My son Daniel began surfing at the age of 13. Aíter school each day he put on his wet suit and waited to be challenged by three-to-six-foot waves. Daniel’s love for the ride was tested one _______afternoon.

Your son’s been in an accident, the 1lifeguard(救生员)reported to my_______Mike over the phone hurriedly. “_______he came up to the top of the water, the point of the board was headed toward his eye.”

Mike rushed our son to the hospital. He_______ 26 stitches (缝合)from the corner of his eye to the bridge of his nose.

I was_______ home from a meeting while Daniel’s eye was being stitched, Mike drove_______ to the airport after they left the doctor’s office. He greeted_______ at the gate while Daniel was waiting in the car.

“Daniel?”I questioned. I remember thinking the_______ must have been terrible that day.

“He’s been in an accident, but he’s going to be fine.” Mike comforted me.

I ran to the car, My son reached out both arms, crying, “Oh, Mom, I’rn .so glad you’re home.”

I sobbed(抽泣) in his arms, telling him how_______ I felt about not being there when the lifeguard called.

“It’s okay, Mom,”he said. “I’ll be fine. The doctor said I can go back in the water in eight days.”

Was he ________ ? I wanted to tell him that he wasn’t allowed to go near water again until he was 35, but________ I controlled myself.

He kept asking me to let him go back on the________ for the next seven days. One day after I ________ “No” to him for the 100th time, he beat me at my own game.

“Mom, you taught us never to________ what we love. ”

I gave in. Back then Daniel was just a boy with deep________ for surfing. Now he is among the top 25 surfers in the world.

1.A.unusual B.boring C.amazing D.relaxing

2.A.brother B.uncle C.husband D.father

3.A.If B.When C.Unless D.Though

4.A.avoided B.changed C.received D.discovered

5.A.flying B.driving C.boating D.Walking

6.A.suddenly B.happily C.comfortably D.Directly

7.A.her B.them C.us D.me

8.A.waves B.dreams C.clouds D.Suggestions

9.A.brave B.lucky C.awful D.proud

10.A.busy B.crazy C.friendly D.Polite

11.A.instead B.already C.even D.often

12.A.plane B.bed C.board D.Chair

13.A.posted B.offered C.threw D.repeated

14.A.find out B.give up C.hand out D.pick up

15.A.love B.fear C.sadness D.regret

On April 26, a big Chinese ship caught the eye of the whole world. China's first homemade aircraft carrier(航空母舰)hit the water in Dalian, Liaoning. It is the largest and best ship China has ever built, according to China Daily.

The new ship is China's second aircraft carrier and it has no name yet. China's first aircraft carrier is called Liaoning, which was bought from Ukraine and later rebuilt by China.

The new aircraft carrier was designed in China and the building began in 2013.The ship now must be completed at sea.

An aircraft carrier is like an airport on the sea. It can carry hundreds of planes and troops to wars. Planes fly from and land back on it, and soldiers work and live on it. Thanks to aircraft carrier, planes can fight along with warships. They allow planes to take off and land from anywhere in the ocean around the world.

But an aircraft carrier is very hard and expensive to build. It costs a lot of money and uses a large amount of steel and other special materials. For example, a basic aircraft carrier is made of 60, 000 tons of steel! It also uses complex(综合的) technologies including radar, electricity, mechanics and weapons. Finally, it takes years to build it.

Today, not many countries own an aircraft carrier or have the ability to build one. When the new aircraft carrier is finished, China will become the seventh country in the world that can build an aircraft carrier by itself, after the US, Russia, UK, France, Italy and Spain, according to China Daily.

1.Which of the following is TRUE about China's new aircraft carrier?

A.It is China's first aircraft carrier. B.It is called Liaoning.

C.It was designed in China. D.It was bought from Russia.

2.What is the main idea of the fourth paragraph?

A.What an aircraft carrier is.

B.The similarities between an aircraft carrier and an airport.

C.A new place for planes to take off and land on.

D.A secret weapon for wars.

3.What does the underlined word "troops" mean?

A.Warships. B.Soldiers. C.Materials. D.Technologies.

4.What can we learn from the story?

A.China has already got seven aircraft carriers. B.China can't make its own aircraft carrier.

C.Building an aircraft carrier is not an easy job. D.Many countries own aircraft carriers in the world.

A computer can get very hot when it works on a lot of programs. It can cost a lot to cool the computer. So some scientists want to know what would happen when if the heat from the computer could be used.

Large Internet companies such as Google and Microsoft have thousands of computers. As these computers deal with information, they produce lots of heat, so they need huge cooling systems. These systems send the heat into the air.

A company in the Netherlands thinks paying to make the computers work and then paying again to cool them are a waste of energy. So the company developed a special device—the e-Radiator.

Boaz Leupe, head of the company, says that e-Radiator works as a heating system and saves money. He explains that the energy is used twice—once to heat the home and once to cool the computer and that the users don't have to pay to cool their computers.

Five homeowners in the Netherlands are testing the heating system in their homes.

"We pay for the computer usage, so in that way, homeowners get heating for free." Boaz says.

Jan Visser is one of the homeowners. "If you use the computer more, the e-Radiator produces more heat," he says. "It cannot provide enough heat if you don't use your computer often." But he is ready to try it. It's a great help to his family.

The company says e-Radiators produce heat temperature of up to 55℃. It says the system could save its users about $ 440 a year.

1.Which of the following is true?

A.Before the e-Radiator appears, the heat of a computer is usually sent into the air.

B.Google and Microsoft don't need huge cooling systems.

C.Google and Microsoft developed a special device-the e-Radiator.

D.The heat of a computer usually makes the computer work better before the e-Radiator appears.

2.What is the e-Radiator mainly used to do?

A.To help Google B.To provide heat. C.To heat the computer. D.To clean the computer.

3.How much could the system save its users a month?

A.About 220 dollars. B.About 440 dollars. C.About 44 dollars D.About 36 dollars.

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

A.A New Company B.How to Heat Computers

C.A New Way to Heat Homes D.How to Solve Environment Problems

In today's world, sleep experts say that for a better night's rest, Americans should turn off their smartphones or iPads before sleeping. Such electronic products make the brain more active, and then influence people's sleep. But according to a latest survey, more than 90% of Americans usually use a computer or some other kinds of electronic products in the hour before bed.

Researchers found that man-made light from some electronic products at night might reduce the levels of the brain chemicals that help sleep. The researchers showed that sitting in the light from tablets clearly reduced the levels of the chemicals which manage our body clocks and play a great role in the sleep cycle.

In the study, the researchers let volunteers read, play games and watch movies on a tablet for different time while measuring how much light their eyes received. They found that sitting for two hours before a bright tablet at night reduced the levels of the chemicals by about 22%.

Studies of students using computers at night have got the similar results. And researchers said that might not only cause sleeplessness, but also increase the risk of obesity(肥胖症), diabetes(糖尿病) and other diseases.

To be on the safe side, the researchers advise us to use computers less before bed, or turn down our screens low.

1.What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A.Americans don't get enough sleep. B.Electronic products are very popular.

C.The brain becomes more active at night. D.Sleep experts never use smartphones.

2.How many electronic products influence people's sleep?

A.By making our brains more tired. B.By making our bodies weak.

C.By reducing the levels of the brain chemicals that help us sleep. D.By changing our body clocks.

3.What does the underlined word "that" refer to?

A.Making a survey about sleep. B.Using smartphones in the daytime.

C.Sitting in a bright room. D.Surfing the Internet at night.

4.What do the researchers advise us to do to have a good sleep?

A.Learn to use smartphones or iPads. B.Watch some relaxing TV programs.

C.Turn down the screens low. D.Try to sleep earlier than before.

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Have you ever tried to hide your emotions(情感)from someone during a conversation? 1.

Scientists from the Ohio State University have found that people are able to tell other people's emotions according to changes in the color of their faces.

Scientists studied pictures of people's facial expressions.2. For example, happiness makes our faces red around the cheeks and a little blue around the chin. Disgust(厌恶) creates not only a blue-yellow color around the lips, but also a red-green color around the nose and forehead.

"We believe these color patterns are the result of small changes in blood flow triggered(触发) by the central nervous(神经的) system," lead researcher Alex Martinez said.

3. Does the color alone or also facial expressions help people tell others' emotions?

To figure this out, scientists added color patterns to pictures of faces that showed no facial expressions.4. They were able to tell the emotions 75 percent of the time without any difficulty.

5. For example, when two people are heatedly arguing over something, we say they are red in the face. When a person is very angry, we'd say he or she is blue in the face.

A.But this raises a question.

B.It is shown that human emotions are influenced by colors on the face.

C.They found that every facial expression is connected to a certain color.

D.It's not always easy, because the color on your face may tell the truth.

E.Then volunteers were asked to tell what emotions the faces were showing.

F.This is why there are some Chinese sayings that connect emotions to the color of one's face.

G.It is irrational (不合理的) not to control our emotions.

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