【题目】Anyone may visit the White House during certain visiting hours. Any United States citizen who wants to visit the White House should contact his or her member of Congress to make reservations (预约). Reservations can be made six months in advance and must be made no less than 30 days in advance.

A limited number of spaces are available for each tour day. Reservations are free. If you are a citizen of a foreign country and would like to visit the White House, contact your local U.S. embassy.

Self-guided tours are offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7:30 to 11:00 in the morning. They are also available on Fridays from 7:30 to noon and on Saturdays from 7:30 in the morning to 1:00 in the afternoon.

Visitors can also visit the gardens during the spring garden tour. Garden tour dates are announced yearly. The event is free, but tickets are required. The White House offers opportunities to school-aged children to visit the grounds. Kitchen garden tours are offered every Tuesday and Thursday to classes of up to 30 students.

Dates for the annual Easter egg roll are announced yearly. This event is designed for the families of children aged 12 years old or younger. It includes games, music, and stories along with the traditional egg roll. Tickets to the event are distributed using a lottery (抽奖) system.

When visiting the White House, keep in mind that security is the most important thing. Any item that would be forbidden on an airplane, such as guns, knives, etc., cannot be carried onto the grounds. Bags and cameras are also banned.

1When are you allowed to make a self-guided tour of the White House?

A. At 3 pm on Thursdays. B. At10:30 on Friday mornings.

C. At 1 pm on Tuesdays. D. At1:30 on Saturday afternoons.

2What do we know about the spring garden tour?

A. You need pay for the ticket.

B. School-aged children do not need tickets.

C. You can get garden tour dates annually.

D. The tours are offered every Tuesday and Friday.

3What can you do during the Easter egg roll?

A. You can enjoy music and games.

B. You can win a fortune in a lottery.

C. You can take photos there.

D. You can bring fruit knives.

4Why were knives banned?

A. Because you can not carry them on a plane.

B. Because only adults can use them.

C. Because you needn’t them.

D. Because safety comes first.

【题目】I was recently invited to dinner by a friend. During the meal, the ______ of the restaurant came over and said our meal was free. I was ______. He stood there smiling at me and there was an air of ______. Finally I asked him if he knew me. He said I had ______ forgotten him, but I had ______ his life. My friend was quite ______ and asked him how I had done this.

He said twelve years ago I was teaching a stress management class and he was one of the ______. I asked the group what their number one ______ was and most of them said it was from their bosses.

I listened to everyone, then ______ a chair and invited everyone to stand on it. I wanted them to look at the room from ______ there. After that, I asked the group to think about how the room looked ______ when they changed their perspective (角度).

Then I asked them to ______ their bosses. Was this the same person who had _______their good qualities and hired them? Do they remember how ______ they were to be chosen for the job?

He said I looked at him and asked if he had ever thanked his boss for the ______ to earn a living and _______him new skills and to be a better employee.

He said he went back to work the next day with a thank-you card to his ______. He learned to ______ stress in a smart way. Now he has been the manager of the restaurant for eight years. He said I had taught him to _______life from different perspectives and to express ______.

1A. waiter B. manager C. cook D. owner

2A. satisfied B. excited C. surprised D. moved

3A. familiarity B. understanding C. importance D. dignity

4A. hardly B. rarely C. specially D. probably

5A. changed B. planned C. built D. noticed

6A. patient B. anxious C. curious D. doubtful

7A. Employers B. students C. organizers D. teachers

8A. joy B. stress C. danger D. pride

9A. removed B. broke C. held D. took

10A. down B. outside C. up D. inside

11A. natural B. different C. funny D. strange

12A. consider B. ask C. visit D. watch

13A. seen B. predicted C. chosen D. improved

14A. puzzled B. touched C. Happy D. calm

15A. ability B. chance C. process D. luck

16A. allowing B. advising C. encouraging D. teaching

17A. colleague B. customer C. boss D. parent

18A. leave behind B. deal with C. suffer from D. bring about

19A. look at B. talk about C. work on D. take over

20A. apology B. regret C. appreciation D. sympathy

【题目】Have you ever run into a careless cell phone user on the street? Perhaps they were busy talking, texting or checking updates on WeChat without looking at what was going on around them. As the number of this new “species” of human has kept rising, they have been given a new name — phubbers(低头族).

Recently, a cartoon created by students from China Central Academy of Fine Arts put this group of people under the spotlight. In the short film, phubbers with various social identities(身份) bury themselves in their phones. A doctor plays with his cell phone while letting his patient die, a pretty woman takes selfie in front of a car accident site, and a father loses his child without knowing about it while using his mobile phone. A chain of similar events eventually leads to the destruction of the world.

Although the ending sounds overstated, the damage phubbing can bring is real.

Your health is the first to bear the effect and result of it. “Constantly bending your head to check your cell phone could damage your neck,” Guangming Daily quoted doctors as saying. “the neck is like a rope that breaks after long-term stretching.” Also, staring at cell phones for long periods of time will damage your eyesight gradually, according to the report.

But that’s not all. Being a phubber could also damage your social skills and drive you away from your friends and family. At reunions with family or friends, many people tend to stick to their cell phones while others are chatting happily with each other and this creates a strange atmosphere, Qilu Evening News reported.

It can also cost you your life. There have been lots of reports on phubbers who fell to their death, suffered accidents, and were robbed of their cell phones in broad daylight.

1For what purpose does the author give the example of a cartoon in Paragragh2?

A. To inform people of the bad effects of phubbing.

B. To advertise the cartoon made by students.

C. To indicate the world will finally be destroyed by phubbers.

D. To warn doctors against using cell phones while treating patients.

2Which of the following is NOT a risk a phubber may have?

A. His social skills could be affected.

B. His neck and eyesight will be gradually harmed.

C. He will cause the destruction of the world.

D. He might get separated from his friends and family.

3Which of the following may be the author’s attitude towards phubbing?

A. Supportive. B. Opposed.

C. Optimistic. D. Objective.

4What may the passage talk about next?

A. Advice on how to use a cell phone. B. People addicted to phubbing.

C. Measures to reduce the risks of phubbing. D. Consequences of phubbing.

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