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Yesterday, I came across my former classmate, but his name ________ me, which made me embarrassed.

A. forgotB. missedC. escapedD. reminded

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—Paul has gone abroad to try his luck. —In my________ , his decision is not wise.

A. word B. view C. sight D. way

Planning ahead so far ______no sense—so many things will have changed by next year.

A. makes B. made

C. is making D. has made

When milk arrived on the doorstep

When I was a boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1960s, we had a milkman delivering milk to our doorstep. His name was Mr.Basille. He wore a white cap and drove a white truck. As a 5-year-old boy, I couldn’t take my eyes off the coin changer fixed to his belt. He noticed this one day during a delivery and gave me a quarter out of his coin changer.

Of course, he delivered more than milk. There was cheese, eggs and so on. If we needed to change our order, my mother would pen a note-“Please add a bottle of buttermilk next delivery”—and place it in the box along with the empty bottles. And then, the buttermilk would magically appear.

All of this was about more than convenience. There existed a close relationship between families and their milkmen. Mr. Basille even had a key to our house, for those times when it was so cold outside that we put the box indoors, so that the milk wouldn’t freeze. And I remember Mr. Basille from time to time taking a break at our kitchen table, having a cup of tea and telling stories about his delivery.

There is sadly no home milk delivery today. Big companies allowed the production of cheaper milk thus making it difficult for milkmen to compete. Besides, milk is for sale everywhere, and it may just not have been practiced to have a delivery service.

Recently, an old milk box in the countryside I saw brought back my childhood memories. I took it home and planted it on the back porch. Every so often my son’s friends will ask what it is. So I start telling stories of my boyhood, and of the milkman who brought us friendship along with his milk.

1.Mr.Basille gave the boy a quarter out of his coin changer ________.

A.to show his magical power

B.to pay for the delivery

C.to please his mother

D.to satisfy his curiosity

2.What can be inferred from the fact that the milkman had the key to the boy’s house?

A.He wanted to have tea there.

B.He was fully trusted by the family.

C.He was treated as a family member.

D.He was a respectable person.

3.Why does home milk delivery no longer exist?

A.It has been driven out of the market.

B.Nobody wants to be a milkman now.

C.Its service is getting poor.

D.It is forbidden by law.

4.Why did the author bring back home an old milk box?

A.He planted flowers in it.

B.He wanted to tell interesting stories.

C.He needed it for his milk bottles.

D.He missed the good old days.

It is reported that many a new house ________ at present in the disaster area.

A. are being builtB. were being built

C. was being builtD. is being built

Give me a chance, ________ I’ll give you a wonderful surprise.

A. ifB. orC. andD. while

MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) are free, but without tutoring, and are open to anyone, anywhere in the world. The courses are flexible — normally three to five hours of study a week — done at any time, short (5 to 10 weeks) and video-rich. They are also heavily dependent on crowd sourcing: you can discuss a course with fellow students through online forums, discussion boards and peer review. Students don’t have to finish the courses, pass assessments or do assignments, but, if they do, they get a certification of participation.

The Open University launched FutureLearn, the UK’s answer to US platforms such as Coursera, EdX and Udacity, which have been offering MOOCs from top US universities for the past two years. The response has been incredible, with more than three million people registering worldwide. Meanwhile, in 2012, Edinburgh University became the first non-US institution to join Coursera’s partnership, comprising 13 universities. “We already run 50 online master’s degrees, so this was a logical expansion,” says Professor Jeff Haywood, Edinburgh’s vice-principal. “It’s an investment in teaching methods research. How am I going to teach introductory philosophy to 100,000 people? That’s what I call educational R&D.” He adds “If you look ahead 10 years, you’d expect all students graduating to have taken some online courses, so you’ve got to research that. Our MOOCs are no more in competition with our degrees than a lifelong learning course because they don’t carry credits.”

Cooperation is key, Haywood stresses. It is far better to offer 20-30 courses in your own areas of expertise (专门技能) and let other institutions do likewise. Professor Mike Sharples, FutureLearn’s academic lead, goes further: “We’ve tied the elements available before into a package of courses offered by leading universities worldwide on a new software platform, with a new way of promoting it and also a new social-learning teaching method. You won’t just receive an exam, but be able to discuss and mark each other’s assignments.”

Bath University, one of more than 20 universities working with FutureLearn, launches its first course, Inside Cancer, next January, and regards MOOCs as a way of breaking down age barriers. “There’s no reason why someone doing GCSEs should not look at our MOOCs and get quite a way through them, or someone at PhD level and beyond,” says Professor Bernie Morley, expert for learning and teaching.

1.MOOCs have these features EXCEPT that ________.

A. MOOCs have a platform for learners to share their learning experience

B. MOOCs provide teachers’ instructions if you have some difficulty

C. MOOCs can be adjusted according to people’s learning pace

D. MOOCs are free of charge for anyone

2.The response to FutureLearn has been thought to be unbelievable mainly because ________.

A. all the courses on the platform are available to anyone in the world

B. Edinburgh University became the first non-US institution to join it

C. students can get a certification of participation without passing assessments

D. the number of people registering in the platform is beyond expectation

3.What can be inferred from Professor Bernie Morley in the last paragraph?

A. People at PhD level have already known everything about MOOCs.

B. People with various learning levels will probably show interest in MOOCs.

C. Inside Cancer will be the most popular course for someone doing GCSEs.

D. MOOCs are not so competitive as lifelong learning courses due to the problems of credits.

4.The passage mainly deals with ________.

A. the appearance of a new learning platform

B. the various opinions on FutureLearn

C. the popularity of no-credit courses

D. the advantages of online teaching methods

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A student's life is never easy. 1.________ A lot of preparations are needed so you can be sure to go back home with a diploma and a bright future waiting for you. The following are some basic things you need to do before even seizing that passport and boarding on the plane.

Knowing the country.

You shouldn't bother researching the country's hottest tourist spots or historical places. You won't go there as a tourist, but as a student. It'll be helpful to read the most important points in their history and to read up on their culture. 2.________ You surely don't want to face legal problems, especially if you're away from home.

Studying their language.

Don't expect that you can graduate abroad without knowing even the basics of the language. Before leaving your home country, take online lessons to at least master some of their words and sentences. 3.________ Doing this will also prepare you in communicating with those who can't speak English.

4.________

Check the conversion（兑换） of your money to their local currency, set up your bank account so you can use it there, get an insurance, and find an apartment. The Internet or your intended school will be very helpful in finding an apartment and helping you understand local currency.

Remember, you're not only carrying your own reputation but your country's reputation as well. If you act foolishly, people there might think that all of your country men are foolish as well. 5.________

A. Packing your clothes.

B. Preparing for other needs.

C. Most importantly, read about their laws.

D. This will be useful in living and studying there.

E. That would surely be a very bad start for your study abroad program.

F. Going with their trends will keep it from being too obvious that you're a foreigner.

G. And it is even more difficult if you will have to complete your study in a foreign land.

On a Friday night in May 2015, Oliver and Lone Kleven heard angry shouts coming from their front lawn. Lone, 68, stepped onto the porch and saw two men in dark clothes struggling with something on the ground—right where she and her grandson had planted a flower bed the weekend before.

“Go fight somewhere else!” she shouted, worried her plants would get damaged. At the sound of her voice, the face of a boy appeared from beneath the two men. He looked 13 or 14 or so. “They’re trying to kill me!” the boy screamed. Lone ran toward them and, without hesitation, caught the boy’s arm, pulling him out.

“Leave him alone!” she shouted. When the men stood up, Lone saw what looked like a sharp object in one man’s hand. When she turned back toward the boy, he was moaning in pain and holding his stomach. The attackers began to move in on the boy again when Lone’s husband shouted: “Get lost!” The two men walked quickly and quietly across the street and drove off in a dark car.

“I have to get to the hospital!” the boy cried. He lifted his shirt, and Lone could see a bloody wound on his stomach. Oliver hugged the trembling boy while Lone caught her cell phone and car keys inside the house. She handed the phone to Oliver. “Call 911,” she told him. “I’m going after them.” Lone took off but was unable to find the car.

The Klevens then learned what had happened. Earlier that night, as the boy waited for his parents to pick him up from the high school across the street from the Klevens’ house, two men approached and demanded his wallet. When he refused, one of the men hit him in the face. The boy ran across the street. The men caught up with him, and one hurt him in the back and stomach with a sharp knife. That’s when Lone stepped in.

The boy’s wounds required operations, but he has fully recovered.

“He was alone and outnumbered,” says Lone. “There was no time to do anything except what I did.”

1.Why did Lone shout at the man at the beginning of the story?

A. To stop them fighting with each other.

B. To prevent her flowers being ruined.

C. To stop them stealing in the flower bed.

D. To keep the boy from being wounded.

2.What’s Lone’s first reaction when she got close to the men?

A. She kept them separate.

B. She was shocked at the boy’s wounds.

C. She pulled the boy out.

D. She called her husband for help.

3.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. An old couple rescued a boy by fighting against two robbers.

B. A boy was saved.

C. Two robbers were driven away.

D. An old lady didn’t track the two robbers.

4.What’s the correct order of the following events?

a. Lone stepped in the fight.

b. The two men drove off in a dark car.

c. The boy waited for his parents to pick him up.

d. Lone’s husband boomed from the porch.

e. Two men approached and demanded the boy’s wallet.

f. The boy ran across the street to a flower bed.

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