Last Saturday，I decided to visit my cousin in Ithaca. It was a 9-hour journey by bus to my _______.
The first_______ of the journey spanned (跨越）about six hours. Then, I had to_______to another bus, which spanned about three hours. _______，my first bus got delayed (延误)by two hours._______，I missed my second bus and had to wait for a _______ of hours until I could take the next bus. It was 6: 00 pm when I waited for the bus. I called my cousin to tell him about the delay and_______ that it might be midnight when I reached home.
While I was on _______，I did not realize that there was a lady standing close by，listening to my _______ I also couldn’t have ________ that what was about to follow would have a deep ________ on me.
When I ________，the lady came close to me and we got into a conversation. She asked me about my journey. When she learned that it had already been a long and ________ day for me, she took out some snacks and ________ them to me. This was a kind act and I felt thankful; however, that was not all that I would ________ that evening.
As I ________my conversation with her, I learned that she was from a ________ background. This made my heart sink (下沉)not out of sadness________out of humbleness(谦卑）.I realized how true and kind an act of giving is when one ________away what another needs. As I stood beside this ________ lady, I found myself feeling a lot. The strongest feelings were gratitude (感激）and the need to give up my own selfishness.
1.A.hometown B.station C.apartment D.destination
2.A.mile B.scenery C.leg D.sight
3.A.refer B.switch C.move D.skip
4.A.Unfortunately B.Rapidly C.Obviously D.Unmercifully
5.A.At times B.In other words C.As a result D.In conclusion
6.A.set B.pair C.couple D.series
7.A.discovered B.emphasized C.expressed D.added
8.A.duty B.trip C.holiday D.call
9.A.conversation B.discussion C.performance D.suggestion
10.A.informed B.imagined C.noticed D.planned
11.A.impression B.understanding C.wish D.belief
12.A.hung up B.hung on C.picked up D.picked out
13.A.valuable B.realistic C.tiring D.meaningful
14.A.lent B.ordered C.packed D.offered
15.A.relate B.feel C.transform D.entertain
16.A.rejected B.continued C.arranged D.finished
17.A.foreign B.poor C.rich D.good
18.A.or B.and C.so D.but
19.A.takes B.puts C.gives D.keeps
20.A.generous B.creative C.popular D.elegant
Sugar art is an art about using sugar to create complex (复杂的）shapes, scenes (场面） and patterns. Artisans (手艺人)at the top of their field even attend competitions. 1.Exhibitions of sugar art appear especially during the winter holiday season. And the exhibits at these events can be exciting.
2. Sugar art has been around for centuries, developing in different parts of the world. As noted in Harold McGee’s book On Food and Cooking，sugar art likely dates as far back as 4,000 B. C，when islanders in Papua New Guinea cut sugarcane (甘蔗)for its juice. He also noted that the first candy recipe (食谱）was found in an Egyptian tomb and written around 3,500 B.C.
In order to do sugar art, people need training in working with sugar. Many skills can be used for this art. All of these skills require skills and practice. Besides, sugar can be very difficult to work with and sometimes dangerous. 3.
A skilled sugar art artisan can create different shapes using sugar, including animals and flowers. But sugar creations can go bad quickly. 4. Besides, many sugar creations are easy to break. The easily going-bad nature of sugar is one of the things about sugar which attract some artisans, as the creations are designed to be enjoyed for a short period of time only. Some people specialize in sugar creations that can be eaten, such as decorations for cakes. Others may use stabilizers (稳定剂）and they are not safe to eat.5. Sugar art schools sometimes hold an exhibition of stabilized sugar creations, with students working together to build a scene entirely out of sugar.
A. Sugar art has a long history.
B. Sugar art is different from other art forms.
C. So sugar art beginners had better receive training.
D. But they can make more long-lasting sugar creations.
E. They want to test skills in competitions against others.
F. Sugar art usually uses a combination of the following skills.
G. In high temperatures, the shapes of the sugar creations will change.
Would you like to work at home in the future? Working from home gets a bad rap (名声）.Google the phrase 一 you’ll see a cheat or low-level jobs.
But Stanford Graduate School of Business professor Nicholas Bloom says requiring workers to be in the office is an outdated work tradition. It ignores(忽视）today’s fine communications methods and long commutes(通勤）and actually hurts firms and workers.
“Working from home is a future-looking technology, ” Bloom told an audience during a program TEDx-Stanford, “and I think it has a bright future. ” To test his idea, Bloom, with co-researcher James, did research on a largest travel company, Chip. They invited volunteers to a study in which half worked from home for nine months, coming into the office one day a week and half worked only from the office. Bloom tracked (跟踪）these two groups for about two years. The results? “We found a 13% improvement in performance from people working at home. ” Bloom Rays. Two reasons led to that uptick: First, people working from home actually work all the time. As to people working from the office, they might be delayed by traffic or take a long-time lunch with a workmate. They are less likely to be on the clock for the full workday. Second, Bloom says, people at home are able to concentrate better. “The office is actually an amazingly noisy environment, ‘ There’s a cake in the break room; Bob’s leaving, so come and join us for dinner. ’”
Also, his study found that workers’ quitting jobs at the company dropped by 50% when they were allowed to work from home.
Bloom hopes this example helps kill the negative (负面的）opinions on working from borne. For workers they’re much more productive and happier. For managers, you don’t have to spend so much time hiring(雇佣）and training people. For firms，you make far more profit (利润）.For society，there，s a huge saving of reducing traffic jams, driving times and，finally, pollution.
1.According to Nicholas Bloom, people working from the office usually .
A.Get low salaries.
B.Have rich working resources.
C.Waste a lot of time on the way.
D.Develop strong communication skills.
2.What does the underlined word “uptick” in Paragraph 4 most probably mean?
A.Increase. B.Popularity.
C.Failure. D.Fall.
3.What’s an advantage of working from home according to Nicholas Bloom?
A.It can reduce traffic jams and pollution.
B.It makes workers’ family life much happier.
C.It can strengthen the ties of the whole company.
D.It builds up managers’ experience in training workers.
4.We can infer from the passage that .
A.working from home will still have a bad rap
B.working at the office is better than at home
C.fewer people will quit jobs in the future
D.working from home is a future-looking
The Cool Taxi is a Hackney Carriage that was changed into a freezer on wheels, using dry ice to keep the inside cool for passengers. It has a number of features designed to keep riders cool, including a freezer filled with ice lollies (冰棍)and a state-of-the-art air conditioning system.
A spokesperson for Andrews Air Conditioning said，“Britain has become a hot country, and the British are feeling the heat. For commuters(通勤者）there is nothing worse on a hot day than getting into a hot taxi, so we wanted to help to avoid this experience with Cool Taxi.
Cool Taxi driver Tony，who has driven a taxi for 11 years, said, “I have done 10 London summers in the taxi and I know you need some good air conditioning. It would be impossible to work without it. You need to keep cool and stay hydrated (水分)，and sometimes in a typical taxi this is difficult to keep. ”
Elizabeth Ann Iliffe，who was paying a visit to London from the South East，said，“It is amazing. It feels just like a scene(场境)from Frozen. It’s nice to step in just for a few minutes to have a break from the heat and cool off. ”
The Cool Taxi in running for a limited(有限的）lime at present time, However，it has proved popular with passengers and could he considered for full-time operation across the summer months in the future.
1.What can we learn from what Tony said?
A.He finds it hard to keep the taxi well air-conditioned.
B.He thinks it impossible to provide good air conditioning.
C.He is used to driving taxis in hot summer for a long time.
D.He will try his best to improve the conditions of the taxi.
2.What does the underlined “It” in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A.Having a break. B.Taking die cool taxi.
C.A scene from Frozen. D.Her journey in London.
3.What is the text mainly about?
A.The popularity of London’s taxis.
B.The future of taxi industry in London.
C.London’s Cool Taxi filled with dry ice.
D.The management of the Cool Taxi in London.
4.We can infer from the passage that the author is about the future of Cool Taxi.
A.pessimistic B.optimistic
C.uncertain D.careful
Earlier this year, artist Malik was about to post a selfie (自拍照）from the Brooklyn Bridge when he had the second thought. He wanted to share something different with his friends and the world.
Malik thought that the social media (媒体）had become impersonal and he wanted to connect with people in a more meaningful way. Therefore, the Reading Project was born. He began leaving piles of his books in famous New York City locations with a card containing simple instructions put inside each one: take a book, read it and share your thoughts with the artist by email.
The piles of books themselves can be seen as works of art, and so is the process (过程）of sharing. Unlike many of the things we share today, he likes to keep the project off social media. To keep the project pure (纯的），he doesn’t even turn around as he walks away once he has left a pile of books. When he has left them behind, he prefers email to be the only way that he learns what happens to them. The project has now taken him — and his books — all over the world, including London.
“I hope people pick them up and I also hope they read them and let me know their feelings on them. And even if they don't let me know, I just hope they will read the books，” Malik said.
He has received thousands of messages from people in more than 30 countries all over the world. For Malik, kooks are meaningless and lifeless if they gather dust(灰尘）on a shelf and are never read again. He intends to carry on with the project for some time，with a plan to visit Brazil and then decides whether he will continue it or not.
Most of all, lie loves the connection the books give him with strangers across the world， which is something that oilier posts could never achieve,
1.What hit Malik when he intended to post a selfie?
A.His selfie being not very attractive for a long time.
B.That social media made people close to each other.
C.His thoughts that it should be shared with more people.
D.That a new way could be used to connect with the world,
2.Why does Malik prefer others to connect with him by email?
A.He isn’t good at talking with people face to face.
B.It is a quick way to know what happens.
C.He doesn't want to be troubles by social media.
D.He thinks people needn’t know the process of sharing.
3.What can we infer about Malik's project from the text?
A.It won’t last long for a lack of books.
B.It was first started on Brooklyn Bridge.
C.It has improved the relation among strangers.
D.It has proved to be helpful to connect with others.
4.What is the best title for this text?
A.Read Books Offered by Malik
B.Connecting with Strangers by Sharing Books
C.Change the Relationship with Strangers
D.Make Meaningless Books Meaningful
At this selection of five museums, more French will be heard and visitors might feel a sense of satisfaction when knowing they have arrived at a place that native Parisians also enjoy when going on a trip.
Museum of Natural History
Being a must-see place in the museum at present, the Grand Gallery of Evolution dates back to the 1880s. Playing as a zoology building in the past, it reopened to the public in 1994. The entire museum exhibits more than 9,000 preserved(保存）animals and insects.
Museum of Music
The museums collection covers centuries of European classical music and instruments, with decorated pianos and hundreds of horns and string instruments. Live performances take place in the galleries of the museum every day. The museum provides two versions (版本）of its English-language audio (声音的）guide, one for children and the other for adults.
Fairground Art Museum
At this museum, guides describe the history of Europe’s traveling fairs and explain signs (符号）that identify the beginning of the country with a carousel horse (旋转木马）.Book your tickets ahead of time on the museum’s website. Tours in French are offered several days a week all year round，and English -language tours are offered in the summer months.
Museum of Arts and Crafts
It was founded during the French Revolution to show its advanced (先进的）science and technologies and has since received several updates (更新）.Early planes，including the first to cross the English Channel, hang from the ceiling of one building. The collection has different exhibitions, with ancient cars, early engines and elements (元素)used in the building of the Statue of Liberty.
1.What do we know about the Grand Gallery of Evolution?
A.It was once closed to the public.
B.It was first built 25 years ago.
C.It studies all kinds of wildlife in nature.
D.It shows several thousand kinds of animals.
2.What suggestion is given to visitors to the Fairground Art Museum?
A.Choose a proper guide for your travel.
B.Learn some French before your travel.
C.Know the history of France ahead of time.
D.Book tickets beforehand at proper time.
3.What can we infer about the Museum of Arts and Crafts?
A.It keeps many old collections.
B.It still keeps its original look.
C.It's a museum about art and culture.
D.It only provides French-speaking guides.
