Chocolate has come a long way through history, and one of the reasons is the Ferrero family, the creators of the world-famous Ferrero Rocher chocolate treats．The history of this family business starts back in the 1940s, when Pietro Ferrero and his wife, Piera, transformed a pastry shop into a factory．There, Pietro and his son, Michele, let their creativity lead them to form the building blocks of the company．Eventually, Michele took over the operation and set his sights on making the best products possible.
Michele’s efforts paid off．He turned his father’s creations into globally sold and consumed products．One of their most successful products, Nutella, had become a staple food in many homes．The third generation now runs the company．Michele’s sons, Pietro and Giovanni worked side by side as managing directors for ten years until an accident resulting in Pietro’ death．Still inspired by his family and their hard work and determination, Giovanni is guiding Ferrero into the future.
While staying true to the Ferrero motto of “work, create, and donate”, he is making sure his family’s business is an example of success in the past, present, and future.
［写作内容］
1．以约30个词概括上文的主要内容。
2．以约120个词谈谈Ferrero及其家人成功制作巧克力对你的启迪，内容包括：
（1）描述人们创业的艰辛。
（2）分析人们创业成功的原因。
（3）Ferrero及其家人成功制作巧克力对你的启迪。
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1．作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。
2．作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
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单词拼写（共10题；每小题1分，满分10分）
请认真阅读下列句子，根据所读内容在空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。
1.The Queen often _______（ 咨询,请教）her advisors before making a speech to the Parliament.
2.The plane crashed, its bombs _________ （爆炸） as it hit the ground.
3.Would you mind my ________ （打断） for a while? I have some questions to discuss with you.
4.The days spent with you are very______（宝贵的,珍贵的） to me, so I’ll always treasure them.
5.She backed away from the window in fear when bullets ___________（呼啸） past her ears.
6.The idea of a holiday abroad is surely a___________, but I don’t have sufficient money.
7.B_________ her self-confident surface, she’s quite unsure of herself.
8.Most of us hate the i_________ of not being able to use credit cards to buy things in this shop.
9.After years of efforts, his business started to make a p_______.
10.The s ________theory was easier to understand, which saved the instructor much explanation.
请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填一个单词。
Research shows that the summer before college can be a dangerous time for teenagers, as they are between home and high school on the one side, and a more challenging and independent existence as a college student on the other．
Take drinking for example．Research has reported that teenagers tend to increase their alcohol use during the summer before college and in their first term．Such drinking can lead to tragedy: it’s estimated that more than 1,100 college students at 18 to 24 years of age die each year from alcohol-related injuries, including car crashes, and almost 600, 000 are injured under the influence of alcohol.
In addition to drinking, future freshmen may also have gaps in their knowledge about other aspects of university life．A study has found that students are “generally aware” of the fact that they have to place them into college courses and their school’s curricular requirements．In addition, many students hold misunderstandings such as “Getting into college is the hardest part”, and “I can take whatever classes I want when I get to college”．In fact, students’ courses may be determined by their level of preparation．
It is found that college-bound high-school graduates are faced with a number of potentially frightening tasks during the summer．For example, colleges typically require students to take placement tests（分班考试）and fill out a lot of paperwork, including housing and medical forms, over the summer．Completing these tasks may be especially frightening for low-income and first-generation college-bound students whose families may be short of experience with the college-going process．
In addition, it’s only in the summer after high-school graduation when students face the reality of paying the first college bill, which often includes unexpected costs like required health insurance．For college-intending students, successfully controlling the post-high-school summer thus requires a level of finance that may be unrelated to their ability to succeed in the classroom．As a result, students who have already broken through many barriers to college admission may fail to enter college．
Paring college-bound students with “fellow advisers”---students already in college who have been trained to support and coach their learners through the summer---improves the rate at which the learners show up at college．Even more wonderful, a low-cost campaign of text messages---in which researchers sent recent high-school graduates and their parents a series of eight to ten text-message reminders of key tasks to complete over the summer---is just as effective in increasing the rate of students who successfully make the change to college．
A little “summer pushing” could be a key step in getting students all the way across the finish line．
The Key to College Success: Summer | |
Facts | The summer before college throws 1. dangers to high-school graduates． |
College life is challenging and needs students’ 2. . | |
Reasons for college failure | Many misfortunes happening to future freshmen are related to 3. . |
Future freshmen have false4. about college life． | |
Tasks related to going to college may create some 5. for a certain group of high-school graduates. | |
Finance may become a threat6. to those who can give good academic performance． | |
7. | Get ready, as the level of preparations really does 8. . |
Future freshmen may be recommended to 9. to “fellow advisers”. | |
Text messages can be used as 10. of completing key tasks． | |
At the beginning of the World Series of 1947, I experienced a completely new emotion, when the National Anthem was played．This time, I thought, it is being played for me, as much as for anyone else．This is organized major league baseball, and I am standing here with all the others; and everything that takes place includes me.
About a year later, I went to Atlanta, Georgia, to play in an exhibition game．On the field, for the first time in Atlanta, there were Negroes and whites．Other Negroes besides me．And I thought: What I have always believed has come to be.
And what is it that I have always believed? First, that imperfections are human．But that wherever human beings were given room to breathe and time to think, those imperfections would disappear, no matter how slowly．I do not believe that we have found or even approached perfection．That is not necessarily in the scheme of human events．Handicaps, stumbling blocks, prejudices — all of these are imperfect．Yet, they have to be dealt with because they are in the scheme of human events.
Whatever obstacles I found made me fight all the harder．But it would have been impossible for me to fight at all, except that I was sustained by the personal and deep-rooted belief that my fight had a chance．It had a chance because it took place in a free society．Not once was I forced to face and fight an immovable object．Not once was the situation so cast-iron rigid that I had no chance at all．Free minds and human hearts were at work all around me; and so there was the probability of improvement．I look at my children now, and know that I must still prepare them to meet obstacles and prejudices.
But I can tell them, too, that they will never face some of these prejudices because other people have gone before them．And to myself I can say that, because progress is unalterable, many of today's dogmas （教条）will have vanished by the time they grow into adults．I can say to my children: There is a chance for you．No guarantee, but a chance．And this chance has come to be, because there is nothing static with free people．There is no Middle Ages logic so strong that it can stop the human tide from flowing forward．I do not believe that every person, in every walk of life, can succeed in spite of any handicap．That would be perfection．But I do believe — and with every fiber in me — that what I was able to attain came to be because we put behind us （no matter how slowly） the dogmas of the past: to discover the truth of today; and perhaps find the greatness of tomorrow.
I believe in the human race．I believe in the warm heart．I believe in man's honesty．I believe in the goodness of a free society．And I believe that the society can remain good only as long as we are willing to fight for it — and to fight against whatever imperfections may exist．My fight was against the barriers that kept Negroes out of baseball．This was the area where I found imperfection, and where I was best able to fight．And I fought because I knew it was not doomed to be a losing fight．It couldn't be a losing fight-not when it took place in a free society．And in the largest sense, I believe that what I did was done for me — that it was my faith in God that sustained me in my fight．And that what was done for me must and will be done for others.
1.Why did the author say he had experienced a completely new emotion?
A．Because he won game.
B．Because he was an American.
C．Because he could compete in the game and won the game.
D．Because the National Game was played for him.
2.From the passage, we know that the author is ___________．
A．an African． B．a Chinese
C．a white man D．a black man
3.The author firmly believed that____________.
A．humans are imperfect if they all unite together to overcome the difficulties.
B．humans needn’t approach perfect even if they can.
C．humans should face the obstacles and fight for it bravely.
D．humans are becoming kind and honest if they have freedom.
4.We can infer from the passage that_________.
A．the fight between Negroes and Whites never ends
B．the civil war broke out because the Negroes fought for their freedom
C．In the past Negroes were kept out of baseball.
D．the fight ended up with a game.
5.The underlined word ‘vanished’ most probably means __________
A．disappear B．increase
C．appear D．happen
6.The best title of this passage may be_________.
A．Nothing matters except fighting
B．Success lies in hard work
C．freedom is everything
D．Free Minds and Hearts makes a difference
The question of whether our government should promote science and technology or the liberal arts（文科） in higher education isn’t an either/or proposition（命题），although the current emphasis on preparing young Americans for STEM（science, technology, engineering, maths）-related fields can make it seem that way．
The latest congressional report acknowledges the critical importance of technical training, but also states firmly that the study of the humanities and social sciences must remain central components of America’s educational system at all levels．Both are critical to producing citizens who can participate effectively in our democratic society, become creative leaders, and benefit from the spiritual enrichment that the reflection on the great ideas of mankind over time provides．
Parents and students who have invested heavily in higher education worry about graduates’ job prospects as technological advances and changes in domestic and global markets transform professions in ways that reduce wages and cut jobs．Under these circumstances, it’s natural to look for what may appear to be the most “practical” way out of the problem “Major in a subject designed to get you a job” seems the obvious answer to some, though this ignores the fact that many disciplines in the humanities characterized as “soft” often, in fact, lead to employment and success in the long run．Indeed, according to surveys, employers have expressed a preference for students who have received a broadly-based education that has taught them to write well, think critically, research creatively, and communicate easily．
Moreover, students should be prepared not just for their first job, but for their 4th and 5th jobs, as there’s little reason to doubt that people entering the workforce today will be called upon to play many different roles over the course of their careers．The ones who will do the best in this new environment will be those whose educations have prepared them to be flexible．The ability to draw upon every available tool and insight—picked up from science, arts, and technology—to solve the problems of the future, and take advantage of the opportunities that present themselves, will be helpful to them and the United States．
1.What does the latest congressional report suggest?
A．STEM-related subjects help students find jobs in the information society.
B．Higher education should be adjusted to the practical needs of society.
C．The liberal arts in higher education help enrich students’ spiritual life.
D．The humanities and STEM subjects should be given equal importance．
2.What kind of job applicants do employers look for?
A．Those who have a strong sense of responsibility.
B．Those who are good at solving practical problems.
C．Those who are likely to become innovative leaders.
D．Those who have received an all-round education.
3.What advice does the author give to college students?
A．Seize opportunities to explore their potential．
B．Try to take a variety of practical courses．
C．Adopt a flexible approach to solving problems．
D．catch as many chances as possible to change their jobs.
Energy independence has a nice ring to it．Doesn’t it? If you think so, you’re not alone, because energy independence has been the dream of American president for decades, and never more so than in the past few years, when the most recent oil price shock has been partly responsible for kicking off the great recession.
“Energy independence” and its rhetorical （修辞的） companion “energy security” are, however, slippery concepts that are rarely though through．What is it we want independence from, exactly?
Most people would probably say that they want to be independent from imported oil．But there are reasons that we buy all that old from elsewhere.
The first reason is that we need it to keep our economy running．Yes, there is a trickle（涓涓细流）of biofuel（生物燃料）available, and more may become available, but most biofuels cause economic waste and environmental destruction.
Second, Americans have basically decided that they don’t really want to produce all their own oil．They value the environmental quality they preserve over their oil imports from abroad．Vast areas of the United States are off-limits to oil exploration and production in the name of environmental protection．To what extent are Americans really willing to endure the environmental impacts of domestic energy production in order to cut back imports?
Third, there are benefits to trade．It allows for economic efficiency, and when we buy things from places that have lower production costs than we do, we benefit．And although you don’t read about this much, the United States is also a large exporter of oil products, selling about 2 million barrels of petroleum products per day to about 90 countries.
There is no question that the United States imports a great deal of energy and, in fact, relies on that steady flow to maintain its economy．When that flow is interrupted, we feel the pain in short supplies and higher prices．At the same time, we obtain massive economic benefits when we buy the most affordable energy on the world market and when we engage in energy trade around the world.
1.What does the author say about energy independence for America?
A．It sounds very attractive．
B．It ensures national security．
C．It will bring oil prices down
D．It has long been everyone’s dream.
2.Why does America rely heavily on oil imports?
A．It wants to expand its storage of crude oil（原油）.
B．Its own oil reserves are quickly running out.
C．It wants to keep its own environment undamaged.
D．Its own oil production falls short of demand．
3.What does the author say about oil trade?
A．It proves profitable to both sides．
B．It improves economic efficiency．
C．It makes for economic prosperity．
D．It saves the cost of oil exploration．
