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I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being a good parent.
I no longer consider myself the center of the universe. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows(誓約) mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends，and they to me. Without them，there would be nothing to say to you today.
So here’s what I want to tell you today：get a life. A real life，not a desire of the next promotion(提升)，the bigger paycheck and the larger house.
Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love，and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure(休閑) but work. Pick up the phone. Send an e­mail. Write a letter. And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted.
It is so easy to waste our lives，our days，our hours，and our minutes. It is so easy to exist instead of living. I learned to live many years ago. Something really，really bad happened to me，something that changed my life. If I had my choice，it would never have been changed at all. And what I learned from it is what，today，seems to be the hardest lesson of all.
I learned to love the journey，not the destination. I learned to look at all the good in the world and tried to give some of it back because I believed in it，completely and totally. And I tried to do that，in part，by telling others what I had learned.
By telling them this：read in the backyard with the sun on your face. Learn to be happy. And think of life as a deadly illness，because if you do，you will live with joy and passion(激情) as it ought to be lived

  1. 1.

    The best title of this passage probably is “________”．

    1. A.
      Love Your Friends
    2. B.
      Live a Real Life
    3. C.
      Don’t Waste Time
    4. D.
      Be a Good Mother and Wife
  2. 2.

    How did the author form her view of life?

    1. A.
      Through social experience
    2. B.
      By learning from her friends
    3. C.
      Through an unfortunate experience
    4. D.
      From her children and husband
  3. 3.

    By the underlined sentence “It is so easy to exist instead of living.” in the fifth paragraph，the author really means that people tend to________

    1. A.
      make a living rather than live a real life
    2. B.
      work rather than enjoy life
    3. C.
      waste a lot in life
    4. D.
      forget the most important lesson in life
  4. 4.

    It can be inferred from the passage that________

    1. A.
      the author is a success in personal life
    2. B.
      the author doesn’t try her best to work well
    3. C.
      the author spends all her time caring for her children
    4. D.
      the author likes traveling very much

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The opening of the Sherlock Holmes Museum to the public on March 27, 1990, was an event that should have happened several decades ago. Baker Street is, after all, one of the world’s most famous streets because of its long association with the great detective.
Thousands of people all over the world write to Sherlock Holmes, they form clubs and societies in his honor, and they celebrate his anniversaries. Now it is also possible to see where and how he lived in Victorian times!
Here visitors will recognize familiar objects mentioned in the stories. You can take as many photographs as you want (the maid will be pleased to assist) and when you are ready to leave, a ride home in a horse-drawn carriage will complete your 19th century experience!
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson lived at 221b Baker Street from about 1881 to 1904. Apartment 221b was on the first floor of a lodging house, which they rented from a Mrs Hudson. The famous study that Holmes and his friend Dr Watson shared for almost 25 years is on the first floor overlooking Baker Street.
We know from Doctor Watson’s descriptions that their sitting room overlooking Baker Street was “illuminated(照明、照亮) by two broad windows” and that it was quite small.
Doctor Watson’s bedroom was on the second floor next to Mrs Hudson’s room and it overlooked an open yard at the back of the house. These rooms are used today for exhibits, where center stage is taken by a magnificant bronze bust(半身像)of Mr Holmes. Visitors can browse through literature, paintings, photographs and newspapers of the period. Memorabilia（紀念品） from the adventures and a selection of letters written to and from Mr Holmes are also on display.
The museum’s large and attractive souvenir shop is located on the ground floor. Here you will find a unique collection of gifts, objects of art, figures, busts, prints, books, playing cards, T-shirts, -novelties of every description available exclusively to museum visitors

  1. 1.

    According to the article, we can conclude that Sherlock Holmes’ admirers ______.

    1. A.
      expect replies from him
    2. B.
      made the opening of the museum possible
    3. C.
      treat him as if he were a real person
    4. D.
      often adapt his books into films or plays
  2. 2.

    Which of the following is TRUE?

    1. A.
      The sitting room is small but has two big windows
    2. B.
      Mrs Hudson’s rooms are not used as exhibit rooms
    3. C.
      Mr Holmes’ and Dr Watson’s bedrooms are on the same floor
    4. D.
      Mr Holmes and Mrs Hudson shared ownership of Apartment 221b Baker Street
  3. 3.

    When in the museum, which of the following can visitors not do?

    1. A.
      Take photos of the rooms or objects on show
    2. B.
      Buy unusual and interesting souvenirs
    3. C.
      Learn some news of Mr Holmes’s times
    4. D.
      Ask the maid to serve you tea in the Victorian times

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Sometime early in the next century, human beings will move to Mars. They will live there for about a year, and then will be replaced with another group of pioneers. Building the base on Mars will advance our knowledge of the solar system and aid in our understanding of the earth.
We already know that Mars resembles the earth in many aspects: general size, presence of water, length of day, range of temperatures. These resemblances have caused many people to consider a centuries-long project: to terraform Mars. Terraforming means altering a planet’s surface so that Earth’s life forms can survive there. This concept, previously found only in science fiction is now being seriously considered by scientists.
Terraforming Mars is theoretically simple: add nitrogen and oxygen to the atmosphere; pump water to the surface; and add the earth’s plants and animals in the order in which they developed on Earth. But it will take at least 300 years.
Some people think that such a project is too huge for humans to undertake, but there are very good reasons to make the attempt. The earth now contains some 6 billion people, and no one has any idea of how many humans the earth can support. Our very existence and numbers are threatening many other species. We also have had some experience with terraforming our own planet: altering the landscape, the atmosphere and the climate. Currently terraforming earth has become a wiser activity as we try to control global warming, air and water pollution, and preserve some natural living places.
While the possibility of such a project is small, it is not impossible .Even if earth –bound societies come and go in the next 300 years, the project can continue through the work of the Mars settlers without the need for constant backing from the earth.
The future existence of all the people in our world may very well depend upon our ability to terraform Mars

  1. 1.

    What would be the best title for this passage?

    1. A.
      Terraforming Mars
    2. B.
      Saving the Earth
    3. C.
      Travelling to Mars
    4. D.
      A Newly-found Place
  2. 2.

    What does the underlined word “altering” mean in the second paragraph?

    1. A.
      Warming
    2. B.
      Changing
    3. C.
      Planting
    4. D.
      Building
  3. 3.

    According to the passage the main purpose of terraforming Mars is to ________

    1. A.
      do some scientific research work
    2. B.
      find out its similarity to earth
    3. C.
      avoid the dying away of many other species
    4. D.
      find on Mars living place for the increasing human beings
  4. 4.

    The main reason for causing many people to consider terraforming Mars is that _______

    1. A.
      there are some resemblances between Earth and Mars
    2. B.
      terraforming Mars is theoretically simple
    3. C.
      we have had some experience with terraforming our own planet: Earth
    4. D.
      the development of science and technology is very rapid
  5. 5.

    What’s the author’s attitude towards the project?

    1. A.
      Optimistic
    2. B.
      Negative
    3. C.
      Sceptical（懷疑的）
    4. D.
      Objective

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F. Scott Fitzgerald, born on September 24, 1896, an American novelist, was once a student of St. Paul Academy, the Newman School and attended Princeton University for a short while. In 1917 he joined the army and was posted in Alabama, where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre. Then he had to make some money to impress her.
His life with her was full of great happiness, as he wrote in his diary: “My own happiness in the past often approached such joy that I could share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk it away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary.”
This side of paradise, his first novel, was published in 1920. Encouraged by its success, Fitzgerald began to devote more time to his writing. Then he continued with the novel the Beautiful and Damned (1922), a collection of short stories Thales of the Jazz Age (1922), and a play The Vegetable (1923). But his greatest success was The Great Gatsby, published in 1925, which quickly brought him praise from the literary world. Yet it failed to give him the needed financial security. Then, in 1926, he published another collection of short stories All the Sad Young Men.
However, Fitzgerald’s problems with his wife Zelda affected his writing. During the 1920s he tried to reorder his life, but failed. By 1930, his wife had her first breakdown and went to a Swiss clinic. During this period he completed novels Tender Is the Night in 1934 and The love of the last Tycoon in 1940. While his wife was in hospital in the United States, he got totally addicted to alcohol. Sheila Graham, his dear friend, helped him fight his alcoholism

  1. 1.

    How many novels written by Fitzgerald are mentioned in the passage?

    1. A.
      5
    2. B.
      6
    3. C.
      7
    4. D.
      8
  2. 2.

    Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgerald’s life according to the passage?
    a. He became addicted to drinking.
    b. He studied at St. Paul Academy.
    c. He published his first novel This Side of Paradise.
    d. The Great Gatsby won high praise.
    e. He failed to reorder his life.
    f. He joined the army and met Zelda

    1. A.
      f-c-e-a-b-d
    2. B.
      b-e-a-f-c-d
    3. C.
      f-d-e-c-b-a
    4. D.
      b-f-c-d-e-a
  3. 3.

    We can infer from the passage that Fitzgerald            .

    1. A.
      had made some money when he met Zelda in Alabama
    2. B.
      was well educated and well off before he served in the army
    3. C.
      would have completed more works if his wife hadn’t broken down
    4. D.
      helped his friend get rid of drinking while his wife was in hospital
  4. 4.

    The passage is probably followed by a concluding paragraph about _______

    1. A.
      Zelda’s personal life
    2. B.
      Zelda’s illness and treatment
    3. C.
      Fitzgerald’s friendship with Graham
    4. D.
      Fitzgerald’s contributions to the literary world

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WASHINGTON(Reuters)?People who drink two or more sweetened soft drinks a week have a much higher risk of pancreatic cancer (胰腺癌), an unusual but deadly cancer, researchers reported on Monday.
People who drank mostly fruit juice instead of sodas did not have the same risk, the study of 60,000 people in Singapore found.
“Sugar may be to blame but people who drink sweetened sodas regularly often have other poor health habits,” said Mark Pereira of the University of Minnesota, who led the study.
“The high levels of sugar in soft drinks may be increasing the level of insulin(胰島素) in the body, which we think contributes to pancreatic cancer cell growth,” President said in a statement.
Writing in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, Pereira and his colleagues said they followed 60,524 men and women in the Singapore—Chinese Health Study for 14 years.
Over that time, 140 of the volunteers developed pancreatic cancer. Those who drank two or more sweetened soft drinks a week had an 87 percent higher risk of being among those who got pancreatic cancer.
Pereira said he believed the findings would apply elsewhere.
“Singapore is a wealthy country with excellent healthcare. Favorite pastimes(消遣) are eating and shopping, so the findings should apply to other western countries.” he said.
But Susan Mayne of the Yale Cancer Center at Yale University in Connecticut was cautious.
“Although this study found a risk, the finding was based on a relatively small number of cases and it remains unclear whether it was a causal(因果的) connection or not.” Said Mayne, who serves on thee board of the journal, which is published by the American Association for Cancer Research.
Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest form of cancer, with 230,000 cases globally. In the United States, 37,680 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in a year and 34, 290 die of it

  1. 1.

    We can infer from Pereira’s word that_________

    1. A.
      the healthcare in Singapore should be greatly improved
    2. B.
      2 soft drinks a day are considered harmful to health
    3. C.
      87 out of 140 volunteers developed pancreatic cancer
    4. D.
      sugar might not be the only cause of pancreatic cancer
  2. 2.

    How does Susan seem to feel about the findings of the study?

    1. A.
      Satisfied
    2. B.
      Doubtful
    3. C.
      Worried
    4. D.
      Hopeful
  3. 3.

    The best title of the text might be_______

    1. A.
      The Deadliest Forms of Cancer
    2. B.
      Drink Fruit Juice Instead of Sodas
    3. C.
      A Study in University of Minnesota
    4. D.
      Sugary Soft Drinks Lead to Cancer

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Clearly if we are to participate in the society in which we live, we must communicate with other people. A great deal of communicating is performed on a person-to-person basis by the simple means of speech. If we travel in buses, buy things in shops, or eat in restaurants, we are likely to have conversations where we give information or opinions, receive news or comment, and very likely to have our views challenged by other members of society.
Face to face contact is by no means the only form of communication and during the last two hundred years the art of mass communication has become one of the dominating factors of contemporary society. Two things, above others, have caused the enormous growth of the communication industry. Firstly, inventiveness has led to advanced imprinting, telecommunications photography, radio and television. Secondly, speed has revolutionized the transmission (傳輸) and reception of communications so that local news often takes a back seat to national news, which itself is often almost eclipsed( 侵蝕) by international news.
No longer is the possession of information confined to(只限于) a privileged minority. In the last century the wealthy man with his own library was indeed fortunate, but today there are public libraries. For years ago people used to flock to the cinema, but now far more people sit at home and turn on the TV to watch a programme that is being channeled into millions of homes.
Communication is no longer merely concerned with the transmission of information. The modem communication industry influences the way people live in society and broadens their horizons by allowing access to information, education and entertainment. The printing, broadcasting and advertising industries are all involved with informing, educating and entertaining.
Although a great deal of the material communicated by the mass media is very valuable to the individual and to the society of which he is part, the vast modem network of communications is open to abuse(濫用). However, the mass media are with us for better, for worse, and there is no turning back

  1. 1.

    In the first paragraph the writer emphasizes the       of face-to-face contact in social setting

    1. A.
      nature
    2. B.
      limitation
    3. C.
      creativity
    4. D.
      usefulness
  2. 2.

    It is implied in the passage that         

    1. A.
      local news used to be the only source of information
    2. B.
      local news still takes a significant place
    3. C.
      national news is becoming more popular
    4. D.
      international news is the fastest transmitted news
  3. 3.

    Which of the following statements is NOT true?       

    1. A.
      Possessing information used to be a privilege
    2. B.
      Public libraries have replaced the private completely
    3. C.
      Communication means more than transmission
    4. D.
      Information influences ways of life and thinking
  4. 4.

    From the last paragraph we can infer that the writer is       

    1. A.
      indifferent to the harmful influence of the mass media
    2. B.
      happy about the flexible changes in the mass media
    3. C.
      pessimistic about the future of the mass media
    4. D.
      concerned about the wrong use of the mass media

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Scientists from South Korea are trying to convert（轉(zhuǎn)化）sound waves into electricity. The research could lead to charging a cell phone from a conversation or providing energy to the nation’s electricity system generated（產(chǎn)生）by the noise during rash-hour traffic.
“Just as speakers transform electrical signals into sound, the opposite process —turning sound into a source of electrical power — is possible,” said Young Jun Park and Sang-Woo Kim, the joint authors of a new article in the journal Advanced Materials.
Harvesting energy from phone calls and passing cars is based on materials known as piezoelectrics. When bent, piezoelectric materials turn that mechanical energy into electricity. Lots of materials are piezoelectric: cane sugar, quartz （石英）and even dried bone which could create an electrical charge when stressed. For decades, scientists have pumped electricity into piezoelectric materials for use in environmental sensors, speakers and other devices.
Over the past few years, however, scientists have made dramatic advances in getting electricity out of piezoelectric devices. In an experiment, by using sound waves, which at 100 decibels（分貝）were not quite as loud as a rock concert （a normal conversation is about 60-70 decibels）, the South Korean scientists produced a mild electrical current of about 50 millivolts（毫伏）. The average cell phone requires a few volts to function, several times the power this technology can currently produce.
“But the real question is whether there is enough surrounding noise to act as a power source as for a cell phone,” said McAlpine, a leading scientist. A consumer probably wouldn’t want to attend a rock concert or stand next to a passing train to charge his cell phone. The South Korean scientists agree but they expect to get a higher power output as they continue their work

  1. 1.

    According to the two South Korean scientists, ________

    1. A.
      sound waves can travel faster than electricity
    2. B.
      new materials can send cell phone signals better
    3. C.
      using cell phones adds to heavy traffic in rush hour
    4. D.
      electricity and sound can be transformed into each other
  2. 2.

    We know from the passage that piezoelectric materials ________

    1. A.
      can produce electricity when stressed
    2. B.
      are good at changing electricity into sound
    3. C.
      can reduce the noise of passing cars
    4. D.
      have been widely used in phones and cars
  3. 3.

    It can be inferred from the South Korean scientists’ experiment that ________

    1. A.
      it is hard to change sound into electricity under current conditions
    2. B.
      it is impossible to make use of loud sound
    3. C.
      the technology has a long way to go to have a practical use
    4. D.
      the technology can power cell phones easily
  4. 4.

    What McAlpine doubts about the technology is ________

    1. A.
      the noise pollution
    2. B.
      the sound resource
    3. C.
      the cost of piezoelectrics
    4. D.
      the safety of devices

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Below is adapted from an English dictionary. Use the dictionary to answer the following questions.
figure / fīg? / noun, verb                           
●noun 1 [C, often pl.] a number representing a particular amount, especially one given in official information: the trade /sales figures
2 [C] a symbol rather than a word representing one of the numbers between 0 and 9: a six-figure salary 3 [pl.] (informal)the area of mathematics that deals with adding, multiplying, etc. numbers  4 [C] a person of the type mentioned: Gandhi was both a political and a religious figure in Indian history. 5 [C] the shape of a person seen from a distance or not clearly  6 [C] a person or an animal as shown in art or a story: a wall with five carved figures in it  7 [C] the human shape, considered from the point of view of being attractively thin: doing exercise to improve one’s figure  8 [C] a pattern or series of movements performed on ice: figure-skating [IDM] be/become a figure of fun: be/become sb. that others laugh at  cut a…figure: (of a person) to have a particular appearance He cut a striking figure in his dinner jacket.  put a figure on sth.: to say the exact price or number of sth.		a fine figure of man / woman: a tall, strong-looking and well-shaped person  figure of speech: a word or phrase used in a different way from its usual meanings in order to create a particular mental image or effect  figurehead: someone who is the head or chief in name only (with no real power or authority)
●verb  1 to think or decide that sth. will happen or is true: I figured that if I took the night train, I could be in Scotland by morning.  2 to be part of a process, situation, etc. especially an important part: My opinion of the matter didn’t seem to figure at all. 3 to calculate an amount or the cost of sth.: We figured that attendance at 150,000.  [PHRV] 1 figure in: to include (in a sum): Have you figured in the cost of hotel?  2 figure on: to plan on; to expect sth. to happen: I haven’t figured on his getting home too late.  3 figure out: to work out; understand by thinking: Have you figured out how much the trip will cost?   [IDM] It/That figures! (informal): That seems reasonable, logical and what I expect.

  1. 1.

    — She was coming late again for the work.
    — ________! It is just like her to be late. You just can’t do anything to stop her doing that

    1. A.
      It figures her out
    2. B.
      It figures
    3. C.
      It cuts a poor figure
    4. D.
      She is a figure of fun
  2. 2.

    The phrase “watch my figure” in the sentence “Don’t tempt(引誘) me with chocolate; I am watching my figure.” means “________”

    1. A.
      add the numbers
    2. B.
      have sports
    3. C.
      try not to get fat
    4. D.
      watch games
  3. 3.

    Which underlined word in the following sentences is used as figure of speech(修辭格)?

    1. A.
      John is fond of animals and raises a rabbit as a pet
    2. B.
      In some countries, bamboo can be used to build houses
    3. C.
      We all regard Mr. Smith as an important figure in our company
    4. D.
      I didn’t really mean my partner was a snake

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Tom arrived at the bus station quite early for the London bus. The bus for London would not leave until five to twelve. He saw a lot of people waiting in the station. Some were standing in lines; others were walking about. There was a group of schoolgirls. Their teacher was trying to keep them in order. Tom looked around but there was nowhere for him to sit.
He walked into the station café. He looked up at the clock there. It was only twenty to twelve. He found a seat and sat down, facing a large mirror on the wall. Just then, John, one of Tom’s friends, came in and sat with Tom.
“What time is your bus?” asked John.
“Oh, there is plenty of time yet,” answered Tom.
“Oh, I’ll get you some more tea then,” said John.
They talked while drinking. Then Tom looked at the clock again.
“Good heavens! It’s going back-ward!” he cried. “A few minutes ago it was twenty to twelve and now it’s half past eleven.”
“You are looking at the clock in the mirror,” said John.
Tom wanted to kick himself for being so foolish. The next bus was not to leave for another hour. He has never liked mirror since then

  1. 1.

    Tom went into the station café because _______

    1. A.
      John asked him to have a cup of tea
    2. B.
      he wanted a drink there
    3. C.
      he would meet a friend of his
    4. D.
      it was early yet and he could find a place to sit
  2. 2.

    When we look at a clock in the mirror we’ll see _______

    1. A.
      the right time
    2. B.
      it is going slower
    3. C.
      it is going backward
    4. D.
      it is going fast
  3. 3.

    Which of the following is true?

    1. A.
      Tom missed his bus
    2. B.
      He liked mirror even before
    3. C.
      The next bus would leave soon
    4. D.
      Tom arrived London on time

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A jobless man applied for the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test.
“You are employed,” he said. “Give me your e-mail address and I’ll send you the application to fill in, as well as date when you may start.”
The man replied, “But I don’t have a computer, neither an e-mail.”
“I’m sorry,” said the HR manager. “If you don’t have an e-mail, that means you do not exist. And he who doesn’t exist cannot have the job. ”
The man left with no hope at all. He didn’t know what to do, with only ten dollars in his pocket. He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy 10kg tomatoes. He then sold the tomatoes from door to door. In less than two hours, he succeeded to double his capital. He repeated the operation three times, and returned home happily with 60 dollars.
The man realized that he could survive in this way, and started to go every day earlier, and returned late. Thus, his money doubled or tripled every day. Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, and then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles. Five years later, the man is one of the biggest food retailers(零售商) in the US.
He started to plan his family’s future and decided to have a life insurance. He called an insurance broker(保險業(yè)經(jīng)紀人) and chose a protection plan.
When the conversation was concluded the broker asked him his e-mail. The man replied, “I don’t have an e-mail.”
The broker answered curiously, “You don’t have an e-mail, and yet have succeeded to build an empire(帝國). Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e-mail?” The man thought for a while and replied, “Yes, I’d be an office boy at Microsoft!”

  1. 1.

    Why can’t the man have the job at Microsoft?

    1. A.
      Because he was lazy
    2. B.
      Because he didn’t pass the test
    3. C.
      Because he didn’t have an e-mail
    4. D.
      Because he didn’t have a computer
  2. 2.

    The underlined word “triple” can be replaced by ______

    1. A.
      become large
    2. B.
      become 3 times
    3. C.
      increase quickly
    4. D.
      decrease quickly
  3. 3.

    The man can be described as _______

    1. A.
      helpful and grateful
    2. B.
      positive and generous
    3. C.
      smart and hardworking
    4. D.
      stubborn and unselfish
  4. 4.

    Which proverb can best describe the story?

    1. A.
      Misfortune may be an actual blessing
    2. B.
      Where there is a will, there is a way
    3. C.
      Accidents will happen
    4. D.
      No pains , no gains

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