I once thought that outer beauty is the only factor to become a great person．When I was young, I read many kinds of books, most of which described characters who are handsome or beautiful. So I think that being beautiful is the only way to become a success.
As I grew up，the story of my best friend made me realize that outer beauty was not so important to make a person successful. She is so beautiful a girl that every classmate liked to chat with her, but she was very arrogant(傲慢)．In her opinion, she could get all she wanted because of her beauty, but all of her friends left her one by one! Only then did she come to know the importance of the beauty in a person's heart, which changed her attitude and she made friends again．
Turning on TV，we can see many advertisements, most of which seem to give us a feeling that, physical attractiveness is the most important thing．There seems to be a boom in plastic surgery．It is surprising that more and more people，especially girls and women, try it like the first man-made beauty in China, Hao Lulu. It is a common sense that attractive people can easily find work. Most good looking guys, usually get higher scores in the job interviews. But, what is real beauty? I want to say that is inner beauty because those who have beauty in their soul are really beautiful persons．
As is known, the beauty judged with eyes is temporary, so we should concentrate on inner beauty. And if we make the efforts to make our minds beautiful, we’ll live a happier life.
1.Why did the author want to have a good appearance when she was young?
A．Because she wanted to be one of the characters in the book.
B．Because she wanted to get higher scores in the job interviews.
C. Because she wanted to follow the example of her friend
D．Because the successful characters in the books she read were attractive.
2.Why did the writer refer to her friend’s story?
A. To show how important outer beauty is．
B. To show how terrible to be a beautiful girl.
C. To show the importance of the beauty in a person’s heart.
D. To show how beautiful her friend was．
3.What does the underlined sentence in the third paragraph mean?
A. A large number of people pay attention to outer beauty．
B. Surgery is becoming more and more popular．
C. More people can afford the price of doing plastic surgery.
D. The living standard has been improved over the past years.
4.Which of the following covers the passage best?
A. How do attractive persons become successful?
B. Inner beauty is the real beauty．
C. The key factor to find a good job is being attractive．
D. Plastic surgery is the best way to make a person more beautiful.
5.What do we know from the passage?
A. If you are too beautiful，all your friends will leave you out of envy．
B. If you have a good appearance, you must get higher scores in the job interviews．
C. Without the TV advertisements, there wouldn't have been a boom in plastic surgery．
D. Those who have good appearances should also develop the beauty in their hearts.
Mo Yan, 2012’s winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, was born in the small town of Gaomi in Shandong Province. His parents were farmers. And as a young boy Mo took care of the family’s goats. Each day he took the goats outside and watched over them when they ate grasses.
It was a lonely job, but Mo was a smart boy. He enjoyed the green, open land of Shandong. He enjoyed looking up at the blue sky and the white clouds, To pass the time he talked to the goats. He told them his thoughts and some stories. It was the beginning of his life as a storyteller.
During the Cultural Revolution（文化大革命），Mo had to leave school and work for a company. This was difficult for Mo, because he loved books and he loved reading. Luckily, he found a friend who would lend him books. Later, Mo became a soldier and to continue his education. In the end he graduated from Beijing Normal University. This is where he began to write.
Although Mo had left Gaomi, Gaomi never left him. Many of his books talk about rural life and the people of Gaomi, For Mo, all of man nature can be seen in the village life of Gaomi. Mo is famous now, but he remains a true son of soil.
1.Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2012.
2.As a young boy Mo Yan took care of his family’s goats and he hated the job.
3.Mo Yan continued studying in a middle school during the Cultural Revolution.
4.Mo Yan graduated from Beijing Normal University and this is where he began to write.
5.Gaomi never left Mo Yan because many of his books talk about rural life and the people of Gaomi.
阅读下面短文,从所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The Blind Boy
A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a ____ which said: “I am blind, please help.” There were only a few ___ in the hat.
A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his _ _ and dropped them into the hat. He ____ took the sign, turned it around and wrote some words. He ____ the sign ____ everyone who walked by would see the new words.
Soon the hat began to ____. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy.
That afternoon the man who had ____ the sign came to see ____ things were. The boy ____ his footsteps and asked, “Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?”
The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said in a different way, ____ .” What he had written was: “Today is a(n) ____ day and I cannot see it.”
Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?
____，both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so ____ that they were not blind.
Should we be surprised that the second sign was more ____ ?
Be thankful for what you have. ____ life gives you a 100 reasons to cry, show life that you have 1000 reasons to ____. Face your past without regret. __ ___ your present with confidence. Prepare for the ____ without fear. Keep the faith and ____ the fear.
1.A. cover B. sign C. board D. note
2.A. cashes B. treasures C. pennies D. coins
3.A. pocket B. can C. backpack D. case
4.A. still B. then C. already D. yet
5.A. put on B. put out C. put off D. put back
6.A. in case B. now that C. so that D. as though
7.A. mix up B. show up C. fill up D. make up
8.A. changed B. prepared C. supported D. reached
9.A. what B. why C. where D. how
10.A. realized B. recognized C. felt D. discovered
11.A. though B. but C. yet D. still
12.A. average B. successful C. harmonious D. beautiful
13.A. After all B. In all C. Of course D. Of all time
14.A. happy B. disappointed C. lucky D. strange
15.A. effective B. brave C. surprising D. scientific
16.A. Once B. When C. Where D. Because
17.A. smile B. exist C. survive D. prove
18.A. Look into B. Search for C. Deal with D. Depend on
19.A. tomorrow B. adventure C. future D. sunrise
20.A. preserve B. charge C. lose D. drop
Several weeks had gone by _______ we realized the painting was missing.
A. as B. since
C. before D. when
Although _______ of danger, tourists can't help taking photos near the cliff.
A．having warned B．warned
C．warning D．to be warned
Many websites have been _______ to help people study foreign languages.
A. put off B. put up
C. put away D. put on
