Most people would have given up on an old, bl...

Most people would have given up on an old, blind horse. But Berowra’s Justine Ruta is not most people.

The lights went out for 27-year-old Appaloosa Prince in March last year_　　　 _cataracts(白内障)，an eye disease __　　　 _ blindness. Experts advised euthanasia(安乐死) as the best choice. Instead, Ruta, 27, retrained the __　　　 _she was given on her 13th birthday and the pair are _　　　 __ together again.

Two years ago, one of the horse’s eyes developed a cataract and Ruta was told he might go _　　　 __. When he did go _　　　 _ blind, some people said the best thing to do would be to put him down. But one vet saw him and gave a(n) _　　　 __opinion. He said the connection between the ___　　　 _ was so strong that he would trust her to do anything with the horse.

So, for the next six months, Ruta would teach Prince to _　　　 __her other senses to get around. She used wind chimes(风铃) to __　　　 _him to his food. She played the radio before walks. She lifted his head to encourage him to _　　　 _ his legs when walking up hills. The __　　　 __ helped improved Prince’s weak legs and put a(n) _　　　 _ on his owner’s face.

Ruta thought she could not face the idea of __　　　 _ the horse who helped her through so much as a teenager, __　　　 _ after losing her father when she was 15. When she first got the horse, she fell in love with him and _　　　 _ every weekend with him.

Ruta, who is a vet at Wild Life Sydney Zoo, said she hoped her__　　　 _would encourage others not to _　　　 _ when things get difficult. “It takes _　　　 _ and patience,” she said, “It was so challenging but it was __　　　 _in the end.”

1.A. in case of　　 B. according to　　 C. because of　 D. in need of

2.A. introducing　 B. causing　 　　　 C. stopping 　 D. avoiding

3.A. dog　　　　 　　 B.friend　　 　　　　 C. partner　　 D. horse

4.A. swimming　 　　 B. riding　 　　　 C. waiting 　　 D. holding

5.A. blind　　 　　 B. dead　　　　　　 C. mad　　 　　　 D. deaf

6.A. normally　　 　 B. finally　　 　　　 C. completely D. exactly

7.A. different　 　 B. important　 　　 C. similar 　　 D. immediate

8.A. group 　　 B. pair　　 　　　　　 C. team 　　　 　 D. couple

9.A. forget　　 　　 B. play　　　　 　　 C. use　　 　　　 D. close

10.A.lead　　 　　　 B. send　　　　 　　 C. show　　 　　　 D. carry

11.A.step　　　 　　 B. shake　　　　 　　 C. bend　　 　 　 D. lift

12.A.performances B. walks 　　　　 　 C. tasks　 　　 D. lessons

13.A.expression　 B. mask　　　　 　　 C. shadow　　 　 D. smile

14.A. selling　　 　 B. punishing　　 　　 C. losing 　　 D. training

15.A.surely　 　　 B. generally　　　　 C. mainly　 　　 D. especially

16.A.began　　 　　 B. appreciated 　 C. finished　　 D. spent

17.A. story　 　　 B. idea　　　　 　　 C. wish　 　　　　 D. memory

18.A. fall down　 B. try out 　　　 　 C. turn back 　 D. give up

19.A. money　　 　　 B. understanding　 C. love　　 　　 D. work

20.A.suitable　 　　 B. worthwhile　　　 C. useful　　 　 D. interesting

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Polly never foresaw she would one day be helped by an old, blind man. At 4 o’clock that afternoon, she left work and tried to go home　 　　 　 as usual, but the bus conductor told her there would be no bus　 　　 the thick fog. She had to change to a Metro to Park Street, then to her house. It was so　　　 that she felt a bit frightened. On the bus she 　　　 that she was being watched by a tall man. Walking in Park Street, she heard footsteps and felt a man’s rough hand brush her face. Her heart was beating with fear. 　　　 , when she heard another man’s footsteps, how she wished to run, but　　 　　　 held her still. Much to her joy, this time an old man carrying a stick 　　　 out his hand, led her to her street, chatting all the way.

, Polly got to know that the old man was 　　　 ! Why do that on such a day? The old man wanted to pay back the help he received when it was sunny. Polly felt so warm.

Everyone needs help and should　 　 　 the help one receives.

1.A. by bus　　　　 B. on foot　　　　　 C. by car　　　　　 D. by bike

2.A. in case of　　　 B. according to　　 C. due to　　　　　 D. learners

3.A. rainy　　　　　 B. snowy　　　　　　 C. sunny　　　　　　 D. foggy

4.A. sensed　　　　 B. knew　　　　　　 C. understood　　 D. glanced

5.A. However　　 B.Therefore　　　　 C. Besides　　　　 D. Yet

6.A. joy　　　　　　 B. surprise　　　　　 C. fear　　　　　　 D. excitement

7.A. reached　　　　 B. shook　　　　　　 C. waved　　　　　 D. lifted

8.A. In addition　　　 B. In the end　　　　 C. In fact　　　　 D. In no time

9.A. deaf　　　　　　 B. foolish　　　　　　 C. dumb　　　　　 D. blind

10.A. hear of　　　　 B. believe in　　　　　 C. make up　　　 D. pay back

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“Helicopter parent” may not sound pleasant, but given the chance, most parents would probably prefer a vehicle to zoom (快速移动)little ones between school, football practice and piano lessons. Getting children where they need to go is a huge task and expense, especially in homes where both parents work. Hailing rides (专车服务)through firms like Uber and Lyft has made life more convenient for adults. But drivers are not supposed to pick up kids who travels without an adult aside (although some are known to bend the rules).

Children represent a fresh-faced opportunity. Ride-hailing for kids could be a market worth at least $50bn in America, hopes Ritu Narayan, the founder of Zum, one of the startups in want of the prize. These services are similar to Uber's, except they allow parents to schedule rides for their children in advance. Children are given a code word to ensure they find the right driver, and parent sreceive warnings about the pick-up and ride, including the car’s speed. These services promise more careful background checks^ finger printing and training than typical ride-hailing companies.

Annette Yolas, who works in sales at AT&T, says that she spends around $200 a month on Hop Skip Drive, a service that operates in several markets in California, for her three kids to get to the school bus on time and to ballet practice. She says it has been a “life-saver” by allowing her to work longer hours. Meanwhile, kids avoid the embarrassment of a relative pulling up at school. But ride-hailing firms for kids may end up like the children in Neverland, and never fully grown. They face several challenges. One is finding enough drivers. All users need rides during the same limited set of hours: before and after school, which makes it hard to offer drivers enough work. It can also be challenging to persuade parents, who have drilled it into children never to get in a stranger's car.

And while ride-sharing companies can annoy adult passengers by cancelling or being late, such behavior can be a disaster when children are involved. Shuddle, an early entrant in the taxis-for-kids business, which shut down in 2016, had only two out of five stars on Yelp (点网站)for that reason， and lots of negative reviews from parents. It had made money on rides mainly by raising prices ever higher.

Shuddle’s failure has not discouraged Uber itself, which is expected soon to launch a pilot programme for teenagers under 18. Parents may be happier to use services they are familiar with. But Uber’s entrance is likely to add to the struggle of child-focused ride-hailing businesses as they compete for customers and new funds.

1.What does the underlined phrase “a fresh-faced opportunity” refer to?

A. A new market　　 B. A new company.

C. A new service.　　 D. A new challenge.

2.What is the purpose of the example of Annette Yolas?

A. To show the need of the working parents.

B. To show the benefits of the ride-hailing service.

C. To persuade more drivers into the business.

D. To persuade more parents to avoid the service.

3.What can be learned from the passage?

A. Drivers have towork all day long to meet parents’ needs.

B. Some parents are not willing to put their kids into strangers’ cars.

C. Small firms are not qualified enough to operate the service for kids.

D. Typical ride-hailing companies seldom check the background of their drives.

4.Whatmay be the future of those small ride-hailing firms?

A. They may make a fortune

B. They mayeasily get more funds.

C. They may struggle to survive.

D. They may get better reviews.

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I used to think Jack was not a man to count on, but I have changed my ______ as he saved an old man from the fire.

A. state　　 B. condition

C. situation　　 D. position

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It is wise to have some money ________ for old age.

A. kept up                    B. given away

C. turned in                D. put away

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Most people would say the sea is blue and green. But the people who live near the coast of Zhejiang may say it is red. It is not people who caused the colour change, but very small living thing in the sea. They are algae（藻类）and protozoa（原生动物）. They come in many different colours: red, yellow or brown. Red is the easiest of those to see, so when this happens, people call it a “red tide.”

Red tides only happen when conditions in the sea are right. In the past few years, factories and people have been putting more chemicals into the sea. These chemicals help algae and protozoa to grow very quickly. The temperature of the sea is also important. Red tides usually happen at 20 to 30 degrees Celsius（摄氏的）. Red tides often happen in dry, warm areas where there is little wind. Living things grow easily in these places. Sometimes fishermen help red tides by mistake. They put small sea animals into the water for food to help fish grow.

Those living things do more than change the colour of the water--they also put poison and mucus（黏液）into the sea. This is bad for fish. The poison is bad for their brains. And too much mucus in the sea fills up fish’s gills（鳃）, so they can’t breathe. Lots of dead fish and other sea animals are now washed up on Chinese beaches.

Red tides can be bad for people, too. The algae gets inside of fish and it smells bad. It can make your eyes water. If people eat fish with too much algae inside, they could die.

Fishermen in Zhejiang are having a hard time right now. Because of the red tide, they are selling 30% less fresh seafood than usual.

In China, red tides usually happen in May and June around places like Fujian, Guangdong and Hong Kong.

Many other countries sometimes also have red tides. But it seems that we have few ways to stop red tides. They can last as long as 16 months.

1.What can cause the water in the sea to change its colour?

A. Algae.　　 B. Algae and protozoa.

C. Protozoa.　　 D. People and animals.

2.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Fishermen in the area sell less fresh seafood than usual.

B. People could die if they eat fish with too much algae inside.

C. Algae and protozoa can’t give off any poison and mucus into the water.

D. Eating fish with algae in them can make people’s eyes water.

3.Which of the following is not a cause of red tides?

A. People catch too many fish and eat too much seafood.

B. People and factories put more chemicals into the sea.

C. The temperature is at 20 to 30 degrees Celsius.

D. It is dry and warm and there is little wind in the area.

4.What does the passage mainly tell us?

A. Don’t eat any fish with algae and mucus inside.

B. People should do their best to protect the sea.

C. The scientists have found good ways to stop red tides.

D. The forming of red tides and their harmfulness.

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Gregory Kloehn digs through dustbins every day, but not for the reason that most people would think. He isn’t homeless. In fact he is trying to help the homeless.

Gregory began his life as a sculptor. But he often felt that his sculpture (雕塑) which just stood in rich people’s houses for years, lacked a meaningful purpose. So in 2015 he decided to put his artistic energies into creating homes to sell—not ordinary homes but small structures built entirely from recycled materials.

The thought of creating homes for the homeless didn’t come to him until the year 2017, when a homeless couple asked him for a tarp(防水布). Instead of a tarp, Gregory offered them something better: a small home with a water tank, a kitchen and a tap for waste. They were so grateful that Gregory decided to focus his efforts on helping house the homeless population in his city. And soon his “Homeless Homes Project” was started.

Before starting a new home, Gregory goes hunting for materials by digging through dustbins. Everything he finds is usable—refrigerator doors become house doors; washing machine doors often serve as windows, and the tops of cars become strong roofs. He put wheels at the bottom for users to move their homes around easily. Each home takes two to three days to make.

So far Gregory has donated dozens of homes to the city’s most needy. While his small low- cost mobile homes are not the final solution to the problem of homelessness, they are really practical and do provide a warm and safe place for the homeless to stay in. They are simply a way for one man to do something nice for those in need of some help.

Gregory has written a book titled Homeless Architecture, where he explains techniques to build those homes and he is now working on weekend workshops. “A lot of people who hear about what I’m doing want to get involved,” he said. “Maybe we can meet someplace and put a couple of homes together. ”

1.Why did Gregory turn from making sculptures to creating homes?

A. He had no home to live in.

B. He had to make more money.

C. He wanted to help the homeless.

D. He lost interest in sculpture.

2.The author mentions the story in paragraph 3 to tell us ________.

A. how Gregory got the idea of “Homeless Homes Project”

B. Gregory’s small homes were popular among the homeless

C. the homeless couple asked Gregory to produce more homes

D. housing the homeless in a city was not an easy task

3.What can we learn from Paragraph 4?

A. It takes Gregory a long time to produce a home.

B. Gregory’s work needs imagination and creativity.

C. Everything in the dustbins will be used in Gregory’s work.

D. Gregory has great trouble hunting for materials for his small houses.

4.What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A. Gregory doesn’t need to make small homes now.

B. Gregory’s project will help more homeless people.

C. Gregory’s work will completely solve the homelessness problem.

D. A single person can make no differences to social problems.

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按照下列句子含义在划线空格上写出所缺单词的正确形式。(注意:根据首字母写单词的，把完整的单词写在答题纸上)

1.The doctor had given her up but she made an excellent _________(痊愈).

2.What good q__________ do you think great people have ?

3.The old man was able to provide the police with some __________ (有价值的) information.

4.I _________(真诚地) hope this program will be successful and people here will benefit from it.

5.Those cultural relics b __________ to the country should be returned to it.

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Would you BET on the future of this man? He is 53 years old. Most of his adult life has been a losing struggle against debt and misfortune. A war injury has made his left hand stop functioning, and he has often been in prison. Driven by heaven-knows-what motives, he determines to write a book.

The book turns out to be one that has appealed to the world for more than 350 years. That former prisoner was Cervantes, and the book was Don Quixote(《堂吉诃德》) . And the story poses an interesting question: why do some people discover new vitality and creativity to the end of their days, while others go to seed long before？

We've all known people who run out of steam before they reach life's halfway mark. I'm not talking about those who fail to get to the top. We can't all get there. I'm talking about people who have stopped learning on growing because they have adopted the fixed attitudes and opinions that all too often come with passing years.

Most of us, in fact, progressively narrow the variety of our lives. We succeed in our field of specialization and then become trapped in it. Nothing surprises us. We lose our sense of wonder. But, if we are willing to learn, the opportunities are everywhere.

The things we learn in maturity seldom involve information and skills. We learn to bear with the things we can't change. We learn to avoid self-pity. We learn that however much we try to please, some people are never going to love us-an idea that troubles at first but is eventually relaxing.

With high motivation and enthusiasm, we can keep on learning. Then we will know how important it is to have meaning in our life. However, we can achieve meaning only if we have made a commitment to something larger than our own little egos(自我) , whether to loved ones, to fellow humans, to work, or to some moral concept.

Many of us equate(将……等同于)　 “commitment” with such “caring” occupations as teaching and nursing. But doing any ordinary job as well as one can is in itself an admirable commitment. People who work toward such excellence-whether they are driving a truck, or running a store-make the world better just by being the kind of people they are. They've learned life's most valuable lesson.

1.The passage starts with the story of Cervantes to show that _____________.

A.loss of freedom stimulates one's creativity

B.age is not a barrier to achieving one's goal

C.misery inspires a man to fight against his fate

D.disability cannot stop a man's pursuit of success

2.What does the underlined part in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A.End one's struggle for liberty.

B.Waste one's energy taking risks.

C.Miss the opportunity to succeed.

D.Lose the interest to continue learning.

3.What could be inferred from Paragraph 4?

A.Those who dare to try often get themselves trapped.

B.Those who tend to think back can hardly go ahead.

C.Opportunity favours those with a curious mind.

D.Opportunity awaits those with a cautious mind.

4.What is the author's purpose in writing the passage?

A.To provide guidance on leading a meaningful adult life.

B.To stress the need of shouldering responsibilities at work.

C.To state the importance of generating motivation for learning.

D.To suggest a way of pursuing excellence in our lifelong career.

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In most people’s opinion, the tiger is not an animal that we would ordinarily think of as being chicken. However, one tiger, which lives in an English zoo, turned out to be more cowardly( 胆小的) than his keepers could ever have imagined.

Tanvir, a two-year-old Bengal tiger, got stuck at the top of a new 5m-high activity tower in the zoo, after climbing it for the first time.

The wooden tower had been designed to provide mental exercise for Tanvir by testing his ability of dealing with troublesome situations, but after climbing it in just a few seconds, he lost his courage when it came to coming back down. Tanvir went on to spend nearly two days at the top of the tower trying to collect the courage to attempt to get down.

A spokesperson for the zoo said that several days before Tanvir had taken half an hour to get down a lower tower only 1.5m high, and the taller tower had clearly been too much challenging for him.

“Every time he got to the edge, he looked out, put a paw over, and thought, ‘no, I cannot make it!’”laughed Samantha Cordrey, Tanvir’s keeper. In the end Tanvir’s hunger defeated his fear, and after almost 48 hours he made his way down. Burying himself in a big meal just like a hungry pig, Tanvir seemed to forget such a shameful experience for a while.

It appears that his experience would not be the worst in Tanvir’s life if he continued to act like a chicken. It is not known whether he will take courage to go back up his exercise tower again.

The whole episode(插曲) only serves to show the difficulties faced by zoo staff in creating environments that will improve animals’ living ability in enclosed space.

1.When speaking of Tanvir’s shameful experience, Samantha Cordrey might feel it was_____.

A. funny      B. surprising    C. exciting     D. unbelievable

2.What made Tanvir get down the 5m-high activity tower at last?

A. The coldness of the weather.       B. The direction from his keepers.

C. The sufferings of being hungry     D. The fear of being alone

3. Why does the author say “this experience would not be the worst in Tanvir’s life if…”(Paragraph 6)?

A. Because Tanvir’s keepers will design more difficult exercise for him.

B. Because Tanvir is so cowardly that he has little courage to meet greater

challenges.

C. Because Tanvir’s bad health will bring him much trouble in practice.

D. Because Tanvir is always careless and often causes trouble by accident.

4. The zoo designed the 5m-high activity tower to______.

A. make Tanvir become brave

B. improve Tanvir’s performance skills

C. let tourists watch Tanvir better

D. improve Tanvir’s living ability

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