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1.[单选题]Passage 1 At ten years old，I borrowed a book from the library that had the word “mistress” in the title. Granted，the cover art featured a golden carriage resembling that of Cinderella’s. My mother did not notice this book amid my stack of 20 until I was at home reading it. The book was immediately taken away by my mother when she found it. Then she led me back to the library. I can still remember how embarrassed I was as my mother explained that I needed reading material that was different from that book. The librarian on duty was a middle-aged lady, tall and beautiful. Smiling kindly, she walked from behind the counter and signaled me to follow her. Her walk was so graceful that she could easily have qualified for a part in ballet. “Here you are，” she said. “It’s called I Capture the Castle，by Dodie Smith.” I looked at her and stood motionless for a few seconds. Obviously, it was not the kind of book I was looking for. “It’s very different,” she said, noticing my disappointment. I accepted her recommendation. I took the book home, curled up on our window seat, and started reading: “I write this sitting in the kitchen sink. I can’t say that I am really comfortable, but that is the only part of the kitchen where there is any daylight left. And I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring —I wrote my very best poem while sitting on the hen-house.” I was hooked. Absolutely hooked. I wanted to be a writer, too. I also loved to write in strange places. I never told the librarian how much that book meant to me. How it spurred my writing dreams to the point that I took journals when walking through the woods and paused to take notes. Two weeks ago, I drove to meet my mother for a Christmas lunch in my hometown. In an old-fashioned teashop, I caught sight of a familiar figure—it was the very librarian who had changed my life! Sixteen years had passed, but—for a moment— time stood still. There were a few more wrinkles (皱纹) around her eyes, and she seemed to be in a fragile condition while sitting quietly at a table. I rose to my feet and moved excitedly toward her，“You work at the library! You once showed me I Capture the Castle! I’m a writer now! That’s still my favorite book!” The woman paused and smiled kindly, with a blank expression on her face. But then she tipped her head. I at once realized that it was her age or mental condition that had kept her from understanding me. After a while, she rose slowly and a nurse accompanied her towards the door. As I watched her go, I wondered how many lives we change without realizing what we do is significant. For all that woman had really done was lend me a book. But it had captured my world.2. How does the author describe the librarian’s walk when they first met? A She walked with elegance. B She walked with pride. C She walked with calmness. D She walked with dignity. E F

2.I had just finished my monthly Free Hugs session in Union Square, New York City, and was walking back to Harlem where I lived with my family. To save money, I was used to walking instead of taking the subway. Being a teller I don’t have much money. That was when I saw a woman sitting on the sidewalk. And a shopping basket was beside her. That might be all she had in the world. She was thin, wearing old clothes. I got out my Free Hugs sign and went over to her. I smiled gently and asked if she would like a hug. She looked at me with wonder and asked, “You would hug me?” I opened my arms and walked closer to her. “If you want a hug,” I said. “Certainly.” She reached out her arms for the hug and then told me she had not been touched for almost 20 years. I hugged her. I said sorry to her that I had no money to give her that day and she said that the hug I’d just given was more helpful than money. Next time you see someone who is homeless, smile at them, say “Hello”, and if it feels right to your heart, offer a hug or even the touch of your hand on their arms. (1)、The story happened in _________. (2)、The writer walked instead of taking the subway because _______. (3)、Nobody hugged the woman for ________. (4)、The writer gave the woman _______. (5)、From the passage we can know that ________. 选项： A:New B:London C:France D:he E:he F:he G:10 H:20

3.I will always remember my mother’s last few days in this world. On February 14th, 2008, my class went on a field trip to the beach. I had so much fun. When we returned to school, my teacher told me to go to the headmaster’s office. When I got into the office, I saw a police officer. Suddenly I realized something was wrong. The police officer told me what had happened and we went to pick my sister up. After that, we went to the hospital and waited. Time went slowly. Finally, we got to see our mother. It was terrible. On the next day, the headmaster came and told my two teachers what had happened. I was taking a rest that day. I knew it had something to do with my mother. I kept thinking that she either died or had gotten better. How I wished that she had gotten better. When my teacher took me outside, my sister ran up to me. She started crying, “She’s gone. Teresa, mommy’s gone. She’s dead.” I couldn’t believe it. We jumped into the car and drove straight to the hospital. Most of my family were there. The silence was terrible. I knew I had to say goodbye. Today when I look back, I still miss my mother very much, but I know that I will live. My mother was a strong mother, who had the biggest heart. My mother was an angel walking on the earth. I will always remember her as living. When someone is asked who their hero is, they usually say someone famous, like Michael Jordan or Britney Spears. When someone asks me who my hero is, I tell them, my mother. My mother lives every day. That is what makes her a true hero.Choose the right answer:Where was the writer when she learned her mother was very ill？选项： A:On the beach. ; B:At the hospital. ; C:At school. ; D:At home. ; E:in the police office

4.Part 3 Reading Comprehension (40 points)Task 1 Read the following passage. Choose the best answer.My hobby made me money!We all know that hobbies can be a great way of relaxing, learning new things and making new friends. But did you know that some hobbies can even make you money? This is what Vanessa Hughes found out last year.The nineteen-year-old told us: “I’ve always loved cooking and baking. Since I was seven or eight years old, I’ve been in the kitchen making my family meals and snacks. Last summer, it was my best friend’s birthday, and I decided to organize a surprise party for her. I didn’t have enough money to buy lots of ready-made food, so I made my own.”The surprise was a huge success and Vanessa was surprised when people kept asking her “Who prepared all this delicious food?” At the end of the party, a friend asked her if she would cook for his mother’s birthday party. Vanessa said: “He offered me money, but I wouldn’t take money from a friend. I just said I’d do it.”The next party Vanessa cooked for went equally well, and by the end of that one, Vanessa had three more bookings for parties over the next month. She said: “By then I realized I was going to have to start charging some money for my services. At the beginning, though, I only asked for a small amount to cover the ingredients I used.”Since these early days, Vanessa hasn’t stopped. She’s now busy every weekend, cooking for parties. “I love it”, she says “… and I feel so lucky that my hobby is helping me earn money. I’m going to use the money to help me to go to college—to study courses of catering! 3. Why did Vanessa not want to take money for her cooking? 选项：A、She didn’t need the money. B、She didn’t think her cooking was good enough to pay for. C、She didn’t want to take money from friends. D、She wasn’t sure how much to ask for.

5.When I was about 12 1 had an enemy,a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings．Week by week her list grew:I was skinny,I wasn't a good student,I was boyish,I talked too loud,and so on．I put up with her as long as I could．At last,with great anger,I ran to my father in tears.He listened to my outburst quietly．Then he asked,"Are the things she says true or not?"True?I wanted to know how to strike back．What did truth have to do with it?"Mary,didn't you ever wonder what you are really like?Well,you now have that girl's opinion．Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true．Pay no attention to the other things she said."I did as he directed and discovered to my surprise that about half the things were true．Some of them I couldn't change(like being skinny),but a good number I could and suddenly wanted to change．For the first time in my life I got a fairly clear picture of myself.I brought the list back to Daddy．He refused to take it."That's just for you,"he said．"You know better than anybody else the truth about yourself,once you hear it．But you've got to learn to listen,not to close your ears in anger or hurt．When something said about you is true you'll know it．You'll find that it will echo inside you."Daddy's advice has returned to me at many important moments．Why did the girl's father ask her to make the list? 选项： A:He wanted to keep the list at hom B:He didn't know what the girl's enemy had sai C:He wanted the girl to talk bac D:He wanted her to check if she really had these weak point

6. I called my mother and father and said, “I miss you so much. I need my parents back. I’m buying a place out here and I want you to move to California.” My father wasn’t too keen on the idea of being back in the rat race, but I assured him that this time it would be nothing like that. So we began looking for a place just like I remember growing up in.

7.[单选题]A good lessonAfter living in Europe for seven years, my parents decided that my family would move to the United States. We all looked forward to this. What would people think of us? For me, I hoped to be the hero of the class.I was not disappointed. All my classmates admired my experience, and I quickly became well known as “the French guy”. I was very popular for a time. However, I was not interested in many things my classmates did, and it was hard for me to connect with them. I enjoyed listening to classical music, never watch TV, and almost never watched movies.I didn’t have a common background with my friends because I grew up in Europe. I had few friends, and fewer good friends. When I look back now, I realize I was a bit of an idiot to many people around me. I kept talking proudly about my experience. And I thought myself better than those around me because I lived in Europe but they didn’t.I had decided I wanted better friends when my parents said that we were going to move again! I saw this as a perfect chance to get better friends, where people did not know of my unkind past.When we moved to California, I didn’t show off as I had done for five years. I didn’t tell everyone that I lived in Europe. I still listened to classical music, but I just kept my music to myself. Sure enough, I found that people like someone who is not typical but does not boast about it.Nothing can replace good friends, and if I had to control my temper and pride, it was well worth it.When we moved to California, I stopped ________. A boasting about my experience B talking about people around me C enjoying the classical music alone D making friends with my classmates E F

8.What message in the following text can be delayed to create suspense? It was my girlfriend’s birthday. Early in the morning I told her that I forgot to prepare her birthday gift and would give it to her the next day. She was disappointed but still happy. Then I just gave her a piece of chocolate and told her that I wouldn’t go home with her after school. In fact I decided to give her a CD later. At 5:15 pm I left school a bit earlier than usual, and hurried to catch the bus which my girlfriend would take at the next stop every day. Bus 242 came and I got onto it. It was the very bus I was sure that she would get on at the next stop. I sat quietly at the back of the bus so that she could not see me so easily. The bus stopped and she got on. She stood at the back door. I walked toward her quietly and gave her a great surprise with the CD she had always dreamed of.选项： A:The day being her birthday; B:What gift it was; C:The bus number; D:The identity of my girlfriend

9.When I opened the first "Body Shop" in 1976, what I wanted to do was to earn （挣） enough money to feed my children. Today the "Body Shop" is a great company growing fast all around the world. In the years since we began, I have learned a lot. Much of what I have learned will be found in this book, because I believe that we, as a company, have something worth saying about how to run a successful business without giving up what you really believe in.It's not an ordinary business book. It is not just about my life, either. The message is that to succeed in business you have to be different. Business can be fun, and can be run with love and do good. In business, as in life, I need to enjoy myself, to have a feeling of my family and to feel excited by something unusual. I have always wanted the people who work for the "Body Shop" to feel the same way.Now this book sends these ideas out into the world, and makes them public. I'd like to think there are no limits （界限） to our "family", and no limits to what can be done. I find that an exciting thought. I hope you do, too.What is the writer's main purpose （目的） in writing this text? 选项： A:To tell the reader her life story. B:To tell people how she brought up her children. C:To let people know how rich she was. D:To introduce her ideas to the reader.

10.Rat race rebelsMost of us are trapped in a nine-to-five office routine and many of us would like to escape. We interviewed three people who have said “No!” to this rat race…FionaAfter university, I was on the dole for a few months. I didn’t have any money, so I was really pleased to get an office job… but it was very boring! I gave it up and went to do voluntary work for the VSO – Voluntary Service Overseas – in Rwanda. I teach old people and children to read and write. It’s not the most comfortable of jobs but it’s great to be doing something of real use for once.AndyI used to be a freelance news journalist. It was very stressful and I had to travel a lot. I applied for loads of other jobs with no success, so I started to think about my real interest – football! Now, I work from home and write football articles for press agencies around the world. It’s a full-time job but I have much more free time. I’m my own boss and I can get up when I want!EmmaI used to be a teacher and I worked 40 hours a week. Then, I saw the movie American Beauty and thought I could change my life too! I did a course in acupuncture and shiatsu massage. I took four years to get qualified but now I have set up my own business. Shiatsu is very popular these days because people are so stressed and you can earn quite good money.1 Fiona didn’t have a job for a while.2 Andy has turned an interest into a profession. 3 Fiona has her own company.4 Fiona feels she is doing something useful.5 Andy was influenced by a film that he saw.

11.(1) There was something in the elderly woman’s behavior that caught my eye. Although slow and unsure of step, the woman moved with deliberation, and there was no hesitation in her gestures. She was as good as anyone else, her movements suggested. And she had a job to do.(2) It was a few years ago, and I had taken a part-time holiday-season job in a video store at the local shopping mall. From inside the store, I’d begun to see the people rushing by outside in the mall’s concourse as a river of humanity.(3) The elderly woman had walked into the store along with a younger woman who I guessed was her daughter. The daughter was displaying a serious case of impatience, rolling her eyes, huffing and sighing, checking her watch every few seconds. If she had possessed a leash, her mother would have been fastened to it as a means of tugging her along to keep step with the rush of other shoppers.(4) The older woman detached from the younger one and began to tick through the DVDs on the nearest shelf. After the slightest hesitation, I walked over and asked if I could help her find something. The woman smiled up at me and showed me a title scrawled on a crumpled piece of paper. The title was unusual and a bit obscure. Clearly a person looking for it knew a little about movies, about quality.(5) Rather than rushing off to locate the DVD for the woman, I asked her to walk with me so I could show her where she could find it. Looking back, I think I wanted to enjoy her company for a moment. Something about her deliberate movements reminded me of my own mother, who’d passed away the previous Christmas.(6) As we walked along the back of the store, I narrated its floor plan: old television shows, action movies, cartoon, science fiction. The woman seemed glad of the unrushed company and casual conversation.(7) We found the movie, and I complimented her on her choice. She smiled and told me it was one she’d enjoyed when she was her son’s age and that she hoped he would enjoy it as much as she had. Maybe, she said with a hint of wistfulness, he could enjoy it with his own young children. Then, reluctantly, I had to return the elderly woman to her keeper, who was still tapping her foot at the front of the store.(8) I escorted the older woman to the queue at the cash register and then stepped back and lingered near the younger woman. When the older woman’s turn in line came, she paid in cash, counting out the dollars and coins with the same sureness she’d displayed earlier.(9) As the cashier tucked the DVD into a plastic bag, I walked over to the younger woman.(10) “Is that your mom?” I asked.(11) I halfway expected her to tell me it was none of my business. But possibly believing me to be tolerant of her impatience, she rolled her eyes and said, “Yeah.” There was exasperation in her reply, half sigh and half groan.(12) Still watching her mother, I said, “Mind some advice?”(13) “Sure,” said the daughter.(14) I smiled to show her I wasn’t criticizing. “Cherish her,” I said. And then I answered her curious expression by saying, “When she’s gone, it’s the little moments that’ll come back to you. Moments like this. I know.”(15) It was true. I missed my mom still and remembered with melancholy clarity the moments when I’d used my impatience to make her life miserable.(16) The elderly woman moved with her deliberate slowness back to her daughter’s custody. Together they made their way toward the store’s exit. They stood there for a moment, side by side, watching the rush of the holiday current and for their place in it. Then the daughter glanced over and momentarily regarded her mother. And slowly, almost reluctantly, she placed her arm with apparently unaccustomed affection around her mother’s shoulders and gently guided her back into the crowds.What does “she had a job to do” (Para. 1) mean according to the context?选项： A:She had a regular job in the store.; B:She was thinking of what to buy.; C:She wanted to buy a DVD.; D:She wanted to ask for help.

12.When I bought a jasmine(茉莉花) plant, I was told it would bloom and the sweet smell would fill my office. I had the plant for two months, and every day I looked at it，but there weren't any flowers or pleasant smell. I was not happy, so I gave the plant to my friend Linda. One day，another friend Mary invited me to her office. When I walked in, her jasmine surprised me. Mary cut some and gave them to me. Surrounded by the sweet smell of only a handful of these flowers. Mary bought her plant the same time as I did. It took a year for her jasmine to bloom. I was so impatient with mine to bloom. Regretfully, I gave it away. Last Sunday Linda told me that she would go abroad the next week. Before she left, she sent the plant to me. This time I am going to wait. I have learned that when we want something in our life, we have to be patient. I am slowly learning to have that patience to wait for my jasmine to bloom. The writer didn't like the plant because its smell wasn't so sweet. There was a jasmine in Mary's office. The writer bought the jasmine earlier than Mary did. Mary's jasmine bloomed after she bought it a year later. The article mainly tells us the importance of patience in our life. 选项： A:正确 B:错误

13.[音频] Interviewer: So, what was so wonderful about your forties, Laurie? Laurie: Well, ’cuz, well, I had, I had basically (1) myself ’cuz I got my master’s degree during my forties, and that was a very exciting time – I really enjoyed that a lot. And, um, my children had grown up, so I was beginning to feel free of a lot of my responsibilities and (2) , and I could focus on my own work, which is painting. And I also started studying music, which was really great ’cuz I hadn’t done that before. And I met some wonderful people. It was a beginning. Interviewer: So, Gene, you say you don’t know what age is best, but is there any(3) in your life that you really loved more than others or Gene: The older, the older I get, the more I think about when I was younger but uh, but that’s probably . . . I think the older you get, (4) . Interviewer: And the more – Gene: At least when you (5) . Interviewer: Yeah, and the more you value it? The more you miss it? Gene: Yeah. You know, when you’re younger, you can’t wait to grow up. And when you’re old, you think, “What an (6) I was, and I should’ve understood that there were, that there were things that weren’t quite so bad then,” y’know. But you don’t know when you’re younger.

14.What was most important to her, she told me, was "what's on the inside." I thought I had found someone special to share my life with.

15.[单选题]This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered me. A My life is so precious that I would not miss any chance to enhance it. B I think my life was meaningful, and if it was possible, I would readily repeat it. C My life is so worthwhile that I would not exchange it for anything no matter what. D I really enjoy my life today, and I could make it even better if I had a further chance.

16.Hi Boris, How are you? I hope you are enjoying the summer vacation. I am writing to ask you for some advice. As you know, I graduated this month, and it is the time to decide what I'm going to do next.The problem is that I have two choices and I'm not very sure which one to choose. Last week, I had a job interview for the position of cashier at a bank. It is a permanent position with full-time hours, and I've been offered the job.The pay is not bad, and the benefits are great. I’ve met the team and my colleagues seem friendly, but the problem is that it is a nine to five job and the hours are not flexible. I'm not sure it's what I really want to do. There’s another job I am really interested in though. I’ve found out about an internship position as a reporter at an online magazine for young people. The hours are flexible,and the job sounds really interesting. In fact, it's what I've always wanted to do. There's just one problem: I would hardly earn any money. What should I do? I don't want to rely on my parents for money.However, I would like to get some valuable experience in doing the kind of work I have always wanted to do. I would really appreciate your advice. If you have time to meet me for a coffee, that would be great! With best wishes, Valerie