14．Children who are given pocket money are less likely to save up as adults than those who have part-time jobs，according to a report by economists．They said parents could shape their children by encouraging them to carry out some paid work such as delivering newspapers，babysitting or washing a neighbour's car．
The research team from the University of Sheffield in the UK asked 3，200 local children whether they had a part-time job or relied on their parents for pocket money，and then they compared spending habits of the two groups．The research found there was a distinct difference in the influences of these two different sources of children's income on their saving behavior．
The research concluded："The magnitude（重要性）of the effect of a 1 percent increase in the child's allowance（零花錢(qián)） is associated with a decrease in the probability that the child saves by 21.8 percentage points．In contrast，the weekly pay that the child receives from part-time work is positively associated with the probability of saving．"The research also found that working had positive long-term effects on the likelihood that a child will grow up to be good with money，"Whether the individual saved during childhood has a large effect on the probability of saving in adulthood，"according go the report．
Children are legally allowed to work from the age of 13，with the exception of children who are paid for modeling or acting in TV shows and theatre productions．Adrian Roper，from the National Federation of Retail Newsagents，said"delivering newspapers is a wonderful opportunity for children looking for a first job，because it is simple and safe，although the income may not be so high．"But he added that new rules had made it more difficult for children to do this type of work，such as only being allowed to do one hour's work before school and not before 7am．
21．Which of the following statements is TRUE about the research？B
A．Children from other countries also participated in the research．
B．It was conducted by a researcher from the University of Sheffield．
C．It was conducted to study the amount of pocket money children have．
D．Those 3，200 children were studied based on their sources of pocket money．
22．We can infer from Paragraph 3 thatC．
A．parents should stop giving their children pocket money              
B．parents should not give their children too much pocket money
C．children will save more if they are given a bigger allowance        
D．children tend to spend all the money earned from part-time jobs
23．According to the last paragraph，in the UKC．
A．children aged 15 are forbidden to work          
B．children get no payment for acting in TV shows
C．it's against the rules for children to deliver newspapers at 6 am      
D．it's easier for children to deliver newspapers than before
24．The passage is mainly about the relationship betweenC．
A．children's study and their future
B．children's growth and their worries
C．children's pocket money and their saving behavior
D．children's pocket money and their parents'income．

13．Windy：You are quite（61）aheavy smoker．
Martin：Yes，I guess I am．I started smoking when I was just eighteen years old，so I have been
       smoking for about thirteen years now．
Windy：I guess you've read all about how （62）harmful（harm） smoking is to your health．
Martin：Yes，I know，but I've found that smoking is of great benefit（63）tome．When I don't know what to
      write，I sit down（64）to smoke（smoke） a cigarette and when I'm done，I know（65）exactly（exact） what to write．
Windy：I hope you don't mind my（66）saying（say） this，but don't you think that's just an excuse？I once read
      a news report（67）that smokers like to find（68）excuses（excuse） for themselves so that they don't have
      to give up smoking．
Martin：Perhaps you're right，but it's really hard to quit smoking．I（69）have tried（try） several times so far
       but it doesn't work．
Windy：Well，（70）why not try again？Just think：smoking has controlled your life for thirteen years now．
Martin：Yes，I get your point．I'll try again．

12．Visitors to Denmark will probably come across an unusual statue（雕像） that is not of a president or war hero．It's statue of a young woman with the the tail of a fish-a mermaid（美人魚(yú)）-and it celebrates one of Denmark's most beloved writers，Hans Christian Anderson．His name may not be immediately recognizable，but his stories such as The Ugly Duckling，The Emperor's New Clothes，and of course，The Little Mermaid are appreciated around the world．
Anderson was born in 1805，and like the characters in some of his stories，his experiences weren't always perfect．He worked as an actor and singer before taking up writing．He finally found success by using his imagination，and his works began to be noticed．He wrote different kinds of stories and poems； although today，he is most famous for his fairy tales（童話）．The simple stories are amusing because they all have strong characters and positive message．
The Ugly Duckling is one of his popular fairy tales．One young duckling is noticeably different from the rest of its brothers and sisters．So it is often laughed at by them．The duckling is sad and wishes it could one day fly away with swans（天鵝） it sees flying overhead．Finally，after the duckling ages a bit，it realizes that it is not actually a duckling at all．It is a swan，and now that it has grown up and is beautiful，it flies away joyfully to join its kind．This story is often told to young children so that they won't worry about being different or getting laughed at by other kids．
There are many other great Hans Christian Anderson stories，such as The Princess and the Pea and The Snow Queen．It's never too late in life to read a new fairy tale．
28．The unusual statue in Denmark is probably ofC．
A．a(chǎn) president          B．a(chǎn) war hero       C．a(chǎn) mermaid        D．Anderson
29．Which of the following is NOT Anderson's works？D
A．The Ugly Duckling．                  
B．The Prince and the Pea．
C．The Emperor's New Clothes．
D．The Farmer and the Goldfish．
30．The story of The Ugly Duckling shows"D"．
A．No pains，no gains．
B．Failure is the mother of success．
C．Where there is a will，there is a way．
D．Don't worry about being different； be yourself．
31．What's the main idea of the passage？C
A．The ugly duckling．
B．Anderson's childhood．
C．Anderson and his works．
D．The statue of the little mermaid．

11．Hospital nurses thought that the 73-year-old James Wathen had reached the end of his road．He stopped eating，he could hardly speak，and he was very weak．But those all changed one day when he told a nurse that he missed his dog．James hadn't seen his one-eyed Chihuahua named Bubba after he was sent to the hospital weeks before．
So a wonderful team of nurses got together to find James'companion，Bubba．They all held on the hope that this reunion would make their patient come alive again．
They successfully found Bubba，but ever since Bubba was separated from James，he also became sick．The dog didn't know where James was，and believe it or not，they both stopped eating at about the same time．The team of nurses worked hard and scheduled a very special visitor for James that weekend．
In their 30-minute visit，Bubba's eyes got real bright and he was like a different dog．James also became very bright，and he was a different man，too．"He has done a complete turnaround．He is speaking，he is sitting up，and he is eating．He wasn't like the same guy．"a nurse said．"And the dog is eating and doing better now，too．"
From James and Bubba's story we can see that our friendships are more important than we can ever imagine．Your smiling face can bring life to a friend that's feeling down．So never forget that you are an important part of someone's life．Someone needs you today．
25．What's wrong with James before seeing his dog Bubba again？C
A．He was weak and dying．
B．He was too old to be cured．
C．Though he stopped eating，he could speak．
D．He missed his dog so much that refused to eat．
26．According to the text，the nurses in the hospital wereC．
A．Sensitive            B．Cruel           C．Caring            D．Generous
27．What can we learn from the story？D
A．Every dog has his own day．
B．Everyone is special in his own way．
C．Nothing is more important than friendship．
D．The power of friendship is much stronger than we know．

10．It's summer in Santa Cruz，and that means it's time to get outside and have some adventures!But on days when you can't get the kids out，you can keep them from getting bored by giving them one of these fun，adventure-filled books．
Tuesday
    By David Wiesner
    Most of the time，days are the same from week to week，but this Tuesday is not like other Tuesdays．On this particular Tuesday evening，the frogs find themselves floating above their pond，and start flying all over town!Despite the lack of words，this is a great book，funny with wonderful pictures of flying amphibians．
Peggy：A Brave Chicken on a Big Adventure
    By Anna Walker
    Peggy the chicken lives in a quiet little house and leads a quiet life，until one day when a huge gust of wind picks her up and drops her in the middle of the city!Peggy is lost，so she goes for a walk．She's ready for home，but where is home and how will she get there？
The Boxcar Children
    By Gertrude Chandler Warner
    Henry，Jessie，Violet，and Benny are orphans（孤兒） who are supposed to live with their grandfather，but they're afraid．They've heard he's mean．So they run away and they find an old boxcar，move in，and make it their home．But is their grandfather really mean？And what are those strange noises in the dark？These questions and more will be answered in the first of this youth mystery series．
Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
    By Robert C．O'Brien
    Mrs Frisby the mouse，together with her small children lives under a farm field．When her youngest falls ill and word on the farm is that the field is about to plowed under，Mrs Frisby must reach out to the only creatures on the farm that can help her-large，extremely intelligent rats with a mysterious connection to her husband who passed away．The story is attractive．Action and adventure abound．Readers will tear through this Newbery Award Winner．
21．We can infer that Tuesday is probably aA．
A．picture book     
B．romantic poem      
C．fighting cartoon        
D．history book
22．Who is the writer of The Boxcar Children？C
A．David Wiesner．
B．Anna Walker    
C．Gertrude Chandler Warner．
D．Robert C．O'Brien
23．In the eyes of Henry，Jessie，Violet，and Benny，their grandfather isD．
A．ugly        B．skillful       C．frustrating        D．unkind
24．What do you know about Mrs Frisby？B
A．She won the Newbery Award．
B．Her husband is dead．
C．She lives in a farm house．
D．She is an intelligent rat．

9．There was once a forest （61）whereall the animals played （62）happily（happy） together．The sun noticed them and wanted to join in．The animals asked the sun 63．to play（play） with them，but when the sun left his place in the sky，and came down to the forest，none of the （64）animals（animal） could stand the heat，and they all went running to hide．
The sun went back up into the clouds，（65）feeling（feel） terribly sad．So sad （66）was（be） he that he no longer wanted to come out every day and light up the world．Without the sun，life was beginning to run down，including the lovely forest and （67）its（it） animals．Knowing（68）whatthe problem was，they had a meeting to think of ways to cheer the sun up．Someone suggested that they play with the sun at night，when he no longer shone．All the animals tried their best to play with the sun and cheer him up．（69）Encouraged（encourage） by the animals，the sun returned．Soon the world （70）was lit/lighted（light） up in the daytime．

8．The story is about Sumit，my husband，a common man who is a real hero in my opinion．Once when we were at a hospital，we saw a little girl crying because her ankle was broken and her father looke d helpless as he could not afford a plaster （膏藥） on his daughter's broken ankle．I and others in the hospital could only give a look of pity and nothing else we could ever think of doing．All of a sudden，Sumit got up from his seat and went to the nurse．The father and the daughter were at that time in the  doctor's room．Sumit asked the nurse to do the plaster for which Sumit was willing to pay and he also insisted that the man should not know about who paid for it．
After watching the whole thing，I was surprised and elated too，for the man I married is not only my hero but is a Real Hero who can help the needy without giving a second thought and also without asking for anything in return from them．
Recently，Sumit's car got knocked into by a motorbike on which was riding a man with his wife and a baby．Sumit got out of the car and asked the father if the baby was OK to which the man did not reply and started shouting at Sumit instead．While they were talking about and trying to solve the whole thing，a man came from behind and without warning hit Sumit with an iron rod （棒）．Due to that sudden and sharp hit，Sumit's head started bleeding and without saying a word，he rushed to the nearest hospital alone driving his own car．In the hospital came a few friends and relatives of Sumit who advised him to call he police but he refused．Also，when he asked why he did not he raise his hands in anger，the reply made him a hero that was"it is very easy to raise your hand on someone and very difficult to control it．I chose the tougher part．"I can't express how proud I am of having such a good husband!
32．Why wasn't the girl's ankle treated？C
A．Because she was not badly hurt．
B．Because she was waiting for her turn．
C．Because her father didn't have enough money．
D．Because there wasn't enough plaster．
33．Sumit paid for the girl's plaster withoutB．
A．telling his wife about it
B．having the father know it
C．telling the doctor or the nurse
D．using his own money at all
34．The underlined word in the second paragraph probably meansB．
A．sorry   B．pleased    C．grateful    D．confused
35．After the accident，the fatherD．
A．told Sumit everything was OK
B．a(chǎn)sked Sumit to drive them to the hospital
C．was hit on the head
D．because extremely angry．

7．One of the blue whales，the largest animal alive today，has been caught making an appropriately big journey through the South Pacific．The whale was first recorded near the Galapa gos Island，west of Costa Rica．Years later，that same whale was photographed off the coast of Chile in South America，a new study reports．The two places are separated by some 5，200 Kilometers （3，200miles），which means it swam farther than the distance between New York and Los Angeles．
Scientists reported the whale's mammothjourney on June 11 in"Marine Mammal Science"．
Blue whales are surprisingly difficult to study because they are found in all the world's oceans but live in deep waters．Moreover，the species nearly died out as a result of hunting a century ago．Populations are recovering thanks to the laws，but because there are so few of the animals，this speci es is still considered endangered．
To aid the species'recovery，scientists need to know more about where they travel，explains study leader Juan Pablo Torres-Florez．He is a whale researcher at Austral University of Chile in Valdivia．Understanding the whales'mi grations could help guide protection measures，he says．
In 1998，a group of scientists surveyed blue whales in the waters off islands known as the Gala pagos （Gah-LOP-ah-GOES） where they photographed the whales they saw．And，without hurting the animals，they also collected samples of some of the whales'meat which let them later look at the animals'DNA．A different group of scientists collected similar data from whales off the coast of Chile from 2002 to 2013．
To make the comparison job easier，scientists focus on the area around a whale's fin（鰭），which is on its back．"Comparing those patterns we are able to identify if a whale is the same one we saw in different places or if the same whale is sighted during different years in the same place，"he says．
One whale showed up in the Gala pagos on November 6，1998，among a group of nine animals．It appeared again in Chile on February 23，2006．The photographs and the DNA matched．The whale was nicknamed"Isabela，"a combination of Torres-Florez's daughter and the island near which it was sighted．The whale's journey was at least 5，200 kilometers（3，200miles）．That makes it the longest north-south journey ever recorded for a member of her species．
28．The underlined word"mammoth"is the nearest in meaning toB．
A．driven     B．huge     C．mysterious    D．natural
29．What do you know about the species of blue whale？C
A．They live in deep waters，so they can survive．
B．They have fins on the back so that they can be recognized．
C．They weren't protected effectively 100 years ago．
D．They were driven to the shallow sea and nearly died out．
30．The researchers have managed to get the species'DNAD．
A．form the whale named Isabela
B．by catching whale from the sea
C．to study which species it belongs to
D．using methods friendly to the whales
31．The study leader is Juan Pablo Torres-Florez，A．
A．who recorded the longest journey of blue whales
B．who got the whales'DNA in 1998
C．who first recognized blue whales'back fins
D．who uses the fingerprint to recognize blue whales．

6．Davion Navar Henry Only has spent his whole life in Florida's foster （收養(yǎng)的） care system．His mother was in prison when he was born，and when he did an Internet search for her name in June this year he learned she'd died just a few weeks earlier．He's been moved from here to there throughout his childhood without ever finding somewhere he really belongs．As a teenager now，Davion is starting to feel like he is running out of time-at risk of becoming one of the more than 23，000 youths each year who simply"age out"of the foster care system at age 18 or older and are left on their own without ever finding a family connection．
   Davion decided to take his future into his own hands and asked his caseworker if she could help him speak at a church．She made arrangements at St．Mark Missionary Baptist Church in St．Petersburg，F(xiàn)lorida．There，as the article reported，the shy teenager who worked hard to get A so far this year in everything but geometry（幾何學(xué)） and would love to play football if he had someone to drive him to practice，stood at the pulpit（講道壇） and asked if"someone，anyone"could adopt him．
Davion's story quickly is shared on social media networks and websites around the country．He appears on national television and there is wonderful news to report．More than 10，000 families want to adopt him．Davion's story has raised awareness of adoption everywhere，but it's important to remember that there are thousands more Davion out there．Davion tells the reporter who first shared his story in a follow up interview："I know what it's like to have nobody，with no Light at the end of the road．no one who wants you．I just keep saying，'There is only one me．But all my friends，all the other guys at the group home，all those other kids need families too．'I just hope they don't give up and that someone gives them a chance．"
21．We can infer from the passage that DavionD．
A．is living on his own now
B．is actually a pessimistic boy
C．lost Mum when he was a baby
D．is less than 18 years old
22．Davion's behavior has not only helped himself butD．
A．encouraged more Davions to follow him
B．drawn the US government's full attention
C．changed the foster care system's situation
D．made people realize the importance of caring other Davions．
23．Davion's story tells such a truth as"C"．
A．A lost may turn out to be a gain．
B．Where there's a will，there's a way．
C．God helps those who help themselves．
D．Great things may be done by mass effort．

5．People（61）living（live） in different countries made different kinds of words．Today there are about fifteen hundred（62）languagesin the world．Each contains many thousands of words．A very large dictionary，for example，contains four（63）or/tofive hundred thousand words．But we do not need（64）allthese．To read short stories you need to know only about two thousand words．（65）Beforeyou leave school，you will learn only one thousand or more．
    The words you know are called your vocabulary．You should try to make your vocabulary（66）bigger（big）．Read as many books as we can．There are a lot of books （67）written（write） in easy English．You will enjoy them．When you meet（68）anew word，look it （69）upin your dictionary．Your dictionary is your（70）most（much） useful book．