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In early December I came to the Arctic town of Iqaluit in search of parenting wisdom. All the moms _______one golden rule: Don't shout or yell at small children. The culture views _______ or even speaking to children in an angry voice as _______. “When they're little, it doesn't help to raise your _______. It will just make your own heart rate _______,” a mom said. “And you are _________them to yell,” said clinical psychologist Laura Markham. “On the contrary, parents who control their own anger are_________their children to learn to do the same.”

“But how do you_________ kids to behave well? How do you keep your 3-year-old from running into the road?” I asked. “We use _______,” said Jaw, another mom. There are ________ stories passed down by word of mouth from one generation of Inuit to the next.

For example, they teach kids to stay away from the ________ by telling a story about the water monster. “If the child walks__________the water, the monster will__________him down to the ocean and adopt him out to another family,” Jaw says. “Then we don‘t need to ________ at a child, because the child is ________ getting the message.”

At first, such stories seemed to me a bit too ________for little children. But my opinion________ after I learned more about human ________with storytelling. Psychologist Deena Weisberg said, “Don't ________ the playfulness of storytelling. We learn best through things that are__________to us. And stories are much more interesting than bare statements.”

1.A.approved B.demanded C.mentioned D.predicted

2.A.whispering B.blaming C.punishing D.scolding

3.A.improper B.unnatural C.unashamed D.impossible

4.A.anger B.voice C.question D.sound

5.A.go up B.blow up C.think up D.turn up

6.A.educating B.forbidding C.challenging D.teaching

7.A.helping B.letting C.having D.making

8.A.bring out B.bring up C.bring about D.bring down

9.A.singing B.drawing C.storytelling D.reading

10.A.historical B.oral C.fairy D.literary

11.A.ocean B.stream C.lake D.river

12.A.opposite to B.close to C.away from D.out of

13.A.push B.lift C.drag D.pull

14.A.wave B.whisper C.whistle D.yell

15.A.again B.even C.already D.also

16.A.necessary B.awful C.attractive D.heartbroken

17.A.spread B.returned C.changed D.formed

18.A.business B.agreement C.separation D.relationship

19.A.accept B.favour C.disobey D.discount

20.A.amusing B.boring C.satisfying D.annoying

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It was on the early afternoon of a mid-October day in 2012. Bismark Mensah, who came to America several months ago, was collecting carts (手推车) outside a Walmart in Federal Way. It was a part-time job for him. He earned $9.05 an hour in charge of getting carts out of the parking lot.

He was used to finding stuff in carts that customers had somehow forgotten — keys, credit cards, wallets. And he turned them into a customer service. But a particular item stood out. It was a white envelope with a clear window in the middle, and there was a lot of cash in it, around $20,000. Mensah turned them into customer services.

Because of what he did that afternoon, Mensah is now the winner of Walmart’s national 2013 “Integrity(正直) in Action Award”.

Bismark Mensah says that since the story ran, he has become the model the youth in Ghana (his native country).

He is now employed full-time at the Federal Way Walmart, earning $10.95 an hour, up from the $9.05 an hour he earned working part-time.

Mensah, 33, no longer collects carts and such. He is in the backroom, dealing with inventory(库存). “I want to learn everything about operating a store like Walmart store,” he says. He plans to return to Ghana to run some shops owned by his family. He also plans to go to college and earn a degree in business administration.

1.What does Mensah do in Walmart now?

A. Collect carts.

B. Deal with inventory.

C. Checks out the groceries.

D. Ensures Walmart’s security.

2.What’s Mensah’s future plan?

A. To teach in college.

B. To run his own shops.

C. To earn a degree in arts.

D. To work in a big factory.

3.What can be inferred from the passage?

A. Mensah comes from a poor family in Ghana.

B. Mensah can hardly make himself understood in America.

C. Mensah will help set up some Walmart branches in Ghana.

D. Mensah has set an example for the youth in his own country.

4.What lesson can we learn from the story of Mensah?

A. It’s never too late to learn.

B. Don’t judge by appearance.

C. Honesty is a valuable quality.

D. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

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Imagine living in a country torn by war. Or maybe you live in a place where there are few jobs and little chance to earn a living. Your family decides to move — not to another town, but to another country. You and your family have become immigrants. People are called immigrants when they move to a foreign country to make their homes.

People become immigrants for many reasons. The most common one is economic opportunities. Most immigrants are attracted to other countries by the promise of jobs, farmland, or business opportunities.

Other people become immigrants in order to get away from mistreatment or natural disasters. They are refugees (难民). Some refugees move to avoid wars and political unrest. Others are seeking freedom to express their religious views. Still others are uprooted by disasters, such as terrible flooding or drought.

Some people have become immigrants against their will. Captured in Africa, shipped to foreign lands and forced to work as slaves, many early African immigrants to North and South America came in chains.

Except for Native Americans, all people came to the United States from someplace else. For nearly 500 years, immigrants have landed on America’s shores seeking a better life. Throughout American history, immigrants often worked low-paying, dangerous jobs that other people refused to do.

Immigrants from around the world helped shape American life. Many immigrants absorbed the customs and language common to most Americans. They also brought their own traditions, including music and foods. Over time, many of these traditions have become part of American life.

The first European immigrants to America hoped to colonize (使成为殖民地) new lands. By the mid-1500s, Spaniards had ventured into Florida, California, and the American Southwest. French immigrants arrived in the early 1600s and built their first colony in Canada. The English also arrived in the early 1600s. They established 13 colonies along America’s Atlantic Coast.

In the 1700s, England became the major power in colonial North America. But many European immigrants came to live in the English colonies. They included people from Sweden, Holland, Germany, Scotland, and Ireland.

Immigrants still come to the United States seeking freedom and economic opportunities. Most new immigrants no longer come from Europe. They come mainly from Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Asia.

Today, the U. S. government limits the number of immigrants into the country each year. People who sneak illegally into the United States are called illegal immigrants, who, if caught, would be sent back to their home countries.

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One day in early December, we woke up to discover a heavy fall of snow. “Mom, can we go _______ after breakfast?” my eleven-year-old daughter Erica begged. I didn’t want to _______ her request, so we headed towards the only _______ in our town.

When we arrived, the hill was crowded with people. We found an open spot next to a thin man and his three-year-old son. The boy was already lying in the sled, _______ to be launched. “Come on, Daddy!” he called.

The man looked over at me. “Okay if we go _______?” he asked.

“Sure. Looks like your son is ready to go,” I said. With that, he gave the boy a huge _______, and off he flew! And the father ran after his son at full speed.

“He must be afraid that his son is going to _______ somebody,” I said to Erica. “We’d better be _______, too.”

Then we also skied down the hill at a great speed. As we returned to the top, I noticed that the man was _______ his son, who was still lying in the sled, back up to the summit. When we reached the top, the boy was ready to play again. Again, the father ________ him down the hill, and then pulled both the boy and the sled back up. The little boy was terribly spoilt by his father, I thought. ________ he was small, the child could pull his own sled up the hill once in a while. This ________ went on for more than an hour, but the man never ________ , and he was very happy instead. Finally, I could ________ it no longer. I called to him, “You have tremendous ________ !”

The man smiled and said, “He has cerebral palsy (脑瘫). He can’t walk. ”

I was dumbstruck (惊呆的). It had all seemed so happy, so ________ , that it never occurred to me that the child might be ________ . Although I didn’t know the man’s name, I told the ________ in my newspaper column. Either he or someone he knew must have recognized him, ________ shortly afterward, I received this letter:

Dear Mrs. Silverman,

The energy I expended on the hill that day is ________ compared to what my son does every day. To me, he is a true hero.

1.A.camping B.hiking C.shopping D.skiing

2.A.answer B.refuse C.allow D.accept

3.A.hill B.lake C.market D.gym

4.A.promising B.advising C.waiting D.warning

5.A.too B.second C.last D.first

6.A.wave B.ability C.push D.touch

7.A.look at B.run into C.come across D.call on

8.A.natural B.honest C.careful D.special

9.A.attracting B.following C.pulling D.forbidding

10.A.found B.chased C.drove D.noticed

11.A.As if B.Even though C.Now that D.Ever since

12.A.accident B.signal C.pattern D.adventure

13.A.doubted B.laughed C.tired D.cried

14.A.interrupt B.stand C.change D.demand

15.A.energy B.value C.skills D.attitude

16.A.fair B.frightening C.normal D.unlucky

17.A.homeless B.disabled C.technical D.creative

18.A.joke B.story C.meeting D.news

19.A.because B.unless C.if D.although

20.A.all B.everything C.something D.nothing

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The stranger 　　　　　　 to walk into the building in the early morning was probably a salesman.

A. seen　　　 　　　 B. to see

C. to be seen　　　 D. seeing

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The stranger 　　　　　　 to walk into the building in the early morning was probably a salesman.

A. seen　　　　 B. to see　　 C. to be seen　　　 D. seeing

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An early morning winter storm had brought several inches of snow on my small town in the mountains. Schools were canceled, roads were dangerous and all I wanted to do was to stay in bed. Still, I knew I had to get the day started so I put on warm clothes and walked outside. The snow got all over my shoes. The cold wind dried my lips and my eyes. My 47 year-old back ached in anticipation（预想）of the shoveling（铲雪）I would have to do if the snow didn't stop soon.

Yet, when I looked out on the white blanket that covered the ground, I couldn't help but smile a bit. It was so beautiful. It softened the bare trees and hid the dead grass. In the distance I could hear the sound of the snowplow(雪犁) on the road, the barking of a happy dog and the laughter of children playing outside, enjoying their way off from school.

The sweet music of that laughter brought back a hundred memories of winters past. I remembered catching snowflakes (雪花) on my tongue, building snowmen, making snow angles, running down hills and always losing snowball fights with first my brothers and then my own children. Standing there in that warm coat of memories made the wind a little less cold and my back a little less sore(疼痛的). I turned up my head, stuck out my tongue and for the first time in years caught a snowflake on it. It tasted so fresh and clean. It tasted like youth, like joy and like love.

May you always feel young in spirit, no matter how old or achy your body may be. May you always delight in the simple joys of life. May you always share your happiness with the hearts of children. And may you always give your love, your light, your laughter and your warmth to others even on the coldest days.

1.What was the author's first reaction when he knew it snowed heavily?

A. He was upset.                            B. He was happy.

C. He was thankful.                            D. He was moved.

2.From which senses did the author describe the joy of having snow?

A. Taste and smell.

B. Sight and smell.

C. Smell, hearing and taste.

D. Sight, hearing and taste.

3.What does the author mainly want to tell us with this article?

A. Appreciate every snowstorm you spend with your family.

B. Snow brings both fun and trouble.

C. Memories can change our opinion.

D. We should stay young at heart.

4.From the underlined sentence in Paragraph l, we can know that “________".

A. my back ached because of the cold weather

B. I didn't want to start my day on such a snowy day

C. my back would ache upon thinking of cleaning up the snow

D. the snow didn't stop and I felt too cold

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The number of snow geese arriving in the Arctic each spring to breed has skyrocketed over the past few decades. At first, wildlife biologists saw this as an environmental crisis, pointing to marshes (湿地） where plants were eaten by thousands of hungry birds. In response, the federal government loosened restrictions on snow goose hunting to protect the ecosystem.

But how do the Inuit, in whose backyard this is taking place, view the situation? A recent initiative is giving Inuit wildlife experts the opportunity to lend their knowledge to managing the species. The snow goose study, which is supported in part by Polar Knowledge Board(an　 Inuit organization that manages hunting, trapping and fishing in central Nunavut),asked the experts to share their generations of knowledge about snow geese and their views on what should be done.

＂The community had concerns about controlling the population," says Ron, a community officer for the Inuit Association," and Inuit snow goose knowledge had never been recorded. People wanted to pass on what they knew."

Inuit wildlife experts disagreed with that, considering it wasteful and unnecessary. They felt hunting more snow geese in an organized way, such as paying local hunters a minimal amount of money and distributing the birds to disadvantaged families or operating a limited commercial hunt by employing local people, would be appropriate.

Inuit wildlife experts will meet scientists this fall to search for common ground. They say that while there may be too many snow geese in some areas, it's not a crisis. Biologists now generally agree that there seem to be plenty of undamaged marshes available and newer research shows that some damaged areas can recover.

Conservation planners for the three migratory bird protection zones in the area will use the study's recommendations-an example of how native knowledge can strengthen wildlife management." It is providing people who the decisions affect with a real, practical way to make recommendations and influence what happens," says Vicky Johnston, a biologist and manager with the Canadian Wildlife Service involved in the project.

＂Now that we have recorded and documented Inuit knowledge of snow geese," says Ron, ＂when facing the crisis, other people will be able to use the information to help manage the species, which is fundamental to dealing with it effectively."

1.Which of the following might Inuit wildlife experts agree with?

A.Organizing large commercial hunts.

B.Using snow goose hunting to man's best advantage.

C.Regarding too many snow geese as a crisis.

D.Hunting as many snow geese as possible.

2.What might biologists think about the marshes' future now?

A.It's unpredictable.

B.It's a bit promising.

C.It's too discouraging.

D.It's hard to get better.

3.What does the underlined word "it" in the last paragraph refer to?

A.The crisis.

B.Inuit knowledge.

C.The species.

D.Inuit research.

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The temperature is rising again in the Arctic. The sea ice area has dropped to one of the lowest levels on record， climate scientists reported last week.

“The new Arctic Report Card tells a story of widespread and continued effects of a warming Arctic，” said Jackie Richter-Menge of the US’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory.

“This isn’t just a climatological (气候学的) effect. It impacts the people that live there，” she added.

Scientists concerned about global warming focus on the Arctic because that is a region where the effects are expected to be felt first， and that has been the case in recent years.

There was a slowdown in Arctic warming in 2009， but in the first half of 2010 warming was near a record pace. The monthly readings were over 4 degrees Celsius above normal in northern Canada， according to the report card. The report card was prepared by 69 researchers in eight countries.

Researchers said last winter’s big snow storms that struck some Northern countries were tied to higher Arctic temperatures.

“Normally the cold air is bottled up in the Arctic，” said Jim Overland of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “But last December and February， winds that normally blow west to east across the Arctic were instead bringing the colder air south，” he said.

“As we lose more sea ice... warming in the atmosphere can create more of these winter storms，” Overland said.

There is a powerful connection between ice cover and air temperatures， Richter-Menge explained. When temperatures warm， ice melts. When ice melts it shows darker surfaces underneath ， which absorb  more heat. “That， in turn， causes more melting and on the cycle goes，” she said.

In September the Arctic sea ice extent was the third smallest in the last 30 years， added Don Perovich of the US Army Laboratory. He said the three smallest ice covers have occurred in the last four years.

1.Scientists care so much about the warming in the Arctic region because 　　　.

A .the climate in the Arctic doesn’t change much

B. global warming effects are most serious in the Arctic region

C .there has been a major decrease of Arctic warming in recent years

D. by studying the region they can make predictions about the future impact of global warming

2.. Which of the following shows that the Arctic is getting warmer？

A. The surface of the sea ice in Arctic is getting darker and darker.

B. The Arctic sea ice extent has disappeared over the last 30 years.

C. The sea ice extent has increased to one of the highest levels on record.

3. What does the underlined word “cycle” refer to？

A .Ice giving off heat when it melts.

B. Higher temperatures bringing more storms.

C .The cause and the result of the melting.

D. The life of the people living in the Arctic getting worse.

4. According to researchers what led to big snow storms attacking some Northern countries last winter？

A. Higher Arctic temperatures.

B. The melting ice.

C. The cold wind blowing west to east.

D. Cold air bottled up in the Arctic.

5. What is the main point of the article？

A. Last winter’s big snow-storms.

B. Winds in the Arctic region.

C. Arctic warming and its possible effects.

D. Changes to the life of people living in the Arctic.

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The government of Norway is planning to build an unusual storage center on an island in the Arctic Ocean. The place would be large enough to hold about two million seeds. The goal is to present all crops known to scientists. The British magazine New Scientist published details of the plan last month. The structure will be designed to protect the world’s food supply against nuclear war, climate change and other possible threats. It will be built in a mountain on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen. The mountain is less than one thousand kilometers from the North Pole, the northernmost position on earth.

An international group called the Global Crop Diversity Trust is working on the project. The director of the group, Cary Fowler, spoke to New Scientist. He said the project would let the world rebuild agriculture if, in his word, “the worst came to the worst”. Norway is expected to start work next year. The project is expected to cost three million dollars. Workers will drill（钻孔） deep in the side of a sandstone mountain. Temperatures in the area never rise above 0ºC. The seeds will be protected behind walls a meter thick and high-security door.

The magazine report says the collection will represent the products of ten thousand years of farming. Most of the seeds at first will e from collections at seed banks in Africa, Asia and Latin America. To last a long time, seeds need to be kept in very low temperatures. Workers will not be present all the time. But they plan to replace the air inside the storage space each winter. Winter temperatures on the island are about eighteen degrees below 0ºC. The cold weather would protect the seeds even if the air could not be replaced.

Mr. Fowler says the proposed structure will be the world’s safest gene bank. He says the plant seeds would only be used when all other seeds are gone for some reason. Norway first put forward the idea in the 1980s. But safety concerns delayed the plan. At that time, the Soviet Union was meeting in Rome of the Food and Agriculture Organization.

1.The project is meant to ______.

A．increase the world’s food output in the future

B．carry out some scientific experiments on plant genes

C．build an exhibition centre of the world’s plant seeds

D．protect crop seeds from dying out in case of possible disasters

2.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the above passage?

A．The government of Norway will perform the project alone.

B．Seeds to be collected there were produced ten thousands years ago.

C．Spitsbergen is chosen because it is free of the nuclear war forever.

D．Temperature is a major consideration when choosing the storage place.

3.We can infer from the text that _______.

A．Norway had meant to build the storage centre about 20 years before.

B．The storage center will greatly promote world agriculture

C．People will get newly-developed seeds from the center every year.

D．There haven’t been any seed storage centres in the world before.

4.What is probably the best title of the passage?

A．The Best Place to Store Seeds

B．Noah’s Ark（诺亚方舟）of Plant Seeds in Plan

C．Concerns of World Food Supply

D．A New Way to Feed the World

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