For the first few weeks, I didn’t miss home or really feel any kind of emotion at all except tired. There was so much for me to learn 【4】 I hadn’t had time to think about anything. My energy 【5】 (direct) towards figuring out campus, adjusting to college-level classes and remembering the names of every new person I met. I explored every corner, 【6】 (look) for the perfect place to study. I learned to set 【7】 (I) a schedule of getting groceries, cleaning my room and doing my laundry on Sundays.

Nowadays, in my second semester, I feel like I have almost adapted 【8】 the university life. The transition from high school to college wasn’t 【9】 difficult as my mind made me think it would be. One of the best 【10】 (thing) college has taught me is how to be independent.

The health of the famous picture, painted by Leonardo da Vinci in 1505, is getting worse by the year, according to the Louvre Museum where it is housed.

“The thin, wooden panel on which the Mona Lisa is painted in oil has changed shape since experts checked it two years ago,” the museum said. Visitors have noticed the changes but repairing the world’s most famous painting is not easy. Experts are not sure about the materials the Italian artist used and their current (現(xiàn)在的) chemical state.

Nearly 6 million people go to see the Mona Lisa every year, many attracted by the mystery of her smile. “It is very interesting that when you’re not looking at her, she seems to be smiling, and then you look at her and she stops,” said Professor Margaret Livingstone of Harvard University. “It’s because direct vision (視覺(jué)) is excellent at picking up details, but less suited to looking at shadows. Da Vinci painted the smile in shadows.”

However, the actual history of the Mona Lisa is just as mysterious as the smile. Da Vinci himself loved it so much that he always carried it with him, until it was eventually sold to the king of France, Francis I, in 1519.

In 1911, the painting was stolen from the Louvre by a former employee, who took it out of the museum hidden under his coat. He said he planned to return it to Italy. The painting was sent back to France two years later. During World War II, French hid the painting in small towns to keep it out of the hands of German forces.

Like many old ladies, the Mona Lisa has some interesting stories to tell.

【1】The underlined sentence in the first paragraph means the Mona Lisa .

A. is losing its value

B. is being damaged after so many years

C. is getting more valuable with years passing

D. will rot away

【2】Choose the right order about the happenings onto the Mona Lisa.

a. It was stolen from the Louvre.

b. Its painter sold it to King Francis I.

c. Its state of health was checked.

d. It was returned to France and housed in the Louvre Museum.

e. It was hidden and protected against German forces.

A. b-a-d-e-c B. d-e-c-b-a

C. d-a-e-c-b D. b-c-a-d-e

【3】What makes her smile so mysterious according to Professor Livingstone?

A. The materials the Italian artist used.

B. The way she smiles.

C. The way da Vinci painted the smile.

D. It plays a trick upon the human eye.

【題目】閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C或D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。
Some time ago I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg. I didn't think there would be any difficulty in getting it mended, as there are a whole lot of antique（古董）shops near my home. So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me. I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception. I was quite wrong. The man wouldn't even look at my chair.
The second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and the fourth—so I decided that my approach must be wrong.
I entered the fifth shop with a plan in my mind. I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper, “Would you like to buy a chair?” “Twenty pounds,” I said. “OK,” he said. “I'll give you twenty pounds.” “It's got a slightly broken leg,” I said. “Yes, I saw that. It's nothing.”
Everything was going according to the plan and I was getting excited. “What will you do with it?” I asked. “Oh, it will be easy to sell once the repair is done.” “I'll buy it,” I said. “What do you mean? You've just sold it to me,” he said. “Yes, I know but I've changed my mind. I am sorry. I'll give you twenty-seven pounds for it.” “You must be crazy,” he said. Then, suddenly the penny dropped. “I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair.” “You're right,” I said. “And what would you have done if I had walked in and said, ‘Would you mend this chair for me?’” “I wouldn't have agreed to do it,” he said. “We don't do repairs, not enough money in it and too much trouble. But I’ll mend this for you. Shall we say for a fiver?” He was a very nice man and was greatly amused by the whole thing.
（1）We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer.
A.was rather impolite
B.was warmly received
C.asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair
D.asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair
（2）The underlined word “approach” in the second paragraph means .
A.plan for dealing with things
B.decision to sell tings
C.idea of repairing things
D.way of doing things
（3）The expression “the penny dropped” in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper .
A.changed his mind
B.accepted the offer
C.saw the writer's purpose
D.decided to help the writer
（4）How much did the writer pay?
A.￡ 5.
B.￡ 7.
C.￡ 20.
D.￡ 27.
（5）From the text, we can learn that the writer was .
A.honest
B.careful
C.smart
D.funny

【1】What you wear is entirely a matter of personal p______ (偏愛(ài)).

【2】Though it was only a small failure, it made Rose lose f______ in success.

【3】Luckily for him, only a small part of his ______ (財(cái)產(chǎn)) were lost in this fire.

【4】We should s______ the relationship with neighboring countries.

【5】They were touched by the______ (溫暖) of our welcome.

【6】No words can c______ my thanks to you at the moment.

【7】A______ (習(xí)慣了) to taking a walk after supper, I form a good habit of life.

【8】Worries over his job and his wife’s health put him under great s______.

【9】To get yourself improved quickly, I’d rather you ______ (釆納) all helpful tips.

【10】Since then, all Chinese retailers (零售商) have been b______ from providing free plastic shopping bags,

When we think of summer, most of us think of outdoor fun. So it seems like we should naturally lose weight over the summer—not gain it. 【1】 Lots of summer activities can work against our efforts to stay at a healthy weight. The good news is that it’s easy to avoid problems if we know what to look out for.

Get going with goals. When we don’t have a plan, it’s easy to spend summer moving from couch to computer, with regular stops at the fridge. 【2】 Just be sure to plan for some downtime so you can relax a little!

【3】 With school out, we lose our daily routines. If you don’t have a specific job or activity to get up for, it’s easy to sleep late, watch too much TV, and snack more than usual. Make sure your summer days have some structure — like getting up at the same time each day and eating meals at set times. Plan activities for specific times, like exercising before breakfast, for example. If you have time on your hands, offer to make dinner a couple of nights a week so your family can enjoy a sit-down meal together.

Think about what and how you eat. Summer means picnics and barbecues — activities that revolve around an unlimited spread of food. Pace yourself. Don’t overload your plate. Avoid going back for seconds and thirds. Choose seasonal, healthy foods like fresh fruit instead of high-sugar, high-fat desserts. 【4】

Stay busy. 【5】 In addition to helping you avoid the cookie jar, filling your days with stuff to do can give you a sense of accomplishment. That’s especially true if a dream summer job or planned activity fell through. Limit your screen time — including TV, computer, and video games — to no more than 2 hours a day.

A. Stick to a schedule.

B. Plan more activities.

C. Appropriate summer eating sets you up on the right track!

D. Most of us, however, don’t take summer weight gain seriously.

E. In reality, though, summer isn’t all about beach volleyball and water sports.

F. When we’re bored, it’s easy to fall into a trap of doing nothing and then feeling low on energy.

G. Avoid this by setting a specific aim, like volunteering, mastering a new skill, or working at a job.

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1. A great number of money is spent on preventing the river from being polluted. 2. On the another hand, traditional Chinese painting takes a longer time to learn than oil painting. 3. The reason why he didn’t come was because he was ill. 4. Can you sing songs, neither in Chinese or in English. 5. Only 30 students make up of a class in my village. 6. A girl was struggling in the river, crying for help desperate. 7. Would you mind me look at the menu for a few more minutes? 8. He didn’t make clear where to meet. 9. My remarks were not aimed to you. 10. It’s typically of her to be late.

Buy One Give One

Buy One Give One (BIG1) is a Singapore-based business and non-profit organization with a job to create a world full of giving. We help businesses around the world give back in meaningful ways so that they can create measurable and long-lasting influence. Since 2007, we have worked with more than 1,600 businesses creating more than 88 million giving activities.

Our business allows consumers, who may feel disconnected from the problems of the developing world, to become involved in social problems while still purchasing (購(gòu)買(mǎi))tor themselves. For example, shoe brands like TOMS promise to donate one pair of shoes for every pair purchased. Soapbox gives soap to a needy child with every purchase. Watch company WeWood plants a tree every time you buy a watch. They have helped socially-conscious consumers purchase products and feel good about providing help to others.

See what some of our members say about being a part of BIG1.

*Karen Ormerod

Every product purchased at our store influences the lives of disadvantaged people in the world. I had never imagined I would be operating a business that could change people’s lives. We are making a real difference by just doing what normally do. It is a wonderful experience.

*Ben Baker

What a good way of giving resources to where they need to be giving people the gifts of giving, and adding value to organizations along the wav. We have already made 160,000 giving activities through BIGI. Giving has become a necessary part of our everyday business. It's truly brilliant.

BIGI focuses on the influence of giving on people's lives rather than simply the amounts donated. Our programs stress giving habitually in order to create growing influence around the world. When you join the BIGI giving program, you create your own unique giving stories.

We do hope you can become a member of us! .

【1】According to the passage, what does BIGI do?

A. Donate the profits to the people in need.

B. Give away something extra when a product is sold. .

C. Help consumers purchase their favorite products.

D. Instruct owners how to operate businesses effectively.

【2】How do the members feel about themselves as a part of BIG1?

A. Proud. B. Confident.

C. Generous. D. Energetic.

【3】What is the purpose of the passage?

A. To describe the gifts BIGI gives.

B. To promote the products BIGI sells.

C. To invite businesses to B1G1.

D. To introduce the activities BIGI involves.

【題目】閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C或D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。
Dear Lan Lan,
I'm now writing to you at Hartsop, a village in the Lake District, a place to have most beautiful scenery（景色）in English couple here to spend Christmas with them. This was planned for overseas students to know British way of life by living with British families.
We came two days before Christmas and during our stay, we have had everything we expected. Christmas turkey, Christmas cake, Christmas puddings, Christmas parties and Christmas gifts under the Christmas tree. All are exciting and amusing（有趣的）, but above all these, we are deeply touched by the hospitality（好客）of the family, Roger and Anne Marie.
Anne Marie was a nurse and all these days, she had been busy cooking meals, washing dishes and showing us around. Roger, who was a doctor, knows a lot about China and still wants to know more. He plays us Chinese music and it seems to me he does better in that than we do. In the evenings, we all sit around the fireplace with Tim, a lovely dog, by our side. Like long-time-no-see friends, we talk about all the things that have happened or we hope to happen in our lives. There is always so much to tell and to know.
After three months away from home, we are again feeling how sweet a home can be. Roger and Anne Marrie are not like most of the other people we have met who always make us feel we are foreigners in a foreign country. They show such kindness to us that they bring us a person-to-person feeling, instead of a British-to-Chinese feeling. They make us believe that though there are differences of languages and cultures, one may always expect to find in every corner of the world the feeling of love and being loved.
How I wish Mum and Dad could meet them! How I wish you were here with me! How strange it is that the more I feel at home here, the more I miss my real home and all of you. We always talk about “when we go back home next year…” and soon we will turn this into “When we go back home THIS year…” for the New Year's Day is coming. Miss you.
Love
Cao Wen
（1）The writer is now in England.
A.a Chinese visitor to an English family
B.a Chinese student studying
C.a Chinese teacher working
D.a Chinese student living
（2）In Hartsop, Cao Wen felt .
A.rather at home
B.the English home better than her home
C.she was a foreigner in a foreign country
D.she was one member of the family
（3）It seems that Roger .
A.can speak Chinese very well
B.knows something about Chinese for a long time
C.once lived in China for a long time
D.can do everything better than the Chinese
（4）When you are away from home, it is good for you to have the feeling .
A.of being alone
B.of going home soon
C.of love and being loved
D.as a foreigner
（5）In the writer's opinion, the best home is .
A.the home they stayed in England
B.the home that you left behind
C.Chinese home
D.one's own home

Making an efficient icebox was not as easy as we might now suppose. In the early nineteenth century, the knowledge of the physics of heat, which was essential to a science of refrigeration, was undeveloped. The common belief that the best icebox was one that prevented the ice from melting was of course mistaken, for it was the melting of the ice that performed the cooling. Nevertheless, early efforts to economize ice included wrapping the ice in blankets, which kept the ice from doing its job. Not until near the end of the nineteenth century did inventors achieve the delicate balance of insulation(絕緣) and circulation needed for an efficient icebox.

But as early as 1803, an intelligent Maryland farmer, Thomas Moore, had been on the right track. He owned a farm about twenty miles outside the city of Washington, for which the village of Georgetown was the market center. When he used an icebox of his own design to transport his butter to market, he found that customers would pass up the rapidly melting butter of his competitors to pay an extra price for his butter, still fresh and hard in neat, one-pound bricks. One advantage of his icebox, Moore explained, was that fanners would no longer have to travel to market at night in order to keep their produce cool.

【1】When did the word “icebox” possibly become part of the American language?

A. In 1803. B. During the Civil War.

C. Sometime before 1850. D. Near the end of the 19th century.

【2】In the early 19th century, what made it difficult to develop an efficient icebox?

A. A lack of networks for the transportation of ice.

B. Lacking the knowledge of the physics of heat.

C. Not knowing how to prevent ice from melting quickly.

D. Competition among the owners of refrigerated freight cars.

【3】What does the underlined sentence in paragraph3 most probably mean?

A. Moore's farm was not far away from Washington.

B. Moore's farm was on the right of the road.

C. Moore was suitable for the job.

D. Moore's design was fairly successful.

【4】What's the passage mainly about?

A. The development of refrigeration.

B. The influence of ice on the diet.

C. The transportation of goods to market.

D. Sources of ice in the nineteenth century.