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Until a few months ago, he was a butler(管家) in one of the more expensive residential buildings in Manhattan. But now, Nepal-born Indra Tamang is the owner of two multi-million dollar apartments in the same building.

    The former owner - his former employer, Ruth Ford - died last year and left the apartments  to Mr Tamang in her will.

    Mr Tamang is happy but quickly points out that his good fortune did not come easily. "I am happy and have been touched by the generosity of the Ford family," he says. "I never expected that I will be given the ownership of these apartments. But I have been working for the family for the last 36 years, devotedly, with honesty and dedication(奉獻(xiàn)). So my hard work has been rewarded."

    Mr Tamang was 21 when he was brought from Nepal by Charles Ford, a writer and a photographer. Mr Ford died in 2002; his sister, actress Ruth Ford, then took charge and told Mr Tamang that he was like a brother to her after Charles's death.

    Mrs Ford died aged 98. During the last five years of her life, she lost her eyesight and also developed speech problems. Mr Tamang looked after her most of the time and took care of her medicines and food.

    He also worked with Charles Ford on various photography projects, which he now wants to keep as the photographer's legacy(遺產(chǎn)). He hopes to organize exhibitions of Mr Ford's photographs and edit a book of his works.

Mr Tamang plans to sell the bigger, three-bedroom apartment to pay the taxes he owes to the government on his legacy. He says: "The rules of the building might be a problem, as they require a minimum monthly income to qualify to live as owner of apartments. I have my small house here but I am happy with it,"

   Mr Tamang has learnt his lesson from the life of his employers and plans to use his money with great caution. "I think one should save money for old age. That's when you need it the most to get care," he says. 

1.Mr Tamang treated the legacy as __________.

A. a reward    B. a punishment   C. business   D. a gift

2.What DIDN’T Mr Tamang do in the Ford family?

A. Show Mr Ford's works in the exhibition.

B. Look after Ruth Ford when she was ill.

C. Work on kinds of photography projects

D. Experience deaths of Charles Ford and Ruth Ford

3.Mr Tamang wants to sell one apartment to _______. 

A. buy the small house

B. pay the government the tax of the apartments

C. edit a book of Charles Ford's photographs

D. move into the expensive apartments as soon as possible

4.What lesson does Mr Tamang learn from the Ford family? 

A. To find a good butler.

B. To spend money thoughtfully.

C. To save money for children.

D. To get good care when people get old.

5.What can we know from the passage?

A. Charles Ford gave the apartments to Mr Tamang.

B. Charles Ford couldn't see or speak before his death.

C. Mr Tamang treated Ruth Ford much better than her brother.

D. Mr Tamang will still live in his small house in the near future.

You may not pay much attention to your daily elevator ride. Many of us use a lift several times during the day without really thinking about it. But Lee Gray, PhD, of the University of North Carolina, US, has made it his business to examine this overlooked form of public transport. He is known as the “Elevator Guy”.

   “The lift becomes this interesting social space where etiquette (禮儀) is sort of odd (奇怪的),” Gray told the BBC. “They [elevators] are socially very interesting but often very awkward places.”

   We walk in and usually turn around to face the door. If someone else comes in, we may have to move. And here, according to Gray, liftusers unthinkingly go through a set pattern of movements. He told the BBC what he had observed.

   He explained that when you are the only one inside a lift, you can do whatever you want – it’s your own little box.

   If there are two of you, you go into different corners, standing diagonally (對(duì)角線地) across from each other to create distance.

   When a third person enters, you will unconsciously form a triangle. And when there is a fourth person it becomes a square, with someone in every corner. A fifth person is probably going to have to stand in the middle.

   New entrants to the lift will need to size up the situation when the doors slide open and then act decisively. Once in, for most people the rule is simple – look down, or look at your phone.

   Why are we so awkward in lifts?

   “You don’t have enough space,” Professor Babette Renneberg, a clinical psychologist at the  Free University of Berlin, told the BBC. “Usually when we meet other people we have about an arm’s length of distance between us. And that’s not possible in most elevators.”

   In such a small, enclosed space it becomes very important to act in a way that cannot be construed (理解) as threatening or odd. “The easiest way to do this is to avoid eye contact,” she said.

1.The main purpose of the article is to _____.

A. remind us to enjoy ourselves in the elevator

B. tell us some unwritten rules of elevator etiquette

C. share an interesting but awkward elevator ride

D. analyze what makes people feel awkward in an elevator

2.According to Gray, when people enter an elevator, they usually _____.

A. turn around and greet one another

B. look around or examine their phone

C. make eye contact with those in the elevator

D. try to keep a distance from other people

3.Which of the following describes how people usually stand when there are at least two people in an elevator?

4.The underlined phrase “size up” in Paragraph 7 is closest in meaning to _____.

A. judge        B. ignore      C. put up with     D. make the best of

5.According to the article, people feel awkward in lifts because of _____.

A. someone’s odd behaviors

B. the lack of space

C. their unfamiliarity with one another

D. their eye contact with one another

She’s not afraid of anything. Snakes? No problem. Walking alone in the dark? Easy. We’re not talking about a superhero here -- SM is a 44-year-old mother.  And she’s fearless because she happens to be missing part of her brain: the amygdala(扁桃腺).

   Shaped like a pair of almonds sitting in the middle of your brain, the amygdala helps control fear and anxiety. A rare condition called Urbach-Wiethe disease left SM without her amygdala, and seems to have completely erased her sense of fear.

   To try to understand how the amygdala works, a team of researchers made their efforts to scare SM. They showed her horror movies and took her to the Waverly Hills Sanatorium Haunted House in Kentucky. She pushed out one of the monsters(巨物) and laughed. SM said she didn’t like snakes, but at a pet store full of poisonous creatures, she kept asking to touch them. When asked to rate her feelings, SM reported feeling surprised or disgusted, but never fearful.

   “She tends to approach everything she should be avoiding,” says Justin Feinstein of the  University of Iowa. This means the amygdala could control deeper urges to approach or avoid danger. Other scientists have a different opinion, though.  “I don’t believe you can make a general statement about what the amygdala does by a single case study,” Elizabeth Phelps said. In 2002, Phelps published a study on a similar patient with amygdala damage who still showed fear.

It may sound like fun to be totally fearless, but we get scared for a good reason. “The nature of fear is survival and the amygdala helps us stay alive by avoiding situations, people, or objects that put our life in danger,” Feinstein said. SM was once followed in a park after dark by a man with a knife, and she simply walked away. “It is quite remarkable that she is still alive,” said Feinstein.

1.SM dares to walk alone in the dark mainly because ____________.

A. she is a superhero

B. she has experienced such conditions a lot

C. she is a mental patient

D. she has no sense of fear

2.Researchers tried their best to frighten SM in order to find ___________.

A. The function of a particular organ

B. SM’s reaction of fear and anxiety

C. The process of removing amygdale

D. A special way to get along with monsters

3.What do we know from the research on SM?

A. It was easy for her to avoid danger.

B. SM never felt fearful but disgusted.

C. SM was frightened by nothing except monsters.

D. SM got along well with the snakes.

4.What is Elizabeth Phelps’ attitude toward the function of the amygdala based on the research on SM?

A. Indifferent    B. Supportive    C. Disapproving     D. Interested

5.What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A. People can remove their amygdala to be fearless.

B. SM will be admired because of her bravery.

C. No one can survive if their amygdala is removed.

D. The sense of fear is crucial to humans.

閱讀下列應(yīng)用文及相關(guān)信息，并按照要求匹配信息。把答案填涂在答題卡上相應(yīng)的題號(hào)的答案標(biāo)號(hào)上，如答案是E把AB同時(shí)一起涂黑，如答案是F把 CD同時(shí)一起涂黑。

首先，請(qǐng)閱讀下面的應(yīng)用文

A. Chinook’s at Salmon Bay (Ballard/Crown Hill)

This casual seafood restaurant — practically a city institution — is always dependably family-friendly, and its food is always satisfying. It’s a great place to take visiting friends and families too.

B. Matt’s in the Market (Downtown)

The most romantic feature about this cozy closet of a restaurant in the Pike Place Market is its size. It might also make it tough to get into without a wait.

C. St. Clouds (Madison Park/ Madrona / Leschi)

Youngsters get special attention from kind staff, and sweet-treatment extends to the kids’ weekend brunch menu and their dinner options.

D. RockSport Bar & Grill (West Seattle)

Everything about RockSport is big: the seating area, the menu, and last but not least, the wall-sized projection TV screen.

E. Canlis Restaurant (Queen Anne/Seattle Center)

Canlis is the place to go when you want to plan a really, truly special experience (marriage proposals, big anniversaries, etc.). The food, service and setting are all spectacular.

F. Red-hot bakeries

No matter where you go in this wide, wide world, one thing holds true: People absolutely love fresh-baked bread. Our little corner of the planet boasts more than a few bakeries that make breads and delectable pastries worth falling for.

請(qǐng)閱讀以下就餐者的信息，然后匹配就餐者和適合他們的餐廳。

1.The Carpenters often take their kids out to have dinner in a restaurant on weekends. They haven’t visited a lot of restaurants. But sometimes they are rejected because of the children. The weekend is coming again. Whatever restaurant they visit, it is essential that it should welcome kids, especially their five-year-old daughter. And their elder daughter doesn’t like fish or lobster.

2.Fanny just got to know that Anna, her former classmate, and she worked in the same office block. They haven’t seen each other since graduation. They plan to meet each other at lunch hour. But they have only one hour for lunch. As both of them like cakes and bread, a bakeshop might be a good choice.

3.Leo and his wife have been married for five years. They hope to have a celebration in a fine restaurant. These days a restaurant like this is always packed with lovers. They wouldn’t like to wait for a table.

4.After going shopping with her boyfriend in downtown for the whole afternoon, Charlene is looking for a comfortable place to sit down and just enjoy being together.

5.Gary and his football team are going to have a get-together. They want to find a place where they can drink beers while enjoying some sports program.

有市民向記者報(bào)料：網(wǎng)上有人代寫(xiě)暑假作業(yè), 且參與代寫(xiě)的學(xué)生大多是在校大學(xué)生�！皹屖帧蓖嘎叮捍鷮�(xiě)作業(yè)收入可觀。引起了各方說(shuō)法。你作為記者將此事報(bào)道在某教育報(bào)上。

【寫(xiě)作內(nèi)容】

市民報(bào)料網(wǎng)上代寫(xiě)作業(yè)現(xiàn)象；

各方說(shuō)法。

【寫(xiě)作要求】

1. 只能使用5個(gè)句子表達(dá)全部?jī)?nèi)容。

2. 文中不能出現(xiàn)真實(shí)姓名和學(xué)校名稱(chēng)。

【評(píng)分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)】

句子結(jié)構(gòu)準(zhǔn)確，信息內(nèi)容完整，篇章結(jié)構(gòu)連貫

Florence Chadwick was a great swimmer. However, not all of her efforts worked out. In addition to working hard, she had a secret for success. At the age of 34, her goal was to become the first woman to swim from Catalina Island to the California coast. However, in 1952, the sea was like an ice bath and the fog was so dense that she could hardly see her support boats. Her body was numb(麻木) and she had been swimming for nearly 16 hours. Against the cold grip of the sea, she struggled on—hour after hour—while millions watched on national television. Alongside Florence, in one of the boats, her mother and her trainer offered encouragement. They told her it wasn’t much farther. But all she could see was fog. They urged her not to quit. She never had… until then. With only a half mile to go, she asked to be pulled out. Still warming her chilled body several hours later, she told a reporter, “Look, I’m not excusing myself, but if I could have seen land I might have made it.” It was not tiredness or even the cold water that defeated her. It was the fog. She was unable to see her goal. Two months later, she tried again. Despite the same dense fog, she swam with her faith intact（未受影響的）and her goal clearly pictured in her mind. She knew that somewhere behind that fog was land and this time she made it!

【寫(xiě)作內(nèi)容】

你準(zhǔn)備參加學(xué)校最近組織的一次英文演講比賽，主題是“The Value of Goals”。在準(zhǔn)備演講時(shí)，你讀到上面的文章，給你很大的啟發(fā)。請(qǐng)準(zhǔn)備一份演講稿。開(kāi)頭部分已給出，但不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。

1、以約30個(gè)詞概括短文的要點(diǎn)；

2、然后以約120個(gè)詞談?wù)勀銓?duì)“目標(biāo)的重要性”的看法，內(nèi)容包括：

1）你讀完這個(gè)故事的感受；

2）談?wù)勀闶侨绾卫斫饽繕?biāo)在人生當(dāng)中所起的作用的；

3）鼓勵(lì)大家要樹(shù)立目標(biāo)，并為目標(biāo)的實(shí)現(xiàn)而努力。

[寫(xiě)作要求]：

1．在作文中可以使用自己親身的經(jīng)歷或虛構(gòu)的故事，也可以參照閱讀材料的內(nèi)容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

2．作文中不能出現(xiàn)真實(shí)姓名和學(xué)校名稱(chēng)。

 [評(píng)分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)]：概括準(zhǔn)確、語(yǔ)言規(guī)范、內(nèi)容合適、篇章連貫

Several days ago, I came across a story about Glorence Chadwick, __________

On seeing_____ gift they wanted, the kids screamed with _____ delight.

A. /;  a           B. a;  the       C. the;  /           D. the;  a

_____ the city’s public school system should be open to the children of migrant workers has become the focus of discussion.

A. Whether                         B. What                   C. That                D. If

____ under the tree was a charming girl aged about seventeen and eighteen.

A. Sat                            B. Sitting             C. To sit                         D. Sit

Cars do cause people some health problems, in fact far more serious _____ than computers do.

A. one                        B. it                   C. ones              D. those