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Passage 1In the tenth grade, I began volunteering at a vet(宠物) hospital that was run by a family friend in order to get experience for what I thought would be my future job. As it turned out, the __1__ I got at the hospital taught me the opposite(相反的): my future was not in vet medicine. However, there is one particular Saturday morning that taught me something maybe more __2__.The hospital was in the middle of one of the poorest areas of the city and we often had people come in who could just only __3__ for the most basic treatments. This Saturday a man and his young son, who was probably about 7 years old, walked in __4__ a small cat in a cardboard box. I remember the cat had an eye infection (感染) but the man could not afford to pay for the cost of the medicine except the exam. When he asked __5__ the nearest the animal shelter was, his son cried and started to argue with his father. Out of the blue, an older woman __6__ was sitting in the waiting room stood up, walked up to the counter, and told the man that she would pay for anything that he could not afford. The man thanked her and the son got to keep a healthy cat.I had always thought it was the right thing to help out a person in need, but it was only seen on TV or in movies. The woman in the vet’s office taught me that these things do __7__ in real life, and should happen more often. __8__ I am hesitant (犹豫) to help someone who is in need, I remember that woman, and have the courage to do it. Sometimes other people follow.1. _____________2. _____________3. _____________4. ______________5. _____________6. _____________7. _____________8. ______________Passage 2Libraries give kids a quiet and safe place to read and learn. For over 100 years, libraries have played an __1__ role in Americans’ education. But __2__ are these book-filled buildings changing with the times? You may be surprised to find out.Benjamin Franklin famously founded (创建) America’s first lending library in 1731. But the public library system got its biggest development in the American history in the late 1800’s. Businessman Andrew Carnegie donated(捐赠) millions of dollars to __3__ build free public libraries across the country. Between 1886 and 1919, Carnegie’s donations helped build 1,679 new libraries.Carnegie believed that libraries could offer the __4__ to Americans, young and old. He knew that the more libraries there were, the more people would have opportunities(机会) to read and use books, speeches and news.If you can easily find a public library in your community(社区), you’ll get more chances. After all, the United States has 9,225 public libraries. Today, libraries keep __5__. Seven tenths of the libraries have free Internet. It provides much more information and opportunities to ask __6__ jobs online.Libraries are also teaching kids about the fun of reading. The new program Read! Build! Play! adds reading into playtime. __7__ kids listen to a book that is being read aloud, they use Legos (乐高积木) to build images(图像) from the story happily. Today’s libraries are always looking for creative programs to bring people into the library.Benjamin Franklin once said, “The doors of wisdom(智慧) are never shut.” As long as the doors of public libraries are open, __8__ he said is most certainly correct!1. _____________2. _____________3. _____________4. ______________5. _____________6. _____________7. _____________8. ______________Passage 3In choosing a friend, one should be very careful. A good friend can help you study. You can have fun together and __1__ each other happy. Sometimes you will meet fair-weather friends. They will be with you as long as you have money or luck, but when you are down, they will run away. How do I know __2__ I have found a good friend?First of all, I look for understanding in a friend. A good friend tries to understand how another person is __3__. He is not quick to judge. Instead, he tries to l earn from others. He puts__4__ in the other person’s place, an d he tries to think of ways to be helpful. He is also a good listener.At the same time, however, a good friend is honest. He does not look for faults in others. He notices their good points. In short, a friend will try to understand me and accept me.Another quality of a friend is reliability(可信赖的). I can always depend __5__ a good friend. If he tells me he will meet me __6__ at a certain time, I can be sure that he will be there. If I need a favor, he will do his best to help me. If I am in trouble, he will not run away from me.There is a fourth quality that makes a friend __7__. A special friend is someone with whom we can have fun. We should enjoy our lives, and we would enjoy our friendship. That is why I especially like __8__ who are fun to be with. A good friend likes the same things I like. We share experiences and learn from each other. A good friend has a good sense of humor, too. He likes to laugh with me. That is how we share the joy of being friends. And I know that he is looking for the same quality in me.When I meet someone who is reliable, honest and understanding, I know I’ve found a friend!1. _____________2. _____________3. _____________4. ______________5. _____________6. _____________7. _____________8. ______________Passage 4When I was seven years old, my family made me an ant farm(蚂蚁窝). First, we put clean sand in a thin glass box. Then we __1__ for the ants to arrive.After the ants were in the glass farm, they started to make tunnels (地道). I was amazed that each one knew exactly __2__ to do. Each had its own job.On the fifth day something terrible happened. I put my face __3__ close to the glass farm that I knocked it over. All the tunnels fell down. Although the ants kept alive after their earthquake, one by one they began to die. I was scared as I watched them give up __4__ their tunnels to carry the bodies to a corner of the farm.My mother said that the ants were dying of sadness. They simply could not stand that their tunnels were gone.___5__ much time has passed, I still think of that ant farm. Mom had hoped it would teach me about the natural world, but it taught me much more.Over the years, I came to realize the __6__ of teamwork. Working together, the ants were able to make an amazing world for themselves. I also learned that they should be admired __7__ their hard work.But there was an even __8__ lesson that I did not realize until recently: Adversity (逆境) is a natural part of life, and must be accepted. Unlike the ants, we cannot give up when we are sad. We have to realize that if a tunnel is gone, we must build another.1. _____________2. _____________3. _____________4. ______________5. _____________6. _____________7. _____________8. ______________Passage 5If I can give up coffee, anyone can! I was completely addicted (上瘾). I drank coffee all day.I depended on it for everything. ___1___ coffee, I became sad and anxious. I would feel nervous if I couldn’t get some coffee before an important event like ___2___ a speech or taking an exam.It took many ___3___ before I realized how to give up coffee. Between each try, I learned a little bit more. Here’s how I did it.Coffee Addiction KnowledgeThe first step is to ___4___ about what you are dealing with. Caffeine is a drug. The human body gets addicted to it easily. That’s why you feel good when you get your first cup of coffee in the morning and it’s why you feel bad when you try to give ___5___ up. There are emotional addictions to the caffeine as well. Some people believe that with the caffeine you will perform___6___ and have more confidence.Gradually Cut the Amount and Then Replace (替代)It with Green TeaYou can give up coffee suddenly, but why put yourself through that ___7___ you need an unpleasant experience? You can follow these two steps.1) Gradually cut the amount(数量) of coffee you drink according to a plan. Let’s say, you normally drink 5 cups of coffee a day. Over a one-week period, cut out one cup a day so that by the sixth day you’re at zero.2) On your first day without coffee replace it with green tea. Green tea has the ___8___ amount of caffeine of most teas, but don’t expect any similar coffee taste.1. _____________2. _____________3. ______________4. _____________5. _____________6. _____________7. ______________8. _____________Passage 6On my first holiday in America, I went to a large supermarket to buy breakfast. And ___1___ this was an English-speaking country that I knew well through films and TV, I was amazed.Everything came in unfamiliar (不熟悉的) packaging (包装), with things I'd never heard ___2___. Even things as simple as corn chips were strange, in different ___3___ including black and purple.Tilse, ___4___ works for Nutrition Australia, first realized there was a problem six years ago. After teachers at her children's school quietly shared their opinions about the diets, she knewsomething about it. "They cared for what many children ___5___ to school for lunch," she said. "Mostly packaged foods, such as chips that are not healthy."Tilse said, “They've managed to escape war areas and get to Australia, only to face the very real risk of running into heart disease. All because they're making ___6___ choices about food.""Before I came to Australia, I'd never seen a sandwich," said Joseline, a 33-year-old mother of seven from Burundi in East Africa. "There were so many fruits I had either never ___7___ or not been able to buy for many years. I was in shock for the first four days after I arrived. I didn't know what to do or ___8___ to go because I was just amazed to see plenty of food, peace and safety."1. _____________2. _____________3. ______________4. _____________5. _____________6. _____________7. ______________8. _____________Passage 7I’ve been working in a school for more than twenty years. Many parents often ask me, “How can you teach your child good study skills? How can he or she get the homework done as quickly as possible?” Here is some __1__:1. __2__ the child is as young as nine or ten, ask him or her to prepare a small notebook to write down the homework given by his or her teachers. By __3__ this habit, he or she will learn to be much more responsible.2. Find a good place to __4__. This should be a quiet place that is free from everything but study things. No games, radios, or televisions. Once you have decided on a place to study, this should be the only place where your child does his or her homework and studies. There should also be a very specific time for homework to be done. Usually, homework should be done as __5__ as the child gets home from school. This also goes for the kids who take part in after-school activities. Of course, it is a __6__ idea to allow the child to have a healthy snack before the work begins.3. Also remember that it is the child’s duty to do his or her homework. Some children give up easily and go to Mom and Dad __7__ help when they have a problem. Try to let them solve it first. By doing this, they will get a sense of success from overcoming problems. In this way we help them to help __8__.1. _____________2. _____________3. ______________4. _____________5. _____________6. _____________7. ______________8. _____________Passage 8Many facts suggest that children are overweight and the situation is getting worse, according to the doctors. I feel there are a number of __1__ for this.Some people blame(责怪) the fact that we are surrounded by shops __2__ unhealthy, fatty foods, such as fried chicken and ice cream, at low prices. This has turned out a whole generation of grownups who seldom cook a meal for themselves. If there were __3__ of these restaurants, then probably children would buy less takeaway food.There is another argument that blames parents for allowing their children to become overweight. I agree __4__ this, because good eating habits begin early in life, long before children start to visit fast food shops. __5__ children are given fried chicken and chocolate rather than healthy food, or are always allowed to choose what they eat, they will go for sweet and salty foods every time, and this will carry on throughout their lives.There is a third reason for this situation. Children these days take very little exercise. They do not walk to school. When they get home, they __6__ in front of the television or their computers and play computer games. Not only is this an unhealthy pastime(消遣), it also gives them time to eat more unhealthy food. __7__ they need is to go outside and play active games or sports.The above are the main reasons for this problem, and therefore we have to encourage young people to be more active, as well as keeping them __8__ from fast food shops and bad eating habits.1. _____________2. _____________3. ______________4. _____________5. _____________6. _____________7. ______________8. _____________Passage 9Reading is the key to school success and, like any skill, it takes practice. A child learns to walk by practicing until he no longer has to think about how to put one foot in front of the __1__. An excellent sportsman practices until he can play quickly, correctly and without __2__. Educators c all it “automaticity (自动性)”.A child learns to read by sounding out the letters and finding the meaning of the words. With __3__, he stumbles(踌躇，蹒跚) less and less, reading by the phrase (短语). With automaticity, he doesn’t have to think about the meaning of words, so he can give all his attention to the meaning of the text.It can begin as __4__ as first grade. In a recent study of children in Illinois schools, Alan Rossman of Northwestern University found that automatic readers in the first grade not only read almost three times as fast as the others, __5___ got better results in exams.According to Rossman, the key to automaticity is the amount (数量) of time a child spends __6__ , not his IQ. Any child who spends at least 3.5 to 4 hours a week reading books, magazines or newspapers will probably reach automaticity. It can happen if a child turns __7__ TV just one night for reading at home.You can test yourself by reading something new which is suitable (适合) for your level.__8__ you read aloud with expression, with a sense of the meaning of the sentences, you probablyare an automatic reader. If you read brokenly, one word at a time, without expression or meaning, you need more practice.1. _____________2. _____________3. ______________4. _____________5. _____________6. _____________7. ______________8. _____________ Passage 10Qi Haoran, a Junior 1 student, was quite busy over the past winter vacation – and not just with homework. Qi, together with 10 other classmates made a volunteer group to call on people to __1__ the Clean Your Plate Campaign (“光盘行动”).The 11 students went to many restaurants and told people the __2__ of saving food. “Excuse me, do you know that 950 million people around the world still haven’t got enough to eat? Please don’t waste food.” They would say this kind of thing hu ndreds of times every day.The Clean Your Plate Campaign __3__ on the Internet in January. It calls on people to reduce food waste.China in these years had serious problems __4__ wasted food. CCTV reported in January that the food Chinese people waste every year is __5__ to feed 200 million people for a year.Chinese people are well known for being hospitable (好客的) and generous（大方的）. Many even feel that they will lose face if their guests have eaten all the food.__6__, the campaign has got the support of many. In a restaurant in Xinjiang, the owner give the guests who have eaten all that they ordered a sticker (贴花). People can enjoy a free meal__7__ they have 10 stickers. More than 750 restaurants in Beijing have begun to offer smaller dishes and encourage their guests to take leftovers (剩饭剩菜) home.To reduce food waste is a big task, and it needs tim e. It’s important that __8__ does their bit, just like Qi. Did you finish your meals today?1. _____________2. _____________3. ______________4. _____________5. _____________6. _____________7. ______________8. _____________Passage 11If you usually take the school bus or sometimes need to take public buses to school, there are some important __1__ you should know.·When you are waiting for the bus, you should wait __2__ the bus stop, and stand well back.·When you get off the bus, __3__ sure you and the driver can see each other, and wait for the driver to signal you before you cross the road in front of the bus.·Never go back for anything you may __4__ on the bus when it is starting.·Never bend down near the bus __5__ you walk to or from the bus stop.·You should cross the street at a crosswalk or a street corner, and wait for the light to turn green or for the WALK crossing signal.·It is __6__ to look carefully to the left, the right and the left again when you cross the street.·Remember that it is dangerous to stay in the areas around buses __7__ the driver can’t see you. Don’t run between parked cars or buses.·Do not run across the street or through parking areas to catch up with __8__ friends.1. _____________2. _____________3. ______________4. _____________5. _____________6. _____________7. ______________8. _____________Passage 12I have spent years of my life traveling all over the world. When I arrive in a new country or city, usually I am tired and go to bed. For this reason my first day or night in any new place is always quiet and very little happens.But my first night in Algeciras was very __1__. This night was very strange and unusual.At that time Alseciras in Southern Spain was a dirty and badly looked-after city. I arrived late in the evening __2__ boat. As soon as I got off the boat, I went to __3__ for a hotel. I find a small one not far from the boat.This __4__ looked dirty and untidy from the outside. But I was very tired and did not know my way around the city of Algecras. __5__ I decided to stay in this small hotel on the quay (码头).I also decided to stay in this hotel for another reason. The moon was full and it was a clear, bright night. From the hotel I could look down the sea. I could see the huge rock of Gibraltar in the bright moonlight.The hotel had a narrow doorway and no name. When I went through this doorway, I had to climb up narrow and dark stairs to the first floor. I came to a small cupboard with a desk in front of __6__. This was the hotel office.An untidy and tired woman was sitting beside the desk. When I said I wanted a room for the night, she took me up some more stairs to a room on the second floor. Inside this room the landlord was sitting __7__ cards with some friends. He was enjoying his game of cards and I was simply a nuisance (讨厌的人). He looked at me when the woman told him that I wanted a room. Then he said, Room Five, and turned __8__ to his game of cards.1. _____________2. _____________3. ______________4. _____________5. _____________6. _____________7. ______________8. _____________Passage 13How often one hears children wishing they were grown-ups, and old people wishing they were __1__ again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys __2__ each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets.Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities(责任) to make life difficult. __3__ a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be __4__ so much without having to do anything in return. What’s more, life is always giving new things to the child--- things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too well-known. But a child has his pains: he is not so free to do what he __5__ to do; he is repeatedly being told not do something or being punished (惩罚) __6__ what he has wrongly done.When a young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live __7__. If he spends most of his __8__ playing in the way he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. If, however, he worked hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the greatest happiness of building up for himself his own position in society.1. _____________2. _____________3. ______________4. _____________5. _____________6. _____________7. ______________8. _____________Passage 14A punctual(守时) person is in the habit of doing a thing at the correct time and is never late for anything.An unpunctual man never does what he has to do at the right __1__. He is always in a hurry and in the end loses both time and his good name. A lost thing may be __2__ again, but lost time can never be got back. Time is more useful than material things. In fact, time is life itself. An unpunctual man is always wasting his most important things as well as __3__. An unpunctual person is always saying unhappily that he finds no time to answer letters or return calls. But the man who really has much to do is very __4__ of his time. He knows that he can not finish all his work __5__ he carefully does every piece of work.Being unpunctual is the sign of disrespect (不尊重) towards others. If a person is invited to dinner and arrives later than the time when he should be there, he keeps all the other guests (客人) __6__ for him. Usually this will be thought as a great disrespect to the host and all the other guests.Not __7__ a punctual person, an unpunctual one can't do his duty wonderfully, whether it is public or personal. Imagine __8__ it would be if those who should do important tasks failed to be on time. A man who is known to be often unpunctual is never believed by his friends or fellow men.1. _____________2. _____________3. ______________4. _____________5. _____________6. _____________7. ______________8. _____________Passage 15Lunch is an important meal for growing students.In the US, schools __1__ the country are changing theirmenus to serve healthier food ,but most schools give students little time to eat .A new survey by the School Nutrition Association(学校营养协会) of the US __2__ primary school studentshave about 25 minutes for lunch and middle school and high school students about 30 minutes. T h a t i n c l u d e sthe time students need to go to the restroom, wash __3__ hands, walk to the cafeteria and stand in l i n e f o r t h e i r meals.In fact, students may have only about 10 to 15 minutes left to eat their meals, but they need at __4__ 20, the association says.Many students feel rushed at lunchtime. Jamie Taylor,a 15-year-old student at an Oklahoma middle school,thinks that healthy foods often __5__ more time to eat.“For example, it takes more time to chew a whole apple than some applesauce(苹果酱),and eating a saladt a k e s l o n g e r t h a n e a t i n g a c h e e s e b u r g e r o r c h i c k e n n u g g e t s.”T a y l o r s a i d, “Y o u a l w a y s h a v e t o r u s h t o t h e cafeteria and rush to eat every time.”Besides,some kids eat their favorite foods first, and __6__ they run out of time, those vegetables may get left behind.“It has made it impossible to have the __7__ of sitting down and enjoying a lunch,”says Helen Phillips, president of the Association.Phillips thinks that, nowadays,the attitude is to make students sit down and eat and get it over with quickly.”I don’t know if there is a perfect way, but we will try to make it as __8__ as we can.” Phillips said.1. _____________2. _____________3. ______________4. _____________5. _____________6. _____________7. ______________8. _____________。