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．
假如你是某涉外旅游公司的一名导游，在鲜花盛开（in full bloom）的季节，准备带一外国旅游团到某著名景点登山观光。进入景区前，为保证游客旅途愉快平安，请你按下面提示用英语向游客们说明相关注意事项。
1．听从指令，不掉队。
2．山路狭窄，注意安全。
3．严禁吸烟，以防林火。
注意：1．词数100 左右；2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3．开头语已为你写好。
Dear Peter，
I am writing to ask whether you are able to do me a favor．
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（Λ），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Yesterday morning，I was surprising to hear that my best friend Allee has been hit by a car and was in hospital．The other day when he was going to cross a street，he was such careful that he didn’t go until he saw the traffic light to turn green．But hardly had he got to the middle of the street while he saw a car suddenly appear on his right-hand side and come directly towards them．It was too late for Allee to escape．He was hit by the car or was thrown a few meters away．He was sent to the nearest hospital immediately and had operation．When I went to see him，he was out of dangers but still looked pale．I sincere hope he will recover and return to normal as soon as possible．
Eleven-year-old Angela was stricken with a disease involving her nervous system．The doctors did not hold out much hope of her ever recovering __1.__ this illness．They predicted she’d spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair．2._ Angela firmly believed that she was definitely going to be walking again someday．The doctors were charmed by her __3.__（defeatable）spirit．They taught her about imaging—about seeing herself _4.（walk）．Angela would work as hard as possible in physical therapy(理疗），lying there faithfully doing her imaging，visualizing herself moving，moving，moving!
One day，__5.__ she was straining with all her might to imagine her legs moving again，__6._ seemed as though a miracle happened: the bed moved! She screamed out，“Look what I __7._（do）! Look! Look! I can do it! I moved，I moved！” Of course，__8.__ this very moment everyone __9.__ in the hospital was screaming，too．It was the San Francisco earthquake．But don’t tell _10.__ to Angela．She’s convinced that she did it．And now only a few years later，she’s back in school．On her own two legs．No walking sticks，no wheelchair．
After my brother died in an accident，my mother was very sad．I was only 4 years old at the time，but I still understood the in my mom’s attitude toward safety． ，everything around us was potentially ．
I grew up with a lot of and rules that were meant to me．For example，I was not to walk home from school by myself，even though everyone I knew already did．I couldn’t evening parties or go to summer camp， what if something happened to me?
As I got older，the list of things to got longer．I became a natural ．I was concerned about things like getting cancer，losing my wallet，being caught in car accidents and earthquakes — big and small，real and ．The funny part is that you’d never know it by looking at my life，because I’m constantly myself to do the things that frighten or worry me．In fact，I’ve developed a for myself: If it scares me，then I have to do it once．I’ve done lots of things that would have my mom: I’ve ridden a motorcycle，I’ve traveled alone，and I’ve performed stand-up comedy．
Courage isn’t a natural attribute（品质）of human beings．I believe that we have to practice being courageous．The more I do things that scare me or that make me ，the more I realize that I can do a lot more than I originally thought I could do．
Even though I inherited（经遗传获得）my mother’s cautious ，I’ve also come to believe that fear can be a good thing，if we it．Believing that has made my world a less scary place．
1.A．hint B．change C．scene D．lesson
2.A．Slowly B．Logically C．Fortunately D．Suddenly
3.A．important B．inspiring C．convenient D．dangerous
4.A．restrictions B．considerations C．judgments D．comparisons
5.A．limit B．help C．protect D．train
6.A．allowed B．encouraged C．reminded D．advised
7.A．arrange B．attend C．decorate D．support
8.A．but B．though C．or D．because
9.A．hope B．fear C．count D．bear
10.A．worrier B．dreamer C．adult D．thinker
11.A．ideas B．affairs C．actions D．disasters
12.A．special B．common C．imaginary D．practical
13.A．expecting B．warning C．forcing D．promising
14.A．rule B．form C．case D．hobby
15.A．in all B．at most C．after all D．at least
16.A．threatened B．shocked C．confused D．entertained
17.A．rarely B．quickly C．often D．fairly
18.A．confident B．uncomfortable C．happy D．generous
19.A．nature B．duty C．work D．task
20.A．know B．get C．avoid D．face
