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As of Monday, Amy Carrickhoff’s video “Spoiled deer getting her bottle” was viewed more than 792,000 times and shared 9,600 times. In this heartwarming video, Carrickhoff stands outside her house in Oakridge, North Carolina, ______ for a deer she has named “Little Girl.” The deer comes out of the ______ and jumps on her. It hurries up the driveway and ______ Carrickhoff into the house, where it then sucks down a baby bottle of goat’s milk. When the ______ is gone, Carrickhoff wipes its mouth with a tissue.

While some animal lovers were touched by the obvious ______ Carrickhoff had with the deer, others felt she wasn’t doing the deer any ______. They said she was allowing the deer to get too ______ around humans and it could have been hit by a car, been shot by a hunter, or hurt someone. “You just gave this animal a death ______ — you also have put all your neighbors and their children at ______ of being attacked when this deer matures, and when it doesn’t get ______, it attacks someone,” one reader wrote.

Carrickhoff’s comment was that if she had known the video would get so many ______ she would have changed out of her gym clothes. As for the deer, ______, the update isn’t a happy one.

Little Girl continued coming back for bottles until around January 2011, when it moved onto ______ deer food, Carrickhoff said. “She walked off into the woods and we never saw her again,” she said. “We ______ those woods … we never found anything.”

Looking back, Carrickhoff said getting to know the deer was a special ______ that she wouldn’t regret.

Friends had brought Little Girl to Carrickhoff’s home because the woods in their backyard were protected, and the deer would be ______ from hunters. School children loved visiting the gentle creature, who would ______ them with its soft tongue and didn’t mind being ______.

Carrickhoff is confident that she didn’t over-domesticate (過(guò)度馴養(yǎng)) the animal. Even when Little Girl was bottle-fed, she lived in the woods and did “deer things”, Carrickhoff’s daughter said. The deer gave birth to a ______ of its own the following June, and toward the end, it wouldn’t come when it was called. It was becoming ______ again.

She and her husband got so attached to Little Girl that they don’t ever want to take care of another animal. “I just watch the videos and she kind of lives on,” she said.

1.A. huntingB. askingC. callingD. applying

2.A. houseB. woodsC. cageD. garage

3.A. walksB. takesC. followsD. watches

4.A. animalB. milkC. bottleD. time

5.A. appointmentB. accommodationC. peaceD. bond

6.A. favorB. harmC. serviceD. business

7.A. comfortableB. excitedC. uneasyD. embarrassed

8.A. sentenceB. punishmentC. directionD. prediction

9.A. sightB. mercyC. momentD. risk

10.A. huntedB. fedC. respectedD. welcomed

11.A. copiesB. cheersC. attacksD. views

12.A. fortunatelyB. hopefullyC. sadlyD. doubtfully

13.A. sufficientB. rareC. regularD. favorite

14.A. protectedB. watchedC. enteredD. combed

15.A. eventB. experienceC. incidentD. accident

16.A. discouragedB. safeC. partedD. invisible

17.A. liftB. lickC. touchD. taste

18.A. cheatedB. caredC. studiedD. petted

19.A. sisterB. brotherC. babyD. beast

20.A. timidB. tamedC. wildD. natural

On 23rd December, 2013, Michael Schumacher — the famous Formula-One race car driver — received serious brain injuries after hitting his head on a rock while downhill skiing with his son. The accident happened during a family holiday in the French Alps. Although he was wearing a helmet, which broke apart on impact, the F1 celebrity was moving at speeds of up to 62 mph and skiing outside the off-piste safety demarcations (滑雪場(chǎng)地外的安全區(qū)). Doctors reported that he would have died on impact if he hadn’t been wearing a helmet. He has been in a coma (昏迷) since arriving at a nearby hospital where he was airlifted to from the site of the accident.

Michael Schumacher grew up in frugal (簡(jiǎn)樸的) conditions and started what would become his remarkable professional career when his working class father — a bricklayer — built him a go-kart from where he started participating in competitions. He started his adult career racing for Formula Ford in 1988 and later raced for Formula One Ford, Ferrari, and Mercedes AMG. He holds numerous F1 world records including most race victories, fastest laps, and most races won in a single season. According to the Formula One website, he is “statistically the greatest driver the sport has ever seen”. Also notable are his contributions to charity, during the peak of his career he has given away more than 50 million Euros to a variety of charity organizations, most to help children around the world.

Millions of Europeans and other fans around the world are holding their breath and waiting for information about his hopeful recovery. We wish him and his family the best.

1.Michael Schumacher is in a coma after ________.

A. crashing in an airlift accident

B. a Formula One Ford car crash

C. a skiing accident during his holiday

D. a bump onto a rock in a skiing race

2.What is a go-kart most likely to be?

A. A medical instrument.

B. A small car-racing field.

C. A racing-car driver’s safety helmet.

D. A small motor vehicle used for racing.

3.From the passage we can learn that Michael Schumacher ________.

A. is recovering quickly at the Alpine Hospital in France

B. gave all his money to charity during the height of his career

C. raced for Ferrari and Mercedes before becoming a celebrity

D. came from humble origins to become the greatest F1 driver ever

1.The newspaper’s special column is to inform the readers of ________.

A. some brief accounts of new computer games

B. some up-to-date information about entertainment

C. the introduction of some celebrities and their works

D. the introduction of catchy chorus and overall rock sound

2.We can infer from the Music that ________.

A. the last three years has witnessed Katy B going up to the world stage

B. the single Cruise that became a chart-topping hit was released in early 2013

C. the US country duo gained their popularity on the release of their debut album

D. in her debut album On a Mission Katy B sings club-friendly songs with real heart

3.Which of the following is true of the Games?

A. Toca Cars is enjoyed by children and adults alike.

B. Jet Car Stunts 2 was a hit in 2009 in the App Store.

C. Both of the games provide confidence for car racers.

D. Both games offer players chances to create new racing grounds.

A Korean wave is sweeping across China, with many Chinese women worshipping South Korean actors Kim Soo Hyun and Lee Min Ho as demigods (半神半人). Chinese netizens have always been divided over South Korean TV dramas, but there is no doubt that programs from the neighboring country are now enjoying a new round of popularity in China. And a big part of the credit for that goes to You Who Came From The Star, the South Korean TV series which is on the air now.

Top South Korean actors Jun Ji-hyun and Kim Soo Hyun recently earned a popularity rating of 24.8 percent in their country, considered strong by Nielsen Korea. You Who Came From The Star and The Heirs have been subjects of hot online discussions throughout Asia. Besides, the book, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, read by the hero in You Who Came From The Star was a hard-to-get item on Amazon for a while.

The two TV programs have several common elements: a tall, handsome, and rich hero who loves the heroine blindly and always protects her, and an equally handsome man madly in love with the same woman. Both programs portray the purity of love, which is expressed through a kiss or a warm hug. Perhaps that’s the secret of their success; perhaps people are still fascinated by Cinderella-type stories.

The growing wealth gap is a matter of social concern both in South Korea and China, and the challenges that young people face in their search for a better life might have prompted (激起) many ordinary girls to dream of marrying rich, caring men. This is precisely what the popular South Korean TV dramas portray. In fact, South Korean TV dramas are tailored to meet the market’s demands.

In contrast, Chinese TV screens are flooded by knock-off (山寨) or poorly made soap operas. There are too many Chinese TV dramas that are either of the stereotyped (刻板的) war theme or just blindly copy foreign programs. The lack of good stories has resulted in loads of TV series on time travel or fights in the harems (后宮) of Qing Dynasty emperors. These, in short, are the pain of Chinese TV productions.

The shooting for South Korean productions generally starts when the scripts (腳本) are just one-third ready. Many popular productions have their own websites, where scriptwriters post part of the finished scripts, inviting viewers to leave messages, discuss the plot and come up with suggestions for future events. This not only keeps viewers’ interest in the TV dramas alive, but also helps scriptwriters and directors make changes to the storylines to suit the audience’s demand.

Hopefully, the innovation-induced (創(chuàng)新引導(dǎo)的) success of South Korean TV programs will prompt Chinese TV drama makers to think up new ideas and abandon their bad practice of copying foreign productions in order to attract more viewers at home, and possibly abroad.

1.The main point the author emphasizes in this passage is ________.

A. why Korean actors are more popular than Chinese actors

B. how the three Korean actors became famous around East Asia

C. what modern TV dramas need is not copying foreign programs but innovation

D. the Cinderella-type stories are an ever-lasting theme people are fascinated with

2.Which of the following best explains people’s favor for The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane?

A. The celebrity effect is powerful.

B. Drama stars are the best advertisements.

C. Rich and handsome heroes in dramas usually love reading.

D. A successful drama generally originates from a good novel.

3.According to the passage, the secret to Korean TV dramas’ being successful is that ________.

A. drama stars must be tall, rich and handsome or beautiful

B. scriptwriters should choose the appropriate themes for all viewers

C. drama producers have creative ideas to adapt to viewers’ interest and demand

D. people’s concerns such as wealth gap both in Korea and China are taken good care of

4.What does the last paragraph imply?

A. Abandoning copying foreign productions is the only way to attract viewers.

B. The Chinese TV drama makers should follow in the footsteps of the Koreans.

C. It’s hard to predict what the future TV dramas in China and Korea will be like.

D. A bright future of Chinese TV dramas can be expected prompted by the Koreans.

Hacking our senses to boost learning power

Some schools are pumping music, noises and pleasant smells into the classroom to see if it improves exam results. Could it work? Why do songs stick in our heads? What does your school smell like? Is it noisy or peaceful?

It might not seem important, but a growing body of research suggests that smells and sounds can have an impact on learning, performance and creativity. Indeed, some head teachers have recently taken to broadcasting noises and pumping smells into their schools to see whether it can boost grades. Is there anything in it? And if so, what are the implications for the way we work and study?

There is certainly some well-established research to suggest that some noises can have a harmful effect on learning. Numerous studies over the past 15 years have found that children attending schools under the flight paths of large airports fall behind in their exam results. Bridget Shield, a professor of acoustics (聲學(xué)) at London South Bank University, and Julie Dockrell, from the Institute of Education, have been conducting studies on the effects of all sorts of noises, such as traffic and sirens (汽笛), as well as noise generated by the children themselves. When they recreated those particular sounds in an experimental setting while children completed various learning tasks, they found a significant negative effect on exam scores. “Everything points to a bad impact of the noise on children’s performance, in numeracy, in literacy, and in spelling,” says Shield. The noise seemed to have an especially harmful effect on children with special needs.

Whether background sounds are beneficial or not seems to depend on what kind of noise it is — and the volume. In a series of studies published last year, Ravi Mehta from the College of Business at Illinois and his colleagues tested people’s creativity while exposed to a soundtrack made up of background noises — such as coffee-shop chatter and construction-site drilling — at different volumes. They found that people were more creative when the background noises were played at a medium level than when volume was low. Loud background noise, however, damaged their creativity.

Many teachers all over the world already play music to students in class. Many are inspired by the belief that hearing music can boost IQ in later tasks, the so-called Mozart effect. While the evidence actually suggests it’s hard to say classical music boosts brainpower, researchers do think pleasant sounds before a task can sometimes lift your mood and help you perform well, says Perham, who has done his own studies on the phenomenon. The key appears to be that you enjoy what you’re hearing. “If you like the music or you like the sound — even listening to a Stephen King novel — then you do better. It doesn’t matter about the music,” he says.

So, it seems that schools that choose to prevent disturbing noises and create positive soundscapes could enhance the learning of their students, so long as they make careful choices. Yet this isn’t the only sense being used to affect learning. Special educational needs students at Sydenham high school in London are being encouraged to revise different subjects in the presence of different smells — grapefruit scents for maths, lavender for French and spearmint for history.

1.The four questions in the first paragraph are meant to ________.

A. create some sense of humour to please the readers

B. provide the most frequently asked questions in schools nowadays

C. hold the readers’ attention and arouse their curiosity to go on reading

D. declare the purpose of the article: to try to offer key to those questions

2.What does the conclusion of the studies of noise conducted by Bridget Shield and Julie Dockrell suggest?

A. Peaceful music plays an active role in students’ learning.

B. Not all noises have a negative impact on children’s performance.

C. We should create for school children a more peaceful environment.

D. Children with special needs might be exposed to some particular sounds.

3.Ravi Mehta’s experiment indicates that ________.

A. students’ creativity improves in a quiet environment

B. we may play some Mozart music while students are learning

C. a proper volume of background noises does improve creativity

D. noise of coffee-shop chatter is better than that of construction-site drilling

4.Towards the positive impact of appropriate background sound and smell on students’ learning and creativity, the author’s attitude is ________.

A. ambiguousB. doubtfulC. negativeD. supportive

5.Which of the following is most likely to follow up the research findings?

A. Experts’ research into other senses that can improve students’ grades.

B. More successful examples of boosting learning power by using music.

C. Suggestions for pumping lots of pleasant smells into school campuses.

D. Debates on whether noises can really have positive effect on students’ performance.

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Talking to friends on WeChat, Wang Chenchen’s mood changes according to her friends’ replies. Long sentences are always heartwarming and happy emoticons indicate the other person’s good spirits. But one word replies like “OK”, “Oh” or “hehe” quickly kill the mood.

Over-reliance on online communication is causing division between people and social anxiety in this digital era. With social media bringing people closer together than ever before, a new set of online language norms also appears.

Connected or separated

Wang Chenchen, 20, an English major at the University of International Business and Economics says, “I tend to judge my friends by the quality and speed with which they comment on my updates on Weibo or WeChat.”

But to Chen Jie, 21, a biological engineering major at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wang’s evaluation system is problematic. “Everyone has their lifestyle and a certain way of using social media,” says Chen, who is always busy working in the laboratory and hardly has time for social media.

Ge Yan, a professor of communication at Shanghai Jiaotong University, says social media is causing fragmentation (碎片化) of communication. “People tend to judge their surroundings by the information available,” says Ge. “They also evaluate their friendships and others’ lifestyles based on fragmented pieces of information with which they construct a so-called reality.”

Need for emotion

According to Ge, such superficial communication helps encourage more interaction between people, but in terms of building solid interpersonal relationships it causes more harm than good. An online survey on Sina Weibo last month shows, “hehe” was the top conversation killer in 2013. “The words people hate all have one thing in common — a lack of emotion,” says Ge.

Zhang Wei, a professor of linguistics at Renmin University of China, thinks that such short expressions carry so little emotion that they separate people. Chatting online cannot convey the same emotions as communication in real life. This makes it difficult to understand the other person’s true intentions. “That’s why I always suggest talking face to face to resolve problems,” says Zhang. “Unfortunately the reality is that most people spend less time talking to each other in this way.”

Anxiety and insecurity

Zhang further explains that the reason why people’s mood is strongly affected by such unemotional words when communicating online is rooted in social anxiety. People feel insecure because of all kinds of pressures. It’s like a vicious circle — “Less time for face-to-face communication leads to more online communication, but online expressions of emotion are too changeable to provide the comfort needed,” says Zhang. “As a result, people become more anxious.”

下圖表為近幾年中美兩國(guó)電子商務(wù)發(fā)展比較及其將來(lái)幾年的發(fā)展趨勢(shì)。請(qǐng)根據(jù)圖表信息，以 “E-commerce, an ever-increasing trend in China”為題，為某英語(yǔ)報(bào)寫一篇稿子，內(nèi)容須包括：

1、圖表主要信息（用30個(gè)左右英語(yǔ)單詞描述）；

2、中國(guó)電子商務(wù)增長(zhǎng)的原因（經(jīng)濟(jì)穩(wěn)步增長(zhǎng)，人民收入提高，人口大于美國(guó)，網(wǎng)上購(gòu)物方便）；

3、你的觀點(diǎn)（可從保護(hù)和規(guī)范電子商務(wù)市場(chǎng)談起）。

注意：

1、詞數(shù)150左右，開(kāi)頭已經(jīng)給出，但不計(jì)入詞數(shù)；

2、作文中不得提及你所在的學(xué)校及本人姓名。

3、參考詞匯：cybercrime網(wǎng)絡(luò)犯罪；phishing網(wǎng)絡(luò)釣魚

E-commerce, an ever-increasing trend in China

The chart shows China’s e-commerce sales started with only 20 billion USD in 2008, and

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The CCTV show Chinese Characters Dictation Competition has taken the country by storm, which is partly designed to arouse people’s _______ in the Chinese language.

A. response    B. enthusiasm      C. significance     D. consequence

Microsoft ended support for Windows XP after April 8, which _______a major operating system for some Chinese computer users, and advised users to upgrade to Windows 8.1.

A. remained B. remains C. is remaining D. is remained

—Alice, you have won the first place!

—Pardon? I ______ I would fail the exam this time.

A. think B. thought C. have thought D. am thinking