【題目】Even if you think that your parents are mean-spirited(小心眼的) at times, loving your parents is a normal and fulfilling part of life. You love them for the fact that they created you, raised you, and are in part, a source of who you are. 【1】 .

Tell them you love them every morning. A gentle "good morning" and "I love you" will warm a coldest heart. Remember that they brought you into this world. Without your parents, we might still wander at an unknown corner in an unknown world．

Respect them more and cherish(珍惜) these moments. You can use these moments to learn from them, preparing yourself for when you're off on your own. It's OK to get angry but angry actions don't help you or your parents. Act calmly, cool off, write down your feelings, or talk to a friend. 【2】

Obey their requests. It will make your attitude better and earn you more respect from them．It may seem as if you are going through hell(吃苦受罪) when you don't get what you want or you have to clean. However, you had better remember they keep a roof over your head when it's cold, raining, snowing, or too hot. Understand that parents are human beings and make mistakes 【3】.Since you can forgive your friends, why not forgive your parents?

Keep them company. Do things with your parents like watching TV, or go somewhere with them. 【4】Listen to their old stories and learn from them. You will find they are your teachers in this way or another．

Some people simply may not be able to love their parents． 【5】Seek help if you are being abused（虐待）in anyway. Parents do not have a right to harm you．

A. Parents will in turn express their love to you．

B. Forgiveness is the key．

C. Here are some ways to love your parents．

D. There can be realistic reasons for this, family violence for example．

E. Anyway, spend as much time with them as you can．

F. After this, share your feelings with your parents．

G. Please remember parents are as important as friends．

【題目】B

"How do you account for your remarkable achievements in life?" Queen Victoria of England asked Helen Keller. "How do you explain the fact that even though you were both blind and deaf, you were able to achieve so much?"

Ms. Keller's answer is a tribute(致敬) to her dedicated teacher. "If it had not been for Anne Sullivan, the name of Helen Keller would have remained unknown."

According to speaker Zig Ziglar, "Little Annie" Sullivan, as she was called when she was young, was no stranger to hardship. She was almost sightless herself (due to a childhood fever) and was, at one time, diagnosed as hopelessly "insane" （精神失常的）by her by caregivers. She was locked in the basement of a mental institution outside of Boston. On occasion, Little Annie would violently attack anyone who came near. Most of the time she generally ignored everyone in her presence.

An elderly nurse believed there was hope, however, and she made it her mission to show love to the child. Every day she visited Little Annie. For the most part, the child did not acknowledge the nurse's presence, but she still continued to visit. The kind woman left cookies for her and spoke words of love and encouragement. She believed Little Annie could recover, if only she were shown love.

Eventually, doctors noticed a change in the girl. Where they once witnessed anger and hostility(敵意), they now noted an emerging gentleness and love. They moved her upstairs where she continued to improve. Then the day finally came when this seemingly "hopeless" child was released.

Anne Sullivan grew into a young woman with a desire to help others as she, herself, was helped by the kindly nurse. It was she who saw the great potential in Helen Keller. She loved her, disciplined her, played with her, pushed her and worked with her until the flickering candle that was her life became a beacon of light to the world. Anne Sullivan worked wonders in Helen's life， but it was a loving nurse who first believed in Little Annie and lovingly transformed an uncommunicative child into a compassionate teacher.

"If it had not been for Anne Sullivan, the name of Helen Keller would have remained unknown." But if it had not been for a kind and dedicated nurse, the name of Anne Sullivan would have remained unknown. And so it goes. Just how far back does the chain of redemption（救贖） extend? And how for forward will it lead?

Those you have sought to reach, whether they be in your family or elsewhere, are part of a chain of love that can extend through the generations. Your influence on their lives, whether or not you see results, is immeasurable. Your legacy of dedicated kindness and caring can transform lost and hopeless lives for years to come.

【1】Which of the following is true about Anne Sullivan according to the paragraph 3?

She was strange to hardship when she was young.

She would violently attack anyone who came near sometimes.

She was once locked in the basement of a mental institution in Boston.

She generally ignored everyone in her presence all the time.

【2】Which of the following words can describe the elderly nurse?

A. kind and stubborn B. persistent and dull

C. courageous and talkative D. optimistic and loving

【3】The underlined word “compassionate” in the six paragraph means “________”.

A. open-minded B. ambiguous

C. complicated D. sympathized

【4】We can infer from the passage that_____

A. Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan were both blind and deaf.

B. It’s hope and love that the nurse believed Little Annie could recover

C. But for the nurse, the name of Helen Keller would have remained unknown

D. The results of influence on other people’s lives can be measured.

【題目】Children have their own rules in playing games. They seldom need a referee(裁判) and rarely trouble to keep scores. They don’t care much about who wins or loses, and it doesn’t seem to worry them if the game is not finished. Yet, they like games that depend a lot on luck, so that their personal abilities cannot be directly compared. They also enjoy games that move in stages, in which each stage, the choosing of leaders, the picking-up of sides, or the determining of which side shall start, is almost a game in itself.

Grown-ups can hardly find children’s games exciting, and they often feel puzzled（迷惑的）at why their kids play such simple games again and again. However, it is found that a child plays games for very important reasons. He can be a good player without having to think whether he is a popular person, and he can find himself being a useful partner to someone of whom he is ordinarily afraid. He becomes a leader when it comes to his turn. He can be confident, too, in particular games, that it is his place to give orders, to pretend to be dead, to throw a ball actually at someone, or to kiss someone he has caught.

It appears to us that when children play a game they imagine a situation under their control. Everyone knows the rules, and more importantly, everyone plays according to the rules. Those rules may be childish, but they make sure that every child has a chance to win.

【1】What is true about children when they play games?

A. They can stop playing any time they like.

B. They can test their personal abilities.

C. They want to pick a better team.

D. They don’t need rules.

【2】To become a leader in a game the child has to ________.

A. play well

B. wait for his turn

C. be confident in himself

D. be popular among his playmates

【3】Why does a child like playing games?

A. Because he can be someone other than himself.

B. Because he can become popular among friends.

C. Because he finds he is always lucky in games.

D. Because he likes the place where he plays a game.

【4】The writer believes that _____.

A. children should make better rules for their games.

B. children should invite grown-ups to play with them.

C. children’s games can do them a lot of good.

D. children play games without reasons.

【題目】Don’t team up with those people. They are always claiming all the ______ for themselves and shifting all the blame on others..

A. commitment B. consequence

C. credit D. convenience

【題目】If you ask people to name the one person who had the greatest effect on the English language, you will get answers like “Shakespeare,” “Samuel Johnson,” and “Webster,” but none of these men had any effect at all compared to a man who didn’t even speak English—William the Conqueror(征服者).

Before 1066, in the land we now call Great Britain lived people belonging to two major language groups. In the west-central region lived the Welsh, who spoke a Celtic language, and in the north lived the Scots, whose language, though not the same as Welsh, was also Celtic. In the rest of the country lived the Saxons, actually a mixture of Anglos, Saxons, and other Germanic and Nordic peoples, who spoke what we now call Anglo-Saxon (or Old English), a Germanic language. If this state of affairs had lasted, English today would be close to German.

But this state of affairs did not last. In l066 the Normans led by William defeated the Saxons and began their rule over England. For about a century, French became the official language of England while Old English became the language of peasants. As a result, English words of politics and the law come from French rather than German. In some cases, modern English even shows a distinction (區(qū)別) between upper-class French and lower-class Anglo-Saxon in its words. We even have different words for some foods, meat in particular, depending on whether it is still out in the fields or at home ready to be cooked, which shows the fact that the Saxon peasants were doing the farming, while the upper-class Normans were doing most of the eating.

When Americans visit Europe for the first time, they usually find Germany more "foreign" than France because the German they see on signs and advertisements seems much more different from English than French does. Few realize that the English language is actually Germanic in its beginning and that the French influences are all the result of one man's ambition（雄心）.

【1】The two major languages spoken in what is now called Great Britain before l066 were_ .

A. Welsh and Scottish! B. Nordic and Germanic

C. Celtic and Old English. D. Anglo-Saxon and Germanic

【2】Which of the following groups of words are, by inference(根據(jù)推斷), rooted in French?

A. president, lawyer, beef B. president, bread, water

C. bread, field, sheep D. folk, field, cow

【3】Why does France appear less foreign than Germany to Americans on their first visit to Europe?

A. Most advertisements in France appear in English.

B. They know little of the history of the English language.

C. Many French words are similar to English ones.

D. They know French better than German.

【4】What is the subject discussed in the text?

A. The history of Great Britain.

B. The similarity between English and French.

C. The rule of England by William the Conqueror.

D. The French influences on the English language

【題目】

【1】If you buy books from Eco Reading, you can _______．

A．get to know a lot of teenage students．

B．select textbooks in fifty languages

C．make small savings by ordering online．

D．spend little time finding what you want

【2】In what way is Fast Flower different from the other three shops?

A．It provides safe and beautiful products．

B．It provides chances of replacing containers．

C．It offers gift packaging on holidays．

D．It offers a quick door-to-door service．

【3】Both Name Your Music and Down To Earth Fun try to _______．

A．start a well-known business B．meet the needs of kids

C．work to save the earth D．help busy working moms

【4】The passage is most probably ．

A．an advertisement B．a news report

C．a notice D．a survey paper

【題目】The government will force companies to ______ any possible measures to reduce air pollution.

A. adapt B. adopt C. advocate D. appeal

【題目】你最好的朋友Jack最近迷上電腦，因此常常熬夜，疏忽課業(yè)，并受到父母的指責。你打算寫一封信給他,適當?shù)亟o予勸告。

注意：⒈ 詞數(shù)120-150之間（開頭語已為你寫好，不計入總詞數(shù)）；

2．可以適當增加細節(jié)，以便行文連貫；

Dear Jack,

How have you been recently?

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【題目】MOOCs, an acronym（縮寫）for “massive open online courses,” mark an important, possibly revolutionary, development in education．These courses are online, free of charge, and open to anyone in the world who has a laptop and an Internet connection．Moreover, they are mainly offered by elite universities like Standford, Berkeley, Harvard and Columbia．

The courses, like normal college courses, are sequenced（按順序排好）by difficulty, enabling students to progress from beginners to the advanced．The courses cover not only a broad range of technical subjects such as math and computer science, but also courses in the social sciences and the humanities （人文學科）．

Though MOOCs are not offered for credit and degree, many students enroll in the courses for real skills or knowledge which they can put to some practical use．Some students even form online study groups, or in-person groups with students who live nearby．

The format seems superior to the traditional school class．The average quality of the lecturer is much higher, because students do not have to stick with a mediocre（平庸的） lecturer．

Besides, students can scroll back or forward—in short, they can go at their own learning speed, which they cannot do in a live lecture．And, of great importance, they do not have to travel anywhere to attend an online lecture．One can obtain a first-class American college education wherever he or she lives and however little money he or she has．

There is a problem of asking questions of the lecturer in a class of ten thousand students, but some MOOCs have solved it by allowing students to post questions online for a vote, and only the most popular questions are put to the lecturer．

In a knowledge era, lifelong learning is not confined to a traditional classroom．Of course, students enrolling in MOOCs cannot be compared with those who are in traditional universities, but we need to rethink what a “students” is．

Students in MOOCs are very clever, have work experience, and in many cases, have already developed a set of core competences．Moreover, they also offer unique international perspectives that would be the envy of any school classroom．

【1】Which of the following statements is NOT true about MOOCs?

A．The word “MOOCs” is an acronym for “Massive open online campuses．”

B．Anyone who has a computer and an Internet connection can take MOOCs．

C．MOOCs are usually offered by first-class universities in the world．．

D．MOOCs may be a breakthrough in the development of education．

【2】Students enroll in MOOCs mainly for ________．

A．credits B．degrees C．skills D．study groups

【3】MOOCs seem to have an advantage over traditional school classes because________．

①the average quality of the lecturer is higher

②students can travel to many places when taking MOOCs

③students can learn at their own study pace

④there is a problem of asking questions in traditional classes

A．①② B．②③ C．①③ D．②④

【4】Which word is the best to describe students enrolling in MOOCs?

A．Mediocre B．Creative

C．Practical D．Competent

【5】Which of the following words does not have the same meaning as the underlined word “perspectives”in the last Paragraph?

A．Vision B．View C．Outlook D．Scenery

【題目】When there are some strangers in front of us, which of them will we trust?

According to a new study in the online PLOS One, people make their decisions to trust others largely based on their faces．Your appearance can do a lot for you, especially if you are in the financial industry．The more trustworthy you look, the more likely people will buy what you’re selling．

Researchers from Britain’s University of Warwick Business School, University College London, and Dartmouth College, US, did a number of experiments．

The research team used computer software to make 40 faces, from the least to the most trustworthy-looking．

The study said that the difference between a trustworthy face and one that isn’t as trustworthy comes from features that look slightly angry or slightly happy, even when the face is at rest．However, a slightly happy face is more likely to be trusted．

Researchers gave participants some money and asked them which face they trusted to invest the money for them．Then researchers gave some good and bad information about the people with these faces, and asked the participants again whom they trusted．

The results showed that even if they got different information, the participants didn’t change their choices．They were still more likely to invest their money with the more trustworthy-looking faces．

Chris Olivola, one of the study’s authors, said in the University of Warwick’s press release: “It seems we are still willing to go with our own instincts about whether we think someone looks like we can trust them．The temptation to judge strangers by their faces is hard to resist．”

【1】Which of the following can be a proper title for this passage?

A．What kind of face do you trust?

B．Who did the experiments?

C．Why do you trust him or her?

D．Why did they do the experiments?

【2】According to the study, which of the following faces is most likely to be trusted?

A．A sad face． B．A smiling face．

C．A crying face． D．An angry face．

【3】Which of the following about the experiment is TRUE?

A．The trustworthy faces were given good information．

B．Researchers took photos of the 40 people’s faces in college．

C．Most participants gave their money to the trustworthy-looking faces．

D．Participants liked to choose the faces with good information．

【4】What did the researchers learn from their experiment?

A．People can’t refuse temptations．

B．People always do things with their instincts．

C．People don’t trust strangers with sad faces．

D．People often judge strangers by their faces．