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Difficult times often bring out the best in people．And this was the case for basketball star Yao Ming, who hosted a television show in Shanghai that raised US$300,000 to help researchers find a cure for SARS．Fundraising, or charity, is an act of goodwill towards others．Charities in the West have more flexible ways．Look at a typical day for Ruth, a wealthy woman in the UK, for example．Ruth wakes up in the morning and collects her post．There’s a letter addressed to her with a picture of a half-dead, beaten horse．It’s from a charity asking Ruth to donate money to save the animals．The door bell rings and there, on Ruth’s doorstep, is an old woman asking for money to help the aged．She turns on the television, hears sad music and sees a picture of a wide-eyed child dying of hunger in Africa with an appeal for money to help the child．Ruth then goes shopping for a dress to wear to that evening’s large party for the rich and famous．The ticket cost her a small fortune, but she doesn’t mind because most of the money is going to a charity that fights AIDS． She feels good about going because she’s helping the sick．Within five minutes of walking down the street, Ruth has passed a charity shop．She doesn’t stop because she doesn’t think she’d find a suitable dress there—it’s full of old, secondhand clothes．But, many other people enter and but all sorts of bargains．Edna, a little old lady, looks after the shop． Any profit it has made goes to a cancer charity．Now that she has retired, she has plenty of spare time to offer her services for free．
For people like Yao Ming, Ruth and Edna, charity is a virtue that holds the same importance in life as faith and hope． “As you look back on your life, the moments that stand out are the moments when you have done things for others,” said Scottish author Henry Drummond．
1．Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the story as a way of fundraising?
A．Charity party B．Charity post
C．Charity TV program D．Charity for beggars．
2．What does the word “raise” in the first paragraph mean?
A．Collect together B．Donate
C．Increase D．Bring to someone’s attention．
3．We can infer from the passage that ．
A．Yao Ming donated US$300,000 to help researchers find a cure for SARS
B．Edna may not be a rich lady but she is willing to do something for others
C．Ruth leads a busy life and she feels very tired
D．Ruth is angry because so many people ask her for money every day
4．What’s the writer’s attitude towards charity?
A．The writer thinks it’s something only people like Ruth can afford to do
B．The writer just wants to inform us of the different ways to practice charity
C．The writer thinks it’s a virtue and admires the people who practice it
D．The writer doesn’t make it clear in the story
5．The underlined part in the last paragraph probably means that ．
A．when you look back sometimes, you need stand out
B．when you want to do something for others, you need stand out
C．the moment you stand out, you can do something for others
D． what impresses people deeply is what they have done for others
We’re always being sent contributions（稿件） for our popular laughter, The Best Medicine Section. Some of the jokes are obvious winners. Some of the jokes are ancient, which are unfit for public consumption or just don’t make the grade（符合要求）. And then there are the rest: the jokes that get our editor scratching his chin and wondering, “Is this one good enough to print? ” Now you can help him choose. We’ve picked five jokes from the “Maybe” pile. Vote for the one you think is the best. The top-rated joke as of July 20, 2012 will be published in the magazine—and net its author $150.
(1)
A boy goes to a bookshop with his birthday money and chooses a book titled Advice to Young Mothers. “Why would you want this book? ” the assistant asks him.
“Because I collect moths（飞蛾）. ” the boy explains.
Derek Blew, Lane Cove, NSW
(2)
Father: “So you want to be my son-in-law? ”
Young man: “Actually I don’t, but I want to marry your daughter and I don’t see how I can avoid it. ”
Kimberley McEwan, southland, NZ
(3)
How many politicians does it take to change a light bulb（灯泡）?
None. They only promised they would do it.
Lisa Bluthal, Umina Beach, NSW
(4)
A couple of country boys driving a semitrailer（半拖车） down the highway come to a bridge with a sign saying: “Clearance 3. 1 metres. ” They stop, take out a tape measure and find the truck is 3. 5 metres high. “I don’t see any police around, ” one says. “Let’s go for it. ”
Loretta Fonseca, Otago, NZ
(5)
There are only two people who really know how to run this country. Sadly, one is cutting hair and the other is driving a taxi.
James White, Belmont, NSW
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71. The writer’s purpose in writing the passage is to________ .
A. ask readers to judge which joke is the best
B. provide readers with some jokes for entertainment
C. collect contributions for a magazine
D. show us laughter is the best medicine
72. What do the underlined words (in the first paragraph) mean?
A. Jokes which are obvious winners.
B. Jokes which don’t make the grade.
C. Laughter and The Best Medicine Section.
D. Jokes that the editor isn’t sure of printing.
73. We can learn from the first joke that________ .
A. the book is very popular with readers
B. the assistant is very embarrassed
C. the boy misunderstands the title of the book
D. the boy wants to buy the book for his mother
74. What can we infer from the jokes?
A. The young man doesn’t want to marry the girl. (Joke 2)
B. Politicians seldom keep their promises. (Joke 3)
C. The boys often break traffic rules. (Joke 4)
D. People in that country live a happy life. (Joke 5)
75. The passage can most probably be found________ .
A. on the Internet B. in a newspaper
C. in a story book D. in a magazine
After living in the United States for quite a long time, I do not think about the cultural differences any more. Last month, my parents came to visit me. Their observations (观察) on the American lifestyle reminded me that cultural differences between living in China and America are actually everywhere.
When my parents came to America, they praised my house. Everyone had his/her own bedroom; there was a front yard, a backyard and a garage; there were many bathrooms – all convenient and comfortable. However, they were not used to the glass doors at the first floor. My mom, from southern China, was worried that someone would break open the glass doors. Though I said that nobody would do that, she was still worried about it.
When I brought them to eat in fast food restaurants, whether it was in McDonald’s or KFC, they saw that refilling drinks was for free. This concept (观念) of free refill was so new to them.
A Chinese friend told me a story. He and his American girlfriend ate at a restaurant. His girlfriend wanted to drink English tea. He was curious, so he tried some and found that it didn’t taste bad with milk and sugar in it. Adding more water to tea is free of course, so he drank more cups. His girlfriend found it embarrassing and explained to him that what he was doing was not exactly fair. If he wanted to drink more tea, he should buy another cup. My friend thought that Americans could take advantage of the free refills, but only a few of them did that. After staying in America for some time, he changed his habit.
51. We can infer that the writer _____.
A. doesn’t like American culture
B. has got used to her life in America
C. received an American education as a child
D. thinks American and Chinese cultures are the same
52. What made the writer’s parents worried?
A. That someone would break into the house.
B. That someone would be hurt by the glass doors.
C. That they wouldn’t have a bedroom of their own.
D. That they wouldn’t live comfortably in the house.
53. When eating at McDonald’s for the first time in America, the writer’s parents were probably surprised that _____.
A. there were so many choices
B. the prices for food were so low
C. they could refill drinks for free
D. they could get extra food for free
54. The American girl mentioned in the last paragraph thought that _____.
A. Americans like taking advantage of other people
B. her boyfriend wouldn’t like traditional English tea
C. drinking too much English tea harmed people’s health
D. her boyfriend shouldn’t take advantage of the free refills
Too Much Happiness was written by Alice Munro，winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature，one of our greatest contemporary writers of fiction and the owner of the Man Booker Price for Fiction．Her stories have appeared in The New Yorker，The Atlantic Monthly，and other publications，and her collections have been translated into thirteen languages．
? The main character is Sophia Kovalevsky，a great Russian mathematician，writer and advocator拥护者）of women’s rights in the late nineteenth century. After visiting her lover Maxsim Kovalevsky in Riviera，she travels in Europe，ending up in Sweden，where she teaches at the only university in Europe willing to employ a female mathematician．The book writes about her journey from Riviera to Sweden．
??? The story tells the typical struggle of an intellectual（知识分子）woman to achieve success and happiness．However，when she is going to die，Sophia says“too much happiness”．I think it’s irony（讽*11的）．As reading the story，she has too many mental problems·First，as a woman mathematician，she was born in a wrong time ．She was married to Vladimir Kovalevsky without love，called“a white marriage”．She explained that“no a young Russian woman who was unmarried could leave the country．”She satisfied her marriage to seek her career．
??? Furthermore，when she sees a man look like Maxsim in the station，she says to herself，“of course，it would not be Maxsim，what could he be doing in Paris？”She doesn’t want to face the fact because she doesn’t want to lose her hope．She believes they will marry in spring．And in her letter to Julia she says：“it is to be happiness after all，happiness after all．Happiness．”She is cheating herself. In fact，the man does not want to marry her，and the happiness she expected doesn’t take place at all．
??? Finally, I conclude that the end must be a tragedy（悲剧）．From the very first pages the atmosphere is gloomy黯淡的）and threatening.“One of us will die this year.”“Because we have gone walking in a graveyard（墓地）on the first day of the New Year.”Some pages further，“a black cat across their path”all reflect it will be a bad ending．Not because she had some problems with her lung，but because her life does not bring her happiness，and because of these disharmony things that happen in her life．
1.We can infer from the passage that＿＿·
A．Sophia was born in a wrong time and was mentally ill
B．women were not fairly treated in Europe in Sophia’s time
C．Sophia loved travelling around Europe to meet `different people
D．unmarried women were forbidden to learn mathematics at that time
2.The underlined phrase“the fact”in Paragraph 4 most probably refers to the fact that
A．her husband refuses to divorce B．she can’t teach in university
C．she falls in love with Maxsim D．Maxsim doesn’t want to marry her
3.Why does the author name this book Too Much Happiness？
A．It is used to suggest that the story must be a comedy．
B．It’s a phrase repeatedly used by Sophia herself to her friend．
C．It’s used in an ironic way to show that Sophia isn’t happy at all．
D．It’s to show Sophia is very happy to achieve success in her career．
4.What can we conclude from Sophia’s experience？
A．It’s hard for an educated woman to achieve success in Europe at that time．
B．Russian women were not allowed to go abroad without a white marriage．
C．Married women could travel freely across Europe in the late nineteenth century．
D．Seeing a black cat across the path would bring people to death in the end．
5.In a newspaper，this passage is most probably in the section of____．
A. Entertainment B. Travel C．Career D. Culture
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