【阅读理解 - Passage B】I worked in a small company with about thirty-five employees (雇员) . We had a good-sized kitchen with a fridge that several employees used. But people would often go to the fridge to surprisingly find either their whole lunch missing, or in my case, my can of Cherry Coke gone. I usually kept it in my lunch bag. At times when I bought takeaway food, I would get two — one for lunch and one for dinner — so I didn’t have my lunch bag. Even so, I often couldn’t find the food. It was a shock to everyone. We doubted who was stealing, but could never prove (证明) it. One day, a good idea came to my mind, and I couldn’t wait to try it. It was break time at noon. I headed down to the kitchen about five minutes early and gave my Coke such a hard shake that I feared it may actually go off in my hands. I placed it back in the fridge. Then, I hid into a cupboard in the kitchen, waiting for the right moment. BINGO! A lady came in and took the Coke. I put my hand over my mouth for her to open it, but she took it with her and left. I thought she would open it in the hall. No! As I left the kitchen, I heard her yell (叫喊) . I passed her office, and Coke was everywhere: the walls, the floor, all over her desk, computer, her work, and all over her — everywhere! Well, food has never gone missing again since then because the lady got fired. What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 3 refer to?

（英模二十四·阅读）The best title for this passage would be

【阅读理解 - Passage C】American country music is also known as country western music. It has a very long history. It comes from the folk songs of immigrants (移民) from Britain. Country music uses simple music and words to express everyday feeling such as loneliness, loves and sadness. That is to say, country music describes life. It talks about friends and enemies, trucks and roads, farms and crops. People in many parts of the world like country music, because everyone can understand what the music is about. Country western music became popular first among cowboys (牛仔) in the American west countryside. Cowboys had to take care of cows day and night. When they were alone with the cows, they often sang beautiful and peaceful songs to calm the animals and to overcome their own fear. They were not well-educated and so they sang about their daily life in very simple word. They played the guitars, violins and other instruments. In the south of America, many people added instruments from their homes, like bottles and spoons. When cowboy visited their friends and families on holidays like Thanksgiving, they usually sang and played country western music. In recent years, many musicians have made country western music a little different from the one in the past. These changes make the songs sound even better. Today singers such as Carth Brooks, Reba McEntire, Emmylou Harris, Lye Lovtt, Eddie Rabbitt, LeAnn Rime, Randy Travis and a group called Alabama are singing and playing in different styles. They have brought country western music more and more fans from all over the world. According to the passage, people like American country music because ______.

【阅读理解 - Passage C】Children should do housework. That’s a controversial (有争议的) idea, though not everyone will admit it. A few parents will say that their children are too busy for housework. Many more of us assign (分派) housework, or say we believe in them, but the housework just doesn’t get done. That’s a problem. For starters, housework is good for kids. Being a part of the routine work of running a household helps children develop an awareness of the needs of others, while at the same time contributing to their emotional well-being. One small study, done over a period of 25 years, found that the best predictor (预测) for young adults success in their mid-20s was whether they participated in household tasks at age 3 or 4. Those early shared responsibilities extended to a sense of responsibility in other areas of their lives. But for all that their help matters, few kids are doing much around the house at all. In a survey of 1,000 American adults, 75 percent said they believed regular housework made kids more responsible. Yet while 82 percent reported having had regular housework growing up, only 56 percent of those with children said they required them to do housework. Sports and homework are not get-out-of-housework-free cards. The goal, after all, is to raise adults who can balance a caring role in their families and communities with whatever lifetime achievement goals they choose. Housework teaches that balance. What should you do when getting children to do housework? Accept no excuses. Don’t worry if you must repeat yourself again and again. If you’re spending more time getting the child to do this job than it would take to do it yourself, then you’re doing it right. Can a payment help? Maybe. But if you’re trying to teach kids to share the responsibility of a home, paying them for routine housework is not the right message. What can we infer from the first paragraph?

【阅读理解 - Passage B】When my teenaged son became seriously ill, terrible times for my family began. Our once-happy home became tense and depressed. My husband and I were exhausted under the great stress of caring for my son. It was as if we forgot how to communicate — we couldn’t have a simple conversation without a fighting. Our marriage was on the point of breaking up. One evening, my son and I were talking about gifts. I recalled my first Valentine’s present from my husband, a kazoo. I was awkward when I received it because I couldn’t get it to make a sound although I am a professional saxophone player. However hard I tried, it just never worked. The kazoo eventually got packed away and forgotten. But my son was interested and insisted on seeing it. After some trouble, I found it. “You couldn’t get a sound? What’s so hard about it?” my husband asked, amazed. He took the kazoo and blew. Nothing happened. Surprised, he tried again. Still there was no sound. Frustrated, he tried again, only to produce a funny sound like an angry bumblebee trapped in the mouth of a bear. We burst into laughter. My son took a turn to play the kazoo. He did no better than us, causing more laughing. Seeing his face light up, we felt as if the darkness had lifted and a ray of sunshine was let in. It was the best ten minutes of the past couple of years. The mood stayed light for the rest of the evening. It didn’t solve anything. But this experience with the kazoo brought some change in our hearts that always reminds us that there are still things to laugh at and enjoy, and that we can still connect as a family. Why did the husband blow the kazoo personally?

【阅读理解 - Passage A】 If one wants to spend less than 3,000 yuan on the air ticket, he can leave for Singapore on ______.

（英模六·D篇）What will happen if people close their eyes when eating?

【阅读理解 - Passage C】I heard many parents complaining that their teenage children are rebelling (叛逆) . I wish it were so. At your age, you ought to be growing away from your parents. You should be learning to stand on your own feet. But take a good look at the present rebellion. It seems that teenagers are taking the same way of showing that they disagree with their parents. Instead of taking actions bravely on their own, most of them are catching one another’s hands for comfort. They claim they want to dress as they please. But they all wear the same clothes. Then set off in new directions in music. But somehow they all end up with listening to the same record together. Their reason for thinking or acting in thus-and-such a way is that many people are doing it. They have come out of their cocoon into a larger cocoon. It has become harder and harder for a teenager to stand up against the popularity wave and go his or her own way. Industry has firmly carved (挖掘) out a teenage market. These days every teenager can learn from the advertisements what a teenager should have and be. And many of today’s parents have come to award high marks for the popularity of their children. All this adds to a great barrier (障碍) for the teenager who wants to find his or her own path. But the barrier is worth climbing over. The path is worth following. You may want to listen to classical music instead of going to a party. You may want to collect rocks when everyone else is collecting records. You may have some thoughts that you don’t care to share with your classmates at once, well, go to it. Find yourself. Popularity will come with the people who respect you for who you are. That is the only kind of popularity that really counts. Many teenagers think they are brave enough to act on their own, but actually most of them ______.

【阅读理解 - Passage C】American country music is also known as country western music. It has a very long history. It comes from the folk songs of immigrants (移民) from Britain. Country music uses simple music and words to express everyday feeling such as loneliness, loves and sadness. That is to say, country music describes life. It talks about friends and enemies, trucks and roads, farms and crops. People in many parts of the world like country music, because everyone can understand what the music is about. Country western music became popular first among cowboys (牛仔) in the American west countryside. Cowboys had to take care of cows day and night. When they were alone with the cows, they often sang beautiful and peaceful songs to calm the animals and to overcome their own fear. They were not well-educated and so they sang about their daily life in very simple word. They played the guitars, violins and other instruments. In the south of America, many people added instruments from their homes, like bottles and spoons. When cowboy visited their friends and families on holidays like Thanksgiving, they usually sang and played country western music. In recent years, many musicians have made country western music a little different from the one in the past. These changes make the songs sound even better. Today singers such as Carth Brooks, Reba McEntire, Emmylou Harris, Lye Lovtt, Eddie Rabbitt, LeAnn Rime, Randy Travis and a group called Alabama are singing and playing in different styles. They have brought country western music more and more fans from all over the world. The underlined words “”calm the animals” here mean “make the animals become ______.”

【阅读理解 - Passage A】How do top athletes handle defeat and disappointment? Can an athlete turn to his or her teammates for support or encouragement? The following top performers’ responses will be helpful to you. Think positively Siri Lindley is a top triathlete (三项全能运动员), competing in events that combine long- distance running, swimming and cycling. “I try to use what I learn from each loss to make me stronger and more determined,” she says. “Then I pick my head up and start thinking positive, and I visualize myself succeeding the next time. Let the losses make you stronger.” Stick with it Allen Johnson won a gold medal in the 110-meter hurdles at the 1996 Olympics, but he knows that he can’t win every race. “When I don’t win, I have to accept the fact that I made a mistake or that someone was better on that day,” he says. “You can’t be the best every day, but you can be the best on some day.” Pick yourself up Figure skater Michael Weiss is one of the best in his sport, but there have been a lot of failures along the way. “I look at failing as a part of growing,” he says, “When you lose and you are feeling down without teammates to lift you up, you have to be strong enough to pick yourself up.” Learn from mistakes Gymnast Shannon Miller has won several Olympic medals, including two golds. “If I make a mistake in the middle of a competition, I try to forget about it because I have to go on,” she says. “If I do poorly over the course of an entire meet, I go back to the gym and figure out what went wrong. It’s so important to learn from your mistakes.” Who thinks it’s important to learn from mistakes?

【阅读理解 - Passage A】Many companies allow employees (雇员) the freedom of working from their own homes. In this article, we explore (探索) some companies that let you work from home. Zoom Video Communication Zoom Video Communication is a company that provides cloud services for people to use for communication. Zoom’s software allows users to conduct video calls, hold meeting calls, give shows and work together online from any place. When you work with Zoom, you can also receive benefits and go through diverse, global workplace culture. Hopper Hopper is a mobile application helping customers book flights and accommodations for travel. They also tell customers about the ideal times to purchase flights in order to get the best price. As Hopper’s application promotes easy use and timely customer service, jobs with Hopper often focus on providing the most efficient user experience. Kaplan Kaplan is a company that offers education services for colleges, universities, and businesses. These can include courses by subject, higher education programs, student support services and training for certifications. Many jobs at Kaplan involve educational services, like teaching or instructing groups of students. TTEC TTEC is a financial company that helps customers with actions like care and marketing through digital consultancy. There are two departments at TTEC, TTEC Digital and TTEC Engage, which both focus on helping customers with digital communications in person, online, over the phone and through their mobile application. Thus, if you might enjoy a job with work-from-home opportunities and if you like completing your work at your own pace and being able to spend more time with family, why not consider the job we mentioned above? Which company offers a chance for customers to save money?

【阅读理解 - Passage A】Don’t waste time finding cheap package tours any more! Our agency (旅行社) has several well-designed tours for you at an unbelievable price. DISCOVER BANGLADESH We are specialists in tours of Bangladesh, a beautiful country still untouched by tourism. Our 14-day tour visits the very best sights and attractions in the country for just £ 2, 130 per person. There is six people in each group at most. Single supplements are also available: join any of our scheduled tours and reduce your cost. Read travelers’ recent experiences on our website and discover how good we are! INCREDIBLE JAPAN Enjoy the wonders of Japan on a unique trip full of exciting discoveries. Explore vigourous Tokyo with its energetic city life and relax in peaceful Kyoto surrounded by peaceful temples. In spring, gaze (凝视) upon graceful Mount Fuji as you sit among delicate cherry (樱花) blossom or find yourself fascinated by the breath-taking gold landscape on an autumn adventure. No trip is complete without tasking some of the world’s best foods, from delicious fresh sushi to crispy tempura. Fully Accompanied Tours of Japan from £ 3, 690 for 12 days. CHALLENGE YOURSELF IN EUROPE From reaching the highest mountain journey in the Alps to enjoying a week discovering the Italian Lakes with a spectacular Alpine rail journey included, we have been creating small-group walking, hiking and cycling holidays throughout Europe for over 20 years. Reserve your place on an adventure now from £ 3 000 for 9 days. For more details, please contact us by calling us or visiting our website. How do you understand the underlined sentence in the passage?

【阅读理解 - Passage C】American country music is also known as country western music. It has a very long history. It comes from the folk songs of immigrants (移民) from Britain. Country music uses simple music and words to express everyday feeling such as loneliness, loves and sadness. That is to say, country music describes life. It talks about friends and enemies, trucks and roads, farms and crops. People in many parts of the world like country music, because everyone can understand what the music is about. Country western music became popular first among cowboys (牛仔) in the American west countryside. Cowboys had to take care of cows day and night. When they were alone with the cows, they often sang beautiful and peaceful songs to calm the animals and to overcome their own fear. They were not well-educated and so they sang about their daily life in very simple word. They played the guitars, violins and other instruments. In the south of America, many people added instruments from their homes, like bottles and spoons. When cowboy visited their friends and families on holidays like Thanksgiving, they usually sang and played country western music. In recent years, many musicians have made country western music a little different from the one in the past. These changes make the songs sound even better. Today singers such as Carth Brooks, Reba McEntire, Emmylou Harris, Lye Lovtt, Eddie Rabbitt, LeAnn Rime, Randy Travis and a group called Alabama are singing and playing in different styles. They have brought country western music more and more fans from all over the world. The best title for the passage is ______.

【阅读理解 - Passage D】Do you ever feel a stomachache during a test? Are you ever so worried about something that you even have a headache or can’t sleep at night? If so, then you know what stress is. Stress is what you feel when you are worried about something. You may feel angry, sad, scared, or afraid — all this can give you a stomachache or a headache. There are different kinds of stress; some kinds of stress are good and others are bad. Good stress may happen when someone asks you to answer questions in class or when you have to give a report. This kind of stress can help you to finish things better. However bad stress happen if the stress lasts too long. You may not feel well if a family member is sick, if you’re having problems at school or if anything makes you upset every day. That kind of stress isn’t going to help you. The best way to keep stress away is to have a balanced life. If you get enough sleep and food, and if you exercise and leave time for fun, you’ll feel less stress. Good stress may happen when you’re doing the following things EXCEPT ______.

【阅读理解 - Passage D】It is quite reasonable to blame traffic jams, the cost of gas and the great speed of modern life, but manners on the road are becoming horrible. Everybody knows that the nicest men would become fierce tigers behind the wheel. It is all right to have a tiger in a cage, but to have one in the driver’s seat is another matter. Road politeness is not only good manners, but good sense too. It takes the most cool-headed drivers great patience to give up the desire to beat back when forced to face rude driving. On the other hand, a little politeness goes a long way towards reducing the possibility of quarreling and fighting. A friendly nod or a wave of thanks in answer to an act of politeness helps to create an atmosphere of good will and calm is so necessary in modem traffic conditions. But such behaviors of politeness are by no means enough. Many drivers nowadays don’t even seem able to recognize politeness when they see it. However, misplaced (错位的) politeness can also be dangerous. Typical examples are the driver who waves a child crossing the street at a wrong place into the path of oncoming cars that may be not able to stop in time. The same goes for encouraging old ladies to cross the road wherever and whenever they want. An experienced driver, whose manners are faultless, told me it would help if drivers learned to correctly join in traffic stream without causing total blockages (堵塞) that give rise to unpleasant feelings. Unfortunately, modern drivers can’t even learn to drive, let alone master the roadmanship. Years ago, experts warned us that the fast increase of the car ownership would demand more give-and-take from all road users. It is high time for all of us to take this message to heart. The following statements are right EXCEPT that ______.

【阅读理解 - Passage C】I heard many parents complaining that their teenage children are rebelling (叛逆) . I wish it were so. At your age, you ought to be growing away from your parents. You should be learning to stand on your own feet. But take a good look at the present rebellion. It seems that teenagers are taking the same way of showing that they disagree with their parents. Instead of taking actions bravely on their own, most of them are catching one another’s hands for comfort. They claim they want to dress as they please. But they all wear the same clothes. Then set off in new directions in music. But somehow they all end up with listening to the same record together. Their reason for thinking or acting in thus-and-such a way is that many people are doing it. They have come out of their cocoon into a larger cocoon. It has become harder and harder for a teenager to stand up against the popularity wave and go his or her own way. Industry has firmly carved (挖掘) out a teenage market. These days every teenager can learn from the advertisements what a teenager should have and be. And many of today’s parents have come to award high marks for the popularity of their children. All this adds to a great barrier (障碍) for the teenager who wants to find his or her own path. But the barrier is worth climbing over. The path is worth following. You may want to listen to classical music instead of going to a party. You may want to collect rocks when everyone else is collecting records. You may have some thoughts that you don’t care to share with your classmates at once, well, go to it. Find yourself. Popularity will come with the people who respect you for who you are. That is the only kind of popularity that really counts. In this passage, the author wants to tell ______.

（英模二十四·阅读）What is the main idea of the passage about how to learn English well?

【阅读理解 - Passage B】A month before my first marathon one of my ankles was injured and this meant not running for two weeks, leaving me only two weeks to train. Yet, I was determined to go ahead. I remember back to my 7th year in school. In my first P.E. class, the teacher required us to run laps and then hit a softball. I didn’t do either well. He later informed me that I was “not athletic”. The idea that I was “ not athletic” “ stuck with me for years. When I started running in my 30s, I realized running was a battle against myself, not about competition or whether or not I was athletic. I was all about the battle against my own body and mind. A test of will! The night before my marathon, I dreamt that I couldn’t even find the finish line. I woke up sweating and nervous, but ready to prove something to myself. Shortly after crossing the start line, my shoe laces (鞋带) became untied. So I stopped to readjust. Not the start I wanted! At mile 3, I passed a sign: GO FOR IT RUNNERS! By mile 17, I became out of breath and the once injured ankle hurt badly. Despite the pain, I stayed the course walking a bit and then running again. By mile 21, I was starving: As I approached mile 23, I could see my wife waving a sign. She is my biggest fan. She never minded the alarm clock sounding at 4 a. m. or questioned my expenses on running. I was one of the final runners to finish. But I finished! And I got a medal. In fact, I got the same medal as the one that the guy who came in first place had. Determined to be myself, moving forward, free of shame and worldly labels (世俗标签)，I can now call myself “a marathon winner”. According to the passage, why are the different mile numbers are listed?

【阅读理解 - Passage D】It is well known that rhinos (犀牛) have poor eyesight, so they mostly rely on their noses to understand the world around them. But there’s one interaction in which sound plays a key role. Southern white rhino males can either be dominant (支配地位的) or subordinate. And only the dominant males hold and defend territories. New search finds that they can distinguish the calls of other males to know who is who. “We found that contact calls carry information about the dominance status of the males. It means that only by listening to the calls, you can say if the male is territorial or subordinate.” Ivana Cinkoval, a zoologist at the University of Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa. She and her team spent almost two years in South Africa’s Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park recording the social contact calls of male rhinos. Then they played those calls back to dominant territorial males and watched the responses. The researchers asked that the rhino calls not be included in this program due to the concern that calls might be used for illegal hunting. Back to the reactions of the rhinos. They started to search for the unexpected visitor the most quickly and spent the longest time searching around for the unwelcome visitor after the playback of the subordinate call, which was quite surprising. Only territorial male rhinos hold breeding (交配繁育) opportunities with the female rhinos. Subordinate males could thus be interested in challenging the territorial male for dominance. But dominant males rarely lose their territories to subordinate males, at least while they’re in prime condition. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

【阅读理解 - Passage A】How do top athletes handle defeat and disappointment? Can an athlete turn to his or her teammates for support or encouragement? The following top performers’ responses will be helpful to you. Think positively Siri Lindley is a top triathlete (三项全能运动员), competing in events that combine long- distance running, swimming and cycling. “I try to use what I learn from each loss to make me stronger and more determined,” she says. “Then I pick my head up and start thinking positive, and I visualize myself succeeding the next time. Let the losses make you stronger.” Stick with it Allen Johnson won a gold medal in the 110-meter hurdles at the 1996 Olympics, but he knows that he can’t win every race. “When I don’t win, I have to accept the fact that I made a mistake or that someone was better on that day,” he says. “You can’t be the best every day, but you can be the best on some day.” Pick yourself up Figure skater Michael Weiss is one of the best in his sport, but there have been a lot of failures along the way. “I look at failing as a part of growing,” he says, “When you lose and you are feeling down without teammates to lift you up, you have to be strong enough to pick yourself up.” Learn from mistakes Gymnast Shannon Miller has won several Olympic medals, including two golds. “If I make a mistake in the middle of a competition, I try to forget about it because I have to go on,” she says. “If I do poorly over the course of an entire meet, I go back to the gym and figure out what went wrong. It’s so important to learn from your mistakes.” What do we know about Allen Johnson?