【题目】__________ with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountain does not seem high at all.

A. When compared B. Compare

C. While comparing D. Comparing

【题目】I would gladly pay __________ for the book, because it is quite a use- ful one.

A. twice as much B. twice so much

C. as much twice D. so much twice

【题目】For most, getting your first car opens up a new world of freedom and allows you to go wherever you want, whenever you want. Getting a car did this for me, and it also brought my best friend and me . But then it tore us apart.

My best friend lives three minutes from my . Since her is in late summer, seven months behind mine, I basically became her when I turned 16 in December.

And so I her up for school and took her home. We made ice-cream , went shopping and to the movies ---- all in my car. I would drive to her house just to sit on her bed, read magazines and have a good laugh. I went to her house so that she gave me a to her house.

A week after I got my license，she was with me I had my first accident. She was there and me and we kept it a , since I didn’t want people to . From then on, through thick and thin, it was just me, my car and my best friend.

High school is a time of , but I couldn’t for a long time we became so distant(疏远) after being so close. My friend waited three months after her birthday to get her dream car：a green 2004 Beetle. With its , the passenger seat of my car became . Our car trips became less frequent I didn’t even drive down her street.

It’s funny how a car can change a relationship so much. I had wanted her to get a car, but once she did, I it. I wanted her friendship back, even if it couldn’t be the same.

【1】A. some B. any C. none D. all

【2】A. closer B. farther C. luckier D. happier

【3】A. neighbor B. school C. home D. family

【4】A. holiday B. birthday C. course D. job

【5】A. driver B. follower C. partner D. guide

【6】A. picked B. woke C. called D. hurried

【7】A. parties B. trips C. plans D. classes

【8】A. happily B. often C. hardly D. seldom

【9】A. phone B. door C. address D. key

【10】A. while B. but C. after D. when

【11】A. saved B. suggested C. advised D. comforted

【12】A. favorite B. secret C. pride D. joke

【13】A. help B. see C. know D. laugh

【14】A. change B. disappointment C. excitement D. friendship

【15】A. understand B. answer C. imagine D. believe

【16】A. when B. where C. how D. what

【17】A. beauty B. dream C. return D. arrival

【18】A. broken B. crowded C. empty D. different

【19】A. however B. until C. as D. before

【20】A. enjoyed B. received C. regretted D. Lost

【题目】_________ is known to all that he can't answer the question __________ he found the money.

A. As; how B. That; why

C. What; where D. It; when

【题目】How to improve our life? Many people think that they have to accept whatever life throws at them. They’ll say, “This is my destiny(命运). I cannot change it.”

Of course not! You don’t have to suffer needlessly. Your life depends on you, not on other factors.

I know a woman who says she just accepts what life gives her because she has done everything she can to improve it. Guess what her lifestyle is? She wakes up in the morning, goes to work, comes back home, relaxes, chats with people, watches TV, and then goes to sleep. Next day, the same routine cycle follows.

Huh! Is this what she calls “doing her best”? She believes she has tried her best and just accepts it in her heart that this is the life that has been intended for her and that her luck can only change if God wills it. She hasn’t realized that we have to do our share of making the effort to live the life of our dreams.

Remember that you harvest what you sow. You have to get off the sofa, get your eyes off the TV screen, get your hands off the phone (unless it’s helpful to your success), and get your mind and body to work! Don’t expect your luck to change, unless you do something about it. If something goes wrong, don’t just regard it as a temporary(暂时的) problem; Instead, learn your lesson, make the most of the situation, and do something to solve the problem. It’s not enough to think positively; you also have to act positively.

If someone’s life is in trouble, do you just hope and pray that things will turn out fine? Of course not! You get to do anything you can to save the person. So it is with your own life. It is not enough to hope for the best, but you have to do your best. In other words, don’t just stand (or sit) there, do something to improve your life.

【1】As for the woman mentioned in Para.3, her life________.

A. doesn’t need improving B. couldn’t be improved

C. will be better some day D. will be worse in the future

【2】What does the author think of the woman’s life?

A. Positive. B. Passive.

C. Disturbing. D. Colorful.

【3】In Para.5, the author emphasized the importance of ________.

A. positive action B. positive thinking

C. hope for the best D. intention to succeed

【4】The text is mainly designed to advise you to _________.

A. know yourself B. believe in yourself

C. improve your life D. change your normal way

【题目】As a school teacher, Inderjit Khurana used to take the train to work. And one day, at the station, she saw dozens of children who spent their days begging from train passengers rather than going to school. She learned that it was not a rare problem and that millions of children in India lived on the streets.

Realizing that these children would never be able to escape poor life and homelessness without education, and that it would be impossible to send these children to school, Inderjit decided to create a model program---taking the school to the most out- of-school children.

Khurana’s train platform schools aim to provide a creative school form and give children the basic levels of education. Her last goals reach far beyond the 20 platform schools she and her colleagues have created in India’s Bhubaneswar region. She is determined that her program will become a model for changing the lives of the poorest children throughout India and the world.

Khurana founded the Ruchika Social Service Organization(RSSO) in 1985. The teachers gather the children together between the stops of the train for reading, writing, maths and history taught through songs and other teaching tools.

Khurana recently comes to realize that the education of these children is impossible when the most basic needs of their families are not being met. So she also provides food and medicine for their families.

Khurana insists that every child have the right to an education and that if a child cannot come to the school, then the school must come to him or her.

【1】Khurana’s final aim is to .

A.make the poorest children’s lives better

B. put an end to the problem of children’s dropout(辍学)

C. attract more students to her platform schools

D. set up 20 platform schools throughout India

【2】What can we learn about the RSSO?

A. It has a history of more than 30 years.

B. It provides jobs for the poorest children.

C. It gives money to the out-of-school children.

D. Its work doesn’t only include free education for the street children.

【3】Khurana also provides free food and medicine for the children because_____.

A. the fundamental family needs are included in her model program

B. she wants to draw more people’s attention to the RSSO

C. they are the necessities for the out-of-school children

D. she wishes to improve local people’s living standard

【题目】We will work __________ those who have cheated in the exam and help them do right.

A. off B. on

C. at D. with

【题目】Every New Year brings renewed(更新的) expectation for a change, for a better life and for a better you. That’s a wonderful thing, because this fresh start gives us a chance to reinvent our lives and ourselves. Here’s how.

Let go

Many times we are held back by our previous failures,emotions and barriers(障碍). This is all old baggage. Let everything unhappy from the past go. Let go of failures. Let go of fears you’ve built up. Let go of your ideas about what your life has to be like. Let go of long-held beliefs and habits which seem to be burdens(负担) to you.

Clear away distractions(分心)

Clear away email, your favourite blogs and news websites. Clearaway the iPhone or Blackberry, and clear away all the chores that pull at your attention. In fact, if you can, shut off the Internet for a while. You can come back to it after you take a break.

Decide what matters most today

Forget about your goals for all of this year. Instead, decide what you want to do today. What matters most to you and your life? What are you most passionate(热情的) about right now? What excites you? What gives you the most fulfillment(满足感)? Often the answer would be in creating something, making something new, helping others, becoming a better person, and working on a project that you will be proud of. But whatever your answer, have it clear in your mind at the beginning of the day.

Reinvent yourself every day

Every day, you are reborn.Reinvent yourself and your life. Do what matters most to you. It might be the same thing that mattered most yesterday, or it might not be. That isn’t important. What’s important is today---right now! Be passionate, and be happy!

You’ll have a fresh start every single day---not just on January 1 of a new year.

【1】Writing this passage, the author seems to be ________.

A. strict B. peaceful C. nervous D. confident

【2】The underlined word “chores” refers to ______.

A. modern technology B. unimportant things

C. online information D. fashionable devices

【3】According to the passage, the writer’s suggestion is______.

A. Stopping using hi-tech devices to avoid troubles in your life.

B. Seizing the moment, but not to make a plan for the far future.

C. Forgetting everything about and from the past

D. Making yourself a person reborn every day.

【4】which one is the most proper title for the passage ?

A. Work Effectively in a New Year

B. Reduce Stress in a New Year

C. Freshen the Start of Every New Day

D. Live a Better Life in Every New Day

【题目】When __________ such a difficult problem, he didn't know what to do.

A. facing B. faced

C. faced to D. facing with

【题目】Air travel makes some people very nervous. The crowds, the noise and flying itself can cause . But there are classes people can take to help them the fear of flying. And there is training for service dogs that suffer the same problem.

Service dogs almost never the side of the people they care for. You will see them working on buses, trains and other public systems. But the busy environment found at an airport can even the best trained working dog.

People with disabilities depend on their dogs. They want the animals to safely them through security areas. They also need the dogs to remain on duty on the airplane, even when the flying is not . This takes special . The Air Hollywood K9 Flight School is one place where such help can be found.

The school has a piece of equipment that provides the sights, sounds and even the feel of an airplane in flight. Dog trainers say training is based on a simple rule: preparation. Dogs need to be exposed gradually and to the environment, to loud noises, to sounds and other dogs so that when this experience happens to them on a daily basis, they're able to act in a way that they're used to acting and that they don't get .

Dog owners who the training at Air Hollywood K9 Flight School say they now feel much more at ease about future . Their dogs also seem ready for takeoff.

【1】A. trouble B. unease C. accidents D. diseases

【2】A. defeat B. describe C. sense D. record

【3】A. professional B. varied C. free D. similar

【4】A .approach B. bark C. leave D. take

【5】A. association B. running C. transport D. society

【6】A. trouble B. attract C. interrupt D. instruct

【7】A. follow B. guide C. train D. land

【8】A. nervously B. stressfully C. calmly D. enthusiastically

【9】A. speedy B. relaxing C. dangerous D. smooth

【10】A. interest B. attention C. training D. procedure

【11】A. previous B. cooperative C. academic D. successful

【12】A. repeatedly B. abruptly C. occasionally D. instantly

【13】A. bored B. excitable C. energetic D. fragile

【14】A. attended B. inquired C. overlooked D. recommended

【15】A. career B. flights C. security D. generations