(2013·河北普通高中高三质量监测)Many people tried to leave the country, ________ there was much violence and a serious shortage of food supply.

A．where B．which

C．that  D．what

(2013·山西高三诊断)Nissan's plants in Zhengzhou and Guangzhou, ________ operate in cooperation with Dongfeng Motor Corp., remained closed.

A．which  B．who

C．that  D．whose

When I was young I wanted to be a model，so when a national contest was staged，I convinced my parents to take me for an audition (试演)．I was selected and told I had potential.They said that for only $900 I could attend a weekend event which dozens of the most prestigious (有声望的) modeling agencies from around the world would attend.At 13，my hopes of fame and fortune clouded all judgement and I begged my parents to let me go.We have never been rich，but they saw my enthusiasm and agreed.

I imagined being signed by some famous model companies.For months，any boredom or disappointment I faced was pushed aside because I knew I would soon have the chance to be real model.I thought I would grace the covers of famous magazines!

Of course，I wasn't signed，but what hurt the most was being told that if I grew to 5′9″(about 1.75 metres) I could be a success.I prayed for a growth spurt (冲刺) because I could not imagine giving up my dream.I made an appointment with a local modeling agency and the agent demanded $500 for classes.$500 for a photo shoot，and $300 for other expenses.My parents only agreed after hours and hours of my begging.

The agency sent me out on a few auditions，but with every day I didn't receive a call，I grew more depressed.The_final_straw came in July after I had decided to focus on commercial modeling.There was an open call in New York City.We spent hours driving and another few hours waiting，only to be told that I was too short.I was devastated (极度不安的)．

Years later，I realized that the trip to New York was good as it made me notice I didn't actually love modeling，just the idea of it.I wanted to be special and I was innocently determined to reach an impossible goal.The experience has made me stronger and that will help me in the future.

1.What's the main reason why the author wanted to be a model?

A．She won a national contest.

B．She wanted to get reputation and wealth.

C．She was urged by some modeling agencies.

D．She had full potential to be a successful model.

2.What's the author's parents' attitude toward her dream?

A．Encouraging.  B．Worried.

C．Doubtful.  D．Enthusiastic.

3.What was it that made the author end her attempt to become a model?

A．Her parents were strongly against it.

B．She realized that it was impossible for her.

C．Even a local modeling agency turned her down.

D．She realized that she didn't actually love the idea of modeling.

4.The underlined phrase “The final straw” probably means ________.

A．the last in a series of bad things that happen to make someone very upset，angry，etc...

B．the final result that she was admitted by the model company.

C．the final audition given by the agency.

D．the decision that she made at last not to be a model any more.

5.What did the author learn from her experience of struggling to be a model?

A．Where there's a will there's way.

B．Being a model is not that easy.

C．We should have our own judgement and should not just follow others.

D．We might set unpractical goals but the experience can help us grow.

An acrobatic(杂技的) master performed a tightrope(绷紧的钢丝) walk between two mountains, which attracted thousands of people.

When the ____ started, he went to one end of the tightrope, ____ straight at the goal ahead, with open arms, walking slowly step by step to the opposite side of the mountain. Immediately, the audience ____ loud applause.

“If my hands dare tied, do you believe I can ____？” he asked the audience.

____， some people didn't believe, but in order to know the ___， they said, “We believe you！”

Then, he had his hands tied with a rope and walked past ____.

He looked around and said, “If I'm blindfolded(蒙着眼睛的) with my hands tied, do you ____ believe I can go past？”

This time, the people said without ____， “We believe you！”

In this way, his eyes were ____ with a black cloth. He moved slowly to the tightrope and walked along it inch by inch. This time, he went past once again. The audience burst into ____.

Then, he ____ a child and asked all the people, “If I put him on my shoulders ___ I'm blindfolded with my hands tied as well, do you still believe I can make it？”

All the people replied before ____， “We believe you！”

“I ask you again. Do you really believe me？”

“Yes, we believe you completely！”

Then, he said, “Well then, since you believe me, ____ my child with yours. Who will？”

All of a sudden, the audience fell ____. The silence lasted for nearly ten minutes.

After ten minutes, the acrobatic master said nothing, just put the child on his shoulders and walked past along the tightrope. Sure enough, this time he ____ once more.

Faced with things far from their own ____， people can often make judgments easily and quickly, but once involved in(牵涉) it, most of people “cannot ____ it clearly”. Only those who are really confident, like the master in the tightrope walk, can stay ____ at any time.

1.A.talent  B．play 

C．program D．show

2.A.stepping  B．staring

C．wandering  D．pointing

3.A.broke into  B．came into

C．gave off  D．sent off

4.A.get through  B．walk down

C．go across  D．pass around

5.A.Finally  B．Actually  C．Hopefully  D．Especially

6.A.result  B．experience  C．challenge  D．trick

7.A.slightly  B．luckily  C．smoothly  D．nervously

8.A.even  B．just  C．always  D．still

9.A.difficulty  B．hesitation  C．concern  D．mercy

10.A.blocked  B．hidden  C．covered  D．equipped

11.A.cheers  B．joy  C．tears  D．laughter

12.A.chose  B．supported  C．pushed  D．held

13.A.till  B．before  C．while  D．since

14.A.arguing  B．thinking  C．refusing  D．wondering

15.A.exchange  B．compare  C．take  D．treat

16.A.silent  B．noisy  C．doubtful  D．anxious

17.A.won  B．walked  C．acted  D．succeeded

18.A.children  B．fears

C．interests  D．performances

19.A.sense  B．see

C．understand  D．realize

20.A.awake  B．encouraged

C．patient  D．focused

If you see a group of people dancing and singing on the street or in the railway station, you don't need to feel surprised. They are a flash mob(暴民). Who are they? Are they mobs? Don't be confused by their name. Actually, a flash mob is a group of people who gather suddenly in a public place, do something unusual for a brief period of time, and then quickly disappear.

They are usually organized with the help of the Internet or other digital communications networks. The messages may be sent to friends, who send to more people. At a predetermined time, they gather and perform some activities such as exchanging books, coming together to look at the sky, waving their hands and yelling something at the top of their voice for 30 seconds. Then, they quickly disappear before the police can arrive. Using mobile phones, the flash mob can change its place if the first one has been cancelled for any reason.

Bill Wasik, senior editor of Harper's Magazine, organized the first flash mob in Manhattan in May 2003 and the first successful flash mob gathered on June 3,2003. Wasik claimed that he created the flash mob as a social experiment designed to laugh at fashion seekers and stress the cultural atmosphere of wanting to be an insider or part of “the next big thing”．

Flash mob gatherings can sometimes shock people. Such an activity might seem amusing and magical, but it also might frighten people who are not aware of what is taking place. Undoubtedly, flash mob can serve as good political tools and have great potential, such as using to advertise a product.

The flash mob is now becoming more and more popular. People use it to do many things. Flash mobs give people from all walks of life an opportunity to come together to create a memory.

1.What is NOT the feature of the flash mob?

A．It can get together quickly.

B．It can change its place freely.

C．It can do activities suddenly.

D．It can injure people seriously.

2.How do flash mobs inform one another?

①By using the Internet.②By writing letters.③By yelling.④By waving hands.⑤By using mobile phones.

⑥By holding a meeting.

A．③④  B．①⑤  C．②⑥  D．⑤⑥

3.Why did Bill Wasik create the flash mob?

A．To advertise some products.

B．To help people make friends.

C．To laugh at fashion seekers.

D．To create some memories.

4.What can we learn about the flash mob from the passage?

A．Bill Wasik organized the first successful flash mob in May, 2003.

B．People are encouraged to take a more active part in an activity.

C．Flash mobs tend to do something illegal for a short time.

D．Flash mob gathering can frighten all the people present.

It's such a happy­looking library, painted yellow, decorated with palm­tree stickers and sheltered from the Florida sun by its own roof. About the size of a microwave oven, it's pedestrian­friendly, too, waiting for book lovers next to a sidewalk in Palm Beach Country Estates, along the northern boundary of Palm Beach Gardens.

It's a library built with love.

A year ago, shortly after Janey Henriksen saw a Brian Williams report about the Little Free Library organization, a Wisconsin­based nonprofit that aims to promote literacy and build a sense of community in a neighborhood by making books freely available, she announced to her family of four, “That's what we're going to do for our spring break！”

Son Austin, now a 10th­grader, didn't see the point of building a library that resembles a mailbox. But Janey insisted, and husband Peter unwillingly got to work. The 51­year­old owner of a ship supply company modified a small wooden house that he'd built years earlier for daughter Abbie's toy horses, and made a door of glass.

After adding the library's final touches(装点), the family hung a signboard on the front, instructing users to “take a book, return a book，” and making the Henriksen library, now one of several hundred like it nationwide and among more than 2,500 in the world, the only Little Free Library in Palm Beach County.

They stocked it with 20 or so books they'd already read, a mix of science fiction, reference titles, novels and kids' favorites. “I told them, keep in mind that you might not see it again，” said Janey, a stay­at­home mom.

Since then, the collection keeps replenishing(补充) itself, thanks to ongoing donations from borrowers. The library now gets an average of five visits a day.

The project's best pay­off, says Peter, are the thank­you notes left behind. “We had no idea in the beginning that it would be so popular.”

1.In what way is the library “pedestrian­friendly”？

A．It owns a yellow roof.

B．It stands near a sidewalk.

C．It protects book lovers from the sun.

D．It uses palm­tree stickers as decorations.

2.Janey got the idea to build a library from ________.

A．a visit to Brian Williams

B．a spring break with her family

C．a book sent by one of her neighbors

D．a report on a Wisconsin­based organization

3.The library was built ________.

A．by a ship supply company

B．on the basis of toy horses

C．like a mailbox

D．with glass

4.What can we infer from the signboard?

A．It was made by a user of the library.

B．It marked a final touch to the library.

C．It aimed at making the library last long.

D．It indicated the library was a family property.

5.The passage tells us that the users ________.

A．donate books to the library

B．get paid to collect books for the library

C．receive thank­you notes for using the library

D．visit the library over 5 times on average daily

Annie, a neighbor's daughter, was away for her first semester at college this school year. She is a very sweet girl but just a bit shy. When her birthday came around, I found out she was feeling a bit ___.

Her family is quite poor and ____ are tight, so there wouldn't be any birthday visitors. I wanted to ____ her a card and maybe a small gift to ____ her day a bit. I got her school ____ from her mom and planned to pick something up. Then I got a(n) ____！

I ____ perhaps a bit more birthday cheer was needed here. I bought some balloons, birthday hats, and ____ novelties(新颖小巧而价廉的物品) at a store. I took a small ____ and asked three other people in my area at work to ____ “Happy Birthday” and send some birthday wishes to her. It was such fun making the recording! Other people ____ what we were doing and ___ their voices, so it really sounded like we had a party going on!

Then I bought her a small present and a card as ____ planned. The real fun was packing them to be sent. I ____ everything so it was like opening a mini birthday party! At the last minute I added a pack of cupcakes and a box of birthday candles ___ sending them off. I got a call a few days later. Annie said her roommates and one of their neighbors in the ____ got together with her and held a party for her the moment they arrived. She sounded so ____ and I was so glad that she had some friends to ____ her special day with.

It was such an easy and ____ thing to do. The people who helped me make the tape still laugh and talk about it. And Annie ____ me it was the most fun birthday she would remember!

1.A.lonely  B．nervous  C．alone  D．worried

2.A.thoughts  B．finances  C．measures  D．times

3.A.provide  B．sell  C．send  D．draw

4.A.attract  B．remember  C．describe  D．brighten

5.A.number  B．campus  C．address  D．report

6.A.idea  B．surprise  C．chance  D．message

7.A.decided  B．thought  C．wished  D．concluded

8.A.another  B．others  C．other  D．one

9.A.radio  B．camera  C．recorder  D．phone

10.A.say  B．sing  C．repeat  D．make

11.A.took out  B．set out  C．gave out  D．found out

12.A.added  B．devoted  C．cleared  D．lifted

13.A.suddenly  B．originally  C．finally  D．carefully

14.A.collected  B．paid  C．arranged  D．expected

15.A.until  B．after  C．unless  D．before

16.A.dormitory  B．home

C．classroom  D．office

17.A.familiar  B．happy  C．wonderful  D．upset

18.A.help  B．compare  C．share  D．witness

19.A.funny  B．challenging

C．fun  D．time­consuming

20.A.warned  B．convinced  C．advised  D．told

Jobs and work do much more than most of us realize to provide happiness and contentment.We're all used to thinking that work provides the material things of life—the goods and services that make our modern civilization possible.But we are much less conscious of the degree to which work provides the more important psychological well­being that can make the difference between a full and an empty life.

Historically，work has been associated with slavery and sin (罪恶)and punishment.And in our own day we are used to bearing traditional complaints.Against this background，it may well come as a surprise to learn that not only psychologists but other behavioral scientists have come to accept the positive contribution of work to the individual's happiness and sense of personal achievement.Work is more than a necessity for most human beings；it is the focus of their lives，the source of their identity and creativity.

Rather than a punishment of a burden，work is the opportunity to realize one's potential.And the opposite is true，too.For large numbers of people，the absence of work is harmful to their health.Retirement often brings many problems surrounding the “What do I do with myself？”question，even though there may be no financial cares.Large numbers of people regularly get headaches and other illnesses on weekends when they don't have their jobs to go to，and must take care of themselves.It has been observed that unemployment，quite apart from financial pressures，brings enormous psychological troubles and that many individuals'conditions become worse rapidly when jobless.

But why？Why should work be such a significant source of human satisfaction？A good share of the answer rests in the kind of pride that is stimulated by the job，by the activity of accomplishing.

1.Which of the following statements can NOT be learned from the passage?

A．People feel happier and more content than they realize when working.

B．Work is likely to provide you with the chance of achieving your potential.

C．Happiness can only be gained through working.

D．A lot of people will suffer physically and psychologically without work.

2.Traditionally，people are used to believing ________.

A．work is related to negative aspects

B．happiness has nothing to do with work

C．identity and creativity depend on work

D．work is not only a necessity for humans but the focus of their lives

3.What would the author probably discuss in the following paragraph?

A．What the proper way to balance work and life is.

B．How work brings people pride in accomplishment.

C．Which is more important：the material things of life or psychological well­being.

D．How people overcome the problems arising from retirement.

4.Which best describes the author's attitude towards work in the passage?

A．Doubtful.  B．Concerned.

C．Approving.  D．Neutral.

When 19­year­old Sophia Giorgi said she was thinking of volunteering to help the Make­A­Wish Foundation(基金会), nobody understood what she was talking about. But Sophia knew just how important Make­A­Wish could be because this special organization had helped to make a dream come true for one of her best friends. We were interested in finding out more, so we went along to meet Sophia and listen to what she had to say.

Sophia told us that Make­A­Wish is a worldwide organization that started in the United States in 1980. “It's a charity(慈善机构) that helps children who have got very serious illnesses. Make­A­Wish helps children feel happy even though they are sick, by making their wishes and dreams come true，” Sophia explained.

We asked Sophia how Make­A­Wish had first started. She said it had all begun with a very sick young boy called Chris, who had been dreaming for a long time of becoming a policeman. Sophia said lots of people had wanted to find a way to make Chris's dream come true—so, with everybody's help, Chris, only seven years old at the time, had been a “policeman” for a day. “When people saw how delighted Chris was when his dream came true, they decided to try and help other sick children too, and that was the beginning of Make­A­Wish，” explained Sophia.

Sophia also told us the Foundation tries to give children and their families a special, happy time. A Make­A­Wish volunteer visits the families and asks the children what they would wish for if they could have anything in the world. Sophia said the volunteers were important because they were the ones who helped to make the wishes come true. They do this either by providing things that are necessary, or by raising money or helping out in whatever way they can.

1.Sophia found out about Make­A­Wish because her best friend had ________.

A．benefited from it  B．volunteered to help it

C．dreamed about it  D．told the author about it

2.According to Sophia, Make­A­Wish ________.

A．is an international charity

B．was understood by nobody at first

C．raises money for very poor families

D．started by drawing the interest of the public

3.What is said about Chris in Paragraph 3?

A．He has been a policeman since he was seven.

B．He gave people the idea of starting Make­A­Wish.

C．He wanted people to help make his dream come true.

D．He was the first child Make­A­Wish helped after it had been set up.

4.Which of the following is true about Make­A­Wish volunteers?

A．They are important for making wishes come true.

B．They try to help children get over their illnesses.

C．They visit sick children to make them feel special.

D．They provide what is necessary to make Make­A­Wish popular.

When I entered Berkeley College, I hoped to earn a scholarship. Having been a straight A student, I believed I could ____ tough subjects and really learn something. One such course was World Literature given by Professor Jayne. I was extremely interested in the ideas he ____ in class.

When I took the first exam, I was ____ to find a 77, C­plus, on my test paper, ____ English was my best subject. I went to Professor Jayne, who listened to my arguments but remained ____.

I decided to try harder, although I didn't know what that ____ because study had always been easy for me. I read the books more carefully, but got another 77. Again, I ____ with Professor Jayne. Again, he listened patiently but wouldn't change his ____.

One more test before the final exam. One more ___ to improve my grades. So I redoubled my efforts and, for the first time, ____ the meaning of the word “thorough”. But my ____ did no good and everything ____ as before.

The last hurdle(障碍) was the final. No matter what ____ I got, it wouldn't cancel C­pluses. I might as well kiss the ___ goodbye.

I stopped working hard. I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would. The night before the final, I even ___ myself to a movie. The next day I decided for once not to ____ much about the result of the test.

A week later, I was surprised to find I got an A. I hurried into Professor Jayne's office. He ____ to be expecting me. “If I had given you the A­pluses you ____， you wouldn't have continued to work as hard.”

I stared at him, ____ that his analysis and strategy(策略) were correct. I had worked my head ____， as I had never done before.

I was speechless when my course grade arrived：A­plus. It was the only A­plus given. The next year I received my scholarship. I've always remembered Professor Jayne's lesson：you alone must set your own standard of excellence.

1.A.take  B．discuss  C．cover  D．get

2.A.sought  B．presented  C．exchanged  D．obtained

3.A.shocked  B．worried  C．scared  D．anxious

4.A.but  B．so  C．for  D．or

5.A.unchanged  B．unpleasant  C．unfriendly  D．unmoved

6.A.reflected  B．meant  C．improved  D．affected

7.A.quarreled  B．reasoned  C．bargained  D．concerned

8.A.attitude  B．mind  C．plan  D．view

9.A.choice  B．step  C．chance  D．measure

10.A.memorized  B．considered

C．accepted  D．learned

11.A.ambition  B．confidence  C．efforts  D．methods

12.A.stayed  B．went  C．worked  D．changed

13.A.grade  B．answer  C．lesson  D．comment

14.A.scholarship  B．course

C．degree  D．subject

15.A.helped  B．favored  C．treated  D．relaxed

16.A.care  B．ask  C．cheat  D．produce

17.A.happened  B．proved  C．pretended  D．seemed

18.A.valued  B．imagined  C．expected  D．welcomed

19.A.remembering B．guessing

C．supposing  D．realizing

20.A.out  B．over  C．on  D．off