Christmas Day is a celebration_____takes place in many western countries.

A. when B. who C. how D. which

He ______at work. He has been in hospital for long.

A. can be B. can’t be C. may be D. must be

Could you please tell me _____?

A. if can I look up the new words in the dictionary

B. How will he deal with the problem

C. Where did I lay out the fruits and flowers

D. when the electricity was shut off

—Jack, you look tired today. What’s wrong?

—I was_____ busy ___ I didn’t go to bed until midnight yesterday.

A. too, to B. enough, to

C. so, that D. such, that

---What are you doing at home now?

---_____. Just doing some cleaning.

A. Pardon me B. Nothing much

C. It doesn't matter D. Come on

I would never forget what I learnt from the day when I left the school. On the last day our teacher told us something______that I would like to share with you.

He began by drawing a______standing in the middle of a circle. To make it more interesting, he drew things like a house, a car and a few friends inside the circle.

He asked, “Can anyone tell me what this is?” In a long silence, one student decided to ______ his idea, “The world?” The teacher said, “That’s close; this is your Comfort Zone(舒適區(qū)). ______ your circle you have all the things that are ______ to you. Your home, your family, your______ and your job. People feel that inside this circle they are safe from any______ .”

“Can anyone tell me what happens when you step ______ this circle?” A strong silence came over the room. The same student suddenly replied, “You are afraid”. ______ student said, “You make mistakes”. The silence continued and our teacher smiled and said, “When you make mistakes ______ can the result be?” The first student shouted. “You ______ something.

“Exactly, you are learning.” Our teacher turned to the blackboard and drew an arrow(箭頭) ______ from the man to the outside of the circle. He went on saying, “When you leave your Comfort Zone, you put ________ out there, in a situtation that you are not ______ with. The result is that you learn ______ that you did not know, you enlarge your knowledge to become a better person.” He turned again to the blackboard and drew a ______ circle around the original(原來的) circle, and______ a few new things like more friends, a bigger house etc.

“A lesson from this story is that if you stay inside your Comfort Zone you will ______ be able to open your eyes to the outside world and learn.______ you step out of your Comfort Zone you will finally ______ your circle bigger, to challenge your mind and grow to be stronger, and all in all be a better person”.

1.A. personal B. natural C. educational D. traditional

2.A. tree B. lamp C. horse D. man

3.A. take B. show C. argue D. write

4.A. Inside B. Outside C. Beside D. Alongside

5.A. important B. helpful C. friendly D. useless

6.A. teacher B. boss C. leader D. friends

7.A. noise B. danger C. disagreements D. arguments

8.A. forward B. back C. into D. out of

9.A. Other B. The others C. Another D. Others

10.A. how B. which C. what D. where

11.A. lose B. learn C. want D. miss

12.A. pointing B. flying C. connecting D. leaving

13.A. yourself B. himself C. themselves D. ourselves

14.A. busy B. strict C. comfortable D. popular

15.A. nothing B. something C. anything D. everything

16.A. big B. small C. bigger D. smaller

17.A. increased B. added C. canceled D. divided

18.A. often B. always C. sometimes D. never

19.A. Where B. When C. How D. Who

20.A. make B. help C. become D. change

One afternoon, Mrs. Green’s husband wanted to catch the 3: 30 flight to London to have an important meeting. She was very surprised when he telephoned her at 5 o’clock and said that he was still at the airport.

“What happened to you? ” asked Mrs. Green.

“Well, ” said Mr. Green, “Everything was going fine. I got my ticket, checked my bag and waited in line. I walked across the runway to the airplane and I saw my friend Jack Scott, who was an airplane engineer. I shouted to him and a policeman caught me. ”

“Why did he catch you? ”

“I don’t know, ” said Mr. Green, “As soon as he heard my shout, he ran towards me and caught me. ”

“What did you shout to your friend? ”

“All I said was ‘Hi, Jack’. You know that’s the usual way we say hello to our friends. ”

“But you don’t know the sentence ‘Hi, Jack’ also means to take control of a plane by force. ”

1.How did Mr. Green decide to go to London?

A. By train. B. By plane. C. By ship. D. By bus.

2.Why was Mrs. Green surprised?

A. Because her husband’s friend didn’t let him go.

B. Because her husband didn’t want to go to London.

C. Because her husband didn’t arrive at the airport in time.

D. Because her husband was still at the airport at 5 o’clock.

3.When did Mr. Green get to the airport that afternoon?

A. Before 3: 30. B. After 3: 30.

C. At about 5: 00. D. After 5: 00.

4.What did Jack Scott do from the passage?

A. He was a pilot. B. He was a passenger.

C. He was an engineer. D. He was a policeman at the airport.

5.What can we know according to the passage?

A. Mr. Green was an engineer.

B. Mr. Green would take control of a plane by force.

C. Jack Scott asked Mr. Green not to fly to London.

D. The policeman mistook what Mr. Green said.

Are you bored with your daily life? Here are some things you should try before you are 18, because after that it’s too late.

Learn to swim

Seriously, this is so important that it can save your life. If you can’t swim well, you won’t be able to do water sports like waterskiing, surfing and diving. Even taking a boat trip will be dangerous for you. Make sure you do it.

Try at least one kind of team sports

Being a good team player is an important skill in life. You can’t just think of yourself, but have to work well with other people. Sports like basketball, football and baseball are all teamwork, and they also keep you fit and healthy, and they are great fun, too. Teams usually have a good social life------ you’ll go to lots of parties and make many friends.

Collect something

One of the best hobbies for under 18s is collecting things. You could collect kinds of stamps, or you could collect things that make you remember what you have done, like cinema tickets that you have seen or emails from friends. Then the best way to collect is to have a special album to put your collection in and to write what each thing means to you. That way you won’t forget.

1.What is the most important reason for learning to swim?

A. It can save your life. B. It can make you healthy.

C. You might easily do lots of things. D. You might feel well.

2.What does “A good social life” in the passage means?

A. You’ll study in groups.

B. You’ll work in the society.

C. You’ll take part in many matches.

D. You’ll go to parties and make many friends.

3.What does the writer think is the best hobby?

A. Do some water sports. B. Collect something.

C. Camp out in the garden. D. Send emails to your friends.

4.What kind of collection is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. Stamps. B. Cinema tickets. C. Emails. D. Old watches.

5.What is the best title of the passage?

A. The sports to play for teenagers.

B. The skill to have for teenagers.

C. The things to do for teenagers.

D. Good habits to keep for teenagers.

In the eyes of many foreigners，Chinese are the best hosts and the worst guests in the world. They’re not really bad guests，but because the guest?host relationship in China is much different from that in some western countries，it appears they are not nice guests. And western guests sometimes look rude (粗魯?shù)? in the eyes of Chinese hosts.

In China，guests are treated almost like gods. Whenever I enter a Chinese person's home，there is always fruit on the table for me，and someone is quick to bring me a cup of tea or water. In the west，generally the guest is not a god. Acting according to the host's way of doing things is usual behavior for a guest.

My wife's mother，a very kind elderly Chinese lady，doesn't smoke. When I see some of her guests smoking in her house，as a non?smoker，I feel unhappy. Usually I want to stop them directly，but I must realize that in China，to be a good host，she must not do that. In most North America homes，if you are a guest，and the hosts are not smokers，you should not smoke in their house. At the very least，you could ask，“Is it OK if I smoke？” But，don't be surprised if they say，“No，you can't smoke.” In our culture，if you smoke in their home，you are a bad guest，but if they don't allow you to smoke in their house，they are not a rude host.

Guests in China also have special habits. Some western people may not adapt to these habits very soon. Thankfully my wife is Chinese，so whenever we visit a Chinese family she tells me to buy them a gift. However, giving a gift to a host is not always necessary in my country. So, if you invite international guests to your home, don't be too surprised if they don't bring you a gift.

In China, you probably won't need to change the guest?host relationship very much because you will probably only be the host, and Chinese are naturally very good hosts. If western hosts invite you to their house, try not to be too surprised if their style of treating you is not what you have expected.

1.What do many foreigners think of the Chinese hosts?

A. They are the worst in the world.

B. They are the best in the world.

C. They are the most natural in the world.

D. They are the most difficult in the world.

2.How does a westerner feel when he visits a Chinese family?

A. He feels like buying some fruit.

B. He feels like some gifts.

C. He feels like he is a god.

D. He feels like taking a cup of tea.

3.If the writer’s guests want to smoke in his house, what will he probably say?

A. It's OK if you smoke here. B. Let's smoke together.

C. Smoking is a bad habit. D. Sorry, you can't smoke here.

4.What is the meaning of the underlined phrase “adapt to” in the passage?

A. 回想 B. 維持 C. 眺望 D. 習(xí)慣

5.What is the main idea of this passage?

A. People should understand cultural differences.

B. Hosts must do things in the guest's way.

C. Western hosts are always nice to guests.

D. Foreigners should learn from Chinese.

We can’t remember clearly when we started to take our mobiles to a dinner table. This happens a lot, especially when we eat out. Once a dish comes, instead of lifting our chopsticks, we take out our mobiles and click. Later, we post the photos onto Weibo or Wechat，waiting to be“l(fā)iked”. Then we check our mobiles from time to time during the meal, to see whether we get“l(fā)iked”or not. We just cannot leave our mobiles for only a meal.

Does that sound familiar to you? Do you do that often? If not, how do you feel when others do that when having dinner with you?

A recent study suggests that what we are used to doing is not so good. Spending time taking photos of food makes the food less pleasant. To test this，some researchers did an experiment. Some people were asked to take photos before they could enjoy food. As a result, it showed that the more photos they took, 67 . So, why not stop taking photos and just enjoy the food in front of you?

Besides the scientific result, there are also some other bad influences of taking photos of food before meals. After posting the photos onto the Internet, one will not be able to control himself and check his mobile many times. “Does everyone like my photos? I hope a lot of people like them!” It seems that your mobile secretly calls your name all the time, even when you are with real people.

So，next time you go out to have dinner with your family or friends, how about not taking photos of food? Let the food be delicious as it is and share your life with people around you. Trust me, it will be a wonderful time.

1.From the passage，what happens a lot at the dinner table nowadays?

A. People talk about their Weibo or WeChat．

B. People learn from each other how to cook dishes．

C. People like taking photos with friends or families．

D. People take photos of food and post them before eating．

2.Which of the following can be put in the in Paragraph 3?

A. the less cheerful they became

B. the more interested they were in the food

C. the less delicious the food seemed to them

D. the more“l(fā)iked”they got on Weibo or Wechat

3.What does the fourth paragraph talk about?

A. The reasons for checking your mobiles.

B. The ways of posting the photos onto the Internet.

C. Some other bad influences of taking photos of food before meals.

D. The tips（提示）of making others like your photos on the Weibo.

4.Which of the following is the writer’s opinion?

A. We take out our mobiles and click when a dish comes.

B. Spending time taking photos of food makes the food less pleasant.

C. We check our mobiles from time to time during the meal.

D. Some people were asked to take photos before they could enjoy food.

5.What can we learn from the passage?

A. Enjoy the life with real people instead of taking photos of food.

B. Remember to have dinner with our family and friends at home.

C. Take photos of delicious food and share them with others.

D. Take photos of food in order to have a wonderful life.