William just heard the news that his father had died and he was preparing to make flight arrangements. “I have to have my _______ tidy for the funeral,” thought William. “I want to get a _______ haircut.”
When he arrived at the barber’s shop, just like on any other Saturday, it was _______ . Realising he had to get to the airport on time, he _______ one of the barbers if he could get a _______ right away. And he also explained his _______ to her.
Nhanh Pham was the _______ William spoke to, and after she finished with her customer, she asked William to sit in her chair _______ . William said “thank you” to her. While William was _______ his hair cut, the other barbers came to William to ________ their condolences（慰问）.
Pham finished the haircut and William prepared to ________ her. As he was pulling out his money, Pham ________ the payment. She told him the haircut was free, and she gave him some ________ that the barbers in the shop had collected. They wanted to make sure William would have some money to buy some ________ for the funeral.
“They didn’t have to do that,” William said ________. “They have done something beyond their duty.” William used the money to buy his ________ a dozen roses.
“The way I feel is that it was no big ________ ,” said Rosalie Le, one of the barbers who contributed to the ________. “We are all human and we help each other.”
As for the woman who started the day’s ________ , Pham, she said she had sympathy(同情)for William and wanted to do something ________. Pham summed up her kindness by saying, “I felt sorry for him.”
1.A. suit B. jacket C. hair D. tie
2.A. fresh B. funny C. cheap D. strange
3.A. dirty B. limited C. empty D. crowded
4.A. demanded B. asked C. waited D. followed
5.A. haircut B. ticket C. reply D. record
6.A. position B. thought C. promise D. situation
7.A. customer B. barber C. teacher D. guard
8.A. rudely B. suddenly C. politely D. seriously
9.A. changing B. keeping C. having D. checking
10.A. express B. share C. begin D. carry
11.A. stop B. thank C . return D. pay
12.A. accepted B. refused C. compared D. expected
13.A. money B. food C. wine D. water
14.A. pictures B. cakes C. clothes D. flowers
15.A. hopefully B. gratefully C. luckily D. perfectly
16.A. mother B. wife. C. father D. friend
17.A. problem B. trouble C. deal D. signal
18.A. collection B. practice C. experience D. decision
19.A. sadness B. safeness C. loneliness D. kindness
20.A. easy B. nice C. normal D. hard
How to manage your time
For many high school students it seems that there is never enough time. There are several steps you can take to organize your time better.
First, make a to-do list every day. It makes it easy to plan any activities or meetings you may have in addition to homework. Be sure to set priorities（优先的事物）. 1.
Use spare time wisely. Do you have a study hall（自习时间）? Instead of wasting that time, read a book or do homework. 2. If a friend asks you to do something and you have homework to do, realize which is more important and see your friend later.
Decide on the time that is good for you to do certain things. If you are more of a morning person, try getting up an hour earlier and do schoolwork before school. Review your notes every day. 3. If you spend a few minutes at the end of every day going over what you learned, it will mean less time studying when it is time for the exam.
4. Studies have shown that getting enough rest helps your memory. When you are tired, everything seems more difficult. It is best to stay on a regular sleeping cycle as much as possible.
Tell your friends and family about your work timetable. Explain that you will be working at certain times and ask them not to disturb you. 5. you can call your friends later.
A. Set goals(目标) for yourself.
B. Get a good night’s sleep.
C. Do the most important tasks first.
D. Also, do not be afraid to say “no”.
E. You should finish your homework on time.
F. Don’t take phone calls during the time you set aside or work.
G. Don’t wait until just before a test to try and remember everything.
Steve Jobs knew from an early age that he was adopted (收养). “My parents were very open with me about that,” he recalled. He had a clear memory of sitting in the yard of his house, when he was six or seven years old, telling the girl who lived across the street. “Does that mean your real parents didn’t want you?” the girl asked. “My whole world was falling apart,” according to Jobs. “I remember running into the house, crying. And my parents said, ‘No, you have to understand.’ They were very serious and looked me straight in the eyes. They said, ‘We specially picked you out.’ Both of my parents said that and repeated it slowly for me. And they stressed every word in that sentence.”
Abandoned (被抛弃). Chosen. Special. These words became part of who Jobs was and how he thought of himself. His closest friends think that the knowledge that he was given up at birth left some scars (伤疤). “He wants to control everything because of his personality and the fact that he was abandoned at birth,” said one longtime colleague (同事), Del Yocam.“He wants to control his environment, and he sees his product as a part of himself.” Greg Calhoun, who became close to Jobs right after college, saw another effect. “Steve talked to me a lot about being abandoned,” he said. “It caused great pains and made him independent. He was different from others because he was born into a different world.”
Later in life, Jobs became a father and abandoned one of his children. Andy Hertzfeld, who worked with Jobs at Apple in the early 1980s, is among the few who remained close to Jobs. “To understand Jobs, you have to know the reason why he can’t control himself and is sometimes cruel and harmful to others,” he said. “That goes back to being abandoned at birth. The real problem was the theme of abandonment in Steve’s life.”
1.Which of the following is true about Jobs’ childhood?
A. He left his parents at the age of six or seven.
B. He was shocked knowing he was abandoned.
C. He couldn’t remember how he was abandoned.
D. His parents chose him because his family was poor.
2.What did Del Yocam think of Jobs?
A. He hated to be born with scars.
B. He liked to get things under control.
C. He enjoyed good working environment.
D. He wanted to influence everyone.
3.What does the underlined word “it” in the second paragraph refer to?
A. The fact that Jobs was abandoned.
B. Jobs’ pain from the abandonment.
C. Jobs’ talk with Greg Calhoun.
D. The world where Jobs lived.
4.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A. Jobs didn’t bring up any children.
B. Jobs had a lot of close friends.
C. Abandonment influenced Jobs.
D. Nobody likes Jobs’ character.
5.What is the best title for this text?
A. Steve Jobs B. Jobs’ Childhood
C. The Abandonment D. A Terrible Memory
The ninth week of SEAL (Sea, Air, Land) training is referred to (意指) as Hell Week. It is six days of no sleep, physical and mental suffering and one special day at the Mud Flats (泥沼) where you will sink into the mud.
It is on Wednesday of Hell Week that we came down to the mud flats and spend the next 15 hours keeping alive in the freezing-cold mud, the cold wind and the strong pressure from the instructors to give up.
As the sun began to set that Wednesday evening, my training class, having broken some of the rules, was ordered into the mud. We sank into the mud until only our heads could be seen. The instructors told us we could leave the mud if only five men would give up — just five men and we could get out of the cold.
Looking around the mud flat, it was clear that some of us were about to give up. It was still over eight hours till the sun came up—eight more hours of coldness. Our cries were so loud that it was hard to hear anything. And then, one voice began to fly through the night—one voice raised in song.
The song sounded terrible, but it was sung with great power. One voice became two, and two became three, and before long everyone in the class was singing.
We knew that if one man could rise above the suffering then others could as well. The instructors warned us of more time in the mud if we kept up the singing—but the singing went on and on. And somehow, the mud seemed a little warmer, the wind a little weaker and the morning not so far away.
If I have learned anything in my time traveling the world, it is the power of hope. The power can change the world by giving people hope.
So, if you want to change the world, start singing when you’re up to your neck in mud.
1.What did the writer experience during Hell Week?
A. He suffered sleeplessness for one day. B. He was physically and mentally crazy.
C. He went through some hard tests. D. He sank into the mud for the week.
2.Why did the class have the experience at the Mud Flat?
A. Because they wanted to break the rules. B. Because the weather was terribly bad.
C. Because it was one of the training courses. D. Because the instructors were strict with them.
3.What did the class do when they were in the mud?
A. Five of them gave up. B. They cried all the time.
C. Someone sang from the beginning. D. Everybody joined in the singing.
4.What is probably the author’s job?
A. A terrorist. B. A soldier. C. An instructor. D. A trainer.
5.What does the writer want to tell us?
A. Singing helps change the world. B. Singing solves problems in life.
C. People should help each other. D. Hope helps pull through difficulties.
Taking a photo of your food and posting it online is becoming more and more popular. However, not everyone thinks it’s such a good idea.
Food photos are popular on social networking sites. People often post pictures of their meals on Facebook or photo sites such as Tumblr and Instagram. Many of the pictures are of delicious-looking food from top-class restaurants. Some people even find it addictive（上瘾的）. “I couldn’t get enough of it. I had to IG (instagram) every single meal,” one food poster wrote.
However, not all food photos are so attractive. There are now sites where you can post pictures of terrible-looking food. One such website is saddesklunch.com. Users send pictures of their depressing meals, which include things such as half-eaten bits of chicken and leftover pizza.
Sad Desk Lunch was created by office worker Kira Fisher in 2012. At the time, she was working as a video editor in New York. “I was starting at my rather terrible vegetable soup, which I was eating at my desk, and just thought, I can’t believe I’m eating this soup, let alone eating it alone at my desk,” she said. Other similar sites include cooksuck.com, foodporndairy.com and dimlyiitmealsforone. Tumblr.com.
Some chefs are trying to stop people photographing food in their restaurants. Gilles Goujon runs a three-star restaurant in southern France. He told news website France TV Info that every time his creations appear on social networks it “takes away the surprise, and a little bit of my intellectual property（知识产权）”.
Alexandre Gauthier is the chef at the “Grenouillere” restaurant a “no camera” logo on his menus. “Before, people took pictures of their family in the restaurant; now we take pictures of food... We tweet, we ‘like’（点赞）, we respond to comments, and the dish is cold,” he explained.
Will you be taking your camera next time you eat out?
1.On which of the following websites can you probably find photos of tasty food?
A. cooksuck.com B. instagram.com
C. saddesklunch.com D. foodporndairy.com
2.What’s Gilles Goujon’s attitude towards food photography in restaurants?
A. He dislikes it. B. He supports it.
C. He is interested in it. D. He is uncertain about it.
The following are four famous malls in the world where you can not only purchase things but also enjoy entertainment.
Mall of America (Minnesota, USA)
This Mall has a theme park and a wedding church, where more than 5,000 couples have been married since its opening. The mall of America opened in 1992 and is the third largest mall in North America.
The mall of America is the most visited shopping mall in the world, with more than 40 million visitors annually. Spending 10 minutes in every store would take shopper more than 86 hours to complete their visit to the Mall of America.
Mall of the Emirates (Dubai)
The mall of the Emirates is an entertainment and shopping resort located in Dubai. It offers a full range of shopping, leisure and entertainment facilities.
This shopping center is home to over 450 retailers（零售商）and also features（以......为特色）a complete range of entertainment options, including Ski Dubai, the first indoor ski destination in the middle East.
West Edmonton Mall (Alberta, Canada)
The fifth largest mall in the world and the largest in North America, it has the largest indoor water park, which has the biggest wave p ool in the world.
The mall has a theme park called Galaxyland, with a number of attractions, including a roller coaster. In addition, the mall has an indoor lake, which is home to four sea lions.
The Dubai Mall (Dubai)
The Dubai Mall is the world’s largest mall in total area.
The mall has 1,200 shops and houses an aquarium（水族馆）which earned the Guinness World Record for the world’s “largest Acrylic Panel”. The mall is also home to an ice rink（溜冰场）, a 250-room luxury hotel and 22 cinema screens, plus 120 restaurants and cafes. It’s also famous for the unique “malls-within-a-mall” concept, with themed shopping area like Gold Souk, Fashion Island and The Grove, an indoor-outdoor streetscape with a fully retractable（可缩回的）roof.
1.Which mall is a good place for a romantic wedding?
A. Mall of America. B. Mall of the Emirates.
C. West Edmonton Mall. D. The Dubai Mall.
2.What can you learn about West Edmonton Mall in Canada?
A. It is the largest mall in North America and even the world.
B. It is famous for the biggest indoor water park.
C. It has a theme zoo with a lot of attractions.
D. It has an outdoor lake w ith a few sea lions.
3.Which of the following is the right description of the Dubai Mall?
A. It is the largest mall in the world.
B. It earns the Guinness World Record for its total area.
C. It features the themed shopping areas with a retractable roof.
D. It has lots of places to enjoy entertainment and purchase goods.
