A. only B. much C. any D. just

19.A. treat B. decide C. donate D. possess

20.A. through B. in C. along D. across

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Until now, many people 1. (see) Minions．No． 2. I am talking about is not the recent movies , but the village in England with the same name．Now it may be 3. (difficult) to find it than before，as the village has had to take down its sign because it worries about 4. (safe)．The village put up a special sign in May as part of a deal with Universal Studio 5. (promote) the movie Minions．The sign 6. (feature) three of the cute characters posing next to the village’s name．And the Minions sign proved popular with travelers，as 7. (apparent)

shown by the many pictures on special media posted by drivers 8. pulled in to take photos with the signs．Some local businesses wanted to keep the sign in place to help with tourism，but Carl Hearn， 9. local official , said officials had to take it down as they were worried about drivers 10. (stop) in front the sign in order to take photographs．

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及二个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Insurance companies are normally willing to insure anything, but it must be unique to insure a dish. It was a unusual pie dish, for it was eighteen feet in long and six feet in width. They had been purchased by a local authority so that an enormous pie could baked for an annual fair. The pie committee decided that the best way to transport would be by a canal, so they insured it for the trip. Short after it was launched, the pie committee went to the local inn to celebrate. In the same time, a number of teenager climbed on to the dish and held a little party of their own. Dancing proved to be more than the dish could bear, but during the party it capsized (倾覆) and sink in seven feet of water.

某英语杂志正在举办“分享我的格言”的活动，你最喜欢的英语格言是Robert Collier的“Success is the sum of small efforts, repealed day in and day out”。请根据下面的写作提示写一篇投稿，内容包括：

1.你如何理解这句格言；

2 .举例说明你的观点。

注意：词数100左右。

Dear Editor,

I'm Li Hua, a Senior 3 student. I feel it a great honor to get involved in such a meaningful activity.

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Many schools across the US hold graduation ceremonies this time of year. In some schools, even 5 and 6-year-olds observe their graduation from kindergarten. And so can older people, much older. Meet 70-year-old Jerry Reid, who just graduated from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. He earned a bachelor’s degree.

Mr. Reid might not look like the average college student; his hair is definitely grayer. But still Jerry Reid’s age is easy to forget, other UVA students know him as one of their own.

Mr. Reid sat into the “Hoo Crew,” a group that cheers loudly for the school at sports events. He also joined a men's group on campus. He sang drinking songs along with many other students. Mr. Reid’s school friends say they can talk to him just about anything.

About a half century ago, in his 20s, Mr. Reid was not in school. Instead, he was racing cars and chasing girls. But he says his friend Bill invited him to UVA parties.

“Bill told me what a terrible life I had unless I came up here and went to school with him,” said Reid.

That was in 1963. Jerry Reid says it took him 48 years to take that advice. In 2011, he entered college. UVA Professor Luke Wright says Mr. Reid influences students. He opened the minds of the young adults. The teacher says Mr. Reid showed them that life does not end at 40. Instead, the 70-year-old college graduate believes that getting older can be the beginning of a dream.

“Remember that path that you left waits for you. It’s there. It’s yours. All you must do is to get out of your own way and get back to it. And, that's exactly what I did,” said Reid.

Mr. Reid says that he and his wife Susan now would take some time off to enjoy his college degree. Then, he’ll return to UVA to begin studying for his graduate degree.

1.Which of the following is true of Mr. Reid?

A. He was laughed at by other students.

B. He was interested in study in his youth.

C. He enlarged the views of young people.

D. He got his graduate degree in 2011.

2.From the third paragraph, we can infer that Mr. Reid was _________.

A. considerateB. independentC. intelligentD. energetic

3.What does Paragraph 6 mainly discuss?

A. How Mr. Reid realizes his dream.

B. What teachers think of Mr. Reid.

C. When Mr. Reid entered college.

D. Why the students likes Mr. Reid.

4.What lesson can we learn from the story of Jerry Reid?

A. It is never too late to learn.

B. Two heads are better than one.

C. Actions speak louder than words.

D. A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Raymond Wang, 17, of Canada was awarded first place for a device that improves air quality on airplanes while cutting down the spreading of diseases at this year’s Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF).

According to Intel, Wang's system improves the quality of fresh air in a plane cabin by more than 190 per cent, while cutting diseases by up to 55 times, compared to conventional designs. Intel noted that Wang's invention could be easily and economically fixed into existing airplanes.

Two other teen researchers earned awards of $50,000 each at the event. One developed a technique to more quickly diagnose diseases caused by HIV. It’s the virus responsible for AIDS. The other invented a device to more quickly shut down undersea oil spills.

“Intel believes young people are the key to future innovation and that in order to confront the global challenges of tomorrow, we need students from all backgrounds to get involved in science, technology and engineering,” says Wendy Hawkins, executive director of the Intel Foundation. “We hope these winners will inspire other young people to pursue their interest in these fields,” she says, “and apply their curiosity and creativity to the common good.”

This year's Intel International Science and Engineering Fair featured approximately 1,700 young scientists selected from more than 75 countries and regions. In addition to the top winners, 600 finalists received awards and prizes for their innovative research.

The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair honours the world’s most promising student scientists, inventors and engineers. Their projects are then evaluated online by nearly 1,000 judges from almost every scientific field.

The 2015 Intel ISEF is funded jointly by Intel and the Intel Foundation with additional awards and support from dozens of other academic, governmental and scientific organizations. This year, US$4 million was awarded.

1.Compared to traditional designs, Raymond Wang’s system _________.

A. prevents oceans from oil pollution quickly

B. improves air quality on airplanes effectively

C. treats diseases happening on airplanes quickly

D. costs more but can be easily fixed into airplanes

2.For what purpose is Intel ISEF carried out?

A. To inspire teenagers to challenge the authorities.

B. To persuade more teens to do good to the society.

C. To get more teens involved in computer exploring.

D. To encourage young people to get interested in science.

3.What do we know about 2015 Intel ISEF?

A. More than 30% of finalists receive awards and prizes.

B. Scientists all over the world compete for grand prizes.

C. Nearly 1000 judges are present at the site of competition.

D. US$4 million awards and prizes are offered by Intel alone.

Where should an adventurous tourist go? After you’ve done sightseeing in London, shopping in New York, enjoyed the local food in Paris, and danced to your heart’s content at the Brazilian carnival, where else can you go? What attractive tourist destination awaits you?

Well, Antarctica sounds like the holiday of a lifetime! It's considered the last great wilderness on Earth. Just a few scientists in research stations share the icy landscape with penguins and other animals which can struggle with the low temperatures.

Tourism began in Antarctica in the 1950s and it's still small part. About 37,000 tourists are expected there this season, but many won't even leave the boat.

The BBC’s Juliet Rix visited the frozen continent and asked herself if she should be there at all, causing potential problems to such a sensitive environment. Her tour guide admitted that all visitors leave a footprint and they all go to the same places, the accessible coastline, which is also where the penguins and seals go to raise.

But some people believe that if carefully controlled, tourism can be good for Antarctica. It has no native population and it needs advocates. Visitors to the icy continent might be ready to support and even to fund its preservation. And they're likely to engage in the discussion about global warming, which has led to the melting of glaciers.

According to Rix, guidelines are followed when you’re about to set foot in Antarctica and tourists have to disinfect（消毒）their boots to make sure no alien species are introduced.

And once on land, there's no eating or smoking. Rocks, bone fragments—nothing should be taken as a souvenir and nothing should be left behind.

Tourists fortunate enough to visit the Antarctic must be aware that this is not their home and keep their fingers crossed that future generations will also be able to enjoy such breathtaking views.

1.Who lives in Antarctica?

A. 37,000 tourists.

B. The BBC's Juliet Rix.

C. A few scientists and animals.

D. People in London and Paris.

2.Why can tourism be good for Antarctica?

A. People can bring some animals into it.

B. People may take interest in the protection of it.

C. People can give advice to the native population.

D. People will go to the coastline to play with the seals.

3.What are the guidelines when you go on the shore?

A. You can leave rubbish on the shore.

B. You can smoke and eat on the shore.

C. You can take something as souvenirs.

D. You can help to protect the environment.

4.What is the author’s attitude towards the tourists going to Antarctica?

A. Positive. B. Ambiguous.

C. Subjective. D. Negative.