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10．In the last 30years，the Make-A-Wish Foundation has granted nearly 300，000wishes worldwide to children battling life-threatening illnesses，throwing light on worlds darkened by diseases and bringing hope to children and their families．
With a foreword（序）by Make-A-Wish cofounder Frank Shankwitz，Once Upon A wish shares the wishes and stories of eight children．These families generously invite us into their worlds，allowing us to become part of their darkest moments，their unimaginable realities，their greatest hopes，deepest fears，and unbelievable successes．
Experience the story of Katelyn，a little girl，becoming a medical marvel（奇迹）after lighting all the odds stacked against her and making it her life-long goal to raise 3million for St．Jude Hospital； read about a wheelchair-bound boy，Garrett，giving the gift of mobility to disabled Cambodian men and women； cheer for a little boy，Dakota，who collects millions of pennies each year to help others fight the disease he once fought．Become inspired and forever-changed by the generosity，hope，courage，and optimism of these children and their families and experience the power of two words-I wish．
Once Upon A Wish is a celebration of hope，revealing how wishes-come-true can become motivators and cherished gifts that will last a lifetime．
Price：9.99
Where to download：Available on the iPhone，iPad，iPod touch，and Mac．
Category：Biographies & Memoirs
Published：Mar 05，2013
Publisher：BenBella Books，Inc．
Seller：The Perseus Books Group，LLC
Print Length：352Pages
Language：English
25．We can learn that the Make-A-Wish FoundationC．
A．was set up in the early 1990s．
B．was set up to help poor people all over the world．
C．aims at helping severely sick children fulfill their wishes．
D．mainly offers free treatment to severely sick children．
26．What is Once Upon A Wish mainly about？B
A．The history of the Make-A-Wish Foundation．
B．Wishes and stories of eight children．
C．Some children's experiences of helping others．
D．Frank Shankwitz's personal experiences with some children．
27．Dakota spends the money he collects in helpingD．
A．to set up St．Jude Hospital．
B．people infected with AIDS．
C．disabled Cambodians move around．
D．those who are fighting the same disease as he once had．

9．Dear Jorge，
Are you enjoying your break from school？My family are now in Sacramento，California．We are here paying a visit to visit to my aunt Gloria．We have been to the California State Capital Building，the nature center，and the zoo．I have seen many interesting things，but one stands out above the rest．This morning we drove from my aunt's home to Calistoga to see California's Old Faithful Geyser（老忠实泉）．I had read about it in my book，Sightseeing in California； Where You Should Go．You have probably heard of Old Faithful，the geyser father north in Yellowstone National Park．This California geyser is sometimes called"Little Old Faithful．"
When we arrived California's Old Faithful was only a calm pool of water．The geyser didn't look very deep．"What's the big deal？"I wondered．As I turned，I saw some steam rising from the water．Before I knew it，there was hot water shooting up about 60feet into the air．We could not believe our eyes!It continued for almost three minutes．
Aunt Gloria told me that the water came from an underground river．She also said that the water temperature was about 95℃．This water can sometimes shoot 170feet into the air．
My aunt said that other geysers around the world reach hotter temperatures and shoot water even higher than California's Old Faithful Geyser．I'd love to learn more about this geyser and other geysers in different countries when I get home．I'll see you soon!
Your friend，
Bennetto
21．According to the text，BennettoC．
A．visited his aunt Gloria by himself．
B．had never heard of Old Faithful Geyser．
C．thought nothing of Old Faithful Geyser at first．
D．flew all the way from Sacramento to Calistoga．
22．The water Bennetto saw high in the skyB．
A．disappeared at once．B．was too hot to touch．
C．came from a deep sea．D．was 170feet in height．
23．What was expressed in Bennetto's letter？D
A．Anger B．Doubt C．Courage D．Excitement
24．Bennetto wrote the letter mainly toA．
A．talk about his holiday experiences．B．ask Jorge to visit Old Faithful Geyser．
C．express his thankfulness to Aunt Gloria．D．give Yellowstone National Park some advice．

8．British people，writes BBC reporter Denise Winterman，were brought up on the idea of three square meals a day being a normal eating pattern （模式），but this is changing．
Family dinner around a table，according to Winterman，is in decline （衰落）and the UK is not the only country experiencing such change．
A traditional English breakfast includes sausages，bacon，fried eggs，mushrooms，baked beans，fried tomatoes，and toast with butter．However，these days most people don't eat a traditional breakfast every day，or even at all．This is because it is very greasy （油腻的）．Most people eat a bowl of cereal with milk，or have a slice of toast with butter to start the day．
Take a look at a typical British Sunday．For millions of Britons，Sundays have gone from quiet church-going and housework days，to days of happy shopping and socializing．People get up later and eat brunch at pubs．Fewer people bother to cook for themselves．
As for lunch，sandwiches dominate （占主导）．Today the average time taken to eat lunch-usually in front of a computer-is about 15minutes，according to researchers at the University of Westminster．
According to the British Sandwich Association，a sandwich is a popular lunch choice for 75percent or Britons．People in the country buy about 3billion ready-made sandwiches a year，meaning each Briton eats about 200sandwiches annually．
Dinner is the main meal of the day，and a time for people to relax and enjoy a cooked meal with friends or family after a hard day at work．But when the first microwave meal came on to the market in 1986，the family dinner began to decline．
While a formal family dinner may be eaten by fewer people nowadays，the dinner party with friends certainly isn't over-thanks to the huge sales of recipe books by celebrity chefs．

67．What is the article mainly about？D
A．New popular choices for British meals．
B．What British people traditionally eat at mealtime．
C．What influences the British diet．
D．The changes of eating habits in Britain．
68．One reason British people have stopped eating traditional breakfast is thatB．
A．it takes too much time B．it is considered unhealthy
C．it contains too much sugar D．it is not nutritious enough
69．We can conclude from the article that sandwichesC．
A．are considered the healthiest lunch in Britain
B．are more popular among young people than elders
C．are a quick lunch for many Britons
D．have seen an increase of 15percent in popularity in the past ten years
70．Which of the following statements is TRUE？A
A．British people spend less time cooking and eating with family nowadays．
B．British people eat more sandwiches than people in any other countries．
C．It's common around the world that people have more parties with friends．
D．The author is delighted about the changing eating pattern in Britain．

7．Want to know who is the world's tallest person，who has the highest IQ，who collects the most toys or who ate the largest hamburger in the shortest amount of time？Then look no further than the Guinness Book of World Records．
As a compiler （汇编）of amazing，funny and shocking feats and achievements，Guinness is in a class of its own．And some people believe that making it into the book is an achievement worth any risk．
With its 2014version coming out on Sept 12，many daredevils （蛮勇的人）are getting ready to raise the stakes．
Susanne Eman is one of them．The 34-year-old American has made it her goal to break the record for"World's Heaviest Woman"，currently set at 643pounds （291.7kg）．
To many observers，though，winning a mention in a book might pale in comparison to the health risks associated with being so heavy．
So what drives people to put their lives on the line for a mention in a book and a certificate？
Los Angeles-based psychotherapist Nancy Irwin told The Huffington Post she believes people who want to set records often do so to fill a blank in other aspects of their lives．
"In a case like this，there is a sense of narcissism （自恋）that suggests she's desperate for attention and wants to stand out，"Irwin said．"You have to understand that there is a positive intention behind every activity，even if it has a negative outcome．"
However，Ashrita Furman，who holds the highest total number of Guinness World Records，including the highest mountain climbed on stilts （高晓），thinks challenges to break limitations and be the best in the world should be an inspiring thing to do．And he doesn't support Eman．"I don't get her--it's not healthy．I think Guinness should highly disapprove of a record like that，"the 59-year-old American told The Huffington Post．
A Guinness representative released a statement claiming that the organization's policy isn't to support or celebrate"achievements"like Eman's，but simply to document the extremes that exist in the world．

67．The underlined phrase"raise the stakes"in the third paragraph probably meansB．
A．show off their unique skills
B．increase the risks involved
C．make smart preparations for something
D．spend more money on something
68．With the example of Eman，the author intends toD．
A．introduce who is the"World's Heaviest Woman"
B．criticize the 2014version of the Guinness Book of World Records
C．explain what efforts Eman has made to break the world record
D．show a negative goal that someone set to achieve a Guinness World Record
69．According to Nancy Irwin，some risk their lives to compete for a mention in Guinness becauseA．
A．they desire attention
B．they seek fame and fortune
C．they wish to challenge themselves and live a meaningful life
D．they want to prove and celebrate their uniqueness
70．Which of the following statements about Guinness might Ashrita Furman agree with，according to the text？C
A．Those who try to set a world record at the risk of their lives deserve a reward．
B．Eman's achievements are absolutely worth a mention in the Guinness book．
C．Not all kinds of world records should be collected in the Guinness book．
D．The organization should improve its policies to celebrate a greater variety of achievements．

6．Have you ever had such experience？Travelers in the airport line up and march slowly toward the full-body scanner（扫描仪）．Have you wondered that screening may one day speed up dramatically？Now，scientists are creating a cheap and smart new device that gathers data in a flash．
It relies on microwaves to image objects．Microwaves are a form of electromagnetic radiation（电磁辐射）-types of energy that travel through space as a wave．Electromagnetic radiation includes visible （可见的） light，which can be seen with the naked eye．It also includes several types of energy，such as microwaves，that aren't visible with the naked eye．
In January，scientists at Duke University and elsewhere reported creating a new device that could help make smarter，faster and cheaper scanning machines．So far，the new device has been tested only in the lab．But if it works outside the lab，too，it could find use in a host of new products．
At airports，the new device could be used in machines that scan people for guns，knives or other would-be weapons．A technique similar to the one used by the researchers could be applied to other scanners，like those doctors use to peer into the body．This could reduce the amount of time patients spend in a scanner and the cost of such procedures．The device's designers even imagine police officers wearing vests embedded with the new technology to help identify a hidden weapon．
Instead of requiring expensive technology，a scanner based on the device could use existing materials （like copper） in a smarter way．Called metamaterials，these become useful based on how they're designed，not what they're made of．
"This definitely represents a less expensive and potentially faster alternative to current imaging methods，and its working principle is easily understood，"Kevin Kelly told Science News．Kelly is a technology specialist at Rice University in Houston．

67．What can we infer from the first paragraph？D．
A．Every traveler is willing to have a security scan．
B．The speed of security scan is slow because of so many travelers．
C．The new system has been put into market．
D．The current security scan system should be improved．
68．What is special about microwaves compared to visible light according to the passage？B．
A．It is a form of electromagnetic radiation．
B．You can't see it with your naked eyes．
C．It can travel through space．
D．It is a kind of energy．
69．With the new device we could do the following things exceptC．
A．shortening the patients'test time
B．helping patients spend less money
C．erasing the suffering of the patient
D．helping to identify a hidden weapon
70．What do you think the author will probably talk about in the following paragraph？A．
A．How does the new device work？
B．What is the new device like？
C．The application of the new device．
D．People's attitude about the new device．

5．In the famous fairy tale，Snow White eats the Queen's apple and falls victim to a curse； in Shakespeare's novel，Romeo drinks the poison and dies； some ancient Chinese emperors took pills that contained mercury，believing that it would make them immortal，but they died afterward．
Poison has long been an important ingredient in literature and history，and it seems to always be associated with evil，danger and death．But how much do you really know about poison？
An exhibition，The Power of Poison，opened last month at the American Museum of Natural History in New York，intended to give the audience a more vivid understanding of poison．The exhibition will continue until Aug 2014，reported The New York Times．
The museum tour starts in a rainforest setting，where you can see live examples of some of the most poisonous animals：caterpillars，frogs and spiders．Golden poison frogs，for instance，aren't much bigger than a coin，but their skin is covered in a poison that can cut off the signaling power of your nerves，and a single frog has enough venom to kill 10grown humans．
The exhibition also features interactive activities．In an iPad-based game，visitors are presented with three puzzling illnesses and asked to identify the poisons based on symptoms．In one case，for example，a pet dog is found sick in a backyard and visitors have to figure out whether it was the toad （蟾蜍），the leaky batteries in the trash or the dirty pond water that did it．
"Poisons can be bad for some things，"Michael Novacek，senior vice president of the museum，told NBC News．"Yet they can also be good for others．"
This is what visitors learn from the last part of the exhibition，which displays how poisons can be used favorably by humans，including for medical treatment．
The blood toxins of vampire bats，for example，can prevent blood from clotting （凝结），which may protect against strokes．A poisonous chemical found in the yew tree is effective against cancer，which is what led to the invention of a cancer-fighting drug called Taxol．One chemical in the venom of Gila monsters can lower the blood sugar of its victims，so it has been used to treat diabetes．
The benefits from natural poisons are not limited to just medicine．Believe it or not，many substances that we regularly take in-chili，coffee and chocolate，etc．-owe their special flavors or stimulating effects to chemicals that plants make to poison insects．

69．By mentioning Snow White and Romeo at the beginning of the story，the author intends toB．
A．show that poison has long been involved in literature
B．draw readers'attention to the topic of the article
C．show that poison is always linked with evil and death
D．get readers to think of more examples of the use of poison in stories
70．What is the main purpose of the exhibition The Power of Poison？D
A．To teach people how to handle poisonous animals．
B．To inform people about which animals are the most poisonous．
C．To show how poison has been used for medical treatment．
D．To give people more in-depth knowledge about poison．
71．Which of the following statements about the exhibition is TRUE according to the article？A
A．Those who visit the exhibition can join in some iPad-based interactive games．
B．The exhibition will lead visitors to a real rainforest
C．Golden poison frogs are the most poisonous animals on display．
D．Visitors can listen to lectures on recent studies of poisonous animals．

4．When I was about 12，I had an enemy，a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings．Week by week her list grew：I was very thin，I wasn't a good student，I talked too much，I was too proud，and so on．I tried to hear all this as long as I could．At last，I became very angry．I ran to my father with tears in my eyes．
He listened to me quietly，then he asked．"Are the things she says true or not？Janet，didn't you ever wonder what you're really like？Well，you now have that girl's opinion．Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true．Pay no attention to the other things she said．"
I did as he told me．To my great surprise，I discovered that about half the things were true．Some of them I couldn't change （like being very thin），but a good number I could-and suddenly I wanted to change．For the first time I got a fairly clear picture of myself．
I brought the list back to Daddy．He refused to take it．"That's just for you，"he said．"You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself．But you have to learn to listen，not just close your ears in anger and feel hurt．When something said about you is true，you'll find it will be of help to you．Don't shut your ears．Listen to them all，but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do．"
Daddy's advice has returned to me at many important moments．In my life，I've never had a better piece of advice．

61．Which do you think would be the best title for this passage？D
A．Not an Enemy，but the Best Friend
C．My Father
C．My Childhood
D．The Best Advice I've Ever Had
62．What does"Week by week her list grew"mean？A
A．Week by week she discovered more shortcomings of mine and pointed them out to me．
B．She had made a list of my shortcomings and she kept on adding new ones to it so that it was
growing longer and longer．
C．I was having more and more shortcomings as time went on．
D．Week by week，my shortcomings grew more serious．
63．What did the father do after he had heard his daughter's complaint？D
A．He told her not to pay any attention to what her"enemy"had said．
B．He criticized （批评） her and told her to overcome her shortcomings．
C．He refused to take the list and have a look at it．
D．He told her to write down all that her"enemy"had said about her and pay attention only to the things that were true．
64．Which of the following can we know from the passage？D
A．The"enemy"thought the writer was pretty．
B．The"enemy"thought the writer studied hard．
C．The writer and her"enemy"became best friends at last．
D．The writer is grateful to her father．

3．Not a day goes by when we don't use the World Wide Web．Today it has become almost as important to every family as food and water!This year，the World Wide Web has turned 25years old．What many people don't know is that the web was at first created to improve communication between thousands of scientists in Switzerland．
In 1989，Tim Berners-Lee was a 34-year-old British physicist working as a software（软件）engineer at CERN，the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Switzerland．Since CERE was a huge organization with thousands of scientists，communication between them was becoming increasingly difficult．
Berners-Lee wanted to develop a system to solve the problem．His paper suggested an information system，where a page on one computer could have a link to another page on another computer （ connected through the Internet） allowing scientists to read lots of information quickly．However，Berners-Lee's boss said that it sounded exciting but impossible．
Even though there were many difficulties and few supporters，Berners-Lee went on to develop the World Wide Web．He came up with ideas such as Hyper-text Transfer Protocol（超文本传输协议）to allow computers to talk to each other，Hyper-text Markup Language （HTML） to create the pages，a server to serve the pages，and a browser（浏览器）to see them．
In December 1990，the World Wide Web was demonstrated（展示）and in 1991，the WWW project was made public，so that other programmers could develop their own browsers．Berners-Lee believed that it could be used for more than scientific purposes．He wanted the Internet to be easy for anyone to use-a free open software．His wishes soon came true．
Although the World Wide Web has today turned into a completely different thing from what it meant at first，it has become necessary and important to our lives，powering our mobile technologies and the way we get information．

56．The World Wide Web was created toD．
A．help people get information easily and quickly
B．support the development of mobile technologies
C．make it easier for British scientists to communicate
D．improve communication between scientists at CERN
57．As for Berners-Lee's paper，his bossC．
A．felt puzzled about itB．was uncertain about it
C．had no confidence in it D．showed no interest in it
58．According to the text，Berners-LeeA．
A．doesn't give up easily when in trouble
B．has worked at CERN for 25years
C．is a 55-year-old Swiss physicist
D．knows little about the Internet
59．The underlined word"it"in Paragraph 5refers toD．
A．a serverB．a browserC．HTMLD．the World Wide Web
60．What would be the best title for the text？B
A．The future of the webB．World Wide Web turns 25!
C．Tips on improving your website D．Interview with Tim Berners-Lee．

2．A university degree is no （51）C of a job，and job hunting in itself requires a whole set of skills．if you find you are not getting past the first interview，ask yourself what is happening．Is it a（n）（52）A to communicate or are there some skills you lack？And find out what you need t do to bring yourself up to the level of （53）D that would make you more attractive t them．
Do not be too discouraged if you are （54）B for a job，but think about the reasons the employers give．Those who made the second interview might have been studying the same subject as you and be of （55）C ability level，but they had something which made them a （56）A match to the selector's ideal．That could be experience gained through projects or vacation work，or it might be that they were better at communicating what they could offer．Do not take the comments at （57）B value：think back to the interviews that generated them and make a list of where you think the shortfall in your performance lies．With this sort of analytical approach you will eventually get your foot in the door．
Deciding how long you should stay in your first job is a tough call．Stay too long and future employers may question your （58）D and ambition．Of course，it depends on where you are aiming．If you are a graduate，spending five or six years in the same job is not too long provided that you take full advantage of the （59）B．However，do not use this as a（n）（60）C for lacking interest or enthusiasm．Graduates sometimes fail to take ownership of their careers and take the initiative．It is up to you to make the most of what's available within a company，and to monitor progress in case you need to （61）C．This applies particularly if you are still not sure where your career path lies．
It is helpful to think through what kind of experience you need to get your （62）B job and it is not a problem to move around to a certain extent．But in the （63）D stages of your career you need a definite strategy for reaching your goal，so think about that carefully before deciding to step forward from your first job．You must cultivate （64）A to be competent for any role．There is no guarantee that you will get adequate training，and research has shown that if you do not receive proper help in a new role，it can take 18months to （65）C it．

51．A．input	B．cause	C．guarantee	D．preparation
52．A．failure	B．key	C．introduction	D．contribution
53．A．highlight	B．comment	C．fluency	D．qualification
54．A．asked	B．refused	C．headed	D．helped
55．A．different	B．high	C．similar	D．low
56．A．closer	B．better	C．stronger	D．poorer
57．A．depth	B．face	C．data	D．test
58．A．character	B．personality	C．behavior	D．drive
59．A．knowledge	B．experience	C．skill	D．loyalty
60．A．substitute	B．equivalent	C．excuse	D．requirement
61．A．pass by	B．switch on	C．move on	D．stick to
62．A．part-time	B．dream	C．secure	D．well-paid
63．A．critical	B．last	C．middle	D．early
64．A．patience	B．love	C．habits	D．friendship
65．A．know	B．prohibit	C．master	D．select．

1．A university degree is no（51）C of a job，and job hunting in itself requires a whole set of skills．if you find you are not getting past the first interview，ask yourself what is happening．Is it a（n）（52）A to communicate or are there some skills you lack？And find out what you need t do to bring yourself up to the level of（53）D that would make you more attractive t them．
Do not be too discouraged if you are（54）B for a job，but think about the reasons the employers give．Those who made the second interview might have been studying the same subject as you and be of （55）C ability level，but they had something which made them a（56）A match to the selector's ideal．That could be experience gained through projects or vacation work，or it might be that they were better at communicating what they could offer．Do not take the comments at （57）B value：think back to the interviews that generated them and make a list of where you think the shortfall in your performance lies．With this sort of analytical approach you will eventually get your foot in the door．
Deciding how long you should stay in your first job is a tough call．Stay too long and future employers may question your（58）D and ambition．Of course，it depends on where you are aiming．If you are a graduate，spending five or six years in the same job is not too long provided that you take full advantage of the （59）B．However，do not use this as a（n）（60）C for lacking interest or enthusiasm．Graduates sometimes fail to take ownership of their careers and take the initiative．It is up to you to make the most of what's available within a company，and to monitor progress in case you need to（61）C．This applies particularly if you are still not sure where your career path lies．
It is helpful to think through what kind of experience you need to get your（62）B job and it is not a problem to move around to a certain extent．But in the（63）D stages of your career you need a definite strategy for reaching your goal，so think about that carefully before deciding to step forward from your first job．You must cultivate（64）A to be competent for any role．There is no guarantee that you will get adequate training，and research has shown that if you do not receive proper help in a new role，it can take 18months to （65）C it．

51．A．input	B．cause	C．guarantee	D．preparation
52．A．failure	B．key	C．introduction	D．contribution
53．A．highlight	B．comment	C．fluency	D．qualification
54．A．asked	B．refused	C．headed	D．helped
55．A．different	B．high	C．similar	D．low
56．A．closer	B．better	C．stronger	D．poorer
57．A．depth	B．face	C．data	D．test
58．A．character	B．personality	C．behavior	D．drive
59．A．knowledge	B．experience	C．skill	D．loyalty
60．A．substitute	B．equivalent	C．excuse	D．requirement
61．A．pass by	B．switch on	C．move on	D．stick to
62．A．part-time	B．dream	C．secure	D．well-paid
63．A．critical	B．last	C．middle	D．early
64．A．patience	B．love	C．habits	D．friendship
65．A．know	B．prohibit	C．master	D．select．

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