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Legends about the development of coffee are varied and interesting, involving chance occurrences, political tricks, and the pursuit of wealth and power.
According to one story, a sheepherder named Kaldi, as he tended his sheep, noticed the effect of coffee beans. He noticed that the sheep became excited after eating the red “cherries" from a certain plant when they changed pastures (牧场). He tried it himself, and was soon as overactive as his sheep. Another story relates that a monk happened to discover that this fruit from the shiny green plant could help him stay awake.
Another legend gives us the name for coffee, “mocha”. Omar, an Arabian was thrown to the desert with his followers to die of starvation. In desperation, Omar had his friends boil and eat the fruit from an unknown plant. Not only did the soup save the group, but the residents of the nearest town, Mocha, took their survival as a religious sign. The plant and its beverage (饮料) were named Mocha to honor this event.
Coffee was introduced much later to countries beyond Arabia, whose inhabitants believed it to be a tasty thing and guarded its secret as if they were top secret military plans. The government forbade transportation of the plant out of the Moslem nations. The actual spread of coffee was started illegally. One Arab named Baba Budan smuggled (走私) beans to some mountains near Mysore, India, and started a farm there. Early in this century, some of those original plants were found still growing fruitfully in the region.
Coffee today is grown and enjoyed worldwide, and is one of the few crops that small farmers in third-world countries can profitably export.
What does the second paragraph mainly talk about?

A．A sheepherder used coffee beans to keep sheep excited.

B．Coffee was a special kind of red cherry from a certain plant.

C．A sheepherder and a monk accidently discovered coffee’s effect.

D．Sheep ate a lot of coffee beans while they changed pastures.

Which of the following involves political tricks?

A．Kaldi’s story.	B．The monk’s story.
C．Omar’s story.	D．Baba Budan’s story.

Mocha is originally the name of ______.

A．a town

B．an Arabian

C．a kind of coffee

D．a sheepherder

What can be the best title for the text?

A．The Secret of Coffee	B．The Tales of Coffee
C．People’s Love for Coffee	D．The Function of Coffee

One day I walked down to get to my car, thinking about what I had to accomplish and scolding myself for being late for work, but surprisingly the car was nowhere to be found.
This was at 8 a.m. in the morning. I made trips to all the towing places and police stations, all the time thinking that it was towed (拖走）by cops (巡警).By around 10 a.m., the cops decided that it was actually stolen. After filing a report with them, I finally got to work thinking how my day was completely messed up.
Later in the day I went to pick up a rental car at Enterprise only to realize that my license was missing, too, along with my car. I told the enterprise guy the whole story and he offered to take me to the closest DMV and get a duplicate (副本) license. 1 was totally shocked. I did not know why this complete stranger would want to take some time off his day to help me. He actually took me to DMV, got a duplicate and then rented me a car. I was upset the whole day because of the events happening to me but somehow this simple act of kindness from a complete stranger made it all worth it. It cheered me up and made me forget all the troubles of the day. I was so moved by this kind act that the next day I made sure someone else got a similar surprise. I took some smiley shaped chocolates and left them on some of my colleagues’ desks.
There is still a lot of goodness out there in the world. We just need to take the time to notice it. I hope that this story would inspire many others like me to do more acts of kindness.
The moment the author found the car missing, he thought ______.

A．it was stolen by a stranger	B．it was towed by the police
C．he placed it in a wrong place	D．he should rent another one

We can infer that DMV is ______.

A．an office for license	B．a towing place
C．a renting place	D．a parking lot

Why did the author put some chocolates on his colleagues’ desks?

A．His colleagues were fond of chocolates.

B．He wanted to thank his colleagues.

C．He was touched and hoped to cheer others.

D．He wanted to do his colleagues a favor.

The author writes about his experience ______.

A．to criticize the person stealing his cars

B．to praise the rental place at Enterprise

C．to tell us a surprising but moving story

D．to encourage people to do acts of kindness

While many young people may resist getting a "real job" or becoming independent, these are the things that make you happy and give you purpose. Some people underestimate the satisfaction of working, thinking they'll be miserable. The 20-somethings that do work are happier than those who don' t or are underemployed.
If you invest in your career early，you'll have longer to build it up. 70% of wage growth happens in the first 10 years, so you need to get the best job you can get and negotiate your salary. No one can be sure that people who will wait until their 30s to get going are expecting to experience later to catch up with those of their ages.
Many 20-somethings don't know what they want to do, so they hang around the house or in. low-level jobs waiting for the spirit to move them. Not making a choice is a choice. These 20-somethings think they are keeping their options open, but they are actually closing doors. Resumes start to look thin, their peers(同龄人) begin surpassing them and they may get stuck in underemployment.
It will take about 10,000 hours(or about five years)to really master their jobs. If you're wondering why colleagues seem so smart and confident, it's partly because they've been doing it longer. Young people should learn as much as they can in their first jobs and remember it will take some time to really get good.
The 20-something brain is still developing, which is in charge of critical emotion with reason. This, coupled with less on-the-job experience, means 20-somethings are more sensitive to surprise and criticism. They are more likely to take feedback personally. Step back and get some perspective. You're not going to be fired because your boss is angry. Hear the criticism and learn from it.
The brain doesn't fully mature until your mid-20s, particularly the parts that plan for the future and manage emotions. That doesn't mean you should sit around and wait for it to develop. In. fact, what you learn and experience in your 20s becomes hardwired into your brain and this is the best chance you have to change your brain and change how you think and react. What people do in their 20s determines who they'll be as adults.
What is the best title of the passage?

A．How You Spend Your 20s Will Define You.

B．The 20-something Brain Remains To Be Developed.

C．Young People Need Employment And Experiences.

D．Becoming Mature Should Invest In The Career.

What can we infer from the whole passage?

A．Not all people resist becoming independent.

B．Adult responsibilities make you happier.

C．Not making a choice is a better policy

D．It takes chances to get good jobs.

What does the underlined part "coupled with" mean according to the passage?

A．multiplied by	B．recounted in.
C．composed of.	D．combined with.

What idea does the writer of the passage support?

A．Take feedback personally anytime and anywhere.

B．It is never too late to wait till a choice is made.

C．A lesson should be learned from criticism.

D．The satisfaction of working is not contented.

Oscar-winning director Ang Lee' s new epic "Life of Pi" reveals the relationship between a teenage Indian boy and a Bengal tiger. But in reality, the predators(食肉动物)are under increasing threat from humans. Animal rights group PETA is hoping to use the popularity of the film to focus people's attention on the real life of Bengal tigers.
With the rising demand for tiger parts from East Asia, illegal hunting remains a tremendous danger for the remaining cat population. Back in 1947, there were 40,000 tigers in India, but the number is experiencing a sharp decline t0 1,706 despite campaigns to protect the animal.
Rising man-animal conflict is also one of the leading causes of decline in tiger numbers. In one of numerous reported attacks on the endangered big cats, villagers near The Bangladesh-India border, armed with sticks and boat oars, set upon the animal suspected to have attacked a local fisherman and beat it to death earlier this month. So far this year, 58 tiger deaths have been reported in the country.
"The first instinct when a tiger is spotted is to just kill it,"grieved Gurmeet Sapal, a wildlife filmmaker. "The feeling of fear and revenge is so strong that it shuts out any other emotion. What we don' t realize is that the tiger never attacks humans until it is forced to. "'
India has been struggling to stop the tiger's decline in the face of the loss of habitat as well that encourages the animals to leave the forest for food. " The tiger's rapidly exhausted prey base causes the predator to go al! out to get its food. Consequently, livestock and human beings become easy prey, which leads inevitably to conflict," says a wildlife conservationist.
Filmmaker Sapal says it is only normal for people to think of the tiger as a dangerous animal, but its image as a human killer bears some injustice. "Tigers never kill for sport nor store meat. They kill their prey only in case of hunger. "
How can PETA take advantage over the hot movie “ Life of Pi ”?

A．PETA can count on the movie to promote people' s awareness of tiger' s life.

B．PETA can make enough money by encourage people to watch the movie.

C．The movie demonstrates that humans and tigers can live in harmony.

D．The movie offers a wonderful opportunity for movie to act in.

Why did the villagers beat the tiger to death?

A．Because it was a human killer and attempted to attack people.

B．Because it was suspected to be a threat to local people' s lives.

C．Because local people just followed their instinct to kill it.

D．Because people wanted to carry out their revenge for it.

According to the article, when will tigers attack and kill people?

A．When they are annoyed by people.

B．When they have conflict with people.

C．When they are driven to act in the movie.

D．When they are hungry or attacked.

What contributes to the facts that livestock and human beings become easy target of tigers?

A．It is easier for tigers to hunt human beings than other animal for food.

B．Tigers are losing their habitat and forced to go out of the woods.

C．People hold a strong belief that tigers are a born threat to their lives.

D．Tigers can't be treated equally as other animal in the forest

I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in (旁听生） for another l8 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out?
It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unmarried college graduate student, and she decided to, put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife. Except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl. So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking: "We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?" They said: "Of course. " My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign the final adoption papers, She only gave in a few months later when my parents promised that would someday go to college.
And 17 years later I did go to college. But I artlessly chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and ail of my working class parents' savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn't see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out. And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting.
It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the $ 5 deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it. And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on.
From the passage we know that the author.

A．was adopted by a lawyer and his wife

B．dropped out when he was 17 years old

C．The author was admitted to Stanford

D．valued his dropping out

The author dropped out mainly because .

A．His academic performance was very poor.

B．He did not want to waste his parents' money.

C．His parents were too poor to afford the college tuition.

D．He didn't think university could help him to get a well-paid job

Why did the author think dropping out was a good decision?

A．He could transfer to Stanford.

B．He could follow his passion.

C．He didn't have to attend classes any more.

D．He could spend more time in Hare Krishna temple.

What can be inferred from this passage ?

A．The author was taking a risk when he made the decision of dropping out.

B．The author enjoyed the comfort and pleasure of life after he dropped out.

C．The author's parents were very angry at his decision.

D．The author was a very curious person.

A．comedy	B．soap opera
C．sad movie	D．talk show

A．an hour	B．two hours
C．40 minutes	D．half an hour

A．life and old people	B．youth and dreams
C．life and dreams	D．dreams and hopes

A．it is loud	B．it is noisy
C．it has low quality	D．it’s lyrics are bad