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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
My 8-year-old son, Kevin, has made friends with some boys in the neighborhood. He has been ________with them after school. My wife, and I are ________ he has other kids to be with and we have ________ and encouraged him to play with his friends. We also want Kevin to learn ________ , so we have asked him to tell us ________ he’s going and to come home at a specified（规定的）time.
The ________ started when Kevin didn’t come home on time. On one occasion, I asked Kevin to be back at 6 pm. By 6:30, I needed to go ________ him. I found him at a friend’s house, and he looked ________ that he couldn’t continue playing. After we came home, I sat Kevin down for a talk about the ________ of keeping his word. I told him I was not worried about his arriving a few ________ late, after a half hour, he told me he understood and I was________ .
The next day, I came home from work at about 6:30 pm and my wife asked me to go and get Kevin back ________ she said he should be back home at 6. I walked to his friend’s house and a look of ________appeared on Kevin’ face when he came to the door.
At ________, my wife and I spoke to Kevin about why he didn’t come home on time again. He said he just wanted to ________ playing. This was ________ , so we decided to ground（罚不准出门）him for a week. This ________ no playing with his friends.
For the next week, whenever his friends came to ask for Kevin, we let him________ to them that he was grounded. We felt this would help him be responsible for his ________ .
As a ________ , I believe one of the most important things we can teach our kids is self-responsibility and that actions have results.
1.A. studying B. playing C. chatting D. quarreling
2.A. glad B. lucky C. worried D. sure
3.A. made B. allowed C. trained D. forced
4.A. amusements B. communication C. honesty D. responsibility
5.A. when B. why C. where D. whenever
6.A. changes B. conflicts C. worries D. problems
7.A. looking for B. picking up C. waiting for D. calling up
8.A. angry B. nervous C. disappointed D. ashamed
9.A. quality B. importance C. stories D. ways
10.A. hours B. minutes C. days D. times
11.A. satisfied B. shocked C. surprised D. concerned
12.A. if B. unless C. because D. so
13.A. guilt B. disappointment C. excitement D. hatred
14.A. home B. school C. work D. office
15.A. finish B. keep C. learn D. stop
16.A. impossible B. impolite C. unacceptable D. unbelievable
17.A. meant B. suggested C. showed D. implied
18.A. reply B. apologize C. tell D. explain
19.A. decisions B. words C. actions D. friends
20.A. teacher B. parent C. writer D. professor
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
The Open Hand — a Universal Sign
When meeting people at the airport, 1. We know that a smile is usually a sign that people feel friendly and happy, but what if we don’t know who the new person is? 2. What if we are meeting a stranger in an unfamiliar place? Sometimes people are dangerous and humans have to find ways to protect themselves. We have to make sure we can trust people we do not know, 3. Showing our hands means that we are not armed（武装）. In many cultures today, the Western custom of shaking hands is used. We use our right hand, which is usually stronger than the left one. If we are using our hand this way, it cannot be holding a knife or a gun. It shows that we trust the other person, 4.
Not all cultures use the handshake, 5. Japanese people might cover one hand with the other and, depending on whom they are greeting, bow slightly or quite low. In India, Hindu people join their hands in front of their faces and bow their heads. A Muslim will touch his heart, mouth and forehead（前额）to show respect. Even young people in the West now give each other the “high five”, when they slap（拍）each other’s hands high in the air. They are all keeping their hands busy. In almost all cultures, to smile and show an open right hand means, “Welcome, you are safe with me.”
A. What if I want to show that I am bored?
B. most people smile and shake hands with people they meet.
C. and that the other person can trust us.
D. What if we are not introduced by a friend?
E. and people in many Asian cultures do not always touch another person.
F. and we have to show that we are not dangerous.
G. nor are they comfortable in the same way with touching or distance between people.
Last year, I lived in Chile（智利）for half a year. I lived with a Chilean family and had the responsibilities of any Chilean teenager. I had good days and bad days I didn’t understand.
Chuquicamata, my host community, is a mining camp. When I arrived there, I was scared. It was so different from what I was used to. There were lots of dogs in the streets, and there was no downtown, few smoothly paved（铺砌的）streets, and little to do for entertainment. Rain was not seen very often, earthquakes and windstorms were frequent.
I had studied Spanish for two and a half years and was always one of the best students in my class. But in my first week in Chile I was only able to communicate and needed one person to whom I could explain my shock. I couldn’t speak the thoughts in my head and there were so many.
Most exchange students experienced this like me. Culture shock presents（呈现）itself in everything from increased aggression（攻击）towards the people to lack of appetite（食欲）. I was required（要求）to overcome all difficulties.
As time passed, everything changed. I began to forget words in English and to dream in Spanish and love Chilean food. I got used to not depending on expensive things for fun. Fun in Chuquicamata was being with people. And I took math, physics, chemistry, biology, Spanish, art, and philosophy.
But the sacrifices（牺牲）were nothing compared to the gain. I learned how to accept and to succeed in another culture. I now have a deeper understanding of both myself and others.
1. The author came to Chile last year with the purpose of ________.
A. paying a visit to Chile as a tourist
B. experiencing Chilean life as a teacher
C. studying Chilean culture as a college student
D. studying knowledge as an exchange student
2. On arriving in Chile, why did the author feel frightened?
A. Because he did not know how to get along with the local people.
B. Because it was full of dangers like earthquakes and windstorms.
C. Because its living conditions were worse than what he was used to.
D. Because it was not convenient for him to shop there.
3.What did the author most probably think of his life in Chile?
A. Wonderful and worthwhile
B. Difficult but meaningful
C. Difficult and meaningless
D. Boring and disappointing
4. According to the passage, which of the following statements about Chile is TRUE?
A. Its official language is Spanish and English.
B. It is a developing country without foreign students.
C. It seldom rains and natural disasters often happen.
D. Most Chileans are not friendly to foreigners.
Scientists have learned a lot about the kinds of food people need. They say that there are several kinds of food that people should eat every day. They are: (1) green and yellow vegetables of all kinds; (2) citrus（柑橘）fruits and tomatoes; (3) potatoes and other fruit and vegetables; (4) meat of all kinds, fish and eggs; (5) milk and foods made from milk; (6) bread or cereals（谷类食品）, and rice is also in this kind of food; (7) butter, or something like butter.
Paragraph 2
People in different countries and different places of the world eat different kinds of things. Foods are cooked and eaten in many different kinds of ways. People in different countries eat at different times of the day. In some places people eat once or twice a day; in other countries people eat three or four times a day. Scientists say that none of the differences is really important. It doesn’t matter whether foods are eaten raw or cooked, canned or frozen. It doesn’t matter if a person eats dinner at 4 o’clock in the afternoon or at eleven o’clock at night. The important thing is what you eat every day.
Paragraph 3
There are two problems, then, in feeding the large number of people on earth. The first is to find some ways to feed the world’s population so that no one is hungry. The second is to make sure that people everywhere have the right kinds of food to make them grow to be strong and healthy.
1. It is important for people to eat ________.
A. three times a day
B. dinner at twelve o’clock
C. cooked food all the day
D. something from each of the seven kinds of food every day
2. People in different countries and different places of the world ________.
A. have the right kinds of food to eat
B. cook their food in the same way
C. have their meals at the same time
D. eat food in different ways
3.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. People in some places don’t have enough to eat.
B. There are too many people in the world.
C. One of the problems is that no one is hungry.
D. The scientists are trying to make people grow to be strong and healthy.
4. If there is Paragraph 4, what do you think is going to be talked about?
A. When people eat their lunch.
B. What to do with the two problems.
C. How to cook food in different ways.
D. Why people eat different kinds of food.
Camping wild is a wonderful way to experience the natural world and, at its best, it makes little environmental influence. But with increasing numbers of people wanting to escape into the wilderness, it is becoming more and more important to camp unobtrusively（不引人注意地）and leave no mark.
Wild camping is not permitted in many places, particularly in crowded lowland Britain. Wherever you are, find out about organizations responsible for managing wild spaces, and contact them to find out their policy on camping and shelter building. For example, it is fine to camp wild in remote parts of Scotland, but in England you must ask the landowner’s permission, except in natural parks.
Camping is about having relaxation, sleeping outdoors, experiencing bad weather, and making do without modern conveniences. A busy, fully-equipped campsite（野营地）seems to go against this, so seek out smaller, more remote places with easy access to open spaces and perhaps beaches. Better still, find a campsite with no road access: walking in makes a real adventure.
Finding the right spot to camp is the first step to guaranteeing a good night’s sleep. Choose a campsite with privacy and minimum（最小化的） influence on others and the environment. Try to use an area where people have obviously camped before rather than creating a new spot. When camping in woodland, avoid standing dead trees, which may fall on a windy night. Avoid animal runs and caves, and possible homes of biting insects. Make sure you have most protection on the windward side. If you make a fire, do so downwind of your shelter. Always consider what influence you might have on the natural world. Avoid damaging plants. A good campsite is found, not made——changing it should be unnecessary.
1.You needn’t ask for permission when camping in ________.
A．national parks in England
B．most parts of Scotland
C．crowded lowland Britain
D．most parts of England
2.The last paragraph mainly deals with ________.
A．protecting animals
B．building a campfire
C．camping in woodland
D．finding a campsite with privacy
3.The passage is mainly about ________
A．the protection of campsites
B．the importance of wild camping
C．the human influence on campsites
D．the dos and don’ts of wild camping
Some years ago, Wang Baoqiang was a nobody to most Chinese people. However, he is now a household film star in China.
Wang is the youngest child of a poor family in Hebei Province. Dreaming of becoming an actor, he left home at the age of 8 to study kung fu at Shaolin Temple, since kung-fu actors seemed to appear most often on the big screen.
At 14, he moved to Beijing for his acting career for the first time, with little money in his pocket. He worked at a construction site（建筑工地）for 20 to 25 yuan per day, and spent his free time standing in front of the Beijing Film Studio, eager to be chosen as temporary（临时的）actors. This was the hardest time for the boy. His opportunity finally came one day after he went for a role in the movie “Blind Shaft”（盲井）. He was chosen to play a young coal miner. The movie won him three prizes in Thailand, France and Taiwan. But his success didn`t make any difference to his life.
That year, he went home for the Spring Festival. He gave his family his earnings from the movie, around $ 250 and then returned to Beijing with 500 yuan, the same amount he had when he first came to the city. His life was as simple as before.
Thanks to his natural performance in “Blind Shaft”, he was invited by the famous director Feng Xiaogang to act in the film “A World Without Thieves” in 2004, which made him famous immediately. People called him “Shagen”, the name of his character in the movie.
Wang’s work, “Soldiers Sortie” has made him the most popular actor on the Chinese mainland. For the actor, it’s a dream coming true.
“Dreams come true. I think my life is exactly a course of pursuing dreams. No matter how tough one thing is,I can make it as long as I put great effort into it. ”he said.
1.Why does Wang Baoqiang leave for Shaolin Temple at his early age?
A. To study kung fu to build up his strength
B. Because he has seen through the human society
C. To realize his childhood dream to be an actor
D. To make money in support of his family
2.Which of the following films made him win three prizes?
A. A World Without Thieves
B. Soldiers Sortie
C. Plot Against
D. Blind Shaft
3.How much money did he take with him the first time he came to Beijing?
A. ¥500 B. $250 C. ¥50 D. ¥1750
4.What would be the best title for this passage?
A. The Movies about Wang Baoqiang
B. Pursuing Dreams
C. How to Become Famous
D. Overnight Well-known
