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请先通读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I noticed an old couple as they walked into the second-hand store. Just before that I had dropped off a bag of clothes and a few other things I no longer needed.

The couple moved ________ around me in search of things they had on a list.

“Can I help you ________ something?” I asked curiously.

They stopped, looked at me and said, “We’re looking for ________ things that look new.”

“Every year in the past, we tried to ________ the year with new things. It was a goal (目标) to have new things around us so that we had a new ________ , new hopes and dreams for the new year,” said the old man. “But nowadays we also believe that even though something is old, it 41 be new to someone who has never seen it before.”

“So, at the end of each year we search for things that are ________ to no one but new to us,” the old woman added.

“What have you found so far?” I asked.

The man showed two things: a small frame made of sticks and one baby boot.

“We still need one more thing,” he said.

“Got it!” I heard a loud ________ .

“What did you find?” the old man shouted, too.

The old woman walked slowly towards us ________ something in her hand. “Look! It’s a flower vase. Well, it looks ________ , but it’s new to us!”

They then headed for the checkout without saying another word.

Everything that you see for the first time is new.

1.A. quickly B. slowly C. freely D. excitedly

2.A. buy B. carry C. find D. introduce

3.A. small B. lovely C. cheap D. old

4.A. begin B. spend C. finish D. accept

5.A. action B. competition C. direction D. instruction

6.A. must B. can C. should D. will

7.A. useful B. strange C. real D. expensive

8.A. noise B. cry C. laugh D. shout

9.A. getting B. taking C. holding D. keeping

10.A. wonderful B. awful C. beautiful D. shiny

Look carefully at the back of a California state quarter.A man with a walking stick is pictured there.A bird called a California condor(大秃鹫)is flying overhead. Who is this man,and why is he so important that he is featured(处于显著地位)on the back of a coin?

The man on this quarter is John Muir.Even as a child, Muir loved watching nature. As a young man,he spent much of his life exploring the beauty of the wilderness.He walked more than a thousand miles across the country,through fields and woods.John Muir liked writing about the places he visited,describing their beauty.

Muir also wrote about problems.In order to create more farmland for sheep and cattle, rnany trees were being cut down.This made Muir unhappy and worried,because he knew that trees were important to forests and to the animals that lived in them.Muir believed that nature should be conserved(保护)instead of being changed by human beings.He wrote articles in magazines and newspapers to spread the word about conserving forests.Soon,others began to listen.

Muir wrote letters to important people,such as President Theodore Roosevelt.The president admired Muir’s love for nature.When Roosevelt came to visit Muir in California.Muir convinced(说服)the president to go camping with him for three nights under the trees so they could talk about conservation.Later,President Roosevelt set aside 148 million acres of land for national forests and established(建立)five national parks.National parks are large areas of land that are protected from development. This means that people cannot build homes or businesses there. One of these parks is Yosemite National Park,the area that is featured on the back of the California quarter.

Though it has been almost one hundred years since John Muir died,people continue his work today.His work as a conservationist helped us to see the beauty of our natural world.John Muir made us understand the importance of protecting our earth and our resources---then,now,and for the future.

1.What did John Muir spend much of his life doing when he was a young man?

A.Watching natural views.

B.Writing about the places he visited.

C.Exploring the beauty of the wilderness.

D.Creating farmland for sheep and cattle.

2.Why did President Theodore Roosevelt visit John Muir?

A.Because Roosevelt loved watching nature.

B.Because Roosevelt received letters from John Muir.

C.Because Roosevelt admired John Muir’s love for nature.

D.Because Roosevelt was sad about the problems with farmland.

3.What happened after President Roosevelt went camping with John Muir?

A.Many trees were cut down.

B.Five national parks were established.

C.More homes and businesses were built.

D.More farmland was used for sheep and cattle.

4.Why is John Muir featured on the back of a California state quarter?

A.Because he walked over a thousand miles across the country.

B.Because he helped people understand the importance of protecting the natural world.

C.Because he wrote articles to spread the word about conserving forests.

D.Because he once wrote several letters to President Theodore Roosevelt.

5.What is the writer’s purpose of writing this article?

A.To advise readers to become active conservationists.

B.To make us interested in the story about a great man.

C.To tell us something about an important person in history.

D.To give information about how to conserve the environment.

I went to a volunteer orientation(志愿者活动情况介绍会) at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital in California several days ago.

Before I went there, I thought it was just a meeting for us to learn some basic information on how to do volunteer work. To my surprise, this meeting lasted for four hours! It told us in detail how to be a good volunteer at hospital.

For example, Graham, the director, told us to keep eye contact while offering help and never wait to be asked but offer help first. She also told us to bend down(弯下腰) to listen while patients are talking to show that we’re willing to hear. We should lead them to ask others for help if we can’t answer their questions and never say: it is not my business.

For the whole meeting, Miss Graham taught us how to satisfy patients through our words, body language and manners. It impressed me a lot. Americans pay so much attention to serving people with a professional attitude(专业的态度).

I suddenly realized why many people feel foreigners are really nice and friendly. They have been trained to do so since they were young. They always ask themselves: How do people feel toward my service? How can I improve to let them feel better? I really like this kind of culture.

1.According to the first two paragraphs, we learn the following about the volunteer orientation EXCEPT ____.

A. it was held in a hospital

B. it lasted for four hours

C. it told people how to be a good volunteer at hospital

D. it talked about the kinds of volunteer work there are

2.As a volunteer at hospital, you should ____.

A. always wait to be asked

B. bend down to listen when being asked

C. show them that you know everything

D. leave them alone if you can’t help

3.The last paragraph mainly talks about ____.

A. what the whole meeting was about

B. why the meeting was successful

C. cultural differences between China and the US

D. what the writer learned from the meeting

4. What does the writer think of such culture in the US?

A. She feels that it is great.

B. She doesn’t like it.

C. She feels that it is hard to understand.

D. She thinks only the US has this kind of culture.

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