Every day we are using so many raw materials which _________that they _________.

A. are running out; will be used up

B. are being run out; will run out

C. have run out of; will be using up

D. have run out; will run out of

The audience when they watched his funny performance.

A．burst into laughing B．burst out laughter

C．burst into laughter D．burst in laughing

New technologies have made possible to turn out new products faster and at a lower cost.

A．that B．this C．one D．it

Parents today are wealthier than their parents and they want their children to have more than what they had. Yet parents often to give their children what they had when they were young.

For example, today’s generations of children mostly have their own private with a television, their own cell phone, their own computer, and finally when they are enough they will even have their own cars. all of these things, children do not these gifts as much as previous generations did. , children are often __ _ just spoiled(被寵壞的) , and all these things give them enjoyment when they really need some to their own development. Finally, children these short-term activities in order to fight against their boredom, and as a result of this, kids shorter periods of attention with little .

The obvious question that you may be asking is probably that: patience is a virtue, then why don’t parents it?

In today’s society, it is far easier to make children lose concentration than to teach personal development and that’s a common problem. For example, it is much easier for parents to buy a new toy or turn on the television for their children than to their curiosity (好奇)in a natural way. This strong to know the world will lead them through self-learning, by which they would slowly value the of hard work and patience.

Basically, the easiest method for parents to teach patience to their children is not by them things, but by giving their children an opportunity to learn what they are interested in. Thus, parents can teach their children the same lessons that they have painfully learned too. The point is, realize what they lack and take action immediately.

1.A. neglect (忽略) B. refuse C. promise D. hesitate

2.A. teachers B. doctors C. houses D. bedrooms

3.A. clever B. old C. rich D. good

4.A. As a result of B. For the purpose of C. Instead of D. Regardless of

5.A. prepare B. understand C. value D. accept

6.A. Besides B. Otherwise C. Somehow D. Therefore

7.A. less than B. more than C. not more than D. no more than

8.A. positive B. little C. natural D. immediate

9.A. attention B. help C. attitude D. contribution

10.A. provide B. organize C. watch D. require

11.A. need B. develop C. draw D. improve

12.A. time B. patience C. effort D. hope

13.A. As B. Unless C. Since D. Though

14.A. learn B. research C. teach D. have

15.A. directions B. experiences C. courses D. skills

16.A. satisfy B. show C. study D. follow

17.A. position B. point C. order D. desire

18.A. cost B. rewards C. relations D. differences

19.A. passing B. reading C. buying D. making

20.A. interesting B. hard C. special D. strange

I was raised on a farm in the Fraser Valley along with five sisters and one brother. When I was 15, I got addicted to drinking at weekends and then dropped out of school. By the time I was 17, I continued to drink heavily. I couldn't find a job to support myself. So, I had no other choice but to join the army. I retired and went back home three years later, still a heavy drinker. When I was 22, I met Sue whose father was also a heavy drinker, so my behavior didn't surprise her. We were soon married and later had two daughters.

I started my first business when I was in my mid-twenties. A few years later, I bought a large chicken farm. Even with this success, though, my drinking was always a problem. It affected my marriage and family so much that I knew I had to make up my mind to stop drinking. So I tried great efforts. But two years later, I began drinking again.

When I was in my mid-thirties, I sold both of my businesses, and bought the big house on the hill. I was not at all happy, although I had everything that was supposed to make me happy. I sold our big house on the hill and bought a large land, where I built a new house. Our marriage was in big trouble, and my finances would go down the drain. For the first time in many years, I had to go to work for someone as an employee. I took a job as a heavy equipment operator in a road building camp.

My marriage still came apart when I was 38, and my kids had to go through our divorce. I spent 6 months in giving up drinking on a school camp. Nearly a year later, I met my childhood neighbor girl, June. We were married not long afterwards. My kids learned to trust me again and I have two stepchildren that also love me.

Happy life continued about ten years. Everything was going so well when I felt there was something wrong with my body. I went to see a doctor, and the medical examination came out that I had ALS(肌肉萎縮癥). Record shows that people with ALS generally survive between two to five years after symptoms appear. I've probably had the symptoms for one-and-a-half years already, so I don't know how much time I have left.…God knows…

1.Which of the following is the right order for the author’s experience?

a. He married June.

b. He married Sue

c. He bought the big house on the hill.

d. He bought a large chicken farm.

e. He succeeded in giving up drinking.

f. He tried but failed to get rid of drinking.

A. a, d, c, b, f, e B. b, d, f, c, e, a

C. b, c, d, a, f, e D. f, b, d, c, e , a

2.The underlined phrase “go down the drain”(in Paragraph 3) is closest in meaning to “__”.

A. be out of expectation B. be totally successful

C. become worse and worse D. be safe in one’s pocket

3.What can we know about the author?

A. He began drinking at the age of 17.

B. He ended his army life at the age of 19.

C. He was not happy, although he lived in the big house at the age of 35.

D. He bought the big house on the hill when he was 25.

4.What can we infer about the author’s marriage?

A. His two kids didn’t trust him before he remarried.

B. His finance was the first thing that led to the failure of his first marriage.

C. His first wife didn’t know about his drinking before marriage.

D. He gave birth to two children in his 40s.

5.What is true according to the last paragraph?

A. The author is hopeless because he will be dead in a few years because of ALS.

B. The author has hope because the doctor concluded that he had 2-5 years left.

C. The author is uncertain whether the symptoms of ALS have appeared or not.

D. The author will ask God whether the disease is curable or not.

1. Penguins Mate for Life

During the mid-2000s, films like "Happy Feet" made penguins all the rage, and young lovers went around spreading the facts like "penguins mate for life." While the idea is sweet, it's not exactly true.

Penguins usually stick with their partners through the mating season, but when it's time to mate again, they choose whomever is convenient, not necessarily their old flame.

2. Vincent Van Gogh Cut Off His Entire Ear

This is not entirely true. It was not his entire ear - just the tip of the lobe（耳垂） - and some say he didn't even do it. Van Gogh lived with artist Paul Gauguin, who had quite a violent temper, and many believe Gauguin actually did the cutting.

Either way, Van Gogh did reportedly send the tip to a prostitute.

3. Napoleon Bonaparte was Short

Everyone knows Napoleon Bonaparte was a tiny man - after all, his nickname was "le Petit Corporal." His reputation for being short even inspired the phenomenon known as the "Napoleon complex."

In reality, Napoleon stood around 5 feet and 7 inches tall, which was very average back in the day. Many believe his nickname was meant as a term of endearment, not a reference to his height.

4. Ben Franklin Preferred a Turkey to a Bald Eagle

The bald eagle is certainly a well-known representation of America, but legend has it that if Ben Franklin had his way, a turkey would have been much better. In reality, Franklin wrote a letter to his daughter mocking the eagle symbol used in a seal(印章) by the Society of the Cincinnati, a private military group.

He said it looked like a turkey and may as well be one.

5. You Have Five Senses

If you remember learning about the senses in elementary school, you know humans possess five: sight, smell, hearing, touch, and taste. Most scientists agree, however, that you have more like 10-20 senses, including pain, hunger, thirst, temperature, and more.

6. George Washington had Wooden Teeth

George Washington is known for three things: being the first president, chopping down a cherry tree, and having wooden teeth. At least one of these is certainly not true. While Washington did have bad teeth, his dentures(假牙) were not wooden.

7. Einstein was a Bad Student

If you ever made bad grades and pulled the old "Albert Einstein used to make bad grades" card with your parents or teachers, you are lucky you got away with it. In reality, Einstein was at the top of his class and mastered calculus when he was barely a teenager.

The reputation he developed for being a bad student had more to do with his behavior. He liked to talk back to his teachers.

1.Which is the true fact according to the passage?

A. Penguins usually stick with their partners through their whole lives.

B. Franklin laughed at the eagle symbol used in a seal and said it looked like a turkey.

C. Napoleon was much shorter than average.

D. George Washington’s false teeth were made of wooden.

2.Why do most people hold the idea that Albert Einstein used to make bad grades?

A. Because he used to like to talk with his teachers.

B. Because he used to be criticized by his parents.

C. Because he used to be different from other students.

D. Because he used to behave badly and usually didn’t respect his teachers.

Alibaba started taking the lead in China, simply enough, by connecting big Chinese manufacturers(制造商)with big buyers across the world. Its business-to-business site, Alibaba.com allowed business to buy almost everything. Alibaba’s advantage wasn’t hard to identify: size. Alibaba is just big, even by Chinese standards. Its marketplaces attract 231 million active buyers, 8 million sellers, 11.3 billion orders a year—and Alibaba is just the middleman. It encourages people to use its markets—not charging small sellers a percentage of the sale.

If you want a quick look into the influence of Alibaba on daily Chinese life, take my experience. I moved to Beijing almost a year ago and quickly got tired of visiting small stores across the crowded, polluted city of 20 million people in search of new electronics, bathroom furnishings, and anything else my wife wanted. “You’re looking for what exactly? Why not try it? ” my Chinese teacher asked me one day. With that, my wonderful new relationship with Alibaba began.

Alibaba’s original business-to-business model now is secondary to consumer buying. Chinese retail（零售）buying makes up 80% of Alibaba’s profit, and leading that group is Taobao, with 800 million items for sale and the most unbelievable selection of things you’ll ever find. TMall.com is Alibaba’s other big site, where you can find brand name goods from Nike and Unilever near the lowest prices.

What I have a hard time explaining to friends and family back in the U.S. is how China has gone beyond traditional shopping—big-box retailers especially —in favor of online purchases on Taobao and a few other sites. In smaller towns than Beijing, where big retailers have not yet traveled, shopping online is shopping, and shopping is Taobao.

I have a list of some of my recent purchases on Taobao for a sense of how extensive the marketplace is. Almost everything arrived a day or two after ordering with free shipping. I’m not even a big buyer, because I need friends to help me search the Chinese-language site. When I was searching my purchase history on my Chinese teacher’s iPad, which helps me buy goods, I looked through with great difficulty about 10 of her purchases for every one of mine.

1.Alibaba’s advantage mainly lies in ___________.

A. its big size

B. its business-to-business service

C. its not charging small sellers

D. its low price

2.What can we learn from the underlined sentence in the passage?

A. Alibaba is of middle size among all the online sites

B. Alibaba will continue to develop.

C. Alibaba stands out as the best online site.

D. Alibaba acts as a bridge between the buyers and sellers.

3.What can be inferred from the passage?

A. The author’s Chinese teacher is also an online purchase lover.

B. Taobao has no obvious advantage over other similar online sites.

C. Alibaba’s business-to-business service earns more money than retail now.

D. TMall.com provides more profit than Taobao.

4.What is the passage mainly about?

A. Shopping online is TaoBao.

B. The influence of shopping online goes beyond traditional shopping.

C. Alibaba greatly influences people’s daily purchase in China.

D. How the author purchases online in China.

Hi, everybody. On Friday, I had a discussion with working women in Rhode Island about the economic challenges they face in their own lives—challenges shared by many of you.

Thanks to the work we’ve all put in, our economy has come a long way these past six years. Over the past 55 months, our businesses have added 10.3 million new jobs. For the first time in six years, the unemployment rate is below 6 percent. And on Thursday, we learned that over the past six months, our economy has grown at its fastest pace since 2003.

But the gains of a growing economy aren’t yet felt by everyone. So we’ve got to harness（增強） this momentum（動力）, and make the right choices so that everyone who works hard can get ahead.

In recent weeks, I’ve talked about these choices, from raising the minimum wage to creating new jobs in construction and manufacturing. Today, I want to focus on what I discussed with those women — the choices we need to make to help more women get ahead in today’s economy.

Right now, women make up almost half of our workers. More women are their family’s main breadwinner than ever before. So the simple truth is, when women succeed, America succeeds. And we should be choosing policies that benefit women—because that benefits all of us.

Women deserve fair pay. Even though it’s 2014, there are women still earning less than men for doing the same work. We don’t have second-class citizens in this country—we shouldn’t in the workplace, either. So let’s make sure women earn equal pay for equal work, and have a fair shot at success.

Women deserve to be able to take time off to care for a new baby, an ailing parent, or take a sick day for themselves without running into hardship. So let’s make sure all Americans have access to paid family leave(帶薪休假).

Pregnant workers deserve to be treated fairly. Even today, women can be fired for taking too many bathroom breaks, or forced on unpaid leave just for being pregnant. That’s wrong—and we have to choose policies that ensure pregnant workers are treated with dignity and respect.

New parents deserve quality, affordable childcare. There’s nothing like the peace of mind that comes with knowing that your kids are safe while you’re at work. And the benefits that children get out of early enrichment can pay off for a lifetime. But in many states, sending your kid to daycare costs more than sending them to a public university. So let’s start demanding Pre-K for our kids.

And when most low-wage workers are women, but Congress hasn’t passed a minimum wage increase in seven years, it’s long past time that women deserve a raise. About 28 million workers would benefit from an increase in the minimum wage to ten dollars and ten cents an hour. And more than half of those workers are women. The local businesses where these workers spend their money would benefit, too. So let’s do this -- let’s give America a raise.

All of these policies are common sense. All of them are within our reach. We’ve just got to speak up and choose them. Because they’ll build a stronger America for all of us.

Thanks, and have a great weekend.

1.The underlined word “breadwinner” in Paragraph 5 probably means ___________.

A. the person who wins a lot of bread

B. the person who takes part in the competition

C. the person who earns the money to support the family

D. the person who makes policies

2. Which is the true fact according to the passage?

A. During the last half year, our economy has grown fastest since 2003.

B. All of us have felt the gains of a growing economy.

C. We have never fires any women because of her taking too many bathroom breaks.

D. The local businesses will not benefit a lot because of the increase in the minimum wage.

3.Which is NOT included in the new policies that would help women and working families get ahead?

A. Equal pay for equal work.

B. Increase access to high-quality child care and paid family leave.

C. Raise the minimum wage.

D. Get rid of racial discrimination.

4.The best title for this Weekly Address may be ___________.

A. Say no to sex discrimination.

B. It’s time to help women and working families.

C. Let’s build a stronger country.

D. Equal pay for equal work.

Happy Graduation, Seniors! Congratulations! What’s next? Below is some sociologically-inspired, out-of-the-box advice on work, love, family, friendship, and the meaning of life. For new grads from the two of us!

1. Don’t Worry About Making Your Dreams Come True

College graduates are often told: “follow your passion,” do “what you love,” what you were “meant to do,” or “make your dreams come true.” Two-thirds think they’re going find a job that allows them to change the world, half within five years. Yikes.

This sets young people up to fail. The truth is that most of us will not be employed in a job that is both our lifelong passion and a world-changer; that’s just not the way our global economy is. So it’s ok to set your sights just a tad below occupational ecstasy. Just find a job that you like. Use that job to help you have a full life with lots of good things and pleasure and helping others and stuff. A great life is pretty good, even if it’s not perfect.

2. Make Friends

Americans emphasize finding Mr. or Ms. Right and getting married. We think this will bring us happiness. In fact, however, both psychological well-being and health are more strongly related to friendship. If you have good friends, you’ll be less likely to get the common cold, less likely to die from cancer, recover better from the loss of a spouse, and keep your mental acuity as you age. You’ll also be able to face life’s challenges, be less likely to feed depressed, and be happier in old age.

Having happy friends increases your chance of being happy as much as an extra $145,500 a year does. So, make friends!

3. Don’t Worry about Being Single

Single people, especially women, are stigmatized in our society: we’re all familiar with the image of a sad, lonely woman eating ice cream with her cats in her pajamas on Saturday night. But about 45% of U.S. adults aren’t married and around 1 in 7 lives alone.

This might be you. Research shows that young people’s expectations about their marital status (e.g., the desire to be married by 30 and have kids by 32) have little or no relationship to what actually happens to people. So, go with the flow.

And, if you’re single, you’re in good company. Single people spend more time with friends, volunteer more, and are more involved in their communities than married people. Never-married and divorced women are happier, on average, than married women. So, don’t buy into the myth of the miserable singleton.

4. Don’t Take Your Ideas about Gender and Marriage Too Seriously

If you do get married, be both principled and flexible. Relationship satisfaction, financial security, and happy kids are more strongly related to the ability to adapt in the face of life’s challenges than any particular way of organizing families. The most functional families are ones that can bend. So partnering with someone who thinks that one partner should support their families and the other should take responsibility for the house and children is a recipe for disaster. So is being equally rigid about non-traditional divisions of labor. It’s okay to have ideas about how to organize your

family – and, for the love of god, please talk about both your ideals and fallback positions on this – but your best bet for happiness is to be flexible.

5. Think Hard About Whether to Buy a House

Our current image of the American Dream revolves around homeownership, and buying a home is often considered as a stage on the path to full-fledge adulthood. But the ideal of universal home ownership was born in the 1950s. It’s a rather new idea.

With such a short history, it’s funny that people often insist that buying a house is a fool-proof investment and the best way to secure retirement. In fact, buying a house may not be the best choice for you. The mortgage may be less than rent, but there are also taxes, insurance, and the increasingly common Home Owners Association (HOA) fees. You may someday sell the house for more than you bought it but, if you paid interest on a mortgage, you also paid far more than the sale price. You have freedom from a landlord, but may discover your HOA is just as controlling, or worse. And then there’s the headache: renting makes you avoid the stress of being responsible for repairs. It also offers a freedom of movement that you might cherish.

So, think carefully about whether buying or renting is a better fit for your finances, lifestyle, and future goals. This New York Times rent vs. buy calculator is a good start.

Alex is a very special boy who really likes trees. He always feels completely at home in nature and loves going camping in the forest. Alex has a little sister called Julia, who likes playing with dolls. Julia also likes being outdoors, and most of all, she loves going on trips to the snowy mountains with her parents.

One day, their parents decided to take them on holiday and let them choose between camping in the forest and going skiing in the snow. Alex quickly shouted out, “Camping in the forest!” while Julia cried, “Snow! Snow! Snow!” Julia added that the year before they had gone camping and hadn’t gone skiing.

So Alex’s mum and dad asked him, “What do you think is the fairest thing to do?” And Alex shouted, “Camping! Camping! Camping!” His parents insisted he think more about it. This made Alex a little unhappy.

Hearing this, Julia said to her brother, “Alex, we could go to the mountains to see the snow, but make sure it’s somewhere with a forest. What about that?”

The idea seemed good for Alex and he understood that he had to make compromises to get what he had wanted. And in the end, the whole family went to a spot in the mountains where there was a forest.

【寫作內容】

1. 以約30個詞概括閱讀材料的主要內容；

2. 然后以約120個詞談談你對“分歧中學會妥協(xié)”的看法，內容包括：

(1) 與他人發(fā)生分歧時為什么需要妥協(xié)；

(2) 什么情況下與他人發(fā)生分歧時不能妥協(xié)；

(3) 介紹一次你或你的同學與他人發(fā)生分歧時的經(jīng)歷，以及你由此得出的感悟。

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1. 作文中可以使用自己親身的經(jīng)歷或虛構的故事，也可以參照閱讀材料的內容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

2. 作文中不能出現(xiàn)真實姓名和學校名稱。

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