For John and Amy, birthdays have always been a big deal—a welcome excuse to celebrate life. When their son, Alex, three in 2005, they invited 20 friends to a nearby park. Not long after that the were brainstorming ways to teach Alex about giving to 1 . “We wanted to do something that would have a(n) on our community（社区）, and that our young child could in. We started wondering what fortunate kids do on their birthdays. The next day, we called a local shelter, and learnt that children typically didn’t do to celebrate at all. No cake. No gifts. No party.” The couple said.

Several weeks later, threw a party at the for the children who had birthdays that month. They decorated, served cake, and danced with 50 kids. Alex helped presents.

22 that first party, the couple have turned their simple idea Birthday Blessings, a non-profit that hosts monthly parties at 10 shelters.

To date, Birthday Blessings (birthdayblessings.org.) has thrown more than 500 at different shelters and handed out 22,000 party to nearly 4,000 homeless children in and around their community.

Birthday Blessings is entirely by volunteers. The charity（慈善）will take almost anything — toys, clothing, candy, baby items— it’s not used. “These kids never get anything new.” John said, “It makes a big to them psychologically.”

Being “part of this labor love” is making an impression on their son Alex. On his seventh birthday, his grandparents sent a check. it, the first thing he said was that he wanted to give half to the birthday kids.

1.A. turned B. grew C. came D. got

2.A. shelters B. neighbors C. friends D. couple

3.A. the other B. another C. others D. each other

4.A. impression B. influence C. permission D. limitation

5.A. participate B. take C. bring D. move

6.A. fairly B. less C. rather D. more

7.A. penniless B. jobless C. homeless D. hopeless

8.A. nothing B. anything C. everything D. something

9.A. Alex B. John C. Amy D. the family

10.A. shelter B. church C. school D. community

11.A. make out B. pass out C. show out D. leave out

12.A. Before B. Until C. After D. Since

13.A. into B. down C. out D. off

14.A. birthdays B. parties C. presents D. donations

15.A. cakes B. honors C. favors D. surprises

16.A. continued B. undertaken C. operated D. performed

17.A. as far as B. as soon as C. as simple as D. as long as

18.A. difference B. surprise C. benefit D. advantage

19.A. never B. always C. hardly D. already

20.A. Realizing B. Saving C. Opening D. Folding

When there are some strangers in front of us, which of them will we trust?

According to a new study in the online PLOS One, people make their decisions to trust others largely based on their faces. Your appearance can do a lot for you, especially if you are in the financial industry. The more trustworthy you look, the more likely people will buy what you’re selling.

Researchers from Britain’s University of Warwick Business School, University College London, and Dartmouth College, US, did a number of experiments.

The research team used computer software to make 40 faces, from the least to the most trustworthy-looking.

The study said that the difference between a trustworthy face and one that isn’t as trustworthy comes from features that look slightly angry or slightly happy, even when the face is at rest. However, a slightly happy face is more likely to be trusted.

Researchers gave participants some money and asked them which face they trusted to invest the money for them. Then researchers gave some good and bad information about the people with these faces, and asked the participants again whom they trusted.

The results showed that even if they got different information, the participants didn’t change their choices. They were still more likely to invest their money with the more trustworthy-looking faces.

Chris Olivola, one of the study’s authors, said in the University of Warwick’s press release: “It seems we are still willing to go with our own instincts about whether we think someone looks like we can trust them. The temptation to judge strangers by their faces is hard to resist.”

1. Which of the following can be a proper title for this passage?

A. What kind of face do you trust?

B. Who did the experiments?

C. Why do you trust him or her?

D. Why did they do the experiments?

2. According to the study, which of the following faces is most likely to be trusted?

A. A sad face. B. A smiling face.

C. A crying face. D. An angry face.

3.Which of the following about the experiment is TRUE?

A. The trustworthy faces were given good information.

B. Researchers took photos of the 40 people’s faces in college.

C. Most participants gave their money to the trustworthy-looking faces.

D. Participants liked to choose the faces with good information.

4.What did the researchers learn from their experiment?

A. People can’t refuse temptations.

B. People always do things with their instincts.

C. People don’t trust strangers with sad faces.

D. People often judge strangers by their faces.

The only survivor of one of the two Sandy Hook Elementary School first-grade classrooms where Adam Lanza shot and killed 20 children tricked the gunman by playing dead, the girl’s pastor (牧师) said.

“She ran out of the school building covered from head to toe with blood and the first thing she said to her mom was, “Mommy, I’m OK but all my friends are dead” Pastor Jim Solomon told ABC News’ Lara Spencer this weekend.

“Somehow, at that moment, by God’s grace, she was able to act as she was already dead.” he said.

The girl, a 6-year-old whose name is not being announced for privacy (隐私) reasons, was the first student to appear from the lockdown (封锁) at Sandy Hook, Solomon said. He said the young girl described the shooter to her mom in a way that only a young child can.

“Well, she saw someone who she felt was angry and someone she felt was very mad,” Solomon said. “I think it’s impossible without the help of God. She has wisdom beyond her years, for sure’’.

Of the 20 children killed on Friday, eight were boys and l2 were girls. Six staff members, all female, were also killed. The gunman, whose mother was also killed by him before he went to the schoo1 classrooms, was found dead at the present spot.

“The mom told me — and I thought this was very insightful (有深刻见解的) — that she was suffering from what she felt was survivor’s guilt because so many of her friends no longer have their children but she has hers,” Solomon said how the girl’s mother and father are handling the trauma (伤害)．“I don’t know whether I would have the type of faith that they have if the same thing happened to me.”

1.How did the girl manage to avoid being shot?

A. She persuaded the shooter into not shooting her.

B. She hid herself under the desk.

C. She rushed out of the school building in time.

D. She pretended to be dead.

2.The killing case which happened in Sandy Hook Elementary School .

A. ended up with the shooter being killed

B. was a shooting by a group of people

C. was due to the gunman getting angry with the pupils

D. was not open to the public for the moment

3. Which of the following is TRUE about the girl’s mom?

A. She was disappointed with the pastor.

B. She felt very dissatisfied with other parents.

C. She felt terribly sorry for those who had lost their children.

D. She strongly complained the police.

It’s not easy being a teenager---nor is it easy being the parent of a teenager. You can make your child feel angry, hurt or misunderstood by what you say without realizing it yourself. It is important to give your child the space he needs to grow while gently letting him know that you’ll still be there for him when he needs you.

Expect a lot from your child, just not everything. Except for health and safety problems，such as drug use or careless driving, consider everything else open to discussion. If your child is unwilling to discuss something, don’t insist he tell you what’s on his mind. The more you insist，the more likely that he’ll calm up. Instead, let him attempt to solve things by himself. At the same time, remind him that you’re always there for him should he seek advice or help. Show respect for your teenager’s privacy(隐私). Never read his mail or listen to personal conversations.

Teach your teenager that the family phone is for the whole family. If your child talks on the family’s telephone for too long, tell him he can talk for l5 minutes, but then he must stay off the phone for at least all equal period of time. This not only frees up the line so that other family members can make and receive calls, but teaches your teenager moderation(节制). Or if you are open to the idea, allow your teenager his own phone that he pays for with his own pocket money or a part-time job.

1.The main purpose of the text is to tell parents_________.

A. how to get along with a teenager

B. how to help a teenager grow up

C. how to understand a teenager

D. how to respect a teenager

2. What does the phrase "calm up" in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A. refuse to talk B. show respect

C. become excited D. seek help

3.The last paragraph is about how to teach a teenager______.

A. to share the phone with friends

B. to pay for his own telephone

C. to use the phone in a sensible way

D. to answer the phone quickly

4.What should parents do in raising a teenager according to the text?

A. Not allow him to learn driving or take drugs.

B. Not talk about personal things with him.

C. Let him have his own telephone.

D. Give him advice only when necessary.

It seemed that the water led to cholera. John Snow looked into the s 1. of the water for these two streets. He found that it came from the river, 2. had been polluted by the dirty water from London. Immediately John Snow told the astonished people in Broad Street to r 3. the handle from the water pump so it could not be used. Soon the disease began to slow 4. .

John Snow had shown that cholera was spread by germs and not in a cloud of gas. 5. addition, he found two other deaths in another part of London that were concerned with the Broad Street outbreak. A woman, who had moved away from Broad Street, liked the water so much that she had had it delivered from the pump to her house every day. Both she and her daughter, who often visited her, 6. (死掉)of cholera after drinking the water. With this extra 7. （证据） , John Snow was able to announce with certainty that polluted water carried the disease.

To p 8. this from happening again, John Snow suggested that all water supplies be examined and new methods of 9. （处理）with polluted water be found. The water companies were also instructed not to expose people to polluted water anymore. Finally “King Cholera” was d 10.

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Lin Qiaozhi was a specialist in women’s diseases. She lived in a generation that girls’ education was second to boys’. It was hard work and determination which got her into medical school. What made her a success later on was the kindness and consideration she showed to her patients. There is story after story of how she, tiring after a day’s work, went late at night to deliver a baby for a poor family who could not pay for her. She was said to have devoted her whole life to her patients and safe delivered about 50,000 babies. It seemed that she had been busy with her choosing career, in traveling abroad to study as well as write books and articles. She also wrote a book intended for woman in the countryside. How greatly she was!

假设你是李华,看到某中学生报的"热点话题"专栏讨论的主题是"对待父母的过度呵护我们应该怎么办",请你就此话题发表一下自己的观点.请你用英语给该专栏的编辑写一封信,发表你的个人意见.

写作要点: 1.非常感激父母对我的爱；2.与父母交流自己的真实感受:自己长大了,能处理自己的事情；3.相信父母会更理智地爱我.

注意:1.信的开头已给出,但不计入总词数； 2.词数:110左右.

Dear Editor,

As is known, all the parents love their children.

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

The number of the people invited ____fifty, but a number of them_____ absent for different reasons.

A. are, is B.is , are

C. is , is D. are , are

The teacher asked us ______ so much noise.

A. don’t make B. not make

C. not making D. not to make