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These days，more and more students in the UK are talking a"gap year"between their graduation from school and their university studies．This means they can take a year off to do something else，before they start their studies．

For most students，spending time in foreign countries is the favorite activity﹣﹣﹣and Australia is the favorite place to go．

Many parents，teachers and business people agree that travelling can teach important values．

"After a year of travelling，I left I'd grown up．I had learnt the importance of relationships with people，on all kinds of levels．"

There are many companies around the world that welcome these students on their projects﹣﹣﹣helping people in poorer countries，or even in your home country．Although you don't get paid for your work，this kind of work can teach important skills﹣﹣﹣decision making and finding answers to problems，for example﹣﹣﹣that will help many students in a job one day．

Finally，getting some knowledge and experience in an area you hope to study or work in one day will always be very useful．

If several university graduates are applying（申请）for the same job，gar year work experience allows you to say．"I've already had some experience of this kind of work．"And that can get your job．

61．More and more students in the UK are taking a"gap year" 　　．

A．	before they graduate from school
B．	before they graduate from university
C．	after they graduate from university
D．	Before they go to university after graduating from school

62．　　is their favorite activity for most students in the UK．

A．	Spending time in Australia
B．	Spending time in the UK
C．	Spending time with their teachers
D．	Spending time with their parents

63．What can't students get in gap year work in the writer's opinion？　　

A．	Values
B．	Skills
C．	Knowledge and experience
D．	money

64．Chances for the same job will be given to the students 　　．

A．	who study well in school
B．	who have some experience in this kind of work
C．	who don't apple for the job
D．	who are rich enough

65．The best title（题目）of the passage can be 　　．

A．	Work for the Poor
B．	Take a Year off
C．	Apply for a job
D．	Travel．

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Why is the sea salt? Long before we discovered scientific ways of thinking about it, we explained it in a story. Even though the answer isn’t scientific, it holds some other truth in it — especially about the human heart.

Long ago, a poor old couple lived on the coast. One day, an old storyteller came to their village. The old couple gave him a meal. In return, he gave them a coffee mill (磨粉机) and said, “Say, ‘Mill, please grind (磨粉)’,” and it’ll make whatever you want, to stop it, say ‘Mill, please cease (停止) grinding’.”

Soon the old couple had a much better life. They’d been happy people, and they didn’t need much more. But the young couple next door were never satisfied. When they saw the old couple wearing good clothes and buying good food, they burnt with envy (羡慕). So one day, the young husband went to the old couple’s house secretly and heard, “Mill, please grind hot chocolate!” He was surprised to see it coming out.

Then the young couple stole the mill from the old couple. With it, they rode a horse and set off down the coast, where no one would know them. Along the way, the husband showed proudly and asked, “What do you want it to make?” “Oh. I don’t know. Why not salt?” the wife said. “Mill, please grind salt!” he said. “It works!” the wife shouted. But then they noticed the salt went everywhere. “Make it stop,” the wife said. But the husband didn’t know how. “Mill, please stop grinding! Please, no more!” His words didn’t work. The mill kept grinding. Finally, the young husband threw the mill into the sea as far as he could.

And there it’s been, for hundreds of years, endlessly grinding salt. That’s why the sea is salt.

(1). The passage is probably a(n) ________.

folk story

instruction

science fiction

science report

(2). Put the things happened to the mill in correct order.

a. It began to produce salt. b. The young husband threw it.

c. The young couple stole it. d. The old couple got it.

b-d-a-c

b-a-d-c

d-a-c-b

d-c-a-b

(3). What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 refer to?

The coffee.

The horse.

The mill.

The chocolate.

(4). How did the young husband’s feelings change?

A．	sorry — sad — excited	B．	thirsty — excited — afraid
C．	happy — nervous — proud	D．	surprised — thankful — happy

(5). What does the word “truth” in Paragraph 1 imply (暗指)?

Being patient.

Working properly.

Being satisfied.

Listening carefully.

●Gift shop

Open Daily 10:00 a.m.—5:30 p.m.

●Children’s playground and activity area

●Visitors may adopt (领养) a rescued animal for free!

Admission:

Adults: ＄7

Children (up to 16): ＄5

Children (3 & under): Free

Family (2 adults & 2 children): ＄20

FREE CAR AND COACH PARK.

TOILET FOR THE DISABLED AND WHEELCHAIR ACCESS (通道) IN ALL AREAS.

(1). When can the visitors buy the gifts?

At 9:30 a.m.

At 11:00 a.m.

At 6:00 p.m.

At 10:00 p.m.

(2). How much is a ticket for a 15-year-old boy?

＄5.

＄7.

＄12.

＄20.

(3). What do we know about the museum?

A．	It doesn’t provide a free parking lot.	B．	The animals there can’t be adopted.
C．	It offers the disabled special service.	D．	Children under 3 are not welcome there.

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Message

Dear Wang,

Great to hear you are coming to the USA! I do hope you can stop by and visit us in the Big Apple — a popular name for New York City. There are so many things to see and do here. It would take a lifetime to list them all: Chinatown, Wall Street, Central Park, to name only a few. But knowing you as I do, I’d suggest walking through Midtown Manhattan. It is very popular in the USA and just can’t be missed!

People often say that no visit to New York City is complete without a trip to Broadway! Broadway with its cafés, street performers（表演者）and colorful signs really represents New York’s loud spirit! As Broadway is the heart of the American theater industry, it’s at night when it truly comes alive. Broadway is well-known for its big theaters. They show Shakespeare, modern plays, dance shows or musicals — take your pick! With your love of singing and interest in drama（戏剧）, I’d recommend（推荐）a musical. It’s a great and moving experience that I’m sure you would love — a bit like Peking opera! Many musicals are based on classic stories like Les Miserables or Peter Pan, and they might even inspire（激发）you to read the books, too!

My big news is that I am going to China on vacation this winter. I am looking for places of interest in China. Can you recommend some to me?

See you soon!

Leslie

(1). What is New York City also called?

__________________________________________

(2). Is Broadway famous for its big theaters?

__________________________________________

(3). What are many musicals based on?

__________________________________________

(4). When is Leslie going to China on vacation?

__________________________________________

(5). Which place of interest in China will you recommend to Leslie?

__________________________________________

The human population on Earth grows larger each year. As a result, ___(1)___. Because of climate change（气候变化）, growing more food is becoming even more difficult.

When farmers tried to grow more food in the past, they would use farming methods that weren’t always healthy for the environment. To solve this problem, ___(2)__. They spent several years talking to farmers. They wanted to see what problems farmers were having and how these problems could be solved. __(3)___. These special robots move around on farms and collect information about crops（庄稼）. They can take pictures of plants, track（追踪）each plant’s growth and measure（测量）its size.

In the past, though farmers did have information about the weather and the earth, they couldn’t track each plant. __(4)__.

By collecting information about plants, the robots can help farmers make predictions（预测）about how their plants will grow. __(5)__. For example, if the robots find out which plants get sick, farmers can quickly throw them away before they are about to influence nearby plants. With the help of these robots, farmers can take better care of the plants in need.

A．	But now, with these robots, they can
B．	This led to the creation of special robots
C．	some scientists carried out a research project
D．	more and more food needs to be grown in order to feed everyone
E．	By studying each plant, the robots can also help farmers grow plants well

Otters（水獭）are cute water animals. These days, keeping otters as pets is getting popular. In Japan, some “otter cafés（咖啡馆）” are open for business. People can pay to play with the otters there and to take photos with them. In Indonesia, people go swimming with their pet otters and take funny videos. These photos and videos posted online have interested more people to buy otters as pets.

However, these enjoyable photos and videos hide the damage（损害）that the online trade is doing to otters. In fact, wild otters are facing many threats—they have long been hunted（猎杀）for their coats; in some places, fishermen have been killing otters in order to stop them from eating fish; and now, the online pet trade has become another big problem for otters.

In the wild, baby otters usually stay with their mothers during their first year of life. According to a report, 70% of the otters sold online are under one year old. These baby otters have been stolen from their mothers. When they are kept as pets by humans, they do not live full and natural lives.

Otters are very social. They live in family groups of up to 15 in the wild. Keeping an otter as a pet can make it very sad and lonely. These animals also need enough space to swim. Their owners’ bathtubs（浴缸）or pools are nowhere near as large as the bodies of water in the wild.

On the other hand, otters simply don’t make good pets. They have a very special fishy smell. If they are kept indoors, they will leave a lot of waste around the house. This would make the smell even more unpleasant. Besides, when otters are unhappy, they will make loud noises and even attack（攻击）people. If a person is hurt by an otter, he or she needs to go to hospital at once.

So, we should stop the otter pet trade and never share photos and videos about them online.

(1). What does Paragraph 1 mainly talk about?

A．	The ways of buying otters online.
B．	The advantages of playing with otters.
C．	The popularity of keeping otters as pets.

(2). What does the underlined word “threats” mean in Paragraph 2?

A．

机遇

B．

威胁

C．

选择

(3). What do we know about otters in the wild?

A．	They live in family groups of up to 15.
B．	They don’t need enough space to swim.
C．	Baby otters never stay with their mothers.

(4). Why don’t otters make good pets?

a. They may attack people.

b. They may make loud noises.

c. They have a special fishy smell.

d. They need to go to hospital often.

A．

a, b, c

B．

a, b, d

C．

b, c, d

(5). What is the writer’s main purpose of writing the text?

A．	To tell people the otters’ living habits.
B．	To teach people how to keep a pet otter.
C．	To call on people to stop the otter pet trade.