Growing up in Philadelphia, Lieberman started cooking with his stay-at-home dad when he was seven. His food-loving family had two kitchens, and he quickly learned what was the best way to bake his cakes. Lieberman improved his kitchen skills greatly during a year abroad before college, learning from a cook in Italy and studying local specialties in Germany, Spain and France. At Yale, he was known for throwing dinner parties, single-handedly frying and baking while mixing drinks for dozens of friends. Just for fun, he and some friends decided to tape a show named Campus Cuisine about his cooking. Lieberman was a real college student showing his classmates how to do things like making drinks out of dining-hall fruit. That helped the show become very popular among the students. They would stop Lieberman after classes to ask for his advice on cooking. Tapes of the show were passed around, with which his name went beyond the school and finally to the Food Network.
Food Network producer Flay hopes the young cook will find a place on the network television. He says Lieberman’s charisma is key. “Food TV isn’t about food any more,” says Flay. “It’s about your personality and finding a way to keep people’s eyeballs on your show.”
But Lieberman isn’t putting all his eggs in one basket. After taping the first season of the new show, Lieberman was back in his own small kitchen preparing sandwiches. An airline company was looking for someone to come up with a tasteful, inexpensive and easy-to-make menu to serve on its flights, and Lieberman got the job.We can learn from the text that Lieberman’s family _______.
| A．have relatives in Europe | B．love cooking at home |
| C．often hold parties | D．own a restaurant |
The Food Network got to know Lieberman ________.
| A．at one of his parties | B．from his teachers |
| C．on a television program | D．through his taped show |
What does the word “charisma” underlined in the text refer to?
| A．A way to show one’s achievement. | B．Lieberman’s after-class interest. |
| C．Lieberman’s fine cooking skill. | D．A natural ability to attract others. |
Why did the airline company give Lieberman the job?
| A．He could prepare meals in a small kitchen. |
| B．He could cook cheap, delicious and simple meals. |
| C．He was famous for his shows on Food TV. |
| D．He was good at using eggs to make sandwiches. |
What can we learn about Lieberman from the text?
| A．He is friendly and active. | B．He is clever but lonely. |
| C．He enjoys traveling around. | D．He often changes his menus. |
Sam was an English student. He always stayed at home for his holidays. But last winter he thought, “I have never left the country. All my friends have been to Spain. They like it very much. So this year I’m going there for my holiday.”
First he went to Madrid and stayed in a small hotel for a few days. One morning he went out for a walk. In his country people drive on the left, but in Spain they drive on the right. Sam forgot about this, and while he came to a busy street, a bike knocked (碰撞) him down.
Sam lay on the ground for a few seconds and then he sat up and said, “Where am I?”
An old man was selling maps at the side of the street. He quickly came to Sam and said, “Maps of the city, sir?”Sam came from_________.
| A．England | B．Spain | C．Madrid | D．a hotel |
Sam went to Spain ________.
| A．to see his friends | B．because he like it very much |
| C．to learn English | D．for his holiday |
In ______, people always drive on the left.
| A．Spain | B．the street | C．Madrid | D．London |
One morning, Sam was badly hurt by __________.
| A．a car | B．a bike |
| C．an old man | D．his friend |
When Sam sat up and said, “Where am I?” the old man thought_______
| A．he was badly hurt | B．he wanted to buy a map |
| C．he lost his way | D．he needed some help |
任务型阅读（共5小题，每小题1分，共5分）
根据俚语的英文解释，选择合适的俚语（填序号）填入句子中，使之通顺，达意。
call it quits : stopping doing what one is doing
a chip off the old block: a child who looks like his parent
down and out: living a very poor life
clean up one’s act: change one’s heart and reform, make a fresh start in life
a leg up: coming out on top, having the advantage over
burn someone up: make someone angry You’d better _____ if you want to go to a good senior middle school.
All Jeff’s hard work is paying off. He’s ____________on the rest of his competitors.
After being in the used car business for 40 years, Simon finally ________.
Sarah was _______ after losing her job and her apartment.
请选择以上其中一个你喜爱的俚语造一个句子。_____________________________________________________________________
Ever since I was a little child, my parents have told me to be honest because it is the right thing to do. As I got older, I realized something very important. If just once you are deceitful and tell a lie, it will greatly change people’s opinions about you and their way of acting toward you. When you tell a lie, you lose that person’s trust forever or have to work your whole life to get it back.
It is my personal goal to achieve great things in life and honesty(诚实) will sure help me get there. For me right now losing somebody’s trust would be a truly terrible thing. My parents would be stricter on the things they let me do and the places that they used to let me go to. My friends would never again tell me a secret or believe many things I told them. Whatever you do for a living or wherever you live, honesty is something very important.
Honesty gets you much higher in life while telling a lie can make you get into more problems. I can already tell that the great people I have met so far are all honest people.
I hope that I’ll never fall into a situation where I’ll lie. Honesty is just as important to me as my family. Already, I know it is something that will improve my future and my relationship with all people. It is something about myself that I hope never to lose no matter what happens. Honesty will help me no matter whether I’m at school, home or just hanging out with friends. It is something that I hope my children will also have and value.The underlined word “deceitful” in Paragraph 1 probably means “________”.
| A．strange | B．lucky | C．sad | D．dishonest |
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
| A．Being honest is very important and helpful. |
| B．The writer was taught to be honest when he was young. |
| C．The writer thinks it doesn’t matter if he tells a lie. |
| D．To win others’ trust is not easy. |
What does the writer want to tell us in the passage?
| A．Ways to be honest. |
| B．Honesty is very important for us to achieve our goals. |
| C．True friendship is based on(以…为基础) others’ trust. |
| D．Honesty can make us live a happy life. |
How is the text mainly developed?
A. By making comparisons.(作比较) B. By showing facts.
B．By explaining reasons. D. By giving examples.
Wang Jiaming from Beijing Chenjinglun High School says he is a lucky boy. He’s happy that he’s sitting the senior high school entrance exam (中考) in 2014 instead of 2016.
On Oct 22, Beijing Municipal Commission of Education (北京市教委) announced that, from 2016, the English scores in the senior high school entrance exam will be reduced from 120 to 100. Of the 100 points, the listening ability scores will increase to 50. Meanwhile, the points for Chinese will increase from 120 to 150.
“The change won’t affect me. I feel so lucky because English is my strongest subject,” said Wang.
Why such a change? It places the importance on Chinese in our study, and reduces students’ pressure, said Li Yi, spokesman of the commission.
“The change will also push us to pay attention to the practical usage of English,” said Li. “ Students will be encouraged to learn to understand English menus and read English news on mobile phones.”
There isn’t news that other cities will have the same change. But several places are making changes to English tests in the college entrance exams.
For example, Shandong is considering taking out the listening part of the English exam in its gaokao.
But, “being tested for less points doesn’t mean the subject can be taken lightly.,” Bai Ping wrote in China Daily.
English has long been the world’s most commonly used language. Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji once said: “In a globalizing economy, if you cannot interact with foreighers, how can one be part of the world economy?”
Wang Jiaming said he understood the change. “Chinese, not English, is our mother tongue,” he said. “But still, I think English is both interesting and useful.” In the Beijing senior high school entrance exam of 2016, __________.
| A．the English scores will be cut down to 100 |
| B．the English listening ability scores will be lowered |
| C．the points for Chinese will be reduced by 30 points |
| D．the points for chemistry will increase y 20 points |
Wang Jiaming feels lucky because ____________.
| A．he doesn’t need to take the important exam |
| B．the exam changed from 2016 doesn’t affect him |
| C．he does well in Chinese |
| D．he is poor in chemistry |
What is the main purpose of the change?
| A．To encourage students to learn how to order meals in English. |
| B．To make students learn to read English news on mobile phones. |
| C．To ask students to prepare for the college entrance exam. |
| D．To make students pay more attention to learning Chinese. |
What does Bai Ping think of the reforms?
| A．They make students spend less time on English. |
| B．They make it harder to get a high score. |
| C．Studying English is still important for the students. |
| D．English is both interesting and useful. |
Tears filled my eyes when I stood in our room. I was washing new jeans and a shirt of my 16-year- old stepson(继子), Brett. He drank a lot last night. The clothing was already dirty.
I was very tired. The clothes were just one thing. He had already kicked a large hole in his bedroom wall. Many windows were broken because of his breaking in to steal money. Brett came to live with us when he was 12 years old. During those four years I had dealt with Brett as patiently as possible, but inside I was feeling sad. Later, I cheered up again and continued parenting Brett. Still, Brett did not change his behavior.
When Brett was nearly 18, my husband and I decided to send Brett to a boarding school that had very good result with troubled teenagers.
At the graduation ceremony the graduates stood one by one to thank those who had helped them. Each graduate held a rose to give to the person who had meant the most to him or her.
Brett spoke lovingly to me, “You did so much. You were always there, no matter what
happened.You always showed me such love. And I want you to know that I love you for “it”.
Surprised, I stood as Brett placed the white rose in my hand and hugged me hard. At that moment I realized the truth-although I had been angry in my heart toward my stepson, Brett had seen only my actions.How did the writer treat her stepson?
| A．Strictly. | B．Hopelessly. |
| C．Patiently. | D．Carelessly . |
What does the underlined word “it” refer to?
| A．What his stepmother did for him. |
| B．The rose he sent to his stepmother. |
| C．The training he received at school. |
| D．The graduation ceremony the school held. |
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
| A．The writer didn’t treat her stepson patiently during those four years. |
| B．The writer stopped parenting Brett when he caused so much trouble. |
| C．Brett changed a lot after he went to a boarding school. |
| D．Brett came to live with the writer when he was 18. |
What’s the main idea of this passage?
| A．Love is everywhere. | B．Love is action. |
| C．Love is coming. | D．Love is surprise. |