I arrived late one night, on a business trip, and had dinner in a restaurant. As I was finishing my meal, an old couple came in to dine. They were holding hands and had smiles on their faces. Shortly after I ended a 20-year , I still had pain in my heart and I was at the love they show for one another. As a result, when I paid my bill I gave the waiter another $50 to pay the couple’s bill and then left without them.

The next day my business meeting two hours before the flight back to Houston. So I had enough time left to enter the restaurant to dine . After I had been , the waiter, from the night before, came up to my table . She can’t wait to tell me what happened after I last night: when the old couple were that another guest had paid for them, they asked whom it was. The waiter said that she had never me before, and told them what I told her, “I just wanted to repay for the true love that they were showing.” Feeling surprised , they , and paid the bills for another two young couples saying “Love begets (產(chǎn)生) love”. I with delight and said “ That’s nice”. Then I read the menu and my meal.

When my dinner was and I intended to pay, my waiter was to be found. I had to walk over to the Hostess Stand and that I needed to pay for my meal and hurry to the . She said that my had paid for me just to repay the joy that I brought to the faces of the elderly couple and the amazement of the two young couples.

1.A. bitterB. lovelyC. standardD. stressful

2.A. jobB. dateC. marriageD. journey

3.A. amazedB. angryC. confusedD. sad

4.A. comparingB. encounteringC. recognizingD. greeting

5.A. lastedB. startedC. endedD. held

6.A. againB. eitherC. insteadD. altogether

7.A. seatedB. servedC. dressedD. focused

8.A. anxiouslyB. crazilyC. hopefullyD. quickly

9.A. arrivedB. leftC. sleptD. escaped

10.A. comfortedB. remindedC. warnedD. told

11.A. chargedB. appreciatedC. seenD. helped

12.A. youB. meC. herD. them

13.A. looked aroundB. turned upC. went overD. dressed up

14.A. believedB. admittedC. smiledD. shook

15.A. bookedB. orderedC. paidD. finished

16.A. fullB. overC. coldD. available

17.A. somewhereB. anywhereC. nowhereD. everywhere

18.A. protestedB. explainedC. declaredD. remarked

19.A. hotelB. officeC. airportD. station

20.A. waiterB. bossC. hostessD. friend

When my family moved to America in 2010 from a small village in Guangdong, China, we brought not only our luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young people should always respect elders. Unluckily, this rule led to my very first embarrassment in the United States.

I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One time, when I was serving food to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly. I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly. As soon as I said that, her face showed great displeasure. My manager, who happened to hear what I said, took me aside and gave me a long lecture about how sensitive(敏感) Americans are and how they dislike the description “old”. I then walked back to the table and apologized to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry.

In my village in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience.

However, in the United States, people think “growing old” is a problem since “old” shows that a person is going to retire or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep themselves away from growing old by taking exercise, and women put on makeup, hoping to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel they had failed to stay young. I had told them something they didn’t want to hear.

After that, I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not that I don’t respect them any more; I still respect them, but now I don’t show my feelings through words.

1.Jack brought the couple their food very fast because _______.

A. the manager asked him to do so

B. he respected the elderly

C. the couple wanted him to do so

D. he wanted more money

2.When Jack called the couple “elderly”, they became _______.

A. nervous B. satisfied

C. unhappy D. excited

3.In Jack’s hometown, _______.

A. people dislike being called “old”

B. young people can learn from old people’s experience

C. many people reach the age of seventy or eighty

D. the elderly are the first to get food in restaurants

4.After this experience, Jack _______.

A. lost his job in the restaurant

B. made friends with the couple

C. no longer respected the elderly

D. changed his way with old people

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The more Jack explained, the angrier the couple got.

B. Jack wanted to show his feelings through words after his experience.

C. The manager went back to the table and apologized to the couple.

D. From this experience, Jack learned more about American culture.

People visit other countries for many reasons．Some travel on business；others travel to visit interesting places that are only found in other countries，such as the Taj Mahal (泰姬陵)in India．

Wherever you go, and for whatever reason，it is important to be safe．While the majority of people you will meet when traveling are sure to be friendly and welcoming, there are dangers—theft being the most common．Just as in your home country, do not expect everyone you meet to be friendly and helpful．It is important to prepare for your trip in advance, and to take precautions (預(yù)防措施)while you are traveling．

As you prepare for your trip, make sure you have the right paperwork．You don't want to get to your destination only to find you have the wrong visa，or worse，that your passport is about to expire．Also, make sure you travel with proper medical insurance, so that if you are sick during your travels，you will be able to get treatment．If you want to drive while you are abroad，make sure you have an international driver's license．

Buy a guidebook and read about the local customs of the country you are going to．Also, try to learn a few basic words and phrases。

When you get to your destination, use official transport．Always go to bus and taxi stands; don't accept rides from strangers who offer you a lift．If there is no meter(計(jì)時(shí)器) in the taxi, agree on a price before you get in．If you prefer to stay in cheap hotels while traveling，make sure you can lock the door of your room from the inside．If you are traveling with valuables such as jewelry, or a lot of cash, you should ask about a safe for storing them in．Finally, remember to smile．Smiling is the friendliest and most sincere form of communication, and is sure to be understood in any part of the world!

1.Who is the passage intended for?

A. Students who study abroad

B. High school English teachers

C. Exchange students

D. Tourists who plan to travel abroad

2.Which of the following will expire?

A. Hotel B. Luggage

C. ID card D. Name

3.Which of the following details about the passage is true?

A. People mainly travel to other countries for business reasons.

B. It is important to be prepared , as well as cautious, when you travel.

C. You should carry your insurance with you so that you can rent a car.

D. You should store your valuables in the front desk of a hotel.

4.Choose the best title for the passage.

A. Some precautions when traveling abroad.

B. The two main reasons for people traveling.

C. The official documents a traveler needs.

D. Advice on using local transportation.

5.Where can you read this kind of passage?

A. Economy B. Education

C. Sports D. Tourism

A campaign(活動(dòng)) is being launched to encourage children to surrender 30 minutes of screen time a day to head for the great outdoors.

The newly formed Wild Network—a collaboration of nearly 400 organizations—is attempting to attract youngsters away from television and computer screen and to fields, woods and parks. Members of the network include the National Trust, RSPB, Play England and the NHS. Organizers say it is the UK’s biggest ever campaign to reconnect children with nature and outdoor play, and claim it could help improve fitness, mental alertness(機(jī)敏) and general wellbeing.

A documentary film, Project Wild Thing, will forecast the launch at more than 50 cinemas across the UK from Friday. It looks at the increasing link between children and nature.

Andy Simpson, chairman of the Wild Network, said, “The tragic truth is that kids have lost touch with nature and the outdoors in just one generation. Time spent outdoors is down, roaming(漫步) ranges have fallen largely, activity levels are declining and the ability to identify common species has been lost.”

Suggestions of how to get more time in nature include collecting conkers(七葉樹(shù)果), camping or snail racing, and observing autumn colour on trees.

From January, the network will aim to make suggestions to politicians on how government can do more to get children muddy and bright-eyed.

This is not the first time the message of less screen, more play has been brought up. Children in the 1980s were requested to do the same by the BBC TV series Why Don’t You, which somewhat confusingly called on its viewers to “switch off your TV set and go to do something less boring instead”.

1.What does the underlined word “surrender” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

A. Give up B. Get around

C. Take up D. Run away

2.For what purpose is the Wild Network organized?

A. To make children read more books.

B. To help children distinguish(辨別) the natural world.

C. To encourage children to participate in outdoor activities.

D. To get children out of too much homework from school.

3.According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. The outdoors can be beneficial to children’s wellbeing.

B. The Network advocates(提倡) keeping children’s distance from TV.

C. It is the first time for less screen, more play to be brought up.

D. The government should do more to get children to go outdoors.

4.Which of the following shows that kids have lost touch with nature and the outdoors?

A. Time spent outdoors is less and activity levels are down.

B. Chances of travelling abroad are fewer and fewer.

C. Time spent on the study is decreasing.

D. The ability to identify common species has been improved.

5.Which is confusing according to the passage?

A. Government took measures to get children muddy and bright-eyed.

B. A BBC TV series called on its viewers to shut off their TV sets.

C. More children went out to keep in touch with nature.

D. Wild Network launched a campaign to encourage children to go outdoors.

Nick Hancock hopes to set a new record by living alone for 60 days on a small island in the Atlantic.

Tom McClean, an SAS soldier who holds the solo record for occupying(占領(lǐng)) Rockall for 40 days in 1985, told Hancock that being alone for two months was the greatest challenge Hancock would have to face.

“I’m fully expecting it to be tough,” Nick Hancock said. “I’m hoping that by doing my daily tasks fairly slowly, I’m going to be able to keep most of my time busy. I think the worst times will come if I’m boxed up for several days by bad weather.”

Hancock hopes to land on Rockall in early June and will carry out the last tests of his boat next week. He has a small wind turbine(風(fēng)電機(jī)) and a solar panel for power, more than two months’ food, a satellite phone and a laptop loaded with e-books to keep him going. Hancock will update an adventure blog, texting messages out on Twitter and emailing his wife Pam and friends every day.

Rockall has been occupied before, most famously by McClean but also by three Greenpeace campaigners, who set the long-stay record of 42 days in 1997 by occupying the rock in protest at oil and gas exploration in the area.

The last human inhabitants Hancock knows of are a small group of Belgian amateur radio enthusiasts, who are interested in broadcasting from distant islands; they were on Rockall overnight in late 2010.

Hancock has no large support team behind him. Except for the coastguard（海岸警衛(wèi)隊(duì)）, his only lifeline will be the Orca III, the passenger boat which will take him to Rockall.

1.Nick Hancock’s main goal is to ______.

A. protest at oil and gas exploration in the Atlantic

B. show his ability to adapt himself to bad conditions

C. prove broadcasting from distant islands can be possible

D. challenge the previous record of living alone on Rockall

2.According to Tom McClean, the biggest challenge Hancock would meet was_____.

A. loneliness B. bad weather

C. lack of food D. communication

3.To keep his time busy on Rockall, Hancock will_____.

A. do his daily tasks slowly

B. write a book

C. think of his wife

D. surf online

4.How will Hancock get to Rockall?

A. On the coastguard’s boat

B. On a passenger boat

C. On his own plane

D. On a passenger plane

5.We can learn from the passage that_______.

A. Tom McClean was the first person to set foot on Rockall

B. Hancock will rely on his large support team

C. Rockall is not suitable for humans to settle on

D. Hancock was already a famous online writer before making the plan

根據(jù)下列各題中的漢語(yǔ)提示，寫(xiě)出正確的英語(yǔ)單詞。

1.We ______(成功) drove back home last night.

2.I want to have a holiday to enjoy my _____(自由).

3.I like her ____(外向) personality.

4.He shouted to the girl, “You are____(撒謊)!”

5.It was foolish to _____(使。。。處于險(xiǎn)境) your life in that way.

My friend, Emma Daniels, spent the summer of 1974 traveling in Israel. During her month-long stay in Jerusalem she often went to a café called Chocolate Soup. It was run by two men, one of whom—Alex—used to live in Montreal. One morning when Emma went in for coffee, while chatting with her new friend Alex, she mentioned that she had just finished the book she was reading and had nothing else to read. Alex said he had a wonderful book she might like, and that he’d be happy to lend it to her. As he lived just above the café, he quickly ran up to get it. The book he handed to Emma just minutes later was Markings, a book by a former Secretary—General of the United Nations (UN).

Emma had never read it, nor had she ever bought a copy. But , when she opened it up, she was floored to see her own name and address inside the cover in her own handwriting. It turned out that the summer before, at a concert back in Montreal, Emma had met a Californian who was in town visiting friends. They decided to exchange addresses, but neither of them had any paper. The man opened up a book he was carrying in his backpack(背包) and asked Emma to write her name and address inside. When he returned to _____, he left the book behind in Montreal, and his friend Alex kept it. When Alex later moved to Jerusalem, he took the book along.

1.The first owner of the book with Emma’s name in it is probably _____.(within 5 words)

2.The underlined sentence indicates that Emma felt ______ when she opened the book.

( with one word)

3.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2. (with one word)

4.Where did Emma write her name and address inside the book ?(within 8 words)

5.For what purpose did the Californian go to Montreal? (within 8 words)

假如你是李華，最近你從報(bào)紙上看到一家涉外酒店招聘暑期兼職工的廣告，請(qǐng)你根據(jù)下列要點(diǎn)提示寫(xiě)一封應(yīng)聘信。

1.李華，女，18歲，身體健康。

2.擅長(zhǎng)英語(yǔ)，口語(yǔ)流利。

3.性格外向，交際能力強(qiáng)。

注意：

1.詞數(shù)120左右。

2.書(shū)信格式已經(jīng)給出，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。

3.可以適當(dāng)拓展。

Dear Sir or Madame,

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

There was a doctor in our city who was famous for his skills. Once he received a little child who was badly ill. Thanks to his skill and care, his young patient got well and was soon able to get up and run about again.

The child’s mother was very much thankful to the doctor, and she visited him to thank him for what he had done for her child. “Doctor,” she said, “you have saved my little son. I don’t know how to thank you enough. I feel that money alone cannot repay you, so I have made this little purse with my own hands, as a sign of my gratitude. I hope you will accept it.” The doctor stood up and said coldly, “Madam, a little present like that is very nice between friends, but a doctor needs to be paid properly for what he has done.” The lady was so surprised and hurt so much that she could not reply for a moment. Then she said quietly, “Perhaps you will tell me how much your fee is?”

“Fifty pounds”, he answered.

The lady opened the little purse and took out four fifty-pound bank notes. She handed one of them to the doctor, and put the other three back into the purse. She put the purse into her handbag and, saying good bye to the doctor, went out of the room.

1. The lady was thankful to the doctor because ________.

A. he had saved her life

B.he had saved her son’s life

C. he often called on her

D. he had given her some money

2. The doctor refused the lady’s purse because he thought ______.

A. the purse should be given between friends

B. the purse was too small

C. the lady didn’t gave him money but the purse

D. the lady was not kind to him

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A. The lady had planned to give the doctor 200 pounds.

B. The lady was means.

C. The lady didn’t pay the doctor any money.

D. The lady was angry with the doctor.

You probably know you should say "please" and "thank you" at restaurants. You probably know the rules of a library. You know you should respect and be nice to your classmates. But do you have music manners?

Keep It Down! You have to notice the volume of your music. You should not play your music so loud that everyone around you can hear it. Some people might even get angry. Usually, when you play the music loud on an MP3 player, other people can't hear the words of the song. They just hear a loud sound. No one wants to listen to this. Very loud music can also be bad for your ears. So even if you are alone when listening to your MP3 players, you shouldn't turn it up too high.

Take Them Off! You need to know when to turn your MP3 off and put it away. Libraries and schools don't allow MP3 players. There are other places, like museums, that don't have rules, but it would be rude to have your MP3 player on. Sometimes, it doesn't make sense(無(wú)意義）to listen on your MP3 player . Why would you listen to music at a play, a movie or a sporting event? You would miss what is going on and others would wonder why you even came.

Take One Out! Once in a while it's okay just to take out one earphone and not the other. Imagine you are listening on your MP3 player when someone asks you the way. It would not be rude to take out one earphone, tell him the way, and put back the earphone and continue listening. You can also do this when you order food at a fast-food restaurant or when you answer the telephone.

It's Your Choice! There are times when you need to decide what is best. For example, some people can listen to music on their MP3 players when reading books, while others think it is disturbing. In cases like this, you need to do what seems right for you.

1. The underlined word "volume" in Paragraph 2 probably means "_________."

A. the amount of a sound

B. the length of a song

C. the type of music

D. the color of an MP3 player

2.We should turn down the music when we are alone because loud music_________.

A. may annoy others B. can hurt our ears

C. is bad for MP3 players D. will make us tired

3. If we listen to our MP3 player at a play, _________.

A. the theatre won't allow it

B. the actors will get angry

C. others won't hear the play well

D. we may miss part of the play

4. The main idea of this passage is about _________.

A. music lovers B. music manners

C. music players D. MP3 earphones