Amazon just released its list of the 10 best-selling books of 2014，and chances all you’ve already seen people reading them on the train．It's not too late to read—or reread—the bestsellers of the year．The following are the top four of them．
“The Invention of Wings”by Sue Monk Kid
Set in the south in the early 1800s，this Oprah Book Club book follows the complicated relationship between Handful，a slave，and Sarah，her owner，as they grow up together from childhood．Their confusing friendship，in the face of politics and societal norms，becomes a beautiful and difficult thing to watch as it changes over time．
“Gray Mountain”by John Grisham
When the economic recession(萧条)causes Samantha Kofer to lose her Wall Street law firm job．she takes a job at a legal aid clinic in Virginia until she can hopefully get back to big law．But while her new job，for the first time，puts her front and center in the court room，it also puts her in terrible danger．
“All the Light We Cannot See”by Anthony Doerr
This National Book Award Finalist follows both Marie—Laure，a blind French girl living with her father during World War II，and Werner，a German orphan with a skill for building and fixing radios．As their paths cross，this moving story will question how life and art are influenced by war．
“Twenty Seconds Ago(Jack Reacher，#19)”by Lee Child
After years of being out of the Army，Jack Reacher is pulled back into service at the CIA and State Department after someone tried to shoot the president of France．In Child’s latest Jack Reacher installment(系列丛书)，Reacher finds himself face to face with all old enemy and old memories．
1.If you prefer emotional(情感)stories，you’ll choose _______________.
A．The Invention of Wings and Gray Mountain
B．All the Light We Cannot See and Twenty Seconds Ago
C．The Invention of Wings and All the Light We Cannot See
D．Twenty Seconds Ago and Gray Mountain
2.What is Samantha Kofer?
A．A lawyer． B．A doctor．
C．A merchant． D．An official．
3.Which book has won the top honor?
A．The Invention of Wings
B．All the Light We Cannot See
C．Gray Mountain
D．Twenty Seconds Ago
4.What type of writing is this text?
A．A test report． B．An announcement.
C．A book review． D．Introduction of books．
Exhausted，covered in mud and desperately hungry，a team of Swedish athletes sat down for a meal as they prepared to take on a dangerous 20-mile trek through the Ecuadorian rainforest．
As they opened their canned meat，a tired Mikael Lindnord noticed a miserable stray dog staring at him out of the corner of his eye．
Feeling sorry for him，he fed the dog a meatball and thought nothing of it，but as the team stood up to continue their race the animal started to follow them—and he didn’t stop．
As the group of four navigated the final two stages of the 430-mile Adventure Racing World Championship，the dog befriended them and was eventually given the name Arthur．
Every tiring task the team face，Arthur would do the same．He swam alongside them while they kayaked down rivers，dragged himself up hills during hikes and pulled through knee—deep mud during treks．
Even when the team tried to get rid of their new member out of concerns for his safety—he refused to leave．This meant when he was tired they stopped for a break and when he got stuck in the mud they pulled him out．
After six days the team finished the race，and the dog had suffered．They therefore decided to take him to a vet(兽医)while still in South America to have him checked out．
During that time Lindord thought to himself that after their experience，they could not leave Arthur，so he decided to adopt him and take him back to Sweden．He applied to the Swedish Board of Agriculture and was made to wait to see if his application was successful．After a tense few days，the team arrived at the airport with Arthur and boarded the plane with him back home．
Lindord said：“I came to Ecuador to win the World Championship．Instead，I got a new friend．”
1.After meeting the dog，the team ______________．
A．abandoned the dog immediately
B．fed the dog with enough food
C．adopted the dog for convenience
D．continued the race with the dog
2.Why did the team try to get rid of the dog during the race?
A．They were concerned about his safety．
B．They couldn’t afford the race with him．
C．The dog was a burden to the team．
D．The dog couldn’t follow the team successfully．
3.Which of the following can best describe the team?
A．Friendly and caring．
B．Helpful and generous．
C．Risky and harsh．
D．Cautious and sensitive．
4.What can we infer from the text？
A．The dog was sad to have suffered from the race．
B．The team won the World Championship many times．
C．Lindord was overjoyed to befriend the dog．
D．The team felt tense to take Arthur to the airport．
假如你是学生会主席李华，你校学生会将于12月12日下午4点在学校报告厅举办高一、高二年级英语短剧大赛。请你根据以下信息，用英语写一篇书面通知。内容如下：
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Nowadays, there is a increasing number of people joining in the activities of volunteering. It’s well-known that volunteering jobs are making contributions to society with something in return. It’s as the Spirit of Lei Feng. However, knowing this, there are still many people would like to devote themselves to this trend. For instance, the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games had such many volunteers. They make lots of contributions to the success of the Olympics. Moreover, we can often see many students go to visit the old to take warm to them. Even though some people’s career is a volunteer. They are ready to helping others. Although the volunteers are much more common, we still need to thank they for devoting themselves to society.
Recently a new science behind incentives(激励), 1.___ (include) in education, has been discussed. For example, researcher Roland Fryer wanted to see what works best in motivating children _2.__ (do) better in school. ___3._ some cases, he gave students incentives based on input(输入), like reading certain books, while in 4.___, the incentives _ 5. (base) on output, like results on exams. His main _6._ (find) was that incentives increased achievement when based on input but had no effect when based on output. Fryer’s conclusion was that the incentives for inputs might be 7.____ (effect) because students do not know how to do better on an exam, apart from general rules like “study harder”. Reading certain books, on the other hand, is a well-set task over 8.___ they have much more control.
As long as you have direct control over your goal, you have 9.__ much higher chance of success. And it’s easier to start again 10. you fail, because you know exactly what you need to do.
The family had just moved to Rhode Island, and the young woman was feeling a little depressed on that Sunday in May. After all, it was Mother's Day—and 800 miles her from her parents in Ohio.
She had called them that morning, to wish her a happy Mother's Day and her mother had how colorful their backyard was spring had arrived. Later, she told her husband how she those lilacs in her parents' yard. “I know where we can find some,” he said. “Get the and come on.” So off they went.
Some time later, they stopped at a hill and there were lilacs all round. The young woman rushed up to the nearest _ and buried her face in the flowers. Carefully, she some．
Finally, they returned to their car for the home. The woman sat smiling, surrounded by her .
When they were near home, she shouted “stop,” got off quickly and to a nearby nursing home. She went to the end of the porch (门廊), where a(n) patient was sitting in her wheelchair, and put the flowers into her lap. The two , bursting into laughter now and then. Later the young woman turned and ran back to her . As the car pulled away, the woman in the wheelchair with a smile, and held the lilacs .
“Mom,” the kids asked, “ did you give her our flowers?” “It is Mother's Day, and she seems so while I have all of you. And anyone would be by flowers.”
This satisfied the kids, but not the husband. The next day he some young lilacs around their yard.
I was the husband. Now, every May, our yard is full of lilacs. Every Mother's Day our kids purple lilacs. And every year I remember that smile of the lonely old woman.
1.A. movedB. keptC. separatedD. made
2.A. learnedB. mentionedC. imaginedD. realized
3.A. as ifB. so thatC. now thatD. even if
4.A. grewB. missedC. wateredD. showed
5.A. carsB. kidsC. clothesD. lilacs
6.A. yardB. hillC. bushD. door
7.A. boughtB. pickedC. setD. raised
8.A. breakB. holidayC. tripD. dinner
9.A. friendsB. memoryC. honorD. flowers
10.A. respondedB. pointedC. droveD. hurried
11.A. elderlyB. lovingC. seriousD. sensitive
12.A. hesitatedB. waitedC. chattedD. sat
13.A. familyB. motherC. pathD. home
14.A. noddedB. leftC. wavedD. continued
15.A. sadlyB. politelyC. quicklyD. tightly
16.A. whyB. whenC. howD. where
17.A. lonelyB. confusedC. aloneD. patient
18.A. calmedB. persuadedC. disappointedD. cheered
19.A. arrangedB. plantedC. driedD. hid
20.A. findB. gatherC. receiveD. sell
