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It is true that people with better education are usually able to get better paying jobs. In other words, they have more chances to choose a good job while people with little or no education don’t. It seems that the purpose of education is to make people get jobs. But this isn’t accepted by all people.
Some people may think that a person should spend the best years of his life to get education only for a way of living. This was probably one of the earliest reasons of education. In fact, if education is just a way of making a living, people don’t need to spend so much time in school. People can get education for a living in a short time. Subjects like history and geography need not be taught to everyone. Even language and mathematics need not be taught in detail (详细地), either. Here it is clear that education is much more than teaching a man to get a way of living.
Education is well-rounded and it is mainly for improving a man. It is not only to teach him to speak, read and write, but also to develop his creative thinking and other abilities. After that, it is to make him a wise man and thankfully enjoy the achievements of human. Education is to make a man lead a better life. Educated people are expected to be able to listen to good music, read good books, watch plays and most of all take an interest in the world.
I would agree that making a good living is an important reason for education, but certainly not the most important or the main reason.
People with little education usually ______.

A．spend a long time in school

B．have a good chance to get a job

C．spend the best years to choose jobs

D．have fewer chances to get a good job

The earliest education was probably to ______.

A．make a man lead a better life

B．teach a man to write and think

C．make people get a way of living

D．teach people to read good books

The underlined word “well-rounded” in the passage means “______” in Chinese.

A．圆满的

B．崭新的

C．公平的

D．全面的

It is expected that educated people will be able to ______.

A．accept education as a way of living

B．take an interest in the whole world

C．develop their abilities to make plays

D．learn subjects like language and math

The passage mainly tells us that ______.

A．education should make a man improve

B．people can get education in a short time

C．people should be able to get better paying jobs

D．all subjects are so important for a way of living

Have You Planned Three Things to Do Before You Are 18?
I know most of us have a long way to reach an adult. At present, are you bored with your daily life? Here are some things you should try before you are 18，because after that it’s too late.
Learn to swim
Seriously, this is so important that it can save your life. If you can’t swim well，you won’t be able to do water sports like waterskiing, surfing and diving. Even taking a boat trip will be dangerous for you. Make sure you do it.
Try at least one kind of team sports
Being a good team player is an important skill in life. You can’t just think of yourself，but have to work well with other people. Other advantages of team sports like basketball, football and baseball are that they keep you fit and healthy, and they are also great fun. Teams usually have a good social life too—you’ll go to lots of parties and make many friends.
Collect something
One of the best hobbies for under-18s is collecting things. You could collect kinds of stamps，or you could collect things that make you remember what you have done，like cinema tickets for films you have seen or emails from friends. The best way to collect is to have a special album to put your collection in and to write what each thing means to you. That way you won’t forget.
The most important reason for learning to swim is that ______.

A．you might feel well

B．it can make you healthy

C．you might easily do lots of things

D．it can save your life

The underlined sentence “a good social life” in the passage means ______.

A．you’ll study in groups

B．you’ll go to parties and make many friends

C．you’ll take part in many matches

D．you’ll work in the society

The writer tells us that one of the best hobbies is to ______.

A．collect something

B．do some water sports

C．camp out in the garden

D．send emails to your friends

What kind of collection is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A．Stamps.	B．Cinema tickets.
C．Snowballs.	D．Emails.

The passage is mainly about ______ before you are 18.

A．good habits to keep	B．skills to have
C．things to do	D．sports to play

Do you know Yao Beina?
Not only a popular singer was Yao Beina, but also she was an energetic and warm-hearted angel. She had her corneas (眼角膜) donated to two men who needed them, which helped them see the world clearly again.
Yao was born in a music family on Sept. 26, 1981 in Wuhan. Her father, Yao Feng, was the former chairman of the Shenzhen Association of Musicians and now serves as the vice chairman of Guangdong Association of Musicians. Under the influence of her family, she had taken up piano since the age of 4, and she sang her first song on the stage when she was 9 years old. Yao did quite well in singing, so she took part in the thirteenth Youth Singing Competition and won the first prize.
She became well-known to the public after making a series of songs for the hit TV drama “The Legend of Zhenhuan” in 2012, and the mandarin version (中文版本) of “Let It Go” from Disney’s “Frozen”. In July 2013, she competed in The Voice of China II and finally got the second place in Na Ying’s team. She had won a lot of music awards before she was famous.
Yao Beina was unfortunate to be diagnosed (诊断) with breast cancer (乳腺癌) and had a successful operation in 2011. Since then, she has fought against the disease for about four years while keeping singing, but sadly she failed. She originally thought of donating all of her organs (器官) to save others’ lives, but failed to do it because of her serious illness.
She’s gone, even though she had never stopped struggling with cancer. Heaven just got another beautiful angel, with her beautiful voice and kindness.
Yao Beina had her ______ donated to save others.

A．two corneas

B．all organs

C．heart

D．kidney

Yao was born in a ______ family on Sept. 26, 1981 in Wuhan.

A．doctor

B．farmer

C．music

D．worker

How old was Yao Beina when she started to sing for people?

A．Four.

B．Nine.

C．Thirteen.

D．Thirty.

Which is TRUE about Yao Beina according to the passage?

A．She started to play the piano at the age of 5.

B．She had great voice and won a lot of awards in music.

C．She was a weak and selfish girl.

D．She won over the breast cancer in the end.

What’s the passage mainly about?

A．Yao Beina’s family.

B．Yao Beina’s disease.

C．Yao Beina’s teacher.

D．Yao Beina’s art achievements.

阅读下面短文，根据其内容完成后面各项任务。
When Charlie got up last Sunday morning, he looked out of the window, and saw that the ground was covered with snow. On the side of the house, the snow was higher than Charlie. "We must have a path through this snow, "said his father. "I would make one if I had time. But I must be at the office early this morning. Do you think you could make the path, my son?" he asked little Charlie. "I? Why? The snow is higher than me! How could I ever cut a path through that snow?" "How? You can do it little by little. I hope you will try," said the father. Then his father left for his office.
Later, Charlie set to work. He threw up first one shovelful(一铲), and then another; but it was slow work. "I don’t think I can do it, mother, "he said. "A shovelful is so little, and there is so much snow." "Little by little, Charlie," said his mother. "That snow fell flake(雪花) by flake, but you see how much it has made." "Yes, mother, I see," said Charlie. "If I throw it away little by little, it will soon be gone." So he worked on.When his father came home for dinner, he was pleased to see the fine path. The next day was Charlie’s birthday, the father gave little Charlie a pen, with yellow letters "Little by Little" on it.
What did Charlie find when he got up last Sunday morning? (no more than 10 words)

Which sentence in the passage can be replaced (替换) by the following one?
I don’t think it’s possible for me to make a path through the snow.

Did Charlie make the path through the snow at last?

把文中画线处翻译成中文。

What’s the best title of the passage?

Is there intelligent (有智力的) life on other planets? For years, scientists said “no.” or “we don’t know.” But today this is changing. Seth Shostak and Alexandra Barnett are astronomers(天文学家). They believe intelligent life exists (存在) somewhere in the universe. They also think we will soon contact (联系)these beings(人；生物).
Why do Shostak and Barnett think intelligent life exists on other planets? The first reason is time. Scientists believe the universe is about 12 billion years old. “This is long enough for other planets to have intelligent life,” Shostak and Barnett said. The second reason is size—the universe is huge. “Tools like the Hubble Telescope(哈勃望远镜) have shown that there are at least 100 billion galaxies,” says Shostak. “And our galaxy, the Milky Way, has at least 100 billion stars. Some planets going around these stars might be similar to Earth.”
In the past, it was hard to look for signs of intelligent life in the universe. But now, powerful telescopes(高倍望远镜) allow scientists to discover smaller planets—the size of Mars or Earth—in other solar systems. These planets might have intelligent life.
Have beings from space already visited Earth? “Probably not,” says Shostak. “It’s a long way away. However, intelligent beings may contact us in other ways, such as radio signals(信号). In fact, they may be trying to communicate with us now, but we don’t have the right tools to receive their messages. However, this is changing. By 2025, we can communicate with other life forms in our universe and we might help each other.”
Seth Shostak and Alexandra Barnett are _____.

A．astronomers	B．farmers
C．singers	D．drivers

What is the best title for Paragraph (段落)2?

A．The Age and Size of Earth

B．Our Galaxy: The Milky Way

C．Why Intelligent Life Might Exist

D．Earth: The Only Planet with Intelligent Life

Why was it hard to look for signs of intelligent life in the universe in the past?

A．There were not any smaller planets.

B．There were not any powerful telescopes.

C．The astronomers were not interested in them.

D．The Milky Way didn’t exist at that time.

Why haven’t beings from space visited us yet according to Shostak?

A．They’re afraid of us.

B．It’s a long way away.

C．They don’t want to see us.

D．They don’t know how to use radio signals.

What does the underlined phrase “life forms” in the last paragraph mean?

A．Messages	B．Tools
C．Intelligent beings	D．Radio signals

A．Philadelphie	B．Washington
C．Boston	D．New York