阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
After being a migrant(移民) worker for over 10 years, Wu Lizhu, jokingly 1. (call) Zhuzhu, returned to her hometown and set up a library free of charge for local kids.
Zhuzhu had nothing in her pocket except two credit cards, so how 2. she manage to establish the library? Initially, she posted a message on her Wechat Moments and soon afterwards, some of her friends started 3. (donate) books. Some children in the village came to her and helped make some regulations for the library’s 4. (operate). Gradually, more and more children started to show up.
The library can accommodate around 100 children, some of 5. come to do their homework after school or to read in the evenings. There are always friends coming to visit her. Every time they come she 6. (arrange) a salon for her friends to share their different experiences of the outside world with local parents and children.
“As well as reading and doing their homework, I also hope that they can come to me 7. they are wronged by their parents at home and look for a quiet place 8. (calm) down,” Zhuzhu said. “If they want to sit 9. (silent), we won’t disturb them, but if they want to chat with me, then I’d be very happy. This is what I want to provide them 10.: a free space.”
I grew up in Trenton, a west Tennessee town of only 5 thousand people. I have _________ memories of those first eighteen years, and many people in Trenton influenced my life in very _________ ways. My football coach, Walter Kilzer, taught me the _________ of hard work. My history teacher, Fred Culp, taught me that a sense of humor was one of life’s greatest _________.
But my father was my hero. He taught me many things, but at the _________ of the list, he taught me to treat people with love and _________. I remember one particular example of him _________ this “life lesson” as if it were yesterday. Dad owned a furniture store, and I used to _________ the furniture after school to earn my allowance. One afternoon I _________ my Dad talking to all the customers as they came in. At the end of the day, just as Dad was __________, the rubbish collector came in.
I was __________ to go home, and I thought it __________ that Dad wouldn’t spend much time with him, but I was __________. Dad greeted him with a big hug and talked with him for nearly half an hour. I kept looking at the __________, and when the man left, I asked, “Dad, why did you spend so much time with a rubbish collector?” Dad looked at me __________ and said, “Son, I tell you lots of thing __________ if you remember nothing else, remember this: treat every human being just the way that you would __________ to be treated. If you live the Golden Rule, everything in life will __________ work out well and your life will be happy and __________.”
Many years have passed, but my father’s words are still __________ with me.
1.A.early B.bitter C.wonderful D.vague
2.A.annoying B.interesting C.simple D.positive
3.A.importance B.fun C.pain D.result
4.A.blessings B.differences C.inventions D.valuables
5.A.bottom B.top C.edge D.foot
6.A.attention B.hope C.soul D.respect
7.A.teaching B.getting C.showing D.understanding
8.A.see B.push C.dust D.remove
9.A.kept B.suggested C.observed D.left
10.A.closing B.sleeping C.cooking D.speaking
11.A.happy B.late C.ready D.likely
12.A.again B.carefully C.hard D.surely
13.A.hopeless B.wrong C.confident D.disappointed
14.A.collector B.clock C.furniture D.stranger
15.A.angrily B.coldly C.kindly D.calmly
16.A.but B.so C.as D.or
17.A.agree B.manage C.leave D.like
18.A.only B.usually C.possibly D.slightly
19.A.useful B.realistic C.meaningful D.challenging
20.A.doing B.meeting C.going D.living
How to be Cool on Instagram（抓拍神器）
Instagram is a game. Gaining likes and followers is no easy task unless you’re a beauty. But your social media luck is about to change, because a social media talent can help you to step up your Instagram game.
1.. My teenage sister, Grace, routinely breaks 150 likes on Instagram, no sweat, because she just gets it. 2..
1. Timing is everything
You can’t post photos willy-nilly. So when do you actually post? Sunday evening is “prime time” for likes, because everyone is bored and not doing homework. And it also implies to the real world.
2. 3.
People don’t care how much you’re feeling your look. No one needs to see eight pictures from your date night out. Remember, as my sister recommends, “You can’t give the people too much or they will be over it very quickly.”
3. Selfies（自拍）have strict rules
Basically, don’t just go around throwing up random selfies like the world is ending tomorrow. It’s not a cute look. Here’s what my sister had to say about selfies: Be spontaneous（自然率真）and fun. TBTs (Throwback Thursday) have to actually be TBTs. 4.. Instead, use TBTs for cute baby pictures and awkward middle school photos. It’s funny, according to the resident teens.
4. Putting your account on private is unnecessary
You should set your profile to public because you should have nothing to hide. Also, it gets you more followers, which is what you’re after. 5.. For it’s Instagram, after all. In the wise words of the teen, “Life is too short. Eat dessert first.”
A.Here’s what to do and, more importantly, what not to do
B.Most importantly, have fun and don’t take it too seriously
C.Gaining likes and followers is very interesting
D.Teenagers are tastemakers
E.Don’t post too much
F.Don’t be selfish
G.You aren’t fooling anyone if you TBT a recent photo
Last summer, bird-watchers confirmed the discovery of a new species of bird in Cambodia（柬埔寨）: the Combodian tailorbird. It was not an event of particular biological significance but it was striking for one reason: This species of tailorbird was discovered not in an unspoiled rain forest but within the limits of Combodia’s capital, Phnom Penh.
We don’t typically think of the city as a likely habitat for natural life except rats and pigeons（鸽子）, let alone as a hiding place for an undiscovered species of bird. But a new paper, published last week in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, proves it incorrect. A team of 24 researchers has studied birds and plants in 147 cities, and found that cities much more closely resemble their native habitats than they resemble each other.
It’s also true that in the world of birds and plants, as in human society, there is such thing as a world species who feels equally at home in Francisco, Milan and Beijing. Four birds appear in more than 80 percent of the cities studied, and 11 plants in more than 90 percent of the cities. On the plant side, those include meadow grass, shepherd’s purse, weeds. In the air, it’s the usual species: the pigeon, the house sparrow and the European starling（惊鸟）. They all have become completely adapted to urban life.
However, not all cities are equal protectors of plants and animals, though. City design plays an important role in greening a city. In fact, the amount of green space is a stronger predictor of the biodiversity than a city’s size.
In a world where architecture, food, language, fashion and commerce are increasingly globalized, a city’s native plants and animals are considered as a kind of city identity. Cities tend to become similar, but their natural environments stand differently apart.
1.What does the author think of the discovery of the Cambodian tailorbird?
A.It is just an exception.
B.It is a wonder for the Cambodians.
C.It is an amazing biological event.
D.It is very common in the world.
2.Weeds and sparrows are found in many cities. This seems to be a result of ________.
A.complete adaption
B.natural selection
C.good urban design
D.rapid globalization
3.We can learn that while cities tend to become similar, their natural environments ________.
A.are becoming worse
B.remain diverse
C.are expanding in size
D.stay unchanged
4.What would be the best title for the text?
A.The Discovery of New Species of Bird in Cambodia
B.The Similarity of the Habitats in Different Cities
C.City’s Native Plants and Animals—A Kind of City Identity
D.City—Protector of Native Plants and Animals
Robots will have taken over most jobs within 30 years leaving humanity facing its “biggest challenger ever” to find meaning in life when work is no longer necessary according to experts.
Professor Moshe Vardi, who works in Rice University, says that many middle-class professionals will be assisting the work of machines within the next few decades leaving workers more leisure（休闲）time than they have ever experienced and as a result, the rise of robots could lead to unemployment rate greater than 50 percent.
“We are approaching a time when machines will be able to do better than humans at almost any task,” said Vardi, “Robots are doing more and more jobs that people used to do. I believe that society needs to face question before it’s upon us. If machines can do almost any work humans can do, what will humans do? The question I want to put forward is, ‘Does the technology we are developing finally benefit mankind?’”
Prof. Vardi said existing robotic and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies were already getting rid of a growing number of middle-class jobs and that pace of advancement in the field is increasing.
But Prof. Vardi is not sure that a workforce of human like robots will be good for mankind. “A typical answer is that if machines will do all our work, we will be free to pursue leisure activities,” he said. “I do not find this a promising future, as I do not find the idea of leisure-only life appealing. I believe that work is essential to human well-being.” He added, “Humanity is about to face perhaps its greatest challenge ever, which is finding meaning in life. If machines can do all the work or even 50 percent of the jobs that we used to do, what will people do?”
1.According to the text, what is human’s “biggest challenge ever”?
A.The most challenging jobs.
B.Seeking the significance of life.
C.The rise of unemployment rates.
D.No necessary work for humanity.
2.What is Prof. Vardi concerned about?
A.Whether robotic and AI technologies are good for humans.
B.Whether robots can rule humans within 30 years.
C.The unemployment rate is increasing greatly.
D.The development of robots is rapid enough.
3.What does Prof. Vardi think of the leisure-only life?
A.Realistic and comfortable.
B.Unpleasant and unattractive.
C.Entertaining and pleasing.
D.Disgusting and annoying.
4.We can infer from the text that we ________ in the future.
A.will be in short of labor force
B.can have a surplus of products
C.have to face fierce competition
D.may lose the value of life
Like Indiana Jones (a fictional character), who undertakes daring adventures in his spare time, my father is a businessman by day and a thrill-seeker by night.
His enthusiasm rubbed off on me, and I have been lucky to be his companion on many adventures. We started out by riding America’s fastest, most twisted roller coasters. After that a whitewater rafting trip through the Grand Canyon（峡谷）on the Colorado River started our search for other extreme thrills across the globe.
Amazing thrills awaited us at every corner of the world. Skydiving was especially thrilling when performed from a helicopter over the breathtaking Swiss Alps. We have bungee jumped from the world’s highest platform, Bloukrans Bridge in South Africa. Most recently, in Interlaken, Switzerland, we attempted canyoning（溪降运动）.
Anyone who loves a challenging thrill should try canyoning. Our adventure began with a 90-foot rope down a canyon wall into a rushing ice-cold river. Then we crossed the bone-chilling water toward the mouth of the river, our final destination, where the reward for the journey would be a whole view of the beautiful Interlaken basin. We slid over slippery rocks at one moment, jumped from waterfalls and swam through underwater tunnels the next. Back and forth we alternated, climbing rope ladders before going back into the fresh mountain water. Certainly, danger was waiting for us in each of these activities, but that very danger provided the rush. Canyoning was indeed one thrill after another, from beginning to end.
While canyoning is possible only in certain places, thrills and adventure can be found anywhere. Our beginnings in the U.S. showed us just that. We continue to seek the big thrills, but in doing so, we have learned to seek lesser excitement in daily life as well. After all, we can’t go canyoning every day, and small thrills are better than none for us thrill-seekers.
1.What do we know about the author’s father?
A.He is a very successful businessman.
B.He is doing a part-time job.
C.He likes Indiana Jones very much.
D.He enjoys experiencing adventures.
2.What does the underlined phrase “rubbed off on” mean in paragraph 2?
A.relate to B.keep off
C.affect D.confuse
3.What did the author and his father do when attempting canyoning?
A.Jumped down from waterfalls and swam across the icy water.
B.Jumped down a canyon river and crossed it.
C.Climbed over a rope ladder and swam through underwater tunnels.
D.Climbed down a canyon wall and swam across the rushing icy river.
4.What does the author want to tell us in the last paragraph?
A.Small thrills in daily life are worth a try as well.
B.We had better go abroad to experience canyoning.
C.Canyoning is not suitable for everyone.
D.America is the most proper place to experience adventures.
