【题目】Recently, the TV show “Where are we going, Dad?” produced by Hunan SatelliteTelevision is a big hit across nation. Many famous stars brought their children to a strange village alone, and they had to spend 72 hours with their children there. The program fully showed us a modern version of the “how to be a good father”. As the young parents today are too busy to take care of their children, this new form of “Lost on the way” played by nanny Daddy and cute kids triggered（触发）a lot of people’s emotional resonance（共鸣）. Both the kids and their parents will find that their hearts are being drawn closer. But this kind of feeling has just proved that there is a big spiritual barrier between the modern parents and children.

The TV shows like “Children are hard to support!”, “Where are we going, Dad?”, “hot mom” and “cute kids” are becoming more and more popular. All of these show the new parents’ confusion in children’s education and the appeal for the balance between career and family.

In the real life, on the one hand the young parents feel helpless because they are too busy to accompany their children under the pressures of work and life; on the other hand they continue to do so. The data collected by HNTV shows that nearly two-thirds of their audience are female, among whom 36% are aged from 25 to 34.We can imagine such a scene that one evening a young mother is watching the show with her young children, while her husband is still at work or trapped in socializing, or maybe is just playing computer games in the bedroom. The story of a child without the company of father is still going on. In fact, it is sometimes the same to mothers. In a modern family, it is often the old who take the responsibility of raising a child. The participation of mother in the children’s education is also very low.

It is just this kind of confusion where the parents have gone in the modern family education, and where the parents will guide their children to go that “Where are we going, Dad?” shows us. If a child wants to grow up healthily and safely into a modern citizen with independent personality and free spirit, it is very important for him or her to follow the parents who serve as their first teacher. Maybe this is the real reason why such kind of TV programs could get hot. The truth is that children will go where their parents go; and society will go where the children go.

What does the underlined word “participation” probably mean?

A. taking responsibility B. understanding

C. taking part D. keeping company

【题目】—Shall we go for a walk rather than watch television?

— _________. Whatever you want to do is fine with me.

It just depends B. Let's get going

C. It's up to you D. That's all right

【题目】Unlike chemists and physicists, who usually do their experiments using machines, biologists and medical researchers have to use living things like rats. But there are three Nobel prize-winning scientists who actually chose to experiment on themselves – all in the name of science, reported The Telegraph.

1. Werner Forssmann (Nobel prize winner in 1956)

Forssmann was a German scientist. He studied how to put a pipe inside the heart to measure the pressure inside and decide whether a patient needs surgery.

Experiments had been done on horses before, so he wanted to try with human patients. But it was not permitted because the experiment was considered too dangerous.

Not giving up, Forssmann decided to experiment on himself. He anaesthetized (麻醉) his own arm and made a cut, putting the pipe 30 centimeters into his vein. He then climbed two floors to the X-ray room before pushing the pipe all the way into his heart.

2. Barry Marshall (Nobel prize winner in 2005)

Most doctors in the mid-20th century believed that gastritis was down to stress, spicy food or an unusually large amount of stomach acid. But in 1979 an Australian scientist named Robin Warren found that the disease might be related to a bacteria called Helicobacter pylori.

So he teamed up with his colleague, Barry Marshall, to continue the study. When their request to experiment on patients was denied, Marshall bravely drank some of the bacteria. Five days later, he lost his appetite and soon was vomiting each morning – he indeed had gastritis.

3. Ralph Steinman (Nobel prize winner in 2011)

This Canadian scientist discovered a new type of immune system cell called the dendritic cell. He believed that it had the ability to fight against cancer.

Steinman knew he couldn’t yet use his method to treat patients. So in 2007, when doctors told him that he had cancer and that it was unlikely for him to live longer than a year, he saw an opportunity.

With the help of his colleagues, he gave himself three different vaccines based on his research and a total of eight experimental therapies（疗法）. Even though Steinman eventually died from his cancer, he lived four and a half years, much longer than doctors had said he would.

The underlined word “gastritis” in Paragraph 5 probably means ______.

A. a kind of bacteria B. a kind of stomach disease

C. a new type of therapy D. a large amount of stomach acid

【题目】—Can Bob help me with this problem?—I’m afraid it's beyond his _________.

strength B. ability

C. energy D. Force

【题目】—How beautiful the dress looks __________ you! Don't you want __________, Madam?

—Please show me __________.

A. in; one; another

B. on; it; another

C. in; it; another

D. on; one; the other

【题目】________ she can't understand is _________ more and more people like rock music.

What; why B. That; what

C. What ； because D. Why ； that

【题目】One day an old woman was traveling alone in the mountains. Suddenly she saw something shining in the stream. When she came close, she found it was a precious stone. She put the stone into her bag and went on with her trip.

The next day the old woman met a young man, who was also a traveler in the mountains. The young man looked very hungry, so the old woman opened her bag to share her food. The hungry traveler saw the precious stone and asked carefully, “The stone is beautiful. Would you like to give it to me?”

“Sure. Why not?” the woman said, and handed the stone to him.

The young man left happily with the stone. He knew it was worth enough to give him security for a lifetime. But a few days later he came back to return the stone to the woman.

“I’ve been thinking,” he said. “I know how valuable the stone is, but I give it back and hope that you can give me something even more precious. Give me what you have within your bag.”

The woman opened her bag. It was almost empty. She looked at the young man and smiled, “I have nothing special in my bag, but I do have something precious — the joy of giving!” The young man felt ashamed and left silently.

What does the underlined word “security” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A. Money. B. Worry. C. Health. D. Trouble.

【题目】I am serving in AmeriCorps VISTA in Cheyenne. Although the work has been 【1】 ，the payment is reasonable. The weather in Cheyenne has 【2】 to be adventurous. Although the fact that I walk everywhere has turned out to be great 【3】 ，for my body as well as my mind, I still began to 【4】 that I needed another form of transportation for the winter.

My boyfriend Mike knew of my 【5】 and he researched some local sites for 【6】 cars. Ho sent me 【7】 about a 1978 Ford Fairmont, I just knew this car was 【8】 to be. I began to communicate with the owner, a man named Dale Meyer. I found out that the car was 【9】 purchased by his grandfather and was in 【10】 condition. He and his two brothers had actually learned to drive 【11】 this car.

We settled 【12】 a price of $400，and 【13】 to have a test drive some day. The day before the test drive, I received a phone call from Dale. He seemed a little 【14】 ，but also excited. He asked simply, “You really would like this car, wouldn't you?" I responded enthusiastically and he said, “How about if I give it to you for a dollar?" ，I was completely 【15】 .

I 【16】 my favorite Fairmont last night. Dale walked me around the car, 【17】 its bumps and nicks. At times as he told me stories of the car it seemed he was 【18】 an old friend. As I was driving away, he stopped me to say, " Don't 【19】 to pass this kindness on. " It was truly a 【20】 end. Never look down upon the kindness of strangers.

A. challengingB. amusingC. convincingD. fascinating

A. changedB. stoppedC. provedD. misunderstood

A. aimsB. exerciseC. intentionD. problems

A. rememberB. regretC. refuseD. realize

A. temperB. povertyC. wishD. habit

A. freeB. rareC. expensiveD. inexpensive

A. businessB. information C. conclusionD. agreement

A. failedB. happenedC. meantD. belonged

A. finallyB. simplyC. absolutelyD. originally

A. differentB. goodC. badD. terrible

A. seeingB. usingC. buyingD. comparing

A. onB. upC. withD. in

A. riskedB. jokedC. forgotD. decided

A. lazyB. toughC. nervousD. weak

A. disappointedB. FrustratedC. speechlessD. embarrassed

A. set upB. looked upC. gave upD. picked up

A. explainingB. promisingC. searchingD. training

A. recognizingB. visitingC. meetingD. losing

A. forgetB. prepareC. preferD. afford

A. sadB. perfectC. miserableD. Misleading

【题目】—Which of the two English films do you like better?

— __________ shorter one, of course. I think it's really __________ most instructive one.

A. A; the

B. The; the

C. The; a

D. A; a

【题目】What made me surprised was his attitude __________ the mistakes I had made.

A. for

B. with

C. of

D. towards