18．Every year，thousands of students choose to study in another country for a term，or a year．Studying overseas can be an exciting experience for many people．
（36）A
Living in another country can help you to learn another language，and about another  Culture．
（37）E
Overseas study may also look good on your future resume （求职简历）．
Many companies today want employees who speak a second language，or have experiences living or working in another country．
Making the right choice
Once you decided to study overseas，you have to make some choices．To choose the right country or school，ask yourself：Where do I want to go and why？How much do I want to pay？（38）BDo I want to live with roommates，alone or somewhere else？
Getting ready to go
Get your passport and visa early!（39）GLearn about the money．Bring some of it and a credit card with you．
Once you are there

After the first few weeks overseas，many students will feel a little homesick．They may miss their family，friends，and familiar ways of doing things．（40）FWhen you feel sad or homesick，try to talk to others，or write your feelings in a notebook．

A．Why do it？
B．How long do I want to study abroad？
C．Large number of students can't afford to study overseas．
D．You should improve your mother tongue before you go．
E．You will see the world in a new way，and learn more about yourself．
F．Remember that it takes time to get used to a new place，school and culture．
G．Before you go，learn some of the language，and read about some common customs in the country that you are going to．

17．Who knows about sleep？Astronauts．They have to．Their bodies are cut off from the outside world that reminds us what time it is．But actually，it's even worse than that．An astronaut reported  in his diary that he was likely to  make mistakes on days following an unusually late bedtime．
So NASA started doing some serious research．They quickly realized that we're a slave to the outside world．Without light and darkness，we're unable to regulate （管理） sleep times．
Because of modern technology，we're all living more like astronauts now．Light is no longer a function of the sun，but of always-on indoor lights，TV and computer screens．Temperature no longer follows a cycle of cooling at night and warming during the day．Is it any wonder that a third of American have sleep problems？
Maybe you think this doesn't affect you---or at least not much．You're wrong．Research done on non-astronauts has shown the same thing．After two weeks of six hours of sleep a night，you're drunk．By the end of two weeks，the six-hour sleepers behaved as badly as those who hadn't slept for 24hours．
But what did they say when asked how they felt？"It's not affecting me．"So if you are performing poorly because of sleep problems，you may have no idea．This is a real problem．
So what answers did NASA come up with？
Take an hour to calm down before bed．Yes，you're busy．But your time is not more valuable than an astronauts'．
Keep your bedroom dark，cool and free from noise．Even if you think"the light doesn't affect you"or"the noise isn't that bad"，it can still affect sleep quality．
Another advice：forget the alarm clock in the morning； set an alarm to remind you to go to bed at night．When it goes off，finish up any work on the computer，and turn off any unnecessary lights．This prevents you from cheating yourself on sleep and allows you to wake up naturally．

29．What did NASA find about people's sleep？B
A．It takes a long time to develop regular sleep times．
B．It's strongly influenced by the outside world．
C．It remains untouched by outside influences．
D．It's hard to change one's sleep habits．
30．Paragraph 3is mainly aboutC．
A．different sleep types
B．the importance of a good sleep
C．the reasons why we have sleep problems
D．the disadvantages of modern technology
31．The biggest problem of those who haven't enough sleep lies in the fact thatB．
A．they can't fall asleep without the lights on
B．they don't know whether they sleep well
C．they refuse to regulate their sleep times
D．they get too drunk to sleep well．
32．What's the advice on the alarm clock？A
A．Use it to remind you it sleep．
B．Put it far away from your bed．
C．Get up immediately when it rings．
D．Listen carefully to it when it rings．

16．Life can be so difficult these days．It is the time that you all should admit need help in organizing your lives．Here are some tips that will help you．
Write everything down and do not rely on your memory（12）GIf you want to remember things，put them in writing，or in a digital notebook．Keeping your to-do lists and other information written somewhere allows you to look back at them anytime，ever when you have hit your head and forgotten your own mane．（13）BTry this experiment before buying one thing，throw out something old or something you do not use．Or，if you are a really pack rat，just throw out one old thing a day until you can not find any  more items to throw．
Recycle and donate．Is your closet full of unopened bags and clothes that still have their tags on？Is your bookshelf full of unread books？Chances are that if you have not read，worn，or used whatever they are，then you are probably not going to use them at all．（14）D．
Create daily，weekly and monthly timetables for cleaning．Organize your cleaningtimetable．（15）EDistribute tasks evenly，so for example，dish washing could be done daily； while vacuuming could be done weekly and cleaning the windows done monthly．
Whichever of these tasks you decide to do，remember that you can not completely organize your life in one go．（16）CJust decide to get organized now，and then take baby steps．Soon enough，you will be making a habit out of it all．

A  Practice putting things away immediately
B  Throw one thing before buying something．
C  It is a long and never-ending process，so be patient．
D  Give them to a charity or sell on the internet．
E  It is extremely exhausting to clean everything all at once．
F  To keep up with tasks，you need to work with your family．
G  We all agree most of us have a tough time remembering things．

15．不幸的是卓别林的父亲去世了，使得他的家境更加贫困．
Unfortunately Charlie's father died，leaving his family evenworse off．

14．是你而不是他该为事故负责．
It is you，rather than he，thatare （be） to blame for the accident．

13．Every year at Halloween，American kids of all ages go trick-or-treating（"不招待就使坏"的恶作剧）．They hope to bring home as much candy as possible．Twelve-year-old Madelynne Caralli goes trick-or-treating，too．She's happy to get candy．But she really wants food．Madelynne trick-or-treats for donations to give to hungry people．
Madelynne's project began several years ago．When she read a book about children who volunteer in their neighborhoods，she decided to collect food for a food bank．"My mom explained to me that there are people who don't have any food，and I wanted to help them，"she explains．
Madelynne and her mother visited the food bank website to find out what kinds of food were needed．Then they got in touch with people in their neighborhood and told them that Madelynne would be looking for donations at Halloween．She and her mother suggested things like canned soups---food that can be stored for a long time．
On the night she trick-or-treats，Madelynne puts on her costume and walks through the neighborhood collecting food．She says she's been surprised to see how much food people are willing to give．Last Halloween，"some people gave so much that the bags were breaking，"she says．
In the past four years，Mdelynne has collected a total of 645pounds of food．That amount of food helped feed 16families for a week!Madelynee doesn't carry all the food herself．Her friend Jordyn helps her carry the heavy bags．After Halloween，Madelynne and her mother take the food to the food bank．There it is sorted and then given to people who need it．This year，Madelynne plans on trick-or-treatig in her grandmother's neighborhood as well as her own．
The neighbors also give Madelynne candy for her own trick-or-treating bag．But according to Madelynne，her favorite part of the Halloween is not the candy．It's"the feeling that I'm helping people．"
25．Why does Madelynne want food at Halloween？B
A．Because she doesn't like candy
B．Because she wishes to help hungry people
C．Because she hopes to be different from other kids
D．Because she wants to remind people not to waste food
26．Madelynne started the project after sheB．
A．visited the food bank website
B．read a book about some volunteer children
C．got in touch with people in her neighborhood
D．knew many people didn't have any food at Halloween
27．We can infer from the text that MadelynneB．
A．wanted people to donate food which is delicious
B．asked her mother for company when collecting food
C．gave food to people in need directly after Halloween
D．didn't expect people would donate that much food．

12．I arrived at my mother's home for our Monday family dinner．The smells of food flew over from the kitchen．Mother was pulling out quilt（被子）after quilt from the boxes，proudly showing me their beauties．She was preparing for a quilt show at the Elmhurst Church．When we began to fold and put them back into the boxes，I noticed something at the bot tom of one box．I pulled it out．"What is this？"I asked．
"Oh？"Mom said，"That's Mama's quilt．"
I spread the quilt．It looked at i f a group of school children had pieced it together； irregular designs，childish pictures，a crookedline on the right．
"Grandmother made this？"I said，surprised．My grandmother was a master at making quilts．This certainly didn't look like any of the quilts she had made．
"Yes，right before she died．I brought it home with me last year and made some changes，"she said．"I'm still working on it．See，this is what I've done so far．"
  I looked at it more closely．She had made straight a crooked line．At the center of the quilt，she had stitched（缝） a piece of cloth with these words："My mother made many quilts．She didn't get all lines straight．But I think this is beautiful．I want to see it finished．Her last quilt．"
"Oh，this is so nice，Mom，"I said．It occurred to me that by completing my grandmother's quilt，my mother was honoring her own mother．I realized，too，that I held in my hands a family treasure．It started with the loving hands of one woman，and continued with the loving hands of another．
24．Why did the author go to mother's home？C
A．To see her mother's quilts．
B．To help prepare for a show．
C．To get together for the family dinner．
D．To discuss her grandmother's life．
25．The author was surprised because．A
A．the quilt looked very strange．
B．her grandmother liked the quilt．
C．the quilt was the best she had seen．
D．her mother had made some changes
26．The underlined wood"crooked"in the passage most probably means．C
A．unfinished       
B．broken       
C．bent       
D．unusual
27．Which of the following would be the best title for the passage？D
A．A Quilt Show                             
B．Mother's Home     
C．A Monday Dinner                          
D．Grandmother's Quilt．

11．假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文．文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处．每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改． 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词． 删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉． 修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词． 注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分．
My mother has a pair of eye which can speak．Whatever I meet difficulties，her eyes will encourage me and cheer me up．When I began learning to walk，Mom always lend me a hand and encouraged me to stand up when I fell down．As I final threw myself into her arms，her eyes smiled with praise．Before I started school，Mom's eyes still encouraged myself．When I failed my English exam，Mom helped me find out the reasons instead punishing me．Now I have been grown up and become independence．However，I can always see my mother's encouraged eyes wherever I go．

10．You know immediately that something strange is going on in the city of Rotorua．The air smells like bad eggs．Clouds of steam rise from the ground．Strange coverings of yellow，white，and red cover the rocks，which burn your hands．The ground shakes as a geyser （间歇泉） sends hot water 100 feet into the air．
Welcome to New Zealand's North Island，where the earth boils under your feet．This hot spot is part of the Ring of Fire，a circle of underwater volcanoes （火山） and earthquake areas around the Pacific Ocean．New Zealand sits above a place between two plates （huge rock s that form the surface of the earth）．As they slowly move together，the edge of one plate is pushed under the other，where it becomes molten （熔化的） rock．This molten rock heats rocks and groundwater lying above it，creating a hot area．Under Rotorua lies a huge amount of steam and hot water heated by molten rock．
Rotorua may not sound like a perfect place to live，but people who made their homes in the area managed to survive．The Maori people arrived 600 years ago and built villages around the hot springs．They used the hot water to wash and keep warm．They prepared their meals by placing baskets full of meat and vegetables into steaming pools．Today，the Maoris in traditional villages still use the heat the same way their ancestors did．
The people of Rotorua have learned to live above the boiling earth．Walkers in hot spots must stay on marked paths，or risk falling into a pool of boiling water．For safety，houses are not built in known hot areas．But sometimes the steam and hot water break through the ground in unexpected places．Imagine a geyser suddenly appearing in your front yard!
28．What is Paragraph 1 mainly about？B
A．How a geyser works．
B．What Rotorua is like．
C．Rotorua's environmental problem．
D．The strange rocks in New Zealand．
29．What does the underlined word"it"in Paragraph 2 refer to？C
A．The outside of the earth．
B．The edge of one plate．
C．The molten rock．
D．A hot area．
30．The early Maoris in RotoruaB．
A．ate an unhealthy diet
B．made full use of hot springs
C．lived far away from hot springs 
D．used secret heating methods to cook
31．In Rotorua，paths in hot areas are marked so thatC．
A．hot water can be easily found
B．geysers can be better viewed
C．people can avoid dangers
D．houses can be protected．

9．Forgiveness
To forgive is a virtue，but no one has ever said it is easy．When someone has deeply hurt you，it can be extremely difficult to let go of your hate．However，forgiveness is possible，and it can be surprisingly beneficial to your physical and mental health．People who forgive show less sadness，anger and stress and more hopefulness，according to a recent research．（36）B
Try the following steps：
Calm yourself．（37）F You can take a couple of breaths and think of something that gives you pleasure：a beautiful scene in nature，or someone you love．
Don't wait for an apology．Many times the person who hurt you does not intend to apologize．They may have wanted to hurt you or they just don't see things the same way．（38）G Keep in mind that forgiveness does not necessarily mean becoming friends again with the person who upset you．
Take the control away from your offender（冒犯者）．Rethinking about your hurt gives power to the person who causes you pain．Instead of focusing on your wounded feelings，learn to look for the love，beauty and kindness around you．
（39）D If you understand your offender，you may realize that he or she was acting out of unawareness，fear，and even love．You may want to write a letter to yourself from your offender's point of view．
Don't forget to forgive yourself．（40）E But it can rob you of your self-confidence if you don't do it．

A．Why should you forgive？
B．How should you start to forgive？
C．Recognize the benefits of forgiveness．
D．Try to see things from your offender's angle．
E．For some people，forgiving themselves is the biggest challenge．
F．To make your anger die away，try a simple stress-management technique．
G．If you wait for people to apologize，you could be waiting an awfully long time．