【题目】Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one .word more than you need.

A. intellectually B. grateful C. individuals D. rewarding E. participants

F. awareness G. amazing H. physically L local J. civilization K. reminder

Last week, Special Olympic organizers made sure that all details were included to ensure that the athletes were properly welcomed and taken care of. Never before in the 39-year history of the Special Olympics has there been such a(n) 1 and wonderful opening ceremony. And everywhere in this city, billboards with the smiling faces of the 2 disabled promoted the Games.

Throughout Shanghai, messages of “ 3“humanism,” and “love” were seen everywhere. These statements of hope and achievements were supporting more than 7500 athletes that participated in this year's events—with the most representation from China, over 1,200 4! Although these hopeful words were positive and encouraging, many mentally challenged 5 were not getting the rare they required.

In many countries, disabled people are neglected and not properly cared for. However, events such as the Special Olympics are raising the 6 of mistreatment and lack of care. In the United States, for example, special training centers and homes exist that help the mentally challenged find jobs in ) 7 communities. Last year, I volunteered a few hours each week at a facility that cared for mentally disabled people. It was a very 8 experience knowing that my time was making a difference in someone’s life. Although I only spent a short time there, the people were so 9 for the attention and most of all, to be included.

The Special Olympics are a(n) 10 to society that we must take care of those who are less fortunate than ourselves.

【题目】 Travelling to China is like travelling to another world. Its many famous beautiful places will make you lose yourself in them. However, it is usually not enough for a traveller only to visit these nice places. If you have time to see the local people, talk with them and even have dinner with a local family, it would be a wonderful experience, to know more about the local people’s life style at home in China.

New Hope Travel Agency will arrange a family visit to Xi’an, an ancient historic city inChina. We especially have chosen typical local families to host this activity in which you can see the true living style of Chinese people. Most of the hosts retired at home, so they are happy to see visitors from different countries to come to their homes.

Not only can we arrange to visit the local family but we can arrange to taste the true home cooked dishes. Our tour guide will ask you for advice about the food you want to eat. Just enjoy the locally cooked dishes. It’ll be quite a different and exciting experience.

Our agency also provides a good opportunity for you to learn to cook Chinese food. We have a general cooking class in the local family. If you’d like to learn to cook one or two Chinese dishes, please go to our Chinese Food Cooking Class to choose your favorite dishes.

Don’t wait. Welcome to China.

1Where does the writer want the tourist to travel?

A.To the local family.B.To beautiful places.

C.To the mountains.D.To cooking. schools.

2New Hope Travel Agency will arrange a family visit to _______.

A.Yan’anB.Beijing

C.Xi’anD.Shanghai

3The hosts are happy to see visitors from different countries probably because ______.

A.they have retired and have free timeB.they want to learn a foreign language

C.they want to make some moneyD.they want to travel to another country

【题目】Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.

Virginia Bookstore Finds the Secret to Success

A large bookstore in a small U. S. town has succeeded for many years by giving people a chance to buy a lot of books for a low price.

The large and simple bookstore is in the small eastern town of Mount CrawfordVirginia.

The Green Valley Book Fair is made up of two large storage buildings totaling 2, 300 square meters.

Some customers like Zoe Dellinger have been buying books at the store for many years.

“I have been coming here since I was in my early 20s. The thrill of finding a new book is very serendipitous (机缘巧合的) here because you can’t come and say Fm buying the new Nicholas Sparks book today.’ That’s not what this place is about—this place is about finding wonderful treasures. ”

And those treasures are not costly.

“I found a wonderful book that I wanted. It was very expensive at the time—26 dollars was expensive for me to purchase a new book. I found the book here for five dollars. I was so excited, so that has kept me coming back just to see what treasures 1 11 find. ”

The Green Valley Book Fair has 500000 new and old books about politics, religion, sciencetravel, cooking and many other subjects.

Michele Branner is the manager of the store.

“My parents actually started this bookstore about 46 years ago. My dad collected old books and then decided that he wanted to sell some of them. And it went so well that it’s just kind of evolved to what it is today. ”

The bookstore is only open six times a year for three weeks. About 25, 000 people visit during each period. The store sells about $ 2 million worth of books every year.

“We buy our books at a fraction of retail (零售价的几分之一) and we can sell them for the prices that we do and keep our overhead low. That’s why we don’t have any fancy buildings or anything like that.”

People have visited the store from many American states and from Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Russia.

Tom Whitlon is from the eastern city of Bristol, Connecticut.

“We have our whole family with us this time. So we said, ‘Oh you gotta see this book fair, ’ and so we brought ’em all here today. It meets every family’s need that likes to read. ”

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【题目】 There it was. A test of will power. I was on a special diet with foods carefully selected for balanced nutrition and caloric value. A piece of cheese cake was not a good choice. So here was my dilemma: Should I not eat the cheese cake, feel dissatisfied and take out my disappointment on the annoyingly skinny physical instructor at the gym? Or should I eat the cheese cake and work off the calories?

The latter seemed like a win-win solution. Not only would I get to enjoy the cheese cake, but I’d get an exercise session (训练时段). And then it hit me: a delicate plan to use my cheese cake as an exercise incentive. I plated a thin slice of cheese cake and carefully walked it up the stairs and set it on my bedside table with a small fork. I put on my exercise outfit (全套服装) and went downstairs.

The appeal of the cheese cake got stronger so I launched my plan: I would run up and down the stairs and then back up again. My reward: one small bite of cheese cake. If I wanted another, I’d have to run down and up and down and up again. Off I went. Ah, creamy vanilla (香草) goodness without guilt. I wanted another bite so I quickly sprinted (冲刺) through another stair climbing run.

Admittedly, it was harder to enjoy the creaminess of the cheese cake when my tongue was dry from over-breathing. I placed a bottle of water next to the cake. Down and up and down and up again. When I struggled over to the cheese cake, my hand bypassed the plate and went for the water instead. I didn’t want the cake any more. I wanted all this sweat and effort to do more than cancel the calories from cheese cake. I was exhausted and sure the cheese cake tasted fine but just not good enough to make me run up and down the stairs one more time.

My plan worked. Now, any time I felt tempted to enjoy a former favorite, I remembered my stairs trick.

1What can we infer about the author from paragraph 1?

A.She had weak will power.

B.She was bad-tempered and very critical.

C.She needed assistance with making the choice.

D.She hesitated over eating something against her diet.

2What does the underlined word “incentive” in paragraph 2 probably mean?

A.Reason.B.Hesitation.

C.Replacement.D.Companion.

3What do we learn about the author’s plan?

A.It involved much energy consumption (消耗).

B.It rid the cake of the pleasant taste.

C.It changed the author’s preference for food.

D.It was tiring and caused suffering.

4What may be the best title for the passage?

A.A costly dilemma.

B.An evil cheese cake.

C.A trick that worked.

D.A sweating experience.

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