Just call Apolo Anton Ohno the most decorated sportsman in the history of the Winter Olympics. The speed skater glided into the history books after the 2010 Olympics, winning a record-breaking eighth Olympic medal after completing the men’s 5,000-meter relay.
Apolo Anton Ohno, born on May 22, 1982, is an American short track speed skating competitor and an eight-time medalist (two golds, two silvers, four bronzes) in the Winter Olympics. He is one of the only four Americans who have won three medals in a single Winter Olympic Games. He started skating at age 12, and in two years became the best short track skater in the United States. In December1999, he became the youngest skater to win a World Cup event title.
“It feels amazing, especially in a sport as volatile as short track speed skating,” he remarked after his historic win. “This is my third Olympic Games and there is no other athlete here who has gone to three Olympic Games and won a medal every time. I wanted to leave my heart and soul on the ice and I did. I don’t look back at past medals, but I look back at the struggles. I live my life with the philosophy that anything’s possible but I had no idea I’d have this much success.”
Ohno’s third Olympics might have been his last. He is considering retirement, although US national coach Jimmy Jang is hoping to convince his longtime friend to compete four years from now in Sochi, a Russian city where the next Winter Olympics is going to be held.
“I never say ‘never’,” Ohno said. “I need a break from this sport that’s been very good to me.”
After the relay, Ohno skated over to congratulate the Canadians and shook hands with his South Korean competitors. One of them said: “We have some good memories and we also have some bad memories of Ohno. I will be sorry to see him leave the world of short track when he does.”

  1. 1.

    What would be the best title for the passage?

    1. A.
      Short Track Speed Skating
    2. B.
      Apolo Anton Ohno’s sport dream
    3. C.
      Eight Gold Medalists in the Winter Olympics
    4. D.
      “Michael Phelps” on the Ice—Apolo Anton Ohno
  2. 2.

    What does the underlined word “volatile” in Paragraph 3 mean?

    1. A.
      changeable   
    2. B.
      violent    
    3. C.
      stable    
    4. D.
      interesting
  3. 3.

    Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

    1. A.
      His three medals in this Olympics makes him the third one in American sports history.
    2. B.
      He owes his success to his hard working and his strong belief.
    3. C.
      He will retire after the next Winter Olympic Games to be held in Russia.
    4. D.
      He has gained worldwide fame and recognition but his competitors’ envy.
  4. 4.

    In which section of a newspaper is the passage most likely to be found?

    1. A.
      Health and Entertainment         
    2. B.
      News abroad   
    3. C.
      Life and Society                
    4. D.
      Great people

He was 11 years old and went fishing every chance he got from the dock at his family’s   cabin on an island in the middle of a New Hampshire lake.
On the day before the bass season opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening, catching sunfish and perch (鲈鱼)  with worms. Then he tied on a small silver lure（鱼饵） and practiced casting. The lure struck the water and caused colored ripples in the sunset, then silver ripples as the moon rose over the lake.
When his peapole doubled over, he knew something huge was on the other end. His father watched with admiration as the boy skillfully worked the fish alongside the dock.
Finally, he very gingerly lifted the exhausted fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen, but it was a bass. The boy and his father looked at the handsome fish, gills playing back and forth in the moonlight. The father lit a match and looked at his watch. It was 10 P.M.-- two hours before the season opened. He looked at the fish, then at the boy.
“You’ll have to put it back, son,” he said.
“Dad!” cried the boy.
“There will be other fish,” said his father.
“Not as big as this one,” cried the boy.
He looked around the lake. No other fishermen or boats were anywhere around in the moonlight. He looked again at his father. Even though no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he caught the fish, the boy could tell by the clarity of his father’s voice that the decision was not negotiable（可协商的）. He slowly worked the hook out of the lip of the huge bass and lowered it into the black water.
The creature swished its powerful body and disappeared. The boy suspected that he would never again see such a great fish.
That was 34 years ago. Today, the boy is a successful architect in New York City. His father’s cabin is still there on the island in the middle of the lake. He takes his own son and daughters fishing from the same dock.
And he was right. He has never again caught such a magnificent fish as the one he landed that night long ago. But he does see that same fish-again and again-every time he comes up against a question of ethics (道德规范).

  1. 1.

    Why did the father ask his son to put the perch back?

    1. A.
      Because the father disliked the perch.
    2. B.
      Because the father was afraid of being fined
    3. C.
      Because the ethics must be obeyed.
    4. D.
      Because the son was more experienced in fishing than his father.
  2. 2.

    When does the architect (the father’s son) think of that perch put back?

    1. A.
      When he takes his own and son and daughters fishing from the same dock.
    2. B.
      When he builds many famous buildings.
    3. C.
      When he pays a visit to his old father.
    4. D.
      When he faces some problems about ethics.
  3. 3.

    Which word can not be used to describe the boy’s father?

    1. A.
      honest
    2. B.
      noble-minded
    3. C.
      caring
    4. D.
      generous

If there is one thing I’m sure about, it is that in a hundred years from now we will still be reading newspapers. It’s not that newspapers are a necessity. Even now some people get most of their news from television or radio. Many buy a paper only on Saturday or Sunday. But for most people reading a newspaper has become a habit passed down from generation to generation.
The nature of what is news may change. What basically makes news is what affects our lives — the big political stories, the coverage（报导）of the wars, earthquakes and other disasters, will continue much the same. I think there will be more coverage of scientific research, though. It’s already happening in areas that may directly affect our lives, like genetic（基因）engineering. In the future, I think there will be more coverage of scientific explanations of why we feel as we do — as we develop a better understanding of how the brain operates and what our feelings really are.
It’s quite possible that in the next century newspapers will be transmitted（传送） electronically from Fleet Street and printed out in our own home. In fact, I’m pretty sure that how it will happen in the future. You will probably be able to choose from a menu, making up your own newspaper by picking out the things you want to read — sports and international news, etc.
I think people have got it wrong when they talk about competition between the different media. They actually feed off each other. Some people once foresaw that television would kill off newspapers, but that hasn’t happened. What is read on the printed page lasts longer than pictures on a screen or sound in the air. And as for the Internet, it’s never really pleasant to read something just on a screen. 

  1. 1.

    What is the best title for the passage?

    1. A.
      The Best Way to Get News.
    2. B.
      The Changes of Media.
    3. C.
      Make Your Own Newspaper.
    4. D.
      The Future of Newspaper.
  2. 2.

    In the writer’s opinion, in the future, _______. 

    1. A.
      more big political affairs, wars and disasters will make news
    2. B.
      newspapers will not be printed in publishing houses any longer
    3. C.
      newspapers will cover more scientific researches
    4. D.
      more and more people will prefer watching TV to reading newspapers
  3. 3.

    From the passage, we can infer _______. 

    1. A.
      newspapers will win the competition among the different media
    2. B.
      newspapers will stay with us together with other media
    3. C.
      television will take the place of newspaper in the future
    4. D.
      the writer believes some media will die out
  4. 4.

    The phrase “feed off” in the last paragraph means ______.

    1. A.
      depend on
    2. B.
      compete with
    3. C.
      fight with
    4. D.
      kill off

I bent down in the shade under a sixty-foot-tall cactus（仙人掌）, waiting for them to appear. The time was eight thirty in the morning. For seven mornings I had come to the same distant spot in the Sonoran Desert, in southern Arizona. I was here to watch the roadrunner, a small fast-running bird.
I spotted two birds under a bush with red flowers. The roadrunners rushed out from under it. The birds moved rapidly on long skinny legs. Their feathers were brown and black. Their tails were seven inches long. Roadrunners use the tail for balance when running.
That day, the roadrunners performed a courtship（求婚）dance. They ran in wild circles. Suddenly, one stopped and stood still, its round eyes full of light. The second bird took hold of a small stick off the ground and presented it to the first, a gift serving as a symbol of their partnership.
I returned to the spot each day, leaving bits of boiled chicken hoping they would return. Roadrunners eat snakes, lizards, mice, beetles, and spiders. Food is in short supply in the desert, so my offerings were welcome. The pair grew used to me.
Soon after the pair finished building their nest six white eggs appeared in the nest bowl. In about three weeks, six roadrunner chicks, skin as black as coal, cried for food. Their parents brought food such as fence lizards and stink bugs. They fed their young until they were a month and a half old.
Early one morning, a coyote（丛林狼）came around, nose to the ground, for fresh bird meat. The roadrunners fearlessly drove the coyote away, but it was soon back. After three attacks the coyote went away for good, tail between its legs.
I stopped watching the nest when the little roadrunners, at two months of age, were ready to live on their own. It was hard to break away from “my roadrunner family.” Whenever I see a roadrunner now, rushing over the ground, I say hello to it as an old friend.

  1. 1.

    The author went to the Sonoran Desert to       .

    1. A.
      go on a tour of the desert
    2. B.
      carry out research into some animals in the desert
    3. C.
      make an observation about a kind of bird
    4. D.
      enjoy an adventure in southern Arizona
  2. 2.

    What can we learn about roadrunners from the text?

    1. A.
      They have short tails and legs.
    2. B.
      They move at a fast pace.
    3. C.
      Their feathers are red and brown.
    4. D.
      They don’t like boiled chicken.
  3. 3.

    We can learn from the last but one paragraph that the roadrunners were        .

    1. A.
      brave
    2. B.
      clever
    3. C.
      easily-frightened
    4. D.
      lazy
  4. 4.

    Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

    1. A.
      How do roadrunners seek a partner?
    2. B.
      My close friendship with roadrunners.
    3. C.
      Roadrunner family in the Sonoran Desert.
    4. D.
      How did I find roadrunners in Arizona?

Some people believe that a Robin Hood is at work, others that a wealthy person simply wants to distribute his or her fortune before dying. But the donator who started sending envelopes with cash to deserving causes，accompanied by an article from the local paper, has made a northern German city believe in fairytales (童话）
The first envelope was sent to a victim support group. It contained ?10,000 with a cutting from the Braunschtveiger Zeitung about how the group supported a woman who was robbed of her handbag； similar plain white anonymous (匿名）envelopes, each containing ?10,000, then arrived at a kindergarten and a church.
The envelopes keep coming, and so far at least ?190,000 has been distributed. Last month, one of them was sent to the newspaper’s own office. It came after a story it published about Tom, a 14-year-old boy who was severely disabled in a swimming accident. The receptionist at the Braunschweiger Zeitung opened an anonymous white envelope to find 20 notes of ?500 inside , with a copy of the article. The name of the family was underlined.
"I was driving when I heard the news,” Claudia Neumann, the boy’s mother, told DerSpiegel magazine. “I had to park on the side of the road； I was speechless. ”
The money will be used to make the entrance to their house wheelchair-accessible .and for a course of treatment that their insurance company refused to pay for.
“For someone to act so selflessly, for this to happen in such a society in which everyone thinks of himself, was astonishing," Mrs. Neumann said. Her family wonder whether the donator is a Robin Hood character, taking from banks to give to the needy.
Henning Noske, the editor of the Braunschweiger Zeitung, said： “Maybe it is an old person who is about to die. We just do not know. ” However, he has told his reporters not to look for the city’s hero, for fear that discovery may stop the donations

  1. 1.

    The Braunschweiger Zeitung is the name of             

    1. A.
      a church
    2. B.
      a bank
    3. C.
      a newspaper
    4. D.
      a magazine
  2. 2.

    Which of the following is TRUE about the donation to Tom?

    1. A.
      The donation amounted to ?190,000
    2. B.
      The donation was sent directly to his house
    3. C.
      The money will be used for his education
    4. D.
      His mother felt astonished at the donation
  3. 3.

    It can be inferred from the passage that         

    1. A.
      the donator is a rich old man
    2. B.
      the donation will continue to come
    3. C.
      the donation comes from the newspaper
    4. D.
      the donator will soon be found out
  4. 4.

    What would be the best title for the passage?

    1. A.
      Money Is Raised by the Newspaper
    2. B.
      Newspaper Distributes Money to
    3. C.
      Unknown Hero Spreads Love in Envelopes
    4. D.
      Robin Hood Returns to the City

If you want to teach your children how to say sorry, you must be good at saying it yourself, especially to your own children. But how you say it can be quite tricky.
If you say to your children “I’m sorry I got angry with you, but …” what follows that “but” can make the apology ineffective: ” I had a bad day” or “your noise was giving me a headache ” leaves the person who has been injured feeling that he should be apologizing for his bad behavior.
Another method by which people appear to apologize without actually doing so is to say “I’m sorry you’re upset”; this suggests that you are somehow at fault for allowing yourself to get upset by what the other person has done.
These pseudo(虚假的)-apologies are used by people who believe saying sorry shows weakness, Parents who wish to teach their children to apologize should see it as a sign of strength, and therefore not turn to these pseudo-apologies.
But even when presented with examples of true regret, children still need help to become aware of the difficulties of saying sorry. A three-year-old might need help in understanding that other children feel pain just as he does, and that hitting a playmate over the head with a heavy toy requires an apology. A six-year-old might need reminding that spoiling(糟蹋) other children’s expectations can require an apology. A 12-year-old might need to be shown that taking away the biscuit tin without asking permission is acceptable, but that borrowing a parent’s clothes without permission is not.

  1. 1.

    If a mother adds “but” to an apology,________.

    1. A.
      the child may find the apology easier to accept
    2. B.
      the child may feel that he should apologize to her mother
    3. C.
      she does not realize that the child has been hurt
    4. D.
      she doesn’t feel that she should have apologized
  2. 2.

    According to the author, saying “I’m sorry you’re upset” most probably means”_______”

    1. A.
      You have good reason to get upset
    2. B.
      I apologize for hurting your feelings
    3. C.
      I’m wrong for making you upset
    4. D.
      I’m aware you’re upset, but I’m not to blame
  3. 3.

    We learn from the last paragraph that in teaching children to say sorry______.

    1. A.
      their ages should be taken into consideration
    2. B.
      parents should be patient and tolerant
    3. C.
      parents need to set them a good example
    4. D.
      the difficulties involved should be ignored
  4. 4.

    It can be inferred from the passage that apologizing properly is _________.

    1. A.
      not necessary among family members
    2. B.
      a sign of social progress
    3. C.
      not as simple as it seems
    4. D.
      a matter calling for immediate attention

Four out of ten women who diet end up heavier than when they started watching their waistline（腰围）, a study revealed today. The research also showed that a large percentage of women start noticing the pounds creeping back on just 21 days after reaching their ideal weight.
Yesterday, Dr Ian Campbell of the Jenny Craig weight management program said: “In the UK 61.4 per cent of adults are overweight or obese. Successful weight management requires a long-term commitment in order to lose weight successfully and for good. Dieting can be a real challenge so setting realistic goals and remaining focused on them is important. Otherwise as this research shows, women could end up heavier than when they started.”
The “Food: Body: Mind” report was publicized by Jenny Craig who quizzed 2000 women aged between 18 and 65 who diet regularly on their attitudes, beliefs and behaviors around weight loss. Six in ten said they are currently on a diet and one in five women said they are on a “continuous diet”.
It found the most common triggers to start dieting was seeing their “reflection in the mirror”, preparing for a summer holiday or unflattering photos posted on social networking sites. Other popular reasons include comments by friends or relatives or their other half.
However, the study showed that one in ten give up within one day, while almost a fifth manage to make it to a week or more. The average is ten days. Many blamed pressure they put on themselves to lose weight too quickly for the weight gain, which leaves them with a bigger appetite than normal. Others blamed colleagues, who tuck into fatty lunches and snacks unaware of the effect it has on the dieter, while mothers who polish off their children's leftovers（剩饭）was another common cause of weight gain

  1. 1.

    Which of the following might be the best title for this article?

    1. A.
      Three reasons to fail in dieting
    2. B.
      Important things for successful diet
    3. C.
      Obesity: problem for 61.4% adults in UK
    4. D.
      Four in ten women gain weight on diets
  2. 2.

    In the UK, women who go on a diet ______.

    1. A.
      are all overweight or obese
    2. B.
      are likely to gain weight again after reaching their ideal weight
    3. C.
      all fail because they are not persistent enough
    4. D.
      end up heavier than when they start to diet
  3. 3.

    The underlined word “triggers” in Paragraph 4 probably means______.

    1. A.
      effects
    2. B.
      examples
    3. C.
      causes
    4. D.
      imagination
  4. 4.

    Which of the following is NOT the reason why many people quit dieting very soon?

    1. A.
      The pressure they put on themselves to lose weight quickly
    2. B.
      Colleagues who give them fatty lunches and snacks
    3. C.
      Reflections they see in the mirror
    4. D.
      Leftovers of children’s taken by their mothers
  5. 5.

    In which column of the newspaper do you probably find the passage?

    1. A.
      Health
    2. B.
      Economy
    3. C.
      Sports
    4. D.
      Education

When we found him, he was a sorry sight. His clothes were torn, his hands bleeding. Before we reached him, we saw him fall. He lay a moment. Then he pulled himself to his feet, walked unsteadily a few yards through the woods and fell again.
After we got him out, we went back to find the gun that he had thrown down. His tracks showed that for two days he had circled in the forest, within 200 yards of the road. His senses were so dulled by fear and tiredness that he did not hear the cars going by or see the lights at night.
We found him just in time.
This man, like others before him, had simply been frightened when he knew he was lost. What had been a near disaster might have turned out as only a pleasant walk, if he had made a few preparations before he stepped from the highway or off a known path.
Whatever sense of direction that a man may have, it’s still largely a question of observation. A skilled woodsman always keeps an eye on his surroundings. He notes the shape of a mountain, the direction water flows through a swamp, and the way a tree leans across a path. With these in mind, he is still likely to turn around many times, but he is seldom lost.
There are exceptions, of course, and once in a while a man does come across some strange problem that puts him into the “lost” situation. A rainstorm or sudden blizzard may catch him without a compass in his pocket. Darkness may find him in a rough area, where travel is dangerous without a light.
When this happens, the normal first reaction is the fear of being laughed at as a result of his poor knowledge in the woods. He may also be concerned about the inconvenience that he will cause his friends when he doesn’t show up. This false pride may lead him to keep on the move in a false effort to find his way against all difficulties.
The person who thinks ahead is seldom in great danger. He’ll be safe if he observes carefully, thinks ahead, and remains calm.

  1. 1.

    The writer suggested that if the man had not been found, he would have ______.

    1. A.
      been shot by a gun
    2. B.
      become confused
    3. C.
      been attacked by wild animals
    4. D.
      been in great danger
  2. 2.

    According to the text, if a person gets lost in the forest, at the very beginning, he would _____.

    1. A.
      worry about being laughed at
    2. B.
      push himself to find his way out
    3. C.
      feel it is convenient to ask for help from his friends
    4. D.
      feel sorry that he didn’t study hard enough
  3. 3.

    When a person tries to find his way in the woods, ________ is the most important.

    1. A.
      intelligence
    2. B.
      observation
    3. C.
      direction
    4. D.
      chance
  4. 4.

    The writer tells the story of the lost man as an example of people who_______.

    1. A.
      go into the woods by themselves
    2. B.
      don’t know how to signal for help properly
    3. C.
      are frightened when they think they are lost
    4. D.
      keep their head when they are in trouble

Habits are a funny thing. We reach for them mindlessly, setting our brains on auto-pilot and relaxing into the unconscious comfort of familiar routine. “Not choice, but habit rules the unreflecting creatures,” William Wordsworth said in the 19th century. In the ever-changing 21st century, even the word “habit” carries a negative meaning.
So it seems contradictory to talk about habits in the same context as innovation (创新). But brain researchers have discovered that when we consciously develop new habits, we create parallel （平行的）paths, and even entirely new brain cells, that can jump our trains of thought onto new, innovative tracks.
Rather than dismissing ourselves as unchangeable creatures of habit, we can instead direct our own change by consciously developing new habits. In fact, the more new things we try, the more creative we become.
But don’t bother trying to kill off old habits; once those ruts of procedure are worn into the brain, they’re there to stay. Instead, the new habits we deliberately press into ourselves create parallel pathways that can bypass those old roads.
“The first thing needed for innovation is attraction to wonder,” says Dawna Markova, author of The Open Mind. “But we are taught instead to ‘decide’, just as our president calls himself ‘the Decider’.” She adds, however, that “to decide is to kill off all possibilities but one. A good innovational thinker is always exploring the many other possibilities.”
“All of us work through problems in ways of which we’re unaware,” she says. Researchers in the late 1960s discovered that humans are born with the ability to approach challenges in four primary ways: analytically, procedurally（程序上的）, collaboratively (合作地) and innovatively. At the end of adolescence, however, the brain shuts down half of that ability, preserving only those ways of thought that have seemed most valuable during the first decade or so of life.
The current emphasis on standardized testing highlights analysis and procedure, meaning that few of us use our innovative and collaborative ways of thought. “This breaks the major rule in the American belief system—that anyone can do anything,” explains M. J. Ryan, author of the 2006 book This Year I Will … and Ms. Markova’s business partner. “That’s a lie that we have preserved, and it fosters（培养）commonness. Knowing what you’re good at and doing even more of it creates excellence.” This is where developing new habits comes in.

  1. 1.

    Brain researchers have discovered that     .

    1. A.
      the forming of new habits can be guided
    2. B.
      the development of habits can be predicted
    3. C.
      the regulation of old habits can be transformed
    4. D.
      the track of new habits can be created unconsciously
  2. 2.

    The underlined word “ruts” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to      .

    1. A.
      zones
    2. B.
      connections
    3. C.
      situations
    4. D.
      tracks
  3. 3.

    Which of the following statements most probably agrees with Dawna Markova’s view?

    1. A.
      Decision makes no sense in choices.
    2. B.
      Curiosity makes creative minds active.
    3. C.
      Creative ideas are born of a relaxing mind.
    4. D.
      Formation of innovation comes from fantastic ideas.
  4. 4.

    The purpose of the author writing this article is to persuade us      .

    1. A.
      to give up our traditional habits deliberately
    2. B.
      to create and develop new habits consciously
    3. C.
      to resist the application of standardized testing
    4. D.
      to believe that old habits conflict with new habits

The missionary, ________ as a Chinese, pretended to be a local, but his blue eyes and Greek nose ________ him ________．


  1. A.
    dressing; gave…out
  2. B.
    dessed; gave…away
  3. C.
    being dessed; gave…out
  4. D.
    dressing; gave…away
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