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In this classroom,laughing is encouraged. In :fact,learning a hearty ho-io-hi cAwcA:/e (fe 笑) is;required. Best Santas,a program in Denver,teaches men and women to become the best Mr. and Mrs. i Clauses possible. “We teach our Santas that being Santa is so much more than putting on a red suit and making sure your beard is white/' Jim Coleman,the owner of Best Santas,said. “Their focus must be on serving children and sharing the magic of Christmas — happiness."
Coleman started the school after receiving professional Santa training in Canada. Wanting to spread the cheer,he founded ^est Santas and shared his ideas with a fresh new team of hopeful Santas. aWe wanted to teach Santas how to do things differently than they,re usually done/' -Coleman said. “In so many cases you’ 11 find Santas who sit on their chair,half asleep. That's no fun and most certainly not magical!We knew there had to be a better way."
After program participants complete a full background check,the schooling begins. The Denver Clau? course includes CT?rá加i c?r?/s (圣誕頌歌) and jingles,developing a perfect,hearty chuckle aná learning cookie recipes. ^SanHa must learn how to walk,gesture,control his body language,project his voice,and read the crowd. Above all,he can engage the crowd immediately with his bigger-than-life presence and delighted ho-ho-ho!” Coleman said.
Once the characterization is complete,and graduates receive their Bachelor of Santa diploma (-^ 業(yè)證書) ，the Santas will be sent out on various special events including holiday parties. They are booked at a rate of $195 per hour. Some Santas are even coupled with assistants that help with face painting and balloon art.
“There is just something so completely magical about Santa Claus,” Coleman said. “And it's not just for the children. Adults light up at the site of Santa just as much as the children do. I think it reminds them of those warm memories of their childhood."
9. What's the purpose of Coleman's program?
A. To teach Santas how to dress.
B. To train Santas to spread the joy of Christmas,
C. To help Santas with face painting.
D. To tell children how to celebrate Christmas.
10. In Coleman's opinion,Santas should
A. help those in need
B. be hopefill about life
C. follow the latest fashion
D. act differently from usual ones
11. After attending Coleman’s course,students might
A. get a high-paid job
B. be invited to Canada
C. become famous in a short time
D. receive further professional training
12. Which word can best describe Coleman?
A. Generous. B. Creative.
C. Optimistic. D. Determined.
C篇
Coleman的Best Santas課堂可以幫助培訓(xùn)圣誕老人。
9.B. 細節(jié)理解題。由第一段中的Their focus must be on serving children and sharing the magic of Christmas — happiness 可知，Coleman
的課程旨在培訓(xùn)圣誕老人，讓孩子們感受到圣 誕節(jié)的快樂。
10.D. 細節(jié)理解題。由第二段中的We wanted to teach Santas how to do things differently than they’ re usually done 可知，在 Coleman 看來，圣誕老人應(yīng)該做一些與以往普通的角色不同的 事情。
11.A. 細節(jié)理解題。由第四段中的booked at a rate of $195 per hour可知，學(xué)生畢業(yè)后可能會有較高的收入。
12.B. 推理判斷題。Coleman能想到自己建立學(xué) 校來培訓(xùn)圣誕老人，并提出了一套切合實際的 課程體系，因此是個有創(chuàng)新意識的人。
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The Red Cross is an international organization whose task is to stop suffering. They don't care about people's race,nationality,religion or political beliefs. They help anyone who 1 help.
The story of the Red Cross begins with Henry Dunaut,a Swiss businessman who2 (see) a battle in1895 in Italy. After the battle,40,000 soldiers were dead 3 injured,but there was no one to take care of them. Dunant worked for three days helping them.
When he returned to Switzerland,he wrote a book about his experience. The leaders of many countries read his book and wanted to do something. As a result,the Red Cross4 (establish) in Geneva,Switzerland in1863. It was an organization 5 would help all the people affected.
Later in another Red Cross meeting in Geneva,an American woman named Clare Barton wanted the Red Cross to help people in peace time 6 in wartime. She wanted the Red Cross to get7 (involve) in disaster relief. Since then,the Red Cross8 ( help) millions of victims of earthquakes and other disasters all around the world.
The Red Cross 9 works worldwide at big disasters,but also works in the community,helping victims at small accidents or fires. The Red Cross is clearly fulfilling its task10 (stop) suffering in this world.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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Are we too clean?
In some parts of the world,it seems that 21 (keep) things too clean may cause a health problem. Parents often think that children are always getting dirty. But the 22 (true) is that in countries like the UK,parents clean their homes so carefully 23 children hardly ever come into contact with dirt,and therefore germs (細菌). The result is that one person in ten today 24(suffer) from some kind of allergy (過敏反應(yīng)) 一three times more than just ten years ago.
Parents who think back to how they used to play as a child will see how much things 25 (change) . Children today spend a lot of time in their rooms. Twenty years ago,our parents thought it was better for kids 26 (play) outside,so we would spend 27 (much) time in the park than at home. We always fell over, 28 we just brushed 29 (our) clean and then kept on playing.
Now research seems to suggest that this is 30 good thing. Early contact with germs helps to protect our bodies against allergies later in life.
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C ★★★★☆
Deep in a research lab in New Jersey,16-year-old Alon Millet carefully presses out tiny drops of a special solution(溶液) onto rows of bean(綠豆) he has raised from seed. It's a task he,s patiently performed for nearly three years. He is trying to help in the fight against world hunger.
The US Agency for Inteb iational Development (USAID) — an organization that works to end poverty (貧窮) 一thinks Alon may be onto something very big. The teenager was one of four students to get a US $10,000 award from the agency last year — chosen from among 1,700 secondary schools in more than 70 countries.
Courtney Mason,the program manager for the US Global Development Lab,called Alon’s work the“most promising” among hundreds of projects the agency has reviewed at science competitions across America. “Alon’s seed breeding(培植) will probably change the way plants are grovel in the developing world,making them survive drought and natural disasters,” Mason said.
Alon has some of the usual interests of a teenager,like playing video games,but he also loves to read scientific research papers. One day more than three years ago,Alon was reading about research with his father by an Israeli company that had used a certain solution to make trees grow larger. And that,in turn,helped to produce more paper with fewer trees.
“So I started thinking, ‘What else could this be used for?’ ”Alon said.
He chose the mung bean,which is a main food in the developing world,and got in touch with the company,FuturaGene,who agreed to share some of the solution. He started experimenting. Could he make the beans grow larger and survive bad weather conditions? After two years of measuring,testing and examining,he proved that he could. Now He’s on his 26th experiment with his mung beans.
9. What's the purpose of Alon’s experiments?
A. To write a scientific paper.
B. To help solve the problem of world hunger.
C. To enter a science competition.
D. To win an award from USAID.
10. What is Courtney Mason's attitude toward Alon’ s work?
A. He thinks it useless.
B. He thinks highly of it.
C. He is curious about it.
D. He is strongly against it.
11. What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?
A. Alon’s unusual hobbies.
B. The influence of Alon’s father on him.
C. How Alon’s research was performed.
D. What inspired Alon to do his research.
12. What would be the best title for the text?
A. Hungry for answers
B. Mung beans in the lab
C. Alon’ s 26th experiment
D. The seriousness of poverty
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D ★★★☆☆
Project Night Night
What is a Night Night Package?
Our purpose is to provide free Night Night Packages to homeless children from birth to pre-teen who need childhood (必需品) during this important time. Each Night Night Package contains a new blanket,a children's book,and a toy anilftal — all placed inside a new bag.
Project Night Night works with tens of thousands of persons each year who volunteer their time and talents to make our world a better place. Voted the aBest Children s Charityi,by San Francisco Magazine,Project Night Night has become a leading provider of nighttime comforts for homeless children. To learn more,please download our PRESS KIT.
How can I help?
Project Night Night has set up a foundation. This meaningful,hands-on volunteer opportunity allows volunteers of all ages to create Night Night Packages that will benefit their own communities Join today!Come on!
Volunteer in your own community
Project Night Night wants your volunteer effort to be as successful as possible. With that in mind,we have developed a program that allows.you to benefit homeless children in your local area.
1. Determine the number of Night Night Packages to complete.
2. Order the bags from Project Night Night at $3. 50 each (this covers the cost of the bag and shipping to you)
3. Fill each bag with a new blanket,a new /like-new toy animal,and a new / like-new children's book.
4. Deliver your ready Night Night Packages to ? shelter on our list. We can help!
5. Make sure that the homeless children in your community feel special!
Due to privacy (隱私) concerns,most volunteer deliveries (遞送) will not be sent to the homeless children directly.
For more information,please visit our Help page and view our “how to”video.
13. What do we know about Project Night Night?
A. It offers food to homeless children.
B. It sells cheap childhood essentials.
C. It was founded by San Francisco Magazine.
D. It aims to improve the life of homeless children.
14. Which of the following can be put in a Night Night Package?
15. If you want to join Project Night Night,you .
A. must buy some new books
B. should donate some clothes
C. need to buy the standard bags
D. can connect with the poor directly
16. Where are you most likely to see the text?
A. In a newspaper.
B. In a magazine,
C. On a website.
D. In a textbook.
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Social media users are hoping to make one student feel a little less lonely. Aron Anderson,a 10-year-old known as “Britain's loneliest schoolboy ,” made headlines last year for being the only student at Skerries Community School. While the school previously had a few other students,the kids had since left for secondary school,making last year Aron's first year as the only pupil there.
After Reddit employer Jimmy got wind of Aron's story,the social media user called on followers to send Christmas cards to the 10-year-old to help show the boy he has friends across the Internet. “I really want to see a big smile on his face,” Jimmy wrote. “So please write a message in the card to show your support too!”
The idea got praise and support from many kind people across the Internet. Jimmy reached out to the boy s school,informing them of the thoughtful plan. The moderator requested that people outside Scotland send postcards to Aron,so the boy could see where his ans come from. The Redditor also asked social media users to send the cards after December 7 so that the sweet messages would all arrive around the same time.
Last year was ind?ed an adjustment (調(diào)整) for Aron,whose town has a population of 70. Aron’s best friends are now his dog,ducks,and sheep. Aron’s mother Denise Anderson is unsure how her son will deal with the (孤獨) .Aron admits that going to school without other students can be strange at times; however,he says that h? sNhappy on the island. Hopefully,the cards will help remind him that he’s not so alone after all.
5. Why was Aron so lordly last year?
A. He had no schoolmates at school.
B. He was sent to a new school.
C. He lived far away-from his family.
D. He was not popular among friends.
6. According to the text,the cards to Aron .
A. were paid by Jimmy
B. mainly came from Scotland
C. reached him about the same time
D. were refused at first by his school
7. How does Aron’s mother feel about her son’s school life?
A. She is surprised at it.
B. She is satisfied with it.
C. She is hopeful about it.
D. She is concerned about it.
8. Which of the following can best describe Jimmy?
A. Amusing and kind.
B. Friendly and brave,
C. Confident and careful.
D. Warm-hearted and active.
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Farmers digging a field near Chelsea,Michigan,were surprised to uncover a nearly complete mammoth skeleton The mammoth once lived there about 12 ,000 years ago. The Ice Age bones raise a question about whether people or a changing climate killed the beasts.
Researcher Dan Fisher is from the University of Michigan. He believes that prehistoric people killed the newly found mammoth,and put what they didn't immediately eat in a freezing lake. Other scientists say they are not certain what killed the creature until the bones are examined for cut marks and other evidence.
There is little evidence that humans hunted mammoths,says Donald Grayson of the University of Washington. A paper notes that of 76 Ice Age mammal kill sites,only 12 in the whole of North America suggest human hunting. That suggests that over-hunting was not the primary cause of the extinction of the mammoth.
Climate might have been key to the disaster. As humans were moving onto the continent,the global climate was rapidly changing,moving from cold and dry to warm and wet.
This changing climate rapidly swept out the cool,dry grasslands that mammoths preferred. Combined with other (生態(tài)的) changes,such as the arrival of bison (野牛) from Europe and Asia and forests springing up here grasslands once spread,mammoths were driven out of their former living places. The very last of the mammoths on Wrangel Island off northern Siberia died out about 4 ,000 years ago.
Extinction is rarely the result of a single cause. Perhaps,as the Chelsea mammoth slowly tells its secrets,it will add a little more to the continuing discussion over life and death during the Ice Age.
9. What do we know about the newly found mammoth skeleton?
?. It was found in a freezing lake.
B. It was discovered by a scientist,
C. There were cuts on the skeleton.
D. Most of the skeleton were discovered.
10. The paper mentioned in Paragraph 3 proves that
A. mammoths were rare in North America
B. there were 76 mammal kill sites in North America
C. mammoths were overhunted by prehistorical humans
D. overhunting was not the leading cause of mammoths’ extinction
11. Because of the changing climate during the Ice Age, .
A. mammoths could get more food
B. mammoths were suffering from habitat loss
C. mammoths had to move to cool and dry places
D. forests mammoths liked were replaced by grasslands
12. What would be the best title for the text?
A. What killed these giants
B. Mammoths and overhunting
C. The climate change in the Ice Age
D. The reason for extinction uncovered
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Here's some good news for the grim: A new study shows that unhappiness itself has no direct effect on whether people will die before their time. Women in poor health are more likely to be unhappy, ：but their unhappiness does not increase their overall ?總體的) risk of e?rly de?th.
"Earlier research on happiness and health coiifiises cause and effect,” said study co-author Professor Richard Peto. Illness makes you unhappy and causes stress. Illness is the thing causing unhappiness,not unhappiness causing illness. Researchers tracked the health records of 1.3 million women between 1996 and 2001. About one out of SIX in the group said they were generally unhappy. The death rate among the unhappy was the same as that among the generally happy.
In the new study,women who were already in poor health tended to say that they were unhappy,stressed,not in control and not relaxed. aIf you want to be happy,then the main thing you need to do is remain healthy,^ Peto said. aPeople say that if you but your health depend^ on what you do in your daily life. Going around with a positive attitude but still sm (^mg,that does no good to your health. We need to concentrate on the few important practicial causes of early death.".
However,this study does not completely shut the door on the possible health effects of unhappiness,because the researchers only looked at how unhappiness affected a person's risk of dying.“Health is a broader (概念) ,” said researcher Ban-eto. Barreto also noted that the sample only included women who,on average,were in late middle age.Therefore,in my opinion,the debate is not yet closed,Ba?eto said. ^Further research is still needed in the ??eld of unhappiness and medical outcomes."
9.The underlined part “the grim” in Paragraph 1 probably refers to those who are.
A. unhappy B. unhealthy
C. unimportant D. unsuccessful
10. What is the main idea of Paragraph 2 ?
A. Happiness can improve health.
B. The unhappy have a higher death rate. .
C. Illness doesn't necessarily cause death.
D. Unhappiness doesn’ t directly lead to illness.
11. Which of the following can best sum up Peto’ s idea on health?
A. Rome is not built in a day.
B. Time and tide wait for no man.
C. Actions speak louder than words.
D. Where there is a will,there is a way.
12. What does Barreto think of the findings?
A. They are meaningless.
B. They need improving.
C. They are not clear enough.
D. They mislead some people.
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