11．I realized I was holding an apple tree in my hand．A little seed which is to become abeautiful big——青夏教育精英家教网—

I realized I was holding an apple tree in my hand．A little seed which is to become a
beautiful big tree-a tree that could grow thousands of apples in its （66）life．Thousands of apples，each having several seeds，each can grow a new tree which again could produce thousands of apples．Then why wasn't the world （67）filled with apple trees？
It is a rule of nature that only a few of these seeds grow．（68）Most never do or die early in their growth．
And it came to my mind it's quite often so with people's dreams also．wonderful ideas come to our minds but they die too soon-we pay no （69）attention to them，we don't protect them as we should．And then one day we wonder what （70）happened to our dreams？Why did they never come （71）true？
But if you kept on planting the seeds of your dream，one day you would （72）succeed．And after that others would say that you were lucky to be successful-when in fact you probably （73）failed more often than you would like to count．But you were good at failing-you learned，and then with your new knowledge you tried again．And again．And again．And one day success was （74）yours．
I picked up the apple seed again-but instead of throwing it （75）away I took an empty flower pot，poured some earth into it and planted the seed．Maybe one day it
would grow into a proud tree．I'd never know if I didn't try．

10．

My 10-year-old Donna said，"Mom，I made a new friend at school today．Can she come over tomorrow？"Donna was a shy girl and I wanted her to make some friends to bring her out of her shell．
"Sure，honey，that sounds great．"I said，thinking back to my own best friend，Lillian．We lived across the street from each other in Washington Heights，New York．We met at the age of 10，too．Like my daughter，I was shy，but Lillian drew me out．She was one of the friendliest people in school，with shiny black hair and a mile-wide smile．
In senior high school，Lillian went on a trip to Florida．This was the first time we had to be away from each other for a few days．"I'll be back soon．"she told me．But three days later，Lillian's sister told me that she had fallen into a river and hadn't come out any more．Soon，my family moved to New Jersey．Whenever I thought of her，tears came into my eyes．
The next day Donna brought her new friend home．"Hi，Mrs．Loggia．"the little girl said．Her hair was so shiny and black and she shot me a big smile．"My name is Laura．"
My daughter's new friend was so much like Lillian．I was still puzzled （迷惑） when Laura's mom came to pick her up later that afternoon．I opened the door to let her in．"Judy!"she cried．"It's me，Lillian's sister，from Washington Heights．"Yes，my daughter's friend looked familiar．She was Lillian's niece．

36．The underlined words in the first paragraph"to bring her out of her shell"meanA．
A．to help her become less shy
B．to help her become smart
C．to help her live happily
D．to help her walk out of her house
37．Laura looked familiar to the writer because sheD．
A．was her daughter's friend
B．was as old as her daughter
C．was from Washington Heights
D．had shiny black hair and a big smile，too
38．Why did the writer lose her best friend？BecauseD．
A．she moved to New Jersey
B．they were different from each other
C．her best friend travelled to Florida
D．her best friend lost her life on a trip
39．The sentence"I knew we would be best friends forever．"from the passage is probably put at the end ofA．
A．Paragraph 2
B．Paragraph 3
C．Paragraph 4
D．Paragraph 5
40．We can infer （推断） from the passage thatA．
A．Laura is outgoing
B．Laura helps Donna a lot
C．Laura and Donna are of the same age
D．Judy moved to New Jersey because of Lillian's death．

9．

A thousand years ago，a master（大师） went to India．In those times，we didn't have the communications or airplanes or many kinds of transport that we do now．So the master went to India （16）D．He had never been to India before．And when he （17）A，he saw a lot of fruit．In India they had plenty of （18）Cto sell，but much of it was expensive because they couldn't grow much （19）A the water situation（情况）．So he saw one basket，a big basket of some very red，long fruit．And it was （20）D in the shop，not expensive at all．
So he went up and asked，"（21）C a kilo？"And the shopkeeper said，"Two Rupees．"Two Rupees in India is （22）C，just like waste paper．So he bought a whole kilogram of the fruit and started eating it．But （23）D he ate some of it：Oh，my God!His eyes watered，his mouth watered and burned，his eyes were burning，his head was burning and his face became（24）D．As he coughed and was nearly out of breath，he jumped up and down，saying，"Ah!Ah!Ah!"
But he still continued to eat the fruit!Some people who were looking at him shook their heads and said，"You're（25）D，man．Those are chilies（辣椒）!You can't eat so many； they're not good for you!People put just （26）D into food for taste．You can't just eat them like that； they're not fruit!"So the silly master said，"No，I can't stop!I （27）D money for them，and now I'll eat them．It's my money!"
Similarly，we sometimes do a lot of things like that．We invest（投资） money，time or effort in a relationship，business or job．And even though it's been a long hard time，and we know there's no more （28）B that things will change in the future，we still continue just because we've invested money，time，effort and love into it．Just like the man who ate the chilies and （29）A so much but couldn't stop because he didn't want to waste the money he'd paid．
So even if you've lost something，let it go and move on．That's （30）C than continuing to lose．

16．A．by car	B．by taxi	C．by plane	D．on foot
17．A．got there	B．arrived here	C．reached here	D．got home
18．A．paper	B．water	C．fruit	D．baskets
19．A．because of	B．except	C．around	D．for
20．A．healthier	B．the healthiest	C．cheaper	D．the cheapest
21．A．How many	B．How long	C．How much	D．How heavy
22．A．something	B．anything	C．nothing	D．everything
23．A．before	B．as	C．while	D．after
24．A．black	B．yellow	C．blue	D．red
25．A．happy	B．generous	C．powerful	D．crazy
26．A．many	B．much	C．few	D．a little bit
27．A．spent	B．cost	C．took	D．paid
28．A．time	B．hope	C．wish	D．money
29．A．suffered	B．enjoyed	C．saw	D．passed
30．A．cheaper	B．easier	C．better	D．worse．

8．I began working in journalism （新闻工作） when I was eight．It was my mother's idea．She wanted me to"make something"of myself and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition．
With lots of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue．The crowds were there．There were two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union．For several hours I made myself highly seen，making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY EVENING POST．When it was suppertime，I walked back home．
"How many did you sell，my boy？"my mother asked．
"None．"
"Where did you go？"
"The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues．"
"What did you do？"
"Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post．"
"You just stood there？"
"Didn't sell a single one．"
"My God，Russell!"
Uncle Allen put in，"Well，I've decided to take the Post．"I handed him a copy and he paid me a nickel （五分镍币）．It was the first nickel I earned．
Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman．I would have to ring doorbells，address adults with self-confidence，and persuade（说服） them by saying that no one，no matter how poor，could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home．
One day，I told my mother I'd changed my mind I didn't want to make a success in the magazine business．
"If you think you can change your mind like this，"She replied，"you will become a good-for-nothing．"She insisted that，as soon as school was over，I should start ringing doorbells，selling magazines．Whenever I said no，she would scold me．
My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember．My mother，dissatisfied with my father's hard workman's life，decided that I would not grow up like him and his people．But never did she expect，forty years later，such a successful journalist as me would go back to her husband's people for true life and love．

51．Why did the boy start his job young？C
A．He wanted to be famous in the future．
B．The job was quite easy for him．
C．His mother had high hopes for him．
D．The competition for the job was fierce．
52．From the dialogue between the boy and his mother，we learn that the mother wasD．
A．excited
B．interested
C．embarrassed
D．disappointed
53．What did the mother do when the boy wanted to give up？A
A．She forced him to continue．
B．She encouraged him．
C．She gave him some money．
D．She changed her plan．
54．What does the underlined phrase"this battle"（last paragraph） refer to？B
A．The war between the boy's parents．
B．The arguing between the boy and his mother．
C．The quarrel between the boy and his customers．
D．The fight between the boy and his father．
55．What is the text mainly about？A
A．The early life of a journalist．
B．The early success of a journalist．
C．The happy childhood of the writer
D．The important role of the writer in his family．

7．If you have no special plans for your holidays，why not spend your time helping others？Some people say the young today think only of themselves．It's not true at all．More and more young people in the USA volunteer（志愿）to spend their school holidays helping others．And they don't do it for money．Here are some of their stories．

Alice Hamilton，17
I'm going to help the Forest Center build new hiking paths in the mountains with my brother，Mike Brown．It's going to be fantastic．We will spend the whole summer living in a tent and breathing the fresh mountain air．We're going to sleep under the stars．It will be a nice sport，and we will be able to do something good at the same time!

Jason Moore，18
This summer，I'll volunteer with Special House Program．They build good，low-cost houses and sell them to the poor．They'll teach me what to do，so I am going to help people and also have a chance to learn how to build houses．

Trish Anderson，16
I'm going to teach children who have trouble in reading．I'll work for a program called Reading For Life．Every day，I'm going to help children choose and read books that they like．I want to be a teacher，and I love children and reading，so this is going to be a great experience for me．

56．Many young people in the USA volunteer to spend their school holidaysD．
A．watching TV
B．playing games
C．visiting friends
D．helping others
57．C is going to help children choose and read books that they like．
A．Alice Hamilton
B．Jason Moore
C．Trish Anderson
D．Mike Brown
58．Jason Moore will volunteer toB this summer．
A．build new hiking paths in the mountains
B．build houses with Special House Program
C．teach children who have trouble in reading
D．work for a program called Reading For Life
59．According to the passage，which of the sentence is TRUE？A
A．Alice will spend the whole summer living in a tent．
B．Jason will breathe the fresh mountain air this summer．
C．Trish will have a chance to go to sleep under the stars．
D．Mike likes reading and wants to be a teacher in the future．
60．We may find this passage in aB．
A．novel
B．magazine
C．storybook
D．notice．

6．Westerners think that the education ways in many Chinese families are hard to understand．Here are some examples．
●Many children in China are looked after by their grandfathers and grandmothers because their parents are busy．But children need to stay and communicate with their parents．
●Parents pay no attention to the rights of children．Parents should knock at the door before they go into the room of their children．They shouldn't move their children's things before they agree．Parents should communicate with children more often．
●Parents often compare their children with others．Most Chinese parents want their children to be successful，because it can save the parents'face．Parents often say"You see somebody else is studying hard，what good grades they have，and what prizes they get"．This is the worst thing．It will only bring the child much pain（痛苦）．
●Many children are made to do what their parents expect，though they do not like it．For example，parents ask their children to learn to play the piano or go to another country．It should be decided by children themselves．
●The more hard-working，the better．Many parents think school grades are everything．In fact，the integrated（综合）ability is so important that it will influence children all their lives．

51．Westerners think itC to understand the education ways in many Chinese families．
A．necessary
B．important
C．difficult
D．useful
52．The writer gives usB examples of the education ways in China．
A．four
B．five
C．six
D．seven
53．From the passage we know comparing our children with others will only bring themD．
A．encouragement
B．progres
C．happiness
D．pain
54．A is so important that it will influence children all their lives．
A．The integrated ability
B．School grades
C．The rights children have
D．The prize children get
55．From the passage，we can infer thatD．
A．the westerners often compare their children with other children
B．children in western countries are looked after by their grandparents
C．children in western countries are made to do what their parents expect
D．the westerners probably communicate with their children more often．

5．What is the hottest topic at your school recently？In Hangzhou Yongjin Middle School，it's money．
The school （31）B an activity called"making money"last weekend．About 200Junior l and Junior 2students were divided （32）A 30teams．They went out to make money by selling things．
Hu Qing's team decided to sell some useful （33）C in front of the Children Activity Center．They thought parents would like to buy the books for their children．But （34）D，they met urban management officers（域管）．The officers asked them to （35）B．"We played hide-and-seek（捉迷藏）with the officers for the whole morning，"said Hu．"Finally we had to give up．"
Wang Bing and her team sold ice cream in a square．They didn't meet any （36）A．But few people were interested in what they were selling．The team then （37）B a board saying"For Country Kids"．It worked．More people came to buy their ice cream．A foreigner （38）C gave them 100yuan．"He didn't want any change．He said he wanted to help the children，"said Wang．"We were touched．"
Meng Zhaoxiang and his team were （39）D．They sold all their cakes in a short time，spending 39.5yuan and getting back 80yuan．They made 40.5yuan．"It was not （40）Ato make the money，"said Meng．"Now I know how hard it is for our parents to make the money．"

31．A．made	B．held	C．gave	D．took
32．A．into	B．on	C．by	D．up
33．A．photos	B．pictures	C．books	D．videos
34．A．silently	B．happily	C．generally	D．unluckily
35．A．follow	B．leave	C．watch	D．shout
36．A．officers	B．teachers	C．workers	D．classmates
37．A．sent up	B．put up	C．made up	D．took up
38．A．still	B．hardly	C．even	D．seldom
39．A．worse	B．lazier	C．weaker	D．luckier
40．A．easy	B．important	C．possible	D．difficult

4．We are told breakfast is the most important meal of the day，and dinner is the most enjoyable．But what about lunch？In today's society，not many people take time to enjoy this midday meal．We just take a （21）B salad，or buy a sandwich and eat at our computers．Sometimes，if we have to deal with something immediately，we just （22）C lunch．The development of technology hasn't done our eating （23）A good，either．We are always distracted（分神）by e-mails，social media，24-hour news，and mobile phones．
Long working hours can cause all kinds of health problems．Bosses should encourage （24）D to take time off for lunch．This is because long lunch breaks can be （25）B for both people and society．To take a lunch break is to slow down and relax ourselves．A break from work allows us to think （26）D．
What we eat at lunch is also （27）A．Many people like to eat fast food for lunch．In fact，a fast-food lunch is （28）B．Recent studies show that fast food has bad effects（影响）on how we think．However，if we talk freely with our workmates in a （29）C，we are easier to slow down．We should （30）B our lunch together so that we can have a chance to communicate with each other．That's the life we should have．

21．A．busy	B．quick	C．careful	D．boring
22．A．eat up	B．take away	C．give up	D．give away
23．A．habits	B．time	C．hobbies	D．plans
24．A．doctors	B．singers	C．players	D．workers
25．A．dangerous	B．good	C．safe	D．boring
26．A．angrily	B．sadly	C．slowly	D．cleverly
27．A．important	B．normal	C．special	D．common
28．A．fresh	B．bad	C．cheap	D．free
29．A．bedroom	B．library	C．restaurant	D．cinema
30．A．stop	B．enjoy	C．prepare	D．bring

3．Imagine having an idea，drawing it on paper，bringing it to a store and seeing it turned into an object．This is now possible with the help of 3D printers．Such machines were once used just by universities and big companies，but now，stores with 3D printing services are appearing around the United States．
Bryan Jaycox and his wife opened The Build Shop LLC in Los Angeles two years ago． The Jaycoxs offer 3D printing classes and services for anyone who is interested．
"I think 3D printing is going to be huge．It's going to have a huge influence on society as a whole．"says KiChong Tran，one of the students in a recent class．He plans to open a 3D printing business in Cambodia （柬埔寨）．
3D printing services are coming into American people's life．The UPS Store is a nationwide retailer （零售商） that provides copying and other services．The UPS Store recently put 3D printers in three of its independently-owned stores．Burke Jones owns one of the stores in San Diego．
"The demand has been amazing．There has been a lot of interest from people．It's been much more than I would have imagined．"
The UPS Store plans to add 3D printers in three more stores．
For 11，someone used a 3D printer to produce two small plastic parts as part of a knuckle （指节） for a hand．He works for the company which is testing finger prosthetics （假肢）．He says the same-day or next-day printing services will speed up testing of parts and get them to patients faster．

Staples，an American store，is selling 3D printers on its website for as low as about 1，300．As with any technology-experts expect the printing speed to increase and the price to go down．
Bryan Jaycox requires 15 an hour to print an object．He also sets the price depending on the size of the object and up to 50 an hour for design and labor services．
　　Mr Jaycox thinks that within five years，3D printing technology could become more user friendly．
．But KiChong Tran says even today's technology can make a difference in a developing country like Cambodia．
"With 3D printing you can give them tools，so they are responsible more for their own development and they learn skills beyond just like learning English and becoming a tour guide or something like that．You can actually create things that give value to the world．"
He says it's not just Cambodia but anywhere where there is a 3D printer，it can turn a good idea into reality．

35．What can 3D printers do according to the passage？D
A．Come up with an idea．
B．Draw on a piece of paper．
C．Help users to spend less money．
D．Turn an idea into a physical object．
36．What does the underlined part mean in this passage？C
A．Make users'life better．
B．Make friends with users．
C．Make 3D printers easier to use．
D．Use 3D printers to make money．
37．What can we infer from the passage？A
A.3D printing is becoming popular in the world．
B．There is no 3D printing business in Cambodia．
C．The UPS Store is the biggest 3D printing company．
D.3D printing plays the most important role in daily life．
38．What's the passage mainly about？C
A．The future of 3D printing in the world．
B．The 3D printing business in Cambodia．
C．The development and growth of 3D printing business．
D．The 3D printing classes and services in different places．

2．

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26．How many kinds of camps are mentioned in this passage？D
A．One．
B．Two．
C．Three．
D．Four．
27．If you want to practise dancing，you can chooseB．
A．Long Lake Rock Camp
B．Long Lake Dance Camp
C．Long Lake Music Camp
D．Long Lake Film Camp
28．What can you do at Long Lake Film Camp？B
A．Watch some famous films．
B．Learn how to make a film．
C．Ask for advice on dancing．
D．Create a special rock band．

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