If you could see a movie of your life before you lived it, would you want to live it? Probably not. The excitement of living is that you don’t know what’s coming.
Sure, it’s hard to see uncertainty in such positive（积极的）light when you’re out of work, or when you feel like you’re failing. But uncertainty is really another word for chance.
When Allison graduated from Harvard, she had chances all over the place but had no idea what she wanted to do. She took a job in consulting（咨询）, but she knew she wouldn’t stay there. She took the GRE and scored so high that she was able to increase her income（收入）by teaching students. Still, she didn’t think she wanted to go to graduate school. Allison knew she wasn’t doing what she wanted, but she didn’t know what she wanted.
She worried. All her friends were going to graduate school or starting their own businesses. She was lost and felt that she would never find anything out. After six years, Allison, by having a general（全面的）plan in mind, got married, moved to the Midwest, and used her consulting experience to get a great job. Allison realized that she spent her years finding her way: time well spent, and time we must all take if we’re being honest with ourselves.
The only way to lead an interesting life is to face uncertainty and make a choice. Otherwise your life is not your own—it is a path someone else has chosen. Moments of uncertainty are when you create your life, when you become who you are. Uncertainty usually begins with a job hunt, but it doesn’t end there. Every new role we take on means another round of uncertainty. Instead of fearing it, you should find some ways to deal with uncertainty. From the first two paragraphs, we can learn that .
| A．being out of work is a sad thing |
| B．uncertainty is what makes life interesting |
| C．life in a film is more exciting than real life |
| D．chance never appears when we need it |
What troubles Allison after graduation?
| A．She couldn’t find a well-paid job. |
| B．She had no money to start a business. |
| C．She was not sure what to do. |
| D．She didn’t score high enough for graduate school. |
How did Allison feel about her six years’ working experience?
| A．Uncertain. | B．Amazed. | C．Sorry. | D．Satisfied. |
What may be discussed in the following paragraph?
| A．How to deal with uncertainty. |
| B．What role uncertainty plays in life. |
| C．Why people fear uncertainty. |
| D．Whom to go to when facing uncertainty. |
阅读下面的短文，判断文后的句子是否与短文内容相符，符合的选T 不符合的选F（共4小题，每小题2分）
Life in 2050
What will life be like in the year 2050? No one knows, but of course it will be very different from it today Here are some predictions:
Firstly, people will work fewer hours, and robots will do hard and dangerous work instead.So they will have more free time for sports and travelling.
Secondly, cars, will run faster, and computers will control(控制) the speed instead of people. So there won't be any accidents.
Thirdly, people will be able lo live in the sea. away from the crowded and noisy cities on land.
Lastly, water will have become one of our most serious problems because there could be serious shortage(短缺). Some scientists open predict that water could be the cause of war if we don'i act now.
阅读表达（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分））阅读下面短文，根据短文内容回答下列问题，把答案写在每小题后的横线上。
Imagine this: your parents go away on business, but you have to stay at home alone. Would life be as easy as when your parents are around? Would it be a perfect holiday for you?
'”I can fill an empty stomach with tomato and egg soup, but that's all. I think many of my classmates are the same. We wouldn't know what to do, or how to look after ourselves," said Zheng Chenyu. "And I'd forget something important. I'd probably watch television and bu
rn the soup. "
“As soon as I leave home, I'll learn to cook. But now parents do almost everything for us. We’re very lazy, "she said.
Most teenagers have only time for their homework. They don't learn any life skills until they go to college.
However, Sima Yige doesn't think so.
"I think I'd be all right. I wouldn't just eat sandwiches or fruit. I know how to cook, some simple dishes because my mum showed me," the 13 - year - old boy said. In his opinion, many teenagers depend too much on their parents, and there is much more to learn than cooking, like "tidying up your room or even dressing yourself properly."
For most teenagers it wouldn't be a holiday at all.Why would Zheng Chenyu probably burn the soup?
________________________________________ When will Zheng Chenyu learn to cook?
________________________________________Translate the underlined sentence "They don't learn any life skills until they go to college. " in this passage. ________________________________________
The underlined phrase "depend too much" on in the passage means __________ in Chinese.
Would life be as easy for teenagers living alone as when their parents are around?
________________________________________
Good morning. I’m Chen Hua. Here’s my culture report for today, Monday:
A new film starts tonight at the student cinema at eight o’clock. The film is Pirates of the Carribean. It’s a fantastic adventure film. Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom are the stars. They are both very popular and famous, and they both act well in this film, and make their characters believable.
The story is about an old ship. It sails around the Carribean islands. Depp and Bloom try to find some lost gold. Then they come fare to face with some terrible men, and have to fight them. There's lots of action, and the fighting looks really dangerous. They also saves Keira Knightly. She plays Elisabeth, the daughter of a rich man. The scenes with Knightly and Bloom are beautiful and romantic.
The film isn't true to life, but it' s very exciting, and some of it is very funny. It' s an enjoyable film, although in my opinion there's too much fighting. But except for that, it's an excellent film. U you didn't see it when it first came out, I advise you to go and see it now. I' m sure you' 11 enjoy it. It' s showing all week. Pirates of the Carribean is__________.
| A．a tragedy | B．a comedy | C．an action film | D．an adventure film |
Depp and Bloom sails around the Carribean islands because__________.
| A．they try to find some lost gold | B．they try to find some gold |
| C．they try to find some lost iron | D．they try to find some lost iron |
They meet __________.
| A．some terrible men | B．some terrible women |
| C．some smiling men | D．some smili ng men |
There's lots of action in the film because they have to__.
| A．fight the frightening people | B．fight the terrible women |
| C．make the film interesting | D．make the film exciting |
Keira Knightly plays
| A．Depp and Bloom | B．Elisabeth | C．Orlando Bloom | D．Johnny Depp |
What Chen Hua doesn't like about the film is
| A．untruth to life | B．the adventure | C．too much fighting | D．the stars |
Chen Hua advises people to see the film because___.
A. it's funny B. it's true C. it' s believable I), it' s excellent The general idea of paragraph 3 is_ .
| A．self introduction | B．where the film is on |
| C．Chen Hua's opinions about the film | D．the main idea of the film |
I like to get up late, so my ideal school starts at 9 a.m. It finished at 3 P.m., so we will have lots of time for after-school activities. There is a big din
ing hall.
We have an hour for lunch. We eat lunch and chat there. We can also listen to pop music in the hall. We eat fruit and vegetables every day.
We have Maths every day because I think Maths is very interesting to us. I love computers, so we have Computer Studies every day. We wear school uniforms, but we do not wear ties. The classes are quite small. There are 15 students in each class.
There is a park on one side of our school and a shopping mall on the other. We have a big library with lots of useful books. We also have a tennis court and a swimming pool.
There are lots of clubs and after-school activities. We only have half an hour of homework every day, and we do not do homework at weekends. Every month, we go on a school trip to a museum or a theater.How many hours for lessons are there in my school?
| A．Five hours. | B．Six hours. | C．Four hours. | D．Three hours. |
How many hours for lunch are there in my school?
| A．Half an hours. | B．One hours. | C．One and a half hours. | D．Two hours. |
Why do we have Maths every day?
| A．Because it is useful. | B．Because it is the main subject. |
| C．Because we’re interested in it. | D．Because I’m going to be a Maths teacher. |
How many students are there in my class?
| A．Ten. | B．Sixteen. | C．Fourteen. | D．Fifteen. |
The underlined word “with” means_______.
| A．用 | B．在……下 | C．和……一起 | D．有 |
How often do we go on a school trip to a museum or a theater?
| A．Every week. | B．Every day. | C．Every month. | D．Every two months. |
What’s the best title for the passage?
| A．My school. | B．My ideal subject. |
| C．My ideal school. | D．My ideal park. |
Hundreds of years ago, news was carried from place to place by people on foot or by horse. It took days, weeks and sometimes months for people to receive news. Now it is possible to send words and pictures around the world in seconds(秒). Billions of people learn about news stories of their own country and all over the world every day, either by watching TV or reading newspapers.
Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life since the 18th century. Many countries have hundreds of different newspapers. How do newspaper editors(编辑) decide which news stories to print (印刷)? Why do they print some stories and not others? What makes a good newspaper story?
Firstly, it is important to report new stories. TV stations can report news much faster than newspapers. Yet, newspapers give more about the same story. They may also look at the story in another way, or they may print completely (完全地) different stories to those on TV.
Secondly, a news story has to be interesting and unusual. People don’t want to read stories about everyday life As a result, many stories are about some kind of danger and seem to be "bad" news. For example, newspapers never print stories about planes landing safely, instead they print stories about plane accidents.
Another factor(因素) is also very important in many news stories. Many people are interested in news in foreign countries, but more prefer to read stories about people, places and events (事件) in their own country. So the stories on the front page in Chinese newspapers are usually very different from the ones in British, French and American newspapers. According (根据) the passage, how do people learn about news stories in the world now?
| A．They carry news stories and tell others from place to place oh foot or by horse. |
| B．They tell each other what they have seen with their eyes. |
| C．They watch TV or read newspapers. |
| D．They listen to the radio every day. |
The difference between newspaper stories and TV news reports is that.
| A．people can learn more about the same news story from a newspaper |
| B．people can read the news story more quickly in a newspaper |
| C．people can read news stories in other countries |
| D．people can read news’ stories about their own country |
To make a good newspaper story, how many factors does the passage talk about?
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Five. | D．Six. |
According to the passage, which of the following can you most possibly watch on TV?
| A．You often play football with your friends after school. |
| B．Your teacher has got a cold. |
| C．A tiger in the city zoo has run out and hasn’t been caught. |
| D．The bike in the front of your house is lost. |
Which of the following is Not True of this passage?
| A．News stories on the front page of every country are always the same. |
| B．People like to read interesting and unusual news. |
| C．Not only TV but also newspapers can help people to learn what is happening around the world. |
| D．Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life for more than three hundred years. |